Protests in israel demanding a ceasefire as President Biden holds a White House meeting this hour with Hostage Rescue teams. Also ahead, a Labor Day double header for Vice President harris. Her two Stops Today including one with President Biden as she looks to shore up the Blue Wall for november. Plus now controversy for Donald Trump. The plans for a fundraiser for January 6th defendants at a trump golf resort. And later, On Strike. Why Hotel Workers for Hilton And Hyatt are on the Picket Lines this Labor Day. Good morning. It is 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 6 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We have breaking news out of israel where outrage continues to grow today after the deaths of six hostages shot pointblank by hamas as idf forces were nearing their location in gaza. This morning, the largest general strike since the start of the israel hamas war took place, cross. This as prime Minister Netanyahu faces new and growing pressures to reach a ceasefire. Meanwhile at the White House, this
path the danger is real to state the obvious. please obey all warnings. brian in florida desperate search and rescue efforts underway this morning. at least 10 confirmed dead. officials warn that number likely to climb. significant damage that i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and there is likely many more than that. brian: there you go. before and after photos showing the extent of the damage in fort myers. curfew being enforced there to prevent looting. more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have live team coverage this morning. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. but, first, fox weather correspondent robert wray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? yeah, it s tremendous. it s really everywhere you look. and especially when you start heading down to fort myers beach where all those rescues have occurred and where governor antioxidant just talked ab
carley: back with head lidle. orlando international airport hoping to row assume flights after stopping operations due to the hurricane. officials are assessing damage from the monster storm. yesterday, major airports in florida canceling hundreds of flights. orlando with 400 scrapped flights, twawmp nearly 200 tampa nearly disney and universal theme parks begin opening today after hurricane ian tore through southwest florida, northwest as well. video showing major flooding this week at universal studios with some guests e wading throuh water. this image showing a large peels of siding that blew off the jurassic park ride and hulk ride also flooded. some areas of the park were buried under several feet of water game will take place at stadium in tampa on sunday night
so, we ll get straight to the maps, so i can tell you when it s going to be in your backyard. looking here, along that low, the flood watches that are in effect from florida and georgia, all the way up to maine. so, interstate 95, so many people will be traveling that, and that s going to be a mess, especially by tomorrow morning, because we ve got the light stuff now with the warm front, but really, there will be three rounds. that s 7:00 a.m. you re looking at. so, philadelphia, very wet. we could see two to four inches of rain in pockets, up to boston. and then another low comes in, a really wet and windy, don t forget that, gusts up to 45 miles per hour. david? ginger zee with us tonight. ginger, thank you. and next tonight, to that major airport shutdown. all flights halted tonight after a drone scare, seen 50 times today alone. officials calling it tonight a deliberate act. the chaos at gatwick, the second-largest airport in the uk, canceling hundreds of flights. the military
you see the video there. while he was making a left turn. a teacher grabbed the wheel and struggled to keep the bus from flipping over into a dish. the driver was in the way. another teacher jumped over him and was able to slam on the brakes. luckily no one was hurt. the driver, out of a job. those hoping to get an early start on their christmas travel plans may find those plans delayed as a major storm moves across the central and eastern states. a similar system hitting utah, canceling hundreds of flights in and out of salt lake city. the snowstorm also causing at least one transformer to explode. took down some wires and poles. it left thousands without power. while these storms may disrupt your travel plans, your presents should arrive just fine. the major shipping companies are gearing up to make sure there are no delays for the last-minute online purchases on what they call super weekend. fedex alone has 15 meteorologists in its operations center. hundreds of plane de-icers,