george floyd roughly ten months ago. it led to a worldwide black lives matter protest. movement upon movement of people of all races. and it went over the summer and initiated a generational conversation about race relations and the future of american policing. but at its core, it remains, like all police shooting deaths of an unarmed black people about a family that has lost a loved one. and almost, without fail, that family finds itself having to both grieve and fight. joining me now from a safe social distance is the brother of george floyd, philonise floyd, and the lawyer representing the family, i call him the attorney general of black america, attorney benjamin crump. let me start with you, philonise. we ve talked over the months on a weekly basis. and share with our viewers anything you can say about your brother s face becoming the face of the past year s reform movement of policing. what does it mean to you? share what you and i talk about. what does this mean to you
been downgraded bringing dangerous wind and heavy rain. looking at these latest pictures out of carolina where wins are heading across the beach there as idalia heads across the coast. early wednesday idalia lashed florida, making landfall as a category 3 storm. at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and more than 500 thousand are without power across florida and georgia. florida s governor ron desantis warned 1.5 milion people to evacuate tuesday night, but not everyone chose to leave. these are the latest pictures now that we can look at coming out of south carolina where the wind is whipping across the beach there is tropical storm idalia continues along the coast. 500,000 people are without power across several of the state so let s go live now to our reporter in florida. helena, what is the situation where you are? in this area where you are? in this area where i am, the hard hit area of cedar key it is also without power tonight. of ce
the tide level in charleston harbour was reported as the fifth largest ever recorded. idalia made landfall in florida as a category three storm, before charging across georgia. at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and nearly half a million people are without power across florida, georgia and south carolina. now that the rain has mostly cleared in florida, the impact of idalia can be seen. this is footage from cedar key, filmed by our team on the ground there. as you can see, although the skies were blue and the sun was shining, the destruction is clear to see. live now to our correspondent helena humphrey, who is in ha rd hit cedar key. what are conditions like where you are now? you like where you are now? have to keep in mind, her on you have to keep in mind, here on the big bend of florida, this is the worst storm they have seen in over a century, want to show you some of the destruction we have seen on the ground, if i move out of shot
good afternoon. her brutal murder shocked britain, and now an independent report into the killing of sarah everard has found the man responsible should never have been a police officer, and several opportunities to stop him offending were missed. wayne couzens is serving a whole life sentence for sarah s rape and murder, and was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old, under the false guise of an arrest. the chair of the inquiry into his conduct and background, says without a radical overhaul of police vetting and recruitment, there s nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight. june kelly is live in central london, with the very latest. clive, lady elish angiolini, the seniorjudge who produced the report, has come up with 16 recommendations to stop another potential wayne couzens. some of these recommendations are related to betting, others to the way the police deal with the crime of indecent exposure. she also says she believes that there are as yet unknown
ministers committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this year. an inquiry into how a serving metropolitan police officer was able to abduct and kill sarah everard has concluded he remained on the force because of failures in recruitment and vetting. the inquiry said red flags were missed at the three different police forces where wayne couzens served over several years. he was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old in march 2021. he is now serving a whole life sentence for rape and murder. her killing by a serving police officer prompted a widespread outpouring of anger and grief and sparked demonstrations over concern for the safety of women. the chair of the inquiry said that without a radical overhaul of police vetting and recruitment there is nothing to stop another wayne couzens operating in plain sight. we are expecting the full police response shortly but we have heard an opening statement from chief constable gavin stevens who said the harrowing murder of s