good morning, everyone. phil is making jokes before 6:00 a.m. it s friday. we re glad you re with us. five things to know for this friday, september 8th. we want to start with weather breaking overnight. hurricane lee intensify ing int a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. that was double what it was 24 hours ago. the big question, is it going to hit the east coast or make a turn and stay in the atlantic. and eight sightings, but an escaped murderer is still on the run. and new overnight, we re hearing from the american trapped 3,000 feet deep in a cave. he says he was very close to the edge suffering from internal bleeding and rescuers saved his life. this morning for if the first time we re expected to see the full report from the special grand jury in georgia. they are investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll see if it has any new information that was not included in the indictments against former president trump and his 18
fani willis wrote a scathing letter to jim jordan. trump s lawyers are signaling they may ask to move his case to federal court. a federal trial wouldn t have the press and media transparency. that would be a more broad jury pool. he was convicted on contempt of congress. this is not a landmark case. there was no indication of executive privilege. the manhunt for the escaped murder is heating up. they are confirming another sighting of danelo cavalcante. they did tell employees to shelter in place. this perimeter keeps changing. he gets more dangerous because he gets more desperate. this should have never happened. it was part of an exploration mission. he suffered internal bleeding. he s in stable condition. 150 people from around the world are working to get him out of the cave. i m not healed on the inside yet, so i m going to need a the lot of help to dpet out of here. the united auto workers unit nonis a week away of a possible strike. this is o
it could threaten t the east cot powerful waves and powerful as well as. swells. could florida be in the storm track again. for answers all the models so far chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been monitoring the storm from the fox weather center in new york. good evening, rick. rick: good evening, bret. not worried about florida at all they had enough with idalia. category 4 storm last night it went to a category 5 storm. went from an 80 mile-per-hour hurricane to 165 mile-per-hour cat 5 hurricane in about 12 hour period. unbelievable strengthening that s because it went over very warm water and upper level environment strengthening. notice as it most forward in its path here water temperatures cool down just a tiny bit. in some cases a little bit below average. one of the only spots below average anywhere in the atlantic basin is from some water that got pulled up from hurricane franklin about a week and a half ago. that hurricane moved over and pulled up the cooler w
it s going to help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen schools safely. last week i directed all states, tribes, and territories to make all adults are eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. while this is the time of optimism, it s not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part, wash your hands, stays socially distanced, keep masking up as recommended by the cdc. get vaccinated when it s your turn. none of this is political, it s all science-based. now is not the time to let her guard down. at that-based as well. and last week, we ve seen increases in the number of cases in several states, things make it worse as new variants of the virus spread. that that s why we need to vaccinate as many people as quickly as we possibly can. the best thing we could do to fight back against these variance. we have to beat this virus. we have to mentally well. we will do it by setting aside politics and embracing science. another subject could ring u
asian man inside a chinatown laundromat. police seized weapons and identify the three men. calvin virgil, jason orozco, and nolande besheers. police believe the surveillance video, the suspect also hurled racial insults. vandals defacing a seattle church with anti-china graffiti crew locals reportedly growing frustrated with whether or not police are on. officials tell local reporters they say it s safe to say there is an investigation. the graffiti says china you will pay. go home. local residents as we are in seattle, pretty progressive and so many ways. disheartening a lot of ways. tonight the white house and activist are primarily laying the blame on white supremacy and comments by former president trump when addressing the latest violence and attacks on asian-americans. hello and welcome to fox news @ night. i am shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with what we know about the motives of the obama suspect in the series of tragic shootings last night. a peopl