everyone for joining us i m eric shawn. the infrastructure in some area of florida have been completely destroyed and washed away. just take a look at that. tens of billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild according to the initial estimates and the storm recovery just one of the top stories we are following for you at this hour. also i had her in foxley in the southern border of the humanitarian crisis continues they are as slow. fox news learning some new details about the jaw-dropping number of got away so far this year as some migrants are pulled from the raging waters to safety. and as the countdown to the midterms is on the balance of power in the u.s. senate expected to come down to just a few states. we will look at that. but first steve harrigan is standing by in northport, florida on the recovery efforts they are in the wake of ian. hey steve. eric, we ve been driving up and down highway 75. stopping along the way, so many communities pretty much flooded out.
Are sent to the northeast be the encounters last month top 200 30,000 people. That is the highest august ever on record. We are live at ground zero for the surge in the texas town with the mayor there has just declared a migrant emergency. Hello everyone and welcome to Foxfox News Live by eric shawn. Arthel hello everyone i am arthel neville. Another big story we are watching for you. We are three days away from the second republican primary debates, seven candidates will take the stage at the Ronald Reagan a president ial library that is going to happen and simi valley, california. Before coming up we will hear from one of those candidates, Vivek Ramaswamy is here alive. He will join us and discuss what he will say at that debates. And get his reaction to the new Stunning Washingt washington pa poll that shows former President Trump way ahead of President Biden. Arthel we are going to begin at the Southern Border were large groups of migrants are pouring in that daily after a brief de
that escape killer. yesterday the fugitive it was a spotted two more times in chester county and they may have got them surrounded in the 1 mile area right now hello everyone welcome to a new our fox news live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. survive heigh hi eric hello i am arthel neville police considered danelo cavalcante to be extremely dangerous were going to show you some brand-new video of officers at one spot along the perimeter of the search area. this. as you know he broke out of prison just after starting a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend. the prison guard now fired, he was on duty he missed the escape for over an hour. focusing on top of the story former washington d.c. homicide detective ted williams standing by with his tape at first it s good to nate foy on the ground in chester county where police say they could be closing in on him. they have a tighter smaller area now that they are searching? is exactly right, eric. we have been sort of waiting fo
firsthand what they are dealing with having to chase down these illegal immigrants that are avoiding capture. also this week texas dps fording another smuggling incident this 1 involving a tractor-trailer at a checkpoint as it turns out 18 migrants were found hidden inside and the driver was arrested. it is a vicious cycle. one that does not certainly take holidays as you heard. twenty-four hours a day, 7 days a week. it is nonstop casey stegall thank you bryan. are more on this let s bring in ron vitiello a former border patrol chief and deputy commissioner former acting isa director. ron thank you so much for being here today. we see these numbers receive these reports day in and day out. what to you stands out as the biggest issue as to why we are where we are? what is the biggest problem or cause of this? the biggest cause of this is the policies of this administration.
that is really equal to the population of s or louisville for almost detroit, seems to be so many, matt thank you. we fight eric and matt former president bill clinton is weighing in on the border crisis. here s what he said on a podcast last week. there is a limit to how many migrants in the society can take without severe disruption and assistance. and our system is based much more on an assumption that things would be more normal. let us bring in out ron former u.s. border patrol chief and deputy commissioner and former acting isa director. ron, thanks for being here. first if i can get your reaction former president clinton s