An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the West Coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. Im Bill Hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana you are missed but glad youre there. This is americas newsroom, im dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill you know, i think it is storm 21. Im back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting earlier today there will be a part of the West Coast of florida that will have a Storm Surge of eight to ten feet. Think about that now. Those low lying Barrier Islands that have been so built up over the past 50 years. The Population Increase on the West Coast of florida. This is going to be a doozy. Experts describe milton as a once in a Century Storm and folks in tampa are taking heed. Very tough. We r
Any questions . Yeah. Reporter when it comes to the number of people in your people are apparently choosing to stay behind, do you know how many people seem to be trying to ride this out . We dont. That comes up all of the time. You know, that kind of talk is so foolish. Said so many times do you want to pick a fight with Mother Nature and shes when he 100 of the time. And individuals and these say you are in a singlestory home, 12 feet is about that house. If you are in it, basically that is the coffin you are in. It is just of this magnitude, what we can hope for is that the storm goes a bit south. We dont want to wish anything on our neighbors. But if it went a little bit south, that would prevent Storm Surge from coming into Tampa Bay where it has no place to go. Bit is just a Storm Surge. It gets pushed into the bay and it is coming into the neighborhoods. Does it seem like most people are respecting that . Oh, yes, you can look at the traffic and it is incredible. I spoke with my
Freed. Listen here. I woke up today with chills because I Cant imagine that we are still in the crisis. One year under torture and under duress, deprived of food, water, sanitation, daylight for a year now and hamas tunnels paired my message is that we will not stop. We will not stop until he is home. You spoke about evil. We are dealing with Pure Evil. Bringing out the hostages is urgent and we have been pleading with them for a year. These monsters are holding our boy. And another 100 hostages. There can be a good deal. It is a deal with the devil but it is a deal that needs to be cut. John we will bring you an allstar lineup including Morgan Ortagus who met with israeli officials including the Prime Minister earlier today. Sandra meanwhile, another top story at this hour appeared folks in the southeast still reeling from helenes destruction. And now another major hurricane is on the way to some of those same hardhit areas and in just the last few moments the national Hurricane Cente
John thank you. Today marks one year since hamas is attack on Israel Kickstarting A Brutal War In The Middle East and while most of the world is holding the somber remembrance ceremonies, antiisrael protesters are marching in demonstrations across this country. Sandra we are awaiting a briefing from the White House and marks from Vp Nominee j. D. Vance who is set to address a memorial in washington. We will bring you the highlights as they happen. She is just the best mother and the best sister. There is no way she would be okay with the number of resources she has been using because there are so many families that are also hurting and missing. Speak of the men and women on the ground are doing the best that they can but fema has every priority wrong. They did not know what to do or where to do it, how to access the mountains. They are turning people away trying to deliver funds. My life has completely changed ten days ago. Theres not really any comparison to it. There is so much tragi
North carolina, more than 200 are dead, hundreds listed as missing as we speak at this hour. Helenes wrath relentless. A Living Nightmare for millions across the south. Most deadly hurricane since katrina. We watch the devastating fallout. Back on the job. Striking Dock Workers reaching a tentative deal to open up u. S. Ports. We got the Jobs Number for september. 254,000 jobs added. This after the fed cut rates by half a point. How does this all factor in now . Well look at that as we begin. Dana has the day off. Im Bill Hemmer live in new york city. Hello to you. Good to be with you on a job day. Cant wait to dig into that. Im Sandra Smith and this is americas newsroom. The tentative Dock Workers would give them a 60 raise. That pushes the deadline past election day. Bill convenient. That and the Jobs Report are good for Kamala Harris. The economy is still seen as a liability in the election. It is Human Nature to attribute your current economic situation to the people in office for