our carlos suarez reports from fort lauderdale. >> reporter: with great appreciation and admiration, hally ro sa welcomed johnny jones and chance davis back to her home when in august the men and their captain responded to an emergency call. rosa who is paralyzed from the waist down was stuck in her high-rise apartment on the 31st floor after the elevator broke down. >> that flood led to the elevators not working. obviously if the elevators aren't working and i'm in a wheelchair, i'm stuck inside. >> firefighters davis and jones had just finished a workout at a fire station and rushed over to rosa's downtown apartment. after taking a working elevator up to the 44th floor in an adjacent tower, they were able to walk down 13 flights of stairs and get to her. once inside rosa's apartment, they had to gain her trust, then they all had to decide how to get her out of the building safely. >> they were very helpful from the start. >> reporter: the plan, go back up the same 13 flights they just went down, but this time, bringing rosa and her wheelchair along with them. >> i might have sugges

water levels reached 2-3 feet in terrell older neighborhoods in the city of fort lauderdale remained without a city hall. this is outside of the hurricane season a one in 1000 rainfall event. and then there was two ihe of -- 2ous of rainfall in two days. -- 22 incheof rainfall in two days. in 2017 and 18 inch rainfall evt happened in the shopping center, the economic loss was 30 million dollars. these extreme events in the last six years account for the highest annual rainfall totals in the last 30 exceeding 88 inches in 2020. congress help to ensure that south florida remains dry in wet weather events. in 1948 they authorized control and south ordo flood control projects, cs event -- with cs enough. and it is under financial stress because of rainfall, stress, and sea level rises. we advocate for a new look at this system and we thank the committee for the authorization of a convert -- comprehensive study of this is part of the 22 word. without the study and future funding for improvements our local efforts would not be as effective. extreme conditions are not limited to flooding. t

the fort lauderdale hollywood inteatnal airport closed for over 40 hours. fueluristribution from port everglades was dispt affecting 12 counties and five international airports, water levels reached two to 3 feet in older neighborhoods and the city of fort lauderdale remains without a city hall. this event occurred outside of the hurricane season in one and a thousand year rainfall event. less than threeea earlier, there was 22 inch of rainfall the six week rainfall total was four times the historical average and areas that remained flooded for two weeks. in 2017, 18-inch rainfall event closed the regn's largest shopping center for three days. the economic loss was 30 million. these events in the last six years account for theex highest annual rainfall totals in the last 30 exceeding 88 inches in 2020. congress has helped to ensure south florida remains dry during these weather events. in 1948 congress authorized the central southern florida control project constructed by the army corps of engineers. today it serves 11 million residents but is under substan

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flooding in the fort lauderdale area has forced public schools in broward county to close today.e areas could see ten inches of rain before it's all over. looking at the radar, there's also rain in the midwest and in california today where winds could hit 50mph. checking today's high temperatures, the northeast will see temperatures up to 15 degrees above normal and record highs are possible in the midwest. and 83 for honolulu . coming up, striking at starbucks. the worker walkout today and what's behind it. >> also ahead, why the gap between men and women is growing wider when it comes to life expectancy. >> and a record bust of counterfeit goods. the stunning find by federal agents guest tomorrow on gma. back now with a rock slide in utah, zion national park. >> a witness says it sounded like thunder. no one was injured. but the slide did force the indefinite closure of a trail and some park amenities. >> more than $1 billion worth of counterfeit goods are off the streets this morning. prosecutors in new york say the seizure of knockoffs is the largest in us history. agents hau

most of florida finally gets a break today after days of heavy rain flooding around fort lauderdale was triggered by more than a foot of rain. winds up to 75mph, caused thousands of power outages. we'll have today's forecast and your holiday travel forecast in just a few minutes. >> momentum appears to be building on capitol hill to expel republican jorge santos from congress amid a growing ethics scandal. the latest details concern his personal spending on everything from botox to lavish trips. this morning, the head of the house ethics committee is expected to file a resolution to expel new york republican jorge santos from congress after an ethics report found substantial evidence that santos violated federal law. >> is your plan to fully serve, stay in congress, not resign? >> like i've said before, i'm staying in office for sure. >> the report found santos sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his house candidacy for his own personal financial profit. santos allegedly used thousands of dollars in campaign funds on botox trips to atlantic city and even to pay his own rent m

. >> reporter: the traviesos found a good deal on a flight leaving fort lauderdale today to see family we don't want to travel next week when airports are pretty crazy. >> reporter: airlines expect nearly 30 million passengers to travel through the monday thanksgiving, a new record, flying about 9 million people daily more than last year. next sunday is expected to be the busiest day at airports ever, with the potential of 3.2 million passing through. already this month, the tsa has screened more passengers than before the pandemic. >> we are expecting to see the most passengers departing from atlanta, denver, dallas, and los angeles. mines will be longest early morning and early afternoon for people heading out. >> reporter: more people are expected to drive you're over 49 million according to aaa, making this the third busiest thanksgiving ever. significantly lower prices at the pump, $0.39 cheaper than last year. >> every penny dropping on the national average saves americans roughly $37 million every single day. >> reporter: thanksgiving is still six days away, nearly a week outcom

> reporter: the plane was still at the gate at new york's jfk airport waiting to take off for fort lauderdale when passenger jimmy levy's portable charger apparently caught fire. >> i just heard a big explosion, and i opened my eyes, and a big ball of fire was coming towards my face. and i pushed it down, and it was my backpack on fire. >> what the hell is in that bag? >> i stomped on it, got it on the ground, and all the flight attendants started coming and pouring water. >> reporter: tonight, jet blue telling abc news in a statement, our crew immediately responded and addressed the situation, and there were no requests for medical assistance. david, tonight both jet blue and the faa say they're investigating this case. and a reminder here, if you're on a plane and your device is overheating, make sure you tell the flight crew right away. david? >> david: gio benitez tonight. gio, thank you. >>> we turn now to january 6th, and tonight a former trump appointee at the state department has now been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for his role in the attack on the capital. klein was conv

esto ocurrió en un vuelo de jetblue que iba de nueva york a fort lauderdale, según la aerolínea, todotión de horas darán un espectáculo único en el área para celebrar el día de los muertos. >> y cada año tenemos un tema diferente. este año es la cultura maya y tenemos entonces altares. tenemos instalaciones, tenemos un gran varios barriles que son papalotes, que se hacen en guatemala, justamente para la celebración del día de los muertos. >> por 12 años se ha realizado este evento que cuenta con músicos, un concierto de música latinoamericana, sinfónica, el director de orquesta es un director peruano, miguel harth-bedoya. >> tenemos a una cantante solista mexicana, se llama edna vázquez, tenemos también un grupo de música prehispánica que va a ser una música maya y también con la típica procesión. es una celebración de vida en honor a la muerte y a nuestros muertitos, pero no solo eso, los alrededores e interiores del recinto tienen impresionantes obras de arte alegóricas a la ocasión. >> cuál es la importancia o la diferencia de celebrar el día de los muertos en méxico, digamos, y ac

we gave it to them 2005, it looked like fort lauderdale. it was a beautiful area.d to put up walls, and now they, hamas, destroying life in gaza and we would like to have a trading partner with the other arab countries that we have made peace with. >> it is a good sign for families that we spoke to, families that you spoke to, and this is a big deal for them and it's also got to be absolutely agonizing to know if yours is among them. >> yes, we met with them in tel aviv, that this is the moment they have been waiting for and praying for since this erupted, it must be incredibly emotional, whoever comes back, they are going to be happy for one another. and it is just, you really feel for them, you hope this has the best possible outcome, because you don't know what the state of the hostages will be. >> israel is getting beautiful people home, but they have to stay focused on the job and not stop. hamas must be defeated. >> trace: thank you both so much. thanksgiving dinner costing a little bit less this year than it did last year? the white house is also skipping th

caused the faa to slow the pace of flights at new york's laguardia and jfk as well as houston, fort lauderdale orlando. 5500 flights in the u.s. were delayed on tuesday as cold wind and rain pummeled east coast airports. >> the weather always is the key. we've been working with the faa to adjust routes to move things around. >> from its station operations center in washington dulles, united airlines has a team of 50 monitoring weather, flight connections and even bags. >> we're going to move up approximately 6 million customers this holiday season and we expect to do that very reliably. >> on the roads, aaa says wednesday is the toughest for traffic with trips in many major metro areas forecasted to take up to 80% longer. >> the reality is the many people are leaving on tuesday, on monday and also may be coming back the monday after thanksgiving. >> but some like school teacher katie bell have no choice, but to travel on one of the biz university days of the year. >> everyone is doing the best that they can. so assume the best in people and be kind to people. >> in all, airlines have delayed a

caused the faa to slow the pace of flights at new york's laguardia and jfk, as well as houston, fort lauderdalerlando. 5500 flights in the u.s. were delayed on tuesday, as cold wind and rain pummeled east coast airports. >> the weather always is the key. we've been working with the faa to adjust routes, move things around. >> reporter: from its station operation center at washington dallas, united airlines has a team of 50 monitoring weathers, flight connections and even bags. >> we will move 6 million customers this holiday season, we expect to be able to do that reliably. >> reporter: on the roads, aaa says wednesday is the toughest for travel, with troops and many major metro areas forecasted to take up to 80% longer. >> the reality as many people are leaving on tuesday, monday and also maybe coming back to monday after thanksgiving. >> reporter: some like school teacher katie bell have no choice but to travel on one of the biggest days of the year. >> everyone is doing the best that they can, so assume the best in people. be kind to people. >> reporter: in all airlines have delayed about 10

growthund stop going t new york's laguardia and departure delays and flights held on the ramp at fort lauderdaleando and also george bush intercontinental airport just popped up on the list. so we know that airlines according to the airlines' top lobby have really tried to coordinate with the faa to try to blunt the blow, and i want to listen to nick calio out of airlines to america. >> two things, basically, the weather is the key and there's air traffic control shortages, but the weather will be the key. we've been working with the faa to adjust routes and move thing around and we feel ready, and i think they feel ready, as well. >> the faa has closed off these offshore shortcut routes that would have helped airlines speed things up because of reports of severe turbulence. the bottom line is a lot of people may end up driving and they'll have a lot of company. aaa says 49 million people will drive 50 miles or more over the next five days and we are about at the worst point for that, the worst time to drive today according to aaa between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. so hit now or wait until later and the

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secret documents and those have all been handled fine but those have been either in miami or in fort lauderdale, the interesting question to see is how can fort pierce handle this case? >> all right. it is going to be a heavy load, i think. david weinstein, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. >>> coming up, as anti-semitic incidents at u.s. schools and synagogues rise following hamas's attack on israel last month, cnn investigates if and how this alarming trend could be stopped. stick around for a preview of cnn's "the whole story." ( ♪♪ ) welcome to big tobacco's fantasyland. the industry's idea of a healthier tomorrow. where vapes are deemed safer. nevermind that they'll increase your risk of lung cancer. and they're anti-aging. because you're more likely to die younger from a stroke. in big tobacco's fantasyland, the deadliest industry can rebrand itself as your friend. >>> on sunday night, cnn's dana bash investigates why the jewish community faces the highest threats in america. here's a preview. since the attack on israel october 7th, how has your role become more vital?

i saw something in fort lauderdale. is that a sign everyone should brace for home prices a little bit. >> there's going to be a drop in hot markets. like the sunbelt, florida and texas. the biggest thing is inventory. there are a lot of regions with inventory pre-pandemic levels. you see inventory rise above pre-pandemic levels that the reason you raise a red flag and think home prices will start to fall in 2024. charles: i can't deal with those little houses. they don't come in my size. markets trying to rally. liz: china rally is working. we begin with a fox market alert. can the blue chips clock their fourth gain out of 5 sessions, the dow is on track to do that. it is gaining 82 points. the s&p attempting to grab the same brass ring, four out of five up days. it is up 5 points and the nasdaq up 10 points. the bulls will take it. with one hour and one trading day left in november. it's the one month picture we need to take a look at. all the major averages having their best month of the entire year. nasdaq, followed

we have many firefighters in south florida, city of fort lauderdale, hollywood, miami beach has got aunch of guys coming. martin county, we have people from virginia, louisiana, california, dallas, texas. so there was an awakening of firefighters who knew they needed to come here and help israel fight against what they're dealing with, and when we're here, it allows the israeli firefighters who are in the army to be called up and we can get on the fire trucks and help to respond to calls and help to serve the people and save lives, which is our mission. >> in terms of situations you face, certainly the threat of rocket attacks and the aftermath of rocket attacks is not something you dealt with back at home. how did you prepare for that? have you seen any instances like that since you have been there? >> well, you know, to be honest, there's no way that you can prepare for a rocket attack. i can tell you that we were down close to gaza a few days ago, and eleven rockets were fired at our petition, and thankfully the iron dome intercepted all of them. we took shelter in a bomb shelter.

dude if you want the penis of an 18-year-old, just head to fort lauderdale. idea what that means. cher, remember her? she's going to perform in the 2023 macy's thanksgiving day parade. right now, in fact, dozens of talented artisans and craftsmen are hard at work building her a new ass. terrible! nike is suing new balance and skechers for allegedly stealing their shoe-making technology and by shoe-making technology, they mean chinese 9-year-olds. wallet hub just ranked san francisco as the best city for thanksgiving. evidently, the smell of fresh human [bleep] is a great way to discourage overeating. we should almost end on that but -- finally, a woman on tiktok claims the giant tattoo she got of her one true love on her forehead is real. reminds me of a tattoo i got once on my forehead. all right, now to the news. without trump to entertain, ratings are down the drain. true, the debate was a disaster without the maga master. the numbers are in for wednesday night's third republican presidential debate over on nbc and they're lower than joe biden's testicles.

at the top of the list as orlando followed by fort lauderdale in miami with tampa at number five.according to aaa. the worst time to hit the road today is between three and 5:00 p.m. it sounds like we are almost in the clear. aaa reports drove to their destination for good news for drivers, gas prices are above 40% cheaper per gallon this year than last year. right now taking a look at the cancellations and delays in miami it is looking good but airports nationwide are seeing just about 4000 delays and only 34 cancellations. jonathan: thank you. i did my 10 hour drive back from park city, utah with my older kids on friday. i have to say it was actually really fun. let's hope everyone gets home safely. thank you, arthel? arthel: the early taste of winter that dumped snow on parts of the planes sadly is blamed for three deaths and car crashes on nebraska highways. so where's the storm headed next? we will find out that meteorologist adam klotz is here and not with the forecast. >> hate arthel that very storm is on the move running more and more up the east coast. part of it, yet sti

days with british airways and the other one was delayed 7 hours going back to new jersey from fort lauderdaleor 10 in the evening. that's a challenge and very frustrating for folks who decide to go on the road or get in the year. edward: this return trip might be tricky because of the volume of people traveling. what about the next trip. car far out should people book to get the best deals? >> talking to a travel agent is one of your best bets. right now there's a bunch of black friday deals going on. i'm thinking of doing the transatlantic crossing next summer. on he might even book it which would be unusual for me. you can look at trends, talk to experts and go on things like google place and see where the trends and airfare are months and months out, so you see a great deal the best way to get a great deal is a little off dates. try not to leave that saturday or that friday, try to leave that wednesday or thursday. they did all the homeschooling, everyone said that was great, how can you get handy to go on a vacation? edward: appreciate it. a big travel day coming up. have to check out tho

destinations here in florida and the top of the list is orlando followed by fort lauderdale and miamia at number five all according to aaa. if you are driving the worst time to hit the road was between three and 5:00 p.m. aaa projects more than 50 million people drove to the thanksgiving destination, good news for drivers gas prices are 40 cents cheaper per gallon this year, delays in cancellation are at a minimum and miami but airports across the nation are seen over 4000 delays. nicole: and estimated 50 million people hit the road for thanksgiving google maps proved to be a problem for tourists heading to l.a. google maps sent them on and off road route to avoid a dust storm. a massive lineup at cards ended up stuck on a grave road in the middle of the desert. joe concha, i want to talk to you. we had to travel from jersey to get in for this thanksgiving week. it takes an hour or an hour and a half. some of the holiday travel woes, the flight delays and busy airport, isn't it about holiday travel. >> is everything about holiday travel you cannot pay me to go to airport on thanksgivi

places around the fort lauderdale area, over a foot of rain this wasn't even a tropical storm. a big deal. and, obviously, a lot of people are without power and we have been showing you those videos. this area of florida has been dealing with a lot of rain. this was not a good news story. the rest of the country we have got that area of low pressure all that rain to florida. that's moving up the east coast and that's going to cause travel problems for the eastern seaboard. new problem in the west could cause issues for thanksgiving week travels which of course we will keep you up to date on as we get into the weekend and next week. fox weather.com for all of those details. steve, ainsley, over to you. >> steve: all right. j.d., thank you very much. still ahead on our friday telecast live from nashville. sean hannity and actor dennis quaid. both big stars. >> ainsley: but, first, country music star john rich performs, next. [cheers and applause] nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid for twice as long as pepcid. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill

at the top of the list is orlando followed by fort lauderdale and at miami with tampa at number fiveple drove to the thanksgiving destination for we do have some good news for drivers, gas prices are about 40 cents cheaper per gallon this year that is according to aaa. in terms of cancellations and delays here in miami those are really minimal but airports across the nation are seeing just over 5000 cancellations or delays excuse me and 41 cancellations. six a lot of people getting the move on. dana murray at miami international, thank you. >> better-than-expected travel news across country storm sells more than 10 million americans under winter weather alerts. here's what it looks like today in buffalo oklahoma. meteorologist adam klotz has a forecast for that work week ahead. a lot of snow out there precooked a lot of snow and ultimately that system make you look like buffalo, new york is going to steal a bunch of the snow as we all famously know that's a city that really gets hit. here's where the current system is currently moving its across the northern tier of it we have seen s

let's be clear, $1000 is not exactly buying you a mansion in fort lauderdale.t is a relatively minimal amount given how prices are going up, but it was meaningful because people said it can help pay a mortgage payment or something like that. it is not for nothing. it shows that the state of florida cares about the job they do. it shows that the governor and florida legislature have their backs. it was more than anything than money, it was that we cared. we did bonuses for law enforcement that we recruit into the state. we have people leaving cities in chicago and seattle, they come to florida and get a $5,000 signing bonus off the top. i have met people who come in on this program. i have not found one person that regrets coming to florida. part of it is quality of life, but i think it is more than that. they feel appreciated in florida. they feel this community has their back in florida. that is missing in liberal studies. why would you want -- in liberal cities. why would you want to risk your life? you bring a criminal in, you put -- a criminal in, they send

seeing pe get into the airbnb says, private equity purchasing a dozen single family homes many fort lauderdaleeir longstanding thematic focus on leisure. at this point, they've paused buying. they're waiting to see how things go. if it goes well, they'll continue and maybe buy elsewhere. when we talked to monica for this property here, she says she's only hearing from pe firms, from investors and developers, part of the reason being the property, again four bedrooms, is priced at $1.9 million. so to aboard that or a mortgage on that, makes sense that it's hard for a single family. but that's the kind of prices you're seeing in florida this -- these days. stuart: well said. all right. look at this op-ed. the real reason one of america's wealthiest men left a blue state for a red one with. steve moore wrote it, and he's with me now. all right ors steve, this is jeff bezos reeving seattle, washington, for -- leaving seattle, washington, for miami, florida. and and i'm pretty sure it's because of taxes, am i right in. [laughter] >> i think you hit it spot on. and what's so interesting is, you know

right now, fort lauderdale, denver, laguardia and new york city are facing the worst of the delays. >> i was a little worried about cancellations, paid attention to the forecast and said the rain this morning and then i checked my emails from the flight. >> some great news for him. according to tsa, not only do people want to travel, they want to keep it as stress-free as possible. tsa says it has a record number of precheck users. pandemic lockdowns reinvigorated people's desire for travel and are now budgeting for it. >> what it says to us, people want to pick up where they left off or surpass. people have a desire to travel and they are willing to make cuts in other areas of their life, perhaps cutback their budget in different areas. >> now with so much influx today, always a good reminder, check your flight status before you leave home. gillian. >> john: the rainbow bridge. >> gillian: c.b. cotton. >> john: travelers hitting roadblocks as heavy rains and winds are causing hazardous conditions for travel and take a look at this nightmare in los angeles. hundreds of cars seemingly

. >> ben junior and her mother lived in a 2 million dollar fort lauderdale state with a boat out backelderly mother, bernice, live not far away. but may, the step fought daughter, was never going to be a good richmond trust fund kid. she grew up tough and hard, estranged from her mother. paying her own way with bartending and waitressing jobs. she had two children young and sweated the bills. it was the grandchildren that ultimately thawed some of the ice between mother and daughter. >> she may have been a horrible mother but she was the best grandmother. she did everything with them. >> and ben junior warmed to may. the one-time lonely prince belatedly seemed to recognize a kindred spirit in lonely, neglected may. >> he saw me as his daughter and i did see him as my father. and he had no children of his own. >> ben, after his own stunted childhood, finally found in his grandchildren some kids who wanted to play with all his batman stuff. >> he did a lot of the grandfather things with them. a lot of, i, think why we saw so much of each other was because of those two boys. >> when she

it here is the saturday forecast, some showers in fort lauderdale, and miami, and other story is thenow in the middle of the country, and the west coat by the way, i haven't been talking about you, you're gorgeous, you're looking perfect, as we go throughout saturday, no road impacts whatsoever on both coasts, just interstate 5 and 30 in kansas. by the time we get to sunday, the storm heads into the great lakes, temperature of 36 in chicago and even with snow, and it might as well be rain. the roading will be wet. and same with roads from nashville to atlanta. late in the day in new york, that's why we covered these airports, in the morning, fine, late into the afternoon and evening, some delays are possible there on the east coast cities, chicago, for you, it looks like early in the day. so this is not a huge big storm. this isn't one that i'm fearful, even if i had travel plans and all my family, i would say go ahead with them, give yourself a little extra time, and those few spots that will be dealing with inclement weather. >> bill karins, thank you. >>> coming up, next, ready, s

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i saw something in fort lauderdale.ces a little bit. >> there's going to be a drop in hot markets. like the sunbelt, florida and texas. the biggest thing is inventory. there are a lot of regions with inventory pre-pandemic levels. you see inventory rise above pre-pandemic levels that the reason you raise a red flag and think home prices will start to fall in 2024. charles: i can't deal with those little houses. they don't come in my size. markets trying to rally. liz: china rally is working.

then for the day, a moderate risk of heavy rain from north of fort lauderdale all the way down to homestead rainfall rates 1 to 3 inches per hour upwards of 5 inches. locally there could be 10 inches of rain in southern florida. and that's going to lead to some flooding, unfortunately. that heavier rain stretches all the way up to daytona beach and into panama city heads up on the coas friday into saturday, heavy rain into the outer banks, along down east maine the backside of it will bring colder air in. we will be watching this system depending on how close it gets to the coast, it could affect our weekend going right on into sunday we'll get into your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. probably shouldn't. but we did get you a few more gifts. honey. ooh, there's more. chewy's prices were so great. you don't need to explain yourself, linda. keep on saving. pet's aren't just pets. they're more. well, i hope i got a leaf blower this year. you got a turtleneck. unwrap the excitement with deals up to 40% off at chewy. >>> good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. getting ready f

the top three destinations all here in florida, fort lauderdale, miami and orlando with one of the busiest days of the year hours away, now might be your best time to leave the race to beat the horde of holiday travelers is on. from the road to the skies more than 55 million people are expected to be on the move between wednesday and the sunday after thanksgiving that's the third highest forecast for the holiday since 2000 already, early bird travelers are taking flight. >> we hope that we can get out early and just be patient is the biggest thing. >> experts say the flexible work schedules are allowing many to work from their thanksgiving destination and leave earlier. >> we're both allowed to work from home this week. we just thought it would be easier to travel today instead of tuesday or wednesday. >> reporter: the tsa says tomorrow will be one of the three busiest travel days of the week, only topped by thanksgiving eve and sunday with 2.9 million passengers will rush to return home. >> tsa officials and others are projecting this thanksgiving is the busiest thanksgiving holiday in ye

. >> and fort lauderdale, florida. >> red rock, texas. >> celebrating our 50th anniversary. >> readying with us on a chilly wednesday morning. >> we'll be out in a little bit saying hey. >>> we'll begin with breaking news the search and rescue operation off southern japan this morning where officials say a u.s. military plane went down overnight. at least one person was killed kelly o'donnell joins us with the very latest. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah a deadly crash of a u.s. military aircraft off the coast of southern japan overnight with six service members on board that is renewing questions about the risks and safety after a string of accidents involving an osprey this is the type of aircraft that lifts like a helicopter and can also fly at speeds like an airplane in this incident, fishermen made the emergency call alerting the japanese coast guard to the scene. a witness described seeing fire before it went down. one person was recovered and has now been confirmed dead. debris was found along with an inflatable life guard that was empty. boats and hel

host: mart in fort lauderdale, florida. democratic line. caller: that was quick.ou for having me on. this is not really my subject. you mentioned what these guys report is and i looked it up and i can tell you at least the state i am familiar with where they have florida ranked at the top in a lot of places, they do not at what they are doing. they started from a coke brothers starting point and then proceeded to fill things out the way they wanted them to go. florida is not a free state. florida -- no income tax. meanwhile everything everybody that has to go in business has to pay a fee, they have to pay the state for licensing. we are in the process of making it illegally to say things about certain groups in our state. you cannot talk about groups that ron desantis doesn't like. our governor started a war with walt disney over them talking about his policies. you have a state legislature over from desantis when he wanted to run for president. they change the law. host: i think we got your point. caller: but you have is so completely wrong. host: jason, i will s