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
lake, i was 100 percent with. emily: yes! yes! jesse: it was a bong hit. bret: thank you, jesse. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight. we have new polling on the republican presidential race in iowa showing former president donald trump making it a one horse race with a growing lead on the competition. in iowa, with just three and a half weeks to go before the caucuses, a fox business survey finds former president trump 34 points ahead of his nearest competitor. and there is substantial fallout this evening in iowa and elsewhere for the breaking news story we brought you last night. the ruling by colorado state supreme court that the former president is not qualified to be on that state s ballot because the court labels him an insurrectionist. a term pine used today as well. we have fox team coverage. david spunt is at the white house. president biden defines the polls talking up bidenomics and calling out predecessor reacting to that colorado ruling. we begin
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. he s likely meeting with leaders on tuesday, setting up another showdown on debt limits. we shouldn t be here. the united states border patrol has experienced a 50% drop in the number of encounters. this is not a democrat or republican problem. this is an american problem. master of the optics. standing with all of the european leaders, ukraine taking its place in the european bloc. live from london, this is cnn newsroom. with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, may the 15th. 9:00 a.m. here in the uk where ukraine s president zelenskyy is meeting with the prime minister, mr. zelenskyy is fresh off a weekend of stops at european capitals to meet with other key allies. france and germany publicly pledged addition al military ai. the uk s package will include air defense missiles and air attack with a range of 200
rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honour it. that they will honour it. air strikes continued to pound the capital of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in sudan is at a breaking point. world leaders, including the african union, are calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies again in khartoum, people fleeing
in activity. the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter thanks to robust consumer spending after lockdowns were lifted. but factory output has lagged due to weak global growth and this latest data raises questions about the sustainability of china s recovery. a market strategist told me these numbers show how uneven china s economic recovery has been. fix, economic recovery has been. pretty dire set of numbers, although still an expansion. it has come below expectations, but of course the bigger shock on the manufacturing side, and to see how uneven the recovery is in china. two things worth noting. first, we are coming from a strong first quarter where we had this initial euphoria after the reopening of the economy, as well as some benefit from the chinese new year period. so of course, manufacturers are a little bit downbeat after that initial euphoria has come down. secondly, my bigger concern is about geopolitics and the impact maki