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paid their last respects to the former pope — benedict 16th — before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. its seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault...

florida. the exact point of landfall is still unclear. the storm is growing stronger and also wider. prompting hurricane warnings across the entire state of florida. >> bill: ian tore through cuba. it knocked out power to the entire country. left 11 million in the dark. look at the satellite images. it set off a series of lightning strikes, the wind speed intensifies. 155 miles per hour clocked right now knocking on the door of category 5. >> dana: mandatory evacuations are affect bein...

parts of the state getting hit with wind gusts up to 126 miles per hour. this report coming out of redfish pass, a sform surge up to 18 feet is threatening important charlotte and the fort myers area. we have fox team coverage with steve harrigan where ian is making the direct hit. robert ray is in fort myers on how folks are dealing with this and rick reichmuth is in the fox weather center on how long the heat could last. given the slow movement, quit awhile. welcome. im neil cavuto. ...

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 noaas national hurricane center right here with us tonight. what concerns him most as we head into the evening hours. the other major news this wed...

also at this hour, hurricane hunters are flying into the eye of the storm right now and they will be talking with us live. what theyre seeing right now with this hurricane. they are the noaa team sending real-time data back. and theyre joining us tonight. the other news this tuesday night, the first results coming in from vladimir putins referendums in eastern ukraine. russia tonight saying 96% of people are in favor of becoming part of russia. we saw the images, pro-russian soldiers...

do you see any signs that putin is moving towards using those nuclear weapons? and, americas fentanyl crisis. the rainbow pills, made to look like candy, infiltrating u.s. streets. jeff pegues on the front lines of the battle to combat the deadly opioid. combat t ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs evening news" with norah odonnell, reporting tonight from tampa, florida. >> odonnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. florida is a state on the edge tonight, as it prepares for what cou...

and trajectory. its expected to bring a catastrophic storm surge with winds over 150 miles per hour. the wind speed right now at 155 miles per hour. just shy of a category five storm. the eye of the storm is expected to churn somewhere between 40 meyers and venice, just south of where i am right now. hurricane ian has spawned multiple tornados in southern florida. a wide swath of florida is on alert through 5:00 p.m. today. already, alread more than 100,000 people are without power. mo...

followening dangerous conditions in new york as night falls and the governor is appealing for federal help. miguel marquez is joining us not far from buffalo. miguel, what is happening on the ground? >> reporter: just a nightmare. buffalo is a city used to big storms. this is something they have never seen before. 27 people inn erie county new york dead from this storm and authorities are concerned going through homes and cars abandoned and start to clear the snow. massive amounts of s...

millions of floridians in this storms path. those who have not evacuated are urged to shelter in place immediately. almost 800,000 people are already without power. thats according to florida utilities. the director of fema has warned that recovery from hurricane ian will be a very long road. that agency has already begun to pour resources into the state. in an event earlier today, president joe biden said he spoke with florida governor ron desantis and added he already requested aid s...

dangerous move? and a story youll see first out front. were going to introduce you to a group of women learning to fire a gun for the first time. they say they dont feel safe in their cities anymore, and they are not republicans. lets go out front. and good evening, im erin burnett. out front tonight, bracing, the state of florida, thats the right word for whats happening there tonight, bracing and preparing tonight for a direct hit as hurricane ian picks up speed. the storm is now...