Its 4 00 in New York. A major hurricane, the largest city under indictment, ukraines president at the White House right now, and just 40 days to go until Election Day in america. No shortage of big stories, big news on multiple fronts today. Down in florida, Hurricane Helene is bearing down on the Gulf Coast threatening to bring surging waters that officials warn are, quote, unsurvivable. It is currently a category 3 but expected to strengthen before it makes landfall later today. Well get an update at 5 00 eastern. Then Vice President harris has just wrapped remarks in a joint appearance with ukrainian President Zelenskyy. One of the biggest Foreign Policy crises facing President Biden and the next american president right into the 2024 president ial contest. Donald trump lashing out at ukraines leader, making claims that could have come straight out of the mouth of Vladimir Putin. Well have all those stories and much more over the next two hours. We begin with the stunning News Right
Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. A Major Hurricane is barreling toward the southwestern u. S. Hurricane hilary has weakened to a category 3 as it hammers mexico with strong winds and high waves. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across california, nevada and arizona in a short amount of time. The threat is so severe in the golden state that a Tropical Storm warning has been issued for the First Time Ever there. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is tracking the conditions. A years worth of rain in a short amount of time, how are they going to handle that . That is the big concern, because especially in the desert areas that ground is not able to absorb it very quickly, so a lot of it becomes runoff, leading to localized flash flooding. Sustained winds 125 Miles Per Hour gusting up to 155. Weve seen that Forward Movement pick up. Its starting to speed up. Thats important for the timing of a lot of the rain showers. W
Donald trump is put on notice by a judge about what he can post on social media about his upcoming trial. The uk economy grew ever so slightly in the Second Quarter of the year but is it a sign that things are turning around, or was itjust a consequence of some Summer Sunshine . And to fly or not to fly . A bbc investigation has revealed that rishi sunak has been using raf jets and helicopters as much as once a week during his first seven months in office. More than the uks previous three prime ministers. First, lets focus in on the situation in hawaii. The death toll from wildfires there has risen to 55. But hundreds more are stll missing on the island of maui, and its feared that the number of dead could still rise significantly. The historic seaside town of lahaina has been almost completely burned to the ground. Officials say it will take years to recover from the fires, which were fanned by the winds of a hurricane. My colleague Mishal Husain has more on the scale of the disaster
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large