we think they re the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it s under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures from marco island in florida. and here s the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throu
Another day to see that happen. And we, of course, wish him and his Family Safety and hope they get out soon. Thanks very much for watchg. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from tel aviv, the Breaking News, new Rocket Attacks here in israel as the Prime Minister says, quote, we are Raining Down Hellfire on hamas. Outfronts exclusive dispatch from gaza. Tonight an american pediatrician stuck there sleeping outside, says there is one toilet for 800 people to use. And the Breaking News in the United States. The house has a new speaker after a 22day debacle. He is mike johnson from louisiana, an Election Denier with fewer years in the house than any speaker since 1883. President trump took the stand, he was fined, called a liar by the judge, and he stormed out of court. Lets go outfront. And good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Im erin burnett tonight live in tel aviv. And we are fol
israel says it s taken out a senior hamas leader. but the strike devastating a gaza refugee camp. one doctor says hundreds have been killed or injured. plus, escaping gaza in just hours. a crucial border crossing is set to open for some of those in danger, as we re learning there are some 400 american citizens stuck in the gaza strip. i ll talk to a member of the international committee of the red cross in gaza. and the u.s. putting iran on notice right now, warning, if the attacks on american troops don t stop, the u.s. will respond. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m wolf blitzer in for erin burnett. and, tonight, live from here in tel aviv, there s breaking news. israel claiming to have hit 300 targets in gaza over the past 24 hours alone. one of those targets, a refugee camp just north of gaza city where israel says a very senior hamas commander was located. explosions rocked the refugee camp just hours ago, flattening
in. we will cross over to orlando to speak to the red cross spokesperson, joining us live now. as we monitor these very dramatic pictures of these very dramatic pictures of these incredibly strong winds, talk us through your you are based in orlando, how is the red cross helping people, preparing people for what is taking place right now? early on is because we were asking people to prepare for the storm and encouraging them to evacuate. we are now at a stage where it is too late. you either have had to have a plan or plans to stay evacuation centre or plans to stay evacuation centre or somewhere else. we did have 2.5 million people told to evacuate the state of florida. of course, it is “p state of florida. of course, it is up to them, even though they are told to evacuate. last night, in a little more than 200 shelters, we