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forecast models are putting florida in the bull eye's for a hurricane in days. this is what we're watching at this hour. thanks so much for being here. i'm kate bolduan. putin's war on ukraine is where we do need to start at this hour. russia is staging referendums in four occupied areas of eastern ukraine beginning today. residents being forced to vote on whether the regions should become part of russia. the referendums are widely considered a complete sham of course but this is drawing global condemnation. ukraine's president zelenskyy is calling on russians now to revolt as putin ...

Would be to something that took life. and that's something a lot of people right now are trying to give thought to here in washington. >> ax bsolutely. on the referendum votes, when these regions all we can assume to join russia, which may be a sham but it is at least what is going to be said, how does that change the dynamic? >> well, of course, the purpose of them doing this is to try and create a justification for their own people if ukraine continues to try to liberate these four illegally occupied parts, there is a justification to use a nuclear weapon. i would agree with david that it's ...