soon. plus, all eyes on florida where a grand jury in the trump classified documents case heard from another witness today. the washington post reporting that if trump is indicted, a majority of the charges will be brought in florida. so what does that mean? and ukraine gaining background around bakhmut around the chief of russia s private army admits there will be major russian losses in ukraine. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the hazardous air now choking more than 75 million americans. it s an unbelievable situation. these are live pictures of new york. thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds and hundreds of miles away is now smothering the city. you got more than 8 million people affected just there. and it is way bigger than new york, philadelphia, pittsburgh, syracuse, all of them, the images you see there, 75 million americans are suffering from the hazardous haze. it is so bad particularly in new york city that the air quality index th
lebanon border and the north at this hour. this as the idf now says it s expanding ground operation into gaza. we ll have a live report on the ground in southern israel in just moments. welcome to fox news live, everyone. i m anita vogel. hey anita, i m griff jenkins. more pro-palestinian protests are planned across the country. in washington, police made arrests for defacing public property and in new york city where protesters disrupted friday night rush hour. cb cotton kicks things off with us for the latest here. hi, griff. the ongoing conflict continues to drive protests across the country. more pro-palestinian groups and far less justice coalitions, calling for a cease-fire in our nation s capital accusing the biden administration of helping to commit genocide against palestinians, take a listen. every single day this government and this institution send millions of dollars to the apartheid state of israel, shame, shame, shame! and hundreds gathering in d.c. on
As smoke from the Canadian wildfires rolled over the East coast, New York City officials scrambled to respond as they confronted a lack of preparation for the emergency.
studies showing emergency visits to the e.r. go up on days like this. how dangerous is it really to be breathing this air in? well, erin, thanks so much for having me on the show. this is an extraordinary event. those of us who study this topic, study particles and the health effects, the health limits about 12 microgram per cubic meter. we get excited if we see 50 or 100. it hit 700 today. that s like the worst air pollution day in beijing. that s like you can t see down the end of the runway. never seen anything like this. i m from new york, too. and when these events happen, certainly people are experiencing things like headaches and eye irritation. but we also know we re going to see an uptick in emergency department visits. we see this every time there s a wildfire, smoke event. they will be admitted for respiratory disease, copd, and asthma attacks. i ll put a number on it, there was a recent study that showed