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
Trump is doing because hes been not doing much. Fair enough. All right. We are over the top of 7 00 a. M. Thanks, guys for joining us. Thanks to all of you for being with us as well. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn new central starts right now year since the horrific Hamas Terror Attack on israel, the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. Survivors and families gathering to mark the solemn anniversary as israel now stands on the brink of war with iran and historic hurricane takes direct aim at huge population centers in florida a State Of Emergency declared in 51 counties, the rising possibility of evacuations for hundreds of thousands of residents and we are now 29 days until election day. Friends, Vice President Kamala Harris trying something new this week, going on a Media Blitz while Donald Trump is headed back to the battlegrounds. Im Kate Bolduan with john berman, Sara Sidner is out today. Erin burnett is joining us from israel. This is cnn new central the
Guterres has called for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages by hamas. Now on bbc news, path to the presidency. I actually realised im picking up it is water, i promise you, it is not, you know, 11. 1i7am in the morning and ive already hit the wine. Although, after the week weve all had, i could well do. Hi, ladies, great to see you today. I have to say, im joining from the Bureau Today here in washington, dc, and you are missing an unbelievable array of sweets and cakes, and bits and pieces, because everyone is out travelling at the moment in Swing States and all over the place. And theres that great tradition of bringing goodies back for the team, and its like a sweet shop at the moment. Caitriona, i have tried over and over again to convince people to bring back carrots or celery, or something healthy. Yeah, good luck with that it never happens i actually realised im picking up it is water, i promise you, it is not, you know, 11. 1i7am in the morning and ive already h
Rocket money you cnn Breaking News to you. Im Victor Blackwell and im amara walker. We start with Breaking News out of The Middle East this morning, tensions are high across the region with growing fears of a wider conflict. New video from overnight of a Beirut Suburb crews are there as reporting that area that theyre constant blast around the city overnight into this morning, israel says it targeted hezbollah weapons the facilities there, and issued new Evacuation Orders for parts of beirut and suggests that more strikes could be on the way that hezbollah has continued to launch rockets into israel Israels Military says about 30 projectiles were fired into israel this morning. And israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone and a message late saturday seven fronts. Against the enemies of civilization. Before and defending ourselves against this barbarism. Israel is defending civilizations against those who seek to impose a dark age of fanaticism on All Of Us rest a
Morning rising. Shy. Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, october im amara walker. Guesses back with a new skip in his step, a new song. It is hard looking, relaxed, and refresh you know, victor. Hello. This is, you know, how it is when you have some time off, you come back, you feel like you can do anything. I get you youre radiating happiness, dry braiding with theyre do so if im a little extra today is because im back from two weeks off, but we must do. Thank you very much. It is a good morning and good to be back heres what were working on for you this morning. Both President Ial Candidates are on the ground in Battleground States this weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in North Carolina, former President Trump returns to pennsylvania the side of the July Assassination attempt on his life and The Middle East is on edge. This morning as the region awaits a possible retaliation from iran strike on israel, the rising concerns, as israels is days away from marking th