Overnight, right now, thousands of Dock Workers walking off the job in an historic Port Strike affecting shipping along the East Coast. Were going to take you to the picket line. Brian and another alert. You are looking live at beirut as israel has officially begun its Ground Offensive against hezbollah. They are in the tunnels. Steve and a Fox Weather alert. At least 128 deaths after helene ripped through small towns, destroying entire neighborhoods. Samaritans Purse PresidentFranklin Graham is going to join us. He had a Relief Visit to Georgia Yesterday alongside the former president. Franklin is with us coming up. Lawrence the second hour of Fox Friends starts right now. Ainsley a Fox News Alert. Tens of thousands of Port Workers walking in the picket line, walking off the job after failing to reach a deal effectively shutting down major ports along our East Coast. Steve yep. You are looking live. I believe thats the port of bay i dont know. Lauren simonetti tells us where things stand. Its a stand still. That is elizabeth new jersey. Talking dozens of ports and nearly 50,000 unionized Dock Workers from Nationwide Arena texas started walking off the job at midnight just as their contract with the ports expired. Their employers represented by the u. S. Maritime alliance say they proposed a nearly 50 Percent Wage Increase to the international long shoremans association. In addition to a boost in their Healthcare Benefit and their Retirement Plan contributions. It was reject rejected by union leadership. Dock workers are striking over fears that O Automation could eventually lead to dramatic job loss. They are demanding a total ban on automated cranes, gates and container trucks used to move the freight. The ports shutting down are responsible for half of all u. S. Imports and billions of dollars in trade a month. This is massive. Products will not be able to be either imported or exported during this strike. That includes chemicals, iron, steel, medical equipment, furniture, vehicles, machinery, j. P. Morgan predicts this strike could cost the economy 45 Billion plus a day. Obviously it could cost us already, guys, its just a couple of hours, but the owner of a company that says asparagus to the supermarkets, he told the Wall Street Journal that he has increased prices by 50 cents a pound because he is flying in the vegetable instead and that Air Rate is four times his typical ocean delivery rate. Now some of that Ocean Drivery already suck new Jerseys Port Director told Fox Business that ship ships have anchored offshore after failing to make it to the port before it shut down that, number guys expected to reach 35 if this strike extends over a week. As for the White House this morning. They say President Biden and Vice President harris are closely monitoring the strike. The Teamsters Union is telling them stay out of this fight, guys, they are using much cruder language to send that message. But thats the message, here we are another strike. Steve another strike, indeed. Thank you very much. Brian Ripple Effect is going to be everywhere you see and to find out how long this thing is going to last is going to be key. I just cant believe how much has been given up already. Usually talking 10 or 15 . Were at 50 right now Wage Increases. Im not saying its an easy be jo. One thing that doesnt sound right, unless i can be educated on it. When you say i have to insulate my workers from Technology And Innovation and automation and the future. Lawrence they say none . Steve none. Brian every job has changed. Our business has changed because of it. Ainsley its already on the West-coast'>West Coast. Lawrence every single industry have got to admit. Its scary for a lot of people. You dont just to get to walk off the job and then number two say, you Cant Advance Technology at all it. Seems like a nonstarter. Brian how are you going to get to work, by horse . Ainsley especially when you see what is happening on the West-coast'>West Coast and successful out there. Because ever automation and in europe its increased productivity and wages and even increased employees. Steve this all comes down the Technology Question is all because down in alabama, at a port in alabama, there is a gate and the union realized thatted when trucks went into this Georgia Tech Gate there was automation there. They said that is in violation ever our contract. So that became their al employee. We cant let what is happenings in alabama through that single gate happen in other places because had will cost jobs. We had Chris Spear on a little while ago, he is the president the american trucking association, and he says that a lot of those people that you are looking at right there most of them are making over 100,000 a year, at Love Crane operators make over 300,000 a year. They want a 77 raise, and that is pure greed, mr. Spear says. This is the worst time to have 36 ports shut down our economy. So, if youre really, you know, looking out for regular americans, look out for the people that are digging out their communities in North Carolina, not looking at the wealthiest Pay Package that any union in the country has. We have heard about corporate greed. This is union greed. Just to illustrate what greed really is here, youve got six Figure Salaries in this union. You have got workers, including Crane Operators has been over 300,000. Now 77 pay increase, they are over half A Million dollars. If you are that person down the southeast digging their community out of the put, you really think they care about Somebody Whining about getting 500,000 a year . Brian the administration is asking chief of staff Jeff Zients nfc director to convene. Board directors urged to them resolve it clearly and fairly. Might help the Transportation Secretary Stop drilling Governor Walz about his debate and did his job. Maybe stop playing j. D. Vance for a while and play the role of V Ption Secretary that, will be a novel concept. Lawrence they want the job but dont want to do the job. All their energy there. Ainsley talking about bananas, meat, auto parts, furniture. Effects walmart, ikea, home depot. Batteries are effected. Almost everything. Steve 75 percent of americas bananas come through those ports. Go to your Grocery Store and stock up. We dont know how long. Brian can we recommend green bananas this way they will slowly ripen. Now go to Lydia Hu who is live at the Port Of Newark and new jersey, lydia . Good morning there, guys. What you see behind me is this strike underway here at the Port Of New York and fugitive. And this is really an historic moment, because this is the first time that east Coast Port workers have taken to the Picket Lines in 47 years. And there was really a lot of pressure coming from the White House and in the final Hours Yesterday and over the weekend to try to avoid this strike here, shutting down container ports from the East Coast through the gulf coast. The group representing the employers actually made an Offer Yesterday to the union to increase wages by 50 . They offered to triple the employer contributions to Employee Benefits and keep the current protections on automation for the workers. The union rejected that offer, and so here they are, taking to the Picket Lines in a strike. The president of this powerful union that is behind this strike, the international long shore mans association, harold daggettt. He was here listen to this. The offer that we had didnt work out. I told them so long, goodbye. Im going with my members. We are always willing to sit down when the right numbers hit. They know what the number is. So, apparently that number is not a 50 Wage Increase and that sure does sound like an astronomical raise. I have been speaking to the members here on the ground. And they tell me they feel like they deserve it. They kept the Supply Chain moving at some of the hardest and darkest periods during covid, losing some of their own members to the elements when they couldnt stay at home. And they feel like they have earned it. When the shrink companies are making a lot of money as there is such tremendous demand for these container that are bringing goods into our country and exporting american goods to other countries around the world. This is the first day, tremendous impact to the economy. We are going to follow it all day be back with live reports. Back to you guys. Lawrence real quickly, like normally you see these negotiations back and for the. You get the impression that its the union bosses going back with the big business. Okay . Going back but you are saying even the rank and fire, they feel the same way. Its not just the union bosses right now. Correct. The Rank And File feels like they deserve more. Even my communication with the members here. They are putting a lot of faith in harold daggettt. He has led this union. This is his fourth four year term. He has led this union for quite some time. And he is actually i just heard, going to be here within the next 10 to 15 minutes. We are really hoping to get a chance to talk to him while he is here and i have more information for you. Steve lydia, thank you very much. Port of newark right across the river from where we sit. Ainsley hard to believe they said no to fifth pay increase. Steve receive in robots. Lawrence what could go wrong. 128 people confirmed dead across six states due to helene and many people still missing. Nearly, get, this 2 Million homes and businesses still without power throughout the southeast and manns and hundreds of roads remain closed. Brian get the sense we havent seen all the destruction yet. Fox Weather Correspondent Robert ray in hard hit asheville, North Carolina. Robert . Good morning to you and everyone. We can break down these numbers all we want. But here is the issue. This is about Human Beings at this point. The aid and the help that they need across Western North Carolina. There are so many communities in peril right now that have not been able to get use because of the lack of Cell Phone Service and power outages. Look at this video from Spruce Pine that, is a community that has been Cut Off. And we visited there Yesterday Evening to try and bring the visuals and show whats happening outside of asheville, its not just asheville that has been disseminated and people going through these issues. There are so many people that are still missing, Hundreds Unaccounted for because they cannot communicated. There are at least 128 people that have lost their lives across multiple states. In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. And that is what were dealing with here as The Sun is about to come up. Asheville in the arts district, dessem maded. You see vehicles that are turned on top of Each Other from the rushing water. It looks like tornado damage, but it is not. It is from nearly 3 feet of rain that fell over the course of a few days and overflowed the rivers and creeks. A State Of Emergency is in play right now four days after impact here. Hurricane helene hit the Florida Coast Line on Thursday Night yet we sit here in Dire Straits in North Carolina. Elected officials are moving around. There are many aid groups. But its not happening fast enough, unfortunately for those Cut Off from society right now. We hope all of that turns for the better in the coming hours. Not the days but the coming hours, guys. Back to you. Steve indeed, robert. Thank you very much for the report. Ainsley such an important story to cover. Affecting some of our viewers lives. Families affected by Hurricane Helene urgently need support. So you can help the Red Cross provide meals and shelter to their families or to all of these families, donate today to Hurricane Helene recovery efforts by going to Red Cross. Org fox forward or by scanning that Qr Code there on your screen. Steve thats right. Lets talk a little bit about how the Western half of the North Carolina is you have seen the images, its terrible. The question is the election is 3 days from today. And they will have an election. But they dont know how its going to work exactly. Because Election Offices in the West. 146 them, are closed. They are unsure when they are going to open. There are over half A Million registered voters in those 11 counties. 145,000 democrats. 185,000 republicans. The Storm Hit after the Absentee Ballots were put in the mail, remember, no service in all of Western North Carolina, they would have gone out earlier, but r. F. K. Had sued and so they had to reprinted them. The question is where are those ballots . Are they in Post Offices that swept away . We dont know. Also, one of the problems is early voting in North Carolina starts on october 17th. They dont know exactly where to have the places. They will have an election. The question is will it be on Elections Day and how will it. Brian its october 1st. We have a month and a half. Steve tell you what the local officials worry about. If there is a problem, this is going to be something people will debate. Well, you know, they didnt count my ballot or i mailed it and it probably got swept away. Brian bigger Question GuyJoe Biden take the weekend off. On the phone all day. On the phone two hours. Gets mad at people asking questions. Why does Kamala Harris go to Washington Fema Office and not take any questions are a. How dare she not take any questions . This is a chance to shine, show some leadership. So he that you have a handle on thization. Joe biden is going to go tomorrow, i guess but he seems to have under estimated the impact on in North Carolina and to be honest it, looks likes governor under estimated the impact on North Carolina, the Western part of the state and talking to somebody his name in studio yesterday, and my Radio Studio he says im from there im telling you the numbers are way low right now. You are not even near at love these places because they are hidden in the how abouts. Lawrence ainsley, you are from the area. Im curious what the residents are saying. They dont look prepared at all and they keep saying, you know, they didnt know. Thats not true. We had forecasters on. There was forecasters in the local area that were saying the same thing that it could happen to them, a young lady on yesterday, and she said look, we were warned about this happening, but it doesnt seem like the leadership was prepared. Ainsley the problem is we expect when you live in South Carolina or North Carolina on the coastal towns we have seen that time and time again. When you live in these small towns. Most people arent going to leave their houses because they are 100, 200 miles away from the ocean. They just dont think its going to blood. And you dont know where its going to blood. It could have flooded this time its Western North Carolina, it could have been the middle of South Carolina. Lawrence i dont mean the people, ainsley. I mean the leadership doesnt seem like they were prepared to have those Line Workers in place. Ainsley its a natural disaster. Steve right. There will be time to have plenty of Finger Pointing but right now somebody we all work with, her family is from that area that was completely devastated and i was talking to her yesterday. And she said look, heres the thing, everything is gone. The Grocery Stores are gone. There is no baby formula. There is no water. Theres no anything. One of the things she told. Brian and the president was at the beach. Lawrence thats exactly right. Steve one of the things she told me Cell Phones, if you have a newer iphone you can actually make it a Satellite Phone where you can text people. Apparently that has saved lives already in portions of North Carolina. Ainsley its black mountain, its montreat, its asheville, North Carolina, all those areas. Thankfully the kids arent in camp because they are all in school. All those camps in North Carolina, hundreds of people go to these camps from all over the country, but we were checking in with our Camp Yesterday to see how it was going, a lot of the moms were. But, yeah, they just need help and Samaritans Purse has been great as well. We saw Franklin Graham with Donald Trump. He is going to be on our show at The End of the show. Christian organization they give a lot of supplies. Trump was in Georgia Yesterday. He was. He did start a go fund me page. Steve over A Million bucks. Lawrence Ron Desantis is sending resources to help outside at well. Ainsley Ohio Governor j. D. Vance and Minnesota GovernorTim Walz will meet here tonight for the Vice President ial debate. Brian Bryan Llenas is live at the Cbs Center in manhattan, bryan . Bryan brian, good morning. Gamesmanship. Trying to lower exceptions seemingly for their respective candidate. The Trump Campaign says ohio senator j. D. Vance is prepared for tonight but at the same time they are also acknowledging that his opponent, governor Tim Walz is, quote a very good debarrett. Tim walz is a political veteran. He has run countless campaigns. Really its two years an official politics for j. D. Vance but two decades in politics for Tim Walz. He will be buttoned up. He will be very polish you had. Brine brine now, reporting out of the Walz Camp depicts the governor as nervous before the Headtohead Matchup against vance while calling vance, quote, a slick debarrett. Both Vance And Walz have participated in both knock debate. Vance said he had he did not need to prepare thatch for tonights debate. He has reportedly prepped from Cincinnati Home including online sessions with his team and his wife. Expect vance to attack walzs tone youre as governor. Lockdown and delayed response to the george floyd protest. He will also look to attack Vice President hastes record on the economy and immigration. Walz has been preparing over the weekend in michigan, his campaign wanting him to lean in to being that folksy midWesterner. He will look to attacks on president trump, abortion and healthcare. Guys, interesting for tonight, the microphones will not be muted. Thats a first this Election Cycle unless the moderators deem it necessary so we expect this debate to be particularly testy given that fact and, look, both of these candidates have been personal jabbing at Each Other. We expect vance to go after walzonhis Military Record and the accusation of stolen valor and expect walz to go after vance for yale background and not being a true americaner. We will see what happens there, guys. Steve all right, brian, thank you very much. Brian also as day as governor, five babies born at term and lost their lives, abortion up until the last minute. Im surprised that does come up. Thats where walz wants to stay. Loves talking about abortion as does Kamala Harris. And i think i think Vice President nominee j. D. Vance could bring up what has happened. Is that okay with you going full term because it happened five separate times in minute society. Ainsley got that award from the chamber of commerce. And it was on his website and he said take that down we never gave that you award. Lawrence you have to bring up the Summer Of Love though, the fact that his wife talked about the window being up and smelling, you know, the tires burning and she wanted to smell that and they did absolutely nothing for those people. Has to be broad up in the debate. Do you want that for the entire country. Ainsley Kamala Harris set up the bail fund. Brian cat fund. Steve we kind of could write the script. Can you see it all tonight right here. Ainsley entertaining. Steve Fox News will simulcast the Cbs NewsVice President ial debated. Only one. Predebate coverage starting at 8 00 eastern. Tune in tomorrow for the Post Game Show we kick things off 5 00 a. M. Through 9 00 a. M. As well. You will see it all right here. Lawrence do we watch it since we have to be up early . Do we watch the debate. Ainsley oh, yeah. Taking notes. I will write down all the quotes. My favorite things. Steve do you want to rebroadcast it . Lawrence every time we have the chain to prepare for the debate. Brian next responds to the Group Text. Brian. Ainsley you need participate. Brian want to talk to me oneonone Group Text no focus. Lawrence i side text you and you never respond either. Brian im busy. Steve carley always responds. Carley i love our text conversations. Brian, you are only in the wrong Business Oneonone because there are three people sitting on the. Brian im talking to career services. Carley doing fine. Carley a Fox News Alert. Horrific situation unfolding in thailand, a School Bus carrying young children and their teachers caught fire in the suburb of bangkok. 44 people are believed to be on board. 25 of them are now feared dead. The students on the bus are an Elementary School and junior high school. The Bus Driver survived but appears to have fled and as of now. Cannot be found. Ice says it has taken another dangerous illegal immigrant off the streets of massachusetts. Arrested a 50yearold salvadorian Migrant Fugitive on marthas vineyard. Happened last month. Wanted for alleged crimes against humanity and human trafficking. The migrant was first apprehended in texas in 1994. And deported a year later in 1995. In 2003, he was convicted of Disorderly Conduct all the way up in maine. And he was arrested by ice in massachusetts in both 2009 and 2010. Before being deported again in 2011. Quite the track record. Meanwhile, in washington, a new House Bill would require the deportation of thousands of illegal migrants convicted of serious crime. And listen to this. A Tesla Factory Boss in germany is defending his Addition Decision to check up on works when they call out sick. The Managing Director of the Gig Go Factory near berlin sends another manage tore visit employees homes when they take a sick day. Owe claims this is due to employees at their Plant Exemployeding sick Leave Law and it particularly happens on fridays. This has attracted the attention of Elon Musk who says he is going to look into all of it. Could you imagine your boss just knocking on your window. Knock, knock, knock . Been there, wheres the Tissue Box . Steve in august at love people called in sick. They started doing it. Apparently the boss shows up. And some people have slammed door in his face and others have called The Cops. I dont think thats good. I called The Cops for my boss. Ainsley slam the door in your boss face. Lawrence i think its weird though. Of course people just fire them or just get rid of them or. Ainsley you have to prove they are not really sick. Lawrence but to just showing up to peoples houses. Ainsley gone up 17 though it. Does Effect Productivity and the bottom line. Brian with all the businesses that Elon Musk is running. Putting people in space. Putting chips in peoples heads. Yeah, there is a problem in germany at a tesla factory, let me focus on that for a second and is he running twitter. Oh, let me find out who is knocking ons who doors . Home in east berlin. Steve take a lesson from the longshoremen, maybe he should have robots builds cars in germany and then you dont need the people. Robots dont call in sick. Brian Elon Musk doesnt like tech. Is he not into that. Ainsley take our boss all day long to get to our houses you are like two hours away. Brian i have huge gates at my house. Steve all right. What do you think about that . Just thought we would tell you. There is something else important going on. Fox news alert. Looking live at beirut, lebanon as israel has officially begun a Ground Offensive against hezbollah in lebanon. 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Because, right now, israeli troops are moving deeper into Southern Lebanon after beginning their overnight invasion on the ground. Nate foy joins us now from Tel Aviv. Nate . Nate hey, steve, good morning. So israel is complementing its limited Ground Offensive with additional airstrikes across lebanon this morning while hezbollah is responding with a constant wave of rockets into northern and central isrl, including here in Tel Aviv where hezbollah targeted the Mossad Headquarters several rockets fired from civilian area in lebanon. Some, but not all of them were shot down. Take a look at the damage. Learning of two injuries, both of them drivers hit by fallen shrapnel. This is the second time in a week that hezbollah has targeted Tel Aviv. The houthis targeted Tel Aviv twice in the past week so four times overall. Take a look at israeli forces getting ready to invade Southern Lebanon overnight. Commandos and paratroopers are focused on hezbollah positions up against the border. Evacuated residents of israels north can return to their homes. Now, israel continues taking out hezbollahs weapons capabilities as well. They hit several facilities in the neighborhood this morning. Fighting hamas in gas. Overnight israeli airstrikes killed 31 people. In one of them israel says they hit a Hamas Command Center inside a building that used to be a school. Yemens houthi rebels appear to have resumed their attacks on shipping In The Red Sea after israel hit Yemens Port said of hodeidah on sunday. They claim they shot down a u. S. Drone on monday. As for what we can expect in this limited ground invasion, a senior u. S. Official tells fox it will be smaller and quicker than the 2006 second Lebanon War that lasted 34 days and ended in a u. N. Resolution requiring that hezbollah operate north of the litani river, which is something that didnt actually happen in practice and thats why the 60,000 residents up in israel wants north had to evacuate when hezbollah began firing on israel on october 89th. Brian . Brian wow, nate, so many moving parts. Great job. 28 minutes now before the top of the hour. Expand 00 operation. Former Idf Spokesperson jonathan joins us now. Live in jerusalem with the latest. Colonel, the best you can i know you know where the leaders are i know you knew where nasrallah was. How well does the idf know the Tunnel System they are going into right now . Good morning, thank you for having me. I think that hezbollah has been busy overred last 17, 18 years. Digging tunnels and preparing for this day. What exist on the other side of the Blue Line the Border And Israel is an intricate system of tunnels that hezbollah has dug which they intend to use in order to cross into Israel Attack israeli communities. That is one important infrastructure that israeli troops will be going in in order to dismantle so that the area will be safe for israeli civilians to return to once the Military Operations hopefully will come to a successful conclusion. Brian between the 3,000plus leaders, hezbollah fighters, that were blown up with their pagers and walkietalkies, between the leadership blown up between nasrallahs death, what is the level of disarray among the worlds leading Terrorist Organization right now . 10 being total disarray, one being no big deal . I would put that at a 4, maybe a 5. Were talking about a serious Terrorist Organization of hardened war criminals. They fought and conducted lots of War Crimes in syria. At the behest of bashar assad. And they have been fighting in lebanon. They have experience fighting against israel. So, despite the fact that a lot of the senior leadership of hezbollah has been disseminated, there is still Rank And File and junior and mid Level Leadership and i think that they are battle ready and they want to fight. Thats what the idf is going in to deal with. Brian colonel, the Wall Street Journal tells a Story Today that the u. S. Better get aboard. We have an opportunity now to neutralize the houthi rebels as well as iran. How to exploit Israels Success with hezbollah weak and iran worried now is time for the townhouse add pressure. Do you agree . How would you do it . I think that israel is fighting a war for the West on behalf of the West. Many times an ungrateful war where Israel Isnt getting the support that it really needs and many times gets far more criticism than it should. In the West, not necessarily in the u. S. But in many other countries. What i think israel is doing is trailblazing. And showing the world that, yes, you fight, can you stand up against militant islamism. And yes you can stand up against iran and their Terrorist Organizations. And i think that its very good that were talking about the Islam Republic of iran. Because they are the source of Violence And Instability. They are the ones threatening u. S. Troops in the middle east. Theyre the ones who are attacking israeli Civilians Day and night. And i think that in the not so distant future, that is where israeli focus will go. We have some other fish to fry, to deal with first, hamas and hezbollah. But the day isnt far when we will turn our focus on Iran And Deal with the source of Violence And Instability in the middle east. Brian thanks so much. Lt. Colonel, its everyone is pretty much in awe of what israel has done. Walter russell immediate of the Wall Street Journal says prime Minister Netanyahu has had the greatest week in modern political history and military history, too thanks so much, colonel great to see you. 45,000 Dock Workers now on strike looking for a ban on automation . Is it really the threat to jobs they are making it out to be . Kurt the cyberguy weighs in. Emergenc Crystals Pop and fizz when you throw them back. And who doesnt love a good throwback . Now with Vitamin D for the dark days of winter. Ainsley a Fox News Alert. 45,000 Dock Workers go on strike overnight as they seek contracts with a ban on automation. While the workers say it will cost them jobs, a Event Study of automated ports shows the tech allows ports to double their efficiency and has even grown the workforce and paid union hours. Kurt the cyberguy joins us now, good morning to you, kurt. Ainsley, good morning to you. Good morning, uno when you hear automation, you do think these robots are going to take over our jobs. We have seen that at restaurants and at the ports. In fact, according to the study they looked at out in your area, they looked at the Los Angeles Port and also looked at what was the other one, long beach port, and it apparently improved efficiency and the amount of money that these workers were getting paid. Yeah, their hours paid per year from 2015 to 2021. Are actually over 11 higher higher with the automation. In addition to higher wages the long Shoreman Union want nothing to automate the process of the freight movement. And i remember last night at the Dinner Table Kind of interesting, whats a long shoreman im like really . Its the person who works really hard at the port to get those giant containers off and on the ships, that includes operating the cranes, the gates that require, you know, customs, as well as security at the ports when they come in the door, those are now the desire is to auto made those. And the union is saying not so fast. And then cranes can be operated in a with technology. Where it doesnt even require a Human Being to be in the crane. The only problem with that is yes, they can fit more container in a certain amount of space but actually, realistically, people do it a lot faster, more efficiently than automation. The answer here is theres a balance. Theres a balance to finding this automation in the u. S. Ports catching up with the rest of the world. The u. S. Really lags in this area. If you look at for example, automated ports around the world. The largest port in netherlands, rotterdam, Union Workers there instead of pushing for pushing for nO Automation, they push for early retirement packages, they got work time reduction so they didnt have to work so much overtime but still got the same pay. The end of that was the automation did not cause significant Job Losses according to a sphiewdy done by air must university there those WestCoast Ports here 11. 2 . Pay up per year for Union Workers there. So, do we stay competitive and allow this kind of technology into our ports . I have a feeling, ainsley that, this has a lot to do with the fact that the unions just using it as a lever to get additional wages and to also get a Balancing Act going on. Thats really what we want. Is we just wants it to be fair and at the same time we want to embrace the future. Ainsley its such a big pay increase, kurt. Could you imagine going to your boss and saying i want 80 more. They would probably laugh at you and say im going to hire Someone Else . Well, lets see where theyre, of course they are not getting any support from the White House in terms of Port Operators in terms of taftd hartley act. The president has said he is not going to touch that and, ainsley, also tracking this morning, if you own a Cell Phone major Malware Concern hitting many, many phones in the u. S. We had Trouble Yesterday with verizon, oonline if you get minus letter which i know do you at cyberguy. Com. We are showing you something Steve Doocy and i were talking about yesterday. You got family in any of these regions in the carolinas, in florida, in georgia. And they are still out of the loop. For those who own an iphone 14, or. Ainsley sorry. And have ios 18. The latest software. They can text message by satellite. We will show you how to do that in the newsletter and february website. Ainsley im so sorry. I have a tickle in my throat. I have tea here and its not working. I was listening to you kurt. Great advice. Head to his website cyberguy. Com. Thanks, kurt. We are Vice President ial debate will senator j. D. Vance get a fair shake . Also, Bill Mcgurn on what he thinks j. D. Vance needs to do to win. Sleep more deeply and wake up rejuvenated. Purple mattresses exclusive Gel Flex Grid draws away heat, relieves pressure, and instantly adapts. Sleep better. Live purple. Right now buy more, save more. Up to 600 off. Visit purple. Com or a store near you janice good morning, everyone. Do a recap of Hurricane Helene. Record Storm Surge along the panhandle. Of course we had a Tornado Outbreak and the flooding that is ongoing and the catastrophic damage to all of these people that live across the mountains of north and South Carolina. And even though the rain has stopped. The water is still moving down hill. Downstream. So, you know, recordsetting rainfall of over 30 inches that has to go somewhere. So we are still concerned about flooding as the system continues to move, you know, towards the coast of the carolinas. Live radar, we are seeing rainfall in the forecast for virginia up towards pennsylvania. A little bit of a break right now for the carolinas but we do have a cold front moving through over the next 24 to 48 hours. Could bring some spotty showers and not going to take much to cause more flooding in the area. We will continue to monitor that. Still active. Peak hurricane season, the area of disturb weather moving in toward the Gulf Of Mexico we need to watch that the next gu days and you know we will. Lawrence, over to you. Just listen to janice. Janice you got it, my friend. Lawrence now just hours away from the Vice President ial debate between ohio senator j. D. Vance and anyone societies governor Tim Walz. Bill mcgurn lays out the strategy for vance to Beat Walz by tying him to the harriswalz tickets President Biden as well. Fox News Contributor and Wall Street JournalEditorial Board MemberBill Mcgurn joins us now. When you look at the facialt, Tim Walz is at 43 . J. D. Vance is at 38 . What does he need to do in this debate . Well, remember, the Vice President ial debate is the under card. It seldom moves elections, and if you look at a recent gallup 308. They showed that 9 out of the 10 factors that they use, they look at to determine elections. Be they favor republicans from registration to who feels who shares their Ideas Size of government and issues and so forth. What that so, the republicans have a huge advantage, but, unfortunately, they have been distracted with Donald Trump talking about Crowd Sizes in his debate or january 6th. He has to keep the focus on the last four years, which the american people dont like and which Kamala Harris is running away from. You know, bill, its an interesting point because when you look at the pundits, you look at the analyst, people who do this for a living, anchors, the way we perceive debates much difference than the way american public Person Seefsz debates. I use that because we have all these dials from the independents and a lot of criticism from the former president at the last debate, when you look at the independents, they got what he was saying, so, is that the Audience Tonight as well, those i want voters . Well, i will be very curious to see hot audience is, because whethers its as big as the other debates. We are in a odd year. Only been one president ial debate or really two different democratic candidates. We dont have many national moments where people can see it off for themselves. This is one. And i think generally, j. D. Vance will be speaking to independents and undecideds, because they are the ones he has to move. To say move the needle. And they are the ones, i think, they dont like the biden record. And this idea that Kamala Harris can run from it is absurd. She is triangulating now. She is running away from her own Policy Statements when she ran for president. And she is running away from the biden record. You know, as though she is a challenger and not the incumbent. And Joe Biden didnt do her any favors the other day when he said that she was involved in every decision he made. He really hung that around her neck. Lawrence i do find it comical that they are saying that Tim Walz is afraid, apparently, nervous in this debate. I think they are Setting Exceptions low intentionally. The guy has been governor for two determines. Was in congress before that. I dont think he is nervous at all. But we got to watch it to find out. Bill, thank you so much for joining the program. Thank you, lawrence. Lawrence have a good day. All right. We got another Fox News Alert for you. 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