Being felt everywhere. It has come in as a category three storm with 120 mile per hour sustained it went even higher gusts according to the national hurricane center, we are talking to Rental Rain extremely dangerous wind. What is being described is lifethreatening Storm Surges that are now pounding portions of the state. At this hour, a Lifethreatening Flash Flood warning has just been issued for nearly 2 Million people. That includes tampa, saint petersburg, and clearwater. You just saw Bill Weir in st. Petersburg. You could see all of that developing there right now, over half 1 Million homes and businesses have lost power with conditions deteriorating by the minute this storm has also spawned a Record Number of tornadoes, all across the state of florida, far beyond where the storm has actually making direct hit tonight, there have been 19 confirmed tornadoes. So far, the sheriff Of St. Lucie county has just confirmed that there have been multiple fatalities after an outbreak of tor
Liz cheney, a staunch conservative, joins Kamala Harris in the Swing State, Wisconsin Town where the Republican Party was born, fellow Conservative Harris joins us. So does Cassidy Hutchinson and one of the three former trump White House staffers will make their own case against their old boss next week in pennsylvania. And tonight, Melania Trump selling her book and staking out a far different position on abortion from her husband especially his party good evening. Thanks for joining us if politics makes Strange Bedfellows tonight, that same notion also makes news just a short time ago in ripon, wisconsin, home of the Republican Party, one of the grandest names, the grand old Party Campaign for the democratic candidate for president. Former wyoming republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, who like her father Dick Cheney is both a staunch conservative and now a Harris Supporter 1984 for Ronald Reagan i served in the State Department in both bush administrations, and i served in the united
Coventry direct redefining insurance im dr. Sanjay gupta in atlanta. And this is cnn us this afternoon on Cnn News central. Im boris sanchez, live in the Nations Capital alongside Alison Camerota grateful to have you, brianna keilar, obviously has the day off and we begin here in washington, dc, where just moments ago, President Biden made a Surprise Visit during the White House Press Briefing. His first time ever taking questions there as president and he took quite a few. He seemed to relish his exchanges with a report. Yeah, they got to drag him out of there. The president spoke about everything from the ongoing crisis in the Middle East to the latest positive Jobs Report numbers. He was also asked if he believes the upcoming election will be free and fair and peaceful. And im confident be free and fair i dont know whether it will be peaceful things that trump has said and the things that he said last Time Out would he didnt like the outcome of the election . Were very dangerous hav
6 00 a. M. On the East Coast thursday, october the 3rd. And this is Fox Friends. Ainsley where is brian where is brian . Lawrence where did he go in ainsley he better not be picketing with the dock workers. Steve he is on the assignment. Ainsley could be coming to Grocery Stores and all of our Gas Stations all of that as we learn more about the Union Boss Life of luxury. Steve yeah, who knew . Plus, mawmp talking about todays polar and dangerous political climbed. Not surprised. And every event that has happened, im thinking what is New Mexico . Ainsley devoted dad treks nearly 30 miles through helene floodwaters to walk his daughter down the aisle, answered joins us this hour. Steve oh, man. Lawrence Fox Friends starts right now and remember, mornings are better with friends. Steve all right. 6 01 here in the East Coast. Today marks the Third Day of the dock Workers Strike. Union members are vowing to stay on that picket line. 24 7, until they get a new contract and get what they want
Wide tornado has hit. Those are some of the descriptions used to talk about this heartbreaking toll of Hurricane Helene across the southeastern united states. Today, we learned the storm has killed at least 128 people. That number has increased since an hour ago when i reported on this hundreds of others have been reported missing. Towns, reduced to debris. We begin our coverage this hour with cnns Rafael Romo. Hes in Western North Carolina with a closeup look at this horrific destruction here for sara tim co, this freshly brewed coffee is a luxury made possible by the love of her father. I asked my daughter, are you okay. Youve just texted her and she sent me back these horrifying pictures. I mean, it looked like armageddon. Thats when theyve Tim Cook decided to travel hundreds of miles to come to the rescue of his daughter and her family, bringing food, water, gas, and supplies, buildings down, houses, washed away im like, oh, my god, my dollars in the middle of this and shes 7. 5 mo