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>> reporter: we will bring you back out here once the rain starts. carley: lets move south to georgia, the catastrophic storm surge is a big problem is there. hurricane dorian inching to the east coast. rob: jillian is in saint simons island where businesses are boarding up. >> reporter: you can see how quickly conditions change, we are getting a significant band of rain pouring down on us, the first we have seen since we have been out here for the first few hours, heavy rain at this point, no s...

Dorian has had some bumps for us but from our perspective hasnt been one of the bumpier storms we had. rob: tell us what information we would not be able to ascertain if you didnt do these missions? >> the national hurricane center tells us there predictions increase in accuracy 25%-30% when they have us compared to when they are not able to get us in the storm. we are giving the wind direction, wind speed, pressure, humidity, those types of things. carley: you have to pass through the eye wall ...

Joined by south carolina senator tim kane. a lot on the line in south carolina, and karl rove will be joining us. another big story we are following. the devastating california boat fire the 34 presumed dead. we have guests who will give us a look inside the sleeping quarters. apparently there are two ways to get out and claims on both sides. absolute tragedy we will tell you about. rob: 12 minutes before the top of the hour, "fox and friends" in 12 minutes. ♪

The forecast that has downgraded and move north along the coast. thank you for your time, appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. carley: were getting our first real look at the devastation left behind in the bahamas after hurricane dorians direct hit. what we know about major companies joining the relief effort. rob: we are watching the rain bands wash over the florida coast, tracking the potential for a late week landfall further to the north coming up. this fall, book two, separate qualify...

>> making a guess as dorian moves. i am thinking somewhere between savanna, georgia into south carolina or wilmington, north carolina. rob: tell us how the cajun navy works. you are affiliated with several officials. tell us what you do and why it is so important. >> our organization works together throughout the year, all volunteers, friends of friends, we make our group and keep in touch and pool our resources between one another. some people donate to us and get some money together, different...

On the mens side a sad night for most fans. roger fetter are --federer is out. >> a final in the career -- rob: a great match. he lost in 5 sets while battling back injury. he will play medvedev in the final week. carley: the search called off in california. a first look in the tight quarters where passengers are trapped. rob: florida authorities say right now is the worst they have seen of dorian. the outer bands, more than 1 million people in the states agriculture is this. our next guest says...

Only conviction being tossed last week. the mexican national acquitted of murdering 2017 after he fired the shot that killed steinle on a san francisco.. the conviction was overturned for being a felon in possession of a gun. he was deported 5 times for steinles death. he will face 10 years in prison and his trial begins next year. the aclu vowing to block the pentagon from transferring $3.6 billion to build a border wall. the organization calls the move and unlawful power grab. for 175 miles of...

You are watching "fox and friends first". carley: turning to our fox news team coverage with janice dean tracking that category 2 storm from the southeast evacuation zone. rob: griff jenkins in daytona beach feeling those outer bands. >> reporter: in daytona they are feeling some -- rob: certainly is feeling outer bands because he cant get much of a signal. getting hit with a lot of that storm. we will come back to griff in a second but now we go to the north of daytona beach, in georgia people ...

All eyes shifting to the carolinas as the category 2 storm could make landfall. rob: aishah hasnie is in charleston, south carolina where people are moving to higher ground. >> reporter: thats right. no rain, no wind, hot and humid. that gives us more time to get prepared which is what folks are doing. i want to show you this marina behind me. in 1989 when hurricane hugo hit, these boats were picked up out of the water and tossed all over the place. we expect that not to happen this time with do...

As a resource of local law enforcement so we are not beating anything they are doing or causing any problems, to be an asset to the mans work with them. rob: awesome to watch you guys operate, really cool to see. to donate go to louisiana-see-in.com. carley: 40 minutes after the hour, florida already feeling the effects of dorian as it moves closer to the coast. the relentless rain, we are live on the down in daytona beach with the latest from emergency crews. rob: flying directly into danger, a...