Record 30inches of rainfall. More than 32,000 people are still without power at this hour. Retired u. S. Army lieutenant general Russell Honore is joining us. Let me get your assessment as someone who knows what an operation like this looks like. The damage youre sering right now. What do you make of the damage were seeing across the south . Well i think you clarified that it was a storm that attacked florida, and made its way through georgia, tennessee to new mexico. It dropped an awful lot of water. Not measured in inches but foot. It overmatched the terrain and when you drop water in those mountains, ayman as we all know it started going to the valleys. The community had not seen or experienced that and overtime, development happened in the deeper part of those valleys. And what we have seen is and with condolences to all those who have lost their lives that Flash Flooding that has occurred. The good news, theres a lot of people working to get to them. Lets talk about the operations
President biden heading to israel this morning on a wartime journey that could prove to be the most important Foreign Mission of his administration to date. But even before touchdown, mr. Biden is encountering turbulence. It just might destroy any hope of warding off a full blown mideast battle. Good morning, everybody. Kevin corke In Washington with live one hour coverage. A special on the latest developments in the mideast. It is 3 a. M. Here in the nations capital, 10 a. M. In israel this morning. People there across in fact, across the mideast are waking up to growing concerns about a possible escalation of hostilities in the region. And now President Bidens efforts to tamp down the tensions are already facing a massive setback. The latest disturbing images from gaza explain why widespread carnage at a hospital once with wounded war victims and palestinians seeking shelter. At least 500 reported dead, many of them children. Israels military says it was a rocket fired by islamic. Ha
Israel and egypt agreeing to a cease fire in southern gaza. This allows anyone wanting to leave the war ravaged territory to do so now is happening as the Rafah Crossing Connecting Egypt and gaza reopens this all happening just moments ago. The crossing is the last remaining exit for palestinians wanting to leave gaza for the crossing. The crossings reopening will also allow much needed humanitarian aid into the territory through the Rafah Crossing was shut down while israel conducted airstrikes in the region earlier this week. Its military was responding to the brutal and deadly attack by hamas militants in israel just over a week ago. The closing of the border has stranded thousands of people trying to escape before israels potential major Ground Operation in gaza. That number includes 5 to 600 palestine americans as the reopening coming just hours after Secretary Of State Antony Blinken met with egypts president with regard to rafah. I had a very good conversation with president els
Healthy cultures dont create people like that. Somethingng wrong. Thats it for us tonight. Tune in every night at 8 00 to the show thats the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. The fives next from new york. We will see you tomorrow. Good night. Jesse hello, everybody. I am jesse watters. Along with kennedy, juan williams, greg gutfeld and dana perino. It is 9 00 in new york city and this is the five. This is a fox news weather alert. Hurricane irma, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the atlantic, currently wreaking havoc in the caribbean, with the storm forecasted to hit the United States mainland in the coming days. We are monitoring the storm and will have a full update later in the hour. Now for our top story. Yesterday, we told you about President Trumps announcement that hes ending President Obamas controversial daca program which helped
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she narrowly escaped the mudslides. i looked up and my house started shaking, she tells me. i ran up to my neighbour and you could see the entire mudslide it was like a waterfall. mariann and herfamily are safe, but history has mariana and herfamily are safe, but history has repeated itself for her mum, who is now helping the community get back on estate. 26 years ago, a mudslide killed her mother. she was just 15 at the time. translation: we can t - afford to live anywhere else. nobody ever imagined it would be so dangerous. i don t believe in the authorities, i believe in the power of the people. authorities have to look out for us more. many people here feel like her, forgotten, and have little faith anything will change. for now, though, this community that has been ripped apart is doing everything to come together. katy watson, bbc news, in petropolis. some more now on storm eunice. as the worst of the storm hit britain, tens of thousands were glued to big jet tv,