storm as it approaches florida's east coast ever so slowly. >> 5 people have died in that island dorian pummels that island. communities are flattened. coastal areas feeling dorian's wrath.

look at this american flag the ocean. >> we have live team coverage from janice dean tracking the storm's path. griff is live in port st. lucie. is there a change? >> reporter: the outer bands of dorian parked over there bashing the bahamas. we are on the seawall of the indian river and some large waves, the highest wind gusts with 62 miles an hour but that is producing with the king tied coming over breaking the seawall, on the outside hutchison island, mandatory evacuation but this is why

officials are worried about a storm surge, 150 miles away is tropical storm windss, 45 miles out of hurricane winds. should dorian move a little west it is going to make things even worse but flooding, this is the storm surge people are worried about, low-lying areas, a slow-moving storm is going to make it worse. in st. lucie county, the spokesman says he is worried people will get complacent because they keep worrying about a storm. >> we are seeing crews to the state level making sure we have whatever supplies we need to defend when dorian hits us. and continuing to stall off the coast line.

>> reporter: they have 5 shelters, 787 people in it and these waters over the hours could be sustained for most of today into the afternoon. 3 years ago, that track, the flooding areas of low-lying areas, brought so much damage. the majority of deaths occur from water events, not necessarily wind but the wind is picking up a little bit. we are nowhere near hurricane yet. if that comes this way it will get worse. steve: griff, you should get an award for concentrating for what's going on around you. in addition to the high surf. in anticipation of the storm with the outer bands going through right there, you also have the phenomenon of the king tide which has been impacting florida, this is an unusually high, high tide.

so you have got that on top of that. griff: that's right. we are about four hours away from a higher tide. this water is going to get much higher, steve, you are right. are when you go from here all the way up 200 to 300 miles to jacksonville, south carolina and north carolina with matthew a king tide with a storm like this is going to create a water event that no one wants. and officials here, eric gill, talking about saying, listen, if it gets to be worse than it is now, and we fully expect it could, getting to people who are possibly in danger, that is going to be a big challenge. interestingly enough, i talked to the people in the emergency operations center about an hour ago, i said what's the number one call you are getting, what are people talking to you about, they say we are getting phone calls from people asking what the hurricane is doing because they have held off calling so far. they have been patient. but now they want to know what the heck is going on? can they come out.

this is why we are showing it to you. this is why it is not safe to come out from st. lucie county, martin county, and all the way up north when this storm begins to move. you need to listen to officials. it seems like you spared -- dodged a bullet so to speak, but it is still tropical storm winds that janice could talk about may even bring stronger winds as it whips around. we are just feeling the north -- the top right quadrant will begin to give us that outer band whipping. this ain't nothing. it has barely begun and it is going to pick up throughout the day, guys. brian: griff, thanks, we will check back in with you. griff jenkins over in port st. lucie over in the east coast of florida. and i think a lot of people are saying okay, as much as we feared, as much as we are worried, get on with it. we have been worried about this thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday. you are actually asking for the first time that i can remember when it comes to a

hurricane patience. ainsley: because it's been so slow. janice was saying yesterday it was only traveling 1 mile-per-hour. when you look at what happened in the bahamas houses were wiped out. the entire island of new province has been without power extensive flooding. they weren't able to get to the freeport area or that island. teams are going to go to abacos to get there to assess all the damages. steve: keep in mind, while we fix states on the wind speed and it is still a killer, category 3 storm with amazing winds, it's the storm surge that kills people. 90% of the people who die in a hurricane die from the storm surge and that is what former governor, current senator rick scott said last night. >> i always repeat, you know, you can rebuild these houses but you sure can't rebuild a life. we are still going to get a lot of storm surge, 4 to 7 feet. i have been talking to sheriffs, mayors, the national hurricane center

doing everything we can to make sure people are evacuating, if they have been asked to evacuate. and i hope they do it. there is not many hours left as it starts coming a little bit mor coast. i hope everybody takes this seriously and leaves, if they need to and if they can. steve: i was talking to somebody who is in law enforcement in palm beach county, last night on one of the little thin barrier islands, they have been hammering for two days get off the island because of the mandatory evacuation. i asked them last night very late how many people actually evacuated? he said about half. he said now, today, people are going to come out and say see, i told you we didn't have to move. but they should have moved because you are always still in danger. just look at griff's shot right there in port st. lucie. surge. ainsley: i'm from south carolina, everyone is watching this storm. i was talking to janice before. we will talk to her in a minute. definitely going to be hitting that area, south

korea, north carolina, north metal, up into sunset beach and wilmington. if you are in that area, get out. steve: this is still a very powerful category 3. brian: "fox & friends first" co-host jillian mele has been out, too, in florida. she is north where griff is. she is in vero beach. good morning, jill yawnel. jillian: good morning, we have been seeing those wind gusts that everybody has been talking about. heavy bands of rain throughout the morning. we have also seen some power outages, inte intermittent power outages. we have seen a transformer blow earlier this morning. people will have to deal with water is churning this morning. when high tide comes it will be a much different scene out here. already seeing beach erosion. that pipe you can see in the distance that was pretty much completely covered in sand yesterday. just a little bit sticking out. definitely seeing some effects here of the weather as the morning goes on. now, you know, we want to talk about police right now. because police have such an important job in these situations to try to get

people out of their homes when they know they are in danger. watch this. [knocking] all right. do you plan on leaving or? >> i'm staying. >> you are staying? okay. you do understand that the flood levels and everything else through here is extremely dangerous, right? >> um-huh. >> okay. we are under a mandatory evacuation, okay? jillian: we were with police as they were going door to door yesterday. hit really hard in 2004. they told us 25 to 30 people in this one neighborhood alone had to be rescued because of waist deep water in their homes. they don't want that to happen again i. >> we are at the harbor, usually a big flood zone. usually everyone storm will flood a little obviously a hurricane is catastrophic. jillian: where we are standing right now, is there a high likelihood this will be under water. >> yes, yes. there is definitely a high likelihood this will be under water.

jillian: so what steve was talking about just a minute ago, the water is the real devastation here in these storms. obviously the wind can knock out power. obviously that can cause problems for people, but that water, that flooding is something that once you are in the thick of that and if responders can't come get you, then you are stuck. so i would also agree with the sentiment you said earlier, steve, that about 50% of people that's what it seems like here along the coast as well. brian: i thought mandatory evacuations means you have to leave. jillian: you know, police always say we can't force you out of your home but we do our best to make sure people know the dangers they are up against. to make sure people know it is your responsibility and safest bet to get out. you can replace your house and belongings but as police say you cannot replace yourself and they cannot do that for you. awful they can do is tell people to leave and that's what they have been trying to do. ainsley: we hear governors say if you decide to stay you are on your own. steve: because they can't come back to save you.

real quick question, you are there in vero, indian river county. i heard they have locked the bridges. jillian: they did, actually. steve: tell us about that. you are out on the barrier island right now. jillian: so. we stayed inland. they did block the bridges as of last night. we were able to get in here. they are not letting anyone in at this point. we will see how the conditions get if we are able to get off the island. once you are in here and those bridges are closed, you might be stuck in here. so they are not letting anybody in. we saw police out there blocking the bridges earlier. they have those cars lined up at the base of the bridges and you cannot get in or out. if somebody is in an emergency and they need to get out. they will let them out because not gotten to peak yet. but once it's gotten to the peak they will. steve: what will be the peak for florida? janice dean joins us now. janice, it's pretty much where it was 24 hours ago.

janice: 36 hours of battering major hurricane force winds and storm surge and flooding rainfall for the bahamas. the storm is still stationary. it's going through structural changes in term of the eye. and when it does that, the wind field expands. this storm is getting larger. it's going to effect more territory, even if the core of the strongest winds stay offshore. here are some of the winds that we are seeing close to 40 miles per hour at stuart, west palm beach 26 miles per hour. pompano beach 29 miles per hour. seeing those tropical storm force winds 24 miles from the center of the store. about 90 miles offshore. outer bands. potential for not only heavy rain and storm surge and winds but could see the risk for tornadoes as well. that's what happens with tropical system as they

approach land and get closer to landfall which by the way might actually happen in the next 48 to 72 hours. let's take a look at the future radar, this is wednesday, coming very close to coastal georgia, south carolina, and north carolina and this computer model has it very close to brushing, if not making a landfall and then close to the outer banks on friday. still talking about a hurricane, finally moving out to sea on the weekend to the canadian provinces. here is the latest track as of 5:00 a.m. still a category 3. the cone of uncertainty has moved offshore, that's still good news. we don't want people to let their guard down. it's a very large storm. it's still going to bring 4 to 7-foot storm surge along the coast of florida, then into georgia and watch what happens. we were talking about this ainsley earlier on today. major hurricane. the difference between this and matthew is matthew came ashore as a 1. we are towering about, perhaps, a major hurricane or category 2 moving in to

somewhere the border of north or south carolina that's going to do deficit stating things to the low lying areas. steve: you look at north carolina, it looks like it could come ashore around the outer banks. janice: absolutely. that's where it gets dangerous where it comes ashore. i want to show you the storm surge forecast. obviously we are saying 4 to 7 feet. a lot of portions depending on where you live. that's why you have to know what's happening in your neighborhood. do you flood? do you get storm surge? look what happens as we get up towards the carolinas. ainsley: that's all flooding the red colors. >> 8, 9, 10, 11, 12-foot storm surge. steve: it looks like it could be. janice: what do you do? steve: you get out. that's what the governors of those states are saying. steve: obviously talking about florida but we have to look in advance to the carolinas. ainsley: could be flooding.

janice: new a problem with matthew you you will have a huge problem with this storm. ainsley: already trying to protect the dunes on all those beaches too. janice: just two years ago. brian: thank you, janice dean. we have a great roster of guests to bring you everything going on in the world. former secretary of defense legendary marine james mattis will be here live to talk about his book on leadership and so much more. ainsley: we also have georgia's governor brian kemp, he will be on with us. steve: that's right and north carolina governor roy cooper all coming up on "fox & friends" for this special tuesday. in the meantime, jillian, as you saw, was down in vero beach and carley is in with the headline duty. carley? carley: that's right. good morning, guys. we begin with a fox news alert. a scuba diving trip ends in tragedy. a major cloak fire killing 9 peoplkilling25 people and 9 mis. may day call just released and hard to listen to.

>> get on board and unlock the boat so they can get off? you don't have any fire fighting gear at all? no fire. is this the captain? was that all the crew that jumped off. there is no escape hatch for any of the people on board. jillian: lieutenant commanders will join us in a few minutes on the latest on this investigation. also breaking right now, the taliban claims responsibility in a deadly car bombing as the u.s. drafts a peace deal in afghanistan. at least 16 people are dead and nearly 120 are hurt. in the capital city of kabul. the blast coming hours after u.s.s. envoy reached a deal in principle to end america's longest war. it includes withdrawing 5,000 troops within 135 days of the final agreement. there is about 14,000 boots on the ground in afghanistan right now. the fbi now reveals the

texas rampage gunman called the agency's tip line right after he was fired. he did not make any threatening comments but agents claim he was in a long spiral going down before losing his job. the atf says he had failed a gun background check so it's unclear how he got a weapon. one of the seven victims, tammaro written brown was an afghanistan. >> manchin easily won his senate re-election bid next year. now if manchin runs for governor he will face republican incumbent jim justice. those are the headlines. steve: he will make the announcement today. brian: joe manchin a democrat that sometimes acts like a republican and governor justifiable is somebody that was a democrat and is now a republican. west virginia that's going to be a unique battle. 17 minutes now after the

hour. ainsley: hurricane dorian devastating the bahamas, at least five people dead and thousands of homes destroyed and it's about to get worse. brian: storm still stalled over the islands. president of one of the biggest resorts there joins us live with an update next. ♪

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♪ >> the water is by my back door and glass. that height has to be about 20 to 25 feet above sea level. steve: i don't think i would be so calm if that was outside my living room. devastating winds and storm surge wreaking havoc on certain parts of the bahamas as the hurricane, dorian stalled in the same portion swirling overhead like a tornado for over 24 hours. brian: here with an update is graham davis. how would you describe the condition of your island today? >> good morning, yes. i am speaking from nassau in the capital of the bahamas on new providence island. we are very grateful and thankful that the path of

the storm passed north of us by 130 miles. and we are unaffected here at baha mar. the guest employees and the entire community of the providence has been unaffected by the storm. we are very, very thankful and certainly -- i'm sorry? steve: you were very, very lucky. we're looking at some of the devastation from other parts of the bahamas. where was it mostly impacted, graham? >> well, this is a very large country. it's over 100,000 square miles with over 700 islands. and we are located here in the capital of new providence and this is 132 miles to grand bahama island. similar distance to new york city to atlantic city. and the hurricane force winds were and are about 40 miles wide and the

tropical force winds just over 100 miles and we were just outside of that we are getting over the last couple days some rain and certainly some gusty wind, with the occasional tropical storm force winds. but, year all, the entire island new providence has been unaffected. our resort is fully open. the international airport is fully operational, no damages. and really, you know, the bahamian culture here is about family. and we have many associates that have family that have been affected in the abacos and grand bahama. we want to give our sinceris torn along with the employees and will will will will will recalling communities along with all of the communities in the abacos and grand bahama islands. certainly from our

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steve: this is a fox news alert. breaking news out of california, 25 people are dead and 9 still missing after a fire broke out on a scuba boat in southern california near santa barbara. this morning a grim recovery effort underway as chilling distress calls reveal disturbing details about the doomed ship. we do want to warn you this is very troubling to listen to.

ainsley: no escape hatch for any of the people that were on board. u.s. coast guard lieutenant commander matthew kroll joins us with an update. this is so troubling knowing those folks were out there trying to enjoy a scuba trip. was there a bunk bed inside and these passengers asleep and got trapped underneath there. >> first i know that a lot of families are waking up this morning still in disbelief of what happened yesterday. so my heart is with them as we find out more information. as far as what happened, right now our main concern is to get multiple assets on scene. we are still in active search right now. we had crews on scene overnight and continuing this morning looking for any survivors or any signs of life. so that's our number one concern. later we will actually -- we will be digging into and having an investigation to figure out not only what

happened but how it happened so we can prevent these types of incidents in the future. brian: so we understand the crew was experienced. the ship had a great reputation. this whole thing doesn't seem on the surface to be an accident waiting to happen, to say the least. >> no. it's difficult to tell what actually happened. we do know that it happened very quickly, which is why everything escalated and very difficult for people to get off. by the time our crews were on scene the boat was already fully engulfed with flames. we had to put those flames out first before we could get on board. it was a very intense situation faced by multiple crews yesterday morning. steve: conception anchored about 25 miles off of santa cruz island when it caught fire 3:152349 mornin1515 in theg on monday. listening to some of those emergency 911 calls, why were the doors locked? >> so we can't confirm if they were locked or unlocked

at this time. that's going to have to come out in an investigation later on and we will most likely start today and tomorrow as we continue search efforts this morning and into the later morning. steve: we don't know for sure whether or not they were locked. hypothetically why would anybody ever lock those doors on a boat? >> well, a lot of boats have water tight coarse doors just for overall stability and security of the vessel, so that if the doors are open, the boat becomes less stable. a lot of times there are water tight doors. it's unclear at this point where and which doors were hatched -- were locked and which ones were not. that's going to have to come out later. right now our main concern is to keep finding and looking for survivors out there. ainsley: i was reading the captain and four colleagues jumped over and one other crew member and 33 passengers were trapped and had no way to escape. is that accurate? >> that's the information we

are going off of now. the four crew members were rescued very quickly after our boats got on the scene yesterday morning. we continued to search all yesterday morning with no signs of life for survivors. so just a tragic story all around. and our hearts really are still with the family as we get more information on this story. brian: lastly real quick. i heard one exchange they are locked downstairs and one of the operators, emergency operators said can you get back in and get them out? are you concerned about the actions of the crew or did they not have a choice just to jump overboard? >> well, any time there is an accident of this magnitude, we are always concerned about what contributed to the accident. so we will be looking into that. at this point it's just too early to make a decision on what actually happened. so, again that will come out in the investigation as we continue through the next weeks and months into this. brian: gotcha. steve: well, it is a terrible story. joining us from santa barbara this morning

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now. steve: griff jenkins joins us now from port st. lucie in st. lucie county. those sea walls are coming to shore, griff. griff: dorian is 116 miles to our east. these are just the outer bands we are beginning to feel. wind app. had a reading of 162 mile-per-hour gust. officials said they are seeing 41. no doubt it's beginning to pick up a little bit. we are on jensen on the sound side. over to hutchinson island there were manned torely evacuated. some left. some did not. as you can see along this sea wall the storm surge picking up. it's just pounding all morning long. we are seeing these explosions. this sort of surge. the indian river is high right now particularly kind of the king tide.

there are no reports of significant flooding that the county has gotten per my call about 15 minutes ago. but that could increase as this storm begins to grow. this is just one of the early outer bands and the situation now is that people, officials worry that people will get complacent. they will think they dodged a bullet but, yet, a situation like this causes flooding. people may need to be rescued. that's why officials like eric gill the spokesman for st. lucie county says this: listen. >> the winds are going to start picking up much the tropical storm force winds. they need to make those plans now. if they choose to stay, there may become a time where first responders won't be able to go over to the island to get them if there is an emergency. griff: and officials tell me that they have five shelters, about 780 in there now. should you need to get out, you need to get out now. it may be even too late with

the wind picking up, guys. steve: all right. griff jenkins. be safe standing right there on that sea wall. ainsley: let's bring in a former defense secretary general jim mattis. good morning. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. ainsley: what is the role of the military? how do they help in disasters like. this in a situation like this u.s. northern command out of colorado had been tracking this. of course, the governors have the first line of defense or the first line of support for their people. but, there is one official, one military official designated to be the governor's go-between and when the governor goes to fema and fema can't fill something, the military will have troops ready and they are now. steve: general, it's a daunting task. all of the way from south florida right up through the carolinas. there is some suggestion yesterday it could impact portions of new england as well. that's when you need the military. >> well, and you do. the military is ready national guard is ready. if fema needs them, they will be ready. there will be a tank force

truck ready to go with rolling stock. there will be helicopters. ships moved into position offshore. the important thing is they will all be put into portion where they will not be hit by the storm so they don't become part of the problem. they will surround what we anticipate is the impacted area and then move. in. brian: right. it's exciting day for you are not of course the hurricane but your book is out. >> it is. brian: i was looking forward to se seeing you. i know generals don't love publicity tours. calls chaos. lead. where does the title come. >> from when i was a colonel i was i saw chaos written on white board. when i probed him at some length to find out what it meant, he said tongue in cheek the colonel has another outstanding suggestion. that came chaos and i

adopted my call sign from my irreverent troops. brian: did you learn from succeeding and failing or from books. you are famous how you prepare and your love of military history. >> that love of military history is also imposed on you by the marine corps and they are not interested in your mid life crisis. they want you to study. so, it's a combination taught by young ncos when you are a young officer who take you under their charge and then by the senior people later on. ainsley: general, tell us about your book? what's it about? >> it's about leadership. it's about allies. it's about how do you sit the vision as a leader so all your young people right down to the youngest 18-year-olds feel a sense of ownership because once they do, you can delegate the authority for decision-making to them. steve: well, one of the leaders you worked with most recently was the president of the united states. it's called learning to lead. do you talk about working as

defense secretary for donald trump in the book? >> i don't, steve. bing west and i my co-author we began the book in 2013 when some people reminded me i had been very fortunate and they were right. so what you want to do when you get my color hair you pass on the lessons you learned. steve: a lot of people would like to hear about it. from where we sat it looked like a tense relationship. >> no. it wasn't a tense relationship. the president is a forth right man and so am i. i would meet with him weekly. there was nothing going on that i wasn't open with him about. that's the way i deal with my boss anywhere i have ever been. and he was as you know -- steve: because he is the boss, right? >> he was elected by the american people. brian: mr. secretary, a couple things, you said i can't agree with this. i can't agree with the pull out of troops in syria. the report was one of the things you said is have your next secretary of defense be the one to lose to isis. >> i maintain confidentiality, brian, when

i talk with the president. i would just tell you. brian: but you don't back away from that assessment, right? >> well, i was asked to serve. i come from -- i was raised by the greatest generation. steve: you came out of retirement. >> i did. i was enjoying life. when you are asked to serve, republican or democrat, don't start wringing your hands and asking what to do. roll up your sleeves if you are prepared, go to work and do your best. it's very, very simple. ainsley: tell us how you became a general. where did you grow up and your family. >> pacific northwest, a lot of times outdoors. a lot of the times hitchhiking. the draft was on. the idea was we would all have to go at some point. i joined the marines. after a couple years i decided instead of just doing my patriotic duty, i was going to stick around because i loved the troops. i loved their high spirits. i enjoyed the level of commitment. i always felt like i was coequal with every labs

corporal i had because they were as eager to do the job as i was. brian: you made your career. the corps recognizes that's success comes ultimate live from those on the leading edge. this is the reason i felt misgivings upon each promotion. while i could take some of the satisfaction from a i'd met the standard of promotion. i believed i could not do my job well if i lost touch with those on the front lines. >> it was becoming more remote. the real satisfaction for any leader in business, on the -- you need to be out on the shop floor. for a coach out on the playing field. i saw myself as a coach. i wanted to be out on the playing field where the lads are going toe to toe with the enemy. i always was afraid i'm going to become one of those peperfumed princes sitting back in the background. you have to fight that

though. steve: you had the nickname mad dog mattis. we heard you don't like that nickname. >> steve, i don't know where it came from. we were reading the newspaper one day outside of fallujah during a battle there that was very rough. the marines were fighting like the dickens. and we were in a lull. we got newspapers. one of them said where did this come from? he read the mad dog thing for the first time. we all know you are paul science chaos. it must have been a slow news day. steve: are you saying mad dog mattis is something that fake news? >> i won't go that far. i don't know if it's fake news. but it didn't sit well with me. it never has. ainsley: here is another from the book history made by choices made. america is exceptional despite some notable lapses. you have to go a long way to find a country more willing to admit its mistakes, listen to its friends and correct its ways. >> you know, when this town was attacked on 9/11, ainsley, i was fighting very shortly after that in afghanistan.

and joining us were countries like canada and united kingdom. germany and norway. turkey and jordan. australia, new zealand. these allies hadn't been attacked. but their values were attacked. and the values that america stands for, i believe you have to go a very long way to find a country more generous in its nature and supportive of those values. brian: more willing to admit its mistakes. we're not perfect. lastly when you talked about after 9/11, you understand we were actually on the air at the time and we watched those buildings fall. are we wrong or am i wrong to say that i directly link what's happening in afghanistan to our security here at home? that is directly linked and we should keep an eye on that even if you are tired of the war, are you tired of the pentagon burning? are you tired of the buildings falling? are you tired of flight 93 in the middle of shanksville? >> you bring up a grim

reality, brian. terrorism is an ambient threat. it's requesting to be with us. how do we organize with allies to suffocate it is the bottom line. you can declare a war over and want it over but the enemy gets a vote. so i'm 100 percent aligned with how you just described it. brian: there was an announcement that ninth round of talks producing some type of drawdown with the taliban. dolls it concern you? >> well, i try not to talk having parting ways with the administration over matters of policy. we have secretary pompeo. secretary esper. the president who are trying to defend the country. i don't what i call the cheap seats. i don't want to talk from the cheap seattle now and make their job more difficult when we have a million troops out around the world trying to keep this big experiment we call america alive. steve: don't call him mad dog. that is not his call sign. it's chaos. commander chaos. anyway, check out his brand new book. it comes out today. it's calle call sign chaos.

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♪ steve: fox news alert. hurricane dorian devastating the bahamas still at this hour. at least five people now confirmed dead and that monster hurricane is heading toward -- well, we are not exactly sure. ainsley: jeff beyer is the associate administrator fema and recovery he joins us now with an update. good morning, jeff, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. thank you for having us. ainsley: i'm sure you are not getting any sleep and working really hard. what's the latest. >> the latest is hurricane dorian continues to threaten right now florida. but really we are prepared for four states, florida, georgia, south carolina and north carolina. i want to say thank you to the media.

you are doing outstanding job as part of our team getting the warnings out. this is a very slow moving storm. so but we want to keep our citizens' eye on the storm. this has the potential to really devastate not just florida, south carolina and north carolina. steve: that's why we don't know where it is because it's stalled over the bahamas. i was reading in the palm beach post this morning slightly moving toward florida. nonetheless, your job is to have all the emergency stuff ready so now as the stuff -- as the storm appears to be ready to move up our coast, is that what fema does, prepositioning things? you have to move them again up further north as it goes? >> right. and, you know, our main focus is to support our state partners. they are doing outstanding job. we have as the states have about 6,000 guardsman go up and spread between georgia,

south carolina, north carolina. the way we have approached this storm is prepositioned resources from north carolina to florida. we have teams in all the -- in florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, we have water, mres, generators, we have those emergency commodities to fill in the gaps that the state may have. we are also working closely with our private sector to understand the supply chain and what the impacts are to that. bewilwe will be moving slightly to the north. we have resources from north carolina to florida. we will come in behind the storm as well. brian: the question is when, right? so, what do you know so far about this storm that makes it easier or harder because it doesn't seem to move? i mean, we are basically looking at the same storm we were yesterday when we were at this desk? >> you know, that's a very good point. this storm is mentally challenging. we have to have operational and discipline.

we all want to do something. fema, our first responders, we deal with hurricanes. we are ready to, you know, unfortunately if it does hit, we are ready to do something. right now it's making sure that we have all of our planners and preparations in order. our communications and coordination with our states are in order. and the waiting game can hurt us because our citizens may lose focus on the, you know, potential impacts of this storm can bring. ainsley: jeff, thank you so much. >> yes, ma'am. thank you very much. ainsley: you are welcome. georgia's governor brian kemp is ordering mandatory evacuation in his state ahead of dorian's arrival. and the governor is going to join us live next. brian: and what is it like to fly into a storm like this? hurricane hunters just finished a 10-hour mission. the flight director gist us an insid --gives us an inside l. that story is coming up.

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brian: hurricane dorian now a category 3 storm as it approaches florida's east coast. at least five people have died in the bahamas after dorian pummeled the island for more than 24 hours and it continues. turning roads into rivers as you see. steve: look at this entire community flattened and massive trees ripped from their roots. ainsley: coastal areas in florida already feeling dorian's wrath. take a look at this american flag that is in the ocean now still standing. steve: that's right. i believe that marks where there was a sunken ship. we have live team coverage on this tuesday morning. jillian mele is live in vero beach and griff jenkins is live in port st. louisy, florida. meteorologist janice dean is here tracking the storm's path. we will start with griff who is along the sea wall in port st. louisy. griff: yeah. good morning, steve.

we are at port st. louisy. we are along the indian river on the sea wall. the river is rising. across from us is hutchison island a very popular resort area it. has been evacuated because of the fear of what you are seeing now which are the outer bands of dorian. this is 116 miles away of the center of dorian from where we are. tropical storm winds from any hurricane extend out about 150. but 45 miles out and you get hurricane winds. so the position of dorian will matter greatly to these people here. let me show you the sea wall. you are seeing an already high indian river because of the king tide just pounding on it. and a bridge or a dock, if you will beyond that. a few boats have been mored here as well. they are really starting to get pounded. there is a real fear on behalf of the officials here in st. lucie that they can see a storm surge if this is going to go on for hours, particularly as dorian seems

to be moving so slowly and stagnant. here is eric gill, the spokesman for the county talking about his concerns, listen. >> now some of our concerns are storm surge and heavy rains. we have 21 miles of barrier island and coastal areas. we have seen some surf wash out not from this storm but this previous storms wash out the doom line and take out roads and bridges on a 1 a. griff: what's very different from other hurricanes i have covered, of course, dorian, still, but port st. lucie in martin county and the surrounding indian counties. it's unbelievable the preparation they have done. we have hundreds of electric trucks, linemen ready to go. situations like this. let me tell you the real concern of officials. that is they are going to see in the news that dorian is going to move on and get out of the way. as you see these bands just stuarting to come through, this is suspected to sustain for of much of the day. more rain coming down from

the north, moving south means could see some flooding and you can see some downed trees. some downed power lines. so while you are under a mandatory evacuation, realize it's still dangerous out here. we are trying to show you the danger. and that is the importance of the officials that people will get complacent and think it's safe to go out. it's not yet. listen to your local officials and news reports, guys. steve: that's right. griff, yesterday, you were on palm beach on that barrier island. i was reading that apparently they closed the island to only local residents. they had to show the i.d. because they didn't want sightseers there when you were in palm beach yesterday and i saw jupiter on one of those tower cams as well so many people out there because of the outer bands and surf they were actually surfing there. have you seen anybody out there at port st. lucie just eyeballing it thinking, you know, this is a good day to go surfing like they did

yesterday? >> you know, steve, i appreciate that question. i'm a lifelong surfer. many of our viewers know that. there are people surfing from miami all the way to jacksonville. here's the deal. this is serious water. and it is dangerous. and on the local radio here, we have been listening and each county we go to tune in to local radio surfers please stay out of the water. you don't have lifeguards stood up on beaches. we have left labor day. water rescues are incredibly different with the kind of tide you are seeing. we did see surfers yesterday. i was with one. his name is jason. we were on hutchison island. we will try to get out there and see his standpoint. he is a lifeguard and waterman over there and he shares that very concern is that some people might get a little bit of confidence, see it's a good wave but not storming and try to give it a go. for all the would-be surfers out there.

this is dangerous water. don't do it. brian: griff, what is it like when you first got there? how is what we are seeing different now from what i see every day if i was there? >> well, it feels like a tropical storm, brian. you know, it's picking up and starting -- since i have been talking to you it lulled a little bit. what is going to feel different than any sort of south florida storm is dorian is so big and those bands are going to theoretically get a little bit stronger because you are going to get the top right strong quadrant, the dirty side if you will. we will not see here. see the bands keep slinging it. and that's going to bring an inordinate amount of water. that will be more than your average rainstorm that might be passing through. ainsley: griff, you always find a story. thank you for these incredible images. how does this compare to any other storms that you have covered? >> you know, ainsley, i will tell you, i have never had a storm where we were trying

to wait the local officials here said it's like groundhog day you keep waiting for the storm to come. and it looks like fortunately for the folks in southeastern, florida they are going to dodge it. this is certainly not what we have ever seen. in 2005 wilma stalled, if you remember, over the mexican, yucatan peninsula and just unleashed and devastated that area. part of what is going to be this big story are those images we will get out of the bahamas. because they have never seen anything like that. i have a lot of friends who spent time over there and they say that it is something that the history books will never forget. steve: that's right. because it set records as a category 5, this storm did, over the bahamas. and as, you know, it moves out, we will start to see some of those images. griff, thank you very much for the live report from port st. louisy, florida. brian: jillian mele is also out. the last time we saw her it was kind of dark. now the sun is coming up. i hear the winds, jillian.

what else can you tell us? jillian: windy earlier this morning, brian, ainsley and steve. gust us of 30 plus miles per hour. i bet it's stronger right now. i will check in with janice. we made our way down to the beach. we have been getting comments from viewers on social media don't put yourself at risk. we are on the beach. high tide is coming up in the next few hours. this will be completely covered. this yesterday what i wanted to point out. you can see this pipe. this was pretty much covered in sand yesterday. so you can get a good idea of the erosion that we're talking about here. just in the last 24 hours. now, take a look over there, i heard you guys wondering if the american flag was still out there. it's placed on that shipwreck. we talked about that yesterday. it is still out there flying. that is certainly a good sign. a lot of people who have lived in this area for a long time that a staple. that is a part of their landscape. everyone loaves seeing it. we hope it weathers the storm.

we'll went out with local police officers here in vero beach as they went door to door trying to get people out of the mandatory evacuation zones. those people who were still staying there. listen to this. >> i have got a couple kids away at school up at florida state. my wife, she took off. she is out of town up in tennessee. i have several officers that i work with that they have family in town. children at home. wives at home that they ride out the storm. this is what we sign up for. our main job is public safety. and we are here. jillian: so that was a lieutenant who was with us yesterday as we went door to door. you know, he was just talking about the harm that the police officers and the rescue officials are in when they are riding out these storms. they are here as you know to make sure the public is safe. people stay. if the storm gets bad enough, they can't get out some times. police are still warning people there is still time this morning. as you can see the storm is

picking up. waves churning in the ocean. there is time for you to get out. steve: indeed. stay safe. social media is right. janice, it's pretty much exactly where it was yesterday. janice: yep. steve: that's troubling it's like is it going to go? ainsley: where is it going to hit? janice: it's going to move northward we are confident of that the center of the storm, the worse of the hurricane force winds will stay offshore of florida and of georgia. now my concern is the carolinas. because the best chance of a landfall is going to be thursday, friday, into north or south carolina. so that's where i'm a little concerned. still stationary and the storm is going through structural changes. it's going through an eye wall replacement cycle which means it's trying to get stronger, because of that the winds rex anding. tropical storm force winds now 160 miles away from the center of the storm. this is going to be a huge storm. it's going to -- even if the core of the strongest winds

stay offshore, we are still going to be seeing the potential of 5 to 7-foot storm surge along florida and georgia. and then up to 12-foot storm surge in parts of the carolinas depends on where the storm makes impact. so here's the latest track. still a major hurricane by the way as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours. it will start to lift. we are starting to get that weakness, the trough is moving in and see this pull northward after 36 hours in the same place battering the northwestern bahamas and then as you can see friday -- thursday and friday the closest we get to potential impact or landfall and that's my concern. basically, if you were affected by matthew two years ago, you are going to be affected by this storm system. by the way some of these areas haven't even recovered from hurricane florence. people are still in trailers. so this is going to be a big deal obviously if the storm moves a little bit more towards the shore as we get into the carolinas.

here's the european gfs model. both very reliable. the core of the storm stays offshore of florida and georgia. look what happens in friday. pretty good agreement along the coast of south carolina and north carolina ha hattoras. steve: especially those barrier islands. ainsley: growing up in south carolina we are used to it. we prepare for it. my sister says i am bringing people from north carolina. they are having to drive two hours to columbia inland and catch a flight there. janice: if you have been through this before you know hopefully what to do. steve: luckily with the forecast we have a couple days notice. janice: we do. brian: not just the weather people. it's not just fema that's out and about. it's not just the cops and firefighters. they are asked to contribute to the evacuation.

a lot of times the military is, especially the national guard. a little bit earlier general james mattis who has a great book out call sign chaos talked about how the military is asked to act in times like. this the military is ready the national guard is ready. if fema needs them they will be ready there will be a task force truck ready to go with rolling stock. there will be helicopters. ships moved into position offshore. the important thing is they will all be put into positions where they are not going to be hit by the storm so they don't become parted of the problem. they will surround what we had anticipate the impacted area and move in. steve: and as we just heard from one of the people from fema h.q., they have already prepositioned things out of the way in the state of florida and georgia and south and north carolina as well. so, the government and the military ready. ainsley: when general mattis

was here. we had a chance to ask him about the relationship and working with the president. this somewhat he had to say. >> it tense relationship. president is a forth right man and so am i. i would meet with him weekly. there was nothing going on that i wasn't open with him about. that's the way i deal with my boss. anywhere i have ever been. and he was. steve: because he is the boss, right? >> he was elected by the american people. i was asked to serve. and i come from -- i was raised by the greatest generation. but when you are asked to serve, republican or democrat, don't start ringing your hands and asking what to do. roll up your sleeves, if you are prepared, go to work and do your best. steve: one of the other things he told us as he was leaving, we were talking about how much of the stuff did we read in the news that was inaccurate? and he said a lot of it. he said that stuff about i'm the only grown up i room. i don't know where that came from. that was not true. ainsley: the president has praised him in the past he said when he asked him to join his administration he immediately said yes without hesitation. where some of the others had

to think about and it talk to his their wives. steve: he was coming out of retirement. had a nice retirement. if they give mee the waiver i will do it and did he it. brian: he got 87% of what he wanted for the military and well underway of being totally rebuilt under his command. bipartisan support for his request. people didn't look at him as a political figure. a big checkmark on his side. it worked for everybody. barack obama fired him. so for those people who want -- want general mat tis to criticize president trump. he didn't criticize the guy who fired him let alone the guy he served for three years. it's not going to happen. ainsley: i respect him for that we asked him about the relationship of the president he said i'm not going to monday morning back. quarterback back. brian: they are going to try to get him to take on the president, every one of his stops. they will make headlines that are inaccurate. trust me.

he has -- he is not going to say anything about the president. that's not the marine creed dough. ainsley: he will be on brian's radio show. hold it up, brian. if you want to buy it call sign chaos. nice. steve: carley joins us with a fox news alert. carley: that's right, good morning, guys. we begin with a scuba diving trip ends in tragedy. a massive boat fire killing 25 people in california. 9 others are still missing. passengers were sleeping in this small room below deck with only one staircase in and out making an escape nearly impossible. lieutenant commanders matthew kroll joined us earlier as investigators try to determine what started that fire. >> it's difficult to tell what actually happened. we do know it happened very quickly. which is why things escalated and difficult to get off. by the time our flames.

carley: police are interviewing five crew members. the fbi receilings the texas rampage the agency's tip line right after he was fired. now, he did not make any threatening comments but agents claim he was in a long spiral going down before losing his job. the atf said he had failed a gun background check. unclear how he got a weapon. one of the seven victims camryn brown was an afghanistan war veteran. a deadly labor day week in chicago. at least 8 people, including a 15-year-old boy shot and killed in the city. 35 more were injured according to the "chicago sun times." at least 1800 people have been shot in chicago this year alone. right now vice president mike pence is meeting with the prime minister of ireland. earlier he spoke with the presidents of the country committing to maintaining peace and stacketd in ireland amid potential brexit deal. pence will meet with boris

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♪ steve: a fox news alert. the time to get out is now. that warning from the governor of georgia. now ordering a mandatory evacuation for multiple counties as a hurricane watch is now in effect for the entire georgia coach. ainsley: georgia's governor brian kemp joins us now with yo, governor. >> good morning. ainsley: what are the biggest concern for your state. >> right now the storm is so slow-moving. we are still worried it may move in a direction that would not be good for us. nobody is really predicting that right now. we are taking the better safe than sorry attitude. regardless of that, we are still going to experience heavy winds, certainly with the tides. the way they are prior to the storm getting here. we are going to see probably

severe flooding, certainly a storm surge, beach erosion. what worries me especially for our barrier islands, if we getting flooding across our causeways we won't be able to get emergency vehicles on or off any of those islands and that's why we ordered the evacuation. brian: you must be saying to myself how did this become my problem? in the beginning it looks like a caribbean, florida problem. when did you become aware this was going to be a georgia problem? >> i think georgia is in a unique position. i told people yesterday when i was down on the coast i feel like we are the traffic light because we have got the storm with people from florida coming through georgia. people from south carolina are coming to georgia to get on our interstates to evacuate. plus we have got our own people we have got to move. we are being very dill janet about the traffic as well. we start contra flow on i-16 westbound probably right now or certain live by 8:00 this morning.

which i think will help with our visitors and our folks moving to safer areas. you know, this storm is massive. and we can't, you know, we have to be cautious. it's already turned deadly. and it's just something that we have got to be prepared for and we are. i know you mentioned the national guard earlier. our guard is ready. we have got folks in training status right now. i was visiting with a local emergency management agencies yesterday. we had our state operations center up and running. i have been in touch with governor mcmasters an desantis as well as the president. fema folks, we are ready. steve: if folks have forgotten georgia is the next state north of florida. i'm looking at the hurricane watches and warnings. you have a watch from the south carolina line down through saint. >> sea island which i have been to many times. a hurricane warning goes

down through the florida line. governor, places like the low lying areas of saint thames island and sea island. so close to see level. i know you are worried about a storm surge of 3 to 6 feet, that's a concern for all those people there and plus it's going to chew up the beaches. >> that's right. when we choppered yesterday from savanna down to brunswick for our second stop. we went over a lot of those low lying areas. it was three hours before the tide got the full high tide. and the water was already coming out of the banks into the marches, jus march mashes bf the tide cycle we're in. worse time for us to have a storm right now. that's why we are so concerned. steve: governor brian kemp joining us from atlanta. we know you are very busy, sir. thank you for joining us. >> have a great day. ainsley: 22 minutes after the top of the story. another big story we are following. 25 people are dead in a boat

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ainsley: we are back with a fox news alert. a scuba b trip ends in tragedy. steve: a boat fire has killed 25 people and nine others still missing at this hour. brian: todd piro joins us with the haunting dispatch audio. todd: good morning. may day call from the coast guard beyond who are riske. take a listen. >> may day, may day, may day.

listen.ed ited it just horrible when fire broke out yesterday morning. quickly, call conception on a three day scuba excursion off the southern california coast. passengers sleeping in this small room below deck with only one staircase in and out. making an escape nearly impossible. the tight quarters expected on most boats to save space filling with smoke, making it hard to see. so far 25 bodies have been located. 20 of them recovered. those other five unable to be recovered because of unsafe conditions under the boat. all of the search for why this happened is just beginning. police have interviewed five crew members who survived.

it's unclear though what efforts they made to help the passengers. just one of so many questions we all have on this horrific tragedy. steve, ainsley, and brian. steve: todd, thank you so much. just trying to figure it out. brian: let's go to this story. incredible footage from inside the storm we have been tracking. ainsley: hurricane hunters completing a 10-hour mission through the eye of hurricane dorian as it unleaderboard the devastating winds down on the bahamas. steve: this shot capturing what scientists call the stadium effect which happens in very strong hurricanes. brian: joining us right now. steve: right there is the stadium effect. brian: hunter flight director richard henning who was flying directly above the storm. right now, richard, i understand that you are right near dorian? >> yes, sir. that's correct. in fact, i'm seeing the eye on radar very clearly. we do have some good news. that is that when hurricane

dorian was at its peak intensity at category 5 storm, we had an eye wall that was about 12 miles in diameter that was like the best way to describe it was a buzz saw. just incredibly intense contact eye wall. and we do not have that any longer. it's expanded out to about 35 miles in diameter now. it's rather ragged and poorly organized. and so, as a result, the pressure inside the eye right now is about 40 millibars higher than when it was at peak intensity. it's gone from about 910 millibars to 950 millibars. and what that translates to everybody is that the storm has weakened considerably. it is still a major hurricane. it is still 120 mile-per-hour storm but it's not that 185 mile-per-hour monster that you had a couple of days ago.

ainsley: that's good news for the folks on the coast. richard, everyone is wondering clearly a very dangerous job, why do you do this? >> well, i have been flying hurricanes for 24 years as a meteorologist, it's about the best job in the world to be honest with way to get this kind of detailed information. satellites are wonderful. computer models are wonderful. but to get the very best, most detailed data, most accurate data about the inside of the storm you have to fly aircraft into it. and that's what we do with noaa. we have a along high altitude gulf stream jet i'm in now. steve: you are talking about the one that goes right through it. and you are that gulf stream that goes above it. how exactly are you able to take all these measurements? are the gizmos and

instruments on the outside of the plane? or do you, does it involve weather balloon like devices? >> it's a combination of all of that. we have a microwave radiometer that being lows down at the ocean and measure how much is coming up from the ocean surface and that translates into wind speed. we also drop instrument packages that fall by parachute down into the eye wall, measuring the maximum winds. we also drop one of those instruments right in the middle of the eye to get you the very best information on the pressure inside the eye. right before that instrument splashes in the ocean, it transmits the pressure back to the aircraft. we get that data to the national hurricane center and you see it within a few minutes. steve: richard, i have a question for you. as flying over the eye and you are able to look down on the bahamas, what kind of devastation have you seen?

>> we have not been able to see the actual devastation on the island. so, and i'm not sure i would want to look at that it's a horrible situation down there. but, no. we cannot see that from our altitudes. brian: can you tell why it's moving so slow? >> well, it's lost all of its steering current. it basically has nothing to push it along right now. forecast from the hurricane center is that those current fers will pick up over the next 24 hours and it will begin a very slow trek towards the north-northwest. hopefully staying about 60 miles or so off the coast of florida. but everybody in its path, everybody along the coastal florida from cape canaveral all the way up to the south carolina and georgia borders pay very close attention to the storm. ainsley: thank you, richard.

dan bongino lives in parts of florida parts of the neighborhood closes as hurricane dorian closes in. he will join us next. doug, doug!

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ainsley: take a look at this video of the after mawrst. aftermath. powerful winds and heavy rain destroying that house right there. brian: police telling residents to get out now. >> residents are strongly urged to follow the evacuation order. all evacuation orders identified. brian: weep have live team coverage this morning. ellison barber is live in west palm beach where they are still awaiting landfall if any on this hurricane. we begin with griff jenkins is port st. louisy. hey, griff, still see some angry water. griff: that's right, brian, ainsley, and steve. good morning, guys. let me give you a look on sea wall. this is jensen area. this is the indian river, very high because of the king tide of course high because they are getting a lot of rain. but as you see, it's just crushed into this wall. we got our last reading on our wind app. at about 55 miles per hour. imagine for a moment what

220 miles an hour feels like hour after hour. the definition of a cat 5 hurricane is catastrophic damage will happen and that is why the bahamas got beat up so bad. we are 116 miles where i am standing from the center of dorian right now. and what you are seeing are the outerbands, tropical storm force winds that are starting to come down. because dorian is not going anywhere in a hurry, that is why it is going to continue to be a problem. including storm surge as well. the officials concerned that people will become too comfortable that the storm is not going to hit them full on. as you can see the danger is out here. here is the probationman for st. lucie county listen. >> we have been staging crews from you partners all the way up to the state level getting ready for the storm, making sure we have whatever supplies we may need if and when dorian hits

us as the county administrator made earlier briefing kind of like groundhog day. keep waking up and it is continuing to stall off our coast line. griff: this the is intercoastal side. if you come this way across this, this is hutchison island, the barrier island over there in the distance. we are just getting enough light where can you finally see it. they had a mandatory evacuation. most left but some stayed behind. we talked to them. now, what they are concerned about is that if flooding should occur, if storm surge comes from this storm, on hutchison island, that would be one of the areas where the people did not evacuate would then probably have to be rescued. that's why the officials don't want that. that barrier island, as many do, have very narrow parts between sound side and the atlantic ocean. that is the flooding areas that they are most worried about. although officials tell me this morning right now they have no widespread reports of any flooding.

but it's early. and as you can see. it's continuing to come in. we will monitor the situation for you. guys? steve: all right. griff jenkins live in port st. lucie. jensen beach. griff, thank you very much. griff, yesterday was in palm beach. ellison barber is in west palm beach. and i believe palm beach is behind you. ellison, i was reading this morning in the palm beach post that apparently last night at 5:00 they only allowed local residents in palm beach on the island because they didn't want anybody sightseeing or any other problems. >> yeah. that's right. we were over there this morning. the police are still on the other side of the bridge blocking access to get over to palm beach. obviously there are various places in palm beach county where evacuations are mandatory and a lot of people have left the area. as we have been here over the past couple of days we have seen people venturing down the beaches in areas where they are not supposed to be, and we have seen police officers get

frustrated trying to get people off the beach. but you can see where we are now, not a lot of strong winds and not a lot of rain. that has led to some people feeling a little more confident, a little more comfortable venturing out. but the national weather service has issued an advisory this morning. hurricane watch advisory for coastal palm beach county. and then in inland palm beach county as well as coastal palm beach county there are still tropical storm warnings. but, you can see really there is not a whole lot happening here right now. officials here in west palm beach are concerned that perhaps the slowness of some of the effects being felt here could cause people to let their guards down. , steve, ainsley, brian? steve: all right. ellison barber live in west palm beach. thank you very much. ainsley: let's bring in dan bongino, former secret service agent and author of "spy gate, the attempted sabotage of donald j. trump." good morning, dan, thanks

for being with us. >> sure. good to be here with you. ainsley: what's going on in your area. where do you live in reference to where we saw ellison and west palm beach. >> i'm between them both ellison and griff. if you were to draw a line i'm about halfway between the both of them. i'm north of palm beach and south of where griff is. but hutchison island where he was pointing, to i have a place over on the other side of that on sowell's. they had a lit bit of flooding sowell's point on the roads that shut down a couple of the roads yesterday. down here it's really just been sporadic. it hasn't been that bad the conditions in palm city where i am now. this is obviously my home studio. we are all boarded up. i adistrict a lot of that to the preparedness. you have to remember we didn't have a hurricane down here for about 10 years. aftermath to you that and issue that. everybody has the process down. everybody was ready. >> dan, one of the problems

is, i was talking to law enforcement in the jupiter area last night, and they were telling me that mandatory evacuation for jupiter island and yet about half the people didn't leave. and the problem is because they get complacent we will wait and see how it goes whether or not this storm takes -- goes in. you're former law enforcement. it's frustrating to you because if they ever get stuck, and some day they could get stuck, it's your job to try to save them but it's above 50 miles per hour, you can't endanger yourself to go save their lives. >> yeah. i get it's inconvenience to go. you said it correctly, steve, these storms down here -- here is from being a resident down here, you know, steve, you live in a place you know this as well. i'm probably preaching to the choir. aftermath to you that and irma where the conditions were pretty catastrophic.

they were both serious storms. i'm talking about on the east coast. irma had very serious effects on the gulf coast. florida is a very big place. it's just human nature to say well, matthew, it was supposed to happen and it didn't and irma. the relate is back in 2004, 2005, forgive me for getting the year wrong. they had two that hit the east coast francis and jean. my old neighbor will tell it you was no pleasurable experience to live through. i know it's an inconvenience to go. i can't. i have to work down here. i don't have a choice. most people do. of my wife evacuated during irma and happy she did so because it missed us. brian: so schools are closed? >> yeah. they are closed down here. i will just say the infrastructure down here very well prepared. aftermath to you that and irma there were no lines in the grocery store. couple here and there. but this state has the system down and state and local officials did a really good job.

steve: close hospitals, 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities evacuated. ainsley: did the miami airport stay open? my sister was trying to get out of charleston. the flights were sending her down to miami and then up to new york. i said that can't be right. >> fort lauderdale cancelled a ton of flights. i think it was 540. palm beach by me pbi had stopped monday and obviously orlando. i'm n sure about miami given it was out of the cone maybe they stayed open. ainsley: maybe they did. brian: thanks dan bongino. ainsley: glad you are safe. brian: millions of people are in dorian's path. how will the military respond once the storm hits? former army ranger sean parnell not only will he be here live? he has a brand new book out today. we will discuss that as well. ♪ ♪ is just a button.

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charged in connection with a shooting that left three people dead in ohio. a security scare sent passengers running for their lives on to an airport tarmac. a panicked airline worker telling people to evacuate after speaking with to men she considered suspicious. >> passengers abandoning luggage and running for the exit at newark airport right outside of new york city. the men that sparked the scare have been questioned. the airport says there was no threat. but clearly a very scary situation. steve: carley, thank you. a fox news alert. hurricane dorian closing in on the east coast as it leaves catastrophic damage in its wake in the bahamas. so what should be the military's response in situations like these? brian: here with more is retired united states army infantry captain sean

parnell pumped up today. he should be. his book is out. all out war another novel based on your experiences in battle, right? >> i'm excited to be here. i can't believe 485 days surviving 485 days in combat being wounded. having 82% of my platoon wounded i never thought i would be home. now i get to write for a living and it's a dream come true. steve: it is indeed. we will talk about the book in a minute. when it comes to a natural disaster like this. and a natural disaster really because the assets of the country are focused ons, while the states are running things local law enforcement, the reserves, the army corps, it all comes together in situations like this. >> yeah. there is it. the u.s. military in general stands ready to help civilians all over the world at a moment's notice. and what i find so interesting and what a lot of people don't know when you raise your right hand and take that oath it's for life you have the u.s.

military poised for disaster response all around the world. >> but you also have people out uniform like team rubicon 100,000 volunteers poised and ready to help with this hurricane. brian: who have military background. >> who have military background. what i remember about speaking about my experience and my time in afghanistan in 2006 our mission was to disclose and destroy the enemy. we did it. we accomplished that mission. but, a large component of our mission was also supporting the civilians there. brian: sure. >> food, water, drilling wells. humanitarian assistance. building schools for little girls so they could learn to read. the u.s. military and our veterans thrive. there are a lot of similarities between disaster areas and serving in a combat zone. one of which is chaos. and lack of information. and our u.s. military and our veterans thrive in situations like that. ainsley: well, we appreciate everything that the military does. and, sean, have you written your second novel. tell us about it. >> i know. ainsley: this one out today "all out war." >> out today.

this novel, basically i came back. you all "fox & friends" and "fox & friends" audience. ainsley: the viewers. >> launched my career in writing. came back from afghanistan. that book gave me an opportunity to do great things. i threw myself in dedicating my life with helping veterans and first responders and their families. i realized right there what a significant gap there was between people that defend freedom on a day-to-day basis and people that enjoy it. so i started trying to war game ideas how could i help bridge that cultural divide? what about mainstream fiction? so i wrote eric steele the main character in this book in the image of my soldiers ohio witnessed. the most diverse group of men you could possibly imagine the greatest times of the human spirit heroic. the thought this country deserved a hero that loved this country that honored, that duty, honor, integrity, he embodies those great aspects that my soldiers and the heroism. steve: how much of him is you? >> i think we are all the hero of our own story.

i think eric steele is, i mean, the character himself and his experience, i draw from a my own experience on the battlefield 100 percent. eric steele is a lot like me. i like to think he is a lot like me. really he is written in the image of my troops. steve: that's great. brian: you fought in afghanistan. i know you never forgot about that war. it's gone on too long. ninth round of talks. word is we have a peace deal we are working on with the taliban. how do you feel about that. >> i will tell you real simply. >> it's a deal. not a good one. very little peace involved with it. there is three very important things. there is a policy argument here. there is a political argument and humanitarian argument. the policy argument is what a lot of people don't know and what the president needs to understand is that the peace talks with the taliban and afghanistan don't incorporate the pakistani taliban. the pakistani taliban are causing all the problems in afghanistan. number two, there is no cease-fire. the taliban just tried to overrun a city. they just conducted a car bomb in kabul today. how can you negotiate a

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brian: coastal areas in florida already feeling dorian's wrath. take a look at this american flag in the ocean still standing. steve: we have live team coverage this morning. jillian mele and griff jenkins are down in florida and meteorologist janice dean is here in the studio. she is tracking the storm's path. we begin griff live in port st. lucie. griff: good morning. ainsley, we're 115 miles from the center of scorian. what we're seeing is just the outer bands. it is quite amazing. 15 men's ago we felt like near hurricane winds. 62 miles an hour is the app gives reading on our app. now you see it calmed down. look at waives pounding this seawall. this is why they're concerned. this is why the officials want you to be, to continue not feel like you're out of any danger because this is the indian

river, right here on this intercoastal side of jensen. if you look across, that is hutchinson island over there. that is a barrier island. that was a mandatory evacuation. many parts of that island are very narrow between the intercoastal and the atlantic ocean. it will be outer bands that continue to hit the entire southeastern florida area all day long. it is why storm surge is really a primary concern. this is eric gill, spokesman, st. lucie county, listen. >> some of our concerns are storm surge and heavy rains. we have 21 miles of barrier island and coastal areas. we've seen surf wash out not from this storm but brief storms, wash out the dune line and take out parts of roads and bridges on a1a. griff: the emergency operations center guys are number one reason are people calling asking

where the storm is what is dorian doing? are they able to come out. the answer they can't come out for this very reason. because you still have an angry sea. while it looks like i'm dry right now in this sea wall is active, about 15, 30 minutes from now we'll get another band we'll get all day long. that is punishing. that is why it is dangerous and officials say, if you get into trouble, if things continue to worsen they might not be able to come get you. you have to listen to officials. you have to be wary this is a storm slow-moving. unlike others this could last all day and into tomorrow. guys? steve: griff, we'll you're out there at the seawall, you're working and law enforcement knows you're there but law enforcement doesn't want people sightseeing anywhere near the coast right now because there is still in that area a mandatory evacuation order. griff: that's exactly right, steve. there are police on this jensen

bridge over to hutchinson island, over to palm beach, juneau pier major barrier islands along florida's southeast coast are blocked off for the most part. they don't want people to go over there. this is interesting picture. don't go in your car to try to find it, if you do get in trouble that puts law enforcement and first responders lives in danger. i have law enforcement just out of my view on base of the bridge. i know i'm have a problem, they are right here. i'm not putting myself in danker. we'll show you dangers if you choose to go out. right now the time is not the time to go out because the bands continue. dorian is a monster. 150 miles from the center of hurricane, is tropical storm force winds. that is 40, 50 mile-an-hour

winds. dorian may get a northwestern track that may make for stronger bands. guys? steve: griff, there not far from jensen beach. thank you very much. brian: jillian mele is north of griff in vero beach. hey, jillian. jillian: we had one of those bands go through, pretty nasty rain, kind of the worst we've seen since we've been here last few days. i will say that the winds definitely picked up since 4:00 this morning. look behind me. waters are raging right now. we are seeing beach erosion. you can see the pipe there. we have mostly covered in sand. conditions are getting worse so far this morning. you guys know as well as i do, a lot of people choose to ride it out whether in homes or on a boat. take a listen to this. >> i look at it as a vacation, especially when the power goes off. gets rocky at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. boats will generally handle way more than a person. if you hang in there, trust the

boat, tie off with good you're okay. jillian: yeah. most likely not necessarily the best idea. let's bring in eric flowers, major eric flowers from the sheriff's department. we were talking about people who choose to ride this out on their homes, their boats, which for a lot of people is their home. what is your message to them now. >> not a good idea. that gentleman on his boat is putting his life at risk and on the barrier islands. the water levels are very high and very risky to stay in those areas. jillian: you're here. you had the raincoat on. you're dry. i'm soaking wet. we had a band come through couple minutes ago, it was pretty intense. >> it was. we retreated to the car for a minute. it has been wild on the beachside over here. our concern there are residents on the inland, main land that don't realize this is coming through in the next couple hours. if they're not prepared and ready to go, it will sneak up on

them fast. jillian: time is winding down. they have a couple hours if they want to make a move, right? >> at this point if you haven't gotten where you're going to you're losing time real fast. you have to get there soon. jillian: a report out of volusia county, a man in daytona beach apparently arrested for trying to break into hotel rooms and condos as people were vacating and getting ready to be prepared and find shelter for the hurricane. what do you say to that? >> men and women of indian river county were out all night long. we're all over the barrier island. if someone thinks they will commit a crime during this state of emergency. we will take them to jail. they will spend the entire storm in the jail. the judicial official is enforcing no bond for those types of crimes. we'll continue to enforce the law here. jillian: major, thanks for joining us. send it back to you guys. steve: jillian is live in vero beach. i got a text message from greg

norman, who unhad kerred down in his house on jupiter island. one of the things he is commenting about, is the fact, we haven't talked about this, that particular island is where thousands of sea turtles go to lay eggs. ainsley: i thought about them, yes, the loggerheads. steve: according to greg norman, thousands and thousands of unhatched turtle eggs did not survive because of the storm surge, all the churning of the beach. he says mother nature shows no leniency when amped up. fingers crossed. ainsley: loggerhead turtles are up the coast. many don't survive, the little babies heading back to the ocean. brian: turtles, we're thinking but. ainsley: it's a big thing down there. everyone watches, lines up on the beach to watch them. brian: make sure the eggs have buoyancy. maybe they're floating. janice dean, you have another news on the storm. janice: we have the 8:00 a.m.

advisory. the storm is moving one mile-per-hour to the northwest. oh, my gosh. i mean, we've been talking about the northwest bahamas. obviously the pictures coming out of there is going to be devastating. this storm is actually going through some structural changes. we call this eyewall replacement cycle. that means the inner eye wall takes over for the outer eye wall. it collapses. it's a way for the storm to try to strengthen again but in the intermediate term, that means it weaken as little bit. we're hoping it continues to weaken now that it is being influenced by a trough of low pressure that will eventually open the door to move this northward. getting wind gusts in excess of 30, 35 miles per hour along the coast. we did see a wind gust in excess of 60 miles per hour. as this storm continues to now kind of crawl a little bit more towards the northwest. my concern is the closest brush it comes to land, making a landfall is going to be across

portions of south carolina and north carolina as we get into thursday and friday. possibly as a category 3 or category 2. some of these areas were affected by matthew. some of these areas still affected by hurricane florence from last year. so that is going to be very concerning. but the consensus is, the wortha and georgia. we have to watch it very carefully for all of these vulnerable areas that could get 12 inches of rain, 12 feet of storm surge. so that is why you have to listen to the local officials now because they will be making evacuation plans immediately. steve: looks like friday, 2:00 in the morning it could impact north carolina. we'll talk to governor cooper of north carolina here in just a couple minutes. brian: when it comes to helping out a lot of people focus on law enforcement. they should. you saw jillian talking to them. people talk about national guard. standing by, last time we saw secretary of defense mattis he was helping out the border with

the president of the united states on his worder strategy. he joined us 45 minutes ago. he was not only talking about his new book but how the military helps with natural disasters. watch. >> the military is ready, the natural guard is ready. if fema needs them. they will be test forced ready to go with rolling stock. there will be helicopters, ships moved into position offshore. the important thing they will all be put into positions where they will not be hit by the storm so they will not be part of the problem. they surround what we anticipate the impacted area, then move in. steve: absolutely. while fema is very busy and we talked, over the last couple days we've been talking to the administrators and people in the higher echelons at fema how they prepositioned stuff. stuff is ready. standing by all the way up through north carolina. ainsley: they can handle any emergency. we also asked the general, what was it like to work with the president, what their relationship was like.

listen to this. >> it wasn't a tense relationship. president is forthright man. so am i. i would meet with him weekly. there was nothing going on that i was not open with him about. that is the way i deal with my boss anywhere i have ever been. he was as you know -- steve: he is the boss, right? >> he was elected by the american people. i was asked to serve. i come from, was raised by the greatest generation. when you're asked to serve, republican or democrat, don't start wringing your hands asking what to do. just roll up your sleeves if you're prepared. go to work and do your pest. steve: if you're looking for a tell-all about what it was like to work for donald trump as the president and he has the defense secretary, he says this is not the book. brian: but if you're looking for a great book on leadership, a parent, ceo, in the military, could sign chaos is out today. that is actually lent. steve: he wrote with our friend bing west. dozen minutes after the top of the hour.

carley joins with us a fox news alert. carley: memorial in california paying tributes to the lives lost in a tragic boat fire. at least 25 people are dead, nine others are still missing. the heart-breaking mayday call was just released. we want to warn you. it is tough to listen to. >> mayday, mayday. i can't breathe. >> can you get back on board, unlock the boat, unlock the doors so they get off? you don't have any firefighting gear, no fire extinguishers or anything? is this the captain of the conception. is that all the crew jumped off. there is no escape hatch for any people on board. carley: passengers were sleeping in a small room below deck, with only one staircase in and out, making escape nearly impossible. coast guard lieutenant commander matthew kroll joined us earlier trying to determine what started

the fire. difficult to tell us what happened. we do know it happened very quickly. why everything escalated. it was difficult for people to get off. by the time our crews were on scene, the boat was fully engulfed with flames. carley: police are interviewing five crewmembers. breaking right now, taliban claims responsibility in a deadly car bombing as the u.s. draft as peace deal in afghanistan. 16 people are dead, nearly 120 are hurt in the capital city of kabul. the blast coming hours after a u.s. envoy reached a deal in principle to end america's longest war. it includes withdrawing 5,000 troops within 135 days after final agreement. there is about 14,000 boots on the ground in afghanistan right now. the fbi now reveals the texas rampage gunman called the agency's tipline right after he was fired. now he did not make any threatening comments but agents claim he was in a long spiral

going down before losing his job. the atf says he had failed a gun background check. so it is unclear how he got a weapon. one of the seven victims, cameron brown, was an afghanistan war veteran. today senator joe manchin will decide whether or not to run for governor of west virginia. the democrat previously held the position between 2005 and 2010. manchin won his senate re-election bid last year. if manchin runs for governor, he will face republican incumbent jim justice. so a big decision coming later today in west virginia. brian: he was a governor there for a while. became a senator. that might be good news for republicans if they're trying to get senate seat. very republican state. he tends to be a moderate democrat. steve: stay tuned, the announcement today. brian: north carolina could take a direct hit from hurricane dorian later this week that could happen. how is the state preparing regardless? governor roy cooper will be live

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that warning from the governor of north carolina, listen to local evacuation orders as we brace for hurricane dorian. steve: carolina governor roy cooper joins us on the phone with an update. >> good morning, guys. steve: janice dean shows is the track of the storm. looks like a couple days could still be a very powerful hurricane. looks like it could make landfall, anywhere from the map there, wilmington, impact the outer barrier islands as well. you're telling people to get out now, right? >> yeah. we're hoping and praying for the best, preparing for the worst. unfortunately we've been through this before. less than a year since florence hit pretty hard in north carolina last year. we think dorian has its sights set on us with the way north carolina juts out into the ocean. we're hoping this thing will

continue to take a eastward track. we have to be ready. we have our emergency operations center open 24/7. we're in close contact with federal officials and local officials day before yesterday i participated in a videoconference call with president trump, fema, and the governors of the four southeastern states that are affected. we have fema begin -- set up at fort bragg. we are ready for it. if north carolinians would will this thing away we could do it. we are a determined and resilient people here but we know we have to be ready for it. our okay working with local officials to make sure they are ready with their evacuation noticed to get people to safety. ainsley: i can relate. i'm from the carolinas. the i was reading an article how folks can hunker down in nascar's charlotte motor speedway.

if you're excited if you're a nascar fan excited about that you can sleep on the track. where are some other places folks can go. >> we set up a shelter in durham, north carolina at a old sears building in northgate mall. one thing we learned during florence, 100,000s of people fleeing the coast, sometimes they can overwhelm local shelters set up. last time with florence we had to set up megashelters so to speak in the central portion of the state. we feel, we don't know for certain the track the storm will go. but we feel, west of i-95, we won't see any real dangerous effects of the storm. we feel pretty confident in setting up the shelter there but we're working to make sure that all of the local areas have adequate supplies, generators, ready to go in the event that this storm does hit. we also have a -- go ahead.

brian: governor, every hurricane has different challenges. being that you're speaking to people at the highest level with this, in an effort to predict where it will hit, how bad it will be, what are the challenges of this one? >> well you know that when you get prepared there is a cost. we obviously have to be careful with taxpayer money but i think most taxpayers want us to make sure we're ready. if this storm hits and we aren't ready, if we haven't geared up, then it can be catastrophic. we can lose a lot of lives. i know that evacuations are very difficult and frustrating and sometimes costly. but the cost of losing lives is even worse. so, having to make those decisions and making the call when they need to happen are critical for leaders. they need to be done in coordination, local, state, and federal. i do think we're working with well that. steve: real quickly, governor,

the landscape of north carolina is such, you have a lot of low country there. i understand you have added 46 new swift water boats and the crews have been trained in using them. that is critical because particularly if there is a terrible storm surge, right? >> absolutely. we have amazing first-responders who are ready at a moment as notice to risk their lives to save people. we want people to evacuate so these lives don't have to be risked going in there but our swift water teams and search-and-rescue teams are set up and ready to go. we have significantly increased the amount of those. what is so great about our country, is that other governors have called, have offered resources. steve: that's great. >> during florence we had dozens of states with swift-water rescue teams, dozens of organizations people of faith are helping. amazing how we come together.

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pictures and videos filling social media showing deadly effects of hurricane dorian. we're getting a bird's-eye view of the storm from space. jaw-dropping photos taken from the international space station. koch tweeting that she hopes everyone in it its path stays safe. dorian still ravaging the islands. minister of agriculture sharing video showing catastrophic flooding inside of his home. watch. >> that is my kitchen window. water is hitting there. that has to be a minimum of about 20 feet off the ground. carley: take a look at this viral video. hard to believe that is an airport. freeport grand bahamas international airport devastated by floodwaters. it lies eight feet above sea level. look at this, being taking

whopping 97 abandoned dogs, letting them inside of her home in nassau. phillips sharing a adorable facebook, saying 79 are staying inside of her master bedroom. luckily none of the dogs have tried to jump on to her bed just yet. so -- steve: brings up a good question. where did all the pets go? ainsley: that is so sweet of her. carley: clearly has a big heart. as the storm passes people recharge the phones, we'll get more and more devastating images. steve: and the cell service comes back. ainsley: the airport looks like a restaurant on the beach. it is unbelievable. steve: here is jordan with the "cajun navy." he was involved with some people during the rescues involved during hurricane katrina. jordan, i know you're ready to help people impacted by dorian but the big question for you,

where are you going 20 go, right? >> that is exactly right. we're monitoring like everybody else. keeping a close eye on the storm, seeing how fast it will go and where it is going to go. brian: how do you coordinate from formal services, organized services from the coast guard on down? >> we have a few people who spearhead everything for our group. i usually coordinate the boat rescues. we kind of divide up, have contacts, just from past years, working with different emergency management agencies. and things likes that so it is kind of word-of-mouth. we pass around phone numbers. we contact with any eoc we can, if we can help and would they like us to join. ainsley: do you have your own equipment or hitch your own boat back on the car and drive? >> that's it. we hook up, our own stuff, take what we have, what we can pool together during the year, in kind of the off-season, take our own resources and head out.

steve: indeed. jordan, take us back, tell us how your group was formed after hurricane katrina. >> so after katrina the "cajun navy" got its name and came together what it is now i guess but i got more involved in the flood in baton rouge in 2016. that is when a lot of the group started getting together becoming formal different groups. i got together as the louisiana "cajun navy" with couple other guys. for us it is been something every year. it is unfortunate. every year it is something. it kind of distinguishes itself group by group each year. ainsley: what story sticks out the most as someone you rescued? >> there have been plenty. one of the first rescues i ever did in baton rouge, i was able to rescue sister maria, a world-renowned nuns. i got her and several nuns out.

that was pretty special to me. brian: i imagine. why do you do it? >> how could you not. i lost everything in katrina. i wasn't there in the floods. i can only imagine what it would be like currently losing everything that i owned. serve all the resources i guess just, by chance. so i know i can get out there. i can do it. i can make a difference. we try to get as many people to safety, pets, anything as we can. we have the opportunity to do it. brian: nice. steve: you made real impact, the "cajun navy" has. a lot of people are looking in. if they would like to help the louisiana "cajun navy." they have a web page. louisianacn.com. cn as in "cajun navy." jordan, thanks for joining us from new orleans. ainsley: god bless you. you're a good man. thanks, jordan. >> thank you. ainsley: we'll take you back to south florida live as we track hurricane dorian. that is coming up next.

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right now hurricane dorian is inching closer to the u.s. coastline as a category 3 storm. brian: as dorian pummeled the bahamas for 24 hours, still doing it, killing at least five people. >> every room in this house has the windows blown out, except for the one we stayed in right here. steve: my goodness. as a slow-moving storm is still sitting over the bahamas. janice gives us an update on that in just a moment. brian: griff is in port st. lucie where he is already seeing dangerous storm surge. griff? >> guys, you know, guys, we're still getting bands coming this way, a few squalls. what you see, this is the bridge going from jensen over to hudson island. you can see just the entire length of this area is getting pounded. when you look over there at hutchinson island, parts of that island have only 50 to 100 feet

separating atlantic to the indian river here. it is, the water is rising, the tied is raising because of the king tide on top of this storm surge. but really, if you look out here, what is coming in just on this side, you can imagine what is on the beachside as the waves just explode into this bridge's seawall here. if i look down that way, it is the surges of this storm that is going to be a big threat this morning and the duration of this storm. er are three years ago matthew hugged the coast t went all the way up florida. it never made landfall but more than 10 people died, more than 2 1/2 billion dollars worth of damage and you had unbelievably number inches of flooding from here all the way up to jacksonville. it is the riverways along florida's southeast coast like

the indian river will be the challenge for the emergency officials right here where we're standing right now as we think a squall may be coming in, guys. steve: griff jenkins live under the jenson bridge between jensen beach and the island. thanks very much. >> that is the surge. steve: at the same time janice dean joins us. not only do they have storm surge but the king tide all the people in florida know about. it is a really high tide. ainsley: didn't look like yesterday it would hit the united states. janice: florida is clear of the strongest winds. steve: thank goodness. janice: we have pictures where the southern eye wall is still sitting the southern coast of freeport. this storm has not moved. it has gone 36 miles in 36 hours. at one point it was category 5,

with 185 mile-an-hour sustained winds so that story is still unfolding unfortunately for our friends in the bahamas. and as that southern eyewall continues to bring all of the storm surge, all of the heavy rain and unfortunately those major hurricane-force winds. let's look at it. 8:00 a.m. advisory came out. it is moving to the northwest at one mile-per-hour. we're going to start to see that influence of the trough. it is weakening. it is going through an eyewall replacement cycle which the storm is trying to restrengthen or get stronger and by doing that the outer eyewall, the inner eyewall collapses, and the outer eyewall takes over. it is quite amazing with the storm systems how they get stronger. in the process it is weakening by doing that. that is good news. we want it to weaken. we want the trough to influence the storm system, hopefully weaken it further. there is the track. the worst of the core of strong

winds will remain offshore of florida and georgia. look what happens as we get to thursday and friday. still talking about a major hurricane coming closer i am packing south carolina, north carolina. now you have to be listening to the local officials because things get serious. they're still recovering from matthew. they're still recovering from florence. eventually it moves out to see by saturday. ainsley: janice, that map right there, he have single beach in north carolina is in the cone. janice: yes. steve: cape cod. janice: yes. the storm could hit the cape cod area. i'm kearned with south carolina and north carolina. we have all been hyper-focused on florida for good reason because we thought it potentially could have impacts. now we're shifting towards the carolinas. not so say florida will not get impacts. five to seven foot storm surge. maybe up to 10 inches of rainfall, at least tropical storm force winds. we have a hurricane warning in

effect for central florida. steve: localized flooding in low-lying areas. ainsley: the more it could change course, right? janice: we're pretty certain about florida but the carolinas need to be on guard. steve: jd, great coverage. brian: up top is the carley shim us updating what else is happening. carley: good morning, guys. executions could be expedited for convicted mass murderers. vice president mike pence is working on the proposal with attorney general william barr in the wake of several shooting attacks. barr announced that federal government would reinstate capital punishment. he was shot and killed upstate new york following a game at an elementary school. according to local media, the fight had nothing to do with the game. a suspect is still on the run. the wife of actor kevin hart says he will be just fine after

a serious car crash. heart is recovering from back surgery days after his 1970 plymouth barracuda veered off the road into a ditch in california. he was a passenger in the car. celebrities offering well-wishes online. dwayne "the rock" johnson writing in part, we have a lot more laughing to do together. love you man. stay strong. new york city's mayor seems to be focused on the oval than his current office. the "new york post" reports bill de blasio clocked just seven hours in the months following his 2020 campaign launch. the democrat showed up to city hall just six times in may according to his official calendar. he had two meetings, four events and just five phone calls. everyone wants to know where bill de blasio is. steve: went to city hall six times, was only there a total of seven hours? ainsley: brian knows what he is doing on a daily basis. brian: he works out till 10:00. goes into the office.

puts paper on his head, door open, gets a nap. meanwhile the city is going down the toilet. subways barely functioning. we're on a non-stop terror alert. good news his presidential campaign is going well. steve: 30% right now? brian: is he winning? can we double-check that? steve: he didn't get 0% in iowa. brian: no one thought he would go to the base station. steve: carley, thank you very much. hurricane dorian hammered the bahamas over the last 36 hours. it is inching closer towards florida. the u.s. army core of engineers is standing by ready to respond. we'll talk to them coming up next. let's check in with bill hemmer who is down in florida near atlantic beach for a preview what happens on the channel in 15 minutes. >> great coverage this morning, guys. watching you for hours. was in the hurricane hunter an hour ago, it was quite revealing, showing eye of the

storm, western side of the wall starting to weaken. as dorian tries to find its way up the coast, what a devil of a storm this has been. feels like we've been watching the storm more than a week. we may be watching for another week from this point forward. on "america's newsroom" sandra and i will be with you at the top of the hour. for the next three hours we talk to officials up and down the florida coast. they have been getting ready in a fierce way for days now. the wind is kicking up a little bit. the surf is high this morning but we're still 24 hours away here in atlantic beach just east of jacksonville, florida. 24 hours from when the storm will hit here. so we've got a lot, we have a long way to go and a lot to cover coming up so we'll see you in 14 minutes. top of the hour live here in northeastern florida, guys. we will see you then. come join. >> tech: at safelite autoglass,

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brian: we're back with a fox news alert. a scuba diving trip ends in tragedy. ainsley: it is horrible. that massive boat fire right there killing 25 people at least in california. nine others are missing. steve: mario ramirez from our affiliate in los angeles joins us live from santa barbara harbor in front of the memorial that has been established for

some of the victims. mario? reporter: good morning. those recovery efforts continue later this morning at daybreak. you can see the growing memorial behind me. 34 candles along the santa barbara harbor, one for each of the victims onboard. people came to pay their respects yesterday as bodies were pulled from the waters by divers. the images from this fire is really unbelievable. the ship catching fire off santa cruz island t was fully engulfed by 3:30 yesterday morning. authorities say the it was hopeless situation, it was remote location in the middle of the night, with the fire quickly spreading out of control. only five people, crewmembers were found alive of the 39 people onboard when the fire started. those passengers were all below deck in tight sleeping quarters unable to escape according to authorities. chilling audio from the mayday call you can hear the dispatcher responding to the ship's captain. >> mayday, mayday.

conception. i can't breathe. >> can you get back on board, unlock the boat unlock the doors so they can get off? you don't have any firefighting gear at all, no fire extinguishers or anything? is this the captain of the conception? was that all the crew jumped up. there is no escape hatch for any people on board. reporter: chaotic and chilling moments you heard there. three of the passengers on that trip, on that diving trip were reportedly celebrating birthdays including a 17-year-old girl. we'll come back out here to the memorial in santa barbara harbor. what is continuing at "daybreak" is being called a recovery effort to locate the nine remaining passengers. for now, reporting live in santa barbara county, back to you in the east coast. steve: mario ramirez in santa barbara. thank you. another fox news alert. hurricane dorian is devastating

the bahamas. five confirmed dead. the monster hurricane threatening the coast of the united states. ainsley: that's right. u.s. army corps of engineers is standing by to respond. mayor juror general scott spellman served as commander for civilian operations. he joins us with an update. >> good morning to you, steve, ainsley, brian. thank you for having me on the show and thank you for all that you do. you're an important part of this response as well as you work to keep the public informed. thank you for that. for the army corps of engineers we're one small part of a much larger of department of defense, and army to help ongoing partners in fema, at the state level and u.s. coast guard to respond to this big and dangerous storm. we bring unique engineering capabilities to events like this. we have them deployed in the field. they are ready to go if they are needed. i had the opportunity to spend the last several days in georgia, in florida, visiting with those teams and state

leaders. we can confirm they are ready. ainsley: major general what are your top priorities? >> the larger concern we have is coastal flooding. we have had the wettest year on record in the united states since 1895. in the past 124 years. we have saturated ground and rainfall with king tides you've been reporting and storm surge of four to 7 feet that can have a devastating effect. we encourage everyone to listen to your elected leaders, state and local emergency managers and follow their instructions. we want everyone to remain safe. brian: you can say general, this storm is not sneaking up on anyone. we put the storm out there. it is slowest moving hurricane you can possibly imagine. it is good for you guys. it is also personal responsibility for people who could potentially be in harm's way. they have to show maturity and responsibility. >> brian, you're right. this is a bit of a nubbing bell

ball. it is coming in slow and moving around. allowing us to flex our teams and resources, subject matter experts along the coast to where we think they are most needed. it is giving us more time. steve: not just the coast but intracoastal. the army corps of engineers is instrumental to maintain that. >> i mentioned record flooding on the missouri river, arkansas river, our teams are out there busy helping local communities get back up on their feet. steve: we know you're busy. major general scott spellmon. >> you bet. ainsley: 55 to the top of the hour. our hurricane dorian coverage will continue next. stay with us. ♪ you wouldn't accept an incomplete job

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hurricane dorian approaching florida right now. we are live right now. evacuations are underway. >> the winds have picked up significantly this last hour. giving you another look at the water. you can see it is angry and turning this morning. we have water over beach that was covered in sand yesterday. got americans like that sits atop that shipwreck under the water. that is out there right now. >> thank you very much. janice, one final update on the hurricane. >> they will have a new track, and we will have a better idea what happens to florida after georgia. caroline ends need to be on alert in the next couple of days, and it is still moving northwest at 1 mile per our. >> we heard from the governor of north carolina they are ordering and evacuation. >> good idea. >> we will keep you posted at

home. you can watch us on fox nation. we are going to be talking to janice in more detail. >> and we also have a special radio show. three hours of the sand so much more. see you. >> and here we go. the summer of 2019 is now behind us, and millions of americans today under evacuation. orders as hurricane dorian pounds the bahamas, threatens the east coast, from florida to the carolinas. that is next in the sights of the killer storm. good morning, everyone, i am bill hemmer. we are live in atlanta. as we wake up today, it is a beautiful morning. the winds starting to kick up. the surf is on the rise, but nothing like what we will see 24 hours from now.