is barreling through the carolina with high winds, heavy rain and the threat of floods. the storm has been downgraded from a hurricane but it still poses a threat as it makes its way inland. it has already caused considerable damage in south carolina where it made landfall on friday. in this video, you can see the storm ripping through a pier in north myrtle beach, causing part of it to collapse. it also submerged this neighborhood with a storm surge that was several feet high. so far there have been no reported deaths in south carolina. but in florida, at least 45 people have lost their lives, and we re getting a clearer picture of the damage the storm has left behind. entire neighborhoods that once were brimming with life are now flattened fields littered with debris. this is footage from fort myers beach where one woman s struggle to survive was captured in a phone call. i am up to my neck in water. okay. all right. i am so cold. i m losing you. i can t hear you.
speeds up to 85 miles per hour a and life threateninghreateni storm surges expected up to seven feet. we are monitorin g the track off the storm. and we ll take you ot governor de santos as soon as he startsgovern speaking. but we want to switch gears right now. there s a disturbing trend oswif law enforcement coming under attack. outrage sweeping the nation followinenforcemeng the murder r first responder in new york city. twenty four year fdny veteran lieutenant ellis russo elingsons was walking in uniform lessg inu than a block from her station. nihouse when she was stabbed ovr 20 times in a quote, barbaric and completely unprovoked attack. the suspecrbaric a t was taken into custody after barricaded himself inside a nearby buildinging. d wi he is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. nypd commissioner kitchen condemning the senselesss attack attack. this deadly, senseless, broad daylight attack on a uniformed emt member is a direct assault on our soci
[crowd chanting u.s.a.] all right, we got to do a show. all right. we re broadcasting live from beautiful west palm beach in the free state of florida, and in just 12 days, you ll decide the future of our great republic. tonight in just a moment we ll be joined by governor ron desantis, florida s first la lady, casey desantis will be with us. any marco rubio fans in the house? marco rubio will be here. senator rick scott will be here. rick scott fans here? all right. both desantis and rubio are poised for massive election day. governor desantis is up by a whopping 14 points in a university of north florida poll. the same poll shows senator rubio up by seven points over democrat/radical/socialist/lef tist leftist. tonight, momentum is absolutely for the republicans. we start with a lot of good news tonight. it s not unique to florida. new poll by rasmussen out today, yesterday, hershel walker was up by two points. as of today, rasmussen has herschel up by five. in north caro
south carolina as category one storm with wind speeds up to 85 miles an hour and and a life-threatening storm surge is expected up to 7 feet. we are monitoring the strike of the storm and will take you to governor desantis as soon as we start speaking but we want to switch gears. a disturbing trend of law enforcement coming under attack. outrage sweeping the nation s following the murder of 9/11 first responder in new york city, 24 year f fdny lieutenant alison russo was walking in uniform less than a block to her station when she was stabbed. over 20 times, barbaric and completely unprovoked attack. the suspect was taken into custody after barricading himself inside of a building. he is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. nypd commissioner condemning the senseless attack. this deadly, senseless broad daylight attack on a former fdny team member is in the soul of the society. it is the latest consequence of the violence and the relentlessly fight. je
putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th