steve: todd and carley you arely right. fox & friends starts right now. 74 degrees. and it is june 24th, 2024. welcome to fox & friends. we start with a fox news alert. two migrants charged in the brutal murder of that houston, texas area 12-year-old due in court this morning. a live report in just moments on what we can expect to learn. charlie: former president trump set to rally louisiana today as he confirms that he has maids up his mind about who will appear alongside him on the tickets. [shouting] do they know? no, nobody knows. ainsley: lots of names being thrown out there that day and cool running team u.s.a. insisting on bringing their own air conditioning unit to the olympics in defiance of the organizer s green initiative. stay cool. steve: charlie, welcome to fox & friends. great to be here. ainsley: busy busy. steve: you got three more hours ahead of you. steve: and they start right now. ainsley: we do start with a fox news alert. two
marcus moore with the worstening situation in texas tonight. marcus, thank you. we are also tracking severe storms at this hour. we re on the watch here in the east. washington, d.c. up through philadelphia and the images coming in tonight, this was a possible tornado in wisconsin. tornado watch in effect at this hour. of course, we re also tracking tropical storm fred, set to hit the u.s. by the end of the week. let s get right back to senior meteorologist rob marciano with us again tonight. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. we ll start with the severe. active day with 200 storm reports, three tornadoes in wisconsin. that watch still up there. watches in michigan and ohio and pennsylvania. new jersey, all the way through virginia. this is fueled in part by the extreme heat and humidity. heat advisories up again. 34 states on heat alerts. hotter in the northeast tomorrow and the northwest. meanwhile, fred is now over the dominican republic and weakening for now but will strengthen o
it comes and goes in pitches, but we just had some pretty heavy rain downpouring just now, and we ve been seeing wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. and that is expected to continue throughout the night. tropical storm warning, hurricane watch, storm surge warnings are still in place here in west palm beach, as well as palm beach island, through 1:00 this morning. now, one thing that we are monitoring is the fact that uber is suspending rides, actually as we speak, just because the conditions here are worstening. so, that s the thing. i mean, if you haven t gotten out already, if you haven t heeded those mandatory evacuation orders that are in place for parts of west palm beach, it s too late now, and uber was one of those things that could help you get to safety, but really, what officials are going to be watching out for, within the next couple of hours, is the tide. they re keeping a close eye on the tide. high tide is coming in in just about a half hour. this is an area that has
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