our correspondent laura trevelyan is in wilmington, in north carolina. you look pretty wet. is it still raining? it is still raining. we are getting two to three inches an hour, thatis getting two to three inches an hour, that is now the big threat. this is the main river here in wilmington and it's expected that it won't be until tuesday before this river actually crests from the gigantic amount of rainfall it's getting. it is flooding now, long—term flooding here on the coast and inland as well as flash flooding, some places with 20 inches of rain just since yesterday. that is the big risk now to life and property. what we are seeing is across north carolina and south carolina, what is happening on the coast is that this tropical storm is now moving at only two miles an hour, so incredibly slowly, and just damping miles an hour, so incredibly slowly, andjust damping rain miles an hour, so incredibly slowly, and just damping rain on us. the effect this has is its like a slow motion catastrophe, gradually the water levels are going to rise here in the cape fear river and e

roy cooper there. 0ur correspondent laura trevelyan is in wilmington, in north carolina. we heard the advice being given by the governor, people speaking earlier about the flooding, tornadoes, waterspouts. the warnings, the dangers have not cleared yet. no, not at all, hurricane florence has been downgraded, it is now a tropical storm, she's dumping so much rainfall on north carolina and parts of south carolina that the worst of the flooding is yet to, as the governor of north carolina roy cooper was outlining down the clip you played. as an illustration of this, the river behind me, it is not jude to actually quest until she stayed. so that means the worst flooding that will be expressed here is not for a few days yet. that is why this is very deceptive and it is widely governor is trying to make point that more people's lives are at risk now done well when this thing made landfall. because we are expecting some places of north carolina to get out the year's worth of rain injust two or three carolina to get out the year's worth of rain in just two or three days, so of ra

the hurricane‘s eye has just made landfall in wilmington — on north carolina coast, and laura trevelyan is there for us. jane, this is what it looks like when the eye of the hurricane makes landfall, absolutely torrential rainfall, incredibly high winds, there is debris flying absolutely everywhere, hundreds of thousands of people across north carolina have lost power and hundreds o are waiting to be rescued, because what is happening is that already there is happening is that already there is epic flooding and people need to be rescued from their homes. dramatic scenes as the leading edge of hurricane florence reaches the north carolina coast. rain and wind pummel the barrier ireland's exposed to the atlantic, then move on. this huge slow—moving storm is now so this huge slow—moving storm is now so wide, that it's threatening the south—east coast of the us, from the carolinas to georgia. north carolina's governor is warning that conditions are only going to deteriorate. people inland could be threatened too. the first bands of the storm are upon us. but we have days more to go. w

we cross live now to laura trevelyan in the city of wilmington, north carolina where, as we heard a little earlier, a woman and her baby were killed after a tree fell on their house. what can you tell us about these fatalities? tonya the police department said the tragically a woman and her infant were killed when a tree fell on their house and of course the trees are falling because this morning here in wilmington, we had the highest winds recorded, 105 miles an hour we have not seen wind like this since the 19505. not seen wind like this since the 1950s. and what we're seeing now is this massive slow—moving gigantic storm, hurricane florence, and it's churning its way across north and south carolina. dumping enormous amounts of rainfall, you can see behind me the scene, the floodwaters arriving and we are told the river, that we are sitting next to it's not expected to peak until tuesday, because the storm will dump rain on us because the storm will dump rain on us for the next two days. my colleague chris has this report. the carolinas knew all of this was coming but they could never

laura trevelyan is in wilmington, north carolina. what is the picture there this lunchtime laura? well, the hurricane is about 200 miles away from us, right now. it is weakening. it is gaining in size though. this is the closest we are allowed to get to the coast, that bridge behind me is closed. we are in a mandatory evacuation area. if you look at the geography of this community, you can understand why the triple threat posed by this hurricane is so dangerous. we expect a storm surge here of about 12 feet, we expect hurricane force winds over 100mph and look how low lying we are here, we expect anywhere between 15 and a0 inches of rain because this hurricane is going to store parallel to the coast and drench us and that could lead to catastrophic flooding here and in land and that is why, jane, people here are braced for the worst that hurricane florence could bring. thank you laura. the highest level in a decade. figures from nhs england show that 78% of cancer patients began treatment within two mondays of a gp referral, the target is 85%. people found guilty of assaulting eme

our north america correspondent, laura trevelyan has this report. laura trevelyan, has this report. dramatic scenes as the leading edge of hurricane florence breaches the north carolina coast. rain and wind pummel the barrier islands exposed to the atlantic. this huge slow—moving storm is now so wide it is threatening the south—eastern coast of the us from the carolinas to georgia. it is the rain from the hurricane that could pose the greatest threat. forecasters warn that if we get prolonged rainfall over a couple of days there could be catastrophic flooding, as the water levels rise and inundate people's homes. there are fears that millions could be without power across the coast south—east of the us as the triple hazard of hurricane force winds, storm surge and flooding become a reality. many have fled their home, seeking shelter in evacuation centres inland. from the vulnerable elderly to the very young. while most people in mandatory evacuation zones have left, some are determined to see out the storms. my family and everyone has evacuated except my wife and i but we are

our correspondent laura trevelyan sent us this update from wilmington, north carolina. just look at this rainfall. we are getting two to three inches an hour in some parts of north carolina. what is happening is the river behind me, which is already swollen and moving fast and breaking its bank at high tide, is getting more and more rainfall dumped onto it. and this is being replicated across parts of north and south carolina as this very slow—moving, enormous storm just dumps rain on us. now there is this risk of catastrophic flooding. we have just heard from the governor of north carolina who was telling us that more people are at risk now than they were when the storm had not even made landfall. that is because of the water, walls of water, the governor called it. and we will get this for another 2a hours. this river behind me, the cape fear river, is not even if they did to reach its peak height until tuesday. that means the most damaging flooding is still to come. laura millerjoins us from an emergency shelter at the town of conway in south carolina. laura, thank

let's get the latest from our correspondent laura trevelyan, who's in the city of wilmington. that tragedy of the mother and infa nt that tragedy of the mother and infant killed here in wilmington this morning by the falling tree that fell on their house. so many trees have come down today, nuala, and remember there has been a lot of heavy rainfall all summer here, unusually for the east coast, and so that has made the ground very soft. we had the eye wall of the hurricane hit here at 7am and then a little calm and then it seems like we have the back end of the storm. the ground is loose and yet more trees will fly around tonight. now the greatest risk is not the wind or the storm surge, but the rainfall. this isa storm surge, but the rainfall. this is a huge storm, nuala, and it is hanging around, lingering around carolina, so slowly you could walk with it, five miles an hour, so it is dumping all of this rain and because the ground is saturated we're getting this flooding, nuala, which we are told will continue into next week. here is my colleague, chris barker, with more. t

our correspondent laura trevelyan is in wilmington. hurricane florence has been downgraded to at optical storm but she still poses a great threat. the high winds have subsided a bit and so high winds have subsided a bit and so has the storm surge, but now what we are seeing

our correspondent, laura trevelyan, sent us this update from wilmington, north carolina. look at this rainfall. we are getting two or three inches an hour in some parts of north carolina. what is happening is the river behind me, which is already swollen and moving fast and breaking its bank at high tide, is getting more and more rainfall dumped onto it. this is being replicated across parts of north and south carolina as this very slow—moving, enormous storm just dumps rain en masse. now there is this risk of catastrophic flooding. we have heard from the governor of north carolina who was telling us that more people are at risk now than they were when the storm had not yet made landfall. that is because of the water, walls of water, the governor called it. we will get this for another 2a hours. this river behind me is not even if they did to reach its peak height until tuesday. that means the most damaging flooding is still to come. well, we can speak to storm hunters mark robinson and jaclyn whittal, who are in wilmington, north carolina. thank you forjoining us. you

well, let's cross now to our correspondent laura trevelyan, who is on wrightsville beach in north carolina. laura, this hurricane is due to hit where you are standing in the next woody 4—1; take hours. what is going to change? —— 2a— 48 woody 4—4 take hours. what is going to change? —— 24— 48 hours. woody 4—4 take hours. what is going to change? -- 24- 48 hours. you can see this earth behind me. at the moment the hurricane is about 400 miles out to sea, but as it comes closer we will expect much, much stronger waves, we will expect rain and then within 24 — 36 hours, what we expect is that there will be a triple threat from hurricane florence, that it either stalljust off the coast or it will hit carolina coastline and it will bring hurricane force winds, a storm surge twice as high as me and what could be catastrophic levels of rainfall, any way —— anywhere between 24— 48 inches and it is the weather that could follow that would be the greatest threat to property and indeed, life. from what you are hearing, our people heeding the evacuation orders? —— are peo

keith doyle, bbc news. 0ur correspondent laura trevelyan is in wilmington, in north carolina. it does seem as if the worst effects of the storm could still be to come. yes, as you can of the storm could still be to come. yes, as you can see of the storm could still be to come. yes, as you can see this is just one of the hundreds of trees that are down across north carolina but it's the rainfall now which is posing the greatest threat, the strong winds have more or less past so we are getting between two and three inches of rain per ouras getting between two and three inches of rain per our as tropical storm florence sits on the coastline, dumping down rain, so what is gradually happening is that rivers inland are beginning to crest and flood but we are told this is a slow—moving car‘ so it may not be until tuesday that the worst flooding happens. some areas got 20 inches of rain yesterday and now after 36 hours of rain fall like this, there are almost a million people without power and almost a million people have left their homes with no idea when they will be back. in th

laura trevelyan, bbc news, north carolina. joining me now from wilmington in north carolina is cbs correspondent, mola lenghi. hello to you. are you feeling the hurricane approaching now? you know, anita, the conditions have started to worsen here in the last hour or two. certainly not hurricane conditions, not even tropical storm conditions. we are feeling the wind started to pick up a little bit. for the most part, still very mild. in the most part, still very mild. in the next 2a hours we are expecting conditions to worsen progressively, especially going into the evening and the night hours. and this time tomorrow is when florence is expected to impact and make landfall on the carolina coast. what is all sense of how many people are heeding evacuation warnings, and how many are saying they are going to ride out the hurricane? well, millions of people up and down the coast appeared to have heeded the warnings here over the last 48 hours. we saw a mass exodus from north carolina, down to south carolina, people moving west, mo

the hurricane's eye first hit wilmington on the north carolina coast, from where laura trevelyan reports. that is what category one hannah kane looks like. —— hurricane this isa kane looks like. —— hurricane this is a category five flooding threat because of the tremendous amount of rainfall we will experience over the next two days as this gigantic storm slows down and pets fear of the course of north carolina and south carolina churning away and bringing possibly historic amounts of rainfall in its wake. dramatic scenes as the leading edge of hurricane florence reaches the north carolina coast. rain and winds pummelled barrier islands exposed to the atlantic. this huge slow—moving storm is now so wide it is threatening the south—east coast of the united states and the carolinas to georgia. the governor of north carolina ones that conditions are only going to deteriorate. people in land could be threatened to. the storm is wreaking havoc and our state and we are deeply concerned for farms state and we are deeply concerned forfarms and state and we are deeply concerned for fa

response to this storm once the waves rise and florence arrives. 0ur north america correspondent, laura trevelyan joins me now from wilmington in north carolina. it's a little unpredictable, but around seven o'clock tomorrow morning, as you can see the rain from hurricane florence is arriving, the first brand of rain, less than 100 miles away from where i am standing speaking to you now, but already tropical storm force winds from the hurricane are lashing the 0uter from the hurricane are lashing the outer banks of north carolina, the barrier island and for now and tilt when the hurricane hits, or when it lingers off the coast, we are expecting strong winds and this rainfall and the governor warned residents to date that this is a powerful storm that can kill, and you know what lingers on the coast, we are expecting strong winds and this rainfall and the governor warned residents to date that this isa warned residents to date that this is a powerful storm that can kill, and even though it is been downgraded, he warned people not to become complacent. it is going to come and the immense flooding t

i spoke to the bbc‘s laura trevelyan in north carolina about how people are bracing themselves. well there is one person on the beach who was determined to write out the storm and his calculation is that he's written out every storm within living memory. however his next—door neighbours who are fleeing this afternoon, who remember hurricane hazel back in 1954 which devastated this beach, they are not taking any chances and they're going. and we've had the governors of north carolina and south carolina warned residents that if they stay put, first responders won't be able to get to them because they will be called back from the area. in that period from thursday night to saturday now it looks like, when hurricane florence is going to most likely turned parallel to the coast, bringing its triple threat of flooding, of high winds, and a storm surge. it's maybe the pioneering an american spirit roz, but more are fleeing than are staying. and for those who want to prepare their homes in their office buildings before leaving, how much can really be done to protect a building in adva

well let‘s cross now to our correspondent laura trevelyan who is on wrightsville beach in north carolina. blue skies behind you, it looks to bea blue skies behind you, it looks to be a beautiful day, but i imagine we should not be fooled. in fact, the surface up up up behind me, hurricane florence is about 400 or so hurricane florence is about 400 or so miles away from where i am talking to you now. just the thought these. winds of low hundred 30 miles an hourat these. winds of low hundred 30 miles an hour at the last update and it‘s due to get here sometime overnight on thursday to saturday, most likely it is be paralleling the shore here, but there is a triple threat from that hurricane. the storm surge, the strong winds and what is being referred to as titanic amount of flooding, anywhere between 15 and 40 inches. meanwhile, people are buying supplies and this is the scene a little bit earlier and about 100 miles or so, where people werejust putting their hands on literally anything that they could and i‘ve seen people desperately trying to find water, queuing up for gas, people b

laura trevelyan has been speaking to a new generation of military veterans, who want to serve their country in a different way. this woman is running her campaign with military precision trying to meet as many voters in this new jersey suburb as possible, this is what you would expect of a former naval helicopter pilot, with her eye on winning what has been a republican seat for decades. on winning what has been a republican seat for decadeslj on winning what has been a republican seat for decades. i was a heller —— helicopter pilot for many yea rs heller —— helicopter pilot for many years and i never said, heller —— helicopter pilot for many years and i neversaid, i'm heller —— helicopter pilot for many years and i never said, i'm only taking republicans or democrats on this mission. this mother four is running against the tax changes coming newjersey‘s way and she is also the gun control. unqualified in automatic weapons and i know the danger of them, we need the federal government to make sure we have the gun government to make sure we have the gu n safety government to

laura trevelyan is in new york. i was struck by that phrase he used when he said "we will be guided by patriotism, not globalism" as he put it. what in practical terms does this mean for the institutionjust behind you? this is the heart of multilateralism. it's the biggest multilateralism. it's the biggest multilateral organisation in the world. its founding principles are to try to prevent war through working together. this is a defiant sta nce working together. this is a defiant stance by president trump and his america first 2.0, he laid out his vision last year and now he is underlining at talking about sovereignty. what it means in practical terms? the us is still contributing about one quarter of the un's peacekeeping budget. the un officials i've spoken to is that they have found the us ambassador to they have found the us ambassador to the un nikki haley to be tough but fairand the un nikki haley to be tough but fair and that she is and lamenting his policy and looking at every area in which the un... ——

laura trevelyan, bbc news, north carolina. the company which runsjohn lewis and waitrose has announced that its profits were virtually wiped out in the first half of the year. in the six months to the end of july, pre—tax profits at thejohn lewis partnership plunged by 99%, compared with the same period last year, to £1.2 million. the chairman of the partnership, sir charlie mayfield, said the retail industry was facing challenging times and said the ongoing brexit negotiations were in part to blame for uncertainty in the economy. russia has launched its largest military exercise since the cold war. around 300,000 personnel are involved in the joint training with china and mongolia, along with 80 warships and more than a thousand aircraft. a kremlin spokesman said the drills were justified given aggressive and unfriendly attitudes towards his country. the former prime minister, gordon brown, has told the bbc he fears the world is sleepwalking into another financial crisis. he says a breakdown in international co—operation

their centrist appeal will win over voters tired of the gridlock in washington, as the bbc‘s laura trevelyan now reports. nice to see you. she is running her campaign with military precision trying to meet as many voters in this newjersey suburb as possible. that is what you would expect from a farmer navy helicopter pilot.” that is what you would expect from a farmer navy helicopter pilot. i tell people i was a helicopter aircraft commander and they never once started a mission saying i am only taking democrats on this mission or iam only taking democrats on this mission or i am only taking republicans on this mission. she has raised lots of money that the campaign. she is running against the tax changes coming newjersey‘s way and she is for gun control. i am qualified in automatic weapons and i know the danger. we need the federal government to step in to make sure we have good quality gun legislation across the board. max has not done 15,000 doors in new york as he tries to turn this republican seat blue.” am posts 9/11 war veteran. injured in afghanistan by a roadside bomb, max was

laura trevelyan was there as hurricane florence hit north carolina and she joins us now. the rivers are still rising, this is what people don't understand about this hurricane, it passed and we have forgotten about it but in north and south carolina, the rivers are still rising and the danger is still rising? yes, 16 rivers in this state are at major flood stage and the cape fear river i was standing next to last week is due to crest today at four times its normal height. it will be 61 feet, if you can imagine that? the worst of the flooding is not yet over and people evacuated are being told don't go back to your homes. this is the situation the president is seen for himself and he has promised to do 100% of what it ta kes. has promised to do 100% of what it takes. clearly, a lot of federal help will be needed because 200,000 people are still without power. we saw laura last year when hurricane harvey was in houston and we saw the amount of damage it caused to homes, are we looking at similar damage in north carolina? possibly even worse. i was there reporting on the aft

laura trevelyan is in wilmington, north carolina. just a sense of the preparations and what they are expecting. well, actually, we arejust what they are expecting. well, actually, we are just getting the first rainfall from hurricane florence now, it is about 130 miles offshore. but yes, it is practically a ghost town, people in the evacuation zones a ghost town, people in the evacuation zones have mostly left. the town itself of wilmington is boarded up and it is impossible to get petrol, we tried to this morning but everywhere has sold out. people leaving town have taken supplies. a few hardy ones are deciding to ride out the storm. but there are three potential threats from the storm which, although it has been downgraded to a category two, it is still moving at 105 mph and there is the potential for catastrophic flooding. 0n the potential for catastrophic flooding. on top of the storm surge of four feet and hurricane force winds. it is due to just hang around where we are off the coast of the carolinas were 2a, 36 hours, pounding us with rain. we might get 36 inches of rain which

our correspondent laura trevelyan is in new york. it is lunch for the world leaders. donald trump heard giving litres edition of his worldview. perhaps thatis edition of his worldview. perhaps that is not gone down very well. well, i think the world leaders and a better and un diplomats are not used to donald trump and know his view of the world. they know that while there is a more collective one with more belief in multilateral institutions, and his is about america first and sovereignty and thatis america first and sovereignty and that is the he outlined today. but as one the men said to me "well, at least there were no new villains the speech". last year you mirror member last year it was rocket man can jump -- kim last year it was rocket man can jump —— kimjong last year it was rocket man can jump —— kim jong ill. last year it was rocket man can jump —— kimjong ill. here now and —— he is now in talks with the president. the villains in the speech were iran, venezuela but to some degree those pre—existing villains. i think for a those pre—exist

our correspondent laura trevelyan has been following the latest from wilmington in north carolina, where the tropical storm has claimed two lives. hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm but she still poses a great threat. the high winds have subsided a bit and so high winds have subsided a bit and so has the storm surge, but now what we are seeing is absolutely torrential rainfall as she pounced the coast of north carolina and south carolina. the threat now is coming from flooding, potentially catastrophic flooding. i am speaking to you from the cape fear river here in wilmington north carolina, it has already broken its banks. we are told that the river won't actually crest until tuesday. that means that homes and properties are going to flood well into next week. and that is now the worry for people, can they return to their homes if they evacuate only to find that they are going to flood again. across the south—eastern coast of the united states, from virginia maybe all the way to georgia, people are bracing to see how much damage this storm can still do. let the

laura trevelyan has been covering the storm for us. just last week, she was in willimington, and now she's watching the developments from washington. laura, we have seen donald trump hana gaffers —— food parcels and offering support? that's right, and he has very much been playing the role of consoler in chief today, hugging a little boy who asked him for a hug. that is in stark contrast to the present‘s demeanour last week when he was questioning the number of people who were killed in puerto rico, the us territory by hurricane maria last year. he was clustering —— questioning whether it was really 3000 people who died, and his greatest —— administration was criticised for his response. but it isa criticised for his response. but it is a very different story in north carolina, where it seems officials on the local and federal level have learned from the experience of hurricane harvey last year in houston, and the response has been as efficient as it can be. when i was there, people were praising the fa ct was there, peop

our correspondent laura trevelyan has been following the latest from wilmington in north carolina, where the tropical storm has claimed two lives. hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm but she still poses a great threat. the high winds have subsided a bit and so has the storm surge, but now what we are seeing is absolutely torrential rainfall as she pounced is absolutely torrential rainfall as she pounds the coast of north carolina and south carolina. the threat now is coming from flooding, potentially catastrophic flooding. i am speaking to you from the cape fear river here in wilmington, north carolina, it has already broken its banks. we are told that the river won't actually crest until tuesday. that means that homes and properties are going to flood well into next week. and that is now the worry for people, can they return to their homes if they evacuate only to find that they are going to flood again. across the south—eastern coast of the united states, from virginia maybe all the way to georgia, people are braced to see how much damage this storm can still d

let's get the latest from our correspondent, laura trevelyan, who's in wilmington, north carolina. laura, that storm will hit exactly where you are standing in about 2k to 48—hour is time. what will change between now and then? -- 48 hours. we are expecting life threatening storm surge, high winds and we are expecting titanic amounts of flooding. weak that have 35, even 40 inches of rainfall. just imagine! behind me the surf is already up. in the four or five hours we have been on this beach it has been increasing in strength. the hurricane is 35 miles south—east of where i am standing. people are taking no chances. i just spoke to a standing. people are taking no chances. ijust spoke to a couple, charlotte and bill. charlotte was here as a child in 1954 when hurricane hazel hit this beach and brought devastation. they are heading out of town for the very few people are staying behind for that there is a mandatory evacuation orderfor 8pm tonight there is a mandatory evacuation order for 8pm tonight and a turning off the power at 6pm to make sure people get out. i am looking at

their homes, with winds of up to 90 miles per hour expected. 0ur north america correspondent, laura trevelyan, has this report. dramatic scenes as the leading edge of hurricane florence breaches the north carolina coast. rain and wind pummel the barrier islands exposed to the atlantic. this huge slow—moving storm is now so wide it is threatening the south—eastern coast of the us from the carolinas to georgia. it is the rain from the hurricane that could pose the greatest threat. forecasters warn that if we get prolonged rainfall over a couple of days there could be catastrophic flooding, as the water levels rise and inundate people's homes. there are fears that millions could be without power across the coast south—east of the us as the triple hazard of hurricane force winds, storm surge and flooding become a reality. many have fled their home, seeking shelter in evacuation centres inland. from the vulnerable elderly to the very young. while most people in mandatory evacuation zones have left, some are determined to see out the storms. my family and everyone has evacuated except my wife

laura trevelyan covered the storm for us. she‘s watching from washington. you are looking a lot better than you were not so long ago. yes, very fortunate for me to be warm and dry but for people in north carolina, there are more than 10,000 still living in shelters, 200,000 people without power and the governor of the state has just been talking to president trump, welcoming him to north carolina and saying there is still a danger out there and that people who have evacuated should not yet returned to their homes and that is because even today, the cape fear river which i we re today, the cape fear river which i were standing next to last week is not due to crest until later today. if you can imagine. it is going to be four times its normal height. because of all the rainfall that hurricane florence dumped on north carolina, there is a real risk of flooding still. and still a tremendous rescue and recovery effort to go. president trump was just telling the people of north carolina that whatever it costs the federal government will help them. he took care to