, so hurricanejose heading to barbados, so another dangerous situation here after hurricane irma.artine croxall. the headlines at 11:00pm: overwhelming destruction in barbuda, as hurricane irma continues its deadly rampage across the caribbean. and now, there is another hurricane coming up behind it. britain's relief effort is under way to the british overseas territories affected. irma is now heading for florida, where those who can are leaving. others are hunkering down and hoping for the best. and on newsnight, downing street defends its response to hurricane irma, amid criticism it did not do enough for its territories in the caribbean.

jim came to barbados about ten years ago. know, to reciprocate all the good thing they had done for me. we took him to kensington 0val. i said, "jim, you go down to that end, because this end is mine". you know? and, oh, i was so happy to have him there. there on my heart, you know? i pray for them, you know, i talk about them all the time. i often remind people of brotherly love and peace and things like that and that's what accrington brought to me. commentator: we're really seeing something here, i can tell you. that's the shot he's waiting for. the most fearsome batsman of his era, the most famous cricketer in the world. in the mid—80s, no one in the game was bigger than viv richards. great shot again. absolutely magnificent. yet in 1987, he signed up for a season in the small village near blackburn. coming from a very small island, rishton was the ideal sort of environment for me. it wasn't as sunny as where i grew up. when i first went, it was so gloomy, i couldn't understand how could cricket be played in this part of

and ends with lifelong friendships with antigua and aptly, burnley and barbados. we have been friends for 50 years and every christmas morning we speak to each other. two continents, two cultures. united by one spirit. other. two continents, two cultures. united by one spiriti other. two continents, two cultures. united by one spirit. i can remember every player i played with 57 years ago. it means that they are in my heart. and unlikely cricketing love affair. but how did it happen and what impact did it have? hidden beneath brooding hills lies the towns and villages of east lancashire. until this year, the lancashire. until this year, the lancashire league has been unchanged since 1897. 14 lancashire league has been unchanged since 1897. 1a clubs, 20 miles apart. local rivalry runs high and the chance to see the west indians in action along with the local lads creates an atmosphere. it is probably the most famous cricket league in the world. it would be the only thing in summer. it was a social occasion. people came to the games in theirfinery. social occasion.

brigadierjohn ridge is the commander of the joint task force, currently in barbados.d to my colleague ben brown, just how concerned he was about hurricane maria repeating damage already seen in places like the british virgin islands. the problem we have in the british virgin islands is the vegetation was all stripped by irma and many of the drainage ditches blocked. that means the heavy rain which we expect to get probably in the next 2a, 48 hours, get probably in the next 24, 48 hours, will create some quite significant flooding problems and combined with what will be a storm surge as well, that is my greatest concern. we have delivered as much shelters we can but many people still without really good quality shelter and in addition there is clearly a concern about sanitation and health. 50 very concerning indeed. and health. so very concerning indeed. you mentioned some of the help you've been able to give, just give us more detail about that, what kind of efforts you have been making to help those who have been already hit by the last hurricane, irma. straight afte

joining me now is a unicef representative who is currently based in barbados.caicos islands. we have feedback from all the first three that basically the islands have been ravaged and 90% of the buildings are flattened out. we are mounting response to anguilla, the british virgin islands and from antigua. in terms of the turks and caicos, from jamaica. we are deploying teams from unicef and the un system, as well as tarpaulin and immediate needs for water and sanitation in terms of food. so we have very little information from turks and caicos now, but lives lost have been minimal because of the preparations and evacuations done. that is good news, of course, but clearly a trail of devastation left behind by irma. what impact will that have on the population of those islands, particularly the children? i see that you think taking into account anguilla, barbuda, bvi and the turks and caicos, at least 20,000 children in those islands are affected by this storm with schools destroyed and so one. yes, our first concern is for shelter and the second concern is in te

. >>> and a teenager surfing off the coast of barbados was killed as hurricane irma tore through the caribbean. >> the boy was a pro surfer who died in a freak accident when a certain type of wave for make dumped itself directly on top of him and sucked him under. >> it completely surrounded him. >>> hurricane irma hasn't reached the u.s. but is already giving us story the of compassion. >> this is pam and ramon, they were strangers until he gave her the generator he just bought. brecky had spent days searching her sick father. >> she broke into tears when it santiago bought what turned out to be the last one in the store. he gave it to her without even knowing why she needed it. >> it's okay. >> brecky says her father is on oxygen and she has another ill relative to care for. >> and the store's manager says he doesn't know if he'll get another shipment of generators before irma arrives. >> very generous for him to give that up then. but nice to see these stories of people working together to get themselves through the storm. >> the only upside, the only possible upside to this story

it was hit hard by the storm but nowhere near as bad as the island 60 kilometres away, barbados. 95%yed, the prime minister described this as an uninhabitable. people are in need of food, shelter and clean water. the weather was so bad after the hurricane that no one could get in contact with barbuda and now they have they have seen the devastation for themselves. within the last few hours there's been a window to get aid in, they have got boats and helicopters but they are trying to get people out because there is another worry on the way and that is hurricanejose, another worry on the way and that is hurricane jose, on its another worry on the way and that is hurricanejose, on its way and forming in the atlantic basin so the idea is to get people to shelter and safety before the next band of hurricane weather comes group. for the moment, laura bicker in antigua, thank you. well, joining me now is dorothea hodge, former uk eu representative for the government of anguilla. we know anguilla has been very badly hit. there's been criticism of the british response so far. what is your vi

very quick, bringing together, hard to barbados to then ta ke together, hard to barbados to then takenited nations and others? distance is not a constraint, the constraint is about understanding the situation on the ground. what we don't want to do is rush in with the wrong kind of support. it's important we understand the effects, where is open, where we can get into it safely. that is what we have been doing for the past 24 hours. now we are ready to make the right judgments about where to deliver that aid and we will deliver it as quickly as possible. thank you very much indeed. this aircraft we are standing on will be going in the next few hours, another later in the afternoon. wall operational, they're hoping, sometime over the course of the next 24 hours. lets talk to some people who have been affected, greg scott flew across with the antiguan prime minister yesterday. i spoke to the prime minister after the flight and he was emotional about what he had seen. did it affect you in a similar way? yes, it was an emotional flight. we were both so floored i what we had seen. there wa

you just took off from barbados. what is it that you are seeing and experiencing? >> we are northwest of the island of martinique. we will be flying over the storm, flying in a pattern around the storm from just south of puerto rico across to just north of puerto rico. and then we're going to be flying a pattern, again, like a lawn more pattern where we fly back and forth north of the dominican republic and puerto rico gathering that crucial information. what meteorologists call the steering currents that will determine the future track of the storm. we can see the storm ahead of us on our radar >> harris: what do you do to take precautions? you're out in front of the storm. i'm sure people are wondering what protects those guys? you have to get how close to drop your sensor? >> with this particular aircraft high altitude reconnaissance plane. it's a gulf stream jet that flies at 45,000 feet. the most crucial part of our mission is to drop those weather instruments. they're sort of the opposite of a weather balloon. instead of going up, they go down. sofrt same thi

tony: marÍa avanza a 10 millas por hora de norte a noreste de barbados. puerto rico y categorÍa 4, nos conectamos con alberto martÍnez, nuestro meteorÓlogo. alberto buenos dÍas, carolina y tony. podemos estar tranquilos, la trayectoria es hacia las islas caribeÑas, luego hacia las bahamas.no tendrÍa que afectarnos. la Última imagen del satÉlite nos muestra a marÍa organizÁndose delante de las antillas menores. esta tomando forma, de momento no se ha definido el ojo de este huracÁn que poco a poco se va intensificando con esos vientos en las 120 millas por hora. ya es categorÍa 3. irma pasaba por san martÍn con categorÍa 5, pasaba por las islas como guadalupe con categorÍa 4. despuÉs, lo que nos preocupa, por encima de puerto rico este prÓximo miÉrcoles, con categorÍa 4. hay vientos de 150 millas por hora como mÁximo, podrÍan superar fÁcilmente las170 millas por hora. tendrÍamos fuerte oleaje, lluvias intensas y acumulados que podrÍan dejar mÁs de 20 pulgadas en algunas zonas, cercanas al centro de la isla. los seguiremos de cerca, asÍ como josÉ que sigue

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the latest position is nearly 1500 miles east of the islands of martinique and antigua south to barbadosnd grenada. it looks like according to the tracking that it is pretty reliable, through the short-term, it will make a bend an dmiss the four storm with winds at 130 miles an hour sustained. where it goes beyond that, who knows? sooner or later it will make a turn to the north and northeast. havertys furniture helps even when life isn't.t nice pick. pops, your pick. art monk! retired. i'll take him over these fools playing today. aw come on, man. that's not how this game works. art monk! i want to change my name to hot momma! lame. you're lame. no! i'm not writing down somebody who's retired! baby, i'm changing my name to hot momma. that's not how this works... the labor day sale is on now at havertys. life looks good the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealer. at james madison high school. it is a big night, high school football is back and so is our abc 7 high school football game of the week. featuring the war hawks and fairfax. i'll be on us, this game tonigh

rapidly, aeveloped category one storm, 75 mile-per-hour wind come east of barbados. it will hit the island monday night into tuesday. the same islands that were hit by irma. tom: islands like barb udo wiped out by -- by irma, and now another hurricane on the doorstep with no roof overhead. >> the type of rain and wind that we have from maria will devastate those who were already devastated. tom: for the thousands who ofnot flea, for the tens -- for the thousands who cannot flee, for those who fled burma -- >> we are thinking about rebuilding. it's heartbreaking. kellye: after being deployed in the aftermath of hurricanes harvey and irma, virginia task force one is ready to help those in the line of the storms. they are in puerto rico ahead of hurricane maria, preparing for any we are definitely keeping track of what is happening with these. josh: exactly, and things continue to keep churning. we are looking for some quiet weather around here, but there could be some issues from jose. let's start with the nice, clear, quiet night. we have a few showers that move throu

teenage pro surfer died in very rough surf stirred up by irma, xander valencia slammed into a reef off barbados and an autopsy shows he died from drowning.>>> and elite national guard unit will depart from moffett field to florida, the rescue wing will help in search and rescue efforts. last month some headed to texas after harvey. >>> the death toll from last week's blistering heat is up to six. authorities confirmed three people died in san mateo county, the other three in san francisco, most of them died at home all in fact for one. the death is raising questions. we are in daly city.>> reporter: this is classic daly city what other -- weather. rain and fog barreling and but on saturday with a multi-day heat we have come -- wave, the temperature was 91 degrees. it left three people dead including lorraine christiansen, a patient at st. francis pavilion. >> it makes me angry, this should not be happening. there is no excuse for it. absolutely none. it is absolutely unconscionable that someone should suffer because of a heat -related illness. you are there, because you need care and supervisio

barbados which was hit a few hours ago the wind will be easing quite considerably in that area. typically with a storm at the speed it will be a few hours of really strong wind. >> julian hemming, thanks for your time this afternoon. u.n. war crimes investigators say the syrian regime was behind a gas attack in april. according to investigators syrian government warplane dropped the gas on the rebel held town in the country's northwest. killing at least 80 people. hundreds of for its symptoms consistent with the reaction to a nerve agent. as i understand it, you have just been at a press conference where investigators have been revealing their findings. what more do we know at this stage? revelations by the independent commission on syria. -- yes.cts hello? i can hear you very well. yes i can, rochelle. >> go ahead. you are answering the first question. >> hello? yes. yes.ndependent -- independent commission of inquiry, their facts are at variance for what the -- >> it appears we are having some problems with the connection. we will try to check in with you a little bit later. f

one official said the island of barbados is basically uninhabitable with 90% of it destroyed. what we are waiting on in the next coming days is how it will impact the u.s. 25,000 people have evacuated the florida keys. jonathan: starting with meteorologist steve rudin. you just got an update on the hurricane's path. where is it heading now? steve: we have not seen a lot of movement, the wind is still at per hour, sustained wind, looking at when gusts around 225 miles per hour. it is moving to the west northwest at 16 miles per hour come exactly -- has been the last eight hours or so. the latest track on it stays a category five storm moving into the day friday. by late friday it begins to take a turn to the north. it could very well hug the eastern coast of florida. it may land by miami and fort lauderdale. and moving up the coast, turning into a category two. it,way that you look at there is a lot wiggle room between now and then. this storm very well by friday, saturday morning could be over here, or could be over here. the model. we should not folks entirely on just the cen

international development which was already onjamaica, barbados and anguilla assessing the damage.and barbuda in anticipation of hurricane jose of antigua and barbuda in anticipation of hurricanejose which is following closely on the heels of hurricane irma. it's worth pointing out the foreign office have told british citizens in the part of hurricane irma that they should either follow local evacuation advice or in some cases stay in their hotel. they have set up a hotline for anyone who might be concerned about relatives all be affected by the hurricane. but phone number is 0207 008 0000. and you can keep up with all the latest on hurricane irma on our website — at bbc.co.uk/news. plenty of detailed information on hurricane irma and the other two hurricanes on our website. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has found buyers and discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. the inquiry, commissioned by the government and led by the labour mp david lammy, raises particular concerns about the treatment of young people.

thanks for with us. runs from barbados. thanks for with us.the leg have already seen in the british virgin islands? it is concerning. a particular problem in the british virgin islands as the vegetation was also topped by irma, the drainage ditches were blocked by rubble and debris. that means the heavy rain which we expect to get this probably in the next 24 or 48 hours will create significant flooding problems and combined with what will be a storm surge as well, that is my greatest concern. a lot of people, we greatest concern. a lot of people, we have delivered as much shelter we can, buta we have delivered as much shelter we can, but a lot of people are still without really good quality shelter and in addition, those chloe a concern about sanitation and health. it —— there is clearly a concern about sanitation and health. give us a bit more detail about that, what sort of effo rts more detail about that, what sort of efforts have been been making to help those already hit by irma? straight after hurricane burner, we deployed off the groun

they were deployed to barbados and have been flown on from their mac on helicopters.ing raf brize norton yesterday with medical supplies, raf brize norton yesterday with medicalsupplies, emergency raf brize norton yesterday with medical supplies, emergency shelter kits, rations and also clean water. today, another plane has left brize norton carrying a helicopter. that was due to arrive in the region any time now. i am told another helicopter will be sent tomorrow, a ship from the royal navy has been sent from the mediterranean and is crossing the atlantic a few days before it arrives. it will be a sense of emphasis from sir michael fallon on a real scaling up of the effo rts fallon on a real scaling up of the efforts in the coming days. absolutely crucial for them this afternoon is trying to clear the ru nway afternoon is trying to clear the runway on the british virgin islands. they have not been able to fly planes directly into the british virgin islands, which is why by burgess barbados has been the main base for planes to land. the first priority is to clear the

14 now dead in the storm zone including 16-year-old zander venezia drowning in rough surf off the barbadosoast. irma's death toll expected to rise and scores more injured. teams like this one have been flying in and out of the virgin islands rescuing people. our cameraman on one of those choppers, capturing scenes of destruction as irma moved across the caribbean. we met canadian college student alex demore badly hurt in a fall in st. thomas, airlifted to puerto rico for treatment. we lent her our phone so she could call her family. >> mama? >> reporter: she and american student matty gortat leaving the island with one pair of flip-flops between them and little else. the pair describing how they rode out the storm. >> we just didn't know if the roof was going to come off at any moment. >> we were praying. >> yeah, we were praying the whole time. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm linzie janis in puerto rico. >> our thanks to linzie. and for breaking news alerts on hurricane irma download the abc news app. as one of the most intense storms in history heads toward the east coast, our first res

is a surfer himself he and his family live in kiel but they often spend the winter months in barbados surfing the holy around the shoots is living his dream. going surfing to to be in filming it surfing events is a bit like actually surfing and you are in the same element you feel the wind and the waves and enjoy watching the athletes moves. after leaving high school made a profession out of his hobby as a surfer he brings valuable experience to the job. to soften on this one young a surfer and having firsthand knowledge of water sports is important i know what these guys will do next i can tell when they're getting ready to jump or preparing a maneuver so i can choose the right camera angle for a great shot someone. show isn't easily faced even when the surface pass him by just a has breath mutual trust disc even. though we know many have a feedback between. filmmaking and the water is going to stand. same position so i know where to start and where i'm going to end so it's quite safe doing it. so what's it like being in the thick of things and always pursuing the perfect image. in t

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jim came to barbados about ten years ago. i was so barbados about ten years ago.rt, you know? i pray for them, i talk about them all the time. and this was jim's reaction when we showed him that message from his old mate. is it a nice surprise for you? wonderful, isn't it? yeah. he was a good bloke. you're happy with that, are you? yeah, champion. good. his family said it was the mo5t he had spoken in months, the demonstration of the power of a friendship that has spanned half the world and half a century. stewart pollitt, bbc news, lancashire. you canju5t pollitt, bbc news, lancashire. you can just see how those 5trong friendship memories can trigger lovely emotions. and after the cricket the last few weeks, nice to get reminded of that. let's see if the weather will be anything to remember this weekend. good morning. good morning. the good morning. the weather good morning. the weather is good morning. the weather is the weather is certainly good morning. the weather is certainly turning more autumnal through the weekend. a bit of brightness around, especially t

un co—ordinator of humanitarian affairs in the eastern caribbean and he joins me via webcam from barbadoss. what is your assessment of hurricane irma so farand your assessment of hurricane irma so far and the damage that those images we seen on our screens. it is a really unprecedented hurricane and. i don't think we have had one of the strengths are at least in 15 years, going through the caribbean. possibly longer. as you said, in the pa rt possibly longer. as you said, in the part of the caribbean that i cover, including antigua and barbuda, the bvi and and will you have seen the devastation, the roofs torn off buildings, we know that some of the hurricane shelters were affected as well. —— anguilla. it is quite u nfortu nate well. —— anguilla. it is quite unfortunate that we have had some loss of life but i'm far more happy that the toll was not an greater. how can you foresee how the islands are going to cope with rebuilding, firstly by recovering and then rebuilding? you have to recognise that there is an incredible amount of resilience in the islands. you have people who have dealt

the extent of the destruction in barbados is unprecedented.acebook hands over evidence of a russian—funded campaign to promote divisive messages during the us presidential election. pope francis arrives in colombia, calling the visit a plea for lasting peace following last year's deal with farc rebels. hello, i'm sally bond quid big business stories. mario draghi's dilemma. the euro poses a new problem for the european central bank as it debates went to wind down its massive stimulus programme. plus, high aspirations. we meet the pharmaceuticals chief pushing cannabis as the answer to america's opioid addiction crisis. hello, and welcome to bbc news. hurricane irma threatened much, and it's delivering on that threat. one of the most powerful atlantic storms on record has pummeled a number of caribbean islands, notably the leeward islands, with extremely heavy rain accompanied by winds of up to 320km/h. that's 200 miles an hour. the prime minister of antigua and barbuda has told the bbc 90% of buildings on barbuda have been demolished. he said

tropical storm maria has just been upgraded to a hurricane is around two hundred kilometers east of barbadosnd is forecast to strengthen further as it approaches the coast the number of deaths of new mothers is on the rise in the united states the rate is now higher than in any of the major industrialized country john hendren is in chicago to find out why in the surgeon final part of our series on maternal mortality around the world. fermat local and the joy of childbirth lasted a day as their daughter madeline took her first breaths his wife liz died hours later of a pulmonary embolism the sudden blockage in her lung made her one of more than seven hundred women in the u.s. who die each year during or shortly after childbirth two things that are guaranteed to every single one of us are birth and death that's it there's nothing else that's guaranteed right and so i experience both of those things in twenty seven hours it's an increasingly common story in the united states even as maternal mortality falls elsewhere around the globe more american mothers die in the first year of their child's

borisjohnson met british troops in barbados who were preparing aid for british territories devastatede. he's due to visit anguilla and the british virgin islands. more than 1,000 uk soldiers will be in the region by the end of the week to help the aid effort. us officials say 12 people are known to have died as a result of hurricane irma in florida. there are fuel and power shortages, as well as long trafficjams, as residents return to their homes. the worst hit area was the florida keys, where a quarter of houses are believed to have been destroyed. on thursday, president trump is due to visit florida. during the hurricane, one family became a bit of an internet sensation by live streaming during the storm. michael conermann‘s fiancee, melissa, worked at the marlin gas station in tavernier, florida. they had hunkered down for the storm. it is just at the start of the florida keys from the mainland. he used the time they were shut in to share what they were going through. were all safe. i love you, ma'am. this is it. this is the weather. look, the way the building is facing, it's faci

it will be near barbados, possibly puerto rico. category 4 storm, and that path is not what you wanted to see as you wake up this morning. we have possible land directions of puerto rico. areas of haiti, even possibly the north coast of cuba. thank you, and kay coast, the bahamas. here in south florida next day or two, get to the shelves and get as much stuff as you can. you need for your hurricane supplies if you don't already have them because they're going to be going fast. all of our spaghetti lines, computer models are pinpointing that southerly track, that means land interaction whether it's cuba or florida we don't know yet. but it could be a big, big blow to either one. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>> well, after all the rain and cool weather, it looks like we're going to clear it out for in areas of the northeast and mid atlantic, in the southeast, not too many problems. temperatures are warm and comfortable. straight storms in florida. >>> obviously all eyes a

speaking from barbados, he spoke about how the humanitarian issue will be dealt with.ust about every single building has been affected in one way or another. the first thing that had to happen, and i want to give the credit to the government of antigua and barbuda. yesterday, given thatjose was coming today, they were able to evacuate the entire population of barbuda in one day to antigua so that they would not be further affected. so people will want to start to go home and thatis will want to start to go home and that is something that will have to happen on a certain schedule. they will need to make certain that their house can be repaired. they want to bea house can be repaired. they want to be a part of doing that. they need food, water. are definitely have been problems with the water system. electrical grid will have to come back up and children will want to go back up and children will want to go back to school. we need to facilitate and help them to facilitate and help them to facilitate that. there is much that needs to be done to restore normal life. certain

to the east of barbados, it will be a category 2, monday into tuesday. watches and warnings for the same islands that were hit by irma. getting to puerto rico, looks like wednesday as a category 3. and jose, just off the coast of the carolinas. will be abreast tomorrow afternoon. and will be close enough to the northeast shoreline to have tropical storm watches for winds over 40 or 50 miles an hour. could be a stormy tuesday across the northeast. tom? >> we'll keep a close eye on jose. let's go back to hurricane maria. the path looks similar to irma, but a different type of danger as far as the track is concerned, for the u.s.? >> reporter: it's the time of year when they cross over the ocean. our computer models hint it may go out to sea. but the entire east coast needs to keep a watchful eye on this over the next couple of days. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> the new hurricane bearing down on the storm-ravaged caribbean, as residents still reeling from the damage from previous storms. scrambling for food, clean water, and power. can they handle another hu

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drowning in rough surf off the barbados coast. irma's death toll expected to rise and scores more injured. coast guard teams like this one have been flying in and out of the virgin islands rescuing people. our cameraman on one of those choppers, capturing scenes of destruction adds irma moved across the caribbean. we met canadian college student alex demoor, badly hurt in a fall in st. thomas airlifted to puerto rico for treatment. we lent her our phone so she could call her family. she and american student maddie gortat leaving the island with one pair of flip flops between them and little else. the pair describing how they rode out the storm. >> we didn't know if the roof was going to come off at any moment. >> we were praying. >> we were praying the whole time. >> reporter: irma now moving in on the turks and caicos islands. large portions of them it a an elevation of less than 10 feet. the storm surge could be double that. >> i'm anxious about the storm. i have never been through a hurricane. >> reporter: california firefighte

." >> barbados's own rihanna watching in horror as irma wreaks its havoc. >> you feel helpless.these are islands that i've been to and love. >> is her family ok? she gives me the latest. >> jennifer lawrence sounding off today about the storm. >> hard to feel mother nature's rage. >> and a gma's covering the story. >> lilly tomlinson getting death threats. >> who is targeting the pop star and what they threatened to do. >> and sinead o'connor and her first interview since her meltdown. >> you tried to kill yourself eight times.

secretary bars johnson defended his government's actions one of you in britain's aid operation in barbados. we have every sympathy with the suffering of the people who are being hit by six truly horrific if you nine hundred fifty years i think based on the people looking at the point of this thing the u.k. has made this the biggest mean if you want to sound that we've seen since libya it's all about the rebuilding that sense of the youth have a future it will take time to rebuild that the u.k. is going to be in the lead in that recovery plan. to his parliament has passed a controversial reconciliation law granting amnesty to public officials accused of corruption before the arab spring in two thousand and eleven dozens of protesters gathered outside parliament activists say the law is a setback to democracy the opposition shouted slogans before the session was temporarily suspended and they walked out in protest. the armed groups eisel and hezbollah have swapped prisoners near the province of dara zor in syria they agreed to release them as part of a ceasefire deal two weeks ago meanwhile

. >> category one storm with 75-mile-per-hour winds, to the east of barbados. it will become a category two storm and hit the islands monday night into tuesday. warnings and watches up for the same islands that got hit by irma. >> reporter: islands like barbuda. wiped out by irma. and st. martin. its residents still scrambling for food and water. and now another hurricane is on the doorstep with no roof ahead. >> any type of rain that we have as a result of maria will devastate those who are devastated further. >> reporter: for the thousands who can't flee? >> we are strong people. so one day we must rise again. >> reporter: to those to survived irma's wrath, a homecoming. >> it's heartbreaking. now i'm going to have to think about rebuilding. >> reporter: as search and rescue teams are still on the ground looking for any victims. scott goldberg, abc news, new york. >>> and many have started the process of trying to recover from the hurricane. >> but i and -- images like this show it's a very long process. this is bonita springs, south of ft. myers. reports of

we'll be watching because a lot of folks travel still toward the islands so the caribbean around barbados will see the impacts of this storm. the increased tropical activity will continue until september 10, the peak of hurricane season and continues to november 30. here's a look at irma, category , major storm, the wind over before long. hour here's the trek, headed towards the leeward islands. this is early wednesday morning. the track could go to bermuda to south to florida afterwards. still nine days out from landfall and a lot of uncertain and something we'll keep our eye on. as far as the beaches go, here's a look at rehoboth and the forecast for the upcoming the best day for the beach. the worst day coming up saturday. including here locally, too. we'll talk more about that on news channel 8. julie? julie: right now on the roads you find your lanes are open and no accidents to report at the wilson bridge. however, the outer loop of the beltway an 18-minute ride leaving college park headed towards 270, all the lanes here are open and so far no problems have been reported headed back

he is on barbados. if we start with you, what are you seeing and hearing where you are?category 5 and it was over us virgin islands last night and that will be affecting, and was mentioned our concern for the british vierjen islands is the fact it will bring some heavy rain and our concern is the flooding and the storm surges, particularly given the british virgin islands, all the vegetation was stripped off during hurricane irma. so we are concerned about the flooding there. has it reached the british virgin islands yet? the front edge in terms of the early winds, sbhutly. it is —— absolutely. it is moving quickly towards puerto rico now. the effects will be have been felt on the british virgin islands. all the personnel there hunkered down during the worst of it. we hope they will be up and back in communication within the next hour. the worst in terms of the winds will have been over the last few hours as i understand it. in terms of military there, what preparations were they able to make beforehand, our correspondent yesterday said that the big fear was that the deb

where the storm would have the greatest impact, so we placed people in the dominican republic and barbadoswe could get to the other islands that were affected. one of the other things that we did is we had local consultants in almost every country in the caribbean and w we activated all of those local consultants and they are our eyes and ears and coordinate very closely with the government emergency management agencies throughout the region. also, what we did is we prepared airlifts and commodities to be able to respond very quickly to wherever the storm impacted. as these hurricanes go they never follow the exact track that you expect, so our staff after seeing where the storm was going, we shifted our staff away into the dominica dominican repc towards the bahamas and then st. martin as well. so at the moment, we have disaster assistance response team members as well as at st. martin's. the way the united states assistance is triggered is by a request from the affected country so we have received to date for disaster declarations, which are issued that we receive disaster declarations f

this deadly storm all but destroying this island called barbuda, you may not have heard of it, not barbados or bermuda. look at the aerials, the island is uninhabitable, nearly every single standing structure wiped off. this after the category 5 storm's wrath. hurricane watches in effect. it could be coming, warning is it's right there. watches, even though we're sure it's going to smack into southern florida, florida keys, we knew that yesterday, but thousands and thousands make it 31,000 residents trying to get out of the keys starting yesterday. most of them have indeed made it, but other counties in southern florida are under mandatory evacuation orders. palm beach got one two hours ago, miami beach one of the areas struggling to prepare for the worst. this is a dense-populated area and they need to all get north at the moment. there is a threat of a 16 to 20 foot plus storm surge that mayor philip levine is warning could envelope his seven mile long one mile wide tourist hot spot, this threatens the lives of anybody who refuses to leave the barrier island. mayor, first, how are you doi

were better off in barbados than in cuba. the problem here is that that applies to u.s. jurisdictions, too. i hope the u.s. virgin islands comes close on the texas end of these things than the new orleans end of these things. >> tucker: i hope so, i was a little confused by the end of you. stay with us if you were coming hillary clinton's book is about to come out. she still blaming everyone else but herself for the defeat. we got new excerpts in the book just leaked today, looks pretty interesting actually. immigration activists all teaming up to denounce the decision on daca yesterday. what motivates their outrage, we talked to two supporters of daca just ahead to try and ♪ there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any medicare supplement insurance plan, these help p

category 4 this afternoon or tonight, the northern islands of the lesser antilles, antigua, barbad barbados the u.s. and british virgin islands and then puerto rico. the national hurricane center breaks it right in between the bahamas and cuba. at some point we believe it would be lifted northward unfortunately we're losing that window that would pick it up and move to the atlantic. that window is shutting quickly. is it possible it will go into the gulf? it is, but probably not. we think it would take a right turn, a category 3 or 4 headed toward the southern coast of florida or the carolinas on 9/11. this is the europe-and-and the u.s. model on 9/11, puts it on the u.s. coastline. >>> that's it for me. for international viewers amanpour is next. for viewers in north america, ""newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. thanks for watching. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with us on this labor day monday s we begin with a global response to a it threat. north korea claims it successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb, experts say north korea's latest and la

south, west indians from caribbean countries like jamaica and barbados, and spanish-speaking people coming from puerto rico, cuba and panama. each of these people's brought their own musical traditions to the neighborhood schools and housing projects that they lived in, and over time they fused in the most remarkable ways. by the 1950's, the clubs, theaters and churches and schools in these neighborhoods were places where you could hear afro-cuban music, doo-wop and rhythm and blues, deep up and -- beebop and dixieland jazz, and calypso. now these forms began to evolve as the american-born youth began to transform them, giving rise to salsa, funk and latin soul. after awhile, the white population of those neighborhoods largely moved out, leaving only a few people left behind. but what you had in the bronx was a mixture of more people from different parts of the african -- than existed anywhere in new york city. and having people from these different traditions living in the same apartment buildings and housing projects produced the unique, sonic universe where melodies and his songs in dif

the tiny island of barbados destroyed. lauren: wiped off the map, so sad. cheryl: is just that now the latest update from the hurricane center. the eye of the storm is passing to the north eastern side of the dominican republic right now. that is where irma is right now. much of the u.s. territory has maximum sustained winds 180 miles per hour. we want to show you a new image of the monster hurricane scene for the international space patient. take a look at the disruption after irma richter the caribbean island. great. it's incredible. lauren: to think more hurricanes are on the way. it's expected to sign the dominican republic and they continues to head towards florida. 25,000 people already evacuated from the florida keys. only one layout. >> concessions can be replaced. your family can not. this is serious and we cannot take chances. it is life-threatening. this is not a storm you can wade through. lauren: out this coming as the atlantic basin has to react to hurricanes for the first time in seven years. can't say enough threatening mexico as a category