for saving lives during the hurricane ian. i told them how proud of them i was and thanked them for all the work he and the coast have done to save lives. i am grateful for the brave men and women, federal and state, local working so hard as one team. the governor as well as the federal folks. ainsley: just days from now, that-year-old reportedly will be without a job thanks to biden covid mandate. brian: chad weston who also will get fired because he s unvaccinated. chad, first off, can you tell us what you ve been able to do and how you ve been able to help the last few days in florida? as part of the response for hurricane e, coast guard crews have been working nonstop for many days afterwards and we have actually helped quite a few people. i don t have the exact number for you. 40, maybe 50 or more. brian: how many asked you
what you do on a daily basis and the credit you deserve pier that came up with john kirby who is an admiral in the military. he knows recruitment is down in every branch precipitously. listen to this cure. of course, the faxing, we would not want to lose anybody to earlier and we wanted them to. it is a valid military requirement and even if it doesn t prevent you from getting covid, i got it myself this last week or so. it makes the symptoms a lot less severe. brian: did he change your mind? no, no he did not. brian: why? well, it doesn t change the grounds on why we are refusing to faxing in the first place. it is faith-based and we don t agree how it was developed. and we don t agree it is also necessary.
cover at ron desantis will get involved. brian: election day just weeks away. brian: the president of the united states coming wednesday to florida. on monday he went to puerto rico to visit to see the aftermath of fiona. keep in mind puerto rico has been clearer because it got hit twice during the trump administration. then we looked an exam at where a lot of the money aid comes from the mainland to the commonwealth. a lot of us got caught up in corruption and it never goes to the people that needed the most beer that bothered president trump, it will give you money but only if you use it for the roads. so at that time joe biden wanted to disseminate himself and said i have given you all the money you need unlike the previous guy. that was noteworthy but what he said after that still has me befuddled. i come from real estate, the real estate of delaware. it s not like the congressmen
be funny? steve: my dad? anyway, welcome to new york. and a big show, thank you very much. we have some pants in front of the building holding up umbrellas. ainsley: it is certainly rainy out there. i m sorry for them. i m glad everybody is waking up this morning and it s going to be a good day. steve: meanwhile, not so good in florida because the death toll from hurricane is now above 100 as the rescue crews work around the clock looking for still survivors. ainsley: 430,000 in florida still without power this morning as one resident compares the damage to a war zone. brian: alexandria hoff on the ground in fort myers, alexandria, what is up? we continue to see this morning just dozens of emergency vehicles racing in and out of fort myers, trucks with backhoes
a religious objection to it but clso close to retirement come im sure people are saying why didn t you just get the shot? because my faith in my belief is more important than that. if i compromise that, i compromise everything i stand for. ainsley: you have to feel you just have to feel totally defeated. brian: soak screwed by our military and so am grateful for the service. ainsley: i was reading yesterday they were not accepting any of these exemptions. has anyone got the exemption and you don t have to get the shot? i believe in the coast guard there have been four religious accommodations granted. ainsley: why did they get them and you didn t? they were slated to be discharged, active duty, or retire to. brian: 20,000 will lose their jobs. what is your reaction? the military can lose 20,000 people like you? no, they really can t. but as far as i m concerned, i