15 Oct 2024

USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 15 October 2024
Aerial view of destroyed houses in Port St Lucie, Florida, after a tornado hit the area and caused severe damage as Hurricane Milton swept through Florida on October 11, 2024. - The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to at least 16 on October 11, 2024, officials in Florida said, as residents began the painful process of piecing their lives and homes back together. Nearly 2.5 million households and businesses were still without power, and some areas in the path cut through the Sunshine State by the monster storm from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean remained flooded. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP)

Aerial view of destroyed houses in Port St Lucie, Florida, after a tornado hit the area and caused severe damage as Hurricane Milton swept through Florida on 11 October, 2024. Photo: MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO / AFP

Donald Trump has threatened to use of national guard or military to handle his political opponents.

Meanwhile Kamala Harris is targeting Latino and Black voters, as well as young voters, after evidence that some in those reliably democratic groups are swaying Republican.

And FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has put up a website debunking lies about the government's Hurricane Milton response.

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