coast. here is what we know right now. you re looking live at key west, florida where rough surf from ian has churned up. soon the national hurricane center will provide an update on ian s strength and path. it seems to be changing. right now projected to hit florida as at least a category three storm. major airports are closing. tampa international will suspend operations in about an hour. orlando will be doing the same tomorrow. the city of tampa will be issuing a curfew soon when winds hit 40 miles an hour. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. they are battening down the hatches as they say and preparing for the worst hoping it won t be that bad. right now this storm, well, it looks very bad. doesn t max gordon know it. he s in st. pete with more. max? neil, mandatory evacuations are underway in pinellas county. we re talking about zones a, b and c and for folks in mobile homes. all of those people need to get out as soon as they can. right now we re standing in evacuati
you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now in the state of florida a state of emergency is in effect statewide, and the governor is calling up the national guard as tropical storm ian gains strength and moves closer to florida s west coast. ian is expected to intensify into a cat gather 4 had and making landfall as early as wednesday night. governor desantis is urging people to prepare now. expect heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and even isolated tornadoes. make preparations now, and i know a lot of people have been doing it throughout the state of florida and the things you should be prepared with food, water, batteries, medicine, fuel. anticipate the closer you are to where the eye of the storm makes landfall, anticipate power outages. that is something that will likely happen with a hurricane of this magnitude. cnn s patrick ottoman is in havana, cuba, where warnings ar
with kim brunhuber. we begin in uvalde, texas, where frustration is growing as we learn more chilling details about the mass shooting at an elementary school. 19 young students and 2 teachers gunned down. we re getting more on 911 calls made from inside the classroom while the attack was under way and the pleas from a student as gunfire rang out. there s growing criticism of police actions and inactions and scrutiny of the company that made the murder weapon. and cnn is speaking with the attorney for a teacher s aide from robb elementary. she s sharing her side of the story after police falsely blamed her. omar jimenez begins our coverage. reporter: it was supposed to be an end of the year class party. before it became a nightmare. she saw everything from the time he recked to the time he was taken out of there. special education aide was meeting a co-worker with a food. she propped the door open, went back inside to get her phone and called 911. but to report the a
As of the 11:00 a.m. National Hurricane Advisory, the eyewall of Hurricane Ian was moving onshore. It was said to be about 45 MI WNW of Naples, Florida and abou
landfall, anticipate power outages. that is something that will likely happen with a hurricane of this magnitude. cnn s patrick ottoman is in havana, cuba, where warnings are in place and tom sater is in the weather system. you just got a new advisory from the national hurricane advisory? no big change really right now. we re looking at just an eruption of strength in the next 24 hours. 50-mile-per-hour winds and it s moving slower. we didn t have one named storm for the entire month of august, the first time in 25 years. now we re just past the peak of the season, september 10th f. it wasn t for ian we would be talking about fiona, massive damage in nova scotia and newfoundland. satellite imagery, and if you look closely, the sun is making it bright white, but there is circulation.