shawn. army sergeant daniel perry says he fired that day in self-defense. he claims that the protesters surrounded his car while he was driving through downtown austin and basically ran into a black lives matter protest. his lawyers argue that he had the legal right to open fire after one of those demonstrators raised an ak-47 and pointed it right toward him, so he feared for his life. christina coleman has the very latest. christina? reporter: hi, eric. texas governor greg abbott says he has requested the state s board of pardons and parole to expedite its review of this this case after army sergeant daniel perry was convicted of murder for killing air force veteran garrett foster, a black lives matter protester. it was an emotional day in court after the verdict came down on friday. members of foster s family could be seen crying and hugging the attorneys that they worked with. some eyewitnesses strongly kiss piewpted perry s claims in this case. they testify that foster
now hitting south florida and the storm s eye is off of cuba s coast moving into the warm waters which means the storm could grow and get for powerful. it hit werp cuba hard overnight with winds and heavy rain just at-battering the island. the forecast models have it projected to make landfall in tampa bay as a major hurricane. storm surge is one of the biggest threats from the storm. and as much as two feet of rain could be falling in some parts of florida from this. officials there saying right now they are urging people into the storm s path to make the final presentations and of course to get out before it is too late. let s start with cnn s meteorologist chad myers tracking this for us. what is the latest. it does look like the 11:00 advisory has brought this storm a little bit farther to the south. we re still waiting for what we call the discussion. all of the words that they use to describe what their reason was, what the meaning is, where this is going from here. s
counties. he has also called up 7,000 national guard members. local officials have warned residents to get out now, and have ordered more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes, including my home of tampa. my family has already evacuated. please listen to the warnings, especially if you re in an evacuation area. terrified residents have been boarding up windows and desperately digging huge trenches, while others have stripped supermarket shelves bare of water and essentials. tossing it over to max gorden, lives in st. petersburg, florida, reporting for fox weather, your hurricane headquarters. good afternoon. as you mentioned, evacuations are underway here in pinellas county. evacuation zone a, b, c. folks in those zones have been told to get out as well as people who live in mobile homes. that mike right now we are sending an evacuation zone a, most susceptible to storm surge. we are expecting conditions to deteriorate over the next day or so as the storm does move in
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 hours in now a major primetime address. President biden delivering his message to the nation from the oval office, calling for additional aid to israel and also to ukraine. Im Brianna Keilar with Boris Sanchez here in washington. Kaitlan collins is live from tel aviv. The State Department is warning all americans overseas. This is a rare warning and says to, quote, exercise increased caution citing rising senses all over the world. It comes as the humanitarian crisis in gaza grows more dire. Egyptian Security Officials told a cnn journalist on site that the rafah crossing between inmate and the gaza strip will be open on friday to deliver critical aid. Workers were seen making preparations. Yeah. That would be critical aid. Today an israeli strike on a neighborhood about ten miles from where the crossing is killed a number of people and also injured dozens more. Thats according to the Interior Ministry in gaza. A spokesperson for the Israeli Defense forces said he did not have infor