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i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ....
as many of us look forward to a summer holiday, the cost of being dropped off at the airport is now higher than ever. i ll have the details on how much it s gone up. it s gold in rome for keely hodgkinson. despite struggling with illness, she wins the european 800m title once again, with the olympics just around the corner. after a brighter, sunny start in central and eastern areas, rain in the west will cross us all except for the far east and it will be windy especially in the west. all the details later. it s thursday the 13th ofjune. our main story. labour will publish its election manifesto this morning, with sir keir starmer saying he is putting wealth creation at the heart of his plans for government. he s said there will be no surprises on tax and has ruled out increases in vat, income tax and national insurance. the conservatives have challenged labour to match their own range of tax pledges for families and businesses. our political correspondent damian gramma ....
this is aljazeera america, good morning, live from new york city, i m randall pinkston. the world markets seem to be sablessing this morning despite big sell off in asia. futures here point to a big surge at the open, despite another sell off in shanghai and tokyo s nikkei. in china it turned dramatically negative. the country is cutting the interest rates to try to stop the bleeding. trading opened on tuesday across the asian pacific and they opened with baited breath wondering how the market would react considering china s fall was so tract particular on a monday. the markets were shaky, most of them making losses in the early part of trading. they regained some of that ground as the day progressed, and made up in some cases on those losses. markets that were in profess certainly saw themselves reach the black again, with taiwan, australia, singapore, but the shanghai composite perhaps the market that many global eyes were focused on ended at 7.63% down on the day ....
north korea has said it has the right to have nuclear weapons for what it calls a legitimate self defence measure for its survival from the vigor of the united states. the statement comes as the head of the us military is getting ready for talks on north korea s nuclear and missile threats. generaljoseph dunford is in seoul to meet president moonjae in and south korea s defence minister. afterwards he ll go on to china and japan. the bbc‘s richard galpin reports. on the pacific island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. they are now potentially in the firing line, as the stand off between the united states and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island, which is home to major us military bases. we are here to pray for the leaders of those countries to be able to remain calm, and think about the people, and the lives of the people we have here. in japan, anti aircraft systems were deployed ....
commander in chief on january 20th, 2017. michael beschloss, author and historian, as we prepare for the 58th presidential inauguration. we were looking back at some old films and pictures, one thing that s remarkable is the consistency of the ceremonies every four years. that s sort of the idea. the ceremony we ll see this week may not look exactly like george washington taking his oath on that balcony in 1789 in new york city but the amazing thing that in a country that changed as much as ours has this is one of the very few ceremonies that is relatively consistent and one of the few times in which the nation really tries to come together under a president who is trying to unify it. what does it represent, in your mind, this peaceful transfer of power, the last time we saw it was eight years ago as george w. bush left the white house and barack obama became our 44th president. it s one of the things that thank god we do well and probably take too much for gran ....