Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. At this hour, millions of people along Floridas Gulf Coast are bracing for one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in The Atlantic basin. The outer bands of Hurricane Milton are already hitting parts of the state. It is forecast to make landfall some time tonight between 10 00 p. M. Eastern and 2 00 a. M. And is expected to double in size before making landfall. This is the scene right now in ft. Myers, florida, being battered by high winds and rain. The top concern for officials at this moment is making sure that residents get to safety. The window for evacuating is now rapidly closing. Even as the storm is already complicating those efforts. This video shows a tornado touching down near i75 in south florida, thats hundreds of miles from Hurricane Miltons core. Just a few hours ago, president Joe Biden called Hurricane Milton, quote, the storm of the century. And made a plea to people in the Storms Path to please evacuate. First, man
Taxes on fourtime no tax on social security, no tax on tips 15 tax on us manufacturers. Now, trump says he would pay for all of this by imposing massive tariffs of cost. Of course, there are massive cost to that as well that Harris Plan calls for a number of things would cross a lot of money, including partially extending those 2017 and Trump Tax cuts that would cost three chilean dollars. Shes also got plans to expand the Child Tax Credit and earned income tax credit, expanding Prek Childcare Ac ece, aca subsidies that paid family medical leave. So the add all this up. This is very, very expensive and get to remember that this comes at a time when the national that is already spiking, write 35 35,000,000,000,000 national debt right now, it has doubled in the last ten years. Queen toppled over the last 20 years. And yet neither Harris Nor Trump really have a plan to tackle this John Member when the national that used to be a campaign issue, not so much anymore at least for the candidat
Underway. Campaigning for Kim Harris in michigan right now after the event, Shawn Fain will join us to discuss the importance of Union Support in this election. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Ns right now. 31 days until Election Day with voting underway in several states and both campaigns ramping up their efforts as we enter the final highstakes push to november 5th. Vice president harris is expected to travel to North Carolina to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Helene while Donald Trump alongside the Tech Billionaire Elon musk will be in butler, pennsylvania, returning to the site for the first time since the Assassination Attempt against him in july. Meanwhileag Bernie Sanders and Sean Fain are rallying Union Members in michigan. We will talk to Sean Fain later in the show. The month before the Election Day, mistakes could not be higher. Republican plans and agenda 47 to drastically alter the structure of the federal government and reshape the power around a man who
Good day from msnbc in washington. Welcome. I am Allie Vitali in for alex. We begin, as you can hear the Election Music with decision 2024. 31 days until Election Day. Theres a lot going on this afternoon across the Campaign Trail, across the map. Vice president harris will speak in North Carolina, governor Tim Walz will be in ohio, former President Trump and senator Jd Vance returned to pennsylvania. This comes as Mailin Voting and Absentee Voting is underway in two dozen states. Vice president harris is coming up a week that included endorsements from Bruce Springsteen to former Congresswoman Lissa Cheney and Basketball Legend Magic johnson. We have one reaction from one michigan senator to the Vice President s message focused on jobs. It is close. We have Donald Trump and Jd Vance coming in every day and just plain saying lies. The reality is, michigan was not better off under Donald Trump. We did lose jobs, we had plants close, forget covid, this was before covid. We got 44 new pla
Michigan. Thank you leadership of uaw six 651. And all leaders who are here this admin, this we got thousands are leaders who are here laborers april starting with the Governor Whitmer was amazing senator peters, representative slotkin, who we will elect to the United Johnson until the license days okay. We havent been this to do. We guys win business to do all right . 32 days and we know we will do it tight race until the very end. This is going to be a very tight race until the very end we are the underdog and we know we have some hard work ahead. But heres the thing about us. We like hard work we will win we will win is about two very different visions for our nation. One focused on the past and hours, which is focused on the future we are fighting for a future where we tap into the ambitions and the aspirations of the american people. And build what i call an Opportunity Economy. So every american has an opportunity to own a home, build wealth, start a business we have small Busine