And very good morning to you from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International bringing you all the days top stories from around the world but 1st dominating headlines protests over the death of george floyd while being detained by Minneapolis Police have raged for a 3rd night late on thursday night a local Police Station was set on fire. Because. The police say protesters forced their way into the building and set it on fire personnel had been evacuated before the city of minneapolis account on social media says there are unconfirmed reports of gas lines leading to the building have been cut advise people to leave the area the protests calling for justice for george floyd have spread from minneapolis to other cities. Thanks. Rick. I am distracting. The work of. The officer kept his knee there for almost 10 minutes until floyd stopped responding on the day of the Incident Police said he much the description of a suspect in a forgery case at a local Grocery Store and that he resi
good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city
miles an hour. it down trees and power lines, even without power. created storm surge in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. officials are warning residents about potential for flash flooding overnight, some areas inland could see over two feet of rain. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle gross. michelle, you have been following the storm all day. what is the latest? i, there we are looking at really strong storm still. it is moving inland but we are still seeing winds at 90 miles an hour. so it s still moving on to his strength. it was a very storm strong category four storm, almost category five, really wide in distance as well and moving very slow. so, it s three things that kind of came together to make the worst-case scenario. we saw a really strong winds up to 135 mile an hour wind gusts in cape coral. and i was the story with the storm surge. what storm surges is a push of wind. it s a push of water, salt water, onto dry land. so, we saw feet,
The death toll growing weve got a live report coming up back here at home, President Biden is set to speak on the war at the white house later today, after we learned at least 11 americans have been killed overseas what to expect from the remarks and how they could impact the war. Also this morning, new fallout for an arkansas doctor accused of medicaid fraud after more than 40 patients accused him of imprisoning them against their will new sports could be coming to the Olympic Games in los angeles. And fall is in full swing, but when it comes to leaves changing colors, the autumn changes arent changes that much well explain why Climate Change could be to blame. Early today starts right now thank for being with us, im Frances Rivera im jessica haylayton israel has taken back control of its territory after the violent raid by hamas. At least 900 people have been killed there and nearly 700 have been killed in gaza and the west bank the nation has now ordered a full siege of gaza, firing
And im richard lui, in for frances rivera. We begin today with tragedy out of new york city. 12 people dead including several children after a massive fire ripped through a five story Apartment Building in the bronx. Four others were critically injured. Now fighting for their lives. Authorities now say this is the citys worst fire in terms of loss of life in a quarter century. Heres nbc new yorks ray have i era with the latest. Reporter when firefighters arrived around 7 00 thursday night, they were met with a chaotic scene near prospect avenue. Nearly a dozen people on the fire scape and when they worked their way inside they were met with heartache, people dead inside, several units including a person found dead inside the bathtub. While its too early to tell what the cause of this fire is, the heart break is starting to set in. The fire started on the first floor and Authorities Say it worked its way up like a chimney to all five floors, killing 12 people in its path. The youngest o