Im jake tapper. Were going to start this hour with the Breaking News moments ago, we got an update on her Hurricane Milton, which once again is im not happy to tell you, has strengthened to a category five storm. Was category for now its back to five and has 165 165 mile an ho sustained winds. It is expected to double in size before making landfall in florida. Nearly 20 Million people in the United States are currently in the path of Hurricane Milton. Its effects or already being felt. Parts of the Tampa Bay Area are gonna lose access to running water starting today, Gas Stations are running out of fuel as evacuees fill up their cars and tried to flee. Those riding out the storm are stocking Up To power their generators. Lets get straight to cnn Meteorologist Chad myers in a hurricane headquarters. Chad, it doesnt sound like this forecast is what we wanted it is not, it is. We saw all day and i talked to you about this at 4 00 this afternoon that the last plane left about three hours a
Can with hurricane milton. Now cat five storm heading straight for tampa, florida, which hasn t taken a direct hit since 1921. Also live the latest from hardhit north carolina and the lies the former president continues to tell about the relief efforts. And later on the oneyear anniversary of the october 7 terror attack would check back in with a woman still waiting for her family being held hostage to come home good evening. Thanks for joining us. It took hurricane milton less than 24 hours to go from an 80 mile an hour storm to 100 names 80 mile an hour monster, one of the fastestgrowing hurricanes ever. And on the path that its on, it could also be the first in more than 100 years to directly hit tampa, florida, a city largely at sea level, or even a smaller storm could do serious damage and which is still cleaning up from his brush with hurricane helene, which may be why people began leaving today and why as many as 6600 ambulances today began evacuating patients from area hospital
And today we are marking one year since the barbaric Hamas Terror Attack on israel. The deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. On this day last year, 1,200 innocent people were murdered, countless others were raped and beaten and more than 250 people were taken to gaza as hostages. The pain is still palpable site of the nova music festival, where hundreds of young people who came to dance a year ago were instead slaughtered the horrors of that day still haunt so many across israel we lost. You still evan accept that shes gone you know, once something happens, you know that it can you Al Owaysf your can happen again . They killed my sister over there its a trauma of living in a house where were vicious terrorists invaded terrorists in Gaza Outside Benjamin Netanyahus Residence in jerusalem today, as devastated and exhausted families urge the israeli Prime Minister to bring their Loved Ones home to begin our coverage with cnns Erin Burnett, who is in Tel Aviv. Erin were
Circo donald trump was it with you there is a link between hurricane helene aid and migrants. What is behind melania trump s endorsement of enforcement rights? i am ayman mohyeldin. Let us do it. For the middle east is on edge yet again. Waiting is really a salivation to both and ron s attack on tensions are flaring up as the whiting war washington sought and failed to prevent intensifies by the hour. Israeli strikes pummel beirut. Nbc news crews reported seeing 20 flashes per the largest they have seen in the nighttime strike so far. At least two plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the area where the strike hit. Israeli drones were also heard circling over the neighborhood with lamb booms. It is also to the north the country will continue to bomb the south and clash with horses along the border. The u. S. Central command set it struck transiting targets with the u. S. Military sending dozens of fighter jets and thousands of troops to the region. Meanwhile the israeli military
Walz campaign will talk about the debate tomorrow. Rachel, i knew that aljd vance weird. I knew that even before tim walz told me that jd vance is weird. But until i watched your jd program tonight, to say i didn t know the half of it i did know the tip of the iceberg , it turns out in the tip of the iceberg is a lot and rich an amazing and stranger than most politicians. But what you reported on tonight is just stunning. It left you at a certain part i noticed speechless and like the commercial came just in time because what else is there to ca say about this madness? i mean, there is a very traditional political science 101 way to look at jd vance which is like, less than two years as a senator and never held public office before that other than his time in public he service and all he has done his work for this guy peter and there is a political science way to look at it and then also your like dive in and look at the stuff he said on tape and who he says he gets his political ideas