1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
More on this potentially devastating path toward florida. Melted rapidly intensifying as officials are pleading Big Time with middle helenes of residents in the Tampa Area to get out and to get out. Now, also breaking Kamala Harris is warning that Donald Trump needs to stop Playing Politics with hurricanes. Shes slamming the Misinformation Trump has been spreading about the Biden Ministration Storm relief efforts calling him trump extraordinarily irresponsible, plus grief, anger, and Protests Israel marks a year since the deadly hamas its Terror Attack and the brutal capture of hostages that triggered a multi front war that is ongoing and escalating this Hour Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room lets get straight Hurricane Milton. Now, the strongest storm on the planet, this year after reaching category five status with winds because of a get the latest forecast right away from our meteorologist, chad myers.
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Its an Inflection Point and because of the truncated nature of this electiOn And just how wild this election has been they need an Inflection Point. Everyone kind of needs another chance, another bite at the apple before november 5. So i actually think theres going to be a lot of tune i think whatever happens Tomorrow Night could change some minds, but yes, typically a Vice President ial debate doesnt do much about an election. We will see what typical you know, think about this as normal and neither are neither other we did that make says he new Hour Cnn News central starts now begin with Breaking News, breaking moments ago sources tell cnn that israeli Special Forces have carried out raids in Inside Lebanon in recent days as fears grow of an all out regional war in the Middle East in comprehensible damage, hundreds of communities cut off far from freshwater and much needed supplies. As rescue Teams Race to get to those stranded residents. We now have new numbers as the Death Toll con
People killed by helene. And that number is expected to rise. The lead starts right now from Florida To Virginia and points inbetween. Tragedy worsening in the United States by the hour as rescuers reach areas hard hit Fire Hurricane just to see the destruction of our town, of our community that we love so much it is, it is heartbreaking were standing by for an update from authorities in Western North Carolina, which seems to be among the areas hardest hit. Plus Donald Trumps Weekend Dystopian Vision in a speech, even when he called, quote, dark, the republican nominee takes Campaign Rhetoric to a new and horrifying place. His unprecedented comments this weekend on his democratic opponent on migrants and on what he wants to do to stop Retail Theft and one day before the Vice President ial debate, cnn is learning one of the candidates is nervous and worried about how Tomorrow Night might go down the lead. Im Jake Tapper, apocalyptic scene its in the Southern Appalachians right now ameri