Breaking news and good evening. I m erin burnett outfront tonight. The breaking news unsurvivable. That is the exact word officials are using right now, as hurricane helene has now grown to an extremely dangerous category four hurricane, bringing with it potentially really historic storm surge levels right now expected at 20 feet. Let s just look at the scene right now is a live camera that we have in met lots of florida trees right there right now, you ve got up to 130 an hour gusts coming through that area on that bridge. We have seen cars coming and going really even in these past few moments, which is pretty stunning. Many bridges have already been closed. This is the skyway bridge, as you re looking here, which is now completely submerged. Imagine being in one of those cars. And right now, darkness is descending on the area more than 200,000 people in the dark without power right now, there is a sheriff asking people who do not evacuate to write their name and date of birth on the
Police can verify the shooter had no prior record. Cornell, thank you. A tearful president obama addressed the nation this afternoon. He expressed pro found sadness and offered deepest condolences to the families of the victims. The majority of those who died today were children. And. Beautiful little kids between ages of five and 10 years old. Lj29q them. Birthdays, graduations, weddings. Kids are gone. So our hearts are broken today. This evening, michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do. Which is hug our children a little tighter and well tell them we love them. And well remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight. And they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come the Community Needs us to be at our best as americans ask i will do everything in my power as president to help. The president ordered flags to be lowered to half staff in honor of the victims. He said america has end
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