News night begins right now Abby Philip alongside my colleague, Anderson Cooper, who is in the middle of Hurricane Milton, right now in florida, this Monster Storm making Landfall Tonight and it is right now rocking cities on floridas West Coast. Weve got our reporters fanned out at areas all across the state that are being hit the hardest tonight. But first, were going to go to anderson in braden town. Anderson anderson take it away. You are now seeing so much wind, so much rain. Tell us what youre experiencing bradenton this is a community that than was expecting a bad head and its certainly that is what we have been seeing over the last hour. Were right by The River and the water has really dropped i it started about an hour ago, right when Kaitlans Program started really, the water just started pouring over over the banks onto The Riverwalk. We moved off from that location this basically our crew is inside ive basically using this tree to block any of the branches and stuff that ha
Im lauren taylor. Todays other stories. The ugandan marathon runner, rebecca cheptegei, has died four days after being set on fire in an alleged attack by herformer boyfriend. Welcome back to the position we are talking from very close to gren fell in itself. A day after the publication of that second and final part of the public Inquiry Yesterday, poring over the details of that, considering what the impact of the recommendations from the Public Inquiry will be. Survivors and relatives of those who died as a result of the Grenfell Tower Disaster say theyre still waiting forJustice, after a damning report set out a catalogue of failures. The six year Public Inquiry s final report laid the blame on successive governments, Systematic Dishonesty from Cladding Companies and the indifference of the local council. Our Correspondent Ellie Price has more. They may not have come to terms with their loss, but they have, finally, got some answers. We didnt have the right treatment. We were discri
epstein. a second day talking to investigators. abc reporting after several hours of questions, he s back for more prosecutors looking at his conversations and interactions with trump attorneys like giuliani and john eastman, and trump himself the washington post has reported that epstein s speak to trump in the current era as many as five times a day. which means there is a lot linking him and the former president in ways that these investigators are interested in. as for the names, they re familiar, because they are part of the controversial set of advisers who were helping try to normalize, see the ground for, or execute on a coup plot. all of them, the three i just mentioned have been recommended for criminal prosecution by the january 6th committee, which was serving in the last congress abc also reports that smith personally sat in on part of epstein s interview thursday he, as the leader of this investigation, did not lob any questions, which would be typical, but he
news digital, it is clear hunter and other members engaged in appalling shady business schemes to avoid scrutiny as they made millions from foreign adversaries like china. we been wondering where the doj and irs has been, it appears biden administration may have been working over time to prevent the bidens from facing consequences. todd: brooke singman has more. brooke: the unidentified whistleblower is claiming he has protected disclosures that detail pref rential treatment in politics affecting decisions that would be followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected. the attorney says his client is ready to provide more information to congress investigating the president s son. listen. to him, the truth is one truth and he wants to come forward with it. he s ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under proper legal protection. brooke: documents reveal current crisis co
but it is still the economy that tops voters list of priorities. by a long shot. and on that front, a new forecast today says a recession is coming. and that it will look a lot like the one that turned the phrase it s the economy, stupid, into political gospel. let s discuss all of this, mj lee live at the white house. abby phillip in washington and mj, we know the economy blows away all others so why is this, abortion right, the focus for the president today? reporter: well, ana, i think this white house would certainly argue that this isn t the president s focusing on abortion issues over the economy. they have been focused on both but, yes, today was the day when he wanted to take the opportunity to make a big political speech to talk about this issue that is certainly very divisive but that they also know has been very politically salient. it is no surprise, of course, we have been reporting on this just how much the white house and democrats in washington have really