Barreling down the Gulf Coast straight into floridas West Coast. 120mileanhour winds and violent Water Pummeling the bridge. And this is santa Bell Island where floodwaters appear to be swallowing a house. And in Fort Myers, a tornado rips through neighbourhoods, obliterating properties. The winds are ferocious, the storm churches unstoppable and floridians are worried. Lets go to her senior correspondent in tampa. Steve . Jesse, we see rain come down in sheets. The wind is starting to pick up as well, we could see anywhere from 616 inches of rain here that has been going steady for the past six hours. The Storm Surge is another concern here in the tampa area. This could be a Worstcase Scenario depending on where the storm actually makes landfall. We could see up to 10 feet of Storm Surge here, anywhere from 15 feet along other parts and along the coast. When it gets over 40 miles per hour, they cannot come out and rescue and right now it seems to be hovering right about that range. Th
Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
Two years ago when Elon Bus mosque. Twitter, he vowed to keep it nonbiased. He posted at the time it may be politically neutral which means upsetting the far right in the far left equally. It was a message he repeated frequently in interviews after purchasing the platform. The goal is to be as fair and evenhanded as possible. Not favoring any political ideology. That quickly turned out to be hollow. Instead he used his influence on his own Plaut Form to tell followers to vote republican. He voiced his support for Ron Desantis. There was one prominent republican that he was not a fan of, Donald Trump. He said he was too old and he should hang up his hat and sail up into the sunset. As you can imagine, trump did not take it well. He said the other day, i have never voted for republican. He told me he had voted for me. He escalated when he claimed that mosque came to the White House begging, adding that i could have said drop to your knees and beg. He would also go on to mock his Campaign
Is Damage Control mode, does his first solo tv interview. That wrapped just90 minutes ago. Foxs Shannon Bream asked about a minnesota if law allowing abortions through the ninth month. The governor says he just wants to restore roe v. Wade. This puts the decision with the woman and her Health Care Provider s, Donald Trump is asking for a nationwide shannon wait, he has said he will not sign a nationwide abortion ban. Howard and when asked about falsehoods and exaggerations in his Military Record and other issues . They disparage everyone, personal attacks. I will own up when mys speak. Howard Donald Trumps Running Mate has been doing interviews all the time, holding news conferences, the best kind of preparation for the cbs debate. Kamala harris Running Mate has been bubble wrapped, kept away from journalists until today. And the cbs moderators were much tougher on vance. If walz effectively counterpunched at times, but he often meandered until he got to his main point. Here was j. D.
Attack into Southern Lebanon. Theyve got to take out that Ballistic Missile firing capability. Now we know theres about 120,000 other types of rockets and missiles that theyve been using to essentially harassed of the people in israel. And thats why some 60,000 people have had to dislocate. But theyve got to take out all the ballistic Missile Capability and Southern Lebanon and they need to do it now or brigadier general Steve Anderson plead akerman thanks to both of you, a brand new hour of cnn, new central starts right now live from New York . No, not snl, but still must see political tv, the Vice President ial candidates getting ready heading to face off for their first and only debate and possibly the final debate of the entire Election Cycle the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene has left thousands of people in Western North Carolina stranded and growing desperate for supplies. New details on the rush now to get to them and get supplies to them im Kate Bolduan with Sara Sidner