155 miles an hour. that is just shy of a category 5 hurricane. the eye of this storm expected to make landfall just hours from now, bringing with it catastrophic flooding and also life-threatening storm surge. the florida keys getting hit hard overnight with tropical storm-force winds causing flooding, major flooding and power outages. the power of this is just enormous. the hurricane has also sparked tornado activity, one reported overnight in broward county, ripping trees from the ground. it has also caused heavy damage to planes at the north perry airport in pembroke pines, flipping aircraft like toys. for the north more than 2.5 million people are facing some form of evacuation order this morning but florida governor ron desantis says that now residents in the cross hairs of the approaching storm need to shelter in place immediately, that in effect it s too late to evacuate. if you are in any of those counties, it s no longer possible to safely evacuate. it s time to
it with the midterms fast approaching. sandra, the busiest woman in television. sandra: great to be with you this afternoon, john. president meeting with fed chair jay powell yesterday as the white house kicks off a months long effort to focus, it says, on the economy. but inflation has been on the minds of many voters in this country for months now, especially when filling up their tanks. price of gasoline rising almost daily with the new national average for a gallon, 4.67 today, a jump of 1.60 a year ago, and up $0.05 since yesterday. john: 11.4 million unfilled positions. labor shortage driving up wages and keeping inflation high as businesses continue to struggle with hiring. minnesota congressman and national republican congressional committee chair tom emmer will join us. sandra: we head to the white house, peter doocy live from the north lawn to kick things off. hey, peter. peter: good afternoon, here at the white house hearing two different things about how
Im jose diazbalart. Were awaiting remarks from President Biden at the white house any minute now. Hes expected to speak about the campus protests across the country. Were going to take you as soon as the president starts to speak. You will see it right here along with us. First, we begin with former president Donald Trumps hush money trial. Keith davidson who arranged Hush Money Payments is back on the stand. He is testifying about a payment he negotiated on Behalf Of Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels, which is at the heart of this case. Now, trump denies the womens claims in all of the charges against him. Davidsons testimony follows nearly 45 minute hearing on four more alleged violations of the gag order, imposed on him by the judge. Earlier this week, trump was held in Contempt Of Court and fined 9,000 for nine violations of the order banning him from speaking publicly about witnesses, jurors and others connected to the case. With us now to talk more about this, msnbc National Corr
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and develop and therefore avoid the need for a mandatory lockdown? its almost a mirror image of the conversation we were having earlier, coming into the weekend of the 13th of march, the government had not reacted quickly enough because the disease was further advanced than the government believed and we believe. there was no appetite to take it any further. of course, in theory it would have been possible to deliver the stay at home message is an advisory rather than mandatory message but there was some evidence emerging, again some other anecdotal, that having advised people to stay away from crowded indoor spaces like pubs and so on that they wouldn t. i don t know whether it was a focus group, i seem to remember one of the number ten team saying is what we re hearing that if you meant us to stay away from the pubs you would close the pubs. so it seemed necessary to impose mandatory lockdown given how quickly the disease was moving in order to minimise that risk. lard orde