today, we going to talk about the south island. i was onboard the south island., a unesco world heritage site. we spent an entire day, sailing our way through three different sounds: milford sound, doubtful sound, and dusky sound. it's the type of day where you just keep turning your head, never quite sure which way to look. i had just sat down to eat lunch, only to jump up and go running because an amazing rainbow seemed to appear out of nowhere. new zealand easily lends itself to cruising itineraries, and for the most part, we arrived in a new spot every day, with each location offering something a little different. waters in port chalmers are loaded with new zealand fur seals, and the skies above are popular with a number of oceanic birds. in less than an hour my guide with monarch wildlife cruises was able to point out four species of albatross. back on solid ground, port chalmers downtown is mere blocks, but worth exploring. also easy to walk and explore is the tiny town of akaroa (ack-ah- row-ah). a former french settlement, it still has that french charm.

as well as make a way over here towards parts of the new zealand area clouds rolling into the south island the north island not looking too bad but that is going to change that whole system pushes through we're going to be seeing a lot of clouds we may even see some snow in the higher elevations of the south island before auckland sixteen degrees there on monday and then we go down to thirteen as those southerly winds come into play and then very quickly up here towards the northern part of asia we are going to be seeing some clouds starting to push into the area all of japan is expect to see some clouds there in tokyo a cloudy day for you with a temperature of twenty eight. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories. providing a glimpse into someone else's world. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. with nice documentaries to open your eyes on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour maldives opposition leaders declared victory in the presidential election but there's been no official announcement yet every mohamad soli ca

system begin to push off improving conditions for you in the north island but down towards the south island that frontal boundary talked about pushing across the tasman sea that will start to bring some heavy rain across parts of the south island and christ church is going to be seeing about eighteen degrees there well here across parts of north asia we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain developing along a stationary boundary really for a salute to pan so the parts of the korean peninsula as well and that is going to be on the increase with seoul clouds and rain in your forecast but over towards tokyo we do expect to see about twenty six degrees for you. is a popular filming location in france when it comes to stories about drugs crime and radicalization tired of negative stereotypes youth worker it's nanny is reclaiming its image by putting its young brazilian behind the camera. this to be don't often hear. by the people who the. news would this is europe on al-jazeera. looking back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera russia's president says a tragic chain of circumstanc

zealand well things are deteriorating in terms of weather but certainly done here towards the south island as a new system makes its way off the tasman sea so winds clouds are going to be a problem there up towards the north island for auckland not too bad sixteen degrees but that will change as the same system moves on in and we don't expect to see much of a change here for christ church and then very quickly up here across parts of north asia of course we're watching a typhoon very carefully that is going to bring some very heavy rain but with this typhoon we do expect it to move quite quickly from sunday to monday across much of japan that's going to bring some very heavy rain as well and some clouds in tokyo at thirty two. they live in a country plagued by poverty for india's billionaires life is all about glamour luxury and pristine. wonder when east meets the new maharajah on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. nearly four hundred killed and thousands more displaced central indonesia struggles with aftershocks a day after being

system begin to push off improving conditions for you in the north island but down towards the south island that frontal boundary talked about pushing across the tasman sea that will start to bring some heavy rain across parts of the south island and christ church is going to be seeing about eighteen degrees there well here across parts of north asia we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain developing along a stationary boundary really for southern japan so the parts of the korean peninsula as well and that is going to be on the increase with seoul clouds and rain in your forecast but over towards tokyo we do expect to see about twenty six degrees for you. zero. this is al-jazeera. hello there and this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes or putin seeks to calm tensions over the downing of a russian military plane by syrian anti aircraft fire which moscow had initially blamed on israel. china hits back after the latest u.s. tariffs the spy donald trump warning that retaliation will lead to even more penalties and doct

as well as make our way over here towards parts of the new zealand area clouds rolling into the south island the north island not looking too bad but that is going to change that whole system pushes through we're going to be seeing a lot of clouds we may even see some snow in the higher elevations of the south island before auckland sixteen degrees there on monday and then we go down to thirteen as those southerly winds come into play and then very quickly up here towards the northern part of asia we are going to be seeing some clouds starting to push into the area all of japan is expect to see some clouds there in tokyo a cloudy day for you with a temperature of twenty eight. marine theme parks are making a big splash in china. but are there death sentence for the ocean's most majestic and. one on east investigates. on al-jazeera. discover the stories you didn't know about. be a witness to life changing scenes. notice the changes that affect all of us. experience our worlds and be a part of a it's. a focus al-jazeera balkans international documentary film festival. from twenty first to twen

have to be has for the time being it's reasonable the rains take his time to cross slowly towards south island. on counting the cost of austerity in argentina but will harsh medicine fix the economy and what about before out for emerging markets plus the good the bad and the ugly the corporate in fact of society and the environment. of paying attention . counting the cost on al-jazeera. here with al-jazeera welcome if you're just joining us these are your headlines so far the yemeni peace talks are in trouble after a no show by the rebel delegation of the talks venue in geneva the u.n. special envoy that's in there martin griffiths to yemen says he'll meet soon with their representatives in amman and then he hopes sana'a but an initial agreement has been reportedly reached for medical evacuations from. the turkish president says he may intervene if the expected syrian government offensive in italy causes major bloodshed now that comes as thousands of people rallied across the rebel held parts of syria calling on the international community to prevent an attack. iran's minister for foreign affa

and it isa his way towards the south island and it is a possibly spring down here, would like to seeed conditions across europe. areas of low pressure burling their way across the uk, the storm will bring wet and windy weather to parts of england and wales and scotland overnight. before then gesturing eastwards into scandinavia through friday. but very strong winds in the forecast and much cooler air diving across europe behind this cold front. for us in the uk, here's our very wet and windy weather storm overnight. clearing away eastwards and behind it, due friday we see this area of high pressure developing so slowly the ones will start to die down and still quite a breezy day, it will fit across aperture rain into parts of southern scotla nd aperture rain into parts of southern scotland and northern england, further north, and south, something a little bit drier but for all of us, feeling much cooler. more details coming up in the next half—hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. there has been a lot of analysis of what happened at these eu summit insult bird because

thirty two degrees there over towards new zealand we are seeing some showers over here towards the south island through parts of christ church auckland really not looking too bad there on thursday and then as we go towards friday a lot of improvement for much of the country we are going to see in christ church really top out at about nineteen degrees there and then very quickly up here towards north asia we are seeing rain continuing down here across the southern parts of japan that's going to continue over here towards china but the rain is actually going to be on the increase over the next few days in start to shift a little bit more up towards the north so tokyo twenty five degrees there a little bit better up towards lot of astarte but if you look out here towards the west and the north we are beginning to see snow in the forecast well of atar your high temperature of nine degrees. june ring sierra leone civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians instead some turned on the population in plain sight of a journalist camera is a name to be with the secret peacekeeping force t

this group of kayakers were filming their trip of the coast of kirkorov new zealand's south island, whence at the right time. basically got smashed in the face. pretty massive octopus, too. he felt so much pain on his neck. he was really confused. luckily, he made a quick recovery from the sucker punch. the octopus also managed to escape its predator, believed to be a new zealand first deal. —— fur seal. the deal was not a damp squib, and got these kayakers these kaya kers in these kayakers in more ways than one. that will definitely give you an adrenaline rush. will smith organised his next adrenaline rush because he performed a stunt to mark his 50th birthday. it is aimed at raising awareness about deprivation. asi as i say, he turned 52 days ago, antimarket by dangling above the grand canyon from a helicopter. yes, it isa grand canyon from a helicopter. yes, it is a budgie with a difference. it is highlighting the work of the global citizen charity, which aims to end extreme poverty. stay with us. to end extreme poverty. stay with us. we have the business briefing coming right up. goo

new zealand well things are deteriorating in terms of weather particular down here towards the south island as a new system makes its way off the tasman sea so winds clouds are going to be a problem there up towards the north island for auckland not too bad sixteen degrees but that will change as the same system moves on in and we don't expect to see much of a change here for christ church and then very quickly appear across parts of north asia of course we're watching a typhoon very carefully that is going to bring some very heavy rain but with this typhoon we do expect it to move quite quickly from sunday to monday across much of japan that's going to bring some very heavy rain as well and some clouds in tokyo at thirty two. a city with a drug. trafficking. transformed into. street and its. street. in america. and one of the top stories. strong aftershocks have continued to hit the indonesian island of pseudo ways easy for a major earthquake and tsunami killed nearly four hundred people. syria's foreign minister has called on trips from the u.s. france and turkey to withdraw from his coun

higher than around thirty or forty degrees which is the sort of temperature we can expect across south island of new zealand generally dry for the time being but some places a fair weather rolling in thirteen celsius for christchurch fifteen in all clear and give or take something similar as we go on into friday but it should be a lot. dr lodge you draw the moment to forge a pad make the most of that come the way can we have a typhoon making its way towards the country he says sort of the country still saying some rather wet so that is windy weather across a good possible thursday that brought the skies come in at least for a time by the time we come to friday. the president trumps finding asylum in the us has become harder than ever i am put in place a zero tolerance policy if you are going a child then we will prosecute you and that child may be separated from you thousands of families escaping violence at home now face separation detention and deportation as the u.s. closes its doors. on now. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he would

of new zealand it out west the weather will make its way across the tasman sea heading towards south island as we go to the early part of next week i have had still see bad actually nineteen celsius there for christ on a sunday fifteen in all clear here comes the cloud and the rain it will sweep through it'll be cold enough over the high ground for the dusting of snow here what the weather even pushing into that western side of the north and not so much wet weather in the forecast the least for sunday across japan lots of fodder dry but the right isn't too far away it will make its way further eastwards as we go through monday. the past past. travels the roads of mexico raising. creates the solution of the country's most remote. demonstrated courts. and the struggle for a better speech. passed passed by. cops of the viewpoint in america seen. on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at the top stories now at least twelve people have been killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year were ripped off homes power lines downed and heavy rain caused landslides on the

tasmania and over towards new zealand you can see the cloud here that's marching its way across the south island that's giving some of us some heavy rain and will continue up towards the north island as we head through the day on friday eventually on saturday it will begin to pull away northwards and behind it it'll stay fine but fresh with christchurch up to around fourteen degrees now for the northern parts of asia we got some snow creeping into the forecast now particularly over pose among the area in sea that is larry of low pressure here that dangles its feet further south but actually for the southern region it's really quite mild twenty five still the maximum beijing and force in tokyo will be at twenty two expect plenty of rain that facade today. theme parks are making a big splash in china. but are there death sentence for the ocean's most majestic and. when an east investigates. that is a perfect formula for authoritarianism and here let me ask you straight out korea is the true state solution the lights are on and there's nowhere to hide. we're going to run to the top stories here now

quickly over here towards new zealand we are seeing some messy conditions up here towards the south island and with christ church seeing about sixteen degrees and still staying quite cloudy at eleven degrees there. the cost this week. the products the biggest trading. escalate trade war the worst performing currency in asia india's rupee plus ice cream sales are melting away. the cost on al-jazeera. opportunity to understand the very different. people we don't leave. again you're watching a reminder of our top stories this hour at least ten people have been killed after gunmen attacked a military parade in southern iran country state news agency says twenty others at the event in the. parade was being held to commemorate the start of the iran iraq war in one thousand nine hundred. tanzania's president is blaming overloading and negligence for the lake victoria ferry disaster and he's ordered police to arrest the boat's owner the number of dead has risen to one hundred sixty now with dozens more feared drowned when the ferry capsized on thursday. the woman accusing donald trump's u.s. supre

over here towards parts of new zealand well we're going to see a lot of clouds down here toward south island the north island not looking too bad on the satellite image and we're going to be seeing maybe some clouds for auckland about fifteen degrees but as we go towards saturday well things are going to stay pretty much the same but if we went to sunday we'll start to see a difference with that new system coming into play there and then very quickly appear towards japan well the rain is continuing across much of southern japan osaka twenty nine tokyo radio twenty six but as we go towards saturday the front starts to move a little bit more to the north and for tokyo heavy rain for you with a temperature of about twenty two and up towards and by at about twenty six degrees there. millions of dollars has been stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines and stretches across the globe. exclusive access to this underworld to a criminal turned. on al jazeera. that is a perfect formula for authoritarianism and here let me ask you straight up korea is the two state solution now the lights are on

still sees those clouds and rain showers probably some windy conditions as well down towards the south islandwe are looking at christ church partly cloudy fourteen degrees for you but we do expect to see more clouds coming into play as we go towards sunday and then very quickly appear towards northern part of asia we are seeing quite a bit of rain over the next few days particular developing across much of japan now that is only going to last one day but is going to be quite heavy at times and as we go towards sunday that moves out things get better and we are looking at tokyo with a temperature of about twenty. counts of the cost this week terrorists sold thousands of products the biggest trading giants on the product escalate the trade war the worst performing currency of asia india's rupee plus what ice cream sales are melting away and culprit. the cost. of. just a quick look at top stories now u.s. president donald trump has cost doubts on allegations that his superior court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted fellow pupil christine blazin forty nine hundred eighty two. tanzania is

tasmania and over towards new zealand you can see the cloud here that's marching its way across the south island that's giving some of us some heavy rain and will continue up towards the north island as we head through the day on friday eventually on saturday it will begin to pull away northwards and behind it it'll stay fine but fresh with christchurch up to around fourteen degrees now for the northern parts of asia we got some snow creeping into the forecast now particularly over pose among the area in sea that is larry of low pressure here the dangles it's feet further south but actually for the southern region it's really quite mild twenty five still the maximum beijing and force in tokyo will be at twenty two expect plenty of rain there for saturday. if things scribed in the wild west previously where the average person couldn't touch and tell if a post had been sponsored or tight or in some way does this updated have the kind of support that he needs we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. this is. al-jazeera news hour live f

two degrees there over towards new zealand we are seeing some us showers over here towards the south island throughout parts of christ church auckland really not looking too bad there on thursday and then as we go towards friday a lot of improvement for much of the country we are going to sing christ church really top out at about nineteen degrees there and then very quickly up here towards north asia we are seeing rain continuing down here across the southern parts of japan that's going to continue over here towards china but the rain is actually going to be on the increase on. over the next few days inn start to shift a little bit more up towards the north so tokyo twenty five degrees there a little bit better up towards flood of all start but if you look out here towards the west and the north we are beginning to see snow in the forecast well we're talking your high temperature of nine degrees. during sierra leone's civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians instead some turned on the population in plain sight of a journalist camera these is a name to the way the suprem

over here towards parts of new zealand well we're going to see a lot of clouds down here toward south island the north island not looking too bad on the satellite image and we're going to be seeing maybe some clouds for auckland about fifteen degrees but as we go towards saturday well things are going to stay pretty much the same but if we went to sunday we'll start to see a difference with that new system coming into play there and then very quickly up here towards japan well the rain is continuing across much of southern japan osaka twenty nine tokyo radiate twenty six but as we go towards saturday the front starts to move a little bit more to the north and for tokyo heavy rain for you with a temperature of about twenty two and up towards and i at about twenty six degrees there. al-jazeera. hello there i'm barbara sarah this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming out but in the next sixty minutes the two suspects in the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. appear on television saying they were just tourists visiting souls great cathedral turke

still sees those clouds and rain showers probably some windy conditions as well down towards the south island we are looking christchurch partly cloudy fourteen degrees for you but we do expect to see more clouds coming into play as we go towards sunday and then very quickly appear towards northern part of asia we are seeing quite a bit of rain over the next few days particular developing across much of japan now that is only going to last one day but is going to be quite heavy at times and as we go towards sunday that moves out things get better and we are looking at tokyo with a temperature of about twenty seven. october on al-jazeera. in a new season al-jazeera correspondent returns with more personal stories from our journalists from around the world. brazilians are getting ready for elections but the main presidential contender is barred from the polls as he serves time in jail for corruption. from the u.s. and beyond the fault lines investigates the story beyond the headlines after a three year delay afghanistan will finally hold its pollen and three elections but what direction the cou

news eight about that west the weather will make its way across the tasman sea heading towards south island as we go to the early part of next week have had a bad ass day nineteen celsius there for christ on a sunday fifteen in all and here comes the cloud and the rain it will sweep through it will be cold enough over the high ground for that a dusting of snow here what the weather even pushing into that western side off north and not so much wet weather in the fall cos the least for sunday across japan losey fatah dry but the right isn't too far away it will make its way further eastwards as we get through monday. this is zero. hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up homes ripped apart roads blogs in northern philippines the most powerful storm of the year moves on toward southern china off to a destructive twenty four hours receiving a hero's welcome leaders of an ethiopian opposition party once branded a terrorist group by the government are welcomed back from exile. and nasa launches a rocket to measure the world's polar ice sheets as the.

windy weather here that's moving away there should be dry for the north island on thursday the south island there we see more rain. the a. and there again you want your knowledge there as a reminder of our top stories this hour the russian defense ministry says fifteen military servicemen have been killed off the plane was shot down by syrian. defense minister says israel is to blame accusing it of deliberately putting the plane into the path of syrian ad defenses. south korea's president. for his third summit with north korean leader kim jong un the two leaders were all smiles as hundreds of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the historic meeting in the capital and holding formal talks with north korea's you could just saw movement will be high on the agenda. the coalition says it has launched a large scale operation targeting areas under the sea control in the port city of data the coalition says it's cost and main supply route that connects on the cops. we were all the u.n. envoy for yemen has left two days after two days of talks with. here and investigators have reiterated

down under, and the weather is more static in new zealand — high—pressure, frosty weather in the south islandin across southern parts of australia, and there's also some stronger winds in the south, some quite cold air as well. but it's in melbourne where we just had the coldest september night for 15 years. 3.4 may not sound too cold, but it will get an awful lot milder over the next few nights, when there will be some rain around as well. now this is miami, florida. this was taken on monday, as we started to see the development of the seventh named storm of the season. this is gordon, of course. it's been moving into the gulf of mexico, strengthening to become a hurricane on landfall in mississippi late tuesday. category one hurricane, sustained winds around 75 mph. then move inland. that's the forecast track. as it moves inland, loses the energy and it will weaken, but the rain willjust keep going and going. so if we move things on a bit to wednesday, we've got some very heavy rain moving into the lower mississippi valley. eventually, that will push into all this band of rain that we've go

snowfall that's been the main headline over the past few days, extending the skiing season in the south islandndy. high pressure will mean it's going to be cold and frosty. plenty of people enjoying it on the ski runs. across australia we've got some stronger winds running through the bite. for western australia particularly in the south it's going to be quite chilly for the time of year. the north america, we've got a band of cloud taking some rain eastwards a cross band of cloud taking some rain eastwards across canada. we need to focus on this cloud earlier on around the florida keys. this is developing into the seventh named storm of the season. this is gordon and is the track it will take, making landfall in louisiana on tuesday night. on tuesday day we've still got some rain developing in the gulf of mexico. some very wet weather arriving on tuesday. north of that some more rain in central parts of the united states, into the midwest. another band of rain sweeping into parts of canada. high temperatures with a lot of humidity in new york and those temperatures are rising in the pacific n

who's going to complain fine weather to the east on saturday and the rain is heading sighs towards south island in new zealand fact if anything is going to start running up the coast a make or to wet couple of days this weekend. they live in a country plagued by poverty. billionaires is only. one of the new maharajah on al-jazeera. zero. and again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.n. special envoy for yemen says he's pushing for war and policies to return to negotiations in the exclusive interview to al-jazeera muslim griffiths says amongst his other priorities as the reopening of sana and national airport to commercial access. turkey's presence or depth as in germany on his first state visit relations between turkey and his knowledge is a new trading partner have been strained over complaints about anchors human rights record since the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen. and in a few hours from now the us senate judiciary committee will vote on the fate of donald trump's supreme court nominee on wednesday said it has had testimonies for almost ni

>> potentially hurricane isaac is tracking south of the island and we had several thousand people inside puerto rico right now working on long-term recovery that is shifted to response mode to monitor. >> we do not want to see hurricane isaac had puerto rico. that's how we need. we have a big hurricane out there and started skirting along the edge of puerto rico that would not be good. [inaudible] >> what do you think a need for re-coverage effort? >> obviously, these are all anticipated. congress will be very generous because we have no choice. whether it is texas or florida, virginia because virginia looks like it's very much in the past. maryland could be affect it, very seriously affect good a little bit outside of the past. and of course south carolina, north carolina. any amounts of money, whatever it takes were going to do. we have tremendous systems. we have food systems. we have a lot of contractors waiting, but for the most part it's been handled by fema and also coordinated locally. we have food for days. we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be i

. >> potentially hurricane isaac is south of the island, but we had several thousand people inside puerto rico right now working on long-term recovery to monitor. >> we do not want to see hurricane isaac orta reiko. that's all we need. we have a big hurricane out there skirting on puerto rico and the edge of puerto rico. that would not be good. >> how much money will you need for recovery efforts for the next hurricane and do you have that? >> these are all unanticipated, so we'll go to congress. congress will be generous because we have no choice. this is the united states and whether it is texas or florida or virginia because virginia looks like it's very much in the past. maryland, by the way, could be affect it, very seriously affect the. it's a little bit outside of the path. and of course south carolina, north carolina. i think any amount of money, whatever takes were going to do. but we have tremendous tracking systems. we have food systems. we have a lot of contract or is waiting, but for the most part it's been handled by fema and also we coordinated locally. we have food for day

. >> potentially hurricane isaac right now is tracking south of the island, but we are -- we have severalusand people inside puerto rico working on long-term recovery to monitor. >> we do not want to see hurricane isaac hit puerto rico. but we have a big hurricane out there and assertive skirt and a long and that would not be good. >> how much money do you think you'll need for recovery efforts in the next hurricane and do you have that? >> obviously, these are all unanticipated, so we'll go to congress. congress will be the generous. this is the united states and whether it is texas or florida, virginia because virginia looks like it's very much in the past. maryland, by the way, could be affected, very seriously affect to just do not a little bit outside of the past. and of course south carolina, north carolina. i think that any amounts of money, whatever it takes we are going to do. we are already set up. we have tremendous tracking systems, food systems, a lot of contractors waiting, but for the most part it's handled by fema and also coordinated locally. we have food for days. we hav

argentina's legitimate some wanted to claim over the mile beat us i lost south sandwich and south georgia islands we would treat our. a restricted report to the comprehensive just last is a little to the israeli palestinian conflict on the basis of the goals of two states away the palestinian people to exercise their right to starve them in asia and to have an independent and sovereign state based upon the pre-one nine hundred sixty seven borders with each duracell them as its capital will reject the only doctor actually have the state to establish its diplomatic representation and this should give the general which heightens even more tensions in the region we call the end there buried these with israeli forces against the civilian population in gaza will reaffirm our the fight so that the with our people and through port the search for the final solution to the quest of the worsens ira which will allow them to exercise some of the malaysia and to live in peace in their territory we soup or the search for a peaceful little sheet solution to this equation both in syria without foreign interferenc

we are about two hours away from florence's closest approach to the island, which is going to be about 300 nautical miles to the south you can notice in the last hour or so there has really been this uptick in there has really been this uptick in the wind speed. i was on my bike coming home from work, this is a way that most people get around, and their motor scooters, and it was one of those really strengthen your arms and hold on tight could arise because the wind speeds have really picked up. but when you look at the actual impact, we are not expecting actual impact, we are not expecting a lot of rainfall. we are expecting some big sea swells, so right now the bermuda weather service is saying that to the south, as the storm passes, we could see waves building up to a height of 16 feet on the northern part of the island. we could see waves that touch about nine feet. so they have issued a small craft advisory asking people not to go out on the water. we have a government coming in at asking people to get their hurricane prepare at the skits together, so thatis prepare at the skits together, so that is going to inc

. >> i also saw that you list following interest he put hawaii costa rica south pacific islands have you been to those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes also oceanography tahitian culture. did you travel by air. >> correct. >> it's easier to travel going that direction when it is a vacation. >> thank you for being here doctor ford as a prosecutor we investigated reports like this so it gave me a window with those cases and hurt all of us i would always tell the women that they would have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers and you had to tell your story before the entire nation. j b for so many years people slept cases like yours under the rug and say what happens inside the house does not belong in the courthouse. but times have changed so thank you for coming forward today and share your report with us. i understand you have taken a polygraph test that you are being truthful so can you tell us why you decided to take that test? >>. withwas meeting attorneys and they asked if i would be willing and i said absolutely. was almost as much anxiety as the airplane

island. all of that water, because it's a south facing beach, and with the direction of the wind facing southt water, all of that sand and all of the rain moving inland flooding a lot of the roads. and that is why authorities have this island under a 24-hour curfew. nobody should be out and about. they want everyone to hunker down until this heavy rain has passed us. and again, fema just making the first rounds of sort of reconnaissance in each of these homes, marking each of the doors, and making sure that everyone is accounted for. for now the mayor said there are no injuries, no casualties that she knows of on the island, but again they're just beginning sort of the infant stages of the recovery efforts here. david? >>> much more on the tropical storm florence. >>> still ahead what do they know with paul manafort flipping and a new report claiming that michael cohen is talking, too. what information do they have to offer robert mueller. a discussion with our panel and the message this plea sends to the president next. order pizza. -of course, daniel. -fridge, weather. -clear skies and 75.

more than 500 acres burned on grizzly island south of suisun city. any homes. >>> firefighters in marin county are making progress on the irving fire. it's burned 115 acres and is 35% contained. some homes remain under mandatory evacuation orders. >>> former vice president al gore is in san francisco ahead of tomorrow's global action summit. at the coal and ice exhibition, he said he is optimistic that, quote, we're on the verge of a sustainability revolution. >>> there could be catastrophic damage and flooding as hurricane florence makes its way to the east coast. mass evacuations are under way. abc news reporter emily rau is live in north carolina where the governor is warning people not to stay and ride out this storm. emily? >> ama, it was actually sunny most of the day here in wrightsville beach, north carolina. but there is some level of worry in the air, even as a lot of people still out here on the beach. but the people who live here are rushing to protect their homes and businesses before this category 4 storm hits. the frenzy before florenc

. >> hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands and french polynesia. have you been to all those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes. >> stephen: so what? being afraid of flying doesn't mean you never fly. it means you hate it while you're doing it. like everyone else... in coach. ( laughter ) i hear it's terrible. during the lunch break, a reporter tracked down utah senator and where you kept your orrin, orrin hatch. ( laughter ) anand orrin hatch told her how e felt about the testimony. >> and have you found dr. ford credible, sir? have you found dr. ford credible? >> well, it's too early to say. i don't think she's un-credible. i think she's an attractive, good witness, but it's way early. >> what do you mean by attractive sir? >> oh, in other words, she's pleasing. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: (as hatch) "let me be clearer. i'm saying, this one pleases me. have her washed and brought to my tent. i'm sorry for the ambiguity." ( laughter ) republicans were reacting in real-time to ford's testimony, like south carolina senator and man who's a

marianna atenso is on oak island, about 40 miles to the south of where i am now. outer bands are being felt here. what are you seeing there on oak island? >> we're seeing the weather starting to turn lightly, craig. we're starting to see these waves get bigger. the water's starting to come closer on shore. and that wind is starting to be felt more and more. that weather that we saw gadi experiencing, those outer bands, those are going to be pounding this island. the largest beach in north carolina, in a couple of hours. and this is particularly vulnerable because it has the cape view river to the east. it has the ocean to the south. and the waterway to north. just to give you an idea of what the kind of storm surge and the flooding that we're talking about can do to this area, i want to turn around this way and show you what hurricane matthew did in 2016. the water went up these dunes, all the way to the parking lot behind these houses. when you're talking about a storm like florence that is going to sit and dump rain for possibly days, you can begin to imagine th

florence is expected to skirt the island to the south by early next week.some cruises to bermuda are already being diverted. >>> the tsa is no longer considering ending security screening at dozens of small airports. the proposal to end screening at 150 low-volume airports around the country was one of several potential cost-cutting approaches first reported by cnn. at a congressional committee meeting earlier this week, though,, the agency's chief said quite the opposite. >> we are not reducing our presence. in fact, quite the contrary. i think we need to improve our security profile at smaller airports. and so the reports we were going to pull away from 150 airports around the country, that's not what we're doing. >> security experts raised concerns the terrorists could exploit the vulnerability to potentially weapon fries the passenger planes. >>> you're going to want to pack some hand sanitizer in your carry on for the next flig epor the dirtiest place in the airport may surprise you. >> reporter: airport security is designed to keep us safe, but expert

believe it, is forecasting this to get cape fear and move south westward so myrtle beach late tonight and saturday morning then go to cat island, south carolina. this would expose the grand strand to strong easterly you winds from the inch. then that would increase the damage to that property-rich area of myrtle beach in there, and also increase the rain amounts. i expect 2 to 3 feet of rain to fall on this from myrtle beach all the way up to cape lookout. this is a phenomenal situation. part of it is because of the slowed movement and the collapse of the steering currents. it's only moving 5 miles an hour. and it's trying to organize over the gulf stream. charles: essentially this will be a storm of historic proportions and traps we can't begin to measure it at this point. is that what you are saying, jeff? >> for that area we have thanked stronger hurricanes hit in there in have been stronger hurricanes that hit in there. this is not an extraordinarily strong storm. charles: is the rain? what's making it so exceptional? >> the circumstance of very slow movement, a large system, beating on an area for one to two days, folks n

latin america the pacific islands south asia and we are concerned by some of the tactics they hunt for chinese spies is in full swing too as if the land of the american dream has been rid of russia's agents and what seems to be a new fad in this china dominated collection military rivalry taiwan is a breakaway province from beijing's standpoint while from washington's it's a lucrative arms export opportunity no wonder the massive new us three hundred and thirty million dollar weapons to deal with taiwan fell flat with china washington is definitely afraid that china is in the passingly many economists are predicting that sooner rather than later china will have a larger economy than that of the united states of america that from washington's point of view presents an accident or crisis for the united states of america likewise you see there are states trying to recruit other nations into its anti china cobol particularly japan india this is a very combustible situation so it appears like russia is indeed stepping aside this fall winter season replaced by china in pretty much every dime

the leading wall of flame climbed up and down the dry grass lands in the center of grizzly island south of suisun city. the plumes of smoke became several plumes by early afternoon as 18 engines from eight different fire departments responded here to keep the brushfire from spreading. they cut firebreaks with dozers. crews from the potrero hills landfill worked the edges with water trucks. >> it's definitely one day we have 15-miles-per-hour gust to 20. the smoke is impacting kind of the city of dixon, vacaville areas. so unfortunately, if we can get it out a little quicker than we can, it doesn't impact as much people. but i think we did an okay job today of trying to catch writ we could. so. >> no homes threaten order damaged? >> no homes threatened. >> trucks headed to the landfill lined up down the road. and some found creative ways to pass the time. >> watching white smoke. it's putting us back hours and hours. i don't know when we'll get home. >> this is now a mop-up operation as crews look for hot spots. in suisun city, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thanks. >>> meantime, a wild

on your cd that you list the following interest of travel and you put hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands and french polinesia. have you been to those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes. >> it includes oceanography and tahitian culture. did you travel by air? >> correct. it's easier when it's a vacation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, dr. ford. in my old job as a prosecutor, we investigated reports like this. it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. i would always tell the women that they would have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers and you had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years, people swept cases like yours under the rug. they'd say what happens inside a house didn't belong in the courthouse. well, the times have changed. i just want to thank you for coming forward today and for sharing your report with us. now, i understand that you have taken a polygraph test. dr. ford, that found that you were being truthful when you described what happened to you. can you tell us why you

list the following interests of surf travel and you in parentheses put hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands and french polynesia. have you been all to those places? >> correct. >> by airplane? >> yes. >> so you talk about you either did it or didn't do it so was this an effort to get at her credibility. >> i think we have to keep in mind that rachel mitchell had a very, very interesting job today an i'm not sure that both the people who hired her, the people on whose behest she was speaking and her were exactly clear about what her function was at the hearing. > i thoughthe hadibte joctuallh fairly good job, in many ways better for the american public than what the people who hired herually asked the questions with a certain degree of -- fair degree of empathy. you know, a quiet sense of humor, matter of factualliness. but what she's trying to do here is probe into somebody who claims she was deeply traumatized by an incident of sexual assault and make sure this is indeed what's going on. we also don't know how the questions were originally phrased by the republican senators who remained si

saw that you list the following interest of travel and in parentheses put ally, costa rica, south pacific islands and french polynesia. have you been to those places?>> correct. >> by airplane? >> correct gas. biker interest oceanography, hawaiian and tahitian culture. did you travel by air and a part of those >> cracks. thank you very much. >> it is easier for me to travel in that direction when it is a vacation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, dr. ford. in my old job as a prosecutor we investigated reports like this. it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. and i would always tell the women that came before us that they were going to have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers. and you have had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years people swept cases like yours under the rug. they would say, what happened inside a house, did not belong in the courthouse. times have changed. just wanted to thank you for coming forward today and for sharing your report with us. i understand that you have kehappened to

the leading wall of flame climbed up and down the dry grass lands in the center of grizzly island south of suisun city. 18 engines from 8 different fire departments responded here to keep the brushfire from spreading. they cut firebreaks with dozers. crews from the potrero hills landfill worked the edges with water trucks. >> gusts up to 20. the smoke is impacting kind of the city of dixon, vacaville areas. so unfortunately, if we can get it out a little quicker it doesn't impact as much people. i think we did an okay job today of trying to catch it where we

south as well. towards the channel islands you may see breaks in the cloud and a little bit of sunshine.oisture, it piles its way in as we go through saturday night into sunday. at this stage the rain will drift further north as well, perhaps getting into southern scotland. cool in north—east scotland, further south with a fair amount of cloud it will be mild. outbreaks of rain across western and some northern parts of the uk. there could be patchy rain and drizzle around through the morning, close to newcastle, as the great north run gets under way. as we go on through the day i am hopeful the cloud will start to break up. we'll see spells of sunshine developing into the afternoon. temperatures 16 or 17. fairly breezy. across the rest of the country, similar. rain will drift across many northern parts of england, northern ireland, and scotland. rain continues across northern scotland through the day. some thundery showers later on. increasingly windy. further south, more sunshine towards the south—east and some slightly higher temperatures as well. moving out of sunday and into monday,

that list the followin interests of surf travel, and ia nthesis, you put hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands, french polynesia. have you been to all those places? >> correct >> by airplane? >> yes. >> and your interests also include oceanography, hawaiian and tahitian culture. did you travel by air as part of those interests? >> correct. >> okay. thank you very much. >> easier for me to travel, going that directi, when it's a vacation. >> we all know that the prosecutor, even though this clearly is not a criminal proceeding, is asking dr ford all kinds of questions about what happened before and after, but basically not during, the tack. the prosecutor should know that sexual assault survivors oftentimes do not remember information, such as what happened before or after a traumatic event. >> when we left off, we were still talking about the polygraph, and i believe you said it hasn't been paid for yet. is that correct? >> let me put an end to this misery: her lawyers have paid for her polygraph. >> as is routine. >> as is routine. >> woodruff: so, michael dpersen, there were some attempts by

your cv that you list the following interests of surf travel and you put hawaii, coasta rica, south pacific islands, french polynesia. have you been to those places 1234. >> correct. >> by airplane? >> and your interests include oceanography hawaiian culture. did you travel by air as a part of those interests? correct. >> okay. thank you very much. >> easier for me to travel going the direction when it's a vacation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, dr. ford. you know, in my old job as a prosecutor, we investigated reports like this. so it gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. and i would always tell the women that came before us that they were going to have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers. you've had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years, people swept cases like yours under the rug. they'd say what happens inside a house didn't belong in the courthouse. well, the times have changed. so i just want to thank you for coming forward today and for sharing your report with us. now, i understand you've ta

today's opening prayer will be offered by pastor sam steele of chapel by the sea from south padre island, texas. the guest chaplain: good morning. christ jesus sent people out two by two. let us pray. eternal god, as our senators gather, two from each state, break down barriers that divide, create an environment of honest dialogue, and bring about positive compromise so that there is unity in our diversity and so our nation is steadfast in the foundation of the people, by the people, and for the people. loving god, we lift up to you our brothers and sisters touched by the weather across our land. may we reach out our hands of love and help. comfort those who suffer and strengthen those who serve. creator god, pour your wisdom upon each senator, bless them with humility as they serve and make us once again we the people. in your holy name we pray. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liber

you list the following interests of travel, and you, in parentheses put "hawaii, costa rica, south pacific islands, and french polynesia." >> have you been to all this places? >> yes. >> by airplane? >> yes. >> and your interest also include hawaiian and tahitian culture. did you travel by air as part of those interests? >> correct. it's easier for me to travel going that direction when it's a vacation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, dr. ford. in my job as a prosecutor, we investigated reports like this. he gave me a window on the types of cases that hurt women and hurt all of us. i would always tell the women who came before us that they were going to have to tell their story before a jury box of strangers. you have had to tell your story before the entire nation. for so many years, people slipped cases like yours under the rug. they would say "what happens inside a house didn't belong in the courthouse." well, the times have changed. i just want to think you for coming forward today, and for sharing your report with us. now, i understand you have taken a polygraph test. dr