or scan the qr code right now with your gift of just $19 a month. it really does make a difference. strengthening with easterseals helped me realize i can get through hard things. don't give up. keep trying. even better! please visit helpeasterseals.com, call or scan the qr code on your screen with your gift of $19 a month and we'll send you this t-shirt as a thank you. mother: your help and your support, the need for it is endless. jaxon: thank you, 'cause there's a lot of people with disabilities out there. people like me. please join easterseals with your monthly gift right now. ( ♪ )

>> picture seeing any of this. a little more than 60 years ago, john f. kennedy was president of the united states. a kennedy supporting a republican, donald trump. the issues are staggering. rfk, jr.'s move to do this. democrats dismissing it, it's no big deal. and the republicans say it could make a difference in key battle ground states. griff: only time will tell what impact this kennedy endorsement is going to have, neil. one thing has been clear from the start. that is that democrats never wanted kennedy in this race and aren't happy now about him joining forces with trump. the dnc put out a membero down playing things, saying this, quote, the little support that remains is soft, split across ideologies and disproportionally among lower propensity voters with no meaningful base of supports and

sky high negatives of democrats, and the threat to vp harris was neutralized. debby stabenow you know is from the swing state of michigan is dismissing this. >> i think as time has gone on for me, i think it means less than i was worried about in the beginning. it looks like he's gone for the craziness on the right, but i think in the end, it will have very little impact. griff: meanwhile, the harris campaign blasting team kennedy, suggesting rfk, jr.'s campaign was driven in part by trump supporters. >> rfk was largely supported by maga donors and parroted magas during the campaign and i don't think it should be a surprise that he would endorse donald trump. griff: but a campaign membero said this is good news for trump and his campaign, plain and simple. even if kennedy's endorsement

doesn't turn out to be a major factor on election day, it's stealing headlines away from the dnc's moment in the limelight and the convention and vp harris' biggest speech of her career. neil: you're right, see what the impact will be. in the battle ground states you had rfk, jr. picking up 5, 6% of the vote in a couple of them at the margin where the two premier candidates are often dead even and within the margin of a statistical area you could see how it could make a difference. griff: you sure could. ur own darin shaw, who is on our decision desk and participates with us in the fox polls, when you consider how narrow the margins are and the blue wall in the swing states, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, georgia, arizona, the smallest number of votes could make a difference. that's why every vote counts,

but who knows what the kennedy voters will do. neil: yeah, and five of those seven swing states, the two are separated, that is donald trump and kamala harris by 1 1/2 points or less. so, man, that's pretty remarkable. griff, see you at the top of the next hour, my friend. great job as always. hardest working man in show business as we like to say, griff jenkins. in the meantime, don peebles with me, a form obama fundraiser, a player in the democratic party and one of the things i wanted to raise with you, don, is bemoaning what rfk's treatment, the democratic treatment of him. >> i've been not invited to certain arenas and that's okay. the people that i represent are the people that dictate what i

need to do every single day and that's fight for american workers. if the democrats don't want to hear from one of the most influential unions, shame on t them. neil: it is interesting, apples and oranges to rfk, jr., a common theme i've seen play out again and again, the party isn't really good at personal stuff and tends to dismiss these concerns as irrelevant. even when it's the head of the teamsters, arguably one of the most influential unions and powerful unions in the world. what did you make of it? >> well, i think what's happening here, the party allowed itself to be hijacked by the far left and one of the things they're not practical. if you say something that is contrary to what the party's message is, or you say republicans have a good idea on it point or you try to moderate, then the democratic party looks at you as almost an

enemy now and the challenge is that that is where the country is, is the country is mostly in the middle there. some on one side, some on the other side. and i think that what you're seeing here is a rejection, for example, of the most powerful union in america, arguably, to not have them participate is very concerning, but indicative of what's happening and i think robert kennedy indicated is that his uncle and his father, would probably not be democrats in this environment because they would have been too moderate. neil: you know, it is one thing and it's this democratic convention this past week featured a lot-- not a lot, but several republicans who bolted from their party and not entirely comfortably so, but they did and they did speak. if you have a problematic iconic member of a family that's steeped in democratic party values, even though his own aren't necessarily echoed there, and he's treated like a

pariah, it's just a weird signal to send, right? >> yeah, the rules don't apply to one side, but they do to the other and the challenge is that the mainstream media perpetuates this and allows this to happen. because robert kennedy endorsing donald trump is a big moment. it is not a good thing for the democrats. it is not a negative for republicans, it's a positive for republicans and it's a big moment because it's sending the message that the party is becoming, you know, out of step with some of its core members. neil: i just think regardless how you feel about donald trump, regardless how you feel about kamala harris or joe biden or any of the others, it just seems a little odd to me to label someone like an rfk, jr. a nut for bolting or having divergent views from his party, but not, you know, say the same in reverse. in other words, republicans who bolt from donald trump, they're not nuts, they're heroes.

so it just seems very inconsistent, if you're going to, you know, start labeling nuts have a consistent pattern to what defines a nut. >> i would agree, neil. what about the billionaires, i hear speech after speech about how bad all of us who have been successful in business are, but then they take money on the democratic side from billionaires. melinda gates, i think, gave kamala harris $55 million and that's a lot of money. they decide who is good and who is bad and that's not what they're here for. the party needs to get back to core fundamental values making america better for everyone and bringing the country together and bringing the country together does not vilifying one side, it means bringing us altogether and respecting the fact that their ideas around the world and the country from very broad perspectives and we have to listen to everyone and to not listen to republicans or to ostracize one of the most promise prominent families.

neil: maybe this is donald trump listening to you, more issues focused certainly over the last 72 hours at least, you know, some sniping back and forth as if the other side doesn't snipe back and forth as well, but talking of this no tax on tips things, what's happening on the border, he went to the border yet again to illustrate what's going on there. the same day we knew there was a guy out there trying to kill him. bottom line, he is back on these issues and he's back in battle ground states all this week and next week. so, he seems to be getting back on message, making nice with brian kemp, the governor of georgia and all things you had advocated. he keeps doing that, what is your sense of where this campaign goes? >> well, i think he does -- he has a much better chance of being successful if he rises above some of the more emotional responses to attacks

and i think that the country wants him to fight for the country, but they want-- we want our president to be presidential and i think that harris has so far done a better job at it albeit keeping her distance from the media and if this becomes a discussion on the issue, then i think that the republicans and donald trump have an advantage. neil: we'll watch closely. don. great catching up with you, don peebles, the former obama fundraiser, and apparently as good a golfer as barack obama, i have no idea, they both must be. and more in the pacific. robert ray has more on that. >> yeah, the tropical storm churning in the pacific about 200 miles from the big island right now. potentially could turn into a category 1 hurricane. we're monitoring developments

as we're beginning to see some of the outer bands here in the big island of hawaii. but all of hawaii will be affected. those impacts coming up and we'll talk about that coming up after the break. that's why we've got the labor day deals you need... to end one season and start the next. get great deals in-store or online today. why do couples choose a sleep number smart bed? i sleep great now that my side is as firm as my heart desires. my heart desires soft. sleep number does that. your ideal firmness and effortless comfort, all night. during our biggest sale of the year, save 50% on the sleep number® limited edition smart bed and free delivery when you add any base. what will you do when the power goes out? power outages can be unpredictable and inconvenient, but with a generac home standby generator, your life goes on uninterrupted. because when your generac detects a power outage, it automatically powers up, giving your family the security and peace of mind they deserve. we don't have to worry about whether we lose power or not.

if the utility company does not come through, our generac does. after the hurricane happened, we just want to be prepared for anything. 8 out of 10 home generators are generac, with thousands of satisfied customers. number one thing to prepare for is extended power outages. don't make it so hard on yourself, have a generac home standby generator. and owning a generator is easier than ever. special financing and low monthly payment options are available, and if you call now, you will also receive a free 5 year warranty valued at over $500. call or go online now to request your free quote.

arearn: saint jude-- they gave it 110% every time. and for kenadie to get treatment here without having to pay anything was amazing.

>> all right. an idyllic spot and not so idyllic storm. we're talking about with robert ray is there, with a tropical storm that has dangerous implications. what are we learning, robert? >> yeah, neil, good afternoon to you and good morning from the big island of hawaii and hilo and tropical storm hone could be significant. take a look at kona yesterday. this is what you think of when you envision hawaii, right? paradise, palm trees, beautiful water and beaches. that's going to change soon as this tropical storm is churning about 200 miles to the

southeast of the big island making its way. we're going to see the center of this storm within about 100 miles of the western shores of the big island in the middle of the night tomorrow. so, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. but the impacts are already beginning to be felt with some outer bands and the rain here on the east side. south shores, right to the south of where we're at. we'll see the biggest wind impacts, but ultimately we could see over a foot of rain in some areas like where we're at in hilo and what that could potentially cause is really bad flash flooding with mudslides and rock slides unfortunately. this is a mountainous, hilly, and some altitudes up to 14,000 feet. eco systems, desert, arrid

deserts, and storms potentially turning into hurricanes to the south of the big island, you're going to have a lot of different impacts. people are bracing and hawaiian airlines are giving out vouchers to people who have flights in and out because of the cancellations and the park service cut off camping on the shores. and one other thing, we've had earthquakes, tremors, 4.7 on thursday, 3.0 yesterday and there's a volcano that people are very concerned about, especially the national park service here. so the culmination of all of this, it's really almost too much to handle for the big island, but all the hawaiian islands will feel the impacts of this tropical storm hone, which may become a hurricane at some point in the middle of the night. neil: how are average folks there responding to all of this, robert? >> it's a great question. i can tell you, the folks here in hilo, about 40,000 people, are very concerned.

we talked to a family yesterday that went from hilo to kona which is about 60 miles across and to the western side because they didn't want to experience the wrath of the precipitation and the winds that are on their way, so they went to the west side knowing that that will be fairly minimal impacts. having said that, the west side just put up red flag warnings because frt of the arrid desert nature for wildfires, and the windshields might fuel some grasses to light on fire. let's hope not, but just a lot going on here in hawaii as the sun will come up in, oh, about 45 minutes. neil. neil: all right. my friend, be safe as always. robert ray in hilo, hawaii. and rick reichmuth, fox news meteorologist, rick, we oftentimes focus-- not you, you look at the whole world, but on the atlantic area storms and all, but we forget there is another ocean and

there is this one and what are we looking at. >> yeah, and both have tropical seasons and right now the pacific ocean is the one that's a lot more active than the atlantic. we've been expecting to see the atlantic with all the activity and hasn't happened yet. this is hone close to hawaii pulling off to the west and the big island is where we're going to see most of the impacts, five to 10 inches of rain for this. i will tell you there's a line of storms here, that's hone. this is another storm behind it. and we'll see how much impact towards hawaii from the next number of storms. over to the atlantic, this is where we are in our season and normally right now we should be talking about a really active atlantic ocean basin. take a look at this. no tropical development expected in the next seven days and we are in the peak of hurricane season of a season that we had forecasted to be maybe the record-breaking active season because of

exactly how warm these water temperatures are. and from what we can tell, there is one reason and that is this dust that comes off of africa and those waves right now, this time of year, they come off of africa are meeting up with that dust and it's tampering down any of the activity that we would normally see. once this changes, we think this will change in about a week where it won't be having as much interaction with this dust. that dust is going to settle and most of the storms will move a little south of where the dust generally is. once that happens, neil, we think things will become very active in the atlantic, but over right now, look at our future forecast here. there are storms out there, but nothing that gets really active or organized and that's amazing to see and it's great news because we're expecting this active season. the longer we can keep that from happening, you know, that's good for us, i'm certain we won't be able to keep that off that much longer, probably another week, week and a half or so. neil. neil: yeah, i talk to a lot of folks in southeast florida who

welcome that sand development or whatever you're calling it, but it's wild. great job, my friend. rick reichmuth following all of that. and the battle is not only on for the white house, but the united states senate and now, we talked to josh hawley in missouri who is in a very competitive race right now with a democratic candidate who thinks he could tip a republican seat and turn it democrat. the democrats are confident he'll pull it off. he's next. we'll fire josh hawley. choose between good vision and great value, especially with the price of everything on the rise. that's why america's best is slashing their prices, with the help of yours truly. during the wise buy sales event, get two pairs of single-vision glasses and a comprehensive eye exam for just $69.95 or two pairs of progressives and an exam for $129.95.

the wise buys sales event is happening now for a limited time at america's best. book an exam online today. three signs down, 237 to go.

>> got a picture perfect game here, and every one of the races here, including montana and he's got to beat ted cruz or rick scott in those states if he wants the majority. just look at it objectively. neil: all right. >> you would certainly say the republicans are in a strong position to win back the majority. neil: steve danes is a national senatorial leader leading the republicans to seize the senate. it's close as a tick, it could go either way and chad following it. >> neil, the switch to kamala harris infused the with optimism. and they lead in fundraiser and implore the rank and file republicans to bolster their game. >> it's a great response, everyone stepped up and a number of people pledge more money to the committee and we don't have to match them, but we've got to be in the game. >> democrats must only flip a

handful of seats to gain control, but retain those in red districts. it's a challenge to hold the senate and minority leader mitch mcconnell is giving up his leadership post. >> it won't surprise to know that i'd like to turn my job over to the majority leader rather than the minority leader and that's what i'm focusing on in my current activities. >> the map favors the g.o.p., but democrats are counting on an enthusiasm gap. >> kamala harris is an inspiring, young candidate, a fresh face, which people in this country have been looking for. donald trump is very polarizing and he has people who want to turn out and vote against him in big numbers. >> democrats are now banking on the idea na competitive states at the presidential level could help them hold senate seats, like michigan, wisconsin, and nevada. neil. neil: all right. thank you for that, chad. and then there is those competitive races in the united states senate, essentially a

50-50 deal now, but what would it be after november? we talked to senator josh hawley, a missouri republican, who is quite confident he can hang onto his seat even though he's been going out of his way to talk about things his challenger has been saying, take a look. >> i've got an opponent who wants to get rid of all gas and diesel in our economy, neil. you talk about destroying this country, destroying the lives of working people, just do that. take away gas and diesel and take away their trucks, put farmers out of, would work. and that's what kamala wants to do and that's nuts and we need to expose that. neil: and we'll talk to a bull, talk to a bear, talk to republicans, talk to democrats, that's the only way we conduct business here. no one cares what my opinion is, nor should you or they, but they care for the news makers who should be known and their views expressed, like my next

guest. the democratic challenger to senator josh hawley, lucas is kind enough to join us right now. colonel, very good to have you. what did you make of what the senator was just saying, you want to get rid of all of that stuff, all of those fossil fuels. >> i mean, that's ridiculous, now, this is the type of thing that people who are worried say, so for me, i've been endorsed by the auto workers who make the ford f-150 here in missouri. it's important for me, just as it's important for donald trump, to put america first and the next generation of manufacturing and energy, so, you know, for me, that's something i learned at the pentagon. i was a marine for a long time and i extended for a year to work in the trump administration for the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. what i wanted to do is make sure we control our energy future and that china doesn't control it. that means investing in nuclear, hydrogen and other technologies. i never said i'm going to outlaw or ban anything, it's

one of the things that politicians like to say when they're worried. neil: so you're all in on all energy sources. you're not interested in taking away traditional gas and diesel in your state or anywhere else? >> no, i've got a chevy traverse in my driveway, that's how i get around. i want us to beat china in the next generation of everything. i don't want them to have power. that's our biggest worry serving at the pentagon, china was going to take advanced technology and beat us and all of our allies and everyone around the globe including us would have to rely on them for energy future the same way we relied on the saudis and the europeans rely on russia, it's not good for america. america needs to be first in everything, and we need to make sure that we put america first. neil: do you think we're in the energy pickle we're in because of how things started out with joe biden, colonel? and by the cutting back on fracking, cutting back on traditional sources of energy and emphasizing these newer

energies, that that really led to what we're dealing with right now? >> i'm a marine, i served in iraq and afghanistan, i led a police training team in iraq and the real pickle when it comes to energy we did wars for oil, right? we let 6.4 trillion dollar on fire in wars for oil in the middle east for multinational corporations who don't care about us. like at the same time we were doing that the exxon ceo specifically said i'm not an american company and i don't make decisions based on what's good for america, so for me, i think it's just we need to broaden the aperture-- >> i'm sorry, i might not have been clear in my question. do you think it was a mistake how the biden administration came into this and its views cutting back on local, domestic energy production, the anti-fracking view, a lot of that has changed and we're

hearing different things from kamala harris on that very subject. what about you? >> i think our biggest mistake we haven't invested in the next generation of energy, hydrogen, nuclear and everything else and china has made the investments. i think our biggest mistake we've off-shored manufacturing so we don't have the manpower and resources to make stuff here anymore and we'll be relying on china in the future for that and we have to do everything we can to invest in energy production here in america, especially the future. neil: got it. colonel, very good having you. thank you as well as your service for this country. much appreciate it. be well. in the meantime, taking a look at the competing economic plans we're hearing out of both the trump organization and certainly kamala harris organization, there are some similarities, but there are some big differences and that could, could affect your money depending who gets in, but how? and how much? ken fisher is coming up. with so many choices on booking.com

there are so many tina feys i could be. so i hired body doubles to help me out. splurgy tina loves a hotel near rodeo drive. oh tina! wild tina booked a farm stay to ride this horse. glenn close?! with millions of possibilities you can book whoever you want to be. that's my line! booking.com booking.yeah enjoy your risk-free trial. ♪ hello, can you hear me? i sure can! ♪ everybody hear me? i sure can! ♪ do you hear me? i sure can! ♪ so, can you hear well? i sure can! hear well, feel well, from your first appointment. try our new nearly invisible solution risk-free. call 1-800-234-7090 now.

hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial penn? -i am. we put it off long enough. we are getting that $9.95 plan, today. (jonathan) is it time for you to call about the $9.95 plan? i'm jonathan from colonial penn life insurance company. sometimes we just need a reminder not to take today for granted. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance starting at just $9.95 a month. there are no health questions so you can't be turned down for any health reason. the $9.95 plan is colonial penn's number one most popular whole life plan.

options start at just $9.95 a month. that's less than 35 cents a day. your rate can never go up. it's locked in for life. call today for free information. and you'll also get this free beneficiary planner, so call now. (soft music) ♪ hello, colonial penn?

>> all right. she is certainly raising a lot of cash. i'm talking kamala harris just over half a billion dollar richer over the last weeks of his campaign. lucas tomlinson is not only following the money she's raising, but how she plans with the federal government spending she's planning as well. lucas is at the white house. >> that's right, neil.

the harris campaign saying it's raised over $500 million over the past month since president biden dropped out of the race or pushed out depending on your point of view. and she has a business tax agenda and as a result, they say they'll go off high network earners. >> instead of a tax hike, we'll pass a middle class tax cut that will benefit more than 100 million americans. >> we will create what i call an opportunity economy, an opportunity economy where everyone has the chance to compete and a chance to succeed. >> now, the $5 trillion tax plan which you didn't hear much about from ms. harris' speech there comes from rising the corporate tax rate from 21% and estimates could bring in more than one trillion over the next decade, that's, of course, if

harris wins and the g.o.p. doesn't control both houses of congress. 40% of americans don't pay any tax at all and there's also a plan to not tax tips. you had a father on the show. and here is trump who says that harris stole the idea from him. kamala harris is now pretending to endorse my policy. she's got a lot of other policies. she is just-- she's a copycat. she's a flip-flopper, you know, she's the greatest flip-flopper in history. she went from-- she went from communism to capitalism in about two weeks. >> now, here is wilbur ross, donald trump's former commerce secretary, a revised jobs report, almost a million fewer jobs created. >> it's a big miss. it's a big miss statistically, and more than that a big miss

for the administration's claims. >> and the movie the big short, now we have the big miss, neil. neil: i see what you did there. thank you, my friend, lucas tomlinson at the white house. ken fisher back with us, fisher founder and chairman. it's kind of a simplistic question for me, but you're used to them over the years. does it make a difference who is president, which party is in power, the control of the house, senate, for the markets, for investors? >> so, first thanks for having me back on, neil. neil: thank you. >> second, it's kind of a yes and no to that. the reality, as articulated from the white house report, is that the president is just one piece of a puzzle and fortunately, our founding fathers set it up that way to make it very, very complicated and tough to get extraordinary things into law. so it does come down to who controls the senate, who controls the house. what i can say with a fair

degree of confidence is that nobody's going to have big margins in congress after this election. the republicans may keep the house and pick up a few seats, but they won't pick up a lot. the democrats may take the house, but if they take it, it will be by a hair whisker. only 10 seats net that can possibly flip and if you look at the ones that could go, they won't all go and then the other part is in the senate, you've got one gimme on, you know, west virginia side that the republicans pick up. the republicans one more seat and the democrats lose complete control. if the republicans were to win the presidency, the vice-president determines the outcome, 50-50, and depends on the makeup. what we did in the election is following uncertainty into and through about february and markets love falling uncertainty. we move through a lot of things and things become more clearly defined where we finally get a

winner. after the winner that-- the president or president-elect begins to tell us what they actually will do as opposed to the nonsense during the campaigning that they can't possibly do, and they begin to understand what congress is and then you get the beginnings of reality with the inauguration. that's all falling uncertainty and markets like that regardless who the president is. and right now we have a lot of uncertainty, which is why you're asking the question. neil: now, split government tends to do best for the markets. >> yeah. neil: i know that, but there's this added noise, maybe we've got this past week and i know you're not fan of the federal reserve or what impact it has and too much impact and the argument was, and is, that they're set now. they certainly telegraphed it, to cut rates next month, maybe a couple more times this year. will that move the needle one way or the other? >> let me just say, as i've said to you so many times,

neil, they're crazy. they don't know what they're going to do. they only think they know what they're going to do. jay powell can say whatever the dic dickens he wants to say, and i'm not suggesting he's a liar, but i reiterate over and over in may of 2022, jay powell said and i quote, we're not even considering three quarters of 1% interest rate hikes and then the next month in june they increased three quarters of 1%, next month, the next month, skipped a month and after that kept raising rates after that. and the reality-- >> so what happens. go ahead. >> the reality is this he may move forward with that and they may well not. they may go do other things, i don't know. and nobody else does either. people only think they do. and the we don't need rate cuts. neil: the markets to your point. right, i do want to--

you were ahead of people and we had the meltdown monday, a couple of weeks ago, three weeks ago this monday and everyone was reaching for lead pipes and whatever, but that since dissipated. you didn't see the makings of a meltdown. i take it you still don't, but could you tell us what you look for that could pressage that type of event? >> so the reality is, i don't believe we have that event anytime real soon. i believe that event is down the road. we have been returning to relative normalcy from the covid process in a world where nobody is looking for normalcy and that's the positive surprise that's moved markets up over time and we're still not to normalcy yet so therefore, i believe, we have more bull market ahead. i think there's a good chance a bear market starts later in to 25, but not early on and as i've said before, there's a

timing effect during the presidential election, that it's clear, in the back half of election years you get positiveness. we've had 16 positive first halves of presidential election years in accurate measured history and of those, 15 back halves have been positive and with higher returns than the first half. when we elect a republican, returns tend to be higher than when we elect a democrat, and then in the inaugural year that flips. in the inaugural year returns tend to be higher when we have elected a democrat than when we elect a republican and the reason is because of all of that congress stuff i was talking about before, those annoying people in congress because the president can never ever do as much as some people hope and other people fear. i want to reiterate a lot of the things that donald trump says and kamala harris says, whether they mean them or not, they will not be able to actually get through because they say too many things and a

lot of it is fruit cake stuff that will never get to congress. neil: investors can be a fickle bunch, but by and large like technology, it goes up and down, i get it. what do you think of technology? >> so, in the longrun, i don't think that technology is as strong of producer as the last three, four, five years, but the environment we've been in is a perfect environment for technology and the other thing that so many people miss and, in fact, when we go back to that period in the decline from the middle of july into early august that many people said, oh, now, we're rotating into value. they miss a really central point and the really central point is that almost every single day, not every single day, but almost every single day when the market goes up, tech goes up more. when the market goes down, tech

goes down more, and the fact of the matter is that's telling you that tech is still leadership, if you believe there's a bull market that's continuing ahead, as do i, and therefore, for now, tech is a pretty good place to be. tech provides wonderful things, the ability to self-finance in a world where few firms do because they've got fat operating processes that has what you need for growth. it's a good world right now for tech, but that won't be true always. neil: thank you, my friend. ken fisher, one of the best of the best. ken has often talked about black swan developments and he was wrapping up. we're getting word that the u.s. general charles brown, he heads the joint chiefs of staff, has made a surprise visit to the middle east, all of this in an effort to prevent escalation of wars there, as the israelis and hamas, at least hamas representatives that will not meet directly with israeli representatives,

but through intermediaries, prevent that from happening. more after this. each planning their future through the chase mobile app. jen x is planning a summer in portugal with some help from j.p. morgan wealth plan. let's go whiskers. jen y is working with a banker to budget for her birthday. you only turn 30 once. and jen z? her credit's golden. hello new apartment. three jens getting ahead with chase. solutions that grow with you. one bank for now. for later. for life. chase. make more of what's yours.

>> all right. i had mentioned this a little earlier just to bring you up to speed that u.s. general charles brown, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. right now he's in the middle east. obviously, shepherding a process hammering out or at least the united states is trying to help hammer out a cease-fire agreement between hamas and israel. that's easier said than done. obviously, you've got the context of this with iran and fear of retaliatory strikes, and whether this would have any impact on those. alex hogan now in tel aviv with the latest. alex. >> hi, neil. so the hope is that that cease-fire would deescalate tensions across the region, but the opposite of that playing out, especially along israel's northern front. this was footage sent to me by a contact in the northern part

of israel in the town where you can see the continued cross-border attacks last night. that's hezbollah fired barrages of rounds and artillery and rockets, and the iron dome, following months of cross-border attacks and the strikes in southern lebanon on friday reportedly killed six fighters and one child. but also new ground operations playing out today along the gaza strip where palestinian officials say as many as 50 people are dead from israeli air strikes. and the u.n. is warning of worsening humanitarian conditions with the amount of food and aid entering gaza last month being one of the lowest amounts since october. now, today, hamas says its negotiators are in cairo, egypt and there are major sticking points that remain in place. like the issue of whether israeli forces will stay along the philadelphia corridor, that's on the border with egypt and the corridor that's the one

further up that cuts across the strip from east to west and that's where the idf would want to be able to screen palestinianens returning to the north. and where we are right now, neil, is far from where negotiators hoped we would be given how far these conversations have stretched for going on two weeks now to try to secure this renewed cease-fire deal president biden has been putting a lot of pressure on israeli officials, speaking with the prime minister this past week, as well as speaking with the leaders of qatar and egypt just last night and as you mentioned, there's new efforts to kind of deescalate tensions to the joint chiefs of staff. coming to the middle east he's speaking with his counterparts in israel and egypt in the days to come, neil. neil: thank you very much for that. alex hogan in tel aviv. we're going to get a read from the general, what he makes of the possible of a cease-fire deal even if would come to pass, whether that does prevent

an iran attack on israel. it's not such a sure thing after this.

lowe's knows labor day calls for one final summer celebration. that's why we've got the labor day deals you need... to end one season and start the next. get great deals in-store or online today. a test or approve a medication. we didn't have to worry about any of those things thanks to the donations. and our family is forever grateful because it's completely changed our lives.

>> all right. could a feared iran retaliatory strike on israel be stopped if a cease-fire deal is made between israel and hamas? that's the hope, at least. it's enough that the chairman of joint chiefs of staff is in the middle east right now to shepherd that process along, but will it happen that way? even if there is such a deal. lieutenant general joins us, one of the best, to pick this apart. that's a hope, but understandably there is no quid pro quo. let's say that hamas and israel agree on something?

>> well, neil, like you describe, it's an extraordinarily complex situation and we have to be careful that we don't mirror image because what the mullah leadership in iran wants to have happen is very different than what the leadership in the united states and the west want to have happen, in the context of tamping down any particular conflict in the region. so iran has got to play this carefully. what they're trying to do is figure out a way to save face in light of its failure to protect a key hamas leader without incurring the wrath of israel that it knows it can crush them. neil: now, the fact that it's been this long and iran has not done anything, now, to your point, i think last time we chatted we talked about proxies and what they're doing, hezbollah and hamas and the

houthi rebels always seem to be doing something to disturbing commerce in the region. but nothing from iran directly. what do you make of that? >> you're talking about in the current issue? i mean, in april we saw some direct response from iran. i think part of the reason you have seen a bit of a delay-- not a bit of a delay, but a delay in iran's response. neil: right. >> some of the deterrent measures that have been taken to include the significant deployment of u.s. forces to the area and i've got to highlight the fact that f-22's were part of that deployment and the reason that's significant is iran has no effective defense against them and they know that. so, that's making the iranian mullahs think twice about the degree of their next military move and like you mentioned, it is going to bring into play its auxiliaries, the three h's, hamas, hezbollah and the

houthis into its equation and i wouldn't be surprised to see coordinated set of attacks launched from those countries. neil: general, we'll watch it closely. i'm sure you're watching it extremely closely. always enjoy your expertise, thank you for your incredible service to this country. general deptula on this. and one thing i like to stress, the nerd at fox, sometimes telegraph things and other times it does not. the oil markets have been steady, and oil prices are lower now than they were then, the attacks on israel. they could be whistling past a severe crisis, but so far, they seem to be saying, we don't see that crisis. we shall see. fox news continues now. have a wonderful weekend. at old dominion freight line, we deliver them this way. this way uses technology and goes the extra mile to do things the right way.

the delivering promises on time, every time, way.

♪