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Warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And Around The World. Im max foster. It is friday, september the 27th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In the florida big Bend Region where Hurricane Helene has made landfall overnight sweeping across the coast as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane, with winds of 100 140 miles per hour. Its now weakened, but continues to unleash lifethreatening Storm Surge, flooding, rains, and destructive winds across the Southeast Helene out power to more than 2 Million homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas won florida sheriff says theyre fearing the worst when The Sun comes up and Tallahassees Mayor says his city has never seen a storm like It None of us have experienced a category four hurricane this close to tallahassee this is a historic storm for us right now, Everyone Stay safe. Shelter in place, stay home about 40 people have been rescued from rising water in pasco county, just north of tampa. And rescu
A lot to get through this evening. First, the latest headlines. The head of the israeli armed forces, herzi halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Visiting his troops in northern Israel Today he said the Air Force will continue degrading hezbollah to such a point that they can put boots on the ground. President putin has reiterated that russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by any state. He added that aggression by a non nuclear state that was supported by a nuclear power would be considered a joint attack. Democratic president Ial Kamala Harris is scheduled to deliver a speech in pittsburgh laying out her plans for the economy if shes elected as president. Speaking in the Battleground State of pennsylvania, she is expected to announce new incentives to boost domestic manufacturing and to grow the middle class. Earth is set to gain a tiny second moon this weekend. Scientists say a small asteroid is going to be capt
A very good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is thursday, june 24th, and we are beginning with some Breaking News here. There is a massive Search And Rescue operation under way right now in south florida, after a highrise building partially collapsed in the city of surfside, this is near miami beach. Emergency crews are shifting through huge piles of rubble. Er following reports people may still be trapped in the debris. The collapse happened about 2 00 a. M. You would think people would be inside sleeping. Dozens of rescue units from the miamidade area are now on the scene. Leila santia we do is live on the scene. What is going on there . Reporter this is an upscale Beach Community north of miami beach with a mixture of old and New Buildings just to give you an idea of the area but i want to show you behind me, you can actually see in the neighboring buildings that rescue crews are on balconies, we see flash lights so we think theyre inside as
A very good morning to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is thursday, june 24th, and we are beginning with some Breaking News here. There is a massive Search And Rescue operation under way right now in south florida, after a highrise building partially collapsed in the city of surfside, this is near miami beach. Emergency crews are shifting through huge piles of rubble. Er following reports people may still be trapped in the debris. The collapse happened about 2 00 a. M. You would think people would be inside sleeping. Dozens of rescue units from the miamidade area are now on the scene. Leila santia we do is live on the scene. What is going on there . Reporter this is an upscale Beach Community north of miami beach with a mixture of old and New Buildings just to give you an idea of the area but i want to show you behind me, you can actually see in the neighboring buildings that rescue crews are on balconies, we see flash lights so we think theyre inside as