came out, and they say we are _ suffolkjust came out, and they say we are very — suffolkjust came outr that, a very buoyant trump speaking. carl, can you hear me there? we seem to have some issue there aligned to carl my i'm sure we will come back to him a lot later, we werejust hearing will come back to him a lot later, we were just hearing from donald trump there after ron desantis is pulled out of that residential campaign. lets speak now to scott lucas, professor of american studies at university college dublin. thank you forjoining us. what is your take on what has happened within the last hour or so was he mark? it within the last hour or so was he mark? ., , within the last hour or so was he mark? . , ., , within the last hour or so was he mark? . , . , ., . mark? it was inevitable, not that ron desantis _ mark? it was inevitable, not that ron desantis was _ mark? it was inevitable, not that ron desantis was a _ mark? it was inevitable, not that ron desantis was a distant i mark? it was inevitable, not that i ron desantis was a distant second in iowa, that is a preliminary skir

nearly one month's worth of rain, in suffolk just one nearly one month's worth of rain, in suffolkjustive days. that's really what has caused the problem, these huge rainfall problems falling over the space ofjust rainfall problems falling over the space of just five rainfall problems falling over the space ofjust five days. in terms of flood warnings at the moment, we have seen just some slight using over the chest hour or so. they carry currently 279 flood warnings in place and the majority of these are across parts of the midlands, east anglia and across southern england. the flooding has been causing problems, we are expecting problems on train services for the rest of today and the major roads have also been affected the m3 currently has some lame shut due to the flooding that we have seen there. chris, you have said that things are starting to ease, for the time of year does one normally expect flooding in january? are just depends expect flooding injanuary? arejust depends on expect flooding in january? are just depends on what has come before and it's really the succession of r

votes, certainly many of them, come to us, but we don't need them because the polljust came out, suffolkjust came out, the boston globe and they say we are very far ahead. more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began — according to the hamas—run health ministry. and. tens of thousands of homes in the uk are without power — as storm isha brings high winds and rain. we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race — and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week's republican primary in new hampshire — where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump's only significant rival. here's what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don't have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i'm proud t

votes, certainly many of them, come to us, but we don't need them because the polljust came out, suffolkjusthave now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began — according to the hamas—run health ministry. and. tens of thousands of homes in the uk are without power — as storm isha brings high winds and rain.

votes, certainly many of them, come to us, but we don't need them because the polljust came out, suffolkjuste out, the boston globe and they say we are very far ahead. meanwhile, people in the uk and ireland have been advised to sleep away from windows as storm isha sweeps into the uk and ireland. winds of up to 90 mph are felling trees, majorairports are cancelling or delaying flights. our main story this hour — the florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race, saying he would throw his support behind the former us president and current frontrunner, donald trump. mr desantis said he could not ask supporters to back him when he didn't have a clear path to victory, after he finished in second place in the iowa caucuses last week. he was seen as a natural heir to mr trump with his conservative views and combative style. here is a clip from the video he posted. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resou