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ian now setting its sites on the south carolina coast, as we come on the air, with the tropical storm expected to strengthen back into a hurricane as it moves, look at it there, very slowly across the atlantic and back towards the east coast, after a trail of destruction in florida. people there are reeling now from one of the worst storms that has ever hit them, and doing what they can to start picking up the pieces. sanibel island, captiva island, a storm surge, with a huge chunk of the causeway there, that is the only way in or out, in a state overall, more than two and a half mil...

dangerous move? and a story you'll see first out front. we're going to introduce you to a group of women learning to fire a gun for the first time. they say they don't feel safe in their cities anymore, and they are not republicans. let's go out front. and good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, bracing, the state of florida, that's the right word for what's happening there tonight, bracing and preparing tonight for a direct hit as hurricane ian picks up speed. the storm is now a category 3. winds are 120 miles an hour. conditions are quickly deteriorating in the flori...

and there you see it. a major storm heading for the tampa area that could deliver the first direct hit there in a century then not move for nearly two full days. already people in areas are ordered to leave. the local sheriff is warning anyone who defies the order and stays, you're on your own. we just received a new advisory from the national hurricane center. we're in the weather center with the very latest and new advisory. what does it say, tom? >> john, we don't have much in the way of changes except the pressure is dropping. and it usually takes a while when that pressure drops...

weather center with the very latest. the new advisory, what does it say tom? >> well john, we don't have much the way changes except the pressure is dropping. i usually takes a while, when the pressure drops the storm get stronger. so we're gonna notice areas even though the winds have not changed, still 100 miles per hour sustained winds. they will start to increase. now when the pressure drops, the equivalent to a stronger wind pattern. in fact, these are just heat engines. they feed on that warm water. that warm water, then, as a rises up. change the kinetic energy and goes to win...

plus this hour live near russia's border where russians try to avoid putin's war on ukraine. going there next. the new lawsuit. the challenges president biden's 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 ian's winds could reach up to 129 miles per hour. ian is expected to strengthen into a category 4 storm later tonight with winds up to 156 miles per hour. as it churns over the warm waters of the gulf. mandatory evacuations are...