keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. offic
curious, guys. how do you feel about i wanted to ask this before we get off baseball. how do you feel about this wild card team thing? i m a little, like, put off by the fact we went off division and now have to maybe play the phillies or milwaukee to get to the braves or to get to the mets? this three wild card thing, i don t understand what s behind that, and it feels a little unfair to a division winner that they ve got to jump through another hoop to get to one of the division winners. so, claire, i m going to take the angst of that question and use it as we call in the news business a tease and we will answer that later s we have a lot to get to this hour. you ve had nor time. baseball time. thank you, dear. but a lot to get to very, very massive storm headed towards florida. hurricane ian strengthening into a category 4 storm this morning that s already knocked out power to all of cuba and now barrels towards the west coast of florida. more than 2 million people are