Hurricane Irene pummels New York BBC News Sunday 28 August 2011

BBC News Sunday 28th August 2011

Ferocious winds from Hurricane Irene have begun to hammer New York, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding in the financial district.

New York City's public transport system has been closed and the mayor said it was now too late for people to leave.

Irene has already hit North Carolina and Virginia, causing damage and the deaths of at least eight people.

The eye of the storm, packing winds up to 75mph (120km/h), is due to hit New York in the next few hours.

The storm has weakened to a category-one hurricane since it came ashore but is still expected to be destructive.

About two million people have been left without power as the 500-mile-wide (800km) storm barrelled up the east coast.

The same number have moved out of the danger zone, most from New Jersey.

At 05:00 (09:00 GMT) the hurricane was moving along the New Jersey shore, about 115 miles south of New York City, having weakened slightly, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Some 370,000 people living in low-lying areas of New York City had been told to leave, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned those behind to stay put.

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Lending a Hand: 1st News Sunday

A local organization is encouraging you to buy locally and in return, a percentage of the purchase goes back to the buyer's choice of non-profits.

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Hurricane Irene pummels New York BBC News Sunday 28 August 2011

BBC News Sunday 28th August 2011

Ferocious winds from Hurricane Irene have begun to hammer New York, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding in the financial district.

New York City's public transport system has been closed and the mayor said it was now too late for people to leave.

Irene has already hit North Carolina and Virginia, causing damage and the deaths of at least eight people.

The eye of the storm, packing winds up to 75mph (120km/h), is due to hit New York in the next few hours.

The storm has weakened to a category-one hurricane since it came ashore but is still expected to be destructive.

About two million people have been left without power as the 500-mile-wide (800km) storm barrelled up the east coast.

The same number have moved out of the danger zone, most from New Jersey.

At 05:00 (09:00 GMT) the hurricane was moving along the New Jersey shore, about 115 miles south of New York City, having weakened slightly, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Some 370,000 people living in low-lying areas of New York City had been told to leave, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned those behind to stay put.

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The Sunday Sun 'will not be the News of the World'

Media Commentator Steve Hewlett says the Sunday edition of the Sun will not be a copy of the News of the World, nor should it be. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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The Sunday Sun 'will not be the News of the World'

Media Commentator Steve Hewlett says the Sunday edition of the Sun will not be a copy of the News of the World, nor should it be. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday: Rejecting the President's Path of Debt, Doubt, and Decline

January 29, 2012

Chris Wallace: President Obama laid out his agenda for 2012 in the State of the Union speech, now the Republicans are preparing to issue their plan in a new budget. The man behind the plan is Congressman Paul Ryan, Chair of the House Budget Committee. Congressman, welcome back to Fox News Sunday.

Congressman Ryan: Thank you, thanks for having me back.

Chris Wallace: Let's start with the President's State of the Union speech this week and his central argument that the Democrats are looking out for the middle class while Republicans want to protect the rich. Take a look:

President Obama: We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

Chris Wallace: Isn't that a strong, at least, political message?

Congressman Ryan: The irony of this is the President's policies do the exact opposite. I was there, so I've heard this speech a couple of times now. We basically got this: the President can't run on his record, it's a miserable record, he's not going to change his tune and moderate like Bill Clinton did in 1996 because he's really stuck with his ideology. He has no choice but to divide, so he is going run a very divisive campaign for political gain, and he has a concept of inequality where he uses the kind of rhetoric we use but the policies he's producing will result in crony capitalism, will result in giving more power to the government to supervise our lives and to give us a stagnant economy, where the rich and powerful are the ones who are picking.

What I am trying to say is he is giving us a future of debt, doubt and decline. He barely even mentioned the budget, the deficit, or the fact that was the day which marked 1,000 days since the Senate bothered even passing a budget. It is a record they can't run on so the President will use this divisive rhetoric and the outcome of these policies is to consolidate power in Washington where you have crony capitalism which his rhetoric tries to decry.

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Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday: Rejecting the President's Path of Debt, Doubt, and Decline

January 29, 2012

Chris Wallace: President Obama laid out his agenda for 2012 in the State of the Union speech, now the Republicans are preparing to issue their plan in a new budget. The man behind the plan is Congressman Paul Ryan, Chair of the House Budget Committee. Congressman, welcome back to Fox News Sunday.

Congressman Ryan: Thank you, thanks for having me back.

Chris Wallace: Let's start with the President's State of the Union speech this week and his central argument that the Democrats are looking out for the middle class while Republicans want to protect the rich. Take a look:

President Obama: We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

Chris Wallace: Isn't that a strong, at least, political message?

Congressman Ryan: The irony of this is the President's policies do the exact opposite. I was there, so I've heard this speech a couple of times now. We basically got this: the President can't run on his record, it's a miserable record, he's not going to change his tune and moderate like Bill Clinton did in 1996 because he's really stuck with his ideology. He has no choice but to divide, so he is going run a very divisive campaign for political gain, and he has a concept of inequality where he uses the kind of rhetoric we use but the policies he's producing will result in crony capitalism, will result in giving more power to the government to supervise our lives and to give us a stagnant economy, where the rich and powerful are the ones who are picking.

What I am trying to say is he is giving us a future of debt, doubt and decline. He barely even mentioned the budget, the deficit, or the fact that was the day which marked 1,000 days since the Senate bothered even passing a budget. It is a record they can't run on so the President will use this divisive rhetoric and the outcome of these policies is to consolidate power in Washington where you have crony capitalism which his rhetoric tries to decry.

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Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday: Rejecting the President's Path of Debt, Doubt, and Decline

January 29, 2012

Chris Wallace: President Obama laid out his agenda for 2012 in the State of the Union speech, now the Republicans are preparing to issue their plan in a new budget. The man behind the plan is Congressman Paul Ryan, Chair of the House Budget Committee. Congressman, welcome back to Fox News Sunday.

Congressman Ryan: Thank you, thanks for having me back.

Chris Wallace: Let's start with the President's State of the Union speech this week and his central argument that the Democrats are looking out for the middle class while Republicans want to protect the rich. Take a look:

President Obama: We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

Chris Wallace: Isn't that a strong, at least, political message?

Congressman Ryan: The irony of this is the President's policies do the exact opposite. I was there, so I've heard this speech a couple of times now. We basically got this: the President can't run on his record, it's a miserable record, he's not going to change his tune and moderate like Bill Clinton did in 1996 because he's really stuck with his ideology. He has no choice but to divide, so he is going run a very divisive campaign for political gain, and he has a concept of inequality where he uses the kind of rhetoric we use but the policies he's producing will result in crony capitalism, will result in giving more power to the government to supervise our lives and to give us a stagnant economy, where the rich and powerful are the ones who are picking.

What I am trying to say is he is giving us a future of debt, doubt and decline. He barely even mentioned the budget, the deficit, or the fact that was the day which marked 1,000 days since the Senate bothered even passing a budget. It is a record they can't run on so the President will use this divisive rhetoric and the outcome of these policies is to consolidate power in Washington where you have crony capitalism which his rhetoric tries to decry.

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Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Fox News Sunday: Rejecting the President's Path of Debt, Doubt, and Decline

January 29, 2012

Chris Wallace: President Obama laid out his agenda for 2012 in the State of the Union speech, now the Republicans are preparing to issue their plan in a new budget. The man behind the plan is Congressman Paul Ryan, Chair of the House Budget Committee. Congressman, welcome back to Fox News Sunday.

Congressman Ryan: Thank you, thanks for having me back.

Chris Wallace: Let's start with the President's State of the Union speech this week and his central argument that the Democrats are looking out for the middle class while Republicans want to protect the rich. Take a look:

President Obama: We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

Chris Wallace: Isn't that a strong, at least, political message?

Congressman Ryan: The irony of this is the President's policies do the exact opposite. I was there, so I've heard this speech a couple of times now. We basically got this: the President can't run on his record, it's a miserable record, he's not going to change his tune and moderate like Bill Clinton did in 1996 because he's really stuck with his ideology. He has no choice but to divide, so he is going run a very divisive campaign for political gain, and he has a concept of inequality where he uses the kind of rhetoric we use but the policies he's producing will result in crony capitalism, will result in giving more power to the government to supervise our lives and to give us a stagnant economy, where the rich and powerful are the ones who are picking.

What I am trying to say is he is giving us a future of debt, doubt and decline. He barely even mentioned the budget, the deficit, or the fact that was the day which marked 1,000 days since the Senate bothered even passing a budget. It is a record they can't run on so the President will use this divisive rhetoric and the outcome of these policies is to consolidate power in Washington where you have crony capitalism which his rhetoric tries to decry.

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Hurricane Irene pummels New York BBC News Sunday 28 August 2011

BBC News Sunday 28th August 2011

Ferocious winds from Hurricane Irene have begun to hammer New York, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding in the financial district.

New York City's public transport system has been closed and the mayor said it was now too late for people to leave.

Irene has already hit North Carolina and Virginia, causing damage and the deaths of at least eight people.

The eye of the storm, packing winds up to 75mph (120km/h), is due to hit New York in the next few hours.

The storm has weakened to a category-one hurricane since it came ashore but is still expected to be destructive.

About two million people have been left without power as the 500-mile-wide (800km) storm barrelled up the east coast.

The same number have moved out of the danger zone, most from New Jersey.

At 05:00 (09:00 GMT) the hurricane was moving along the New Jersey shore, about 115 miles south of New York City, having weakened slightly, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Some 370,000 people living in low-lying areas of New York City had been told to leave, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned those behind to stay put.

View the original article here

Hurricane Irene pummels New York BBC News Sunday 28 August 2011

BBC News Sunday 28th August 2011

Ferocious winds from Hurricane Irene have begun to hammer New York, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding in the financial district.

New York City's public transport system has been closed and the mayor said it was now too late for people to leave.

Irene has already hit North Carolina and Virginia, causing damage and the deaths of at least eight people.

The eye of the storm, packing winds up to 75mph (120km/h), is due to hit New York in the next few hours.

The storm has weakened to a category-one hurricane since it came ashore but is still expected to be destructive.

About two million people have been left without power as the 500-mile-wide (800km) storm barrelled up the east coast.

The same number have moved out of the danger zone, most from New Jersey.

At 05:00 (09:00 GMT) the hurricane was moving along the New Jersey shore, about 115 miles south of New York City, having weakened slightly, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Some 370,000 people living in low-lying areas of New York City had been told to leave, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned those behind to stay put.

View the original article here