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 florida straight ahead. Plus, a new book by longtime journalist, Bob Woodward, is putting Donald Trumps relationship with russian president vladimir putin back in the spotlight. And meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris continues her media blitz, making more high profile appearances with now less than four weeks until election day. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 9th. We are now 27 days until the president ial election. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for start
When i am ingraham from washington tonight. Time for a real president. That is the focus of tonights angle. Millions of americans are suffering and more than 130 are dead in the aftermath of one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the united states. And tragically for those affected, we never had a President Or Vice president in place and equipped to direct federal preparation nor to demand a swift response by the federal government. The victims of Hurricane Helene didnt know where to turn over the weekend. At this point, you dont see a Fema Station set up. We should have had that by now. Is that concerning . Speak up expect more and we cant get out. Laura you should expect more. Americans cant get out but Kamala Harris had no trouble getting into california and to Las Vegas to campaign over the weekend. The same with biden. He spent most of his time with rehoboth beach. Do you want to spend the weekend here in Washington Or Delaware . Come on, Will You Que . It is 90 miles from here,
Time for a real president. That s the focus of tonight s angle laura: millions of americans are suffering and more than 130 dead in the aftermath of one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the united states. And tragically for those effected we neither had a president or vice president in place and equipped to direct the federal preparation are in to demand a swift response by the federal government. Victims of hurricane helene didn t know where to turn over the weekend. At this point you don t see a fema station set up? that s right. And we should. We should by now. Is that concerning? yeah. We expect nor and we can t get out. Laura: you should expect more. Can t get out. Kamala harris had no trouble getting into california and to las vegas, to campaign over the weekend same with biden. He spent his time at rehoboth beach. Resources in north carolina knowing what you know now and do you work you would have spent the weekend here in washington rather than in delaware. Come on, stop t
They usually report later. But we are very close to them, inally around number three the country per capita. We have done over 225,000 tests. Probably by the end of the day, we will be about 235,000 completed tests with results. One of the things we wanted to do early on was provide easy access for testing for folks. The first place we worked in conjunction with the Florida National guard and local officials was in Broward County when we did the first drivethrough testing site, one of the most successful sites that anyone has done in the country. We will have leaders from the National Guard, and watch to see the best practices. Uniformly they say this is one of the best. It has been incredibly successful. All of the drivein sites throughout florida have done 56,000 plus tests just in those drivethrough sites. People are being tested in the hospitals. They go to their doctor, the doctor will send it to a lab. That is happening all over the place. This has been a force multiplier for us.
It really is way to early on this monday on august 21st. Im Katty Kay On August 21st in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the Tropical Storm pummeling Southern California. Hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the State Reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. In addition to the Tropical Storm, Southern California residents also experienced a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. Officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. In response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a State Of Emergency. Hilary is the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, almost a century. Turning to politics and new polling shows Donald Trumps hold on the Republican Base is as strong as ever. In a yougov survey, trump leads ron desantis, 62 to 16 . In third place is entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Hes at 7 . All the other candidates at 5 or less. Among them, the poll shows they trust t