Transcripts For FOXNEWS Special Report With Bret Baier 20241

Thank you good evening. Im bret baier. Israel expanding Ground Operation in lebanon warning some communities to evacuate and for the second night in a row, massive explosions just within the past few minutes inside beirut. Here at home, as some residents return home in North Carolina, another huge storm threatens to strike the east coast. Well bring you the radar and where its headed. And a report from the Homeland Security Department watchdog claims current Vetting Practices for migrants could be creating risks for u. S. Citizens. Bret but, breaking tonight, officials are warning the strike at ports along the East And Gulf coast of the u. S. Could impact hurricane relief, President Biden saying Today Proprogress is being made in negotiations, some governors are not having it with states with major ports they are saying its crucial for the union to reach an agreement and soon. The comments come as the number of vessels stuck nears 50 tonight with the backlog estimated to double by The End of the week. Correspondent Brooke Taylor is at the Port Of Houston again tonight with the latest. Good evening, brooke. Brooke good evening, bret. You have the governors in New York and New Jersey who are siding with the Dock Workers. Meanwhile in florida, you have desantis telling the White House to step in and do it fast. But there is one thing that all of these governors can agree on, bret. Thats that the strike needs to end soon before families at home feel the impact. Ila. As Tens Of Thousands of Dock Workers are on strike, shutting down major ports on the East And Gulf coasts, florida governor Ron Desantis has a plan to reopen his stateS Ports saying it is unacceptable to leave Hurricane Helene victims without essential supplies. Florida national Guard And Florida State Guard will be deployed to critical ports affected to maintain order and, if possible, resume operations. Meanwhile on the West Coast the president of the local Longshoremen Union in San Francisco is standing strong with his Fellow Union workers. We are not going to move any of your cargo. [cheers] National Union refuses to comment if all West Coast ports are on board. Along the east Coast And Gulf of mexico have two major demands. Higher wages and a total ban on automation. [cheers] stay strong, guys. Ila executive Vice President Dennis Daggett Talking To Picketers in New Jersey today. We fully understand your value and your worth and what you did for this country during covid. But consumers and Business Owners worry their demands are going to run the economy to the ground. With experts saying its costing up to 4. 5 Billion a day. They want more pay, but it trickles down and it effects everybody. I feel bad for the customers. The prices are tremendously high. With both sides at a stand still, and the world watching, President Biden, who has said he is not intervening had this to say today. I think were making progress. How much progress, sir . Find out soon. If you are at home wondering what products are going to be effected by. This i am here to tell you stop panic buying Toilet Paper. The majority of Toilet Paper is made in the United States. Come next week you might start to see shortages of things like fresh fruit, bananas, Auto Parts and alcohol. Bret . Bret okay, brooke, we will follow it. Thank you. Another hurricane could be headed for the east coast. Hurricane kirk is now a category 4 storm could cause lifethreatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend as you see the radar there. It comes amid the long road to recovery for Hurricane Helene victims. Residents in North Carolina have started to return to assess the damage but many roads are still impassable. Correspondent Steve Heir began reports just outside of Ashville Tonight with the latest. Good evening, steve. Good evening, bret. The Death Toll now stands at 215. Our town is gone virtually. Our town is just gone. As the roads slowly open up, the true scope of Helenes Destruction is revealed in western North Carolina mountain towns like swannanoa. This is like what you see on television from cat 5 hurricanes. The more we looked, the more we realized when are we coming back from this . Before and after images of the devastation are evoking comparisons to the Great Flood of 1916. The Swannanoa River here rising 26 feet, more than 5 feet above itS Previous high set more than 100 years ago. It will be hard to recover from 10foot high floodwaters that covered whats left of the town in mud. Fresh Water And Power are in limited supply. And Cell Service almost nonexistent. For some areas, so, too, is any sign of help. We havent seen fema, we havent seen red cross. We havent seen hearts with hands. We have seen no agencies come through here. Some residents taking desperate measures who rescue others. Including one who stole a kayak. I yelled at him and he said sorry, man, people are drowning. So i grabbed my kayak and my Life Jacket and followed him. Some people were in their attics. And we could see their fingers sticking out through the attic events and they were screaming. So we started going around rescuing people. President biden was back on the ground in Hard Hit Communities in Florida And Georgia today. Again, promising to foot the Recovery Bill for several months following the deadliest hurricane to hit the u. S. Since katrina. I promise you we have your back. Were going to stay until youre restored. They are awaiting a woman here whose house was completely destroyed. Signed up for a Fema Emergency Payment of 750. It will be direct deposit after 10 days. Bret . Bret Steve Harrigan on the ground in North Carolina. Steve, thank you. Bret former President Donald Trump says he will visit North Carolina next week to assess the hurricane damage. Former president held a rally in saginaw, michigan earlier today and also spoke with Correspondent Bill Melugin about those Recovery Efforts and some of the other top stories this evening. Good evening, bill. Bill bret, good evening to you. We spoke with former President Trump back stage before his rally here in saginaw today. There is a whole lot going on in the world right now, we covered a variety of topics with him including the federal response to Hurricane Helene, take a listen. Were up to more than 200 people dead from Hurricane Helene, im sure you saw yesterday, dhs says fema doesnt have enough money to last hurricane season. What else your reaction . They are doing a very bad job. They have given over A Billion dollars to illegal migrants that came in and now they have no money for North Carolina, for georgia, for south carolina, alabama, tennessee and florida. I think thats a disgrace. This is a country thats being run by fools. Biden says israel should not target iranian nuke facilities. What are your thoughts on that . What should israel respond . Thats the craziest thing i have ever heard. Thats the biggest risk we have. The biggest risk we have is nuclear. To make the statement please leave their nuclear alone. I would tell you that thats not the right answer. That was the craziest answer. Because, you know what . Soon they are going to have nuclear weapons. And then you are going to have problems. Whats your reaction about Melanias Memoir Champions Abortion rights and reproductive freedom what are your thoughts. We spoke about it. I said you have to write what you believe. Im not going to tell what you to do. You have to write what you believe. She is very beloved. People love our former First Lady. I can tell you that i said you have to stick with your heart. I said that to everybody, you have to go with your heart there are some people very, very far right on the issue, meaning without exceptions, and then there are other people that view it a little bit differently than that. Bill Kamala Harris is out on the Campaign Trail Today with Liz Cheney. Your thoughts on that . Well, Liz Cheney lost for congress. She was terrible. Liz cheney is a stupid war hawk, all she wants to do is shoot missiles at people. I really think it hurts. I think frankly if kamala i think they hurt each other i think they are so bad, both of them. Bill former President Trump also told us he believes the dock Workers Strike would not have happened if he were sitting in the Oval Office right now. He told us he would have gotten all the stakeholders on the phone and done everything possible to try and avoid this strike. Bret . Well send it back to you. Bret Bill Melugin Fox News live saginaw, michigan, bill, thanks. Breaking tonight, former President Trumps lawyers have requested a delay to file a response to special Counsel Jack smiths immunity filing, we brought you that last night 165 pages. The judge, just chutkan agreed to allow Trumps Team to respond on november 7th, two days after election day. Vice president Kamala Harris hopes to appeal to republican voters in her Wisconsin Event tonight, her event is being held in a traditionally conservative location and joining her, as you heard just there, is a member of a traditionally conservative family. Fox Business Correspondent Grady trimble reports. In ripen, wisconsin, known as the birthplace of the republican party, tonight Vice President harris is trying to get traditionally conservative voters to defect. Her campaign bringing in Harris Critic turned supporter former congresswoman republican Liz Cheney. A vocal Harris Detractor in a 2020 interview on Fox News she is the epitome of a San Francisco liberal. She is even farther to the left than Barack Obama was. She seems to be farther to the left than Nancy Pelosi is. After the January 6th Capitol Riot Cheney made it her mission to block former President Trump from getting backed into the White House. On paper, the republicans are as views appear to be diametrically opposed to the Vice President , including on abortion. You cannot be for the people if you will not protect our babies when congress can pass as bill to restore reproductive freedom i will proudly sign it into law. Attacked harris for not securing the southern border. Here she is discussing National Security 100 days after President Biden and Vice President harris took office. President and the administration have demonstrated an inability to understand and recognize how important it is to demonstrate Strength Cheney sided with trump in nearly 93 of her votes. Now back backs harris. Stone cold loser so desperate for Relevance And Attention debased herself by campaigning with a weak, failed and dangerously liberal Kamala Harris latest march questioned poll shows harris with 4 Point Lead over trump in wisconsin. Thats within the margin of error. This is expected to be an extremely tight race in a state that is seen as a mustwin for democrats if they want to Security Blue Wall and White House. Bret . Bret grady trimble live in ripon, wisconsin. Grady, thanks. [explosions] [explosions] bret moments ago, israel targeting a suburb of Southern Beirut in airstrikes, massive explosions as you see here could be seen aS Planes landed at the nearby airport. Western nations are preparing Contingency Plans for large scale evacuations of their citizens from lebanon. The u. S. State department organizing additional flights for americans to flee that country. It comes as israels military Issues Evacuation orders in southern Lebanon Signaling an expansion of its Ground Operation there. Senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on the situation from haifa. Mike more airstrikeS Pushing closer to the heart of lebanons capital. [explosion] Mike Israel says 15 targets were weaponS Production, Weapons Storage and intelligence headquarters for hezbollah. We heard the explosion at night. We came now and saw everything flattened to the ground. There is nothing left. Lebanese Health Ministry says an additional 9,000 people were killed. Bringing the total killed by airstrikes to nearly 2,000 over the past year. The u. S. State department helped 250 americans living in lebanon escape the bombing. We are organizing additional flights to allow more u. S. Citizens and their eligible Family Members to deport lebanon now. The idn kins to operate on the ground with South Lebanon with Infantry And Reservest joins the trial in. Told to Vawcketd North as israel destroys weapons and tunnels. We will not allow hezbollah to establish itself in places in the future. Hezbollah fired back for the first time in on wednesday, nine israeli soldiers have been killed. Israel claims to have killed 15 hezbollah fighters. A segment of a missile fired at israel and intercepted now lays in the Desert West of the dead sea and has become an attraction. With fears that israels response to the Missile Attack could spark a dire