right now in america this morning race to evacuate hurricane ian gaining strength and taking aim at florida up to 20 inches of rain could fall in a record 10 ft storm surge is possible in tampa, the city bracing for what could be its first direct hit from a hurricane in more than a century. preparations now underway. why this area of lastida is sohe putin under pressure new images of people fleeing russia, while others protest reo liry draft for the wadelopmt in the cinhour that hopes can turn the tide in his favor. breaking overnight and avalanche caught on camera

just hours before a world renowned american mountain climber is reported missing. crash test success we have nasa scientists are saying about their experiment crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last night and what comes next. the new push to ban cell phones in schools why parents are conflicted and later what's your vote for best tv show of all time? the rankings are in. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good tuesday morning, everyone we begin with hundreds of thousands of people facing mandatory evacuation orders in florida as hurricane ian gain strength airport will close later today, and this radar shows the storm pounding western cuba. ian could hit tampa early to thursday with the record storm surge and 100 mile per hour winds 7000, members of the national guard has been activated to help

respond. this is the storm as seen from space forecasters say it will slow down and we'll dump rain over for several days with 16 to 20 inches of rain possible by the time the clouds clear rain will move into southwest florida as soon as today. with tornadoes possible. abc is justin finch begins our coverage now in tampa, justin good morning. and good morning. florida is still hours away from feeling any effects of hurricane ian. but one forecaster here in tampa is already calling it the storm of a lifetime. this morning. nothing is stopping in from exploding into a major hurricane, fueled by open and extremely warm waters before setting its sights on florida expected to come right at us, and now it looks like it is a little concerning overnight, nasa started rolling back its billion dollar artemis moon rocket from the launch pad at kennedy space center in preparation for the storm. forecasters expected to make landfall on florida's gulf coast

, possibly as a category three hurricane late tomorrow or early. a thursday, dumping up to 16 inches of rain. and bringing a storm surge of up to 10 ft. to the tampa area if you need a reference to what 10 ft of storm surge looks like this poll here, that would be about to the top of that poll officials are pleading with residents in the storm's path to get out while they still can. mandatory evacuations have been ordered for parts of hillsborough county and pinellas county, affecting hundreds of thousands of people and more mandatory evacuations are expected today. several hospitals and care facilities all already evacuating vulnerable patients. level one trauma hospital in the evacuation zone is scrambling to prepare. they're putting up their flood protection all around tampa general, this is their aqua fence. it only comes out during the hurricane. it's mobile. it's modular, and it's necessary. this trauma center sits in the evacuation zone. it will likely flood and this wall

is designed to keep the water out. so they can keep the patients in the storm strikes a direct hit on tampa bay. it will be the first major storm to do so in more than 100 years. businesses are now boarding up and families are fueling up. we don't know. trust god. and do what we need to do to get sandbags stretching for hours. one family waited three hours in line just to get 10 sandbags. and tampa bay international airport now set to suspend operations beginning at five p.m. today before conditions begin to worsen. rhiannon justin thank you for that and make sure you stay with abc news for continuing coverage as ian approaches florida abc news app will have forecast every hour now to a developing story. overseas new worries about europe's gas supply as the war in ukraine rages on. a russian pipelines suddenly lost pressure last night, prompting fear that

russia was making another move to cut supplies. but officials now say it appears to be a leak . europeans have been bracing for skyrocketing energy bills this winter and results from russia's so called sham referenda in eastern ukraine could be announced by the end of the week, officially making russian controlled areas of ukraine. part of russia itself. meanwhile putin's military draft is facing growing resistance, with protesters setting more fires at enlistment offices and people waiting up to 50 hours in line at the border to flee russia. abc s i could jockey has the latest good morning icg. good morning, andrew. not only are those protests growing, but we're learning they're becoming more and more violent and deadly. this morning. new images out of russia showing a massive line of traffic between the border of russia and georgia as well as neighboring mongolia, as thousands of russians continue to flee the country amid fears of being drafted to fight in the war in ukraine, and independent russian news outlet reports,

people are now waiting 40 to 50 hours in line to cross in this video russian cars creating traffic at the finland russia border. many russians speaking out against putin's war. and now protests throughout russia. growing violent in eastern russia, a gunman entered a recruiting office, wounding an officer before taken into custody. and in the western part of the country, a man is seen firebombing a recruiting office in this video circulating online . at least 17 of these offices have been targeted in recent days now in the russian republic of dagestan, an area that's had an extremely violent separatist insurgency against russian rule . people are seen taking to the streets and clashing with local elise. okay today is the final day of the stage referendum and occupied regions of ukraine. russia, looking to formally annexed several regions throughout ukraine through fake elections, the white house calling those elections a sham, and we stand with our partners around the world and rejecting

whatever fabricated outcomes, russia announces. meanwhile russia's attack on ukraine continues. at least four people were injured from a russian strike inside a residential region of the donbass area. ukrainian officials say russians continue to use iranian drones to carry out strikes across the country. now there are fears once russia officially annexes these areas, possibly by the end of the week. putin can use that as an excuse to escalate attacks in ukraine. andrew alright, i thank you and flattery. putin has granted russian citizenship to edward snowden, the former u . s contractor who leaked classified information on surveillance programs. snowden has been living in russia to escape persecution. his lawyer says snowden will not be eligible for putin's draft because he has no military experience back here in the u. s. stocks begin trade today with the dow and bear market territory. that means it has dropped more than 20% from its most recent high stocks are down because of lingering inflation an tt gherat could trigger a

recession and gas prices are rising. once again, the national average is up six cents in just the last week to $3.72 per gallon. now to the big crash test in outer space. caught on camera. nasa is celebrating an early victory in a first of its kind experiment that could one day save the planet this morning . nasa has accomplished the unprecedented intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid in hopes of altering its orbit. we have in november. last year, nasa launched the spacecraft the size of a refrigerator, part of a $325 million test program, known as dart, a kind of target practice in outer space nearly a year and seven million miles later, dart approached its target last night . these images were taken as the spacecraft honed in on an asteroid roughly the size of the statue of liberty, named more focus, and then the dramatic moment humanity in the name of planetary defense. the

spacecraft losing its signal, a sign of successful contact with the asteroid. we rand and asteroid that is 500 ft. across seven million miles away. now if that isn't precise targeting, i don't know what is telescopes back on earth captured the moment of impact dust cloud could be seen as the asteroid is hit. it will take days or even weeks to figure out just how much of an impact dart had on dim or fous and whether it was able to alter the a big rocks orbit around a larger asteroid now is when the science starts now we're going to see for real how effective we were no threat to earth, but the technology being used here could be scaled up and could one day be used to protect earth from a real threat by knocking a potentially catastrophic asteroid. off course. this is the first mission for planetary defense. but this is the technology that could literally save the earth one day. google celebrated the asteroid impact in a fun way if

you search dark mission in the search engine, an image of the spacecraft will fly in and knock your search off course. so cool time now for a look at your tuesday weather. good morning. if you live in florida, not much time left to prepare for hurricane ian as it makes its way as a major hurricane towards florida's gulf coast were expecting landfall near tampa on thursday morning as a category two hurricane. the storm surge is going to be historic, it could break a record in tampa more than 10 ft. it'll be life threatening their the impact will be widespread. with the flooding rains more than 10 inches. the winds will be more than 100 miles an hour. that's the zone right in there from tampa, up to tallahassee with the wind. august over 100. then we're gonna have rain from 4 to 8 inches for a large swath of the southeast could see as much as 16 inches in some areas, so this is going to be the rain and the wind. everybody prepare accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. coming up the new rules

that could save you money when booking a flight. i had a scary halloween for your wallet. how much higher prices will be this year, but first, a major development in the case of a missing california mother last seen nearly two years ago. what a judge has decided about her tw

2020 friday on abc? we're back with a major development in the case of a missing california mother. it's a mystery dating back nearly two years. now the judges decided whether her husband can stand trial. here's a b cs derek dennis. this morning. no bail for accused killer larry milliyet jailed since last october and named as the primary suspect in the

disappearance of his wife may million today the mother of their three children, it's been 20 months may sister expressing relief after a san diego judge ruled yesterday that may's husband is competent to stand trial for her murder. the 39 year old, whose body has not been found was last seen january 7th 2021 on that same day. already see security video showed larry milliyet day moving his car to an area outside their home with no camera coverage. police say he left his home the next day and disappeared for 11 hours. he was arrested nine months later as the evidence and folded in this case meticulously and carefully block by block. it pointed in one direction that may was murdered. authorities say may wanted to divorce but her husband was so desperate to keep her in the relationship. they say he sought help from supernatural powers spell casters would be asked to make

may want to stay in the relationship. but as december of 2020 came, those messages to spell casters were a lot more threatening, denies the charges against him, saying his wife left voluntarily now with milliyet closer to standing trial may sister is hopeful for some closure today, let's make it a friend's panel looking forward. two hoping will get some justice. for my sister. investigators are still on the case interviewing nearly 90 witnesses have reviewing more than 120 tips about maya's disappearance million days. next court date is in december. rhiannon andrew derek. thank you. for that. president biden has proposed a new rule that would require airlines to disclose all their fees upfront . he wants flyers to see the full cost of the flight before they buy the ticket, including baggage fees and extra charges

for changing a flight. there is a 60 day public comment period before the rule can be finalized, experts say halloween is going to be the most expensive ever. they're predicting americans will spend more than $10 billion on the holiday. pumpkins are one reason halloween costs are up there 15% more expensive than last year, in part due to weather conditions. gotta get mine coming up the new push to ban cell phones in schools, but first an avalanche caught on camera hours before a world famous mountain climber goes famous mountain climber goes missing. ♪ ♪ this is the moment. for a treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema. cibinqo — fda approved. 100% steroid free. not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults who didn't respond to previous treatments. and cibinqo helps provide clearer skin and less itch. cibinqo can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. before and during treatment,

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potential disruptions. restaurant workers are set to strike for a second straight day as another set of protesters is set to begin on the picket lines. kumasi: the major hurricane lashing cuba before it gives florida indirect hit. reggie: gas prices surging and what the president is calling on. kumasi: mission accomplished, nasa says the plan to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid was a success. reggie: i mean they crashed, that is the success. they did not -- we do not know if that kumasi: kumasi: did anything. i am happy. this feels so good. drew: this is nice. kumasi: i missed of this. jobina: i remember the picture we last took what i cannot remember when that was. reggie: it was in the spring, wasn't it?