maine to north carolina. the threat does on, under the wind picked up stream. ian going closer to florida where the governor declared a statewide emergency. florida residents buying up supplies in preparation for ian that could strengthen to a major hurricane in the coming days. talk fox team coverage, max gordon is in florida as the state prepares for ian s arrival but we begin with adam cost in the box for the center right now. beginning with the hurricane we ve been tracking last week now fiona post tropical system, still spinning activity across canada where it went on short but back behind it was a massive storm that made the ocean choppy and we see that as they have been swells, some cases five to 10 feet and we see recurrent warnings florida all the way up the east coast up into the new england area but this will wind down smile and the focus will be our next system tropical storm ian which is turning north in the last hour or so moving mostly west 16 miles an hour,
left banded. for weeks, ukraine have been publicly hinting about a counter offensive in the south. apparently planned for their independence day late last month. but it appears that the russians may have been duped by abatements which. which, for this major push in the northeast. the numbers are hard to verify. but in less than two weeks. russia may have suffered one of its biggest losses of the war so far. here s a ukrainian president speaking on monday. since the start of september, our soldiers have already liberated 6000 square kilometers of ukrainian territory in the east and south. and we are moving further. a russian graduate though, has been followed by airstrikes. targeting civilian infrastructure in the kharkiv region. ukrainian gains have been so significant, even for russians had to own their losses as well as a major retreat. cnn s melissa bell and her crew, gain access to newly made areas in northeast. and reported that the battle is still going on with an e
us from giving ukraine artillery and equipment they need to recapture the territory that s rightfully theirs, secretary blinken is right, strong words but the biden administration needs to back up giving ukraine what they need to carry on the fight. jon: i want to play sound from the pentagon press secretary pat ryder about russia mobilizing 300,000 reservists, here s the pentagon s thinking. it is our assessment that it would take time for russia to train and prepare and equip forces if you have significant challenges and have an interest systemic strategic issues that make any large military force capable. there s nothing to indicate it will get easier adding variables to the equation. jon: it sounds like his thinking lines up with yours. if ukraine carries on blistering counteroffensive from