Hurricane making a likely turn to florida. Governor desantis urged residents to prepare for possible evacuation saying nows the time to stock up on sandbags, water, medication. Cnn is covering the storm. Carlos suarez is in tampa but i want to start with tom sater in the cnn weather center. I guess there will be states of emergency along the gulf coast. We are not there yet why this looks like a big and potentially very scary storm. It will be the first hurricane to make landfall in mainland u. S. This year but a major hurricane and it is going to carry all the characteristics on land. I know everyone from pensacola to cape coral wants to know. We just dont know yet. Satellite imagery, the visual imagery, looks good. Circulation. A center. Yucatan in mexico. Hurricane huntered this morns had a hard time finding the center. Again even if the center moves about 15, 20 miles in either direction that changes the end goal and the track. This is where it is concerning. Warmest waters in the atlantic are northwest caribbean sea. It is deep. This is rocket fuel. The winds aloft are light so we expect this to undergo rapid intensification. First heading to western cuba. Where this Hits Interacting with land we dont expect it to interrupt the strength. This is surface winds 2 00 a. M. Thursday. It will affect havana. If you look at the track and this is concerning. Anyone following theres been some fluctuation. Yesterday more toward tampa. The cone of uncertainty really shows this pretty much coving this area. Category 4 to 2. Do not Pay Attention to the numbers. That water underneath a category 4 is carried with it. Two scenarios. This is the european model. Catastrophic coming into tampa way. Sarasota, bradenton. This is coming through and weakens significantly and also moves to a less populated area. Should be a hurricane this evening or overnight. Wow. Okay. Keeping an eye on it. Thank you. We appreciate it. Carlos is also watching the storm for us in tampa. And carlos, tom was talking about this. If this heads to tampa a storm of this size as it looks like right now in the forecast that could be big, big trouble for that area. Reporter yeah. That would present a huge problem for this part of the state in large part because of the bay that sounds this part of florida and then the panhandle. In anticipation and the preparation of the track city of tampa opened free sand distribution sites. The mayor of tampa echoed the governor today that folks across florida need to be prepared now. Florida Governor Desantis said the Florida National guard is put on stand by and the entire state is under a disaster Emergency Declaration and folks need to make sure they have everything they need. Make preparations now and people have been throughout the state of florida and the things to be prepared with are food, water, batteries, medicine, fuel. Anticipate particularly the closer you are to where the eye of the storm makes landfall, anticipate Power Outages and likely to happen with a hurricane of this magnitude. Reporter down in the florida keys officials with Monroe County did not make a final decision to ask visitors to leave the county. They have been meeting twice a day and they dont have Evacuation Orders in place but similar to tampa they leave the possibility open that folks might be asked to leave. Jim . Carlos, as you heard from the governor declaring the emergency orders. People have to be ready in florida. The entire gulf. We have to keep an eye on that. We dont know where the storms could turn. Tom and carlos, thank you. With me now is the mayor of tallahassee, john daly. Hows the city preparing right now . As the meteorologist was pointing out we just dont have a clear picture as to where it could head but could be heading in your direction. What can you tell us . Thank you for having me on. You are correct. We are preparing in tallahassee to make sure that we are ready for whatever may come our way. I believe the meteorologist mentioned earlier that the state of florida will feel this. The question is in what direction and to what impact. We have the number one utility in the country. So it is important to be prepared and we are preparing. Working with the neighborhoods and the citizens to make sure that everybody is prepared at home. Checking on the neighbors and will be ready. So far are you getting the resources you need from the state . Do you know what you need . What are your needs as a storm of this magnitude potentially is heading in your direction . Yes. I have been on the phone consistently with the city manager. We work with the county and the Emergency Operations center. I was please ds to see the governor extend the State Of Emergency to the whole state of florida. Of course we are in contact with fema. Activating the Mutual Aid Agreements across the southeastern quite. We are doing everything to be fully prepared to protect the si citizens. Tallahassee is not directly on the gulf coast. I have been there many times. There are huge trees everywhere making high winds a huge threat for you. Coming to the threats facing the residents, what are you concerned about most at this point . We are nationally known for the natural beauty. 65 of the city is under a tree canopy. With electricity the storm comes through trees and power lines dont mix well. We have great Men And Women for the city making sure that the power lines are clear. The storm Water Systems are clear. Removing debris to cause block you and. We are preparing to weather this together and then assess and move forward after the storm comes through but we have been here before. Well make it. More than one fifth of floridas population is over 65. There are a lot of Senior Citizens in your state and community. Makes it crucial to have electricity and access to medication. What do you want residents to know as they prepare for the storm . Floridians always say i can ride out the storms. Im not worried. What is your message . We work hand in hand with the neighborhood associations, faithbased community, nonprofit community. Encourage every citizen. We have time to prepare but nows the time to prepare. Make sure that you have all of your arrangements in place now. Do not wait. Tallahassee is a university town. We remind the students to take the necessary precautions and prepared. We cover the spectrum in tallahassee, jim. All right. Hope the preparations go well and hope the storm doesnt pack the punch it looks like it will. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. We are just 44 days out from the November Midterm so what can democrats do . Well ask a democratic senator next. Lorcoordinated Sticky Note Collection and the cutest boxed lunch we have ever seen. And you can find him right now on upwork. 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Lets dig deeper with democratic senator jon tester. We appreciate you being here. The economy in the upcoming midterms, a brand new poll today, 57 of likely voters say the financial well being is up for stake at the election. Gas prices are going down. As a red state democrat, a farmer, inflation and so on, what does the message need to be on the economy . That we have done some great things over the last year and a half in particular in address the issues around inflation. Inflation is real. Everybody is concerned and whether it is the Inflation Reduction Act which is going to reduce inflation over the long haul or the chip act to bring manufacturing back and chips built here, we have done good things. Is there measure to be done . Absolutely. We could do some things with child care and a comprehensive Immigration Package to help reduce inflation. We could pass the two bills i have which will hold big meatpackers in the marketplace. So theres a number of things that we have done and can do. I think theres a number of things we will do particularly in the lame duck now to help with the inflation concerns. People see the Sticker Shock in the meat department. A new poll from the New York Times and abc news poll finds voters are divided closely on the generic ballot question. 47 support the republicans and the district. 46 for the democrat. With donald trump for the Republican Party right now he is going out and giving the wild rallies. And biden having these recent legislative wins shouldnt democrats be doing better at this point . I think you will see the races tighten up as the election day comes. Whether democrats ahead or republicans ahead they tighten up. What i would be doing as a candidate is talking about what we have accomplished to help families and businesses. And then i would be looking to the other side that you are debating against saying what are your solutions . I havent seen a lot of solutions from the republican side of the aisle. If you look at whats been accomplished the last congress from the Inflation Reduction Act to the chips bill theres half a dozen really, really good big bills that will make a difference for folks over time. Nothing happens overnight in politics. I think if they get implemented it puts the country in the right direction. Do we have some tough times coming out of the pandemic . Absolutely with supply chain but if we continue to work and hopefully done in a bipartisan way we can continue to do good things. Something that came up today on the sunday morning talk shows. Senator mace believes theres possible to impeach President Biden if the party wins the white house. Nobody seems to say what they would impeach him for but potentially would have the numbers in the house if they wanted to impeach the president. What is your reaction . We have issues with inflation to focus on and i think democrats are. Issues worldwide. Take a look at ukraine and china to focus on. I think theres very important issues to be laser focused on. Regardless whos in power. If we dont were not doing the best for the american people. Do you like the idea that the president is going after maga republicans . Is that what you want to hear in montana . When i ask the questions you seem to be going back to bread and butter issues. Thats what gets people elected. The issues that people talk around a breakfast table. Many of the folks where i live voted for donald trump why they are not a threat to the democracy. Just go back to january 6 and see the folks invited to come to attack the capitol. Those folks are a threat to the democracy. I think when the president talks about the folks he is not talking about all of them but politics are politics. People say whatever they want to say and folks trying to make a big issue out of this. If i run in this cycle of 2022 i talk about what democrats have gotten done over the last two years and how it impacts inflation, the family, helps move the country forward and good grounds to run on. January 6 findings. Some discussion whether they will come out before the November Midterm. Should they . People who attack the capitol were a threat to democracy. Donald trump many ways represents a threat to american democracy. Would you like a clear and full picture of that . I think before or after the election i dont think it matters but we need transparency and this is not excluded. About to get new reporting at cnn about growing optimism in the Democratic Party whether President Biden should run for a second term and new polling suggests that democrats arent sure. Let me ask you. Do you want to see President Biden run for a second term . Is there another democrat who can beat trump . Thats what the biden people say. Name another democrat that can beat trump. I think a gross understatement to say its a m massive job. It is so important to have the right person. I think joe biden is weighing those. Whether he is the right person to continue on. Whichever decision he makes i will support him in that. Because i think the leadership that hes provided although not perfect in some cases has been pretty good. If you had to say at this moment should he take another stab at winning the white house . So, jim, i would love to say yes or no but truly it is not my call. These jobs are so important and requires more than just you. When i ran for the u. S. Sena