Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. The southwestern u. S. Is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary churns off the pacific. We just learned moments ago that the storm has weakened just a bit to a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. Its lashing mexico with strong winds and high waves right now. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across parts of california, nevada and arizona. The storm is expected to weaken as it moves north, but the threat is so severe, a Tropical Storm watch has been issued for california, the first ever for that state. People there are trying to prepare as best they can. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us. A new advisory has just been issued. While it may have been downgraded a little bit, thats still very threatening. Right. Keep in mind the weakening was forecast. We knew as it slid into cooler waters, this was going to happen. In terms of the fore
Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected