Major Disaster Declaration Today for North Carolina, where the Category 4 storm has unleashed heavy flooding. Asheville and other cities remain mostly under water. Some are still searching for Loved Ones tonight. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper calls his states residents, desperate for help. Our prayers and condolences go out to those families in this terrible time. Even as the rain and the winds have subsided, the challenge for people there increases. People are desperate for help, and we are pushing to get it to them. A massive effort. Many people were cut off because roads are impassable. They dont have power or communications. Please know we are sending resources and coordinating closely with local governments, First Responders, state and federal partners, and Volunteer Organizations to help those impacted by this tragic storm. Because its so difficult to get trucks in by land. More than 2. 4 million households across several states including Florida And Georgia remain without p
Are looking forward to it. Sleep up if you can because youve got a lot of things this week. Have a great Weekend Velshi starts right now. Good morning. Its sunday, september 29. 37 days until Election Day and two days tim Walz And J. D. Vance will take the stage in new York City for the first and likely only Vice President ial debate of the cycle. The matchup will be the first time that the two man will meet Each Other in person, and it will offer them a chance to reintroduce themselves to the country. Since joining their respective campaigns, their paths have diverged. Walz profile has skyrocketed and voters have found him to be likable which is a boost for his a kamala Harris Campaign. On the other hand, vance controversial comments have been a liability for Trumps President Ial Bid and poll shows favorability ratings are well underwater. The stakes are high, especially with early voting underway in many states. This may be the least, last marquee event of the cycle because although
Dana genius. Bret good evening, im bret baier. The numbers are shocking. We will tell you about almost half million illegal immigrants already convicted of crimes roaming the streets of the u. S. New President Ial polls we have tonight from another pair of crucial swing states. We will bring that to you and israel goes after the top terrorist in the brutal hezbollah organization. The question this minute did they get him . But, first, residents of florida, georgia, and other parts of the southeast assessing the damage from Hurricane Helene. It made landfall as a devastatingly powerful category 4 storm. Dozens are dead in four states. Hundreds of thousands are still without power tonight. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is in crystal river, Florida Tonight with the latest. Good evening, steve. Steve good evening, bret. The Death Toll has been rising all afternoon. Right now it stands at at least 40 people killed by this storm. Roaring ashore as category 4 Hurricane Helene slammed into flor
Code Lumen Tv good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin with breaking News Right now, Hurricane Helene is churning in the Gulf Mexico is currently a category two strength, but is expected to become a major hurricane before it slams into florida. Later tonight, officials are warning of lifethreatening Storm Surges of up to 20 feet plus new York City mayor Eric Adams indicted sources say the mayor is now facing at least one federal what criminal charge this morning, investigators took his phone and are searching his residence and later on defending a racist post. Reads the Gop Congressman Clay higgins stands by his ugly comments, Calling Haitian Migrants Thugs and Quote Slapstick gangsters Breaking News but we do begin with the breaking News Right now, a tropical storm conditions are lashing florida. It is going to get worse though as Hurricane Helene barrels toward the southeastern united states, we are seeing flooding already hours before the
Theyre going to delay the interests until they have to pay it or to start to repay that loan and its a tremendous resource to really help small businesses get back on their feet decide where to position yourself tomorrow with The Storm made. Were listening here to the fema administrator, deanne criswell. She is giving an update on Hurricane Helene, which is intensifying and which is huge. It is now on the verge of becoming a category three. It is barreling towards the Southeastern Us and she is warning so much of the Storm Surge that we are expecting already seen tropical storm conditions as we are looking towards this landfall that is expected here in the coming hours, but already there are parts of florida were seeing it here underwater as these conditions are battering the coast, the national Weather Service is Warning Breaching of the bay. I was over there maybe about an hour ago and you could see that some of the water because of the rough seas and the strong winds have started to