Over 7 inches of rain in the last 48 hours in brownsville, texas. Which is more then they would normally see in the month of september. Starting to see the heavy bands spread across louisiana. Heavy rain is forecast along the Gulf Coast and pretty far inland, cities like atlanta, birmingham and memphis looking at 46 inches possibly out of this system over the next several days as it slowly makes its way inland. Storm surge is going to be a big factor. And south of morgan city, 510 feet of Storm Surge is affected. Damaging Wind And Water Sponsor Louisiana and portions of western florida. It was at this time 23 years ago this September 11 attacks began shaking the nation to its core. Ahead we will have live coverage, were there as the candidates for president are showing up. The first faceoff between Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has democrats celebrating. Harris threw him off his Game And Trump repeatedly took the bait. Will be seen around two between these two candida
weekend. beaches are packed and grills ready to be fired up. and fox nation host abby hornacek is gearing up for fox news big independence day show, out in west jordan, utah, right now. abby, how s it going? judge, it couldn t be better. kind of like you mentioned, we are here all weekend long, because obviously the fourth of july is meant to celebrate for the whole weekend. it s not just about the day of. it s about all the day beading up to it as well. our time kicked off at the stadium of fire, where patriotism definitely took center stage. tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate family, faith, freedom, music, and of course fireworks. the night started with a flyover by f-35s as fireworks burst into the air, people cheered, and even told me it was their favorite part of the night. there was a special performance by the legendary people band, which people absolutely loved. for the grand finale of the night, they did light things up with the largest stadium fire
o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
she lost her husband in combat when her youngest was three weeks old. these families have given up everything for us and i hope before people go out and celebrate, which i think today needs to be a day of celebration. we are a free country and need to celebrate their service and what they have done and remember them. i hope they take time to dedicate to what today really is all about. todd: that spouse had a three year old, one year old and a three week old and then i just finished with that panel of gold-star parents and you heard us joking, not joking but talking about how stories hit harder when you are a parent. you are about to experience it and understand what that is and listening to cheryl rex, the mom we just interviewed saying what she s going to do today. go to the grave site of her son to be with him. just think about that for a moment and think about so many parents. regardless of the war, who got that call, got that telegram, that no parent wants to get. the c
todd: such a poignant start to the 8 a.m. east coast hour on fox and friends, quantico marine corps band performing amazing grace with a shot of arlington national cemetery tomb of the unknown, makes you realize what today is all about. thanks to tunnel to towers for flags on fox square. welcoming you inside, joey jones, kayleigh mcenany, todd piro. thank you for allowing us to celebrate this important day each year with you. kayleigh: shots of the tomb of the unknown shoulder gives me chills. i went with former president tr trump. what a beautiful testament to those who served. joey: when you lay your life down on the battlefield you, sacrifice yourself so that the country may live, the sacrifice doesn t enter your mind and this built your country and quite a bit still left. kayleigh: amen. president biden and kevin mccarthy are on the clok to get a debt deal. todd: house rules noticed a 3 p.m. hearing for tomorrow on the debt limit bill. mark meridith joins us