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what were learning about that call. and the intensifying war of words between the u.s. and russia. top u.s. officials warning vladimir putin of catastrophic consequences just days after the russian leader issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat. all that playing out as outrage builds forcing hundreds of thousands of reservists into combat. the growing desperation leading to violence at an enlistment center. we begin with the threat from hurricane ian. we just got an update on its tra...

Being affected. are the models clearer now with who exactly will be hit? >> were getting there. its slowly to beginning to narrow more and more and areas from -- im saying right now from sarasota, fort myers, through tampa, all -- and all of this is hard to picture how it wont be a billion dollar disaster. lets talk and see how strong they have it in this last update. it was 75. they have it up to 80 miles per hour. it continues to intensify. we had the report from havana right here. the storm i...

Already moving trucks, special trucks, that are going to be necessary to make the repairs of the damage that that storm could cause in that part of the country. we also know that theyve been distributing extra gas now and that part of the country, a lot of the people depend on gas tanks that have methane and thats how they cook, boil the water. the government has distributed more of those tanks as they prepare. when you look at cuba, this is a country with very limited resources, right? we see w...

Headquarters in new york. right now bracing for ian. the storm now a category one hurricane is rapidly intensifying and heading straight for cuba, then florida. all of florida is now under a state of emergency. some parts of the state now forecast to see upwards of 15 inches of rain. the looming threat is sparking long lines at grocery stores and gas stations. >> we got a lot of water, food. we got a lot of gasoline. >> were trying to be ready. who knows? it may be real bad, maybe not bad at all...

Hillsboro county is 1.5 million people. we found out that mandatory evacuations have been issued for portions of the county, zones "a," mandatory, zone "b" is voluntary right now. thats a pretty big chunk of residents generally along the coastline. there you go. all of that red, thats mandatory evacuations. im told from officials here that there are 26 miles of coastline just in tampa alone. the advice from hillsboro county, theyre telling folks to move 25 miles inland. one of the fascinating as...

Water ready to go to be deployed to disaster zones depending upon what happens over the next three or four days. >> we see the frenzy there behind sam. ian is getting closer to where you are. are people ready for whats coming? >> reporter: lindsay, we are now in havana, the capital. the storm is expected to hit from havana and the west part of the island. its a category one but its expected to hit cuba at a category three. we know that state media has reported that 24,000 people are already bein...