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of this hurricane. it could make landfall the next several hours and then work its way up the peninsula slowly, very slowly, bringing hurricane force winds here to tampa, to orlando before it heads out over the atlantic on the other side maybe sometime later tomorrow. obviously millions of people feeling the impact of this, a life threatening storm in some ways a near worst case scenario for some of the people south of here. there was an 8 a.m. update just in from the national hurricane center. i believe we have michael brennan at the national hurricane center to give us a sense of t...

this storm will only continue to intensify. if you want to leave, as the governor has said, now is your last chance. we cannot send first responders into harm's way because you decided not to leave. >> 155 mile per hour winds. that is what hurricane ian is now producing as it bears down on florida's coast. i'm john berman live in tampa this morning. brianna keilar is in washington. this is cnn's special live coverage of a storm that is getting more powerful by the minute. the national hurricane center just reported it had a plane flying through the center of this storm measuring sust...

and as you would expect, time is running out to get to them. there are also questions about what officials should have done before the storm, and regrets from those who stayed. >> we were just about ready to take her out. and you so don't want to see this. you're right. you're right. >> three days. >> three days. >> the water came up to me on here. and when it got to there, the way they were saying on the news, i thought it was going to eventually go over our heads. i called my daughters and said goodbye. >> it was very traumatic. i actually, i went into the water and saved three peo...

Improving. As Annie Mccormick shows us police have Surveillance Video of the crime that will help them find the shooter. Reporter the shooting is still under investigation, but the detectives are looking into if the bullet that hit the little girl was the same one that went through the front windshield and rear window of this minivan and hit her when she was playing in fronts of her home. This neighborhood was in chaos after a stray bullet hit a 6yearold girl. Family members are distraught and then Philadelphia Police officers rushed girl into the cruiser and take her to the hospital. After do...

Week long. The situation in tampa is watching and waiting. Some of the outer bands of the storm have brought some light rains compared to what is to come. And people here know that. The story, the pictures we have been watching out of miami on brickell boulevard, water just pouring down the street. Thats where we find our john berman right now. John, i mean you know, again, the people in tampa who luckily still have electricity are able to watch some of those images youve been bringing coming out of miami. Its extraordinary what they have seen. And they know that is coming here, and likely eve...