Press. All of the presenters are invited, as they know, to submit their work for consideration for this volume. Then all of the rest of you are invited to purchase and read that volume when it comes out. [laughter] so stay tuned. Its a great pleasure to introduce tonights keynote speaker. Paul Andrew Hutton is an american cultural historian. He is an awardwinning author. He is a documentary writer and television personality. Hi him him him him him he serves as a distinguished professor of history at the university of new mexico. As we all know, he is published quite widely in both scholarly academic venues and popular magazines. And he has reached a very large audience through that kind of work. His work has been recognized far and wide. He is a sixtime winner of the western writers of america spur award and a sixtime winner of the western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy and western Heritage Museum for his work in both print and film. It was his book jeremy mentioned the other
Tony blair calls for tougher immigration rules numbers without the need for brexit. Sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category four storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds up to 130 mph. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached the florida keys, bringing extreme winds that are expected to last for the next few hours. All residents had been ordered to leave amid fears that a storm surge reaching 15 feet could hit the islands, most of which are only a few feet above sea level. One person has been confirmed dead in the florida keys. As the storm is expected to move north to mainland florida, more than a million homes and businesses are without power
Through the streets. Also the streets are completely abandoned here because theres a curfew in place until 10 00 a. M. On monday. We also have been seeing police come out after theyve been suspended from these high winds. And theyre also taking a look to make sure that there isnt too much debris flying around here. But what we see are some street signs coming down, hundreds of thousands of people without power. And the light has really changed over the last 30 minutes. Its gotten significantly darker. As the hurricane moves in parallel to where we are right now. And this is usually a major thoroughfare. And if you head just a couple of miles down that way, that would be the beach. And thats completely sealed off. All of those bridges were closed at 4 00 yesterday. So, in addition to the debris that weve seen, the weather and everyone whos been sheltered, we do expect to see a Major Economic impact in this area for both miami and ft. Lauderdale, as they continue to brace for what they e
Without power tonight. And were talking about winds topping out at 140 Miles Per Hour. 60 miles north of West Palm Beach on the eastern side of florida. The damage in the florida keys now clearly visible. And youre looking tat right there. House to house searches going to start tomorrow in the keys. From the bay area to florida we begin live in myanmar, florida. It has been a tense 24 hours. A lot of stress, a lot of high emotions. Reporter that is the perfect way to describe exactly whats been going on around here. You can see behind me its clearly dark but this is one of the streets that still has power. But this is of course only minor compared to damage weve seen in other areas. And of course weve seen a dramatic change compared to what we were seeing a few hours ago with the whipping winds and the bands. I know that hurricane warning for the area has been down graded now to a Tropical Storm warning. What that means is theres still the threat of seeing strong, gust aTropical Storm
Evaluating the damage and beginning the recovery this morning, President Trump says he will visit the state. Its a rough hurricane as you know better than anybody. The coast guard has been amazing already. Youve been hearing what they are doing right in the middle of the storm. Fema has been incredible, we are working very well with the governor and the other governors in surrounding states. We are going to florida very soon. Dagen we will take you live to florida straight ahead. Remembering 9 11. President trump will attend a commemoration and aftermath of 9 11 attacks. The company struggling respond to that massive data breach, what you need to know if youre affected ahead. Futures are showing gains, again, maybe sigh of relief as irma moves through florida, not as much damage in say miami beach as some might have expected. Again, we are watching atlanta, atlanta was under the first Tropical Storm in that citys history. Atlanta georgia could get hit. In europe, we have gains to repor