Thank you very much, nana. Thank you very much, nana. Im rory smith in the gb newsroom. Newsroom. The met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. An amber warning is in place for southwestern parts of england and wales until 7 00 this evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris , power cuts cause flying debris, power cuts and travel disruption. And travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible. Weather journalist possible. Weather journalist nathan rao explains. And the nathan rao explains. And the conditions wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony , are expected storm anthony, are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55mph inland. Its not the strongest storm that weve seen , but storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year , the because of the time of year, the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The
Interview later in the programme. Swords, axes and air guns, just some of the weapons seized from children in schools across the country. Police chiefs are warning that there has been a worrying rise in the number of young people carrying knives. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Caitlynjenner is with us this morning. Is there anything youd like to ask her about her life, her family, her relationships . Get in touch. We are also talking about the rise in the number of children carrying knives, as Police Seize Thousands of them from schools. If you have school age kids, are you worried for them . If youre getting in touch, use victorialive and text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Donald trump has been defending his decision to sack the director of the fbi. In his first extensive Television Interview since he sacked james comey, he told the American Network nbc news that the former fbi boss was a showboat and a grandstander and
Trail, and understandably, the focus has been on preventing future terrorist attacks, after the grim events of saturday night. Jeremy corbyns been campaigning in the north east, saying hed back calls for the Prime Minister to stand down. That she was responsible as Home Secretary, for cuts in Police Numbers. But he clarified his comments in an interview with our alex forsyth. Im not backing away from anything. What im saying is there is an election on now, theres a choice before everybody. Im articulating what is a deep anger amongst those people that have seen 20,000 Police Officers lose theirjobs and firefighters lose theirjobs, seeing Ambulance Crews unable to cope with the services theyre under. I think she as Home Secretary needs to think about what she did when she was Home Secretary. So she shouldnt resign . I just want to be clear. She shouldnt resign . Lets be very clear, there is an election on, everybody has a choice and a lot of people are very angry and a lot of people wou
Some more historical facts about the historical myths that have grown up around the war of 1812. Ralph conducted an inventory of war of 1812 resources in maryland, the National Park Services National battlefield served as a consultant to the starspangled Banner National historic trail. Published five books, including the war of 1812 and the chesapeake, a reference inde to Historic Sites virginia, maryland, and the District Of Columbia tikka and has appeared in six acumen to on the war of 1812. Documentaries on the war of 1812. Greater honor than being designated as an honorary colonel. It is my pleasure to welcome colonel eshelman to the podium. [applause] pleasure to welcome him to the podium. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. Thank you. That was a kind introduction. I have never been called colonel when im been introduced. Thank you very much. I want to add to the accolades expressed about the partners and individuals have done to put this together. I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I
Then part of the land making up the district of columbia. This was a very wealthy port on the potomac. And they also could pose a threat to other targets in washington that hadnt been taken by the british army. Though they dont know this at this point. Georgetown had been left alone by the british and theres an important foundry that makes weapons for the u. S. Navy that is still sitting untouched. In any event, they were proceeding up river when theyre hit by the huge storm. The remarkable storm that comes through washington on august 25th sweeps down river and severely damages several of the ships in gordons squadron. And they have to stop to make repairs. They almost considered turning back at that point. But they keep coming up river. They sailed past mt. Vernon, which was just down river from here. And finally on august 27th, they come in sight of ft. Washington, which is the last fortress guarding the Potomac River as they on the approach to alexandria in washington. This was the