in fact, we are about 80 miles from where mike tobin is at this point, but baton rouge is still under a hurricane warning, as we speak and a curfew goes into effect here starting tonight, like so many other parishes across the region. grand isle, we want to take you there, for example, inundated with storm surge and rain. that's south of new orleans, right there along coastal southern louisiana. we're getting reports that there is six feet of water on highway 1. that's the only road in and out. white caps in fact on what used to be a road. most residents down there did heed the evacuation orders and got out. officials say, however, about 40 people decided to stay, and now they can't be reached for help. >> we have gotten requests for rescue for people who stayed on the island, obviously, and i mentioned white caps are on the highway. our fire station is taking water on grand isle. obviously, first responders can't get to you. those folks are going to have to hunker down and wait for the storm to pass before it's safe. >> now, up to 20 inches of rain could fall as we've been telling yo

mike tobin is live in new orleans. mike in. >> hey, joey, confirming what adam was just talking about. one thing i notice about this hurricane, at least at this point, is there's a lot of water, a lot more than a what we normally see. now, as far as what has happened over the last hour or so, the barometer has dropped about 3 or 4 millibars, and with that these wind gusts are really increasing with intensity, gradually just increasing, probably a big gust before we get off. there's one right now. as far as damage that we know of thus far, nothing too extensive. we've seen a membrane come off of a roof. i've seen some of these traffic lights, and if we pan around, you can look at some of these traffic lights in the intersection. wow, this is a whopper of a gust coming through. you can see how these traffic lights are getting a workout. the palm trees up and down canal street here, i'd be very surprised if we get through this and don't see some of the palm trees snap off. one of the things my crew and i have been keeping

duck, duck, mike tobin. that's a good end. good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier, breaking tonight. [one fire. [gunfire] >> they don't know how to control crowds. so they do these things. >> bret: chilling new video obtained by fox news shows afghans taking

right now we have live team coverage, mike tobin and caroline schively live in new orleans, but first meteorologist adam klotz who is tracking the storm. reporter: the storm finally slowing down just a little bit we made landfall 8 hours ago. it just got down to category 3 strength, still 120 miles per hours, gusting to 160, moving to northwest at 10 miles per hour, you see the center of circulation falling apart a little bit, maybe it will disintegrate more in coming hours but still packing a punch, you have wind gusts in new orleans area to 71 miles per hour, close to 50 miles per hour in baton wrong -- baton rouge and a lot of rain. as a category 3, is no the not often you see hurricane warnings this far inland. this is the case because the winds will stick with it until 1:00 a.m., despite the winds it is a rainmaker, look at deep reds on eastern side of the storm, an area we'll talk about downpours possible flooding, and a time stamp in corner, 6 a.m. in morning, it lingers to monday, we could talk about flooding for a while. no surprise here. we have flood advisories stretching f

mike tobin is live for us in mississippi. what's the latest. >> the eye of the storm is north and west of new orleans. sow the intensity of the storm seems to have moved on. the barometric pressure is on its way back up which is an end case the worst of the storm has gone by. what remains to be seen is what will be here at sunup. we know in john -- lafite, a barge got loose and hit the bridge. the bridge has collapsed. emergency crews were able to keep people off the bridge. the problem is you have 300-450 people trapped on the other side of that bridge. they rounded up boat captains willing to go in and rescue those people. but the conditions are still bad and the conditions are bad. there are even he can dotal reports -- there are anecdotal reports that people are back on their roofs reminiscent of hurricane katrina. but conditions are a lot too bad. you mentioned the power out. over a million people are without power in louisiana. all of new orleans is without power according to the company entergy. 8 main power lines were

>> mike tobin live in chicago. thank you. damarian benson's mother, brittany joins us. our hearts go out to you and your family. i don't know what it's like to lose a child but i can't imagine there's anything more agonizing in life. what would you say to people that ask you about the crime happening in chicago and around the rest of the country? >> what i would say, please, change the gun laws. change the gun laws. make it harder for people to get to the guns. bring back the death penalty, a life for a life. >> you have acknowledged that damarian was not the perfect child. he was caught up with some gang. listen and i'll get your response. >> street justice is never ending. the appetite for revenge is never satisfied. it only harms. we're in a battle for the heart and soul of some of our communities. now is the time to speak up. >> brittany, you are speaking up. what advice? what do you tell parents in your community? >> hold on to your babies, love on your babies. stop being your kids' friends. be a parent. i will never be able to hug my baby again, tell me baby i lov

>> jon: mike tobin in the big easy. mike, thank you. let's get a closer look at the timeline of this storm. fox weather meteorologist adam klotz is joining us now. adam? >> adam: hey, jon, yeah, we're kind of in the final hours here before this starts to be something that really begins to impact portions of the gulf coast. now not landfall all the way till tomorrow afternoon or evening. i will show you more about that in a moment. currently the storm is picking up a good portion of the gulf of mexico, at times the eye wall has been a bit wobbly, but seeing a better core right now, winds at 105 miles-an-hour. it is moving to the northwest at 16 miles-an-hour. we would love it if it kept that up, but unfortunately, it is forecast to slow down as it makes its way to the coast, and that means all of those threatening conditions linger near the coast a little bit longer. we have got hurricane warnings from new orleans stretching across the coast and then really pay attention to how far inland we're going. typically those winds die down quick

mike tobin fox news so i've just been sitting over the gulf. we know the water. there is very warm. it's just been feeding off of that system for the water out there and growing into a big storm meteorologist mark tamayo was tracking id he joins us now with an update on where the storm is headed. pretty scary storm yeah, it is intensifying rapidly, just based on the satellite imagery you're about to see you are seeing that well defined i develop and this is basically rapid intensification. and that will continue unfortunately as we head into sunday so right now hurricane ida category two hurricane with winds of 105 miles an hour, moving to the northwest at 16 miles an hour, so this system is not a slow mover, but it's also at strengthening rapidly here is the forecast plot. we call the spaghetti plots showing you the potential forecast track. you can't see all those lines converging together and that is the forecast track coming from the hurricane center and along this track strengthening could be talking about winds of 130 miles an hour tomorrow morning this is seven a.m. central t

grand i louisiana look at this incredible video south of where mike tobin is with storm surge and rain there is 6 feet of water covering highway one most residents did he do the evacuation orders and got out officials say 40 decided to stay and now they cannot be reached for help. >> we have gotten request for rescue for people who stayed on the island obviously had mentioned white caps on the highway that fire station is taking water on grand isle obviously first responders cannot get to you so they will have to hunker down and wait for the storm to pass before it is safe. reporter: 21 —- up to 20 inches of rain could fall and isolated spots emergency management says that federal levees are holding at this time you did hear from the lieutenant governor about a possible over typing of a private levee that is not a breach but just lapping the top of the levee in the parish south of new orleans but the pumping system does appear to be working the governor says people need to be prepared for long-term power outages. i remember last year during hurricane laura, it was weeks before they c

right now we have live team coverage, mike tobin and caroline schively live in new orleans, but first meteorologist adam klotz who is tracking the storm. reporter: the storm finally slowing down just a little bit we made landfall 8 hours ago. it just got down to category 3 strength,

mike tobin in new orleans for us, thanks so much. griff? ♪♪ griff: well, as the taliban asserts control over afghanistan, afghans living here in the united states are doing something they couldn't do in kabul, protesting. several cities are sites for demonstrations taking place today starting in new york city's bryant park. our senior correspondent, laura ingle, on the ground there. hi, laura. >> reporter: hey, griff. many of the organizers here at this event say that they hope this demonstration will not only raise awareness for the humanitarian crisis going on in afghanistan, but also to help highlight what they say is the urgent need for aid going to both afghans on the ground in afghanistan and the refugees coming here in the united states. giving you a live look, many on hand today who have families stranded in afghanistan are sharing their stories and what their efforts have been like to get their loved ones out of harm's way. from to san francisco, nine major cities are holding large scale save afghan lives events. this demonstra

mike tobin on the ground in new orleans. confirmed a second fatality the hardest hit by this relatively low number of casualties as they get back to those hard-hit areas and find more people the low-lying town one of the first hit with a full force of the storm. what i what we are seeing their see all around the rest of the state a levy over top and a bridge that was rexford that resulted in flash flooding and a lot of people with nowhere to go. the mayor says 27 people were in imminent danger another 80 who were stranded were also picked up and transported out of there. governor john bel edwards said the low number of casualties the new levee system with a 14 billion-dollar investment worked with its first test. he also said this is just the start of the recovery. >> we are here less than 24 hours after the hurricane passed through our state we are still in a certain rescue mode? responding in trying to save lives. >> boats were out as volunteers. one resident to home was damage that this is just part of living on the water

>> mike tobin live from chicago, thank you. at least 45 people shot, 4 killed including the chicago plirvetion since last night. and according to the chicago sun times, so far this month 155 people have been shot in gun violence across the city. and i want to start with gianno in this, but i wanted to clarify if very quickly, you talk about the sun times article, that article was posted at 6:11 this morning. so from 7:00 last night until 6:11 this morning, 11 hours and 11 minutes, 45 people were shot. that's more than 4 people per hour, and if anybody doesn't think that chicago, the south side, the west side, are war zones at this point in time, they need to look at the numbers again. you're from, gianno, and i know this is very are personal to you. >> yeah, it is. and it's, it's really unfortunate that it is a war zone, chicago. and i recently had a situation. my younger sister called me last week, i was in italy, and she told me that the night before she was leaving the grocery store when two people, a man and a woman, walked

>> bret: mike tobin just outside new orleans. thanks. the federal government is temporarily closing all national forests in california because of the wildfires and the concerns there. we have been reporting in recent days. the suspension runs through september 17th. roads out of south lake tahoe were clogged today as a ferocious wildfire prompted evacuation orders in that area. that blaze has grown to almost 300 square miles. stocks were down today. the dow lost 39. the s&p 500 fell 6. the nasdaq dropped 7. up next, the nation's top law enforcement official gets political about pandemic evictions and efforts to stop them. we'll bring that you story. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering fox 4 in dallas-fort worth as the texas legislature gives final approval to a controversial voting bill. governor greg abbott says he looks forward to signing it into law. mike richards has been fired as executive producer of jeopardy and wheel of fortune. richards recently stepped down from hosting jeopardy over p

>> neil: thanks, mike, very, very much. mike tobin following those developments. back to what is happening with all of these refugees coming from afghanistan. we broke it down for you. roughly 115,000 have been airlifted out of the country. the fact of the matter is 6,000 of those were americans. so the overwhelming majority of these afghan nationals that have to find a home and make a home. what is the vetting process like? greg palkot has more from germany. greg? >> neil, yeah, basically we're in the final hours of the u.s. war in afghanistan. there's a lot of lives hanging in the balance. take a look at what we saw today at a major u.s. military hub not far from where we are right now. >> right now there's a double focus for the u.s. military getting all troops and gear out of kabul by the tuesday deadline and of course getting as many afghans out of harms way as soon as possible. ram stein air force base in germany is a busy place. >> neil, there's 18,000 afghans now at that base. they are being vetted. they are being checked, housed and fed. the flow of incom

mike tobin. mike: mayor confirmed that a third suspect has been taken into custody but a chicago police officer, a young woman

mike tobin. mike: mayor confirmed that a third suspect has been taken into custody but a chicago police officer, a young woman relatively new to the force, 29 year's old on the force since 2018 has given her life in the effort to keep the streets of chicago safe. male counterpart with whom she was working has been shot as well. a police source he was shot through the eye and he's fighting for his life as we speak. he was taken to the university of chicago hospital where officers converged last night. they could be seen hugging and shedding tear for fallen comrade. despite the loss police officers put the uniform and went to harm's way this morning. >> they go out here and do their jobs, thanklessly they do it without asking for anything, they do it because they love it, they do it because it's something is a calling for them and they do it because it's the right thing to do. mike: and you just heard from the deputy chief there and not superintendent brown. all started with traffic stop 9:00 p.m.

let's go first to mike tobin where they are cantrell's telling people to leave the wonderful city. leave now if you can. >> something we see all the time when covering these stories, the party before the storm. you can see people behind me were opening up in line with the mayor. these people are making a decision to ride out the storm whether they like it or not. local radio reporting traffic is piling up, it takes about two hours to go 15 miles right now. you heard the mayor say about two hours ago she held a press conference saying they needed to make the decision been to hunker down for evacuate. that was two hours ago. you heard the governor of louisiana say people need to be in a safe location by nightfall and plan to stay there for a while so we saw some people took the opportunity to leave and others are staying. >> we are thinking about going, we decided last minute to say. we hope to ride it out. >> i hear those on the going to be about a dozen people trying to write about. it's going to flood. reporter: hurricane is expected to be a big made of it, roughly 2 feet in some

mike tobin, thank you in chicago today. >> dana: to the border crisis. new report revealing the united states will start transferring some migrant families into ice custody as border facilities deal with overcrowding. some of them operating at nearly 600% above capacity. here to talk about it is former acting ice director ron vitiello. tell us in your mind what happens, the migrants end up getting transferred to ice custody. what happens next? >> thanks for having me on. it depends on what situation they're in. if they are young children without their families they will have a brief stay with border patrol and on to hhs custody to a shelter and placed in the united states. families with older children can be expelled currently under title 42 to mexico. families with young children are being released in record numbers. you have seen the images. your audience has seen images. the most powerful country in the world in 2021 and we can't develop policies to keep this surge of humanity from coming to our borders every day. the border patrol is overwhelmed. you

mike, thanks, mike tobin in chicago. >> dana: with the return of school right around the corner dozens of cities are rolling out mask mandates for kids. former health and human services secretary giroir says it's not the right way to go. >> the transmission is schools are incredibly low. if there is a high spread in your community masks are reasonable. if the number is low it should be optional. >> dana: i'm looking at a list of the states that have this in. for example in illinois, chicago public schools will require universal masking in schools. then you go to south carolina. i talked to the governor mcmaster on sunday and he said the state would not follow the cdc's updated guidance on that. check with local officials. what i hear from randi weingarten, they are going to ask that kids be masked up in school. >> you will have to follow the bouncing ball. the issue about the union. if she is insisting you have to wear a mask, you wonder if the union then pushes to go back to zoom. and i would bet dollars to donuts a month ago nobody thought we were headed that way and now we could if

senior correspondent mike toe bun live -- mike tobin live from chicago with the latest on this tragedy. mike? >> reporter: and, eric, the police officer who gave her life in the name of mix safety was just 29 years old. she'd only been on the force since 2018. a police source tells me the other officer was shot three times, and and one of the bullets went through his eye. it was a very emotional scene outside the university of chicago hospital where he is fighting for his life at this hour. officers gathered, they hugged and shed a tear for the fallen and gravely wounded officers. mayor lori lightfoot declared a day of mourning as flags have been lowered to half staff. she urged the public particularly in black and brown neighborhoods to end the constant strive with police. police superintendent david brown noted despite the loss, police officers put on the uniform again this morning and returned to the streets. >> they come to work willing to run toward danger. toward gunfire. and they're willing to sacrifice their lives to save the lives of perfect strangers. >> reporter: now, just b

mike tobin is on the ground in new orleans where there's no power in the entire city. mike? >> well, martha, the wind damage you see around the french quarter here is typical. what you see behind me is roofing material. behind the city, downed trees and light posts, things of that nature. the big impact is to the power grid. nobody in new orleans has power. a few people across the state have power. president biden tried to assure the people of louisiana today noting that 5,000 guardsmen plus have been activated. generators are being moved in and drones are being utilized to assess the damage to the power grid. >> the people of louisiana and mississippi are resilient, but it's -- in moments like these, we can certainly see the power of government respond to the needs of the people if the government is prepared and if they respond. that's our job, if we work together. folks get knocked down, we're there to help you get back on your feet. >> the flood damage is much more significant outside of the protection of the new orleans levee system fortified after hurricane katrina. in

senior correspondent mike tobin is in new orleans tonight. good evening, mike. >> good evening, bret. the number of people killed by hurricane ida has just risen to two as the health department has confirmed a drowning victim. rescuers are fearful that relatively low number could rise as they struggle to reach the areas hardest hit ida hundred ida slammed into louisiana 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. >> it was loud. we could hear the wind and hear things hitting the house and hitting the vehicle. we heard a lot of crashing sound. >> waves slammed into this dock. wreaking havoc, ripping pieces of melts off buildings and uprooting trees in southern. a levee failed in will he fit, new orleans. leaving 200 people in imminent danger from the high waters necessary tailgating rescue. slow moving storm is still causing flooding throughout the region and tornadoes remain a threat. president biden meeting virtually with governors in the fema administrator noted that more than 5,000 guardsmen have been called called. generators are being sent an

duck, duck, mike tobin. that's a good end. good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier, breaking tonight. [one fire. [gunfire] >> they don't know how to control crowds. so they do these things. >> bret: chilling new video obtained by fox news shows afghans taking cover as gunfire rings out around the perimeter of the of the kabul airport. some protesters waived the afghanistan flag in defiance of the taliban as it retakes afghanistan. thousands of americans and afghans are waiting their turn to leave. flights at the airport have picked up, but fox news has learned that each transport plane that took off today was only at 60% capacity. and moments ago, breaking news, a "wall street journal" report that fox news has now confirmed saying state department officials, two dozen of them at the kabul embassy sent a memo to top brass last month warning of the potential collapse of kabul soon after the august 3 st troop withdrawal deadline. we will have more on that breaking story in a moment. first, correspondent trey yingst is in our middle east newsroom with the

mike tobin is standing by in new orleans for us. we are talking about a lot of people affected by this. and john bel edwards went on to further make a dire warning today suggesting that the death toll could go up considerably. his words. 5,000 troops deployed to the gulf area now, shelter-in-place orders for residents in the gulf coast they are, shelters have opened. it is quite a detailed and situation. what can you tell us from the ground? >> it is still going to take a while to get to some of those hard-hit areas, but as far as looking on new orleans, the damage looks pretty typical from what we see after hurricane. we see behind me as a bunch of roofing material that was pulled off during the course of the storm, a lot of trees snapped and light posts knocked over. but the big impact is what you can't see and what you are talking about. no one in new orleans has power right now. virtually no one across the state has power. that is a big impact that will take a long time to recover from. but the levees stood up to ida. major floo