Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now, that is not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the election in the 2020 election. he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. but there s more to this move. it s not about politics. it has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison. legal experts believe it s unlikely trump s criminal trial will be resolved before the 2024 election, so whoever wins the presidency could be in a position to influence trump s case, and if trump is the gop nominee, he could essentially be campaigning for his freedom, an unprecedented scenario in this country. according to axios, winning the presidency would give a chance for sympathy or even pardon himself if convicted. his political rivals trying to beat trump, they have signaled they would pardon him or bring
before he appears before a judge. now trump says that he ll plead not guilty to charges connected to his handling of classified documents. and of course as you may know, this is his 2nd indictment in 3 months. despite that growing legal peril that he finds himself and during an interview with political last night, trump vowed to continue campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now that s not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the 2020 election, he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. there s more to this move then his inability to back down. it s not about politics, trump s 3rd white house bid has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, for donald trump 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison, legal experts believe it s unlikely that the criminal trial be resolved before the 2024 election whoever wins the president could
not guilty to charges connected to his handling of classified documents. and of course as you may know, this is his 2nd indictment in 3 months. despite that growing legal peril that he finds himself and during an interview with political last night, trump vowed to continue campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now that s not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the 2020 election, he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. there s more to this move then his inability to back down. it s not about politics, trump s 3rd white house bid has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, for donald trump 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison, legal experts believe it s unlikely that the criminal trial be resolved before the 2024 election whoever wins the president could see the position to influence trump s caseposition to influence t
russia s invasion of ukraine hits the one year mark. a live update from kyiv as president zelenskyy promises his people will fight on and president biden promises more aid. meanwhile, in the states, we take you inside the battle for control of the wisconsin supreme court with the candidate fix folks say could ship the ballots if she wins. then, to virginia where the first black woman ever elected to congress from that state, congresswoman-elect jennifer mcclelland, joins us to talk about her historic win. and, texas. where state attorney general ken paxton is at the center of a federal investigation that could yield criminal charges. and that is just the start of it. poor thing. i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. we we start this morning in ukraine where the brutal invasion by russia hit the one year mark yesterday. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marked the anniversary with an emotional speech yesterday gave. he declared that ukraine is alive, and a