now, the most dangerous period. we re standing by for a live pentagon briefing. and along the gulf coast of the united states right now, it is just a matter of hours as hurricane ida barrelling toward shore. the storm taking a very similar track as katrina did exactly 16 years ago, threatening to make landfall tomorrow in louisiana as a category 4 hurricane. this will be a life-altering storm for those who aren t prepared and ready to take what ida is going to throw at us. we re covering this storm from all ankgles. on the ground in new orleans, but let s begin with allison chinchar at the cnn weather center. allison, what is the latest forecast? we re so, so concerned. we should be, really, wolf. when we look at the current statistics, 85-mile-per-hour winds sustaining gusting up to 100 miles per hour. the storm is moving into probably its most favorable environment for strengthening. it is a category 1 now, but notice how it strengthens very quickly as it moves into
center, minnesota. while less than 20 miles away, the defense has rested its case in the trial of derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd. jurors set to hear final arguments on monday. of course, we cannot call minnesota some kind of singular symbol of what s wrong, not when the entire nation is grappling with this problem. tonight, whether it s a development in an existing case or yet another nauseating video of a wholly unnecessary police killing, but this week, one video in particular outraged the nation. in just a minute i ll talk to the mayor of chicago whose police department is wrestling with perhaps the grimmest police encounter on film since the killing of george floyd. as the police shooting of 13-year-old adam toledo reescalates the past year s conversation around police reform, intersecting with this latest political battle over guns in america. of course in the background is the building struggle between a biden administration that is trying to reduce socia
status even as their voter suppression law has already cost the state some very big business. corporations face a deadline from black leaders to cut ties or face a boycott. in minnesota, the eyes of the nation are on derek chauvin s murder trial. the court reconvenes tomorrow, and chauvin s defenders will continue to tell the jury and america s conscience to look away. the thought line from georgia to minnesota goes through tennessee. it was there in memphis, 53 years ago today, that the foremost symbol of nonviolent resistance met with the most violent of ends. it has been consistently asked of black people to tolerate the appropriation of his legacy by those who inflict political violence on us from the top while excusing physical violence against us in the street. and to them i say, as his son did on this show yesterday, that reverend martin luther king jr. would not endorse what has been done and what was done last month in georgia, just a few miles from where he was born
alok sharma, this reflects where we are in the space at this time. it is comprehensive, he says, it is balanced, and it reflects the urgency of the month. but it eventually produced are oncology team there is a their success or failure. there will be some who say it falls well short of what was expected given the warning that we have seen, the extreme weather events we have seen over the last year, as alok sharma said. the target of keeping the 1.5 degrees rise in global temperatures alive is on life support, and a deposit is very weak, he said. but he thinks that any of these documents are great in the last hour, a process has been started and we must hope that before the next cop, in egypt, there will be tangible progress towards what has been a great over the course of the last two weeks. i want to bring in klara winkler, from the federation of young grains. first, i want to mention a tweet by greta thundberg, she has been watching, clearly, and she says, a brief summary o
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. kosovo has enjoyed independent statehood for 13 years, but almost half the world doesn t recognise it. poverty and corruption is endemic and its own prime minister seemingly has doubts about the desirability of independence. and that prime minister is my guest today. albin kurti has had a turbulent career. he s been a political prisoner, he launched five tear gas attacks on his own parliament and he has a vision of kosovo unifying with albania. so is he a source of instability in the balkans? theme music plays. prime minister albin kurti in pristina, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. prime minister, your predecessors as leaders of kosovo have all put a big priority in trying to normalise relations with serbia, trying to make peace with serbia. you say it is not even a priority for you. why? we won on 14th of february elections with a landslide victory, with a ticket ofjobs