safely. carley: royal caribbean helping with the relief efforts in the bahamas by donating $1 million. royal caribbean is also matching every dollar a guest or employee don't united states. that's good news there. rob: they are going to need it. "fox & friends" starts right now. we will see you later. ainsley: right now florida's east coast feeling the wrath of hurricane dorian. the category 2 storm is inching closer to the east coast. steve: storm surge warnings in effect this morning from the state of florida to north carolina where it could make landfall. officials telling people if you can, leave now. >> we need people to evacuate. this is not a storm to mess with as we have seen how deadly it was when it crossed the bahamas. brian: hurt. this morning we are also getting the first clear look at the devastation in the bahamas where at least seven people confirmed dead. rescue efforts currently underway on the island. the president is sending more help now. ainsley: that's right.

we have live team coverage this morning. we have meteorologist janice dean. she is here inside the studio tracking the storm's path. ellison barber in. jillian mele. and aishah is in charleston, south carolina. we begin with griff jenkins who is live in daytona beach, florida. hey, griff. griff: hey, ainsley, brian and steve, good morning. we are in the window where they are really worried about storm surge and flooding. we were out on the beach earlier and the waves are just pounding it. we are over on the intercoastal side. the halifax river separating the beach from downtown daytodowntowndaytona beach. 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. is prime outer bands pounding us. wind gusts upwards of 60 plus miles per hour. the storm surge expected to be anywhere from 4 to 7 feet. this water you are looking at behind me right here, this is not normally water.

this is a grassy park area and the water, you can see just the cop lights behind us that's beach road. that flooded three years ago during matthew. it flooded two years ago badly in irma. the sheriff having to make some deep water rescues about 6 to 10 blocks from here. i want to spin you around one more time. it's dark here and derek just turn my light for me. this pedestrian bridge pointing towards the main international speedway bridge. you can see this little foot bridge here in the foreground, that is about to go underwater. so they are on high alert. they have high water vehicles here and we will just have to see how things go. we are in a lull right now but the bands have been coming fast and furious. we expect them for the next several hours, guys. steve: that's right. griff right now you are to the eye of the storm is to the east of you. i was just looking at one of the west sites and it showed just east of the high the wave heights in the atlantic right now east of where you

are in daytona the waves are 35 feet high. griff: it's a tremendous problem. remember, that when you are in the gulf of mexico, that is a shallow for miles out, 100 miles out of the gulf it's shallow so the storm surge and flooding isn't a concern, but in the stlik it's the wiping out the beaches. we saw it where we were down in st. lucie county in areas the beach erosion. it's going to push into this area and it's going to be a flood event if it keeps coming, guys. steve: it's heading your way. griff, thank you very much. ainsley: ellison barber is south of griff jenkins she is in port st. lucie county. what's happening there. >> we have been moving up the last couple of days, tailing the back end of the hurricane. the eye of the hurricane which, of course, is still at sea, it sort of passed the area where we are overnight so what we are seeing here are the effects of sort of the back end of the hurricane, those back outer bands. you can see that it is still

raining. the water down here coming up towards the road. if you look a little further down, you can see the wind and how it's moving some of the shrubbery but, of course, for a hurricane, this rain, this wind, it's relatively mild, pretty light. we have seen it get lighter and lighter overnight into the morning hours. that, again, is because we are towards the back end of this hurricane. yesterday the acting fema director acknowledged at this point they think florida will see minimal impact from hurricane dorian. but they are still trying to tell people not to let their guard down. florida governor ron desantis warned floridians that he had still likely will see storm surge, flooding and also erosions meaning that anyone with evacuation orders, despite many of them being lifted, particularly in areas near where we are, counties like martin county and indian river county, he says even though some evacuation orders have been lifted, if you have one, you still need

to heed it. take a listen. >> this is gonna be riding florida's coast for the next day, day and a half. some of these communities have experienced flooding with less than what we are facing now. you have different erosion issues that can make some of the structures unsafe with certain impacts. >> some people that we have spoken to told me they initially evacuated they went to places like south carolina and then told to evacuate there. so at this point they have come back to where they live. some places with evacuation orders have decided just to ride it out here in florida. ainsley, brian, steve? steve: all right, ellison, thank you very much. jacksonville just to the north of where she is ate have suspended all transportation systems and services. paratransit will only provide evacuation rides. so, in other words, can't get a ride anywhere unless you want to leave. brian: meanwhile janice dean has been tracking the storm and telling us the latest. what's the latest update we have gotten?

janice: 5:00 a.m. starting to update hour by hour because we have hurricane hunter information and the storm is getting much closer to land so we are starting to get those updates every hour. the next track will come out at 8:00 a.m. we will certainly bring you the very latest in coordinates. still a category 2 storm. the storm is saturdaying to get its act together again because it's becoming close to land being influenced by land and i don't think we will see any additional strengthening but we are still going to be dealing with the 4 to 7-foot storm surge for millions of people along the coast from florida up to the carolinas. latest wind gusts you see this buoy right about 90 miles east of the florida coast line from daytona beach we have hurricane force wind gust there of 76 miles per hour. and all along the coast tropical storm force winds. tropical storm force winds extending 175 miles from the center of the storm. certainly you will feel the impacts of this. the indirect impacts. we think the potential for a landfall will come later on

thursday into friday. somewhere along the south carolina-north carolina coast line. can you see the advisories hurricane warnings in effect for north florida up towards the south carolina coast line all up and down the south carolina coast line we have hurricane warnings in effect. and then watches up towards the outer banks. here is the latest track, 105 mile-per-hour sustained winds. as i mentioned as we get into thursday and friday, the closest brush or landfall across portions of the carolinas and then this is still friday finally into the weekend it will be offshore. but the impacts will remain the same, the storm surge which could be potentially life threatening, rain amounts 6 to 12 inches of rainfall and then those battering winds, some cases hurricane force winds along the coast of south carolina and north carolina on thursday and friday. steve: the cyclone nic swirl of the storm is just pushing the water towards georgia and north carolina.

ainsley: you will see more of that on shore push from those counterclockwise winds. brian: thanks, janice. every time we hear about a hurricane we hear about climate change because everybody has cars and planes that's what's causing this. guess who weighed in okay, time's up alexandria ocasio-cortez. steve: that's right. yesterday she retweeted you have seen some of the video of the devastation in the bahamas. she retweeted about a minute's worth of video and then attached this to it. ainsley: she said this is what climate change looks like. it hits vulnerable communities first. i can already hear climate deniers screeching. it's always been like this. you're dim, et cetera. no, this is about science and leadership. we either decarbonize and cut emissions or we don't and let people die. steve: keep in mind, she is one of the people who has supported the green new deal. brian: really? steve: that was her idea. who helped her with that on the senate side bernie sanders who yesterday tweeted out this regarding what's going on.

the fossil fuel industry is now the equivalent of the tobacco industry. it creates death and destruction. then spends billions denying its responsibility. let's be clear. hurricane dorian has everything to do with climate change, which is the existential crisis of our time. ainsley: hurricanes have been happening since the beginning of the atmosphere according to janice dean. she says this is caused by an area of low pressure. brian: by the way, so, bernie sanders, after making that statement got on his private jet and went to his next event. roy spencer is the meteorologist. >> he was on with martha mccallum the other day. he said listen, as bad as this is, he says just keep this in perspective. let's listen. >> we don't have you it. let me read it to you. he says there are all kinds of stats out there. let's look long-term. it's called climate. since 1900 of all the hurricanes that have hit florida, there has been no long-term trend in either their intensity or in the number of major hurricanes that have hit florida.

so, what bernie sanders and aoc is doing telling everybody who pump ising oil for a livings, who is transporting gas for a living, who is working in the natural gas or oil industry, you are the problem. you are the nicotine in today's society. thanks. it's real nice. knowing that it's actually fueling, pun intended, our entire economy. ainsley: let us know what you think friends@foxnews.com. but to talk about the bahamas, the death toll there is now seven. the prime minister said we are asking for prayers. we are asking for compassion. the president did tweet say we are sending crews to help with the devastation down there in the bawmsz. we did send disaster response team. plastic sheets, hygiene kits water buckets and chainsaw us. steve: do you know what they're doing in south florida where the hurricane has already passed through. so many people went out and got extra supplies like bottled water and diapers and ice and things like that. non-perishable food. and they got it and they don't need it because the hurricane has passed them by. so now all over south

florida particularly in miami and dade county government locations where they are having people drop off all those things and then they will be flown to the bahamas as soon as the airport is open. i understand tropic ocean airways have volunteered to fly supplies out to the bahamas today if the weather allow us. ainsley: if you have verizon some of the phone companies are weighing in on this. if you live in one these areas providing free calls text and data so can you reach your loved one during this crucial time. brian: continue to cover it throughout the three hour broadcast on the channel. the story has been the same story since the president started running for president building the wall at the border. part of a comprehensive illegal immigration strategy. we know it has been a legitimate crisis for at least a year. now we see the president of the united states has managed to re-purpose $3.6 billion in military financing to the wall. it is all part of our

defense. and new secretary of defense mark esper made it official yesterday. ainsley: so we're going to be spending $3.6 billion as you can see right there on the screen military construction funds. 11 wall projects on the southern border. that's what the money will be used for and 175 miles of the wall. what happened is there were 127 military construction projects and the defense department said hey, instead of funding that right now, we're going to sideline that for a bit. we're going to use that money instead, we're going to allow the president to use that money in emergency declaration funds to build the wall. steve: and the key is when the president formally declared it a natural emergency at our southern border because there is a statute in the books that allows the president to reprogram the money without the okay of congress. ainsley: because he got frustrated with congress. steve: they didn't do anything about it. the supreme court has weighed in on whether or not the money could be frozen. things are proceeding. look for a lawsuit. chuck schumer, the top democrat in the u.s. senate says what the president is doing and the secretary of

defense is a slap in the face to the members of the armed forces who serve our country that president trump is trying to -- is willing to cannibalize already allocated military funding to boost his own ego and for a wall he promised mexico would pay to build. brian: he is right. he did say mexico would build the wall and they have not yet. he said he is going to get it in the new usmca. having said that it's really hard to understand why democrats of today are different from yesterday considering both of them are still in office in their 70's and 80's because they originally got financing for this guy named president bill clinton's wall and then george bush -- w. bush got money to build his wall which was never completed but now is being replaced and now finished. now the push back on the president seems to be pure politics. republicans did not go to bat for the president's wall when they had control of the house. now they just want to get a wall in areas. it's nothing against central and south america. it's to gain control for our border patrol in order for

them to do their jobs more effectively. steve: in particular, it's to protect the members of the military and the national guard who were deployed in the last year or so. so that's why the secretary of defense says this is needed and now the democrats are not happy. what do you think about that? email us at friends@foxnews.com on this very busy wednesday. ainsley: the president ran on that and this is why many people went to the polls to vote for him. he is not in there to please nancy pelosi or chuck schumer. is he there to please the people who voted for him. brian: which is why democrats don't want to see him succeed in that major obstacle. one story carley shimkus does not have to read if you want to cross this out. we had the wall story. you have all the others. carley: update on story we have been following. 34 people presumed dead in a massive boat fire as the coast guard suspends search for survivors. the fire spread quickly blocking both exits in the small room where scuba divers were sleeping, making it impossible to escape. new video shows the boat burning and smoke pouring

into the air off the coast of california. 20 bodies have been recovered, 14 are still missing. it's still unclear what caused the fire. also breaking right now, the leader of hong kong withdraws a controversial bill that sparked months of protests in the city. the proposed law would have extradited criminals to main land, china. the bill had already been suspended but protesters demanded it be formally withdrawn. the activists are also calling for more democratic freedom. the arden veteran killed in the shooting rampage in odessa, texas will be laid to rest with full military honors next week. camryn brown's mother says she is heart broken. >> he has fought in the war and come back here to be killed. senseless. so unfair. >> brown joined the army in 2007 and served in afghanistan. he is one of seven victims killed in the shooting attack.

and we now know the gunman bought his weapon through a private sale. he failed a gun background check in 2014 because he was deemed mentally unfit. the little boy thrown from a balcony at the mall of america is finally back home. 5-year-old landon spent five months at minnesota hospital. now, he will receive outpatient rehab for several injuries. landon was tossed 40 feet to the ground by emanuel aranda in april. aranda pleaded guilty to attempted murder, admitting he went to the mall looking for someone to kill. so it's good news that he is back at home, guys. steve: after so much. all right. carley, thank you very much. 16 minutes after the top of the hour on this wednesday. hurricane hunters are flying above dorian right now as it churns off the coast of florida just west of -- rather east of daytona. one of those poolts is going to take us inside the storm from his plane next.

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steve fox news alert. hurricane dorian bringing devastation to the bahamas. now it's heading up the east coast just off the coast of florida, still.

ainsley: hurricane hunters have been flying directly through the eye of the storm to track the progress. brian: noaa flight director richard henning flying above the storm right now and he joins us live again this time by the phone. richard, how has this hurricane changed shape since you started monitoring it? >> well, one of the most important things to emphasize now with this storm is that even though the winds and the core of the hurricane are not as strong as they were a couple of days ago, when they devastated the bahamaian islands, the wind field has actually expanded greatly in size. we have got hurricane force winds extending out to about 60 miles from the centers and tropical storm force winds extending out 175 miles. so it's becoming a larger storm. it's holding about constant in terms of intensity.

holding a pressure of 963 millibars in the eye. and the emphasis here is that a large. [broken audio] steve: we're having a little -- there you go. keep going, richard. >> excuse me? steve: keep going. >> i was just saying this is not good news for the residents of south carolina because storm surge is becoming more and more of a threat. the other piece of bad news i have is that the storm continues to gain longitude. it's moving to the northwest. it's not moving in a straight northerly directions. the more it moves to the west, the less likely it is that it is going to miss the south carolina coast. steve: right. >> it's becoming more and more likely it's going to strike the south carolina coast directly some time thursday. steve: oh, man.

now, richard, when you joined us a couple days ago and you were flying above the storm as well in your gulf stream monitoring dorian, it seemed to be a very come back the and very well defined and very powerful storm. now, as it gets bigger and less organized, is it ease easier or harder to figure out where it's going to go? >> well, it was a -- the problem we had a couple days ago is that the steering current that determined the direction of the storm came to a complete halt, so the environment around the storm had nothing to push it forward. now we do have some steering current, unfortunately, they are moving in a clear northwesterly direction. it's not moving very fast. it's moving about 8 miles per hour. but, the bad news is it doesn't have much room left. it's now even with daytona beach and as it continues to

move northwest, you start running out of room between the storm and the south carolina coast. so that's the biggest concern we have right now. ainsley: well, richard henning, he is in the storm. thank you so much, richard for joining us he is with the national ocean and atmospheric association. steve: hurricane hunter. bad news for south carolina. ainsley: the search for survivors calls off overnight the horrific california boat fire. all 34 people now presumed dead. brian: yep. our next guest has been on that very boat and gives us a firsthand look inside that ship.

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constitution through extreme partisan gerrymandering. the maps must be redrawn for the 2020 elections. 2020 hopeful bernie sanders appears to take a swipe at joe biden. listen. >> i will do everything i can to defeat donald trump and biden is right that's what we have got to do. but -- here is the but, i think that's not enough. ainsley: this week joe biden said he is in the 2020 race because it's really important to beat president trump. steve: in other news, a fox news alert, the search for 34 people presumed dead after a massive boat fire in california was called off yesterday. brian: the coast guard releasing this new video taken roughly three hours after the harrowing mayday call was made from conception. ainsley: our next guest has been a passenger on that boat and was on the vision, the conception's sister boat, just last week. joining us now is under water cinematographer jonathan bird. >> thanks for having me.

ainsley: tell us your experience being on the sister boat what happened. >> well, i have no idea what happened. if we are guessing what happened right now it's premature. nobody knows what happened. i'm sure the ntsb is going to figure out what happened and, believe me, i would love to know. brian: so far we understand the fire came from below. we heard some of the calls that have been released yesterday in the press conference. one of which was these people were expressing -- they would eventually lose their lives. they were expressing they were locked in and hear the interaction can you one of the crew members who escaped can you get back on and unlock them? what are they talking about? were there locks on the doors downstairs? >> no. no. i mean if you listen to the whole transcript of that, it's clear that the coast guard the operator on the coast guard end doesn't understand the situation and has misunderstood what's going on. there is no locks.

i mean, people pay money to go on this dive trip. it's not a prison. it's a dive boat. it's fun. steve: right. >> so the passenger berth room is so of in the bottom of the boat there are two ways in and out there. is a big giant staircase that goes down from the front of the salon and also an escape hatch at the aft portion of it and pop up on the first deck open to the dive deck on the back. so there is no doors. there isn't even a door you could lock if you wanted to. so it's completely open. steve: and the suggestion out of the west coast this morning is that perhaps that staircase that went up that you were just describing in the front of the passenger's quarters there were flames and people could not have gone through them. jonathan, you have been on that particular boat. and the sister boat. did you -- did it ever enter your head in a million years about a fire because cleared

at the end of the bunk room there is that big staircase. >> it really has never crossed my mind. and the thing about it is it's not -- this is a standard kind of way boats are designed to live aboard diving. the fact of the matter is that the most stable place in a boat is near its center of buoyancy. so have you the center buoyancy of a boat and it rolls around that. if you put the passenger berths close to that then they have a minimal amount of movement. the crew was up on the captain's level up on the bridge two floors above that they are up here and can you imagine how much they sway around the center of buoyancy. those are considered. you wouldn't want to put the guests up there because they would all be sea sick or rolling out of bed. this is how most live aboards are built.

the passengers paying money to be there are put in the most comfortable place on the boat. ainsley: so jonathan it sounds like the crew members that did escape since they were sleeping at the top on the bridge they were able to jump into the water. the folks underneath it sounds like were trapped and both entrances probably were engulfed and n. flames and they couldn't get out in time. did you know anyone on board? i heard this morning there was a 17-year-old girl on board? >> i haven't seen the guest list yet. so i actually don't know if i knew anyone on board. you know, scuba diving is a very tightly knit community and we are all friends with each other. and, you know, it's a terrible tragedy. brian: 20 yards from the shore. 60 feet of water. most people have any competence swimming 20 yards is not a big deal. only people to get out, five of the six crew members. some are suggesting why would the crew save itself and not the passengers. in your mind, from what we know now, did they have an option to stay and help rather than run and jump?

>> let me tell you both fires are no -- boatfires are n. when a boat does catch fire, everything on a boat is flammable. there is diesel fuel, there is gasoline, propane for cooking. lithium ion batteries that all the guests have brought on on their cameras there is a lot of flammable stuff on a boat. every boat fire that i have ever seen or heard of, if it's not contained almost immediately it spreads quickly to the entire boat. and there is literally no place to go. steve: right. >> when you are in a car accident you don't try to get out and stay on the hood. you get out of the car. and believe me that nobody in their right mind -- nobody in their right mind jumps off a perfectly good boat into the pacific ocean if there is any other option. brian: reach to the backseat to help somebody in the backseat before you jump out. ainsley: i think when you are faced with flames though you have no choice.

it's no one's fault. steve: jonathan, there is always supposed to be one person on board awake. it did happen at 3:00 in the morning. the big question was whether that person was awake. exit question real quick, will you ever go on another boat like that again? >> oh, of course. i mean, this was a terrible accidental, but it was a freak accident. i mean, that's -- that would be like saying if you knew somebody in a car accident you will never drive in a car again. you know, if you look at the safety record of live aboard dive boats, the safety record is very, very good. it's a terrible tragedy what happened, but it was extremely unusual. steve: no kidding. jonathan bird, under water cinematographer sharing his knowledge of this particular boat. sir, thank you very much. all right, 26 minutes before the top of the hour. what's coming up. ainsley: still ahead. remember when the star of will and grace called out he

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brian: right now hurricane dorian threatens the u.s. as it churns towards the east coast. hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect from florida to north carolina where it could make

landfall. ainsley: moments ago the governor of georgia expanding a state of emergency to nine counties, warning residents to get out now. steve: we're getting a clear look at the extent of damage in the bahamas now as people have been able to travel in and get out. reports say more than 13 hours homes were heavily damaged if not destroyed. >> just overwhelmed with sadness the fact that it looks like 90% of the homes are gone. i may have counted 50, maybe. brian: you are not going to believe the overhead shots there too. jillian meally is live in georgia. jillian, everything seems to be boarded up, you said? jillian: yeah, everything is completely boarded up here. and i want to tell you what we have been feeling throughout the morning. we have had one significant band of heavy rain coming through in the last few hours. aside from that heavy band though, it's been pretty much a light rain that's been consistent for the last

hour or. so no strong wind gusts just yet but as you guys very well know and janice has been talking about, conditions are supposed to deteriorate throughout the day. take a look behind me here. this is one of the main strips on saint simons island. shops, bars and everything like that. everything is boarded up. that's the good news here. people have had plenty of time to prepare. take a look at video from just three years ago. hurricane matthew. this is the topic of conversation with a lot of people in this area because as you can see trees falling on homes. had you significant power outages. had you flooding throughout the area. not only on the island itself but also in the inland in brunswick there was significant damage there as well. and also as janice has been talking about this is taking a similar track to matthew. that's one thing people have in back of their minds they know the damage they saw aftermath to you that so they have been prepared. a lot of the emergency officials here tell us they learned a lot from matthew. they are instilling those new things they learned into how they are preparing this

year today. today the conditions are going to be changing and we will, of course, be on the air and updated on what happens,. steve: as you pull the camera out you are in front of sazus our favorite burger place on the island. you are across from the pier you will get a good look as the storm comes, in right? jillian: yep, absolutely. the pier, you know what? it's too dark for me to see in the distance. it might be blocked off. officials block that off when the wind and storm surge is going to be too much. right now as i mentioned, we are not seeing anybody out here. we haven't seen anybody out here. there is curfew in place. ainsley you said there are mandatory evacuations in nine counties throughout this area. it does seem like people are adhering to different warnings and different things that people have suggested. they have been through this before so everybody has learned and they want to take precautions. ainsley: it's such a beautiful area and folks who live there have some great memories. you travel there with your

family. steve: vacation. ainsley: my parents honeymooned there. we have everyone in our prayers. we hope this doesn't hit too badly. steve: jillian mele live in saint simons island. all eyes shifting to south carolina where the hurricane could make landfall. weigh heard from the hurricane hunter it does not look good for south carolina. ainsley: aishah is live in charleston. are you in the downtown marine? you are downtown charleston? >> we are, yeah. we are in the south. so, right now it's dry. you can see nothing is happening just yet. we are expecting that to start in the overnight hours. i want to show you behind me. this is the marine we are talking about. you know, when this storm hits, these boats are going to start to rock really badly. in fact, people have been coming all morning and checking in on their boats. there is a guy walking to his right now. just making sure that everything is ready for this storm. in fact, this is actually the same area where boats were picked up out of the water and thrown all over the place when hugo hit several years ago. we also wants to show you

some pictures of homes and businesses along the water that are boarded up. but, guys, folks don't seem to be very concerned, not too concerned. they are stocking up on food and water. but they are not terribly concerned right now. governor mcmaster here has issued a mandatory evacuation order for several coastal counties. and i 26 running from charleston to columbia has been reversed so people can get out of here and by the way, yeah, time is running out. this is really the last day to make your decision if you are a family that lives in this area because the airport, guys, closes at 3:00 p.m. no flights coming in or out so you better make a decision soon. steve: that's right. aishah, thank you very much. folly beach, which is just down the coast from there, they are expecting 7-foot storm surge, 10 inches of rain when the storm finally comes on. yesterday i believe at 4:00 in the afternoon they stopped people from going onto the island. ainsley: did they? i would say folly beach is where all the surfers go.

steve: you had to have a driver's license or prove you live there they don't want anybody coming in. they want everybody going out. brian: 17 minutes before the the top of the hour. janice dean tracking the storm. a major update in a couple hours, right? janice: ' 8:00. i was listening tout hurricane hunter had you on with great information that the storm continues to mover northwestward when is it going to move due north and east? if it continues to move westward we will be dealing more impact for parts of georgia and the carolinas and we do think at this point a very close brush, if not a landfall over south carolina and/or north carolina, so this is future radar through thursday, there is the core of the strongest winds by the way, hurricane force winds from the center of this storm. you can see that center of circulation coming on shore with this computer model on friday across the outer banks. here is the wind field so these are tropical storm force winds 170 miles from the center of this storm. hurricane force winds

60 miles. you can see you will feel the impact of hurricane force gusts from georgia through south carolina up through north carolina and the core of the hurricane force winds along, you know, the outer banks, these vulnerable areas of the outer banks. every forecast counts. storm surge 4 to 7 feet for millions of people all up and down the coast and upwards of 10 to 12 inches of rainfall which would cause incredible amounts of flooding. so we'll keep you up to date. we will get an update at 7:00 and advisory, update advisory at 8:00 a.m. steve: all right, janice thank you very much. it's dangerous because the outer banks are so narrow. carley joins us now with news. carley: let's get you caught up on other headlines this morning. the illegal immigrant responsible for kate steinle's death is not in the clear. officials will still pursue federal gun charges despite jose garcia's zarate's only conviction being tossed last week. the mexican national was acquitted in murder in 2017

after he fired a shot that killed steinle on a san francisco pier. appeals court overturned his conviction for being a felon in possession of a gun. he had been deported five times before steinle's death. he faces 10 years in prison. a federal judge denies a request to toss 2,000 lawsuits against major drug dealers and distributers. the ruling clears the way for a landmark trial claiming pharmaceutical giant fueled the national opioid crisis. purdue pharma, johnson and johnson, walgreen's and several others all accused of using deceptive marketing to push sales. 130 americans die from the opioid epidemic every year. debate two bills to grant the privilege to all residents regardless of immigration status. massachusetts governor charlie baker has already vowed to veto any such bill. right now 13 states and washington, d.c. grant

licenses to illegal immigrants. listen to, this a police officer treats a teen to dinner after his selfless act goes viral. you may have seen this photo of a young man shielding an elderly woman from the rain in missouri. well, the officer who snapped the picture praised the teen online and promised to take him to dinner after a little detective work he traxd down 14-year-old and his mother and made good on that promise. look at them all together. so happy ending to a happy story. steve: probably looked at that image and looked at the car plate number and figured it out. carley: police work. he is in the right business. ainsley: how sweet of that young man. steve: thank you very much, carley. brian: next month a big month on fox nation. ainsley: if you don't have it go to the app. store and download it. free nut very beginning for you so you can check it out. steve: if you are thinking about going ahead and becoming a member, a subscriber toe fox nation, here's why you should in september.

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steve: back with a fox news alert. the leader of hong kong formally has withdrawn an extradition bill that have parked months of protests that you have seen in airports and on the streets in hong kong. ainsley: this has president trump says we are quote doing very well in trade negotiations with china. is the president's strategy working? brian: stuart varney is here host of barney and company on fbn and my take on fox nation. good news for freedom fighters in hong kong, right? >> yes. it is a partial victory for the protesters because key demand hey withdraw that extradition treaty, that has been formally withdrawn. steve: because that meant that china could actually extradite people from hong kong to china. they didn't want that. >> yes. they were told in 1997 when they handed over -- the brits handed over to china have you an independent judiciary for 50 years.

the chinese have tried to stop that with this extradition treaty. the extradition bill has been withdrawn. a partial victory for the demonstrators. i think xi jinping is trying to calm hong kong get the peaceful demonstrators off the streets. throw them this bone. get rid of the extradition bill and hope that things calm down while he picks off the militants with a series of arrests. but the protesters have more demands than just the repeal of that extradition bill. they want an investigation of the police. they want an amnesty for all those elected -- arrested. they want carrie lam to resign and a vote to replace her. none of that have they gotten. the jury is out whether this calms hong kong down. the go are connected. if xi jinping can calm down hong kong that's his back yard it gives him some leverage to deal with president trump and the trade issue.

meanwhile president trump is continuing a very hard line on china reportedly he was extremely upsetted that the chinese had responded to our latest round of tariffs with tariffs of their own september the 1st. on september the 1st. sunday we imposed extra tariffs on chinese goods. the chinese immediately turned around and said right we are doing the same thing. president trump was very angry about this and he is holding his hard line. this is a problem. because our economy is suffering to some degree from the china trade dispute. manufacturing is slowing down. job growth is slowing down. and it is the direct result of the trade dispute. president trump is in a difficult position. he wants to be reelected, obviously. he wants a strong economy, going into 2020 and the election, he is really looking at a situation where if he doesn't do something on trade like a deal of some sort. steve: maybe a skinny trade deal. >> a skinny trade deal maybe

that is what is required here. i don't know whether the president will do that. if he did that, the market would go up, the economy would recover a little bit, at least, and president trump would look better in 2020. ainsley: china is losing so much more money than we are. they depend on us more than we depend on them. why wouldn't they broker a deal. >> they don't care. they are not a democracy. there is no court system to go to in china that says hey, hold on a minute xi jinping. there is no opposition party hold on a minute we don't like what you are doing. none of that. this is a communist dictatorship. his only problem i he might have a split in his own bureau. s that is what he has to worry about. brian: something happened. we had a deal ready to go and they backed out at the last minute and not able to get it back on track. >> that's true. brian: stuart varney looking forward to hearing you on your show. steve: dorian lashing the east coast overnight. as the powerful storm makes its way up the coast, we have live team coverage,

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south carolina. we will start with the man on the right side of the screen griff jenkins is live in daytona beach, florida where right now the storm is just directly east of where you are standing. griff: yeah, steve, good morning, you know, you asked in that last hour talking about those giant waves out to see where that eye is. we are down on the boardwalk of daytona beach. you can see the light just coming up. you can see down there the main pier of daytona beach. down here the stairwell that we walked down. i want to show you something, this is low tide. low tide was just after 6:00 a.m. high tide isn't until nearly 1:00 p.m. already you have the waves coming all the way up. normally, this beach extends out several hundred yards. you can park cars out here. you are allowed to drive on this beach. these posts here are an emergency lane where cars are driving up and down. but we are getting the water all the way up to this wall and that is why they sore

worried about the storm surge. we are seeing already in the surf in just a moment the tide will push and it's pushing in debris that's blowing in and it's come up and taken up about halfway of this stairwell. now, they have got already about three and a half inches of rain in this area from the bands that began some time last night around 8:00. it's expected to go pretty much all day and as this tide comes, in it's becoming a real problem from where we were about a half a mile off of the beach where we were showing you -- trying to show that you flooding. here's the deal. when this tide comes in. and it really starts to push that water into the halifax river, as you can see the water coming up on me now, if it rides over this boardwalk and goes in, it will the same thing it did three years ago during matthew two years ago during irma when had you half the beach going all the way onto the boardwalk and water going into the river which causes the flooding problems they h hopefully they won't have to do the rescues, but, if they do we know the sheriff has some high water vehicles and he is ready.

right now the situation is going to be one of waiting and hoping that the tides don't cause a storm surge of 4 to 8 feet or more. and that is going to be a long day for the folks here in daytona,. steve: no kidding. griff jenkins live at daytona beach. speaking of rescues, and is he a surfer, yesterday at the jacksonville florida, pier a woman apparently jumped off the pier. she was rescued by surfers. surfers were out in the water despite the heavy rough surf and saved her life. brian: ellison barber south of griff port st. lucie where griff was yesterday. ellison, how is it today? >> we are in st. lucie county, we moved a little bit further down. we are now in fort pierce near the marine there officials have been telling floridians they should expect flooding storm surge and also possibly wind damage even though the acting fema administrator has said at this point it seems like florida will

be -- see relatively small impact from this hurricane. you can kind of see around me how small it is where we are right now. this seems to be the extent of the wind damage that we have seen here. little bits, small bits of trees that have blown onto the road. nothing major. over here you can see one of the sails that has gotten lose flapping in the winds. again, that's really the best indication of what the conditions are like right here right now. we are seeing the very back end of those outer bands of the hurricane pass us, so we are getting some rain, some occasional mild gusts of winds. but everything here is relatively calm. we are also seeing a lot of evacuation orders lifted. there are evacuation orders still in effect for seven counties in florida. all of those are north of here about an hour ago the mandatory evacuation order in st. lucie county lifted and people have been told they can come back here. but police are still saying, asking residents to stay off the roads. yesterday, a sheriff's deputy from -- sorry,

st. lucie's county, we are moving a lot, guys. from st. lucie's county they were involved in a head on collision. they were patrolling flooded areas in a high water humvee. a drunk driver reportedly hit them head on. that sheriff's deputy was taken to the hospital. treated for a hip injury. so police are saying even though yeah the mandatory evacuation order is lifted here in this county and things, conditions are improving a lot, they are still asking residents to stay inside and just stay off the roads until this thing entirely passes this area. back to you. steve: indeed. all right. ellison barber live in port st. lucie down there in florida. ainsley: let's show you video of what the bahamas lacks like now as the sun has come up and they are able to assess the damages. look at that the death tool yesterday we were reporting was five. they found two more bodies so now it's seven. the prime minister says we are asking for your prayers and compassion. the president tweeted out and said we are sending crews down there to help you. steve: it just looks like a

bomb, it likes like hiroshima. everything is flattened. brian: they still don't know the amount of damage but the death toll did rise to seven there. send more and more help. as soon as it's clear that we don't need it here, the u.s. aid disaster assistance team. there is another team going to the bahamas. they call it the second strongest hurricane to ever hit the atlantic. ainsley: disney and royal caribbean donating a million dollars each for disaster relief in that area. and some of the other -- some of the phone companies are also saying look, if you live in one of these disaster areas, if you live along the coast here in our country, then we are going to provide free calls and texts and data to help you reach your loved ones. steve: remember the bahamas are a series of islands and this particular island that is devastateside way to the way to the west on the chain. other islands completely untouched. ainsley: i didn't realize how big the bahamas are.

there are some islands. steve: until we had that guy on yesterday who explained everything. ainsley: a lot of the cruise ships went on though this island freeport. brian: geraldo goes there all the time knows this thing like the back of his hand. janice dean, getting a first look? janice: worst hurricane to hit that area the northwest bahamas in their history. category 5, 185 mile-per-hour sustained winds at its peak. latest wind gusts along the shore certainly tropical storm force winds 95 miles east of daytona beach. we are getting a new update coming up within this hour. advisories we have hurricane warnings still up for parts of north florida and south carolina up towards north carolina where we have hurricane watches and i guarantee they will be making this a warning within the next couple of hours. rainfall, with the current track that we have right now, we could see 6 to 10 inches of rain from the north florida coast line up

towards georgia and bulls eye around the charleston area perhaps a foot of rainfall that coulden devastating to them and up to around 10 inches as we get up towards cape hatteras. here are the two reliable forecast models the european and gfs american model. very good agreement that weekend be dealing with a very close brush or landfall across portions of south carolina or north carolina sthures into friday. there is cape hatteras. we could be feeling hurricane force winds for a matter of hours. here is the latest track. still a category 2 storm. you can see when is it going to make that northward turn and northeast turn. it's still moving to the northwest. we talked to a hurricane hunter earlier on, he said the storm is still moving to the northwest. we have to see that curve soon or else dealing with an earlier potential landfall. we are looking at close brush or a landfall across portions of south carolina, north carolina, moving in the same direction as matthew did a few years ago. so that's kind of great for

emergency managers because they have a guide to know what this type of storm could do and the type of damage it could also do to some of the same areas. so listen to your local officials. we'll certainly keep you up to dated here and your local forecasters are working very hard to keep everyone safe. brian: how would you know? you are one of them. janice: we are a community. they really get into the nitty gritty of your coast line where all these little nooks and crannies are. they know exactly where things are going to flood and so i love the local meteorologists, hats off to all of them. steve: they have been been doing a great job as have you, janice. thank you very much. so many people have evacuated they are ready to go home. they want the storm to pass and go home. meanwhile carley joins us now with news out of california. carley: that's right. we are going to kick things off here with a fox news alert. the coast guard suspends the search for survivors in the tragic boat fire off the coast of california. 30 people -- 34 people are now presumed dead.

investigators say the fire spread quickly, blocking both exits in the small room where scuba divers were sleeping, making it impossible to escape. new video shows the boat burning and smoke pouring into the air. 20 bodies have been recovered. 14 are still missing. it's still unclear what caused the fire. and in just a few hours r. kelly will appear in a federal courtroom for a status hearing in chicago. the r and b singer was just moved out of solitary confinement. his lawyers argued he was being treated unfairly because he is a celebrity. kelly is facing multiple sex crime charges in illinois. minnesota and new york. he maintains his innocence. kroger joins walmart in asking customers to quit openly carrying guns inside stores. the retail giants announcing policy shifts after a gunman killed 22 people at walmart in el paso, texas last month. walmart is also limiting

ammunition sales for handguns and military style ristlesz. the company says it's taking steps to reduce the risk of future shootings. on to some sports news, serena williams has her 100th single match win at the u.s. open. the tennis star beating china's wong chong in the quarter finals in just 44 minutes. now, on the men's side, sad night for fans, roger federer is now out of tournament. federer losing in five sets to admit trof while battling a back injury. admit trof will now play medvedev in the semifinals so good news for serene knee williams bad news for roger federer. ainsley: is he injured though. steve: that's understandable. steve: last week it was announced that the president of the united states is going to have a fundraiser in the los angeles area. the weekend of the emmys. then it's revealed that it

became pretty clear that the stars of will and grace do not like the president. debra messing last week demanded on twitter that the holiday reporter print the list of all the attendees who would be going. then her co-star went on twitter as well. ainsley: his name is eric mccormack and this is what he tweeted out kindly report on everyone attending this events so the rest of us can be clear about who we don't want to work with thanks. brian: here we go. let's talk about a list. whoopi goldberg ripped him one saying really? you don't like this president, essentially? you are going to put his name on a list? didn't we go through this blacklist before in holiday's pasthollywood's past? eric said i want to clear this up i want to be clear about social media post last week disappointed and very upsetting way. all sorry he is upset.

i absolutely do not support blacklists or discrimination of any kind, as anyone who knows me would attest. i'd simply like to understand where trump's major donations are coming from. a matter of public record. i'm holding myself responsible for making educated and informed conditions which i can morally and ethically stand by and to do that transparency is essential. here is what whoopi goldberg said yesterday. no one is buying that explanation. >> in this country people can vote for who they want to. that is one of the great rights of this country. you don't have to like it. [applause] we don't go after people because we don't like who they voted for. we don't go after them that way. we can talk about issues and stuff, but we don't prints out lists. steve: you notice there was applause for what she said because she is absolutely right. ainsley: good for her. i agree with her. brian: guys like clinton eastwood and kelsey grammer could go. sadly you can name just

about everyone. dean cain would show up. and antonio is a bat that would probably be there and maybe they want to show up and show the president wants support they don't want to lose 50% of their audience. box office people some people out there would go i don't want someone who is going to be too politically oriented i'm thought going to show them support even though guys like robert continue anywhere rodeniro don'e when they present their hatred. targeting people supporting not an extreme candidate the president of the united states. ainsley: you don't want to discriminate because of the way someone voted. this is great country. we all have different views. we can all have a great debated. we don't have to hate one another because we don't likes who they voted for. steve: the big question is whether or not this publicity is going to keep people from going to the president's fundraiser or actually could turn more people out in the end. brian: steven ross is still paying the price for this. he has a fundraiser in the hamptons, the owner of the miami dolphins is he a huge

investor in hudson yards. supposed to have this major fashion show one of which i never would have attended anyway. brand new place they decided no we are not going to go there because steven ross had a fundraiser and is he an investor in a property. unbelievable. ainsley: related buildings all over the city and equinox probably the most popular gym in our city and soulcycle. he invested in soulcycle. he is the on or about of relate you had which is a very successful company and they build hudson yards. if you are not familiar with it, it's this big, beautiful place on the hudson river. and they have all kinds of stores in there you can live there and great for new york city and great for our community. brian: i think cnn has their studios there. steve: they do. what do you think about that? email us at friends@foxnews.com. we are also on facebook. ainsley: 15 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead, carolinas could take a direct hit from dorian. our next guest literally wrote the book on north carolina's hurricane history. he joins us live with a warning next. ♪ ♪

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steve: we have a fox news alert. hurricane dorian moving up the east coast coast line coming close to florida, georgia and now the

carolinas are in dorian's sights. ainsley: our next guest wrote the books on both florida's and north carolina's hurricane history and has a warning as they prepare for this impact. brian: hurricane historian jay barnes joins us now. as you see the way it's taking shape and how big it was, what does it remind you of in north carolina's past? >> well, the obvious connection would be with hurricane matthew just two years ago we had along the north carolina coast a very slow-moving category 1 that stayed just right on the shoreline as it passed to the northeast. similar track to what we are experiencing with dorian. i think there will be a few differences though. this storm will probably begin to accelerate and move through more quickly than matthew did. matthew was still a devastating storm in south carolina and north carolina mostly from inland river flooding heavy rains associated with its passing. we will have to see how much rain we actually get along the eastern seaboard as this

storm moves out. but, matthew is probably the best, most recent comparison. steve: and you know, jay, the thing about the topography of northern portions of florida, which is pretty much at sea level and then have you got the low country of georgia, south carolina, and north carolina is when the hurricane pushes the water in, it can go for miles because it's flat as a pancake. >> it is. and really all across this region is sliced and died by river systems that, again, typically will flood to bring water into homes and businesses. we experienced that with hurricane florence last year, severe flooding all across eastern north carolina. but, again, florence was a little bit different, much more rainfall expected -- was with florence than what we expect with dorian. we are hoping that dorian will accelerate and the speed with which it passes the coast may help to lessen some of the impact. but i will say that we can't let our guard down, even

though the storm, the worst of the storm may remain offshore, the back side passing over land is still going to cause a lot of problems across the east. ainsley: hey, jay, alexandria ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders are saying that this -- the hurricanes are caused by climate change. i know that hurricanes have been happening since the beginning of the atmosphere. what do you think the reason is? >> well, that's a complex question to try to answer quickly. but i will say from my historical perspective is that we are seeing hurricanes like dorian, a category 5, the strongest ever in the bahamas, records were sort of made to be broken though. we know that we have had cat 5s for many, many years, sore ten tries, in fact. and there is a lot of historical record that would suggest that hurricanes, we go through cycles where we experience periods of 20 to 40 years of increased activity and then less activity. climate change, however, is going to have an impact in the future. we are going to see a warming seas do present the

possibility of stronger and more hurricanes. but, i would stop short of trying to blame disaster like what we have experienced in the bahamas solely on climate change. there have been category 4s and 5s that have devastated parts of the caribbean for centuries. brian: jay barnes, thanks so much. great perspective. we will see if this one makes history shortly. steve: already has, sadly. brian: is bill de blasio more focused on future office instead of current office. new report shows he spent 7 hours in new york city in town hall last month. next guest calls that an insult to the people of new york city. steve: plus south carolina senator tim scott is going to join us live with final hurricane preparations and evacuations in his state. you are going to wanted to hear what he has to say coming up. ♪ ♪ to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it.

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brian: time now for your headlines. let's get started a teenager is hospitalized on life support and doctors blame vaping. he is in a medically induced coma and he may need a double lung transplant. doctors claim the chemicals in the vape can cause irreversible damage to lung tissue. according to the cdc 215 cases of lung disease across 25 states due to vaping. and today michigan will become the first state to ban flavored ecigarettes that includes retail and online sales of all vaping products. the ban will last six months and can be renewed. michigan will develop permanent regulations for ecigarettes. keep your eye on is that story. steve? steve: all right, brian, thank you. turning now to the race for the white house. new york city mayor bill de blasio is under new scrutiny for how much time is he spending on the road and how

little time he spends at city hall. the "new york post" reports de blasio clocked just search hours at city hall where his office is in the month of may, the month he launched his bid for the white house. so, is it full-time for him to drop out and focus on his day job? let's talk to new york assemblyman mike who says yes, drop out, right, mike. >> absolutely. i mean right now what you are seeing is someone who frankly has no show de blasio. i mean, to be quite frank, i mean, it's actually better in my opinion because the less he is in new york the less damage he does to the city. steve: then why are you complaining? keep him in iowa and new hampshire. >> at the same time we actually care about our dignity and embarrassing right now for new york state, new york city. what you are happening in new york city while is he gone homelessness is rampant. criminals are emboldened. police are disrespected but quite honestly i'm even shocked he logged that many hours at city hall. steve: you know in the last couple of weeks, mike, there

have been at least one police union, given what has happened to one of the police officers here who was dismissed after the eric garner died incident that called for mr. de blasio to resign. but you say he should resign as well. >> absolutely. not only withdraw from presidential campaign, which frankly is anemic but on top of it he should resign from being mayor because he doesn't care about the people. i'm waiting for his letter to say dear new york city i'm over you. steve: here's the thing. is he out on the stump. he is in iowa and new hampshire and talking about all of his achievements in new york city where he does not really work much. >> yeah. it's frankly a smoke screen poor job is he doing as mayor over in nevada vacationing on the campaign donations he gets. which one is it really? steve: latest irony when you look at his polling average,

keep in mind get in the next debate which is coming up shortly, you had to i think you had to be at 2%. he is at 0.4%. which is embarrassing. and we saw in the iowa state fair and i think the minnesota state fair as well where everybody gets to drop a bean into a bowl to figure out the popularity. i think one of those bowls didn't have any de blasio beans. >> i don't think so. it's funny, the only time he unites new york city is for his presidential campaign where everybody agrees that don't run, please don't do. this. steve: now, here's the thing. de blasio's spokesperson told the "new york post" no matter where the mayor is, he can be on the road. you know they have got phones there. they have got faxes and all sorts of gizmos, is he still delivering for the city. >> delivering what? he is delivering absolutely nothing. i mean, what you are seeing in new york state and new york state and new york city new york city especially you have hundreds of thousands

of people fleeing the city. operating billions of dollars in debt. delivering what? steve: and the slogan you had at the beginning was no show no. >> no show de blasio. steve: are the republicans here in new york city going to print those up and put them on bumper stickers? >> i hope we have fliers parading around the city selling that. steve: interesting stuff. mike lipetri new york city assemblyman. >> my pleasure. steve: what do you think about that? hurricane dorian hugging the east coast just off the coast of daytona and barreling towards the carols thicarolinas this morning. south carolina senator tim scott going to join us with final preparations and evacuations in south carolina. he's next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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there the east coast is preparing for the worst. our meteorologist janice dean is tracking dorian's path and joins us now. janice? janice: new advisory coming out in minutes. we will make sure have you that take a look at what we have right now. the storm is just offshore of florida about 90 miles due east of daytona beach. cacan you see tropical storm force winds already escaping the coast line. we have had wind gusts 50, 60 miles per hour. here is the future radar, we expect the storm to come very close to shore north florida into georgia and then as we get into thursday, south carolina needs to be watching this very closely as well as north carolina because we think this has the possibility to make a very close brush, if not a landfall on thursday into friday. forecast wind gust, here is another one of our forecast computer models, you can see the core of the strongest winds coming very close to south carolina on thursday afternoon and then up towards north carolina where, again, we think we could potentially have maybe one or two landfalls across

cape hatteras. all right. here is what we are dealing with in terms of the latest track as of 5:00 a.m. still a category 2. and it's moving northwestward. it has to make that northward turn and then the northeast curve. and we think the potential is there for a landfall or a very close brush with south carolina and north carolina. and if we look historically back in time, this is very similar to the track of matthew just three years ago. so, local officials can say okay, this is what happened with matthew. we are taking a very similar track to this. and if you had damage in georgia, south carolina, north carolina, during matthew, you potentially could have the same type of damage as we go through the next couple of days. the difference between this and matthew was we had a cat 5 in northwestern bahamas area which destroyed a lot of those -- steve: there is going to be storm surge in charleston what does it look like the storm surge. right now i just looked charleston, south carolina is only 8 feet above sea

level. janice: right generally speaking from georgia up to north carolina my apologies, can i actually show you the -- steve: right. >> there georgia from south carolina to north carolina we are talking about a 4 to 7-foot storm surge. that depends on where you are with all these inlets. ainsley: charleston floods all the time. janice: it could get up to a foot of rainfall. ainsley: thanks, janice. arab shah has an hasny is live. you are clearly in a boat. >> i'm in a boat, guys. i'm in marine here which has dozens of boats. the owner of this boat let us on to tell us what is he doing. is he getting ready too i is if 2imove his smaller boat 17-foot inland he doesn't

want to take a chance. these boats are going to rock back and forth. dry for now. i want to show you pictures we saw earlier of folks boarding up their houses. folks don't seem to be all too concerned. they are stocking up on food and water. we wants to tell you about this mandatory evacuation that the governor has issued for several coastal counties asking everyone in low lying areas to just get out of here. and they have also sort of reversed i-26 that highway, that interstate that runs from charleston to column columbia. that has been reversed so people can get out of here. again, everyone is trying to do what they can. they have a little bit more time left. we are expecting that storm to hit some time overnight. the airports is going to close about 3:00 today so people have to make up their mind quickly. steve: all right. aishah thank you very much. let's bring in south carolina senator tim scott. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: we know you are really busy with all the

preparations. it's got to be frustrating though to know that there are so many people who have seen dorian over the last 48 hours and it was first a category 5 and then it's now a 2 and they are thinking you know what? i don't really need to evacuate. yeah i'm in a low lying area but nonetheless i'll be fine. >> yeah. that's just a terrible idea. one of the things i have been saying that is complacency leads to catastrophes not only for you but for the emergency responders that will be charged with the responsibility of coming to get you. if you are in a mandatory evacuation area, leave. i'm a low country resident all my life and for the first time in my life i saw a billboard in charleston which is the number one tourist destination in the nation and simply said get out. we don't tell people to leave. if we are telling to you leave, it's a problem. brian: what's the latest thing they are telling you, senator. you get better information and in contact with the president. what are they telling you? >> i spoke with the white house this morning.

i'm so thankful that we have a president that is prepared for the challenge that we face on the southeast coast of america. a couple things that i'm hearing from the president -- from the white house as well as from local folks. number one, high tide plus storm surge and additional rain, that's the trifecta. when we think about wind or the category strength, that wind has to do with property damage. what causes the loss of life, it's the water. when the water rises 7 feet in the city that's basically at sea level, that means that all of us can be in danger. it's so important for us to use what the governor did on monday which was to reverse the interstate so that all of us could get out of here, take advantage of that now. the lane reversal ends at noon today. we have had three days to get out. the governor's warnings are clear. they were crisp and they should be adhered too. ainsley: thank you, senator for what you are doing for our great state. >> thank you, ainsley.

ainsley: i'm from south carolina so my heart is there thank you for what you are doing. change gears a little bit. gun control has been the topic of conversation for our country for the last few years. and chicago's mayor is clashing with ted cruz over a tweet that ted cruz sent out. his original tweet said gun control doesn't work. look at chicago. disarming law abiding citizens isn't the answer. stopping violent criminals pros cutting them and getting them off the streets before they commit more violent crimes is the most effective way to reduce murder rates. let's protect citizens. steve: because he mentioned chicago, the mayor lori lightfoot tweeted back at him. 60% of illegal firearms recovered in chicago come from outside of illinois. mostly from states dominated by coward republicans like you who refuse to enact common sense gun legislation. keep our name out of your mouth. what do you make of this twitter fight between the two? >> well, it's really unfortunate that we missed

the main objective you have keeping more people alive because of gun safety. one of the ways we should take a look at this overall issue of gun violence is to recognize that about 33,000 americans lost their lives to gun violence last year. steve: right. >> 65% of those folks were suicides. now, about 14,000 homicides in america last year. one of the things we should ask our selves where do they happen? they happen in the states with the strongest gun laws in america. they happen in the cities that have actually added layers of gun ordinances on top of the already stringent laws within those states. what we have recognize you haed is apattern that from calia the number one state of mass shooting in this nation if you look at the polls from 1982 to 2019, we find very quickly that california, washington state, states that have really high an oppressive gun laws still

see amazing gun violence. anyone that suggests that states like texas or south carolina where we have strong second amendment adherence are the problems, wrong. what we should do is take a deeper dive into the homicides and we will find out that the homicides have a lot in common. brian: senator, look at the last 25 shootings and see if there is commonalities get politics out experts and forensics into it do this intelligently but not emotionally. real quick the odessa shooter beat the background check by buying it from a personal -- it was a personal sale. steve: it was a private sale. brian: you do not have to register that the nra doesn't wants to register those person-to-person. steve: private sales. brian: do you? >> the first question we should ask ourselves is how do we actually regulate those private sales? i think the answer to that question is more allusive than we think it is. what i don't want to do is

have a debate about making people feel better but the laws don't actually make you any better. that's the wrong path. it is the political path. and political expediency does not save lives. it could actually cost lives. the thing that we saw in the texas shooter is the exact same fact pattern we have seen in previous shootings. there is a mental health issue in this nation that we need to address and we need to address it square in the eyes from the suicides to the fact that several of the last mass shootings have happened from people who have had a clear challenge from a mental perspective. this guy had had the cops called on him because he was shooting his gun in the neighborhoods. he called the fbi, which, in my opinion, shows. steve: a couple of times. >> shows his mental stability is not in question. we have clearly put a spotlight on the issue but we continue to drag our selves into a political conversation about more gun

laws in hopes of solving the problem but that will only make people feel better. it will not make them safer. brian: just answer the question. do you think that person-to-person sales, private sales, should be registered? >> the answer is -- i'm not trying to avoid your answer i simply cannot answer the question without actually looking at facts. i'm not sure how we make every person who sales a weapon to another person how do we make 245 happen? and if you can tell me that we can figure out how to make that happen i'm willing to listen. i think it's a lot harder to figure out the solution to the challenges. i'm willing to do whatever i can to keep people safe. i'm not willing to politicize this issue in hopes of finding a solution that may be more allusive. ainsley: we know it's such big issue for south carolina. people like my dad and brother are good guys. they have a lot of guns. they like to hunt and they like to protect their family. the problem with regulating this the bad guys are still going to get the guns. look what happened in texas.

they will get the guns and good guys are not going to be able to protect themselves. thank you, senator. >> in fact, in 2018 we passioned the back ground check that would have stopped the shooter in charleston from getting a weapon to tighten the systems where we know we can produce outcomes, makes a good common sense first step and the mental disorders in this nation, if we don't address those, we are not addressing 65% of the gun-related deaths in this country, which are suicides. steve: right. all right. senator tim scott, thank you very much for joining us. we know you are involved with preparations for the storm down there. sir, thank you very much and good luck. >> absolutely. we continue to precipitate for the bahamas as well. ainsley: yes, we do. steve: all right. thank you, senator. ainsley: thank you, senator. another teenager making headlines this teenager loves the jonas brothers she had to miss their concert because of chemotherapy. the band came together and she will tell us all about it next. >> hi.

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♪ ainsley: 16-year-old lily jordan was supposed to go and see the jonas brothers in concert saturday night in pennsylvania. but, instead, she had to

undergo chemotherapy treatment. brian: lily took to social media and invited the band to come visit. sure enough it caught the jonas brothers' attention. >> hi. oh my gosh. >> thank you for inviting us to come see you. >> thank you for coming. [laughter] >> hi. >> good to see you. >> it's good to see you, too. steve: how great is that that was over the weekend. and lee jordan joins us live right now. lily, good morning to you. ainsley: good morning, lily. >> good morning. steve: okay. so you put that out on your social media. you told everybody put the word out i want the jonas brothers to know i'm having chemotherapy, can't go to their show in hershey, pennsylvania. when the jonas brothers, lily, walked through that door, what was going on in your head? >> it was so surreal. it was crazy. and it all started out as something of a joke. and it just went absolutely

crazy. and i could have never expected it. but in that moment i was like oh, okay, this is happening. it was surreal. i can tell you that. brian: i saw the video over the weekend. i guess you were across the street and let everybody know anybody who has been following you and your struggles with cancer. #, let the jonas brothers know. they got the word and walked. in how did you find out that they knew and were coming? >> that's a good question. i think it kept building more and more traction. and i think we started kind of thinking like have they -- in whispers i think the jonas brothers have seen and it i think their social media person has seen it or whatever. and we were kind of -- we were hearing whispers and i was like are the jonas brothers actually seeing my posts? like that's crazy. ainsley: lily, i love. this it shows, too, they haven't forgotten from where

they came. they are thanking their fans. they know who has made them successful. it's individuals like you. we have a clip of nic jonas asking you what your favorite song is. let's listen to this. >> do you have a favorite song we can dedicate to you. >> sos. >> you like sos? >> that's my favorite. >> okay. great. ainsley: you said sos is favorite song and they dedicated that song to you at the concert. what else did you talk about? >> well, we talked about ho how -- i did talk about sophie turner is ho is nick's wife on game of thrones. i love her. they signed t-shirts for us which is so nice. you know, to be honest it was all a blur. i have to watch the video again to tell you exactly what we talked about. brian: in reading about your background, i understand the penn state cross fit club brought you there they

become friends of yours. what have they plenty to yours and the fight against cancer? >> they're the most incredible people and penn state -- i won't get into it now because it is such a huge thing, but they have just become such huge important part of our lives and our family and they are such an amazing group of kids. steve: that is very nice of you to say. you know, lily, because the jonas brothers clearly are paying close attention to social media, they are going to actually see this interview that we're doing with you today. they are going to watch it on their tour bus or wherever they are today. what would you like to say to the jonas brothers to say thank you for making your -- that crazy dream come true? >> where do i even begin? if i'm talking to them directly. steve: you are. >> thank you so much.

literally, have no idea how much it means to me. it was the most incredible thing ever. and i'm still -- it was a hard chemo and it was just what they did was just so incredible and they are such a kind group of people and. steve: they are a class act. >> they are so genuinely kind and good people just thank you. ainsley: lily, music gets us through the hard times. i know you were diagnosed when you were 1 years old with osteosarcoma which is a rare cancer. you are 16 years old now. our thoughts and prayers are with you. the whole country is watching and praying for you right now. >> thank you. ainsley: we wish you all the best, honey. >> thank you. brian: go get them lily. thank you so much. we will keep up with your

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brian: right now, category 2 hurricane dorian lashing florida's northeast coast with powerful wind and rain for now. ainsley: storm surge warnings up to north carolina where it could make landfall. steve: we're getting a clear look this morning at the devastation in the bahamas. look at that. >> the fact it looks the like 90% of the homes are gone. i may have counted 50 roofs be maybe. brian: this video shows a family trying to escape. you see the water is chest deep. they made it out safely. so did the pets. >> wow, we have live team coverage as the storm moves up the east coast. of the meteorologist janice dean

is checking the path. we have in georgia and south carolina and griff jenkins is live in daytona beach, florida, because dorian is right off the coast of daytona right now. reporter: we're down by the pier. three years ago the pier lost 50, 60 feet. the waves at the end are starting to pound it. this is low tide. high tide comes at 12:55 p.m. they are worried about the storm surge. there are big, heavy waves out to sea where the eye is just 100 miles off of us. you can see definitely pushing in here to the storm surge. of course it will complicate things because of the halifax river and another intercoastal river running in daytona, it flooded in irma and flooded in matthew. the sheriff has high water vehicles prepositioned to get in there should they need to. the story here, because they

know, people here are pretty optimistic as, the tide comes in, you can see behind me, it is a pretty strong tide already. but they know they have dodged a bullet, they see in the bahamas. whether or not they will have a water issue, flooding today, that is anybody's guess. they are hopeful at this point, guys. ainsley: thank you, griff. steve: let's go to janice dean. i'm tracking some of the waves just offshore from where griff is right now. just to the east of the eye of the storm which is east of where griff is, the waves are according to this buoy, 31 feet high. ainsley: whoa. janice: this storm has been in the atlantic for days now. at one point it was a category 5 with 185 mile-per-hour sustained winds. it has a lot of wind energy. it is finally moved to the north, northwest at 8 miles per hour. this is the satellite imagery. devastating effects. we're getting images from the

northwest bahamas. it has now moved north, northwest at 8 miles per hour. the latest track. we got that in. it is still a category 2 hurricane. wind gusts is in excess of 35 miles per hour for st. augustine and daytona beach. we have a byou out here at 69 mile-per-hour. the tropical storm force winds, 175 miles from the center of the storm. the storm winds are expanding. it is getting larger. we'll continue to watch this. this is the latest track. still at 105. we're expecting a very close brush with south carolina, north carolina, thursday night into friday. we think potential landfall. certainly hurricane-force winds across the coast of florida, the potential for georgia. we have hurricane warnings for south carolina, up to north carolina. we have counterclockwise winds.

storm surge four to seven feet, up to a foot of rainfall which could be devastating for this region. steve: it could be. janice, what saved the mainland, the peninsula of florida, as it goes along the way, the storm has been 100 miles out, the eye of the storm. the hurricane winds are only 30 miles. that really -- janice: 60. steve: 60. the closer up towards the carolinas that will be the biggest impact. janice: right, that is where we think it has biggest focus of landfall or a very close brush. ainsley: that hurricane hunter we talked to, the meteorologist with noaa, are you seeing a difference? yeah, it is getting bigger. the longitude is changing. it is moving west. he worries for south carolina. janice: the bigger it gets the more effect and wider wind stretch. went from 30 miles to 60 miles

of hurricane-force winds the last 24 hours. brian: janice, thank you. about a half hour ago, senator tim scott joins us. he is constant contact with the president. he is close with him personally. he is happy the president is so engaged. watch. >> complacency leads to catastrophes, not only for but for the emergency responders that will be charged with the responsibility of coming to get you. if you are in a mandatory evacuation area, leave. high tide plus storm surge and additional rain that is the trifecta. when we think about wind or category strength, that wind has to do with property damage. what costs loss of life, it is the water. when the water rises seven feet in the city that is basically at sea level, that means that all of us can be in danger. so thankful that we have a president that is prepared for the challenge that we face on the southeast coast of america. steve: the problem for

charleston, it is just eight feet above sea level. if they have storm surge of, you know, anywhere, six to 10 feet, that's a problem. ainsley: my sister after college, she was driving in downtown charleston, thought she could make it through some of the water, flooded the entire car. steve: don't stand through standing water. ainsley: she lost the car. brian: six minutes after the top. hour. the other big thing on the president's mind besides the hurricane is the border wall. he put up border wall that was put up shabbily, that was beaten up by wind, rain, and elements. he wants to build a new wall. he will need money. because congress will not give it to him for political purposes. he repurchased money from the pentagon budget that will delay projects to $3.26 billion. that was announced yesterday by new wednesday secretary mark esper. they will build 175 miles of wall. ainsley: what happened, there were 127 military construction projects. the defense secretary and the

president agreed, sideline that, put that on hold for a little while, use the money, 3.6 billion to build the wall. steve: here is the thing of the 127 military projects effectively this defunds because they're taking money to build the new or reconstructed wall, those were projects that congress already funded. half of them in the united states and half outside of the country. the pentagon has not said which from projects would be defunded. they will make the announcement later this week. the pentagon say the projects are not canceled. they won't be delayed so long as congress agrees to backfill the funds. go ahead and reappropriate the money. but democrats they're not going to backfill. in fact chuck schumer put out a statement and he does not like this one bit. >> said it is a slap in the face to the members of the armed forces to serve our country president trump is willing to cannibalize allocated military funding to boost his ego to

build a wall he promises mexico would pay for. brian: nancy pelosi is shockingly not in support. canceling military projects at home and abroad, to build donald trump's wasteful wall making america less secure. could you argue she stood by as barack obama allowed the military to collapse, really over the last eight years. so the president has got to put hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild the military as general mattis said yesterday. got 87% of what he wanted over last two years he was in charge. there is money there. you could also argue too that the military is there to defend this country. that wall defends the country. >> there were multiple lawsuits. federal judges placed an injunction on this the supreme court overturned the ruling. the money can be used to build wall. brian: aclu will sue. steve: it will be challenged in court. president of the united states any week will have a fund-raiser out in los angeles. when that was announced stars of "will & grace" went online, made

it very clear they did not like the idea. debra messing last week demand on twitter "the hollywood reporter" print the list of all the attendees after it was announced the president would have that fund-raiser. then eric mccormack, her co-star, also tweeted and wants names. ainsley: he said, hey, if "the hollywood reporter," kindly report on everyone attending this event so the rest of us can be clear who we don't want to work with, thanks. brian: it is pretty clear he wants a list. he wants to see names. that was abundantly clear to whoopi goldberg yesterday on the the on "view." meghan mccain agreed with this point of view. >> we don't go after people because we don't like who they voted for. we don't go after them that way. we can talk about issues and stuff but we don't print out lists. steve: so, wait, we don't print

out lists. that is kind of what they were asking for, right? eric mccormack, the guy from "will & grace" yesterday, put out a statement and said this, i want to be clear about my social media post from last week which has been misinterpreted in a very upsetting way. i absolutely do not support blacklists or discrimination of any kind. as anyone who knows me would attest, would i simply like to understand where trumps major donations are coming from which is a matter of public record. i'm holding myself responsible for making educated and informed decisions that i can morally and ethically stand by and to do that, transparency is essential. brian: yeah. really amazing this is, two weeks ago when julian castro, brother, sitting congressman, i want to print all the donors of the president of the united states from texas. ended up being donors who donated to his campaign. julio castro didn't have

traction got seriously hurt by that a lot of people knee deep in politics, there is real almost with people getting labeled because they like a particular candidate. ainsley: yeah. brian: non-stop, boycott, the list, the ostracize. steve: listen to whoopie. ainsley: we have friends that vote differently. that is okay. have healthy debates with your friends, you don't have to hate one another. you weighed in. i for one how we as americans have to hide who we vote for. time we stopped hiding, stopped being afraid who we vote for. hollywood does not own me. steve: lucas on facebook, writes, america is still free to vote to support who we want. it is none of anybody's business. brian: frederick says this, kudos to whoopi goldberg for supporting free speech and first amendment. i normally do not agree with her. she is 100%. kelsey grammer will go. klimt eastwood, dean cain if he has the time will show up.

those are four people. you could name almost every hollywood conservative. you have to be successful to be impervious to as that comes your direction. steve: we read the comments all day long. keep them coming all day long. >> here is carley. carley: a proposed law would have extradited criminals to mainland china, but as stuart varney points out, protesters want more. >> they want an investigation of the police. they want amnesty for all those elected, arrested. they can't carrie lam to resign. most importantly they want a free vote to replace her. carley: the extradition bill has already been suspended but protesters demanded it would be formally withdrawn. listen to this, a woman falls off a cliff, plunges 80 feet to the ground and survives.

witnesses say she hit the side of the cliff several times before landing in a creek at a state park in south dakota. rescue crews pulled her out with just minor injuries. a true miracle. people in california will no longer be required to help police officers make arrests. california governor gavin knew some striking down a law from 1872 that made it a crime for able-bodied people not to help cops if they request assistance. the change comes as national democrat mayor urges city workers to stop working with i.c.e. david riley signing an executive order discouraging cooperation unless state and federal law demands assistance. hurricane dorian lashes florida's east coast. two police officers go the extra mile to protect old glory. watch this. they saw the flag flying outside of a sanford american legion. they were worried it would be blown away.

they quickly took the flag down, brought it inside, showing total respect for the american flag. brian: how an embarassment gavin newsom is. he should not get one law enforcement mugged, what if a cop was being overpowered would he not want someone to help them? carley: like in new york with the governor here. brian: i'm a cop. why would you stay on the job? ainsley: have to be so far extreme, so progress to win in this state. this guy is flat-out law enforcement. ainsley: thanks, carley. steve: 8:15 here in new york city. the search for survivors in that deadly diving boat fire as the video shows the boat engulfed in flames, screen left. ainsley: we have inside look on board moments before the tragic fire. brian: we till have live team coverage of hurricane dorian. it continues.

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deadly dive boat fire in california suspended. the rescuers recovered remains of 20 people. saying the 14 still missing presumed dead. as newly-released video showing the fire fully engulfing the conception, the name of the boat. blocking people from escaping. our next guest is part of the diving community is familiar with boats like conception. ken curtis joins us now. they said $860 to go on a three of this day journey. they were down below, 39 in all including the crew. five of the six crewmembers get out. can you for our viewers, everyone around the country paint a scenario which might have taken place there? >> yeah. so the thing to understand, the conception dive boat it is a very typical dive boat in terms of the type of diving we do out here in california. if you could picture three different decks. so the main deck is going to have the galley, which is where you cook, where people eat and

then what we call our dive deck. below that is where the passengers are sleeping. above that, is where the crew would be in the wheelhouse. and the assumption is, and again it is an assumption at this point, the fire broke out in that main deck galley area, somewhere in there. so what you have happening is, you have, again, remember it is 3:00 in the morning when this happened, and so what you're going to have all the passengers down below asleep while the fire is raging above them. the crew, above the fire, probably unable to get down to the passengers because of the fire probably blocked everything off. and, they're up in the wheelhouse. that is why they're able to at some point get off and there is an assumption, this was covered in the press conference yesterday by the santa barbara county sheriff and the coast guard, that the fire most likely blocked both the main stairs out of the bunk room as well as the

escape hatch that is at the back of the bunk room. brian: it is way below. you're saying, from what you could tell, by the way we're seeing video of the actual boat. you've been on that actual boat, that actual vessel? >> yes. i've been on the vessel number of times. brian: when you say yourself all the way in the bottom, the sleeping quarters how do we get out of here if there is fire, does it go through your mind? >> it does. the thing to be honest not a fire. thing i thought about what will i do, if the boat flips over i am sleeping. will i remember i have to swim down to get out of the boat. i don't know to be honest with you that many of us who dive ever think about the idea of fire. to be clear, this is something, i've been diving in california for 38 years. this is something that has never, ever, happened to a california dive boat before. i mean i don't even know of fires where there was

significant enough that, you know, saw significant boat damage or anything like that. so the idea that this boat can burn this quickly, down to the water line, trapping everybody, down in the bunk room area is just something that was, we never really thought of that because it is so incredible to think the fact it happened. brian: the dive community being you're on there, all we can do is guess, your guess is better than ours. we know things can explode. we don't know how they start. what could have possibly have started? where would you, people ask your advice as they try to put this together, what would you say? >> well, certainly we know, and it was covered again in the briefing, there was no explosion they think started the whole thing. so now you might look at something electrical? could there have been a short in a generator? could there have been a short somewhere else? we know that, as divers were carrying cameras and stuff like that, that have rechargeable

batteries is there issue with any of these chargers? is it something simple as a small camera battery being charged overnight while everybody is asleep, has a short, that is what starts the fire. so the real, the two questions that really, we have to get answered, and the diving community is very greatful that the ntsb is getting involved. because we know there will be some answers and that that will be made public. so the two answers are not only how did this start but why did this seemingly spread so quickly. just to give you a little more perspective, when we dive, we know that we're underwater, we're in an alien environment. if something goes wrong, things can go terribly wrong. in california, l.a. area, we average about four or five diving fatalities every year. usually because people run out of air, something like that. so this thing with 34 people dead is the equivalent of seven

or eight years of fatalities all in one day. brian: right. >> that is one reason it makes such a big impact on our diving community. not only that, but everybody who dives a california dive boat, they have been in this exact same type of bunk room, whatever, everybody today is thinking you know, that could have been me. brian: i got to run, just when they, when you hear the exchange of, can you get back on unlock the ship? unlock the door. >> right. brian: that was the exchange with the emergency operators and the crew that survived. people thought, wow, did you just leave them locked below. you're here to say that is not what happened, that you don't think? >> not only not what happens, that is the coast guard guy, i believe what happened is the radio person on the boat was probably saying some variation of, fire has blocked, bloced, blocked everybody in the bunk

room. the guy on the coast guard hears it as locked. brian: as we get more information we'll have you back. >> thank you, brian. brian: a sole conviction of the illegal immigrant in shooting death of kate steinle has been overturned. we'll bring you details of that disturbing case next. ot there t. while meningitis b is uncommon... once symptoms appear, they can progress quickly and can be fatal... sometimes within 24 hours. before you send your teen to college... make sure you help protect them. talk to your teen's doctor... about meningitis b vaccination.

steve: time now for quick headlines. 8:28 here in new york city. the white house hitting iran with new sanctions following several failed rocket tests. secretary of state mike pompeo announcing those penalties against the iran space agency which he calls a cover to advance iran's missile programs. iranian officials insist they are only developing rockets to launch satellites into space. british prime minister bore

wrist johnson threatens new elections after parliament seeks another brexit delay. lawmakers plan to vote today on a measure that would block the prime minister from a no-deal exit from the eu. johnson says the uk will leave the european union on october the 31st. will they? stay tuned. at that point it is uncertain. ainsley. ainsley: thank you so much, steve. it is the case that drew national attention and fueled the debate over illegal immigration. now a california appeals court is overturning the only conviction against a five-time deported illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing kate steinle on a san francisco pier back in 2015. but our next guest says the state court decision will not affect the federal prosecution against him. so here with more is u.s. attorney for the northern district of california, david anderson. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. ainsley: what was your reaction when the state appeals court

overturned the one conviction, which was felon in possession of a firearm? >> the case had been pending sometime in the state of court of appeals, so the timing was a surprise. it had no effect what we're doing federally. federally we have our charges against zarate, being a felon in possession of a firearm and illegal alien in possession of a firearm. ainsley: so what happens next? >> the case is set for trial in our federal courthouse in san francisco in january of 2020. the case is now proceeding through the pretrial proceedings towards that trial date. ainsley: the original charges against him, first-degree murder, acquitted. second-degree murder, acquitted. involuntary manslaughter, acquitted. assault with a semi-automatic weapon, acquitted. felon in possession of a firearm he was convicted. the appeals court just overturned that. you say it won't affect what is happening in the federal courts. what do you expect to happen? >> in the federal court we

brought this case on the basis of statute passed by congress many years ago that prohibits certain categories of people from possessing any firearms. if you are a felon, congress deemed you dangerous, someone who cannot possess a firearm. if you're someone no lawful status in the united states, if you're here without any right to be here, you cannot possess a firearm. these are prosecutions that are brought throughout the country as regular course in my district in northern district of california. we bring between 100 and 200 of these cases a year. nationally, federal prosecutors bring thousands of these cases annually. ainsley: have you talked to -- my heart goes out to her family. we interviewed them right after their daughter was killed. i wonder what is going through their minds right now. have you talked to them? >> i have not. and in the federal prosecution the crime that is charged is the possession of the firearm.

so the state case was focused of course as you know on the victim. in the federal case, it is the possession of a firearm by a certain that congress prohibited possessing a firearm that is the focus of our case. ainsley: sounds like that law, the federal law is similar to a red flag law that our lawmakers have been talking about a lot because this guy was in the the country illegally. had been deported a lot. kept coming back. then in the possession of a firearm. is that equivalent to a red flag? >> i'm not one as a prosecutor to be able to speak about the policy discussion that is going on right now. what i do is, i enforce, i uphold the laws that are currently on the books. so garcia zarate was previously convicted of a felony offense. someone who previously been deported. it is someone who has no right to possess the a firearm. that is the statute i focus on.

>> thank you so much for joining us. keep us posted what happens in the federal occurs. >> thank you. will do. ainsley: thanks, david. hurricane dorian pushing along florida's coast as it barrels toward georgia and the carolinas. we have an update on the storm's path with live reports from the ground coming up next. ♪ leave no man behind. or child. or other child. or their new friend. or your giant nephews and their giant dad. or a horse. or a horse's brother, for that matter. the room for eight, 9,000 lb towing ford expedition.

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hours. we didn't see anybody out here. in the last 30 minutes or so we have seen people out here. chitchatting with people who plan to stay on the island in their homes when the storm hits. everybody has irma, matthew in back of their minds when you have a hurricane tracking similar how matthew did. we'll look at video from matthew. you can see the damage, devastation caused on this island, and some areas locally. you can see trees snapped on top of homes. a lot of people lost power. you had huge storm surges. that is the problem in this area are the storm surges. people tell us we were talking a few minutes ago, who said sometimes people stay and ride out these storms because you get those huge storm surges, because you get so much damage. that it is actually hard to come back on to the island, whether officials still have their surveying to do after the storm has passed. that is why they don't let people back on, or the causeways have been flooded. right now that is kind of what people are monitoring to see exactly what the threat is in

this area over the course of the next few hours. because as you guys can see behind me right now, it is pretty calm out here. we saw heavier bands of rain earlier this morning. right now we're not seeing any rain. we haven't seen any in the last hour or so. we will be here, keep you updated. back to you. steve: you're a few feet above sea level. that is why the worry of the storm surge is so significant. thank you very much. further up the coast in charleston, south carolina where people are bracing for people are bracing once again, storm surge. charleston, less than 10 feet above sea level. reporter: that's right. good morning to you. we're starting to hear thunder rolling in. it is starting to begin. expecting rain to hit any moment now. that is the concern here. i want to show you what i'm talking about. we're at ashley marina. i'm about five four. you see the pillar here? people see the water rise above this pillar. that is back when hugo hit.

they got million dollar boats here, expensive boats here. they don't want nation to happen to the boats. they're coming out to add more lines, tie them down, make them more secure. they really can't do a whole lot. on the mainland people are trying to board up their houses as quickly as possible. we have pictures to show you of that. they're trying to do as best as they can. this place is under an evacuation order, a mandatory evacuation order. locals tell me they're not leaving. they will stick it through. they will see how this goes. hopefully not too much damage. by the way the airport closes here in just a couple hours at 3:00. people have to make up their mind, decide what they're doing, figure out what their plan is. it is about to begin. we can feel it already. steve: live at the marina in downtown charleston. thank you very much. ainsley: janice has a look what dorian is doing now, where it is going, when it will hit, janice? janice: still a category 2, it

has time over the warm waters of the gulf stream to strengthen a little bit. eyewall is coming through on the radar imagery. daytona beach is 80 miles from the center of the storm. tropical storm force winds 175 miles from the center of the storm. hurricane-force winds 60 miles from the the center of this storm. you can see with the latest model runs colling very close to shore. here is charleston. the again the worst of the storm surge and the rain and wind and right front quadrant. they will take a direct hit we think from some of the most powerful winds, storm surge and rain. coming very close to shore here on thursday evening, right at the border of south and north carolina. perhaps a a secondary landfall near outer banks on friday. category 2, 105-mile per hour sustained winds t was a category 5 for many days. because it weakened a little bit, it allowed winds to get larger.

so it is becoming a larger storm. the track shows the closest part to landfall as we get into thursday and friday, somewhere along the carolinas. we'll see impacts along the florida coastline and georgia, with storm surge four to seven feet for a lot of areas, we could see upwards a foot of rain near charleston. of course hurricane-force winds for thursday, friday, for parts of outer banks. steve: looks like it will hit tomorrow during our program. janice: tomorrow morning we'll see some impacts. the worst core of the storm will be thursday, night, friday morning. we could be dealing a landfall up towards hatteras. steve: janice, thank you very much. brian: carley shimkus has the news. a lot going on. carley: a dad charged in the massive scandal claims there is is a pay-to-play scheme in usc.

robert grillo was charged with bribing the school to get his daughter into usc he says the school awards. according to bloomberg his lawyers claim, 80% of special interest candidates who donated to the school got into usc. dramatic video serves as an important reminder to slow down on wet streets. watch this. a driver in oklahoma losing control on the highway, causing a u-haul trailer to hit two firefighters who were standing on the side of the road. you could see both men thrown to the ground. thankfully they are both okay. a woman pull as gun out of her purse to chase away a pair of robbers. michelle says she was sitting in the car when one suspect reached in her bag. the houston woman had two rounds in her gun and used them both. >> i couldn't shoot anymore.

it saved my life. carley: she shot and wounded one of the suspects. the other one got away. a vegan is taking her beef with neighbors to court. she says she sat up with her neighbors grilling beef in the backyard of her australian home. >> i put it so could smell is fish. i can't enjoy my backyard. i can't go out there. >> do you think they do it on purpose? >> absolutely. >> her neighbors say they got rid of her grill. carden took her case to the australian supreme court in 2016, but the judge dismissed the. steve: sounded like they were grilling fish. ainsley: that's right. steve: thank you, carley. ainsley: hurricane katrina was one of the most devastating storms in our history. our next guest served in the white house when it hit. steve: karl rove breaks down the process then as the u.s. braces for dorian now.

brian: but first i would like to check in with bill hemmer. he is in atlantic beach in florida. he will do his show from there. hey, bill. >> good morning. great program again this morning. watching this thing, really parallels the florida coast here. i think for a lot of folks here in florida, they will wake up today feeling awfully, awfully lucky. you never know until the storm passed into georgia, carolinas, perhaps blowing out to sea. big three hour show today, guys. let you know what the warnings are and the watches. the devastation left behind in the bahamas. we have people on site. we'll speak with them in the next few hours, and how they are dealing with the aftermath and how they begin the process of recovery. coast guard is there giving the best help they can. we'll be live in a moment east of jacksonville. coming up live at the top of the hour on "america's newsroom." join us then.

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ainsley: right now hurricane dorian is churning past the florida coast, threatening to hit the carolinas. brian: a dangerous situation. our next guest is all too familiar with it too, serving in the bush administration when katrina struck. steve: former white house deputy chief of staff, fox news contributor, karl rove who joins us today from austin. good morning to you.

>> got morning. steve: you thought about this you have four points about lessons learned from katrina, right? >> first of all, it is important to remember, most people think when we have a big national disaster like hurricane that washington is in charge, that the federal government is in charge of preparedness and response. that is not true. federal, the federal involvement of this is governed by a law passed in 1968 called the stafford act. what is says people who are in charge in natural disasters like this are governors of the respected affected states. they're in charge. so they have to have a plan. and any, particularly in states that are, that are contiguous to water, you have to, major cities have to have plans to deal with hurricanes, the first point that every state has a plan and the governors need to execute that plan. that plan has been the result of years of discussion, improvement, revision, reexam

nation. the plans are in writing. generally under the charge of disaster emergency services people in the individual states. number one thing, you plan for this moment, execute your plan. the second thing is, be clear what you need from the federal government. the federal government is there to write checks, provide specialized services a state may not have. states need to be clear what they need from the federal government. request that assistance, early as far in advance as possible. third, there need to be clear line of authority twine the governor and the disaster emergency services personnel who are in charge of this. below them, the affected mayors and county officials. so, there has to be a clear line of authority. have somebody in charge. can't be -- governor has to be the shot caller. there needs somebody operationally in charge moment to moment. that is very important. the governors tend to be people in every state who have the biggest voice. they need to use that voice to tell the residents of their state what they must do in

conformity with the plan. if the plan calls for an evacuation, it is the governor who ought to be out there telling people, to get out, evacuate now. brian: we know that, we know washington wasn't perfect. administration wasn't perfect under katrina but we know local deserved almost all the blame for katrina. but yet ultimately you know, karl, if you're in the white house today, you're going to take the blame. >> yeah. brian: if something goes awry with any of these cities, or towns, that will be donald trump's fault. that is why he has to be hands on. >> that is why the fema, the fema and department of homeland security and the federal emergency management agency personnel are holding the hands of these governors and their emergency people all the way up to the the coastline from florida all the way up. the good news, florida, which is a state most at risk here at the beginning has a tradition under desantis, his predecessor rick scott, under his predecessor jeb bush, florida knows how to do this.

so these coastal states, these atlantic states that are at hurricane risk tend to have very first-rate, first emergency, first responder personnel and the governors tend to be well tutored in this, even fresh on the scene like the north carolina governor. i'm confident one of the first things at that happened when he became governor, the emergency management people sat down with him, went over the plan, asked for his review and approval of the plan. brian: talk about 2020 if we can. joe biden is leading again in the polls came out. according to the investor business daily, leads president trump by 12. you say he is causing tension within the party because he is less than perfect, not only with his being gaffe-tastic, what he believes according to other party officials. >> i saw what you did, gaffe-tastic, that is nice, that will be in the dictionary. they will say the first known use of gaffe-tastic was brian kilmeade on this day, this

program, really good. there is tension inside the democratic party. they want to win, biden always performed best against president trump. on the other hand the party is going further left. they would like a true believer. that tension is there. biden has thus far withstood the tension of people saying i may not agree with him, he looks like, on everything but looks like the best shot at recovering the white house for us. that may last all the way through the contest. on the other hand it may not. it will be that way until no longer that way because people say he made too many mistakes or he made too many mistakes. he demonstrated he is not in sync with me ad logically on a lot of things. we've seen a summer which a normal candidate having made gaffs he made, having done the things that i done -- brian: he should be last. >> should see significant change in the numbers but haven't. ainsley: what happens though, when, there are so many

progressives that are running, he is centrist. a lot of center-left voting for him, like him in the polls, but so many other progressive candidates, what happens when there is only one of those? >> you put your finger on it. i put this in my column last week. one persistent problem for him, he has been ahead of the pack if you take what sanders are getting warren are getting clearly on the left of the democratic party, their combined support is more than his. so you're right, if it collapses down to one, the question is, when it gets down to one, whether it is sanders or warren, the won who falls by the wayside, what is the second choice of those voters? is it remaining progressive or is it electability, i want to go with biden? we don't know that. right now, these polls are, we think we've been at this a long time, we have, but it is still relatively early. particularly in those states, the early primary states, contest states like

new hampshire and iowa, south carolina, nevada, people are, we don't know where they are going to go because they don't know yet where they are going if their choice falls by the wayside. steve: talking a little politics. karl, thanks for joining from us texas. >> again that you have adult supervision with ainsley. ainsley: i'm doing my best. >> keep at it. ainsley: it is hard. brian: in the preinterview you had no right to say that, how dare you karl rove. see you soon. >> you bet. steve: politics to the storm. update on dorian coming up. ♪ lease the 2019 es 350 for $379 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.

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>> just about 80 miles east of that pier is dorian and the very latest? >> 60 miles from the center of the storm you have hurricane force winds at 175. tropical storm force winds along the coast you'll feel the wind gusts.

storm surge 4 to 7 feet from florida up to north carolina. >> bill hemmer is live this morning in florida. >> it is not the day to eat at joe's. wait until tomorrow at least. >> see you tomorrow morning. >> bill: thank you, guys, another day of dorian. i'm bill hemmer live atlantic beach, florida. 10 miles due east of jacksonville on the atlantic ocean where hurricane dorian is a category 2 and winds of 105. overnight we watched the storm parallel the coast. the eastern coast of florida as it moves up gaining strength and gaining speed as it moves. now moving at 8 to 9 miles per hour, which is substantially different from where it was 48 hours ago, then a stationary storm over the bahamas. it wreaked havoc for so many people out there. there are hurricane warnings st