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we had some of the strongest winds here so far. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida s west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let s get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? i will look at it with you, because it s right at the presses. we re still looking at a strong storm. we re looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let s hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. ....
not ones to write home about. 11.3% is the jump in wholesale prices from a year ago and came in lot steamier than economists predicted coming off the you know what it feels like when you buy things. consumer prices are up substantially. fastest pace we ve seen since 1981 back in reagan years. you have to go to art laffer to find that out. white house points out wages are up. here is the deal. wages aren t rising at the pace of inflation. you look at a pay cut of 3.6%. if you crunch the numbers inflation is costing the average american household $500 a month. setting on fire every single month because you aren t getting anything for that $500. bill: questions now including this how did we get here? many economists blame out of control government spending along the way. democrats are passed more than $3 trillion in new spending under president biden and they aren t taking their foot off the gas as they look to revamp build back better. let s go to mark meredith ....
Which is higher ground. all my servers and cooks all seem to be good to go, so we will have to fix some fencing and put everything back in place and get the doors open. spoken like a true floridian, wendy. your business has survived, and you are hopefully going to be cracking x two days from now. when the goldberg, thank you so much for joining us, i appreciate it. thank you. there is much more of our special coverage of the historic hurricane, one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall when the 11th hour continues. continues. ....
Taxes and everything else and come down here and they re voting different ways. i m proud to say for the first time in my life at 46 years old about two weeks ago i registered as a republican here in florida. there are now 200,000 more registered republicans in florida than democrats and when ron desantis came to office there was a 50,000 deficit. the democratic party here is in complete shambles. you mentioned the amount of money that prytzger worth there are 3 billion. ron desantis is worth $300,000. this guy who is a true floridian and cares about this place has only governed to keep the people free and everywhere you go you see crazy support for him. i think he is what the future of the republican party is but in some ways he is already acting as the president. we have a president who is obviously not doing particularly well and then a bunch of people like newsom and pritzker who want power more ....
Tuesday s Afternoon Update | 12/29/2020 2020 was a sunny year for Florida orange juice While 2020 was bad for many businesses, it was an exceptionally good year for Florida citrus growers. The industry wants to keep that momentum going. Remember at the beginning of the pandemic when everyone hoarded toilet paper? Turns out they were stocking up on orange juice, too. Sales of OJ have been declining for years. But in 2020 retail sales hit a five-year high according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More from WMFE. See also: Orlando airport is busier than expected despite COVID as travelers are wary of each other ....