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today, tuesday, october 8th, 2024. breaking news. the rush to escape. millions across florida are trying to get out before hurricane milton makes landfall, it could be one of the most destructive hurricanes in decades. our crews are on the ground. al roker is here tracking the time line. also breaking, taking on tiktok, 14 states file suits against the social media platform, claiming that it's preying on children. the case they're laying out and how tiktok is now responding. thinking bigger! have you noticed that box of cereal or bag of chips isn't quite lasts as long as it used to. and a turn for the better, are you one of millions of americans, an expert will walk us through the moves you can do

to get relief. the breaking news, evacuations under way right now ahead of direct impact in florida from hurricane milton, right now it's a category 4 storm out in the gulf, it's gaining strength ahead of expected landfall tomorrow night. this is a massive storm. look at that from space, you see it there, it's more than 300 miles wide, some impacts from milton will be felt as early as tomorrow afternoon, that's way you see the roads, lots of traffic out there, officials saying in florida now's the time to get out. if you're in an evacuation zone. hospitals are being cleared out. schools are already closed in some areas. there's also a rush to get supplies, some gas stations are tapped out. gasbuddy said nearly 8,000 stations are out of fuel already.

we'll get to our correspondents in florida in just a moment. but first, al roker, give us the very latest. this looks like a monster. >> reporter: it does, in fact, this thing is starting to intensify, visible satellite th shows that eye redeveloping, right now much of the state of florida under hurricane warnings from coast to coast, fort myers, tampa, orlando, tropical storm warnings further to the south, hurricane watches as well and as this system gets itself together, 520 miles southwest of tampa, with winds now up to 155 miles per hour, it's moving northeast at 8 miles per hour, path of this system is going to bring it some time late tomorrow evening, around 11:00 to 3:00 a.m., it will make landfall as a possibly category 4 storm or stronger, when it starts to lose

some of its strength it's going to grow in size as it gradually weakens. right now tropical storm-force winds extend out from the center of storm. as it makes landfall 400 miles across. nearly doubling its size, a larger storm pushing more water, funneling that surge into the coast from fort myers up to tampa, sarasota as well, so the surge warnings right now are very, very dire, we're talking about 10 to 15 feet from tampa all the way down to sarasota, just to the south, 6 to 10 feet, naples, fort myers as well, and there's a storm surge on the other side as the system exits florida, we'll be watching these storm surges over the next 36 hours. we also got a risk for severe weather, a system to the right of the storm, severe weather, tornadoes are likelihood from daytona beach, fort myers, down

to miami. as far as the rainfall is concerned, we're looking at a flooding rainfall situation, a high risk of flash flooding for rivers and streams and streets from orlando, ocala, down to sarasota, we could be looking up to 18 inches of rain especially in north and north central florida, so as this system gets itself together, it's going to be a very thin line anywhere, depending on 15 miles either way from tampa that will determine where the heaviest storm surge is. >> to the south of where the storm actually crosses, right, is where we see the worst storm surge. >> exactly. >> al roker, thanks. appreciate it. our correspondents out in the storm zone right now, sam brock is in tampa, florida, dana griffin is in naples. chase cain is in orlando. >> it could take a direct hit from the hurricane, tampa, the

first time in a hundred years they have had a direct hit, are you seeing people take these calls to evacuate seriously? >> reporter: sure, 3-plus-million area in the metro. on yesterday jammed for miles. look at it today, many folks have evacuated already or don't have the ability to at this point and i say that because here's a gas station on the corner here near largo, lot of plastic bags covering pumps. signs on the pumps say please the cashier inside to use. they've shut down. folks here concerned about the safety. i had an interesting conversation with a woman as we talked about things going on the ground level, governor desantis talking about having 8,000 national guardsmen at the ready,

dump trucks moving these giant piles of debris that could be projectiles. she said after what happened during hurricane helene the mindset has completely reoriented and people are responding accordingly both government and local. take a listen to our conversation. >> this is better than the last storm we just had. i've never seen so much activity. and people are actually leaving. i did not see this with the one we just had, helene. but this one people are really leaving. >> reporter: kate, hospitals, we did get to advent health yesterday, they moved 40 to 50 patients from north pinellas.

tampa general hasn't had any evacuations yet. but we're paying close attention. >> barrier islands out there, lots of exposed areas, hopefully people are getting inland. thank you so much. dana, you're about 150 miles south of sam in naples, florida, you spoke to the mayor, what did she have to say? >> reporter: she said that mandatory evacuations started at 6:00 a.m., she hasn't seen the number of people evacuate she'd like, but there's still time to get out, but take a look behind me, this beach is now full of people, more than we saw yesterday, you'd think we'd see less people today. families showing up to the beach, a hurricane ark category 4 hurricane is about to barrel toward this state. we could get life-threatening storm surge here, some 6 to 10

feet, the biggest concern that the mayor reiterated today. they've evacuated the coastal residents and areas prone to storm surge. she wanted to give this stark reminder of how quickly storms can change and how people need to be ready to evacuate. listen. >> even with ian we weren't in the threat zone all of a sudden we were getting a direct hit. these storms are unpredictable. so don't think that it can't take a quick turn and we need to be prepared for that. >> reporter: we need to be prepared. i asked several people as you can see, more people are showing up, i've asked people are they leaving? i have heard no, i'm in a safe area, i heard a quote maybe. kate. >> i think our weather folks, meteorologists said, just err on the side of the caution. chase is somewhere a lot of

people are headed, orlando, the second major storm in two weeks, are people evacuating, we heard sam talking about people who are becoming wiser and knowing they feed to get out of the way, what are you experiencing in. >> reporter: there's a loft traffic on interstate 4, it thins out behind me in downtown orlando, but so many people are trying to leave tampa bay and gulf coast region. a lot of folks coming here, but no a lot of hotel rooms left. jacksonville, no hotel rooms left. family evacuated here from port charlotte, helene brought water within a few feet and with milton tai getting out of town. >> just very stressful to go through this. you start wondering, is it really worth it?

>> reporter: the risk to human life is of course the most important thing here, florida officials are emphasizing for folks to evacuate, they're running out of time. when it comes to property moody's financial storm in the path of milton here in florida more than $1.1 trillion of property in the path of milton, kate. >> to all of our reporters down there, please stay safe. we'll get back to you. time for today's money minute. you won't believe who just became the world's richest female musician. maybe you'll believe it. kate rogers joins us now. the largest regulated water utility in the u.s. revealed it was the victim of cyberattack, new jersey-based american water, 14 million customers in 14 states it noticed the unauthorized activity last thursday prompting a pause in

billing. uber is rolling out eco-friendly features in an effort to lower emissions. an ev preference opt for fully electric vehicle and for drivers, uber is rolling out an a.i.-assistant to help drivers make the switch to electric vehicles. and taylor swift, no surprise, has dethroned rihanna as the forbes' richest musician. worth $1.6 billion. in contrast to most musicians, taylor swift is the first to become a billionaire through her music. >> she's just brilliant about all of it, the business. >> incredible. >> the singing. kate rogers, thank you so much. still ahead, police in australia are sent on a low-speed chase, see that guy right there, this is a sydney

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the race for the white house still neck and neck with 28 days, four weeks to go until the election, two new polls out today show vice president harris with a narrow lead over former president trump, both of those polls are within the margin of error, the vice president is doing several big media interviews today. the former president postponed his planned events today because of hurricane milton. joining me now is aaron gilchrist and garrett haake who covers the trump campaign. renowned journalist bob woodard has a new book coming out next week, what are some of the highlights from the book and how is the trump campaign reacting. >> reporter: something tells me this is going to sell a lot of copies, this topic has been endlessly fascinating around the world. in his new book he describes

during a time in coronavirus, sent tests to putin in russia for his personal use, even deskriend a conversation back and forth with putin not to tell anybody he sent these. the trump campaign is saying these stories are fabricated, they're not true, they accused wooda are, d of trump derangement syndrome. >> okay, and aaron, vice president harris was asked about the same thing during her appearance on howard stern's show earlier today. how did he respond. >> reporter: she talked to howard stern for about an hour, she didn't hold back in responding to this question about this. she called him unfit for office, something we heard the vice president say before, but in

context of this reporting she had that to say and more. >> people were dying by the hundreds. everybody was scramling to get these kits. and this guy who was president of the united states is sending them to russia, to a murderous dictator for his personal use, that's just the most recent, stark example of who donald trump is. >> reporter: the vice president went on to describe mr. trump as dangerous, something we've heard her say before. we heard from sources close to the campaign that the vice president was going to sort of ramp-up her targeting of former president trump in public appearances and in advertising we're seeing from the campaign and the language you heard today seems to be consistent with that. >> aaron, this howard stern interview part of a bigger media blitz for vice president harris, what are some of the other key takeaways.

>> she was on the view today. her appearance on the view she announced a new plan called medicare at home, a plan where medicare would pay for the costs of in-home healthcare for senior citizens, that would be relief for folks who are caring for their children and elderly parents as well. >> garrett, what is the former president's campaign schedule look like for the rest of this week? today's events were postponed because of the hurricane. >> reporter: assuming the storm doesn't cause any more cancellations the former president will be back in pennsylvania, perhaps the most crucial battleground state tomorrow for two events, he's giving a speech to the economic club of detroit in friday.

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after an explosion in california on monday. the building was in the back of home in long beach. officials say a man was found in rubble and taken to the hospital. we don't know his condition just yet. investigators say the blast damaged multiple neighbor ing homes. a surprising shake-up in the nfl the new york jets fired head coach robert saleh just five days into the season, it comes amid reports that there might have been tensions between saleh and the team's star quarterback aaron rodgers. over his three years in charge, his record with the jets was 20 wins and 36 losses. the defensive coordinator will now take over as the team's interim head coach video from an australian train station shows a koala's adventure getting derailed by police, last week the animal climbed up and down the stairs, investigated the elevator for a while, walked around the train

platform and an alert was put out to nearby trains warning them to slow down, police had to go on a low-speed chase through the train station to help the koala get to safety, it climbed a fence and jumped out of the station. we're following more breaking news this hour and another blow to tiktok. more than a dozen states filed lawsuits against the popular social media app, claiming that it's harmful to children's mental health. the lawsuits mainly focus on accusations that the platform is designed to be addictive. tiktok is denying those allegations. nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian is following this, 14 separate lawsuits were filed today by different states. >> reporter: kate the lawsuits take aim at the tiktok algorithm, tailoring content to

people's interests. lawsuits emphasize features that help make children addicted to the platform. data collected without parental con zest, push notifications and face filters that contain unattainable. trying to force tiktok's parent company to sell the app over national security concerns under a law that's being challenged in federal court. >> there's a lot going on with tiktok, are they saying anything more about these new lawsuits? >> reporter: yes, they're pushing back forcefully, a spokesperson said in statement to us, quote, we provide robust safeguards, have voluntary launched safety features such as a default screen time limits,

family pairing and privacy by default for minors under 16. the statement called it incredibly disappointing that these states filed these lawsuits. the states likely would respond they tried working with the company and are not satisfied with the company's response to date. kate. >> ken, thank you. monday marked one year since hamas' deadly terror attacks against israel and that's bringing renewed calls from israelis for the release of the 101 hostages still being held in gaza, but for those who already made it out of gaza and their families it's not been easy to move on either. raf sanchez has more. >> reporter: it began with this heart-stopping video. watching in disbelief as his wife and two daughters were seized by hamas. loaded on to a tractor and kidnapped into gaza. >> that video i think changed my

life. >> reporter: we first met him on october 9th, 48 hours after the attack, as he searched for scraps of information. >> never imagine your girls and your mom would fall into hamas' hands. >> reporter: how he tracked his wife's phone as it disappeared into gaza, for 49 days, he had no news of his family. >> reporter: then, just after thanksgiving, a hostage deal. they were freed in the temporary cease-fire and back in their father's arms. today, not even a full year after her release, roz looks like any care-free kid on the beach. but the journey hasn't been

easy. >> she's afraid and having nightmares and see the evil person in her mind all time. >> reporter: the same little girls they were before october 7th. >> unfortunately, no. i can tell you that this is not the same dpirls. sometimes my younger daughter, she has something that called night fears. she's crying and there's nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: the sight of a tractor enough to snap the girls to the kidnap moment. >> the most difficult part is me not being with them, even though i know if i was with them i wouldn't be released. >> reporter: the girls at first was held in family apartment, stormed by israeli troops during a rescue mission, they remember

moved to a cramped cell in a hospital. your whole family is getting support, is it helping in. >> we're getting therapy and social worker's support, yet there's no professional knowledge about those kinds of situation, so we have follow our instinct. >> despite everything they've been through the girls have shown extraordinary resilience, returning to their old school and settling back into their lives. >> they're forcing us to get better, because a child forces you to sing, to smile, to dance, you have no choice and that heals you. >> they're keeping you strong? >> they're keeping me strong. they're inspiration to me. this is the true victory. not revenge, not hate, to make sure their lives will be long and full with happiness. >> reporter: a family that's healing one step at a time.