Anderson cooper in braden florida, where the winds have really picked up significantly just in the last ten minutes or so, they are really starting to whip here in downtown by, by The River. I just want to get a sense of sort of the wins. Its sort of hard to tell when youre actually in it you get a sense in the light over there. Theres just been a steady downpour of rain and you can see it there. It reflected in the light as i was talking to erin in the last hour, there is a lot of along The River here. Theres a lot of Palm Trees, a lot of these really large branches of these Palm Trees are just ripping off flying through the air and there are sort of littered all over the ground. I want to walk if i cant over here a little bit and show you the Manatee River is over here. And nellis, is that way. About ten minutes ago, we could see lights over in pinellas obscures me in palmetto, we dont see the lights over there anymore. I dont know if theyre still there and just the visibilities. So
The early bands of the storm hit land. We bring you also an exclusive look at how one Volunteer Group is helping the recovery from Hurricane Helene back in North Carolina. President Biden Talks with israelS Prime minister as one israeli official warns of a lethal response to iranian attacks that could be imminent. Former President Trump tries to rally supporters in one of the most crucial of the Battleground States as new pollS Poll surfa. But, first [rain and winds] the wow, unbelievable. Zero visibility at thiS Point. Just unbelievable. [winds] bret the early effects of milton are here. We begin with a Fox Weather Alert. Hurricane milton heading toward Coastal Florida right now. Again, the first part of that hitting land. It is a category 3 system down from a 5 earlier. But it is bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge as much as 13 feet with 120 mileperhour winds and the potential for many, many tornadoes, some actually have already been spotted all over the ground throughout Coastal F
Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
Looking forward to talking to julie and brian shortly but the latest Bbc News first. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his military has eliminated the expected successor of the hezbollah leader, hassan nasrallah, and the next in line after him. In a Video Address posted on social media, made in english, he didnt refer to anyone by name but he did call on the people of lebanon to reject hezbollah, and their iranian backers. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military says its expanding its Ground Offensive into south western lebanon. Until now its focused on the south eastern side. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets at northern israeli cities. President biden says Hurricane Milton could be the worst storm to hit florida in a century. The category four storm will make landfall in this next 48 hours. 51 florida counties are under a state of emergency, more than 200 State Health Care facilities have been evacuated. There are just three mps left in the race to be the n