Exports . And the e. U. s Top Court Rules all Member States must accept refugees under a quota system. Hungary calls the ruling outrageous and irresponsible. I am break off. I am brent goff. The most powerful atlantic hurricane in history is churning through the caribbean, packing winds up to 300 kilometers per hour, far stronger than Hurricane Harvey, each ravaged texas last week. Irma is traveling northwards and leaving a trail of destruction in its path. Several islands including st. Maarten and st. Barts have been battered. Forecasters say irma will hit the u. S. Mainland this weekend. Tens of thousands are being evacuated, while those staying behind our preparing for the worst. Authorities say at least two people have been killed on the french run islands of st. Maarten and st. Barts. Images of a storm that has broken the scales. These pictures were taken by the International Space station. These are from the eye of the storm, taken by a crew from the ocean and atmospheric adminis
Cspan3. Great. Welcome, everyone. My name is michael matera. Im the director here. Its great to have you all here today. We need to make requirement of csis an emergency announcement. If there is an emergency, im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given that were having a program today on hurricanes, one never knows. So this special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antiqua and barbuda, the British Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget Hurricane Harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be improved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We organize the program today to bring greater attention to both the
This is a special Public Program on the massive response under way we have seen the pictures of what has been done in with the u. S. Virgin islands in cuba and elsewhere dont even forget hurricane harvey. Their lawyers present the opportunity to see where we youre doing well with the Emergency Response systems and we have organized with greater impact with local and International Response with those publications on the caribbean discussing those most important aspects with mexico and canada of the caribbean is the third border. Led from the very beginning who has had no long history of involvement with other senior advisers and associates and by the programs staff and without further ado id like to turn the floor over to the caribbean and Central America action. Burst of volatility thank everybody came here today like when irma happens for what is going on for what is happening i want to thank and but i think it is a testament to Hurricane Irma to have french and spanish and independen
Is great to have you here today. To make emergency announcement follow me. We dont expect problems this is a special Public Program on the massive response under way we have seen the pictures of what has been done in with the u. S. Virgin islands in cuba and elsewhere dont even forget hurricane harvey. Their lawyers present the opportunity to see where we youre doing well with the Emergency Response systems and we have organized with greater impact with local and International Response with those publications on the caribbean discussing those most important aspects with mexico and canada of the caribbean is the third border. Led from the very beginning who has had no long history of involvement with other senior advisers and associates and by the programs staff and without further ado id like to turn the floor over to the caribbean and Central America action. Burst of volatility thank everybody came here today like when irma happens for what is going on for what is happening i want to
Never knows. So this is a special Public Program on hurricanes irma and jose and the Massive International response thats already under way. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous damage thats been done on antigua and barb a barbuda, st. Martin, the british and u. S. Virgin islands, cuba, florida and elsewhere and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. Disasters like these hurricanes always present an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where we are doing well and where efforts need to be il proved. Emergency response systems have been tested like never before in the u. S. And in the countries of the caribbean. We have organized the program today to bring greater attention to the impact of the hurricanes and to the critical local and international response. This is the latest in a series of panels presentations and publications weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago, we published a report discussing the most important aspects of u. S. Relations with the caribbean. W