future then we'll make that modification. >> i have another question for you. for residents, what is the plan of action helping them evacuate? >> there's a simple way, they need any assistance, if there's an emergency situation they simply have to dial 911. our first responders if it's not an emergency, they simply need to dial 311 here within orange county. that is the number that they will call for any of other services that we have to offer at a local level. that includes information about housing, other services that we have to offer here. so they don't have to remember many different numbers, that's that one number, 311 if it's not an emergency. >> chief, anything that you wanted to add? i know that y'all have been out to rescue? >> yes. >> in addition to 1700 residents

that we helped to rescue, to evacuate from those flood-prone areas. we are still out in the community today going throughout each of the communities assisting with placing taxpayers and removing tree limbs so they can get to their cars and anyone who is trapped and cannot get out, if it's a emergency situation, they dial 911 and we will be there to assist them as well as the partners that stand behind me. i will stand ready to assist the community. >> okay. other questions? >> i had a question. jacqui: fox weather a letter, live images from sarasota county florida where firms issued alert earlier this morning of possible levy break sending deputies door to door in hidden river community to advise evacuation

and 14 miles of major interstate in the area, i75 now shut down deemed unsafe for travel as water rises from nearby river. welcome to fox news live, i'm jacqui heinrich. griff: i'm griff jenkins, thousands of residents without power in the wake of powerful storm as cleanup and recovery efforts are well underway. we have live fox team cover with alexandria hoff, adam klotz in fox weather center and doug in charleston south carolina but let's steve with steve harrigan in north port florida, what are you seeing now? >> they purchased rafts, blowing up and gotten possessions out of their houses and pets waiting here trying to get shade in the hot sun. we have seen florida search and rescue teams go out from the

government in rafts but mainly at this point the pace has slowed somewhat. it is not emergency medical rescues but simply people who are stranded, stranded in the high water which came up several feet overnight and the good news is it's beginning to recede at least slightly here but there's a backlog of people who are stuck, who are stranded in those houses. at least 500 people on the list still waiting to be taken out, waiting to be rescued but this time it's not medical emergencies. we are seeing not only first responders but a lot of people bringing their own boats, own high-water vehicles to help out and we are seeing more aid come in from different parts of the state. of course, the big challenges here, electricity is still out for more than a million people. so many homes damaged so bad they simply can't turn the switch to throw electricity back on and it is warming up here. griff, back to you. griff: steve, if you could, quickly, you mentioned this is just neighbors helping out neighbors and the spirit of which in the wake of this

terrible storm you see this happening. widespread or just in this area of north port? steve: you can see the canoes in distance. sometimes people bringing supplies or bringing people out. it's widespread. we saw all sorts of vehicles in the last 24 hours, high-water vehicles, razers, a lot of people love the water and they know how to handle the water and they are coming out in force from across the state to make sure neighbors are safe and well, griff. griff: steve harrigan, great reporting. jacqui: tropical cyclone making its way north up the east coast as president biden says the recovery in affected bid areas may take months to years. rich edison joins us live from the white house with the latest. looks like we might have lost

rich edison. we will go back to him in a little bit. from fort myers, though, we have doug luzader in santabelle island area, hardest hit by the storm. doug, what are you seeing doctor, describe what's in the background and what the last few days have been like? >> we are in charleston, south carolina, next landfall where ian took place and you can see the marina m behind me. when we first got here and thought they might not make it through the storm because at the point ian was forecast to make landfall along the part of the coast, right along charleston. ultimately, though, the track took it further to the north. we want to show you video from this morning from north myrtle beach, there were a number of peers that were wiped along the south carolina coastline and

workers dismantling the wreckage from one of them. the cleanup here has already begun and, look, this is a reminder that even though ian when it hit here it was not the category 4 monster that slammed into florida but a category 1 hurricane still packs quite a punch. >> so amazing to think of something that powerful can do so much damage and it was just hurricane 1, you know, and i just can't imagine people in florida what they're going through. it's heartbreaking. it really is. >> yeah, heartbreaking and, look, we saw some damage here in south carolina as well. there was some significant flooding, very high winds especially near that point of landfall. back here in charleston meantime they've made a fair amount of headway in terms of cleaning up. the streets -- street debris, a lot of it has been cleared. the city has indicated that they have reopened most of the 66 streets that were blocked at some point, power crews have

been out in force getting folks electricity again and that seems to be the case across the state. they have restored a lot of power here in south carolina as the -- as the cleanup here continues and another bit of good news just a little while ago, the airport here reopened as well. jacquesy and griff, back to you jacqui: we are having challenges, glad to see that you are safe and dry. doug, thanks so much. >> thanks so much. jacqui: i believe we are going to fort myers, that is where we find alexandria hoff on the ground. there she is, alex, officials there still facing widespread power outages, massive amounts of damage, what's the latest. >> yeah, the people who live here, residents remained here during the storm are returning to assess the damage. of course, they are finding very limited electricity.

most homes in this county, lee county still without power right now and the water even if it is turned back on on a person's residents it is not safe to drink right now. the entire county is under boil water advisory. you follow me down this way, full line of cars here. as far as the eye can see. we are at distribution site, we are going to show you they have been giving water, ice at one point. they've since run out but food as well, blankets to people who are in need so if throughout the county, one of 8 different sites to and lee county, the hardest hit in this area. we talked to couple of drives who waited in long lines, telling us what they were thinking, goo hour and a half, two hours to get items otherwise. we spoke to some people that when they arrived here they felt nothing but gratitude, not only that supplies were available but that they had survived the storm. one man we spoke with, he barely did so staying in mobile home for -- he did it for the reason, his elderly neighbors were

staying there. he felt responsible, want today stay there. we met him in his neighborhood, he was hungry, the resources are going to go a long way and gratitude for people who are working this and for the supplies, those who we spoke with say they felt sense of joy in being able to survive this and stick out the next few days but it's more than that and people need water right now and on the issue of water, jacky, issues what the national guard can supply. children's hospital, 67 babies had to be transferred elsewhere because of lack of water meant they couldn't get the proper care that they didn't. a lot of struggles here but we have seen volunteers providing services, giving out goods, a lot of kindness going a long way as well. jacqui: always incredible when the tragedies bring the best of humanity. alex hoff, thanks for the report. griff: after devastating parts of florida were hit, weakening

ian heads to virginia. meteorologist adam klotz has latest in fox weather, hey, adam, where is the storm headed? adam: there's still heavy rain racked up within the system. we can see flooding even though nothing like when it made landfall but heaviest rain across west virginia where the mountainous region and flooding is still possible. future forecast and pay attention in time stamp in the corner, all the way through the weekend as this now weakening storm but still plenty of tropical moisture there dropping rain is going to be working its way over towards the mid atlantic before ultimately kind of heading out to sea but takes you to monday for that to happen. you live in dc and new york corridor, you will see rain out of and on and heavy rain as it makes move but best chance of flooding where the system currently sits and that's a big chunk there of mountainous

regions. runs to creeks and rivers, that's where you seeing flooding, low-lying areas. total rainfall, couple of inches. everything in the -- excuse me, dark green is inch or so and works its way along the coast there's going to be higher rain totals right along the coastal areas. also that's additional where we are seeing the most wind, again, nothing like the wind that we had seen previously but here a good 24 to 36 hours of consistent winds coming in out of the east at 20 to 30 miles an hour and you might see gusts a little bit higher than that. that's going to be happening just right along coastal areas. that is the storm makes the move. i do want to leave you with this, griff, that's the forecast. for the folks who are recovering and some of the hardest-hit areas, temperatures around 80 degrees, no more rain is on the way in the forecast so that is good news because obviously there's plenty there but you do notice very warm, a lot of sunshine, temperatures getting up in the middle 80's there.

if you are without power, these are hot days ahead. no more rain but certainly hot days and you know what, very similar forecast as you run up to north florida, temperatures hoovering in the lower to middle 80's, mostly sunny conditions, gives you a chance to dry out but, however, it is warm and if you are without power, you're certainly going to be noticing it as there's some hot days ahead, griff. griff: here comes the heat, adam klotz in fox weather center. adam, thank you very much. and for more on response to hurricane ian in florida we are joined by republican congressman from florida and member of the house oversight and reform scott franklin. congressman, your area just a little to the east of tampa, tell us first how your residents were affected by the storm? congressman: well, griff, thanks for having me on. fortunately we favored very well. we thought that we would be in the path. the storm made a pretty late

shift to the south just like hurricane charley in 2004, did the exact same thing. this was a much bigger, stronger meaner storm, we took some wind damage. not a whole lot and issue inland is more rising water than anything else, but our priority right now is helping search and rescue efforts not only get to go people trapped by water in our area but also we have detachments of folks in lee county helping the efforts to find folks down there. griff: can you give us a little bit of an insight, update on those efforts particularly as far as rescues and people still dealing with the flooding? >> well, that's -- that's the part that's tough when you get into the inland counties of florida, there are a lot of rural areas, a lot of people who choose not to live in urban areas and a lot of those are flooded. i was in polk county emergency operation getting live feeds of search crews that were out just making contact with people and there are a lot of folks basically living on islands,

they are living kind of off the grid and trapped and can only get out by boats. griff: how are the power outages there, people not being able to use their cell phone service, where do things stand with regards to that? >> what really all depends is location, where we are in polk county, the power is getting back up. i think we saw this morning there's still roughly 30,000 or so customers here that are still without power but just to the south of us in hardy county it's 1100% outage. i think he will be having a press conference on that later in the afternoon. griff: our viewers are seeing on their screen now drone shot from sarasota county, the flooding unbelievable. congressman, i've covered quite a few hurricanes in florida and elsewhere and this one appears perhaps one of the hardest-hitting and costly when

it's all over. >> it's going to be a staggering toll when it's all said and done. you know, we had here in our county in 2004, for example, we had four hurricanes and took 15 years, i was told this morning. it was finally 15 years before those fema claims were closed. i have no idea how long this is going to take but it's going to be a long, long time rebuilding process. griff: congressman, i want to ask you, it anticipates that the federal state coordination has been quite well, what is your assessment of the federal response? congressman: i think it's been good so far. we have been prepared for this. unfortunately this is not the first time it's been through here and we learn every time and we try to do -- we do a lot of drills, a lot of disaster preparedness. really it's -- it's the part that's going to come along after this. it's the rebuilding that takes not just months but years and the biggest challenge we have is just the length of time and

getting the funds to people who need them, we just need to make sure we cut down the red tape as much as we can and help the people who are hurting right now. griff: you mentioned funds. you voted against the cr which would bring, of course, funding for things like fema in response to the storm, why did you vote against it? congressman: well, i voted against it for a number of reasons. we will appropriate funds when needed for this. that cr was being drawn before the hurricane made landfall. i had other issues with it. our challenge, again, with fema, we always have the money, that's not the problem, it's a matter of cutting through the bureaucracy and getting to people's hands as soon as possible but there were other issues that were far beyond just a matter of keeping the government open. i would rather see a true clean continuing resolution but that's not what we had. griff: congressman, fiji, is -,

is there something critical that you need right now? >> food and water. this is a time when we come together as floridans, where the federal government can assist in that effort. but we need that. this is the time that we pull together and help each other out and we will be there in the future. any volunteer efforts, there's a way for everyone to participate and help. griff: indeed. congressman, scott br franklin,e are thinking of you and your constituents. thank you for taking the time. jacqui: relief efforts as communities believe a long recovery process. the latest on ian's devastating effects,

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griff: today marks it first day of fiscal year 2023 for the border, fiscal year 2022 a record-breaking number of over 2 million border encounters overwhelming cbp. fox news national correspondent and the guy that's covered the border more than anybody bill melugin. great to have you. >> finally in person. griff: it's so appropriate that

on the first day of the fiscal year 2023 you just spent the majority of the last year down in the border in places like eagle pass, we have our drone up there, unbelievable. over 1700 apprehensions in the last 24 hours, you're looking live at that now. in fact, the border patrol chief there, chief jason owens who you know well was tweeting yesterday about as of august 31st fiscal year they've had more than 320,000 single adults from 118 countries but, you know, bill, i'm reminded of a year ago or more, you were down in del rio near eagle pass with haitians coming in. you were in a helicopter, what are your thoughts now reflecting on the past year? bill: just the fact that it's gotten significantly worse. when we saw haitians in del rio, jeez, how can it a lot more crazy than that, it has. last year set the record, fiscal year 2021, 1.7 million illegal

crossings set the record only to be broken a year later in fiscal year 2022, we are at 1.3 million illegal crossings and you talk about the got-aways as well. for fiscal year, this year we are well over 500,000. we are about the 530,000 range, those are people not looking to turn themselves in looking to evade and get into the united states and they have done and we are in the camouflage, not looking to give themselves up, not those asylum seekers. griff: that's exactly what border patrol agents are telling you and i when we are off camera, you have to deal with the got-aways and unprecedented

database and it's frustrating whether it's border patrol or texas dps officers like lieutenant chris oliveraz. >> not at all. you talk to texas dps, no change in policy, no reason to think anything will be different. look at what the administration is doing. they have been focusing majority efforts on the root causes of free countries, the northern triangle. it's mostly vcn, venezuelas, colombians and n nicaraguans and you hear the administration talk about we have to pivot. those aren't the other countries. there's people from urbekiztan, russia, they are coming from all around the world. more than 120 different

countries. the idea amongst migrant when we talk to them, you talk to a migrant yourself who told you the border is open, no problem, we come in, we enter, there's no problem. the migrants feel that that's the case right now and that message has gotten out around the world, no, i personally don't see any reason why this is going to slow down any time soon. griff: and our viewers are wondering why is bill melugin in washington. you've been here holding officials accountable doing interviews, we are fortunate to be able to play a little bit of that today. you spoke with speaker pelosi and you asked the tough question, here is how she responded, take a listen. >> well, i believe that we have to have a secure border and i think that we are trying to address -- the president has a plan to address that. griff: really, a plan to address the border because they seem to say it's secure? bill: yeah. griff: tell me more about the exchange. bill: that's the question i asked, the border is secure. i think we have to have a secure

border and the president is working with a plan. her statement implies that the border is not currently secure and they have a plan that they are working to try to fix that. we have the same question, what is that plan, we are almost two years in and we have seen no sort of plan that will slow this down any time soon. catch and release is the highest it's ever been. the most illegal crossings ever while having fewest deportations, 1.7 million crossings and only 59,000 people deported. you know, we talked to other democrats on the hill throughout this week who tell us they want to see more deportations. if somebody asylum claim is deemed to be not legitimate, they should be removed from the country and not just released. secretary mayorkas said just being in the country illegally should not be grounds for being deported. right now message amongst the migrants, what they are seeing from the administration, the transporting all around the country or wherever they want to go, the fact that deportations at lowest levels ever, they feel that now is the time to come. they can step foot in the united

states, they feel they will have a chance to be released into the country and get to stay here because they feel ice isn't really going after people other than national security threats and aggravated felons and you touched on it. national security threats so far this year, 78 people on the fbi terror watch list arrested in the southern border. that's more than triple the last 5 years combined. griff: you mentioned the border democrat representatives that are really frustrated with the administration's handling of it. you spoke to one of the more prominent ones. congressman henry cuellar, here is a little bit of what he had to say to you. >> this is our administration, i'm a democrat and, you know, they need to understand they own it now, they own it now and they have to take the steps to correct this otherwise, you know, when are we going to see an end to this. griff: that's a fascinating answer that you got out of henry cuellar because you have seen democrats to try and temper their criticisms but that's the outright, you break it, you own

it. bill: right. he was very blunt and very honest during our conversation and he told us that when this all first started he said he called the biden transition team in december 2020 and warned them, hey, i'm hearing there's going to be a rush in the border, the word is getting around the migrants, i think there's going to be a lot of illegal crossings, they did nothing. he said throughout the entire border crisis, he's been trying to warn them, trying to give them guidance, giving them a heads up on what's coming, they won't call him, they are just ignoring them. they have gone in their own direction and he feels they are focusing on processing and releasing rather than actually trying to secure the border. he told me he wants the administration to not just deport more people but show images of those deportations, show people getting flown back to central america, show that there are consequences for coming to the u.s. illegally for those migrants who are out there in the world who think now is the time to come, show them that if you show up without a legitimate asylum claim and you break our nation's laws, you're not only going back, you're not

just going back to mexico, you're going to get flown back to your country so don't come. he said the administration is not doing that and what's why you see the big rush of the border. griff: that would knock down incentive for them to come. just in the time we have left. you're here in washington obviously taking the microphone to representatives here. give us a little sense of what's coming next. bill: basically we went up to the hill, i don't know how you find your way around it by the way. complicated. alejandro mayorkas at his house, we told them we were going to be in dc, asked for interview, they blew us off. they didn't release public record for the week. a lot of the democrats wouldn't make eye contact with us. the ones from texas did talk to us and express concern on the border. those interviews, attempted interviews, i talked to chuck schumer and attempt at interview with secretary mayorkas, we will

be airing all of that on monday, basically a big wrap-up of what we have been doing out here this week trying to get answers of the border. if they are not going to the border, we will bring the border to them. griff: monday must-watch tv, great work, my friend as always, i look forward to watching it. races across the country are heating up. the big-ticket elections, we are keeping a close eye on next. keeping a close eye on next. ♪ ♪ ♪ adds a lovely pecan flavor. man, the second retirement really changed you. the new subway series. what's your pick? (vo) give your business an advantage right now, with nationwide 5g from t-mobile for business. unlock new insights and efficiency, with leading ultra-capacity 5g coverage. t-mobile for business has 5g that's ready right now.

griff: president biden approving emergency declarations in florida. south carolina and north carolina dispatching resources from fema to the affected areas. to talk more about recovery efforts we have with us deputy assistant administrator for fema's response and response. colt, thank you for taking time for joining us. if you can give us update on the efforts. >> appreciate you having me on

today. so right now we are focused on assessing the damage and making sure that we are reaching everyone who may be stuck in their homes or unable to get out of their homes safely. the search and rescue effort is underway. we are coordinating with our state and federal partners and working very closely with the state of florida to execute that mission effectively. we are also working on ensuring that power and water are restored as quickly as possible and we are already seeing that there's some positive gains in those areas. griff: colt, i was quite impressed with the number of prepositioned resources fema put in ahead of this storm. can you speak a little bit to -- to what that was and how that has impacted the aftermath? >> absolutely, thanks, yeah. the biggest thing that we have done so far in this response is really making sure that we've prestaged everything and it was ready to go as soon as ian came

to sure and safe to get into the area. the largest affect vagueses we've had in terms of pushing assets forward, whether it'd be food, water or other commodities, but really our urban search and rescue system which is really a partnership with fire departments across the nation that have these teams of well-qualified and excellent responders who were prepositioned with the personnel and the equipment they needed to get in there quickly start assessing and start rescuing anyone who is in need. griff: 33,000 plus shelters in florida, there's also the safety issue in the aftermath of any storm particularly in this one with the kind of flooding we are having, can you speak a little bit to the dangers you worry about after the storm has hit to the population? >> yeah, thanks so much for asking that. one of the key messages from that is when you start to get out into your community, check on your neighbors, see if they are okay and limit your use of

911 to really life-threatening emergencies. also if there's flooding still in the area, don't drive through it. try to navigate around it. i know the roads are difficult to pass, but, you know, don't drive through flooded waters or maybe hazardous materials in them as well and it's tough to tell how deep they are and if you are without power and have a portable generator make sure that you are running it far away from the structure. one of the leading causes of death after a disaster is actually from carbon monoxide poisoning and people running generator in a garage or next to a window. thank you for asking that. griff: colt we were just a moment ago, our viewers were looking at a live drone shot from sarasota county and you saw an actual alligator there among the flood waters, that's a live image, that's a real alligator right now and talks -- speaks to the dangers of people wanting to get out to assess the damage but

not yet perhaps fu fully cognizt and aware of the immediate dangers perhaps people should wait a little longer. can you speak a little bit to that. >> obviously you have the gage the situation for yourself but patience can be very valuable in this situation. ian was dangerous enough. you don't need to put yourself in more danger that it's gone through. be patient if you can. work together and wait for rescue. griff: colt, i know it's early but can you begin to get a sense of the magnitude of this storm? we sort of took a look back at the cost of press hurricanes and there are many that really rate in high-level of cost but already president biden talking about, this maybe one of the hardest hit and costliest and if not tragically deadliest storm, can you speak to the magnitude of what fema is seeing? >> yeah, so we are still very much in the assessment phase but

certainly looking at our aerial imagery and satellite imagery we can see there's significant devastation especially in sarasota and lee counties. it's going to be one of the most expensive disasters that we face and we are ready to support the state and ready to support families to move back into the areas. griff: in the few seconds we have left. do you believe that fema has the resources you need in places like south carolina, north carolina and beyond? >> as soon as, an incident occurs we are already planning for the next one. we have resources available in south carolina and north carolina. we are still supporting puerto rico in response to hurricane fiona and we are still working in alaska. we are a multi-mission, multijurisdictional agency and we are here to support our partners. griff: colt, assistant administrator for fema, we appreciate your time and hard work that you have to get to. thanks, colt. >> thanks for having me. jacqui: all right, we have heard jen psaki admit that crime is

one of the democrats' biggest vulnerabilities. we are looking at a couple of races where that issue may tip the scales. that's coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪

jacqui: just days before new york city emt was murdered on duty two progressive new york city officials urged small business owners in the area to try to deescalate situations rather than call the police. our christina coleman tracking the latest on this story. hi, christina. christina: yes, police say 61-year-old ems lieutenant allison russo viciously stabbed repeatedly be 34-year-old man near face in queens, she had seen guy roaming around before the incident. lieutenant russo served new york for 25 years bravely responding to the september 11th attacks on the world strayed center and

countless other tragedies, now her colleagues are mourning her sudden loss. >> well, outside her station she was stabbed multiple times in a barbaric and completely unprovoked attack. members of ems serve only to help and save other people's lives. to be attacked and killed in the course of helping others is both heartbreaking and enraging for our department in ways i cannot describe. christina: despite ongoing crime, earlier two democratic new york leaders and state assemblyman saran are urging business owners to dial 311 to seek services for people with mental illnesses instead of calling the police. caban tweeted about public safety resource form they are sharing. quote, we are distributing them to local businesses so our neighborhood is equipped with better ways of solving problems and simply summoning police

every time a challenge arises. now their move is getting quick backlash from business owners since some of the, quote, challenges in the past have needed a police response and they escalated to deadly attacks or brutal assaults. this violence has contributed to the country's crime crisis and major concern, many republicans note is top of mind for voters heading into the midterms. >> it is a crime wave that has been caused, let me say it again, we have to defund and disrespect the police. look, we've got political leaders in this country who think cops are a bigger problem than criminals. they do. they think cops are guilty until proven innocent. what you allow is what will continue. christina: as for lieutenant russo, her murder is under investigation. she's the second member of the fdny ems team to l die in the le

of duty in the past 5 years. jacqui: thank you very much for the report, appreciate it. for more on crime and midterms let's bring in our political panel former special assistant to president donald trump and director of strategic communications for the trump-pence 2020 campaign mark lotter and former hillary clinton campaign national finance team member and partner al matte reform. that's quite the title you have there. glad to have you both in studio. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. jacqui: let's begin with the issue of crime. we heard jen psaki admit that crime is probably one of the biggest vulnerabilities for democrats and in the senate race in pennsylvania, you've seen dr. oz seize on that. he's been hitting john fetterman on crime. i want to play a bite and get your reaction. >> and i have to give you my diagnosis, it is far left radicals like john fetterman, my

opponent in the senate race who have gotten this ideology that it's okay to -- to value the criminals more than the innocent. i mean, take fetterman specifically, the most promurderer candidate in america. jacqui: i mean, oz was not doing well, he was struggling for a few weeks, now he's closing on fetterman, did democrats make a mistake for not addressing crime? >> i think we always get in trouble on the issue when we are not serious minded and the comments by the new york council members suggests that type of -- of a wrong-hitted approach. let's let the police take care of the problems and not people who are you shal untrained to d. jacqui: they got the bill through to fund the police. we didn't hear the president

calling for it. mark, your answer? >> this is a big problem for democrats. in fact, most of the major issues. top 5 issues according to polling i've seen in the mind of the american voter right now and whether it's in pennsylvania, you've also got it in the wisconsin race and out in arizona, it's a major issue that the candidates are focusing on and one thing i would say for the folks watching at home is if you don't really understand which -- who is on whose side, almost every republican senate candidate is being endorsed by the police and the fa ternal order of police because they know who is on their side. jacqui: there is one issue where democrats have a clear advantage and that's when it comes to abortion. i want to pull up fox news poll. it shows that democrats have an advantage on that issue by 20 points and 62% of voters believe that that is their top issue. it falls just below crime in terms of priorities for voters and so i want to ask with the

dobbs decision, we have seen races that looked like they were going to go to democrats, don in nebraska, up 15 points in may and then the dobbs decision came down and opponent is surging. you know, is this issue going to hurt republicans and will you be able to bring back any female voters who have made their minds up because of abortion? >> well, i think it's misstating the facts when we talk about it. when you look at what democrats are supporting and nearly every democrat on the ballot this fall has voted to allow taxpayer funded abortion up until the moment of birth and when our candidates and when our office holders talk about that, i don't think many women are going to say that a baby should be killed on its birthday. these are extreme policies and when we highlight what they are, 80% of the american people are opposed to it and yet all democrats on record supporting it. jacqui: fox news poll,

abc-washington postpoll but more broadly, you know, on the issue of abortion -- to your point you have the dobbs decision sending issue back to the states and you have states trying to legislate more conservative restrictions, more stringent bans. al, i will give you last word. >> that's exactly right, jacqui. when laws exist that takeaway half of the country's freedom, reproductive rights, rights to do what they want with their own body. jacqui: we are out of time. reminiscence of ian moving north. fox weather headlines just after this break. ♪ ♪ ♪

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but when the out-of-state corporations behind prop 27 look at california, they see nothing but suckers. they wrote prop 27 to give themselves 90% of the profits from online sports betting in california. other states get much more. why is prop 27 such a suckers deal for california? because the corporations didn't write it for us. they wrote it for themselves. griff: officials in sarasota county, florida issuing a warning of possibly levy break following hurricane ian, i75 now shut down and deemed unsafe for travel as water rises from a nearby river leading to major traffic backups. hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses in southwest florida and south carolina without power in wake of the historic storm recovery and cleanup efforts are now well underway. the ap has confirmed at least 30

people are dead including 27 in florida. in this video from north port, florida, water levels remain very high and volunteers continue making water rescues for people trapped in their homes, city manager jarome fletcher says there could be thousands more in need of assistance. as you see steve harrigan doing great reporting for us, jacqui. it's been quite a day. jacqui: incredible reporting and best wishes to everyone in the storm's path and trying to recover. that's all for us this hour, fox news live continues with eric and arthel. i'm jacqui heinrich. griff: i'm griff jenkins, thanks for watching. stay for here for more on the storm. ♪ ♪ ♪

eric: at least 27 people there believe to have been killed in this storm. this number could rise as they are searching for survivors, south carolina has just start today seases the damage there as storm is headed north to new england. hello, everyone, i'm eric shawn, this is fox news live. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. ian made second landfall on the south carolina coast j