>> greg: out of time! [cheering and applause] >> trace: good evening i'm trace gallagher.

11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 here in los angeles and this is america's late news, fox news at night. breaking right now, monster category four hurricane helena officially closing in on florida's big band right now. we are being told that this thing could make landfall any minute. the national hurricane centre is expected to update any second. we will bring you the information they bring us. hurricane coverage live throughout the hour. and kamala's big trip to the border tomorrow. but first. >> i don't think the women of america need him to say he's going to protect them. they need him to trust them. >> can we trust you? >> yes. >> trace: tossing softballs to kamala harris and the vice president still found a way to not answer. >> here's what's a little tricky, she doesn't answer the question around if the g.o.p. is controlling the senate and she

can't raise corporate taxes, where she going to get the money from? >> she doesn't answer in the person conducting the interview is not concerned in the least. >> that's okay because we're not not talking about clear or direct issues. >> trace: are issues like the economy, immigration and taxes unclear? is this the new standard? common sense then thinks the interview is a... more on that and moments. this will shock none of you but here it goes. there's word that google has been pushing left-wing media articles favouring kamala harris while slamming donald trump. more on that as well coming up. now our top story, the imminent landfall of category four hurricane helena. the senior correspondent steve harrigan is live on the ground and the big bend area we are being told that landfall could come any minute. what's alike where you are? >> the wind has picked up here considerably.

the rain coming in sideways. you hear a lot of figures about the storm. things like category four and 130 mile-per-hour winds. that can basically tear roofs off of well-built houses and also exterior walls as well. that's really only one side of the story -- the deadliest will be the storm surge. it said to get up to ten to 12 feet. could be up to 20 feet in parts of the area. so you are looking at two stories of water moving in. they've been using a word i haven't heard and hurricane coverage before and that's on survivable. they are saying the surge in parts along the coast will be on survivable and all this happening at night, happening for most people in the dark. more than 300,000 people without electric power. they are poised to get help as soon as winds permit. more than 30,000 mine workers ready to go out and start restoring electricity as soon as they are able to safely do so.

>> trace: the hurricane has made landfall in the big bend area. i'm wondering win you talk about this being in the dark of night, are you hearing anything about evacuations? where they mostly successful? do you know people who stayed behind? >> we have seen a few people walking around here. this is an a back tuition area but it is a ghost town. keep in mind how big the storm is. crosses over maybe in a fishing village, that's where it might hit, but it's in the direct line with tallahassee, that's a city of 200,000 people, 30 miles in land. that really crush a major city. this is a big storm that's going to have big impact not just tonight but tomorrow as well. >> they will have fears hurricane winds for at least the next 12 hours. we will get back to you in moments. thank you. kamala harris is making her controversial visit to the

southern border in a few hours but critics insist this is nothing more than political opportunism and not a genuine effort to address the illegal immigration crisis. live with a preview of the vice president's visit, jeff good evening. >> vice president harris is heading to southern arizona marking her first visit to the border since running for president she's taking on some issues that have been particular weak spot for her campaign, namely immigration and border security. harris will likely highlight the influx of fentanyl and how the current immigration system is broken. it might seem like dangerous political territory being that she has been part of the current biden administration for the last near four years. but harris has pointed to the previous bipartisan border security bill that she supported which would have added more border agents and beefed up technology along the border. the reason it failed, she blames former president donald trump. >> he killed a bill that would have been a solution because he

wants ivana problem instead of fixing the problem. that's part of what needs to be addressed. >> trump seemingly firing back today during a news conference at trump tower. >> she keeps talking about how she supposedly wants to fix the border. we would merely ask why didn't she do it four years ago. >> as vice president, harris visited el paso, texas, in june 2021 and she has a lot of ground to make up on this issue. the most recent poll shows trump ahead of harris by ten points on the issue of immigration. >> trace: jeff thank you. let's bring in former republican presidential candidate and author of the new book truths, the future of america first, it's always great to see you. kamala harris is going to the border tomorrow. she's going clearly because it she's behind in the polls on immigration. my question to you, do you think this has been official to her campaign or detrimental?

>> i predict it's going to be detrimental because it brought -- draws greater attention to the issue that americans care most about witches ceilinged up border and solving the immigration crisis in this country. that record is on her hands whether or not she does a sham show visit to the border now or not. i think the candidates now, the cake is baked in the voters minds. they know what the record was over the last four years versus from 2016 to 2020. that's the stone cold hard truth. if you want to seal the border there's no doubt that voters know where to go for that, it's not in kamala harris' direction. >> trace: the hilt writes the following. harris was the borders are, democrats in the media can't erase that but they are trying so bad to erase the fact and blame all of those millions of illegal immigrants coming in on former president trump. >> until we get to mass deportations they are not going to be able to erase it.

that's one of the core themes in the book. and open border is not a border. and the s that means it sealing the border physically, but it also means ending the incentives to be here illegally as well. and the funding for essential where he cities and the birthright citizenship for the kids of illegal aliens. it's a controversial point but i make this point, that is something that we are able to do under the constitution under a careful reading of the 14th of may meant even today. when it comes to legal immigration, this is something i would like to see republicans talk more about, we need to make sure that nobody enters the country who's going to be a day one dependent on the u.s. welfare system. that's a big problem. if we fix that, we have most of the immigration problems solved in my opinion. >> wealthy liberal men... each suspect that ice has arrested on the islands over the last month had been charged with

sex crimes against minors. i know you were in springfield, ohio, last week, they are having these issues in aurora, colorado, and el paso, texas. these are small areas. you look at new york city and l.a. and chicago. they cannot handle the influx of migrants. how in the world do we expect these smaller cities to handle it? >> in places like springfield absolutely canned. i spent a lot of time there is a kid so i felt like i couldn't turn my back on the city. one of the things i found is that people are welcoming. i've had family members who live in and around springfield. it's a welcoming community but win you talk about the strain on social services, talk about the strain on schools, you talk about the language barriers, you have 20,000 people trying to integrate themselves into a community of 58,000 people. that doesn't work. people were hungry to be heard of. i put a post on social media saying we are showing up. there were hundreds of people

packing the room inside, hundreds more waiting outside. 2000 people wanted to come. it tells me that a big part of the problem here is that people in american communities need to be heard. we can't sweep their concerns under the rug anymore. is there room for immigrants who benefit the united states of america? yes. that's the system we need and deserve. >> trace: great to have you on the show. congratulations on the new book. we hope to see you soon, thank you. >> trace: it was like watching the old movie being there with peter sellers where he plays chauncey gardner, a reclusive man with limited life and social skills who speaks only in nonsensical platitudes. but yet is somehow considered to be sage, to be profoundly wise. common sense was struck by the

comparison after hearing kamala harris respond to a question about her economic plan where she said quoting here, if you have dreams and ambitions and aspirations, you are in my plan. common sense is having trouble defining the profound wisdom of that statement but it turns out msnbc thought it was brilliant and it has been talking about it nonstop. then kamala harris took her chauncey gardner moment to a new level saying people want to do more than just to get by. they want to get ahead. that slice of wisdom prompted the interviewer to acknowledge that kamala harris didn't give a clear and direct answer but that's okay because we're not talking about clear or direct issues. common sense things americans would disagree and would prefer their president shout some clear and direct content. remember, peter sellars was playing a role in being there. kamala harris would actually be there.

>> one could watch that and say she didn't give a clear or direct answer. that's okay because we're not talking talking about clear or direct issues. >> the question about inflation and prices, this is one of -- it's one of the most frustrating aspects of this campaign. >> trace: thank you both for coming onto. rihanna to you first, you heard them saying who needs clear and direct answers? at the answer is we need to clear and direct answers from somebody who wants to be our president. >> fortunately for kamala harris, she does not have an appetite for accountability. word salad and nonanswers, i lack of clear and direct answers suffices for her. we're all sitting back and thinking god forbid if kamala harris wins this election she's going to be sitting across from people...

and she's going to think that word salads will suffice when our prosperity and safety is on the line and she is standing between putin and us? >> trace: beverly to you now because simone sanders townsend was on and had this take on the interview. >> what struck me about it was it was accessible. you didn't have to be an economist understand what it is that she was saying. i thought i was very important because there were a lot of people, not just the media apparatus, but real people who say i want to know what her plan is. >> trace: or maybe you didn't have to be an economist because it she didn't talk about the economy. >> i don't think economists know how to make out her plan. there's a lot of head scratching by a lot of people. it seems that a lot of reporters and those in the liberal media think that she's going to win on a good vibe, a good feeling. doesn't need to get into details

and what they referred to as accessible. i would say its a lack of information and strategy because one of the things the press should be pressing on is if she does when this presidency, how was she going to enact these if she doesn't have the house or the senate. she doesn't understand her perspective in general and can't explain it, she has zero strategy on how to move it forward. >> it sounds to me like even "the new york times" is getting a little bit tired of the whole dodge and dip thing. they say her media strategy has been to sit with friendly inquisitors who are not inclined to ask a terribly thorny questions or press her when her responses are evasive. it's not quite clear what she gained aside from giving her campaign aides the ability to say she held a one-on-one cable-television interview. a really is the democrats are kind of starting to get a little bit chagrined by the whole thing

>> they took their head out of the sand and realized what conservative media has been saying for a while. they are part of the problem because of functioning press would have wall-to-wall coverage about the lack of access and transparency to kamala harris but they don't because what they want to do is let her have these tongue bats from abc and msnbc and cnn and pretend that is sufficient for the public. they could have more public pressure on kamala harris to give more interviews but they won't because they know they could ruin her chances if she messes up in an interview. >> trace: stuff like this happens she gives interviews and stuff like this happens where you say that was not good. google search again favouring harris over trump. the reading is this, when searching for donald trump presidential race 2024, the former president's campaign website appeared sixth in google search results. when mrc free-speech america researchers searched kamala harris presidential race, her campaign website was third

in the organic google search results. the articles that were suggested were largely from left-leaning outlets. this is becoming a pattern with big tech. >> i did a search on donald trump right before i came onto. five articles popped up, all negative towards him. did the same for kamala harris, all positive. when you have a good chunk of the american people who rely on digital media in order to get their news, whether that's search engines or social media, the way that it is prioritized changes their perception and what we are seeing is leading to increased polarization. i think one of the reasons why americans don't understand each other as we are getting drastically different news based on the outlets we go to including our social media. >> it doesn't seem very fair. thank you both. 40 days a way from the election we have brand-new polling tonight and the crucial battleground states of arizona

and georgia. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is life looking at the new numbers and what they mean. >> as you know, poles are notoriously dispositive? they are not terribly reflective of anything more than a single snapshot of a moment in time. they change all the time, not always right, but they do give us a moment to assess the mood of the electorate in particular places. the latest survey shows the former president, mr. trump, narrowly ahead of the vice president kamala harris in the great state of arizona. as the democratic nominee loses ground among women, hispanics and even young voters. the new survey of arizona finds harris trails mr. trump by three percentage points among likely voters. you may recall back in august, harris was leading by one. here's the real concern for her campaign. barring a major shift in

approach its likely to get worse. since august, harasses 18-point lead among hispanics has narrowed to 11 points. her 14-point edge among women, down to eight. it was a 13-point advantage for harris among young voters under 30, now it's a 12-point deficit, a shocking 25-point shift. meantime in the great state of georgia, at the vp is leading former president trump by three points according to the survey. harris receiving 51% to mr. trump's 48% among both registered and likely voters. that is within the margin of error. all that said, this is septembe. back in september of 2020, box pulling had bided leading trump in arizona by ten points. biden won the state by less than a half of a percentage point, so be careful, you take it for what it is for right now. things certainly could change.

>> trace: big grain of salt over the shoulder. let's bring in the author of the new book the big guy, miranda did a fine -- miranda divine. what do you trust or who do you trust to do a better job. you can see when it comes to immigration, a trump's plus 15, of the economy trump plus four. abortion kamala harris plus 18. is abortion enough to push the harris campaign over the edge? >> i doubt it very much. we've just heard that its neck and neck. those two poles. we have trump up three in arizona and kamala harris up three in georgia. that is still up margin of error stuff. what you have to look at is the overall picture and see that the metrics for republicans are actually looking better than for

democrats. there was a poll just this week that showed for the first time in 30 years, the number of republicans who are registered or who lean republican is up by three points over the democrats. consumer sentiment plummeted. when you look at the polls they are neck and neck but win you look at the metrics they favour republicans. >> trace: i want to put this ... the difference among groups favouring harris for president since just august, we are talking about not even a month ago. hispanic voters plus 18 down to 11. plus 14 for women down to eight. voters under age 30, 13 to 12. that's erosion that you don't see in one month's time. >> traditionally these are democrat voters. it's extraordinary that she is regarded as the great hope when it comes to the women's vote and

yet there she is. she's losing ground with women, losing ground with hispanics and young people. i think that joe biden had lost ground with traditional democrat demographics and that was one of the reasons they wanted to do the swap to kamala harris. may be it hasn't worked out so well. she is not covering herself in glory. whenever she shows herself and does interviews, she comes across as vacuous. i don't think it's helping and hiding her away is not working for the electorate either. >> trace: inc. you for your time. we appreciate it. we've got the governor of florida talking about category for helene making landfall, let's listen in. >> we have 3500 national guardsmen standing by. our state guard standing by. we have state troopers standing by. they will be active if need be. i know we have a lot of our local first responders ready to

be able to be on scene as well as needed. we are going to be ready for road clearing. there is going to be debris on the roads. we want to get these roads open, make sure that people can travel safely. our department of transportation is standing by for operations and those will begin as soon as its safe to do so or can they are going to go in and inspect the bridges so we can ensure they are safe and can be reopened. they have made 40 large pumps to be able to pump water out of areas that have flooded as well as almost 700 generators. then another mission is going to be power restoration with tens of thousands of linemen that are standing by, people have seen some of the pictures that we've seen. they are going to be on scene probably as soon as its light outside in the morning. you will have all day friday, a full day worth of power

restoration to. think they will get a lot done. we have to navigate this debris and they are going to be able to have easy access to these power lines. this is a priority to be able to get the power restored as quickly as possible. then we are also standing by to help with disaster supplies for people that need them. we have meals ready-to-eat, the water mission, bottled water, at star link internet devices, fuel for folks who may need fuel. that is all standing by and ready to be done. a lot more that is going to be done as circumstances warrant. if you need assistance, nonemergency assistance after the storm, you can call the state assistance information line at 1-800-342-3557. this is not for emergencies. if you are in a situation where it's an emergency you make the normal emergency calls.

this is for nonemergency assistance involving the aftermath of the storm and we urge you to call that number if you need help. we are here, we are going to face the storm and -- in tallahassee. we are on the west side of the storm but the winds are going to be very significant. and even though the storm has entered into taylor county, you are going to see major gusts in jefferson county, and lyon county. that's going to happen. we will be here at the eeoc throughout that process and win it's safe to be liberated from here we will be out and about serving the damage and coordinating their response. i will bring up kevin guthrie. >> trace: i want to go if we can, can you take the right-hand box,, can we take that full of the map of the hurricane that's going toward florida.

we don't have that but you can look at the right hand corner of your screen. it gives you a circulation and a map. what you have is governor bonta santos saying he's in tallahassee right now, as to the west of the storm but it's just to the west. what you were looking there is the big bend area of florida which really starts just north of the tampa bay area and it goes up to and including tallahassee. what's happening now is this storm has now made landfall in the big bend area. keep in mind it was august 26th of last year that hurricane adalia came to shore in the big bend area of florida. it was also a category for a came ashore as a category three. at lost some steam as it made its way slowly to the short there. we should also point out that this is a massive hurricane.

the wind field is so big and so broad that you could have hurricane-force winds going in many states for the next 24 hours. talking about georgia and south carolina. they will get hurricane-force winds. we want to go back now to steve harrigan who was on the ground. and that's one of the areas that is in that big bend area and steve can tell us about what are you seeing and hearing. >> you've made a couple of pretty important points. first adalia a year ago,...

>> that's a sparsely populated area. because the storm is so huge and because it's so fast-moving, it's really not over by a long shot. in many ways it's getting going. you heard the governor say the storm is just to the east of us. that's what they were rooting for in tallahassee. if it goes east of tallahassee that means less damage to tallahassee, a city of 30 miles inland, of 200,000 people. a city with a lot of trees. it could have been devastated if it was a little bit further west. tallahassee might have dodged a bullet but a big chunk of the southeast has not yet dodged a bullet so the hurricane has made landfall but there is still a lot of trouble ahead for georgia and for the carolinas. >> trace: standby if you will because we've now got information that helene has in

fact made landfall there are 1 million people who are now without power. 1 million floridians now do not have power because of this hurricane and the winfield that steve was talking about in the eye and just outside the eye of the hurricane. 140 miles per hour. that is a severe life-threatening hurricane. made landfall moments ago. we have multiple reporters along the coast to. we will take you there live throughout the night. also coming up, new questions about eric adams historic indictment as he takes a defiant stance. we take a look at the charges live onset next.

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>> trace: continuing coverage of hurricane helene which made landfall in the big bend a few minutes ago. the hurricane now battering the west coast of florida. made landfall. randy campbell is live in tampa tonight. you are a bit south of the actual hurricane where it made landfall but we are hearing terrific numbers of record storm surge in the tampa bay area. at st. petersburg area can see you are on the water but what are you hearing and seeing? >> right now we are seeing that storm surge. it is record numbers, just over 6 feet here from the river which is just beyond where we are standing, crossing underneath that overpass. we are seeing water just surrounding these overpasses that are near the river. pretty much just following along, we have bayshore boulevard completely flooded.

we are seeing some vehicles that are getting stuck in the water. if we take a look to my right you can see there's a car that's about to get towed. they tried to get through this and it was unsuccessful. storm surge expected to get up to 8 feet. that means we have more to come. we've also had hurricane force wind gusts also in this area and it's astounding to say we are hundreds of miles -- over 100 miles a way from the eye of the storm that has officially made landfall at 11:10 in the big bend region. for right now, some people in the tampa area likely island did we do have the news of at least one fatality that has occurred in this area after a sign fell on a vehicle. it's kind of the news you don't want to hear come out of this, of course we hear officials say to stay off the roads because i know this is not how folks want

to end their day. best to stay inside, especially when it's dark outside, hard to see what's going on win you have flooded roads and it's dark, make he had all much more dangerous. >> trace: we will get back to you as the news warrants. that's what attaches tampa bay to central florida and orlando. one of the key freeways and highways in central florida. thank you so much. the full legal docket in new york city today with the indictment of mayor eric adams unsealed york and appeals court hearing argument about that $454 million civil fraud judgement against former president trump. live in new york city with the details on both cases. good evening. >> it right now new york city mayor eric adams is scheduled to be an federal court tomorrow but his attorneys are trying to delay that appearance until next week after a 50-page indictment today outlined what prosecutors

call an abuse of power and a decade-long criminal scheme. >> we allege he took these contributions even though he knew they were illegal. >> he faces five federal accounts including bribery, wire fraud and seeking illegal campaign donations from foreign donors totaling more than $100,000 in luxury travel benefits in exchange for favours including helping turkish officials bypass a fire safety inspection for a new diplomatic tower in the city. the mayor remains defiant saying he has no plans to step down. >> it's an unfortunate day and it's a painful day. i look forward to defending myself and defending the people of this city as i have done throughout my entire professional career. >> he claims the feds are targeting him for speaking up about the migrant crisis, something former president trump says he predicted.

>> he was honest and i said he will be indicted within a year and that's what happened. >> and that was trump today speaking after a new york state appeals court heard arguments over whether to reverse or reduce that nearly half billion dollars civil fraud judgement against him. the judges appeared sceptical of the high amount and concerned about possible overreach from state attorney general live t james but they did not make a rule on that case today. >> trace: let's start at the eric adams case. i want to lay out the charges here. count one, conspiracy to commit ... and to receive a campaign contribution by foreign nationals. count to wire fraud, account three solicitation of a conservation by four national. count four, solicitation... sounds like he's in trouble,

what do you make of the case and then bringing it at this point in time, seems like this happened a while back. >> a federal investigation that we've talked about many times take a while to come to fruition in. we know that this case has been going on for at least a year. there have been aids, and campaign aides and people working in his office that have been interviewed after having search warrants executed. the timeliness isn't that much of an issue for me as a criminal defence practitioner and federal court. as a normal timeline here. the charges are very serious. only say bribery or corruption, that sounds very serious. but that of a federal program is really going to be potentially the death needle in this case because the amount of dollars like we talk about numbers and federal cases, grams of drugs. it's number of firearms. people that are being imported into the country without proper paperwork. it's numbers. here is numbers of dollars. the numbers of dollars increased substantially.

here we are talking about ten to $20 million according to the 50 plus-page indictment here. >> we talked a lot about the southern district of new york and the attorneys are pretty good at. here is the u.s. attorney for adult -- southern district of new york said this. >> just because he received benefits for free that doesn't mean that there weren't strings attached. as we allege a particular turkish government official behind many of the benefits adams sought and accepted to gave adams all these things to gain influence over him. we allege that he knew that and took the benefits anyway. >> they are alleging that the mayor of new york was bought and paid for in essence. >> it bribery is an interesting statute. you can give a gift and you can receive a gift to. if the quid pro quo is absent meaning that it caused something to happen, that is insufficient charge. we'll be talk about bribery in this context, we talk about

upgrades of business class to first-class trips around the world. did that cause a phone call from the mayor's office to the fire department saying let's go ahead and speed disapproval up, otherwise shouldn't be, that's a defence that we can expect a be raised. that's more difficult case for the prosecution. at the easier case is the paper case, the federal fraud. >> trace: they question the legitimacy of civil fraud case against donald trump as the former president urged the court thursday to overturn a judgement against him that has followed with interest to more than $470 million. sounds like the very least they are going to knock this thing down. >> or make a recommendation to go back to the lower court to reevaluate the damages. there can be no doubt win you listen to the words of the judges on that appellant court there they were very concerned with both the statute of limitations, the compounding of

these as well as the sanctions on the attorneys who were doing their best to fight for that defendant in that case, president trump. clearly bothered by the case. >> trace: thank you. breaking tonight, hurricane helene has made landfall in the big bend area of florida as a major category four storm. mike seidel with fox whether his life in perry florida. what's it like for you are? >> we are in the eye now. this is something you don't often experience, a major hurricane. we had a wind gust about a half hour ago, 99 miles an hour we've had two and a half inches of rain. power flashes. behind me, seven power flashes in a row. the entire sky turned green to. we've got damaged down the street at the marathon gas station. the aluminum has been ripped to shreds. the other issue, it's pitch

black. the power is out. they got hit by a dalia last summer and they were without power for seven to nine days. this summer with debbie they were without power for several days. they are staged out of the storm zone, they will come in here and try to get the power on as soon as possible. two and a half inches of rain has not caused any issues or any serious flash flooding. we've got a long way to go. the winds will pick up again and we get more rain. but then downstream, through the rest of florida and north of here where they are getting the ... gusts could be 70 miles an hour around atlanta. more power outages. already about a million customers without power in the southeast along with numerous flash flood warnings. areas could get ten to 12 inches of rain. a massive storm, but this is the column. we are right in the eye right now, something you rarely

experience. the temperatures going up, the winds have backed off. the rain has stopped completely. >> trace: i'm curious about this because we talk a lot about wind events and water events. this appears to be both wind and water. do we have an idea of when the storm surge that they had said it literally is on survivable, do we know when that's going to back off and calm down a little bit? >> that happens when the wind starts a blow offshore. in the next few hours where we have... wants the wind goes offshore that will get blown back out. we have the record storm surge in tampa and we are waiting to hear, i haven't heard what happened at the areas of the coast from tampa. a lot of water came in. i don't know if it was ten or 1. that remains to be seen.

you go down there and look at the high water mark spirit quite a storm but it's rare you got to experience the eye of a major hurricane. this is my second 1 out of 102 named storms i've covered since 1996. >> trace: thank you, stay safe and best of luck to you. tonight we bring you another case of the democrat who actually ran for public office in new york but has had enough of the parties lurch to the left and has chosen to become a member of the republican party. let's bring in sammy rebelo. it's great to have you on the show. i want to play this because this was five days ago. you posting this, it's the whole moment where you put on the hat.

>> you can ever undertake that hat off, you have a lot of response on social media. you got a lot of response period why the move? >> it's like every american. we are concerned about the economy, concerned about public safety. we are concerned about this immigration policies open borders, endless wars and the gender ideology that nobody wants and they keep pushing it down our throats. >> trace: you say you got a lot of racist attacks, what you mean by that? >> nothing i can't handle but you get the usual. just within the 24 hours i got a couple phone calls. people disappointed and a little threatening. but nothing i can't handle. i'm surprised because what i put

on my post was this is coming from the same folks that preach diversity, equity, and inclusion i was a little shocked by that. >> you posted this. if you are dominican cop, firefighter, correction officer or sanitation worker, you should be a republican. the democratic party is no longer a viable party for us. no longer viable, explain that. >> the party has gone more to the left. a perfect example, over 400 wall street executives came out and donated for kamala harris. that's not the working man's party anymore. it shows. they take a gender ideology that nobody wants and they are catering to the rich. you saw the trumpet tax cuts, they have done nothing for it. they are not for the working man anymore. it's okay to leave the democratic party, register

conservative or any other party but it's okay to not be a democrat anymore. >> trace: are you happy? >> absolutely. >> trace: great to have you on the show. thank you sir. coming up we are tracking hurricane helene as it slams florida's gulf coast. we will check in again with steve harrigan live for us in crystal river which is in the big bend area which is where landfall was made about 39 minutes ago. coming right back, continuing coverage, breaking news.

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>> trace: die to our live continuing coverage of hurricane helene which made landfall in the big bend area of florida as a major category four storm. in vast areas of the gulf coast experiencing massive storm surge hundreds of thousands, may be up to a million power outages so far. let's get back live to steve, he's in the think of it in crystal river, florida, which is in the big bend. how are conditions? >> amid all the hardships and worry, a couple of positives so far. where this hurricane made landfall, and that is a sparsely

populated area of florida. population just about 6000. another is it went east of us, the major city of tallahassee, population 200,000. tallahassee got the weekend of the storm and it could have really been clobbered with all of those trees there. we heard the governor talk about the challenges ahead. one of the main challenges is going to be getting electric power back. you've lost electric power and you are in the dark, your house is flooded entries are snapping all around you. the real goal is to get that power back. we've already seen some power trucks drive by so within minutes of the eye of the storm crossing into florida we're already already seeing that recovery effort underway here with getting electricity back up your still not out of the woods yet mainly because as you said, the hugeness of the storm, we're getting reports of two deaths in southern georgia from a tornado.

tornadoes and by massive hurricanes like this one tonight back to you. >> i know you were on the ground but it was this area that hurricane adalia hit just over a year ago correct? >> that's right. when we will continue our live coverage all night long of the hurricane. and stay tuned to fox whether i could coverage of hurricane helene. i'm trace gallagher in los angeles, we will see you back here again tomorrow night. ♪ [announcer] introducing allison's plaque psoriasis.

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