sir david amis.over workers' contracts and pay, which has seen ongoing strikes from local binmen, leading to rubbish piling up in the city. a judge said today that the case was too complex for a short listing, and adjourned it for a full day's hearing on monday. our political reporter kathryn stanczyszyn was at the high court. well, this is unite the union showing just how serious it is in its fight with birmingham city council. it's come here to the high court to say that the redundancy notices issued on the 31st of august should be null and void. i'm told this is really unusual action to be taken between a union and a council. sometimes there's legal action over whether ballots are valid or not. but there is very rarely action over whether a deal was done. that's exactly what unite says. they say they had a deal with the council to keep those 113 grade three binmen on, and the council has gone back on it. most employers uphold the sanctity of acas deals, and don't try and unwind them and send repre

book online or over the phone, david. >> amy robach in a packed miami airport tonight. amy, thank you. >>> hurricane irma has already made history tonight. even before it hits the u.s. maintaining winds of 185 miles an hour for a record 36 hours straight, and we wanted to show you something. since 1970, just four category 4 or 5 hurricanes have made u.s. landfall on the mainland. among then, hugo in 199, that at 140 mile-an-hour winds. in 1992, andrew, in homestead florida with 165 miles per hour winds, and irma is stronger than all of them. senior meteorologist, rob marciano, in key largo tonight on what is making irma so dangerous. >> reporter: irma's first strike giving us a glimpse of its sheer power. the hurricane morphing into a monster with a rare combination of conditions. moist air over deep, warm water with temperatures over a degree above average feed the storm. there's also a lack of upper level winds that would choke the storm, and irma has avoided large land masses that would break apart the hurricane. >> it is like going over a giant all you can eat buffet

david? >> amy, thank you. >>> and the passengers who did make it out on the flights no doubt saw the images of the tvs throughout the airport. devastation across the caribbean. and new images emerging from the british virgin islands. nothing left of the homes on this hillside. >>> at this hour, the storm now striking the bahamas. and james longman is right there in nassau tonight. >> reporter: irma's fury pounding the bahamas tonight with wind and rain as it carves a deadly path toward the u.s. mainland. irma's eye is just 200 miles in that direction. people here have seen what's happened to the neighboring islands and are bracing themselves. trees stripped bare of their leaves. french and dutch military part of an international aid operation. turks and caicos, the pictures are apocalyptic. this mother, evacuating. >> tomorrow, i'm gone. >> reporter: thousands of americans now stranded. >> i am doing everything i can do to get home. >> reporter: on turks and caicos, colorado native kelsey priests s

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david? >> all right, rob marciano tonight. rob, amy, tom, gio, linzie, all of our teams out in the storm zone already. we thank you all, and we will have much more on "good morning america." a reminder to download the abc news app and sign up for breaking news alerts throughout the storm. >>> in the meantime, there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. donald trump jr. answering five hours of questions on capitol hill today. what he is now saying about that meeting with the russian lawyer. >>> also breaking now, the massive security breach across this country. the new warning possibly affecting 143 million americans and your social security numbers. >>> the new video tonight, and the police takedown of an nfl star. he claims he was targeted because of his race, and officers did not know who he was. police now responding tonight. >>> and we do have news this evening about the wildfires in the west we have been tracking. fires burn across eight states. more homes destroyed. much more ahead on this special edition of "

david muir, amy robach and our abc news team spread out across the storm zone. a special edition of "gma" starts now. >>> and good morning, america. florida has never seen a storm like this. that is naples. that is drone footage of naples. the destruction there yesterday. right now the storm hitting jacksonville and expecting a powerful storm surge there. >> at one point sunday the entire state was covered by this storm. such a massive force. now making its way toward atlanta where they're facing a tropical storm warning. and we are now just starting to see images from the areas hardest hit being the keys. >> it hit there first and hit there hard. hurricane irma has claimed five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. it was a category 4 storm when it first made landfall in florida shortly after 9:00 a.m. yesterday with wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. this morning more than 5 million customers without power in the state. >> "world news tonight" anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the ground and has been there throughout the storm and amy robach

amy: david arkush, managing director of public citizen's climate program.uthor of the new report, "a storm of silence: media coverage of climate change and hurricane harvey." we will link to it at democracynow.org. when we come back, mutual aid. the centralized help in committees. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we end today's show in houston, texas, two weeks after hurricane harvey caused historic flooding and left residents to coordinate with each other to rescue thousands of people who were left stranded when officials were overwhelmed. now that volunteer spirit of mutual aid has continued in the storm's aftermath. amy: democracy now!'s renee feltz joins us now with a report from her home town of houston, where so many houstonians who formed decentralized networks to clean out flooded homes, feed thousands who lost everything, and offer much-needed counseling. welcome back, renee. why don't you set this up for us. renee: great to be back in ne

david muir and amy robach are on the ground as the category 4 storm targets the southeast. >>> the biggest earthquake in a century hits mexico. buildings collapse as the deadly 8.1 magnitude quake sparks a tsunami warning. >>> massive hack. at risk of having their social security numbers, credit card information and identities stolen. >>> and shocker on center court. the moment an up and coming star takes down her idol, venus williams. coming to the finals. >>> we do say good morning, america. as you can imagine it is a very busy friday morning. hurricane irma continues on the move targeting the entire state of florida. it is being called a worst case scenario. take a look at the storm hitting turks and caicos overnight. >> so much destruction across the caribbean already and it's not the only hurricane in the atlantic basin. there are now three for the first time in seven years, irma, jose and katia. >>> we're taking you inside the hurricane talking to a hurricane hunter as he flies through the incredible footage as you can see right there. >> here's what we know. this is the latest. irma

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david muir, amy robach and our abc news team spread out across the storm zone. a special edition of "gma" starts right now. >>> and good morning, america. we are live for our viewers in the west. that is our drone footage of naples, florida, this morning. look at that devastation. it has been a tough morning for so many in florida. irma has been downgraded to a tropical storm, and not a hurricane. it has led a path of destruction across there. they are seeing record storm surge, and you see that water. >> at one point, the entire state of florida was covered by the storm. such a massive force, and now it's barrelling toward atlanta, and they are facing a tropical storm warning there. we are now just starting so see images from the areas hardest hit, that being the florida keys. >> here's what we know right now. irma has claimed at least five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. it was a category 4 storm when it made landfall in florida, wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. this morning, more than 5 million customers are without power in that state. >> "wo

"world news" anchor david muir and "gma's" amy robach in miami this morning. our entire team covering every angle across the storm zone. chief meteorologist ginger zee starts us off with the latest on the storm's track. good morning, ginger. >> you know a catastrophic is still the word they use for category 4 storms. i want to take you to the path everybody wants to see now in the southern bahamas but timing-wise, we're talking about sunday, 2:00 a.m., just before landfall, where places like marathon, and key largo, in the florida keys, up close to miami will start to feel the effects. 150-mile-per-hour winds with this storm as it makes almost a direct south to north landfall in this current track. let me take you through the next steps of the storm as it moves up, ft. lauderdale, west palm beach. you're on the right side. hefty storm surge possibilities, certainly very strong winds of 120 plus. 105 still as it's a category 2 over orlando and moves from that point north sunday night into monday morning. by tuesday, early morning, it's in georgia. it's close to

david muir. he is on the ground in naples. we have "gma's" amy row b y roy in miami. >> we're going the start with ginger zee. irma is getting ready to make landfall? >> landfall is imminent in the keys. the eye wall giving them an extreme wind warning. 115-plus mile per hour gusts. that creates potential for damage. the eye movers northward. who gets it next and when? most of the areas south of naples and marco island is the everglades. tonight, fot. myers. a gat goir 3. still considered major. then becomes a 1 as it reaches tallahassee and makes its way into tennessee and alabama. we can stop talking about it wednesday into thursday. >> there are big cities. tampa. metro area. one of the most vulnerable places in the country to storm surge and flooding. are they prepare snd. >> i don't know that you can be, for a five to eight-foot storm surge. that's the area five to ten feet that includes sarasota, ft. myers' beaches. and south, 10 to 15 feet. think about how high your house is. filling your home with water rushing at a high pace. that's why

david muir. he is on the ground in naples. we have "gma's" amy row b y roy in miami. >> we're going the start with ginger zee. irma is getting ready to make landfall? >> landfall is imminent in the keys. the eye wall giving them an extreme wind warning. 115-plus mile per hour gusts. that creates potential for damage. the eye movers northward. who gets it next and when? most of the areas south of naples and marco island is the everglades. tonight, fot. myers. a gat goir 3. still considered major. then becomes a 1 as it reaches tallahassee and makes its way into tennessee and alabama. we can stop talking about it wednesday into thursday. >> there are big cities. tampa. metro area. one of the most vulnerable places in the country to storm surge and flooding. are they prepare snd. >> i don't know that you can be, for a five to eight-foot storm surge. that's the area five to ten feet that includes sarasota, ft. myers' beaches. and south, 10 to 15 feet. think about how high your house is. filling your home with water rushing at a high pace. that's why

our david muir and amy robach on the ground in florida. leading our team coverage. >>> this is a special edition of "good morning america." hurricane irma, monster storm. >>> good morning, everyone. as we come on the air, hurricane irma is bearing down on the state of florida as a massive category 4 storm. you're looking at live pictures out of miami. the situation is deteriorating. >> the situation is worse down south. the storm is making a hit on the florida keys. look at the fresh images. this is the satellite imagery. we have video coming in. overnight, irma gained strength. it's bringing torrential rain and potentially catastrophic storm surge. on top of all that, tornadoes. >> this morning, more than 6 million floridians have been told to evacuate. more than 70,000 people are riding the the storm out in shelters. already, hundreds of thousands of people have lost power because of ir ma. >> as the storm moves up the west coast of florida, the fear of catastrophic and life-threatening damage. they're calling this the big one. we have t

our david muir and amy robach on the ground leading our team coverage with all you need to know. >>> good morning, everybody. right to the breaking news. hurricane irma bearing down on florida calling it the big one. look at the satellite imagery. it is a massive category 4. it is extremely powerful and extremely dangerous. >> now that is the view from space but this is the view from fly right over the eye of the storm. as we come on the air, things are changing furiously including where it's headed. >> here are the major headlines. the track shifted significantly further west. the eye wall is now forecast to hit the florida keys, naples, ft. myers and tampa. >> but the entire state of florida is under threat and right now more than 6 million people in three states are under mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders. >> one of the largest evacuations, if not the largest in american history, "world news tonight" anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the ground and "gma's" amy robach is also in miami this morning at the robert morgan senior center shelter. >> our entire team cove

. >> coming up at 7:00, david and amy will be live from the storm zone.ur "gma" first look, i'm diane macedo. >> irma is understandably pushing the limits of frustration among florida residents, but this is just crazy. a man holding another driver at gunpoint. another driver shot this from his car at a gas station in miami. he couldn't hear what the altercation was about, but the gunman and the person he was pointing the gun at were sitting in a long line for gas. the gunman eventually backed off, ran back to his truck and took off. >> you may have seen this tmz sports video of seahawks defensive end michael bennett. he claims he was profiled and detained by a vegas police officer because of his ethnicity. now police are responding. >> give us time and understand our position when we believe our officer is being wrongly accused of being racist, that we're asking the boss of that other person to hold them accountable as they do other athletes in the nfl. >> that is a police union rep, and he's referring to the nfl's decision not to investigate bennett's be

all right, gio and amy, thank you for your coverage. we want to go to david muir, our anchor of "world news tonight." he's in naples. david, folks in naples, you, you're bracing for a direct hit later this afternoon. >>ra is still about six, seven hours away. we're already seeing major wind gusts. show you some of the damage. one of these -- they have 100-year-old oak trees. palm trees here in naples. these are toppled from the outer bands. they're expecting once the storms get here. we're going to be the right side, the most dangerous side of the storm. hours of 130-mile-per-hour winds gusting hirer than that. there could be tornado-like damage. we have seen the warning from the national weather service. the national hurricane center in key west. given the winds that they're seeing, perhaps lower than what we may see here. they're already saying tornado-like damage could happen. that's the expectation later today. makes you think of the season of katrina, i remember being autoall of them. the very beginning of katrina, we were in the superdome. waiting insid

david muir and amy robach are on the ground as the category 4 storm targets the southeast. >>> the biggest earthquake in a century hits mexico. buildings collapse as the deadly 8.1 magnitude quake sparks a tsunami warning. >>> massive hack.

amy? >> reporter: it's true, david. it's a busy evening here at miami international airport where flights are canceled for today and tomorrow. airlines are trying to reposition their planes here in south florida out of south florida as hurricane irma approaches and that means those cancellations will continue to rise, david. >> we can see the lines forming behind you. amy, thank you. amy, alex, gio, linzie. all of our teams out in the storm. we thank them all. stay safe, and we'll have much more for you first thing in the morning on "good morning america." >>> in the meantime, we turn to the other major news, president trump and a deal made today in the oval office. a deal with the democrats. many republicans tonight are not happy. abc's mary bruce on the hill for us. >> reporter: in the oval office today, that stunning image -- the president cutting a deal with democrats and blind siding his own party. just an hour earlier, the speaker of the house blasted the democrats' proposal to raise the debt ceiling and fund the

amy: can you talk about the connection between these floods and climate change, david? >> yeah.his regionn is really a hot spot for climate chahange. temperatures rise at higher elevations. if we are seeing a two degree world in the future as we hoped for, mib three degrees or four degrees of pie in the mountains. we see glaciers melting already due to climate change. what i really worry about are the effects on the monsoon patterns, which are hugely whattant for the region the climate science tells us, we're likely to see more extreme events, more floods and droughts in the future. so this event was caused by rainfall for sure. it is always hard to pin that event with climate change, but for sure in the future, we're bound to see more events like this and even worse due to climate change. so there is a direct link. now in addition to that,t, who bears ththe brunt of that climae change? it is the poor people, as we saw on the most recent floods. those poor people are the ones who are really the ones who are -- who are not imaging the greenhouse gases into the world, but they are

david muir and amy robach are on the ground as the category 4 storm targets the southeast. >>> the biggestuake in a century hits mexico. buildings collapse as the deadly 8.1 magnitude quake sparks a tsunami warning. >>> massive hack. more than 140 million americans at risk of having their social security numbers, credit card information and identities stolen.

. >> our david muir and amy robach on the ground in florida leading our team coverage with all you need to know. >>> this is a special edition of "good morning america," hurricane irma, monster storm. >>> good sunday morning everyone. hurricane irma is making a flow and terrifying treacherous march up the west coast of florida as a massive category 4 storm calling this the big one. >> this monster storm just made landfall a short while ago in the florida keys. we have fresh images of key west already seeing heavy flooding overnight irma gained strength. it is now packing 130 mile an hour winds, rain and catastrophic storm surge and on top of all of that tornados. >> we have learned we can call it a killer, at least three deaths blamed on irma. more than 6 million floridians have been told to evacuate. 124,000 people are riding the storm out in shelters and over 1 million are without power all because of irma. >> there is as we have said fear of catastrophic and life-threatening damage. we have team coverage led by david muir who is on the ground in naples, a place where they're expectin

david muir and amy robach are on the ground as the category 4 storm targets the southeast. >>> breaksarthquake in a century hits mexico. buildings collapse as the deadly 8.1 magnitude quake sparks a tsunami warning. >>> massive hack. more than 140 million americans at risk of having their social security numbers, credit card information, and identities stolen.

david muir and amy robach lead your coverage. >>> crazy video. and we are tracking developing news, a mass shooting in texas. police say at least eight people are dead including the suspect. two others are hurt. the shooting happened last night at a home northeast of dallas. police say a responding officer went inside and confronted the suspected gunman. that officer opened fire killing him. so far police have not said what led up to the shooting. >>> former white house spokesman sean spicer starts his new career as a public speaker. spicer, of course, had a brief but memorable stint as the spokesperson for president trump. reports he will speak at investment bank rodman and runshaw. >>> north dakota has never had a miss america winner until now. >> your new miss america is north dakota! >> she looks like miley -- no, it's just the faraway shot. >> no, no, i see it. >> a little bit? >> that's not bad. >> this is not miley, though, the new miss america. you saw her crowning moment here on abc 7 last night. she's an outspoken 23-year-old, and she t

david? >> just awful to see. amy robach, thank you for your reporting. >>> and so many families here on this side of the barricade are worried, just waiting to get home tonight. amy, thank you. that devastation you just saw from amy's reporting, from irma's first u.s. landfall. we know it was just hours later, irma slammed ashore again, making landfall in marco island and plowing through naples. it hit more than 140 miles per hour. tonight, what we witnessed at daybreak when we could finally see what irma had tone. tonight, the new images from naples, florida. under water. entire neighborhoods swallowed by the storm. this home's roof, gone. the right side collapsed. it was here that hurricane irma hit with the highest wind gust reported in florida. 142 miles per hour as we were on the air. look at this. this is just incredible. over our shoulder here. we are blocked by two sort of concrete barriers, which is the only reason we're able to talk, because if we were another five feet this way, we'd be caught in this. tre

. >> our david muir and amy robach on the ground in florida leading our team coverage with all you needs a special edition of "good morning america," hurricane irma, monster storm. >>> good sunday morning everyone. hurricane irma is making a flow and terrifying treacherous march up the west coast of florida as a massive category 4 storm calling this the big one. >> this monster storm just made landfall a short while ago in the florida keys. we have fresh images of key west already seeing heavy flooding overnight irma gained strength. it is now packing 130 mile an hour winds, rain and catastrophic storm surge and on top of all of that tornados. >> we have learned we can call it a killer, at least three deaths blamed on irma. more than 6 million floridians have been told to evacuate. 124,000 people are riding the storm out in shelters and over 1 million are without power all because of irma. >> there is as we have said fear of catastrophic and life-threatening damage. we have team coverage led by david muir who is on the ground in naples, a place where they're expecting a direct hit in a

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amy: can you talk more, david sirota, about the role of f scot pruitt, the head of the environmentalrotection agencny when it came to what the public has a right to know? and we seeing it playing out right now, for example, in crosby, with the company arkema. >> sure. scott pruiuitt, when he weighedn on the p proposed safety rulules that we are discussing as attorney general of oklahoma, scott pruitt made an argument that many attorney geneneral's o were opppposed to these rurulesn the ststates, that they were arguing as well. and that argument was, essentially thahat the expanded mandndates for the public's rigt to know, the expanded mandates for those would threaten national security by allowing the bad guys, basically terrorists, to know where dangerous chemicals are. they were arguing by allowing the community to know where potentially hazardous, poisonous in normals, both practice and even during and after a catastrophe or a crisis, that even allowing the public to know would potentially empower terrorists to know that information and organize attacks, potentially, on those chem

david? >> the images coming in from the keys tonight. just awful. amy robach, our thanks to you. >>> and that devastation that you saw in amy's report, from irma's first u.s. landfall, we know that it was just hours later, irma slammed ashore again, making landfall in marco island and plowing through na e naples, where we were, live on the air. it hit more than 140 miles per hour. tonight, what we witnessed at daybreak today when we could finally see what irma had done. tonight, the new images from naples, florida. under water. entire neighborhoods swallowed by the storm. this home's roof, gone. the right side collapsed. it was here that hurricane irma hit with the highest wind gust reported in florida. 142 miles per hour, as we were on the air. look at this. this is just incredible. over our shoulder here. we are blocked by two sort of concrete barriers, which is the only reason we're able to talk, because if we were another five feet this way, we'd be caught in this. trees snapping. pieces of the roof above us turning into projectiles. debris flying t

recently signed stand-up comedy deals with jerry seinfeld, chris rock, dave chappelle and amy schumer and david think he's doing a comedy show but really trying to take the mantle of the comedy world. >> and amy schumer i guess is not going to get nearly what those other guys are getting and they immediately said okay, you can have it. remember that was kind of a controversy. so they put up the billboard and you think it's anti-netflix. so it causes a -- >> and we talked about it. and they're doing very well. it's doing exactly what it's supposed to do >> it's now netflix and laugh. not netflix and chill. >> you should let -- >> you could work for them >> you even know about that? >> but if i ever tried to do a netflix and chill that would be met with laughter. that's the only problem. it would be netflix and laugh anyway you know what netflix and chill is >> you stay home and you watch tv -- >> no, no, no, no. >> what is it? >> the kids they put it on while they're -- >> oh. >> so if i had a netflix -- >> it's already netflix and laugh for me but anyway >> okay. >> before we go to break -- >>