Beirut, thousands protest over what they say is a dysfunctional government. We go to colombia where one Students Initiative is turning her carcrazed hometown into a bike friendly environment. Security forces in macedonia have stand preventing thousands of refugees from crossing the border from greece, now letting groups go through. Theyre supplying buses and trains to take them on to serbia, which is the next stop in their journey to e. U. Member country. It was a very different scene saturday when hundreds of refugees and applying grants made a run for the border. Security forces were overwhelmed. Many people are trying to get to hungary, a major entry point into the e. U. Hangary itself is building a fence along its border with as her i cant, so the russia is on to get through before that fence is finished. Al jazeeras Andrew Simmons is in macedonia where many refugees have now boarded trains, taking them on to serbia. Two trains have left and now these people are left behind, trying
Slums. Ill be telling you how this card is helping people here get clean water cheaply. In sport, bolt is officially still the fastest man in the world. He wasnt the favorite this time, but bolts still good enough to win a third world title in the 100 meters. It is warned that the growing refugee crisis will rip out the solve of european union. Germanys vice chancellor has called for the e. U. s asylum policy to be revamped, saying Member States need to share the burden fairly. Germany said its prepared for a Record Number of 800,000 asylum requests this year. It had previously been expecting about half a million. The refugee crisis is continuing to build along the border between greece and macedonia. Thousands of reef gees are desperate to cross into macedonia and some are finally being allowed in. We have a report on the macedonia side of the border. Theres no end, it seems to the suffering, the exhaustion. Its a different place, a railway platform, waiting for another journey. At on
My mom had a healthy skepticism about the use of power. Because it can corrupt and it can be abused. And i am very careful about the use of power. I was in my business and i am in this position. My mother believed government could be a force for good. I think sometimes maybe more so. You know, i think she saw government being involved in things that i think are better left to the individual, or better left to state and local government. But i certainly appreciate her strong conviction that government can help. In fact, thats one of the reasons america is the wonderful country it is is because of the form of government we have and how its been implemented over the last 200 years. If you had to give a grade for the government, take new jersey and say under hurricane sandy, what letter grade would you give fema federal government help on that . You know, that is a mixed bag, bill. The fema did some things that were incredibly helpful to people in my district. And if you havent been there,
99 for a case of water, thats the type of price gauging that the attorney general is seeing in the state. Hell join us to tell us how hes cracking down on all that have. And next hour President Trump is likely to address this catastrophic flooding in a News Conference with the president of finland. Well bring you that live as soon as it begins. But we start in texas. Contessa brewer is in houston with the latest on the flooding and Brian Sullivan is in galveston with a look at how Hurricane Harvey is affecting refineries contessa, well start with you. Reporter the bayou has overflowed its banks, normally parkland, and this Historic Building here was due to be completely renovated by fall of 201. As you can see, they will probably have to go back at t. Houston at this point is mostly a ghost town. Businesses shut down, employees stranded there are some 3 Million People who work in the metropolitan houston area most of them i would guess are out of work today because the roads are simply
Economic losses of 42 billion, something not to be possible. Up 12 billion from monday. The trip follows the potentially surpassing Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Secretarygenerals meeting yesterday in jerusalemit less than 30 of harveys losses are likely to be covered by private insurance. Life flooding will continue in southeast texas, according to the governor, and he is urging residents to listen to state and local officials and spoke on radio stations in san antonio and corpus christi. Trumps 2020 Reelection Campaign urges supporters to donate to Disaster Relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey. The email urges people to help fellow americans in need. President says he hopes that the administrations response will be regarded as a model. At a briefing with texas officials, Governor Greg Abbott called the response so far very effective, to which the president replied we will congratulate each other when its all finished. Global news powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 count