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
he said he made the decision to host the event to honor abe s diplomatic legacy after messages of condolence came pouring in around the world. ever since protests have been held on a regular basis with the opposition seeming to gain more support by the day, even after prime minister defended his decision to lawmakers, according to the latest poll, 56% of the public here now stand in opposition. the main reasons behind the growing opposition involve deep divisions about his leadership, that it s a poor use of taxpayer funds and the fact that the decision was made without consulting japan s parliament. and while a smaller majority of the public now stand in opposition of tomorrow s state funeral, there is still a large portion of the public who do think it s appropriate. supporters in support point to how he raised japan s global profile and abe implemented a new peace and security law along with his vision for a free and open indo-pacific and abe-nomics