Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
Save lives. And the latest forecast and evacuations ahead of The National Weatheather Sere will be here and we will have reports from Florida Plus the new bombshell, Bob Woodward, book, americans leaders as weve never heard before, trumps secret shipments to Vladimir Putin is multiple conversations with the russian leader since leaving office. Former british prime Minister Boris Johnson is here and will react and Vice President Kamala Harris asked what you would do differently from biden earlier today, the nonanswer that perhaps fail to seize the moment in the media. In the middle of a Media Blitz im Jake Tapper and we are tracking what could become the worst storm to hit Floridas Gulf Coast in more than a century, Hurricane Milton is a powerful category four hurricane right now it is teetering On The Edge of becoming a category five. And is forecast to make landfall after midnight tomorrow night, just south of tampa where it could unleash record unsurvivable Storm Surge Milton is expe
Closer and closer to Floridas Gulf Coast. Were breaking down a Brand New forecast of bidens potentially catastrophic Power And Pam more than 1 Million floridians have now been ordered to evacuate. And the governor is warning residents theres little if any time left to get out safely. This hour, ill speak with local and federal officials about the devastating Toll Milton could take on a region still reeling from Hurricane Helene, plus new revelations about Donald Trumps secret talks with russias Vladimir Putin while trump was president and after standby for details from a new book by The Legendary Journalists Bob Woodward, that also describes President Bidens private complaints about Israels Benjamin going to turn you and much more welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer youre in the Situation Room News on Hurricane Milton regaining strength and growing in Size Hi big time, this Monster Storm is bearing down on florida with landfall expecte
With Afternoon Everyone and Michael Michael Mccallum and this is The Story and we what a story it is we expect an update any moment now, we will take you live to florida governor Ron Desantis as he and his team are preparing for what is shaping up to be a once in a century epic hurricane. Milton is growing stronger, you can see training out to sea. Just north of cancun right now barreling towards florida over the next 24 hours and a little more than that among a live look at the packed roads as people tried to escape the state of Florida Or Move farther north or south to get out of this past, very tricky to determine what that will look like though. More than A Million people under Evacuation Orders in the state and today, Vice President harris is here in new York And Friendly Media territory with exactly four weeks to go from today is the election. She has been doing a number of interviews, among them shall sit down with Stephen Colbert tonight. Howard stern earlier today. And in the
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