1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
Closer and closer to Floridas Gulf Coast. Were breaking down a Brand New forecast of bidens potentially catastrophic Power And Pam more than 1 Million floridians have now been ordered to evacuate. And the governor is warning residents theres little if any time left to get out safely. This hour, ill speak with local and federal officials about the devastating Toll Milton could take on a region still reeling from Hurricane Helene, plus new revelations about Donald Trumps secret talks with russias Vladimir Putin while trump was president and after standby for details from a new book by The Legendary Journalists Bob Woodward, that also describes President Bidens private complaints about Israels Benjamin going to turn you and much more welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer youre in the Situation Room News on Hurricane Milton regaining strength and growing in Size Hi big time, this Monster Storm is bearing down on florida with landfall expecte
Greg thank you. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. A massive Hurricane Bears down on florida. We look at the Recovery Efforts in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene and well talk to the ceo of walmart u. S. About Recovery And Relief efforts after helene before milton. Vice president harris on a Media Tour in mostly friendly venues makes news on a number of fronts. We will talk to one of her Senior Advisers. And hezbollah Terrorists Fire almost 200 rockets into israel ahead of what could be israels response to iran, irans attack in coming hours. We have a live report. But we begin with a Fox Weather alert. Hurricane milton is creeping towards the Gulf Coast of florida right now. It has been upgraded again back to a Category 5 storm. That means it is bringing 165 mileperhour winds, potentially lifethreatening Storm Surge with did with it. Many residents are freeing for drier higher ground. But it is getting tougher to find gasoline with many stations along the
Enjoyed at your table. tour thats going to do it for our special vladimir Putin Birthday Edition of the Rachel Maddow Show aired now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. I would not have known whose birthday it was today, rachel. What we call that . Good news . Im not sure what that is. The opposite of me singing happy birthday. Whatever that is. Its a fact, thats for sure. But characterizing it beyond that is not easy. Thank you lawrence. Thank you, rachel. We are separated by an entire country right now, i am in los angeles, or east our connection has a little bit of a gap in it. Which explains our little positive with each other right there. It is an Election Night in america, and it will be Election Night in america every night for the next 29 days until november 5th. The final Election Night of the season. Voting is already underway, at early voting locations and with mailin ballots in this country. Over 2 Million votes have already been cast. 53 of those votes are
Category 4 Storm Hurtling toward the West Coast. Meteorologists warning that the Hurricane Zone is getting larger as it gets closer to florida. Officials ordering mandatory evacuations in some zones, telling everyone to get out while they can. A storm so big President Biden has canceled an overseas trip this week. If you are under Evacuation Orders, you should evacuate now, now, now. You should have already evacuated. Its a matter of life and death. Thats not hyperbole. Its a matter of life and death. Can fema handle backtoback storms . Alejandro mayorkas joining me and his fight against disinformation. Three of irans proxies attacking israel overnight. Israel hits lebanon again with unrelenting rocket and Drone Strikes against hezbollah targets. With four weeks to go until election day, could it all be decided in pennsylvania . We will talk to the head of the democratic national Committee And Senator Bob Casey who is fighting for reelection in the keystone state. Good day, everyone. I