♪ pete: we begin with a fox news alert as remnants of ian continue to devastate the southeast. sheriff's deputies in sarasota county warning residents after a possible levee break. we haven't been able to confirm that yet, but we're getting early indications that may have occurred as a nearby river overflows. will: that flood being also shutting down some of i-75 near if northport. that's where this traffic was seen last night. rachel: wow. will: also this morning, a terrifying warning out of

collier or county, florida, where 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. rachel: search and rescue efforts still underway across the state as 30 people have been confirmed dead with 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people many florida still without power. here with us today is representative greg steube, he's from the house foreign affairs committee, and, of course, he is from florida. what do you know about this leveesome because we've been getting conflicting reports, congressman. >> so i talked to the sheriff and, unfortunately, he couldn't join you because he could give you an update. if they were trying, northport from police and the sarasota sheriff's department has been trying to get people out on boats and and airboats, and they were actually using that intersate area to go back and forth and bring individuals from their homes to the interstate because that was the only way to get them in and out either by airboat or by boat. now as you just reported, the

interstate has been completely shut down this between northport and venn initiation and i just got -- venice, and i just got an alert of a possible levee valley are in the my yak cavalli, and it says potential 15 feet of flood water, residents are urged to shelter in place. when we spoke last night, he said as the water rose it was very likely that dam was not going to be able to hold. this tells me that that has occurred, andso this whole area that they were moving individuals out of is now probably completely underwater, so he's probably very busy trying to get either airboats, air assets or boats many there for the people that haven't gotten out. they had hoped late last night that they were going to get the majority of the people in these areas out because they had been doing that for the last 24-48 hours. will: congressman, tell us about that area, northport. we've been told or we've heard

it is a rural agricultural area are, but what kind of population are we talking about needs to be evacuated? >> oh, no, northport's the largest city in sarasota county. that's in the heart of my district. you're talking about a large amount of people that are there. it's a, you know, a working class community, a lot of people that work many sarasota the live in northport, venice area. have been misis a large retirement area, but northport is a lot of young workers, a roth of families -- lot of families are in that area. so there's a tremendous amount of people hard going to be impacted by flooding. pete: so, representative, if the evacuations that occur, hay knew the water was still rising from the river and there was a threat to the levee. and you're correct, we were just about to talk to the county sheriff, he had to -- he said i can't do an interview right now which lends credibility to what you're talking about that perhaps the levee has, indeed, broken. if it has and not everyone is evacuated, it's not completely

clear, what kind of surge are we talking about into a populated area? >> he was saying 4-5 feet, but alert that a i just got says 15 feet. these communities in northport were already nodded -- flooded. he said the houses weren't flooded, but they couldn't get in and out of their houses. add an additional 15 feet of water, people now are going to be climbing up to their rooftops if they're still there. so this is going to turn into continuing to airboats. northport police, i know, are working hard too, but you only have so many airboats and boats, and there's so much traffic in the avenue they were trying to go in and out of. so as of last night, they were actually able to stay in their holmes, but their streets were flooded. now with this type of surge, we're going to be rescuing off rooftops. will: my indication -- you said you spoke to the sheriff last night, any indication how much progress was made last might? >> he had hoped that the majority of the people by this

morning would be out through a period of time. you know, that was one of the challenges, you have some city governments like northport did a shelter in place and a curfew when the hurricane came through, so people stayed in their homes, and now we're trying to get people off the their homes. so that, when we look back on some of these decisions, but as of last night they had hoped they would get the majority of of the people many these communities out by this morning. so let's pray that that occurred and that there are very few, if any, people left. but if there are people still in this community, we're probably going to be the rest are cueing them on their rooftops, not in their houses anymore. rachel: congressman, of course, the most important thing is the short-term crises that you're describing right now. i remember being in florida a few months ago with our team, and i just happened to speak to a guy who was in the roofing business, a small business owner. and he was telling me -- now, this was months ago -- that he couldn't get, you know, he can't do his business because of the supply chain crises, that

they're missing so many, you know, inputs into what they need to to put roofs on on people's homes. that's prior to this hurricane. have you been thinking about that, that part of the situation? we have edward on from, edward graham from samaritan's purse saying one of the things that has been remarkable to him is how much roof damage he's seeing in florida. >> yeah. i mean, everybody's going to have roof damage in this area,s and my entire district was impacted by this. st going to take a long time for us to pull out. i mean, i just came out cell phone -- on cell service, we don't have power where i'm at, just north of the myaka river, manatee county has a little bit more power, but the majority of my district is still over 50-60% without power. some residents don't have water. communicated with some residents on casey key this morning, they just got their water back on. so we're going to be dealing with this for a significant period of time. fort myers probably isn't going

to have power for months. and now the focus is safety, search and rescue, getting people out of these places that are no longer inhabitable, and safety is the number one concern of myself, the sheriff, local law enforcement, and we can't even worry about putting tarps on roofs because we're still trying to save people from these dangerous conditions. pete: yeah, we were showing those images of i-75, the traffic jam that was the attempt to get out, and there her for our viewers late last night. so you're saying it was a shelter in place during the hurricane or as it was approaching or initially after -- >> right. pete: finish but hen as word spread that the levee may possibly break, local residents were informed to tray to get out, and one of the routes they used was taken over by flood waters in the levee did break? >> so we're three days in. it was a shelter in place in north florida at the time of the hurricane. and after the hurricane the a massive amount of flooding in

northport, people were trapped in their homes. so the sheriff was able to get some airboats down there, and they were moving people in these neighborhoods from their homes, which the homes weren't flooded at that a point in time, but the streets were completely underwater, taking them by boat to the interstate, that spot that's now overflooded, to get them out to safety, is how they were doing it as of last night when i spoke with him at, like, 7:00 last night. so now the focus is -- hopefully they've been able to get the majority of those people out, and they're going to have to reroute how they're rescuing these individuals. but this levee has broken, which it seems like it has if the water's over the interstate, you're going to be rescuing people from the rooftop. so is, hopefully, we can get to them by boat. if not, the sarasota sheriff's office has helicopters, hopefully we can bring down some of the national guard helicopters -- pete: could you be rescuing from cars as well if people are still

on that very interstate when it breaks? if. >> if they were there, likely yes. will: and also just logistically trying to picture this as well, i'm assuming the distance you have to travel to get to these individuals has now increased because with you said you were evacuating them to an interstate that is now also flooded. so whether or not it's by airboat or helicopter, now you're talking about a longer distance rescue operation. >> yeah, it's not a good situation that we're facing right now. and the additional amount of water that's coming from this river because the levee is probably broken is not making -- you're having to change a current set of facts that you were trying to do to get in and get people, and everything's changeed now, so you're having to use a different place to bring people in and out of. i haven't talked to the sheriff this morning. obviously, he's very busy trying to navigate this and get what remaining people are there out. rachel: yeah. and you're dealing with these changing circumstances, as you said, at a time when communication is limited as well. >> right.

rachel: you're representing the federal government. what has been the federal government response? do you feel like you're getting everything you need? >> quite frankly, no. i mean, we just passed a c.r -- i wasn't in washington because i needed to be in my district, with my district to make sure things were taken care of here. i haven't herald from fema. fema's obviously done a couple of conferences, but we gave another $2.3 billion to ukraine -- rachel: thank you. >> -- why aren't we focused on americans? if you add that up, that's over $50 billion we've given to ukraine when americans are literally stranded in their homes right now. why don't we focus on americans, floridians and the people who have been catastrophically impacted by each. that should be the federal response right now. thankfully, we have local government on the ground doing what they need to do, a state government that's doing what they need to do, we have 42,000 linemen that are putting power back into these homes, but it's going to take months in parts of my district where they have power back, it's going to take

more weeks before water is in all these areas. so right now is search and rescue but, quite frankly, we should be focused on america and not ukraine and all these other issues. rachel: thank you, congressman, for bringing that very important point up. really appreciate it. pete: thank you, sir, appreciate it. >> good to see you guys. rachel: you too. good luck. pete: you can only imagine, it is true we had the sheriff about to appear, said he couldn't. congressman stew by was able to confirm -- steube was able to confirm a levee break. if you're already underwater, you're trying to evacuate, a levy break, and you're trying to get people out without spreading panic, that's the tough decision making people have. will: rick reichmuth is following this as well. reduction, show us the general area. rick: let's go back to katrina. that it was a mississippi if story. the storm surge e engulfed the coast of mississippi, over 30 foot of storm surge and destroyed everything. and after that the levees broke

that were protecting new orleans, and new orleans flooded. just as an effect from the rainfall that fell, not because of actually my storm surge or the damage immediately prosecute hurricane. now, we're kind of talking about a similar potential story if, in fact, that levee did break. all of that storm surge damage you see is down here in the fort myers area towards naples. that's where the storm surge came on. but to the north side is where all of the rain fell, some potts over 20 in. s of rain falling in under 24 hours. in 2003 there was a flood and a levee break along the river right there in kind of the same spot, and that happened because of 20 inches of rain that fell over a 3-day period. this time it falling in a 1-day period, you've got so much water in that area that it certainly puts a lot of stress on the levees. now, we don't know for sure if it has broken, but i can tell you this, we're at a record level ever here along that river, and this goes until about

three -- days from now when we're still going to be at the record level ever of height on that river before it starts to go down. now, if the levee had failed, we would see that probably fluctuate quite a bit. but that's where we are right now. along with that interstate 75 closed in both directions, so you've got detours to get around there, not going to be able to get around that area at all. obviously, you know, you think, hey, we see the damage, now we make our plans to assess it, and now you have a new emergency possibly popping up, and that is going to be shuffling resources while communications are down. will: real quick question for you, i don't expect you to have the gee toking my of the united states at the top of your head, but one of the problems with new orleans was the bowl effect. everything in new orleans was below the level of the water. rick: yeah. will: any idea what this is like in this area around northport? if the levee breaks in the river, does it pool and bowl in the same way? rick: new orleans is a really unique thing, its elevation is

below sea level, so that's why those levees are so important. you can't get that water out of there easily. from my understanding, elevation where we're talking about here is at about 40 feet above sea level. so it is certainly higher. that would have, allow it to drain out a little bit. that's the way i understand this geography. i could be wrong. certainly with localized geography, if you've been in south florida, there's so much water all over the place, you know, it's a hard thing. will: right. are. rick: you've got water there all the time. little rises make big impacted. a lot of the roads are kind of along the swamp as it is so so, you know, big changes can happen. water's such a powerful force, and so, you know, we've seen what it did with the storm surge, now we'll see what's happening here. certainly a breaking situation we're watching. pete: thank you, rick. yeah, we're getting, you know, conflicting and flag ifmented reports this morning -- fragmented. if that levee has broken, as representative steube believes

it has, under threat of 7.5 miles of highway being underwater, that very highway that was used as the lifeline to that community, i-75. i don't know if it's the same portion that we showed, but if you have that much participant of the highway cut off, serious implications for surgery and rescue as well. rachel: yeah. it was amazing to see the amount of traffic just the night before. will: that a makes in the all the more important, fox corporation is donating $1 million to the hurricane ian relief efforts, resources like shelter, meals, medical supplies and more. rachel: fox is also double matching employee donations to red cross hurricane relief efforts including ian and fiona. pete: our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the storm including our own teams in tampa and orlando. thank you to all our fox weather, fox news channel and fox teams across the country covering this disaster. if you'd like to join in the effort, visit are red cross.org/fox forward. and we certainly, as was mentioned, are praying for the

people there in sarasota and northport with what could be happening right now. will: now to a fox news alert, the u.s., nato and international community is denouncing president putin after russia annexes four regions of occupied ukraine. pete: the move comes as nuclear-capable bombers are detect thed near finland's border. rachel: trey yingst is joining us with the latest fromkey. good morning. -- from eve kyiv. >> reporter: vladimir putin yesterday annexed four occupied reasons, and it does follow sham referendums that took place in the eastern part of ukraine. [speaking russian] >> the authoritarian leader held a choreographed event in moscow's red square. we became stronger because we are together. the truth is with us. the truth is power and, therefore, the victory, putin said. the victory will be ours. at a ceremony earlier in the

day, putin signed decrees with the self-proclaimed leaders of the ukrainian territory. he also used the event to blame the west for the leaks in the nord stream 2 pipeline. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy quickly responded to the ceremony saying his country is applying for fast-track nato membership. president biden also weighed in calling putin's announcement a sham. >> america and its allies are not going -- let me emphasize -- are not going to be swim dated, are not going to be intimidated by putin and his reckless words and threats. >> reporter: there are real concerns in the west right now that vladimir putin is increasingly painting himself into a corner. he is facing both internal and external pressure, and as this pressure if rises, these threats of nuclear war are a major concern for nato and allies around the world. but remember, this war drags on,

and there is an uncertain future for the ukrainian people who continue to fight for territory in the eastern part of their country. will, rachel, petesome. rachel: thank you, trey. and it's having implications here, guys. as you see from representative steube's comments about the money we're still pouring into ukraine amidst this crisis and the concern that, you know, that kind of effort isn't being made for american citizens. will: still ahead, we're just weeks away from the midterms, and republicans are gaining steam. the key races that could flip the senate majority. rachel: and breaking right now as officials warn 90% of fort myers is gone. collier county officials say their 911 services are down. congressman byron donalds represents that area, he's going to join us live next. stay with us. ♪ ♪

rachel: we are back with a fox news alert as remnants of ian continue to devastate the southeast. sheriffs' departments in sarasota county warning residents after a possible levee breach. if florida congressman greg steube from sarasota, he joined us moments ago. >> if 15 feet, if this levee has broken which it seems like it has if the water's over the

interstate, you're going to be rescuing people from the rooftop. hopefully, we can get to them by boat, if not, the sheriff's office has helicopters, hopefully we can bring down the some of the national guard hell coppers to help. pete: that happening right now, we believe. that flooding shutting down some portions of i-75 near northport, and that's where traffic was seen yesterday and the images of a traffic jam last night. also this morning aer the foying warning -- terrifying warning out of collier county, 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. no word yet on when they'll be back online. will: search and rescue still underway as 30 people have been confirmed dead, 27 in florida. more than 1 million people in florida are still without power. let's bring in florida congressman byron donalds who represents parts of collier county which we just referenced. the congressman is on the phone with us. congressman, great to have you. tell us the latest on the 911

system, whether or not, when it will be back up and what the real are risk is right now with having that system down. >> well, yeah. 911 system is down. i do want to let people mow that there is a backup system in place. residents need to call 239-213-3000. that's 239-213-3000. that's the backup system. heir going to be working on it around the clock, obviously, but they're on it. it's going to be up as soon as possible. pete: for our viewers, you can see that phone number on your screen, pass it along if it's something, if you know someone there who could benefit from that. what causes that kind of outage, congressman? is it simply cell phone service? power? how does that emergency system go down and move to a backup? >> right now i'm not quite suring we're just getting this all realtime, so i'm not sure what the issue is. obviously, call volume -- is high, but we're doing everything

we can do. we're just asking people, you know, as we continue to do search and rescue in these areas that we can sill make sure we do it that way with 239 pleasure. pete: talk to us about search and rescue. what is ongoing in your district? are we talking off of roofs, door to door checking on people? what's the status of the neighborhoods in your district? >> well, right now it's a lot o. there are people who are out, who are, you know, they're out and about, they're not in their structures. we know that on florida disaster.gov people can actually fill out the online forms there to go find residents, family members that they think have not been found yet, and so that's kind of the checklist, if you will, for search and rescue right now. and, of course, 9 911 calls where people are trying to find loved ones, etc. that's the way that's going. sanibel island we have search

and rescue teams going back and forth there, fort myers peach -- beach, and residents who hunkered down and stayed are being taken out by boat back to the main area. that's the latest. those efforts have is really been going on for about 36 hours now. rachel: congressman, we spoke with your colleague, congressman steube, earlier who lives in the heart of where this levee apparently has been broken. i was shocked to hear that he said he had not heard from fema, that nobody had called him, and he's sort of the representative for the federal government there. i'd like to know if fema has reached out to you and also if you'd comment on something else he said which was about the money that we're shoveling over to ukraine. are you getting the same kind of attention that ukraine is getting? does our federal government love florida as much as it loves yeah? >> well -- ukraine? >> well, what i know is the fema regional director has been -- excuse me -- has been kind of my emergency management center.

i know they've had direct contact, i've not spocken to them directly yet. when i was still in washington on wednesday, i actually was at fema headquarters and got a direct briefing from them, and so we just made sure we had those lines of communication open with the fema office in washington. with respect to the $12 billion to ukraine, that's one of the reasons will be i voted against the continuing resolution. i just think that, obviously, with the storm bearing down there's a lot of resources that florida's going to need to recover. acceptabling $12 billion to -- sending $12 billion on top of the other 83 billion, i believe it is now we've sent to ukraine, that's probably not the best thing to be doing right now. especially, and this is way more washington than what's going on right now, especially because when these spending bills are coming to the floor, the members have little time to understand what the actual implications of the spending are. we're just being toll vote up or down. that's not the way to run a government.

will: well, congressman, we wish the best, we're thinking and praying for everybody in your district there this morning and wish you the best of luck in all the search and rescue and coordination of the needs of the people in your district in florida this morning. pete: thank you, sir. >> all right. will: all right, still ahead, we're just weeks away from the midterms, and republicans are gaining steam, it seems. the key races that could flip the senate majority, coming up.

pete: we are back with a fox news alert as remnant9 of ian continue to devastate the southeast, sheriff's deputies in sarasota county warning residents after a possible, we want to emphasize that, possible levee break as a nearby river overflows. florida congressman greg steube is from sarasota, he joined us earlier this hour. >> if 15 feet, if this levee has broken -- which it seems like it has if the water's over the interstate -- you're going to be rescuing people from the

rooftop. hopefully, we can get to them by boat. if not, the sarasota sheriff's office has helicopters, hopefully we can bring down some of the national guard helicopters to help. pete: that was about 25 minutes ago. now the governor's office, governor of florida, ron desantis, his office saying there is no confirmed rev see break -- levee break. that flooding also shutting down some of i-75 near northport where this traffic was seen yesterday. again, early, conflicting reports, some of which can be wrong. we're doing our best to get our arms around it and get accurate information. as of right now the governor's office saying no levee break. also this morning a terrifying warning out of collier county, florida, 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue. congressman byron donalds, who represents part of that district, joined us moments ago with number to call in case of emergency, 239-213-3000. search and rescue efforts still

underway across the state, 30 people confirmed dead, 27 in florida. more than 1 million people in florida are still without power, and they are in our prayers. first responders working actively at this moment. will, over to you. will: thank you, pete. midterms about five weeks away, and the latest fox news poll shows the wisconsin senate race has shifted. republican ron john johnson is back up by 4 points. meanwhile, that state's governor's race looks to be tied up. tim mitchells and democratic governor tony evers pulling 47% of the vote. georgia, pennsylvania, nevada all getting closer. let's discuss this with executive director of the senate many working group james -- and republican strategist chris proud home. let's go through some of these races. talk to me about wisconsin, chris. so ron johnson, we've got the governor's race, what's going on? >> it's going to be a very interesting race, as a matter of fact. look, the reality is this, all

ron johnson has to do is talk about crime. crime has increased over 30% nationwide, absolutely absurd. the reality of the fact is this: his opponent did a big defunding, in the campaign, is a big advocate, took a lot of money from groups. so his focus, i would simply say focus, continue to talk about crime and how important it is to stop that because, obviously, subsequent to his tenure as lieutenant governor. will: it's such a fascinating, what you're highlighting is that politics is always local, and the issues that affect people are the ones in their neighborhood. i know, for example, in the texas governor's race emigration, illegal immigration is far and away the number one issue for texans. on note of crime, talking about pennsylvania because cities like philadelphia, absolutely suffering at the hands of climb. >> yeah, absolutely. and i think you going to -- you're seeing that play out in realtime. if you looked earlier in the summer, john fetterman, the democrat candidate there for

that senate seat, he was up. he was leading dr. oz, but as we're getting closer a little bit over five weeks from november 8th, as we get closer, those polls are shifting. even some have dr. oz up. crime is real. at the edge of day, politics is local. and if you can acknowledge and identify the issues really affecting americans, in this case p januaries -- pennsylvanians, they're going to show up. and john fetterman's record is on crime is less than stellar, and dr. oz is capitalizing. will: let's talk, james, about the senate if republicans are going to take the senate, nikki haley says the road to that is through nevada. listen to what she has to say. >> all i want to say is we need you. we need you, we need you, we need you. because all eyes are going to be on nevada. the road to the senate majority if is through nevada. so what can you do as we're mt. final countdown? go to everyone you know and tell them that you are supporting --

[inaudible conversations] tell them that you are supporting -- will: is that right? the road to the majority for republicans is through nevada? >> absolutely, without question. this particular seat was held by harry reid, for decades controlled that seat, and now to think it could go republican is somewhat crazy. early in the cycle we weren't sure what was going to happen, but when you rook at joe biden's favor abouts across the country, 39%. but then you look where hispanicss and latinos ride, 19% approval rating, joe biden has. that's abysmal. what you're seeing in nevada particularly is a shift from traditionally conservative latino voters kind of viewing the two-party system and realizing that, you know, they've been traditional democrat voters. well, the party's moved away from them. they've become more progressive, more woke, can and they're realizing they have a home with the republican party, and we're seeing that play out in realtime in nevada.

will: really quickly, chris, we've been talking about georgia. you know, what -- we've already established politics is local, we talk about the shift in minority votes but also the shift many georgia. the shift has been that it has been elect electing some blue politicianses for years. what happens in georgia? >> i think it's an interesting race, but when you look at war knock, he's made a lot of promises. herschel walker, people toned -- end to forget he's been a staple of the community, the reality is i will say to georgians this: if you feel like herschel walker has done something for you, you should do something for him. the reality is that herschel walker is a viable community candidate. he is, despite him even being in politics, he's been around for a long time. will: really quickly, are you making predictions, james? >> ill say 52-48 republicans. will: all right. thank you both so much is. still ahead, house speaker nancy

pelosi slamming republican governors busing migrants up north but not for the reason you might think. >> some of the farmers and the growers say why are you shipping these immigrants up north? we need them to pick the crops down here. will: need 'em to pick crops down here. i'll bet you clay travis has something to say about that. plus, as the severe weather clears, the race is not -- is on to rescue floridians tracked -- trapped in debris and flood zones. we break down the efforts still ahead. ♪ ♪

pete: house speaker nancy pelosi causing outrage for saying florida needs illegals to pick the crops. watch. finish. >> the best thing that we can do for our economy is to have comprehensive immigration reform. we have a shortage of workers in our country, and you see even many florida some of the farmers and the growers saying why are you shipping these immigrants up north? we need them to pick the crops down here. will: you need somebody to pick the crops? i mean, first time, to my knowledge, that he's been on the couch at least with us finish. rachel: yeah, totally. [laughter] >> you guys are are dressed up a little bit. this is what a fan of a college football team gets to win, will. university of tennessee as

opposed to -- will: one away from 4-0. >> that's what you've got to tell yourself. been saying that for 17 years now? >> will: clay travis on the couch. what do you make of this? >> i mean, if a republicanned had said we need illegal immigrants to pick the crops, it would be with, like, the most super racist we have to talk about this all the time incessantly. nancy pelosi says it, and it's a lot like when joe biden says ridiculous stuff the, hay just pretend it doesn't exist. biden tries to give a shout-out to a dead congresswoman, and fox news had a great piece on it, they didn't even cover it. they didn't mention that he made that kind of gaffe. and you just think they were constantly trying to put the 25th amendment in place for trump, they don't even mention it for biden, and it's clear he's got some form of cognitive issue that's getting worse every single day. rachel: yeah, you know, what i got from that clip, clay, is just the elitism -- >> oh, yeah. rachel: you know, you could just

expand, we need illegals to clean our house, trim our hedge- >> that's right. rachel: and this week we had alexandria ocasio-cortez say that abortion was an economic issue for the poor -- >> yeah. rachel: so, essentially, we're not going to change climate change policies that are destroying our economy. by the way, rich people, they can keep having kids. >> you kill ited last night, i was watching because i was about to go on jessie, and you're 100% right. there's elitism that is toxic, frankly. frankly, i think it's why we're seeing a big shift from hispanic voters, right, that i think is going to resound in a major way and maybe be one of the biggest stories that comes out of the midterms. rachel: i know they want to talk sports, i know that, but thank you for bringing that up. the hispanic vote is so important, and she's so inauthentically hispanic,. there are no hispanics thinking right now i want to have less

children, i don't want to have a family, i really care about climate change hatch that i'm willing to sacrifice. she is a liberal white lady, sandy cortez is, no hispanics think that way. sorry. [laughter] >> i got her fired up here. rachel: i got to say it now, thank you. pete: now, sports. [laughter] will: you want to take honors? pete: you go ahead. i was just going to say sports, go. will: north carolina/solemnson, that's the big game. >> that's where i would have been. by the way, congratulations buck sexton, he got engaged, so i was up here for his engagement party, it was very cool. and, look, nc state, i made fun of texas. nc state, of all programs, is perpetually almost there, and they can never win the big game, right? every nc state fan, there are people watching us saying, clay, why do you have to go right to my heart and yank it out, but

this would be a signature statement win. i think they cover and keep this game close, because i don't believe chemoson's that good. they -- clemson's that good. they almost lost to wake forest last weekend. it's not going to be ideal conditions perhaps, but i like nc state to potentially steal it. will: this is going to sound like a shameless plug, but i actually had joel on the will cain podcast -- >> did he take shots at me? will: i know you're good friends. the reason i bring it up is because there's programs that just can't, there's a ceiling, and they just can't get through it. and that's a fast mating question -- fascinating question. >> in sports we talk about failure to win the big game, and a lot of times you have to win big games to get to that big game, but they never can get to that next level. you're always like, okay, what is that next level of the program. people are out are the same way,

you can get to middle management, but you can't get the head job, and it's frustrating. you're kind of hung. and i think that's, many of those programs in college football. will: check him out on outkick. rachel: and congratulations to buck and his beautiful wife -- >> she is fantastic. she's a fox news employee. rachel: i had a little bit to do with that love story. i couldn't make it to that engagement party, i was a little under the weather, but i'm going to tell you, that is a great match. and the fact that i had just a little bit to do with that, oh. >> buck was in the cia, but carrie, three generations of her family are fighter pilots. you kind of hi you're a bad ass, but the end men many your famil- rachel: she definitely comes from an alpha male family. good match. will: good to see you, man. tomorrow a big show, congressman kevin mccarthy, carissa

thompson, lisa boothe, senator marsha blackburn and kt kt mcfarland will joins live. pete: we're hearing from a u.s. coast forward district paneledder -- commander on the latest ian search and recovery efforts. don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪

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pete: we're staying on top of the aftermath of hurricane ian, not all of which at this point is aftermath. there's been reports of a possible, we repeat, possible levee break in sarasota county. the governor's office says there is no confirmed break at this time. and moments ago a sarasota county official also told us reports of a dam break near northport are false. as we continue to monitor the situation, our next guest is hard at work leading rescue teams. rear admiral brendan mcpherson, u.s. coast guard district commander. commander, thank you so much for being with us. just what i just read underunderscores the changing environment you're operating in right now. describe your search and rescue efforts if you would, sir. >> yeah, good morning, pete. and you're exactly right, it's a very dynamic situation and a dangerous environment. so we've gotten through the worst of it, right, as the storm came ashore. since then the coast guard has been working with other first

respond ors to affect more than 4,000 rescues. the coast guard it, we've done 400 rescues both with shallow water boats and our helicopters. the good news is we're starting to see less cases that require immediate medical assistance. it's more folks that are sort of stranded, don't have water, don't have food, need to move to higher ground and other places. so we're focusing our efforts on that. as our first sponsored do the really hard work of ground search going building to building. pete: you say 400 rescues which is 400 souls able to move on to the next chapter because of your efforts. is that just the beginning? are we at the beginning of rescue efforts, or are you hoping the next couple of days you will wrap that portion up and move on to others? >> i think we're all hopeful that we are getting towards the next phase of this operation. you know, undo you wantedly we are still -- undoubtedly, we are still searching and respond to people in distress. and i would urge folks, you

know, use that 911 system. that's your best way to contact people, emergency responders, if you need assistance is. but i think over the next days we will start to see a transition. you know, i was flying over the area yesterday, and i saw, you know, neighbors helping neighbors. a lot of people who are out and about and just a little bit tired and exasperated. so the heavy work yesterday was moving places -- people from places like sanibel island that is cut off to get them to dry land, unify them with their families and get them the services that they need as we shift towards recovery. pete: we're showing images only -- of some of your crews. we're grateful for men and women like you, godspeed to your whole crew. ing thanks for the update. >> thank you, pete. pete: more "fox & friends" moments away.

this is going to be great. taking the shawl off. i did it. is he looking at my hairline? my joint pain isn't too bad. well, it wasn't this morning.

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down will. if you are there, the backup phone number is # 239-313- -- 239-213-3000 on the bottom of the end screen. rachel: we have the best weather coverage. will: with wishing everybody the best, we'll try to keep you update throughout the day. that's going to do it for pus. rachel: bye, everybody. ♪ >> another hurricane force gust coming in here to downtown fort myers. [background sounds] oh! >> this was part of a street season, colonial boulevard, which is four-lane highway next to me -- [background sounds] >>