Already, the storm Hitting Cancun on its way here. Tonight, florida expecting a major Storm Surge. Mandatory evacuations moving patients from a hospital. Whit johnson is there, and Ginger Zee has the new Hurricane Forecast just in moments ago. Also tonight, an explosion rocking a courthouse. Authorities say the suspect lunged through the doors of a california courthouse, throwing a bag with a home made bomb past the security detector. Multiple injuries. Some sent to the hospital. The deadly hijacking of a City Bus in Los Angeles. Police chasing that hijacked bus for an hour. The driver and passengers held at gun point. One passenger was killed, and how this ended. The major Escalation Tonight in the middle east. The israeli military now signaling a possible Ground Offensive now into southern lebanon. Ian pannell is there. In this country tonight, 41 days now until the election. Vice president Kamala Harris in pennsylvania on the economy. Promising Tax Cuts for the middle class, help fo
airport closures, the ripple effect now, and this hurricane now headed inland. headed straight for orlando before then tracking north. alerts at this hour up across florida, georgia, and now the carolinas. our meteorologists ginger zee and rob marciano on the ground tonight with our team across florida. also, the acting deputy director of noaa s national hurricane center right here with us tonight. what concerns him most as we head into the evening hours. the other major news this wednesday night, the u.s. state department now urging americans to leave russia immediately. the american embassy warning russians may force americans with dual citizenship into military service. and the allegations involving russian sabotage into the pipeline that would deliver russian natural gas into europe. ian pannell inside ukraine tonight. in this country, the major news tonight on alzheimer s. a potential breakthrough. a promising new drug and what it s shown so far. also tonight, poli
alert residents in this mobile home park to seek shelter, the storm is coming. fema ready to respond as soon as it is safe. we ve prepositioned quite a bit of equipment so we can respond immediately. once we know what the impacts are and what the additional needs are, we re just going to continue to move that equipment in. but i think we re positioned really well to meet those immediate needs in the first few hours. reporter: president biden speaking with governor desantis, promising help. we ll be there to help you clean up and rebuild, to help get florida get moving again, and we ll be there at every step of the way. that s my absolute commitment to the people and the state of florida. this is a really, really significant storm. it will be one of the storms people always remember when they think about southwest florida, probably be the big one that they always remember. just extraordinary rescue images coming in there. rob now dealing with the winds still. rob, you and i we
all of them with cherished belongings, when they left their homes to try to get away from the storm that will meet them here. i spoke with the mayor here, i asked him, how are you making sure that floridians are taking this storm seriously? he said, because the hurricane season has been so quiet so far, there s no fatigue. this is their first real storm of the season and as you can see from the very empty roads behind me, many people seem to be taking it seriously. janai norman, thank you. our team coverage and we ll check back in with ginger later here. to the other major news this wednesday night, the u.s. urging americans to leave russia immediately. warning that those with dual citizenship may be stopped from leaving and even drafted into military service. here s our chief international correspondent ian pannell in ukraine tonight. reporter: tonight, all americans living in russia warned to leave immediately amid rapidly rising tensions over the war in ukraine. the u.s. emb
reporter: accuweather capturing the eyewall piling water onto pine island as the storm moved on shore. naples fire station taking on water. the storm undergoing rapid intensification ahead of landfall, increasing the hurricane force wind field out 45 miles from the center. hurricane hunters flying into ian knocked around by extreme turbulence. there goes the bed. holy cow! whoa! reporter: one hurricane hunter describing it as the roughest flight of his career, that he d never experienced that much lateral turbulence, or seen that much lightning. one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever make landfall in florida now expected to cut across the state like a slow-moving buzz saw. this is where we re expected to be by 8:00 tonight. it s 3:00 right now, and look, the hurricane moves barely 50 miles. this is an exceptionally slow moving storm. reporter: orange county fire trucks using loudspeakers to