as it were from this assembly on ukraine. yeah, so as you point out, jim, the russian foreign minister and the secretary of state tony blinken have been in the same place at the same time in multiple instances in recent months. in one of those instances, a secretary of state went after russia and said very bluntly, ukraine is not your country, and we expect that there is going to be more tense confrontation today. and the reason that today is different is because we do expect that both the secretary of state and the russian foreign minnist her lavrov are going to deliver remarks as part of this meeting on ukraine. and when it comes to blinken himself, we re told that he is very similar to president biden yesterday going to directly confront what we have seen as these recent developments over the last few days with president putin talking about the nuclear possibilities of this war. also, with those referendum that are planned in the ukrainian occupied territories in russia
ripped through the state as a powerful category 4 storm. almost a category 5. the highest, most powerful kind of you hurricane there is. sheriffs deputies in sarasota county are going door-to-door right now in the hidden river community warning neighbors about the potential for flooding because of a possible levee break. days after the storm, the effects still being felt across the sunshine state. meantime, more than 1.2 million floridians are without power. officials say it s unclear when electricity will be restored to the hardest hit areas in the western part of florida. ian is being blamed not only for the loss of property that you are seeing on your screen, but also as least 45 fatalities. that number likely to grow as rescue crews gain access to areas that have been blocked by damage. the coast guard says it has rescued more than 200 people so far and volunteers have gone out to save even more. the cajun navy, a volunteer group, came to the rescue of a woman in fort m
southwest florida as a category 4 hurricane, making it the most powerful storm to ever hit that area of the state. the death toll now standing at 45, but that number could rise as crews reach areas cut off by flooding. people who chose to ride out the storm describe their harrowing experiences. the water was up to my balcony here. it was just you could dive off the balcony. just water everywhere, stuff floating on it. i never stay again. they say evacuate, go. right now the remnants of ian are moving along the country s northeast after the storm hit georgetown county, south carolina, as a category 1 hurricane. let s send it down to boris sanchez anchoring our coverage from fort myers, florida. boris. fred, as the sun rises on another day here in fort myers and southwest florida, the scope of the damage from hurricane ian is becoming more clear. communities are reeling as many folks are getting back to their properties and seeing what was left behind by this near categor
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control called a scrub for the launch attempt today. this is a huge disappointment for nasa. this is part of the space business. we ll g wheo when it s ready nothing coming out now. another day in jackson, mississippi, another day of a water crisis for residents here. scary, it really is not knowing whether you going to have enough water for one day to another. we re in for another hot day across california. 40 million under some sort of heat alert. 155 plus potential high records expected. it s pretty cycling, even our a.c. at home can only do so much in the triple digits. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. pamela brown has the night off. you re in the cnn newsroom. a pilot threatens a miss mim mississippi community for hours and lands. before dawn the pilot of the stolen plane called 911 and threatened to crash into a local walmart. cnn pete followed the five-hour drama to the peaceful ending. jessica, this is the best possible outcome