Equipment to try to find eight people missing in california since the devastating mudslides on tuesday. 17 people are known to have died when a torrent of mud carrying boulders the size of cars smashed through the town of montecito. At least 500 homes have been damaged or destroyed. James cook reports. Turn around the flash floods right there, the flash floods right there get out of here, go this was the moment it began. Oh, my god, mom and then panic. Close the door it was a million miles an hour, in slow motion, if that makes sense. I clicked into survival gear, survival mode. Wake dad up every second, its just roaring and banging against the house, and the most vicious, violent sounds youve ever heard. Montecito is onlyjust beginning to grasp the scale of the disaster which will bear its name. For this idyllic little town ofjust 9,000 people, recovery will be long and hard. People walk their dogs through here, theres trails, my kids have grown up riding their bikes. Noelle strogoff
Weather so get through that first but then as we go into next week well see sunshine again. It will be much colder and we start to worry about and ice but some sunshine eventually. We had some in norfolk today, not much all week but we still have the fog problems. More so for Northern England and parts of the midlands, you can see the weak weather front run down the spine of the country so either side of that we see the best of the sunshine. The fog has cleared. Why . The winds strengthening ahead of this weather front which will start the changes to our weather or the process at least as we go through tonight and the weekend. Its a slow process, we have to live with the grey weather through the weekend, touch and go, there will be fog returning in parts, perhaps scotland and across eastern and central parts of the uk but for the west by don we have spots of rain in devon and cornwall. Different from the sunshine we are seeing at the moment and also across the west of wales. Graver Dif
Edwidge danticat. Then to times up thats the rallying cry thats bringing together women from hollywood actresses to housekeepers to demand gender and Racial Justice and a world free of Sexual Harassment and assault. I hope people see the momentum in the energy and the fact we are uniting across all industries and all communities, standing together saying we all deserve workplaces where our work is valued and we can live and work with dignity. Amy we will speak to tarana burke, the founder of the Metoo Movement, actress Shailene Woodley and leading native american Domestic Worker and farmworker organizers. Plus, a prominent immigrant rights activist is detained by ice in new york. You will get all of the details. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump sparked International Outrage thursday over a racist comment in which he said the u. S. Should limit immigration from haiti, el salvador,
To bbc world news. President trump is embroiled in a row about whether hes a racist after being forced to deny making derogatory remarks, including the use of an expletive, about african countries. Hes been accused of making the comments in the white house, during a meeting about his plans to overhaul the immigration system. A democratic senator, who sat next to mr trump, insists the president did use the phrase, repeatedly. The African Union is demanding an apology, and a un spokesperson has accused the president of making racist comments. From washington, nick bryant reports. This is a great and important day to Martin Luther king. The forces of American History seemed to collide at the white house today. Donald trump signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther king, at the moment he stands accused of using a slur directed at african nations. Here though he stuck to his script. Today we celebrate doctor king for standing up for that self evident truth a
Change of culture . The failure of carillion has raised ideological and practical questions over what is the best and most economical way to deliver excellence in everything from schools and h52, to hospital services. Does whats happened to carillion demonstrate that the system is broken . In order to deal with the immediate problem, the business secretary today chaired the first meeting of a government taskforce, involving business, unions and lenders, to support firms and workers affected by the firms collapse. How big a deal has outsourcing become . Heres our policy editor chris cook. This is University College london hospital, uclh, an nhs hospital where devoted Public Employees tend the sick. But the building you can see was built by private builders and its managed by private contractors. Its a parable about how the British State has been changed by our contracting out culture. The key thing to understand about outsourcing is the contract. Outsourcing a service means someone, som