And this is the scene live at a Polling Station in moscow. There is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50 in the first round. But with many of mr putins opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that Vladimir Putin will be re elected without a need for that second ballot. The election is encompassing the territories which russia has annexed in ukraine. In all, more than 112 Million People have the right to vote at the last election, in 2018, he took more than three quarters of the vote. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. These days, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. From a mountain of skulls and a dictators ambition to this russias war in ukraine likened to stalins terror. The 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets, graffitiing stop the war. All these paintings were scrubbed out, and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army. But he
of time where you are going to experience the worst of it. it s not going to be over quickly, it s going to last maybe an hour or two hours. so the people that are along that area, that are east of the eye, that could be in the panama city, apalachicola region, and areas to the north. it will slowly get better for you guys, but continue to worsen for people who are in south georgia where they could experience a category 2 by rush hour this afternoon. diane, if you could stay with us as well, and explain the conditions. if we can just split the screen for a minute and see jennifer in the weather center, if you could just show us where michael is now, vis-a-vis panama city, if you will, as we watch diane go through this again, we see the conditions worsening quickly, but michael is still how far away? michael is about 50 miles an
please, that is always priority one. j jennifer, help us understand, the map put up on the graphic model. where derek is, they re seeing some very strong bands right now, there s appalachiala right there, he s right here, the center of the storm is right there, so you can see the eye of the storm so he s getting some of these have been strong bands, you see those oranges that come through there, those are some of the strongest winds, of course not the strongest winds that are contained within the storm, but some of the strongest winds he s experienced so far. and for apalachicola, they are going to experience a little bit stronger winds. they re getting the stronger surges. to see the water where he is now is expected to
to come across this area. if you can hear me, diana, please stay with us. i want to bring in jennifer, our meteorologist, as we begin to see diane and we begin to see the conditions worsen behind her, and yet michael has not made landfall yet, help us understand, jennifer, as things get worse, when the worst is still to come where diane is. the worst is yet to come, conditions will deteriorate extremely quickly, the storm is about 50 miles from the coast and it s very important. you see all those trees swaying behind her, most of those trees in the florida panhandle, once you get into georgia, they still have their leaves on them. those trees are going to snap, there s no way these trees are going to with stand 150-mile-per-hour winds. those limbs are going to be projectiles. anybody who has not shuttered
from the coast, have you experienced any surge or anything like that? reporter: we moved inland because we were so close to the coast and its so low lying, in some cases, just one or two feet below sea level. there is water to the left of me, but it s interior water, it looks to be a stream. it hasn t gone up that much, it s mostly being blown by the wind. i talked to the city manager, and talking about the wind blowing up those waves and that be the foreshadowing of this storm surge, as you well know, jennifer, it s forecasted to come in right around high tide as well here. so there is additional concern for those low-lying areas because the water is already going to be in high tide, in their minds mitigating the issue even worse. you can probably see here, it will die down a little bit, but we re experiencing now a steady wind, no matter what, even when