We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
Will beautiful america. Good morning, america. Good morning to Fox Friends weekend. This is will, charlie, and rachel. Glad to see you again. Rachel good morning. Youre back. Youre many for pete. Welcome. Will charlie and i were talking about it quickly where he lives in virginia and how pretty it is. Last weekend i went to the area and you take for granted how beautiful various niches and corners of the country are and for whatever reason, you might not travel to and going to drive into Eastern Oklahoma and northern arkansas and going for that and what they expect and awes some place beautiful america, not far from your backyard. Rachel new York City. Charlie go to Nature And Wind up in the evidence of infection sarks. Its ozarks. Its amazing. Rachel boeing Star Liner Star craft returning to earth and touching down in new Mexico Desert last night. Will the crude flight stranded two astronauts on the Space Station. Charlie jonathan joining us. Reporter good morning. Without any astrona
Why not, with the latest. Reporter why not. You heard it there, zero Interest Rates basically until through 2023. The Federal Reserve in their Committee Statement saying that they will maintain the accommodative stance until monetary policy, until their goals are achieved in the monetary policy. The Federal Reserve aims to have inflation moderately above 2 . To reach the two target a period of time. This is what chairman jay powell said what is moderate and for how long. Listen. We want to achieve inflation that averages 2 over time and if we do that, Inflation Expectations will be right at 2 and that will help us achieve 2 inflation over time and avoid the situation where the central bank loses its ability to support the economy. Reporter he would not define what moderate was, for how long. Powell fiercely defended Forward Guidance on rates being zero. The fed also made their economic projections, they revised it up. Unemployment rate 7. 6 . 9. 6 in june they thought. End of this year
Tracker showing joe biden with a doubledigit lead. And holiday covid concerns. Large crowds gather to celebrate the unofficial end of summer, despite warnings from Health Experts. Plus the virus impact on College Towns where College Football is on hold. A lot of money on the line. First, todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We keep thinking theyve got it. Theyve got it, and then it flares back up. Total devastation. Sheriffs came through and said weve got to go. It may be time for them to leave. Fast wildfires raging across the state of california forcing mandatory evacuations. This heat wave is extraordinary. Its about as hot as it can physically get across california right now. Its cooking out there. Fresh concerns over potential spike in covid19 cases after the long Labor Day Weekend. Peoples willingness to comply with things we know can reduce spread is going to start to fray. The white house remains on the defense today. Allegations from a soon to be released memoir by a t
Community. Early today starts right in the race for 2020 a watershed moment for american politics, after months of peculation, jo biden made an historic pick officially naming senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, poised to become the first woman of ever on a Major Party Ticket and her opponent wasted no time going on the attack. The president unleashing a new ad overnight claiming biden has a race problem unlike the Africanamerican Community with notable exceptions the Latino Community is incredibly diverse community. In his announcement, piden sa biden said one of the reasons he chose harris is because of her focus on disparities a tenpoint lead is shown over mr. Trump, how harris will impact the numbers remains to be seen for more, Scott Macfarlane reporter a midday event in joe bidens hometown of wilmington, delaware, hes had multiple Campaign Appearance this is summer, appear together in a virtual fundraising event tonight. The appearances come one week to the day before sena