Mexico beach home, one out of three was 65 years old or older. The size of the town but two square miles. 20 people were rescued overnight. Today the governor of florida, rick scott, is saying dont even try to go back. Mexico beach or what is left of it is largely inaccessible by land as fox reports this hour. The scene like one resident described it, something right out of a war zone. Nothing left. Foundations and lots of trucks in the roads as they try to get the power back on and see if they can rebuild this Beach Community just east of panama city, just east of Tyndall Air Force base, just east of where the eye wall came ashore and changed the landscape in this tiny sliver of northwest florida. Mexico beach as they knew it is gone. Thats just some of what were seeing the day after the hurricane. Im Shepard Smith in new york and this is Shepard Smith reporting. I want to show you that same canal, the same canal as it looked yesterday. Heres mexico beach just east of panama city. I r
Rambling profanityladen remarks while a silent President Trump looked on. And lured to his death . A source tells cnn that u. S. Intelligence intercepted saudi officials discussing plans to lure a missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi back to saudi arabia and detain him. Did the saudis decide to kill him instead . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. Six people now confirmed dead following one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the u. S. Mainland in decades. The full scope of michaels devastation is still being revealed tonight even as the storm continues to bring lifethreatening continues to the carolinas. We have correspondents standing by in key locations and our analysts and specialists are also here as we cover all the days top stories. Lets begin with cnns brian todd. Brian, residents of floridas panhandle, they are reeling right now in the wake of this historic hurricane. They are reeling, wolf and they are trying to get a handle on it. A
Good evening, these reports, if they are true they will blow the cases. There has been denial but all the evidence has been pointed at saudi arabia. At this report is true it means they will finally admit to being involved in the murder. 13 days after he disappeared, saudi arabia has started to cooperate. On monday he ordered an investigation into the case. Working in tandem with turkey. Turkish authorities have been requesting access to the consulate, showing he went missing. Finally today it happens. For days authorities have been trying to get inside the saudi consulate to find out what happened. They are now just arriving. Saudi and turkish investigators, hopefully they can get to the bottom of this. Investigators spent at least five hours at the consulate, a saudi team and turkish forensic police. Notably a cleaning crew also arrived hours ahead of them both. Now the European Union is also looking for answers. I think we are on the same page with our american friends on this. We w
The rarest of things, and good evening. And, many staffers did not know about it until she walked into the front door. It might be the bestkept secret. Nikki haley will be leaving. President trump i just wanted to tell you that we will miss you and we will be speaking all the time and we will miss you and nevertheless. Haley tendered her resignation on october 3rd, so the president sat on it all the way through the Kavanaugh Investigation and confirmation vote. In a letter to the president , haley wrote that among the conditions of her taking the job or serving in your cabinets and on the National Security council and being free to speak my mind on the issues of the day. You made those commitments and you have absolutely kept them all. After 14 years in public office, it was simply time to move on. A lot of people will say theres a lot of reasons why im leaving and the truth is, i want to make sure that this administration and the president has the strongest person to fight. It was a b
Again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 628 of the Trump Administration and we will get to all of it in just a moment. But first theres been a dangerous change in the forecast, and we want to get to the latest update on the path and intensity of hurricane michael. For that we are joined by our meteorologist bill karins. Bill, what do you have . Bottom line, this part of north florida has never seen a hurricane like this in recorded history. This will be a storm of record for that area including the Panama City Beach area. It does still look like Fort Walton Beach, the destin area over toward pensacola. Thats on the back side of the storm. Doesnt look like theyre going to get the extreme damage but again, Panama City Beach, the Tyndall Air Force base area, down apalachicola, mexico beach. Those are the communities that are going to be devastated. We thought maybe wed get this to a cat 4. Its shown rapid deepening over the last couple hours. Its almost up to a cat 4 al