storm in florida s history. right now, more than 1.2 million people are still without power. duke energy, which provides flower power to central florida, says it could be days until it s restored. here is ron desantis earlier today, on the latest efforts. over the last 72 hours, there have been over 1100 confirmed rescues made by first responders and likely many more than that and those are the reported ones as of 6:00 this morning. we have called in the army corps of engineers at the request of the counties to help with the damage to the water system, and i know that some of this is lee county water utility. some of it may be the platinum line as the core is working with all of those groups. they are meeting again today to figure out what the best ways to go forward. clearly, having those core services, like the water and like the electrical, are really top priorities after the life rescue mission. one of the most hard-hit cities and florida was fort myers. check out thi
we have a group of suburban moms here to tell us about the midterms and what s driving them to the polls. i m simone sanders thompson and i have something to say. we are now 100 days from the 2022 midterm elections. i m very excited because what happens beyond the ball boys more consequential than ever, y all. we re gonna start by zeroing in on a michigan and arizona. michigan governor gretchen whitmer is a democrat incumbent running unopposed, voters will head to the ballot box on tuesday to pick the republican nominee. just days ago trump endorsed, tutored dixon after from former education secretary betsy devos. you remember betsy, the one who resigned after mike pence involved the 25th amendment in the wake of the capitol right? well, it s the road to trump, quote, to make sure we d be democratic, beat gretchen whitmer, in november, the best thing we can do is work together to elected her dixon. she s committed to the same principles you are and she s the only on
of that? one thing the return of david cameron does not - of that? one thing the return of david cameron does not signall of that? one thing the return ofl david cameron does not signal is change. you can t fix the problems rishi sunak is facing with personnel changes. you can only fix them with policy changes and the tory party can t do that. the only way to get real change is to get rid of the tory government, have a general election and have a new labour government in its place. flat government in its place. pat mcfadden. government in its place. pat mcfadden, the government in its place. pat mcfadden, the shadow cabinet office minister who is going to be running the labour party s general election campaign. every time i say goodbye to henry, someone leaves! we are timing it badly. henry zeffman, chief political correspondent is still with us. we saw laura trott leaving and she s been confirmed as the new chief secretary to the treasury. quite an importantjob, especial
20th anniversary, here is another chance to see Sarah Montagues hardtalk interview with one of britains most celebrated composers, sirjohn tavener, filmed just months before his death in 2013. Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist and new age. Since then, he has defied the critic the Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Many years ago, he had a heart attack which nearly killed him. Since then, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life and his faith. What happened and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome to hardtal thank you. What happened to your music after you nearly died . It nearly vanished altogether. Because i was taken ill in switzerland. They didnt not know whether i was conscious, whether i was
Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist, new age. But since then, he has defied the critics. The Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Six years ago, he had a heart attack that nearly killed him, and since then, he says, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life, and his faith. So what happened, and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What happened to your music . Well, it nearly vanished altogether. Because i was taken ill in switzerland, and they didnt not know whether i was conscious, whether i was brain dead or not. And my wife came over from england, and she played me mozart, and i started conducting, like that. And the doctors realised my brain wasnt dead. I didnt become conscious after that, but