fox, they're ruthless. >> i know. >> they dominate the most important thing in american politics today and that is the narrative, facts become secondary to narrative, they dominate with illusion and we are getting crushed. >> the only illusion that california is improving under his leadership or he'll ever be president. gutfeld next. >> hurricane ian intensifying to category three, major hurricane lashing cuba with 115 mile per hour winds and it is on track to grow to a category four storm by the time it strikes florida. you're watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: floridians have been told to evacuate their home, tampa braces for what could be the bigsest storm in an entire

lifetime. >> we made the decision we were going to get out and go take some -- somewhere else. >> we were going to go to a hotel, i dobt have the money to go to a hotel, this was our best bet. >> todd: tampa international airport will suspend all flights 5 eastern tonight in preparation for the storm. >> carley: janice dean is tracking the storm andin jos us now. >> janice: this is a strengthening storm, about to move over the western portion of cuba, strengtheneds to category three storm and has a lot of warm water ahead of it. i'm concern this is already a strong storm and fact it has all of the environmental conditions conducive to more strengthening. let's take a look, i'm sorry,

have problems with my map. here is what we know, ian continues to intensify to major hurricane in the last hour in cayman islands and cuba and those along the florida panhandle, don't want you to say this is not going to hurt me, this will impact the whole state of florida over next 24 to 48 hours. water temperature is what we look at in terms of strengthening and we have all ingredients for strengthening over the western portion of cuba. it will not affect the storm that much at all and in front, very warm waters ahead. there is our hurricane forecast, track, on wednesday and thursday, we are expecting this to become a category four storm just off the west coast of florida and anywhere from tampa

up toward the florida panhandle, along that big bend, you need to be paying close attention, go through time it gets tricky. there is not total graechlt where we will see landfall. you need to be prepared with evacuation plans and they need to be coming into completion now, today. as we go through sunday, impact southeast, atlanta, georgia and charlotte, it will be weakening, the problem is we will stee the storm surge, the most deadly component of hurricanes. okay, well category one, it is going to have the impact of a major hurricane in terms of storm surge, that water going into tampa bay, one of the most vulnerable spots in the u.s. for

storm surge, that is what we're concerned with here, storm surge along the west coast, including tampa bay area, if you live in cedar key, jacksonville, you are still impacted by this storm, as well. here is the timeline to be ready today, key west, will feel impact of tropical storm force condition and through wednesday, even orlando, you need to prepare for tropical storm conditions. power outages are a big deal, widespread from sarasota to tampa and places like fort myers through ocala, be prepared for many days of possible power outages in florida and it is warm this time of year, severe storm threat. could see tornados in some areas and water spouts likely with landfalling hurricane, counter

clockwise motion and that provides ingredients for tornados. not talking about a long-lasting tornado, but some that could potentially do damage. the cloud canopy, this is a large storm, we are expecting wednesday 5 p.m., our latest impact and it looks like anywhere around tcape coral are, good news for tampa, because worst wouldn't be coming to tampa bay area. all these areas along the coast need to be prepared for impact and there is still potential that this storm hugs the coast and comes closer to the big bend and the florida panhandle, which has happened before. if you live along the west coast of florida, we have good idea of where this storm will make impact, we need everyone to be prepared for tropical storm force condition and hours along the coast in the tampa bay area

of hurricane-force conditions. here is your forecast today, this is our main story, the rest of the country very quiet. we have a cold front moving across the northeast and great lakes, but all eyes are on this maj hurricane ian. we will provide updates throughout the morning and day, foxweather, good app to have. make sure everything is powered up, power outages is imminent in some regions. >> carley: marco rubio was on with hannity last night and asked to describe the worst possible hurricane that could happen and they described exactly what this storm is looking like. as you said, the big deal is possible storm surge and how that could affect so many homes and businesses along the coast. >> janice: absolutely, when you talk about tampa, one of the most vulnerable areas, the

coastline, bay area, the water coming up into low-lying regions, if you have nine foot, 12-foot storm surge, that will inundate this area. the forecast looks like cape coral and that would spare tampa, anywhere along the coast, be prepared for impact. >> carley: people in cape coral need to be worried, of course. because of janice dean said, florida businesses are providing essentials like gas, sand bags and food while inflation still takes a major toll. >> todd: peggy davenport just outside tampa joins us now, peggy what have you done to prepare? >> good morning, how are you? yes, we have prepared as much as we can, we've gotten our food

sources ready, shopped early and got ready and waiting to see like the extent of the damage. i'm concerned about the flooding and i'm concerned about power outages, obviously power outages, we will not be cooking for our customers. we are taking it day-by-day or minute by minute to get ready for the storm. >> carley: you own a meal delivery service and many people rely on your business for daily dinner. i know that you want to stay in business and feed people, i saw on your facebook page you might have to issue refunds for wednesday and thursday foot deliveries, i'm sure with the economy, that is the last thing you need right now. >> it's been really tough, i started to feel the hit earlier this summer when inflation started to climb. we kind of regrouped, we had the slowest summer we've had in 10

years and part of it is inflation, people holding on to their money, a lot of people decided, i've been locked up for two years, i'm ready to get out of here. we took a big hit, we started to see recooperation when school started back up, people were back home, getting back in the groove and this hurricane comes. we'll see. >> todd: do you worry inflation will get that much worse and worse as demand for basic necessities skyrockets, following a hurricane, people need to replace everything, especially with power outages and damage to their home, are you worried inflation will go through the roof? >> i think it is in spite of this hurricane, i think we'll continue to see rise in inflation, which is ridiculous, it is happening, but i feel like we'll have to wait and see. hopefully people will stay on track and be able to make this

work, it's been really hard since for a few months now. >> carley: are you in the evacuation zone? if so, have you thought about leaving? >> i'm not in the evacuation zone, the number or letter e. a and b are starting to be evacuated. my kitchen is in zone b, i'm concerned it will flood, we'll figure that out when it happens. we're super close to the air force base, we get power pretty quickly issue but i have to wait and see. oh, i don't know. >> todd: deep breath, peggy davenport, you've got this. >> i'm hope, all day preparing, got everything in and ready, we'll have to wait and see how bad it is going to be. i feel terrible for my customers, my number one priority and a lot are in the evacuation a zone and they are leaving. >> carley: you seem like such a

great lady, we'll be thinking about you and everybody else in florida tnext few days. >> todd: marvelously put together, looking good. u.s. six weeks away from crucial midterm election determining which party will tip the balance of power and take control of congress. >> carley: big city crime is an issue, issue republicans are prioritizing right before voters hit the polls. brooke singman has the latest. brooke. >> brooke: republicans are hammering down on crime and public safety, citing democrat policies as reason for the country's crime crisis. the white house tried turning the table defending the never-ending chaos. the biden administration was left flailing. listen. >> does president biden think the big cities are safe? >> it is not a yes-or-no question. >> jen psaki says crime is a

huge vulnerability for democrats, why would she say that? >> i can't do electro-politics from here, i don't agree with your characterization of what she actually said. >> crime-heavy cities say otherwise, left wing called to defund police and strategizing how to keep america safe and the agenda seems to be working, showing gop ahead as voters cite crime as one of their biggest concerns. part of commitment to america plan, gop mirroring the contract with america with promises of a safe nation and government accountability if republicans regain the majority. small business owners see the issue of crime as biggest impact on customers and staff and gop candidates are listening to and responding strongly against their opponents. >> my opponent doesn't want to

campaign with joe biden, he's cut from the same cloth as joe biden. >> val demings has extreme position on every issue and voted wrong and against florida interest and common sense. >> brooke: republicans plan to use crime as kitchen table issue, as voting begins six weeks from today. >> carley: brooke singman live, thank you, here is jesse watters on the track record as voters head to the polls next month in november. >> jesse: democrats have been in charge two years and the message, republicans are extreme? biden tells us the economy is fine and the border is secure, crime is not bad. this is disinformation, this entire administration is based on disinformation and america is in a place we haven't been in a long time. >> todd: kyrsten sinema being accused of wanting democrats to lose control of congress by

member of her own party from her own state. reuben gallego lashing out over this comment from kyrsten sinema. >> control changes between the house and senate every couple years, it is likely to change in a few weeks. >> todd: galleygo fires off, my sense is you would prefer the dems lose control of the senate and house. kyrsten sinema is being praised by mcconnell calling her most effective first term senator he's ever seen. parent rights taking center state in virginia, yesli vega slamming abigail spanberger claiming she is lying about moderate views on education. listen. >> we have somebody in my opponent so radical she wants to prevent parents from knowing what is happening in their children's lives, i can't think

of something more horrifying than not knowing what is happening in my child's life. somebody that can look at you, tell you she's a moderate, nothing moderate about that. >> todd: abigail spanberger speaking out against youngkin to reverse policy allowing children to change names and -- >> carley: being questioned over controversy surrounding the team's name atomahawk chop celebration. >> do you or the president have thoughts about the controversial team name, braves name, so-called tomahawk chop? >> we believe it is important to have this conversation, we should listen to native american and indigenous people most impacted by this.

>> carley: washington commanders and cleveland guardians have changed their names over accusation of racism, but braves refuse to change their original namesake. >> todd: angry news anchor collide. upsetting monday night upset, cowboys handing the first loss of the season, watch. >> fires and pass intercepted by dig gs, he goes down and cowboys wrap it up. >> todd: i hate sports after this, poor sterling shepherd, his career probably -- because of that. blue man group, supporter evident by this particularly crushed fan's expression after the team settled for a field goal in the fourth. his frowning face going viral in

the aftermath of the cowboys 23-16 win. if you seem saucy, get used to it, this is todd following this. >> carley: sad shower for that man. >> todd: that is how i went to bed. a robbery suspect armed with a shotgun and says this to the clerk. >> i've got [bleep], i'm not from around here, i'm from chicago, i don't [bleep] -- >> todd: interesting statement, wait until you hear the clerk's response, we think you will like it. >> carley: and pete buttigieg joining in sending migrants to blue cities. >> these are stunts you see from people who don't have a solution, it is hurting people in order to get attention. >> carley: the red state blame game may be misguided, break the

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>> carley: construction of migrant shelter getting underway in new york city. >> todd: democrats blame the influx on republican governors,

officials at southern border calling out the hypocrisy. jackie ibanez join us with the latest. jacky. >> new york city mayor eric adams ordering tents to be put up in the bronx to house 1000 migrants for four days. after screening, they will enter the strained shelter system. mayor adams hasn't been shy about blaming the influx on the migrant buses sent from texas governor greg abbott. he said 13,000 processed since spring, but according to texas governor data 2700 migrants have been sent from the lone star state in that period, meaning one in five migrants in new york city is from texas, despite this, democrats arguing bussing migrants is evidence of red state governors playing politics. listen. >> obviously there are issues with the border and migration,

these are stunts you see from people who don't have a solution. it is not just ineffectual, it is hurting people in order to get takening. >> jackie: officials are callings out the democrats double standard and vowing to continue bussing migrant until biden administration secures the border. >> thousands have been bussed and flown to sanctuary cities and no outcry from anybody. the governor of florida and texas are bussing the migrants and it's becoming a problem and they are only seeing a small fraction of what is taking place. >> jackie: new data shows agents encountered 266,000 migrants at the border, enough to pack the role bowl stadium three times, back to you. >> carley: quite the image,

thank you so much. did you hear that, whistleblower snowden expressing gratitude to vladamir putin for his newly granted citizenship. snowden tweeting, "after two years of waiting and 10 years of exile, a little stability will make a difference for my family, i pray for privacy for them." snowden has been living in russia since 2013, claiming political asileum after he leaked information by the national security agency and has previously stated he would like to return to the u.s., but fears he would not receive a fair trial. >> todd: the associated press attempting to trace origin of -- her party back to musilini's government, the intercept

calling her part of long tradition of white womanhood being central to fascism and op ed from guardian reminding us women can be just as awful as men. she won by 7%, they clearly wanted her in office, the media doesn't get that. she is expected to take over as prime minister in the next couple months. tucker carlson had this response over the conservative tide rising. >> miloni started showing up in the polls, meloni was no radical, she refused to bow to the twin gods of climate and mass migration, people panicked. and the president of -- commanded iitalians not to vote for her. god, country, family, it is more

wholesome and more pro-human platform, so scary to people running and benefiting from the current system. why is that? she's not the first person to say this. people have said it before, she's just been rewarded for saying it, that is the point. the population likes it, this is what they want. >> carley: gas prices are up for seventh straight days and president biden is blaming everyone, but himself. >> todd: and threatening to derail funding talks, who will the democrats blame this time if the government shuts down? we are live in washington. ♪

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>> carley: gas prices on the rise for one week straight with today's national average at $3.74. >> todd: president biden claiming prices below $3 in some

states, i'm claiming i rode a unicorn to work, both are untrue. it's a lie, he can say what he wants, he's the president. >> griff: great image to start tuesday morning off with, gas prices are going up. did the 3 is down from $5 in june, it has been one straight week of rising prices, causing millions of americans continued pain at the pump and president biden continues to slam oil and gas companies, ordering them to lower prices. >> president biden: some states it is below $3, low $3's most pl places. has to do with refinery capacity [inaudible] -- deal with that, as well. >> griff: it is not below $3 in any state, even mississippi, the

state with lowest prices $3.07. joe manchin pushes for domestic energy bill, he claims would help the country toward energy independence and pass it for a resolution to keep the government open. he eksz pressed concern that many like mcconnell are joining bernie sanders, but joe manchin says we can do both. >> you have to be energy independent to be the super power of the world, walk and chew gum, invest in technology for the future, making sure we have energy we need today. >> griff: as far as where things stand, joe manchin's bill is in there, as of now unlikely to get 60 votes in senate, which means it would have to be taken out, deadline to pass the crashing r is friday, we'll see what

happens. only thing we're certain of commanders are the west in the entire nfl, behind the new york giants, should make you feel better. >> todd: you're 1-2, i am not celebrating, i did take a unicorn to work. >> carley: bring in megan and andy, parents to talk about inflation, we wanted to talk to you, you have six kids and meghan, i cannot imagine what your grocery bills look like, essentials are more than last year. what has it been like for your family? >> i mean, it's been quite a struggle, we are more fortunate that we can still afford rising grocery prices, but how long can we afford them for? grocery bills definitely up, we're definitely more conscious at the grocery store and the

house. kids get a lecture, let's not run through this today, this stuff needs to be here in a week or so, slow down on that. >> carley: i hear you there, your bills have gone up, i was reading you are spending more on groceries than your monthly mortgage, is that true? >> yes, got to that point, higher than our mortgage, we've had to reassess. >> carley: i'm sure you did sglchl it is funny, you go to the grocery store and you spend $100 or more and walk away with two or three bags and you are like, this is all i got? a couple hundred bucks, you know. >> carley: everybody is going through sticker shock and it's been like that for the whole year and not getting any better. andy, you are an oilfield worker, do the president's oil energy policies impacted you or

has work remained consistent? >> for me, we've been consistent. i was injured a couple months ago and haven't been able to go back to work just yet, but i've been doing other things and we still have been able to work. we're fortunate for that and just kind of trying to work and do that, so -- >> would be lie figure we said we were not scared with the stuff with the leases and terminating them and wanting to stop drilling, that is what we rely on. >> carley: that is right. the president, he said he wanted to end the fossil fuel industry, i'm sure that is a big concern for you and the other hard-working folks in the fossil fuel industry. gas prices are now up for the seventh straight day. if they keep ongoing up, what

does that mean for your family? >> things just going to get tighter. going to be tougher trying to make it through. >> we are definitely more cognizant of center spending, whether groceries or high gas prices, we see them come down for a little while and now they are going back up, that affected the utility prices and electric bill almost double in this area. so it seems like it is all hitting at one time. >> carley: yeah, and talking about hurricane ian, we understand your area, you are trying to recover from hurricane ida, with inflation and gas prices, not just a struggle for your family, it is a struggle for many. megan and andy naquin, thank you

for joining us. i saw pictures of your children, so cute, you are lucky to have them. >> thank you, we appreciate it. >> todd: headline from a movie, nasa spacecraft colliding with an asteroid yesterday, that movie is arm gedon, this crash has scientists celebrating, it was a test of the asteroid defense system. watch this reaction to impact. >> four, three, two, one. oh, my gosh. wow. confirmation. and we have impact. >> todd: if you devoted your whole life to that, you would celebrate, as well. dart is part of nasa larger planetary initiative to alter course of threatening asteroids by colliding with emthis. this took place seven million

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>> carley: did you see this? a shocking attempted armed robly in a florida convenience store caught on tape, watch. >> i'm not from around here, i'm from chicago and i don't [bleep]. >> carley: the clerk pulled out his own weapon, sending the suspect straight out of the store. the man was arrested and charged with openly carrying a prohibited weapon, attempted robbery with a firearm.

good. >> todd: civilians reporting for duty with the new orleans police department, which is now hiring residents to help with detective work because the police force is understaffed with crime up 78% over last year, making that city the murder capitol of the country, not an award any story wants to have. anna rodriguez is a member of the no latoya recall campaign and she joins me now. laura, how did it come to this? >> it came to this because really the mayor has driven the department into the ground. the department is under federal decree, the new orleans police department is left with hardly any option. what i can say, resorting to hiring civilians to respond to crime scenes is alarming to

residents and should be alarming throughout the country. they said civilians will be responding to nonemergency calls that come in for 911. the problem with that, within the last year, nlpd received calls for first degree rape, they classify those as nonemergencies. so that should be alarming to people to think a case or call that comes in for something serious could be classified nonemergency and some random person who just decided to dress up as a police officer that day would be responding to the scene. that is shocking to the public here. >> todd: that is frightening, laura, and not just the fact we're looking at civilians to play dress-up, the new orleans pd is loosening up the qualifications, listen to this. bare minimum, you are allowed to

use marijuana, prior to being hired, low credit scores allowed. do we want our cops or whoever is playing cops, stoned? >> our options are before the nlpd said if you use drugs, you can't be on the department. now they are saying, it's fine at this point. do we have some random person who wants to play police officer or somebody who is high responding to the scene of a crime? this is the option we're left with now. the civilians will be collecting evidence from crime scenes, that should raise questions for people, too. i would not want a civilian to decide if collection of evidence required a warrant or whether or not they had permission to take certain evidence or how to collect it to protect the chain

of custody in preservation of evidence so you can present it at trial. we will have random people collecting evidence, who knows how they will be trained, it is either that or somebody who can report the to work high on drugs, this is what we've been left with. >> todd: this would not be the case if defund the police did not lead 150 cops to leave the new orleans police department. we don't blame them, we blame the people in charge, latoya cantrell is in charge, you are working to oust her, keep us posted. >> carley: alec baldwin could be charged for the death of hutchens, in a letter, the da specified baldwin could be one of four defendants. new mexico

provided 317,000 dollar in emergency funding to investigate hutchens' death. hurricane ian now a category three monster storm and it is gaining more steam as it mirrors the florida coast. 300,000 people are ordered to leave before it makes landfall. attorney general ashley moody will be here with everything you need to know. >> todd: do you remember this? >> there is no such thing as a heartbeat, it is [inaudible] -- designed to convince people that men have a right to take control of a woman's body. >> todd: planned parenthood believed their claim and are changing their guidelines, we're talking to pediatrician and mother of seven about that statement from stacey abrams.

>> todd: more than 100 relatives and friends coming together to honor the life of ellington. his killer, shannon brandt is walking free, given no curfew after posting $50,000 bond. a former prosecutor describing that amount as low. ellington was killed during an alleged political issue. the fbi arrest of mark houck

sparking outrage nationwide, a spokesperson calling it a clear attack on pro-life christians. josh hawley sending a letter to merrick garland demanding answers on the shocking arrest. "using this kind of force to make arrest for single charge of assault is unprecedented, the reports are shocking given your office turned a blind eye to epidemic of violence across the country by pro-abortion extremists". >> carley: planned parenthood redescribing definition of heartbeat after stacey abrams made this claim. >> there is no such thing as a heartbeat, it is [inaudible] designed to convince people men have a right to take control of a woman's body. >> carley: now planned

parenthood scrubbing mention of fetal heartbeat writing at six weeks gestation, a part of the embryo starts to show cardiac activity, it sounds like a heartbeat, it is not fully formed heart, it is earliest stage of the heart developing. this pediatrician is mother of seven and actual doctor who joins us now, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> carley: we're happy to have you on, can you clear up something for us? we have stacey abrams saying that a fetal heartbeat is a manufactured sound and planned parenthood changed their definition of this, so does a baby have a heartbeat at six weeks? >> this point, i can only quote doctor seuss, who said, a person is a person, no matter how small, and likewise a heartbeat is a heartbeat, no matter how

small. >> carley: yeah, i think dr. seuss, although not a medical doctor, i don't think, is a good description of what is going on and i can pull from my own experience. i'm five months pregnant and my first appointment was six months upon. the doctor said we might not be able to pull the heartbeat up yet, low and behold, it was loud and clear. where is this idea coming from, it may sound like a heartbeat, that is not really what it is? >> this is the oldest trick in the book in pro-choice advocacy side, which is to redefine medical language. years ago they redefined pregnancy from conception to implantation in the uterus and redefining heartbeat versus

cardiac activity. the problem here is that every american that has had that experience that you just described, that miraculous first visit, when you see that tiny flutter on the screen, you know there is a real life there. you know there is a real heartbeat there and that movement makes sound, even if it is very small, which is, it can be amplified using an ultrasound machine. to call it anything other than a heartbeat and call it cardiac activity, it is wordsmithing. >> carley: i can't get over stacey abrams, there is no such thing as heartbeat at six weeks, it is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have a right to take control of a woman's body. being a science denier was the worst thing you could be called during the pandemic, is that

what is going on here? >> i think this is redefinition and redefinition is science denier or not, i'll let the public decide. >> carley: thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> my issue mr. >> carley: next hour of "fox and friends first" starts right now. >> todd: hurricane ian intensifying to hurricane three major hurricane, lashing cuba with 125 mile per hour winds and now on track to grow to a category four storm by the time it strikes florida. you're watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus, the western coast has been told to evacuate homes as tampa braces for what could be its strongest storm in a lifetime. >> we woke up and saw where it was coming and made the decision we were going to get out of here and go tak