muffler of a car. jillian: want to smell finger licking good? guess what, you can. friday chicken bath bomb in the shape of a drumstick. it's only available in japan for now. darn. rob: we will see you later. [laughter] >> north korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action. >> is really different from obama sending a message about our military power in the region. >> had mr. will ford not shot the shooter, a lot more people would have been killed. >> i'm no hero. i think my god, he gave me the skills to do what needed to be done. >> republican ed gillespie is trying to score a major upset over ralph northham. >> virginia should be first in the country. only way we get them is by winning this election. >> top aide to hillary clinton want donna brazile

to stop. >> i don't know whether she is a kook but what she said was kooky. >> dunksd the container in the pond. when you go to the videotape, it turns out he was following the prime minister's leap. i think a lot of people call that one fake news. ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ brian: we were dancing to this song an hour ago. right? pretty much the lyrics are "let's go." steve: only club we are going to is pryce club. brian: have to have your

membership red are or you are not getting in. steve: where is the president? if it's tuesday he must be in south korea. this is a fox news alert. the president of the united states in south korea telling north korea hey, come onto the table and let's discuss giving up nukes because ultimately the president said, it's all going to work out, but you have got to come to the table. brian: right. i'm not sure that he is actually ready to talk to him. i'm sure south korea is ready to talk to him. they have shown no willingness to go to the table and they have not been trustworthy over the last three decades. ainsley: asking the international community for support here is he in south korea. >> north korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action. the united states stands prepared to defend itself and its ally us using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities if need be. we like to play our cards a little bit close to the vest. i will say this, that i

believe it makes sense for north korea to do the right thing. i think we are showing great strength. we hope to god we never have to use. with that being said, i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal that's good for the people of north korea and the people of the world. steve: in that you can hear a real change in the tenor and tone with the rhetoric of the president of the united states. remember, it wasn't that long ago regarding north korea, he was talking about fire and fury. now he is saying come to the table. ultimately this will work out, but you have got to come to the table. although i'm willing to use military force if needed. ainsley: he says this dictator in north korea, kim jong un is threatening millions of lives. he is sending a clear message to him saying we will confront you. >> also though was interesting. jonah goldberg was listening to the president kind of good that the president is

known as unpredictable. the unpredictability from the united states putting north korea back on its heels and china on its heels. this is where president trump's negotiation and his position could work to advantage. so, having said that with so muchen the line with north korea and south korea and japan and allies getting missiles and should they change their constitution, here is the question from nbc. >> you've talked about wanting to put extreme vetting on people trying to come into the united states. but i wonder if you would consider extreme vetting for people trying to buy a gun? >> well, you are bringing up a situation that probably shouldn't be discussed too much right now but it's okay if you feel that's an appropriate question even though we're in the heart of south korea. if did you what you are suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun or a rifle in his truck go out and shoot him and hit him and neutralize him.

and i can only say this. if he didn't have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead. >> are you considering any kind of gun control policy going forward because. >> when you look at the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation is chicago. >> um-huh. >> and chicago is a disaster. if this man didn't have a gun or a rifle, you would be talking about a much worse situation in the great state of texas. steve: i don't think that is the answer she thought she was going to get. ainsley: i don't know that i didn't know that chicago had the toughest gun laws. steve: yeah. ainsley: reporting murder after murder after murder. they have had more murders in that city than any other city in the country. steve: goes to the president's point town with all these gun laws and it's not working. brian: president goes overseas it is the number one story. and at home it has been what happened at that church which brings us to our next

story. ainsley: this is a fox news alert. man who shot and killed 26 people inside that texas church was able to buy guns because of an air force error. steve: a bureaucratic mistake, apparently. that revelation comes as investigators uncover the shooter's violent past. and the hero who helped take him down now breaking his silence. brian: adam housley outside the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. we are finding out more, if i can use the president's term, that shooter. >> we are approaching 24 hours since the massacre here that killed 26 people. still a lot of heartache and unanswered questions. we are getting more in the investigation. we are hearing more about the gunman's past and the fact that in 2012 he was convicted of domestic violence against his then wife and also for cracking the skull of his infant stepson. and he spent a year in military jail in southern california. the air force now opening up an investigation as to why

that information was not passed along to the fbi. we do know he bought four weapons after he was discharged from the air force. one a year in 2014, '15, '16, and 17. some of those weapons were, of course, used here. we are also hearing about the two heroes. we heard about johnny langford yesterday. williford. said heard gunfire at the church. he grabbed his gun bare foot ran out and shot the shooter. he says he is no hero. >> i am no hero. i am not. i think my god. my lord protected me and gave me the skills to do what needed to be done. and i just wish i could have gotten there faster. >> willeford knew a not lot

of people in that church. this is a very small postage stamp little town here in south texas where everyone knew everybody. and in that church, of course, most people were related to each other in a lot of cases. about 60 people were there. 26 are dead. the memorials continue as there are still people in the hospital, including two children at university medical center fighting for their lives at this hour. we have heard also from the pastor and his wife of the church. they were not there on sunday. they normally are there. you've seen -- some people have seen the services that they have streamed on their website. they were out of town but their take daughter was in the church and was killed. this from the pastor's wife. >> now most of our church family is gone. our building is probably beyond repair. and the few of us that are left behind lost tragically yesterday. >> one more story joanne ward one of the victims called a hero. killed in this church

alongside two of her children. she has four children. third one is in the hospital shot four times. she shielded her children from the shooter. was laying across them and was shot and killed as well as two of her children. she was one child in the hospital. another one that survived and her husband survived as well. back to you guys. steve: all right, adam, thank you very much, so it does look as if because the air force did not submit the guy's record to the national data base, he was able to buy that gun. plus, he lied on a form. brian: two in colorado. he bought two in texas. together he was armed and he had three more guns in the car before he went. ainsley: the laws are there. the laws are in place he should not have been able to get this gun. the air force forgot to report. brian: quickly correcting and double-checking their list. 9 minutes now after the hour. ainsley: as they are mourning those 26 people in congress. they decided to take a moment of silence to remember the babies, the

moms, the dads, the babies that were killed there. there was a representative that decided to walk out during the moment of silence, and he posted a video online explaining why. steve: here is a little of it from his facebook. >> i can't do this again. i have been to two many moments of silences and just my short career in congress, three of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history have occurred. i will not be silent. what we need is we need action. we need a path, gun safety legislation now. behind me is a house of representatives chambers. i urge us to pass reasonable gun legislation including a year or so background check law supported by 80% of americans. a ban on assault rifles and a ban on stocks. we need to do that. we cannot be silent. we need to act now. brian: none of those things would have prevented this accident, this tragic shooting from taking place. steve: well, the senate is

about to start talking about bump stocks. brian: nothing to do with the shooting though. steve: what's extraordinary is the fact that so on the house floor, they are having a moment of silence. and this guy, ted lou, the democrat from california leaves the moment of silence to go outside into the hall, went through one of those doors you see there on the right or the left beings and went to the left and then recorded this message. why he couldn't have waited the one minute has a lot of people scratching their heads. ainsley: here is dan bongino on his thoughts on this. >> this is why the radical left can't possibly win this gun control debate. i mean, tucker, think about the argument they are making to us, right? the argument they are making to us is oh, don't worry, government can protect you. listen, i love our military. god bless every man and woman who serves. this was clearly a bureaucratic error that cost people their lives by officials in our government. as they are making the very same argument by the way that we need new laws. despite the fact that the

old laws didn't work because people in the government that are supposed to make new laws didn't cooperate with the laws we have now and look at what we have on our hands. yes, he would have been stopped from buying a gun and he wasn't and look what happened. steve: and look what happened. so they are launching an investigation at the department of justice and also the department of defense to try to figure out why the air force dropped the ball. brian: again, go through all the military has got to go through who is dishonorably discharged. not only if you are dishonorably discharged and you are like this guy and spent time in jail. you are trained war fighter and now you're unleashed on society. not a good combination. ainsley: i just can't believe how evil this guy is as adam was reporting cracked the skull of his stepson. abused his wife. is he court martialled. and he still gets his hands on a gun. they definitely dropped the ball. they are going to have a lot of questions to answer, especially from these family members of the 26 victims. brian: almost everybody that

knew him thought he was crazy. but no one knew what to do about it, evidently. steve: luckily that guy with the gun across the street got a call from his daughter, he ran out. he was bare foot. he has no military training. ainsley: but he is an instructor. steve: he was nra instructorrer and hit part of the guy that was not protected by the body armor. now we know thest are of the story. 13 mention after the top of the hour. very busy tuesday. donna brazile's bombshell about the dnc and sparking a massive fight among democrats. dennis kucinich says his party needs a complete makeover and he is going to join us live next. ainsley: left in an uproar over this president feeding the fish. but this morning they are eating crow. we'll explain. we'll tell you the whole story. [laughter] >> ♪ a bad day of fishing ♪ beats a good day of anything else ♪ we should probably ene

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democratic party. former party boss, the dnc, donna brazile not holding back in her brand new book. this as another excerpt shows her taking aim at hillary clinton's campaign. this time leveling allegations of sexism against the campaign's top male aide. the camp firing back saying, quote: we do not recognize the campaign she portrays in the book. here to weigh in fox news contributor and former congressman dennis kucinich. good to see you. have you read her book yet? >> no. steve: do you plan to. >> i read the political article. steve: so you read the article. what do you make of the fact that she is coming forward, donna brazile is, and talking about what actually happened behind the scenes about a year ago? >> kind of proves the maxim that i'm not a member of any organized party. i'm a democrat. we have to move beyond 2016. and our politics has to be about service, not just about power. have to rise above this divisiveness. and it's not just the democrats.

the two party system is broken. needs to refocus on jobs and education, healthcare and retirement security. safe neighborhoods. i mean, our politics has just gone off the rails. we have to bring it back. steve: dennis, you have got to be concerned if last year the nominating process was rigged for hillary. >> well, of course i'm concerned. but i don't think that was a surprise to anyone. look. steve: it was to bernie. >> well, no. bernie was fighting an uphill battle and everyone knew that. steve: and he wasn't a democrat. that, too. >> come on, actually. he stood for things that most democrats ought to be standing for. steve: he regards himself as a socialist. >> well, you know what? to me socialism, romantisim. bernie sanders stood for the right things. he deserves the support that he received. i think it's really important we start to clear away th the right to the truth.

steve: it sounds like you think it was a mistake for her to write this book. >> she has the right to write the book and go out and say what happened. but, look, i don't know that any democrat is really surprised that if hillary clinton put about $20 million into the party that she didn't expect to call the shots. now, did the american people know that? no. did all democrats know that? no. but we need to get away from this. this is why should a party be airing dirty laundry a year after the election. move on. let's focus on the future when we have got a great future if we focus on the economic needs of the people. politics stops being about people, forget about it. steve: dennis, when she revealed that she was considering the process to try to replace hillary with biden and corey booker, that's a headline the fact

that she was taken by the -- you know, tripped getting into her van 9/11 memorial a year ago. >> i think that's a little over the top no one person decides hot president or the vice president nominee is going to be let's get real about this. but, beyond that you know. we have to let the american people be ahead of the process. have you all these special interest groups intervening and buying the offices. we have toing chat system. it's broken. steve: that's the state of politics, unfortunately these days. you are right they have got to change it dennis kucinich joins us today from cleveland. dennis, thank you very much. >> thank you. steve: we have that fox news alert. showed you a minute ago. president trump in south korea right now where he says north korea is a worldwide threat and calls for a worldwide action. so how can we get our allies on board? we are going to discuss that

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brine brian i believe they are come from their blue room. ainsley: it's called the blue house, which is like the white house in south korea. and the president, president moan's wife is there. can you see president trump at the base of that podium with you will melania with her back to the camera listening to president moon. steve: they are going to be motorcading for a meet and greet and heading to the national assembly where the president will have a courtesy call with the

president of the leaders as well. brian: counthere to discuss what we can do with north korea with south korea and japan very much allied to us and treaty obligated. we are to defend them is u.s. army cia operative lieutenant colonel tony shaffer and david tafuri is here. he worked in the state department under president obama. guys, in terms of getting north korea in line, we have listened to three decades of talks with north korea. the only thing consistent, colonel shaffer, is that north korea has been incredibly unreliable. >> well, brian, they have been masters of brinksmanship. this goes back to the '1994 agreement that the clinton duration put in place which essentially was a harr donned path for the north koreans to obtain the nuclear weapons did the opposite of what the agreement was. since then, we have seen u.n. as the newest leader double down, triple down on this pushing the nfl, trying to get more appeasement.

so i think h.r. mcmasters said it best a few weeks ago when he said we have been kicking the can down the road there no road to kick the can down. brian: robbins best friend the one difference between he and his father and grandfather is now that he is pointing his threats at us, not just at our neighbors. so we really have no -- we have no option, right? >> that's correct. i mean, the conundrum with north korea is our normal ways for solve ago problem with a foreign country like diplomacy and sanctions have not worked so far. that's why we have to keep talking about military options. now, the joint chief of staff just a couple days ago we are talking about military options, and they reminded people that even if we used a full on air ircampaign we probably cannot get all of north korea's nuclear weapons. that means we would have to invade. in simplest terms that means there would be a lot of collateral damage for us and our allies like south korea and japan.

so then we circle back to diplomatic options and that's why president trump is pushing for diplomacy here. this visit to south korea is very important. but even more important are the meetings he will have with leaders of china and russia because it's china and russia that really have leverage over north korea. that's why this two week visit is so important for this crisis with north korea. brian: but they have to see the military hardware. they have to believe beyond the talking and beyond the diplomacy, colonel is, a legitimate military option. have you seen it? these guys -- the guys in charge or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary o secretary of de, the people that you know have you seen it? >> look i know general dunford and i think he has made a very clear statement of the fact to do certain things you have to have troops on the ground. this goes back, again, to clinton. clinton proposed the same thing. i mean, i have worked these options. i have walked the terrain. i have been to the dmz. i have been there.

with that said you cannot step away from having military force. that's the one thing that's been absent in the last 30 years of negotiations. let me add to, this we need to deal with china. the reason that north korea china has allowed it to be a client state. my advice to president trump is you need to use north korea to force china to do the right thing. i think the chinese next to the south koreans have the most to lose by an armed conflict. we need to remind people in the region what the consequences would be of an armed conflict but at the same time be prepared to use one. brian: by the way, david, we are waiting in any language in any country in any custom. this looks like imminent toast and president trump will be coming up there shortly. david, the other thing that is clear is china does not want to spent this whole meeting with the president of the united states talking about north korea. do you think they are ready to say something of significance? >> i think that behind the scenes there will be a lot of talk about north korea. and i think china will say

the right things but the question is are they doing the right things? are they using the economic leverage they have over north korea to press north korea in to a diplomatic resolution with the u.s.? i'm not sure that's happening. and that's what trump has to try to see through the dialogue and the rhetoric and try to get china to act. and that hasn't happened so far. that's what's so important. it's also russia. remember, russia is also potentially supporting north korea. brian: do me a favor. hold that thought. here is the president of the united states to make his remarks and of course we don't need the translator. >> thank you very much. and this is an exciting time wire going to have exciting day tomorrow for many reasons that many people will find out in addition to the fact that i look forward to making a, hopefully, very comprehensive speech before you and the leaders of korea and that will be really

something that i'm representing the american people, the relationship that we have a fantastic one. and i have to say, president moon and first lady kim thank you very much. [translation] >> i greatly appreciate you hosting melania and myself on our first trip to the very beautiful republic of korea. we were honored to welcome you to the white house this past summer and now it's a tremendous honor to visit your magnificent home and magnificent it is to see

this beautiful land and to meet the remarkable people of south korea. [translation] >> the partnership between our two nations and our two people is deep and enduring. we have been proud to stand by your side for many decades as an unwavering friend and a loyal ally and you have never had a time where this ally has been more loyal or stood by your side more than right now. [translation]

>> here in sec the people built a free, sovereign, and democratic republic. through their resilience and sacrifice and determination, they became the chief architects of the future. the course of this great nation is charted solely why the great people of south korea. [translation] >> mr. president, your remarkable success truly demonstrates what is possible when people are free to follow their dreams,

pursue their passions and hope for a better future for their children. tonight, we celebrate south korea's success and we affirm our close and abiding bonds of friendship. [translation] >> together our nation's remind the world of the boundless potential of societies that choose freedom over tyranny and who set the free. and we will free. and we will sacrifice. and we will hope and we will make things beautiful, especially the aspiration of your people. [translation]

>> as true partners, we have remained faithful friends through periods of challenge and opportunity, and that's what we have now is great opportunity. we will continue to support each other in the years ahead. [translation] >> in that spirit, i would like to offer a toast to president moon and first lady kim and to the people of south korea, may freedom and peace flourish on this peninsula. in our time, and for generations to come, this

will be a special evening and a special time. may our bonds of friendship continue to deepen and may the cherished hopes of our people and the people across the region soon be realized. mr. president may your dreams come true. it's an honor to be with you. thank you very much. [translation] ♪ brian: there's the toast and now the wrap. let's analyze what we just heard. lieutenant colonel tony shaffer and david tafuri

official under president obama. a lot of hey, i got your back, we have your back, you have our back, we're in this together. i guess a big checkmark here, david, right? >> yeah. i mean, this was a nice toast. he read it,which is a little awkward for a toast. but he stuck exactly to his point it was very flowery language and flattery language. there was nothing about north korea. this is what you need to do with your allies. he looked a little tired. maybe jet lag has just hit in. that's normal a trip like this is when it sets. in behind the scenes that's the question what is going to happen? what is the strategy they are going to come up with together with japan and are their allies to convince north korea to come to the table? brian: colonel, pretty clear, one thing is north korea has been pretty silent over the last couple of weeks, especially now, do you expect them to do anything to try to get attention or show they are not intimidated? >> not at all.

i think they will stay radio silent. a number of things at play here. one is they have been cloud disto a certain level because of these empty threats they have been doing. mattis the secretary of defense and joe dunford the chairman have made it clear military options on the table. a number of what we call shows of force, don't do anything silly. the other thing i would adhere, i don't disagree with what david is saying here. what i think president reagan did everything he could to collapse the soviet union so that the wall came down. that's what we have to look at here a technical state of war exists between us and the north koreans and frankly the united nations. and by the way the north koreans have walked away from that agreement several times. we have to do what's necessary to bring peace to the region, stability without prompting a war and i think that's what president trump would like to do.

brian: colonel, thanks so much. david, good job. i appreciate the instant analysis as we watch events taking place overseas. thanks, guys. >> thank you. >> thank you. brian: 23 minutes before the top of the hour. ainsley: turning now to a fox news alert. all eyes are on virginia today where polls have just opened in the high stakes race for the governor. steve: republican ed gillespie facing off against democrat ralph northam. brian: this is probably the most interesting race yet. because you have ed gillespie on basis a surge. he seemed to run on a lot of the issues that donald trump ran on without mentioning president trump and president trump just tweeted out hey, ed gillespie will do a good job reducing crime. he did that about 10 minutes ago. steve: it's confusing though for the republican voter because the trump candidate initially for this particular seat was eliminated by mr. gillespie in the primary. so now, the president has not, for the most part come out -- shown up in the commonwealth of virginia to endorse him but steve bannon has made clear that ed

gillespie is okay with that particular faction of the party. ainsley: it has been ugly race. they released those ads. brian: ed gillespie came out in favor of leaving statues up and keeping virginia from becoming sanctuary city. overall, i think this has been very intriguing race. steve: right now the latest poll five points apart. the democrat leading. you know, polls have been wrong before. brian: i have seen a being thatting poll shows gillespie trailing by one point. we need a couple week for a recount when he ran for senate. ainsley: a lot going on today. first tuesday in november. election day. president in south korea talking about north korea. and then we had that church shooting on sunday. we also have more headlines for you. jillian has those. jillian: good tuesday morning and good morning to you at home as well. let's begin with this headline. the lawyer for the man accused ar. of attacking senator rand paul says it wasn't political. renee boucher is accused of

attacking rand at home. the lawyer says the dispute was over something trivial. neighbors claim they disagreed over lawn clippings and paul's composting habits. those who know boucher say he was very vocal about anti-republican stance. jury deliberations are underway in the federal bribery trial of new jersey senator bob menendez. defense lawyers arguing the democrat accepted free flights on a private jet and other gifts from a florida doctor as part of their long standing friendship not a corrupt connection. both men have pleaded not guilty. but if menendez is convicted, he could keep his job. the senate would need two thirds majority to vote him out if he doesn't resign on his own. a major security scare in one the country's busiest airports. surveillance video showing a man diving onto the luggage conveyor belt behind the american airlines ticket counter at miami international airport. he then rides the carousel all the way outside and makes it to the tarmac where

airport workers quickly chased and tackled him before police could get there the man's identity and motive remain unclear at this point. an ambulance is called to a high school football game. it's not the first responders who ended up needing a hand. [cheers and applause] it is the first first responders i should say. the north moore football team in ohio pushing the ambulance off the field because it got stuck in the mud. first responders were there to help an injured quarterback, cause see, this is a group effort. steve: they are strong enough to do it. >> yes, they are. brian: i'm so confused. because have you an ambulance there to help a quarterback but you have the offensive line to help push the ambulance with the quarterback in it off the field. ainsley: someone in the ambulance who was injured how are they going to get to the hospital. jillian: once you are out of the mud can you drive. ainsley: got it thank you for explaining that. brian: now i got it.

ainsley: some questions. voters are about to head to the polls in virginia as we have been talking to you about to choose their next governor pete hegseth is having breakfast with friends in virginia beach where the seals are trained. we're going to check in with him. steve: that's right. remember when james comey said this about hillary clinton's email? >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. steve: extremely careless. turns out that may not have been what he really wanted to say initially. judge napolitano is on the case and he's next. ♪ ♪ my mom's pain from

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steve: former director of the fbi james comey under fire today for changing his speech in the clinton email case. an early draft of what he was going to say said, quote: there is evidence to support a conclusion that

hillary secretary clinton and others used the email server in a manner that was grossly negligent with respect to the handling of classified information. remember that grossly negligent. ainsley: he ultimately removed gross negligence to scold hillary as extremely careless. so what's the significance here under federal law gross negligence can be punished criminally. brian: does it matter, judge? he is here. fox news senior judicial analyst. i would ask that question generically. >> you also asked that question a year and a half ago when all this came out. almost a year of a ago in july of 2016. july 5 james comey surprises everybody with a surprise announcement. he's number 3 in the justice department but he is not letting his bosses decide. he has decided hillary clinton will not be prosecute dollars because she's was extremely careless than intentional in which she failed to safeguard state secrets on our email

system, her private server. this is the rare federal statute that doesn't require the government to prove intent. this statute the government can get a conviction if you are grossly negligent. so i ask you, and i ask anybody watching us now understands the english language which is everybody watching. this what is the difference between grossly negligent and extremely careless? nothing. they mean the same thing. james comey thought he could pull a fast one on the american people by using a slightly less offensive sounding term,, extremely careless and thereby exonerate her. legally, it's the same thing. she looked the other way knowing that state secrets were available for people to hack and that they, in fact, were hacked. brian: what is this, to sell his book? why does it come out now? >> oh, it's coming out now in response to a subpoena from the senate jewish committee to the justice department and senator grassley released yesterday. and then senator grassley

responded by saying okay, so who rewrote this? james comey is responsible for what he said. who did, as we were talking during the break, the red lining, who actually went in the draft and made the changes? we also learned yesterday there was a debate in the fbi about whether or not the government had to prove intent. and a young fbi agent stood up to the director and said, mr. director, under the law, we don't have to prove intent here. there is enough evidence to convict if she was grossly negligent. steve: judge, this goes back to a point have you made many, many times on this program. that is it wasn't the job of james comey to figure out whether or not she should be prosecuted. >> here is what is in senator grassley's mind and the minds of a lot of us looking at this. why? why did he, if i may, fudge the standard in order to let hillary off the hook. ainsley: why do you think? why? brian: loretta lynch was not going to do anything. he knew he had to do something.

so he did something. because lynch was going to do nothing. >> here's what i want to say to attorney general sessions who is probably watching us now. if james comey was fired for the reasons that the president and you have said, which is for dropping the ball on hillary clinton, pick up the ball and run with it. present that evidence to a grand jury. steve: is it too late? >> no, it's not too late. and the justice department is not bound by comey's erroneous decision. let a grand jury decide whether or not she should be prosecuted. brian: hope we have the show sound up on the show in the first hour. >> thank you, guys. steve: president trump warning th north korea not to mess with the u.s. they don't care. they want it know why he hasn't banned guns yet. brian: pete hegseth is having breakfast with friends in virginia beach affiliate there.

what's coming up next, pete? >> can you believe it's one year from the big presidential election that sent trump to the white house? here in virginia, they are going to send a governor to their governor's mansion, ed gillespie is taking on -- what's the guy's name? ralph northam. >> who? pete: two guys here. mark and richard, they have already voted because the polls opened early. we will ask you who you voted for and bring you more from the virginia election ♪ looking for balance in your digestive system? try align probiotic. for a non-stop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support, with align. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand.

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we are having breakfast with friends because the voters are going to the polls today and that's where we find pete hegseth. hey, pete. >> that's right. some voters have already gone to the polls because

they opened at 6:00. a big race here. a big bellwether, frankly, depending on how ed gillespie does. going to tell us how much embracing trump is going to benefit production orepublicansd to tell me a couple times you run a surf shop as minnesotan i didn't relate to that in myrtle beach do you that all the time. you describe yourself as grassroots antiestablishment conservative. ed gillespie came from that world, embraced president trump's policy issues. do you believe him on that? >> yeah. i believe him. even so, he is still the lesser of the two evils. even if you don't support gillespie. he wasn't my first choice during the primary. but northam is not where we need to go in this state. not at all. pete: you described an ad that really got to you in this race. >> i'm a gillespie supporter. this ad really was disgusting. i cannot believe somebody is not going to jail over. this it was disgusting and everybody in this country should be extremely angry

about that ad. bribe. pete: you are describing the ad where the pickup truck driving after minorities. what does that say how democrats do the electorate? >> desperate. they must think we are stupid. you have got to be kidding me. we are not racist here or anywhere else. they are playing the race card they always do it. they think it works. they need to stop doing it somebody needs to pay the price. pete: heading over to jill and jan, twins both in the medical field. thanks for joining us this morning. >> 5:00 p.m. pete: who will you voting for and why? >> gillespie. and you know what? he is just the right guy. he is going to save our country. help president trump. he's going to be great. pete: if i can ask, jan, what issue motivates you the most. animates you, brings you to the polls, specifically on this governor's race? >> well, i actually was watching both gillespie and northam, northam was actually for sanctuary

cities. gillespie get rid of ms-13 and the gangs in northern virginia. i'm here for my kids. i just had a grandchild. i want safety first. pete: you both mentioned we were talking earlier the monuments issue, too. you don't think we should be erasing history. that's been a big dynamic from. everyone we hear national issues making their way to virginia. again, these two think that ed gillespie will pull it out just like they thought president trump would pull it out. >> big time. pete: we will see if their prognostication is correct. we are talking to folks here at mary's restaurant in virginia beach. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: thanks, pete. coming up next, former white house press secretary sean spicer is going to join us live. steve: plus, franklin graham will be here. dana loesch and country star craig morgan. it's a busy tuesday when we return from new york city in two minutes ♪ ♪ video-game dance music

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friends through periods of challenge and opportunity. and that's what we have now is great opportunity. >> we have been kicking the can down the road. there is no road to kick the can down. that's where we are at. >> had mr. willeford not shot the shooter, a lot more people would have been killed. >> i'm no hero. i think my god, he gave me the skills to do what needed to be done. >> all eyes are on virginia today where polls have just opened in the high stakes race for the governor. >> when it comes to economic growth and job creation, virginia should be first in the country. the only way we get them is by winning this election. >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless. >> the bombshell memo out revealing that those were not comey's original words. comey later changing gross nodges, quote, extremely careless. >> why did he, if i may, fudge the standard in order to let hillary off the hook. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and a party barge ♪ trailer park ♪ anchor down ♪ and get loud all summer long. brian: somebody has got to pay craig morgan $20 every time you play his song he gets $20. he will be in the green room shortly. we should give him $20 in person. steve: that's the cut. ainsley: that won't pay for that redneck ought. brian: the judge has permission to use the word fudge. you can use the word fudge. you should not have to ask permission to use the word fudge. steve: but he did it in a way that made it so easily understandable. we have sarah carter from circa news. she is going to be talking about the same thing regarding james comey shortly. right now let's bring in

former white house press secretary to the president of the united states donald trump and sean spicer. hi, sean. ainsley: hi, sean. >> good morning, happy election day. brian: little different than last one. >> well, no. i don't know. i think we had a great night last november and i feel really good how we're doing in virginia. i think ed gillespie, jill vogul and john adams will have a great day here in virginia. brian: what did they get wrong about ed gillespie so wrong in virginia. the republican party was not rallying around him then. is he still trailing almost all polls now. what do they have wrong about him in virginia? >> well, look, i think virginia has been a state that's close at the end every time. this was the case when ken ken cuccinelli ran for governor. trump claimed within five. i think northern virginia is tough to read in terms of turnout. have you seen the momentum shift in ed's direction the last several weeks. >> he was down, apparently double digits then within 5. polls have him now either

tied or up one. the point, the thing that i think is really key is that the turnout in the -- everything is leaning in he had's direction, i think the ground game in virginia is fantastic and it's improved the last couple cycles and propel the ticket to victory tonight. ainsley: we will be following it sean, let's go to south korea where the president is right now with the president of south korea. president moon. we saw images of them at the state dinner and heard a little bit of that exchange. is he there to send a clear message to north korea and try to work with china and japan and some of the allies. there was a reporter, there was exchange where had you a chance to ask the president some questions. it was the last question for an american to ask or for the reporters that were traveling with him. nbc got that question. listen to the question that this reporter decided to ask the president when he is there, keep in mind, in south korea. the president didn't think it was appropriate. listen to this. >> you talked about wanting to put extreme vetting on people trying to come in to the united states. but i wonder if you would

consider extreme vetting for people trying to buy a gun? >> well, you know, you are bringing up a situation that probably shouldn't be discussed too much right now. but it's okay if you feel that that's an appropriate question even though we're in the heart of south korea. if you did what you're suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago, and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun or a rifle in his truck go out and shoot him and hit him and neutralize him. and i can only say this: if he didn't have a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead. >> and are you considering any kind of gun control policy going forward because -- >> you look at the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation is chicago. and chicago is a disaster. if this man didn't have a gun or a rifle, you would be talking about a much worse situation in the great state

of texas. brian: do you think that's appropriate, sean? it's not a typical to get something off message when you are overseas though, is it? >> look, we live in a free country. we have a free press. they can ask anything they want. it's not a question of whether it's appropriate. it's a question whether it's topical. you are in south korea. the president is on a five country tour throughout asia. whether you have major issues in terms of economic security, you've got the pacific region, the freedom of the endo specifi pacific reg. the issue is north korea and the threat it poses not just to south korea and the united states but frankly the entire world. and then can you get off topic and say okay, with respect to this horrendous tragedy, which it truly is, the idea that we so many folks are dead in such a place of worship is truly a sick tragedy our thoughts and prayers go out to those individuals. the reality is and i know

you guys are going to have folks talking about this today, is the vetting system did identify this individual but the system failed us. and so the idea that a reporter would talk about i understand the question about do you think the system broke down along the way, which i think we are finding out more and more it did, but the relates the vetting system did work. this individual was identified because of their record and because of the actions that they had taken that should have stopped them from buying a gun. that's what we should be focusing on so that these tragedies don't happen again. steve: indeed. sean, for folks just waking up, the air force did not report this guy to the national data base. that's why he was able to buy the rifle he used in that massacre. also, he lied on one of the forms. there is something else we want to talk to you about today. john solomon at the hill has got another story going to have people scratching their heads. apparently before james comey came out and said that he was not going to suggest charges against hillary clinton regarding her home

email server, apparently in one of the early drafts of what he was going to say, he accused her, hillary clinton, of being grossly negligent in handling classified information. but then he changed that phrase, grossly negligent to a much softer extremely careless, which, according to this article, federal law says gross negligence is criminal where you could actually do prison time. why do you think james comey might have done something like that? or one of his deputies? >> well, i think that's the million-dollar question. clearly as judge napolitano pointed out earlier, there is a big concern about the consequences of that. and i think that there is no question that you don't have to prove intent as the judge pointed out earlier. so yo you have to ask why did comey do this? i think when you look at comey's actions that he has talked about since leaving office, there is a question about whether or not he truly was trying to tip the scale and achieve certain actions both during out

election season and since. this is something that i think has probably received less attention in terms of what should get looked into. clearly this memo and this changing of the wording does present some concern about what needs to really be focused on when we talk about looking into the actions that have been taken since the election. steve: sure. plus, you add the fact what we have learned since the election last couple months, sean, apparently mr. comey wanted to continue to paid dolls yea people to essentially come up with stuff on donald trump. >> yeah. there is so many things that are concerning about what occurred during that period that i think a lot of the investigations that are going on might be well spent focusing on those things to understanding what was really happening with the intent was of some of these individuals that were, you know, supposedly looking out for the public interest. steve: right. exactly. brian: let's talk about an op-ed in the "l.a. times" that talked about your successor and that's sarah huckabee sanders and the

"l.a. times" as i said. david horse i horsy this. by comparison sarah looks like a slightly chunky soccerrer mom organizes snacks before the kids' games u in your mind, is that appropriate. >> a, i think sarah does a phenomenal job. she is a great person. and i think it's interesting to me that so many of the media loves to take pot shots when they think things are out of bounds and inappropriate and yet the deafening silence from some of the same individuals that are so concerned when attacks get lobbed from members of the republican party. but, when it's another member of the establishment media, a quote, pulitzer prize winning, well-established journalist, makes she disgusting kind of comments about somebody's appearance, there is a deafening silence from some of the network anchors so easily appalled at some of the other comments.

it's interesting to me the one sided faux outrage that they have. ainsley: sean, the "new york times" frank bruni says to listen to her, speaking of her southern accent, to listen to her pro-nownsz priorities is akin to hearing the air seep out of a flat tire and she leaves half of the consonants on the cush. whcurb. why isn't anyone calling out have nothing to do with the job she is doing? >> i think that has been the biggest disconnects between so many folks in the media and the past election. there was a clear signal sent that people were tired of the mainstream media's deciding how the world should work and what issues should be covered and how they should be covered. luckily, there are places like fox and other sites that are now giving people an option to hear other stories that are not being covered in a way that they are definitely not being covered by the mainstream media. i think that we have started to really see a divide in

what gets covered and what doesn't. and the priorities of the mainstream media are not the priorities of where i think most of the american people are. ainsley: does that kind of stuff bother you when you were press secretary or was it more of the fake news, people spinning the story and changing the narrative? >> i think it was a massive combination of it all. brian: right. very interesting. real quick, snl starts targeting her. can that damage her reputation? >> no, again, i think at the end of the day, people understand the angle that the mainstream media is coming at this from. they are going to do everything they can to undermine the conservative movement, republicans and this administration. i think you're clearly going to sees a did you election day november last year is the american people are smart enough to understand how to get their information and make their decisions. steve: all right. sean spicer, lots to talk about today. thank you very much for joining us from d.c. >> you bet. brian: on election day. steve: it is 7:11 right now

on 11/7 this 7th day of november. jillian: good morning. a fox news alert. we are following some breaking news. a possible terror attack just foiled in france. raids underway right now in the suburbs of paris after social media activity suggested an attack was in the works. several people already under arrest. just last week french president emanuel macaroni signed a sweeping counter terrorism law aiming to give police more tools to fight violent extremism. meanwhile the swiss government says it has been investigating two people there one of them arrested in the french raids. two dangerous inmates on the run after an orchestrated escape from court. slipping free from a bailiff in santa clara, california. according to the reports, they may have used a paper clip to unlock their shackles before bolting outside and into a get away car. police say they got a few blocks away before jumping into a u-haul cargo truck. >> the level of

sophistication and brazenness it takes for these individuals to do that, that is why we are calling on the public and other allied agencies to help. jillian: the two men had been facing armed robbery charges. president trump sparking a feeding frenzy over. this the president and prime minister abe feeding carp in toke tokyo. media freaking out how the president dunkd the whole box into the pond. one reporter calling it a trump dump. well, what they failed to show is prime minister abe did the same thing and, oh, yeah. he did it first. so i guess you could say they were fishing for a story. oh, i thought. ainsley: it's a small box. ainsley: i'm thinking a small box. it's tiny. brian: they spooned it first so it was okay. ainsley: following what the prime minister did. brian: if you are at home, okay to spoon. steve: don't be coy. thank you, jillian. we have a fox news alert. polls are open in the commonwealth of virginia where voters are choosing the next governor.

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ainsley: we're back with a fox news alert. all eyes are on the state of virginia today where the polls have just opened in the high stakes race for the governor. steve: republican, ed gillespie, screen left there, facing off against democrat ralph northam screen right. brian: stand back anchors, i'm going to toss to griff. is he in the washington elementary school in alexandria, virginia where ed gillespie is expected to cast his vote. griff, there's your toss. >> good morning, guys. any minute here you see this poll ed gillespie expecting to show up the former rnc chairman did not campaign with president trump. but he is getting a lot of support just in the last hour. the president from across the world tweeting ralph northam will allow crime to be rampant in virginia. he is weak on crime. weak on our great vets. anti-second amendment. continuing horrible economy, vote ed gillespie today. now, gillespie trails northam. northam has a slight lead. and northam sought to make president trump a liability

for gillespie in this issue. here is what northam had to say. >> we watched the campaign in 2016, one that was embarrassing for this country, but also a campaign that was based on a lot of hatred and bigotry and discrimination and fear. >> but according to our fox poll, the top issues were health, education, economy, and here is ed who says he thinks he can pull it off. >> i'm confident we're going to. i can feel the momentum everywhere we are going. i have been everywhere over the past -- well certainly the past year. just in the past week. i can tell you the crowds have been great. >> so, again, any moment now, ed gillespie showing up here trailing ralph northam. now the turnout is going to be the key, guys. it's a brisk cool day right now. there has been a lot of people turn out. if it starts range, that could impact it this part of northern virginia certainly

key to this race. brian: griff, i will cover you. turn around and see if he is there. steve: griff, what is that big chicken back there by the way? >> all right. so that is the trump chicken, presumably a ralph northam supporter has come up in the last 10 minutes and put that up. the chicken actually was about 5 feet behind me closer to the entrance. but one of the poll workers told them that they had to move it a little farther back. i presume that ed gillespie made it public that he was going to be voting here at 7:30 east coast time. i guess that's why the chicken has shown up here and presumably the two gentlemen standing in front of it blew it up. so, i'm not even sure exactly what the purpose of it is other than perhaps to greet ed gillespie as he comes to cast his ballot. steve: the chicken has come home to roost in front of where he is going to vote. griff, thank you very much. ainsley: it is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. texas still in shock after

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♪ ♪ steve: 7:24 here in new york city. time for quick headlines. the supreme court approving the execution of a cop killer, even though that man says he can't remember his crime. vernon mad disson ambushed an alabama police officer in 1985, but madison says after several strokes he has no

memory of it the ruling reduces a lower court's decision to prohibit his execution. and, a somali born u.s. citizen charged with plotting to kill american troops now asking for a lighter sentence. this ohio man admitted to traveling to syria in 2014 and training with al qaeda. prosecutors wanted 23 years behind bars. but he wants leniency because he never went through with his plan. all right. that's some of the news, ainsley. ainsley: thank you, steve. it was the deadliest church shooting in u.s. history. 26 killed during a sunday morning service at a small baptist church in texas. the victims ranging from 18 months to 77 years old. so how can christians, how can people of faith stay faithful after such a horrific attack at a place of worship? joining us now is the president of samaritan's purse that does all kinds of wonderful things around the world and the president of billy graham evangelica

evangelicallistic association joining us now. am i saying it right? evangelistic. ainsley: we wanted you to have you on the show because you are so special. your family is so special. the presidents so many have looked to him in time when our country is in need. we wanted to ask you how do we as people of faith find faith in a tragedy such as this or how do we continue to keep our faith. >> first of all, ainsley, god loves us. we know that and the bible tells us that god understands pain. he september his son from heaven to this earth to take our sins. and he died on a cross for our sins. god understands. he understands. loss, he understands death, he understands pain. but in the middle of all of, this god loves us and he does care for us. every one of those people as he took his last breath there on the floor of that church, their next breath was in the presence of almighty god. and for everyone who puts their faith and trust in

jesus christ, we don't have to worry about where we are going to end up. we know we will be in the presence of god for eternity. we are all on this earth for a short time, ainsley. our life is all going to come to an end one day. and the question is are we going to be in god's presence or are we going to be separated from god for eternity? and the only way we can come to god is through jesus christ. jesus said i'm the way,ened the truth and the life. no man comes to the father but by me. ainsley: some people are asking if god is all-knowing and in control, then why would he allow something like this to happen in a church, in a place of worship in his house? >> well, first of all, i don't think god allows things like this to happen. we know that there is evil in the world. we know that there is a devil. and the bible says that he is the god of this age at this time. and he's the one who wants to see death. he's the one who wants to see storms. he is the one who wants to

see people's lives destroyed. and so i put the blame where it belongs. on his doorstep. but the point is the victory is through faith in christ because this earth is passing away. and we need to be ready to stand before god one day. i'm ready. i was 22 years old when i asked christ to come into my life. and so i know that i'm ready. and when that day comes for me, whether i'm in an airplane crash or sitting in a church pew and somebody sits he or have a car wreck or just die of cancer, whatever the case i'm ready to go because i gave my life to christ when i was 22. ainsley: i was 21. i remember that day vividly, october 19th, 19 the 7. today your dad's birthday. >> amen. >> 99 years old. how are you going to celebrate this day so special. >> he is entering not only 9 today but he is entering 100th year and all year we are going to be looking back at some of the watershed marks in his life. the people that he has touched. we're asking people if my

father impacted their life, to go to billy graham.org and there's a place where you can tell your testimony. tell what happened to your life. how you came to know christ through my father's ministry. that's billy graham.org. and we just want to all year long we want to try to catalog as many testimonies as we can of people's lives that were affected by my father. he has known 13 presidents. and nobody in history has had that much political affiliation, 13 presidents, democrats and republicans. and he also, ainsley, he had a chance to speak to over 20 million people in person. no person in history has ever spoken to that many people face to face. ainsley: he is such an icon. if he ever gives any interviews. tell him i want to be in line first, please. is he so special to our entire family. >> i will tell him. ainsley: god bless you. god bless your family. thanks for shedding light on such a horrific story for us. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. the left has been calling for more gun control after the church shooting. the gunman was denied a

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houses from where i'm standing right now. the youngest victim here 18 months. the oldest 77. and more, we're told, would have been shot and likely killed if it wasn't for two men. the first one was john any langendorff. he was the one we met yesterday when willeford flagged him down. willeford lived across the street. his daughter heard gunshots from the church. he ran out, grabbed his rifle. he was bare foot and opened fire, engaged the shooter, and then flagged down langendorff, got in his truck and chased him down about 10 miles away until the suspect or shooter, i should say, crashed his car and then took his own life. that interview was one everyone was waiting for. and he says he's no hero. take a listen. >> the family, and every time i heard a shot, i knew that that probably

represented a life. i was scared to death. >> scared to death but unafraid to take on that shooter here in south texas. the memorials are continuing. there was one last night. there is one planned again for tomorrow night. there is still several people, of course, in the hospital, including two children at university medical center. as that goes on, we also have heard more from the pastor and his wife. they are not here during the shooting nearly 48 hours ago. their teenage daughter was. she was killed. this is the pastor's wife talking about how close the members were of their congregation. >> now most of our church family is gone. our building is probably beyond repair. and the few of us that are left behind lost tragically yesterday. >> unbelievable tragedy that's for sure. as we give it back to you

guys, obviously the revelation last night the air force is opening up an investigation and the fact that that conviction back in 2012, which put him in jail for a year in southern california, was due to the fact that he beat up his ex-wife and also cracked the skull of his infant stepson. back to you guys. steve: that's right. brian: that's why he was court martialled, right? >> yes, absolutely. that's why. ainsley: unfortunately the air force did not enter in that information into the national database. let's bring in dana loesch, the nra spokesperson to talk about this. dana, so many people are asking questions how could this happen? air force didn't do their job, they didn't put in the national database, it has nothing to do with gun control, right? >> well, and that's the big question. and thank you all so much for having me on this morning. and stephen willeford is a hero and johnny langendorff. he was there to prevent this being from being worse than it already was. i'm so grateful for those

two men. to your question, we have been told for so long by a lot of the politician calling for gun control and called for gun control in the hours after this tragedy, we have been promised by them that the system was going to work and that the background check system in place, the nic system by the way that the nra pioneered and created, that this was going to work. the nra has fought for 20 years to make sure that people who are adjudicated mentally unfit that these records are added to the system. but then we keep seeing these occurrences that are taking place and people who are able to purchase a firearm because of human era. or because they fell through the system. these laws need to work and they need to be enforced. i want to make a huge put them in numbers for people to understand. think of it like this. 38 states report fewer than 80% of felony convictions to the system. that means that there are 7 million convictions that are left out there in the dark. steve: right. >> is that in aurora

theater? is that another individual like this murderer? this is why the law has to be enforced. politicians have to call for the law to be those adjudicated mentally unfit and been through their due process and have their due process with this and that's the huge thing. also, when you look at felony convictions, there is decrease in operation prosecutions for felony gun charges. we have talked about this before on your program. and in 2010, here you had 80,000 -- 80,000 prohibitive processors who tried to purchase a firearm. that's an actionable offense. and, yet, guess how many of those were prosecuted? 44. it reminded me of the time that joe biden told a bunch of reporters on a conference call the daily caller reported, this he said and i quote: we simply do not have the time to go and prosecute everyone who lies on a 4473. guys, this has to change and politicians have to call for it. especially the ones calling for gun control today. steve: that's right. because out shooter did check a box. he lied there.

plus, the air force fell down and they allowed him to then get that gun. didn't get a dishonorable discharge. he had what is called a bad conduct designation. dana, going back to your earlier point, saluting the bare foot plumber, the sharp shooter who actually made things -- things could have been a lot worse, have you neglected to mention he was at one point in his life an nra instructor. >> and that's what i was coming to and i'm so glad that you brought that up and nra member i might add. is he a certified nra instructor and nra member. one of the good guys that authorities said earlier and told the press they can attribute to the fact that there was no further loss of life. and thank heavens that there was. this man, i know he doesn't consider himself a hero, but i do. and i know his friends do. and i know other people who could have been impacted. we don't know where this murderer was going to go after this. but the fact that he was

engaged and statistically that's what happens. when evil is engaged by good, evil flees. these evil guys flee. we have seen that in fbi europe form crime reports. we have seen that in crime statistics and seen that in law enforcement write ups in some cases it flees. steve: dana loesch joins us from texas. a lot to talk about today. >> thank you so much. ainsley: hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: good morning to you guys and to you at home as well. let's talk about this, suspended florida university are a a freshman is found dead. phi kappa phi fraternity pledge coffee found dead. al student in another fraternity is facing cocaine charges. >> we can't police 42,000 students. i don't intend to do that. that's not what we are here to do. we are here to educate them. on things like, this they have got to be part of the solution. jillian: it's unclear at this point how long the suspension will last. a woman who flipped off

president trump's motorcade says the move cost her her job. >> jean, you're fired. you're fired, you're fired. >> julie briskman raised her finger at the president as his motorcade passed her bike in virginia last month. after posting the photo online she claims her employer, a government contractor, fired her for violating the company's social media policy. brisk map says she has no regrets. senator bernie sanders infamous message could soon have a successor. >> we are going to go forward with a political revolution. ready for a political revolution. >> political revolution. >> sanders' stepdaughter corinna chris call seen to the right of him is going to run in verlgton, vermont. she says she will make a decision by the end of the month. those your headlines. steve: the family business. thanks, jillian.

ainsley: thanks, jillian. brian: maybe she will be a socialist, too? steve: who knows? brian: maybe they will discuss that. remember when james comey said this about hillary clinton's emails? >> there is evidence that there they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. brian: turns out that wasn't his first choice of words. we'll explain. steve: we will. pete hegseth is having breakfast with friends in virginia beach, virginia. it's election day down there. hear from the friends after they. ainsley: he's texting his family. i'm going to be on soon. steve: yep. he is right. ♪ ♪ ♪ don't make me wait ♪ nancing for 72 months across the full line of ford cars, trucks and suvs! and just announced... get 0 % apr for 72 months

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>> well, you know, it is because there is actually a memo where he -- why know now that that is -- was his original intention to call it grossly negligent. but it's not surprising, steve, and i think it's because even when he made the announcement last year in july, july 2016, and came out, and made his own decision not to pursue charges, there were a lot of people up in reasonable medical certainty a. even people within the fbi. remember, they weren't the only ones investigating. this wasn't just a comey, mccabe investigation. there were a lot of fbi agents who put in so many hours, had been investigating this for a long period of time. they had seen and even in his own statement some criminality, but he decided upon himself, instead of giving it over to justice department. it didn't need to go to then attorney general loretta lynch. i know he was concerned about her. it could have been left up to somebody else to present the fact as the fbi does and let them make the decision whether or not it was

prosecutable. steve: because ultimately the fbi director, sarah, is not the decider. it's the department of justice. he went out there and he had a press conference with 100 cameras there and he said the show is over. everybody go home. >> yeah, absolutely. there was a lot of concern. even among sources that i spoke to in federal law enforcement who were outraged by this. i mean, seriously outraged by. this and now i think, now as we see this onion appealing back anonion peelingback. the senate judiciary committee may ask him to come and testify. steve: was i looking online after this story broke late yesterday, and some people are suggesting well, kind of looks like he is taking a side. he his thumb on the scale. >> well, think about this. at that point in time, there were so many people, even if you talked in the washington bubble. people were not, in washington, were so the not seeg what was happening across america. they all believed that hillary clinton was going to be the next president. steve: right. >> let's just put it into

politics. the politics of the matter was they didn't want to push charged or pursue charges against somebody they thought was going to be the next president. steve: exactly. >> this is what -- that's it. so now everything is unraveling because she didn't become president. so all of these little pieces of the puzzle are coming stog, it's unraveling, and now we are aware of what was going on. now, the next step, really is to find out how far this went. and i really believe at this point in time, either the justice department or somebody else, either the senate jewish needs t judiciaryo talk to the fbi agents in the case. those were the people doing the grunt work. steve: we had judge napolitano on a little while ago, sarah. he suggested if the attorney general was watching, he should impanel a grand jury to try to figure out what exactly happened. what will happen? stay tuned. it's the crazy story. all right. sarah carter from circa. thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. steve: all right. it is now about 10 minutes before the top of the hour on this tuesday.

the house pausing for a moment of silence for the texas church shooting victims. one democrat decided he would not stand for the moment of silence and instead go out in the hall to record a message on facebook about gun control. plus, we're going to check back in with pete hegseth. it's election day in the commonwealth of virginia. he's having breakfast with friends. those guys are going to vote. who for? stick around. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you nervous? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ brian: ed gillespie just voted in the virginia elections. this video just came in moments ago on the election day. that's what he is wearing and that's the vest he chose. ainsley: i like the color combo the mint green with the gray. steve: i think we know who

he voted for. ainsley: i'm sure it was himself. pete hegseth joining us from mary's restaurant in virginia beach. pete: half this restaurant has already voted as well. a lot of enthusiasm here. you cannot throw a rock without hitting a navy veteran. virginia beach, virginia is a military town. i have senile it now with two navy veterans roger and alex. roger you were a senior chief 28 years, two tours in iraq. you are going to vote for ed gillespie today. why? >> well, i believe in where he's going with his ideas and this and that i'm not a big fan of how the governor currently is running the state. and i just think we need a change. pete: ed gillespie's embracement of trump's view on things, does that help him here? >> i think it does. i think the country, though there is a lot of division within the country, i think trump is actually trying to help some of that. even though sometimes it doesn't seem that way. but i believe it and

hopefully gillespie can make that happen as well. pete: we will see. it's a tight race. alex, you said you are undecided. >> yes. pete: what would tip the needle for you. >> what would help is the candidate that would best suit the needs of virginia, the commonwealth, and our country. we have such a great divide in the method or process that we need to get there. but whoever is going to do that is who i am going to vote for. i just need to do more research. i haven't done that i'm last minute charlie. pete: there you go. i guess roger will help you out a little bit. >> yeah. pete: you got it move over to a couple other guys one navy veteran. ross thanks for your service as well. a couple great guys they have been talking politics, too. you are voting for ed gillespie why. >> ed gillespie because of veteran issues. number one choice along with the rest of the ticket jill joe gal. military families and military community where 800,000 veterans live right here in virginia. we need to support a candidate.

we need a candidate who supports our veterans and that's ed gillespie. pete: you are undecided. >> i have steered over to gillespie. pete: spent too much time to ross. >> veterans are important. healthcare is important. more jobs in virginia beach, virginia. and in a whole we need more jobs. and better pay and, you know, more opportunity here, yeah. pete: all those are issues that matter to a lot of people. enthusiasm, ross, where do you see it on the democratic or republican side? >> i think it's the republican side. the democrats have been leading the state for a long time. it's time to reverse the trend. our commonwealth needs jobs, jobs, jobs. we need to keep our veterans and families here. that's what we are all about right now. i think the turn is going to the right. think today we are going to see an ed gillespie win. pete: we shall see. if there is a big turnout in virginia beach that's going to be good for ed gillespie they are battling democrats in northern virginia where they are going to try to pull out their voters. >> we will keep the pulse of the people here. thanks for joining us.

steve: pete, thank you very much. ainsley: thanks for serving. steve: speaking of ed gillespie he is going to join us in the next hour. ainsley: country music star tracy lawrnsz is here he has a brand new album collaborating with craig morgan about american heroes. they are here to perform live.

>> i wonder if you would consider extreme vetting. >> if you did what you're suggesting, you might not have had that very brave person go out and shoot him and hit him. >> did identify this individual, but the system failed him. >> the heroic neighbor who helped take down the texas church shooter, he's breaking his silence. >> i'm no hero. i am not. >> i know he doesn't consider himself a hero, but i do. >> when evil is engaged by good, evil flees. >> all eyes are on virginia today where polls have just opened in the high stakes race for the governor. >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless. >> the bombshell memo out revealing that those were not

comey's original words. now changing gross negligence to extremely careless. >> not only 99 today, but he's entering his 100th year, and we're asking people if my father impacted their life. and there's a place where you can tell your testimony. ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: we start this hour with a fox news alert. new disturbing details about what happened inside that texas church where 26 people were shot dead on sunday morning. brian: and was caught on tape. and we're now learning the killer was able to buy the guns he used in the attack because of an air force error. charles: adam housely is live outside the first baptist church with the entire story.

adam. >> yeah. ainsley, we're getting more details what happened inside the church. obviously, it's a massacre. horrible, unthinkable. but now some of those who survived are starting to talk. this morning, we're getting details of a son of a 70-year-old sunday school teacher who was inside this church and survived. she was shot four times in the leg talking about how the gunman just walked in, sprayed everybody, opened fire on the entire congregation, was walking down pew by pew going back to people he had already shot to shoot them again until the torso to make sure they're dead. shooting with cell phone trying to call authorities. she was holding the hand -- this elderly lady was holding the hand of an elder woman while she was shot four times. the other woman, unfortunately, died. she had been shot four times in the legs. she thought she was next as she was praying for her life. she heard a different gunshot. that was from steven willo willowferd, the man calling

the hero in this. ran across the street bear foot, got to the edge of the church and opening fire hitting the shooter in this case, which stopped and actually saved her life and stopped him going to finished up what he had already done. 26 people dead here. and he spoke to local news stations here yesterday for the first time talking about how he is no hero. take a listen. >> i was scared for me. i was scared for every one of them, and i was scared for my own family that just lives less than a block away. i'm no hero. i am not. >> there are a lot of people here in this town and across the country that would disagree with that statement. he would flag down a truck, and they would chase the shooter for ten miles until he would crash his truck into a ditch and take his own life. we know that steven shot him at least twice, according to

authorities, and he's being called a hero a lot. but still, the carnage is unmistakable here. 26 have died. there have been, obviously, multiple prayer services here, guys. there's another planned one for tomorrow night. and we still know there's 13 in the hospital, including four children; right? including four children still in the hospital here, guys, fighting for their lives at this hour. back to you guys in new york. steve: rough story. adam, thank you very much. the shooter shot off 450 rounds inside the church. and as for the citizen who got the call and jumped out, grabbed his rifle, ran across the street bear foot, he has no military training, but he was an nra instructor for a while. and he knew to hit the guy in a spot not near the kevlar. near the vest. hit him in the leg and apparently on a seem, and that's what apparently slowed him down. ainsley: said dad, there are shots firing across the street

at the church. he grabbed his rifle and said every time he heard the shot being fired, that's fine represented a life. the shooter got in his car and when he was driving that 11 miles before he crashed and authorities found him dead, he had called his dad on the way and said dad, he said i've been shot, and i'm likely not going to survive. the vice president and his wife, mike pence and karen pence, they're going to go to south texas to visit with the families and go to that town on wednesday tomorrow. brian: and i'm sure the president will go there when he gets back. on top of that, i think all the military branches have to go through their list, find out who was court-martialed, who was allowed to have a firearm, how they were let go, and i think everyone has to go through their criminal records and find out if the background checks are going to work. if you're not going to file these charges, there's no way these background checks and these gun stores are going to be able to flag criminals and deranged criminals like this one who crack the skull of his stepchild and beats his wife

as well as starves his dog and then gets kicked out of the air force. he should not be able to get a gun. but he got two in colorado, he got two who are in texas. we're going to be talking to the -- ainsley: as wonderful as they are, the headline allowed killer to buy guns. fatal error. going forward, this can't help again. brian: he's wearing a skeleton mask. it gets to the point where the guy next to me is insane and call authorities. and if they were to look into this person's background and say look how crazy he is, look at the problemsed he in the military, we've got to keep an eye on this guy. steve: well, the problem is he didn't get a dishonorable discharge, he got a bad conduct. brian: but he was court-martialed. steve: right. but it was separate. he was court-martialed for domestic abuse and domestic abusers are not by allow allowed to buy law. but he checked off on the

form. ainsley: well, of course they're going to lie. who's going to put that they did do that? and there needs to be a better system. steve: right. had the air force put the system into the database. ainsley: right. they would have put his name into the database and seen. steve: right. so the president of the united states is at this hour in south korea. he's going to be leaving at the conclusion of the day for china. but during the point of availability, he was asked not about the looming dangers of north korea, but about what is going on in texas. and programs it's time for more laws? listen. >> you've talked about wanting to put extreme vetting on people trying to come into the united states. but i wonder if you would consider extreme vetting for people trying to buy a gun. >> well, you know, you're bringing up a situation that probably shouldn't be discussed right now. but it's okay if you feel that's an appropriate question, even though where the heart of south korea. if you did what you're

suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago. and you might not have had that very brave person who happened to have a gun or a rifle in his truck go out and shoot him and hit him and neutralize him. and i can only say this: if he didn't have a gun instead of having 26 dead, you would have hundreds more dead. >> and are you considering any kind of gun control policy going forward? >> when you look at the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation is chicago. and chicago is a disaster. if this man didn't have a gun or a rifle, you would have been talking about a much worse situation in the great state of texas. steve: uh-huh. so we had sean spicer on with us just about an hour ago. and asked whether or not that was an appropriate question, given the venue. and here's what sean said: >> we live in a free country. we have a free press. they can ask anything they

want. it's not a question of whether it's appropriate. it's a question of whether it's topical. and there in south korea, the number one issue is north korea, the threat not only it poses to south korea to the matthews frankly the entire world. you know, i understand the question about do you think the system broke down along the way, which i think we're finding out more and more it did. but the reality, the vetting system derange. this is individual was identified because of the record and because of the actions that they had taken that should have stopped this many hymn from buying a gun. and that's what we should be focusing on so that these tragedies don't happen again. brian: doesn't stop people from tweeting out things that are just not accurate. democrats want every gun out of the country? because they should react, specifically, to what the issue is. it's a mental health issue, number one. and number two, how do you get somebody from turning themself in? and what are the parameters for me turning somebody in if we spot something? ainsley: the problem with doing so much gun control. i mean, i agree. some of the gun stoppers.

steve: the bump stocks. ainsley: i agree. steve: take those out. ainsley: yeah, take those out. but the problem with doing so much gun control, these bad guys, we've seen it time and time again, they're going to get the get the guns if they want them. they're going to steal them or whatever. kate steinle, that was a stolen gun. the problem is if you do gun control, you're taking away guns from people trying to protect their families. this guy, if you would fudd taken away his gun, no telling what the shooter would have done. steve: right. and that's what the president's point was in south korea and also look at chicago. a town with such -- so many gun control laws on the books and yet so much violence. ainsley: right. brian: all right. jillian, you have more to talk about; right? >> that's right. we have some more news that we're following this hour. so good morning to you guys at home as well. let's begin with this fox news alert. a possible terror attack just foiled in france underway right now in the suburbs of paris after social media activity suggested an attack was in the works.

ten people under arrest in a joint operation with police. two suspects, a columbian woman and man believed to have links to isis. one of which was arrested by authorities today. the other as a part of the raids in france. we'll keep you posted as this develops. and two on the run after an orchestrated escape from court. slipping from a bailiff and according to reports, they may have actually used a paper clip to unlock their shackles before bolting outside into a get away car. police say they got a few blocks away before jumping into a u-haul cargo truck. >> the level of sophistication and the brazenness that it takes, that's why we're calling on the public and other allied agencies to help. >> the two men had been facing armed robbery charges. defense lawyers arguing that

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brian: aural eyes on virginia where the polls are open and high stakes race for governor. both parties looking at this, republican ed facing off against democrat ralph. the president tweeting from across the world this: ralph will allow antisecond amendment and horrible on the visual economy. vote ed today. joining us right now on his very busy day. he just voted. gop candidate ed. first off, the president's tweet. does it help? >> well, you know, i appreciate the president's support very much, brian. and if you're going to be governor of the commonwealth of virginia, you better be able to work with the president of the united states. and the vice president and the

cabinet. twenty cents of every dollar of our economy here in virginia is a direct federal dollar, and i'll be able to work with the president to make sure that remains the largest naval base in the world. we're building more ships and submarines. dredging in the port of virginia and getting more transportation dollars to spend in virginia as we see fit. so being able to work with the president has always been important for a governor. opponent has been attacking the president. but, unfortunately, that's not going to be the case. i can tell you from the momentum and the enthusiasm i have seen over the past two weeks in particular, brian, i honestly believe we're going to win this race today. brian: last time, it was so close when you ran for senate. they needed extra weeks to recount and recount and recount again. what did you learn in that close that's going to help you come out on top today? >> well, one thing i is that he understands don't get outspent three to one, and we. able to avoid that in this election and get our message

out. virginians going to the polls today, they know that i'm the candidate that has the plan to get our economy growing again. you know, our economic growth rate here in virginia is 0.6%. we're 39th out of 50 states in economic growth. virginia should be one out of all 50 states, and i truly believe that. and i have a plan to get us there to increase our job creation by 25%, to make our community safer and improve our schools and our transportation system, to make sure we can get home in time to have dinner with our family. so i have a plan for all of these things. 21 specific policy proposals that i put forward, and the voters are seeing that, and they know that this election is not just about the next four years, it's about the next 30 years. this is a very sequential election. truly, the most important in my lifetime. i believe that. brian: so ralph, he believes he can build on terry's momentum. did governor mccaw proceed momentum? >> i don't believe he did. for the five of the past six

years, our economic growth rate has been less than 1%. and we've now got more people moving out of virginia than into virginia. that had never happened before. but for the past three years before, more people moved out than in. and last year, 51% of them took a four-year college degree with them. that is not momentum. that is not something we want to build on. that's something we want to change. and we need to create jobs here and my 10% across the board cut in individual income tax rates would create more than 53,000 new, additional, full-time, good paying private sector jobs. that's a 25% increase. we need those jobs. we need those opportunities. we need our young adults graduating from high schools and college and universities to be able to have a career here in the common bethel of virginia, and my plans will do that. brian: governor, everything's within the margin of error right now. and when it comes to the polls, they really need the margin of error. ed, thank you so much. over in virginia. meanwhile, a fox news alert.

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steve: a fox news alert. the gunman in sunday's church massacre in texas was released with a bad conduct discharge from the u.s. air force after serving 12 months confinement for beating up his and wife child. brian: but the air force

what's being done right now to make sure this doesn't happen again. ainsley: let's ask air force secretary dr. heather wilson. thank you so much for being with us. good morning. so how can we make sure that this doesn't happen again going forward and how did this even happen? steve: now, what happened in texas was absolutely that you feel weekend, and i think all of us were heartbroken. but that's why we lost a full scale review of what happened in this case and everyone like it. brian: what about going through the rolls to find out who else was dishonorably discharged or court-martialed and to see if they are actually labeled correctly. >> that's why we're looking at all of the other cases like it. brian: all branches too? you think they're all doing that? >> the -- we're working with the defense department inspector general to look across the defense department. my responsibility is to make sure the air force is checked. steve: sure. because there are different degrees of, essentially, a badness. if you are dishonorably discharged, that does not necessarily mean you can't get a gun; right? >> that's true. in this case, it should have been reported and put in the

database, and that's why we've launched this complete full scale review to -- of this case. and of all others like it. ainsley: he should not have been able to get a gun; correct? brian: here is ted cruz last night with shannon. >> under federal law, it was illegal for this individual to purchase a firearm. he had a conviction for a crime that's punishable of more than a year in prison, and he had a conviction of multiple domestic violence crimes. both of those, it's already ineligible. but several things happened. number one, the air force -- the obama administration didn't report those convictions to the "ncis" database. that's an endemic problem. it's a problem with the federal government and a problem with the states. and so when he went in to buy the guns, they ran the background check, and they didn't find it because it wasn't in the database. brian: do you see it as a problem? endemic. is senator cruz characterizing

that accurately? >> well, we're looking at all of our databases and all other cases like this. and if it's -- if we find a problem, we'll fix it. we act in accordance with our values as an air force. integrity first and excellence in all we do, and that's what we're doing. steve: let's talk about your priorities as secretary of the u.s. air force. i know that you're concerned about funding because, you know, you could use some more cash to buy some more stuff. >> well, this is the ninth year of the last ten that we've started with a continuing resolution. the budget control act is still the law of the land. and we need to restore the readiness of the force so that those airmen we're about to swear in are trained and prepared to protect this country. so we need to lift those budget control caps and kind of take it off cruise control and let congress drive this one. steve: but where does the money come from, though? it feels congress spends money wisely in every case. >> i'm sorry? steve: it's not like washington spends our money wisely when we send it to

them. >> well, our job is to cost effectively this force and make sure we use every dollar to improve the readiness of the air force. brian: no branch has been leaned on more than the air force. you guys have been nonstop since the first persian gulf war. >> 27 years has been in combat. and our readiness has declined. but that doesn't mean we won't go. if the nation needs us, we'll go. if we're not ready, it means fourier men are going to come back. so our job is to make sure they're trained, ready, and equipped. ainsley: are you happy with the equipment that's made here in america? listen to the president this morning with the president of south korea. he said they're going to spend billions of dollars to buy equipment, military equipment made here in the u.s. because he says it's the best of the best. it's also going to create jobs. are you happy with the equipment and our men and women? are they ready and equipped? >> the equipment that we're buying and modernizing is first rate equipment. but a lot of our equipment is old. we have aircrafts that are older than my parents.

and while a lot of them have been modernized, we also need new equipment, and we're modernizing bombers, tank assets. brian: the budget just passed. in that budget, do you believe the chairman of armed services, which is john mccain, has allocated you guys enough money? >> the budget -- we're still waiting for the defense authorization bill and a budget deal. the proposal that the president put forward as the president's budget starts to turn the corner on readiness, we need steadiness and predictability in order to restore the force. steve: all right. we're here on a big day, and you're going to swear in new recruits. secretary, great to have you. ainsley: thank you. steve: meanwhile, he attacked senator rand paul breaking five of his ribs. but now he, the neighbor claims it was all trivial. could this have been over landscaping? it sounds like it. ainsley: and it is election day. first tuesday of the month, and that's still true in virginia, of course, where

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: wow. ainsley: beautiful. steve: air force band. i have to tell you, the secretary of air force, dr. heather wilson standing next to us singing along. ainsley: hard not to. steve: so you're about to swear in a new series of recruits who are right over there. how -- as we heard earlier, you would like more funding. how about recruiting? how is that going? >> recruiting is going evangelical he. in fact, our recruiters from new york are right behind me

here. we are not short of recruits. we need to make sure we keep them once they get to about the ten-year point, and that means we need to be a little bit larger as an air force. brian: so now it's time to, i guess, see if they actually want to take the next step? ainsley: i'm just looking at the young faces, and they're willing to sacrifice everything for our country. thank you, all. that is the ultimate sacrifice. god bless you, each of you. i'm looking at just amazing what they're about to do. this is day one. they haven't even gone through training. steve: about to join the air force. but first, you need to have them repeat after you. >> i'm going to swear them in. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i state your first name. do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. against all enemies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the fame and

that i will obey the orders of the president of the united states. and the orders of the officers appointed over me. according to the regulations and the uniform code of military justice. so help me god. you are now airmen. ainsley: that's amazing. [applause] steve: that is awesome. ainsley: are your parents watching? did you call your parents? i know they're so proud of you. thank you so much for serving. what an honor. steve: all right. so, secretary, where do they go from here? do they report immediately to work? >> they are going to basic training. some of them will start in january, so some of them a little bit delayed and get to have the holidays with their families. but i talked to them before, they're going to all different kinds of jobs, pararescue, intelligence analysts, mechanics, and welders. steve: fantastic for

everybody. anybody watching right now interested in a career in the air force, gee, i wonder how you would contact them. >> you would go online and google air force or call your local recruiter and the new york recruiters are all right here. steve: right there. so don't call them for 15 minutes. brian: congratulations. meanwhile, a round of applause for our new recruits. [applause] here, jillian, you have the other news breaking inside. >> that's right. huge congrats to them. what an exciting time for them, and thank you for your service. these are your headlines this morning. a lawyer accused for the man attacking rand paul says it wasn't political. accused of tackling paul outside his home breaking five of his ribs. but the dispute was over something trivial. neighbors say they disagree over his lawn clipping habits, but he was very vocal about his antirepublican stance.

mexican cartel members sentenced to double life sentences. part of the gang that ambushed agent jamie shooting him at least three times in mexico in 2011. his partner wounded in the attack. more than 90 spent casings from assault rifles found at that scene. five more gang members who have already pleaded guilty will be sentenced today. a major security scare in one of the country's busiest airports. look at your screen. surveillance video showing a man diving onto the luggage conveyor belt behind the american airlines ticket counter at miami international airport. well, then he rides the carousel all the way outside, makes it to the tarmac where airport workers quickly chase and tackled him before police could get there. the man's identity and motive remain unknown. this is a problem most of us can relate to. not getting enough sleep. >> somehow, i dosed off and woke up in a pile of garbage.

>> somehow you've had an hour and 20 minute sleep in three days. >> but now a new study warns sleep deprivation can be just as dangerous as drinking too much. researchers say lack of sleep like alcohol can slow and impair a person's judgment. sleep deprivation can also cause depression, obesity, and strokes. get that sleep tonight. >> it is so chilly, but you know what? i have new recruits here, and they are keeping me warm. what's your name and where are you from? >> tie reek, and i'm from brooklyn. >> derrick from carolina. >> are these jackets warm? >> yes. >> does anybody want to do the weather with me? anybody want to -- what would you say new york city is right now? >> very cold. [laughter] >> excellent. here are your current temperatures. you want to do some weather with me? okay. give me some current temperatures right now. >> it's 45, so freezing. enough to make me shiver. >> you think i'm being tough. you have to be tough to be in the air force, and you're

shivering right now 45 degrees in new york city. okay. do tampa. maybe that will warm you up. >> 71. really wish i was there. a lot better. >> how about you? >> orlando is 86. >> excellent. >> 67 in new orleans. >> now we're going to look at the radar where we've got a -- no. you think it's cold here? take a look at the northern plains. can you tell me what the current temperature is in bismarck? >> i can't see that without my glasses. ten. >> but without the wind chile, watch this. look what happened. you can't complain now. feels like minus three. steve: hey, do they have air force bases? >> is there anybody that wants to say hi to anybody at home? look at you. you're freezing. bruce, do you want to say, hi, to anybody at home? >> yeah. what's up, mom. >> steve, ainsley, brian, over to you. not bad; right? steve: all right. straight

ahead on this tuesday. ainsley: all right. the polls are in -- they're open, sashed in virginia. they'll be in a few hours. and so is mary's restaurant in virginia beach. pete's having breakfast with friends coming up next. steve: plus, country music star tracy has a brand-new album. he's teaming up with greg morgan. they're both on right now and will perform live on fox and friends in about five minutes. morning, guys,

steve: well, it's a little chilly here in new york city. i wish i was at the beach virginia beach right now. ainsley: can say which is the where pete is. he's at a restaurant called mary's restaurant. because the polls are opening this morning. >> that's right. we're only five blocks -- that's right. polls have been open for a couple of hours. we're only five blocks from the beach. surrounded by surfboards. it definitely feels like virginia

beach. it also has an election day buzz. a vibe. kind of like it felt a year ago. i was in ohio for a diner covering the presidential election. now woulder here at virginia beach covering what i say bell weather race between ed and ralph. linda has voted for ralph three weeks ago absentee. first of all, why did you vote for him? >> i think as a physician, he brings, certainly, high intelligence to the job. and he's a very calm person that i think can help bring us back together. >> ultimately, we were talking. you feel -- do you feel like this election -- virginia election is a referendum on donald trump. >> i do. >> why? >> i think we need some sanity in government again. and i don't think we've had it at the national level. >> interesting. so a lot of democrats are animated by almost resisting trump through voting for -- >> i think some are, but i think the democrats have put up a very good game. >> interesting. we shall say. thank you no joining us. kathy, you voted this morning for ed.

why? >> well, because i think ed can really deal with the issues. ralph says, hey, you know, i'm for the children, but i think he's hiding behind his tweet little ads and not dealing with the sanctuary cities and we just have a lot of military here, and we need somebody to support our military, take care of our military. we need somebody to go out there and work for us. >> you hear military and sanctuary cities. two national issues being animated here at the local level. thank you, both, for your time. i'm going to jump over to this table quickly. rick and his aunt. both trump supporters. do you think he's going to win today. >> guaranteed. >> you're putting a guarantee on it. how are you so confident? >> because i was right about trump. my aunt kate was right about trump. we got it in the bag. >> so you believe the same thing. why do you believe that? >> i believe he's going to win because he's a true virginian. he's for our monuments, he's for our economy, and he's for trump, and we need somebody to back trump and get our country back in order. it's gone crazy.

and trump has finally getting it done. if they will just back him in these establishment republicans will back trump and let's get our country going again. >> guys, here you got it. it's a race between ed and ralph. but the name you're hearing most this morning is donald trump. and we'll see where it goes and whether the polls are right or whether you see another surprise win by ed. being that he's just a little bit behind in some of the more recent polls. fascinating buzz, guys. a lot of folks in uniform joining us. festive environment at virginia beach. we'll see what happens today. steve: thank you, pete. ainsley: thank you, pete. coming up next we have country music star craig lawrence going to join us and perform live with members of their band. >> kevin brady has the toughest job in congress. how does this tax rewrite going? he'll tell us this morning on that. how did the texas killer get his weapons? the ag in texas is here live

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>> good morning. ainsley: and, hey, guys, there are a few of you from the band too. steve: quick. you haven't been with us for about a year, you had an awful year. lost your son to that tragic accident. >> tough year. steve: yeah. it has been. >> you know, day to day. ainsley: how is your wife doing? >> she's okay. she's a spiritual warrior, so -- prayer warrior. brian: so, craig, you're still going to get back to veterans with this song? >> yeah. when tracy called me, i was, first of all, had you heard that tracy would even consider me to be on this project. i've been a fan of tracy's -- you know, he's sooled. >> we've known each other for a long time. >> i started in this business with tracy, and he's always been supportive. steve: you're the only one who called. who else is on this album? >> oh, my gosh luke holmes, luke bryan, jason aldean, tim mcgraw.

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