chains. now, florida governor ron desantis, he tried to reassure everyone yesterday that the state is doing everything they can to bring emergency supplies to the station's that needed to take a listen to what he said over the past 24 hours as gas stations have run out. >> now there is no fuel shortage. fuel continues to arrive in the state of florida by port and what we're doing to bring it in on the ground. but lines at gas stations have been long. gas stations are running out quicker than they otherwise would no state troopers in florida or even escorting some of the fuel tanker trucks to the gas stations that needed the most john. one other point here is this is all happening before the storm after the storm, the big thing to watch is how much damage gets done to the port of tampa. this is a major port of entry for fuel supplies into a port that ends up supplies flying the entire state. so we

need to watch that very carefully. >> yeah, secretary buttigieg, 6-3, address fishing just said that is a major focus of his today and will be tomorrow. matt egan. thank you. thank you, john. great to see you. brand new era of cnn news central starts now about it. we're going to get hit and it's going to be hard everybody out from milton. and we're trying to get all the debris up from helene you can't take no chance at all. i know that this storm is the storm. >> what are you guys doing? >> we're actually saw about actually until friday, we were able to come out and do some rescues for families with kids that decided to try and hunker down and that was not a good idea. i hope that people learned from that and decided

to leave. once we leave, there'll be no first responder here. if you don't take heed you're on your own update on hurricane milton is now out of this hour. >> the monster storm is a category four storm that's downgraded slightly from where it was as a cat five wind speeds are now up 100 now at 155 miles an hour this is just shy of a cat five, but make no mistake. this is a bohemian, this is deadly and dangerous is, it is expected to keep this intensity until it makes landfall in florida along florida's west central coast. later tonight or early tomorrow morning, tampa, sarasota, fort myers. those are some of the cities that could all see a direct hit with storm surge predictions that are being described at this point as

unsurvivable in minutes, we're going to speak with the director of the national hurricane center to get the very latest on the track and the timing and the intensity bottom line, milton is on track to become one of the most destructive hurricanes in florida is history. moments ago, i spoke with the sheriff of hillsborough county that includes tampa, and he is pleading once again for people to get out why gamble, why would you gamble with your life for the lives of your loved ones? you get out even if inside the evacuation area to a hotel, to a friend's house, we know it's an inconvenience. we know you're gonna be uncomfortable, but you'll be alive cnn's randi kaye and isabel rosales standing by along milton's path. let's get straight to you, randy it's very clearly starting to rain. what are you seeing there? >> yeah. good morning, kate. conditions are certainly deteriorating here. we are on south sword, south shore drive in sarasota. so we are along the water where they are

expecting here a potentially record breaking storm surge of ten to 15 feet. keep in mind the storm surge for helene was about seven feet they are quite concerned if you just look at this dock here behind me, you can see that boat. that boat is potentially going to be taken out by that storm surge and possibly by the winds. there could be 140 mile per hour winds here along the shore and then across the way there, if you can see there are a bunch of homes along the water, many of them have their hurricane shutters up certainly boarded up. a lot of people have left town because of what they experienced with helene. we've been driving around sarasota. it's really like a ghost town. they seem to be heeding those warnings and after official said to get out or you will die in some cases, those people have and left town. we did see a lot of debris all over the area here from helene was left behind. people have been emptying out the contents of their homes. we've seen china cabinets and dressers, mattresses, and refrigerators all along these neighborhoods so it's certainly a concern we

did speak to one woman just yesterday who told me that her husband wrote pulled out the storm hurricane helene in siesta key, which is a barrier island off sarasota, which is now closed. they've closed the bridge. so anybody who's still on those barrier islands is now stuck there through the storm but her husband rode out the storm there and he was up to five feet of water water was up to his chest. here's what she told me about what they're plan is for milton had no phone and we lost touch with him and we found out the next day there was a five foot surge of water in the house and he was all night in the picture it's dark and five foot of water. >> they sat there for hours on the top of a neighbor's high house until the water went down a little. and then went back in the house and laid on a wet bed until light came

they would evacuate for milton know they are staying right here in sarasota for milton, there are none there on the ninth floor of a condo building in downtown sarasota, which they say can withstand was built to withstand a cat five hurricanes. >> so there certainly hoping that they will be safe, kate wright. thank you. the important thing we're seeing right now conditions are deteriorating, right where randi kaye is the new alert out. we're going to speak with a hurricane director, national hurricane director shortly, new alert it's a category for this thing is progressing. randi kaye is standing by randi. thank you so much. let's get over to isabel rosales now, who is in tampa it's raining there as well. tell us how things are going there. >> hey, kate. good morning. i'm keeping my eye on the hillsborough bay right now. you can see during normal times the water levels are already pretty high up. this is bayshore boulevard, an area that is notorious for flooding back during helene the storm surge got so bad that it actually

reached the walls of the tampa general hospital, which is the region's only level one trauma center. so i am keeping my eye on the water levels here, especially in the worst scenario we could be seeing double the storm surge here in the tampa bay hey region of course, that is very dependent on lung landfall for that obviously the messaging from officials right now is very much go evacuated. you can this is the 11th hour. we heard that from the sheriff, chad chronister, and if believe people are taking that advice isabel. >> thank you, randi. thank you. have got people stationed all along the path. >> alright. let's get right to the director of the national hurricane center, michael brennan. we just had the 8:00 a.m. advice. michael, if you can hear us, give us the very latest on the forecast and the track yeah, at this point, unfortunately, milton remains on track to make landfall along the west coast of the florida peninsula late this evening or overnight tonight as a powerful large hurricane. right now,

it's about 250 miles southwest of tampa, moving to the northeast faster now, at 16 miles per hour and you can see on the radar imagery we're already seeing heavy rainfall moving up along the west coast of florida into the tampa bay region across central florida, even in the north florida. so we're going to see the rainfall continue. the threat for tornadoes develop, and then we're going to see those tropical storm and eventually hurricane force winds move on shore later today and into tonight. and then we're going to see that catastrophic storm surge play out near and just to the right of wherever the center of milton crosses the coast of west central florida. overnight tonight and michael, you talked about the speed 60 miles an hour an hour. >> can you give us just put that in perspective for us because people want to know how long they're going to be in this when is the when, when it makes landfall, how it will end even before then, how long are they going to be in these catastrophic conditions? what are you seeing? >> well, we're expecting landfall to be some time in the overnight hours tonight, early morning hours on thursday, and then by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon, we're going to see the center of milton

emerging out into the western atlantic. but it's going to be a very rough 812 to 18 hours for most people, those very worst conditions are going to first reach the west coast of florida with a tropical storm conditions beginning this afternoon hurricane conditions tonight, that devastating storm surge is going to hit right around the time of landfall. even the waters are going to start to rise this afternoon with each successive high tide cycle, the water is going to get higher and higher. and then as we go through the i4 corridor, those worse conditions are going to be this evening and overnight and over to the east coast of florida during the day, tomorrow morning, and into the afternoon i know everyone's looking for wobbles at this point because a difference in 2030 miles in either direction makes a difference for one city or the other where are you seeing? >> and i know that there could be a change at any minute between now and landfall, but is it moving north? isn't moving south. what's the expectation yeah, we still have various scenarios that could play out that could have the system come in the center of the system, come in north of tampa bay where the worst-case scenario for funneling that

storm surge into the tampa bay region itself. >> we can have the center come in over tampa bay a little farther to the south, which would bring that catastrophic surge into manatee sarasota they even down to port charlotte. so everyone is at risk of those wobbles of ten or 20 miles really aren't predictable on any kind of timescale. but as we see the general track of the center towards the west central coast of florida, the risk at this point when everybody needs to have taken those precautions and gotten out. we just can't tell you exactly what the exact location is going to get that worths surge right now. >> michael brennan. thank you so very much. the important piece of this is, it's not just tonight and that's what michael saying the water is going to start rising this afternoon. we see from our correspondents conditions are already deteriorating. and after it hits tonight on the coast, it's going to go over orlando and cities moves out into the atlantic and they're going to have a long, long, 24 hours. >> the full force of hurricane milton hits florida in just a few hours. how emergency responders are using this time now to make final preps before

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on the federal response to hurricane helene particularly from donald trump and the trump campaign. let's go right to the white house. cnn's arlette saenz joins us this morning. what are you hearing well, john the white house is grappling with this response effort for hurricane helene and eventually hurricane milton on two fronts trying to get that the resources to those devastated communities, while also pushing back on some of the misinformation that's been spreading about the government's response to this hurricane. >> president biden yesterday said that those spreading misinformation or un-american and just a short while ago transportation secretary pete buttigieg told you that there is a massive misinformation problems problem that is complicating a federal government officials from helping these communities get what they need. now, one way that the white house is trying to combat this is by launching a reddit accounts. they are hoping that they can post information. they are to get directly in the hands of those in the communities about the resources that are available

for them. this all comes as the response to hurricane helene has really become a flashpoint on the campaign trail with former president donald trump, among those who has been promoting some false narratives about the federal government's response, vice president kamala harris has said that that is simply irresponsible and she had this message last night for those impacted communities about the misinformation that's been spreading to all of those folks in north carolina and georgia, please know that fema and the people on the ground are there to help you. you are entitled to help there's a lot of misinformation and i deceit you. i beg you to please not pay attention to it because there are whole lot of folks who are there to give you help and aid in terms of the immediate aftermath and what people need to do in terms of getting through the height of this emergency in this crisis. but also in terms of long-term health

on this misinformation around the response efforts the white house is also deep into preparations for hurricane milton, as it is barreling towards florida's coast. >> fema and other government agencies are prepositioning resources in the region that includes a high water rescue vehicles, also equipment that can be used in potential airlift, as well as search and rescue teams. they are also prepared to deploy a millions of meals and water to get into those communities after the storm makes impact. president biden last night's but what the mayor of clearwater florida, as well as the head of pinellas county ahead of this orme and a bit later this morning, he will be receiving a briefing along with harris on the response efforts. and then this evening, he will deliver remarks here at the white house as that storm is getting closer to making impact something that the white house has really warned residents to heed the local warnings about as the storm approaches. >> again, the pictures of the sea of utility trucks in

orlando shows you the preparations that are taking place here. let science thank you very much. >> that is quite a sign of preparation, joining us now to talk more about all of this, is the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, secretary. thank you so much for the time this morning first and foremost what is your message to the people of florida as conditions are starting to deteriorate, we've seen from our correspondents and landfall is now just hours away. >> kate, thank you so much the most important message is for people to listen to their local officials. the local officials will communicate guidance as to what people who are in the path of the storm need to do, they must follow follow that guidance. it is a matter of life and death. >> it definitely seems to be so from everything we've seen with this forecast, i want to ask you about the response to hurricane helene because jd vance just came out with an opinion piece accusing the biden administration of mismanaging the response

calling the response so far in competent and calling you out specifically here it is in part, he writes this shortly after helene made landfall in the united states and september 26, joe biden was at his house and we're rehoboth beach. rehoboth beach. vice president kamala harris was flying between ritzy, california fundraisers, hobnobbing with celebrities, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas was in los angeles jill has presiding over an award ceremony how do you reach those accusations from jd vance attention to such unproductive and quite frankly counter-productive words. >> we're focused on mission can the state and local leaders in the impacted states have praised the federal response we work in partnership with our state and local officials. we have delivered more than 280 million in assistance directly to individuals impacted by

helene and by the way, in los angeles, i was recognizing outstanding work of the personnel of the department of homeland security and surely others should support and recognize that tremendous work as well on this. >> talking about what is counterproductive, we've heard from federal, state, and local, the rumors and misinformation around fema and hurricane response is not only been false rumors to the extent of they've even need to launch a reddit and a their own webpage on fema to give the facts. it's also dangerous and the new york times is highlighting in a new piece, a wave of anti-semitic threats that have been laid leveled at officials involved in hurricane response, anti-semitic attacks this according to this report, are mainly been mainly focused on the mayor of asheville, esther manheimer, fema is director of public affairs. jaclyn rothenberg and u.s. secretary. here's what here's what it says posts that question, ms rothenberg, loyalty to the united states because of her jewish heritage, had more than 4 million views on x. that's

what the new york times gives us. the washington post says, a post featuring the three of you together labeled jew got 1 million views what do you make of this >> repugnant expressions of hate. it is one of the core missions of the department of homeland security to combat hate in all its forms. and we remain committed to that mission. it is most unfortunate that attacks are being levied against people who are dedicating them cells in the service of others. and i will say that the false information that is deliberately being spread has real consequences for real survivors of hurricane helene. we have seen people who are reluctant to seek the federal assistance that they are entitled to, and that they desperately need to meet their immediate life needs. this has got to stop. you don't our history and it's a proud history. is that we come together in times of disaster

and we need to really bring that history forward and live in right now. benefit of the individuals who are suffering and this is important because there has been fear that this misinformation would be detrimental to those who are affected. and you're saying you are seeing evidence that these rumors are setting in and people are not seeking the aid that is available to them because of these false rumors that is indeed the case. kate and i will tell you another negative impact of this deliberately false information. it is demoralizing to the men and women at the federal level, at the state and local level, who are actually risking their lives to save others and to bring much needed relief to those who needed and another hurricane bearing down right now, secretary mayorkas, thank you so much. >> and we want to make sure everyone knows that if you are in the middle of as this storm sets in, this is some

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>> the biggest concerns with hurricane milton is storm surge. the national weather service is forecasting life-threatening storm surge levels here so the basics, a storm surge is a rapid rise in water levels caused by strong winds pushing water onshore in parts of florida, we're talking 12 to 15 feet of water from this storm in a surge. and i want to give you an idea of what that really means beyond just the numbers this shows you a storm surge of about two feet at this level, low low-lying coastal roads would be inundated with water. the next stage would be a surge of five to eight feet this is enough to submerged cars, but remember milton is expected to bring much worse storm surge of ten plus feet in places. and this is taller than event a city bus the average first floor of a commercial building is typically around 14 feet high

and milton storm surge could reach a foot higher than that. it is impossible to know with certainty at this point where this is all going to hit. and when. but the places that are facing these catastrophic levels of surge from tampa on south, we're talking sarasota, venice, port charlotte, punta gorda this is here's how high it could get there. and when you see the surge, this surge in relation to just an average human in a, in a normal sized room. it is clear why officials are saying get out now yeah. >> kate, even with warnings like that and demonstrations like that, there are some people who are choosing to ride out the storm with us now is brigitte stone, but who lives on santa island and we should note said about was cut off from hurricane ian. i mean, you've been through things like this before yet. you were choosing just stay with storm surges that could reach well over ten feet why do you make that decision

decision each time. >> it's just we just don't leave. we just don't leave our home why not? we haven't at on any of them charlie irma helene ian is it important for you to stay? >> i think the most important thing is that we know we won't be able to get back. that's the that's the number one reason number two is there withstand the storm than, you know, live in an arena with a 100 or 1,000 people or, you know, in motels, hotels with three dogs, it's just it's

just something that we've never i don't i don't want to say we don't fear the store. >> we certainly fear the storms and the hurricanes we just choose to ride it out. you know, it's ian. what charlie charlie was the 2004 and then ian was definitely the worst because of the surge that we had never gotten before. and we at this point had the highest of 12 foot surge and, you know i know that our house can withstand it so it's just a matter of when i finish up with you today, i've got to finish bringing everything up to our upper level yeah. >> talk to me about that. where are you sitting right now? 12 feet of storm surge. would that come up to where you are? how do you prepare for something like this? >> everything goes in my house

into the living room. so i've got lots of product, et cetera, downstairs are porch that my husband felt we can't we live out here we we live out here on the porch and we have a house inside, but so the water with ii and came up too where our feet are on here. so the surge came all the way up to the bottom of our porch so our home we got the fray and that kind of damage, but we didn't get the surge in our home appear it could come in even higher this time. >> what does worry you? the most? >> what worries me the most most, even though i don't think it will happen, but what

worries me the most is like losing a pile-on because i look at what has happened for helene those houses that got swept away down the rushing waters, i feel safe up here on our still didn't home but if we were to lose the pylon and the house wasn't sturdy, that scares me the most was used to scare me the most was the surge listen bridges tone but we do wish you the best i know that you tried to help out with others who who stayed you did after an again, just wish you the best, please stay safe over the next 24 hours. >> thank you there is new data coming in now on the intensity of hurricane milton, the director of the national hurricane center telling us just this hour that storm is now getting faster and wider if it approaches landfall, cnn has reporters on the ground all along the target zone for orlando to sarasota as conditions are starting to

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shut down as hurricane milton is barreling towards the state. people planning to ride out the storm now only have hours together. any last supplies and they really need to hunker down no matter where they are. let's get over to cnn's victor blackwell. blackwell he's he's in orlando where also conditions seem to be deteriorating. what are you seeing and what are you hearing from people there? >> there's been some steady rain here for several hours and the steady stream of people coming to this home depot right off i4 to get the last-minute supplies, the flashlights, the plywood, the battery generators. i spoke with the manager of this store just a couple of minutes ago and he says that they have not run out one of those supplies. but this storm will be closing at 3pm as the worst of milton comes ashore. this really isn't interesting place in florida where you have both people who are trying to get away from this part of the state, tourists from all over the world are here for the parks but also evacuees who come here

from those zone a evacuation spaces the tampa is the st. pete to get away from the storm surge. now, in orlando, storm surge really is not the major concern. there will be hurricane force winds here, so there will be down trees and power outages, or certainly expected. it is the flooding. it's the rain. and so central florida can handle a rainy day, maybe better than other parts of the state, but it's the amount of rain up to 15 inches forecast for this area. and the storm water control systems, the streams, the late date he this which flooded how heavily an isolated communities and ian in 2022 just cannot accommodate that. city workers have been out trying to clear the drains, prepare for all this rain. we know that orange county has opened several high schools and elementary schools for shelters they've had sand bag operations for several days, although those have ended now, we know that mayor buddy dyer will be working at the top of

the hour. his meeting with the emergency operations managers to make sure that the city is prepared for the worst of the storm. that's the eeoc is going to be opening it 4:00 and they'll be around the clock ready to respond to any of those emergencies. but fire and rescue, once those winds get too strong, about 40 miles per hour consistent since stained wind winds, they will not be able to go out and respond to some of those emergencies. so they're standing by preparing. this is a choreographed dance that they do, but not for a storm of this size and strength in a very long time victor. >> thank you so much for being there. we checking back in with you john all right. >> with us now, is sander tap fluid as sarasota county emergency management chief and look, sarasota could be right in the eye of this storm. you could get a direct hit. what is your message to the people in your community right now?

>> yeah. thank you so much for giving us a chance to spread that last minute message here, we have been messaging all week about the threat and the risks that we have from the storm and the storm surge is going to be deadly ten to 15 feet is very little. people are going to survive if there out on those barrier islands that we have that are hugging our coastline, that it's not just the barrier islands, it's also we have an intercostal. we have people along rivers and creeks that storm surge is going to push inland. so i am an emergency manager, but i'm also a mother a wife, a daughter, and i'm pleading with people well, from that perspective, do not keep your loved ones or yourselves in these level a, b, or c evacuation areas there's a reason we have evacuated, you and now is the time to act. you still have a few hours we have evacuation centers open and we'd encourage you to head to one of those view. don't stay in your home i was just going

to ask it's like what, 8:43 a.m. right now, how much longer do people have to get out yeah. >> so we anticipate that the onset of tropical storm-force winds will occur right around mid-afternoon early afternoon. the safest time to go is right now within the next couple of hours, try to get there by noon you get set inside a safe facility and again, you can go to sc gov.net to find out any of those locations that are open. >> what happens if you choose to stay? >> so if you choose to stay, particularly if you're in a level a zone, you may be contending with flooding coming into your house. this storm surge at ten to 15 feet will start attentive 15 feet. so those along the barrier islands can expect that amount of storm surge that is it is higher than a lot of homes that we have out there. so that flooding will come into your home. we saw that in hurricane ian down in the fort myers area where people decided to stay, some of

them had to swim out of their homes. we don't want that for anybody here and sarasota county. so if you choose to stay make sure you have a life preserver handy, make sure for sure. that you have plenty of supplies with you because you may be stuck in your home. so even if you're not right at the coastline, you may be flooded. maybe your home has elevated a little bit. it's going to take us hours if not days, to be able to come to you. so make sure you have supplies on hand and that you're self-sufficient for a number of days and you have time still to get out the next few hours and important message from santa top food and 80 emergency management chief for sarasota county, which is really staring down just such a dangerous storm. >> thank you so much for being with us. best of luck to you and while they are staring down the storm and communities are preparing for hurricane milton to make landfall in just hours. officials are also having to mount a battle against misinformation about hurricane relief efforts in the aftermath of hurricane helene. one republican member of congress

from north carolina told cnn that there has been no evidence to back up the rumors that are circulating online, especially including rumors that equipment or supplies have been withheld by fema for the people there all of the rumor, the falsities were more getting in the way of us trying to help the people here in western north carolina recover from helene bach, i was getting a number of calls and emails and texts from folks that claim they have firsthand accounts that they were turned away with supplies. >> are not able to help and every single one of those rabbit holes, i went down, i chased it trying to find contact information and i was enabled corroborate one single one of those stories joining us right now is from the trump campaign is to trump's

national press secretary for the campaign, karoline leavitt. >> carolyn, thank you for coming on and the congressman there, he said that he doesn't necessarily like all that fema is doing, but he's pointed out that it's damaging the rumors that he's dead. that is what is happening. the rumors that are circulating and with regard to that, things that the former president has said is fema funds were stolen to be used to house illegal migrants that no one from fema was on the ground in north carolina, that funds were being withheld from republican areas of the state on purpose none of that is true. the head of fema says that worse than it not being true, it is dangerous that if this is pushed in circulated for the people who are most in need of help with that knowledge is the former president going to stop saying this? >> well, first of all, kate, let me just express our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in western north carolina, georgia, tennessee, and now florida, who are bracing for another devastating hurricane. the bottom line is that fema spent 1 $1 on funding

for illegal immigrants that kamala harris didn't. joe biden let into the country cnn in many mainstream media outlets reported that more than a month ago. now, today we find ourselves in a predicament where americans are in dire situations in need of food and of water. and secretary mayorkas last week said that fema does not have sufficient funding to get through this crisis and through the rest of kharkiv and season, but carolina making i'm sorry. >> i wanted i know we have just had secretary mayorkas on, but no, no, but first on that let's let's get let's get let's keep to the facts, which is on that that suggests that donald trump did make that they were stealing money from fema and using it and it's all gone because they're using it to house migrants. >> that's not true. there's no disaster relief fund money that was that was going to house migrants i don't think the american people care which pocket the money came from. >> they do care that their tax dollars, 1 billion of their tax

dollars went towards housing migrants that came from fema funds. that is a fact fact. it is reportable and it's very likely to assume that that money could have been re-allocated to the disaster relief fund that now could be used to help our fellow americans that are in need from these hurricanes. and i would like to finish my previous point and i heard you had secretary secretary mayorkas on the show and i hope that you asked him about why he was shopping at a luxury men's warehouse store last week in the midst of this crisis, or why kamala harris was fundraising in san francisco when hurricane helene made landfall and why joe biden was sitting on the beach. if president trump had done that, there would be outrage and there should be outraged at our current elected officials, leaders, and offers office who were sitting on their hands when this horror airline was made? he landfall on the united states. there was i did actually, i did it for i did ask your dad ask the secretary's pays to deploy troops? i did. i did it carolina? i did it. that's

what i times i did ask him about that. he said he was actually in los angeles recognizing the work of employees of the department of homeland security that are part of what we're talking about here. but let me ask you something. this is what i've heard. what you've now saying is that you think it is you don't you don't think american people care? where the money comes from? it is, you think it is bad that they're using fema money to house migrants ironically, donald trump attempted something very similar to what he falsely now is claiming about them in 2019, trump's use i'm let me finish. trump used money from fema disaster fund for migrant programs at the southern border. he told congress that he was intending at the time in 2019 to schiff 200 $271 million from dhs, including $155 million from fema disaster relief fund to pay for detaining and transporting undocumented immigrants less

than that was transferred from a vlcek less than the 150 million was transferred. but money was transferred by donald trump in 2019 and the trump administration from the fema disaster relief fund to house migrants so is he is he then okay with moving disaster relief funds for dealing with migrants? but now is not is that what you're saying did what president trump didn't do is allow an open border policy for four years, allowing nearly 20 million illegal people into the country, stressing our publican structure in cities across the country. >> using tax payer dollars to fund illegals and put them in luxury hotels like we've seen in new york city to give them prepaid debit cards to buy clothing and food when the american people are suffering from it, it's okay for donald trump to do it. >> it was not okay for for the biden administration and to do it, carolina it's okay. >> donald trump did that. donald trump did that in 2019, his administration president

trump did not allow an invasion of illegal immigrants into our country again and use billions of dollars to fund them in housing to put them into luxury hotels. >> what he did do is use them carol funding to deport them back to their home countries, which is something that kamala harris is refusing to do. and she has still yet to answer the question that if she is elected president in 28 days, what is she going to do with the 20 million illegal people that she is allowed into this country including the convicted criminals. we know there's 425,000 convicted criminal illegal aliens in this country today. kamala has yet to say whether or not she will deport them or keep them here and continue to use several funding to house them and to give that subsidize their lifestyle on the taxpayers dime, president trump won't tolerate that. he's going to launch the largest mass deportation operation in american history. and he will ensure that american citizens are being put first by their federal government or meant that their tax dollars are going to them in times of need. and this is not the first time we've seen the white house and the

biden-harris administration botch a crisis. we saw in afghanistan. they left americans behind there. we saw in east palestine, ohio, where kamala harris never visited and joe biden took months to actually go to tour the nation from the train derailment sought. and maui, hawaii, where residents are still saying the federal government was not there to help them. this situation is no different and we will take the word of residents in north carolina and florida and georgia who have been left behind over the word of this administration, which has repeatedly been cotton lives also the word of republican member of congress who says that these rumors that donald trump has been pushing in part the things he's been saying is not true. you said you haven't heard kamala harris answered a question. i'm just gonna leave it here, but i'm not hearing you answer the question. of why was okay for the trump administration, for the trump administration to use disaster relief funds in order to deal with migrants in 2019. and it is now completely not okay. and something he's hitting the administration on now, we're going to leave it there because i alford you three times to give me the answer and i'm not getting it we'll talk more. thank you john.

>> all right. thanks so much, kate and now time is running out for people who evacuated in the path of hurricane milton. we've got the very free latest forecast black people for better or worse, a lot of people we came away from that bag you and it's my turn to talk. >> i must say tv on the edge moments that shaped our culture. >> sunday at nine on cnn mornings congestion, i'm feeling better. >> all in one and done with me as the next kick-start better now used. >> the next kick-start gives only one and done relief with our morning jolt. have been cooling sensation. come season. >> it looks standard is queen and says, are wire, my name more. albion to, let's work on that french, shall we

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and with me now is the author and cnn anchor chris wallace. you can tell how excited i am because i love elections in this one man, 1960, just juicy. >> it was, i think first modern election first two times that you had candidates who are born in the 20th century. first presidential debates, and they were on television 70 million people watched and kennedy particularly ran the first modern campaign with personal polling and his own private plane that his family gave him and you know, very sophisticated use of television even had frank sinatra do a tv commercial for that's incredible to think of it was a generational election also, everyone thinks, oh, jfk, this youth movement, nixon wasn't that old either. >> no. >> kennedy is the youngest elected president still today at 42 nixon was right bold, 47, and one of the, it's a great story the election and the debates and the mob is involved

and there's sort of a romantic triangle involving jack kennedy. and ahead of the chicago outfit, sam giancana, and a woman, judith campbell but it also has real parallels till today, because that was an election that i think may really have been stolen and nixon, of all people decided not to contest it because he felt that he needed to engage in the peaceful transfer of power. now, fast forward to 2020 and even 2024, no evidence of election fraud. and you got a president who has refused to acknowledge that he lost and that the winter is the real president for the last four years any connection between the showmanship that you say in a way kennedy invented and what we see now in electoral politics? well, he was the first to really use television very well. and then that first debate, you see him. he had a real town, even black and white. you can see how good a look there was a