new day starts right now. four ukrainian regions illegally annexed by russia under martial law this morning. the russian military does not even have complete control of the areas, in kherson, the russians are trying to accelerate the relocation or evacuation of some 60,000 residents in the face of ukrainian advances. vladimir putin perhaps struggling to maintain his grip even inside russia. introducing several levels of increased security measures. overnight a russian rocket struck a children s school in a village in zaporizhzhia. and destruction towards the south after another night of strikes targeted the energy infrastructure. here in the u.s. president biden weighing in on the declaration of martial law saying it reveals putin s dwindling options in the war. i think that vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is, it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. the state
resources based on equity,tand understanding that we fight forq equality, buuat wal need to figt for equity, understanding notne everyone starts out at the same place. e want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we have to take into account those disparities and do that work. [applause] pleasure. maria: no words. no words. n as president biden used the storm as an excuse to cally his base against big oil, claiming, that oil companies set the price of gasoline rather than simple supply and demand. i also want to say again to the oil and gas executives, do not, do not, do not use this storm as an excuse to raisega gasoline prices or gouge the american public. the impact on oil reduction provides no excuse, no excuse for price increases at the pump, period.. maria: coming up, florida congressman byron donalds on the impact of hurricane ian and the dangerous politics of the biden administration.st thenra, weakness on the world stage. putin once again taunting the world wit
everyone for joining us i m eric shawn. the infrastructure in some area of florida have been completely destroyed and washed away. just take a look at that. tens of billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild according to the initial estimates and the storm recovery just one of the top stories we are following for you at this hour. also i had her in foxley in the southern border of the humanitarian crisis continues they are as slow. fox news learning some new details about the jaw-dropping number of got away so far this year as some migrants are pulled from the raging waters to safety. and as the countdown to the midterms is on the balance of power in the u.s. senate expected to come down to just a few states. we will look at that. but first steve harrigan is standing by in northport, florida on the recovery efforts they are in the wake of ian. hey steve. eric, we ve been driving up and down highway 75. stopping along the way, so many communities pretty much flooded out.
rise. a strategic victory for ukraine and its war with russia. retaking a key city and a territory. this as a putin ally urges him to take more drastic measures in the fight. and portland oregon homeless crisis, no laughing matter. she confronted him about it at a city council meeting. much more on this ahead. we began with fox team coverage. steve harrigan kicks things off for us tonight. steve. we have been going up and down the coast along highway 75 seeing these flooded communities. we are about to see how this dodge ram doesn t this water. this worker checking on some downed lines. before they could turn the power back on here. 700,000 people. they will be back at 95% of the people with power. we have remarkable drone footage as well. it shows the flooding in these neighborhoods. two-3 feet of water around many houses. cut off from the rest of the place. we have seen a lot of rescues yesterday. today we have been seeing more salvage. people going in and trying to get
him. ohio needs an ass kicker not an ass kisser. the sedition trial is back in trial for the oath keepers today. a live report from the d.c. courthouse. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the war in ukraine appears to be at a turning point. russia continues to hammer cities, knocking out power across the country. richard engel is in ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister says the russians are focusing against the country s energy infrastructure. what s the impact having across ukraine with that? reporter: it is having an impact, even in cities where the war hasn t really had much of a day-to-day consequence so far. in the city of lviv, for example, close to the polish border, now there s large sections of the city that are without power. there have been air strikes in kyiv. there s this city of kyiv, since the early days of the war, has been spared the daily violence. it s far away from the front lines. a sense of normalcy had returned to the city of ky