Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
Hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of its projected landfall on wednesday night local time. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. You can see this timelapse, here shared by american astronaut matthew dominick, showing how this storm looks from space. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring a destructive storm surge, in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been canceled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlan
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. The head of the security service, mi5, has given a rare public Speech Warning that russia is on a mission to bring mayhem to The Streets of the uk. Ken mccallum says there has been a marked rise in the threat from Russia And Iran. And he spoke of a staggering rise in children being investigated for terrorism with very young people are being drawn into what he called poisonous online extremism. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports. State back to sabotage and other plots in britain late today at the door of Iran And Russia according to mis. Door of Iran And Russia according to mi5. From the russian embassy In London the last remaining military Intelligence Officer has been expeued Intelligence Officer has been expelled This year. But russian State Subversion according to mi5 continues. The gru, the same russian organisation are blamed for the 2018 salisbury Nerve Agent Attack is on a mission to generate mayhem on british and Eu
On the World Today. The art that ended up in the bin will understand how this work made out of cans caused a stir at a gallery in the netherlands. Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. Within the last hour, the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told lebanese people to reject hezbollah, or lebanon would face War And Destruction like gaza. The stark warning came in a video message, posted in a video message, online in english, in which Mr Netanyahu confirmed israel had killed the expected successor of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, and also said the next in line after him had been killed. Though, he didnt name anyone. Lets cross straight over to our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in tel aviv. A stark Warning Tonight from the israeli Prime Minister, not the israeli Prime Minister, not the first time he has spoken directly to the people of lebanon, but he is very much amplified the fears that many in lebanon now fear
Im caitriona perry. Youre very welcome to this new, extended hour of World News America where well bring you a full hour of live News And Analysis from here in the us, the uk, and Around The World. Do you stay with us. First israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the israeli military has killed the man who was widely tipped to become the new leader of hezbollah, hashem safieddine, in an Air Strike in beirut on friday. The Israel Defense forces says it cant yet confirm the results of the strike. Safieddine, a relative of former leader hassan nasrallah, has been running The Movement alongside its Deputy Secretary general since nasrallah was killed by israel at The End of september. As Air Strikes continue in beirut, Israels Military has been stepping up operations on the ground in lebanon, now moving in the South West of the country, as well as the south east. The idf says at least 50 hezbollah members were killed in strikes in Southern Lebanon on monday. Syrian State Media als