And unsurvivable about Helene Making Landfall Last Night in florida. Cat 4 hurricane. Big storm and really moving like a clipper, too. Im bill hemmer, welcome to our program. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Another fast week. It was good that it moved fast but still means there is a lot of damage. Ron desantis was right on time yesterday and we expect to see him any moment. Lets get to Steve Harrigan outside of tampa. This is the scene a lot of people in florida and even georgia are waking up to today. Two feet of water on the ground. Gets deeper the closer you get to the water. Many houses under water. The challenge now for people is getting out of their homes. Getting to their cars trying to make sure theyre safe. Weve seen a number of Air Boats and water rescues, 80 in this county just overnight. We see people really just stumbling around. More than A Million people in florida without Electric Power right now. More than 800,000 in georgia. So it will be a tough day a
let anyone know that if they have a boat, get people. our coverage of hurricane ian continues now with anderson cooper 360. the sheriff here in lee county told reporters about the afternoon destruction that is everywhere tonight. no words to describe what we saw and are seeing in the present tense, which is important to note, because this is an ongoing disaster in florida and potentially in coastal carolina. hurricane in yes, it is a hurricane again taste is taking ada. this is what it did to fort myers beach. is the most impressive storm ever to hit this part of florida. here is our first look at the area from above. it is far from the only look at the destruction that can be revealed from the air. in struct the barrier islands hard severing the bridge to pine island, as you can see here, along with the santa bell causeway which is impassable tonight. it also did considerable damage to marinas up and down the coast, pushing even larger boat around like toys. florida
. [playing of the star-spangled banner. ] will: good morning. welcome to fox & friends on this sunday morning. there is your national anthem with your pictures from across america. in those pictures were two i submitted from some friends in missoula, montana. mark truck and fire chief, captain mark extrum at retirement ceremony for one of his coworkers. good buddy of mine. what a beautiful flag they had flying outside of a truck in snowy missoula, montana yesterday morning. pete: that is awesome. i continue to be impressed by all of you out there and the photos you send in. we love it. keep them coming. some day there will be a picture book. some day eventually. i don t know whose job that will be. not mine. it will be great. rachel: good morning. good morning to both of you. will: good morning. pete: i like your blue eyelash eyelashes. rachel: shadow and mascara, my hair and make up team went all out today. you owe me 250-dollars. will: not on air. rachel: something
they re great people, beautiful state. you know about their football team? bill: a little bit. dana: governor desantis will give a update any moment now and bring it live. florida is bracing for what could be a once in a century storm. bill: the current storm track shows landfall sometime on thursday, maybe in tampa. if that were a direct hit, it would be the first major storm to hit tampa in more than 100 years. dana: forecasters are predicting storm sturge. people are boarding up homes and businesses. the amount of water may simply be too much to overcome. bill: here is what we know. governor desantis declared a state of emergency. tampa s international airport will shut down at 5:00 east coast time. dana: evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of people. folks there say supplies are running low. shelves are totally empty. people are starting to panic. it is crazy now. people are crazy, all the flights are insane. there is no flights. i would ho
This is a man who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We are going to get to the intense and contentious questioning of former fixer Michael Cohen by Donald Trumps defense team in just a moment. But first, there is some breaking news about a horrific accident in florida. Now a truck driver is under arrest for a dui after a deadly crash that killed at least eight people and injured 40 others in Central Florida early this morning. State investigators say the driver of that pickup truck collided with a bus that was carrying 53 migrant farmworkers. Cbss Manuel Bojorquez reports tonight on the conditions of those still in the hospital in ocala. Reporter more than 30 ambulances rushed to the scene of the crash at about 6 30 this morning. It happened on a rural road about 50 miles south of gainesville. 53 farmworkers were riding in a bus once used as a school bus when police say