Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. Were grateful. Please stay safe. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi nicolle. Welcome to The Beat. Warning against maga disinformation. Both candidates have been speaking out. We have more on the intersection of this humanitarian damager and the campaigns later this hour. While the latest reports indicate this volatile category 3 will double in size and make landfall in florida within hours. Experts caution it could end up being the worst such Weather Event in possibly a generation. I can give you a couple of factoids before we bring in our experts. Sustained Wind Speeds up to 130 miles per hour, projected 15foot Storm Surges in the worse spots, a foot and a half of rain in the densely populated Tampa Area is expected. And you can see fort myers, sarasota, tampa, all in the path, as it will barrel across the West Coast. You see that on your screen with the map of florida. Authorities h
Been cancelled, ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph, 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the southeastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the sunshine state the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. Our correspondent gordon corera sent this report from tampa in florida. An exodus from tampa. Long lines of traffic snaking out of the city tell you that the warnings are being taken seriously here. Florida is used to hurricanes, but the message has been that this time is different. The city is still
Out the facts. But more and more and in the world in which we live but it has always been the way, ever since there has been war conflicts and wars always unfold on two levels. One is the facts on the ground and the other is the perception of the facts on the ground. And these perceptions now have become an increasingly hostile battlefield. I don t need to tell both of you that it is nothing less than a battle for the truth. So, that it s notjust that something happened, it s what other people think happened. And that feeling of what they think happened can matter more in the evolution of the conflict and in terms of how the story is told and retold and told again and then, it becomes history. And the efforts of the people within these stories to influence how the media helps shape those perceptions, they must ve changed the way that they try and influence how you and many others cover the stories? they have many more tools now. Before, it was simply face to face. Then, we went thr
Allison, scott jennings, congressman ro khanna, scott taylor, and kara swisher with 27 days it s to go americans with different perspectives aren t talking to each other. But here they do i m abby phillip in new york. Let s go right to what america is talking about. Which candidate can make your life better, or kamala harris is in the middle of a media tour and today she got a question that speaks to what s on your mind, the direction of the country, and what it s headed for, and how it might look different if she had led the country through the last four years and not joe biden, while her answers singled out, that she was a little surprised by the question, just listen would you have done something differently than president biden during the past four years there has done a thing that comes to mind in terms of and i ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact. Listen, i plan on having a republican in my cabinet. You got it less difference between joe biden and me. Wil
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