Has eight hundred and fourteen million voters head to the polls in the first of nine stages to elect a time watching the screen cap for joining us first of this monday in rwanda commemorations are being held to mark the twentieth anniversary of the genocides for three months in nineteen ninety four. Some eight hundred thousand people mostly tutsis were slaughtered. I could to malaysia. Rwandan president paul gandhi had just lit a flame at the Memorial Center in on the flame will burn for one hundred days the length of the massacre. Cats georgia kelvin smith is at the stadium and going out with a commemoration ceremony will take place. Georgette the grief over the genocide today is being slightly overshadowed by these renewed claims of france was complicit in the killings to the point where the french ambassador to rwanda has reportedly been barred from the proceedings altogether what he tells about that well it is really rather unfortunately trying to stop and get the nice comments tha
Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm British Airways files a complaint with the European Commission over the government bail out of struggling Airline Flybe. Ba says its a blatant misuse of public funds. The government isnt in the market to bail out private companies. What we do on a case by case basis is look to see whether a business is viable. In the case of flybe, it is a viable business. The duchess of sussexs father, Thomas Markle, is prepared to testify against meghan in her legal battle with the mail on sunday. At least 60 people many of them children are treated for breathing problems and skin irritation, after a passenger plane dumps fuel over schools in la. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with katie shanahan. Good afternoon, simon, and some of tenniss biggest stars have raised over £2. 5 million in a Charity Event to help those affected by the australian bushfire crisis. And the weather has stepped in. Yes, we will look at what has b
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our continuing coverage of Hurricane Matthew as it barrels along the u. S. Southeastern coast. Im Michael Holmes near melbourne in florida. Its 11 00 here in los angeles fl im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. If it makes land fall, Officials Say Hurricane Matthew will be the strongest storm to hit the area in more than 100 years. Powerful winds and rain have been lashing parts of florida. Emergency officials in one county say its too dangerous to rescue anyone who may need help. Today floridas governor was urging millions to evacuate. We are starting to see the impacts, and its a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting every life in this state. So, again, if you need to evacuate and you havent, evacuate. This storm will kill you. Time is running out we dont have that much time left. That was earlier in the day n. Many parts it is now too late to leave. So far close to 200
At the top of hour, i am alice right here at msnbc, the hurricane is closing in on the southeast united states. As many as one and a half Million People have been ordered to evacuate throughout the sunshine state. Half a million more in georgia, thats where president obama signed a declaration of emergency as well. Another 3,000 are ready to stand standing by. Destructive flooding in florida. Thats another hour plus to go. States governor is warning president , do take this storm seriously our number one priority is protecting every life in the state. I think about my grandchildren and daughters and wife, i want everybody to survive this. We can rebuild homes and businesses, i just think of my own family, we cannot rebuild a life. Shelby danielson is standing by for us. What is it like out there but i can see from myself that you are get pounded with rain. Reporter absolutely, just horizontal rain blowing through here and the wind is powerful. You can see we are close to the front righ
The area has seen in more than 100 years. The governor has been urging millions to evacuate for their own safety. We are starting to see impacts and its a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting every life in the state. Lets go to Michael Holmes in florida that is expected to hit hard. The forecast has matthew moving to the east, a chance it may not make landfall but still a big chance it will be bringing devastation in the coming hours. Yeah, absolutely. A little relief i can tell you for people here and around the melbourne, florida area. It doesnt feel like relief but if it jogs to the east it will reduce the wind speed and that will save a lot of grief for a lot of people. As you point out, if it jogs to the west it could be more catastrophic. We are expecting a lot of damage here, john, in the in fact, we got a bulletin out from the National Weather service in melbourne. They were using some frightening language saying that they are expecting devastation. They were s