n ordered to evacuate as hurricane rita now is bearing down on the state shr gulf coast in just a moment.t. florida governor rhonda santos will join us first herest with the very latest from thisrs category three storm weather. in meteorologist ian oliver is with us in thisoliver. looks like it s going to be a direct hit right over. looks like somewhereoks li nortr fort myers, right towards tampa. yeah, anywhere from naples. igto the southern part of tampa bay, the mouth of tampa bay: stl still a reasonable scenaril o ao here. this is a monster of a storm, still a category three , as your mentioned,ee max, winds at 120we miles per hour. we actually had this inner eye wall that s been degrading, but there s an outer one that s forming. what that does is it spreads out the wind field overh a much larger area. we ve seen these impacts starttw already. tornado warnings throughouarnint the afternoon and evening across much of south florida. we ve got some active onesh flom right
storm . thank you fowithr being with usu and our best to hopefully ite. won t be as bad as us saying. all right, we re going to.riw alle right. we ve got more on hurricane ian in just a moment ian with dotcom s joe bastardi. . also tonight, violent crimealsot spiralinreading way out of contn america s major cities. con new york mayortrol. eric adams touting his city s so-called brand while makinghicalled fun l states all across the country. here is a little preview of what his brand at state looks like. we have a brand new york has a brand, and when people see , okay?means something new york city has a brand. is this the brand here, mr. mayor, that you re referring to, this poor woman gettin g yu the out of her, beaten nearly to death, stomped on , kicked ,a beaten, by a career criminal that shouldn t should have been in jail inat the new york city subway. all right. fullu takli to show yo the full tape and highlighght tt a brand of one of america ses. most unlivable cities.