good evening everyone i m laura coates. breaking news, hurricane idalia has intensified over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and is now forecast to become an extremely dangerous category four storm, before it makes landfall in a matter of just hours. the storm is packing 110 miles per hour winds and is already causing flooding in some of the coastal areas. our teams are out across the entire storm zone, chad myers is in the cnn weather center with the very latest forecast. carlos suarez is in tampa, brian todd is in tallahassee, and gloria pazmino is in clearwater. let s go right now to chad myers who is in the weather center. chad, governor ron desantis is now saying that the florida gulf coast area has not seen a storm of a dahlias magnitude since the 1800s. it is now forecast to be an extremely dangerous category four hurricane when it makes landfall. could put all this into context for us. sure, from appalachia, all the way to the big bend is what he is talking
from tampa to tallahassee. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we are standing by for an urgent update from the governor of florida, ron desantis, on the hurricane disaster all along the state s gulf coast. this as hurricane idalia was just weakened into a tropical storm. but it is still packing a punch as it takes aim at georgia and south carolina. cnn correspondents are on the scene covering idalia s devastation in florida and the storm s assault on georgia happening right now. but first, let s go to john bierman in the city of perry. john, you just got there. what have you seen so far? reporter: yeah, alex, the storm made landfall on keaton beach. 18 miles due that way and then passed directly overhead here in perry. you can see some of the damage it did. i m at roady s truck stop. you can see the wind just completely blew the awning over. it ripped up the brick there. t
york. we continue our special coverage. of hurricane adalja preparing big ben coast, prepare for a hurricane, they ve seen since the likes of the 18 hundreds. breaking, news just a few moments. go upgraded to a category three storm. maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. forecast to reach a category four by landfall. winds of more than 130 miles an hour. storm is bringing coastal flooding in west florida. it s expected to make a hard turn east later wednesday. something more rain across georgia south carolina. but getting 12 to 16 foot storm surge in big bend area. panhandle turns to the pencil. enough to submerge most one story buildings. and warning in some of those areas, it may likely not be survivable. definitely going to hit the big ben. everywhere we get some storm surge. you ll see a major impact whether the i will hits you are not. so prepare for. that it ll be significant, significant impact. that region of florida. the national hurricane center issued a
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
florida is already feeling hurricane idalia s impacts. squalling coming ashore in the keys, deadly storm surge of up to 15 feet is expected. winds stronger than 100 miles per hour. maybe much stronger. officials warning residents to get out now. and a federal judge set to rule on whether mark meadows can move his case in georgia from state to federal court. but not before he asks for additional arguments from both the prosecution and the defense. ahead, what this could signal for the meadows case and that of former president trump. a father s desperate 911 call, new audio and video from the jacksonville shooting. authorities are continuing to piece together what happened as the community mourns the victims of a racist attack. we are following these major developing stories and many on more all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now parts of south florida are already feeling hurricane idalia. its outer most bands are bringing heavy rain to the florida keys