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Potentially one of the most destructive storms on record, thats the new warning from the national Hurricane Center about Hurricane Milton headed for floridas West Coast. Tampas mayor also not mincing words, saying, if you dont leave the evacuation zones, youre going to die. Breaking this morning, a Brand New poll shows good news for Kamala Harris as we are learning of a new plan, she is set to unveil today that could revolutionize Home Health Care for seniors and hope of a Ceasefire And Hostage deal fading new cnn reporting that the u. S. Is not actively trying to revive the deal. What u. S. Officials are focusing on instead now, im Kate Baldwin with john berman. Sara sidner is out today this is Cnn News Central in a lifetime storm. Hurricane milton is churning right now and headed directly towards the states densely populated West Coast. Do you see it right there . Millions of people could be in its path. Every official that is tracking this thing is using language that should scare you from the Hurricane Center this morning. Milton has potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for the west, set for West Central Florida this morning. Tampa officials are warning that miltons extremely dangerous strike could bring impacts not seen in over 100 years, and Tampas Mayor literally saying, youre going to die if you dont leave the evacuation zones. Take a look at this storm from space. This is The View right now from nasa and noaa this thing is huge. So far milton is one of the top ten strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic. It is the strongest storm to occur anywhere on the planet this year right now, a Mass Exodus is has been underway and is still underway. The rush to evacuate and thank God People are paying attention, but it is triggering long lines and Traffic Jams with an expected landfall of Hurricane Milton still late wednesday or early thursday, were waiting for updates throughout the morning to see how if and when the track changes. Cnns Carlos Suarez is in Fort Myers for us. Preparations underway. First, lets get to cnns derek Van Dam, though. Derek, whats the latest . I mean, this view from space is crazy No Doubt kate. And theyre not mincing words right. The authorities there but you know, were facing this imminent major Hurricane Strike across the Florida Peninsula. But i want to talk about three things that ive narrowed down that worry. This meteorologist whos dedicated his entire life to studying these incredible phenomenon that is the fact of this trajectory of the storm the expanding Wind Field and also the fact that this will be a nighttime or likely a Nighttime Landfall that will complicate the scenario 155 mile per hour winds. I want to talk about this trajectory. Okay this is not a Side Swipe to the state of florida or the Florida Peninsula, as if you were driving a vehicle and another car. Sideswipes you. This will be a tbone crash. And what that means is it will maximize the Energy Potential with this approaching hurricane so even though we have a Weakening Storm on approach, it still has all that Pent Up energy as it reaches the coastline of florida. The expanding Wind Field this is the second concern for this meteorologist. It will double in size as it leaves the Yucatan Peninsula now, and makes its way towards florida. And there will be a moment in time overnight wednesday into thursday, where the state of florida will feel Hurricane Force winds from the West Coast all the way to the east coast. That will knock down power. It will knock down trees and cause catastrophic damage along the coastline, especially where you see the shading of purple. Its also going to push up a lot of water kate. And that is my other concern with a Nighttime Landfalling major hurricane. And Storm Surge of 10 to 15ft from Port Charlotte to Tampa And Tampa bay that means that Water Levels will be twice the height of my height. Just incredible. Theres so many facets to this storm. The Flash Flood Threat cannot be minimized. We have an extremely rare high risk of Flash Flooding on wednesday for the state, so Thats Something to consider as well. You put it so clearly and help explain why this one could be so, so damaging with that path. Thank you so much derek is going to be with us all throughout the morning. Theres a lot to get to with the track and more updates coming from the national Hurricane Center this morning for us. Lets get over in the meantime to Carlos Suarez is standing by in Fort Myers, which was on that map, right. That that derek was just looking at in terms of theyre going to see a lot of Storm Surge potentially. What are you seeing in terms of how things are going to prepare good morning. So the biggest concern for the folks that live in Fort Myers, florida this morning is the Storm Surge associated with Hurricane Ian were talking about anywhere between 6 to 10ft now. Two years ago, Hurricane Ian destroyed a good part of Lee County where i am at, right now. The Storm Surge for that storm at the time was about 4 to 5ft. So youre probably taking a look at the kind of the higher end of that plywood. Thats how high the water got out during Hurricane Ian. Again, just two years ago. And so the folks out here are getting ready for yet another impact when it comes to a powerful hurricane. The evacuations, the preparations began in earnest to the north of us in sarasota county, Manatee County Hillsborough and Pinellas County that part of florida is expected to get a more direct hit from this hurricane, depending on where that for the Forecast Track ends up taking place. We saw, according to traffic Cams Yesterday just folks really hitting the roads trying to get to the north of florida, trying to get into the central part of florida. Folks that were trying to get out to South Florida on our drive in Last Night on alligator alley, which is interstate i75 it connects both coasts of florida. The traffic really did not let up from the eastern side of florida until you crossed over onto the western side of course, the big concern going into the storm is just all of the debris that covers a good part of the tampa area. We were there just last week filing a story on some of the damage that We Saw from Hurricane Helene and the concern is that there hasnt been enough time to get all of that debris out. And so all of this becomes a serious Safety Concern for the folks, folks who decided to stay put and not leave their homes. As you all noted, the tampa Tampas Mayor was really matter of fact in kind of describing just how dire of a situation the folks to the north of us really are in. Heres a bit of what she said Last Night i can say without any dramatization whatsoever, if you choose to stay in one of those Evacuation Areas youre going to die. This is something that i have never seen in my life, and i can tell you that anyone who was born and raised in the Tampa Bay area has never seen anything like this before. People need to get out across the western coast of florida really have been dealing with one storm after another for three years now. I have been covering three different storms that have hit three different parts of the western coast of florida. Were now getting ready for Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Helene was to the north just two weeks ago. And then of course we had Hurricane Idalia last year and then the most one of the more powerful hurricanes in ian just two years ago, kate and i mean, it is all it is bearing down on them and it is coming. It is coming fast. Thank you so much. Were going to be getting back to derek Van Dam throughout the show for updates on this track. John. All right irresponsible and selfish. That is how Vice President harris is describing Florida Governor Ron Desantis after he ignored her calls to discuss Hurricane Relief and breaking overnight with hopes for a Ceasefire Deal between Israel And Hezbollah fading, new cnn reporting that the u. S. 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So we went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas to show him. These are people who voted for you. All right. Cnns Elena Treene is in washington. Elena, one of the things we consistently hear from politicians of either party in states impacted by Natural Disasters is keep politics out of it. Not happening exactly. I mean, theres no question, john, that this has become an incredibly political issue. And both campaigns are treating it as such at this point. I mean, that ad that you just aired, we actually got a first look at it. But i mean clearly, if theyre turning this into a political ad, this is very much political. With just 28 days until the election. Now, those two people that you just saw in that ad that you shared were former Trump Administration officials arguing that Donald Trump suggested Withholding Relief from democratic run states as president. This is a claim that was actually reported out and made last week as well. In an interview with politico. But look what the Harris Campaign is trying to do with that is show. You know, its a direct response to the attacks that Donald Trump has been lobbing at harris and the biden administration overall we have seen this become increasingly nasty over recent days. For one, Donald Trump has increasingly lobbed false claims at harris and the biden administration, arguing that perhaps democratic leaders and the administration are biased against voters and citizens in republican states. Something we know is just not true. Or theres not evidence as of now to back that up. Hes also claiming that the federal government is only giving 750 to people who are impacted by this. We know that he has said this before, but he has repeated that Last Night in an interview with fox news. Take a listen to what he said billion for ukraine, and yet theyre offering people the worst. Yeah, but for the worst hurricane that anybodys seen but more importantly than that is they dont have the people. Theyre not doing it. Its a bad its a very bad thing. How would you do it differently . Id have a tremendous team of people here. They dont have any people here now john, I Cant emphasize enough how different this type of reaction that were seeing from the president ial nominees right now than has been in the past. Remember when Barack Obama was running the second time toward the end of his election, that Hurricane Sandy had really ravaged parts of New Jersey and i remember watching, you know Obama And Chris christie, the republican governor, coming together in that moment. This is definitely not that. They are very much on the offense here. And attacking each other over this response. Yeah. And again, the senator, 50 Million people get that right away basically no questions asked. 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Look, the administration has decided to essentially put this 21 Day Cease Fire proposal that it had put forward for peace potentially between Israel And Hezbollah on ice at the moment just basically coming to terms with the fact that it does not seem like these rallies have the political will at this point to actually stop the fighting. And this was a really, you know, tough decision following that, you know moment a few weeks ago when it seemed like the administration was on the brink of clinching this very important Ceasefire Deal between the Israelis And Hezbollah but israel essentially upended that plan, which was very, very close to being secured by going after Hassan Nasrallah and killing him in an airstrike in beirut. And so now the administration is saying, look, we think that our energy is going to be better spent here trying to shape and limit Israels Operations in lebanon and of course, that potential retaliatory strike that we are still waiting to see from israel against the iranians following that massive Missile Barrage last week. The main concern right now within the administration, and something that they believe their political capital is better spent on, is preventing that israeli operation in lebanon from getting any wider and from expanding beyond the limited operation that the israelis told the americans. Was the original plan for southern lebanon. They are watching with increasing concern. Israels operations in beirut, which of course, is a very densely populated city where we have already seen a lot of civilian casualties as a result of the airstrikes there. And State Department Spokesperson matthew miller, he actually, you know, said this yesterday that the us is concerned that the israelis might be undergoing some kind of Mission Creep in lebanon. He said, quote, we support their ability to target militants, to degrade hezbollahs infrastructure, to degrade hezbollahs capability. But we are very cognizant of the many times in the past where israel has gone in on what looked like limited operations and has stayed for months or for years and ultimately, thats not the outcome that we want to see. So obviously, look, the u. S. Gave similar advice to the israelis when it came to gaza. The israelis did not necessarily listen to the administration at that point in terms of limiting civilian casualties keeping that operation limited. There are concerns now that the same thing is going to happen with lebanon, so that you know, apart from a Cease Fire which is on ice at the moment, that is what the administration is now focusing its energy on. Kate. Natasha bertrand, great reporting. Thank you. Natasha. Coming up for us, were standing by for an update on Hurricane Milton. Floridas governor Ron Desantis, about to speak live on preps and evacuations and where this thing is headed. We also have the head of fema will be our guest. A new Poll Numbers showing Kamala Harris with a slight lead over Donald Trump nationally. So voters so voters. How . Why voters see harris as a break from the status quo. Now more than Donald Trump and ask questions like, what does a Comedy Show doing On Cnn thats too much fun. Landslide. I want donald now. Can you slice that Have I Got News For You . Saturday at 9 00 On Cnn. You know what Leaf Filter. Were proud to say . We have millions of satisfied customers hey, theres one right now. And another Leaf Filter stops needles. Acorns. Leaves and more. No louvers, no openings nowhere for debris to get in at all. I guess what, kid . Like that. 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Reporter john, the last time a major hurricane made landfall within 50 miles of tampa was more than 100 years ago, and thats one of the reasons why officials have been pleading with millions of people to get out and evacuate. Today really is the last day people have to get out and still have time before the conditions begin to deteriorate here. We are also seeing bumper to Bumper Traffic on highways leaving tampa, florida. We know has suspended tolls on these major highways to assist with these evacuations. Theyre also allowing drivers to use the shoulder on highways in order to make Traffic Flow a little bit faster. But for the last 24 hours, traffic has really been jam packed across this Tampa Bay area region. We are also paying close attention to the cleanup of debris across this area. Florida governor Ron Desantis says that crews are going to be working until its no longer safe to do so, to try and clean up all the debris thats been left behind after Hurricane Helene came through just to drive here, where we are in front of this Boat Ramp neighborhoods that we drove by are still seen with piles of debris in front of homes and in front of apartment complexes. And that can be very dangerous, because when milton does make its landfall, we could see projectiles or those debris begin to turn into projectiles. If not, they could clog a lot of the sewers or just get in front and inside of those roads, not allowing crews to be able to access them. So its going to be working here around the clock to try and get that debris out. John it is all so dangerous. Ivan rodriguez thank you very much, kate. And joining us now is fema administrator deanne criswell. Administrator, thank you very much for coming in. You guys are so busy right now. You have Hurricane Milton bearing down less than two weeks ago. You had Hurricane Helene hit. How are you positioning Staff And Positioning resources for this while youre in the middle of still helping with the recovery from helene . And so many other states i think the first thing is we have dealt with multiple significant events before. If we think back to 2017 with harvey, irma, maria or even 2020, where every state had a Disaster Declaration and then we had significant hurricanes and a wild season so we are prepared for this. We plan for this. Im not saying its not going to be a challenge, but i know that we are going to be able to meet everybodys immediate needs. As Hurricane Milton comes in. Were prepositioning resources like Search And Rescue teams, Health Care assessment teams, the Army Corps of engineers for Power Assessment and generator support, and a lot of different resources to meet the immediate needs for the people in florida while also sustaining everything that were doing, not just here in North Carolina, but all of the states that were impacted by helene. And thats reassuring to hear that you believe that The Agency is staffed has the ability to meet all the needs, the immediate needs, because the New York Times is reporting that fema is dealing with a severe Staffing Shortage right now, given how many disasters that The Agency is responding to. Some of what the times wrote is just 9 of femas personnel or 1217 people, were available to respond to the hurricane or other disasters. To put it into context. They write, over the previous five years, one quarter of the Agencys Staff was available for deployment. At this point in the hurricane season, just 9 versus a quarter of the staff. Does this Staffing Shortage hurt Femas Ability to respond fully to Hurricane Melton i think the numbers that were talking about there are the Incident Management personnel that we have. We also have our steady state personnel. And again, one of the things that we always plan for is how do we tap into the full strength of fema, but also the full federal family. So a few of the things that were doing is we are looking at all of our open, longer Term Recovery offices and reassigning people to help support some of the immediate needs right now. We also can tap into what we call the dhs surge capacity, where weve got members from across the different agencies within the department that also come in and support us. We have these layers of Staffing Models because we know that we are going to have to face multiple events at once, just like this. The rumors and Misinformation Swirling about Fema Cant be helping efforts right now. Some of it, like rumors that funds are being diverted or stolen to house migrants, which is a false rumor, has been pushed by former president Donald Trump you have talked about this. Youve even fema has even launched a Web Page to correct the record on the rumors that are swirling but Last Night, Donald Trump continued promoting another false rumor about fema. Let me play this for you. So were into almost 300 Billion for ukraine, and yet theyre offering people 750 for immediate needs for the worst. Yeah, but for the worst, hurricane that anybodys seen. But more importantly than that is they dont have the people theyre not doing. Its a bad its a very bad thing. How would you do it differently . Id have a tremendous team of people here. They dont have any people here. The people. I was in North Carolina yesterday. I was in georgia and georgia is different. Do you have a good governor whos doing a very good job . But North Carolina is a disaster. And it was also hit very hard. But they dont have the people and theyre complaining theres no people around to help. Can you respond to that . Administrator yeah yeah. I mean, his accusations are just completely false. I think the first thing i would say is just because you dont see somebody on the ground in a fema shirt, doesnt mean that we dont have people there. We have people that are embedded in the State Emergency operations center. I have teams that are walking around neighborhoods. I have teams that are embedded with all of the county eoc. People are on the ground, but were also bringing in resources and its not just fema. We are one part of the federal family. We have over 3400 members from across all federal agencies in North Carolina helping to support this response. We will continue to bring in more resources as we go into the recovery and the long term needs that these communities have. Kate, we really have just got to stop this rhetoric, because what its doing is its putting fear in the people that were not going to be there to help them. And i worry that they wont register for assistance with us and get access to the critical resources that they are eligible for. And so i really just appreciate all of your support and at cnn to help us, you know get the right story and the right message out there. Because i mean, this i mean false information when people are so desperate and in need is dangerous at the very least. Are you seeing it . Are you seeing signs that these rumors and the misinformation is taking hold that it is becoming a problem and that people are grabbing on to it on the ground you know, i think that there is some people that are making, you know, these claims and believing this. But what i see on the ground actually is the majority of people, the local leaders, the sheriffs that are also helping to fight back on this narrative letting people know that fema has been there with them. The federal government has been there with them Side By side during the response. And now the recovery. And theyre the trusted leaders in that community. But i want to make sure that this has to stop because if it continues, we will see more and more people not trusting their federal government to be able to give them what they need and so i need people to register for assistance so i can get them the financial resources they need to support their recovery. Yeah, they need the federal assistance in these disasters. You need them to trust that the federal government will be there. I mean, if that trust breaks, you can see how catastrophic and dangerous it really could be for people. Administrator deanne criswell, thank you for coming on breaking overnight, a Brand New poll shows voters are now more likely to see Vice President harris as the candidate representing change that is a first for harris in the New York Times. Siena college poll. Overall, the poll shows harris up 49 to 46 . That is that is within the margin of error. And today, harris is set to make a first ever proposal to have Medicare Pay for Home Health Care costs. This is a huge issue for seniors and children of seniors. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is with us now on this new proposal. Priscilla. Yeah john, this is a proposal that is appealing to the sandwich generation, especially those adults who are both caring for children and their aging parents. And what we are seeing from the Harris Campaign over the last couple of weeks is them trying to Needle Former president Donald Trump and sort of gain an advantage or an edge on the issue of Health Care . So this proposal again, focusing on those long Term Care needs of senior citizens. Now, according to a senior campaign official, this would be paid in the following ways. Expanding Medicare Drug Price negotiations increasing Drug Discounts from manufacturers among a slew of other measures because the idea here is trying to help with those long term needs knowing that generally it is very difficult to get that assistance except in the most narrow of circumstances or in some cases where medicaid or where someone is eligible through medicaid. Now, the Vice President herself has talked about her own personal story and how she also had to help take care of her aging mother. So this is something that she will likely raise when she is on The View today. Again, part of this Media Blitz where she is going to outline this proposal. And again, john the campaign is trying to peel more voters away by introducing more of these policies. Theres always a little bit of vagueness in terms of how exactly its going to be done or paid for, but in this case, she is expected to outline more of that when she is on The View later this morning. Priscilla alvarez thank you very much. Here now, cnn political commentator Karen Finney and strategic Communications Expert and former republican Strategist And Pollster lee carter. As someone in this sandwich generation, i want to be careful how i say this, because all my parents and inlaws are watching this. It is something that we are concerned about is care for seniors and aging parents. It is worth noting Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in the New York Times Siena College poll among seniors, 49 to 47 . But, karen, how do you think this issue and this proposal that comes out today will impact this . I think its going to appeal to a lot of people like you, like myself. I mean, i remember when my father was ill trying to figure out how to get him the care that he needed was a real challenge. While trying to work a job. My job. And so i think for a lot of people, theyll be able to relate to it. I also think, you know, there are younger people who may not quite be in the sandwich generation, but they have grandparents that theyre seeing their parents having to deal with so i think, you know, again, its speaking to what priscilla was saying. Were at the point in the campaign where, you know different policies are going to appeal to different slices of the electorate that youre trying to peel off and bring your way. But were also at a point where, you know, shes trying to put more meat on the bones. If you will, around her policies. So i think it will have a positive impact because this has been a long time issue that people have had a lot of concerns about how to deal with. Look, it is one of those issues if you know, you know right. If you know, you know, i do want to ask you about the other really big interesting finding from the New York Times, Siena College poll, which is that which candidate is seen as the agent of change for the first time in the times polling . It is Vice President harris 46 to 44 . Obviously the margin is close there, but i wonder if you can point to has happened in this campaign that has led to this shift. Well, im not sure that theres any one thing that shes done, but all of her teaching has really led us to this moment. Shes been continuously focused on turning the page. Shes trying to talk about, you know, starting again. Shes really refreshed the whole campaign, a shift, a huge shift from where Joe Biden was about this fight against threats to democracy to now a fight for our freedom. Many people are seeing her as somebody who is going to do something different. Now those undecided voters are still not sure that she represents change. Those undecided voters are trying to say, i want to really understand what shes going to do differently. And they havent yet heard that. But were starting to see that shes getting traction with it. I am Jd Vance in the debate against tim Walz Everything was about trying to tie Kamala Harris to Joe Biden. It was everything was trying to make her the incumbent. So this clearly is one of the most important battlegrounds here that absolutely is the Number One issue. Im hearing from undecided voters is is she going to be different than what we have today . Because today does not feel very good for most americans. Theyre pessimistic. They feel like prices are too high and if she is able to convince the american people that she is in fact a change agent, that shes going to fight for them and make a real difference, she could really run away with this. But up until now, the undecided voters havent bought into it thats a big if, right . I mean, its a hard task when youre sitting Vice President. She did do the interview with 60 minutes Last Night. Part of this Media Blitz we are seeing this week. The view, howard stern, Stephen Colbert all today. Karen, i want to play a little bit of this with 60 minutes because Donald Trump didnt do it. He refused to do it. Listen to how Vice President harris addressed that if he is not going to give your viewers the ability to have a meaningful, thoughtful Conversation Question and answer with you then watch his rallies, youre going to hear conversations that are about himself and all of his personal grievances and what you will not hear is anything about you, the listener. You will not hear about how he is going to try to bring the country together find common ground watch his rallies. We heard that in the president ial debate too. Karen, why do you think yeah well, because if you do watch and you dont have to watch for very long and it very quickly becomes, as she says this torrent of grievance, i mean, its not surprising to me that voters are realizing that she is the an agent of change when you have Donald Trump talking so much about the past about the 2020 election, but also when you listen to his rallies it reminds you and i think this is part of the strategy here, is to take us back to what it was like when he was president and we lived by tweet. Every tweet was a new firestorm of, oh my gosh, what has he said now . What has he done now . Instead of just the calmness of lets just run the country, lets make sure people have what they need. Lets make sure were dealing with the needs of the american people instead of even as trump will talk about you know, using the us military like that. So i think Thats Part of why shes saying that. Lets just listen to what he says listen to what im saying and you decide who you think cares more about you and your family here because i do understand that Florida Governor Ron Desantis just began his Hurricane Briefing on the status of milton. Lets listen joined by kevin guthrie, Jared Perdue Dave kerner, general john haas. Hurricane milton is expected to make landfall on the West Coast of florida sometime between Wednesday Evening and early thursday morning. The storm has moved a little bit slower than initially projected, but remember, do not get wedded to the cone. Do not get wedded to where the projected landfall is. I think the 5 a. M. Advisory from the national Hurricane Center had it somewhere in the bradenton beach area, and manatee county. You could have a wobble either way. And i think one of the things thats been good is a lot of those folks down in Southwest Florida like in Lee County and charlotte, theyre used to seeing the wobble end up going south. And so youve had a lot of people that have evacuated from some of those barrier islands. So just know its possible that it could hit north of Tampa Bay. It could hit Tampa Bay. It could hit south of Tampa Bay somewhere in Southwest Florida. But wherever it makes landfall theres going to be impacts far beyond what the cone actually shows now, we have made, as i mentioned Yesterday Prelandfall Declaration requests from fema, the federal government has approved a portion of our request. There are going to be Landfall Requests for major Disaster Declaration and individual assistance. And we anticipate those being approved as well we have 51 counties currently under a state of emergency. As of the 5 a. M. Advisory. Hurricane milton is still a major hurricane. It is no longer a category five, but a potentially could strengthen back to that as it makes its approach to the state of florida maximum sustained winds are in excess of 150 miles an hour. Now their forecasts do call for it to weaken before it gets to landfall and maybe thats true. Lets hope its if it does weaken, youre still looking at a major hurricane. It is going to have really really significant impacts. Right now its located about 560 Miles Southwest of tampa. Storm Surge Warning has been issued for the Florida Gulf Coast from Mainland Monroe County northward to the Dixie Levy County line, with Storm Surge watches in effect for Nassau County to brevard, indian river county line, including the saint johns river. 10 to 15ft peak Storm Surge is forecast for the pasco Pinellas County line all the way down into the area where you have manatee and sarasota. 5 to 10 peak Storm Surge is forecast from yankeetown southward and then from englewood southward to bonita beach, including Charlotte Harbor so that almost entire West Coast of the Florida Peninsula has the potential to have really, really significant Storm Surge and when youre talking about 10 to 15ft, thats obviously major. But We Saw what even four feet did with Hurricane Helene and some of these communities and so so this is something thats really really significant. Theres Hurricane Warning in effect for levy marion hernando, orange, pasco, pinellas hillsborough, polk, osceola, manatee hardee, highlands, sarasota desoto, Charlotte And Lee counties, and then tropical Storm Warning in coastal franklin coastal wakulla, coastal jefferson, taylor, suwannee, lafayette dixie, gilchrist, Western Columbia western alachua, okeechobee glades, hendry, collier monroe, including the Florida Keys and the dry tortugas. We have a Hurricane Watch for nassau duval, clay, saint johns, putnam flagler, volusia, brevard, indian river okeechobee, glades, hendry, collier, dry tortugas, and then a Tropical Storm Watch inland. Jefferson madison, hamilton, eastern columbia, baker union, bradford, eastern alachua, saint lucie, martin, palm beach, broward and miamidade. So basically the entire Peninsula Portion of florida is under is under some type of either a watch or a warning. The Florida Division of Emergency Management is actively addressing storm related resource requests. We are currently fulfilling close to 1000 missions to support our local communities. That includes everything from Tiger Dams and generators to staff support. As well as Food And Water and tarps. Weve also deployed more than 11,000ft of Flood Protection systems, and were prioritizing critical infrastructure like hospitals, Wastewater Treatment facilities and electrical infrastructure. Weve also done things like generators to support Special Needs sheltering operations. Of course Starlink Internet. All counties have access to Starlink Internet devices and can use those as they see fit. More than 350 ambulances and more than 30 pair of transits are in operation. We also have another 144 in staging that can be used if the need arises. The state of florida is amassing Fuel Reserves ahead of Milton And Staging it to be utilized as needed. We have been dispatching fuel over the past 24 hours as Gas Stations have run out, so we currently have 260. All right. Florida governor Ron Desantis briefing reporters briefing, the state briefing, the nation on the status of hurricane preparations. He made the point that the entire almost the entire Florida Peninsula is under some kind of Hurricane Warning. Or watch the storm now a category four, it could strengthen again. He was making the point that people shouldnt anticipate or bet on this Storm Wobbling One Direction or another, because its going to have an impact. A major perhaps catastrophic impact on just such a big area. And still says, though it slowed down a bit. Landfall is expected late wednesday, early thursday. Were going to have more updates coming from the national Hurricane Center as well in just a few minutes, and were standing by for that update from the Hurricane Center on the exact Track And Intensity of Hurricane Milton and what it looks like now. 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Im bill were on the California Coast and this is cnn all right. This morning georgias six Week Abortion Ban ban is back in effect. The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated it while it considers an appeal of a lower Court Ruling that struck down the law last week. The court did leave in Place Part of the lower Court Decision blocking prosecutors from getting access to medical records of abortion patients. So winning the lottery will cost you more starting in april. Mega millions tickets will double in price, going from 2 to five. Thats actually more than double. Im good at math. The law says that will allow bigger jackpots and more chances to become a billionaire. Really, the chances are that you will not win. Its a losing proposition. Buying these lottery tickets. Thats just my opinion but they do say it will improve your odds of winning. Taylor swift is now the worlds richest female musician not by playing mega millions. She just took over the Number One spot on the forbes list. Her Net Worth is 1. 6 billion, dropping to number two. Rihanna with 1. 4 billion. So shes still doing okay. The only musician with a higher Net Worth is jayz. Swift became a billionaire last year. Thanks to earnings from her global Heiress Tour and her music catalog. And i would say kate, her overall talent overall awesomeness. A few people you just listed do not need to play the lottery. I think is what we do establish here. So the national Hurricane Center says that Hurricane Milton could be one of the most destructive storms on record for West Coast, Florida West central florida, as they prepare for this next hit, coming at them, we are getting a look at just how much these storms really do Cost Property owners and what they need to prepare for. Cnns Matt Egan is tracking this for us. What did you find, matt . Well kate, Hurricane Helene unleashed total Destruction Right . Were talking about torrential flooding catastrophic landslides and biblical flooding. And that storm is going to financially destroy some people, even as another one looms. So corelogic found that Hurricane Helene, estimated to cause between losses. Thats across 16 states. Now these are modeled losses so they could go even higher as we learn more about the scale of destruction, especially in Hard Hit states like North Carolina. Now, the problem is that some homeowners and business owners, they didnt have insurance here so corelogic estimates that the insured losses of up to 17. 5 billion will be totally dwarfed by the Uninsured Flood Losses of up to 30 billion. Now, that is massive. And of course, some of the people who dont have insurance right. Theyre going to be out of luck. They could have to go into foreclosure, right . They could lose their businesses. This all spotlights this massive problem between who has Flood Insurance and who needs it. Right because Homeowners Insurance typically does not cover flood damage, right . It will cover Fire And Lightning and hail and other issues, but not flood. That has to be bought separately, often through fema and its only required for homeowners to buy the Flood Insurance when they have a federally backed mortgage. And its located in whats known as a 100 year flood zone. Of course, given whats going on with the climate crisis, all this extreme, its all changing right . Where are you actually safe these days . Unfortunately almost nowhere. And of course, florida is not safe right now. Theyre bracing for this direct hit from another massive hurricane. Were looking at massive Flood Risk in the next couple of days. We could see orlando get two Months Worth of rain just through Thursday Tampa could get five months of rain. So were looking at potentially even more flooding damage, billions of dollars in losses and florida has their own Flood Insurance problems, right . Weve seen rates skyrocket there. Some people who had Flood Insurance, they dont have it anymore because theyve been dropped by their carrier. So its a really, really big problem. Highlighted by all this extreme weather. Well, especially when the Florida Governor just said the entire Peninsula Portion of the state is under some watch or