glad to have back our "black panther" star danai gurira.dible impact of the movie right here in ghana. >> i know you have roots too in zimbabwe. tell folks what brought you back this time here. >> this time i was here for the global citizen concert, which was an amazing event. it raised $2.4 billion for global issues that do affect the continent very much like climate change, girls and women and development of gender equality. so it was -- of course, extreme poverty and was important to -- for me to be a part of this. the biggest event they've had here and showed the world what ghana can hold. the infrastructure was built that will remain, astounding local vendors were given opportunities to shine. so to be a part of that was deeply special. >> that was this weekend and you stayed in town for us. i appreciate that. >> no problem. >> reporter: we have toured all over ghana. taking in the food, the fashion, art and all that and we will share a bit more of that coming up. george? >> robin, we are loving all of this. >>> right now we will get m

she will be there live with "black panther" star danai gurira exploring the country.r is so beautiful, so gorgeous. she's going to show us how that country helped influence the blockbuster movie. >> spectacular trip right there. looking forward to that. >>> following a lot of headlines this morning including, of course, hurricane ian making landfall battering cuba right now. category 3 hurricane closing in on the u.s. florida bracing for a direct hit. a state of emergency has been declared. mandatory evacuations are already under way in some areas. ginger and our team will be tracking it all morning long. >>> and the latest on the war in ukraine. there's escalating resistance to putin's new military draft, thousands taking to the streets in protest, others lining up at the border to flee the country, amid growing fears of a new escalation. >>> overnight, the cypher which is a monogram of king charles iii has been revealed chosen by his majesty. it will replace queen elizabeth's on government buildings and documents. >>> also right now, nascar legend jimmie johnson has

she's going to be live on wednesday morning from there and "black panther: wakanda forever" star danai guriranguages of this astounding nation. >> robin and danai will be traveling all around ghana. look at that. exploring its cultural and its natural beauty. they're also going to look at how it inspired wakanda and how "black panther" has impacted the country in so many ways. that it's all coming up wednesday on "gma." we are looking forward to that. >> that is something special. >> it really is. >>> we turn to our "gma" cover story and the war in ukraine and my one-on-one with first lady olena zelenska. she was in new york for the united nations general assembly and we spoke about the latest developments in the war, what she's doing to help her country heal and her message for the american people. >> first lady olena zelenska, thank you so much for being here. when we last spoke with you, just short of four months ago, you expressed your hopes that this war would end. but now we're hearing from president vladimir putin he's mobilizing more russian forces, 300,000 troops. what's your reactio