today. authorities first responders and volunteers awaiting opportunity to rescue those in need and we are told there s many who need need. more than 2 million people without power as the damage assessments either are beginning or are about to begin. we ve got team coverage with fox contributor beginning west where hurricane ian is headed. good evening. hickam a trace. since we last spoke, the amount of people without power in orange county is more than double. overy 69,000 without power are in orange county and we are still waiting for the worst of what hurricane ian has to offer with this part of the state and we have seen the devastation in southwest florida. a place that i ve lived. the storms going to hit the orlando area like it is right now, possibly downgraded to a tropical storm but either way it s going to dump a lot of rain on these communities. over 40 inches expected with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and we see it best right now. i want to show you if
middle of his third season with the bills. he is considered one of the game s star safeties. as i told you, guys, we are praying for him. we want to bring in our friend trey clevis here, found there. i ve been waiting to talk to you all night. what is your reaction to this breaking news that is coming o out? lawrence, thanks for having me on. let me had a couple of things right off the top. the bills are one of the biggest families in the entire nfl. for people who know what it s like to live in buffalo, i know several of their players. it s an incredibly tight knit team. i thought that will cain was just saying and i was sending out this tweet. lawrence meant to me is what has were presented what s so great about sports. this damar hamlin charity has raised right now $1.2 million. the initial goal was $2500 to provide toys for children in the pittsburgh area where hamlin grew up. here s something crazy, lawrence. over 47,000 people have donated to the charity. almost all o
police calling law enforcement s response to the rampage a, quote, abject failure. plus, the latest on the bipartisan effort to pass new gun legislation as the legislative text on a narrow set of provisions is released. there is hope. and we re keeping an eye on the markets as stock futures plummeted overnight after yesterday s rally. this, as president biden prepares to call on congress to approve a three-month gas tax holiday. we have a lot to get to, mika. we talk about the bipartisan gun legislation. we had chris murphy on, a democrat who s been a champion of gun safety reform for quite some time now, certainly since 2014. it s a small step forward, but it is a step forward. the senator corrected me and said, no, actually, this is a significant piece of gun legislation. i think it s something that, again, when we re looking at the federal government, you look at the impact of the january 6th hearings, how effectively they ve been run over the last several weeks and
it certainly goes further than a lot of republicans would like it to go. but there is no doubt this bill is going to save thousands of lives. ahead not next 15 minutes i ll speak with the democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a voice that worked on the deal and one of president biden s top allies. and relief at the pump, that s president biden s goal this afternoon, asking congress to pass a three month federal gas tax holiday, but it s already facing stiff resistance from democrats and republicans. why is that? we ll break it down coming up. and this hour on the hill, roger goodell is testifying virtually before a house committee. what he is telling lawmakers about the league s handling of work place misconduct allegations in the washington commanders franchise. what we are learning about the next hearing for the january 6th committee and the new revelations from the latest one. ali vitali is on capitol hill. and i want to bring in reporter kyle cheney and cha
you remember him the voice of triumph the insult dog. and joining us now, chad, the story just breaking last night. what can you tell us this morning? hey, it s a strange story, griff. people are not supposed to be inside the capitol complex unescorted after hours, but that s exactly what happened with this production team from the late show. now, the seven went through official channels to get credential toss cover the 1-6 committee hearings, but denied because they re not members of the press corps. they were shooed away by capitol police. later in the day they kim came back later thursday night. the credential media had them escorted out the first time yesterday. and they came back and it s my understanding they were offered a way back into the house office building by a staffer who worked for the other member of congress and then they were actually seen, they were actually seen banging on the doors of people like kevin mccarthy s office, jim jordan s office. fox has