We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
John live look at the Federal Reserve where a decision on the future of Interest Rates is imminent. We should get it any second now. This announcement should have major implications for americans feeling the pinch of inflation. We do expect federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell Toehold a News Conference later this hour as is traditional. With that, John Roberts and washington. Sandra Sandra Smith in New York. Might as well sell myself because right now you are looking at a bit of a turnaround. What are we looking at with the dow . But the Tick Marks not indicating that peer do you see that . The Tick Mark is read. We are going to look at that because i dont know what that is. A minute ago it was flat now it is up okay, the decision is now, okay, 50 Basis Points. The Tick Mark is not on the screen but that is accurate. The dow is now up 323 points, john. That Tick Mark there it is there it is. All right, so this was highly anticipated. Kelly ogrady from Fox Business ran onset with us to c
Welcome back to the weekend. Were just 51 days from Election Day. 51 days. And in person early voting officially kicks off tomorrow in pennsylvania. That states 19 electoral votes are seen as must win by both campaigns and thats why Vice President harris will be in pennsylvania on tuesday. Shell Visit Michigan on thursday and wisconsin on friday. Now part of Harris Focus reaching voters outside of the democratic base as politico puts it. Harris team sees room to grow many of the types of voters located in the smaller cities. Exurban locals and rural areas shes visiting. Older mostly noncollege educated white voters. Joining us now, former Homeland Security Advisor and former Counterterrorism Advisor to Vice President mike pence. Olivia troye. You were on stages and in rooms. If i told you ten years ago you were going to be in some of these places you never would have believed me. When you were out on the trail talking to some of these are the republican voters what are you hearing espe
Thought for american workers like i would fight for my own family. I took care of our economy like i would take care of my own company. This election will decide whether or not we reward Kamala Harris with reelection, and four more years of crime, economic calamity, and international humiliation, or whether we change that direction, and once again build the greatest economy in the history of the world. Sandra thats former President Donald Trump laying out his vision to Business Leaders with the New York economic Club Right here in manhattan. Thats happening right now. All of this as his 2024 rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, is on the road arriving in pittsburgh where shell be preparing for tuesdays High Stakes debate. And that is where we are as we top a brandnew hour. Welcome, everyone. Im Sandra Smith in New York. Good to be with you. John im John Roberts in washington. This is america reports. The former president also promising gasoline at under 2 a gallon, and that he would ap
Mentation is going to radically improve this case has been a lifesaver. Im our Life Signs in rehoboth beach, delaware. And this is cnn you are in the cnN Newsroom. Hi, everyone. Im Jessica Dean in New York, and we have a Breaking News in the Israel Hamas War He Israeli Military issuing a rare announcement, their forces have discovered a number of bodies in the gaza strip, moments ago, President Biden acknowledged the discovery to reporters. Now thIs News has prompted the hostage and hostages and missing Families Forum in israel. To call for the public to mobilize, to pressure the netanyahu government to reach an agreement on a Hostage And Ceasefire deal. There are currently 107 total hostages living and dead are still being held in gaza. That is, according to israel and the Hostage Forum see Cnn International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is In Jerusalem and nick, its been several hours now since the idf put out what youve categorized and explained as a very rarE Statement, what more