Thanks for joining us and giving us a glimpse of what it is like on the ground. That is our show for this evening. Breaking News Coverage of hurricane helenes expected landfall in Florida Tonight continues right now on the last word with lawrence odonnell. At evening. We are going to get to Under Wiseman another news but we are going to begin with the hurricane. As you just heard, there are 600,000 people already without power. We are going to go straight to nbc News Meteorologist Bill karins at this hour. He has the latest on what the track of the storm is. Bill, what do you see coming . We are into the impact zone. We are now watching that northern Eye Move onshore and it is almost the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles right now moving into florida, and it will knock down just about everything in its path. You can see where the storm is. You can see clearly where The Eye is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category four, almost the higher e
Now on the last word with lawrence o donnell. Good evening, we will get to andrew weissmann and other news, but we will begin with the hurricane. As you just heard from alex wagner, there are 600,000 people are ready without power. We will go straight to nbc news meteorologist bill karins at this hour for the latest on exactly what the track of the storm is. What do you see coming? we are in the impact his own. We are now watching the northern eye move onshore and it is like the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles wide that is now moving into florida and it will knock down everything in its path if it is not made of concrete or brick. You can see where the storm is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category 4, almost to the higher end of category 4. The hurricane hunters said it is still intensifying right up until landfall. This is the coast and where the really destructive winds are and now they are starting to close in on populated areas. Thi
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to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the theme the fda can do no wrong. we are not looking at the fda, just like we are not looking at any agency. the three judge panel must decide what to do with that controversial decision out of texas last mo
tonight, the battle over abortion pill access back in court. what happened at the appeals ruling today, as more states pass restrictive legislation? and, house democrats make moves to spell congressman george santos, while republicans are sidestepping an actual vote. and both sides sounded more optimistic on a possible debt limit deal. we ll break down where things stand in the negotiations as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. today, a federal court heard arguments for and against access to the most commonly used abortion pill. it is the biggest legal battle over abortion since roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court last summer. nbc s laura jarrett has the details on today s hearing. a federal appeals court appearing deeply skeptical today of arguments from the biden administration and manufacture, as they try to keep mifepristone available. i don t understand the steam. the fda can do no