todd: we have been with you for two hours. "fox & friends" will take over from here the next three hours bringing you every angle of this storm as well as the latest on last night's night 3 at the rnc. jillian: that's right. have a god day, everyone. see you tomorrow. bye-bye. ♪ ♪ >> i humbly accept your nomination to run as vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> will need to decide right now that american greatness will not be rejected or squandered. i say to americans who love our country be a radical for freedom and be a radical for our republic for which i stand. >> republicans abraham lincoln and now scott and donald trump. >> will double mastectomy hardest decision but supporting president trump was the easiest. >> president trump he says what he means, he means what he says. >> he has stood by me, and he

will standing up for you. >> president trump is working to safely reopen our main street economy. joe biden want to keep them locked up in the basement. >> where joe biden sees american darkness, we see american greatness. [applause] steve: last night was night three of the g.o.p., the rnc. we are going to have complete details on that. but, what a story this morning and it's a fox news alert because hurricane laura slammed the gulf coast as night three of the rnc wrapped up. made landfall overnight as a category 4 storm with 150 mile-per-hour winds impacting louisiana primarily.

ainsley: the winds so strong topping 150 miles per hour. the storm is downgraded now a category 3 hurricane which is still strong. steve: 120 miles per hour. ainsley: exactly. nearly 400,000 power outages are reported in louisiana and in texas. brian: take a look at this the best you can disseminate the storm showing massive size and lightning actually see that from space. steve: unbelievable. brian: we will have team coverage all morning long. start with janice dean tracking the storm all through the night. janice. janice: it's weakened which is good news, and now that it's lost its water source category 2 hurricane, 110 mile-per-hour sustained winds and as you mentioned made landfall around 2:00 a.m. eastern time cammeron, louisiana with the worst of the rain and storm surge and winds in the northeast quadrant of the storm. we are still going to see the risk of tornadoes throughout the day north of where the storm is projected to travel.

so not only this afternoon but into the overnight and for the foreseeable friday into the weekend as the storm is still going to be with us. we don't have any tornado warn storms. tornado watch in effect for much of louisiana as well as eastern texas for the next several hours. here's the latest path. we will get updates every hour now that the storm has made landfall. category 2, 110 mile-per-hour sustained winds. makes its way up through the tennessee and ohio river valley. still dealing with a depression and tropical force. we will feel results from laura as we get into the mangted and northeast. legacy of this storm not only one of the worst we have seen in the gulf coast but going to remain with us for many days as we get into the weekend. flood advisories posted for the track, the trajectory of this storm moving towards the mississippi and ohio river

valley where we could see upwards of 5 to 7 inches. 10 inches in isolated amounts. and i have seen reports of over 15 inches of rainfall. the storm surge incredible. that's why the national hurricane center said this was unsurvivable once it made landfall across louisiana. there is the projected rainfall as we go through friday and then the forecast wind gust once again still tropical storm force winds through portions of louisiana up into arkansas and then the tennessee and the ohio river valley need to watch this system. but the good news is now that it's lost its water source, it is beginning to weaken but the damage has been done. i have seen winds gusts in excess of 130 mile-per-hour for parts of louisiana. one they are going to remember certainly along the gulf coast. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: and, janice, it was stronger when it made landfall than rita and stronger than katrina, right? janice: absolutely. it was a category 4.

rita was a 3 and so was hurricane katrina. and this had a very similar path to rita but it was stronger and much larger storm foremiffeddable hurricane, one that goes down in the record books for many reasons. ainsley: and now it's a cat it. janice: category 2. it will continue to weaken. the danger is not over yet especially for parts of arkansas up towards the tennessee valley even the northeast we could coo have power outages from this storm getting into the weekend. steve: that's right. the worry is it is going to be leaving unrecognizable path of destruction and we will know more about that as the sun comes up. janice, thank you very much. our team coverage continues now with charles watson. he is live in port arthur in texas which is to the west of louisiana. good morning. >> hey, guys, you can hear that winds rustling right now. the intensity of the wind and rain has sloan down in the last

hour or so according to the national weather service, we are seeing about 55 mile-per-hour winds gusts right now. let's take a look behind me because you can see these shingles here on the ground. they have been blowing around all night long. we haven't been able to see a lot because it's still dark out here. a little survey of the hotel that we're at right now, they are blowing around all over the place. you see these bushes they have been blown around. right now we know that more than 400,000 people between texas and louisiana are without power right now. our hotel is without power. >> we have been without power for several hours at this point. the intention city of the winds was powerful throughout the night. inside of our hotel it sounded like a sledge hammer was continuously banging on the walls. so a good thing that the wind and rain has sloan down right now the n s says that there are flash flood, wind and tornado warnings between texas and

louisiana so folks have to be careful. people who have decided to ride out this storm. right now they don't have access to emergency services. the mayor says those folks are on their own and if they decide to stay that's between them and god right now. again, weather conditions seem to be improving and lake charles a different story. we have seen windows blown out and just intense situation right here but folks seem to be in a good spot right here in port arthur. we will send it back to you. ainsley: all right. good deal. thank you so much. charles. will jess lock is live in charms, louisiana where bracing for storm surge this morning. look at that picture. steve: much different story. ainsley: yeah; >> yeah we are getting a good blow this morning. a cat 3. still a very formidable storm.

we are not in a place fortunately where we are getting a lot of storm surge. we are across i 10 in lake charles. but, this is still a tremendous rain event and, of course, this wind that you are seeing right now and it's actually just died down a little. we were in the eye of the storm earlier this morning but i will tell you i have been in the eyes of storms before. this one didn't give us a lot. times you can see the stars. we weren't seeing any stars. it was kind of a ragged eye but still one that has been holding together. and as you reported came ashore as cat 4. still cat 3. and so you can see the kind of conditions we are getting on what is the weak side of the storm. just because they call it the weak side of the storm doesn't mean it's weak and still damage is being done here. i suspect when we get out and, of course, it's early and we can't see tremendously well.

we don't want to get too far from our hunker down position here. i expect when we get out just at the hotel where we have been staying we have been seeing fairly significant damage. the roof is still on and all of that but the kind of damage that you it would expect at least from a cat 3 or cat 4 storm. fun time lake charles. will. steve: man. brian: jeff flock, thanks so much. steve: be careful. brian: check back in with you if it's not getting better there. how things are going in texas. governor abbott is coming up in an hour and 30 mention. he will be joining us live. he has probably been up all night. late into the night as day 3 of the rnc wrapping up. griff is live with highlights with the republican national convention as we get set for the president's speech tonight knowing the storm will play a part in that speech, griff what about what happened last night.

griff: you will love. this good morning brian, anxiously and steve. the historic back drop of fort mchenry that's where americans bravely defended baltimore harbor from the british. vice president pence and second lady karen pence made an appearance there. message was one that focused heavily on law and order. watch. >> the hard truth is you won't be safe in joe biden's america. and under president trump we will always stand with those who stand on the thin blue line and we are not going to defund the police, not now, not ever. griff: also in attendance the president and first lady along with four medal of honor recipients, six purple hearts, gold star mothers and purple

medal. kellyanne lara trump all make the case for a second term. >> i want my daughter to grow up in president donald j. trump's america. >> he picks the toughest fights and tackles the most complex problems. he has stood by me and he will stand up for you. >> president trump is the law and order president from our borders to our backyards. president trump will keep america safer. president trump will keep america prosperous. president trump will keep america america. griff: the biden campaign responding indicate bedding fields saying instead of a road map to defeat the virus and rebuild our economy so that it works for the middle class, vice president pence only offered up debunked scare tactics and gaslighting in an attempt to further divide us. meanwhile tonight president trump speaking from the white

house. other speakers though will include the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, the house minority leader kevin mccarthy. the president's daughter ivanka, as well as rudy giuliani. congressman jeff van drew, ben carson tom cotton, reverend franklin graham and alice marie johnson. as we washed this hurricane and the devastation in the gulf unclear whether the night's events could be altered in any way. yesterday, kellyanne conway saying they are not ruling out adjustments to the schedule depending on what happens. brian, ainsley, steve? much. steve: all right, griff, thank you very much. the ultimate adjustment in the schedule was in 2012 when hurricane isaac came ashore and impacted people to the point where the rnc, which was in tampa, delayed their opening considerably given the factor of the storm. last night absolutely was the law and order night. it was also every day heroes and

the rnc, i think, was artful in once again not only introducing us to. so most impactful republicans but also a number of every day americans whose lives have been profoundly impacted by the put. and, of course, the ongoing theme was essentially the amount of violence that we have seen over the last number of weeks in american cities that are under the leadership of democrats, whether it's governors or mayors or things likes that ainsley. nonetheless, you know, and this is going on at the same time where there is unrest in our streets. last night the governor of minnesota called out the national guard because of some unrest in meaption and, of course kenosha wound up with 500 members of the national guard on the streets. ainsley: yeah. the president keeping saying if you need my help, i will send in the national guard. i will send in the troops. i will give you assistance. but the governors have to first ask. and last night there were so

many wonderful speakers, lara trump did an expenalty job. she is from north carolina so she talked about growing up in the south and what she thought of the president and his personality while she was growing up. and then how she got to know him and met him and learned what he was really like and what their family was like. she said he is a lot like i am. raising his kids the same way we do down south. she named her daughter carolina from she is from north carolina. steve: carolina girl she said. ainsley: that's right. kayleigh mcenany talked about how she had the break can a gene and said she decided she had to give a piece of her body. she made that decision because now she is a mom and she is healthy. 8 women have been affected in her family by breast cancer. kristi noem a rising star in the republican party. she is strong and smart and she spoke last night. she represents south dakota. there she is right there. she really talked about law and order and how she felt like what

was happening in some of these cities portland and new york she said it's just overrun by violent mobs. listen to what she said. >> america is an exception all in nation founded on three principles, equality, freedom and opportunity. but today our founding principles are under attack from seattle and portland to washington and new york. democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs. the violence is rampant. there's looting, chaos, destruction, and murder. people that can afford to flee have fled. witbut the people who can't, go, hard-working americans, are left to fengsd for themselves. ainsley: brian, she went on to say it took 244 years to build this imrated nation. she said we stand to lose it if we continue down the path taken by democrats. brian: ainsley, she brings up the cities and the unrest. it goes without argument, i

would think, that portland a mess, 80-plus days. seattle an imarmted to the country as they give up an autonomous zone and continue to attack police stations and police buildings. rachel maddow seemingly i don't watch that channel enough on msnbc. it's a shame. breaks in we are going to do a fact check on the governor of south dakota with that to talk about the reality of seattle is the mayor that says it will be the summer of love. the same mayor and so they protested at her house and she called the cops, which she is trying to defund. listen to how she describes seattle and the push balk on the governor of south dakota. >> her caricature of the great cities across america is not only wrong, it's purposefully wrong. seattle is a -- it is a city that i raised my two children in, and i would not have raised them anywhere else. brian: congratulations that's the city that was not the city that is.

ainsley: exactly that's a different seattle. brian: you talk to the business leaders we have talked to and let that take place and defamed and deal funded and helped oversee the destruction of the seattle police force whether they be humiliated on a daily basis and come to defend yourself because the republican convention is calling you out? shameful. it didn't take long for the governor to tweet back. where was mayor durken when chop or chaz or whatever they called it took over her city? more to come when chris city nome joins us at 8:15 eastern time today. steve: absolutely. so it was every day hero night dan crenshaw who was on the program with us yesterday who is now representing a district in texas. he had a powerful testimonial about the heroes off the battlefield. i heard dana perino last night was talking about how the contrast between the democrat convention where they had a lot

of celebrities from 40eu8d and rnc had everyday his or hers. she said she would take a everyday hero over a celebrity any day. dan crenshaw is a hero and he had this to say last night. >> america's heroism isn't relegated to the battlefield. every single dave we see them if you jewels know where to look. it's the nurse who volunteers for back-to-back shifts caring for covid patients because she feels that's her duty. the parent will relearn algebra because there is no way they are letting their kid fall behind when schools are closed. a cop who will get spit on one day and save a child's life the next. steve: there is he a navy seal talking about the people you don't hear about every dave but they do amazing things. people like lou holtz the former coach at notre dame. ainsley: i love him. steve: such a powerful message talking about how the republican party and donald trump, in

particular, stands for the unborn. and lou nobody stronger advocate for the unborn than donald trump. the biden harris -- lou holtz said. the radical ticket pro-abortion in history. catholics in name only and abandon innocent lives, ainsley. ainsley: yeah. he loved notre dame and his catholic faith is so important to him. he lost his wife recently and gosh they had such a great relationship. he is such a wonderful person. he was the coach at my college at usc at one point. one of the most powerful moments, too, i think we can all agree on which madison hawthorne running for congress in north carolina. he has been on our show. he is in a wheelchair pair lipsed at the age of 18 in a car accident. he is 25 years old and stands to be likely the youngest person ever elected to congress and look at him right there at the end of his speech, he was assisted as he stood up from his

wheelchair and he said this. in this new town square you don't have to apologize for your beliefs or cower to a mob. can you kneel before god but stand for our flag. the american idea, my ancestors fought for during the revolutionary war is just as exciting and revolutionary today as it was 250 years ago. i say to americans who love our country, young and old, be a radical for freedom. be a radical for liberty. and be a radical for our republic for which i stand, one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. thank you and may god bless america. ainsley: how wonderful is that? mark meadows had that district and he backed linda bennett he and his wife did because they are friends with her. the president supported linda bennett. but then mr. hawthorne, he

actually won that seat. madison cal cawthorn. he listened to mark meadows and they were friends. he said i still support this president. brian: what's pretty amazing it may seem emotional and motivational and inspirational. not everybody. nbc commentator caw thorn all americans should stand during the pledge of allegiance and national anthem it. is a direct rebuke of action by people including black athletes who are incredibly sitting out games protesting police brutality. so while some people see inspiration of a 25-year-old who wants to get into congress and continue to serve although he can't walk through an accident through not his fault, others see it as a political statement that is inappropriate. meanwhile, on a side note, which we're going to talk about later, august of sports seem to have gone on hold and there are

reports that the nba is about to say goodbye to their season after the shooting that we saw in kenosha, wink. steve: all right. so there we have told you a lot about what was going on with the rnc and the storm. there is other news as well. and for that jillian joins uferlsz right now. jillian: good morning. let's get you updated on what exactly is going on in wisconsin. let's begin with a fox news alert. protesters hitting the streets for a fourth straight night in ken northbound sexual harassment the city seeing nights of unrest over the shooting of jacob blake. the department of justice is opening a civil rights probe into the shooting. this as we learn a teenager is seen here in the shooting and killing two of people and hurting a third during the protest. 17-year-old kyle is charged with the homicide. >> kevin mayor stepping down overnight after president trump's executive order to ban the app. mayor writing in a letter to employees saying in recent weeks

as the political environment has sharply changed important structural changes will require against this back drop. i have decided to leave the country. tiktok sued the trump administration on monday over the executive order. mayor was only on the job for three months. the fda is approving a rapid covid-19 test that delivers results within 15 minutes it only costs $5. it uses technology similar to at home pregnancy test. abbott says it is 97 pers accurate. they plan to start shipping them out in two weeks. abbott says the goal is to produce 50 million tests per month by october which would be amazing news. that's a look at your headlines. send it back to you. steve: that will be a game changer. all right. thank you, jillian. meanwhile, joe biden finally broke out briefly yesterday against the chaos in american cities. watch this. >> protesting brutality is a right and absolutely necessary. but burning down communities is

not protest. it's needless violence. violence that endangers lives. violence that guts businesses and shutters businesses and serve the community, that's wrong. ainsley: so will more democrats start stepping up and doing the same thing? here to weigh in is fox news analyst lawrence jones. good morning, lawrence. >> good morning, family, ohio are you all doing? ainsley: he recently said this and we heard last night mike pension say he hasn't ever said anything about the violence and rioting. now is he speaking out against it. what are your thoughts? >> i think that the vice president is learning what cnn learned the other day that the polling is shifting. there are a lot of people that want to be for the movement. you cangtsd just burn cities down. black folk are tired of this. community members are tired of this. people supportive of the movement are tired of this. and if you get people the choices i continue to say but

between all of the rest of the issues and their safety, they are going to pick their safety every single time. and sad thing about it is in many cases and we will talk about this later it has become a binary choice. you can be for justice and still say my city deserves to live. businesses should be protected. right now you have got to choose one or the other. and i don't think that's productive at all. brian: let's talk about what else has happened. really informing the rest of the league steven a. smith decided of course milwaukee, wisconsin, the shooting in wisconsin 40 miles away they divided they are not playing a playoff game. they didn't tell the orlando magic they walked off that prompted the five mls games not to play united states. continual association not to play everybody except hockey boycotted the day and from i believe the reports according to a reporter which has been liked by the los angeles clippers the lakers and clipper have voted to

boycott the nba seasons. most of the team voted to continue. not going to be nba without the clippers and lakers. are they making the right move and is, this lawrence jones, something that you think is sending the right message. after november 3rd, if they don't like the election if donald trump wins are they going to boycott the next game? is football going to follow? are we going to play sports by what's in the news every day? >> well, it has always been my view that made the league so powerful and, quite frankly, i support them taking a stand against injustifiable. but as i say in my platform being analyst on the network provide analyst what is happening especially when they use that money to fund different things to be able to get that change. it seems to me that that is taking that away.

now, on the flip side. i mean, based on my sources that are in the league. they may skip out the entire seasonal. brian: that's what i just said the clippers voted to boycott the season. charles barclay last night said it's exhausting to be black in america. a black athlete in america. white athletes are never asked about racial unrest. it's exhausting for a black athlete in america. >> let me say this they won't get paid. and so, obviously. brian: i think they are. >> if they decide to strike. if this is true, the report, because based on the conversations that were in that room the other day, many of the athletes were concerned one of the concerns were if they were going to be paid that seems like that's going to be the big issue. this is my thought. you don't have to be for one side or the other but i feel like we on the right have missed a great opportunity when it comes to the torch of liberty. can you support cops.

you can support the players and same that you're against injustices. can you support the community when they say that black folks shouldn't be killed in the community by armed gunmen in chicago and baltimore. you don't have to choose one of the buckets. and right now every side is saying look, i don't have it speak up against the rioting that's happening. i don't have to speak up against the people that are unjustly killed by the state. i don't have to speak up against the kids that are murdered in these communities. it's very exhausting for someone that goes into these communities and cover all three issues. brian: like you do. >> i do it. i do it every single day. and it's not like i height the cops. the cops are some of my main sources letting mee know what's happening on the ground. it's not like i hate my community because i'm down there reporting opt violence taking place. state abuses their power something is going off the rails. we have to be honest.

we to to decide what merits to us. liberty and life have to be our cause. right now it's not. this has become way too political. we are in the middle of an election year the only thing people care about is what is in the polls. we have to live after this. for a lot of people like myself this issue is real. it is very personal. and a lot of people want to be heard. so on one hand, i will criticize the league on, you know, i want them to stay there and play and use that money to focus on issues. but at least they are putting their money where their mouth is right now. because a lot of these athletes aren't super stars. they don't have endorse. s. and they are willing to put their money on the line. so we will see what happens. steve: lawrence jones, we know you feel so strongly about this and nobody knows the issues better than you given that you have done so much reporting in the community as well. lawrence, thank you very much. >> i appreciate it, fam. steve: all right. be sure to check out program one

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ainsley: republicans wrapping up day three of the convention. steve: steve likes to say night three of the rnc. how doral their messages he rests son nate with the american people. here with the dials is lee carter. >> good morning. great to see you this morning. ainsley: there were strong speeches last night of the vice president mike pence. he came out. i thought it was the best speech he has ever given. this is what he has said about all the chaos in the streets. for all the folks at home lee has the dials and asks what they think. yellow line independents. refused line republicans and the blue line democrats. watch this. >> president trump and i will always support the right of americans to peaceful protest. the rioting and looting is not peaceful protest.

last week joe biden didn't say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country. so let me be clear, the violence must stop. >> yes. >> whether this minneapolis, portland, or kenosha. ainsley: you know, dems really focused on the coronavirus. republicans this week are really focusing on that law and order and all the violence, lee. it looks like it's resonating. >> it does look like it's resonating. a lot of questions were out there about whether vice president pence was going to be able to deliver inner genic exciting speech last night. he did just that republicans gave this a plus. independents a mine news and democrats an f. what is surprising how independents reacted what i heard from voters last night this is the message they want to hear. they are for protests and right

to free speech. they are not supporting the riots. they want the administration to come down hard on this and this is exactly the message they were looking for. ainsley: ric grenell the former acting director of national intelligence he talked about democrats and their claims of the russian collusion. watch the dials here, everyone. , i saw the entire case for russian co-collusion and what i saw made me sick to my stomach. the obama-biden administration secretly launched a surveillance operation on the trump campaign and silenced the many brave intelligence officials who spoke up against it. ainsley: lee? >> so you can see there the republicans gave this an a. independents a b minus and democrats an f. again, not surprising the republicans and democrats as much as the independent line. this is a message that resonated though not as much with independents who question it. they will don't like division. they don't like the attacks. they want to hear more the message of unity.

ainsley: congressman dan crenshaw talked about what a hero looks like this. watch this. >> hero is a self-sacrifice. it's not moralizing and lecturing others when they disagree. heroism is grace not perpetual outrage. heroism is rebuilding our communities, not destroying them. ainsley: lee? >> so you can see there this message really resonated. republicans gave it an a. so did independents. democrats even gave this is a c minus. this is the kind of message that people want to hear. this is also an attack but really it is a contrast it. is what we stand for. not what we stand against. it was really really powerful and people resonated across the board. even democrats on that message. ainsley: president is going to talk tonight. i'm sure you will be talking to the folks and find out what they thought. thanks so much, lee. see you soon. >> see you soon. ainsley: hurricane laura battering the coast with heavy wind and rains overnight. a forecaster is going to join us

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steve: it is 6:41 in new york city and 5:41 in lake charles, louisiana. we are back with a fox news alert. hurricane laura slammed the gulf coast it made landfall as a category 4 storm in both texas and louisiana. fierce winds reaching 150 miles per hour overnight. the storm now has been downgraded to category 2 but still strong winds. brian: take a look traffic slights obviously swaying there back and forth. this happening in texas it sex employing transformers putting 400,000 people in the dark. they warned about this.

jeff flock on the ground in lake charles, louisiana though. jeff? >> sorry, guys just lost communication. this is as about as calm took a direct hit from that cat 4 storm. next hour we are going to try to get out and get a little bit mobile. it's still dark. can you see some from the hunker down position we're at here. some of the damage we are going to try to get mobile and show you some of that. that's the next phase of this once this center of circulation gets passed us and we hope that's very soon. quite a night lake charles, louisiana. steve: all right. thank you very much, jeff, who lost communication. nonetheless, he is a pro-and he knew exactly what to say. janice joins us right now. janice has been tracking hurricane laura. what's interesting is he on the ground in louisiana. awful 3,000 of louisiana's national guard have been mobilized because of the historic nature of this giants

storm that came ashore. still has winds of 110 miles per hour. last few minutes talking about the similar path of rita 15 years ago. rita was a cat 5 at one point when it made landfall it was a category 3. laura got to a very high category 4 and made landfall as a cat 4. very similar paths. all of these storms very different in nature. this one going to certainly leave its legacy. strong winds lake charles where we just saw jeff flock 132 mile-per-hour gusts. that far inland is very impressive and that's why the national hurricane center was saying this storm is unsurvivable along the coast if you are in the northeast quadrant of the storm. unfortunately the sun is going to come up and we will see incredible amount of damage. this will be historic storm for parts of the gulf coast. cat 2 storm once it made landfall it was 150

mile-per-hour sustained winds. 156 by the way would have made it a category 5. wind gusts some of these places are not reporting, 40, 50, even 60 miles per hour well north of the track of this storm and where the center is right now. tornadoes threats going to be ongoing throughout the morning articles the trajectory moves northward it's moving around 50 miles per hour. then it's going to start to accelerator. we will feel the effected of this storm into the weekend for parts of the mississippi, ohio, tennessee river valley even the northeast. there is the track. we will get new coordinates 8:00 a.m. updates every hour because the storm has made landfall and still very dangerous as it moves into louisiana and arkansas. flooding is going to be a concern. still storm surge, 40 miles inland from the center of the storm. really incredible upwards of a foot of rainfall and in some cases upwards of 20 feet of storm surge. that's why it was so dangerous.

forecast precipitation 4 to 6 inches along the path of this storm. as i mentioned we are still going to feel the effects of this storm into the weekend and even into the northeast with strong winds and power outages for millions of folks along the trajectory. steve, anxiously, brian, back to you. ainsley: okay, thank you so much, janice. let's bring in steven jones storm chalszer live in lake charles, louisiana under mandatory evacuation. good morning to you, steven. most of you was try to get the heck out of dodge, but you run right in there to tell us what is going on. what does it look like? >> yes. it has been very much n. an eventful early morning and even overnight hours as hurricane laura made her appear and here in lake charles. i just want to say that everyone here lake charles, we out in the parking garage. winds in excess of 140 miles per hour a good estimation those

winds were saw that observed 130 miles per hour near. lake charles where we are held up right now is seeing extensive damage there is a lot of roof damage there is a lot of window damage from some of the high rises here in downtown lake charles as this has been one heck of a storm. it has been very damaging. there is a lot of damage. i have even gotten reports there is damage to the hospital here in downtown lake charles. so, it has been a very, very long night for people along this area and along this coast line. brian: you seem to know what you are doing stay safe. we appreciate the courage. steven jones, thank you very much. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead as lawmakers battle over the postalselves on capitol hill. judge napolitano says we should sell it to the highest bidder. he wrote about this in his column. is he on deck. we will have more of our live

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♪ >> is an exceptional nation founded on three principles, equality, freedom and opportunity. but today our founding principles are under attack from seattle and portland to washington and new york. democrat run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs. the violence is rampant. there is looting, chaos, destruction and murder. people that can afford to flee have fled. but the people that can't, good, hard-working americans are left to fend for themselves. steve: there you have got the governor of south dakota kristi nome. joining us now is judge napolitano. nobody knows more about the founding principles of this country than the judge. what do you make of the night three of the rnc clear choice between the democrats which have allowed chaos in the streets and

violence as well and joe biden didn't talk about that at all during of the dnc or donald trump who would like to send in the national guard wherever there is trouble if needed? >> well, i would have added to governor noem's very fine speech limited government to the principles which -- on which the nation was founded. something you don't hear argued very much today of course it is the responsibility of the mayors and governors to maintain peace in the streets and the governors of course under the constitution can call out the national guard. the president can federalize the national guard. this is not the u.s. military although they look like u.s. military and he can send them in or the governors on their own who are the commander-in-chief of each state national guard can do that. so, if the kenosha police and the wisconsin state police cannot maintain law and order in kin northbound shah, then the governor of wisconsin has a few

thousand national guardsmen and women at his disposal which he should not hesitate to use. murder charges were properly lodged, in my opinion, but this cannot go on much long early where someone is actually shooting at and killing the demonstrators and the demonstrators have gone beyond the demonstrating about the shooting of this young man in his back by the police and are now wantonly destroying whatever they seem to -- can get their hands on. steve: indeed, that is what america is looking in on right now. more on that in a little while. meanwhile, have you written a op-ed and judge politically aside from talking about the rnc right now, you know, democrats and republicans are at each other's throats over the post office whether or not they will be able to deliver the mail in time to get a correct vote on voting day. you say just sell the post office. and you have got a new op-ed at foxnews.com where you talk about

in the 1840s a private businessman actually started a mail delivery service. the stamps were cheaper than the post office. he guaranteed ontime delivery and congress stepped in and said you can't do that anymore we have got to protected our friends at the post office. >> i have nothing against the postal unions. i think a lot of those people work very, very hard and very dedicated to delivering of the mail. and the post office may be able to deal with rain and heat and gloom of night as their motto says but what they can't deal with is competition. and nothing improves the product better than competition. the laws of supply and demand. it lowers prices and it enhances services. as long as congress won't let anybody compete with the post office by charging less than the post office does for first class mail, we're going to be stuck with this infixture lethargic, who wants to rely on it entity. sell it to the highest bidder.

sell it under terms that will require the highest bidder to continue operating it in a competitive mode and in a couple of years you will see it operating the way private entities and private businesses do. that's what the argument is that i made at foxnews.com this morning. you are very kind to raise that steve. steve: it's a great op-ed. let's see if anybody in washington is listening because it's all about keeping the post office not having any competition but then you see people like the ups and fedex, they deliver the mail promptly and efficiently and cheaply. judge, thank you very much for joining us on this thursday. >> all the best. steve: you bet. straight ahead governor greg abbott of texas is going to be talking about the hurricane also kellyanne conway and chad wolf. you clean dishes as you cook,

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>> america needs four more years of president donald trump. [cheers and applause] >> in the white house. >> you can look back 50 years, you won't find anyone that has surpassed president trump's success. >> you don't have to apologize for your beliefs. but cower tor cower to a mob. can you kneel before god but stand for our flag. >> trump is the law and order president from our to our backyard. >> the most law enforcement president or the most antiradical police ticket in history. >> let's vote, america. let's honor our heroes. >> we need more leaders like president trump, who understand

the freedoms that make up the fabric of america. >> donald trump is the most pro-life president that this nation has ever had. >> with donald trump and mike pence in the white house, the boss is the american people. >> president donald trump has been fighting for you and now it's our turn to fight for him. [chanting four more years] ♪ ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. hurricane laura slamming the gulf coast as you the rnc caps off night three. the storm making landfall overnight as a category 4 storm down in texas and louisiana. brian: fierce winds you are hearing reaching 150 miles per hour. that happened overnight. the hurricane exploding transformers, tore down power lines, leaving more than 400,000 people in the dark and now a category 2 hurricane. steve: that's right. with winds at 110 miles per hour. the largest building in lake

charles, louisiana as you can see right there ripped apart by the winds jeff flock is live on the ground in lake charles where it's 6:00 in the morning. jeff, shortly the sun will be coming up and you will be able to see much more damage. >> exactly. the stuff we are able to see with our light steve doesn't do justice to the catastrophic damage that's out there. that's a door. we have got roofing that's come off. this is some fencing that's down. this is just outside of our hotel. we are hunkered down here as the wind continues to blow and it remains dark at this hour. but as you report, once we get out there and we get a little bit of light on the subject, we're going to see a lot -- stuff can i see with my naked eye you can't see here forest. thick forest across the street from where we are hunkered down sheared off. tremendous power you from this storm as a cat 4. the good news is what you just reported as well that we are now

down to cat 2. they said -- janice said it was going to weaken raptiondly when it got on shore. fortunately i think that's what's happened. wow, what we are going to see we will see. ainsley: you will show us throughout the morning when the sun comes up we will really know the extent of that damage. thanks, jeff. ainsley: hand it over to janice. is this the worst have you ever seen category 4. janice: certainly one of the worst forms. michael was a category 5 in florida. and we talk about katrina as well. katrina was a 5 at one point. this didn't get to 5 strength. but as a strong category 4, catastrophic damage and with storm surge of upwards of 20 feet. that's why the national weatherl hurricane center center had language as unsurvivable. this will go down in the history books as worse gunk storms. category 2. it is going to weaken. it lost its power source gulf of mexico water. over land right now but still

keeping pretty good shape intact here. we still have an eye as the storm moves through fort polk right now. strongest core of the storm 100 mile-per-hour sustained wind. we will see damage well north of the center of the storm even over arkansas parts of the mississippi river valley. attorney threat ongoing along the core, the strongest winds of the storm north and east of that so throughout the day today into the overnight parts of certainly mississippi, up towards arkansas. then newt tennessee and the ohio river valley and we're going to feel the effects of this storm into the weekend for parts of the northeast. so a long lasting duration storm but certainly one of the worst hurricanes i have covered in my long and storied career here at fox. really incredible damage we are going to see from this storm, steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. brian: sun is going to come up and we will see it. thanks, janice. check in with you shortly.

meanwhile yesterday was day three of the republican national convention. we know there were great speakers from jack brewer to madison tore of course governor criminals city nome will be joining us later but the vice president mike pence was the heavyweight last night and he delivered. highlights night three from the rnc as we look forward to the president's speech tonight. kristin? >> good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. well, standing here on the south lawn of the white house, i'm struck by just what it took to get here. remember, president trump was supposed to be speaking tonight down in charlotte. then jacksonville, then we didn't really know where. and then now, in such a short period of time they have been able to put together one of the most elaborate setups if not the most elaborate setup ever been built on these historic grounds. democrats will say this is all a violation of the hatch act. but the trump campaign will say hey, the coronavirus left us little choice. plus, president trump does live here. now, if the stage is not enough

to convince you are are in for quite a spectacle tonight. just look at the pageantry rolled out for mike pence last night in fort mchenry, baltimore. site of the battle and inspired francis scott key do write the star spangled banner. mike pension made the case make trump the law and order president. >> the truth is you won't be safe in joe biden's america. under president trump, we will always stand with those who stand on the thin blue line and we're not going to defund the police, not now, not ever. [cheers and applause] >> the biden campaign is now criticizing the vice president's speech for what he said and what he did not say. they put out a statement saying in part, quote: instead of a road map to defeat this virus

and rebuild our economy so that it works for the middle class, vice president pence only offered up debunked scare tactics and gaslighting in an attempt to further divide us. looking forward to tonight. some big speakers. we have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. house nirnght leader kevin mccarthy. ivanka trump and, of course, the headliner president trump himself. and before i go brian, ainsley and steve, i just have to show you one more thing. take a look up at these lights and speakers which completely surround this stage. i mean, it really does have the feel of a rock concert out here on the south lawn, something that we really have not seen before. you know president trump still has a few more surprises up his sleeve. steve: theater. he has promised a ever night at 10:00 so far he has not let us down the viewers that is. christie thank you for the live report from the south lawn. preview of tonight let's bring

in arkansas republican senator tom cotton a member of the senate armed service committee, u.s. army veteran as well. he joining us from his remote location. senator, over the last number of nights, there has been a clear difference between the rnc and the dnc because last week it has been pointed out by your party that joe biden did not once talk about the violence in america's streets and last night and we presume tonight as well the president and his supporters have been talking but look at the damage being done to people's lives in these communities where they start out at peaceful protests but degenerate into looting and violence. and on trump trump's watch he won'tlet that happen but democrats have. is that the parallel and also the choice of american voters are going to have on their agenda for november 3rd? >> steve, that's the exact choice there was a sharp contrast between what we saw

from democrats last week and republicans this week. the democrats didn't say anything about how they are going to make your lives better and safer and how they will help defeat this virus and stand up to enemies abroad. this week we have seen in detail from maine lobster men and ohio truck drivers and wisconsin dairy farmers how the president's policies have improved the lives of americans and we see how far it will improve the lives of americans. most notably by standing up for police and defending public safety. the democrats are silent about the mob that we see committing arson and rioting and looting in our streets in part because it's their failed policies that have encouraged those mobs. and i as the vice president said last night in joe biden's america you and your families will not be safe. what starts in large cities like new york and portland comes to small towns like kenosha, wisconsin. ainsley: yeah. i'm glad you brought that up. the president was tweeting about

kenosha. yesterday. he said we will not stand for looting, arson, violence and lawlessness on american streets. my team just gout off the phone with governor evers who agreed to accept federal assistance and he put in parentheses portland should do the same. today he tweeted today i will be sending the federal law enforcement and national guard to kenosha. wisconsin will restore law and order. >> there are options he can take including offering a governor of one state assistance national guard other states as well. the president stands ready to take those and other steps. what should have happened on the very first night of this riot in ken northbound sat governor should have provided the local mayor and police the support they needed from the national guard before the situation got out of hand. the only wave to stop this rioting and looting and arson that you have seen in ken northbound sat last few nights and unfortunately you are seeing more of in portland and we saw in minneapolis is to put the

police and national guard on the streets in force to protect will innocent life and property. brian: you know, it would be -- it's an interesting time because you know the democrats have dropped the ball on this. they didn't bring it up during the dnc. and they thought it's president trump's america and the unrest is going to be pinned on him. they are not buying it and the polls are not showing that that's probably why joe biden hopped on the air i'm for protests but not for the riots. really? taken you two and a half months, 83 days in portland to come to that conclusion. four day and including a big speech a four day dnc that never really occurred to you. odierno, i think the president would do well by calling up the blake family and saying we don't know the details of the case. we know one thing we want your son to get better and we wish him the best. and i thought that would be a lock way to bridging the gap as sports now goes on hold because of this. first off, senator, how do you feel about the nba postponing

and possibly the buyer season. baseball sitting out. w umph a holding out. only sport play is the nhl. do you think they made the right move? >> no, brian, i don't. i think it's premature to make those kind of decisions because we don't have all the facts. as you say we shouldn't jump to conclusions based on 15 seconds of internet video. in the blake shooting there has now been more video and more testimony. we simply do not know enough what happened on that incident. just like we don't know about what happened in the shooting two nights later. we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts in a deliberate and careful fashion. what we do know though is that we cannot tolerate arson and looting and rioting in our streets in response to any kind of shooting whatsoever. steve: all right. so, more on that later. in the meantime, tonight is the finale for the rnc. of course, the headliner is the president and you, senator

cotton. what's -- without stealing your thunder, what's your main thrust tonight? >> well, i'm going to expose joe biden as the weak and wrong for america. over the last 50 years he has been in public office and for the next four years if he were to become the president. barack obama, own secretary of defense says joe biden has been wrong on near live every major national security disichings last 40 years. i will put matte on those bones. donald trump reigned death from the skies on the terrorist leaders of isis and iran. donald trump moved embassy to jerusalem and brokered peace in the middle east. those are futurecast contrasts i will make between donald trump and joe biden. joe biden will be weak for america. donald trump will be strong. brian: what does it mean to get this slot on the final day right before the president? >> well, i was very pleased to

speak on behalf of the president and his renomination and his record in keeping america safe. keeping america out of war precisely because he is strong and he is willing to use targeted military force against people like kassem soleimani and alba buoy car al-baghdadi. that's the kind of leadership we need to keep the piece peace not joe biden's indecision and weakness. ainsley: senator, thanks for being with us. good luck tonight. we will be watching. >> thank you all. steve: you bet. ainsley: jillian has more headlines for us. jillian: we begin with a fox news alert. protesters hitting the streets fourth straff night in kin shosh that, wink. police shooting of john kasich cob blake. the u.s. department of justice launching a rifl rifts probe. teenager seen here accused of shooting people and charged with

homicide. todd piro joins us live with more later this hour. stay tuned for that in the meantime, we are following. this overnight the gunman behind new zealand's deadly shuting attack is sentenced to life in prison without parole. brenton shot and killed 51 muslim worshipers at a mosque in christ church last year. a judge calling him in humane before delivering the sentence. first person in the country's history to receive the punishment. coronavirus vaccine trial. biocompany moderna tested a potential vaccine on elderly patients in early trial stage it. produced neutralizing antibodies which researchers believe are necessary to build immiewntd to the virus. country singer trace atkins sings the neamentd at last night's rnc. take a look. ♪ o say does that starr spangled

banner yet wave o'er the land of the free. jillian: atkins singing the star-spangled banner at fort mchenry, maryland the site where the song was written during the war of 1812. president trump and first lady joining the vice president and second lady. atkins was runner-up on the apprentice show season 8 and later winning the 2013 season. look at headlines. back to you. steve: he was really good. brian: he should stick with stinging he is good at it. steve: didn't need a van. >> just his voice. ainsley: came on with album had an x on it roman numeral what did he call you. brian: i think he called me a moron. ainsley: the title was 10. brian: i don't know he went roman numeral on me. the cajun navy on the gulf coast

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know did flood and we may need to assist local law enforcement to help keep the people out. ainsley: jordan, how do you determine who you help? how do you decide hey law enforcement is going to help this person. cajun navy is going to help that guy? >> we usually just try to team up with the law enforcement and we go in to areas with them. we will kind of split up our team into teams with them. so we all work together and usually small groups, two or three boats or so at a time. and you know, first boat to somebody that needs help or first address that was sent would go through and that's how we get out. try to keep it pretty organized. ainsley: do you think that's where you will be needed most going in with the boats and pulling people out of their houses that are trapped? >> i think it will be a

combination of that and also we are moving people from houses that were damaged by trees and had root damage, roots blow off and stuff like that. >> what does the response look like with the covid mitigation efforts? >> it's going to be a challenge. we have been talking about it all year and all throughout the night of you who it's going to go. you know, we all have our ppe, we have extras for whoever may need a rescue, things like that. we are going to be as safe and courteous as possible to everyone. still get our goal achieved. ainsley: i know that more than 500,000 people were ordered to leave texas and louisiana. still, i'm sure you see this, a lot of people still stay, don't they? >> they do. especially people on the coastal areas that flood first. you know, those people are so familiar with the water and boats in their home. they feel like they can ride it out and past storms sometimes you can this storm was just something special. it was huge. and had a lot of devastating

effects. sometimes people get caught up in that and don't realize the true danger in front of you. ainsley: jordan, you are a hero. thank you for doing that i know there are so many elderly people that can't get out of thinks houses we saw that in katrina. i wish you all the best. thank you for doing. this god bless you. >> thank you very much. it's not just me. everybody out here. ainsley: some of you. thank you. still ahead, what did the voters think about night three of the rnc. the brand new dials coming up next.

♪ brian: back with a fox news alert. demonstrations hitting the streets for a fourth straight night kenosha, wisconsin this as we learn a teenager is charged in the shooting deaths of two people during the protest. todd piro joins us live with more as president trump sends federal officers to kenosha. todd? todd: brian, good morning. protests continuing up until the curfew set an hour earlier than previous nights. while the protests were calmer than before, tensions remain. [chanting black lives matter] todd: president trump sending in federal officers and national guard troops to kenosha. the president tweeting in part, quote: we will not standing for looting, arson, violence and lawlessness on american streets.

my team got off the phone with governor evers who agreed to accept federal assistance. jacob blake's father says the father of six is paralyze from the waist down. he admitted to having a knife which was later found inside his car. this as we learn a teenager is arrested in the shooting and killing of two people and the hurting of a third during kenosha protest. 17-year-old kyle is charged with homicide. he was seen in this photo cleaning up graffiti just hours before the violence. he is from illinois allegedly traveled to kenosha and joined up with a small but heavily armed militia that claimed to be helping law enforcement. it is not clear how long the federal officers will stay in kenosha or if there will be a curfew tonight. brian? brian: all right. thanks, todd. steve? steve: thank you, brian. meanwhile, republicans wrapped up day three of their convention. so how did their messages play with the american people? here with the dials partner and president at maslansky and

partners lee carter. lee, people are going to start seeing a lot of the dials going forward. you have taken look at every big event and you have chopped things into soundbites and put them before your panel of dialers and they essentially grade how much they like it, right? republicans are the red line, independents yellow. democrats the blue line. and you see exactly how they react in the moment. steve: all right, and the lines actually last week were upside down compared to the way they are this week. take a look. here is the vice president talking about what's at stake. >> last week joe biden said democracy is on the ballot. the truth is our economic recovery is on the ballot. law and order are on the ballot. but so are things far more fundamental and foundational to our country. the choice in this election is whether america remains america.

steve: all right. how did they grade it, the dialers? >> you can see republicans loved this message they gave it an p. independents a b and democrats an f. what's not surprising is the way the republicans and democrats. what we are focused on is that independent line who gave mike pence a very good grade last night. they really resonated with this. they want to hear more about law and order. they want to hear more about the economic recovery. those are the issues that are very, very poornl to them so they graded this very well. steve: all right. here is a guest on "fox & friends" this morning. the republican governor of the great state of south dakota kristi noem talking about the chaos in some cities that are run by democrats. >> it took 244 years to build this great nation, flaws and all. we stand to lose it in a tiny fraction of that time if we continue down the path taken by the democrats and their radical supporters. democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by

violent mobs, people that can afford to flee have fled. but the people that can't, good, hardworking americans are left to fend for themselves. steve: okay. powerful. i saw the yellow line inching up. >> you sure did. you could see the republicans, again gave this an a, independents the line to look at there really they gave it a b minus. democrats gave it an f. the only dip here, right, was when she referred to democrats as the radicals. and that's not something that independents are liking. they don't like this polarization. they don't like the evilness that portrayal of evil as other. but the message did resonate. and she -- a lot of folks are really interested in hearing more about her and thought this is going to be someone to watch for years to come. steve: i think you are exactly right. here is a senator from the great state of tennessee marsha blackburn talking about why the democrats want to win. >> joe biden, kamala harris, and their radical allies try to

destroy these heroes because if there are no heroes to inspire us, government can control us. if the democrats had their way, they would keep you locked in your house until you become dependent on the government for everything. this sounds a lot like communist china to me. steve: okay. the dialers said? >> you can see there not quite as positive of the other messages we saw. republicans b plus. independents b minus while democrats an f. the thing about attacks they generally don't get as much as a positive reaction as some of the other messages. the question here is this attack going to be one that sticks? that remains to be seen. steve: i think the most powerful image visually from night two was nick sandmann who put the maga hat on after he was, you know, villainized through the press and then he wound up suing a bunch of people and "the

washington post" and cnn settled. i think that was so powerful to see two nights ago last night the most powerful image was of 25-year-old madison cawthorn he is run for a seat in north carolina. is he paralyzed and he did this. >> americans who love our country young and old. be a radical for freedom. be a radical for liberty. and be a radical for our republic for which i stand, one nation, under god with the liberty and justice for all. thank you and may god bless america. steve: terrific. >> how you cannot be inspired, right? you can see there republicans and independents both gave this an a. even democrats gave this a c which is a big deal. this was inspiring. this is what the american spirit is all about. so many of the voters that responded said this is the

highlight of their night and, again, another young gun to watch in the republican party and a lot of people are excited about him and really drew a lot of enthusiasm. steve: real quick exit question, lee. it seems like the independents this week are a little closer to the party that's having the party than last week. >> you know, i'm a little bit surprised because independents last week seem to be sort of operating in the neutral zone you saw the polarization of republicans and democrats just like this. you do see independents aligning a little bit more with republicans this week. you know, and we are starting to see that in polling, too. when you look at the cbs u gov poll. donald trump is beating joe biden by 10 points with independents. so the real question is this a trend that's going to continue? is this message really speak together independent voters? we will have to keep watching it. steve: you have to keep watching it with the dialers. excellent job. lee, thank you very much. >> any time.

great to see you. steve: you bet. it is 6:35 right now out in louisiana. and the sun will come up very shortly on the gulf coast as hurricane laura continues to batter louisiana. we are live on the ground coming up next. what happens now? now that the rent's due but they've cut your pay. now that the virus has cost lives but your healthcare costs too much. now that our president has had months but he still doesn't have a plan.

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♪ ainsley: we are back with a fox news alert. hurricane laura slamming the gulf coast. the storm making landfall overnight as a category 4 down in texas and louisiana. brian: fierce winds reaching 150 miles per hour. that happened overnight. now a category 2 hurricane is how we categorize it. steve: meanwhile, brian, the storm exploding, transformers leaving 400,000 people without electricity at this hour. meanwhile, charles watson is live on the ground in port arthur, texas, which has been to the west of the center of the storm. charles, the sun is coming up and they are going to start taking a look at the damage. >> that's right, guys. you know, the rain has stopped

out here and the wind has died down significantly. nothing like the 75, 80 mile-per-hour winds we were seeing throughout the night. earlier you could see the trees bending. you could hear the wind howling. sounded like a sledge hammer up against the building. crew and i staying in our hotel right now out of abundance of precaution. we want to be safe. but there was concern that this building could sustain some significant damage. it was meant to sustain winds of up to 140 miles per hour. so far hotel management say only minor damage so far. as you mentioned, hundreds of thousands of people are without power right now. and it's going to take some time for crews to get out there to restore it. i will send it back to you guys. ainsley: all right. thank you be safe out there. out janice on hurricane laura what's the latest.

>> update at 8:00 a.m. it. did make landfall as category 4 in louisiana. second strongest storm ever first being hurricane in the 1800s. really impressive and historic. going to started to see the damage as the sun comes up. i'm pretty certain it's catastrophic in some areas. already seeing still gusts of winds near alexandria, louisiana, 74 miles per hour. so that's a hurricane force gust wind. lake charles earlier today we had a wind gust of 133 miles per hour. so that's very impressive as the storm moved inland and we had storm surge warnings up and past 30 miles past the center of circulation when it came on shore. again, quite a remarkable hurricane. tropical weather advisories. tropical tornadoes are possible with this. we have tornado watch for parts of west texas in through much of louisiana for the next several hours. these are flood advisories so

fmla flash flood warnings for many different parishes in louisiana. that's going to extend up towards arkansas. the tennessee, the mississippi, the ohio river valley as the system is going to push towards us in the next couple of days. let's take a look at the forecast precipitation. some areas received over a foot of rainfall, so two to four inches on top of that and, again, the legacy of this storm is going to be widespread with the damage. we haven't talked about power outages. some cases going to take weeks to get the power back on in parts of louisiana, texas, and arkansas and look at at that track. it's going to remain with us for the next several days moving across the ohio valley. parts of the mid-atlantic and northeast as depression or an extra tropical system and we could get some really strong wind gusts with this the next couple of days. i want to point out we are not into peak season yet much more of the tropics to go keep you up to date. new advisory coming out in

moments. we will bring it to you live. steve, ainsley, brian back to you. brian: mean wheel congresswoman elise stefanik with a strong warning against the biden harris ticket and far left agenda. >> this election is a choice between the far left democratic socialist agenda versus protecting and preserving the american dream. i believe in the american dream because i have lived it. like millions of americans, i grew up in a small business family where i learned the values of hard work and determination. i was the first personal in my immediate family to graduate from college, ran for congress to serve upstate new york and i'm proudly the youngest republican woman elected to congress in history. ainsley: g.o.p. congresswoman elise stefanik joins us now with more of that message. good morning to you. >> good morning "fox & friends." steve: good morning. ainsley: did you great last night. what are. so takeaways after you look at it and see all of the speeches?

>> i think this has been a smashing success for republicans and the trump campaign. they are earning votes across the country. the stories of real people the sense of optimism, it's a real contrast to the doom and gloom we saw the democratic convention. i think another key contrast is we heard a lot from hollywood at the democratic convention, buff not a lot from every day americans. this week the trump campaign has highlighted how his policies and record of results have truly improved the lives of every day americans. this election is a clear choice and voters are seeing that. brian: i don't think we would have seen joe biden come out and make his remarks yesterday about the unrest in wisconsin if he didn't feel as though he was losing the argument on law and order which seemed to be absent from the dnc. what are you seeing about that because i watched mayor pete hop on television yesterday and say this is president trump's problem. it's his problem with the unrest in the inner cities. it doesn't seem like the

american people are buying that. >> the american people are not buying that. and silence is deafening. you didn't hear once during the democratic convention any of the speakers condemn the rioting and looting and arson that we are seeing in cities across america. not just new york city. not just portland, but places like kenosha, wisconsin. and president trump has provided support in terms of working with governors trying to work with elected officials to provide federal law enforcement support to ensure we have rule of law. this is a real clear choice. and i agree with you that joe biden is too little, too late he has been silent for two and a half months. they are now talking about this because they know as voters are watching tv screens and concerned about the safety and security in their community, this is going to become one of the key deciding issues as people head to the polls this november. in my district we are seeing that as we poll top issues. crime, law enforcement continue to be -- to grow as one of the top issues that will ensure

people make the decision for who they vote for this november. steve: sure, because people are worried about what they see in the cities spilling over into the suburbs and about personal safety. you know, i will hand it to the other channels, congresswoman, they are running a lot of the rnc and on some of those channels their viewers are probably like hey, this is the first time in three and a half years i have seen anybody say anything nice about donald trump. >> i think that is exactly right, steve. and it's unfortunate that for the past three and a half years we have only heard negativity and there seems to be within the beltway bubble that is out of touch with real every day americans. and i feel that at home in my district. my district overwhelmingly voted for president trump but importantly it voted for president trump so it's a swing district. but president trump continues to poll higher and higher because is he delivering real results. and that's what we focused on during this week's convention. and i just think it's a success that most importantly it's

winning votes and it's winning those independence as viewers heard from lee earlier in the show. ainsley: right, congresswoman. thank you so much for joining us. steve: and thanks for watching our show. >> thanks. ainsley: you are welcome. okay. parts of texas getting hit really hard by hurricane laura as the state is bracing for survivable storm surge. unsurvivable storm surge is what they're calling it. governor greg abbott is going to join us live with an update what is happening in his state next. ♪ ♪ to dream and thrive. to dream and thrive. when you're ready... look for the r.

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now with actually still an eye of the hurricane on the texas-louisiana border about 100 miles inland. there are some regions of texas that are still getting whipped around by heavy winds, by heavy rain and by tornadoes. so many penal in the northern stretches of east texas need to still be vigilant. the good news, brian, is this: and that is the early reports show that we have no loss of life, which was the primary goal. we do have search and rescue teams that are covering the beaumont, port arthur, orange areas as well as other areas looking to see if there is anybody who needs help. there is going to be some significant damage to homes and some buildings because of the wind and because of fallen trees. but hopefully no loss of life. brian: so i thought it was interesting and noteworthy that because of the coronavirus you didn't really look for people to go to shelters. you looked to put them in hotels. >> and so this actually is our

second hurricane during the coronavirus. and we learned during the first hurricane that if you have families gathered together in hotel rooms, obviously it limits the ability to transmit covid-19 and we replicated that. there were well over 5,000, maybe as many as 10,000 people who evacuated. the good news, brian, because of those evacuations, it likely did prevent us from having more loss of life. brian: when you talk about the urban unrest and the defunding of police, you don't have to look outside the state to see that sentiment. you have it in austin, texas. how is that going? >> so we proposed legislation to defund any city that defunds police. we are a law and order state. and we're not going to tolerate defunding police in texas. brian: understood. we are about to lose your satellite feed i'm going to let did you go to the border and see the damage. the good news is it could have been a lot worse but the worst is we are not out of the woods yet. governor, thank you so much. >> thank you, brian.

brian: governor of texas, telling us what's going on. meanwhile coming up straight ahead in our big final hour. acting dhs secretary wolf just got the nomination to get the job full time and permanent. we will see how he feels about that. kellyanne conway big speech last night as she sets to exit the campaign and eric trump all here live. yum! king's hawaiian.

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hurricane laura slammed in the gulf coast as category 4 storm overnight. let's get straight to jeff block who is in lake charles, louisiana. the sun is coming up. you will get a good look at the damage. jeff, the storm came in as a freight train where you're at? jeff: we got hit, direct hit, got the eye and eye wall, it's everywhere. i had to stop here because i want to show you the trees. this is lake charles, these are were dell, they are pine trees and obviously these are soft woods but if you look at how -- it's like a tornado went through here. i don't know if a tornado didn't go through here but certainly even if it didn't, you could imagine the power that it took to do this to these huge trees in addition, of course, power is

down everywhere, these are the power lines and don't want to touch this, of course. this goes on and on, homes, schools, businesses, i just -- to me the trees made an incredible impression, but it's widespread. we will be going all day today showing individual examples of what this storm has done. you know, sometimes steve as you know from covering these, sometimes you go out afterwards and you say, this wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be, you know, maybe we -- we freaked people out unduly, in this case we will say at the end of the day it is as bad as it was going to be or worse. steve: the trees snapped, 600,000 people were order today evacuate the area and that's important because we don't know the extent of the damage, from what you can see with any sort of foot traffic right now, does it look like people got out of

town? jeff: it does, it does to me. we talked to some people that had stayed so obviously some people did and we are not right around the homes, well, they are back behind us here. there's almost no home here that i see that's not damage, whether there are injuries or that sort of thing. we are not in an area where there was storm surge. this is lake charles, we are quite a ways away. we haven't gotten that far yet but that could be a whole other problem. ainsley: so scary. recently we had 70 miles per hour and we lost power for a week and that was terrifying. what does it feel like when you have winds that strong? steve: 150-mile-an-hour winds. jeff: you can imagine 150-miles-per-hour winds. if you have to imagine it, that

takes my breath away when you see what it did to those trees right there. you can imagine the power of the wind that did that that sheered them off like that. it's -- if anybody was here and obviously there were some they got quite a ride last night, i tell you that. brian: this is not an area that they bury the lines. the lines are still on pole. steve: they were. jeff: oh, yeah, i don't want to say i'm speechless but -- ainsley: is electricity out there? jeff: at the end of the day -- what's that? ainsley: the electricity, is it out? jeff: oh, yeah, i think the number is 360,000 the last we checked in louisiana and there's no power anywhere here. we have not fox crew hold up at the nugget casino which has generator power and that sort of thing but other than that it's

been pitch dark, the sun is up now and so we could see some of this, but it's -- it's bad. i will say that. steve: it's bad. the most powerful storm to ever hit louisiana, bigger than rita, bigger than katrina. jeff, we know that you will switch locations and we will try to see some more of the damage later in this telecast, thank you, sir. ainsley: thanks, jeff. so janice, when we all lost power up here, what was it 2 weeks ago, 3 weeks ago,i thought about getting a generator. holy cow, they are expensive, there's a long list to get generators up here. janice: i believe it. we still have half of hurricane season to go through. people need to be on alert if you live on the gulf coast or east coast and the temperatures in the atlantic on east coast way above average. if there's any lessons learned seeing the damage where jeff is and we will see catastrophic damage, don't get me wrong with

category 4 storm. this is a good way for you to think what do i do if i've got a storm on my doorstep. now we were talking about rita, very similar path to what we saw in 2005, 15 years ago. rita was the same year as katrina. katrina, by the way was a cat 3 when it made landfall, however, category 5 storm surge of over 30 feet. we saw storm surge of 20 feet with this one and the national hurricane center was saying unsurvivable and thankfully in cameron, louisiana they did evacuate the area, 400 people lived there and i heard people are safe, thank goodness. we have the latest 8:00 a.m. advisory, winds at 100 miles per hour. we are getting hurricane-force-wind gusts, so here is the latest advisory as of 8:00 a.m. and

100-miles-per-hour sustained winds. there are some of the wind gusts as my mentioned. hurricane-forced winds around alexandria and tornado risk. this will north ward and east ward and affect us in the northeast on the weekend. you live east coast, you need to have preparation plan because we still have quite a bit of weeks to go in hurricane season, steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. brian: thanks so much, janice, we will be right back and you might want to stay tune and right now we are bringing chad wolf, nominated for the job full-time. mr. secretary, how are you helping louisiana and texas from what you've seen? chad: so it's really devastating storm. we saw it come across inland as category 4. now category 2. we are not out of the woods yet. we see most concerned about is that flash flooding, the wind gusts and the power outages as the storm continues to move

north in louisiana. what fema is doing is obviously prepositioning supplies, we have prepositioning teams texas, alabama and georgia to make sure we are able to respond as the sunrises. the next 48 hours are going to be critical from a life-safety standard. we have customs and border patrol assets, some of which are behind me today ready to respond along with dod assets. as the sun comes up we are going to be in life, safety, security standpoint and doing those assessments on the ground. steve: all right. let's switch gears to something that we have heard for the last days about law and order at the rnc. the president has made it clear that he's ready to deploy the national guard to kenosha, wisconsin where the man was shot in the back by police as an investigation has been launched by the doj. also we understand apparently the governor of minnesota asked

for the national guard to be deployed in the minneapolis area after trouble there. what's your message to folks who are looking in, watching what's happening in america's cities about what's next? chad: well, i think the president has been very clear from the onset which is we need to address the violent activity, so, again, peaceful protesting, first amendment rights, i think everyone is very much in support of that. when it crosses the line into violence, the president has been very clear in state and local authorities need to do their job and when they can't, then if they want to call the federal government, the president is willing to send in assets as we've done in wisconsin, we will continue to do that to other parts of the city as well. i would say this stands in contrast to what we continue to see in portland, over 3 months we saw violence again last night and we hope she does that, calls on the federal government to help and we will go from there.

ainsley: i know the president nominated you for dhs secretary. what happens next? chad: certainly honor to be nominated by the president. i have been leading the department of homeland security in capacity. the nomination will go to the senate and they'll be a process that kicks off to do that and then, you know, with the help of the united states congress and the senate, i hope to be confirmed and continue to lead the men and women of dhs. doing our mission every day. obviously responding to a hurricane. we have election security, i'm here in el paso talking about border security as well. we have a diverse mission that we will continue to do to protect the homeland. brian: you have 3020 miles of wall built, what do you say, mr. secretary, when people say law and order. it's on the president's watch, it's his responsibility, what do you tell people? chad: well, first and foremost, law and order in any city and any locality start with local

officials and local law enforcement and state officials and state law enforcement, federal resources has always been a backup. the president has been very clear, as soon as you need help, you request it from the federal government and we will be there and that's what you see in wisconsin. that's what you see in other area of the country. and so the president is clear making sure that state and local officials step up to patrol their cities, protect their communities, protect the residents in their communities. a lot of americans are looking at tvs and saying what is going on in the cities across the country and why aren't local officials stepping up early on day one, on day two and addressing this head on and making sure that we don't allow kenosha to continue to occur night after night and have the violence and unfortunately what we have seen are deaths as well. steve: we know that dhs, you guys, you folks have your hands full today with the hurricane. we thank you very much for joining us for about 5 points this morning, mr. wolf. chad: all right, thank you, appreciate it. steve: good luck to you. 8:10 in new york, jillian has

headlines. jillian: fbi's ten most wanted men has been captured. accused of killing teenage daughter on new year's day because they would not date muslim men, he was added to top list and fbi arresting him finally outside of dallas. according to court documents jamal hasan wrote anonymous letter encouraging students at minnesota schools to join terror group. prosecutors says she threatened to join al-qaeda and marry a fighter. she faces up to 20 years in prison. tiktok's ceo kevin meyer stepping down after president trump's executive order to ban the app. meyer writing a letter to employees saying in part, quote n recent weeks as political environment has sharply changed, i've done significant reflection

on what the corporate structural changes will require. against backdrop i have decide today lever the company. tiktok sued the administration monday over executive order. meyer was only on the job for 3 months. money on the way for 50,000 american who is never received covid-19 stimulus check. the irs sending the money to people whose initial check was diverted to pay their spouses past due child support. the government says people will not have to take action to receive their check. payments are expected to be mailed next month. that's a look at your headlines, we will send it back to you. ainsley: thank you, jillian. south carolina governor calling out chaos in some of america's biggest cities. >> from seattle and portland to washington and new york, democrat-run cities across this country are being overrun by violent mobs. ainsley: governor is going to join us live next. us the

chop zone but believe it or not, you were challenged on that premise, governor, welcome back. what do you think about the fact that msnbc cut into your speech to get to fact-check you? >> well, i think that's typical. normal everyday people don't want any part of it. in fact, no mother wants to have her children be raised on the streets of portland or seattle right now because of the unrest, because of the violence and it's not american, so we truly believe in the rule of law and it being upheld and that's the difference right now today between the republican and the democrat parties. brian: it is but doesn't stop msnbc from calling up the mayor of seattle jenny durkan, here is

her rebuking you. >> her caricature of the great cities across america is not only wrong but purposely wrong. seattle is a -- it is a city that i raise my two children in and i would not have raised them anywhere else. brian: well, right now they've hit their murder of total last year over 100 businesses have permanently shut down from that city and they called it the latest -- the latest quote was from seattle shop owner who said i'm out of here, the violence is happening so often i'm getting out of town, the quote downtown seattle is tomb stone arizona, what reality is she in? governor: well, seattle dramatically changed and i think their violent crime rate has gone up about 44% since all of this has happened in the last 3 or 4 months, so maybe the seattle she raised her children in was different years ago, but today, the families that live there, they're under attack and

this is one of those things that we need to have an honest conversation about and really recognize that it comes from lack of leadership and poor leadership that has its priorities screwed up. brian: i know you're trying to get more people to go to south dakota, you did a good job selling it last night. governor, thanks so much. governor: you bet, thanks so much, brian, i think that we are seeing incredible response to south dakota. families and businesses are moving there every day. it's a wonderful place to be. i'm thrilled to be there full-time and it's where my family will always live. brian: i know that the president seemed to have really loved it especially speech in mount rushmore when you opened for him. the president's son eric trump joins us live with a preview to be honest...a little dust? it never bothered me.

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wanted to set the scene and give you an idea of what you're seeing tonight. over here is the rose garden where the first lady was speaking two nights ago, the newly renovated rose garden and behind me is where president trump will be walking out of tonight and this is the stage that he has -- is going to be speaking from and just check out the view when he walks out. you have the washington monument, the press is going to be speaking over here and then over to my left right here this is the stage that the republican national committee, the white house and the trump campaign have built in just a matter of a few days. i mean, they really had very little time to pull this thing off. remember this is supposed to be in charlotte and then jacksonville and they ultimately settled in the white house. in terms of substance, expect president trump to hit on similar themes as the vice president did last night in baltimore at fort mchenry. the vice president went all in on seizing the law and order

mantle. and he also accused joe biden of it knowing the ongoing violence at the dnc last week. >> violence must stop, whether in minneapolis, portland, or ko konosha. we will have law and order on the streets of this country for every american of every race and creed and color. [cheers and applause] kristin: the biden campaign countering that with this statement, quote, what wasn't said tonight tell us far more than what was barely a mention of the virus killing thousands of americans each week, no discussing of hardships countless families are facing as a result. tonight, of course, big speaker president trump and one more

thing, brian, ainsley and steve, you can see they are setting up chairs over here. there's going to be a live audience, just one more difference between the dnc and the rnc. brian, ainsley and steve. ainsley: okay, kristin, thank you so much. steve, over to you. steve: all right, eric trump joins us right now on what we can expect tonight. we are being told by your handler that is you have 3 minutes so we will make this fast. i have noticed after watching last week and this week, i don't miss the applause, the show goes faster. eric: yeah. i'm actually kind of with you. if you member 2016 we were in the stage. you're speaking to 30,000 people in the audience and it's like a rock concert. you're speaking to somebody in their home, they're sitting in the coach and you're talking to their families, it's actually in certain ways what's more elegant and much nicer way to communicate and the tone of the speeches have been incredible, the people who have been given the speeches are incredible.

if you look at dnc, every single person was career politician, nancy pelosi, et cetera, et cetera, they had been in washington for 40 years. look at the people who are speaking at our convention, i mean, these are real americans who sign checks and made a difference. i'm proud of what we've put on and awesome job, it's night and day. production quality, speakers, it's night and day versus the dnc. honestly, we blew them out of the water, we really did. steve: what about fundraising because they made a lot of money last week? eric: yeah, they did, they have big donors on that side and we have a lot of people in -- our numbers of small dollars are substantially higher than theirs and they go to hollywood, a couple of people, a lot of people stroke them checks. i spoke about it in my speech where they call most of the country flyover states and they ignore it and don't go to it. biden hasn't been to wisconsin

in 170 days, think of that, they are ignoring most of america and they think that la and new york can pull them across the line and they are going to make the same mistake that hillary did in 2016. steve: your father who is a reality show producer and host as well obviously had a big hand in the rnc production. how does he feel it has gone so far and does he have like one favorite moment so far? eric: i would say -- i was with him yesterday and this whole week was absolute home run. even cnn and msnbc are saying that our production quality and speakers are better than the dnc. i think this is a clear victory. you know, he called me about 30 seconds after i got off stage and he couldn't be more proud of the family and couldn't be more proud of everybody and honestly he will hit it out of the park tonight. nights like tonight is when my father does best. when you look at state of the unions, he's blown them out of

the park and a lot of things to be proud of and done great job for the nation and the democrats don't. the democrats stand for total lack of law and order, defunding police, $4 trillion in extra taxes, joe biden is nowhere to be found. kamala harris has called our law enforcement officers kkk and gestapo and all they can talk about is covid, covid and how trump is a bad man and my father talked about the greatest military in the world and the greatest economy in the world. stopping illegal immigration, preserving god in the country, preserving freedom of speech and preserving second amendment and so much more and he's got, he's done more for the nation in the last 3 and a half years than arguably any president in history and, again, he's made me as a son incredibly proud and we love him and we are going to fight like hell and get another 4 years because the nation deserves it. steve: well, tonight is the big finale and folks can see it on fox and next stop the debates.

eric, thank you very much for joining us for extra 30 seconds. the other big story we are tracking hurricane laura battering the gulf coast came in at 150-miles-per-hour sustained wind. we are live on the ground coming up next. plus kellyanne conway on tonight's big show and last night's big show it's time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed.

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brien: all right, we are back with fox news alert. sun is starting to come up in louisiana after hurricane laura slammed the gulf coast as category 4 storm overnight. jeff flock joins us live in louisiana with firsthand look at the damage and the sun is up, jeff, what have you seen since the last time we checked with you? jeff: it's everywhere you look, brian. street signs down, businesses wrecked, power lines down, roofs

torn off of buildings. you name it. everywhere between here and cameron, maybe you see some folks out there. hey, thomas, do you see the folks out there that are coming out of their house surveying trees. the trees down will be huge and trees falling on homes and businesses, that's, you know, some big trees and, you know, big crash. hey, thomas, come on over here, i want to show them -- look at the power of the storm. you think about 150-miles-per-hour winds. cameron just sort of here, look at the telephone pole. look at that. isn't that something? wow. tremendous power. and it just keeps on going. i mean, up and down, every street has damage of some sort, every building is in some ways affected. you know, not all catastrophic but everybody damaged. this is far and wide as they said 30-mile swath between here

lake charles and cameron which is on the shore and then, you know, the storm kept going. we are going to be talking about this for a while i'm afraid. steve: and it is still going, jeff flock in lake charles where it came ashore at 150 miles an hour. janice has been tracking the storm for a couple of days and, janice, that kind of destruction is common as the sun comes up and people take a look at what happened. janice: yeah, widespread and jeff is 30 miles away from the shoreline where we had storm surge mornings. incredible damage we are going to see. 150-miles-per-hour sustained winds and once it made landfall in cameron, louisiana, lake charles wind gust of 13 miles per hour, so incredible. it was just 7 miles shy of being category 5 and the second strongest storm to hit louisiana in their history. so we are going to see the damage as the sun comes up. still category 2 storm,

100-miles-per-hour sustained winds, wind gusts in alexandria area, central louisiana and the strongest winds are around alexandria, so the core of the strong winds still through portions of central and northern louisiana throughout the afternoon. we are looking at the risk for tornadoes as well as heavy rainfall. thankfully i haven't seen a lot of tornado-warn storms but we will see watches as we have outer bands that are already counterclockwise and we have rotation. this is going to pull up into arkansas. they will potentially get 7 to 10-inches of heavy rainfall, flash flood warnings in effect for much of louisiana in towards eastern texas and then arkansas. this is going to move up to the tennessee and ohio river valley over the next couple of days, still the potential for flooding rainfall as well as those strong winds as the storm moves north ward around 15 miles per hour and look what happens, curves across ohio valley, into

mid-atlantic and northeast still with tropical characteristics. we will see power damage, power lines down, trees down for hundreds of thousands of miles as the storm continues to move north and east ward. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. ainsley: all right, thank you, janice. let's bring in kellyanne conway, counselor to the president. when you listen to reports, what's the federal response going to be? kelly: a number of things. fema has been stockpiling taxpayers and food and water and all the supplies you need for what has been anticipated more aggressive hurricane season and fema is on top of this, we work hand and glove with his team on the coronavirus task force response as well and he's also -- he this morning is also wanting people to please stay inside. that's how you stay safe. there could be down power lines in the water. until your local officials give you the all-clear which is no time soon, you've got to stay

where you are. also this has gone cat 4 to cat 2 as you said but still seen as very dangerous storm. could be a historic storm and folks need to really take those precautions, but the federal government is ready. i discontinued this last night with chief meadows and the president himself and we know they are on top of it speaking to officials locally and the administration as they need to. brian: kellyanne, great speech last night. we know that you're in the middle of a transition and you're doing great interview, quick turnaround as you said to exit from the white house, but the big story is going to be urban unrest, whether it's a situation in portland, 80 plus days, it's in seattle, it's in chicago almost on a daily basis and now fast-forward to kenosha because of the shooting, the shooting that took place. last night more unrest and here is what mayor pete buttigieg says. all of this chaos is happening

on donald trump's watch. characteristics of living in donald trump's america. i think we are all going to see more and more of it as long as he is in charge. is this donald trump's fault? kelly: wow, nobody is going to buy that. we know that these are democratic-led cities and most with democratic governors. i think all that we are talking about, why is that important? because the republican president donald trump doesn't look at this as partisan issue, he's trying to send federal reinforcements in and you have governors saying oh, no, you are putting pride and politics ahead of safety and that makes no sense to everyday americans who want law and order and want public safety. we saw gallup poll that said 86% of americans want the same or increase police presence in their neighborhoods, that's over 80% of african americans and hispanic americans in the poll. it would be great, nice if joe biden weighed in long after the violence not just in urban america but suburban america,

kenosha, wisconsin, nice that he weighed in, maybe he should go there and see on the ground so he and mayor pete can see what is happening. it's not donald trump's watch. he's trying to get law and order restored, but i don't think joe biden will go to wisconsin because the last time a democratic nominee for president went to wisconsin in 2012. he's ignoring the state as hillary clinton ignored the state and they are all ignoring the fact that kenosha is on fire. look, let's quote the mother of jacob blake, just like the family of george floyd, the family of rayshard brooks and others, they're said, please, protest peacefully. she said very clearly stop using my son or anybody's child in the name of your protests. we are so far beyond peaceful protests and this is why the president and the vice president last night are making a strong case for public safety and this could come to your own neighborhood, obviously. you know, i feel so sorry and i touched upon this last night. i was speaking to specific small

businesswoman and got her store ready all over again for the post covid lockdown and then had to do it all over again after she was vandalized and looted and this just can't stand. i also noticed there was a quote today from a restaurateur in wisconsin saying are you protestors trying to get donald trump reelected. he knows full stop and i guess mayor pete knows full stop that the more chaos and anarchy and violence reign the better it is for who is clear choice on public safety and law and order. i was in fort mchenry when vice president pence gave passionately and greatest applaud and standing ovation when he talked about blue line and we are deep lie respected, military veterans, police, border production and police officers keeping us safe. steve: it was 4 years ago, kellyanne, first woman to

successfully manage a presidential campaign and you did touch on this last night in your speech before the rnc. here is the a snipped. kelly: president trump and vice president pence have lifted americans, provided them with dignity, opportunity and results. president trump helped me shatter a barrier in the role of politics by empowering me to manage his campaign to its successful conclusion. this is the man i know and the president we need for 4 more years. he picks the toughest fights and tackles the most complex problems. he has stood by me and he will stand up for you. steve: so there you are talking about how donald trump helped you shatter that. you know, this is actually for our viewers, this is your last tv appearance before you take off as was detailed earlier because there's going to be less drama, more momma at your house.

[laughter] steve: is it going to drive you crazy that you are not going to be there in these last 67 days? kelly: no, if that were the case i would reassess. no, i'm making the best decision for my family and i told my president on sunday night and final trip with the president and first lady, he's so well positioned in the white house and campaign to run and be reelected and that's wonderful because i told him the next 2 months he focuses on winning and i will focus on investing leisure wear and hoover my kids as they hover over computers to learn from home as fate of millions of school children nationwide and he's very well positioned. i think that turned around 5 or 6 weeks when he did a couple of big things. he tweeted that he's wearing a mask and you wear a mask. resumed coronavirus task force briefings so that are briefs, technical in nature.

it's not confrontation with the press, it's information to the public and then also he pulled down his life convention and in-person rallies basically recognizing that just like the rest of the country they can't go to bars and restaurants, places of work, places of worship and he's locking onto them and seen what the other side has to offer and president trump has i predictably they will be up in the polls and the other side will not know how to adjust, you know what i didn't hear last week, a woman's right to choose because the left is abortion. and it's just incredible because they realize they've lost that issue culturally, they are now defending a platform and a party that is for abortion, eighth, ninth, long after a baby is viable outside of the womb or

concealed pain. they also didn't mention school choice last week. one of the biggest fault lines is definitely public safety, taking on china and trade deals. who is standing up for communities of color and african americans, hispanic-american kids who rely upon opportunities, they have choices like my children and perhaps your children and for some reason joe biden has stood in the way of that. the last two democratic presidents have opposed scholarships and he would as well. there's so many contrasts and i want people to know that i had worked hard for decades, a lot of them are snarking and barking from the shrines and never trumpers but they also have another thing in common, their candidates didn't win and they were in charge. maybe their candidates should

have hired a woman, that's okay. i will be unlearned one day and i will have my say. for the time being i'm grateful being at public service. i started at age of 50 on inauguration day and i'm proud of because it's meaningful and i tell young people particularly young women learn to accept the word no more than you hear it because you will face rejection and you will face exclusion and you will face a lot of -- a lot of disappointment in your lives and in your career but don't say the word no. be reliable, be the one who raises her hand, steps up, stands in, speaks up and either volunteers or contributes but i've haven't very fortunate to work for a man who for decades elevated women to senior positions. if new york real estate, in trump corporation, the trump campaign, the trump white house, the trump administration, very natural for him and i'm very happy that -- and this has not been easy, but that my broad mind and narrow ways have not switched places.

[laughter] ainsley: thanks so much for being with us. steve: good luck. ainsley: wish you all the best. 48 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead executive president trump for rebuilding his industry and protecting american jobs and he will join us live

sandra: brand-new white house response to big night last night, kayleigh mcenany will be joining us live top of the hour with reaction and look ahead of the president's big speech tonight. plus the latest on hurricane laura now a c hurricane, still extremely dangerous after pounding the gulf coast for hours overnight. fema director peter ganer our guest coming up and joe biden speaking out against violence in cities across america. michael goodwin in the new york post says it's too little too late, karl rove, senator john kennedy and more joining us for jam-packed america's newsroom top of the hour. ainsley: we will be watching. executive director praising president trump for rebuilding his industry. >> logging has been a part of great american story from the beginning, with the last time joe biden was in the white house minnesota lost half of its mills, thousands of jobs and experienced nearly a decade of decline. under president trump we have seen new recognition of the

value of forest management and we've seen new support for our way of life with strong back and strong work ethic can build a strong middle class. ainsley: scott, you did a great job, congratulations. scott: thank you very much. ainsley: i know that was so important to you, historic moment for you. why was it important for you to share your message? scott: well, real quick, i'm glad that when you did the introduction you mentioned that i'm executive director, i noticed last night some of the tv stations identified me as logger and trucker. i'm not a logger or trucker. i like most people couldn't do their job, but back to the opportunity, it was an honor and privilege last night to represent the loggers and truckers of minnesota and bring a voice of the american timber industry to the national stage and no more appropriately than a night that recognized american

heros, the logging industry, the truckers, these are the guys that get up the day before the sunrise, they go out, they work until after dark every single day of the week quite often. they just do their job, they don't get any recognition or attention, but during challenging times right now it was important to bring their voice, their presence to the national stage. ainsley: how did it feel? what was it like being up there? scott: well, you can imagine. it was somewhat intimidating, no question about that. we are all out of our element when we do that kind of thing. i'm back here in minnesota now in the northwoods enjoying our way of life which is quite bit simpler. when you get these opportunities, you need to step up. ainsley: yeah. scott: not only for the industry to represent them and tell their story, but also to give credit to president trump for what he has done and we've been working

with president trump and the administration since day one. in fact, i was at the inauguration, sitting next to me was your fox host kennedy at the inauguration. i knew we had good seats. [laughter] >> the duck dynasty behind us. ainsley: i know. we are out of time. our show is almost over, i'm so sorry, scott, excellent job and people are saying this morning, hollywood and democrats go together and the president reaches out to truckers, plumbers and loggers, thanks for representing them. god bless you. more "fox & friends" moments away.

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>> we'll recap the final day of the rnc. set your dvr even if you watch the show, you'll watch it back. >> sandra: we begin with a fox news alert and two big stories this morning. right now hurricane laura hammering the gulf coast as a cat 3 storm. we're on the ground in louisiana and texas as the hurricane pushes inland. the rnc entering its fourth and final day. president trump set to accept his party's nomination tonight. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany took the stage last night. she joins us this morning to talk about that and more in moments. hurricane laura slamming into the gulf coast in the middle of