the movies but not real life. alabama woman s disappearance apparently made up. single act done by ourself. police are still investigating what happened during the 49 hours after ruffle claimed she went missing. the people have spoken. jason aldean is pushing back against the radical left after they tried cancel him hit song try that in a small town. you guys spoke very, very loudly. he is the person to take on the woke mob. he will not back down you got the red, white, blue flying high on the farm. semper fi at that time to do on his forearm. in the back it says u.s.a. steve: live from 48th and sixth avenue here at the avenue of americas look lye out on fox square. today is hire a vet day on fox & friends. we have some vet focused companies out there on the square. these are companies looking for people who want to work. so many people don t want to work these days. we have got three companies you could actually wind up working for them that s part of
hurricane ian? absolutely, although it s been downgraded to a tropical storm ida it was one of the most powerful to hit florida ranked it s not finished with its damage. there is still rain to fall in florida and as you can see it s very extensive, the rain heading into northern florida and into georgia and the carolinas so again a lot of storm surge potentially here, five or six feet, nearly two metres and several hundred millimetres of rain forecast for other states in the usa in the south east in the next couple of days. close to our shores nothing quite as stormy but we do have our first autumnal gale is coming quite widely tomorrow with some wet weather as well, so quiet today in contrast, we ve got few wish i was around, more sunshine. the wind, that chilly northerly wind, starting to ease a bit so in the sunshine away from the showers, 16 17 feels quite pleasant, we are still in september after all but it is all change. not tonight necessarily in the south and east, te
12 feet higher, devastating communities like for the myers, naples and some 2 million homes and businesses are without power in florida, that is 20% of the entire state and 96% of fort myers is in the dark. one official saying it could take weeks for the power to come back on in some areas. floodwater inundating areas like naples and port charlotte. these are pictures of that area leaving some people who decided to ride out the storm trapped in their homes, others rescued from their cars, berman. the danger also continues, we should note. reporter: it absolutely does continue. the storm not done yet. brianna, i m sorry for communication problems earlier. the fema administrator told me they are prepared for thousands of displaced people, thousands perhaps of long-term displaced people. so that is what people are up against here in florida right now. cnn s got live team coverage of ian still very much a powerful force. first i want to go to the national hurricane center. mike
is up. we see contrast from before and after pictures. for example, fort myers, where the hurricane first hit last. 2.5 million people are without power. i can tell you specifically for florida power and light, we have just over 1.1 million customers across the state at the moment, that said, we ve been out and about throughout the storm, it s been safe to do so restoring power to our customers and we ve already restored power to 500,000 customers, but majority of lines are still above the ground and that will take time to assess. we ll use drones to figure out where biggest damage is and that will allow us to get power back on as quickly as possible. ainsley: ian is hitting central florida and we expect to hear from governor ron desantis 8:45 and will bring as it happens, meanwhile, live across the state. senior meteorologist janice dean is standing by and brandy campbell is back in orlando and fox weather correspondent robert ray is live. we are learning the sheriff in
dagen: terrific coverage there. a fox news alert. a very rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattleling the tri state area in new york city a short time ago. epicenter detected near white house station, new jersey. we do want to show you the moment it happened as our fox shows were on the air. watch this. you can see the cameras shaking. watch that. as reports say the earthquake was felt all the way from boston down to baltimore. let s join fox weather s coverage on when this right now. emergency operations center has been activated in new jersey. they urge you not to call 911 unless you have an actual emergency. but definitely it has a lot of people panicking. interesting. jane even you were saying you are speaking with your fiance and mentioning the fact that he felt the shaking. the apartment was shaking. this is new york city. how many of us are in high rises at this time of day. right? 36 floors up at the top. imagine that. the shaking being felt not only in new york