The irony of all this is that asheville became known asclimate city. What do you know of it . Ive sent a what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of time what do you know of it . I e spent a lot of time there. My brother lives there. They lost power for 18 hours. Everybody is fine. I have a cousin in Bryson City much more rural who we couldnt hear from for about three Days. Fortunately he is ok. Asheville is a very 0k. Asheville is a very democratic town. Its sort of a democratic enclave within a very republican part of the state, and what we know right now is, one, Anyone Speculating on the political impacts right now is inappropriate, probably doesnt know what theyre talking about. But we know there are real challenges. We have about 1k counties right now where the board of elections are closed. In addition to every other type of local Government Operation struggling Tojust Get local Government Opera
Right now theres widespread devastation, and an urgent search for survivors. The storm decimated towns with historic flooding washing out bridges and roads, and leaving some neighborhoods completely under water. Take a look at asheville, North Carolina, where homes and trucks were swept away by Raging Waters that have turned roads into rivers. At this hour, more than 2 Million people across the south are without power, hundreds are still unaccounted for. Well have live Team Coverage from across three states this morning. Joining us now, nbcs reporter, florida was the first place the Storm Hit. What are you seeing there . And im seeing George Solis there, who we will have on shortly. There is guad, also with us priscilla thomson. Guad, lets begin with you. Reporter total destruction in this area. So we are on treasure island. This is one of the islands on what they call the barrier islands, furthest west from the Tampa Bay Area, and i dont even know where to start here. So, the sand you
A judge struck down the state s near total ban on abortion, saying north dakota s constitution gives women a fundamental right to choose abortion before foetal viability. Elisabeth smith is with the center for reproductive rights the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. Ms smith, thanks forjoining us. What s your reaction to the ruling? what s your reaction to the rulin: ? ,. what s your reaction to the rulin? ,.. ruling? this was an incredible rulin: ruling? this was an incredible ruling and ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first time i ruling and it s the first time thatis ruling and it s the first time that is stayed that totally bans abortion in the us, one of those 1a states has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. So this was not a decision
a bbc investigation finds the number of pharmacies in england has fallen to its lowest level since 2015. # she, queen of the kings. # broken her cage, threw out the keys. # she will be the warrior of north and southern seas. and getting ready, with less than a week to go before the eurovision song contest grand final in liverpool. right across the uk, people have been marking the final day of the coronation weekend, by getting involved in community events. members of the royal family have joined volunteers for what s been called the big help out, for tasks including beach cleaning, litter picking and wildflower planting. princes george and louis, and princess charlotte, are among those who ve lent a hand. our royal correspondent sarah campbell has more. right on target. five year old prince louis, on his first royal engagement, was more than happy to get involved volunteering at a scout hut in slough. do you think prince louis would make a good scout? yes. yes, definitely.