>> president trump celebrating a booming economy, tweeting today, quote, our country has tremendous future potential. what that means for the midterms and your 401(k). white house trade director counsel peter navarro with us. >> plus, as the senate judiciary committee prepares to vote on president trump's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. our scotus panel is here with their report card on the hearing. leland: will the president shut down the government for border wall and new insight into his calcul calculus. ♪ welcome to america's news

headquarters from washington. i'm leland vittert. get this, 60 days to the midterms, things this summer haven't been exciting enough. >> well, this week hasn't been exciting enough. leland: it was boring, what did we just talk about. kristin: the kavanaugh hearings, the anonymous op-ed. kim kardashian was at the white house. leland: i missed that, happens. kristin: never a dull week and this was particularly wild. he's leland vittert and i'm kristin fisher. president trump is talking about tariffs and impact on apple. apple prices may increase, but there could be a solution where there would be zero tax and indeed a tax incentive. make your products in the united states instead of china, build new plants now. exciting. he's tweeting about the growing economy and jobs. we've got ellison barber live at the white house. break it down for us. >> the unemployment rate is at a 18-year low and on twitter president trump says he's just

getting started, but former president barack obama says the president, president trump and this administration are taking credit for something that they didn't really do. >> by the time i left office, household income was near its all-time high and the uninsured rate had hit an all-time low and wages were rising and poverty rates were falling. i mention all of this just so when you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let's just remember when this recovery started. >> he was trying to take credit for this incredible thing that's happening to our country. if the democrats got in with their agenda in november of almost two years ago, instead of having 4.2 up, i believe honestly, you'd have 4.2 down. you'd be negative. >> the economy is doing well. the president wants to focus on that, but words written anonymously in new york times editorial are overshadowing the numbers released by the labor

department. instead of just talking about the 95th month of job growth or hourly earnings increasing by an average of 10 cents, people, including the president are talking about the unnamed senior administration official who say they and many other senior administration officials are working from the inside to frustrate parts of trump's agenda and in their words, his worst inclinations. >> we're going to take a look at what he had, what he gave, what he's talking about, and also where he is right now. supposing i have a high level national security breach and he's got clearance. we talked about clearances a lot. and he goes into a high level meeting, concerning china or russia or north korea or something, and if this guy goes in, i don't want him at those meetings. >> the new york times say they are confident that the department of justice understands the first amendment protects all american citizens

and would not participate in such a blatant abuse of power. and cabinet officials denied writing this op-ed with a news outlet in north dakota, president trump said when he read this four or five people came to mind that could have written this. he did not that i am them he has confidence who wrote this. kristin: you know that president trump is doing everything in his power to figure out who wrote the op-ed. thank you. leland: more on trump and the economy. let's bring in trade director peter navarro. here is your opportunity. you talk about the economic numbers and democrats want to talk about the numbers. and president obama claims to have laid the groundwork. >> the obama thing, it's interesting. i mean, i was on the campaign trail with the president and hillary's surrogates there were always saying how we could never

grow over 2%. when obama left office growth was 1.6%. here we're hitting over 4% in the latest quarter and if you think about it, if you just look at obama's policies, right? are you going to get more growth with higher taxes or lower taxes, right? obama raised taxes. are you going to get growth with more regulation or less regulation? obama raised regulations faster than almost any other president in history. so there's no -- you know exactly why that economy was growing slow with obama, and of course, all the trade. he was sending jobs off shore just like his predecessors were at the rate. we lost over 70,000 factories and 5 million jobs since 2000 because of his policies and his predecessor's policies. leland: are you viewing this economic message from the democrats as now running on the trump administration's success? >> what obama is trying to do is

claim credit for the president's success which is absurd. because this president is putting together a resume' on the economy and national security historically will rank the greatest president in modern history for the first two years of his term. incredible. leland: the american people aren't stupid. they don't need to be told how the economy is doing and they feel it in their pocket book. >> and it's reflected in the industry. we have consumer confidence and business confidence at historic highs right now. leland: we do, but also, the recent polling about not just the president's approval numbers, but how he's handling the economy is even or underwater. why is that? >> i think what we're trying to do is communicate our message. leland: are you doing a good job of it? >> well, what the left likes to do, what a lot of the fake news like to do is obfuscate things. and do you ever use a laser pointer and the cat--

>> okay, who is the cat and who is the laser pointer? >> the laser pointer is the news outlets that want to take us away from the economic news. leland: and the cat is. >> the cat is whoever is not watching. leland: common, doesn't the president have a little bit of, you could say blame or responsibility for also pointing a laser pointer? not at all. >> we're here today. think about what's going on here. instead of talking about all the good economic numbers, we're talking about why we're not talking about the good economic numbers. leland: we're talking about the good economic numbers. >> let's do some of of the numbers. 3.9% unemployment. leland: right. >> right? and one of the most things that i'm most happy about is the fact that we've pulled almost a million people into the work force that we said during campaign weren't counted in the work force. these were ones discouraged by the obama policies. leland: you agreed with me earlier when i said that people

don't need to be told whether the economy is good or not, they feel whether the economy is good or not. my question is, why aren't we hearing the feedback from america in polling and in general, hey, the economy is great? the administration keeps telling us it's great. why hasn't that feeling permeated down? >> i'm not connecting with you on that because if you look at consumer confidence, it's over 80%. leland: fair point. >> business confidence, highest levels. if you look at manufacturing confidence. as an economist, you can look at the numbers today, right, but what i like to do is look where the numbers are going to go. leland: okay. >> so if you combine high business confidence with high rates of investment and the ism manufacturing index coming out, which projects, that means that the investment driver of our economy is going to be pushing us, and if you combine high consumer confidence with growing wages, and we're finally--

>> low regulation. >> great numbers tomorrow. leland: and you have been an advocate of some of the president's tough trade policies and tariffs. this is running online by the national retail federation. take a look, we'll get your response. >> class, what are tariffs? anyone know? >> i'm not sure, but my best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend says tariffs could raise prices on clothes to cars. i guess it's pretty serious. leland: ben stein goes on to agree, and-- do tariffs and continued tariffs that president trump talked about air force one yesterday, and tariffs on another $200 billion of chinese goods, the markets go down on that news. do tariffs in a trade war have the ability to put cold water on everything you just talked about? >> what tariffs have done so far have stimulated tremendous amount of investment in this country and a tremendous amount of job growth. if you look where the tariffs

are in place so far. solar, dishwashers, steel, aluminum. in all of industries, we've seen investment off shore and coming in and creating new jobs. here is the problem. those who learned econ 101, they're told tariffs are bad. if you're competing against china and china had auto tariffs at 25% and you have 2.5% or competing against germany and their tariffs are 10% on autos and ours are 2.5. what happens? what happens with germany is a huge-- >> so this-- >> deficit with germany and sell a lot more cars here. leland: this goes back to the president's argument zero tariffs and we're happy. >> we want reciprocal tariffs and the president's dumping unfair trade practices is job inducing. leland: thanks for coming in on a saturday. as always. kristin: president trump is on

the hunt for the senior administration official who wrote the anonymous op-ed. he told he believes it's narrowed down to four or five people, but he wants his attorney general to investigate. for more insight let's bring in dan palmer. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. kristin: let's play the game that everyone in washington is playing. who do you think wrote it? >> you know, i have no idea, but this whole week, kristin, reminds me that this is a national power struggle. we've been going at this since before the 2016 election, and the surprise election of donald trump shocked the establishment and so people who are loyal to the status quo, managing the decline, profiting at the expense of the american public, are fighting tooth and nail, hammer and tong, every way they can to both restore themselves to power and to thwart this president's agenda. this is a confession of a

dereliction of duty. kristin: dan, arguably this was not a good move for our democracy didn't make us look good. you can't deny this also does not make the trump administration look good as well. how is this going-- how much does this hurt his presidency? >> i'm actually giddy over it. i mean, we've had a situation where trump has intuited that his offices are being wire tapped. everyone discredited him and said, no, it's not happening. and it turns out with the fisa court authorizations, it was happening. and now, he's been saying, look, i'm being thwarted by the deep state or whatever you want to call the entrenched bureaucracy that serves itself at the expense of the american public and lo and behold we have a confession on the op-ed page of the new york times. i think time and time again, in this epic struggle for power between the american people on the one hand and the self-serving culture of washington on the other, we found that trump's instincts are correct.

i actually think this has back-fired on this individual and when they're outed, we'll find out they're lower level than they claim to be and prepping for a book they want released or job resume'. i think it's really self-serving and dereliction of duty and appalling. depending where the person sits in the bureaucracy, it could be a national security issue. i doubt it, but it's possible. kristin: and that's what president trump is saying, it's a national security issue and a threat to our democracy. what do you make of president trump's statement that he doesn't just want the white house to investigate, he wants his attorney general to look into this and find who wrote it? >> i think this is pointing, again, to this institutional problem we have where the department of justice is sitting on its hands. the fbi has been implicated in, frankly, their own interference with the 2016 election, and i

think he's exasperated at the lack of action on the part of the attorney general and the department of justice and with good cause. i mean, lois lerner, for god's sake who approved the clinton foundation's 501 c-3 and gave away 6% of receipts and went on to thwart the tea party movement in different election cycles, suffers no consequences. there's a whole culture of no consequences for bad axe actions and i think that's driving this president nuts and frankly the american people. kristin: we could talk about this all day. before you go i want to ask you one more thing. you used to work on senator ted cruz's campaign and senator cruz and president trump had not very nice things to say on the campaign trail back in 2016, but now president trump is going to be campaigning for senator cruz headed into the midterms. so how does that work? >> i'm gratified to see that. look, that was an extremely hard

fought, bitter, primary fight. there was a lot of very nasty things said and you know, frankly it got under cruz's skin and i think that may be regrettable and i think he understands where the nation's priorities are and he's been a very loyal and effective leader in the united states senate. and i think trump recognizes that and wants him to continue to serve in that capacity. i mean, what a disaster if we get o'rourke who wants to gut ice and have health care free for everybody. it's that kind of madness on the left that's taken over the democratic party, really has to be checked. i think that trump recognizes that and so does ted cruz. kristin: trump has been able to turn out the base in the special elections and primaries. see if he can do it for senator cruz. >> i think he will. kristin: great to see you. be sure to tune into fox news

sunday with chris wallace, check your local listings for time and channel and howard kurtz will talk about the latest coverage of new york times's op-ed, that and bob woodward's book. don't miss it. leland: the new supreme court terms starts in a few months and that gives the senate time to approve brett kavanaugh. a lot to digest. >> it wasn't boring. to remember the goal of the democrats was to force brett kavanaugh to make some kind of an error. after several days of brutal hearings his supporters feel almost certain he will be confirmed. throughout the hearings, democrats complained that they hadn't received all of the documents from judge kavanaugh's records that they wanted and lake this week, senator cory booker made a show by releasing confidential documents that were not cleared for the public. >> this is an unjust sham rule

to try to prevent documents being seen by the american people and i'm standing on this hill and if they want to kick me out of the senate, so be it, bring it. >> republicans say that's the latest example of democrats grasping at straws trying to stop judge kavanaugh's confi confirmati confirmation. >> the senate is is a joke much of the time. and that was consistently dishonesty if the way people would ask questions. >> and a number of democrats were considered possible candidates for 2020. and the president looked at judge kavanaugh's, and he's a great scholar and great mind and intellect and a great personment and the screaming and the shouting, and the way they've treated him and the court system and the system itself is shl who. now, they're all running for

president, i hope. i hope. we dream about them. >> two of the leading topics throughout the hearings were judge kavanaugh's views on the mueller investigation and abortion. and the latter is takely important because the two republican senators are lisa murkowski and susan collins who said they could not vote for a nominee who overturned roe vs wade and kavanaugh continued to say that case was decided and precedence. the republicans have enough votes to confirm on their own as long as in undefect. but they expect a few democrats as well. and last year, three confirmed neil gorsuch. and this coming up hearing, we expect to have a senate judiciary committee vote on september 20th and following week a vote for the full senate

likely on the 26th enough time to be seated on october 1st when the new supreme court term begins. leland: what's amazing, throughout this whole time the names you just mentioned collins and murkowski on the republican side and heitkamp and donnelly and manchin on the democratic side. the same names we were talking before the hearings and after the hearings. we will have a panel with their take aways on the kavanaugh confirmation hearings. were any minds changed? that's coming up in a couple of minutes. kristin: coming up, bombarding the last rebel strong hold in the country. we'll go there with the latest. could washington be headed to another government shutdown over immigration and the wall. we'll look at serious efforts underway to avoid that.

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>> u.n. special enjoy says that yemen is on a path to peace. i'm pretty sure we've heard something like this before. and this is despite the rebels weren't at the talks with the government. optimism. the rebel group said they wouldn't participate until they looked at who was fighting in yemen for years. at least ten people have died as a result of the fighting that continues. kristin: well, syrian government forces and russian war planes carry out dozens of air strikes in a rebel-held area according to the observatory for human rights. in a movement caught by one day after turkey's call for a cease-fire. and joining us live from the mideast bureau with more, hey, jenning min. >> hi, kristin. as you say tensions are across syria on so many different fronts. so many people have been dreading this. there are an estimated 3 million

civilians and estimated 10,000 al-qaeda-linked fighters. today the syrian fighters and russian war planes killed civilians, including a woman and children. and there have been use of barrel bombs. the attack a day after leaders of iran, russia and turkey met in tehran where putin and rouhani said they were going with annihilation of the terrorists and turkey argued for a cease-fire arguing that it had rebel groups on the side of the battle and could not handle an influx of refugees. as they're preparing for the bombardment. the u.n. warned them not to target civilians and the u.s. military was considering all options if chemical weapons were used and also said there had been signs syria was preparing to do so. now, in a separate incident on friday, in the southwest of the

country, where u.s. special forces have the base to counter isis, more and 100 u.s. marines launched an air assault and artillery fire, to quote, send a strong message to russia. twice in the last week alone, russia has said that it's going to conduct a military operation in the area and twice the u.s. has had to warn them off. now, this battle would surely mean an end to the syrian war and hand victory to assad and it's what comes next what people are worried about and already we're seeing people jockeying for position. and they would not take them out of iran, you have russia, turkey, kurds in the north battling for position and the battle may be soon underway and at an end. and it's so dangerous. kristin: thank you so much. later in the show, fox news strategic analyst general jack keane will discuss the situation on the ground. president trump has proven twice in two years he's not afraid to

take military action against the assad regime. leland: and what's often time forgotten there's a third time that the u.s. took major military action the time that russian contractors attacked that u.s. special forces basement there were 300 russians contractors killed, both the united states and russia sort of downplayed that incident, but what is set up and what benjamin alluded to is another conflict just like that potentially in this battle and as the general has said before, there needs to be a completely clear message sent to the russians, talking about how that message will be sent. kristin: yeah, and you used to be over there, you spent a little bit of time in the middle east. leland: a little bit of time. kristin: how worried do you think that the russians and assad regime is that the trump administration could do something again. leland: not nearly as worried as the israelis about the iranians across their border. still ahead, we'll reflect on key moments of brett kavanaugh's

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kavanaugh's supreme court c confirmation hearings on friday. they drilled down on affirmative action and abortion rights and tried to paint him as a supporter of president trump. here is case western professor. and jonathan, i'll start with you. did we learn anything in the hearings that would derail his confirmation? >> i don't think so. i mean, we learned that brett kavanaugh is a highly accomplished and very intelligent federal judge who has the qualifications we typically want for a supreme court nominee. and we learn that it's part political theater when they try to trip the nominee up or represent the record to oppose him. we know he's a qualified nominee and i think it's likely, he'll

be concerned. kristin: democrats certainly tried to land some kind of blow, but it doesn't seem like they were able to land anywhere close to a fatal blow. what do you think? >> well, i mean, obviously, the republicans have the votes to confirm judge kavanaugh if they choose. i think the last couple of days we've seen troubling questions raised about the level of his candor with the senate, particularly with the documents that have been coming out with respect to, you know, his participation in controversial political decisions and his earlier testimony to the senate. i think those things are really troubling and carry long-term consequences for the judge. i also think, frankly, that the sort of -- the maneuvers to keep documents hidden for somebody who has and was known to have such a long written record is not very-- doesn't really inspire confidence in the process because it certainly leads to

questions of the kind that many senators have been asking, which is what are they trying to hide and the trickle of documents that has come out over the last couple of days have suggested there are serious questions in the documentary record. kristin: one of the big moments during these hearings was cory booker coming out and saying that he was having a spartacus moment and saying he was going to release the e-mails previously confidential about kavanaugh reportedly saying that racial profiling should be done in the wake of 9/11. it turns out that he did not say that at all, that he was against racial profiling in the wake of 9/11 and that those e-mails were not classified at the time he released them. so, jonathan, did this help him at all? >> i don't think. like i said, these inyekweequiie more about political theater. most allegations don't hold up when you look at the level.

and brett kavanaugh was accused about the participation of programs, before it had begun or created. and like i said, it's political theater. people are trying to score political points. i don't think it's really focusing on the substance of what we want from a supreme court nominee. kristin: let me get to fisa. what do you think of booker's spartacus moments? >> there's certainly some controversy whether or not the documents were, in fact, confidential at the time he released them or not. it seems that certainly all the senators on the panel seemed to think so. i think to the point though of the substantive point about what the documents show about judge kavanaugh's views on various issues. i do think they have been helpful. you're right, jonathan, sometimes they have been overplayed, but other times they are quite telling. for example on the racial profiling example you raised. he doesn't exactly say no, don't

do racial profiling. he says, well, maybe racial profiling is okay for a short period of time. you have to actually look at the documents carefully and i think they are revealing. of course, there's a lot of political theater involved in these hearings and there always is, nothing new. kristin: this one seemed like a bit more political theater than most. i've got to go quick. to both of you, do either of you think any democrats are going to cross over? >> one or two, maybe. >> yeah, i agree with that. kristin: okay, well, we'll find out in a few days, maybe about it week. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. kristin: leland. leland: all right, 60 days to the midterms and by 60 days, 60 days from today and many of the president's supporters continue to ask, where is the wall? funding for it is unlikely to come in the september funding bill, but in a nod to his base, president trump tweeting his support for a new bill that will make it easier to deport illegal immigrants for a wide variety of criminal defenses. gillian turner joining us.

under ordinary circumstances this bill on the house floor would have been a huge deal and it almost sailed through almost under the radar. gillian: what would ordinary circumstances be. i don't know what that means before. you're right, the house did pass a bill that really redefiance the crimes for which they can be from the states. republicans widely believe it's a much-needed measure that furthers the president's goal for eliminating all criminal aliens from the united states. >> the community safety and security act provides that clarity by precisely and legally defining the phrase, crime of violence, and the related criminal acts that when combined with the element of force are indeed considered violent. gillian: the president lauded the bill's passage through the house via twitter writing under our horrible immigration laws the government is frequently blocked from deporting criminals

with convictions. to deport violent felons. crazy dems opposed. need to get this bill to my desk. and talking about purposely rushing it for a vote. >> instead of ramifications for cases were introduced last week when members were out of town. without any hearing, without any markup, without adequate review by the public, legal experts or stake holders. >> the a.c.l.u., the resource center and national association of criminal defense lawyers have already lined up in opposition, citing concerns that the bill injustly he bes pandz the definition of criminal acts in order for the trump administration to ramp up deportation. this week, the president's border wall was back in the spotlight and looms larger on washington's agenda as well. the president seeming to vacillate over the course of the week ultimately saying he would

and would not consider shutting down the government before the midterms for the issue of border wall funding. leland: you have to wonder if the president is going to sell this bill as a good first step forward border funding. 28 democrats voted yes. pressure headed into the senate vote for democrats. gillian turner, thanks so much. kristin: ahead, the new york democratic gubernatorial candidates are pushing each other farther to the left. how this could impact the democrats in november. electing our heroes, how one group is pushing for more veterans to run for office. and a big billionaire who is supporting him. (burke) that's what we call a huge drag.

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>> new york state is the state that is suing donald trump for ripping babies from the arms of their mother. new york state is the state that says we will not cooperate with

ice, they're a bunch of thugs. leland: all right. new york governor andrew cuomo blasting ice during a debate with the governor's race challenger, cynthia nixon for the primary. the primary coming up. cuomo has moved farther to the left as you can see to appeal to voters who leaned towards nixon. hear is the democratic strategy, good to see you, buddy. i get why the democrats had to run farther to the left as incumbents are challenged. is that good strategic ie, for the general election? >> it definitely works in new york, and further left state. it will not work outside of the country, if you get away from the coastal regions where democrats are among, to, but where they're going to be effective, a more moderate message to bring to a more diverse base. in new york this is what cuomo.

in 2014, 2016 he could walk about reaching across-- >> is this a down swing for democrats in the states that now they're going to have to answer for the craziest among them in new york and california? >> at least we have moderating voices. you have other more moderate voices and candidates out there to show that the democratic party is a big tent, is a diverse tent and concentrate issues like workers. leland: what happens when stacy abrams is forced to answer for andrew cuomo's sound bites calling ice thugs? is it akin in 2010 when the republicans were forced to answer for the most crazy tea party zealots? it didn't work out so well. >> exactly. you have to make distinctions

between the coastal democrats and the democrats across the country. you don't have the same policies and demographics. democrats have to focus on criminal justice reform, workers rights and fair trade practices. the far left democratic agenda items is why they've lost elections in the last ten years, they were focused on coastal issues. leland: this, as many would tell you was a turning point in the 2016 elections and cost democrats up and down the ballot a lot of votes. take a listen to the former democratic nominee. >> you could put half of trump supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic, you name it. leland: buzz feed now reporting that hillary clinton is back on the fund raising trail hosting a

figure fundraiser in new york city. is this a gift to the republicans in the swing states that now every democrat is going to have to answer for hillary clinton again? , anytime hillary clinton is around, it's a gift for the republicans. you must understand that when you have these relics of the '90s, the clinton, the bidens, john kerry is talking about running in 2020 now. those are benefits for republicans. that's not where the republican base is-- >> i've got 20 seconds so you know this. are democrats going to be forced to somehow, some way, try to make the clintons, the bidens, the kerrys go away and how do they do it? >> the same way, crowley losing to cortez and presley winning, and the new generation is taking the place of the older generation. what they're going to have to do is find out how to pass that mantle on and realize their time has passed. leland: well, cuomo-nixon, we'll

see if it's governor cuomo's time on tuesday night. robert patillo from atlanta. great conversation as always, my friend. >> thanks, leland. leland: be good. kristin. kristin: ahead, a group of young veterans are vying for their seats in congress and getting a major political backing. we'll talk to the man behind this push with a new coalition in congress coming up. david. what's going on? oh hey!

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>> it's why i'll ask politicians and insurance companies to lower the cost of health care and drugs. and that's why i use these tattoos. that from a congressional candidate from texas. she's one of 33 military veterans endorsed with the pact, with honor. to elect the next generation of veterans to congress and now it's receiving support from amazon founder jeff bezos. the founder with honor, he's a veteran and i've got to start with this. you've received the support of the richest man in the world and

you've got to be feeling good about that. a $10 million donation, his largest political donation to date. >> we're thrilled to have his and his wife's support. really the first large political contribution, along with a lot of other great americans, large and small across the united states. some great business folks like julian robertson and david jones, founder of humana. they're coming across with the mission to do something different, which is elect a cross-partisan group of vets. help lower the barriers of entry forms because the cost of elections are so ridiculous. kristin: here you have all of this money from bezos to help 33 candidates that are running for the house in the midterms. 14 republicans and 19 democrats. give us an idea how you selected these candidates. >> yeah, so we support republicans, democrats, and independents, 50-50 is our target for our support. kristin: pretty close, 14-19.

>> in terms of dollars. about 50-50 on the dollar side and we're raising $30 million, we're at 20. which we're thrilled about and this is a group of of vets that we start with character and we have a pledge on our website at withhonor.org and they pledge to wo working across the aisle and vets after september 11th and how to put the country first. kristin: for those who don't know, can you explain why this pac was so necessary now? >> the record high level of polarization and dysfunction is no secret to anybody in the united states, but what's exciting, we've had a surge of veterans that have run this cycle. over 400 veterans for u.s. house seats alone have run and now there are about 200 left. we've endorsed 33 of them are up on our website, they're great americans, a lot of them faced long odds because of the costs, but we're helping to lower those and hopefully get them in office

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>> our two of "america's news hq". our one was a lot of fun. i am leland vittert. >> i am kristin fisher. here's with making news right now. president obama comes out swinging hitting the campaign trail in california today. >> a human rights group says - - are striking the last rebel stronghold in the country. general jack king joins us as those approach america's special forces. >> - - hurricane florence heads for the east coast.

former president barack obama is back. he reentered the political arena with a big speech yesterday and today he's hitting the campaign trail in california to fire up midterm voters. he supporting democratic races in these tight races. >>reporter: he is set to take the stage in about an hour -and-a-half. it's an invitation only event where the former president will try to energize folks to get out and vote for seven democrats. his speech on friday in front of students is any indication, it will likely take shots once again at president trump. he accused the president and republican party of sewing division and resentment. the former president told voters the consequences of staying on the sidelines are dire and the stakes right now are high. >> it did not start with donald

trump. he is a symptom, not the cause. [applause] he's just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years. >>leland: he also accused the president of cozying up to vladimir putin and criticize the administration of fanning the flames when it comes to racial tension. president trump responding to his words. take a listen. >> what did you think of president obama's speech? i said i am sorry, i watched it but i fell asleep. [laughter] i found he's very good. very good for sleeping. >> obama is speaking in orange county.

the democrats are trying to compete for a few gop held districts hoping they can help determine which party controls the house. >> i totally missed what you just said because i was sleeping. i'm so sorry. [laughter] just kidding. but i was surprised by president trump just kind of not taking the bait and not going after the former president barack obama yesterday. >>leland: a little more on that with michigan congresswoman debbie dingell. i'm guessing you might disagree. thank he fell asleep during someone's speech is kind of going after him, isn't it? >> i think it's a way to take a cheap shot at theformer president . i was actually surprised, i agree with kristen. i thought he might fight back harder. >>leland: interesting point. president obama and his speech, talked about how president

trump was capitalizing on resentment to get elected. a lot of the resentment he's capitalizing on was created by president obama himself. >> i will disagree with that. i think a lot of elected officials need to focus on what the issues are being i was very blunt last time that i thought president trump could become president because i think the american people are tired of partisan bickering. they want to see us get things done. the president came into my state and talked about trade. the working men and women of this issues. >>leland: you talk about the issues and we listened to president obama yesterday. this is a tweet by ari fleischer, after the speech by

resident obama, i call on him to denounce louis farrakhan and apologize for having a tentative meeting imposing for a picture with such a bigoted mandate how hard can that be? it brings up your point once again. if president obama isn't focusing on the issues. you listen to most democrats, there spending most of their time trashing president trump. >> i don't. democrats aren't going to win in november. i am debbie downer. i'd rather be a democrat and a republican right now. were not going to win this election being anti-trump. we've got to talk about what we are for and i think that's important for november. >>leland: when it comes to what you are for, the white house has been pushing very hard this week on the economic numbers. we are 60 days to the midterm.

record low unemployment.peter navarro earlier talking about how the economy is on rocket fuel. you are in michigan. when i'm in michigan, use the help wanted signs everywhere. people offering signing bonuses everywhere. how do democrats run on we are going to fix the economy when the economy seems to be going so well? >> it's very easy. first of all, we've got theto s the chaotic trade policy. we've got to find a bill that works. we can't keep doing in this crazy way. we've got to pay a decent wage. workers right now have had stagnant wages. the cost of living have not stayed but their wages have been many instances but we need to pay a minimum wage. it will be on the ballot in michigan. the top one percent is doing really well under this economy but what about working men and women? >>leland: you can't deny that

for working men and women as well, tax cuts have helped. there's more money in their pockets and you yourself talked about president trump coming to michigan talking about trade. the same issue that john james is talking about. should democrats be as worried as debbie downer is? >> i think everybody knows how i feel. i would much rather be where we are right now than a republican because - - you know what i do see out there? i see a lot of people and quite frankly, more republican right now than democrats. women who didn't vote last time are energized. we are seeing that in race after race across the country. i go to breakfast whenever i'm home with a group of conservatives, men, that are just disgusted. everybody's got to vote. i don't care who you are, democracy is better when you vote. but there's a weird dynamics out there right now. >>leland: i think that's an

analysis everyone can get on board with right now. congresswoman, we appreciate you being on as always. good to see you ma'am. >> president trump isn't focusing on what his predecessor said instead, good news out of the white house. unemployment numbers and the low - - rate. >>reporter: these economic numbers are a good thing for the white house and this administration. president trump says this is only the beginning. his predecessor says this administration is taking credit for something they really shouldn't be taking credit for point he says the economy is doing well because of what his administration started. in his speech yesterday, barack obama said by the time he left office, household income was at an all-time high and wages were rising. president trump pushed back on that two different fundraisers yesterday. one of his top trade advisors is now doing the same.

>> the obama thing is interesting but i was on the campaign trail with the president. and hillary's sera goods were always saying how we could never go over two percent. if you think about it, look at obama's policies, are you going to get more growth with higher taxes or lower taxes, right? >>reporter: trade, the economy. the president's trips to - - are a bit overshadowed by the source of the unnamed author who wrote that op-ed in your time saying the president is a moral and thing any success is in spite of his leadership, not because of it. officials are working from inside the administration to try and frustrate part of trumps agenda but he says the department of justice needs to get involved. >> do you think jeff session should beinvestigating the author of the op-ed ? >> i think so because i think it's national security. i would say jeff should be

investigating who the author of that piece was because i really believe it's national security. >>reporter: the new york times said that would be a blatant abuse of government power. he said what they called the presidents threat, those are exactly the reason they need to make sure they are safeguarding and protecting the identity of the author. >> ellison barber live at the white house, thank you. >>leland: reports out of the middle east is that nine people were killed after an attack on a political office in curtis dan. the satellite news says it happens at the democratic party of iranian base and - - they didn't specify what kind of attack but they blamed it on iran. that 600 miles to the south and basra. they fired rockets at the airport and no injuries were

reported. >> overnight a series of massive airstrikes in syria targeting - - the last rebel held stronghold. it comes days after leaders of iran, russia and turkey failed to agree on a cease-fire. for more info, let's bring in former four-star general, jack king. what do these strikes say to you? >> the campaign is beginning. this is the last major campaign that the pro-regime forces backed by russia are conducting. we saw a major campaign last year in aleppo and earlier this year in eastern part of damascus. these are the two major campaigns to consolidate their gains. now this is the last one. what makes this challenging and also why the world's attention is on it is there are 3 million people in residence here. about 1 million+ have come from other parts of syria to seek

refuge and protection there. there's about 20,000-30,000 syrian opposition forces and about 10,000 of those are actually al qaeda. this is a complicated situation. but the way of war that the pro-regime forces use is they've already made 19 bomb attacks. they drop it literally right over people's homes. >> what do you think is the likelihood of the assad regime using chemical weapons again? >> i don't think they need to use chemical weapons to accomplish what they want here. if they do, certainly the united states will react and i think it would be fairly stupid on their part to get that reaction. i thought our reaction the last time was a very modest response and we should have taken down all of his airpower when they used chemical weapons the second time.if they do it for third time, i think our

response would be pretty significant. therefore, the likelihood of them using chemical weapons is slim. but they will create a bloodbath. believe me. the russians use airpower. the first things they bomb, listen to this, or hospitals. they take the hospitals away because therefore, you have no place to bring the wounded. how awful is that? bombing hospitals is a war crime. >> even if they do not use chemical weapons again, is there a chance a mac military and the trump administration decides to do something, even if they don't use chemical weapons? >> we have no leverage in syria. when the russians intervene, they were able to consolidate their gains. we squandered all of the options we had during the obama administration to take significant action. we are out of those options no , other than bringing military force to bear and there's no

political will to do that. this demonstration will not respond that way. i think we are in eastern syria. we do have leverage their to make sure isis does not reemerge to keep our forces there to be sure. what's going on in western syria, we have done the right thing. we have called out the humanitarian crisis that's about to unfold. but we don't have any options. >> no doubt the obama admissions contributed to what's happening on the ground in syria. but president trump, his suggestion that we might withdraw the troops. he's had mixed messaging on this issue. has that hurt u.s. policy over there as well? >> i think it did initially but no policy now is to stay. he's appointed a special envoy, ambassador jeffries was very

accomplished. i spoke to him a couple weeks ago. and u.s. objective is to get the iranians out of syria because there are encroaching on israel and potentially damaging the security situation in northern israel, southern syria. i believe u.s. policy at least for the time being is to make sure that isis does not reemerge, stay in eastern syria with our stay with us led coalition forces and work diplomatically to get the iranians out. >> general king, thank you for coming in and shedding light on a complicated conflict. >> potentially awful situation. >>leland: the north koreans celebrating a major milestone. - - in seoul, korea about what this means on them giving up their nukes. - - is explained the red planet. fisher knows a lot about

selfies. and mars. she will break it down all for you. and residence in bermuda preparing for tropical storm florence. it looks pretty nice right now. it'snow going to - - on what's coming. it does pass south of bermuda by late next week, we will talk about it running up the east coast. i will have details coming up in my full forecast after the break. to be their best, kids need good nutrition.

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that doesn't look too extreme. that is hamilton, bermuda as you can see. residents bracing for tropical storm florence.only in bermuda do they take the flags down and roll them up. experts say the trajectory is unpredictable but they believe it could be upgraded back to a hurricane as it makes its way toward the east coast. florence could bring dangerous rip currents and surf conditions to the united states. north carolina's governor has already declared a state of emergency.

>>kristen: meteorologist - - is in the fox weather southern with more on the tropical storm. how were reduced folks need to be up and down the east coast? this is when you have to pay attention to bid it still a long way off but you have to watch closely because it is going to intensify. the path is still a long ways off so we have to wait and see what happens there. our current track run south of bermuda. i do think they see impact because by the time itmove sout from bermuda, this isn't until thursday morning. they're still plenty of time for this to move. the one thing that is certain, this will be moving over very warm water and that's what will allow this to fuel.hurricane take water temperatures of 80 agrees. you're looking at spots sitting at 85 degrees, that's more than warm enough to make a very powerful storm.

that's why we're looking at this running up to a category for in the next several days. the store models, there's a lot of time for this to move so there's a lot of friday. most of them run it up the east coast. several have it turning out toward bermuda. that's because this is coming into thursday of next week so it's still a ways off. two of our favorite models, the euro and the gfs, we do have time to watch this play out. it's no surprise you're beginning to see this activity. it's been so quiet so far, but right now on september 8, the historical peak of tropical activity happens september 10 so we are really beginning to see the tropics fire up. no matter what happens with the storm, we need to pay attention because there's a bunch firing up from florence.we have topical depressions firing back

behind. as we watch florence moved through i think will be busy for the next couple weeks but it is that time of year. >>kristen: we know you will be watching for us. thank you adam. >>leland: i'm not a meteorologist but i will play one on tv. the thing that makes this more dangerous is if the tracks are more converging more towards coming on shore. i follow this kind of stuff. the tracks were diverging. now they're all going that direction the one you love covering hurricanes. >>leland: you never want to see anything bad happens but, in a way with hurricanes. we will see this in north carolina. often times the hurricanes bring out the very best in americans. to be down there with americans as their coming together as a community is kind of inspiring. >>kristen: i still remember hurricane harvey. those images were some of the most powerful. >>leland: theoccasion cajun nav

getting ready. south carolina right now which is potentially in the track of the hurricane, the governor giving a briefing on preparations. take a listen. >> most of them go up the coast. so we do not know when it will change, if it will change. but we are preparing for the worst and of course hoping for the best. but being prepared is always the best strategy. we've been through hurricanes before. just recently. our team in south carolina, on the state and local levels and everything in between including our partners like the red cros , everyone is on alert. and we have already begun moving assets into place. we are preparing.

i will call your attention to a very informative booklet. it's the south carolina hurricane guide. you can google it. south carolina hurricane guide. and there it is.it is a great reminder and explainer of what you need to know when a hurricane is coming when a hurricane is here. we don't know if it is going to come to south carolina. if it does, we don't know when. if it does, we don't know how strong it will be. but again, it's a strong storm now. it's been strong and it has the potential to get very strong. so with that, i have people to explain. >>leland: governor mcmaster briefing the beginnings of the preparations as hurricane florence makes its way toward

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california. 10:30 a.m. where president obama is expected to take the stage and the next hour or so. he will campaign for democratic

candidates running in the midterm. he did the same thing friday in illinois. take a listen. >> here's the good news, and two months, we have the chance, not the certainty for the chance to restore some semblance of sanity to our politics. [applause] because there is actually only real check on bad policy and abuses of power. and that's you. you and your vote. >>leland: democrats hoping to have big pickups in colorado and also their focus on keeping control of the governor's mansion. with that, we bring an talk radio host ross kaminsky. good to see you as always. president obama always has this air about him about being above it all and have the sanctimonious review of politics and this reference, etc. and then he says things

like a chance to restore some semblance of sanity. is it insulting to voters to retake and begin their trust? >> it's funny to hear obama say that in particular the country think of what happened to him in the whole tea party movement. people think we need to restore some sanity. i guess he knows what it's like to have voters turn on you. but i thought was interesting, especially about the clip you just played was it was a lot more about chaos and personality and that sort of stuff than about policy. most of his speech was. it was all about personality and a mood rather than a policy thing. will it work? i don't know. everyone's so emotional right now. this is the hardest political season to predict, ever. >>leland: you bring up a good point, when you talk to voters, are they talking policy or this personality debate? if president obama was the first celebrity president.

president trump is the reality tv president. are we beyond politics now? >> it's about anger at this entire thing of the media, obama, the new york times. anonymous op-ed. cory booker shenanigans. all of these things coming after trump at the same time and they feel like he's under seas. even if theydon't like him ver. >>leland: that fires up the right and the center-right and even some in the center.

speaking of cory booker, i think this is what you were referring to as his quote, unquote shenanigans which doesn't rhyme with spartacus. but it starts with the same letter. we will get your reaction. >> i'm going to release the email about racial profiling and i understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. >> no senator deserve to sit on this committee or serve in the senate in my view if they decide to be a law unto themselves. >> this is probably the closest i will ever have to, i am spartacus moment. >> it's the closest he's ever been to i am brian and so is my wife, moment. i think everyone knows, that particular email he was talking about had already been cleared for release so he wasn't even breaking a rule. >>leland: is there a rhyming on both sides with this over-the-top rhetoric.

willing to pick fights that have absolutely no basis in policy but have huge bases and firing up the base? >> i will say two things but first of all, yes. but when you get more to local politics whether the governor's race in colorado or congressional races and a lot of other places. most of those candidates, especially in any slightly competitive district, are trying to stay away from that. they're not talking about trump that much or obama. they're talking about policy. but a lot of it gets to round out by the chaos coming out of the sea despite the best efforts of local politicians. >>leland: gillian turner earlier reporting on an immigration bill regarding deporting illegal immigrants that were criminals. got 28 democratic votes. that would be huge news and went shows the power of president trump space but not much discussion of it. very little coverage of it. ross kaminsky, as always, thank you very much.

president obama taking the stage in about 45 minutes. more on that and reaction as it happens. >>kristen: the mars curiosity rover is taking selfies that are literally out of this world. on the surface, the rover to the selfie showing mars darkened atmosphere after summer storms. and it also collected a new rock sample. nasa has maintained medication because it's - - powered and doesn't need sunlight. >>leland: i wanted selfie about someone reading about selfie. >>kristen: fun fact, do you know who took the first selfie in space, ever? >>leland: your mom? your dad? >>kristen: buzz aldrin on the surface of the moon.

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>> north korea is celebrating now the 70th anniversary of its founding.

that is a major holiday inn north korea and if you don't celebrate, there are penalties. the celebration comes as a fall in the relationship between the united states and north korea appears to be stalling. so perhaps reheating would be the operative word. - -joins us from seoul, south korea . have they started getting nervous over this? >> there certainly watching it. we are a couple hours away from the big doings in pyongyang. about 100 miles north of where we are standing right now. and it could tell us a lot about the state of the troubled nuclear negotiations. that anniversary is on sunday of the founding of the country and people there are gearing up for some very well orchestrated events. our contact on the ground already sees the regime's emphasis is a little bit off its nuclear program and anti-u.s. propaganda. more on the economy and other topics. still observers in the region will be watching if icbm

missiles are rolled out in a big military parade planned. that would bea bad sign and wha canjohn kim jong-un will say in a speech. the president says he's received a letter from kim jong-un that is positive. despite this time he talks, there seem to be some good vibes left over from the summit in june. here's what one expert told us. >> the relationship between these two men is the key. this is the two spheres where they meet. i think what's encouraging is that they both are saying positive things about one another. >>reporter: even if it's just words? >> words are all we have at the moment. >>reporter: there is action in south korea on other fronts. u.s. and north korean generals met at the dmz.discussing further excavations in the north. the remains of soldiers were

returned to the u.s. last month but there are 5300 americans still missing there. finally, planning is also ramping up for another summit involving kim and south korean president moon jae-in later this month in pyongyang. trying to build some hope in a hopeless peace process at the very moment. >>leland: sunrise there in three hours. you have a long day ahead of you my friend. >>kristen: federal prosecutors have just identified the north korean man they believe is responsible for the 2014 hack of sony pictures. that cyber attack really opened the public's eyes at how vulnerable some of our private information is. - - is the ceo and founder of cyber security firm - - bid his

company is trying to fill in the gaps that make us pourable to hackers. it was four years ago, why did it take so long to come out and figure out who did it and name this person? >> i think first of all, it's important to put this into context. we are talking about one individual and an army of 6000 cyber warriors as part of the north korean regime. north korea is a country that takes 20 percent of its military budget and invests into hacking. i think what's particularly interesting is the motivation behind these attacks. it's not necessarily for political gain or intellectual property but financial purposes. i think in this situation where they tried to steal money from a lot of people who had their computers locked. they basically put them up for ransom. in the case of the bangladeshi heist, it could have been a billion-dollar theft.

we are starting to see a shift from motivation from a lot of nationstates to something much more financially driven. which is really interesting in in our cyber security community. >>kristen: pretty stunning but shows a lot of the sanctions are indeed working. i want to talk a little about your company. you're also doing something very interesting. you are offering free cyber security services. free penetration testing services to u.s. states ahead of the midterms. have a lot of states taken you up on this offer? >> yeah, actually. we are engaged with over 10 states right now. the premise behind - - is the leverage hackers based on enterprises and government institutions to help them understand where their vulnerabilities are. we thought we could play a big role in helping secure the next election. hopefully before the midterms

but definitely before the 2020 presidential. i think more companies need to be playing a role in helping because quite frankly, we're in a bad spot right now. things are getting better but we have a lot of work to do. >>kristen: can you tell me which states have taken you up on your offer? >> we are not at liberty to say just yet but we will be happy to report that soon. >>kristen: what about the state holding elections on tuesday? kansas, michigan, missouri and washington.any indication of how their voter registration data is protected? >> time will tell. i think we are getting better but were still not doing enough. my hope is a lot of states follow in the footsteps of colorado. dhs secretary nielsen came out and said colorado is well-positioned. they are a state that has conducted a cyber exercise was 63 of their 64 counties that mimicked an attack on the electoral system.

and they are also being extremely proactive about doing testing on their systems. and doing way more than a lot of other states are doing but my hope is that these before the midterm in november, or states take that into account and take the advice of colorado. >>kristen: if you could do but i'll have a few more seconds. if you could grade the u.s. in terms of where we stand with our cyber security defenses with 60 days until the midterm. >> i would put us at a solid b. i think we have a lot of work to do. >>kristen: b as in boy. i'll take it. thank you for being with us. >>leland: still ahead, we are awaiting president obama's arrival in anaheim, california. rallying for democrats. # take it back.

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serious executive of a large publicly traded company in a pot smoking podcast, complete with whiskey. this is something to talk about as teslas stock has cratered. we have two interesting panelists. we have elon musk enthusiast, kristin fisher. and perhaps for more expert opinion, fox news contributor jerry - -. >>kristen: he's getting harder to defend. >>leland: two weeks ago you had a vigorous defense. >>kristen: no matter what elon musk does i will support and root for him all the way. but gary, what was he thinking? he's already under so much

scrutiny. now he's smoking marijuana. i don't care if it's legal or not. and in not just audio, there's video. >> basically, if i want to commit corporate suicide, i would follow the elon musk pamphlet right now. not only does he have regulatory risk. not only is wall street very upset, not only is his board very upset. not only is there an fcc investigation. but go out and smoke weed for the world to see. i will promise you this, if this was not elon musk and he was the ceo of 3m or some other company, he would have been fired weeks ago. if not then, on the spot for this. he's lucky he's the elon musk at this juncture but if he doesn't change his ways, it's going to get worse. >>leland: isn't this the guy was talking how he was working 120 hour weeks and he could not

leave the factory floor.he was so focused and so busy. >>kristen: he is tired. he's trying to run tesla. here's the other big thing, the air force, elon musk spacex provides services for the air force and that requires a government security clearance. the air force is looking into whether or not they will have to take action because he was smoking pot . >>leland: problem there gary? >> yeah, he's in the crosshairs all the way around. sometimes all you need to do is look at the numbers. he came out and lied about $420 - - buyout the stocks are 20as there are no companies trying

to buy it at these levels but there are serious issues. not to mention, he's now promised profits for the next couple of quarters which he's done in the past and now there are investigations on those words. he better start getting it right or else. the biggest issue is, is not a cal, he is the ceo from day one bit if he goes, this dock will become in half before use day, boom. >>leland: kristin - - i don't know, maybe at least have whiskey after the show to drown your tears. >>kristen: even though pot is legal here in dc, we will not be smoking marijuana after the show. >>leland: we will not but we will be discussing it. gary, good to see you as always. kristin will go drown your sorrows. we will see you back here tomorrow. ♪ look into the sky for a momentary high, ♪ ♪ you never even tried till it's time to say goodbye, bye ♪

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news alert, president trump reacting to our nation's booming economy. one day after the stellar jobs report shows job growth and an increase in our wages. it also comes as he steps up pressure on his own justice department to find out who wrote that anonymous and scathing opinions pees in the new york times. the president saying he may have narrowed it down to 4-5 possible people. hello everyone and welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's news hq". i am eric shawn at the fox news headquarters in new york. >> hello eric. i am arthel neville