in tampa, jason allen, kpix 5. > >> let's jump the map to our side of the country. first alert weather meteorologist, darren peck, watching out for us. >> it is looking pretty impressive. look at the eye on . on that. well put the forecast track, watch where this goes. it it has moved south a little bit. so whereas yesterday this was going to be a direct hit on tampa bay,is. e has shheand te ra whicans th m e juconcern there. and it coua a category four when it comes on on shore. this is a significantly concerning story at this point. and just to look at the one aspect of it, for what the storm surge would like some of the areas in red here show you where you could have 10 10 feet of storm surge that can do an enormous amount of damage. damage. that's probably the biggest impact from this. but it's only one aspect of what a category four can bring. this is is going to be a huge story, reed, as we watch this unfold. i'll have our forecast coming up up in a few. back to you. >> our cbs partners are out and about bringing the story home, our thoughts are with them. > >

jason allen. cbs news, t. >> reporter: and florida governr ron desantis says the state has0 linemen and 7000 national guard troops on standby to help with e recovery once the storm moves t. we want to bring in first alertt jessica burch on this storm. this is a catastrophic storm. nw the winds are even bigger. >> i mean when we are talking at the wind, that is how we breakdn categories and hurricanes. 157ms per hour winds would mean it is a category 5 hurricane. current conditions we are sitting at 155. you see how we are flirting flirting with upper numbers. mu, as we look, this is about a 35 s per hour gap right there with that eye. so it is a very strong very strong system just making landfall there. we are keeping a a close eye on the weather center. > >> the storm ratched up its int. how does that happen? rapid intensification. that is the study of stronger storms when ty become a major storm category 4 or 5. a lot of things played into this. the sea surface temperatures are well above averag

cbs reporter jason allen is in ft. myers for us with a closer look at the damage that our own first responders will now be heading into. >> reed, there is widespread damage here on the florida coast. both have been tossed and up out of the water. there are homes and businesses that are destroyed, and there are still people having to use boats and small craft to get into some communities that are still flooded tonight. sanibel island streets looked like rivers the day after the southwestern florida community took a direct hit from hurricane ian. the storm caused powerful flooding and fires, and destroyed a chunk of the causeway cutting off access to the barry island. >> it got hit with biblical storm surge. >> nearby ft. myers also suffered widespread damage. storm surge flooded the entire first floor at the cbs affiliate in ft. myers, knocking the station off the air. >> this is a community on saint carlos island. the boats in this yard were tossed everywhere, and some people who live in these homes, they have lost eve

jason allen, cbs news, northport, flo. northport, florida. toy, presid laid out the steps his a demonstration will take to help the people who are caught in the the impacts of hurricane ian. he he also asked people who are still in the storm's path to take caution. >> please listen to all the warnings and directions from local officials and directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and get help to survivors. because every single minute cou. minute counts. >> the president issued an emergency decoration for south carolina, and he has approved federal disaster funding for more than a dozen florida count. florida counties. 2000 federal response workers are in florida right now. president biden has pledged to visit that area and also puerto rico, which is still still recovering from hurricane. hurricane fiona. we want to let you know cbs news is partnering with the red cross and hurricane hurricane relief efforts in florida and the people who were affected. to help out and join us in this community effort goao goat to cbsnews.com

thank you very much, jason allen, and the, before th. the, before the storm. >> we had over to meteorologistn peck is tracking this out for u. the people getting out are doing the right thing. >> is, they are. the only reason reason the storm surge projectis have gone don is not because the the storm has weakened, but because the pathway has shifted just a little. it will be just as strong, but it will reach the florida coast, perhaps, a little farther south than they thought it would yesterday. that that makes all the difference if if you are tampa bay. the storm, is just as ominous as ever. we will see this strengthen into a category 4. by the time it is sitting on the coast of florida, florida, tomorrow afternoon, it's still a category 4. but that's where tampa bay, the storm is coming into the south f it. there is another bay now in its path. this one would be closer to fort myers. the geography is a little different. a little different there. fort myers, perhaps, would be as much much is a worst-case scenario as tampa bay. you are s

we we will check in with jason allen in his report. >> reporter: darren, the hurricane made landfall a couple couple hundred miles from the south. we have been expressing wind gusts here, some driving rain at times. this is a huge sm that has impacted all the way from the northern border of the state down to the florida keys. hurricane ian has arrived. a pol a powerful storm that is expected to millions of floridi. of floridians. satellite imagery imagery shows lightning as ian approached. officials are warning of dangerous flooding. >> some places are going to get two feet of rain. >> reporter: flooding began on the streets of naples while ian ian was still offshore is about downed power lines sparked the . the storm. if they had not gotten out by this morning, it was too late. >> i have urged floridians who have made the decisions to shelter in place, stay indoors and stay off the world. >> reporter: it has been pushinr out of the bay thisswng areusuah t.these these michigan residents have never experienced a hurricane. >> we want to see if we can get a good glimpse out of anything

jason allen is in tampa tampa with floridians bracing for that impact and jason, we'rg landfall any moment now. >> reporter: yeah, ryan and it'g with that, because we can kind of sense where we are. even hear hear in tampa, the movement of e storm. the wind mere in tampa id of been moving out of the east.t toward the coast. but in the last hour, as the storm has rotated and gotten closer to us, to us, now it's flowing out of e north and going to the south. te way that that storm is turned. e are some of the strongest winds that we've had in the tampa bay metro area. the rain has been hy at times. and then it will be break and then get heavy again.e not seen a lot of debris or damage here yet and you will see you will see thereafter behind me at times and people are able to still get around. lot of people going to the bay to see that. and instead of a surge. te direction of the winds is actuay sucking water out of the bay leaving some areas dry this morning. which is interesting phenomenon with this. no major damage yet. but we know power is is out in a lot of places and we we expect that t

cbs correspondent, jason allen, joins us live, from tampa, jason? >> reporter: andrea, thankfully the rain here, in tampa, is lesson tonht. the backside of the storm though, even though it it is a little more dry, it is still just as powerful. at times, the wind gusts, 60 miles per hour punching through the downtown area. the concern, shifting to central florida. they could get possibly a foot, maybe 18 inches of rain as this storm continues to move very slowly across the state. >> reporter: much of florida is hunkered down for what may be one of the most severe weather events in u.s. history. hurricane ian's churning its way way across the state, after making landfall as a category four storm on wednesday. ian came ashore just west of fort myers. peak wind speeds are measured at 150 miles per hour, tying it as the fifth strongest hurricane to ever had the country. as night fell, more than 1 million homes and businesses were without power. a a number officials feared would grow much higher. they also said said emergency services had been been suspen

jason allen is in fort myers, florida with the very latest. >> there are boats everywhere thrown up onto dry land homes and businesses that were torn apart and there are still rescue groups tonight trying to get into communities that still have floodwaters. >> reporter: the streets look like rivers the day after the southwestern florida community to get direct hit from hurricane he and pick the powerful storm caused flooding and fires and distorted a chunk of the causeway. >> it got hit with really big storm surges and i washed away roads and structures. >> reporter: nearby fort myers also suffered widespread devastation downtown business owners survey the damage. the storm surge flooded the entire first floor of the cbs affiliate in fort myers knocking the station off the air. >> the boats in the yard back here were tossed everywhere and some people who lived in these homes has lost everything. >> let the crew get in there do what they do have a lot of people coming and we need your out of the way so we can get our job done. >> reporter: in st. augustine heavy wind and storm surges pumm

in tampa florida, jason allen kp kp x5 puck . >> i just checked in on the 5:00 the 5:00 update. the latest info info on that. this is still a category 3. wind speeds at 115 miles an hour. they were 150 when it came on shore right there that is at about noon today and you can see it still has the structure to it. this is this is live radar over the last the last six hours. now we are going to switch to the future cast to see what happens to this this next we will take that cirn that circulation and bring it ts the state of florida it is headg for daytona beach by the time it time it gets there tomorrow morg it's likely already downgraded o a tropical storm that means the wind speeds will go from 115 where it is now down below 74 miles an hour but it is in florida until tomorrow morning. then it moves out and goes backo the carolinas but it does not intensify this is going to maker landfall as a tropical storm ine next few days and you can seaworld the rain still has to go so the big story is that coastal section of florida the locations that were inundated by by the storm surge b

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jason allen, from cbs news, has the latest from tampa.tion has been about 100 miles or so to our south and the fort myers area and cape coral area, those are the areas that saw a storm surge with the hurricane pushing watersix, eight, ten, maybe even 12 feet up into communities in some places. we know that there are high water, swift water rescue teams that are out, going into those communities and even tonight they are trying to rescue people who had stayed in their homes, who may be stuck, who may be in second—storey buildings and they couldn't get out to those floors below that were flooded out. it could take some time for teams to reach them, given the roads are still covered with debris from trees and fallen power lines. we expect those rescues to continue through the night tonight and well into the day tomorrow. one of the last main suspects in the 1994 rwandan genocide is due to go on trial at the un tribunal in the hague. felicien kabuga is charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the slaughter of

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and allen and jason bird were arrested for the -- scott warren.n the families washing machine appeared to link and to the crime, but the defense was about to attack the very foundation of the prosecution's case. here's josh michael wits with the conclusion of the house. >> charged with her husband's murder, and alan pleaded not guilty and waited in jail for her trial to begin. her friend, rita, was stunned. >> i was like, you've got to be kidding. there is no way that an would do something so heinous. there is no way. >> and defense attorney, andrew jessica, -- >> she's in jail and she just couldn't conceive that anybody could think that this lifelong nurse would harm anyone. >> jessica says he looked at the states case and saw no real evidence. he says common sense told him there was no way and could've pulled off such a brutal beating. since she walked with a cane or a crutch. >> the scene itself is so important and the manner of the killing -- >> his forehead was demolished by whatever was hitting him, presumably a piece of wood. and just didn'

that included sarah's childhood friend jason flores and her new friend, brandon allen.ee of them had been at brandon's house watching a movie the night she disappeared. luckily for brandon, the police got to him first. detectives called him in the middle of the night. >> he came down to the police station voluntarily, i think on that sunday night. brandon was questioned by the police for hours. >> any red flags with him? >> i don't think so, really early on. i mean, he -- he didn't have that much contact with sarah. he didn't have that deeper relationship with her. >> brandon shared his story with us. he says all he wanted to do was help find sarah. >> at that point i'm thinking, all right. there's something wrong here. we got to go and help as much as we can just figure out where she is. >> what kinda questions were they asking you? >> when's the last time you seen sarah? when's the last time you talked to her? basic questions like that. >> and what were you telling them? >> whatever they wanted to know. >> what's their tone? >> aggressive. >> did you start to get a li

nick allen, allen, an incredible dive. 10-4. 10-4. > >> jason giambi will headline the athletics 2023 hall of fame. fame class. he was a member of the green and gold for 8 seasons. the hall of fame class and to include connie lansford and jean tennis, philadelphia athletic bob johnson, and voice of god, pa announcer, roy steele , who worked for the organizatin for nearly 4 decades. the class will be enshrined during the bae series, august 6th of next season. > >> 700 watch came to a close lat close last night. aaron judge tg judge tasting the home run record, third inning. that will not get it done. not even a warning track. seventh inning, another chance. he winced. he remains at 60 home runs. the yankees won, 7-5 in a game over boston. > >> california played notre dame tough last week, but could not complete the desperation hail my on the final play. the bears are are 2-1. today, though same bears opened up pac-12 play in . how about this? brothers jack and will plumber on opposite ti. opposite timelines. hits the hole untouched, and he has reservations for 6. may have gotten the sh

allen and tom houdini. he is there to make make the incredible diving catch. days when it 10-4. > >> jason giambi will headline the athletic 2023 hall of fame class. he was a member of the green and gold for acs the full hall of fame class includes cha. includes champions. the class will be enshrined during the series august 6 of next season. how about aaron judge? 3rd inning puts the charge in and does not make the warning track. track. 7th inning judge at the plate. a texas swing any wins. judge finished over three and did have a walk. the yankees are are winners in this one. if you cared, 7-5 over boston. > >> the broncos on sunday night l tomorrow for the mile high city. city. san francisco's defense has been dynamite. for seven of the 8/4 this season. kyle shanahan brought up one issue he th that side of the ball. >> i just got on him for not shutting them out. they took defense in that. >> the seahawks only points came came on a blocked field goal return for a touchdown. >> how long are you trying to keep this streak going? >> wednesday kyle shanahan was e to his press conference. th