Of silence at the Music Festival that became a killing field. While miles away, its the sound of explosions that dominate. The latest on the fighting in gaza and lebanon. The rallies and remembrances here at home. Crowds come together in major u. S. Cities to demand an end to the war that Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue. Well get a live report. And a storm that was already a cat 5 Hurricane Exploding in strength again as it barrels toward florida. The Brand New advisory on miltons track. Plus, the false claims and Conspiracy Theories adding to the Chaos And Confusion in Areas Hard Hit by helene and how federal officials are now fighting back. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs erin mclaughlin, live in Hostage Square with a Somber Memorial Taking Place across israel today. Your location has become a Focal Point for keeping hostages in the public eye. What is happening behind you now . Reporter chris, thousands have gathered here tonight. Whats known as Hostage Square here in tel aviv, its an emotional ceremony. People are openly weeping as they remember the lives lost on October 7th. One of many emotional ceremonies to take place across the country, including early this morning at the site of the nova Music Festival. There was a Moment Of Silence marking the moment that hamas militants crossed from gaza, storming the Music Festival as well as the kibbutz, killing and kidnapping innocent israelis. And while israel takes this moment to remember, the war rages on, and at least two Fronts Today in lebanon, according to the Israeli Military, 100 israeli planes struck 120 hezbollah sites in a single hour. We have been seeing some of the most intense bombardment there of the war, as the civilian toll in lebanon continues to rise. Hezbollah, though, continuing to Fire Rockets into israel, and then in gaza, that offensive now underway. A Renewed Offensive announced by the Israeli Military in the northern part of the strip, ordering evacuations, some 300,000 palestinians evacuated from northern, ordered to evacuate from Northern Gaza over the weekend. As a new offensive was announced, targeting once again, the Refugee Camp there. The Civilian Casualty count, numbering in excess of 40,000. All of this as the region is bracing for Israels Response to Irans Missile Strike from last week. Chris. Erin mclaughlin, thank you. The anniversary of the attack is also being marked here in new york. Nbcs George Solis is at columbia university. What are you hearing from people there, george . Reporter on this grim day, October 7th. We have seen a number of demonstrations of protests, even leading up to to the day. At columbia, things have remained peaceful. A number of demonstrators oulds outside the hall. The hostages have yet to come home, but no closer to a cease fire deal. Talking to students on the ground, they say Theres Moment of escalation when pro palestinian protesters set up on the opposite side of the where the students are and theres a current Art Installation commemorating and remembering the lives lost. There were moments of tension. I cannot underscore the presentation of nypd officials around campus to make sure these situations dont escalate further than they need to. For a lot of jewish students and faculty, today was not a day for them to reminisce about the past protests and demonstrations and violence that they saw over the last year. It was really just a moment to reflect on the lives lost during the deadly attack, as well as praying for those hostages and the hope they will be reunited with their Loved Ones. As i mentioned, i spoke with students here about whats happening inside the halls of columbia. Access very restricted today. Heres what those students had to tell me. The Culture Hasnt changed. The university is attempting to put band aids on bullet holes. I appreciate theyre adding public Safety Security guards to ensure that students are safe but at the end of the day, theyre not doing anything to address the root of the problem which is that columbia has a systemic problem, rampant in the Rule Making Body for the university and frankly, rampant among the student body. Reporter as i have been talking to people here, of course some of the questions i have is concerns about safety given the escalation in the middle east, and a lot of them say, look, we are here. We know the risks of being in these large gatherings, but it is nothing compared to the atrocities that so many of these people encountered on October 7th. And so for them, they will continue to hold these rallies, hold these demonstrations and continue putting the pressure on anyone to hopefully reach those deals and bring those hostages home. Chris. George solis, thank you for that. Hurricane milton has explosively intensified, thats the update we just got from the national Hurricane Center, now warning of the Category 5 storm strength. Bill karins is joining me now. Some of the numbers im looking at in this warning. 175 miles per hour winds. And knowing yesterday we were talking about a 60 miles per hour Tropical Storm. This is the record breaker. We have never had a storm intensified this fast in 24 hours. This broke the record that was will ma. This is going up, it appears now, 115 miles per hour in 24 hours. You can thank very warm, extremely record breaking warm water in the Gulf Of Mexico and it was the perfect recipe for this storm to explode. A small storm, a pin needle eye. Were not sure how low its going to go. This is extremely rare to see a storm of this strength anywhere in the world, let alone this close to the united states and mexico. The Hurricane Center, were waiting to see when it will peak. Conditions will get a little more unfavorable in about 36 hours from now. Thats why we dont have this Making Landfall in florida as a Category 5 thankfully. Still, a major hurricane is a category 3. The cone of uncertainty, still kind of wide. Everyone wants to know, do i have to evacuate, listen to your emergency managers, know your zones. I think a lot of people learned that lesson with helene. They knew exactly how high the water got. This could be double that. A lot of people arent going to say, im going to ride it out. Helene got Everyones Attention on the West Coast of florida. Our Computer Models will study these, as we get the landfall. The black line is the Hurricane Center path. As of now, straight through Tampa Bay. Right down through sarasota. If that black line holds as the forecast. The air at this point, typically about 40 miles. That could bring as far north as cape key. We have a wide zone. Thats why the evacuations are just beginning for the Barrier Islands. It takes those people longer to get out, the businesses to close doubt. We will move the evacuations closer to the bays and outside of the Barrier Islands on the beaches. The storm surge, somewhere were thinking, 8 to 12 feet. Were not having a Category 5 landfall. Its likely going to be category 3. Its growing in size, not strength. We zoomed in on Tampa Bay itself, with helene, the water made it to 6 or 7 1 2 feet. That was record breaking. Never been that high before. All of these areas that had flooding on the sides and curbs and pictures we have been showing you of people who lost stuff and property, sitting out there on the road. This up to 8 to 12 feet would be 5 feet higher than the Water Level you just experienced. Now all the were getting not just on the bottom level of some homes but toward the top level. If we get Wave Action on top of that, thats more damage. One of the keys im watching, when do we get the landfall. High tide is thursday morning. Low tide is going to be around early afternoon on wednesday. The tide is going to be coming which will add momentum to the water. A little additional damage. Thats not great. We would like to get the storm to move in earlier. We can add 2 to 3 feet, to Add Numbers on the storm surge. Thats not great. A lot of people saying, the storm is going to get weaker. Its a Category 5, one of the strongest we have seen. Its not going to maintain that intensity. Right now its 160 miles wide, predicted to be 360 miles wide at landfall. Anywhere in yellow means you have a chance of losing power in the storm. The storm is growing in size even though the catastrophic eye is getting a little bit weaker. Weaker quote unquote, still a category 3. Chris, thats all the stuff were watching. I just want to make sure im understanding you correctly here. The entire width of florida. Yes. Is at risk of losing power. At least getting Tropical Storm gusts, over 39 miles per hour in the 40 to 50 range. This is helene at its max, up to the Georgia Border down to miami. This is almost as wide and big as helene. So this storm, you know, a lot of people youre going to hear, you know, its slowing down to a category 4 or 3. Its getting weaker. Thats really for the people that are going to go through the eye. For everyone else in the whole state of florida, if it was a smaller storm, you wouldnt have this Wind Field thats this huge. Dont listen to the weaker comments in the next couple of days, and listen to your emergency managers. Could save your life. No kidding, bill, thank you for that. Basically that means that across florida, millions are preparing for their second major hurricane in just two weeks. Nbcs Marissa Para is on the ground in tampa, florida, what are you hearing from people there ahead of this storm . Reporter you can see those preparations happening behind me, chris, and what we are looking at is this really important work of Debris Removal happening as we speak. This is happening all across florida, but right now, we are reporting to you from the very hard Hit Barrier Island of treasure island, and so we are seeing crews working around the clock, 24 7. Its something we have been hearing governor ron desantis, local agencies, local officials talking about making a priority. I want to point out, you know, this woman across the street. It looks like theyre shoveling trash, which it now is. But this was once their belongings, prized possessions. I see Christmas Ornaments in there, all kinds of things that were part of her home two weeks ago. Now posing a major risk. Hurricane helene only hit one week ago. These are the remnants of her possessions inside her home. They are shoveling it into a City Truck to bring to a landfill so it doesnt become projectiles. If the Christmas Ornaments float during a storm surge, thats a projectile. These are the things were seeing around here in addition to the mass evacuations. I want to walk down the street in a safe way to show you just how much work they have left to do. This is around the clock its happening, chris, to remove all of this debris. In addition to the evacuations, i want to take you from what we heard from one woman at a sandbagging site. Helene opened so many eyes. We saw people at the Sandbagging Location here in pinellas county. They have never taken precautions before. Heres what we heard. Im out here to fill up my sandbags. I didnt do it last time, and this time i want to feel better inside my home, and hopefully protect some of my stuff. Reporter we are now seeing evacuations happening up and down the Gulf Coast in places that i have not seen evacuations before, chris. The hotel we were staying at, which was zone b, we were told would be safe to stay in during the hurricane. They called us to inform us we need to evacuate by tomorrow. They are not staying open. Clearly a lot of precautions taken we havent seen in this area in a long time, chris. We know under 50 counties under a state of emergency, and governor ron desantis, on the Roads Today and tomorrow while you can, he said he might open those Highway Shoulders to accommodate for all the masses that are making their way out to higher ground, chris. Marissa parra, thank you for your reporting. And stay safe. This latest hurricane comes as communities are reeling from helenes historic damage and the Conspiracy Theories that have popped up in the aftermath. Nbcs Aaron Gilchrist is in washington. I can tell you i was in Wisconsin Yesterday covering former President Trumps rally there. He talked about the biden Administrations Response to hurricane helene, particularly in places like north carolina. We know that is a key Battleground State in this election cycle, and some of what we heard the former president say were things like she, referring to Vice President harris, but really the Biden Harris Administration, sending Aid Money to other countries instead of to these areas that need that money, and of course the biden Administration And Fema are swatting that down, saying disaster dollars are for disaster situations, disaster areas. Relief flights being blocked and aid being held from republicanleaning communities in the disaster zone, and fema seizing supplies and property, things like that. All of those are things that the Administration And Fema in particular have been trying to fact check, saying those things are not true. Theres a concern that people will believe those things and that could keep them from getting the help that they need. I want you to hear a little bit about what the Fema Administrator had to say about this problem when she was on msnbc earlier today. All i hear on the ground is gratefulness and compassion, and a level of unity. Its frankly disappointing that were having to deal with this narrative. And the fact that theres a few leaders that are having a hard time telling the difference between Fact And Fiction is creating an impede to getting people the help they need. The White House putting out a memo over the weekend, talking about the fact that its concerned that the disinformation is going to keep people from seeking the help that they need right now, and so the response to that has been that folks should go to trusted voices, political voices or otherwise. Go to those places to seek information, get accurate information and make sure theyre applying for the help they need in the disaster zones. In 90 seconds, Benjamin Netanyahus new name for the conflict in the middle east. Why he wants it known now as the War Of Revival. 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