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Im jake tapper. Were going to start this hour with the Breaking News moments ago, we got an update on her Hurricane Milton, which once again is im not happy to tell you, has strengthened to a category five storm. Was category for now its back to five and has 165 165 mile an ho sustained winds. It is expected to double in size before making landfall in florida. Nearly 20 Million people in the United States are currently in the path of Hurricane Milton. Its effects or already being felt. Parts of the Tampa Bay Area are gonna lose access to running water starting today, Gas Stations are running out of fuel as evacuees fill up their cars and tried to flee. Those riding out the storm are stocking Up To power their generators. Lets get straight to cnn Meteorologist Chad myers in a hurricane headquarters. Chad, it doesnt sound like this forecast is what we wanted it is not, it is. We saw all day and i talked to you about this at 4 00 this afternoon that the last plane left about three hours ago at 1 55. There hadnt been a new plane in it yet, but now the Satellite Presentation is even better than it was at 1 55. So the Hurricane Center went to 165. There is a plane on the way it should arrive probably within the hour, but still, it doesnt matter. 165 here and still very close. And i heard you say double in size. That doesnt mean double in speed. I mean, its double in size of how big this thing is. So when it does get to florida, is going to impact a larger area. So still likely a Cat Figari three, making landfall, losing some steam here for a while as it makes its way. And probably somewhere around 35, 36 hours from now is when this thing actually makes landfall. And people would ask all day wheres it going to hit . Its going to hit everywhere. Look, this is the size of the category three or higher wind speeds all the way from well, north of tampa, all the way south of fort myers. And then the rest of the state gets Hurricane Force. Theres your Hurricane Force ball all the way across to the east side. So daytona orlando, youre all going to see power outages. Youre all going to see Wind Gusts likely between 9,100 miles per hour but then the surge, this is what all the mayors are talking about. Get away from this surge, the surge from helene was six feet, seven feet. This is going to be 15. If youve got wet at all in helene, youre going to get overtopped in this storm and then its going to rain and there are gonna be places across the Florida Peninsula that could get ten inches of rainfall and make Flash Flooding when it comes to the rain event, fresh water flooding, not the Saltwater Flooding so here it comes. It is kind of come right into the Tampa Bay Area. Now, the latest advisory, the latest forecast has nudged a little bit farther to the south than it was. But all the way from port richey, all the way down to basically almost naples. Youre still very close to the cone. You cannot take your eyes off this because they do wobble. And when they wobble, they catch people by surprise. Please do not be caught by surprise. We got this rapid intensification two days before its going to hit, please pay attention because when they rapidly intensify six hours before they hit thats when you get really caught off guard. Jake. Alright. Chad myers. Thank you so much. Cnns Isabel Rosales is tampa directly in the path of the hurricane isabel, the Storm Surge from this hurricane could smash the record which was set by helene less than two weeks ago. How is the city preparing . My being extremely blunt when we heard tampa Mayor Jane Castor telling people, if you decide to stay in an Evacuation Zone, thats a mandatory Evacuation Zone against what were asking you to do youre going to die i worder i lived here for several years in the Tampa Bay Area. I have never heard such blunt language from tampa mayor ever before, and ive covered many storms theyre telling people to get out, please heed our warnings. Debris. Thats also a huge concern. Getting it out of the neighborhoods. Youre looking at gusts Up To 115 miles per hour here in tampa. Those are become flying projectiles extremely dangerous. But then you have Tampa General Hospital where im at right now, davis islands. Thats a neighborhood of tampa. This is the regions only level one trauma center. They cannot evacuate their too big, too specialized the patients that they have are too sick. So what do they do they put millions of dollars and tools like this. This is the Opil Fence that they have bolted down to the ground. It can withstand Storm Surge in different parts different heights Up To 15 feet high, or anticipating ten to 15 feet here in the Tampa Bay. But look at this. This is why its so serious. Theyre on an manmade island will get this. I could throw a Rock Right over to the Hillsborough Bay this is the first time this season by helene that the aquafence has been tested and waters did reach right up there in with student and kept the hospital dry, kept their patients their staff safe. Theyre hoping if it comes to this, that it will do it again. Jake. All right. Isabel rosales. Thank you. Please stay safe. Lets bring in the mayor of kenneth city, Florida Meghan is a Midas Madam Mayor for our viewers, who are not familiar. Kennedy city is just outside st. Pete. Its in the Tampa Bay Area. Were showing a map of it right now. How is your city preparing for the storm hey, jake, thanks for having me on our town has been working diligently with our Department Of Public Works. Weve had the Street Sweeper coming through last week. All of this week, weve been maintaining the roads, clearing up all the Brush Or Dbw has been out with the wood chipper, just making sure all debris is picked up from our community because as i heard previously, they are going to turn into projectiles. So ultimately we just want to protect our homes and our residents. So we did our best we could cleaning up all the debris, emptying the baskets from our Storm Drains and weve provided over 2000 sandbags to residents and for our small town thats a new record for us. The mayor of tampa has made it pretty clear. If you dont leave the Evacuation Zone, youre likely going to be killed. What is your message to the residents of your town . Absolutely. I agree with mayor castor. If you do live in an Evacuation Zone, i cannot urge you enough to get out. Luckily, for our community, we only have a few homes in Evacuation Zones. C. So the majority of Kenes City is safe. Were inland, we dont have to worry about the surge so much. But a lot of my primary concerns are about the debris, the projectiles, fallen trees, ripped off roofs and, damaged houses. So ultimately were just preparing our equipment, our personnel, our Police Department is ready for rescues if need be hopefully it doesnt come to that though because because if you are in an Evacuation Zone, i cannot urge do enough to get out and just protect yourself and your property. How are you handling the resonance of your town . Who are in the Evacuation Zone, who are not evacuating. What are you doing . We cannot urge them enough, unfortunately, we know we cant go in there and remove them, but our Police Department is being diligent driving around, checking these areas and speaking to our residents and just communicating the urgency behind this and just making sure theyre aware that if you need help during the hurricane, chances are we wont be able to get to you. Its only going to be like a Rescue Operation after it passes its just something else for them to consider that. Hey, if you need help and you are in Evacuation Zone, the odds are not in your favor, so you need to leave to protect you and your family. Is there anything that you made that youre not getting anything that President Biden or governor honestly, Governor Desantis this morning demanded that are dump be opened, so all of that debris can be picked up and actually have somewhere to go. I know our neighboring community, the city of st. Pete. They hired over 100 Dump Trucks from personal companies just to help clean up the Community And Help get this done. Luckily, we didnt need to allosaurus anything are owned Department Of Public Works was able to handle it yeah alright. Maerz vitaes. Thank you. Stay safe. Milton will be the second major hurricane to hit florida in just two weeks on today to clean up the debris left behind by Hurricane Helene as you just heard from the mayor, debris that could be thrown and a around by Hurricane Wins and become dangerous projectiles. An update on those efforts next plus a live update from the national Hurricane Center. As Hurricane Milton. Now a category five approaches florida week and asked questions like, what are the Comedy Show doing On Cnn thats too much i want donald now, can you slice that nobody got news for you saturday at nine On Cnn today. Lets paint with bare americas most trusted aide, brian. We dont have very well with bare you can paid a whole room for under 100. 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Com Breaking News this hour, Hurricane Milton has regained his strength, is now again a deadly category five hurricane as communities in florida prepare crews are racing to clean up potentially dangerous Debris Leftover from Hurricane Helene two weeks ago, he theres heres Cnns Bill Weir both physically and emotionally. They were all ready picking up the pace he says on floridas gulf coast, Flight Hysteric youd like it was what it is youve got to keep living now, Thats Caldwell must cut short her search for her mothers wedding ring. To evacuated for the second time in as many weeks, youre saying youre really worried about folks have made it through this one, but may not well, yeah, because the amount of debris on this tree and the winds, even if it slows down, Governor Desantis said this morning that even with 24 7 debris removal, they wouldnt have all of helenes damaged and time for milton to make landfall. And this is why there is one frontloader over here waiting to fill up a line of empty Dump Trucks . Thats approximately two miles long millions of dollars of fresh shan to try to protect this community which just got washed away. Thats right. What does that tell you about how we prepare and how we have to adjust . To this new earth the fact is, you cannot adapt your way out of the climate crisis. Susan glickman grew up around this bungalow or her husband and a dear 90yearold Friend called nanny survived. Helene but ironically, shes also a Community Climate Organizer in florida desperately trying the convince officials and neighbors that this is what scientists have been warning about for generations beyond criminal, if we do not dramatically address the root causes of the problem immediately. But if we keep putting Climate Pollution and burning fossil fuels, were just going to make a lot of this plan this done in st. Petersburg. A lot of boats there obviously, folks didnt have the means at the time to get them out, whereas the st. Petersburg Yacht Club all those boats are gone. Jake, heres the waterline from helene, less than two weeks ago that that Scar Mark on the side of the predictions now are twice as high as that. So a lot of the businesses, hotels, residents here worried about that Storm Surge also worried about the Construction Cranes are so many of them in this booming community officials say today they were the winds could bring those down. Therell be so strong but its too late to try to disassemble them before milton arrives, jake. All right. Bill weir in st. Petersburg, please stay safe. Joining us now. Michael brennan, hes the director of the national Hurricane Center. Michael, what is your biggest takeaway is the storm moves in . That theyre going to be multiple lifethreatening hazards of to start playing out across much of Florida Tomorrow, jake, first were going to start with that lifethreatening Storm Surge inundation everywhere you see in this dark purple here, much of the West Coast of florida from south of fort myers, naples, Cape Coral, up through charlotte harbor, tampa, Up To near Cedar Key under a Storm Surge warning, meaning the Lifethreatening Inundation is coming associated with milton as its center approaches the coast of Florida Tomorrow night in the early morning hours on thursday and were especially concerned about this area here from just north of tampa, say the pinellas county, Hillsborough And Manatee sarasota, this purple area here, someone in here is going to i see ten to 15 feet of inundation of groundlevel, likely near and just to the right of wherever the center of milton crosses the coast. But Miltons Wind Field is going to be so big that even farther south, hundreds of miles South Down to naples, theres going to be the potential for Lifethreatening Inundation from surge. And then were going to have the Wind Field from milton extend across much of the central portion so the Florida Peninsula being bringing Hurricane Force conditions to places like orlando, melbourne, tampa, Up To even closer to jacksonville and as milton approaches, its going to double in size having an impacting a larger area yeah. Were expecting to see the tropical storm and Hurricane Force Wind Field of milton basically double in size from what it is now. And you can see this huge red area. We have Hurricane Warnings in effect all the way from Cape Coral port, Port St. Lucie up through melbourne, orlando, almost a gainesville, st. Augustine everywhere in here is at risk of seeing those Hurricane Conditions widespread power for outages, structural damage, tree damage, with the expect specter of a major Hurricane Landfall somewhere here on the West Central Florida coast, bringing devastating impacts from when to that region. This looks as though it will be the worst storm to hit tampa in a century, just how catastrophic might this hurricane be well, it certainly has that potential its all going to come down to exactly where the center crosses the coast. If we have the center across the coast near or just north of the Tampa Bay region. Thats where were going to see that ten to 15 feet of Storm Surge pushing all the way up into Tampa Bay. They havent experienced anything like that and anyone living memory if the track is a little farther south, that a higher Storm Surge maybe shifted South Down to places like Manatee County or sarasota or even closer to port charlotte. So we dont know and were not gonna be able to know within just a few hours of landfall exactly where theres worse conditions are going to occur. Thats why were painting that broad risk and thats why people are getting out across that region. All right. Michael brennan. Thank you so much. Appreciate your time as we keep an eye on Hurricane Milton. Were also following major stories in our 2024 lead today, including questionable answer from Vice President harris when she was asked if she would have done anything differently than President Biden over the last four years, stay with us black people better or worse, a lot of people came away from that bag you and its my turn to talk. I almost say what i feel tv On The Edge, moments that shaped our culture. Sunday at nine On Cnn, this is a story about The One, The One who keeps it all moving he is measured precise. He thinks ahead stocks the right parts and nose just where to find them. 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Hes taken the longest vacation republican Senator Mitt Romney of utah earlier today criticizing trump for spreading disinformation about the hurricane in this case, romney also cited trumps recently disparaging comments about haitian migrants in springfield, Ohio And Fema lets bring in my panel and talk more. Jasmine, let me start with you. If you because i want to talk to you, youve been covering Kamala Harris for a long time. Shes on this Media Blitz right now generally not quote, unquote news outfits, but late night, The View howard stern, Et Cetera this key moment on The View really looked like a missed opportunity for harris take a listen would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years there has done a thing that comes to mind in terms of and ive been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact what do you think . I dont think that was a great response, jake, particularly because i think one of the largest answers that both her and the former president have to answer. This campaign is whether or not youre going to be a Change Agent, whether or not youre going to make my life better than it has been the last four years. And i dont think her saying i wouldnt Change Anything and jurors that in fact, i think it works for the republicans now to be fair, shes came back later on and she said, one thing i would do differently than biden is i would put a republican in my cabinet. And she said that shes not too prideful to do the things that our best of the country i think you can argue whether or not that was a dig at biden, but still, i dont think that the question is whether or not she can outrun publican biden. Its whether or not you can create a winning message that tells enough americans that she is not going to put them in the same position that theyve been in regardless of whether or not the facts are there, that americans are potentially doing better with this economy that maybe they feel . And so i think that that wasnt a great answer, but i also blamed the prep because why havent they given her one interesting thing to say that maybe doesnt critique the current president , but says, hey, this is what i would do differently or hey, im not the same person as joe biden. Yeah. I kevin look, obviously she doesnt want to insult President Bidens shows, wanted to be seen as disloyal, but there is a way to pivot and say something like look, knowing then what we know now, you know, perhaps we would have done this differently on afghanistan or this differently on immigration or this differently on inflation. I mean, its just a missed course, as you rightly point out, the Vice President came back towards The End of that interview on The View and mentioned that conversation about having a republican in her cabinet. I think shes actively you know, threading this needle in terms of not necessarily separating yourself too, too much from the incumbent president , obviously, who has a big drum for all to white Working Class folks and some of those key battleground states. While also threading the needle as this candidate of change and one of the interesting takeaways from this new, new york times, Sienna Poll was that back just last month, Donald Trump by doubledigits lead in the question of who represents a change in his battle that has now flipped. Now the Vice President by a 46 to 44 margin, is that agent of change in voters minds, which is a key Component Heading into the last four weeks of this campaign. Kristen, how would you have advised its Kamala Harris to answer that question, prepared her for sure. I think you made it made a great point that you can say what we know now, thats such a great, gives her some grace on being able to say what she would do differently. Such a missed opportunity for her. She finally, as kevin mentioned, took back that Change Agent really owned that that mantra that across the board, i think it was like 49 of independents in that poll said that she represents change and then dig further the question is where who will personally helped me. Shes winning on that issue right now in that poll, shes also winning on who cares more about me now, where the Trump Campaign can completely pounce on this is within an hour of that. They should have taken that clip and overlaid it with the economic numbers with the afghanistan withdrawal with every single blender of the biden administration and have that over and over and over again and hammer it to those independents, to those Swing Voters in these suburbs that are going to decide this election. So something else has that we should bring up is trump is still using rather do Human Language when talking about migrants what trump said on hugh Hewitts Radio Show yesterday, when attacking Harriss Record on Border Security how about allowing people to come through an open border 13,000 of which were murderers, many of them murdered far more than one person. And theyre now happily living in the United States they should this, its in their genes and we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now theres so much to unpack there. First of all, that 13,000 number is not accurate. That is over years and years, decades really if they are not living happily in the United States, many of them are actually in prison. Theyre just not in the, Ice Custody right now. But then this idea of genes, the campaign went on to say, oh no, hes referring to murderers having bad genes, but this is something that this is a trope, poisoning our blood. Hes taught if you google it and youll see all the crazy stuff he said about genetics that really feeds into some ugly history in this country. And i think this is a place that the former president is known to be willing and actually, in some ways excited to dabble into, obviously this feeds back into the whole controversy of haitians eating pets in ohio. This is something that he continues to bring back to the american apparatus really, both as Red Meat to his Base Sick pulling that these are the kind of tropes that he wants a plane. And these are the things that theyve also believe in could help garners their support come november but i also think it really plays into the Vice President s hand continuously. I think when you look at this Media Blitz, know its not hard capital in news, but it is also revealing more about her and more importantly, i think its getting harder to react in real time to these kind of News Events and these things that former President Trump says that she wasnt really willing to just a month ago. And so i think that those comments yes, they plan to raze this ugly tropes that people dont like to talk about in this country. But they also give a lot of fodder to the Vice President what do you think . This just shows really this election is turning into a base election. Both, both campaigns. I mean, you dont go on call her Daddy Podcast if youre trying to reach an undecided Middle Of The Road voter, youre playing to your base. When youre trying to get them out or youre trying to get those young women to vote, shirt was my question is already voting. Well, i think its i think a lot of her bag he says actually in the south, people that are not necessarily Kamala Harris voters, i dont think its just her base, but i think that the topics that they talked about are within her real this election is going to come down to six precincts in bethlehem in north hampton. Convenience, right. That went for trump, went for biden, whoever is going to talk to convince those six precincts, blue blue Collar County have some more, you know, thats a trump union, but some new younger democrats moving and thats whats going to decide this election. And so both campaigns need to figure out how to reach that voter. Fascinating stuff. Thanks so much. He recently led one of americas closest allies are now former prime Minister Boris Johnson is unleashed. 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S. Theres some new reporting on bob woodwards new book revealing some very, very candid behind the scenes conversations between world leaders. In the book, according to a trump aide, there have been multiple Phone Calls between former President Trump and vladimir putin, maybe as many as seven since trump left the White House in 2021. Whats your reaction to that well, i dont know if thats true. I suddenly not privy to the contents of those sorts of conversations. What i can tell our viewers is that when i had dealings with President Trump over russia, like when the russians poison people in the uk it was actually the Trump Administration that really over exceeded expectations. They expelled 60 russian spies. It was the Trump Administration that actually gave ukrainians lethal weaponry, the javelin missiles to use against against putins troops. So people take that pick about this I Id be interested to know what those conversations contained, if indeed they took place lets turn to your book. Of course, you have some you take aim at some of your political rivals with colorful namecalling. You called some of the ministers you appointed to your cabinet, quote homicidal maniacs, you call your Predecessor Theresa may quote, old grumpy knickers. You describe your most recent successor at Keir Starmer is having a face that is quote, like a bullock, having a thermometer unexpectedly dubbed in its rectum unquote what do you say to a critic might say, isnt that kind of language better left behind the scenes as much as readers might . The someone like me, jake for someone in my position, this is this is a story really unleashes a story of belief in britain. It really covers of 15 Year Period in world politics. Theres some pretty tough is some big issues that i tried to expand for readers, whether its, brexit or The Middle East store ukraine, or whatever i tried to, i tried to really take people into the into the room and look, i make no apology for trying to make it readable. What do you make of some of the reviews which have been not particularly nice including quote, how not to write a political memoir, memoirs of a clown, a memoir thats Twisted Sauer and full of yet more lies, quote, hes a gossipy im just quoting here. What was your reaction . I mean, obviously you we spent some time on this thank you jake, for will. I got to tell you that before this interview, i sadly neglected to read those reviews. Ive read some quite nice ones myself and there are plenty of people who seem to be buying the book and what were doing very well. I think that it is overall a gentle, optimistic, and uplifting book, which also gives an account of some very difficult times for the west. Its about believing in britain, believing in british independents, believing in the transatlantic alliance with america, and tried to be candid about what happened on former President Trump. You wrote about watching the 2016 Election Results and youre write quote, some part of me, maybe just the Lizard Part, really wanted trump to win were just a few weeks away from a president ial election. The third one in a row that Donald Trump is running does that same Lizard Part of you want him to win . Well, i think i think i also said that the mammalian cortex of my brain appeared to be for hillary or whatever, i caught red, youd have to read is to go to unleashed but what i think i would say about the current President Ial Contest is i think what met Kamala Harris once and actually had a good meeting with her. But i said this many times and i think ive said it to you before. I think when it comes to some of the Foreign Policy Questions which i really used to deal with. It was trump who surprised on the upside by giving the ukrainians the shoulder launch javelin, antitank weaponry its not for a uk Prime Minister, former Prime Minister to get involved in a us domestic politics. But i think that those points should be heard because i think some of the stereotype about Donald Trump is not right. Fair enough. But hes also talking about wanting to end the war in ukraine and he says he could ended in a day and he seems to not be particularly supportive of the ukrainian fight and that must concern you because i know you feel that Freedom And Liberty is on the line and that if russia takes any part of ukraine that will be bad for the west well, weve discussed that before you know, again, i really think that wait to see what he does, see what he does because he did get elected because i did it how he would propose to fix it with in a day. Ive done the plan might be but what i do think is plausible is his accession that if hed been in the White House in 2022, it might not have happened to the full invasion of ukraine. The appalling invasion that we saw in february 24, 2022. I think its plausible of him to say that that wouldnt have happened i think big picture what is my instinct about what a Trump Presidency is going to want to do in the first few weeks and months, are they going to want to see the west Go Down . In ukraine . Are they going to want to see nato Go Down . Or theyre going to want to see Putin Triumph i dont think so and i dont think its going to be any part of a presidency that wants to make america great again, to make the Soviet Empire Great Again queen year or more that she had a form of Bone Cancer and her doctors were worried that at any time she could enter a sharp decline and one thing i wonder, and this is just an observer from across the pond here should they not be more transparent when they have illnesses, especially if its an illness that awareness of it could actually help the public well i look, i think anybodys entitled to that that confidentiality about their health. And the only reason i read that about her late majesty, the queen, was because it was about the particular illness she suffered from was because he was already in in the public domain. But from a royal authority, much more expert than the me. And i was trying if you look if you read unleashed it was i was trying to get over the extraordinary contribution she had to make to our lives over a recordbreaking 70 year reign. And what an honor it was to talk to her former Prime Minister, boris johnson. The memoir unleashed will be released in the us on october 22. Best of luck with with it, sir. Thank you so and you can see the entirety of my interview with former british prime Minister Boris Johnson On Cnns youtube channel, which well post later tonight. Today. Cnn is live on the ground in iran as fears grow of a widening war in The Middle East, what that countrys leaders said today about the United States, thats next plus our Weather Team is continuing to track every new update is now a category five Hurricane Milton closes in on florida research, and unreal savings elevate your every day. Cnn underscored the Ala Reviews recommendations that underscored ducks in a waiver hood. 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Iran has american blood on their hands that clip posted online after Vice President harris is newsy 60 minutes interview, where she also refused to say if netanyahu himself was a close ally, take a listen also to former israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. All marriage speaking to Israels Channel four earlier today do you think that prime Minister Netanyahu wants to draw the United States into a confrontation with iran. I suspect that he does cnns Fred Pleitgen is on the ground in irans capital tehran, and fred iran is at the center of the biggest upheaval in The Middle East and half a century. What is it like there right now . Well, they certainly are and i think one of the things that we just heard there from Ehud Olmert is actually on the minds of a lot of people here in iran as well. They dont necessarily fear and israeli strike that. Many believed could still happen, but they do fears that all this could continue to balloon into some sort of wider crisis or armed conflict here in The Middle East that could in The End, Pit Iran directly against the United States. That certainly is something that is on the minds of many people. And one of the things that weve actually been able to do, jake as weve actually been able to travel today through substantial part of the country of the northern part of the country. When you go into the cities there, one of the interesting things that you see is you do see a lot of billboards and posters hanging around. A Professing Loyalty to hezbollah. One of the big things that you see there is flags saying his bola is alive, obviously playing on the fact that so many of the hezbollah leaders have been killed. But the iranian saying that hezbollah is still very much alive. You also have the Foreign Minister of this country coming out today and warning the israelis against retaliation, saying the iranians would then conduct a crushing blow as he put it. And the president of this country also ripped into the United States. Lets listen in a barbaric government here. And some people who claim to support Human Rights defended it, doesnt observe any Human Limits it easily bombards women, children, elderly, and young people political statement there from the president of this country. But of course, there are also operational concerns on the part of the iranians as they do brace for what could be that israeli strikes though coming one of the interesting things that we have to point out, jake, is that the iranian unit of the revolutionary guard that actually conducted that Missile Strike against israel. Is this same unit that is also responsible for the Air Defenses here in this country. Its the revolutionary Guard Aerospace forces. So they are certainly The Ones who are right now preparing to see whether or not they could fend off any sort of larger israeli attack if it does happen, jake. Alright, Fred Pleitgen in tehran, iran. Thank you so much. The richest man in the world goes to Leaps And Bounds to support Donald Trump. And youll be shocked by what hes laughing about now, stay with us vegetable. Youre actually both, right . But botanically speaking, the u. S. Supreme court ruled that a tomato is a vegetable because of how its used in cooking it doesnt. Know that at verizon, every phone can be the new iphone 16 pro with Apple Intelligence. Wow, phones are going to be flying to verizon at veracity new and existing customers can get iphone 16 pro on us trade in any phone, in any condition only on verizon they need the lawn back fast and Unit Scott serve grass, it goes glass two times faster under see the loan given you a stronger law . 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Foreman, the Information Or Misinformation that spread their cnns Kara Swisher, host of the popular podcast on with Kara Swisher joins us now kara, thanks for joining us in addition to mosque showing up at trumps rally in butler, pennsylvania this weekend, he had this to say earlier in a conversation with Tucker Carlson deleted which is like nobodys even bothering to try to kill kamala because pointless what do you even another public so joking about killing Kamala Harris. There. Yeah, thats about the level they are as men or boys really are bad boys. I dont know. Its, its not its laughable what theyre doing and it pathetic kind of way but you know, hes popular with some people. His unfavorables are pretty high and theyre growing among a certain set of people. And so well see if he benefits trump or not. But i think laughing about assassinating someone, just sort of gives you an idea of where we are in the story of Elon Musk, how much more do you think Twitter Or X is a platform for falsehoods, for lies, for misinformation. Now that Elon Musk has taken over how much more are completely, its completely changed drastically there were complaints about that they were censoring people, Et Cetera, Et Cetera. And now its the opposite. Theyve inundated with Bile And Toxicity and the numbers show its declining. I know there touting that theyre bigger than ever, but theyre not and theyre making less money than ever. They say theyre repelling users, regular users the repelling advertisers and they liked to tell dumb jokes at Each Other and laugh at themselves and thats kind of where we are in this phase of i always call it a nazi Porn Bar and make that as a joke, but it kind of is thats whats happening there right now. Yeah and nazis, hamas, all sorts of, all sorts of hate in a post two days after musk agreed to buy twitter. He said, quote for twitter to deserve public trust it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally unquote what happened to that idea . Well, it was a lie at the time. I think at the time i said he was going to go for trump. I think back in march and, you know, he likes to pretend hes a free speech warrior, but its only speech he likes and speech he wants to say and then he does shut down other people with, you know, he talks about censorship, he does it All Over The World carl, just wherever it pleases him and were doesnt he lets it fly and so he sort of puts on this mantle that doesnt exist for him at all in any way. Its totally hypocritical. Didnt he kick somebody off twitter for putting up the dossier on Jd Vance that the iranian hackers had stolen from the Trump Team . Yeah, he did. He does whatever he wants its a rich mans toxic yacht that sailing from harbor to harbors spreading cholera, i guess digital cholera. So whatever his money, its his money, but you dont i mean, there isnt a better News Aggregator than twitter. I have enjoyed twitter in the past. It is not it is kind of cesspool. Now. Yeah, it is. There will be there will be in the future and threads is trying mastodon his trying all kinds of people trying, well see, but itll be replaced by something as everything digitally has been over the course of its history. So well see, but as long as hes rich, you can keep it going. This is kind of part toxic party going as long as he wants toxic party, Kara Swisher. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. You can follow me on facebook, instagram, threads x, formerly known as twitter. 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