it s forecast to reach major hurricane status baring down on cuba. the storm s path otherwise uncertain, but floridians are prepare ing for the worst. people are filling sand beings to protect against the heavy rains and storm surge. long lines outside of stores as people look to stock up on supplies. you can see the empty health ises there. bottled water, wasn t of the hot est items. florida is under a state of emergency. governor ron desantis activated the national guard. joining us is michael brennan, acting deputy director for noaa. thank you so much for being with us on this morning as we re watching ian approach here. give us a sense of where you are watching and when you re expecting landfall. well, you can see ian right now is located about 90 miles southwest of grnd kay men with intense activity developing near the center. we have seen this intensify rapidly. if we look at the forecast now, we re expecting ian to turn from its northwestern motion and move towar
custody without incident and the agency did not respond to claims 25 agents were involved. carley: brooke singman has more. brooke. brooke: the father of seven was arrested and charged with assault last year. there are inrack rat claims be agents knocked on his door, identified themselves and asked him to exit the residence, he did so and was taken into custody without incident. his wife said, they said they would break in if he didn t hope it and had five guns pointed at my husband, myself and basically our kids and said there was a swat team of 25 people with 15 vehicles at the residence. conflicting claims come as mike lee expresses the public s growing mistrust in the fieb. listen. i think there is significant concern within the fbi headquarters, agents are using to weaponize criminal law enforcement system at federal level. brooke: the father brought his son to listen to him speak at the time of the alleged assault on the clinic escort and claim the escort pers
it. president joe biden canceled an appearance in florida this week ahead of the storm. brian: we have been buying that for the last two years anyway. we have fox team coverage senior meteorologist janice dean tracking ian we start with nicole valdez in tampa. nicole? good morning. we just learned nearly every county in the state of florida is now under a state of emergency that includes not only hillsborough county but the city of tampa, specifically. where i m standing is actually bayshore boulevard. this is an area notorious for flooding. especially when many of these storms make it to shore here. storm teenage mutant ninja turtle absolutely top of mind here for many who live in the tampa bay area. you will see the signs that people are taking this seriously. as you look at just the line of cars that go on for miles. this is the scene just yesterday all across tampa bay, what was a beautiful weekend turned into really getting down to work for many who know how seriousl
ainsley: janice dean is tracking ian. she is downstairs. i just saw her. she has been watching this all morning. we start with fox weather. correspondent nicole valdez is she is in tampa bay. steve, ainsley, brian, good morning. every single county in the state of florida now under a state of emergency that includes right here in the city of tampa where hillsborough county schools are officially closed as emergency responders pre prepare nearly 5f those public school buildings into shelters if needed as we look at potential impact from hurricane ian. you mentioned the response and people are doing what they can, which is planning and preparing for what could be some severe impacts as now hurricane ian approaches the gulf coast of florida. and we have already seen some empty store shelves. we have seen water going fast. fuel running low in some areas across the west coast of florida and cars lining the streets. sunday morning was absolutely chaos across some areas of tampa
florida on this monday. we have fox team coverage. senior meteorologist janice dean is tracking ian but we start with nicole, standing by in tampa. behind you, the sun is out, it s the calm before the storm, but i know that there is sandbagging going on throughout the tampa bay area because of a potential storm surge. steve, ainsley, brian, good morning. absolutely. many trying to take advantage of these next few days as the weather is absolutely going to be better than what we could see later on this week, as hurricane ian approaches the gulf coast of florida. already, hillsborough county we are in tampa right now moving to close schools. they are preparing to use more than 50 of their public school buildings to potentially become shelters if needed, as many tampa bay residents gear up for what could be, again, a couple scary days ahead. we are already seeing lots of people out making lines, some waiting three hours if not longer for sandbags to try to protect their ho