Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Damaging winds, and up to 13 feet of lifethreatening Storm Surge. President biden warning, it looks like The Storm of the century. Officials fearing the impact could reshape floridas coastline. Millions urged or ordered to evacuate. The highways jammed. Many Gas Stations running out. The national Weather Service Warning now is the time to shelter in place. Our full Team Coverage here in florida and Al Roker with a new track as we come on the air. Also tonight, The Storm impacting the race for the white house. Fema racing to reassure those in Miltons Path on the heels of the devastation from Hurricane Helene. Kamala harris slamming Donald Trump over the misinformation hes spreading about The Storm response. Plus, going out with a bang. One of the oldest hotel casinos on the Vegas Strip brought tumbling down as the city makes way for a big, new gamble. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News reporting tonight from floridas gulf coast. Here is lester holt. Good evening from tampa. Hurricane mi
Room, which starts right now, ill see you tomorrow happening now. Donald trump on the defensive as he finds himself facetoface with Camila Harris just hours after she bated and outperformed him in theidown the pivotal debate moments. Voter reaction, and whatfor the final Election Day also tonight, the Taylor Swift effect how much will the Pop Music Icons Endorsement of the harris Walls Campaign impact the president ial race. Plus, theres Breaking News. Were following right now, lifethreatening Storm Conditions in louisiana as francine strengthens to a category two hurricane and nears landfall. Cnn is on the scene. Where billions of people right now are under a state of Emergency Welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world im wolf blitzer, youre in the Situation Room we begin with the state of the president ial race as voters are processing what they saw during the historic and contentious harris trump debate. Cnns Kristen Holmes reports the faceoff and the fal
The hunt for variants. The house Impeachment Managers laying out their case against former President Trump a week before his trial democrats saying he summoned a mob and aimed them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol. How trumps legal team is responding. The 9yearold Pepper Sprayed by police her mother speaking out to us about the action shes now taking paying tribute to the 100yearold world war ii veteran who inspired the world announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone its not often we start the broadcast with news of a change in one of this countrys corporate suites but arguably no company has changed the way we live quite like amazon. And late today its Ceo Jeff Bezos delivered the surprising news hes stepping down from the helm of the Shopping Empire Formed in 1994 that Late Development just one of the major stories were covering tonight that includes a deadly day for the fbi. Two agents killed while trying to serve a criminal warrant in florida. Th
an indictment soon against former president donald trump. cnn has now learned the manhattan district attorney s office has invited trump to testify before a grand jury, all of this connected to the alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels in 2016 right before the election. ahead, what it means as prosecutors weigh potential criminal charges. plus, good economic news, the u.s. economy added some 311,000 new jobs last month, that beat analysts expectations by a long shot. wages, unemployment up slightly. what does this all mean for the fed as it continues its fight to cool down inflation. we will break down the numbers. evacuation orders are in effect for parts of california. people along the central coast could see dangerous amounts of rain. we will take you there as residents prepare for yet another massive storm. but we do begin this hour with news in the manhattan district attorney s office signaling it could file criminal charges against former