crashing into florida overnight as massive category 4 hurricane. two dead, one in florida died after a assign flew into their car while driving. >> carley: one of the largest storms in the gulf of mexico in a century. tornado watches are in place for nea nearly 20 million residents, you are watch ing "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. state fire marshal in florida will tell us how the state is res responding. we start with janice dean. >> janice: latest 5 a.m. advisory has this a tropical storm. it was category 4 when it made landfall across florida's big bend. 140 mile per hour sustained winds. a large destructive system.

the sun will come up and we will see catastrophic damage in florida and toward georgia. here are top wind gusts in georgia, 100 mile per hour in alma, valdasta, 96 miles per hour. power outages will be a big deal, trees will be down for florida and georgia and could see power outages for days and even weeks. 5 a.m. advisory, 75 mile per hour sustained winds, moving quickly. one good side to this storm , i is moving very fast, it is not lingering. it made way inland and now in central georgia. carolinas, part two of the story, a system moved through earlier this week and rainfall on top of that will give us potential flood emergency for

southern appalachians. they are warning of the worst flooding they have seen in recent memory. made impact on florida as category 4, does not take much to cause flooding and damage and that is going to happen again. w widespread potential damage up and down the coastline for southeast to mid-atlantic and ohio and tennessee river valley where rem know nants will stall and potentially bring more flooding. over a million power outages in florida, 683,000 in georgia. you mentioned tornados, we typically see tropical tornados, weak tornados, but can cause structural damage. we lost a life to a tornado yesterday. several tornado-warned storms for parts of south carolina and western north carolina. that is a concern. you see the green polygones

here, that is flooding and the pink polygon is a flood emergency happening now. from savannah, georgia to fayetteville, wilmington until 8:00 a.m. and potential for tropical tornados throughout the day. those are warnings for heavily populated neighborhood for charleston to cross and northeast of hendersonville. we will monitor this. catastrophic flood warning, a flood emergency happening just southwest of arsheville. there is potential for flooding and historic flooding for some of these areas and tributearies. flood alert, florida not out of the woods, now we're talking about southeast mid-atlantic,

tennessee river valley. tropical storm, we have damage ahead for some big cities and states. we'll keep you posted. >> carley: i couldn't believe it was already in georgia this morning. upons first category 4 to hit florida since records began. do we know about the storm surge or is it too early? >> janice: it is too early, we were forecasting that. a lot coming in the evening and overnight, we will not see the damage until sunlight. prayers. it is not over yet and this came in the middle of the night. people might be like, i dodged a bullet and east of them could be destroyed. >> carley: we'll check back in soon. on the preparation front, bring in state fire marshal jimmy

petronis. in big bend region, wakulah county sheriff said this will not be a survivable event, there will not be a storm of this magnitude to hit wakulah in recent history. what are people waking up to this morning? >> it will be bad. we're in tallahassee, that probably saved tallahassee a lot of recovery. coastal areas, initial reports from urban search and rescue teams is it is going to be pretty gruesome. when you have that type of storm surge across low-lying areas, what has been recovered from the last two hurricanes will probably be destroyed all over once again. >> todd: how does your response

and preparation compare to previous storms and what do you expect when the sun comes up in terms of your response at that point? >> we brought about twice the number of personnel in place of urban search and rescue teams because of the size of this storm, the speed of this storm. we didn't know where it could make landfall south of the yucatan peninsula. hurricane ian, for example, we probably in 1600 first responders, with this storm, 1100. state of florida typically has 500, so we had to bring them different places, this could have gone into tampa or tallahassee or panama city. >> carley: what about people who lost power? i'm sure you have linemen ready to go to get power back on. when can they expect that to take place?

>> when talking to duke energy earlier this week, think about path of idalia and debby, both storms went similar path and similar affected area what is happening with helene. in the case with duke, they have essentially rebuilt grid between the last two storms. it is s stronger than it has ev been. the bounce back of their expectation will transition smoother because equipment is newer. >> todd: you heard carley ask janice dean about storm surge prediction of 20 feet. you spoke to crews doing damage assessments. we have to wait until the sun comes up, with regard to storm surge, what are you hearing from reports you are getting from your teams from around the state? >> urban search and rescue teams

in orlando or ocala, they were out of harm's way, they are super heroes, they wear capes and they refuse to wait too long. they know every second counts. they went up under the storm to do advance surveying of where teams need to be placed. these men and women need to rest, but there are some that are so passionate, they live off of saving lives. you imagine the adrenalin rush putting someone together with their family, this is why they assign up for the job. we'll dpet reports showing what is happening, helo operationies were ready to go to the barrier islands. you had those too stubborn or

reluctant to leave. we try to pre-identify who wasn't leaving and make that place the first the to search. >> todd: prayers to entire state of florida. go to fox weather michael estime in tampa bay. dealing with life-threatening storm surge we've opinion talking about. michael. >> michael: depend morning, live in tampa, florida, an area, we measured 7.2 feet of storm surge. what 7 know.2 feet of storm surge looks like, here it is. this did not occur where i am right now. if you look behind me, it is hard to see as rain continues to pound pavement. we have water lines along homes you be can see. flood inundation. we have 230s,000 customers

without power. hillsboro, 85,000 customers. the smell of raw sewage is p pungent here. there are neighboring checking it out. it has been like this for 18 hours, typically you see storm surge, i was told, for just a few hours. longevity of the surge has been significant, we hope this will recede through the day today. >> todd: glad you mentioned that. we focus on injuries and death during the storm, you need to be aware of aftermath. raw sewage, not a good thing, there are downed power lines and other threats in hours, days and weeks following a hurricane. pay attention. thank you for your reporting. to other news on friday morning. vice president harris heading to arizona today to visit the

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details. >> brooke: harris will be in douglas, arizona, speaking about border security, douglas is in the tucson sector. this is her second time at border since becoming vice president. she visited el paso in 2021 after facing pressure on the migrant crisis. harris is trying to prove she's tough on immigration, even though there has been 8.3 mil million, 240% increase compared to where things were under president trump. listen. >> kamala harris will visit the southern border she's completely destroyed from what i understand tomorrow. why would she go to the border now? she keeps talking about how she supposedly wants to fix the border. why didn't she do it four years

ago today? comrade kamala harris willfully threw open the border helping to virtually destroy our country. >> brooke: that has been a trump slogan, why didn't she do it. trump leads harris by two points in arizona and has a slight lead on issues like immigration and the economy, those are wider margins. former president is falling behind in a crucial battleground state of georgia. harris leading 51 to 48 there among likely and registered voters. harris has lost support over the last month with hispanics, women, and those under 30. later today trump will campaign in michigan. >> carley: thank you so much. former president trump will be campaigning in wisconsin this

weekend. he was supposed to hold a rally outdoors tomorrow, that is being moved inside because of secret service staffing shortages because of the annual un meeting in new york. earlier this week, congress voted to ramp up security for trump and vice president harris giving them the same protection as president biden. house task force on the trump assassination attempts hold first hearing yesterday, the hearing held in butler, pennsylvania, regarding july shooting. witnesses describe communication failure and protocols that went against the norm. >> one thing i'm struggling with, idea there was not single unified command station on site. is that atypical in your experience? >> yes, it is very atypical, i'm very surprised, normally command post for entire visit.

>> we did not receive direction from the secret service as far as how they wanted our sniper team to deploy or what their mission would be. >> a former fbi director joins me now. chris swecker, good morning. we learned about leadership issues and lack of communication on july 13th, what is your assessment after listening to local law enforcement yesterday? >> yeah, it is indictment of secret service in general, particularly leadership. a lot of people on the committee is thinking this is resource problem. this is not a resource problem. secret service is fully funded for protection for 2023 and diverted 60% of resources to other things other than core mission of protection. they were commplacent and have been for a while. they have been getting by on their mystique and that deterred

would-be assassins and that no longer exists. they became commplacent because there was nothing bad happening. now the threats with trump. they were apathetic against trump detail, did not staff it and did not put the a team on the trump detail. not even a comp upon tent team. it is catastrophic, not just cheatle at the top. including deputy director who seems to be auditioning for the job. >> carley: you are talking about ronald rowe, he said this could have happened because of lack of imagination on part of secret service agents. agents probably never imagined something like this could happen and would caught flat-footed.

>> definitely, when nothing bad happens over the course of how many years of events, they get complacent. you can't take away from the courage of agents that jumped on trump. they should have done that much sooner when they knew there was a threat. it is unheard of not to have a joint command post and then you embed someone with state and local police officers so there is seamless connectivity, and communication and it is realtime. the threat should have been communicated to detail on the podium. they should have been jumping on him sooner than they did. these are micro-details, it's a bigger problem than just that. >> carley: we just reported trump is holding a rally in wisconsin tomorrow. they are moving it indoors because of lack of resources.

how do you fix that? >> yeah, this is a leadership issue. take resources that are doing economic crimes, state attorney general could do or fbi or inspector generals, take 60% of resources and reprogram them to core mission of protection. congress should make sure they can do that mission and do it well before they start showering them with more resources and re reorging them for failure. >> carley: secret service received additional 230 million, there is that element, money element. thank you for waking up early. have a great day and weekend. tropical storm helene has left parts of florida under water after barrelling into the state as category 4 overnight. >> todd: next guest joined us live yesterday after boarding up her business, she's here live with an update next.

>> carley: fox weather alert. tropical storm helene is moving through georgia after crashing into florida overnight as historic category 4 hurricane. >> todd: three people dead, two million without power across the southeast. live in tallahassee with the latest. marissa, we expected this to directly hit tallahassee, it was a little easts, sparing you there in the capital. >> tallahassee is where we woke up, the capital city getting a little damage. biggest thing is power outages, 70% of leon county in the dark. we headed east closer to landfall last night. we are on i-10, we decided to

head aeft east, most of that was fine. downed trees on west side. we ran into traffic. traffic has been at a complete stop. when i talk to some people, they said they have been here two hours. they started to see traffic 3:00 this morning eastern time, to the east and west, traffic goes on for miles. we've been watching everybody hang out, turn off cars, park, walk around. westbound side, traffic looks like it is up and running. i-10 has a lot of issues further east you go. we are in madison county, they have 100% of outages, east of tallahassee, big bend, waking up in dark, significant damage and downed trees. a lot of side highways. we are trying to get to lee. helene made landfall near perry. we are just north of perry not

that far to the north. getting south or east will be a challenge. we will assess damage. we will stay on i-10 until we can bring live reports. as of now, i don't think we're going anywhere. >> todd: looks like you are stuck for a while, at least until the sun comes up. we will check in with a business owner who joined us live yesterday. she is dealing with the effects of tropical storm helene employs . morgan, owner of canes. how you holding up? >> it is a little too early to tell what all we're going through. it is a numbing feel ing. we are expects canes to be a total loss. right now, residents, a lot of rescues going on with fire rescue. you can see in the video our

neighbor has been boots on the ground since the surge started rolling in. there is water, lots of it. >> you said you expect kashes -- kane's to be a total loss. are you hearing reports, how have you made that determination? >> right. the photo you are able to see now of our flood levels, that is up about two feet from idalia from what we see on the side of the building. with idalia, you could see the mural on the front. we are going based off of what we can see. it is not safe to get there right now, biggest difference of idalia and helene, we had power

most evening and could access cameras. lights you see are on solar power. we're completely blind other than what has been sent this morning. it is much higher. >> todd: yesterday, this was your fear, you said idalia was 7.5 feet and we are worried this will go higher and clearly according to videos, it has. any updates on your other restaurants? >> we have not been able to get definite. i spoke to the mayor this morning, he believes plaza is dry, he is unable to get to it between rescue and safety of himself and others. we're actually about to gear up and head out and see if we can get over there and start to assess the damages and lend a helping hand if need be.

>> todd: i know this is extremely upsetting to you. we talked yesterday how you lost most of your equipment in idalia, you know what you are walking into. having gone through this with my family in sand, sandy, that is horrible feeling. prayers are with you for your recovery, we are praying for you. >> thank you very much. >> carley: former president trump heads back to michigan to campaign and fox news polls show neck and neck rasz. and kamala harris heads to the border be for the first time in three years. harris is doubling down the crisis is trump's fault. >> we do have a broken immigration system. it needs to be fixed. take a step back, months ago, conservative members of united states congress came together and proposed border security

bill. donald trump got word of the bill and realized it was going to fix the problem and told them to kill the bill. we need a comprehensive plan to fortify the border and deal with the fact we need to create pathways for people to earn cit citizenship. >> carley: janelle and art, vice president of border patrol council join me now. what do you think about the vice president's trip to southern border today? >> it is a little too late to come down here. they have ignored it. she talked about a bill two months ago, how about 3-1/2 years ago? they inherited something secure and destroyed it. they put policies in place and got rid of what was working. chaos at the border is their causing. let's add, president trump was

down here and reached out to national border patrol council and wanted first-hand look what was going on. he went down there and spoke to the council, myself included, with victims of illegal aliens that xhcommitted crimes and sto with press for over an hour in 100-degree heat. you will not see that with kamala harris. she'll go take pictures by the port of entry, speak to a few chiefs and get out of there. there is a difference in style. the mess, they created it, they did not inherit anything like it. >> carley: interesting to see if she takes questions from reporters. janelle, they are saying border is not in crisis, if that is true, why feel the need to visit

the southern border right now? politically, do you think this visit is smart to do or highlight how absent she was for the past three years? >> i agree, it highlights how absent she has been. and to blame president trump for something that took place months ago is her way saying trump has more power outside the white house than she has inside the white house. she is underestimating power of accountability. every time she shifts blame or distances herself from the title of border czar, message she is sending, i'm not capable of handling this crisis, i am not equipped to do it, i don't care to do it. i understand it is high on the priority list of americans, they are impacted by results of these

decisions. it puts us in a peculiar position and shows she is not the person to clean it up and fix it. this is sending a clear message, it hurts more than helps her because she is visiting and casting blame and putting off the decisions to someone who wasn't in the white house. it is silly. >> carley: art, yesterday donald trump spoke about the border and held a press conference in light of vice president harris' visit today. what he plans to do if he becomes president, stop all migrant flights, shut down all entries through the phone app, bring back title 42. if he does accomplish those things what happens to southern border krozing numbers? >> the numbers will go down. the numbers will go down with this rubric alone.

what you are getting is individuals that understand it is a free for all. all they have to do is ask for asylum. how are these people? no one knows. where are they? no one knows. his bullet points, he does not say he's getting rid of asylum claims, you know why, he does care. what is happening under current system, everyone is abusing it, and drug cartels are benefiting from it. they are distracting law enforcement so they can bring drugs into the country. we cannot have four more years of this. i am in arizona, i've been here five decades and i have yet to hear from kamala harris administration asking what is going on at the border and she issic maing a visit down here. >> carley: and cartels are making money hand over fist as

result of all this. thank you for joining us from arizona and georgia. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> carley: to the state of new york, mayor eric adams will be in court today, he goes after doj for what he says are false charges of selling his influence to foreign nationals. >> todd: more on the mayor's indictment next.

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>> carley: new york city mayor eric adams is set to appear in federal court at noon today and expected to be formally charged for selling his influence to foreign nationals. chanley painter is here. >> chanley: attorneys are trying to delay his court appearance until early next week. he will be arraigned on indictment charging him five counts, bribery, wire fraud and seeking campaign donations from foreign donors. he racked up luxury travel benefits in exchange for favors, including helping turkish officials bypas fire safety inspection for new tower in the city. the mayors he did not do it and is being targeted by the doj for

speaking out against the white house over the migrant crisis. >> it is unfortunate and painful day. i look forward to defending myself and defending the people of this city as i've done throughout my entire professional career. >> do you think it is political? >> we should -- >> i think it is political. >> those who -- >> we know it is political. >> chanley: adams says he is not stepping down, if convicted, he faces 45 years in prison. >> todd: thank you. israeli prime minister netanyahu set to address the un general assembly in new york city today. israel's air force commander says troops are bracing for possible ground incursion in lebanon. the rnc national spokesperson

joins us. what do you expect to hear from prime minister netanyahu? >> strength is what he is known for and been consistent on. october 7 anniversary is coming up and he has to exude strength, jewish people are suffering because israelis are suffering and facing war on multiple fronts. our hostages, americans included, have been held for nearly a year. only thing he can do is exude strength. upons >> todd: benjamin netanyahu saying he shares the aims of a ceasefire, saying we all want peace. he gets down to brass tacks, he is not going to stop so hezbollah can rearm. he says he is not backing down, let no one be confused, we will not stop until we return our residents safely to their homes.

telling troops to prepare to go into hezbollah outposts. blinken saying wider war does not advance israel's interest. i pose this question to you, what other choice does israel have? >> that is the choice. people are acting like this just started. hezbollah has sent thousands of rockets into israel and no one talks about it unless israel retaliates. our administration puts the blame on israel, as if hamas has not rejected every deal put in place. they are still holding hostages and they are a terrorist organization in war with our ally and our administration seems to have forgotten that. >> todd: what should america expect in this operationy becomes the ground war many

think it could have? >> the america i know and love, years old, would have stood pie our ally. i have not seen that strong response from this administration, not from joe biden, kamala harris or blinken. israel will stand strong always. the united states has been a disappointment to me and others. kamala harris is campaigning for presidency, no one seems to care, it is not america i recognize. >> todd: so disturbing and i totally agree, two years ago i would have never thought this would be the case, i'm shocked by what i have seen over the last 11 months and i can't imagine being a jewish american and seeing it, as well. best of luck with the campaign. don't go anywhere, joe concha is up next. first, lawrence is here with what is coming up on "fox and

friends." as expected, i fall on my sword today because -- >> lawrence: how about those cowboys. >> todd: i will celebrate greg joseph's leg all day. >> lawrence: all about the effort, 13 times. big friday edition of "fox and friends." trump returns to michigan for a pair of campaign stops. polls show kamala harris lead in the swing state is shrinking. former michigan gubernatorial candidate tudor dixon on what she is seeing and coverage of helene continues as millions waking up without power and governor kemp will what residents need to know. kamala harris heads to the border in arizona for the first time since becoming the democratic nominee. nearby sheriff says this visit is too little too late. this is going to be a busy

morning for me, not for brian, my dallas cowboys beat him and todd's new york giants last night. this is 13 times happening. i'm excited this morning. busy show coming up at top of the hour. don't miss a minute of it, especially when i go head-to-head with brian. see you in a bit.

in just a few hours former president trump will sit down it volodymyr zelenskyy oat trump tower. he looks forward to the meeting even though zelenskyy says trump would not know how to stop the war between russia and ukraine. it's a comment that donald trump responded to yesterday during the press conference saying the war never would have started if he were president. zelenskyy met with president biden and president biden harris yesterday and biden aannounced another $8 billion in aid for ukraine. and after 1r7 harris spoke she quickly volted out of the room ignoring reporters. >> thanks to you, madam vice president. >> president zelenskyy. >> thank you. thank you. >> hold on. >> what did he say? >> thank you very much. joe concha is a fox news contributor. based upon the optics that does not look very presidential to

me. >> i get two bets right now. carley's son brock, year and a half will be the starting quarterback at princeton i know he is only one and a half. he has name like brock you become a quarterback. date a girl named scarlet and things will go very well. >> my second bet. kamala harris will never ever hold a press conference or take questions from somebody she doesn't know is a staunch supporter of hers. you will seat giants in the playoffs, todd, before you see kamala harris gave press conference. we saw in that interview on msnbc that foot massage of an interview she is asked how are you going to bring down costs well i grew up in a middle class family. okay. i think we know that part by now. but, oh by the way i understand the ambitions and aspirations of the american people what will you do to bring down cost. >> i will give you $25,000 if you want to buy a home. what if i have a home. what if i don't have plan on buying a home. in other words, she doesn't have a plan. when she is asked questions outside of her controlled

environments, it never goes well. the more she speaks, the more her poll numbers come down. she wants to run out the clock with 39 days to go before election day. >> check out this imagery, thin skinned harris proves she can't go toe to toe with bolder leaders if he won't even sit for al thatting interview. what about that? imagine her sitting down with xi jinping or the situation room making really difficult situations when she has very little foreign policy experience won't take questions from reporters here in her own country. >> can she sit down with a world leader like xi jinping, like putin, like anybody, like anybody who basically isn't giving her the questions or at least her handlers aren't controlling the environment once again the chimes is critical as well. that will get the attention they haven't endorsed a candidate on the republican side since 1956. what did you know about joe biden's mental decline and what did you know it. you have want to tax unrealized

capital gains. most people think that will tank the stock market. >> you can't do that you can't do that why do you think you can do something like that. chanting down, down with deportations on tape as a senator. do you want to end deportations? hey what does fracking mean? what does holistic mean. can you ask questions of her if she isn't scripted for the answer, again, it's clean up on aisle five. >> there is hope that the blue waffle the media has broken. you mentioned the "new york times" peels ripping the vp over recent msnbc interview entire strategy since ms. harris began granting more interviews in recent days media strategy sit with friendly inquisitors not inclined to ask thorny questions or press remember when responses are evarve. this the jig up. is this the beginning of the left wing p med finally calling her out enmass enough to sway the voters that are getting their news from them and aren't just getting it from us here at

fox? >> that's exactly right. when they read this in the "new york times," for example, or hear on cnn where we are finally seeing some fact-checks of a kamala harris is saying even on msnbc stephanie raúl says she doesn't answer the questions. that begins to penetrate. answer the questions at some point. the fear of the unknown. with donald trump we know what we have. we saw his presidency. we know exactly what he is going to do on the economy for example, on crime, on foreign policy with kamala harris we don't know. when you don't know you can't vote for what you don't know she has to define herself. >> carley: asked how to raise the corporate tax rate without. >> i talk to ceos they think they should be paying more fax taxes. who are those ceos? i don't think so. thanks for joining us. fox and friends starts right