he called the country a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that is ever truer at this moment. president biden came out a short time ago to deny that there was any u.s. involvement in the attempted coup over the weekend. we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west or nato. we made clear that we were not involved. we had nothing to do with it. this is part of a struggle within the russian system. martha: whatever will happen next, we know that this is just the beginning. there will be shifts that come in this very volatile situation. it could change ultimately the world that we live in. geo politics and how it shakes out. we have not seen putin, as i just mentioned. we re told that there may be a statement coming from him shortly, whether it s live or a press statement. we re not sure yet. we ll stay on top of that. there s his rival who at one time was the caterer and they were good friends. they worked his way up with this wagner group. he basically rocke
rising causing residents to track towards higher ground. absolutely nuts. brian: more than 70,000 floridians are without power this morning. governor ron desantis urging residents to get out. time to evacuate is come to an end. you need to evacuate now. the governor will give another update in just about 30 minutes. we will bring that to you live. first, we have live fox team coverage janice dean tracking the storm s latest path. fox news weather we start with robert ray in fort myers. robert? good morning. you know, as light is about to come up here and these rain bands and window really intensify, conditions are deteriorating here in fort myers beach. the gulf of mexico, just a football field over there. churning up. i was just over there. when it gets light, we will show you that. you can see right now, these heavy bands as hurricane ian is right out there. the eye center is about 70 miles from where i m standing it s 30 miles wide and the window fell well over 300
us. martha: tomi lahren and chris anderson standing by. first bill melugin live in eagle pass fresh from an interview with the florida governor. hi, bill. martha, one of the things that governor desantis said he would like to do is deputize state and local law enforcement to carry out immigration law at the southern border. police officers, state troopers could deport people. that would be a huge change in policy. take a look at this video this morning. governor desantis meeting with voters, making his pitch on what he d do at the border. he says he would build a wall, tax illegals and catch and release, try to end birth right citizenship. the voters were receptive to him. we joined him on a boat tour of eagle pass. take a look at this video. we were with him on a fish and wildlife boat. in a couple minutes, we saw
urban search and rescue teams. stationed now in miami. that will be able to respond over to southwest florida. florida fish and wildlife boat, vehicle assets, water assets and air assets. and the u.s. coast guard is now stage 4 cutters. they also have shallow draft vessels to provide search and rescue assistants to the flooded areas. there are over 30,000 linemen staged and ready for power restoration efforts across the state of florida. that includes linemen across all of our major utilities. and a lot of these linemen are coming from out-of-state. this is major, major effort. of course, the storm has to pass for the ability of them to get in and access what they need to access. but that s going to be a priority and kevin and his team are going to be working hard on that. i want to thank the 26 states that have sent support to us during this time including tennessee, virginia, montana louisiana, new york, colorado, indiana, new jersey, and