John good Evening And Welcome to washington. Im John Roberts in for bret baier. Next promised Military Operation is underway. Plus, we look at the number of migrants released into the united states who were convicted of violent crimes. And with a possible strike at sea ports on the horizon, retailers are preparing for supply shortages. John but, first, breaking tonight, officials say hundreds could be dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Confirming those numbers iS Proving difficult. Millions of people are without Power And Cell service. In North Carolina, the lack of Communication Services have prompted hundreds of Missing Persons reports with many others still stranded in their homes due to high floodwaters. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is in asheville, North Carolina tonight, where he has been surveying the devastation. Steve. Good evening, john. The mayor put it simply she said we need everything. Everything is just. Wiped out and washed away. Our whole house. Roads and bridg
ale, i promise you, because i haven t felt so well today. i so it s ginger ale. delicious ginger ale. sean, listen u, i m telling you, i feel i have to tell you,el li i feel a little bit bad tonight because what is america going to do? t the most scintillating 30 seconds of tv everyg 30 nigh with you and me? i don t know how they re the argoing to.ay let me just say this. laura and i a plan we have we discusseved and you will learnt more about it in the weeks to come. this is not the we ve weeks toen each other for 30 years and this will not be ther to same the last time we rege i on the air together. i ll put it that way. you bet. i can t wait. and it s been a pleasure. i ll be here. we ll see everybody at seven. all right. thanks so much, michelle. congrats on youri can new time and i ll look forward to seeing you soon. all right, sean? take care. thank you. and i am laura ingraham. carethank lauranighham. washington tonight with some breaking news. bide president
promise you, i haven t felt so good today, i m telling you, i feel like i have to toast you. i feel a little bit bad tonight because what is america going to do without the most scintillating 30 seconds of tv every single night with you and me? i don t know how they are going to sean: let me just say this. laura and i have a plan, we ve discussed, and you ll learn more about it in the weeks to come. we ve known each other for 30 years. and this will not be the last time we re on the air together. i ll put it that way. laura: you bet. i can t wait. sean: congrats on your new time slot and i look forward to seeing you soon. laura: all right, sean, take care. thank you, i m laura ingraham and this is the angle tonight with some breaking news. president biden has just order $3 reservists to be ready for european deployment 3,000 reserveists. this doesn t suggest our military s training mission in europe will change but along with the deployment of several brigades a
asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowed that hadn t been before? it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an al
freedom to go to parade, watch fireworks, tell a hero thank you. get decked out in red white and blue and probably wave the american flag. and most of you watching right now, already have plans to do just that. but the number of us who love america, is shrinking every year. patriotism is on the decline. look at this poll from gallup. 20 years ago, 70 percent of americans said, they were extremely proud to be an american.today, that number is down to 39 percent. if you break it down by party, 60 percent of republicans are extremely proud and only 29 percent of democrats.young americans, are the least proud verbose parties political diploma from the wall street journal.he says, only 30 percent of americans say patriotism is very important to them. in 1998, it was 70 percent. religion following the same trend. the numbers of americans say religion is very important to them. 25 years ago it was 62 percent. nothing says your optimistic about america like having a baby. the amount