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about this hurricane that as you can see is just barrelling towards the west coast of florida. one of the things that was really interesting there that the governor is warning about is the potential for as this storm is heading there up into kind of that big bend area, that catcher s mitt we ve heard it referred to, there is a potential for this storm to make a little bit of a left turn and head more towards tallahassee. his point there is that don t think that if you are there in the panhandle, you are there in northern florida that you are out of trouble. he s saying everyone should be prepared in case this storm does make a turn. and he s telling people, look, you should be prepared to lose power. you need to get out of the way of storm surge. you don t have to go far, but far enough away to get out of the storm surge. 10 to 15 feet in some areas. we re talking about a lot of water and that water can be deadly. we have our cnn team tracking every angle of the storm. ....
worst in decades as local officials warn people that the time to leave is now. the hurricane could make landfall as a strong category 3 storm. of course we re tracking all the latest. and a funeral today for the man who led a failed revolt against vladimir putin. mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin buried in a st. petersburg cemetery. but this won t lay to rest the questions surrounding his death. and stronger than fentanyl. a potent new opioid potentially even more deadly. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central . florida s west coast is now bracing for impact. right now hurricane idalia is quickly gaining strength over the gulf of mexico. expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous category 3 storm before hitting florida s big bend region early tomorrow morning. you can see here the first signs of impact in the u.s. on the coast. taking pictures. idalia s gusty winds whipping up waves ....
be stronger gusts and it s expected to intensify to a potentially category 3 hurricane before making land fall in florida tomorrow, where millions are already under hurricane and storm surge warnings. right now, western cuba is feeling the brunt of the storm. then the track, idalia in florida s big bend. but, this is a very important reminder a small shift in the track could put that population center more at risk. sara arrived in florida a few hours ago. some parts of florida will see and feel the impact soon. what are you seeing on the ground now? reporter: look, like every other hurricane, it is calm before the storm, but this is when people are being told to evacuate in ten counties. and preparations are under way as idalia, who started out as a tropical storm and is now a hurricane, it is expected to grow and grow and grow to a major hurricane, a category 3 hurricane. right now listen to what people are doing as they try to get out of the way of a high storm surg ....
court has given in brown -v- scott and mcduffie -v- mc pearson asked for what a public officer should be. in that context, we have the same thing actually. it popped up again on the issue in morris -v- peters, another supreme court case dealing with whether or not somebody is a public officer. that had to do with a warrant against the chairman of the georgia democratic party and whether or not he would fall in as a public officer. bottom line, like in that case, and we found he was not, like grand jurors and public officials, presidential electors are not public officials under georgia law, especially for purposes of 16.10.23. their jobs services are temporary, like the grand jury. they have a position that only really arises once every four years. it is limited to a single meeting on a single day. it lacks the element of tenure and duration which must exist. it is kind of like back to the political case which dealt with the state party political chairman. nominated in ....
the mission is intense to recover six people who went into the patapsco river in baltimore, maryland. for all those families and loved ones for closure, this mission again is as intense as ever. a container ship lost power and propulsion before slamming into the francis scott key bridge and it happened around 1:30 in the morning yesterday. the bridge plunged, toppled, fell into 48-degree water. people on the bridge, cars on the bridge going into the river bringing several cars again with it. six construction workers presumed dead. maryland governor wes moore says this about the impact of the tragedy. it is breathtaking. that s not the baltimore skyline that i know. i know that in addition to my heart going out to these families, i know this was not what they expected when family members left that night to go to work, i know we owe it to the people of this city and the people of this state to get this fixed and to get it done. harris: and we owe it to everybody to kn ....