before making landfall somewhere along that western coast of florida by midweek or so. so we ll be talking about this for a couple of days, early part of next week especially. so this starting small, 35 mile per hours, gusts to 45, moving west-northwest at 15. we already have tropical storm watches, hurricane watches in effect. the water is very warm in the caribbean as well as the gulf of mexico, so this is going to provide the storm with a ripe environment to thrive. we are going to see this storm intensify rapidly once it gets into the gulf of mexico, and that s the huge concern. this could be a category one storm as it crosses over cuba and a category 2, possibly three, and maybe even higher as we get closer to florida. but the national hurricane center is forecasting right now with 115 mile per hour winds by wednesday afternoon. and i wouldn t be surprised if those models go even higher. a lot of the forecast models agree on this forecast as well. and hurricane fiona a
country. what i m so looking forward to about this show is just the sheer range of people you re going to be talking to. and i m sure that after years of reporting on politics and current events that s one of the thrilling things to do both on hbo max and cnn. this weekend you have tyler perry, shania twain, justice breyer. that mix is always interesting. it is such a delight. you know, for 18 years i was doing a talk show, and each week myth be an incremental change between last week and this week and the build back better plan. and that s important. and i enjoy current events and topical news and will have people like justice breyer, you know, to talk about things that are on the news. but like you i ve got a lot of interests. i m interested in sports. i m interested in business and entertainment. and to be able to do that, remember, i mean you know this network larry king the great larry king used to do this
so i kept thinking about that while i was on the stand and thinking this was the easier of the two. and if he could do what he did at 6 years old i certainly could do this. yeah. scarlett lewis, it s such a pleasure to talk to you. thank you. thank you. coming up a new show here at cnn. we ll talk to chris wallace all about it ahead. this. is the planning effect. this is how it feels to know you have a wealth plan that covers everything that s important to you. this is what it s like to have a dedicated fidelity advisor looking at your full financial picture. making sure you have the right balance of risk and reward.
inside ukraine and day one of of the voting. cnn s nick paten walsh is there. reporter: as russia faces a fake choice and a sham vote on occupied ukrainians, elsewhere igor and zina make a deadly choice of their own. they must brave the shelling to go and get food. they ve heard of russia s staged referendums here, but moscow makes itself felt here with artillery rather than imposing a ballot likely having entered the city s east. streets in a strange quiet as if in the eye of a storm when nobody is in control. they ll still have to fight their way in. a sign how fast things are changing here. ukrainian forces have blown the bridge in the middle of the city in the last day or so.
the testimony. and it s very important for the justice to get as much as they can. yeah, john dean, ellie honing, appreciate it. an update now to a story we ve been following on republican congressman matt gaetz. a source tells cnn federal prosecutors have recommended against charging gaetz in connection with their long running sex trafficking investigation. one reason according to the source doubts whether their central witness would be perceived as credible by a jury. that said we re told no formal or final decision has been made. next a live report from ukraine as people from occupied areas facing russian soldiers going door-to-door demanding their vote to become part of russia. we ll talk to a dissident journalist for her take on vladimir putin s future. and later alex jones on trial and silent in the face of the sandy hook parents victimized with his lies. more ahead.