he is back on the ground, we will bring it to you live. fox news alert, president trump vowing to get to the bottom of what happened to a missing saudi columnist among a growing international uproar. the king of saudi arabia has denied any involvement in the disappearance to president trump, and the u.s. secretary of state is getting personally involved. details on that coming up. you are watching outnumbered and i m harris faulkner. melissa francis, adrienne elrod, a host of kennedy on the fox business network, kennedy herself, and in the center seat, ready to go, judge andrew napolitano. he is outnumbered. i know our joy is tempered this morning as we see what happened in florida, but we have so much news to get to. a short time ago, president trump weighed in on the growing investigation involving a washington post columnist.
rarely see in mexico. and it built quickly. that s right. and that storm just slammed a right uppercut to the gut of that part of the state. we are watching all that. good to be with you today. good to be with you and welcome back. good to be back. we are getting ready for what will be a three week run here towards midterms. gotta run, bye-bye. harris: let s begin with breaking news on the president and first lady on the ground. this is going to airbase in florida and we understand now that the president is already on marine one, where he will just be taking a tour for the first time now and getting to see some of what we probably have not seen. he s on his way to tour the damage and recovery efforts after hurricane michael. something like this that you only see once in a lifetime because while we have had a horrendous storms, sure, a category four in the panhandle of florida in recent history has never happened. the president is taking an
aerial tour of the hardest hit areas in florida and georgia today. the death toll is at 19, just reporting last hour in america s newsroom, and that number continues to grow. crews are searching through the debris particularly in mexico beach florida and other areas that were flattened by the storm. you see marine one in the middle of the screen right now, that s a president of the united states touring above hardest hit areas in florida. again, the death toll is in the double digits this morning at 19 at least. and as they go through the debris, they have a list of dozens of missing people. dozens of people unaccounted for, particularly in this area of mexico beach. we are hoping and praying across this area that they find those people alive, but they are looking at in such a way as a rescue effort for those who might be trapped. the president is there now.