Because it comes about this time every day, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, we get an update from the national Hurricane Center. And well wait to see what they say about the massive Hurricane Milton that caused 6 Million people to evacuate in its path in the state of florida. The life threatening storm is now moving toward floridas Gulf Coast. Forecasters say it will slam into that peninsula. Late tonight or into the early hours of tomorrow. What they are looking at is exactly where it will hit. They arent saying it is not going to hit. Some forecasters are saying is Storm Surge could be higher than what it was in Hurricane Katrina which left more than 1,300 people dead. The evacuations, though, this time are the benefit of what we learned, we pray, from katrina. So many people moving out of the way. Not everybody, but most. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. This huge storm could be one of the largest weve seen in terms of a hurricane. Forecasters are saying Miltons Wind Field
Leadership during the crisis. Foreign leaders who influenced events during the cold war years as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war. The Georgia Historical Society hosted the interview and provided the video. We are here to talk about the called war at 75. It marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war immediately after world war ii in 1945. You attended georgia tech. Greta van susteren graduated from emory university. Served in the coast guard. Came back to georgia, practiced law. Served in the Georgia House of representatives. You were elected to the United States senate in 1972 and served for 24 years until you left in 1996 including eight of those years as chair of the Senate Armed Services committee. Since retiring from the senate you cofounded with ted turner and know cochair the Nuclear Threat initiatives. As i mentioneder with here to talk about the events of the cold war as you experienced them. Lets start with you. The scariest moment of the cold war
This. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three residential debates in 1992 talking about the u. S. Debt. The alexion biz the taxes businessmen won 19 of the vote. He ran a second independent president ial campaign in 1986. Tonight, he is our focus on the contenders. Thanks for being with us. We are doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but had an impact on American History. Ross perot is our final 14 people we are profiling. Tonight, joining us for our discussion is historian and biographer Doug Brinkley. As a person who has done a number of powder fees on 20thcentury political figures, what interest you about ross perot . He has a pioneer spirit in him. He harkens back to the 19th century. He is not politics as usual. He cares about the country. Patriotism has become a cheap word. Ross perot is a super patriot. He is less interested in money and polit
In Fresno County try to outrun a wildfire only to quickly realize the only road out is completely surrounded by flames. Thanks for joining us, and we begin this evening with the blistering bay area heat. A live look from the dublin cam, temperatures hit 110 and more, extreme heat is not doing us any favors and it sounds like more on the way . Baker more on the way tomorrow, it wont be this hot, but youre absolutely right, its going to be close. Every number on the screen over my shoulder broke records, 111 today in livermore, these are not the official numbers, they could come in higher, we will get them within this hour. 109 in concorde, San Francisco 98. And just to show you how far above records those locations were, in some cases 59 degrees above, and the airport, downtowns number coming up a little bit later as we get the official numbers and from the National Weather service. The daytime highs from across the bay area as a whole. Santa clara, 108 in mountain view, we work our way
Territory in a single trading session. For some, it was even worse than that check out shares of apple down it lost 180 billion in market cap. That is the largest oneday lost for a u. S. Listed company on record if that isnt enough to get your attention. Apple lost more in market cap yesterday than the individual market capitalizations of 470 of the companies in the s p 500 it wasnt just apple microsoft, alphabet, microsoft and even tesla saw their market caps shrink. Microsoft down by 115 billion amazon off by 93 billion. This morning, things look a little better. You still have the dow down 150 points right now, it is reverse that up 300 points the nasdaq saw the biggest declines, up 27 points right now. We have to keep that in context a few things in here as well talking to people all day yesterday, here is the list. Youll want to know exactly what happened it was the nasdaqs largest drop you dont go up 400 and down that will be highspeed trading. That would matter until they do. Va