pennsylvania boosting oz next weekend. griff, back to you. griff: a lot of star power to keystone state. rich edison, thank you. jacqui: former president obama hitting campaign trail making stop last night. raphael warnock and stacey abrams hope he will give them an edge over opponent. charles: there s record voter turnout here in georgia, election officials say one in five active voters have cast ballots. democrats believe it s good news for them despite turnout, democrats are actually doubling down on efforts to get folks to the polls. former president obama rallied with senator raphael warnock and gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams and common theme is get out and vote for warnock and
immediate response. other republicans have praised the federal state partnership in confronting the storm. i want to thank governor henry mcmaster and president biden for working together when the governor issued emergency declaration on wednesday. this was a very unpredictable storm beginning our emergency centers up and running, getting the president s approval on that, we now have access to resources for disaster relief and any search and recovery assistance that we need. it s unclear specifically as you were talking about, arthel, when the president is going to florida depending when conditions allowed and president interested in going to puerto rico where hurricane fiona hit a couple of weeks ago. arthel: we can t forget our neighbors in puerto rico at all. richard, call your mother. rich edison. she s probably tempting me right now. eric: thanks, arthel and rich. fema facing storm of challenge bringing aid to so many people
24 hours ago. it was weaker than the category 4 muster that slammed into florida wednesday but did plenty of damage from charleston to myrtle beach and beyond with high winds and storm surging flooding there and the reminiscence of one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the u.s. still on the move now bringing heavy rain to the northeast. eric: fox news coverage for you molly line in charleston with the very latest. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the storm s path. rich edison the latest on the federal response. first steve hardball gone, live on florida s gulf coast in north port where crews are working away trying to get away from the ruble and destruction. the airboat just pulled in. big fan allows boats to take little bit of water in shaw low.
rich edison. we will go back to him in a little bit. from fort myers, though, we have doug luzader in santabelle island area, hardest hit by the storm. doug, what are you seeing doctor, describe what s in the background and what the last few days have been like? we are in charleston, south carolina, next landfall where ian took place and you can see the marina m behind me. when we first got here and thought they might not make it through the storm because at the point ian was forecast to make landfall along the part of the coast, right along charleston. ultimately, though, the track took it further to the north. we want to show you video from this morning from north myrtle beach, there were a number of peers that were wiped along the south carolina coastline and
terrible storm you see this happening. widespread or just in this area of north port? steve: you can see the canoes in distance. sometimes people bringing supplies or bringing people out. it s widespread. we saw all sorts of vehicles in the last 24 hours, high-water vehicles, razers, a lot of people love the water and they know how to handle the water and they are coming out in force from across the state to make sure neighbors are safe and well, griff. griff: steve harrigan, great reporting. jacqui: tropical cyclone making its way north up the east coast as president biden says the recovery in affected bid areas may take months to years. rich edison joins us live from the white house with the latest. looks like we might have lost