also at this hour, hurricane hunters are flying into the eye of the storm right now and they will be talking with us live. what they re seeing right now with this hurricane. they are the noaa team sending real-time data back. and they re joining us tonight. the other news this tuesday night, the first results coming in from vladimir putin s referendums in eastern ukraine. russia tonight saying 96% of people are in favor of becoming part of russia. we saw the images, pro-russian sldiers armed with assault rifles going door-to-door to pick up ballots. tonight, the u.s. calling this referendum a sham. the new images showing the mass exodus from russia. russian men looking to avoid the new draft. the line, ten miles long. and when putin is now set to address the russian people. ian pannell in ewe train tonight. back here at home, the january 6th rioter convict of attacking an officer. the world has seen those images. tonight, sentenced to more than seven years in prison. and