The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing department rules. These are in addition to two THAAD launchers already in place at the country's Seongju base. he doesn't always mean what he says ... don't take him literally". The White House said that in a phone call with South Korean's president on Monday, Trump gave approval "in principle" to lifting previous restrictions on South Korean missile payloads and to approving "many billions" in weapons sales to South Korea.

More than 7,000 individual cases of damage or trouble (including broken poles and lines) the company is working to fix. The utility company says it must wait until conditions are safe for damage assessment teams to enter the field and begin the restoration process followed by fix crews, which could take several days.

Flags will be at half-staff on the Capitol Building and in the Capitol Complex, as well as on all public buildings, grounds, and facilities. "Ann and I honor and remember these heroes, their families, our nation's first responders and the dedication of our veterans and military members who are now serving".

Hurricane Irma pounded the Florida peninsula Sunday and the remnants of the storm were expected to move through the Southeast on its way to southern IN by 2 p.m. Less than a half-inch is likely to fall across Upstate, the Weather Prediction Center said . The chance for passing showers should continue Wednesday .

If implemented the sanctions will be the toughest-ever yet on the North Korean regime. North Korea has warned the U.S. that it will suffer the "greatest pain" if fresh sanctions are imposed. Pyongyang's drive to stage a slew of brazen tests in recent months, which contravene existing United Nations sanctions, has sparked surging tensions over the country's weapons programme.

In New York, the Pentagon, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and across the nation citizens paused to reflect on the tragic events of that day. Pence said President Donald Trump asked him to attend the ceremony in Pennsylvania. "To the families of the fallen, as President Trump promised this morning, I say now: The memory of your loved ones will never die". He noted "we don't refer to the passengers and crew members as victims.They were heroes.They stood up and fought" and did not allow ...

The concerns were serious enough for aides of Trump's legal team to draft a statement in anticipation of having to explain why the president's son-in-law was leaving the White House. Kushner did not resign, however, and remains at the White House. For more on the considerations about Kushner, see the full Wall Street Journal report .

Tropical Storm Irma has pushed through the area leaving us with much cooler temperatures, windy conditions, and overcast skies. Authorities say a Florida man appears to have been electrocuted by a downed power line following Irma. Irma continues to batter the coast of Florida. Chase said projected rainfall for DeKalb County is around three inches or more . A tropical storm warning is issued when a tropical cyclone containing winds of 39 to 73 MPH or higher associated with a tropical ...

Florida Power and Light (FPL) estimates that 3.4 million Floridians could be without power during Hurricane Irma , which is now making its way toward the western portion of Florida . But that doesn't mean Floridians should try to go back home. "My administration is monitoring the situation around the clock, and we're in constant communications with all of the governors, with the state and local officials", Trump said in a video of the meeting released by the White House.

China's position is clear, consistent and resolute, he said. The White House said Mr Trump and Mr Turnbull also "confirmed that their two countries will intensify joint efforts to denuclearise North Korea ". "We will respond to the barbaric plotting around sanctions and pressure by the United States with powerful counter measures of our own", North Korea said in a statement by its delegation to an economic forum in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East.

Necker is among the 50 British Virgin Islands (BVI). Branson had an awesome menagerie of exotic animals on the property and we're told a number of them didn't make it through the hurricane. "But the whole British Virgin Islands community is rallying round", he said. The Virgin founder said he had experienced three hurricanes over 30 years on the island, and planned to wait out Irma since his home was reinforced to withstand high winds.

Likely taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on creating a global image, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi left for the U.S. on Monday where he will be addressing students at the renowned University of California, Berkeley and also hold public meetings with global thinkers and overseas Indians.

Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in an interview published on September 10 that the dispute over North Korea's nuclear and ballistic-missile programs is the world's worst crisis "in years". Earlier in August, amid spiraling tensions, Pyongyang said that it was working on a plan to launch a medium-range ballistic missile at the United States base in Guam.

It warned that if Washington does push through its quote-"illegal and unlawful" sanctions, Pyongyang would make sure the US pays its "due price". The council last month adopted a sanctions resolution imposing a full ban on exports of coal, seafood from North Korea after it carried out an ICBM test .

He provided updated information on the federal government's efforts to respond to destruction caused by Hurricane Irma . Politicians from the island nations that are most vulnerable say they are going to press for top fossil fuel consumers to help them fix damage attributable to climate change, marking a sharp divide between rich and poor nations.

Officials say the deaths of two people in Georgia are being blamed on Tropical Storm Irma. At that time, the Battery was pounded by storm surges, which broke over the sea wall in the harbor. S.C. Electric and Gas issued an update at 11:30 a.m. Monday. OPCON 4 is the next highest response level above normal, day-to-day activities, and emergency managers make initial preparations for the possibility of any hazardous situations.

Unlike other hurricanes in this part of the Atlantic Ocean, which tend to race out to sea, meteorologists expect that Jose will make a tight clockwise loop in the open waters over the three days, during which it will not affect any land areas.

Hurricane-force winds of 125 miles per hour (over 200 kp/h) whipped roofs clean off buildings, ripped trees from the ground and forced evacuations along the coast. "We put the music on to bring stress levels down and so the clients feel better", said Juan Carlos Varcas, 30, a Cuban salsa teacher at the hotel. Elsewhere in the Caribbean, there were reported shortages of food, water and medicine - alongside claims of looting and unrest, in particular on the Franco-Dutch island of St Martin - ...

Still, he said, it will take days for many people to be restored and, in some cases where the damage was extensive, weeks. Irma caused one of the largest USA evacuations ever, with almost 7 million people in the Southeast warned to evacuate, including 6.4 million in Florida alone.

A public swimming pool in Sydney temporarily resembled a Bond villain lair on Monday when a beached great white was released into its waters. Speaking with news.com.au , Rob Townsend, life sciences manager at Manly Sealife Sanctuary, said the pool acted as a "good place" to leave the injured animal while a game-plan was established.

Speaking of the miners involved in the incident leading to the investigation, Leila Silvia Burger Sotto-Maior of Fumai said , "It was crude bar talk". However, three of the five bases Funai operates in the Javari valley to ensure that remote tribes are allowed to live in "voluntary isolation" have been closed in recent years as a result of central government cuts, the New York Times reports .

He noted the United Nations refugee agency says 270,000 people from Myanmar have fled to neighboring Bangladesh in the last three weeks, and pointed to satellite imagery and reports of "security forces and local militia burning Rohingya villages" and committing extrajudicial killings.

The Department of Defense reports around 15,000 service members are helping in Florida, Georgia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Mission preparations are underway at National Guard armories across the state, including in Green Bay and Appleton.

The Coast Guard says Hurricane Irma is still a threat to the state's coastal regions and could cause large surf, potential coastal flooding and tropical storm level winds starting later Sunday until Tuesday. In addition, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) "has been incredible". What stood out as notable, however, was the one group of people the president singled out for praise : "I'll tell you what, we have great people, and a group that really deserves tremendous credit is ...

The fundraising page's "Story" section explains how an officer with the UC Berkeley Police Department interrupted the transaction and began to write Juan a ticket. Since posting the video, Flores has started a GoFundMe account for the vendor and others like him. Two other campus police officers made arrests in separate and unrelated incidents during Saturday's game, Sanchez said.

Most outages were in Florida Power & Light's service area in the southern and eastern parts of the state. 'Many of the linemen are coming from across the country including from as far away as California. A Verizon spokesperson said Monday that recovery efforts are underway in Tampa and Orlando south to Miami. Power restoration will begin as soon as crews are able to work after the storm.

The original USA draft would have ordered all countries to impose an asset freeze and travel ban on Kim Jong Un and four other top party and government officials. "We have been clear in close consultation with the Americans that oil has to be included as an element of sanctions", South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-Wha told reporters.

A weakened Irma spread misery around the Southeast on Monday, triggering coastal flooding in parts of Georgia and SC while dumping heavy rains around the region. Forecasters have warned the water could run up to 6 feet above normal. High tide in Charleston was at 12:23 p.m., but it was making its way into the streets by 10 a.m., bubbling up drainage pipes and breaking in waves over sea walls.

That will be followed by a private family internment. "Lonely and Gone" was a tune from the duo's debut album, Tattoos & Scars, in 1999. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Patricia Gentry, and his brother, Keith Gentry. The TJ Martell Foundation was one of numerous charitable foundations Gentry supported. He was an active supporter of breast cancer awareness and research.

Elsewhere in Myanmar, communal tension appeared to be rising after more than two weeks of violence in Rakhine state. In response to that attack, the United Nations says Myanmar's military has struck back "without regard for basic principles of global law" targeting civilians, not just militants.