Or discrimination as crc to try to make it toxic. Neil foul by the head of one of the nations largest Teachers Union to defend the controversial curriculum in your Kids Classroom and in court if need be. Fox and friends first on wednesday starts right now. Jillian you are watching Fox And Friends First on wednesday morning. Todd we begin in Florida Tracking tropical Storm Elsa after Hammering Key West be Storm Barreling toward Tampa Bay with strong winds and Heavy Rain. Jillian it will make landfall later this morning. In Clearwater Beach, florida what is looking like . Reporter we are experiencing relative calm, the other bands of Heavy Rain and strong windss earlier this morning but some wind but no rain. Make no Mistake Emergency personnel in Pinellas County are not Out Of The Woods yet. They are monitoring storm surge. We are approaching high tide so conditions are right for that. They are expecting at least a couple of feet of storm surge. Elsa has already dumped a ton of rain in
His goal is not the truth. We begin flight with a Bench Mark Decision from the top republican in the house. Yes, he does plan to fill the five republican slots on the January 6th select committee. That after an internal republican debate over whether a Boycott Minute a better political strategy. The leaders are told, it is not to aid the search for the truth. Sources familiar with his thinking say it is less about cooperation and more about making sure republican loyalists are in place to try to steer the committee away from facts invent to Donald Trump and to the gop. Lets get straight to melanie up on Capitol Hill. The leader has made his decision. Now what . Thats right. The strategy is coming into focus for republicans about how theyll approach this January 6th investigation. Ultimately im told that Kevin Mccarthy does plan to appoint republicans because he wants Anaheim Position where they can push back on democrats, play defense for trump, shape a Counter Narrative and essentiall
Are seeing a spike in new cases. Those are in the red. Lets bring in cnn chief white House Correspondent kaitlan collins. What does president Biden Plan to say about all of this . Reporter he is walking a Fine Line where theyre touting what you are showing there, the Case Rates are down, deaths are down, but theyre dealing with these areas where theyre worried about a potentially deadly combination, low Vaccination Rates and a high circulation of the highly contagious Delta Variant that everyone is now talking about. So what you have seen President Biden try to do for the last few days is really mark the progress thats been made, celebrate the fact that life has returned to normal in a lot of the u. S. , but also warn about whats to come for those who are not yet vaccinated. That is this concern of those areas where the Delta Variant is high that people who arent vaccinated are going to get potentially very, very sick, and even potentially die. That was that warning that you heard from
Coast. Millions of people facing torrential rain, lifethreatening Storm Surge, strong winds and even the possibility of tornadoes. Tropical Storm Elsa will affect almost the entire eastern coast of the united states. The national Hurricane Center issued a new advisory. Cnn has a Team Tracking it all. Lets begin our coverage with Cnn Meteorologist Chad myers. He has the latest forecast. Chad, whats new in this forecast that strikes your eye . Boris, the latest is that Making Landfall right now, taylor county, florida, very close to steam chachly, north of horseshoe beach, certainly north of cedar key. Its getting bigger at this hour, at least convectionwise, not wind speedwise, over a swampy area in taylor county. Were not going to see more increase in speed circulating around the storm itself. Still going to be a 65mileperhour storm. What we are still seeing, tremendous amounts of rain on the Tail End here near ft. Myers and heavy rainfall about to come onshore across parts of northern
End critical Race Theory. Theyre buffaloing teachers by frying to stop us from teaching accurate history. We must unite. They expect Aaron Rogers to win the match. There it is. That a way partner. Win capital ones the match. Brian we can stop hugging And getting serious now. Tropical Storm Elsa barreling towards floridas northern Gulf Coast. Ainsley that storm is bringing a lot of wind And Heavy Rain. Expected to make lAndfall this morning into early afternoon. Pete Steve Harrigan is live in clearwater beach, florida. Steve, how are the conditions this morning . Pete, its breezy here. And the rain is steady. Thats the real danger from this storm is going to be the rain all along floridas West Coast. Some areas have gotten Up To 9 inches of rain from this storm. And elsa has weakened. It was twice a category 1 hurricane. Now its a Tropical Storm with gusts of over 65 miles per hour. Pretty much sustained winds above 60. 33 counties in florida are in a State Of Emergency. And theres a da