good morning, monday september 26th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. where the state of florida is under a state of emergency. officials are warning residents to prepare for the worst as tropical storm ian gained strength in the caribbean and barrels towards the state. the storm is pushing towards western cuba right now but a tropical storm watch is in place for the florida keys. the national hurricane center says ian is close to hurricane strength and could become a major hurricane on tuesday. florida s governor and officials are urging people to get prepared now. expect heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and even isolated tornadoes. make preparations now. i know a lot of people have been doing it throughout the state of florida and the things that you should be prepared with, food, water, batteries, medicine, fuel. anticipate particularly the closer you are to where the eye of the storm makes landfall, anticipate power outages. t
ready. have supplies for five, seven days. having everything you need, medicine, food, water. you have to take it serious. we have activated the florida national guard. they are activating 2,500 guards men at the moment. and if there is a need for more, we could do more. we have meteorologist standing by in the weather center. we saw that 5:00 a.m. update, now officially a hurricane. what is the latest on ian s track across the caribbean toward florida here. the system has everything it takes to really amplify over the next couple days and strengthen possibly to a category 4. that s the concern. all the environmental concerns absolutely conducive for rapid development of the storm system. we take a look at this because category 1 right now about 100 miles south of the cayman islands, about 300 islands south of the tip of cuba. the governments of these countries have taken this seriously. hurricane warnings have been prompted in advance of this feature. northwest caribbe
despite the restrictions on the internet, we began to see video emerge of protesters back out on the streets with night fall, more defiant protesters back out in the capital teheran and other cities chanting the now familiar slogans, death to the dictator and we are all together. we must not be afraid. now japan is preparing to say its final farewell to assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe with a state funeral set for tuesday. u.s. vice president kamala harris arrived in tokyo a short time ago. she ll attend the ceremony along with other dignitaries around the world. abe was the longest serving prime minister. he died after being shot in july at a campaign speech. but some in japan don t believe he should get a state funeral. we re joined from tokyo for more on this. blake, i understand some 50 former and current leaders
custody of iran s morality police, now includes protests against the regime itself. but sunday also saw pro-government demonstrations in some iranian cities. cnn has more. it appears on sunday like the iranian government was still mobilizes the masses. crowds of its supporters taking to the streets of the capital teheran and other cities in these pro-government rallies. crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands, according to state media. they were out to show unity and outrage against what they describe as these acts of sabotage by those they refer to as the rioters in reference, of course, to the protesters dismissing what the world has been seeing going on in iran as the work of a handful of mercenaries serving foreign enemies they say, forcefully
in iran, a fifth member of a volunteer paramilitary group has died after clashing with protesters in the streets on sunday. the demonstrations were sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody for not wearing a head scarf. the iranian president threatened decisive response. what s been the reaction? reporter: well, christine, this is the indication we are getting from the iranian regime that they are going to continue dismissing the grievances of the thousands of young iranian protesters who have taken to the streets in recent days. on sunday, we saw organized, mass pro-government rallies in the capital teheran and other cities where, according to state media, the people were out there to show their support for the government and their outrage against what they say are the