Biggest storm of the century could make landfall within the hour. Live images from st. Petersburg on your screen right now, you see our Bill Weir there in that picture. Hell be with us in a Moment Hurricane Milton now on a much faster track toward land, expected to hit florida with 150 mile an Hour Wind gusts and a destructive Storm Surge. Conditions deteriorating by the minute officials now saying it is no longer safe to be outside. And lets show you what it looks like On The Roads already flooded right now, the Monster Storm, one of the most powerful on records still growing after nearly doubling in size in just 24 hours absolutely incredible new Satellite Images here on your screen. The Lightning Strikes from a storm that officials warn james the coastline of florida forever. And right now, Tropical Storm Winds now stretch its more than 300 miles from that. I and lets just show you some of the pictures of what it looks like about 40 miles from the eye in the gulf. Some of these wave
Issues could say more than that. I was president harris was not on the Campaign Trail Today or yesterday. Her opponent was talking today in georgia about him his plans for the economy, but also throwing out lots of red meat, including this about haitians living in springfield, ohio you have to move the people back to the country from which they can. You have a haitians are by Enlarge In Springfield lawfully and i was a Gary Tuchman reported Last Night, many now saying they are afraid do you feel safe for your family and this community absolutely not nobody knows whats going to happen. Leader when garys report aired Last Night, the foreign president was actually speaking at a rally in Western Pennsylvania where he said this do you think springfields will ever be the same . I dont think the fact is and ill say it now. You have to get them the hell out gaffe to get them out. Im sorry. Again can have it good havent send, them back there chanting the former president has also been talking t
Tonight on 360, the former president campaigns on the economy, but once again ends up questioning the future of democracy if he loses as new cnn polling shows his strength and weakness just six weeks out from election day. Also, what that new polling says about vice president harris and the economy. Cnn s john king breaks it down for us and his report from battleground, georgia and have communities of color see the vice president and how they plan to vote good evening, thanks for joining us sixweek in the presidential election. New cnn polling says, it is close and what people told the pollsters about the economy and other issues could say more than that. Vice president harris was not on the campaign trail today or yesterday. Her opponent was talking today in georgia about his plans for the economy, but also throwing out lots of red me including this about haitians living in springfield, ohio you have to move the people back to the country from which they came you have haitians are byi
that number could rise even higher as search and rescue crews work to reach cutoff areas, removing debris from destroyed homes and businesses along florida s southwest coastline and we re learning that miami-dade fire rescue crews are conducting helicopter evacuations on sanibel island. boris sanchez is there in fort myers, florida. boris, you just spoke with the lee county sheriff a few moments ago. what was said? reporter: fred, there have been a lot of questions today about the timing of when lee county ordered evacuations. we re in lee county right now in fort myers. what we ve learned is lee county ordered its first evacuations more than a day after forecasts met the county s criteria despite the fact the county has an emergency plan that suggests evacuations should have happened earlier. the county s comprehensive emergency ma or more of water would indicate the need for hurricane evacuations in the most vulnerable areas. a lot of lee county is a vulnerable area. one
let s get started. we begin this hour with an update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1.2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort myers beach [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and we had to get him out. there s othe