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with wind speeds topping 80 miles an hour. that monstrous storm dumping 18 inches of rain in some areas and drowning some towns and life-threatening storm surge. multiple people are dead after three dozen powerful tornadoes ripped through the state. florida state senator and army green beret jay collins riding at the storm in florida and joined us earlier. >> pretty interesting here with our family hunkering down in our home across our community. it has been pretty rough. as floridians, we see a lot of hurricanes and it is easy to be complacent and say hey, just one more storm. by the broad side to get from a this magnitude -- >> carley: ref is an understatement for many people. you are watching "fox & friends first" this thursday morning and i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: todd piro and ja

janice dean live in the studio and ari live in orlando, what is the latest? >> it has been ferocious the last hour and a half to two hours i would say. we first got here after 1:00 in the morning in the northern i will. that is a solid test. i'm trying to keep an eye behind me to make sure nobody break comes in here. some of the strongest winds the entire time we have been here over 60 miles an hour possibly around 70 just eyeballing it. the power is still on in downtown orlando at least for this couple of blocks surrounding where the hotel is. we are set up in a parking garage for our shot year. but we have seen a lot of power flashes over the past hour or two here to the duration of this wind is starting to take its toll. i just recently checked and orange county has close to 75,000 people without power. now, it is one thing to be

downtown with a lot of buildings. they are our trees and various trees here and there average of the downtown damage has been relatively minor at least from what i have seen. small branches down we've had some of the branches blocking storm drain so water pooling on the roads. i am surprised we don't have more damage considering how strong this wind is. i can guarantee you a little bit out of town and rule areas, the damage has to be much worse. there is plenty of tree damage and i think the power outages will continue to go up here to but again lot of power outages that is really jarring in person but the skylights up bluish green and at first you think it is lightning in a process for little while and you know what is going on. we were here for the northern part of the eye well from 12:30 a.m. and till 1:00 a.m. or so before we get into the eye before calm down. we did not see power flashes and the power situation was a lot better.

so i think the power outage situation is heavily the pendant upon the duration of the land. it is not just the strength of the wind. if it persists for a long time, things will get out for little while. and this is only category 1 hurricane. it is funny i was talking and this is the strongest win i've ever been in and this is fairly category 1. it is mind-blowing feeling the power of the land and how strong 60 mile-per-hour wind gust is an 5'10", 160 and tough to end up in that and lower center of gravity and that. so the wind wind gust i would say the strongest we have seen likely about 75-80 miles an hour. so yeah, consistent with what we have here for category 1 hurricane. unfortunately, guys, things have panned out badly for orlando. there was one point yesterday where it looked like the center of the storm would go well south of orlando and we would still be

in the lynnfield but not the direct 8:30. we got the whole eye, northern eye when it quieted down. it is eerie if you have never experienced this before. you get slammed by one side of the eye of the hurricane entering experience in and of itself and then it calms down. for the layperson going through that, it feels like it is over and even for me as a meteorologist, you get that feeling speaking in a little bit and always a surprise when that backside 8:30 wall comes and even if it makes sense. >> you have experienced so many different stages of the storm, this i wall and the eye in the backside of it. has any part of this surprise you at all in this back portion of the storm and how strong it is in terms of wind gusts? >> i would say what surprised me yesterday how quickly the land came on. when we were setting up our shop

there shot no wind at all and escalated so fast throughout the day. we had a early wake-up call so i had to go to bed really early which is to have for weather like me when you have a hurricane coming in. i kept looking out the window at the hotel and we could see how strong the winds were getting. with anything surprising about this, i wouldn't say anything is surprising because it's a will forecast storm. the life-threatening details in the forecast further the coast and ta tampa bay dodged a bullet with storm surge and obviously strong land. devastating land out there. and here we were forecast to get a hurricane. this is not the first time this has happened. some people took it seriously and i was impressed talking with the people. i think the modern era, this is why you see in general hurricanes, tropical systems,

first off much better forecast and forecast amazing. if there is one thing i noticed in my career, very clearly hurricane forecast have got a lot better in the last 20 years. we have the video out all over the place. social media and people taking their own video. people see what it is like now days to be in these things and also experience them. at the end of the day, i am impressed how seriously everybody took this in orlando. we have yet to see the sun come up to see how bad the damage is and we will travel around how bad the land is in the outer pole of the eye wall in the next couple of hours, i have been impressed with the consistency of the wind. the presentation on the radar of the backside eye wall did not look impressive. you let a stark reminder it is so hurricane and hurricanes will do hurricane things. and we get to see that first and here. >> carley: haley meyer was coming to daytona beach on the east coast of florida and man,

she is in it, too, with the winds and the seafoam here which of this tour have and encompassing the whole span from west to east coast of florida. ari, thank you for the repo reporting, the job and we will check back soon. meteorologist janice dean with the fox weather forecast. what can you tell us about where the storm is going that? >> what is going into atlantic but a few hours of the hurricane in the latest 5:00 a.m. advisory and it is still 85-mile per winds. we had a landfall thursday and the forecast was correct. yes, the storm move south of tampa but the forecast model showing us that scenario yesterday. so the actual cone of uncertainty was right on. so thank you to the national hurricane center. looking at the heavy rain, the pants here for daytona beach, you are not out of it yet. orlando looks calm on the radar but we are still certainly

getting so strong wind gusts, i think the last wind gust 70 miles an hour where ari is pure to the take away from this storm will be the incredible tornado reports. yes tropical tornadoes are part of the risk that we talk about when we have these landfall hurricanes. but look at the scope of the tornado warnings yesterday. it was prolific and we will have reports of ef3 and damage but typically with hurricane land falls, you see weaker, quick spin at, but we had like a full on tornado outbreak yesterday. and taking a look at the highly populated neighborhoods of fort myers, west palm beach, down towards miami and up into melbourne, the damage is significant from the tornadoes. so that is one of the risk of the landfall hurricanes as well as the search, heavy rainfall, strong winds.

18 inches of rain at st. petersburg and that is coming in a matter of hours on top of 2 feet surplus of rainfall all along the west coast. that is something that is significant and as the sun comes up, we will see obviously flooding concerns and flooding damage. there is a flash flooding still occurring for parts of orlando and daytona beach and flash flood warnings for the next few minutes. the good news is flash flood warning for tampa area since left in. 107 miles an hour of tennis coach at st. petersburg, 102 miles an hour. so we knew from category three transform when it made impact and we talked about the wind field expanding from pretty tight category 5 hurricane. as it started to weaken a little bit and interacted with a cold front and you started to see that transition almost like nor'easter type storm and very big scope of wind potential for the whole state of florida. plan gusts and look at

daytona beach 84 miles an hour, said that is damaging land with 59 madeira beach and 71, we will finally see the storm exit thank goodness. then nothing to worry about for now. that power outages are a concern and we knew it would be widespread power outages. we still have 3 million people without power. some people it would take days, may be weeks. just remember, i don't like to say dodged a bullet because i remember katrina and the newspapers after katrina made landfall and it said dodged a bullet and then the levees broke. so just know, yes coach may be tampa didn't get the worst-case scenario, but someone did. >> carley: yeah, i know. even just two weeks ago, we were staking florida had a lot of damage but then that story became georgia and north carolina.

>> absolutely. >> carley: another thing we were talking about, janice the debris left by helene. 100 mile-per-hour winds so when the sun rises, we will see what the damage caused because of those two good things. >> that was a one-two punch for the state in less than two weeks. when you have 2 feet of rain already had fallen just days before this one, so, you know, i'm holding my breath right now. the sun will come up and someone will have a terrible day. >> todd: let's talk to one of the guys in charge of recovery, flo florida state fire marshal and chief financial officer and florida cabinet jimmy petronas. what is the initial damage assessments? >> the biggest concern we saw is there were so many tornadoes that were not in the path of the hurricane. so you look at st. lucie county, devastated by tornadoes and the sheriff's office in st. lucie county was destroyed.

we had one tornado that touched down literally went through a mobile home community that was retiring. so a lot to be uncovered this morning at sunrise as it breaks. we sent urban search and rescue crews to st. louis county as soon as the tornadoes touched ground. a lot of work is being done through the night. >> todd: what is the latest on emergency response? how much were you able to do before the sun comes up the rest presumably after? >> so we prestaged teams all over the state fort myers, miami, a lot of resources to orlando and orange county convention center and then north of tallahassee and camp landing. a lot of the teams will be hilo-angie in. these guys are heroes and they have no fear how many of these teams will still deploy out literally during the hurricane and making landfall are and the state and will find pockets and go out and create surveillance

in order to try to have the best intel to get boots on the ground as soon as possible. this is what they do, and they do it very well. >> todd: governor desantis and you have the largest national guard mobilization history of the state of florida at the ready to go. had they been able to begin search and rescue organic, one of those things an hour when the sun comes up in florida, they will be ready to go? >> it will be critical sunrise comes up we can start to assess with hurricane forest wins out. there is still a lot you can do, but a lot you can't do and you can't get that aerial assets up in these conditions. but we also have 40,000 linemen that are staged, ready to go at sunrise. but you know, look, there is a reason they call these events disaster. if you don't have to be home today, take your time. he want to go and rush back home

or you may not have access to electricity, clean water, gas or food? let our first responders do their jobs. let us get your community stabilized and then let's make it safe for you to return. >> todd: that is a good point because the winds may be over in a few hours but that does not mean means a painter would be over as well. you need to be cognizant of that fact and not rush in with electrified water or power lines down and a whole mess of things you could be facing when you go back into your home. i want to focus on atlantic coast because you self janice report as you well know the atlantic coast is where the action is right now. are you confident the atlantic coast prepare for the storm especially the storm surge they are getting right now? >> those communities never prepare enough. the emergency management director and first responders, they were prepared, but the citizens get complacent and fixated on tampa and a lot of they are over the room the past

week. so just like those poor people st. louis county and nobody in that community or county would ever dream that would have been hard hit by tornadoes. so atlanta-based community, they got a wallet, too has the torn cut across the state. we will have a full month's work ahead of us. but the great thing about us in florida, we are used to these disasters and we handle them well and have the best first responders have anybody in the nation. i would be remiss to say thank you to the teams because they came out of state massachusetts, texas, california, nevada saving flory saving floridians. >> todd: we fully expect if there was any state that can bounce back, especially governor desantis and your leadership team, it is a great state of florida. it will be at the sunshine state, jimmy petronas, thank you for your time and stay safe and

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>> todd: we are packed with a fox weather alert or as hurricane milton terrace across florida in 3 million people without power and the biden-harris administration repairing their response to face serious questions about the federal response to hurricane helene. >> carley: lucas tomlinson with all the details. >> hurricane milton vendors florida and still facing criticisms to response of hurricane helene. many saying for a federal response has been slow to reach those remote areas. hurricane milton making landfall in florida, president biden said they were prepared. >> mr. secretary, you have any need from all of the departments and the agency and report to this response? is anything lacking? >> we certainly do have all the resources and we are well

positioned to respond to hurricane helene, to respond to hurricane milton go to mr. president, we are meeting for a moment and meeting the challenges because of extraordinary people who have spoken before me. speak of the critics said did anybody expect a different answer from the chief. the press secretary taking home bridge with preside president former president trump. >> quite frankly, these lies are un-american and simply no place for them, not now, not every. former president trump has fled onslaught applies. speak of the administration will continue to work out and call out this information in conspiracy theories around the storm and federal and state responses. this is wrong, dangerous, and it messed up immediately! >> peter doocy said misinformation does not mean questions you don't like. donald trump spoke before hurricane milton who we made landfall last night.

>> we want to send their prayers to the people of florida getting hit just about now in a little while. you see a hurricane like we haven't seen in a long time as well as all of the people still recovering from hurricane helene. >> harley, you have to guess the delay in active duty forces including 82nd airborne spun up from port liberally formally known and better known as fort bragg located in north carolina. senator tom cotton said you should not have taken over a week to launch those forces. he noted 82nd deployed to haiti two days after massive earthquake hit that place back in 2010. that was noted in "wall street journal" op-ed j.d. vance, carley. >> carley: no shortage of controversy and politics attached to the storm. lucas tomlinson in washington, think is a much. florida small business owners still reeling from helene to

weeks ago to assess the impact of hurricane milton. sarasota, hit hard by and he finds me now and thank you for joining us. i understand you have a lot on your mind because this storm hurricane milton landed right in your backyard. where does that leave you? >> probably with total destruction. we had about three quarters destruction after helene and in the process of rebuilding a place saint armand circle which is south. so now with the hurricane milton hotel we are expecting the worse. >> carley: you are expecting the worse. what does that mean? it would no longer have a store? is that your sole source of income? >> it is our soul stomach sole source of income and after helene we started looking for

another job while rebuilding. and hopefully the storms are still standing so we can rebuild on them now with some help. >> carley: jeff, where are you right now and what was your night like? are you safe questioning. >> we are safe. a couple of days ago after seeing what helene did to our store, we live in a place called venice south of sarasota so we knew it was coming and we escaped fort lauderdale. even over here, we had some tornadoes across alligator alley and someone. so it is windy on the side. >> carley: i'm glad you are in a safe location that the emotional toll this past two weeks, what has it been like for you? >> it is extremely stressful. we are worried about our parents who live up in the ricoh area and upper 80s so i don't know how they are doing. and we will wake up to see how

everybody else how bad homes are flooded. >> carley: you are not the only person that is going through right now. it is great to be talking to you because you are speaking for a lot of people, a lot of your neighbors and a lot of small business owners similarly impacted by the storm. have you spoken to anybody else going through a similar situation as you? >> yes, we have. i have friends and staff up there hunker down right now but there is a bunch of us going through the same under the same thing and with homes in sarasota and then it's. >> carley: you said something that was interesting to me. of course, we didn't have flood insurance of the hurricane insurance won't cover what happened by a lien. what do you mean by that? >> pain from the north like we were, our insurance needs we talk to some people and high wind insurance and so one. the owners we talked with about

flood insurance on the building and we came to find out that we also had to have it on contents on the inside. if our window on our store would have broke from the high winds, we would have been covered. since it exploded through the flooring it came up almost 3 feet, it was not covered. >> carley: oh, my gosh, how do you feel about that? it is a technicality that could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. [inaudible] >> carley: jeff, jeff, we are starting to lose you. jeff, can you hear me? all right, i think we will eat that that year with jeff. but todd, can you believe it? he's got a store a coastal area and he thought he had the right insurance to cover it that the

flooding came up through the floorboards and he has in a safe location, but he has to wait until milton passes to go back to his store and see what is left of it. i can only imagine what he is going through right now. >> todd: it is a story that will be repeated over and over and over again because video sequence he's have the insurance policies. you have all these stories coming out how difficult insurance is to get in florida but there are these carve outs and various policies that jeff and so many people here just i'm sorry we couldn't finish that that we are thinking about him and of course everybody else in a serious situation so ready to respond after spending days helping helene victims in north carolina. the spokesperson will tell us about that relief effort coming up. ♪ ♪ did you know, sweat from stress is actually smellier than other kinds of sweat? that's why i use secret clinical antiperspirant.

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>> carley: a fox weather alert, hurricane milton pay rolling through florida with wind speeds 80 miles an hour. the monster storm dumping 18 inches of rain in some areas and drowning some pounds in a life-threatening storm surge. >> todd: multiple people dead after three dozen powerful tornadoes ripped through the state and lives in jacksonville, florida, but the latest there, michael. >> harley and todd, good morning to you. you are joining us live jacksonville beach where the winds are the big story. the winds clocking and gusting over 60 miles an hour. janice dean, i know you will appreciate this would typically walked up the beach and i measured 65 miles an hour so certainly powerful tropical storms forest winds knocking down a couple of what i saw little palm trees and power line

so over 10,000 customers in the county right now without power and we looked at the ocean and it looked like a washing machine. we were going to take you there, but our photographer and i literally could not stabilize the camera on the beach to bring you a shot because of how terrifically strong these winds are right now. thankfully, in terms of storm surge, not the biggest deal here or in downtown jacksonville till we were just there a moment ago and again concerned about the storm surge at least for now not the biggest deal that south of here st. augustine, big time flooding concerns and had further to daytona beach, guys, we are talking 81 mile-per-hour wind gust in these winds hanging strong into the money through the afternoon and evening before finally beginning to dissipate. back over to you. >> carley: michael, this storm

landed 257 miles southwest of you and siesta key. we can see what it's doing jacksonville. that is how they and fast-moving for storm is. we see the winds you are experiencing right now. i hate to have you out in it longer, but what do you think this means the community in jacksonville and the damage that could be done questioning. >> you know what i am concerned about that great question, carley. i am concerned about emotion especially along the beach line. we have seen that a lot on the east coast of florida with a b big, old system that moves in and you get the waves and that waves eat away and tear away at the close line. so erosion will be a big issue for friends and family that lived on daytona beach. i think downtown, these winds i'm most concerned about power outages in those are clicking up. if you haven't done so already, make sure you charge your cell phone and the whole nine yards and set the ac in your house a little cooler so if

you're power goes out, a cooler starting point. something we will be on top of the entire day and the effects of milton will certainly be felt here. >> todd: statewide and not just the area. michael, stay safe and thank you for your time here jokes the navy on the ground in florida with storm response and hard at work as save a driver at the semi truck flipped by a tornado. ran treasure at the spokesperson of the navy joins me now. kudos to get out and solve problems in the early stages of this event. but let's keep in mind, you have helped north carolina following helene and now responding to milton. how did you divide and conquer these two storms, brian? they came in with an amazing team and volunteers. we had a different operation north carolina and had to step up her first major air operations due to the mountainous topography of

western north carolina. and we do it with redirecting assets and for our team's preposition in florida, we have supply trucks ready and air assets sitting in destin need to go in as soon as a. >> todd: to plan for when the sun comes up is to hit the ground running and try to find places where people are in trouble, and i write? >> -- am i right? did we lose brian? >> i have got your back now. spilling plans for the sun come up for your cruise. >> yeah, i have checked in with one of my swift water teams that went in overnight words tampa lake area and now it looks like there was immediate need at least from the chatter on the radio for rescues, high water rescues and the plant city area. and listen to them with the 911

network radios. and i hear the power is out and the water is up and, of course that situation, scary situation for all of the responders and tropicana field when the roof came off. reminiscent of hurricane katrina. spilling that is a good point and first responders and a presumably safe location and the breath blows off and what do you did then questioning. >> i want to focus on the great men and women doing their best gives today. i look at the storm and think two things a lot of power lines down and a lot of water and they don't ask. how do you keep your team safe, brian? >> well, you know, one of the problems with milton i don't think any of us all coming was this florida attack had at the tornadoes just slimming to the east coast of florida when the main thrust of the storm still approaching the west coast. they started getting reports from teams near madeira beach, florida, and almost the whole

town i'm told was ravaged by tornadoes. we are getting a lot of pictures in. and now, i am hearing there is dozens of tornadoes that touched down all over the area in advance of the storm. now, we are dealing with the surge, power, what are outages. this is a powerful storm and we know it was. it came through and to do annotated staying. >> todd: it takes a special kind of person to leave the comforts of where they are to go into a situation like brave men and women and we pray for them and cited to see what they do, saving lives, it is an amazing thing. god bless you and brian, thank you for your time. wreaking havoc on supply chains across the southeast and we cannot forget about that and cheryl could sonic on the nationwide impact next. >> carley: the next guest unable to play the disaster. the storm's financial toll just ahead of.

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ports in florida could face severe damage. >> carley: cheryl casone with fox business is with the details. >> fort tampa bay and that when we are watching the closest with 43% at the state's jet and gasoline comes to that port. we are talking goods from china comes to the port, mexico, so that is one thing that will be a key when the sun comes up, we will see what is going on there and also cell phone towers and how many cell phone towers destroyed because of milton here jet that is another question. utility lines, we are expecting cruise ships that are being diverted. they have backup plans but some of these cruise ships left two or three days before the storm began. but also the citrus industry in florida, think about this, it was her late harvest for tomato crops and orange crops. you will see the price is likely start to rise within the next

couple of weeks because they will be unfortunately, damage to that. also as far as in general and one supply chain experts say the industries to watch will be aerospace, life sciences, oil, gas, and freight that will impact the supply chain. we learned a lot from covid, we get coach up at the storm is so horrific and once-in-a-lifetime event for all of us that really we don't know what the impact will be. we need to send to come up. >> carley: could this be inflationary decision? >> wow! nationwide? >> template grocery prices impacted on the eastern part of the united states, california and california large industry so not west coast rate the east coast story. but unfortunately, think about i'm worried about job losses now because how many businesses will be shot down because of this and how many manufacturing plants

can't open. i'm sorry i am worried about the job story and particularly workers and poured out. the story is just beginning and fabric paint is still with us and the loss of life is the first thing on our minds and our prayers for these people in the state of florida. in the secondary story for months if not years will be the damage to the state. >> todd: let's go over is the fed going to do this or that fed doing that? we believe that for weeks and months on end but something like this up and that discussion. that is an important point. >> don't miss cheryl casone. >> carley: peter doocy with a lid look at what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> the son within the hour with the damage caused by hurricane milton. we will get updates from among others florida's lieutenant

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>> carley: brand new video of tropicana field in florida wreak havoc across the state. >> look at that the roof is were to off. >> todd: obviously the field that's not the main concern right now. look, a lot of damage there as well. it's going to take some time to get the trop ready for baseball. 3 million people without power. as well as the safety and security of everybody. homes and businesses absolutely destroyed across the state of florida. biden harris administration though focused on calling out misinformation about federal responses. >> are we concerned about any misinformation or disinformation regarding evacuations that we need to clear up at this point? >> there's been a lot of misinformation out there, madam

vice president. >> why do you think trunk is spreading misinformation? >> i don't know. it's not america. it's not who the hell we are. >> i'm going to divorce the disinformation being spread. disinformation is harmful. >> todd: congressman greg steube joins me now. a lot of soundbites to get through there. first of all, you are in sarasota. describe what it was like in sarasota overnight. >> it was -- i mean, the eye of the hurricane went right over us, so you had 100 mile-per-hour wind going one way and after the eye passed 100 mile-per-hour winds going the opposite way. a lot of wind before that we don't have cell service. we don't have power. i'm on generator power that's how i'm able to talk to you now. i would imagine most of the people in my district do not have power right now. so, hopefully, all of those people that were in the evacuation areas evacuated because law enforcement and first responders can't go out if the winds are over 45 miles per hour. so that didn't subside until

probably, i don't know, 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. you couldn't even respond to 911 calls until that wind died down. so today will be recovery and search and rescue make sure if there is anybody out there we have 400 national guard at river view high school in sarasota. we have got our power line guys on the ground. so all of this now will start to recover and get power back on and make sure that people are safe. >> carley: congressman, we spoke to somebody earlier in the show his name is jeff snell. i still can't get over his story he owns a store in sarasota he says was three quarters destroyed during hurricane helene. during that storm his store was flooded and he says he has hurricane insurance but not flood insurance and because the waters came up through the floor boards and didn't initially, a window didn't initially break, he's not covered from the storm. so there is going to be a huge financial toll to this storm.

what about that and the days ahead for small business owners and people whose businesses and homes have been destroyed? >> yeah. what is so heartbreaking about this is punta gorda in my district just got flooded by hurricane helene and those same places got flooded. you can watch the video online right now. it's heart breaking myself and senator scott were down there last week touring some of the devastation and these businesses were rebuilding and ripping out drywall and now all of them got flooded again. siesta keys another great example was recovering from hurricane helene, got flood, got huge storm surge and they were at the eye of the hurricane. i have seen some footage but it doesn't look too bad from a storm surge in siesta because it could be south of the eye. but you have got all these people recovering from two weeks ago getting hit by hurricane helene who now have all gotten hit again it's very, very challenging. >> todd: people suffered in helene, people are suffering now and are going to be suffering in

the days and weeks and months to come. yet, you have the white house, kamala harris says are we concerned about misinformation or disinformation when in a briefing with the fema director, instead of talking about the response. and then you have a reporter asking a ridiculously opinionated and bias question why do you think trump is spreading misinformation assuming a fact in that question and the president going off yelling about how it's unamerican. the fact of the matter is what is your reaction to comments like that at the time when there are legitimate questions about fema responding to natural disasters which is their stated mission, congressman. >> it is absolutely ridiculous. secretary mayorkas himself who was impeached in the house by the way. secretary mayorkas himself said they were out of money. said they were transferring funds to help illegal immigrants resettlement. the white house spokesperson was saying that a year or so ago they were transferring funds to do it. it's really frustrating when

suddenly facts come out and they don't like the narrative, they label it misinformation and they try to characterize things that republicans are saying that are fact are not fact when in fact they care more about illegal immigrants in this country than they do american citizens that have been hit by a natural disaster. >> carley: it's true. and it's unfortunate that it's become political. i mean, during president biden's press conference yesterday, he said that there are no red states or blue states during a hurricane and then went on to criticize how people feel -- how victims feel in some of the red areas that were impacted by helene. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. we are praying for you and everybody impacted by this storm right now. continuing conch on hurricane milton begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> carley: this is a fox weather alert. this is a live look just north of orlando as hurricane milton tears through florida. right now the cat 1 storm is battering the space coast wi