john: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this tuesday. i m john roberts. good to spend another hour with you. aishah: got it right. aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. betsy devos says democrats have simply not learned their lesson since governor youngkin pulled off an upset in virginia. ask her about that. also, the huge price tag on president biden s student loan handout. john: begin with breaking news of the major hurricane taking aim at the sunshine state. by and large, we are looking at really, really major storm surge up and down the west coast of florida. inland flooding, interruptions in things like power, we cannot unring the bell if you stay and you end up getting washed away with the historic storm surge. john: florida governor ron desantis warning folks do not overlook ian as the tampa area braces for a storm not seen in a century. the category 3 hurricane moving north, 115 mile an hour winds after blasting cuba this morning.
And we do say good monday morning, everyone. The president begins this workweek with a trio of major Foreign Policy challenges. First the syrian airfield bombed by the u. S. Is back in operation. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson heads to moscow tomorrow after calling russia complicit or incompetent for failing to eliminate syrias chemical weapons stash. And then second north korea, the u. S. Has rerouted warships towards closer to the coast as tensions escalate there. And in egypt, isis attacks again sending suicide bombers into two churches on palm sunday killing dozens. Meanwhile, the president is back at the white house after spending the weekend at maralago and we are covering it all for you this morning beginning with abcs maggie rulli in washington. Maggie, good morning. Reporter diane and kendis, good morning. There certainly is so much to cover, and the white house has found themselves today now in the middle of this high stakes showdown with the secretary of state working to m
And we do say good monday morning. The president begins this workweek with a trio of major Foreign Policy challenges. First the syrian airfield bombed by the u. S. Is back in operation and secretary of state Rex Tillerson heads to moscow tomorrow after calling russia complicit or incompetent for failing to eliminate syrias chemical weapons stash. Second north korea, the u. S. Has rerouted warships towards closer to the coast as tensions escalate there. And in egypt, isis attacks again sending suicide bombers into two churches on palm sunday killing doze dozens. The president back at the white house and we are covering it all for you this morning beginning with abcs maggie rulli in washington. Maggie, good morning. Reporter good morning. Certainly is so much to cover and the white house has found themselves today now in the middle of this high stakes show double digit with the secretary of state working to mend the relationship between those two superpowers. Overnight Rex Tillerson is m
Sorority girl to the ground leaving the 22yearold bruised with a concussion. Did the officer use Excessive Force . Why police say the video does not tell the whole story. 24 carat magic in the air and magic at the masters. Sergio garcia is your champion. Sergio garcia taking home his first major win. 18 years in the making. The missed putt that almost cost him the title. The High Pressure sudden death playoff leading to the moment hes finally earned that coveted green jacket. He saw all of the cup with that one. Oh, but it was worth the wait. So happy for Sergio Garcia. You know, this is a guy that joined tour back in 1999. Im pretty sure when he joined he was hoping for this moment. An exciting playoff and even justin rose, another great golfer he beat was happy for him. It was a real class act, 74th time the charm for sergio. A lot of big political stories. Rex tillerson heading to moscow for meetings that promise to be tense after the u. S. Strike on key russian ally syria. And new
Places have already seen 5 inches of rain along the coast of hernando, citrus county, look further into the gulf of mexico. Thats where more than 2 feet of rain has fallen there. Again, thankfully thats offshore. And the farther south you go, the less amount of rain that we have seen but obviously theres still a lot of rain in the gulf of mexico trying to push onshore. We have a little bit of in here near oldsmar, pockets of rain but im more concerned with the gulf of mexico right now as that continues to sort of wave itself on. So waive itself on. Citrus, hernando pasco, under the flood watch, an 80 of seeing multiple rounds of rain. 70 chance near i4. And still heavy rain will continue at times throughout the day and thats going to keep temperatures cooler. Today im expecting 58. In weather and traffic on the 8s, tiff rainfall potential in each area, how much we could see the next few days. It could be treacherous on the roads later today. Yeah, it could get sloppy later today. Right