Us an update on preparations for milton from the White House. The ongoing response to Hurricane Helene. Well take you live to the White House minutes away. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill i hate to see that radar, just see that thing churn out there. A big one. Im bill hemmer, good morning at home. The storm really, if you have checked out for a day or so, you missed a major headline. This thing really came out of nowhere Yesterday Morning i would argue between 8 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. Eastern time and got cranked up coming off the Yucatan Peninsula In Mexico and now going through the Gulf Of Mexico warm waters. Dana they are warning it could become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record and the state of florida is getting ready to brace for this direct hit as bill was saying. A massive exodus now underway. Millions of residents rushing to evacuate the coast and other lowlying areas with hours left before Miltons Arrival as crews scramble to
Information. Millions of americans need now to brace for Hurricane Milton. This is round two during a suddenly violent hurricane season. Tampa, florida is facing unsurvivable conditions. We know from 12 days ago with helene the forecasters mean it. Now we pray that it is going to go off course but you have to be ready. The storm remains a category 4. It has been a 5 along the way and likely return to some 160 to 180 mileperhour winds being carried by the cat 5. President biden is set to speak at every moment after a briefing he is receiving by fema officials. That is critical. There is all sorts of talk about what fema can do and what it hasnt done for Hurricane Helene victims and potentially could be facing more people to help by the end of this week. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Officials have ordered mandatory evacuations now for people in a Dozen Florida counties, 5 1 2 Million people in florida living along the Gulf Coast must leave the area immediately. L
Dollars and sense of the change. And get ready for a rainy masters. Augusta gets ready for a soggy teeoff as tiger woods defends his green jacket. Its never too old to think about getting the Holiday Gifts shipped on time as covid19 picks up steam its thursday, november 12th early today starts right now. Good morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The coronavirus is pushing Emergency Rooms to the brink a shocking 144,000 new cases were reported just yesterday the situation is so dire that in some states that in north dakota theyre letting Health Care Workers who have tested positive for the virus continue working, treating Covid Patients because theres just such a shortage of staff. The state is struggling to care for those with coronavirus our Gabe Gutierrez gives us a glimpse at an icu thats under siege in the west. Reporter phillip, new covid cases in minnesota have jumped by 125 in the last two weeks we got an inside look at one of the covid icus here in minneapolis this
Until 11 00 this morning. Its been a noisy evening because of the trees rustling. High fire danger continues until 11 00 tomorrow. Moderate risk of heat illness starts at 11 00 today through 00 tomorrow. Tonight will be warmer than this morning. Temperatures 90s everywhere except for the coast. Thank you. Extreme fire conditions forced pg e to cut the power to thousands of people across the bay area. They could be in the dark for the next two days. Jobina fortson is at the live desk with more this morning. Good morning. Pg e is hoping to prevent fires from sparking from damaged power lines or power lines knocked down by high winds. The utilitys website shows who is affected right now. Heres a look at that map. More than 50,000 Northern California customers are impacted. In the bay area, about 22,000 pg e customers are expected to lose power in seven counties. The cruelyoul utility hopes to power by friday. Pg e is stressing this power shutoff is shorter than last years when some custom
Okay the other thing, i dont have that much time to be nice. I can do it, but ive got to go quickly. Just 20 days until the election when joe biden wraps up his campaign and soon will have barack obama on his trial. A second major drug company is forced to delay test trials. And Kelly Clarkson and the Billboard Music awards its wednesday, october 14th early today starts right now battleground blitz the president is holding a rally in des moines tonight, his third since leavinging the hospital for coronavirus. Tracie potts joins us. Traci tracie, the president is trying to make up for lost time. For the president it was suburban women in pennsylvania where you heard he made that very direct pitch for votes. For joe biden it was seniors in florida. Hes got a thin lead in most polls there, but with many polls its within the margin of error, so hes hammering the president not only on jobs but what he will do for seniors, but its coronavirus that continues to be the big issue on the campaig