Theyre saying it could Go To 9 . That would be worse than two years ago, except it would be selfinflicted, really key line from the authors here. They say that we find ironically that the spot fight his make the foreigners pay rhetoric. This package of policies does more damage to the u. S. Economy than to any other in the world which kate, i just think brings us to one of the ironies here, right . The economy is the number one issue. Voters say they trust trump over harris on the economy. And yet these experts, when they dig into the policies, they he say that he wouldnt just fail to fix inflation. He would actually make things worse brutal, brutal analysis for sure. Thank you so much. Matt were going to head over to florida right now where the governor of florida is holding an update on Hurricane Helene as its making its way to the Gulf Coast and major general John Haas from the Florida National Guard as you know, as of 8 00 a. M. Hurricane helene is now a category two hurricane. It
National headlines, their story of robbery, ransom. The young woman kidnapped and attacked. Police said it was all a hoax but it wasnt. Tonight, their first interview. What do the police say now . Good evening. And its great to have you with us to start another week here. And well have the track of that storm in just a moment. But first, the hunt for a suspected serial bomber tonight, striking fear yet again in austin. This time, Authorities Say with a trip wire bomb, the fourth bomb to go off. The first bomb, in a package left at a home. The following week, two more packages on the same day, both exploding. And this newest bomb with that trip wire on a Darkened Street overnight. The neighborhood on lockdown for most of this day. And tonight, the audio of this newest bomb going off just out. Abcs marcus moore leading us off from austin tonight. Reporter tonight, more than 500 agents flooding austin, texas. A massive manhunt intensifying. School buses kept away. This bomb went off hours
remnants of hurricane ida. at least 50 people now confirmed dead in the region after wednesday s storm. emergency declarations have been made for new jersey and new york as they work to repair flood damage. at least eight tornadoes were confirmed across the region on wednesday, including four in pennsylvania, which severely damaged dozens of homes. while millions are recovering from the impact of hurricane ida, we are tracking another storm strengthening in the atlantic. meteorologist karen maginnis joins me now. so, yeah, another major hurricane in the atlantic. you ve got your eyes on another tropical disturbance in the gulf of mexico as well. yes. michael, it looks like the atlantic hurricane season is still in full force even though this one is right smack in the middle of the atlantic. it still, over the next several days, has the potential to interact with a land mass, that being bermuda. let s take a look at what s
hours. the governor warns it could be the strongest hurricane to hit louisiana since the 1850s. rachel: meteorologist rick reichmuth joins us all with the latest forecast. rick: 140 mile-an-hour storm as of 5:00 advisory. hurricane hunter aircraft went in with winds sustained at 145 miles an hour. on the satellite view the image it looks absolutely perfectly symmetrical. a storm strengthening at landfall is the worst-case scenario what we want to see on the louisiana coastline. for quick measure, saffir-simpson scale how we measure the winds, category four storm. i don t think we ll get up to category 5. it doesn t really matter. winds so strong and devastating for people at southeast coast. when winds are strong incredible storm surge. center of the storm very well-defined. pretty much all around the center of the storm.
wolf. nick valencia on the scene for us. thank you. let s get the very latest forecast on dorian s power and path. allison chin chchara is at the weather station for us. what can we expect in the coming days and hours? the key word is strengthening. that s what we expect it to do in the short term and long term. it s going to be entering the opening water. it has nothing in the way of land to weaken the storm and really just open waters with a lot of warm temperatures. remember, that is fuel for storms like these. right now winds still 85 miles per hour. it s moving forward at 13 miles per hour. there are hunter investigations moving forward. they re determining is the storm strengthening, shifting any? all of that will factor into where does it go from here? does it end up in the northern half of florida, the southern half of florida? does it do it on sunday?