Us an update on preparations for milton from the White House. The ongoing response to Hurricane Helene. Well take you live to the White House minutes away. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill i hate to see that radar, just see that thing churn out there. A big one. Im bill hemmer, good morning at home. The storm really, if you have checked out for a day or so, you missed a major headline. This thing really came out of nowhere Yesterday Morning i would argue between 8 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. Eastern time and got cranked up coming off the Yucatan Peninsula In Mexico and now going through the Gulf Of Mexico warm waters. Dana they are warning it could become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record and the state of florida is getting ready to brace for this direct hit as bill was saying. A massive exodus now underway. Millions of residents rushing to evacuate the coast and other lowlying areas with hours left before Miltons Arrival as crews scramble to
Speaking out for the first time. Why . This is not a normal election in any way. Certainly not one defined by policy debate. In one fell swoop, Donald Trump laid the groundwork to dispute the 2024 election just as did he in 2020. He threatened mass arrests of election officials, political opponents and critics and it landed like a Thunder Clap in the Saturday Night truth social post. It read in part, quote, when i win, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Which will include longterm Prison Sentences so that this depravity of justice does not happen again. Please beware that this legal exposure extends to lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters and corrupt election officials. Those involved in Inscrupulous Behavior will be sought out and caught and prosecuted at levels unfortunately never seen before in our country. And now you should know it includes a lot of nonsensical caps. A couple of long words that make me wonder who wrote i
Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonishing trumps lawyers for insinuating that actor Stormy Daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. The judge said, i disagree with your narrative that theres any new account here. Daniels wrapped up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have we dont have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldnt be as offended by the line of questions as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised around her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today, as she grilled Stormy Daniels during crossexamination. It bordered on, i think, shaming a sex worker. Of course Stormy Dani
Her debut as moderator of Meet The Press sits down with donald trump. Well play for you what he said when asked if he told a staffer to delete camera footage. Later, Hundreds Of Thousands of immigrants brought here as children could be in limbo now that a judge ruled a program to protect them is unlawful. Well talk to beto orourke about that and more. And remembering the life of renowned artist fernando who has died at 91. In this hour, with our Breaking News overnight, right now nearly 13,000 auto workers are on strike after their union failed to reach a deal on a new contract late last night. This is a live look at striking workers at g ms plant in missouri. Strikes are taking place at three different plants. But the uaw union says there is potential for more if a deal is not reached. Some demands includes a 40 hourly pay increase. Reduced weekly hours and Pension Reform among other issues. One of the auto makers made a statement saying we are extremely disappointed by the uaw leader
the end of year. congressman houlihan, i know a lot of democrats were hang wringing about president biden and his re-election campaign. that s a pretty great number, more than trump or desantis combined. it is less than trump was able to raise at this point four years ago from the white house. is this going to stop the hand-wringing, do you think? i absolutely think it does. i think that $72 million is a pretty stunning number in comparison. i think it s more than all the other republican candidates combined, as i recall. i think that s a very, very good sign for the vibrance and health of the campaign. sarah mathews, take a look at these headlines, some bad es for governor desantis. desantis campaign sheds staff among cash crunch. desantis fund-raising slowed after initial campaign launch. filing shows that he should be worried here at all? he s letting go of staff this early is not nothing. definitely not a good sign, but he did manage to outraise trump and he raised over $