it is an honor on behalf of the florida highway patrol to serve governor desantis and his administration and also serve the great people of the state of florida. a brief update on operations of the 40 highway patrol. pre-stage high water rescue vehicles, preparation for landfall. we're conducting proactive patrols of the banquet dinners to suppress criminal activity. as the governor spoke about we've been laser focus on ensuring a roadways are open so we can conduct escorts of the fuel trucks to gas stations that are neat of fuel as were still doing this missions in this moment but as the ports on the inside closed down for the hurricane we are still engaged in transports of avs, and cruise compass come first responders and other elements that need to be where they need to be at a certain time before landfall is made by the hurricane. if you are an ambulance company or a healthcare facility that needs the services of the florida highway patrol for purposes of getting through congested areas, we would encourage you to dial star fhp and will make our best efforts to make sure you get what

doing is we have authorized highway patrol to escort with the sirens so they get there quicker major fuel trucks. we have had 43 fuel trucks that have been escorted by florida highway patrol to deliver fuel to stations particularly in the anticipated impact area. we are working with companies like circle k, racetrack, wawa, walmart to ensure fuel trucks are working 20 to keep fuel delivered as it comes into our ports. there is no longer fuel coming into some of the west coast ports like tampa and manati but they have a lot of fuel on dockside that is going to continue to be used. i spoke with both ports of tampa and manati today. . they have got a lot of fuel. that is continuing to happen. fuel has been coming into the east coast ports. that is probably going to stop soon. maybe has already stopped now. there is a lot of fuel on hand that can be brought out on the dockside and that is what we are looking to continue to see happen. debris removal from hurricane helene. i think most people know the counties and the cities. they have contracts for debris removal after a storm. there was not necessarily a great job all around on some of the contractors in place

the florida national guard, florida state guard additional fdot personal and florida highway patrol are all involvement only in the debris removal but in the larger hurricane preparation and response. we will have before landfall, 8000 national guard's for the state of florida that will be activated. we have already on hand 34 different search and rescue aircraft. we've never had this many resources prior to a storm. we had what's called request to get set out to other states and we've had a tremendous response from other states like we responded to north carolina and when they needed. states have come to florida. i want to thank the states that have stepped up and help us whether it's shania kalikow could whether it's such a rescue personnel, you name it, without a number of states have stepped up to help us. lyman and power restoration resources are being marshaled in advance of the storm as is our standard practice. we now have in excess of 37,000 line men that are either in or in route to the state of florida, as most people know hurricane helene left a lot of damage in some of our

doing is we have authorized highway patrol to escort with the sirens so they get there quicker major fuel trucks. we have had 43 fuel trucks that have been escorted by florida highway patrol to deliver fuel to stations particularly in the anticipated impact area. we are working with companies like circle k, racetrack, wawa, walmart to ensure fuel trucks are working 20 to keep fuel delivered as it comes into our ports. there is no longer fuel coming into some of the west coast ports like tampa and manati but they have a lot of fuel on dockside that is going to continue to be used. i spoke with both ports of tampa and manati today. . they have got a lot of fuel. that is continuing to happen. fuel has been coming into the east coast ports. that is probably going to stop soon. maybe has already stopped now. there is a lot of fuel on hand that can be brought out on the dockside and that is what we are looking to continue to see happen. debris removal from hurricane helene. i think most people know the counties and the cities. they have contracts for debris removal after a storm. there was not necessarily a great job all around on some of the contractors in place

in the ports reopen florida highway patrol will be standing by to escort fuel trucks to service stations. do you feel as they return to their homes. florida department of transportation is staged and ready to go. what if he six bridge inspectors which will go to clear the bridges. one hundred to cut and toss personnel over 1000 generators 350 pieces of heavy equipment and trucks. massive amounts of search and rescue equipment and personnel standing by. we hope there's not a big need for that but we are prepared for that. the founders or state and local's national guard, our state guard. we have about 9000 national guard personnel between florida and other states permit florida highway patrol fish and wildlife service, department of law enforcement of course our florida state guard. there is pre-staging alignment with your practice here in florida giving up a lot of lineman working for hurricane helena place like georgia and north carolina. i'm happy to report we have over 50000 linemen that are in the state of florida. as soon as it is safe to do so they will commence with power restorat

supply is available, so then they ask for more fuel to be brought, so we have authorised florida highway patrolel trucks. we have had 43 fuel trucks already escorted by florida highway patrol to deliver fuel to stations, particularly in the anticipated impact areas, and we are working with companies like circle k, while law, and walmart to make sure you will trucks are working 20 47 to keep fuel delivered as it comes his parts. there is no longer fuel coming into some west coast ports like tampa and manati but there fuel on dockside that will continue to be used. 50 dockside that will continue to be used. ,, ., , dockside that will continue to be used. , ., ., ., be used. so there is a governor over florida, _ be used. so there is a governor over florida, ron _ be used. so there is a governor over florida, ron desantis, - over florida, ron desantis, giving important information to people going out of state, 6.5 million people on the road, talking about how big it is going to be, 51 counties with emergency measures, storm surge on both coasts, a hurricane that might be shoveling across to the ea

we also have florida highway patrol fish and wildlife and the florida state guard. there are a lot of questions about pre-staging lineman which is the practice in florida given you have a lot of linemen working for hurricane helene in georgia and north carolina. i'm happy to report that we have 50,000 linemen in the state of florida, and is soon as it is safe to do so, they will commence with power restoration. we're already seeing power outages. you're going to continue to see a lot more power outages over the course of tonight and into tomorrow morning. now, at this point, it is too dangerous to evacuate safely. so, you have to shelter-in-place and hunker down. category three storm for most places in florida particularly newer construction, likely the building is going to be able to withstand it, but if you start to get in a situation where trees are snapping, power is popping, you do have to treat it like a tornado. and if you are in a tornado warning, duck and cover in a place that is safe in your structure, those can be very very dangerous even if you are insid

extraordinarily high and some gas stations have run out to be able to help ameliorate that the florida highway patroled of florida. we have an state of florida. we have an additional 600 ambulances in operation helping in the effort. the state of florida has considerable fuel reserves ahead of milton, it is staged and they will be utilised as needed following the storm. we have already dispatched a lot of fuel in the lead up to this but we already have on hand 1.6 million gallons of diesel and 1.1 million gallons of gasoline. there is no right now fuel shortage. gasoline. there is no right now fuelshortage. however, demand fuel shortage. however, demand has fuelshortage. however, demand has been extraordinarily high and some gas stations have run out to be able to help ameliorate that the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distance fuel tanker escorts with sirens, getting through traffic, totalling almost 1 through traffic, totalling almost1 million gallons of gasoline from ports in tampa, jacksonville, the everglades, and they are continuing with the fuel escorts as we speak. i am in co

we deputized florida highway patrol to escort the fuel tankers with sirens to get to the gas stationsare probably going to be okay on the east coast of florida. some places on the tampa bay area when there was evacuation everyone was going to get gas and some people filling out additional tanks in addition to what was in their car with the gallon containers or whatever they have which is fine but the demand went through the roof. these guys ran out, we had enough fuel in the state, didn't have the delivery schedule to replenish it. some went out. we've done one hundred 30 escorts with florida highway patrol bringing this in. my hope is there is minimal interruption with fuel on the backside of the storm. we've got a lot of people working hard. as most of what you know we've been doing this now for 21/2 weeks from the time we declared the state of emergency before hurricane helene and in the aftermath of helene, in terms of response and recovery and do another state of emergency for hurricane milton. it is the way you go. people have been working 24/7 particularly on the west coast of

we also have florida highway patrol fish and wildlife department of law enforcement. e our florida state guard. there's a lot of questions about prestaging linemen, which is our practice here in florida. given that you have a lot of linemen working for hurricane helene and places like georgia and north carolina. i'm happy to report that we have over 50,000 linemen that are in the state of florida, and as soon as it's safe to do so they will commence with power restoration. we are already seeing power outages. you are going to see a lot more power outages over the course of tonight and into tomorrow morning. now, at this point it's too dangerous to evacuate safely, so you have to shelter in place. and just hunker down. category 3 storm for most places in florida, particularly newer construction likely the building is going to be able to withstand it. but if you start to get in a situation where trees are snapping, power is popping, you do have to treat it like a tornado. and then if you are in a tornado warning, that's a duck and cover in a place that's safe in your str

the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distant fuel tanker escorts with sirens getting through traffic totaling almost 1 million gallons of gasoline from ports in tampa, jack sen. bill everglades and manatee, and they are continuing with the fuel escorts. as we speak. >> i've been contact with the ports on the west coast of florida we will see how this storm impacts those clearly there's an opera, there's a chance that you could have a major impact on port manatee, as well as on port tampa bay that could interrupt their ability to receive fuel shipments. >> and so we're working on contingencies to be able to keep fuel flowing throughout the state of florida. >> as we saw this new storm develop, it was clear that a lot of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida from hurricane helene had not had major a robust debris removal contracts in place are operations in place. >> some of these contractors were good, some of them were not getting the job done so you had a major hazard on barrier islands in pinellas, manatee, and sarasota county. so this weekend, i did i authoriz

last night 27 fuel trucks were escorted by the florida highway patrol to deliver them to stations inre ensuring that fuel trucks are working 24/7 to ensure they are delivered 24/7 as they are delivered. the gulf coast is not going to be receiving ships at the moment as per the coastguard. the dockside operations will be continuing. we are assuming that there are going to be significant damage to the port of tampa. so we are operating as though there is going to be a significant interruption... going to be a significant interruption. . ._ going to be a significant interruption... that is the florida governor - interruption... that is the florida governor giving i interruption... that is the florida governor giving a l florida governor giving a briefing. let's speak now to cristian benavides, who is in tampa for us. how are people responding to those warnings? find how are people responding to those warnings?— how are people responding to those warnings? and eat good morninu. those warnings? and eat good morning- we _ those warnings? and eat good morning. we know _ those warnings? and e

and so what we're doing is we've authorized florida highway patrols to escort with the sirenizes they quicker, and we've had 45 fuel trucks to deliver fuel to stations particularly in the anticipated impact area. we're working with companies like circle k, gate, wawa, shell and wal-mart to ensure fuel trucks are wking 24/7 to keep fuel delivered as it comes into our ports. there's no longer fuel coming into some of the west coast ports like tampa and manatee but they've got a lot of fuel there on dockside that will continue to be used. i spoke with both -- christian: they have the governor, ron desantis, giving important information to those headed out of state. currently six million people on the road. you can hear how big it is going to be. storm surgeon both coasts, 63 counties, a storm surge that might be travel ago cross the east coast when it heads into the atlantic. it's really a monster. and they'll have to buckle down over the next 24 hours. we'll talk about that later in the program, but i want to go to our top story just to say if you do want to watch that press conference,

but the state is sending florida highway patrol officers with gas trucks. when they're going to gas stations to fill up, they're sending a police escort with them to try and get those gas tanks out to the gas stations much more quickly. that's the latest from here in orlando. national climate reporter chase cain. thanks. preparing for wildfires with new information coming to the palm of your hand, one of the most downloaded apps is providing critical updates. meteorologist rob mayeda will join us once again to show us how the watch duty app works. also, they are considered pioneers in artificial intelligence and now they are being recognized for their work. the men just awarded the nobel prize in physics. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast? a lot of you have already voted, but if you haven't yet, you still have some time to vote for one of these stories. you see, right here. beer, wash, jeans, airline apologizes after airing an s.f.w. movie or u.s. house to honor miracle on ice te

we have deputized the florida highway patrol to escort the fuel tankers with sirens to get to all of the gas stations. you are probably going to be ok on the east coast of florida. some of the paste -- the places in the tampa bay area when there were evacuations, everyone was going to get gas and some people were filling up additional tanks with gallon containers to which is fine but the demand went through the roof so these guys ran out. we had enough you in the state. they did not have the delivery schedule to replenish it so you had some that went out. we had about 130 escorts with florida highway patrol bringing this in. my hope is there is minimal interruption with fuel on the back side of the storm. a lot of people have been working very hard. as you know, we have been doing this for two and a half weeks from the time we declared state of emergency before hurricane helene and in the map -- the aftermath of helene and we worked on helene for a week in terms of the response and the recovery and then we have to do another state of emergency for hurricane milton. people have been wo

the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distance fuel tankers courts with sirens getting through traffic totaling almost a million gallons of gas aileen with ports around the state. they are continuing with the fuels courts as we speak. i'm in contact with the ports on the west coast of florida. we'll see how this storm impacts those. clearly there is a chance that you could have a major impact on port manatee as well as port tampa bay. that could interrupt their ability to receive fuel shipments. we're working on contingencies to keep fuel flowing throughout the state of florida. as we saw the new storm develop it was clear a lot of the hardest-hit areas on the west coast of hurricane from hurricane helene had not had major robust collectors in place. you had a major hazard on barrier islands and manatee and sarasota county. so this weekend i authorized mandated 24/seven debris removal. we took all the florida department of transportation and other agency vehicles, brought them from across the state engaged in other missions as their normal court of business and dedicate

additional personnel and florida highway patrol are all engaged on that debris mission.rm, we have 5,000 national guardsman that have been mobilized. we will have before the storm hits, another 3,000 national guardsmen that will be on duty. we'll be deploying major heavy equipment to assist with debris removal. national guard will be a big part of any search and rescue that needs to happen as well as helping set up our points of distribution. these debris and landfill sites are open, not just from state assets or from the local debris contractors but for private individuals and citizens, and so if you have got a pickup truck, you load debris up. we want you to go and do that. we have had issues with those sites being closed when they should be open 24. we have opened them when we have seen that. let's keep this going until it's no longer safe to do so. we're also cooperating the evacuation of pets to walton county's temporary emergency animal shelter. obviously we expect floridians to take care of their own pets. you have got pets that are in shelters. we don't want to s

the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long-distant fuel tanker escorts with sirens, getting through traffic, totalling almost a million gallons of gasoline from ports in tampa, jacksonville, everglades and manatee. and they are continuing with the fuel escorts as we speak. i've been in contact with the ports on the west coast of florida. we'll see how this storm impacts those. clearly, there's a chance that you could have a major impact on port manatee as well as on port tampa bay. that could interrupt their ability to receive fuel shipments. so we are working on contingencies to keep fuel flowing throughout the state of florida. as we saw this new storm develop, it was clear that a lot of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida, from hurricane helene, had not had major, robust debris removal contracts in place or operations in place. some of these contractors were good, some were not getting the job done. so you had a major hazard on barrier islands in sarasota county and other places. so this weekend, i authorized -- mandated 24/7 debris removal. we took all the

we had florida highway patrol accompanying the fuel tankers to get into the impacted areas, so we knowt this is going to be an ongoing issue as people continue to trickle out and evacuate. but we are also encouraging people to recognize you don't have to travel hundreds of miles or leave the state or potentially even leave your county. number of shelters in every single county that are open and available. we have partnership with uber. they will transport you for free. using the code milton relief and so there are many ways for you to get to shelter. and so gasoline should not be an impediment at this point. we want to continue to encourage people. find a way to leave. make sure you are heeding those orders. >> laura: there was something of a dust-up between your governor and kamala harris. although your governor and joe biden seem to be having very productive conversations and biden has offered every -- you know, bit of help that florida wants from the federal government. but the two of them seem to be going b back and forth and essentially desantis pushed back against kamala harris'

florida national guard, state guard, official fdot personnel, and florida highway patrol are all engagedon. for the storm, we have 5,000 national guardsmen that have been mobilized, and we will have, before the storm hits, another 3,000 national guardsmen that will be on duty. we're also deploying major heavy equipment to assist with debris removaland, of course, the national guard will be a big part of any search and rescue that needs to happen as well as helping set up our points of distribution. these debris and landfill sites are open not just from state assets or from the local debris contractors, but for private individuals and citizens. and so if you've got a pickup truck, you load debris up, we want you to go and do that. i know we've had issues. >> all right. that is governor ron desantis right now giving an update on the path of the storm and the preparations the state is making right now, hoping that it does calm down, that it weakens, but so far it has strengthened now to a category 5. joining us, jesse kirsch in sarasota, florida. jesse, what are you seeing there? >> reporte

we have florida highway patrol escorting these fuel trucks into the gas stations, we have a until andgallons that are either in florida or in route or reserve. our port of tampa still open, still going to be receiving fuel. i think it's more of just when they run out. you got to rep rereplenish it. we have stocked spare fuel in the state of florida. we will continue to do that leading up to the storm. we anticipate you could have some major interruptions at the port of tampa, which is one of the places where we get a lot of our fuel from. we will work around that as needed. >> ainsley: governor, i know kamala harris called you selfish. she said she has tried to contact you to talk to you about hurricane relief. and i know that you've said -- i think you said she didn't try -- we want to get your response bus, first, listen to what she said. >> well, we don't have the sound but she said you know a moment of crisis, if nothing else, should really be the moment that anyone calls himself a leader says they're going to put politics aside and put the people first. people are in desperate ne

video that's been making the rounds on social media here shows florida highway patrol officers rescuing a dog tied to a pole in tampa. the dog was saved, but the social media post is a reminder for those evacuating not to leave their pets behind. animal shelters around the country are stepping up, taking in animals from areas devastated by hurricane helene two weeks ago. they're now making room to take in animals from florida in the wake of hurricane milton. >> the pets that are coming to us are pets that were already in the shelter environment, had already been surrendered or or given up by their families and are being brought here so that that shelter has room to take in animals where their owner might be looking for them. >> shelters are working to reduce animal stress levels by moving them to comfortable locations. >> time now is 710. we do have a little bit of a bigger backup growing at the bay bridge toll plaza right now, and you can see it's not big, though. it's not. it's not like it was the other few days of the week. but there is a backup there for sure. you can see here that

a video that's been circulating on social media shows florida highway patrol in tampa rescuing a dogwas tied to a pole. the dog has been rescued, but this is just a reminder for people evacuating. don't do this to your pets. animal shelters around the country are stepping up. they're taking in animals from those areas devastated by hurricane helene. they're also making room now to take pets in from florida after hurricane milton. so the pets that are coming to us are pets that were already in the shelter environment, had already been surrendered or or given up by their families and are being brought here. so that that shelter has room to take in animals where their owner might be looking for them. >> and just like humans, animals are affected by severe weather too. those animal shelters are hoping to help reduce the stress levels of the pets by moving them to comfortable locations. >> time is 519. a lot of us looking forward to this weekend, which is so different from last weekend. steve boy. >> thank goodness. yeah. thank goodness. we'll have a just a complete reversal here. going f

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. >> we have been able to help escort fuel with florida highway patrol as well as some of our local lawnforcement to be able to get it where it needs to go as soon as possible. >> the state is also mobilized nearly 3000 workers to begin removing debris from both milton and helene. officials estimate that process could take up to a year, but some neighbors say they are working together to speed up recovery. >> that made all the difference for both the hurricane rescue and the recovery. and now hopefully the restoration for the next 90 days. >> president biden says the federal government will reimburse 100% of debris removal costs. in tampa, jonathan serrie, fox news. >> coming up, the ceremonies today marking indigenous peoples day, we take a look at the bay area origins of the holiday, and another bay area tech company could soon overtake apple as the world's most valuable company. and a quick reminder to you that you can get ktvu on demand on your smart tv through our fox local app. you can watch live newscasts and see all kinds of in-depth content from our newsroom on a variety of top

>> well, we are doing florida highway patrol escorts with the tankers in order to get gas to these stations's not as much as a supply problem as a distribution problem. and when you have that many people moving around, you have to do escorts. and you have got to remember, this is columbus day weekend. this is typically a weekend holiday where southeast united states is descending on central florida for the holiday in order to enjoy it. there is more people to add days of vacation planned. so we do have extra people in the state this time because school is out. >> steve: indeed. jimmy, and as we look live at tampa where it is lightly raining at this point at 6:08 in the morning. we know there are some people who are stubborn and they will not leave even though the cops have knocked on their door and said you have got get out. once this storm starts hitting. people are going to get in their cars and going to get out on the highway. you guys are doing something that i have never heard of before, you have started opening up -- back up shelters of last resort so the near the highway so the drive

the florida highway patrol proviing an escort for dump trucks. >> it's terrifying to think what the nextrm will do with that debris. >> it will be a war zone. >> there's something about this one that i'm feeling very uneasy about. >> we begin with nbc news weather anchor angie lanceman and tom brock. even if it weakens, the storm is grows in size. what's the latest? >> you are right. that's one of the things we want people to focus on, not so much the category. this is a massive storm. it maintains category 4 strength. the impacts will not change if it weakens or strengthens over the next 24 hours and the fluctuations continue. right now, it does look like it will expected to be a category 3 by the time it makes landfall wednesday night. most likely after midnight. after dark. the exact location of where the center of the system goes, it's in flux. we have about a 40 to 50-mile spread in exact location of where that could be within the cone. right now, is it south of tampa bay? through tampa bay? north of tampa bay? those scenarios will matter. it took a breath, got its act back together

. >> we have been able to help escort fuel with florida highway patrol, as well as some of our localaw enforcement to be able to get it where it needs to go as soon as possible. >> the state is also mobilized nearly 3000 workers to begin removing debris from both milton and helene. officials estimate that process could take up to a year, but some neighbors say they are working together to speed up recovery. >> that made all the difference for both the hurricane rescue and the recovery. and now hopefully the restoration for the next 90 days, president biden says the federal government will reimburse 100% of debris removal costs in tampa. >> jonathan serrie fox news. >> early estimates show milton could end up costing $50 billion, with another 47 billion for hurricane helene. fema has been out in force since the storms hit, but as the recovery effort now ramps up, there are concerns the agency could be running out of money. both democrats and republicans agree the agency has enough funding to meet its immediate needs. but the white house says lawmakers need to come back to washington t

this florida highway patrol in tampa rescuing a dog that was left tied to a pole near interstate 75, able to rescue that one. >>> a check of the latest forecast and bring in nbc new york meteorologist matt brickman. >> the ongoing issue is the current tornado outbreak, we've now had 12 tornado reports and that will continue to grow in coming hours, here's storm right now, milton is a category 4, 130 mile an hour winds, southwest of florida, i mentioned the tornadoes here, here are ongoing tornado warnings now on the east side of florida, these very powerful winds out ahead of the center of that storm could continue to spawn tornadoes until that watch expires at 9:00 tonight. the other new update here for you is now a flash flood warning that cuts right across the middle of the state from tampa to fort pierce, heavy rain is falling now, already beginning to see street flooding. that will continue as heavy rain comes down. some of these spots could see up to a foot and a half of rain. unclear to orlando as well. here are the winds. tropical storm-force winds for naples. starting to str

extraordinarily high and some gas stations have run out to be able to help ameliorate that florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distant fuel tanker escorts with sirens totaling almost 1 million gallons of gasoline so all of this is happening before the storm even comes. >> now after the storm passes, one of the big things to watch is how much damage the port of tampa sustains. because this is where 40% of all of the fuel that goes into florida ends up coming. and so it is very critical to see how much damage is done here, because obviously if this port is down for any significant amount of time, that's going to cause even more more problems here, pam, we just won't know until milton makes landfall and sees, when we see what kind of damage it might cause to that port. matt egan. thank you. i know you'll be bringing us the very latest on that front. and before we go, we're getting word that there was a call between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president biden that has just ended especially notable because in bob woodward's fuck that we've been reporting on war, biden, ac

a video that has been making its rounds on social media shows florida highway patrol rescuing a dog tiedog was saved, but the social media post is a reminder for those evacuating to not do this to their pets. animal shelters around the country are stepping up and taking in animals from areas devastated by hurricane helene, and they're also making room now to take pets from florida in the wake of hurricane milton. >> the pets that are coming to us are pets that were already in the shelter environment, had already been surrendered or or given up by their families, and are being brought here so that that shelter has room to take in animals where their owner might be looking for them. >> just like humans, animals are affected by severe weather too. shelters are hoping to reduce their stress levels by moving them to comfortable locations. >> coming up here on the nine, it's one of the biggest draws for san francisco fleet week, and we are going to give you a view only few people have ever experienced. take a look at your tv as we are live on the deck of one of the ships in the parade of ships

florida department of transportation, the florida state guard, the florida national guard, the florida highway patrol, and urban search and rescue teams to continue work around the state on debris removal now, his remarks come after president joe biden toured the extensive damage left by hurricane milton. we've got a team of correspondents covering this. brian todd is in st. pete beach, florida and arlette saenz's in wilmington, delaware. brian, i want to start with you because biden announced more than $600 million to strengthen the power grid in the southeast. what is the sense that you're getting there on the ground of what's impacting people to most on the gas shortages, omar, that are impacting people to most, the most interesting, you mentioned that $600,000,000 figure of that $600 more than 90 billion of it is going to to power utility companies here in the state of florida, not only to help themselves get online now, but also to help shore up their infrastructure to tech from future hurricanes. >> because frankly, these hurricanes that are hitting the state of florida are not getting any weak

sure fuel shipments are getting the impact impacted stations along evacuation routes the florida highway patrol is engaged in transporting and escorting all the fuel carriers from the ports, port manatee, port, tampa along the route of evacuation you will see state troopers and you will see fuel trucks. >> utilizing the right lane to bypass traffic let's go straight to our meteorologist, derek van dam with the latest on the storm. >> derek, what are you looking at? >> kasie. >> this storm did not weaken overnight. >> it's terrifying and we are on a knife's edge, especially in tampa because you're so close to where this could make landfall here in roughly 24 hours, but i. want to look directly into the camera, sarasota englewood, venice, port charlotte, punta gorda. these are the areas that need to be on high alert for some of the most extreme impacts from this hurricane because of the latest trends this is the forecast track again, a landfall in category four hurricane that is new from the 5:00 a.m. update from the national hurricane center as it makes its final approach late tonight and into e

home no injuries were reported and the victims were taken to a shelter this is the moment florida highway patrolopers rescued a dog that was left tie to a poll in floodwaters on the side of interstate 75 in tampa i don't blame everyone helping where help is needed. >> even the news crew that rescued amber henry, and her children as floodwaters phil, their house worst nightmare. >> and i'm so glad i'm actually able to talk about it us coast guard air station miami rescue this man clinging to a cooler roughly 30 miles off longboat key the man was taking the table general hospital for care in st. lucie county. >> the search for victims is still ongoing after multiple tornado spun up in a 20 minute span, were going through the rubble trying to rescue as many people as we can. and we were actively searching and trying to save lives right now over and over again. first responders answered hundreds of calls. >> it about you're right. >> it's one of florida's worst hurricane pains ravaged in already battered state mapper never have. >> i experienced damage or the amount of tornadoes that came through th

take a listen to desantis the florida highway patrol has facilitated 106 long distant fuel tanker escorts with sirens getting through traffic totaling almost 1 million gallons of gasoline. >> there's a chance that you could have a major impact on port manatee, as well as on port tampa but bay that could interrupt their ability to receive fuel shipments now, port damage could be a real issue after the storm passes especially the port of tampa, because that is one of the most critical pieces of energy infrastructure in the nation. >> and of course, if there's any significant damage there, they won't be able to to receive more fuel there. but again, that's all a situation for after the storm passes, boris yeah. >> one of many foreseeable challenges once this massive storm passes, matt egan thank you so much. i want to go now to bill white, shula's. he is a resident of fort myers beach who has decided to ride out the storm and stay in place and not evacuated, bill. thank you so much for being with us. >> first. >> what are things like? like where you are now well, it's it's much better now. i

florida. the state highway patrol rescued a dog that was tied to a pole by the side of a road in tampa as hurricaneeo released yesterday shows the dog standing in a puddle of water up to his chest. the good news, he is okay after troopers took him to a vet. >>> president biden isn't pulling any punches in calling out reckless and harmful disinformation about the federal government's hurricane response. he's made it clear he blames former president trump calling these lies un-american. cbs' nikole killion is how this is shaking up the presidential campaign. >> reporter: former president donald trump waded into deep blue territory in scranton, pennsylvania, the birthplace of president joe biden, where he criticized the administration's hurricane response and renewed false claims about disaster relief in the wake of helene. >> you know where they gave the money? to illegal immigrants coming in -- >> reporter: even before trump set foot in his hometown, biden fact-checked the former president. >> former president trump has led this onslaught of lies. >> reporter: according to cbs news confirmed fema ha

the last thing i want to mention is the florida governor said they have florida highway patrol officersscorting fuel trucks to get them to gas stations along the evacuation route because there's a number of gas stations from tampa bay up delay clinic closer here in orlando which are running out of fuel. they are using patrol officers to get the gas trucks to the gas stations as quickly as possible. >> chase, thank you. in orlando. >>> let's give a road map for the rest of the hour. roblox shares are in the crosshairs. short-sellers at hindenburg out with a new report and it has affected those stock to the downside. we will see with the criticism is. >>> pepsi missing sales estimates and cutting the revenue forecast. the stock is holding steady. >>> more than a dozen state attorneys general announcing a massive lawsuit against tiktok. we will talk to one of the ag's about the suit as the squawk continues after this. (vo) memory and thinking issues keep piling up? it may seem like normal aging but could be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain. the sooner you talk to your docto

highway patrol troopers in florida found tied to a fence and rescued as hurricane milton was barrelinge state. police arrested owner, 23 year old giovanni garcia, and later released him on bond. he's been charged with aggravated animal cruelty. attorneys say he admitted he had been trying to get rid of the dog for months. garcia told investigators he was trying driving to georgia to escape the hurricane, and left a dog on the side of the road because he couldn't find anyone to take it. >> he did admit to being the dog's owner and admitted to wanting to get rid of this dog, and had been making efforts to get rid of this dog for several weeks or months, even before the storm. and this was his way to do it. >> that dog is now safe in the state capital and will soon be adopted. garcia could face up to five years in prison for his actions. >> following devastating flooding from hurricane milton, some homeowners in florida are considering lifting their homes to help prevent damage in future storms. many residents in the tampa area are in the process of getting their homes entirely after they

. >> florida governor ron desantis says, the highway patrol is escorting fuel tankers from the poor to areas most in need. and three public fuel sites have opened in plant city, bradenton in st. petersburg, where customers can receive ten gallons of gas each for free, more sites are gonna be open today. cnn's brian, a bowl is in valrico, florida with more days after hurricane milton and the water levels are still a concern. they have gone down significantly in some areas, others, not as much. i do want to show you this. can canoe here in the bloomingdale's acres neighborhood where we are this is basically a taxi pack and forth to people's homes down there. and all of that water, you can still see it at one point high enough that it was to the top of the white of that bus. so that is significant and also shows you how much the water levels have gone down. also the power for improving significantly here in hillsborough county, at least. and the fuel that has been a big problem. we have seen long lines at gas stations and it's not because of supply or or because of delivery issues accordi

deployed 9,000 national guard members, the largest in the history of florida, as well as over 50,000 utility workers and highway patrolescort gasoline tankers to refill gas supplies that have dwindled as people evacuated. >> i've spoken to the president. we remain in regular contact with fema. and we are marshalling all available resources to be able to prepare and respond to hurricane milton. if there are a lot of people that do stay behind, unfortunately there will be fatalities. i don't think there's any way around it when you have storm surge that could be 10 feet. >> he joined the president and the dhs secretary in slamming the lies that are being spread about fema. >> the last few weeks there's been a reckless irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people. it's undermining confidence in the incredible rescue and recovery work that has already been taken and will continue to be taken. >> we live in an era where if you put out crap online you can get a lot of people to share it and you can monetize that. that's just the way it is. >> we certainly do have all

. >> so state guard national guard fwc highway patrol fdl fdle will be home mandated up, ready to deploy in florida governor desantis also said that florida is going to see a lot of power outages and that is something that people should prepare for. >> adding that crews are already getting stage to restore electricity as soon as possible. his emergency management director warned people that evacuations we'll be necessary at a level, florida hasn't seen in at least seven years i urge floridians to finalize your storm preparations now enact your plan i highly encourage you to evacuate. >> we are preparing and i have the state emergency response team preparing for the largest evacuation that we have seen. most likely since 2017, hurricane irma, at a press conference in tampa, florida, attorney general, ashley moody, it went even further, omar telling floridians who ignore evacuated patients orders that quote, you probably need to write your name and permanent marker on your arm so that people know who you are when they get to you afterwards, other officials say that in the same way that roads flooded