A category 4 storm today. We are live on the ground in the Sunshine State. Carley and mayor Eric Adams facing calls to resign after being indicted by a Federal Grand Jury and we are expected it to be unsealed later this morning. Todd former first Lady Melania Trump joining Fox And Friends since the Assassination Attempt s targeting her husband. I saw it on Television And I c called again and he was okay because Secret Service were great. I think both of the events, they were really miracles. Todd ainsley will be here live with more from her exclusive interview. This is a wildly busy thursday mor morning, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Hurricane helena is expected to crash into the big Bend Coast by this evening. Storm surge warnings are in place for most of the states West Coast and officials warn the surge could be lifethreatening. Janice dean joins us. Janice not a lot of time. 5 00 a. M. Advisory, 90 mile per hour sustained wind, we are expecting this to be a category three
Its 4 00 in New York. A major hurricane, the largest city under indictment, ukraines president at the White House right now, and just 40 days to go until Election Day in america. No shortage of big stories, big news on multiple fronts today. Down in florida, Hurricane Helene is bearing down on the Gulf Coast threatening to bring surging waters that officials warn are, quote, unsurvivable. It is currently a category 3 but expected to strengthen before it makes landfall later today. Well get an update at 5 00 eastern. Then Vice President harris has just wrapped remarks in a joint appearance with ukrainian President Zelenskyy. One of the biggest Foreign Policy crises facing President Biden and the next american president right into the 2024 president ial contest. Donald trump lashing out at ukraines leader, making claims that could have come straight out of the mouth of Vladimir Putin. Well have all those stories and much more over the next two hours. We begin with the stunning News Right
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
Washington over israels planned invasion as the president is considering options for how to respond if israel defies repeated warnings about rafah. President biden insist israel build a plan for how it would protect allison in civilians before it launches a military invasion. Israel has its sights set on the southernmost city in the gaza strip because it believes it to be the last stronghold of hamas which carried out the october some of the tax. In the west bank, a Palestinian Government opened fire toward a jewish settlement. Israels military says their soldiers then shot and killed the gunman who was shooting from a palestinian cemetery next to the jewish settlement. Palestinian leaders have not commented. Violence in the west bank has increased since the war began in gaza six months ago. Tomorrow on meet the press, a discussion on the first maritime shipment of humanitarian aid to gaza which is carrying 200 tons of food. It left cypress on tuesday, Kristin Welker sat down with chef
city are you okay? rescuers, helping guide residents through submerged intersection, since, having been turned into a lake. then, there is this. the electricity crisis. the storm, knocking out power lines, in more than 2 million homes, and businesses, which have been plunged into darkness, across the state. meteorologist, pedram javaheri, tracking ian. he joins me. pedram, ian may have weekend, but is unleashing very dangerous conditions. where does it stand right now? kristie, we ve got the latest update from the national hurricane center. 11 hours overland, since it made landfall. you will notice, still, a category one. a drop from 90 miles per hour, to 75 miles per hour, leaving this as a low-end, category one hurricane. notice, on the back side of the storm system, the cloud field, beginning to break. as far as clearing skies, around portions of marco island, around areas up towards tampa. all of these areas, finally, seeing drier weather persist. just east of i