Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
That does it for us from all of her colleagues across the networks on nbc news. Thank you for staying up late with me. I will see you again tomorrow. The date is october seven and previously only on my calendar for one reason which it is vladimir putins birthday. He is 72 today. Congratulations. But now for Me And You and everybody, the date october seven is its own unforgettable indelible thing the same way that 9 11 is an unforgettable indelible date for us forever now too. On october seven, israel lost 1200 people in the Hamas Attack and october seven of 2023, a year ago today and they lost 1200 people and if you extrapolate that given the relative size of the population of our two countries, and attack of that size in our country would have been the equivalent of us losing 35,000 people. We lost 3000 americans on 9 11 and they lost relative to their population relative to that 35,000 people on october seven. They didnt lose them by crashing into planes or doing that in the building
That has seen more than its share of powerful storms. Now, the Desperate Rush is on for millions to get out of hurricane Miltons Path before it is too late. With the mayor of one City Warning residents, if you stay, you will die. Plus, Kamala Harris full on media assault plan, voters have been calling for her to do more interviews for months. Will they propel a campaign that has been stubbornly stuck within the Pollings Margin of error . And another arrest in what has become an avalanche of trouble for new York Citys mayor. Warrants, searches, indictments and now a former aide facing charges of his own on top of more than a dozen who have quit. So how long can Eric Adams himself hold on . But we begin with that Monster Category 4 hurricane taking direct aim at florida. Hurricane milton expected to be one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the region. Headlines and newspapers throughout the state Screaming Warnings that it is now a race for survival. Time is running out. So use
Will deal with if and when it arrives at that point. Right now, we are supporting Ukraines Ability to defend itself against russias unprovoked aggression. Donald trump, if he were president , putin would be sitting in kyiv right now. He talks about, oh, he can end it on Day One. You know what that is . Its about surrender. Well, it is about surrender. You look from the very beginning, mika, of the invasion of ukraine. You had Donald Trump talking about how brilliant Vladimir Putin was as he is slaughtering people as the troops came into ukraine. Yeah, that was just part of Vice President Kamala Harris Interview with 60 Minutes. Well have much more from the wideranging sitdown and the Programs Explanation of why Donald Trump did not participate. Meanwhile, the former president made another disparaging remark about migrants, suggesting that some of them have bad genes. What does that sound like . Well share those comments. Im sure whoever the host was pushed back on that. Its straight ou
Hi, everyone. It is 4 00 in New York. Ever heard the saying history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes . Keep that in mind as we see natural disasters disrupting the natural churn of campaigns, and as we witness Donald Trumps response and the hurricanes that are right now putting millions of lives, american lives in danger as we come on the air. And again, the crisis where Life And Death decisions are being made and more decisions that require more than a partisan response, but one that requires trusted leadership. Donald trump continues to act like someone who has stewed in his own lies and delusions for so long, that he is incapable of telling the truth. Even when lives are on the line. Last night he claimed that there was not a single Emergency Worker on the ground helping people impacted by hurricane helene. How would you do it differently . I would have a tremendous team of people. And look, i was in North Carolina and georgia yesterday. You have very good governor and do