since august of 2021. and being underwater was true of donald trump for the entirety of his presidency. i see it as a reflection of the nation s ever widening divide in an era of polarized media, including social media. this is hardo lieve. as recently as 1984, ronald reagan won 49 of 50 states against walter mondale. mondale carried only his home state of minnesota. in 1972, richard nixon won 49 states. george mcgovern carried only massachusetts, not even his home state of south dakota. our elections are decided by a half dozen swing states, everything else locked in and predetermined. and not only that, but we re increasingly living among the like minded. consider this, most people in america live in an area that was one handily by one presidential candidate in the last election. there are roughly 3,100 u.s. counties.
be, here s my message, let s have it out. jimmy, let s deal with a couple of dark and brutal truths we talk about here often every day. donald j. trump is not going away. all the darkness, all the danger is not going away. what do we do about not just donald trump, but about this collection, maybe 30% and more who are trump acolytes, what do we do about them? they are convinced that this guy is a god. home state of minnesota, my neighbors who are ranchers are all convinced. they re literally convinced that he is a god. part of it is information. part of it is saying directly, that s not true and here s why. we re talking about fox news. the problem is when you have one news and the news is slanted, you have a problem. we have to start calling balls and strikes in a way that makes sense. january 6th was clear, and, yet, you have a major network trying
miami to jacksonville. we will keep watching this one as it gets closer and closer over the course of the holiday weekend. katie: adam, thank you very much. we appreciate it. the minnesota state fair is officially in full swing. brian: with more than 2 million people expected it s a busy week and a half at the fairgrounds. steve: pete hegseth joins us from his home state of minnesota where the fair is the land of 10,000 snacks, isn t it, pete? pete: oh, you better believe it. new ones every year. it s also the great minnesota get together. listen, here in minnesota we slog through long grueling winters. what do we do? we make sure the end of our summer is the best america has to offer at our state fair. i had a chance yesterday. i got three kids here in minnesota. two are in school because school started labor day. through an easy process of elimination rex my preschooler came with me to the state fair yesterday. take a look. you are here at the
that means winds up to 100. jumping up to category 3 storm and leave it florida coast line. this is monday morning at 2:00 a.m. we are thinking a sunday night into monday morning landfall at this point. this continues to change a little bit because that is still several days off. winds at 125 miles per hour. a very powerful storm. notice just how wide this possible path is. you see it running as far as south as miami, as far as north as jacksonville. this is a large area. when we talk about monday morning, it s a pretty good stretch of time. time for this to move farther north or farther south. these are our tropical models and shows the same story. most of them running in the center of the state that could still change. the thing that i really think is going to be certain. this is going to be a powerful storm. the water is just so warm. currently sitting over 85-degree waters. the atmosphere is perfect to set up a really big hurricane, guys. that s going to be the case. where exactly
gas tanks. that means that we will have plenty of access to gasoline up until this storm hits. now, what we have also been told is that the category 1 hurricane is making its way through the caribbean. but as we mentioned the cone of uncertainty is still quite wide. so, the importance now is to get ready. we have seen store shelves empty. the top items right now are water, batteries, flashlights, bread, snacks, so folks around here are definitely getting ready because they have been through this before. we have seen hurricanes and tropical storms. that s what everyone says. right now i talk to a few people in line and they say while they are not panicked, there is a sense of urgency since there are so many gas pumps and people in this state. steve: amanda, reporting live in orlando, thank you very much. the problem with gas stations and hurricanes as we saw in new jersey after super storm sandy it knocked out the electricity and nobody could pump the gas so everybody was running out of