failure of epic proportions? here s nerkh o warning in the midwest. we re going to see blackouts. what was the term i used that the midwest is at high risk of energy emergencies? there s over 3000 megawatts short in the midwest and the policymakers, the regulators, the elected officials, they re saying nothing. remember, it was just last month that both secretary granholm and governor are in in michigan said this is a top priority. t we want to keep this plant open and yet they re allowing entergy corporation to close this plant and yet apparently it s just fine policy to allow clean nuclear energy to just go by and the united states leaving us withthnite big holes in our supply, big hole. it s s bad for the consumer. i mean,he that s the bottom lin. i mean, this is bad for affordability. this is whenever nuclear plants close, they re always replaced by gas fired generation like natural gas. i ve been a proponent ofga natural gas and nuclear for
armour, down and came on board with body armour, tasers and handcuffs on them armour, tasers and handcuffs on them so. armour, tasers and handcuffs on them. so, no one wanted to challenge them them. so, no one wanted to challenge them they them. so, no one wanted to challenge them. they sat down and told us we were made them. they sat down and told us we were made revenant as of today, no warning were made revenant as of today, no warning whatsoever. we haven t received a response. speaking in the commons, transport minister robert courts said the way the sacked workers had been treated was wholly unacceptable. lam i am extremely concerned and frankly angry i am extremely concerned and frankly angry at i am extremely concerned and frankly angry at the i am extremely concerned and frankly angry at the way i am extremely concerned and frankly angry at the way workers i am extremely concerned and frankly angry at the way workers have - i am extremely concerned and fran
out through social media. all the vessels were tied up. they set us all down and came on board. some of them have body armour s, tasers and handcuffs on them. we weren t going to challenge them, really. they sat us down and told us we were being made redundant as of today, and no warning given whatsoever. warning given whatsoever. wasn t an one warning given whatsoever. wasn t anyone from warning given whatsoever. wasn t anyone from management - warning given whatsoever. wasn t anyone from management or- warning given whatsoever. wasn t anyone from management orjust| anyone from management orjust security? anyone from management or ust securi ? ,, . , anyone from management or ust securi ? , ., security? security team. i didn t recoinise security? security team. i didn t recognise anyone security? security team. i didn t recognise anyone from - security? security team. i didn t recognise anyone from p80. i security? security team. i didn t recognise anyone from p80. he reco
pressure also tapped into some temperature contrast we saw across europe, drawing into really warm and muggy air from the mediterranean. now to the climate question, simple physics says that warmer air is going to hold more moisture, hence more rain and we are more likely to find more extreme rainfall events. interestingly, the climate scientist are also studying the impact of climate change on the jet stream does just does make it more undulating? does it slowly weather down and allow these extreme events to develop, which links us back notjust to the rain we have seen in western europe, but to the heat wave we have had in the north west, in north western parts of the united states and canada. . , parts of the united states and canada. . , canada. bbc weather s darren bent there canada. bbc weather s darren bent there on canada. bbc weather s darren bent there on the canada. bbc weather s darren bent there on the possible - bent there on the possible links to climate
troops are deployed to tackle the violence. and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020 we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. hello and welcome. at least 70 people are believed to have died and thousands of others have been displaced by extensive flooding in parts of western germany, belgium and the netherlands. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events to climate change. 0ur europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes.