Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
Weaken into a Tropical Storm when it makes landfall in california tomorrow but still, officials are Warning Millions of people the storms path do not take it lightly. Arthel preparations are already underway in the region. Normally dry areas that could see several inches of rain. California is not used to Tropical Storms. The last one to hit the state was in 1939. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department is doing all it can to get people ready. Together it we are working to perform and prepare the community with this impending or pending storm. We hope the storm does not cause any damage. And more importantly there is no loss of life. But we will prepare for worstcase scenario. Father mother meteorologist adam klotz is adam, we are always hoping its not as bad as originally predicted, hows it looking now . The goodness as this continues to weaken as it is running into colder water braid this is exactly what we expect that this was never going to be one of the really powerful windstorms mor
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welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca noble max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. you opened the door and then shoot the person on the other side, and it s a kid can tell you there was a racial component to the case. they were using the police station to go out and harass dissidents. the chinese national police appear to have been using the station to track a us resident on u. s soil. retail push. this is the first physical store that has been launched in india. looking at making india a manufacturing powerhouse in the coming months and years. from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello it is tuesday, april the 18th nine am here in london. three a.m. in kansas city, missouri, where we re learning new details about the shooting of a black team who accidentally went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings and was shot twice by the homeowner 84 year old gunmen, a
and that was what was supposed to happen and why he was standing there. his brothers didn t run outside, but he got a couple of bullets in his body instead of a couple of twins coming up out and giving them my heart. hmm good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us at is ralph. yours. mom speaking just moments ago, caitlin is off today. but now we have another mother, who is said who s crying. thankfully her son is still with us. but we re going to speak to her aunt to his aunt just moments from now, and the attorney ralph ja rule. all he did was ring a doorbell. and now prosecutors have announced that they re bringing felony charges against the homeowners who shot him moments from now again, as we said, is an is going to join us live to weigh in on how he is doing plus, after a surprise delay the high stakes fox news defamation trial begins in one hour this morning. moscow courtroom there just denied the appeal of wall street journal reporter evan gorski, which w