Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
To world news today. Hurricane harvey has intensified into a category three storm as it pushes closer to the us gulf coast. The governor of texas has asked President Trump to issue a major disaster declaration, hours before the state is expected to be battered. Texas and louisiana havent been hit by a major hurricane in more than a decade. Officials say harvey could also bring life threatening flooding that will likely last for days. As you know, this is a hurricane that will calm in land and then is expected to hover for a long that will calm in land and then is expected to hoverfor a long period of time. They could be days. During that time, there will be a tremendous amount of rain. It will be dropped on miles upon miles of texas. This is going to lead to what was described earlier in our Conference Call as record flooding at multiple locations, ranging all the way from the Corpus Christi area all the way up to the houston area. President donald trump has treated President Donald Tr
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Irelands Conor Mcgregor takes on Floyd Mayweather in las vegas. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. The most powerful storm to hit the United States for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. Hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. Its expected to reach land in the next few hours, with winds of around 120 mph. This is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. Thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. Up to a metre of rain is expected to fall. From texas, james cooke reports. The view from space as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards the United States of america. The storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. Now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. Its a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. Not only are we going
Weekend between Colin Mcgregor and Floyd Mayweather well talk about the big business of the big fight, massive fight. You are watching. Ill definitely be watching that i dont know about either sport. It will be a spectacle for sure. But you do it yourself or no . No. I wasnt clear here id probably ends up in the heavyweights category and i would be destroyed. I was beginning to see that im kidding. Yes, you would. No, i wouldnt. Joining our Closing Bell Exchange today to knock things around, we have chris constantino, jonathan le the futures turn over by nine point, whats going on there . No major headline thats out there. Sorry as soon as i asked you about that, we go to the white house. A lot of shared goals, thats what we are focused on we are disappointed that obamacare they failed to get it repealed and replaced, but at the same time President Trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out to other members and to work on those shared goals. We will continue to do that when th