laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. jonathan moynihan is from king garden bay in the british virgin islands. he has been trying to find a way out and is now in the capital road town. thank you forjoining us. you have supplied us with some images you have taken supplied us with some images you have ta ken around supplied us with some images you have taken around the island from your motorbike but what have you seen there? imc and the strongest people and the weakest people ——i am seeing. they are coming together. there is a lot of things happening. it is unbelievable human spirit and the opposite as well. but, you know... the opposite as well. but, you know. . . you the opposite as well. but, you know... you have been there from california for two years and now you are trying to get out. if that assign you don't believe the aid effort is going to kick in any time soon? i think the sentiments from the outside towns and even in road town, no one is getting the support they need right away. the sentiment is that, you kn

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. hurricane irma may have been downgraded to a tropical storm, but she's certainly left a trail of destruction in her wake. some caribbean islands have been left with hardly any supplies. and florida is still feeling the impact, with storm surges that pose a serious danger. the bbc‘s allem maqbool reports from miami. after a day of darkness and fury, miami opened its eyes to the aftermath. this city is now littered with the debris of the hurricane. boats were even lifted clean out of the bay and dumped on the shore. people here are emerging from their shelters and barricaded homes to try to start clearing up. so you got out this morning and what did you find? sheer devastation, everywhere you look. i mean, the parking lots are flooded, cars, trees fallen down. in spite of all the preparation, millions are now without power. the financial district of the city has been badly affected. it was underwater during the hurricane, inundated with massive coastal waves as irma passed. and across

there is now a sense of desperation and fear in tortola. people are hungry, tired and in need of basic supplies. this was the line of traffic trying to get into the main town on the island. most are heading to the supermarket for the first time since the hurricane, now that more roads have been cleared. have you got enough food, water? no, because everybody is fighting, and stealing. a lot is going on right now. people are breaking into people's homes, going with what they have. it's a state of emergency. outside the store, some have been waiting for the doors to open for eight hours. as only a few people are allowed in, chaos ensues. they are worried that supplies are limited. we need water, we need food. we need electricity. do you think you've had enough help? i don't think so. we need outside help right now. get in line for me! police and security guards appealfor calm. but after six days of devastation and enduring the worst storm in living memory, these angry scenes proved too much for some to deal with. we're under control, but we di

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories: the number of people in temporary accommodation in england has risen by 60% since 2011. the spending watchdog, the national audit office, says ministers have failed to assess the impact of changes to welfare payments on homelessness. the government says it's determined to help the most vulnerable people in society. police have released a new cctv image of a jogger who appeared to push a woman into the path of a bus. the footage shows a man running in west london, appearing to shove the 33—year—old into the road. two men, both aged a1, have previously been arrested, but were later released without further action. the football association inquiry into historic abuse in the sport has been told that the former england manager, graham taylor, who died this year, was warned about the sexual abuse of young players when he worked for aston villa in the 1980s. 0ne victim said he was advised to "sweep it under the carpet." a metropolitan

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. michaeljoseph is president of the antigua and barbuda red cross society. he is in stjohn‘s, the capital of the two islands. how bad are things? is there a danger the anger could boil over and cause real problems? no. there is not a high concern to that. i think the government would have stepped in earlier to prevent that. i think they have got some aid into barbuda and evacuated them to co mforta ble into barbuda and evacuated them to comfortable conditions. so i don't think they would be a concern for antigua, because the government intervened early enough. so what are the priorities? in barbuda, it currently doesn't have any of its 1500 residents honoured. they are all located in antigua. 450, roughly, have been housed in shelters. the rest are with family 01’ shelters. the rest are with family orfriends, well—wishers shelters. the rest are with family or friends, well—wishers who've opened their doors. the most thing right now for barbudans living in antigua, that is shelte

yeah, there was in tortola. as far as i know, it's been controlled by the curfew that's been controlled by the curfew that's been put in place since last night. so have you received word of any aid yet, anything coming from outside sources? yeah, there's a couple navy ships in the area. there's been helicopters coming in. other than that, i heard there's some evacuee lists for the people most critically injured. after that, it's kind of, we're kind of a wait and see. just to clarify, i hadn't asked you yet, are you a resident on the british virgin islands or are you there on holiday, what's your situation? yeah, i'm from the us. i've been a resident for about 15 years. i run a company down here called the looking glass. my office is a total loss. a lot of my friends have been displaced. a lot of expat community in the bvi. a lot of people are far away from home right now. but you wa nt to away from home right now. but you want to stay, you plan to stay do you? i plan to evacuate. i lost my house. and my cars and

tortola. laura bicker reports from there. tortola. the british virgin islands look like they have been hit back by the blast wave of a bomb. like they have been hit back 0n the biggest island of tortola, houses have been ripped apart and contents scattered for miles. a 20 foot wave surge crushed boats, beaching them among the rubble. boats, beaching them this man was at home as hurricane irma hit. this section of my ma's room, the roof came off. the bedroom came off. we went to the living room. glass everywhere. we had all of this boarded up. glass everywhere. you've lost everything? everything. people talk about the winds that came through here as if they were alive, as if they'd come from another world. as if they'd come from and now five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. others are just simply desperate to leave. the shock of seeing this terrifying force of nature is overwhelming. terrifying force of some are trying to fly home to

and the british foreign secretary, boris johnson, toured the devastated island of tortola. he is promising to help that island recover. >> this is the most extraordinary scene of decimation and devastation that, you know, i think many people have witnessed in their lives. something i've never seen. it's in many way a nuclear landscape. but what's extraordinary is the way the people are coming through. the british nationals here, we are here for the long term. we're going to get this place back on its feet. >> and thousands of people are also in need in the islands of antigua and barbuda. now, this, of course, these islands were in the line of hurricane irma when it was still a category 5 slamming into that area. michael joseph is the president of antigua and barbuda's red cross, joins me now on the line. i can't imagine your workload at the moment. what have been your priorities? >> well, we've been trying to make sure we get everything right from day one. so right now our primary response has been to support with the evacuation of bar bu n budens and an teague ga as well a

nbc's stephanie ruhle is there. >> reporter: driving from the airport into the center of tortola, the images are heartbreaking. homes destroyed, boats tossed. here we are at this marina. it's not just that boats are turned over. many of these boats were on moorings out there in the water and ended up pulled all the way on to land. near the coastline, we meet nolan davis who says he barely survived the storm. >> the hurricane was taking the house apart. pow, rat tat tat. >> reporter: now his family is helping him start to pick up the pieces. >> you lose your bed, you lose all your belongings, but we got to go on. >> reporter: more than a week after irma slammed these islands, the necessities, food, water, power, are still scarce. gas stations damaged and abandoned. cell phone service is mostly out. we came here with digicel. their urgent mission is to repair cell phone towers here. >> the islands have been devastated, but our job is to try to get the territory back up and running as quickly as possible. >> any buses wanting to go to the u.s.? >> reporter: today the rush to get out as p

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. as we've just heard, foreign secretary borisjohnson has arrived in the caribbean tonight and he spoke on the airport tarmac to the bbc about the uk relief effort. this was something that was absolutely vital to do ever since the storm hit. i think people who... 0bviously the storm hit. i think people who... obviously we have every sympathy for the suffering of the people who think it by this extraordinary hurricane, the biggest in 150 years. but most fair—minded people know the deployment the british have made. this is the biggest military deployment since libya. we have 1000 troops in the area. i think more than 50 police officers, more police officers are coming into night. huge quantities of supplies coming in. we are making a big difference to the lives of these people. borisjohnson as he arrived in the caribbean. almost 400,000 rohingya muslims have now fled across the border from myanmar to bangladesh since the latest upsurge in violence which began at the end of august. the u

stephanie ruhle, tortola, british virgin islands. >>> new controversy swirling around google. former employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of paying women less than their male counterparts and also denying them promotions. let's get details from jo ling kent. >> reporter: tonight, google is facing a major lawsuit on behalf of all women who have worked at the tech giant over the last four years. three former employees, kelly ellis, holly pease and kellni wisuri says google discriminates against women by systematically paying them less than men and denying them promotions. google's failure to pay female employees the same for substantially similar work has been and is willful. >> these women are taking a risk about their careers, and i think they're showing great courage, but they are doing this because they feel that there's a wrong that needs to be righted. >> reporter: in an e-mail to nbc news, google denied the claim saying we disagree with the central allegations. we have extensive systems in place to ensure that we pay fairly. if we ever see individual discre

the army have done a great job getting tortola, the main town, up job getting tortola, the main town, up and running. but that isjust job getting tortola, the main town, up and running. but that is just one pa rt up and running. but that is just one part of a 60 islands. of course. let me bring brigadierjohn bridge back in. we are grateful for your me bring brigadierjohn bridge back in. we are gratefulfor your time. all of you, we are grateful for your time, you have got a lot to do, and brigadier bridge, it is clearfrom listening to everyone, for a lot of people, this is about surviving the aftermath. it is about survival. john bridge, can you hear me? sorry, you dropped out for a second, but i have got you now. absolutely, i heard what was said. the point that was made about the complicity of logistics with it, i absolutely agree. 0urfirst priority logistics with it, i absolutely agree. our first priority was to get the airport is open. when you have shipping containers bouncing down the runway, pretty huge holes in it, getting into prepared that, to get the light up and running, so

they just want their kids to go. >> i was in tortola. our plane landed, an aid plane, and the airport was empty. as we unloaded it was the first public evacuee flight that the u.s. government put together for american citizens. people were crowding the airport panicked to get on and just trying to get their kids on. imagine no school for your children to go to, no running water. we have to remember, these are islands. so many of us have memories there. we have been there. some of them are u.s. territories. we cannot forget these people. >> steph, so glad you went to cover that. thank you for joining us. o.t. on this saturday morning. >>> a hot mike moment from the senate minority leader. what to make of chuck schumer's comment next. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru cross

there are also still a number of security concerns on tortola. we've just been told not to walk too far up this street because a number of serious criminals are still on the loose from the damaged prison. something else for the local and national government and when you walk around this neighbourhood, you get a real sense that it's notjust about rebuilding lives and homes, it's about rebuilding trust. we're trying to make some phone calls. some just want to leave or at least get their family of the island. how have things been for you? it's really difficult, there's no food, there's no water. we have been hearing that there are some people bringing some help, but we haven't seen anything. they're kind of organising the logistics and while that happens, people are suffering. you're gone! that's how people just pass. you're alive, there is hope. but others, like doris, will stay. if we had any animosity among anyone of us, this is the time now to pull together and get stronger and move on. and i think that we have to keep hope alive and, when we do

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. breaking news in tennis, and top seed rafael nadal has won the us. 0pen men's final, making it his 16th grand slam title. he did it in style, beating south african kevin anderson in straight, 6—3, 6—3, 6—4. the spaniard is now only three grand slam titles behind the current recordholder, who else, roger federer. more on that in sport later on. the ex—president of georgia, mikheil saakashvili, has successfully crossed from poland into ukraine after two failed attempts earlier in the day. ukraine is mr saakashvili's adopted homeland, but he was stripped of citizenship after accusing president petro poroshenko of blocking efforts to fight corruption. the chief minister of the indian capital, delhi, has ordered an inquiry into the alleged rape of a 5—year—old girl at school. arvind kejriwal made the announcement during a second day of protests about how authorities handled a separate case in which a 7—year—old boy was murdered at school. in mexico, hundreds of thousands of

and you can see the devastation is widespread here on tortola. you can see what's left of one of the marinas here. this is certainly one of the hardest-hit regions. people here had been struggling to find food, to find water. however, supplies are slowly making their way here. and neighboring caribbean islands have been hard hit. many of the residents that call those places home have had to evacuate to puerto rico, united states. many people who live here are trying to make it back to the u.k. we've heard some remarkable stories of survival. people who have essentially had to huddle inside their homes to ride out the storm. and then, had to scrap whatever they could to eat and drink. that's the reality for many people here. resources are slowly but surely making their way to some of the regions that were devastated by irmenierely a week ago. but it is not at the rate that locals would like to see it happen. what does stand out after our time here in the caribbean has been the resilience of many of the people here. they're determined to clean up.

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. and of course irma covered so much ground. there is a much more coverage that we can bring you, and we have put that on the website for you. we have the latest live updates there. more on how it has had so many people in different parts of the caribbean, and of course, cuba and mainland us as well. that is all on our website. go to bbc.com/news. the public inquiry into the causes of the grenfell tower fire is due to have its first public hearing this morning. at least 80 people died in the blaze three months ago. frankie mccamley reports. it was a catastrophic tragedy that killed at least 80 people. many questions remain an acid. today, the public enquiry is being launched. it aims to get to the bottom what happened, and find out what can be done to stop selling like this happening again. —— remain unanswered. the frames of reference have been identified as... but for some, like thomasina, who lost a home, there are still concerns. it would look at social housing. i do bigger will look deep enough into the arms—length or

laura bicker is in tortola. well, it's five people died here in the british virgin islands, and you can see the devastation wrought by hurricane irma. as we flew in, we saw homes that looked like they've been blasted away by the hurricane. they lie tattered and in ruins, and scattered across the island, as do boats. because you can see the effect of a 20—foot storm surge. there's boats lie scattered all across the island, and when they've been moored together they've obviously crashed into one another, and they're now in pieces. there is a massive effort now underway, after criticism here of the british government's response to this crisis. i've been speaking to the royal engineers, who are here. they've been repairing this runway, that's been their first priority. and the reason for that is they need to get aid in and people out. so, now that they've done that, they say they can try to re—establish communications. when it comes to other problems on the island, there have been reports of looting, especially

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he's in tortola. >> he lives and works there. i spend most of my time in the states. he was in a bathroom, concrete bathroom, lots of mattresses for protection. and he had his cell phone and some hurricane provisions. water, food, that kind of thing. and we hung up and the storm hit an i haven't been able to reach him suns. there's no electricity. the cell towers are down. the phones are out. it's been impossible to reach people. facebook has been the only place to get information. we have a bvi group set up. and there's been desperate appeals of location of loved ones. and many of us are waiting to hear. >> you haven't heard anything -- none of your neighbors? >> not in that area. it's -- the area where he is is very remote. it's kind of down a dirt road, down a mountain. not a whole lot of neighbors. i know someone else heard from one of the neighbors. they were all right. it's one of those things that one house is fine and the next one is destroyed. and i think my husband should be safe. he was in a bit of a bunker. so, just, you know -- i believe he's going to be

they now have but one dream, to restore tortola to its former glory. once again it will earn its nickname as nature's little secret. jane: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, why is the republican president inviting the democrats over for dinner? we will get more on the meal that has washington talking. syrian president bashar al-assad has met with russia's defense minister to discuss the fight against terrorism. the russians claim 85% of syrian territory has been cleared of armed groups. steve rosenberg has traveled with the russian army and sends this report. steve: this is the russian airbase, the heart of russia's military operations in syria. an operation which has changed the course of the war here. it has been nearly two years since moscow launched an intervention in syria, and now the russian army invited a group of journalists to give its perspective on how the operation is going. syrianup-to-date, 85% of territory has been liberated from illegal armed groups. steve: we have taken off from the airbase

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. the house of commons is debating the first major parliamentary bill of the brexit process. the vote on the bill that will transfer all eu laws into british law and pave the way for brexit is not expected to take place until after midnight. downing street says it‘s confident that the vote will go the government‘s way despite widespread criticism of the measure for giving too much power to ministers. there are signs of a possible labour rebellion over the legislation — which sets out the path for eu law to be incorporated into british law. jeremy corbyn has ordered his mps to vote against the bill but this has been met by claims that this would lead the uk to a cliff edge of uncertainty. let‘s speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth who is in westminster the government‘s argument for this bill is there can‘t be a black hole went the uk leaves. we need legislation in place. it is essentially to bring all existing eu laws onto big uk statute but the controversial par

the largest of the islands is tortola, from where our correspondent, laura bicker, reports. the british virgin islands look like they have been hit by the blast wave of a bomb. 0n the biggest island of tortola, houses have been ripped apart and contents scattered for miles. an over—20—foot wave surge crushed boats, beaching them among the rubble. arron glasgow was at home as irma hit. this section of my mum's room, the roof came off. then my bedroom came off. we ran to the living room. glass everywhere. we had all this boarded up. you've lost everything? everything. people talk about the winds that came through here as if they were alive, as if it had come from another world. and now, five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, of shelter, and clean water. others are just simply desperate to leave. the shock of seeing this terrifying force of nature is overwhelming. some are trying to fly home to relatives in the uk. the masson family made it to the shelter after neighbours with machetes hacked through debris to help them hike from their dam

jeremy cooke reports from tortola. into the disaster zone, hms 0cean off the british virgin islands, straight to work delivering aid where it is desperately needed. for the flight crews, the first look at this hurricane—shattered landscape, almost every building damaged, widespread devastation. already 0cean‘s landing craft are heading to the main island of tortola. the navy's working parties on the ground getting stuck in. hot, humid conditions, stinking, stagnant water. welcome to the caribbean. on board ship there are 60 tons of essential cargo and with nine helicopters, the means of delivery. we've arrived with a stack of building material, we've got timber, plumbing materials, hacksaws, chainsaws but importantly also a lot of professional personnel who are highly skilled in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. it is an urgent mission. the flight deck has been open for business since the moment 0cean arrived. she has been steaming at full speed for two weeks, everyone on board ready now to go to work. t

with repairs to infrastructure and safeguarding supplies. 0ur correspondent laura bicker reports from tortola. the british virgin islands look like they have been hit by the blast wave of a bomb. 0n the biggest island of tortola, houses have been ripped apart and contents scattered for miles. an over—20—foot wave surge crushed boats, beaching them among the rubble. arron glasgow was at home as irma hit. this section of my mum's room, the roof came off. then my bedroom came off. we ran to the living room. glass everywhere. we had all this boarded up. you've lost everything? everything. people talk about the winds that came through here as if they were alive, as if it had come from another world. and now, five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, of shelter, and clean water. others are just simply desperate to leave. the shock of seeing this terrifying force of nature is overwhelming. some are trying to fly home to relatives in the uk. this family made it to the shelter after neighbours with machetes hacked through debris to help them hike from their damaged

tortola isn't." and simply was, "i'm alive. tortola isn't. " and then simply was, "i'm alive. tortola isn't." and then that was it and the phone went dead and then i didn't hear from him until late last night. so, even though i knew he was alive, i was still, you know, hugely frantic, frightened for his safety because you don't know, you know, things are falling. things, you know, the things that are going on now because of the hurricane are just unfathomable and terrifying, terrifying. jeffrey, are you anxious about your daughter, amy, stuck on st martin? when is she going to be able to come home? that's a very good question. i wish i could answer it, but unfortunately, we can't. yes, we are very it, but unfortunately, we can't. yes, we are very concerned it, but unfortunately, we can't. yes, we are very concerned indeed. there is looting is widespread. the resort that is looking after the eu nationals that are there is threatening to close down because the number of robberies that are going on, the

what was it like when irma hit tortola? >> you know, when it first started, it just started to build sort of a crescendo. it was something that wasn't a lot going on at first and we were watching, taping, taking pictures, posting on facebook. and then, you know, hours went by and it started to get more serious as every hour passed up until, you know, the eye wall came in. and at that point things just -- things became very serious at that point. >> andrew, i heard you say the hurricane was more like kind of a 33-hour tornado. in what way? >> yeah, so i never really experienced a hurricane before. i didn't know what to expect, but it lasted for a long time. the storm itself was pretty massive. so 33 hours of pure wind and rain and debris and things flying around, so it was pretty crazy and lasted quite a long time. >> and when it was over you hiked 10 miles, 12 piles to get the to the capitol. on the way there how bad was the damage? >> it was completely catastrophic. all of the roads obliterated whether the waves came in an

tortola is bracing for the worst. where to take shelter on an island where almost every building was damaged and the roofs ripped off? storm debris from irma could be turned into potential lethal missiles as maria's winds move in. in puerto rico, food is being rationed. there are lines to buy fuel and to get into shelters. are you going to get out. >> yes gl this woman is headed for shelter after her generator broke upon her daughter cannot sleep in the insufferable heat as a monster hurricane approaches. most places are boarded up tonight as the wind is picking up. you know, the last time a category 5 hurricane made landfall here was 90 years ago. maria is expected to hit tomorrow morning early. anthony. >> mason: eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz and he has the latest. >> hurricane maria has a very tight core, meaning the winds, the most destructive ones are right around the eye, but that eye bearing down on st. croix, as well as puerto rico, as we head into early on medicine morning,

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. the french president, emmanuel macron, is on the french territory of st martin, which was badly hit by irma. at least 15 people were killed there. mr macron assessed the damage on the caribbean island and vowed to help people rebuild their homes and businesses. he told reporters that france was preparing one of the biggest airlifts of aid since world war ii. and britain's foreign secretary has flown to the caribbean. borisjohnson met british troops in barbados who were preparing aid for british territories devastated by the hurricane. he's due to visit anguilla and the british virgin islands. more than 1,000 uk soldiers will be in the region by the end of the week to help the aid effort. us officials say 12 people are known to have died as a result of hurricane irma in florida. there are fuel and power shortages, as well as long trafficjams, as residents return to their homes. the worst hit area was the florida keys, where a quarter of houses are believed to have been destroyed. on th

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. laura strickling was forced to flee her home on st thomas in the us virgin islands after hurricane irma. she joins me live from sanjuan in puerto rico. delighted to see that you are safe and well. just tell us how you ended up and well. just tell us how you ended up getting the porta rico and your experiences over the last few days. a friend that i have been calling at the puerto rican navy. it is civilian boats that are bringing supplies to saint thomas and taking back people who need to go. my particular boat was organised by someone particular boat was organised by someone who wanted to get parents of small children off the island. we found out about the lift from another mom, there was a phone change, be at this place — it was becoming desperate and we weren't sure of is the right move but it was the right move. —— phone chain. we went to the doctor to wait, they said they would be there at 230 and there was no formal organisation, they just say go, there was no formal organ

laura bicker, bbc news, tortola. almost 400,000 rohingya muslims have now fled across the border — from myanmar to bangladesh — since the latest upsurge in violence which began at the end of august. the prime minister of bangladesh, visiting one of the refugee camps, called on myanamar to take the refugees back. the un said yesterday that the treatment of the rohingya by myanmar, a mainly bhuddist country, amounted to ethnic cleansing. the un is holding an urgent meeting tomorrow to discuss the crisis. my colleague reeta chakrabarti is at the kutu—palong refugee camp. she has the latest for us. we join her now. we're at the edge of this huge, sprawling camp in which people are enduring a really degraded existence, sleeping on tarps on top of the monsoon mud. aid has been slow to come. with so many people packed into such miserable conditions, it has the potential to get much worse. my colleague, justin rowlatt, reports. roshida is nine months pregnant. she is expecting any day. but this is where she's living wi

tortola is bracing for the worst. where to take shelter on an island where almost every building was damaged and the roofs ripped off. storm debris from irma could be turned into potential lethal missiles as maria's winds move in. in puerto rico, food is rationed. there are lines to buy fuel and get in shelters. are you going to got out? >> she headed for shelter after her generator broke. her daughter cannot sleep in the insufferable heat as the a monster hurricane approaches. most places are boarded up to night as the wind is picking up. you know the last time a category 5 hurricane made landfall here was 90 years ago map. maria expected to hit tomorrow morning early. >>> aftershocks continue after the region was hit by a massive 7.1 earthquake. the trembler collapsed buildings, set off fires and sent residents into the streets. adrian bard is there. it began to shake at 1:14 and it felt like it was never stop. this one seemed like the big one. pictures and statues fell off the shelves. we lost all communication, vi

this is tortola — the largest of the british virgin islands and the most heavily populated. just imagine trying to live here now. there are 1a other inhabited islands in the bvi just like this. the people here are british citizens and they are looking to the uk for help. and britain is helping. at raf brize norton, giant transport aircraft have been loaded with hundreds of tonnes of aid for the region. they are taking emergency supplies as well as timber and building equipment. there have been eight such flights in the past few days, and the government rejects criticism that its response has been too slow. we responded very quickly. we had a ship there already, not by chance, we always put a ship into the region for the hurricane season. that ship has been helping since thursday in anguilla and the british virgin islands. we have 900 troops out there now. we have three helicopters out there. the aid effort is under way. hms 0cean sets off from gibraltar today with a crew of 700 who specialise in disaster relief. they won't arrive in the caribbean until late next week, but th

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