for a rematch. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian, and that s churning in the caribbean and getting stronger as it heads north towards cuba. now, ian, is expected to reach hurricane status monday before hitting western cuba. officials say they re expecting strong winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surges. now, ian then expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit the florida coast some time later this week. now, people in florida as you can imagine already preparing for ian. florida s governor has activated 2,500 national guard troops. tampa residents, meantime, are filling sandbags you see them there to try and prevent that flooding. and emergency management officials preparing for storm surges. we are loading and by the day we would have loaded 360 trailers and more than 2 million meals and more than 1 million gallons of water ready to be sent into impacted areas. you need to be prepared for sheltering in place. you may lose po
putin s plan to mobilize thousands more troops for his war in ukraine. and a historic election in italy where the most far-right ruling coalition since mussolini looks set to tak e power. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian that s churning in the caribbean and gaining strengthen as it moves towards cuba. now it s expected to rapidly intensify before hitting western cuba with strong winds and dangerous storm surges. now, ian is expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit florida midweek. people in florida are already preparing for the storm, filling sandbags trying to prevent flooding. here s more now from the mayor. of course there s a high degree of worry whenever we have a named storm that we are in the trajectory or in the path of that storm. but we are preparing. you know, we like to rehearse and practice for these, but we certainly don t want it be on the main stage of ian. now, floridians are stocking up on emergency essentials
united states and all around the world. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. republicans adjudicating this. we are still in this fight. ush whether i you expect a white bout in the mid-terms. mr. depape specifically targeted the pelosi home to confront speaker pelosi. it s hard to disconnect that from the incendiary nasty violent rhetoric. they will stay in these streets and continue to do things like block traffic on major highways. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. the mid-term elections are just a week away now. the vote will decide which party controls congress and right now republicans are confident they ll win. according to the latest projections they have the edge over democrats in the house but in the senate it s a much closer race. reporter: the battle for control of the united states senate. we ll bring that up, red, solidly republican, blue, solidly democrat. we see pink, light blue l
and i don t think everyone was prepared for anything. my heart is broken for them. how do you recoup? we couldn t cross our fingers and hope for the best. we have listened and have listened. this is a huge defeat for moscow. this is not going well. he s facing an unprecedented amount of criticism from within. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. hello on this tuesday, october 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. it s been six days since hurricane ian made landfall. the number of people killed has climbed past 100. authorities are holding out hope they will find survivors. so far the governor says they ve made close to 2,000 rescues including this one here. incredible video shows the u.s. coast guard saving a man and his neighbors from flood waters on sanibel island. that s in heavily damaged lee county where recovery efforts have been very difficult. that region accounts for about half of the state s 450,000 powe
electricity. most in lee county. some customers might not have power for months. governor ron desantis says 2,000 people have been rescued. state officials are trying to determine how many people are still unaccounted for. the window for finding survivors is starting to close. cnn s carlos suarez has more. reporter: unrecognizable in parts. still underwater in others. hurricane ian s destruction and path so vast search and rescue efforts continue days after the storm tore through florida. we kent get over the bridge. reporter: residents in desoto county are stopped. air boats are key to getting supplies in and people out. these air boats are going out taking people into town and it s been going for a while now. reporter: the death toll across the state climbing rapidly. a lot of sick people running out of medications. a lot of people running out of water and until we can get everything up and going, we re trying to get them out. reporter: hundreds of sanibel isl