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
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
Whats going on. It is how i keep informed and have a great week. Thank you, too. Speed to see you soon. Fox news alert, came under fire for a response of leaving victims in hard area Cut Off from the world then for themselves and this is amidst catastrophic disaster. Welcome to a Brandnew Hour of Americas Newsroom and Bill Hemmer is off to dave and julian, think you. Gillian im Gillian Turner and blaming inadequate response to disaster of leadership at the white house. This is across the southeast and republicans raising the questions about the Bidenharris Administration to handle largescale emergencies like this one. As Hurricane Milton taking aim at florida as we just heard from governor Ron Desantis just two weeks after helene. Cofounder Tim Kennedy on the ground in North Carolina. He is coordinating private Rescue And Relief operations there. Here is what he says about the governments response. It was absolutely broken. Fema and the land in mn on the ground doing the best they can
Commanders, fans. Im more on the sidelines when it comes to football, more of a coached Basketball Girl having been, you know, im from kentucky, chuckey. Thats right. Its see chapel hill. I got college basketball, my blood, but hey, go commanders there you go. Every team i got to mention is the dallas cowboys. And i think i know that, you cant you got to pick one. Ill on this. Okay. Could be a work in progress. I have family from texas, grew up watching one of those things. I hear you i hear you, but well work on it when they play each other. I think later in november well have to have to come up with something. All right. Have a good weekend. You too, right . Thanks so much. Good morning, everyone. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Pamela Brown here in washington and were following two big stories about the economy this morning. The latest Jobs Report is out and it blew away expectations, added tentative deal has ended the Port Strike that. Threatened to damage the Economy Thousand
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