Kamala and i will be there for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild. President biden sending a message of support to floridians as Hurricane Milton barrels towards the state with landfall expected in just the next few hours. Plus, biden condemned the un the quote unquote, unamerican misinformation about the federal Storm Response calling out Trump And Marjorie Taylor Greene by name for dispensing those lies. And trumps attempt to deny the Bomb Shell reporting that he sent Covid Tests to putin was unbelievably thwarted by the friends and the kremlin himself who said, yep, he did that. We begin tonight with Hurricane Milton barrelling towards the West Coast of Florida And Set to make landfall in the next few hours. This is a Nightmare Scenario for more than 3 Million people who live in the Tampa Bay area. Which could see widespread destruction. 15 florida counties that are home to more than 7 Million people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Local officials have been pr
Hello and welcome to todays verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge Traffic Jams across the state as more than 5 Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live Tracking Shot from the national hurricane center. The category four storm is due to make landfall tonight. It is only brushed past mexico, causing flooding. On the florida peninsula, relative calm but they expect wind speeds of up to 160 mph and 3 4 Metre Storm surges. The pictures from tallahassee, where in the next few minutes we expect to get the latest briefing from the florida governor Ron Desantis and other emergency officials. We will carry that live when it starts. We can start this hour by
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
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i don t know. we will discuss that later over a during. thank you my friend, and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. just yesterday, nearly two months to the day after his brutal fight for the speaker s gavel, house speaker kevin mccarthy put that hard-fought victory to work, and announced a piece of legislation that is at the heart of the republican platform. standing beneath the portrait of george washington, the speaker described the parent s bill of rights. so many times across this nation we found that parents were attacked, called terrorists, and they simply wanted to go to the school board meeting to be heard about what was going on. one thing we know in this country s education is a great equalizer. and we want the parents to be empowered. and that is what we are doing today. you have a say in your kids education, not government, and not telling you what to do. the irony here is almost too obvious to explain. here is a bill introduced by the speak