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it could threaten t the east cot powerful waves and powerful as well as. swells. could florida be in the storm track again. for answers all the models so far chief meteorologist rick reichmuth has been monitoring the storm from the fox weather center in new york. good evening, rick. >> rick: good evening, bret. not worried about florida at all they had enough with idalia. category 4 storm last night it went to a category 5 storm. went from an 80 mile-per-hour hurricane to 165 mile-per-hour cat 5 hurricane in about 12 hour period. unbelievable strengthening that's because it went over...

Amplified by a conservative media and then those who dare to call them out are called partisan when what they are doing isn't partisan, it is not just partisan, but not only partisan, it is unamerican. so they're setting up this straw man by saying if and when the former -- excuse me, the current president did what he did today, which is call out the danger that is eroding democracy, then that is partisan. well it is not. it is the anti-thesis of partisanship. >> david, this is certainly one of the toughest speeches we've ever heard from biden. certainly during his presidency. what does it tel...

Democratic senators, we were unable to pass the freedom to vote john r. lewis act which would've solved so many of the problems we are now seeing, including putting an end to some much of the voter suppression that has been enacted. last year in at least 19 states. and of course, over 400 voter suppression bills were introduced last year in state houses across the country. >> congressman, you, know we started with this story about the catfish guy. it's a ridiculous story. but that sort of the point of the story. it's ridiculous, but there are people entertaining these ridiculous ideas of voter...

>> congressman, you, know we started with this story about the catfish guy. it's a ridiculous story. but that sort of the point of the story. it's ridiculous, but there are people entertaining these ridiculous ideas of voter fraud because they don't exist. and yet, it is working, it is making some people say, well we have to make sure that voting is safe in this country, we have to take away any possibility that it wouldn't be safe, and to the extent that people don't understand that these restrictions are eroding democracy, what argument do we make to right minded people to say, stop listenin...

Ridiculous story, but that's sort of the point of the story, it's rid clourks and yet there are people entertaining these ridiculous ideas about voter fraud because the real stories about voter fraud don't exist and yet it is working, it is making people say we got to make sure that voting is safe in this country, would he have to take away any possibility that it wouldn't be safe and to the extent that is working on people who don't understand these restrictions are eroding democracy, what are we doing to right-minded people to say to stop listening to the bs? >> i think you've got to present...