damage. >> todd: we are uch waing "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. governor ron desantis is warning residents to be alert and prepared for the worse. assume there will be noticeable impact that could become catastrophic. this storm is storm most people thought would end a tropical storm or maybe a category 1, almost every time they have updated this, they said it will get stronger. buckle up for this one, it will be a major hurricane. >> ashley: senior fox meteorologist janice dean is tracking this storm this morning. >> janice: we have a hurricane and expect this storm to intensify to major hurricane category 3 or 4. take a look at it. 5 a.m., 75 mile per hour sustained winds kicking up along the west coast of florida. this is going to be a big impact event for the big bend of florida and places along the west coast need to take precaution and areas across georgia and carolinas have to be preparing for high impact event. not only potential for tropical storm force wind, heavy rinfall in areas crossing over the southeast and power outages. other big concern is nothing in the storm's way. we don't have a lot of wind sheer to tear it apart and the water is exceptionally warm. that is the fuel this storm needs to pump up in categories. we think a category 3 certainly on the border of a category 4 storm. there is where we see the latest cone moving into the big bend of florida. 2.1 million floridians are in the cone of uncertainty. the east coast of florida, as well. not just a big bend situation, this is impacting florida and some rain forecast totals in effect five to eight inches, upward of a foot. that is going to be potential devastating impact is rainfall. storm surge is water going to be pushed into the coastline. we've talked about >> tammy: being vulnerable to storm surge, worried about that area. if this storm wobbles, it will be impact for higher population. we're going to have to pay attention to the latest forecast. we have hurricane hunters giving the latest data. this is wind field of the storm making way toward big bend and talking about category 1 storm, hurricane moving into georgia and out toward the outer banks. power outage forecast likely for big cities, tampa, savannah, ch charleston, this will be florida, georgia and the carolinas. in terms of peak storm surge over nine feet for some vulnerable areas here and it is very shallow thachl is my concern, talking about upward of over nine feet, that is over topping homes. one story home is over you, that is why storm warnings are in effect and we have officials saying you need to evacuate now because time is running out. peak storm surge through n24 hours upward of 12 feet. this is catastrophic event for cities shaded in red. look at tampa, nine feet of storm surge and that is vulnerable area because of way >> tammy: is situated, it is bay, all that water gets pushed into the bay area and has nowhere to escape. that is going to be a huge story. we're talking about a storm surge all the way down the coast to the florida keys. as we go out in time, georgia, south carolina upward of four foot storm surge as storm makings its way toward the atlantic. this is high impact event for the big bend and west coast of florida and east coast of florida. we don't have a lot of time, listen to local officials and know there is possibility for this to rapidly intensify. i won't be surprised if we're dealing with a category 4 upon landfall, which will happen tonight into wednesday. not a lot of time here. listen to the governor and local officials and will impact states across the southeast. >> todd: thank you. >> ashley: florida governor ron desantis will join "fox and friends" live with the latest on the state a storm preparations. >> todd: hawaii an electric taking responsibility for starting the first fire on maui, but blaming the local fire department for letting the flames get out of control and they say the white house is leave being them high and dry. >> these families lost everything and they are crying for answers, they need answers and the response from federal, state and county government has been quiet. when asked the death count for children, i don't know. when asking fema for resources, they get voicemail. people are frustrated. >> todd: maui officials are putting the island back on fire watch because of high winds and low humidity. bizarre play on the field, ronald acunarjr. knocked to the ground as fans rushed to hug him. >> ashley: and 40 points over next highest challenger. we will ask beverly hallberg if other candidates have a path to overtake trump. hi, i'm sharon, and i lost 52 pounds on golo. i realized i needed to make a change when i looked in the mirror and did not recognize myself. i saw the golo commercial and i liked how they weren't actor they just seemed like people that were just happy with themselves and had true results. since being on golo, i 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>> it is eerie calm before the storm. i'm along the shores of tampa. we have beautiful full moon. for tampa bay, that is largest concern, storm surge. so many times in the last several years, tampa bay has been close to impact. irma was most notable. they ended up seeing a reverse surge and water emptied out of tampa bay. saw dramatic images of folks walking out on exposed bed in tampa bay. this is reverse, the angle of approach could be worst case for tampa bay. we had to switch our hotel yesterday three times because hotels are evacuating. if you have been asked to leave, do so. we are facing the last 24 hours, when you look at satellite, this storm is in the gulf of mexico. conditions are going downhill and wherever you are tonight in florida where be where you are riding out what idalia could be lashing out. big bend, cedar key, that is going to be landfall site. an area of florida that has not been impacted by a storm in a long time. last category 3 storm was 73 years ago. there are people that live in big bend that have never seen conditions like this. we know how many folks have moved to florida that have never been through a tropical system. today is the final hour of preparation. you can see water is calm, will look different as we work into tonight and tomorrow. >> todd: we cannot give the warnings enough. we appreciate it. protesters blocking four lanes of traffic on washington, d.c. roadway in name of climate change. did not go over well with enraged commuters who refused to back down. >> i want to walk. [screaming] >> having a tough week. >> we have kids to feed. what the -- are they doing? >> todd: protest staged by declare emergency, a disruptive anti-fossil fuel group that encourage activists to get arrested and win a moral battle and arrested they were. >> ashley: protesters rally for second straight day outside of catholic school turned migrant shelter furious the city is moving migrants into the neighborhood without any warning. a resident is live outside that shelter. you said you have been outside the shelter since the protest started. what changed today compared to two days ago? >> good morning. yes, the answer is yes, the protest is working. what is this protest? american working people out in the streets finally, nonviolently, but using voice, anger, that is what america is about. i've been telling people for 30 years, people need to get in the streets, they notice it. i'm standing here, ground zero for this whole illegal immigration insanity. it is illegal immigrants other key word is illegal. if i hear we are anti-immigrant protesters, i will lose my mind. it is not about that. why is this ground zero and the whole country, this is first spot they slam illegal immigration shelter and smack dab in the middle of a middle class working class neighborhood across the street, look where my fingers are pointing. you have this facility with 90% of them dropped off by young men. i'm tired of the media saying women and children, there are no children in this facility. right across the street, 40 feet, is a school, a pre-k to 12th grade school with young girls. think about what i'm saying, these men, i'm sure most are wonderful and looking for a better life, we do not know, they are not vetted forim kroos, rape, murder, disease, think about what i'm saying. think of the insanity of that. this is ground zero and the crowds are growing and scaring people out of here. that might seem mean to some people, migrants are starting to leave, they are getting pressured and uncomfortable. when people are angry, you are not going to separate a man, a woman and their children that working clas community, nothing will get in way of keeping children safe and these people are angry. migrants are coming in, packing up and leaving and not going in the street and dying somewhere. they have better shelters they go to. people, this is starting to trend and this will not stay open and will spread across this country and it better. what happens in new york spreads throughout the country, this is ground zero and cannot happen and will not happen. >> ashley: scott, how many migrants are left? >> they brought in a couple dozen, supposed to be 300, the pressure was on. wednesday night they were sneaking them in thursday and stayed here all night and hundreds of people next night did not bring them in. we had court date to stop it, put a stop on it, it is illegal. no work, nothing, it is a crap show here. and they snuck in and said nope, appealed it, overturned it and snuck in a few more. couple thousand originally and been trickling away, as of last night, about six or seven left and pressure is on and this building will be empty because this is travesty. if it happened across the street from a school where little children play, 40 feet, this neighborhood is not going to let that happen. >> ashley: thank you for your time and giving us a live look at what is happening, we appreciate it. and president biden is commemorating 9/11 in alaska, thousands of miles from the attack site. many americans want to know why and we will explain to you what he says his explanation is. >> todd: and cat checking his watch while the fallen soldiers arrived home from afghanistan. we are checking in with lance corporal jar ed schmidt's father next. ed schmidt's father next. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry 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were not at ground zero. this will not sit well with fam families. the announcement comes as washington examiner obtains letter from senator ted cruz demanding answers from defense secretary lloyd austin. writing, short of the death penalty, plotters would be unacceptable and constitute failure of leadership on the part of the department of defense. family member terry strada lost her husband expressing disappointment to you guys. >> it feels like betrayal. feels like the government is choosing to protect the mastermind and perpetrators involved with 9/11. the family deserves accountability for the murder of our loved ones. >> griff: plea deal, no decision made and trial date yet to be set for ksm and the terrorists. >> todd: another head scratcher. thank you. two years ago today president biden caught checking his watch as 13 fallen service members returned home from afghanistan after making the ultimate sacrifice for our country. >> confusion, deceit, lost, angry, sad. >> admit to your mistakes. learn from them so this doesn't happen ever ever again. >> when our leaders including secretary of defense and our commander-in-chief call this the evacuation a success, as if there should be celebration, it is like a knife in the heart. >> todd: mark schmitz, father of jared schmitz, one of the 13 fallen service members joins me now. mark, you heard the last woman mention joe biden did say this was a success two years ago today and famously checking the watch. what is your message now two years later? >> well, i believe 10 of the 13 families are in d.c. as we speak. the capitol building is behind me from my hotel room and we're here to speak our minds and no longer going to bite our tongues. i have prepared to say what i've been wanting to say for two years now. this is despicable and i was watching your lead-in segment and accountability is a major problem with this administration. >> todd: you are in d.c. to address a congressional committee. what do you want to tell the committee and the follow-up question, what questions do you still have for congress, for our government? >> well, i pinpointed in my speech today, the exact questions i want to ask. i will wait for those to come out this afternoon. i call out certain names, demanding immediate resignations from these people. tough day. today is the day i receive my lifeless son's body home two years ago and to watch the leader of the free world wanting to know what time it was four times in a row, after every casket came off that plane was the biggest in the face that i could imagine and we've invited biden the opportunity to meet with us while we were all in d.c. together and it has been crickets, not one word from him about meeting with us. and that is yet another spit in the face. >> todd: mark, that begs the question, why? why does he refuse to meet? why does it seem throughout this horrific ordeal for you andureiofamily, the biden administration seems to be making it worse? follow-up, do you feel like there is some sort of cover-up going on for some reason? >> absolutely there is a cover-up going on. we've been told many untruths that have been debunked by boots on the ground that were there to contradict the story the pentagon has been trying to push on us. as far as first part of your question, biden knows he did wrong. he may speak the words to the american people to get him to buy his version of this being extraordinary success. what should have happened, did not happen and led to what happened and didn't need to happen, if this makes sense. he could have done this a different way and our sons and daughters would still be with us right now and would have gotten out better vetted people we needed to get out versus the mass of people we did get out still. >> todd: today will not be easy, it is important to get answers in memory of your son and others who lost their lives. thank you, sir. san francisco police are out raged after bakery in the city refuses to serve an officer because he was armed and in uniform. >> ashley: cheryl casone has details of this unbelievable story. >> let's put all kidding aside, that is directed at police officers. i'm like issue cut out -- just cut it out, say what you mean and we can move on. cut out -- cut it out, say what you mean and we can move on. cut out -- t it out, say what you mean and we can move on. cut out -- just cu it out, say what you mean and we can move on. cut out -- just cut out, say what you mean and we can move on. , cut out -- just ct out, say what you mean and we can move on. >> ashley: biden administration is taking a victory lap ahead of labor day as businesses struggle to keep up with payroll, sparking fears of pitfall dubbed urban doom. >> todd: cheryl casone has more. >> cheryl: what is more interesting, the white house decided to bring the treasury department into this. here is kamala harris quoted, she says for generations, union workers have fought for higher wages for workers, union organizing, collective bargaining have made it possible for working families to buy a home, build a future and retire with dignity. remember where the economy is right now, we're talking about possible recession. let's be clear here, treasury department said unions raised wages, created fair economy, promoted economic growth and resilience. let's be honest here, the treasury department is focusing on unions, many big urban cities are in a spiral, think san francisco, new york, think about yellow trucking that company that was 22,000 teamster jobs that were gone because the union would not negotiate with the company. cheer on unions, union members are not doing well in this economy, as the white house would like you to think. i will say this about urban cities, san francisco have 31% office vacancy in san francisco. that is a lot of be jos. 92,000 jobs not in the city of san francisco because of progressive policies that have hurt the city. >> ashley: stay on san francisco, different topic, the police union is not happy. >> cheryl: you get defunded and get no respect for trying to buy a bagel. san francisco police officer association president called out a bakery who refused to serve a police officer that had just worked a 16-hour shift, watch. >> i get a call saying their policy is in uniformed, armed, nothing saying about it is firearms, because of gun violence, no, it is uniformed, armed, put all kidding,a side, directed at police officers. say what you mean and we'll move on. plenty other businesses do not have a problem with us walking in and buying something. >> sherri: the bakery said at time of increased gun violence we believe maintaining strict policy of prohibiting guns, keeps us safer. packing a women is one thing, a police officer is a different story. >> ashley: give criminals an open door. >> todd: best of luck when you get robbed and call the resource officer who doesn't have a gun. the latest numbers on bud light. >> cheryl: we've been tracking and numbers don't lie. sales drop for bud light is over twenty % in volume. modelo, now the number one beer for the year. bud light 8.2% of sales in the wake of dylan mulvaney. dylan mulvaney decided to smile and say, i'm going to go get a beer now, i'm glad dylan mulvaney thinks this is funny, i don't like to see a major corporation fall by billions or people losing jobs, especially bot lers and drivers, i am glad dylan mulvaney is amused. >> todd: pair of unruly fans rushing coors field during the braves and rockies game attempting to hug ronald acuna jr. one makes contact and wouldn't well go, cause acuna jr. to hit the grass. >> might have been two fans. yeah, two fans came out toward acuna jr. >> acuna is fine, seemed to laugh it off. braves saying, stay away from the mvp, it is about the players, don't try to get on the field. >> ashley: 77% of americans think biden is too old for a second term. tomi lahren will talk about that. >> todd: steve doocy will look at what is going on folks, i tried to tackle steve, security tried to tackle me. >> steve: come to papa. >> todd: if that is what you want. >> steve: i'm a father of three, given a lot of hugs in my day. coming up on busy tuesday morning, florida bracing for impact as idalia strengthens to cat 1 hurricane. expect to hit the sunshine state tomorrow. we have live team coverage all morning long and governor ron desantis joins us live with how florida is preparing, nobody knows more than he does on this topic. trial date set for former president donald trump election interference case right before a crucial election milestone. break down the impact as we inch closer to 2024. congressmoon mike gallagher on attempt of relation with cheen and jimmy failla on the newest gen-z trend sweeping american offices and tyrus will reflect on his legendary career. he's keeping the belt. we kickoff on the morning you trust for morning news. ashley and todd back in a couple, you're watching fox news channel. es) (energetic music plays) there he is! it's right there! ♪ oh, he's straight ahead. he's straight ahead. straight ahead. go go go. ♪ cover more ground in the kia sportage turbo-hybrid. kia. movement that inspires. ing. >> ashley: white house is doubling down on plan to push americans to get a brand new covid vaccine which he says will be available this fall. >> there will be updated vaccine, september, mid september, are i believe. so we know that, as y'all know, vaccinations against covid-19 remains the safest protection for avoiding hospitalization, long-term health outcomes which is why we are going to be encouraging americans to stay up to date on vaccines. >> todd: tomi lahren joins us now. looks like joe biden and his administration are back to one-size-fits-all for everybody's unique health situation. why? why are we doing this again when doctors unilaterally and unanimously say covid symptoms are going to be mild, unless you are in one of certain categories. why, tomi, why? >> why? because they have to bring back covid fear because why would you want to talk about the failures of the biden administration had when you can talk about another health emergency. that's much more convenient for this administration and for the left as a whole. i will say this. if somebody wants to get 6, 7 covid shots, i think the seventh one is going to do the trick. that he was on them. everybody has the ability to make that decision for themselves. what the american people would like is some honesty and transparency. joe biden was treated as saying this one is going to be the effective one. this one is going to work. we have such little trust now these vaccines are going to work and prevent infection and spread. i don't have a problem with rolling out with a new one. what i'm going to have a problem with is if mandates follow. that's the big problem here. that's why there are so many americans who are so concerned that we are entering that back into this covid era of vax mandates, mask mandates, lockdowns. may we never be dumb enough to fall for that again. two weeks to flatten the curve. the biggest lie we have been told since if you like your doctor you, can keep your doctor. >> todd: i would add that statement from the white house seems like a precursor to a mandate we will see. >> ashley: not only that tried it last fall and only 17% of americans followed through with that i do want to talk about biden and his age and this new poll 77% of u.s. adults say biden is too old. 69% of democrats and 74% of independents agree. but here's what the white house has to say, tomi. >> is this white house plan to demonstrate that he can continue to plan to do the job at his ad advanced age and allay the concerns. >> if you have watched him and seen what he has done the past two years this is a president who has had an historic administration in two years. whether it is economic, economy. that's what we will happily happily to discuss as we -- as it relates to age what the president has been able to do. >> ashley: i guess we are looking at two different people compared to what kjp thinks, tomi. >> listen, age is just a number. i don't think that your age necessarily determines your capacity or your ability. but when's the last time 77% of americans agreed on anything? 7 be 7% of americans agree that joe biden is too old to do this job. that's incredibly telling. it's not just republicans saying that. this is democrats and independents who have the same feeling. but, if you look at that poll even further you will find that although donald trump is only three years younger than joe biden. only about half of americans identify his age to be an issue. this is less about the number. more about what we are seeing in practice. watching him, listening to him. he will have a lot to contend with. i still believe it's not going to be joe biden for 2024. i don't think they are going to go down that road again. >> todd: along those roads, tomi. you saw that 69% number. that's democrats. not republicans. democrats who will presumably vote for the democratic nominee. wife is he still the nominee to your point when your favorite governor was out there in july measuring the drapes and, you know, debating with desantis on hannity 20 seconds to you. >> this is why i believe the democrats are getting ready to dump joe biden. they have to deal with the kamala harris problem. it's really telling and sad they would rather have joe biden who 77% of americans think is too old than run kamala harris. historic vp for all the wrong reasons. both of them a hot mess. >> todd: tomi's favorite governor newsom by favorite i means mean least gave rift in a world. tomi tuesday, we appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. >> ashley: with that "fox & friends" starts right now. >> todd: bye-bye. >> this is going to be a major impact. >> tropical storm idalia could become a hurricane at any moment. >> braying for the best. >> this one looks like it's a 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