Anderson cooper in braden florida, where the winds have really picked up significantly just in the last ten minutes or so, they are really starting to whip here in downtown by, by The River. I just want to get a sense of sort of the wins. Its sort of hard to tell when youre actually in it you get a sense in the light over there. Theres just been a steady downpour of rain and you can see it there. It reflected in the light as i was talking to erin in the last hour, there is a lot of along The River here. Theres a lot of Palm Trees, a lot of these really large branches of these Palm Trees are just ripping off flying through the air and there are sort of littered all over the ground. I want to walk if i cant over here a little bit and show you the Manatee River is over here. And nellis, is that way. About ten minutes ago, we could see lights over in pinellas obscures me in palmetto, we dont see the lights over there anymore. I dont know if theyre still there and just the visibilities. So
Im jake tapper. Were going to start this hour with the Breaking News moments ago, we got an update on her Hurricane Milton, which once again is im not happy to tell you, has strengthened to a category five storm. Was category for now its back to five and has 165 165 mile an ho sustained winds. It is expected to double in size before making landfall in florida. Nearly 20 Million people in the United States are currently in the path of Hurricane Milton. Its effects or already being felt. Parts of the Tampa Bay Area are gonna lose access to running water starting today, Gas Stations are running out of fuel as evacuees fill up their cars and tried to flee. Those riding out the storm are stocking Up To power their generators. Lets get straight to cnn Meteorologist Chad myers in a hurricane headquarters. Chad, it doesnt sound like this forecast is what we wanted it is not, it is. We saw all day and i talked to you about this at 4 00 this afternoon that the last plane left about three hours a
Extremely dangerous four. It s more than 400 miles across, pushing a storm surge that officials are calling unsurvivable is now hitting florida s gulf coast as much as 20 feet of water what are forecast along the shore south of tallahassee, which itself is expected to take a direct blow. Some coastal areas already flooding. Take a look live pictures right now from gulfport in tampa on the right interstate to 70 prison biden this evening, urge anyone in the storm s path that take it extremely seriously. A lot of water there is certainly there graham gulfport, especially emergency managers and florida s taylor county are telling people choosing to stay and there are people choosing to stay to write her name and date of birth on a leg to help identify their bodies. Storm warnings are now in effect as far north as charlotte, north carolina. We ve got cnn correspondents all along the places now harm s way in chad myers in the cnn weather center, let s start with cnn meteorologist derek van
Tonight on 360, the former president campaigns on the economy, but once again ends up questioning the future of democracy if he loses as new cnn polling shows his strength and weakness just six weeks out from election day. Also, what that new polling says about vice president harris and the economy. Cnn s john king breaks it down for us and his report from battleground, georgia and have communities of color see the vice president and how they plan to vote good evening, thanks for joining us sixweek in the presidential election. New cnn polling says, it is close and what people told the pollsters about the economy and other issues could say more than that. Vice president harris was not on the campaign trail today or yesterday. Her opponent was talking today in georgia about his plans for the economy, but also throwing out lots of red me including this about haitians living in springfield, ohio you have to move the people back to the country from which they came you have haitians are byi
Both the right and the left tonight in a new episode on the whole story, cnns donie osullivan witnesses a confrontation involving a pro prorussia, prochina socalled Maga Communist theres one thing when you talk about, i just want to i want to make sure i understand. When you go into things about china or russia, i ran especially china, you omit so much about them from texas. And the things that you can in china, how can i went to a university . You dont say that 100, 100,600 million people in the country still logged on less than 1. 40 today well, you i know you say those things. Okay. Ok. You very, very emotional jackson quickly realized that he wasnt talking just in all right, lets cnn propaganda. Cnn propaganda described to cnn agent, i have seen it as the worst outlet to get out. Danny be sure to tune in for an all new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper. Thats airing tonight at 8 00 p. M. Only on cnn everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday. Im Fredricka