pete: this morning a terrifying warning out of collier county, florida, 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. no word yet on when they ll be back online. so far 30 people confirmed dead. 27 in florida and more than 1 million people in florida still without power. rachel: ian making its third and final landfall in south carolina yesterday battering the east as a hurricane before surging inland as a post-tropical cyclone. several piers including this one on pawley s island collapsing into the water due to storm surge. will: we have team coverage with the latest and chief meteorologist mcreichmuth standing by but we have alexandria hoff in florida. good morning. we re at a distribution site that opened up at 7:00 and a line of cars waiting on it at that point and ice and water being given out here by members of the national guard and food and some basic necessities and on the other side of this site, there s heavy machinery that s been a
call xi told the president quote, those who play with fire will perish by it. speaker pelosi said to be heading to the region today. not clear if she will make a stop in taiwan. we expect to hear from her in the next hour. meanwhile, the u.s. and china agreed to plan an in-person meeting between the two leaders. this despite beijing s failure to stop the flow of fentanyl from china into the united states. not to mention its reported targeting of the federal reserve and buying up real estate near u.s. military basis. bill: team fox coverage. greg palkot, the latest on the trip to the region for speaker pelosi. let s begin on the north lawn today. good morning. the white house agreeing to a face-to-face between president biden and president xi after the two leaders talked their longest conversation yet, two hours and 17 minutes. critics say kind of an odd thing to do after a death warning according to chinese read-out. xi told biden those who play with fire will perish
redcross.org/foxforward. still ahead, it s been one year since merrick garland asking fbi to morgantown parents at school board meetings. a mom fighting for parents rights ever since joins us live. plus, a terrifying warning for florida in florida. 911 services down in one county as search and rescue efforts are underway, the latest on ian s impacts still ahead.
nancy pelosi getting on a plane for asia today. watch this trip. she is set to speak later this hour and the big question will be will she address her possible trip to taiwan. some biden officials fear it could spark a major crisis with china after beijing issued new threats against the u.s. taiwan now bracing for any military action. we ll follow this and bring you any breaking news when it comes up. congressman mike gallagher the republican who served in the military gives husband his take. you say i can go and serve to these individuals here and i can thousands of people? a terrifying warning from the d.e.a. and health officials in chicago are listening very carefully. they are urging fans who are
another person s censorship, interesting times. sandra: he has stirred things up with all this, and everybody is talking about it. it is quite something. we ll see what happens. all right, mike. americans struggling to keep up with sky high prices now waiting anxiousless for their tax refunds. but will a two-year backlog at the i.r.s. delay their checks? that is next. a terrifying warning from the c.d.c. children now coming down with hepatitis. some of them needing liver transplants. dr. marc siegel joins us saying why pandemic lockdowns could be partially to blame.