locked in a contest still too close to call with his republican challenger jack ciattarelli. what to make of all of this and where is it taking us click senator martha blackburn will talk join us to talk about the implications for the midterms. alexandria hoff is live in chantilly, virginia. live from jersey city with the very latest on the garden state governors race. what a night and on into the da now. good afternoon. the nailbiter here, most of the people we talk to, voters in ne jersey said they did not expect the governors race to be so close here in the state of new jersey. early results show democratic governor slightly ahead by several thousand votes, those ballots still rolling into let get to it. phil murphy running for his second term here in new jersey. has long been considered the favorite in this race. the challenger of former and local in new jersey has been running at the moderate republicans. right now an estimated 89 percent of those votes have been
up first tonight president biden on the ground in florida earlier today getting his first up-close look at the severity of idalia aftermath we did briefing did not include a meeting with governor desantis their potential president to reverie now taken the spotlight. lucas tomlinson is a lie from the white house with the latest, lucas? john, president biden and the first lady traveled down to live oak today to tour the destruction firsthand. governor desantis was a no-show. i am here today to deliver a clear message to the people of florida and throughout the southeast. as i told your governor there s anything around your state needs and ready to mobilize support the quick sly poke is located about halfway between tallahassee and jacksonville. without governor desantis there to greet him with the gop debate looming former governor now senator rick scott can play host. that was a big deal. they help the first responders. you approve through fema the individual assistanc
going on here, but we ll see. right now we re seeing millions of holiday travelers desperate to get out this weekend no matter the price. wallets are taking a big hit as americans hit the road, the skies and stores. welcome, everybody. glad to have you, happy weekend. i m neil cavuto. obviously, we re all over the fallout of this presidential visit to florida, the ramifications of that storm. we ve got fox team coverage with lucas tomlinson following developments at the white house where the president will soon be departing, max gorden in cedar key, florida, where emergency workers are still digging out. let s start with lucas. reporter: hey, neil. what s going on here is hurricane and disaster politics, as you mentioned. president biden and the first lady expected to leave the white house in the next hour to go to live oak, florida, located halfway between tallahassee and jacksonville. and as you mentioned, he will not be meeting governor desantis. here s a statement the f
proceedings. it will also be live streamed on the court s you tube channel, and it s not just the trial. next week s arraignment is not viewable to the public, donald trump plus nine codefendants and counting have already waived their appearances for next wednesday and pleaded not guilty, so when could the public actually see them? and does the judge s ruling on camera still apply if some defendants manage to get their cases transferred to federal court? mark meadows still has not gotten an answer from the judge overseeing his attempt to toss the charges from state court. right now, he has yet to enter a plea or waive his arraignment. now, in the meantime, some of those hoping for a speedier trial are now trying to separate themselves from each other. why kenneth chesebro filed his second severance motion of the week. lots to get to. we re going to start with the reporting. joining me from the fulton county courthouse is nbc news correspondent, blayne alexander, and former fe
arraignment. trump lawyers jena ellis and sidney powell have already done so. so have ray smith. the man whose name is at the top of the indictment. we re talking about donald trump. with the formal arraignment set for wednesday of next week, we will be monitoring for any additional pleas who have not yet filed one. this comes as we re learning more about what appears to be a crucial mistake, or mistakes during testimony by another trump co-defendant, mark meadows, trump s final white house chief of staff. he took the stand monday in a hearing regarding his request to have the case against him moved out of fulton county and into federal court. yesterday evening, meadows and district attorney fani willis filed responses to a request from federal judge steve jones on the issue of removal. in her brief, d.a. fani willis nails mark meadows for falsely claiming he didn t have any role in the fake elector s scheme. after insisting that he did not play any role in the coordination o