>> 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. the headlines. the front of eric and florence with several more days of high wind and torrential rain. jenna will hold a minute of silence on from the bridge collapse which killed thousands. with the latest with correspondent josephine mckenna. barack obama and harrison ford leave the caused protect our planet as activists gather in san francisco to spur on the fight against climate change. you're watching live from paris.

as for joining us. in the united states, hurricane florence is battling -- battering north carolina. florence has been downgraded to it's goingone storm to inflict heavy damage and days of torrential rain. aaron on dinky reports. storm outer edge of the has arrived. packing window of to 160 miles an hour -- 160 kilometers an hour, bearing down on north carolina. they moved inward over the weekend. >> the first band of the storms

are upon us that we have days , with raging rivers. thousands tens of without power and force people into shower close messages ,helters gratis been downgraded due toto large parts flooding. many more will lose power and repair workers stand ready to intervene. going to come apart, the takeout power lines can.e do at work we >> thousands of national

anddsmen are on active duty it seems like these are under evacuation orders of some have chosen to ride out the storm. andopefully it will go back we will not have to go through anything and just go back to our homes. >> in the meantime, not much to do at the shelter other than wait it out. martinique has seen the first rains brought by tropical storm isaac and they are placed on red alert. and orange alert. , a super typhoon expected to bring gusts of up to 255 kilometers. businesses have been battening down the hatches as heavy wind and rain began arriving on the northeastern tip of the island.

it's the disaster from nations fiercest storm this year. the italian city of genoa observed a minute of silence, it's a one month since the bridge collapse that killed hundreds of people. the aim feet of the rebuilding of the key transport link and the physical and social from the disaster continues. i'm joined by josephine mckenna. good afternoon, josephine. still out of sadness and anger in the city. josephine: that's right, chris. since this disaster from the router still in ruins and people are devastated emotionally and economically. there are still 550 people homeless and there are many calls for urgent action to get the city moving again. the government approved agreed providing for tax breaks for small businesses and also financial support for those who

have been left homeless by the disaster. feel this is simply not enough that they want to see the bridge demolished in a new bridge built. that was summed up by the president who today said good wishes and reassurances and not enough people want to see action and they want to see this city get moving again. there is still a degree of politicians trading blows over all of this. right, evenhat's though they saw the government decree approved yesterday, there's a great deal of division of the national level about who should be in charge, who should be the commissioner responsible for the reconstruction of this bridge. who the division about should be responsible for the construction of the bridge, the five-star movement is opposed to pointing the company that was previously responsible for the makers of this bridge to be in

charge of constructing a new bridge southern division about who should be in charge and who should be driving the reconstruction. this is ongoing and people want to see this resolved so the garbage can be demolished in a new bridge can be built. see the economy rebuilt in the city, it's effectively divided and it is important for a city that relies on commerce, on the border of france, so crucial european commerce is at risk here as well as long as this bridge continues in the current state it's in. chris: josephine mckenna, thanks her joining us. people in the rebel held gearing upovince are for a protected onslaught from government and russian forces and efforts being made to avoid cavities.

collects -- casualties. >> they are trying to take cover from our airstrikes. >> it takes observations built from human observers and remote sensors. flighte of airlines and and facts like when george they're heading in time of day and where the observation was made. processed by the program which estimates the plane's trajectory and send the morning and triggering facebook and telegram messages, tweaks, and most importantly, loud silence throughout cities in opposition held syria. telegram, we see that it says at 12:40 p.m., and observation plane was seen above the mountain flying in circles.

>> white helmet rescue workers are helping century operate and maintain air raid silence -- assignments. they use it to locate sites were there likely to be victims and the founders are trying to make more people aware of century and how to use it ahead of an expected army offensive. chris: elsewhere, activists and business leaders have decided on san francisco for the global climate action summit to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming comes ahead of the next human climate conference. former u.s. president barack obama is signed up to appear by video of this event. his successor backed out of the deal and protesters are also out in force in san francisco. let's take a listen. do not trust corporations to have the public interest at heart area do you?

how do we respond to it and the answer that's going on inside them is going to center is we can still squeak other agendas by, we can maybe make some profits or create an offset market, we can continue drilling in the state of california while we profess to the rest of the world and need to cut their carbon emissions. chris: earlier i was joined by our international affairs commentator douglas server and i asked about the importance of local as opposed to national initiatives. brexit is a growing sense that you can't wait for national governments to do it. this been a lot of disillusionment so far with states giving up their commitments commitment even under paris which you are talking about. you're getting cities and towns and entire regions stepping up to the plate, so to speak and basically putting their money where their mouth is and trying to get something going. california's governor is the sponsor of the san francisco

conference, california already pledged to be basically carbon neutral, 100% renewable energy by 2045 is says we will be sucking more greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere that omits by that time. it is a giant gold. it is trying to act as a spur. thisconference is saying is what we are doing a local national levels. given a kick, a kick start to get them going. they are inclined to lose incentive to say we are going to make it easier for you by starting at the grassroots, a bottom-up initiative to make things happen, there's a u.n. run repository, a group which excellent monitors the number of these local pledges and it has recently as of now 12,500 pledges by some 2500 cities in hundreds of regions. that's quite a lot. and businesses are taking part, 800 businesses are more worth about $17 trillion are involved in some way or another in green

efforts. it's a massive movement forward and whether it makes up for states being committed, absolutely not. there are obstacles pushing the underway way, forces pushing it away as well, undermining his initiatives. chris: the reality is a majority behindons and states are on their paris goals. >> way behind. the paris commitment, was to rein in climate change within 2% of preindustrial levels by 2030 and a higher goal was 1.5 degrees celsius. of deciphering but there's a legend at the bottom and basically the thing you should keep your eye on is the only one third of the way from global targets on climate. ande is not one department the whole planet is feeling to goals. saudi arabia and the u.s. are

critical insufficient. in the orange category, orange as of the eu's well. china, which we have been lauding lately as putting a lot of money into freezing out coal burning plants and trying to go into removable still is in doing it fast enough and it's orange, highly insufficient. you can see most of the planet is really failing, getting a feeling report card when it comes to climate change and this conference is trying to get everyone to wake up and smell the coffee so to speak and write about those climate actions because especially the u.s. world's second-largest polluter and donald trump has been ripping up the obama safeguards and protections left and right when it comes to the environment most recently without law that allows factory, oil and gas wells delete methane into the atmosphere. methane is extremely potent as a polluter in a tall something

everyone is going to face, u.s. is going to be a enormous obstacle hundred donald trump unless something changes. .hris: douglas herbert just in time for this weekend's european heritage days of the french presidential palace is running on its first double boutique -- first ever boutique and they are putting dozens of president hollande products on sale. products onial sale. >> is now possible to wear the same watch as emmanuel macron. they're offering everything from bugs and macaroons to teachers and jewelry. more than 50 products are on sale come all of the made in france, including a coloring poster. our mission was to show through drawings how the palace works. so we drew the whole thing. we decided to take down some of the walls so you can see inside

and added some funny elements. >> a different physical store will be open this week and that the palace which is open to public visit as part of the european heritage day celebration. on the other side of the break take other side of the atlantic, the white house has long sold souvenirs, the first store opened back in 1946. some shoppers may have more troubles than others, a t-shirt with macron celebrating france's world cup victory, 55 euros. of palace will receive 12% the store's revenue, which it plans to use on renovations. chris: you're watching live from paris on "france 24." the u.s. begins to feel the brunt of hurricane florence with several more days of high wind and rain are forecast. the italian city of genoa holds a minute signs -- a minute of silence after bridge collapse. barack obama and harrison ford are losing the dutch leading the call to protect our planet.

they gather and sandwiches go to spur on the fight against climate change. -- in san francisco to spur on the flight against climate change. week will be a time of reflection for the financial world this saturday marking 10 years since the collapse. corrects on the 15th of september, 2008, was that america's fourth-largest investment bank out for bankruptcy. leaving 25,000 staff out of work , the fall the wall street titan helped trigger the global financial crisis and raise awareness about systemic risk for financial institutions in front authorities to tighten regulations, but where to banks stand today in europe? we take a look. >> that you doesn't eat financial crash of the european banks hard from exposing their fragility's and 10 years on, it seems to be safer with the financial system currently in place.

,> parts of it are safer notably the banks because we have reinforced the regulation, the credentials, a number of structural reforms have been made. >> since the crash, the european union establish the european banking authority to oversee lenders and conduct regular ensure banks can win or another crisis. institutions have been forced to increase their capital ratios. it also said of the banking union, a rubric for financial institutions in the eurozone to ensure a safer financial sector. despite these systemic changes eubanks last 10 years, reliance on bailouts persist. june $13 billion in taxpayer money has been permanently lost due to the bailing out banks. nonperforming loans are high across the eurozone, though

these bad loans have decreased over recent years, the level is far higher than other major developed countries. years of eubanks and i have returned to precrisis levels and many are trading at a steep discount to the values of their assets. a healthy financial system is still far from reality for european banks, who fear another crisis looms. >> i feel are we are sleepwalking into the next government we either have the fiscal and monetary room to maneuver that we had in 2008 or nine and the willingness to take that action. >> 10 years may have passed, but for european banks, the financial scars remain. chris: the market is 10 years down. the last dayiday, of the trading week and european shares are trading comfortably a little earlier trend in asia. this right after washington's offer to china of a new round of trade talks a little earlier trend in asia. eased investor concerns, even though uncertainty remains.

technology and out of stocks are leading the gains. more business headlines for you now. join security regulators are anz afterthe dutch controversial share sales. the $2.5 billion placement of shares isllion already the subject of a criminal investigation and the civil lawsuit is filed against the bank for failing to disclose to the shares is already the market the lead underwriters for the sale, don't you make and citigroup took up almost 55.5 million shares. says he willident be closely monitoring the impact of the central makes decision to raise interest rates, warning his patients has limits. the comments, day after the bank to find pressure and raised the benchmark rate by a 625 basis points to do 24% of the also

said the government won't make any more fresh investments and projects will be delayed unless they are already more than 70% lead. spacex says the world's first private passenger has signed up for a trip around the moon aboard its big falcon rocket and a new launch vehicle being developed. ceo elon musk says he will unveil more details, including the customer's identity on monday. spacex already announced into arly 2017 that it would send craft around the moon but has remained mum about the plan. chris: some news of the hottest property in europe very. is overtakenltiple hong kong is the fastest rising housing market in terms of price hikes. 17% prices in multiple rows -- in malta rose 17%.

robust economic growth last year helped by the tech industry has pushed up demand. thanks very much. time now for the press review. i'm joined by alison sargent. in the u.s., there's talk of storms past and present. allison: the present storm is hurricane florence battering the southeast coast of the united states and we can take a look at a cartoon of donald trump preparing for the storm from the california the sacramento bee. the president is warming is going to be sherman is what, trying use paper towels. threw paper towels following hurricane maria. president trump thrust the response back into the spotlight. the death toll is continue to be revised, not 3000 people

although some estimates put it more. donald trump ed whitfield criticism by denying that and he blames democrats in italy numbers. from one local new york paper, donald trump saying some folks will go george springer links to make me look bad. you can see that cemetery next to him and is worth mentioning that even fox news which is usually very supportive of the president of even the criticized donald trump for questioning that death toll. getting a little more credit this time. canrom sort of credit, we look of this article from the daily beast, they are not necessarily defending donald trump they are explaining he is really concerned that his next hurricane does not turn into a disaster, although the reason that he cares, according to the daily beast of a left-wing publication, it is doesn't want to turn into a hurricane katrina moment and that's a reference to president bush's response to hurricane katrina back in 2005

which really came back to haunt his presidency, the daily beast rise of a particular moment when bush flew over new orleans looking down at the devastation and was really looking very indifferent to all of the devastation you can see. thedaily beast says revision of the death toll in puerto rico was really an effort for him to save his own image that's a really backfired. next and a keye admission from the president emmanuel macron for the first some of france's crimes during algeria's struggle for independence. a lot of the attention centering on this figure. >> some of our viewers might a little bit about him now, it was a pro-algerian independence activists and assistant professor was arrested and tortured by french authorities in 1957 that did lead to his death and you can see a photo of him here.

france's commonest favor in that the french governor was responsible to his death has it was a communist and they were big supporters of the independence movement. d with thispraise that basically means truth is on the move or in the works. chris: france's path and algeria continues to be controversial and perhaps they are starting to turn the page. especially because he expressed willingness before this to address france's colonial legacy in algeria, it is also the first president to be born after the algerian war and phrases right wing paper does have some personal this

effort, or some nuance, the happenedthe violence well andher side as the europeans and muslims who were loyal to france were also tortured in the paper says that france is going to confront the crimes of the past, they have to do on all sides. well and the europeans and muslims who were loyal tochris: violator nor side for a manual meltdown. by spencer. the balance is announced the launch of a of merchandise, starting this weekend, you will be able to pick up your very own market, t-shirt, to bag, even watch as we see in some of these goodies pictured here. this money is underused to fund the restoration efforts in this product leonsis weekend corresponds the events in france are number of france's heritage sites are opened up to the public when they are usually open to visitors, selling merchandise has drawn some criticism though basically for being tacky and one historian asked can you imagine charles de gaulle telling mugs? chris: another story in france

which made headlines in a few papers about embarrassingly botched marketing campaigns for art school in lyon. story has been turning around on social media for much of the week but it finally has gotten the attention of major newspapers so to read about in the guardian, this is about an art college in lyon that is opening an american campus in order to run the appeal to american students from the school decided to photograph -- photoshop a class photo and they darkened the skin of several white students to make it appear as if there were more black students at the school and his golden state wasn't their fault, it was the american pr firm that they hired it was behind this would sort of makes sense when you consider that a lot of u.s. school to try and promote diversity in one of virtually nonexistent and the school did end up apologizing, but not before it caused a stir on social media. i pulled out one piece were you can see, closer of image of the

change that was made that photo from this girl says i can't believe it could be this bad. alison sargent, thank you. for more on our press review and the rest of the news, check out our website, france 24.com. you are watching live from paris, the headlines coming up.

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