Final, and lift the trophy for a record eighth time. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Well, today is the better day of the weekend for most places. Sunny spells, just a few showers towards the north and the west. Ill bring you a full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. First, our main story Hurricane Nate has hit the united states, causing torrential rain and powerful winds. People in parts of mississippi, alabama, florida and louisiana have been ordered to evacuate their homes. The storm has already caused major damage to several Central American countries, leaving at least 25 people dead, before hitting the us as a category one hurricane. Luxmy gopal reports. They watched it approach, and then it hit. The us is facing the full force of Hurricane Nate, winds of up to 150km h, with storm surges. The category one hurricane has hit the gulf coast of the states, as torrential rain and flooding in parts of mississippi, alabama, florida and louisiana, where people have
Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
Joins us live from Spartanburg County tonight, laura, the big question, whats taking so long . Reporter yeah, turns out the weather itself is slowing down that process. Its still pretty windy out here and duke energy tells us when those winds get too strong, the crews arent able to get in the bucket trucks and make repairs like they have been doing. Take a look, we were out here, crews were here earlier today, repairing the lines here as this tree came down and caused damage and its been a similar sight all across the upstate. The same windy weather that caused outages across the upstate, also slowed down some crews, working hard. To trim trees, and get the power back on. You dont know how you miss power until its gone. Reporter linda had to bundle up in her home to keep warm. Keep the doors closed. Reporter the electricity went out in spartanbg wedney aftn. We have a backup generator so weve been using the backup generator at nighttime. Reporter the weather was going to make things wo
Steve jon lewis says that it does not factor in race at all. It is constitutional. Race could not be the driving factor, which we all knew it was. Jon but because race and politics can and do overlap, critics say it is still unfair to minority voters. They have gone too far if they do not consider race at all. The new maps have marginalized minority voters and undermined the intent of the Voting Rights act. Jon and important to note, along with the new maps, and new congressional primary day has been set for june. And the u. S. Supreme court can undo all of this if they way end before march 14. That word from washington from the Supreme Court. It could, at any time. Thanks, jon camp, from the legislative building. Tisha tonight is the last tonight to register for the primary. What has changed some of these people may no longer represent you on capitol hill. Andrea blanford is live in downtown raleigh. Andrea . Andrea no matter what in sup happening, we all want to ensure our voices are