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good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will speak this afternoon about the federal governments coordination with leaders in georgia, south carolina and, of course, hurricane ravaged florida. we expect to hear from ron desantis later this hour. lets begin with nbcs kathy park in charleston, south carolina. residents are used to flooding in that historic district. this looks like its going to be an unprecedented event. >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. tha...

im at the home and studio of one of sri lankas most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. im happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far youve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lankas past? im totally influenced by that. im totally, yes. everything i do has something to do ...

have been killed. a metre of fresh snow has fallen, and many areas remain under threat of flooding. president biden has declared a state of emergency, freeing federal aid for the state. those are our top story this hour. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zainab badawi. im just outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful island nation has been plunged into its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread protests an...

house to capitol hill with the collision of two historic and deeply connected events. the first, the ongoing crisis over the house speakership still unfolding in the house at this moment, which just voted to adjourn until 10:00 pm tonight after 13 votes took pl. and the speaker was still not elected pickett is something that has not happened in american politics in 164 years. since before the civil war. the second event, the anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. the worst attack o...

been found dead at an indian hotel. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. heres our north america correspondent nada tawfik. while the worst is over in buffalo, they are not out of this yet. in fact, it will still snow for several hours. the city is expecting an...

and — another unexplained death involving russian oligarchs: the sausage tycoon pavel antov has been found dead at an indian hotel. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 28 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. heres our north america correspondent nada tawfik. while the worst is over in buffalo, the...

control. >> and tropical storm conditions are being felt in puerto rico, as fiona closes in. when we expect it to thenstreng and its impact. >> an iowa student alleged to pay restitution to the family of a rapist. how complete strangers are now stepping in to help her. it is a new week. sunday, september 18th, we are grateful that you are starting your week with us. we hope youre having a good weekend. i certainly am because im with amara walker. >> im a happy person. its good to be ...

people in the us state are being urged to turn down their air conditioning, switch off unneccesary lights, and avoid using major appliances in the afternoons and evenings. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this weeks the media show. now, were going to talk about news podcasts this week. theres been a very high profile launch. its called the news agents. its from global, and its presented byjon sopel and emily maitlis, both big figures at the bbc before they left to ...

for marijuana position is a massive be fd. >> too many lives have been upended by our failed approach to marijuana. its time we right these wrongs. >> all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ good evening from new york. im chris hayes. the herschel walker story keeps getting worse for herschel walker. earlier this week, of course, the daily beast first reported that walker, the trump endorsed the republican nominee for georgias senate seat, had paid for a womans abortion in 2009. the repor...

could be. that seems a little difficult to believe, though, because according to a new report in the daily beast, and that woman who says walker paid for her abortion is also the mother of one of his children. again, nbc news has also not verified this most recent report. in a statement, walker said there was no truth to it or any other daily peace report. to be clear, theres absolutely nothing wrong with a woman chosing to terminate a pregnancy, nothing wrong with that persons partner...