And unsurvivable about Helene Making Landfall Last Night in florida. Cat 4 hurricane. Big storm and really moving like a clipper, too. Im bill hemmer, welcome to our program. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Another fast week. It was good that it moved fast but still means there is a lot of damage. Ron desantis was right on time yesterday and we expect to see him any moment. Lets get to Steve Harrigan outside of tampa. This is the scene a lot of people in florida and even georgia are waking up to today. Two feet of water on the ground. Gets deeper the closer you get to the water. Many houses under water. The challenge now for people is getting out of their homes. Getting to their cars trying to make sure theyre safe. Weve seen a number of Air Boats and water rescues, 80 in this county just overnight. We see people really just stumbling around. More than A Million people in florida without Electric Power right now. More than 800,000 in georgia. So it will be a tough day a
Now i ll see you tomorrow evening. I m kaitlan collins. This is the source hurricane helene is about to slam into florida and i expected to make landfall and just a couple of hours from now, it s now an extremely dangerous category four storm and winds are now up to 140 miles per hour. If it stays this strong, it ll be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida s big bend region. That s the area that we re keeping a close eye on. This hour, more than half 1 million people there have already lost power. And forecasters are predicting tonight that the storm surge in some areas could be unsurvivable reaching as high as 20 feet surges and high winds were already the reason for the closures of several major bridges in the tampa area that we saw tonight? officials, there are telling residents to shelter in place, that it is going to get worse and don t go outside. Emergency managers and one florida county are being so blunt with their warnings for those who are in low lying areas a
Already begun in Southwest Florida. The impacts were not that significant, where the storm has already passed, fdot crews have already driven and cleared more than 2000 miles of roadway in Southwest Florida so weve already started working once the initial initial response is through our cut and tell us crews were transition to Debris Removal. And undergoing are two sentences, leadership, we will stand ready just like with the Dahlia And Debbie to support fiscally constrained counties with the Debris Removal operation please leave dr. Please do not drive on them water over a road can be very dangerous, especially around culverts and bridges. Every storm season, we see people tried to navigate through water. You have no idea whats Going On underneath the water, please do not drive through but were going to stay in touch with our airports and Seaports Sea ports are closed, Water Side right now airports are going to reopen just as soon as practically feasible and thank again, governor. Tha
Story with martha begins now in. Martha thank you very much. It afternoon im Martha Maccallum and this is the story. We have breaking news right now in new York City as you just saw quite a bit of news in florida as well. Obviously in beirut. For the first time in history, the sitting mayor of the biggest city in the country Eric Adams was indicted on a tangle of charges around Campaign Donations and bribery and the government of turkiye. Also as you just heard Hurricane Helene has now strengthened to a category three hurricane. Its expected to grow further before making landfall several hours away. So we are watching it, its enormous Peer Arlington with the Big Bend of florida we are going to have live coverage for you as it changes this afternoon. Also waiting in new york a couple big things, trump will speak shortly from Trump Tower. But first. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not give in to White House calls for a ceasefire in lebanon. As u. S. Officials say w
Trump endorsed Republican Candidate for governor North Carolina and the gentleman who cnn reported recently described himself years ago as a. He praised hitler and called for the return of slavery in the Washington Post reported on him praising Mein Kampf. Mark robinson the Republican Candidate for governor denies all of it but i should note he has said explicitly that he wants to go back to a time when women werent allowed to vote and he has not denied that because it is on tape. You heard a lot about Mark Robinson and heard a lot less probably about Josh Stein but he is the democratic nominee for governor North Carolina and the man running against him. He is currently the Attorney General of North Carolina. Running for governor is always a big responsibility but think about what Josh Stein has on his shoulders. If he doesnt win this Governors Race in North Carolina, it is not just like a lost opportunity for democrats. If he doesnt win this race, North Carolina really will get a gove