Meet the Press NOW — September 26

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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As Hurricane Helene nears the Gulf Coast, Tallahassee, Fla. Mayor John Dailey joins Meet the Press NOW to give the latest updates on preparations. NBC News Correspondent Tom Winter and NBC News Legal Analyst Carol Lam explain the charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. In the latest edition of "The Deciders" focus group produced in collaboration with Syracuse University Engagious and Sago, Margaret Talev looks at a group of young male voters in the Great Lakes states. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) discusses the bipartisan report on the first attempt to assassinate former president Donald Trump.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Kristen Welker on a very busy day of breaking news
0:14.6	just 40 days until the election as New York City Mayor Eric Adams battles
0:19.2	sweeping criminal charges tied to bribery and wire fraud.
0:23.2	And Ukrainian President Zelensky huddles with President Biden and Vice President Harris at the
0:27.5	White House.
0:28.6	But we begin with breaking news from the Gulf where Hurricane Helene is intensifying,
0:33.0	lashing the Florida coast,
0:34.8	and expected to make landfall just hours from now,
0:37.7	potentially as a category four storm.
0:40.2	Right now, Helene is at category 3 strength with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour.
0:46.4	Forecasters expect Florida's Big Bend region to take a direct hit with what the National Hurricane Center warns will be an
0:53.3	un-surivable storm surge of up to 20 feet. Nearly all of Florida, Georgia and
0:59.0	South Carolina under some form of tropical alert right now.
1:02.8	These are live pictures from Lee County, Florida.
1:05.2	As you can see, residents there are already contending
1:08.0	with powerful winds and a strong storm surge.
1:10.4	And line crews near Tallahassee are already repairing power lines as Governor
1:14.7	Rondus Santos warns that the devastation Helene may cause in northern Florida
1:19.1	could be historic.
1:21.1	This area has not had a major hurt. be historic.
1:22.7	This area has not had a major hurricane hit in quite some time and certainly nobody in recent
1:28.8	memory has seen a storm of this magnitude that is hit.
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