where are you tonight? looks like the bathroom. i'm on vacation. >> laura: as long as it is not the bathroom. i'm just kidding. congratulations to our producer alex and jailian on the birth much their baby boy leo. up in next, jesse. 8 candidates officially qualifying for a spot on the first republican presidential primary stage tomorrow night. >> they are on the wall and they are going to be in your ear. taking the podium will be a former new jersey governor chris christie, florida governor ron desantis. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley bay former arkansas governor asa hutchinson bay former vice president mike pence. tech entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, and tim scott.

>> you're watching "fox & friends first." i'm carley shimkus. >> i'm tom perez. we are excited and i think the american people are too. don't know what questions you're getting the ever whenever i'm out in public, excited for the debate? would you think should win my? >> though who should win question is an important one because all these candidates are looking for that breakout moment in a new cycle that's completely dominated by donald trump. one of those candidates is definitely going to need it and it could pay off big time for them. the rnc says is looking forward to showcase a diversity of candidates ready to offer solutions to president biden's failed leadership and the president himself is officially back on vacation this morning after a short stop at mallett to address the wildfires. it's unclear whether or not he plans to tune in to fox news to watch the debate from tom steyer's $18 million rental property. >> alexandria hoff,

good morning. >> the president and first lady stayed on the island for about five hours. during that time they met with emergency personnel and fire victims too. right now we do want to say that hundreds of search and rescue operations and organizations are still aiding in the grueling and heartbreaking task of locating individuals. it was really a somber scene. 800 still missing from 114 people have been confirmed dead. promising in a speech to rebuild the way that malley wants to rebuild, president biden made an effort to relate to those suffering. listen. >> i don't want to compare difficulties but we have a little sense, jill and i are, of what it's like to lose a home. if lightning struck at home on a little lake outside of our home, not a lake, a big pond. to make a long story short i almost lost my wife, my '67

corvette, and my cat. >> people like corvettes and cats. at that time the comparison was seen as a stretch to many especially now that the president is safely back under the roof of the $18 million home in lake tahoe that he and his family and including son hunter have been vacationing at. some malley residents express anger during his brief visit for his office fosters overall response, but no comment sign you have seen calling back to when the president said that exact phrase when initially asked about the fire is vacationing this month at his delaware beach house. >> if we had a republican president in the midst of these fires and their aftermath decided not to go and engage, to help the victims, but to go sit on the beach, with the media say if they tried to do that? they would be screaming bloody murder! >> president biden's visit to the island came two weeks after

the deadly fire started. if you remember that's the same stretch of time it took former president bush to visit new orleans after katrina. we all know what that reaction was like at the time. guys? >> two valley wildfires to respond to the incident. not going to want to miss what they have to say. alexandria, thank you so much for the reporting. >> we are blaming that nevada is investigating the stay at tom steyer's $80 million home. reported looking at whether the vacation home is permitted for the eight day stay and whether joe biden is renting for it for fair market value be the president has critically faced backlash for staying at the homes of wealthy democrats for free. >> fox whether all are. tropical storm hilary slamming nevada and california with rental rain and flash floods leaving roads destroyed and people stranded. mudslides pounding homes in

coachella valley where entire neighborhoods are trying to dig their cars out. with first responders relying on the bulldozer to rescue more than a dozen residences stranded in cathedral city. water rescue underway to save drivers caught off guard in the normally dry desert city. >> the storm threatening idaho and oregon. tropical depression 92 he dealt with like tropical depression howard being dealt with in two days. janice dean with our busy fox weather forecast. >> we do have harold. let's take a look at the remnants of hilary data parts of california in towards the southwest. 87 mall per hour winds here and this is just a tropical storm as it made its presence known in southern california and in the desert areas and close to a foot of rain and sometimes it takes a few days to know the scope of some of these tropical systems, also sometimes it takes a couple of days for the mudslides and

rock slides to happen so we'll be following this story, the remnants of hilary now in idaho which is crazy but we still have the potential of heavy rainfall in parts of the southwest and up towards the northern rockies so we have flood warnings in effect. we will see the results, the impact of what is now remnants storm. here is a look at the gulf of mexico and the atlantic. getting in that busy tropical season. we do have harold going to impact southern texas and we have franklin and gert and a couple of disturbances off the coast of africa. bottom line is we are watching harold, the imminent threat versus south texas. brownsville, corpus christi, starting to see the outer bands. this is a 45-mile-per-hour sustained wind storm and i do not think it's going to meant much stronger than that. the good news is it's beneficial rain for texas. it's not going to cause a whole lot of issues. the benefits are better than the risks with that storm. let's put it that way.

the tropical force winds up from the center of circulation and we are going to see landfall the next couple of hours for south texas moving into mexico. this is actually a pretty good news story when it comes to the tropics. they need the rain fall and it's going to bring those temperatures down. we like that. we like that about this tropical system. we don't want the flooding to happen but i think all in all it's a good news situation. this is franklin so we'll watch the storm moved westward to the caribbean sea. we'll keep an eye on on the others were systems will watch. actually it's going to move up towards has been your lead -- we just got the 5:00 a.m. advisory and i'm not able to make it look pretty but the bottom line is it looks like it's going to go towards the north and east which we like which is not going to impact the u.s. but will watch the dominican republic. >> it becomes a fish storm. >> i taught you well! keeping you up-to-date. >> thank you so much. >> are we about to see the

return of covid restrictions? president biden want you to take another booster shot and others want to bring back mask man mandates. >> it feels like we might be restarting all of this lunacy. if you are a child, a healthy young adult, you are not going to be impacted by covid in any meaningful way. why would we yet again risked alienating all of these kids? >> tomi lahren here to call out the so-called science. >> debate stage set without donald trump. he still by far the front runner but is this where the others flipped the race upside down? bill mcgovern will tell us who he's excited to hear from tomorrow night. don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪

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about it. he's a republican's are set to take the stage notably missing from the lineup as former president donald trump who is opting the state the debate out naming voters already know who he is but residents took candidate ron desantis says nobody is entitled to the republican nomination and he's ready to share his path to the white house on the debate stage. listen. >> i'm going to make the case that under joe biden this country is under decline but we've got a center back to his basement in delaware and reverse this country's decline and i'm the guy who can do it. i bereavement in the state of florida and i won't let people down as an ex-president >> over in iowa a new poll has donald trump holding a wide lead over desantis with less than five months to the iowa caucus. nick scott fleming to nikki haley holding a 3% lead over the former governor of south carolina. it still early and anyone's game right now but do not forget to tune into tomorrow to be highly

anticipated debate right here on fox. guys? back to you. >> thank you so much. so much to dive into so let's get to it with fox news contributor and wall street editorial we've heard it many times, all these candidates are looking for that break out moment because in this new cycle dominated by donald trump they sure need it. who do you think is going to accomplish that goal and what will you be watching for on wednesday? >> it anyone's gas. i'm watching more how the debate is going to unravel. it seems to me there are three possible scenarios. one, they all beat up on joe biden. two, they all beat up on donald trump because he's the front runner. three, they beat up on each other. and i think that the likelihood is that donald trump benefits from not being there because he looks above the fray.

it kind of makes them look small. but the question is will he pay the price for it down the road? most republicans the polls show want trump to participate in the debates. it seemed to me after you've lost the presidential race, you should make your case to the people why you should get the nomination. >> who do you expect to be in a on carley's question, the person we all are all going to be talking about on thursday morning? >> i think we all might be talking about how there are no were breakouts. given the vivek ramaswamy has come out to a showing, he has a very engaging personality. one thing people like about him, the same that they like donald trump for my he gave his answers. doesn't avoid questions. he answers like he did with that

warm in the other day on a tough question on transgender. he had the fray to answer but what i'm looking for is policy. i want to see what they stand for. i'd like to see what they feel on ukraine. i think that's a big issue. i think the world is a dangerous place with joe biden office especially after the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. and i want to see who has the best answer to that and who also is going to increase that growth. >> the latest polling from cbs has donald trump at 62% which means that all of the other candidates combined he has more support than all of them. is it too early to say that it is a foregone conclusion that it's going to be trump and bi biden? >> i think it is too early. to me it reminds me of a basketball -- if you ever been

up basketball game, to have a huge lead, the temptation is to sit back on it and play it safe and then you'll end up losing the momentum and it's very hard to catch up. i'm not saying trump will do that. maybe he'll be vindicated, it'll work for him. but he risks someone catching fire and especially if they combine it not so much in debate but in the caucuses or primary. there is always someone who surprises with a strong number two or number three. so yes, i do think it's way too early. >> i was a long way away in political time. five whole months between now and the iowa caucuses. you mention vivek ramaswamy. he got unexpected praise from one bill maher. take a watch. >> you are such a good talker and a likable guy. i think you could go for it. look. you're attractive looking, young. here's a big advantage you have. biden and trump, people hate

this match up and they hate that these two geriatrics, you are the most not that. >> they both are over twice my age literally. >> right. you've got color in your face that's not either orange or ghostly. >> that's a pretty good line. bill maher has good lines. you've been in this politics game for years. you understand messaging. as a speechwriter, why, why is vivek having this moment? >> i thought i'd never be saying this but especially on fox, i agree entirely with bill maher. he's very vigorous. like i said before, he answers questions in a straightforward way. you might not like the answers but he doesn't duck them, kind of like trump. he just plows right into them. i think people find that refreshing. so many politicians when they give an answer, you can see them thinking, the wheels turning in

their head, what does this person want to hear and so forth. you don't get that with vivek i think there are plenty up on stage who could have a fine moment. tim scott, i think he's very engaging. i want to hear more about his agenda and his platform. nikki haley, a lot of people. i think frankly even for the president, one of the things he wouldn't want in the debate, because i'm not sure if mike pence has a chance to win, but mike pence could debate donald trump during the administration and i think donald trump will have a more difficult time with that. everyone's talking about chris christie and he would be combative but i think pence on the trump issue...

>> larry hogan said if it ends up being donald trump and joe biden, the no labels group will likely launch a third party candidate. so that would definitely change things up and probably not good news for joe biden on that front, but there's a lot of time between then and now. it's going to be an important day tomorrow and we will all be watching. bill, thank you so much. >> thanks, bill. >> thank you. a runaway car plows into a salon with customers inside. we have the details on this frightening footage. >> these are the exact same school systems that fought us on allowing parents to decide whether children wear a mask or whether sexually explicit material could be removed from the curriculum. these school districts will in fact comply with the law because it is the law and they don't have a choice. bill governor glenn youngkin talking talk to the virginia school districts defying his brand-new policies.

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violate my first amendment rights and i do not want any other american or any other girl to experience what i experienced last night. >> we are building out a legal team now which is incredible news. as you mentioned freedom of speech is under threat. >> in the meantime the virginia beach school board will vote tonight on the new school gender policies as other districts in the state have started to defy that policy. requires that students use the bathroom based on their assigned at birth. also refers to the gender on the record and intimate spaces provided by the school will be based on assigned gender. vicki manning is a virginia beach school board member warnings night enjoins me now. thanks for being here. there are two things at issue as i see it. the policy itself which upholds parental rights in their entirety, and why tonight's meeting is behind closed doors. let's start with the policy. what is there to only discuss

and vote on? this is the law of the state of virginia. it's not a suggestion. your thoughts. >> i agree. we'll be discussing and open the session tonight voting on these policies. it is the law. i believe that our superintendent should have already implemented these policies and he has not. so i'm bringing forward a resolution that will direct the superintendent to implement model policies as they are written because we do need to follow the law. >> you basically provided an alternative, a sample response. if i can go on the text of that, it reads as follows bay will do everything we can to affirm you, meaning the transgender student, by using your requested name and pronouns. when we communicate with your parents/guardians, will use the name and pronouns used by your parents and guardians. that seems like a great compromise, respecting both the child and the rights of the parents.

isn't it anything less than an attempt to keep parents from that exercising their rights as parents? >> i believe that we must not keep secrets from parents. we must let parents know what's going on in the classroom and we cannot allow teachers and staff members to permit a student to transition or socially transition their gender identity in the school. governor youngkin was elected on a platform of parental rights. virginians vote very loud and clear and thanks to that we now have a new set of model policies that will protect parents' rights. >> governor glenn youngkin also weighed in with more. listen. >> this is common sense. we are very straightforward saying that first parents are in charge of their children's lives. the kids do not belong to the state. they belong to parents and families and they have the ultimate say in decisions that the child is going to make with a parent, not with a bureaucrat.

>> a number of trans kids but got and said, why should parents have the right to tell me that i'm not trans? i don't necessarily think that that is what governor glenn youngkin is saying here. as a parent i view this as how dangerous is it to keep parents in the dark considering a child going through gender ms. or via if they are going through that they are probably going through some other things that as a parent i want to know about so i can take care of them. your thoughts? >> absolutely. parents love their children. a parent is going to love their children more than any school employee and parents need to be involved in these important decisions of these children who are very confused and they need to walk them through that process. and when school districts keep these secrets from parents they are in my opinion endangering the lines of these children. >> quickly, is tonight session open or closed? he said it was open initially. i thought it was closed. >> is an open meeting and will

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>> president biden is back on vacation in lake tahoe after visiting maui yesterday following the deadly wildfires. some angry residents protesting his visit over accusations at the white house isn't doing enough to help in comments like this from the president being viewed by some as an appropriate. >> did you guys catch the groups out here? it's a hard time, man. >> amanda cassidy, both lost homes in the fires and they both joined me now. good morning to you both. thank you for coming on the talk about this with us. president biden is vowing to help rebuild maui. he says for as long as it takes. but as we saw and that footage there is some anger with residents in maui. some people held signs that said no comment or what took you so long to get here? how do you view president biden's visit yesterday? >> well...

, i saw them fly in but the anger is normal. multimillion dollar photo op. we could have used money directly to lahaina house more the families for a longer stay because the rebuild of their homes isn't going to take three months. it's going to be about at least 6-8 months just clean up the area, you know? and we are still looking for a family and friends that are still lost and we are going to mourn them and it's just... it's a huge mess right now. just to see more money being wasted and when we could have it, could have been face time, a little quick off. he said his feelings over the phone, you know? we didn't need him the flyover here, that's for sure. a lot of families are displaced. that money could've gone elsewhere. >> certainly are. amanda, i want to play something for you getting a lot of attention this morning. it's a portion of president biden's speech and he's talking about a small fire

that broke out in his house almost 20 years ago. thankfully the fire was kayden taine to only his kitchen. take a listen to this. >> lightning struck at home on a little lake outside of our home, not a lake but a big pond. to make a long story short, i almost lost my wife, my '67 corvette, and my cat. >> comparing that moment to the dev sitting fires that ravaged your community, what do you think about that moment? >> i think it was a little bit tone-deaf. however i can understand how he was trying to meet us somewhere and say i understand babe and unfortunately that is nothing compared to what happened to our community, our beautiful little town when the family of children that were lost, the disabled and the elderly. a car and your kitchen is kind of...

it's just a little sad to hear, you know? i think people want to see you show up for us and provide an eighth of what you are giving to ukraine. it's outrageous. lahaina is so hurt right now and that was tone-deaf. >> what do you need the most right now? >> right now we need to get our families and friends back home. number one. that should be number one. we need the fast-track permits. we need to clean up the area. 6-8 months. i spoke to some professionals be they are optimistic about that. we need to start getting some permit process fast-track by architects, have some homes already drawn out and have some options for us to look at, and look over. from there we are going to need some rentals too because it's hotel thing ain't going to last forever. federal money? they promised a lot. you know. talk is talk. they need to walk the walk.

we need to get home. we need to get our families home on our properties. they got amanda, i'll ask you the same question because you lost your home. what you need the most right now? the federal government is promising $700. how do you view that? >> that's nothing because it's per household. that's not per individual. i think it is just so lacking in support. we are really lacking in support here. permanent housing for people, even temporary permanent housing until we get lahaina back up, it's serious. it's outrageous. >> one more question to you before we let you both go. there's been a lot of discussion where this tragedy took place. everything from climate change to hawaii electric to officials waiting five hours to release water or alarms not sounding. what do you think about that? >> we need a clean house.

we need to actually start hiring people that is the right people for the job. too much people that's been in the positions for years that just... it's like they don't even apply anymore. they just automatically get grandfathered in. i just want everybody to know that lahaina's hurting but maui is hurting too. maui is open. all these communities, please come visit us and support all of maui as well, all right? we are all hurting and we need to help. >> certainly are and they say lahaina and maui strong for a reason for you are both great examples of that so we thank you so much for joining us. going to keep lifting you up in prayer and hope that all of your concerns are eased over time. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> $700 per american household and billions to ukraine? makes no sense. blue states are bad for business

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>> it's thought to move away from the on them since bill last december but we've been consistent that we need to return spending to pre-covid levels. the mass majority of people by polling anecdotally speaking to the constituents i represents feel very strongly about reclaiming the mantle of some sort of fiscal responsibility and in the face of inflation what you see out of this government... >> here we go again. republicans in the house freedom caucus laying out a list of demands what must be included in the temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown adding pressure to house speaker kevin mccarthy to get the measure passed. >> here with the latest and you heard carley shimkus tsai there. the only people who like this stuff is our own -- >> this keeps him very busy in washington. i love his notes. believe me. this is a tough one especially for the business community and the economy and wall street because this is why we've had our credit rating put into jeopardy in the united states,

one of the biggest reasons was his continuous fight over government funding. here's what that the house caucus, a very powerful group, wants to oppose here. they say any spending measure to secure the border act of 2023 or address the weaponization of the department of justice and fbi or policies in the pentagon or additional funding in ukraine, any of the things they are saying that they will oppose it. they will say no. president biden has asked for $24 billion for ukraine. they also want border technology with in that secure the border act. they want to rebuild the wall. new restrictions on asylum-seekers, things like that. it's a thin majority here. and came out last week and said that he was planning to pass this continuing resolution. wants to get things done before january 1st. that's really the big deadline but september is a soft deadline for all of this.

can they work this quickly? don't know. >> just say it. >> i'm sure that's important for kevin mccarthy when you want to become speaker of the house and is saying not so fast when it comes to the spending bill. so definitely something to watch in september. something to look forward to if you will. >> she loves it. >> you and chad can have it. >> is talk about blue states being bad for business. >> blue states are having bad business issues, that's for sure. you look at this new report that came out of bloomberg, they looked at new york, they looked at california. each of these states, each lost a trillion dollars in assets under management because financial firms said, cl, we are going to florida, going to texas, going to the carolinas. take a look at this, text is reportedly the top destination for firms that are leaving california. let's go over to the other state. that is new york. look at this. more than 150 companies have

moved their headquarters out of new york city. when they give you some examples. carl icahn packed up and went to florida. you had 180 -- exceeding 160 wall street firms moving hqs out of new york since the end of 2019. we are talking a trillion with a t in assets under management's, just not assets under management, it's the high paying jobs. this really hurts the city of new york in particular. i've said this before. when you have rampant crime, homelessness, a high tax situation in these cities, in these blue cities, you are going to lose your tax base, the numbers -- prove it, one more here. wall street accounted for 16% of all econ activity in new york city. 7.3% of economic activity statewide. all of that, again, those are massive, massive drops to what the city in the state used to have. >> why would you stay in

new york city when all your customers can reach you from anywhere? can be employed in making the same amount of money and you don't have to spend as much money. meantime by >> austin policedepartment posts retiring. he says he's announcing my retirement as the chief of the austin police department. with a heavy heart i come to this decision after a lot of thought. it's been an honor to serve this department and wonderful community. i know i'm leaving you in good hands. let's talk about the crime that has jumped under his watch. austin's major crime increases auto theft, 77% higher. murder 30% higher. aggravated assault 18% higher. the department, remember, cut the budget, the budget was cut by wanted to $50 million in 2020. that whole defunding the police thing? that's really working out for places like austin. >> absolutely and the police union was on "fox & friends" and says it's the city council. they continue to show they do

not care about police which means that crime is going to be on the rise. thank you for joining us. >> it doesn't matter what your name is, republican candidates are getting mostly negative coverage from the major media networks ahead of tomorrow night's debate. tomi lahren on deck to respond to that. >> someone only gets positive coverage, brian committee on "fox & friends." >> obviously you don't have google. so i have to replace that heavily. coming up on ""fox & friends"," the g.o.p. debate is one day here away in fox and candidates are getting ready in different ways. ron desantis getting ready to get hit hard with a dog piled trying to hold on the second stage read chris christie's anti-trump read a creek, will that land with any g.o.p. voters question my thing about them for a second date will vivek ramaswamy's tennis translate to aces on stage? someone get him a shirt. too little, too late.

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are. >> a new study finds top republican presidential candidates are getting a lot of negative coverage in the media. well, knock me over with a feather. 2023 so far 90% of the coverage

on abc, cbs, and nbc has been negative toward trump. 78% for ron desantis, 67% for mike pence. >> carley: the former president has received 664 minutes of air time this year on networks. next highest is 126 minutes for desantis. outkick host tomi lahren joins us now a lot to unpack in those numbers. what do you think about them? >> well, i think it's no surprise that the other networks are doing the bidding for the dnc and the biden administration. i mean, i don't think that that's shocking anybody this morning but i will say this: it's also very telling that not only have they spent the majority of the time bashing trump, but they spent the majority of the time talking about donald trump as if he is the only competitor for the g.o.p. primary. so, i think that that's also very telling because they're spending a lot of think their time talking about trump, i think, because they would sure like to see trump be our nominee. they like it bash him, malign

him, demonize and degrade him. but they also want to run against him. that's why you are seeing him take up a lot of the air in the room when it comes to coverage whether that's negative or positive and we know it's donald trump so it's always going to be negative. they're also not learning their lesson from 2016 when they spent a whole lot of time covering donald trump that worked to advantage. this time who knows whose advantage it is going to work to. they want him to be our nominee. maybe it's working to advantage and to theirs. a very interesting situation. >> carley: ron desantis' answer for why he has been underperforming has been the mainstream media is attacking me so much because they want me to to lose church to win because i'm the only one who could beat biden. according to these numbers, he is getting marginally more favorable coverage than trump. so what do you think about that? >> well, i think that the dnc, democrats, and liberals and media know very well that when they attack trump, his

supporters circled the wagon. it's a win-win for them. if they want trump to be the nominee, attacking them actually seemingly works to advantage and to his. it's hard for ron desantis to get coverage. of course the coverage of him has been negative. trump is going to take a lot of air out of the room. that's going to help trump, because when you go after trump, his supporters only dig in deeper. s that the weird spot we are in right now. and of course tomorrow night's debate. desantis needs a big moment we will see if he gets it. >> todd: the media not showing any positivity with half of the country's candidates doesn't speak to the democratic process and informing the voters. joe biden aiming to push americans to get booster shots for covid-19 in the coming months. tomi, do you remember when he said this? >> is the pandemic over? >> the pandemic is over. the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one is wearing masks. everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. >> todd: just in the last week a new york hospital, a college in atlanta and lyons gate all

reinstated mask mandates. tomi, what's going on here? >> well, i think they are never going to let covid go because they love the power that covid brought them. so are we in for another covid era, i think they are going to try to push one. certainly, we have an election come up. i think that the covid era did very well for democrats when it came to election nearing. maybe that's part of the plan and the strategy here. but, you know, if you want to encourage people to get boosters, at least be honest. remind people that the vaccine does not prevent infection or spread. if you are elderly you want to get it because you think it protects you. that's all fine and dandy. let's be honest about the vaccine have. a worthwhile conversation about it. simply sitting there rolling' your sleeve and pushing vaccines worse vax mandates in schools. i think americans are over. this and democrats are going to overplay their hand if they think we are going to be in for another two weeks to flatten the curve ruiz ruse.

we are not following for it this time. >> todd: tomi, you are hosting a one hour special outkick on fox with clay travis and charlie an nault this saturday coming up at 10:00 p.m. that's a programming note. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> >> the first g.o.p. primary debated less than 48 hours away. >> at least eight candidates expected to be on stage everybody should debate. >> six month ago nobody knew who i was. >> i have never played for second i'm not now. >> president joe biden and first lady interrupting their vacation to lake tahoe to travel to the hardest hit area of hawaii. >> i don't see why he should be here. >> what happens next. >> we dodged a weather bomb. >> southern california dealing with the remnants of hurricane hilary. >> amo