tropical storm force winds. the greatest concern right now is in the gulf coast where a combination of heavy rainfall, massive storm surge and rivers already at flood stage could send up to 12 feet of water into low-lying areas. the january 6th smcommittee canceled tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. jennifer gray is in the weather center. i want to start with a new bulletin. so what have we learned now? we have 120-mile-per-hour winds with gusts of 150. it s still moving to the north-northeast at about 10 miles per hour. basically it s paralleling key west right now. the lower keys have received tropical storm force winds, and conditions are only going to deteriorate across the southern peninsula of florida throughout the overnight tonight. tropical storm force winds will be arriving across south florida within the next couple of hours and throughout the day tomorrow and the early afternoon. or early to mid afternoon. we should be seeing a landfall. so 8:00 tonight, b
you can continue without end. and i think that s the point here. if i m trying to understand what vladamir putin s objective is here, it s not so much that it will shift the reality on the battlefield now. i think what the hope is, keep it grinding. keep it going. if we can keep it going the whole way through 2023, people are going to get tired. the ukrainian economy will be obliterated, and the ukrainian people will lose heart. the europeans, who formed such a huge part of this support network, will start to feel the pain. so he s banking on the fact that russia has a higher pain threshold. and as you said, it s not just the calculation about ukraine not being able to sustain, it s europe starting to fracture. and we haven t seen that yet. and there was a lot of speculation coming into the winter. it s going to be terrible, europeans are going to be cold, inflation is soaring. so far we re seeing a robust and united europe. at the end of the day, winter is only a few months.