cover. and tonight, the mishap during a joint u.s./south korea exercise meant to be a show of force. martha raddatz with late reporting. the developing headline tonight from purdue university. authorities investigating the murder of a college student in his dorm room. his roommate is under arrest. tonight, alec baldwin and producers reaching a settlement with the family of cinematographer halyna hutchins, shot and killed on that set. as part of the settlement, her widower will now be an executive producer on the movie going forward. but does this change potential criminal liability? chilling new video showing the apparent kidnapping of four family members in california. including an 8-month-old girl. tonight, a suspect in custody. but where is the family? the war in ukraine. and even as vladimir putin signs russia s so-called new territories into law, tonight here, the new images. ukrainian forces gaining ground in some of those very territories. ian pannell in ukrain
putin s plan to mobilize thousands more troops for his war in ukraine. and a historic election in italy where the most far-right ruling coalition since mussolini looks set to tak e power. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian that s churning in the caribbean and gaining strengthen as it moves towards cuba. now it s expected to rapidly intensify before hitting western cuba with strong winds and dangerous storm surges. now, ian is expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit florida midweek. people in florida are already preparing for the storm, filling sandbags trying to prevent flooding. here s more now from the mayor. of course there s a high degree of worry whenever we have a named storm that we are in the trajectory or in the path of that storm. but we are preparing. you know, we like to rehearse and practice for these, but we certainly don t want it be on the main stage of ian. now, floridians are stocking up on emergency essentials
ready. have supplies for five, seven days. having everything you need, medicine, food, water. you have to take it serious. we have activated the florida national guard. they are activating 2,500 guards men at the moment. and if there is a need for more, we could do more. we have meteorologist standing by in the weather center. we saw that 5:00 a.m. update, now officially a hurricane. what is the latest on ian s track across the caribbean toward florida here. the system has everything it takes to really amplify over the next couple days and strengthen possibly to a category 4. that s the concern. all the environmental concerns absolutely conducive for rapid development of the storm system. we take a look at this because category 1 right now about 100 miles south of the cayman islands, about 300 islands south of the tip of cuba. the governments of these countries have taken this seriously. hurricane warnings have been prompted in advance of this feature. northwest caribbe
out of office, including campaigning with democrats. you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. welcome to a new 11:00 a.m. eastern hour here on this sunday of the newsroom. florida under a state of emergency this hour, as tropical storm ian gains strength. ian is expected to become a hurricane today, and may peak as a category 4 storm before weakening and making a direct hit on florida as early as wednesday. we re expecting an update from governor ron desantis minutes from now. our reporter is in the weather center. cnn s priscilla alvarez is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, who announced a federal energy for the state. so let s begin with you, alison. you just got an update if the national hurricane center. tell us what you re learning. let s look at the breakdown. the sustained winds are at 50 miles per hour, gusting up to 65. that forward movement has increased, up to 14 miles per hour to t
supplies. and today governor desantis activated 2500 members of the national guard and cnn correspondents are every angle. let s get started with tom sater. this looks like a very powerful storm that could unleash a lot of fury on the gulf coast, something we haven t seen so far during this hurricane season. and it sounds like people need to wake up and pay attention. everywhere from pensacola to ft. myers. we didn t haven would named storm for the entire month of august and now we have four of them. if it wasn t for ian, we d be talking about fiona, massive damage up in canada. notice how wide it is, the sun is out here and getting the reflection, but you can see the circulation. there is the yucatan. but the infrared satellite imagery is a mess. it doesn t look impressive at all. at 8:00 a.m. this morning, hurricane hunters had a hard time finding the center. they did find it. it can jump around a little bit. and if that center jumps around, it will change the track. and