eye on america. cbs carter evans looks at the life-and-death consequences of the nation s e.m.t. staffing shortages. and, the ultimate pep talk. we re all rooting for you, man. garrett: college athletes lifting the spirits of kids in the hospital. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. ing from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett, in for norah. after a surprise trip to washington, ukraine s president zelenskyy is back home tonight, hoping more u.s. military aid will soon follow. .plus, f.t.x. founder sam bankman-fried is under house arrest tonight as he awaits trial after his first court appearance in new york. but, first, the biggest prechristmas storm in decades consumes much of the country. winter storm warnings, blizzard conditions, and dangerous cold forecast now in more than 40 states, from the pacific northwest to new england
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
Bangladesh the dawn of islamism and exclusive d. W. Report starts october eighteenth. This is due to be a news line from berlin deadly flash floods hit the spanish Holiday Island of new york out. Several are killed including tourists after turins of water carved out a path of destruction rescue crews are searching for dozens still missing also coming up more grisly theories emerge about the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi the arrival of this black brown is seen as
a key indicator indicator that the writer may have met possibly a gruesome and inside the consulate. And also coming up living on death row many of those facing execution Around The World experience isolation and torture during their final days all thats the focus of this years of The World Today against the Death Penalty. Conway iraq thank you for your Company Everyone well we start our broadcast with Deadly Tarantula rains on the spanish Holiday Island of new york or at least nine people have been
now forecast in more than 40 states, ranging from the pacific northwest to new england and as far south as florida. heavy snow and strong winds have already created chaos across the midwest, bringing many communities to a frozen standstill. inevitably, travel headaches are here, and they will multiply, aggravating this holiday season. we have team coverage tonight, starting with elise preston who comes to us from a very windy, very chilly chicago. elise, good evening. reporter: good evening to you, major. the storm forecasters are calling a once-in-a-generation event has tightened its grip on more than half the country with more snow, wind, and rain to come. here in illinois, the state s emergency management agency is warning people to find shelter from the bitter cold and stay there. it s going to be a tough few days. i-80 is closed, whiteout conditions. reporter: whiteout conditions from colorado to wyoming to minnesota wreaked havoc throughout the day today.
in the first days of trying to watch storm forecasters were telling us tampa bay would be more of a direct hit. the storm shifted in the last 12 to 15 hours south along florida s gulf coast. but as you can see from the this latest 11:00 a.m. advisory. they think the thing will come ashore 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.enter we re not far away from that and tampa bay is part of that storm surge warning. i ll go down the list here. tropical storm warnings for farther inland. as you get away from the coast the storm starts to lose its intensity moving across land. but as it does that the storm is held together but the storm winds. you heard steve harrigan talk about this. a cat four now at 155 miles per hour. a cat five at 157, not a whole lot of difference there.