Reason. Hurricane Milton Closing in on florida. That storm shaping up to be catastrophic. President biden will give an update in our next hour. Tampa hasnt seen a storm like this in 100 years as we say good morning. Our coverage begins live in New York. Im Bill Hemmer back together today. Here we go. Good to be with you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. This is dramatic and a big news story. Milton is poised to make landfall Wednesday Night, tomorrow night. Currently holding strong as a Cat Category 4 hurricane. Bill it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the coast from this angle heading straight for the Population Centers of Tampa And Orlando further inland. Dana here is where things stand at this hour. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in effect along the Gulf Coast. 15 Million people are under flood watch. Schools and colleges are closed and Tampa International Airport has shut its doors. Bill all this in a region after Hurricane Helene. The mayor says i
Information. Millions of americans need now to brace for Hurricane Milton. This is round two during a suddenly violent hurricane season. Tampa, florida is facing unsurvivable conditions. We know from 12 days ago with helene the forecasters mean it. Now we pray that it is going to go off course but you have to be ready. The storm remains a category 4. It has been a 5 along the way and likely return to some 160 to 180 mileperhour winds being carried by the cat 5. President biden is set to speak at every moment after a briefing he is receiving by fema officials. That is critical. There is all sorts of talk about what fema can do and what it hasnt done for Hurricane Helene victims and potentially could be facing more people to help by the end of this week. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Officials have ordered mandatory evacuations now for people in a Dozen Florida counties, 5 1 2 Million people in florida living along the Gulf Coast must leave the area immediately. L
Already, the storm Hitting Cancun on its way here. Tonight, florida expecting a major Storm Surge. Mandatory evacuations moving patients from a hospital. Whit johnson is there, and Ginger Zee has the new Hurricane Forecast just in moments ago. Also tonight, an explosion rocking a courthouse. Authorities say the suspect lunged through the doors of a california courthouse, throwing a bag with a home made bomb past the security detector. Multiple injuries. Some sent to the hospital. The deadly hijacking of a City Bus in Los Angeles. Police chasing that hijacked bus for an hour. The driver and passengers held at gun point. One passenger was killed, and how this ended. The major Escalation Tonight in the middle east. The israeli military now signaling a possible Ground Offensive now into southern lebanon. Ian pannell is there. In this country tonight, 41 days now until the election. Vice president Kamala Harris in pennsylvania on the economy. Promising Tax Cuts for the middle class, help fo
Political drama has taken a dark turn amid dozens of Bomb Threats. So why wont the former president and his allies stop pushing the lies that started it all . Plus, the stunning charges against one of the most famous men in hiphop, superstar sean diddy combs accused today of everything from Sex Trafficking to arson, bribery, to kidnapping. How the indictment says he abused and manipulated women to gratify himself and to protect his reputation. And an extraordinary incident in lebanon, where hundreds of handheld pagers exploded all at once, killing eight people, injuring more than 2,000. Was it part of a coordinated attack . So much to get to today, but we begin in ohio, where life has been completely up ended by a baseless claim. Here is the Scene Today at Snow Hill elementary in springfield, State Highway troopers patrolling outside and inside. You see one of them here, little Kids Head to school, and then two of them, two of the 36 that are across the Springfield District after the g
How far away was Donald Trump when this gentleman was caught and stopped . Probably between three and 500 yards. But with a Rifle And Scope like that, thats not a long distance. Bill not a long distance at all. It happened yet again nearly anyway for the second time in two months. The f. B. I. s investigating what appears to be an attempt to assassinate former president Donald Trump. Moments ago we learned more about the Acting Head of the Secret Service. He just pulled into maralago and have a meeting with the former president and then well let you know what were learning about the suspect in custody in a local jail. It is monday. Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Were off and running on a significant story again with the election around the corner. Dana im Dana Perino. Bill im bill hemmer. Its monday. Dana always, jumping on him. Im Dana Perino an this is Americas Newsroom. So we have a Big Show for you. Were waiting for live events and keep you updated. Lets get you up to s