Hello and welcome to world news today. Storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter americas gulf coast for some time to come. The storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. These are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching. The state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. In new orleans, the mayor Latoya Cantrell has urged residents to stay vigilent. We are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of new orleans, although barry has slowed, it has also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight and sunday. Sophie long is in canal street in new orleans. We know that it has slowed down, but it is still packing a punch, isnt it . Yes, and people in morgan city are filling that punch at t
Simona halep wins herfirst wimbledon title, beating Serena Williams in straight sets. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter americas gulf coast for some time to come. The storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. These are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching. The state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. In new orleans, the mayor, latoya cantrell, has urged residents to stay vigilant. We are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of orleans. Although barry has slowed, its also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight, and sunday. Our correspondent sophie longs in new orleans, i asked her whether people there were heeding those warnings
All right, lets bring this hearing to order. In december of 2017, President Trump outlined a bold space in december of 2017, President Trump outlined a bold vision to reinvigorate space leadership. Space leadership calls for returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1972. This time it will be for long time exploration and use and will be followed by manned missions to mars. Nasa had planned to return to the moon by 2028, but in the speech to the National Space council in april, Vice President announced a dramatic acceleration of that time line. Cil in april, Vice President announced a dramatic acceleration of that time line. Under the program, the United States will land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024 and accomplish a sustained presence on the moon or in lunar orbit. I share the administrations sense of urgency. As i told the administrator, the United States has entered a new space race driven by the expansion of chinas space power ambitions and the ex
Strategy to return to the moon and send a mission to mars. Its just over an hour. Bring thist, lets hearing to order if you dont mind. Thank you all for coming. Saturday will mark the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. The moon landing still unites americans like few events in our nations history. To believe a half century has passed since the United States won the space race. Although it is fitting to celebrate such past achievements, we are pleased that nasa administrator jim to discuss is here the future of American Space exploration. Of 2017, President Trump outlined a bold vision to reinvigorate space leadership. Space leadership calls for returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1972. This time it will be for long time exploration and use and will be followed by manned missions to mars. Nasa had planned to return to the moon by 2028, but in the speech to the National Space council in april, Vice President announced a dramatic acceleration of that time line. U
Earth. Announcer watch the 1969 News Coverage of the Apollo Mission on cspan or listen with our radio app. Administrator Jim Bridenstine was on capitol hill to testify about the space Agency Strategy to return to the moon and a mission to mars. He talked about staffing and recruitment challenges. This comes as nasa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. This is just over one hour. Lets bring this hearing to order. Thank you for coming. Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. The moon landing still unites us like few events in our history. It is hard to believe half a century has passed since the u. S. Won the space race. Although it is failing to celebrate, we are pleased Jim Bridenstine although it is appropriate to celebrate, we are pleased Jim Bridenstine has joined us. Space policy directive one calls for returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1977. This time it will be for longterm exploration and will be followed by mis