Out of florida, millions of people under threat from Monster Size Hurricane milton. That powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour has come ashore. The eyewall made landfall half an hour ago in siesta key, which is a Barrier Island off of the coast of sarasota. Right now, the storm with a diameter of 450 miles, is bringing lifethreatening winds and potentially devastating Storm Surge up to 13 feet. Earlier today, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa, took steal drones on the gulf of mexico. They showed 40 nautical miles away from meltons eye, the winds were gusting 76 miles an hour and waves were cresting up at 28 feet high. That powerful storm is hitting land. For those not in the eyewalls direct path, there is reason to be vigilant as much of florida is under a tropical Storm Watch or warning. The national Weather Service also issued warnings in parts of south and central florida, where milton has spawned 10 tornadoes. Airports,
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
Good morning. Sit sunday, october it is sunday, october 6th. Im Alicia Menendez with Symone Sanderstownsend and michael steele. We have fresh details on the Harris Campaign Sprint to the fineish line as Donald Trump focuses on lies and retribution. Talk with a Senate Candidate in florida and in nebraska aiming to upset republicans incumbents with in Balance Of Power at fake. Plus, tomorrow marks one year since the October 7th Terror Attack on israel. What is ahead for the region still on edge and a very busy morning so grab your coffee and settle in and welcome to The Weekend. Ooh, 30 days. 30 days from Election Day. Just one month for candidates up and down the ballot to make their case to the american people. Theyre on the Campaign Trail and today, we have new details about the road ahead for Vice President harris. The vp is launching what the campaign is calling a Media Blitz this week including interviews with the View And Howard Stern And Stephen colbert and a Town Hall with univi
Tonight on the reidout do you have confidence that it will be a free and fair election and that it will be peaceful? two separate questions. I m confident it will be free and fair. I don t know whether it will be peaceful. A stunning warning from the sitting president of the united states that trump s rhetoric could threaten the peaceful transfer of power. This comes as trump today once again spread lies about the biden/harris administration s response to hurricane helene. Just one facet of the despicable storm politics republicans are playing with marjorie taylor greene making a claim that s absurd, even for her. We begin tonight we begin tonight with the final stretch with just 32 days to go until election day. And early voting under way in more than half of all states. We re seeing a remarkable contrast between the two candidates and their coalitions. On one side, you have vice president kamala harris, who today made multiple stops across the key battleground state of michigan. Jus
In Swing States. As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the constitution, i have thought deeply about this. Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am i not voting for Donald Trump, but i will be voting for Kamala Harris. [ applause ] that was former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming One month ago, endorsing democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president. Today, cheney will appear with harris for the first time at a Campaign Event in battleground wisconsin. That comes following the release of a new report on Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Well dig into why special Counsel Jack Smith says most of trumps actions On And around January 6th are not protected by the Supreme Courts immunity decision. Trump, meanwhile, made more comments about Migrants Yesterday, explaining hiS Plan to deport those in the u. S. With legal status. To deport legal migrants. Plus, a day after the Vice President ial debate, both Running Mate