it s being called the mission to save humanity. we ll take you inside nasa s plan to crash into an asteroid . we begin by tracking two dangerous storm systems. first, tropical storm ian churning across the warm, energizing waters of the caribbean right now. the latest forecast shows it strengthening to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slams into florida next week. it could be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency as well. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rain. we want everyone to ensure that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable foo
are in the city of meshhud. this is the hometown of the ayat ayatollah. you see that statue there, it s a symbol of the islamic revolution, being burned by a crowd. extremely heroic. and they are facing an absolutely brutal crackdown in response. amnesty international saying live fire is being deliberately and directly fired into crowds of demonstrators. you have internet restrictions that have been in place now for days, limiting people s abilities to organize, limiting the news coming out of the country. and there are concerns that this crackdown will only intensify, that this brutal repression of dissent will only get worse. we ve seen examples of this in iran, examples of what the iranian state does when it s threatened. 2019 when there were fuel protests. hundreds of people were believed killed by the security forces at the time. and there s fears there may be a