Let us talk to our correspondent in miami. How bad are they expecting things to get there . Today the authorities have really ratcheted up the alarms about the hurricane getting to miami and south florida on sunday and saturday and possibly through monday as well. Today there isa through monday as well. Today there is a hurricane watch for the whole south florida area and the latest development is that they extended the evacuation zones in the Miami Dade County and now we have a lot more people who need to go out of their houses because it is not safe for them to stay. Florida, no stranger to hurricanes, how are people reacting to this storm . South florida and the whole state, it is not strange thing during Hurricane Season. Not strange thing during Hurricane Season. The erma hurricane, because of the characteristics that it has, it has really scared people, i have seen, since monday until today, very long lines for gasoline stations and even the police here needed to escort trucks with counselling for people to fill up their tanks. There is no water available at the Department Stores or supermarkets and people are trying to get away. Ive seen a lot of confusion and a couple of days ago about what to do. A lot of people now made the decision about getting out of the state or at least going into the inland zones of the state. How much help can florida and the state expect to receive from a federal level and what have we been hearing from President Trump about what is coming . President trump said today that florida was prepared for irma, he has maintained contact and being in touch with the governor and he approved the emergency for the state. We have to remember that the state. We have to remember that the state of georgia also issued an emergency today for the city of savannah. It is not really an exclusive thing to florida and i am sure that the authorities on a federal level will be paying attention to this as they did with harvey in texas. Thank you very much. British mps have started discussing a bill described by Prime Minister teressa may as an essential step on the way to leaving the eu. The bill will convert all current eu legislation into uk law as european law will no longer apply. Brexit secretary david davis opened the debate in parliament. When i introduced the European Union notification with drawl bill earlier, i said notification with drawl bill earlier, isaid it notification with drawl bill earlier, i said it wasjust notification with drawl bill earlier, i said it was just the beginning, the beginning of a process to ensure that the decision made in june last process to ensure that the decision made injune last year is honoured and today we begin the next step in their historic process of honouring that decision. Put simply, this bill is an essential step, whilst it does not take us out of the European Union, that is a matterfor the article 50 process, it ensures that on the day that we lead, businesses know where they stand, workers rights are upheld and consumers remain protected. This bill is vital to ensuring that as we leave, we do so to ensuring that as we leave, we do so in an orderly manner. Let us talk to ian watson, he described it as vital but how much trouble might this bill run into . Quite a lot. But not immediately. It was the initial debate today and the opposition made their position clear saying it was effectively a power grab by ministers because although it cuts and pastes existing legislation into british law, it would give ministers sweeping powers to change those laws for two years after brexit. The labour opposition has been criticising that will oppose the bill and try and vote against her but i do not think it will have the numbers and parliament to defeat it, that vote will have the numbers and parliament to defeat it, that vote will, monday. In the vote will not come until midnight on monday, there will be a heated debate and because of the way that parliament works, thatis of the way that parliament works, that is one stage in this process. Then the bill will go into further stages of scrutiny, eight days perhaps of discussions and at that point unless the government gives ground on those sweeping powers, it is possible that some conservative members of parliament might vote against some aspects of the spell. I think they will get the bill through but it will not be unamended. The opposition will have a chance to harry the government and make their case. This is just harry the government and make their case. This isjust one piece of harry the government and make their case. This is just one piece of the brexit jigsaw. There has case. This is just one piece of the brexitjigsaw. There has to be separate legislation with a government intends to change european law on immigration, customs and trade, there will be a whole range of separate bills between now and 2019 with the government might struggle because it has such a narrow majority. If it does start to hit hurdles, how much concern might we see in brussels . We did not hear positive noises from there today. Not positive noises from there today. N ot exa ctly. Positive noises from there today. Not exactly. A couple of things happened, first of all the chief negotiator said he was disappointed in the attitude towards settling the bills. He says it is not a divorce bill, it is agreeing to pay up or was already committed. Minutes were publish which criticised the chief brexit negotiator, david davis, a p pa re ntly brexit negotiator, david davis, apparently the president of the European Commission questioned his stability. The Prime Minister said he is doing a very good job, he had to make that debate in parliament, but from the point of view of the government, they want to see an orderly exit but they are having difficulty moving the European Union on to the next stage of the bushy asian is. They will have some difficulties even if they get the legislation through, the time will be spent trying to make sugar people on their own side are happy as they go forward and then they have an additional problem, the substance of the negotiations and ultimately, there will be a vote on the outcome of those in parliament. Thank you very much. Lets head back to germany now, because the countrys general election is just under three weeks away. Ros atkins is there. Hi. Asi hi. As i was alluding to earlier, immigration is one of the big issues in this election campaign. There is one reason above all others that thatis one reason above all others that that is the case. Going back to 2015, the peak of the migrant crisis in europe, you will remember hundreds of thousands of people were coming into the west of europe and Angela Merkel decided to introduce an open door policy and hundreds of thousands of Asylum Seekers came into germany. It became a dominant political issue here for Angela Merkel and also for her critics. Inevitably in the big Leaders Debate on sunday night, Angela Merkel against martin schulz, Angela Merkel was asked about this issue. Translation what could i have done . Lam familiarwith translation what could i have done . I am familiar with this scenario is being discussed. Using Water Cannons against thousands of people, is that the way you think that things can be solved . I dont think so. We have a 3000 kilometres border and we had to address the causes of migration. And address the causes of migration. And a reminder that one of the reasons why martin schulz, the leader of the social democrats struggled to land a punch on Angela Merkel during that debate was that it is because he has a similar position to her on that issue of immigration. Something, senior islamic figures said was plain into the hands of the right wing afd who criticise Angela Merkels policy on this. Look at this story from the view of one man who has experienced it. Callard came to germany from afghanistan ending up to germany from afghanistan ending up in to germany from afghanistan ending upina to germany from afghanistan ending up in a town not to four not too farfrom up in a town not to four not too far from cologne. This up in a town not to four not too farfrom cologne. This is his story. Ican farfrom cologne. This is his story. I can stay in my new home. I found a job here. Since last year, a lot of things change. We do not know anything and we cannot speak with anyone. All the people are looking at us and i do not feel comfortable. I will try to be quiet and do not say anything, because we are scared, we do not know about the rules. They dont have any stress when i go on the bus. I think it is because, i can speak german now. My application as a refugee was rejected by the federal office for refugees and that was a very big shock for me. I tried to be on time, in my work, ie once them to be satisfied. Now i am happy and everything is good. I get along with the new situation. My son goes to the kindergarten, we have a friend who comes to my home and teaches my wife german. When we came to cologne 18 months ago to look at this issue, we knew that immigration would matter in the political discourse of germany, particularly running up to the selection, we just particularly running up to the selection, wejust did not understand how. 18 months and we are getting a clearer picture. I have been speaking to a political scientist here in cologne for his analysis of how that decision by Angela Merkel in 2015 is impacting on what is happening now. Dialogue after 2015 became very rough, what we can see is that since then, we have a rise of the right the populist party and she changed dialogue in germany. She is totally anti immigration, she is totally against the idea of a liberal democracy and tried to come into the German Parliament and will get around about 10 at this moment. When i was here 18 months ago, 10 would have been disappointing for quite a few people in the afd because there was an expectation make a breakthrough, so perhaps we should be telling the story that there has not been a rise like we expected. Youre absolutely right. In the high times they got around 1596 in the high times they got around 15 in the opinion polls but then it went down, out of the reason that the number of refugees is going down very strongly in the last few months and the reason why that has happened, Angela Merkel made a deal with the turkey and other countries. The afd would also say if you look at the main parties, Angela Merkels party and the social democrats, they are basically the same. They have similar policies on the big issues of the day. You can see why that argument almost works. It is not only the afd who are saying that, it is sometimes the left party, out of the reason that the christian democrats came first in the last few yea rs democrats came first in the last few years and even the social democrats went towards the centre, they are coming closer to each other politically and there are some differences, but bill main differences. Perhaps it all really comes down to personality and on personality, german seemed to like Angela Merkel. They still like Angela Merkel. They still like Angela Merkel. They still like Angela Merkel and i think the reason why they like is that she is very calm in her politics, that she is dealing very calmly with problems and that she has the possibility to bring different factions together. She can govern with the liberals, the greens and the social democrats. We have covered the dutch elections where we saw the freedom parties saying that the mainstream parties at the same. It quite different way, donald trump won the white house because he said i am not a politician. The brexit vote was related to that sentiment as well and we have this in a different form here in germany with the afd in particular on their right wing but also the far left party saying that the main parties all agree on the main issues. On september the 24th, we will find out how many germans have decided to go with the more extreme parties. Stay with us on outside source still to come. And a change in the transfer window for clubs in the premier league. Tulsen tollett will be here to explain. How likely we are to be the victims of crime . The bbc has launched a new online tool called the crime calculator which can tell you how likely you are to be a victim of crime. Its been launched in conjunction with the office for national statistics, whose figures suggest that there is a gap between how we perceive the risk of crime, and the reality. Our Home Affairs CorrespondentDominic Casciani reports. Crime seems to be everywhere. We watch it on tv, its in the papers, and we talk about it on social media. Surveys show many of us fear that crime is growing nationwide. The bbcs crime calculator gives you a more accurate idea of your personal risk. So here in reading, were peoples perceptions on target . Friends omar and victor are soon off to university, and they have both been victims of crime. My friend here, victor, he had his bike stolen from this very spot, actually. But you personally, you never had anything specific like a bike stolen or a mobile phone stolen . I got my mobile nicked here as well, actually. So how does omar compare to the National Average . A higher risk of being a victim of robbery, and a higher risk of theft. I didnt expect that, actually, for that to come out if im being perfectly honest. That was quite surprising. I did not expect that. Victor gets a similar result. Statistics show that young men are more at risk of crime. But as you get older, you actually become safer. You become safer . Yeah. Yeah, that is quite surprising, because you might expect older people to be more vulnerable to certain types of crime. The truth is, that as we get older, we live gentler and safer lives. We learn how to protect ourselves from crime. June, from the bowls club, has been a victim of online fraud. So how likely is she to be a victim of face to face crime . The calculator shows that people like her have a low risk. Its absolutely brilliant, i can rest in my bed without worrying any more its ingenious this, actually. Most of us get on with our daily lives without being too concerned about crime in our neighbourhoods, but official figures show that there is a real Perception Gap between the sexes. Men are the most likely victims, yet they worry the least. Women worry more, even though they are often safer than they may think. Official surveys show that our fear of crime is influenced by the media, and what we see in the wider world around us. We cannot know for sure whether it will happen to us because many victims and offences simply are not included in the figures. But most experts still say that we are safer than we used to be. Dominic casciani, bbc news. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is . Hurricane irma has left a trail of destruction across the caribbean and its still going strong as it heads towards turks and caicos, the bahamas and the us mainland. English premier league clubs have voted to change the closing date of next summers transfer window. It comes off the back of what has been a record breaking transfer period ahead of the new campaign. Let us talk to our correspondent adds the bbc sport centre. What is the reason for the change . The clubs have voted in favour of amending the tra nsfer have voted in favour of amending the transfer window. It was normally the 3ist transfer window. It was normally the 31st of august and many of the european leagues are around the same time, give ortake european leagues are around the same time, give or take an hour or two. The premier league have decided, 1a clu bs the premier league have decided, 1a clubs from next season, have decided to close the window on the thursday before the start of the new premier league campaign. The vote was not unanimous. Manchester united and manchester city, two of the clubs who were opposed to it, but Richard Scudamore believes it is something that the clubs want. Enough of the clubs felt that they wanted to get to the first day of the season knowing who was then their squad, knowing who was then their squad, knowing who was then their squad, knowing who they have bought without the uncertainty that follows. The idea that match one they can be playing against a player and then the second match they could be playing against the same player, following a transfer. Fundamentally, our clubs thought it was wrong and for a whole host of reasons, i think thatis for a whole host of reasons, i think that is really the nub of it. Something this does do is that puts the premier league clubs at a disadvantage other clubs are still able to buy players for longer. The premier league clubs can still sell during the period but they cannot buy. It will influence the other leagues especially in spain and france. Venus williams last the final at the Australian Open the shia and she takes on Sloane Stevens in the coming hours. She is playing in herfirst grand slam in the coming hours. She is playing in her first grand slam following an absence due to a foot injury. Madison keys is playing her good friend coco vandeweghe. Thank you very much for bringing us up to date. Israeli jets have attacked a site in the west of syria thats according to the syrian army. It says two soldiers were killed. Map this is where it says rockets struck masyaf its also where western powers suspect chemical weapons are being produced. That could be significant because yesterday, un human rights investigators said they had concluded that a Syrian Air Force jet was responsible for a chemical attack in this town Khan Sheikhoun in april, which killed at least 83 people. The Syrian Government says it destroyed its entire chemical arsenal in 2013. Israel hasnt comment