new hampshire primary's been the first in the nation for a century, and it actually happened by accidento accidents, fortunate ones more us. one was that new hampshire decided to hold its primary in conjunction with town meetings which occurred in the springtime. and that wasn't to be first, but it was essentially to save money, to have multiple elections on the same day. but when we started the presidential primary, we were not first. there were a couple of other states that were ahead of us. but remember at the time it wasn't the case that primaries decided who the nominee was going to be. even though some states held primaries in the early 20th century, it wasn't the case that the candidate who won the most primaries became the nominee. that was still in the hands of party bosses. so in other words, being first didn't matter all that much. so a couple of other states decided not to do the primary when they were doing it, and so new hampshire by default moved up in line and became first. and they were first for decades, and no one thought much about it until the middle to late 20th cen

australia will absolutely reap the benefits of this new national space agency that brings together all those who need it. votes are being counted after an independence referendum in iraq's kurdistan region. the poll went ahead despite fierce objections from the central government in baghdad, and from other countries with kurdish minorities. the referendum result is expectedly to be heavily in favour of independence but it won't trigger an immediate attempt to break away. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin reports now from the city of irbil. waiting patiently, as they have for generations. kurds arriving before the polls opened, defying the international community and the government in baghdad. first in line, 65—year—old azahd. "i came here at 6am," he told us. "this is the greatest day of my life." and for many, it's a day of remembrance, like the ali family, who lostjafr, a proud peshmerga fighter killed last year by the so—called islamic state. his widow says the vote has brought him back. translation: it's a very happy day for him and for us. we feel like he is right here. he

mexico's president enrique pena nieto says mexico is facing a new national emergency he's declared three days of national mourning to honor the victims. i am joined now by mark handy he seismologist at berlin's free university thanks for being with us in the studio today a seven point one magnitude quake absolutely devastating for the people in mexico how much advance notice was there that this was going to happen when did seismologists like yourself know this coming well had they known i'm sure they would have said something had they been sure the trouble is that it's very difficult based on size seismic events that are small to predict exactly when the big ones going to happen so that's why they probably remain silent it's very it's not like the weather then is that you can't say ok we're expecting a massive earthquake here in two days and that makes it all the more tricky to warn people do you think though that people in this region can look forward to more seismic activity in the coming days well certainly after a big event it's usual to have aftershocks so the people become very ner

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mexico's president and leak a penny an ear too says mike sicko is facing a new national emergency his declared three days of national mourning to order the victims. straight to mexico city then where correspondent jim moret is standing by welcome carolyn. with the current situation regarding that little girl for the other children who may still be alive and. well frieda is actually not her real name that is the name mexico has given her and that already shows how this little girl has become the symbol of the people who are under the rubble after this earthquake she has become not only the similar so the whole mexicans are waiting for her to be found hopefully alive and of course it has also become a political symbol for president enrique pena nieto who looks forward to two are having good news for mexicans at the polls i have to really support him during the last days here in mexico mexico city of course is one of the world's biggest population centers do we have a clear picture of the extent of the damage yes the major. told today that around forty to fifty buildings have collapsed h

mexico's president and he kept penny and he had to assess mike soko is facing a new national and there to see his to collect three taste of national mourning to the victims. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today demonstrators clashed in kenya's capital nairobi as the country's supreme court explained his decision to nullify last month's presidential election police used tear gas to break up scuffles between supporters and opponents of the decision the court criticized kenya's election board for failing to verify results and for allowing judges for not allowing judges to audit them. the president of iraq's kurdish region has vowed to press ahead with a referendum on independence as leaders of the autonomous region come under growing international pressure to scrap the vote scheduled for september twenty fifth turkey iraq and the us all opposed to describe his desires to form an independent country. and iranian president hassan rouhani has hit back at u.s. president donald trump's threat to scrap the iran nuclear deal rouhani told the

mexico's president and penny a nieto says mike sicko is facing a new national emergency his declared three days of national mourning to the victims. straight to mexico city where we joined christiane cusco of unicef welcome to day perhaps we can start with the current situation without little girl frieda the other children who may still be alive and that collapse school. to be with you. yet. the search and rescue teams are continuing at that school and several other places around the city to get people out. there are still a few hundred people missing and so that is obviously the first. priority to get people out and get them to hospitals and then whole range of other. responses are under way are being. used by you don't especially. in and it's quite an area we know. bases cities in the world but epicenter was some hundred dollars away in another state models and way of life and there are many other areas also affected and this is what the priority of course it tends to be in the capital city but now we are together with other organizations out seeing what the situation is on the grou

to assess mike sicko is facing a new national emergency he's declared three days of national mourning to the victims. now to some other stories making news around the world in spain supporters of catalan independence are continuing their protests in barcelona the autonomy's region's capital they are outraged after police arrested several cut along officials and searched their offices on wednesday tensions in spain are running high over the national governments efforts to prevent catalonia from holding an unauthorized independence vote on the first of october iraq has launched a major all sense of to retake how we are one of the last strongholds of the so-called islamic state the country's prime minister has predicted another victory in the town located about two hundred forty kilometers north of the capital baghdad the extremists territory has been shrinking fast over the past few months demonstrators clashed in kenya capital nairobi as the country's supreme court explained its decision to nullify last month's presidential election police used tear gas to break up scuffles between sup

the home office says it is piloting a new national service to provide welfare support to police who needed leaders amid calls for extra police funding for forces that no decisions have yet been taken. coming up at 6am on breakfast — charlie stayt and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. they'll also have more on scotland's queensferry crossing which will be officially opened by the queen today. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us defence secretary james mattis says any threat to the united states or its allies will be met with a massive military response. he was speaking after briefing president trump following north korea's latest nuclear test. south korea has responded by carrying out its own military exercise. the german chancellor angela merkel has clashed with her rival martin schulz over foreign policy in the only live televised debate of the election campaign. polls after the debate indicated that mrs merkel came out ahead. german bomb disposal experts have defused a massive unexploded bomb from world war ii. around 60,000 residents of frankfur

with nowhere else to go to mexico president and leak a penny a tool says mike sicko is facing a new national emergency his declared three days of national mourning to order the victims. the hurricane maria is back out over open sea and regaining strength the day after devastating puerto rico the u.s. national hurricane center now rated a category three hurricane it is issued a hurricane warning for the turks and caicos islands and also for the eastern the hamas meanwhile puerto rico is starting to assess the damage after a direct hit and across the island people are just beginning to come to grips with the aftermath of maria galland power lines uprooted trees and shredded roofs litter the streets it's just some of the damage from a storm that officials say battered everything in its path. meanwhile tens of thousands remain in shelters they're still uncertain when they'll be able to return home and what awaits them when they do. the storm roared ashore on wednesday morning on puerto rico's thout the eastern coast tarantula rains and winds of two hundred fifty kilometers per hour destroyed hom

mexico's president enrique pena nieto says mexico is facing a new national emergency he's declared three days of national mourning to honor the victims. turning out to another natural disaster hurricane a rayas been wreaking havoc across puerto rico the storm has now weakened slightly but not before over two hundred kilometer per hour winds inflicted some serious damage as the strongest storm in eighty years and it triggered heavy flooding and knocked out power across puerto rico u.s. territory was already facing a financial crisis and this devastation is likely to make things worse earlier maria left the island of dominica strewn with debris and government there said most housing had been significantly damaged or even destroyed and at least seven people are confirmed dead. in spain tensions are running high over plans by the cut on region to hold an on also rise independence vote on october the first spanish police raided several regional government offices and detained some fourteen cattle on officials as part of a crackdown on this referendum that prompted protests in barcelona the ca

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president enrique pena nieto is calling it a new national emergency. the massive quake toppled buildings, buckled roadways and knocked out power to millions of people. it leveled buildings as far away as the capital...mexico city...which is about 75-miles from the epicenter. thousands of people....includi ng soldiers and college students.....have been working side-by-side...attempting to rescue victims trapped in rubble. a man in mexico city during the earthquake describes the experience after flying in to l-a-x. (grant) los angeles search and rescue cresws are preparing for deployment to mexico. the team is made up of elite firefighters specially trained to search collapsed and damaged buildings after disasters. (steve) some mexican- americans are still waiting for word from their friends and families following the and

mexico's president enrique pena nieto says mexico is facing a new national emergency he's declared three days of national mourning to honor the victims. of hurricane maria is wreaking havoc across the eastern caribbean and it's now made landfall on the u.s. territory of puerto rico and downgraded to a category four the capital of san juan has been pummeled by troll rensil rain and powerful winds in the strongest storm to hit puerto rico in living memory earlier at last the island of dominica strewn with debris the government there said most housing had been significantly damaged or destroyed at least seven people killed. kenya's supreme court has delivered its full just meant to last months and no presidential election and it criticized the country's election board for failing to verify the official results before announcing them but just stopped short of saying the vote was definitely. going and police fired tear gas at an opposition and ruling party supporters who were demonstrating else signed the supreme court as the ruling was issued earlier this month the supreme court nullified pr

that is ferguson, that is baltimore, that is new york city. at the national level, we have lincoln's army. it should look like america, too. women as well as men, blacks and whites, gays and straights, that is colin powell, tom hanks in "saving private ryan." that is not the founders world. they had local officials. that is modern america, the army should look like all of us. colin powell, women as well as men, gays and straights, blacks and whites. there is a collective vision to the second amendment and an individual rights vision. you need to understand the founding and the reconstruction, lincoln and the 19th amendment, once women get the vote, they have a right to serve in our military on equal terms. that is the story i try to tell in wyoming, it is gone country, but it is also the quality state. that is its other nickname. it was the first state have a woman elected governor, it is the first to let women on juries , in 1870 when it was still a territory. the union is creating these territories, in 1870 wyoming promises women equal pay for equal work. w

that is what the new national constitution center is all about, celebrating the new birth of freedom. in the new birth of freedom the bill of rights applies against the states. that is what hugo black understood. the original bill of rights was only limiting the federal government. think of a bill of rights case. almost everyone is not a bill of rights case, it is a 14th amendment case. the first amendment is only about the federal government. congress shall make no law of less -- congress shall make no law of a certain sort. the 10th amendment limits only the federal government. all the cases we think about -- roe versus wade, that is texas, lawrence versus texas. griswold versus connecticut, we live in lincoln's house. and hugo black is a 14th amendment world. the framers did not is the phrase "bill of rights." we call it that because abraham lincoln called it the bill of rights. that is why we call it that. once you understand that, lincoln's generation, the framers of the 14th amendment believed in the freedmen's bureau bill of 1866 which is a , companion to the 14th amendment pro

mexico president is calling the earthquake a new national emergency. there are countless rescue and recovery operations going on in mexico city and the surrounding areas tonight. one of the most dire and immediate is at the elementary school we were telling you about that collapsed because of this earthquake. as we mentioned earlier, rescuers have found 25 bodies in that rubble. >> we have taken out a lot. there's about 20 kids that we still don't know how they are, if they are even alive. for that we're going to need a lot of help. >> why are they still hopeful? workers say a couple of victims in the rubble have sent text messages. how soon will we know before the big one hits here in california? the investigative unit has been looking into that very question. california has been working on an early warning system since 2006 but still only halfway complete. take a look at numbers. so far only 750 monitoring stations have been set up along the west coast. 250 of those right here in the bay area. right now the system can only provide upwards of a minute

still they a new nation is growing rapidly within berlin. the nation of the homeless. law, all refugees register and asked to be granted sanctuary. of the 2000 refugee camps in the german republic, over 70 are in berlin. no one's are continually being added. these are the acceptance camps, where each refugees must live and wait until his cases reviewed while his fate is being decided. a camp, abound out -- abound out factor providing shelter such as it is during this. of waiting. see, the voices in you here, the interviews you will witness are the faces and voices and stories of those refugees themselves. people fromamiliar every walk of life. people like you and me. the things that happened to them could happen to us, here, but for the grace of god. here a person loses his name and becomes a number. it is better to become nameless men risk the safety of someone who has been left behind. a blankets, a tinplate, and a cup. these become a person's total earthly belongings. -- desperatedekker lack of housing facility's families have to be separated. >> you have to sleep i

the threat of new missiles comes as new nations debate new sanctions against the pyongyang regime, butany new sanctions against the pyongyang regime, but any hope for international unity has been dashed by russia. president putin says new sanctions would be useless. our correspondent reports from seoul, south korea. off the eastern coast of south korea, today it was that navy's turn to show its strength. the command of this fleet said they were training to bury the enemy at sea. south korea has held military drills for two days now in response to the north's nuclear test. pyongyang claims it successfully made a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted onto missiles capable of reaching america. at a un conference in geneva, north korea's ambassador was defiant. the recent self—defence measures by my country, dprk, are gift package addressed to none other than the us. the us will receive more gift packages from my country, as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the dprk. those attempts include further squeezing north korea's economy. but some don't thin

issue for them is there would be no coercion to keep the original southern states that formed the new nation of the confederate states of america, to threaten them. with fort sumter that was all gone. >> host: who are the fire eaters as you reference them in south carolina that made fort sumter happen, made south carolina happened? >> guest: the fire eaters in south carolina, i am blanking on the names of course. >> host: why south carolina? >> guest: south carolina was a unique state in the union, from the beginning it had a black majority. from the beginning, south carolina politicians and their leaders, their business leaders, were absolutely, you could call them frantic and fanatic about preserving the safety of slavery. whenever any threat was issued, this came up in the 1790s and would come up in congressional debates in the 1820s, it would come up in the mexican war debates, it would come up in the compromise of 1850 controversy. they were always the ones that provided the seedbed of secession. we associate the theory of secession in its fullest depiction going forward with south caro

he was the man who really breathed new life back into the national in the 19705, warranty? he did. he had building this place, it wasn't very popular when it was first built and there were all kinds of issues on all kinds of levels. many people didn't want it to happen and never thought it would. his ab5olute willpower and indomitable spirit have brought it up indomitable spirit have brought it up from the ground up. an extraordinary man. thank you very much forjoining u5. and there'll be a special tribute to sir peter hall at nine o'clock tonight on bbc four. 28—year—old man is being questioned following the death of a woman in dorset. 25—year—old louella eve fletcher—michie was discovered in a wooded area at the bestival site on monday. she is the daughter of holby city and taggart actorjohn michie. police say the man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, police say the man was arrested on 5u5picion police say the man was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying class a drug. three men, including two british soldiers, have appeared in court in london charged with terror

comcast announced the city will have a new national league team. the philadelphia wings as you remember had a a franchise for 28 seasons before relocating in 2014. i wonder what the team will be called. >> a lot of people big with kids love lacrosse. >> reporter: the area is dry, low-lying cloud cover and fog might put drizzle on your windshield. we have showers pushing into lancaster county and might push toward reading and areas close to the lehigh valley. you can see how they are shifting up to the north/northeast. cloud skies just about everywhere, including the commodore barry bridgement not that we couldn't get sunny breaks here and there, but for now we're starting out gray. 67 in wilmington, 69 in trenton. these are mild numbers aren't they, a lot better than where we were a few mornings ago. future tracker 6, the brand new model run. still not showing a whole lot between now and noon. again, the showers i just showed you might creep up over the next several hours in the northern and western areas. a pop-up shower or thunderstorm is broabl

nation. cheryl cassian author of loving and author and new yorker staff writer -- talks about free speech. ational book award nominated author kathy o'neill on her book, weapons of mass destruction. generalist -- on immigration. watch our live coverage of the brooklyn book festival on sunday starting at 10 am eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> the newly published book scalia's constitution is about antonin scalia's career and legacy. this was held in washington dc. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. i am paul peterson. i am the director of the program on education policy and government at harvard university and i am a senior fellow at the hoover institution.i want to welcome you all today to an event that surveys the publication of a new book called scalia's constitution. as is online eti

why give new hampshire as much exposure as it is getting, when it should be a national electorate deciding the contest. new hampshire sees itself as the personal typemore of politics. that has been lost in the era of cable news networks and national political advertising and super pacs. we still see ourselves as the place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. ,ou can go back to jimmy carter the one-term governor of georgia. came to new hampshire, not on , and was able to win the primary by virtue of his hard work and vault himself to natural -- national prominence. we can point more recently to john kasich, the governor of ohio. he was lost in the crowd for months during the nomination jebess, while donald trump, bush, marco rubio got more attention. john kasich said, i am going to make my stand in new hampshire. i remember seeing him a few months before the primary at a local social club in manchester. he was speaking to 100 people. i said, here he is. talking to 100 people. everyone,p surprising by finishing second place in

nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has word of a new slide tonight. >> reporter: it happened again moments ago and there was no warning, now eight rock slides. >> i can still see it falling. >> reporter: one boulder the size of an apartment building careening down the face of el capitan killing one person, a second seriously injured. >> the last thing i saw was him at the rappel, and then, turned back and they were gone. >> reporter: el cap is a top destination for some who live on the edge. this tragedy comes at the peak of climbing season. >> we couldn't see if we were on the summit. we are all safe. >> reporter: today it's still unclear what is triggering these slides. tonight with part of yosemite closed this is a dangerous reminder what mother nature can do. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> tributes are pouring in tonight for an american icon who built a multimedia empire by pushing and often breaking boundaries. hugh hefner, founder of "playboy" has died at 91. cynthia mcfadden with a look at his life and legacy. >> reporter: it was a revolution waged in a re

nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has word of a new slide tonight. >> reporter: it happened again just moments ago in one of the nation's most stunning settings, yosemite national park, there was no warning. now eight rock slides. >> i can still see it falling. >> reporter: one boulder the size of an apartment building careening down the face of el capitan, killing one person, a second seriously injured. >> the last thing i saw was him at the rappel, rappelling her down, and then i turned back and they were gone. >> reporter: el cap is a world class destination for some who live on the edge. this tragedy comes at the peak of climbing season. >> if we had not climbed as quickly as we did, which is climb, we'd be dead now. >> reporter: today it's still unclear what triggered the 1300-ton slide. tonight el cap remains open to all. a beautiful but also dangerous reminder of what mother nature can bring. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> tributes are pouring in tonight for an american icon who built a multimedia empire by pushing and often breaking boundaries. hugh hefn

are housed in cruise ships and ordered to stop the referendum whether catalans vote to build a new nation or whether the movement they've built falls apart will be decided on october first john hendren al jazeera barcelona. three new countries including north korea have been added to an updated travel ban signed by u.s. president donald trump it extends restrictions on people from eight countries replacing the original ban on citizens from six most the majority nations the new order applies to north korea chad that is whaler iran libya somalia syria and yemen sudan though has been dropped from the original list it's expected to take effect from october eighteenth a lawyer for president trump's son in law jared has revealed that the white house aide used his personal e-mail account dozens of times to communicate with colleagues in the administration between january and august krishna either received or responded to around one hundred e-mails from white house officials using his private account you'll remember that during the presidential campaign trump repeatedly attacked hillary clinton f

urged all nations to take a new measures against north korea. or national history satellite imagery to highlight what it calls an orchestrated campaign to burn villages and me and mar rights group says it is detected up to eighty large fires in rakhine states and a military crackdown began and august. back to the north korea crisis stephen naggy is a senior associate professor of politics at the international christian university he joins us on skype from tokyo and we appreciate your time so much. let's talk about what what are japan's practical options to actually defend itself in a situation like this. well at this stage it's to pan has a few different options in terms of protecting itself one is a terrestrial base a just system and the second is the sea bass navy ages these are systems that are meant to knock down missiles that have been launched in japan and now they're very sophisticated missile systems and they can hit down up to twenty one missiles at the time the challenge is when we're dealing with an intercontinental intercontinental ba

hopefully, with this new national space agency, we can rightfully claim our place as part of this worldwidestry? australia post is a unique challenge asa australia post is a unique challenge as a nation —— australia poses. we spent a lot of money accessing other nation‘s images of our own region. the first thing i suspect the national space agency will do will be create a team and bring together expertise in space imagery so both benefit everything from farmers and agriculture, telling them about moisture in their soils to fisheries and industries like the mining sector. australia will absolutely rea p sector. australia will absolutely reap the benefits of this national space agency and brings together all the people that can build and develop space imagery and those who need it. more now on the latest tensions between north korea and the united states of america. ban ki—moon — the former secretary general of the un, and also a former foreign minister of south korea has been speaking to the bbc about his serious concerns of the rhetoric being deployed between the two leaders. since the end

nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer is there. >> reporter: this is the sight and sound of losing ground in suburbs of los angeles. notorious santa ana winds turning fire into a blow torch before sunrise in corona. >> it's scary. really scary. makes your heart stop. freaks you out knowing it's so close. >> evacuate. >> reporter: 1,500 people in a scramble to escape the flames quickly closing in. >> evacuate now. >> reporter: 500 homes in the path of the fire. freeways and roads leading to safety surrounded by the blaze. known as the canyon fire, 25-mile-an-hour winds whip through the dry hills, funneling flames like a river towards homes. nonstop air attack, helicopters using night vision soarin with southern california now beginning santa ana wind season, the most dangerous weeks are ahead. but fire season has already cost a record $2 billion and now the fire fight is getting more dangerous here every day and every night. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> turning overseas to the middle east, there is a big change coming to way of life in saudi arabia. major victo

the announcement came hours after the governor of tokyo announced she would lead a new national politicalts controversial travel ban to include visitors from north korea, venezuela and chad. president trump said his top priority was making america safe. it's the third update on a ban that has triggered fierce legal battles over immigration and discrimination a dog has been found alive in the rubble of last week's earthquake in mexico city. the rescue was a glimmer of hope for mexicans as search and rescue operations concentrate on ten sites in the capital. the dog was checked by red cross paramedics at the site and rescuers hope to reunite him with his family the fourth round of brexit talks are taking place in brussels. here's the uk's david davis and the eu's michel barnier a couple of hours ago. the teams are hoping for a breakthrough after uk prime minister's speech in florence on friday— when she agreed to a two year transition period. here's michel barnier‘s reaction to that. the european union is keen and eager to understand better how the uk government will translate the prime min

meg oliver, cbs news united nations. >> governor jerry brown is on the east coast. he spoke a little while ago about how politics are creating barriers to solving issues like climate change. >> it's a dweller in deep, dark caves. that is a metaphor for the level of enlightenment of those in charge of our political structure in washington today. >> governor brown was among a group of speakers at a conference on climate change hosted by former secretary of state john kerry. >> turning to our storm watch now maria is now a category 5 hurricane carrying winds that could reach 155 miles per hour. itriinngst bdestg ruction one pd on the island of gaudalupe. >> the hurricane made landfall overnight as a category 5 with sustained winds at 165 miles per hour now. it's actually intensifying. it is expected to downgrade a little bit as it heads towards puerto rico. but you can see how it went through those islands now here the virgin islands is next in line. currently a category 5. here's puerto rico. could impact puerto rico later tonight and tomorrow morning as a category 4.

nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has our report. >> ooh, boy. >> reporter: across the west, the race to escape the flames is on. a blanket of fire, a tunnel of smoke. thousands scrambling to get out as firefighters pour in. in utah, outside salt lake city, homes are up in flames. more than a thousand neighbors 0rderred to stay away. roads, even a river, is closed in oregon. 16 square miles of smoke and flames in a region known for rain, it's fire exploding today. >> time to focus on the house and get the importants out. >> reporter: all of the northwest is feeling the heat. >> this fire has been unpredictable, and that is our cause for concern. >> reporter: with 80 large wildfires tor torching 2200 square miles in nine western states, billowing smoke is choking the region, from seattle to denver, health warnings are in place. tonight in neighborhoods like this one, the damage is already done, but in so many communities late september, the most dangerous part of wildfire season, is still ahead. lester? >> miguel almaguer tonight, thanks. >>> still ahead, caught on camer

change, new national defense guidelines should be put in place. and the minister - i think the prime minister also gave the instruction to study this. and so what kind of a change is necessary? my personal view is that north korea should be further -- those alone cannot withstand the many attacks from north korea and japanese capability of, this needs to be deployed. and it can be deployed very soon. it should be done quickly. and china, the defense of the southwestern island, the three, the services of japan have done that but we should reinforce that. and the strategy is the retreat of the us forces to guam, the sense of the southwestern islands for the japan just step up to defend this. and as adm. tomohisa takei mentioned, we should never forget the standpoint of japan's alliance. and there is the japan us bilateral planning. in other words on a very equal basis, we should consider a japan us forces together. and four years ago, the guidelines were established and i did not think that the total alignment of japan us forces was

(vicki) in national news tonight.... devastation across florida tonight as (vicki) in national news tonight.... devastation across florida tonight as millions are still without power post hurricane irma... and with temperatures on the rise, officials are urging people to do welfare checks on the elderly after at least eight people died in a nursing home. from our partner's at c-n-n reporter omar jimenez has the latest details... widespread devastation in the florida keys.and millions of people still without power. including this nursing home in hollywood where authorities are investigating the deaths of at least eight elderly residents, as investigators try to figure out if hurricane irma is to blame.chief tomas sanchez/hollywood police department: "we depend on those people and those facilities to care for our most vulnerable elderly people and it's really sad when something like this goes on." elected officials are now asking questions.sen. bill nelson (d) florida"what has happened here is inexcusable. these kind of fac

forces are housed in cruise ships in order to stop the referendum whether catalans vote to build a new nation or whether the movement they've built falls apart will be decided on october first john hendren al-jazeera barcelona. shake to mean been hammered out funny has returned home after meeting world leaders at the un general assembly in new york thousands greeted him along doha's waterfront at the general assembly he spoke about ending the saudi led blockade of cattle which is now in its fourth month it's the worst diplomatic crisis to hit the region in thirty years meanwhile cathouse foreign minister has been speaking in paris he says that qatar is being falsely accused of supporting terrorism because its progressive policies of differed from those of the book hating nations we are being blockaded and accused of terrorism as a smokescreen for our policies. for wanting meaningful change for the last two decades however we believe that to resolve these differences we all need die and look and discussion based on respect to our choices and independence in the caribbean hurrican maria has cla

president enrique pena neato is calling a new national emergency.ortunately several people have lost their lives including

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nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer loongz ks at the impact along the atlantic coast. >> reporter: miami escaped irma's eye but not its wrath, leaving parts of the city submerged. >> i have never seen -- whoa, i just got part of a wave. >> reporter: parts of downtown taking on feet of water. to the north at jenson beach a daring rescue at sea. zbl >> it's my home. everything i own. i was doing everything i could to save it and it just got out of hand. >> reporter: before irma plowed into the mainland, the storm ripped through the keys. 130-mile-an-hour winds rattling seaside communities, and along florida's east coast confirmed tornadoes on the move. >> stronger winds than we thought and a lot of tornadic action on the northeast side of this storm. it's dangerous. we got metal objects, we got 2x4s through houses. >> reporter: further inland in florida city, no shelter from the looming disaster. it's not just the hammering damage that's doing daster but the powerful wind. this region has lost power, the entire city is in the black and it won't come back any time soon. the

nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer is there tonight. >> reporter: when el capitan began to suddenly crumble, massive sheets of granite rattled, then dropped 1800 feet. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: a towering wall of boulders and dust thundering into the yosemite valley, pushing some cars off the road. many visitors caught in the plume. some hit by rocks. >> relax. it's a cut. >> this is the day i die. >> no, it's not. it's not the day you die. >> reporter: incredibly no fatalities. one victim airlifted to a regional hospital. this is where rock climber peter zabrok watched it all. >> absolutely unbelievable. we were on the summit. we are all safe. >> reporter: thursday's massive slide, officials say, is 22 times larger than the one just the day before when a slab of rock the size of an apartment building came crashing down while at least 30 climbers were clinging to el cap. one british tourist was killed. his wife seriously injured. there's no clear reason why el cap is crumbling. eight major rock slides in just two days. >> yosemite national park, by definition, is a wil

mexico's president says mexico is facing a new national emergency.e has declared three days of national mourning to honor the victims. sarah: i am now joined by mark handy, a seismologist in berlin. thank you for being with us. a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, devastating to the people in mexico. how much advanced notice was there that this would happen? when did seismologists know it was coming? mark: had they been sure i am sure they would have said something. it is difficult to predict exactly when the big one will happen. that is why they remained silent. sarah: it is not like the weather. you cannot say we are expecting an earthquake here in today's. it makes it tricky to warn people. do you think people in the region can look forward to more seismic activity in the coming days? mark: after big event it is usual to have aftershocks. i am sure people will be nervous, they will feel the quakes coming more frequently and then they will die off with time. the frequency will decrease, but there will be some in the next few days. sarah: this was not the fi

nbc news national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is getting answers in tonight's "rossen reports >> reporter: in cincinnati a public safety crisis. callers unable to get through to 911. >> i was driving home, and i saw a car smash up against a pole. >> reporter: wow. >> so i called 911 two, three times and they never answered. it just rang and rang. >> reporter: you're trying to help that driver who may have needed immediate medical attention? >> correct. >> reporter: and countless others. >> we called them three times and no response. >> it rang and rang and rang. no one answered. >> reporter: 911 operators eventually called back, but in an emergency it could be the difference between life and death. according to an internal city document obtained by nbc news, there have been ten 911 outages since june of 2016. the latest one just this summer lasting 3 hours and 30 minutes. city officials say the system can't handle the volume of wireless calls, putting most of the blame on a private company called comtech that runs cincinnati's 911 system. >> we've got a service provider at tha

one of the things we want to do is look to see how readiness and capability are addressed in the new national defense strategy, and then take that national defense strategy, o,apply to mr. donnelly and stat looking how to set try changes, infrastructure enrages? we have not been any analysis right now of realignment and closure or anything to do with any type assistan of system or . we're strictly looking at what infrastructure solutions we have now and how to best use what we have now to maximize readiness. [inaudible] >> that's a good question. i think that is deadly on top of my mind. there is a lot of discussion going on within the joint chiefs that secretary of defense, and i'm not sure exactly when we're going to see that. >> can i just, i think this is, one thing i wanted throw the table is gets to the threat is, certainly the range of opportunity is the opportunity potential in a new brac round to look at ability to do more public-private partnership and cut down some of the upfront investment required on the governments and i having some private capital invested as well. if you look

mexico's president and penny a nieto says mike sicko is facing a new national emergency his declared three days of national mourning to order the victims. of the very latest let's cross to mexico city where journalists veronica calderon is standing by for us it's late at night where you are how are rescue efforts continuing. well there are actually working right now. a school board they are looking for to give us a few yeah which is a name of the girl who. communicated with rescue workers earlier this day and we do know. true some of their equipment that there are some placed two other children still alive on there the rubble they were seen. for fifteen hours to this point and well we're expecting the very best because this is became as this has been a game of scene will for many mexicans. to be rescued. alive and well so everyone is hoping that the girl can be rescued and perhaps others too who may still be under the rubble there how are people in mexico coping with the situation there what's the atmosphere in the city well i can tell. just overwhelming. at the same time because. ma

berlin and paris before landing in new york to address the united nations general assembly to aid and the u.s. have been trying to convince all the parties to negotiate an end to this dispute people here see no end in sight of the gulf crisis there's a strong feeling among qataris that the allegations made by the saudi led blockading countries against qatar is just a pretext and that their ultimate goal is to impose their will on a sovereign state. now as you get older you can be excused for slowing down a bit but that's certainly not the case for a group of grannies in south africa who are hitting back at the ageing process one punch the time on the page join them for sparring session. training start slightly but the pace picks up quickly as these grannies work out a long life time of frustration. at eighty five years old intombi sword what trains as hard as anyone who children and grandchildren have told her to stop but having given up football and running because they made her too hot she's refused saying boxing is hope passion and now that. i feel so good i feel fresh a pledge thi