rachel: good morning, everybody. we go straight to a fox weather alert. florida is still reeling from the devastation caused by hurricane ian. we watched everything just go flying by. we lost so much at this point so we appreciate everybody. we are very much concerned about the storm. i should have left. i shouldn t have stayed. most of the time, we are all kind of doing our own thing just listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. reporter: the storm soaking the mid atlantic making way up north and the death toll in florida and the carolinas unfortunately continues to climb. alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach this morning with more. good morning, alex. reporter: good morning. we re on san carlos island part of fort meyers beach and this is a challenging rescue and sadly a recovery operation has had to become and look at mangled pieces of metal and boats on top of hopes and look at residences and think, my goodness, i hope they were among
carley: carley shimkus, president biden absent from the campaign trail this election season. and the white house schedule focusing on official business. this is likely the reason why. just 40% in a recent gallup poll. todd: now kevin corke live in washington with more, kevin, good morning to you. always great to be with you, guys. let me just quote a seasonally appropriate film that actually debuted about 38 years ago. who are you going to call? not ghostbusters but in this case democrats you are going to call barack obama. that is right. when you need political closure to rally the base and raise money make the closing argument, you ve got it. by the way, that is precisely what the president is expected to do with stops planned for nevada and wisconsin and michigan. as you pointed out, carley, georgia. and stacey abrams and raphael warnock and others in the hopes of helping the democrats avoid a rib wave in less than two weeks. joe biden and kamala harris also hitting
campaign trail this election season. instead, sticking to strict white house schedule focusing on official business. also ice cream. this is one of the reasons his approval rating notching just 40% in a recent gallup poll but democrats cannot detach from the white house. voters are responding to a failed administration here or there is just no way to sugarcoat it. things have gotten worse since joe biden was president. the inflation is at a 40 year high and he waged war on american energy. he bundled the southern border like never seen before. so they are failing and the democrats are still in lock step with him and will not break with extreme policies. and our candidates are offering the better visions. todd: kevin corke live in washington ahead of another busy campaign weekend. a happy friday to you, s or. happy friday, my friend, by the way, nice suit. great to be with you as always. i will show you a map of where the president and former president barack obama and
right now as the last 100 days of this midterm election cycle a growing crop of republican politicians had some merged to challenge donald trump s once rock-solid grip on the gop. managing to channel his political example without publicly kissing his ring, or dissing him outright. the presumed front runner in that pack being florida governor ron desantis who over the last year has turned the sunset sunshine state into the epicenter of our cultural wars. in doing so he has built an impressive maga friendly resume, attacking progressive businesses in the state, turning its education system into the political battleground, and conjuring cultural bogeyman to legitimize laws that silence queer experience, lack experience, anything that might offend white conservatives. and it appears to be working, where matters. most money, and momentum. with desantis reported to be supplanting trump as some of the biggest conservative donors, and media outlets appear to be jumping off the trum
A recap of the days news. Sessions you should stop this rigged witch hunt right now. Its a dirty disgrace, would that be a problem . You bet it would be. If he had sent Jeff Sessions a memo to that effect or said it in a meeting, would that be important evidence . In an inquiry into Obstruction Of Justice . It certainly would. I know that, im not an attorney, im sure you know that as well. Because he types it out on twitter for the whole world to see, including Jeff Sessions, are we supposed to ignore it as just the president blowing off steam . Why . And its far from the first time that we have been told so treat the president s public statements as something else, something other than what they say. Remember this from july of 2016 . Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. This is why this is important. This is how the new york times
cnn has learned the president s tweet today was just hours after his legal team updated him on the poss