Hurricane making a likely turn to florida. Governor desantis urged residents to prepare for possible evacuation saying nows the time to stock up on sandbags, water, medication. Cnn is covering the storm. Carlos suarez is in tampa but i want to start with tom sater in the cnn weather center. I guess there will be states of emergency along the gulf coast. We are not there yet why this looks like a big and potentially very scary storm. It will be the first hurricane to make landfall in mainland u. S. This year but a major hurricane and it is going to carry all the characteristics on land. I know everyone from pensacola to cape coral wants to know. We just dont know yet. Satellite imagery, the visual imagery, looks good. Circulation. A center. Yucatan in mexico. Hurricane huntered this morns had a hard time finding the center. Again even if the center moves about 15, 20 miles in either direction that changes the end goal and the track. This is where it is concerning. Warmest waters in the
call from the white house to a rioter on january 6th. the rioter s identity now revealed. the house select committee is preparing to hold what is likely to be its final investigative hearing. and dissent and chaos are spreading in russia. thousands have been detained amid protests against the war in ukraine as huge lines of cars jammed the borders, packed with russians desperate to escape vladimir putin s new military draft. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt here in the situation room . we begin coverage tonight with hurricane ian barreling toward florida, amid urgent warnings and evacuations. let s get straight to meteorologist tom seder standing by in the cnn weather center with a new forecast from the national hurricane center. tom, what is that new forecast saying about ian? the 5:00 p.m. advisory from the national hurricane center, we re seeing an increase in the winds because the p
hurricane making a likely turn to florida. governor desantis urged residents to prepare for possible evacuation saying now s the time to stock up on sandbags, water, medication. cnn is covering the storm. carlos suarez is in tampa but i want to start with tom sater in the cnn weather center. i guess there will be states of emergency along the gulf coast. we are not there yet why this looks like a big and potentially very scary storm. it will be the first hurricane to make landfall in mainland u.s. this year but a major hurricane and it is going to carry all the characteristics on land. i know everyone from pensacola to cape coral wants to know. we just don t know yet. satellite imagery, the visual imagery, looks good. circulation. a center. yucatan in mexico. hurricane huntered this morns had a hard time finding the center. again even if the center moves about 15, 20 miles in either direction that changes the end goal and the track. this is where it is concerning. warmest w
hurricane. meantime, hundreds of thousands of people now without power in canada, as fiona makes landfall there. this powerful storm is not letting up after you may recall it left a wave of destruction in puerto rico. we re going to have the latest on that storm s track. and it sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller. nasa gets ready to slam a refri refrigerator-size spacecraft into an asteroid. we ll tell you why and give you the latest details on this fascinating mission. it is finally here. the weekend. thank you so much for sharing part of it with us. saturday, september 24th. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you. and yes, everyone, thank you so much for waking up with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to. and a lot of storm coverage. two major storms to talk about this morning. first, hurricane fiona now a post-tropical cyclone making landfall in eastern canada. and we re seeing our first images of the storm as it make the landfall this m
everyone on earth. images. live um ands from dart right now. reporter: a tense moment at 50 minutes to impact to switch from a big ere asteroid to a second one that s a real target. a sweaty time for us. we have contingencies built to be watching the telemetry like hawks. very scared but excited. and then have it get closer and closer. and then hit. reporter: a moment the team has been training for for months. we just all by one with the headsets watching the screens just watching the asteroid and my heart was palpitating.