place for 24 counties in the storm s path, and is urging people across the state to start getting ready. we have team coverage tracking tropical storm ian. cnn s carlos suarez is covering storm preparations and meteorologist allison chinchar is in the weather center. you have a new update from the national weather center? we did. a good look now, sunlight for several hours, what this storm looks like on visible satellite. it s starting to come together. you see signs that the storm is beginning to strengthen even though the winds haven t jumped all that much. sustained winds 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. we have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica, but hurricane watches for the cayman islands and the reason for that is we anticipate this storm is expected to strengthen to at least a category 1, possibly even a category 2 hurricane by the time it crosses over the cayman islands. then it will strengthen even more as it is making its way towards
years amid fears that the country is heading into a recession. it s a challenge for president biden as he attends a dnc event and tries to sharpen his midterm message. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in ukraine where bogus referendums are under way as moscow tries to solidify its hold on occupied territory. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, is this so-called voting essentially happening at gunpoint? reporter: basically it is, wolf. we re seeing video and hearing reports of election workers going house to house, door to door, with ballot boxes, accompanied by armed men, in some cases armed men wearing balance cla vas. we re wear the election workers are going door to door. people are locking their doors and simply not answering to avoid voting. in fact, the ukrainian authorities have urged residents of the occupied t
not good. the average american household made less than $70,000 in 2020. think about how they will pay for that. you are watching fox and friends first. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. americans endure the most expensive memorial day on record. gas prices in california topping $8 per gallon. listen here. $140 to fill up my van, that is crazy. we re from florida on vacation. i printd and posted on social media, this is crazy. carley: appropriate reaction from the man in red. here is more on the economic disaster. good morning. the cost of gas hitting another high, not good news as school gets out and many americans hitting the road. $4.67, now 50% from a year ago. in washington, three words you don t hear often, i was wrong. the secretary downplayed inflation in october calling it transitory. i think i was wrong then about the path that inflation would take there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy. yesterday biden hosting th
An investigative and investigatory perspective how much they will be willing to explain what happened on their platform and how much they will try to hold on to as a trade secret. Facebook is not going to keep this same public profile they got for much longer. The old saying you cant be neutral on a social media, train platform, i dont know. I am ari melb ber, we have a professional story we are tracking, what bob mueller might have in his possession and how long agone the story is going. Why some conservatives tell President Trumps season of betrayal on the white house faceoff with espn, their socalled culture war. But first the Breaking News from st. Louis. This is the scene right there we want to show you tonight. Several hundred protesters are in the streets. They are protesting breaking
news, an acquittal of a former st. Louis Police Officer who was on trial for murder for g kiting a black man after a car chase. Now, today, judge Timothy Wilson found that former st. Louis Police O
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. In other words so that they will sing or compose to either prosecute or impeach the president of the United States. And if so, how is that not political, selective, persecution and not prosecution . I dont care if you are liberal or conservative we better look at where the country is today. We learned lessons. Pay your taxes, dont lie on a loan application, dont lie to the f. B. I. But this is it . Robert mueller, are you proud of this . Did we need you for 500 days for this . How did we go from Russia Collusion to this . Now todd the president reacted to muellers ongoing witch now today, the president reacted to muellers ongoing witch hunt. Take a look. President trump i feel badly for him. Manafort is a good man. With ronald reagan. With a lot of people over the years. I feel sad about that. It doesnt involve me but i
still feel, you know, its a very sad thing that happened. It has nothing to do with russian collusion. This star