tropical storm force winds. the greatest concern right now is in the gulf coast where a combination of heavy rainfall, massive storm surge and rivers already at flood stage could send up to 12 feet of water into low-lying areas. the january 6th smcommittee canceled tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. jennifer gray is in the weather center. i want to start with a new bulletin. so what have we learned now? we have 120-mile-per-hour winds with gusts of 150. it s still moving to the north-northeast at about 10 miles per hour. basically it s paralleling key west right now. the lower keys have received tropical storm force winds, and conditions are only going to deteriorate across the southern peninsula of florida throughout the overnight tonight. tropical storm force winds will be arriving across south florida within the next couple of hours and throughout the day tomorrow and the early afternoon. or early to mid afternoon. we should be seeing a landfall. so 8:00 tonight, b
this storm will only continue to intensify. if you want to leave, as the governor has said, now is your last chance. we cannot send first responders into harm s way because you decided not to leave. 155 mile per hour winds. that is what hurricane ian is now producing as it bears down on florida s coast. i m john berman live in tampa this morning. brianna keilar is in washington. this is cnn s special live coverage of a storm that is getting more powerful by the minute. the national hurricane center just reported it had a plane flying through the center of this storm measuring sustained winds, sustained of 155 miles per hour. that is just 2 miles per hour short of a category 5 storm and it could still strengthen before it makes impact over the next few hours. expected to make landfall, direct landfall southwest of where i am south of where i am near the fort myers area. the wind speed just one of the major concerns here. the storm surge, which the wind speed only exacerbat
life-threatening storm surge. we just learned the updated storm surge projections for those areas is now staggers. it is now 12 to 18 feet. that is the warning. already more than 16 on,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. more than 2.5 million people are under an erag ways order or warning. governor desantis said residents in the cross hairs need to shelter in place, because it is too late to leave. if you are in any of those counties, it s no longer possible to safely evacuate. it s time to hunker down and prepare for this storm. this is a powerful storm that should be treated like you would treat if a tornado was approaching your home. we are covering all angles up and down the western coast of florida. let s begin with john berman. he s in tampa. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning poppy and jim. this storm is bringing three interrelated threats. the winds, an historic storm, one of the most powerful projected, particularly about in
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i love that. i was starting to join you. but you want me to cut it off now? my viewers are like, no. thank you good to see you, have a good one! a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin to another new legal filing of the fbi search to mar-a-lago, this is in addition to the head spinning legal documents in the last few hours. the newest one is from donald trump himself. it s a supplemental failing to support trump s request for a special master to review items seized by the fbi. in its, trump s lawyers are also asking for more detailed receipts from items seized in the fbi search, arguing that the redacted affidavit provides almost no information that would allow trump to understand why the search took place. or what was taken from his home. they also argued that the presidential records act is not a criminally enforceable statute. and new reaction from both sides of the aisle to the relea