and later we will take a closer look at the movement to ban certain books in schools and libraries across the u.s. what can be done to fight the bans, that s coming up. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic basin where tropical storm ian continues to strengthen. fueled by warm energizing waters off the caribbean the latest forecast shows it growing to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming into florida. now, it would 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 declaring a state of emergency as well and residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane force winds and heavy rain. this is the calm before the storm, i ve seen lines at the gas stations and the natural gas, propane. they re taking it serious and i
facing multiple ongoing investigations, in multiple jurisdictions about a multitude of alleged wrongdoings. and, the picture emerging out of those many other investigations is that of someone who inflates the true value of his wealth, his power, even the square footage of his properties. in order to inflate his own ego. at the expense of banks, the government, and the american people. the shull as we unravel trump s big lie, or the coup, the committee will hold its next one final public hearing final in the air. they have also announced it will interview ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas implicated in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and although trump has continued to spread debunked claims of election fraud or the january 6th insurrection, the new york times is reporting that his lawyers are working behind the scenes, to limit the scope of a federal grand jury probe, as well as to limit what the former