>> don't wake up when it is over. wake up when it is beginning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday -- thursday morning. >> thank you for starting your thursday with us. we begin with the race for the white house. this race is closer than ever. 12 days out. >> donald trump three points away from hillary clinton in a four-way match up among likely voters. >> garrett tenney is with us as the race heats up. >> hillary clinton may have the lead but donald trump has the momentum in the latest polls

that is largely due to his growing support among independent voter. you can see how he can gaining support while hillary clinton is losing it. >> trump owes a 13 point lead among independent voters. one group he continues to struggle with is african american voters. in the latest fox news polls only 5 percent of black voters say they support trump while 82 percent say they support clinton. in north carolina the republican nominee laid out his plan to help rebuild urban communities making them safer creating higher paying jobs. he is touting it as a new deal for black america. >> every citizen in this country is entitled to the government that puts their jobs wages and security first. here's the promise i make to you

whether you vote for me or not i will be your greatest champion. >> earlier in the day he was in dc with the grand opening of the trump international hotel. in pamppampa, florida he used t event to go after trump's business record. >> took time-out to invite the press to listen to his employees talk about what a great boss he is. he once again relied on undocumented workers. >> in the latest fox news polls the economy is what they wanted trump to do a better job on than clinton.

>> trump closing the gap has an impact beyond just the general election. katelyn and dewey burns of real clear politics explains why this is good news for republicans. >> we are seeing the national poll you just mentioned and in battle ground states. there is a bit of tightening. that's good news for senate republican incumbents running for reelection or congressional candidates lacking for donald trump to close the gap a little bit with hillary clinton. if you look at what the campaign is focused on, they are still trying to coalesce support within the republican party and hold on to red states places like arizona are in play right now. north carolin north carolina is another key battle ground and utah is at play where mike pence is campaigning. that tells you where the campaign is in terms of what they need to do. >> the real clear politics

average in utah showing donald trump up now by 5 points. as we continue, top concern for many voters in the battle ground states. the spike in obamacare premiums. many democrats forced to defend the signatures or the president's signature healthcare plan. kevin court takes a closer look on the impact on the down ballot races. >> in the affordable care act it comes at an inopportune time of the obama white house, for hillary clinton and down ballots from new hampshire to arizona to florida democrats are fending off criticism for supporting obamacare and republicans are taking advantage. >> maggie supports the healthcare that hurts families. >> costs have gone up more than 40 percent. >> paying more out of pocket ever. >> there is no de base in the final two weeks of the campaign.

they claimed republicans for the pending hike. >> that is true with the republican approach to a wide range of issues but there's no better example of their approach to play politics and not solve problems when it comes to the affordable care act. the party didn't create it in the first place. >> obamacare is expensive. it doesn't work. it is causing bad behavior and it is causing an impact across all points from people who aren't on obamacare. >> kevin court, fox news. brand new evidence the white house may have known about hillary clinton's private e-mail server despite the claims he had no idea. this reed around the white listing to block messages from unapproved contacts. that means clinton's private

e-mai e-mails>> the latest we can can i leak showing panic after the scandal broke he finds a reason for public private server use. there's no good answer. we need to gut the process phase get them out there and keep them talking. >> houuma abedin granted access for the donor establishes. are they people everyone is asking to see her. >> commuter chaos. dozens of subway riders smash windows and escape a train filling up with smoke.

billowing smoke into the packed cars. >> it was thick smoke. pretty concerning. people were coughing and panicking. >> we were running up the escalators. >> the doors were sealed shut da because the train was moving. they were racing to break the windows. luckily no one was seriously hurt. >> boarding a plane only to find out your pilot was drunk in the cockpit. officers storming on to a flight and arresting the pilot. they smelled booze on his bette and told officials to stop the utah bound train. they had to call in a replacement pilot because our pilot was drunk. he has been removed from his flying duties as the airline investigates. >> the world series is all tied up as the smik cubs dominate the

cleveland indians in game number 2. oo >> the cubing knocking their first post season win since 1945 by a score of 5-1. >> unbelievable. the arena setting the tone with 5 home runs. game three is tomorrow night in chicago. >> pack your umbrella. wet one for a lot of folks. >> wet and cold. adam from our fox apill yacht is here with your forecast. >> yeah, wet, told and maybe snow in spots. going to be that cold that we are tracking a possibility of a couple of showers turning in a flakes before it is all said and done. all of the cold air in the extreme northeastern portion of the country. if you live in the south you

live in the center of the country that is not looking too bad. you have spots in the 60's heading up to 80 degrees before it is all said and done. big weather system moving kn through the midwest and getting into ohio and through the pennsylvania area. see the leading edge of that, that is where we are tracking the warm air with the cold air. the snow the highest of elevations. you need to be 2,000 feet or perhaps even higher. you have seen some of the snowfall but it is already taking place. the hour by hour forecast, it will lift its way up the northeast and into maine and further to the north and the leading edge always the spot dropping the snow before the backside brings a little rain to be lifting through the area. as far as rainfall totals wouldn't be surprised if we got close to a foot of snow. not expecting nearly as much.

it is still october. > thank you, adam. the time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour. a school field trip takes a terrifying turn as a trainer is clawed and children are watching. >> bonus backlash. halting an effort to shakedown american soldiers. >> what about the men and women who already started paying? pete joins us live next. >> social media baffled hillary clinton's tacky birthday tweet. don't miss charlie shimkus on what is next. ♪

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claimed nearly 300 lives there. terrifying moments all caught on camera as the tiger attacks its trainer in front of a group of children. >> david. david. >> this is so frightening. the female trainer cloued and dragged in florida. her husband and trainer fighting the animal off as several kids watched this all in horror at one point a mother races to shield him seeing the tiger. the mother is recovering from surgery on her knee and ankle. >> we have been following this story for you. thousands of soldiers stunned as they are ordered to pay back bonuses more than a decade after they risk their lives on the front line. ash carter now ordering the pentagon to stop seeking repayment. >> i ordered the suspension of all efforts to collect

reimbursement from affected california guard members. oo that suspension will continue until i am satisfied that our process is working. our goal is to have a process which honors the service members and also our responsibility to the tax payer. >> a couple questions here, what about that money that was already paid back? will that be returned? here to weigh in u.s. army veteran pete hegsta. >> how did this begin with? >> it is a bureaucracy. there have been finances issues with the national guard in the past. they had people looking at their books. a small number had been given bonus. maybe it hadn't been intended. they cast a wide net and they started retaking these bonuses. guys who had legitimately earned

it. had hei had hei $20,000 bonuses. >> it amounted to 9700 current and retired soldiers. >> a lot of people and a lot of money from a lot of people. you are talking about people having to take out second mortgages to pay the government back. >> now they are taking a second look at it. what about those who have already mapaid the amount? >> that is an open question. it will go even further from what ash carter has done. what about people that did the right thing. they took a bonus at the right time now the government says give it back they should be given back those dollars. will they have to pay back everything or is it a process where they can pay it back in a different way? a oo hopefully they don't have to pay it back at all. i think it should be coming back

to them. >> we need to look at that as you are think being it. they paid 142 million in bonuses. >> this is the year the scandal came out. bonuses have been paid since then to some in places like phoenix and others where the problem is terrible. this is why people get frustrated. we are taking backbone newses from combat vets and giving the va employees or illegal immigrants and others who haven't done anything but they are taking our tax dollars. >> this is the california national guard we are talking about specifically. could it impact any one else we are not aware of yet? >> i had a bonus taken back years ago. a small bonus. i signed on as an officer to stay on a couple more years it was taken out of my paycheck automatically. usually it's for the right reasons because a mistake was made. when they look at audit books there will be places where folks

were paid where maybe they shouldn't have. >> some of these bonuses were offered so they could have more people enlist. >> that's why they were offered. we have critical jobs in the military they need to fill. if you don't have enough bodies you have to pay people to make sure they stay in the military. that's why they were put in place. the argument is a few too many people were given bonuses. >> that's not their fault. >> the fault of the pentagon. those are dollars you need to say bye-bye to. >> you flip it around you end up paying yourself. >> say you got a bonus at fox news channel. you assume it is yours it is done. what if they came back and said we made a mistake and we are taking it back. it is utterlily ridiculous they would come now and take the money. you can see congress eventually make a fix. >> hashtag fix it. >> i love it.

>> thank you so much for joining us. >> abby. 20 minutes after the hour. national anthem outrage. the team pulled the singer from performing because of what she was waring. the fast food chain adding venison sandwiches to its menu. don't forget to send us your halloween picture. send us an e-mail at fox & friends first.com. we want to see your pictures. it's not just a car, it's your daily retreat. the es and es hybrid. get up to $5,000 customer cash on select 2016 models. see your lexus dealer.

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hegseth>> sdou love the holiday shopping but hate the long lines? one retailer is doing something

now so we don't have to wait in a long line. cheryl casone in fox business is here. this sounds wonderful. >> wal-mart spent 3 billion on raises. a lot of the employees now are going to be dressed up as holiday helpers. they will be waring yellow vests, santa hats and if you forgot something they will run and get it for you. they will help fill up your cart. they want to call bring fun back to the stores. >> fun. all right. we have to say good-bye to avocados? >> i refuse to say good-bye. i will have to pay more and so will everybody else. there's a big strike in mexico. they are one of the biggest avocado suppliers to the united states. it is four times more expensive at the wholesale level because

of this strike. right now we get 45 million pounds her week of avocados from mexico. right now for october 13 million pounds. there is a huge difference now in the amount of avocados coming in. small restaurants, little farm stands things like that you are going to see. >> price increase for bread and avocados. >> ashbies h-- arby's has a new menu item. >> they do. will it is the arby's venison sandwich. they will try it out in states where there's a large hunting population. it is 100 percent deer meat. deer meat, onion and a berry sauce. trying is in wisconsin, minnesota, pennsylvania, tennessee and georgia. they will see how it goes. might be a permanent menu item.

>> christmas gift from my uncle dudley one year. venison. >> thanks, cheryl. >> the time thousand is 25 after the top of the hour. 12 days until the election. fox news polls showing addiction in america is one of the top concerns for voters. >> who has the better plan to combat the growing drug epidemic? don't miss our brand new series on that issue. it is an important one. stick with us.

>> it is thursday, october 27th. closing the gap 12 days before the election.

fox news polls shows donald trump catching up to hillary clinton. the race is getting closer than ever. we are live in washington. >> we are going to fix a rigged system. it is a broken corrupt system. it is rigged. it is broken. it is corrupt. >> the legal action democrats are now taking against the gop over those words you have been hearing from donald trump. >> it has brothered begun. christmas carol controversy. the small apologizing for starting a war on christmas. info of continues right now. >> we are already talking about the holidays. no i am abby huntsman. >> i bet that got your attention. i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the

hour. >> donald trump now three points behind hillary clinton in our new fox news poll. garrett tenney life in washington with the latest on the trail. it's a close one. >> absolutely heather and abby. good morning to you all. polls tend to tighten in the weeks before the election. what is notable is where he is gaining a lot of support, independent shoeters. two weeks ago hillary clinton and donald trump were tied among independents. since then independents have been gradually shifting their support to donald trump. he holds a 13 point lead among the group. white voters drawing half of the group he continues to struggle among african american voters who overwhelmingly support hillary clinton. trump continued his efforts to frid try to sell himself as the

candidate who can help rebuild early communities. >> i want to talk about growing the african american middle class and to provide a new deal for black america. that deal is grounded in three promises safe communities, great education and high paying jobs. >> earlier in the day trump was in dc for the grand opening of the trump international hotel in florida. hillary clinton uses this to go after trump's record. >> he has used undocumented workers and made his products in foreign countries. he used shine any steel instead of american steel. you can talk a good game but let's look at the facts. the facts show he has stabbed american workers and american businesses. >> donald trump is holding a series of rallies across the key

swing state of ohio. hillary clinton is with the first lady in ohio and alabama. >> the unemployment rates for african americans double that of whites. than important issues. >> the democratic party suing the gop because they want donald trump to stop saying the election is rigged. >> it is part of the rigged system i have been talking about since i entered the race. >> they are trying to fix the election for crooked hillary. >> republican leaders haven't done enough to rebuke trump's accusations of voter fraud. >> republicans -- super pac unloading 25 million in indiana, missouri, nevada, new hampshire, north carolina and pennsylvania.

democrats would need to win five seats to gain control of the senate. >> all about the numbers. targeting donald trump. the gop nominee star on the hollywood walk of fame was smashed. >> carley shimkus is here with serious 115 with "fox & friends. >> people are filming it as it happens. >> the activist calls himself nonviolence. actions certainly speak louder than words. donald trump's hollywood walk of fame star was completely destroyed by a vandal who beat it with a sledgehammer. he smashed the star to pieces while dressing as a construction worker. it will cost thousands of dollars to fix. >> i did see online people are volunteering to pay to fix it

themselves. >> happy birthday to this future president. >> hillary clinton's raent tweet. clinton punched 69 yesterday. a post appeared on her account saying happy birthday to this future president. people were quick to point out clinton was celebrating herself. did you just wish yourself a happy birthday you weirdo. >> did you buy yourself a present and a cake, too? deplorable wonka said i didn't know today was donald trump's birthday. maybe bea future president in like 2020. >> americans are sick of politics. >> no surprise. >> we are getting down to the wire here. a new survey shows election fatigue is setting in.

30 percent are worn out by it. 20 percent like seeing them and 41 percent who don't feel strongly either way. how do people deal with the social media stress? 83 percent say they ignore political posts all together. if you are standing on that soapbox, nobody is listening. >> please let me know how you ignore it. >> 21 stray showers century problem. >> before you leave the house grab an umbrella. it will be wet and cold out there today. >> adam from our fox affiliate in latlanta tracking a wet one. >> a wet one indeed. rain but possibly snow in portions of the northeast. when you see snow obviously the cold temperatures. you are seeing temperatures dropping down to 35 in buffalo and 40's in the new york area. temperatures down closer to freezing in boston.

this rain heading in this direction only going to eventually start to turn into some of the white stuff. the wind feels even colder. feels like temperatures some spots falling down into the 20's is what it feels like with a north wind pumping in some of the cooler cold air that will turn the rain in. tracking the movement across the country they are running on up from snow. that's in some of the higher elevations. you need to get 2,000 feet or higher. that's where we are starting to add up. some spots 6 inches to a foot of rain. here are some of the snowfall totals. looking at 8, 9, 10 inches. that's all for the northeast. there are spots across the country where the weather is looking fantastic. we are warming up in the southeast here in the northeast you need the umbrella today. >> a foot of snow in the north. a foot of snow and 100 degrees in phoenix. >> the time now is about 20 minutes until the top of the hour.

the obamacare bombshell. it is front and center in the race for the white house. >> we are going to repeal it and replace it and we are going to get you great, great healthcare at a fraction of the cost. >> who has the better plan? >> the national outrage, you are going to love this one. they pulled the singer from performing because of what she was waring. you want to stick around for this one.

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>> welcome back to "fox & friends first." 76ers standing up for patriotism refusing to let a singer perform the national anthem in a shirt that says we matter. the singer posted on twitter she shocked after the team invited one of the dancers to perform instead. this comes as across the country

they are rocked by the controversial anthem protest that is happening led lie colin kaepernick. >> the war on christmas is already in full swing. a small in sarasota florida apologizing for banning christmas carols. fwlush push >> earlier this week a memo actually went out to performance groups asking them not to use any quote recognizable christian music such as carols sung in english. the mall is now walking back that request saying that the memo was created a third party and not reviewed by them. >> 12 days to go in the obamacare bombshell front and center in the race for the white house as donald trump promises his first focus will be to repeal and replace it as clinton

promises to tackle the rising premiums. >> immediately rae peeling and replacing the disaster known as obamacare. >> we are going to really tackle that. we can do that without ripping away the insurance that people now have. >> who has the better plan to fix the system? business and finance at the kings college in new york city, brian, always good to have you here. >> the reasgood to be here. >> people and insurance companies are saying we can't do this any more. it's too much. >> the premiums for people are going up by 25 percent across the country some places bay triple digits. insurers are pulling out of the market because they can't make any money. the question is what do the candidates want to do about this? the present path is not sustainable. a oo it is the foundation for young people. they were never going to sign up for this.

>> they don't want to pay for a product they don't need. the people that are signing up are sicker than expected. you have 20 percent of the nation where you have one insurer providing our product. just one. that is not a market. that's one option. people are fed up with it. >> we have bill clinton who is out there being honest about it. it is a disaster for small businesses for example. his wife seems to be doubling down on it. >> that's exactly what she is doing. hillary clinton says the answer is more obamacare bombshell care. we need to double down on the subsidies. provide more money for people to pr pay for the premiums. she talks about a public insurance option. instead of government creating the exchanges she wants them to provide an insurance product for people to use. so many across the country can't get insurance. if you think the answer is more obamacare then she is it.

>> donald trump saying we are going to repeal it all together. he is saying modifying the law to bring healthcare insurance premium payments price transparency. it is different than what hillary clinton is talking about. >> the starting point is different. getting rid of obamacare starting to open up competition and choice. the problem with donald trump's plan it is hard to do the analysis. hard to say how nanny will be covered under this and what will they pay? he needs to do a better job providing more detail if he wants to get the american people a sense of how he wants to plan this. >> if you repeal the law that would be a disaster. would we be better off if you start over. >> you can provide a different health insurance system. the question is how do you transition out of obamacare. there are millions of people dependent on this system.

there are mills more dependent on medicare now. people need to have a choice of buying insurance policies that fit their needs. that is possible under a trump plan. he has to provide more detail of how he wants to do that. >> thank you for being here. always great to have you break this down. so important for so many people. >> we want to talk boeb care. if you have a better plan log on to facebook page using the hashtag keep talking for a live debate. we want to check in with bray an kilmeade to see what's coming up on fox & friends. >> what do you have? >> i don't want to give it all up there will will be nothing to look forward to. the final approval. let me see if i can share it with the rest of the country. brand new dials from the campaign trail as donald trump ramps up his attack on obamacare. watch. >> we are going to repeal it and we are going to replace it and

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>> today we begin with drug addiction. rick leventhal looks at the growing epidemic and how it is affecting new hampshire.

>> they call >> authorities call this operation granite hammer. agents with a drug enforcement administration join local police busted suspected drug buyers in manchester, new hampshire. home to more heroin and opiod addicts than almost anywhere in america. >> new hampshire has suffered so greatly from the heroin crisis from drugs across the border. the rate of heroin overdoses has nearly quadrupled in the state. once again our politicians have tragically failed this country. >> reporter: both presidential candidates have addressed the issue during the campaign. >> when you're ready to get help, there's not enough places to go to get help. and we are losing thousands and thousands of americans of all age. >> reporter: the number has skyrocketed in the past decade, fueled by the abuse of prescription drugs and the rise

of phetanol. with tens of thousands of overdose deaths every year nationwide, at least 80 of them here in manchester since january. >> we're up well over 600 calls for the year so far just on overdose calls alone. >> reporter: firefighters now spend much of their day responding to od calls trying to resuscitate addicts three to five times every shift. this woman lost her stepdaughter am fwor a drug overdose. >> they're not talking about a plan. what are you going to do to safe a life tonight? >> reporter: a program is designed to help encouraging anyone with addiction issues to walk into any firehouse and get fast-tracked into a treatment facility. this was erin's second visit in a week. >> i'm not a bad person, i've just made bad choices and i'm not going to give up. >> communities are being ruined. if anything could be likened to

a weapon of mass destruction, it is heroin and phetanol. whoever is in charge of the white house, this is something they need to pay attention to. >> weapon of mass destruction, good description. >> it is so heartbreaking. the time is now eight minutes before the top of the hour, and all eyes on apple. what the tech giant is expected to reveal at today's big event. and the grinch who stole halloween? how in the world did thieves make off with more than 200 pumpkins worth nearly $3,000. >> is that true? >> terrible! i saw that hillary's press secretary posted a photo on twitter of the staff surprising hillary with cake for her birthday. yeah. it was really fun. you can hardly tell that hillary spent two hours practicing her surprise face. do it again?

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♪ one more day now until the weekend. that's a live look at the new york city skyline. the sun not quite up yet. it's going to be a cold one and a rainy one all along the northeast. it's currently two minutes before the top of the hour. and we leave with this, here's what's happening today. donald trump and hillary clinton hitting the campaign trail hard as a new fox news poll shows trump now just three points behind. the gop rallying voters in the must-win state of ohio as clinton campaigns for the first time with first lady michelle obama in north carolina. and closing arguments are set to begin in the new jersey bridgegate trial. a former aide to chris christie and a bridge authority executive deny claims that they purposely caused traffic jams to punish a democratic mayor who didn't

endorse christie's reelection. and apple is set to release two new macbook models with touch i.d. sensors. and they are rumored to introduce a new super thin macbook and upgraded macbook air. now it's time for the good, the bad and the ugly. up first as always, the good. a beloved ohio teacher is sent to the world series by former students. dozens of people donating more than $2,000 on his gomondayme page sending richard gauge and his son to cheer on the indians. they sat behind home plate last night. lucky. and the grinch who stole halloween. the brazen pumpkin patch bandits on the run after ransacking a 100-year-old family farm. the trio caught on camera in wayne, new jersey, snatching 300 pumpkins in the middle of the night. the loot worth more than $3,000. the patch owners now offering a $1,000 reward for information.

>> what do you do with the pumpkins? >> i hope they catch them. finally, the ugly, this 12-year-old girl featured in one of the most iconic photos taken for "national geographic" has been arrested. the now 40-year-old from afghanistan is facing 12 years in prison for illegally living in pakistan. we all remember that photo. >> have a good day, everyone. >> "fox & friends" begins right now. bye. it's thursday. can you smell it? smell the weekend? what does it smell like? flowers? chocolate chip cookies? it's amazing. i'm ainsley earhardt. we have 12 days to go until you, the voter, decide. donald trump is trimming down the gap in the race. and donald trump took an hour off to open his