loved ones again while other family members are left waiting six clue sadly to the wife of the russian cosmonaut about her tough experience. he was was not what got to listen you can be ready for the. cosmonauts are prepared they get trained but the wife s just stay down here in warri. it s eleven o clock and you re watching all to international live from on the studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. we continue our coverage of thursday s big story in kazakhstan where american and russian astronauts have escaped tragedy in their launch for the international space station a rocket malfunction on the soyuz vehicle forced the two man crew to abort their mission just minutes after takeoff and the emergency landing left spectators and families in total shock. i don t. know right unless she did a inaudible. he would have been doing it with and we have been escape tower for this story is now jettisoned. russia s investigative committee says they re looking into wh
people on florida s gulf coast have spent the day assessing the damage to their homes and businesses from one of the strongest storms that s ever hit the united states. hurricane michael tore into north west florida as a category 4 on wednesday, with winds over 150mph, that s 2a0kph. two people, including a child, were killed by falling wreckage. emergency workers say the town of mexico beach was worst hit. the bbc‘s gary o donoghue was there. two days ago, this was an ortley beach front community, home to around 1200 people orderly beach. but street after street, michael tore through this town, uprooting and smashing everything in its path. this is what the federal emergency director is calling ground zero. mexico beach, where hurricane michael came ashore yesterday with those winds of 155 mph. it s com pletely those winds of 155 mph. it s completely devastated the street down to the city, just two houses left standing, and people s things all over the street, microwave
from one of the strongest storms that s ever hit the united states. hurricane michael tore into north west florida as a category four on wednesday, with winds over 150 miles an hour 240 kilometres an hour. it weakened as it moved inland, towards the north east. at least six people have died. mexico beach, showcased online as a perfect holiday destination, where the sand is as white as snow. now described as ground zero. the place that bore the brunt of hurricane michael as it slammed into florida. florida s governor flew across the state to see the extent of the destruction for himself. especially the damage at mexico beach, it is devastating. you just pray to god that everybody survived that. crews from the coastguard worked tirelessly, rescuing 37 people during ten missions. this survival was found and brought to safety a helicopter team scouting the devastation in alabama. some homeowners in florida returning to look over what can be salvaged from the ruins. it will be m
duck with a little lobster and oysters on the side. and, of course there s champagne. and i haven t had any of it even though i said 2013. some champagne would be nice in one of the cups sniet would be nice. that is our top story, the looming fiscal cliff and what appears to be a new sense of optimism about finding a path around it. there isn t much time. just three days for the president and congressional republicans to find common ground on taxes and spending. for the latest let s go to chief correspondent at the white house major garrett. good morning. good morning, rebecca. president obama met with the four top leaders yesterday. he met for just over an hour. now, earlier in the fiscal cliff talks, meetings like this had tended to be tense and nonproductive but this meeting gave rise to hopes of a last-minute deal. for the first time in weeks president obama reported genuine progress to averting some part of the so-called fiscal cliff. i m modestly in agreement