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pulling governor desantis off the 2024 campaign trail. to avoid straining security resources in the storm ravaged areas, it looks like he will not be meeting the president today. we have live fox team coverage rick fox weather multimedia journalist katie byrne on the ground and live overt florida congressman michael wall standing by. first lucas tomlinson light at the white house. lucas, what more can you tell us about what we expect for the president s tour today? president biden and the first lady landed in gainesville just a few minutes ago. there airborne on marine one and touring the devastation in live oak which is located about halfway between tallahassee and jacksonville. before leaving for florida president biden spoke to reporters on the ramp at andrews. [inaudible] i do not think he is going to be there. we are going to take care florida. now a spokesman for governor desantis had the governor will be in dixie company today which includes harsh she would ....
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 ass ....
had any damage go to disaster assistance got.gov to register for assistance. earlier this week i visited fema headquarters in washington. to think the emergency responding personnel for working 24/7 here in florida and throughout the southeast. and in maui, and hawaii. i want to reiterate that appreciation today. i also convened my entire cabinet as part of a whole of government response. that responses to increase the number and intensity of the extreme weather events we are going to use all the resources available in the government to do it. nobody can deny the impact of climate crisis ease. nobody intelligent can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore but just look around. around of the nation and the world for that matter prehistoric floods, intense droughts, extreme heat. deadly wildfires. wildfires that caused serious damage like we have never seen before. just a sense of being a president in two and half years i have flown over more land burned to the grou ....
to have died after a fire in a tower block. it s thought a locked gate prevented people from escaping the flames. our correspondent shinghai nyoka is injohannesburg and has been witnessing the aftermath. screams. the sound of screaming piercing the night in the heart of africa s richest city. fire! fire! they shout from a burning building home to hundreds of people. officials say many residents were trapped inside by a gate, blocked by the bodies of those who had already died. i was watching out of the window, all of the building was on fire so i decided myself to jump first. ijumped down, my wife throw for me the baby, i catch him. i tell her to tie a bed sheet. she tied a bed sheet and came down it. i catch him. relief and shock etched on the faces of those who managed to escape, but the rows of body bags are a grim reminder of those who didn t. many who lived inside this building were migrants from across the continent. the residents here were living in overcrowded ....
report os a man with a rifle. at this hour million of families on the highways. the holiday rush coming days after hurricane idalia. rip current alerts posted along the east coast. monsoons, storms, and flash flooding in the southwest. victor oquendo in miami. rob marciano with the forecast. also tonight, disturbing body camera video released showing the deadly police shooting of a pregnant woman in her car outside a grocery store in ohio. the mother of two suspected of stealing. an officer firing a single shot through the windshield as she attempts to drive away. the family demanding the officer be fired and charged with her death. the manhunt intentfying tonight for an extremely dangerous killer who escaped from prison near philadelphia. hundreds of police searching the area. what we re now learning. two more former members of the proud boys sentenced for their roles in the january 6th attack on the capitol. one defendant receiving 18 years behind bars, tying ....