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
hot dog comma and altogether some of it? yes. all right. i m visible rosalba sin for amara walker i m victor blackwell. good to be with you here is what we re watching for you this morning. president biden and his allies are working now to reassure donors and voters. that is up to the job after his debate performance what he told donors in private last time and the first hurricane of the 2024 atlantic season is now a category two and closing in on the caribbean neurologists, elisa rafah here to track the life-threatening wind, storm surge. and if we could see any impacts right here in the u.s hardcodes pool. i have a great microbrewery cyber attack has crippled car dealerships across the country but it s not just dealerships or car buyers who should be concerned the broader impact this could have on the economy that s coming up. plus the u.s olympic teams are beginning to take shape or any short polls has a look at who will be representing team usa in paris. next day
late afternoon/early evening hours across the philippines. they went to bed saturday night thinking they had a manage i believe tropical storm on their hands, they woke up sunday morning and saw they were staring down the eye of monster. this storm literally rapidly intensified using the wording from the joint typhoon warning center, extreme rapid intensification. in 12 hours, get this, 150 kilometer per hour intensification. incredible amount of strength and organization in a short period of time and i believe that s going to be a disadvantage for the residents of central lausanne because they are caught off guard, no governmentel agency can act that quick to advance and warn its residents of an impending disaster and that will play a critical role in how this plays out. 240 kilometers sustained winds, equivalent to a category 4