Carley 6 00 a. M. On the East Coast, this is Fox Friends. Ainsley we start with a Fox Weather alert, millions of our friends fleeing florida as a cat 5 hurricane, Hurricane Milton is barreling toward that state. And Janice Dean is here with what you need to know before time runs out. And while americans are scrambling, Vice President harris decided to crack some jokes and open up a beer with Stephen Colbert just a few blocks away. Would you like to have a beer with me. Okay. The last time i had beer was at a Baseball Game with doug. Okay. Cheers. There you go. [laughter] [cheers] steve okay. Plus the fbi has foiled an afghan Nationals Plot to launch an Election Day Terror attack. How he got into the country with the help of the biden harris administration. Fox friends for this very busy wednesday starts right now. Steve our top story, Fox Weather alert. Hurricane milton expected to make landfall along floridas west Gulf Coast. Ainsley millions are evacuating as communities are rushing
Forecasters are warning this will be a Catastrophiclevel Storm when it makes landfall overnight along floridas West Coast. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im Dana Perino and hi to you, bill. Bill good morning to you. Bill hemmer live in orlando 100 miles due east of tampa, florida. The entire part of this state will get whacked starting later tonight. As we track this storm, right now 155 mileperhour winds, category 4 storm. A track were watching between clear water near tampa and down to fort myers. At some Point Somebody will feel the effects of this monster out there that is milton. Look at the size of this. Remember we were in Studio Yesterday and janice was with us and j. D. Was talking about the eye of the storm and how perfectly formed it was. Almost like a pin right there. Overnight it tended to change its shape a little bit. So the storm is shifting somewhat. Still moving east northeast but we wont know who is going to Take That wallop until milton makes up its min
This is not survivorable the urgent warning we got from Central Florida officials to all the people living in Hurricane Miltons path. The Evacuation Zone involves Six Million people. And this storm is hours away now from colliding with floridas gulf coast. The impact has the potential to change the coastline. Our Meteorologist Janice Dean was saying it will do that. President biden and Vicepresident Kamala Harris are getting briefed were told on preparations. Officials are bracing for extreme winds and the windshield on this has grown exponentially so its going to affect far many more people than we thought at first. The winds could cause widespread power outages, like we just saw less than two weeks ago across six states in the southeast, including florida. Helene hit florida first. This is the second punch. 15 feet of lifethreatening Storm Surge expected, and time is running short for people who actually want to get out of the way. And you might have to go a little bit farther away t
The early bands of the storm hit land. We bring you also an exclusive look at how one Volunteer Group is helping the recovery from Hurricane Helene back in North Carolina. President Biden Talks with israelS Prime minister as one israeli official warns of a lethal response to iranian attacks that could be imminent. Former President Trump tries to rally supporters in one of the most crucial of the Battleground States as new pollS Poll surfa. But, first [rain and winds] the wow, unbelievable. Zero visibility at thiS Point. Just unbelievable. [winds] bret the early effects of milton are here. We begin with a Fox Weather Alert. Hurricane milton heading toward Coastal Florida right now. Again, the first part of that hitting land. It is a category 3 system down from a 5 earlier. But it is bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge as much as 13 feet with 120 mileperhour winds and the potential for many, many tornadoes, some actually have already been spotted all over the ground throughout Coastal F
Being taken care of. And it really is its unamerican, it really is. People are scared to death. People know their lives are at stake, all that theyve worked for, all that they own, all that they value. President Joe Biden Yesterday addressing misinformation on Helene Recovery efforts spread by Donald Trump and his allies. And that comes as Hurricane Milton is gaining strengthen in the gulf and expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. Well have the latest Storm Track and a live report from florida straight ahead. Plus, a new book by longtime journalist, Bob Woodward, is putting Donald Trumps relationship with russian president vladimir putin back in the spotlight. And meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris continues her media blitz, making more high profile appearances with now less than four weeks until election day. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 9th. We are now 27 days until the president ial election. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for start