1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
What a nightmare for so many in North Carolina. Survivors enter their second week of heartbreak since helene made landfall. Everything is devastating. It is eyeopening. I havent been to my house since the Storm Hit. Everything was thrown around and broken. For homes washed away down the river. We lost everything. It flooded or floated away. We are borrowing a camper and a car. We are borrowing everything. These arent even my clothes. Story after story of so many in need of help. I am in for john roberts. This is america reports. Survivors are set up and frustrated with the federal response. Many relying on themselves to pick up what is left of their homes. Private organizations are stepping into action. They are present, in the way, interrupting our ability to conduct operations. They have a Security Guard and said we are so hardy, the hotel has been booked. For federal employees and no, i have people just pulled out of a mountain. This is biblical level devastation, apocalyptic. Lets
Scene. Crisis at home and abroad, threatening to upend the race for the White House as we look into Southern Lebanon there overseas. Good morning, everybody. Bill hemmer. We have a ton to get to on this tuesday. Thank you for being with us today. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. Well take you through the breaking news. Israel launching a limited Ground Invasion to fight hezbollah in lebanon. At home american Dock Workers beginning to strike which could send ports and the economy reeling. Recovery efforts from a catastrophic storm still underway in the southeast. The stories are evolving by the minute and all three could impact the election. Bill 35 days until america votes and despite these major developments at home and abroad the Vice President , Kamala Harris, still has yet to hold a formal news conference. Rnc cochair Michael Whatley is with us today. Steve harrigan reports on the Recovery Efforts in North Carolina. First to Brooke Taylor covering the Port Strike
Stupid. And this migrant crime is totally out of control violent crime, a Focal Point of Donald Trumps campaign, but well News Statistics from the fbi actually give Kamala Harris on edge. And later trump in the juice. Why the former president is comparing a Staffers Dad to Oj Simpson east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. There are just six weeks until election day. If you can believe that. But were going to start here this morning. The middle east inching closer to the brink as the fight between Israel And Hezbollah intensifies. And the united states looks for some way to prevent further Escalation Iron Dome Defense System intercepting a barrage of rockets fired from Southern Lebanon. No injuries were reported. Those rockets coming just hours after israels largest attack on lebanese soil in almost two decades the israeli military saying it struck 1,600 hezbollah targets on monday nearly
Pete s the 7 a. M. Hour of Fox Friends weekend. Starting with this, changing her tune . Yet another Video Surfaces showing Kamala Harris flipflops, this time her promising the outright Ban Fracking in 2019. I am committed the Passing A Green New Deal creating clean jobs is and finally put an end the fracking once and for all. I will not Ban Fracking [laughter] pete dont give a frack. Rachel oh, my gosh [laughter] pete pretty close. What are we supposed to believe here . Were going to break it down, ahead. Will plus, vying for virginia. Trump and harris virtually deadlocked in a surprise battleground. I spoke with Governor Youngkin about the campaigns in the commonwealth. We have got to work this down the stretch, but we can win. We demonstrated in 2021. Rachel and today is the start of fall, but is it too early to start decorating for halloweensome yes, it is. Pete yes rachel the second hour of Fox Friends starts right now. Rachel good morning, everybody. Its 7 00. First of all, that i