Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
Information. Millions of americans need now to brace for Hurricane Milton. This is round two during a suddenly violent hurricane season. Tampa, florida is facing unsurvivable conditions. We know from 12 days ago with helene the forecasters mean it. Now we pray that it is going to go off course but you have to be ready. The storm remains a category 4. It has been a 5 along the way and likely return to some 160 to 180 mileperhour winds being carried by the cat 5. President biden is set to speak at every moment after a briefing he is receiving by fema officials. That is critical. There is all sorts of talk about what fema can do and what it hasnt done for Hurricane Helene victims and potentially could be facing more people to help by the end of this week. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Officials have ordered mandatory evacuations now for people in a Dozen Florida counties, 5 1 2 Million people in florida living along the Gulf Coast must leave the area immediately. L
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
Got in the background, its not important. Bret see you. Thanks, jesse. Im bret baier. Coming up a Surprise Appearance for President Biden at todays White House Briefing Room. First of hiS Presidency, we will bring you there. In full swing. Holds multiple events in michigan. One of them right now. Former President Trump visits storm ravaged North Carolina. Fox news speaks exclusively with Taiwans China Threat and the u. S. Presidential election. Bret first, breaking tonight, a week gone by since Hurricane Helene roared ashore, both the Death Toll and the level of destruction, frustration with the pace of Rescue And Recovery are rising. The search for survivors becoming increasingly dire in multiple states aS People in some communities remain without food, clean water, or power. In North Carolina, construction crews are water main supply lane. Supply line that connects a Water Plant and reservoir with the city of asheville. Correspondent Madison Scarpino in the hard Hit Region Tonight wi
Steve it is 7 00 here on the worlds most famous couch in New York city. Welcome to wednesday, October 7th, 2024 edition of Fox Friends. Our lead story, Tim Walz the Governor And J. D. Vance the senator, making their pitch to americans Last Night. In what will likely be the only Vice President ial debate. Heres a highlight. Kamala harris is bringing us a new way forward. She is bringing us a politics of joy. She has been the Vice President for three and a half years. We need a new direction. Brian joy . Ainsley joy. Steve lawrence is in Battleground Michigan talking to voters there. They are happy he is there you will hear from had them shortly. Ainsley good crew out there, lawrence. The Dock Workers hitting the Picket Lines for a second day, disrupting shipping on the East Coast. Were going to ask the speaker of the house, Mike Johnson, about how congress will address the economic fallout in just a few moments. Brian israel vowing revenge. Revenge as lauren launches a barrage of nearly