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and saint vincent, and the grenadines, rescuers in barbados. say their families dropped in their homes after the storm damaged over $170.00 houses. there are no reports of death or serious injuries yet another other nearby islands reported serious flooding when john heavy rains. and it's expected to hit western haiti by sunday before heading to florida. elsa is the 1st hurricane to hit barbados in more than 60 years. soaring temperatures and the lack of rainfall are leading to an increasingly desperate situation for farmers in iraq. as a result, the government restricted what farmers can grow, but that hasn't solved the countries severe water shortages him on con, how's this report from the farms east of baghdad? this should be lush. agricultural land growing amongst other things, watermelons and tomatoes. instead, if dead, it's been this way since april and it's just getting worse all over iraq, the fields are turning to desert because of drought. 45 percent of iraq's arable land is under threat. according to the iraqi committee on agriculture

watch this passes right through straight to barbados, possibly near haiti and then right across cubare you go. as we get into next week. maybe by next tuesday we could be talking about a tropical storm, maybe a hurricane knockwng on the door near florida by the beginning of next week. so we'll keep our eyes on that as that storm system gets closer, they're going change the forecast track outside this evening. we've got some patchy fog moving in. you see the breeze in the trees out there as well. looking over san francisco and the transamerica building looks like we've got to change the weather coming our way, but just subtle changes the next couple of days. i think tomorrow going to be a warm day in la, but maybe the numbers come down a degree or so instead of a mid 80's. see your back down to about 84 degrees. in cochran. so pretty close to mid 80's there 70's around the bay and plan on some 60's and some fog at the coast. thank you, lawrence. the delta variant is getting closer to becoming the dominant strain of covid here in the u.s. it's now been detected. >> in all 50 states, in

hurricane elsa did strike the shores of barbados this morning. the winds were gusting up to 90 miles an hour. roofs were blown off. as you can see, trees were snapped schools were closed, businesses and airports have been under the threat of flash floods and landslides. >> it is the first hurricane to hit barbados in more than 60 years. firefighters are making progress tonight against northern california. forest fires that burned several homes and forced people to evacuate 3 big wildfires have burned about 60 square miles of land in the mount shasta region. >> damage is reported at the salt fire which prompted evacuations in the unincorporated community of lake it. that's north of the city of reading to the north containment of the lava fire at the foot of mount shasta has increased to 27% and several 1000 residents of lake chess tina have been allowed to return home and mop up has started on one part of the tenant fire that's in the klamath national forest. the number of people missing in the sir syed condo collapse has fallen substantially from

as in barbados, say their families still trapped in their homes. also the storm thomas over 170 houses there. there are no reports of death or 6 serious injuries yet. other nearby islands, though, reported serious flooding, winds, and heavy rains. it's expected to hit western hazy by sunday. now, nearly a month after peru went to the polls. electoral officials are still looking into fraud allegations from conservative presidential candidate cake fruit maureen result show socialist pedro castillo as the head by small margin, but he hasn't yet been declared. the winner election. want to say the poll that was free and fair. mariana sanchez, reports now from him. these come to the peruvian capital from remote places, often with little resources hoping they'll get to meet the support or say they're even willing to stay out in the cold for days in cheapness. if he's a farmer and the land like a few years, he hopes he can get his message to him face to face, get you all or, you know, the government aid never reaches our communities. now we want real chang

few showers just coming into the wind, which i think pretty that the baby could catch a shower to barbados, may be catching a shower too as well, but the wet weather will be across the other side of the caribbean, costa rica, seeing some heavy downpours along with a good part of panama, the an extra digital killing and a north african capital. i heard someone breaking into our house. i heard people shouting so full masked men for not only the eyes and hair were showing al jazeera world, his red eye, witness accounts of the dramatic story of the assassination of major p l. o. figure kelly was here in a secret israeli operation. assassination in tunis on al jazeera, we town the untold stories. ah, we speak when others don't. ah, we cover all sides. ah, no matter where it takes us. a police finn, you guys are my empower in pasha. we tell your story. we are your voice. your new your neck out here. ah, play an important role. protecting human 9, the doctor's face. ah, ah, me. egypt. a nation of over 100000000 souls is facing an existing show threat. the un security council needs to hear regiona

that's how important barbados was to the british. a misconception when the american colonies revolt the biggest issue in the british empire. and i think we get that because obviously we are all americans and so we think we're kind of a big deal as they say the kids say today. but thoag it out there. -- throwing it out there. >> to piggyback off that, bill, you know, i think we all could think that when we did win our independence, that we would thet was out there, you know, and what was -- the reality was that they signed a treaty and then every european country would -- like a bunch of vultures standing around the colonies waiting to pick these people off because they didn't think that we would be able to stand as our own country. and i think that's why it's so important when you follow early american history up through and past the war of 1812 until we actually, you know, make ourselves a player on the world sphere. you mentioned ewald's diary. ewald and his guys are up in canada basically waiting for this experiment in american li

it's already pounded. barbados and vincent high speed wins, ripped the roof tops of homes, couple trays and cup power. while heavy rains flooded streets, emergency crews have not been able to reach everyone and need so far, no injuries or deaths have been reported. un officials have told the security council more than 400000 people in ethiopia, t gra, region, and now suffering from famine. the region has been cut off from ice and fighting, broke out last year. un warned of new clashes despite the unilateral faced by the government. the last remaining american and nato troops have left the main international military base in afghanistan. diagram just north of cobble was the center of a 20 year campaign against talib and taliban extremists. the taliban is celebrating the departure of the western troops and has already re taking control of much of the country. afghans worried about what will happen to them now that most of the international troops have gone. this is the sound of us troops leaving of gonna stand with state in 2001 after the 911 terrorist attacks us troops stoned bugs into a

was that how important the island of barbados was to to the british? and so i think that's misconception that when the american colonies your boat. it's the biggest issue in in the british empire and i think we that because obviously we are americans and so we think we're kind of a big deal as they say the kids say today, but throwing it out there. yeah the piggyback off that bill, you know, i think we all could think that when we did win our independence that we were then this world player that was out there, you know, and what would the reality was was, you know, they find the treaty and then every european country was kind of like a bunch of vultures standing around these colonies waiting to pick these people all because they think that we would be able to stand as our own country. and i think that's why it's so important when you follow early american history up through past the war of 1812 until we actually you know, make ourself a player on the world fair. i mean you mentioned ewald's diary you all that guys are up in canada. basically, you know

it's already pounded barbados and st. vincent high speed wins rip the roof tops off homes, toppled trees and cup power, while heavy rain flooded streets, emergency crews have not been able to reach everyone in may. but so far, no injuries or death has been reported. un officials have told the security council more than 400000 people in ethiopia, tiegram region, and now suffering from famine. the regions been cut off from and i think broke out last year. you and warner new clashes despite a unilateral fire by government. well, the last remaining american troops have left the main international military base in afghanistan. background, just north of campbell was the center of a 20 year campaign against talib and taliban extremists. the town of on is celebrating the departure of western troops and has already really taken control of much of the country. i've kind of worried about what will happen to them now. the international trips have gone this is the sound of us troops leaving us gone down to its fate. in 2001 after the 911 terrorist attacks us troops stoned bugs into a key military bas

the storm has damaged parts of barbados, kt -- haiti, jamaica, dominican republic. still to come, no more masks and no social distancing. the british prime minister reveals plans to lift restrictions. putting the brakes on a popular right having app. questioning a ban by china's cyber regulator. >> whiten wintry weather pushing across australia. areas of low pressure running through here, the cold front. it's going to be pretty windy. for much of australia, but does look dry. showering rain across the southwest touching towards south australia, as we go through tuesday and wednesday. still some showers and places. the winter weather will be driving its way further east, not wide reaching victoria. not to get up towards the north of australia. showers coming in up towards cape york. it will improve for new zealand. improvement in the weather across japan, but more rain in the forecast over the next couple of days. looks like a wet one for korea, rain. >> energy and change came to every part of the universe. changes all around us. we can make it work for you. in your

the first hurricane to hit barbados and more than 60 years. and ashley.night. >> tucker: ever since she became border czar kamala harris has pledged to finding root causes of illegal immigration. >> what we must do to address the root causes of migration, to address the root causes. the issue of root causes is not going to be solved in one trip. we have to address the root causes. >> tucker: it's funny when dumb people talk about root causes as if they could identify them, especially when the root cause is herself and thek administration she works for. in just the last year since joe biden took office, there has been an 800% increase in the number of illegal migrants coming across the southwestern border of the united states. in june the president of guatemala says the biden administration is responsible for this. >> he saysys increased border crossings have been in part because of the change ofs administrations in washington. >> interpreter: the message changed too. we are going to reunite families and reunite children. the very next day, the coyotes wer

you can see the huge winds coming through bridgetown, barbados today.ries that we've learned of thus far. so the tropical storm force winds could start hitting south florida as soon as sunday. according to local officials there, they say they're taking steps to protect equipment as the search and rescue operation continues to do the best that they can. they have a lot of conflicting circumstances down there. that concerned about that could topple if they're continuing to go through the wreckage of the condo collapse there. president biden says family members mentioned the threat of hurricanes as a concern and also he says they brought up climate change yesterday. >> interesting to me -- i didn't race it. how many of the survivors and families talked about the impact of global warms, how much -- they know exactly. they talked about sea levels rising. i don't think there is at this point any definitive judgment as to why it collapsed. >> today we learned 20 people are now confirmed dead. 128 missing. there's the wall of remembrance. also the wall of pictu

the tropical storm hit haiti, barbados and the dominican republic yesterday.s now headed towards cuba and florida. >>> and speaking of florida, this is a live look for you right now in south florida, where crews are getting ready to demolish what's left of that condo tower that collapsed last week. before elsa's strong winds potentially knock it down. with the demolition today, crews can ensure a safe and controlled fall that will preserve their ability to find the victims who are still missing. authorities are expected to raze the rest of the building beginning today. it will take about 36 hours. meanwhile, we're learning six rescue workers helping to recover victims have tested positive for covid-19. now they're undergoing contact tracing. this is yet another setback for families of those missing still clinging to the hope of a miracle survival story. >> as a family member with loved ones still missing, how do you feel about demolishing the building? >> my biggest fear is there's not anything to recover. we're not going to have anything to do a proper burial

today a category one storm became the first hurricane to hit barbados in more than six decades.and in surfside this evening authorities say 22 people have died, and 126 are unaccounted for, after last week's collapse2 slabs ofconcrete and trying to find anyone who is possibly buried underneath. >> you have been through events like this with the missile attacks, and the bombing in israel, you've seen i what would you compare this to? >> this is by far the most >> another condo building was evacuated today, the city of north miami beach says inspectors found structural and residential tower months ago. >> outrages growing over the fireworks explosion that shook a los angeles neighborhood. residents who are still out of their homes tonight are demanding some help. nicole is in south los angeles where protesters had a very strong message for police and city officials. >> reporter: protesters and police come face to face in front of newton station, two days after the bomb squad truck blew up. in a south-central neighborhood, it was a failed attempt to render fireworks safe. >> south-

the 5th, named tropical storms of the atlantic season is on its way across barbados is not moving fairly quickly. you see coming all to the scene as his massive cat, it doesn't look too well formed. doesn't seem to have a central eye. and he's, and he got winds about 85 kilometers prior, but look at the speed at which it's moving. that means it a brush cross very quickly shouldn't do too much damage is miles. damage is the hope. it doesn't re strength much either of the next 24 to 36 hours because of the open water. so just give a wall of water it will strengthen a little bit. and that switch like do stay of the water, but throw its showers out to the less ranches, a smaller islands at, towards the push rico and eventually had towards cuba which destined to land sometime later on saturday or on sunday, a game with a loss of rain and probably some increase in the wind says just moved, shot betsy. the forecast off of that this could be the worrying bit, there was elsa goes on here elsewhere to sherry picture, particularly so in mexico, but nothing more serious than that. but let's walk it

its already pounded barbados and some vincent high speed when he ripped the rooftops off. holmes couple trees and comp power, while heavy rain flooded st. emergency cruise have not been able to reach everyone in need, but so far, no injuries or death have been reported. are there more than 300 taliban fighters have been killed in battles with afghan security forces over the past 24 hours? the afghan ministry of defense says many of the casualties resulted from strikes. the fighting coincides with the departure of the last remaining american and nato troops from bag room airbase outside the capital cobble. but despite those reports from the battlefield this weekend, many africans fear the military will struggle to repel a resurgent taliban without us to get more from afghanistan with marian suff issues, the founding director of the organization for policy research and development studies. i pro democracy think tank in cobble 9. thanks for joining us with these farm for the post forces pulling out, can we expect the taliban to retake afghanistan including the capital cobble well, that's a

this is the first actually hurricane, proper hurricane to hit barbados in like 60 years.re so you know it came in with ll urs. 75r-ur, ill category 1 storm heading to the west at a brisk pace of 31 miles per hour. it's humming along. hurricane watches and warnings posted for hispaniola, jamaica and cuba. there you see it making landfall in haiti today and cuba tonight. gulf of mexico on monday. at that point likely a tropical storm but may strengthen more than that and it will affect all of the florida peninsula. it's just a matter of what capacity and then heading up into probably parts of the southeast on wednesday and thursday and maybe all the way up the east coast, so it's definitely a storm that bears watching for us here in the u.s. that's a check of what's happening with elsa. >>> good saturday morning. it's a foggy start here along the coast but we'll get clearing. we'll be heating up inland rand tomorrown to some mist and drizzle and cooler temperatures around the bay. so even a warmup a small one. mid-60s to mid-70s but the 90s to upper 90s in the inland valley

make landfall in a matter of hours elsa was still a category one storm when it hit the islands of barbados there are power outages and water outages.l have elsa's lat with janessa webb. >> hi. good morning good morning, everyone tropical storm elsa, the next few hours it's critical with this storm system. as it makes landfall, we potentially could see it making its way across this area, it will start to die down the problem is, as it goes back into the gulf, this is very warm water, it could start to reorganize a lot of uncertainty still an hr northwest movement at 15 miles per hour t. will continue to slow down as the center of circulation starts to make its way through. the florida keys, all eyes on this area. we have tropical storm alerts in place. we're going to be watching for potential landfall extending into late tuesday evening into wednesday morning overnight. then it will continue its trend wednesday into georgia, the carolinas as well and back off the shore. the cone of uncertainty is still very wide. this will be a very big flood threat across florida. storm threats breaking ou

time -- before covid -- i was able to go to barbados. and the whole island has tunnels dug under where they could bring cavalry. a guy could hit on a horse and got into the tunnels of barbados and go through the tunnels on the other side. that's how important the island was to the british. i think that's a misconception. that's the biggest issue in the british empire. i think we get that because we are all americans and we think we're a big deal, as the kids say today. but throwing it out there. >> yeah, to piggyback off that, bill, you know, i think we also think that when we did win our independence that we were then this world player that was out there, you know. and what was reality was they find the treaty and every european country was a bunch of vultures standing around these colonies waiting to pick these people off because they think we would be able to stand as our own country. i think that's why it's so important when you follow the early american history up through and past the war of 1812 when we make ourselves a player on t

two years ago i will call it the bc time, before covid, i was able to go to barbados and the whole island has tunnels dug under where they could bring infantry and calvary, a guy could sit on a horse and go into the tunnels of bar way dose, go across the island and come out on the other side because that's how important the island of barbados was to the british. i think it's a misconception when the american colonies revolt it's the biggest issue in the british empire. i think we get that because obviously we are all americans so we think we're kind of a big deal, as they say -- the kids say today. throwing it out there. >> yeah, to piggyback off that, bill, you know, i think we all could think that when we did win our independence that we were then this world player that was out there, you know, and what the reality was was they signed a treaty and every european country was kind of like a bunch of vultures standing around the colonies waiting to pick these people off because they didn't think we would be able to stand at our own country. up past the war of 1812 until we actually, you kn

it is struck the shores of barbados. this is from this morning. the national weather service is warning the hurricane could make landfall in south florida by sunday. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by with those details and more warrants. yeah. the first named storm of the season. here you go. hurricane now just kind of churning things up and already made landfall early on start to get a little disorganized. but putting itself together again now. but it's a very rapidly moving hurricane it's unusually fast. but this is a little early in the season to get these developing. but here we go out there right now. you see it coming right across barbados making its way back out into open water and started to try and reorganize right now it will likely do so. but it's still moving at a pretty good clip. so here we go. we've sustained winds right now of 80 miles an hour. it is moving west-northwest. get this at 29 miles an hour. usually i'm talking about 8, maybe 12 miles per hour. this one is really cooking at 29 watch the latest track her

hurricane elsa strength devastated barbados, downed trees and causing massive power water outage.loserer look coming up in minutes. >>> but first the nation's independence day celebrations playing out amid concerns about covid-19. president biden hosting the largest event of his presidency so far at the white house and calling on unvaccinated americans to get the vaccine. abc's elizabeth schulze is in washington with the details. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, andrew. with covid restrictions lifted across the country, millions of americans are celebrating a return to normal this holiday weekend including president biden who says america is coming back together. fireworks on the national mall celebrating independence day and the celebration at the white house marking progress in the nation's independence from the coronavirus. [ applause ] >> this year the fourth of july is a day of special celebration for we're merging from the darkness of years. >> reporter: in the largest event of his administration, president biden hosting a barbecue for 1,000 military

the category one storm is the first hurricane to hit barbados and more than 60 years.nfortunately, could reach florida as a tropical storm by early next week. a national fourth of july. tradition is taking place this weekend. the capital fourth concert celebration is returning for its 41st annual celebration this sunday. the show honors men and women of the military with star studded performances and live fireworks. cigarette actress vanessa williams is hosting the show from washington, d. c. i pray that people feel united feel that we are all part of an amazing country that we've helped to create and continue to grow and realize that it is a privilege to live in this amazing country. well, the show will be prerecorded due to the ongoing pandemic, but there will be plenty of stars joining the celebration with pre taped performances from many different locations. the special airs sunday, july 4th. all right, coming up next in sports we told you about. shakeri richardson. now she's addressing her positive marijuana test. our sports director market baniyas will have the t

hurricane elsa pummels the caribbean overnight bringing heavy winds and fierce winds to barbados as it heads towards haiti and the dominican republic threatening to bring a foot of rain. florida bracing for impact. how soon could it hit and how bad could it be? we're tracking the storm. >>> officials in surfside keeping a close eye on the hurricane's path, still focusing their search for the more than 100 people unaccounted for as elsa gets closer. this as another building in miami beach is determined to be unsafe, forcing residents to flee. >> they say drop your stuff because you have to leave the building in 15 minutes. >> we are live on the scene. >>> free on the fourth. a long-awaited independence day weekend as tens of millions hit the road to celebrate with family and friends. but with the delta variant spreading across the country, people who have not gotten the shot face serious risks. >> if you're not vaccinated, the variants are here. trouble is at your doorstep. >>> fire in the water. a surreal scene in the gulf of mexico as crews battle a massive fire burning for hours afte

already a category 1 storm hurricane when it struck islands in the caribbean and you see the result in barbados entire homes were destroyed and there were widespread power and water outages. >>> let's get an update now on tropical storm elsa's current path nbc meteorologist janessa webb joining us now with the very latest good monday morning to you, janessa. >> hi. good morning, guys good morning, everyone we have tropical storm elsa, and it's maintaining its integrity right now. e reason for this storm it's starting to really rev up across this area just south of cuba we will have two landfalls with this storm system. the first landfall should be in the next couple hours around the cuba area, central to the western area 65 miles per hour us is taind winds. there is that northwest movement at 15 miles per hour as it starts to bounce off land it goes back to a very warm gulf the problem is there is that potential of this storm reorganizing and strengthens and so we'll be watching that for the next few hours now, landfall expected across the florida keys not until late tuesday potentially now int

the category one storm has already pounded barbados with winds up to 120 kilometers per hour. elsa has read the roof tossed re types of homes and flooded streets with heavy rain. former european council president donald tusk has returned to polish politics. he is once again taking over leadership of the biggest opposition party. the civic platform chose valid to make up the ground his party last since he headed to brussels. and the vatican judge has indicted an italian cardinal and 9 other people on financial crimes. the charges are related to a london real estate deal. prosecutors accused this aspect of embezzling millions of euros from the holy c. more than 300 taliban fighters have been killed by afghan security forces over the past 24 hours. the ministry of defense is many of those casualties resulted from s drive. the fighting coincides with the departure of the last remaining american and nato troops from background base. despite reports from the battlefield this weekend, many afghans fear that the military will struggle to repel a resurgent taliban without support from the u. s.

a category one just made its way barbados. and now making its way out into open waters again and we'll start to re strengthen. you'll see it to continue to move. but it is moving at a very, very fast pace, which is good news. you want the storms to linger. that's when you get a lot of that massive flooding, but it is moving west northwest at 13 miles per hour. that is a very fast-moving hurricane 85 mile an hour sustained winds. right now. here's the very latest track according to our computer models, possibly making its way haiti. the dominican republic may be skimming landfall there depending on if it makes landfall that could cause the storm to lessen in intensity and then moving out of the waters. again, them possibly landfall again in cuba. these are pretty common track for these storm systems and then there we go by the beginning of next week. it's still a lot of uncertainty as to where exactly this will go latest model trends want to keep this on the western half of florida. but certainly you can see the cone of uncerta

got a few showers just coming into the wind, which i think that the bag could catch a shower to barbados, maybe catching a shower too as well. but the wet weather will be across the other side of care. a bit costa rica, seeing some heavy down pause along with a good part of panama. the cut, one of the bar that growing nation in the i want a contract needed to open and develop it into national shipping company to become a team middle eastern tough for trade and money, skillfully enough out 3 key areas up to about filling up from the connecting the world, connecting the future. got to gateway to whoa trade. ah, the me the out is there a reminder of our top stories that our columbia government has initial investigations indicate retired members of its military were involved in the assassination of haiti's president. jovan lois, some of the attack has happened, identified, but officials are still looking for at least 8 un security council is disgusting, controversial mega, the ethiopian building on the nile. egypt and sir don have raised economic and security concerns about the project. if y

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florida residents are also in the path of hurricane l, so it is already pounded. barbados and st. vincent high speed wins. rip the roof, tossed of homes, toppled trees and cut power while heavy rain flooded the streets. emergency cruise has not yet been able to reach everyone in need, but so far, no injuries or deaths have been reported. un officials have told the security council that more than 400000 people in t o p as t gray region are now suffering from famine. the region has been cut off from aid fighting broke out last year. the un warned of new clashes despite the unilateral cease fire by ethiopia as government. more than 2008 workers have formed a human chain, northwestern syria, stretching from the border with turkey to rebel held to the rebel whole city of england. they opposed russia efforts to close the only remaining border crossing that allows into areas held by steering insurgents. lighten the town at the center of canada's unprecedented heat. wave has been almost completely wiped out by a wildfire residence had just minutes to flee before the fire cleaned their homes. at l

an eye on what is now tropical storm elsa, which made landfall as a hurricane on the islands of barbados st. vincent earlier today. >> this morning, i signed a local state of emergency for hurricane elsa. and out of an abundance of caution, we are ensuring that we are mobilizing everything that we need in the county to prepare for any possible impacts. >> reporter: officials say the storm, which is approaching from the caribbean, could bring strong winds and rain south florida by late morrow or early monday, hampering the rescue effort. americans are travelling, gathering and celebrating this weekend as new coronavirus cases and deaths from vid-19 remain low, and the biden administration is celebrating with a tour called "america's back together." president joe biden headed to michigan for a visit to a cherry farm. first lady jill biden and vice president kamala harris are visiting new hampshire, maine and nevada today. the president's covid-19 vaccination goal-- for 70% of adults to have at least one shot by july fourth-- has fallen short and vaccinations rates have declined. according

from barbados, in particular, clearly have not got a strong building. it will be affected by these winds. it brought trees down this pretty big trees as well. so there was a certain amount of collateral damage. however, it's gone now, but it's still strengthened. this is the current conditions. $130.00 can be spread as a hurricane category one. it might strengthen a bit more of a warm water still going very quickly. however, there is now a hurricane morning at the south coast of his span. unison hated dominican republic and you can see why, cuz else's heading that way during saturday, daylight hours the same time, it's going to affect jamaica and then probably cuba probably saying the same strength. now as his early in the season, this is going to cause some damage. it is after all, a hurricane. but what happens after this? well, once it goes across cuba, it may well lose some strength, and it probably will gain a bit more head towards florida. but still uncertain forecast still had an order in south africa, the former president's house papers to have h

trouble with staffing and that new threat from hurricane elsa, you see there, already hammering barbados with 85-mile-per-hour winds. the fast-moving storm is barreling across the islands. florida and the gulf states bracing for its effects. rob marciano with the forecast in just a moment, but first abc's transportation correspondent gio benitez leads us off. >> reporter: tonight jam-packed airports from coast to coast, atlanta, chicago, detroit and minneapolis. >> i'm just excited to get out of here and do something new and different. >> reporter: at l.a.x. a bomb scare forcing the crowds to evacuate for a time. and just take a look how incredibly busy it is here at newark liberty international airport, and it will be busy again on monday when people fly back home. this as cancellations pile up too, southwest today canceling nearly 200 flights and more than 200 yesterday. southwest blames bad weather and very full flights, but abc news has learned the airline also has severe staffing issues. tsa screening more than 2.1 million people on thursday, that's about 50,000 more than the same d

you can see barbados. you see grenada.u see there currently tropical storm warnings right now on the track takes it right across there, possibly getting near cuba as we head in toward sunday by the evening hours you see the cayman islands and then maybe moving right across near havana and then getting off the coastline of florida by tuesday with sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. that is well out in the forecast. that certainly concern possibly getting close to tropical storm strength, maybe even hurricane strength as we get in the beginning of this next week. so we'll be watching that right now things are all quiet around the bay area. we've got the fog, low clouds kind of streaming back on shore again, i think that may bring down the temperatures just a little bit again for tomorrow afternoon will still be warm inland. you'll find mid 80's there. some sunshine and some of the valley's lot of 70's inside the bay. then as you get along the coastline that fog is going to hug the coast and probably a very damp start your

elsa hit barbados as a category 1 hurricane, uprooting trees and blowing away several homes. now a tropical storm, elsa is expected to strengthen overnight, threatening residents all along the florida coast from the keys to tampa. officials say it will not impact the search and rescue mission in surfside. >> we are, at least in terms oft the surfside with this storm elsa, the news the pretty positive. >> reporter: elsa is expected to bring strong winds, heavy rain, and flooding in the next 24 to 48 hours. worried residents filled sandbags anticipating the worst. you're taking it seriously. >> yeah is that why. you never know what could happen, so we're taking all safety precautions so you'll be ready. >> reporter: the sand right now at that location that we were at two times, so people are taking this seriously. the wind has started to pick up just in the last few minutes. the mayor tells us they haven't had a storm hit this area in at least 100 years, a major storm, that is. the next ten to twelve hours will be key in figuring out exactly where tropical storm elsa will make

you can see it rolling right across barbados. there you go. making it so way on shore there.now back in waters again. so we're talking about sustained winds now an elsa of 85 miles per hour. it is moving very, very rapidly and that's a good thing that can stick around a long time. to cause massive amounts of flooding right now. moving west northwest at 30 miles an hour. you see the targets here as it haiti and the dominican republic wants to skim right by their according to a model. so depending on how much it hits land or stays off in the water goes maintain the strength. stays over open water. it will lose some of its strengths if it hit some of the mountainous regions there and then it looks like it's going to take a turn moving right through cuba, possibly as a weak hurricane of sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and then it makes its target aimed toward florida and others could be a lot that's going to be changing in that forecast over that period. but right now looks like monday or tuesday. we could be either dealing with a tropical storm or maybe a hurricane off the

were given 2 hours to leave florida residence, or in the path of hurricane elsa is already pounded. barbados and st. vincent high speed winds rip the rooftops of homes, toppled trees and cut power while heavy rain flooded streets. emergency crews have not been able to reach everyone in need, but so far, no injuries or deaths have been reported. on below, russian leader, alexander lucas shanker, has ordered the complete closure of the border with neighboring ukraine, alleging that weapons were coming into the receipt i did at a ceremony mark in 30 years of independence. he also said, authorities have expose sleep or terrorist cells linked to germany, the u. s. and ukraine. more than 2008 workers have formed a human chain in northwestern syria, stretching from the border with turkey to the rebel held city of england. they opposed russian efforts to close the only remaining border crossing that allows aid into areas held by steering and surgeons. listen, the town at the center of canada's unprecedented heat wave has been almost completely wiped out by a wildfire residence had just minutes to fl

with thousands moving to government shelters, a storm also have a can parts, barbados, lucia and haiti before moving northwest rescue workers at the site of a collapsed apartment building in florida. a bracing for the storm to hit the official death toll that has risen to 36. after 8 more bodies were found in the rubble. nearly 2 weeks after the apartment building collapsed in south side. another 109 people are still missing. expert said the possibility of funding any more survivors is remote emergency crews battling high winds and heavy rain with else are expected to make land for west of the site. late on wednesday, canada has named its 1st indigenous governor general prime minister just intruder pointed. diplomat, mary simon, to the post and knew it from northern quebec. simon's that her appointment was a sign of progress towards a more inclusive society. coincides with a new spotlight on historical abuses against indigenous people in canada. after the discovery of more than a 1000 unmarked greys of children who were forced into residential schools, i can confidently say that my app

zooming of lesser antilles because there's a tropical storm warning of that is probably going through barbados to lucia and martinique. and that is for friday. so it's a fast moving thing and it's not particularly strong, but it's still a tropical storm heavy rain. the slow moving bout in central part of the u. s. has been causing flooding recently. that's on its way size. you are aware of the story of extreme heat further north. well, by heat don't, isn't classic stream in the pacific northwest is moving study eastwards. so the canadian prairies still had an old era. president joe biden. g to arrive at the size of last week, building collapse in florida. we're going to be live near the scene of the accident . you've been wonderful my trying to see. we hear from some of the hundreds of files and subsea favors. we've been abandoned on their ships because of the time then it and manchester united out about to sign a teenager for around a $100000000.00. that stories coming up with peter and sport. ah frank assessments argument for suggesting that no ministrations just been a long game. it's very

barbados now clearing up after a direct hit by elsa. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking the storm and, rob, time this all out for us as it takes aim at the u.s. >> well, still moving very quickly, whit. and lashing haiti as a tropical storm, as you mentioned. the center, check it out on the satellite picture, about 150 miles to the east of kingston? make ka, and the track will take it over cuba during the day as a tropical storm, there you see the storm watch out for the keys, there on monday with surge and wind and rain and then making landfall somewhere near tampa during the day on tuesday but all of the florida peninsula including miami will see heavy impacts from this storm, whit. >> rob, while florida is keeping a close eye on elsa, how does the holiday weekend look for the rest of the country? >> well, the west looks dry. the heat rebuilding in the northwest, state of emergency in oregon for that and fire danger. there will be some heat across parts of the central u.s. i-10 will be wet. the northeast, showers will di

after hitting barbados as a category 1 hurricane, winds 85 miles an hour, elsa making landfall this afternoon, dumping torrential rain on cuba. officials there evacuating 180,000 to higher ground. at least three people reported dead in the caribbean so far. >> and trevor ault is right there in key west, where we can see those outer bands just getting started. trevor, conditions there only expected to get worse in the coming hours. >> reporter: they are, whit. elsa is expected to track very close to us here in key west and we're feeling it pick up right now. they are concerned about dangerous flooding overnight. winds gusting up to 60 miles an hour and the potential for tornadoes. whit? >> okay, trevor, thanks. let's get right to abc chief meteorologist ginger zee outside st. petersburg, florida, tracking elsa's every move. and ginger, time this out for us. >> reporter: yeah, well, you can see behind me, whit, that is called a shelf cloud. and so we're about to go from a hot li and those thunderstorms are all tropical fueled but the bulk is still more than 24 hours away. it's more than 300 mil

but also, of course, leaving the fairly high temperatures quickly running through barbados will be tropical storm elsa on its way to cuba this weekend. it still had an order 0 really good. why a 3rd of children in love on are going to bed hungry. our software is being developed in south korea, in an effort to reduce suicides under the sports belgium and actually headline the year a quarter finals. peter's going to be here to look ahead to that big game. ah, can an image ref.

100 kilometers an hour and is expected to cause heavy flooding. storm was already damaged parts of barbados, lucia haiti, jamaica, and the dominican republic. the fire to factory on the outskirts of bangkok has finally been extinguished nearly 20 hours after an explosion. thousands of liters of linked chemicals had posed a major risk of more options. homes with an attend can a meter radius were evacuated as far as a struggle to bring it under control. tony chang report through curity cameras recalled the impact of a sudden explosion in a residential neighborhood. just outside bangkok. the ground shook, just like an earthquake, said residents shattering windows all round the source, a huge chemical. thank trying someone for con, on the outskirts of the ty, capital, highly flammable materials used to make phone packaging quickly and gulf the complex and flames. the firefighters struggle to contain the we are trying to look for the injured. however, the flames are quite high. so it takes quite an effort to look at people. rescue is also spreading out because we receive calls for people who hav