the scope of hurricane ian s devastation is becoming clearer for days after the category four storm slammed into the coast of southwest florida, with record-breaking strength. 85 people are dead, 81 in florida, and four in north carolina. the death toll rises each time rescue crews reached new areas. and searches are going on around the clock. but some people are still stranded and waiting for help, like these residents of sanibel island. there has been no communication, nobody official has come on to the island to tell us what is going on. we don t have places to go, we have no cars to get their. lack of food, medicine, clean water, and electricity. these are all on the list of tops concerns. more than 1 million people are still without power across four states. now, president biden says he and the first lady will travel tomorrow to puerto rico, which is still reeling from hurricane fiona, and tour damage in florida on wednesday. our hearts, to state the obvious, it
able my baby now lawrence: you re not crazy we have an entire table set for you on this thanksgiving morning. welcome to fox & friends in new york city this morning. we re so glad that you are here. we have so much to be thankful today. steve, ainsley, and brian are spending time with family. but we have carley shimkus and johnny joey jones. carley: happy thanksgiving, guys. when the show opened i said out loud oh my gosh do we have a real turkey downstairs? that s beautiful. immersive graphic that is the most impressive thing i have ever seen. special day. of course it s thanksgiving a lot of people are off from work and school and going to celebrate with their families and friends. if you are waking up early with us this morning. we want to wish you a happy thanksgiving as well on this day. joe: cool and impressive, also cruel. all i could think about in the commercial break i m going to get some of that turkey. ainsley: no you are not. lawrence: so much to b
People to have this conversation with. quinton, let s start with you. republicans, they made it rain with september ad blitzes for candidates in pennsylvania and in wisconsin. democratic campaigns really need to be putting dollars towards countering republican ads in targeted ways. that means finding out where republican opponents are most vulnerable, finding out where the attacks that are being levied against him are sticking, and then hitting back in addressing it. do you think that democratic candidates and campaigns are meeting this moment? simone, thank you so much for having me. i do think the campaigns are ready for this moment. we are going to start it s a change in the campaign. we re going to start seeing more of that. but what we hear around the country on the ground is that people really like when they see democrats fighting. they want to see more advertising, they to see more aggressive messaging. as we head throughout the midterm elections.
Democrats also wanting it to stay in place. there s no doubt. look, this may be emblematic of a larger democratic problem. we re going to spend most of this week in washington democrats fighting democrats, not making a case against republicans that goes to a larger 2020 discussion on who should control congress. again, this is an enormous challenge. it s been that way for a while. in fairness to the biden administration, it s not something that s just popped up recently but it s something they re going to have to deal with in the coming days and make sure they ve got a comprehensive solution. if they don t pull this back, they ve got to make sure they ve got it to handle the influx. we saw record numbers of people arrested at the border, the most in 20 years. this directive, if it gets