Save lives. And the latest forecast and evacuations ahead of The National Weatheather Sere will be here and we will have reports from Florida Plus the new bombshell, Bob Woodward, book, americans leaders as weve never heard before, trumps secret shipments to Vladimir Putin is multiple conversations with the russian leader since leaving office. Former british prime Minister Boris Johnson is here and will react and Vice President Kamala Harris asked what you would do differently from biden earlier today, the nonanswer that perhaps fail to seize the moment in the media. In the middle of a Media Blitz im Jake Tapper and we are tracking what could become the worst storm to hit Floridas Gulf Coast in more than a century, Hurricane Milton is a powerful category four hurricane right now it is teetering On The Edge of becoming a category five. And is forecast to make landfall after midnight tomorrow night, just south of tampa where it could unleash record unsurvivable Storm Surge Milton is expe
facing a deadline to make a deal and pass a spending bill to keep the government open. midnight friday is when the government runs out of money. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell moments ago on the senate floor saying he is ready to vote on a bill as soon as one originating in the house. i want to bring in cnn national politics reporter m.j. lee, political director david chalian and political reporter rebecca berg. mcconnell says they re ready to vote. they need something to vote on. we re hearing from a lot of folks they re going to get there, but david, exactly how they plan to get there, that is not clear. obviously both can t be true. so do we even know, david, at this point what the sticking points are? well, we certainly know some of the sticking points. certainly the extension of the children s health insurance program is expected to be included for a short-term extension through march. that has been a sticking point around this. it seems that they re getting ready to dea
sort of made the budget whack in the u.s. and as we talk to people about that moment at the church in which he wasn t just handing out hurricane relief aid, he was actually sort of tossing it into the crowd. and that has been quite the talker today, not just on social media, but also out on the streets. many feeling that was disrespectful. that it perhaps showed that this wasn t being taken as serious as many people here think. because there are lives here on the line, according to the mayor. and especially given that the death toll has now come up. so, you know, for many people in puerto rico, to see the president tossing paper towels into a group of people who may have really, really been desperate for that, it didn t go over well. because the fact of the matter is that the relief is not getting to all parts of the island at this point.
stressing the importance of listening to state and local officials. now, of course all of this comes after earlier this week the senate and house signed off on a deal and then of course the president just last night signed a bill that will give more than $15 billion to hurricane relief aid. alex. that being targeted for harvey. we know they ll have to up it considerably with regard to what s happening with irma. thank you so much from the white house. kristen welker, always good to see you. joining me right now, florida senior senator bill nelson. senator, with a welcome to you, sir, given the powerful history with florida and hurricanes, how ready is your state? the state is as ready as it ever has been. you compare it 25 years ago to andrew, there was no preparation there. now all the levels of government are working seamlessly together. i have just come from the hillsborough county emergency
refused to pass hurricane relief aid, chris christie was one of the first guys out there saying that s crazy. when they shut down the government for two weeks, chris christie actually said that s not a good idea. i think that s very instructive to us that the only way you can win as a republican is to run against republicans. i want to ask you one more about health care. as you know, president obama has been on defense all week about the promise he has made saying if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. he heads to texas a little bit later on today to talk about health care. hhs secretary kathleen sebelius testifying on the hill. how has the administration been dealing with this in your opinion? does the president need to change his messaging on this? well, what s important is that we fix this. when something goes wrong and things go wrong. things went wrong with the medicare prescription d plan that george bush rolled out. things went wrong with medicare when it was rolle