Brian 7 00 a. M. On the east coast, wednesday, october 9th, this is Fox Friends. Steve it is. We start this hour of Fox Friends with a fox weather alert. Look at those live images right now from Tampa And Fort myers. Rain and wind picking up in florida as a Category 5 Hurricane Named Milton is barreling toward the state. Florida congressman Byron Donalds is standing by with an urgent warning. He is with us in two minutes. Lawrence while americans are scrambling to find safety, the White House is brushing off criticism of their Emergency Response as misinformation. A lot of misinformation. Misleads people. Im going to divorce the disinformation that is being spread. Your whole premise of the question is misinformation. Ainsley fbi foils an afghan Nationals Plot to launch an Election Day Terror attack. How he got here under the bidenharris administration. Brian second hour of Fox Friends starts right now. Hurricane milton expected to make landfall along floridas gulf coast. Lawrence comm
Understand and fully comprehended, but were going to cover it to the best of our ability and shine a spotlight on whats going on, jim. Thanks very much. You got it hadnt morning to All Of You. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington. We begin this hour with this breaking News Hurricane Milton its is barreling toward the western shores of florida, the national Hurricane Center just issued the latest advisory saying the storm remains a category four, but it could pick up speed and go back to category five meanwhile, floridians heading out of state could be facing a number of obstacles. Some Gas Statiounning and officials see to expect Hours Worth of traffic. And this morning, Tampa International Airport suspended all operations. We begin this Hours Coverage with Meteorologist Derek Van dam. Derek, we just got an update on the storm tell us the latest alright. So pamela, since 5 00 a. M. Weve seen an increase in the Wind Speeds were at 150 miles per hour, sustained
Sullen day in the history and the Nova Music Festival as the country marks one year since carried out a brutal Terrorist Attack and 1200 people killed becoming the deadliest day for the since the holocaust. But is still an active War Zone right now and plumes of smoke rising in beirut as israel trades heavy fire. Overnight hamas a barrage of missiles at Tel Aviv to march the massacre and to wipe the Jewish State off the map. We have much more on this throughout the morning but first. For the second time in two Weeks Florida is bracing for lifethreatening storm. Governor Ron Desantis about to give an update on Hurricane Milton or Joe Wood has rapidly intensifying and could force the biggest evacuation in years. Good morning im Dana Perino and bill is often great to have you here jillian. Im Gillian Turner and this is Americas Newsroom and gaining strength the gulf of Mexico And Category 3 but could get stronger still when it makes landfall wednesday. Dana milton on track to hit Tampa An
Marked a rapid escalation marked a rapid escalation of this conflict. Of this conflict. Israel says its air strikes in yemen, targeting power plants and the port of hodeidah, were their response to missile attacks by the iranian backed houthis. The houthi run health ministry says at least 4 people were killed and 29 wounded. Translation: we have no interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the
Jessica dean in washington, alongside my colleague Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv. And welcome to our viewers in the u. S. Us. And around the world. Were going to begin with Breaking News as tensions in the Middle East threatened to boil over. Israel today, turning its firepower on targets in houthi controlled parts of yemen. The idf saying it atactic Power Station and a seaport. The iranbacked group is behind a recent Rocket Attacks on israel and us warship ships in the region. And this all comes as hezbollah confirmed, another of its senior leaders was killed in fridays massive israeli strike on beirut that killed the Groups Leader lets send it over now to jim in Tel Aviv jim walk us through whats happening and what these attacks on the houthi targets tell us listen, you could reliably call this a multifront War Today more than its been even in recent weeks and months. Israel says it has struck dozens of hezbollah targets near the, near a Village South of beirut. This in addition to those a