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Host its monday, the texas gulf coast is in for more rain and devastating flooding this water as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continue to badger the region. Yesterday the National Weather service summed up the historic nature of the storm tweeting out events are unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced. Were turning over our phones to you so that you can talk about the impact of the storm, the efforts of the federal, state, and civilian responders. In the eas...

Derrick johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the National Organization for the advancement of colored people. First of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. Just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. Sclubdc,follow us pres npclive. As you are setting your phones to vibrate, getting your twitter questions ready, i also want all of you t...

And karen rogers for weather and traffic. No umbrella on the terrace right now. As we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan we are getting ready for rain. It will probably be steadier down in south jersey and delaware than it will be in philadelphia overall but at times roads will be wet in the city and that stuff kind of trying to inch up toward philadelphia right now. You can see that on the wide satellite view. It does look like well get something during the morning commute and were ...

The white house issued a statement after kim jonguns regime fired a Ballistic Missile beforeew over japan landing in the pacific. The president said north korea has signaled its contempt for members of the United Nations, and is increasing its own isolation. The European Union president slammed the uks brexit papers. He says he has read them all and none are satisfactory. The u. K. Brexit negotiator says the eu must show more imagination. Brexit talks resumed yesterday. Global news, 24 hours a d...

All right. Lets get started. Obviously today were going to talk act the 1960s. Do you guys know about that song with by the way . Buffalo springfield for what its worth . Steve stills wrote it when he was with buffalo springfield. He wrote the song after a protest. They put a law on how long people could be outside of bars in los angeles. And all of the young people protested, i dont want to go to bed at 10 00. I want to party at the whiskey agogo, right . The cops came, they beat some heads and...

We are pleased to have as our headline luncheon speaker Derrick Johnson, the interim president and chief executive officer for the National Association for the advancement of colored people. First of all, i would like you to at least silence your cell phone and other electronic devices, though we do encourage you to follow us on social media. [laughter] just because we were born in 1908 does not mean that we are still there. You can follow us pressclubdc, using npclive. Headliners, and you can n...

The Recovery Efforts from Tropical Storm harvey. Theyre speaking to a crowd in Corpus Christie. This has been a total cooperative effort. Again we will see you soon. I will tell you this is historic, it is epic, what happened but you know what, it happened in texas and texas can handle anything. Thank you all folks, thank you. Cheryl the president making comments in corpus. They arrived in the capital city of austin. They will be briefed on Disaster Relief efforts across the state. Well take you...

Arguments over confederate statues. This is about one hour. [gavel pound] jeff yes, i do it with authority. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the National Press club where we have trademarked a moniker of being the worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Also where i have been saying this year, in challenging times, the freedom of the press, that we are the constitution. I am jeff ballou, the editor for Al Jazeera English and the 110th president of the National P...

Landfall. As the National Weather service puts out another Flash Flood Warning around beaumont, texas as residents fight for their lives against another torrential downpour. Thousands of city in houston are looking under a mandatory curfew. Harvey is now marking as the most extreme rain event to ever hit the nation. Now the ninth fatality is reported. Were learning in some of the lives lost among them Houston Police officer Sergeant Steve perez. A 34year veteran who was on his way to help flood ...

Into building regulations following the disaster at Grenfell Tower says she believes it is inevitable there are failings in the system. And Princes William and harry visit a Memorial Garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. We will have the latest in regards to Tropical Storm harvey. This time in louisiana with storm surge warnings in effect along hundre...