more than 1,000 people have been detained across russia and heavily policed protests. you always feel worried at a time like this. if you have a wife and kids, i wouldn t want to leave them. it comes as occupied areas announce snap referendums on joining the russian state. for critics, a tiny fig leaf to cover a blatant annexation of ukrainian land and an opportunity to halt ukraine s advancing army by warning the western backers to defend the mother land. even the newest bits. translator: this is not a bluff. citizens of russia can be sure our territorial integrity, our independence and freedom will be ensured with the means at our disposal and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. reporter: it s a threat ukraine bristoling with u.s. and western arms has already rejected out of hand. officials recruiting the kremlin of throwing more men into the flames of a war it has no chance of winning. but in
steve: we start with fox news alert vladimir putin picture they are threatening to use nuclear weapons declaring he s not bluffing which meansu are bluffing. steve: the threat as hunter biden heading to address the leaders gathered in new york. ainsley: that is right. jacqui heinrich from downtown new york city, good morning to you, jackie. good morning, ainsley, steve, brian. the head at the summit was food shortages from the war in ukraine but that statement that speaks putin a threatening use of nuclear weapons and partial mobilization of the country s reserve troops. the first of its kind since world war ii. putin basically claimed nuclear threats of its own and framed a statement as a defensive move accusing the rest of nuclear blackmail and saying the last encourage ukraine to show the russian controlled nuclear plant in southeast ukraine. he accused the west also trying to divide and destroy his country. speak with those who tried to blackmail us with nuc
at the united nations headquarters here in new york city. hello, welcome. sandra smith in new york. and as you can expect, the traffic is thick with the u.n. happening. john: never my favorite time of year, no question about this. this is america reports, the president making his annual address to the u.n. general assembly just hours after vladimir putin made a startling speech to the russian people calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in ukraine, claiming he is not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear threats. the president putting putin on notice. just today president putin has made overt nuclear threats against europe, and a reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a nonproliferation regime. we will stand in solidarity of ukraine, solidarity against russia s aggression, period. sandra: the war in ukraine is not the only international crisis being discussed by the president. he reaffirmed america s one china policy just days after saying th
we had some of the strongest winds here so far. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida s west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let s get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? i will look at it with you, because it s right at the presses. we re still looking at a strong storm. we re looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let s hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. we ll
like a freight train. we re seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho seven hours. let s get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire peninsula. we had grove city a gust of 128. when we talk about the southern kind here, a better picture on radar will give an indication what we re looking at. here is the new track. keeps it as a 4 of course now moving inland but notice it s a category one. it will lose strength now that it s interacting with a land mass. that s typical. however, the winds have expanded now as these storms do. in fa