Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
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
Letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicolle. Thanks so much. Welcome to The Beat. Im aarri melber. It is tuesday, exactly one month out from the election. I can tell you off top one of the most common maga Talking Points about Kamala Harris that youve probably heard is taking a hard fall today. Trump has been arguing that she wasnt doing any or enough press interviews. And youll remember when she first stepped up as the nominee. It was a frenetic stretch where she launched a new campaign, a convention, a fundraising operation, and picked a running mate. All of that over several weeks, faster than anyone in history because of the switch. And trump and his allies had been hammering that she wasnt doing interviews then or enough. Theyve been hammering this line of attack. Well, the harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all. As Jimmy Cliff famously put it. Respect. Because that would
Michael steele here in washington, d. C. Rolling out the heavy hitters. The Support Vice President harris is receiving from President Obama on the Campaign Trail. Plus, the quote, depravity on the Campaign Trail. The dark, dangerous lies republicans are spreading in the aftermath of hurricane helene. North carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein is here to respond. Grab your coffee, settle in. Welcome to the weekend. We are now just 31 days from election day. 31 and there is still a lot to do. That is why former President Barack Obama will hit the Campaign Trail for Vice President harris next week in pittsburgh. This is the start of a battleground to her that he is launching. As for the Vice President , she held events in detroit and flint, michigan yesterday. While there, here is with motors from the muslim and arab communities. Her campaign is also ramping up for the latino and black voters. Here is Nba Legend Magic johnson, urging black me to show up for the democratic ticket. K
Tonight on the reidout do you have confidence that it will be a free and fair election and that it will be peaceful? two separate questions. I m confident it will be free and fair. I don t know whether it will be peaceful. A stunning warning from the sitting president of the united states that trump s rhetoric could threaten the peaceful transfer of power. This comes as trump today once again spread lies about the biden/harris administration s response to hurricane helene. Just one facet of the despicable storm politics republicans are playing with marjorie taylor greene making a claim that s absurd, even for her. We begin tonight we begin tonight with the final stretch with just 32 days to go until election day. And early voting under way in more than half of all states. We re seeing a remarkable contrast between the two candidates and their coalitions. On one side, you have vice president kamala harris, who today made multiple stops across the key battleground state of michigan. Jus