Is on to make the final two. Who most looks like a leader in waiting . And President Biden warns Hurricane Milton could be the worst to hit florida in a century. More than A Million people have fled their homes. How devastating could it be . Welcome to newsnight. The us national Hurricane Center has just upgraded Hurricane Milton to a category five storm. How much damage will that cause when it hits florida . Stay with us the very latest. Insight tonight comes from the newly elected Labour Mp dr marie tidball, Daily Express political Editor Sam newly elected for where . Palisson and socks which. Newly elected for where . Palisson and socks which. Congratulations. | newly elected for where . Palisson i and socks which. Congratulations. Peniston in and socks which. Congratulations. Peniston in stockbridge. Lister and Polling Expert Luke tryll from more in common and nick as always. And in the tory Leadership Contest, well bring you interviews with a Kemi Badenoch supporter, a Robertjenri
Hes been fingerprinted and processed more recently in the case of florida. All of this should happen very quickly. And then we expect that the judge will start setting up a timeline, which the Justice Department wants to happen, obviously, before the 2024 election. Something that i think is very, very possible. What we know about the judge assigned to hear this case . Because i believe shes had some pretty strong dealings with january 6th defendants. Reporter she has. And look, the judge is a jamaican born obama appointee. Shes been on the bench since 2014. Like a lot of the judges there, they dealt with this violence at the capital, right across the way from the federal courthouse. They have been processing a lot of the january 6th defendants in that courthouse. One of the things that she and others have said is, you know, essentially that people who carried out this assault on American Democracy needed to have their day in court and needed to make sure that they paid the consequences
celebrations have taken place around the world to herald the start of 2023. we start in brazil, where crowds of people are gathering in the capital, brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of luiz inacio lula da silva as president. the veteran left wing politician, known widely as lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010, and defeated jair bolsonaro in 0ctober s poll. there is tight security for sunday s ceremony, amid fears that bolsonaro supporters may try to disrupt it. in the last few minutes, it s been reported a man has been arrested trying to enter the inauguration with explosives and a knife. we are monitoring that for you. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson is outside the inauguration venue in brasilia. around 300,000 people are expected to turn up to this inauguration. there s a concert that is being put on, it has already started. that concert will stop for the official ceremony to begin and will continue later in the night. but certainly, you know, hu
fundamental question of voters confidence in the vote result. and exclusive cnn reporting of the bravery of one little girl in the middle of the uvalde massacre, begging for help why law enforcement stood outside. thank you so much for being here. we begin with a critical decision from the federal reserve and the major ripple effects it will have on the economy and also potentially the election. the fed is expected to announce another big rate hike this afternoon, another effort to tamp down inflation. this would be the sixth rate hike this your. it comes as new polling shows that voters are most concerned about the economy and inflation, putting republicans in a strong position ahead of the mid terms, the poll also showing enthusiasm among democrats is significantly lower than it was twoiers. two former presidents are hitting the campaign trail hard. barack obama in arizona, former president trump heading to ohio tomorrow, and we learned that joe biden will be speaking to t
the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey is on capitol hill, and i spoke with her earlier. good to see you, tell us more about the reactions to the vote today. the vote result was along party lines. so too was the reaction as well, as you might expect. the white house rather swiftly putting out a statement saying that this was baseless and nothing more than a political stunt. president biden accusing the republican party of essentially wasting time when there is still a lot of work to be done before lawmakers can leave congress for the holidays, not least when it comes to that question of finding any kind of consensus or way forward when i