The breaking news. Florida bracing for what could be one of the most powerful and destructive storms on record. The state trying to keep Gas Stations supplied as people rushed to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton. All right. Just in to cnn. Donald trump had, quote maybe as many as seven calls with russian president Vladimir Putin since he left office the Bombshell New reporting by Bob Woodward and two of the countrys biggest music Stars Country Music stars joining forces to help with Hurricane Recovery efforts. Sara is out today. Im John Berman with Kate Baldwin. This is cnn News Central that is what officials in florida tell us that they are doing right now as Hurricane Milton takes direct aim this hour nearly the entire West Coast Line of florida has been tampa are warning that miltons extremely dangerous strike could bring impacts not seen in over 100 years. Orders to evacuate. They seem to be working. Officials on the ground seem to be happy with what theyve seen so far. Because t
and now he worried for the language, for the for everything. this is hard. reporter: that mother and her son that you just saw, ali it is five family members living in one crammed hotel room because the mom had come over three years ago because of the debt crisis. mork works in a theme park and her idea make a little money to send back home now has to bring her two sons and mother to live with her with absolutely no planning. the young boy we just spoke to is not even enrolled in school. doesn t speak english. afraid he ll be bullied at school. you can imagine the psychological challenges for many of these paem families an districts. 1,000 children already enrolled in orlando area schools in the past two weeks. thanks for your reporting. a good understanding of this because you were on puerto rico on the other side of this as
conference today. the governor spoke about his first trip to washington since the storm ravaged puerto rico. the president reiter airted his-oairted reiterated his commitment to stay with puerto rico fon the long haul. talk to senate majority and minority leaders both committing to work with puerto rico so we can make sure that puerto rico is treated equally. well, the situation on the island is so dire that thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, are making their way to florida to escape destruction. msnbc s mariana atencio is live inside one of those destinations at orlando s airport. maria mariana, you spoke to those who arrived. what do you hear? reporter: most are distraught and didn t want to leave their island, but after weeks with no power, water, and the prospect power restored maybe this christmas as the governor said,
we will send it back to you. thanks, karl. that man everywhere. he is in my home state. south carolina is so amazing. let me tell you about headlines this morning what you missed while you were sleeping. a man dies after crashing through the windshield of a tram at orlando s airport. how many times have we all been on that tram. now we know he should have never been on board that tram. two maintenance workers running a routine test let a friend join the team to take controls. well the man was thrown through the front window when the tram stopped unexpectedly and airline passengers were directed to it a different tram while police investigated. a man who normally delivers the news is the one grabbing the headlines this morning. al jazeera s bureau chief in pakistan s capital added to a watch list of suspected terrorists. the u.s. government labeling him as al qaeda member. the revelation reportedly coming to light in documents provided to nasa whistle blower edward snowden the