Out of florida, millions of people under threat from Monster Size Hurricane milton. That powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a Barrier Island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating Storm Surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
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under way after tornadoes sliced through the region including an ef-3 packing winds of up to 140 miles an hour. cars flipped over. livelihoods torn apart. i saw sideways rain, lights flickering. my brain went, oh, crap. reporter: this year there have been 157 tornado reports across 16 states making this the most active january on record. we ve never had a tornado like this in pasadena with this much damage. reporter: with tens of thousands without power in texas, arkansas and missouri, the winter wallop is slamming the midwest. nbc s maggie vespa is there. the snow moving into the midwest overnight making for treacherous road conditions here in indianapolis and causing air travel chaos. flight aware tracking hundreds of cancellations in chicago, dozens of delays in detroit. reporter: now the storm taking aim at the northeast where major cities like new york, philadelphia and washington, d.c. have barely seen any snow at all this winter. boston, a foot less than usual, thoug
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the largest bank of the united states is called to before congress to explain a $2 billion loss that one lawmaker compared to russian roulette. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon appeared before congress saying he could not defend or justify the trades that ultimately imploeded. liz zi was there watching it all unfold. and it was very dramatic. it was very dramatic. i ve known jamie dimon and covered jamie dimon for a long time, wolf. usually when he comes to washington this is a town where he s received with open arms, even at the white house. this position was a little unusual for him. hi, jamie. how are you? i m good. he usually loves the cameras, but he got more of the rugby scrum. they re the job destroyers. this man is a crook. we ve let a lot of people down. and we are very sorry for it. he apologized for losing billions, took some blame, but embracing more regulation, maybe not. we think don t make sense an