>> fox weather is tracking ian as the storm re-strengthens to a category one hurricane, off the georgia and carolina coast. this is a live look at rodin's north carolina, north of where ian is expected to make it third and final landfall just hours. georgia's governor, brian kemp, joined us earlier. >> our message here has been to over prepare and hope this storm under deliveries. we are going to continue to monitor some light flooding we

got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. >> ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. >> the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. >> ainsley: florida's governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we'll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? >> brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers

with a look at the damage. what he sees as the sun comes up. and adam klotz's stay in here with ian's latest track in south carolina. first we go to charleston. doug? >> good morning. we are seeing things intensify, and it's up to see on tv, but these clouds are flying across as the outer bands of the storm arrived. you see all the boats behind here on the marina, people have chosen to leave their boats here. there's not really a sense of panic, as we've been saying, here in south carolina. they have been reports of some people going to higher ground, but a lot of people are seeing behind. the city of charleston is really preparing for that. one of the things they did was allow residents to park and all the city parking structures for free to get their cars up to higher levels, because this is a city that floods. when we arrived here yesterday, before the storm had even

arrived, we saw low areas flooding. that is naturally occurring here any time you get close to high tide. we are not far from high tide as this storm begins to come ashore. it's going to arrive later today. we'll see what it brings with it. a category one hurricane is nothing to trifle with, but they are bigger concerns, we keep saying. it's not the wind, it's the water. and that storm surge here in south carolina will go very far in the end, which is why we see a lot of folks already putting sandbags down, just bracing for this storm. back to you. cte was showing video of the hospital. any word on if they are evacuating the hospital? it looked like all the lights were on. >> we haven't really heard of any evacuations around here. one of the things the governor said is their biggest concern is human error, and one of the errors might be potentially staying behind if you should have left. but it's evident that most people seem to be staying be behind. we went to a walmart yesterday

to stock up on some things and there was no rush. the store close earlier, i think to gives them employees time to get home and prepare, but a lot of people i sting the behind two other things out. speak to my sister was one of them. i was supposed to go down and speak at one of the book stories and had to cancel the event because he can't fly in because of the storm. >> brian: and walmart has given a million dollars. >> ainsley: still has fox. >> brian: thanks. and what about florida, is that canceled? >> ainsley: did not cancel, we are going on sunday. it looks like everything is good to go there. >> brian: great paid 4 minutes after they are, meteorologist is tracking ian's latest path. >> we get any updates from the national hurricane center, the last 14 minutes ago, so we have the latest information here. staying a category 1 hurricane, wins at 80 miles an hour, so a fairly strong hurricane. that pressure remaining

virtually the same, continuing to lift to the north now that 9 miles an hour. a bit of a turn now heading directly north, where before it was heading north/northeast. the entire south carolina coast under hurricane warning, but it's a large area than that as you're seeing tropical storm warnings of the eastern portion of georgia and all or north of mostof north carolina. we think around lunchtime we will have a landfall anywhere from charleston up toward myrtle beach. a system like this, usually see the worst weather on the northeast side. wherever we see that landfall will be t to the north and to te east. up toward myrtle beach as opposed to south toward georgia. that doesn't mean you won't see impact. a lot of water and a lot of rain. flooding will be a concern as it makes that move. this is our fox model and it gives you a detailed look of where the storm will be and when. obviously very heavy rain out in the front side of this.

the center of circulation, the little circle in the middle, is what we talk about when we see landfall. we get close around 12:00 or 1:00 p.m. all that heavy rain has already moved on shore and it continues to drift in linn. we could be seeing a whole lot of rain in the next couple of days. i want to leave you with the wind here, wind is going to be an issue, also. 50 two max 60-mile-an-hour winds. that's enough for storm surge. maybe as much as 7 feet of storm surge, brian. still something to watch very closely for the next 4-5 hours. >> brian: i can't believe anyone would not listen after what we saw in florida, and get up to higher land. 7 feet of storm surge around charleston, that would be devastating. >> ainsley: and it's a peninsula, completely surrounded by water. my sister decided to stay. she's inland though, in mount pleasant. you go over that big bridge and she's over there, but not far away from the water.

>> brian: meanwhile, ten confirmed dead already across florida and officials warn that number is expected to rise. >> curfews are being enforced to prevent leaders from rummaging through homes and businesses. >> fox weather correspondent robert ray is down in fort myers. it was a category 4 when it hit that area. what's the latest? >> i'm sending here in a marina outside of downtown fort myers. record storm surge and you see what has occurred, these vessels that have been pushed in here off of the bay in fort myers. big ones, some of them yachts, and look at the destruction here. if we look back here, this right here is a boat that has turned over below me and the boat on top of it, and you see this, it's called the pilot.

look at the debris over here, it's everywhere. the wreckage from these vessels piled up, and the water down below me, and the debris sinks down into it. you look at this one, a very large one. it shows you exactly the destruction of the surge and the winds. there are boats like this up and down the road, down to fort myers beach, unfortunately. destruction on both sides of the roads. this is what you see, seems like this all the way down. we look at some of those aerials of fort myers beach, and my goodness, it just takes your breath away to see all the homes destroyed. as search and rescue continues on the ground right now. there's no electricity, there's no running water. people are waking up this morning to the buzz of helicopters, search and rescue choppers up in the air, and we are going to survey this as we continue throughout the day here, but this is just part of what we are seeing here in southwest florida as folks are reeling. ten people dead, hundreds

rescued, and search and rescue continues in situations this difficult for first responders. >> brian: thanks so much. those people are going to need financial help, which brings us to our next guest. >> ainsley: let's bring in casey desantis, the first lady of florida. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you guys doing? >> ainsley: we are good, praying for all of you in florida. we saw your husband at the podium and you were behind him. something he stepped aside, something we haven't regularly seen him do in the last three years. he came to the podium and talked about what you're doing for disaster relief. it was a beautiful image, because our family as a team helping all of our florida families, as well. how much have you raised and how can we help? >> thank you for offering help. we have raised $12 million. we launch this fund just about 24 hours ago. people from across the country and here in the state of florida are stepping up like we wouldn't believe. i want to tell you these funds are being used to supplement with the state is doing, and we

are ushering in and muscling those resources like you wouldn't believe. these trucks are chock-full of water, food, and supplies. we have two distribution points as we speak going out with the national guard. people are getting the food and supplies we need. we are working quickly to ensure they have that. but going forward, with this fund, what we hope we will do is help people who have lost everything. they don't know where to turn, perhaps insurance doesn't cover something for them. these funds could help prepare roofs and other things and help them get back on their feet, because we are going to be with the people in florida for as long as it takes for them to get their lives back, because they are going through hell, frankly. >> what is it like to try and wrap your arms around something so big, so catastrophic, so human for so many people? you look at neighborhoods completely gone. the question is, do i rebuild at

all? how do you approach that kind of problem? >> well, it's one of those things, we see firsthand -- we are flying over, the governor and myself, the affected areas and fort myers beach. you just have to think about it, there's nothing left in a lot of the spots other than a slab of concrete, and there's nothing left for these people. they're not sure what they will return to you. that's why we want to be there for the long haul. as far as omission is concerned, we are muscling in those resources to make sure they have the food, the water, the blankets, tarps. i will say this, other parts of the state, particularly southern charlie county, he saw damage but honestly it wasn't as bad as it we had anticipated. we thought it would be more flooding. that doesn't mean there aren't needs or that they aren't hurting. they still have roofs that need to be repaired. we have 100,000 tarps being deployed so we are able to help them in the immediacy. but it's a huge operation to be

able to wrap our arms around. we have been preparing from the very beginning. that's why we have those 300 tractor-trailers full of supplies that are being deployed as we speak. we have tens of thousands of first responses on the ground and sharing people are safe and secure. they are going house to house, they are going to go back in today as they been actually doing all night to see what the needs are, and again, this fund will help supplement the state efforts. one of the nice things about having this fund here, the emergency operations center, we can see the needs coming in. if there is something we can do expeditiously from a private sector component, we can deploy it immediately. so it is working in tandem with the state, and just making sure we do everything in our power to help good people in need. >> brian: i remember with sandy, fema set up tents and neighborhoods of people knew where to go. i think the most he had to drive was 10 miles. i don't know what you guys have planned. i don't know in detail all the

towns. for example, if you're in fort myers in your home is destroyed, one of the things he has been said is you don't have to leave the state. for the most part, if people listening have a relative and want to come back, where should they go if they can go home? >> that's a very good question. we are contacting this people out of state and giving them situational awareness. i think they would say right now it's not good to go back to the area because they are still going home to home and trying to save people that need immediate help. the rescue mission is going on as we speak. but as far as getting help the folks that are there, you talk about those distribution points, that's important because people need to know where to go. we have one in lee county, the sports complex, 14100 parkway, and the national guard is on the ground in full force in addition to tens of thousands

of first responders and a beginning those resources out to people in need. the next phase of this is going to be getting into the food kitchens and to get hot meals. we have different food trucks going to be affected areas, lee county, northern parts of collier county, southern parts of charlotte county, and that way they have food and warm meals and can help supplement them for the next phase of this after we get past the distribution points. >> brian: by the way, tom brady already donated that, he tweeting out, in support of the fun you put together. so go ahead and contribute and help floridians affected by hurricane ian. visit floridadisasterfund.org, . thank you very much. >> thank you for the prayers and all the help, and thank you to people across the country for donating. i can ensure this, we are removing the bureaucracy and the red tape so the resources get to the people who need it quickly.

so god bless you. >> ainsley: it's at the bottom of our screen, floridadisasterfund.org. posted by know it means a lot to the families to see you out on the streets and going to assess the damages firsthand. you were in television and now you are married to the governor, raising your kids in florida, and it means a lot to even the people who live there. god bless you. >> we are here to serve. thank you. >> brian: $40 billion in damage already. meanwhile, 15 minutes after an hour, carley, other news breaking. >> carley: a horrible story out of new york city. a lieutenant stabbed to death while on duty. 61-year-old allison was on the lunch break in queens when police say a man knocked her down, stabbing her more than 20 times, in what they described as an unprovoked attack. the suspect was arrested after barricading himself inside a nearby apartment. was also 9/11 first responder.

three more buses carrying over 100 migrants from el paso arriving in new york city earlier this morning. one more bus expected to arrive later today. the latest influx comes as texas agents confirm a deadly crash in uvalde. two people were killed, including the driver, 17-year-old girl. texas congressman tony gonzalez calling out president biden saying that joe biden abandon texas, he's abandoning communities across the along the border, and it's frustrating because this can be prevented. former twitter ceo jack dorsey tried to recruit elon musk to the company's board. the text message exchange coming nearly one year before the $44 billion takeover bid for the platform. these new revelations, as elon musk's company, tesla, is set to unveil a new fleet of humanoid robots of the company's annual ai celebration.

that sounds futuristic, guys. humanoid robots. >> brian: i hope that goes away. i'm not into it. >> greg gutfeld not happy to see that. >> carley: i'm not happy see that. >> brian: everything is gone. hurricane ian submerging businesses across florida like this car dealership you are looking at. as the storm devastates the coast's tight-knit communities. the owners' mission to rebuild, next. ♪ ♪ this is john. he never gives up—no matter what life throws his way. high cholesterol. heart disease. 17 fad diets... 5 kids... 3 grandkids... 1 heart attack. and 18 passwords that seem to change daily.

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>> hurricane ian's path of destruction wiping out homes and

businesses across florida. like this used car dealership in naples, where more than 40 cars were destroyed, leaving the owner and his six employees with nothing left. but they do have the will to rebuild. joining us now is the owner of second-to-none auto center, richard munoz. thanks for being here. my apologies for your loss, and that of your employees. the business is a significant thing. it's a lifeline. what do you do now? as you look at the level of devastation, not just for you but around the community, with your response? >> good morning, pete. yeah, i mean, everybody is suffering loss here. my business, i have, like, 50 used cars, and they're all underwater. so we are going back to work today. at least you're going to go back there and clean up the office, the shop. but i don't have any inventory right now to sell.

besides the loss of the vehicles, we have no income coming in, and i have probably about $400,000 to $500,000 in inventory with the vehicles. although i have insurance for my buildings, for wind and other whatever, for my vehicles i have insurance for when somebody takes the car and drives that it maybe wrecks it, or they steal a car. but there's no insurance for that. so that is, like, 80 percent right there of my business. i keep a little cash because i've got a $30,000 month overhead, so that can be depleted real quick. i have in place besides myself, and we are going to go there this morning to see how we can

get this going. >> pete: to see what, if anything, is salvageable. >> none of the vehicles -- i mean, they might be one or two. the flood was so high, nobody expected this. and i've never seen this. i've lived in naples since i'm a child, and i have seen hurricanes, but to this effect, never. i mean, my office and the cars were, like, 4-5 feet underwater. not only me, but the businesses around me. some of my friends, they are all going through the same thing. in my case, all my inventory is gone. but we are going to keep the faith and pick up the pieces somehow. >> pete: keep the faith.

richard, i can hear it in your voice, and i feel it, that this is the type of loss -- human lives of the most important, and thank goodness you and your employees are safe, but after that, you do face a monumental hill, and we appreciate you sharing it and sticking by your employees. keep us posted please, richard. >> thank you. god bless for all the work you guys too. steel and thank. god bless you. the fox corporation has donated $1 million to the american red cross hurricane ian relief efforts, the kind that would go to someone like richard munoz. to provide aid and resources like shelter, meals, medical supplies and more impacted. fox is also double matching employee donations to these relief efforts, including ian and fiona. our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the storm, including our own teams in tampa and orlando. we thank all the folks at fox

weather, the fox news channel, fox teams across the country covering this disaster, eliminating stories like the ones you just heard, and heroes that have saved so many. if you'd like to join our efforts, please visit redcross.org/foxforward. hurricane ian regaining strength and setting its sights now in south carolina, as the storm inches closer to its third and final landfall. senator tim scott joins us with his warning as his state basis for impact. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> brian: after slamming florida, re-strengthen hurricane ian is heading toward the carolinas. >> pete: the category 1 storm could pack 80-mile-an-hour winds and caused major flooding. >> ainsley: joining us now is south carolina senator tim scott. good morning to you, senator. >> thank you, ainsley. good morning to you, as well. hope you are doing well and are safe. >> aict we are worried about y'. adam klotz it says it'll probably charleston around lunchtime and it coincides with high tide. what do you want to tell the folks of south carolina? >> stay home. stay indoors. we are literally just beginning this hurricane.

the truth is that, with high tide culminating right at the time where the storm is hitting, that the time to stay indoors. if you go out and put more first responders in danger, if you do not have to leave your home right now, don't do it. the good news is we have been preparing for this for several days now. the governor has been cooperating and collaborating with the federal officials. i got a call yesterday from secretary mayorkas from homeland security. they spoke with rick scott and marco rubio, as well, so we are on the same page learning from each other. thank god for a coordinated effort in being a little battle hardened in south carolina as we have faced hurricane after hurricane. this one, we should take it very seriously. >> brian: one thing pretty clear is florida knows what they needed. they need more high water vehicles. i don't know if it's right for you to give any of that to florida, because you might need them, too. what do you need from the federal government if this thing hits you as hard as it did

florida? >> we need to have open lines of communication. that's essential. number two, we need to make sure we don't ask for anything that diverts attention from florida unless we need it. we stand by, and this is the most important day for us in this hurricane. getting through today, will be able to assess what the needs are for us here in south carolina, and what we don't need, we'll send our assets to florida, as well. we hope and pray for the people of florida as well as our family and friends here in south carolina. >> pete: that's important perspective, for sure. as this burial toward south carolina, how do you make the determination about what neighborhoods or what areas stay and hunker down, and which ones evacuate, considering a storm surge that could be 7 feet already and low-lying areas? is that neighborhood by neighborhood? has that information already been disseminated? are those decisions made? >> that's a great question, pete. the emergency division has been working with the governor's

office for the last several days to determine where the most high potential flooding is. 4-7 feet is a lot of water in the low country. there's no doubt about that. if you think about those communities, especially the peninsula, flooding happens if it's a light sprinkle. something like what we are having today will be a serious issue. we have already seen businesses closing, they are trying their best to be prepared. the truth is that the peninsulas where you start seeing the likelihood of people getting out of harm's way, mount pleasant seems to be pretty safe. georgetown, the storm has shifted a little bit more east, so we are seeing more impact in georgetown and higher winds. the mandatory evacuation was not issued because it was not necessary, according to the can governor's coordination with the emergency division. see to downtown charleston can flood very easily, as you know, even in just a rainstorm.

do most of the people evacuate downtown? he showed some images earlier of the hospital there, and the lights looked like they were unpaid today evacuate that? what about the citadel? are schools close they are? speak of the schools are certainly close for any in-classroom activities, but most people i've talked to you, and i've been on the phone a lot, have stayed in place in downtown charleston. you get used to hurricanes, so you start taking it for granted. that's one of the reasons why i've been saying constantly, if you can get out of harm's way, get out of harm's way. we are entering into the time where the best thing to do for yourself in the emergency responders is to stay where you are. if you are in low-lying areas, you should have already left. if you have not, consider it. but the truth is, staying in place right now is probably the best thing you can do for yourself as well as the emergency responders that have to come rescue people who wait

too late to move. >> brian: senator tim scott. thank you very much for the insight. >> thanks, brian. y'all take care. >> ainsley: everyone pay for that state, too. we are helping the victims of hurricane ian. bethenny frenkel is going to be here, she comes and helps so many people in the situations. ♪ ♪ ♪ hit it!♪ ♪it takes two to make a thing go right♪ ♪it takes two to make it outta sight♪ ♪one, two, get loose now! it takes two to make a-♪ get double rewards points this fall. book now at bestwestern.com. the new subway series menu. the greatest sandwich roster ever assembled. for more on the new boss, here's patrick mahomes. incredible - meatballs, fresh mozzarella and pepperon- oh, the meatball's out! i thought he never fumbles. the new subway series. what's your pick?

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>> i hit my head pretty bad. >> ainsley: what happened to? >> i was just in my closet and i smashed my head. it was very scary. but i wanted to come on today because i wanted to talk. it's so important. but i'm a little loopy. speech he will try to get through this. i'm so sorry. you are doing so much. i watched you on tv for years, and i know what you've done in ukraine and kentucky. you are down in haiti and i are going to go down and help florida. what are you doing exactly and how can we help? >> we have a warehouse in doral, florida, we started with nothing years ago and now it's constantly stocked. the level of an amazon warehouse, or costco. we have aid immediately waiting for, sadly, when things like this happen. it's merchandised by pets, people, medical, building materials. so that, and this is the one that's probably the easiest for

us to facilitate. we are sending six trucks a day, six massive semi trucks. we are ready to go before the hurricane even hit, and moving towards relief areas like the everglades and naples and now fort myers to distribute. we are at the next level church now today and we have 100 volunteers. we do kits, we distribute aid, and our model is always to eventually give cash cards or when people can use them and have power, and use them to rebuild communities. so we are very immersed in this and very organized and streamlined. 100% because the effort. you can go to bethenny.com/be strong to donate. my partner, 501(c)(3) global empowerment mission, is on the ground distributing. so we are sadly very prepared and organized for this kind of tragedy.

>> ainsley: i was reading you had 18-wheelers you were already stocking yesterday morning to be sent in. and in your extremes with disaster relief, would you folks need most? is it water? >> this happened in puerto rico, water gets sent ad nasim, and it's heavy to ship, it takes up room, and people do need it, but there's always an onslaught of water. people want to help and send individual boxes of clothing, and i am also unfortunately going to say it doesn't help. we have partners like good 360 and amazon in so many different american companies that now trust us and send us pallets of aid. we make these crisis kids whether it's charges, energy bars, nonperishable items that will hydrate them. hydration packets, we usually include. people are always looking for high gene in these moments. feminine care, formula, things like that. because they have done this so

many times, we know how to create these kids to distribute. that's what families will need to. sometimes it's rice and canned foods and supplies for kids because they get bored and they are displaced. so they have no entertainment. he runs the gamut. later we will rebuild through november and becomes construction materials and what happens then. it does differ, but usually the survival crisis kits are important immediately. >> ainsley: y'all are experts, you've done it so many times. we trust you to know exactly what these individuals need, what these americans need. thank you so much, bethenny. thanks for everything you've done. i know your daughter is involved getting rid of these puppy mills. a lot of these dogs and cats are displaced during this time. thanks, bethenny. you can go to bethenny.com/b strong. thank you so much. the national responders are

helping those chapters hurricane ian. phil keating is down at the beach with more. >> search and rescue operations, and other top priority. you see the last of the convoy of fire trucks and ambulances, first responders all heading o out. fort myers beach. here it's either total destruction or extremely heavy damage. these are 50-10 boats. two hotel boats, one deep fishing boat, and mike owns the two on the left. you actually lived in it. you didn't evacuate. do you regret it? no. >> why? speak i didn't feel that unsafe in this boat. it was a heck of a ride. >> and the boat came up all over the pylons? >> higher than the pylons. all of our lines came off the top and we floated over.

>> i going to make do? >> we going to make do. >> that's the spirit. good luck, mike. all the boats back behind us and the marina were all on these pylons tied up, though in the storm surge was 10-15 feet in this area, everything lifted off the pylons in the boats were floating freely. so it's just wreckage everywhere. these were all businesses, there was a restaurant down there with the green that is now being occupied by three guys who have a roof, but there are no walls. just totally destroyed. up the road is fort myers beach. take a look at these aerials from that place. governor desantis flew over all of the barrier islands in the charlotte and lee county yesterday, and he said of all that he saw, fort myers beach was absolutely the worst disaster. in fact, somebody who goes to beat a lot, they've now tweeted out that it's basically off the map at this point. beautiful white sands,

vacations, honeymooners, tall condo towers. the place is a wreck right now. sanibel island, that is also a rack, and that's where a lot of the search and rescue operations are going on today. 700 rescued so far. there will be more today. >> brian: i'm just wondering, from yesterday to today, how much has the water receded? >> i would say the water here is all gone. the water here was above the blue san carlo's rv resort fence. it was above that. it's all gone. sand is everywhere, standing water, in punta gorda yesterday. but i think that was clearly mostly rain. the whole area is saturated in recent rains before the hurricane, and then 10-15 inches of rain came and you had that, the wind, and the storm surge. >> pete: you just talk to that

guy, he wrote it out on his boat? >> he did. he says he doesn't regret it. it's a big steel boat, it's a hotel boat. you can use it for an airbnb. this boat, captain toni's boat, that's a deep-sea fishing charter boat for going out into the gulf of mexico. everything basically lifted out of the marina. it's demolished. all these boats are here. clearly it's going to be weeks and weeks before this gets any semblance of normalcy. >> ainsley: thank you so much. >> pete: phil keating, thank you. >> ainsley: james bennett is from fort myers. he says, "i went across the street come at the three little pigs built out of block. mine was built of sticks. it didn't last too along when the big bad wolf came and puffed it away. my stomach was in knots. i scared for my children. i didn't want to lose our stuff, it's all we have. >> brian: let's look at the big swath of where the storm is heading. >> good morning, guys.

this is a storm continuing. when i left florida it was a tropical storm. back over warm water it's reorganized and strengthened a little bit. as you look at this particular satellite radar, this is infrared. the center of circulation would be at the very bottom of that, so everything in front of it is cloud cover. 85-mile-an-hour winds moving to the north at 9 miles an hour. we see hurricane warnings in place for the entire south carolina coast, but tropical storm warnings reach into georgia and back up and around into north carolina where they would deal with strong winds, heavy rain. this has picked up a lot more ocean water in the last 24 hours and it's going to drop it. our fox model gives you a good visual of timing on this and where you can expect to see some very heavy rain. the time-stamp is in the top left corner. beginning to see things deteriorate around lunchtime, 11:30, then you're going to hang around there and see those bands of rain from the carolinas up into virginia. very heavy rainfall, but the

winds are most extreme where the land probably is. it does just kind of cover for a little while, so a good chunk of the afternoon is going to be the process of this making landfall. that's when the winds will be at the most extreme. this is a wind field forecast. hurricane force winds are everything in that red area, still lingering until 4:00 p.m. that's when the storm surge is at its worst. power outages, when he talked about this much wind and this much rain, the ground get saturated, the tree roots get a little weak in that wet ground, and the winds come through a knockout power. power outages are going to be likely across most of the carolinas, and of course stretching into eastern portions of georgia, also. storm surge with that wind also probably the biggest concern, as high as 7 feet. so still a ton of damage can be done with 7-foot storm surge. th3-5 he would do a lot of dama, also, stretching back into northeastern florida, a band around into north carolina, and additionally, on top of all of

that wall of water that's going to be washed on shore, rain still to come. we are looking at maybe 6 inches of rain across the entire region, and some of those heavier spots on the north eastern side of where we see landfall, think the outer banks running up to norfolk, you're talking up to a foot of total rain. still a long ways to go and it's going to be the big story here on friday. tossing it back up to you. >> brian: it's the hurricane that never ends, sadly. 10 minutes before the top of the hour. carley shimkus will give us the avenues. see five starting with a florida judge who sided with former president trump in the fight overseas materials in the mar-a-lago raid. u.s. district court judge cannon saying there should be no separate requirements on the plaintiff at this stage prior to the review of any of the seized materials. to lodge final objections to the inventory, descriptions, or content paid all that means that can dodge the special master

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i was lucky to hold onto a guardrail because it was trying to suck me back out. >> brian: alexis, where were you? >> i was upstairs in the condo. the only reason he was down there is the fire alarm was going off nonstop, and we were listening to a radio that said that there was a bad fire in the area, but the fire department was completely submerged, so he was making sure we didn't have to evacuate to the twin tower here. he could only take the stairwell because the elevators were obviously not in service, and that's when that video happened. >> brian: radu, how did you get out? >> i ran up as fast as i could without shoes on, slipping everywhere, and i'm thankful that rail is there. i was already away from the water because i didn't want to get electrocuted. so i was singly from the puddle. i just wanted to get a shot of how high it was, because that was crazy enough for me. a huge double wave came

crashing, the whole frame came off. >> pete: we are looking at the lowest level, i presume. was that a wave or a surge that came at once? it looks like the water arrived at the door almost at once. >> it was two waves for higher amplitude, and that was just looking out for the beach. you can see after photos, some more shots from before and after the hurricane hit. >> brian: how close are you to the ocean? >> right on the ocean. radu we can see it in that picture, brian. look. >> brian: that was ocean water. am i right, alexis? >> correct. >> brian: do you feel he made the night to migrate move to stay still? >> we are originally from tampa, and this was supposed to be our

evacuation zone, because they were saying that tampa was going to be hit the worst. and we don't have hurricane windows in our home, and we felt the saved is to come to a building that was well-equipped to handle hurricane wind and the surges. so we do believe we made the best decision at the time with the information we had. >> brian: exley. who would've thought naples would get hit like this? but it certainly did. >> ainsley: i'm so glad y'all are okay. >> brian: thanks for sharing your story. i appreciate it. people of south carolina, pay attention. that could be you. >> ainsley: it hit in florida as a cat 4. carolina is a cat 1. we are expecting the governor t talk down in florida. we'll be back. ♪ ♪ ults with insomnia. and i'm glad i found it. you wouldn't believe some of the things people suggested to help me sleep.

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sp >> we're awaiting florida's governor ron desantis with an update on the hurricane at any moment now. we were told 8:45. he isn't there quite yet. we'll continue to watch it and bring it live as soon as he takes the podium. >> $40 billion it cost the state estimate. ten -- fatalities. >> the hurricane still sending surge into northeast florida. >> 700 confirmed rescues down

there. at least ten people confirmed dead. the governor was saying it could be the most deadly storm in florida's history. death toll expected to be excessive. it hit there category 4. expected to hit charleston at lunch time at a category 1. yesterday it was a tropical storm. >> dana and bill will take it from here and have a press conference and watch for the radio. >> bill: good morning, it's friday morning. ian returning to hurricane strength as you wake up and join our coverage getting ready for another hit on the u.s. sights set on south carolina along the border with north carolina. here we go again. dana, good morning. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom."enter we'll hear from governor ron desantis who saw the damage firsthand and it is unbearable to see. ian is bearing down on south carolina expected to make landfall today with storm surge up to seven feet. look at this scale of the