This tuesday night. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Tonight were tracking Hurricane Milton, the extremely dangerous Category 5 storm thats likely to make landfall in florida in just about 24 hours. Well have much more on the storm in a moment. But we are also just four weeks out from Election Day as they say game on. If you have not registered to vote yet, youre running out of time. Today is the deadline to register in new mexico. Tomorrow is the deadline in missouri. A new poll from the New York Times In Sienna has good news for Vice President harris, showing her leading Donald Trump by three points, which is inside the margin of error. More voters see her as the Change Candidate over Donald Trump. 46 to 44 also within the margin of error. My colleague, Garrett Haake has more. Reporter tonight, Vice President Ial Harris telling abc she wouldnt Change Anything President biden did. Would you have done something differently than president biden during the past four years . T
Hurried preparations, theres also a new worry. Limited resources. Gas stations literally running on empty, and Grocery Store shelves picked clean. Nbcs marisa is joining us from tampa. Jay gray is standing by in ft. Myers. And Meteorologist Michelle Grossman is tracking the storm for us. The track of this storm has shifted slightly since yesterday. Where do we expect landfall now . Yeah, this has kind of wobbled back and forth, ten miles north or south. As we go throughout time, we are anticipating that westcentral u. S. Coast impact on The State Of Florida. We are looking at a category 4 storm. This is catastrophic. People are going to lose homes. Theres a threat to life and property. So were going to watch this very closely, we are about 16 hours away from landfall. Were looking at winds of 155 miles per hour. Yes, it weakened to a category 4, but keep in mind a Category 5 is 157 miles per hour, so this is a very strong category 4 strong. Its heading northeast at 6 miles per hour, no
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
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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