Is where the storm is coming in atlanta. First a check to david of the weather. We have been watching irma to continue to fall apart over the last couple of hours its still packing winds about 60 to 65 miles per hour, but it is continuing to pass out of the region and starting to weaken through the next couple of days. I want to talk about what weve been seeing with irma here were going to start off by talking about what the damage currently looks like you can see what the pictures looked like earlier, where we had strong winds as this came ashore into portions of florida with some very strong winds. Right now it is down to Tropical Storm force. It is expected to stay a Tropical Storm force level for at least the next couple of hours and then as we head through the next couple days, well continue to weaken into a tropical depression. One of the concerns weve had is whats happening in jacksonville easterly and southwesterly wind, so its packing the water up the st. Johns river and leadi
We will go to florida to get the latest. We will look at how the sick, the elderly, the vulnerable are protected around the country. Then the u. S. , which were devastated by irma. Survivors say nearly everything was lost. Water, ice, electricity, close for children, diapers, food, all of that is using insulin because there is nothing. Amy we will speak with awardwinning Virgin Islands writer tiphanie yanique. Then to south asia, where more than 1300 people have died and more than 40 million have been impacted in some of the worst flooding to hit the region in decades. If our demands are not fulfilled, what should we do gekko we have to speak in the side of the road, die on the side of the road, we have nothing. We dont have a house. Nothing to you. We dont have food to eat. Everything was swept away by the floods. Amy we will go to kathmandu, nepal. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , demoacynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. North korea fired
We spent some time recently in the white house. It is not the easiest place to live, but you are making it better and better on a daily basis. I do hear very good things. Ukraine is coming along pretty well. Ita real great honor for me to its a real great honor for me to be here. Im really happy to hear about the progress we both demonstrated after our last meeting. I want to respect great sympathy to the American People for the consequences of the hurricanes. I admire the strong leadership in this hard time. I really think that our cooperation both in the security and defense sector, which has brought important results on the leadership. And we secondly improved our economic operations. Between the United States and ukraine and the last seven months increased 2. 5 times because of the implementation of our agreement. This is the symbol that we welcome in american companies. This is delivering effective corporations to our nation. Pres. Trump thats a story that is pretty untold. I thin
Sara eisen the dow is up 81 the best day for retail since late july as the markets go green for august absolutely we are also following a big business story President Trump making waves doubling down on a previous statement that, quote, both sides were responsible for the violence over the weekend. Multiple executives stepping down from the white house business councils, some vowing to stay and work with the president. Listen to the restaurant ceo andy plesner who is a big trump supporter. Listen to what he had to say i was really happy with jaime diamond who came out and made his statement. This was very positive because i think two years ago jaime dimon never would have said anything american executives speaking up is incredibly important. Dont walk away from the table, stay in the game, lets see what we can get done. Now listen to former secretary treasury Larry Summers disagreeing and saying wishes to speak to anyone in the senate, anyone in the president s cabinet or key officials
Good morning and welcome to news channel 8. Happy monday morning to you. We are waking up pretty nice out there. 2nd day of november. Bartow 68. 69 sarasota. However, small change. Know what is happening notice what is happening across the east coast. We will even a 10 percent rain most of you will be dry. We will seat a few extra crowds see a few extra clouds but it will be warm and breezy throughout the day. It is not a bad drive this morning. Lets take a look at what is going on. We have a pretty good drive here throughout for and lakeland. No delays. Through wesley chapel, pasco county, were up to speed as well. Lets move over. We do have one accident over in Pinellas County right on any delays as of yet. That is a look at whether and traffic. On the campaign trail this morning, another big name headed to tampa for Hillary Clinton. Vice President Joe Biden who you see here is back in the bay area. We join you live at the museum of science and industry. That is where he will be rall