Leaders and the president s response to charlottesville. Its bannons first extensive interview since he left the white house. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. The winds have increased. The rain has turned into lashing sheets. Hurricane irma turns deadly in the caribbean. Hurricane irma shows no signs of weakening. Still a powerful category 5 storm. Taking aim at florida after leaving a trail of destruction in the car this is going to be like a buzz saw coming through the florida keys. Look at the size of this storm. Its huge. Just one night. Theyre not getting anything. President trump struck a deal with the democrats that starting with funding for Hurricane Harvey victims. Today was a good day in a generally partisan town. Donald trump jr. Is heading to capitol hill for a meeting on the investigation leading into the russians involvement in the 2016 elections. Its time to be forth coming with the american people. Seahawks Michael Bennett accus
Inland. Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen . I think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. Glor the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. As you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. Farther up the coast where irma could hit early next week, states of emergency have already been declared in georgia and the carolinas. And don dahler tonight is outside savannah. Reporter georgias governor nathan deal is taking no chances, ordering a mandatory evacuation for savannah, as well as other coastal areas. That order takes effect on saturday. Residents began boarding up and sandbagging houses and businesses in anticipation of the storms arrival late monday or tuesday. Even if it makes a glanci
Good afternoon. Welcome to our session with the author, mark k. Shriver. My name is dan. My wife and i are the proud parents of three k School Graduates and im the dean of the law school at cass university. Withbe get started, a few reminders. Please be sure that your cell phones are turned off or in the silent mode. After i introduce mr. Shriver our program today will follow a question and answer format to facilitate our discussion. I will be asking questions for the first 30 minutes or so, then for the next 40 minutes well turn the program over to you, members of the audience to ask questions. Youll be invited to come to the microphone ther center of the room. Whenout your turn, please fivous and briefly, briefly, ask you question. Immediately after we conclude mr. Shriver will be available in the activity building to sign copies of his book. Mark shriver is the author of the book toy pilgrimage my search for the real pope fran tis president of the save the Children Network in washin
Michael neiberg, professor of history and inaugural chair of war studies, before that, Michael Neiberg taught at the air force academy and southern mississippi, he writes widely on both world wars and his recipient of numerous prizes and daughters for his work like the tomlinson, englishlanguage books and world war i, look for his book on the second battle and the choice outstanding economic title award, fighting the great war, global history, he edited a number of important collections like imus and the man, the atlas of world war i and the great war reader. His most recent books include dance of the furies and outbreak of world war i. And the remaking of europe, the blood of free men, the liberation of harris, 1944, the Orange Community will be interested in his book making citizen soldiers, rotc and ideology of American Military service. In his free time that i dont know he has much, Michael Neiberg is a selfdescribed fan of all pittsburgh sports teams and bruce springsteen. The boo
Of the handover of hong kong from britain to china. Its his first visit to the city as chinese leader and protests are expected. 26 pro democracy activists were arrested on wednesday, after occupying the forever blooming golden bauhinia, a monument to the reunification. Chris patten, the last governor of hong kong, spoke with Bbc World Service radio before the anniversary. The campaign to protect the rule of law, to protect due process, to stop people being abducted on the streets of hong kong with the Chief Executive looking the other way, all Thatis Executive looking the other way, all that is really, really important and i dont think the rest of the world should ignore it. The way that china keeps its commitments and pledges in hong kong will tell people an awful lot about whether china can be trusted in this century. 0ur correspondent in hong kong isjuliana liu. Shejoins me now. Thank you forjoining us. It will be a very busy day in hong kong. Thats right, rico. The chinese preside