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
to get out. the red on this map shows the mandatory evacuations as of one hour ago. basically the low lying areas near the water. ian is getting strzokker. florida governor said it is 500 miles wide at the moment and he adds that the storm surge and heavy rains will impact the entire state. we will see on the gulf coast of florida heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and perhaps isolated tornado activity and that is true regardless of the precise track that this takes. don t think because the eye may not be in your area you won t see impacts. you will see significant impacts. these counties expected to see a lot of water and a lot of flooding. the governor activated 5,000 members of the florida national guard and another 2,000 from other states. cnn meteorologist tom sater is here with the latest on ian s path. where will it make landfall? in cuba within 200 miles of that. still a category 1. it is over the warmest waters of the atlantic. we had rapid
hotel staff. in the room discovered bomb making materials. i have been on the phone. we are working in conjunction. gas prices climbing again, hitting $3.80 a gallon. prices along the west coast are the highest in the country. school, work, trying to make a living. wild monday night football. protester rams bobby wagner lays him out. good morning brand new day this morning on my way. it is a good morning because we woke up. the weather here not so good. brian: alive? ainsley: being able to put your feet on the ground. get out of bed. thank god. steve: you are on the right side of the grass. ainsley: exactly. look what s going on outside. steve: it is what we used to refer to in kansas a fog strangler. it is pouring out there. some of the remnants of the storm system that we had off and on throughout the northeast over the last couple of days. brian: if you are playing outdoors today or if you have recreation right after lunch, which takes pla
million in new rebuilding money. plus a very donald trump weekend. election lies about mitch mcconnell and a racist smear of mitch mcconnell s life. a look of condemnation, and you ll find almost none. the oath keepers four lieutenants charged with conspiracy. we begin though with president biden and his important promises to rebuild after two punishing hurricanes. air force one is on its way to puerto rico this hour for some 100,000 customers are still without power two weeks after hurricane fiona. the president will get a briefing on the recovery effort, visit a local school, and he ll offer up $60 million in funding. the president saying this before leaving the white house this morning. i m headed to puerto rico because they haven t been taken care of. they re trying like hell to catch up after the last hurricane. on wednesday the president visits florida for a first look at ian s racket, the death toll climbs to 76 over the weekend. there s a debate about the coun
ian is rising in florida. 88 people lost their lives to this storm. 54 of them alone were in lee county which includes fort myers, as you re seeing on your screen here and fort myers beach. that town is decimated by the monster category 4 storm. officials there now facing questions over the timing of the mandatory evacuation orders, were they given early enough. search and rescue teams still going door to door looking for survivors especially on the barrier islands of sanibel, captiva. and pine. ian s strong winds destroyed homes and businesses leaving behind despair. can we get some help down here? you know, would that be too much to asky i mean, you luke around here, there s nothing. we have no power, no phone service, nothing. we d just like a little help. i d like a little help to get my home back in shape because i ve got nowhere to go. florida governor ron desantis said there s been more than 1600 rescues. some floridians providing their own boats for help. the ligh