Brazil. From cnn headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here, in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Aiming for the gold, new records have been set in rio on this first day of competition at the Olympic Games. A big win for hungary. Katino hossu broke the world record or the womens 400 meter individual medically, winning the gold. Christina mcfar legion walks us through the highlights of the first day of competition. It was a busy opening day here in rio where the 31st olympiad got under way with 12 olympic gold medals across seven disciplines. The first of the day went to the United States. 19yearold jenny flasher in the 10 meter air rifle, pulling off a surprise upset to beat the 2004 athens Gold Medalist. Just days after 273 russian athletes were finally cleared on take part in the Olympic Games after statesponsored doping, russia got gold in the had 60 kill low graham judo competition. Perhaps the most dramatic event of
Standing his ground after defending his administrations puerto rico response with another disaster on the doorstep. So is the new trump standard for success a death toll that approaches 3,000 . To our viewers in the United States and around the world from bordeaux, South Carolina, to bordeaux, france, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with a stark warning now about Hurricane Florence. The category 3 storm, just a day away from hitting the east coast of the United States. The time to prepare is almost over. Disaster is at the doorstep, and is coming in. This storm threatens life. Hurricane florence seemingly taking direct aim at the carolina coast. And once it makes landfall, get ready for another disastrous problem. Forecasters say the storm will essentially come to something almost like a stop, moving only two to three miles per hour. Thats like a brisk walk. Some coastal areas could get hurricaneforce winds for more than 24 hours, and more than 3 feet of rain. Not inches,
Certainly an impact of a major hurricane. I dont think were going to miss that, whether it hits the outer banks or all the way down somewhere north of charleston, maybe myrtle beach, thats still up in the air because were still about 80 hours away. Right now, 105mileperhour storm, but the National Center for Atmospheric Research said by 1 00, theyll take this to 120, which will take this to a cat3 hurricane. Thats likely, but well see. Thats the 11 00 advisory. Were still an hour away from that. Its forecast to be 150. What does 120 or 105 . Forecast to be 150mileperhour storm by tomorrow afternoon. And that is going to be right over the warm water, and its going to try to drive itself right into the carolina coast. Now, there are still some models that try to stop it. There are still some that try to turn it to the right a little bit. But otherwise, just going straight into the coast with a significant storm surge. 150mileperhour storm in the water, even if its 130 when it hits land,
The plan to develop a predictive system to improve the ability to prepare for and respond to severe weather systems was highlighted at a recent climate talk this week.