whatever happens and wherever it happens with rick leventhal in jacksonville where they're bracing for the worst. jacqui heinrich in jupiter where things are getting worse. rick reichmuth in the fox weather center on how much worse. rick, what does it look like? >> we do know what it will do and where it's going to do. i've maybe 10-15 miles one direction or the other. there's 24 hours of a loop there cutting a cross the bahamas. the last probably about eight or 12 hours, it's just barely budging. it's moved about 80 miles in the last better part of a day. for the last number of hours, just hasn't budged at all. it's about 80 miles off the coast of florida. good thing it's not moving faster. this is another view of it. look at the center of it. hanging out here in towards grand bahamas and not budging at all. moving 1 miles an hour. it will pick up speed eventually, later tonight and tomorrow morning. i think it will start to get pulled to the north, reacting to a weakness in the atmosphere to the north of it that will pull it to the north. here you go. we have hurricane warnings in ef

we have another rick to go to rick leventhal in neptune beach, florida. what are you seeing there? >> rick: we have just been told by volusia county officials expect tropical storm force wind gusts sometime tonight and we could be feeling those tropical storm force gusts over the next 24 hours. the beach patrol and others have tried to protect the downtown here and the homes and businesses by building up the berms here along the beach. this was a cut where you could walk right out to the ocean. they have pushed all this sand up, hoping to protect against the storm surge which has been predicted to be 3 to 5 feet over the next day or so. that's on top of a 2-foot higher than norma lifeguard stands off. as you head down into atlantic beach and neptune beach a lot of the businesses have already closed and many of them will be closing soon there is a curfew that goes into effect volusia county for any area east of the river starting at 6:00 tonight. if doug could zoom in over there and show some of the businesses that have already boarded up, dana and guys, i

rick leventhal reporting live from atlantic beach. rick? >> we're near low tide right now. storm surge could bring waters over the berm here. they built fresh berms and all the cuts that went through the sand dunes trying to keep the water on the ocean side. you can see the double red flags flying, this beach closed, a lot of airport closures. ft. lauderdale international is now open. orlando international is closed and so is palm beach international. daytona beach is closed. when they reopen is not clear. dozens of schools, dozens of counties are closed as well. there's a curfew in effect. a lot of businesses are boarded up. the coast guard went to port condition sulu because they're expecting high winds. they're telling people to stay off the water. >> shepard: rick leventhal in atlantic beach. on top of that, even the disney park is closed for 37 minutes ago. let's go up the coast. off tybee island in georgia. mike tobin is there live. mike? >> certainly got a lot of wind and a lot of surf that has been whipped up. despite an evacuation order for everything east of i-95,

trish: rick leventhal. stay safe. residents bracing for impact along the east coast.torm warnings have been issued. and we find fox's mike tobin live on the ground with the latest. mike? reporter: hello, trish. the georgia governor is urging people not to relax. despite the fact that it won't be a direct hit on the coastline. he's urging people to heed the evacuations because the eye of the storm is expected to pass within 15-20 miles of the shoarl line and it will pass slowly and bring a storm surge of 4-7 feet that will last through two very high high tides. therefore, flooding is likely. >> we need people to evacuate. i know it's been pretty down there today. i know the track is showing it not hitting georgia. but i think our modeling will show how close it is. and this is not a storm to mess with. reporter: tropical storm storm force winds are expected to make it onshore. there is probably more exposed glass than boards up right now. we have seen a lot of sandbag. that, too, is not extensive. we have spoken with people who are saying they will make a decision whet

here with the latest is fox news senior correspondent rick leventhal. rick?r: liz the feds say the suspect spent the past 20 years training and spying for hezbollah and then he was on autopilot surveiling potential targets and gathering intelligence at every opportunity and times square was on his list. according to the indictment the 42-year-old morristown new jersey resident, known as alex, or hachid, was a u.s. citizen working for hezbollah and an islamic terror organization. he faces nine counts related to terrorism and marriage fraud. the feds say he received weapons and bomb training and surveilled numerous landmarks for possible attacks including the statue of liberty, the united nations, the stock exchange, bridges, train stations and other locations in washington including the white house, and u.s. capitol and fenway park in boston. the criminal complaint alleges he focused on instruct architecture l weaknesses to determine how a future attack could cause the most destruction and maximize damage and how close in proximity one could get to a target an

rick leventhal live in jacksonville, florida with more. rick, what are conditions like there now?really windy? reporter: it is blustery but not anywhere near tropical storm force yet. we could feel effects. great news for atlantic beach, jacksonville beach, everybody up and down the florida coast if this stays further out to sea. they will be on the fringes of it. talking about a three to five foot storm surge. the tides are three to five feet above normal t got up to the edge of the berm. if it gets up to the berm, it could come over to the streets. they built a fresh berm on the epbeach with a bulldozer to create a wall. so the worst of the surge will stay on the ocean side of the beach. we have seen people out here, despite the fact beaches are closed. we saw nowhere near the kind of crowds we were expecting on labor day because the beaches were closed down in jacksonville. some are heeding the warnings. the town here is mostly boarded up. a lot of businesses are closed. there is a curfew in effect. jacksonville coast guard station went to condition zulu, they are concerned abo

but, first, to senior correspondent rick leventhal in atlantic beach, florida. good evening, rick. >> rick: good evening, bret. even though dorian is now tracking a bit further east off the coast of florida, authorities are warning some residents they could start feeling tropical storm force gusts later tonight and feel the effects of dorian for the next 24 hours or more. so, shelters remain open. schools remain closed. several airports in central and north florida remain closed and authorities from here all the way to virginia are bracing for possible impact. the u.s. coast guard is in the bahamas, using mh 06 jacques helicopters to conduct medical evacuations in support of the royal bahamian defense force which is leading search and rescue operations ons devastated island chain where at least five deaths have been confirmed from hurricane dorian. >> the boat is up on shore. missing a roof. [inaudible] down there under water. >> new aerial footage shows how badly flooded the destination is with streets, homes buried in water. in jacksonville port condition zoolo

rick leventhal is in atlantic beach, florida where he expects to feel the storm's impact within a few. he joins us tonight. hey, rick. >> tucker, no request. the state of florida incredibly fortunate that this storm turned to the north and more to the east. weave do expect to feel tropical storm force condition tonight and into all day tomorrow. we are told winds of 35 to 50 miles per hour here in devol county. storm surge 3 to 5 feet. coast line could get hit as hard or harder and states of emergency stretch all the way up to virginia. north carolina mandatory evacuation of all barrier islands along the north carolina coast. and in south carolina, they already reversed the flow on i-26 from charleston all the way to column columbia. every lane heading westbound so people can evacuate the coast of south carolina. the storm dorian obviously doing worst damage down in the bahamas where it hirst hit as a category 5 with 180 mile-per-hour plus hour winds and 220 plus mile-per-hour gusts. and we have seen now ariel aerit footage from the bahamas devastating. the destructive force of this s

we will go live to vero beach as rick leventhal told us. we will talk to the mayor about what he calls a major problem, he calls it cabin fever. big news out of wal-mart, as the store makes a major announcement about ammunition sales and their open carry policy. and a deadly fire on a dive boat off the california coast, after five crew members manage to get out alive, while dozens of passengers were trapped below. is that net carbs or total?... eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. glucerna. everyday progress alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too! >> dana: big changes at wal-mart when it comes to gun and ammo sales. matt, this just broke within the last hour. tell us more. >> reporter: the wal-mart ceo just announcing that t

rick leventhal is all over this story. good to see you, rick. >> reporter: you, too, ed. defense say the suspect spent the past 20 years training and spying for hezbollah was on auto pilot. that he was gathering intelligence at every opportunity. they say times square was on his list. according to the indictment, the 42-year-old resident known as ali was a naturalized u.s. citizen working covertly as an agent for hezbollah, an iran funded lebanon shia terrorist organization. he faces nine counts related to terrorism, citizenship and marriage fraud after he surveiled numerous land marks for attack in new york and washington including the white house and in boston, fenway park, prudential center and the quincy market. the complaint alleges he focused on structural weaknesses to determine how a future attack could cause the most destruction, how to maximize damage, how close to proximity one could get and site weaknesses or soft spots in that the ijo could exploit if it attacked a location in the future. he was arrested in july and is due in court monday and faces dozens of

we begin our coverage with senior correspondent rick leventhal in jacksonville, florida. good evening, rick. >> good evening, mike. dorian is incredible powerful and also incredibly slow, causing extreme destruction, and as you mentioned, now five confirmed deaths in the bahamas and it's creeping slowly in the general direction of the florida coastline. of course the state is very familiar with major hurricanes. officials and locals know the drill and they are getting ready while keeping a watchful eye on the horizon. >> only got! >> catastrophic damages in the northern bahamas and unconfirmed reports of bodies being seen after hurricane dorian ripped through the island chain with 185-mile-per-hour winds and gusts over 220. >> you just pray that we can come out of this. >> authorities say they will work to rescue victims and confirm casualties as soon as the weather clears from a slow-moving beast of a storm. folks on florida's coast are boarding up and some moving out with mandatory evacuation orders issued in low-lying areas, barrier islands, from deerfield beach to the

rick leventhal is live in jacksonville, florida, with the very latest there where we see that surf kicking>> reporter: yeah. and already mandatory evacuations underway in parts of juneau beach, palm beach county, martin county and many more will be affected tomorrow. daytona international airport shutting down tonight, and palm beach international airport is closing and ceasing all commercial operations tomorrow because of doubts about this very, very powerful and destructive storm which pounded into the bahamas earlier today with maximum sustained winds at over 180 miles per hour and gusts at 220 miles per hour plus according to the national hurricane center which predicts 2-3 feet of rain in some spots and a storm surge of 15-20 feet above normal tide in the bahamas. we're, obviously, not feeling or seeing that here, not yet, and there are plenty of people out on the beach despite red flag warnings in effect on this labor day weekend. we don't know for sure if jacksonville will get hit, but there are precautions. we saw lifeguards putting up storm shutters just down the beach, and this i

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connell: as we wait for the governor, our coverage of dorian continues right now with rick leventhal atest on the storm prep there. rick? >> jacksonville has now issued mandatory evacuation orders for residents in low-lying areas zones a and b starting at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, joining several other counties telling people to get out. we have storm surge warnings, flood warnings, and tropical storm watches and hurricane watches and warnings in effect for a number of areas up and down the florida coastline, as people are being told, again, be on guard and be on alert for this storm. we have folks out here on jacksonville beach today. even though there are red flag warnings, we have seen people surfing and swimming, smaller crafts than usual on this labor day weekend and conditions could start deteriorating in the next 48 hours. shutters installed. we also saw a gas station, public storage facility boarded up among other businesses. yesterday heading north on the florida turnpike, saw a convoy of at least seven prisoner transport buses escorted by state troopers, some 900 inmates being rel

i'm rick leventhal and this is "the fox report."ongressional democrats are dede manning changes with party leaders make their demand known to the president. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer saying in a statement today, this morning we made it clear to the president that any proposal he endorses that does not include the universal background check legislation will not get the job done. and people who shouldn't have guns will still have access. the senate must pass this bill and the president must sign it. let's bring in a breaking news reporter from the "washington examiner." the president has promised some kind of action and promising some things will never happen. any clue what we can expect? >> i think it's difficult to predict what will come of the president's proposal in part because he has contradicted himself. if we look at his statements following the el paso and dayton, ohio shootings. he supported the background checks. but then he talked out of the other side of his mouth and said there was a bigger issue with mental health.

senior correspondent, rick leventhal has the latest from new york. >> president trump said that he would release his tax returns, then said that he couldn't because of an ongoing audit. now, the documents could still be in the hands of an attorney. what role the president and his family business played in hush money leading up to the elections. the president accounting firm told fox news it has been served and that it will fully comply with its legal obligations. according to "the new york times," which first broke the story, manhattan district attorney is seeking eight years of corporate tax returns, both state and federal dating back to 2011, reportedly focusing on a 1:30 thousand dollar payment made to actress stormy daniels, who alleged that she had an affair with president trump. president trump denies that. she was reimbursed the 130 gran grand. if the trump organization may have falsely accounted for the payback as a legal expense, which could be a crime. >> though my >> president trump: i don't know anything about it. >> says that we are reviewing and will respond as appropriate.

rick leventhal is near our location. two hours ago you were in jacksonville, florida. eeing, rick? >> we're in neptune beach now, bill, where a lot of businesses shut down ahead of the storm. this restaurant closed a couple of days ago. sandbags out front and windows shut erd on the main street. not much traffic to speak of. we have police officers doing their patrols. you see a lot of the hurricane shutters have been closed. we're getting bands of heavy rain and some wind gusts topping 40 miles per hour already even though the center of the hurricane is 100 miles offshore and not come all the way up the coast to where we are. tropical storm force winds extend beyond that. they're predicting tropical storm force gusts at least for this section of coastline in duvall county and beyond throughout this afternoon and evening. as you mentioned this is not the big story. the big story is down in the bahamas where the abaco islands and freeport and elsewhere got slammed. grand bahama got slammed. they had category 5 and 4 winds for a couple of days. many of the homes there wer

a hurricane. >> leland: dorian. >> julie: thanks. >> leland: team coverage continues now with rick leventhal>> for folks who live further south of us down between jupiter and vero beach, causeways at jenson beach and stew rt are closed. unless you're a residents or proper i.d. as an employee you won't be allowed to go to the barrier islands as mandatory evacuation orders from in effect to volusia county to georgia. you can see a lot of folks are out at the beach. primarily they're watching the dozens of surfers taking advantage of the rough waves out there that are pounding against this fishing pier also closed today. we have no way of knowing just how bad it will go here but authorities are taking precautions. that includes closing major airports. commercial flight operations at palm beach international and fort lauderdale international have ceased. no more flights in and out of those two airports. daytona beach airport is shutting down at 6:00 tonight. 4400 national guard are mobilized across the state. thousands more on stand by. airmen and soldiers with equipment and helicopters, boats,

fox news senior correspondent rick leventhal with details from downtown manhattan.r: fed say that alexi was not involved in active terror ballot but was gathering intelligence on possible targets for last 20 years, working in america, becoming a u.s. citizen in 2008, he pled not guilty to all 9 counts again him. including being a covert agent for hezbollah, based in lep lebanon, they say they trained him and handling weapons and building bombs and best surveil targets posing as a target looking for weak spots in plac places. according to complaint, saab focused on structural weakness to determine how a future attack could cause most destruction, maximize damage, now close in proximity one could get in targ ettarget or soft spots, saab pleaded not guilty to all 9 counts today. including providing support to hezbollah. and receiving military type training. he has a court date in two days. >> thank you. switching gears, new fallout tonight, as iran president rouhani arrives in new york to address the united nations general assembly in an attempt to play the victim to c

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i'm rick leventhal.rst auto strike in 12 years could be hours away. 49,000 members will hit the picket lines at midnight unless they are able to reach a contract agreement with general motors before them. negotiations have broken down. forecasters keeping an eye on tropical storm humberto as it heads towards bermuda. it's moving away from the u.s. mainland, but meteorologists warn it could become a cat 2 bringing dangerous riptides along the east coast. show". greg: she lost an election and now she's into art collection. it's an exhibit in italy called the hillary clinton e-mails in 60,000 pages of e-mails. out. how earth friendly. they called it art. the post reports hillary somehow gets wind of this exhibit and they center over there magically where she sat for an hour sifting through e-mails. she was quoted as saying her appearance was a surprise. e like epstein suicide. nothing in a calculated clinton world happens by surprise. but okay, fine. she sits behind a fake oval office does for an hour to ma

meteorologist janice dean is in the fox extreme weather center, but we begin with senior correspondent rick leventhal reporting from jacksonville, florida. rick, how are things looking there are? >> reporter: well, it's fine here now, but jacksonville is one of the areas that could be affected by this monster cat five hurricane. the area getting pounded right now is the northern bahamas, and we just got a tweet from the national hurricane center that illustrates the severity of this storm, tweeting and warning of extreme winds in excess of 180 miles per hour over the next few hours, so take cover now. this is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. move immediately to the safe room in your shelter. this storm the bringing 2 feet of rain in some spots, even more and a 20-foot storm surge according to the nhc. forecasters suggest it's likely to turn to the north and east and hug the coastline, but it could make landfall anywhere from central florida to the carolinas. fema has prestaged assets in key areas, and folks in the jacksonville area have done some preparing, boarding up gas stati

jeff paul is in florida, rick leventhal. let's begin with griff general kins in port st. lucie. get pummelled by waves all day. >> reporter: dana, we're

rick leventhal is looking into it for us from our new york city newsroom.story just gets bigger by the day. >> it does, harris. in fact, the fda may soon ban some of these products with the president support. states including new york art waiting. pushing legislation to raise the minimum age and stop deceptive ads warning a significant dangers from stuff you can legally buy and many convenience stores. it's not just flavored e cigarette's cause of concern, but as mentioned, products marketed as cbd. vapes and gummy's possibly have extract from the plant. they say cbd relaxes you and cures ailments, it's warned that most don't have any cbd and then prayed and said containing synthetic marijuana or other dangerous chemicals. the new york law specific targets flavored e-cigarettes with fruit and candy names like bubblegum and cap'n crunch. it would ban their sale, raise the minimum percentage to a 21, and eliminate deceptive marketing practices. lastly, the cdc said that e-cigarettes were confirmed or probable cause of 380 cases of lung disease and six deaths

rick leventhal is following this from lower manhattan. n blue prison scrub and blue slip onshoes, tall, thin, balding, short çhair. he told the judge he understands and speaks english. became a citizen in 2008 but was a covert agent for hezbollah the entire time. the feds say he received extensive military training in weapons and also bomb making skills. primary mission was gathering intelligence and looking for soft spots onds potential targets including the statue of liberty, new york stock exchange, rockefeller center and other high-profile landmarks including washington the white house and u.s. capitol. boston prudential center, fenway park and quincy market. for video he learned to start by recording an unrelated subject before panning the camera to the object of surveillance and took videos from different zoom ranges to show perspective relevant to hezbollah. saab pled not guilty to providing support to hezbollah and weapons training and the citizenship and marriage fraud charges. there is another court date, julie, just two days fr

. >> trace: rick leventhal, live for us in jacksonville.w on the phone. i am not sure if you heard there, mr. mayor, but you've got people down there saying well, we might leave tomorrow if it gets bad enough. are you having a tough time trying to convince people to move away from the shore in the beaches? >> we put up a mandatory evacuation that includes those beach cities starting this morning. now, we just remind people that you know, no single storm is the same on any given year, but this is my third and four years, and the last time we had matthew, skirting off the coast, there was major flooding at the beaches. there was other flooding in low-lying areas. this is nothing to mess around with. >> trace: you make a good point because even the kennedy space center, matthew came through, and adjusted a number on the coast all the way down. how concerned are you about the storm surge in jackson? >> well, so, we are under a hurricane watch down at the beach. any time you either of those events, you could have trees, power lines, flooding. th

rick leventhal is following the story live from time square. >> in announcing the arrest the new yorkreminded us in the city that never sleeps, neither do the agents and analysts working on the joint terrorism task force looking for clues to stop potential attacks before they happen and in this case they say time square was once again in the crosshairs as a possible target. according to the indictment, a man, 42 of morristown, new jersey, naturalized u.s. citizen was working as an agent for hezbollah. iranian funded shia islamic terror organization facing nine counts related to terrorism, citizenship and marriage fraud. feds say he received weapons and bomb making training and surveilled numerous landmarks for possible attacks. those targets allegedly included the statue of liberty, united nations, stock exchange, rockefeller center, time square, bridges, tunnels, train stations and other locations in washington, d.c. including the white house and the u.s. capitol and fenway park in boston. sabb took photos and reported back to hezbollah and had materials used to construct the targets

. >> sandra: rick leventhal thank you. to speed on big day ahead big program including hogan gidley from the white house. more coming up in our 10:30 eastern time slot. >> sandra: just a few things to talk to him about. >> bill: which got an hour 20 minutes to think about it. meanwhile president trump putting a target on iran over the saudi oil attack. is tehran responsible and if so what happens next? republican mike turner member of the armed services committee will tell that next. >> sandra: plus the cdc taking bold no action to fight the vaping crisis across the nation as we learn now a seventh person has died. a live report on that coming up. >> bill: also former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski form facing a grueling day at the hill. let's talk about the white house is asked to not talk about >> sandra: in alabama a police officer shot and killed in the line of duty. it happened yesterday in tuscaloosa company. policing officer during a chris huff was pursuing a suspect and that is when there was an exchange

rick leventhal live on jacksonville beach, stay safe.his, let's bring in the coast guard vice admiral in charge of the east coast and gulf coast regions all in dorian's projected path. good morning to you. how big of a threat is this now? >> good morning, thank you very much for having me. it is certainly a big threat, just downgraded to category four storm, that is still a catastrophic storm, our thoughts and prayers are with the folks in the bahamas that have been in catastrophic hurricane conditions since yesterday and he approaches the east coast of florida, certainly still in the cone and up the east coast of the united states, certainly a big threat here. >> sandra: how was the coast guard preparing for what may be coming? >> the coast guard is preparing the storm for well over a week now. we are doing many different things. they've been working with the maritime partners keep ports open as long as possible, keep commerce and commodities flowing into the ports as long as possible. our planes, hardships, we are moving them out of ha