this. president biden is set to speak in a few hours and all of this is occupied and announced a referendum this week. . and it s important to put some degree of qualification as to what russia says it s going to do. 300,000 is a lot. it is as people with military experience and those and the manpower has been pretty bad and it s likely the groups russia has called on have already been tapped to join the war. with it right equipment to actually be impactful because they ve really been struggling to keep their armed forces together over the past six months. this is an enormous task for russia while it s already on its back foot. but it will lead to some dramatic days ahead. these have these four referendum happening in freshly occupied areas. no doubt about it, these are just a number that we re going to hear on monday and tuesday that they allegedly claim that people in those areas want to be part of russia. russia will say, okay, we consider you part of our territory. what
hurricane ian regained strength, now once again a hurricane barreling towards south carolina as a category 1 storm with 85 mile an hour winds expected to make its third landfall just a few hours from now. the governor of south carolina after seeing the catastrophic damage in florida imploring residents in his state not to underestimate this storm. warning, we know what is coming. officials in florida say ian is likely the largest natural disaster in the history of that state, prompting the largest emergency response ever in florida. and the toll is coming in. at least 19 people killed so far, that number sadly likely to rise. more than 2 million people in the state it s a huge number remain without power. in fort myers beach the damage described by officials there is total devastation. look at those pictures, it s like a tornado just swept through there. 90% of that island destroyed, most of the homes there completely flattened. it just is destroyed and it s ruined an
who joins us on the couch now has become a professional excellent surfer. video proof of her doing it on fox & friends just recently. his lives i was telling griff how first of all the machine rif machine on fox square. lisa: i was on it for 8 seconds. joe: 8 seconds isn t bad. lisa: i thought i crushed it and i watched the video i was on it for like 2 second. griff: griff may have to bring it back later in the show i critique it gave it a 10. lisa: i grew up with three brothers. i m used to it. joe: we do have a tennessee volunteer sitting between us can republicans and democrats get along? steve. griff: we were showing bloomington, indiana it was pitsfield, massachusetts. i m geographically a little off. it s thursday. what can i say? we have a big show here by the way. breaking new numbers because chaos is playing out at our southern border. stunning new video, you see here, shows suspected migrants trying to break into a texas rancher s home and it s not t
caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fiona s path. we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate seen working with an attorney for former president trump spending hours inside of that restricted area. but let s begin in puerto rico where today marks actually five years since hurricane maria s catastrophic landfall on the island and now the same survivors of that crisis say the devastating flooding from this storm could be even worse. our lay low sanity thyago is on the ground in san juan with the latest. reporter: today the majority of people in puerto rico are waking up without power
words together. but it knocked me down but i m going to keep coming back up. i ve visited vocational schools, i didn t visit it with john, because obviously it wasn t clear enough for you to understand this. there s no way around it, john fetterman s health was the big issue last night in pennsylvania and he and dr. oz faced off in the only debate for the state s senate seat. we re going to have much more on the this consequential showdown, next. plus, democrats are now bracing for a possible red wave. and it even appears that strongholds could be in jeopardy. and president joe biden shares his thoughts on the midterms saying americans face a choice and the stakes could be higher. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. pennsylvania voters saw their candidates for u.s. senate side by side last night for the one and only debate in the high-stakes race. lieutenant governor