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coast of florida. 155-mile-per-hour wind speeds. that's just two miles short of a category 5 hurricane. it's expected to make landfall about 100 miles south of here in the port charlotte area. rain 12 to 24 inches across much of the florida peninsula, challenge create freshwater flooding. the impact of this will be felt by millions in florida. already 200,000 people without power. that's before the storm even makes landfall. this will uproot people's lives. its a life-threatening storm. this is the sunshine skyway bridge that we have pictures of. you can see the winds kicking up. it ...

Punta gorda. we have activated all of our emergency vehicles. all of them are off the road for the time being, and they'll stay at higher ground area where everyone is protected and the vehicles are protected. everyone has to shelter in place. it's not an option to continue to move around. the last i have heard is that it's supposed to be hitting landfall in punta gorda, somewhere between 2:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. that being said, that will hopefully be the worst of it, and then we'll gradually go down from there. storm surge will ultimately be the biggest problem we're dealing with. >> st...

Capability, that could take down ukraine. and in my judgment, under 90 days. and that is from the north and belarus, east, russia, he has brought a maritime forces which could attack ukraine's maritime border. all over the russian federation. and so are they going to go in? it's an illogical decision, the ukrainians would fight and would have to find cities and keith. you name it. it's an enormous ground area. it would frighten all of europe into coalescing around the nato even more strongly. it would be an illogical act. i think today was a good day for deterrence. having the german chancello...

Or not to invade? >> there is an element of disbelief, looking at what putin has done over the last several months. there is no question that he has put together a mass of air land and sea military capability, that could take down ukraine. and in my judgment, under 90 days. and that is from the north and belarus, east, russia, he has brought a maritime forces which could attack ukraine's maritime border. all over the russian federation. and so are they going to go in? it's an illogical decision, the ukrainians would fight and would have to find cities and keith. you name it. it's an enormous g...

A senior u.s. defense official says ukrainians have pushed russian forces back on the east of kyiv and fred obviously talking in that piece specifically about the success of a group that few people thought would be fully prepared. ukrainian air force. you are not surprised at all by this performance and i know you trained with the ukrainian military. you've also observed exercises with russian forces. so how do you think ukraine is doing this? >> i had a smile when fred mentioned the clear sky exercises. that's really a partnership, allied partner exercise that's conducted by the air forces in...