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jonathan diller. i m so proud thousands of people across the country are calling jonathan a hero but the truth is, he s always been a hero to ryan and me. the rest of the world is just catching up. thousands of orders including law enforcement as far away as colorado, chicago, dallas and arkansas gathering for the funeral of the police officer killed in line of duty. the message of patriotism and support for women and men in blue stretched for miles. cb cotton live in new york where the service was held today. this tragedy shattered hearts of so many especially here on long island following nypd officer jonathan diller born and raised here. the priest who officiated his funeral today also officiated his wedding a few years ago to stephanie. stephanie joined a sisterhood she never asked to be part of, a sisterhood of women whose husbands have been killed in the line of duty. my son will grow up without his father, i will grow old without my husband and his parent ....
eventually north-northeast is expected to happen in the next couple of hours. ian: if you to want welcome folks, what we continue to track what is now major hurricane idalia. if you re watching us here on fox weather, if you re watching us during the overnight hours on fox news and on a number of fox affiliates across the country, we re here because we re tracking a very dangerous scenario, a major hurricane in a portion of the florida coastline that almost never seas storms like this sees storms like this, especially when in the summertime proper still this is an overnight scenario would that make a lot more sense if it was october. jane: and this storm nvery vulnerable spots along the florida coastline. you hit the big bend here and you have the storm surge potential that s so incredible, up to 16 feet in the worst case scenario and as we continue in time with the slower movement, the strengthening of the storm could that look more and more possible as the ....
and is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. forecasters say it will be a once-in-a-lifetime event for the residents of the gulf coast. idalia is currently a category 3 storm forecast to become a category 4 when it makes landfall. that means maximum sustained winds of at least 130 miles an hour. authorities warn the storm surge could reach 12 to 16 feet in some areas and will likely not be survivable. low-lying areas are already seeing flooding further down florida s west coast including pinellas county. more than 7 million people are under tornado watches. cedar key could be completely cut off by flooding. officials have been going door to door there to make sure residents evacuate. but not everyone is heeding the warnings. this is crunch time right now. we re going get hit with a major hurricane. it will be some time the eye will arrive on shore some time tomorrow morning most likely. and it is going to have major impacts. so it s likely to cause a lot of d ....
specifically south carolina. florida governor ron desantis, he will join us in a few moments. but first hear with the very latest on the ground in charleston tonight is katie bern. what is going on there? reporter: here in charleston, we are getting over a high tide which was what a lot of people were right about. what happened was streets turned into flooded roads like this because the seawall which is right in this direction, you can t see right now because of how dark it is. with watch for hours, waste from the charleston harbor crash over the seawall and unfortunately, flooded roads in charleston saturday. and also, across downtown charleston. those sea walls typically protect the charleston peninsula where, you know, we have got these gorgeous historic homes. businesses where people have sandbags laid out to try to stop some of the water from getting in but it is not just flooding that we have been monitoring here in the state of south carolina. we have seen torn ....
hurricaneidalia. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern here in crystal river, florida, thank you for joining us for a special two-hour edition of josé diaz-balart reports. florida s big bend is right in the thick of it as we come on the air this morning. hurricane idalia now a cat 3 making landfall just a short time ago. it has actually now been downgraded to a 2, but it hit the coast of florida as a cat 3, a very high cat 3. joining us now, telemundo s julio varcado with me here in crystal river, nbc s maggie vespa and meteorologist bill karins standing by with our forecast. maggie, what s the situation where you are? reporter: thankfully things have started to lighten up in the last hour or so. we re still getting really intense bands of wind and rain as well coming through. the big concern here in tallahassee in the state s capital is the power outages. thousands across this metro area without power, somewhat miraculously we ve already seen utility crews across the area driv ....