red cross and birol which has been especially hard hit good morning to you jamie the u.n. is calling this the worst storm disaster to hit africa in decades what s the situation where your. well it s still raining. that and it s going to rain for a couple days more so we are on the second disaster in a few days and it s actually going to get more space and sleep we know that cycling to die hit us directly in by a and that the it continued on toward zimbabwe. amount of water so the flood disaster is another disaster on top of the cycle and so we re keeping visibility on both and our focus to the operation right now is immediate lifesaving activities search and rescue making sure people get sued blankets shelter water everything they need to stay alive because this is where our focus is at the moment ok getting resources to keep people alive where are people going
pence traveled to nebraska to assess the damage as. the head of the european commission says it is unlikely a deal to delay breck s it will be reached this week john called younger said the e.u. would go no further to meet british demand prime minister theresa may or importantly request a short extension to the march twenty ninth deadline in brussels tomorrow. was to mozambique now and aid is starting to get through to communities devastated by side clone he died six days ago heavy flooding has submerged roads and countless homes so although aid is now arriving getting it to people is still very difficult the u.n. is calling it the worst storm disaster to hit africa in decades it s being described as the worst humanitarian crisis in mozambique history heavy flooding and prolonged bouts of rain
they re still persisting in. the bodies are being increasingly think in terms of holding your fire. rescue us also working around the clock to save lives many victims astute trapped on rooftops trees and other remote areas and the region is bracing for more heavy rain in the coming days flooding has become to biggest threat mozambique is facing right now let s bring in jamie lists or he s them urgency response manager for the red cross and birol which has been especially hard hit good morning to you jamie the u.n. is calling this the worst storm disaster to hit africa in decades what s the situation where your. well it s still raining. do that and it s going to rain for a couple days or so we are on the second disaster in a few days and it s actually going to get more stress we know the second to die hit
the origins of this investigation fishing by aggressive fbi agents who want to entrap drums people. kennedy: president from dealing with another storm disaster in florence and the political implications of the response. loom large with the midterms only weeks away. a plus, flooding in north carolina getting worse as the death toll rises and rivers are about to press at historic levels, whole communities now cut off by the water. we are live on the ground that is next.
a potential game changer in the russia investigation. we have our correspondents, analysts and guests standing by in the disaster area of this storm, and here in the situation room we are covering all of the breaking news. first, let s go to the hard-hit north carolina area where cnn s nick watt is covering the storm disaster for us. nick, you re in north myrtle beach. what are the conditions like there? reporter: well, wolf, all day we have had heavy rain and driving gusts of wind. it has actually made it too dangerous for first responders to venture out for much of the day, and here in north myrtle beach, wolf, we re actually still waiting for the worst of the storm to reach us. tonight hurricane florence beating down on the carolina coast. the storm making landfall in north carolina early friday morning, bringing sustained winds of over 90 miles per