Harvey now in louisiana and it could travel as far north as the ohio valley threatening cincinnati. Potentially the costly its Natural Disaster in u. S. History 160 billion is what one estimate pegs it at and now another storm barreling in potentially hurricane irma. What better way though to help americans heal than with jobs and economic growth. Thats what President Trump wants he was in americas heartland today kicking off a major push for tax cuts. Springfield, missouri the first place of route 66. This is main street america. Welcome to risk reward im elizabeth macdonald. Well lets take you to port arthur texas. It is 91 miles east of houston. It was hit with a flash flood. 40 inches of rain since yesterday. The mayor now says the whole city is under water. It is ground zero of hurricane harvey. Officials there are calling conditions dire and 55,000 residents flooded out of their homes. House fires reported, 20,000 homes had six feet of water inside. Port arthur residents picked u
Direct rule on the region. Itll be Mariano Rajoys first appearance in the region since implementing direct rule there two weeks ago. Yesterday hundreds of thousands of catalans took to the streets of barcelona to demand the release of the separatist leaders detained after declaring independence. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35am this mornings reviewers are the journalist and broadcaster shyama perera, and sian griffiths, the sunday Times Education editor. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of services will be held across the uk to remember those who died in two world wars and other conflicts. In london, veterans and military personnel willjoin members of the royal family for the National Service of remembrance at the cenotaph. For the first time, the queen will watch proceedings from a nearby balcony. 0ur royal correspondent Sarah Campbell has more. The queen and the duke of edinburgh attending last nights festival of remembrance. This weekend is o
This afternoon. The showers in the west will ease across the south west of england and wales in the second pa rt of england and wales in the second part of the day. Further east, the showers will persist across east anglia. A lot of sunshine across the British Isles for the second half of today. Still a few showers for Northern Ireland. The temperatures you see behind me are somewhat deceptive. It will feel much colder, because you must factor in the northerly wind. But the wind will die down overnight, because this High Pressure will open up the isobars and High Pressure will open up the isoba rs and make High Pressure will open up the isobars and make for a clear night, but also a very cold night. Definitely a chilly start to the new week. There will at least be some early sunshine across england and wales, but make the most of it. The cloud will come piling in and will make for another chilly day. The rain will fall in Northern Ireland and also scotland. That weather system coming i
Oui interests of our country. Heres our foreign secretary. If theresa may was a strong Prime Minister, she would have sacked him a long time ago. No one is unsackable. We are all that do ourjob and i think boris is doing a good as foreign secretary. A former head of Scotland Yard confirms he was aware of allegations that pornographic material was found on a computer used by the cabinet minister, damian green, in 2008. Also in the next hour the spanish Prime Minister visits catalonia for the First Time Since he imposed direct rule on the region. Hell be campaigning for his Peoples Party ahead of next months early Regional Elections. And in half an hour here on bbc news, click goes to shenzhen in china once the centre for consumer electronic goods and now hoping to become the home of innovation. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Prince charles has led the tributes at the cenotaph as the nation comes together for remembrance sunday. Big ben chimes. Music last post. Prince charles la
And some of the worlds finest ballet dancers. We go to hull, in britains city of culture, at 2 30. Good afternoon. Theresa mays closest ally in the cabinet, damian green, has insisted that the police never informed him of allegations that pornography had been found on a computer at his office in parliament. A former head of the metropolitan police, sir paul stephenson, has said his force was aware that material had been found in a search of the offices, back in 2008. Previously, damian green had described the claims as completely untrue. Our Home Affairs Correspondent dominic cascianis report contains some flashing images. At the heart of the government, the Prime Ministers right hand man. But now damian green, de facto deputy Prime Minister, is under increasing pressure of allegations that he says are untrue and a smear. It all goes back to this 2008 raid on mr greens offers. Special Scotland Yard detectives hunted a home Office Insider who was leaking documents to the then shadow fro