Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
hello, everyone. welcome to the amanpour hour. here is where we re headed this week. playing politics or playing with fire? the republican party tanks a border security deal that it had spent months demanding. that is the kind of chaos that donald trump instills. you have voter i.d. to buy a loaf of bread. what the polls aren t telling you about donald trump s re-election chances. also ahead the remarkable resilience of ukraine s war-weary children, still forced into subterranean schools. the islamic revolution came to iran 40 years ago this weekend. 20 years later, there was hope for reform. democracy in iran is literally being born in these newspapers. the struggle continues today. finally, the edgy little play that could. kim s convenience comes full circle as it lights up london with its slice of asian life. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. the world is once again watching a congress in disarray, with literally lif
Spanish language service. It had ended the Afternoon Service. And then suddenly what walked into that church, that is what began the events. I want us to listen to the chief of police of houston, texas. He will explain it from the beginning. Take a listen. All right. It looks like we dont have that sound yet. So, what he said was about 1 53 this afternoon, that there were two offduty Law Enforcement officers, one being from the alcohol and beverage commission, but obviously they were armed. And they were in what we believe was the foyer. And they saw someone come in. It was a female, 30 to 35 years old. She had a trench coat. She had a backpack. And she had a rifle, a long gun. According to the chief of police, she started shooting her rifle. At that point, they engaged the shooter. They killed the shooter, but she accompanying her, with her, they say, was a 5yearold child, 4 to 5yearold child. And during the exchange of gunfire, we do know that this 5yearold child was shot, taken to t
politically motivmotivated. the white house slamming the special counsel report that questions biden s memory. will that work? fears in gaza. israel warns the war may escalate again with a new ground incursion. a move that puts res israel at with the u.s. moves could help make him the next chair of the rnc, a special investigation. let s go out front. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. the biden administration launching a full court press to counter the damning special counsel report about president biden s handling of classified documents. vice president kamala harris calling it politically mot motivated. as a former prosecutor, the comments that were made by that prosecutor, gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. the way that the president s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivated. gratuitous. the spokesman for white house counsel s office echoing the vice president. gratu