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police say the suspect was killed at the scene. 0ur correspondent david willis is in washington. you tell us? what we know is that the shooting took place at a video gaming tournament at a shopping complex in downtown jacksonville. gamers from across the country had gathered to ta ke across the country had gathered to take part in that event. it was streaming live when this gunman started to open fire, and you can hear, although the picture goes away, the sound continues and you can hear screaming and a lot of panic. at a news conference within the last few minutes, the local sheriff's deputies down there are saying that people have been killed and injured, but they are not saying at the moment how many, nor are they confirming reports, unconfirmed reports, that the gunman might have been a disaffected gamer, somebody who was actually taking part in this event. within the last hour, the white house press spokesman, sarah sanders, has tweeted saying that president trump has been briefed on the situation injacksonville, and that the white house is monitoring the situation. clive. d

he tweeted: he then tweeted: david willis joins us live from washington. e sort of admission of failure, and by pushing that slightly?” sort of admission of failure, and by pushing that slightly? i think it is certainly fair to say that donald trump's pronouncement that north korea no longer represented a threat, and nuclear threat, to the rest of the world, may have been somewhat premature. us officials are seeing very few tangible signs that north korea is giving up its nuclear arsenal. indeed it continues to produce fissile material, and indeed is yet to provide an inventory of its nuclear programme and its nuclear facilities. its nuclear programme and its nuclearfacilities. having its nuclear programme and its nuclear facilities. having announced just yesterday that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be making a return trip to pyongyang, the white house, after a horrid meeting their, today, announced that trip would be scrapped. the blame at least in part is being laid at china's door. china is being laid at china's door. china is of course the b

david willis, bbc news, washington.ews. the prime minister begins a four—day trip to africa, calling for a new partnership between the continent and the uk. police in the midlands continue their search for a 21—year—old man, wanted over the double murder of a mother and daughter in solihull. flags at public buildings across the united states are to return to half mast after president trump is criticised for his response to the death ofjohn mccain. i'm ben bland. in the business news. countrywide gets a lifeline. investors in the uk's largest estate agents have approved a plan to issue new shares and raise £140 million in emergency funding. the company owns 50 brands including bairstow eves and hamptons international and employs 8,000 people. large debts and a slower housing market have caused problems for the firm and its share price has plummeted in recent months. the evening standard is reporting that mark carney has been asked to stay on for another year. the paper claims: "the treasury is keen for him to stay on unt

david willis, bbc news, washington. we will be live to mexico city to get more detail on that deal from our correspondent based at there. in the meantime, let's talk about what's going on in germany —— based there. several people have been injured in further violence in the eastern german city of chemnitz. far—right activists protested for a second day following the arrest of a syrian and an iraqi in connection with the death of a german man in a street fight. they clashed with anti—fascist demonstrators who accuse the far—right of using the death for political ends. andrew plant reports. the east german city of chemnitz, in front of its karl—marx memorial, several thousand demonstrators chanting anti—immigration slogans. police reported seeing hitler salutes too. tensions here are high after a german man was stabbed on sunday. a syrian and an iraqi man were arrested and a wave of anti—immigration protest took to the streets. translation: now is the time to remain calm and levelheaded. the police are investigating and t

david willis, bbc news, washington.ding towards hawaii has been down—graded to a category one storm — but is still expected to bring disruption. hurricane lane has already caused flash flooding and landslides around the islands — and is now sustaining winds of 70 miles per hour. the national weather service forecaster says it is expecting the storm to weaken, but the authorities have plans in place in case there are still problems. just now you heard great news that the storm is weakening, as they projected. but we still feel it's very important to have the military be postured to respond to any threats. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended comments he made about "british zionists" when he was a backbencher. it emerged he told a palestinian conference five years ago that british zionists "did not understand english irony". mr corbyn said he was referring to people who support the creation of a jewish state, corresponding to the historic land of israel and not to alljews. this weekend, visitors to the notting h

on this and stop you —— david willis there.ected the result of a un investigation which accused the country's military leaders of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide against rohingya muslims. the inquiry found evidence of murder, rape and torture against rohingya, mostly in myanmar‘s rakhine state. hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee into bangladesh, and it's from there that nick beake filed this report. a warning, there are distressing accounts and flash photography. for a year now in this bleak landscape the rohingya have been suffering. bereaved, uprooted, lost, giving harrowing accounts of the brutality they say they suffered at the hands of the myanmar military. today we met rashid. he says they murdered 1two of his relatives. translation: they made the men stand and the women and children squat on the ground. then they opened fire and killed the men. then they took the women inside the house and set it on fire. he is convinced it was genocide and so while he welcomed today's call for the top genera

our correspondent, david willis, has this update from washington. well, the united states has reachedagreement with mexico, that was announced earlier this week, and the question now is whether the third—party to the old north american free trade agreement, namely canada, will sign up as well. the deadline is tomorrow, friday, and that if it is to be agreed in time for the outgoing president to sign on the dotted line, and indeed for a republican —— republican politicians to get the advantages out of it that they could get going before the mid—term elections here. now, despite the rather tight deadline president trump seemed optimistic that canada would go along with the deal. we have a very good relationship. they came yesterday to the white house. and we negotiated late into the evening. we are in the white house right now. they want to be part of the deal. and we gave until friday. i think we are probably on track. we will see what happens. in any event things are working out very well. a key question here is whether canada is willing to make concessions in regards to its dairy ind

david willis in washington, thank you.m their homes as a hurricane nears the american pacific islands. hurricane lane's already brought flash floods, power cuts and torrential rains. the latest reports suggest it's lessening in force, but it's still carrying winds of over 120 miles per hour. james cook reports from hawaii. this is what hurricane lane has done to hawaii already. —— hurricane lane. and it is still churning towards the islands. so far it is not the ferocious wind, but the torrential rain which is the biggest problem. there are reports of catastrophic flooding, of landslides, and a water rescues. tourists among those who have been pulled to safety. attention, please leave the area! the big island in hawaii, hawaii county, has received in some cases to eat of rain already. unfortunately there is more to come, so the impacts are going to grow. hundreds of islanders have been forced to flee their homes. has this ever done this before? no, this is the first time. i've been here for 11 years and this is the first t

david willis in washington there. let's get some of the day's other news.blican senatorjohn mccain say he will no longer be continuing treatment for his brain cancer. mr mccain was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease last summer and had been receiving treatment. he left washington to be with his family in arizona — though he has still been a vocal political figure and a frequent critic of president trump. spain has taken another step towards dealing with the legacy of the civil war, after the government approved the exhumation of francisco franco. after he died in 1975, the late fascist dictator's remains were laid to rest in a grand mausoleum, known as the valley of the fallen, near madrid. the site has long been used as a place to pay tribute to general franco on the anniversary of his death. the finance boss of the trump organisation, allen weisselberg, has reportedly been given legal immunity — meaning he won't be prosecuted for helping with the investigation into michael cohen. mr cohen — who's president trump's former lawyer — pleaded gui

thank you david willis.istration has slapped a 25% tariff on $16 billion of chinese imports with beijing likely to retaliate in kind. it's the second wave of penalties in an ongoing trade conflict that has seen the two countries hit tens of billions of dollars worth of tariffs on each other. robin brantjoins me from shanghai. we've talked a lot about this happening. today is the day. the question is what next? you are right. this is the second wave that is in place. it has been in place for about 12 minutes. the chinese are retaliating in kind on the carys that have been imposed in the last few minutes by donald trump's administration. this involves about $16 billion worth of trade between the us and china, and the chinese have hit the exact same amount worth of trade coming here from the us, with a similar amount of tariffs. we find ourselves now with a running total of about $50 billion of trade between the us and china being hit by tariffs heading up to 25%. the americans have targeted because they think

david willis, bbc news, washington.pying charges are fighting for her three—day temporary release to be extended. nazanin zhagari—ratcliffe was reunited with her four year old daughter this week but is due to return to prison tomorrow. she was jailed in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. we will be speaking to her husband, richard ratcliffe, after 8am this morning. women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being out of step as the practice is already allowed in scotland and wales. chi chi izunda reports. under the current law in england, women who want to end their pregnancy before ten weeks have to ta ke two pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to a8 hours apart and ata take two pills up to a8 hours apart and at a clinic. the critics said two separate visits to a medical facility can be challenging to organise and are often traumatic, as some winni

david willis, bbc news, washington.to british seaside towns. one place that has been benefiting is whitley bay, in the north east of england, which has undergone major redevelopment in recent years. but what happens when the sun sets and the holiday—makers have packed up their buckets and spades. ricky boleto has been to find out. music. i used to come here, it must‘ve been some a0 years ago. music. i used to come here, it must've been some 40 years ago. we we nt must've been some 40 years ago. we went today to see the new site of the city and see how much this has improved. the weather is not the best but i mean, for a day out it is great. and kids like the sand no matter where they are. this summer we have been spoilt for choice with millions of brits heading to the seaside to soak up the sun. coastal communities have been reaping the rewards. it has been amazing, the sunshine has been fantastic and has brought a lot more people down to the beach. we have been working around the clock and has been a lot of late hours,

david willis joins us live from washington. david, this would appear to some sort of admission of failure, am i pushingig it ly here? david: i think it's certainly fair to say that donald trump's proannouncent that north korea no longer represented a nuclear threat to the rest of the world may have been somewhat premature. u.s. officials are seeing few tangible signs that north korea is giving up its nuclear arsenal. indeed, it continues to produce fissile material and has yet to the provide an inventory of its nuclear program and nuclear facilities so having announced just yesterday that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will being a return trip to p'yongyang, the white house, after a hurried meeting there today, ledhao believe will trip would be scrapped, the blame, in part, laid at china's door. china is, of course,heiggest donor to north korea and also involved in a tradeitispute the united states and president trump believes the outcome -- one of the outcomes of that trade dispute is that china in effect backing away fro

david willis, bbc news, washington.public for help in finding a 21—year—old man — janbaz tarin over the stabbings of his former partner and her mother the former chief rabbi describes jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who has given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". marine conservationists in scotland have created an interactive map to try to combat plastic pollution washing up on the coast. it's hoped it will help guide those of us who want to roll up our sleeves and clean our beaches, as well as scientists and experts who want to work out where the rubbish is coming from. lorna gordon has been finding out more. taking to the skies in the war against litter. i am going on a flight with the volunteers pinpointing hotspots where plastic rubbish is washing in from the sea. this is a typical, sort of, patrol height and patrol speed. as you can see, things are moving past reasonably quickly. you can see in some of these inlets there are bits and pieces. there is a fishing net or something. absolutely, you c

joining me now from washington is our north america correspondent, david willis. everyone is thinking now what happens next, what are donald trump's options, when we talk about the words, as we have seen talk about the words, as we have seenin talk about the words, as we have seen in the paper review, of impeachment? absolutely, babita, and it comes down to one man, michael cullen. for more than a decade he was donald trump's fixer and now the man who said he would take a bullet for the president appears to be singing likea for the president appears to be singing like a canary —— cohen. he said he would give evidence if necessary to robert mueller, the special counsel's investigation into alleged russian collusion in the 2016 residential election. he has also been subpoenaed by the new york state authorities to give evidence in their case against the trump foundation, which was a charitable organisation that they believe misappropriated campaign finance funding. mrcohen is misappropriated campaign finance funding. mr cohen is also thought to have knowledge about c

david willis, bbc news, washington. will lie in state. we are hearing already from people who are wanting to pay their respects to a hugely well—respected republican senator in phoenix, arizona. he died at the age of 81 from brain cancer. he served for more than 30 years as a republican senator. of course, he was exceptionally brave during the vietnam war and was held as a prisoner during vietnam. he is in fa ct prisoner during vietnam. he is in fact only going to be the third person to be given the honour of lying in the arizona state house rotunda and then ultimately, after the people of his home state have paid their respects, his body will be flown to washington. an advert for an app that provides a natural alternative to contraception has been banned by the advertising standards authority. claims that the app, natural cycles was "highly accurate" and provided "a clinically tested alternative to other birth control methods" were found to be misleading. the swedish company that developed it says it respects the outco

david willis, bbc news, washington.ly abortion pill at home under a department of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being out of step as the practice is already allowed in scotland and wales. chi chi izunda reports. under the current law in england, women who want to end their pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to a8 hours apart and at a clinic. but critics say two separate visits to a medical facility can be challenging to organise and are often traumatic, as some women can experience bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. the pain and an order was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on the bench and basicallyjust decided that i wasn't going to move any further. it's that distress that the government wants to avoid women suffering. the department of health says by the end of this year it will allow women to take the second pill in this familiar surroundings of their own home. ar

david willis, bbc news, washington. corbyn, has defended comments he made about "zionists" five years ago, when he was a backbencher. a conservative mp has reported his comments to the parliamentary standards watchdog. let's get more detail from our political correspondent, tom barton who is in our london newsroom. this disdain overjeremy corbyn‘s comments and general attitudes in the labour party, towards thejewish community, this is all being het up ain? community, this is all being het up again? yes, jeremy corbyn forced to defend not just his again? yes, jeremy corbyn forced to defend notjust his party's approach to dealing with complaints of anti—semitism, but his own use of language. this all dates back to a speech that he made in 2013, during which he talked about british zionists who, he said, may have lived in this country for a very long time, perhaps all of their lives, but who he said did not understand english irony. he said he was talking about a specific group of pro—israel activists who he said had berat

let's get more from our correspondent david willis, who's in washington for us. e president is uttering the word impeachment is significant, isn't it? he's clearly thinking about it, it's clearly being discussed in the white house behind you. it's extraordinary that the president addresses the i word in an interview at the white house. yes, you're absolutely right, that has startled absolutely right, that has startled a lot of people here but i have to say, he's probably doing so fairly happy in the notion that it's not a reality imminently at least, because to impeach a president would require a democratic majority in both houses of congress. that's not the case at the moment. and there's a feeling i think amongst democrats as well as republicans that selling the message in the forthcoming mid—term elections of possible impeachment of the president isn't the sort of message that's going to go down very well with those in middle america. people who are more concerned about the healthcare costs that they're phasing, student loans and that sort of thing. there's a f

the bbc‘s david willis is in washington.l, i think it's certainly fair to say, nkem, that donald trump's pronouncement that north korea no longer represented a threat, a nuclear threat, to the rest of the world, may have been somewhat premature. us officials are seeing very few tangible signs that north korea is giving up its nuclear arsenal. has yet to provide an inventory of its nuclear programme and its nuclear facilities. so having announced just yesterday that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be making a return trip to pyongyang, the white house, after a horrid meeting there, today, announced that trip would be scrapped. the blame, at least in part, is being laid at china's door. china is of course the biggest donor to north korea. it is also involved in a trade dispute with the united states and donald trump believes that the outcome, of the outcomes of that dispute, is that china is, in effect, backing away from brokering this denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. let's get some of the day's other news. p

the bbc‘s david willis is in washington.was a monster storm with winds of 250km/h, leaving millions of dollars of damage in its wake. comparing the storm to katrina in 2005, president trump initially marvelled at what appeared to be a relatively low loss of life. now it seems that the death toll from maria might dwarf that of the hurricane that devastated new 0 rlea ns. the hurricane that devastated new 0rleans. a study undertaken by research as he puts the number of people who died either directly from the storm's roth or from its aftermath at nearly 3000. we are officially changing... we are actually putting an official number to the death toll and we will take the 2975 number as the official estimate. hurricane maria took what little this impoverished island had and reduced it to rubble. power supplies were knocked out, power lines were cut, roads became impassable. worst affected were the poor and the elderly. the governor concedes puerto rico wasn't prepared for a storm like maria but hopes it can learn from the experie

injacksonville has reported multiple fatalities at the video game tournament. 0ur correspondent david williss happened? it has happened at a shopping mall in jacksonville, florida. early days and the information is still coming m, and the information is still coming in, but these reports are of a shooting amongst a group of people playing a video game at this shopping complex in jacksonville, florida. the game was actually being streamed live at the time and the streamed live at the time and the stream was interrupted by the sound of multiple gunshots. the picture we nt of multiple gunshots. the picture went away but you could continue to hear the sound and there was the distressing sound of people screaming in the background. the jacksonville sheriff department has described it as a mass shooting. they haven't precisely identified what they mean by that but they say that many people have been wounded, there are reports of multiple fatalities, many people having been taken to hospital, but one suspect is said to be dead at the scene, thatis is said to be dead at the scene, that is according

he tweeted: he then tweeted: earlier, i spoke to the bbc‘s david willis, who's in washington. that the president's tweets seemed to be sending mixed messages. and yes, on the one hand saying that north korea is dragging its feet as far as denuclearisation is concerned. the president also p°ppin9 concerned. the president also popping in a personal message to kim jong—un, basically a warm greeting and see you soon, i hope message. also in the there, the blame firmly being placed on china as well for a p pa re ntly being placed on china as well for apparently cooling in it sort of broker role between the united states and north korea. donald trump thinks because of the current trade war between the two nations, so make of that or what you will but it does seem of that or what you will but it does seem that does rather expensive remarks following the singapore summitafew remarks following the singapore summit a few months ago, when donald trump said basically that americans could sleep safely in their beds now that there was no longer a threat from north korea, it may have been so

result of poor healthcare facilities and a lack of clean water. 0ur north america correspondent david willis more. hurricane maria was the most powerful storm to hit the caribbean island in almost a century. a monster of a weather system, which made landfall with winds of 250km/h, leaving millions of dollars of damage in its wake. comparing the storm to katrina in 2005, president trump initially marvelled at what appeared to be a relatively low loss of life. but now it seems that the death toll from maria might dwarf of the hurricane that devastated new orleans. a study undertaken by researchers here puts the number of people who died either directly from the storm's wroth or from its aftermath at nearly 3,000. we are officially changing... we are actually putting an official number to the death toll, and we will take the 2975 number as the official estimate. hurricane maria took what little this impoverished island had and reduced it to rubble. power supplies were knocked out, power lines were cut, roads became impassable. worst affected were the poor and the elderly. the governor concedes

our correspondent david willis is in washington. i asked him about the reaction to all of this.id that interview at the white house, talking about that word, in peach. very few people can remember that happening here. —— in impeachment. it is nonetheless extraordinary that he is attacking theissue extraordinary that he is attacking the issue head on this early in his presidency. as to whether it will head off criticism, i have to say the republicans so far seem hankered down, they have the support, giving him the support. democrats seem more interested for now, focusing on the red and butter issue, the economy and so on, in the run—up to the mid—term elections in november. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will look at how yemen is looking to clean up its water system to read his -- to clean up its water system to read his —— reduce colorado epidemic. —— cholera guilty — the gang who posed as rich businessmen, hired a privatejet as rich businessmen, hired a private jet and a rolls royce to smuggle more than $50 million of cocaine into britain

david willis reports from washington.o multi this week at home, president trump is now facing a major setback involving a key area of foreign policy. following what he described as a successful summit with kim jong—un in described as a successful summit with kimjong—un in singapore earlier this year, plans were made for the secretary of state to revisit north korea this weekend, only to those players to be scrapped 24 only to those players to be scrapped 2a hours later. —— only for those plans. finally, it has dawned on donald trump that perhaps the nuclear problem with north korea is not over. and so i think what he has donein over. and so i think what he has done in his mind is to say, we've done in his mind is to say, we've done our part but somehow china is not doing its part. why is china not doing its part? it is they are in a trade war with us. so we will get the trade war over and then we will get going on this. in singapore mr trump said the nuclear threat from north korea was now over, but the agreement reached

this thinking, you would see numbers that you would not believe, in reverse. 0ur correspondent david willisut the reaction to all of this. well, yes, it is interesting, isn't it, that president trump gave that interview at the white house, rico, talking about that 'i" word, "impeachment". very few people can remember that happening here and, even though president trump made the argument that economic implications would be severe were he to be impeached, it is nonetheless extraordinary that he is tackling the issue head on, this early in his presidency. as to whether it will head off criticism, well, i have to say the republicans so far are seemingly hankered down, they have the support...they are giving him their support. democrats, it seems, seem more interested for now anyway, focusing on the bread and butter issues, the economy and so on, in the run—up to those mid—term elections in november. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we look at how yemen is trying to clean up it's water system to reduce the cholera epidemic. also on the programme: guilty — the g

the bbc‘s david willis is following events in washington.ssic hyperbole from donald trump there. "incredible", "possibly the best trade deal ever reached". mexico, i have to say, is pretty pleased as well, but the big question here is what does canada make of all this? to give you a bit of background, president trump vowed even on the campaign trail that he wanted to withdraw, tear up the nafta agreement, which he said was horrible and that was costing american manufacturing jobs. he's reached this agreement with mexico, but the canadians are still in the dark, and their trade negotiator is on her way to the united states for talks. now, president trump has said that he would like to wrap this up by the end of the week. it remains to be seen, of course, how the canadians negotiate with a gun to their head. if the canadians are really unhappy with this, what is likely to happen, if anything? does that make any difference to donald trump? it is interesting. a lot of people have a stake in this. republicans who are running for re—election in oc

the bbc‘s david willis is in washington. he told me how the new statistics were arrived at.re of 2975 is 50 times the original figure for deaths in that hurricane. it is based on research from researchers at george washington university here at washington, dc who looked at a six—month period from the time when hurricane maria struck in september of last year through until february of last year. they took into account notjust those hit by debris or who drowned in hurricane maria but those whose deaths were indirectly caused by the hurricane, such as those who died of heart attacks and bacterial infections that have been blamed on this weather system. it is an estimate, still, but an estimate that the puerto rican governor believes will now be the official, it says it will now be the official death toll for hurricane maria. to put that into context, that figure of 2975 is over 1000 more than are known to have died in hurricane katrina, the weather system that hit new orleans back in 2005. expect the hear more on all of that. —— expect to hear more on all of that. president tru

earlier i spoke to our correspondent in washington, david willis, about his thoughts on what may be nextael cohen, who for more than a decade was donald trump's fixer, and that the man who says he would take it bullet for the president is singing like a canary. he says he will give evidence if necessary to special counsel robert mueller‘s investigation into alleged russian collusion in the 2016 election. he has also been subpoenaed in a case against the trump foundation, a charitable organisation that is accused of misappropriating campaign finance funding. he's also supposed to have knowledge about computer hacking in the lead up to the election, and also the infamous meeting at trump tower, in which a russian lawyer promised to dig deep dirt on donald trump's rival at the time, in hillary clinton. so interesting times. we'll have to wait and see. but the man who pledged his loyalty to donald trump for so long, now, as they say, singing like a canary to anyone who will listen to him. as the pressure intensifies on donald trump what impact are these allegations having on his core support

our north america correspondent, david willis has this report.ideo gaming tournament was on the way at the sprawling shopping complex in downtown jacksonville, florida. gamers have come from across the country to take but in the event which is being streamed live. eyewitnesses spoke of the pain that account as the government look aimed. i was right over there by the park andi aimed. i was right over there by the park and i saw him running... you sought someone running with a gun? yes. he started shooting and that... was he shooting when he was running through the park? yes. officials took to social media urgent people took to social media urgent people to stay away from the area. we have no outstanding suspects at the time but we have one suspect in this case, his deceased at the scene at this point. his white male and we are still working to confirm his identity. we have deceased victims at the scene and victims at the hospital. we do not have account you right now. this is not for the first time where young people appear to be the principal vic

chris butler reporting there on the life ofjohn mccain. 0ur correspondent david willis is in washington canjoin him now. at a period where politics is so deeply divided in the united states, what is noticeable here is that the tributes have come from across the political spectrum for senator mccain. you are absolutely right and that is the interesting thing about this man. he was by his own admission flawed, he could be hot tempered and could be cantankerous at times but he could also be very affable and very self—effacing. you can tell from the tributes that have come and notjust from all the surviving american presidents but from leaders around the world, thought this was no ordinary american politician. he was politically a maverick, someone capable of reaching out across the aisle but he was also a war hero. someone who was shot down over vietnam and spent five years, more than five years, as a prisoner of warand than five years, as a prisoner of war and americans love their war heroes. this was a man who was somewhat of a national treasure if you like. you put the nail on the head

david willis sent us this report. in almost a century. a monster of a weather system, which made landfall with winds of 250km/h, leaving millions of dollars of damage in its wake. comparing the storm to katrina in 2005, president trump initially marvelled at what appeared to be a relatively low loss of life. but now it seems that the death toll from maria might dwarf that of the hurricane that devastated new orleans. a study undertaken by researchers here puts the number of people who died either directly from the storm's wrath or from its aftermath at nearly 3,000. we are officially changing... we are actually putting an official number to the death toll, and we will take the 2,975 number as the official estimate. hurricane maria took what little this impoverished island had and reduced it to rubble. power supplies were knocked out, power lines were cut, roads became impassable. worst affected were the poor and the elderly. the governor concedes puerto rico wasn't prepared for a storm like maria, but hopes it can lea

result of poor health care facilities and a lack of clean water. 0ur north america correspondent, david williscaribbean island in almost a century. a monster of a weather system, which made landfall with winds of 250km/h, leaving millions of dollars of damage in its wake. comparing the storm to katrina in 2005, president trump initially marvelled at what appeared to be a relatively low loss of life. but now it seems that the death toll from maria might dwarf that of the hurricane that devastated new orleans. a study undertaken by researchers here puts the number of people who died either directly from the storm's wroth or from its aftermath at nearly 3,000. we are officially changing... we are actually putting an official number to the death toll, and we will take the 2,975 number as the official estimate. hurricane maria took what little this impoverished island had and reduced it to rubble. power supplies were knocked out, power lines were cut, roads became impassable. worst affected were the poor and the elderly. the governor concedes puerto rico wasn't prepared for a storm like maria, but

david willis, bbc news, washington.o want to roll up our sleeves and clean our beaches, as well as scientists and experts who want to work out where the rubbish is coming from. lorna gordon has been finding out more. taking to the skies in the war against litter. i am going on a flight with the volunteers pinpointing hotspots where plastic rubbish is washing in from the sea. this is a typical, sort of, patrol height and patrol speed. as you can see, things are moving fast reasonably quickly. you can see in some of these inlets there are bits and pieces. there is a fishing net or something. absolutely, you can see it there. have you found it quite an eye opener? absolutely. from the east coast, the north, the south, the west, the volunteer crews have been methodically crisscrossing scotland's coastline. from the air, flying at the heights ofjust a few hundred feet, you get a unique perspective of the plastic rubbish blighting our shores. from beautiful sandy beaches like this one, to more remote rocky inlets hard to reac

willis. >> that's right, cheryl. david wells, netflix ceo says he will step down.until they get a replacement ceo. he wants to pursue philanthropic services. as you know, cheryl, you cover these companies as long as i have. this could portend bad things. possibly not this time. ceo reed hastings on he is skillfully managed our finances during a phase of dramatic growth. the stock down about 1%. i can tell you that the cfo has been around a long time. started with the company in 2004. cfo in 2010. essentially been there since the company was dvd by mail service. sysco up dramatically on top and bottom line beats. the cfo on a conference call saying inflation is stalling. i thought that was interesting. cheryl, back to you. cheryl: gerri willis, thank you very much. let's talk about the post-2016 rally. the risk rally is at least fading. where the opportunity is now sis our next guest who predicts they will outperform our market. randy anderson at griffin capital company. get into reits. real estate investment trusts. you like them. should we? >> i like them going ba

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again, david wells believes netflix an undetermined date. back to you. neil: gerri willis new york stock exchange. how would you like enough to deal with canada, maybe just mexico. hey, edward. >> welcome back. good to see you. the president now tweeting about how close we are with the deal with mexico. i heard it from the mexican economy. i heard it from a u.s. chief agriculture investigator when he was talking to farmers at a symposium. we are very, very close at the bottom line on this. listen to what white house economic advisers are now saying. >> to do with mexico is very, very close. the team has been working overtime late nights going through what animals i am is characterized as the final details. we don't have a specific announcement, but stay tuned because right now it's closer than it's been since i've been here. i've been here a little bit more than a year. >> the mexican delegation is coming back to d.c. later on this week had one issue not addressed last week with a sunset clause could be a selective enough to end in five years. the mexican delegation would

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associate editor of the washington post david ignatius, former chair of the republican national committee michael steele joins us. yay. good to have you all on board. >> williealk to willie about august? >> very briefly. >> don't you find that new york city is at its finest, now it's the best in august. i don't know whether new york city or new orleans, louisiana, smells better in august. >> on bourbon street, you get the heat, the asphalt, the bus fumes and the dog urine that's been on the sidewalk now for 11 months is able to seep up and create a vapor in the air. >> wow. i'm always wondering -- >> next to the piles of trash. >> where willie is going to go with this. >> it's like orson wells said will eat no cow before its time. we will drink no wine -- >> it's the greatest city in the world but it has some summer smell issues that should be addressed. >> mike barnacle, any chance to talk about johnny carson. >> the king. >> i want to talk about johnny carson. >> the king. >> can you believe that americans got to see that guy 90 minutes a night for free for as long as they did? has there ever been anybody -- >> no. >> better on tv than johnny carson? >> no

columnist david ignatius, yamish alfendor, jim vandehye and jim dorian, author of "the soul of america" john meachum. and, everyone, before we get started and we look forward to having willye we get started, check your twitter and make sure you all haven't been fired because apparently that's a thing. you can get fired now on twitter. apparently everybody will be the first to know except you, especially if you have a crucial job in the white house. so we'll get to that coming up. but first, ron desantis, congressman, is facing criticism for hwhat some are calling racit language. here again is what he said and listen to him ramping up to try and get that statement, that clearly he practiced in his mind during an interview yesterday morning on fox news. >> you know, he is an articulate spokesman for those far left views and he's a charismatic candidate. i watched those democratic debates. none of of that is my cup of tea, but he performed better than the other people there. so we have to work hard to make sure that we continue florida going in a good direction. let's build off the success we've had on governor scott. the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by tryi

david ignatius and pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham, author of "the soul of america: the battle for our better angels." a battle we're in right now for sure. joe will be back aon monday. willie what did you think of the president? your gut watching? >> extraordinary a couple hours after his entire national security apparatus appeared in the white house briefing room laying out chapter and verse how russia continues to interfere in our elections the president went out at that rally and called it a russian hoax and reportedly sent those people out. i also just thought it was sort of another pathetic grievance session airing his grievances talking how unfairly he's treated by the press, and i wondered what it would be like if he spent the time and energy he spends on that focusing on things like clean water in flint, or visiting troops in a war zone, for example. it just strikes me as a monument's waste of time for a president of the united states to go on and on and on on one or two subjects that he can't get past. >> and ham erg tmering the medi. john heilemann, what are you thinking at this point watching this man? >> you know, i'm thinking it's getting old. >> yeah. >> you