the impact. this extremely dangerous hurricane is now a category 2 storm and expected to intensify. one of the greatest threats is a storm surge. perhaps it s 15 feet high in florida s big bend region. officials there say it could be a once in a lifetime event. florida s governor warning that now is the time to get out. mandatory evacuations are under way in county after county. thousands of national guard members have been activated. we are monitoring it all. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. hurricane idalia is intensifying very rapidly tonight, now packing winds of 105 miles per hour. the eye of the hurricane is now 155 miles or so southwest of tampa and moving north. it is expected to slam into florida as a category 3 storm by early tomorrow. governor ron desantis is warning everywhere in the big bend area that they are going to see a storm surge and now is the time to get out. officials in taylor county, which is southeast of tallahassee, say that the surge
good evening, once again. i m stephanie ruhle. fulton county district attorney fani willis is moving to fast-track the trial for all 19 defendants accused of racketeering in the georgia election case. in a new court filing today, willis, once again, requested that all 19 stand trial together. remember, former trump campaign lawyer can chesebro, requested a speedy trial, and the judge set in october 23rd start date. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner explains what the eight willis s move actually means. fani willis has now said we are ready to go to trial, the speedy trial law is what it is and we are prepared to give all 19 codefendants a speedy trial, and we would love to have them set for trial on october 23rd. what i predict, ali, is that is going to result in a chorus of voices from many of these codefendants saying, not so fast, we are not demanding a speedy trial. in fact, we are prepared to waive our speedy trial rights, and we re going to need far more time t
the events leading up to january 6th are complex and require years of preparation, and they were saying that about one federal coup case . trump faces two related coup cases in these jurisdictions of course, and two other additional cases. two other trials. now, this is a fact that also came up in court. so many pending criminal trials that these judges are not independently discussing scheduling a cascade of trials. so, this was in that federal courtroom as special counsel smith looked on, the federal judge said she already had conferred with the new york judge saying, quote, i realize that mr. trump s criminal case in new york is scheduled for trial on march 25th. i did speak briefly with judge merchan, the new york judge that is, to let him know i was considering a date that would overlap with his trial. the judge said march 4th, before the new york trial. you can see what s coming down with the trials, the primary calendar. there are many, many things facing this candida
service, frankly, heroic an unusual service. you will see what i mean from this headline that ran about him in ebony magazine in may, 1959. g.i. risks that 65 times for science. these images are from a documentary by the jacksonville historical society that credited the u.s. air force. and these images are realtime images of him in the late 50s at service in the air force, and they show some of what he went through as part of his service. his name was alton yates, his 23 years old in these pictures, it was the second class in the u.s. air force. and what you see him doing here, is participating in important testing that was conducted for the u.s. space program. they were using airmen in the u.s. air force, for tests that were designed to see whether the human body could really withstand what we re expected to be the rigors of space travel. and the vast stretches of acceleration, and rapid deceleration, and presser changes, and everything else. ultimately it was not the only a
storm. idalia was packing 125 mile per hour winds as florida s vulnerable big bend coast took a direct hit, we are now seeing catastrophic storm surge and flooding, conditions have been called apocalyptic and are life-threatening. major bridges in tampa are closing as they get lashed with waves. and this, this is what winds of 125 miles per hour look like. you can see the gusts driving the rain and at one point sending debris flying across this parking lot. this is happening in perry, florida. water still rising with storm surges up to 16 feet possible in some areas. just about one hour ago white caps were starting to hit the front yard of this orange home in steinhatchee, water nearing the roofline. the images are simply unprecedented. this is historic because idalia is now the strongest storm to make landfall in the big bend region in 125 years. we want to take you to the region now. cnn news central anchors john berman and sara sidner are kicking off our live team co