typhoon is heading in from the pacific and will likely make landfall as soon as this weekend the civil defense agency says it's deploying relief goods and disaster equipment to the northern coastal regions where the storm could cause the most destruction. from a typhoon in the pacific to a hurricane in the atlantic the u.s. eastern seaboard bracing itself for the arrival of hurricane florence the category two storm is expected to make landfall late this evening or early tomorrow morning officials are warning that florence will probably be the most dangerous hurricane to hit the region in a generation an estimated ten million people live in the storm's path around two million from virginia the carolinas and georgia have been told to leave low lying coastal areas the predicted four meter storm surge and heavy rain could calls widespread flooding. well our correspondents my as well you know joins me now from elizabeth city in north carolina good afternoon to you miles so we're getting closer to florence making landfall what's the latest there. we're actually here friends already feeling the at the first

country's worst storm this year and it's likely to make landfall as soon as this weekend the civil defense agency said it is deploying relief goods and disaster equipment. world leaders past and present are attending the state funeral of former u.n. secretary general kofi annan taking place in ghana at this hour the ceremony in the capital opera follows three days of national mourning and died in a swiss hospital last month at the age of eighty surrounded by his wife naan and his children he was the first person from sub-saharan africa to lead the united nations and did so for almost a decade until two thousand and six got us president not a coup for i don't has called him one of the most illustrious people of this generation. exercise in all moyo. december one thousand nine hundred ninety six and a historic moment for the u.n. kofi annan was the first secretary general from subsaharan africa and the first to have risen through the organization's ranks he'd already been working for the un for twenty five years. during his tenure and oversaw one of the most ambitious reform processes in the u.s. h

country's worst storm this year and is likely to make landfall as soon as this weekend the civil defense agency said it is deploying relief goods and disaster equipment. a major storm is also threatening the u.s. hurricane florence is moving closer to the country's southeast coast forecasters say it has weakened slightly but still has the potential to cause massive damage. bring torrential rain and severe flooding nearly two million people have been ordered to evacuate the governor of north carolina issued this urgent warning. north carolina is about to face the power of hurricane florence. the time to prepare is almost over this morning as for cash shows the storm is only hours away. powerful winds will reach our beaches and sounds to morrow morning north carolina my message is clear. disaster is at the doorstep and it's coming in now world leaders past and present are attending the state funeral of former u.n. secretary general kofi annan taking place in ghana at this hour the ceremony in the capital okro follows three days of national mourning and on died in a swiss hospital last month at th

speeds of two hundred five kilometers per hour it's expected to make landfall on saturday the civil defense agency says it's deploying the belief god sent disaster equipment. world leaders past and present gathered encounters capital across today for the state funeral of former u.n. secretary general kofi anna some six thousand mourners page tributes to the diplomats paving his record as an advocate for humanity and world pace the service followed three days of national mourning i'm was a guy named national he died in a swiss hospital last month aged eighty. nine bring people together. and unite them towards a common goal for our common humanity. there is an old joke the art of diplomacy is to say nothing especially when you are speaking. coffee on say every scene sometimes without a word. turning to terrorists at the present secretary-general of the united nations earlier we spoke with our correspondent khaled see who was attending the funeral and acra asked him about kofi announce the legacy. of a gun i was able to actually go around maybe it's an opportunity to blockade gonna eat dogs you might

the country's worst storm this year and is likely to make landfall as soon as this weekend civil defense agency says it's deploying relief goods and disaster equipped. now they're calling it the storm of a lifetime hurricane florence is moving closer to the southeast coast of the united states forecasters say it has weakened slightly but still has the potential to cause massive damage authorities fear it will bring to rental rain and severe flooding nearly two million people have been ordered to evacuate the governor of north carolina. roy cooper issued this urgent warning. north carolina is about to face the power of hurricane florence. the time to prepare is almost over this morning's forecast shows the storm is only hours away the powerful winds will reach our beaches and sounds to morrow morning north carolina my message is clear disaster is at the doorstep and it's coming in. well millions of people have heeded the governor's warnings and many have already evacuated ahead of florence but with powerful winds and flooding forecast many are doing what they can to protect their property in the

country's worst storm this year it is likely to make landfall as soon as this weekend the civil defense agency said it is deploying relief goods and disaster equipment. that the u.s. eastern seaboard is bracing for the arrival of hurricane florence the category two storm is expected to make landfall late this evening most dangerous hurricane to hit the region in a generation four meter storm surge and heavy rain could cause widespread flooding and millions of households may lose electricity. let's go right to d.w. correspondent my ash waiter she's in a lizabeth city north carolina hi mario so big warning there storm expected to make landfall tonight what are you seeing and what are you seeing in terms of preparations. well sumi as you can see behind me this is part of downtown elizabeth city contains i'm told one of the best bars in the city and it's all boarded up now we arrived here just as they were finishing putting up the final boards to protect some of these houses here. around the state people are sort of starting to batten down the hatches they've been granted a bit of a reprieve becau

civil defense. this was an agency. the mayor of new york. the head of civilian defense to mobilize people to support the civilian defense effort, to be volunteers coming to take their place. that was where mrs. roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt was the assistant director of the cd under figaro though the party. this last poster also came out in the fall of 1941 before pearl harbor. it is sort of ambiguous. it says don't let him down. remember, there were no american military in a combat artist at that moment. so it is a bit ambiguous who was it that he is talking about letting them down? he's trying to mobilize the defense workers and the public at-large and public opinion to support the non-war were effort. in fact, looking back at how roosevelt he hated, roosevelt sometimes thought the u.s. might be able to win the war without ever having to declare war. he was hoping that land lease in military aid might be enough to defeat hitler. but of course that wasn't the case. thank you for coming. i appreciate having an audience here. [applause] after w

the defense department clearly has the wherewithal means in space and nasa as a civil agency that has the capacity to develop capabilities to achieve different but comparable kinds of goals. the opportunities to collaborate between the two are still there. wheres never been a case the original means to communicate between the two elements of the government, there is plenty of interchange and activity between defense and nasa in terms of sharing of technology and basic principles and engineering opportunities and architectures. capacity as an launch capabilities that can be employed. differenceeen a real of what mission objectives have driven with each of the institutions to solutions. ofre could be an opportunity any effort to integrate the broader elements of the defense department, military space access capacity into a more focused unified capacity to plug into this capabilities from a place like nasa. in that respect, this is from a very purely administrative bureaucratic standpoint, a benefit of some note that would not be this positive as a reason to do something like this. it do

conflicts, all of this becomes an artificalty between t two, the defense department, the wherewithals to access space and nasa as a civil agency that has the capacity to develop capabilities to achieve different goals from a technology standpoint. the students, i think, collaborate between two, are still there. this has never been a case where, even since the 1958 act where the original moves to communicate between the two elements of the government at all, no, there is plenty of interchange and activity between nasa in terms of the sharing of technology and basic principles and opportunities and architectures. so, that as well as lift capacity, as in launch capabilities, can be employed. and, yet, there's been a real difference of what mission objectives have driven each of the respective institutions to solutions. and there could be, in turn, i think, an opportunity of any effort to integrate the broader elements of the defense department, military space, access capacity, into a more focused, unified capacity, to plug into those capabilities from a place like nasa. so, in that respect, this is from a very purely administrati

agency. the second concern that we outlined to our leadership was the loss of the civil works work force and the impact to the department of defense. sir, you know there are 22,900 civil works employees in the corps and do much more than civil works. so today, you have so today you have them modernizing the mosul dam in iraq. we have civil works employees in afghanistan working on the northeast and southeast power system. again, in support of the combatant command there are. you're familiar that we sent civil works employees to puerto rico to restore the power grid when the nation called. so the guidance that came out of secretary mattis' staff was, as we could this planning, is there a way we maintain that capability, either internally, or have an expeditionary capability? -- in other agencies? we're on the very early stages of outlining all of this to our leadership and we have more work to do. it's the same people, the same staff that's trying to deliver on this record supplemental and program that congress entrusted us with, that we'd be doing this particular planning. >> thank you. just want to quickly note a couple of other

agency. the second concern that outlines who our leadership -- the sports workforce and the department of defense. you know that there are -- they do much more than civil work. so today you have employees renovating the most in iraq. you have civil works employees in afghanistan working on the north and southeast tower system. and in support of the commanders there. civil works employees were sent to puerto rico to restore power. so is there a way that retains that capability to internally or have a capability and generate it. we're in the early stages of outlining all of these. trying to deliver on this record program. >> thank you. i just want to quickly note, we want to thank you and thanks for team for the allocations of supplemental funds that you plan on having there. there are members in texas and florida that are very anded in -- interested in the plan, want to ensure proper oversight. also would like to talk to you a little bit about some of the problems we had in our former arrow operation out west. and lastly we're going to put on the record pertaining to some of the projects that are being authorized, having oversight of it today. $42 billi

the defense department, clearly has the wherewithal, in order to access space, and nasa, as a civil agency that has the capacity to develop capabilities to achieve different but certainly very comparable kind of goals. from a technology standpoint. so the opportunities, to collaborate between the 2, since the 1958 act, there is no means to communicate, between the 2 elements of the government at all, there is plenty of activity, between defense and nasa, in terms of sharing of technology. and basic principles. ensuring opportunities in architecture. as well as launch capabilities. and yet, a real difference of what the mission objectives have driven the respective institutions, to solutions. and there could be, in turn, an opportunity of any efforts, to integrate the broader elements, the defense department, military, space, axis, capacity. into a more focused, unified capacity, in that respect, this is from a very purely administrative, bureaucratic standpoint, a asset of some note, it is not dispositive as a reason to do something like this. but nonetheless, it provides a clear kind of i

agency. the second concern that we outline to our leadership was the loss of the civil works workforce and the impact to the department of defense so sir, you know there are 22,900 civil works employees in the corps and they do much more than just civil work so today you have civil works employees renovating modernizing the mosul dam in iraq on behalf of the department of state and centcom. >> and you're familiar that we sent civil works employees to puerto rico to restore the power grid when the nation called. so it's the guidance that came with secretary mattis' staff, we do this planning, is there a way we retain that capability either internally or have an expeditionary capability in the other agency. we're in the early stages of outlining all of this to our leadership. and we have more work to do it's the same people, same staff that's trying to deliver on the record supplemental program that congress has entrusted us with that would be doing this particular planning. >> general, thank you. i want to quickly note a couple of other things, one, i want to thank you and thank your team for the allocation of supplemental funds,