heather: it is monday, september 16th. happening right now at 4:00 a.. on the east coast, breaking overnight, taking to the streets, 50,000 general motors employees walking off the job nationwide. so will their union begin to bargain and reach a deal during talks today? plus, bombshell bust, democrats surviving the efforts to impeach justice brett cavanaugh over new allegations from decades ago but the crucial correction that was just made by the new york times and how it changes everything. and bringing the heat, what caused these massive flames to shoot out during a pregame

performance. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ and i set fire to the rain. ♪ watched it burn as i starred o fade. ♪ and it burned when i cried because i heard it screaming out your name. heather: we'll let you know where that fire your rented in the pregame performance in just a little bit. first, good morning to you. hope everyone had a great weekend. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm heather childress. thank you for starting your day and your week with us. a bombshell bust overnight, the new york times walking back its report of alleged sexual misconduct by justice brett cavanaugh, saying the victim has no recollection of the decades

old incident. griff jenkins joins us from washington as democrats push for the justice's impeachment. >> reporter: good morning, heather. this is a major correction. you don't see quite this big and certainly not from the new york times, but this morning we've got one and this one is walking back new sexual misconduct allegations against justice brett cavanaugh. the allegations were uninvestigated and the accuser doesn't remember the incident. the new york times said they cob corroborated the story with two individuals. friends say she doesn't recall the episode. quite stunning news. this after the president went after the times earlier in the day for what he said -- here's what the president wrote on twitter, brett kavanaugh should sue people for libel, the lies

being told against him are unbelievable. it comes as nearly all of the 2020 democrat candidates issued their calls for impeachment of justice kavanaugh. vice president biden issued this statement. it raises profoundly troubling questions about the integrity of the confirmation process that put him on the supreme court in the first place. other senators joining biden on those calls and beto o'rourke had this to say. >> the american people deserved better and given the fact that it appears as though brett kavanaugh lied under oath, which is a crime, i think that he has disqualified himself for service on the supreme court and he should step down or he should be impeached. >> reporter: also yesterday, chuck grassley defending kavanaugh vigorously.

it's not clear that anything will come of these calls from the 2020 democrats but one thing is for sure, we're probably going to hear more about it today. it's a big correction. heather: yeah, i mean, once it gets out there, the correction never gets as much coverage as the original story. but hopefully it will this time. thank you very much, griff. well, senator ted cruz was one of the lawmakers inside last year's hearing with then nominee brett kavanaugh and his initiale ford. and he said this is part of the same circus we saw during the confirmation process. >> they apparently spent 10 months with undercover reporters trying to track down every person that went to school with justice kavanaugh 30 years ago. it's an amazing level of reporting, trying to dig up any dirt they can on the guy. i think that follo follow up wie rarrather shameful circus we sa.

we held a hearing, we invited the principal witness to testify. i think this article shows the obsession with the far left, trying to smear justice kavanaugh by going 30 years back with anonymous sources. it's another sign of how nasty and divided the time is today. heather: today is one year since blase ford came forward with sexual misconduct acyou cue sayses against just -- acyou cue accusations against justice kavanaugh. nearly 50,000 general motors workers walked off the job. employees are he demanding better wages, health care and job security. production is expected to stop at 55 facilities all around the country for the company's first strike in 12 years. president trump weighing in, tweeting this. here we go again with general

motors and the united auto workers. get together and make a deal. much more on this coming up. overnight, a major drug maker accused of fueling the opioid crisis files for bankruptcy. purdue far m& ma making the -- a making the bankruptcy filing as a way to protect them from the nearly 3,000 lawsuits that it is facing right now. the u.s. is locked and loaded following a crippling strike on a saudi oil facility. that's the word from president trump as iran is blamed for the attacks. >> reporter: tensions are at fever pitch as the world waits to see what happens next. first, let's take a look at the

satellite images from saudi arabia. this is aramco, that oil facility there, after saturday's drone attack. this disrupts about 5.7 million barrels of crude oil production. that's about 5% of the world's daily oil supply. now, yemen's iran dabbin backedi rerebels is claiming responsibl. president trump tweeted saudi arabia oil supply is attack. there is reason to believe we know the culprit. we are locked and loaded but are waiting to hear from the kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of the attack. iran is denying any involvement, calling the accusations ridiculous and some in congress are calling on the president to not rush to judgment. >> i think an escalation would be a big mistake. the answer is to have a

negotiated cease fire and peace in yemen. bombing iran won't do that. this is a regional conflict. there's no reason the super power of the united states needs to get into bombing mainland iran. >> reporter: counselor to the president, kellyanne conway doubtecon doubleddown on the pr. >> second pompeo made clear the iranian regime is responsible for the attack. and we're not going to stand for that. >> reporter: there are fears of a spike in oil price as markets reopen in just a couple of hours and that's why president trump has already authorized the use of emergency oil reserves in texas. heather: much more on this coming up after the first commercial break. thank you so much. appreciate it. a hurricane, another one, is now sitting off the florida coast. we certainly don't need this. tropical storm humberto upgraded

to a category 1 storm overnight with winds up to 75 miles per hour. humberto is not expected to make landfall, so that's good news. but it did complicate recovery efforts in the bahamas. some islands getting up to 6 inches of rain weeks after dorian. today, president trump is holding a camp pain rally. this one is in now mexico. in hopes of flipping the state red in 2020. new mexico last he voted for a republican president back in 2004. but president trump hopes recent economic gains across the state could swing some voters. his campaign says an oil and gas boom has helped create more than 34,000 jobs. and to week two in the nfl action, falcons outlast the eagles, 24-20. there was a late touchdown. to los angeles, it was a dad day

for the new orleans saints, the refs blowing a huge call after what appeared to be a ram fumble, calling it a an incomple pass and drew brees left early with a hand injury. let's hope he's okay. now to denver, the chicago bears get redemption for last week's kicking woes by nailing a game-winning field goal. >> and the kick is good! it's good and the bears win it. heather: chicago beats the broncos, 16-13 just as the time expires. some exciting games this weekend. well, the time now is about 10 minutes after the top of the hour. president trump says that the u.s. is locked and loaded after iran denies striking a saudi oilfield. so what should happen next?

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heather: well, iran refusing to take responsibility for the crippling drone attack on the saudi's oil facilities and now the trump administration says it's locked and loaded. so how should the u.s. ret respd to the regime. joining us now is dr. rebecca grant.

>> good morning. heather: let's start with that as we bring up the president's tweet over the weekend where he said we are locked and loaded and we stand ready do do what we have to do, basically summarizing there. what do we need to do? what is the appropriate response? >> right now, president trump has pointed out the first thing, which is to talk with the kingdom of saudi arabia. we're waiting to hear from aramco as to the extent of the damage and it's really important, heather, at this point to be in close consultation with our ally, not only saudi arabia but the others that are taking part in operation sentinel, the maritime overwatch of the persian gulf. heather: as we look at the flames and the smoke and what appears to be a lot of significant damage, we do have the tweet from the foreign minister of iran as well, denying the claims from pompeo specifically, saying that they in fact were responsible for this and saying that iran is not.

>> ran h iran denies everythingt when you look at the photo, it's really a stunning strike, very strategic, 17 aim points that were taken out very precisely. iran had a lot of help with this over the years from russia and china and others that sold them that advanced technology. iran is the one that has the technology and face it, the world's worst diplomats. they are the only ones with the motive to do this, especially right before the u.n. general assembly opens up. heather: what about the houthi rebels? >> well, the houthi rebels have a long history of being supplied by iran, iran is supporting them. they lobbed a lot of missiles into saudi arabia. in this case, i think pompeo has been very clear, this didn't come from the direction of yemen. we have a lot of eyes in the sky in the persian gulf and can he see incoming strikes like this. i think it's iran's fault here. heather: well, we'll see what happens. >>happens. much more to come on that today. we talked at length, what should

we do about north korea. kim jong un apparently told president trump in a new letter that he's open to another summit. will he ever agree to denuclearize? >> they'll need a whole room in the trump presidential library for these letters at some point. look, another letter is a good thing because president trump has kim jong un right where he wants him. he has two critical things. an open dialogue, and no long range missile tests. we're waiting to see if the working level talks will resume that stalled after hanoi. president moon in south korea thinks they will. if they do, i think it's very hopeful. heather: no long-term missile tests but at the same time we can bring this up for you, there have been a number of missile tests, so far i think there was 11 missile tests, 18 missiles launched all together. >> these were short range projectiles and other things. china may be egging them on a little bit here.

the he ke key is, none of thesee long range missiles that can reach the united states. kim jong un has stopped that. that's very important. if that's all we ever get out of this, that's very good. i think if we see forward progress, we want to see an inventory of north korean weapons and real steps towards getting inspectors back into north korea. heather: and don't give them 30 days notice either. that we're sending the inspectors in. dr. rebecca grant, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, heather. heather: the time now, 18 minutes after the top of the hour. honoring the constitution this week marks 232 years since the signing of our country's most important document. as president trump vows to defend it. republicans are fighting for the values that bring us together. we support, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. heather: so how would our founding fathers feel about

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neither is pole testing your message. gun violence is a life or death issue. o'rourke is blaming the president for the deadly shooting in el paso, texas. >> what the president of the united states is doing could not be more dangerous. he has the blood of those 22 people in el paso on his hands. heather: president trump has not responded. and 2020 hopeful joe biden giving a fiery speech on race in america. listen. >> hate is on the rise again. we're at a defining moment again in american history. we are in the battle for the soul of america. heather: speaking at an alabama church that was bombed in the 1960s, the former vice president echoing statements he made after the 2017 white nationalist rally in charlottesville, saying to be silent in the face of hate is to be come polic complicit.

this week the u.s. constitution turns 232 years old, but as we honor our country's cornerstone document, we're asking the question, how would our founding fathers feel about the state of politics today. here to help us answer that question is the president of citizens for self governance, mark meklest r. thank you for joining us. what in the world would they think about ho things are today? >> i think they would be shocked. they designed the government to have small powers and the rest of powers left to us and the states. today, most of the power is in dc. heather: why do you think that's the case? >> it's primarily overreach of the courts, especially over the last 115 years, they expanded a lot of things that were in the constitution, giving massive powers to the federal government

through the courts, not something that the founders anticipated. heather: what do you you think in terms of the 2020 candidates that we heard from so far on the democratic side. >> most of them seem at best uninterested in the constitution. we saw this in the last debate around guns. people calling for an executive order. joe biden, the voice of reason, saying hey, we have the constitution and you had kamala harris directly dismiss him for saying that, saying don't say no, just say yes, we can, despite the constitution. they don't seem to pay much attention. heather: how important is it, though? >> i think it's fundamentally important. americans actually care about this, connected to our founding values, they believe in that document as the foundation of america. to see an entire party dismissing that party, i think that's a problem for the democrats. heather: it's scary for our nation. one kind of good news in all of this, we can take a look at this poll, civic literacy in america seems to have increased. you take a look between 2018 and 2019, an increase of 7 percentage points and the number

of people who can name all three branches of government, it's still very low at 39%, but it's increasing. >> i think our schools are failing us. what's happening is in the modern era we have so much talk about the constitution, you mention the kavanaugh hearings so we see people paying attention to the branches of government more than in recent history. heather: do you think social media is aiding or hurting? >> it's hard to say. depends what people are paying attention to on social media. a lot of people are carrying around pocket constitutions today. i think that's helping. heather: what do we need to do in terms of the next generation and teaching them the importance of the constitution. >> i think there are a couple things. the main thing, we ought to keep it in schools. this is something we used to do i have a copy of an 1805 constitution printed by the government of massachusetts. all kids were required to reach the declaration, constitution and washington's farewell speech. heather: it's not required

they're not required to do any of that anymore. >> i think it's up to us. we can't just look to the schools. we as individuals. i think we can personally push for reforms that are necessary. my organization is doing that by calling a convention of states. we've got 15 states that have made applications for that, 4 million people, it's the largest constitutional education project in american history. heather: thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. heather: the time now, 27 minutes after the top of the hour and from israel to the border crisis to the president, ilhan omar is no stranger to controversial comments and she says there's a reason for that. >> i'm only controversial because people seem to want the couldn't veecontroversy. heather: is she right or is she just trying to make a name for her? we'll debate that, up next. ♪ american woman, listen what i say. ♪ i would like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans,

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heather: comb back. look at our headlines this morning, starting with the fox news alert. breaking overnight, nearly 50,000 general motors workers walk off the job. employees at america's largest automaker are demanding better wages, health care and job security. production is expected to stop at 55 facilities nationwide for the company's first strike in 12 years. and president trump says the u.s. is locked and loaded, ready to respond to the saudi oilfield attack. the president waiting for verification of who is responsible for the drone strike. it disrupted production of nearly 6 million crude oil barrels. the u.s. accusing iran of launching the assault but they deny any involvement. and the new york times walking back its report of alleged sexual misconduct by supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. the updated story says that the alleged victim has no

recollection of the decades old incident and declined to be veee interviewed. this comes after several democrats on the campaign trail called to impeach the justice. congresswoman ilhan omar sparking outrage with her comments about 9/11 and u.s. border agents but when asked to clarify, she says this. watch. >> did you mean when you were talking there to compare u.s. border agents to slave traders? >> i'm only controversial because people seem to want the controversy. heather: are her words being taken out of context or is she trying to be the face of the far left movement? here to debate, former bush administration official bart mccoy and former regional director of the obama biden 2008 campaign, robin byro. thank you for joining us this morning. bart, i'll start with you. what do you think is going on

here? >> well, her words are even more controversial when they're taken in context. she says some people did something, that sounds innocuous. when you look at the something they did, it was an act of terrorism, killing 3,000 people on american soil and she turns that into somehow making herself a victim. she is -- everything she does is meant to provoke controversy. she knows very well that will get her media attention and she thrives on the media attention from the left. heather: and we're giving it to her. robin, what are your thoughts? >> barton has a great point and i can't disagree with that. and look, this is the current state of politics right now in america. president trump was elected in part because to be the disrupter in chief. to disrupt the system and what he says and does on a daily basis is controversial. i would make the argument that she's correct, americans do seem

to want that right now. it's all about -- it seems to be all about triggers the left and triggertriggering the right andn say the most controversial things and we seem to eat it up. it's just the state of politics. i don't really like it but it's where we're at. heather: it's a sad state. you can take the 2020 democratic candidates and some of these debates, it seems like they all practice these one-liners, then they come off as being inauthentic because they're trying to go viral. so what does this mean for the elections that we're facing ahead? >> i don't think it's working for them the way they thought it would. kamala harris had this great zinger against joe biden and she shot up in the polls right afterwards. but she couldn't sustain it. and she dropped like a rock after that. what's his name -- amy klobuchar game up with a zinger against kamala harris. she shot up and then she dropped

like a rock. each time they do it, it gets an immediate response because it gets media coverage. but then as people look into them, they say yeah, you know, i don't like this person, not so much. heather: yeah. robin, i want to move on to this. she's referring to borders and possibly referring to -- comparing migrant detention centers to the slave trade. at the same time, you have former obama attorney general eric holder warning democrats against these type of things, these radical immigration policies and saying things like that listen to what he had to say. >> democrats have to understand that we do have to have -- borders do meaning. >> the laws have been on the books for 100 years or so. >> would it send the wrong signal to decriminalize? >> it might send the wrong signal but it would certainly take a tool away from the justice department. heather: robin? >> i am so glad to hear him say that.

look, that's obama's former attorney general. i'm one of his former campaign directors. team obama was strong on immigration. he's sending a mess average he heard the same thing i did at that debate. two candidates that were making the arrestin argument for open , that's a death sentence for us in 2020. we have to be strong on borders and very strong with pushing immigration reform. it's what hillary clinton did. it's the message we need to be sending. it's a strong message. heather: bart, final word. >> i agree with robin. these candidates are r far to the left of obama who when he was in the senate was the most leftist senator in american history. now he's a centrist compared to these guys. and you look at what's happening, even in montgomery county, one of the original sanctuary counties, you had a rally last week organized by local talk radio and local activists, saying we had eight

rapes and a murder of immigrants and many of them of minors. we're tired of this. stop being afraid to deport people, stop being afraid to enforce the border. you're harming people of color more than you are white people by allowing these people to come in and be criminals and stay here. it's time to be firm on the border. heather: certainly a huge issue. bart and robin, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> it was a pleasure. heather: have a good day. some other headlines for you. the lead singer of new wave rock band the cards has died. ♪ -- the cars has died. ♪ she's my best friend's girl. ♪ she's my best friends girl. ♪ she used to be mine. heather: he was found dead in his new york city apartment yesterday. he led the cars to 13 top 40 singles. last year the band was inducted into the rock and roll hall of

fame. it's not clear how he died but no foul play is suspected. he is survived by six sons. he was 75 years old. and singer rod stewart gets a clean bill of health after a secret battle with cancer. ♪ oh, maggie i couldn't have tried anymore. heather: stewart revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago. he's now urging men to get tested. he says he's alive because he caught the cancer early. and flavored e-cigarettes will soon be banned in new york. governor a andrew cuomo workingo stop the sales amid a spike in vaping related illnesses. >> names like bubble gum, cotton candy, captain crunch, which was

my favorite, these are obviously targeted to young people. heather: michigan passed a similar ban earlier this month and president trump is working to remove flavored e-cigarettes across the country. the push comes as a texas mother reveals a vaping horror story. in a coma after a mysterious lung illness after getting hooked on the e-cigarette flavors. nascar driver martin truex junior races his way into the playoffs. >> martin truex junior looking for his fifth win of the 2019 season and a pass to the second round of the playoffs. martin truex wins in vegas! heather: he sped into victory lane in las vegas with his fifth win of the year. the next playoff race is saturday in richmond, virginia. well, fox news alert for you, breaking overnight, taking to

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heather: a fox news alert for you. taking to the streets. thousands of employees from nine states walking off the job today after talks break down between general motors and the united auto workers union. what will it take to strike a new deal president of the national right to work committee, mark mitts, joins me now. thank you for joining us. >> good to be on with you this morning. heather: let's begin with this statement from general motors regarding the strike. they say we presented a strong offer that improves wages, benefits and grows u.s. jobs.

it's disappointing that the uaw leadership has chosen to to strike. our goal remains to build a strong future for our employees and our business. so what do you think is going to happen next and what do you think this is about? >> well, obviously gm put cardsr cards on the table with this deal. obviously, the first national strike since 2007 so we're kind of in new ground for a lot of rank and file workers at these plants across the country in the nine states. what are the real issues for the united auto workers and for the rank and file members, is the issue of corruption that's developed over the last several months with nine officials already pleading guilty to a scandal that involves union officials taking money. if i'm a uaw member, i'm worried about that and the indeeing intf the folks negligence other yatesing these contracts. -- negotiating these contracts. the issues are pretty serious. heather: some of the requests that they are making include

fair wages, affordable l health care. they also want a share of the profits, job security, a path to permanent seniority for temporary workers. >> yeah, you know, it's interesting. on the health care cost, if i understand the research correctly, about uaw members there at gm pay 3% of health care costs compared to 28% for ordinary workers across the country. they've got a pretty good deal on health care. obviously health care costs are spiraling. that's something people are concerned about, something that rank and file workers want to have security on. as far as the other issues, the job security at the plants that gm's offered to reopen four plants that were closed in the united states, one of the issues is how do those workers respond to that and what opportunities will be available for the workers that have been dismissed at that point we have a response from the president, a tweet that he sent out. he said here we go again with general motors and the united auto workers, get together and make a deal. you mentioned back in 2007 it took, what, two days, no real economic impact there.

how long do you think it will come to an agreement this time? >> well, certainly the workers on the picket line are making about $250 a week in strike benefits. the union says they have about $850 million in their strike fund. you can do the math. i think it's going to have to end sooner than that. these workers want to get back on the job. gm wants to continue to make good products, the silverado and some other products are really great products. hopefully it will end soon. there may be workers that want to cross the picket line and go to work. they need to make sure they know their rights they do that. the uaw can penalize them if they cross the picket lines. hopefully some workers will recognize that and they can contact us about what their rights are crossing the picket line if they want to work for gm. heather: hopefully they're listening to you this morning. mark, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. thank you. heather: the time now is about 15 minutes until the top of the hour and it's no super bowl ring

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heather: welcome back. a fox business alert t attack on a saudi oil facility could have you paying more at the pump. tracee carrasco is here to explain the 'we are seeing stock index futures pointing to a lower open this monday morning

as crude pricing surging at overnight highs of about 15.5%, this following an attack on the state-owned producer, saudi aramco's crude processing facility. saudi arabia is the world's largest, biggest oil exporter. now, president trump following the attacks here, he did tweet out that the u.s. is authorized to use the oil from the emergency reserve following the weekend attacks on the saudi arabian oil facilities. he tweeted out, quote, plenty of oil. rick perry from the department of energy says in part, quote, the market is resilient and responds positively. hopefully this will not have too much of an impact on us here in the united states. heather: the images, just amazing. stunning pictures. bringing it back home, let's talk about walmart. we mentioned this was going to happen last week and today is the day. >> today, walmart is kicking off its car seat trade-in program, now through september 30th. you can take an old car seat

into walmart and trade it in and they'll give you a $30 gift card to buy whatever you want, on the website or in the stores. this is the first time walmart is doing this type of recycling event. target finished up their recycling program last week. they hope to collect a lot of these old car seats and get them out of use. heather: all right. tracee carrasco joining us. thank you so much. >> thanks, heather. heather: senator cory booker is trailing in the polls but he says he's not concerned. >> the polls have never been predictive this far out. if you're polling ahead right now, you should worry. we've never had someone polling ahead this far out that has gone on to win the presidency. heather: he noted that barack obama and jimmy carter were considered long shots in their w joe biden, campaign. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren in the lead anding

with single digit support. bernie sanders is shaking up his campaign team. he announced that shannon jackson will take over hampshire. jackson most recently ran his 2018 senate re-election campaign. but before the two can really get to work, sanders is apparently taking a break from the campaign trail all together to rest his voice many. you may remember sanders sounding very hoarse during last week's debate. his staff insists he's not sick but he needs time to rest. it's eight minutes until the top of the hour. talk about lactose intolerance. >> it's so damn hot. milk was a bad choice. heather: why new york city is now trying to ban chocolate milk. and what caused these massive flames to shoot out during a pregame performance?

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heather: welcome back. the largest school district in the country could soon shake up a lunchtime staple. >> give me a milk.

chocolate. heather: there's a new move to ban chocolate milk from public schools in new york city. according to the new york post, the department of education is concerned about its sugar content. dairy farmers worry it might stop kids from drinking milk all together. what do you think about that? and a controversial nike ad featuring colin kaepernick wins an emmy award. >> believe in something. even if it means sacrificing everything. so don't ask if your dreams are crazy. ask if they're crazy enough. heather: well, the ad winning a creative arts emmy for best commercial, features several athletes. kaepernick sparked nationwide debate by kneeling during the national anthem to protest social injustices. he hasn't played since 2016.

now it's time for the good, the bad and the ugly. the good, a sweet deed for police dogs, laney stephens raising $750 at a lemonade stand for her town's k-9 unit in writes consistenwisconsin. she sold more than 300 cups of the fresh squeezed juice. now the bad, two masked men break into a home but luckily they're scared off by the woman inside. [bleep] heather: he's not going to mess with her. the california woman screaming when they kicked in the door. she said it felt like an earthquake. her 9-year-old child was with her. the men still on the run. finally, the ugly, a massive fire erupts just minutes before the tennessee titans hosted the indianapolis colts. off parentally there was a mechanical failure with one of the devices used to shoot flames

during the opening festivities. the good news is, it was soon put out. wow, quite a way to start a game. that wraps up this hour of "fox & friends first." thanks for joining us. "fox & friends first" continues right now. bye-bye. rob: it is monday, september 16th and a fox news alert, tens of thousands of auto workers now on strike against general motors, bringing production to a screeching halt for the first time in more than a decade. gillian:.>> they're saying gm ig profits ahead of the workers. we're live with how this could impact you. plus, a crucial clarification from the new york times to its latest brett kavanaugh bomb shell. rob: the democrats didn't let facts get in the way from the late test calls to re3406 -- latest calls to remove kavanaugh from the bench. >> you have to be brave and stand up for your rights. rob: one woman says her community refused to lay a

pro-trump brick that