now polling at 1%. high level trade talks with commerce secretary gina raimondo in beijing drawing a hard line between improving economic ties and protecting our national security. we re not compromising or negotiating. the environmental mob blocking the road to burning man causing one hell of a traffic jam. 40 minutes. airlines are offering child free zones. airline is out of turkey it s the first in europe to create a no kid zone on their planes. good morning, everybody. it s 7:00 on the east on this tuesday, august 29th, 2023. we start this hour with a fox weather alert. we are tracking hurricane idalia as it intensifies to a category 1 overnight swirling off cuba as it barrels now toward florida s gulf coast. the question is where. ainsley: cat 1 right now. the hurricane is expected to grow stronger before it does make landfall tomorrow morning. brian: meanwhile. fox weather correspondent robert ray is in clearwater, florida with the very latest. robert?
safely. the problem is on the rise. tsh we one hell of a traffic jam. you better watch out and move. [screams] the u.s. open is underway with the game s biggest stars showing off swings in the last grand slam of the year. you kind of got to go w. djokovic. he is the guy to beat. ainsley: straight to a fox weather alert. we are tracking hurricane idalia all morning long. the storm strengthening to a cat 1 about an hour ago as it is swirling off cuba and barreling toward the coast of florida. idalia is expected to grow even stronger before making landfall tomorrow morning. brian: here we go a state of emergency has been declared in dozens of counties. and with mandatory evacuations underway tampa international airport grounding all flights today. people across florida preparing for the possibility of life-threatening storm. it s life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic damage. it s better to be prepared vs. not prepared and have regrets. since i hav
77% of americans say president biden is too old to be president. we will discuss what the president has been able to do. san francisco police officer called out a bakery who refused to serve a police officer. say what you mean. the bakery prohibiting guns in our restaurant keep us safer. airlines are offering child-free zone. it is called carindum. steve: separation from kids and adults by walls and curtains. brian: straight to fox weather alert, we are tracking hurricane idalia. intensifies to a category 1 off the florida gulf coast. steve: where is the hurricane expected to grow stronger before making landfall tomorrow. ainsley: robert ray is in florida, in clearwater. what is going on there? it is beautiful, you wouldn t know a hurricane is on the way unless you had technology out there. take a look at this category 1 idalia entering the gulf of mexico. hurricane hunters just went through and they see intensification of this. it is expected to be up
florida governor ron desantis is giving an update on hurricane idalia. bill is off. good morning. bret: i m bret baier in washington. america s newsroom. the governor is beginning down there in florida and we can listen in to governor desantis. forecast to make landfall along florida s big bend tomorrow morning as a major hurricane. the national hurricane center issued a hurricane warning for the gulf coast from sarasota county through franklin county in the panhandle and storm surge watches are also in effect in those areas. national hurricane center advisory includes if this storm hits at high tide storm surge could reach 8 to 12 feet in some areas. that would be life threatening storm surge. i know all those areas are under evacuation notices in the low lying and coastal areas. you run from the water and you hide from the wind. if you are there in that storm surge you are putting your life in jeopardy when it gets to be that high. so if you re giving those orders ple