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
Next, currents and former public official officials on the importance of military and civilian Service Programs. The event hosted by the Brookings Institution lasts just over an hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, im the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at service here alliance, i want to welcome you all to this event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the especially with web cast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning, you will be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society. To bridge the divides, and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn, rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation. Leading to a growing culture of fear, and distrust, incivility and a reflex to retreat
Director James Clapper and washington, d. C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilousthree oer the ramparts wewatched, were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for tonights Ribbon Cutting, cohost of fox 5 new yorks good day new york and a member of the International Spy museums board of directors miss lori stokes. [applause] thank you so much. And thank you for coming out on such a miserable day. I was just speaking with nelson a few minutes ago. He said to me, lori, im so sorry about the rain. And i said, they said rape rain is good luck, so were going to take it like that. And
[singing starspangled banner. ] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for tonights Ribbon Cutting, cohost of fox 5 new yorks good day new york and a member of the International Spy museums board of directors, miss lori stokes. [applause] ms. Stokes thank you so much. And thank you for coming out on such a miserable day. I was just speaking with milton maltz a few minutes ago, and he said to me, lori, im so sorry about the rain. And i said, they said rain is good luck, so were going to take it like that. And thank you to my friend lafayette who is helping me today, keeping the hair intact. [laughter] [applause] how is everyone feeling tonight . [cheering] ms. Stokes such an exciting evening. Good evening to Everyone Welcome to the Ribbon Cutting of the new International Spy museum as a member of the board of directors, i am really delighted that you have joined us this evening to celebrate this beautiful new space and als
Sixweek high here. And oil below 44. Our road map begins with the markets and a pause in the post election rally. Plus, were going to get numbers from alibaba on its biggest sales day of the year. And well also have a live interview with its president. Skb disney, the stock volatile after earnings and revenue miss, higher right now. Were going to dive into those numbers. First up, one day after the dow hit the new alltime high, the fed also in focus at a banking conference in chile. Fies chairman Stanley Fischer calling the case for a rate hike quite strong saying the fed is, quote, reasonably close to achieving its employment and inflation goals. No real direct comment, jim, on the election per se, but nudging further along the argument hes made for a long time. Given the run in the j. P. Morgan and bank of america stocks, thank heavens he said that. I mean, this thing a lot of this rally involves again today with the treasuries. People are just saying, okay, look, weve been waiting f