Us an update on preparations for milton from the White House. The ongoing response to Hurricane Helene. Well take you live to the White House minutes away. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill i hate to see that radar, just see that thing churn out there. A big one. Im bill hemmer, good morning at home. The storm really, if you have checked out for a day or so, you missed a major headline. This thing really came out of nowhere Yesterday Morning i would argue between 8 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. Eastern time and got cranked up coming off the Yucatan Peninsula In Mexico and now going through the Gulf Of Mexico warm waters. Dana they are warning it could become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record and the state of florida is getting ready to brace for this direct hit as bill was saying. A massive exodus now underway. Millions of residents rushing to evacuate the coast and other lowlying areas with hours left before Miltons Arrival as crews scramble to
Information. Millions of americans need now to brace for Hurricane Milton. This is round two during a suddenly violent hurricane season. Tampa, florida is facing unsurvivable conditions. We know from 12 days ago with helene the forecasters mean it. Now we pray that it is going to go off course but you have to be ready. The storm remains a category 4. It has been a 5 along the way and likely return to some 160 to 180 mileperhour winds being carried by the cat 5. President biden is set to speak at every moment after a briefing he is receiving by fema officials. That is critical. There is all sorts of talk about what fema can do and what it hasnt done for Hurricane Helene victims and potentially could be facing more people to help by the end of this week. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Officials have ordered mandatory evacuations now for people in a Dozen Florida counties, 5 1 2 Million people in florida living along the Gulf Coast must leave the area immediately. L
That does it for us from all of her colleagues across the networks on nbc news. Thank you for staying up late with me. I will see you again tomorrow. The date is october seven and previously only on my calendar for one reason which it is vladimir putins birthday. He is 72 today. Congratulations. But now for Me And You and everybody, the date october seven is its own unforgettable indelible thing the same way that 9 11 is an unforgettable indelible date for us forever now too. On october seven, israel lost 1200 people in the Hamas Attack and october seven of 2023, a year ago today and they lost 1200 people and if you extrapolate that given the relative size of the population of our two countries, and attack of that size in our country would have been the equivalent of us losing 35,000 people. We lost 3000 americans on 9 11 and they lost relative to their population relative to that 35,000 people on october seven. They didnt lose them by crashing into planes or doing that in the building
Okay. So we are 29 days out from the presIdent Ial electIon. People are votIng across the country and the key SwIng States already. VIce presIdent Kamala HarrIs and governor TIm Walz are on a MedIa BlItz rIght now. TIm walz was unleashed on Fox News Yesterday and It seemed to go well. HarrIs was unleashed on call her daddy, and both, done wIth a slew of podcast daytIme and latenIght hosts In the comIng days. BelIeve me, I would love to talk to you about my take on these MedIa StrategIes and we wIll durIng the show. We kInd of have to start somewhere else tonIght. RIght now, on a parallel track tell the IntervIews and the CampaIgn Events and early votIng and normal ElectIon Year KInd of stuff, we have a republIcan nomInee who wIll lIe about anythIng, If he thInks he can benefIt from that I. We have a Maga MachIne that amplIfIes those lIes on hIs behalf and we are watchIng real people suffer as a result. For the past few days, trump has been brazenly lyIng about the federal Governments R
East coasters, youve got three more hours, if youre One of those states. Its not close of business, its at the end of the day exactly, youve got a few more, have a great show. Thank you thanks to you at home for joining us this hour the date, October 7th, was previously known for One reason, it is vladimir putins birthday. Hes 72 today. Congratulations. But now, for me and for you and for everybody, the date, October 7th, is its own unforgettable, indelible thing. S the same way that 9 11 is an unforgettable, indelible date for us forever and ever. October 7th is when 1,200 people died in the hamas attack. October 7th, 2023, One year ago today. They lost 1,200 people. If you sort of extrapolate that, given the relative size of the population of our two countries, an attack of that size in our country, that would have been the equivalent of us losing more than 35,000 people. We lost 3,000 americans on 9 11. They lost, relative to their population, the equivalent of 35,000 people on Octo