ashley webster in for stu today. ashley: good morning, everyone. i'm ashley webster in for stuart varney. the fed raises rates 75 basis points for the third consecutive time. powell says a soft landing will be "very challenging". no kidding. that led to a selloff yesterday afternoon and this morning things at least for now looking a little more calm. the dow, s&p and nasdaq slightly higher. here we go with the treasury yields and the ten year well above 3.5% at 3.57. the two year topping 4.1% earlier, that is the highest in 15 years down 4.06. onto politics now. the economy topping the list of concerns for voters on numerous polls but many democrats are focusing on abortion. will the strategy work in november? we'll get into that story. protests are erupting in russia following putin's call to mobilize more troops and there's been over 1400 antiwar protesters detained in russia, not to mention flights out of there are selling out. the homeless crisis in los angeles is escalating at a rapid pace. a homeless man is caught on camera hurling f feces at

the latest from ashley webster in florida. misael arellanes did you just say squeeze on orange growers. i said that's too obvious. at an orange grove, i'm in an orange grove in west central florida. they have another month to go before they become fully mature, they turn orange and end up getting squeezed into orange juice but there are couple problems facing orange growers, big what is the green searching disease caused by a tiny asian insect that wreaks havoc. this is what it looks like. is smaller and misshapen and bitter and not available for sale, that is a huge problem. i want to show you some numbers, production levels of florida oranges going back to 2007-8, production was 15 years ago, 250 million boxes of oranges, fast forward to the latest numbers, 41 boxes of oranges down 83. 5%. let's look at some drone footage as we can tell you the acreage devoted to citrus production has dropped dramatically, down to 375,000 acres, at one point not long ago, 900,000 acres so how do you survive when you grow oranges, just the pe

ashley webster knows that. he is in st. petersburg, florida. when his reports first started everything looked fine. not that way right now. ashley, what is the latest? reporter: not all, neil, funny we're listening to robert, he is 85 to 100 miles south from me getting hurricane force winds clearly coming in. gives you a sense of the size of this storm. we have big bands of heavy rainshowers and heavy gusty winds moving through. the winds are starting to ramp up. we could hit gusts of 80 miles an hour later today. tremendous rain totals, eight to 14 inches. it has been raining heavily now for hours. this will continue through the night early tomorrow. perhaps the biggest threat is the water on the ground, the flooding, perhaps a surge in the bay here. right now the bay behind me, i'm looking south towards tampa bay and the water has been pushed out into the ocean but authorities say don't be deceived. it will turn later today. high tide with all the water rushing back in. that could lead to flooding problems. the power outages 200,000 and count

ashley webster in savannah this morning.ard from and the cracked eggs owner saying that a breakfast is 25 to 30% more emore expensive this year. >> what i'm surprised they failed to indicate customers are unwilling to pay the higher prices for breakfast or whatever work the contractor does as long as americans are willing to pay higher prices and we are not suffering much in terms of lost sales volumes. inflation is going to remain ramp it and that warns us of yet higher interest rates with more pain to come down the road. maria: leo, what do you think? >> well, this is an insidious tax and what we are -- what we are not seeing is what it's doing to the lowest income levels. it's starting to get very serious. surgery isn't coming down because we are not addressing the problems and, in fact, we are out there saying there is no inflation. that's a problem. we have to address the causes otherwise this is going to be a tough winter with high food prices, high energy prices and a lamming recession. maria: you're right. electricit

that's where ashley webster is. he's actually in st. petersburg. ere you are now , ash? ashley: well, we're certainly starting to feel the wrath of hurricane ian, stu. we're literally about 100 miles north of the center of that storm, catastrophic close to a cat 5 right now but those outer bands that run counterclockwise are sweeping through here and i felt the intensity of the rain and the wind, sometimes gusting where it kind of pushes you sideways just a little bit and it's going to be like this now for the next 12-18 hours. if you remember just a few days ago tampa bay was supposed to be looking at a direct hit and we were expecting storm surge anywhere from eight to 12 feet, which would have been catastrophic. for this area, the fact that the storm has gone slightly south will spare some of that storm surge threat, but make no mistake. there's still lots to worry about. we have for for rain as the wind goes on into tonight up to maybe 80 miles an hour, that spells trouble for power outages. earlier this morning, florida governor ron desantis sa

ashley webster is in panella's park, florida. what is happening where you are now?shley: the cleanup goes on. the overriding emotion is one of relief. at the beginning of the week, tampa st. petersburg could take a direct hit, the storm, hurricane ian, went further south. but this is a typical neighborhood, somewhat of a typical scene we are seeing as we drive around. the rain has stopped and we end up, i'm told this is a laurel oak. as you know there has been a lot of rain in florida before hurricane ian showed up. when you get 6 to 12 inches of rain, this root system can't handle those wind gusts, still windy today, 30 miles an hour, 75 mile an hour gusts. it gives you a sense of how big the storm is. the i of the storm in west florida in fort myers, 140 miles away, but the clouds around it is enough to push this tree down. what 155 miles an hour is like, i can't fathom it but we saw the video from fort myers and the destruction it creates. the big issue here in central florida north from here to orlando, tremendous flooding rains. more than a foot of rain in orla

ashley webster in for stu today. ashley: good morning, everyone.shley webster in for stuart varney. the fed raises rates 75 basis points for the third consecutive time. powell says a soft landing will be "very challenging". no kidding. that led to a selloff yesterday afternoon and this morning things at least for now looking a little more calm. the dow, s&p and nasdaq slightly

little time and we've got you covered, the latest on what is going on with hurricane ian with ashley webster. the course might have changed a little bit. the latest in helping folks out in that neck of the woods. what is first? we go to connell mcshane, we have a storm of selling going on. this is a reversal from the dow, little more than an hour and 1/2 ago. >> you might have said no big deal but your point we were up across the board, s&p, nasdaq, 1.3% earlier in the day, giving up the down movement 1%, we have talked over and over again. everything is about the federal reserve and we get to the environment where the federal reserve comes in and it is bad news. consumer confidence better than expected. the sales data better than expected which is a big surprise, that was shocking to some people in the market starts to turnaround. charles evans's comments from earlier this morning in the market, st. louis, and the fed funds rate getting 43/4% and if we switch from stock to bond market and consumer staples stocks taking a hit today and this makes sense, interest-rate sensitive names, the 10

ashley webster has the hurricane report next. ah, these bills are crazy.he has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. stuart: in flooding the streets of key west. right now it is a cat 3 storm, looks like it will hit the tampa bay area tomorrow or thursday. earlier this morning florida congressman mike walt's sound the alarm about the storm. >> this could be if the models hold, the nightmare scenario florida has been dreading for a century. you have to evacuate now if you are told to do so. stuart: ashley webster in hernando beach, an hour north of tampa. have most people evacuated? >> no. i would say maybe 50% say they may move out but the rest say move out but earlier today officials in hernando county where we stand put out a mandatory e

ashley webster joins us with more, ashley, good morning. ashley: yeah, good morning, maria, ron desantis is everywhere, he as you mentioned raised record number amount of money as of september the ninth, desantis raised whopping $177.4 million for reelection campaign as you can see nine times democratic opponent with 20 million, with 49 days to go before the november election his campaign approach has been, well, somewhat unconventional spending a lot of time away from florida to campaign on behalf of other republicans, new mexico, pennsylvania. his freedom agenda is hitting a cord with the conservative base especially on the issue illegal immigration and the crisis at the southern border, listen. >> when you have criminal aliens that have gotten across the border and those criminal aliens then go and victimize american citizens, do you ever hear anything by the folks? they want open borders, they want you to deal with open borders but they want to be immune from the consequences of the policies. ashley: that's why he sent migrants to marth

ashley webster on all of that.ate, a little north of 2 million who are still without power, but that is still down from the highest levels, but they've got a long way to go. of course, there's no energy for a lot of people, and there's very little to come back to for those who were in the direct sights. the operation barbecue relief head of culinary there, they're trying to get some good food to a lot of good folks who are finding very hard to -- fighting very hard to find anything good at all. brian, very good to have you. >> hi, neil. thank you for the opportunity to come on your show. and, you know, first and foremost, our hearts go out to all floridians affected by the storm, you know in we're on our way with assets and, like you said, we're going to be cooking hot barbecue meals for as many people as we can help. neil: i think it's beautiful and delicious. it looks fantastic. what got you doing this? you know, t a big, herculean effort, big sacrifice on your part, you know? what started it? so joplin, the torn

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ashley webster is on the ground in fort myers.'t get a signal, ashley will join us on the phone. what are you seeing around you? ashley: remarkable to see the devastation. we see the pictures but when you are in the ground looking at it it seems unreal. the connectivity problems are an issue we are hearing from many people as we drive around and talk to people trying to get their lives back together, the lack of the phone signals and we rely on our phones so much, a real problem. they will bring in some portable cell towers. it hasn't happened yet. i met a man who was still on his boat which was sitting sideways blocking the residential street. he's on there with his two dogs, he came down and said he was in a boat, in a marina, the way the storm came he thought he could ride it out. the dock collapsed and he ended up in a residential area. he went past a building and there were children on the second floor filming him and waving as he went by in his boat being pushed by the wind. now he is living on his boat that is stranded on a

ashley webster is a popular eatery in savannah, georgia. you are people blaming for this?ernment and i will get to that in a minute. i want to pick up on something you said, look at the latest cpi numbers for august, food and home index up 13. 5%, the food away from home up 8%, the old adage was it was cheaper to eat at home, not right now and that is interesting. let me bring in the general manager of this cafÉ in savannah. casey, how have prices affected your business? talking all the ingredients more extensive these days. >> definitely the prices have affected us quite a bit but we are doing our best to reach out and go to our resources and get the best quality of our products looking around and making sure we are making the right decisions. >> reporter: how is business? what is happening today. >> as the owner, we do great all the time even when food prices go up, we are superbusy and super blessed, hope everyone works as a team. ashley: let me bring in charles taylor. you are a local contractor, who do you blame for this? >> i don't blame the democrats or the republic

let's go to ashley webster. live from st. petersburg where residents are hunkered down as hurricane ian heads to the state's coast. ashley, good morning to you. ashley: good morning to you, we are feeling impacts of hurricane ian and to give you a sense how big the storm, the center is 17i am standing. we are getting bands of heavy rain and gusty winds sometimes up to 30 miles an hour and it's just going to go downhill from here. as you say, we expect landfall south of here and that's good news for tampa bay and not so much for fort myers area. at one point it appeared that tampa bay was going to take a direct hit with catastrophic flooding as the storm surge would push into the bay and create terrible floodings and chances have come down significantly from a storm surge 6 to 10 feet to 3 feet. that's good news. do not believe the severe weather is going the miss the region at all. winds will start picking up possibly 75 miles an hour and wind gusts overnight tonight and torrential rain, more than 12 inches are expected here.

ashley webster in st.urg, ian plan to go disrupt fertilizer supply and and mosaic phosphate is headquartered in tampa, florida, north american operations make up to 50% of u.s. farmer supply of fertilizer. joining the conversation all morning long is dagen mcdowell, charles hurt and john lonsky, that's one impact to the economy but there will be more, dagen. dagen: there will be. when you see the storms what happens say in the state of florida is that you have insured losses and the insured loss, the most destructive hurricane was katrina in 2005, the ensured losses were $90 billion and that was more than double the second most expensive hurricane and then you have all of the additional destruction say infrastructure like property damage that isn't ensured and so that number becomes bigger and then you have the economic impact but after a storm like this because of the rebuilding that occurs you very often if you look at charts which we do, john, you get a pop in economic growth as you begin to see more re

ashley webster live right now with more. ashley, good morning to you. ashley: yeah, good morning to you, maria. we will be hearing from the new king at some point today. he will address the nation although at this point it's still unknown exactly when that will happen. also at midday and hour from now, the bells will toll across london at win minister abbey, st. paul's cathedral and windsor castle among many other churches across the country. gun salutes of 96 rounds will be fired off at high park, the tower of london to mark each year's of her majesty's life. 2,000 places will be available to the public those expected to go very fast. now tomorrow, saturday is expected that charles will be formally proclaimed king although technically he was the moment the queen died. the ceremony tomorrow will take place at st. james palace in london in front of ceremonial body known accession council and 5 days after her death the queen's coffin to make long-mile journey where her body will lie in state before her funeral in some ten days time also. once the coffin r

. >> harris: ashley webster is on the ground in st. petersburg, florida where we are seeing the eyewall moving onto shore. janice dean told us a few moments ago before we talked to the mayor of fort myers that it has begun. it is happening in full. the eyewall is moving onshore. many think it's the worst of the storm. that's the quiet part. >> that's the actual eye. that's where it is calmment don't be deceived. the eyewall is 100 miles south from here to give you an idea how big the storm is. we are getting these tremendous bands of strong winds and rain flying into this area. expect up to a foot of rain if not more. this is going to continue through the rest of the day and into the evening. i want to point out something interesting. we're on the north shore looking south towards tampa bay. and originally three days ago we were concerned about a storm surge of may 10 to 12 feet. because the storm moved in further south, the winds are actually pushing all of this water out of the bay. it is happening up and down from here all the way d

maria: ashley, thank you very much, ashley webster is in fort myers this morning. for more on how fema is keeping up with the storm joining the fema associated administrator, thank you very much for being here, what can fema do and do you feel that you got the resources to assist? >> thank you for having me this morning and first i want to say my heart goes out to the communities in the coastal western florida, to devastation their we want to say we will be there with the state, with the communities and the survivors. >> we just spoke with the mayor of naples and she put a cost on all of this here she is a few moments ago live. >> we have 6.7 with irmo million he estimated a mil 20 million fr just the cities part in about 200 million for the private homes in the image but i bet today we have another assessment it will be much larger. maria: and you are talking about under enormous cost to the city now that we are assessing the damage, what can fema do. >> quickly a few nights ago the president approved own major declaration including protective measures and debris

i'm ashley webster in for stuart varney on this friday p. okay. we now know the august jobs report coming in at 315,000. the unemployment rate ticking up a little to 3.7%. labor participation rate up a hair at 62.4%. let's take a look at reaction from stocks. well, somewhat neutral report, and i think that's given some relief to investors in the premarket. the dow can up 176, the s&p up.6, the nasdaq up half a percent. let's take a look at the yield on the 10-year treasury, always a good barometer. down half a basis point at 3.25%. it really was a goldilocks report, i think, prosecute view of the fed -- from the view of the feoffment now to politics. well, it was certainly a dark and gloomy speech, pull of finger-pointing and divisive. president biden went off on maga republicans accusing them of threatening our democracy. also another claim by the white house, they say it was the president and democrats who reopened schools. they say they had to clean up former president trump's mess. really? can't make it up, can you? it is last weekend of summe

ashley webster in st. pete's. >> dana: lauren is live in st. petersburg. tell us when you're seeing there. >> we are on st. pete pitch a little way from ashley. police are trying to check any one trying to come over here for a permit. you can't be here unless you have that permit. they stop people from going across the bridge. at one point they shut down the bridge to come over here. the hotel we're in is only some employees and then us. the place is a ghost town at this hour. we are just getting some rain, light winds so far. the worst of it expected to continue to come in over the next few hours and expect conditions to continue to deteriorate. looking at the water visibility starting to go away noticing more wind than we have throughout the morning. the rain starting to pick up. so this place bracing for somewhere between 18 to 15 inches of rain. police have told people if you have not evacuated not is the time to hunker down. we got emergency alerts on our phone saying leave now if you are in the evacuation zone. they are expecting pretty big storm sur

ashley webster has more.eporter: she died peacefully at balmoral castle, her beloved estate in the scottish highlands, charles. she served for 70 years, the longest reining monarch in british history. she was 96 years old as you pointed out. the family gathered at her scottish estate after a statement that doctors were concerned about her health. don't forget the queen came to the thrown in 1952. she has witnessed enormous social change and with her death now her son charles, the former prince of wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new king. in a statement prince charles saying, king charles i should say now, says in part, that we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much loved mother. i know her loss will be deeply felt across the country, the realms and commonwealth by countless people around the world. and in a statement again from buckingham palace saying that the queen whose health had been failing in recent week and months, she actually was seen on tuesday greeting the

let's go to ashley webster for the latest. he king and queen consort, kamala, will remain this evening and will return to london tomorrow. charles immediately becomes king on the queen's death. the question is what name will he pick, he could be charles iii, he could pick one of his christian names, he has charles, fluck, arthur among the choices. those are the things that will be decided later on. now it is the remembrance of queen elizabeth ii dying at the age of 96. she was the eldest, the oldest and the longest reigning monarch, 70 years on the throne, her father george vi died in 1952. she became queen, officially coordinated the following year, 1953, and has ruled ever since and looking at comments about the queen, she loved her father george vi and like her father was always very understated, she knew the role of queen was to be uncontroversial, provide quiet stability and operated under a couple mantras, one was set an example. do your duty and she lived by those mantras for 70 years but she certainly lived up to those,

my buddy has been following this for quite some time, ashley webster. ashley: i have indeed. to research by the new york post a record-breaking number of new york residents switched drivers licenses to the sunshine state last month. how many? 5838 new yorkers made that switch in august, and year to date, and they handed over those new york licenses after moving south. a new annual record would be broken as well. we saw this trend begin when covid hit but there were predictions a slowdown may be reversed once the pandemic eased. apparently that is wrong. first it was the billionaires within the rich, and now the middle-class especially young parents concerned about the crime, and state of schools in new york. in april, new york city mayor eric adams deployed digital billboards in florida trying to wound new yorkers back. turns out it was a waste of time, had no impact at all. it is not just new yorkers heading to florida. california set a new high relations exchanges with the state of florida last month, passing the 3000 mark, at 3059, the same according to new jersey. during

let's go back to ashley webster in st. petersburg, florida. are people still trying to get out? rnor says it is too late. ashley: the governor said a few made plans ahead of time, it is too late. the i wall touching the west coast of florida, one hundred miles south of our location as we look that way to give an idea how big the storm is, we are in these big bands of rain and wind the come through this area. it has been like this the last 2 or 3 hours. as you look at the bay, all the water, we thought there would be storm surge and that could happen but the direction of the waves east to west all the waters pushed out of the bay and back into the ocean. at some point later today all that water will go rushing back in and that is where the concern about storm surge is. people who come out here, as for storm totals, rainfall 12 for 15 inches not out of the question. power outages 200,000 customers already without power. earlier the governor said millions of customers without power in 24 hours or more. and yes the governor is saying if you' re trying to get out it is too late. >> it

ashley webster is a little further north in st. petersburg. ashley, what's it like where you are now? >> we were very lucky when you look at some of the remarkable harrowing images south from ft. meyers area and we were lucky in the tampa st. petersburg area and not to say we didn't have some damage and the rain finally stopped earlier this morning and the wind still gusting but conditions will improve here as the day goes on and as tropical storm now ian moves further off to the northeast, there are trees down, there are traffic lights that are out about 80 or so just in the st. petersburg area and people are being told here don't go out, stay home, let us clear up and then things will get better. some of the bridges from this part of the city over to the barrier islands will start to reopen. that is another good sign but again, what we're seeing in ft. meyers is absolutely defending devastating. i can tell you overnight as the tomorrow moved into central florida, orlando was sucked with heavy winds and drenching rains. 10, 12, 14 inches of ra

. >> carley: ashley webster from fox accident is live in st.residents will be waking up soon to assess the da damage. what are they going to find? >> in the tampa, st. petersburg area, we thought we were in for a direct hit, that didn't happen, the storm went south. we've seen debris and scattered power outages, this tree branch behind me is the kind of thing you are seeing on the streets. it needs to be cleaned up, when you consider what happened in fort myers and port charlotte, this is really nothing. certainly historic flooding we thought could happen in tampa bay with storm surge didn't happen, that is no assessment for those in the south. storm downgraded to tropical storm, overnight continued to cause problem with heavy rain, strong gusty winds, orlando in the center of the state and middle florida saw the power go out, pictures of the downtown area in a blackout situation and that storm heading to the northeast, continuing to bring happy rain. last report we saw daytona beach could see another 10 to 15 inches of rain, put that together

ashley webster's in again for stuart varney. he always looks nice and sharply dressed and fancy. ashley: oh, well, thank you, cheryl. hey, a ketchup stain is a badge of honor this if my household. thank you so much, cheryl, appreciate it. good morning, everybody. i'm ashley webster, indeed, in for stuart varney. stocks basically starting the month where we ended august, lots of red. month of september, by the way, historically poor for the markets, so get ready to buckle up. this is what we're looking at, the dow off close to 200 points, the nasdaq down 110. the yield, let's take a look at the yield on the so -- 10-year treasurily. the higher goes, that tells the story. up more than 5 basis points at 324%. as the yield -- 3.24. as the yield starts to climb on the 10-year. overnight the paris buses of migrants arrived in chicago. texas governor greg abbott says chicago has been touting itself as a sanctuary city, so it's time to put their money where their mouth is. officials in chicago not happy. officials calling the whole thing racist. we'll get into that. meanwhile, the white h

like going forward under the reign of king charles the third period foxbusiness correspondent ashley websterore on the life of elizabeth and what we can expect the next few days. >> i love those wheels and voices, it's classic and elizabeth the second came to the british throne at the age of 25, headfirst into the life of a monarch is our country was barely on its feet trying to rebuild from the second world war but young elizabeth, george the sixth learned many of his traits in service so well over the course of 70 years, 214 days she remained understated, uncontroversial and her mantra was to lead by example and always do your duty and that was the case. she provided stability to british life, constant to the ever-changing world and devotion to public service has been admired around the world. yes, as you mentioned she worked with 15 prime ministers including the intimidating winston churchill. when asked who she liked best, she'd reply i love them all she didn't say that about the girls president by the way. it's fitting she passed away at the castle, royal estate of the scottish highland

doesn't ashley webster know it. he's in st. petersburg, florida with the latest. ashley: hi, neil. in the last hour i would say the gusts have come through here on these bands of heavy rain and wind have been getting stronger and stronger. a few tree limbs starting to come down now. as i look out to the bay this is interesting. let's not forget two or three days ago we were concerned tampa bay could face storm surge of 10 to 12 feet. right now, this whole area, the water in this bay has been pushed out words. the water level is extremely low. this is not unusual when a big hurricane approaches, it pulls the water out but is going to come back in. later today, the high tide will be later today and the mayor of tampa earlier this morning says don't be fooled by what you see now. it will get a lot worse. take a listen. >> we have seen the waters receded in tampa bay. some people are out taking photographs on the bay sure but that is the calm before the storm because we are still going to see, more than likely, unprecedented flooding in our area, with 18 to 20 inches of rain water comi

neil: ashley webster and i want to go to ken welch in st. petersburg, florida, with a direct hit yesterday. how are things looking today, mayor? >> thank you, neil, for having me on and our thoughts and prayers to neighbors in the south in the naples and ft. meyers area. here was an issue of wind damage. oak trees, pine trees down around the city and i took a tour with the st. pete team this morning, and they're hard at work clearing the roadways so duke energy can get in there and repair the outages and we have about 175,000 folks who have a power outage right now. i think it really showed us the power of these storms and i can only imagine if we got a direct hit to st. petersburg. neil: i apologize and looked at some images and said, wow. it looks a lot worse than it is i guess. there's a cleanup involved and folks without power. what have you been told? >> well, duke energy and when this happens you have power crews from all around the nation come in in preposition. a lot of those were prepositioned at tropicana field and they'll be headi

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highest pricing more than a decade americans had enough listen to what one man told fox business ashley webster. i would like for administrations government to get out of the way, let us do our jobs, without being burdened by regulations, and the cost that would allow us to be more profitable, and be able to hopefully find more employees. maria: joining the conversation all morning long this morning john lonski leo kelly john your reaction to where we stand what catalysts do you see on horizon to fix the economy inflationary story. john: that fellow at restaurant interviewed by ashley on spot, very correct fed should not be dment upon lowering the rate of inflation we have to look at federal government we got to look at regulation taxation it wasn't paul volcker by himself brought inflation under control in early 1980s, ronald reagan and and then and his advisers and different direction they pushed the economy in, had much to do with that secular decline began under reagan administration if afrm american wants to get rid one of rapidly inflation have to get rid of politicians those people in wa

fall, midtown manhattan, partly cloudy skies in new york city, it is 10:00 houston time, i'm ashley webster in for stuart varney, picking up where we left off the dow down half of 1%. take a look at the 10 year treasury yield that continues to edge higher and higher, 3.567%, a sign of rates going up, oil $84 and $0.63, up nearly 2%. bitcoin has moved moving higher but still $20,000 there it is. 18,655. i heard more impact. the latest rates for mortgages continue to go up. >> reporter: 6.29%, the prior week, a year ago do you even want to know? 2. 88%, that is an astronomical increase and jay powell acknowledged it yesterday people cannot afford homes and he says it is headed for correction. higher rates. ashley: there you have it, tough for the housing market. our next guests those biden's expensive malaise is here to stay, that doesn't sound good, david bossi wrote that piece and joins me now, good morning, what do you mean by that? >> i mean we either have a -- we are going to see hi hi -- interest rates for a long time go up and that is the pain powell was talking about or we are going t

ashley webster is stationed right now 50 miles north of tampa. the evacuation order was given yesterday. are people listening, are they getting out? ashley: yes, they are but more to today than yesterday and those areas closest to the coast have now been told they have to be out beginning at 9:00 a.m. this morning and that's already in effect and if they don't get out by late tomorrow evening, it will be too late for them to get any help should they need it. as you can see behind me, a giant hill of sand and it's quite remarkable to watch all these people coming here and filling up sandbags as quickly as they can and it's no easy job and i think the biggest issue with this storm, stu, yes, the winds will be strong but it's a water event. not only are we expecting maybe 5 to 10-foot storm surge but also 12 inches of rain or perhaps more. that is going to lead to flooding, it will also bring down trees, which will affect powers and for the most part these people are trying to fill as many bag -z athey can. let me see if i can jump in and speak to so

meteorologist janice dean is standing by the weather center but we start with fox business correspondent ashley webster live in spring hills, florida. and ashley, it is the calm before the storm where you are in spring hill right now. >> it is indeed. good morning, steve. it's a very mild, pleasant morning. but that's going to change quickly over the course of the next 48 hours. i'm in front of a gas station here in spring hill. we are about 50 miles north of tampa. everything looks fine, right? not so much. this gas station ran out of gas about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. you can see the sign no gasoline of any grade, including non-ethanol. in fact we were noticing the last person to use this particular pump managed to squeeze out 18 cents. but it's not just the gas that's a problem and the shorts damage as we see people driving around early this morning looking for a pump that actually has gas. but the supplies are starting to go down. batteries, flashlights and water in particular. it's hard to find right now. you can't find a isca of water anywhere. i want to talk about those evacuations. you mention

ashley webster has more on how floridians are preparing. : good morning to you, maria. they haven't he begun preparing and i can tell you that time is running out, that is for sure. we're at a gas station, a circle k here in spring hill, about 50 miles north of tampa, about 18 pumps here and it looks like everything is fine, right? not so much. essentially, they've run out of gas. we have a little bit of diesel left. you can see the sign on the gas pom be p says -- pump says no gasoline of any grade, including non-ethanol. we've seen so many cars drive up and say oh, no gas. the last person that used this pump was able to squeeze out 18-cents worth. i don't know if it was worth it. that's the story on this part of the coast in florida, we have a shortage of gas, food supplies, water, it's been hard to find cases of water. as for evacuations, here in spring hill in hernando county we're under a voluntary evacuation. but the county officials here will be meeting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. we expect that to be raised to mandatory. there are large ar

ashley webster in for stuart varney. look at the green on the screen.og just jobs report not too hot which if it was it would have forced the fed to be more aggressive but the dow up one hundred 39 points, s&p up half of 1%, nasdaq more modest gains. look at the 10 year treasury yields. on the august jobs report the yield coming down 7 basis points, 3.19%. the nasdaq not really taking off today. oil up a little bit, $88.60, what about bitcoin, around the 20,000 mark, up $126, twenty six thousand two hundred twenty three. now this. republican senator rick scott defending republican senate candidates against what he calls treasonous party members. he says, quote, unfortunately many of the people responsible for losing the senate last cycle are trying to stop us from winning the majority this time by trash talking our republican candidates. giving anonymous quotes to help the washington post or new york times to write stories trashing republicans is the same as working with the democratic national committee. that is rick scott from florida. joining us davi

let us go live to the area where ashley webster is in gulf port, florida, in the middle of the tempest. ashley, tell us what you see and what it feels like? >> reporter: the winds continue to ramp up, liz. i'm in at least half a foot of water here laying in some places more than a foot deep. we've had torrential rain now for hours after hour after hour and keep this in mind, we are about 80 miles north of hurricane ian's eye wall so that gives you a sense of how big it is, how far it reaches out. this rain is piling up, maybe up to 14 inches or more here in the st. pe petersburg, tampa area ad the bay in this area, the water's been sucked out by the storm and that's exactly what's happening here. you can see the sand here on the edge of the lake. normally the water would be upright to that sand and it is way out but as you pointed out, liz, at some point the tide will turn literally and when the storm shifts, all of that water will come pouring back in and there is a concern about that storm surge. maybe not as bad as the concerns were three or four days ago when tampa appeared to be,

ashley webster is live in hernando beach, florida. >> they were not listening yesterday or first thing this morning but they are now, better late than never. this particular county 50 miles north of tampa, there is a mandatory evacuation in place right now for this area. as you can see, a lot of homes here on the canal that connects of course straight to the ocean. if you can picture this, a storm surge expected from 5 to 8 feet, possibly ten, depending where the hurricane comes ashore. but that water level will be over the seawall and many of these places are going to be flooded. all day we have been watching boats being taken out of the water, and as the storm surge more than the winds than anything else is the biggest concern in a community like this. governor ron desantis earlier said make no mistake, storm surge is life-threatening. >> still uncertainty where the exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. the in some areas there will be catastrophic flooding and life-threat

let's go to ashley webster who joining us now with both the breaking headlines because a see a lot ofe arriving. flags at half staff here in the u.s. and what's next for the new monarch. >> well, it's ten days of mourning now, liz. we will hear from charles. not sure if it's tomorrow or at some point within the next ten days, and i think it will all wrap up with a funeral service for the queen ten days from now at westminster abby and heads of state will be coming from all over the world for that. she was so well respected and for charles, conflicting emotion and on one hand he's sad for the loss of his mother and on the other hand, he can achieve his destiny being the oldest person at 73 years of age to become king in british history. he said today after the death of his mother, he said the death of my beloved mother, her majesty, the queen, is a moment of greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. we mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and much loved mother. newly elected uk prime minister liz truss also gave a statement outside of 10 downing street sayi

ashley webster, he is live with the details. ashley. reporter: yeah, hi, liz.ook the death of queen elizabeth ii is already having a profound impact on a nation that frankly knew this day was coming. people young and old have been gathering outside of buckingham palace late in the afternoon, into the evening to pay their respects to share in the sadness of the lost monarch. in many cases the only monarch they have ever known. the queen had been in failing health even though she appeared two days ago with britain's new prime minister liz truss but now a new era begins. in the coming months charles will be coronated as king charles iii at 73, the oldest king to take the british thrown in history. there will being 10 days of mourning culminated the funeral service at westminster abbey where world leaders will gather to pay their final respects. in a statement today new king said quote, the death of my beloved mother, her majesty the king we mourn the passing of a cherished sovereign and much loved mother. churches in england are encouraged to toll their bells tomo

and millions of floridians in the dark this morning following tropical storm ian, fox business' ashley webster on the ground in st. petersburg with more. it has been a wild 24 hours, ashley. good morning to you, what can you tell us? >> reporter: yes, you're absolutely right, maria. good morning to you. the good news here if the tampa/st. pete area, the rain has stopped. it carried on all through the evening but an hour away from daybreak and things are improving. the winds are still gusting. there is debris all over the road. compared to what's going on to the south of us, this is pretty -- obviously we missed the full force of the storm. at one point we thought we would get a direct hit. but no, it turned south. fort myers absolutely inundated those areas, historic storm surge, flooding, people trapped in their homes, absolutely catastrophic. in naples, we saw a fire department down there being flooded out. the floodwaters remarkably deep as had they try and salvage some of their rescue equipment there. you saw power lines down, sparking in naples. the storm moved inland, hit the coast with

. >> todd: ashley webster joins us live with the very latest. ashley? clearly already feeling the effects now of hurricane ian. heavy bands of rain with gusty winds up to 30 miles per hour already. just to give you an idea of the storm. ian is already 75 miles southwest of my location. expected to make landfall about 100 miles south of here sometime this afternoon good news tore tampa bay area. this looked like it was going to take a direct hit storm surge 6 to 10 feet which frankly would have been catastrophic come down to 3 feet that is good news. the weather will have an impact here. expecting winds to 50, 60 miles per hour next 12 to 18 hours. gusts to 75 miles per hour. and with the ground so saturated, another foot of rain expected. those trees here that have some very shallow roots, it won't take much to push them down in those strong winds. and that can lead to power problems. i have seen convoys of utility guys and trucks driving around waiting once this storm really starts to ramp up. governor ron desantis saying, look, no matter what, we are

ashley webster is in st. petersburg, florida, with the very latest. ashley.ood afternoon to you. it just gives you a sense how big hurricane ian is because we're looking south towards tampa bay. this is tampa bay and south, the center of that storm of the hurricane is about 100 miles south from where we are, maybe, 80 miles to 100 miles and we are getting these constant bands of very heavy rain and very gusty winds coming through here the last five, six, seven hours. i suspect they will only get more intense as time goes on. as for the bay itself, it is interesting, there was a real concern just three days ago this area would flood dramatically with a storm surge of 10 to 12 feet but what has happened is, with the storm turning a little further south of the west coast of florida, a lot of this water is being dragged out into the ocean of the whole left of this bay has gone down considerably. but it will come back with a high tide later and we could see some significant storm surge flooding there. as for the rest of the state, certainly this part of florida, h

record number of new yorkers moved to florida in august and that pace is picking up speed doesn't ashley websterout this. they both join us now. ashley, the bottom line is its folks just seeking out lower tax, lower crime, lower household domain. in florida is the winner, right? >> it's interesting. when the pandemic first started it was the billionaires followed by the millionaires, followed by the middle class and especially parents who are concerned about the crime in new york. new york city in particular. in the state of the schools. that flow of people is not slow down. >> you know, madison, does it pick up steam? this number looked at people who swap licenses. they didn't just get to get a special second home. thousands of individuals -- and this is thousands every month, some are saying i'm moving out and none about applying for a license in florida and i'm never going back to. >> it does indicate that a permanent change. if you've ever been to the dmv that's not something you do for fun. these people out there and they are there to stay in that make sense because we have opened up with r

he will brief at 1:45 p.m.enter let's go to ashley webster in pinellas park, florida. >> listening toport remarkable. you were asking him about the emotions there. the emotions here further up the coast from fort myers and up say we got lucky. tampa, st. petersburg was looking like it could take a direct hit. the storm now moved further south and into the fort myers area. i'm in a typical neighborhood pinellas park, a suburb of st. pe petersburg. this is what we're seeing. a big oak tree came down. florida had a lot of rain before hurricane ian turned up on the scene. the root system has been saturated. so it didn't take much as far as winds to topple these things over. that's exactly what happened here. thankfully it fell toward the street and not the home behind me. it also gives you a sense of 70 miles-an-hour winds can do this. i can't imagine 155 miles-per-hour. it boggles the mind. the weather will improve as the day goes on. further to the north and east orlando suffering with heavy rain just coming to an end there. the water rescues are going on. i think it's the water and flo

ashley webster right now on the new yorkers who have been packing up and leaving the empire state fore state. ashley. >> according to research by the new york post, the record breaking number of new york residents switched their driver's licenses to the sunshine state last month. in fact, a total of 5,838 new yorkers made the switch in august, that's the highest recorded number for a single month in history. and year to date, 41,885 new yorkers have handed over their licenses and at this rate, a new annual record will be broken as well. now we saw the trend begin when covid hit, but predictions that it would slow down once the pandemic eased are apparently not proving to be true. at first, it was the billionares that headed to florida, then the rich and now the middle class, especially young parents concerned about the crime and state of schools in new york. low taxes, lower cost of living, a booming economy, combined with sunshine and beaches has helped to fuel the surge. in april, new york city mayor eric adams deployed digital billboards in florida trying to woo new yorkers back, b