Keep it here on msnbc. Well be here throughout the storm for you and ill see you here tomorrow, same time, same place. For now, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with breaking news. Hurricane Milton Closing in on floridas gulf coast, expected to make landfall early tomorrow as a devastating major hurricane. Right now, milton is a category 4 storm, churning 100 Miles Southwest of tampa, set to bring damaging winds and a dangerous and potentially historic Storm Surge. Schools, airports and many businesses are already closed in florida as People scramble to evacuate in the final hours before the storm hits. And take a look at this, miltons powerful winds shaking up a team of Hurricane Hunters flying through the storm. Meantime, right now, in South Florida, a tornado has broken out near i75. Joining us now from tampa, nbcs Marissa Parra. And also with u
Coast in a few hours. Tonight, milton expected to bring a mix of Storm Surge, high winds and Power Outages to communities across florida. More than 1 Million people are under Evacuation Orders with local officials urging people in vulnerable zones to get to safety now. If you were as blunt as we have seen a public official be. If people stay in the Evacuation Zones and try to ride it out, they will die. Is that still your message this morning . Wherever that Storm Surge comes, if its 10 to 15 feet and people are trying to ride this out in singlestory structures, theres no place to go. At any moment we expect to hear from President Biden and Vice President harris on the federal response. Al roker is here joining me with the latest on Miltons Path. Our Reporting Team is bringing us the latest from the ground. President biden speaking with Netanyahu Today for the first time in nearly seven weeks. Expecting to learn more about israels plans for targeting iran. Again, trying to prevent esca
Going to be different . And so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out . Thank you, Madam Vice President. Yes, we are emphasizing the Size And Intensity of the storm and the direction at which its approaching which is unusual and really raises that Storm Surge Risk for the West Coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the West Coast of florida from the South Or Southeast parallel to the coast. This track, more perpendicular to the coast raises the Storm Surge Risk. And the size of the storm is going to produce hazardous impacts across much of the peninsula. So, weve been hitting the surge risks on both coasts, and flooding and tornadoes, trying to emphasize the Scale And Breadth of the threat which is somewhat unusual for milton. Thank you. Thank you for your good work. Mike, one more question yes, sir. For people listening, what is the width from the state of
New information tonight on multiple phone calls between vladimir putin and former president trump s since he left office. The details well, from bob woodward in his latest book good evening. We start tonight with hurricane milton gaining strength at this moment and headed toward tampa, florida region still reeling from hurricane helene and that tonight for the second time in nearly as many weeks is expecting record storm surge, roads are jammed, gas running low in the area are not available in some places i want to show you something you don t see too often in florida. Take a look that treasure island near tampa and st. Petersburg. And your ghost town after people evacuated, one person who is there are boris sanchez will check in with him shortly an astronaut aboard the space spacex capsule published this timelapse video today, giving some idea of the sheer size of this storm and the like lifethreatening trouble at represents president biden today warned that this could be one of the w
Allison, scott jennings, congressman ro khanna, scott taylor, and kara swisher with 27 days it s to go americans with different perspectives aren t talking to each other. But here they do i m abby phillip in new york. Let s go right to what america is talking about. Which candidate can make your life better, or kamala harris is in the middle of a media tour and today she got a question that speaks to what s on your mind, the direction of the country, and what it s headed for, and how it might look different if she had led the country through the last four years and not joe biden, while her answers singled out, that she was a little surprised by the question, just 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 i ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact. Listen, i plan on having a republican in my cabinet. You got it less difference between joe biden and me. Wil