drop and when the pressure drops, the winds take awhile to respond to the pressure drop and start to really blow up. we know one thing, though, this storm is getting larger in size, which is going to affect more of the state of florida. in fact, tropical storm forced winds are almost a swath of 300 miles and hurricane forced winds are out ward almost 80 miles. again, as the storm continues to move towards florida, it's going to go through some reorganization and we might be seeing the beginning of that now. if you notice the well defined eye, even though we're seeing bright purple, deep convection, it looks like the eye is trying to shrink somewhat. this may be the beginning of an eye wall replacement cycle. these hurricanes can only sustain their strength for so long like spinning a top on a table. after awhile that top will start to wobble. it's a better indication on radar. look at the eye and you'll see bright yellow bands but if you notice a secondary band out and

around the eye some distance away, what happens is once it goes through the eye wall replacement cycle, the eye collapses and we'll watch the convection around it tighten back up like getting strong again. each time it goes through one of these and it can take several hours to do so, it gets stronger and it gets larger. this has enough time unfortunately to go through this cycle before it makes landfall so on a grander scale we're already starting to see some tornado warnings in the everglades right now. they have now posted a tornado watch that will be in effect until 5:00 a.m. that's an extraordinary amount of space and time to deal with that and the problems with the tornados, they're not like in the midwest and plains, they spin without notice, usually ef 1st and ef-2s. there is significant differences, jake, as we mentioned from where it would stall off the coast of the bay and turning to the right and we still could see that happen.

there is plenty of time for this to happen. when you have a change, this is not unusual, a great sigh of relief for some communities but other communities staring heartache in the eye in dire straights. >> how does this shift change how ian will directly impact florida? >> okay. first and foremost, because of the angle of approach, it will be making landfall sooner than we thought 24 hours ago and the landfall may be a difference between 12 and 18 hours because it's further south. because of the angle of approach, it will scape a large portion of dflorida from the southwest to the northeast. remember those tropical storm force winds are out 300. the biggest issue is the surge and rainfall amounts. tampa bay, which was looking at worst caskascaskcase scenario my be on that surge on the south facing coastlines of the bay but then you'll see the bay empty

almost the water levels go down because as it circulates counter clockwise, it will dump that bay out. no, good news for them, however, they're going to be in the heavy rainfall. to the south is where we're seeing a significant difference. first into the bay. this is not what we saw yesterday. so again, those south facing areas still will see a surge. it's down to the south. it's from sarasota down towards veni venice, down toward again port charlotte where we're seeing significant increases several miles inland. of course, we'll talk more about this throughout the night. >> tom sater, thank you so much. nearly 7 million people along the coast including all of tampa bay are facing the risk of life threatening storm surge and hurricane forced winds as high as 129 miles per hour. ryan young reports for us from tampa and how those in the danger zone are preparing for ian's menacing approach. >> we're coming by and letting everybody know you're in a mandatory evacuation situation.

>> reporter: the tampa bay area in the final hours of hurricane preparations, tampa bay police making last ditch efforts to warn residents in flood risk zones to leave now. >> we have to let them know you're in an area you need to evacuate. >> this is not a drill. this is not the time to stay. >> reporter: serious warnings to residents here. this vulnerable area expected to be in the cross hairs of hurricane ian as it barrels toward the west coast of florida. >> we have over 120 miles of coastline just in the city of tampa. >> reporter: at least 2.5 million floridians under various evacuation orders. it's a storm that's predicted to cause water damage like none before it. >> you talk about 10 or 15 inches of rain on top of the surge, that's unprecedented. no infrastructure is built for that. >> reporter: with this hurricane a direct hit isn't necessary to cause flooding. the slow moving storm is predicted off the coast of tampa

bay wednesday evening. >> it's going to be in the rivers, streams, canals, storm water drains and ditches. >> reporter: sandbag locations around tampa close today at 2:00. residents doing what they can before heading out. >> we're late but we are -- we think that if it is a storm surge issue, we will try to seal the openings of the house. >> reporter: former florida congressman jim davis and his wife aren't taking chances. they're prepping their house and getting out. >> i'm not a good gambler and it's a gamble if you don't take it seriously. >> reporter: jake, at 2:00 today, the city stopped giving out the sandbags. so many people were in line to get the sandbags. we saw some lines a mile long. they got ten bags each to try to protect their homes. we wanted to show you something. right here that's happening u no, you can see workers working on the aqua gate there outside tampa general hospital. what they're hoping is by creating that barrier right there, they can stop some of the water from going in to the krill

k -- critical area of the hospital. that's a level one trama center. it's important to have that hospital up and running and there are times that hospital is affected by water. they're taking precautions by putting up the barrier. people are so concerned about storm surge one woman told us today she wants to get out of her mobile home, she doesn't just doesn't know where to go now. she doesn't want to go to a shelter. >> is there increased traffic on the road as people are encouraged to evacuate? >> reporter: absolutely. we were talking to some police officers today that noticed traffic going out of the city, there are people heeding this warning. it's been 100 years since a storm has hit directly in the tampa so people are concerned about the water especially with the ground so saturated at this point. >> ryan young in tampa, thank you. let's bring in barbara hernandez on the phone, she's a communications director for part of the tampa bay area on the west coast of florida. thanks for joining us. this is, obviously, a slow

moving storm and there is concern it could hoover over our area for up to two full days. what might that mean is that your biggest fear right now? >> yes, that is our biggest concern at this time. we are preparing proactively to respond to the storm. it is the first time in over 100 years that we are anticipating a direct hurricane landfall in the county. and so with that comes extensive preparation and coordination with our residents to make sure that people are ready and safe ahead of the storm. >> mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for parts of your county, emergency shelters have been set up. how are those evacuations going? are people leaving? >> we have been very successful getting the message across to our residents and being a highly tourist driven area. we've been working with our tourists and partners to make sure our visitors and guests understand the seriousness of the threat and they have been heeding our advice. >> as always happens, there are

always some people that stick behind and want to brave the storm, they don't want to abandon their home. maybe some of them don't have a car or place to go. are you concerned that there are some people who might not be taking it seriously enough given that your area hasn't been directly hit by a major hurricane in 100 years as you just noted. >> yes, we are very concerned with that. our message to our residents is don't wait, evacuate. if they are under a mandatory evacuation order and if they are not required to evacuate, make sure they are sheltering in place by midnight tonight. again, this is a very serious storm. >> from the state of florida, from the federal to have enough sandbags enough bottled water. >> yes, we had an excellent working relationship with the florida department of emergency management, as a matter of fact

desantis met with us to make sure we have the food, the beverages and water and necessary search and rescue teams deployed and ready to respond as soon as the storm threat is over. >> barbara hernandez, thank you. stay in touch to help shine a light on anything you're not getting from the federal government that you need. appreciate it. ron desantis is expected to give a new update on hurricane ian in a few minutes. we'll bring it live. how russian president vladimir putin can use sham electctions justify using nuclear weapons perhaps and the story of one army veteran biking from nebraska to tennessee. we'll have information on his 600 mile journey. stay with us .

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now in our world lead today was the last day of what many critics are calling a fake election in some occupied areas of ukraine. this week putin will likely declare four partially occupied areas of ukraine to be russian territory. ukraine, the united states and the rest of nato made it clear these sham referendums they're called will lead to sanctions against russia, further sanctions. this is about more than just a land grab. the sham could be used by russia

to claim any of that land that ukraine tries to take back is an attack on russia, which could, that's the fear property up a justification for putin's state of threat of using nuclear weapons. now the u.s. is trying to convince the russian leader that a nuclear war is a war and multiple explosions and seismologists, the pipelines that run under the baltic sea are not currently pumping gas to europe. the timing considering putin's unprovoked war in ukraine in the brink of collapse. this could be an act of sabotage, the white house says it's quote not going to speculate. mom moments and quote will lead to the strongest response.

now to russia, heart wrerchnchi good-byes as russian men get called to serve. ben wedeman brings us to a recent liberated ukrainian town and shows us the horrors that might await these men. we want to warn you some of the images we're about to show you are disturbing. >> reporter: the bodies of dead russian soldiers are scattered around the town killed far from home in what the kremlin chooses to call a special military operation but it's a war by any other name. or to which many more russians will be thrown now that the partial mobilization has begun and who may well meet a similar end. >> this is a bank document found on one of the soldiers. the soldier is from st. petersburg and he was born on the 30th of september, 2001. he died three days before his birthday.

a charred remanence of russian armor scattered around town. out going activity pursues an army once considered one of the most powerful on earth. [ gunshots ]. >> an army that abandoned tanks of plenty, many in working order. dimitri and his crew are tinkering with one such tank fresh from the battle field. it has minimal breakage he says. i can turn it on without any problems. sure enough the motor roars to life. when they run away, they lose not only the tanks but also the ammunition and the next day it's all used against them. this tank is ready to go back into action. it lies north of the donbas region that after a sham referendum vladimir putin plans

to annex to russia. yet, few here have fond memories of life on russia sway. he is cutting sheet metal to put over the windows of his sister's shattered home. there was looting and screaming he calls. they were taking everything. down the road, they are back to what they did throughout the russian occupation just sitting here. they didn't bother us. they found it annoying. nazis, nazis she says. they always ask where are the nazis? the russians have left or lied dead in the dirt, lives wasted or nothing. and jake, just a couple hours

ago this city kharkiv came under missile attack. we counted five very large explosions. one just about five to 600 yards from where we're staying. it knocked out an electrical substation which basically knocked out the electricity in most of this city. in fact, almost pitch black behind us. there is a little generator power. >> reporter: ben wedeman in ukraine. thank you. it is the house race that could theoretically determine which party ends up controlling the democrats taking a big gamble from ultra maga candidate at the gop primary. will it pay off for them or maga? stay with us

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in our politics lead, all eyes are on michigan where a heated congressional race between republican john gibbs and democrat hilary, gibbs' extreme views are raising eyebrows and why democrats could be responsible. >> how is the turnout looking for saturday? >> reporter: hilary is running for michigan's third congressional district. >> this is a critical election. michigan's third congressional district has been noted as one of the districts that could determine who holds the house majority. >> reporter: her opponent is john gibbs. >> my opponent's name happens to be hilary and no matter what,

not another hilary. >> reporter: he's a former trump administration official whose called the results of the 2020 election mathematically impossible. and wrote as a college student in the early 2000s the u.s. suffered as a result of women's suffrage. now insisting it waswas the democratic congressional campaign committee spent about $450,000 on for this ad. >> too conservative for west michigan. >> reporter: the amount is more than gibbs spent on his entire campaign at the time seemingly designed to help gibbs with trump voters and boost him as a weaker candidate in the income bent republican. do you feel gibbs is a much more beatble opponent than myer? >> i wouldn't say that necessarily. at the end of the day, republicans decided who their standard was going to be in this race and they chose mr. gibbs. >> reporter: the dynamic came at

the expense of congressman myer who lost the primary by fewer than 4,000 votes. >> i never expected the other side to as well double down in a cynical ploy to put forward the candidate they think is less electable. >> these are u.s. seats. >> reporter: some democratic voters in the grand rapids area district weren't fans either. >> politics suck. i think that was money that was wasted. tactically, i guess i get it. >> well, it bothered me and i know it bothered others. >> reporter: but some gop voters don't think gibbs is the easier candidate at all appearing at a michigan rally alongside donald trump junior, kellyanne conway and others. tell me about why. >> i think he's very strong and i think he's going to be really hard to beat. >> reporter: many of gibbs supporters feel they lost their country in 2020. >> we are in a civilization that's not so much republican or

democrat, it's crazy versus number l. >> reporter: it's about this. >> it's a referendum on the democratic ideals as a state and nation there is nothing easy about this race. let me tell you. this is going to be a fight to the finish. >> reporter: now, this isn't just happening here in michigan. nationwide democratic aligned groups spent millions of dollars across races in pennsylvania, maryland, colorado to create more at least perceived favofav favorable opponents. they said they would have beaten whoever came out of the gop but nationally, it remains to be seen whether these bets end up paying off or backfiring, jake? >> reporter: jimenez, thank you. we took part of the segment and running an edited version on

twitter. they posted the part where i noted gibbs previous opposition to women voting but cut out the part the dccc contributed to the gibbs' campaign by funding ads. first i'll play what aired on "the lead" and then play how the dccc edited out my words to hide the role they played in boosting him. get this a congressional candidate supported by donald trump by the way whose past writings and associations indicate he's against women voting. we're talking about john gibbs. you might remember him because with financial support from the democratic congressional campaign come mittee we thought he'd be an easier candidate to beat. a congressional candidate supported by donald trump whose past writings and associations indicate he's against women voting. we're talking about john gibbs. >> gibbs is a former trump administration official. >> we just wanted to set the record straight since apparently, the dccc cannot be

counted on to do so. let's discuss. jonah, you have thoughts on this michigan primary and look, it's entirely possible who knows what will happen. it's still a very favorable atmosphere for republican house candidates. it's entirely possible gibbs could win. >> absolutely. i get hardball politics. this is a tactic both parties played many times in the past but there is something different if you say that people like gibbs whose a fringe guy, you know, you're saying that election deniers and maga types pose a threat to democracy, the democracy itself is on the line because if these people get in power, they'll end our 200 plus year experiment with democracy. you should have a little more concern about not helping them get to off and make it easier to get to office. we heard an enormous number of people say how brave representative myer was for voting for impeachment and what a profile and courage it was and yet, when he comes down to

election time, they're like it was courageous but it -- the same people who lament what happened to the republican party are helping purge people like myer from the republican party for hardball cynical political reasons. it's a qualitative difference from normal, you know, pretrump politics and should be condemned. >> david corn is here. i'm sure he has thoughts on extremists politics. you have a new book called "american psychosis, an investigation how the republican party went crazy." where does john gibbs fit into what you document in your book? >> he's in the epilogue for the paper back edition. the book goes over 70 years of republican party exploiting and encouraging far right extremism, racism, bigotry, paranoia, conspiracy theory to show what at the present moment didn't come out of nowhere. there were deep roots. donald trump was not an aberration. he was a continuation and

someways an escalation and so his maga movement, the people out there saying, talking about the big lie and gibbs takes it further as you know. he used to tweet out, this was a cnn story say conspiracy theories about the democrats. he's been deep in this craziness that trump has encouraged and accepted and that the whole party has accepted. you see who is campaigning for him. donald trump junior, kelly an conway. >> not the whole party. >> he's not a republican anymore. >> are you in the a republican? >> i'm not a republican anymore. you say 70 years ago it was about racism. 70 years ago they voted for the civil rights act -- >> by percentage. >> they switched. they gave that up and dumped that because they could get votes from racists. >> i think trump represents more of a break, maybe a psychic break with the past of the republican party than you do. i agree with you that whatever

it is, trump represent as sharp turn from what the republican party should be. >> should be. abby, nbc found an interview that doug mastriano, the republican gubernatorial candidate in pennsylvania did with a radio station wtif in november 2019. mas mastriano says any woman that gets an illegal abortion should be charged with murder. >> that woman that decided to have an abortion, considered an illegal abortion be charged with murder? >> let's go back to the basic question. is that a human being? is that a little boy or girl? if so, it deserves protection under the law? >> so yes? >> yes. >> i think this is what republicans have been trying to run away from but it's been there. there are many people in the republican party who believe that if abortion is murder, that the person, you know, committing the murder ought to be charged with a crime, the problem is that that is not a position that i think is frankly tolerable to

a majority of americans in this country. i mean, just to take the time machine back a little bit. i remember back in the 2016 campaign when one donald trump as a candidate actually said something very similar in an interview and then had to take it back. >> yeah. >> because -- >> matthew. >> because it was so controversial at the time that he suggested women ought to be charged with crimes but today, a doug mast mastriano on the far is a nominee to be the republican party. not just him, there are many republicans that share that view and i think the task of the republican party in the midterms is to try to tamp that down as much as they possibly can. it's just harder now that roe is no longer on the table. >> similar to masstriano in pennsylvania and louisiana there is an abortion ban on the books except for the life of the mother and i was just talking to a gop consoultant there that sad

this was supposed to be the best midterms in awhile up and down the ballot and now, they're basically saying they're screwed because of the fact that abortion is becoming front and center in that state and that the majority of people they believe in that state are not going to be on the side of republicans. >> and that law dates back to what year? isn't it in the 19th century? >> territorial law, right? it wasn't when it was a state. this gets to my point. the republican party can't hide what it is, whether it's wanting -- not everyone but a lot wanting to ban abortion as much as possible or embracing crazy conspiracy theories. donald trump as you covered, you know, embraced qanon a couple days ago. right? fully embraced it. tweets about it. this is crazy conspiracy extremism, i mean, my argument if there is part of the republican dna, not always dominant but now it is highly dominant and it's -- you know, they're trying. they'd like to have the selection think tomorrow before

anything else comes out. >> just from a political perspective, i mean, democrats had wanted going into the cycle to paint republicans as extreme. that job got so much easier once roe was overturned. the abortion issue not all these candidates are running on abortion per se. but they're using abortion as a way in to open up the conversation to voters to say these candidates are too extreme for you and that has been very helpful to democrats even in states where abortion is not necessarily on its own a winning issue in states where there are a lot of other issues, especially the economy, they're painting a wide swath of republicans with an extremist brush in part because of the door opening. >> the chief justice in the supreme court was trying to point to an alternate route for the country when it comes to abortion laws and also, i think, it's fair to say for the republican party, even though that's not officially what he was doing, he wanted to uphold mississippi's 15 week ban. it would ban abortions after 15

weeks which is probably at least -- what do you think about this? >> look, the smartest whatever you think about their policies or personalities, republican politicians like ron desantis and glenn youngkin announced a 15-week cutoff, point and then just stopped talking about abortion and it's worked for them because the 15-week cutoff is actually pretty close to where a lot of american people are. the problem is that the republican party has no muscle memory to talk about abortion in a nuance way because roe took it off the books as a legislative option for 50 years so now you have the biggest goof balls who fill the void, fill the vacuum while the smart republicans are running for cover and not talking about it at all. it is worth pointing out in 2016 you're right, there is an enormous push back against donald trump for saying to punish the mothers which was an idiot thing for him to say.

the most effective push back wasn't from liberals or the media but pro-lifers saying dude, you don't know how to talk about this. this is not what pro-lifers are arguing for. aknow i know a lot of pro-lifers. that i have don't want to prosecute women for having an abortion. i agree there is something called a paranoid style in american politics. i just don't think the republican party is the sole manifestation of it. it's an american problem and i agree that the republican party has a huge problem with the paranoid style now but there are a lot of instances over the last 70 years where the democratic party and liberals are guilty of all sorts of -- >> read the book and then we'll talk. >> i want to get laura's quick take because on monday in arizona. mitch mcconnell appeared with the university -- at the university of louisville with sir kyrsten sinema. listen what mcconnell said about her. >> she is in my view and i've

told her this where the most effective first term senator i've seen in my time in the senate. >> okay. what's going on there? [ laughter ] >> that seems mischievous. >> no, you're -- it is mischievous. mcconnell -- senator sinema and he have a good relationship. she's demonstrated she enjoys being a senator that works frequently with republicans to the dismay of democrats in the senate, to the dismay of a lot of democrats on the ground in arizona so i think we should not be surprised when she faces a primary challenge potentially from house member giago because he's forecasting that from kwen -- frequently. >> t the book available now on amazon.com and even n better, check out your lococal bookstor coming up, a law enforcement official in texas is accused of literally running away from a

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in our national lead, ken paxton is being accused of literally running away from a subpoena according to an affidavit filed in federal court. court documents reveal a process server's attempt to deliver subpoenas that, the service says he saw paxton run out of his house and into a truck being driven by paxton's wife. cnn ed laugh vendn -- ed lev de

d is following the story. >> reporter: this person trying to serve a subpoena showed up in ken paxton's house to serve the papers against the attorney general at his home. according to an affidavit filed in court, this person says angela paxton, who is a state senator that is the a.g.'s wife answered the door and she said that the attorney general was too busy to answer so the man waited outside the home to try to serve the papers a little bit later. then a little while later, he says ken paxton come out of his garage, the man runs up to ken paxton and as soon as according to this document, paxton sees the man with the court documents, paxton runs back inside the house. then a few minutes later, the man says in this court document he sees angela paxton come out of the house, open up several doors to a truck and then ken paxton ran back outside into the truck as this man tried to serve

the court papers there at their home. so quite the scene that was described in these court documents, all of this lasted about 90 minutes and just a few hours ago today, a federal judge in austin, texas quashed the subpoena so ken paxton doesn't have to appear. >> what has the texas attorney general said about this? >> reporter: well, it was quite the statement. initially, he went on a tirade that criticized the media and political opponents for all of this and later on today, he put out a statement that because of perceived threats and threats that he has received, he saw this situation as a threat. we should point out that the man knocked on the door and described himself as someone who is there to serve court papers but paxton in a statement said i took -- i take a number of common sense precautions for me and my family when i'm at home. texans do the same to protenct themselves. he is lucky this situation did not escalate further or necessitate force.

we should point out a couple things, jake, this idea of a perceived threat, many people questioning and wondering why would he send out his wife alone to start the car before they drove off? we've also reached out to local police in mckinney, texas where ken paxton lives. they say during the 90 minutes the man was there, they received no calls f for help at the home. jake? >> ed, thanks so much. why one armymy veteran is biking 1,689 miles from nebraska to washington d.c. we'll tell you his story, next. it's the ultimate business trifecta, with the new iphone 14 pro on us. only from t-mobile for business.

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we call stories not getting enough attention. a cross country bike run to honor fallen u.s. soldiers that fought in afghanistan and raise funds for the survivors. he's lost more troopers to suicides and overdoses than deaths in combat. here's a look into his solemn mission. >> reporter: one mile down, 1,688 to go. for most cyclists, biking cross country would seem like a grueling challenge, but for retired army colonel chris kalinda, it's a solemn mission. >> this bicycle ride is part of that, just respecting their service and sacrifice. >> reporter: in 2007, he led a group of 800 paratroopers in afghanistan on a brutal tour. he lost six men, three of whom i wrote about in my book about the combat outpost. >> their deaths are my

responsibility. i feel that every day. >> reporter: 15 years later, he will bike to each of their graves. to visit them, to honor them, to ensure that they are never forgotten. their names even etched on his bike. >> i want people to know that i'm as flesh and blood ameriamerican i ing -- americans not just names etched in granite. >> reporter: so he rides, for the veterans and scholarship in the names of the fallen soldiers. >> i wanted to do something special. >> reporter: he's raised more than $120,000 so far and counting. but this trek is about the other 794 soldiers in his unit. as of now, he's lost more men to suicide and overdoses than to the insurgents they once battled. >> i like to call it ptsn. post traumatic stress normal. because if you're normal, you

aren't going to be affected by these experiences. people are struggling with belonging and purpose, and we want to get them the resources they need. >> reporter: he's mapped out each mile of his 28-day journey, going to the grave sites and families of sergeant adrian hike, specialist lowell, staff sergeant ryan fritschy, captain david boris, and ending for major john boston. but first, he starts here, in spalding, nebraska, to pay his respects to private first class chris viper, surrounded by his loved ones. >> chris was always on top of it. in a place like afghanistan, when you can count on somebody to always do the right thing, that is absolutely invaluable. >> reporter: and with the cheers and support of new friends, he sets off, determined to follow through on his mission, one pedal stroke at a time.

and let's bring in retired army colonel chris kolenda. you're in des moines right now. how many miles did you complete today? >> thanks for having me, jake. it was 80 miles today, so we visited adrian hike's grave in iowa, and then did 80 miles. joel provided escort with his sister, jenny and i got my videographer, seth, who is not only doing the videos but the site support. i couldn't have done the last 270 miles without them. >> how is the mission going so far? >> so far so good. you know, my butt's a little sore, but i feel good. you know, we keep driving on. yeah, it's -- people ask me like, why are you doing this? you know, there's a lot of things that go on in the

subconscious of course. as i'm pedaling my bike and thinking about this question, it's like, it's love. that's somewhat it's all about. it's love for the six paratroopers from the unit who were killed in action. it's love for the 794 paratroopers and families. many of whom are struggling with post traumatic stress. i was cycling across nebraska to iowa yesterday. going over the missouri river. the missouri is a glacial cut river. when that glacier moves through, it affects all the terrain around it permanently. combat is kind of like a glacier moving through people's lives at a very high speed. and everybody who goes through that is permanently affected by it. and our troopers, who are now entering this sort of mid life

crisis period of their lives, when you combine that with all the post traumatic stress that we all have, they're entering the most dangerous part of their lives. they've had my back for 15 months, and then some. i want everybody to know that we got their back, too. as they enter this dangerous part of their lives. >> chris kolenda, we're going to keep up with your progress and bring our viewers more in the future. thank you for what you're doing. if you at home are interested in supporting his cause, go to honorride.us. donate and read more there. if you or anyone you care about needs toto talk to a a crisi counselor, please text 988. there is love for you, there is help for you. we'll be right back.

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the world's number one chess player, who abruptly withdrew from a match after one move, is now saying that his opponent cheated. magnus carlson made the accusation against hans neimann, seen here on the right. neimann, who has admitted to cheating in the past, denies wrongdoing. while carlson has yet to provide proof, he released a statement saying -- >> our coverage continues now with pamela brown. she's in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." see you tomorrow. happening now. a new forecast warns hurricane ian's winds are threatening a wider area of florida, as the storm is expected to move ashore 44 hours fro