rachel: good morning, everybody. we go straight to a fox weather alert. florida is still reeling from the devastation caused by hurricane ian. we watched everything just go flying by. we lost so much at this point so we appreciate everybody. we are very much concerned about the storm. i should have left. i shouldn t have stayed. most of the time, we are all kind of doing our own thing just listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. reporter: the storm soaking the mid atlantic making way up north and the death toll in florida and the carolinas unfortunately continues to climb. alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach this morning with more. good morning, alex. reporter: good morning. we re on san carlos island part of fort meyers beach and this is a challenging rescue and sadly a recovery operation has had to become and look at mangled pieces of metal and boats on top of hopes and look at residences and think, my goodness, i hope they were among
we have florida still reeling from the devastation from hurricane ian. we re concerned about the storm. i should have left and shouldn t have stayed. listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. the storm now soaking the mid atlantic making its way up north and death toll in florida continues to climb. pete: alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach. alexandria. well, good morning. we re here on san carlos island, part of fort meyers beach and aside from the utility crews working up the street and the occasional police siren, the scene is quiet, it s still and sad. it s really easy to understand when you look at the wreckage behind me why this rescue and recovery and these operation haves been so challenging, but they ve been productive. according to the lee county sheriff s office, 6 to 700 rescues were made and the sheriff is reporting 35 deaths in the county as well and the numbers may rise as individual counties are reporting. about 30 minutes north o
deal, and i want you both to know that don t count on me in the back half of the fourth hour of this show, because the vikings game starts at 9:30. rachel: that s so early. pete: they re playing in london. so i ll have the game on my phone, you guys carry the show. will: i m glad you clarified, there are people asking why i m wearing tennis shoes with my suit, if i m going to copy pete. all the way. [laughter] i lost a bet. i lost a bet to pete. he beat me at fantasy football, so i am sporting minnesota vikings gear with, and you ve got a london a.m. kickoff. you ll be watching football while we do the muse. rachel: and, boys, explain what the bet and if you lose fantasy football team. pete: well, the bet is, i don t know that a will s committed ye- [laughter] rachel: come on, will. let s be daring, join the bet. pete: neither of those are true. will: that i m going to wear a dress? pete: if rachel is number one in the fox & friends fantasy league, and right now are you 2
everyone for joining us i m eric shawn. the infrastructure in some area of florida have been completely destroyed and washed away. just take a look at that. tens of billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild according to the initial estimates and the storm recovery just one of the top stories we are following for you at this hour. also i had her in foxley in the southern border of the humanitarian crisis continues they are as slow. fox news learning some new details about the jaw-dropping number of got away so far this year as some migrants are pulled from the raging waters to safety. and as the countdown to the midterms is on the balance of power in the u.s. senate expected to come down to just a few states. we will look at that. but first steve harrigan is standing by in northport, florida on the recovery efforts they are in the wake of ian. hey steve. eric, we ve been driving up and down highway 75. stopping along the way, so many communities pretty much flooded out.
person whose name ends in romp. have a great weekend, my friend. and thank you for joining us at home. the department of justice says tonight, this evening, filed a brief arguing that it cannot wait until december to look at all 11,000 documents it seized from donald trump. the department is arguing the delay is impeding its central investigation, and we are gonna get to that story shortly. we begin tonight with the destructive fury of hurricane ian. the storm made its second landfall in the united states a little after 2:00 this afternoon, near georgetown, south carolina, arriving is a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. those winds and churning ocean waves were strong enough to destroy at least for fishing piers off the south carolina coast, including this one. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four pe