Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
Us an update on preparations for milton from the White House. The ongoing response to Hurricane Helene. Well take you live to the White House minutes away. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill i hate to see that radar, just see that thing churn out there. A big one. Im bill hemmer, good morning at home. The storm really, if you have checked out for a day or so, you missed a major headline. This thing really came out of nowhere Yesterday Morning i would argue between 8 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. Eastern time and got cranked up coming off the Yucatan Peninsula In Mexico and now going through the Gulf Of Mexico warm waters. Dana they are warning it could become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record and the state of florida is getting ready to brace for this direct hit as bill was saying. A massive exodus now underway. Millions of residents rushing to evacuate the coast and other lowlying areas with hours left before Miltons Arrival as crews scramble to
Any questions . Yeah. Reporter when it comes to the number of people in your people are apparently choosing to stay behind, do you know how many people seem to be trying to ride this out . We dont. That comes up all of the time. You know, that kind of talk is so foolish. Said so many times do you want to pick a fight with Mother Nature and shes when he 100 of the time. And individuals and these say you are in a singlestory home, 12 feet is about that house. If you are in it, basically that is the coffin you are in. It is just of this magnitude, what we can hope for is that the storm goes a bit south. We dont want to wish anything on our neighbors. But if it went a little bit south, that would prevent Storm Surge from coming into Tampa Bay where it has no place to go. Bit is just a Storm Surge. It gets pushed into the bay and it is coming into the neighborhoods. Does it seem like most people are respecting that . Oh, yes, you can look at the traffic and it is incredible. I spoke with my
And today we are marking one year since the barbaric Hamas Terror Attack on israel. The deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. On this day last year, 1,200 innocent people were murdered, countless others were raped and beaten and more than 250 people were taken to gaza as hostages. The pain is still palpable site of the nova music festival, where hundreds of young people who came to dance a year ago were instead slaughtered the horrors of that day still haunt so many across israel we lost. You still evan accept that shes gone you know, once something happens, you know that it can you Al Owaysf your can happen again . They killed my sister over there its a trauma of living in a house where were vicious terrorists invaded terrorists in Gaza Outside Benjamin Netanyahus Residence in jerusalem today, as devastated and exhausted families urge the israeli Prime Minister to bring their Loved Ones home to begin our coverage with cnns Erin Burnett, who is in Tel Aviv. Erin were
The deal on happened before their car. South Today Year since the devastating October 7 attacks by hamas, a somber day of commemoration morning, those lost in the assault, even and as the country braces for the next phase in a conflict, thats reportedly killed more than 41,000 people in gaza and has now spread into lebanon. Plus, milton is morphing into a monster. Now a category five hurricane, the highest category possible with landfall in florida just two days away as tampa lies directly in the Storms Path and going where the voters are Vice President Kamala Harris sitting down for an Interview Interview with a podcast better known for conversations about sex and relationships. But won with a humungous following, will the gamble pay off . Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central today is a day of mourning marking the deadliest massacre of jews since the holocaust one year ago today, israel holding a national ceremony in