right now a very strong band of wind and rain crossing over key largo, florida adam housley live , adam how are you? >> reporter: shepherd still getting battered on. we had a viewer on not long ago that's about five miles from where the southern end of key largo. the winds continue to batter this area and we spoke to you last night and i left the sign to my right literally tear off and blow away big piece of metal probably about four feet by three or four feet, just blew off into the distance and trees have snapped everywhere. again we're not in the eye wall from what the forecast says we are just outside of that so this is the type of weather that's coming from fort myers and all the way up the west coast and i have to tell you its been a very long process of battering. it started yesterday morning with winds in the 30s or so that's around 10 a.m. and it continued and continued now throughout today and into last night and now into today where we are getting gusts over 100 miles an hour the rain continues to come down as the viewer talked about the water surge on the ocean side which is

adam housley is live in key largo finding out firsthand. adam, how are things going?he keys. continuing winds, rain, and the threat of higher water. we were live all day across on the other side of key largo based on the oceanside, on the east side where the wind and water is battering that side. the bayside. i took a picture on my i foreign. foreign -- picture on my iphone. the storm surge had come up 3 get from where we were before. so the live shot was 3 feet under water. you can see that area is already inundated. it's less than a mile from where i'm standing. the water has not come up much here at all. but the wind continues to blow in all directions. there are branches and trees down everywhere. anything that's not completely secure has been ripped apart or torn off. you can see stuff everywhere. and you cans have been knocked out. street signs. but they have been able to weather the storage. but it's been 12 hours of straight and continual wind gusts and rain. now this storm is starting to turn and come up this way. even though we won't get the eye most of like

adam housley standing by live in key largo. t we begin with meteorologist adam klotz to find out where irma is now and what she does next. adam: we are still waiting on that big northerly turn. eye of the storm is still running along the northern coast of cuba. we have this notion west-northwest. we are expecting that turn to be happening in the overnight hours. the winds, the rain, all of that beginning to pick up. these are our wind gusts. some of the florida keys with wind gusts in the 60s and 70s. this is all once we get that turn you will expect to see these winds begin to climb through the overnight hours. a tornado threat has also been in place. we have seen several tornado warning cells. especially on the east side of florida it's all that front fright quadrant where you see the tornadic activity. landfall early tomorrow and you are looking at a cat cat 4 when that happens. we continue to track this system as it moves up, slowly weakening as you get to the tampa area. but moving across the state of florida through all of

where we find adam housley. adam, how's it looking? those models and information coming out of the caribbean and video we have seen of the destruction, a lot of people here who wrote out other hurricanes decided to get out for the first time. hurricane andrew 25 years ago, a number of people we met who stayed here for that event decided to leave this time. we put our drone up to give you an idea of how many people have already left the southern tip of florida. the freeways are pretty wide open. we are told north estate is much different. the florida keys -- people really did listen to this time. take a look. all right, he basically says the people did see that video and people were worried about what they've seen and decided to get out. to keep you updated with this hurricane, until then -- >> very well covered from the standpoint of bravery and talent. we have tremendous people representing us from the coast guard to fema to everybody else. we've spoken to governor scott on numerous occasions. they, likewise, are very well prepared fo

adam housley is in key largo. >> we are told they have gone through most of the bridges and they believe they are structurally sound. there is minor damage, they still haven't reopened the highway going south because all the feeder road, the roads that feed into the two-lane highway, or four-lane, depending on where you are driving, the roads are covered with trees, debris, boats, in some cases furniture. power lines. until the roads are cleared, they don't want people to come back in. some locals have been out clearing the roads. if they can get certain neighborhoods cleared out and assessed and they will let certain people back in, that's how it will take place. there is no power for most of the keys if any at all. there is no cell service. >> shepard: adam housley live with us. want to go straight to charleston where the winds and waves have been lapping over the battery in downtown charleston. we will get back to that in a moment. adam housley and the keys. we've been talking about how long it might take for pe

adam housley live in key largo. hello, adam. >> hello, shepard.were at the bridge this morning that comes onto key largo on the highway that goes all the way south to key west. that's where people came on. basically all day long this highway has been pretty crowded. some people coming back. there are votes here are some folks from the keys are bringing their boats back. others from outside the keys are bringing boats back. you see supply trucks, electrical trucks. people are bringing in their saws, their buckets to go up and bring down trees. every type of repair type work you can think of. boat repair to home repair have been coming through here, along with locals. they are getting their first chance to see how their home fared and hurricane irma. >> shepard: you tried to go farther south. how did it go? how far did you get? >> we stayed with the guy from cudjoe key, way down at the bottom. my marker 17 is where he was. he got in there last night. he said his house is gone. it's no longer there. it was a mobile home, nicer one. not even a foundat

adam housley has been kicked in the teeth for 12 plus hours.e may have six or 10 more hours to go and that is part of what the rest of florida is about to get here as the storm moves further north. back to you in new york. shepard: bill hemmer, thank you very much. the northern coast of cuba for hours and hours and now some pictures of those. reporter: a friday night as a category five e. of waves crashing into the sea wall. another look at havana flooding there. they evacuated about 10,000 people from havana. another city in the northern coast, downed power lines here. making their way through that area. this area had about three feet of storm surge hit. but they seem to be picking up and getting on with things. shepard: two sides to this storm. the ride is the worst, the left is not as bad. two on the left side of that and the mountains probably diminished the speed of the wind at least for a short time. downgraded to a category three for a while. now a category four. we really don't have a lot of reports in cuba or a number of other areas al

i think the pictures out of the keys from adam housley are stunning.f you listen to his reporting when he and producer road out to the category 4 impact, they are just in one spot of a 70-80-mile stretch of roadway. the imagination runs wild just to think, harris, how much damage there is in the florida keys at the moment. >> harris: you know, bill, we are starting to get notes. not even the pictures, but notes through tweets and other social media about all the damage in the keys. people putting out one-liners about apartment complex that has fallen about the fact that the bridges have to individually be checked. they do not want anybody out even when the sun comes out. they do not want anybody on any structures. they took so much wind and a hairline crack might not be something that you can see with our bare eyes, and something could fall. they do not want people out there. there's so much more to the story in the keys. several hundred miles away from where you're standing right now was where irma made landfall. >> yes, and another part of the state

. >> sean: adam housley is in key largo florida. adam, what's going on there? >> first evacuation, we are here in the keys. most take it out. we've met a lot of people in the last couple of days who did not get out before and said this time, they will take the warning seriously and they are going to leave. for the most part, there are no cars on the road. most people that wanted to leave did not do so. the last bus has got off the island. you either have to hitch a ride or get your own car. most people are basically here to stay at this point. we are in the last place we know if that's open in the keys, tower of pizza. your family has been here for 30 years. i've got to ask, i know everything is nice and calm but of course it will change, we are expecting tropical storm winds at 2:00 at the latest. >> yes, we are all scared but we're sticking together. >> with the whole state under evacuation, did you have any other options close to mike >> i think they do think we are crazy. we had options but we thought best for us to stay here and stick together as a family

adam housley is there. he is live in key largo. >> we passed the dhs crew, department of homeland security, they are taking a pass south to get communications there. make the issues down there. they are on the ocean side of the keys, and also wind damage on the bay side, but the ocean side, you are destruction. this was a restaurant we stood by on friday if you came here. the shares of monroe county tele's base to come here and get fish fries. as you can see the place is completely trash into the water. you can see hvac on anything from the businesses if you keep coming across, you see how sir, we met a couple who was in that home. there were in the second story, because the first story, dated d waves inside their home, and in fact neighbors that were riding out the storm came over with life vests, and they went to the second-story to avoid the surge that came through. look at where i am standing. imagine where i am. i'm 6'3". it came about this high, right here. this business had no chance. the home had no

in key largo florida, adam housley, fox news.ou: joining me tonight to discuss this catastrophic storm in florida as we are waiting to find out where it will hit and when, as well as the rising frustration with republican leadership on capitol hill, we're joined tonight by congressman ron desantis of florida, a member of several key committees, including foreign affairs, judiciary, oversight, member of the freedom caucus. it is great to have you with us. i know you're concerned, appropriately so, primarily with the hurricane. i want to discuss that with you tonight, and what you think, and what you're being told by the emergency agencies that we can expect in florida. but, we just saw a president, a republican president, turn to the democratic party and say, he is ready for bipartisanship, and left your leadership in the house, speaker ryan and leadership in the senate, majority leader mcconnell gasping for air. your reaction? >> well, lou, look, i think being on the five-week recess, one was a mistake because we had all the thin

lou: adam housley reporting from homestead, florida. president trump reaching out to republicans and democrats for tax reform support. >> i'm a conservative and i will tell you i'm not sceptical. if we can do things in a bipartisan matter that would be great. lou: we'll take up the president's push for bipartisan support. rino paul ryan meeting with nancy pelosi on daca after he privately acknowledged there is only one person who wants the border wall built. could it be paul ryan? we'll take up the latest on border security and much during our made to move 2017 clearance event, you can do endless online research. or, you can take advantage of our best offer ever on an xt5. don't wait. our 2017 models will be moving fast. you can drive a car... or you can drive a cadillac. come in now before the end of our made to move 2017 clearance event and leave with the perfect cadillac xt5 for your next adventure. choose a low mileage lease on this xt5 for around $339 per month. lou: a lot of people never thought they would hear me saying these wor

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tomorrow they will continue their operations. >> bret: adam housley live in homestead. thank you. we are a few yards from the treasury department here on the north lawn of the white house. the president is getting ready to go to florida tomorrow to view the hurricane damage there. today it was all about tax reform. chief white house correspondent john roberts joins me. >> good evening. this was the big signature issue of the presidential campaign for president trump and he's determined he's going to get it passed this year, the signature issue of tax reform even if it means turning his back on one of his big campaign promises. >> democrats -- >> meeting with house members today, president trump had bad news for high income earners. they likely won't benefit from tax reform and in some cases might even pay more. >> i think the wealthy will be pretty much where they are. pretty much where they are. we can do that, we'd like it. if they have to go higher, they'll go higher. >> it stands in sharp contrast with the president promised during the campaign that the richest americans recei

judge jeanine: adam housley, thanks so much from dee key largo. our coverage moves north to the city of tampa which is readying for a hard hit from irma. mike tobin is there and joins us live. mike? reporter: the lights are still on here. but you have this familiar scene. board on the windows, sandbags by the doors. authorities say the time for making sandbags is over. they want people to get further north to higher ground. there are some people in the historic district, you have a lot of people still out enjoying the night life. i shouldn't say a lot of people. but you have people out defying the storm, wandering the streets. the mandatory evacuation zones are 15 feet above sea level and below. the barrier islands on the outside of pinellas county, a lot of people are not respecting the mandatory evacuation orders. they are not going to send sheriff's deputies to arrest anyone and they won't send deputies to rescue anybody when it gets bad and they put the deputies at risk. >> in the middle of this thing we are not going out there to get them. if

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charles: adam housley be careful and thank you very much. we appreciate it.miami beach's mayor phillip levine who joins us by phone. thanks for taking the time. give us the latest, what you are seeing on the ground right now. >> i can tell you this. it was a good thing we told people to leave miami beach a few days in a dance with a mandatory evacuation. i can tell you it's a ghost town. the streets are empty and i'm approaching ocean drive and there's literally nobody there. there are no cars and no pedestrians. all the whole tells her boarded up and that's a good sign for me. charles: it's a good sign for you and you coined this nuclear hurricane and that has garnered a lot of attention and also the mandatory evacuation. perhaps miami doesn't get the kind of hit you are are anticipg 48 hours ago do you think that this will be still seen as the right decision in hindsight? in houston there may or actually didn't want people to evacuate. >> i agree on an old statement better safe than sorry. number two i can tell you this, this storm is larger than the state

shep: adam housley live for us in key largo. we have an opportunity to go to elaine duke.ig picture, how are we? >> good morning. we are as expected, a slight move to the west. the storm path has not changed anything we predicted. the storm has hit as a shirk category 4. the winds and storm surge are starting as predicted. shep: this is beginning to look like from the latest update like a marco island call your county naples event with what appears to be unless it makes a turn, direct hit, and heavily tropical hated. is fema ready in that region? >> governor scott is leading the response for fema. and we are providing any requests they make. shep: the -- is it the expectation that this will weaken? >> we expect this to be a strong storm through the entire peninsula. so unless it takes a different path we expect throughout the movement of the peninsula for it to continue to be a very, very strong storm. surge from the ocean and high, extensive winds. shep: ways your advice for -- what is your advice for people who remained in collier and she counties on the west coast? >> y

also, adam housley is in the key west area. rick, we will start with you. >> we continue to be even more concern now for parts of florida. the models continue to come in indicating a direct hit from florida. in the short term, the storm looks like it's going through a replacement cycle. the latest, the wins have come down a little bit, still a strong category 5 storm. we strengthen once that cycle finishes. it's going over the warmest water that it's gone over in any point. these temperatures into the upper 80s. that's all the fuel and needs to stay in this major category storm. all indications will pull up the northwest, we know it's making this right-hand turn in the model consensus is getting into a little bit better agreement and it's a little bit farther again to the west through the evening tonight. we have direct landfall somewhere here in south florida, possibly key largo which is where we find our adam housley. people here in the keys have listened. many have evacuated. we do know this hour the governor florida has cal

senior correspondent adam housley is on the u.s.-mexico border. >> it may look like any other construction sites but this is the beginning of president trump's long promised new border wall, when he began to tout from day one of his campaign in little more than two years ago. >> i will build a great, great wall. on our southern border and i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my words. >> the process now involves a different wall designs being constructed outside san diego by six different companies. congress has coughed up the money for the prototypes but will need to approve billions more in order to use one or more of these designs to complete the wall stretching from the pacific ocean all the way to the gulf of mexico. >> history shows border security is an achievable objective when we have the right kind of policies and resources in the form of law enforcement personnel, technology, and border infrastructure. >> 650 miles of fence or barriers already exist. about 1300 miles still needed. average construction cost so far ha

"fox news" senior correspondent adam housley is in key largo with the report. c residents of the battered florida keys are getting the green light to return home but hundreds lining up at dawn eager to survey the devastation in the wake of hurricane irma. clay crockett is one of the thousands forced to leave as a the category 4 storm took aim at his business and home. >> the search came up to here which means there's flooding inside. >> others say despite the damage they don't plan to relocate any time soon. >> i've never been through anything like this in my entire life. we love it here in the keys so we will be back soon. >> while some were allowed back and others turned away. as they tried to make it further south to the lower keys. fema estimates that 25% of the homes in the keys have been destroyed, even more damage. >> basically every house in the keys was impacted in some way or another. >> after any major storm there's this reassuring sight. utility trucks streaming in cruz hurrying to restore power. about 15 million remain without electricity across th

adam housley has more. how is it looking in. >> the estimation of one in four homes, that doesn't count smaller damage. a lot of businesses have problems here like the gas station where the pumps are bent, the sign is down. you have the smaller price tags to the bigger price tag, it will be significant in florida to clean this up, not to mention the possibility of casualties out there. we had a chance to be at the bridge on the north part of key largo at 7:20 a.m. they opened the bridge and let locals back in for the first time. along with locals came a plethora of folks coming in here to help, too. all sorts of companies coming from as for as wisconsin to help replace the power lines here, for example. tree services. one after the other. gas companies all coming to try to help people recover here and get back online. we had a chance to drive down to about mile marker high 40s or so, just outside of marathon, florida. that's as far as you can go. they shut the road down there at that point. further south, t

first though, let's check in with adam housley live in key largo in the northern keys. adam? >> yeah, jon. a good sign right behind me, in fact, in the maybe last 15 minutes or so a bunch of utility trucks have come in. one of the cranes has gone up. one of the boxes gone up, actually survey and hopefully fix. so lines around here. i don't know where the folks are from. i haven't had a chance do go across the street how quickly they came. in big crane in michels on them. you are also seeing in front of that all the traffic heading southbound on the highway here. you will see a mix of people rushing home along with all sorts of supply chains. i have seen big rigs carrying water, tractors coming. in tractors driving by themselves down the street. i known, just about anything you might expect coming to help people. trucks pulling generators, boats. these are the folks coming back to find their houses, to see how they fared and also see how people helping them at the same time. the bridge opening up here at 7:20 this morning. that's when the first people were allowed. in i'm seei

and housley joins us with more -- adam housley droids with more. >> that number is expected to go up,lso some other -- they have structural engineers, they have medics and also folks who are experts in being able to dig through this rubble, there on the way as well as a team from israel. they're heading there as well. about 70 or so miles south of mexico city parade the video and pictures upcoming overnight and this morning are beyond dramatic. large buildings swaying and rocking as the ground shook, but it's really centered on a collapsed school in the neighborhood of villa copub. it's a southern neighborhood in the city. what's interesting in the video is there literally trying to do this in silence. part of the school is still standing on the outside, they've spray-painted the word which means silence because they're trying to hear voices. 21 of 25 bodies are confirmed to be children that they pulled out of that school. parents are part of this search. there have been reports of text messages possibly coming in from students were still trapped, but you can see the mass amount of pe

senior correspondent adam housley starts us off in key largo. good evening. >> good evening, bret. people are finally getting a chance to get a chance to see how their homes fared against a hurricane or mob. for others, they are stopped as they are still serious concerns about the conditions. residents getting the green light to return home. hundreds lining up, eager to survey the demonstration. he is 1 of thousands who was forced to leave. >> the surge came up to at least hear which means i'm going to be flooded inside. oh, my god. >> others say they don't plan to relocate anytime soon. >> i've never been through anything like this my entire life. i never want to go through it again, but we love it here in the keys so we'll be back soon. >> somewhere allowed in, others were turned away. as they tried to make it further south to the lower keys. fema estimates 25% of the homes have been destroyed, even more damaged. >> basically every house in the keys was impacted in some way or another. >> after any major storm there is this reassuring site. utility trucks streaming in. about 15 m

adam housley is in key largo in the northern part of the key, where it seems it will become very dangeroushear the wind. what are you seeing there? >> yes, jon. we are told by our team and the weather center. it is a band that has broken off from the hurricane and swirling back around. you can see it on some of the radar to we're getting a good idea about when it's coming our way. about the first time we seen anything like this in a couple of days that we have been here. we saw a little bit of wind earlier i called over and they said this is some of the bands that are breaking up and coming from irma. it is coming now from the north. coming from the north, blowing straight down. where we are standing. you can hear on the roof alread already. nothing like the power we expect to see, but it is definitely something we've seen for the first time. when you see some of these wins, the street signs start to quiver a bit. the rain comes down pretty hard all of a sudden. this is what we expect to see consistently from the night into tomorrow, and of course, as this storm moves ashore. when you driv

we begin with adam housley in the storm's cross hairs right now. adam. >> in the storm's cross hairs. the winds have been battering this part of florida for more than 24 hours. at 10:30 yesterday morning we lost power here in the winds have not died down and have continued to grow. right now you can tell that the wind is gusting over 100 miles per hour from where i'm standing. if i will step away for a second to give you an idea of the wrath and the range of the storm. the eye is going to pass about 30 miles to our west so we are right on the side of the storm. across our parking lot from the secure location that we are located to the tree about 4 feet around, about 10 feet above ground. i've been in ten hurricanes but i have to tell you this one is the most powerful one that i felt this far away from the center and its benches nonstop. the storms started yesterday at about 11:00 p.m. the water has artie come up about 3 feet and was headed towards the interstate here on the bayside it has not gotten that high at all. the wind and rain is battering u

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for the first time we're getting a look at some of the designs for here's fox's adam housley. it may look like any other construction site, but this is the beginning of president trump 's long promised new border wall. one he began to tout from day one of his campaign a little more than two years ago. i will build a great, great wall on our southern border and i will have mexico pay for that. mark my words. the process now l involves ate different wall de signs being constructed outside of san diego by six different companies. congress has cuffed up the money for the prototypes in order to complete one or more of these designses stretching trump administration the golf all the way to mexico. border security is an achievabl able objective when we have the right kind of policies and resources in the form of law enforcement personnel, tenl and border infra struck sewer. roughly 6506 miles of fence or barriers of various types already exist along with 113 miles still needed. average construction costs have been $3 million a mile. the fed s and local police department s are plannin

adam housley is live in key largo with the latest for us. adam, let me just say what an amazing job you and your crew did throughout. extraordinary work, my friend. >> the guides did an amazing job keeping us on the air. there is no water or power. at least we have a home to go home to. but depending on which side of the island you are on. much more side on the east side than the west side. much of the damage will be in the keys. not just pleasure boats. but people's home. one is two blocks inland. you have no power, no water. very little cell service if you can find it. what's interesting is we are starting to see the first relief efforts come. i have seen caravans, one from california. this is a mobile command vehicle used by the u.s. customs and border protection. they were prepositioned ready to go. that unit there went down to marathon key. that unit let some of the locals and some of the authorities there get out. get some cell service there because they have wi-fi. they have the ability to put wi-fi up and cell up. that was a great rel

but we begin with adam housley on the ground in key largo, florida. adam? reporter: over the course of the last few hours the situation is deteriorating on the bayside of key largo. we were on the oceanside or eastside of the keys. wind was bad and the rain was blowing sideways. we got out of there for nightfall to make sure we had some safety and security. when checked what it was like where we once were. i took this photo on my iphone. the storm surge has started in key largo. by my estimation 3 feet had come in already. the island is only a mile wide at the most of. the wind on the bayside. on the back side of the island you can tell from look at the trees behind me, the rain continues to come down. also you get that sound when a hurricane comes it sounds like it's a jet engine up in the sky. we are starting to hear that more significantly. whether that eye does cross here or a bit further south and west of us, it's still going to batter. it's the dirty side of the storm, they like to call it. we expect a storm surge. we are not sure how much on the bays

adam housley is live with the latest from key largo. adam? reporter: the first evacuations were here in the florida keys. many people here rode out andrew but they made a decision not to ride it out. people had the opportunity to leave. we are at the tower of pizza. the location, the best we can tell the last one open on key largo. they will remain open until tonight, then hunker down for the storm. there are others who had no decision. they had to stay no matter what. dolphin's plus, they have 19 dolphins. they have been around for a long time. they can't just up and leave. they said there was no decision for them, they have to stay. >> evacuating with marine mammals is a serious task. but our path is aworld orlando. but with the hurricane going up the turnpike and the turnpike in gridlock, it's not an option. reporter: a lot of people here evacuated. fort myers and places like that are having to evacuate a second time. if they had gone someplace else, necessity would have to move again. right now with that latest track, we were on the back