people in south florida, this is likely going to make landfall as a category four hurricane there will be catastrophic flooding and storm surge on the gulf coast region, and the highest risk will be in the southwest florida region from naples up to sarasota. there is also potential for flash flooding and river plumbing with 10 to 20 inches across central and northeast florida. if you are in an evacuation zone, particularly in southwest florida counties, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. you are going to start feeling major impacts of this storm relatively soon. we anticipate landfall sometime tomorrow afternoon, into tomorrow evening. but of course, even if it arrives on land tomorrow evening, you are going to feel fx far before that. if you still have not made the decision, now is the time to do it. now is the time to act. you need to get to higher ground. you need to get to structures that are safe, there are structures open in all of these counties. that would be preferable than remaining in one of those very vulnerable areas with potentially catas

and this morning, several rivers across south florida or above flood stage. add to that rainfall in this area has more than doubled over the past two weeks. well over the normal amount, so the ground here is already saturated. not great news for a storm like this. that's coming our way. andrew rhiannon back to you, justin. thank you. stay safe down there . millions of people will be affected by ian no matter where it makes landfall, officials are urging everyone to listen to evacuation orders. earlier i spoke with rob heron with hillsborough. counties fire rescue rob with the conditions expected to be treacherous. what are some of the challenges you're facing when it comes to potential rescue and relief efforts? all right now we are hopeful that most of our residents who are in evacuation groups and be that we have been messaging throughout the last couple of days have heeded those warnings. we encourage our citizens to, uh, keep their devices as charged as possible. and you know, phil bathtubs with water have water available. is there a point where it gets t

hurricane ian making landfall at any moment in south florida. on the left you can see a live stream out of cape coral. it shows the category 4 storm is bringing a about ten minutes, we'll have a live report from the florida's gulf coast. now update on the overnight search for a barricade barricade suspect near the sun valley mall. > >> this is happening in pleasant happening in pleasant hill. pole have cleared the scene an hour o and a half hour ago after they couldn't locate the man who climbed into a crawl space at a nordstrom rack. last night around 7:00 police say man was originally wanted for rape. they rape. they believe he likely slipped out overnight. > >> now to the other top storiesn oakland new homicide investigatn as the city up to 96 total this year. this is video from yesterday and you can see officers and evidence markers out on the street. this is the ninth homicide in just over a week and now oakland's police chief says he will deploy more s to the streets. >> with those enhanced investig, it's my hope that we can identify more i

tornadoes all across even down to south florida. broward county.s you mentioned the flooding already catastrophic. already the third highest storm surge in key west so far. so this is a situation that needs to be taken seriously now if it has not been already. gather your things. gather your valuables. gather your loved ones. get in that car, and, if you can, get to higher ground. unfortunately things here are only going to start to get worse, guys. >> brian: all right. nicole, thanks so much. when you go over those bridges in tampa the water is right there anyway. so tight. i'm wondering how much surge it has. also on a side note. earnest hemmingway's house his granddaughter is extremely nervous because his historic home there where he lived with his -- one of his wives and her grandmother. they said it's extreme danger. they never remember a storm that presented such a challenge as this storm and that house was about 50 years old before earnest hemmingway moved in. >> ainsley: he lived in key west. along at key west. a lot of people have gone to

angela, i want to ask, you are a life long resident of south florida. how does the hurricane compared to other storms you have seen and how did you apply from what you've learned from past storms to this one? >> let me say this. i was sitting in this same spot, different dining room table during hurricane charlie back in 07, so that the storm we are experiencing right now is coming from the exact same direction. of course it's much bigger. so we learned because we went through three back to back, charlie francis and jean. the population has grown tremendously so we have to accommodate that. we have five shelters that we have open. two of them are pet friendly, so we pretty much have everything accounted for right now and these winds are really hunkering up. the rain is very, very scary. this rain is very scary. we currently have now about 15,000 homes that are without power, which is low compared to other counties like volusia. we were prepared for this as a county. we were prepared for this so we got everything down pat. we did all that we could but th

really things are very hairy and scary in south florida and central florida throughout the day. the governor, he's pre-positioned 5000 national guard troops, 2000 coming in from out of state. he feels with the search and rescue teams on standby and emergency response crews there with at least 100 ambulances ready to deploy, the state is as prepared as it could be, here is what he said about florida power and light, the state's largest utility. >> 30,000 personnel stationed and standing by to help with power restoration across all utill itss, electric co-ops. >> everybody in florida hardened by hurricanes year after year, everybody very well aware that power is going to go out somewhere, maybe your neighborhood, maybe just across the street, it could be days and it could be even weeks, no power, over the past several days residents have been flooding grocery stores, stocking up on shall iss, food that won't spoil, cases of bottled water, everything to ride the storm out. in tampa, nothing is open, everything is closed, everyone is advised not to drive around today, just stay home

we are right now sending resources down to south florida. eams, law enforcement so we can help our neighbors to the south get back up on their feet. >> neil: as far as businesses there -- there's been a great deal of flooding, mayor. businesses are the life blood of tampa itself to say nothing 0 cross other towns across your state that have been hit by this thing. i don't know if it was as extreme as other mayors that i've been talking to on this channel and fox business. but i'm told many devastated. their businesses are completely destroyed or so flooded and damaged that it's going to be quite some time before they can hope to get back to normal. what is it like there? >> well, we didn't see -- we were looking at the 15 foot storm surges. the hurricane ian pulled the water out of our bay. so we didn't see the widespread flooding that we had anticipated. but a lot of our residents evacuate to orlando and orlando is experiencing flooding in not only the city, but in orange county. i have spoken to the mayor of orlando and orange county how we

we were in south florida with wilma. >> reporter: that's right. >> the thing that's terrifying is the sound. it was us and the little kids playing the flashlight game because we had no power and trying to ride it out. you remember hearing what sounded like hell on earth. everything whipping and whipping. this is a watery hurricane. it's slow and causing lofts surges. >> >> reporter: you're right. >> reporter: that means when the water recedes, your car is destroyed, your my house flooded. this is a lot more to me like the kind of damage you saw with katrina. >> reporter: that's exactly the right point. one of those big hurricanes sounds like a constant freight train for hours. >> yes. >> reporter: it gets into you. it's terrifying. that's not what we heard today. this is mostly a water storm. in america water storms are more dangerous than wind storms are, and that's what we've seen because you don't have the same sense of terror inside you. it's slow moving. this came upon us quickly. i was literally walking around on this ground level and an hour later it was so dangerously flooded

trying to keep what they have and then take away from democrats, how important when we look at south floridaida with congresswoman salazar that's one of the key races we've been watching for this entire cycle. and right now looking at the polls it looks like she is in pretty good shape and so that takes -- that makes it difficult for democrats to maintain or maintain the majority if a district that used to be within reach looks out of reach. we talk about the 34th district in texas where congresswoman flores won that special election. republicans think they're in the game there. she's now facing incumbent democrat and that's a key race, the biden district, a hispanic district but an incumbent congresswoman bringing an extra heft to the race they didn't have before. >> two of the places after 2020 republicans said, look, we're making significant inroads particularly among male latino voters. his numbers changed. trump still lost and that's the point democrats make. we can look granular in the races. nationally which candidate would you vote for? 56% say democrats. democrats argue all this tal

florida 193,000 are without power. this is going to be a tough few days down south. stuart: thanks very much, move on. lsely claiming florida's governor desantis hasn't faced the challenge of a hurricane since becoming governor. how his office responded to the headline. we are tracking her akkadian, the i of the storm set to hit fort myers or close to it in just a few hours, live report from their next. ♪ go. go green. go wind turbines. go gorgeous reliable grid. go emerson software. go science people. go breakthrough meds and safe science. go space age welds for super silent cars. go big. or go home. from software that delivers new cures at warp speed, to technology that makes clean energy reliable, emerson innovation helps make the world healthier, safer, smarter and more sustainable. go boldly. emerson. thinkorswim® by td ameritrade is more than a trading platform. it's an entire trading experience. with innovation that lets you customize interfaces, charts and orders to your style of trading. personalized education to expand your perspective. and a dedicated trade desk of expert-level support. that

in fact, this monster now is approaching us, approaching the shoals of florida of south florida. more precisely, at the rate is 5 miles per hour. so it's close by and everybody stand by just moments ago, governor desantis spoke here and, and in florida and said it a bluntly to these floridians basically what you're looking at now as a ma sir, he said, and it's gonna be, as he said, a hurricane to remember now that the storm is closer, let's say that the forecasts are more precise. remember we were talking about tampa when i'm standing right now. well, this storm is shifted slightly. south of tampa is going to be the, the worse it area will be in the south of what i am us towels or cities like of like sarasota for example, right now as we speak to myself one hour away. that be it being hit by, let's say the 1st, the 1st hits of those strong winds. now we know from the forecast that e n is approaching slowly. florida right now, as we were speaking, and it is a carrion winds up to 14140 miles an hour. if this forecast remains the same and handled 40 category 4 or 5 almost hits, our s

august 24th, 1992, when hurricane andrew slammed into south florida as a cat 5. it was a fast-moving, small storm, but man, did it destroy. >> it really did. it also, though, as you know very well, it changed. it changed florida, for good. you have pre-andrew or pre-miami houses, you have post-miami, post-miami houses. explain that really quickly about how after that, the building codes changed radically in the state of florida. and that's why fewer people will die during this storm, fewer houses will be destroyed, even though it's going to be devastating. but andrew really was, it was this defining line in florida hurricane preparedness. >> joe, what a great point. there is a before and after hurricane andrew for florida, especially for south florida. the building codes changed completely and drastically. and they changed as well for much of the state. but south florida, specifically, really changed dogmatically, its building codes. the issue here, joe, is that at 155, let's go to 158 if we get to category 5, it's relatively slow moving. it's so slow moving and s

>> south florida florida when we started feeling it monday into tuesday.ea and later today we'll be provide to provide our customers a more detailed time line of restoration. we're still doing damage assessments in the hardest hit areas where it is hard to access those locations because of flood waters and debris. so those hard hit areas will take more time and getting that time line will take us longer but we should have an estimate later this evening. >> and i know they're waiting for -- very much for that to come as quickly as possible. question for you, for folks who are watching that are down there, they're eager to get back to their homes and i get it, i would want to do the same thing but we saw a live power line in the water. what do you say to folks who want to go home now. >> i think you need to sit tight. i do. i can't speak for every scenario. i have a aunt who lived close it inglewodd and i said sit tight, most people are without power. even if you manage to get back home, you'll going to be without power. check why your local sheriff's office

it's -- south of orlando, florida. so, those winds are kicking. awhile. notice all this rain falling as well. it is moving very slowly, so we are going to see crawl across the peninsula of florida over the next 36 hours or so. that's why we are going to see so much rain. we are still under so much tropical alerts. that's really indicating that this weather is still here. and we still have a lot to contend with as we go through the next couple of days, not only in florida, it's going to move to the southeast portions of florida, also south carolina and north carolina, and then eventually into the mid-atlantic. we are not done with a, story we are gonna be talking about this through the weekend. all right, so here's the future cast, as we go through our time here, category one storm right now, we do expect it tomorrow, and later on today, actually, to pop into the atlantic, still tropical storm status at that point. it's going to merge over the atlantic and then it is going to make a turn towards the northwest. and that is when it will impact portio

warming all summer long it's just intensified and fueled the storm as it chugs towards the south coast of florida will make landfall somewhere south of here, fort myers or sarasota. that's where the highest winds will hit, right now, 140 miles per hour. we'll see if it keeps up as it moves from the coast later on this afternoon and later on this evening. this saer not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination. we're going to see heavy rain and high winds here in tampa. this area in tampa bay hasn't seen a major hurricane direct hit in about 1100 years. so people don't know exactly what to expect. as you might imagine, 100 years ago there were a lot fewer people living here now this is a metro area with upwards of 3 million people. so, if you go out on the roads this morning, it appears that most people are hunkered down. they're waiting for impact here. not many people out. most people, 2.5 million people under mandatory evacuation orders appear for the most part to have gotten out and gone to higher ground. and remember, this is not just a landfall story. this story is going to be had t

we urge residents in south carolina and everyone in its path to remain vigilant. florida as we continue to monitor the situation in south carolina and overall path of the storm, search and rescue operations remain underway in florida. we must rescue teams are part of the unified effort to conduct operation by air, land and sea in coordination with federal partners as well as state and local officials. as part of this effort will is activated 5004 national guard members as well as another 2000 members from other states through mutual aid to help with search and rescue operations, operations and other protective measures. coast guard colleagues provide an update on their search and rescue efforts of this command in a later brief. homeland security secretary mayorkas activated dhs search capacity force yesterday comprised of 7500 members from other federal agencies in the staffing pattern to help us address the response recovery needs following the storm. this will enhance efforts to florida as well as the eastern seaboard as the storm continues to move. nearly 3000 federal

of those people are seeking, not just a better opportunity but to work hard here, not just in south florida. this is the largest population of venezuelans in the united states. again a neighboring countries all over the world. the only see what is happening -- so many people tell the story of self florida. that's himself florida that the governor of the state panders to. that's quite a contrast to the votes that he's seeking to get the. the reality that my family and so many others have been saying from venezuela last few decades. >> let's go that last, point a new msnbc quote. and immigration policies and statements he lied with the dignity of human life, followed by tactical recognition of the economic benefits of renewing the labor -- from abroad. from today's governors, migrants are simply ponds and a greater game of scoring points against the -- i wonder someone who has watched a lot of this unfold, different times, different points in history what you make of these mega republicans weaponizing immigration? >> it is shocking. i think president reagan would look at what we are seeing in

in south florida, tornadoes spinning. they are spinning all around. they are causing devastating damage. >> oh my god! >> brian: key west, waters rising causing residents to track towards higher ground. >> absolutely nuts. >> brian: more than 70,000 floridians are without power this morning. governor ron desantis urging residents to get out. time to evacuate is come to an end. you need to evacuate now. >> the governor will give another update in just about 30 minutes. we will bring that to you live. first, we have live fox team coverage janice dean tracking the storm's latest path. fox news weather we start with robert ray in fort myers. robert? >> good morning. you know, as light is about to come up here and these rain bands and window really intensify, conditions are deteriorating here in fort myers beach. the gulf of mexico, just a football field over there. churning up. i was just over there. when it gets light, we will show you that. you can see right now, these heavy bands as hurricane ian is right out there. the eye center is about 70 miles fro

got a lot of store chains you supply to from food lie indian and the biggest chains throughout south florida do you suspect that prices go up because you're delayed. >> i'm afraid so. they're wiped out and find a new place to put it and the infrastructure months ago and now it's time to plant. plant. liz: i'm sorry. everything else, we're wishing you the very best and hang in there. >> also, we want to send our prayers to our friends in south florida and our neighbors and hope everything is great and anything we can do to help, let us know. know. liz: trace, i'm glad you said this. we want to ask our viewers, if you'd like to donate to hurricane ian relief, here is a fund, visit r redcross.org/foxforward. our call 18004356779. in you have alexa, say alexa, make a donation to the american red cross. fox and our whole family here has made a donation and we hope you'll follow and for at least robert and trace's sake and all those suffering, it would be very helpful. liz: key positioning his poportfolioand breaks on the fed the starting company. we take the dow down 324 and i do want to correct

it's been a century since the tampa area of south florida has been directly hit by a hurricane and now hurricane ian could change history. >> everyone and i mean everyone in pinellas county will witness some degree of impact from the storm. >> reporter: nearly 170,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. >> we are looking at the possibility of 10 to 15 foot storm surge. clearly that would be very devastating for our community. >> that's five. >> reporter: residents taking it seriously. >> i wasn't worried yesterday but today you start making your preparations. tie everything down, secure your cars. make sure you've got enough food and water at the house. >> i think we're taking it pretty seriously. up until yesterday we were thinking it was going to hit panama city but now it's real. >> reporter: the tampa area more vulnerable. >> there are a lot of low lying areas compounded with a lot of development so we have a large population that's built up and it's built up in low lying areas. we have a lot of exposure. a lot of risk. >> reporter: the florida national guard has activated 5,000

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that the everglades recharge the biscayne aquifer, the soul freshwater drinking source for the south florida population. as we continue to deprive the everglades of a proper level of water we are depriving that aquifer of its proper level and that allows saltwater intrusion that will become more common with the rise of sea levels. peter: jack davis. his most[applause] liz: hello everyone. i'm liz neely. i am absolutely delighted to be moderating today's session. this is "underwater: climate change and me." if you are not interested in hearing about oceans and coral reefs, first, i'm sorry for you, second, you can go out of the room. we will be diving into 45 minutes of conversation about our oceans. we will start at a sundrenched, shallow waters with ra

the waves are picking up from south florida. we are keeping a close eye on hurricann hurricane ian before it makes landfall in the state, sometime. sometime, today. the national hurricane center says it has grn into a category four hurricane and is expected to reach category 5 status of the live picture really tells the picture. >> it really does. let's take a quick look at the graphic. when speeds at 155 miles an hour, gusting as it pushes sohwest fls takes 157 mile an hour winds to make a category five. nonetheless, it is catastrophic for that coastline where we areg with strong storms urges. it will dissipate as we head into e next couple of days. we will keep you updated here in the wer center. > >> traffic in brentwood continues and this is, unfortunately, a deadly crash. an investigation is underway. marsh creek road is completely shut down. use brentwood boulevard as an alternate. that has been out there for several hours, unfortunately. > >> we will keep you updated andu can watch more on this newscastn 44, cable 12 and

all the way down in south florida. winds were reaching -- very high winds.ng 155 miles per hour and you can see the wind speed, 155. the movement, that's of such concern. the movement is at 9 miles per hour. the wind gusts, 190 miles per hour. and we're here in the bradenton area. you're seeing right behind me, this is sarasota bay. and then behind sarasota bay is the gulf of mexico. we've been experiencing some very, very intense wind gusts and the rain has been nonstop. but, but take a look at that radar image. it's showing you the most intense part of the storm and yet to arrive to florida. it is a potentially life-threatening storm. and as you can see, the eye is hitting right in fort myers. julia ainsley is with us this morning. i want to kind of go over what federal officials have been preparing for and what it is they're going right now. >> we just heard from deanne criswell as they look at this life-threatening storm. they're talking about the number of personnel they're moving to florida. they have a fema headquarters set up in miami as well as 128,

tornadoes will be imminent in south florida, central florida, and then we are going to see the potentialor the power outages not only for a day or two. but maybe in some cases over a week. and then it will move inland and the southeast coast needs to watch this. this is a very big deal. even if it weakens a little bit, we are still talking about a storm surge of a major hurricane moving into these vulnerable coast lines. >> steve: indeed. >> ainsley: some people are trying to scram being. >> janice: they need to. >> ainsley: i talked to one person who has three businesses down there. kids in school. has a house right on the water and they are panicking trying to get everything boarded up and secure but then they are trying to get out. but they are going to be waiting in traffic. these are the concerns of all the folks down there. >> janice: i know. that's why it's crucial to listen to your local officials because they know how to get in and get out. i am urging folks if you live in the tampa area take this seriously. maybe at love folks moved down there recently they haven't felt a storm

florida coast. you are now starting to hear some experts call this a mere worst case scenario. 2 miles an hour short of a category 5 storm. south in punta gorda, the expected storm surge is now upwards of 16 feet. 16 feet in some places. the governor and these florida officials, what they're doing is talking to the public trying to get them ready. that's what they've been doing over the last several days, get them ready for what is now actually happening telling people at this point if you haven't moved, it might very well be too late to move. that's the message we're getting from emergency officials, they will not be in a position to help you because it's too dangerous to go outside. get the people ready and governor desantis and officials have been getting responders ready for when they can get out to help people, to help get power will be needed this storm could very well sit over florida for a full day, brianna. so this is a situation which is now getting bad and expected to get much, much worse. >> and west of you in clearwater, berman, which of course is there along florida's west coast, more than 400,000 people are under

florida. as a matter of fact the hurricane is headed to south carolina now as a category one . we need this assistance regular basis. and we're going to continue to work legislatively to get it done. but there is an urgency here. not just this storm but we're not clear when hurricane season ends in november. better planning, i will tell you this. we updated the codes when i was in the legislature many years ago.. a lot of our buildings are pretty safe. again, when you get on the water in the coastal areas and you have something similar to this, a cat for. it's a disaster. and like you said, fort myers is pretty much gone and will have to be rebuilt again. >> host: congressman gus ti bilirakis, thank you. >> guest: tank you so very much. >> .. >> when i frequently listen here too often only complaints, whether they are democrats or republicans they always have complaints, this is not right, that is not right, et cetera. such is the most recent comment about the student loan. the great problems with student loan programs but there's no comments with democrats and republicans who

yesterday, what we saw is literally thousands of people driving out of the west coast of florida, and heading south000 linemen around 30 different areas in the sate of florida, just waiting for the thing to pass over, and then go right in and help. it's really important that if you're hearing us, whoa, this is, i mean, this is incredibly strong, the gust, if you're listening to, if you're watching us and if you're in this area, it is time now to think, where do i go inside my house, where do i go if things start getting really bad? how do i protect myself and my family if things get really bad? and it is really, we're just listening to the mayor, a lot of people took heed and went to the different evacuation areas that there are, and a lot of folks decided to stay put, and it's no time to leave now. it's time now to hope for the best, and i've got to tell you, just think of what you can do, if things get really bad, and how you protect yourself and your family. >> i'm looking at the numbers here, jose, that have come out just in the last couple of minutes, nearly 800,000 people in florida who does

through southern florida, 1929 cape hurricane, and 19 27, that went into savannah after hitting south florida. look at that dÉjÀ vu. >> sean: joe bastardi weather bell.com. thank you. we have now break developments across the state of florida now joined by florida senator rick scott is with us. senator, let's talk about the rescue recovery efforts. i know the state of florida, we've been putting it up on the screen. if people know relatives, friends, that might be trapped, there is an input web site, we'll put it up on the screen where people can go and put it up, and i think it's, what is it, floridadisasterfund.org. >> sean it's floridadisaster.org. first my heart goes out to everybody impacted. i hope everybody's safe our first responders will get to you as quickly as possible. i've been talking to sheriffs, mayors, police chief fire and rescue across the state and they're committed to getting to people as quickly as they can. great coordination between local state and federal. i talked to the fema administrator yesterday the lady that runs southeast for fema are committed to doing everyth

. >> nearly 100 search and rescue crews from south florida are on their way to the hard-hit west coast, bringing with them rescue dogs to help locate any missing oral long lost family members. >> we will bring the conditions to parts of florida as it churns towards the atlantic. i will bring in jessica burch for more on where ian is going next. >> many think, okay, it made landfall and is done but that is not the case. as we look at the graphics, what is happening, tropical storm ian is pushing offshore, closer to jacksonville and it is regaining at strength now that it is back over warm sea surface temperatures. that will make it a category 1 hurricane, late into the coastline, more north and closer to south carolina. charleston is in that direct path. it could go into north carolina as a tropical depression. we are keeping a close eye on that. in the bay area, we are seeing that marine layer really patchy, down closer to redwood city and mountain view. it will taper off this afternoon and take a look at how interesting this is. we are seeing sunny skies from stinson beach into half m

hurricane ian setting it's sights on south florida. >> reporter: >> reporter: ian arrives in south carolina today with hurrie force winds and heavy rain. the storm is not packing the punch it had but it is still a threat to lives and property. in southwest florida, the view from from above shows the massive devastation hurricane ian inflicted on beach communities. houses were ripped from their fs their foundations. emergency responders from the coast guard, national guard and other rescue rescue teams have conducted at least 700 rescues, so far. >> there are at least 2000 indicated rescue personnel going going up and down the coastline. >> reporter: the only road has been washed away. the straighter straighter family road out the storm in sanibel. the family had had to be rescued after the storm but there tortoises are the reason they stayed behind and they didn't survive. intense intense winds and flooding are threatening the entire south carolina coastline. some raise to evacuate in the final hours. >> i don't think it is going to get any better. it is definitelg to get worse. >> reporter

if you are going to go somewhere in other parts of the state of florida, we're advising that you can go souththeast florida seems to be doing better. this track may end up taking it all across i 4. it can take it to other areas. the most important thing with evacuation is get to higher ground, get to safe structure. it doesn't mean you have to be in a place where there's no storm or you're not going to face anything. in florida we have structures that deal with these hurricanes. it's hard to deal with ten feet of water. and that's really what is underlying the evacuation notices. if you're in the barrier islands, in some of the places susceptible to that, you are at risk. fdot and fhp are coordinating about the flow of traffic. as of now on 75 out of here, it's moving. we have had increased folks on the road starting yesterday heading eastbound on interstate 4. i think you'll continue to see it pick up on i-75 now that the tra track has shifted further south. fdot and fhp is prepared to open the shoulder to emergency use for evacuations. that will happen once the sustained traffic goes under

. >> tremendous damage, and officially now we know there are one million people in south florida withoutower. according to the governor, the detail, the strength of the storm, governors santos said -- governor desantis said, we are looking at a disaster looming over the southern side of florida and it won't stop here because accompanying hurricane ian is rain that will sustain wins at least 100 miles per hour for at least 15 hours until next thursday. >> two people in cuba were killed as the hurricane hit the island on tuesday. the storm also caused a blackout plunging 11 million people into darkness. moscow has called for a meeting with you when security council. the eu and u.n. blame sabotage. russia backed authorities in fort portions of ukraine say that the results of the referendum held of our five days's show that people have overwhelmingly voted to join the federation. the death of mahsa amini has saddened everyone, but protests will spread. she was killed, by the so-called morality police. in baghdad, security forces fight as -- tried to storm the highly fortified green zone gove

people need to understand, you know, south florida does not have refineries themselves, but they are 0% dependent on texas and louisiana for the transportation, so we had to get back up and get operational. two years ago, florida had hurricane irma that hit. we are washing closely with florida -- watching closely with florida. we are ready and able to assist in any way we can. first thing, readiness, and the preparation for hurricane readiness is something that is just a part of life for us on the coast. matt: again, it does not matter where it hits, it is always a problem driving your ship through that path, right? as we have said, the coast of florida, and it is going to avoid corpus christi, but you still have to send that energy through the hurricane's path. how much of a delay does that cause? how much of a problem does that cause? sean: it does not cause as much of a problem or delay as you would think, matt. when the coast guard orders ports to be shut for these types of incidents, vessels have to sale. it is actually safer for these large vessels to be at sea rather than impor

miami and south florida. they continue to build condos and houses on the water at sea level where the houses around here are few and far between that are built on the water are made to meet a minimum i think 18-foot high tide surge. so thers first four has to be 18 feet above high tide, and it's ridiculous. i would like to see what percentage of florida has used of fema funds in the past 20 years as oppose opposed e u.s. or other states. >> host: mark in massachusetts. we will get your thoughts on congress approving this continuing resolution is what they call it here in washington, d.c. to keep the government funded until mid-december and then they willde have to take up the issue all over again and the senate approved it yesterday. this is a "wall street journal," 72 72-25. include money for federal agencies as was said to keep the government up and running. it also includes 12 billion in aid to ukraine. and the legislation provides billions and disaster money to help communities recovering from extreme wea

people in south florida, this is likely going to make landfall as a category four hurricane there willrophic flooding and storm surge on the gulf coast region, and the highest risk will be in the southwest florida region from naples up to sarasota. there is also potential for flash flooding and river plumbing with 10 to 20 inches across central and northeast florida. if you are in an evacuation zone, particularly in southwest florida counties, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you

customs and border pr text is sending more agents to south florida.is? provide some perspective for us. >> reporter: well, it's a big enough of a surge that as you mentioned, border patrol says they are going to send additional help here to south florida to deal with the growing number of cuban migrants and hatian migrants. they recognize they are also increasing the number of patrols off the coast of florida. since friday, the coast guard tells us they responded to at least four groups of cuban migrants trying to make it into the u.s. yesterday, a group of about 13 men and two women were stopped just north of miami. and on saturday, two groups of cuban migrants also made it to the keys. on friday, we're told that another group of 45 cuban migrants were stop on board of a fishing vessel near key west. according to coast guard, the overall numbers we're seeing out here brings the total number to just over 5,000 in the fiscal year alone. you compare those numbers to prior years, and you can see just how many more cubans are trying to make it to florida.

it was just south of the center when it was in southwest florida. it made landfall just north of ft. myers and naples and bonita springs. that's where the worst storm surge was. same case here. the rain, this will go through tonight, flashflood threat in charlotte through this evening, raleigh will be through this evening. that heavy rain comes all the way up through the mid-atlantic. we're not going to have flashflooding issues in areas like new york city, but it won't be a pretty saturday morning either with a lot of heavy rain out there. mika, the bottom line is we still have the threat of people losing their lives to this storm as it makes landfall today. it won't look like southwest florida. they don't have to fear that. but just listen to your emergency managers. if they tell you to stay inside for today, do it and come out tomorrow and clean up. >> bill karins, as always, thank you so much. good to see you. and we will go live to south carolina as that state prepares for its first direct hit from a hurricane in six years. we'll also speak to

and we've worked with the south florida water management district to lower canal levels. >> are you expecting people from the florida keys trying to escape the storm? >> certainly if the keys evacuate, yes, many will come to us. if necessary, we have an extensive shelter system, including for the keys resident. normally they would evacuate tourists before residents. so standing by for more news tomorrow and we'll continue our preparations. >> let's take a look back at 2017 when hurricane irma hit. there were power failures and lack of air-conditioning. one study says hundreds more deaths could have been related to the storm. are you working to relocate these more vulnerable residents to safer shelter in case the power is out for a period of time? >> we have communicated with our 13 county commissioners and asked them to reach out to any vulnerable residents in their area. again, we urge everyone to contact us if they are in need of emergency evacuation. we have the means to assist. the best idea is to register with us ahead of time. >> we need to note that you were also mayor during that horr

that would include south florida, broward county, palm beach county, miami-dade canceling classes for tomorrow. the backdrop of this, something happening at the corner of wall and broad after a big runup had the dow up 400 points. something happened. connell mcshane, what happened? reporter: good news is bad news environment in the market a little bit. to your point stocks were up in a big way. looked like we would have a bounceback after all the selling we've seen. some of the economic numbers rolled in. funny enough they weren't table. you look at that, investors say the fed has to be even more aggressive than ordinarily would have to be. consumer confidence is an example of that. really surprisingly strong, consumer confidence was. august reading 108 behind me. that is from the conference board. 108 compared to a expectation of 1 to 4.5. the simplest way to read into this, americans love lower gas prices, what we've seen, makes us feel better about ourselves, about our situation, when gas comes down in prices it has, confidence seems to go up with interest rates going up which coul

we urge the residents of south carolina and everyone in the path of this storm to remain vigilant. for florida, as we continue to monitor the situation in south carolina, and the overall path of the storm, state and federal search andres cue operations remain -- and rescue operations remain under way in florida. fema's search and rescue teams are an effort by air, land and sea in coordination with our federal partners, as well as state and local officials. as part of this effort, floridas that about 5,000 national guard members, as well as another 2,000 members from other states for mutual aid to help with search and rescue operations and other emergency protective measures. i'll let our coast guard colleagues provide an update in a later brief. homeland security secretary mayorkas also activated the d.h.s. search capacity force yesterday. this is comprised of 7500 members from other federal agencies who can augment our staffing patterns to help us address the response and recovery needs following storms. this will significantly enhance our efforts in florida, as well as up the eastern seaboar

i appreciate hind stepping up not only for the state of florida but south carolina and other coast linesging everybody don't go to the water or beach or ocean. we saw horrifying videos in florida of people doing that i'm asking people to stay home, stay safe. and make sure that they stay off the roads today. >> todd: we heard all week long about how well-prepared florida response teams were for this storm. do you have the same confidence for your teams in your state? >> i do. and, unfortunately, south carolina like florida, we are no stranger to storms and hurricanes and other weather-related events. i'm very appreciative of governor henry mcmaster. all of our local mayors here. we have all been in contact with one another and nooa aa and the weather service. some people volume teerg their time i went through the emergency operation centers yesterday watching folks coming in. working 24/7. and i just appreciate all of the fanders who are on the ground ready to serve our community today. >> carley: congresswoman just thinking about charleston and how many his stock of homes there are ther

in the building codes in south florida, post-1992 and they've been evolving since.do you think this is something this level of storm could cause statewide changes on issues like building codes, where places are allowed to build? >> yeah, and i think, you know -- in the face of a changing climate, in the face of the disasters that we've seen during my time in office since 2017 to today, it's time to have an honest conversation that building new buildings to the minute standard of every state right now, and we've built a lot of new homes in the state in the last two years, the standard is unacceptable. congress needs to sit down and look at the stafford act and the communities that step up to the plate and do proper land use planning should be rewarded, you know, for doing so into the future and i think that's the conversation that congress has got to have. we are smart enough to build communities so they can with stand the hazards that are going to be thrown at them in the future, even with a changing climate. but we have to have the mind set and work collectively ac

to see in south florida especially, hispanic republicans forgetting where the last generation or twohere and under what circumstances is hypocritical and shameful to say the least. >> cnn and nbc are reporting that there's a financial link between that airline charter company that made that flight and desantis' basically immigration czar, the person he chose to help fight he says illegal immigration. so that somehow that man, lawrence keith, had worked for airline company. is that a problem? >> you know, they got a component in taxes that is not a crime. let be clear. our injunction is very narrow. a law was passed this past session signed into law by this governor and he can't claim i am simply, narrowly -- a bunch of emotion and passion, and i'm sure we'll find out about nefarious, clandestine connections, but simply he cannot send these dollars outside of florida on unauthorized aliens zwrs outsid florida. i think there will be a continuing party of croneyism, absolutely, but the single purchase for my injunction relief is to stop the hemorrhaging of dollars. >> we just listened t

they're not out of the woods by any stretch, but it's in the south florida area, going down to naples, where you're seeing the storm surge impact it's hat. there's hours ahead of wind and other dangerous conditions there before -- it won't be until midday tomorrow before we start to get a full assessment of how bad things are. frankly there will be many first floors and one-story, two-story structures that will become uninhabitable. >> jessica? >> hi, senator. thank you for joining us. my question is about the nursing homes, the elderly population. governor desantis said they have backup generators. how are the elderly people faring in this? >> i don't want to give a number count, because that's what the state department of emergency management will do coming up. my understanding is people have been evacuated, if they're in low-lying areas, or in areas that lose power they should have backup power that should last them three to four days, because it will be hard to resupply them. that's good news. we know where those centers are, the population count. that will be one of the first pla

you already see all of these intense bands that have been moving across south florida, a lot of spine intense bands and we've seen a couple dozen tornado warnings already that's a threat but look at the core of this storm we actually lost this buoy now. before it stopped reporting data it reported a wind gust up to 85 miles an hour, key west a gust of 63 in the past hour, we've seen gusts up to 71 miles per hour, about a hundred miles removed from that inner core. also you showed some of that video of the flooding in key west, the third highest water level ever recorded in key west and the only two that were higher, wilma and irma, two historic and retired hurricane name that devastated florida. this is the latest forecast path that intensification continues, a reasonable land fall here somewhere between sarasota and naples and on the southeastern side of that inner core that you can see on radar, that's where we'll see a devastating storm surge, which could approach 12 feet above normally dry ground. look at this. the hurricane warning that extends from tampa bay points south but al

the outer bands of hurricane ian are pushing ino south florida as the storm heads storm heads north. it is currently on track to reach thea to reach the sarasota area as a major hurricane before slicing up and over the state. >> unfortunately, conditions arg to be available for ian to stren ian to strengthen conditionally. conditionally. we could see up o category 4. >> at least 2.5 million people are under orders to evacuate. >> >> i was pretty ready when theyd hurricane. >> reporter: all along florida'f coast, sandbags are piled up. ws boarded up. forecasters expecting ed will be a major water event. >> most of the forecast habit slowly got to almost a crawl. what that means is it's going to to dump an inordinate amount of rain. >> reporter: storm surge could e up to 10 feet in the tampa bay area. even in neighborhoods thae built right on the water, not everyone is leaving. they know their homes are at 11 or 12 feet feet of elevation, right at the edge of what the potential storm potential storm surge could be.e caught up with this family morning at their tampa home. they are stayi