Good morning. We are 13 miles away from the town of lahaina. Next to a road block. Seeing heart breaking scenes of folks come out. Pleading with officers, wanting to be let in because they lost their friends and Family Members residents arent going to be let in for some time now. This is still an active Search And Rescue scene. They are still trying to get people out, busing people out of the Evacuation Zone this as the death toll unfortunately continues to climb. 55 people at least confirmed dead at this time. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them yet fully contained by officials here. Yet unknown how they started. Most destructive on mauis west side ripped through the community of lahaina driven by fierce winds High Pressure to the north and Hurricane Dora as it passed hundreds of miles to the south. According to hawaiis governor the fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in lahaina and destroyed the towns ban i dont know tree the peaceful Island P
far as south as louisville. ainsley: looks like it s gotten worse as the day is progression. an hour ago it was not as bad. over # hundred million americans urged to stay indoors a void breathing this hazardous air. coming from hundreds of wildfires up north burning across canada. steve: filly sports plex down in philly right now. let s check a little closer to home. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez joins us live from hears new york. you are just across the river from manhattan and you can see it, but it s not as easy as it normally is. steve ainsley, brian, good morning. let me paint the picture for you here. you mentioned on long island sitting here in queens. we are overlooking the city. you will notice there the haze, the smoke still very present over my shoulder midtown, as you look further west, you should be seeing downtown, the wall street district. maybe even the world trade center but you re not seeing those buildings, that smoke still very much prevale
japan s prime minister wants to double the defense spending including buying 400 american tomahawk cruise missiles to send a not so subtle message to china. no stranger to new york. he spent part of his childhood right there in new york and visited washington earlier this year. as you said back in january, when you were at the white house, i think the quote is we face one of the most complex environments in recent history, security environments. and i couldn t agree with you more. but i m proud that the united states and japan are facing it together. when our countries stand together we stand stronger and i believe the whole world is safer. president biden will be in japan through sunday. the trip was supposed to include three-point papua new guinea and australia the unresolved ceiling talks in washington has forced biden to cut his trip short. the president sounded optimistic about his talks before catching a flight to japan. i m confident that we ll get the agreemen
randi weingarten expected to get grilled on capitol hill. new report out on response to covid calling collective national incompetence. many. schools could have been opening earlier. rodgers newest member of the jets. bidding heart felt farewell to green bay. aaron one of the best quarterbacks to play this game. we re excited to add someone of his character and his ability everything you re doing right now making me crazy i want to kiss you on the dance floor. steve: 7:01 if you look live at myrtle beach, south carolina right now. if you are out there, one of those folks on the beach, it a gorgeous start to the day. it s currently 60 degrees. they are going for a high of 71 down there. and, look, the pink sky over south carolina. beautiful pam met toe company nice day to start our wednesday hour two of fox & friends. ainsley: beaches are so great down there they are large and flat hard sand. steve: you can ride a bike. ainsley: you can walk on it and
as to where those two cars were, and ricky stenhouse has one neck daytona 500 steve: we start with a fox news alert. it s 3:00 in the afternoon in ukraine, where president biden has just left kyiv after making a surprise visit to ukraine s capital city earlier today, affirming the united states is still going to help mr. zelenskyy is much as we can. this comes days before the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion. peter doocy joins us for more saw. part of the reason this was so hairy, unlike past presidential visits to war zones, in ukraine, the u.s. does not have a military presence. so it had to be a big secret, and we saw as air raid sirens were blaring while president biden and president zelenskyy were walking the streets of kyiv. the secret trip included a lonmo ukraine, according to the new york times, and the president brought with him a big check, half a billion dollars worth of taxpayer-funded gear. that announcement includes artillery ammu