Hi, everyone. It is 4 00 in New York. Ever heard the saying history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes . Keep that in mind as we see natural disasters disrupting the natural churn of campaigns, and as we witness Donald Trumps response and the hurricanes that are right now putting millions of lives, american lives in danger as we come on the air. And again, the crisis where Life And Death decisions are being made and more decisions that require more than a partisan response, but one that requires trusted leadership. Donald trump continues to act like someone who has stewed in his own lies and delusions for so long, that he is incapable of telling the truth. Even when lives are on the line. Last night he claimed that there was not a single Emergency Worker on the ground helping people impacted by hurricane helene. How would you do it differently . I would have a tremendous team of people. And look, i was in North Carolina and georgia yesterday. You have very good governor and do
Location near you see llf bk. Com you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We do begin the hour with Breaking News as yet another powerful Hurricane Barrels towards florida. There it is. Milton is now now a category four, and its getting stronger quickly. Its aiming directly at the Tampa Bay Area and could become a category five storm at some point, officials are warning of lifethreatening Storm Surge and damaging winds to communities still picking up the pieces from helene, florida governor Ron Desantis gave this warning just moments ago. We need as much of this debris picked up as possible. This creates a Safety Hazard and it also will increase the damage that milton could do with flying debris cnns derek Van Dam joins us now, derek the governor said it right there. You got to have another Path Powerful Hurricane Come in and slam the coast and lift up this Debris And Flight in 100 different directions. That that does sound like a scary situation for the resident
And on that note, i wish you a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. I will see you at The End of tomorrow. Vice President Candidate j. D. Vance has a new line he likes to repeat on the campaign trail. You know the big difference between conservatives and liberals . Is that no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months. I would say that is strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric. Two Assassination Attempts, attempts in as many months. I think it is time to say to the democrats, to the media, to everybody that has been attacking this man and trying to censure this man going on 10 years, cut it out or you are going to get somebody killed. J. D. Vance wants people to believe it is the Lefts Rhetoric that motivated these attacks. Donald trump has taken it a step further directly blaming Kamala
Legislatures all over. So what do we know about this particular announcement and can you walk us through what georgias restrictions are that are being challenged . They have water for people in line, for how the voting operates, and im curious about whether or not they go after the punishments as mark said in the last hour. The sort of restrictions they have on county and state officials. They use this law to pun issue them for standing up for the States Election system. And it will be really telling here and how will they use this fight that is now in the courts . And it looks like this News Conference is going to start in just a moment. I want to bring in i apologize in advance if i have to interrupt to go to the Attorney General. What are you listening for today . What do you want to hear from the Attorney General e when he starts speaking . Im looking for bold, sweeping and an acknowledgment they understand this is unconstitutional. And i ham hoping that the doj response is equal i
A live look there. We will take you there live just as soon as it starts. Right now though, the word of the moment is vaccine. Im at a Football Stadium thats part of the Charleston County School District. Its the second largest in this state. They are ready to give their teachers the vaccine just as soon as the state gives the green light. Already some people in the state getting their vaccines at drivethru sites which presents its own set of challenges. We will talk about that and learn about an ingenious solution from Mount Pleasants mayor. It includes an unlikely ally, chickfila. More on that in a moment. We will start in Charleston County. The School District is ready to roll out vaccines to its teachers. First, they need the green light from the state. I want to bring in jeff buroey. He is the Chief Operating Officer in the School District. 50,000 students. Jeff, first of all, i will put my mask on. We might be within the six feet here. Lets just start with the teachers. Again, So