off of the gulf coast there. we re not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. and we ll be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k o connor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles per hour shy of a category five. only for hurricane stronger than that have made landfall in the united states ever. but it is not just the strength of the storm, it is the size. this is the view of hurricane in from the international space station this afternoon. just showing how massive the storm is. the national river describes in as battering the florida peninsula with tied and winds, and flooding. ian has just now weakened to a category two storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles
Opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. The president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. Jobs matter. Miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. Miguel . Reporter ana, This Is The End point for the march for science. Thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. It was cold, it was windy. Where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the Trump Administration on science and matters of science on funding. Very enormous ly engaging in
science in washington, d. C. , said they didnt want their work to be sifted through. It certainly had a very political edge to it. Ana . Thank you, miguel. Now to new york where the rain didnt keep away the crowds. Here is rachel crane. Reporter im in a crowded and rainy times square. Lots of umbrellas and lots of h