spinning toward the west coast of florida this morning. bringing with it life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding. we ll have a live report from tampa in just a moment. and also ahead, a former d.c. metro police officer does not hold back at a sentencing for a capitol rioter. plus, we ll dig into new data that suggests significant covid waves could be coming this fall and winter. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we re going to begin in florida where millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as the powerful storm barrels towards the state intensifying every hour. the storm is expected to make landfall on the southwest coast of florida, as early as this afternoon. just moments ago, it reached the status of category 4 hurricane. the center of the storm is then forecast to move over the central part of the state, with winds likely re
images just in tonight. that takedown of the suspect on campus. a longtime professor elsewhere who was turned down for a job. and authorities say he had a list. whit johnson standing by in las vegas. in upstate new york tonight, on this first night of hanukkah, shots fired outside a synagogue in albany. tonight, state police and the national guard now on alert. senior investigative reporter aaron katersky standing by. tonight, the israel-hamas war, and just in, what israel is now considering. what they might do inside those tunnels in gaza. reporter: they believe hamas operatives and leaders are hiding. james longman in israel. in the u.s., this powerful cross-country storm moving from the west. ten states right now under winter alerts for heavy rain, snow, and damaging winds. then, this all moves quickly right into the northeast. when this hits. rob marciano tracking it all. in texas tonight, a young woman with her husband. she is 20 weeks pregnant. her doctors say
images just in tonight. that takedown of the suspect on campus. a longtime professor elsewhere who was turned down for a job. and authorities say he had a list. whit johnson standing by in las vegas. in upstate new york tonight, on this first night of hanukkah, shots fired outside a synagogue in albany. tonight, state police and the national guard not on alert. senior investigative reporter aaron katersky standing by. tonight, the israel-hamas war, and just in, what israel is now considering, what they might do inside those tunnels in gaza, where they believe hamas operatives and leaders are hiding. james longman in israel. in the u.s., this powerful cross-country storm moving from the west, ten states right now under winter alerts for heavy rain, snow, and damaging winds. then, this all moves quickly right into the northeast. when this hits. rob marciano tracking it all. in texas tonight, young woman with her husband, she is 20 weeks pregnant. her doctors say her hea