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This tuesday night. Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Tonight were tracking hurricane milton, the extremely dangerous category 5 storm thats likely to make landfall in florida in just about 24 hours. Well have much more on the storm in a moment. But we are also just four weeks out from election day as they say game on. If you have not registered to vote yet, youre running out of time. Today is the deadline to register in new mexico. Tomorrow is the deadline in missouri. A new poll fro...

I apologize. This is horrific. The terrible land entirely predictable hurricane milton. Its a very dangerous storm in terms of strength and size as it approaches landfall. Is another monster storm heads toward florida powered by extreme temperatures in the gulf, and as millions across the south dig out from last weeks devastating hurricane, reminder of what trump thinks about climate change. We will have a little bit more beachfront property. Life or death stakes in this election. Donald trump r...

Still be so close? yet here we are. We showed you those numbers, plus 6, plus 10. His ability to outperform in that state is remarkable anywhere in the country. Thank you, my friend. More than 5. 5 million people are under voluntary or mandatory evacuation orders in florida tonight as the state braces for the s impact of hurricane milt. Tolls were waived and highway shoulders were open to ease clogging as florida residents took to the roads to get out of the storms way. Hurricane milton is expec...

Being taken care of. And it really is its unamerican, it really is. People are scared to death. People know their lives are at stake, all that theyve worked for, all that they own, all that they value. President joe biden yesterday addressing misinformation on helene recovery efforts spread by donald trump and his allies. And that comes as hurricane milton is gaining strengthen in the gulf and expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. Well have the latest storm track and a live report from...

Hurried preparations, theres also a new worry. Limited resources. Gas stations literally running on empty, and grocery store shelves picked clean. Nbcs marisa is joining us from tampa. Jay gray is standing by in ft. Myers. And meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the storm for us. The track of this storm has shifted slightly since yesterday. Where do we expect landfall now? yeah, this has kind of wobbled back and forth, ten miles north or south. As we go throughout time, we are anticipati...

Keep it here on msnbc. Well be here throughout the storm for you and ill see you here tomorrow, same time, same place. For now, im ana cabrera reporting from new york. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. 11:00 a. M. Eastern, 8:00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with breaking news. Hurricane milton closing in on floridas gulf coast, expected to make landfall early tomorrow as a devastating major hurricane. Right now, milton is a category 4 storm, churning 10...

Coast in a few hours. Tonight, milton expected to bring a mix of storm surge, high winds and power outages to communities across florida. More than 1 million people are under evacuation orders with local officials urging people in vulnerable zones to get to safety now. If you were as blunt as we have seen a public official be. If people stay in the evacuation zones and try to ride it out, they will die. Is that still your message this morning? wherever that storm surge comes, if its 10 to 15 fee...

Going to be different? and so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out? thank you, madam vice president. Yes, we are emphasizing the size and intensity of the storm and the direction at which its approaching which is unusual and really raises that storm surge risk for the west coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the west coast of florida from the south or southeast p...

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 i...

Developments, but we begin at the weather map with al roker. As if the threat of this potentially historic storm isnt enough, were already seeing tornadoes. Thats right. And this was kind of the worst case scenario, chris, because we were talking about this for the last two days. We were going to see these tornadoes, especially as it approached, and sure enough thats what happened. Lets show you what weve got going on right now. As far as our map is concerned, we are looking at a category 4 stor...