We start in the united states, where hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm, as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of wednesday s projected landfall. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring you a destructive storm surge, and some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. It s expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacu
What they are voting for but still he is talking about his challenger, dave mccormick, as being against the very issues he voted for. Take a listen to that. When it comes down to the decision of voter has to make, they will make a different decision based upon the president ial race, in the president ial race or a series of considerations and they will make a decision in my race. Specific to the choice of who the next senator will be. When they come down to that choice, whether it is on basic rights, like womens rights, voting rights, workers rights, there is no common ground between me and dave mccormick. No one picked up reporter alex, we are here in pennsylvania, we will head to the debate at the end of this week between mccormick and casey, the first showdown of three we expect later in the month of october. When you talk about the money spent in this campaign, 2 Million just on ads, voters in pennsylvania are used to seeing political ads on their screen and when they are driving d
Inaudible. Apologies for you losing pictures there throughout the course of our headlines, a technical problem here in our studio, but we are trying to resolve that. Let us bring you up to date with our main story here. Lebanons Health Ministry says at least 274 people have been killed and more than A Thousand injured in israeli Strikes Today the deadliest day of the Israel Hezbollah Conflict in the past year. Israel says its broadening its strikes against hezbollah as citizens in Southern Lebanon have received Phone Messages warning them to leave places used by the iran backed group. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military says more than A Million israeli civilians in and around the northern city of haifa are seeking safety in Bomb Shelters from incoming hezbollah rockets. It all comes amid speculation israeli troops could also mount a Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon, to create a Buffer Zone so that civilians whove been evacuated from Northern Israel can return to their homes. Joining me
Day the fed makes a long awaited move, slashing Interest Rates for the first time since 2020. Plus, the woman who may be the democrats best weapon in the fight for abortion rights. As the 11th Hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle and we are now just 48 days away from election day. Are you ready for this . That is less than seven weeks. You might have a Doctors Appointment scheduled after the election at this Point And Today americans got really good news about the economy. The fed decided to vote big with its first cut to Interest Rates since 2020. That means in the middle of an election where many americans say the economy is the top issue, mortgages and Credit Card bills are about to get more affordable. It is another top issue for americans, emigration. She talked about that when she spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus today. We must also reform our broken immigration system. And protect our dreamers. And understand we can do
And, protect our dreamers and understand, we can do both, create Unearned Pathway to citizenship, and ensure our border is secure. We can do both and we must do both. Donald trump and his extremist allies will keep trying to pull us backward. We all remember what they did to tear families apart, and now they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in american history. Imagine what that would look like and what that would be. New polls out today so that the race is still very tight in the swing states. The ones that count, with harris holding small leads that fall within the margin of error. Meanwhile today, more than 100 former national security officials who served in republican administrations as former congressional republicans signed a letter endorsing Vice President Harrison calling Donald Trump quote, unfit to serve. Her opponent spent the Day Campaigning in an unusual state for republican president ial nominee at this point in the campaign, New Yor