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
Households in florida are reportedlyfl without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their thhomes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to effect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. Still what mayea bring the most danger areri the Storm Surges. Earlier today residents experienced flooding in places like pine island, which is just outside of fort myers. But flooding will likely get much worse across the state as the night continues. A Storm Surge Warning is in place for almost the entirety of floridas west coast. This video is a simulation of what could happen if the Storm Surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But in some parts of florida officials warn that Hurricane Helene could cause Storm Surges of c up to 20 feet, around doub the amount shown in in simulatiOn And those officials are calling that a level of Sto Surge potentially unsurvivable. Earlier today the first bands of Wind Andt Rain Las
Watching at this very moment to take this storm very seriously, and please follow the guidance of your local officials. The Storm Storm Surge is well beyond the immediate path of the mur cane, could be significant and deadly for you and your Familys Sake Everyone near the path listen to local officials. 20 foot Storm Surge, you cant good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, September 27th im jonathan lemire, and we start this morning with Breaking News out of florida, where Hurricane Helene just a moment ago downgraded to tropical Storm Helene, Made Landfall as a category 4, making it at the time the strongest hurricane to ever hit floridas Big Ben at this hour the storm has indeed weakened, but forecasters warn it could still bring life threatening winds and unsurvivable Storm Surge with waters reaching as high as 20 feet in some places. So far the devastating impact has led to three it deaths, one in florida, two in georgia. At least 1 Million florida customers remai
That. The reidout with joy reid starts now. Tonight on the reidout the actions that have unfolded over the last ten months, the leaks, the commentary, the demonizing, this did not surprise us that we reached this day. These judges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged. What s happening here is weaponization at a level that nobody has seen before ever. A tale of two new yorkers. Both facing criminal indictments. Both with a similar style. Maybe the democrat adams could be a republican presidential nominee some day. Because he certainly meets the maga ethical standards. Also tonight, vice president kamala harris on the world stage today, meeting with the ukrainian president as donald trump was selling, you know, watches. Like the scam guy on the street who sells fake guccis. Plus, the politics of hate, with republican congressman clay higgins making vile, racist comments about haitians and mini soldier mark robinson, aka black nazi, reported to have made an extremely disturbing comment
And abuse that privilege. The law is designed to ensure officials like him serve the people and not the highest bidder, not a foreign bidder, and certainly not a foreign power. These are bright red lines, and we allege the a cross them again and again for years. That is the only reason we are here today. Secondly, this investigation continues and we continue to dig. We will hold more people accountable. I encourage anyone with information to come forward and to do so before it is too late. Thirdly, the southern district of New York remains committed to rooting out corruption without Fear Or Favour and without Fear Or Favour and without regard to partisan politics. We are not focused on the right or the left. We are focused only on right and wrong. That is our duty, and we will fulfil it. Now, todays charges are the result of a tremendous partnership. I want to thank our partners at the fbi, the new York City department of investigation her fame where there every step of the way. Finall