threat across the state. residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground and crews mobilize and janice dean is tracking ian in new york city. todd: lauren, we begin our coverage with you in st. pete. in st. pete beach, they were prepping for the worst, but it struck more southeast. let me show you what is looked like yesterday in the naples, fort myers area. ian came with category four, wind speeds 155 miles per hour, dropped a foot of rain and life-threatening storm surge turned roads into rivers and left homes on the other hand water. take a look at the radar, ian has weakened since making landfall as it moves to florida. latest update has it 75 miles per hour, making it a category one hurricane, officials warn communitiess in central and northern florida, they are still in danger from flooding and hard to process amounts of water. central and northeast florida, 12 to 20 inches of rain possible, some areas according to national hurricane center, looking at
residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground, crews mobilize before sunrise and senior meteorologist is here tracking ian in new york city. todd: phil keating, where we begin our coverage in st. petersburg, we got the latest update the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, what are you seeing right now? good morning, had u.s. coast guard helicopter land across the water at tampa general, now flying off, they have a real busy day doing search and rescue operations all day, still unknown whether they have numerous people that need to be rescued or whether the day will actually be better than they feared. here in tampa right now issue most people are still sleeping after a night of heavy pounding rain and wind, but for the most part, the bulk of the storm right now, not raining here issue mostly moved east by now, slamming around orlando and the east coast along i-95 corridor and the winds here, you can see, not too blustery, only maybe in the 2
to personally thank them. the same heroes are about to lose their job by the end of the year thanks to the president s own vaccine mandate. the president has a body week ahead, he and the first lady will be in puerto rico amidfallout of hurricane fiona, which hit two weeks ago and left behind a lot of damage. 100,000 people without power this morning. the president vowed to give puerto rico what they need. we owe puerto rico a hell of a lot more than they have gotten, we cannot tire, whatever it takes, i mean it, whatever it takes. the president will be back in did sheing c tonight and off to florida on wednesday to meet with officials oversees damage from hurricane ian. among those he spoke with technician second class zach loze, who is about to beic canned out of the guard over refusal to comply with the covid-19 mandate. reporters are asking kamala harris to clarify remarks she made when she suggested hurricane relief should be handed out based on witty. it appears s
university poll find 10% of americans think the country is on the right track and 42% say they are struggling financially. doug luzader has more, good morning. doug: the president will be talking about a huge bail out for pension plans today while traveling to ohio. we re seeing administration targeting all levels of gas and oil industry for high gas prices, going after small gas station owners. the putin price hike message, just last week, he claimed russia, russia, russia. how does the president go from blaming putin to small business owners now? when you look at crude oil and wholesale oil prices, as well, they have declined about 15%. retail gas prices have only declined 3% over the same time period. doug: secretary of transportation took it a step further saying oil companies are happy about high prices. when it comes to high gas prices, i m mad about it, the president is mad, oil company executives are thrilled, we ve seen them saying they will not increase pr
attempted murder. carley: many demonstrators, part of fwrup that posted map of the justices homes after the leak of the supreme court draft opinion overturning roe v. wade. you are watch fox and friends first. todd: this group called kavanaugh an abuser, alcoholic and referred to the suspects as good guy with a gun. carley: none of the posts have been flagged or taken down. brooke singman has more on this, brooke, good morning. brooke: carley, todd, good morning. pro-choice activists swarming outside brett kavanaugh s maryland home last night just hours after a man was charged with attempts to murder brett kavanaugh. scenes like this playing out at the homes of conservative leaning justices since the leak of the draft opinion that would roll back roe v. wade. listen. i wrote a letter in may to merrick garland to arrest the protesters. we have a law on the books, you cannot go to a judge s home or juror s house and intimidate them while doing their job. they hav