Watching the Middle East teetering on the brink of all war after iran launched a massive Missile Attack on israel, sirens sounded across the country as the bombardment unfolded high in the sky. Israeli Air Base was hit, but the Israeli Defense Forces says, its Iron Dome Missile interception system, stopped a large number, almost all, in fact, of the nearly 200 missiles launch, preventing what could have been obviously death and large scale destruction. Now, iran says this was in retaliation for israels killing of hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, In Lebanon last week. Thank you for staying with us On Fox. As we continue our Breaking Coverage of these dramatic developments in the Middle East, im jonathan hunt, live in los angeles. Israel now vowing fierce response, but iran says any retaliation from israel or its allies, including, of course, the united states, will be met with an even more severe response. All this, of course, happening just hours before last nights ,first and only
collier or county, florida, where 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. rachel: search and rescue efforts still underway across the state as 30 people have been confirmed dead with 27 deaths in florida alone. more than 1 million people many florida still without power. here with us today is representative greg steube, he s from the house foreign affairs committee, and, of course, he is from florida. what do you know about this leveesome because we ve been getting conflicting reports, congressman. so i talked to the sheriff and, unfortunately, he couldn t join you because he could give you an update. if they were trying, northport from police and the sarasota sheriff s department has been trying to get people out on boats and and airboats, and they were actually using that intersate area to go back and forth and bring individuals from their homes to the interstate because that was the only way to get them in and out either by airboat o
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
it has, under threat of 7.5 miles of highway being underwater, that very highway that was used as the lifeline to that community, i-75. i don t know if it s the same portion that we showed, but if you have that much participant of the highway cut off, serious implications for surgery and rescue as well. rachel: yeah. it was amazing to see the amount of traffic just the night before. will: that a makes in the all the more important, fox corporation is donating $1 million to the hurricane ian relief efforts, resources like shelter, meals, medical supplies and more. rachel: fox is also double matching employee donations to red cross hurricane relief efforts including ian and fiona. pete: our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the storm including our own teams in tampa and orlando. thank you to all our fox weather, fox news channel and fox teams across the country covering this disaster. if you d like to join in the effort, visit are red cross.org/fox forward. and we certai