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
details that the committee is aware f. i m also going to get reaction from congressman on that, plus my conversation with him about the chances we get the electoral reform act become a reality. also, we are going to talk midterms, everybody. there s lots of money. lots of ideas. but could elevating extreme candidates from supporting the former president drive a wedge between democrats and joe biden. that conversation coming up. we are also watching an election happening in one place you might not expect, italy. right now, billions are deciding whether to cast their vote for a candidate who could become the first woman to lead that country but is also leading a far-right nationalist movement. we ve also seen elsewhere we live in the ground he believes that russian president is not bluffing when it comes to nuclear threats. we have a former u.s. general standing by to give us his thoughts on this terrifying tactic. we want to start, though, with new reaction this mornin
from the morning. we get two big updates, one in the morning, one at night. the euro model didn t change much. fairly targeting the tampa area, sarasota, pinellas county, tampa bay. that s not what they want to hear. last night there was a storm somewhere 8 am thursday, a little north east of tampa. pretty much over tampa. this would be the same exact sort of track. that didn t change. that s not what you want to hear in the tampa area. you do need to be pretty preparing at least 3 to 4 days from now, that possible landfall wednesday night, thursday morning. that s only one computer model. our american computer model was way off the coast last night. you can see it with all the white circles and the spinning there. and then this morning, it shifted 100 miles toward tampa. one of these computers will be right, the other wrong. the american model hinting at heading toward that european solution. obviously, the west coast of florida, things looked a bit better yesterday. not today. we are