jacqui: hundreds of people are still unaccounted for in the now-second weekend of recovery efforts across the southeast after hurricane helene tore

through the region in what has become the deadliest u.s. mainland hurricane since katrina. we'll take you live to north carolina in just moments. welcome to "fox news live," i'm jacqui heinrich. griff: i'm griff jenkins. meanwhile, former president trump is returning to butler, pennsylvania, today at the same field where he was nearly assassinated less than three months ago. elon musk will be among the notable guests there. alexis mcat also, who covered that event in july, is there again in butler with more. hey, alexis. >> reporter: hey, griff. yeah, things are going to look much different than they did 12 the weeks ago, last time former president donald trump was up on that stage here. we're 30 days away from the election, so that's his message again today, he will do what it takes the fight for america. but this time he's going to be standing behind bulletproof glass as people say they've noticed much more security. what looks different today security wise when you're back? >> there's a lot more, it seems

to me, a lot more. more in the crowd, more organized. last time was, it was kind of just -- you could tell it was different. you could tell there was something off, but there's definitely more -- >> reporter: and it's going to be a very emotional day here in butler, pennsylvania, griff. i was on this media riser pretty much in the same spot, about 80 feet back was where the former president was speaking. what we heard was what kinded -- sounded like fire firecrackers, the former president went down behind that riser, and we were not sure if he was going to come back up. [gunfire] >> get down, get down, get down! [background sounds] >> what are we doing? what are we doing? >> reporter: that's just some of the chaos that unfolded on stage 12 weeks ago, shots ringing out as former president trump was speaking. he fell to the ground after that bullet grazed his ear. the gunman was able to somehow just climb right up on a roof

that day and open fire into the crowd. i want to show you a live look at the memorial for corey comperatore, okay? he's a volunteer fire aman, a husband and dad shot and killed at this butler rally. former president trump will honor him and two otherral rally goers who were shot and injured. they say him coming back here motivates people to go to the polls. listen. >> i think that the turnout for trump is gown to be the really huge. pennsylvania's filled with hard working people, labor industry, and i think that they see how he fights for us. >> reporter: and at all of these rallies that i've covered, you can say the mood if can be electric. i expect it to be emotional here today, a massive crowd much bigger than last time. who else will be here? elon musk, to name just one of the notable guests, along with j.d. vance and members of trump's family. we'll keep you posted. back to you. griff: and with four hours until the event starts, we can see that crowd is actually packed

behind you. alexis mcadams, great work on that tragic day and today as well. alexis, thank you. j j on the heels of a rally in flint, michigan, vice president harris is headed to the disaster zone in north carolina to the assess the damage of hurricane helene. lucas tomlinson is live on the ground ahead of that visit. what do we expect from the vice president today? if. >> reporter: well, there's been a lot of pressure for the vice president to come here to asheville. she's been anxious to to come here. she's stated as well as president biden she didn't want to disturb some of the rescue efforts, some of the of thes -- efforts to help people heal. this car behind me in all this mud, this is a city that's used to hosting millions of tourists a year on a typical fall weekend in october like this, hundreds, thousands of people would be here on the streets here in the river arts district just the enjoy the sights and sounds. that's not the case today. you mentioned the vice president speaking last night in michigan,

here's a little bit at what she said. she took some shots at donald trump. >> as president, he did not lift a finger to save the pensions of millions of american workers. we did. [cheers and applause] we did. this is a man who sold promise after promise to american workers but never delivered, who said he supports so-called right to work laws 100%. those are his words. he when joked and laughed -- he who joked and laughed about firing striking workers. >> reporter: here in western north carolina paratroopers in chinook helicopters from the combat aviation brigade from fort liberty have been ramping up and delivering missions to those badly in need of some aid. we just heard and saw a chinook flying overhead just a few moments ago. critics say they should have been ordered the ais cyst much

sooner. now, the north carolina air national guard has been here and pleating rescue missions, some -- completing rescue missions, some 146 in all, rescuing 530 people as well as 150 pets. overnight, 80,000 pounds of relief supplies were sent to asheville to be delivered by the 82nd airborne. the hardest hit areas, a distribution center being run by fema. earlier, asheville's mayor spoke to neil ca view though. >> this is my city, i have never seen it like this, and it is the going to take a long time to dig out so that we are able to rebuild anden continue to be the amazing the -- and continue to be the amazing city that we are. this is a place where we have over 11 million tourists a year, but right now we're just devastated. >> reporter: so again, 11 million tourists visit asheville every year, that's about a million a month. and just to get another sense how important tourism so to this

town, a minor league baseball team for the astros, their nickname is the tourists. jacqui: thank you, lucas. griff? griff: well, as you well know, yesterday president biden surprised everyone fielding questions in the white house press briefing room for the first time during his presidency. during that session he did not address criticisms about his administration's disaster response. david spunt if has more from the white house are where biden just spoke moments ago. hey, david. >> reporter: hey, griff. he did speak on the south lawn. i asked him specifically his message to the family members of the hostages who have been in captivity by hamas since october 7th of last year ahead of that one-year anniversary. he said that he would be talking to a bunch of them. he didn't say when or where, and then he sort off walked off, got on marine one. he's heading to a wedding in indiana, with dr. biden, the first lady. then they'll head to camp david.

over the weekend he's going to be briefed about, obviously, what's going on in israel. but many say more importantly in this country with those people devastated by those floods that you just saw in lucas' report, people are still without power and still don't have the answers and the money they need, and they're going to be struggling for a long time. now, congress is out until after the election. time is running out for the biden administration in the next four months or so to get the money to these people. here is the president yesterday on that. >> we're going to have to deal with unforeseen costs of what this hurricane is going to cost. it's going to cost a lot of money, and i'm going to probably have to ask the congress before we leave for more money to deal with some of those problems. but that remains to be seen. >> reporter: the president also touting the deal reached with those striking at our nation's ports a few days ago a, highlighting the big problem we could have seen had we been in hurricane cleanup over several

states and without those crucial imports coming through these ports. but we have to acknowledge the election is one month from today, november the 5th. the president was asked directly yesterday if the election will be peaceful. here he is on that? >> i'm confident it'll be free and fair. i don't know whether it'll be peaceful. things that trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous. >> reporter: so camp david this weekend ahead of monday, october 7th, which marks one year since those hostages were taken. and it's still not clear what the president's going to do to commemorate those that are still being held hostage. we assume there'll be with something, we just don't know what it is. we'red asked and we're told to stay tuned. griff? griff: david spunt live for us on the north lawn, thank you. ♪ finish. ♪ jacqui: for more on the 2024 presidential race, let's bring in our political panel.

with us today is vice president of strategic communications at boaz public affairs group pete -- and brown steven hyatt -- shareholder al moder. thank you both for being here on a saturday. really appreciate your time. >> great to be here. >> my pleasure. jacqui: all right. want to start with this news that impacts harris. so, al, i'll go to you. the international association of firefighters decided that they were not going to endorse a candidate. that comes as a surprise from the union that was one of the first out of the gate the to endorse joe biden in 2020 to. an embarrassment for the harris campaign after a she mocked j.d. vance, or her campaign mocked j.d. vance when he was booed at their conference last month, and it's all on the heels of the teamsters also deciding not to endorse a a candidate. if you ec trap late this out, i mean -- extrapolate this out, the decision from the executive board was a margin of 1.2 where they decided not to endorse, but

if you extrapolate that out to the broader electorate, that shows trouble for harris. can she come come this when you see working class voters sliding away from the direct -- democratic party? >> i do think it reflects the current state of the race and, look, she's not doing quite as well with those rockerring -- working class voters. but that's to be expected because joe biden is probably the most pro-union candidate we've ever had as a nominee, and harris is new to to these folk, and trump has a strong appeal with those same part of the electorate. i think though, however, the reason she's winning in all national polls and in several battleground states is she's assembling a slightly different coalition than joe biden was working on a few months ago. she's getting in young voters more energized. so while she may be ebbing in the union space, she's making up for it with other slivers of the electorate. jacqui: pete, what's your answer to why this is happening? i would, you know, expect that you see that trump does pretty

well with working class voters, but this is a change that really hasn't a been talked about, i think, enough because it's significant to see unions drifting away from democrats. >> it's an inconvenient truth for the dues-loving, liberal leadership of the major unions across this country. they want to cram down top-down democratic advocacy with the rank and file, and the rank and file is saying, no, we've had enough. and an increasing number are turning to support donald trump. this is the political realignment of america happening before our very eyes, and this political reassignment could very well tip the scales 30 days from today. jacqui: i want to move to another topic. we had the vice presidential debate this week, and once again we had tim walz in the spotlight

for misrepresenting his sort of biographical narrative. he said that he was in tiananmen square for the democracy protests in 198, and as it returns out, he was in nebraska around that time. he was asked about it on the debate stage. this was his response. play it. >> governor, just to follow up on that, the question was can you explain the discrepancy? >> no. all's i said was i got there this summer and misspeck on this, so i will just -- that's what a i've said -- misspoke. jacqui: so, pete, i'm going to go to you because, obviously, that explanation was lackluster. i asked democratic surrogates in the spin room if that was sufficient, and they told me it's not going to matter because j.d. vance really botched his answer about whether trump lost the election in 2020, and january 66th, and that's what people care about -- january 6th. they don't care about tim walz exaggerating the details of where he was, you know, 23 years ago. what do you say to that?

>> it's one thing to forget whether you went to olive garden on tuesday or wednesday night, a whole other thing to embellish your military rank and to exaggerate where you were during an historic event such as the massacre tiananmen square. i know he say, oh, i'm just a knucklehead and i misspoke? if well, you don't get to misspeak with the chinese or with putin or even with the british prime minister. you tonight get a mulligan like that, and world leaders are not going to know if they can trust tim walz if he can't even get his own personal story straight. jacqui: but you didn't answer my question about how democrats are viewing this, because they look at, you know, what's coming out of the republican side, and they say we can i screw up quite a bit, and it's not going to meampt. i'll give you one more chance at a answering that before i go to al. >> well, it's an unfortunate reality of the world that we live in now that some of these

things kind of fly over voters' heads. but it should matter and it should be brought up i didn't cannily so that voters can't miss it. -- voters can't miss it. >> if it's a day of the week, donald trump is embellishing something. j.d. vance said even with his own words, even if i wasn't telling the truth about pets in springfield, ohio, i'm still going to say it because that's the messaging we need to put out there. tim walz at least, at least said i misspoke. he owned it. that's a world of difference from the two republican candidates. jacqui: all right. moving on now, we've had the vice president this week with campaigning with liz cheney. significant when you consider sort of the realignment of some republicans who used to be in trump's camp now backing the vice president's campaign. but i want to take you back to something she tweeted in 2020, liz cheney posted, kamala harris is a radical liberal who would raise taxes, take away guns and

health insurance and explode the size and power of the federal government. she wants to create america in the image of what's happening on the streets of portland and seattle. we won't give her the chance. pete, this -- the does this still stand? and how, how is it that you have someone who once said that now backing the vice president's campaign the wreck the country? >> because liz cheney disdains donald trump. if that's it. that's all this is about. and kamala harris is bringing liz cheney on stage because the cheney name is synonymous, or has been synonymous, with conservative republicanism for about 50 years. so kamala harris wants to the make it look like she's moderate when someone as key as a cheney -- conservative as a cheney supports her. this isn't about ideology for liz cheney, this is about the fact that she disdains and dislikes and maybe even hates donald trump. that's all this is. jacqui: al, is it a problem for

harris that she is going to run into this sort of very liberal past when she's been put on the spot the answer for it, she hasn't really given convincing answers as to how she got from there to here. >> well, she said that my positions now are my positions now and i've changed my mind. i think that's about as convincing as you can get. don trump was to-choice and donated to harris when she ran for a.g. california. the bottom line is it's not that cheney disdains trump, although she does, it's that she's a patriot who believes trump is an existential threat to america and to our constitution and so, therefore, even if she still believes all those things she said four or five years ago, i don't think she does, but even if she did, she's willing to to hold her nose and vote for harris because she thinks trump is such a threat. and republicans ought to the take notice that she says that.

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griff: hundreds are unaccounted for at this hour as the southeast tries to recover from the devastation left behind by hurricane helene are. frustration is growing among people who have lost so much and now begging for more help from the government. madison scar scarpino is live in north carolina with the very latest. hey, madison. >> reporter: hello, griff. the death until now stands at 23 the 2 people, but that number is only expected to go up. and right now we're at the landing and takeoff area for mare tan's purse if helicopters -- samaritan's purse. the organization, they gave us a ride this morning so we could get a better look at some of the damage here in north carolina. these choppers are, volunteers are using these choppers to drop off things like food, water, baby supplies and starlinks to the spots where people really can't get in and out by car. we saw roads washed out, collapsed bridges, houses

destroyed. it's a mess in some parts of the mountains. samaritan's purse is one of the many organizations able to help these impacted communities almost are immediately. and ironically, the organization is based in boone, north carolina, a town hit hard by helene. >> right here at samaritan's purse we have maybe 750 staff and probably if 30% of them don't have electricity right now. and i would say 10 or a 15% of them lost everything that they own and were still coming to work. so it's personal, and we want to do all that we can. >> reporter: search and rescue crews still on the ground trying to find missing people. a lot of the people that we talk to tell us that they're still processing the destruction and are really just trying to figure out their next steps. >> we opened the door and seen the mess, we knew it wasn't going to be good. >> nobody was ready for this. i mean, they didn't know it was going to be this bad and it was.

so we have to deal with it. and, you know, the only way to deal with it is get to work. >> reporter: another thing we're hearing from a lot of people who live here is just the shock factor in all of this. some north carolinians tell us that they really had no heads up about dangerous weather and, certainly, were not prepared for all of this. griff? where. griff: madison scarpino life in arden, north carolina, thank you. jacqui: griff, for more on the recovery efforts on the ground in north carolina, we are joined by mercy chef's founder gary leblanc. gary, thank you very much for taking time away from this very important work that you're doing. want to ask you about what it is that you're seeing in this community and how it compares to other disaster zones that you've deployed to in the past. enter the people here in this community are still reeling. no water, in power, in way to get gas. a lot of people have host their homes, and they are just looking for that that next step that they need the take.

if in the terms of what i've seen with before, i've been doing this for 18 years, and it rivals katrina in many ways, rivals maria in puerto rico. it rivals hurricane michael in panama city. this is just, whatever you think it is here, it's worse. if. jacqui: your organization puts together hot meals for everyone from victims to hospital workers, first responders. what are you hearing most consistently as you're serving these communities? >> well, people just want to know that they haven't been forgotten, you know? does the anybody know we're here? is somebody coming to help? and we get to go in and share hope in the form of a beautiful chef-prepared meal and just remind them that they have not been forsaken and that they are not forgotten. >> jacqui: in terms of the stories

you've heard, if we were right at your side going through your day, walk us through what that looks like and what you're hearing from folks. >> what we're hearing from people that have lost their homes, people that have lost they've loved ones, they've lost where they worked, where they go to church. their children have lost their schools. their lives are in utter turmoil and chaos. and and we know that amazing things can happen with a shared meal. we're here, we're supporting all the other volunteer organizations, all the search and rescue teams that we can possibly get to. and the stories that we're hearing from those men and women on those sar teams that have been out this now for a week are just heartbreaking. our team was delivering meals yesterday up in the mountains, and they actually saw a recovery taking place. s it is happening all around us, and we're just right in the middle of this mix. jacqui: are you getting the sense that the recovery process is going to be a hot longer than

first expected? >> oh, absolutely. we're making plans to stay for at least a year in some capacity here in asheville, but our numbers have been going up every day. we're very fortunate the musk foundation called and said what do you need to do more, so today we're bringing in another team and a whole other set of equipment, and we'll be doubling our meal count tonight. all this while time we're preparing a third team and equipment to be ready for whatever this next storm in florida is going to bring. we'vd it was exciting to get that call and have someone -- [inaudible] jacqui: wow, i don't think i've heard that, that the expectations is you could be out there for a year or more. what do you need right now to support this operation and support this community? >> well, it really boils down to funding. we've got that coming. we've got that fine, but it's going to be a long haul. we're hearing in asheville it could be seven weeks before they get water back.

and that presents all sorts of health hazards and public safety concerns. and so we're just fortunate that we have the expertise that we can still work in a professional and sanitary manner. sphwhre jeff gary leblanc, you are doing such incredible work. mercy chefs.com if people want to go and support your operation, we certainly thank you for the care that you're pouring into that community. it does not go unrecognized. thank you, gary. >> thank you for having us on. jacqui: and families affected by hurricane helene urgently need your support. join fox to help the american red cross provide meals and shelter to these families. you can donate today to the hurricane helene relief effort by going to redcross.org/foxforward or by scanning the qr code that you see on your screen right now. griff: and coming up, trey yingst on new israeli strikes in lebanon overnight as the one-year an verse reof black --

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jacqui: iran's oil minister saying today he was not worried about the escalating conflict in the region amid reports israel could strike iran's oil infrastructure. this as israel's fighting on multiple fronts and the idf says they've killed two more senior hamas leaders. monday will mark the one-year anniversary of the october 7th massacre. trey yingst is live for us in haifa or, israel, with more on all of this. hi, trey. >> reporter: good afternoon. all of this comes as the is reillys continue to expand their air and ground operation against hezbollah in lebanon. according to the israeli military, 400 hezbollah operatives were killed this week alone. the idf releasing new video showing weapons they say were recovered from hezbollah-controlled areas in southern lebanon. active fighting was reported in

multiple locations amid intense exchanges of fire. it comes as israeli airstrikes pounded beirut overnight. the majority if of the strikes were reported in a hezbollah stronghold. among the dead were some paramedics according to hebb news media. israel also conducted a strike in the northern state of -- city of tripoli. meanwhile, hezbollah continued to launch rockets into northern israel. one home was damaged, causing minor injuries, and over the city of haifa, local residents ran for bomb shelters while the iron dome intercepted fire overhead. now, right now the region is waiting to see how the israelis are going to respond if following that widespread ballistic missile attack conducted by iran earlier this week. we do know israel's top spokeman, as we speak, is addressing the nation, and he is expected to update israel on new homefront command defines -- guidelines, and there are many different options we're told about how the israelis might

respond to that attack. jacqui: we are watching it closely. trey yingst in haifa, thank you. griff: for more on what to expect in the region as tensions remain high, former ambassador -- actually, in several countries in the middle east, james jeffrey. mr. ambassador, thanks for being here on set. you know this so well. we're hearing these reports about strikes on iran's oil infrastructure, unclear exactly what direction that's going. your sort of analysis of it is? >> well, i think that israel knows, marley after the latest strike of -- particularly after the latest strike of almost 200missiles some of which got through and got close to knocking out israeli military installations, israel has to the make a massive retalia a story strike. it's preparing one that it hopes will shut down iran's direct participation in this war. of course, iran is indirectly supporting hezbollah blah, the houthis, hamas and all the rest. we'll have to see what that is. the targets are variable, the

goal is clear and unique, to shut iran down as an active participant in strikes against israel. griff: is your read on it that this administration, or president biden, does not want israel to strike ann? -- iran? >> he does want israel to strike iran, but what he says is proportional, and proportionality is a very tricky term under the laws of war. essentially, he doesn't want this war to escalate any further because, first of all, we have an election coming up. but even without an election, over the past 20 the plus years american presidents for good reason tied down in iraq and afghanistan, other issues, have not wanted to the see war in the middle east. the result is iran has exploited that fear of escalation to escalate step by step tactics in lebanon, in gaza, in iraq and syria and yemen, and new we now

have this uponster around the region -- monster that we're having to confront now. griff: with these proxies, well armed, indeed. president biden was asked at the white house briefing where he sort of surprised everyone, showed up and fielded some questions, he was asked about the escalation and whether or not this is all a ready -- all right a full scale war. -- all right a full scale war. listen here -- already a full scale war. >> the main thing we can do is try to rally the rest of the world, our allies, into participating participating like the french are. but when with you have proxies as irrational as hezbollah and the houthis and -- it's a hard thing to determine. griff: he's kind of touching on exactly the thing you're talking about. is what this administration, what they're doing, is it working to the avoid, tamp things down, if you will, and are we not already in a full scale war there? >> we are in a full scale war. this is what it looks like.

it's not going to look like liberating kuwait with 500,000 troops. it's going to the look like these strikes across the region. and what you see is a very reluctant president biden saying the right thing even though he wishes he didn't have to because what the conclusion of this is, he's going to have to support israel diplomatically, militarily and with weapons which is what we have been doing. again, without enthusiasm, but the bottom line is, is it happening, and it is. griff: there was another statement that that the president made that i thought was interesting. here's what the president said about how much he's helped israel. >> in administration if has a helped israel more than i have. none. if none. none. and i think best bishould remember that -- with bibishould remember that. when he's trying to influence the election, i don't know, but i'm not counting on that. griff griff you got three nones there. putting an exclamation point. do you agree this administration's done more for

israel an any -- than any other administering, and do you sense things are frosty between biden and netanyahu i? >> a, they're frosty. b, with at least one exception, biden has a point certainly in the amount of money, in the middle of a war. but richard nixon put all of us -- i was an army campaign -- captain at the time -- to to fight the russians determine yom kippur war, so i would say that, number one, nixon and kissinger. number two, given this is the other big war that israel has been in is biden because at the end of the day what counts is not his warnings and cautions and lack of enthusiasm, but what happens on the ground. and israel has had a pretty free hand. griff: let me ask you, because i think what a lot of people are starting -- if you don't follow sort of foreign issues, by now americans are countriesing -- understanding, my gosh, our strongest ally in the middle east, israel, so tiny, and

they're essentially fighting a war on three fronts. you've got, obviously, hezbollah in the north, gaza, a hamas in the south, you've got to deal with iran, you've got the houthis. can they handle this? like, talk to me strategically about how much of a tight ott spot they're in. >> they're in a tight spot. remember it's a small country with a small population. so when they look at proportionality and fighting in gaza, they can't afford to lose thousands of troops. they have to use military tactics that will minimize their troop and, frankly, that leads to a lot of civilian casualties that we might be more cautious with, particularly using other people's troops as we've done in some of the wars. griff: for sure. ambassador, thank you for being here today. great insight. >> thank you very much. jacqui: meanwhile, pro-palestinian protests are taking place demanding a ceasefire in gaza as the war

approaches his first anniversary. stephanie bennett is tracking all this from london. >> reporter: we've seen many protests here in london throughout the last year, but the metropolitan police say today's was by far the largest. >> leaders, listen to your people. ask and we want peace in the middle east and in the world, but listen to your people. your people are in the street every month. >> reporter: london's metropolitan police say more than a dozen people were arrested inned today's gatt education, do -- gatherings, and a counterproprotest took place. rallies are also planned in rome, berlin, chile, south africa and the philippines just to name a few despite some bans by local authorities. over in australia, the prime minister called for the cancellation of a pro-palestinian rally monday. he said, quote, it's important that people be able to express themselves peacefully, but october. th will be one year since the largest number of deaths and

murders, and call it whats,, since the holocaust. hamas launch add surprise attack on israel killing 1200 israelis. at last check, nearly 100 israeli hostages remain in gaza saw, fewer than 70 are believed to be alive. and according to the hamas-run gaza health ministry, more than 141,000 palestinians have been killed in thest past year. remembering october 7th, there are several vigils and memorial events planned for tomorrow andal on monday. jacqui: stephanie bennett, thank you. griff: a suspected venezuelan gang member was roaming free in new york's streets despite having a felony gun charge conviction on his record. we'll explain next. ♪ ♪ people tell me they'd love to buy gold. but because it's gold, they think it must be complicated.

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policies are back in question. you may remember this case from back in march. i.c.e. said merchan was among the eight migrants arrested as at this bronx home in a drug and gun bust back in march. at the time officers say the migrants were squatting in the home, and neighbors said the landlord was left helpless. >> yes. he, he tried to have are the police come over and evict them at one point, but the cops said they've been there 30 days, you're going to have to go to court and get an eviction notice from the court. >> reporter: shortly after the nypd arrested the man on march 27th, i.c.e. issued a detainer against his release with the knight department of corrections on april 1st -- new york city department of corrections. come september, he was convicted on criminal possession of a firearm but released a day later despite that active i.c.e.

detainer in place. and last friday i.c.e. says it was alerted by the fbi to help find him after merchan allegedly made possible threats to local law enforcement. kenneth -- the director of i.c.e.'s new york city field office with this strong warning on sanctuary city policies saying in part, quote, sanctuary jurisdictions undermine public safety and put our communities at unnecessary risk. new york city leaders, new york city and state leaders should reevaluate the policies that prevent local law enforcement from, corroborating with emergency removal operations. it is unconscionable that this felon was running free in new york for the last three weeks, end quote. so i.c.e. says merchan first came into the country more than two years ago near el paso, texas, and was released on parol because, griff, as you know, detention capacity was limited. and you're familiar with this. the agency says merchan never reported back for processing.

back to you. griff: yeah, c.b., let me tell you, all of the border officials i talk to, the top ones, tell me off camera that the tda, tren de aragua, is a priority, targeting them because of the threat. they are beginning to lay down roots and take hold in the u.s. can c.b. cotton live in new york, thank you. jacqui: well, a new storm system in the gulf of mexico is expected to become a tropical storm later today. where it might be headed coming up next. and later, be sure to catch president trump's return to butler, pennsylvania, today right here on fox news. shannon bream will be hosting special coverage starting at 5 p.m. ♪ ♪ for 44 years. when i have customers come in and ask for something for memory, i recommend prevagen. number one, because it's safe and effective. does not require a prescription.

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up to 110 miles an hour when this makes landfall on wednesday right there on the threshold of a major hurricane, a category three. now, the consensus ising for now, just south of tampa, but pretty much the entire state is currently in the cone, is so there's plenty of wiggle room. we'll be watching closely the next couple of days, and we'll have a better idea exactly where it's going. jacqui: adam klotz, thank you. >> who knew in our little part of the country here where where i was born and raised just right down the road, that we would have this kind of devastation.

i look around and i think, these are my mountains. these are my valleys. these are my rivers flowing like a stream. these are my people. griff: country music superstar colly parton says -- dolly parton says she's donating a million dollars to the community she came from. the eastern tennessee native is making the massive contribution the an organization supporting hurricane helene survivors. dollywood is matching her donation, and both walmart and sam's club also chipping in to bring the total contribution to $10 million. dolly did good again. jacqui: she sure did. really necessary and great to see her stepping up. meanwhile, families affected by hurricane helene urgently need support. you can help the american red cross provide meals and shelter to these families. donate to the hurricane helene relief effort by going to the fox -- excuse me, redcross.org/foxforward. you can also scan that q with r

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