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neil: we are following the storm, not the political one, eric adams in new york, a big one named helene that is zeroing in on the state of florida, could arrive in 7 hours, possibly as a category 4 storm. we are looking at potential repercussions for a region that encompasses 40 million individuals in its direct or indirect path if you go through florida, georgia, south carolina to north carolina, alabama, mississippi. we are on top of that and how the markets are ignoring all of this. there are other factors, optimism about artificial intelligence which is not producing artificial gains from meta-and other big players. they are rocketing. meta looking at its highest level ever coming off of that but that's the story we are going to get into.

on this storm let's go to the fox weather correspondent in florida with the latest. >> reporter: here. we are in the big bend just south of tallahassee, 20 miles to the south in st. mark's. nice little community. a fishing village, we spoke to the owner, this is an area with the highest storm surge potential. 15 to 20 feet. for that reason we have mandatory evacuations. you see nice boats still in the water. these will stay here. it is up to the owners. they threw in an anchor and are hoping for the best. we will go home and prepare for the storm otherwise but there was a lot of movement even yesterday. a lot of votes taken out of the water and to put into a big

shed building warehouse, the problem is when you have four layers of boat stacked on top of one another, if we see a category 4 hurricane, even a category 3 but at this point we are talking of the winds, 120 miles an hour is what we could be dealing with. talk the wind damage we see for that will be knocked over. the damage will be catastrophic as will be the storm surge. it will likely be covered with the deep water, storm surge of 23. i'm about 5 feet, not very tall. when you stack on another 15 feet on top of me, that is what we could see. look down the marina. these boats are likely going to get picked up. we've seen the water rise that many of these peers. the actual polls you see would be covered and submerged into the water. the st. mark's river is a little river that feeds into apalachee bay, the northern part of the gulf of mexico.

helene is a gigantic hurricane and because of how big it is turning over the gulf of mexico, starting to push that water up. we are not at high tide. we are going to low tide but the water is raising. we are talking to a couple boat owners, the marina owner, it's a very organized, methodical preparation. everyone is expected to get out by 8 am, especially closer to the coast, closer to the river. this inundation if it does come to fruition, even inland, go 2. 5 miles, that could be a 10 foot storm surge and four miles in, five miles and we could be talking about considerable surge. the highest point, 9 feet in crawfordville, talking three to four foot storm surge. they want everyone to evacuate, no shelters have been set up,

go to tallahassee, there are shelters there but they are telling people it will be significant in tallahassee. we will see what happens. we have fox weather streaming on fox business tomorrow morning from 4:00 a.m. :00 am to 6 am. i will be here with you as we watch those hurricane force winds likely trying to eject out of the panhandle of florida. neil: please be safe. marissa following all that. to put it in perspective, adam klotz saw this coming, this is a big storm. i was reading an interesting statistic in the florida press that shows hurricane force winds are extending 25 miles from its center. that was as of this morning. it could be much more. if you put it another way and include tropical storm force

winds, they extend 275 miles from the center. put another way, that's 115 miles wider than the florida peninsula at its widest point. a storm that hits one side, in this case, florida, could easily reach and reverberate to the other side of florida and all points north. that is where adam klotz says watch things closely because as far as trying to escape this where do you go to escape? the normal route is go north. might not be that simple. >> reporter: glad you set me up with the size of the storm. that the key factor as we look at what the storm will be doing here over the rest of today and tomorrow as well. here's what we see. if i show you the radar across this region look at the rain across georgia stretching into the carolinas. a lot of impacts will be felt. we've seen some spin up tornadoes. those red boxes across the

florida panhandle, the size of this will be impactful. tornado watches in place. this is where you see a hurricane move on sure. the right side of the tornado brings the ingredients, small spin up tornadoes, we will see them as we watch the storm progress over the next several hours. on top of that in south carolina, how far is that from the storm, currently a flash flood warning in place. far away from where the winds are at their most intense, you talk about those winds, currently, those are contained over the gulf of mexico even though it is a large storm. talk about tropical storm force winds, florida is getting in on it and this storm is still out there. we will be tracking it over the next 7 or 8 hours and ultimately this is making landfall. hurricane warnings are in place from landfall, tallahassee

stretching into georgia but it is tropical storm warnings, larger storm far from the center, you will be feeling tropical storm impacts as it makes its move. it's a fast-moving storm. we see that landfall this evening. winds of 65 miles an hour shy of a hurricane, talking a strong tropical storm moving through the atlanta area friday morning. atlanta is not used to this, huge population center. effects will be felt. here's the storm surge forecast. 20 feet, incredible the winds, one hundred 10 stretching into tallahassee. how would that impact to this area? we expect widespread power outages. with all the wind and rain coming down, atlanta, charlotte, jacksonville on the

other side of the coast expecting power outages to be severe as the storm screams up through georgia through tomorrow. neil: the points north. in the meantime another storm to talk about that involved eric adams who was indicted on bribery, fraud, soliciting campaign donations, responded to that an hour ago. >> it is an unfortunate day and a painful day. inside of all of that, day we finally reveal why for ten months i have gone through this. i look forward to defending myself and defending the people of this city. neil: charlie gasparino was on this and he can update us on what he makes of this and what

other lawyers make of this case which what are you hearing? charles: this is an unofficial survey. i called a bunch of people up on the speed dale. one of the troubling things of this indictment in any quid pro quo, you give and receive. it is hard to find what he received here. it is hard to find what he really gave. he got foreign contributions. the indictment says they were through third-party so they were masked, who knows whether he knew it or not. i'm not condoning that behavior but what did he really give in return? to prosecute something like this, you need a hard and fast

quid pro quo, material value. check with your lawyer. not much being given to the nationals behind those straw donations. i will read the indictment again but that is my initial take. there are smarter lawyers than me. i'm not a lawyer. i've been covering this quid pro quo business for years. this is a key to a lot of these prosecutions particularly white-collar prosecutions. you give, you received. you need both ends here. i'm not saying i condone the activities here but what he is giving seems pretty light. i have been following this case for a long time from the political standpoint.

people close to andrew cuomo believe he is going to run. he has been eyeing this case. it was happening in slow motion. the feds were coming for about a year now. the minute they ask your cell phones, they stop you in the middle of the street. asked the lawyers, the political story is going to be amazing. if he does step down new york city in the interim will be turned over to the most far left politicians use can see, the public advocate is a big soros person. it's going to be pretty interesting from a political standpoint as well. neil: the new york city public advocate would be in that position. it is a mess. thank you very much. that great lawyer i was referring to joins me now. former federal prosecutor constitutional law attorney. a lot of things to unpack here. i'm no expert on quid pro quo

but we know $20 million of donations fell down over the years. a couple cases almost a decade. having said that, what do you think of the magnitude of this case? >> reporter: the doj unveiled a treasure trove, mountain of evidence against mayor adams. the indictment itself lays out a few different categories, just a moment ago you talked bribery, quid pro quo. mayor adams seem to have been getting quite a bit of money in the form of campaign donations from turkish officials that led to him being accused of rushing get to approve the turkish house. a building the turks were building because a president was coming. a pretty direct quid pro quo. more troubling for mayor adams is the fact he was obtaining

donations from straw donations. instead of receiving this straight from foreign entities that had individuals who essentially were allowed to donate smaller amounts give that money and use small donations to execute the matching funds program and through that got 10 million in matching funds from public funds. that's the biggest issue here because there might be issues with that bribery charge and the quid pro quo that went along with it. neil: i was looking at the counts on campaign finance and foreign influence, i am getting way ahead of the legal schemes but how do you see this developing? >> be careful when you look at maximum punishment ranges because it never comes out to that. you have to put it in category of what do the dollar figures

look like and how blake at, tried to make it more difficult for the fbi to access his phone when that was subpoenaed and had to be turned over saying he had forgotten his password so that could be an aggravating factor. this is something you are looking in the years type of category if they can prove this. when you defend these cases there's all sorts of ways to defend it. are there mistakes that were made along the way? the feds will be looking for co-conspirators and others to turn on mayor adams but the defense will try to pick apart those angles. it will come down i think on bribery charges trying to prove the quid pro quo on larger charges, straw donations, something mayor adams had reason to know about or failed to execute in reasonable fashion to what he was certifying.

$100,000 in travel upgrades and travel coordination. you have to show that was done with criminal intent, a lot of pieces to put together. neil: i'm not trying to prepare the cases but the mayor's residence to look at what he had, that sort of thing, similar to what we know federal officials did when going after mar-a-lago and documents and what donald trump had. that's not a routine measure you take when you do something like that but you are cognizant of the fact who you are doing it to. right? >> that's right. when the feds investigate someone it is not normal compared to local prosecutors ever.

they go in full force. they are not going to pull any punches and they've not pulled any punches in this case. mayor adams said he is being targeted because of his attitude toward negative attitude towards the immigration issues his fellow democrats he says quite obviously have caused in new york city and around the nation and alexander cortez called for him to resign. there seems to be animosity within the left. mayor adams is pointing to that. is he being targeted improperly because of their animosity towards his position on immigration. two things can be true. he is being targeted by fellow democrats as an opponent within the party as well as the feds being within their rights to investigate in the manner they have. that feeling of unfairness might resonate as this moves

forward within the internal political fighting of the left. neil: a lot of this predates the mayor becoming mayor before the migrant surge in the city. we have to look at it closely. great having you. appreciate it. be well. in the meantime, ukrainian president zelenskyy had a meeting with president biden today. doesn't look like a meeting with donald trump, not interested in that. the impact of all of that, finland's president in town for the un summit is next.

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president biden will say i am announcing that, directing the department of defense to alligator mating security assistance funding that has been appropriated for ukraine by the end of my term in office. for zelenskyy's part, he says i'm grateful. congress and both parties, republicans and democrats and the american people, major assistance for ukraine totaling $7.9 billion and those sanctions against russia. a key part of $8 billion, more drones. >> the drones have been effective. you made an investment of one. $5 billion immediately in the production of ukrainian drones, that will produce 10,000 drones for ukraine over six months. when used the way we see them use, that's very effective. we want to make sure they have what they need to deal with russian aggression. >> reporter: some republicans

are mad at the ukrainians and zelenskyy. they are launching an investigation why the defense department flew zelenskyy and dod officials to pennsylvania for what republicans are alleging was a follow-up with the democratic governor harris surrogate josh shapiro where they were signing the munitions ukraine will take to use against russia. james comer says that was misuse of taxpayer dollars for political purposes but the the od insists there was no wrongdoing. it was an official stop to see what taxpayer dollars are being spent on. lauren: thank you as always. two meetings with president biden over the last few days but none as he had an unplanned with donald trump. is there friction there? is there a sense of the this could be a different treatment

of ukraine if donald trump gets back into the white house. we are lucky enough to have the president of finland, good to have you. >> thanks for having me. neil: i know you have said that you will continue providing aid for ukraine. you met with president zelenskyy. some of your counterparts in and around nato are not eager to do that. and does that worry you? >> i think it's important for all of us to give steadfast support to ukraine. it's in our national interests and the interests of the united states as well. for a country like finland which has 1340 km of border, one of the largest militaries of europe. we have the capacity continue to help ukraine through 24, now

25 packages. it's important that zelenskyy wins this war. neil: you stood out because you wanted to lift a lot of restrictions on ukraine's long-range strikes on russia and countries that provide governments for them to do so. lennar putin responded that's the kind of stuff that will threaten a nuclear war and he has mentioned that, vladimir putin and the nuclear weapon thing, several times and just the last several weeks. what do you make of that? >> two responses to that. it's important that ukraine does not have to fight this war with one hand tied behind its back. i put myself in the situation, what if we were provided weapons in a war situation and not be allowed to use them for defense purposes within the framework of international law

which letter putin and russia is breaking every day. i think the other general approach we have to keep in mind is the rhetoric and propaganda from russia and vladimir putin is always very strong. the more you threaten with nuclear weapons the less you use them. we should be thankful the global south and china who has usually intervened and said please stop talking about nuclear annihilation. that's very serious. neil: are you worried if donald trump comes in, he's been a critic how long this war has been going on and he has argued he could wrap it up the first day in office. he has since said quickly we don't know how he would do that but how do you feel about that? >> i think the war can win if four conditions are provided. number what is territory for ukraine and zelenskyy to decide.

number 2 is security guarantees. we need to make sure russia will never do this again to ukraine or anyone else. number 3 is justice. we need war criminals and international courts from the russian side. number 4, reconstruction. it is an extremely complex package, but i think it is important to talk about two things simultaneously. one is the peace formula which has 10 points and the second is victory formula. i know donald trump is our transaction a list. he thinks about the interests of the united states and it is in the interests of the united states that ukraine wins this war because otherwise it's a victory for russia and partially to china. neil: i don't know if he sees it that way. he wants this wrapped up and he has good relations with vladimir putin. when you talk about something transactional to your point, some have argued, whether it is

donald trump himself, part of the ceasing of hostilities would be to give vladimir putin the land that he occupies right now would be his to keep so to speak. that there would have to be concessions and you are right to point out that would be up to the ukrainian president but that's the only realistic way to end this and that means this is not going to happen soon. >> i respectfully disagree in the sense that at the end of the day it is all about international law, territorial integrity and sovereignty. it is not right the country with imperialist tendencies like russia uses the power and might to acquire territory from another state. that is why we need strong american leadership. the final point the united states wants to remain and stay as a superpower in this world

in order to do that, it needs alliances and allies and the strongest allies come from europe and that's why american engagement is so important. neil: the fact that we are not hearing that from donald trump or his running mate, jd advances it's not worth the trouble to stay in ukraine, you think that is dangerous talk. >> i don't want to take issue with american domestic politics. all i can say is as president of finland, i will work closely with whoever is chosen as president of the united states, donald trump or kamala harris. the united states is an extra import ally for all of us. are in many ways the protector of the free world and those are the values we need to see, however is chosen, we've seen what american disengagement from the world means.

we saw that before world war i and world war ii and it is important the united states stays engaged and protects, defense, and drives the values it stands for including democracy. neil: mister president, an honor having you, thanks for stopping by, very good having you. >> thank you very much. in the meantime, we get the latest mortgage rate news. they fell again, 30 year fixed-rate mortgage touching 6.08% down from 6.09%. last week in and out of these lows, wall street love these news buoyed by a comeback in tech. and anything having to do with ai after this.

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on the other hand, look at what he plans to do for corporations. this is kamala's plan to get corporate interests in her campaign and she sees mark cuban as spearheading that campaign. almost like the old joke where the guy has to say thank you and give me another. why would corporations want the hits they are going to get from kamala harris? taxes go up, regulations go up. don't get me started on the stock market with individual trade taxes and wealth tax. there are a lot of things in her economic policies that are very anticorporate. howard led nick was on air earlier this morning with maria the head of cantor fitzgerald saying the only reason he is backing kamala is because he wants to be a democrat president.

the democrat version of the donald trump. another billionaire but from the democrat side. that's why he's backing kamala now. that is why mark cuban is backing get kamala. neil: let me ask you this. one thing both candidates, this is a perennial concern, they don't care how they pay for whatever they propose. it's a competition of offering goodies, $25,000 first-time homebuyer giveaways for donald trump but no taxes from tips to overtime. they both had no idea how to pay for it and the debt keeps climbing but no one talks about the debt. >> one of the reasons is no one asks them about it. the national debt is a huge issue. we had two debates and 1/3, the

vice presidential debate and i would bet something, pick the value, the question won't come up they are either and it is top of mind for every american with any sense of fiscal responsibility. the difference between the two candidates is kamala harris believes demand side stimulus helps the economy and donald trump subscribes to the trickle-down economics approach which is to help the supply-side of the economy. that is the cross between them but both of them are adding to the deficit in their policies. neil: it's only money. got to just calm down. we are following this storm, is a part-time florida resident this storm is turning out to be a doozy and propelling a lot of

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it could become ground 0 for helene, governor ron desantis said 7:00 pm tonight and they are looking at substantial winds. this could be a category 4 storm with winds of 156 miles an hour, no way of knowing for sure right now. the status the state is taking any and all precautions. the lieutenant governor of florida, good to have you with us. how are things looking in the state? >> this is intensifying, it's category 2 but it could go to a category 3 or 4. what we are bracing for is catastrophic storm surge, significant wind damage and flooding. all the things that come with a storm of the size and scope and magnitude. we've done what we need to do to prepare on the front end making sure our number one priority is keeping people

safe. our message to floridians as if you are under an evacuation order he'd those orders, the time to do it is now. the window in which you have time to make those decisions is starting to close. we want people to make those decisions now before it gets too difficult and challenging of the weather conditions. neil: last i checked not many were evacuating. maybe they are hoping it passes and is not as severe, maybe numbed into a false sense of reality that hurricane season which was expected to be a doozy has not yet materialized, thank goodness and others are confused where to go. at all points north, that is where the storm is going. >> the entirety of the big bend gulf coast area is under hurricane warnings. what we are doing is encouraging people to follow

local emergency management decisions. we want them to look at floridadisaster.org, partner with uber, transportation to a shelter as well as special needs shelters for those with medical complications. the time to do that is now. you don't have to evacuate hundreds. there's ample opportunity, follow those orders. neil: people are reacting to the possibility of 12 foot storm surge depending on where you are. that is really wild. that could be a real hazard in and of itself, forget the winds, that surge of water is hard to fight. >> that is life-threatening and catastrophic. we are talking to folks, making

sure they are in those areas that are projecting, anywhere the national hurricane center is saying from 12 to 20 feet if you think about that in the context of your own home, that is something you need to run from water. that's our message. hide from wind and run from water. people in that low-lying area, projected areas of storm surge. it is serious and catastrophic and we want them to take it seriously. the message is you can replace your homes, your vehicles, but your lives are irreplaceable. neil: all of the above. he will be busy over the next 24 to 48 hours. the lieutenant governor of the beatable state of florida and it is still very beautiful state, storms notwithstanding. mitch rochelle should know. he loves florida as much as anyone. chief strategy officer. when you look at florida as a place to live permanently or

vacation home, people do factor in i heard about these storms, do they reassess it as a storm like this comes in and say what was i thinking or do they say, all the good with the vibrant business environment, low taxes and all that stuff and say it is worth it? >> one hundred% they do. when i bought my home in 2021 during the summer, florida housing market was on fire and i said to the realtor i was working with that i had a hunch the first named storm that hit florida all the people from the northeast and the midwest and california that were flocking to florida would see that headline and say i forgot about hurricanes and in fact as floridians, don't even use that term because we are superstitious about it. from commercial real estate

side in which i'm involved, investor capital sees these headlines and forgets that it is a threat so it's a major issue and it is compounded by the fact that insurance premiums for properties in florida over the last five years have gone double, triple, quadruple from where they were. it is a major issue, top of mind for homebuyers and investors alike. edward: to glad you raised that. a lot of people are skewing homeowners insurance if they can because it costs so much and they will ride it out on their own. that's a costly proposition. we heard news of a lot of condos and association fees that doubled and tripled through everything that is going on and the boom in florida it self which is left to higher real estate taxes but depending on the county,

substantial real estate taxes. is there a reassessment going on or does the influx outweigh the out flux? >> if you are a homesteader like i am meaning your primary residence is in florida there are protections that prevent your property taxes from going up. the state of florida is a fair value state so if you purchase a home, your property taxes on that home year one are based on the value and property taxes in florida i am not going to lie to the audience are very high. into consideration. a lot of buyers do the math between what are my income taxes in new york versus property taxes in florida? i would rather pay property taxes in florida than income taxes in new york. neil: i would rather be in florida in the winter than anywhere else. that's another thing.

can i get your take, we had mortgage numbers, slight decline, 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 2-year lows again. how is that affecting housing, the booming market in florida? >> i think we are one more tick down in interest rates from reigniting, the market will heat up again especially to my earlier comments once we get to halloween and get out of the storm season, the 30 year fixed is 6%. when i think it has a 5 in front of it you will see two things. people who bought in the last year refinancing like crazy and people sitting at the sidelines waiting for rates to come down, ca rate with a five in front of it as opposed to where it was

headed and this is my window of opportunity and i'm going to jump in. the problem if you get more buyers in the market drives prices up. neil: great catching up with you. a lot more coming up including more on the dow that is rocketing. clem's not a morning person. or a night person. or a...people person. but he is an "i can solve this in 4 different ways" person. and that person... is impossible to replace. you need clem. clem needs benefits. work with principal so we can help you help clem with a retirement and benefits plan that's right for him. let our expertise round out yours.

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