Its the washington journal for july 30th for our next hour we turn to president ial politics. Particularly interested in hearing from you in our top issues. Jeb bush has been talking about spending and Hillary Clinton has been suggesting changes to capital gain and donald trump talked about immigration. Maybe there are top issues for you and maybe there are others. Heres your chance to let you know. 2027488000 for republicans and 20274880002 and you can also post to any of our social Media Channels on twitter and facebook or an email. Jeb bush cast himself as an evangelist of the Republican Party and a Campaign Stop after Campaign Stop he spreads his arms wide and say, we have to campaign with this and not angry posture another democratic block is different story but bush will try anyway when he speaks friday to the annual conference. National urban league of civil rights group. Maybe they reflect issues important to you. Maybe there are others that the candidates should be talking abo
[ applause ] so, heres the reality. We have seen one of the most dramatic and inspiring upticks in progressive action that i can remember. I mean, right out of the gate, you know, on january 21st, a womens march kicked it off in a fine fashion. Literally millions of people organizing, marching all over the country, and how fitting it was for the womens march to kick off this moment of resistance, given the incalculable sexism and massageny trump ran on during the campaign. The women led us then, are leading us now. But the movement kept going. We saw the science march, we saw the tax day march. Help me out here this is audience participation. Are there any im leaving out . The Public Education march. We saw all kinds of stuff, activity. And i can tell you that in my own district in minnesota, we have a campus that were running where were literally knocking hundreds of doors every day, not every week, every day were knocking literally hundreds of doors, and were doing it all over the co
School. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school, after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. 0n the anniversary of 9 11, President Trump appears alongside the first lady to pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 who died. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma, which has destroyed more homes and caused widespread damage. At least four people have been killed and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean, where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend, it hit cu bas northern coast. Irma then moved north, battering the islands in the florida keys, before passing by miami and close to the coastal city of tampa. The storm which has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm is heading north, towards the state of georgia. 0urfirst report is from daniela rel
Oui serving our nation and protecting our safety in our hour of need. And today isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. He is on duty right now and he is he hasjoined us is on duty right now and he is he has joined us today for the ceremony. And this morning all of us and all of america thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . Applause thank you. Thank you, isaac. Thank you. Applause to isaac and to every First Responder and survivor of the attack you carry, on the legacy of the friends you lost, you keep alive the memory of those who perished and you make america proud. Very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that its with a pained and heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so, by choosing to persevere through the grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew oui grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew our courage gri
And try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Community. With so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. Here the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they wont tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. Overnight Hurricane Irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its path. Today a group of dutch tourist in saint martin were evacuated to the nearby island ofjericho, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive so we should be happy with that. It wasnt nice. Ive never experienced anything like it. Translation five days without water, electricity and supplies, thats a long time. I have left but others havent. Theyve lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here the French Military are bringing humanitarian aid to communities who have been cut out for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk ter