a fox news alert as we look live ahead at the 17th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. families and friends of those lost on flight 93 have gathered at what you can see is a very rainy day in shanksville, pennsylvania, to dedicate a bell tower to their loved ones and with that welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. we'll keep an eye there in shanksville and hard to imagine it was 17 years ago. >> it really is. >> so much has changed since then. i'm leland vittert. >> i'm kristin fisher. the bell tower is 93 feet tall. it represents the lives lost on september 11th, 2001. molly line is at the dedication with more.

molly. >> reporter: the tower of voices being dedicated today, clearly rain or shine, is in remembrance of those who fought back on united flight 93. you gave a few of the logistics. 40 chimes represent those 40 passengers and crew members who took check particular heroic action, losing their lives and the crash that resulted but saving an unknown number of innocent people at the terrorist intended target, believed to be the capitol building in washington, d.c. edward porterfeld was among the passengers. >> i think it speaks defiantly, sending a message, welcoming all those that come to the flight 93 national memorial and reminding us how those 40 unique individuals were able to in a very short period of time stand up and defy the terrorists. >> reporter: the chimes differ

in size, five to 10 feet in length and produce distinct musical notes, no other chime structure like this one exists in the world. it is a memorial and a musical instrument in one. >> a lot of the last memory of people on the plane were through their voices in phone calls, so we wanted to do something in this memorial in sound that would commemorate these people through these evoked voices. >> reporter: the dedication ceremony is beginning to get underway. we're expecting the national anthem to start in a few moments. family and friends have gathered together and on tuesday here at the site we will be expecting that president trump along with first lady melania will join for the 17th anniversary of the remembrance of the 9/11 attacks. leland, kristin. >> 3408l molly line on a very ry day in shanksville, pennsylvania.

thank you. leland: tom ridge, we'll go to the stadium in shanksville. we're 58 days until the november midterm elections. president trump and former president b barack obama say they'll spend much of the next two months on the campaign trail. garrett ten tenney joins us liv. >> reporter: historically midterm elections tend to favor the party that is out of power. democrats are trying to take advantage of that by making a big push to take control of the house. they need to pick up 23 seats to do that. this week, barack obama returned to the campaign trail to try to rally support for democratic candidates. his message has been similar to previous campaigns. he's taken plenty of subtle and not so subtle shots at president trump, breaking an unwritten rule that former presidents don't criticize their successors. on face the nation, ron mcdaniels said those attacks mirror what democratic candidates across the country are doing because of how well

the economy is doing. >> democrats are going to try to make it about the president. they're going to try to make it about personality. the results don't lie coming out of this administration. we are a better country, we're better off than we were two years ago and everyone around the country is feeling that. that is because of this president. >> reporter: tom perez disagrees with that and said democrats have no problem making the economy an issue in the midterm elections. >> if you are very, very wealthy in this country, the economy is doing great. but if you're everybody else, the economy's not doing so great. corporate profits are soaring and wages are flat. if wages go up by a dollar and your cost of living goes up by $1.50, you're not better off. that's the problem with this economy. >> reporter: both president obama and president trump trying to take credit for this surging economy and both presidents are p planning to aggressively campaign across the country between now and november so we

can expect to see a whole lot more of this back and forth between the two faces of the party. leland: sounds like class warfare from the democrats. garrett, thank you. with that we bring in michigan congressman dan kilde for more. appreciate you being with us. i understand the argument from tom perez and barack obama, the class wa warfare, president trus done great for the rich, hasn't done anything for the middle class. your state of michigan, there's help wanted signs everywhere, $15 starting wages for even fast food jobs and for laborer jobs, contractors i talk to say we can't find enough people, the auto companies are hiring. is it really an intellectually honest argument to make? >> i think it is. our job is to try to make sure that everybody has a chance to participate in the economy. and while it's true that there's been several years now of sustained economic growth, there are still communities that are

being left behind. there are still big problems we face in this country. we ought to be addressing those, no matter how things are doing, we know there are people left behind and we ought to be doing everything we can to address that. leland: there will always be people left behind. there were people left behind during the obama years quite obviously. but 3.9% unemployment, what are the policy differences versus just saying you're left behind, blame president trump. what policy differences can democrats offer? >> well, they're pretty big policy differences. even in this economy right now, fewer and fewer people have the ability to afford a college education. even in this economy right now, you mentioned the fact that the contractors are having a hard time finding workers, do you know why? it's because we have cut those programs that give workers the skills that give them a chance to participate in the economy. the truth is.leland: you talkea

college education. you don't need a college to go a plumber or crane operator. >> you needs an apprenticeship program. those programs are being cut by this congress and your administration. your point that where the demand is in low skilled jobs, you said that you can get a job at mcdonald's for twice the minimum wage, that's true. you can't get the skills to get a job that will be there for you five years, 10 years and 15 years from now. so, look, i understand it. i don't think there's any doubt that there is growth in the economy. we should celebrate that. as democrats, we should say that's a good thing. we should also offer our alternatives to current policy to make sure that those communities and those people that are being left behind have a chance to participate in the economy. that's what we'll be talking about. leland: in michigan, in so many ways it's a battle ground state. whethecertainly with the senatee coming up, with debbie stabenow

injuries john james. this is an interesting tweet from president trump this morning. he is not unaware of michigan as a battleground. if the us sells cars into china, there's a tax of 25%. if china sells a car into the u.s., there's a tax of 2%. does anybody think that is fair? the days of u.s. being ripped off by other nations is over. exclamation point. is the president stealing a lot of democratic thunder when it comes to these working class economic issues? >> well, i think it remains to be seen whether his policies will deliver for those folks. i get what you're saying. i don't think the president's wrong to take on china. look, when he's right i'll say it. but where i think he's gone off the wrong track is that he's taking on china by punishing canada. by punishing our european trading partners and the impact that that could have on those very same auto workers could be quite negative. so look, the president's not wrong to take on china but the details actually matter.

in this case, i think he may be making a mistake by taking on those that really are our most important allies. leland: canadian trade certainly extraordinarily important in michigan. congressman, the weather there is better than it is here. enjoy your sunday. we appreciate you spending a little bit of it with us. >> thanks, leland. leland: all the best. kristin? >> we're keeping an eye on the 9/11 memorial ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania where tom ridge will speak soon. we'll take you there live as soon as he does. the entire ceremony is streaming live on foxnews.com. until then, here in washington it's been four days since the new york times published that anonymous op ed by someone claiming to be part of a resistance movement from inside the administration and yet we're still nowhere closer to figuring out which senior administration official was behind it or if they're even deserving of that senior title. allison barber is live at the white house where the hunt for the author continues.

>> reporter: the president said the department of justice should get involved and try and help find the author who wrote this. that suggestion raised a lot of eyebrows because the opinion piece in the new york times seemed to be that, an opinion piece, albeit critical, without any classified information. a white official said the president was -- white of housee official was expressing his frustration. vice president mike pence is backing up the president. >> there was no classified information. >> well, we'll see. i think the president's concern is that this individual may have responsibilitys in the area of national security. and if they now published an anonymous editorial that says they're misrepresenting themselves. >> it's not illegal. >> well, but there's another part of it, though. every senior official in any administration takes an oath to the constitution.

>> reporter: kellyanne conway says the president believes the author is someone in national security. some legal experts say as far as doj is concerned that doesn't matter and there is nothing in the op ed that would rise to any sort of criminal activity. >> there is no basis, none, whatsoever, to investigate the author of this anonymous op ed. he's broken no law. neither the president nor the vice president has suggested that he has. >> reporter: the doj will not confirm or deny any investigations but obviously the white house, the president, kristin, they are still looking for who this author is and are confident that eventually they'll figure it out. >> allison, thank you. stick after the show to catch fox news sunday as mike pence is interviewed about this op ed and much more, happening at 2:00 p.m. eastern. leland: coming up, fallout today from serena williams' meltdown on the court at the u.s. open. the tennis champ accused the umpire of being sexist. we've got the play by play,

allison barber, bria breen llens in new york working on that story. first, back to politics in washington. kristin? >> let's bring in the co-chair of great america pack, eric beach. he's here to sort through this anonymous op ed. for the president to use a word like treasonous and to ask the attorney general to investigate who the author is, doesn't that only enhance the credibility of this op ed? >> i don't think the credibility in the op ed is there to begin with and so maybe it highlights it a little bit more which i think is a mistake. you know our group, we're giving out $50,000 for reward on information about it. but it's not just about who the source of it is. it's about the message in the op ed. what i think people need to realize is that there is an undercurrent of republicans and really probably some old guard in terms of inside of d.c.

really the ruling class that doesn't accept donald trump's policies or how he got elected into office and we're seeing that time and time again. so that's being undercut. i think that's the real problem that this op ed demonstrates. >> this only confirms all of the president's concerns there being a deep state that's actively working against him. let me ask you this. the vice physical therapy said today on fox news sunday that he believes this person should come forward and resign. do you agree with that? >> yeah. i don't think it really matters. what i think really matters is that the ideas of the traditional republican or ruling class had been wrong for 30 years. we've gone into senseless wars. we've had trade deficits. we've had good trade deficits with other countries. president trump ran for the forgotten man and woman all across america. so -- >> this author is saying some things that are very troubling about the inner workings of the trump administration. the fact that there's all these

people coming out and denying that speaks to the credibility. >> no critic, i can't think of a critic that talked about the substance of this presidency or this administration including this author. they talk about he's amoral or what the author said he doesn't he'e s'sspouse to republican conservative ideas. he brought up illegal immigration among the democrats or republicans. >> it's tough for the substance, this great economy that president trump does speak about, but it's tough for that message to get through when he's using words like treason to describe this author on twitter when there was no classified information they thi in this op. isn't he only hurting himself? >> no, you have somebody that allegedly is part of the administration in a high capacity and this person, they won't to the media and they tried to go against this administration and this -- these

policies. maybe treasonous is the wrong choice of words. it undercuts the administration. why don't we give this president and administration the benefit of the doubt for winning the election. we've done that for past presidencies. he won because of these ideas. we should try to follow that and really if i was the president, if i was in the administration, i would attack this on its merits and say to the author, don't resign, tell us what you would do that would be different or tell us what you would do to make america get in a better place that the administration's not doing. at some point the critics need to argue the substance of this administration, not the intrigue. >> those are fair points. everybody here in washington would love to know who the author is. i don't know if we'll ever find out. we want to take you back to shanksville, pennsylvania. leland: a fox news alert as we look at the podium on a very rainy day there in shanksville, pennsylvania, that as you might remember is where flight 93, the

fourth of the hijacked planes on september 11th, crashed. it was headed for a target here in washington when the passengers who had heard about what happened on the other planes revolted for lack of a better term and took on the hijackers and the plane then there in shanksville. we're waiting for tom ridge who became then the first secretary of homeland security, following 9/11. >> he's now the national co-chairman of the flight 93 national memorial fund raising campaign, responsible for this bell tower that's being dedicated today. for folks that have never driven through shanksville, pennsylvania, it's a beautiful quaint part of the state, kind of rural, and i happened to be driving through there not too long ago and was surprised that it really is an almost unmarked turn of the road to get down there to this little spot. i almost missed it.

so to have this tower there erected and this memorial taking place in two days i think is going to be so nice for the families and friends who lost someone on that crew and there are 40 passengers and crew of -- the family and friends, 40 of them representing the 40 passengers and crew of flight 93 will go up the tower of voices and ring the installed chime that's are there. there are eight right now. but eventually the plan is to have 40 total chimes to pay tribute to the 40 passengers and crew lost. leland: president trump will be there on tuesday for what is the 17th anniversary of 9/11. you and you were talk earlier that it's hard to imagine it has been 17 years. we all remember where we were that day. and to think of how much has changed over that time is incredible, also to think that since then and it's always important to remember on 9/11 those who were lost then, but those who have been lost since in the war on terror, that

america's longest war continues and whether it be army special forces in and around afghanistan, whether it be marines on the ground in syria, whether it be navy seals on the ground in iraq, american men and women in harm's way continue now 17 years after the events we will memorialize in a couple of minutes and how much the government's changed. tom ridge who was the governor of pennsylvania becomes homeland security secretary. >> and back to your point on afghanistan, jim mattis was there just this week on the ground and he landed at a time of tremendous violence in the country. you had a u.s. service member killed on monday by somebody, a member of the afghan forces that he was sent there to try to train. you had twin bombings on wednesday. you had another attack on thursday. afghanistan still a very

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leland: fox news alert, shanksville, pennsylvania, the united 93 memorial, former secretary of homeland security, tom ridge. >> they began to surround me and louder still than the piercing sirens of those emergency vehicles that had rushed to the scene, hoping to help. it was a brutal and i think sometimes unbearable sound of silence, of quiet. now years later, isn't it marvelous, isn't it powerful, isn't it wonderful there will be an everlasting concert by our

heros under the sky and under the stars whether it rains or whether the sun shines. grieve not, they will chime, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if i were beside you there. so let us grieve not for they are beside us here. they are the caretaker of this glorious memorial. they are the chorus of 40 voices in harmony and tempo with a gentle wind. every day their music will sweep across acreage of earth and etched stone, across wild flowers and hemlock trees, rain or shine, their music will calm

and comfort us. abraham lincoln once said, a nation that does not honor its heros will not long endure. it's not that he thought we needed more ceremonies and monuments, rather, being a great story teller himself, lincoln believed in the power of story to teach, to inspire, to heal. there was a plane. it began to veer off course in speed toward the u.s. capitol. it didn't reach its target because on-board were 40 extraordinary people who brought together by chance, stood up against evil.

they fought for the families they loved. for people they never knew and for freedoms they had chair had. it was september 11th. it marked the day that lives were lost so that lives were saved. and heros were made over the skies of shanksville. at the end of the day, the story of flight 93 is also quite simply the story of 40 people who shared our lives, our kitchen tables, our schools, our workplaces, and, yes, most importantly, our hearts. they had big dreams, they had big dreams for their time here on this earth and we had big dreams for them as well.

but if you listen closely, we'll hear their voices. grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if i were beside you there. so heros as we join with you in the dedication of your tower, and as you speak to us with every chime, and you wave to us with every breeze, as you stroll with us to the wild flowers and hemlock trees, we continue to wish you peace. you have our love, our respect, our admiration, our gratitude and our promise, our solemn promise that future generations

will know your names. you are our heros in a story that will be forever told. [clapping] leland: form earl secretary of homeland security, tom ridge, dedicating part of the memorial at shanksville, pennsylvania to united flight 93. president trump heading to shanksville on tuesday for the 17th anniversary of 9/11. the coverage of this ceremony continues with a live stream on foxnews.com. kristin: up next, the international space station captures hurricane florence on earth as it gathers strength and hurdles toward the east coast. we are tracking the path at the fox extreme weather center.

>> this is going to be a big one, currently a category 1 storm, quickly jumping to a cat 3 by late next week, a category 4 storm approaching the u.s. southeast. i'll be tracking this coming up in the full forecast after the break. ok everyone! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure. now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy! cohigher!ad! higher! parents aren't perfect, but then they make us kraft mac & cheese and everything's good again.

kristin: a weather alert on hurricane florence. several states declared a state of emergency. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the storm from the fox extreme weather center. you told us yesterday this could become a cat 4 storm. do you still stand by that? >> yeah, all the model guidance is continuing to take it up to that extreme level. we're beginning to see it grow. there it is spinning well southwest of bermuda. but it's going to become a bigger storm. it's come together already here in the last 24 hours or so. you can see the eye wall spinning right there. this is going to strengthen as it runs over warmer water.

this is the current guidance. i think by the time we get into tomorrow, likely a category 3 storm, jumping up to a cat 4 as it approaches the east coast. there's the timing. this area right there, we're talking about thursday morning, so when would this make landfall? >landfall? we're talking thursday night into early friday morning. it falls into a category 2 after making landfall. it will be a major hurricane if it holds to this track, likely a category 3 or category 4 storm as it moves that direction. part of the reason continues to be this extremely warm water. you need 80-degree temperatures to maintain a hurricane. 85-degree temperatures all along the way, that's enough to fuel this thing and allow it to continue to grow and intensify. our sp spaghetti plots continuig to come together. this is when you start to get a good idea of where this could go. this is days and days away. a lot of models take this into

the carolinas, targeting an area from charleston up to myrtle beach, perhaps up to the north carolina border. that's where a lot of the models suggesting this will go. it is going to be perhaps a major rain maker. as we bring this on-shore, this is a huge area where perhaps you're running into the care lie carolinas, up to virginia, over a foot of rainfall once it makes landfamiliar this is a little ways away but it's a major storm. here's the track one last time. category 3, category 4 storm, not unlikely at this point and we're saying thursday night into early friday morning, obviously we're going to continue to get updates on monday and on tuesday, kristin, but this is going to be a big storm either way. kristin: i know the u.s. navy is preparing to move some ships down to the norfolk area. we're not going to shoot the messenger. adam klotz, thanks so much. >> thank you.

in the last quarter our economy's growing at 4.2%, 4 million new jobs, unemployment at a 50 year low and to have president obama come out and tout his policies that resulted in less than 2% growth, frankly, i think it just illuminates the choice the person meme have in the mid -- the american people have in the midterm elections. leland: full interview with chris wallace in about 24 minutes with vice president pence. the vice president echos some of the president's tweets as we enter the last 60 days before the midterms. nationally at least democrats are focusing more on attacking president trump on personality, rather than focusing on their, quote, for the people talking points, that's a three point plan they have. out with us to discuss, chris stagal from philadelphia, tom heartman joining us from the west coast.

chris, it's a reverse almost of 2016 where you had president trump, then candidate trump arguing culture issues so much and sort of continuing to hit president obama and hillary clinton and now you've got barack obama sort of leading the charge against president trump. >> well, on that point, first of all, leland, while i addressed from the -- dressed from the waist up, i've got underarmor sneakers on, in full disclosure, no nike, just want you to know that. leland: your sponsors thank you. let's move on. [ laughter ] >> i'm saying no kneeling here. that's all i'm saying. listen, the cultural issues, i don't think have totally dissipated. while i jest, the nike thing, the flag, the kneeling during the nfl games that are going on right now, that's a real thing. the nfl saw some really low ratings for their season starter. now, how big a factor is that in the midterm?

i don't know. but i don't think the cultural issues are completely dead, to be clear. leland: there's cultural issues, there's personal issues. this is what mick mulvaney, a confidant of president trump is quoted as saying. quoted by the new york times in a private fundraiser. you may hate the president and there's a lot of people who do but they certainly like the way the country is going. if you figure out a way to subtract from that equation how they feel about the president, the numbers go up dramatically. tom, this brings up a good point. people don't need to be told how to feel about the economy, they feel it every day in their pocketbooks. we all do, good, bad or indifferent. the economy's on fire. reasonable people can agree on that. is it a problem for democrats that they can't get around that? >> i don't think so at all. the democrats are pointed out. i think it's a really important point, one that's been made for years frankly by republicans, that when you get -- yes, the economy's on fire, it's on fire like pouring gasoline on a small fire, making it a big fire. when you take $1.5 trillion and

borrow it from our grandchildren and give it to billionaires in order to goose the economy, you are setting up a disaster. you give me a $1.5 trillion credit card i can show you what it looks like to live large. when the bill comes due, you've got paul ryan and other republicans talking about we need to cut social security and medicare to pay for the talks cut for the billionaires. if there's a crash -- leland: tom, tom -- >> it's going to be a disa disar for trump. leland: the national debt nearly doubled under president obama. i don't think democrats can talk about putting things on credit cards. >> he put on the budget george bush's tax cuts and his wars. george bush has two wars that he brought us into that he didn't put on the budget. we know where the deficits came from. it's not a good thing. republicans are behaving irresponsibly to get the sugar high to get us through the midterm elections. >> who are the biggest stars of the democratic party. >> there's no such thing as a

democrat party. i realize joe mccarthy said always call it the democrat party. it's the democratic party. it's the name of the party. >> democratic socialist party, which bernie sanders and ms. ocasio-cortez -- >> it's the democratic party. >> they want to be democratic socialists, do they not. >> it's the democratic party. leland: chris, you're making a substantial point here. how do republicans shift the argument from president trump's personality, which even mick mulvaney agrees and understands is a problem, and at the same time focus on the issues you just brought out about democratic socialism? >> i don't know if feeling accounts for much. look, tom and i share this in common. we're fortunate enough to talk to real folks who are working every day. this job as a talk show host, i have the ability to talk to everybody from billionaires to guys working the line and here's what i know. people feel this economy is

roaring. they feel great about it. it's positive. there's great -- leland: i neither of you guys were going to agree on this one. you knew that. i know you understand when i say i'm up against a hard break. we've got to run. so it's been great. more time next time. we'll see you guys. >> thank you. >> kristin: the 97-year-old miss america competition was hoping to rebrand itself in the wake of the me too movement. instead, it finds itself embroiled in controversy with accusations of bullying and calls for the board to resign. rick le leventhal is live in atlantic city with the toughest assignment of the day. >> reporter: this is not the kind of attention the new miss america leadership was hoping for when it canceled the swimsuit and evening gown portions of the contest. there's been pushback and controversy, much of it fueled by the young lady who currently wears the crown.

cara monn says her dream came true when she was crowned miss america. when gretchen carlson was named chair of the board in january, monn says the bullying began, saying she was controlled, manipulatend and minimized because carlson wanted the spotlight. in a five page letter posted on facebook she said carlton gave her talking points for every interview, requiring she say miss america is relevant, the me too movement started with miss america and gretchen carl sonson went to stanford. they she was reduced and marginalized and essentially erased in her role. her complaints have gotten support. more than two dozen organizations have called on carlson and the current board to step down along with at least 23 former winners of the crown

including theresa scanlon who spoke about her courage. >> i found her letter incredibly brave. it's always difficult to speak up when people in power are involved in these situations and she knows full well of course that there may be some backlash or impact against her as the reigning miss america. >> reporter: a couple of weeks ago gretchen carlson released a statement saying she was surprised and sa saddened beyond words and denied being a bully. we haven't seen or heard from carlson this weekend. she denied our request for an interview today. the miss america canceled the interviews scheduled with contestants that were scheduled yesterday, kristin. so we're going to have to wait until just before 11:00 tonight to see if a new miss america has anything to say about all of this. kristin: rick, i said you had the easiest assignment of the day but it may turn into a tougher one if you stay there for too long. the hurricane is on its way of course. rick, thanks so much. >> reporter: we'll be there too,

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kristin: the senate judiciary committee is set to vote on brett kavanaugh's confirmation in just a few days, about a week or two, then it will go to the senate floor and it's looking very likely that he will get confirmed. our supreme court panel here to break it down. we have gail trotter, an elizabeth widra. elizabeth, i'll start with you. is there anything that democrats can do between now and then to keep this confirmation from happening? >> well, i think we're talking here about just a few key senators. i think in particular, senators collins and mor coul murkowski e pro choice republicans and if they join the democrats there is a chance his confirmation could not go through.

the key question for them is abortion rights. calf naive coulkavanaugh could t determines whether people could access their constitutional rights. kavanaugh was billed by donald president trump as he could overturn this. you can't have it both ways. the question for senators collins and murkowski is whether they want to be the women who will be responsible for sending this country back to wire hangers and back alley abortions. kristin: i'll put the same question to you. do you think there's anything the democrats can do to stop this confirmation? it's such a hug issue for democratic voters heading into the midterms. is there anything they can do? >> despite the theatrics and political grandstanding, judge kavanaugh is going to make another great justice. senator grassley should be

commended for having the most transparent process in the history of supreme court nominations and giving the senate democrats the room to engage in this conversation. and i disagree with elizabeth. i think the key senators in this contest come down to senators heightcamp, mansion and donnelly who are red state democrats who in polls of their states show the voters want judge kavanaugh confirmed and so it's going to come down to these democrats to know if they want to go with the far left extremeist that we saw on display this week or if they want to side with their constituents who want judge kavanaugh confirmed. kristin: what do you think is the likelihood of any of them crossing over and confirming them. >> all the democrats should vote for judge cav ne judge kavanauge confirmed because he is imminently qualified.

lisa blatt supports the confirmation. kristin: you ca can respond, ay democrats crossing over in your mind? >> i think the process is one of the least transparent. we already saw really troubling things about civil rights which the vast majority of americans, republican and democrat, want justices to affirm. abortion rights, again, which the majority of americans, republicans and democrats want to uphold. i think there's a lot concern. kristin: thank you so much. it's been such a busy week here, leland. leland: you say that every week. chris wallace, fox news sunday, the vice president to break the week down, next. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist.

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>> i am chris wallace. president trump calls on the justice department to investigate who wrote that essay in the new york times describing resistance inside his administration. >> for the sake of our national security, the new york times should publish his name at once the one we will discuss the one-two punch of the anonymous call him. >> should all top officials take a lie detector test and would you agree to take one? and reports of white house disarray in bob woodward's new book.what does it mean for