newsroom. i m paula reed in washington in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a machete attack on three police officers in times square. the attack unfolded outside a security screening zone set up for last night s festivities. police say the man wielding the machete was just 19 years old. fortunately, all three officers injured are in stable condition. cnn s correspondent is following this story from new york city. gloria, what else do we know about this violent attack? reporter: certainly a trosh f terrifying attack for these three officers. one of the officers just graduating the police academy last week. this happened, as you mentioned, outside of a security zone because everyone who goes to times square to watch the new year s eve ball drop has to go through these screening points for this reason. they are being checked for weapons, items not permitted into this event. and that is where police say a 19-year-old male approached these officers completely unprovoke
weather center and patrick oppmann is in cuba for us. good evening to both of you. petra, i ll start with. you are looking at pictures released today by nasa, a live view of hurricane ian that can be seen from the international space station as it fights over the storm. that is massive. where is hurricane ian right now? what can we expect? don, we just got the advisory here. it s about 1100 miles south of the western tip of cuba. crew the brunt of the storm system is gonna be felt initially in cuba in the coming hours, don, we think this will increase to a category three possibly as early as the next three hours. beyond that, we watch what s in store here. the water temperatures across this region of the gulf of mexico are among the warmest oceanic heat content anywhere in the atlantic. you notice the model of cannons here is a bit all over the place the last couple days. really, the last 24 hours better agreement. the storm track will shift a little further towards the eas
with a star studded pageant finishing at buckingham palace. i v e i ve got my own crystal so i can add sparkle everybody here, although might i say, howjealous i was up paddington bear having tea with the queen! street parties are being held across the uk in what is being called the big jubilee lunch with some getting the royal seal of approval. welcome to bbc news and the fourth day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. today there ll be a pageant along the mall in london, featuring a military parade, acrobats, puppets and other tributes to the 70 years of the queen s reign. celebrations will be held across the country too, with tens of thousands of people holding street parties. last night, a special outdoor concert was held in the grounds of buckingham palace with live performances from diana ross, queen and sir rod stewart. our royal correspondent sarah campbell has all the details. at the oval cricket ground in london, prince charles and the duchess of cornwalljoined one
evacuation warnings issued in parts of northern california. heavy rain and snow melt inundating roads, forcing the closing of some highways. both highways, 101 and interstate 80, have been reopened. the severe storm causing power outages for hundreds of thousands of customers across california and nevada. cnn meteorologist joins me now. alison, where do things stand? that s right, paula. this is a system while it s affecting the west now is going to gradually make its way across the country, impacting a lot more states in the next 24 to 48 hours. here is where it s raining at the moment, starting to finally see it lighten up across portions of southern california and even around las vegas, although we do still have a few areas of showers there. but you notice the rain pick up in flagstaff, phoenix, seeing that transition in the higher elevation where is you re going to have the snow. look at the numb eers, though.
now 19,000 residents here in havana. what are the conditions like now? you know, we have the first bands of rain coming in here. it really feels like the calm before the storm. but, talking to friends of mine who live in western cuba, they say the power is out. the beginning to feel the wind and the rain pick up, and the very concerned. i thought one federal mine it looks like they re hurricanes gonna pass right over where he lives. he goes tobacco and he s concerned the gun used lose their entire crop. certainly, the implications for people who live in this part of cuba, it s really a lot of small towns, very rural area. and the houses they have their, don, they re not built to withstand this kind of a hurricane. it s gonna be devastating. i spoke to pedram. i put spoke to the mayor of tampa. she s concerned most about the storm surge, as you know. ian s gonna begin to slow down.