Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Leave or die, thats the warning for hundreds of thousands across tampa and beyond this hour as Hurricane Milton, now a monstrous category 4, takes direct aim on floridas third largest city. Right now, almost all of floridas West Coast is under an Emergency Warning as Crews Race to clear the debris from last weeks hurricane, that one helene, before milton makes landfall sometime tomorrow night. It is dangerous eye is set to unleash a once in a Century Damage and record Storm Surge. The national Hurricane Center is warning of up to 15 feet of water in tampa alone. As we speak, thousands are still trying to get out, residents rushing to escape the storms path, have clogged highways, and interstates. And adding to all of that chaos, all of that concern is politics. And the rampant disinformation that is being peddled by Donald Trump and some republicans including false claims about Fema Funds and not so subtle Social Media posts that say they control the w
We saw some of that flooding all over the roadways. Now were talking about major highways, i10 south of here. 69 is closed. Beaumont becoming its own mini island, and in very many places across jefferson county, you have islands just trying to get help to them, because there are so many rivers that are passing through. Rivers that used to be streamtr like this street behind me. You see the water coming off the street there. Thats traveling into a drainage ditch, and this is the problem. We just saw a man try to cross the drainage ditch. He thought it was a street. He was almost washed away before our eyes. He was able to swim right back up before the current took him away. That is why police are saying here in southeast, texas, this is not over by any means. The brunt of the storm may be head thing way right now. Drew griffin in beaumont. Emergency services and possible rescues to go into Eastern Parts of texas into western louisiana. We thought new orleans was going to have rain, four
White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. First, the first confirmation of any kind from the United States government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. Thats important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. Second you hear the president say its hostile and dangerous to the United States specifically. Not just to allies and friends in the region. Having a specific threat in the
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Firing of a missile over japan, the u. N. Now condemning this latest test but isnt taking any action. Good morning, everyone, its august 29th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin along id Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. Harvey will make landfall once again as some towns on the edge have measured 50 inches of rain. With the president s and first ladys visit yesterday, the situation became more dire for many in the city and across south texas. In all, there have been nearly 19,000 Water Rescues across south texas as of last night. The death toll has climbed once more, now to nine. But images are circulating across social media. Along those killed, Houston Police officer Sergeant Steve perez. The chief of police spoke about how he died and how he lived
media asking for help, asking for help in their elderly parents or people who live there. There is one house i was able to find the address for. This is a house in beaumont. A street map before the storm. There are people as of an hour ago on the roo
even stand here because the door was covered in water. you understand people are trying to air out their homes, but right now there are a lot of people scratching their heads. they tell us the water came higher in new places than when harvey hit before. a lot of overdevelopment in this area. it s something they ll have to be dealing with for some time. people are glad right now at least the sun is shining. the sun shining. that water behind you looks so peaceful, but it is so dangerous and so damaging. reporter: yeah. to people and their lives. ryan young, thank you so much. all right. coming up, as one of jeffrey epstein s accusers is opening up about the relationship between epstein and prince andrew, we have new details about the nasty split between the royal and the convicted sex offender.