coast. here is what we know right now. you re looking live at key west, florida where rough surf from ian has churned up. soon the national hurricane center will provide an update on ian s strength and path. it seems to be changing. right now projected to hit florida as at least a category three storm. major airports are closing. tampa international will suspend operations in about an hour. orlando will be doing the same tomorrow. the city of tampa will be issuing a curfew soon when winds hit 40 miles an hour. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. they are battening down the hatches as they say and preparing for the worst hoping it won t be that bad. right now this storm, well, it looks very bad. doesn t max gordon know it. he s in st. pete with more. max? neil, mandatory evacuations are underway in pinellas county. we re talking about zones a, b and c and for folks in mobile homes. all of those people need to get out as soon as they can. right now we re standing in evacuati
the united states and around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom. the final stretch. 16 days to go until the u.s. elections, the candidates are pulling out the stops and pulling in high-profile support. xi jinping secures an unprecedented third term, cementing his iron grip over china s future. we re live in beijing and taipei with the latest. and ukraine s power grid under attack with frigid winter just around the corner. russia takes aim at critical infrastructure. a live report from kyiv is just ahead. the u.s. is just over two weeks away from the tightly contested and deeply consequential midterm elections. at stake this november, control of congress. and by extension, the president s political agenda. joe biden s democratic party currently holds 220 seats in the house, and to keep its majority, it must hold on to 218 of them. right now, though, republicans have a slight lead in the polls with 18 seats still up for grabs. in the senate, 35 seats are in play. cnn
reporting. in russia tonight, panic following vladimir putin s plan to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine. tonight, flights out of moscow booked for several days out. russian authorities detaining protesters, some of those protesters now drafted to fight. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. the deadly protests spreading across iran tonight. after the death of a woman arrested by the morality police for allegedly not properly wearing her head scarf. martha raddatz with the scenes unfolding in iran. here in this country, the midair scare. a united airlines flight taking off from newark, circling over the atlantic for nearly two hours, after sparks are seen shooting from the plane. debris falling from the sky. you will hear air traffic control alerting the cockpit. gio benitez tonight. meantime, the chaotic scene onboard an american airlines flight. a passenger accused of punching a flight attendant. tonight, the heated words in court. alex jones, who sa
heavy rain and flash flooding now along the gulf coast. rob marciano tracking it all. news tonight about a deadly police shootout in kentucky. two officers and a k-9 shot and killed. several officers wounded. police serving a warrant when the gunman opened fire at his home. pierre thomas standing by. summer shark warnings for the holiday weekend. authorities patrolling the shores. a 17-year-old girl now speaking out from her hospital bed after being attacked by a shark in florida. doctors trying to save her leg. overseas tonight, the deadly russian missile strike near odesa, ukraine. at least 21 people killed, 39 wounded. russia hitting a residential building and recreational center. after being detained for 134 days, the trial of wnba star brittney griner getting under way in moscow. president biden meeting today with ten democratic governors trying to protect abortion rights following the supreme court s overturning of roe v. wade. the president telling them, the fi
now along the gulf coast. rob marciano tracking it all. news tonight about a deadly police shootout in kentucky. two officers and a k-9 shot and killed. several officers wounded. police serving a warrant when the gunman opened fire at his home. pierre thomas standing by. summer shark warnings for the holiday weekend. authorities patrolling the shores. a 17-year-old girl now speaking out from her hospital bed after being attacked by a shark in florida. doctors trying to save her leg. overseas tonight, the deadly russian missile strike near odesa, ukraine. at least 21 people killed, 39 wounded. russia hitting a residential building and recreation center. after being detained for 134 days, the trial of wnba star brittney griner getting under way in moscow. president biden meeting today with ten democratic governors trying to protect abortion rights following the supreme court s overturning of roe v. wade. the president telling them, the fight is not over and warning of