what's happening. now our prayers continue to be with the people of florida tonight for the coming days, the weeks, they'll be dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane. stay with fox news and we will continue coverage all night long. we have the best team in the business and they are covering all aspects on the ground with all of our reporters. if everybody have a good night. safe prayers. ♪ ♪ >> hello, welcome to a special two hour fox news at night, i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. >> hurricane ian made landfall this afternoon in southwest florida and its battering areas in southwest florida. of company's been beyond that. we have seen life-threatening life surges. >> we have a truck issue and the

guys are pushing out of the bay. >> see if it can catch on fire, it's on fire and we didn't want the station to go down. of >> trace: water kills, whether it's flooding, whether it's driving into it. whether it's storm surge, that's what kills you. >> one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the florida peninsula, but the fact is there's going to be damage throughout the whole state and people and other parts of the state be prepared for some impacts. >> top five hurricanes, could be top three hurricanes and more than 2 million people are without access to power as hurricane ian batters this on trsunshine state. you might imagine the storms a long way from being over. still a category two tonight to and headed inland direct pass to

orlando where he could sit 24 hours. it will drop feet of rain. we've got team coverage tonight and we begin with will nunley. here's where it landed in fort myers and it's been a long day for you. good evening, what's the latest? >> good evening. for so many struggling tonight without power and communication really in most cases trying to reach family and loved ones. we are talking about waves and storms are just so powerful it broke the gauges at the weather services to record the data. meanwhile, we've got depree flying around where we are tonight and this is a sign from colonial boulevard in and out of town. the rain died down a little bit where we are. we're stranded to see more activity on the roadways and we've seen our first two convoys of trucks trying to begin to stage. but the wind has not died down enough for the utility work to

go. in addition to the power being out, so many in the area, now they sell phone service is starting to go out to. people are waiting to be rescued. we heard in a press conference earlier with governor ron desantis that there's hundreds of people waiting in a queue to try to get rescued with water coming into their homes. this is going to be a very long night for so many people waiting on word if they can reach rescue crews to get out. but again come a tremendous amount of water has fallen in fort myers and flooding have an income of storm surge is happening in the downtown area and we will have incredible pictures to bring you throughout the night. we are trying to move our location for the first time in 12 hours. we just have not been able to move from here. back to you. >> trace: we will get back to you as weather permits and weather breaks. thank you. in one area where many floridians hope to escape the worst of the storm is orlando. it's now getting pummeled by ian with a national hurricane center

saying the areas now facing sustained winds of about 105 miles per hour. category two no in the orlando area in the water is a huge concern they are. they are expecting not inches, they are expecting possibly feet of rain. she southwest of orlando and the wind area and got the latest from there. those lakes are concerning what's happening where you are? >> i can tell you, the wind in the rain is certainly slapping us in the face right now increasing in intensity. it's been constant all day. as we get a gust right now, i've got to keep an eye behind me because we're probably not set up in the best spot right now. the intensity increases pretty rapidly. i can tell you in orange county where we are with 40,000 people that have lost power, the top of the show over 2 million now in florida. we are at the point where people are going to have to wait until

after the storm passes to get their power fixed. here in the community, people here lost power at at 6:30 p.m. i lived in fort myers for six years leading up to this end as he mentioned a lot of people will come to orlando. i've done it before, my brother from miami came up and stayed with my uncle here in orlando. something a lot of people do to escape the storm surge that we saw that devastated southwest florida. what you don't escape as the flash flooding. you mention the 30 inches of rain and that's going to be a big thing tomorrow. gorge county sheriff's office putting on the message tonight saying the flooding could be catastrophic. they are telling people stay inside and do not drive through flooded streets. it's difficult to tell how deep the water is. after seeing the images, trays, living in fort myers, my heart goes out to the people who are dealing with horrific conditions

and hurricane irma back in 2017. i visited people whose homes got flooded and here we are five years later they have to deal with it again. they are hoping that that level of devastation does not spread further east and of course without the threat of storm surge come i will not be that bad here but it's certainly not safe and it's something that will be following. >> trace: you lived in fort myers and i lived in the orlando area and i've got a sister who lives there. just hours ago they were thinking we should be in the clear because this is so far to the south of us that's coming out. my question to you is, we were showing at the top of the screen it was 11:04, 11:06 now and the meteorologists are saying that the hurricane will not really get over orange county and orlando until midnight and then sit there for a very long time. are people ready? are they hungry down? because some of the flash flooding could come in the

middle of the night. >> i think the people are ready as they could be. you're going to have some people who don't take the thread as seriously as they should. but the homeowners we were speaking with here in the community, they lost their power and the ones that we know at least had generators. they've got the basic necessities that they need. i think people are as ready as they can be, but you mention it's kind of a community that sometimes people think maybe wrongly so as a safe haven. the newest models i mean, the storm is coming right for where we are right now. it is certainly not a safe place to be, for the sake of everybody in the community and the orlando area, i certainly hope they're ready for it. i guess we will find on the aftermath. >> trace: you talk about orlando being a safe haven. it truly is because for years people have thought of that as kind of insulated from the co

coast. it's 50 miles from the atlantic ocean and about 70 miles from the gulf. they've always believe they are kind of just out of harm's way even years when i worked there, we would send people to the coast and not as much in orlando. now this thing's barreling into a category two strength right toward orlando and one of the big concerns they have in the area is that the flash flooding, they'll get a lot of rain and orlando in the flash flooding could be significant. these rivers on these lakes, there is lakes everywhere in orlando. these rivers and lakes could prove to be very problematic in the hours and days to come. >> that's absolutely right. governor desantis said that essentially the storm's going to move right across eye for which cuts across florida. orlando is in the center of that. as the storm moves across land it'll slow down and you mention possibly will stall out over

orlando. even though it's category one, it's a probable storm. hovering over the area, more rain, it will dumbed down onto the orlando area and it's going to be a big flash flooding event again. orange county sheriff office presenting as possibly catastrophic. >> trace: good point because a few years ago we covered hurricane harvey and it hit the houston coast. it hit the texas coast and then it went up to houston and it sat there and it sat there for days. it flooded out the entire area, some of the most devastating funding we've seen in the united states in decades. nate boy come back to you a great job as always. joining us now is fox news meteorologist kendall smith and where the storm is headed next. we don't know what the ramifications of the storm sitting over orlando are quite yet. >> yeah, and i'm glad that you mentioned what exactly took

place with all the heavy rain. we've got a stationary boundary across the region that does exactly that with hurricane ian. we've got our latest advisory from the national hurricane center that's just common at 11:00 p.m. i chilling the hurricane ian as a category one storm. we watched as it quickly weekend near keio costa state park, lee county, florida, then sustained winds at 150 miles per hour. may the second landfall with 14. now it's worked it's way further inland and watching impacts right now in central florida just about 70 miles to the south, southwest of orlando. just getting walloped right now with all the heavy rain, and notice of the very impressive cloud tops showing those very strong thunderstorms and the eye wall of the storm. we do have a lot of heavy rain

wrapping around and numerous flash flood warning still in effect. they will remain in effect for several more hours. some of the hardest hit locations and in particular where we are seeing the majority of those power outages this evening. look at the past 24 hours and how much rain has fallen. just an extensive amount of rain has fallen, a swath really from where we saw landfall over to venice and charlotte, notice the area of pink. it's indicating 15-24 inches of rain. that's a lot of rain. 1919.9 inches. we started a couple of other locations in the swath of rain that set up, but now look at where we are headed over the next three days. it's not going anywhere anytime soon. the storms moving to the north northeast at just a crawl. 8 miles per hour meaning that it's going to sit and churn and

dump copious amounts of reigns over the northern part of florida. i noticed were daytona beach and orlando are located. if they're located in the bull's-eye where some of the heaviest rain will fall. daytona beach, we are anticipating potentially 12-18 inches over the next three days in orlando a little less, but still a lot of rain 8-12 inches wealth all over the next of the two hours. much of the same around eye for and also to call out. a very serious situation and we don't want anyone to let their guards down because this system means business and it's going to be catastrophic for so many floridians. i'm very interested to see what day brings, especially in terms of the devastation that we will be witnessing right along the coast of southwestern florida. trace, back to you will. >> there concerned about frenetic activity in orange county and

volusia county's, although central florida counties. i noticed on the screen earlier the speed of ian looks like it hits 8 miles per hour now. watching most of the day, it was 9 miles per hour, now it's 8. you think it'll be slowing further? >> it should remain steady at this pace to the north, northeast. i will see if we can get this to progress and show you the anticipated path. the top wind reports incredibly impressive but what the track shows is that we will be watching tomorrow morning and it'll still be a category one strength. then it will emerge back into the atlantic and potentially gaining a bit of strength as it makes its third and final landfall sometime on friday. this is what i wanted to get to and notice where it's going to set up shop in between savannah and carlson's where we are anticipating the third landfall to come and the tropical storm at that time but nonetheless look at all the locations that

are going to be feeling the impact and all of the state of south carolina, north carolina, southwestern virginia, even tennessee. it's a very serious situation. >> trace: triple threat hurricane and then you've got a rain event and then hurricane all over again. if kendall smith, we will get back to you and thank you for continuous coverage of hurricane ian. it downloads the fox weather app and stream fox weather 24/7 you will be glad you did. it's well worth it. latest a nights, the sights and sounds of hurricane ian packing a punch across the state of florida all day and continuing its path of destruction. it let's bring in some of the local officials responsible for preparing and responding to disasters like this and go to the county sheriff kurt hoffman. sheriff, i'm wondering because we know daybreak is going to bring some devastating images. and what are you hearing? are there people that need help that you cannot get to? what's the latest where you are, sheriff?

>> good evening, we are getting a few cars out to check some of those areas initially. going through the neighborhoods but we are hearing from our 911 center here and where we at right now, a lot of folks in need. this is obviously a high wind storm and a high water storm. we are a coastal county and we have a lot of folks particularly innate in the south end of the county that have some significant damage. we'll be doing early assessments as the sun comes out. >> trace: when you talk early assessments and i'm wondering if the deputies have been out at all to kind of assess the damage that is even close by the various stations around sarasota county. i wonder if you have seen anything and is there any way to expedite some of these rescue efforts that might be under way the next four hours? >> obviously, the first thing is that the wind has to die down enough for emergency services to

get out there. that happened recently so, yes, we have preliminary units out particularly in the south end of the county and seeing what you would expect. no flooding is a coastal county, trees down, electrical lines down. several buildings in the county have had damage to the roof, damage to generators, knocked out down south end of the county so we are seeing that now and we expect between 3-4:00 a.m. when we get more crews out throughout the county from the north and south ends we will see damage consistent with that. >> trace: you talk about trees down and power lines down. we are hearing reports that 81% of customers in sarasota county are experiencing some power outages. how devastating is that and how long might it take to repair? how does that hamper the various rescue efforts that could be underway? >> that's a good question. i've been working the last half

hour with the ceo for florida power & light and executives with florida power and light and getting the cruise and to be able to repair some of those areas. we are seeing the same percentage that you recorded, 80% from the north to the south end of the county. we've got some special needs children, those patience in the south end of the county. so our first priority is going to be as soon as we can get the cruise in there and obviously power back to some of the medical facilities in the southern end of the county. >> trace: you talk about trouble everywhere, but is there word on people looting in sarasota county? i know some places have had reports of that. anything on that front and what would you say to the people who are doing that? >> well, for the people who are doing this and causing trouble in sarasota county, that's not going to go well.

we have a unified command with a variety of municipal police department's and the sheriff's office. we've got a thousand members in our agency to make sure our citizens and community is safe from weather events and from criminals that would prey on them. we are aware of that and we have discussed that as a staff level. we haven't seen it yet and i can tell you in the center behind me, the dedicated men and women got 90 calls i believe in backlog right now. we are going through those everything from alarms to medical calls and two road blocks, that sort of things. it were trying to make our way through the backlog calls as we start to come out of the ability of going out and being in the community and seeing what's going on. in the key munication center we are here taking those calls. the next hour or two, will have a better assessment and the preliminary reports i mentioned, trees, power, wa water.

>> trace: when you talk about trees and water in the pictures we are seeing on the left-hand side of the screen shown nothing but people wandering around in water everywhere, and yet the herald tribune headline says that manatees sarasota officials urge residents to limit water usage in the flushing of toilets. he goes on to say approximately 15% of the lift stations were without power and urging to limit how often they flush toilets. they roughly estimated about 30% of the counties lift stations are without power and if power is out in your home, most likely power is out at your lift station surveying your home and some of the stations that have generators while others don't. that's also a problem because you might have people who are stuck that are short on water and really short on resources, sheriff. >> i was down right where i am right now having that conversation and the statistics you mentioned are correct.

we are a barrier island community so we shut those water off and we message staff. we break in the system out there on the barrier islands in the county and would not be affected. it's a fragile ecosystem along the coast and the barrier islands. no sewer and water lines are vulnerable and when we have a break and that means we don't have the pressure of the ability to have water for the main. our initial indications are that we have a break somewhere in the line or pressure is down. thankfully because we shut it down to the barrier islands, will be able to find it and patch it and restore for all of sarasota county. it's the reason why we do that. if we mentioned that while before i head of time and we messaged it to our community. >> best of luck to you and the people down there. we know you got your hands all of the myriad of problems. let us know if you have any messages you need to send and we will put you back on the air and

bring you back as the news breaks. sheriff sarasota county, thank you so much for joining us. and we very much appreciate it. >> thank you, have a good evening. >> trace: is the sheriff was talking about, we talk about hurricanes and historic hurricanes in terms of that. what we often don't do is revisit history. hurricane michael eating near panama city in the panhandle in florida. category four, category five hurricane. hurricane andrew back in 1992 hitting south florida, homestead, category five. a en, category four but when you go back and review this, there is a possibility this could also be considered a category five hurricane. when they are just some of the numbers and they look in review at these things as it happens a lot. ian barreled across and came ashore just where hurricane charley came ashore in 2,000 for

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>> trace: while the city of tampa didn't get the direct hit that was predicted by residents are still facing treacherous conditions in clued and widespread flooding and heavy rains. on the ground with temple with more on how things are looking

there. madeleine. >> we are out there for hours and we had the alcove here to get some refuge but even here you can feel the strength of the winds whipping things up here come and has weakened some but people here are still being encouraged to stay vigilant because flash flooding is something officials were very worried about an temple was expected to see between 18 and 20 inches of rainfall. yes, not as bad but something to be on the lookout for. of pretty empty but a busy area but as you can see behind me we haven't really seen anybody out here over the last couple hours. we saw some people coming in and out of the hotel and we have seen doors and windows boarded up. but again, the last couple ho hours, the warnings or just go

inside, shelter in place until the storm passes through. i've been in touch with a spokesperson of the study and they told me they are having no major emergencies in the city and they've seen an address of a few fires. power lines, they say nothing they couldn't handle. people here, just be vigilant, shelter in place and write it out. >> trace: they know the drill, madeleine rivera, you think about 24 hours, 36 hours ago there was a lot of worry that the storm was going to go directly toward tampa. tampa has all kinds of buildings and that tampa is in fact the most bustling real estate market in the country and they're wondering if all the real estate and the brand-new building could handle a category five hurricane winds. they didn't get a chance to find out fortunately for them, but the mayor says this ain't over yet and there is a long way to

go for the storm. madeleine rivera, becky is the newest breaks. meanwhile, first responders and volunteer teams getting ready for recovery efforts as hurricane ian moves northeast. many fatalities happened after the natural disaster. here to tell us why that is and what you can do to stay safe, certified doctor and fox news can better come on janette nesheiwat. i'm a big fan of the cajun navy and i covered more national disasters in hurricanes than i care to remember. you go in at the worst times and you help people out and you have pulled out more people out of bad situations i can even remember. i'm wondering, does the cajun navy have a plan in this case in florida? the damage is widespread and where you go for us? what do you >> you're exactly right in the assessment.

it's so widespread and the question is the one that's on everybody's mind, where you start with something this big? we're putting our incident command structure and place and we've got a pathfinder team which i'm a part of and a former employee -- to a safe position where we can assess those needs. just see what's going on. floor this been so self-sufficient and they've always had such a great handle on everything. we are where is this one's going to be big and we want to be there to be able to help out. we are waiting on them to tell us what they need. >> trace: a lot of people waiting on you as well. as you look at this and see the widespread devastation across florida and from a medical perspective doctor, where do you worry about? do you worry about the amount of water and do you worry about what is in the water? how do you look at this? >> yes, all the above. most of the complications of most of the hospitalizations and unfortunately most of the deaths that occur when it comes to

natural disasters happen afterwards. because of the fatigue on the stress and the lack of access to resources when it comes to a natural disaster. one of the biggest concerns is the floodwater. it's filled with sewage, wastewater, chemicals, debris, glass, metals, and you will see people walking through the waters and they can get cuts and abrasions and lacerations. they can get infected and become severe wounds if they are not cleaned properly with soap and water. develop cellulitis, staph infections and that is why it's so important to stay up to date with your vaccinations. make sure your water that you're drinking in the food you're eating is not contaminated otherwise we'll see nausea and vomiting and upset stomach and diarrhea which can lead to dehydration. we will see things like upper respiratory tract infections, asthma exacerbations from the mold and mildew. a lot of the things in your household once people go back to their homes, things can be

contaminated. if it's not washable, it's recommended by the cdc to toss it out because the potential for contamination for chemical contamination. then we've got to also remember, trace, ptsd. it's a very traumatizing event. if anxiety, depression, ptsd, fortunately governor desantis and his team are doing an incredible job of allocating resources and using fema and distress hotline that's available for those that are suffering and going through anxiety and depression. >> trace: very good point and i want to get you to quickly. we are going to bring you back because we have so much more to ask you but i want to know what concerns you more? is at the storm surge along the coast or the continued brain and all the water in the inland part of the state and orlando specifically? 15 seconds here. >> yeah, definitely along the coast as our primary concern. the storm surge combining at the coastal areas are where floods

can occur first off in the most severe. that will continue inland but our first priority is the coastline. >> trace: we will see you both and a bit and thank you for your time. we appreciate you coming up. i'm checking in with reporters on the ground in florida and plus what we know about the severity of the damage as hurricane ian barrels across the sunshine state.s next. ...you're a target for chronic kidney disease. they're the top two causes of ckd. ckd usually starts with no symptoms. so you can have it and not know it. to find out, check the kidney numbers from your lab tests. ♪far-xi-ga♪ if you have chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help slow its progression. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men, and low blood sugar. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may lead to death. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur.

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>> trace: authorities in florida are asking the public to let people and left once we need to be rescued in the wake of the hurricane. in the meantime, correspondent charles watson is on the ground in sarasota with more on the dangerous residents are facing there. charles. >> hey, good evening. it seems like conditions are improving here in the sarasota area and the worst elements of

ian have lifted out of the area. the next hurdle will no doubt be clearing out the debris that was tossed around that we see in some of the roadways and that will need to be done fairly quickly when you consider three quarters of sarasota county's currently in the dark right now. talking about tens of thousands of people who are without power. there is thousands of utility crews and stationed and positioned up and down the florida coast but when you consider there is a large depree items like tree limb sitting in the roadways and makes the utility crews jobs so much harder trying to navigate around. this was anticipated and certainly with a storm of this magnitude. take a listen. >> as soon as emergency crews can get in, they are going to get in. as soon as it's safe to go and clear the roadways, the florida department of transportation will go and clear the roadways. they are all on standby and they are to go.

>> yeah, folks are going to have to be patient. they may be without power for a few days because the current utility crews are going to prioritize public health and public safety facilities like hospitals and police stations, things of that sort. then you've got to keep in mind it has been raining here for more than a day, more than 24 hours. the ground it is completely saturated so when you see big trees like this, you've got to consider as the crews are out there that the trees may actually topple over on to roadways blocking roadways and utility crews need to navigate and also bringing down power lines again. again, folks will have to be patient. >> trace: they are, but the sound of generators in the background is sweet music to a lot of people's ears in sarasota county. back to you as the news breaks but in the meantime it's too early to know the extent of the

damage across florida. our next guest knows firsthand what the response of the federal level looks like. a former acting secretary of the department of homeland security mr. chad wolf. thank you for joining us and we appreciate it. we don't know what the damages right now, but we know in daylight it's going to be ugly across the southern in the southwestern part of the state for sure. are we better today than we were 17 years ago when hurricane katrina hit? have we learned a lot at this federal and state level? >> we learned a lot and a lot of reforms have been put in place at the federal level with fema but as well as the state level. i want to reiterate that the state of florida in this case is very well trained. it has a lot of experience responding to hurricanes and other natural disasters. whether we would look across states, probably the most

experienced emergency management teams in place. if there's ever a state that can respond quickly and recover quickly, it's going to be in the state of florida. i will caution that the eye of the storm has come on land, but this is going to be in the event that continues to play out over the next several days. life safety issues will be our priority. power generation will be a priority over the next several days. this is something that's going to be with floridians in the middle part of the state for the next several days. >> trace: on that point, governor desantis tweeted that hurricanes making lentil and he said that floyd is ready to respond. we've got fleets of high water vehicles, 42,000 linemen, 7,000 national guardsmen and aircraft prepared to help. but the question is they still need federal help in this. >> i think so.

there's interstate compact with other state so they're coming from alabama, mississippi, other places. federal resources coming in and you will have federal assets, u.s. coast guard air assets and others that will be doing the search and rescue over the next several days. you'll have a lot of federal resources and you'll have a major disaster declaration signed by the president probably within hours once you understand the full scope of the response in the recovery. there is going to a lot of federal resources dedicated to the state of florida. but it takes time unfortunately to recover from this to get the power up. they'll look at shelter and temporary shelters for those houses and facilities that have been damaged. it'll be a long recovery back for an event like this in the amount of water that we are seeing. all say it'll take patience but again, the state of florida and female helping -- i think they're on the right track. >> trace: when we talk about power and energy and i was

wondering because we know president biden has been tapping the u.s. reserves. january of 2020, we were at 638 million barrels. 434 is really 22 days of u.s. oil supply. are you concerned at all about having enough oil as we go forward after this disaster? >> i think it's always a concern but that's one that certainly can be managed. i think the overriding concern i would say over the next several days is not only the power generation issue. it's getting the power back to the houses and small businesses or any businesses for that matter. but it's life safety issues. we want to make sure folks can be safe and they can be rescued if they need to. it's not just a storm surge along the coast although that is certainly a danger. what we also see with the inland flooding that we will see in central florida but also see in

georgia, carolinas, that's unfortunately where we see a lot of deaths as well. i encourage folks to listen to the state and local officials and be very careful even though the storm has passed. you may see bright skies. there still danger. >> trace: will get back to you are running out of time, thank you. hurricane ian causing massive damage and we will check in with local officials on the ground. ♪ ♪ling sounds like something. ♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief... when you need it most. once upon a time, at the magical everly estate, landscaper larry and his trusty crew... were delayed when the new kid totaled his truck. timber... fortunately, they were covered by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone.

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we had an 8-foot surge and so we were very devastated by the 8-foot surge. that has taught us a great lesson and we were very prepared. >> trace: did everybody stay on your island? 750 residents, did everybody decide to stay over there people that left? how did they play this? >> we highly, highly recommend we follow the states instructions which was mandatory evacuation. however, we watch with a close eye when the departure should be. being on an island and there's only one road and then alex, we are very careful to make that decision. a lot of our elderly or people that have very low houses and could be affected greatly did leave. a people who have illnesses, et cetera. and everyone was prepared to

leave, all of us if we have to. we were watching and to very in tune to the tide in the wind direction. realizing we are not going to have a surge, we weren't going to have that surge and that was the biggest blessing of all. >> trace: that's a blessing and that's when i was going to ask you is because you said when i was reading some of your comments, you said that instead of a surge with a blow outside, at first it sounds bad but it is good because it means that the water receded. >> there is no pounding, no surge, no waves. if all those things are detrimental and take a hard toll on your town. if that's the blessing that we have. we are having 35-40-mile gusts. >> trace: the vice mayor of cedar key, the best to you and

we are glad that you did not face harm's way. i know a lot of people in your state are hurting and we thank you for coming on. >> we feel very badly for the rest of us because we know what it's like. thank you. >> trace: coming up, special coverage of hurricane ian continues live and other next. ♪starts ♪ it has l-theanine to help me relax from daily stress. plus, shoden ashwagandha for quality sleep. so i can wake up refreshed. neuriva think bigger. ♪ i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. get a personal loan with no fees, low fixed rates, and borrow up to $100k. sofi. get your money right.

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>> trace: breaking no hurricane ian category one as it slowly moves northeast over central florida initially making landfall as a category four. one of the strongest the west coast of the state has ever seen. we will keep you posted on all the developments. meantime some other headlines making news in the white house and cleanup mode following president biden mistakenly calling for indiana congresswoman jesse laura ski during an -- >> i want to thank all of you including bipartisan's, senator booker, representative jackie -- where's jackie? help make this a reality. >> trace: white house press secretary was repeatedly peppered with questions over the calf during wednesday's briefing.

and so the president was acknowledging her work on the bipartisan health and nutrition bill. >> she was on her mind, top of mind for the president and he looks very much looks forward to discussing her remarkable legacy and public service with them.so ul>> trace: our continuing coverage of hurricane ian next. ♪ ♪ [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] [acoustic soul music throughout] ♪ ♪ this... is a glimpse into the no-too-distant future of lincoln. ♪ ♪ it's what sanctuary could look like...

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♪ ♪ >> hello, welcome back to "fox news @ night," i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. ♪ ♪ breaking tonight, hurricane ian still wreaking havoc on the florida peninsula. the sunshine state experiencing dangerous amount of wind and rain as they now category one storm heads northeast over central florida and now expected to move into the atlantic la