also on the programme: police who ve been searching for a missing two month old baby say a body found yesterday suggests the child may have been dead for some time. we speak to the journalist who leaked matt hancock s whatsapp messages more than 100,000 of them. isabel 0akeshott says the public interest was overwhelming. and as children are encouraged to read on world book day, the bbc is encouraging them to write. the 500 words story competition is back. 0n bbc london: coming up on the bbc news channel, chip shot fish rinse the town historic run to the quarterfinals is the story of the fa cup so far this season. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has found that it might have been prevented if mi5 had acted on key intelligence received in the months before the attack. the final part of the inquiry, which has been held in private, has looked at what the intelligence services knew about the bomber, salman abedi. previous reports found failings in the security at th
deadin manslaughter after a baby was found dead in woodland in sussex yesterday. yet more revelations emerge from the former health secretary s leaked whatsapp messages, as matt hancock accuses the journalist behind it of a massive betrayal and breach of trust. and as children are encouraged to read on world book day, the bbc is encouraging them to write as well. the 500 word story and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. we ll give you the latest on the hearing into cricket s racism scandal, while in the tennis, djokovic delivers in dubai, the world number one cruises into the semi finals in straight sets good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has found that the security service, m15, missed a significant opportunity in the months running up to the bombing at an ariana grande concert that might have prevented the attack. the head of m15 has said he is profoundly sorry. the families of the 22 people who died i
A system. Fema warning it will be the strongest storm to car get the carolinas in decades and thats saying a lot. Where it is headed. When it should arrive and what to expect to see on the ground if you live in its path. Also, tremendously big. Thats President Trumps characterization of the storm. He insists that the feds are totally prepared. So, are we ready . Americas storm and rescue infrastructure will most certainly be tested with lives potentially on the line. Femas director just minutes ago telling my colleague Andrea Mitchell that people are running out of time. Well get to that part of the story in just a moment. But we start, we start with the storm of a lifetime. Thats what the National Weather service continues to characterize it as. A dangerous cat 4 storm right now about 485 miles southeast of where i am standing right now. The storm massivement bigger than the entire state of michigan. With 130mileperhour winds. Expected to make landfall friday morning. People are prepa
President trump issues his own warning today. Do not play games. Its not just florence on his mind, maria is, too. He praised the job he did with that hurricane. The mayor of san juan joins us later in the show with the president calling her incompetent. In washington, a different kind of concern. Why the gop leader sa sounding not so optimistic about hanging on to the senate. Plus, the threats against a different republican caught in the kavanaugh craoss hairs. The National Hurricane center is call thg the storm of a lifetime. Everybody from georgia to maryland on alert as the president tweets, moments ago, about the threat to georgia. Two words, strong and slow. Florence is 500 miles from the east coast. The people will see the rain, the high winds, the rough surf, well before then. You have hurricane warnings covering the coastline of North Carolina with mandatory evacuations for 1. 5 million people. The warning now . Today is the last day anybody should be traveling. By tomorrow, y
With a storm surge, that water reverses and flows inward. It could easily go 30, 40 miles inland with this. Well handle it. Were ready. Were able. Get out of its way. Dont play games with it. Its a big one. Maybe as big as theyve seen, and tremendous amounts of water. The message to citizens is clear. Today is your last day to get out of the areas that have been placed under evacuation orders. Its going to disrupt services. Its going to destroy homes. It it going to destroy infrastructure. Disaster is at the doorstep, and its coming in. Its going to be a monster, so were like, yeah, were worried. Its important for us to evacuate. We dont need to take chances. We dont need to put personnel on the line to save us. We get 14, 15 inches of rain, all this is going to be under water again. Im worried about my clients, the older people that theyre being very well taken care of. This is our home, and were just going to stay here and protect our own stuff. I think puerto rico was incredibly suc