thanks for joining us. hurricane ian has been bantering the west coast of florida with winds of up to 250 kilometers an hour. millions of residents have been told to evacuate. those who stayed are hunkering down in the face of extreme winds. heavy rain and powerful storm surge is up to 4 meters high before it made land full in florida in strengthened to a dangerous category for storm. one of the most powerful to hit the state in decades. when i'm joined by matthew poochie, i on the telephone, he's a meteorologist with the my radar app and he's in port charlotte in florida. matthew, thanks for joining us from florida. now let's hope this line actually holds. but can you tell us what the situation is like where you are at the moment? you have the one me with this system is that the backlash, the best i love, the 2nd round is arguably worth some areas in the 1st we encountered some rec, when we're just about 140 to 170 kilometers per hour with the 1st batch then we got the, i, the, i was kind of a messy file. however, there was some light drizzle, bitter wind in there, and then the backl

sabotage ah on pablo foliage, thanks for joining us. hurricane ian has been battering the west coast of florida with winds up to 250 kilometers an hour. millions of residents have been told to evacuate, and those who have stayed are hungering. diamond, the face of extreme winds, heavy rain and powerful storm surges up to 4 meters high. before it made land full in florida, ian strengthened to a dangerous category for storm. the national hurricane center says ian has now weakened to category 3, but could once again become more powerful once it moves inland. well matthew caputo is a meteorologist with the my radar app on his tracking the storm from port charlotte in florida. he gave us this update. the ones that made me with the system is the backlash. the bank i log in 2nd round is arguably worth in some areas in the 1st week. when just about 14270 kilometers per hour with the 1st batch, then we got the mfc id was filed, so there was some light drizzle, bitter wind in there, and then the backlash had been markedly more intent to my mind. we've seen a lesser search for that, but more fresh water f

this could be the big one for some sections of the west coast of florida. a very vulnerable section of florida, and a lot of concern over what this storm is going to do. back to you. >> well, that's meteorologist carl parker from our partners at the weather channel. >>> to outer space where nasa successfully crashed a small spacecraft into a tiny asteroid to see if it could alter its course. the d.a.r.t. spacecraft slammed into the asteroid while traveling at 14,000 miles an hour. an onboard camera captured the encounter until just before the moment of impact. it's part of a test to see if we can one day nudge an asteroid out of the way before it crashes into earth. >> this asteroid was coming into the field of view for the first time. we really had no idea what to expect. we didn't really know the shape of the asteroid, but we knew we were going to hit. so i think all of us were kind of holding our breath. i'm kind of surprised none of us passed out actually. >> it will take days or weeks just how much the asteroid's path was changed. >>> japan held a rare

we were here 48 hours ago and most of the solutions had iting up the west coast of florida. now most of them have it ramming into the state of florida and cutting across. so just be prepared for that and understand that that's something that could be happening. visit florida has -- any one who has been ordered to evacuate can use this page to find available accommodations in other areas of the state by visiting expedia .com/florida. expedia.com/florida. we have 2.5 million floridians under some type of evacuation order. make sure you know your evacuation zones so you can find that at florida dis disaster .org/plan prepare. and, of course, if you are called upon to evacuate, make sure you take care of your pets. don't leave your pets behind when you are evacuating. there are pet-friendly shelters. we want to make sure. there is information about planning for your pet at florida disaster .org/plan prepare. we want to make sure we're taking care of our friends. to visit shelters florida disaster .org/shelters. most of these counties will have shelters within the county on higher

hurricane ian is bearing down on the southwest coast of florida, an historic storm, the most powerful to make landfall, or will make landfall on the westoast of florida. 155-mile-per-hour wind speeds. that's just two miles short of a category 5 hurricane. it's expected to make landfall about 100 miles south of here in the port charlotte area. rain 12 to 24 inches across much of the florida peninsula, challenge create freshwater flooding. the impact of this will be felt by millions in florida. already 200,000 people without power. that's before the storm even makes landfall. this will uproot people's lives. its a life-threatening storm. this is the sunshine skyway bridge that we have pictures of. you can see the winds kicking up. it will have an enormous impact. let's go to chad myers first at the weather center. the 11:00 a.m. advisory out now. what do you see? >> still see the 155-mile-per-hour eyewall winds. inside the eye it could be down to 5 or 10 in the middle, but we're working our way onshore. the eye is not onshore. the eyewall is coming onshore. this is what it looks like from space, this is called the visible image. when the

this is close to the west coast of florida, it will impact much of the west coast, even though we're expecting landfall this afternoon, anywhere between sarasota and fort myers and again this is a vulnerable low-lying area. very concerned about this region, we saw the tornados reported yesterday, the tornado watch continues today. that is ongoing, we'll not be talking about ef-5 tornado, but weaker tornados can do structural damage. tornado threat ongoing for were of the state and that will continue into tomorrow and through the weekend as the storm moves toward southeast and midatlantic. warnings now, hurricane warning, meaning we'll see hurricane conditions from naples to tampa and orlando. disneyland shut down for the next couple days, look at the real estate, hurricane force winds. for a matter of hours, the storm will slow down, meaning heavy wind, strong storm surge along the coast and potential for up to two feet of rain depends where you live. the latest track, expecting landfall this afternoon, that timeline has moved up. it will move across and get out possibly into the atl

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bringing real storm surge fears up and down the west coast of florida. tonight, winds already topping 120 miles per hour. a devastating storm surge of up to 12 feet of water is possible in some areas. the storm already battering cuba. key west already seeing high winds and flooding tonight. airports now shutting down across florida. chief meteorologist ginger zee and senior meteorologist rob marciano both in the storm zone timing this out tonight from florida. >>> also at this hour, hurricane hunters are flying into the eye of the storm right now and they will be talking with us live. what they're seeing right now with this hurricane. they are the noaa team sending real-time data back. and they're joining us tonight. >>> the other news this tuesday night, the first results coming in from vladimir putin's referendums in eastern ukraine. russia tonight saying 96% of people are in favor of becoming part of russia. we saw the images, pro-russian soldiers armed with assault rifles going door-to-door to pick up ballots. tonight, the u.s. calling this referendu

of the florida coast may see up to 7 feet of storm surge. some areas as much as 12 feet. it's important to note, it's not just florida's west coast under threat. you're looking at pictures from key west, the florida key, southern parts of the state are under a tornado watch. frankly, all across florida people are getting ready, boarding up, as you can see, gassing up, piling up sandbags. in many areas officials hope they're heeding the warnings to get out. president biden also addressing the hurricane's threat a short time ago at the white house. >> i just spoke this morning with areas that will likely be hit, the mayors of tampa, st. pete and clearwater. all of them, all in the storm's path, and they're focused on the safety of their communities and doing everything they can to get people out of harm's way. i told each one of them, my conversation separately, whatever they need. sincerely, whatever they need, contact me directly. >> joining me now jamie rome, acting director of the national hurricane center. good to have you with us this hour. we saw in the most recent update, the 2:00 p.m. update that the storm was rapidl

we were here 48 hours ago and most of the solutions had it going up the coast, the west coast of florida. well, now most of them have it ramming into the state of florida and cutting across. and so just be prepared for that. >> all right, we're keeping a very close eye on florida governor ron desantis, updating everyone in his state on this hurricane and the dangers ahead from it. we'll keep you posted on any other headlines out of that press conference. much more ahead on this hurricane and the path of ian. we're going to speak to a senior meteorologist at noaa about what they're seeing from weather planes that fly right into the eye of the storm. >>> plus, the nasa administrator joins us live after the artemis shuttle had to be rolled back from the launch pad. how that will delay things. also, details on that successful and just stung d.a.r.t. mimissi last night to slslam a rocket io an asteroid. >>> first, a revealing new video from former president trump's longtime adviser, roger stone. see how he predicted violence before the 2020 election even happened. when you can trust the peopl

the performance of the storm is causing the hurricane center to move it southeastward on the west coast of florida. people in south florida, this is likely going to make landfall as a category four hurricane there will be catastrophic flooding and storm surge on the gulf coast region, and the highest risk will be in the southwest florida region from naples up to sarasota. there is also potential for flash flooding and river plumbing with 10 to 20 inches across central and northeast florida. if you are in an evacuation zone, particularly in southwest florida counties, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. you are going to start feeling major impacts of this storm relatively soon. we anticipate landfall sometime tomorrow afternoon, into tomorrow evening. but of course, even if it arrives on land tomorrow evening, you are going to feel fx far before that. if you still have not made the decision, now is the time to do it. now is the time to act. you need to get to higher ground. you need to get to structures that are safe, there are structures open in all of these counti

the storm is on track to hit the west coast of florida. as early as wednesday, officials have urged residents not to underestimate the impact of the height again is also here. you are now seeing a local county. governments are issuing evacuation orders and what we're telling people is please be listening to what your local officials on the emergency management side are directing. there's going to be a lot of places on this west coast. it's going to be very vulnerable to to the effects of this storm. already residents hear us talking up on supplies to ride out the storm. columbia and venezuela have reopened a major border crossing after years of diplomatic deadlock and partial closures. cargo trucks have started to cross over for the 1st time in 7 years after the most recent closure in 2019 the crossing was i re open for some time just to people going over on foot. 3 opening will allow the trade of essential goods, like coal toilet paper and fruit, diplomatic relations of thought since columbia's 1st life leaning president took office. earli

the concern is rain and storm judge nearly 7 million people along the west coast of florida including tampa bay area are under a storm surge warning. >> it is a largest concern in northwest florida. 90% of concerns are water. >> reporter: 8 to 12 feet possible. around tampa a record surge is expected. >> going to be a lot of water why there's no doubt about that. a storm slowing down for 24 to 48 hours and continue wously dumps rain into the tampa bay area is devastating hurricane ian is expected to dump two to three months' of rainfall by friday. possibly 24 inches in tampa. >> you can't stay in the home. it takes 18 inches of water to be life threatening. >> reporter: the airport taking no chances. >> with the storm and the intensity of the winds we will close today at 5:00 p.m. no more commercial flights. >> reporter: evacuation orders expanding since monday with shelters open. >> i have never been in the hurricane. this is my first time. and my first time at a shelter. but i feel better here than if i would be alone at home. >> reporter: those riding out the storm racing to get sa

how you can in the bathroom, the west coast of florida, with winds reaching 250 kilometers an hour forecast as want of catastrophic storm searches. ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. the european union has proposed new biting sanctions against russia, targeting trade, russia's military and the people who organized annexation votes and parts of occupied ukraine. russell says of russia must pay a price for escalating the crisis by holding these sham referendums. you commission present. ursula found the line explain the rationale behind the additional measures . we isolate and it rush us economy even more. so we propose sweeping new import bands on russian products. this will keep russian products out of the european market and deprive russia of an additional 7000000000 euros in revenues. we're also proposing to extend the list of products that cannot be exported to russia anymore. well, i spoke with that correspondent at terry schultz in brussels and suggested that i should have found the alarm had been fighting mood. that's right. the european commission and ursula of underlying hers

sure, the storm is on track to hit the west coast of florida. as early as wednesday, officials have urged decedents not to underestimate the impact of the head again is also here. you are now seeing local county governments are issuing evacuation orders and what we're telling people is please be listening to what your local officials on the emergency management side are directing. there's gonna be a lot of places on this west coast. it's going to be very vulnerable to, to the effects of the store. already residents hear us talking up on supplies. do died out the storm. let's get a round up of some other world news headlines. now. iranian officials said i have arrested more than 1200 people protesting the death of massa and minnie in police custody. human rights monitors say, at least 76 people have died over 10 days of demonstrations. there have also been large pro government rallies, authority say they will not be lenient with what they call riotous. japan is preparing to hold a rare state funeral for former prime minister sions, or are bay who

west end end of cuba. it is expected to strengthen further into a category four storm before reaching the west coast of florida sometime tomorrow. from st. petersburg, that is one of the places that could take a direct hit this morning or the next couple of days. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. keep this in mind that the tampa bay region has not had had a direct hit by a major hurricane sense 1921. over a century ago and if the current track holds, those who live in the area will likely see a storm storm surge like never before which is why those low-lying areas have already been told to get out, now. >> reporter: up and down the west coast of florida, people are bracing for the a while arrival of hurricane ian. hurricane ian has grown significantly over the past 24 hours and is expected to develop develop into a category 4 storm with 140 mile an hour winds. >> property damage, it is terrible but we can fix that. we we can help rebuild but you've got to take care of yourself. >> >> reporter: it has been more than a century since a major hurricane directly hit tampa bay bay but officials say the region

volunteers make up star teams, logistics teams and he hundreds of volunteers directly down to the west coast of florida >> todd: when the sun comes up, what is your plan of attack today to help peep snel >> first of all, we'll follow-up on tickets that came in overnight, people stranded and be nothing their house and water started coming up, some people were trapped in parts of their house. for ones our teams haven't gotten to yet, assessment of which roads are passable, which towns and communities need the most hope to dwekt resources to the areas. >> todd: what is your biggest concern right now? >> you know, our biggest concern is for the safety of our teams, we're all volunteer organization and we want to make sure we assistant local law enforcement and officials without getting in the way, mainly in the first 24 to 48 hours after landfall, the biggest concern is saving lives. a lot of groups try to use the name cajun navy to raise money and do things for themselves, we're the only cajun navy licensed with florida state of agriculture and recognized to do our efforts in florida issue the rest are tr

still potential that this storm hugs the coast and comes closer to the big bend and the florida panhandle, which has happened before. if you live along the west coast of florida, we have good idea of where this storm will make impact, we need everyone to be prepared for tropical storm force condition and hours along the coast in the tampa bay area of hurricane-force conditions. here is your forecast today, this is our main story, the rest of the country very quiet. we have a cold front moving across the northeast and great lakes, but all eyes are on this maj hurricane ian. we will provide updates throughout the morning and day, foxweather, good app to have. make sure everything is powered up, power outages is imminent in some regions. >> carley: marco rubio was on with hannity last night and asked to describe the worst possible hurricane that could happen and they described exactly what this storm is looking like. as you said, the big deal is possible storm surge and how that could affect so many homes and businesses along the coast. >> janice: absolutely, when you talk about tampa, one of the most vulnerable areas, the coastline, bay area, the water

of firefighters. > >> hurricane ian is turning to a to florida with powerful winds and heavy rain. forecasters say it will strengthen over the gulf gulf of mexico before reaching the west coast of florida as a category four storm. there is a% a 100% chance of damaging winds and water in florida. we will have a live report from st. petersburg coming up at 6:30. > >> your time is 6:03. i know you you spent some time in florida. >> i was there for four years and i was evacuated twice for two different hurricanes. > >> if you have any friends out that way, keep a close eye on them. the current tract, this is is well off of cuba. it is tracking from a category 3 to category 4 within the next couple of hours and that is tracking toward tampa, the first first time in a century. the eye eye of the storm is hitting that that bay area as a major hurric. major hurricane. the storm surge surge will be high back here in our bay area, this area of low pressure is deepening the marine marine layer and we will see tht see that cloudy set up all morning long. dense fog along the coastline. it does break apart later this morning. we will see some high clouds pushing in, today. a beautiful for

the west coast of florida, that started early afternoon. then moves across central florida and heard this from brock as well as the governor top of the last hour and then reemerge over water northeast of florida by thursday morning. it's a long process, but the one you are in right now is a short process. we are awaiting official landfall of this hurricane, robert. >> yes, we are, and the streets of absent of human beings except occasional big four-wheeler that drives by with some sight seers, and they should not be out here. i think people have heeded the warnings here. there have been some folks down in the harbor that we talked to earlier that were manning and trying to make sure that the ships were ok, making sure that they were still tied up. we actually had to leave there about an hour and a half or so ago because of the gusts coming in, and the rain, the surge was splashing up above and was not safe for us or our equipment. so we came here and now, you know, taking cover in this parking garage in downtown fort myers as we await even m

vulnerable area expected to be in the cross hairs of hurricane ian as it barrels toward the west coast of florida. >> we have over 120 miles of coastline just in the city of tampa. >> reporter: at least 2.5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it's a storm that's predicted to cause water damage like none before it. >> you talk about 10 or 15 inches of rain on top of the surge, that's unprecedented. no infrastructure is built for that. >> reporter: with this hurricane a direct hit isn't necessary to cause flooding. the slow moving storm is predicted off the coast of tampa bay wednesday evening. >> it's going to be in the rivers, streams, canals, storm water drains and ditches. >> reporter: sandbag locations around tampa close today at 2:00. residents doing what they can before heading out. >> we're late but we are -- we think that if it is a storm surge issue, we will try to seal the openings of the house. >> reporter: former florida congressman jim davis and his wife aren't taking chances. they're prepping their house and getting out. >> i'm not a good gambler and it's a gamble if

janice, it looks like the people in the east coast of florida are going to have a lot of rain but it's heading for the west the west coast. but the whole state of florida needs to be prepared for the storm system. it's going to be large one, even though we typically focus on the landfall, this is going to impact the whole state of florida. so we have a hurricane right now. it was named a hurricane in the 5:00 a.m. hour. we are going to be seeing rapid intensification over the next 24 to 48 hours as it crosses over the western portion of cuba. we have hurricane hunters on the scene right now. they are giving us the very latest information which will be brought into all of the forecast data that we bring to you over the next several hours, over the next few days to keep people safe. but the bottom line here is we have a hurricane watch now for the tampa area and also tropical watches for parts of the west coast of florida. key west you are under tropical storm warning. we are going to start to feel those effects in the next several hours. and then as we go through time, pay attention to wednesday and thursda

we look at storms in this region, it is been years, so a lot of new folks live across the west coast of florida and have never experienced a major hurricane, that is concerning. we look back historically, hurricane irma, we were thinking it was going to be a tampa storm, it made landfall on marco island, landfall near the keys, so historically, the storm was supposed to affect tampa and made landfall south of the area, that is why i tell you, you need to be prepared south and north of tampa because we still have considerable honing in on the forecast. power outage forecast. we will certainly see power outages widespread for the area with tracking we have now, likely in and around west coast of florida perhaps for days. so people need to be prepared for power outages, not just for a day issue but days and that is why people are being urged to get your plans done today because the hurricane is coming wednesday and thursday. we're looking at potential of heavy rainfall and the tornado risk. we're not talking about strong tornados, but ones that could cause structural damage and he were is the indi

officials across florida gulf coast say if you are one of the several hundred thousand under these mandatory evacuations, it is time to go. those orders span across ten counties all along the west coast of florida. if you live in any of the areas that you see shaded in red here, this is your time. you don't want to wait any longer. we could soon as we have been start to see the orders expand even further south. now governor desantis hopes that having teams in the sunshine state will help. generators and pumps are already coming in. national guardsmen from florida and other surrounding states are here as well including 28,000 linemen. meanwhile, schools in 26 counties across the state have already closed for the week. some to make room for evacuees as again the west coast of florida braces for what could quickly become a catastrophic storm, something you mentioned, harris, we have not seen in several decades. >> harris: thank you very much, nicole for up to date and up to the second coverage of hurricane ian. be sure to download the fox weather app. go to the app store or google play. in a few hours prosecutors will arraign mark houck, the catholic father of seven in philadelphi

well, here's a reminder of the top new story this our hurricane ian has been bantering, the west coast of florida with extreme winds. heavy rain and powerful storm surges of 24 meters high. the category for storm is one of the most powerful to hit the state in decades. all right, well that's all for now. the bank of england takes emergency action to stabilize british financial markets. steven beardsley has the details on t w business. just after the break. i'm pop up on the list for me on the team here in berlin. thanks for watching. take care and we'll see again at the top next. ah. these places in europe for smashing the records, stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you up to record breaking sites on google maps, youtube and now also in book form. sometimes a seed is all you need to allowed big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to life with learning pass like global ideas. we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowl

throughout the program today and into the afternoon hours, hoping for the best for everybody in the west coast of floridae'll see what we get when mother nature is in charge. stand by. we'll get back to that story in just a moment. >> dana: president biden speaking to florida governor ron desantis last night to discuss the fast-approaching storm. peter doocy is live on the north lawn. how did that conversation go? >> we have some new details. it's interesting that president biden called a bunch of mayors in florida before he called the statewide leader governor desantis because we were led to believe that maybe that was president biden's m.o. has he has manageed other crises without reaching out to republican governors. >> when you mentioned the governor of mississippi, you are right, they didn't speak and we were still able to deliver for the folks in jackson and for the folks of mississippi. >> then 7:47 last night the press secretary said biden talked to desantis to help florida prepare for orc ian. the president and governor committed to continued close coordination. desantis is now talking about tha

if you're on the west coast of florida, you need to get away from the coastline and higher ground.e know now that there are some areas will be hit harder than others. charlotte harbor for example. it's going to move inland, drop lot of rain, high winds. i don't think this is going to be unique just to southwest florida. central florida is going to get hit pretty hard as well. we'll see what happens with that as it moves up. >> ainsley: senator, i know some people in tampa, we thought it would hit tampa. talking with their families, shutting down their businesses. should we leave. most of them decided to leave. now we know it's not going to hit the tampa area as hard it's hitting fort myers or sarasota area. did you talk to people who live in that area that will stay and now they are regretting it? >> no, in the tampa area all the businesses near the water are closed. there's couple of hospitals that are close to the coastline. you worry how they handled the evacuations and get people to rescue people. tampa bay will not get the worse of it, it will not again the 10-foot storm summe

western caribbean expected to make landfall into western cuba on tuesday making s way off the west coast of florida during the week, giving hurricane conditions especially to the west coast of the sunshine state expected to make landfall as a category two storm later this week near tallahassee . impacts will be widespread across florida flooding rain up to 10 inches 100 mile hour winds and a six ft storm surge. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. coming up a surprise at the box office from avatar but first, an alert for parents about the telephone scam, claiming your child is in danger and later what we're learning about this nascar driver seen repeatedly punching another driver. how you start your day. good morning, america. bring your friends. the world still can't get enough of betty white, a collection of her memorabilia. hundreds of items just rigged in $4 million at auction whites director's chair from the golden girls sold for nearly $77,000. some of her scripts went for about 50,000 and address sold for 32,000. an alert for parents this morning about a scam over the phone. the scamm

even though ian is predicted to hit the west coast of florida, governor desantis has declared a state of emergency throughout florida. joining us is the mayor of miami-dade county daniella levine cava. tell us how is your city preparing right now. >> thank you very much. we are monitoringclosely. as of now, we're outside of the cone of uncertainty. we can't relax. we know there's always a possibility it will shift. the storm has continued to move w westward. this is the time everyone should make sure they have a plan. we have everything on our website miamidade.gov/hurricane. we want everyone to ensure their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, battery operated radios and that they're all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand, seven days of perishable food, enough water, fill it up from the tap and confirm you have all the necessary materials to secure your home. by the way, this is not a good time to start cutting your trees, because we won't be able to pick them up in time. any loose trimmings, take it to your local trash and recycling ce

which his tort iically has been the most accurate model in the world, it was honing in on that west coast of florida for quite some time. but now that model and other models are starting to point at a location south of tampa bay. that's not set in stone. if you're in tampa bay, you need to heed the advice of the authorities. if they are asking you to evacuate, you still need to do so. but tampa bay would really luck out if the center of the hurricane made landfall south of their area. that would be really bad news for sarasota, fort meyers and cape coral. but for tampa, that offshore broez instead of the on shore breeze would make a world of difference. >> you're dm in part of tampa that you're in an evacuation order. what are you yo hearing from people there? >> that's right. in hillsborough county, what's known as zone a, is under mandatory evacuation orders. this gas station here is one of the first stops that a lot of people are making before they continue their journey more inland. we spoke to one man this morning who said he lived in tampa for over a decade. he said he's never evacuated in the

we continue to follow the major hurricane about to make landfall on florida's west coast. the west part ofks up two hours of special hurricane coverage live from florida, after a quick final break. teafr. >>> good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern. i'm jose diaz-balart in sarasota, florida. right outside we are awaiting the arrival of hurricane ian. an extremely powerful we're talking about 155 mile per hour winds. this is dangerous and it is barrelling towards florida as we speak. let's get latest. governor ron desantis is in tallahassee giving the latest update. >> if it's as simple as schismly just hooking up a few more power lines, then that's what they will do. but in those areas that have the most severe impact, it's likely going to require to have some reengineering, to have some structural fixes and that's going to require man power. it's going take a little bit more time. so people understand how significant this is. they understand how important it is to get the services back up

we'll go live now to see what's happening on the west coast of florida, where the storm first came ashore. fox's charles watson is in sarasota tonight. what are you seeing there? >> tucker, i got to tell you, the wind is pretty strong out here throughout most of the day. we've seen sustained winds around 45 miles per hour, and wind gusts around 70 miles per hour. from what we can see it's caused quite a bit of damage just looking around here in the dark now. we're seeing lots of tree limbs on the ground. we've seen large signs to businesses toppled over. in fact, about 100 yards away from us we saw a tree trunk probably large enough to kill someone if it fell just completely snapped in half and tossed into a near nearby pond. on top of that, you have this relentless rain that's continued to fall here throughout the day. the ground is completely saturated. you have to worry about these big trees out here possibly toppling over on to roadways, on to people's homes, possibly with people in them, and possibly bringing powerlines down. now, you talk about the entire sarasota county, about a 10

tracking hurricane ian's dangerous path this morning, it is gaining steam, you approaching the west coast of floridawith all the details right somehow. now.cheryl: we're learning the island of cuba is without power, the entire island. orlando, many parts of the west coast of florida are bracing for ian. power outages reported in the florida keys. orlando international ceasing operations 10:30 a.m. eastern time, tampa international shut down yesterday. american, delta, jetblue, spirit, southwest, all announcing travelers can change their flights without any penalties. do want to show you a live picture, we're waiting on the press conference from florida governor ron de santis. looks like the governor has taken the podium. we'll be monitoring the details, he's there with fee m ma fema o, local officials, talking about the mobilization. let's listen in for a moment, guys. >> as 7:00 a.m., hurricane in is located west, northwest of charlotte county, moving north, northeast at 10 miles per hour. it is now a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of up to 155 miles per hour. that is knocking on

i mean, we're talking 22 foot waves down just southwest of florida 21, just west of the west coast ofs watches and warnings in effect, including flood warnings. they're already starting to see the storm surge flooding now. this is expected to intensif into a cat for hurricane as it gets closer to fort myers tomorrow night weakening to a category 3 and then a tropical storm thursday morning, but it is picking up tremendous amounts of moisture from the warmer than usual ocean temperatures. it's going to dump all that moisture across the region and weakening to a depression by the time it interacts with landon heads towards the carolinas rainfall amounts will be intense and that's what's going to cause major flooding. i mean we're talking up to 24 inches. so here are the biggest things here hurricane ian expected to cause catastrophic flooding and winds storm surge up to 12 feet rainfall 12 to 18 inches up to 24 inches max. so it's already getting closer to florida and this is going to be a direct hit for that state take a look at a live picture here locally. it's such a different story

this vulnerable area, expected to be in the crosshairs of hurricane and as it barrels to the west coast of florida. >> we have over 120 miles of coastline just in this city of tampa. >> at least 2.5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it's a storm that is predicted to cause water damage like none before. >> when you talk about ten or 15 inches of rain, on top of this surge, it's unprecedented. no infrastructure is built for that. >> with this hurricane, a direct hit is unnecessarily the cause of severe flooding. the slow moving storm is just all just the coast of tampa bay, starting wednesday evening. >> it's gonna be in our, rivers in our streams, in our canals, it's gonna be in our storm water drains, and ditches. >> standby locations around tampa closed today at 2:00. residents doing what they can before heading out. >> we are late that we are think that if it is a storm surge, issue, we will try to seal the openings of the house. >> florida carbon or -- james davison and his wife i'm taking chances. they are prepping to house and getting out. >> i'm not a very good gambler. and

nothing compared to what we were seeing on the west coast of florida when ian first made land fall. at most we were expecting maybe 90 mile-per-hour winds. it is now looking like we're going to see the wind gusts topping out around 60 miles per hour. the bigger threat is the rainfall. this constant rain is going to possibly pour down as much as 30 inches of rain in some areas. we have a flash flood warning extended here. it's been extended at least until 6:45 a.m. i want to show you something that we've been dealing with here. it's this water level that has been creeping up towards the interior of this property where we're sheltering on the backside. it already has been breeched. there is water still in the lobby here. john? >> jesse, just a torrential rain there, flooding concerns there central florida. what is the latest in naples, sarasota, et cetera, in direct path when the hurricane hit? what are with he hearing there in terms of damage and injuries? >> yeah. so at this point i think we're certainly going to be keeping an eye out for reports as they come in and we've been able

i mean, we're talking 22 foot waves down just southwest of florida 21, just west of the west coast of florida numerous watches and warnings in effect, including flood warnings. they're already starting to see the storm surge flooding now. this is expected to intensif into a cat for hurricane as it gets closer to fort myers tomorrow night weakening to a category 3 and then a tropical storm thursday morning, but it is picking up tremendous amounts of moisture from the warmer than usual ocean temperatures. it's going to dump all that moisture across the region and weakening to a depression by the time it interacts with landon heads towards the carolinas rainfall amounts will be intense and that's what's going to cause major flooding. i mean we're talking up to 24 inches. so here are the biggest things here hurricane ian expected to cause catastrophic flooding and winds storm surge up to 12 feet rainfall 12 to 18 inches up to 24 inches max. so it's already getting closer to florida and this is going to be a direct hit for that state take a look at a live picture here locally. it's such a

hurricane ian approaches the west coast of florida. there are major concerns here about flooding. tampa could see anywhere of eight to 10 feet of storm surge. that is a massive wall of water that could be pushed inland. that is on top of up to 15 inches of rainfall that could be dumped here. city officials have a mandatory evacuation order in place for people that live in zone a on coastal areas. voluntary order for those living in zone b. folks are taking it seriously. we've seen 300,000 people decide to get out of here this morning. governor ron desantis urging folks to get to higher ground. >> the current evacuation orders are pasco down to collier, over two million to evacuate to higher ground. if you evacuate to higher ground in a structure that is sound, you're going to be fine. reporter: so, neil, folks are going to have to make decisions whether or not they will evacuate pretty soon. as the storm approaches, that window becomes a lot tighter. additionally we heard from governor desantis 5000 florida national guard troops have been activated. they will being here to assist o

the performance of the storm is causing the hurricane center to move it southeastward on the west coast of floridan south florida, this is likely going to make landfall as a category four hurricane there will be catastrophic flooding and storm surge on the gulf coast region, and the highest risk will be in the southwest florida region from naples up to sarasota. there is also potential for flash flooding and river plumbing with 10 to 20 inches across central and northeast florida. if you are in an evacuation zone, particularly in southwest florida counties, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you

there's not much of a reef opt the west coast of florida. those waves will be crashing on florida. a lot of rainfall with this. it's a big event. could be a the foot of rain in places that aren't even near the center. so a lot of things to go right, some thing ss to go wrong. we'll keep watching it. we're still a couple days away. but the prep day is today. >> time to make those preparation, thank you. >>> this morning growing questions about what to expect from the house january 6th committee hearing this week. panel members pretty tight lipped about it, although liz cheney revealed they have a lot of new information from the secret service communications it received. this comes after the secret service sent text messages from the the day before and after the attack were missing. a congresswoman says she's pos pessimistic about interviews with donald trump and mike pence. >> i think the former president has made clear that he is no intention of coming in. so while we'd like to hear from both of them, i'm not expecting that we necessarily will. >> the hearing, which is ex expected t

from the the west coast to the east coasf florida takes about two hours, and they are warning people to be inside your vehicle from four four to 10 hours if you want to get to the west coast of florida. ron desantis has already been telling residents, listen, you need to be wherever it is you want to ride out the storm by 9:00 tonight. time is running out for people to get out of the way of hurricane ian. ian. the storm has strengthened and those along florida's gulf coast will start seeing rain and and worsening conditions tonight. >> overnight and into this morning, some of the modeling has been done and it is now projecting a landfall south of tampa bay. >> reporter: storm surges the biggest concern. the governor says it could be historic. >> in >> in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge. >> >> residence up and down the gulf coast are boarding up, stocking up, and filling sandbags, trying to get ready. ian's tremendous size was seen from international space statio. space station. a state of emergency has been declared in y florida county. forecasters expect ian to impact just about everybody in the states. >> some of those count

>> it is the entire west coast of florida. ne likes to focus on tampa, but it's the entire west coast of florida. we think the peak surge will be here closer to fort myers, versus tampa, but tampa will get the heavy rain shields, the heavy precipitation and flooding from heavy rains. judy: well, we will be watching it very closely and i know that you certainly are too. we >> you. judy: and now let's hear more about the preparations and the concerns in the tampa area. william is back without. correspondent: as we have been reporting, major evacuations continued this evening and officials arwarning about a significant storm surge that could hit tampa and south was for to hard. the mayor of tampa joins me now from the emergency operations center in the city. mayor, thank you for being here. can you give us a sense of how preparations are going now? >> we are finished with the preparations. we have been in that for quite some time, but have called for a mandatory evacuation in zone a. for those not familiar with tampa, we have 120

it's not only the west coast of florida, she said, that is going to experience storm surge but also easttona to jacksonville. all of florida will be affected by this storm. get ready. go going back to the only keepers trial. >>> ryan and ben, you were talking about the jury selection. david, you are an expert litigator. talk to me about choosing a jury for this kind of trial. in washington, d.c., which is the place most directly affected by what happened on january 6. >> absolutely. the timing is interesting. i was teaching this to a group of students last week. i told them, it's not jury selection, it's jury de-selection. you are not picking who should serve. you are picking who shouldn't serve. based on what we know, the oath keepers have lost this trial, because they have lost jury selection. they may not know it yet. here is why i say that. if you look at what's happened during pre-trial, lawyers have a right to say, we think some people shouldn't serve becaused on their questionnaire. they were able to agree on 13 people. the only keepers wanted to challenge an additional 72 people.

and hurricane ian batters the west coast of florida with top winds of up to 250 kilometers an hour. millions of people have been ordered to flee to school. ah, i'm glad else as well come to the program. the european union says it wants to hit russia with new biting sanctions. targeting trade rushes, military. people who organized annexation votes in parts of occupied ukraine. the you said it was russia to pay a price for escalating the crisis by holding the sham referendums. you commission president all the lafond ally and explained why additional sanctions are necessary . i funny and it rush us economy even more so we propose sweeping new import bands on russian products. this will keep russian products out of the european market and deprive russia of an additional 70000000000 euros in revenues. were also proposing to extend the list of products that cannot be exported to russia any more or less on the line. speaking that an earlier bows are brussels bureau chief son of a nominal her take on the european commission president also from the lions statement? well, i think it's fair to say that

of north port, florida. the hurricane, though, is not stopping, of course, at the west coast of florida.oned, don, had left thinking this would be a safer spot, and in fact, now the storm is heading right towards them. >> yeah, they left, and they came here to orlando where we are, and it's -- look, it's a science, but these storms are unpredictable. so this is supposed to go closer to tampa and the folks from tampa all came here to orlando. they thought they'd be safer here, but they might be right in the middle of it. we're just starting to get some of the bands, the hurricane is still, you know, southwest about 100 miles, even though it just made landfall. we're just starting to get some of the bands here. we have sporadic rain in and out. just over an hour ago, they ordered really everybody off the roads here. most of the businesses are closed. as you know at home, you've been to disney, you've been to the amusement parks here, every single one of the amusement parks, everything is shut down here in anticipation of the storm. could get up to 2 feet of rain here, and there's also inla