A Nicolas Maduro supporter. Libyas internationally recognized Prime Minister fayyad is also says he will leave his post by the end of next month. The southern u. S. Is being hit with whats being described as catastrophic and life threatening flooding thats where Tropical Storm sandy made landfall originally as a category 2 hurricane hundreds of people have been rescued in half a 1000000 people have lost power across florida and alabama and the reports. Are again sally came ashore in the early hours of wednesday morning slamming into alabamas coastline floridas panhandle also bore the brunt of 165 Kilometers Per Hour winds as heavy rain and storm surges led to life threatening floods many residents were forced to evacuate to hotels as conditions worsened and the next it can be looked at were left there and there are you know things like this every man. But. I just i feel for the people that are not you know i have business stories here so heres now we can do after making landfall it continues to move at an agonizingly slow pace forecast to say that makes this storm extremely dangerous for much of the gulf coast daylight in alabama showed a scene of devastation with severe flooding and damaged homes logan is still was at home in gulf shores where sally made landfall just rode it out on the 1st 4 we started your normal window start up. By the roof started coming off and siding was written i just rode it out last month louisiana was hit by one of the most powerful storms on record or again laura killed at least 8 people and cost the state billions and Hurricane Season isnt over until the end of november in addition to sally there are several other named storms currently swirling in the atlantic that as an am since 971. 00 meteorologists here in miami will soon run out of preselected names for this Hurricane Season and be forced to use the greek alphabet thats only ever happened on one other occasion floridas governor is warning residents not to be complacent as the storm moves across the state hurricane charley is the full storm to make landfall this year Scientists SayClimate Change is making storms like this wetter and slower a potentially deadly combination and agalloch a aljazeera well storms on their own a Natural Disaster affecting the u. S. Several states along the west coast are still battling record fires rob reynolds has more on the conditions in Portland Oregon. We spoke to a a Health Official for the county that includes Portland Oregon she says that this is worse than any air pollution event that they have reported since they began taking measurements more than 20 years ago the same is true in washington where the governor said that air pollution had broken all records from the get this at the hospitals here in portland a number of emergency room visits for people suffering from asthma like symptoms or trouble breathing are up 88. 00 times the normal range and people are being urged at all costs to stay inside or if they must go outside to where a proper mass of people are really feeling it and its drifted into the high atmosphere all the way to the east coast of the United States and even beyond to europe so the smoke and. The the Health Implications of the smog are the big story this is very bad for people with asthma with long conditions with Heart Disease because it can cause heart attacks or strokes so it can be extremely serious very tiny microscopic particles much smaller than the diameter of a human hair are circulating in the form of smoke and as they lots deep in the long as they can even get into the bloodstream so overall its a very Serious Health problem here in the Pacific Northwest and all up and down the west coast of the United States. Donald trump has contradicted the director of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control earlier on bidens day Robert Redfield said vaccines wouldnt be available to most americans until the summer of next year but on the trump claims redfield misspoke i mean sister vaccine would be ready for distribution by tobar were on track to deliver and distribute the vaccine in a very very safe and effective manner we think we can start sometime in october so as soon as it is announced well be able to start that will be from mid october on. Maybe a little bit later than that but well be all set so as soon as its given to go ahead theyre doing trials as you know on his soon as its given the go ahead we will get it out defeat the virus weve manufactured all of the necessary supplies so that as soon as the f. D. A. Approves the vaccine and as you know were very close to that will be able to distribute at least 100000000 vaccine doses by the end of 2020 and a large number much sooner than that well lets go live to mike hanna in washington d. C. Mike once again we see the president of the United States going head to head with the experts. Indeed yes well the c. D. C. Director was giving evidence to a Senate Committee and he gave that timeframe on a vaccine saying that it would only be the middle of next year at the earliest before a vaccine became available to the general public he also said that wearing a mask was probably safer then the vaccine itself this is another issue with which president tram took umbrage President Trump says that he phoned the c. D. C. Director and of the peers that the director understood the questions that were asked to him by the Senate CommitteePresident Trump said its nonsense that a mask is more effective than a vaccine in terms of protection he also insisted as you heard there that a vaccine is imminent it could be a matter of weeks according to President Trump but certainly this timeline according to a c. D. C. Director very unlikely indeed mike of course as always comments by the president sparking responses what have people been saying well very much so and in particular from the president ial candidate for the Democratic Party joe biden who lashed out once again at President Trump in the light of his latest comments saying that he would trust science rather than trust the president who he says has repeatedly misled the public on various issues surrounding coronavirus in particular joe biden saying very clearly that he will follow the science and do what the dictates of science say rather than take the words of the president this is what joe biden at to say which we had to take much to distribute to the entire population. A more hopeful lunar new power of science to go this year. One thing is. Weak you allow a plumber to interfere with the vaccine you anyway. Americans are trying to do endure prison terms incompetence and dishonesty when it comes to testing and personal protective equipment. We cant afford to repeat those fiascos when it comes to a vaccine when it occurs the stakes are too high in American Families and already suffered in sacrifice too much so let me be clear i trust vaccines i trust scientists but i dont trust donald trump this moment the American People cant either well President Trump has made repeatedly clear that he wants a vaccine in place before the november election final Clinical Trials are now in place for a number of potential vaccines but these involve tens of thousands of patients and importantly it would require 2 doses over a period of time for each patient so its impossible for all of the timeline that President Trump and visions to be reached which raises the question is the president going to attempt to cut short the protocols for testing new vaccines that have been established for decades thats mike hanna bringing us up to date from washington d. C. Mike thanks very much. The university it has of accuse the venezuelan government of crimes against humanity including the killing and torturing of protesters a Fact Finding Mission to find reasonable grounds to believe president Nicolas Maduro ordered the crimes to silence the opposition its now calling on the International Criminal court to open an investigation if venezuelan authorities failed to act the maduro government has denounced the report saying its whittled with false moves that is about reports. The whole city ordeal and the leader better many people have been demanding justice for over 2 years of going. Through 20 year old son who was killed during protests in venezuela in 2017 he died after being struck in the chest by a tear gas canister not only was anything we have gone to every International Organization to denounce our sons execution because his death was part of a passion of excessive use of force by the state we need to stop this the fact that young men go out on approaches to end up killed we want reaper ration and memory so that in venezuela never again a person is killed for fighting for their rights. Its been alleged that Security Forces were shooting directly towards protesters human Rights Groups saying as you see is have been on the rise in venezuela says the opposition started to take to the streets against precedent in 2014. On tuesday the United NationsFact Finding Mission in venezuela accused of crimes against humanity is my way sions we can meet him directly by members of state Security Forces and intelligence agencies. We have reasonable grounds to believe that higher level of thora g. s within these entities as well as political author origins which resized power and oversight over them including the president s and the ministers of interior and of defense were aware of these crimes and either ordered or otherwise contributed to them the un is asking nations and the criminal court of justice to take action for the abuses torture and extrajudicial executions that have allegedly taken place in the country since 2014 the report shows specific studies involving over 3000 cases of violations and crimes you want to talk your included among other things severe beatings psychological torture the garden flags an execution sorry no more like suggestions thats an execution family members Sexual Assault really threatens knowledge which usually. The u. N. Report comes out just as the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o travels to south america to step up pressure against model. But while venezuela struggles to find a way out of its economic and political crisis victims saying only International Pressure will help them in their fight for justice untruth that is i will. Still ahead an aljazeera. For japans new Prime Minister and his priorities as the country comes out of the iraq oceans who are. Setting the trend how the coronavirus pandemic is change the look of new yorks fashion week. Ahead of the summer all the heavy rain the 4 calls a cool central southern as a china and also across into japan lots of cloudy can see here really streaming across the region in the last few hours and as a say through thursday certainly is cross central and eastern areas of china but this whole system really does produce some very heavy rain itll work its way into Western Areas of honshu certainly and then by friday it becomes very widespread some heavy downpours as well up into her kaido a 10 which is not fairing too badly but really it will be about the rain over the next few days and then it does begin to dry off across into Central China but still those rains have been particularly long the coast a lot of that is due to Tropical Storm of course which is heading towards the coast of vietnam and then into south asia has pools again here particularly into Central States maharastra sunny for the last couple of days and thursday the rains back and forth across much of west bengal a pinch in a pool and again into the northeast of india fahy widespread as well throughout much of bangladesh and namma and you can see here the the darker blue areas once again maharashtra seeing some very heavy downpours throughout the day on thursday so it does mean the next couple days like to be quite wes in mumbai in those rains continuing to extend to the north and also pushing west into southern areas of good at. A life and death struggle for racial equality and a deeply on equal society unfortunately that was a spy for the Apartheid Regime within their group to be very Close Friends like a Family Living together 50 years after his torture and death and Police Custody aljazeera while tells the remarkable story of antiapartheid campaigner in her room south africa in mom who photo apartheid on aljazeera. Through all the. I want to go to see a reminder of our top stories this hour Hurricane Sandy has brought life threatening floods from florida to alabama buildings homes and cars have been deluged and hundreds of people have been rescued by emergency crews half a 1000000 people lost power in the region. U. S. President donald trump has contradicted a top Health Official on the plan a Coronavirus Vaccine will be available c. D. C. Director robert great field says widespread distribution wont be possible until the summer of 2021 but trump insists that will happen by the end of this year. U. N. Investigators have accused the venezuelan government of crimes against humanity including the killing and torturing of protesters theyre calling on the International Criminal court to open an investigation. Alarms have been raised in the u. S. State department the top officials are vulnerable to war crimes charges for approving bombs sales to the saudi and Iraqi Coalition in yemen thats according to the New York Times which is reporting that u. S. Officials had full knowledge of a pattern of indiscriminate civilian killings in the times also accusing the trumpet ministration of systematically suppressing findings by internal watchdogs to prioritise arms sales to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. A clear finkelstein is the director at the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania cavies school of law and she is joining us now from philadelphia thank you very much indeed for giving us your time according to this report by the New York Times it was a state Department Inspector general investigation which revealed the department had failed to address the legal risks of selling bombs to the aides the saudis but Agency Officials had ensured that the details of the finding were put in a classified part of the report that even people with security clearance couldnt read why would they do that. Well of course the u. S. Has a long history of supporting both the u. A. E. On the saudis but particularly with respect to the war in yemen this is a murderous war numerous organizations have signaled the fact that there are war crimes being committed there are civilians and children being directly targeted in this war by the Saudi Coalition and the u. S. Is selling weapons to the saudis and the u. A. E. That are being used to the extent that we know in this war now the Inspector General report signals in the body of the report grave concerns about this and suggest that congress should have been notified of this a classified section of the report which of course i have not seen presumably set the south in greater detail the currents agreements with that has just occurred with the u. A. E. Involving weapons sales would presumably exacerbate these problems which have gone on for a while and indeed accelerate them weapons sold to the u. A. E. May find their way to get been and the u. S. Would then be directly complicit in war crimes and atrocities that are being waged against a civilian population for those of us on the side of this there does seem to be a success significant blank bit if you like in this whole situation a given example that i picked up in march 25th in the Obama Administration signed off on selling one point 3000000000. 00 worth of precision guided bombs and bomb parts to saudi arabia then they decided they didnt like the way that the saudis were using them because they were using them in yemen what i dont quite understand is what did they think they were going to do with them how do you solve that disconnect. Well what should have happened with this agreement if the us wanted to broker a deal with the u. A. E. And with the sign off of israel for the sale of weapons as if there should have been constraints put on the use of those weapons the u. A. E. Would have been very interested in the deal and almost certainly would have accepted at least some constraints since this is a deal that was very advantageous both for it and for defense contractors in the u. S. And the administration so thats called diplomacy there should have been a deal struck here and the u. S. I expect would have had quite a lot of leverage in trying to constrain how weapons were used but when you see u. S. Bombs identified in a bombing of 51 people 40 of whom were children as happened in 2018 or a u. S. Weapons used discovered when a funeral hall was targeted and 140 people died the u. S. Ends up being complicit and as was found in a report in the obama era the u. S. Could literally be complicit in the sense of being responsible for war crimes so this should not have been done this way this deal should have directly addressed humanitarian issues in the war on yemen and no weapons from the u. S. Should have been used should be used and that process should have been restricted Going Forward the ministration has often been described as american tiled administration it sees things predominantly the way that donald trump sees them in terms of deals that can be made rather than the diplomatic element you say that to have these constraints in in any sort of deal with when it comes to arms actually gives the u. S. Leverage why did the u. S. Choose to think not to use that leverage when it would quite clearly be to its advantage. Well because unfortunately the Current Administration is not focused at all on humanitarian concerns they are concerned to advantage themselves and private industry associated with them we do not know all of the business interests that donald trump or jerry questioner may have in the middle east that should certainly be looked into and members of congress should have been directly informed of this deal in advance their advice sought our allies should have been engaged their advice sought so that we were proceeding in the best interests of the region and of the American People and not just the best interests of the individuals involved i do believe that donald trump feels that this deal. Would assist him in his reelection bid and he believes that it will be very much supported by supporters of israel here in the u. S. And i think he may also feel that he can portray this as he has been as a peace deal but that is really a misnomer there is nothing here that will contribute to peace in the middle east and indeed i do believe this will excel or rate of hostilities in the middle east to the extent that it will allow an infusion of weapons of u. S. Origin to be used in yemen really good to get through thoughts on this clear frankenstein we appreciate your time and thank you very much indeed. Thanks for having. About a russian protest leader who disappeared after being detained by moss men has been charged with undermining National Security maria costa cova is in jail in the human skull after ripping off her passport to avoid being sent to ukraine by force before her arrest she played a key role in all denies and demonstrations against longtime leader sanka is accused of rigging last months president ial election vasan is in the capital minsk these charges are actually quite broad to call for action aimed at undermining National Security instead of what the police earlier was a coup detat which was of course much harder to prove but still she is facing 2 to 5 years in prison she was indeed the last female Opposition Leader still in the country and because she ripped up her passport avoiding being deported to ukraine she has turned tear into a National Leader the Opposition Movement is not really relying on its leaders to be honest so it wont affect the protests that we have been seeing in the last couple of weeks in fact only one of the opposition members of the council that was a created to have this Transitional Government by the opposition is now still free and here in a ballot and shes in fact being protected by european diplomats 24 sevenths so they come to her house to make sure that shes also not being arrested. The u. S. Democratic president ial nominee has weighed in on britains trade talks with the European Union joe biden warned any deal must respect the good friday agreement which brought peace to Northern Ireland and prevent the return of a hard boredom this comes as the u. K. Prime minister is trying to push a controversial internal markets bills through that many see as a threat to the 1998 agreement it would give Boris Johnsons government powers to override parts of the e. U. Withdrawal agreement concerning the irish border jones is being forced to offer parliament a vote before a decision is made. Japans ambassador has approved the appointment of a new Prime Minister. As a longtime ally of former Prime Minister ocean so abby resigned last month for Health Reasons the bribe has more from seoul. Its the ultimate victory for a selfmade politician yasha hed a super who in a career spanning decades has finally risen to the highest Political Office in the land. In contrast to many of japans previous Prime Ministers his predecessors shinzo are being included suger does not come from one of japans elite political dynasties hes the son of a strawberry farmer his elevation means a change in style but not in substance as a faithful right hand man to say he is expected to follow the same conservative economic policies while applying his acknowledged problem solving skills to the continuing coded 19 crisis and the ill fated Tokyo Olympics that the pandemic has delayed and now threatens to wreck a well known figure on the domestic political stage it was super powerful chief cabinet secretary who heralded last years succession of emperors unveiling the name of the new imperial era. His appointment as Prime Minister was confirmed at an imperial palace audience with emperor and narrow hito while hardworking and reliable many believe he lacks the charisma needed for the job in particular in his dealings with other world leaders. Thats something that comes naturally to shinzo of a who leaves the office having set a record as japans longest serving Prime Minister but are trying to much i would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the people who supported me in both tough and difficult times i submitted a metal money next today the chagrin demonstration will be born. I would like to ask for your strong support for the ruling l. D. P. Party suit gars mission is to act as continuity Prime Minister for the next year before elections are called with japans mounting problems suga needs to prove he has the required leadership skills to do that rob Mcbride Al Jazeera one of the worlds most iconic Fashion Shows has had to reinvent itself in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic the new york event usually lasts a week but with face pasts and social distancing has been cut short as particle hand reports a wider fashion industry has been hit hard. New York Fashion Week has a new look yes the styles are cutting edge but the live shows are fewer and the guests farther between thanks to the coronavirus for designer mico underwood whos showing for the 1st time the pandemic has brought with it major challenges from disrupted supply lines to the staging of the show itself we all have to be super cautious we have to be you know the awful of the space stuff a little social distancing making sure that everyone is feeling ok in the moment that they show up making sure that we provide masks and gloves and the all of these things you know just very new environment this year fashion week is only 5 days instead of 7 with the majority of a vent online and spaces that once host of events turned into production studios fashion week of side the industry particularly Luxury Fashion has been hit hard by the pandemic stores may have reopened but many people are still working from home if they have a job and go eat out less all of which means less demand for new Clothes Department stores like Neiman Marcus and lord and taylor which cater to high end customers have declared bankruptcy and the mall based stores like j. C. Penny Brooks Brothers and j. Crew are also struggling experts say with hours without a strong presence particularly vulnerable of consumer demand wanes for a pair of high heel shoes add a glamorous dress retailers were going to have to pivot very quickly and as you see demand for mass are going up demand for the essential items are going up which brings us to this years must have excess or as designers we all have to look at with this new accessory was the mask and what does that mean and has that look like Going Forward as a creative i think its challenges are good for me and it stretches me to be more innovative so a fashion trend embrace by designers but one that everyone hopes will be short lived particle hane algae. This is al jazeera these are the top stories how to consolidate has brought life threatening floods from florida to alabama buildings homes and cars have been deluged and hundreds of people have been rescued by emergency crews off a 1000000 people have lost power in the region jay gray has more from alabama it was the wind on this side it was the rain and the storm surge on the east side the water that storm 30 flooding low lying coastal communities and then rain in some areas more than a theme in recent history really swallowing entire communities and unfortunately those wild water theyre not going to recede any time soon all the creek lakes and rivers that usually carry that water out already over their edges and more water is pouring in and if youre going to continue to push into a lot of these communities u. S. President donald trump is can turn addicted a top Health Official on when a Coronavirus Vaccine is going to be available c. D. C. Director Robert Redfield says widespread distribution wont be possible until a summer of 2021 but trump insists that will happen by the end of this year alarms have been raised in the u. S. State department that the top officials of vulnerable to war crimes charges for approving bombs sales to the saudi and Iraqi Coalition in yemen thats according to the New York Times which is reporting u. S. Officials had full knowledge of a pattern of indiscriminate civilian killings the times is also accusing the trumpet ministration of systematically suppressing findings by internal watchdogs to prioritize arms sales to saudi arabia and the u. A. E. About a russian protest leader who disappeared after being detained by mosque men has been charged with undermining National Security might be a custom coves in jail or men scaf to repeat help a possible order to avoid being sent to ukraine by force before her arrest she played a key role in all denies and demonstrations against the longtime leader of sound a local sanka is accused of breaking last months president ial election those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the bottom line goodbye. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question are even jellicoe is giving President Trump the votes he needs to win a 2nd term lets get to the bottom line. About a 3rd of americans identify themselves as born again or as evangelical christians and among that group almost all of them voted for donald trump in 2016 and the vast majority say theyre going to do it again in a few weeks in return trump has pushed the religious rights agenda with this culture war and socially conservative policies the appointment of conservative judges and support for israels government but what is this huge group in American Society and how do they become such an enormous influence on americas political scene what do evangelical christians believe it and what do they want my guest today is spend his life