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
bret: hi, sandra. the pentagon now taking action in response to the gop lawmakers. their concerns. we ll have that for you ahead. also new at 2:00, we ll be watching florida where the storm that tore communities apart will bring bitter political rivals together. ron desantis putting politics aside, meeting with president biden. we believe both saying their focus is on helping families devastated by hurricane ian. sandra: and we ll see them coming together as they survey the damage there. we ll bring that meeting to you live as it happens and we begin with this fox news alert. americans in for a rude awakening at the pump, and energy analyst says president biden s only choice is to stop it is one he says is clear, and he s not going to make it. those warnings coming after major oil producing nations decided to slash 2 million barrels a day. bret: the move coming months after president biden asked the saudis for help to increase production. the white house now calling out
where he made critical remarks about republican economic philosophy after spending the holiday on the campaign trail in wisconsin and pennsylvania. we will talk live with the republican nominee for senate from pennsylvania, dr. mehmet oz a little bit later. first up tonight, white house correspondent peter doocy live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. we noticed something while out on the campaign trail with president biden this weekend when he is surrounded by midterm voters he spends a lot of time talking about maga republicans. but back here at the white house, surrounded w by the cabit he is trying to stick to official business. i m not a fan of big fan of trickle down economics. i find the trickle stops fairly quickly coming down. peter: he is also not a big fan of so-called maga republicans. the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate and division. peter: he is making a p
entire fleet of chinook helicopters. why they re so concerned tonight. also this evening, the images, that u.s. navy ship confronting an iranian ship trying to steal an american drone. the standoff lasting hours. how this ends. martha raddatz with late reporting. the war in ukraine tonight. and new images online this evening. the smoke rising from southern ukraine, as president zelenskyy declares they will take back land seized by the russians. our team near the front lines. here at home tonight, what s believed to be the first death in the u.s. from the monkeypox outbreak. what texas officials are now saying. and tonight, the cases are now growing involving children. at least 31 cases involving kids. and mireya villarreal on that tonight. the justice department at this hour set to respond to the judge after the former president s request for a special master to go through what was seized at mar-a-lago. pierre thomas standing by with what he s learned. tonight, the
heli helicopters. why they re so concerned tonight. also this evening, the images, that u.s. navy ship confronti ing an iranian ship trying to steal an american drone. the standoff lasting hours. how this ends. martha raddatz with late reporting. the war in ukraine tonight. and new images online this evening. the smoke rising from southern ukraine, as president zelenskyy declares they will take back land seized by the russians. our team near the front lines. here at home tonight what s believed to be the first death i the u.s. from the monkeypox outbreak. what texas officials are now saying. and tonight, the cases are now growing involving children. at least 31 cases involving kids. the justice department at this hour set to respond to the judge after the former president s request for a special master to go through what was seized at mar-a-lago. pierre thomas standing by with what he s learned. tonight, the accuser speaking out in the rape case involving the colleg