Huddle with administration officials on how to fight back, after more attacks from russian hackers. A group known as cozy bear hitting the rnc. But let s start by bringing in antonia hylton in clearwater, florida, and michelle grossman, who has been tracking the storm. Antonia, what s the big concern where you are? reporter: good morning, chris. Elsa did its worst to this area, the tampa bay greater area last night. As you can see behind me, the effects are still being felt this morning, particularly high winds. What people are really looking at right now, as we approach high tide around noon today, there is still a risk of storm surge, of flooding, particularly to those who live in lowlying areas. And officials in the days ahead of this asked people living in those communities to please leave, to stay with family and friends on higher ground. Some of them took officials up on the opportunity to stay in designated shelters and many of them are there throughout the day today. People als
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello. I m shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from leading journals, bbc specialists and the reporters who write, broadcast and blog for folks back home from the dateline: london. This week biden s back and bibi s out. What changes will follow from a united states administration re engaged on the world stage and an israel led by its first new prime minister in more than a decade? to discuss that and more, i m joined byjeffrey kofman, who hails from canada and anchored programmes there and in the united states. He s also served as a foreign correspondent in war and peace. Russian born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as the whole of central and eastern europe, for the economist magazine. The bbc s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. Still canadian. You re still canadian still canadian by birth and by nationality, and a privileged guest
Good morning. And welcome to way too early. The show that is marking national wine day just not quite yet. I am kasie hunt on this tuesday, may 25th. We ll start with the news. Today marks the oneyear anniversary of the murder of george floyd, under the knee of former police officer derek chauvin. Floyd family attorney ben crump tells nbc news the family will meet with house speaker nancy pelosi and congresswoman karen bass this morning as well as several senators from both parties before their meeting at the white house with president biden. Crump told nbc news he views the white house visit as, quote, an opportunity to pay proper respect to george floyd with a president who has been in continuous communication with the family. Crump said he hopes the visit will keep momentum going toward a passage of the george floyd justice in policing act. Today also marks the deadline set by president biden for congress to present that police reform package. And while they are going to miss the da
Moment. What did you hear? yeah, absolutely, sandra. Quite a freeflowing press conference. We heard from the president much of the same as we ve been hearing the last few days. A sense of the g7 and nato meetings were a message that america is back a warning to russia and china. That if they pushed the boundaries, president biden will respond. And here s what he said on russia. I shared with our allies that i ll convey what i ll convey to president putin, but i m not looking for conflict with russia but we will respond if russia continues their harmful activities. There are still questions about the strength of the messaing coming so far. The final g7 communique may just fleeting reference to the situation in the east and south china sea. They didn t specify china s takeover of the idea. And economics and trade with regard to china and the global economy, we ll continue to consult on collective approaches to challenging nonmarket policies. Continue to consult critics say is hardly a re
600,000 american lives lost to covid. Tonight, new concerns about the highly contagious delta variant first seen in india. Now 90% of the cases in the uk. And authorities here warning it could become dominant in the u. S. And the new study tonight on how effective the vaccines are against this particular variant. From washington, d. C. Up into the northeast at this hour, the severe storms as we come on the air tonight. Also, the dangerous heat in the west. Growing concern over the fire dangers. And we re also watching two tropical systems near the u. S. Tonight. Once off the east coast, the other in the gulf. Rob marciano standing by. The chaos in midair. Authorities say an offduty flight attendant threatening to take down the plane. The pilot calling on the intercom for passengers to help. Overseas tonight, benjamin netanyahu is out after 12 years in office, out as prime minister by one vote. Tonight, netanyahu now vowing to bring down the new government. Here in the u. S. , the deadl