britta will get it earlier and live in sarasota, florida on the coast. britta, what do you have? good morning. >> good morning, bill. there was a southward jog with milton that changes the scenario for sarasota. it could be the landfall site. we're at the marina. the tough thing is this boat is not technically parked at the marina. it is on a little piece of land between the bay and marina and this is where the boat came from. this is the bay that takes you over to lido key, during hurricane helene, that boat was lifted from the bay all the way up to land. now we have a bigger, mormons -- more monitor store. the weaken helps us out with wind speed. energy does not disappear. all that energy is locked up in the water and even with the winds weakening that storm surge will be indicative of a category 5 hurricane because of the history of this hurricane. that energy is locked up and the power of the water will respond to that. everything in this bay will be pushing forward. during hurricane helene massive damage in the barrier island. downtown sarasota did not see the storm surge. w

britta merwin is outside on the plaza with an update. nice out that you're outside at the end of october. >> which is saying something. we have to take the opportunity. it's absolutely beautiful here in new york city this morning. temperatures generally in the 60s which could be afternoon highs in october. although we've enjoyed the last three weeks gorgeous weather across the northeast, it's been three weeks of no rain. unfortunately that beautiful weather comes in with a risk. we have wildfires that are popping up both in new jersey and connecticut and in fact new jersey has a statewide outdoor fire ban that is in place and fire weather warnings are in place for the entire state of connecticut. we do have a cold front on the way. it's been producing a few scattered showers across the great lakes. unfortunately, no rain is expected for the 95 corridor but it will be cooler and that will help out with the fire fighting fight across connecticut and new jersey. we're going from the 80s, it's been in the 80s for the last couple days in new

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britta is live in sarasota. hi, britta. >> hi, lawrence. good to hear your voice.e are finally getting a break in the weather. last hour and a half we have been pelted by outer bank of canadas of milton. it's a cat four. kag five is 157 mile per hour and this is 155, we are splitting hairs here. this is a monster of hurricane. downtown sarasota, a lot of residents are sheltered in high rises. know your zone, know your home. because of build ing codes, if you are safe from the surge, but we could have direct hit from milton later tonight between 2 and 3:00 in the morning. right now, sarasota could have a direct hit. this is a parking garage, nice coverage on the side for vehicles shelter the inside. we'll have a storm surge, hurricane helene just went through here, two weeks removed from hurricane helene. downtown sarasota did not have storm surge. everybody put their cars here. take a look at this restaurant. done a nice job of boarding up. later tonight they will be somewhat protected and impact will be impact and will look so different here. we are expecting down

maria: thank you for walking us through it we will be watching britta merwin, thank you, north carolinanderground cheryl casone with that angle. >> there still suffering in north carolina and the residents are dealing with the cleanup from hurricane helene there are people missing in the state and other slamming fema but the $750 in immediate aid, the heroes promise when she visited the state last week, listen to them. >> my daughter whose house got completely wiped that she had no flood insurance and meets with fema and she doesn't get the 750 kamala harris said she supposed to get in gets approved for $3 for personal items, what is that going to do. >> my home was on 80-foot cliff and it was standing and i have a photo standing the next after the storm and later that day and fell off the cliff i contacted fema and the fema person told me before i hang up that were categorizing this as a mudslide, they have not been to my property yet and they already categorized it to my insurance will give me anything. >> another headline this morning, while jews around the world marked october 7 att

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"fox weather" meteorologist britta merwin with an update. >> good morning we went from a category ones this is a powerful storm and it's all going to move towards the gulf coast of florida which is moving forward from the lien, we saw massive debris piles strewn out about tampa bay in the worst case scenario for the storm surge forecast is calling for a max 1y dry ground that will go right into debris piles, the national weather service and multiple discussions this morning that the storm surge will be more on survivable because of the debris that is locked up in it, we have a little bit of a road to go ces naples, the official forecast is direct hit to tampa, the only thing worse that we went there with helene, the area of low pressure did not get within 100 miles of tampa, this can be worse than helene. a direct hit from a mat enter major category 3 hurricane will bring everything, storm surge, strong winds but a lot of questions to directly where were going to have landfall. helene's forecast was very much the set and stone. this will not so much, one that we have to track our by o

meteorologist britta merwin with the fox weather team. thank you for your live reporting this morning. she is one of many tracking milton. a slew of meteorologists and reporters in the field. there. you can get live up to date coverage on fox weather or through the fox weather app. you can scan the qr code on your screen or head to fox weather.com. >> all right guys, time now. 711 new this morning. the biden administration just established a ten year deadline for all u.s. citizens cities to replace lead pipes. it's a new federal program, part of the white house campaign, to make sure that all of the nation's drinking water is safe. the epa will invest $2.6 billion to replace lead pipes and make other improvements for water safety. now, this new deadline comes ten years after the water crisis in flint, michigan, received national attention about the dangers of lead in drinking water. well, the housing voucher program, known as section eight, is at the center of a controversy. why? one nonprofit is accusing hundreds of landlords of discrimi

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thank you, britta >> dana: hurricane helene rescue efforts are intensifying. officials fear the worst as the death toll climbs and ability to find survivors diminishes. madison is live in seven devils, north carolina. madison, what did you see? >> good morning, dana. the official death toll is still at over 230 people. it is unclear when we'll get another update. a volunteer doctor tells fox news they are needing more body bags into the hard-hit communities and we spoke to a volunteer from new york who came to north carolina with his own cadaver dog. >> it changed the entire landscape. the only thing i can relate to something this size to is it's quite a biblical event. >> we are starting to see more feds on the ground. u.s. soldiers visited fairfield, north carolina yesterday to help with disaster relief. the white house says tense troops and national guardsmen there are 7,000 federal personnel on the ground aiding with helene but many people here say it's the volunteers who really stepped up to help. volunteers from multiple organizations starting helping vi

britta was telling us about that last hour before milton can turn that material into missiles. >> bill: gillian turner begins at the white house. we believe this hour we'll await the news on that. we begin with you, gillian. >> good morning to you, bill and dana. as milton is barreling tart the florida west coast the administration grappling with the reality they'll have to dole out hundreds of millions in more disaster aid even as people in north carolina are still reeling. even as fema itself is facing the prospect of running dry. president biden sent a letter to members of congress urging them to cut their recess short. return to d.c. to address the forthcoming shortfall in small business relief for hurricane victims. karine jean-pierre as a result faced questions yesterday why the white house can summarily send funds overseas to lebanon but not storm victims in the u.s. an exchange she had with colleague peter doocy. >> the administration has money to send to lebanon without congress coming back. but congress does have to come back to approve money to send to people in north caroli