Im Jessica Dean in new york. We are following breaking News Tonight as florida is bracing for another major hurricane hurricane, and we have new information about that intensifying storm Hurricane Milton. Now forecast to become a category four. And is expected to make landfall later. For this week as a major hurricane, 51 counties across florida now under a State Of Emergency and mandatory evacuations have already been ordered in some areas. Governor Ron Desantis is expected to hold a briefing just moments from now, well continue to monitor that. And of course, all of this is happening just ten days after many of these same communities were devastated by Hurricane Helene Meteorologist Elisa Raffa is in the cnn extreme Weather Center tracking this storm for us and at least i know were getting all this new information. What are you what are you seeing . Jessica, i was literally just reading the latest update moments moments ago. The latest right now from the Hurricane Centers, we still h
Jake tapper and we start today with Breaking News and a cnn exclusive for the first time the man and only previously known as Employee Number five. In the Trump Federal classified documents case, is publicly going on the record about what he saw Behind The Scenes at maralago and how he ended up handling boxes of classified documents without even knowing it or having the clearance to do so trump Employee Number five is a man named brian butler he has worked at maralago for 20 years. He wasnt just any regular employee. We should note he handled the car service at trumps florida resort. Often directly making sure that donald trump and all of his belongings were moved from place to place, meaning he saw moments and movements and heard conversations that are now part of special counsel jack smiths indictment of Donald Trumps cnns Kaitlan Collins, Katelyn Polantz, our breaking the story for us and joining us now, Kaitlan Collins, it start with you, so you sat down with butler earlier today.
3 00 a. M. In tel aviv. Two more hostages, more than 200 still being held, are on their way home. Nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz. Both israeli citizens, both taken from their kibbutz on october 7. Mrs. Lifshitz and her husband are founding members of the kibbutz. She and mrs. Cooper were handed over in southern gaza, where they each were examed by medics. Now the medics telling an egyptian media outlet that mrs. Kuiper and lifshitz were in stable condition. Just a few moments ago, we got this video of a Military Helicopter carrying the two freed women now safely back here in israel. This comes with sources telling cnn that the Biden Administration has been pressing israel to delay its ground incursion into gaza to allow more time to get hostages out and humanitarian aid in from the south. That said, National Security Spokesman John Kirby tells cnn tonight, quote, we dont believe this is the time for a ceasefire. Theres certainly a lot to get to in the hour ahead. We begin with my c
Laura coates live starts right now. A. Laura. Hey abby, thank you so much. A great show as always. Ill read that book, for sure. Ill see you again here tomorrow night, okay . Im sure you can. All my free time. There are two more hostages now freed, but what about those who are still being held . There are more than 200 of them and they are somewhere in gaza. Tonight on laura coates live. The news tonight is bittersweet. Seeing the footage of 79 year old cooper and 85yearold thing helped out is an image none of us will soon forget. The frailty, their age, all of us trying to imagine how they were treated the day they were taken, what happened in those moments, let alone what they must have endured in the interim. Well now both women are freed, theyve been released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity. Medics say that two unaffiliated media outlet that theyre both in stable condition. They are in a tel aviv hospital tonight. But their husbands, who were kidnapped with them, ar
Israeli troops preparing for the next phase of this campaign. Some of these troops are living inside the homes of those who lost loved ones. And these troops massed around in this town and around it all preparing to invade gaza. Wolf . J Jeremy Diamond reporting thank you, jeremy. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news. Quote, its coming. That is the message tonight from the israeli Prime Minister about an assault on gaza. As were hearing from the grandson of a hostage who was just released what, his grandmother is telling about her time as a hostage in hamas captivity. U. S. Intelligence officials revealed what caused that deadly explosion at a hospital in gaza. We have a new Exclusive Dispatch from our producer inside gaza tonight. His report one of the most disturbing yet about the situation he is living on the ground there. Also breaking tonight, trumps former Chief Of Staff mark meadows reportedly offering up damning testimony in exchange for immunity