is appropriate to be in a public school for young people? that is the point. thank you.int, shocking but not. that is our society today. what do we do about it? parent power. and taking the next few days off. you will be in good hands. followed mansell shut - - follow me on social. >> tropical storm dolly is now barreling through the south carolina's hours after florida was hit by the storm leaving homes and cars through 16 feet of water you are watching "fox & friends first". >> good morning. take a look at the stunning images you have seen across the

south south carolina car sent airborne as a tornado touches down and the governors mansion smashed by a 100 -year-old tree everyone is okay but the state's response to the storm has been strong. >> first responders are on the scene but the good news is we have not seen the type of loss of life like hurricane ian there is massive amounts of debris some of the power lines it will take more time than others will but we have an overwhelming number of personnel on the ground working to restore everybody. >> we are live in florida with a firsthand look at the damage what are you seeing?

>> so to paint a picture, the traffic signals are blinking but most of the town appears to be in complete darkness 99 percent of the power is out. you can see behind me it almost looks like a tornado was hitting but this is from hurricane dolly. to show you what this was like as the storm actually passed over. look at the video it looks like you are inside a pink tornado. there were no tornado reports but the eye of the storm did pass over the town the extreme wind warning was issued advising people to take get seriously like a tornado 85 miles per hour was reported here some of the residents describe what it was like. >> the top of the roof just came in on me and my 3 kids and

grandson. my daughter and her friends she was laying on the side of the bed i was able to pull her out of it. >> such a scary moment for them before she made it to florida she made the official land flow 1 —- landfall on wednesday. the storm surge was extremely high the nearest gauge on cedar key it was almost 7 feet. the highest surge ever recorded in that area. we saw this earlier. take a look this is what appears to be a tornado flipping a car they have not confirmed that yet but there were reports of damage so they will go out and check on it. florida governor desantis did to her some of the impacted areas.

he did say there were some reports of looting and he did 1 people against at letting people know they do have a right to defend their property. >> i would just remind potential looters that you never know what you are walking into i have seen signs from people's yard in the past and also here if you loot, we shoot. you don't know what is behind that door. if you break into somebody's house. >> we will be here all day taking a look as the sun eventually comes up there are a lot of other places that looks similar to this so stay tuned here on fox news and fox wea weather. >> incredible video. our senior meteorologist is

still tracking the storm. >> it will be offshore later today but a lot of power outages still for hundreds of thousands of people stretching from where we saw landfall yesterday into southeast georgia and the carolinas. that will take some time and rescue crews have to get into these areas that in some cases were cut off. here is the tropical storm right now. 60 mile-per-hour sustained wind a far cry from almost category for this time yesterday the area of low pressure moving out to see wind gust in excess of 25 miles per hour from myrtle beach with a counterclockwise wind that will continue to move toward the atlantic between the next 12 and 24 hour still potential for some tornadoes heavy rainfall and gusty wind not a great beach day today but much improved going into friday and the weekend there is your

tropical storm warning the flood watch is in effect we could still see several inches of rain and flash flooding through tomorrow morning through the outer banks parts of north carolina, coastal north carolina and there is the tracking this time yesterday some of the models were showing the curve to the coastline but this is excellent news out to see. bermuda may have to deal with the remnants but a much weaker storm. finally looking at the rest of the country the northwest looks like a front will move through their the gulf coast a little bit of storms for florida. people try to clean up we will see scattered storms and then say goodbye to dolly - - hurricane italian which is 1 of the strong storms we have seen in recent history talking about

the big band with rapid intensification the top 5 going from category 1 through category for in a couple of hours we have to keep an eye on that. >> adios out to see thank you very much. >> president biden promising to help people insisting that the political feud will not interfere. >> long before the storm made landfall i approved a request for emergency declaration with governor desantis to enable him to have full support ahead of time to protect people's lives in the state of florida. [inaudible] >> he trust my judgment my desire to help and i trust him

this is not about politics. >> the director of fema is set to meet with desantis today to see what damage is already been done. >> 1 restaurant in our west from the florida gulf coast good morning. tell us how your restaurant survived. you are looking on the screen on the goal for a landmark restaurant and then the significance is that deck you see on the left is now gone releasing a deck that how is the rest of the damage? >> we were not able to get on the island yesterday due to the fact they had to clear all the restaurants to make sure the owners could go in safely.

they gave us clearance to come in today. we got the clearance by 12 noon to assess what is going on now with the downstairs was the bar and restaurant and also housed our major walk in cooler and offices and dry goods, goods, equipment. we are not sure if that is damaged. the bandstand in the back is gone these pictures were provided by florida fish and wildlife as well as cedar key fire rescue department they are doing all the photographs through messenger so we could see what was going on on the island. today we will go upstairs to see if we can assess the damage is done by wind and rain coming into the building that's where

the dining room was based and our kitchen. >> are you confident you have the resources and the support that you need as you prepare to go back and assess the situation? >> yes. we have a lot of support the island a small but powerful. we are hard-working people and everyone sticks together. those that left the island prior before we came in and took over. and we are still recovering from that severe hurricane. my husband has been a chef and an owner. 10 years ago we lost our other restaurant close to naples with hurricane irma. we do have experience as far as this goes in a good team of

friends. >> thank you for joining us i actually covered irma i wrote that out in naples. sorry about your loss but now back in action and good luck and be safe. thank you. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> could donald trump and vivek ramaswamy and what he said about the other outsider. >> and giving us the tell all of the biden white house and what insider story to treat him like a toddler and we have the details next. ♪

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>> senator mitch mcconnell's office freezes for the second time in less than 2 months prompting questions from reporters. >> with your thoughts running from reelection? >> did you hear the question, senator? running for reelection in 2026? >> i'm sorry. we will need a minute. spirit the senator's office explained that 81 -year-old paused that leader mcconnell felt momentarily lightheaded and

paused while he feels fine the leader will be consulting a decision prior to his next event. our thoughts and prayers go out to him. a frightening moment to watch, actually. here in washington there is a lot of chatter he is getting bipartisan support from almost every member of the senate was spoken out. we are headed toward a budget fight next month. interestingly he was talking about ukraine aid and of course fema being tide to ukraine with more republicans being against supporting ukraine aid. it is a concerning time for the leader but questions weather he can lead and what will be a tough and difficult month next here in washington. >> sad to see regardless. >> now coming out in less than 1

week weather the president's first 2 years in office it does include the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan and his anger being treated like a toddler by his aides. >> we are live in washington. >> good morning. 2 years ago the last american soldier left afghanistan the commanding general of the 82nd airborne division. months later to to launch is full scale invasion of ukraine and biden went off script in poland calling for regime change in russia. >> we will have a different future rooted in democracy and principles of decency and dignity and freedom impossibilities. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> here's what happened next about biden's first term in the white house titled the last politician. biden instantly knew the white

house would have to clarify his mistake. by the time he hit the motorcade they walked back his sentence rather than owning the failure he fumed how he was treated like a toddler was john kennedy ever babied like that? he did not have time to voraciously consume the news but was well aware of the coverage and infuriated him so much that the commentary felt overheated to him he said to and aid the press is losing its mind or im. now 1 of the 13 americans that lose their lives outside of the kabul airport 2 years ago saw the difference of biden recently. >> not a single person has been held accountable they cannot even enter their names in public not even once mr. biden has run the entire political campaign

for 50 years as a family man. that campaign slogan will never work again restore their lives, futures, dreams. ripped apart 13 families and cannot even man up and admit that. >> 70 percent say biden is too old to effectively surf another 4 years in office. his approval raining plunged during afghanistan and has not recovered. >> live from washington, lucas, thank you. green party candidate cornel west says all hope is gone for the democratic party ahead of the 2024 election. >> dominated by the corporate wing. dominant from foreign-policy. and will be windowdressing at this point. >> west went on to say the

third-party bid is a stand against republicans and democrats. >> former president donald trump would have vivek ramaswamy as his right-hand man it has a few tips for him first. he said "he is a smart guy he has a lot of talent. he is a very intelligent person. good energy and could be some form of something. i tell you i think he would be very good. he is getting a little bit controversial, i would tell him be a little bit careful. vivek ramaswamy was targeted at the first debate recently said he has no interest in becoming trump's running mate. >> don't miss the second presidential primary debate on foxbusiness moderated by stuart varney and dana perino. the qualifying candidates will take to the stage september 27.

at the ronald rain presidential institute. the first primary debate pulled in 12.8 million viewers across all platforms. for the very first time sitting down to talk about the murder case that has gripped the na nation. >> did you say maybe it is possible he did this? >> i hold a very unique perspective that nobody ever held. >> and interview you will only see on fox and me will bring you more after this. >> california suing a school district for requiring teachers to notify parents if they are child has a different pronoun in school. we are talking to a member who was fighting back. >> they will use any political bullying tactic that they can. i know the lawsuit has angled 1 —- angered a lot of parents and they are upset.

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>> the state of california suing the california school district because of a policy that notifies parents if their child wants to be identified or treated as another gender. here is the state's attorney general who filed a lawsuit. >> the school district of chino hills has violated and trampled on the civil rights and constitutional rights of privacy protection of children. they have gone out of their way to do it. we told them it was a violation. they did it anyway. they are intent on it. these are these folks who like to claim they are law-abiding and follow the law and laws protect children's rights and they are violating those rights. >> board member of —- member of the chino valley school board was with me now. interesting wording of privacy

protection of children i don't know when it is appropriate or right to keep information from children's parents. but regardless we were expecting the lawsuit to come? i am sure that you were. >> yes. we were. i'm a little surprised on the timing. this policy has been in place over a month. the ag found there is getting traction with other districts in the state and said he needs to stop other districts from following suit. >> do you thank you can win this? >> we think so. we feel confident in her arguments. in his statement he talks about trampling the civil rights of students. i would push back he is trampling the civil rights of parents were to the parents civil rights come in? their rights to have direct care and education of their children.

>> what are the parents saying about the lawsuit? are they mad? >> we get a lot of support from our parents here. we are newly elected and we ran on the platform and we were voted in so there is some frustration of the antics the state is playing with us. like you said this policy has been in effect over a month and never once reached out to see the effect of the policy in that month it has been in practice. >> you mentioned the timing of the lawsuit was odd. you mentioned the other school districts in the traction, do you think this will deter them from implementing a policy like this? or do you think they will just bypass and say we don't care? >> that is his intent to come in

and stop other districts from following suit. as a district we will have paz if we are subject to lawsuit or wait until the dust settles. >> you say the policy has been enacted for the past month. how has it been going over? >> the feed back we have been getting has been very positive. we have made phone calls home and talked to families and all administrators have given positive feedback. i think that is funny he has not reach out to see how the implementation and success of the program is going. >> you would think that would be the first course of action. thank you for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> a pleasure.

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>> fox news alert to 64 people dead after a fire consumes an apartment building in south africa largest city. it was impounded 1 —- inhabited

by homeless people many began jumping out to escape the blaze. the youngest victim 1 years old. emergency services could fully extinguish the fire but recovery operations are ongoing. >> faith-based organization convoy of hope is following hurricane idalia destructive trail in florida helping people struggling in the aftermath of the storm. estimating insurance claims will top $9 billion thousands of customers still without power in the sunshine state. >> this is where we find the convoy of hope. thank you so much for what you are doing and talking to us about this this morning a lot of people appreciate what you are doing. are you anticipating any challenges ahead with boots on the ground?

>> i think the challenge for the people who live here is the power. it has been out for a couple of days now. it could be off for a while longer. that is the tough part is people get their lives back together hinges on power coming back. the longer they go without power the first couple of days following a catastrophe the adrenaline kicks in and they run on fumes. and it's really hot here during the day. even at night overnight it is hot. it's tough to begin to get their lives back together until the power comes back on. >> looking at aftermath pictures, you can see a lot of pine trees. there is a lot of trees added to the storm surge damage. talk about how you get through the challenges to work with the debris field.

>> we are in period the florida so we can get to the boats easily. we were driving through last night. pine trees are down everywhere. that is the biggest problem, the trees that are down on so many power lines. we have our own chainsaw cruise. so we can make clearer things for us as much as possible. we were here last evening cleaning up the church parking lot to surf as a hub and homebase and to watch distribution so we can get the product to the people who need it. >> what are people saying to you when you get to them? >> last night it was incredible his property was full of trees some of them were down. he was telling us how miraculous it was that none of them landed on his house or his truck he had

1 window broken from the tree but the trees were down all over so they have good attitudes. they have not experienced anything like this before the big ben storm this strong. they were planning on it being worse and are thankful it was not. >> you have a very busy day ahead with your team. how can people help? >> we appreciate prayers. or go to convoy and donate at convoy of hope.org and on social media we appreciate the support. >> ethan forhetz good luck today. thank you. >> sitting down with leslie mccallum for an exclusive interview about the murder of

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>> new records from the national archives show hunter biden's investment per 1 just for traded 1000 e-mails with the white house but they are still holding at least 200 e-mails. >> we requested these documents the house oversight committee has jurisdiction over the archives. they have stonewalled with the biden mishandling of classified documents. we hope they don't stonewall in these requests. there is 5400 e-mails. >> and now from our sister network foxbusiness good morning. >> influence peddling most can

understand what is going on. so more than 1000 e-mails thanks to this action legal request by america first. 861 were sent between hunter's firm and the white house. that is rosemont to be specific at the time i went to the vice president biden office. 200 of those were withheld by the white house to maintain executive privilege. but there are things that you find in their state dinner attendees and favors for tours. also eric sure when former business partner of biden to get favors. these additional e-mails have been requested the national archives responded say this

would disclose confidential advice between the president and his advisers. as we say this, the poll numbers ask america if biden and his family say corrupt? half the country thinks that he is. 52 percent of independents are no longer buying the honest joe moniker the president has always used politically. not a small number. >> let's talk about the story of a navy veteran spending time in combat zones is mugged in the city of brotherly love. the content is graphic how did this happen? >> it happened saturday night. walking his dog and walking by the playground with loud parties. which by the way he had complained about.

he is attacked and mugged. his face is beaten up as you can see in the picture. it's hard to look at. but he is speaking out about what happened. >> i did a year in the war zone in iraq, 2 years in ukraine, i did not expect this to happen in my own neighborhood. large party across the street. i probably should not have walked near. the next thing i remember i am in the emergency room. >> so much for the city of brotherly love. >> it is grueling to look at. now switching to san francisco. >> the ceo of salesforce talking about the big event which is called dream force. a huge conference at happens in san francisco it is the super bowl for the city of san francisco. 40000 people come to this pushes

$57 million into the economy. while the ceo says i am not so sure about this. if it is impacted by the current situation homelessness and drug use it could be the last dream force it could be a big blow to the city that would devastate businesses. but he calls out to say enough is enough. the city is losing hotels and businesses. i lived there 7 years. it breaks my heart to see what is happening. >> they are losing everything. how do they sustain? >> 1.2 billion dollar budget shortfall. >> no end in sight. thank you very much. the white house is getting defensive over comparisons between the president's response

to hurricane doubt on —- hurricane idalia and the maui wildflowers on —- wildfires. >> it seems the hurricane responses robust did you realize the initial hawaii wildfires was not that good? period the folks on the ground would say the president reacted in record time. your question is wrong and flawed. >> joe concha is here to react in a moment. >> looking up at what is coming up, on "fox & friends". >> that reporter asks a lot of questions. good morning coming up, in about 10 minutes, free speech rights for a middle school student in colorado. the school forced the 12 -year-old to take his don't tread on me patch off after originally saying he had to remove it. he never did. we will talk about that and how the governor, a democrat step down. democracy 2024. we will talk with boaters in the

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♪ >> griff: a tense exchange playing out at the white house after the press secretary was asked by our own peter doocy about the difference response to the wildfires and hurricane idalia. >> peter: seems like the hurricane response so far is robust did. you guys realize that the initial hawaii wildfire was not that good or is it just easier for people to get help from the

white house when the president is not on vacation? >> the way you posed your question i disagree, just for the record. so, if you talk to -- if you were to do your reporting and speak to the governor of hawaii, the senators of hawaii, the folks on the ground, they would say that the president reacted in record time. so, your question is wrong. it's flawed in many, many ways. >> fox news contributor and columnist for the messenger joe concha joins us now. look, joe, nobody cares what she thinks about the question. a lot of people are asking the same question that peter doocy is asking so what were your thoughts on this? >> i'm sure the families, ashley of those who are still missing and we're talking hundreds of people still missing in maui, including children, would disagree with the press secretary saying that the president responded in record time. he did not. he was on a beach in delaware 5,000 miles away for days and when reporters asked him to

comment on maui, he gave a "no comment" response time and again. and then finally, after going on another vacation to lake tahoe did basically a photo op. stop for just a couple of hours in maui before going back on vacation. he'll be back on vacation again tomorrow. so, to compare what happened, griff, as far as president biden's reaction to the worst wildfire in u.s. history where people to this day are still not accounted for, including children, with the response by the governor of florida, who was there before that hurricane hit, it was there throughout the hurricane, obviously, and is there for the reaction as well after the hurricane leaves is night and day in terms of what we're seeing in terms of leadership, guys. >> yeah, it is, joe. in fact, let's compare the leaders in real time in their moments of leadership. first, governor ron desantis, watch his response. >> we were ready for this so we had search and rescue teams

staged, national guard. we had 5500 national guard. we had 1.2 million gallons of gasoline in the event of fuel shortages. we had over 30,000 linemen to restore power. and so as soon as the storm passed, our first responders were on the scene, checking on people. griff griff meantime, here is biden's response on the hurricane. >> would you assure americans that the federal government is going to have the emergency funding that they need to get through this hurricane season? >> the answer is if i can't do that i'm going to point out why. how can we not respond? my god. how can we not respond to these needs? >> griff: finally joe, here is the president's initial response to the wildfires. >> mr. president, any comments on the rising death toll in m maui? >> will you come talk about the hawaii response, mr. president? >> can you tell us about your hawaii trip, sir?

>> no, not now. >> griff: joe, your reaction? >> not much to react to there, griff. as far as polls are concerned, the overall theme with this president and joe biden is that he is too old for the job and he certainly should not have another four years in the white house. this is not my opinion. this is the opinion of 7 in 10 democratic voters saying now that joe biden will not be effective in a second term. he shouldn't be there until he is 86 years old. overall the number is 77% of americans do not want him to run again for president and the reason why is exactly what we have seen over the past month where he has been on vacation at one point he was on vacation 23 out of 30 days. overall 370 vacation days have been taken by this president. he has almost caught up to ronald reagan's 390. here is the difference talking about joe biden in two and a half years as opposed reagan's

eight years. when you take this much vacation why? he is too old. >> all eyes on desantis so coming off the campaign trail and putting all of his focus and energy in florida. so, joe concha, thank you so much for your time this morning, we appreciate it. griff, it's always good it see you my friend. >> i will see you tomorrow. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> brian: all right. we begin with a fox weather alert. three deaths being linked to idalia. florida highway patrol says two deadly crashes before the hurricane made landfall and a man in georgia killed by a falling tree while attempting to clear a blocked road. >> steve: look at all of that water. right now the still powerful storm is slamming the carolinas as a tropical storm. but, it hit florida's big bend as a category 3. cat 3 hurricane bringing life-threatening storm surge, generational storm surge.