Jack block party, a party every spread make sure you have nonperishable food, water, all those things, its not a matter of what whether were going to get effects. Its just a question of how significant those effects will be if youre a godly person, pray we stand with ukraine now and in the future. I dont appreciate zelenskyy come into this country and telling the american taxpayers what they ought to do. He ought to say, thank you, we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses just to make a deal, zelenskyy. From charge. I know im in these charges will be entirely false based on Lock Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane. Hello, and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from around The World. Im Max Foster. It is thursday, september the 26 Mile Am here in london, 4 00 a. M. In the Big Bend of the u. S. State of florida, where residents have been warned to evacuate as a major hurricane is set to make landfall later Today Hurricane Helaena is a category one storm now but its expected to crash into florida, a category four strength with catastrophic Winds Record Rainfall and are lifethreatening Flooding Situation the hurricane is on track to be the strongest storm to hit the u. S. In more than a year evacuations have been ordered in at least 15 counties and five states across the southeastern us theyre taking the threat very seriously. Tampa international airport has also suspended all operations for the time being. This will be the third hurricane in just over a year to hit the area of floridas Big Bend and residents tell Cnn Affiliate wctv, this one has them worried thats when he has gotten little bit more nervous than others. I mean, fair, the extent of how widen vast it is, we got to be more ready this time than weve ever been before. May take us a little bit of time to put everything back together. But were resilient. Well come right back. If youre a godly person, pray because i dont really need this neither do any of us. It still may be hours until the actual storm hits florida, but Emergency Workers already lined up and prepare to offer assistance. Cnn Meteorologist Derek Van dam is in florida as residents prepare for the storms arrival. If this Storm Surge Measurement is any indication of whats to come with approaching Hurricane Helene. Then here in apalachicola, we need to prepare for the worst this shading of blue represents the potential Storm Surge, inundation from a category four landfalling hurricane, which we are anticipating here. This is for a category 43 in this shading of red is inundation with a category two hurricane. Now, with over ten feet of Storm Surge right here where im located, thats whats in the forecast. You could see that that is nearly twice as high as how tall i am. This is the storm that people here have feared for their entire lives. And the reason this area is so susceptible to Storm Surge and hurricanes is because of the shallow nature of the Gulf Of Mexico over my right shoulder. You can go 50 miles out into the Gulf Of Mexico and have only 1020 feet of water underneath. You know, that shelf actually drops off very quickly. So an approaching storm pushes up the water from the eastern Gulf Of Mexico and that hits the shelf and it has nowhere to go, but up, of course, inundating this portion, the low Line Area of floridas Big Bend now, were under a mandatory evacuation here. Now, we know that this storm is not only going to bring the Catastrophic Winds to the coastline of florida on the Gulf Coastline of florida but the feeling the expanse of the storm is going to be significant because theres only growing in size. So not only intensifying and strength, but also growing a size, it could be one of the largest storms in terms of its Wind Field in modern record keeping that is incredibly even eclipsing hurricane katrina. That means the effects of the system will be felt well outside of the center. Now, once the storm races inland, its going to bring these hurricaneforce gusts into central and Southern Georgia as well. Theres a lot of trees between here Lanza Metro for instance. So expect extended Duration Power outages and then not to mention the potential at least for unprecedented catastrophic flooding as the system dumped over at least ten inches, maybe upwards of 15 inches in some locations across portions of south carolina, georgia, and into North Carolina Derek Van dam, apalachicola. Lets go live to atlanta. Cnn meteorologist, Allison Chinchar is following. Halynas latest movements and just take us through all of the you know, the dynamics here because schools are closing and people are deeply affected. Yes. And its impacting so many areas that are far from the coast. I think thats what really separates this storm from so many others. Now we look at the current statistics, winds of 85 miles per hour, gusting up to 105. The movement right now is to north at 12 miles per hour. Pay attention to that because we will circle back. Its now moving into the Gulf Of Mexico. This is where we really anticipate this storm is going to strengthen and quickly because its moving into very warm waters. That is fuel for these types of storms. So its expected to intensify as it continues to make its way north eventually into a category 23. And the forecast calls for this to make it all the way up to canada im sorry 44 hurricane just before landfall in the big Bend Region. The other thing to note though, is the forward speed is expected to pick up. We talked about 12 miles per hour. That is expected to jump to 25 miles per hour, right at landfall. I know that may not seem all that fast to us, but for a tropical system especially in the Gulf Of Mexico, that its incredibly fast and the important part of that means once it makes landfall, it can make it very far inland. But for it really weakens so you have Hurricane Warnings and Tropical Storm warnings first, cities that are hundreds of miles away from the coastline, there are expected to have winds that are very strong 60 to 80 miles per hour one of the rain will also still be a factor even well inland, the recap we are expecting a category four at landfall. The biggest concern is going to be not just widespread Power Outages, Heavy Rain, but unsurvivable Storm Surge numbers. Thats what the Hurricane Center is calling this. And its not surprising when you look at the numbers up and down the entire west mr. Coast of florida peninsula, there is some level of Storm Surge for places like tampa, youre talking five to eight feet just north of that, you get eight to 12 in this big Bend Region right here where you see a lot of this purple color, youre talking ten to 15 feet. Some of these areas could see inundation up to 20 feet. So again, you are talking tremendous high amounts of Storm Surge. Wind is also going to be a factor because it is a category four storm in the categories are based off of wind speeds youre really going to see that Ramp Up as we go through the Day Today on thursday by late thursday afternoon, and into the evening, you really start to see those incredibly strong Wind Gusts from tampa all the way up through apalachicola, and especially as it makes landfall. But even on the other coast, say the atlantic side of this cities like savannah, charleston, theyre likely going to have very strong Wind Gusts and some very Heavy Rain to this isnt just going to be the area right near landfall. Thats impacted as the storm continues to slide up, cities like it land emma columbia, south carolina, asheville, North Carolina. All of those areas, as we mentioned, could see very strong Wind Gusts, very capable of bringing down trees and power lines. So youre looking at pretty widespread Power Outage expected, again, not just for florida, but for a lot of the surrounding states as they take some of those impacts as well, rain also going to be a big factor. Its a twofold. You have not only the moisture coming from helene, but we also had a cold front that was here. So its the combination of the two thats triggering huge amounts of water for these areas. Widespread locations youre talking six to ten inches, but there will be some spots that could easily pick up max at least a foot of rain before for this system finally exits the area. Okay. Alison, keep us updated. Thank you israel is launching a new round of strikes, against hezbollah in lebanon as the u. S. And its allies are calling for a 21 Day Ceasefire. The idf says at least 75 targets were hit overnight it also says several projectiles fired from Khan YounisIn Gaza were intercepted. Another 81 people were killed by israeli strikes on wednesday, according to the lebanese Health Ministry, that puts the Death Toll since monday at well over 600 meanwhile, the top Israeli General is warning of a possible Ground Incursion into lebanon. He met with troops its along the israeli lebanese border on wednesday im numb today, we will continue we are not stopping. We keep striking and hitting them everywhere. The goal is very clear to safely return the residents of the north to achieve that, we are preparing the process of a maneuver, which means your military boots, your Maneuvering Boots will enter Enemy Territory israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for New York just a few hours ago. Hes scheduled to speak to the Un General Assembly on friday and israeli official says talks over a 21 Day Ceasefire proposed by the u. S and its allies are a main motivator for Netanyahus Trip in the meantime, Israel And Iran are Trading Blame for the conflicts in Lebanon And Gaza if we act of tail on foreign soil bases back to one source, the slamming regime of iran. It is the spider at the center of this web of violence and we have to fight this web of violence. The only way to prevent further escalation is clear israel must immediately cease its war on gaza. And its attacks on lebanon must stop lets me be clear, mr. President, without a ceasefire In Gaza, there would be no guarantee for peace in the region. Thats joint. Paula hancocks, shes in abu dhabi. First of all, this fear. Now spreading of a Ground Invasion into lebanon and what that actually symbolizes how likely is it based on what The General was saying . Well, max, certainly the public messaging is that it is imminent. Certain now of course, a lot of this could also be to show what could happen if hezbollah were not to pull back or if there were not to be some kind of a Ceasefire Proposal. And that is what the u. S is trying to do at this point, they say they have countries in europe, they have some countries in asia, also here in the region that are supporting this 21 Day Ceasefire plan. Now, weve heard from one senior us official, theyve called it an important breakthrough as to whether or not Hezbollah And Israel would sign up for this when you are hearing these public statements, for example, from the israeli Military Chief is an unknown. We have heard from the u. S. Officials that both sides know that the contours of this deal, they have been briefed on them and they are also optimistic about the fact that its being made public. So this wont come as a surprise to them. Weve also heard from an israeli really official that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, has given his government the green light to go ahead and mediate to talk to the mediators. But of course, there are simply no guarantees at this point that this could be a possibility we did hear from the Un Secretary general, though at the Un General Assembly in New York, talking about how hell is breaking out in lebanon. Lets listen to him to all sides. Let us say in one clear voice, stop the killing and destruction. Tone down the rhetoric and threats step back from the brink and no loud what must be avoided at all costs . It would surely be an allout catastrophe a lot of diplomatic work at happening Behind The Scenes, but then you do see on the ground that the israeli air force, for example, said 75 hezbollah strikes were targeted overnight. We know that there have been launches from hezbollah coming the other way as well, that there are Tens Of Thousands in lebanon that have been displaced as there is a mass movement from southern lebanon, the area that is a hezbollah stronghold. Further north. We also know theres even some thousands and trying to Cross Into Syria at this point. Thats lebanese and syrians who were in lebanon. So that is a lot going on on the ground that would suggest that a ceasefire is not imminent. But we are hearing from the diplomatic side that over the past 48 hours there has been a massive effort Behind The Scenes. And of course, with all the World Leaders in New York, at the same time, in the hope that they could have this 21 Day Ceasefire. Max paula. Thank you new York City mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on at least one federal criminal charge. Thats according to sources familiar with the matter who Say Adams will have several days to turn himself in the charges hes facing are not publicly known at this time. This follows months of federal investigation into a Campaign Fundraising violations. The mayor says, hes innocent and he wont step down these charges will be entirely false based on lives but they would not be surprised always knew that if i stood my ground. All of you, that i would be a target and he target. I became well the indictment intensifies it intensifies the legal troubles gripping City Hall where federal probes have been targeting the mayors in a circle now to the race for the white house, Kamala Harris is slamming Donald Trumps economic plans, saying his tariff hikes would lead to a recession, and that he has a history of only taking care of very rich people. The democratic president ial nominee also explained how she intends to drum up funds for her signature programs were going to have to raise corporate taxes and were going to have to raise were going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. Thats just it. Its about paying their fair share. Im not mad at anyone for achieving success, but everyone should pay their fair share and it is not right that the teachers and the firefighters that i meet every day across our country are paying a higher tax then the richest people in our country a close look now at harris, his vision for the u. S. Economy. Then cnns Eva Mckend reports from the Battleground State of pennsylvania the Vice President called for greater investments in manufacturing for