it could cause catastrophic flooding. aishah: i m in for sandra smith. state and local officials are telling more than 2 million to leave their homes and get out of the way of the massive storm. ian strengthening to a category 3, ripping through western cuba, 125 mile per hour winds and heavy rains slamming the island and causing heavy flooding. john: i said good wednesday, only tuesday, wednesday is when it s go time in florida, just hours to go now until the storm makes landfall, many are attempting to avoid the storm-packed highways, and those hunkering down have been clearing supermarket shelves and emptying the gas pumps. aishah: and charles watson and max gordon are live in the tampa bay area, where officials are bracing for what could be the first direct hit on the region from a hurricane in more than a century, john. john: looking ugly there in the next 36 hours. first to steve bender tracking ian for us. where is it headed, how strong is it going to be? we
in south korea. president biden will tour a samsung facility. president biden said i m on my first trip to asia as president to strengthen alliances and partnerships and working with fellow democracy to shape the rules of the road for the 21st century. the president lands as soaring gas prices hit a new daily record high. new numbers released $4.59 for gallon of regular gas, that is up 1 cent from yesterday. the house voted thursday to prevent price gouging. members want to place the blame on russia. you can think the activity of vladamir putin for invading ukraine and pulling oh, nonsense. with all due respect, that is utter nonsense. griff: others refusing to believe the pain being felt at the pump. americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events making things difficult. you are unwilling to say gas prices are too high. we re doing all we can, senator. griff: not the only mounting crisis the president left
greg: yes, yes, yes, yes. happy tuesday, everybody. yeah. all right. let s do it. the secret service is stumped by this baggy of bump. there you go. remember when somebody left a bag of cocaine in the white house? and remember how the secret service evacuated the west wing and closed off the streets surrounding the white house? initially everybody thought joe had once again left a floater in the men s room. then remember how one of president biden press s children was staying in the taxpayer funded facility at the time because joe wanted to keep the impressionable youngster away from bad influences or at the least hide him from process servers and remember how karine jean-pierre got angry that the press kept asking about it even though she didn t want to talk about it. can you just say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family? you know, there has been some irresponsible reporting about the family, and so i ve got to call that out here. i
who barely made it onto the stage tonight. doug burgum was injured while playing basketball earlier today, throwing his debate appearance in question. he put his supporters fears to rest, posting this picture on twitter before the event saying i m in. that s all from here in milwaukee, sumi, back to you in dc. just quickly, we have seen you outside their of the centre all day. tell us what the atmosphere has been like leading up to this debate. it has been quite one of a festival atmosphere. a loss of the invited guests got here quite early on, everyone dressed very well, there was a sort of party atmosphere in the area behind me, grilled meats, food trucks, a rock band playing. 0utside though there have been some small protest between pro trump and anti trump supporters, all the
people s party. there is a music festival, a food festival infused. there is an art garden infused and people just like to come and have a good time. we re excited to get everyone back at full capacity. the past two years have been no fan attendance, partial attendance. the city is fans want to get back and have a great day at the races. janice: you started early, we have the best lighting, what is next, do you start setting up? we re in it. we start setting up and do sound checks this morning still. just a lot of finishing touches to make it all the magic happen. janice: do you need a taste tester or drink tester? drink tester, taste testers we have, drink testers we need. janice: i m in, sign me up. i ll get my resume. todd and carley, this will be a