Begin the very day before Super Tuesday. You are watching Fox And Friends First on thursday morning, im carley shimkus. Todd im todd piro. Worry about the election calendar and the Court Calendar issue as well. We begin breaking down the State Of Play in just a few moments. First breaking out of hawaii, 111 confirmed dead in u mo. More than a thousand people still unaccounted for and the president s he will take a day out of his upcoming vacation to visit the island. Carley robert ray is on the ground in ground in maui. Good morning. Take a look at some of the pictures from the town, the Historic Town that has been devastated. Unbelievable. 111 people have lost their lives and that number could go up, according to officials here. We are entering almost a week until the Deadly Wildfires hit. Here is what the white house is telling the public about joe bidens visit on monday. Today we announce the president and first lady will be traveling to hawaii on monday to meet with first responder
Going on there. And were tracking a rally for ramaswamy. Vivek ramaswamy surging in a new fox poll ahead of the first gop debate now just days away. Today he hits atlanta, but first he stops by here. Can he break out in the first the debate, and he turn his traction with voters into cash from donors . Well ask him. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto, my thanks to my buddy Charles Payne for filling in last week, always appreciate that. Meanwhile, we will be having Vivek Ramaswamy a little bit later on this hour and get a gauge of where hes going in this race and his latest sort of commandments that maybe he and other republican candidates might be a good idea to follow. Theyre pretty interesting, pretty revealing. First right now to Craig Herrera in san diego, california, where theyre bracing for hilary, i guess. Whats the latest, craig . Unbelievable, neil. People have been getting san bags ready, theyre getting ready for the rain event. Its a category four storm right now, hurricane.
Things in new polling. No surprise here that trump remains the run away frontrunner. You go deeper in the numbers, guy requests, you have to wonder if there is a ramaswamy revolution going. Trump pain maining his lead while dropping 3 points from june, he is still ahead 37 points of his nearest competitor ron desantis, who fell 6 points, you see, from june out of the 20s, now in the teens at 16 . With Vivek Ramaswamy coming to life as a potential g. O. P. Breakout star, more than doubling hits position. You see he climbed 6 points to 11 . No indication, by the way, that his surge is directly connected to that ability to Rap Eminem Songs at the Iowa State Fair. Former mike pence gaining a point in the middle of the pack with nikki haley also take the 1 point climb as well and trumps most vocal critic Chris Christie seeing some growth up 2 points, 1 to 3 . But, obviously, still 50 behind the frontrunner. Finally, i want you to take a look at the small slip senator tim scott took down a p
centers, weapons storage sites, and supply chain facilities. sites two u.s. officials tell nbc news are directly linked to the drone attack in jordan. this will also not be a one-day affair. the u.s. says the response will be phased in a campaign that could last for weeks. quote, this is the start of these actions. they will unfold at times and places of our choosing, said secretary of defense austin in a statement. the question now is not only, how does iran respond, but how do our allies react? the president and his administration have said they don t want a war with iran and they adopt want to be dragged into a broader middle east conflict. iran was already angry about last week with a spokesperson for the iraqi prime minister calling it a violation of sovereignty that undermines years of cooperation. what do the iraqis say now? and why does the u.s. still have such a large presence there in the first place? we should also note the timing. these strikes were launched les
videotape of a toddler with a gun. an indiana man who is believed to be his father now in police custody as a result. so you ll see the little boy in this video here, you see him waving that gun around, even pulling the trigger at one point. it happened saturday and was shown live as part of the ride along series on patrol live. this is it. of the oh, man, wow. this is the child with the loaded weapon pulling the trigger right there. yeah. police in beech grove, indiana were responding to a neighbor s call and saw the young boy playing with the weapon outside wearing a pull-up. jean casarez joining with more. what happened here on saturday? the neighbors called the police because they saw this happening with their own eyes. he even went to one neighbor s door and knocked on it and say look what i have so the police arrived and the neighbors were talking amongst themselves. we want you to take a listen first of all to these neighbors. i opened the door he wen