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PBS News Hour - Segments

News Wrap: Hurricane Beryl hits southeastern Caribbean islands as Category 4 storm

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou with winds of 150 mph, Steve Bannon reported to a federal prison to begin his four-month sentence for contempt, Republican lawmakers sued Attorney General Garland for access to audio of an interview with President Biden and Israel issued mass evacuation orders in Khan Younis signaling a potential return of troops. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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In the day's other headlines, Hurricane Barrel has made landfall on the island of

0:05.3

karyaku in the eastern Caribbean. With winds of 150 miles per hour, it is the

0:10.6

strongest storm to ever form this early in the Atlantic hurricane season.

0:16.0

The National Hurricane Center has warmed of an quote extremely dangerous and life-threatening

0:20.8

situation.

0:22.1

The Prime Minister of Grenada said the coming few hours

0:24.7

will be vital in determining the storm's impact.

0:28.2

It represents perhaps the most dangerous part of this exercise, so I want to reemphasize to our citizens that the state of

0:35.6

emergency remains in place. It is for your own safety.

0:40.0

The storm is expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it moves across the Caribbean.

0:46.0

All of Jamaica is under a hurricane watch, but other islands may avoid a direct hit.

0:51.0

Barrel is expected to slam Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

0:55.4

by the end of the week.

0:57.5

Steve Bannon turned himself into a federal prison

1:00.4

in Connecticut today to begin his four-month sentence on contempt charges.

1:05.0

The former advisor to President Trump hugged supporters and told a crowd he was proud to be

1:10.1

a quote political prisoner.

1:12.2

Bannon was found guilty two years ago for defying a congressional subpoena as part of the January 6th

1:17.8

investigation.

1:18.8

His sentence means that Bannen is set to be incarcerated during much of the run-up to the November presidential

1:25.2

election.

1:27.2

Republican lawmakers have sued Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to audio of an interview with President Biden.

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