That Storm Surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. Ill be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbcs meteorologist. Nbc News Meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida . This is when all the damage is happening. We cant show you where the worst Storm Surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot Storm Surge in sarasota. As we go down the coast, all the way to naples, its been at least five to six foot Storm Surge. That is higher than helene in most cases so we have new significant damage that is being done tonight. As the storm is moving inland. The winds are still pushing that water against the coast. It is still rushing in. The other thing you will notice, the black line is the center. Just north of the center which has been the past five hours over tampa, torrential rain. We are talking two to three inches per hour. Now that is
Manu raju begins right now breaking News Welcome to inside politics. Im Manu Raju in for Dana Bash were following major Breaking News on multiple fronts. First moments ago, new York Citys mayor indicted prosecutors, just announced five pub, Federal Public Corruption charges against eric adams, being Bribery And Wire fraud and moments from now, new York Appeals court will hear arguments in Donald Trumps push to overturn a civil Fraud Judgment that could unravel his Business Empire and cost him happen 1 1 Billion and then theres hurricane helene, 86 Million people are on alert as it rapidly intensifies and officials warn of lifethreatening Storm Surges will bring you updates from our team on the ground its better. To hear later this hour from the Fema Director at the White House but i want to start with a High Stakes appeal setting for Donald Trump former president , Fighting A 454 Million fine after Judge Arthur engoron ruled that he carried out a yearslong scheme of inflating assets tr
the governor talked about how impressed he was. these are dangerous missions. i m grateful for the brave women and men in federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. and we re going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting. many. many are hurting today. and our entire country hurts with them. because it s been all over the country we have seen so many crises. but in florida today, it s the epicenter. we re continuing to see deadly rainfall, catastrophic storm surges, roads and homes flooded. we re seeing millions of people without power and thousands hunkered down in schools and community centers. they are wondering what s going on left. what s going to be left when they get to go home. or even if they have a home to go to. some of the folks have been through this before. but that doesn t make it any easier. it makes their anxiety even higher, in my view. my message to people of florida, ti
financial strain, just last night i spoke to real estate developers in san juan that said they are seriously concerned about the kind of support the u.s. government will give to puerto rico if need be. do you share that sent. and fear? yesterday we read you had 15 million bucks prepared. that is nothing compared to what you could need. right, well, internally on the local front, we have $15 million plus an additional $90 million for yesterday president trump signed a prelandfall emergency declaration which facilitates resources coming into puerto rico, allowing us to be prepared and allowing us to make expenditures necessary at this juncture so we can guarantee one thing and that is the safety of the people of puerto rico. we already have the protocols in place as well during the storm and post storm. we want to make sure the people of puerto rico are aware that