Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
the vast majority of american film and television productions, including the avatar and gladiator sequels. it wants assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. 0ur correspondent is out on the picket lines in new york. tell us what you have been here hearing and seeing there. what you have been here hearing and seeing there- seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar faces seeing there. yeah, we have seen a| number of familiar faces here on the picket line, including stars like susan sarandon and olivia wilde. and many, including the writers guild, other unions havejoined many, including the writers guild, other unions have joined to show their solidarity. other unions have joined to show theirsolidarity. every other unions have joined to show their solidarity. every time a few cars pass by it we hear occasionally some honks in support. so some real mom
pressure as well. the main problem is that the company has nearly £14 billion of debt, so it has a substantial interest bill to pay every year. that interest bill is currently going up because interest rates are going up. some interest rate payments are related to inflation, which is very high. at the same time, it s having to spend over £1 billion a year in infrastructure, water mains, stopping leakage and there s a regulatory review coming up in a few years which may mean it will have to invest even more. thames water needs to raise money from somewhere but if it can t get it, the government is looking at options. we need to make sure thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work the government is doing on resolving sewage. up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down but there is a lot of infrastructure work that needs to take place and we need that entity to survive. in a statement, thames water says it s working constructively
metro police. neil: body cam footage showing metro national police storming the school. they tracked down the suspect, neutralized the shooter in a second floor lobby. the police chief praising the officer s quick actions. i was impressed with all that was going on, the danger that somebody took control and said let s go, let s go, let s go and went in and took care and just tried to end a situation. neil: in a moment, we re going to speak with andrew pollack, whose daughter was among 17 people killed in the parkland high school shooting five years ago. why he wishes there were us aers like that in 2018 when an armed guard never took on a gunman that destroyed so many lives. what he would like to see what happened now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. would have, should have, could have. what we know is that because of the quick response of officers on the scene what had already turned into a deadly scene avoided becoming something far, far worse. c.b. cotton has more from nas