1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
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That s going to do it for our special vladimir putin birthday edition of the rachel maddow show tonight. Now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. I would not have known whose birthday it was today, rachel, if you didn t deliver that what do we call that? is that good news? i m not sure what that is. It s the opposite of me singing happy birthday. It s a fact, that s for sure, characterizing it yonder that is not easy. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Thank you. We are separated by an entire country right now. I m in los angeles. She s on the east coast so our connection has a little bit of a gap in it when we are chatting , which explains our little pauses with each other right there. Now it is an election night in america and it will be election 19 america every night for the next 29 days. That s until november 5th, the final election nights of the season. Voting is already underway at early voting locations and with mailin ballots in this country. Ov
Headed for floridas West Coast. The lead starts right now miltons intensity has exploded. Its gone from a tropical storm to a powerful category five hurricane in less than 24 hours and right on the heels of the deadly hurricane, helene, from a new Storm Track to Evacuation Orders were covering everything you need to know a republican effort pushed by Donald Trump Junior to cut ties with one of the federal governments biggest contractors. How criticism . Of trump from Jd Vance before he became trumps running mate, led to this effort in retribution but first one year since the deadly October 7 Terrorist attacks somber ceremonies around the globe Painful Screams Interrupting A Moment Of Silence at the nova festival memorial. Were standing by to see a commemoration from Vice President Kamala Harris Tapper and were going to start in israel. Its been one year since the October 7 massacre, the single deadliest day for jews since the holocaust, 1,200 israelis were ambushed and murdered by hama