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
Did he ever say to you in his early stages or even in that first Car Ride im going to be president one day . Not that he would be the president. But he always was involved in politics. He was very in tune whats going on in the world. Especially in this country. Lawrence well have more of that later. Plus, Kamala Harris breaking down her economic policy proposals but not without serving up another word salad, im dizzy again. Holistically, and looking holistically at the incentive to engage in planning in holistic manner. Steve more on that coming up. Big news, Hurricane Helene barreling toward florida bringing potentially a deadly unsurvivable Storm Surge. Governor Ron Desantis is going to inouts on the states preparations straight ahead. Brian second hour of Fox Friends starts right now, mornings are better with friends. Its a Fox Friends exclusive, after two years Donald Trump sat down with us for wide ranging interview opening up her life before, during and after the White House. And
One of the windows of the capitol. She was also accused of using a bull horn to direct rioters. This all comes as were days away from the start of trumps second Impeachment Trial. One person we wont be seeing or hearing from, however, is donald trump himself. His defense team confirming trump wont testify. A new reaction this morning from congressman ruben gallegos. Well, this is more a typical trump move. This is not about defending his presidency, its not about defending his actions, its about, again, dividing america. Its a very cynical move because he believes and he understands the Republican Senate is not going to hold him accountable. Theres a lot of new information to run through with the trio of nbc reporters and we will begin with nbcs mike memoli, joining us from wilmington, delaware, where President Biden is spending his weekend. Mike, welcome to you. In the past few minutes were learning more from the white house on the former president and intel briefings. What do you kno
Today. Sandra. Sandra thank you, edward. Dana fox news alert. Dramatic series of air attacks targeting American Military and civilian cargo ship In The Red Sea and gulf of aden. Forces shooting down 28 deadly attack drones launching by houthi militants in yemen. One of the largest assaults threatening maritime navigation since the start of the war between hamas and israel. Bill is off. Sandra, great to be with you. Sandra thanks for having me im sandra smith. Backing israels right to defend itself against hamas trying to appease the deeply divided wings of his own party. Growing opposition to israels Military Operations in gaza. Biden contradicting himself and backtracking after calling a Military Incursion into rafah a red line. Netanyahu responded earlier today. There is no red line i will cut off all weapons so they dont have the iron dome to protect them or they dont have there are red lines if he crosses and cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead as a consequence of going after
Okay. America, its biden versus trump again, but will 2024 look anything like 2020 . The lead starts right now the time has now come to suspend my campaign nikki haley exits and clears the way for a biden trump rematch. The president is making a play for her voters while donald trump is racking up some new gop endorsements, including a big one from Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell who hasnt even talked to trump in more than a year. And the chances of a thirdparty candidate jumping into this race. This hour, ill speak with the chiefs for no labels plus facing the hard truths about the Fentanyl Crisis when states Change Of Heart after becoming the first in the nation to decriminalize possession of certain alleles this of drugs and welcome to the lead. Im abby phillip in for jake tapper today, we start with our 2020 24 lead. The rematch is officially set. Joe biden and donald trump are almost guaranteed to be their partys nominees for president. After nikki haley officially dropped