Kilometres South West of cape canaveral. Making its way across florida. The new leader has delivered his national address since he became leader injanuary. He called on the people of taiwan to be courageous and brave amid escalating tensions with china. He pledged to defend the islands sovereignty. It makes most of the well s advanced chips. Lets speak to a political Scientist And Assistant professor at taiwan university, and a nonresident fellow. Thank you forjoining me. First of all, the speech, what have you made of it, what do you see is the most important Top Lines . What we have often important Top Lines . What we have often heard important Top Lines . What we have often heard from important Top Lines . What we | have often heard from William Lai since he came into office was a bit more of a snarky tone and how he addressed china and relations. We saw a Tone Change in the Speech Today where we saw far more pragmatic level headed language in regards to Cross Trade Relations and th
Thank you for having me again, stephen. Ambassador Danny Danon in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me again, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. Now, israel is currently fighting a multi front war. How much pressure, both military and diplomatic, would you say israel is under right now . Stephen, a year after October 7th and israel is still under attack, not only from hamas In Gaza, but also from lebanon, yemen, iraq, iran. We have seven fronts, and unfortunately we have casualties. Israelis are dying from those rockets, but we are determined, we are determined to win this war. We realise we dont have any other choice, and that is why we have seen that we moved forward both In Gaza and with hezbollah. You know, we are a peaceful nation. If you would have asked me a year before that what we are doing now will happen, i will tell you, no way, because we have no desire to be in any conflict, not with hamas, not with iran, not with hezbollah. And all those a
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
More than A Million people have been ordered to evacuate floridas West Coast ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. Its currently a category five storm, packing ferocious winds of up to 270 kilometres an hour. Forecasters say the storm is expected to make landfall in the next day, and that it has the potential to be one of the most destructive ever recorded in the region. The storm follows less than two weeks after another devastating hurricane, helene. Meteorologists say the damage done by the recent hurricane could leave the area more vulnerable to this far larger storm, as Sand Dunes have been blown away, and debris could act as projectiles. Steve knibbs has the latest a siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris still piled up the Storm Helen two weeks ago now people told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders in place for 6 Million people as Hurricane Milton coaches many going to safety is authorities warm Storm Surges could be up to 15 feet. Wit
Kamala and i will be there for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild. President biden sending a message of support to floridians as Hurricane Milton barrels towards the state with landfall expected in just the next few hours. Plus, biden condemned the un the quote unquote, unamerican misinformation about the federal Storm Response calling out Trump And Marjorie Taylor Greene by name for dispensing those lies. And trumps attempt to deny the Bomb Shell reporting that he sent Covid Tests to putin was unbelievably thwarted by the friends and the kremlin himself who said, yep, he did that. We begin tonight with Hurricane Milton barrelling towards the West Coast of Florida And Set to make landfall in the next few hours. This is a Nightmare Scenario for more than 3 Million people who live in the Tampa Bay area. Which could see widespread destruction. 15 florida counties that are home to more than 7 Million people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Local officials have been pr