candidates that are focusing on those issues. that is the way to win but now get engaged go out and vote don't forget to set your dvr we will see you next sunday we will >> we begin with a fox news alert. president biden said they head to puerto rico today to assess the damage from hurricane ian. the trip comes days before the president has the florida to meet with governor ron desantis and hurricane ian left some of the state ruin and at least 61 people dead. i apologize. if you know was puerto rico. ian was blower it. >> president biden praising the first responders working to save lives in the sunshine state, even calling members of the

coast guard over the phone to personally thank them. but those same heroes are about to lose their jobs by the end of the year thanks to the president's own vaccine mandate. >> mark meredith live in washington with more. mark? >> good morning to both of you guys. the president and the first lady going to see firsthand the devastation left behind from two powerful hurricanes. as you mention the couple is going to be in puerto rico. that's on the island's southern coast. puerto rico still recovering from hurricane view and a witch at the island roughly two weeks ago, and estimate 100,000 people still without power this morning and the president is pledging right now my financial relief for commonwealth. >> it's going to take a long time so we cannot tire. whatever it takes -- i mean it, whatever it takes. >> the president is due back in d.c. tonight and he'll be back on the road wednesday to visit florida amid the fallout of hurricane ian. the president alleging all my pledging additional support

including thinking first responders including members of the u.s. coast guard. zach cloche, breitbart news says about to be kicked out of the garden a matter of weeks over his refusal to comply with the military's covid-19 vaccine mandate. generating controversies of her own after suggesting hurricane relief should be doled out based on equity. she's been asked to clarify her remarks. listen. >> can you clarify what you meant about equity for hurricane relief? >> she just walk through the cameras there. not surprisingly remarks generating backlash from republicans including south carolina, from a nancy mace. >> hurricanes don't see color. hurricanes don't see political affiliation. hurricanes don't see gender. all they see is destruction along the coast where they hit. it's incredibly racist. >> the president is going to be

in florida. we don't know of the vice president plans to make a similar trip with those comments generating a lot of interest. >> mark meredith live for us in washington. thank you. of course, florida is still struggling with a slow and costly recovery on the horizon. >> unknown when residents will have power fully restored to that state. live in naples, florida, with the very latest. >> good morning. the cleanup will be long, expensive, the toll continues to rise by at least 68 confirmed deaths from hurricane ian. in lee county, sarasota county, the lines to get gas are long as people have been waiting for hours to fill up their tanks were standing in line to fill up gas cans for governor desantis at more than 1.5 million gallons of gas have been sent to southwest florida but the need is still so great but with so many homes wiped out, thousands are left with nowhere to go, no running water, no power.

shelters in florida are packed with thousands with little to nothing left to go home to. power crews have been working since the storm hit to restore power and at its peak there were more than 2.6 million customers without power here in florida. that number currently over 600,000, but it is much better for the hardest hit places. it could be weeks until they can get the power back on. i want to take you to these stunning before and after views of fort myers beach. that shows just how badly it was hit. florida senator marco rubio said places like this will never be the same. >> it was a slice of florida you can't recover. i imagine it's a character altering event. >> today the cleanup continues at least here in naples for that's what folks are focused on. they've been asked by the city

to bring out the debris like you see behind me come a place along the road. crews have been asked to clean it up and haul it today starting today. todd, carley? >> carley: thank you very much but let's bring in cory mills. good morning to you. the work has just begun the pick up the pieces after this storm. where do things stand right now and what is the most pressing issue that still needs to be addressed? >> i'll say this right now. the governor has done an amazing job as well as getting the necessary responses and the a 42,000 line men who restore it, million of people so far. over the last couple of days i've been sitting here in my district. we delivered goods and surprise yesterday, got home around midnight. we had utilized a very large

swamp button here. one of the most remarkable stories, that's what i love about people in florida is i actually visited a mother and her husband the 10-month-old baby. had everything from baby wipes to food to diapers to formula to a case of water, you named it. i opened up and said get anything you need. his family had just lost everything. had grabbed three different things of baby wipes, got food for themselves and looked at me and said, is that all you want and said i want to save enough so there is other people who can help with the supplies. food, water, toiletries, this is actually devastating for some of these communities even here in my district on the east coast. >> the devastation that you are recounting obviously echoed by

those pictures. just horrible. i want to switch gears for this. a longtime ally of vladimir putin calling on russia to use low yield nuclear weapons against ukraine saying "in my personal opinions more drastic measures to be taken right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low yield nuclear weapons." look, corey, this nuke talk getting louder and louder by the day it seems. is putin getting closer to using one? >> i will say this right now: the rhetoric being utilized by vladimir putin is absolutely appalling. we also have to back up for a moment and take a look at the fact that under the biden-obama administration, in 2013 when russia came across crimea, the obama administration had failed to levy the 1994 budapest international agreement that had been broken. this was an agreement signed by the federation of russia and u.k., northern ireland, ukraine as well as united states spirit when they failed to do so, that continued to escalate.

you look at president reagan for example during the cold war, he actually would launch things, not trying to go for the actor support and certain things that can thwart efforts into russia but even doing so, biden has continued to try to escalate things as well. what we need to understand is this: if vladimir putin was to lose a ukrainian war, this is not the end of russia but it would be the end of his presidency, it would be the end of his rule. but we need to understand that u.n., nato security general and germany as well, the others, need to be looking at negotiations for peace treaties, looking for things were russia, iran, and china alignment that china himself might be the best one to mediate the rhetoric to calm down. america does not need to ratchet up things to see a tactical nuclear weapon deployed for a limited nuclear weapon being utilized that can lead us into a nuclear war with any foreign government. we need to be looking at

measures that actually de-escalate things and i think that china, germany, nato's general secretary and others in the region highly impacted by this would be the right ones going for it and yes click the situation at this time. >> carley: at the same time vladimir putin annexed four areas of ukraine and nobody is also called for a very unpopular draft that has led hundreds and thousands of russians to flee the area. the reserves they do have are not experienced. vladimir putin also finds himself in a position that he never really thought he would be in. what happens next? to todd's question, do you think he's capable of using nuclear weapons? >> i think it's the old saying: you don't back in the old rat into the corner but we are putting him in a position of failure and embarrassment, his entire nation may go ahead and rule against him. i think we need to take the

threats serious. i think we also need to reinforce as an international community what would be the outcome if he did utilize a tactical nuclear strike even in a limited measure and again we need to start taking about those who are closest to him, nations like china and those he has your politically aligned with the go and say if utilizes nuclear strike we will support the west and its sections sanctions. i think we need to find a way to actually allow putin to back off the button before he actually escalates that because of this fear of losing rule, power, face. >> carley: cory mills, thank you for joining us and we are thinking of everybody in florida this morning. >> thank you so much. god bless. >> carley: you too. president biden going on defense and denying concerns that his big spending agenda is driving inflation. >> i'm so sick of republicans saying we are the big spenders. give me a break! give me a break. and by the way.

this bill is going to reduce the deficit by another 300 billion over ten years because medicare is going to be paying less for the drugs that are going out. as a result... >> carley: biden claiming that seven and $39 billion inflation reduction act will help reduce the deficit while critics argue that it will further drive inflation which rose by 8.3% in august. meanwhile, gas prices have also been back on the rise every day for more than a week and a half. the president still maintains we can afford his $440 billion student loan handout again without driving inflation even higher. steve forbes has a completely different assessment on the biden economy. watch this. >> that's what happens when you are in a bubble and you start to believe in your own propaganda. this bill with the spending, the taxes and everything else in it? a big boondoggle is coming down

the road. yes, it's going to hurt the economy, waste resources, hurt businesses, which hurts people's employment prospects. why they can call the anti-inflation? they probably thought people don't like inflation so call it the anti-inflation act as if words are going to change reality. sadly there is more pain ahead. but we will find ways to survive the next two years because of the bag years at the white house is doing. >> pretty intriguing. former advisor to president bill clinton believes hillary clinton is preparing a 2024 presidential bid after she critiqued president biden's handling of the border. listen to what she had to say about immigration. >> in fact, the senate when i was there we passed a bill to actually deal with this. nobody wants open borders. >> todd: this is another sign that hillary is seeking a bid in 2024. >> we need to watch signals for

the candidate for president. she is going to say that the left cost us to lose the center and we stay with a left-wing candidate in '24 we are going to lose the white house and i'm the only one who will track to the center and give a chance. >> todd: morris says it's the same strategy he designed for bill clinton back in 1992 when he won the democratic nomination and went on to win the presidency. supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson will make her debut on the bench as its high court opens its new term today. sackett versus the epa, it could define the limits of the clean water act which gives the epa authority to regulate water pollution. these are one of several waiting cases the highest court will consider this term at the end of the month the court will hear a case of universities considering race in admissions decisions for 13 minutes after the hour.

terrifying stories out of chicago this morning. a seven year old boy shot on his way to church. new video showing the moment a mom and daughter are carjacked right in their own driveway. >> [screaming] >> todd: my gosh. >> carley: hard to listen to. >> todd: another crime field fid weekend. >> will let you go. >> in your opinion, is the border secure? >> i haven't even given the speech. >> i'm bill melugin with fox news. do you have a moment to talk about the border a bit? >> carley: our very own bill melugin bringing the crisis of them on capitol hill. we are going to show you the complete tape coming up next.

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speak to horrifying story here a family member confronted a car jacquard >> a family member he was in the car with confronted a car jacquard was apparently trying

to hijack a different vehicle. the family was on their way to church when that incident happened. the boy was taken to the hospital to get treated for a leg wound after being shot. also in chicago, a team to hijack the car crash and killed 55-year-old domingo florez. already facing a trial felony gun case. facing aggravated fleeing charges. the 17-year-old whose name was not mentioned is just 1 of 4 people arrested thursday in connection to that crime. the four are also being accused of being part of several carjackings at gunpoint decembe. in philadelphia, and attempted carjacking in the driveway of the mother and daughter was caught on tape in the early morning hours last week. i want to warn you come here is that disturbing video of the suspect threatening the pair with a gun. >> [screaming]

>> what do you want! take whatever you want! >> carley: super difficult to watch and see and hear the police said it happens at the 19th around 6:00 a.m. when they were heading to work and school. footage shows the suspects hiding and sneaking up on the mom and daughter from one side of their car where they went to open the doors. police say the pair, they want injured but obviously shaken up and scared for their lives. obviously. todd and carley? >> todd: chilling way to begin your monday. unreal. alison russo ellen will begin today but mourners can pay their respects today at the funeral home in long island before her funeral on wednesday. the fdny posting several tributes on social media.

a fellow paramedic writing that lieutenant russo had a heart of gold. she was here for the whole station. she made sure we were all okay. she made sure everybody went home safe. she was often described as the mom of that area there. in charge accused of stabbing the betterae was on her lunch back. creating a makeshift memorial, a sign that says open with the fun the politicians: enough is enough." >> they lose her eyesight after being brutally beaten by a homeless x convent slamming tiffany could one in a million event.this desy assaults in the subway are up 19% compared to 2021.

33-year-old mom slamming the democrats saying it's clear she did not ride the subway as an uptick of violence created a constant fear for many new yorkers. new york governor lee zeldin lays the blame for these brutal crimes squarely on his state's democratic leadership. >> new yorkers want to feel safe on our streets and subways. we saw the attack on the emt in queens by this woman was out on her lunch break unprovoked attack, she was murdered. and the next day while we are all morning that loss, we read about a steam fitter who got fatally stabbed on an l train. this is a daily occurrence, we are seeing it played on fox news and elsewhere but we need to repeal cashless bail in the state. fire district attorneys like alvin bragg who refused to enforce the law. we need to back our men and women in blue. we have to take back new york.

this reality of kathy hochul's new york has people getting harmed every day and they know exactly what they do, whether it's the pro-criminal laws that have to be reversed, the das going to be held accountable, lacks judges who need to do their jobs. >> carley: a recent "washington post" poll said voters was a crime is one of the biggest midterm issues only after the academy, economy andinflation and they sy trust republicans to handle it given the g.o.p.'s lead on the issue in more than 30 years. the democrat mayor of new orleans is facing a recall push. but she could soon be facing an investigation into her taxpayer-funded luxury apartment. just wait until you hear what her rent is. >> todd: spoiler t alert: it's expensive. will they be able to get the job done? taking a closer look at the polls as we get to the final

stretch, 36 days away until the midterms. wow.

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>> todd: a new poll showing abortion is not the top issues. not even close. the nbc news poll showing only 5% of registered latino voters say abortion is their most important issue when casting their votes and democrats, despite them focusing it as a winning strategy going into midterms, this poll highlights how voters really feel about the important issues facing our nation. carley? >> carley: a new poll shows republicans are expected to secure an 11 seat majority in the house this november. that is the second straight decrease as democrats appear to be gaining ground the head of the crucial midterm elections. jim mclaughlin is president

and partner of the research and strategy company mclaughlin associates and joins me now from the big screen. so, jim, republicans losing momentum and what does this mean for the house in the senate? >> no. i'd make the argument that republicans are gaining momentum right now. when they release their commitment to america last week, it got the focus back on issues. as todd was showing us, what's happening right now is the issues that voters care about most, the things like the economy, inflation, crime, republicans have a significant advantage. and now the campaigns are going back to issues, i haven't seen -- republicans are gaining momentum. >> let's go to those very issues into the next slide because according to this cbs poll, the issues, a lot is at stake. that's the question but your rights and freedoms, six to 8% say that's at stake. your financial say your safety,

culture and way of life. a lot of people can say that when it comes to crime and the economy that cuts in favor of republicans, 68% say your rights and freedoms, that could be viewed as abortion. >> one of the big things voters are talking about with rights and freedom, they remember it was the democrats that closed down their businesses —-dash >> carley: the pandemic. >> lock them out of churches. i've always said that it's one of the macro themes of this election freedom. that's what they are looking for the republicans to do here. they want freedom to go about and live their lives. they do not want their kids locked out of school. >> carley: a lot a political minds are saying this means abortion but you mean the state is back to 2020, 2021, it's really the pandemic. >> exactly. the left in the elitists are saying, it's all about abortion. it's not fair only 5% of

abortion in our survey said abortion was the most important issue. they are deciding these on other issues. >> there's also the issue of immigration. this one focuses on rubber lucan governors sending migrants to democrat areas and 20% of democrats actually approve of this. independents an important number at just about half, 48%. a majority of republican support this as well. how important is immigration going to be when it comes in the midterm elections? >> it's one of these issues that shows the failures of joe biden. it's the reason why one of joe biden the positives and negatives are really bad. we have open borders. what does it do? it makes our country less safe. it's increasing the drug problem. seeing all these young people and over 100,000 people a year are dying of drug overdoses. this is especially -- with women? they don't want open borders right now.

>> carley: hispanic voters as well. >> hispanic voters which joe biden, i think the democrats thought this was going to help them with, they are the most negative towards the democrats' position on immigration right now. >> president biden onto the next slide, his approval rating is not good. according to cbs news his approval rating is at 39%. democrats trying to get around that including and swing states distancing their cell from the president. is that going to work with and mark >> doubt it's hard. a lot of these key senate races where the democrats are trying to claim they are ahead whether it is raphael warnock in georgia or mark kelly in a place like arizona, the democrats are not over 50% in most of these races with their incumbents. that is a really bad sign for them. those undecided voters, they don't like the job that joe biden is doing. they don't like the direction of the country and they think we are in a recession right now.

chances are they are going to vote and to -- >> carley: one more question for you. we'll republicans gain control of the house? >> without a doubt. >> carley: what about the senate? >> i think it's closer to 25-30 seats in the republicans have a good shot to pick up the senate also. >> 36 more days to go. thank you so much for joining us. todd? over to you. >> todd: hurricane leaving florida businesses scrambling to pick up the pieces. one small business owner we spoke to said she's a ready lost thousand dollars in sales. but she considers herself lucky. we are checking back with her next. climate crusaders facing criticism from an unlikely person. tell you why bill gates is lecturing the left. >> anyone who says people to stop eating meat or have a nice house and will just basically change human desires?

i think that's... too difficult.

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>> todd: florida businesses picking up the pieces after hurricane ian and many wonder if the tourism industry on the

west coast will be able to survive the devastation. peggy davenport just outside tampa joins her now. we spoke with you before the storm hit. now we are checking back in with you. how are you doing? >> how are you? >> todd: i'm well. more importantly, how are you? >> better than expected. we are so lucky, we got a little bit of the storm. came back over the weekend and people shouted out to us. it's just really devastating across the coast. >> todd: i want to focus on you for a few more minutes here. you are in the food business. how much food did you have to throw out? you said you lost $12,000 in sails but how much did you have to throw out? >> i think it's close to $8,000 worth of food. anything after four hours we have to toss.

everything just had to go. it was really hard for that to happen. had to throw away -- couldn't even donate it to anybody. we had to do what we had to do. >> todd: are all your friends and family safe? obviously this affected us. we pointed out in the screen the areas in the south got wrecked. family and friends all safe, peggy? >> i've got one whose parents live here. they retired here. businesses that i know of, absolutely everything. we just hope they can recuperate. doing a lot that we can in tampa to help with that recovery. people driving supplies, gas, anything that they can find to help these people. it's going to be a long haul. >> todd: florida as we know it is a huge tourist state. it's one of the biggest if not the biggest in the country.

senator rubio saying that fort myers ceases to exist. the beach no longer what it once was but we don't know if i'll ever get back there. can you begin to begin what this means to your tourism industry? >> you can imagine how bad it was for fort myers beach. i heard about people that they are going to have to go through five different beaches and just floating away. it's just horrible. all of these restaurants, anything with tourism has been big and i can't imagine how it will happen but again, our governor has been fantastic. he's been everywhere in the state helping us. he won't stop until we grant inquiry. >> todd: you know the will of your fellow floridians. do you think the west coast of florida will ever return to what it once was or, let's be positive, do you think it could ultimately be better? >> it can be better. i feel it can be. i think people -- this is their

livelihood. they put their life effort into their businesses. even their retirement. it just does get better and ultimately will get better. >> for so many things for so many people, you look at the northeast, so many people from the northeast because of weather but because of what's going on up here with regard to crime and everything else, they have flocked to florida in recent years. do you think that stream continues? do you think tourism continues despite hurricane ian? >> i hope so. people came down in droves when the pandemic hit. packed up everything. florida offered more opportunity. i feel like banding together, we can make it whole again. >> you are right that you are lucky because you only lost a couple of thousand dollars.

didn't lose a home or entire business. but she did suffer some and so we appreciate you taking the time telling us what you experienced and our thoughts and prayers are with the great people of the state of florida up you happy you are doing okay. thanks, peggy. >> thank you, todd. have a good day. >> todd: you as well. to be to billing activist bill gates admitting some green efforts are falling short. >> anyone who says or will tell people to stop eating meat or stop wanting to have a nice house and we'll just basically change human desires i think that's too difficult. i'm looking at what the world has to do to get to zero not using climate as a moral crusade. >> carley: he spends $9 million a year to counter his carbon footprint. he suggests giving people an option to pay a premium to go green as an alternative. there is also this big

new orleans democrat mayor latoya cantrell admitting she lives rent free in a luxury apartment causing taxpayers nearly 3,000 bucks a month. the mayor's team says cantrell's upscale residents is completely legal under the city's current terms for the new orleans millage vault wellton crime commission has requested a formal investigation in the mayor's living arrangements. previously based backlash for spending city funds on first-class flights claiming it was unsafe for black women to travel economy. >> they need to be in first class? things go down in coach. i always tell you that. if you think that's crazy, university of chicago association barring white people from an upcoming event on race relations. what a great way to solve race relations. the group you chicago united is hosting a discussion listed as "a bipoc only space."

am i saying that right? >> carley: i think so. stands >> todd: other events includes policing curmudgeon vacation, abolition and antimilitarism. 101. as well as a series on disorientation. i did not respond to fox news' request for comments. turning now to the border crisis. we have startling information about new york city's struggle to manage the wave of migrant buses and mayor adam just started a feud with aoc with one of his latest housing plans periods be able thanks to white housepolicies bn the ballot to become a judge in el paso county. she's here with her methods for the president.

speed to a large number of migrants in new york city to help their way to florida to help with hurricane ian cleanup efforts. >> todd: brooke singman with the details. >> good evening, guys bear "the new york post" reporting that 100 migrants piled into vans in queens yesterday. the migrants told the buses are heading to florida to clean up areas devastated by hurricane ian last week. one immigrant telling the post they will be paid $15 an hour plus overtime and $15 per day for food. the migrants do not know exactly who they will be working for, saying a woman from an organization approach them with a flyer. still they are eager for the chance to earn some money. 37-year-old javier moreno telling the post "it's been hard for us migrants to find work in new york. that's why a lot of us are going. this comes as we learn more than three quarters of the migrants bus to new york city from texas still live in homeless shelters. and new data from the 2022

fiscal year which wrapped up on saturday shows that there were nearly 60000 known got aways at the southern border. a combined total of 459,000 got aways in the last two fiscal years. of those only 69,000 were reported in 2020. former u.s. border patrol chief rodney scott believes that the biden administration is turning a blind eye to the crisis. listen. >> this demonstration is completely chosen to ignore that it is illegal to cross between ports of entry and has created a 2,000-mile wide port of entry. there is no encouragement to go to a port of entry and no encouragement to a cross ports of entry. >> carley: including seven on sunday. carley, todd? >> todd: thank you. you've seen his first-hand accounts live from the border.

you are amazing to fox news' bill melugin has taken the crisis to capitol hill confronting democrats about the migrant surge and not getting a lot of responses. watch. >> 250,000 unaccompanied migrant children came to the border, some of them traffic, some of them drowning in the river. any inference on that? you have a few moments to talk about the border really quick? >> i don't. >> do you believe the border is secure? >> i believe we have to have a secure border and i think we are trying to address the -- the president has a plan to address that. >> carley: the question would be what plan is that. el paso county continues to suffer under biden's open border policies as a new migrant support center plans to open up with a $6.8 million contract to process the influx of migrants. el paso county in waterloo bay when there is calling out

officials saying the taxpayer dollars should not be sent to fix federal issues. and she joins me now. judge, good morning to you. tell us about this migrant processing center and what it means for el paso taxpayers. >> absolutely. so it's $6.8 million for the migrant processing center and it's another $10 $100,000 for a two-year contact police on the building where this is going to be housed. what this means is they are taking it out of our economic impact fund and the general trend of accounting so something is not going to get done and that money earmarked for something specific and now they are using it to address a federal failure and that's just not acceptable. and it continues, carley for they talk about on thursday. our current county judge has advised a staff to start looking for a building to now start a migrant shelter which would be five times more expensive then a

migrant processing center and the difference is that at the shelter, they'll live there mother they'll have to feed them, they will have showers, and it's just very expensive and we are a county that has limited resources and we are just objecting to the fact we are using local tax dollars for funding of federal failures. something the federal government should be taken care of. >> carley: there's been 2 million people ever hinted at the southern border so far this year. a lot of those people do wind up in el paso, texas. is there anything you are seeing now that you've never seen before? when it comes to the ramifications all this? >> was some type of illegal immigration, let's call it, but we've been seeing is they've just been taken down to our downtown area. we see them milling around some of the hotels. you can tell who they are. before i say anything, we have to look at the humanity of this,

carley. these people are human. but the problem is a federal government is not being held accountable. our local leaders are busing, using local tax payer money but i am never hearing them trying to hold the federal government accountable. these are band-aids, carley. this is going to continue for the fix is to secure the border and all of this will stop. >> carley: speaking of holding the federal government accountable, el paso's population is about 82% hispanic. do you think the biden administration's immigration policies are going to affect upcoming elections? >> i will. i do not know why, but i believe the federal government thinks that the hispanic community is for the legal immigration and we are not. and every time i go out and talk to people they are angry about what's going on here they are concerned about our safety. we are seeing an uptick in

crime. it's just a matter of time before -- we have no idea who's coming across. they are not being vetted that we know of. they get process and if the processing centers are full, they release them into the streets. again, it's a band-aid. the processing center, that's a band-aid. the true solution is to yell loudly and say, federal government, you are making decisions up in washington, d.c., that affect us here on the border. and they need to stop. >> carley: it doesn't look like the biden administration is going to change their policies anytime soon. if this is a level of immigration that continues, what does it mean for el paso, can they take this for another two years? >> i don't believe we can take this for another two years. it's taking money out that was earmarked for specific things and not only that come up they are using in the cities, city employees to help process these migrants and that's not the

intention. i do not know the county because the county right now is getting started on the processing center. but if a city is using 40 employees, you can bet that the county is going to do the same. >> carley: guadalupe bay thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for >> we begin with a fox news alert, president biden set to head to puerto rico to assess the damage from hurricane fiona, announcing $60 million for the recovery. he will then head to florida. you are watching "fox and friends first" on monday morning, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: president biden has been praising the first responders, calling members of the coast guar