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it could cause catastrophic flooding. >> aishah: i'm in for sandra smith. state and local officials are telling more than 2 million to leave their homes and get out of the way of the massive storm. ian strengthening to a category 3, ripping through western cuba, 125 mile per hour winds and heavy rains slamming the island and causing heavy flooding. >> john: i said good wednesday, only tuesday, wednesday is when it's go time in florida, just hours to go now until the storm makes landfall, many are attempting to avoid the storm-packed highways, and those hunkering down have been cleari...

for a rematch. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian, and that's churning in the caribbean and getting stronger as it heads north towards cuba. now, ian, is expected to reach hurricane status monday before hitting western cuba. officials say they're expecting strong winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surges. now, ian then expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit the florida coast some time later this week. now, people in florida as you can imagine already preparing for ian. florida's governor has activated 2,500 national guard troops. tampa r...

it. president joe biden canceled an appearance in florida this week ahead of the storm. >> brian: we have been buying that for the last two years anyway. we have fox team coverage senior meteorologist janice dean tracking ian we start with nicole valdez in tampa. nicole? >> good morning. we just learned nearly every county in the state of florida is now under a state of emergency that includes not only hillsborough county but the city of tampa, specifically. where i'm standing is actually bayshore boulevard. this is an area notorious for flooding. especially when many of these storms...

florida on this monday. we have fox team coverage. senior meteorologist janice dean is tracking ian but we start with nicole, standing by in tampa. behind you, the sun is out, it's the calm before the storm, but i know that there is sandbagging going on throughout the tampa bay area because of a potential storm surge. >> steve, ainsley, brian, good morning. absolutely. many trying to take advantage of these next few days as the weather is absolutely going to be better than what we could see later on this week, as hurricane ian approaches the gulf coast of florida. already, hillsborou...

obviously, in the coup attempt and the insurrection. >> importing that i clarify that call was allegedly made by a committee investigator. all those details -- also worth knowing that we don't know many more details including who placed that call, what it was about, word fits in the entire january 6th committee investigation. you today, the biden ministration is going public with a stark warning to russian president vladimir putin over his most recent suggestion that he could potentially deploy nuclear weapons in ukraine. the white house is saying loudly and clearly today that the co...