we have florida still reeling from the devastation from hurricane ian. we re concerned about the storm. i should have left and shouldn t have stayed. listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. the storm now soaking the mid atlantic making its way up north and death toll in florida continues to climb. pete: alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach. alexandria. well, good morning. we re here on san carlos island, part of fort meyers beach and aside from the utility crews working up the street and the occasional police siren, the scene is quiet, it s still and sad. it s really easy to understand when you look at the wreckage behind me why this rescue and recovery and these operation haves been so challenging, but they ve been productive. according to the lee county sheriff s office, 6 to 700 rescues were made and the sheriff is reporting 35 deaths in the county as well and the numbers may rise as individual counties are reporting. about 30 minutes north o
deal, and i want you both to know that don t count on me in the back half of the fourth hour of this show, because the vikings game starts at 9:30. rachel: that s so early. pete: they re playing in london. so i ll have the game on my phone, you guys carry the show. will: i m glad you clarified, there are people asking why i m wearing tennis shoes with my suit, if i m going to copy pete. all the way. [laughter] i lost a bet. i lost a bet to pete. he beat me at fantasy football, so i am sporting minnesota vikings gear with, and you ve got a london a.m. kickoff. you ll be watching football while we do the muse. rachel: and, boys, explain what the bet and if you lose fantasy football team. pete: well, the bet is, i don t know that a will s committed ye- [laughter] rachel: come on, will. let s be daring, join the bet. pete: neither of those are true. will: that i m going to wear a dress? pete: if rachel is number one in the fox & friends fantasy league, and right now are you 2
we re glad to be together on this couch. rachel: we are glad to be together. will: petition and i were talking, it s like we were talking in code and rachel s like i m not following. we were speaking in sports pet s metaphor. rachel: we do speak in code sometimes. we don t talk in code with you. we re grateful you re here, fourth hour of two days, four hours, we re in the home stretch. we have a lot of big news. rachel: we sure do. there s no bigger news in my house than our baby valentina turned 3 years old. she celebrated with a birthday dinner and we got her cake. she has come along way. she doesn t just have down s syndrome. she had a serious heart condition when she s was six months old, had open hearth surgery so we re so glad and i want to be put it up because so many viewers prayed so hard for her and her doctors during the surgery. she is doing great. she just started school. they start school for children with special needs with down s a little earlier so she s st
electoral college, armed guards will throw them out. i m the president [bleep] i m challenging all of it. [laughter] challenging all of it. violence. [inaudible conversations] shoot to kill. see an antifa, shoot to kill. howard: and the other networks kept replaying the footage of the veteran gop operative and donald trump pal. clear that in some sense roger stone was a go between. the actual election didn t matter to stone. the vote didn t matter. roger stone, some of his words are quite chilling. don t know how they ll hold up in court, but they do indicate a lot. howard: but then the hurricane forced the committee to cancel the hearing, rennering all this old news by the time the session is held later this month. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. joining us now to analyze the coverage in saratoga springs, new york, brian kilmeade, cohost of fox & friends weekend excuse me, cohost of fox & friends and host of one nation with brian kilmeade. and in
phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a