Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of Hurricane Milton to take seriously Evacuation Orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the Hurricanes Track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a New Book by longtime Journalist Bob Woodward is putting Donald Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin back into the spotlight. Were going into the staggering new revelations. Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, October 9th along with willie and me, we have Jonathan Lemire, Eddie Glaude Jr. And President Emeritus of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. Hes author of the weekly Newsletter Home and away available on substack. We have a lot to talk to, richard, especially on the revelations of Covid Tests sent to V
strength over the south china sea. more now on the typhoon joining us from the international weather center. this has been one of the stronger storms to hit china in decades. since we ve been keeping records, strongest ever, ever, to hit mainland china. this super typhoon and the pictures we were showing from the philippines with upwards of 60-some dead, the storm hadn t even peaked. it wasn t even a super typhoon. it s going to be awhile before we know the scope not only of the damage, but the causalities that are going to be likely mounting here across portions of china. not just because of the storm surge and wind, but the rain upcoming over the next couple of days. they are done with the advisories. that s the final warning, so the winds are now going to weaken, but the second threat will be the rain. we ll talk about that in a second. look at this thing as it began to peak here. worst case scenario with a
in its path remains. most of the homes are gone, ripped from their foundations. cars and trucks crushed. trees, power lines, all part of a trail of debris and human sorrow as far as the eye can see. never seen anything like it. when i came out, looks like only way to describe it, you hear people talk about what a war zone looked like, we worked until dark pulling people out of the rubble. reporter: but the storm hadn t played itself out. what started in mississippi, pummeled alabama, clipped georgia, then headed to tennessee and onto virginia, bringing more death and destruction every mile of the way. then it was gone. a freight train receding in the distance. by the morning light, the survivors could only start digging through the rubble to find their friends and neighbors to see what was left, to begin to figure out what to do next. the storm that just about