The Us State Of Florida is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in A Hundred years. There are huge trafficjams across the state as more than Five Million people respond to Evacuation Orders ahead of Hurricane Milton which is expected to hit tonight. Flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled, with the Foreign Office urging britons already in the state to follow instructions from local authorities. Its moving across the Gulf Of Mexico, where warmer waters have contributed to its intensity. So far, milton has reached a Wind Speed of 160mph. Its already brushed past mexico where it caused coastal flooding. These nasa images from space show the eye of the storm as it heads towards the florida peninsula. With the latest, our correspondent Phil Mccann reports. So right now on seven news. Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton this morning. Milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring life threatening Storm Surge and dangerous winds al
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Senator david perdue refused to take part, so democratic challenger jon ossoff stood on stage alongside an empty podium. It is a strange situation to be asking a question of a sitting United States senator who is not here to debate as he asks for the votes of the people to be reelected. Amy the debates came a day after President Trump held a rally in georgia and called on georgias republican Governor Brian Kemp to overturn the election but kemp refused to do so. We will go to georgia for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Is heading towards 15 million confirmed cases of covid19 as daily cases are averaging close to 200,000. The reported death toll has topped 282,000 with hospitalizations now over 100,000. Experts warn the grim figures do not yet account for spikes related to thanksgiving travel. Hospitals and the 911 emergency call system are being stretched to the breaking point as Fr
To raise your hand to speak. At this time i will ask the moderators to please allow the next caller in the queue to speak. Can you repeat your question, caller . [no audio] caller, can you please repeat your question . Caller hi, yes. Two questions. One, what were the total number of officers fired and how many lethal shots . The deescalation at one point there were multiple officers shouting and one of the officers suggested that one person at a time speak. I wasnt sure if that was that officers initiative were part of the department policy. Thank you. Thank you, caller, for your question. I heard that your question you asked how many officers fired lethal and how many fires fired less lethal and the answer is two fires fired lethal and two officers fired less lethal. To your latter question, on the video where you heard the officer repeatedly say indiscernible that is a part of our coordination as the way that our officers are trained. And as you have heard on the video, the officers
Will see and hear details of an officerinvolved shooting incident that resulted in lifethreatening injuries to mr. We recognize the impact on the members of our community at large. With that said, to any of our viewers or members of the community who are experiencing trauma from this incident or from the information or the images presented here during this town hall you can contact the San Francisco department of Public Health crisis line at 4 sa9703800 for trauma services. With that said, here is what we hope to accomplish today. First and foremost tonight is about transparency. It is our intention to release the known facts involved in the incident in a nonjudgmental way and id like to emphasize that this is an Ongoing Investigation and as such that there are some facts that we cannot release today because we either do not have the answers at this point and or the release of certain information is prohibited by law or could compromise this investigation. Next there was Body Worn Came