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what we're learning about that call. and the intensifying war of words between the u.s. and russia. top u.s. officials warning vladimir putin of catastrophic consequences just days after the russian leader issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat. all that playing out as outrage builds forcing hundreds of thousands of reservists into combat. the growing desperation leading to violence at an enlistment center. we begin with the threat from hurricane ian. we just got an update on its track and intensity. sam brock is in tampa, florida, and metrologist bill karins has a look at what we...

Being affected. are the models clearer now with who exactly will be hit? >> we're getting there. it's slowly to beginning to narrow more and more and areas from -- i'm saying right now from sarasota, fort myers, through tampa, all -- and all of this is hard to picture how it won't be a billion dollar disaster. let's talk and see how strong they have it in this last update. it was 75. they have it up to 80 miles per hour. it continues to intensify. we had the report from havana right here. the storm is west of miami. even if the storm headed due north right now, it would head up towards florida...

Already moving trucks, special trucks, that are going to be necessary to make the repairs of the damage that that storm could cause in that part of the country. we also know that they've been distributing extra gas now and that part of the country, a lot of the people depend on gas tanks that have methane and that's how they cook, boil the water. the government has distributed more of those tanks as they prepare. when you look at cuba, this is a country with very limited resources, right? we see what's happening in florida. sam's reporting with people making these lines to buy everything they ...

Headquarters in new york. right now bracing for ian. the storm now a category one hurricane is rapidly intensifying and heading straight for cuba, then florida. all of florida is now under a state of emergency. some parts of the state now forecast to see upwards of 15 inches of rain. the looming threat is sparking long lines at grocery stores and gas stations. >> we got a lot of water, food. we got a lot of gasoline. >> we're trying to be ready. who knows? it may be real bad, maybe not bad at all. if it is, we want to make sure we're ready. >> we're live in tampa in moments where some people w...

Hillsboro county is 1.5 million people. we found out that mandatory evacuations have been issued for portions of the county, zones "a," mandatory, zone "b" is voluntary right now. that's a pretty big chunk of residents generally along the coastline. there you go. all of that red, that's mandatory evacuations. i'm told from officials here that there are 26 miles of coastline just in tampa alone. the advice from hillsboro county, they're telling folks to move 25 miles inland. one of the fascinating aspects about all of this, i spoke with the mayor of tampa and they were taking a wait-and-see app...