good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city
we ve got our correspondents and legal team here standing by with new reaction from some trump allies. also this hour, check out the big board. the markets, wall street reacting pretty well to thats into just out from the fed, and another interest rate hike on the way, to try to get a handle on in place. is this? or will there be more hikes to come? we will talk about all of it. plus an nbc news exclusive debuting here this hour, stacey abrams one-on-one with our blayne alexander, early voting now just days away, in georgia, what she is saying about the state of her race as polls show her falling further behind brian kemp. a lot to get to in the next 60 minutes. i m hallie jackson, along with tom winter, ron allen in new york, and business investigations reporter david enrich is with us, a new book out sefrtds of the damned and care line polici and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst paul butler. let s get to some of the questions at 3:00 eastern, 12:00 pacifi
ian now setting its sites on the south carolina coast, as we come on the air, with the tropical storm expected to strengthen back into a hurricane as it moves, look at it there, very slowly across the atlantic and back towards the east coast, after a trail of destruction in florida. people there are reeling now from one of the worst storms that has ever hit them, and doing what they can to start picking up the pieces. sanibel island, captiva island, a storm surge, with a huge chunk of the causeway there, that is the only way in or out, in a state overall, more than two and a half million people are without power and look at where that deep red is, some counties in southwest florida are totally we re live with officials, from across florida, as well as somebody from part of the federal response to this storm. cabinet secretary, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, hallie jackson in washington and we have the team covering every angle, and every location, and steve p
life-threatening storm surge. we just learned the updated storm surge projections for those areas is now staggers. it is now 12 to 18 feet. that is the warning. already more than 16 on,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. more than 2.5 million people are under an erag ways order or warning. governor desantis said residents in the cross hairs need to shelter in place, because it is too late to leave. if you are in any of those counties, it s no longer possible to safely evacuate. it s time to hunker down and prepare for this storm. this is a powerful storm that should be treated like you would treat if a tornado was approaching your home. we are covering all angles up and down the western coast of florida. let s begin with john berman. he s in tampa. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning poppy and jim. this storm is bringing three interrelated threats. the winds, an historic storm, one of the most powerful projected, particularly about in
do the news duel. a little reflection. for 25 years as an anchor at fox i have been accustoms to debating issues. but since the president hired his posse to take over washington, the biden administration is gas lighting america. they want to make us believe what we are seeing and experiencing is not happening at all. 700 migrants gathering under a bridge after crossing there. border patrol has started releasing migrants on city streets. it s open for you to come illegally, right? illegally. that s true. brian: this is reality and the border biden style. we have a secure border. brian: it s just not true. his reality show has texas governor abbott desperate busing immigrants into new york and chicago to show you the crisis they are facing is real, even though they don t want to talk about it. you say our road to freedom and energy is green energy and green technology. folks, the great american road trip will be fully electrified. the charging station will be up and