destroyed which is like hurricane michael. >> bill: good luck to you. give us a website quick, we have to run. so people can help. >> global empowerment mission.org is where you can support it. really need your support. >> dana: thank you for all you are doing. we'll have more on this all day long. the governor will brief at 1:45. harris faulkner is next. >> harris: fox news weather alert. incredible video pouring into us now via the few first hours of daylight. thi this is sanibel island that took a direct hit. ian is the fifth most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the united states. ian staying in tact right now but downgraded to a tropical storm. the enemy from the now tropical storm in florida right now is

torrential rain. hundreds of miles away from where ian first came ashore as a hurricane at this hour they are inundated by water. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." breaking news with new developments now. let's go to orlando. look at these pictures. tropical storm ian hitting that metro and already our reporters are showing us conditions where high water rescues are underway. some 127 so far. returning now to sanibel island. look at the left side of your screen. those were the moments just before hurricane ian hit. look at the right side of your screen. the height of the storm with 155 mile-per-hour winds and a massive storm surge that left sanibel in ruins. the way in and off the island, the sanibel causeway major

destruction. this was the only option for vehicle travel between the island and florida's mainland. >> we've had coast guard rescues, urban search and rescue teams from the state of florida, the national guard down in southwest florida. people are being rescued on a minute by minute basis. i think there is a potential for significant fatalities. they had 5, 6 feet of flooding. that's clearly a life-threatening situation. there are a lot of hazard out there now the storm is passed. stay pat for the time being and off the roads. >> harris: team fox is tracking ian as it makes its way north and east. we're covering the massive storm. let's go to steve harrigan in charlotte county where hurricane ian made landfall yesterday, now a tropical storm. >> that's right. what we're seeing here is the

damage from the wind. the first blow from this storm 150 mile-per-hour winds and all around me street after street in this mobile home park we're seeing complete destruction. we're seeing people stagger out from that storm and asking them how they are doing and how they are feeling. sheila stover, your house is gone, your neighbor's house is gone. your street is gone. how are you doing? >> i'm devastated. i am just in shock. i'm in awe over such destruction. it is just horrible here. >> is there anybody underneath all this wreak acknowledge? >> i don't believe so. most people left yesterday and last night. >> what do you have? >> i just took clothes and some food products and bottled water to my friend's house and me and my sister spent the night there and came back to see what we could salvage. >> have you gotten any help yet? i know help is on the way. >> we haven't but we've only

been here an hour or so. we're just friends of ours here that have a little bit of their home invited us to stay with them. they have a generator and said he could help us out. a place to stay for right now. >> what do you want to tell americans about what you've been through? >> you can't prepare enough for this. you just cannot prepare enough for a hurricane. >> street after street destroyed. we have seen the fir signs of aid coming aid. rescue vehicles and first responders. the people we talked to so far is asking for food and waters, the basics. we've seen helicopters fly over as well. so this area really got the brunt of it about nine miles from that eye of the storm. and complete destruction of mobile homes. people just walking out and seeing who is who, who is okay and what do you need. helping each other at this point while help is on the way. back to you. >> harris: amazing that sheila

was there to talk with you. she said you can't prepare enough for this. what you can do is stay out of the way. what the governor is asking now is people not do that. don't go back to your homes to check things out. you may be part of the rescue mission. so we appreciate hearing from people always, steve harrigan. great reporting. but we do want to remind you what the governor of florida is warning people about. our team is all hands on deck tracking ian as it heads north. torrential rain and flooding are happening in central florida now. hundreds of miles away. the projected path shows the storm making its way back out onto open water and that means it has the potential -- the potential to become a hurricane again before hitting south carolina's coast tomorrow. senior meteorologist janice dean is live from the fox extreme weather center. we don't want to down play too much that a tropical storm is part of the same system that

generated the fifth largest hurricane in america. >> absolutely. i have to warn you that my computer has completely shut down on me but i will talk you through this until my producer can start us up again. we have at least tropical storm-force winds in the northeastern part of the state. the storm itself is going to move out into the atlantic over the next couple hours and has the potential to get close to a category 1 hurricane as it moves into the warm waters of the atlantic and we'll see the potential for another landfall between the northeastern coast of georgia and south carolina on friday. but we can't not pay attention to the fact that we have heavy rainfall. we have flash flood emergencies in parts of the northwestern florida up towards georgia. that's the problem right now is we're seeing upwards of foot of rain in some of these areas and there is the video which tells you everything you need to know, right, in parts of northern

florida. we still have extreme wind. tropical storm force winds and hurricane watches in effect for parts of northeastern florida and georgia and south carolina. the possibility of a category 1 hurricane in the next 48 hours moving towards georgia. and then also the potential for hurricane-force wind gusts all along the coast. that's going to be an issue, harris. we are focused on southwest florida, which is where we saw the worst of the storm in their history. but we also have to pay attention to northeastern florida and these coastal areas that are very vulnerable to storm surge and heavy rain, which is what is happening right now. >> harris: and the governor was talking about how much rivers and lakes and things that are in areas around places like orlando and as you move on to jacksonville. we talk about things that take 31/2 to 51/2 hours to drive to on a good day causing a lot of rising water for people to watch

out for as the rain pome else them right now. any way they will adjust this category scale the way they did the scale for hurricanes to take into effect not just the wind and the rain but the surge capability and the massive size? >> that's a good question. if you look back to hurricane katrina. at one point it was a category 5 at its strongest. it rapidly intensified in the gulf of mexico and made its approach to louisiana and mississippi it weakened to a category 3. a 30-foot storm surge that doesn't quantify for the category 3. if we haven't adjusted the scale all these years later i worry we aren't going to. it is important to take into account the catastrophic storm surge that came with this hurricane and there is a good chance they will upgrade this to

a category 5. we had winds of 158 miles-per-hour. >> harris: people see a five and know what it can do. maybe it can make a difference. a million or more people got out of the way and that's a blessing. thank you. naples, florida, like elsewhere in the state, people are waking up to catastrophic damage from hurricane ian. first responders who say they are in call triage mode. they are making dozens of deep water rescues, high water rescues. up above people's top windows on their homes. the city is telling motorists to not drive on city streets as half of them are not passable because of chest-high water. don't drive into that thinking you can get to the other side without something happening to your engine or getting pulled away, a tide may raise the water level immediately. and this is why authorities tell you to stay indoors until you

get the all clear. downed power lines sparking a fire in the city. sanibel island we saw homes on fire. that can be a multitude of reasons why, power lines mixed with utilities open like gas lines. dramatic video also shows the fire department behind naples city hall inundated with floodwaters. it went viral last night. fire engines, rescue units and firefighters themselves, emts wading through almost chest-high water. >> now we have a truck issue and the guys are pushing the truck out of the bay. because why, chief? >> seems like the truck was going to catch on fire. it was smoking. we didn't want the station to burn down. >> they're now unloading the truck.

this is a storm surge we talked about but weren't sure about. as you can see i'm on my tip toes here. it's probably four feet at least. >> harris: let's talk to the fire chief pete demario from naples joining me now. chief demario, shocking that this could happen and you are part of the answer for helping people. what has this been like? >> it has been really tough on our personnel. all these men and women take this job so we can get out there and help the community the best we can. and being trapped in our station during that period of the surge made it really difficult on our people. they were raring to go for safety reasons and we couldn't

get out of the station with the deep water. we had to stay in and try to communicate with everyone the best we could. >> harris: in part of the audio they were describing why they needed the get the trucks out of the way. i've been telling viewers about the dangers of fire for a multitude of reasons. talk to me what was going on inside that firehouse? >> our fire station is built to a category 5 and living space is above fema rating but the bays by virtue of where we are are lawyer. they are meant to flood and release the flood. the flood came up quickly and vehicles started to short out and smoke and that one especially seemed like it was smoking pretty significantly and wanted to get it out of the bay before damaging our other vehicles or station. >> harris: this is part of a plan that is supposed to work for things to fill up when a surge comes and then the waters recede. have the waters receded yet today? >> they have.

they receded last night. we have all of our crews on the roads right now clearing roads, making it accessible to the hospital and making the main thoroughfares available to the community. but even though we don't want anybody out there now we want people to continue to stay at home and wait it out until we've made all the roads safe and we are insured the power lines down aren't chargeed and no manhole covers missing. anything that could cause more damage. we're hoping the community heeds those warnings and stays at home for longer until we can make it safe. >> harris: i have said it on the air and continue to say it. what you, the governor and other mayors are saying. don't survey the damage yet of the things you lost. be grateful to god for the life saved, your own, and let the professionals do this. you are a leader and we appreciate you and your team. thank you. >> thank you. >> harris: the red cross is on the ground in florida leading the way on efforts to help the

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>> harris: bronalide new video to fox news. rescues continuing across the state of florida. new images moment by moment. members of the nasa county sheriff's department rescued two people off a sailboat. nasa county is north of jackson phil and home of the popular tourist destination amelia island. a storm that is coast to coast. gulf side and now moved to the atlantic side across that peninsula. more video now. this is charlotte county where ian first made landfall. nearly as a category 5 storm yesterday. devastation. many homes destroyed.

mobile homes especially vulnerable here. those close to the water. look off to the right there. nothing left. rescues there are also underway. we'll bring you all of the new video as it comes in. ian is now bringing a path of destruction to duvall county, florida. the city of jacksonville is on high alert now. heavy rain and wind, flooding are a big problem there now. they have had a lot of recent rain. everything is weakened. and the damage has already begun. beaches are closed, the international airport there is shuttered. jonathan serrie is live for us in atlantic beach, florida. jonathan. >> if you look behind me, you can see the heavy surf coming in from the atlantic. you are looking at a public beach access between dunes. ordinarily people would be able to walk to the beach through this sandy path here but

yesterday heavy equipment came in and shored it up with sand in hopes of keeping the water from spilling over. so far it's been working pretty well. we haven't experienced any flooding in the city. however, occasionally a big wave comes along and a small amount of water spills over, as you see happening right now. we have some video now i want to show you from the nearby city of jacksonville. firefighters going around that city expecting downed trees, removing debris that has been blown into roads. right now they are dealing with heavy winds but they are also concerned about the possibility of flooding. jacksonville is a city by the ocean but also on the st. john's river. downtown jacksonville experienced heavy flooding during hurricane irma back in 2017. the mayor urging residents of low-lying areas to voluntarily

take precautions even though there are no mandatory evacuations. this is a storm affecting the entire state of florida. governor ron desantis putting it in perspective. take a listen. >> right now if you look to central florida, you are looking at potential major flooding in orange and seminole counties, st. john's river all the way up into northeast florida and jacksonville. >> as we come back to our live shot, you can see more water spilling over. local officials obviously keeping a nervous eye on the ocean as the brunt of the storm heads to this part of florida. harris, back to you. >> harris: the power outages are the same in your area. they have a lot of restoration crews. where you are the storm is moving in. >> yeah, they are indeed.

overnight the power went out briefly in parts of the city and then came back on. right now i'm looking at the street lights. they're working properly. if the winds pick up any more i anticipate there will be more power outages. much of the state is without electricity, harris. >> harris: to see the forestry expert picking up the trees they are saving a lot of lives and people's houses that way. you weren't necessarily in any kind of evacuation zone so people were there. so those people are just heroic for cutting through that. that's a lot of work. last quick word. >> yeah. they are doing their best to keep the roads open here. i'm in duvall county, there are no mandatory evacuations but nevertheless city and county officials urging residents in low-lying areas and downtown jacksonville that flooded five years ago to take the threat

seriously even though there is not a mandatory evacuation in this county, they are urging many people to take precautions and get out voluntarily. in neighboring claire county there are mandatory evacuations along the st. john's river that is prone to flooding. >> harris: stay safe. it looks like ian is just beginning where you are. thank you very much. jacksonville is bracing for tropical storm ian's full impact. as jonathan was talking the thing is still coming up. people there already have seen plenty of damage. more of the video he shared with us. they have to get these roads cleared. if anything is perched against a house that that's big these heroes are going out and cutting stuff down before dawn. the mayor of jacksonville, florida, great to see you. i wish it was under different

circumstances. you got ahead of this. when did you realize it could be serious for where you are all those miles away from where ian came onshore. >> good morning. we've been through this a few times. this is our fourth storm event over the last seven years. two of which were significant. matthew and irma. so in matthew it was largely a beaches event with water issues and storm surge. irma was st. john's river downtown and neighborhoods in low lying areas. we knew we had to get ahead of this . this storm could be a combination of those two. a nor'easter that came in. we could have flooding from the river and beach. we got ahead of this days ago. >> harris: i want to let our viewers know st. augustine florida has seen it many times before. the water was ferocious that we just saw on the screen.

mayor, in terms of the timeline of this what are you being told? >> it's intensifying and coming through today. we're seeing the weather effects now. significant rain and wind. it will go through the night and into the morning. what we're watching is high tides. we have more high tides we'll experience. that really is where combined with the nor'easter where you could have a significant flood event. when we were in irma we woke up to significant flooding in people's homes and had to send out search and rescue teams. people hanging white flags or towels on their front door so we knew they needed to be rescued. we were hoping that doesn't happen again. we have asked people in those areas to leave. >> harris: i was just talking with our reporter, some areas don't have a mandatory evacuation and sometimes you will get missed. a storm will jump and move and people get a little complacent. are you rethinking areas now

that are closer to some of your tributaries that may become mandatory areas storm after storm? >> we're not because -- so we have done evacuations in the past. but the message has been the same even for this storm. basically what i told my residents we won't make it mandatory or send law enforcement into your neighborhoods and tell you you have to leave. here is what i'm telling you. if you are in zone a or b, beaches area and low-lying areass around the st. john's river we would recommend you leave. >> harris: i understand what you're saying. from people who maybe they have something going on, maybe they are ill, can't leave, elderly, i totally understand that. that's when it's neighbor after neighbor looking out for each other. >> you know, it is unfortunate but in these times i wish we could be like this all the time.

when we're in a crisis is when we see the best of people come out and rally around each other and just try to lift each other up. >> harris: we're lifting you up by prayer from afar in florida. you have a lot of legs and equipment coming into your state. the governor made sure it was there and you've done that front-end work. be blessed in your town. >> our governor is doing a great job. have a great day. >> harris: before and after images showing the flooding left by hurricane ian in southwest florida. this is a resort on an island just west of fort myers. the first picture is a pool and nearby houses before the storm. lovely, calm. during the storm the pool was completely submerged by rising water levels. gone. the same area looks unrecognizable in the third photo. this was a few hours later. houses submerged. you can't even see many of the

rooftops. some you can. look off to the right where you can see it but it's destroyed. we'll be right back.

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forecasting ian will regain hurricane strength before hitting south carolina as a category 1 storm tomorrow. deep in the notes of what they have put out, maximum sustained winds have now increased to nearly 70 miles-an-hour with higher than 70 mile-an-hour wind gusts. it would put it only four mile-per-hour away from hurricane strength. that's what they're watching. here is the timeline. ian is expected to become a hurricane again in a few hours. this evening, on overnight and sometime tomorrow make landfall as a hurricane with rapid weakening forecast after landfall in south carolina. so along that south carolina coast. so it's a slow-moving storm and may be there for a bit and weaken again which is what we've seen it do. it has still done a lot of

damage as it has weakened and gone north and east. if it goes much more east from south carolina we get a break with open water. unless it hooks back in perhaps enough cooler water to pull it off in that direction east away from us. we'll just follow it. we don't know. it has shifted before. right now the significance of this latest emergency advisory from the hurricane center is that ian is expected to become a hurricane in a few hours shortly after dark tonight and stay that way until it hits south carolina's coast. we're all over it. >> that was my house. my house is gone. so for everyone wondering, it's not livable.

>> harris: so heartbreaking. homes swept away, livelihoods destroyed. ian left destruction on the gulf coast that we're just now bringing into focus. a side-by-side comparison. we have been doing that this hour. you can see how much rain has hit fort myers, barely recognizable now under water. hour by hour it gets worse. the tide comes in. you heard that from mayors this hour, too, as things begin to crest, anything around it. any tributary, just the tide from the ocean it gets complicated and dangerous more so. i want to go to robert ray in fort myers reporting for fox weather. your hurricane headquarters. robert, you know, watching you this morning, it is still pretty treacherous in some areas because of the debris. >> indeed, harris, it is. take a look at this right now.

i'm standing on concrete blocks that are underneath is tie row foam that makes them float. piers were snapped in half at the marina not far from downtown fort myers. i want to show you guys the destruction of the boats out here. on the bottoms this one is flipped over. the barnacles on the bottom of this one. other vessels in area are completely smashed up by the storm surge and wind. that's the thing. when the storm surge came in yesterday this is what it did. the power of it, it pushed all these huge vessels and concrete and debris, trees, people's belongings here all into this marina and some of these vessels are very large and thrown around like toys. unbelievably. the power of hurricane ian as it made its way and came ashore

just 20 miles to the northwest of here. the streets of fort myers flooded out last night by the surge. we experienced it as a team as we tried to get out of the situation, which we did thankfully, harris. but you see as search and rescue going on down the shoreline and other places 10 and 12 miles away. coast guard is up in the air surveying. we've heard them here. people are starting to come out and see devastation. scenes like this as literally over 21/2 million people in florida are out of power and the system could restrengthen to a category 1 according to the national hurricane center. what an historic storm. >> harris: historic indeed. i'm glad you have stayed safe for the most part. most left. now you are showing reasons for them to stay away. more and more reasons for them, shaky ground, dangerous situations and we appreciate that. robert ray, thank you.

about 70 miles to the north of fort myers sarasota and surrounding communities also hit hard . people there face powerful winds and dangerous storm surge. fire and rescue crews telling people to stay at home as they go out, the professionals go out to assess the damage and respond to hundreds of emergency calls coming in now. sarasota county also one of the areas with the most power outages. nearly 200,000 or 70% of the customers there are in the dark. some say they fear they may not have a home to come back to. >> no way out of florida at the moment and i'll probably stay here at the airport for the next two days and then make my way back to sarasota. hopefully still have a home. >> harris: not a lot of activity at the airport. they have generators. sarasota mayor is in "focus" now and this -- when you look at it,

is it what you thought it would be or is it worse, are there any silver linings in any of this? >> there was. it's unfortunate that it was such a powerful hurricane and -- but it did not hit our community directly. we got -- we definitely experienced the 100 plus mile-per-hour winds. there have been no reports of injuries or loss of life at this time. our number one priority continues to be the safety of our residents. we have over 200 instances of trees that came down or power lines that were toppled over. a dozen other instances of homes and cars being destroyed. some flooding. there is a phone number on social media we're pushing out to help our residents report any incidents they might have. water is going to be put back in

the barrier islands as we are inspecting the infray structure to make sure its adequate. our bridges are still closed. we'll make assessments and then open them as soon as we can. we have over 100 individuals from public works in our parks and rec department clearing the roads of any debris. it is heroic effort and we're seeing communities this morning i was going through the neighborhoods and i saw just neighbors helping neighbors. everybody outside cleaning up the mess helping each other. lending tools and helping just recover as a community. we also have a heroes that are out there volunteering and helping us out. with the first responders. >> harris: mayor, the way you put it. the blessing of not taking a direct hit but you were still punched hard. i hope you all continue to stay

safe. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> harris: we're staying on top of the storm as you know with these updates coming from the hurricane center. we have hours more to go as it now goes out to sea, picks up more strength and then turns toward the south carolina coast. another biden gaffe to tell you about in other news. the white house -- this is a pretty serious one -- is in defense mode in a big way today. >> the president appeared to look around the room, a number of congress who passed away last night. >> she was on top of mind for the president. >> i am not looking around for him. >> critics and media in the room at the white house calling the president's latest error cringe worthy, serious, some demanding an apology to the family of the deceased. power panel next.

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>> harris: the white house trying to recover from a huge gaffe made by the president of the united states. maybe the most serious one yet. watch. >> president biden: i want to thank all of you here including bipartisan elected officials like representative governor, senator braun, senator booker, representative jackie -- where is jackie? she must not be here. to help make this a reality. >> harris: did you hear what he said? i don't think she wants to come up here and help make this a reality. he was looking for indiana congresswoman jackie walorski but she and her two staffers were killed in a car accident last month. in fact, the white house put the american flag at half staff.

they had a whole ceremony. the white house press secretary has a hard job. >> naming the congressional champions on this issue and was acknowledging her incredible work. there will be a bill signing in her honor this coming friday. of course, she was on his mind. >> where is jackie? she must not be here. >> i totally understand. she was on top of mind. >> top of mind about every day but i'm not looking for him. >> when you sign a bill for john lennon as president we can have this conversation. >> harris: she is out of material in her binder. matt gorman, former national republican congressional committee communications director, jose, former democratic national committee deputy press secretary. matt, this wasn't just embarrassing, this was next level. >> it was.

let's set aside the question about his age or whether he has lost a step. i personally believe it may have contributed to it. what i find even more interesting were the white house excuses on this. say he made a mistake. it was a bad mistake but say you made a mistake, meant no offense. it's the defensiveness and dishonesty that make this so much worse. they do it over and over again on inflation, afghanistan, other issues and wonder why they lose credibility with the american people. >> harris: jose, you and i have had a lot of debates and done town halls together. you are an eloquent speaker. it does not take a lot to do what matt suggested, just apologize and say you made a mistake. why the histrionics on all the reasons why in the media must be wrong and it -- bring out john lennon. what is she doing? >> look, i think first and fore most my heart goes out to the woman's family. biden is human, you are human

and we make mistakes. i think it was an honest mistake and the white house would have been better served if they said it was a mistake on the president. let's move on, next question. >> harris: what causes them to change their schedule? i said the woman had a hard job. she does. the press secretary said the team has no changes in mind for the president's schedule. at 7:00 eastern last night. we all know what was going on. hurricane ian was whipping 155 mile-per-hour winds on southwest florida. biden went to the democratic governor's association in d.c. a democratic fundraiser. would you try to change the president's schedule at that time? >> well he is able -- he can do two things at the same time. >> harris: what was he doing while there? raising money for the democrats. >> he has been in close contact with ron desantis every single day.

he called him the day hurricane ian made landfall in florida. he has been on top of this since day one. but him taking an hour out of his schedule to go to a fundraiser doesn't make him incapable of leading the situation. >> harris: all right. you had a visual optic from last night and you had the verbal one earlier in the day. matt, quick last thoughts on what jose said he has been on top of this thing the whole time. >> let's take a step back really quick. if this were trump the media and democrats would be howling. it is hypocrisy they didn't do it. >> harris: it took some time for that phone call to happen. but people can do two things at once. i don't know, bad timing? all right. jose, matt, good to see you. "outnumbered" after the break.

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>> harris: president biden is about to get a briefing from fema, search and rescue operations are underway in florida for thousands of people trapped inside their homes and a clear picture beginning to emerge of the catastrophic damage ian left behind. the flooding dangers now still ahead. hello, everyone, this is "outnumbered," i'm harris faulkner here with kayleigh mcenany, joining