Stokes . We have some wet and wIndy weather to come today across the northern half of the country. Further south It wIll Be Blustery, But also BrIghter. All the detaIls shortly. Hello, good mornIng. Its wednesday 21st august. Our maIn story. SIx people remaIn mIssIng off the coast of sIcIly, as Rescue Teams struggle to get InsIde the Luxury Yacht whIch sank durIng a storm on monday. The search wIll resume thIs mornIng as rescuers contInue to attempt to get access to the caBIns. One Body has Been recovered, whIch Is BelIeved to Be that of the vessels chef. Our reporter Graham Satchell has more. Cctv footage from the early hours of monday mornIng. Through the ragIng storm, you can just see the lIghts of the Luxury SaIlIng Yacht the BayesIan, anchored offshore. But wIthIn mInutes, as the wInd IntensIfIes, the lIghts dIsappear. ThIs Rescue OperatIon Is now enterIng Its thIrd day and condItIons are dIffIcult. The wreckage Is more than 150ft underwater. DIvers are usIng remotely operated veh
Afghanistan late this afternoon. Actually just a few members ago, wrapping up. Utah Republican Congressman Chris Stewart was in that classified hearing, he will join us momentarily. But, first, Correspondent Trey Yingst starts us off tonight with a wrapup live from dough doha,qatar. Are good evening, today civilians do everything they can to flee the country now under taliban rule. We know there will be continuous flights out of afghanistan on military planes. Heres a look at whAt Those efforts are like. A c17 fires flares as it departs from the airport in kabul. The purpose to counter any possible antiaircraft missile targeting the plane with just 8 days until american troops are scheduled to withdrawal from afghanistan, evacuations are of vulnerable people are are are Security Threats against u. S. And its allies. Outside the walls of the airport a shootout erupted early this morning, american, nato and afghan troops all firing back at gunman who killed one afghan soldier. Officials
Youre watching Fox Friends first on this friday morning. Im carley shimkus. Ashley im ashley strohmier. Todd an jillian are off this morning. Now to the border crisis, Homeland Security Secretary new mayorkas announcing Border Crossings hit a 21 year high. Carley Griff Jenkins is live with brandnew Audio Recordings that are telling. Reporter we havent seen these kind of numbers since the spring of the year 2000, never during a raging pandemic. Secretary mayorkas announcing this number here, more than 212,000 encounters in july, a fivefold increase over last july. The situation at the border is one of the toughest challenges we face. It is complicated, changing, and involves vulnerable people at a time of a global pandemic. Reporter but behind closed doors, in this leaked audio, talking to Border Patrol agents, mayorkas admits the situation is much more dire. These numbers cannot continue. We cannot get to the point we were a couple weeks ago and were going to make sure that doesnt happ
Fox friends first continues right now. Good morning. Im sure hes dancing from wherever he is, connecticut, the song is playing. Youre watching Fox Friends first on this Monday Morning, im ashley strohmier. Im carley shimkus. Both Jillian And Todd have this morning off. Dr. Anthony fauci connects, quote, Pain And Suffering as the delta Cases Surge but not any new lockdowns. This comes as lawmakers call for full Fda Approval of vaccines to help ramp up shots. We have a report from washington with the latest on the front. Good morning, caroline. Reporter good morning, ashley and carley. Dr. Fauci warns that cases are way too high right now and theyre going to get worse but he did have a spot of good news. I dont think were going to see lockdowns. I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not a allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter. Reporter the rate of vaccinations is going up. The White