life-threatening storm surge. we just learned the updated storm surge projections for those areas is now staggers. it is now 12 to 18 feet. that is the warning. already more than 16 on,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. more than 2.5 million people are under an erag ways order or warning. governor desantis said residents in the cross hairs need to shelter in place, because it is too late to leave. if you are in any of those counties, it s no longer possible to safely evacuate. it s time to hunker down and prepare for this storm. this is a powerful storm that should be treated like you would treat if a tornado was approaching your home. we are covering all angles up and down the western coast of florida. let s begin with john berman. he s in tampa. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning poppy and jim. this storm is bringing three interrelated threats. the winds, an historic storm, one of the most powerful projected, particularly about in
russia collusion, ukrainian phone call, alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels. never-trumpers always think they have the former president right where they want him. the aftermath of the mar-a-lago raid, it has been no different. let s about trumpers reaction which has been which is to throw any criticism back in the face of the doj. do you get the sense he feels like the walls are closing in? i think he is very worried. i don t think he ll admit it. i think for the first time things are really i m going to say the walls are closing in. pete: yes, the oft repeated, never realized walls that are closing in. like the knives are out. it isn t just the resistance folks playing into this. but also biden s doj. in last night s close to midnight filing in response to his request for an independent special master to determine what would actually be applicable, they went out of their way to provide even more fodder for the chattering class and the damning language in le
trump administration officials. details of that new reporting ahead as well. and later on, we don t have the manpower as the doj s january 6th probe expands, sources telling our team resources are at a breaking point. what we re learning about the most wide-ranging investigation in justice department history coming up as well. i m in for hallie jackson. want to get to ali vitali on capitol hill. what i am hearing as we wrap up this incredibly surprising week to say the least is that there is a procedural vote happening in the next couple minutes. walk us through what you know. reporter: yeah. certainly a week with a lot of twists and turns here between the senate and the house. the house leaving town now, at least for the next week or so, and doing it with a flurry of activity before they get there, setting up this vote, this procedural motion in just a few minutes that s going to be a vote on the rule to get onto the actual vote on an assault weapons ban. in talking to
Pete it is the 9 a. M. Hour of fox Friends Weekend. We start with this fox weather alert. Massive tornadoes tear through americas heartland leaving behind destruction in iowa e and nebraska amongst many other states. We have the latest updates. Will and its new york versus trump returning on tuesday after extabloid publisher david pecker claimed he never if used the term catch and kill with the former president. Carley plus, more americans say theyre being shamed into tipping even for coffees and selfservice kiosks. We have your responses on tipflation. The final hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. Will to a fox weather alert. Right now 55 million americans r alert one day after massive tornadoes tore across americas heartland. Carley at least 59 twist thers in texas, kansas, oklahoma, iowa and the hardest hit state has been nebraska. Pete fox weathers Nicole Valdes is in ilkhorn elkhorn, nebraska, with more. Reporter good morning. Look, its a sad day here where there are doz
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete good morning and welcome to fox friends. It is saturday, april 20th. Year of our lord, 2024. And you continue to send us phenomenal photos for our nations an them. What a beautiful, beautiful start to the morning. Pete we do that every saturday, every sunday. And were glad to have you. Will dr. Nicole saphier in for Rachel Campos if duffy. We had hours, dogs, we had flag pete giant cranes will on a Crane Outside of a barn. We had a bald eagle nick can you get more american than that . With. Will and then, out of the blue, we have a pole vaulter. Pete athletics. Will awesome. Pete hopefully, it was a female pole vaulter. Nicole foreign female. Will would would never know, was that a male or female Pole Vaulting Competition . Zoom in and then ask. Pete we play never know. [laughter] will are you in the male or female division . More of that in just a moment on fox friends. Were going to start with this, protest it is across Ivy L