Breaking this morning, the dangerous threat from Hurricane Debbys seconds ago, it just made landfall. Battering florida with powerful winds and hail Heavy Rains, and could cause catastrophic flooding in three states, we are tracking that storm and the announcement could come at any minute. Were standing and the by to find out who Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen as her Running Mate and then ten years ago, a dead Bear Cub was found under a bike in Central Park. Now robert f. Kennedy jr. Has confessed that he was the one who put it there. We promised the whole thing is even weirder than it sounds Kate Bolduan is out today. Im John Berman with Sarah Seidner in this is Cnn News Central just a few seconds ago, Hurricane Debby made landfall, the category one storm is lashing floridas Big Bend region, right now, lifethreatening Storm Surge and wind gusts as high as 100 miles per hour, or the biggest concern as The Sun begins to rise. But the rain and what comes next for georgia and Sou
Were going to be in real, real trouble. Our kids are going to be in real trouble. In all, 52 people were killed in the northeast. Families drowning and homes, others in cars. And soon the president will speak directly with more officials and residents in the hard hit areas. In New Jersey, and in new york, and were showing you what it looked like just days ago. Todays trip also a critical moment as the president pushes his infrastructure bill. We have Team Coverage of the president s trip. First athena jones in manville, New Jersey where President Biden will visit next. What will he see and hear from officials there . Reporter well, the president wants to come and see the damage firsthand. See it for himself. Coming to where we are now, we saw piles and piles of debris from houses lined up. This is the biggest Pile Weve seen so far. Its been growing. You can see a couch. Theres a door. There are appliances pulled out. The wood from all the walls. The insulation. And that is because this
And the worst could be yet to come. Rolling tornado warnings. Highways under Water And Storm surges that could reach more than ten feet. All of this danger 16 years to the day after Hurricane Catrin arrived on louisianas shores. Cnn is on the scene across the gulf coast. Lets start with Brian Todd in New Orleans, a city all too familiar with hurricane devastation. We can see the winds are picking up. A short time ago, Emergency Services were suspended there. What can you tell us . Jim, the intensity has really picked up in the last hour since i last spoke to you. You can see some debris flying down The Street here in the french quarter. Debris everywhere as the winds have really intensified. Take a look down The Street. See some of this debris. Im going to pivot this way and our Photo Journalist is going to take you through this. Look at this collapsed roof. It came down across this intersection. Insulation and all of this stuff, it was a very violent crash just before we got on the sc
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majority in the house. so, it s understandable that and almost justified that mccarthy is not wanting to ruffle any feathers before this important vote on january 3rd. all right. nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie raffa thank you so much. thank you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. and there it is, the u.s. capitol. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 29th. and we re going to get right to the news. prosecutors are turning up the heat on congressman-elect george santos, after the revelations he lied about his resume. we re going to have more on the investigation by a fellow republican district attorney. plus, the very latest on the weather emergency in buffalo, new york. first, the snow, and now concerns about flooding and questions about the response to the deadly blizzard. and we re following the latest on the southwest airlines meltdown. more cancellations and delays