Ta kes information, i have to learn how he takes information and processes it and makes decisions. Fire and fury quote strums former top aide steve bannon, the man who was the power behind the throne, the man credited with getting trump elected. He is cited as describing a meeting between a russian lawyer and mr trumps son donald junior as treasonous. Its one of many supposedly revelations painting a picture of a chaotic white house, a claim also that white house staff saw President Trump as a child. They all come to the conclusion gradually at first then faster and faster that something was unbelievably amiss here, that this was more peculiar than they had ever imagined it could be. But the president as ever has offered up a robust response overnight, tweeting but no matter what words come from President Trump, he will likely struggle to drown out these volumes. Jessica parker, bbc news. The Department Store house of fraser has confirmed it is asking landlords to reduce the rent that
Hurricane irma, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic, is sweeping across the Eastern Caribbean with devastating force. At least ten people are known to have died. The british overseas territory of anguilla has been badly affected, a Royal Navy Helicopter carrier is being sent to the region. The islands of barbuda and st martin were the first to feel the full force of the winds. Then came puerto rico and next in line are cuba and florida. With phone lines down, roads destroyed by flooding and airports damaged, communication is difficult. Our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from puerto rico. Hurricane irma, a storm the size of france, has carved a destructive path through the caribbean. In puerto rico, three people were killed as winds battered the island. As daylight came and the clear out began, most felt lucky to have survived such a terrifying storm. I pray god dont come here no more this family told me they felt blessed to be alive and that the only
Trenton tied the record. And its still plenty hot out there. 91 in in philadelphia, 93 in mount holly. We have temperatures in the 90s and it feels like its close to 100 in dover. It feels like its 103. We dont have a whole lot of showers around. Weve seen some in the lehigh valley. And in the poconos. Most of those have weakened. But we sent storm ranger out to check out these showers, and some of them are so tiny, that the conventional radars cant even see them. But thats a tight little intense shower just south of buckingham. Bridge valley in bucks county. Look at that. Near swamp road to forrest grove road. This shower, undetected, by the stationary radar, because theyre too far away, and the shower is so tiny. Thats why we sent storm ranger close to the storms. Well be back with the rest of the weekend forecast and the next week coming up. Now to the breaking news. A s. W. A. T. Situation just ended in west philadelphia. Nbc 10s andrea clinethomas is the first reporter on the scen
Then finally, when i was 25, i took my fathers name. Cspan where did you get the name skippy . Guest from the time i was born the day i was born, my uncle raymond called me skipper, and then it became skippy. We were piedmonts on the river piedmont, West Virginia, is on the Potomac River, two hours west of washington, so theres a whole marine mentality there, and so i became the skipper. Cspan before we go back and talk about the past, what are you doing now . Guest im the chairman of afroamerican studies at harvard and a professor of english. Cspan and how long have you been doing that . Guest this is the beginning of my fourth year. Cspan you write to your daughters in the beginning and you suggest that, eventually, after going through all the different names, they may get back someday to calling people of africanamerican descent or whatever colored. Do you really think so . Guest yeah, it could well be. I mean, Stranger Things have happened. You see, most people dont realize that we