1877866 8555. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News. Hurricane milton is quickly getting more intense, even more intense in the Gulf Of Mexico at this hour. And taking aim directly at central florida. Its at category four strength right now but is expected to be a cat five again later today. Were also getting this new Exclusive Video from madeira beach florida, a Town Standing right in miltons path. This is debris piled up from the Hurricane Helene cleanup, still posing a danger as miltons winds could pick all of this up and shoot it in all sorts of directions as the storm pummels this area. Something to be on the lookout for if you live in that area. Got to clean that up. Lets begin our coverage in Fort Myers florida. Flood waters there could reach ten feet in some areas. Thats where we find cnns Carlos Juarez and carlos thats a big part of the story, right . The Storm Surge. And it could just really come up through
Understand and fully comprehended, but were going to cover it to the best of our ability and shine a spotlight on whats going on, jim. Thanks very much. You got it hadnt morning to All Of You. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington. We begin this hour with this breaking News Hurricane Milton its is barreling toward the western shores of florida, the national Hurricane Center just issued the latest advisory saying the storm remains a category four, but it could pick up speed and go back to category five meanwhile, floridians heading out of state could be facing a number of obstacles. Some Gas Statiounning and officials see to expect Hours Worth of traffic. And this morning, Tampa International Airport suspended all operations. We begin this Hours Coverage with Meteorologist Derek Van dam. Derek, we just got an update on the storm tell us the latest alright. So pamela, since 5 00 a. M. Weve seen an increase in the Wind Speeds were at 150 miles per hour, sustained
Headed for floridas West Coast. The lead starts right now miltons intensity has exploded. Its gone from a tropical storm to a powerful category five hurricane in less than 24 hours and right on the heels of the deadly hurricane, helene, from a new Storm Track to Evacuation Orders were covering everything you need to know a republican effort pushed by Donald Trump Junior to cut ties with one of the federal governments biggest contractors. How criticism . Of trump from Jd Vance before he became trumps running mate, led to this effort in retribution but first one year since the deadly October 7 Terrorist attacks somber ceremonies around the globe Painful Screams Interrupting A Moment Of Silence at the nova festival memorial. Were standing by to see a commemoration from Vice President Kamala Harris Tapper and were going to start in israel. Its been one year since the October 7 massacre, the single deadliest day for jews since the holocaust, 1,200 israelis were ambushed and murdered by hama
Viewers watching in the United States and Around The World. Im Anna Coren live from Hong Kong ahead on Cnn Newsroom israeli strikes, Rock Living on overnight hours after a deadly israeli attack In Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising to defend his country on a second front well, Donald Trump returns to the site of his first Assassination Attempt and suggests his political opponents tried to kill him and how one Volunteer Group is rallying support together desperately needed supplies to North Carolina communities ravaged by Hurricane Helene Newsroom with Anna Coren where fighting is raging on multiple fronts and fears of a bigger war are growing just as israel prepares to mark the anniversary of the Hamas Attack on October 7, in beirut. Cnn crews reported near constant explosions in recent hours as israeli strikes pounded the city. Israels military says it struck hezbollah Weapons Facilities overnight and suggested there will be more, but hezbollah is fighting back projecti
Rocket money you cnn Breaking News to you. Im Victor Blackwell and im amara walker. We start with Breaking News out of The Middle East this morning, tensions are high across the region with growing fears of a wider conflict. New video from overnight of a Beirut Suburb crews are there as reporting that area that theyre constant blast around the city overnight into this morning, israel says it targeted hezbollah weapons the facilities there, and issued new Evacuation Orders for parts of beirut and suggests that more strikes could be on the way that hezbollah has continued to launch rockets into israel Israels Military says about 30 projectiles were fired into israel this morning. And israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone and a message late saturday seven fronts. Against the enemies of civilization. Before and defending ourselves against this barbarism. Israel is defending civilizations against those who seek to impose a dark age of fanaticism on All Of Us rest a