It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
biden s message to the american people. next hour he s expected to talk about the american rescue plan and what it means for local economies. msnbc will bring that to you live as reactions pour in after president biden delivered a blistering speech last night about what he calls maga republicans and called out former president trump by name. the president accused trump and his closest supporters of peddling lies about the 2020 election, an ideology he says that poses a threat to the foundations of our republic. democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election, either they win or they were cheated. you can t love your country only when you win. joining us now with more on this is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell. yamiche alcindor, an nbc news washington correspondent and eddie glaude is the chair of the department of african american studies at princeton university, he is also an nbc news political analyst.
tennis legend billie jean king on the game changing moment for women in sports 50 years ago. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. president biden tonight announcing his new plan to bring down high fuel prices the president calling on a somewhat skeptical congress to suspend the federal gas tax. that s currently around 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. 24 cents for diesel. a federal gas tax holiday will provide only minimal relief from the price at the pump which has trickled down to a still staggering average of $4.95 a gallon and the president is asking states to suspend their fuel taxes, too. gas prices are up nearly $2 a gallon in the past year helping to fuel soaring inflation. with limited levers at his disposal, the president faces increasing pressure to show he s trying to do something to blunt the impact of runaway prices but at what cost chief white hous correspondent kristen welker leads us off tonight. reporter: under pressure with gas pri
Hour of cavuto live and started this show that it is getting to be busier on the weekends right now how you live for these moments and you live to try to explain moments that sometimes are like other moments weve seen. Youve seen these College Protest a lot more than 30 just arrested at a Upenn Demonstration late yesterday more protest are expected here at around the world quite a few going on simultaneously for example, in london i believe theres one in paris as well. But again, not as in your face as the ones weve been seeing here. Lets get the latest right now from natalie in washington. What can you tell us . Good morning neil youre right there are more protest expected today including one of and another round of ceremonies bracing for demonstrations as well. Many of the protests trying to clear out encampments take George Washington university and d. C. For instance, the universities president met with representatives from arab mum and palestinian Student Organizations friday. But
While a handful of predominantly wealthy Miami-area cities have been recognized for their lush foliage and tree protection programs, far more communities are left facing the heat.