This is bbc news. The headlines 30 inches of rain has caused floods around the city of houston. Security forces are being sent to the area to help. A lorry driver has been remanded in custody in connection with saturdays minibus crash on the m1. He was charged 20 counts of drink driving and dangerous driving. More than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. The third round of brexit talks take place in brussels this afternoon, with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. A self styled holy man in northern india has been sentenced to ten years in prison, for raping two of his women followers. Now on bbc news were going behind the scenes of britains city of culture with our latest special programme on hulls year long festival of arts and culture. Welcome to summer in the uk city of culture. And summer means festivals. We have got them all literature, theatre a
Gradual plate gradual pace of raising rates. Corrects inflation is not at 2 . Before we move policy get to the gold otherwise we are going to be behind. Driver, set tow to steer its ceo out of crisis. Anna a very warm welcome from us in london, i am and i words. I am anna edwards. Matt imf miller. Anna talk about the United States and houston specifically. So much of the United States energy market, a landmark hurricane, a landmark storm now earlys over texas area estimates of what kind of Economic Impact we might see here, 24 billion dollars. Stay, howhe reins to long they keep falling is going to be one of the key questions. What has this done to markets . Gasoline spread flying as harvey looms. Futures are the same. Oil steady but refineries have been flooded. More than 10 of the fuel making capacity. FarColonial Pipeline, so from houston to the east coast of the United States it seems we have no word that it is not running as normal. Certainly that would be one way that this crisis
From texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick with us. Plus Committee Chairman congressman mccall is here. Also the fallout from the pardon of sheriff joe arpaio. Was it the right time to make this move . We will talk to a congressman about that. Tough reelection battle, arizona senator jeff flake takes on President Trump. Will that tactic score many points against his g. O. P. Primary challenger dr. Kelly ward . As we look ahead right now on sunday morning futures. And we kick it off of course were watching a very dangerous situation unfolding as we speak this hour in southeastern texas. Houston, the nations fourth largest city, inundated with widespread and catastrophic flooding. Over 1,000 water rescues performed there overnight. So far at least two have been confirmed dead. The number is expected to climb. Emergency responders are simply overwhelmed. Officials are telling people in the houston area to call 911 only if you are in a lifethreatening situation. If your life is in imminent
Inches to fall on the area by friday. President trump has plans to visit texas tuesday. But thats not all hes been up to. And last nights mtv Video Music Awards had its share of politics, eye popping performances and much more. Early today starts right now. Good being with you on a monday morning. Im frances rivera. My coanchor phillip mena is in texas and hell join us in a moment. But he like many other texans are waking up this morning in an almost unrecognizable state. Major parts like houston are under water as Tropical Storm hurricane is continuing to barrel through. Fully submerged vehicles and destroyed homes in its wake. And with over 2,000 water rescues performed in just the houston area alone, officials are looking at the residents and pleading for help. What we desperately need are boats and high water vehicles. So those of you who have boats and high water vehicles, that can be used in neighborhoods to help move people out of harms way, we need your help. This morning some
Nazi, go home. Reporter counterprotesters would surround Trump Supporters and chase them out of the park. In fact, police had to escort most of the Trump Supporters out of Civic Center Park. There were hundreds of officers in and around the park. Some were monitoring the crowds from rooftops. Once the Trump Supporters were on their own, some of the socalled antifas were on. Officers had to use a smoke bomb to break up a large fight outside of the park. I am checking over my back every second right now. Reporter i covered the previous protest here in berkeley. Thats why i can tell you this time the Police Officers were much more aggressive. In the previous protest, they would stand on the sideline, let the folks basically fight it out. This time, every time they saw a fight or something that was about to go down, they would go in there, break it up, and i think thats why, brian, this time wouldnt see as many people injured. We didnt see this protest wasnt as bloody compared to the previ