The Us State Of Florida is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in A Hundred years. There are huge trafficjams across the state as more than Five Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton which is expected to hit tonight. Flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled, with the Foreign Office urging britons already in the state to follow instructions from local authorities. Its moving across the Gulf Of Mexico, where warmer waters have contributed to its intensity. So far, milton has reached a Wind Speed of 160mph. Its already brushed past mexico where it caused coastal flooding. These nasa images from space show the eye of the storm as it heads towards the florida peninsula. With the latest, our correspondent Phil Mccann reports. So right now on seven news. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton this morning. Milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring life threatening Storm Surge and dangerous winds al
And coming up on Bbc News, linejudges at wimbledon will be a thing of the past as the all England Club controversially update to electronic Line Calling for next year. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. This is the West Coast of Florida Tonight as millions of people brace themselves for the lethal Hurricane Bearing down on them. The category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 miles an hour is still about 12 hours away. Its expected to be the most powerful storm to hit florida in more than a century. This is where the hurricane is expected to hit before it passes right over the state of florida. Forecasters are warning of torrential rain, flash flooding, High Winds and possible Storm Surges of 10 15 feet. Surges happen when water moves inland from the coast. This is what it looks like from space, this was filmed from the international Space Station earlier today. It shows just how vast the hurricane is. Our correspondent Gordon Corera is in tampa. And conditions are alrea
Hostility and neglect. [heartbeat] i am a mental patient at Saint Elizabeth hospital in washington, d. C. For ages, People Like Us have been hidden in darkness, families do not like to talk about their members in Mental Hospitals. People seem to think there is something worse about the mentally ill than being ill with pneumonia. Well, it is not true and because it is not true, tonight mental patients all over the country are gathering together to strip away that darkness. Now you can see me and in a moment, you will see others like me. You will learn from us how mental patients used to be treated. The conditions of our hospitals today and the new hope that we have no to get well again. Now to get well again. Lets take the first part, how we used to be treated. I am standing on a stage, behind me, my fellow patients at Saint Elizabeths our celebrating our centennial. They are performing a play written by ourselves. It is about our founder, dorothea dix, who lived back when lincoln did a
R. I. M a mental patient at Saint Elizabeths hospital in washington, d. C. For ages, People Like Us have been hidden in darkness. Families dont like to talk about their members in a Mental Hospital. People think there is something worse about being mentally hospital them mentally ill than being sick with pneumonia. It is not true. And tonight, mental patients from around the country are gathered together to strip away that dark this. And in a moment you will see others like me. You will learn from us how mental patients used to be treated. The conditions of our hospitals today and the new hope that we have now to get well again. Lets take the first part. How we used to be treated. I am standing on a stage. Behind me, my fellow patients at Saint Elizabeths are celebrating our centennial. They are performing a play written by ourselves. It is about our founder, dorothy lynn dix who lived back when lincoln did and fought for better treatment for People Like Us. Each person in the play is
Of my friends have heard me give this origin story. This book came about because of the review i did that mention the series that was used biography to teach history. It would hit biographical topics or would you say representative biography to get at a broader subject of history. They had just published their first volume, it was on pocahontas because of the issues regarding native American History. They were looking for someone to do something on American Foreign relations. He offered me the opportunity to put together a perspective. These were supposed to be short and concise books. That was the idea. The topic i debated and consulted with some people about which biographical figure might serve that purpose in the american context. I kept coming back to Henry Kissinger. A man whos had such a long career of american and foreign relations. Though not born in the United States, his career really does represent something about 20thcentury american politics. When i did get the chance to