An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the West Coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. Im Bill Hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana you are missed but glad youre there. This is americas newsroom, im dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill you know, i think it is storm 21. Im back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting earlier today there will be a part of the West Coast of florida that will have a Storm Surge of eight to ten feet. Think about that now. Those low lying Barrier Islands that have been so built up over the past 50 years. The Population Increase on the West Coast of florida. This is going to be a doozy. Experts describe milton as a once in a Century Storm and folks in tampa are taking heed. Very tough. We r
Do the investigation they say it is doing, as he will report to us. That is an expensive report and explosive reporting. Im so glad you are covering it with the person at the center of all of it, everyone who cares about the integrity of our democracy and the High Court and the decisions it is making should be watching tonight. Im going to save you some time because Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey is joining us and he is this programs pennsylvania political expert. We are going to get it settled at The End of the hour with Senator Casey who is going to win pennsylvania. That wont be a question anymore. By 11 00 p. M. , alex, theres going to be, thats not going to be a question. Hes going to tell us. If anybody knows it, it is Bob Casey. He has encyclopedic knowledge of every single county in the state. I know this from spending time with him in 2020. It is a must watch hour of television for you tonight. Alex, well, this is for Monday Night. This is getting way ahead of ourselves but it
Hurried preparations, theres also a new worry. Limited resources. Gas stations literally running on empty, and Grocery Store shelves picked clean. Nbcs marisa is joining us from tampa. Jay gray is standing by in ft. Myers. And Meteorologist Michelle Grossman is tracking the storm for us. The track of this storm has shifted slightly since yesterday. Where do we expect landfall now . Yeah, this has kind of wobbled back and forth, ten miles north or south. As we go throughout time, we are anticipating that westcentral u. S. Coast impact on The State Of Florida. We are looking at a category 4 storm. This is catastrophic. People are going to lose homes. Theres a threat to life and property. So were going to watch this very closely, we are about 16 hours away from landfall. Were looking at winds of 155 miles per hour. Yes, it weakened to a category 4, but keep in mind a Category 5 is 157 miles per hour, so this is a very strong category 4 strong. Its heading northeast at 6 miles per hour, no
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
Word with lawrence o donnell. We have sheldon whitehouse joining us. He will tell us something you might suspect. That is that the background investigations and senate confirmation process aren t quite what some people say they are. That is an explosive rep court. Everyone that cares about the integrity in the high court and decisions. I will save you time. Bob casey is joining us and he is the political expert. We will get it settled tonight at the end of the hour with senator casey. That won t be a question anymore. That is not going to be a question. I know this from spending time with him. It is a must watch our. This is for monday night. It is relevant. Bob woodward be on the program monday night to discuss this book which is the surprise of books. Just raise a flag. In our is plenty. Have a great show. The breaking news of the day went from breaking news to a presidential campaign ad in record time. With the harris for president campaign, setting a new speed record. Converting br