no resources needed for hurricane helene response will be diverted to respond to hurricane milton. we have made it clear, we will be there for every impacted community, every step of the way. thank you. >> president biden indicated that fema and the department of defense would have enough money to get through the immediate needs in this recovery phase. wondering, after your assessment of damage from hurricane milton, now coupled with the damage from hurricane helene, do you still believe that to be the case? sec. mayorkas: yes i do. we have the resources to respond to the immediate needs of individuals impacted by hurricane helene, and hurricane milton. and the associated -- it's very important to remember -- the tornadoes associated with the hurricane. that being said, we will need additional funds, and we implore congress when it returns to in fact funded fema as is needed. >> quick follow-up. he said on cnn yesterday that some of the misinformation that had been perpetuated around the storms is beginning to have an impact on individuals either applying or deciding not to apply f

the amount we are spending for hurricane helene and the amount we anticipate we are going to spend for hurricane milton, we are watching that very closely and assessing it every day so we can have a good estimate of how much more we will need to be asking for in a supplemental. >> thank you. can you give any specific examples about the real-world impact this misinformation is having both in terms of people who are not tasting -- taking precautions because it don't trust the government or fema, and then with the threat to fema workers, have you seen examples of threats to them? >> the biggest thing i'm hearing his people that are not coming to us and asking for assistance. they are not registering for the help that they need or they are afraid to approach some of our staff because they are unsure of what the government is doing. i think one of the biggest ones i continue to hear is that we are going to take their land from them. it's simply untrue. when you register for assistance, we give you an initial amount of money, 750 dollars to help support those immediate needs. there are rumor

i have not seen it in the context of hurricane helene or hurricane milton, which just transpired. but, of course, we are quite vigilant in monitoring that. >> nancy cordis from cbs news. hurricane milton knocked out power to more than 3 million customers. how does the scope of the power situation compared to other disasters, and what is the federal government's role in coordinating the restoration of that power? how long will it take? sec. mayorkas: so, a number of questions. unclear how long it is going to take, because quite frankly, the damage assessment is still underway. we are at a very, very early stage. our role generally is to support the state and local officials, the state and local resources, to augment those resources and to work closely alongside them and we are doing so both in response to hurricane helene, and hurricane milton. you know, the response is actually in a number of phases. the immediate phase is search-and-rescue. life and safety of individuals. then we go from search-and-rescue tell response and then to recovery. we work very closely with state and loc

september 26th hurricane helene. mmy bruce, fox news contributor, david car luke', former democratic state senator. david. i want to come to you first. we have hurricanes come off the coast and have lots of things going on. nothing like they were experiencing right now in the southeast. you have seen planning in motion and communication the way it should go. what criticism do you have for your party now? >> right now it doesn't matter if it's a storm brewing in the gulf of mexico, evil forces taking root in the east. >> harris: let's stay focused. we are talking about biden and harris's response to hurricane helene. >> a house divided cannot stand and that's where we have to work together as a nation, not as a political party. and the criticism is on all sides. >> harris: why is it on the republicans? the former president went there and got them before anybody in your party. >> donald trump does a great job at articulating the problems and the dark spots. talking about how do we bridge that gap and work together? tryi

about the suffering americans in our country, both states impacted by hurricane helene? about the people there? our very own peter doocy had an opportunity to ask helene -- karine jean-pierre about this earlier today, she didn't like the question, peter is 1000% right. take a look. >> on this issue of funding, demonstration has money to send to lebanon without congress coming back but congress does have to come back to approve money to send to people north carolina, will have the right? >> here's what i'm going to be very clear about, the president and the president has had a robust whole of government response to this. >> president biden responded by saying sure your budget and i will tell you what you value. is he got if you get money for people in lebanon right now without commerce have to come back with her to say about his values, there's not enough money right now. >> his values -- >> is not this information. >> that is missed -- your whole premise of the question is misinformation -- what -- neck back that's misinformation. no money for the southeast, hundreds of

more now on the biden administration calling criticism of hurricane helene response "misinformation."lient advisor and democratic strategists and poster. i want to get to an op-ed you wrote on the hurricane response that first of all this happen a little while ago when the white house made available a very rare live hurricane briefing in which the subject of misinformation was quite prominent, including this question from the vice president. listen here. >> are we concerned about any misinformation or disinformation regarding evacuations that we need to clear up at this point? because there has been a lot of misinformation out there, madame vice president, that is for sure. but i have not heard anything specific to the evacuations. i think the local officials, state officials, have been strong getting the message now and getting people to move out of harm's way. >> john: doug, come on, misinformation about evacuations? unless you consider the mayor at tampa get out or you are going to die to be misinformation. what is going on here? >> john, i followed this closely and there has been

areas are and the kind of infrastructure that has just literally been swept away because of hurricane heleneout that western north carolina is not accustomed to getting sledgehammer by hurricanes like this. north carolina has been hit by a lot of hurricanes but it is eastern north carolina that is usually the focal point of those, which is along the coast, of course. it is unusual see a storm to go this far inland but it was also a perfect storm type of situation. there has been a lot of rain in the area. the rivers were already swollen. you have this typography that was rolling with these valleys that are going tolead to this terrible flooding. areas are very remote. they are on mountain roads. tiny little mountain roads that can be difficult to reach. you know, you have this worst- case scenario situation with the flooding and the mudslides and the kind of things that make it really, really hard to reach people i have a tremendous amount of empathy for people who are sitting there and saying, witness help going to get here? i also feel sadness for anyone who logs on and see donald trump sa

splintered lumber, heavy pieces of furniture and household items after hurricane helene gutted the regionother major hurricane, milton is less than 48 hours from landfall in the same region, turning trash into projectiles. >> it can make it harder for our responders to get in and out. >> reporter: fighting an uphill preparations battle. they're scrambing in manatee, florida. >> people continue to bring items out of their home and put it back on a street, so the area that was clear and is now not clear. >> i dealt with dumpsters a lot. >> reporter: how many loads have they taken? >> two. >> reporter: after two already taken? >> yes. >> reporter: hurricane helene sent waist high water into lance's home. now he's paying hundreds of dollars out of his own pocket to get his family's ruined belongings hauled away. how worried are you about what the wind is going to do to your community? >> i'm very worried. >> reporter: despite all of that, the biggest concern from some officials we spoke with is still evacuations, pleading with people to heed those warnings. if you've been told to get out, get

storm surge and expected to become a category 4. >> carley: the southeast tries to recover from hurricane helene, which killed 230 people, making it deadliest since hurricane katrina. >> todd: senior meteorologist janice dean is here with the forecast. >> janice: biggest evacuation since 2017. this is serious, major hurricane possible today on the west coast of florida. category two storm just got 5 a.m. advisory, 100 mile per hour sustained wind in the next couple hours. ground is already saturated from months of heavy rainfall and last couple days and last week from the hurricane that moved through. flash flooding is a big concern. storm surge around west coast of florida, tampa bay, ford myers. don't focus on the center of the track, we don't have a real grasp of exact location where it will make landfall. storm surge will be immense. category 4 storm surge. hurricane watch in effect for parts of mexico, will see watches and warnings for the whole peninsula. not as large as hurricane helene, but four-foot storm surge across florida. latest track, the cone is wide, don't focus on one area in p

and of course, this all comes with the tragedy already unfolding from hurricane helene. tonight, the death toll now at least 230. the national guard and fema on the ground for days now. tonight, they're now dealing with something else. the false claims and conspiracy theories about fema and the federal help being pushed by former president trump. north carolina's republican senator knocking down the false claims. and just moments ago, vice president harris before the cameras, calling the false claims by the former president irresponsible, saying americans in the storm zone are entitled to the help. morgan norwood from north carolina tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with the death toll from hurricane helene now at 230, and massive recovery efforts still underway, federal agencies on the ground facing another obstacle -- conspiracy theories and false claims spreading about the response. amplified for days by president trump, who is falsely claiming fema disaster relief money is being spent on migrants instead of survivors. >> they're getting no help from our federal governme

there's damage all the way down this block from hurricane helene. and residents know this next hurricane is even more powerful. plus they're dealing with this right now. piles of debris, which is going to make the storm surge even more dangerous, and it's going to add projectiles to the air because of those hurricane-force winds. tonight in florida residents facing mountains of debris from one hurricane and now another monster storm barreling towards them. the second time in less than two weeks. and this one may be even more catastrophic. >> and you always worry, but this one, there's something about this one that i'm feeling very uneasy about. >> reporter: with hurricane milton strengthening to a dangerous category 5, at least six counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders. >> if you remain there, you could die. my men and women could die trying to rescue you. >> reporter: highways are clogged with people fleeing inland. on nbc 6 south florida meteorologist john morales reporting on milton's intensification. >> it's dropped 50 millibars in 10

the amount we're spinning for hurricane helene any amount we anticipate we are going to spend for hurricane milton, we're watching it very closely and assessing it every day so we can have a good estimate of how much more that we will need to be asking for in a supplemental. >> thank you. could you give specific examples about the real world impact that this misinformation is having both in terms of our using people who are not being cautious because it don't trust the government? in terms of the threat to fema worker said she examples of threats against him on the ground? >> yeah, i think the biggest thing is that what i'm hearing is the people that are not coming to us and asking us for assistance. they are not registering for the help that they need or they are afraid to approach some of our staff because they are unsure of what the government is doing. one of the biggest ones i continued it is we're going to take their land from them. simply untrue. when you register for assistance we give you an initial amount of money, $750 to help support those immediate needs. there were rumors that

the devastation after hurricane helene. we're watching another system that could bring up to another foot of rain. meteorologist cecily tynan is here are. and what dolly parton has done in the storm zone tonight. battleground michigan, making the case she will be the president for american workers. >> donald trump's track record is a disaster for working people. and he's trying to gaslight people all over our country. but we know the facts, and we know the truth. he is an existential threat to america's labor movement. >> reporter: harris fueled by the economic news and the development overnight, the biden administration working to end the dockworkers strike that could have raised prices for american families in the coming weeks. tonight that crisis also averted. in a rare moment, president biden surprising recorders in the briefing room, taking a victory lap on an improving economy. >> once again, outside experts were wrong. inflation has come down. wages have gone up faster than prices. interest rates are down. >> reporte

and that is what we're facing with this one-two punch from hurricane helene. and now hurricane milton, as we await landfall, there in florida well, the following breaking news here on cnn, i'm boris sanchez live near tampa bay alongside my co-anchor, brianna keeler in the nation's capital and hurricane milton is inching closer and closer to sata, to west florida, gulf coast of florida right now, you're attempt they were watching low tide it's start to set in the water began to recede. >> and that water is coming back with a dangerous storm surge anticipated between up to eight to 15 feet along the gulf coast, 15 feet in sarasota would prove devastating. here in tampa bay. >> as you can see behind me, it is coming down the water fuel previously, we are starting to get to the point of maximum rainfall. >> and this will be sustained throughout the evening hours into tomorrow hurricane milton is proving to be an unprecedented storm yesterday, strengthening to a category five. and as it gets closer to florida, though it does begin to change and expand those wind spe

plus the apocalyptic aftermath of hurricane helene? >> everything's gone. it's all gone. >> it's armageddon. it really is. >> more than 130 dead across six states and hundreds still unaccounted for. >> there are 92 rescue teams out working. >> more than a million still without power, many without water. >> literally every piece of equipment i have is pretty much upside down or sideways. >> their mounting frustration to get basic necessities and get number 4192. remembering breaking baseball legend pete rose. rose. >> nightline will be right back it's one that knows your world. a custom assistant, built on watsonx with ibm's granite models, can leverage your trusted data, be easily trained on your workflows and integrate with your apps. it can be tuned to do just what you need. because the more ai knows about your world the more it can help you do. ibm. let's create. starlight.org. >> thanks for joining us tonight. sean diddy combs remains in a new york city jail on sex trafficking and other charges while he appeals the judge's no bond ruling. a houston law

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tonight, the death toll from hurricane helene keeps rising.least 225 people are dead now across six states, and the full scope of the destruction is only now coming into focus. in the mountains of north carolina, entire towns are swamped, buried under mud and debris. and now a big question is how to start cleaning up. cbs's manuel bojorquez is there. >> reporter: downtown marshall, north carolina, was swallowed by catastrophic flooding. now what remains is covered in a thick coat of mud and debris that's considered hazardous. ben phillips is shoveling it out of his home. what's it like to see all your things out here like this? >> it's heartbreaking. everything we had in that house. >> reporter: this area is not known for flooding. the north carolina flood map shows marshall with only a 1% chance. out of more than 8,000 properties in the county, only 98 had flood insurance. you have flood insurance? >> yeah. >> reporter: but i think you're probably in the minority -- >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: a lot of people did not. >> they were saying the bu

but ellis county hope folks get rid of stuff that had broken down during hurricane helene to help get of trash effectively. when i spoke to an elderly woman who told me that she believed that this hurricane was geoengineer. >> this is the kind of disinformation, dangerous disinformation that's being put out there even by elected officials, including and congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who earlier put out on social media that she believed that someone was controlling the weather? >> not sure exactly what that means, but my colleague dana bash asked vice president kamala harris, who's on cnn earlier today about that kind of disinformation. here's the vice president's response. >> spoken with, local officials who have been struck for example, by hurricane helene and they are doing an extraordinary job in trying to combat the misinformation. and i'm talking about sharing some talking about mayors i'm talking about local officials. i don't even know their party affiliation and by the way, but leaders on the ground who know that it is not in the best interest of the people living in t

in horseshoe beach, florida come on the state was he response and recovery efforts following hurricane helenehe was joined by a representative. [indistinct conversations] gov. desantis: good afternoon. we are here at horseshoe beach in dixie county. yet again. we were here last year after hurricane idalia that did significant damage, but this damage here from this storm, hurricane helene, was more significant. the surge was more powerful, and there were homes that did not get damaged very much in idalia that are now totally destroyed. there are businesses that weathered idalia, and now those businesses are gone for it we have a lot of people with us today. i don't know if the congresswoman is here, but -- oh, good, she is here. we have all of the agency heads. so your state government, when we do hurricane prep and response, we use eight whole of government approach. we do not have one agency that handles it all, because we have all the agencies leverage their expertise to help with the relief effort. you will see that with everything set up, but you will see that more with what we will annou

faith, what do you say to fellow floridians as they pick uppes 52s following devastation of hurricane helene ready for what is going to be worse in hurricane milton? >> i made a series of phone calls last night when i realized we were looking at a hurricane category five coming our way. i called the county sheriff and disaster relief center in taylor county and levy county and told them we're coming. so it is really about letting people know that folks around you have your back. think about unthinkable here. we literally saw 20-foot storm surge coming off coast in last hurricane and it is going right for tampa, which no one has seen hurricane this strong in our lifetime in those areas. we really have to get prepared and i think it is about letting folks know that we'll be there. more importantly people evacuate and you see now, governor desantis started largest evacuation in history of the united states. people are lining up, it takes common sense preparing and i think state of florida does this better than anyone in the united states of america. >> carley: people impacted are saying one thi

being regularly briefed on domestic security threats. >> i want to ask you about the response to hurricane heleneorth carolina. what do we expect from her trip there? >> reporter: this trip to battleground north carolina coming on the heels of the vice president's rallies in michigan, another key state, but this trip won't be taken as presidential candidate but in her role as vice president to survey the catastrophic damage left a week ago by hurricane helene. she also will be briefed on recovery efforts and update residents on what the white house is doing to help them rebuild. president biden overnight calling on congress to provide more aid to the hard-hit region. in that briefing saying he and the vice president are in constant contact and singing from the same song sheet. peter. >> allie raffa reporting from the white house this moncht thank you. >>> the vice president will witness firsthand what hundreds of thousands of residents are living through right now, no water, no power, a massive amount of cleanup to still get to. nbc's jesse kirsch is in north carolina with the latest on how resid

and that is what we're facing with this one-two punch from hurricane helene. and now hurricane milton, as we await landfall, there in florida

with the added stressors of hurricane helene, that is just going to add more stress. i am the daughter of civil rights leaders and as i have said before, i was the child in the stroller at the march on washington at 3 years of age. the rules that operate in a way that undermines all of the work that we have done here in georgia, all the work we have done around the country, we are not going to let anything undermine our ability to make sure that all of our citizens, no matter what circumstances they are in have the ability to exercise their right to vote. we must not allow any bad actors to tear our democracy apart and we will continue to do what we need to do to help those individuals that have been at this crisis with the hurricane to exercise their right to vote. >> staying with the election and election interference. the national democrats about the joint lawsuit against doors maga republican over a new rule that the man's additional polling personnel in every county to hand count ballots following a machine count. then there is a fulton county just to block addit

hurricane. the struggle to bring supplies to areas already devastated by helene, and israel steps up its attacks on hamas and hezbollah one year after the october 7th invasion. >>> we begin with milton, just upgraded to a hurricane in the gulf. florida is already being hit with drenching rains. now milton is on the way. our weather team is monitoring where and when it will hit, possibly at a category 3 storm. the death toll is still rising from hurricane helene. entire towns remain cut off. president biden is sending more active duty troops to the region. we take to the air with the national guard bringing much needed relief and a mother and daughter reunited after eight days apart. >>> plus, the unprecedented heat wave parts of the southwest are facing. the highest temperatures ever recorded in october. red flag warnings are up as wildfires erupt in several western states. >>> also tonight, the race for the white house. it's still neck and neck just 30 days out. former president donald trump campaigns in the toss-up state of wisconsin. vice president kamala harris plans a blitz of tv interviews

ben wedeman, cnn, sidon, south lebanon the death hole from hurricane helene is rising as search and rescue efforts for the missing continue. >> i'm fema says it has enough funding for current relief efforts, but that may not last for the whole hurricane season while those stories, when we come back, please stay with world changed. >> tv on the edge tomorrow at nine on cnn fast and last a full 24 hours. >> so aid can be the deliverer. >> dance okay. dave, let's be more than our allergies seize the day with czar tech. >> here on the internet. you can pretend to be anything like an elderly man's bank warned expert former don't trust the unfiltered internet. andy has 30 years of experience finding the best pros energy jobs don't lactate is 100% real melt just without the lactose delicious to just ask my old friend kevin. >> now than like enjoying a cold one while watching it? >> who's willing? >> we are my friend. we are. >> okay. everyone our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition or strength and energy ensure 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health, and ensure comple

hurricane helene has been a storm of historic proportions. damage is still being assessed and many are still unaccounted for. i am here to say the united states has your back. the nation has your back. we are not leaving until you are completely back on your feet. we are in a situation where earlier this morning i met with state and local police in greenville, south carolina and took an aerial tour of western north carolina to survey the damage. and i received the briefing from all of you and we have been working nonstop to provide the support you need and survivors need. my heart goes out to everyone who has experienced the unthinkable loss. we are here for you and i want to thank the republican governor of south carolina and democratic governor of north carolina and all elected officials who have focused on the task at hand. in a moment like this we put politics aside, at least we should. there are no democrats or republicans, only americans and our job is to help as many as we can, as quickly as we can, and as thoroughly as we can. that is

i said -- i said we have the money available to help survivors of hurricane helene and also hurricane milton. >> dhs secretary mayorkas said there are likely not enough fema emergency funds to last beyond the near term immediate what they already are dealing with in the aftermath of helene, bill. let's hope the president maybe has some good news to deliver coming up later in the hour. what he will address all of this directly to the american people. bill and dana. >> bill: thank you. stand by for more from the white house. >> dana: dana marie mcnicholl is in miami beach, florida. a few people have tried to escape and gone to miami. how does it look there? >> that's right, dana, because miami, fort lauderdale, the bigger cities aren't in the direct path of milton but we're still under the tropical storm warning. flood watches and why you can see behind me this is a sandbag distribution center. it is quiet here right now. of course, the message across the state is this is your time to prepare. if you are under a mandatory evacuation, do it now. as you can see they are loading the sandba

storm, explosively intensifying as parts of the southeast are still cleaning up from deadly hurricane helene. >> i'm worried about now projectiles. i am going to board up my house. >> norah: marking one year since hamas attacked israel, changing the world. tonight, the survivors and families of the nearly 100 hostages still held in gaza. >> they need to come back home. >> this safe is life-saving. >> yes, ma'am, without a doubt. >> norah: and tonight's "eye on america," how safes can help veterans across the country. >> we are already the greatest nation and we could be so much better. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us as we get new information about a monster storm targeting florida's gulf coast, and this is the second in two weeks. hurricane milton exploded in strength today with winds topping 180 miles per hour. it is now expected to make landfall late wednesday or early thursday. check out this ominous view of milton today from the international space station. forecasters say if it stays on its current trac

. >> reporter: as six southern states continue to deal with the devastation hurricane helene left behind, the gulf coast of florida is now bracing for milton. the storm is forecast to make landfall around the middle of the week. >> the forecast currently calls for the storm to reach potentially a category four with landfall at a category three. >> reporter: while milton gathered steam over the weekend, floridians prepared. >> making sure all the sandbags are at our doorstep garage. the most preparation we're going to do. >> just doing it to help out our grandma. but we're going to get groceries later and such in case it's really bad. >> reporter: the storm was on track to become a major hurricane with the tampa bay area in its path. >> the entire florida peninsula on the gulf side has the potential to have major impacts from storm surge. how that storm ultimately develops in terms of the track will obviously have a big impact in terms of which areas are going to get more damage than others. >> reporter: forecasters say milton could potentially cross florida and head out into the atlantic

>> we certainly do have all the resources and we are well positioned to respond to hurricane helene, we are meeting for a moment and meeting the challenges because of extraordinary people who have spoken before me. speak of the critics said did anybody expect a different answer from the chief. the press secretary taking home bridge with preside president former president trump. >> quite frankly, these lies are un-american and simply no place for them, not now, not every. former president trump has fled onslaught applies. speak of the administration will continue to work out and call out this information in conspiracy theories around the storm and federal and state responses. this is wrong, dangerous, and it messed up immediately! >> peter doocy said misinformation does not mean questions you don't like. donald trump spoke before hurricane milton who we made landfall last night. >> we want to send their prayers to the people of florida getting hit just about now in a little while. you see a hurricane like we haven't seen in a long time as well as all of the people still recovering from

start with president biden at the white house yesterday talking about the federal response to hurricane helene and also preparations for hurricane milton. [video clip] pres. biden: cut directly across the state, all the way across the state, with the potential for this storm to enter florida as a hurricane and leave florida as a hurricane on the atlantic coast. this could be the worst storm to hit florida in over a century. that is what it is looking like. emergency declarations have been called in florida, second time in a week and the two above that, by the way. i said the fema administrator down yesterday to work intensively with state and local partners and to provide more resources. they will continue that work in the coming days. i am calling on the airlines and other companies to provide as much service as possible to accommodate evacuations and not to engage in price gouging, just do it on the level. last night i spoke again with the governor of florida and the tampa mayor, and i made it clear to them they should reach out, including to me directly, with everything else they may need a

some sort of deal to be had and congressman, i mean, let's talk about hurricane milton because i mean, we were just talking about helene last week and now there's this other powerful hurricane, category four churning in the gulf. >> you served as the director of the florida division of emergency management? how catastrophic might this be? are you concerned? i mean, how concerned are you about another powerful storm slamming into your state >> that really concerned me. one is that what if this does come into the tampa bay region? this is something we haven't seen in 100 years. you're going to have storm surge that's going to that we haven't seen in 100 years and there's been a lot of building there in the last hundred years. lot of people i'm deeply concerned about people they need to leave, they need to evacuate. if they are under evacuation orders, if they live in, what you would say zone a or in mobile homes and they're being directed by their local emergency manager to evacuate. they should leave and they don't need to go far. they just need to go inland away from away from the coast. so i'm deeply concerned about t

former president trump is branding the biden-harris administration's response to hurricane helene as rican history. this comes as hurricane milton is about to make landfall as we have said along the florida kiosk. republican nominee in pennsylvania after speaking earlier in president biden's home down of scranton. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie reports from reading, pennsylvania this evening. >> they have no workers. they have no nothing. fema was great under trump. >> tonight a political storm is growing as former president trump once again slams the federal government's hurricane response ahead of monster storm health's landfall in florida. rnc co-chair lara trump threatening legal action in north carolina to make sure everyone can vote. >> we hope we don't have to go that path. we hope they do the right thing. >> the state board of elections has already approved measures to promote ballot access 13 counties hit by hurricane helene. the g.o.p. nominee rallying in president biden's birthplace of scranton, pennsylvania today where he announced is he going after deep blue st

of course this will come on top of the damage left by hurricane helene a fortnight ago and the damagemated yet, but it could reach $45 billion according to moody's analytics. hurricane ian two years ago was a category 4 storm and left $50 billion of damage. >> cnbc's charlotte reed with that important update. charlotte joining us live from london, thank you as always. >>> next up here we'll have more on the path of hurricane milton and the damage it's causing. former florida congressman carlos caravellea no stranger to severe storms, will weigh in on the recovery and ref leaf efforts. he joins us next on "way too early." ns us next on "way too early. a syrup would be... silly! woo! hey! try new robitussin soft chews. packed with the power of robitussin... in every bite. easy to take cough relief, anywhere. chew on relief, chew on a ♪ robitussin ♪ craig here pays too much for verizon wireless. chew on a so he sublet half his real estate office to a pet shop. there's a smarter way to save. comcast business mobile. you could save up to an incredible 70% on your wireless bill. so you don'

my district and the biggest issue we have is we have debris on the side of the road from hurricane helenewe're mott going to be able to get it up before this next hurricane hits us, milton is coming right at us. people that experienced a 5-7-foot storm surge may experience a 12-foot storm surge and the fact that our fema administrator and our secretary of homeland security in charge of that is ignoring the needs of americans is very, very frustrating. liz: watch dogs warning that fema is running slush funds and they can spend however it chooses and dhs inspector general going for them sitting ten times higher and up to $79 billion. just did a fraction of the disaster declarations and auditing them and looking at them. only a tenth of those declarations and ten times the amount they're sitting on unspent. listen to fox's peter doocy confront white house press secretary kjp over biden harris priorities on spending. watch this. >> president biden saying show us your budget and i'll tell you what you value. if he has money for people in lebanon right now, what does is say about his values? th

>> i've received regular briefings on impact of hurricane helene and plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. >> todd: and tonight is the night, key rule changes are in the spotlight. >> carley: you're watching "fox and friends first"s, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. let's get to brooke singman. >> brooke: 50,000 union workers began walking off the job at midnight. they proposed a 50% wage increase in addition to imimprovement to healthcare and retirement plans, but it was rejected. the union president said it is not enough. >> the union we had, did not work out. i'm going with my members. they know what the number is. >> brooke: there is fear automation could be taking their job away, they want to ban cranes and container-moving trucks used for freight. >> we are in negotiations for a fair contract, a contract not filled with aughtmation. my men and women work better than any machine. >> brooke: responsible for all u.s. import and billions in trade per month. j.p. morgan thinks this could cost the economy $5 billion per day. president biden says he will not interfer

hurricane helene's catastrophic toll coming to light, leaving a splintered land of wasteland, homes, businesses, and entire towns. >>> and countdown to the showdown. with hours before the vice presidential debate, how the candidates are preparing. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we start with that breaking news overnight. dockworkers at ports from maine to texas are on strike. about 45,000 members of the international longshoremen's association walked off the job when their contract expired at midnight. the workers are fighting over wages and automation. the strike could cause delays and a shortage of goods across the country, leading to higher prices. >>> also breaking overnight, israel began its ground incursion into southern lebanon, marking a significant escalation against hezbollah and opening a new front in a year-long war against iranian-backed proxies. flares and explosions were seen coming from the israel/lebanon border. the israeli military says the operation will be limited, localized, and targeted against hezbollah infrasructure along the bord

here in north redington beach, entire homes were engulfed by the ocean during hurricane helene. residents like john davis are worried about what's next. >> well, i hope it's not going to directly hit here. that's my hope. >> reporter: but if it does? >> if it does, i think it's going to have devastating effects. >> reporter: not long ago, we heard sirens going off, meaning that everyone here needs to get out now. we are under a hurricane warning, a storm surge warning. and here, under a mandatory evacuation order. norah? >> norah: cristian benavides, to see those pictures, my goodness. and tom hanson, thank you both for being here. now for the forecast, cbs's lonnie quinn has got some new information about milton's track and the timing. lonnie, what are you seeing? >> i see a monster. i think this is the biggest storm any of us have potentially ever seen, at least one of the biggest we've ever seen. you know it's huge when the picture behind me shows key largo, 600 miles from where the storm is, and it's terrible out there. if you look at the vantage point from high up above, an

still unaccounted for in the now-second weekend of recovery efforts across the southeast after hurricane helene tore through the region in what has become the deadliest u.s. mainland hurricane since katrina. we'll take you live to north carolina in just moments. welcome to "fox news live," i'm jacqui heinrich. griff: i'm griff jenkins. meanwhile, former president trump is returning to butler, pennsylvania, today at the same field where he was nearly assassinated less than three months ago. elon musk will be among the notable guests there. alexis mcat also, who covered that event in july, is there again in butler with more. hey, alexis. >> reporter: hey, griff. yeah, things are going to look much different than they did 12 the weeks ago, last time former president donald trump was up on that stage here. we're 30 days away from the election, so that's his message again today, he will do what it takes the fight for america. but this time he's going to be standing behind bulletproof glass as people say they've noticed much more security. what looks different today security wise when you're back? >>

helene made landfall last thursday in florida's big band as a powerful category four storm. the hurricaned north over georgia, bringing historic levels of damage. over the weekend, helene plowed northeastern north carolina, where it was downgraded to a severe tropical storm, but that did nothing to slow its impact on north carolina as the storm unleashed devastating floods. the state of us if he, roy cooper, said many -- the state's governor, roy cooper, said many communities were practically wiped off the map. here is what joe biden had to say. pres. biden: we will be with you, as long as it takes. excuse me -- [coughs] hired everyone to listen to look -- i urge everyone to listen to local officials and follow all safety instructions. take this seriously. please be safe. caitriona: director of public affairs for fema gave me an update on the recovery process a short time ago. can you describe to us the latest situation in terms of the scale of the recovery operation that you are facing? >> right now, admintrator criswell is on the ground in north carolina. i just came back from traveling

yeah, so hurricane helene hit _ voters? yeah, so hurricane helene hit six _ voters?, so hurricane i helene hit six states, to have them happened to be key battleground states, north carolina and georgia, and trump has made multiple stops serving the damage —— surveying. he went before vice president harris or president biden. his campaign is in some ways politicising back to an extent. in terms of the labour rights, that will be a big issue in places like nevada, where there is a lot of tips wages and tips for workers and you see both kamala harris and trump say there will be no tax on tips. it will also be an issue in states like georgia, where there is a lot of auto workers and earlier this cycle, president biden and trump were both there and you will see now vice president harris and trump go back to places like michigan and nevada to speak to working—class voters. and nevada to speak to working-class voters. sophia cai, always _ working-class voters. sophia cai, always good _ working-class voters. sophia cai, always good to - working-class voters. sophia cai, alw

i am curious about how this hurricane compares to hurricane helene, which came through the big bend region of florida just two weeks ago. >> it is rare for hurricanes to approach this way, but it seems like it's becoming more common. >> is it? >> so hurricane helene was a much larger footprint storm and we certainly know about it here in georgia, we still have cities. they're not in georgia recovering from helene as well. what concerned me from the start and when i saw what was happening with milton is it was going to traverse the entire gulf of mexico so in that gulf of mexico is warmer than average in and we know that there are some climate warming that's likely contributing to that. and that's the fuel supply for these storms. so i was increasingly nervous when i saw the model tracks and candidly and unfortunately, exactly what we expected is playing out with the storm question that is completely out of left field but i think it is worth asking because i was at a dump site earlier today and pinellas county very similar to the one that is behind me now, we're folks who have debris from h

the devastation from hurricane helene is immense. millions of americans are without power. thousands of families have lost their homes, entire neighborhoods have been destroyed, major roads have bee blocked or damaged, leaving entire towns inaccessible at this very moment. already nearly 100 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more are missing. the destruction we have seen in alabama florida, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee and virginia is heartbreaking. in coordination with state and officials, president biden and will continue to make sure that communities have the support an the resources that they need. not only to respond to this storm and its immediate aftermath, but also the resources they will need to recover. so far, more than 3300 federal personnel are on the ground to assist with recovery efforts. they are deploying food, water, and generators, and we continue to work with teams on the ground to restore water and power as quickly as possible to -- possible. to everyone who has been impact by this storm and to all of those of you who ar

>> hurricane helene affecting at least two battleground states. this to surprise. >> is a spike at the pump. the october surprise that no one wants. >> why are october surprises always so election day could anything change voters minds and shake up a race that is basically deadlocked? >> a new focus group moderated by pollster frank luntz in the new york times recently asked a group of young, undecided voters exactly that what have they changed their minds about in recent weeks? 27 year old lillian told them this quote, i think the thing raising my opinion of trump is my opinion of kamala. the biden-harris administration couldn't establish deterrence in the middle east for the last year. and so now they are bombing the heck out of israel walls surprised me as well. i thought he was eloquent and civil, responded 20 year old laura. and for 24 year old joseph, it was foreign policy. he felt like, quote, at points in the last month, we haven't even been a power giving everything going on in the middle east. joining me now, former adviser to george w b

they did this with hurricane helene. they are now doing it with hurricane milton. if you want a free ride to a shelter, use the promo code milton relief, one word, milton relief. so thanks for uber for stepping up and helping floridians when they're in need. the following counties will close schools beginning tuesday october 8, hard, charlotte, citrus, colyer, disorder, glades, party, hinder hinder, hillsborough, indian river lake, lee, manatee, okeechobee, osceola, pasco, pinellas, pope, sarasota, seminole, saint lucie, sumter. all of those counties have schools closed. there are 36 county run shelters that are open and operating in counties that are in the path of the storm. most of these big counties are going to have multiple locations where you can go to shelter. all counties have at least one pet friendly shelter and at least one special-needs shelter. we had not seen a major even though we seen a lot of evacuations, we have not seen a lot of folks going into the shelter yet. i think the total population is what a few thousand i think right now? and honestly

>> david: yeah, that debris just from hurricane helene weeks ago. whit johnson, they're facing this next hurricane again. whit, thank you. as i mentioned off the top here tonight, millions heeding the call to evacuate. families finding themselves stuck in traffic. hundreds of gas stations running out of fuel tonight. tanker trucks carrying that fuel getting police escorts now. victor oquendo in sarasota tonight on that part of the story. >> reporter: tonight, police in florida driving through neighborhoods, warning residents to leave while they still can. >> quickly secure your home or business and safely evacuate the area. >> reporter: the race to escape slowed by traffic jams. and long lines for gas. more than 1,300 stations statewide running out of fuel, according to gas-buddy. >> it's been, i would say, be a tormentous task to get gas. >> reporter: there is a desperate struggle to find fuel. some gas stations, like this one here in sarasota, dry. their pumps wrapped in plastic to protect from water damage. state troopers now escorting tankers to