cyclone. associated press reporting at least 30 people have died, including 27 in florida. griff: ian now set to bring heavy rain to the east coast after definiting leaving devastating damage and landfall again in the carolinas, ap confirming at least 35 have died including 27 in florida. welcome to fox news live. i m griff jenkins. jacqui: good to be with you all, i m jacqui heinrich. and molly is in south carolina, and adam klotz in the weather center and rich at the white house. we ll start off with steve harrigan in north port. jacqui, the water in north port is going up and they re struggling to make rescues. a waiting list of 500 people, calling 911 they re trapped by the water and want to get out we ve seen national guard, and private citizens, too, trying to help people. you can see the houses one after the other have become little islands about chest high, four or five feet height of water around some of these houses. first responders are joined by a lot of people
This is cnn Breaking News. Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on what is seriously a marathon saturday. On capitol hill and wherever you are. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with this Breaking News from capitol hill, where were watching an 11th hour Stopgap Spending Bill potentially come to reality. The house is yet to vote on it, but there are so many moving parts today, youre seeing the minority House Minority leader, hakeem jeffries, who has been using his magic minute to speak to the chamber there, imploring that all of this was avoidable, there could have been some bipartisan effort to keep Government Spending well before this juncture, but here we all are. Lets get to cnns lauren fox on capitol hill. Brand new reporting that you have about not just whats going on in the house, but apparently whats happening in the senate, and how all of this is coming together. Whats going on . Reporter let me paint a picture for viewers at home. Basically theres been a del
And it will come to florida, believe me, it will come to florida, i ve been working with mario on this particular issue and byron donalds and i spoke to him last night and we ll be helping from tampa bay because we help our neighbors. jacqui: not to go down rabbit hole, we can t support ukraine through n.a.t.o. or there s the concern that we would be provoking a war between n.a.t.o. and russia something we ve been trying to avoid. let me just say this, let me say this, we ve given ukraine a lot of money over the years, i mean, it s been over a year now with the war, and listen, unless there s accountability, i have to be fiscally responsible. i believe that that s what my constituents would like. jacqui: i hear your message and i hear your call for more funds to your area. the people of your state that are suffering so much in the wake of this devastating storm. and i hope you get the help