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
former vice president and current 2024 rival. i did check in with not only the governor, but other governors in states going through the legal process of reviewing their election results but there was no pressure. involved. also in baltimore, the search for suspects intensifying after a weekend mass shooting at a neighborhood street party killing two with dozens of more wounded. three critically. many of them teenagers. the mayor of baltimore reacting on morning joe ahead of his press conference this hour. we re not going to stop until we find those people and hold them accountable. we re not just going to stop there. we re going to find out who trafficked the gun, sold that gun and even if it s the manufacturer, everybody in the chain has to be held accountable. and millions and millions of americans are under extreme weather threats today including severe storm and hail warnings along the east coast. temperatures that could hit 120 degrees in the california desert
they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. well, good evening, everyone. i m laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. we re talking about $30 billion, the amount it took to rescue the latest bank now in trouble. several contributed billions each to keep first republic afloat, which tells you just how seriously they cake all of this. what about every day americans bearing the brunt of say interest rates going up. is the little guy getting ignored through all of this? plus, it is the video you cannot look away from. this footage of a russian fighter jet forcing down an american drone over the black sea. what is going on in the new battlegrounds in the skies? and are confrontations like this more likely now with unmanned objects? also, banks failing, the market in turmoil, drones forced out of the sky and now this, everyone. seaweed. a massive blob of seaweed thousands of miles long, if that s even possible, over ten million tons of it floating around
united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunbrunhuber. three more arrests following the death of this black man in a virginia state hospital. that brings the total number of second-degree murder charges in the case to ten. a tornado in texas. that s not all. severe weather hits parts of the u.s. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. the u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen will be back on capitol hill hoping to assure lawmakers there s no crisis for u.s. banks. she pulled together a deal to give an infusion of first republic, the major bank on the verge of failing. i can reassure the members of our committee that the banking system is sound. and americans can feel confident their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate our commitment to ensure our financial system remains strong and the savings remain safe. the turmoil has sent stock prices on a wild ride for the last week. and the need for a
signifies in today s confrontation between russia and the west, one in which moscow is already fighting a hot war in europe, and just as during the cold war, it s also actively trying to subvert pro western governments. we have a three 60 exclusive, on a russian document laying out one such plan to effectively topple a country besides ukraine, and indications that the scheme is already started. first, though, but that video tells us in new tail details on the intercepted cells. cnn s oren liebermann has that. high over the black sea, a u. s. spy drone points of camera backwards, towards its own tale. russian fighter jet closing fast on the much slower and q nine reiber. the russian jet then begins dumping fuel as it passes by the drone. the cloud of fuel vapor and crucially, the spinning propeller, clearly visible in the video after the pass. the russian sequoias you 27 fighter than flies by with another pass. dumping fuel once again, thvideo pixelates when the russian figh