re-election bid. rich edson live at the white house with the latest for us. good morning. president biden begins second day in california in san francisco meeting with those artificial intelligence experts as the white house says to seize the opportunities and manage the risks of a.i. technology. yesterday was all about climate. president biden touring a march land in palo alto, california. announced $600 million in funding to help mitigate the effects of climate change. the president took the opportunity to rip republicans for trying to reverse climate initiatives like this as biden has started campaigning for re-election. we re investing in the people and places that have been hit the hardest. but who are also on the front lines of leading us forward. unfortunately, some of our maga republican friends in congress are continuing to try undo all the progress we have already made in the first two and a half years. they were holding the country hostage over the debt limit
tropical storm bret forming in the atlantic as it heads northwest barreling toward the caribbean with 40 mile-per-hour winds the powerful system is expected to become a hurricane tomorrow. brian: right meantime in the south 29 million americans under excessive heat warnings advisory texas to louisiana and mississippi. will: heat wave fueling severe storms left at least six people dead across the state. let s check in with meteorologist janice dean with the fox weather forecast. janice: lots to talk about. talk about bret first of all. it s a tropical storm. a weak one. it s going to get stronger in the next couple of days and then behind that we have invest 93 l which will probably become cindy. already active very early on and here is our tropical storm models. it looks like the consensus is it will move through the lesser an tis lease and south of puerto rico and espanola and watch that in the coming days. not sure if it s going to impact the u.s. yet. but stay tuned. and when
powerful. letting toward florida. pete: governor scott declaring a natural disaster emergency. inching closer to the u.s. steve: adam clots is tracking hurricane irma s path. it looks like it s heading to the keys and goes straight up toward florida. adam: we have a very big turn. northwest direction moving 16 miles per hour. it is going to make that turn shooting right up north. we have seen it lesser an tis lease. next big hit is going to be puerto rico. looking at all the watches and warnings stretching across the caribbean. going to move north of the islands passing over the bahamas. next landfall. not likely to make landfall in puerto rico but none the less going to be a powerful one. dropping a whole lot of rain as it moves past. heaviest rain is always on the right side of this storm. all of these islands are on the left side. means it s on the good side. 6 to 8 inches. biggest storm with this particular system is wind damage. winds of 185 miles per hour
hits. he says there is no need for anybody to cancel plans to attend that convention. it is worth noting the convention site sits near the water on be low lying ground and the democratic mayor of the city of tampa says if it comes down to it, is he prepared to call off the convention in his words, human life trumps politics. isaac is threatening the u.s. military base at guantanamo bay. today canceled a hearing for five men accused in the attacks of 9/11. it s an easy call in terms of human life. we can redo the commissions. we can do other things. i can t redo human life. shepard: 500 miles to the east of guantanamo bay puerto rico s government has declared a state of emergency and enacted the national guard there as a storm is approaching. some airlines have already started canceling flights in the caribbean. that begins team fox coverage tonight. catherine herridge guantanamo bay. extreme weather center and chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. how strong is it and where is it goi