be stronger gusts and it s expected to intensify to a potentially category 3 hurricane before making land fall in florida tomorrow, where millions are already under hurricane and storm surge warnings. right now, western cuba is feeling the brunt of the storm. then the track, idalia in florida s big bend. but, this is a very important reminder a small shift in the track could put that population center more at risk. sara arrived in florida a few hours ago. some parts of florida will see and feel the impact soon. what are you seeing on the ground now? reporter: look, like every other hurricane, it is calm before the storm, but this is when people are being told to evacuate in ten counties. and preparations are under way as idalia, who started out as a tropical storm and is now a hurricane, it is expected to grow and grow and grow to a major hurricane, a category 3 hurricane. right now listen to what people are doing as they try to get out of the way of a high storm surge and
comments were islamophobic. our political correspondent georgia roberts explained the situation the conservatives were facing following mr anderson s comments. the conservative party continuing to face pressure over those comments lee anderson made, that both opponents and senior figures within the party described as islamophobic. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say he thought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let s listen. well, that s why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn t take that opportunity. words matter. he didn t choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were | islamophobic, anti muslim? i don t believe that lee anderson said those remark
the final block to stop sweden joining. around £4] billion is going to be given to northern areas. to help with their transport. better transport connections for millions of people living in smaller cities, towns and rural areas. that s the promise from rishi sunak as he makes the case for cancelling the massive hs2 rail upgrade. the north of england will receive £2.5 billion over a seven year period from next april, and the midlands £2.2 billion. the money will be distributed by local councils from a central local transport fund, with residents able to have a say and mps given oversight to ensure value for money. all we seem to ever get over the last ten years, let alone actually over the last 14 years, is a series of promises which never actually seem to change how people can live their lives in the north, the opportunities that are afforded to us here in the north. and all we are going to hear, i think, today is another funding commitment that is never going to solve th
from the party on saturday after he refused to apologise for saying that islamists had got control of mayor of london sadiq khan. our political correspondent georgia roberts explained the situation the conservatives are currently facing following mr anderson s comments. the conservative party continuing to face pressure over those comments lee anderson made, that both opponents and senior figures within the party described as islamophobic. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say he thought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let s listen. well, that s why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn t take that opportunity. words matter. he didn t choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you ag
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom now, there s a spirit that i have never seen. we ran to great races donald trump delivered a huge blow to former south carolina governor nikki haley in her own back he ard we ll look at what the exit polling tells us about haley s home state loss. and a us led coalition launches a fourth round of strikes against iran-backed houthi rebels some yemen level latest on these attacks from the pentagon, plus panda diplomacy is alive and well, a pair of giant pandas may soon be heading to an american zoo courtesy of china i ll speak to a representative of zoo on what it means for them. the pandas and maybe the rest of us live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber we begin this hour focused on the us republican presidential race as super tuesday looms in just nine days, michigan will hold its gop primary on tuesday, but the big event