Dana genius. Bret good evening, im bret baier. The numbers are shocking. We will tell you about almost half million illegal immigrants already convicted of crimes roaming the streets of the u. S. New President Ial polls we have tonight from another pair of crucial swing states. We will bring that to you and israel goes after the top terrorist in the brutal hezbollah organization. The question this minute did they get him . But, first, residents of florida, georgia, and other parts of the southeast assessing the damage from Hurricane Helene. It made landfall as a devastatingly powerful category 4 storm. Dozens are dead in four states. Hundreds of thousands are still without power tonight. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is in crystal river, Florida Tonight with the latest. Good evening, steve. Steve good evening, bret. The Death Toll has been rising all afternoon. Right now it stands at at least 40 people killed by this storm. Roaring ashore as category 4 Hurricane Helene slammed into flor
Sexy manatee and music back. Really big deal. Thanks, dana. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, President Biden is three hours away from what critics and supporters are calling one of the most important speeches of his political career. The incumbent president trying to fend off his predecessor and potential successor must prove to the American People he is not too old, too infirm or too out of touch on policies important to americans to justify a second term. He must also lay out a vision for a second term that his Campaign Hopes can prompt a reversal of his recent dismal poll numbers. The state of the Union Address can be seen right here live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Were just now getting a sneak peek at a few elements of the president s speech. White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off with that live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, this is going to be President Bidens balancing act tonight. Pitch a unity agenda tha
taxpayers and disproportionately benefit the wealthy. in recent days, there has been considerable bipartisan pushback to the plan. that is now going forward as the country faces record high up beflation. president biden today claiming the plan will have no meaningful affect on inflation but his critics, including some former obama administration officials remain unconvinced. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. white house officials say they have no idea how much this plan is actually going to cost because they think there are plenty of eligible student loan debt holders who are going to choose not to go online and tell the government that they want to cancel up to $10,000 in that debt. now it s time to address the burden of student debt. the president s announcement benefits 43 million borrowers including 20 million who will see their student debt totally canceled up to 10,000 in
saturday saying he visited the grocery store back in march and had specific plans to kill more people if he got away. the acknowledgment by authorities of missed signs about the shooter have only added to the pain for the family members of those killed in that shooting. correspondent alexis mcadams is in buffalo again tonight. good evening, alexis. good evening, bret. that s right. we are learning more about the victims tonight here in buffalo that lost their lives inside of that supermarket behind me. can you see still covered here with crime scene tape. law enforcement has also given me new information tonight, bret, about what exactly what was left inside of that shooter s house telling me left a very detailed suicide note for his parents telling them exactly what he was going to do when he got to buffalo. as you mentioned, this isn t the first time he had been in town. police tell us this racist rampage wasn t going to end here at the topps grocery store on the east sid
here s northern new mexico at a migrant shelter with a look at conditions on the ground. live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening. it s now been a week sings president biden said anything about the border and since then, the situation has grown. his one appearance today was to promote the paycheck protection act when asked about his thoughts on what was happening at the border. he didn t have an answer. the crisis at the border? now the same question for the press secretary. look, i don t think we need to sit here and put new labels on what we ve already conveyed. it s challenging. republicans from border states argue the crisis is clear. i believe this is deliberate. i believe this is what they want. though want open borders, and that s why they are not acknowledging that it s a crisis. the numbers are multiplying. i m not going to confirm numbers from here. but fox has confirmed. the number of migrant children in custody has tripled in t