alert to southwest florida, president biden has just landed and is set to get a first land look at the devastation there unleashed by hurricane ian. the president will also be meeting with governor ron desantis of florida during the trip as the region faces what could be ears of rebuilding. hello, welcome, sandra smith in new york. and a big welcome to bret, i m sure you heard the voice and thought that s bret baier. bret: good to be with you, bret baier here for john roberts. one week since the category 4 hurricane ian made landfall with historic winds and storm surge. damage estimates are staggering, as high as $50 billion. sandra: the numbers continue to climb. the president expected to reaffirm the commitment to rebuild during remarks a short time from now. bret: the storm killing at least 109 people in the u.s. so far. sandra: so heartbreaking. alexandria hoff is in fort myers beach, what is the president s plan? yes, he s going to get a unique view of this off
in the reservoirs out west i downed to almost zero. were in a situation with the colorado river looks more like a stream. it is lot going on. and i think the one think this is fine the end it is a discussion about whether or not this climate change and/or whether we should do something about it. folks, i also want to, gemini and have you all in our prayers and i mean that sincerely. and we re here today because we wanted to tell you in person, that we are thinking of you and we are not leaving. we re not leaving until this gets done i promise you that. you know, we walk around here what s left of fishman s dwarf, you don t have to have much of an imagination to understand that everything, everything is historic, titanic, and on the marginal storm. it just ripped it to pieces. we have to start from scratch and move again. is going to take a lot, it s going to take a lot of time, not weeks or months. it is going to take years for everything to get squared away. in the state of
todd: biden calling on congress to punish oil companies. the president rails against big oil the same day his adviser is telling the industry more investment is needed. i love your halloween costume. all look like french fry. number one french fry fan with french fries for you. ainsley: so cute. steve: good morning, anna dale terrace, you are looking live at staten island, new york. just across the new york harbor from where we are sitting on mid-atlantic island and a whole bunch of folks greeting rachel campos-duffy great to have you on this november 1st, all saints day. it s my daughter mary s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday, mary, we are glad you were born. steve: thank you, she made it official. brian: one week away from the midterms. next week visiting states across this country to see what voters are thinking before heading to the polls, over of the weekend we found out there were 54 states. so we need to get more. steve: joe biden has been
liv golf. i m sara sidner in for fredricka whitfield. thanks for joining us on this christmas eve. a winter wholall up leaving millions out in the cold, some enduring their coldest christmas in decades. right now nomore than 100 milli people under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extending from montana all the way down to florida. some areas in the midwest are dipping into the negative 30s. yes, i said negative 30s. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white outconditions. they say search and rescue is moving extremely slovakia slowly due to the blizzard. the bitter cold proving dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in ohio, icy roads are blamed for a 50-car pileup. you are looking at it there. devastating. in north carolina and a tennessee, places not used to this kind of cold, power companies are running short rolling blackouts to keep up with unusually high energy demand. more than 1.6 million custom
hello to you, john. this father was visiting his child in a quiet town, shot dead in the hotel lobby. courtyard by marriott, parents of students were staying for parents weekend. identifying him as paul coots of long island. john: two suspects have been charged and both are no strangers to police, and alarming discovery in the pair s hotel room, finding bomb-making materials and manuals. sandra: this senseless killing in moments. alexis mcadams is live here in the new york city newsroom with what more are we learning now about the suspects involved, alexis? hi, sandra. what a tragedy for the family who is from long island here in new york. learning about the suspects and they have quite a long rap sheet and that they were homeless. this was an innocent father and a husband, gunned down while visiting his son at a college in down state new york. supposed to be a nice family weekend and ended in such a tragedy. this is where it happened here on sunday morning in the lobby