cyclone. associated press reporting at least 30 people have died, including 27 in florida. griff: ian now set to bring heavy rain to the east coast after definiting leaving devastating damage and landfall again in the carolinas, ap confirming at least 35 have died including 27 in florida. welcome to fox news live. i m griff jenkins. jacqui: good to be with you all, i m jacqui heinrich. and molly is in south carolina, and adam klotz in the weather center and rich at the white house. we ll start off with steve harrigan in north port. jacqui, the water in north port is going up and they re struggling to make rescues. a waiting list of 500 people, calling 911 they re trapped by the water and want to get out we ve seen national guard, and private citizens, too, trying to help people. you can see the houses one after the other have become little islands about chest high, four or five feet height of water around some of these houses. first responders are joined by a lot of people
miles per hour. those winds caused storm surges. a major hazard for this low-lying region. at this hour, more than 1.2 million people across florida remain without electricity. as of late yesterday, parts of the county, where i am now, where it made landfall, they did not have access to clean drinking water. many people have no running water whatsoever. it is hard to know exactly how many people are displaced right now. officials estimate that it is in the tens of thousands. at least 34 people have been confirmed dead so far. 12 of them right here in lee county. after barreling through florida, you can regain strength over the atlantic ocean. it then made a second landfall as a category one hurricane in south carolina yesterday afternoon. the damage there is a fraction of the devastation that ian brought through southwest florida. you can see the aftermath. what you can see in the images are the broken lives. these are people on the margins whose homes, jobs, bodies, and he
dana: president biden thinks democrats are cruising to victory in 12 days. his white house is nervous that they are running out of gas. president biden driving more than 100 miles per hour while behind the wheel of a classic corvette on jay leno s car show. it s his last ditch effort at courting gop voters. mr. biden hopes his gear head reputation will appeal to some parts of the republican base. it s true. but politco reports his administration is not feeling the same need for speed. anxiety is growing that republicans will capture one chamber of congress and possibly both. with those fears, president joe biden will stay on the sidelines. biden did make time to travel to dem friendly syracuse, new york. he had this to say about the economy. great economic report today. the gdp report. things are looking good. dana: things are looking good, greg, especially when you re behind the wheel of a classic corvette. greg: i get their anxiety over the mid-terms. it s logical.
the governor talked about how impressed he was. these are dangerous missions. i m grateful for the brave women and men in federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. and we re going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting. many. many are hurting today. and our entire country hurts with them. because it s been all over the country we have seen so many crises. but in florida today, it s the epicenter. we re continuing to see deadly rainfall, catastrophic storm surges, roads and homes flooded. we re seeing millions of people without power and thousands hunkered down in schools and community centers. they are wondering what s going on left. what s going to be left when they get to go home. or even if they have a home to go to. some of the folks have been through this before. but that doesn t make it any easier. it makes their anxiety even higher, in my view. my message to people of florida, ti
gulf coast more than five people rescued in charlotte and lee county so far. if you need to be evacuated step out of your front door. the fort meyers fire chief said they conducted 200 water rescues overnight. lee county was the hardest hit. this is a home on fire after the storm. fire crews as you can imagine unable to reach it. this is a neighborhood completely inundated as you can see floodwaters have yet to receive. new video from the lee county sheriff s office confirming the work worse. whole towns have been completely level and mayors giving details about their town out the day. i came here in the mid-70s and was on the police department for 25 years and saw a lot of storms. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. debris is everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. as of this hour there is some places that are impossible to reach by road. this is the only bridge destroyed in multiple spots as a result of hurricane ian. this is fort meyers bea