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Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central news. Now helene is now a major hurricane. It reached category three status here within the last hour. And right now, helene sustained winds are clocking in at 120 miles per hour. The storm expected to intensify even more before it makes landfall later tonight, 8 00 along floridas big Bend Region. Already helene is thrashing Floridas Coast with Heavy Rain and strong winds. The national Weather Service Warning of unsurvivable Storm Surge ahead going all The Way up to 20 feet, perhaps in some places. But its not just florida thats going to get hit here. Here is what it looked like in North Carolina. Officials say significant impact well also be felt throughout georgia all The Way up to tennessee in this here, this is just the prelude that you were watching for more on this storm and its potential short impacts. Were joined now by the director of the national Hurricane Center, michael brennan. Michael, what do people need to know about this storm is already seen some pretty terrible pictures coming in before it ever makes landfall. Yeah. Yeah. Briana conditions are deteriorate very quickly over the next few hours. Weve seen the forward speed of a lien now increasing up to 20 miles per hour. So its going to rapidly approach the coast of the Big Bend. Were seeing conditions deteriorating. Weve seen sustained winds of about 50 miles per hour just in the last hour near them mouth of Tampa Bay gusts up to 60, but were concerned about three major lifethreatening hazards. The Storm Surge along the Big Bend coast, the devastating Hurricane Force winds, a tropical Storm Stormforce winds that are going to not just affect florida, but up into georgia and the carolinas. And then the potential for catastrophic flooding from rainfall all The Way from Florida Up Into especially the southern then portion of the Appalachian Mountains where we could see up to 20 inches of rain so its a cat three now, tell us what that means and what you think it could be before it makes landfall . Well, we have seen helene strengthening over the last few hours. Were expecting that to continue. What it really means is theres going to be a huge Storm Surge with inundation of 15 to 20 feet aboveground level, somewhere here in the florida big ben. And that led lifethreatening really unsurvivable Storm Surge were going to see then because helene is so strong and moving so quickly, were going to see Hurricane Conditions spread across North Florida all The Way up into portions of western and southwestern and central georgia. Where tropical storm conditions across scale land, a Metro Area up into the carolinas, potential for Hurricane Force wind gusts into the appalachians lets talk about that Storm Surge unsurvivable unsurvivable. 15 to 20 feet. What does that really look like on the ground when youre talking about not say a single story structure, relatively close to the coast, a would that look like . Well, that could be watered, that could completely inundate a singlestory structure and even come close to the top of the roof of a twostory structure because it was on top of that Storm Surge, youre going to have destructive waves as the eyewall of the Hurricane Moves on shore and that Wave Action can destroy a home destroy other structures. And thats what really creates that unsurvivable environment. If you go back to Hurricane Michael in 2018 that hit mexico, beach, people died in the Storm Surge trying to leave in their cars. And its important to emphasize how rapidly the water is going to rise. And thats why people are asked to leave in advance because once you see the water rise, its going to come up so fast, youre not going to be able to get out. So you still might have a little bit of time to get out of these Evacuation Zones if youve been asked to leave and havent done so yet, please try to do so. You dont have to drive very far to get out of the Storm Surge evacuation zone, maybe just ten or 20 miles to get to a shelter yeah. Thats a very good point. It is this Storm Surge that really strikes fear into our hearts. I think michael brennan, thanks so much. Thats very helpful Thanks Danny and fema is warning Hurricane Helene could hit tallahassee, quote, dead on as it continues to intensify ahead of landfall for more on this, we have cnns john berman. He is there live. John what are you seeing right now and what are you hearing from officials about the conditions tallahassee in particular is facing . Yeah. Danny, the good news is that right now, were in a law. Its this dry as it has been for some time. The Bad News is, this isnt going to last the bands will keep coming through it here, through here, soaking tallahassee, the capital city population, about 200,000 in then the wind will come for all all The Storms that have passed over this region in the last few Years None have actually gone past tallahassee as a hurricane that is forecast to happen this time. And that could create some real issues here this is a beautiful Cedar Tree Right behind me but this town is famous for its live oak trees and the County Commissioner told me they expect thousands of trees to come down, hundreds of rows to be closed thats going to be an issue with power knocked out for days in that could be a good forecast. Local papers reporting that Waffle House has already closed all over tallahassee, and thats assigned to come because walk the last stays open as long as they possibly can. They dont expect to be able to operate here overnight public transportation shut down in tallahassee about an hour ago and its interesting because florida governor ron desantis, hes coordinating Florida Disaster Response from here from Tallahassee But Tallahassee could be right in the middle of this disaster in a way, it just hasnt been done before. So the Triple Threat youve been hearing about the Storm Surge thats 20 miles south of here here, but the minute that happens right here in tallahassee, the wind in issue in that drenching drenching rain, several inches already as much as ten inches by tomorrow, the soil will be so wet, which is why we could see so many of those trees come down. Danny yeah, incredibly well said that if theres any indication to take this seriously when the Waffle House is close, you should also take caution. John berman. Thank you very much. Really appreciate it. Brianna we are keeping an eye on communities in floridas big Bend Region as were waiting for helene to make landfall there and joining us now is Ron Off Thomas is the commissioner of will cola county, which is south of tallahassee. And of course, right there in The Storms path sir, thanks so much for being with us. The big concern is were talking right now. You just heard me may be talking to the director of the national Hurricane Center. Is that people are getting out of these places that could see this huge Storm Surge. Are you confident that people are doing that well, most of them are where we have teams of people that are going out and following up and go and literally doortodoor, everything in the low lying coastal areas has now hadnt multiple attempts to convince them to leave. And for the most part, they are there are always some that will stick around. And if they see this message i just implore them, get out. Now why they can theres still time well, thats the thing you dont want them trying to get out at the last moment in a car and Storm Surge. Right. But you also dont want them facing this being inundated in their homes. What is your message to them . You know, weve weve never taken a cat three hit. And wakulla county, weve never had 15 to 20 foot Storm Surge, so its really hard for people to imagine, but thats going to come up quickly. Thats going to cover their homes. And theres just nothing there going to be able to do once our Wind Speeds get to 35 miles per hour, were going to ground all of our first responders so we Cant Help we cant come get you until the the winds get back down below 35 miles per hour. What are you seeing so far we are seeing some Storm Surge. The rivers are rising, the coastal areas arising not a lot so far, but we know that thats probably going to peak sometime around Midnight Tonight and continue to rise and what have you been hearing from people . What are they concerned about that has some of them deciding i might stick around think probably more are leaving this time than would normally happen because we are were used to this. We deal with this every year. And so a lot of people get complacent, but i think the magnitude of this with the cat, three possible cat four and this Storm Surge is really getting everyones attention some people are concerned about leaving their pets behind or having mobility issues. And were trying to accommodate that. And the state has been very good to help us with that as well so were trying to overcome those objections and just encourage them. Nothing in your home is worth your life no, its certainly not and they dont have to drive too far inland as we heard the director for the Hurricane Center saying 15 to 20 miles hopefully theyre heating youre warnings there, Commissioner Ralph thomas. Thanks so much for your time today. Good luck thank you. God bless you. You too, sir. Still to come. 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So how do you tether the amount that was assessed by Supreme Court to the harm that was caused here where the parties left these transactions happy about how things went down well disgorgement, your honor, looks at taking the game away from the wrongdoer. And although this is a large number, its a large number for a couple of reasons. One because there was a lot of fraud there of the lack of harm was another area that trumps lawyers homed in on saying that no one had lost money in this trial transaction. One of the judges latched onto that and pointed that out to the a. G. s office, asking them if no one lost money, if this was a loan between two sophisticated parties, Donald Trumps organization and the german bank, deutsche bank. What was the limit of the attorney Generals Authority here in going after that. Now the Ags Lawyer said that they do have limits theyre authority, but that they are here to protect the big players in the market and small players and said that when someone asks to see flee in the market or hurts those on his business owners. Now as but the point that trumps lawyers have been arguing about some of this conduct being too old. This was something that the Appeals Court had reviewed before this case even went to trial. And one of the judges pushed back on trumps lawyer saying is, we thought that this conduct was too old, dont you think we would have done something about that . Now, of course, where the judge is ultimately land on this remains to be seen. This is one of trumps many legal appeals that hes participating in over all of these investigations. A decision though danny is not expected and until after Election Day Kara Scannell. Thank you so much for that update. Appreciate it. Brianna well, today, pennsylvania Law Enforcement exposed more of the Chaos And Confusion on July 13 when former President Trump was shot. State and local police leaders to testified at the first hearing of the House Task Force investigating the attempted Assassination And Witness detailed that basic functions were not met that day in Butler Penalty and so being like having a shared way to communicate among the agencies on site this tragedy, the very real threat to democracy of our nation escaped that day. I think we entirely preventable. Edge Security Vulnerabilities not existed. It is entirely plausible he might not even have attempted the shooting and would have returned home cnn senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez has been following todays testimony that was just a taste of it. Whats been going on. Yeah. Look, this this was a repeat of what weve heard a lot repeatedly, right from the Secrecy Service themselves, which is the idea that there was such a Communication Failure where in the c these law and local Law Enforcement agencies, which by The Way, the Secret Service has to depend on, right . They dont have enough people to cover. For example a rally this large, they need the local Law Enforcement its been one of the things that happened in this case is that even the low on local Law Enforcement was having trouble communicating with each other, not to mention the Secret Service having their own separate Communication System that was not really interacting. And these are problems obviously that should have been solved going back to 911. Heres take a listen to this testimony. 20 about some of the worst problems there wasnt a single unified Command Station on site. Secret service did not establish that is that a typical in your experience . Yes, its very atypical. Im very surprised. Normally there will be an overall Command Post for the entire visit than each site will have. Whats called the Security Room or Radio Traffic pertinent to that individual side is controlled in the Command Post. You overall Command Post should be the state, local police, Secret Service, and other federal partners that may be assisting and part of the importance of that was, you remember, there were about 30 minutes that they were looking for a suspicious gunman or some suspicious person . Who turned out to be the gunman who fired the shots at the former president. And the fact that there wasnt this unified place where people had information being exchanged really hampered the response. You heard. Just in the last couple of days that there were the agents who were there who are there to protect the president at some of the snipers didnt know what was happening until they saw people running towards that building and they fired two towards the threat. Again because they didnt know what was happening yeah. Unbelievable that they managed to move that quickly anyways, evan, thank you. Really appreciate the update. Ukraines president is taking his urgent pleas directly to the White House as he looks to push his Victory Plan against Russia Plus Tracking helene. You were looking at live pictures out of naples, florida. The storm is now a major hurricane, a cat three, and millions from florida to North Carolina are bracing for were potentially catastrophic flooding everythings stupid. Saturday, October 5th On Cnn i said i was sleeping. Okay. But i was waking up so tired. Then i tried as equals sleep nasal strip perhaps there fourpoint Lift Design opens my nose for maximum air flops. 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So what are you waiting for feels like President Biden meeting with ukrainian President Zelenskyy just moments ago biden just announced an additional 2. 4 billion in Military Aid for ukraine after hearing President Zelenskyys plan for victory on the battlefield, his next meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris. Were standing by for them to address supporters when they sit down together as the wait though to discuss all of this, we have retired us Army Lieutenant general and former commander of Us Armed Forces in europe. Ben hodges Lieutenant General. Thank you so much for joining me today. Im willing to take on this department of events unveiling of a 2. 4 billion Security Package for ukraine. It includes expanded Air Defense drones, Air Defenses, rather drones and training for ukrainian f 16 Pilots President biden also authorized 5. 5 Billion in president ial drawdown authority. So looking at all that together, what impact will the surge of assistance have on new Ukraines Ability in this war . Well, thank you. Obviously, this is all very good news and it will give ukraine not only the physical capability to continue their fight, to defend their country against russian invaders but it also sends a signal to ukrainians and to russia that the united states is in fact going to continue to support ukraine. So these are the positive things. The frustrating thing though is that these are the kind of decisions that should have been made two years ago if the administration would make it very clear that we won what you ukraine to actually win this war because its an our strategic interests. This is not charity one of the things that we know that President Zelenskyy has been hoping for is a lifting of the restrictions on firing these long range weapons that would go deep inside of russian territory. Do you expect the missing . Attrition will lift some of these restrictions well, they certainly should because that would enable ukraine to strike places from which the attacks are originating that are killing innocent ukrainian civilians. Every single day. So this is about helping Ukraine Defendant itself. The problem is the administration, i think as excessively concerned are has an excessive fear that russia might use a nuclear weapon in response, i think there is almost zero Chance Russia uses a nuclear weapon because there is no benefit for. Russia to use a nuclear weapon and the administration continues to hesitate though because of the russian President Putin for example, coming out saying these changed the doctrine about nuclear weapons. That is only the continuation of kremlin efforts to cause us to continue to hesitate. Its working we should we should change the policy allow ukraine to defend themselves zelenskyy has gotten himself into a bit of hot water with the speaker of the house and former president Donald Trump over recent visit to a pennsylvania ammunition factory, notably with democratic governor Josh Shapiro Senator Bob casey, also a democrat and others. I wanted to get your take on this because listen, zelenskyy is here specifically to advocate as he has advocated on behalf of his own country to get american help in this war but what kind of challenges can american domestic politics post that effort . Well, first of all, this is a gigantic nonstory. Its a political effort by the Trump Campaign and his supporters in the congress to diminish the support for ukraine never in my life did i imagine that the republican party, but would be using kremlin . In talking points talking about how ukraine is already lost. Russia after 10. 5 years controls only about 18 of Ukraine And Theyve lost over half 1 Million soldiers. So the idea that somehow ukraine is losing, that is a total fairy tale. But also this visit to the Ammunition Plant in scranton, pennsylvania is important for a couple of reasons. Number one, it reminds everybody that american factories in american workers are producing this ammunition. This is good for the united states. It also counters the statement by Senator Vance a few months ago that america doesnt have the industrial capacity to compete against russia, which is absolute nonsense. And then finally, of course, President Zelenskyy was out in utah a couple of months ago with a republican governor. 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And this could be first major hurricane to pass within 40 miles of tallahassee in modern record keeping. So one of the threats that were facing, a multitude of threats, Flash Flood warnings ongoing. We have a hurricane and Storm Surge warning. Tornado watches in and around the florida panhandle. And i want to show you just how saturated the environment is in apalachicola and this is just kind of paints the picture of what the entire state has been contending with as The Storm edges closer and closer this is somebodys Backyard And Apalachicola of the water starting to pond up and that is because weve had over seven inches because of rain just in the past 36 hours. And this is before the main event that being major Hurricane Helene this evening so it is pretty saturated. The environment. And so i really want to highlight not only the catastrophic so when threatened the Storm Surge threat that the Flash Flood potential that faces many of the southeastern united states, including here where i am in apalachicola. So i want you to see with my graphics, this is called called a rare high risk from the weather prediction center. They only issued about 4 of the time. But thats where about 40 of fatalities occur and 80 of damage within those high risk locations. Remember, you can hide from the wind but you need to run from the water and that goes for Flash Flooding. And also Storm Surge. Now here in apalachicola, there no stranger to these hurricanes. Theyve done every precaution that they can were still under this measure its already Evacuation And Franklin kaling. But theyve put all the sandbags boarded up the homes and the businesses and their best preparation and their defenses against what is the oncoming major hurricane. But the Flash Flood potential needs to be discussed inland as well. So The Storm has so much Forward Trajectory with it, so its not going to have that time to weaken before it goes inland. So it will bring Hurricane Force winds into central georgia. And then the Flash Flood potential were facing unprecedented amounts of rain in and around ashville and western North Carolina scenario, we need to monitor closely for a historic events brianna. All right. Derek Van Dam. Thank you so much. We are keeping our eye on. Its really something to see with how its already so saturated that he, as he says, and theyre just going to get more and more Water Hourbyhour straight ahead. A rare and wide ranging interview with former First Lady Melania Trump here for reaction to the two Assassination Attempts on her Husbands Life. Next things i can change it change and wide about change Sexual Orientation of notch changing political party. Were going to go to the house with what we got here. Okay. 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Its been two years since she did an interview i think that it shows that theres really no daylight between her and her husband she was very careful in her wording and what she said i was struck by her use so the word beautiful when she described a letter that she wrote, she said she didnt go to the rnc and said shed been speak at the rnc instead, she wrote this beautiful letter which is something that he would say, right . Using that word, beautiful i think there are very similar in ways that people dont necessarily understand. So that was an interesting little peek into their world what have you made of her role or really lack of a role on the trail . And for instance, some unusual for candidates, wives, maybe not too unusual for the former First Lady, but cnn has reported that she received a sixfigure youre check for one appearance that shes made which was just one of the few times that she actually has attended a political event. How unusual is that for a Candidate Spouse . Its very unusual and especially given Cnns Polling that shows this Gender Gap that trump is facing, it would make sense to have her out there talking about being a mother. I mean, one thing that struck me in her interview, she talks about im so sorry to interrupt you. We have to go now Vice President harris and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the podium its brutal Aggression And War against ukraine. My support for the people of ukraine is unwavering ive been proud to stand with ukraine. I will continue to stand with ukraine and i will work to ensure ukraine prevails in this war. To be safe secure, and prosperous. The united states must continue to fulfill our longstanding role of global leadership we must stand with our allies and our partners we must defend our democratic values and stand up to aggressors and we must stand for International Order Rules and norms each one of these principles is at stake in ukraine and that is why ukraines fight matters. To the people of america the ukrainian people are bravely defending their homes and their homeland. Their freedom and their democracy against a brutal dictator. And the american people know well the meaning of freedom of independence and the importance of rule of law. These ideals are central to who we are as americans and some of the most important moments in our history have come when we stood up to aggressors like putin. Just as we must today. Indeed, standing with our friends and defending our ideals against tyranny has helped make america the most powerful and prosperous nation in the world. Putins aggression is not only an attack on the people of ukraine it is also an attack on fundamental principles such as sovereign 20 and territorial integrity international rules and norms are not some abstract notion they provide Order And Stability in our world. They support american security and american prosperity and when they are threatened anywhere, they are threatened everywhere his history has shown us. If we allow aggressors like putin to take land with impunity they keep going and putin could set its sights on poland, the baltic states, and other nato allies we also know that other would be aggressors around the world are watching to see what happens in ukraine if putin is allowed to win they will become emboldened and history reminds us. And history is so clear in reminding us, the united states, its cannot and should not isolate ourselves from the rest. Of the World Isolation is not insulation so then the united states supports ukraine, not about two out of charity but because it is in our strategic interest, we will continue to provide the security assistance. Ukraine needs to succeed on the battlefield as demonstrated by President Bidens significant announcement earlier today ive been proud to work alongside President Biden and the 50 nation coalition mission. We have been built up to allow ukraine to defend itself thanks to this coalition and the skill and the bravery of the ukrainian people along your courageous leadership President Zelenskyy. Ukraine has stood up to Russias Aggression and today, kyiv stands free and strong. Presidency landscape in clear putin started this war and he could end it. Tomorrow. If we simply withdrew his troops from ukraines sovereign territory. Of course, he has demonstrated no intention of doing that instead, he continues to assault civilian infrastructure and terrorize the people of Ukraine And Switzerland in june, along with 90 other nations, as you can ukraine peace conference. I told you that the united states shares your vision for the end of this War And End based on the will of the people of ukraine and the Un Charter and that we must work with the international community to secure a just and lasting peace and i told World Leaders there nothing about the end of this war can be decided without ukraine however, in candor i share with you mr. President there are some in my country who would instead for ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory . Who would demand that ukraine, except neutrality and would require ukraine to forgo Security Relationships with other nations. These proposals are the same of those of putin and let us be clear they are not proposals for peace instead they are proposals for surrender which isgerous. And unacceptable so President Zelenskyy, i look forward to our Discussion Today and i will continue to work with you sure. Ukraine prevails in this conflict and remains a free democratic, and independent nation. Welcome back again. Thank you so much madam Vice President. Thanks for nutation. Have to see you your journalists. I want to especially. Thank you for your participation in the peace summit. And really it was very important and were remember it the former toss, successful. We are preparing the second one. Now we have to end this war. We need a just peace we must protect our people, ukrainian families, ukrainian children and everyone from putin, civil, and we are grateful to america for supporting ukraine all along. And we have an important meeting today, right . To add, talk to President Biden about the plan of victory. And i will share some details of the plan with Vice President harris is crucial for us to be fully understandable and to work in a full coordination with the united states and this morning, i talked also to the congressman, both chambers, both parties. And im thankful for their bipartisan support. We believe this war can be won and just peace can be closer only with a, with a united states madam Vice President. This is our you said seventh with items and not last. And the Sort Meeting as far as i remember, disorder, meaning this year. Thank you. And i want to inform me about them latest developments on the battle fields of course. And about ukraines actions in the Kursk Region on what has been achieved and their ambitions ahead. Today, we have a new strong support package, as you said and we have common view on the things that need to be done. We have to keep pressure on russia but to stop the war and to make truly lasting and just peace. Its a Top Priority for us and for other freedom loving nations to achieve. Not a freezing, but real, real piece for us so we need to keep sanctions against russia strong, and we need to use the proceeds from Immobilized Russian Assets to protect ukraine, our people, our cities, our frontline from russian evil. And of course, we must work hard to bring all russian War Criminals to justice. And one more thing i want to inform madam Vice President of our debt latest russian missile. And shaheds attacks against ukrainian energy infrastructure. We need to urgently strengthen ukraines Air Defense to save thousands of lives and reduce russian terror to zero its a chewable. Thank you again. Thanks, america thanks to you. Minimize breath and follow green. Thank you may not mention trump by name, but man, oh man, i think maybe his ears and jd vances ears were burning because it was very clear who she was talking about there. She rejected comments about ukraine cede territory to russia which is Something Vance and suggested and those who suggest that ukraine Embrace Neutrality and Forego Security relationships like joining in nato. And as you noted not mentioning trump by name was supposed to steer clear of the explicit mention of us politics. 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