the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, madam speaker. i understand the importance of passing legislation that will make much needed investment in our nation's infrastructure, and as the representative of the virgin islands, a place where modern infrastructure resilience to climate change is needed, i am committed to making that happen. president biden's build back better agenda is not just about fixing our nation's crumbling infrastructure, it's also about strengthening the economy, creating jobs, helping americans afford the rising cost of living. these critical investments will not be possible without passage of a budget resolution. passage of a budget resolution gives house democrats the opportunity to make sure we are not just investing in infrastructure, but also reducing carbon emission, restoring tr

this once virgin island, and it was a virgin island not a virgin island but it was absolutely pristine i was writing and i had this great fortune to run across the scientific study of a ecology of henderson island, group of scientists that had lived there for a certain amount of time. they all took for equipment and photographs and hugely expressive and helpful to me in the dc now, that in the last two decades what is happened to that place predict that is just heartbreaking. >> so i think that we have time for maybe one more prayed and are there any other examples of wells attacking ships. >> good question yes there are prayed in the question is what was happening here. where printed for the wells getting more aggressive, as a figure this out and there's also the possibility that there were plenty will ship's fire that made it back. maybe they've been destroyed by a well beforehand. it didn't happen a lot by any means but it did happen and while they were revising the book in the summer of 1851, there was word came to him of a whaleship in an attack and alexander. and he would write i

it's you know, this this once virgin island and it was virgin island when i was when i well, you know, not a virgin island, but it was absolutely pristine back when i was writing in the heart of the sea. i had the great fortune to run across a scientific study of the ecology of henderson island group of scientists that had lived there for a extended amount of time all sorts of photographs. it was just hugely impressive helpful to me and then to see now in the last two decades what's happened to that place is just heartbreak. yeah, so i think we have time for just maybe one more. and are there any other examples after this of whales attacking whalenships? good question. yes, there are and you know, the question is is you know, what was happening here. it was where the whales getting more aggressive as they figured this out. you know, there's also the possibility that you know, there were plenty of whale ships prior to the essex that never made it back, you know, had they been destroyed by a whale beforehand. i mean it didn't happen a lot by any means but it did happen while melville wa

s. virgin islands right now. rain and wind whipping around there. it's also isn't expected to be a major rain maker dropping about $150.00 millimeters max. so tropical storm fred will track it out as it moves into cuba and the bahamas on thursday. i will put it a day for it is wall, because this is really when the florida keys now becomes in the line of fire here. now if we show you the rest of north america, we've got the heat both for the west and the east coast, but we're tapping into golf moisture. so for the east coast high humidity as well, new york, do you see a feeling in the 40 still storms hanging around, the great lakes region into the midwest, down to the gulf states and through the desert, south west our mon sooner moisture given us some flash flooding in states like arizona for south america, it's what you would expect through the amazon base and we've got our continuous rain falling. but the bigger story is really that cold front plowing across. so taking a look at the temperature as months of the day of struggling to get to double di

the american people of the virgin islands. as some of you may remember, two category 5 hurricanes struck the virgin islands in 2017, and caused devastating amounts of damage that my constituents are still grappling with every day. when eisai still grappling with -- when eisai still grappling with, we have not put up to this date the mobile hospital unit. fema and others have not agreed, until recently, on the mobile unit for us to have a hospital, never minded the rebuild of the hospital. while congress appropriated billions of dollars to provide emergency relief for areas impacted by the hurricane, such as the example i gave you, the previous administration significantly delayed the dispersal of the funding to the virgin islands and to puerto rico. these delays have negatively impacted our ability to recover from this disaster, to rebuild and prepare for future hurricanes. we have seen this in the inspector general reports just recently about puerto rico. can you speak to how recent encroachment by the executive branch on con

if we take a closer look at great, this was the scene as it approached the us virgin islands. it's now making its way across puerto rico as it aims to, to hit the dominican republic and haiti bringing the wet and windy weather with it as we go into next week. and as we look to the gulf of mexico, it fred, that strengthening, as it makes its way towards the west of florida. the weather sponsored by cattle airways, boated world's best airline of 2021. new zealand canadian birds are at risk of extinction. emissions planned to read the nation and if the president said them one of the best, the guys on out me me this is al jazeera. ah hello and welcome. i and peter, adobe. you are watching the news out live from our headquarters here, coming up in the next 60 minutes. what are the places are at the gates of cobble metallic negotiates with that, again, this done governments for the transition of power. the group is assuring a nervous.

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of a whole system with lloyd's bank under which they channeled secret payment into a british virgin islands off shore company called red diamond from red diamond. the money went into his guys swiss bank account and he then used it to distribute to the local politicians, taking a big chunk, ram self. of course, i mean, i can certainly showing lee and i believe most companies are not in the business of making payments, passing as you suggest, a lot of money to employees of governance is just not the way my business we've done me. we were actually able to publish what was most dangerous story. the prince band had been given, not just the plain, but over the years, a total of 1000000000 pounds. we did not invent corruption. i mean, i had them and he wouldn't have him. and they had hanky panky and had to go down to add so and so the to, this is human nature neutral punch, a statement and a friend. what is great? of course, none of us are greedy. it's only the other the world runs on individuals pursuing their separate enters all those people who believe that greed violence, etc. the driver. so c

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she was underage, and that she did not consent to the sexual acts in new york, london, the us virgin islands sexual abuse. certainly he has previously strongly denied all of the allegations. we have reached out to buckingham palace and his representatives for comment. the president of belarus says britain can "choke" on the economic sanctions it has imposed on his country in response to human rights abuses. speaking at a press conference, one year since securing a sixth term in a presidential election that many view as fraudulent, alexander lukashenko called britain "america's lapdog" and denied his authoritarian government had used torture and violence to silence dissent. from minsk, sarah rainsford reports. alexander lukashenko calls this his "big conversation." though for over eight hours he did most of the talking. exactly a year after his controversial re—election as president, we were in minsk to question him on the mass protests and the repression that followed. and, on international sanctions, including new measures introduced today by the uk. translation: you can choke on your sanct

trafficked byjeffrey epstein and sexually abused by prince andrew in london, new york, and the us virgin islandsnst him, but in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre said she did not come to this decision lightly. she knows that that will subject her to further attacks, but she knew if she did not pursue this action, she would be letting others down around the world. so as i say, prince andrew has emphatically denied the allegations, but a new civil lawsuit filed in new york — just one more piece of what virginia roberts giuffre, the suits she's had in connection to her allegations. vodafone has become the second uk mobile phone company to reintroduce roaming charges in europe from january. new and upgraded customers will be charged at least £1 per day to use their mobile phone in eu destinations. as the first olympic games to be held amid a pandemic, tokyo 2020 is being dubbed the athlete's games — where 0lympians focused on themselves and cared for fellow competitors, rather than playing to the crowds who weren't there. so as the athletes arrive home, was tokyo 2020 a game changer — not only f

trafficked byjeffrey epstein and sexually abused by prince andrew in london, new york, and the us virgin islandst him, but in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre said she did not come to this decision lightly. she knows that that will subject her to further attacks, that that will subject her to furtherattacks, but that that will subject her to further attacks, but she knew if she did not pursue this action, she would be letting others down around the world. so as i say, prince andrew has emphatically denied the allegations, but a new civil lawsuit filed in new york — just one more piece of what virginia roberts giuffre, the suits she's had in connection to her allegations. thank ou so connection to her allegations. thank you so much — connection to her allegations. thank you so much for— connection to her allegations. thank you so much forjoining _ connection to her allegations. thank you so much forjoining us _ connection to her allegations. thank you so much forjoining us on - you so much forjoining us on newsday. documents obtained by bbc panorama suggest former british prime minister, dav

virgin islands.s the level for very high risk label means that folks should avoid traveling to these locations altogether for those who must travel for to those locations being fully vaccinated is strongly recommended regions are classified as very high risk when more than 500 new covid-19 cases are reported per 100,000 residents within a month. the full list available right now on our website at kron 4 dot com. >> take a look at a photo of them and duct taped to his seat. this is on a frontier airline flight. jonathan said i have to see this video. police say this happened because the man assaulted an inappropriate touch touched 2 female flight attendants. there's the video. this happened saturday was on a flight from philadelphia to miami police say 22 year-old maxwell, barry of ohio had ordered several drinks and then groped female flight attendants want a male flight attendant tried to intervene. there was a fight with very accused tf punching that flight attendant in the face crew members then t

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virgin islands. a potential tropical storm that could impact the u.s. by the end of the week. >>> and those torrential rains over is the weekend in the midwest leading to these terrifying images in omaha, nebraska. a man and two friends in an elevator recording this moment the water rushing in, rising quickly. they were rescued when the door was pried open in the lobby. >>> when we come back, that historic headline in the u.s. involving jobs posted. >>> and the homecoming for america's olympic heroes. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis under control? hide our skin? not us. because dupixent targets a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 and up, that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that's the kind of change you notice. hide my skin? not me. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic r

are concerned this will have a greater impact on dis-incentivizing companies to come into the virgin islands rico, and other countries -- territories because of this provision. i am asking you to commit to working with my office to develop effective resolutions to this issue, including that would affect to encourage investment in the territory while at the same time making sure those individuals who come to the territories are in fact good actors. >> i commit to working with you on this. this is a complex issue. i understand the concerns. [indiscernible] if we can find a constructive approach to address this concern. >> [indiscernible] >> let me recognize the gentleman from arizona to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and quickly it is getting quite old, the 83%, for the upper 1%. i know it is part of urban folklore. i would like to submit to the record the actual facts. madam secretary, we have been doing a project in our office of trying to go over -- because i know you made a commitment that the tax hikes will cover these spending proposals. we are actually noticing they do not line up

she was underage and that she did not consent to the sexual acts in new york, london, the us virgin islandsexual abuse, certainly he has previously been humanly denied all the allegations, we have reached out to buckingham palace and his representatives for comment. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the £100 million man, jack grealish greets the fans at his official manchester city unveiling. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen - the last total- eclipse of the sun to take place - in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, . ending three hours later when the sun set - over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a thousand firefighters from across europe battle wildfires that have now entered a second week. virginia roberts,

virgin islands tomorrow and now a tropical storm warning has been issued to the eesh part of the deminute can republic. in the southern part, that's where a thunderstorm watch is in effect. still no watching for haiti. anticipate that will happen overnight or first thing tomorrow morning. when the storm arrives it could pack 60-mile-an-hour winds. it will take nearly the same track as fred did and end up in the gulf of mexico. unlike fred, grace may not fall apart. when will the strongest winds begin to arrive? programs as early as monday morning in the deminute can republic and monday afternoon and evening in sectionings of haiti that were seriously impacted by the earthquake. as far as rain, well, this is not a good situation about four inches near la kai, the epicenter. it could be seeing six to eight inches of flooding rain and that could produce mudslides. fred was a tropical storm. now it's an area of low pressure. they can't find a center of circulation, but it's putting some rain in florida this afternoon and evening. that's going to continue. by tomorrow hurricane center expects

and is now over the virgin islands. people in florida are preparing for the storm to hit. grace could bring winds up to 40 miles per hour, and 7 inches of rain with some areas seeing up to 10 inches. thousands of sandbags are being made available to people in miami and as far north as tampa. leaders have asked everyone to avoid flooding by clearing out their storm drains and staying inside. >>> after a lengthy investigation, cal fire says it is unable to determine what started the glass fire that swept through napa and sonoma counties last september saying there is simply not enough evidence. the glass fire burned more than 67,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,500 properties. >>> well, parks across the bay area are feeling the strain of lots of visitors, and not enough staff. that means several popular spots may soon be moving to a new registration system. parking lots like samuel p. taylor, and mount tam are overflowing. it's also creating lots of litter with not enough staff to clean it up. >>> starting next week, you'll need to show proof of your vaccination to get in

has added 16 destinations to had the coronavirus risk level including greece, ireland and the virgin islands. >> spots in the very high risk category have had more than 500 cases. >>> a live look now from oakland. just one of the places where spirit airlines passengers encountered trouble yesterday. customers were aligned up at ticket counters across the country when flights were canceled and delayed. >> we were from vegas and go to nashville. they sent us out here and we have been stuck. we had two -- three delays and two cancellations. >> i'm tired, i'm exhausted and i'm just disappointed. >> as of late last night some passengers were still stranded. that's so tough when you are trying to travel and get out. >>> time is 5:25. >> in the next half hour, making masks part of your work out routine. >>> and a major cruise line's first trip after lockdown. details ahead in the next half hour and the live money watch re (“lovely day” instrumental) my heart failure diagnosis changed my priorities. i want time for the people i love. my heart doesn't pump enough blood so my doctor gave me farxiga. i

continues, tropical storm warnings are in effect for the virgin islands and puerto rico, a system shouldnctropical storm fred in the coming hours and a tropical storm warm is in effect for northern haiti. forecasters say it will track through the caribbean and could affect parts of florida this week. >>> a tornado was caught on tape outside and illinois town late monday. >> oh, my gosh, that is right out of the movie "twister." it can be seen picking up debris. the storm damaged multiple homes, downed trees. afterwards some residents found that their homes were just destroyed. >> i was saying to my mom storms were coming through, my wife said it was starting to get bad here. and i came home and talked to her on the phone and saw the cops out front. so came rushing out and everything is pretty much gone. >> the tornado was one of several reported in that still under pressure to improve treatment of mighighmigrants at southern border. unaccompanied migrant children reported raw food, long wait times for medical care and prolonged stays. this is in documents filed monday. department of heal

precisely where we have hurricane warnings this place at this hour and that stretches along the virgin islands and back toward the west there across portions of the dominican republic. this is a storm system that is projected to move directly across these islands, and eventually reemerge around portions of the caribbean and potentially the gulf of mexico. all of these areas, 82 degrees fahrenheit. and so plenty of warmth in the waters to siupport a system. but when you take a look at the track, a lot of land interaction is expected to keep the storm at bay. notice the cone of uncertainty does stretch over portions of water and also land. so if it favors more of the water, it could be a stronger storm. if it favors more of the land, especially across the mountains of cuba, it will be a weaker storm on approach to the united states. at this point we're expecting one on the weaker he said would end would be a strong tropical storm across portions of the gulf. and person portion of the state of florida. so we'll follow it carefully and see exactly where it goes as we approach late this weekend and

. >> semele, she's in the virgin islands and she writes what do you think about those individuals who- oh, can i answer this one, please? >> please. >> correct me if i am wrong, but that's what vaccines do, they boost your immune system. that's literally what a vaccine is for. >> you are absolutely right, joshua. i can tell you are reading your medical book at night. as fyi, your booster is exactly what you received in the first and second doses, so no need to skip anything, and the booster is exactly that, to boost your immune response from the primary series. if you have not gotten your first shot, go get them now. those are the same shots that all of us received months earlier, just boosting our own immunity. you will get a chance to boost as well. >> i wonder how you are feeling how we are combating misinformation about covid and immunity? recently there has been a wave of bad information on line who affected some in south states who believe that a medication auld ivermectin. >> yeah, we are not winning in the battle of misinformation. sadly, people are prescribing and going out a

and british virgin islands tomorrow. they're under a tropical storm warning, in blue.an republic are under a tropical storm watch. haiti not under a watch yet, but that will likely change either late tonight or tomorrow. and as far as the winds, when this storm gets to haiti, it could have 60-mile-an-hour winds. along with heavy rain. where the epicenter of the earthquake was, la caille, they could see 4 inches. dominican republic and puerto rico, 6 to 8 inches, flooding and mudslides definitely a concern. fred will likely become a tropical storm again tomorrow, head for the alabama/florida border on monday. likely isolated tornados, then heavy rain. take a look at this. we could be seeing 6 to 8 inches from alabama and georgia northward into north and south carolina. and we're not at the peak of hurricane season yet. we're four letters behind where we were at the same time last year. >> that does not bode well for what's ahead. gene norman, thank you so much. >>> at least 44 people are dead after extreme flooding in northern turkey. this video right here, new to cnn,

virgin islands. >> it's interesting because the cdc has that level for warning for a lot of countries covid lot better than the u.s. >> meanwhile, victory for one of the world's largest cruise lines -- a judge ruled norwegian cruise line can require passengers show proof of a vaccination before boarding any of its ships in florida. the florida governor's office says they will appeal. kristen: the cdc has canada at level three, high for covid-19. level four is the highest warning. larry: code red for humanity -- a dramatic call for action about climate change in a new report just out today. we will take a look at the effects climate cha announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc seven news. larry: abc seven news is committed to making the bay area at even better place to live and that includes the changing climate. a new report says it unequivocal human influence has won the atmosphere, ocean and land. the united nations climate panel says the world has rapidly warmed 1.1 degree celsius higher and preindustrial levels. if temperatures increase

turks and caicos, southern bahamas, puerto rico, you're under a storm warning along with the virgin islandstorm system will be gaining strength over the next 24 hours. right now it's pretty week. it should become tropical storm fred over the next couple of days. this is what i don't like. by the time we get over the weekend over the very warm water of the florida straits, it's possible this storm could get a little bit stronger as it's approaching the florida region or the panhandle. we're going to have to watch this one carefully over the upcoming weekend. right now the hung center has this just below hurricane strength by the time we go through sunday morning. for our friends in tampa, the keys, and up toward new orleans and the panhandle of florida, pay attention to this forecast closely over the next couple of days. >> we'll all be watching, bill karins. thank you. >>> still ahead, with d 20th anniversary of september 11th next month, the justice department is pledging to review documents relatinged to the terrorist attack for possible public release. we're going to dig into that story

virgin islands and, robyn, also puerto rico tomorrow. that's where we have tropical storm warnings in effect because of grace. >> okay. we will keep monitoring that. thanks so much, tyler mauldin there. appreciate it. >>> that wraps this hour of cnn. thanks for joining me, i'm robyn curnow, follow me on twitter and instagram @robyn curnow cnn. my colleague kim brunhuber is up next with more cnn in just a moment. enjoy. but isn't this a little much? too much? is getting 28 different fico scores with extracredit too much? no, it's just 100 degrees out here. i mean, aren't you hot? getting credit reports from all three bureaus does make me feel warm inside. what? right? who knew there were that many scores. turns out lenders don't care about free credit scores and neither should you. instead, see what lenders actually see with extracredit. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned caref

we also have tropical storm warnings to the east in puerto rico and the virgin islands. eventually that tropical storm watch over haiti will be converted into a tropical storm warning. we expect that rain to really start to build in intensity once we get to monday. once we get to late monday and during the wee hours of tuesday, we're talking about some fairly strong squalls pushing through. these squalls will potentially produce tropical storm-force winds. that would be winds in excess of 39 miles per hour and some really heavy rainfall and some thunderstorms as well. so some bolts of lightning out there. here's the track. so it's going to go over puerto rico today, then it starts to encroach on dominican republic late tonight, on into early monday. then it's right on top of haiti come late monday, late monday and tuesday. conditions are going to be very poor. we're talking about a lot of rainfall across hispaniola. some areas receiving 7 inches of rain with isolated amounts up to 10. that will cause some flooding across hispaniola and mudslides too. in southern haiti ne

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virgin islands. they are considered level for very high risk, meaning people should avoid traveling there if they must it is suggested at least to be fully vaccinated. other countries on the list include the isle of man malta the full list is available on kron 4 dot com. >> passengers on spirit and american airlines are very angry about the fact there have been a lot of cancellations, a lot of delays across the country. the airlines now blaming a spike in summer travel for those issues. kron four's, lauren lyster at la x tonight with the story. >> travelers at la x today. lining up for hours trying to rebook or get refunds after spirit airlines canceled hundreds of flights turbulence. that was not part of these people's travel plans came here for vacation it's been the worst vacation ever. according to flightaware spirit canceled 277 flights monday on top of 165 on sunday and how was it going at la x today. terrible. >> so, you know, it started in the cancel flights. one traveler sharing the e-mails

then, we also have a tropical-storm warning for parts of the dominican republic and also the virgin islands and puerto rico. the storm is packing winds up to 40 miles per hour, and moving to the west-northwest. on this journey, it's gonna continue to strengthen, a little bit. it begins to impact puerto rico, later on tonight. and then, once we get into late sunday, early monday, we're feeling it in the addominican republic and it's near, if not right on top of haiti, come late monday, around dinnertime on monday. the good news here, with this track, though, is that the center of grace is actually going to be to the north of that epicenter of the earthquake in southern haiti. so we're not going to feel the absolute brunt or direct blow in that area, come late monday. but conditions are gonna deteriorate, very quickly, once we get into monday and on into tuesday. in total, we could see -- i mean, we could see a lot of rainfall across all of hispaniola and the national hurricane center is saying we could actually see enough rainfall in some areas of hispaniola, especially in the dominican repu

virgin islands and puerto rico. joining me now is meteorologist tyler mauldin.e latest? >> not one, but two named storms, kim. we'll start with tropical depression fred which is barely a tropical depression. look at the satellite. it looks pathetic. it's pretty rag ed. but the hurricane center does expect to regain that tropical storm status, once we get to the weekend, the beginning of next week. eventually it makes landfall near pensacola to mobile, as a 50 to 60-mile-per-hour tropical storm. and it spreads heavy rainfall across the deep south including the tennessee valley and portions of the carolinas. notice how far west it is on the peninsula of florida. i expect the peninsula of flab to be spared the majority of fred. so, we also have grace, grace formed from tropical depression 7, with the 5:00 update from the national hurricane center. it's packing winds of 40 miles an hour. it's going to make landfall on the winward islands. you can see the track takes it to the north, over cuba. and the south cone is a concern for grace, for that reason, we have to ke

virgin islands because of the rising d delta variant of covid cases, we have the land of errant explodingy? >> is equally as concerning as a lack of measures to be placed at the border, as you have 210,000 individuals coming across the border every day, what does that mean that means you will have mass releases of these individuals into american communities and we know without many people, they cannot do the required security checks and you cannot test everyone, as abiding the administration is asking folks to reinstitute mask mandates for indoor facilities in certain states, your lighting a large number of individuals, illegal aliens come into this country every day, every weekend every month and spread to communities without being vaccinated, without the required test. it's a very hazard policy that they have in place, one for americans and one for those of break the law choose to break the law to come into the country illegally. elizabeth: president biden said this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, he's saying this is a dangerous time where people are unvaccinated, republicans are say

virgin islands still ahead tonight, oakland community members say enough is enough. now they're asking the governor to step in to help prevent violent crimes in chinatown, also a vaccine mandate for san francisco workers will soon be in effect after the break. the city has received hundreds of letters from employees asking for exemptions for the first time in more than 16 months. the hit musical hamilton returns to the stage will have audience reaction and the changes they saw. plus the giants need some ninth inning heroics after blowing a five run lead against the arizona diamondbacks sports director marco baniyas will have all the marco baniyas will have all the highlights later in sports. subway®... has so much new they couldn't fit it in their last ad. so, we gonna have to go fast. ready? there's new steak, deli-style turkey, belgioioso® fresh mozzarella, hickory-smoked bacon, new hearty multigrain, and steph curry juggling avocados for some reason. dang, that's too much for 15 seconds. and steph curry juggling avocados for some reason. in san francisco. but the

we are already seeing storms moving over the virgin islands and on into puerto rico. up next is hispaniola. that's why we have a tropical-storm watch in effect for all of the coast of haiti because we expect those tropical -- tropical storm force conditions to arrive within the next-48 hours. i mean, this thing is gonna be near or right on top of haiti once we get to, i would say, dinnertime on monday. then, conditions just go downhill during the overnight hours of monday, on into the wee hours of -- of tuesday. from there, it goes over cuba and cuba has to watch it closely. and then, it could impact the u.s. once we get to mid-to-late next week. so it's something that we have to watch, very closely, even once it gets past haiti. haiti, you will see your conditions go downhill once we get to the evening hours of monday. the winds will start to pick up to tropical-storm force, which is 39 miles per hour or stronger. and then, the rain really picks up in intensity and some areas of hispaniola could see 7 inches of rain, kim. isolated areas, up to 10. the national hurric

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virgin islands. the cdc says the level for very high risk. means people should avoid traveling to these locations altogether. now, for those who must visit being fully vaccinated is strongly recommended regions are classified as very high risk when more than 500 new covid-19 cases are reported per 100,000 residents within the last month. the full list the bill. it is available on our website. kron 4 dot com. the city of oakland is participating in national night out tonight. police chief leronne armstrong marked the day by giving an update on crime trends across the city. armstrong said when he took office as chief back in february. the department was seeing a 500% increase in violent crimes in shootings were up over a 100%. he says due to an increased focus on violent crimes. both of those rates are down to just over 50%. now he says creating in violent crimes operation center has helped in their efforts. >> what that essentially did was centralized. all of our crime reduction teams and the one command structure so that we could be more focu

virgin islands in late 2019, prince andrew told bbc newsnight that he never had sex with jew free, sayingand that he has no recollection of ever meeting her. and there is a new development tonight in the case of embattled new york governor andrew cuomo. roberta kaplan, the chairwoman of the time's up legal defense fund, abruptly resigned today after she was abused accused rather of helping to discredit one of cuomo's accusers, the organization in saying that kaplan's resignation was quote the right and appropriate thing to do foxes, brian yanis with more on the cuomo controversy from new york. melissa derosa, a longtime supporter and top aide to new york governor, andrew cuomo, has stepped down from her post in a statement to rosa says serving as cuomo's aid was quote the greatest honor of her life. but the statement did not address the allegations against cuomo. the move comes nearly one week after new york state attorney general leticia james released bombshell findings following an independent investigation into cuomo. it concluded he sexually harassed 11 women during his tenure as gov

s virgin islands in late 2019, prince andrew told bbc newsnight that he never had sex with jew free sayingappen. and that he has no recollection of ever meeting her still to come. surveillance video shows a good samaritan getting shot after trying to stop a robbery in oakland coming up after the break. we'll hear from that man about why he did not hesitate to step in and warmer weather is headed our way. our chief meteorologist bill martin, with your five day foreca caught on va good samaritan was shot and another was pistol whipped while trying to stop a robbery. the two suspects are still on the loose our crime reporter henry lee talked to the good samaritan who was shot. he says he didn't think twice about jumping into an incredibly dangerous situation. it's happened again. another attack in oakland's chinatown, but this time a good samaritan got shot. peoples are saying, uh, see something say something but in 20 to do something, but unfortunately, they got hurt. it happened at about two saturday afternoon. two armed men in hoodies trying to rob two women of their purses near a thin fra

things most of us found quite revelatory in the book is your exploration of the 2 islands in the virgin islands . can you talk about what was going on there and howthat was part of this world of jeffrey epstein and his friends ? also is method of indenting himself to local officials and government people. either through philanthropy or donations or building something, that's almost a 360 degrees system he created . >> he couldn't have picked a better place to further his crimes then this island that he bought off the coast of st. thomas. the only way you can get to it is by helicopter or by boat. and you know, it's also a place where people on st. thomas are pretty poor. and the politicians you know, he ingratiated himself with these government officials and politicians. the wife of the then governor went to work for epstein for many years. like 10 years. and then he donated tens of thousands maybe, hundreds of thousands of dollars to build schools there. built the first music schools , soccer programs. you just name it, it was anything that he could throw his money at. so inevitably, these peo