1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
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 a
Conspiracy theories. Now, there is a new dangerous threat heading toward floridas gulf coast. Im talking about all of this a Fema Administrator Dan Criswell at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Also, Caroline Giuliani. You know who her dad is. This hour, the how and the why she says her Dads Life crumbled because of Donald Trump. New york. Th decision 202 and 30 days to what many analysts are saying is the most consequential u. S. Election in history. Vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are racing to make their final pitches to voters while polls remain close. Here is nbcs Steve Cormack he. We been tracking this week to week. The average of all the major national polls, Kamala Harris completing with that three Point Average over Donald Trump. At the seven Core Battleground states. Again, youre looking at full averages in here. Trump is making his Case Today at Battleground Wisconsin while his surrogates on the Sunday Talk shows and he capped his chances at victory in novem
You are looking at a live view of butler, pennsylvania where Donald Trump will take the stage within the hour. Three months after his first Assassination Attempt in july. In a dramatically different rent 2024 race against Vice President Kamala Harris. Now down to exactly one month of beef for Election Day. Meanwhile, the Vice President is in North Carolina tonight. Right now, getting briefed on the States Recovery from Hurricane Helene after touring the damage firsthand today we will hear more in a moment. Let us start in butler, pennsylvania. The venue where Donald Trump narrowly survived an Assassination Attempt back in july. Trump is holding another rally there right now. That is where Jake Traylor is standing by. Jake, tell us what you see there so far. Reporter back in butler for former president Donald Trump with that attempted assassination that took place back in july. There is a few things notable even just on the scene in terms of ramped up security. There are Shipping Contai
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