that is the message from ukraine s president. as a new war crimes investigation is launched. the incredibly disturbing video now being shared these stories and more on cnn news, central. happening now . the air over richmond, indiana , is being called toxic as a recycling plant. fire continues to smolder. officials say it could be days before the flames are completely out roughly 2000 people in order to evacuate their homes with the thick black smoke billowing schools in the area are closed and a shelter in place order is in effect. sarah spoke to the epa administrator just moments ago. our goal is to ensure that this community stays safe. and so we ve been on site since the beginning, and we re going to stay there until we can assure that this community is not seeing any threats from the air quality implications here. cnn s omar jimenez is live on the scene, omar, we can see you worry a mask. i heard you at a news conference a short time ago . what are they telling you about
hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause, at the cnn center in atlanta. as we head into the midnight hour on the u.s. east coast, almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stressing 500 miles across. which earlier made landfall on cuba, blocking out the eyelids electricity grid and causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now are in the dark, waiting for morning to assess the damage. as of, now there are no reports of fatalities. since leaving cuba, ian has grown in strength, fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, as it heads towards florida, now category 3, with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and strong powerful winds. all they, long tuesday, residents across the state braced for the hurricane to make landfall. now expected the first forecast, and further south.
this federal appeals court could say, like you said, as early as today. whether or not it s going to freeze that controversial lower court opinion. keep in mind that lower court opinion blocked as you said the government s approval of the drug. it s set to go into effect on friday unless a court intervenes and the biden ministrations here is really reeling from that opinion because millions of women have used is that drug since it was allowed to go into effect some 20 years ago and meanwhile, the opponents here who are doctors who oppose abortion. they filed breeze last night at midnight, saying that that opinion should be allowed to go into effect. the appeals court should stay out and we are hearing from other voices. for instance, doctors they filed briefs in this case, saying how safe it is outside of court. john you re hearing from drug companies and drug companies are very worried about that opinion. and because they re worried that it s going to affect all sorts of other job
think of that as smoke. breathing it in anyone is particularly vulnerable when it comes to these volatile organic compounds, which again may be high up in that plume of smoke. may travel may come down over the next you know, several days , you know people who are at risk of that again. anybody could be at risk, but people who have underlying conditions specifically cardiac and respiratory, they re going to probably be the most at risk. obviously people in that area need to pay attention to the public health officials. dr sanjay gupta. thank you so much for helping explain this all cape. this is where you are from watching this right now. a lot of people at risk. i mean, this is just just west of indianapolis, right near the ohio border and just devastating to see what this means for the community. we re going to john s gonna stay very close on this. is it still unfolding this morning? we re also tracking this major story. still today, the family of the gunman who shot and killed five p
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