surges there reaching at least 9 feet. president biden is calling on congress for additional money to replenish fema s disaster relief fund as costs mount from natural disasters from florida to hawaii. jasmine wright is live at the white house and isabel rosales is in live oak, florida, where we expect to see the president and first lady in just a couple of hours. walk us through what they re going to see. reporter: so the president is focusing on the big bend area, the area between the panhandle and the peninsula. this storm, hurricane idalia, has been the most powerful storm to hit that region in over 100 years. he s going to do an aerial tour and get a clear picture of the storm-ravaged area. over a thousand homes have been damaged by 125 mile per hour winds. he s expected to speak with survivors, get their stories. he s known for this, becoming comforter in chief. also from personnel and first responders. areas like this, a distribution site where you can see the florid
i want to begin this morning with a big policy win for president biden. the law that s been told about it by some republicans. for 20, years the pharmaceutical industry has had near complete control of prescription drug pricing for some 65 million medicare patients in the united states. that is going to change. this, week the biden administration announced the first ten drugs that will be subject to price negotiations under any provision included in the inflation reduction act. president biden s signature bill that was passed last year. they target some of the most commonly used drugs that helped treat diabetes, heart, failure chronic kidney disease, blood, cancers arthritis, crohn s disease as well as blood thinners that prevent strokes and blood clots. according to the department of health and services health and human services, about 9 million medicare beneficiaries use one or more of these ten drugs in the past year and paid a total of 3.4 billion dollars out of pocket
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
chesebro being tried for now in october under george is a speedy trial provision. also today, fani willis got a reprieve from the states republican governor, brian kemp, who squelched a special legislative selection aimed at removing her. governor kemp said he hasn t seen any evidence warranting it adding he would follow the constitution, quote, regardless of who it helps politically. as for codefendant mark meadows, we learn today that a ruling on moving the case to federal court could come at anytime. now that all briefs from both sides have been filed. and whichever way that goes the fulton county judge who has the case, said today that all proceedings in his courtroom, all of them, will be livestreamed and allowed to be televised. as for this guy, one of the thousands of americans who turned the former presidents words into action on january 6th, he received one of the longest prison sentences yet. 17 years for joe biggs, a top member of the so-called proud boys. another
sensed for the generous six insurrection. we ll go through the impact and impact ability on extremist groups. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night! good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have a lot to cover so let s get started because tonight, we are going to georgia. where the former president has entered officially, the not guilty plea in the case accusing him of racketeering over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. donald trump s attorneys have requested to sever his case from the codefendants, who have demanded a speedy trial. that s right, he does not want a speedy trial. the lead investigator for the january six committee says, more time might not help trump in this case. he is the leader of this conspiracy, and every single other acts in that indictment, is going to be ascribe to him. his knowledge of it, his affirmative support of it with very few exceptions. so, a trial against kenneth chesebro, a trial against sydney powell. w