Begin the very day before Super Tuesday. You are watching Fox And Friends First on thursday morning, im carley shimkus. Todd im todd piro. Worry about the election calendar and the Court Calendar issue as well. We begin breaking down the State Of Play in just a few moments. First breaking out of hawaii, 111 confirmed dead in u mo. More than a thousand people still unaccounted for and the president s he will take a day out of his upcoming vacation to visit the island. Carley robert ray is on the ground in ground in maui. Good morning. Take a look at some of the pictures from the town, the Historic Town that has been devastated. Unbelievable. 111 people have lost their lives and that number could go up, according to officials here. We are entering almost a week until the Deadly Wildfires hit. Here is what the white house is telling the public about joe bidens visit on monday. Today we announce the president and first lady will be traveling to hawaii on monday to meet with first responders, survivors and state and local officials. The president will bring hope and speak with the governor and the states first lady and talk to survivors and hear that story and that level of hope will be positive for this community. You know, folks here on the ground in maui talked to New York Post saying, i dont want him here. Hes coming to maui to look good in front of the camera. Another person, Christie Bowmans we havent had federal support, local support but nothe federal. Main highway into the Historic Town that has been devastated where all the deaths have occurred is now open. No one can get into the actual town at this point because theyre still searching for remains of humans. Every single road has National Guard or other people that are blocking off areas. That main highway, at least, you can get in. Cell service is spotty and there is not a lot of activity at this point. Residents would like to get in, shop owners would like to get in. The search continues for those who have died. Lets hear from a fema representative right now. Need to understand this community is going through an amazingly traumatic event. I can tell you we have personnel that are on the ground year round and embedded in with the state as soon as the fire started so we can understand what resources were needed and help move them in. Yeah, so that is the thing, president will be here monday. Meanwhile, this island of maui is reeling at this point. The reality of what has occurred and there still is search for ruman remains. Cannot say that enough. On top of that, people want to know how the fire startd and trying to figure out why the sirens didnt go off, why alerts were not given to people. They are justified to ask those questions and maybe well get answers in the coming days and when politicians come in, they come in with hope and prayer, but what does that do for real answers and real lives . Not a lot. Todd amazing people of maui need help and a weekend doesnt seem like they are getting anything, that is horrible. Robert ray, thank you. Tropical storm hillary moving toward Southern California. It builds in eastern pacific, Officials Say it could reach Hurricane Status as early as today. Carley the storm formed off the coast of mexico. Dangerous underwent consists. Senior meteorologist janice dean. The storm is making bigtime news. Janice i was just speaking to todd, who lived in this area for years. Southern california, bringing heavy rain and winds, this is a desert area, this is going to be a huge story. Here is Tropical Storm hillary, we have warm water in and around the system in the Pacific Ocean and going to come up toward mexico and move into Southern California. We think on monday 60 mile per hour storm in the northeast, maybe that is not a big deal. This is desert area. This is going to be a tremendous alert system for Southern California with heavy rainfall and those gusty winds. Here is trajectory of the storm. It approaches Southern California, the coast there. We are going to get a plume of moisture toward the southwest and vegas. This is going to be a huge story. Look at the rainfall totals, five to eight, eight to 12 inches. Again, i cant stress it, this area cant take a lot of water, it cant be absorbed into the ground. This will make headlines and well start to see preparations right now. We have some time to get people alert. Going into sunday and monday, Heavy Rain Alert for the Los Angeles Area and i want to point your attention to the atlantic, this is time we ramp things up in the atlantic in terms of tropical activity and there is quite a bit well need to Pay Attention to. Todd focusing on l. A. , you are right, when that place gets a little rain issue the city shuts down. There is nowhere for it to go and people are not used to dealing with it. If Southern California gets what you are predicting, i do not know what it will look like, i am not being hyperbolic. Janice i agree. The president is going to maui and might need to focus also on Southern California. Todd hope it moves to the coast, doesnt look like that. Carley new York Police Officers being praised for taking down a suspect waving a pistol in a busy intersection, warn you, this video may be hard to watch. [tires screeching] that is crazy. Carley thanks for that officers quick thinking, police were able to disarm the suspect, who walked away with minor injuries and no one else was hurt. The suspect is in jail and not the first time. Same individual arrested twice in new york city in june, but released shortly after thanks to the nobail policy in new york city. Fox news Power Rankings are out and South Carolina senator tim scott is moving up and he says his common sense message is resonating. Asking brandy cruz if hes on to something. Todd he is. Nancy pelosi trying to, wo the crowd. I think that is an applause line. Thank you for your leadership, that is an applause line. Now hear it for the house democrat. Todd More Of That Cringy Compilation next. Light Acoustic Music PlaysEagle Screeches energetic music plays there he is its right there oh, hes straight ahead. Hes straight ahead. Straight ahead. Go go go. Cover more ground in the kia sportage turbohybrid. Kia. Movement that inspires. 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Side effects may not appear for several weeks. Ask about vraylar and learn how abbvie could help you save. Todd the new fox new Power Rankings are out and president ial candidate tim scott moving into third place behind trump and desantis. South carolina senator says his approach is plain and simple. I love people. When you love people and you have a common sense conservative mes message, people understand and appreciate. Carley brandi cruz joins me now. Good morning to you. Senator tim scott is moving up, he is number three in fox news power ranking, he is only candidate outside of donald trump and ron desantis to have doubledigit polling in two states. What do you make of this . I think it is important at this stage. Sometimes i think, polling, not again. It is important with what is happening with the former president. Republicans would be silly not to take serious consideration in, who will it be . Looking at who is in third place and who is rising and gaining momentum. Im a big fan of common sense, that is what i say everyday, give common sense a comeback. Everybody is like common sense, what are you doing specifically, how are you willing to work with the other party and fix issues facing our country. Todd people have come up to me and said, i will probably vote for somebody else, i would love if tim scott is the nominee, that shows how he is. Big reason why tim scott is so high in the power ranking because of his huge advertising campaign. 40 million committed by his super pack. Is it a stretch, to think with Donald Trumps money going to legal bills to fight an indictment that seems to come every single week, there is Potential Path for tim scott simply based upon the money . I think it would be a stretch this far out to say there wasnt. Look at donald trump in 2016, during that campaign cycle, when he came down, i thought, this guy. He got attention, wall to wall air time, didnt have to pay for time on tv, the media gave it to him for free. With what is going with the former president , it is interesting to see who catches fire and how quickly that can happen. Desantis, to watch his poll numbers sink the way they are sinking, if you would have told me that would happen, i would think, he would have to blow it for that to happen. And vivek is getting more attention in the news corresponding to a rise in polling. At this stage, anything can happen. Carley absolutely, on the Vivek Ramaswamy part, hes doubled polled numbers from june to now, from 5 to 11 . We said in fox news power ranking, tim scott is in third. He is in third place behind donald trump and ron desantis. He was on sean hannity last night. For most of my 20s, i understand where young people are coming from, disaffected by politicians, bush, mccain didnt inspire me, mitt romney didnt inspire me. Carley hes a selfdescribed maga republicans, but he does appeal to young voters and independents and sometimes those groups dont mix together. In his case, it does. How do you explain his surge in support . I see parity to what happened with donald trump. Media plays a huge role who catches fire and who does not. Vivek is savvy when it comes to social media, that has a lot to do with the younger generation. I saw master glass in political discourse he had with a Nonbinary Independent journalist who approached him, wanted to start something. I thought, wow, that guy is on to something. When people talk to me about the president ial election, vivek is like the dirty word to me, is it okay if i bring up that vivek is interesting. Is that okay . There is someone who is unique, it was yang in 2020, interesting guy, relatable, i see that in vivek. Carley i agree, he sort of has a Cult Following similar to bernie sanders. Different politics, but one to watch for now. We have the debate next week, candidates being forced to prepare for two different debates if trump is there or not. Certainly something to watch. Thank you for joining us. Great talking to you. Our new polls show majority of voters say Trump Indictments are political and now georgia Fulton County da wants to put the republican frontrunner on trial the day before Super Tuesday. Todd as far as democrats, r. F. K. Jr. Goes to South Carolina, a state joe biden cant forward to lose, nancy mace is from South Carolina, were asking her about it next, dont go anywhere. Oh then you take me by the hand i feel better again oh i feel better now carley Fulton County da fani willis wants former president trumps georgia trial to kickoff march 4. Todd if that day seems interesting to you, that is the day before Super Tuesday, the busiest day in the republican president ial process when 15 states and one u. S. Territory hit the polls. Brooke singman has details. Brooke take a closer look at this possible trial timeline. March 4 trial would begin just weeks before the hush money case out of new york. Trump was charged out of alvin braggs office, just weeks after special counsel jack smith proposed trial date of january 2nd relating to the 2020 election, just days before the Iowa Caucuses and for the classified documents case, trump could be in court on may 20th, just before the national convention. They all fall in the middle of the republican president ial primary calendar. Trump and his allies say these are cases that are mrirt political. Listen. It will run into problems, criminal defense attorney, this is grossly unfair to donald trump. And the question is why this mad rush . Why is everyone not just piling on indictments, but jamming together the trials . Daisy chaining them from Super Tuesday to virtually the inauguration . Brooke new numbers this morning, fox news polling reveal 53 of Republican Voters feel like trump did something illegal, but 51 of registered voters across the board feel the Justice Department is motivated by partisan politics. This proposed trial date in georgia, highly likely president trumps team will push for a delay in all the cases. Todd brooke singman, thank you. Bring in South Carolina congresswoman nancy mace who is on the House Oversight committee. From a legal perspective, this is practically impossible, most simple case i ever had took longer than six months and they did not have 19 codefendants and entire nation looking at the trial. Whether georgia or other cases from a political perspective, isnt it clear this is attempt to keep donald trump distracted and off the campaign trail . 100 . If you look at the schedule you showed now, unattainable for anybody. In the middle of the election, and the former president and i have not always seen eye to eye, but when you look at this, no one anyone in this country can have a fair trial when it is predetermined and it has been written. Fani willis launched new Fundraising Website this week to fund raise off the indictment. No way he can get a fair trial, at least in georgia and probably anywhere. Todd i heard a lawyer say if you wanted to try all 19 defendants at once, with all the motions and size of the operation, you need to rent out a stadium and that shows ridiculousness of this idea. The clerk is admitting to posting the Trump Indictment early before a grand jury voted on it. Listen. I am human. I did a work sample in the system and when i hit save, it went to the press cue. It wasnt an official document, it wasnt official charges, it was fictitious, it didnt have a stamp on it. Todd are you buying that . Not at all, i wonder if there is a dry run for when they find him public. This Banana Republic stuff. It is not illegal to text people temperature is not illegal to make a phone call and ask about election irregularities. We had election four years ago in 2020 when i flipped seat of ballots misprinted, both sides got to ask questions. Asking questions is part of the process and none of that is illegal. No matter how bad i think the attorneys were, it is not illegal to take advice from attorneys. She is fundraising to make money off donald trump, that is obvious. Todd One Main Discussion was trump said to watch network news. I i am guilty of that every single morning. Robert f. Kennedy jr. Is in your great state of South Carolina, charleston, trying to gain ground. New fox news poll shows 17 of democratic support. Is his message and challenge to joe biden policy resonating in your district . It is resonating and this is second time in a couple weeks hes been down here. He is resonating with independent voters and that should scare joe biden. The amount of attention hes getting. Hes been spot on, big tech is trying to censor him. If hes not a problem for joe biden, why is big Tech Censoring him and people are looking for options in this race and joe biden, after the investigation and information coming forward, i dont know how he is still president. South carolina is important, we welcome every candidate to the state. Our state usually determines outcome of the nomination, it is that important. Todd it did in 2020. Joe biden was an afterthought and joe clyburn made it so joe biden would be the candidate and now hes president. Appreciate it. Congresswoman aoc calling to cancel Student Loan Debt. Millions of people across the United States are impacted by crushing debt of student loans, it is immoral and unique in the developed world. Turns out aoc has substantial amount of student debt herself, what we just found out. Carley here is a pronoun you have probably never heard before, saying it is okay for kids t