for a rematch. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian, and that s churning in the caribbean and getting stronger as it heads north towards cuba. now, ian, is expected to reach hurricane status monday before hitting western cuba. officials say they re expecting strong winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surges. now, ian then expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit the florida coast some time later this week. now, people in florida as you can imagine already preparing for ian. florida s governor has activated 2,500 national guard troops. tampa residents, meantime, are filling sandbags you see them there to try and prevent that flooding. and emergency management officials preparing for storm surges. we are loading and by the day we would have loaded 360 trailers and more than 2 million meals and more than 1 million gallons of water ready to be sent into impacted areas. you need to be prepared for sheltering in place. you may lose po
at a ceremony tuesday, lawmakers honored law enforcement officers who defended the capitol during the january 6 attack with the congressional gold medal, the highest honor congress can bestow. among those were the family of police officer brian sit nick who died of multiple strokes and natural causes the day of the attack. during the ceremony many family members refused to shake hands with mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy, they say because of how republicans have either defended the former president or stood silently by as he assaulted the constitution. mccarthy once said the former president bears responsibility for the attack, earlier this year he backtracked saying everybody in the country bears some responsibility. joining me, the mother and brother of officer brian sicknick, gladys and craig sicknick. what was behind the decision by you and your family to ignore senator mcconnell and congressman mccarthy at the congressional gold medal ceremony?
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