It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. No rest for the storm weary. We are live in florida as Crews Race to clear the damage from Hurricane Helene before the other Monster Storm named milton rolls ashore. Forecasters say the intensity is building again. Plus, get out now or die. Dire Evacuation Orders set off a scramble with highways clogged and things flying off the shelves. The latest on the storm that could be the worst to hit florida in a century. And when Disaster Relief turns political. Growing spat between Kamala Harris and Floridas Governor Ron Desantis after he reportedly dodged her call. What both sides are saying. And Donald Trumps predictions for the stormravaged south. Theyll still turn out for him even if they have to crawl to the voting booth. We start in tampa, florida, where people trying to evacuate face long lines for gas, standstill traffic, hundreds of cancelled flights. Sam brock is there live. What can you tell us about whats
Seat and julie roginsky. Thank you, both. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now. All right. Breaking overnight, getting ward, the biden administration he is preparing for a possible iranian attack. Historic devastation. We just got a brand new Death Toll from Hurricane Helene now, One Hundred And Two people killed that number does appear to be rising. We are getting our first look at some of the areas hardest hit and brand new details on how the Vice President ial candidates are preparing for Tomorrow Nights debate. Im John Berman with Sara Sidner and kate baldwin. This is cnn new central Destruction And Devastation than people really are having a hard time putting words to this morning when you just take a look at these images from florida to Virginia Power systems, crippled roadways washed out, cell service, wiped out food, water, and fuel. Now, becoming hard to come by. Hurricane helene is left so much damage in its wake. And as janja said, just moments ago, we have a new
this. we see in the e-mails that she doesn t actually forward everything that mr. blumenthal sent to her to all wise hands at the state department to get their input on the information she got from mr. blumenthal. i m curious how you interpret that. the blumenthal case is interesting to me. first of all, there s the simple fact the obama administration didn t want this guy working at the state department. now we find out it appears from these e-mails he was able to pass information to hillary clinton and she circulates it throughout the top officials. sidney blumenthal is working for the clinton family foundation, in business with entrepreneurs who wanted to do business in libya. does this race questions? certainly. i think the business connections with libyan official gicize the more worrisome part of the
reality and our ideals. he was also talking about race today. in that spirit, i want to play you something the former secretary of state colin powell said this week about what he would like to hear from the president. i would like to see him be more passionate about race questions. we re not there yet. we ve got to keep working on it. so for the president to speak out on it is appropriate i want do you think it s different for president obama to speak about race? is it challenging for him as the first african-american presidents. you re friends. is this something you spoke to him about this. i think the president understands, as most do, we are in this poised between acknowledging the extraordinary progress we have made, much of it in my lifetime and the president s lifetime, and also the progress that remains to be made. the march in 1963 happened in the immediate aftermath, or the short aftermath of toll taxes