warning that the hurricane, hurricane michael is not headed to any one town but there is life-threatening storm surge expected along more than 325 miles of coast line. that s a quote. take a look at video from a passenger on a cruise ship off the coast of cuba as it followed the hurricane. the ship had to wait until the storm passed until it could leave that island. the air force moving some of its 90-million-dollar fighter jets out of harm s way sending them from bases there in the florida panhandle to the west in louisiana. let s get right to team fox coverage our meteorologist adam clots is going to lead it of o. he is live with used in the knox extreme weather center. what are you seeing this afternoon. what we are seeing and will continue to see a strong that s strength running over warm gulf water. enough to see this keep climbing. you mentioned category 2 not
let s listen. the pressure on susan collins could not be greater. this moment is of her own making. senator collins could have announced her decision prior to this moment. she s been seen speaking with lisa murkowski, the republican of alaska for much of the day. she was seen exiting a lunch with others and leaders from the republican leadership. mitch mcconnell said to have been happy and doing well after that and seeming confident. what does it mean? we ll know in a moment. susan collins will leave her office, go to the senate floor and announce her decision she s told us. we have team fox coverage. first, mike emanuel who is live
against judge brett kavanaugh have polarized our nation weeks before the mid-term elections which will decide who controls the congress. we have team fox coverage of breaking news this afternoon. the chief white house correspondent, john roberts is live on the north lawn. first to mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike? shep, good afternoon. a democrat up for re-election in a conservative state, heidi heitkamp of north dakota came out and said she is a no saying in addition to the concerns about his past conduct last thursday s hearing called into question judge kavanaugh s temperament and impartiality. these are critical traits for anybody to serve on the highest court in our country. and then the three key undecided republicans, murkowski, collins and flake. collins and flake said they re pleased with the product they re reviewing.
inappropriate and unacceptable. republicans can lose only one gop vote and still confirm kavanaugh if all democrats vote no. we ll go live to capitol hill in a few minutes for details on how the fbi will deliver its report on the kavanaugh investigation. first, team fox coverage begins with john roberts who is live for us today on the north lawn. john, welcome back. thanks, shep. if you re president trump, the three people you don t want to tick off are jeff flake, lisa murkowski and senator collins. the president never had a good relationship with flake. so for the president to say what he said last night and perhaps drive them away from voting for his nominee is an error that the president didn t need to make. some of his other republican colleagues are saying things about it. senator john thune who i m sure will be a yes for kavanaugh said
our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel continues team fox coverage and he s at the rotunda this afternoon on the hill. it sounds like the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is expecting the fbi to be done with its work shortly and then says it s time for the senate to act, an up or down vote on the judge kavanaugh investigation. so let me tell you what will certainly happen. we will get an fbi support will not report soon. it will be made available to each senator, and only senators will be allowed to look at it. and we will be voting this week. so the fbi report will be finished, and we will be voting this week on the kavanaugh nomination. then moments ago, the senate democratic leader called forgiving the senator is that information 24 hours before a procedural vote. we need to be briefed by the fbi, by the agent in charge on