The recovery effort in texas during a visit to houston, where hes been meeting people whove been affected by storm harvey. The president and the first lady have now travelled to neighbouring louisiana, which was also badly hit by the storm. James cook reports from houston. Americans look to their president. He is expected, required, to show empathy, leadership and unity. Today, donald trump did deliver hugs and handshakes, and over the past week, the commander in chiefs response to this hurricane has been praised as rapid and effective. Nice to see you. Go ahead, take a picture. Its been really nice, its been a wonderful thing. As tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing, i think, even for the country to watch, and for the world to watch. Its been beautiful. So far, the storm has claimed more than 45 lives. It has damaged or destroyed 100,000 homes, and left more than a Million People displaced. And yet President Trump spent the eve of this visit talking about scrapping a policy t
It has damaged or destroyed 100,000 homes, and left more than a Million People displaced. And yet President Trump spent the eve of this visit talking about scrapping a policy that protects young, undocumented immigrants. The devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey is plain to see here. Texas is barely beginning to count the cost, and many people here are astonished that the president would choose this moment even to mention immigration. And we have a lot of distilled waterfor the babies. Jessicas home was flooded, and now she is helping others. Brought here illegally at the age of four, she is among 200,000 texans who face being fired and deported if President Trump keeps his campaign promise. Its a complete slap in the face. I mean, you see people who are struggling, your initial reaction is to help them, and his is the complete opposite. He knows what he is doing. He knows what the effects of this would be in the community. The white house says the president will announce his decisio
Now, this is an objective they had set for themselves. We know they tested these long range rockets injuly. There were two tests that were carried out of Intercontinental Missiles and at that time, north korea had said that they were trying to produce a miniaturised warhead that could fit onto those Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles which was light enough and which could also fly that range. Of course, we dont have any independent verification of this claim but if north korea is now saying they can now weaponise these long range missiles, it will be seen as a big threat by america because those Intercontinental Missiles which they tested in july, many experts believe that they put a large part of the us mainland within range. Yogita, in terms of announcements from north korea, how sceptical and careful should we be until we get some verification . Well, we know the country has already conducted five nuclear tests. As far as the missile tests they have conducted, experts do believe th
Welcome to bbc news. Im duncan golestani. North korea says it has developed an advanced Hydrogen Bomb capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. State media said the countrys leader, kim jong un, had inspected such a device, although theres been no independent verification. Last week, north korea fired an intermediate range missile over northern japan, prompting the authorities there to warn residents to take cover. Our correspondent Yogita Limaye is in the south korean capital seoul. We now have three photographs that have been released of kimjong un looking at a silver coloured what north korea is claiming is an advanced Hydrogen Bomb, an advanced nuclear weapon. The statement says that this is a weapon capable of fitting onto an intercontinental long range ballistic missile. Now, this is an objective they had set for themselves. We know they tested these long range rockets injuly. There were two tests that were carried out of intercontinental missiles and at
Is it working . Or do we need a drastic rethink . We talk to people on both sides of the debate. The bombing has caused upset right across the country, but how do those who have to investigate it and deal with its aftermath cope . Chief superintendentJohn Sutherland spent years on the front line of policing and will be talking about the toll dealing with such events can take. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. 00 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning, general Election Campaigning resumes today and ukip will be launching their manifesto. We will be looking at that later in the programme. Bbc news has been told that the police have stopped Sharing Information about the Manchester Bombing with officials in the united states, following a series of leaks thought to have come from the american intelligence community. Last night, the New York Times published photographs apparently showing fragments from the bomb and a backpack used