We have five people confirmed dead as a result of the storm. The forecasters have been telling us the worst may still be ahead because there is more rain on the way. President trump says he thinks congress will quickly approve the funding thats necessary for recovery. The president is heading in person to texas tomorrow. When he gets there well see an area still dealing with a catastrophic event. One that is by no means over. In terms of where thing line up this evening. 2,000 people in houston have been rescued so far. 3050 counties in texas have been impacted. 30,000 plus are expected to need shelter. We have the Economic Impact in the Market Movement we are following. And we do so in the for of gasoline. Oil prices went up. We have plenty of oil in the world right now. But the refined product, thats hard to come by for we dont know for how long. Some of these refineries are closed. And we dont know when they will be able to open again or when those workers will be able to think abou
That sent wall street into a tailspin. But the dow came roaring back. The other thing we have been watching is the price of oil. The largest one in the nation had it production cut. Now that area is in the line of fire as harvey moves to the east. Switching now to pictures of wingwood, texas. The houston mayor called kingwood a focal point of the rescue operation. Well bring you there in just a minute. In Brazoria County a levee breached. Some of the people, just normal people in the neighborhood built a makeshift levee of their own in that county. The floodwaters, they went over the top of a 108foot spillway. Something that never happened before. Jeff flock was there as it happened. And sent us these pictures you are seeing as the water started flowing into the nearby neighborhoods. A number those neighborhood were already flooded. Jeff and his crew moved into those neighborhoods where people are losing just about everything they have. This is the first time well get a look inside one
Military response if we or allies are threatened. The deferred action for childhood arrival Daca Dreamers looks like they get a six month reprieve while congress sorts out a solution. The swamp, there are a lot on its plate with a 7 billion downturn and debate on a budget plus a debt ceiling deal and attaching bigger harvey is request to that debt ceiling. All of this and a 12day period when the house and senate are in session together. Like do you think in here comes irma now a category fife tomorrow on track to arrive florida declared an emergency in all county website the message is clear, be prepared. Well harvey is gone but theres a lot of south texas thats still waterlogged parts of houston still throeded. And about a new estimate suggest that up to 300,000 homes suffered damage. U now, with all of that, you might expect a harkt selloff. Stay right there. Well show you whats happening to your money. Varney and company is about to begin. Here we go. Were going to be down at the op
Traditional life safety. Already in the state of florida as well. 34,000 troops. One hundred helicopters and crews are ready to support our state. Be ready today. Do not sit and wait. Prepare right now. The strongest hurricane ever reported. Monster Hurricane Irma killing ten people in the caribbean. She is now barreling towards florida. Starting on saturday from the safe lentic coast. And then present trumpet declaring the state of emergency for South Carolina allowing that state to access federal funding. Welcome to risk and reward. Category five Hurricane Irma is racing towards the eastern seaboard she is expected to hit florida on sunday. I mandatory evacuation is in effect for the florida keys and the mayor of miami is calling everyone to evacuate as well. People are looking to get out of the way. There was already a path of wide spread destruction. Nearby the small island of barbuda left basically uninhabitable. They suffered damage in about half of that residence there are now h
As early as sunday morning. Widespread evacuations are under way. Its expected to bring catastrophic devastation across the entire state. First the Fox Business Networks jeff flock joins me live from daytona beach, florida with the latest. Geoff great to see you. Sorry you are back in the midst of a hurricane. We are on beach street and perhaps you see each of the businesses we see here have the boards up. Its raining right now, but that has nothing to do with the storm. Thats another system coming off the gulf. We are getting pelted. And well get pelted a lot more. This is the scene across much of florida. People rushing their preparations to completion here. Ill take you out to the roads as well. Those that arent battening count hatches are on the roads trying to get out. I95 in pretty good shape. Some of them, the turnpike is backed up. Perhaps you see these folks in the rain with the hurricane barreling down on them doing their best to get themselves ready for what by all accounts