running out. governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency for all 67 florida counties. six of them now under mandatory evacuation orders. live just a short time ago desantis gave this warning. the impacts will be far, far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall. in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-sleetening storm surge. you don t want to put yourself in harm s way unnecessarily. and doesn t mean you need to go across god s creation to evacuate. just get to the higher ground, get into a safe structure. harris: fox weather and fox news reporters are stationed across the state of florida. we re tracking the storm 24/7 to keep you continuously updated. fox weather s nicole valdez reporting live from tampa. nicole. good morning. mandatory evacuations have been expanded for the tampa bay area and additional 90,000 people are now being told it is time to get out. that as we watch home and business owners put plywood
to the region and quite frankly the whole world. the israeli leader also talked about the president s visit to the saudi kingdom. giving him a message to pass on to the leaders he will be meeting there in his trip. mr. president, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar, kuwait and oman and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hands are outstretched for peace. with that talk more about this nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander and jane harmon and president emeritus of the wilson center and author of insanity defense while why the failure makes us less safe. so peter, what more do we know about what president biden s expected to do and talk about when he is in saudi arabia? it s quite an accomplishment, a president of the united states going from israel to saudi arabia. reporter: yeah, that really says as much about the changing landscape here in the middle east as it does about anything else. the first u.s
united states called the bankers on wall street. the current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of vladimir putin. republicans offer plenty of blame but not a single solution. they re not drilling. why not? you want to know why prices are so high? there are a number of reasons having to do with war in ukraine, destruction caused by the pandemic. bill: gas is down 50 cents over the past 30 days. every bit helps. currently sitting at 4.49 a gallon on average. still up 87% since the president took office. peter doocy starts the coverage from the north lawn. what s the explanation now? what we continue to hear from officials at the white house is that when prices go up for pretty much anything, it is putin s fault out of the president s hands. when the prices come down, it is the president s plans to thank and he deserves a lot of credit. and that is leading to new questions whether or not there is a double standard. there is no both way thinking here at all. i very m
president biden said this week issues like abortion should get an exception when it comes to the senate filibuster, without it, 60 votes would but not be needed to pass legislation but the president conceded right now democrats don t have the support to do that. this is discussed yesterday with governors from nine democratic state now to offer safe haven for abortion. we work closely to protect women s rights, after this project reversal of roe v. wade, the terrible extreme position in my view of ending lives in the health and safety of millions of women. i share the public outrage in the court committed to moving america backwards. anita: the biden and administration on recent decisions, among them the ministrations green energy goal. this week removing soul revelatory discretion from the epa. the president s focus remain on the supreme court even when asked about inflation and gas prices while speaking in madrid thursday. resentment republicans see as inappropriate. o
but he s here now and they re trying to figure out a way forward. so a full day of meetings begins now with the leader of iraq and we re hoping to have some details from inside their at some point later on today ashleigh. okay, peter , you see who is traveling with the president on his mideast trip. peter , thank you so much. will be coming back to you once we get more details. but later on this morning, president biden will also speak to the leaders of egypt and the united arab emirates before heading back to washington. i m ashleigh strohmeyer in order to send you back to regular programing already in progressve. ha can you be sure that anothr incident, another murder, tumultuous joe biden won t happen again? god love you. what a silly question.ggi how could i possibly be sure of any of that? the president is under enormous pressure to bring downo the surging gas prices with thed trip with democrats in his own o party getting tired of hiswn inflation spin. think that w