it is just shy of that now. we won t get ahead of the news on this. we are expecting an official storm update at any moment. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. hurricane ian is now carrying sustained kinds of 155 miles per hour. if they gain to 157 it s a category 5. the biggest threats facing floridians are massive storm surge, raging winds, inland flooding, tornadoes, experts already using words like catastrophic to describe hurricane ian s potential. 21/2 million people are under evacuation orders. for those people in the storm s path directly, that swath that i just told you to the south, cape coral and to the north sarasota. it s too late to evacuate if you re still there according to the governor. governor desantis also saying it is time just to hunker down for you. he spoke last hour. this amount of storm surge. it will have very ferocious winds and it will be life threatening. people are taking a risk with their health, safety and lives by bein
keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. offic
doep gas prices down now on those stories. butwn. didn t someone else get impeached for that? now after the saudis stood up despite his embarrassing courtship, the president s vowinge his em to reassesslationsh our relationship with the oil rich nation. looks like with th was wrong whe said nobody messes with abbud. we find ourselves in a positiona as beggars. posimost powerful country in the world. it s now in a position ofd. having to beg these third ratets countries. eep ga the democrats will do anythings to try to keep gas from increasing before the election. incrhe s going hat in hand to dictatorships like venezuela, pleading with them to produce more oil at the same time that pl s alienating long time partners in places likace saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. if you think the president su done reassuring the saudis to t help him, november, stay tuned for oh, we got a lot to talk to you later. what do you say to. but it doesn t stop there. biden straight up
down. i m no historian, but didn t somebody else get impeached for that? despite his embarrassing courtship, the president is vowing to reassess our relationship with the oil-rich nation. looks like he was wrong when he said nobody messes with biden. we find ourselves in a position, as beggars, the most powerful country in the world. the democrats will do anything to try to keep gas from increasing. going to dictatorships like venezuela, pleading with them. alienating longtime partners in places like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. jesse: if you think the president is done reassuring the saudis, stagehand. we are about to talk to them. in what way, sir? stay tuned. jesse: it does not stop there. biden is straight up lying to the american people, saying that he is making skyrocketing inflation better. making the absurd claim about republicans in an attempt to sway the midterm vote. we have got an election in a month. voters have to decide, democrats
there are chilling new details about his alleged plan to take the house speaker nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps. we re standing by for a live update from san francisco officials. also tonight, the final frantic eight days of campaigning before the crucial midterm elections. tensions ratcheted higher as federal officials now warn of a heightened threat to the election from violent extremists here in the united states. the homeland security secretary mayorkas joins me this hour. plus, growing misery in ukraine right now as russia steps up its attacks on vital infrastructure. much of the capital city is without water tonight and officials warn they re running out of equipment to repair the country s devastated power grid. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. the suspect in the paul pelosi attack now facing federal charges. prosecutors