those are mandatory evacuations for people 32 school districts are closing down. people are warning authorities here warning in pinellas county in particular to make sure you make your plan now and leave soon as this storm approaches because it will likely not stay as a category 1. we re expecting it to grow as it hits that very warm water which fuels this storm. there is also always the potential of tornadic activity as well. there are plenty of places people can go. but right now they re saying, look, get out of these zones where the storm surge could be dangerously high. let s bring in derek van dam standing right next to me. we re standing in this is the confusing thing for a lot of people especially visitors who are not familiar with what happens in a hurricane. you look behind you and it looks like paradise because it is. it is absolutely gorgeous. but in a split second, as these bands come, you can get slapped with very high winds and the rushing water. yeah, espec
folks in georgia and south carolina will have to deal with this. by wednesday morning, this will be category 3 hurricane, magaing land on wednesday between tampa and big bend. hurricane watch in place across the region. what are the major other than cans? storm surge is possible. we are concerned about what will be heavy rainfall. someirrias seeing four to eight inches and up to a foot of rainfall. this storm is heading to florida tuesday night into wednesday morning and this storm moves through georgia and carolina on wednesday and thursday. download the fox weather app as it approaches the state of florida. steve: thank you very much. changing gears, new e-mail revealing devon archer met with then secretary of state john kerry back in 2016. their alleged meeting came just weeks before ukraine top prosecutor viktor shokin was investigating burisma when he was fired. ainsley: the redacting e-mail shows devon archer met with s, referring to kerry, on march 2 of 2016, this
trump and the other 17 co-defendants. in washington, d.c. the judge there set a trial date of march 4th, 2024 for the special counsel s investigation into the alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election nationwide. that trial date is one day before super tuesday, the height of the 2024 presidential campaign theoretically. our reporters and legal experts are here to break down every single detail of today s developments. we ll start with more breaking news. just moments ago we got an update on idalia, the tropical storm currently building in the gulf of mexico and barreling towards florida. evacuation orders have already been issued along florida s west coast. idalia is on track to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall. let s get right to cnn s meteorologist chad myers. chad, what is in the latest forecast? a top speed of 130 miles per hour now, up from 125 at the 11:00 a.m. advisory. more time in the water, very, very warm water and an awful lot of watches and warnings
court. will trump follow suit? and just in, police releasing new surveillance video showing the jacksonville killer moments before he opened fire, targeting black shoppers. this as we re learning more about why he was forced to abandon what may have been an original plan. and prepare for evacuate. warnings now up for florida s gulf coast as tropical storm idalia rapidly intensifies. it is expected to be a major hurricane by the time it makes landfall. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump on trial. a federal judge announcing his 2020 election interference case will begin in march of next year. that is two years sooner than trump s team had requested. they wanted it pushed out to april of 2026. judge tanya chutkan saying it will actually begin in six months on march 4th, to be exact. that s one day before super tuesday. and while we re keeping track here, it also comes just two months before the start of his classi
proceedings to begin on march 4th, 2024, on the eve of the critical super tuesday presidential contest. breaking news, new video of the jacksonville gunman entering the store where he unleashed his deadly racist rampage. we re also learning more about his past before he opened fire with a swastika emblazoned assault rifle. welcome to our viewers here in the united states in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. we begin with a very significant day in two of the criminal cases against donald trump. first, in georgia where former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows took the stand today. the hearing amounting to a sort of mini trial of the election interference trial against trump and his 18 co-defendants. cnn s sara murray has all the details. reporter: that s right. we got a look at fani willis case and how she may question witnesses. former white house chief of staff mark m