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
finally, from cloakroom girl to overnight singing sensation. in the daily express a large feature article on milly forrest a 23 year old student who stepped in at short notice at a world famous concert hall in london after a singer had taken ill before a final recital. and guess what? she wowed the crowds. so let s begin. with us is james hughes, the chief market analyst at brokerage football firm, gkfx. good morning. most acea. not the first time, we start with donald trump, said in the news agenda. nice to see you. this story all comes about because of his initial failure to denounce the far right groups that pretty much started a lot of these issues. i don t think anybody is naive enough to think that there are not two sides to every story. i am sure there are bad sides to both groups. but this is donald trump being off the car. and many years, he is damaging. off the cuff. and he is not as damaging to other people when he is off the cuff, he is damaging to sell. h
AS THE Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (Cviraa) sports meet peaks this week, participants and spectators should prepare for scorching temperatures, as forecasters predict continued hot days.
MANILA, Philippines: Metro Manila and other parts of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, while Davao Region and Sarangani will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the easterlies, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Saturday.
MANILA, Philippines: Warm and humid weather brought by the easterlies will continue even until over the weekend except for isolated downpours or thunderstorms in the late afternoon or at night, the state-run weather agency said on Thursday.