i've ever heard him invoke god to. when we lost our house andwant katrina, you want hope and youti want the government to move as quickly as they can to give you the resources to rebuild and i hope that is what happens and i'm glad. >> laura: that was a beautiful moment and st. michael prayer it great all time. raymond, did you go back into your house to get your sinatra tapes during katrina? >> we evacuated for katrina anda i didn't need to go back. m i took thee.m with me. they were part of the first go evacuation care package. i didn't need to go back. i had them with me, baby, i'm not leaving sinatra. >> laura: the family pet, you leave the pet that well, though sinatra tapes, those bootlegs, you have to get them out of their. >> todd: a fox news alert. thousands of port workers

walking off the job after failing to reach a deal, shutting down ports along the eastern seaboard and gulf coast. we'll explain. >> carley: and moving emergency supplies as president biden plans to tour devastation in north carolina. so where is vice president kamala harris? >> i've received regular briefings on impact of hurricane helene and plan to be on the ground as soon as possible. >> todd: and tonight is the night, key rule changes are in the spotlight. >> carley: you're watching "fox and friends first"s, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. let's get to brooke singman. >> brooke: 50,000 union workers began walking off the job at midnight. they proposed a 50% wage

increase in addition to imimprovement to healthcare and retirement plans, but it was rejected. the union president said it is not enough. >> the union we had, did not work out. i'm going with my members. they know what the number is. >> brooke: there is fear automation could be taking their job away, they want to ban cranes and container-moving trucks used for freight. >> we are in negotiations for a fair contract, a contract not filled with aughtmation. my men and women work better than any machine. >> brooke: responsible for all u.s. import and billions in trade per month.

j.p. morgan thinks this could cost the economy $5 billion per day. president biden says he will not interfere and commerce secretary, listen. >> where have you been focused on what would happen if this strike goes longer than a week? >> again, i have not been very focused on that. >> brooke: new jersey port director told fox business, six ships anchored off shore after failing to make it to port before midnight. >> todd: what a bizarre answer, that is sort of the job. >> carley: major ripple effect could start today. brooke singman, thank you. to another fox news alert. israeli troops in southern

lebanon as idf launches limited ground innovation to take down hezbollah. nate foy live from tel aviv with the latest. nate. >> good morning, limited ground offensive is underway in southern lebanon. we are already seeing response from hezbollah terrorists. we heard sirens and an explosion and idf is confirming multiple rockets fired at central israel, some were intercepted, not all of them. two people are injured, both drivers hit on highway six, highway running north and south in central israel. this happens as israeli troops went into southern lebanon overnight. here is hagari talking about that.

>> this will target hezbollah stronghold that threaten towns and communities along our border. >> israeli soldiers carrying out the offensive overnight. their goal is to neutralize hezbollah threat on the border so 60,000 evacuated israelis in the north can return home. they want to hamper hezbollah weapons capabilities. they hit the neighborhood in beirut overnight, that is the same region they took out hassan nasrallah last saturday. this limited ground offensive begins. an official told fox this is expected to be shorter and smaller than the second lebanon war in 2006, that lasted 34 days

and required hezbollah operate north of the river, which is something that was not enforced and why israelis had to evacuate from their homes. senior israeli official told us they will not say if the latoni river is the marker before they pull out much southern lebanon. >> carley: nate foy live, thank you for that reporting, stay safe. bring in station chief who served in iraq and pakistan, dan h hoffman. when you hear this, what does that mean and what is the end goal for israel here? >> dan: israel accomplished a lot withir daing intelligence operations, the pager operation

and the air force attacks which eliminated hezbollah commanders and the lead er leader hassan n. israel needs to take the fight sosouthern lebanon. you need combined effect of air power and troops on the ground to conduct strikes to remove the threat from hezbollah and military infrastructure. the goal is to enable lebanon back from 2006, supposed to deny hezbollah any presence in southern lebanon. immediate goal for israel to return 60,000 citizens who had to evacuate and restore that.

it is for lebanon to take control of their own border and not threaten israel. >> carley: allow them to return and make sure their homes are safe while living along the israeli israeli-lebanon border. there is a risk iran will retaliate as result of this. do you think that will happen? if so, how? >> dan: it is hard to predict how iran might respond. iran has not responded thus far and u.s. deployed additional air assets to deter iran from responding. they use proxies for strategic death. they are happy to fight until the last terrorist, but they don't want to be involved in a conventional war with the united states. the united states and israel

intelligence community is on high alert and have capability to launch cyber attacks toward us and active assassination attempts out. >> carley: president biden continues to call for a ceasefire. this is jared kushner, a lengthy post about importance of this moment when it comes to israel and united states. more than 40 years ago hezbollah killed 241 u.s. personnel including 220 marine, single deadliest day for the marine corps sin iwo jimo.

so dan, it sounds like we should be thanking israel as opposed to telling them to stop. what do you think? final thoughts? >> after inflicting so much damage on hezbollah, last thing israel wants to do is allow retaliation. they will not stop until they gained escalation dominance. >> carley: targeting houthis and red sea and putting everyone on notice. we appreciate you. have a good day. right now communities across southeast scrambling for food and supplies as dozens 4r69 homeless and michael stranded hurricane helene. >> todd: we are live to discuss this catastrophic situation.

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gofund me to benefit affected communities. we have truck loads of items from oil to water and equipment that will help them. we are here today to stand in solidarity with the people of georgia and those suffering from the aftermath of hurricane helene. hurricane helene turned out to be a big one. >> carley: president biden will tour devastation in north carolina tomorrow and vice president harris says she has been briefed by fema and will visit soon. >> todd: roads remain closed as crews works to reach trapped victims. officials fear many are missing, two million without power across southeast. >> carley: robert ray is in

ashe asheville, north carolina, what are you seeing this morning? >> your description of desperate is a good one. this is a collapsed fence in the arts district of asheville decimating the area. this looks like tornado damage, but this is from water. rescues are active, there are hundreds still missing. active national guard and other agencies are in the air looking for people, because they are still cut off with no cell phone service, no food, no water. we've been talking to people for days. one is a first responder, here is what they said yesterday.

>> a lot of homeless were by the river and were rescued. a lot of minor injuries from people trapped in water and people who got out just in time before water decimated their homes. >> this is not recovery phase. there are people in bad situations. aid is trying to make its way in. we heard a wild noise over there in the dark of night. you don't know what is happening, because there is no power temperature is fluid scenario, we hope everything changes because it is desperate here in western north carolina. >> todd: it does not appear it is happening any time soon. that is concerning. thank you. bring in janice dean live with

fobs weather forecast. i'm looking at your map, looks like something else. >> janice: this is recap of what happened. i was reading there are over 600 missing people. this is a humanitarian concern. take a look at the storm category 4, record storm surge, landfall and a tornado outbreak we have not really touched on and catastrophic flooding that is ongoing. power outages, millions without power from ohio. this is the problem, water has nowhere to go except downstream, we are concerned with watershed from north carolina to the c coastline. moderate to major flooding is happening in other cities down stream from where all that water

went and potential for more flooding. some areas that were affected by the storm will have better weather today. showers in the forecast next couple of days. this area will mutual to gulf of mexico, not as concerning as last couple of days and we pray for those folks. >> carley: without question, this is historic. bring in zach dasher who lives just outside asheville and is helping with relief efforts. thank you for joining us during this emotional time. can you describe what this storm has done to your community? >> yes, i live in swananoa, east

of arsheville. our town has been decimated. buildings are gone on one side of the road, the ground the building sat on is no longer there. devastation. people lost their lives. folks from our church helping people saw people lose their lives. we don't have a final count or anything like that. it is devastating. all the prayers you can send and support is greatly needed. i'm from louisiana, i've been in floods and never seen anything like this. bridges and infrastructure destroyed. it will take years to build this back. every bridge i know of in our area is down. it is pretty bad. >> carley: you have taken it upon yourself to do one of the

most important things. there is a home that serves 100 kids and the road to get to it has been washed out and these kids are stranded. what are you doing to help out? >> my wife serves on the board at the xhrn's home, it is credible, they house 100 kids there. they have been around for 100 years. we are getting food and water to those guys. i think it is black mountain h home.com. incredible ministry. i feel like things, supplies are starting to trickle in. more concerned about long-term rec recovery wons we stabilize here. they had a mud slide that took

out a cabin and their entire lodge. there were 35 kids here on mission trip that were staying at the cabins and barely got out in time. they saw the ground moving and the 35 students ran out and their lives were spared. praise god for that. stories are coming in left and right and some are sad and prayers of thanksgiving. >> carley: look at the images on the screen. have you thought this far in advance? how do you recover financial loo? if you lose your home or business or your employer loses their business and you are out of a job, how do you dig out of that? >> our church will be and there are several churches in the area mobilizing and raising funds.

our church is swan, one n church. there is valley hope. i'm hoping the churches step up and the government will come in with a large financial aid package to help. here is the deal. this is not like a flood that comes up and goes down and you go back to work. our infrastructure is damaged or destroyed and so there is going to be a ton of rebuilding just to get commerce back and kids back to school. i don't know how long this effort will last, i have to imagine years. >> carley: you seem like an incredible person. thank you for joining us and send our best to your wife, as

well, she is doing her best to help people impacted by this. we are praying for you and your neighbors and hope to check back in with you soon. fam families affected need your help. american red cross provide meals and shelters, donate to recovery efforts go to redcros redcross.org/foxforward or hold your phone up to the qr code. tonight is the vice presidential debate. will senator j.d. vance get a fair shake? >> todd: joe concha has the answer that is coming up next. with farxiga. because there are places you'd like to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal,

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will meet in new york city for the cbs news vice presidential debate. >> todd: madeleine rivera has details. >> madeleine: maybe the only times both candidates cross paths. vance did a mock debate with tom emmerplaying walz. the power went out because of the storm. part of their strategy to raise expec expectations for walz. >> tim walz has run countless campaigns, two years for j.d. vance, two decades for tim walz, he'll be buttoned up and polished. >> madeleine: it was reported that -- projecting calm.

>> he's looking forward to the debate and debating j.d. vance who continues to advocate for returning to high risk pools that cost more money and could kick them off their insurance. >> rules for tonight, middle classes mics stay on all night. candidates have two minutes to answer questions. no audrii. it will be up to the candidates to fact check each are. >> carley: mics stay on, but moderators can mute them. watch on fox news, 9 p.m. evi eastern time. we'll bring highlights and analysis tomorrow on special 4

a.m. of "fox and friends first." stay up all night and watch us. >> todd: v.p. kamala harris joining sports and pop culture p podcast trying to fix her polling problem with young men. watch. >> i'm blessed to have incredible family and friends. my best friend from kindergarten is still my best friend. stacey johns onnon. >> guilty pleasure, do you have any? >> yes, one guilty popular are my doritos, nacho, original. >> og, red bag. >> that is right. napkin nearby. >> todd: got to have a napkin nearby. joe, desperately trying to win

over young men. how is that going for her based on that interview talking about doritos and clubbing. >> joe: i watched this interview in full and only word that came to mind and you could see with interviewers, only word coming to mind is cringe. how to help those struggling to make ends meet and she did it again, todd. she talked about growing up in a middle class family. after three minutes of word salad, she never answered the question. no sane person could come away with confidence she is econom economically literate, she reminds voters kamala harris may

not be right for this job. we saw it in 2019 when she did not get to 2020. rejected by democratic voters. when asked one question she knows is coming, how will you lower cost of stuff, your administration helped create, they have not programmed her to give proper answer and other answers around your guilty pleasure. doritos, nacho >> i don't know if that plays well with young voters who have a bs radar. the cackle was back, as well. >> todd: like they have no media people watching fox news that makes fun of one line, i was

born in a middle eclass family. like she has in the been told of that. tonight expecting shocking moments, we don't know. cbc news casting bias ahead of debate. cbc news giving kamala harris 84% positive kfrnl coverage and 79% negative coverage of former president trump. all republicans want is a level playing field. will they get it tonight, joe? >> joe: good news, if you are a trump supporter, at least cbc news announced they will not do fact checks during the debate. on abc donald trump was fact

chucked 11 times and zero times for kamala harris. at least cbs moderators will allow tim walz and j.d. vance to have the floor. if it is just about the candidates, tim walz has done zero interviews nationally and has done no interviews that involve remotely tough question. j.d. vance has done at least 15 press conferences and hostile interviews. he'll be more prepared than tim walz. it is going to be a good night for j.d. vance and this is last big event before the election, no more debates like this. >> todd: does j.d. vance need a level playing field? he was on the debate team

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>> carley: fox news alert. dock workers walking off the job after failing to reach a new contract agreement shutting down ports from maineshg to texas. cheryl casone is here with the latest. >> cheryl: cost is one thing, j.p. morgan has estimate per day 3.8 to 4.5 billion in lost revenue gdp. one florida importer telling politico, i bring asparagus and i had to put it on a plane so it wouldn't spoil, that will raise the cost.

bananas. bananas are going to spoil. u.s. chamber has called on white house and said, you have to intervene. this will bring on inflation, not right away. we can take a few days, we can't take more than a week. when you hit the two-week mark, there will be a major effect. that is what the white house has to deal with five weeks before the presidential election. >> carley: a guest said union workers are on strike, this affects other union workers. there is major agriculture impact because stuff farmers need are in ports. there is a ripple effect that past the week makes things more complicated. >> cheryl: we learned about supply chain during covid.

ikea said we needed to get ahead of this and we did. we learned a lot of lessons, there are airplanes, but not for everything. they were offered 50% wage increase and left the automation language in there and the union said no. b biggest argument is about aughtmation. we will fall behind other countries. chinese are so much more efficient already. >> carley: great point. wage increase seems like the easy part. the automation part is complicated. not a lot to talk about on mornings with maria, just a couple things.

>> cheryl: cooling off period. >> carley: don't miss cheryl 6 to 9 eastern time. over to you. >> todd: bring in senior advisor dani dan daniel danielalvarez. how does it look that party of unions has a strike on its watch. >> it shows they are asleep at the wheel at the white house. im images of biden at the beach. they don't know how to bring the parties to the table. >> todd: how does a strike like this impact battleground state? >> president trump will be in wisconsin today in madison and

milwaukee talking about manufacturing. specifically on those port strikes, eastern seaboard just got devastate said by hurricane helene. it will affect food supplies and recovery resources. it is a really big deal. i hope to bring both parties together and strike a deal. that is something president trump could do. >> todd: all eyes tonight on the debate, your candidate, j.d. vance and tim walz, expectations are tempered by both sides. jason miller said tim walz is wily political veteran. walz is leaking that tim walz is nervous. you will consider tonight's debate a success if? fill in the blank.

>> we need to talk about policy. this is about donald trump and kamala harris. from j.d. vance you will hear reintroduction of him. you will hear about his upbringing and his desire to work with president trump to make the american dream achievable to efrp else. main focus and j.d. vance will hit a home run is talking about policies voters care about. i think tim walz will have a hard time, how does he defend kamala harris' record. kamala harris has said we need to turn the page. that is right, from them. they have failed on economy and inflation and failed on the border and with fentanyl powering in and chaos at home and abroad, that is the key to success. voters want to hear about issues

that are important to them. >> todd: i think j.d. vance is well primed to deliver that. we'll see. in town for the big night, appreciate you coming by at 5:00 a.m. americans in southeast suffered during hurricane helene, kamala harris was hosting big money fund raisers. mike huckabee will react next. first brian kilmeade will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> brian: pumped up, big show. so much is going on. you just mentioned this morning, top story 45,000 dock workers onic stroo, shutting down ports, we have live reports. why isn't the president doing something? and how automation is threatening their jobs. overseas, israel begins ground offensive into lebanon entering

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former president trump visiting the state of georgia battered by helene, helping to move emergency supplies as president biden plans to tour the desks in north carolina. so where is vice president kamala harris? >> on helene people in western, north carolina were drowning in their houses this weekend. others were losing everything. president biden is at his beach house and vice president harris was hosting political fundraisers on the west coast. >> the president did exactly what a president in this moment

needs to do which is directing his team to take action. look, and i talked about how the vice president also did her calls. she is going to be going to the fema -- fema agency in-out center -- the center to get her briefing. >> former governor of arkansas mike huckabee was praised for his response during hurricane katrina. good morning to you. it is staggering what has happened to millions of people in the southeast as a result of the storm. and of course you have had experience dealing with natural disasters during your time as governor. what do you think of the response from the candidates and the president so far? >> well, i really think joe biden and kamala harris have missed an opportunity. it's not a political one. it's a leadership opportunity. the reason they need to be there is not because they can fix it. their presence doesn't make the water go away. it doesn't put people back in their homes, it doesn't save a life. here's what it does. it calls attention to the severity of the storm.

it causes people across the country to realize how bad this is. it's apocalyptic. there is no other way to describe it. what hit western carolina is something that is just unprecedented in terms of the scope of it. because it's destructive to its infrastructure. their presence brings attention, which also means people across the world start donating. they start helping, they start realizing that this is a serious, more serious than ever situation. they messed that opportunity and that's a shame. the second thing they do, is they call attention to the fact that this is people first, paperwork second. they need to make that the policy of the government, to put aside filling out forms and paperwork and saying our first and only responsibility right now is to take care of the people. the people who are displaced, the people who are in danger. they blew it on both of them. >> todd: there seems to be a pattern here, governor from, east palestine, to maui, now to

north carolina, why does this biden-harris administration seem so slow to react and many people would argue seem disengaged when reacting to tragedies, it doesn't add up. why do you think? >> i don't understand it. i really don't. because, historically, one of the frankly best people ever in the office of president to deal with crisis was bill clinton. he was absolutely the master of it. i give him full credit for being a person who always gave the empathy and came in person to when there was a natural disaster. and he showed up and his presence and his empathy for people was frankly, probably the best in my lifetime. i don't ever remember democrat or republican president better at it than he was, is he frankly i think the template and role model for how it ought to be done. >> todd: barack obama came up here during sandy. to say your point it's not democrat or republican.

it's human. it doesn't make sense why this biden-harris administration doesn't act human at times. i want to get your thoughts on it before we get you go. james comer subpoenaings the dhs for records relating to governor tim walz's ties to ccp. comer writes the committee has recently received whistleblower disclosures informing the committee of serious concern among department of homeland security personnel regarding a long standing connection between the ccp and minnesota governor timothy james walz. nonclassified microsoft teams group chat among dhs employees that contains information about governor walz relevant to the committee's investigation. putting your views on his politics aside here for a moment, how can tim walz be a matter beat away from the presidency if these whistleblower disclosures turn out of to be true about 45 seconds to you. >> yeah, towed, what makes this modern is that it is coming from a whistleblower from within the

agency. this is not a political hack somewhere. from the rnc who is making this accusation. so they have to take it seriously. james comer has no option but to investigate it. let's not forget that donald trump was impeached because somebody said ghee, i think there was a phone call that was inappropriate turbulent out it wasn't inappropriate the impeachment was a sham. it we are going to play by the rules okay somebody made an accusation who need to find out what happened and does he have a relationship with the chinese. of all the countries one could have a relationship with. you are allowed to have moral hall weeksed to the edges sent it goes this deep we need to find out. governor mike huckabee appreciate you always always. >> remember, debate conch for you 8:00 p.m. eastern time. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪