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the homeowner's policy will cover somebody things but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding we have in our state. we are sensitive to that obviously going to be some folks that are in need of support and relief we will work as best we can i will say people have been asking about some of the overall homeowner's insurance with like citizens. citizens, i think right now they are between 6 and 700 billion of surplus. modeling in terms of paying out a lot of money in claims still have 4 and 5 billion in surplus...

spinning toward the west coast of florida this morning. bringing with it life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding. we'll have a live report from tampa in just a moment. and also ahead, a former d.c. metro police officer does not hold back at a sentencing for a capitol rioter. plus, we'll dig into new data that suggests significant covid waves could be coming this fall and winter. ♪♪ good morning. and welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, september 28th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we're going to begin in florida...

keep coming. willie? >> yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in...

they have four shelters opening this morning at this hour here. they can hold about 4,000 people. but the evacuation order right now under way for zone a is about 40,000 people. so they're hoping that they will use those shelters as a last resort and go find family or friends on the east coast of florida or just get out of town. i spoke with the spokesperson for the emergency operations center here in punta gorda and he told me that their motto is hide from wind and run from water. he said a wall of water is not your friend. so you don't want to stick around here in punta gorda. cert...

we'll hear from the scientists tonight. the triple threat in hospitals. the spike in children being seen across the u.s. several hospitals with pediatric beds at more than 90% capacity tonight. some children reportedly suffering from several illnesses at once. the triple threat of covid, the flu, and the virus rsv. steve osunsami live in atlanta. tonight, dr. jha on what parents should know. in russia, wnba star brittney griner's appeal today in court rejected. what she said from behind bars. the u.s. responding tonight. martha raddatz with late reporting. and the war in ukrain...