keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. offic
airstrikes at a town near the capital. it s hundreds of mile as way from the front lines, and it is an away by putin to instill fear by an army that has been failing on the battlefield. we have graphic new images from today which show the remains of what was a russian caravan near the city of lyman. car after car destroyed. the body of a russian soldier on the ground, russian belongings strewn across the road. it just bears testimony to what we are seeing. russia s retreat and ukraine s advances are both fast and furious. but today putin speaking out, saying that these regions of ukraine where we re seeing all of this are now fully part of russia. he told a conference of teachers that the vote in the sham referendums in those regions of ukraine were well, here s his words. the results of the referendums, frankly speaking, not only pleased me but also surprised me. i think the election observers know this as well. there was no desire to correct something, clean something up,
Hamas conflict. Nbc news has now learned that several u. S. Citizens are among those dead in israel. That is according to a National Security Council Spokesperson the nsc says they are continuing to monitor the situation closely. The State Department is ready to provide assistance and u. S. Citizen still the country. That confirmation comes as retaliatory airstrikes continue to hammer gaza city. Turning several residential buildings into rubble. Some are living close to the israeli border. They began to flee the Israeli Ground invasion. It could be imminent. The situation escalated on sunday. An ally of hamas aspiring dozens of rockets and shells in a disputed area along the border. The military responded by firing back into lebanon. There is no immediate word on casualties adding to the dire State Of Affairs the uncertainty surrounding those being held captive israel has confirmed that theyve taken both military and non military as well as captive into the territory. Israeli media say
democrats are still on his side with the white house pleading for congress for $61 billion more in aid, but congressional republicans are not moved. speaker mike johnson even avoided posing for a picture with zelenskyy today. instead telling the wartime leader that the u.s. border must come first. zelenskyy is meeting with president biden right now as you saw. we should hear from both of them again at the white house in about an hour. what can they say to change the mind of republican lawmakers and if they cannot, what will happen to ukraine and how soon? first, let s find out how moscow is viewing this. joining us is keir simons from moscow and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles from capitol hill. chief, keir, excuse me. i ll just call you chief from now on. how is putin seeing this? is he watching this closely? he absolutely is. he hasn t said that himself but his spokesman, the kremlin spokesman, has been clear they are watching closely. kremlin officials w
now that s a great idea, nailed it good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom, america hill in for jim acosta 80 years ago today, the course of world war and democracy changed forever president biden joining other world leaders at this hour as they mark this milestone anniversary of d-day, the allied invasion of normandy. you see there of course, the french president emmanuel macron, as well as ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy. this morning, mr. biden meeting with a handful of the last remaining us veterans stormed those beaches, are parachuted behind enemy lines. as the men today, they re all around 100-years-old, making this anniversary, especially poignant as a world pays tribute to this greatest generation the man who, fought here became heroes. not because they re the strongest and toughest job or fiercest although they were. but because they re given an audacious mission knowing everyone on the new the probability of dying was real. but they did it anyw