[bell] steve: i m just waking up the folks here at the villages. say hello to captain newt. now are you, captain? very good. steve: thank you very much. how great is that? okay. so, everybody knows that yesterday thank you very much, sir. i said somewhere in america i was going to be showing up and knocking on a total stranger s door to make them a breakfast from our brand new cookbook. [cheers] steve: look how many people love cookbooks. actually, they just love fox & friends. [cheers and applause] right? they love fox & friends. we were looking for a place that was safe, obviously. we were looking for a place that is friendly. hello, how are you? [cheers] steve: remember this guy right here, peter, we stopped by his house last time four years ago. this was also the man we named our son peter after. actually, the interesting thing is, ainsley and brian, i would say that about half of the people who i have spoken to so far have referred to me as peter doocy. h
live from atlanta. ahead on cnn newsroom. it is destroyed and it is ruined and you have to start all over again. honestly, where do you start? how do you start in this? there is no way i am walking in that filthy water. there are snakes, fire ants. alligators and alligators. a lot of great people on every street like this in america. it is friday, september 30th. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast where rescue crews are struggling to reach residents. the national hurricane center says the category 1 storm regained strength and is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. the u.s. president has ordered federal assistance. in florida ian killed at least 19 people, and that number is expected to increase. florida s fire marshal says it is shaping up to be the largest natural disaster in state history. over 700 rescues have been carried out and over 2 million homes and businesses are without power. it is historical, a worst case scenario here. we are projecting 10 to 15 i
for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. just some of the scenes from florida yesterday. we got a better look at the destruction left behind by hurricane ian. we re tracking the storl again this morning. it is set to make land fall. the united states for a second time. meanwhile, congress is up against a deadline to keep the government running. and to provide critical awed for storm victims. also on the i had, the wife of a supreme court justice makes an alarming statement to the january 6th committee. that s all ahead on way too early. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, september 30th. thanks for starting your day with us. will we ll begin with the latest on ian. it has intensified into a hurricane again and is heading towards south carolina. after leaving a trail of absolute destruction in florida. it s expected to make land fall in charleston around noon today as a category one storm.
i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
be there. that s my commitment to. neil: here s the thing. ian is not leaving. it s down but not out. ian now a tropical storm is expected to make its way back to a category one hurricane after devastating the sunshine state. south carolina s governor will hold a news conference shortly. here s what we know right now. a storm surge up to seven feet predicted for charleston, south carolina as of tomorrow. in florida today, more than 2.6 million people are still without power across the state. no indications when they will get that back. search and rescue operations underway in florida s barrier islands and other hard-hit areas. governor desantis calling it a 24/7 operation. moments from now, we ll talk to the mayor of fort myers florida particularly hard hit by the storm. first, fox team coverage with robert ray in fort myers and steve harrigan in charlotte county where they re trying to dig out. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to robert ray in f fort myers that got reall