john berman is off. hurricane ian now churning in the caribbean with 75 mile an hour winds. the storm s path is uncertain and that has all of florida preparing for a major hurricane. people are waiting in long lines outside of stores. they are looking to stock up on supplies while they can. essential items like bottled water flying off store shelves. residents are prepping homes and business bes for the heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge expected to come their way. ron desantis already declaring an emergency for the entire state activate ing the national guard and a hurricane watch has been issued along the west coast of florida including the tampa bay area. carlos swau resident is watching preparations. we have chad myers standing by in atlanta. let s start with carlos who are is live for us near a sandbag distribution center. tell us about some of these preparations. reporter: good morning the storm preparations are well underway. schools have been closed through
announcing his retirement after 20 seasons in the nfl. fox & friends first starts right now. good morning, you are watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m benjamin hall in for todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. good to see you this morning. i don t think many people are surprised by the drew brees announcement. did you follow him. he s a name that is well-known over here, 15 years, 20 years in total. so yeah, only a few football names are well-known here and he is certainly one of them. jillian: that says a lot right there. let s begin with a fox news alert. a chicago police officer is not the face in a precinct parking lot. the 26 veteran of the department was grazed on the chin. he was later released from the hospital. no arrests have been made. detectives are looking into whether the sergeant was targeted. he is the 13th officer to be shot at or shot this year. today, a rendell gas station will descend upon the mexican border as an influx of ill
announcing his retirement after more than 20 seasons in the nfl. fox & friends first continues right now. have a nice day. jillian: 5:00 on the east coast, in new york city, and it is 10:00 in london town. good morning to, i m jillian mele. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday. good to see you, benjamin. ben: you too. we both had to get up an hour earlier today. a lot of people will be struggling this morning with daylight saving time. jillian: it s always a struggle. a lot of people like the whole daylight longer but for me when you go to bed at 6:00 p.m., when it s super bright shining in your room it makes it a little challenging. so i have mixed opinions on this. ben: i can tell you, there is perhaps some hope in. neil: in sight. senator rubio put a bill up, seeks to make daylight saving permanent, partly to do with the golf and barbecue lobby. they want an extra hour of daylight. jillian: as a golfer, i can appreciate that. ben: as can i. today, a
John roberts start us off tonight. Busy day tonight. We wouldnt have it any other way. Late today, the Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at the white house and pointed to a dramatic increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally. More than 50,000 a month for the past three months. 400 increase in the number of socalled family units. But the new Administration Practice of criminally prosecuting people who come across the border illegally has created a very large political problem for the white house. With a storm of outrage growing over the separation of children from illegal immigrants, President Trump today laid the blame squarely on the democrats. I say it very strongly. It is the democrats fault. They are obstructionist. And they are obstructing. Democrats outraged at the Zero Tolerance policy at the border were people who cross illegally are held for criminal
prosecution and separated from any children they may have brought with them. Even some r
in the past three years under the biden administration there has been the same number of people coming across the border as there is in the entire population of new york. and as a result of that, americans have grown incredibly frustrated and angry against the leadership in washington, d.c. the house republicans recognize something has to be done and they are working to make sure they will pass a bill that will put a halt to this illegal immigration. the biden administration right now is unwilling to go along with that. but the republicans have the democrats in washington, d.c. in a very tough place as long as the republicans stick together. there is a chance of getting meaningful immigration reform legislation passed that will stop all the illegal immigration coming across the border. dana: one last quick question. secretary mayorkas blamed december s record border crossings on climate change. has that been your experience from what you ve heard? dana, listen, the only change