the news. thank you so, much good evening everyone, i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. our breaking news, a brand-new forecast for hurricane idalia, the storm rapidly intensifying as its lashing florida ahead of what is feared to be a catastrophic landfall on the states west coast in just a matter of hours. potentially deadly storm surge and hurricane conditions expected not only tonight, but also tomorrow. officials say that the surge could be a once in a lifetime event. idalia is now a category two, with maximum winds of 110 miles per hour. it is now forecast to become a powerful category four, before landfall tomorrow morning. we have got to 49 florida counties that are under states of emergency as we speak and as they are waiting to see what the next few hours will bring. we ll be covering everything as only cnn can tonight. we have got to teams out across the entire storm zone, we ve got chad myers in the cnn winter center, carlos flores is in tampa, brian todd is
to exercise restraint. it is because we inherited the biggest deficit in history. the prime ministerfound £1 billion to keep her ownjob, why can t she find the same amount of money to keep nurses and teachers in theirjob, who after all serve all of us? contrary to all of what he said, we have more nurses working in the nhs today compared to 2010. let me remind the right honourable gentleman of what happens when you don t deal with the deficit. it s not a theoretical issue. let s look at those countries who failed to deal with it. in greece, where they haven t dealt with the deficit. what did we see with failure to deal with the deficit? spending on the health service cut by 36%. that doesn t help nurses are patients. or patients. i hope the prime minister is proud of her record of controlling public sector pay to the extent that hard working nurses have to access food banks in order to survive. and the frozen wages of teaching assistants, paramedics and council workers, b
sam shepard dies at the age of 73. and one of french cinema s biggest stars, jeanne moreau, has passed away at her home in paris at the age of 89. white house communications director anthony scaramucci who was appointed just ten days ago by president trump, has been fired, according to us media. the former financier took the job last friday, replacing spokesman sean spicer who left his post. the new york times is reporting that scaramucci was fired at the request of new chief of staffjohn kelly, who was sworn in today. let s try and get some clarity on this. we can speak to our american reporter in washington. i think these reports first appeared in the new york times. the new york times and politico, all reporting the same thing, that anthony ‘s cara mcshane was effectively forced out by president donald trump. this was also at the request ofjohn kerry, the new chief of staff who was sworn in this morning scaramucci came in about ten days ago, sean spicer resort and shortl
death is still with him, 20 years after princess diana was killed. he was speaking in a bbc documentary on the london marathon. police say they want to speak to arthur collins about a suspected acid attack at an east london nightclub. good morning from westminster, where mps are expected to give their approval this afternoon to the prime minister s plan for a snap general election injust seven weeks. theresa may says she s going to the polls three years early to help her make a success of brexit and secure a better dealfor britain. opposition parties have accused mrs may of a u turn, but say they won t vote against the election. this morning theresa may has denied claims of political opportunism and insisted that it s in the national interest to hold a snap election. speaking on the today programme, the prime minister has said she is not seeking a mandate for a blank cheque on brexit. so you are committed to fighting the election without spelling anything new out at all? no