forecast models are putting florida in the bull eye s for a hurricane in days. this is what we re watching at this hour. thanks so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. putin s war on ukraine is where we do need to start at this hour. russia is staging referendums in four occupied areas of eastern ukraine beginning today. residents being forced to vote on whether the regions should become part of russia. the referendums are widely considered a complete sham of course but this is drawing global condemnation. ukraine s president zelenskyy is calling on russians now to revolt as putin is facing a growing decent from his people over his orders to mobilize 300,000 more soldiers. hundreds have been rounded up in anti war protests as we ve seen and more and more russians are trying to escape the draft and leave the country. cnn ben wedeman starts us off live from kharkiv on this referendum votes. what are you learning about how this will go? reporter: well, it s going, i think, a
forecast models are putting florida in the bull eye s for a hurricane in days. this is what we re watching at this hour. thanks so much for being here. i m kate bolduan. putin s war on ukraine is where we do need to start at this hour. russia is staging referendums in four occupied areas of eastern ukraine beginning today. residents being forced to vote on whether the regions should become part of russia. the referendums are widely considered a complete sham of course but this is drawing global condemnation. ukraine s president zelenskyy is calling on russians now to revolt as putin is facing a growing decent from his people over his orders to mobilize 300,000 more soldiers. hundreds have been rounded up in anti war protests as we ve seen and more and more russians are trying to escape the draft and leave the country. cnn ben wedeman starts us off live from kharkiv on this referendum votes. what are you learning about how this will go? reporter: well, it s going, i
down and coastal flooding. we have the snow and the ice. these are the impacts when it comes to the ice. icy roadways, and we have seen tricky travel if not impossible travel in some spots and the power outages. this extends into the northeast as well, but when you see the blue on the map, that s the bullseye for the heaviest ice, the thickest ice, a quarter inch to half inch of ice. in terms of the snowfall where you see the pinks and purples, that will be your heaviest amounts, even nine up to a foot in some spots, and we could see 10 inches in the appellations. we will watch this all day long, so it s the snow and rain and the threat for severe weather and coastal flooding possible in the northeast. we know you will keep an eye on it. we will have more on the wintry mess ahead including the live report from the bull eye in carolina. plus, donald trump devoting