yeah, that s right, look, as you mentioned it s weakened now to a tropical storm, but weakened or not, ian is still one for the record books cutting this brutal path across florida s west coast. as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. this morning, there s 14 million people under flood alerts. more than 2 million homes and businesses are without power across florida. and that intense flooding that berman mentioned there in places like fort myers and naples, here you re seeing pictures of those areas, it s leaving people who decided to ride out the storm just trapped in their homes. berman. yeah, the sun will come up soon. cnn has live team coverage up and down the coast. up into orlando, where the storm has yet to hit. our first report is from our randi kaye in punta gorda, florida, rand di, i am so happy to see you well this morning. thank you, john. good to see you as well. we got up early, we re trying to make our way to fort myers, which we know was so hard
and the met reveals it is now investigating 1000 claims of sexual and domestic abuse involving around 800 police officers. we will have more on the view from number ten downing street on falling public trust in the police. also on the programme. a constitutional showdown as rishi sunak says he ll block the gender recognition bill passed by nicola sturgeon and the scottish parliament. the government at westminster stops the government of parliament here in edinburgh from doing what it wants to using a legal advice never used before. and yes, you guessed it, thatis before. and yes, you guessed it, that is prompting one heck of a row. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? as teachers strike in scotland, seven new dates for action are announced for england and wales, affecting more than 23,000 schools. and after 30 years on the run, the head of the infamous cosa nostra mafia has been arrested in sicily. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: no slip ups down unde
and if you re just tuning in to cnn i have to tell you about betty thompson, the committee chair. he says that the january six committee has decided whether to subpoena mike pence or trying to call donald trump to testify. watch this? i think we would benefit from that testimony. they both have, i would think, significant knowledge about what goes on. but we have a committee. and we will work through the process. plus, first of cnn, multiple sources say a former trump national security council official will not testify, publicly, and thursday s primetime hearing. matthew pottinger resigned on january six after trump s tweet slamming his own vice president for refusing to overturn the election. one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something obvious to the effect of mike pence, the vice president didn t have the courage to do what s should have been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment. to resign. th
it s sunday, the 24th ofjuly. our top story: holidaymakers and hauliers are being warned to expect a third day of disruption around the port of dover and the channel tunnel. a major incident alert remains in place as officials work to clear a backlog of more than 1,000 lorries stranded on nearby motorways. simon jones has the latest. working through the night at the port of dover, to try to clear the backlog of traffic. and there is a third warning, but that they may as we approached all of the roads, in all directions, i think the infrastructure around the ports and the channel i think the infrastructure around the port, around the tunnel, needs to be looked at. because it isn t fair on the locals. the immediate challenae fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to get - fair on the locals. the immediat