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to make landfall. forecasters say it is on track to combine with an oncoming cold front. new york city has come to a standstill. officials have shut down public transport, schools, and the stock exchange. the national hurricane service says the storm and is gaining strength as it turns toward the coast. in norfolk, va., hurricane sandy is hitting the coast with strong winds and heavy rains. some areas are already under water. even though the full force of the storming is yet to come. in ocean city, md., the first signs of the approaching storm can also be felt. authorities have closed the city s beach. this is a big one. it is supposed to be huge. everybody is supposed to evacuate from 17th street down. this is almost a ghost town. the residents have either left or barricaded themselves inside their homes. only a couple of daring beachgoers remain. [no audio] further north, in new york, preparations have been underway for days. people in low-lying areas ar ....
hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. in an exclusive bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. our health editor hugh pym has more. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a&e units since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high patient demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading health systems were grappling with the same challenge. he said there was no silver bullet. i think it s wrong to suggest to people that these profou ....
i m stephen sackur. after three years of fighting, 10,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, is it time for ukraine s leaders to acknowledge they are in a war they cannot win? geopolitics, economics, and public sentiment don t seem to be working in kiev‘s favour. my guest was ukraine s prime minister until a year ago. arseniy yatsenyuk described his own premiership as a kamikaze mission. so how does his nation avoid self destruction? arseniy yatsenyuk, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me, stephen. seems ukraine s crisis has lurched into a new level of urgency in recent days with a blockade, which has been imposed by people who are actually nominally supportive of ukraine s government, a blockade which is restricting all trade between the eastern breakaway regions and the rest of the country. why is this happening? the reason is very clear. under the minsk deal russians had to launch a full fledged ceasefire on the ground, to pull back its forces, and to p ....
i m stephen sackur. after three years of fighting, 10,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, is it time for ukraine s leaders to acknowledge they are in a war they cannot win? geopolitics, economics, and public sentiment don t seem to be working in kiev‘s favour. my guest was ukraine s prime minister until a year ago. arseniy yatsenyuk described his own premiership as a kamikaze mission. so how does his nation avoid self destruction? arseniy yatsenyuk, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me, stephen. seems ukraine s crisis has lurched into a new level of urgency in recent days with a blockade, which has been imposed by people who are actually nominally supportive of ukraine s government, a blockade which is restricting all trade between the eastern breakaway regions and the rest of the country. why is this happening? the reason is very clear. under the minsk deal russians had to launch a full fledged ceasefire on the ground, to pull back its forces, and to p ....
10,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, is it time for ukraine s leaders to acknowledge they are in a war they cannot win? geopolitics, economics, and public sentiment don t seem to be working in kiev‘s favour. my guest was ukraine s prime minister until a year ago. arseniy yatsenyuk described his own premiership as a kamikaze mission. so how does his nation avoid self destruction? arseniy yatsenyuk, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me, stephen. seems ukraine s crisis has lurched into a new level of urgency in recent days with a blockade, which has been imposed by people who are actually nominally supportive of ukraine s government, a blockade which is restricting all trade between the eastern breakaway regions and the rest of the country. why is this happening? the reason is very clear. under the minsk deal russians had to launch a full fledged ceasefire on the ground, to pull back its forces, and to pave the way for the political solution. what s real ....