potentially hit. plus congresswoman liz cheney says she is ready to part ways with her party if donald trump becomes the nominee in 2024. we ll tell you how she plans to keep fighting to prevent the former president from running for the white house. and making a direct appeal to russian fighters being called up into harm s way. plus, a hollywood actress st stalked for more than a decade. we ll tell you about the dna technology that helped solve this crime. the start of a new week, sunday, september 25th. thank you so much for waking up with us. amara, good morning. it s always so refreshing to hear you say it s the start of a new week. we are watching one storm, all of florida watching the caribbean this morning as tropical storm ian continues to gain strength. the latest forecast shows it s growing to a category four hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. it would be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. so yesterday f
rick santorum has a brand-new surge coming after stunning victories in the deep county. newt gingrich is refusing to add up the numbers. mitt romney s cavern says this race is still a forgone conclusion. let s begin with joe johns, he s in illinois. joe? reporter: wolf, this is rosemo rosemont, illinois, outside of chicago, where newt gingrich is expected to appear shortly. there were new calls today from conservatives for gingrich to get out of the race and give rick santorum a clean shot at the republican nomination. as indecision limped closer to the halfway mark, the candidates fanned out. rick san tore, tuesday night s winner, took hi victory lap, stumping for votes in louisiana, ending up in puerto rico, but not before a parting shot at romney. people say you re being outspent and everybody is talking about the math, all the things that this race is inevitable. well, for someone who thinks this race is inevitable, he s spending a whole lot of money against me for be