Developments, but we begin at the Weather Map with al roker. As if the threat of this potentially historic Storm Isnt enough, were already seeing tornadoes. Thats right. And this was kind of the worst case scenario, chris, because we were talking about this for the last two days. We were going to see these tornadoes, especially as it approached, and sure enough thats what happened. Lets show you what weve got going on right now. As far as our map is concerned, we are looking at a category 4 storm. 150 miles now southwest of tampa. Its got 130 miles per hour winds. Its moving northeast at 16 miles per hour. Now, as we look, you can see we have Tornado Watches now from Daytona Beach all the way down to key west. Weve had reports of 50 tornadoes so far in the last couple of hours. And now we have numerous, multiple Tornado Warnings going on to the west, i should say the east of tampa and sarasota, to the west of West Palm Beach, and right between West Palm Beach and Fort Myers. These are
Households in florida are reportedlyfl without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their thhomes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to effect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. Still what mayea bring the most danger areri the Storm Surges. Earlier today residents experienced flooding in places like pine island, which is just outside of fort myers. But flooding will likely get much worse across the state as the night continues. A Storm Surge Warning is in place for almost the entirety of floridas west coast. This video is a simulation of what could happen if the Storm Surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But in some parts of florida officials warn that Hurricane Helene could cause Storm Surges of c up to 20 feet, around doub the amount shown in in simulatiOn And those officials are calling that a level of Sto Surge potentially unsurvivable. Earlier today the first bands of Wind Andt Rain Las
President trump is wrong. Under the constitution, i had no right to change the outcome of our election. He needs to talk to the January 6th Committee. Its taken him 13 months to admit the undeniable. And as the Winter Olympics begin in beijing, Human Rights Abuses are in the spotlight. The Chinese Government is Holding People in Concentration Camps and also glorifying the modernday slavery. Plus were following new developments on the future of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family. Im pamela brown in washington. You are in the cnn news room. Great to have you with us on this saturday. We begin this hour with the Republican Party coming out of a buzz saw of dramatic events compressed into 24 hours. Former Vice President mike pence delivering his most forceful rebuke to date of his old boss, calling out donald trump and his lie that pence was in power to overturn the election. And there are new images of the violence energized by the big lie that the election was stolen. The Justice Depar
President trump is wrong. Under the constitution, i had no right to change the outcome of our election. He needs to talk to the January 6th Committee. Its taken him 13 months to admit the undeniable. And as the Winter Olympics begin in beijing, Human Rights Abuses are in the spotlight. The Chinese Government is Holding People in Concentration Camps and also glorifying the modernday slavery. Plus were following new developments on the future of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family. Im pamela brown in washington. You are in the cnn news room. Great to have you with us on this saturday. We begin this hour with the Republican Party coming out of a buzz saw of dramatic events compressed into 24 hours. Former Vice President mike pence delivering his most forceful rebuke to date of his old boss, calling out donald trump and his lie that pence was in power to overturn the election. And there are new images of the violence energized by the big lie that the election was stolen. The Justice Depar
President trump is wrong. Under the constitution, i had no right to change the outcome of our election. He needs to talk to the January 6th Committee. Its taken him 13 months to admit the undeniable. And as the Winter Olympics begin in beijing, Human Rights Abuses are in the spotlight. The Chinese Government is Holding People in Concentration Camps and also glorifying the modernday slavery. Plus were following new developments on the future of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family. Im pamela brown in washington. You are in the cnn news room. Great to have you with us on this saturday. We begin this hour with the Republican Party coming out of a buzz saw of dramatic events compressed into 24 hours. Former Vice President mike pence delivering his most forceful rebuke to date of his old boss, calling out donald trump and his lie that pence was in power to overturn the election. And there are new images of the violence energized by the big lie that the election was stolen. The Justice Depar