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category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfal ....
devastating some of the most important tobacco farms used to produce iconic cigars. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus todd: i m todd piro, our reporters are live this morning. janice dean is in the fox weather center in new york city. carley: we begin in st. pete s beach, on track to be one of the first places hit today. lauren, what are you seeing on the ground right now? still dry at this moment and looking ago, later today that will not be the case. this morning ian is expected to strengthen to a category four hurricane, before moving to a hurricane three in cape coral. storm surge could reach 10 to 15 feet. tornados reported last night near miami, thousands are without power. that number is expected to go into the millions, 30,000 personnel are standing by to get the lights back on once the worst of the storm passes. ian devastated cuba as category three, knocking out power to the entire island. 2.5 million people have been told to e ....
Especially with storm surge along the coast line. from tampa to st. pete beach to orlando, looking at 18 to 24 inches of rainfall. todd and carley. todd: lauren, thank you. nicole is in nearby tampa with the latest there. nicole. good morning. as lauren mentioned, the threat of storm surge reduced, flooding remains a top concern for the tampa bay area as officials prepare to see the impact of hurricane ian over several hours. those evacuations extend across 12 counties across the sunshine state. if they haven t left, officials still want you to as soon as possible. hurricane ian now is just approaching florida s gulf coast and she mentioned, we ve seen ....
Said he s tired of being made a monkey by the monkey. he s tracked this troublemaker too long, he says. once he tranquilized him with a single shot. the monkey threw, how shall we say, feces at him then retreated to a higher branch. when he woke up, back on the run. he s made a monkey of everyone trying to catch him. he s traveled three counties, almost four counties i know of. reporter: in the last two years this monkey on the lam has covered 50 square miles. getting from tampa to st. petersburg requires a trick. he either swam or walked the miles separating the two cities or he s getting help. one clue, while he may not have a name, he does are a facebook page. the mystery monkey of tampa bay. he writes on his facebook page, mystery monkey of tampa ....
Over and there are no grapefruit in it. at this point i m like, those have got to be some seriously large citrus rats. reporter: vernon yates, animal trapper, says he s tired of being made a monkey by the monkey. he s tracked this troublemaker for too long, he says. once he tranquilized him with a single shot. the monkey threw, how shall we say, feces at him. and then retreated to a high branch, took a nap, and when he woke up, he was back on the run. he s kind of made a monkey out of everybody who has tried to catch him. i mean, you know, he has traveled three counties, almost four counties that i know of. reporter: in the last two years this monkey on the lam has covered an immense territory. he s been sighted across 50 square miles, but getting from tampa to st. petersburg requires a trick. he either swam or walked the seven miles separating the two cities or he s getting help. ....