A quick fact check. There will turn it over to the lead with jake tapper. Thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure. Have a great Weekend Tapper and you just heard former president Donald Trump making remarks in evans, georgia after listening to a briefing on damage caused by Hurricane Helene lets go to cnns Steve Contorno. Hes in fayetteville, North Carolina where trump is going to hedge sue later tonight for a Town Hall and save what do you make of what we just heard from Trump And George little time politicizing this tragedy even further than he already has, and he criticized eyes the White House for what he said was a terrible response. And he said that well, he went on to boast about his own performance during previous hurricanes when he was president , he said, he reminded people that there is an election coming in this, in the state where its obviously very, very close and that he promised that if he is elected, he is very committed to this state. That was his direct quote. He
Hurricane helene is more surreal than ever because the time that has passed. The Death Toll is now climbing above 220 people. It is expected to grow as hundreds of people are still missing in areas that are so tough to get to and that means that they are cut off from the lifesaving things that they need. This is the deadliest storm to hit the mainland u. S. Since hurricane katrina. This is the faulkner focus. The more our cameras can get in and show you this and the more people can get some of the help they need, what they are dealing with becomes really clear. Tragic scenes from decimated communities are now in full view. President biden has spent the last two days visiting hardhit areas and he said this about the people in the middle of all of that. Watch it. What are the stilts in the Storm Zone. What do they need after you saw today . President biden in the Storm Zone. I wondered what storm you were talking about. They are getting everything they need. They are very happy across th
What a nightmare for so many in North Carolina. Survivors enter their second week of heartbreak since helene made landfall. Everything is devastating. It is eyeopening. I havent been to my house since the Storm Hit. Everything was thrown around and broken. For homes washed away down the river. We lost everything. It flooded or floated away. We are borrowing a camper and a car. We are borrowing everything. These arent even my clothes. Story after story of so many in need of help. I am in for john roberts. This is america reports. Survivors are set up and frustrated with the federal response. Many relying on themselves to pick up what is left of their homes. Private organizations are stepping into action. They are present, in the way, interrupting our ability to conduct operations. They have a Security Guard and said we are so hardy, the hotel has been booked. For federal employees and no, i have people just pulled out of a mountain. This is biblical level devastation, apocalyptic. Lets
Got in the background, its not important. Bret see you. Thanks, jesse. Im bret baier. Coming up a Surprise Appearance for President Biden at todays White House Briefing Room. First of hiS Presidency, we will bring you there. In full swing. Holds multiple events in michigan. One of them right now. Former President Trump visits storm ravaged North Carolina. Fox news speaks exclusively with Taiwans China Threat and the u. S. Presidential election. Bret first, breaking tonight, a week gone by since Hurricane Helene roared ashore, both the Death Toll and the level of destruction, frustration with the pace of Rescue And Recovery are rising. The search for survivors becoming increasingly dire in multiple states aS People in some communities remain without food, clean water, or power. In North Carolina, construction crews are water main supply lane. Supply line that connects a Water Plant and reservoir with the city of asheville. Correspondent Madison Scarpino in the hard Hit Region Tonight wi
That was the Dock Strike which ports shut down and was going to be a disastrous. President biden helped get that thing fixed fast. They have agreed tentatively to a 62 increase in wages over the next six years. The first offer that the union turned down, just to show you how far apart this was, was 40 . That is where this began so the pressure the union put on really did work and of course, the Court Companies are hoping that President Biden would feel the pressure of this and just order a Tafthartley Return to work by that union to get through the election and you can imagine how the companies that the president is going to have to do this because this will be so difficult for the Harris Campaign but the president just kept the administration pushing both sides to an agreement they had at 5 30 you can imagine how this was at the White House. White House Chief of staff on resume, Pete Buttigieg and others in the administration with both sides forcing them to get together and so both si