Now. Im Megan Mcgrath live in alexandria where you can see behind me the search continues for a 16yearold who went out fishing with friends on Little Hunting Creek. He went into the water to swim to the other side of the creek but he never made it back to shore. It is a beautiful spot where Little Hunting Creek meets potomac river, popular with anglers. This morning, there are police boats instead of fishermen, for the search of a missing 16yearold continues. The coast guard brought in their search and rescue chopper, boats equipped with sonar are searching the water. Shortly after 8 00 last night when a teenager went into the water trying to cross from one side of the creek to the other. He got about halfway before he began to struggle by the channel marker where the water gets deep. The current was going out at that time. He was drifting out. While he was struggling, he then submerged again and was not seen above the water. Complicating the search, underwater plants, quite thick in t
The messages theyre trying to deliver. Thom jensen, the Police Response has seemed clear berkeley pd was not sitting back this time around. They jumped right in. Reporter they did, raj. And they were serious about this from the beginning. The chief told me earlier this week, they were going to be out in force, and they were. Oakland pd here, berkeley pd, other departments assisting. And there were literally, i believe, probably hundreds of officers out here in berkeley today. And it did get violent for a while. We were right in the middle of it. A lot of pushing. And like you said, some arrests. Some for violence. And this one and a few others because protesters were wearing masks. However, a large group of those black block protefrts showed up wearing masks. Police did not go after them because it may be because there were so many of them. Hundreds of those counterprotesters, including that black clock group came into the park here and had been blaming that group for much of this year
We wont be in a Economic Impact for that area for quite some time. On the phone with us, the Salvation Army emergency director for texas. Director, thank you for taking the time. What is it like there today, lets say versus yesterday . Well, obviously things are just very busy. Things are changing rapidly. Were continuing to monitor the situation right now that is somewhat of a emergency situation in beaumont. We just received words maybe five minutes ago that the reservoir is now going to open up their floodgates, which puts counties of casper and newton more additional water being brought in there. So we have a crisis situation there that is unparalleled just in those areas that we havent even been able to address yet. Were prepared for them. We know that this eventuality was there, so we had units standing by poised to go in, but were looking at roadmaps now. Theres not a road open in that area we cant begin to move yet. But in houston, we are mustering our forces rapidly. We have I
The stars of strictly pay an emotional tribute to the shows former host, sir Bruce Forsyth, who died last month at the age of 89. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35. The reviewers are Rachel Cunliffe and the former editor of the sunday times, peter conradi. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma, currently a category four storm, is within hours of hitting the us coast. The storm made landfall in cuba late on friday, causing widespread damage and cutting off power to large areas. The hurricane is now inching towards the Southern Coast of florida, where water levels have already begun to rise. Wind gusts close to Hurricane Force are battering islands south of the state, with the mainland due to be hit in the coming hours. Over 6 Million People, almost a third of the states population, had been urged to evacuate, but the state governor told residents yesterday, its now too late for anyone remaining to leave
Rohingya muslim rebels in myanmar declare one month unilateral ceasefire. They say their aim is to ease the humanitarian crisis, but there is desperate need for food and water for around 300,000 Rohingya Muslims refugees. The stars of strictly pay an emotional tribute to the shows former host sir bruce forsyth, who died in august at the age of 89. Coming up at 1230, the woman fighting for tech recognition. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma, currently a category four storm, is within hours of hitting the us coast. Storm, is within hours of the storm made landfall in cuba late on friday, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The hurricane is now inching towards the Southern Coast of florida, where a huge storm surge is expected. Water levels are already flooding roads in the florida keys and more than 200,000 people have lost power. 0ver six Million People, almost a third of the states populatio