Its 4 00 in New York. A major hurricane, the largest city under indictment, ukraines president at the White House right now, and just 40 days to go until Election Day in america. No shortage of big stories, big news on multiple fronts today. Down in florida, Hurricane Helene is bearing down on the Gulf Coast threatening to bring surging waters that officials warn are, quote, unsurvivable. It is currently a category 3 but expected to strengthen before it makes landfall later today. Well get an update at 5 00 eastern. Then Vice President harris has just wrapped remarks in a joint appearance with ukrainian President Zelenskyy. One of the biggest Foreign Policy crises facing President Biden and the next american president right into the 2024 president ial contest. Donald trump lashing out at ukraines leader, making claims that could have come straight out of the mouth of Vladimir Putin. Well have all those stories and much more over the next two hours. We begin with the stunning News Right
Instead of real peace, but the only Prizes Putin will give you in return are more suffering from disasters. We must restore nuclear safety, energy must stop being used as a weapon, we must ensure food security, we need to bring home all our captured soldiers and civilians, possibly deported to russia. We must uphold the u. N. Charter and guarantee our right, ukraines right to territorial integrity and sovereignty, just as we do for any other nation. We need to withdraw the russian occupiers, which will bring an end to the hostilities in ukraine, and we must hold those responsible for War Crimes accountable. We need to stop the destruction of nature caused by the war, and we must not allow a second phase of this russian invasion, and we need to make it clear the war is over. This is the peace formula. What part of these could be unacceptable to anyone who upholds the u. N. Charter . If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these points or tries to ignore any of them, it like
Close and right now several counties are under mandatory evacuations. Other parts of the south are under Storm Warnings as residents brace for days of heavy rain, dangerous winds and Life Threatening Storm Surge. Joining us now nbcs Marissa Parra from pinellas county, Florida And Nbc Meteorologist Bill karins. How are people there preparing for this . Reporter well, you can see some of the preparations happening behind me, and im going to go ahead and give you a little bit of a walk and talk, a show and tell if you will. These are Sandbag Preparations w we always see this when there is a hurricane or tropical storm approaching. It was within the hour, jose, that our phones were lighting up and going off, warning us of mandatory evacuations happening in this county. So were in the Tampa Bay region, pinellas county. This is one of the areas that is under mandatory evacuation for Mobile Home residents and ill tell you, talking to people on the ground here there are several people who are
Stupid. And this migrant crime is totally out of control violent crime, a Focal Point of Donald Trumps campaign, but well News Statistics from the fbi actually give Kamala Harris on edge. And later trump in the juice. Why the former president is comparing a Staffers Dad to Oj Simpson east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. There are just six weeks until election day. If you can believe that. But were going to start here this morning. The middle east inching closer to the brink as the fight between Israel And Hezbollah intensifies. And the united states looks for some way to prevent further Escalation Iron Dome Defense System intercepting a barrage of rockets fired from Southern Lebanon. No injuries were reported. Those rockets coming just hours after israels largest attack on lebanese soil in almost two decades the israeli military saying it struck 1,600 hezbollah targets on monday nearly
stream of traffic, a scene leaving the tampa area. this happened overnight. people trying to get inland from the coast taking cover. the storm, perhaps, testing their patience. one tampa resident waited three hours to get free sandbags. a u.s. military insulation, moving aircraft can and naval ships out of the tampa and jacksonville areas. an idea how big the storm is, nasa released this video of hurricane ian from the international space station. all right. i want to bring in michael brennan, acting deputy brechter of the noaa. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. michael, thanks, again, for joining us today as well. so tell us, obviously tampa low-liaring. what is the greatest threat? along much of the west central florida coast from tampa down to the fort myers area. since yesterday seen the track shift farther to the south or to the east. expecting the center of the end to cross the coast of west central florida near the south of the region increases r