An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the West Coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. Im Bill Hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana you are missed but glad youre there. This is americas newsroom, im dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill you know, i think it is storm 21. Im back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting earlier today there will be a part of the West Coast of florida that will have a Storm Surge of eight to ten feet. Think about that now. Those low lying Barrier Islands that have been so built up over the past 50 years. The Population Increase on the West Coast of florida. This is going to be a doozy. Experts describe milton as a once in a Century Storm and folks in tampa are taking heed. Very tough. We r
Because it comes about this time every day, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, we get an update from the national Hurricane Center. And well wait to see what they say about the massive Hurricane Milton that caused 6 Million people to evacuate in its path in the state of florida. The life threatening storm is now moving toward floridas Gulf Coast. Forecasters say it will slam into that peninsula. Late tonight or into the early hours of tomorrow. What they are looking at is exactly where it will hit. They arent saying it is not going to hit. Some forecasters are saying is Storm Surge could be higher than what it was in Hurricane Katrina which left more than 1,300 people dead. The evacuations, though, this time are the benefit of what we learned, we pray, from katrina. So many people moving out of the way. Not everybody, but most. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. This huge storm could be one of the largest weve seen in terms of a hurricane. Forecasters are saying Miltons Wind Field
Tonight, new polling on the state of the race, one month out from election night. What the Harris Campaign is saying about explosive reporting that Donald Trump secretly sent covid tests to Vladimir Putin in 2020. Then Vice President harris lays out big plans for expanding medicare. Plus the latest on Hurricane Milton is a barrels toward lords West Coast as the 11th Hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. Tonight we are tracking Hurricane Milton, the extremely dangerous Category 5 storm that is likely to make landfall in florida in 24 hours. We will have more on the storm in a moment but we are also just four weeks out from election day. If you havent registered to vote yet you are running out of time. Today was the deadline in new Mexico And Tomorrow is the deadline in missouri. In a new poll there is good news for Vice President harris showing her leading Donald Trump by three point which is inside the margin of error. The more voters
More than 5 1 2 Million people are under voluntary or mandatory Evacuation Orders in Florida Tonight as the state braces for the impact of hurricane milton. Tolls were waived, Highway Shoulders were open to try to ease clogging as florida residents took to the roads to get out of this storms way. Hurricane milton is expected to make landfall in florida late Tomorrow Night or early thursday morning. And, well, anything could change in the next 24 hours, milton is expected to drive straight through central florida. The first direct strike by a hurricane in areas of tampa in more than a century. The mayor of tampa issued this stark warning to residents. If you choose to stay in one of these Evacuation Areas you are going to die. Now, even in less extreme circumstances preparing for a Natural Disaster is always a challenge. The government has to coordinate between state and local and federal agencies, those agencies then not only have to prepare for the physical impacts of the disaster but
This tuesday night. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Tonight were tracking Hurricane Milton, the extremely dangerous Category 5 storm thats likely to make landfall in florida in just about 24 hours. Well have much more on the storm in a moment. But we are also just four weeks out from Election Day as they say game on. If you have not registered to vote yet, youre running out of time. Today is the deadline to register in new mexico. Tomorrow is the deadline in missouri. A new poll from the New York Times In Sienna has good news for Vice President harris, showing her leading Donald Trump by three points, which is inside the margin of error. More voters see her as the Change Candidate over Donald Trump. 46 to 44 also within the margin of error. My colleague, Garrett Haake has more. Reporter tonight, Vice President Ial Harris telling abc she wouldnt Change Anything President biden did. Would you have done something differently than president biden during the past four years . T