Through southern california. Dozens of homes, even a Ski Resort destroyed as the flames forced thousands to evacuate. And francines fury, the storm swamping the gulf coast, flooding roads, forcing rescues, and the threat is not over for 14 Million people in its path. Our Nbc News reporters are following the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Mike Memoli in charlotte, north carolina, where the Vice President will kick off this new phase of her campaign. What are we expecting there, mike . Reporter well, chris, charlotte is a nascar town. And the way the campaign describes it she has been Revving Up for the past weeks, now she has to shift into gear. She had to choose a running mate, introduce themselves before the convention, and we know how much she prepared for the debate on tuesday. Now, because they view the debate as a huge success, they want to double down on the message she brought to the debate stage, talking about the need to change the pace, not look back to the trump adm
Of Gen Z that could be a Boom for democrats. And hundreds of homes flooded. Hundreds of thousands without power after Hurricane Force winds and Record Rainfall Pound the gulf coast. The latest on what is now tropical Depression Francine still packing a bunch down south. But we start with Donald Trump. Set to speak in arizona this afternoon, a state where immigration is consistently top of mind for many voters. Its an issue key to his election strategy, but even allies now worry that his unsubstantiated claims about migrants eating peoples pets has weakened his cause. It is part of a pattern. Trump brings up what he calls migrant crime or the migrant invasion in almost every single rally he does, but his decision to embrace this particular Conspiracy Theory has taken on a life of its own. Even germanys foreign ministry, in a statement about renewable energy, included a ps, we dont eat cats and dogs. A headline in the british paper, the standard, calling him a laughingstock. Harris plan,
Donald collins helped the passengers. John as he was helping them get to safety, police say collins was hit by an suv that was driven by an illegal immigrant who was suspected of driving drunk. He eventually died at a nearby hospital. Garrett tenny has the details in this horrifying story and garrett, what more do we know about the suspect . John, her name is irma, 33 years old, and according to ice, in the country illegally. Dallas county sheriffs says martinez was drunk Early Saturday Morning when she crashed into the minivan and into Donald Collins killing him. Martinez is held on an Immigration Detainer after being charge the with manslaughter and assault with a vehicle. The family of Donald Collins or trey as they call him have shown remarkable faith and compassion, even towards the woman who took his life. I pray that since she still has breath in her body that she gets to know the lord because i dont want her to go to hell. I forgive her. Im not angry with her, im not. Im not up
hello to you in the uk and around the world at least 21 people are now known to have died as storms and tornados ripped through the united states leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures have just come into us in the past hour showing the storm passing a car in arkansas and as you can see, the pictures speak for themselves. with all the latest, the bbc s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touch downed in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through homes with incredible force. the rate of pace and the the volume of itjust seemed rather intense and it was extremely dangerous. it came through a set of double doors and ploughed through my house, out of my front door which has steel bars in the front of it. several people have been kille
council. politicians in iran react to the flouting of headscarf laws by women insisting the rules must be enforced rigorously . and a critical incident is declared at the port of dover causing gridlock for travellers hoping to get away for easter. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. at least 21 people are now known to have died as storms and tornados ripped through parts of the united states leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed in chicago. these are among the latest pictures we ve received showing the storm passing a car in arkansas and as you can see, the pictures speak for themselves. with all the latest, the bbc s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas. tearing off roofs, bringing down power lines, sweeping through h