Freed. Listen here. I woke up today with chills because I Cant imagine that we are still in the crisis. One year under torture and under duress, deprived of food, water, sanitation, daylight for a year now and hamas tunnels paired my message is that we will not stop. We will not stop until he is home. You spoke about evil. We are dealing with Pure Evil. Bringing out the hostages is urgent and we have been pleading with them for a year. These monsters are holding our boy. And another 100 hostages. There can be a good deal. It is a deal with the devil but it is a deal that needs to be cut. John we will bring you an allstar lineup including Morgan Ortagus who met with israeli officials including the Prime Minister earlier today. Sandra meanwhile, another top story at this hour appeared folks in the southeast still reeling from helenes destruction. And now another major hurricane is on the way to some of those same hardhit areas and in just the last few moments the national Hurricane Center Updating on milton. Rapidly intensifying to a category five storm with winds of 175 miles per hour. It is now tied for the fourth strongest hurricane on record in the atlantic and is expected to make landfall in florida with catastrophic conditions late wednesday or very early thu thursday. WelCome Back as America Reports heads into a second hour. Im Sandra Smith in new york. John what a Monster Storm and even if it does decline a little bit in intensity it will be a big storm by the time it reaches the florida coast. Im John Roberts in washington. Recovering Cleanup Efforts from helene are underway but folks are still suffering and staples in their communities have been completely washed away. Listen. My life is completely changed since it was ten days ago. There is a river where things used to be, there is no buildings where your favorite brewery was or your favorite park. Its just the amount of Grief And Loss going on in our community right now is so palpable. I dont think we fully process what has happened. There are so many families that are also hurting and missing. Sandra and so many north carolinians banding together in the wake of this tragedy. We will be joined by a hero who jumped into rising waters without hesitation to save a strangers life. John what an amazing story. First to Griff Jenkins and Swan And OwenNorth Carolina where Fox News got an exclusive right along with a nonprofit delivering necessities. What do folks need most there . Ten days end, they still need power. They need running water. Some people need new homes. I spoke to a gentleman who lost his entire home floating down the Flooding River in the middle of the street but let me show you they will need heavy equipment because of the destruction. We are standing where a business was ripped off its foundation. A car here collapsed underneath asphalt. You Come Back a little bit more and we can show you the Auto Repair shot absolutely destroyed when the river over here behind me was rising, crusted over 25 feet and came in and absolutely wrecked the comm community. A little bit of equipment there but they will need a lot more. The other thing they will need is communication. Entire communities were cut off from civilization. We have an exclusive right along with Samaritans Purse as they took the Chief Engineer for spacex the living Star Link to get small fire horses to get back online. We talked to that engineer. Listen. We have been passing out as many Starter Links as we can get our hands into. We are dedicated to this because we need to make sure that these people are safe, they have the Food And Water that they need and the medical attention that they can. The government responding. Continuing to beef up the mobilization with soldiers, resources and supplies could we have had at least half a Dozen Army chinooks flying overhead of us but as you can see this mess is going to take at least months if not years to clean up as they worry about the next storm. They didnt expect a hurricane to hit the mountains here but it has left a once in a generation impact in a long time to recover. John they are handing out starlings. Are they handing out the means to power them as well . They are. We encountered an 83yearold woman who had been stranded for nine days. No one came for her. We delivered a generator as well as a Star Link. Set up a Star Link so that she could connect to a granddaughter and let people know that she is still alive. That is making a difference on the ground there. Thank you. A dramatic Water Rescue caught on. Watch this. Sandra he was in town for a Sons Wedding when he realized all woman was trapped in a house surrounded by raising Flood Waters paired not only did he save a life, he has made lifelong friends now and he is here to tell us about it. And that video. Thank you very much for joining us. You are a hero. You are in town for your Sons Wedding. Obviously a lot changing in that moment. With everything going on around you, here you see this woman struggling in raging flood floodwaters. You decide to act. Tell us about that moment. We had been near the House 3t how to get her out. The water had risen so fast she was trapped. Her husband was outside and the entire group of the Wedding Party that was able to make it about 15 people was down there plus some others and we couldnt figure out a way to get to her. We were able to scrounge up and things like and or and a Life Vest and i put the Life Vest on just in case. I try to canoe up to her from below where it was slower water but could not make it. And then the roof of a house came down the river, hit their house, and that was the last straw that pushed their house off its foundation. It had about 10 feet of water. It was up to the second floor. When the roof hit it, it started going down the river. It got caught on a tree and started coming apart and wheeled a jump. We didnt want the house to collapse on her and when she jumped i tried to get to her from the canoe i was in but again i couldnt control it in the water so i just figured the only chance i had left was to jump in and swim to her. Sandra that is incredible and obviously you knew how dangerous that was. But this is something you felt you had to do. This was pretty much her only choice of survival at that point. How did she react to this and how did you ultimately get her to safety . I swim out to her. It was very fast 150yard Section of water and there was nothing we could do. A riptide it, just write it out. And we went to a little bit of a slower section and that is where i swim toward the shore and only had to swim about ten or 15 yards to get out of the fast current and then the remaining 30 yards or a show was relatively and not too hard. She was calm, just let me grab onto her vest and pulled her in. Sandra i had chills reading the story before speaking with you. When you reached her, you grabbed onto the back of her Life Vest she was wearing and said ive got you, just kick. And i can only imagine the relief she felt knowing that you were there and she was going to be saved in that moment. You have become friends since then. I can only imagine how absolutely grateful she is. The rehearsal got canceled because only 15 of the 42 people could get there. The river was over the road, the trees were over the road. So we had Food And Plenty of extra food so we invited them to the dinner and you are seeing there. Fill her husband is still wearing the shirt he was in the river with. Sandra i know when your wife saw you after this heroic effort on your part she said she didnt want to have a wedding and a funeral at the same day. She was crying. I interpreted that was what she meant. Sandra an incredible story and you are an absolute hero. We are grateful for people like you who jump in during an emergency. It was going to be too late to wait for the first responders prayed thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Sandra Fox Corporation has made It Donation and continues to be an annual disaster giving partner. This enables the Red Cross to respond immediately to disasters like this by providing safe shelter, hot meals, emotional support and resources to aid and recovery. To help visit redcross. Org or scan the Qr Code on your screen. John what a great story. A look at antiisrael protesters marching through new York City on the anniversary of the massacre of october the seventh. Right now they are headed toward City Hall Marching under the banner of Flood Nyc for gaza. Bryan llenas following along the protest areas. Thats chutzpah to do this on October 7th. Yes. They are. This rally started or this demonstration started at 1 00 p. M. There are hundreds of propalestinian protesters here with an antiisrael demonstration on october the 7th. Just moments ago we saw two pro is really protesters get the israeli flags stripped from them from a mob of protesters here as we march from Wall Street to City Hall. This march is planned on going to Grand Central and times square. Union square appeared all the way up to Columbus Circle over the next few hours. Into the night. Nypd particularly concerned because there are proisraeli demonstrators here and flashes like The One we just witnessed where the israeli flags were torn from two women who were escorted out. They are also calling on students to walk out of the Universities Today and speaking of universities, at the City College of new york earlier today there was vandalism by these demonstrators. Propalestinian demonstrators throwing red paint and smashing windows as well as Spray Painting with graffitis the words divest now. They want universities to divest from israel. In a statement, they said the following. Strongly condemns the violent vandalism and hateful rhetoric that occurred on campuses early this morning. The nypd is currently investigating and the university will not hesitate to enforce disciplinary actions if any members of the community responsible. They were on the main campus there today. You had proisraeli supporters with photos of the hostages still being held captive while also honoring the lives of the 1200 israelis killed a year ago today. They also were advocating for those for hostages. American hostages who were still being held captive by hamas including the 22yearold from new long island, new york, who is being held captive. He was ambushed by hamas while he was serving on the israeli defense forces. Here are his parents earlier today on fox. We are dealing with Pure Evil but they are human beings. Bring out the hostages is urgent and we have been pleading for a year. 45 americans were murdered and we are asking where is the outrage . Where is it . As the protest continues to make its way from Wall Street to City Hall and like i said they will continue their march throughout the night here in new York City as there are proisraeli demonstrations planned so the nypd as i said on high alert. John have you talked to any of the people who are marching there . Is there any recognition of or remorse for what hamas did . Sorry, im not hearing anything. John it seems that he has lost his talk back. No trouble, that happens often when you are trying to follow along on the streets of new York City. You wonder, these people who are Marching Today and condemning israel, is there any recognition of or remorse for what hamas did a year ago . To cause all of this . Sandra as we have often seen, our reporters when they try to ask questions of the crowds, often times they dont answer. Sometimes it gets confrontational but you dont get a real clear answer. John and some who attempt to answer clearly have no idea what this is all about. Sandra we will get another update from Bryan Llenas there as he continues to track those protesters peered they are all over the Country Today but that one happening right here in Lower Manhattan new York City. One year after hamas is October 7th massacre, growing fears of a wider war between israel and iran. The Jewish State vowing to respond after several iranian missiles struck israel last week. Former State Department Spokesperson will join us live from jerusalem to discuss. Plus this. We have 51 counties in florida currently under a state of emergency. Monday morning where we are today, you have time to execute your plan but you need to do it now. John florida is preparing for another potentially catastrophic hurricane just weeks after helene torn through the state. More on what we are expecting from milton with the winds of 170mileanhour now just ahead. Our country honorably. One of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan, for up to 100 percent of your homeā s value. If you need cash for your family call newdayusa. With Automatic Authority from the va we can say yes when banks say no. Give us a call. We are watching this very closely peered we support their ability to target militants, to degrade hezbollahs infrastructure, to degrade hezbollahs capability, but we are very cognizant of the many times in the past where israel has gone and on what looked like limited operations and has stayed for months or for years. John the State Department now expressing some skepticism around israels limited Ground Raids into lebanon. That is coming on top of growing fears that the conflict could expand into a wider word that includes iran. We have seen several exchanges between the two appeared most recently last weeks the Missile Attack against israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to respond. Lets bring in Morgan Ortagus, former State Department Spokesperson and form of Polaris Security appeared live in jerusalem with the Western Wall behind her. Great to see you. I know youve met with a lot of israeli Officials Today including the Prime Minister. What have you gleaned from your meetings about the way forward here . There has been more hope in the Meetings Today than when i was here in may and in january of this year so this is my third time in the last year since October 7th. You could feel that the israeli government prime Minister Netanyahu and his cabinet feel like they have the wind at their back as it relates to the successes they have had over the past three weeks. Taking out hassan nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah was monumental for them but they remain very focused. They believe a victory in this word means a total Military Defeat of hamas and hamas for them as unable to govern gaza. They do not Want Hamas as a part of reconstruction, they dont Want Hamas to have a Military Capability and gaza. The full defeat of hamas for them is a victory for October 7th for that anniversary. John so Kamala Harris was asked a couple of questions about israel and Benjamin Netanyahu. In her 60 minutes interview it will be coming out tonight. She was asked if Benjamin Netanyahu was a close ally and she said the more important qu