Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as Cat 5; Dodgers outlast Jays in 18 innings

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00:01Hurricane Melissa is tearing through Jamaica, a Category 5 monster packing 175 mile-an-hour winds.

00:08Plus, President Trump greets U.S. troops in Japan as his Asia trip hits a critical stretch ahead of a showdown meeting with China's President Xi.

00:16And what a game! The World Series goes 18 innings, a marathon thriller ending on a walk-off homer, and a record-setting night for the Dodgers.

00:25The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.

00:33These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.

00:39Good morning, I'm Craig Negrelli. We begin with Hurricane Melissa now hammering Jamaica.

00:44The island taking a direct hit this morning from a Category 5 monster.

00:48Winds topping 175 miles an hour are tearing across the southern coast.

00:53Waves crashing over seawalls and floodwaters rising fast.

00:57Melissa is the strongest hurricane ever to strike Jamaica, and it's moving at a crawl, just 3 to 5 miles per hour,

01:05dumping relentless rain measured in feet, not inches. You saw all the water there.

01:09The U.S. Defense Department has released stunning footage from inside the storm.

01:13A U.S. Air Force Reserve crew, the famed hurricane hunters, flew multiple passes through Melissa on Monday,

01:20collecting critical weather data for the National Hurricane Center.

01:24Storm surge up to 13 feet is expected along the southern coast,

01:28and officials say catastrophic flooding and landslides are already underway.

01:33More than 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate.

01:36Airports and schools are closed, and power outages are spreading across the island.

01:40By later tonight, Melissa will pull away from Jamaica and head toward eastern Cuba,

01:45where up to 20 inches of rain could fall there.

01:47Hurricane warnings are also posted for the southeast Bahamas, as well as Turks and Caicos,

01:52as Melissa continues its historic destructive path through the Caribbean.

01:57President Trump continues his tour of Asia in Japan today,

02:01before heading to South Korea for the final leg,

02:04and a high-stakes meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.

02:07This morning, Trump addressed American troops aboard the USS George Washington,

02:12standing alongside Japan's new Prime Minister, Sune Takashi.

02:15The president spoke for nearly an hour, touching on the government shutdown,

02:19pay raises for sailors, and new military strikes targeting drug traffickers.

02:24He also made headlines with a major announcement on Japan's plans to invest in the U.S. economy.

02:29And I was just told by the prime minister that Toyota is going to be putting auto plants all over the United States

02:37to the tune of over $10 billion.

02:41So that's Toyota.

02:42So go out and buy a Toyota.

02:44Trump also confirmed that the first missiles for Japan's F-35 fighter jets will be delivered this week,

02:50a signal of growing defense cooperation between the two allies.

02:54Next on his agenda, a dinner with business leaders in Tokyo before he heads to South Korea tomorrow.

03:00The White House is now shaking up immigration enforcement.

03:04Sources saying ICE just is not making enough arrests or deportations to satisfy President Trump.

03:10NBC and CBS News report the Trump administration plans to replace some regional ICE directors with Border Patrol officials,

03:17part of a push to step up migrant arrests and deportations.

03:21At least a dozen ICE leaders are expected to be reassigned in the coming days, some have already been told.

03:27Officials say some of Trump's top advisers favor Border Patrol's more aggressive tactics,

03:33including rappelling into apartment buildings from Black Hawk helicopters

03:36and jumping out of rental trucks in parking lot stings.

03:40ICE has faced heavy criticism for its raids,

03:43but its strategy has largely focused on targeted arrests,

03:46a far more restrained approach than what Border Patrol is known for.

03:51The federal government shutdown is now in its fourth full week,

03:55and the ripple effect is hitting harder by the day.

03:58More than 40 million Americans could lose their food assistance by Friday,

04:02as funding for the SNAP program runs out November 1st.

04:05The issue is turning into a political flashpoint.

04:08The Agriculture Department says its emergency funds are reserved for natural disasters,

04:13while Democrats accuse the White House of choosing not to fund SNAP.

04:17And it's not just food assistance.

04:19More than one million service members are set to miss a paycheck this week,

04:23after a measure to fund active-duty military failed in the Senate.

04:27The House passed a short-term bill back in September,

04:30but the Senate has failed a dozen times to move it forward.

04:33Republicans want it clean.

04:35Democrats want health care subsidies.

04:38And Medicaid funding restored.

04:39The head of the Federal Workers Union, Everett Kelly,

04:43says both sides have made their point,

04:45and is calling on Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution to end the shutdown.

04:50Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to join Republicans for a luncheon on Capitol Hill today,

04:55while Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski put it bluntly,

04:58those that are losing are the American people.

05:01Sean Diddy Combs now knows when he will be free again.

05:05Federal records show his release date is set for May 8, 2028.

05:10A judge sentenced Combs to just over four years in prison

05:13after a jury convicted him of transporting women for prostitution,

05:17but acquitted him on the more serious charges of sex trafficking

05:21and racketeering that could have put him away for life.

05:24The verdict followed an eight-week trial where prosecutors accused the music mogul

05:28of abusing his power to coerce women into attending sex parties and committing sex acts.

05:33Combs has been at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest last year.

05:39He has served about a year already and is appealing his conviction.

05:43Combs' legal team has also confirmed he requested a presidential pardon from Donald Trump,

05:49a move the president has publicly acknowledged but called difficult to do.

05:53Finally this morning, a World Series classic for the history books.

05:57Did you see it? Or at least part of it?

05:59The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in a marathon, 18-inning thriller,

06:06winning 6-5 and taking a 2-1 lead in the series.

06:10Shohei Otani put on a show, two home runs, two doubles,

06:14setting a record for extra base hits in a World Series game.

06:17More on him in a minute.

06:18But it was Freddie Freeman who sealed it, crushing a solo home run in the 18th inning

06:23to end a game that lasted, get this, 6 hours and 39 minutes.

06:27In total, 609 pitches, 19 pitchers, 25 position players, and 27 runners left on base.

06:35The Dodgers now just two wins away from winning back-to-back World Series titles,

06:40and perhaps their third since 2020.

06:42All right, back to Otani.

06:43He had two home runs, two doubles, and he walked five times.

06:47So technically, he was on base nine times.

06:51Unreal.

06:52I went to bed, by the way, and the Blue Jays were ahead in the fifth inning,

06:55and that seems like forever ago.

06:58All right, a busy day ahead.

06:59Here's what we're tracking.

07:00In Illinois, closing arguments today in the murder trial of a sheriff's deputy

07:04accused of killing Sonia Massey, an unarmed woman who had called 911 for help.

07:10In New York, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holds a briefing at LaGuardia

07:14on how the government shutdown is straining air travel.

07:18Tonight in D.C., heels, wigs, and wild costumes hit the streets

07:22for the annual high-heel race through DuPont Circle.

07:25And late tonight, President Trump meets South Korea's president

07:28as his Asia tour continues.

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07:45Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Tuesday.

07:47We'll see you back here tomorrow.

07:48For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrelli.

07:50Have a great day.

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