Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
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I apologize, this is just horrific. The terrible and entirely predictable hurricane milton. This is a very dangerous storm in terms of its strength and size as it approaches landfall. Tonight as another monster storm heads to florida powered by extreme temperatures in the gulf and as millions across the south dig out from last week s devastating hurricane, a reminder of what trump thinks about climate change. We will add a little bit more beachfront property. That s not the worst thing in the world. And the life or death stakes in this election. Then day donald trump prefers to run on problems instead of fixing problems. A kamala harris media blitz with 28 days left to go. And senator sherrod brown on his must win race in ohio when all in starts now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Hurricane milton is expected to make landfall in florida early thursday morning. At this hour the storm is back to category 5 strength. The national hurricane center advises, quote, florida res
Furniture, they could be telling you theyre stressed to help them feel more calm try feel away optimum tonight on 360 people getting out while they can with Hurricane Milton. Now cat five, storm heading straight for tampa, florida, which hasnt taken a direct hit since 1921. Also tonight, the latest from Hardhit North Carolina and the lies the former president continues to tell about the Relief Effort and later on the Oneyear Anniversary of the October 7 Terror Attack would check back in with a woman still waiting for her family being held hostage to come home. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. It took Hurricane Milton less than 24 hours to go from an 80 mile an Hour Storm to 180 mile an hour munster. One of the fastestgrowing hurricanes ever on the path that its on it could so be the first in more than 100 years to directly hit tampa, florida, a city largely at sea level, or even a smaller storm could do serious damage and which is still cleaning up from its brush with Hurricane Hel
Two down here and penta gordon. And so that can happen. It can get close to land. They can turn Flood Watch in effect, obviously four to eight inches of rainfall. Some models now predicting probably in the neighborhood of about 15 inches of rainfall. And thats just the freshwater flooding thats possible from alberto two barrel, the very hi, im on Wednesday Night show that you and i will be on. Alright. Chad myers. Thank you very much. Well have more on Hurricane Milton later in the program, as well as reporting from the error is worst hit by helene in North Carolina where the Death Toll is still a climbing and to that point, Fema Today said the agency has enough funding to handle the response to Hurricanes Milton and helene. The fact that it has to reassure people about that not just to the weather lately, but also the political climate. Thats because in spite of republican mayors and governors and senators and Hurricane Affected States thing, otherwise dont. Trump has been lying again