Replace john boehner. This week, how their results will reshape the republican party. Good evening, everyone. We begin tonight with that flash nraeding and endless rain hitting South Carolina. State Officials Say it is the worse they have experienced in 1,000 years. At least three people have been killed in the flooding. Hundreds more calling 911 hoping to be rescued. 25,000 buildings are currently without power. Emergency crews have set out tens of thousands of sandbags. Still hundredsover roads and bridges there are completely covered by Rushing Water and there is even more rain on the way to this area. Robert ray is live in charleston which is under a Flash Flood Warning right now. Reporter one second its not raining. The next its pouring. Bands coming off the atlantic ocean. You can imagine what cars are doing in this water. It goes from two feet of water to knee deep and further in some areas. Many people out of power. The governor asking people to stay at home and listen to that
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Schools and collegion are closed in South Carolina today. Thousands are without power around the state, seven are dead. Officials rescued hundreds from cars caught in flash floods. Robert ray is live for us in charleston, South Carolina. Was there any warning . Thats a great question. The answer is yes and no. They expect really intense rain and heavy amounts in the South Carolina area. The mayor here of charleston, whos been here for 40 years at mayor said he has never seen anything like it, including 1989s hurricane hugo which really caused havoc in this area. People are trying to figure out exactly what to do in the coming days and assess when this rain is over, which should be over today, later today. Charlestons been hit hard, the capitol, columbia very, very much completely pummeled. There have been swift water rescues and chopper rescues yesterday. Roads have collapsed. Dams have crashed in. T
Carolina. The vote for leadership, House Republicans will vote on the speaker of the house. How it can change leadership. Also, comic relief from saturday night life to late night talk shows, the effectiveness of politicians telling jokes for votes. And we begin knit in roseburg, oregon. Umpqua Community College is prepared to open its doors after nine people were shot dead on the campus. The president announced students and faculty can return but class he are closed until october he 12th. This is not a club we wanted to join. We did not want to be part of the Sandy Hook Club but were now members, the newest members and the senior members are all taking care of us and i would like to thank them. Sabrina register is live in roseburg oregon, for us, sabrina. And adam we have spoken to several students today who say even though its several days away, they are too nervous and upset to be returning to campus. I want to talk to chris meant, even though he had been shot multiple times, he rus
Independent investigation. We will speak with kathy kelly , who wasino strada head of emergency that cares for the were wounded in afghanistan and countries around the world. Then the economics of Climate Change. Where calling for looking at the root causes of what is driving Climate Change and also using Climate Change as a catalyst to build a fair, Economic System and what we show in the film is people are doing this very organically. Amy we will speak with naomi klein and phil maker avi lewis about their document rate, enough a campaign to end war and focus on food and health. This as South Carolina deals with the thousand year storm. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Doctors without borders is to manning an independent inquiry into a suspected u. S. Airstrike on an afghan hospital that killed 22 people in an afghan hospital saying it may be a war crime. 12 step members were killed and 10 patients
Politics, the ongoing wars in the middle east, u. S. Empire, and working with the late historian howard zinn and more. In the Police Boycott of director plus films of speaking out against Police Brutality. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Doctors without borders has released an internal report on the u. S. Bombing of its hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. The airstrike killed at least 30 people, including 13 Staff Members, 10 patients, and seven unrecognizable victims get to be identified. Doctors without borders has said the strike appears to be a war crime. In a report describes patients burning in a beds, medical staff who were decapitated and lost limbs, and Staff Members shot from the air while they fled the burning building. The report described doctors and other medical staff thing shot while running to reach safety in a different part of the compound. Doctors without borders says it provided the