that is now over. i m on the mend. and that s all i can hope for right now. what is remarkable, alex trebek, healthy and back at work, months after a grim diagnosis. hello everyone. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. good morning. happy friday, everybody. friday, august 30, 4:00 a.m. in new york and in south florida. that s where we begin with breaking news this morning. florida on heightened alert. bracing for what could be the most powerful hurricane to slam into the east coast in nearly three decades dorian is expected to make landfall as a category four storm on monday. overnight, the hurricane strengthened to category two, wind speeds increasing to 105 miles an hour. this will be the fourth year in a row for florida, getting hit by a hurricane. and that hasn t happened since the 1940s.
florida and to think somebody is going to come in there and win votes by trying to raise taxes with a socialist agenda, i find it stunning. it s disconcerting. steve: they are not talking about raising taxes. they are just talking about giving you a lot of free stuff. when you don t have anything, it sounds good. that was the whole appeal of bernie sanders. newt gingrich was on with us a half an hour ago. and he looked at the results yesterday in arizona and florida and said this about a blue wave. donald trump is winning and winning and winning. winning on judges and nafta negotiation on mexico. would be in thwon in florida on. this so-called blue wave is going to disappear in the sand. and i think you re going to see, if anything, more of a red wave by the time we get to november than a blue wave. brian: did i se brian: i did see other
tried to pull off. always appreciate you on the show. always, chris. take care, senator. alisyn? now, to this breaking news. israeli defense officials say they have hit iranian targets in syria after a rocket in that area attacked the golan heights. it comes just a day after the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal. here to discuss this and so much more, former u.s. ambassador to russia under the obama administration, michael mcfaul, author of from cold war to hot peace about russia and his time spent as ambassador. mr. ambassador, thanks for being here. thanks for having me. let s start with the increasing tension between israel and iran. we just had republican congressman of florida on. he thinks the white house should consider military action against iran if this isn t tamped down. what do you think is next? well, it s very serious,
on the 6th and then again in the middle of the month where he could probably do well in louisiana, tennessee, georgia, alabama, mississippi and other places. and, um, so we are expecting him, you know, to at least hang in through march because that s probably, you know, places that has contests on the calendar that he can win. at that point, i guess, he s, you know, continuing to stay in, but i would expect at least this contest to go on with all four of them through mid march. jenna: i m just going to paraphrase what he told bret baier last night, he said there knost evidence that mitt romney can get 50% of the vote anywhere, but looking ahead from florida on, is that 50% mark whether you re looking at nevada, maine or any of these additional states to not see a candidate get over 50%, is that a flag? is that something we should be paying attention to? you know, it is, it s just
bill: about 9,000 acres, totally lost, so far in this early winter season. and, florida s governor extended the state of emergency that allows weight restrictions on big trucks, to be dropped until the end of the month which really helped farmers get what is salvagable and that is what they are in now, salvage mode out to the processors. arthel: not good news and you held up a couple of those florida on, there. what happens to them. reporter: so far, florida citrus says the $9 billion citrus industry appears to be minimally impacted here, this is more of a vegetable event so far but they are noticing spotting of some of their fruit. however, some of the items that are basically unscathed, oranges, avacados, celery, lettuce, grapefruit and radishes but that is so far, and, really, winter has only just begun and it comes on top of last january being a very devastating month for agriculture and 2010 will go down pretty bad for florida farmers. arthel: you feel for them, phil