Dorian, the most powerful storm to hit the bahamas tears roofs from buildings and causes severe flooding. Now, four american states declare states of emergency. Johanna konta earns another slice of tennis history as she reaches the quarter finals of the us open, becoming one of the first women to do it since 1983. It isa it is a bright comical start of the working week but if you are in the north and west, grab your umbrella. I will have all the details here on brea kfast. Its monday, the 2nd of september. Our top story borisjohnson has vowed to sack conservative party rebels who back plans to stop a no deal brexit, in a move likely to lose him his government majority. It comes ahead of a momentous week in westminster, where Opposition Mps will try to pass through emergency legislation to prevent no deal, ahead of the suspension of parlaiment next week. Our Political Correspondent, iain watson, has the latest. Mps return to westminster tomorrow but even before they are back, Boris John
Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Part of it is already underwater. And some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. No end in sight for hong kongs political crisis. After a weekend of clashes, hundreds of secondary School Pupils are taking part in pro democracy demonstrations. As japan ramps up its commercial whaling industry, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. And Johanna Konta earns another slice of tennis history as she reaches the quarterfinals of the us open, becoming the first british woman to do so since 1983. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Downing street has warned conservative mps not to rebel against the government by supporting attempts to block a no deal brexit, or they risk being sacked. It comes ahead of a critical week at westminster, as a Cross Party Group of mps is planni
Let me use my own words, but its not true to say that this has nothing to do with brexit. Well, if its not true, its a lie. Well, i will let people draw their own conclusions on that. Winds of up to 180mph are battering the bahamas, parts of it are already under water and some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. And, as campaigners tell this programme protests will start again outside Primary Schools this term against the teaching of controversial relationship education, were going to replicate the lesson in the studio with this the book which is used to teach children about same sex relationships. Out came their very own baby who had fuzzy white feathers and funny black beak. Now they were fathers. We will call her tango, they decided, because it takes two to make a tango. They taught tango how to sing for them when she was hungry and they fed her food from their peaks, they fed her food from their peaks, they snuggled
Speculation swirls about their friendship the nfl player ripping jayz over his new deal with the league all that, plus takedown. The nfl player ripping jayz over his new deal with the league. Survivor right there is the stitches a 9yearold girl, the latest victim at the Florida Beach called the shark bite capital of the world. And uninvited. Who is the mysterious woman going from wedding to wedding stealing gifts and cash . Police on the trail of a reallife wedding crasher. Today, monday, august 19th, 2019 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on this monday morning already a little steamy outside. Yeah, it was a great weekend but it was a hot weekend. Yes i hope you like it because theres more where that came from its our top story, the sweltering temperatures on the heels of nasty weekend storms, too. We have dylan in for al this morning. Good m
Triple and sales soar 20 at amazon. But with regulators circling, ill look at why its getting tougher to be a tech giant. Another day, another batting collapse from england, as ireland move within sight of what would be an historic first test victory at lords. How science is helping gardeners find the best way to water a hanging basket. Its friday the 26th ofjuly. Our top story more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. Leigh milner has the details. It was the second halted day on record, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge. You might have been faster travelling on one of these than the trains. Chaos on rail lines. Passengers are rescued from broken down trains as power ca bles fell from broken down trains as power cables fell and sparked line side fires. Disruptio