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 100 Miles Southwest of tampa, set to bring damaging winds and a dangerous and potentially historic Storm Surge. Schools, airports and many businesses are already closed in florida as People scramble to evacuate in the final hours before the storm hits. And take a look at this, miltons powerful winds shaking up a team of Hurricane Hunters flying through the storm. Meantime, right now, in South Florida, a tornado has broken out near i75. Joining us now from tampa, nbcs Marissa Parra. And also with u
You already know Brow Tv on the edge sunday at nine On Cnn im jake tapper. This hour, the world marks one year since the horrific hamas Terrorist Attacks on israel. And amidst the moving tributes as a Renewed Push to bring home the dozens of hostages still being held by the terrorist group. Is there any hope of a deal on the horizon, any hope of relief for the innocent civilians in Gaza And Lebanon . On being subjected to the horrors of war. Im going to ask the israeli ambassador to the u. S. Coming up plus the Harriswalz Campaign tries out a new strategy with just over one month until the present its an actual election, but will it be enough to reach voters on the fence who have not decided which candidate to support or if theyll even get up off the couch and cast a ballot this november. But we start this hour with breaking news, a Brandnew Forecast just in moments ago for Hurricane Milton which is heading right towards florida as an extremely dangerous category five hurricane. Today,
field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on, again as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different, and always poses different challenges. appreciate all the support from the state, governor, thank you, from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, this is a team sport and a team effort and we are going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet and where we all want to be. thank you. and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the ex ten to which that infrastructure has remained is critical because it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. so to see some of that that was able to withstand is encouraging. it s also just a testament. some of these folks put money into the resilience of the infrastructure, and this is like the ultimate test. you have a hurricane that s a massive hurricane coming in at 155 miles an hour, producing this type of
brought a 500 year flood all the way across the state to cities like orlando last week. at least 80 people so far confirmed dead. damage estimated to be in the billions of dollars. and with so many people in shock and heartbroken, here is a word from the second in command in the white house. it is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making. so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality but we also need to fight for equity. harris: the backlash was immediate. florida governor ron desantis s campaign tweeted this is false. the v.p. s rhetoric is causing undue panic and must be clarified. fema individual assistance is already available to all floridians impacted by hurricane ian regardless of race or background. south carolina congresswoman nancy mace with this. it s literal
democrats and administration officials who so far aren t saying much. the silence is deafening. that s exactly right. the administration has repeatedly insisted the border is secure despite the fact that under them there have been record illegal crossings, record numbers of gotaways and record numbers of migrant deaths. we have witnessed much of this chaos ourselves in person during our coverage of the border. so we came here to d.c. and we re looking for some answers. 250,000 unaccompanied migrant children arrived at the border, some trafficked and drowning in the river. any issue with that? last question, ma am, is the border secure? do you agree with the administration the border is secure and we ll let you go. chairman, one question, is the border secure? i have to go give a speech. didn t you hear me? just a quick question, is the border secure? answers about the border few and far between from some democrats on capitol hill.