Thank you all for being here this morning. Thanks to All Of You for joining us as well. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now Hurricane Milton is now a category five Storm Closing in on on Floridas Gulf Coast hours away from landfall, possibly one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit that west central coast. One official warning residents in the Evacuation Zone this is not survivable. We have the latest up to the Minute Storm Track as some Gas Stations are running out of fuel and exclusive cnn reporting the cia struggling behind the scenes, facing allegations of sexual Assault And Harassment at The Agency. Im Kate Bolduan with john berman, Sara Sidner is out today this is cnn new central breaking news Hurricane Milton is closing in on florida as a catastrophic category five storm. It is poised to be one of the most destructive Natural Disasters in florida is history. Officials at just forecast the storm will hit as a category four along the West C
Begin only two hours from now conditions in the Hurricane Strike Zone are growing much more dangerous by the minute. As milton unleashes ferocious winds torrential rains, and a slew of destructive tornadoes. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer a youre in the Situation Room were following every angle of the major Breaking News in florida right now Hurricane Milton taking aim at the Tampa Bay Region and now on a faster track toward a devastating landfall, this Monster Storm is posing a grave and urgent danger and residents who havent escaped Miltons Path are being warned. Its not too late to get out cnn teams are fanned out all along Floridas Gulf Coast and areas bracing for the worst of this storm our chief climate correspondent, Bill Weir is on the scene in st. Petersburg, florida. Bill, whats the latest from where you are of the pier here in st. Pete. As you can see, these waves are just starting to breach the Seawall Weve been watchin
The Vice President struggling to answer some of as much as you did. Its a long Standing Problem and solutions are at hand. And from day one, literally, we have been offering solutions. What i was asking was, was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first place . I think the policies that we have been proposing are about fixing a problem, not promoting a problem. Okay. But the numbers did quadruple after that disaster. Kamala sprinting to the gals on The View for a pep talk. But even they couldnt stop harris from turning into a walking gop ad. We have more with Vice President when we come back. Were honored and proud to have you at this table. If anything, would you have done something differently than president biden during the past four years . There is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of, and ive been a part of, of, of most of the decisions that have had impact. I think people are exhausted and theyre exhausted with the lies. Theyre exhausted with the self
Cnns elisa raffa, elisa, whats the latest track for Hurricane Milton . So we still have a category three hurricane on our hands right now. The track, still again, focusing on the West Coast. There are florida where weve been watching. So closely with this, is that Center Line Right where here it is. Heres a Category Three Hurricane Rights to 120 Mile Perhour winds. The warnings with the trial this was the graphic that i wanted to get you to where were looking at the Center Line of this. Where we were worried about some Storm Surge coming into Tampa Bay, right . That eight to 12 feet of Storm Surge with this Center Line of that core of the a. I. Going just to the south there of Tampa Bay, there will be more offshore wins in Tampa Bay, more of those seating winds and the worst that Storm Surge would be sarasota and areas to the south so it does look like that we have updated that Storm Surge forecast here from the Hurricane Center. You could see we didnt get a chance to update the boxes
An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the West Coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. Im Bill Hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana you are missed but glad youre there. This is americas newsroom, im dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill you know, i think it is storm 21. Im back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting earlier today there will be a part of the West Coast of florida that will have a Storm Surge of eight to ten feet. Think about that now. Those low lying Barrier Islands that have been so built up over the past 50 years. The Population Increase on the West Coast of florida. This is going to be a doozy. Experts describe milton as a once in a Century Storm and folks in tampa are taking heed. Very tough. We r