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rapidly intensifying storm now a category 1. taking aim at florida s gulf coast and with life threatening storm surge and extreme winds, impact could be devastating. plus a calculated risk. president trump s former chief of staff mark meadows taking the stand. but will his testimony convince a jury to move his trial to federal court. and classes are canceled today at unc chapel hill after a faculty member was shot and killed. what we re learning about the suspect in custody. those major stories and more all coming in right now on cnn news central. right now, idalia pounding parts of western cuba as a hurricane while florida prepares for impact. idalia is expected to make lawful in florida s big bend region early tomorrow morning potentially as a category 3. it is forecast to bring a life threatening storm surge that could cause water to swell up to 12 feet in some areas of florida and up and down the state s western coast, floridians are preparing. we re tyi ....
polluting vehicles will pay £12.50 to drive into london boroughs. good evening, this hour, florida s gulf coast is feeling the outer bands of hurricane idalia. evacuation orders are in place in ten counties north of tampa, in what we call the big bend area of florida. the system started as a tropical storm but it is rapidly intensifying over unsually warm waters in the gulf. through the day it has been moving north from west cuba growing from a categoryi hurricane, possibly to a category three with winds that could reach iiomph. but, as ever, it is the storm surge that has the authorities most concerned, particularly around cedar key and some of the very low lying areas. they are predicting the waters could rise by as much 8 12ft. here s our forecaster chris fawkes with more. western cuba has been hit with strong winds and some flooding rain as tropical storm dalia passed just to the west. and we can take a look at idalia on the satellite picture. since moving past wes ....
with a first ever win at a grand slam in the us open first round. today and tomorrow will be days of bright spells, showers, some of which will be thundering. we have rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details rain coming in from the south during thursday. all the details later. it s tuesday the 29th of august. holidaymakers are facing days of travel disruption after a technical fault hit the uk s air traffic control system over the bank holiday. the problem has now been fixed, but thousands of passengers are still stranded. airlines have apologised and are urging people to check their flights before going to the airport. jon donnison reports. it was a nightmare bank holiday for air travellers with hundreds of flights cancelled and many more delayed. and it s not over yet. we were looking at alternative flights. there was nothing available from ba before thursday. and as we re scrolling through comparison sites, flights were disappearing. we ve now a ....
it s been described as the uk s most widespread miscarriage ofjustice the post office scandal. and now it s emerged the post office spent £100 million of public money fighting wrongly accused subpostmasters in court even though it knew its case was untrue. the bbc has uncovered a draft report that reveals that by 2017 the post office had seen evidence showing that the losses at post office branches could have been caused by remote access to its horizon computers by the japanese company fujitsu who supplied the system. despite that the post office s lawyers kept arguing until 2019 that theft or mistakes by subpostmasters must have been to blame. zoe conway has the story. in howey, mid wales, there is something missing. for years this house was the village post office, but not any more. this was all part the shop, and then the post office was at the end. joan bailey and her husband had to give up the jobs they loved after being accused of stealing. there was a £ ....
election interference trial. we ll have legal analysis on both of these big developments in just a moment. plus new polling on president joe biden s re-election bid and the major concern that most americans have about a possible second term. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a decision that sent waves through the nation s capitol yesterday, a start date for donald trump s federal election interference trial. in washington, d.c. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year, just one day before super tuesday. now, prosecutors when asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year while trump s lawyers had proposed that it not start until april of 2026. yesterday judge chutkan said that neither of those dates were acceptable but that, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. the ....