hi, everyone i'm kate snow. >> "nbc news daily" starts right now. ♪ ♪ today, tuesday, september 27th, 2022 breaking news, bracing for impact millions of people in florida urged to get to higher ground as the threat of storm surge grows. our teams are now in place as hurricane ian draws near jury selection now underway in the highest profile capitol riot case yet.

why the twrial is so significant a 50-year-old unsolved murder is closer to being solved thanks to dna testing. but will it help police catch the killer and my exclusive interview with the head of the drug enforcement administration why she says so-called rainbow fentanyl is so dangerous we begin this hour with breaking news the rush to get out of hurricane ian's path >> we want to show you where ian is right now this is a category 3 hurricane near the florida keys. the warm waters in the gulf of mexico are expected to help this storm grow even more, possibly to a category 4. officials in cuba are assessing the damage after ian made landfall overnight two regions lost electricity and 16,000 customers are without power. >> in havana, officials are ordering people to evacuate. the threat of storm surge is serious. the national hurricane center is

expecting up to ten feet of water between tampa and ft. myers, on top of 12 inches of rain our teams are covering this storm. ellison barber is in tampa, steve patterson in st. petersburg ellison, the governor could not stress the threat enough today, warning people should not stay behind it could take a while to get rescued. what are you seeing from people there, and are they taking warnings seriously >> reporter: we're pretty much the only ones here we saw briefly the manager of this restaurant finish making the final preparations to board