Good evening. Tonight much of the east coast is on high alert and sitting on a slow motion collision course with what forecasters are calling a storm of historic dimensions. At its heart Hurricane Sandy, a sprawling system more than 800 miles wide. Capturing these amazing images from space. After killing more than 50 people and causing heavy flooding in the caribbean sandy tonight is tracking parallel along the u. S. Coast toward a rare and fateful rendezvous monday with two other potent weather systems. Call it a hybrid storm. It is expected to send sandy inland with damaging winds and torrential rain. The storm will impact some 64 million people. Tonight, eight states and the District Of Columbia are under states of emergency as officials brace for flooding and power outages. Some mandatory evacuations are already under way. Forecasters warning just how dangerous the storm is. Weve got our team in place to cover it all. Lets start in new york with Weather Channel meteorologist jim ca
Good to have you with us. Were covering all the latest developments here in the uk and globally. First, the latest figures out of the uk show it now has the highest official death toll from coronavirus in europe, the second highest in the world after the united states. The British Government says 29,427 people have now died in the uk, 112 more than the latest figures out of italy. A leading scientist Whose Research prompted borisjohnson to introduce the lockdown has resigned from the governments top Advisory Group on the pandemic for breaching the rules on social distancing. Climate experts say this year will see the biggest decline in Carbon Emissions ever recorded because of covid 19. As the us death toll passes 71,000, President Trump has confirmed the White House Coronavirus task force will be wound down. And the European Commission will publish its spring Economic Forecast for growth, inflation, employment and public finances today. It will be the first outlook that will take into
Fall in advertising ever, while many cant pop out for a paper. Ill look at whats needed for Media Companies to survive. Re starting sport would lift the spirits of the nation thats the governments view, as we learn more about how premier league clubs plan to keep their players safe. They broughtjoy to millions with their Charity Number one single, now captain tom moore and michael ball get together for the first time. Thank you very much for coming. It really is my greatest pressure. I never ever expected to see you. Little bit chilly out there this morning but temperatures are set to soar over the next few days. I will have all the details here on breakfast. Its wednesday 6th may. Our top story one of the governments leading coronavirus scientists, whose advice led to the uk lockdown, has resigned after he breached social distancing guidelines. Professor Neil Ferguson quit following a report in the Daily Telegraph that a woman, said to be his married lover, visited his home on at leas
Of 16 german states. President trump is to scrap the Task Force Co ordinating americas response to coronavirus, despite a steady increase in infections and more than 70,000 deaths. You have people that are not going to stand for this, and i understand them very well. And we are going to put out little embers and little fires and may be some big fires, but we still have to go back to work. Climate experts say this year will see the biggest decline in Carbon Emissions ever recorded, because of the pandemic. And a bbc investigation finds some hairdressers and barbers are flouting lockdown rules by staying open and cuttnig hair. By staying open and cutting hair. Good morning. A goverment minister has urged us to continue following the guidance on social distancing, after a top scientific expert, professor Neil Ferguson, resigned as an adviser because a woman described by the telegraph as his married lover visited him at his home during lockdown, twice. Security Ministerjames Brokenshire sa
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