Welcome everyone. Thanks for joining me. Im Omar Jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. Were going to start today with Breaking News because yet another Hurricane Threat is facing floridas West Coast. Just moments ago, tropical Storm Milton Florida as a category three storm in just a few days. Now, governor Ron Desantis has declared a State Of Emergency for 51 counties ahead of and it could bring devastating Storm Surge to parts of the state still recovering from Hurricane Helene. Cnns Rafael Romo joins me. Now, Rafael Helene slammed into florida just ten days ago. I know you were on the ground covering some of its devastation. Can you tell us what were learning now ahead of this potential impact here yes, some are high. This is probably going to feel like a onetwo punch for many floridians in addition to we clearing a State Of Emergency and 51 states, florida governor Ron Desantis has ordered Management Sites to be opened 24 7, so that many areas covered by debris after Hurricane Helene
for northern ireland, the same across wales. as we head across thursday, a repeat performance. more cloud across northern and eastern areas. furtherwest, cloud across northern and eastern areas. further west, the best of the sunshine. again, the low 20s. we could see temperatures coming down a bit towards the end of the week. always out west we will see the high temperatures, most of the sunshine is we head through friday on the weekend. a little bit cooler and easier towards the east coast. take care. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which isjust getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. today s daytime strikes on kyiv mark a change of tactics as does using so many missiles in recent days. there were a0 air launched cruise missiles and 35 drones launched yes
shot because of it. they re gonna have spears that they never thought about in their life that now they re going to think about all the time there is this culture within america that shoot first ask questions later. what is going on in this country? at least two people are dead this morning after severe storms tore across three states overnight tornado left down trees and power lines, creating challenges for first responders to find those trapped in a number of emergency crews all over this area. look at all the damage. the inflow is insane. access to the comment. abortion drug kristen still legal, at least for now, this is a really uncertain time for the abortion rights movement. pandora s box of potential legal issues. real question is, will they hear it? and where are they headed on this? we don t want a supreme court justice in our bedrooms, telling us what to do. not can you hear me? now? can you hear me? we saw a missile land very close to our vehicle. thousands have al
we have another hour of velshi, right now. good morning to you, i m ali velshi. is this saturday october 8th day 227 of russia s war in ukraine. breaking news this morning out of crimea. an explosion has crippled the bridge. this is a remarkable development. take a look at this bridge. look at the multitude of fires across it. it has collapsed part of the bridge into the sea. russians think the truck bomb exploded. it set fire to several oil tankers that were traveling on the bridge by rail. now, here is the important part. you probably never heard about this. it is new. it is the only bridge connecting mainland russia and crimea. this is a pet project for vladimir putin belt after russia s illegal annexation of crimea in 2014. north of crimea, on the battlefield front, ukraine continues to regain its land in the northeast, and east. this week the captured about 2000 square kilometers in the south near the area of kherson. it is the blue areas over here. ukraine has now captu
Im laila harrak. Out on strike or auto workers in the u. S. Still dont have a deal with automakers in the first strike against all of the big three. The death toll from floods in libya will likely keep rising as the search goes on. Well talk to a storm Health Official about how Recovery Efforts are going. Increased Police Presence as protests break out across iran to mark the anniversary of the death of mahsa amini in police custody. No breakthrough, but reasonably productive discussions, at least with ford. Thats how the United Auto Workers are describing labor talks on day two of the unions strike against three top u. S. Automakers. Striking Union Workers picketed outside the Ford Assembly plant in wayne, michigan. Ford has responded to the walkout by temporarily laying off some 600 nonstriking workers at that plant, saying the strike is causing a lack of parts. Gm is threatening to lay off 2,000 more. The union and ford, General Motors, and stellantis are far apart on wages and bene