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category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. well have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. theyre stranded now by rising flood waters and were still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." its thursday, september 29th. joe is off thi...

worried her roof might collapse. elizabeth, were you on the fence about whether or not you were going to evacuate. >> i was so afraid either way, i didnt know what to do. >> a lot of people have that idea that they can just wait and see whats going to happen. and thats the problem, because if they wait to see, we wont be able to help them. >> reporter: and its not just seniors refusing to leave, going viral online, some florida residents adamant about riding out the storm. >> our famil...

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 hurrican...

it will severely impact millions of people and put the barrier island communities completely under water. joining me this hour, the acting director of the national hurricane center to update the track of the storm. i will talk to mayors up and down the coast as ian comes onshore. lets go to our meteorologist with the latest on the hurricanes path. what are you seeing from the latest updates? >> with each update, the conditions continue to grow dire. right now, we are seeing lots of rai...

weather center and patrick oppmann is in cuba for us. good evening to both of you. petra, ill start with. you are looking at pictures released today by nasa, a live view of hurricane ian that can be seen from the international space station as it fights over the storm. that is massive. where is hurricane ian right now? what can we expect? >> don, we just got the advisory here. its about 1100 miles south of the western tip of cuba. crew the brunt of the storm system is gonna be felt ini...

millions there on tornado watch. is the west coast that could really feel the brunt getting slammed directly with life threatening storm surge and flooding in a day or so. millions of people in ians cross hairs and boarding up the homes. people waiting in line for hours for free sand bags. mandatory evacuations were expanded. theyre told its time to leave now. femas chief urged people to get out of harms way. >> our biggest concern as we wait for this storm to make landfall is storm su...

plus this hour live near russias border where russians try to avoid putins war on ukraine. going there next. the new lawsuit. the challenges president bidens plan to cancel student loan why what it could mean if you thought you would get the loan forgiven. ♪ welcome to "the lead." hurricane ian barrelling toward florida. it is a category 3 storm meaning ians winds could reach up to 129 miles per hour. ian is expected to strengthen into a category 4 storm later tonight with winds up...

disaster. good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, september 27th. thank you for starting your day with us. well begin with new reporting on what to expect from tomorrows 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 ...

and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, "no ice cream for ian." sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. thats small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. theyre looking...

her side. the queens coffin had arrived at westminster hall after a procession through london, accompanied by herfamily. away from westminster, todays other headlines... the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is involved in a car crash in kyiv — but avoids serious injury. and a funeral will be held today for olivia pratt—korbell, the nine—year—old who was shot dead in liverpool earlier this month. its thursday, september the 15th. iam in i am in westminster, where her maj...