The southern us state of louisiana is being battered by a powerful Tropical Storm, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 112 kilometres per hour. But storm barry has lost some of its strength since coming ashore as a category1 hurricane. Forecasters have warned of a dangerous storm surge on the gulf coast, with flooding expected to be most severe south west of new orleans. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and explained how storm barry remains dangerous. What we are experiencing is sudden downpours of rain, forecasters are warning that rain is going to become more persistent. That is what theyre really worried about here, the conditions that preceded this storm, that the Mississippi River was very, very high, silence of flooding levels already. Forecasters predict they could be up to two feet of rain to fall over the next 48 hours. Now its going to land on already saturated ground, the street behind me was flooded three days ago, and as i said, the Mississippi River is alrea
Fathers from migrant families at the southern border. And, we go inside japans Fukushima Nuclear complex, 12 years after a catastrophic meltdown, to check on the complicated cleanup. This is a multibillion dollar a year effort being spent at fukushima right now. Its going to take some time to complete this work. Major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by moving our economy for 160 years, the nbnsf, the engine that connects us. The walden family foundation. Supported by the john d and Catherine T Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org, and with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Vanessa welcome to the newshour. Im vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with newshour west. Disaster Recovery Efforts ramp up across maui, so too has the painstaking search operation. The co
You cant be a prosecutor without being attacked from time to time, by folks youre prosecuting. The pros, i dont think thats going to affect the prosecution. How would you assess it . Its broad. Its big. You have many counts. 98 pages long. Thats massive. Just because you bring the count or the charge in a rico indictment, it doesnt mean you have to prove all of them. We may see a narrowed down indictment or might see an indictment where every one of the acts is proven. Its going to be a long trial. Juju clearly, a lot of history to be made ahead. Thank you very much. We appreciate your infights as always. Thanks for joining us. My pleasure, juju. Well have much more on the Trump Indictment in georgia and the political fallout, with complete coverage overnight. Well be right back. Oaps dont remove all the grease, even with scrubbing . Whaaat . I just cleaned those. Try dawn platinum. It removes 99 of grease and food residue. Thats why dawn is trusted to save wildlife affected by oil. Da
To the us, and made his way to the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has knowledge detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a Press Briefing the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We when considering its validity. Would caution everyo consider we would caution everyone to consider the source here. That is incredibly important as we are killing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king obviously. We remain focused on his safe return for the past several weeks and we are working
The media as well as there are growing questions and concerns about whether the island was prepared for this fire, whether the warning sirens went off on time and with the residents of the area were given enough time to try to make their way to safety, because these fires spread very rapidly. We know they might have been fed at least in part by a hurricane that was taking place in the area, so some very terrifying scenes of residents having to flee to the ocean. It might be ready to get under way here, so lets see if we can get to listen if we can get the hawaiian governor to take the podium momentarily it looks like, about to get under way. 0k. Thank you forjoining us today during this most difficult time, especially for the people of maui. We are here to provide you with the latest updates and information from the county, the state and our federal partners as it relates to the wildfires throughout maui. At this time, i would like to invite governorjosh green to share his remarks. Alo