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
Takes over. Harris a somber memorial at the Music Festival in israel where one year ago today, hamas Terrorist Era Glided In and proceeded to slaughter hundreds of innocent israeli citizens. I can, October 7th. It has been one year. I am Harris Faulkner and you are into the 29. The savages who killed israelis and kidnapped 251. Committed countless acts of horrific violence including the rape and of the young women and so much more. Today is one more day in israels ongoing war to eradicate the Hamas Network responsible for those unimaginable atrocities last October 7th. I think on this year anniversary, what we should try to remember is they were true barbarism in the world. They were as true evil in the world went The Good Guys are against the bad guys, america should try as much as we can to support The Good Guys. It has been a year of intense fighting with no end in sight. Israel is battling enemies on multiple fronts and launching a new offense to crash hamas once and for all. From
Welcome to Bbc News. There have been more israeli Air Strikes on southern beirut, after the israeli military warned people there to leave their homes. These are live pictures overlooking beirut. Bbc teams there have reported overhearing another strike in the city. It is close to the airport. Well be live with our colleagues in beirut shortly. Elsewhere in lebanon, israel has bombed a mosque In The Southern part of the country. Israel says the mosque was being used as a Command Centre by hezbollah fighters. The building was next to a hospital. The humanitarian situation in lebanon is worsening, with at least four hospitals now closed In The South because of israeli Air Strikes. The World Health Organization says at least 37 Health Care facilities have closed since israel began its Air Bombardment of lebanon two weeks ago. The un says more than 200,000 people have fled lebanon into neighbouring syria. Hezbollah says its fired rockets at the Ramat David Airbase near the city of haifa in n
A quick fact check. There will turn it over to the lead with jake tapper. Thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure. Have a great Weekend Tapper and you just heard former president Donald Trump making remarks in evans, georgia after listening to a briefing on damage caused by Hurricane Helene lets go to cnns Steve Contorno. Hes in fayetteville, North Carolina where trump is going to hedge sue later tonight for a Town Hall and save what do you make of what we just heard from Trump And George little time politicizing this tragedy even further than he already has, and he criticized eyes the White House for what he said was a terrible response. And he said that well, he went on to boast about his own performance during previous hurricanes when he was president , he said, he reminded people that there is an election coming in this, in the state where its obviously very, very close and that he promised that if he is elected, he is very committed to this state. That was his direct quote. He
Devastating impact from helena and a strike that is threatening to compounded, a warning from the Homeland Security folks that fema does not have enough funds to deal with it, First To Georgia where president Joe Biden is set to survey the damage and make remarks this hour. Welcome, im neil cavuto. Lets go to Lucas Tomlinson in georgia, what we are likely to here as the president visits the hardest Hit States and towns from helene. What do you have . Reporter good afternoon. President biden has just arrived here, to receive an operational update and or the damage. It is notable that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp wasnt your degree to president. As you mentioned, bidens a Dhs Chief says hes running out of money. We are meeting immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We dont have the funds, fema doesnt have the funds to make it through the season. Reporter earlier today, President Biden arrived on Air Force one in tallahassee, florida, the St