too 12-foot storm surge and up to 12 inches of rainfall. 50 counties are now under states of emergency in florida. correspondent steve harrigan is right in the strike zone as of now along florida s gulf coast. good evening, steve. good evening, bret. at this point more than 20 million people across the state of florida are under some sort of hurricane watch, warning, or advisory. idalia is expected to bring winds of 120 miles per hour. a major category 3 hurricane, strong enough in places to knock down framed houses and uproot trees. most tracks have it headed for the sparsely populated big bend area of florida with a landfall wednesday morning but that could change. mandatory emergency evacuations have been ordered in at least 12 low lying counties. while preparations are underway across the state, few areas are in as much danger as cedar key, which could be under 12 feet of storm surge. despite the evacuation orders, not everyone is listening. y all staying or leaving.
ukraine s former top prosecutor who says he was forced out because he was investigating burisma, that ukrainian energy company where biden s son hunter was a board member. translator: i did not want to deal in unproven facts, but my personal conviction is that, yes, this was the case, they were being bribed. the fact that joe biden gave away $1 is billion in u.s. money in exchange for my dismissal, my firing, isn t that a alone a case of corruption? reporter: shokin says this admission from biden years later validates his claim. if. i m leaving in six hours, if the prosecutor s not fired, you re not getting the money. well, son of a [bleep] [laughter] got fired. and they put in place someone who was solid at the time. reporter: white house pushing back strongly on shokin sing accusation in a statement, quote: a former ukrainian prosecutor general whose offices own deputy called a hotbed of corruption drawing demands for reform not only from then-vice president biden
all change at the top as the plane making giant looks to draw a line under a deepening safety crisis. the boss, chief executive dave calhoun, has said he will step down by the end of the year. the head of boeing s commercial airlines division will retire immediately and its chairman will not stand for re election. this all part of the continuing fallout after an unused door blew out of a boeing 737 max in january shortly after take off. no passengers were injured in the incident. michelle fleury has more. there is a major shakeup at boeing. dave calhoun says he will lead by the end of this year. he did on thejob in 2020 after 2737 makes jets crashed killing 346 people. now boeing is grappling with its biggest crisis since then after a door flew out of a 737 max jogged out to take off. dave calhoun says he isn t living immediately because he says he was busy bowing to his latest turbulence. federal investigators found problems with boeing s 737 production process. boeing stock
the welsh fans are dreaming of another major tournanent with qualification to this summer s euros in germany at stake tonight as they face poland in cardiff. good morning. in the next days, we continue with heavy downpours and it will often be windy. through the easter weekend, fewer showers until the second half of easter sunday when we see a return to rain. i will have all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday, 26th of march. the family of a footballer who was stabbed in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day in 2022 have called for body scanners and bleed kits to be installed in all venues. two men have been found guilty of the murder of 23 year old cody fisher who was attacked two days after he had brushed past one of the men in a busy bar. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. # happy birthday, dear cody. this is cody fisher on his final birthday. he was killed for the most trivial of reasons. the man who planned his murder was remy gordon, seen her
to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th