>> that's so nice. who rose and who froze in the second gop debate? the top tier is trying to capitalize why others are trying to make it to next month's debate stage. this is "special report." good evening welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. the gop presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail today. after battling it out on stage during last night's second primetime debate. chief political correspondent carl cameron with how the candidates went toe to toe with donald trump are trying to capitalize on that today. >> the day after the second debate was about cleanup and

crowing. carly fiorina stole the show with specific answers. >> i hope a lot of american people learned a little bit more about me last night. who i am, what i believe, what i would do. >> with good reason she out dueled the donald. >> you were force today file for bankruptcy, not once. >> i never filed for bankruptcy. >> four times, a record four times. why should we trust you to command the finances of this nation. >> asked about trump's remarks, the only female in the race loosed a haymaker. >> women all over the country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. [ applause ] >> i think she's got a beautiful face. and i think she's a beautiful woman. >> jeb bush sparred most with trump who got the most airtime but still complained about the format this morning. >> the biggest problem i had is three hours is too long. >> bush's high point came when

trump criticized his brother's policy. >> your brother's administration gave us barack obama. because it was such a disaster those last three months that abraham lincoln couldn't have been elected. >> do you know what? as it relates tool my brother there's one thing i know for sure, he kept us safe. i don't know if you remember -- >> bush had no complaints this morning. >> it went great. i was aggressive like i always am. >> second in the polls ben carson failed to -- >> we have 500,000 donations. >> for others trump trashing is a staple. >> there's a sophomore quality that is entertaining about mr. trump. >> marco rubio had a strong night. showcasing his empathetic personal story and sophisticated policy answers. >> here's what's you're going to see, the russians will begin to fly combat missions in that region, in order to prop up

assad. he will then turn to other countries in the region and say america is no longer a reliable ally egypt, saudi arabia. begin to rely on us. >> scott walker needed a breakout moment but got the least time of anyone. >> i may be an entertainer because i've had tremendous success with number one best sellers all over the place with the apprentice and everything else. >> he came out swinging with the little time he had. >> we don't need an apprentice in the white house. >> mike huckabee and ted cruz defended religious friend. >> chris christie had similar rejoinders. >> for the 55-year-old construction worker in the audience tonight who doesn't have a job who can't fund his child's education, they could care less about your careers. they care about theirs. >> for the first time in months it's not trump but fiorina dominating the news. that drives polls and donations. and fiorina has a fruundraiser

california. donald trump is in new hampshire. and tonight, jeb bush who had a fundraiser himself earlier in california has a meeting here at a community center in nevada the home of the first western caucus next year. >> carl cameron in nevada tonight. thank you. who do you think were the winners, the losers from last night's debate and why? let me know at facebook or twitter. send us something good we may use it better in our special throwback thursday panel. no hike for now. the federal reserve decided today to leave interest rates unchanged. the vote at the fed nine to one not to raise the rates. reaction was mixed today on wall street. the dow close said down 65 points. the s&p 500 was down five. the nasdaq closed five points up. why is this fed decision a big deal? what does it tell us about the state of the u.s. economy?

trish reggen joins us from new york with answers. why should voters viewers care about today's decision? >> because it tells us we're in bad shape. i mean, the economy is not in a good spot here at home. globally things are in a really tough spot. this is what janet yellen and company recognized here today when they said we're not going to move. we're not going to move even just a quarter of a point to raise rates. you know, this is a sad -- they don't want to be on zero. they shouldn't be on zero. we've been on zero for six plus years. do you know what that means? if you've got a cd, you're earning nothing. nothing right now. nothing on that. you're being forced into riskier assets, into, you know -- i said puerto rican bonds. maybe that's a good kind of analogy and example. it's putting every day investors in the entire investing community into riskier products. the fed doesn't like being here. i tell you, they feel like they don't have a choice.

and that's why people are a little nervous right noa. >> this market, is addicted to the fed. the question is will it be volatile reaction going forward with this decision today? >> you're absolutely right. it is addicted to the fed. you can expect more volatility because we've got another meeting coming up in october. we've got another meeting coming up in december. so basically, between each of these meetings, people are going to be on standby saying what is the fed going to do next? and if they were to take away the punch bowl, can the market survive? that's the big question. >> last thing, for people at home, it means the economy is a little iffy? >> well, you know, the economy is not in a good spot. it is iffy. 5.1% the administration likes to tout the unemployment rate. 5.1% ain't what it used to be. you got a lot of americans now that have ducked out of the labor force all together. we're at the highest rate of labor participation.

lack of labor participation. since the 1970's. people aren't earning much or participating in the work force. none of that is good. >> thank you. make sure to check out special edition of intelligence report with trish reggen tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox buzz network. general motors will pay nearly $1.5 billion to settle cases related to faulty ignition switches. the motor vehicle company will forfeit $900 million as part of a settlement with the u.s. government. the company also announced it will pay nearly $600 million to settle civil lawsuits. gm has been blamed for concealing the faulty switches that are to blame for hundreds of deaths and injuries. the head of the environmental protection agency, the epa was grilled today over her agency's response or lack of it, for failing to notify residents of a toxic chemical spill in the animus river last month. >> sir, i indicated that a

notifications could have been better, but the novice hoe -- >> no you didn't you said you were looking closely with them. you didn't say you screwed up. why would it take two days -- >> i said we did take a day. i regret that. i wish it had been earlier. >> the epa has vowed to commit all necessary resources toward cleaning up that spill. more than 3 million gallons of contaminated water that contained metals and harmful chemicals. amid growing concerns over the reasons and why russia's military buildup in syria is happening senior obama officials say they plan to accept an invitation to talk directly with the russians about their actions. correspondent kevin corke is at the white house with the latest. >> for a white house that's been reluctant to wade into conflict in the middle east the prospect of sharing a war zone in syria

with russian forces is ripe with potential problem. >> we've made clear that russia's military actions inside of syria, if they are used to prop up the assad regime, would be destabilizing and counterproductive. >> counterproductive say white house officials to prop up the regime behind much of the carnage in the civil war which has already cost more than a quarter million people their lives. a figure that includes some four million refugees, ten of thousands are traekking toward europe. >> the russians want to keep assad in place because he's their bad guy. and he sees -- they see him as a benefit to the region, not a liability. >> which further complicates the fighting in syria. both the united states and russia say they're fighting isis. but while moscow is arming damascus washington is looking to end the brutal assad regime. a sluggish effort embarrassed by

the recent revelations that despite spending $40 million so far to train syrian fighters fewer than a half dozen are ready to go into battle. >> i spoke to the prime minister yesterday the third time in less than a week. i made clear that russia's continued support for assad risks escalating the conflict. >> secretary of state john kerry's plea underscores the heightened tensions between the superpowers and comes a israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu prepares to visit russia even as the white house announced its own bibi visit with president obama in november. their first face to face since the nuclear deal survived capitol hill. white house officials say in terms of ingauging the military that's fine. as long as the talks are practical conversations. it should be pointed out that the military here and there haven't had any dialogue since the russians innovated crimea in

2014. >> kevin, thank you. next hillary clinton takes aim at dwinding poll numbers. american airline flights are back in the air after a computer outage grounded planes for about two hours today due to a technical failure. fox 29 in san antonio where the army sergeant charge would desertion after walking off his base in afghanistan was in court tide. b bowe bergdahl sat quietly as testimony got underway to decide whether he should face a military trial. this is a live look from our affiliate in new york. fox 5. one story there tonight a 22-year-old queens man appeared in court today on charges he was trying to join isis. court documents show he tried and failed multiple times to fly abroad to join the terror group.

the fbi says one attempt was even thwarted after his parents took away his passport. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from special report. we'll be right back.

hillary clinton is back in new hampshire tonight. a state where her popularity has fallen recently e. as she continues her media tour to soften her image and revive her struggling campaign. chief white house correspondent ed henry from the granite state tonight. >> hillary clinton had planned to be campaigning in georgia today. her daughter, chelsea was there instead. mom has more urgent business in new hampshire. six straight polls in the granite state show clinton losing to democratic senator bernie sanders. she ripped up her schedule to spend the next three days here trying to revive the gop war on

women by claiming republican promises on the debate change will short change women's health. >> i would defund planned parenthood. >> clinton tried to counterprogram that second program debate by appearing on the tonight show with fallon where she tested out her new strategy of showing a more human side. >> are you talking about bernie sanders? i hate to say this but i think he's losing his hair. >> at least he doesn't have just one strand that he triwirls ove his head like a soft serve at dairy queen. >> less funny a new poll today from new hampshire showing sanders at 35%. a dead heat with clinton at 31%. and vice president joe biden at 14%. sanders is having his moment. gracing the next cover of time magazine with a tag line, socialize this american. he delighted in live tweeting the gop debate with staccato

slams like yes, at chris christie george w. bush gave us iraq war, wall street crash. was one of our great presidents. you are right. the wbro poll finding he and the vice president are seeing as being more trustworthy. 78% say that of sanders and biden. 51% say the same of clinton. that gap due to her e-mail controversy. clinton used her tonight show appearance to joke about it. >> the stuff that's in it i think it really boring people. which kind of hurts my feelings. >> it appears tonight the vice president is more likely to get in and shake up this race. an official was overheard on an amtrak train saying he's quote, 100% that the vice president is getting in. and that they are already testing ads against clinton. he did not deny the comments when called by national review magazine. biden officials suggest they've

had no direct contact. >> ed henry live in concord. with two strong performances under her belt. carly fiorina seeks to advance beyond the debate stage. chief washington correspondent james rosen looks at whether the former ceo can position herself as a truly historic figure. >> my story from secretary to ceo is only possible in this nation. >> and now carly fiorina hopes that story evolves further to where she becomes the vessel for hopes and dreams for the voters who are eager to see a woman president. fiorina's task in that regard is similar to the one that bum barded barack obama had. >> i would love to see a woman in office. i think she would be great. i think it would be really cool to see her against hillary. >> i still have confidence that

ism such as sexism can be overcome. both of these women have a out standing record. >> especially deft was fiorina's handling of trump's comments about her looks a. minefield for female candidates who don't want to assume the role of victim. >> you have to be a gifted politician. >> she was less effective countering attacks on her career. >> lucid turned out to be a catastrophe. she can't run any of my companies. >> honestly mr. trump i find it quite rich that you would talk about this. >> time magazine correspond jay small is the author of the fortcoming book broad influence. >> that's a challenge for carly fiorina here is to thread that needle and to say to prove herself tough enough but to prove herself likable enough and soft enough to be elected. >> whether it's the middle east

or vladmir putin, it doesn't call for a smile when we're talking about very series issues that impact people's lives. >> for any presidential candidate looking to become the vehicle for the deeply held aspirations of millions of voters, there is probably no more direct route than to become the front runner. and that will require more of carly fiorina than winning debate performances. still ahead, the clock is ticking as lawmakers look for a way to avoid a possible government shutdown over funding defunding planned parenthood. first the migrant crisis oh, look. we have a bunch of...

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hungary closed its border with serbia this week. blocking their path into the european union. refugees looking for a better life aren't finding the alternatives any easier. correspondent benjamin hall reports from london. >> after yesterday's violent scenes who saw thousands trying to get past the raiser wire fence. many went to croatia. at first they were admitted and croatia took them to camps. after 8,900 people entered in 24 hours it changed its policy moving quickly to close its borders after mobilizing the army. the next country in line to deal with the influx is slovenia. tomorrow will tell what its response will be. most of the refugees, though, have germany in their sights. last week announced it would accept the refugees. but germany also quickly changed

its tune after 13,000 arrived at munich in one day. a figure which would equate to 4.5 million over a year. in response to the crisis the european council summoned eu leaders to an emergency summit next wednesday. this after interior ministers will make their second attempt on tuesday to institute a quota system to redistribute asylum seekers around the 28 nation block. many countries are reluctant to accept this. they believe that doing so will only encourage more people to come. and some are concerned about the dramatic change of demographics to the continent. not to mention, the ever present threat posed by isis fighters who might hide among the migrants. instead, countries like the uk are saying that more must be done to improve conditions in the camps in the countries bordering syria from which so many people are coming. others are going one step further saying that until the brutality aof assad is dealt wih and the terrorists are stop

nothing will change. the refugee crisis will only get worse. >> thank you. president obama met with the three americans hailed as heroes around the world for ehelping stop a terrorist attack on a french train. the three met with the president in the oval office today. where president obama praised their courage. the trio was on vacation last month when they stopped a heavily armed gunman on the paris bound train. rough seas during last night's primetime debate. but the main complaint on social media, that viewers were stranded on that island for way too long. stick around. ♪ for a three our tour ♪ a three hour tour ♪

some of the conservatives are vowing to block a spending bill if it includes funding for planted parenthood. even with the possibility of another government shutdown looming. with just two weeks until that deadline. we look into whether reconciliation is possible. >> conservatives are pushing to defund planned parenthood. >> my colleagues on the democrat side should heed what the american people are saying. it's time to stop these horrific practices and the selling of baby parts in america. >> in last night's presidential debate, carly fiorina called out democrats and urged congress to cut funding. mentionin jeb bush's wife. the moderators offered no fact checking when trump denied bush's accurate charge that he rerejected his push for a casino. the lack of a bell didn't enforce time limits. >> they have used the -- >> governor christie's name has been invoked. we're to -- >> one more. >> jake. >> jake. >> governor bush. >> jake. >> jake. >> we haven't heard -- >> jake. >> we're going to go to dana bash. >> infree for all atmosphere rewarded candidates like chris christie who kept interrupted and penalized those like ben carson who did not. it was called a subsative

debate. >> thank you. up next, a special throwback thursday edition of the panel. my special guest and i will talk about the highs and lows of last night's debate. stay tuned.

your brother and your brother's administration gave us barack obama. because it was such a disaster those last three months that abraham lincoln couldn't have been elected. >> do you know what? as it relates to my brother, there's one thing i know for sure, he kept us safe. i don't know if you remember -- >> it was a good line. i thought it was a very good line. i thought my line before it was very good, too. when the economy crashed, it would have been very hard for a republican to have won. hence the use of the great abraham lincoln. >> women heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> i think she's got a beautiful

face. i think she's a beautiful woman. >> it's still different for women. it's only a woman whose appearance would be talked about while running for president. never a man. >> well, the debate and all the fallout, the candidates are out and about. we vea special panel tonight. i want to take you back to 2008 when another guy sat in this chair. >> thoughts on all this now from fred barnes editor of the weekly standard. jeff burnbalm and the executive editor of roll call. fox news contributors all. >> let's bring back our throwback thursday panel. fred barnes, fox news radio political analyst jeff burnbaum and mort condraki. they're the author of a book call called jack kemp. i think you're still wearing the

same tie. >> it worked before. >> all right. let me get your thoughts on the debate overall, first. >> i thought it was fun. not quite as fun as the fox one. but it was trying to be as fun. long. raucous. and some great shots were taken at the man of the hour, donald trump. many of which he did not recover from. >> who won? >> well, certainly -- well i think there were several people who helped themselves. one was obviously carly fiorina. another i thought was chris christie. in that format. he is very good. i thought jeb bush helped himself a lot and had some good shots, particularly at donald trump. and chris christie, i mentioned him. he did -- was surprisingly good. >> jeff, you know, donald trump coming into the debate was so far ahead. double digits in all the polls, nationally and in the early states. and you know, he didn't have a

moment that was really bad. his supporters in overnight polls at least online, say he's the big winner. >> well, i guess it's the cult of trump that we're watching here. but i think that he suffered from heightened expectations. cnn in particular had blanket coverage of trump leading up to this debate. and i think focused a lot of the questions on trump so that he would be the target of criticism. that was a huge set of expectations that not even the blustery mr. trump could satisfy. compared to those high expectations, he suffers, i think. and that's why i agree with fred, that carly fiorina i think was the winner. she was sharp. she was concise. she obviously thought through her answers and was disciplined about giving those answers in a very organized fashion.

i think that it was very impressive. and i think as a result, she will probably gain in the polls and trump may actually fall giving some support to her. >> mort? >> yeah, i think trump flopped, actually. i think he was hit again and again and again. i mean, just on small things like the vaccine, he's clearly wrong on vaccinations causing autism. he was wrong on governor walker's record in wisconsin. walker does not have a deficit of $200 billion. he's got a balanced budget. >> let me interrupt you. let me play that exchange between trump and walker and take a listen. i'll let you finish up. >> mr. trump, we don't need an apprentice in the white house. we don't need an apprentice in the white house we have one now. >> in wisconsin you're losing $2.2 billion right now. you lost 2.2. you have a huge budget deficit. that's not a democratic point. that's a point. that's a fact. when the people of iowa found that out, i went to number one

and you went down the tubes. >> biggest thing for us is getting back to the basics getting into iowa and the early states. >> iowa or bust for you? >> we're putting our eggs in the basket in iowa. >> mort, you have to concede walker has dropped. >> he has dropped. there's no question about it. al i thought walker was stronger in this debate than before. i thought the best shot taken at trump was the revelation that he's given $50 million to the republican party in order to get a gambling casino in florida which jeb bush would not go for. he said totally false. it's totally right. which makes trump seems to me a liar. i have listened to this before. i've been through this where everybody says, you know, trump had a tough night. this is horrible. how can he say xy and z. this is a bad performance. guess what? his poll numbers go up.

>> there was something different in this one, that is when the subject was foreign policy, trump was at sea. you know, he was incoherent about putin. at some point he said, don't worry, if i'm elected i'll be up to speed on this when i'm sworn in. i mean, it was pathetic. he was out of his depth. >> he has no answer for how you're going to deport 11 to 12 million illegal immigrants. and let back the good ones. that's crazy. you know, the question i tried to plant this with one of the questioners. yeah -- i think this is a killer question. mr. trump, can you guarantee us that everybody who tends your golf courses, everybody who builds your hotels, everybody who cleans your hotels is an american citizen? i bet he can't. if he can't, he's not as serious about immigration he claims he is. >> if you look at the people who show up in dallas, 20,000

people. if you show -- he's going to have an event in new hampshire tonight. i guarantee you it will be over flow crowd. how do you explain what's happened? >> i think that trump is a perfect american ark type in a perverse way. he tells the establishment to go jump in a lake and then makes a billion dollars despite that attitude. that kind of -- forget it, the rest of you, but still makes himself so rich that he doesn't have to answer to anybody. that is a kind of american dream that the anti-washington voters especially the republicans are yearning for. and so that's why he is able to weather all sorts of mistakes that he makes, including the ones that we pointed out. >> i want to take us down to the campaign casino. we have never had a throwback thursday candidate casino. we thought we'd bring it back on

thursday and go down the row here. $100 in chips, who do you think would be the nominee? you can split the money however you want. fred, $100 in chip. >> 30 of them to marco rubio who had a great night. he was tremendous. he is everything that you should be on foreign policy that donald trump isn't. i think i give trump, 5%? 10%? look, he's not going to be the nominee. he is a candidate who is obviously going to last and winds up with great crowds even when he acts like a fool. it works. he is fun. i mean, there's no question about that. he's fun to listen to. but there were really only about three or four candidates who i think has a chance. one is rubio, one is bush who i think had a very good debate. he's going to be around. no question about that. when the field shrinks, he'll still be there and his numbers will be better. >> okay. $100 in chips, go ahead. >> well, this -- my $100 layout

here will prove i'm not very much of a gambler. but i think that the people who have a chance are bush and rubio, that christie did well and reintroduced himself last night. kasich did -- was nervous but he should do fairly well. i can't dismiss trump and fiorina as outsiders completely. i think that their acts will fade over time. most of my money is being saved until i have a better idea of where this is actually going. >> 401(k). $100. >> the history of republican nominating processes is that they wander all through the wilderness. michelle bachmann, pat buchanan and they wind back to the most electable candidate. i think there are only three of these people who can be elected. maybe four. so because of immigration. and the hispanic vote. so i give bush what did i say

there? $40. i give kasich $35 and i give rubio $25. i guess maybe i'll take a little bit of that money out and give it to carly fiorina. i think she's -- i would bet a lot of money on her being vice president. >> i didn't ask twitter, but i guarantee you they would say you are all establishment hacks. they have put $100 on trump or ben carson, maybe some fiorina. the fight to defund planned parenthood and shut down the government possibly. need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over one hundred of the web's leading job boards with a single click. then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list.

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parenthood. if we can't defund planned parenthood now if we can't stand up for innocent life after these barbaric. give nancy pelosi and harry reid credit they fight for what they believe in. i want leaders to fight what we believe in as well. it's time to have republican with a backbone in d.c. >> i'm tired of people want to hear i you know we can't do. i'm as offended by the videos that you are. the one thing i'm not going to go down to 2016 is shut the government down ant taint our ability to win. what you are saying and what senator cruz is saying i'm really sick of hearing. >> well, this is all coming to a head now as the deadline is october 1st. conservatives saying they want to defund planned parenthood and they are using the spending operation in congress to really back up against that. we're back with our throw back thursday panel. mort, what about this? >> look, if planned parenthood is truly profiteering on body parts,

which is illegal. then they ought to be prosecuted and you don't need to defund them. they will be -- somebody will be in jail. look, abortion is legal. and what are you going to do with body parts? are you going to throw them in the garbage or give them to medical research and planned parenthood claims it is not making money on this but rather giving them to at low cost to brokers who then go to medical research companies it may be brokers profiteering. the idea that you are going to over these videos which by the way do not show as carly fiorina said that there was a live fetus where people are talking about taking the brain away, it's not in the videos. >> well, it's described by a worker. it's not shown, the actual video. >> she said that that video. >> there is video on there but not the exact same thing. >> i think it's crazy for

the government shut down deserves but not resolved. >> i don't think the government is going to shut down over. this i think though it will be very ugly in the meantime. there will be more brinksmanship. if the government is shut down, it would be terrible for the republican party in particular it will hurt the establishment candidates for president who are trying to come up against the outsiders that are at the top of the polls. it would be very damaging and the ugliness in between could also damage the establishment. >> here is what some people say. house and senate went to republicans. they mobilized. they got them elected. why can't they stand up against some of stuff? planned parenthood funding, the iran deal. why can't they do something? that's what you hear on the trail. >> there is an easy answer. they do not have the votes. look, had a vote to bring up defunding planned parenthood in the senate. it got filibustered. the democrats had enough

votes to block it. but, here is -- ted cruz is right about this one thing. if every time obama says and is he going to veto something, and i you say oh well we can't bring that up, republicans really take themselves out of the game. you can't wait on everything -- on the hope that maybe, just maybe in 2016 a republican president will be elected. you are just giving up too much power to obama. and mort, please, this administration is not going to prosecute planned parenthood no matter what planned parenthood did. >> states cnch. >> no, they defunded them. he howard in the debate. >> they can prosecute them. if they're doing what they allegedly are doing then they ought to be prosecuted as i think ted cruz said last night that they are violating the law. i don't think they are. >> the videos do show quite something. 10 videos that tells quite a tale. >> well, it's a disputed matter. the planned parenthood said that they were doctored videos. >> congress is looking into

it. panel, thank you. the book is called "jack kempf, the pleading heart conservative who changed america" comes out at the end of this month. thanks, guys. >> yes. >> that's it for the panel. stay tuned for throw back edition of "special report" when brit hume was at the

finally tonight, before i was anchor of this pram my good friend brit hume. during that time made an appearance in the anchor chair in the anchor

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>> can't argue with starting a friday morning with a little bit of george jones. good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first". i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. the last alarm clock you will set for the week i hope. >> army sergeant bowe bergdahl. >> an accused as they paint a completely new picture. >> good morning patricia. >> bowe bergdahl snuck off his post under the cover of darkness. that's what they are claiming after the army sergeant was brought up on charges of desertion. he was