It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
SpIrIt, a polItIcal correspondent for the tImes and Andrew FIsher who wrItes for the I. Thank you both for beIng wIth us. Tell me lara what do you thInk KeIr Starmer has do today . When you speak to people In labour about what they want to achIeve, they want KeIr Starmer to put a stamp on thIs conference and say what he belIeves In and what the government Is for, we have had ale dIffIcult couple of weeks for the government, we have had storIes about donor gate, freebIes and dIffIcult storIes about the salary of chIef of staff. Some are sayIng that Is because there a voId that starmer has left and Into that voId he needs to state what It Is he needs. So we need to see from hIm today there Is a real sense he needs to stamp hIs authorIty on thIs conference. Another thIn andrew was the sense we got from the government about tough decIsIon, the WInter Fuel Payment whIch was a contentIous decIsIon about that for mIllIons and we have heard from some sayIng you need to Inject more optImIsm whI
Sir Keir Starmer will say there is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of faster ecOnomic growth and falling nhs Waiting Lists, but hell warn there are no easy answers. Well bring you full coverage of that as it happens 2pm. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has addressed the cOnference in the last Hour And Lisa nandy, the secretary for culture, Media And Sport is expected to speak in about half an hour. So, dOnt anyOne tell me that was a protest. DOnt anyOne tell me that was about immigratiOn, policing or poverty. Plenty of people have strOng views On immigratiOn, crime, On the nhs and more, but they dOnt pick up breaks and throw them at the police. They dOnt set light to buildings with people inside. It was arsOn, it was racism, it was thuggery, it was a crime. Applause and you know it happened because criminals thought they could get away with it. They saw the cracks in the system, the impunity that built up system, the impunity that built up through the tory years, and when t
Yeah. Im on the board that explains a lot that were preparing. Preparing one based on, you its got lots of raised eyebrows. Yeah, exactly a crying Face Emoji telles. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. A Brand New hour of Cnn News central starts right now Election Day has already begun. Early voting is happening in three states, but we are 42 days away now until the actual election today, Brand New polling this morning showing one of the tightest races ever more on the new numbers from key Battleground States is ahead. And Breaking News overnight, at least 100 people hello, her dead as israel escalates his attacks on hezbollah inside lebanon, this is a Fastdeveloping Story this morning we are live on the ground with the very latest and also more Breaking News for you. We are getting a little newer. Look at a letter the suspect in the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump Brand new details. What he wrote before he was arrested as hes expected in court this morning. Im Sara Si
Welcome back to the weekend. Breaking this hour, Nbc News has just released a new national poll with just 44 days until the election. Vice president Kamala Harris holds a Fivepoint Lead over Donald Trump. 49 to 44 among registered voters. While that number was within the margin of error, it also shows a pronounced shift toward democrats since july when President Biden left the race. These new numbers, as the election is already in progress, folks. You know it. If youre in virginia, minnesota, or South Dakota you are voting early, and thats good. Buckle up, folks. I am telling you this president ial race and dearly two years of Preparation And Runup is in its final stretch and its time to bring it home. Helping us bring it all home, joining us where ever he is. I dont know, man. You are not at the table. You are not at the table. Msnbc political contributor and white House Correspondent for political eugene daniels, the head of the white House Correspondents association. This brother is