Right now theres widespread devastation, and an urgent search for survivors. The storm decimated towns with historic flooding washing out bridges and roads, and leaving some neighborhoods completely under water. Take a look at asheville, North Carolina, where homes and trucks were swept away by Raging Waters that have turned roads into rivers. At this hour, more than 2 Million people across the south are without power, hundreds are still unaccounted for. Well have live Team Coverage from across three states this morning. Joining us now, nbcs reporter, florida was the first place the Storm Hit. What are you seeing there . And im seeing George Solis there, who we will have on shortly. There is guad, also with us priscilla thomson. Guad, lets begin with you. Reporter total destruction in this area. So we are on treasure island. This is one of the islands on what they call the barrier islands, furthest west from the Tampa Bay Area, and i dont even know where to start here. So, the sand you
Youre a parent. Im a parent. Our hearts go out to that community there in all those kids and what theyve been through. So for The Rock to do something like this to me, i mean, just what an injection of Kindness And Empathy on his part, got to love them unification, we know just humanity. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Thanks, jim, ill take it sounds good. Thanks. Im Pamela Brown in washington and you are in the Cnn Newsroom morning, republican Mark Robinson, fiery and defiance here to talk about 15 or 20 yearolds, a licensed false lot we are here to talk about how the state to boot the candidate for North Carolina Governor is back on the Campaign Trail Today after several of his top Campaign Officials have stepped down in the wake of Cnns Investigation into his past incendiary comments and any minute now, the suspect in the second Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump, ryan ruth will be back in court. As were learning these new details about a letter detailing his alleged Assassination P
The national Crime Agency actually looking at the awful sort of Rubber Dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. Many of them of course not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing these contra ptions, discussing how these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs in cooperation upstream with other European Partners and i know the Prime Minister will be in italy tomorrow with prime Minister Maloney discussing theseissues Minister Maloney discussing these issues and the work they have done particularly with albania. have done particularly with albania..~ albania. David lammy speaking to Laura Kuenssberg albania. David lammy speaking to Laura Kuenssberg earlier. Albania. David lammy speaking| to Laura Kuenssberg earlier. We will be speaking to the ceo of the Refugee Council a little later in the programme. Lets speak to enver solomon, ceo of the Refugee Council. We can speak to him right now. Hello to you. Its just another sad day, isnt it . Another occ
On the rocks directly in front of where we are now. I can confirm that eight people have been declared dead, and according to the health services, they were all reportedly adult men. The foreign Secretary David Lammy gave his reaction to the deaths on the Laura Kuenssberg show. Its awful. It is a further loss of life. What i can say is actually, before i left for ukraine, with tony blinken, i sat with the Prime Minister, the home secretary, the Attorney General and others at the national Crime Agency actually looking at the awful Rubber Dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. Many of them, of course, not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs, in Co Operation upstream with other european partners. And i know that the Prime Minister will be in italy tomorrow with the italian Prime Minister discussing these issues and the work that they have done particularly with albania. Our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield has more. The prefect
Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. A total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are routes which migrants use, so of course, because it has reduced the numbers, we are actually discussing with italy the schemes that they have developed notjust with albania but upstream