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across louisiana. and that number grows by the minute. here s president biden a short time ago at fema headquarters. this is going to be a devastating, devastating hurricane. a life-threatening storm. so please, all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, mississippi and god knows, maybe even further east, take precautions. listen. take it seriously. while new orleans dodged a direct hit, the big easy is not out of the woods. right now, fears of storm surge, especially in communities where residents did not have a chance to get out. now hunkered down, waiting this storm out. as officials keep an eye on the new levee system, re-enforced after katrina, which as of this moment, are holding. we have a team of correspondents stationed across the storm zone. let s start with our own sam brock before us in baton rouge. sam, what are you seeing there? reporter: so here s what s interesting now. as you were referring to a second ago, the fact that you would expect at this ....
fierce resistance in eastern ukraine. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. jacqui: i m jacqui heinrich. and president is looking to are nor, 33 billion for aid to ukraine. griff: 20 billion in the form of military aid, that means hard weapons and the assessment we re getting from the pentagon that the russian forces in eastern donbas and making uneven progress that the weapons in the west and eastern allies is clearly making russia slow if not outright stalled in their assault although they re continuing the shelling, they re continuing the hammering, and as you can probably see from back where you are in washington in the states, every single day in every corner of this country, missile strikes are killing civilians. it happened on thursday, a woman working for radio free europe, killed when it hit the apartment building in odesa in the southern part of the country, jacqui. jacqui: no kidding. as we zoo this aid having a lot of success with the ukrainian milita ....
we ve got seven children, so we ve got nothing to dry our clothes on, we can t hang clothes out, so we re all a bit wet. we re making the best of it. we are having fun, we re all together. harman is here from london with his family, who are visiting from india. i was wondering that, given it s the month of august now, it would be, like, good weather for beach, but british weather is as uncertain as ever. martha has taken the weather as it comes day by day. we ve got four days camping. so, yeah, rain the first day, | it s obviously very windy and wet today, but yesterday, we all got sunburns! - back at hoburne holiday park, guests see this wet weather as part and parcel of a quintessentially british summer and, in true british fashion, take in the weather in their stride. you bring your raincoats, you bring your shorts, you bring a bit of everything, don t you? and then you ve got it in the car if you need it. and we ve needed it! not a true british holiday, isn t it, ....
high. iwill average monthly payment hit a record high. i will be looking at why and whether there is an end inside to rising housing gusts. newcastle are edging closer to the champions league with a win at goodison park. that leaves everton deep in relegation trouble. good morning. a bit of a grey and drizzly start. the weather will brighten up today and it will be warmer than recent days. all the details for today and the bank holiday weekend throughout the programme. good morning. it s friday, the 28th of april. our main story. head teachers in england will be balloted for strike action, in a move which could see further disruption for schools and parents. the union last held a strike vote injanuary, which supported taking action but did not reach the required 50% turnout. ministers say the pay deal is fair and reasonable. our reporter frances read has the latest. empty hallways, empty desks, children at home, because the teachers say they aren t getting paid what the ....
and a bbc investigation into private ambulance staff training. some crews responding to emergencies say they ve had just one hours training in so called ‘blue lights driving. and dismantling a dinosaur a team at the natural history museum will take three and a half weeks to prepare dippy the diplodocus for his nationwide tour. a bit sad that he is going but maybe i can see other dinosaurs. and what do you think of dippy? he goes, rawr! hello and welcome to bbc news. the european commission has expressed regret over the departure of britain s eu ambassador, sir ivan rogers, saying he was very knowledgeable and always defended his government s interests. sir ivan issued a strong resignation email warning of muddled thinking over brexit. but leading eurosceptic conservative, iain duncan smith, said he d undermined ministers trust when his private advice that a brexit deal could take ten years was leaked. our political correspondent ian watson reports. camera shy ....