even the middle keys could be 2 to 3 feet. you will certainly get some very fast water flowing through the cuts there, especially in the lower and the middle keys. but where it goes from there is the size of this cone getting bigger and bigger and it is because this is the average error times a little bit. so two-thirds of the storm should fall into this cone. this is a completely different storm if this side of the cone is involved. this is a different storm for tampa if this side of the cone is involved. i think everybody is kind of looking down the middle because the computer models are trying to figure it out. the gfs, the american model, was way out west, started charging to the east. the european model is way over here, started charging to the west and now they re literally only 50 to 75 miles apart. so that kind of gives you a good runway. it also gives us a good runway if that actually occurs what the storm surge threat might be. from tampa to inglewood, bonita spring
it s being called the mission to save humanity. we ll take you inside nasa s plan to crash into an asteroid . we begin by tracking two dangerous storm systems. first, tropical storm ian churning across the warm, energizing waters of the caribbean right now. the latest forecast shows it strengthening to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slams into florida next week. it could be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency as well. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rain. we want everyone to ensure that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable foo
florida s governor just declared a state of emergency as floridians brace for a potential midweek hurricane. plus fiona packed a punch in canada overnight, communitied still flooded at this hour. and is a reception inevitable? new data is fuelling new fears. you re in the cnn newsroom. in coastal canada it is clear many residents will be spending it in total darkness. hundreds of thousands are without power after hurricane force winds swept through the region earlier today. though it s been downgraded to a cyclone, it s one of the strongest storms to hit canada s atlantic coast. it swamped the beach on prince edward island. police tweeted photos of destruction there. even as fiona fizzles, tropical storm ian is raising alarms throughout the caribbean and gulf of mexico. ron desantis declared a state of emergency with ian predicted to hit the state as a category 4 hurricane next week. le no rest for the weary here. what s the latest? the very latest from the national hurri
defending his decision to visit saudi arabia as he travels to the middle east next week against criticism and controversy surrounding the trip. the president set to meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. now as president he says his visit to the country is critical to u.s. security. that s right. washington post op-ed the president writes it s my job to keep our country strong and secure. we have to counter russia s aggression, put ourselves in the best possible position to outcompete china, and work for greater stability in a consequential region of the world. to do these things we have to engage directly with countries that can impact those outcomes. the president s trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia s role in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the saudi crown prince was said to be responsible for ordering khashoggi s murder. let s get some perspective on president biden s trip. a historia
the bureau seized his passports. cbs anchor norah o donnell tweeting according to a doj official, the fbi is not in possession of former president trump s passports, trumpet accuse the fbi of stealing it, three passports during the search of his mar-a-lago home. the orangemen is forced to correct the record with his spokesman posting the email that backs him up, proving the agency removed his travel documents from mar-a-lago and would be returning them. media is also ramping up their good versus evil game. and i would say to our friends who are watching us today, vote as if your life depends on it, if kevin mccarthy threatened the possible next speaker of the house, threatened an attorney general, and says, you d better lay off trump or else are we going to survive this? i don t know. the hopeful part of this is that america does have resilience and we do get over moments like this. and remember how this raid was urgently needed to protect national security? turns