Devastating flooding and even though the storm has weakened to a tropical storm since making Land Fall official, say that its still poses a deadly threat to take a very seriously. So far, six states have declared a State Of Emergency millions of people across the region are without power and at least seven stormrelated deaths have been reported. At any minute. Now were going to hear from Governor Roy Cooper about the storms impact in North Carolina. But for first i want to bring in Isabel Rosales and asheville, North Carolina as well. Were getting these reports of catastrophic flooding there. What are you seeing pam, lets move the camera. He shall see it for yourself right here. The amount of debris that these floodwaters are just up bringing into whats a road right here looking at it as this was a Metal Propane Tank of some sort that was another one back there looking at Garbage Bags back here some sort of a metal container. It is just incredible what these floodwaters are dragging th
Expert rajiv biswas, who explained the Economic Impact of these floods. Of these floods. Well if flooding of these floods. Well if flooding so of these floods. Well if flooding so for of these floods. Well if flooding so for any of these floods. Well if i flooding so for any month of these floods. Well if flooding so for any month of july is estimated to cost around 25 billion us dollars, then of course the season for then of course the season for the extreme weather events is not yet over, august and september, historically, have also often had Severe Weather events, such as typhoons and floods, as well as droughts. Last year china was also hit by very severe drought. So what were seeing increasing impact of Severe Weather events on china and this is, of course, linked to rising temperatures globally, Climate Change is very much linked to what we are seeing at present in china and in recent years and there is a lot of concern that as Global Temperatures rise further towards that globa
2 , the catalyst was moodys downgrading the Credit Rating on several small and medium sized us banks, Including Mmt and pinnacle financial. The red flags raised the Ratings Agency included a potential recession, as well as problem side to the commercial real estate sector. As one analyst put it, any doubts about regional banking is bad for market sentiment. That wasnt helped by data from new york federal reserve, which showed for the first time americans owed more than 1 trillion on their credit cards. Traders have also been focused on corporate results, which so far have been better than expected. That was true for lyft, which reported results after the us market close, ebbo s small arrival is focusing higher revenue in the Third Quarter based in part by a Postman Damik rebound in ray jones. Meanwhile, an electric vehicle maker posted a narrower loss than expected and raised its Production Guidance for the full year. Elsewhere on wall street this morning, nine companies, including ban
Understand that he has the opportunity to appear either virtually or in thursday. That was granted in the last two arraignments. We understand that thejudge will arraignments. We understand that the judge will decide which one it is. But given that mr trump has appeared in person for the last two, it is probably likely that he will appear in person for this indictment. He tends to use them, as weve seen previously, as part of his campaign. And we are seeing his republican allies really rally around him. And in some ways, they are ramping up the rhetoric to defend him. Some of them are calling for the special prosecutions investigation to be defunded. They are saying that donald trump cant get a fair trial in dc. Of course, its being held here, the scene of the alleged crime because it is a left leaning city. They refer to it as the swamp. But remember, Donald Trumps second indictment, which is in florida. The trial will take place there. Florida is his home state. Its also a republican
Democratic President Joe Biden. If the election were today, the polls show biden claiming 43 of registered voters. Tying with former president trump, who also sits right at 43 . Earlier, Iasked Pollster and communication strategist frank luntz for his thoughts on Republican Voters as we inch closer to the start of the primary season. Frank, great to have you back on the bbc. You have been speaking with the Republican Voters around this is an indictment on the januar the six investigation, what have you found . Theyre willin what have you found . Theyre willing to what have you found . Theyre willing to give what have you found . Theyre willing to give him what have you found . Theyre willing to give him a what have you found . Theyre willing to give him a pass, willing to give him a pass, theyre willing to. They see this as victimisation, they see this as victimisation, they see this as victimisation, they see this as persecution. In fact, what i found is that every time he gets indict