Transcripts For KTVU Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 2017

Transcripts For KTVU Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace 20170910

With the g. O. P. And the trump agenda with ohio congressman jim jordan, Founding Member of the hardline House Freedom caucus. Plus, what should we make of the president new alliance with chuck and nancy . We will ask our sunday panel how long it will last. All right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. Here is where we stand with Hurricane Irma right now. The eye of the most powerful atlantic hurricane ever recorded now moving across the florida keys with maximum sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour. The storm expected to inflict damage not seen in florida since hurricane andrew 25 years ago, a record 7 Million People in florida and neighboring states under evacuation orders. Its path projected along floridas gulf coast from naples to tampa bay. In the moment we will discuss the threat and the response with fema administrator brock long and Florida Governor rick scott. But first we have fox team coverage. Chief meteorologist Rick Reichmuth tells us where irma is headed. Bill hemmer on the emergency facing florida. We begin with adam housley in the storms cross hairs right now. Adam. In the storms cross hairs. The winds have been battering this part of florida for more than 24 hours. At 10 30 yesterday morning we lost power here in the winds have not died down and have continued to grow. Right now you can tell that the wind is gusting over 100 Miles Per Hour from where im standing. If i will step away for a second to give you an idea of the wrath and the range of the storm. The eye is going to pass about 30 miles to our west so we are right on the side of the storm. Across our parking lot from the secure location that we are located to the tree about 4 feet around, about 10 feet above ground. Ive been in ten hurricanes but i have to tell you this one is the most powerful one that i felt this far away from the center and its benches nonstop. The storms started yesterday at about 11 00 p. M. The water has artie come up about 3 feet and was headed towards the interstate here on the bayside it has not gotten that high at all. The wind and rain is battering us. We also know that the evacuations began several days ago. People that stay for andrew, saw the picture, saw the video coming out of the caribbean and said this time they were going to stay. Very few people left here, thankfully before this one comes a story. Chris adam housley reporting from the keys, stay safe. Now lets turn to bill hammer in orlando. Bill. Good morning from orlando where the worst is yet to arrive, a much different picture for now here in the central part of the state. 67 counties in the state of florida, 58 of the 67 counties, chris, are under hurricane morning, that is just extraordinary. Now its become a guessing game after hitting landfall in the keys as to where irma goes next. 24 hours ago all the attention on the storm shifted to the west coast and now towns like naples and fort myers and sarasota and saint petes and tamp out all bracing for the possibility of severe impact. We were in tampa yesterday and again last night in downtown was nearly empty. Evacuation orders given out for more than 6 million statewide and the governor rick scott had this final message late yesterday. Are my dad and im a grandfather. I love my family more than anything and i cannot imagine life without them. Do not your life or your familys life at risk. Right now is the right time to do the right thing for your family. The president and his team watching from camp david weeding late last night, brave people are ready, here comes irma, god bless everyone. Hotels are sold out, more than 400 shelters have opened housing more than 120,000 floridians in these numbers are massive. You can drive 50 miles to the east, the Atlantic Ocean in Daytona Beach or you can drive 80 miles to the west and tampa, florida, and the gulf of mexico. It is likely over the next 24 hours the entire width of the state of florida it will feel Hurricane Force winds. Never in recorded history has the United States had two category four hurricanes hit in the same season but yet it is happening now as we wait here in orlando. Back to you in washington. Chris bill hemmer reporting from orlando and the calm before the storm there, thank you. Now lets get the latest track on irmas path over the next few hours. Chief meteorologist Rick Reichmuth is in the Fox Weather Center in new york. First of all, today is the statistical peak of hurricane season, september 10th, very appropriate we are watching the storm right now on our shores. Continuing to pull up towards the north, a little bit towards the northwest and that means we are going to be watching keys, another landfall later on today a little bit farther up the coast. Things are just going to get worse. Hurricane warnings in effect throughout the entire state of florida except the far western panhandle but hurricane warnings go all the way into georgia. Albany, georgia, tipton, hurricane warnings in effect. Tropical storm warnings in fact all the way towards the mountains. By tomorrow evening we are probably seeing wins 6070 Miles Per Hour as far north as atlanta. We always are talking about this track and this is why its so misleading. The strong winds extend very far out. We will see Hurricane Force winds likely all the way up the state of florida and then extending towards georgia. We are also going to watch a lot of onshore flow. The wind will continue to pull on the east shore. Thats where we will see the storm surge extending into georgia and south carolina. If the wind gusts, we are watching them in the 100 range. By noon were looking at wins at 150 Miles Per Hour in naples. This continues by 5 00, still over 100 Miles Per Hour and both by tonight over Hurricane Force winds in tampa and by tomorrow morning we will be seen Hurricane Force gusts of all the into southern georgia. About 36 hours before this finally winds down across the state of georgia and alabama. Chris thank you. Joining us now live from fema headquarters here in washington is brought along, the head of that agency. Mr. Long, how has irmas swing farther to the west changed your assessment of the form, has it become more dangerous for less dangerous . Brock this is a worstcase scenario for monroe county, florida keys in the west coast of florida. Any time are in the Northeast Quadrant as the storm is moving forward thats where the maximum radius winds are that defined the intensity of the storm, thats where storm surge is most prevalent. If the inland winds are going to be tough. 80 of their landfall in hurricane bring with them tornado so we are already seeing some tornado watches and warnings across the state. Chris does irmas new course put more people in jeopardy, our folks now in alabama and georgia, are they more and more danger with this new path . Brock we are in good communication with alabama as well. They are definitely watching the storm. In a shift to the west has applications to them and we are also in great communication with georgia as well because as it moves inland the tornado threat will persist. Anyone in range they will persist as well. We are moving very quickly, the president has many great communication is not only with me but moving very swiftly to put proper deck relations in place. Today is all about is the president requested from you last night, he said you everything you can to take care of people, and thats what were doing. If we are positioning as many teams and commodities in place, ready to go. Chris over the next few hours, mr. Long, what is your biggest immediate concern and does the fact that the storm is going up the gulf coast, which means bigger storm surges, how big a concern is that right now . Brock storm surge has the highest potential to kill the highest amount of people and cause the most money damage. My biggest concern is when people fail to heed a warning early from local government officials and then they make a lastminute ditch to try to get to a shelter or into a facility to withstand the winds and in some cases the water starts to rise and they get trapped because they didnt heed the warning early and thats my greatest concern. We care about people and try to put that message out and sometimes people listen and sometimes they dont. Chris is it too late for people to try to get out, talking about people now lets say up to naples, is it too late, fort myers, should they shelter in place . Its too late for folks in the monroe county, florida keys, maximum radius winds moving over as we speak right now. Its going to be very hard to get out of the keys. Im sure if you are going to move and leave southwest florida from marco island on up the coast your time is running out. In some cases if the water starts to rise around you and you become isolated try to get into a facility you think can withstand the winds and get elevated and get out of the storm surge. Chris at one of the big changes in fema since Hurricane Katrina is that you folks are nw a more proactive in terms of positioning personnel, positioning equipment then fema used to be before. I wonder what this change, because we kept thinking until the last 24 hours it was and headed off to the east coast, the Atlantic Coast, now to the gulf coast. Does not mean that some of our equipment and people are out of position, is not going to create a new problem . Brock not at all. Weve been in great position, we are leading way far forward. We had people in teams in place. Ive had liaisons in 11 counties on the west side of florida working directly with local Emergency Managers to make sure we understand what the states demand with the local demands are so we can help back their capabilities. We pushed three days worth of commodities and ready to go. Its going to take some time, this is a compact seven because of the south and north trajectory of the storm. At the power will be out for a long time, it will be tough for us to get into perform search and rescue in south florida, we have to wait until all the elements pass through. This is a complex event but as far as positioning goes weve done pretty much all weekend. Chris finally, sir, you of course are still dealing with Hurricane Harvey and Congress Just passed 15 billion in Disaster Relief to deal with that. Do you have the money you need, do you have the people you need to deal with the situation in the southeast United States, florida and neighboring states postirma. Brock sure. The congress did its Due Diligence and passed the supplemental to allow us to keep moving and as ive been saying, paperwork and money should not get in the way of saving lives and i believe the congress recognizes that. Theres great communication between the white house on the congress in regards to emergency management. Right now we are moving forward. I have the authority from the president that i need to be able to move forward as well. Once the system passes through it will be erased to save lives and sustain lives. Chris mr. Long, thank you, thanks for talking to us on this very tough morning, sir. Brock thank you. Chris and joining us now from the state capital of tallahassee is Florida Governor rick scott. Governor, does this new path for irma mean that folks on the Atlantic Coast, the east coast like in miami have dodged a bullet and folks on the gold coast, the west coast are now in the cross hairs . Governor scott this is going to impact our whole state. You will get the wind and the rain on the east coast but right now its impacting the keys, its going to impact my home town naples, florida,. All of the west coast and what is scary is the unbelievable storm surge potentially in my own town, 15 feet of storm surge above ground level. We are talking about that with the keys. Our people have asked what can we do, the first thing i told him is pray, pray for everybody in florida. They can donate to test disaster. We need volunteers. Over 400 shelters now, i need more volunteers for my shoulder shoulders, more volunteers helping distribute food after the fact. We need nurses for special needs patients. This is a great state, people will come together, we will protect everybody, we will work together, we will do everything we can to make sure everybody survives this and get back to a normal life. Chris i want to talk about the storm surge. We all become amateur hurricane experts on one of the things ive learned in the last 24 hours is the danger of the storm surge, its greater in the shallower gulf of mexico than it is over and the Atlantic Coast where there is a steeper drop off. If youre talking about ten, 12, 15 feet storm surge, i know naples, i know tampa, what impact is that going to have on the coastline . Governor scott i was talking to the president this morning, he called to see how we were doing and i told him the story of a hurricane we had last year in the panhandle and there was a lady along the coast, she didnt want to evacuate, a onestory house, an older house, she didnt want to evacuate because of her pets. When it got to 3 feet she knew she was not going to survive because the water was rushing in. Thank god that somebody was as she left her home there was a boat leaving for the last time and she was able to get in it and they were able to cry get out. She would have died. This water is going to come in very quickly, it will cover your first for potentially or more and eventually its going to come out. I dont know how youre going to survive that, you dont know what its going to do to the structure of your home. My concern right now is people are hopefully everyone has evacuated. I looked at our Traffic Cameras around the state, people are off the roads. I just hope everybody has evacuated and gotten to safety. I hope everybody will play, to pray for us. Chris i want to talk about this not an individual level but on a bigger level, the last time that a major hurricane hit tampa bay was in 1921 when there were 10,000 People Living in that area, there are now 4 Million People living in that same area. What happens when a 10foot storm surge comes into tampa ba tampa bay . Governor scott all along the coast where we are getting the storm surges, we had the evacuation zone, i hope everybody listen. Its going to be devastating to these areas. We are going to rebuild, we have wonderful people, this is a wonderful state, but right now with these storm surges everybody has to make sure they hunker down and take care of each other. Im very concerned about the west coast. Im concerned about the whole state because of all the wind that we are going to get but the storm surge is absolutely lifethreatening. Chris every storm in florida is compared to hurricane andrew, that was a category five that hit 25 years ago killing 61 people causing 26 billion in damage, the costliest u. S. Storm until katrina. How do irma compared to andrew, sir . Governor scott its so much bigger. Just the size of the storm is coasttocoast and andrew, i was in the Hospital Business back then and i evacuated two hospitals. I actually moved patients to another hospital, a complete rebuild because although windows broke and they lost power. We didnt have a storm surge and andrew. The president said i will provide for whatever resources you need. I talk to them pretty much every day. Here is the hardest in this one, its impacting our whole state and the storm surge is just lifethreatening on the west coast and through the keys. Chris one last question, sir because i know youve done so much to try to get people to evacuate. You try to put shelters up, put people in place. Now that the storm has hit, lets say over these next 12 hours, how much can you do, are you basically sitting there waiting it out . Governor scott we can pray, thats one thing we can do, we can pray. But right now with the First Responders cant get out because of the wind and the rain and the west coast as the storm surge comes up. Hopefully everybodys got into their shelters or got into a safe place. I can tell you we will do everything we can to keep everybody safe. At the we can get out there to save somebodys life, our First Responders will be there. 7,000 members of the National Guard will be there. The federal government has resources down here. We will do everything we can, we will spare no expense to say every life in the state. Chris thank you, thanks for your time today and you know our thoughts are with everyone in florida and in the path of the storm, sir. Governor scott thank you, chris. 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