The southern us state of louisiana is being battered by a powerful Tropical Storm, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 112 kilometres per hour. But storm barry has lost some of its strength since coming ashore as a category1 hurricane. Forecasters have warned of a dangerous storm surge on the gulf coast, with flooding expected to be most severe south west of new orleans. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and explained how storm barry remains dangerous. What we are experiencing is sudden downpours of rain, forecasters are warning that rain is going to become more persistent. That is what theyre really worried about here, the conditions that preceded this storm, that the Mississippi River was very, very high, silence of flooding levels already. Forecasters predict they could be up to two feet of rain to fall over the next 48 hours. Now its going to land on already saturated ground, the street behind me was flooded three days ago, and as i said, the Mississippi River is alrea
The southern us state of louisiana is being battered by a powerful Tropical Storm, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 112 kilometres per hour. But storm barry has lost some of its strength since coming ashore as a category1 hurricane. Forecasters have warned of a dangerous storm surge on the gulf coast, with flooding expected to be most severe south west of new orleans. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and explained why storm barry remains dangerous. What we are experiencing is sudden downpours of rain, forecasters are warning that rain is going to become more persistent. That is what theyre really worried about here, the conditions that preceded this storm, that the Mississippi River was very, very high, silence of flooding levels already. Forecasters predict they could be up to two feet of rain to fall over the next 48 hours. Now its going to land on already saturated ground, the street behind me was flooded three days ago, and as i said, the Mississippi River is alrea
Flooding winds and a dangerous storm surge. Were all over it. How about this . A alltime high for the Dow Jones Industrial average. Were above 27,000 for the First Time Ever. The market performing so well, thanks to some might say to an underperforming economy that has the Federal Reserve set to cut Interest Rates. Gerri willis starts it off for us at the new york Stock Exchange. Hey, gerri. Connell, thats right. Were up 200 points. 61 points over 27,000 level. Therefore i can wear my hat. One is outshining the others. United healthcare is up 5 after the president decided to kill a proposal that would have overhauled rebates collected by the middlemen between insurance plans and drug companies. Unh owns optum rx. That is the biggest of these middlemen. Dow jones reported that unitedhealthcare was responsible for 200 points of the dows move. Also contributing to gains today, Goldman Sachs and boeing each up. You can see here nearly 2 . The move to 27,000 took 372 trading days. That is t
Might be around the corner. Kevin cirilli is at the white house, where we expect Prime Minister trudeau any minute. Kevin canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to meet with President Trump to discuss the usmca as the house of skeptical ases is to whether they are willing to advance this measure. Mexico has taken the next step to advance the trade agreement between the u. S. , mexico, and canada. In addition to meeting with the president , canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to meet with democrats on capitol hill. That that lobbying effort he is going to have to win over in order to finalize this deal. Yesterday i spoke with senior members in the Democratic Party who are on various committees that are in the middle of these negotiations. What they had to say was they are unsure that there is a path forward for usmca ahead of david the Prime Minister wants to try to expand the relations with President Trump beyond that. There are other issues on the agenda, including
Greeces leftist Prime Minister, alexis tsipras, has conceded defeat in the countrys snap general election. With the results still coming in, the centre right Opposition Party, new democracy has won with current projections showing its closing in on an absolute majority. Mr tsiprass syriza party, seems to to have paid the price, for failing to oppose austerity measures imposed by the eu, in return for financial bailouts. Our correspondent, mark lowen reports from athens. A victory cry for a change of guard greeces centre right new democracy cheering its new era, winning an outright majority and ousting alexis tsipras. Its leader has refreshed a party once seen as the corrupt establishment. And, as the populist, left wing tsipras broke promises to end austerity, greece has returned to the political mainstream. Well, first of all, i asked for a strong mandate to change the country, and the greek people delivered. Im very, very grateful for the result. We won an outright majority, which wa