Welcome to nhk world newsline. Hk world the leaders of britain and france say a rescue operation is ongoing at a natural gas plant the countrys Security Forces t moved in thursday to free workers who have been held hostage by islamist militants. Some of the captain captives have escaped. Theyre still pursuing hostages in other areas of the site. The militants kidnapped the workers on wednesday. The hostages include japanese, french, and american citizens. An escapee said that militants were Holding Hostages in a residential section of the facility. Algerian military air strikes caused panic and 400 to 600 captives rushed to emergency exits, ignoring orders by the militants to stop. An irish hostage told reuters that the Algerian Army carried out an air strike on five jeeps with captives inside. His vehicle was its only one that wasnt blown up. Spokes persons for the japanese Engineering Firm Jgc Corporation say they have been in contact with the captives. The fate of the remaining 10 h
And libya. I dont know exactly where we should start this show. I do. Im going to ask willie. Willie, what was the name what name did donald trump take back when he used to lie about sex john miller. Hed say he was john miller and call news organizations and say im calling for donald trump and he would brag about his sexual prowess or trying to clean things up. Ewh. I guess compensate. He did his john miller routine yesterday with the rnc. Fortunately they didnt brag about his sex life, but theyre not doing that anymore. But did you see that statement the rnc put out . It was just kind of nice to know donald still cares and watches us despite what he said. That was a vitriolic statement. It made me sad. Did you see that . I did. It was a weird day on both sides where you had Hillary Clinton trashing the dnc. Well play some of that. Donald trump comes out and tweets about Hillary Clinton, all this could have played out a year ago. Feels like were still in the 2016 campaign. Id just be h
Wont donald trump speak for america . Even trumpfriendly outlet like drudge and the New York Post are being critical this morning. We will hear next hour from the spouse who reminded the president yesterday that russia is not our ally but for now the white house isnt saying anything. No press briefing is scheduled. Still bebe again at the white house where we find our abby phillip. Good morning. No tweets from the president at all this morning. What are you hearing . The silence at the white house is deafen inning and it highlights some of the criticism is coming from unusual places. Long time defenders of the white house are criticizing President Trump saying he made a big mistake and saying he should probably try to rectify this in some way but so far youre not hear hearing any officials leaping to his defense. Meanwhile, President Trump sat down with sean hannity and heres how he characterized their oneonone meeting yesterday. I thought president putin was very strong. Were doing re
Coast. Were live with the breaking news on hurricane florence. A new forecast coming in right now for this monster storm that threatens 20 Million People. Hurricane florence still bearing down on the carolinas and the midatlantic coast where 1. 5 Million People have already been forced to flee. Weve got a lot coming up on this for you. But lets get right to tom sater in the cnn weather center. Tom, good evening to you. A new advisory has just come in. What can you tell us . We still have a massive category 4 florence here, and it hasnt even reached its peak yet, don. Some updates i need to tell you about because its such an active atlantic right now. While we are watching florence, authorities in texas now are watching whats happening off the yucatan. We could have a depression or a Tropical Storm in the next couple of days. So, you know, services are going to be spread out across the country. Lets back up from yesterday and really tell you whats happened in the last couple of hours. E
Atlantic coast where 1. 5 Million People have already been forced to flee. Weve got a lot coming up on this for you. Lets get right to the tom sater in the weather center. New advisory has come in. What can you telluous. We still have a massive category 4 florence here. It hasnt reached its peak yet. Some updates i need to tell you about. Its such and aceftive atlantic. We could have a depression or Tropical Storm in the next couple of days in the yucatan. Services will be spread out across the country. Lets back up from yesterday and tell you whats happened in the last couple of hours. Early this morning, if National Hurricane center issued watches. We get the updates every three hours after the watches. It didnt take long for them to push into a warning from santee river South Carolina up to duck, North Carolina including albemarle and pimlico. This is coming. The system is still massive. Last night, winds at 140, dropped this morning to 130. It slowed down this morning. Now its spee