is up. we see contrast from before and after pictures. for example, fort myers, where the hurricane first hit last. 2.5 million people are without power. i can tell you specifically for florida power and light, we have just over 1.1 million customers across the state at the moment, that said, we ve been out and about throughout the storm, it s been safe to do so restoring power to our customers and we ve already restored power to 500,000 customers, but majority of lines are still above the ground and that will take time to assess. we ll use drones to figure out where biggest damage is and that will allow us to get power back on as quickly as possible. ainsley: ian is hitting central florida and we expect to hear from governor ron desantis 8:45 and will bring as it happens, meanwhile, live across the state. senior meteorologist janice dean is standing by and brandy campbell is back in orlando and fox weather correspondent robert ray is live. we are learning the sheriff in
devastating some of the most important tobacco farms used to produce iconic cigars. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus todd: i m todd piro, our reporters are live this morning. janice dean is in the fox weather center in new york city. carley: we begin in st. pete s beach, on track to be one of the first places hit today. lauren, what are you seeing on the ground right now? still dry at this moment and looking ago, later today that will not be the case. this morning ian is expected to strengthen to a category four hurricane, before moving to a hurricane three in cape coral. storm surge could reach 10 to 15 feet. tornados reported last night near miami, thousands are without power. that number is expected to go into the millions, 30,000 personnel are standing by to get the lights back on once the worst of the storm passes. ian devastated cuba as category three, knocking out power to the entire island. 2.5 million people have been told to evacuat
the longtime trump confidant predicting political violence. in washington, jury selection in the trial of the only keepers, facing seditious conspiracy charges. good day. i m andrea mitchell. there will be a brief on the government s plan to assist florida communities bracing for hurricane ian. evacuations are under way. a shift in the storm s direction is now heading towards sarasota and ft. myers, veering away from tampa. we have a new forecast. tell us about this more than change in direction. now that we are 30 to 36 hours from the hurricane force winds coming onshore, every wobble will have impact for one town. some will be better. some the forecast will be worse. first, this is cuba. you can see the eye coming off the coast. look how it cleared out. with the sun angle high in the sky, you can see into the ocean in the center of the storm. the eye clears out. we expect it to infence phi. the latest from the hurricane center. it s pouring in south florida. we are at
diehl wins massachusetts governor. worst nightmare. and i m here to stop. tracking the tropics, we are watching hurricane earl. good news not a direct impact. we will see rip current. getting a hair cut a couple seats away from me. i still love you i have plenty of reasons why i do brian: can t get over that hair cut. i will focus on the beach. hard to focus. why are you getting a hair cut at a match like that? steve: he needed one. 67 acres of beach, recreational area of the town nahant, massachusetts. kids are back at school. so they will be there this afternoon at 3:00 when school is over. new york city, don t expect any snow days this year because they stopped them thanks to the advent of zoom, you don t have to miss schooling. ainsley: right, exactly. brian: you should be able to go to the beach or zoom it in. phone your teacher listen i m at new hadn t beach in massachusetts so great i m not coming in today mrs. johnson. i will be watching you.
resumed after an appeals court blocked trump s attempts to prevent the intelligence community from even looking at the documents. also new today, trump s lawyers and justice department are facing two new deadline set by the special master doj has until monday to certify, they provided a full and accurate list of voting items seized at mar-a-lago, and the trump team has until friday to dispute the fbi s list trump claims his personal was among item the fbi seized he talked about the investigations and the political rally last night in north carolina we will have more on that in a moment and your reaction today of a lawsuit filed by new york s attorney general against trump, three of his children, his business partners, and organizations. his former lawyer michael cohen declaring the former president a threat to democracy. our democracy is in peril because of one man, anybody who that is not one of his supporters, he is willing to go after. he does not care if he burns the co