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coast, 8:00 here in los angeles, and this is america's late news, fox news at night. and breaking, tonight he said if he were to play spoiler, he would get out of the race. and tonight that is just what rfk junior did. suspending his campaign, throwing his support behind former president don -- donald trump and taking aim at a core theme of this week's democratic convention. >> don't you want a president who is going to protect america's freedoms? >> but first, know that the vice president is officially her party's presidential nominee, focus is on seven key battleground states, including arizona where former president trump today, took his message directly to sunbelt voters. >> gone forever is the old democratic party of fdr, jfk and that's right, even bill clinton. kamala harris his democrat party

is the party of free health care for illegal aliens, communist style price controls, defunding the police. >> jonathan: our business correspondent is live in arizona as the former president tries to get the last word at the end of a week dominated by the democratic convention and the coronation of kamala harris. good evening. >> jonathan, good evening to you. and this evening we saw a moment that in past elections, would have been unthinkable. a kennedy walking on stage and endorsing the republican nominee for president. but that is exactly what happened in the arena behind me tonight. he was met, rfk junior, by thunderous applause from the crowd who at times chanted his name -- or nickname, bobby. former president trump mentioned the fact that over the course of the rfk junior campaign, he went after trump that but today the former president welcome supporters into the fold.

>> his candidacy has inspired millions and millions of americans grounded in the american values of his father, robert kennedy, a great man. and his uncle, president john f. kennedy. and i know that they are looking down right now and they are very, very proud of bobby. >> the moment of those two men on stage together was a significant one and we will have to weight and see the impact on the presidential race. but the former president also spent a lot of time tonight going after vice president harris, getting the last word, as you say, after the biggest speech of her political career. >> and, of course,, last night, kamala harris mention my name 21 times, she did not mention the border, she did not mention inflation. we will win arizona, we are going to defeat conrad kamala harris.

>> reporter: a trunk campaign memo this afternoon says the rfk endorsement is, quote, good news for them, while the harris campaign is already trying to win over supporters of rfk who now have no candidate in many swing states. jonathan? >> thank you so much, let's bring in a law school professor, jody armer. along with new york post columnist and fox news contributor, miranda devine. thank you very much for being here. let me come to you first, professor. i know you were very much looking forward to the kamala harris speech as was much of the country. fascinated by it. but the grade you are giving it surprised me a bit. ab? >> i would say that because there were a lot of expectations that maybe she would do better than her predecessor, biden. who provided suspense with weather he would even make it to the end of each sentence. she did not provide that kind of suspense.

she was -- her speech was full of attitude and bravado as it often is, light on policy. but she stirred up the crowd and i would say ab but not spectacular, we are grading on a curve when we start to say higher because of the small expectations given by her predecessor. >> miranda, what say you? certainly light on policy but is that a fair criticism, given that the convention speeches tend to be light on policy? >> i suppose that she was supposed to just be introducing herself because she somewhat of a mystery. and so the speech was cleverly written by the democrat narrative makers, the myth makers. and they created a mythology about this woman who has grown up wanting to impart social justice on the world and that is why she went to become a prosecutor. interestingly, i thought, they

made her sound tough and strong. she talked about building up the military into a lethal force. i think that may be part of the narrative to try and combat the advantage that donald trump had over joe biden and of course we have over a woman. and i mean she delivered in just a matter of fact away, she didn't flub it because it is not hard to read from a teleprompter. >> professor, you are making an interesting point when we were talking earlier in the week, that in this race back obviously, it is a tight race. she, kamala harris, cannot afford to lose any votes. and i was fascinated by what you said, given that you deal with a lot of young progressives at university, that some of them consider her the opposite of what president trump accuses her of being, soft on crime. some of the progressives that you know and talk to consider that she was too much of a tough cop, if you'd like, in terms of

her law background. and she may not get those votes because of that. >> yes, they see her someone who went after parents for the truancy of their kids and was willing to lock them up. they see her as someone who was opposing marijuana decriminalization and opposed to going after corrupt das. so she is coming in and the framing has been prosecutor versus felon. even that framing is a little tone deaf because if you think about the post 2020 george floyd marches, they were arguing against demonizing felons. now because donald trump is a felon, you will rise and stigmatize him, you are saying that is inconsistent at the same time you were glorifying the prosecutor when we said prosecutors led to the new jim crow, the explosion of racialized mass incarceration. so there's a lot of cognitive dissonance among young progressives about how enthusiastic they can be about kamala harris, given her past.

>> jonathan: maranda, obviously former president trump is going to hit kamala harris hard on the idea that she is soft on crime, that she has this california background and what he considers a largely lawless state. but the professor makes an interesting point, that she could lose progressives because she is viewed as too tough. not an easy line for her to tread. >> i don't think progressives are going to vote for donald trump, so i think what the democratic -- certainly the tenor of the whole convention was to pretend that they are republicans, that they were chanting usa, they had a huge number of american flags in the audience last night. when kamala harris was speaking. and previously, they have made up that being patriotic with an american flake is somehow racist. so i think that this is the new way -- what they want to do is woo those people in the

primaries, those republicans who did not vote for donald trump. they're trying to pick off new voters on the right and they assume progressives will stay with them. but i think the rfk junior endorsement is going to throw a spanner in that plan. >> jonathan: it was interesting, to the point, professor, it was really interesting to watch a crowd at eight democratic convention chanting usa, usa, waving the american flake. that did seem to, as maranda said, there seemed to be a real effort to reclaim the word patriotism as part of the democratic lexicon. >> and to take that brand from being exclusively associated with republicans. and they said we will come in and also push for border patrols and take a lot of republican ideas and say we will try to take that issue from republicans, try to take the crime issue, have a prosecutor run in and you can't say she is soft on crime. try to take some republican issues and wrap around like bill clinton did earlier. we will see how successful she

is. >> jonathan: last were to you maranda, will that be successful? can be successful? >> look, it could be successful. personally, it is not very to me. tim walz is they are classic conservative with his flannel shirts and his camo caps and hunting and shooting and midwestern ways. he is as radical left as you can get. so i don't think any conservative is going to be fooled by this pretend conservatism. but clearly that is where they are going. >> maranda divine, rate to talk to, great to talk to you as well professor, and cable so much. robert f. kennedy meantime, unleashed a couple of broadsides against his fathers and uncles democratic party today as he dropped out of the race for president and endorsed donald trump. kristyna coleman is here life with those details.

good evening christina. >> good evening jonathan. yes, the crowd was fired up tonight when rfk junior joined trump on stage at his massive rally in glendale arizona. [ ♪♪ ] all of this excitement comes just hours after rfk junior announced he is suspending his campaign and endorsing trump. he says the war in ukraine, the warner children and free speech are the principal causes that persuaded him to leave the democratic party, run as an independent and now throw his support behind trump. he also accused the democratic party of running a sham primary that was rigged to prevent any serious challenge to president biden. he says the dnc waged continuous legal warfare against both him and donald trump. >> we know that a government that can silence it's opponents has license for any kind of atrocity. and can you think of any time that you can look back in history and say that the people

who were censoring were the good guys? they are always the bad guys. because it is always the first step down that slippery slope towards totalitarianism. >> trump welcomed rfk junior's support, he hoped he could help him in critical swing states during this close election. >> i think he will have a huge influence. we're leaving now but i think he will have a huge impact on this campaign. >> trump also noted rfk junior's work towards better health, he said he would establish a panel of talked -- top experts to invest it childhood diseases and chronic health problems. jonathan. >> thank you so much. with us now in the studio, a retired california state senator, luria romero and leader of the school public policy, pp or send, great to have you both here. gloria, we missed you this week because we cover the dnc but are glad you're here tonight. all go to first, is the rfk

endorsement making a difference? >> absolutely. this is a kennedy. and i think he spoke for many disaffected democrats such as myself, many of the 14 million who cast a vote and had it discarded, in calling out the path towards authoritarianism and censorship from the democratic party. depending on how he is used in the campaign, i think potentially this has been a real historic potential realignment of the democratic party. and i will say, is one of those disaffected democrats, i'm proud of what he said today. he spoke for me today. >> interesting. and we have a graphic of his support in swing states and you look at those. arizona, 5.8% is what he was getting, according to the clear politics average. nevada was 5.3. michigan a 5.9. pennsylvania at 4.4, north carolina 4.3. georgia at four points. those are significant numbers in a tight race. >> they are.

and obviously all of the swing states, the broader poles are really only a few points one way or the other. the big question becomes, when you look at the constituency behind rfk junior's candidacy, how many of those voters of that five and six and four and five% are actually going to swing towards trump, even with his endorsement? there are a lot of people that are supporting rfk junior for a variety of reasons, certainly some of those are the suspicion of big government and the use of the turn tote -- term totalitarianism, the censorship state and so forth. i think a lot of those voters will swing towards former president trump. but i think there are a lot of others that remain pretty suspicious and had president trump on their radar screen to vote for or to support when kennedy was in the race in those states, yet nonetheless supported kennedy. so i don't think all of those votes are going to swing to trump. >> and there was an interesting part of president trump's remarks today that i just want to play for our viewers, gloria

and i will get your response on the other side. here's president trump today. >> his candidacy has inspired millions and millions of americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign, grounded in the american values of his father, robert kennedy, a great man. and his uncle, president john f. kennedy. >> jonathan: i'm not sure, gloria, there are many other members of the family who think that rfk junior campaign is grounded in the values of robert kennedy and jfk. and to pete's point, it strikes me that there may be some independents who look at this and think this is confirmation that the trump side of things is attracting quirky people. >> you are absolutely right in terms of the family dispute over rob.

essentially, kennedy has been synonymous with democratic party for decades now. is a little girl i grew up with pictures of kennedy in my household, that was the definition. there will be many who say i can't go as far as going for trump, but i do believe that looking at his campaign and what he spoke about in terms of the values of truly democratic -- having the value of a vote count, choosing who your candidate will be, i think what he did today was really give a very strong blow to what is left of the spinal cord of the democratic party. it is about building coalitions and in politics it makes strange bedfellows. rfk is one of those strange bedfellows in a new coalition in america and i think it is an exciting time. >> jonathan: and talking about building coalitions, it was very clear this week, pete, that the democrats were trying to widen the coalition that they have currently and have held together

over the last three and a half years. they needed to be more broad, they were going for that patriotic tone dairy clearly. i heard a conservative commentator today tweeting, like, they're taking on camouflage hats or something like that. does that have a chance of success? >> just look at these last few days. these last couple of days for former president trump, he basely sought re-- endorsement from rfk junior, at the same time he is going after support with the governor of georgia, this really is both campaigns understanding they need to broaden their tent and obviously we saw that during the democratic convention. but just in these last few days, were definitely seen that from former president trump as well. >> a lot of vibes and energy coming out of the democratic convention. so what does president trump need to do in your view to combat that now? >> i think president trump needs to build a coalition, bring in disaffected democrats along with

his traditional base. stick to policy. do not do the name-calling, do not do the race baiting, stick to policy, focus on inflation, crime, the border and growing on america first strong coalition. be reasonable. i think it could be successful and winning message that totally realigns not only american politics but also the republican intent as well. >> jonathan: there has been some talk on the left, pete, about this all being energy and it

task force on the same subject, and hopefully they and i know that they will provide lessons learned to prevent such a failure from happening in the future. that bipartisan task force is expected to continue investigating once congress returns in a few weeks. house speaker mike johnson saying this quote today. today's decision to place multiple agents on leave is the agency's first step towards accountability. but it comes 41 days after the attempt on president trump's life, and it's nowhere near enough. we're being told that additional agents may have also been

placed on administrative leave since monday, and lawmakers are planning another visit to that rally shooting site on monday. jonathan chanley, thank you very much indeed. vice president harris had a lot of promises, but not a lot of detail on key issues like the economy in her big dnc speech. coming up, we'll talk with steve hilton about the pressure building for harris to lay out a policy vision and to actually sit down and share it with the media, and thus the american people. and later in the nightcap, we are just a few weeks away from former president trump and vice president former -- [ please stand by ] entering the world stage. >> i'm glad he's finally agreed to a debate. i'm looking forward to it and i hope he shows up. >> now we have someone that in theory, should be easier to beat , and theory. because she is a radical left marxist and everybody knows it.

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truncated timeframe, we were talking to voters. i think people forget just how short of a timeframe it has been >> will kamala harris talk to the press? will she do a press conference? will kamala harris to a press conference? will she do a press conference? >> jonathan: in the aftermath of the democratic national convention, the pressure continues to build on vice president kamala harris to face the media in a news conference or in a sitdown interview or just to answer some questions, somewhere. let's bring in a fox news contributor, steve helton. brett baer always has such great interviews, he had gavin newsom on special report last night and they had, what i thought, was a wonderful exchange, let's listen to that and then we will talk afterwards. >> if you are running for president, wouldn't you say what you were forced specifically and if it differed dramatically from where you were a few years ago, you would explain to people why you changed. >> she has been our nominee for how many minutes? 30 days. but have an interview?

one interview? >> how about getting through the convention? how would a little grace under the circumstances? >> jonathan: that made me laugh, she has been our nominee for how many minutes? he said. and brett pointedly pointed out, 30 days. that is a lot of minutes. it is really time for some policy meet on the bone, is it not? >> of course it is. and what an insult to every american. and it is stunning when you think about it that this party, the democratic party, which never stops lecturing us about how they are protecting our democracy, now two elections in a row, they have run presidential candidates, presidential campaigns that are completely subverting the normal democratic process. you sought with biden with his basement campaign, know you're seeing the same thing all over again. and of course the truth is that kamala harris cannot actually be out there with a policy platform that she really believes in because she doesn't really believe in anything, except

whatever is politically expedient. that has been the story of her career. and that since she is just like joe biden. she is a machine politician who says and does whatever is necessary and whatever is politically expedient. and that is why you see this totally dishonest convention all week. you saw a totally dishonest speech as we were discussing, you and i, last night. and what they will try and do is get away with a bunch of platitudes, just look at what they are doing. first of all, she is stealing campaign ideas from trump, the no tax on tips. tonight with the new ad thing, she's even stealing his language going on about common sense and the rest of it. what will she do next? start running around in a red tie? >> it is a difficult line for her to tread as well, because of she says we are going to tackle the problems that america faces, she has to, in a sense, run away from president biden and the policies she has been a part of the last terrine half years.

so no wonder she doesn't want to talk about it too much. >> exactly. exactly. because none of it makes sense. not that long ago, 30 days ago, brett and gavin in that exchange, she was saying with absolute passion on the campaign trail, supporting joe biden, we have done such a great job and now we need to finish the job. keep going and doing the same things. but now that the circumstances change, suddenly it is always terrible, the country is in a mass, no one can afford anything, it's all a disaster. we have to totally change everything. it is completely laughable, actually, that she gets away with it because the media let her get away with it. the interesting question will be whether that remains the case for the remainder of this campaign or weather they get sick of it as well and the pressure for her to do the interview was and to start putting out policies and being more accountable, weather that builds to a point where it actually starts to hurt her. and i do think there is time in

the campaign for the narrative to change. right now we are in the honeymoon as far as the media is concerned but look how they turned on joe biden. it is conceivable. i'm not saying it is likely that something like that may happen to kamala harris, unless she really starts telling us what her plans are. >> jonathan: and september 10th is a date that is looming, it's hard for her to get away with just platitudes on a debate stage if the moderators do their job. >> that is exactly right. it is incredibly important. let's not have any high expectations of moderation over a, b. and c. however. and kamala harris will go into that debate with one aim in mind, destroying donald trump. going in there and as she was putting it, prosecute the case. she's learning her lines right now, practising in front of the mirror, you can be sure of that. so she would rather spend the entire debate attacking donald trump. now if the moderators aren't going to do the job of holding her accountable, trying to get her to explain how suddenly she

is abandoning all of these positions that she has held for so long for political convenience, than donald trump will have to do it. that is his job, actually in that debate. to hold her accountable. >> jonathan: we will see how it goes, it will be a fascinating night on september 10th. steve, it has been great having you around all of this week and for all of your expertise, inc. you very much and have a wonderful weekend, my friend. >> you tooth, thank you jonathan >> jonathan: passing policy items through congress, that is no easy task for any president. and as vice president harris sets her sights on the white house, her agenda, of course,, could face a cold reality on capitol hill. the senior congressional correspondent explains. >> reporter: this was the easy part. >> and when congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom as president of the

united states, i will probably signed it into law! >> reporter: but if elected, harris only makes good on her lofty campaign rhetoric with help from congress. >> we have to take the house, we have to take the senate. that means winning every swing state and let's get it done. >> reporter: democrats must flip a handful of districts to reclaim the house. and maintain their slim seventh majority against a brutal electoral map favouring the gop. policy priorities crash in the senate if you cannot break a filibuster. harris pledging action on the southern border. >> i will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed and i will sign into law! >> reporter: but that plan died partly because of the filibuster. republicans warned that democrats may end the filibuster if they hold the senate. harris also promises tax relief. >> we will pass a middle-class tax cut that will benefit more than 100 million americans! >> reporter: but republicans anticipate the opposite. >> if she gets and it will be a tax expense. >> reporter: harris claims a muscular foreign policy. >> i will not cozy up to tyrants

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a hurdle sintering around israeli troop presence in two areas remains. the court or, a critical crossing that separates travel between north and south gaza, in the philadelphia court or along the egypt gaza border which israel says is a pathway for weapons smuggling. but they are reporting president biden pressured israel's prime minister during a wednesday phone call to agree to pull troops back from the egypt gaza border so the deal can progress. >> israel has accepted the bridging proposal. now hamas must do the same. >> reporter: and the clock is ticking as around and it's proxies launched negotiations and launched ever tell a tory attack on israel. the uss abraham lincoln is in the arabian sea bolstering navy assets in the region, should israel need to be defended. >> we have moved capabilities into the region that i think is fair to say have gotten into the headspace of iran. and will influence their calculation on how and if they choose to respond. >> reporter: and we're tracking activity tonight in the

north as israel's iron dome intercepted multiple rockets that were fired from southern lebanon. the actions not only add to the building tension and the reason -- region but can complicate the ongoing cease-fire negotiations. jonathan? >> jonathan: jeff paul in tel aviv, thank you so much. jeff with us now, iris independent research president and national security analyst, dr rebecca grant. dr, great to have you with us. i just want to set up our discussion by playing some sound from kamala harris' speech last night on how she believes we can get to the end of this war. here's the vice president last night. >> president biden and i are working to end this war, such that israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in gaza ends and the palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security , freedom and

self-determination. >> jonathan: vice president obviously trying to keep everybody happy in the way that she phrased that. but can you, in this conflict, be all things to all people, dr grant? >> and she puts the emphasis on the end of their, on the palestinian self-determination. and that is a little vague, really, compared to where the cease-fire talks stand right now. she is trying to have the words come out of her mouth that appealed to the voters in michigan and other places and yet knowing she has to stand firm on what has been president biden's ironclad support for israel, particularly as they are down to just the very last details of negotiation. and once again, honestly, we are waiting for hamas to say yes to the cease-fire deal.

>> jonathan: as we seem to have been again and again and again, are you anymore hopeful having seen some of the details of this deal laid out? are you anymore hopeful that we are at least a step closer than we were say we could go, dr grant? >> may be a step. and as you know, it is still the deal biden laid out in late may. there are just a couple technical issues. i was encouraged that egypt was okay with some israeli forces down at the delphi cora door and we know that israel has asked to make sure that there are weapons flows from north to south. so i think, especially with egypt continuing to be very strongly -- not only putting pressure on hamas but also willing to carry out some very practical tasks, obviously very involved as the interlock is there as well, i think it's more optimistic but the one missing

piece here, always, is hamas agreeing to anything. >> jonathan: interesting to pick up on jeff paul's reporting from tel aviv. about the fact that iran's proxies, at least for the moment, seemed to have gone quiet. there's a lot of talk a week or two weeks ago about retaliation coming any moment from iran. perhaps from iran itself. it has not happened yet, what you reasoned that? >> you saw that lay down of forces, six or eight destroyers, two aircraft carriers. every fighter plane in the air force is in the middle east right now. and that means that iran's tactical options for a retaliation or severely constrained. and of course that is the point to deter and be ready to intercept anything that iran might pop up if they try a strike like the one they launched back in april. so i would say that this heavy military presence is definitely

having an effect on a ron. they may still try something but we are cutting off a lot of their tactical options. >> jonathan: and dr, just to bring this back to the vice president, kamala harris, as such a knowledgeable national security analyst, how do you view her foreign policy bona fide? >> she is very untried. and let's remember her one big job as vp was to deal with space. and she just did not even mention it in her speech. so the job that she had, she did not go out and execute very well and if elected as commander-in-chief, she will go right into major crises. ukraine, the middle east, china of course and so many other things. i think she still has a long way to go to be ready to be commander-in-chief. >> jonathan: dr rebecca grant, thank you so much. have a great weekend doctor. >> thank you. >> jonathan: we know there

will be at least one debate between vice president harris and former president trump, september 10th just a couple weeks away. but in a battle of vastly different styles and substance, which of the candidates do you think will come out on top? we will read your responses in the nightcap, coming up. [ ♪♪ ]

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>> jonathan: we are back with the nightcap crew. tonight's topic, up for debate. the first presidential debate between donald trump and kamala harris is only a couple weeks away. it will be the first face-off between two candidates who differ wildly on style and substance and it could go a long way to deciding who wins in november. who do you think will come out on top in the debate and why? you first. why do you think that person wins? >> i will have the popcorn popping for this watch party. it will be really entertaining. i think they will both hold their own, come all the will bring her prosecutor skills, trump has his own style, i hope they focus on the issues that we want to hear about. >> jonathan: kristyna, who do you think is coming out on top? >> i have a better prediction if i had seen kamala harris actually interview with a reporter since she is been

running. but she will do better than biden. >> jonathan: for sure! gloria? >> so much depends on it, the rules of the game, the moderators, what is the style? is there an audience? if trump sticks to policy, he should prevail. i think kamala harris in terms of personality, style and substance, each of them have their strengths. >> jonathan: pete? >> i think trump needs to look at the president reagan 1980 debates. seeing some of the advertisements where they use the phrase, do you feel better off than you were four years ago and if he keeps driving that message, it is a winning one. >> jonathan: we shall see. we ask you who you think will come out on top and here's what the poll showed. 98% of you said former president trump comes out on top. only 2 percent for kamala harris. instagram said 94% and a 6 percent for harris. and some of your responses here, rochelle said on topic and substance, trump.

for the media, because kamala because they are invested in her victory. trump will come out on top, kamala may hang in there at the beginning but the debate is long and she will go into her word to sell tell me wagner -- trump can defend, she won't even admit the last three and a half years actually happened. julie says i've heard of her, trump if he can stick to a comparison of records and policies. uncle says the winner will be someone who can live without missing a beat, that is not me. they say if he can stay on the policy points, he will do great. what a week it has been. thank you to the nightcap crew, thank you to all of you for watching us on this long week of politics. everybody, play baseball, grill or something, have fun this weekend, forget politics. we will be back on monday, i'm jonathan hunt in la. [ ♪♪ ] ned, ned, who are you wearing? he thinks his flaky red patches are all people see.

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