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
I apologize. This is horrific. The terrible land entirely predictable hurricane milton. Its a very dangerous storm in terms of Strength And Size as it approaches landfall. Is another Monster Storm heads toward florida powered by extreme temperatures in the gulf, and as millions across the South Dig out from last weeks devastating hurricane, reminder of what trump thinks about Climate Change. We will have a little bit more Beachfront Property. Life or death stakes in this election. Donald trump refers to rent a problems instead of fixing problems. He is not solution oriented it. The Media Blitz with 28 days left to go. His most Win Race in ohio when All In starts right now. Good evening from New York. Im chris hayes. Hurricane milton is expected to make Landfall Early thursday morning. At this hour, the storm is back to category 5 strength. As the national Hurricane Center advises, quote, florida residents should get the families and homes ready and evacuate if told to do so. Milton is
Going to be different . And so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out . Thank you, Madam Vice President. Yes, we are emphasizing the Size And Intensity of the storm and the direction at which its approaching which is unusual and really raises that Storm Surge Risk for the West Coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the West Coast of florida from the South Or Southeast parallel to the coast. This track, more perpendicular to the coast raises the Storm Surge Risk. And the size of the storm is going to produce hazardous impacts across much of the peninsula. So, weve been hitting the surge risks on both coasts, and flooding and tornadoes, trying to emphasize the Scale And Breadth of the threat which is somewhat unusual for milton. Thank you. Thank you for your good work. Mike, one more question yes, sir. For people listening, what is the width from the state of
Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
Developments, but we begin at the Weather Map with al roker. As if the threat of this potentially historic Storm Isnt enough, were already seeing tornadoes. Thats right. And this was kind of the worst case scenario, chris, because we were talking about this for the last two days. We were going to see these tornadoes, especially as it approached, and sure enough thats what happened. Lets show you what weve got going on right now. As far as our map is concerned, we are looking at a category 4 storm. 150 miles now southwest of tampa. Its got 130 miles per hour winds. Its moving northeast at 16 miles per hour. Now, as we look, you can see we have Tornado Watches now from Daytona Beach all the way down to key west. Weve had reports of 50 tornadoes so far in the last couple of hours. And now we have numerous, multiple Tornado Warnings going on to the west, i should say the east of tampa and sarasota, to the west of West Palm Beach, and right between West Palm Beach and Fort Myers. These are