[indiscernible] after visiting and neighborhoods he spoke at a Community Center in an area of the city that was once under 17 feet of water. He spoke for proximally 40 minutes. [indiscernible] president obama every have a seat. Hello. Where are you . In the bigto be back easy. And, this is the weather in august every summer. Soon as i land in new orleans the first thing i do is get hungry. When i was here at the family a few years ago i had shrimp, at the bakery. I still remember it. Office maybe leave i will finally get a rebirth at the maple leaf on tuesday night. See theet a chance to mardi gras and celebration. Now, i just go to meetings. I want to thank michelle for the introduction, and more importantly for the great work she is doing, what she symbolizes, what she represents in terms of bouncing back. I want to acknowledge the great friend and someone who has , worked tirelessly on behalf of the city. He is following a family legacy of service. Your mayor, Mitch Landrieu. [appla
Oui serving our nation and protecting our safety in our hour of need. And today isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. He is on duty right now and he is he hasjoined us is on duty right now and he is he has joined us today for the ceremony. And this morning all of us and all of america thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . Applause thank you. Thank you, isaac. Thank you. Applause to isaac and to every First Responder and survivor of the attack you carry, on the legacy of the friends you lost, you keep alive the memory of those who perished and you make america proud. Very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that its with a pained and heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so, by choosing to persevere through the grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew oui grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew our courage gri
Are debating the bill that will transfer eu law into uk law ahead of brexit. Also in the next hour, more than three hundred thousand Muslim Rohingyas have now fled myanmar as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma causing widespread damage. President trump has described it as a storm of catastrophic severity and added he was marshalling the full resources of the federal government to deal with its aftermath. At least four people have been killed, and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend it hit cu bas northern coast, then moved north batter
And try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Community. With so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. Here the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they wont tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. Overnight Hurricane Irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its path. Today a group of dutch tourist in saint martin were evacuated to the nearby island ofjericho, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive so we should be happy with that. It wasnt nice. Ive never experienced anything like it. Translation five days without water, electricity and supplies, thats a long time. I have left but others havent. Theyve lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here the French Military are bringing humanitarian aid to communities who have been cut out for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk ter
Governorsors, mayors, who are staging an antitrump revolt here at the u. N. Climate summit, declaring we are still in the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Accord. But what exactly do they mean . We will speak with senator markey and hawaiis senator brian schatz. But first, President Trump meets with philippines president rorodrigo o duterte in manila. A. Pres. Trump this has been very successful. We have many meeeetings todawith many o oth l leaders. Conferences hahave been handled beautifully by the president of the philippines and their representatives. I really enjoyed beingng here. E. Amy wellll speakak with tetet lauron, a former member of the Philippines Climate delegagatio, about the significance of trumps meeting with d duterte. And we w will talklk about the threats climate e change poses o our nations with an activist and warrior of fiji. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. More than 330 people ha