Tonight a quarter of a Million People are without power with storm surges and serious flooding in multiple locations along floridas gulf coast. Well bring you reaction, including the thoughts of our panel tonight, joel rubin, former advisor to the Us State Department and the uk editor at politico jack blanchard. Both will have a view onjames cleverley s controversial visit today to beijing. We will also talk about the equally contentious, land grab that china has just peformed in their latest edition of the world map. Good evening. We are still to learn the full extent of the damage in florida. Mercifully the hurricane came ashore this morning in an areas of the gulf coast that is far less populated than the city of tampa further to the south. But forecasters say the seas rose 9 ft in two hours in the big bend area of the coast, and they project that level of of flooding will submerges areas some 3 miles in from the coast, with water up to 4 feet deep. That is going to bring significan
Yevgeny prigozhin, has been buried in a private ceremony in st petersburg, according to his press service. It was a low key affair with no Military Honours, and the media were kept well away. The kremlin is hoping this closes the chapter on a man, who threatened russias military establishment. There are still questions tonight over who controls the thousands of fighters in the Wagner Mercenary group, many of whom have died fighting in ukraine. Well have a Special Report from the frontline in a moment, on kyiv s war dead. But first, from st petersburg, heres our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Right now it is probably the most tightly guarded cemetery in russia. Along the Perimeter Fence we saw a Police Officer every five metres and there were many more inside on guard because of this fresh grave. Yevgeny prigozhin, we are told, was buried here today but there were no Military Honours for the Mercenary Chief accused by the kremlin of treachery and few people came to the funeral. The loc
One in atlanta and one here in the district of columbia. The federal judge taking a bench a couple of minutes ago behind me getting underway now. In a few hours we may find out when this thing will actually go to trial. We are talking about former president s trumps alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The government as you just said in the intro wants this to happen in january, meaning January Of 2024 in a few months. Trumps team wants it to happen in april of 2026. Well see what the judge does. Thats 2 1 2 years from now. The decision ultimately rests with the judge. Were told she will likely set the trial date today. Unlikely she will allow the trial to take place 2 1 2 years from now in april 2026 but may also make the government wait a few more months and push it back into the spring or possibly the summer. You have to remember Donald Trumps schedule as you heard his attorney say is getting full when it comes to court appearances. Also we learned in this c
Authorities are very sketchy on details. The shooter, you can see on the lower right is all we know. Hes been named and identified in other sites. Were not doing that right now. One thing were trying to find out is how this started. A little after 1 00 p. M. Where there was a call out on the campus site that remain sheltered in place, this is an ongoing situation amount suspect at large. Please be safe. Now the late forecast Jonathan Hunt who has been following this since it all erupted about three hours ago. Jonathan, what can you tell us . Neil, good afternoon to you. Were now getting reports via wral, one of the local tv stations there in raleigh, North Carolina, that the suspect is in custody. Wral quoting Police Sources saying that they have the suspect and that same station has also shed a photograph of a man apparently handcuffed, sitting on the ground, crosslegged with two officers standing near him. We do not have independent confirmation. We do not have confirmation directly
Weve also got more on the three victims including the mother who was killed, quote, for nothing, and the 19yearold whose father said he hadnt even lived his life yet. A Storm Taking Aim at millions of americans along the atlantic and the gulf coast. Tropical storm idalia is expected to swell to a category 3 hurricane before it slams into florida roughly 36 hours from now. We have the very latest coming up. We start with the big Breaking News out of washington, d. C. The judge in Donald Trumps election conspiracy case scheduling the start of His Trial For March 4th Of Next year. Thats the day before super tuesday, a move that appears to put this trial at the front of the pack, meaning it theoretically could be divided before Republican Voters settle on their nominee. The government previously estimated the whole trial would take 46 weeks, meaning on the outside it would be done by mid april. For perspective, trump didnt clinch the republican nomination in 2016 until late may. Far from s