Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Hurricane milton is Bearing Barreling toward florida as one of the recent hurricanes in recent history and dangerous category 4 storm is churning north of mexicos yucatan peninsula. Milton is set to make landfall in florida late wednesday in to thursday and its expected to trigger a Lifethreatening Storm Surge and it could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa Area in more than a century. The mayor saying if you choose to stay, youre going to die. Joining us is our meteorologist. How are people preparing there . You can probably see some of those Preparation Efforts happening as we speak. This is outside of this is normally a busy wharf and completely shut down. Flood protection barriers are outside of these businesses. People bracing so that they can protect the businesses that are here. We are seeing these kinds of efforts all around tampa. I want to take you to some of what we saw in Treasure Island that is outside of pinellas county. W
They need a strong u. S. To deter the ccp. Bill it will remain a big story regardless. Aishah hosni, good work in the interview live in d. C. Now its been one week since helene made landfall as a cat four hurricane leaving a trail of damage and devastation. In town after town after hardhit town where folks have lost just about everything, leaving them with no food, no water, no power, no shelter and now wondering whether or not the rest of the country has forgotten about them. Dana has this friday off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new York City as we roll into our number two. Sandra weve been in afghanistan and know how to do it. They need more resources. It wiped entire towns away. Weve seen the video still coming into us as the biden White House is facing harsh questions as the victims of helene are left to fend for themselves. Hundreds dead, hundreds more still missing at this hour. And now private volunteers are stepping in. Mobileizing Ad Hoc Rescue Operations to help stranded victims i
North carolina, more than 200 are dead, hundreds listed as missing as we speak at this hour. Helenes wrath relentless. A Living Nightmare for millions across the south. Most deadly hurricane since katrina. We watch the devastating fallout. Back on the job. Striking Dock Workers reaching a tentative deal to open up u. S. Ports. We got the Jobs Number for september. 254,000 jobs added. This after the fed cut rates by half a point. How does this all factor in now . Well look at that as we begin. Dana has the day off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new york city. Hello to you. Good to be with you on a job day. Cant wait to dig into that. Im Sandra Smith and this is americas newsroom. The tentative Dock Workers would give them a 60 raise. That pushes the deadline past election day. Bill convenient. That and the Jobs Report are good for Kamala Harris. The economy is still seen as a liability in the election. It is Human Nature to attribute your current economic situation to the people in office for
Hurricane helene is more surreal than ever because the time that has passed. The Death Toll is now climbing above 220 people. It is expected to grow as hundreds of people are still missing in areas that are so tough to get to and that means that they are cut off from the lifesaving things that they need. This is the deadliest storm to hit the mainland u. S. Since hurricane katrina. This is the faulkner focus. The more our cameras can get in and show you this and the more people can get some of the help they need, what they are dealing with becomes really clear. Tragic scenes from decimated communities are now in full view. President biden has spent the last two days visiting hardhit areas and he said this about the people in the middle of all of that. Watch it. What are the stilts in the Storm Zone. What do they need after you saw today . President biden in the Storm Zone. I wondered what storm you were talking about. They are getting everything they need. They are very happy across th
Donald trump has just wrapped up an event in Adventist Georgia with Governor Brian Kemp. That State Hardhit by The Fallout from Hurricane Helene and recovery now that is expected to cost upwards of 35 Billion. And its already left more than 220 americans dead. We are also following up if you can look at the corner of your screen on the dow today, Big Run Up because jobs were aplenty in the latest period. Were going to be exploring how the big Jobs Issue not only helps people of the corner had a lot of people thinking that the economy has achieved a soft landing, and this is leading to made a big campaign issue. Perhaps bigger than me know. It could cut a couple of different ways. Some people are arguing didnt feel it dont see it hexo doesnt matter if we keep showing but this Jobs Report that showed 254,000 americans found jobs was close to double what we thought would appeal, would appear today. And that is a big reason why youre getting all of this attention to the economy on this day