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
flights in the united states of america before you can get on a plane? at this time that is not the law. even with the cdc guideline of changes when we have to isolate from ten to five days, if they say after five days you test negative, then you can go back to work, that would make me feel a little better. at this point, not of you to par with our testing or our n95 mask wearing and any mandates in that regard. at this point even with vaccination, it looks like we won t even hit 75% of americans vaccinated until october of next year. we have a real problem in the united states of america. so talking a lot about here also the crunch in the health care system. with that, shaq, talk what s happening where you are in indianapolis. u.s. navy lending a hand because of the health care crunch in the system there. specifically one hospital amid the surge of omicron. talk me through what s going on
that he received sparked protests in oakland. don t get sick! if you do, you should know there s a health care crunch facing our nation s seniors. at a time when the u.s. is growing older, the number of doctors who specialize in treating the elderly is on a decline. skies stegall is live in los angeles. you and i don t have to worry about it quiet. how serious is this shortage and when will we need to worry about it, what age? reporter: very serious. really we should all be worrying about it now despite not needing this particular type of care yet we are all going to need it some day, especially when you consider americans over 85, the fastest growing population. it is expected to double in the next 20 years from 35 million to 70 million. and the shortage is in part because of that also, geriatrics not viewed as a glamorous job in terms of all the specialties out there and the pay isn t that great.