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For five days, the U.S. Army’s helicopters stayed on the ground. The Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene has been slow, weak, and deadly—but, except for Fox News, you wouldn’t know it from the major media.Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 11:10 p.m. The following Thursday, a reporter asked President Joe Biden about the storm zone. Biden responded, “Oh, storm zone? I don’t know which storm you’re talking about…” Biden then recovered and claimed, “They are getting what they need, and they are very happy across the board.”WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS ASK ZERO QUESTIONS ABOUT HURRICANE HELENE IN SURPRISE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS BIDENThe day before, five full days after the storm dumped up to 30 inches of rain in some mountain locations, Biden ordered 1,000 active-duty troops to provide assistance with 22 helicopters as well as tactical vehicles from Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), some 250 miles east of hard-hit Asheville, N.C.There are about 50 utility helicopters in the 82d Airborne Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Liberty. The military installation in Fayetteville, the U.S. Army’s largest, has almost 100,000 active-duty and reserve soldiers available for presidential call-up—so, Biden sent 1% of Fort Liberty’s personnel and less than half of the base’s much-needed helicopter inventory. Meanwhile, the federal government’s emergency management arm, FEMA, warned it’s out of money because it has spent $1.4 billion on aid to “sanctuary cities” swamped with illegal aliens and mostly fake asylum seekers. FEMA said it sent 150 generators to the stricken region. But there are at least double that number of generators available for purchase within an hour’s drive of any typical city. Displaced citizens in the Appalachian region hit by Helene are at risk of illness due to contaminated water—and in danger from human traffickers who prey upon the confused, weak, and vulnerable. The hundreds of military police from Fort Liberty’s 503rd Military Police Battalion and the 82nd MP Company could prove a powerful deterrent in shelters—if they were activated.So, how does the Biden-Harris disaster response compare to other recent events? The media and Democrats heaped scorn on President George H.W. Bush’s federal response to the L.A. Riots in 1992 and then again on President George W. Bush’s Hurricane Katrina actions in 2005. I was a California Army National Guard captain during the 1992 L.A. Riots. Within three days, we had 10,000 Guard soldiers on the ground, quelling looting and arson. Rioting started the evening of April 29. The following evening, a National Guard MP company was on the scene. The next day, 4,000 Guard soldiers were in the city and President Bush ordered active-duty Army and Marine forces into action as well as 1,000 federal law enforcement officers. By May 2, there were 10,000 Guard members and 3,500 active-duty soldiers and Marines keeping order in L.A.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONSo, the elder Bush ordered 3,500 active-duty personnel into L.A. three days into the emergency while Biden took five days to decide to send 1,000 soldiers to help. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, around 4:30 a.m. At Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s request, President George W. Bush had issued an emergency declaration on Saturday, Aug. 27, two days before landfall. Within a day of impact, U.S. Coast Guard helicopters were already working, rescuing some 350 people from rooftops. Bush viewed the devastation from the air on Aug. 31 and was roundly criticized for flying over, rather than seeing things on the ground. On Sept. 1, Bush asked Gov. Blanco to allow a federal takeover of the relief efforts, which by then included 15,256 Guard members expected to grow to more than 40,000 personnel from neighboring states. Bush visited the scene of the disaster only two days after landfall. Two days after Helene, Biden was on the beach in Delaware, “commanding,” as he claimed, with two hours of phone calls. Vice President Kamala Harris was fundraising on the West Coast.The U.S. military’s chain of command for this disaster runs from Biden to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to the commander of the U.S. Northern Command. Biden’s slow and confused response to Hurricane Helene—taking two more days to come to grips with the crisis than did his two recent predecessors—speaks of a president who is out of touch and not up to the job. The Biden-Harris administration’s sluggish and half-hearted disaster response has put hundreds of thousands of Americans at risk in Helene’s swath of destruction. Biden’s lackluster engagement in the most powerful office on the planet puts the entire nation in peril as the world spirals into chaos while Harris focuses her time and energy on running to replace Biden while hiding from the media.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM CHUCK DEVORE



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An Uber driver was captured on video punching a 68-year-old passenger in the back of the head in Dallas after he complained about a lack of legroom inside his vehicle, a report says. The incident involving Suleman Gauba unfolded Wednesday in the city’s Design District as he and his wife called for an Uber to take them to a local Walmart, according to Fox4 Dallas. “I cannot sit in the back seat,” Gauba told the station, which reported that he complained to the driver about not having enough legroom in the rear of the car. “Very small place, you know?” Gauba told Fox4 Dallas that the driver then informed him that he was canceling his ride and asked him to get out of the vehicle.  WOMAN JUST DROPPED OFF BY UBER IS BRUTALLY BEATEN IN RANDOM ATTACK “At that time, my wife told him, ‘I’m calling the cops,’” he said. Surveillance footage recorded by a hotel in the area then shows Gauba and the rideshare driver stepping out of the car at the same time. As Gauba begins walking around the rear of the car, the driver punches him in the back of the head. “I was thinking, you know, what’s happened with me? Why [did] he hit me?” Guaba told Fox4 Dallas. UBER DRIVER ALLEGEDLY SHARES SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES, ATTEMPTS TO KIDNAP FEMALE RIDER IN CALIFORNIA The Dallas Police Department tells Fox News Digital that a preliminary investigation has found that the victim first “entered the suspect’s vehicle, a ride share driver. “The victim and suspect got into an argument and the suspect hit the victim in the head,” police added. “The suspect left the location.” As of Saturday, the suspect – who in the footage appears to be a Black male last seen wearing a red shirt and dark pants — has not been tracked down. Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 



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A 10-year-old boy was arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after allegedly stealing a car and driving recklessly near a school playground, where he nearly hit other children who were playing.Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Friday that the incident happened on Sept. 20 at the playground outside of Nellie Stone Johnson School, according to Fox 9. Surveillance footage shows the boy driving the stolen vehicle back and forth behind the playground before driving onto the sidewalk, which is just feet away from the playground, as children were nearby.No children were struck by the vehicle, according to O’Hara.BIZARRE MINNESOTA LAWS, INCLUDING PENALTIES FOR DRIVING A FILTHY CAR, THAT WILL SHOCK YOUO’Hara said the 10-year-old was identified as the driver on Thursday. He was arrested and booked into the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention on probable cause of second-degree assault.The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said in a press release on Friday that it has filed charges in this case, Fox 9 reported. O’Hara said the boy has been charged with reckless driving and receiving stolen property.The attorney’s office also said that a person cannot be prosecuted if they are not capable of assisting their lawyers in their defense or if they cannot understand the legal proceedings.A court-appointed psychologist will determine whether a person is competent and submit their opinion to the judge, who will make the final decision. If a child is found not competent, the child will be released from custody, and the case will either be dismissed or suspended.”We are facing an urgent crisis in our community related to a small group of children who are not competent to stand trial in the juvenile justice system, but who cannot safely be at home,” the attorney’s office said in a statement. “We are actively engaged with law enforcement, as well as county and state partners, about the critical need for safe and appropriate out-of-home placements for children with these complex needs who require specialized care. We cannot charge or prosecute our way out of this crisis.””What we need is clear: residential placements with varying levels of security in our community that are resourced and staffed to be able to accept and successfully treat our youth with complex needs,” the statement added. “And we need urgent and immediate action to address this issue now.”The boy has allegedly stolen cars in the past as well, having been arrested in at least two other incidents related to auto theft, O’Hara said. He is also listed as a suspect in more than a dozen other cases, including for auto theft, assault with a dangerous weapon and robbery.The child’s criminal history dates back to May 2023. He has around 30 records, and most of them are runaway incidents. The boy’s family is cooperating with law enforcement and has asked for help to “keep their son or anyone else from being injured or killed,” police said in a press release, according to Fox 9.DASHCAM VIDEO CAPTURES 8-YEAR-OLD OHIO GIRL DRIVING FAMILY SUV ON TARGET RUNCharges in a different incident from August were filed on Friday, O’Hara said. In that case, the boy and other minors approached a victim with a knife in his hand, and threatened her by saying “I will gut you” while attempting to steal her car.The boy was charged in that case with threats of violence and an attempt to commit auto theft, O’Hara said.”It is unfathomable that a 10-year-old boy has had this level of criminal activity without effective intervention,” O’Hara said. “Prison is not an acceptable option for a 10-year-old boy. But the adults who can stop this behavior going forward must act now. This is only one example of the revolving door we’re dealing with – arresting and re-arresting the same juveniles for auto-theft and other violent crimes. This is a complex issue, and we need every entity involved in intervention to come together immediately to establish short- and long-term solutions.”



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Former President Trump on Friday said that Israel should attack Iran’s nuclear facilities while mocking President Biden’s answer earlier this week on the subject.  While speaking at a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he said when Biden was asked about Israel attacking Iran, the president answered, “’As long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.’ That’s the thing you wanna hit, right? I said, ‘I think he’s got that one wrong. Isn’t that what you’re supposed to hit?’” Trump went on to say that nuclear proliferation is the “biggest risk we have.” TRUMP SLAMS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HELENEThe former president said he rebuilt the “entire military, jets everything, I built it, including nuclear” while he was president. “I hated to build the nuclear, but I got to know firsthand the power of that stuff, and I’ll tell you what: we have to be totally prepared. We have to be absolutely prepared.”He said when Biden was asked about Israel and Iran: “His answer should have been “‘Hit the nuclear first, worry about the rest later.'”Trump made similar comments in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, telling correspondent Bill Melugin Biden’s response on Israel attacking Iran was the “craziest thing I’ve ever heard. That’s the biggest risk we have. The biggest risk we have is nuclear.” TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS MOCK BIDEN’S WARNINGS TO ISRAEL TO STICK TO ‘PROPORTIONAL’ IRAN RESPONSEHe continued, “I mean, to make the statement, ‘Please leave their nuclear alone.’ I would tell you that that’s not the right answer. That was the craziest answer because, you know what? Soon, they’re going to have nuclear weapons. And then you’re going to have problems.” Former deputy director of national intelligence Kash Patel, who served under Trump, said this week: “Iran launched a war into Israel, so to say that the Israelis who are defending themselves and our hostages shouldn’t attack sites in Iran that could kill them – especially when you’re the one who gave Iran $7 billion as a commander in chief and then allowed them to acquire nuclear materials – is wildly political.”Following Tuesday’s attack by Iran on Israel, Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, “the answer is no,” of Israel potentially targeting the country’s nuclear program. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHe added that he and the other members of the G-7 all “agree that [Israel has] a right to respond, but they should respond proportionally,”



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