"special report" is up next. this is a fox news alert. a major cyberattack affecting your access to some of your favorite websites. millions of people inside the u.s. experienced trouble connecting to several familiar sites today. the internet firm dyn says it was hit by a cyberattack. the question now is, was it the work of another country? the worries tonight from top officials are that this is just the beginning. katherine harris is here. >> reporter: experts said the attack came in two waves with hackers targeting the internet's critical infrastructure which is like a giant switchboard

connecting and directing web traffic. this is called a distributed denial of service attack. it's often used to probe a network in advance of a larger cyber event. >> this is the first move on a chess board. whether it's a cyber crime chess board or cyber espionage is unbeknownst to me. what's interesting is that this denial of service attack taking down these websites would allow the hackers to create a fog of war while they sneak in the back doors of the networks. >> a company called dyn was affected causing outages. affecting amazon, twitter, spotify and others. this fbi web page that's available for public searches of investigative files was also knocked offline for several hours and we have asked the bureau if there's a connection. this afternoon the white house confirmed the department of homeland security is investigating. >> they will take a close look at it. at this point, i don't have any

information to share about who may be responsible for that malicious activity. >> reporter: because of the attacks, cyber experts said a likely scenario is that they are acting on behalf of a foreign government or launching it to create favor with a foreign intelligence service. it's too early to say whether there's any connection to the hack from the democratic party or wikileaks. >> we will follow that. speaking about cyber security, there's a new video out tonight surfacing of them secretary of state hillary clinton warning statement department employees about how seriously they should take cyber security? >> reporter: that's right. despite conducting government business on a personal unsecured server, in this 2010 video obtained by fox news, then secretary clinton lechl ttured f on the obligation to protect government secrets.

[ inaudible ] >> reporter: clinton told hem to follow the news while she ignored them. she sent a cable in 2011 telling employees not to use personal e-mail for government business because of the severe cyber threat. there was no immediate response tonight from the campaign or the state department. >> thank you. now to the presidential race. a charity dinner in new york last night that started with civility and jobs ended with some tension between the two candidates. today, donald trump and hillary clinton did not put away the rhetorical knives. their face to face entcounters are over. trump continued to stay on offense against clinton during rallies in north carolina and pennsylvania. even started taking on a new

target. john roberts is traveling with the trump team in pennsylvania tonight. >> reporter: good evening to you. donald trump faces perhaps the most daunting challenge of his entire career. how to turn around sagging pole numbers to win the white house in just 17 days. in north carolina today, where he trails hillary clinton by a narrow martin, he took a sharp shot for the first time at michelle obama, reminding voters what she said in 2008 while campaigning for her husband. >> wasn't she the one that originally started the statement, if you can't take care of your home, right? you can't take care of the white house or the country. where is that? i don't hear that. >> reporter: trump a tireless campaigner, ramped up his schedule to three rallies a day, insisting he wants to leave nothing on the table. >> at least i will have known,

win, lose or draw, i will be happy with myself. because i always say, i don't want to think back if only i did one more rally i would have won north carolina by 500 votes instead of losing by 200. right? >> reporter: the political stakes were laid bare last night. a tradition where the candidates engage in a good natured roast. >> hillary accidentally bumped into me and she very civilly said, pardon me. and i very politely replied, let me talk to you about that after i get into office. >> reporter: trump managed barbs but he also drew boos for what many thought were jokes that crossed the line. >> here she is tonight in public pretending not to hate

catholics. hillary is so corrupt, she got kicked off the watergate commission. >> reporter: while some catholics describe it as cringe worthy, the cardinal managed to find humor. >> pardon my congestion and cough. i'm afraid i'm coming down with a cold, which is completely understandable given the fact that for the last two hours i've had a seat between our two candidates and what's probably the iciest place on the planet. where is global warming when you need it? >> reporter: one bright spot, the scandal surrounding his campaign appears to be fading in the closing days. it's clear he has no appetite to entertain them, walking out of two interviews yesterday when the topics of racism and sexism were brought up. >> i am the least racist person you have met. >> reporter: tomorrow, donald trump will use the setting of

gettysburg, pennsylvania, to outline his version of a contract with america. according to his campaign officials, he will lay out a program he will commit to execute on from the first day in office. >> i was at that dinner. you are right, some of the jokes did fall flat. on both sides, hillary clinton, she had doozys as well. maybe not as much as donald trump. i want to ask you about the stump speech. has it changed significantly in recent days? >> reporter: i mean, he ramped up the intensity. he knows time is running out. he has to hit his points on policy and attacks on hillary clinton to a greater degree than he has. where he went today with the attack on michelle obama, that's where he hasn't gone before. that was not in his prepared remarks. he wandered after script. we will see if he does it tonight. >> john roberts with the trump campaign. thank you.

hillary clinton was in ohio late this afternoon. one of the states she wants to make sure stays out of the trump column. but there are concerns, continuing concerns in her camp tonight about donald trump's refusal in that debate to say he will go along with the election results if he does not win. despite clarifying those remarks thursday. the clinton camp is focused on trump's first response. jennifer griffin has the greatest tonight from cleveland where a clinton event has just concluded. >> maybe you saw donald d dismantle his prompter the other day. i'm sure it's harder when you are translating from the original russian. >> reporter: hillary clinton used an evening of self-deppry indication to mock donald. allegations that russia is

trying to influence the u.s. election is no laughing matter. >> you used to criticize me for even talking to the russians. now suddenly, you are okay with your nominee having a bromance with putin. >> reporter: clinton has powerful surrogates making that case. >> why is donald trump so interested in standing on stage and being putin's defense lawyer when he won't even defend the democratic traditions of free elections in this country? >> reporter: trump dismissed the intelligence community findings that russia is behind the hacks, suggesting a conspiracy between the u.s. intelligence community and the clinton campaign to keep him from being elected. >> she has no idea whether it's russia, china or anybody else. >> i am not quoting myself. >> you have no idea. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence reiterated the concerns adding he has more evidence he hasn't released. >> we wouldn't have made it unless we were very confident.

i am not going to discuss the underlying basis for it. but when we say we're confident, you know, i think it speaks for itself. >> reporter: putin rejected the allegations monday. >> translator: i want to set everyone's mind at rest. including our american friends and partners. we are not going to influence the u.s. election campaign. >> reporter: assange warned he has now set his sights on clinton's running made tim kaine and dnc chair donna brazile. we have a surprise in store. he said he would target trump if he used e-mail. now in an apparent move to embarrass the united states, and adding to the impression trump's concerns about a rigged election may be real, russia says it will send monitors to u.s. polling stations on november 8. the state department today described it as a stunt. >> jennifer, thank you.

we are learning more about the disarray within the hillary clinton team over what could be considered a $12 million appearance fee. from a moroccan king. the latest wikileaks dump reinforces doubts about how she handles sensitive data. ed henry has details. >> reporter: the latest dump shows how hard they were pushing to follow through on a $12 million contribution to the clinton foundation that hillary clinton had shaken loose from the king of morocco in exchange for bringing a major clinton global initiative event to his country. in a november 2014 e-mail released by wick i cki in a november 2014 e-mail released by wick i ckleaks todae wrote, no matter what happens, she will be in morocco hosting on may 5 through the 7, 2015. her presence was a condition for the moroccans to proceed so there's no going back on this. >> thank you. >> reporter: clinton's political

advisers disagreed. the moroccan event went forward without her because they were worried the pay to play allegations would overshadow the launch of her campaign. the camp was deeply concerned about whether they would face a primary challenge from senator elizabeth warren. the aides obsessed over every detail of an eventual december 2014 meeting clinton had with warren in boston. it would just be such a big deal for this meeting to go well and have ew walk out feeling positive and on board. at the time, senator bernie sanders was not on the rad screen of the national media or the clinton camp. by this past january, sanders had gotten under clinton's skin. podesta told a friend about the health plan, his proposal sucks, but we live in a lefty alternative universe. there are new questions about clinton's handling of secure information after her time as secretary of state.

in 2014 she said to podesta information that quoted a confidential source recounting sensitive details about the initial allied invasion of libya. the presence of two u.s. navy jet fighters over the city brought all fighting to a halt for several hours as islamist forces were not certain these aircraft would not also provide close ground support for moderate government forces. clinton's goal was to give her future campaign chairman a look at the vision for the middle east. the details could violate operational security guidelines. the state department revealed late today that the fbi found one more clinton e-mail that has classified information. this note was about the uae. it was sent to clinton and she forwarded it on to a household employee and said, please, print this out, even though it had classified information. >> thanks. let's look at the electoral college map today where we stand.

this is the score card. this is including states leaning one way or another. light blue is democratic. pink republican. and yellow, tossup. texas lean republican. arizona and utah, traditional republican states, now tossups. this is the map. clinton 307 to trump 181. you need 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. let's go back to our what if scenario. this is to give states to the leader in that state. even if they have a razor thin margin. as of tonight, donald trump wins georgia. he wins iowa. he wins ohio. that is it. the rest of the states on this map go democratic. nevada, arizona, colorado, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, new hampshire, virginia, north carolina and florida. that is an electoral blowout, 334 to 204. that's where the polls stand as

of tonight. the average of polls. can this change? yes. trump supporters point to the brexit vote and how those polls changed. this was the vote to take great britain out of the eu. as we look at the vote there, the average of polls before that vote, june 23, here is how it stands. remain, 48%, leave 46%. now, what happened? you had a trend that developed that in the later day as you get closer to the vote, it started to change. the leave was moving up in the polls here. at the end, on the vote, here is what you have. leave 51.9%, remain 48.1%. it was a major shift. here is the director of the fox news decision desk. >> what happened in brexit was everyone in the united kingdom thought brexit was going to fail. so thosesupported remain who were the londoners,

more urban population, they didn't go to the polls. the brexit supporters were able to overcome a deficit in the polls heading into the election day. >> how potentially does that translate here in the u.s.? here is the average of polls, the special report index. this is 8.6, the difference between the two candidates. ca donald trump make that up in the final 18 days? >> i think without question, the conventional wisdom is that hillary clinton sort of has it in the bag. i think that could depress the turnout amongst clinton supporters. if trump figures out a message that gets people to the polls and says, just make a statement on my behalf or the behalf of our cause, it's possible that that turnout will be higher than expected. polling is rarely off by more than two to three points. this year it's possible it will be wider because trump does not have as much strength amongst the republican ranks as

historically a republican candidate would be expected to have. if many of those people come back between now and election day, yes, we could see a wider swing in the polling. in general, polls are not off by more than two to three points as we get closer to election day. >> the short answer is, yes, if there's a momentum that way. but seeing more than four or five, six points separating the two candidates, that's a big uphill battle. up next, is president obama taking a hillary clinton win in november for granted? first some of our affiliates around the country are covering, 52 people seek medical attention after a chemical spill at a distilling plant released a noxious cloud in northeast kansas. officials say it formed when two chemicals were mistakenly combined. a hospital spokeswoman says one person remains in intensive

care. chris christie's former deputy chief of staff testified against him about plans for a traffic study on the george washington bridge a month before they began in 2013. bridge et k she's fighting charges that she helped with lane closings. she talked more clearly than i am. this is a live look at denver from fox 31. the big story there tonight, a federal investigation into allegations that documents about wait times at a veterans hospital were falsified. it comes after the death of a veteran and claims he waited too long to get treatment. it follows cost overruns of more than a billion dollars at the v.a. hospital. that's tonight's live look outsiou outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back.

senior defense officials say the sailing of a u.s. navy war ship in the south china sea is not meant to be a provocative act. china claims the islands and the waters around them. pentagon officials say the ship never left international waters. it was shadowed by three chinese vessels. and accompanied navy surveillance plane was escorted away by chinese fighter jets. duterte says it's in his country's best interests to maintain ties with the u.s. this comes one day after his pronouncement that his country is separating from the u.s. the white house says it wants to

know more about duterte's intentions. isis terrorists tried a diversion today as iraqi forces continue their bid to retake the city of mosul. benjamin hall was on the front lines early today. he reports tonight fromm. >> reporter: isis fighters launched deadly coordinated attacks in kirkuk, 100 miles southeast from mosul. early this morning, armed with assault rifles and explosives, attacked targets in and around the city. the attacks focused on government buildings and also a power station, killing at least a dozen, injuring scores more. the white house responded to the attack. >> we stand ready to offer assistance or equipment or expertise or advice to the iraqi government as they respond to this later breach of their homeland security. >> reporter: back around mosul,

there was a sense of vehicictor fighters returned from battle. a couple of miles ahead at the front lines, the story was very different. it became clear that victory was still far off. the villages around us are all christian. they have been liberated in the last couple of days by kurdish fighters and christian units. many of whom have had to arm themselves. liberating a town and clearing an area are two very different things. there are said to be isis fighters in the areas around us. after much fighting, one of the largest christian villages near mosul was liberated. a flag raised over its church. much of the fighting over the last couple of days has been in christian villages. i met up with a general. he told me how they are formed two years ago to protect their villages and churches as isis approached. his men had had no military experience and had received no help from the government until recently. they had been forced to buy

their own weapons. he then said that christians would never again feel safe here. one of the other things we have been hearing is that isis have done so much damage to the country that even after mosul is taken back, it will be hard to rebuild the communities in the way they used to be. we also saw today that christianity was another victim of the terror group. >> thank you. russia is extending the cease-fire that began thursday in aleppo syria into the weekend. this follows major problems in getting civilians and the wounded out of that city and allowing medical supplies in. a u.n. official says opposition fighters are blocking evacuations because syria and russia are holding up deliveries of supplies. back here in the u.s., amtrak is barring samsung note 7 smartphones. samsung recalled the devices after reports of overheating and catching fire. airlines have stopped allowing

them on board. president obama appears to be turning his political focus from the clinton campaign to other races down ballot. kevin cork is at the white house tonight to tell us how. >> don't boo, vote. >> reporter: even as president obama implored the democratic nominee supporters to stay focused on her, the white house was increasingly focusing its campaign energy down ballot. >> patrick murphy, when he is your united states senator, he is going to be doing his work. in fact, unlike his opponent, he actually shows up to work. >> reporter: so confident of a clinton victory in november, the white house's core message has changed from i'm with her to i'm against them, as in gop candidates running for congress. he cut tv ads as well as radio commercials.

white house officials acknowledge it but they caution reading too much into it. >> the president is not just guarding against but warning against complacency. i recognize how that can be confused for trying to run up the score. the president understands the stakes of this election. >> reporter: high stakes and down ballot drama. the vice-president's visit to nevada, it's a cross-country strategy to boost democratic odds of recapturing congress while protecting the obama legacy. there are risks. the clinton campaign has made an effort to target disaffected gop voters, the president's fervor on the stump could backfire. the democrats dream of a white house could become an unexpected november nightmare. strategists say they're not worried yesterday. >> there's always a risk that she loses a state or something

happens that you weren't expecting. but given the lead that she has right now in a lot of these battleground states, the bigger risk is that you don't pick up the senate because you didn't change your focus enough. >> reporter: the president will be back out on the campaign trail in nevada over the weekend before jetting off to california early next week. for the record, obama won nevada in 2008 and 2012. keep in mind, george w. bush won it. it's a tossup state this year again. >> kevin cork live on the north line. thank you. how important is it really for a political party to control congress? both chambers ideally. we have some answers tonight. >> reporter: no matter who wins the presidency on election day, nearly half of the country will be angered or disappointed. the founders foresaw some division. now the skim ystem of checks an

balances will stand a new test. >> he sets the calendar. he determines what comes up for a vote and what is killed in committee. the ability to set that agenda does not just affect the house calendar or the bills that are filed in congress, but it has a real impact on the national conversation around policy. >> reporter: years of redistricting have left most house republicans in largely rural, safe seats. democratic control of the house remains a long shot. democrats are increasingly hopeful given donald trump's recent decline in the polls. >> messaging, mobilization, owning the ground. we did very well last month. and every month before that. i think we're in a good place. >> reporter: the senate is a different matter. democrats are projected to hold 47 seats and republicans 47 seats. six others remain tossups. vulnerable republicans face two dilemmas. >> if you abandon trump and denounce him, then his

supporters are going to view you as a traitor. they may not vote for you. the second is, a fear that there will be enough demoralization that republicans who don't like trump are just not going ing in out and vote. >> reporter: that led paul ryan to man the firewall and remind voters of what's at stake. >> if we loose a senate, do you know who been becomes the chai? a guy named bernie sanders. this is what we would deal with if we lose control of the senate. >> reporter: of the two houses, the senate is the one that both parties most want. it confirms the president's executive appointments and supreme court judges whose influence can outlast the administration. >> thank you. as well as the presidential race and the house and senate races, there are many ballot initiatives throughout the country. that are getting a lot of attention. one of them is in california, where the question of what and how to teach students is an emotional issue.

douglas kennedy explains tonight from santa monica. >> reporter: this woman is the principal of a bilingual school in santa monica, california. you teach english and spanish through speaking and hearing rather than through memorizing. >> the benefits are the kids get full proficiency in both languages. they are ready and competitive to graduate high school, go to college. >> reporter: it's a teaching method that's been under attack since 1998 when california passed its english only initiative, prohibiting teaching in any language other than english in california's public schools. they obtained a special exemption to teach kids in spanish as well as english. this woman says most of the state's foreign language students have been left to suffer. >> the passage of prop 227 was a

sad event for children. it denied them the opportunity to develop cognitively better, to perform at higher levels in english. >> reporter: a ballot measure this november would overturn 227. allowing bilingual education in all of california's public schools. not just the select few like this one. it will allow teaching of all students in their native languages, which in california could mean korean, mandarin or any one of 59 languages spoken by students here. >> i think this is insane. >> reporter: this man is from u.s. english, a washington, d.c.-based english only group that opposes the new measure. >> a kid that age cannot learn two languages at the same time equally well. what they have now is helping the children assimilate a lot

faster. >> reporter: assimilation is the key, especially when school ends and work begins. >> in order to make it in this country, anybody, any immigrant or anybody needs to learn english, otherwise they're not going to get into higher education, they're not going to get into well paid jobs. >> reporter: your critics say english only improves test scores and assimilation and that kids this age simply can't learn two languages at once. what do you say? >> that has not been our experience at all. our kids outscore english speaking kids in programs that are taught entirely in english. >> reporter: not so. after it was passed in 1998, students with limited english skills improved their standardized test scores by 40 points. >> the whole idea is to educate them so that they can go to higher education in this country which is not going to be bilingual. it's going to be in english. >> reporter: he said in order to learn english, it's better to

speak english. in santa monica, california, douglas kennedy, fox news. stocks were mitched tod mix. for the week, the dow was up. the s&p gained almost four-tenths. the nasdaq finished ahead. we will talk about the latest on the campaign trail and the wikileaks e-mails. the panel joins me after a quick break.

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we just learned she tried to get $12 million from the king of morocco for an appearance. more pay for play. that's why i'm proposing a pack of ethic reforms to make our government honest once again. >> don't i wish i were debating

him? no, i wish i could take it behind the gym. that's what i wish. >> vice-president biden on the trail today. there you see donald trump talking about the latest wikileaks dump. these e-mails suggesting that clinton confidant e-mailing about efforts to get a $12 million contribution to the clinton foundation that hillary clinton managed to do. no matter what happens, she will be in morocco hosting the event. her presence was a condition for the moroccans to proceed. so there's no going back on this. continuing between john podesta, robby mook. giving contempt.

now, the clinton campaign not going into details but they point out this is after she left the state department. they want to make that clear. which is clear. but there are many other e-mails showing clinton definitely interaction with the clinton foundation throughout her time as state. let's bring in our panel. jonah goldberg, leslie marshal, howard kurtz. the e-mails keep coming. we keep digging into them. some more interesting than ours. >> this i think is the worst one. so many of the other hacked e-mails involve what people around hillary clinton are saying. the intern sniping and all that. here you have abedin said hillary clinton created the

mess. but she was still widely considered to be a very likely democratic nominee. everybody knew that. i think when we saw chris wallace ask hillary clinton about conflicts at the clinton foundation and when she tried to talk about the great humanitarian work of the family foundation, we see that this is an area of vulnerability for her that she doesn't really have a strong answer to except to talk about russian hackers and the works -- the good works of the foundation. >> leslie? >> you know, i don't agree. i don't agree this is the worst wikileaks dump, if you will. she was not secretary of state at the time. she did not end up going to morocco. i don't know how much china was broken. i know people think i'm crazy, but i think we're more intelligent and not as naive to think whether it's the clinton foundation or other organizations, if somebody says, i have this big check, but you gotta show up at this, this happens. she was not running at the time. she have not secretary of state at the time. she did not end up going. >> you are saying -- >> i think it's partially

politics. i know people may be sick of politics as usual. if we are so naive to believe that after the selection on november 8, whether here in washington or throughout our country, it just comes to a stop, if donald trump is president as opposed to hillary clinton, i think we're delusional. >> if the genesis had been when she was at the state department it would be criminal. but it's not. it's just tawdry. i have seen the clinton -- they do a lot of charitable good works. the good works were a cost center like the electric bill. the reason why the foundation exists wasn't to do good work. it was to serve as sort of a place to park sidney blo bloomenthal, a place to park her campaign while they were a government in exexile. they had to do charitable stuff.

they built orphanages but they didn't do it because they were wonderful people. it was about power politics. that's what the cgi and clinton foundation has always been about. >> they also revised the policies regarding taking foreign donations and said these six nations are going to go to international efforts, whether climate change, healthcare. >> it was murky there for a while. there was a long -- we're not going to take foreign donations except we will take them in the health initiative. it was a little messy. how much is this breaking through? how much is any of this breaking through? >> i think to a very limited degree for two reasons. one is, it tends to be complicated. it's hard to explain. you gotta know who the aides are, which country. the second reason is donald trump continues to dominate the news coverage. if we weren't talking about his female accusers and the answer he gave to chris wallace about not accepting the outcome, the clinton foundation would get more oxygen.

>> there's other parts of it. they're finding more classified e-mails in the exchanges. there are concerns about special ops mission that has -- that was in some of these e-mails. it seems to some that the fbi decided this was it, we're not going to go further down this road. what about this video that shows her talking about cyber security and the importance of it to state department employees? >> the problem is that it establishes that she's a complete hypocrite about a lot of these things. a lot of things we knew, that she knew she wasn't supposed to have the e-mail. it wasn't done for her convenience. every single thing has been proven in the media to be a lie. the problem is i think donald trump would rather be at the center of the -- a media controversy in a negative way than allow the limelight to move to hillary clinton and let her actually take heat in the

public -- in a public arena. it sucks up all of the oxygen. >> speaking of sucking up oxygen, i was at the al smith dinner last night. there were some real eggs of jokes that did not go on either side. the focus has been on donald trump. but hillary clinton had some losers as well. the cardinal spoke about another conversation. >> we were going in. i said, can we pray together as we were waiting to be announced. after the little prayer, mr. trump turned to secretary clinton and said, you are one tough and talented woman. he said, this has been a good experience and this campaign as tough as it has been. >> she said, whatever happens we need to work together. i said, this is the evening at its best. >> we didn't see that part of it. >> no. this was an example of the public and private thing. right? they reached -- both of them laughed.

some of the jokes were funny. >> the good ones are very funny. >> actually, i had people tell me -- republican friends tell me, if i had seen that hillary on the campaign trail -- she was funny. she was more relatable. they liked more. there were some job jokes going blue. but i think that overall -- not just because she's my candidate, i thought that donald missed what it was about. you know what these things are about, which is the great work that catholic charities does, a little self-deprication and roasting. not a campaign, not a debate, not a time to be attacking. not a time to mention catholicism in a negative light. >> he has a whole crowd, if he drops the mike and said, raise money for catholic kids or kids in new york, it would have been fine. >> we can agree that going to a catholic charity dinner and getting booed is not a good thing less than three weeks out.

this is being so overplayed. i don't think it's going to move ten votes. the media are obsessed with it. it's the example when a candidate is struggling, everything -- trump with the sex inflicted wound in the debates and the polls slipping, everything is a metaphor. >> we will see. next up, friday lightning round. ♪

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california grown with no antibiotics ever. let's get comfortable with our food again. looking live at the capitol, the big hiss really could come to the balance of power. in the u.s. senate, it is teetering on this election. there you see it. the republicans have the majority, 54 to 46%.

44 democrats and two independents who caucus with the democrats and that could change depending on what happens. we asked each panelist to pick a race in the u.s. senate races that are up this season. we're back with the panel. let's start with you. >> if the senate flips that's very important it's such a major power center. kelly ayotte trailing hasan by 8 points. she has been hurt. >> what's the average we are looking at here. >> average real clear politics. she has been hurt by saying in the recent debate that donald trump is absolutely a good role model for children. basically retracted it after the debate. been figuring how to run away from trump. key state particularly for the democrats. >> leslie, your state? >> marco rubio and patrick murphy, the state of florida. it's an important state in this election. i think it also shows that marco rubio has been damaged. he has come down a few percentage points and we are seeing the benefit of patrick murphy the independent voter in the state of florida. certainly that weighs in not just in the general election

for president but in the state of florida for the senate. and i think marco rubio has been hurt among the cuban american community for not stepping away from trump more so and those who are offended by trump's remarks about women. >> obviously, president obama putting some aggressive campaigning down there in florida as well. okay, jonah. >> the senate race in nevada with joe heck, whose motto for some reason isn't heck yyeh. important for two reasons. similar reasons how he has brought up this delegate dance of distancing from donald trump and how far can you go doing it he has, ever since the miewched -- access holiday tape came out, he has sentenced himself further and it may be hurting him. at the same time, this is a one seat that republicans could pick up. which is incredibly important. and it also tells you something because heck is interesting ideas filled candidate running against a harry reid apparachek

nothing further than the democratic machine. >> republicans have a little bit more breathing room here, but some of these races look like they are getting pretty tight in the final hours. the race you are looking at, jonah. >> for similar reasons, mike coffman in colorado. some people call him the anti-trump candidate. is he a solid, very solid conservative, great acu rating. veteran. and he has dis from trump from the beginning and the kind of district that republicans need to win in order to be a majority party in this country. >> leslie? >> virginia's 10th district you have two women. you have barbara come stack vs. louann bennett. two people their strengths seem to be who is more distant from dislikes trump and his remarks more. and i think it will be also be interesting because you have one who is a freshman congressional member. >> halle? >> former republican governor turned democrat i thought he was washed up. is he leading incumbent in that seat david jolly ahead

in the polls, several polls. jolly could be in trouble if trump doesn't win that state. key state in the white house race. >> it's friday so we do winners and losers here. start with inner and then loser. >> my winner is chris wallace fox colleague wins praise from across the journalistic landscape. even howard dean says he deserves praise. it's hard to do as we have seen with other moderators who got mired in controversy. >> loser? >> al smith dinner great institution. supposed to be light hearted respite. got mired in controversy over those jokes. >> winner and loser? >> nasty women of which i am one. i think it was winner and nasty woman remark which we can thank donald trump for. i have got it say for the hillary campaign, man, to turn the woman card, nasty woman into #twitter get more woman on broad. i'm probably a nasty woman. i know the tweets that are coming later. the loser, i would say is malik obama, the president's

half-brother because, oh boy boy, if i ran for office i could always think of relatives to come on board. are you going to sell your soul for a check? i was laughing. why is he there? what does this mean? >> winner and then loser, jonah. >> my windsor bob dylan for doing the most bob dylan thing ever which is not even carrying that he won the nobel prize in literature and may not show up. is he just on the road and couldn't give a darn. my loser is if the polls are accurate hillary clinton looks like she is going to win. if she does, her presidency has taken a brutal beating this week, this month, these wikileaks emails are sort of like a slow acting poison and have a really hard time for her to be effective at all. she will have the left wing base of her party attacking her. no trust among republicans. lots of investigations. >> even if she wins the house and the senate? >> if she does -- that's the important caveat. fewer investigations but a lot of journalists are going to cover themselves with glory atoning for their guilt for having given her

such a pass because they dislike donald trump so much. >> when we come back, your friday feedback. ♪ ♪

it's friday. time for your feed back. and our story on donald trump we asked what you think he needs to do in the final days of the campaign from joe, stay on message. stay on issues. stay away from superficial topics from. sean stop avoiding issues and start focusing on the issues instead of whining and pouting. step down and give it to pence. he has probably lost it for both but it's the only shot. and from burrow, 97, nothing. he is going to win. we also asked if the wikileaks emails will have any effect on the election. cynthia says any should make a difference but i'm thinking they won't. well, maybe for independents they will.

she couldn't really decide. ford says any other year it would destroy her. this year it barely seems to matter to the voters given the attention trump gets. apple pasta writes nope, i believe it's already been decided. we wanted to know if the u.s. is becoming too involved in the fight to recapture mosul from isis or not involved enough. from mosul and blue sky, i believe we are too involved at this time. dave highly not enough. we should have stayed in there long enough to clean it up totally instead of leaving too early in the first place. in our piece about california's proposal to allow bilingual education in public schools we asked if you agree kimberly says absolutely not! , assimilation is of up in most importance in alimb legs. sure, make it mandatory? no. and that is your friday feedback. thanks for tuning in. it's been a busy week here at fox news channel. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for this "special report," fair, balanced and

unafraid. don't forget, sunday, "special report" continues until election day. we'll be here at 8:00 p.m. "on the record" with my good friend brit hume starts right now. do you believe he can turn it around in the next 18 days? thanks for watching "the kelley file" good night. welcome to hannity and tonight the race for the white house is in the final stretch and voters will be headed to the polls in just 18 short days, donald trump, he'll be here in just a minute with reaction, but first it's been a very big week in politics, the candidates faced off in their third and final debate in las vegas, and media lost their minds about donald trump's comments about not accepting the election results. although fox news cannot independently verify, very