Now on the last word with lawrence o donnell. Good evening, we will get to andrew weissmann and other news, but we will begin with the hurricane. As you just heard from alex wagner, there are 600,000 people are ready without power. We will go straight to nbc news meteorologist bill karins at this hour for the latest on exactly what the track of the storm is. What do you see coming? we are in the impact his own. We are now watching the northern eye move onshore and it is like the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles wide that is now moving into florida and it will knock down everything in its path if it is not made of concrete or brick. You can see where the storm is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category 4, almost to the higher end of category 4. The hurricane hunters said it is still intensifying right up until landfall. This is the coast and where the really destructive winds are and now they are starting to close in on populated areas. Thi
Breaking news and good evening. I m erin burnett outfront tonight. The breaking news unsurvivable. That is the exact word officials are using right now, as hurricane helene has now grown to an extremely dangerous category four hurricane, bringing with it potentially really historic storm surge levels right now expected at 20 feet. Let s just look at the scene right now is a live camera that we have in met lots of florida trees right there right now, you ve got up to 130 an hour gusts coming through that area on that bridge. We have seen cars coming and going really even in these past few moments, which is pretty stunning. Many bridges have already been closed. This is the skyway bridge, as you re looking here, which is now completely submerged. Imagine being in one of those cars. And right now, darkness is descending on the area more than 200,000 people in the dark without power right now, there is a sheriff asking people who do not evacuate to write their name and date of birth on the
[cheering and applause] [ whistling ] greg: you filthy people. I know what you are thinking. Happy wednesday everyone. Joe biden appeared on the view today where cohost sarah hans said it s like having one of the beatles at the table. True if you re talking about george or john. Thought more like yoko. Kamala harris will visit the southern border friday and says she s looking forward to meeting justin trudeau. At the last debate she said she was a middleclass kid. It appears harris enjoyed things most middleclass kids didn t like living abroad, private school, growing up at some of the wealthiest places on earth. The only thing she didn t enjoy was anani. I like her husband. [cheering and applause] that was a long way for a cheap joke. You re welcome america. New cdc data shows u. S. Obesity rates have fallen for the first time ever. Just like the crime statistics the they left at the cities of new orleans, los angeles and the view. Reports claim i u. S. Woman died inside switzerland s
Zones. On that basis, we will be ambitious too. We will increase our pledge and play our part in seizing the potential of this moment. Second, if we want the system to deliver for the poorest and second, if we want the system to deliverfor the poorest and most vulnerable, then their voices must be heard. We need to make the system more representative and more responsive to those who need it most. So we will make the case, not just for fairer outcomes, most. So we will make the case, not just forfairer outcomes, but most. So we will make the case, not just for fairer outcomes, but fairer representation in how we reach them. And this also applies to the security council. It has to change. To become a more representative body. Willing to act, not paralysed by politics. We want to see permanent african representation on the council. Brazil, india, Japan And Germany as permanent members. And more seats for elected members as well. Finally, to support this, we will also change how the uk doe
Two candidates, theyre dueling economic messages and the former president s claims about the two attempts on his life and iran, plus the very latest on Hurricane Helene now forecast to reach category four heading for the Florida Panhandle good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight, keeping them honest with politics specifically the brand of it, which runs on falsehoods and fear. And frankly, racism the latest example, louisiana republican Congressman Clay higgins, this guy, now it doesnt have much of a record of accomplishment in the house, but today, hes certainly got noticed this is what he posted on social media, quoting the congressman now, lol, these haitians are wild, eating pets, voodoo, Nastyas Country in the western hemisphere, colts slapstick gangsters, but if they dont feel all sophisticated now filing charges against our president and vp, all these thugs better get their Mind Right and their out of our country before january 20. So a couple of things to unpack he