Through 99 died in a florida nursing home that lost airconditioning because the power was knocked out. They describe the facility as a death trap because the elderly are susceptible to heat related illnesses. Last month this photo of residents in the assisted living facility in texas were trapped in waist deep water went to viral. As this makes clear Older Americans was before and during and even after the storm. In fact, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast 12 years ago more than half of those that died were seniors along with the senator from connecticut i lead a bipartisan investigation into the response of Hurricane Katrina at the federal, state, and local level. This resulted to reveal many weaknesses in the Emergency Response system. And i doubt very many people have read bill hall report now has an excellent summary so it was evidence to meet so we had a long ways to go. One of the weaknesses and the response system is the of failure on the part called lovells of g
Its thursday, 15 june. On breakfast today well bring you the latest on the fire and well be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. Also this morning reports in the us that the man investigating russias involvement in the american president ial election is looking at whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. From today Roaming Charges are being dropped across the eu. Ill have all the details shortly. In sport, englands hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. Eoin morgans men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. After eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. I will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. Im in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the Grenfell Tower behind me. It is shocking, the
Possibly a repeat today. Hi, everybody. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but lets jump right in. The good news with this one is the timings a little bit slower than the last one so right now, were just looking at green up in santa rosa. You can see guerneville road and Petaluma Hill road, some wetness developing there and its up in the north bay where were seeing the yellows but notice the yellows are offshore heading towards the north bay. I had a fairly dry commute but you can see here on the Golden Gate Bridge, some areas are still wet. By 7 00, the north bay starting to get pounded. By noon, were all getting pound. But 4 00, the north bays not getting pounded while the rest of us are. And by 7 00, it finally starts to taper for all of us. Alexis, hows it going. We only have eight incidents on the boards. As you probably know, we got up to almost 150 on tuesday when we had the big storm so im expecting that to really increase throughout the day. No issues there and a quick check o
With that major pothole problem. All lanes open today. Southbound 680, just 17 minutes and northbound 85, that is in the green at just 16 minutes. Well take a look at lingering weather closures coming up. One of the spots were going to be watching carefully, the Russian River. Neighbors there bracing for more possible flooding. The storm last month, 800 homes threatened by raising water then. The potential for more of that today. Amy hollyfield live for us in guerneville. Reporter hi, natasha. The river is high. Look at it behind me, spilling over into this parking lot here on old river road, and it just started to rain. So, its going to be worth keeping a close eye on this situation here in guerneville. Heres a look at what residents here had to deal with earlier this week when tuesdays rain hit. Some people had to be helped out of their homes when water got too high so firefighters came in to help them when the river went above the flood level. We arent expecting it to be as bad this
The partnership with the Stimson Center and enables to put on that dignity is like this. I have a very simple job this morning to introduce our moderator for today, larry jacobs professor of walter and Joe Montville professor study of politics at the department of Political Science at the university of minnesota. He also directs the tenor for this study of politics and governance and he is a prolific author and scholar in writing and some of the most important issues of the day. In the last year or two where he has authored books i can think of unfettered power, Health Care Reform in american politics in an important study on politics and Public Opinion as well. We are delighted to have the university of minnesota and to serve as moderator of this panel. The floor is yours. Thank you very much. A lot of people know dean sorts for the service and the diplomatic corps and im here from minnesota to tell you hes also announced the ending dean. Seen a tremendous rise in funding for scholars