fox and friends starts right now. good morning to you. you know, the headlines, you can look at any newspaper this morning and they all say the same thing. hurricane earl haying its way up to the northeast this morning. so we re on early. an hour early. right now hurricane earl is pounding north carolina. it s downgraded right now this is good news to a category 2 storm but still packing winds up to 105 mph now. we have live team coverage for you this morning. janice tracking the path but let s go to rick leventhal first in montaup, new york. conditions here pretty mild right now. no rain s fallen here in montauk. the beaches were closed all day