of biblical proportions. ian is a cat 4 storm bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic window damage with an unsuburb viable storm surge of up to 18 feet. it is expected to dump 2 feet of rain across the state bringing unprecedented flooding and destruction. entire neighborhoods are now undersea as water levels continue to rise. homes are floating down the middle of the street and people are swimming in their living rooms. by the way authorities say it s a very bad idea. who knows what s in that water. and first responders rescue services can t escape the flooding either. this fire department in naples is completely under water. leaving the city s residents on their own. and things are even worse in the air where hurricane hunters are flying into the heart of the storm. watch. oh [bleep] jesse: more than 2 million people in the state were told to evacuate, with thousands more h
like a freight train. we re seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho seven hours. let s get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire peninsula. we had grove city a gust of 128. when we talk about the southern kind here, a better picture on radar will give an indication what we re looking at. here is the new track. keeps it as a 4 of course now moving inland but notice it s a category one. it will lose strength now that it s interacting with a land mass. that s typical. however, the winds have expanded now as these storms do. in fa
it could cause catastrophic flooding. aishah: i m in for sandra smith. state and local officials are telling more than 2 million to leave their homes and get out of the way of the massive storm. ian strengthening to a category 3, ripping through western cuba, 125 mile per hour winds and heavy rains slamming the island and causing heavy flooding. john: i said good wednesday, only tuesday, wednesday is when it s go time in florida, just hours to go now until the storm makes landfall, many are attempting to avoid the storm-packed highways, and those hunkering down have been clearing supermarket shelves and emptying the gas pumps. aishah: and charles watson and max gordon are live in the tampa bay area, where officials are bracing for what could be the first direct hit on the region from a hurricane in more than a century, john. john: looking ugly there in the next 36 hours. first to steve bender tracking ian for us. where is it headed, how strong is it going to be? we
disaster. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 27th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with new reporting on what to expect from tomorrow s hearing. according to the washington post, the committee plans to show footage of roger stone, the trump ally recorded in the weeks before the capitol attack by danish documentary filmmakers. they focus ond six hours of material and selected about 10 minutes worth of footage. cnn obtained several clips and one clip recorded a day before the election after a rally in georgia stone can be heard calling for violence. excellent. let s get right to the violence. shoot to kill. cnn-tifa. shoot to kill. gone this. [ beep ] f the voting, get right to the violence stone said the day before the election. he reportedly followed up that remark claiming he was kidding. here are two more clips of stone explaining how the trump campaign planned all along to reject the election results if he lost.
Second. after new data from the labor department showed that inflation was up 6.4% from a year ago. but how much you re feeling inflation depends on your zip code. the wall street journal reporting prices are up most in the mountain west region. also around tampa st. pete, interestingly. inflation is cooler in new england. up next, the man accused of assaulting officer fanone during the january 6th insurrection in court. how he could play into any potential case against donald trump. plus, he may be out of public service, but that s not stopping house republicans from making dr. fauci the latest investigative center piece of their house majority. and former south carolina governor nikki hailey officially jumping into the 2024 presidential race, which spurred this question for another republican with some buzz. nikki hailey announced her presidential run today. do you plan on following suit?