and so the um, you know, the houston gulf coast ports here in somewhat of unique situation that unlike an industry like automotive, which has been a huge adopt, proven, does of industrial robots and various technologies. there really is no substitution and you're not facing global competition. but the challenges to is that automation, if it does take jobs away, that impact is felt very strong locally. but the benefits of improved automation would say more efficient container operations and maybe slightly lower transportation costs. there really is very sort of diffused out to the overall population. and so i think the dance, you know, where the union is out on that attitude. we were in the clear mention of, of lots of them could you, could you give us an idea of how organization affects it, about dodge for and who are its largest to go. so if you look at rotterdam or any of the major ports, and let's say asia much more automated gate, clarence is going to be done automatically. you don't have somebody here checked in a box and you know, making sure that that is the appropriate truck. a

presley, and fiance cissy houston was 91-years-old way in florida as the state braces for a dangerous category four hurricane milton is expected to make landfall on the gulf coast late on wednesday or early thursday, likely as a category three storm. >> evacuations have been ordered in cities like treasure island, which is now restricting access and has been closed off. as of monday evening, officials, there are preparing for the worst-case scenario this potential direct could be even more dangerous than what we just went there. i'm praying that god will give everybody that was dumped to get out and to remember that it's only stuff and it can be replaced cnn's brian todd filed this report before milton had weakened slightly. we'll have more on the urgent preparations being made as the hurricane approaches. >> in pinellas park, florida, just across the bay from tampa residents use large pales to fill as many sandbags as they can hurricane milton, which has already exploded into a category five storm, could hit the tampa bay area directly. it will be the first major hurricane product within 50 miles of tampa in more than 100 years some residents in at least six c

gulf coast since 1977. trying to contain auto shipments from houston to miami with economic loss being between 3.8 to $4.5 billionry single day. andrew will be with us in about 15 minutes from citibank. look out for that. in new york the only scheduled vice president debate, candidates aiming to boost momentum when they take the stage at 9 p.m. with election day five weeks out. annmarie: ending the election cycle on a final debate that is the top of the ticket. their mics will be hot, potentially there will be real moments, tangible moments with a back and forth. they have been sniping at each other for weeks, this will really come to the forefront today. interested to see the kind of movement they have on the microphones. the whole point of a vp is to do moat -- do no harm. who does harm today will depend on who wins. lisa: i'm curious, what's the point of this? jonathan: the debate? lisa: this particular debate. policy? favorability? is this like mma where people want to see who gets a strike out i'm actually curious, i wonder how much this is going to actually determine policy beyond what we have heard. annmar

gulf coast. so we're going to feel temperatures well below average across florida peninsula for instance. and this is a 21 degree temperature change, kind of a sucker punch in houston compared to yesterday? today i would say definitely good to see you, derek. >> thank you so much and new hour of cnn news central starts. now >> has begun early voting underway in georgia. we are now exactly three weeks until election day. kamala harris changing tack, replacing joy with attacks on donald trump's dark rhetoric while trump's spent much of his town hall dancing. >> the road to recovery continues in florida power and gas it's outages are decreasing, but fema is trying to get back out and rutherford county, north carolina after a man was arrested for allegedly making threats. >> again, and it's agency employees trying to help people. they have and north carolina blowing up, sorry, north korea blowing up two major roads near the border with south korea after pyongyang warned, it would take steps to completely cut ties. i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central the voting just began in georgia after one of the most notable and honestly stran

gulf coast. so you won't see workers from san francisco or the port of oakland behind me engaging in those look like. we'll take you to houstone since. >> the west coast with james's live shot, we can tell you right now there are more than 30 ports in the country on strike. all of them on the east and gulf coast. so oakland and san francisco, not involved here. but these workers have been on strike since midnight this morning. while it is directly affecting us, while it's not directly affecting us here on the west coast, experts worry the trickle down effect if this strike lasts long enough, could definitely impact us here. this all stems from a disagreement between the international longshoremen association, the union representing port workers, and the us maritime alliance, the employers representing the ports. they have been at odds since the summer and had this morning as a deadline to work out the details. union workers are asking for a ban on automated cranes, gates and container trucks to protect jobs they also want better wages. the maritime alliance says it offered higher wages as much as 50% increases over six years,