the storm right now packing maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. it is expected to strengthen further over the next 24 hours, and that s alarming to hear. ian is expected to hit florida s west coast late wednesday into thursday, and nearly 7 million people along the coast, including really all of tampa bay, a facing the risk of a life-threatening storm surge there. and people, they are all being urged to get out of harm s way and to do it now. tampa s mayor warning residents, if you can leave, just leave now. those are his words. florida s governor, ron desantis, announcing that the tampa bay airport will be closed starting tonight at 5:00 eastern time. he also expect he has also expected, desantis to speak at any moment from tallahassee. we ll give you detainee on those preparations from the storm and bring you his update live in just moment. we are covering this dangerous storm. the only way cnn can. let s go first to our carlos flores, who joins us in tampa
business correspondent ashley webster live in spring hills, florida. and ashley, it is the calm before the storm where you are in spring hill right now. it is indeed. good morning, steve. it s a very mild, pleasant morning. but that s going to change quickly over the course of the next 48 hours. i m in front of a gas station here in spring hill. we are about 50 miles north of tampa. everything looks fine, right? not so much. this gas station ran out of gas about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. you can see the sign no gasoline of any grade, including non-ethanol. in fact we were noticing the last person to use this particular pump managed to squeeze out 18 cents. but it s not just the gas that s a problem and the shorts damage as we see people driving around early this morning looking for a pump that actually has gas. but the supplies are starting to go down. batteries, flashlights and water in particular. it s hard to find right now. you can t find a isca of water anywhere. i wan
future is at stake. thank you all so much for joining us tonight. greatly appreciate your time and insights. coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democracy fights back, how people around the world are holding those in power accountable. plus, oh my pillow, the dangerous conspiracy theorist mike lindell, faces a growing list of legal problems. and the latest on the path of tropical storm ian as he let s get started. so on the show, we ve been frank second hour one okay about the often bleak state of american democracy, from rioters in the halls of our nation s capital, to elections deniers, using their elected positions of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i m sure doesn t shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racke
national review s headline today made me howl. moderate come outs against biden s out of touch, student loan forgiveness. schoo on to quote ohio democrat and senate candidate tim ryan , who claimed yesterday that the biden debtat cancelation sends the wrong messag thee to the millions of ohioans without a degreeor working just as hardking to make ends meet. now, ryan thinks voters are really stupid. wit he voted with pelosi and biden 100% of the time this congress. yeah, and yet now because he s running against a real populist in advance, he s tried to morph into being is one himself. it s all lies. the trutall liesthe trh is , ift ryan , just like allen the other pretend moderates out there will be another sure vote for the biden agenda. and biden s doddering demeanor is so bad thes ise days that democrats who are up for reelection are saying thanks ree but no thanks, joe .ppearanc to any personal appearances by the leader of their owntheir partowy. you can believe it. mark
caitlin bernard, the indiana ob/gyn, who according to state documents, provided a non- surgical abortion to a 10-year- old rape victim. o donnell: chaos at the airport. the shooting at dallas love field captured on video. the new footage that shows the moment officers stopped the female suspect. florida police sergeant seen gripping another officer s throat. tonight, what led to the alleged assault. army recruiting falls short. why obesity is one of the top reasons we can t fill the military s ranks. the generosity of strangers, and it s all starting with a wedding dress. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. on this busy tuesday night. we want to begin with what s being described as a catastrophic extreme weather event in the midwest where record rainfall caused deadly flash flooding in the st. louis area. r at least one perso