PBS News Hour | News Wrap: Biden visits Florida in wake of Hurricane Milton | Season 2024

JOHN: PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITED FLORIDA TODAY, AS RESIDENTS TRY TO CLEANUP AND ASSESS THE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES MILTON AND HELENE.

MR. BIDEN MET WITH FIRST RESPONDERS, STATE OFFICIALS AND FLORIDIANS AFFECTED BY THE STORMS AND MADE AN AERIAL TOUR OF THE TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG AREA.

THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED $612 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STATE TO BOLSTER THE ELECTRICAL GRID’S ABILITY TO WITHSTAND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

AND ENERGY SECRETARY JENNIFER GRANHOLM SAID SHE EXPECTS THE MAJORITY OF FLORIDIANS TO HAVE POWER RESTORED BY TUESDAY, LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER MILTON MADE LANDFALL.

VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.

SHE HELD A RALLY AT EAST NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY IN GREENVILLE AND ATTENDED A CHURCH SERVICE, WHERE SHE CRITICIZED THE PEOPLE SPREADING DISINFORMATION ABOUT FEDERAL HURRICANE RELIEF, INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

VP HARRIS: INSTEAD OF OFFERING HOPE, THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE CHANNELING PEOPLE’S TRAGEDIES AND SORROWS INTO GRIEVANCE AND HATRED.

AND ONE MAY ASK WHY, AND I THINK SADLY, FRANKLY, THE MOTIVES ARE QUITE TRANSPARENT.

TO GAIN SOME ADVANTAGE FOR THEMSELVES.

TO PLAY POLITICS WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S HEARTBREAK.

AND IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

NOW IS NOT A TIME TO INCITE FEAR.

JOHN: ON FOX NEWS, TRUMP SAID THAT AS PRESIDENT HE’D USE THE MILITARY TO GO AFTER WHAT HE CALLED INTERNAL ENEMIES.

MR. TRUMP: WE HAVE TWO ENEMIES.

WE HAVE THE OUTSIDE ENEMY AND THE ENEMY FROM WITHIN.

AND THE ENEMY FROM WITHIN IN MY OPINION IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND ALL THESE COUNTRIES, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A SMART PRESIDENT, HE CAN HANDLE THEM PRETTY EASILY.

I HANDLED — I GOT ALONG GREAT WITH — I HANDLED THEM.

JOHN: ON SATURDAY, A NEVADA MAN WITH A LOADED GUNS WAS ARRESTED OUTSIDE TRUMP’S RALLY IN CALIFORNIA.

AND AN ENGINEERING FEAT FOR SPACEX IN TEXAS TODAY.

AFTER THE COMPANY’S STARSHIP VEHICLE LIFTED OFF, THE BOOSTER ROCKET RETURNED TO THE LAUNCH PAD AND WAS CAPTURED BY GIANT METAL ARMS THAT GUIDED IT INTO PLACE.

THE ACHIEVEMENT BRINGS SPACEX CLOSER TO ITS GOAL OF DEVELOPING A REUSABLE ROCKET.

STILL TO COME ON PBS NEWS WEEKEND, THE FUTURE OF A PROGRAM THAT WOULD PROTECT UNDOCUMENTED SPOUSES FROM DEPORTATION.

AND HOW THE PENTAGON IS ADAPTING TO THE GROWING THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> THIS IS PBS NEWS WEEKEND, FROM THE DAVID AND RUBENSTEIN STUDIO AT WETA IN WASHINGTON,