Millions . But pewdiepie has been forced to apologise again after being caught using a racist slur in one of his videos. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest breaking news and developing stories. And as always, really keen to hear from you on all the stories were talking about this morning. A little later, well be talking about the Prescription Drug pregabalin and the huge rise in sales on the black market and the devastating impact it has on addicts. Also ,well speak to the christian parents whore threatening to sue their Childrens School because one of the pupils there goes to school some days as a boy and others as a girl use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Hurricane irma has slammed into the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tornadoes. At least three people have died since the storm made landfa
Time for a look at the weather, with lucy martin. Good afternoon. In the last few minutes, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical on. It is heading northwards, as we move through the day. Still plenty of rainfall to come through the next few hours. But it is a quieter story across the uk today. We do have low pressure in charge, and that means weve got a fairly brisk north westerly breeze. And this morning, we started off with a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some of those showers fairly heavy. They will be making their way south eastwards and in between them there will be some good sunshine. Thats how it will stay as we move through this afternoon, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. The wind slightly easing on what we saw this morning, but still slightly breezy. The showers across england and wales do have the potential to be quite heavy. They could contain some lightning and thunder. In between, some spells of sunshine. For Northern Ireland, Northern England and s
Oui serving our nation and protecting our safety in our hour of need. And today isaac continues to do exactly that. Isaac still works at the pentagon, now as a sergeant. He is on duty right now and he is he hasjoined us is on duty right now and he is he has joined us today for the ceremony. And this morning all of us and all of america thank isaac for his service. Where is isaac . Applause thank you. Thank you, isaac. Thank you. Applause to isaac and to every First Responder and survivor of the attack you carry, on the legacy of the friends you lost, you keep alive the memory of those who perished and you make america proud. Very, very proud. To the family members with us today, i know that its with a pained and heavy heart that you come back to this place, but by doing so, by choosing to persevere through the grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew oui grief, the sorrow, you honour your heroes. You renew our courage gri
Are debating the bill that will transfer eu law into uk law ahead of brexit. Also in the next hour, more than three hundred thousand Muslim Rohingyas have now fled myanmar as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma causing widespread damage. President trump has described it as a storm of catastrophic severity and added he was marshalling the full resources of the federal government to deal with its aftermath. At least four people have been killed, and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend it hit cu bas northern coast, then moved north batter
And try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Community. With so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. Here the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they wont tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. Overnight Hurricane Irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its path. Today a group of dutch tourist in saint martin were evacuated to the nearby island ofjericho, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive so we should be happy with that. It wasnt nice. Ive never experienced anything like it. Translation five days without water, electricity and supplies, thats a long time. I have left but others havent. Theyve lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here the French Military are bringing humanitarian aid to communities who have been cut out for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk ter