emergency center in florida. and we expect the governor to speak there, to give an update at any moment on the preparations. right now the storm is thrashing cuba with heavy rains and, again, governor desantis will provide an update soon ian oliver is standing by live to talk about the track and possibly how strong this thing could be. ian, good evening. >> bret, good evening. yeah. we just got that update from the national hurricane center the 5:00 p.m. update. it was unchanged in terms of its intensity what we see with tropical storm idalia is the overall structure of this is improving. close that that low level center this big burst of convection, these tall showers and thunderstorms. so you can think about it, the engine, you need all the parts in place. that's the structure of a three-point line system. now that that's in place this can start revving up. hurricane hunters are in route. don't be surprised if you hear about hurricane idalia. that's the latest from the national hurricane center that sun changed but the structure has and it's improved significantly. we did see with the forecast of this it's explicit forecast towards rapid intensification. by wednesday morning, we're talking about a major hurricane here with maximum sustained winds up to about 120 miles per hour. now, the issue here is this overall winfield will be growing larger. the right side of this forecast favor a larger surge across the tampa-saint pete metropolitan area. a path more off to the left would bring the worst of that surge up into the big bend other issue increasing forward speed of this, you look at the florida, georgia line that's stale category 1 hurricane at that point. so we're talking about hurricane conditions spreading well inland and that's going to lead to widespread posh outages. >> bret: just to to lay it out that swatter super warm and it will super charge that term. the question is whether it wobbles one way or the other. the back side of that storm to the right, if you will, the east side will be what's hit the hardest. and right now where is that looking? >> so that's a great point, bret. because, unlike what we saw with ian last year which folks always want to draw those comparisons or go farther back to 2 2017 wih irma. those both cut in. for folks with tampa you missed out on the surge, don't compare this storm to those. if you are in an evacuation zone a flood zone, please go. because this is a virtual lock at this point. that that center will be north of tampa bay. to your point you will be on the advancing side of this onshore component of the winds push those waters into the bay, a surge up to 7 feet possible. >> bret: thank you very much. interrupted florida governor ron desantis on the landfall. >> 70 miles per hour. it will become a hurricane very shortly. the storm is then forecast to make landfall on florida's big bend wednesday morning as a major hurricane. and the 5:00 advisory the national hurricane center nudged the track a little bit to the west. there were a lot of computer models pushing it a little bit to the west. so whereas they had had it impacting landfall in levy county, now they moved it a little bit over taylor, dixie county. look, these things can change but that is a slight deviation from what had been earlier today. there is a hurricane warning for the florida gulf coast from sarasota all the way to franklin county. the 5:00 p.m. advisory includes that if the storm hits at high tide storm surge could reach 8 to 12 feet in some areas, particularly in that big bend region. this is life-threatening storm surge. if you are in coastal low lying areas from tampa up through big bend, you need to be ready to evacuate to an inland area. evacuation orders for 78 of these areas have already been issued. more may be coming throughout the balance of tonight. clearly you have time today and for probably the better part of tomorrow but you are going to start seeing some impact with winds and some nasty weather tuesday night. and, of course, we are expecting a landfall to happen some time on wednesday. now, to make these evacuations easier on families, i'm directing florida department of transportation to waive tolls in citrus, hernando, hills bore row, pasco lake and sumter counties beginning at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. current evacuation orders for coastal and low lying areas have been issued in the frolg counties, baker, citrus, hernando, leave they, marianne, sarasota, taylor, union, h volua have a. if you are under a evacuation directive please heed the advice of your local officials. you don't need to leave the state. you don't need to drive hundreds of miles. you don't have to try to outrun the storm. if you are in those low lying areas the reason why they are advising you to evacuate because you are going to be susceptible to storm surge. if you get to a place that's higher ground and a safe structure, can you ride out the storm there and then go back to your home once the storm passes and all is clear. shelters, all these places that do this are opening shelters. i think most of the shelters will probably be open some time tomorrow morning. that's a place you can go. you can be safe there. go to friend's house, family's house. you can go to hotels. and do that. but you do not need to get on the road and try to drive hundreds of miles to get out of any impacts of the storm. that will not -- that's not viadvisable. visit california module with expedia real time availability of hotel rooms throughout the state. if you go to expedia.com/florida, you can see what is available. i was able to visit today both pinellas and levy counties to meek with local officials and to provide update on our preparation efforts. we are coordinating, as i mentioned, with utility companies. there are already more than 20,000 linemen that are ready to respond and more on the way throughout the balance of today and tomorrow. this will be an important effort to get power back on very quickly. we have spoken with local municipalities and advised them to be able -- to be willing to accept the mutual aid from other utility companies and their linemen so is that all of our residents can get power back on as soon as possible. we have been working with the counties to make sure they know that we stand ready to assist with requests. we have received 300 requests for resources with most of those coming in since noon today. and the florida division of emergency management is in the process of fulfilling those requests. and that will go all through the night and into tomorrow morning. we currently have over 400,000 gallons of fuel staged and ready to deploy. additional assets are expected over the next few days. we are prioritizing gas stations along heavy evacuation routes. we now have 8 urban search and rescue teams activated to be able to respond once the storm has passed and help people that may be in distress. of course, water, mres, all those things staged ready to go. now, when you do your hurricane plan, the first few days really should be things that you have water, non-perishable foods, this stuff will be brought in. but, initially, that should be something that you are preparing for. so, please do that. there are currently 12 shelters throughout the state opening tonight and at least 11 more are expected to open tomorrow. and any county that issues evacuation notices, you know, will follow that up by opening up one of their shelters and sometimes multiple shelters. we have activated the full 5500 national guardsmen available in our state to respond to the storm. they have access to a lot of different assets both on the ground and in the air. we have already deployed 247 of the star link. >> bret: florida governor ron desantis. we will monitor this as he continues to brief reporters there in the emergency center in tallahassee. fox weather, by the way, is your hurricane headquarters for all things tropics, weather, news, stream it on your favorite connected device. you can just get the qr code right there. always on, always free. you can also download the fox weather app. other news today, president biden has a full plate on his first official day back to work after his vacation. he is involved in ceremonies marking the anniversary of the dr. martin luther king jr. i have a dream speech. we'll have additional details about that later. the president also dealing with new concerns over his age and health. even as he tries to make connections with some people who are not even old enough to vote. white house correspondent peter doocy has that story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, period. >> bret, officials that work here are confronting a problem they cannot solve. president biden's age. because, no no matter what kind of event they put on trying to set the tone nationally, the number one thing that voters are associating president biden with is aging, above all else. >> president y'all. [laughter] >> pete: back from vacation, the first family went back to school. >> the hardest thing is to come back after three months of not doing any work. >> pete: white house officials won't say why the white house's spotted near the white house as 26% of voters polled by a.p. list age as the the first thing they think of when they think of the president. using words like old, outdated, aging and elderly. >> we will happily, happily to discuss as we relates to age what the president has been able to do and. deliver some kind of healing addressing a racially motivated mass murder in jacksonville. >> we have to act against this hate filled violence. >> white house officials are precinct to respond to an impeachment inquiry. >> each step we take contradicts what the bidens have said before. could you imagine being a sitting vice president and your family member set up 20 shell companies? american companies don't do that. >> at the center of g.o.p. allegations of wrongdoing, hunter biden who is reportedly selling art to pay $15,800 a month rent on a house in malibu. even though in july insider reported at least one person who bought a hunter biden painting also got a job in the administration, although that report str stresses timing of te purchase sun clear. >> got a job from the biden administration. can you guarantee that there is no yop. >> i hear your question, i'm not going to get involved in this. that is a question for hunter biden's representative. >> hunter biden has a big india an vietnam trip that starts next week and a.p. is pointing out that's going to the first time the u.s. president has not commemorated the 9/11 anniversary in either new york, virginia, or pennsylvania. the white house pushing back hard against that though saying that presidents bush and obama also had events on walter reed and on the south lawn of the white house. president biden's plan on the way back from the trip is going to be commemorate the anniversary with first responders in alaska. bret? >> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn, thanks. breaking tonight, date set for one of former president trump's legal cases to begin. this calendar shows you how much overlap there is between the legal cases he faces will significant dates there and the political race ahead for the leading candidate in the g.o.p. september 6th next week arraignment in georgia. october 22nd. georgia trial to start. no one believes that that is possible with 19 people facing trial there. january 15th of next year the e. jean carroll civil defamation suit that happens to be also the day of the iowa caucuses. january 15th. january 29th, this is, again, the trump organization, pyramid scheme class action suit. march 4th was set today, the january 6th trial date. that's significant because marcf next year. march 25th is the new york state criminal hush money trial. and then you have may 20th classified documents trial based out of the mar-a-lago case. july 15th republican national convention and november 5th, of course, next year the election. originally, trump's lawyers wanted to move the date of march trial until april of 2026. that didn't happen. the judge said no. correspondent david spunt is outside the federal courthouse tonight. >> former president donald trump was told his federal election interference trial will begin march 4th. in this courthouse sitting squarely between the u.s. capitol and the white house where he once lived it. would come just one day before super tuesday. a crucial battleground test in the race for the white house. if the date holds, trump would be forced to juggle this and prance three other criminal trials in the heat of the presidential primary season. trump's attorney, john lauro outraged telling federal judge tonya chucken before her ruling this is a request for a show trial not a speedy trial. chuck kin replied is let's take the temperature down. the former president on social media posted he would appeal the trial date. attorneys originally pushed to have the trial in april 2026. special counsel jack smith's team wanted january 2024 but chuck kin citing 12.8 million pages of discovery evidence from the government agreed january is too soon. also today, former trump chief of staff mark meadows appeared in an atlanta courtroom with a goal of moving his trial from state to federal court. his legal team told a judge that he was chief of staff to the president of the united states. a federal position and the case involves a federal election. reasons for the move, 19 people, including meadows and trump were charged in georgia state court. trump has not yet made an official request to move to federal court. back here in washington judge indicated donald trump show up on the trial for february 4th that district attorney in georgia fani willis suggested it look its like right now the trial is scheduled as of now and as i mentioned in the story donald trump says he will appeal that date, bret? >> bret: march 4th the date a number of presidents were inaugurated on in history. david, what can you tell us about this report that a member of special counsel jack smith's team was at the white house before former president trump's indictment? bret, that's exactly write. jay brat is one of the lead officials on special counsel jack smith's team for the separate investigation into classified documents that he was personally at the white house to interview a career official that worked during the trump administration was still at the white house or was at the white house several months ago as part of that investigation, the special counsel's office says that it won't comment on, quote case-related interviews. bret? >> bret: david spunt outside the courthouse. david, thanks. stocks were up ahead of key inflation and jobs information coming out this week. the dow gained 213, the 17500 finished ahead 28. the nasdaq rose 114 today. up next, you will soon needs to decide whether to get a new covid-19 boosters shot. we will get analysis from dr. marty makary, next. ♪ new or pre-owned. great. but where do i---? 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other countries have. i know germany had a big study but we haven't. >> that's right. it's been frowned upon labeled vaccine hesitant work if you want to do research in that field. there's no funding for it. the cdc hasn't looked into their own database that has 1.6 million complications self-reported. white house was sending emails to social media companies to trach down true stories of vaccine related complications. >> but you are telling people make this decision with your doctor there are some cases in which it does reduce the severity of the illness. >> that's right. one thought is that covid booster targeting one of the two strabs out there now. by the time it's available if those strains are a threat and you haven't had covid this year, maybe a good idea to get it if you are high risk. myocarditis and complications in young healthy kids. how many doses are we going to give to young, healthy kids. 57 in the average lifespan of a 5-year-old in america? it's not completely benign. >> bret: these are states up to date with covid-19 vaccines. but you have colleges that are mandating it again. now, it's interesting to hear the president and the white house press secretary it's suggested use. places mandating it already. >> there is a strong feeling from within the government that this meeting on september 12th is going to result in a strong recommendation by the cdc for all 300 million americans that are over the age of 12 to get the shot. now, the last time the white house pushed a new covid booster without clinical data, only 17% of americans said yes. so, they would do themselves a favor to go through the normal process. some people are raising eyebrows at the fact that the president sort of declared it effective and necessary. there are probably meetings with pharma that are private. now the fda is going to approve it after declared effective people don't like that process. >> bret: let alone what we're learning about masks and its effectiveness. >> that's right. if you look at the definitive organization that summarizes research, the cochran organization, it's always been considered the gold standard in research. they did a review of 150 articles and found no association between community masking and the trajectory of an epidemic like covid. now, you put two people in a room for 20 minutes with high quality masks that are tight-fitting, sure it, will reduce transmission. but, on a population level, when you are wearing a cloth mask and kids can take it off for up to two hours while napping in school, which is the cdc guidance, we are denying the inevitable. that is this is a highly infectious, contagious virus. there is little you can do besides avoid people and accept the risks of profound social isolation. >> bret: if you have had before, if you have it multiple times before are you protected better against this new strain? >> well, depends on when you had it. if you had it in the last year, the strain that this new covid booster is designed for was a strain circulating earlier this year. and it's believed to work against the two current strains. it's just unknown if a month from now those are going to be the dominant strains or if this new ba 286 in michigan is going to become the dominant strain. >> bret: really helpful to be here. bottom line, talk to your doc. >> remember there is the a flu shot supposed toed to be a good match this year. that's probably a good choice. >> bret: dr. makary, thanks. >> thanks, bret. >> bret: give you more information about companies using artificial intelligence. ♪ [it's the final game, folks. this one wins the series.] struck out with the cheap seats? important things aren't worth compromising. at farmers, we offer both quality insurance and great savings. 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"the washington post" is reporting there are military veterans who say they are suitable to fly but failed to disclose they were receiving benefits for various disabilities that could prevent them from being cleared for duty. the city of chicago is the latest to place blame squarely on car makers for a rise in auto thefts. mayor brandon johnson says the city is suing kia and hyundai, alleging that a steep rise in crime is due to both companies failing include vital antitheft technology in several of their models sold between 2011 and 2022 that lawsuit comes as thefts of kia and hyundai cars make up about half of all chicago car thefts so far this year. officials say social media videos have exposed the defect. critics, however, say crime has been on the rise in chicago no matter the type of car. san francisco mayor london breed says she is working on changing laws and reforming taxes to try and bring more businesses back to the area. many firms have left downtown because of crime. san francisco's flagship nordstrom store officially closed down sunday after 35 years. the company blaming the pandemic and ongoing crime issues there. whole foods closed its main store after less than a year saying it was too dangerous for customers and workers. ♪ >> bret: house republicans are pushing new legislation aimed at giving consumers more transparency when companies use artificial intelligence. ai. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has details tonight from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, could you tell if you're interacting with a bot? it's all about transparency. lawmakers want people to know when they are encountering a bot or program generated by ai. >> it's going to be hard at some point to determine what's real and what's not. a platform ought to notify a consumer if they are interacting with artificial intelligence. >> the government already regulates all sorts of products, providing warnings or information. nutrition details and calorie counts, warning labels for alcohol and tobacco, safety information about cars. there is particular concern about kids and ai. >> so a parent that doesn't want their child subject to ai they should have to sign a consent form. parents should have the right to keep their kids safe. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer conducted a series of briefings on ai for senators this summer. he hopes bipartisan lawmakers will craft a bill to guard against the worst of ai. >> we can't throw our hands in the air and hope someone else figures it out. but we can't move too quickly because we have to get this right and it's very complicated. ai action will not be a matter of weeks nor of years. but rather of months. >> democratic senator richard blumenthal wants a hybrid regulatory agency to oversee and develop ai. but also decide what is acceptable. ai is even a part of the 2024 presidential campaign itch had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like chatgpt standing up here. [laughter] so far there is no warning label for politics. chuck schumer just announced elon musk of x, mark zuckerberg of meta, and sam aultman of open ai will speak to senators about the technology on september 13th. bret? >> chad pergram live on capitol hill. thanks. >> breaking tonight, a faculty member at the university of north carolina flagship campus chapel hill shot today. the suspect is now in custody according to authorities. a lock down at unc's campus was in effect for about 3 hours today. senior national correspondent rich edson has the latest information. good evening, rich. >> good evening, bret. police have just wrapped up a press conference. they have yet to locate the firearm used in the shooting at around 1:00 this afternoon. the unc police department sent out alert warning those on campus to go inside and avoid windows after reports of an armed and dangerous person followed by a mask police response and university students evacuating a portion of the campus. about 90 minutes later the police department sent out this photo calling him a person of interest. one that matches an online profile for a science student. police say they aren't releasing the suspect's name and note they haven't formally charged him. >> we certainly want an opportunity to interview the suspect if that's possible and to actually have the suspect in custody gives us an opportunity to figure out the why and even the how. and also helps us to uncover a motive and really just why this happened today. why today? 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big concern would be for republicans, iowa and new hampshire happen before. those are the two new hampshire is a primary but iowa caucus before. and i think in some ways you will by then know if there is alternative to donald trump in the -- on the republican side. for democrats looking in as you were suggesting, bret, he climbing on the polls on the basis of all four indictments. he makes the case this is unfair whole process biden justice department against donald trump. donald trump stand in for you, the republican voter what's interesting you look at the polls, even the fox poll finds most americans think he did something very wrong. >> bret: yeah. my point is aren't they risking somehow creating a sympathetic figure even with independents and democrats? >> independents think he did something wrong. >> bret: all right, ben? >> i think there is a huge risk here. i think that the possibility that you have kind of an over indulgence in this form of law firm that ends up benefiting the former president is something that is a real risk going into a very uncertain campaign next year in so many different respects. look, we have seen the president use the former president use this to his benefit within the republican primary. i would not put it past him that he is able to use it to his benefit in a contest in which there might not be any debates with the current president in the white house. there might not be any clashes and so he can create these clashes that put himself in i think a sympathetic position at the same time. it's a huge risk for republican that's all of these resources are going to be eaten up. you talked about the millions of dollars, katie, that he raised ever that mugshot came out. you know who eats up millions of dollars very quickly? lawyers. lawyers eat them up. >> bret: one thing queen on coming up. asa hutchinson legal friends say there is a possibility he can't be on the ballot and others are raising it as well. this is photographer michael mcconnell. no relation to the senate minority leader stanford law school i have no trump low regard in the haste to grawf trump we should be weary of too loose an interpretation of section 3. bee must not forget we are empowering partisan politicians such as secretaries of state to disqualify their political opponents from the ballot depriving the voters the ability to elect candidates of their choice. if abused this is profoundly anti-democratic. the right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is he is n. essence democratic society. strike at the hart. it crites reynolds vs. sims. the broader and nebulous and fewer procedural safeguards the greater the danger. now, this guy also a no fight to support donald trump but fighting on the legal aspect of this. >> fighting on the bigger tearing down the left claims to talk about. election if president biden are so confident that he can win let people go to the polls, we are seeing questions whether they will take president trump off of the ballot when he is ahead there. he should be disqualified from ballot access. it's a very serious proposition being entertained in states across the country. i would caution democrats go both ways. opposite. the game will not end well for them. >> bret: just in the context, obviously you have all of this investigation of hunter biden and any potential connection to then vice president biden. >> right. look, i don't think this is going anywhere to be quite frank. but it's out there. and the idea is based on this concept that, in fact, there was an attempt to block certification of election for president. so there is a real issue on the table. but it's not, i don't think to the point, where i would say oh, yeah, seriously they are going to stop donald trump from running on the basis of this. but, in terms of distraction, oh, gosh, i think republicans are glad to say oh, look, there is another effort to try to stop trump. and, again, what we have just been saying on this panel, as we agree this evening, so many things are working to trump's benefit. >> bret: yeah. all right, panel. thank you. >> katie: thanks, bret. ♪ ♪ >> bret: timely tonight, today's throwback. let's not give in, let's not give out. we must move forward to make this nation the nation that it ought to be for all of god's children i have a dream speech. reverend martin luther king jr. spoke from 200,000 people from the steps of lincoln memorial. part of the march on washington for jobs and freedom. president biden took part in activities knowed honor of that event. this past weekend thousands converged on the national mall to commemorate the march. dr. king's speech is card seminole moment in the civil rights movement. that's it for us. thanks for joining us in your home tonight. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. "the ingraham angle" is next. ♪ ♪ >> hi, everyone, i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. thanks so much for joining us. they want him out. that's the focus of tonight's angle. >> laura: now, depending on your perspective, as we gear up for the election season, the sentiments range from consternation, wishful thinking, or straight panic. >> it is possible that donald trump will be the nominee for the republicans and it is possible he will be on the ballot. >> he has got this nomination on lockdown. the