is only beginning. sandra: for those of us who have lived through hurricanes we know how scary they can be. chief meteorologist is with us tracking the storm and the latest tally on some of the winds that are being reported across that state. what are we seeing, rick? so far, john, i m glad we had the video that popped up from 2017 up in jacksonville, because jacksonville is going to get storm surge again from this storm, which is pretty hard to imagine. this is a look at the winds recorded so far, verified naples, 112 miles an hour, still with kinds of the worst of the wind offshore, it has not made its way there just yet. so we have a long road ahead. all right, every hour now we are getting an update here, so this is the 2:00 p.m. update. no changes in the last three hours, pressure still at 937 millibars, moving north/northeast at nine miles an hour. we are looking at that every hour. often times when you have a storm making landfall it starts to weaken a bit, interac
also tonight, the hurricane is forcing the january select committee to postpone the hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. this as the panel had some big decisions to make and some new questions to answer. plus, russia is claiming victory after the sham annexation votes. what is vladamir putin s next move as russians protest and thousands plea his military draft? welcome to the situation room. i m pamela brown. let s get to the newest forecast for hurricane ian and the damage it will be doing by this time tomorrow. jennifer, what is the latest on ian s power and path? pamela, we are within that 24-hour window where this storm will make landfall as a category 3, winds of 120 miles per hour, but gusts are up to 150 miles per hour now and moving to the north at 10 miles per hour. this storm is going to run parallel to key west within the next hour or so. you can see very close right there, so they are going to get the worst of the weather. but the worst is to come, b
being told to get out. weather experts say it s been 100 years since that city was directly hit by a hurricane. and with time running out, lines for water, gas, and sandbags are getting longer. no matter ian makes landfall, fema and state officials say all of florida will feel some level of impact. predictions include a huge storm surge, inland flooding, and even possible tornadoes. the bad piece of news we got this morning is that this storm is trending to slow down which means it potentially could sit on top of us for 47 hours. cnn has more from the weather center. tom, show us the path right now. a big concern which she mentioned, sitting on top of us for so long. t it s getting stronger. the winds are up from 80 to 85 mile-per-hour, waiting for an eye to form. it will ride over cuba. look where it is now. the warmest waters in the atlantic. high octane fuel. it interwent rapid intensification which we expected, that means within 24 hours the winds increased by 35. t
category two hurricane, quicklyin tensefying as it gets closer to florida. residents of tampa area are preparing for the worst as warnings about ian grow more dire. and nasa will deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid soon in a historic test of earth s defensing. we re getting the first live image this is lauer. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight, i m alex marquardt in the situation room. we begin with all of krvn exclusive new reporting on the january 6 investigation including the new revelations about mark meadow s communications. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. reporter: as donald trump and his allies made a final push to overturn the 2020 election. there is still plenty of time to certify the correct winner. reporter: retired army colonel phil wald ron. the core of these voefting systems are rife with vulnerables. reporter: communicated with then white house chief o
out of office, including campaigning with democrats. you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. welcome to a new 11:00 a.m. eastern hour here on this sunday of the newsroom. florida under a state of emergency this hour, as tropical storm ian gains strength. ian is expected to become a hurricane today, and may peak as a category 4 storm before weakening and making a direct hit on florida as early as wednesday. we re expecting an update from governor ron desantis minutes from now. our reporter is in the weather center. cnn s priscilla alvarez is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, who announced a federal energy for the state. so let s begin with you, alison. you just got an update if the national hurricane center. tell us what you re learning. let s look at the breakdown. the sustained winds are at 50 miles per hour, gusting up to 65. that forward movement has increased, up to 14 miles per hour to t