actions. what happened prior to what we re seeing right now. do we know if family members are there to receive the bodies of their loved ones or if they are there to meet with the president, do we know if any are there on base? just out of view are members of families watching. after that they will be released to the family. he understands what it means to have a family abroad. he understands loss and he s burr ripped two children. he understands what that means. he spent two and a half hours this morning with his wife meeting with families and having these conservations. we heard stories of what he understands loss to be. it meeps things to him like looking at the kitchen table and seeing the empty seat at the table. that s the piece these 13 families will be experiencing for birthday, holidays, for special events. it s that empty seat at their table. he has a line that he says that i want to read for you here. he says a time will come when the memory of someone will bring
island for us. chris. reporter: fred, good to be working for you today. we re in east hampton on the southern shore of long island right off new york. we re here because this was the fear of concern path early on, a beach front community, reminiscent of super storm sandy. did not happen, not going to happen. that was a hurricane that bounced off new jersey and then came here. new york will not be directly impacted by this. there will be flooding. we do have some power outages. now it s about time, this storm. as fred was laying out to you, there is a stall. why? because when storms go over land, they slow down and can change direction. henri has been the storm, if you re going to characterize it, as the storm that couldn t make up its mind. it s been changing paths. it hitting rhode island and newport is very different from where it originally made landfall which is the tiny island of block island. a thousand san, maybe 2,500 people in season, a beautiful place. it s hard t
believe this is new haven, connecticut. rhode island, new york. six states in all will be impacted by this storm. it will feel the brunt of this storm. rain coming down as you can see in new haechb. other video we can show you throughout the hour of storm surges already. we have a team of reporters.rt we re going to begin with hurricane henri getting ready to crash into the northeast coast. expected to make landfall within a few hours. can see janessa webb there, poor thing hanging on to a railing from then strong wind d rain. long island, southern new england are bracing for a direco hit for the first time in 30 years. as we saw from janessa s live shot, areas are already experiencing initial impacts. look at this video from new york city. eastern parkway behind the brooklynhi library. people in henri s path are emptying shelves like this one at a walmart in connecticut where flashlights are usually stocked. those close to the coast boarding up windows and in some kies
down for a little under 24 hours and it s beautiful, but certain to cause a lot of headaches. that s the case for sure. if you re waking up in the northeast today, plan on staying close to home. a nor easter is moving up the east coast through early tomorrow with more than 110 million americans in its path. with 20 to 30 mile per hour wind gusts, near blizzard conditions are possible with downed power lines and limited visibility on roads also a concern. some areas in and around new york city possible two feet of snow. they ve been canceled in and out of the northeast especially in that new york area. the port authority which runs the regions airports, tunnels, bus terminals gearing up with more than 500 pieces of snow gimt. the storm system leaving its mark. in the suburbs of richmond, virginia, fire truck spinning out and overturning on icy roads. before it crossed the country, the same system watched out california s highway 1 near big sur looefg a huge gap. new york
going on here, but we ll see. right now we re seeing millions of holiday travelers desperate to get out this weekend no matter the price. wallets are taking a big hit as americans hit the road, the skies and stores. welcome, everybody. glad to have you, happy weekend. i m neil cavuto. obviously, we re all over the fallout of this presidential visit to florida, the ramifications of that storm. we ve got fox team coverage with lucas tomlinson following developments at the white house where the president will soon be departing, max gorden in cedar key, florida, where emergency workers are still digging out. let s start with lucas. reporter: hey, neil. what s going on here is hurricane and disaster politics, as you mentioned. president biden and the first lady expected to leave the white house in the next hour to go to live oak, florida, located halfway between tallahassee and jacksonville. and as you mentioned, he will not be meeting governor desantis. here s a statement the f