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And welcome to hannity. And tonight, category five, hurricane milton is only hours away from slamming intoay the battered communities on florida's gulf coast, fr bat in the free state of florida. Many are now rightly worried that thi. S very powerful storm could, in fact, be the most destructive hurricane in history. Florida officials are now telling resident s who refuse to evacuate, write your name on your body. So can be identified if whe and when you die. Now, coming upyo, we'll haverept a live report from fox weather. But first,for fo we are just 28s until an inflection point for our coun...

♪ brian: 7:00 a. M. On the east coast, wednesday, october 9th, this is fox & friends. Steve: it is. We start this hour of fox & friends with a fox weather alert. Look at those live images right now from tampa and fort myers. Rain and wind picking up in florida as a category 5 hurricane named milton is barreling toward the state. Florida congressman byron donalds is standing by with an urgent warning. He is with us in two minutes. Lawrence: while americans are scrambling to find safety, the white house is brushing off criticism of their emergency response as misinformation. A lot of misinform...

Keep it here on msnbc. We'll be here throughout the storm for you and i'll see you here tomorrow, same time, same place. For now, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. 11:00 a. M. Eastern, 8:00 a. M. Pacific. I'm jose diazbalart. We begin with breaking news. Hurricane milton closing in on florida's gulf coast, expected to make landfall early tomorrow as a devastating major hurricane. Right now, milton is a category 4 storm, churning 100 miles southwest of tampa, set to bring damaging winds and a dangerous and potentially histori...

Going to be different? and so the difference between what they're used to and what this will be, as a way to, hopefully, give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out? thank you, madam vice president. Yes, we are emphasizing the size and intensity of the storm and the direction at which it's approaching which is unusual and really raises that storm surge risk for the west coast of florida. We typically see hurricanes approach the west coast of florida from the south or southeast parallel to the coast. This track, more perpendicular to the coast raises the storm surge risk. And...

Is set to hit Floridas Gulf Coast late Wednesday Night tampa, potentially in the bullseye in the Citys Mayor is not mincing words. She is warning people who dont evacuate, quote you are going to die it appears some are taking her very seriously with those foreboding words, hitting the roads and streaming out of the area before it gets too late. The storm described as extremely dangerous with sustained winds of 100 and 65 miles per hour. Milton, now the strongest storm to occur anywhere on the planet. This year. I want to bring in Cnn Meteorologist Chad myers. Chad, weve heard the strong words ...