have a good one. todd: with that set your dvr 4:00 a.m. every weekday morning. so you never miss an addition of fox and friends first. jillian: fox and friends starts right now. >> you will hundreds of protesters getting in the faces of officers, screaming profanities. >> i hear these fools on tv talking about defund the police and things like that. who are black people supposed to call, ghostbusters? >> joe biden called another early morning lid on press conference in the morning. >> we cannot have a low energy individual as our president. we can't. [chanting four more years] >> president trump saying he is close to a final choice on his supreme court nominee. >> we intend to move forward to exercise our responsibility and to vote. >> they say everything is bigger in texas.

i guess campaign ads are included. >> your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to save texas. >> good morning. this is a first alert for this friday, september 2 a 5th, 2020. police have declared an unlawful assembly overnight in louisville as protesters seen smashing windows and -- at buildings. ainsley: 24 people were arrested during the unrest including a state lawmaker. brian: you got mark meredith who has saw it all. he toured it all. he lives in louisville. he is live in louisville, i should say. we're not going to make you move there, mark. but you took a tour. >> i was going to say. brian: you took a tour of the area. >> steve, ainsley and brian good morning to you. that's right. it was another wild night in

louisville. you are right i don't live here but i certainly have seen what this has done to this town. there is arson investigation underway at a business fire broke out here. the business was empty. that man sitting right there i is the business owner. is he convinced demonstrators responsible that have caused the mayhem on this block. the investigation with the fire department still underway. there were some 24 people arrested by louisville police last night for a variety of different crimes. take a look at some of the video. police say there were all sorts of things happening last night, whether it be people spray painting graffiti on buses. breaking windows at some of the restaurants nearby. we saw at one point some of those people decided to go to a church to basically try to hide out from the police. while they were out there, they were also trying to get some help from the local parishioners there. offering food and bottled water to those demonstrators out there. among those arrested last night kentucky state representative at can a scott she had introduced legislation to basically ban the no knock warrants in the wake of

the breonna taylor shooting. we will be interested to see what the fallout is from her arrest. two police officertheman who shs wednesday night is being arraigned today. officers cheered as the special operations commanders showed up for a role call on thursday only hours after being released from the hospital. so an indication that these folks you are going to see there, again, they were very excited to have this police officer back with them. those officers are expected to be okay. it was mayhem on the streets of louisville last night. a lot of concern about what it is going to be like this weekend. i just did a lap around downtown. things are calm at the moment. you are not seeing any of those protesters out. but there was also a curfew in place. i have to tell new speak fog this business owner and seeing some of the damage that is out there, a lot of people are very upset about what is happening to their city back to you. steve: indeed. in louisville on the streets once again on this friday

morning, mark meredith, thank you very much. chair for black voices for trump 2020 and author of "nothing to lose." unlikely allies in the struggle for a better black america. pastor, good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. steve: what are you making of the vandalism we saw last night in louisville and the ongoing protests? >> right now it's just becoming utterly ridiculous. this whole protest period in america has gotten ridiculous. we have been protesting or a certain segment of american society has been pressing for months now and have nothing to show for it. any change that is desired by the community has to be accomplished through legislation. not through vandalism and riots and chaos. you recall when dr. king protested in the 60's it was peaceful protest but it led to legislation. this is outside agitation. we have miss information disseminated by the left.

celebrities, entertainers regurgitating that miss information inel flaming the passion of the american public and resulted in chaos while they go back and hide in their gate communities and security the streets of america are on fire. then we have the outside agitators who simply want to undermine our american system of government. brian: who are they? >> antifa, black lives matter, they don't care about the black communities. they are hustlers waiting for things like this to inflame passions so they can come in with whatever monster sinister underlying purposes that they have and cause havoc on the streets of america. they ultimately want to sway this election. when we see veiled threats from the left if the election doesn't turn it out the way they want it to turn out. if they don't get the power they want, we will have more of the same. it's getting out of hand but it's time to put a stop to this mess. that's all it is a mess. jillian: you ar jill. ainsley: you pars tore. martin luther king pastor.

graham is organizing a prayer march tomorrow at the lincoln memorial says if you can't go because of covid, can you watch it live from 12:00 to 2:00 online. john rich is going to be on our show called earth to god. the lyrics is take away the pain. we need you now. a lot of people are concerned about the direction of our country. i went on to franklin conor lamb's website for the national prayer march he quoted second emanuel thus the lord prayer for the land. yesterday in kentucky they went into a church sanctuary. police said i will let did you go if you promise you won't riot. what is your message for this country when it comes to this? because some people if you look at the ap poll, darryl, says 44% of the people are not approving will of protests against police. 39% are approving. the majority don't approve of this. >> well, you are absolutely right. those that do approve will based

on misinformation. it's like facts and truth and evidence don't matter anymore. when you look at the facts surrounding the broornght incident. you will see that the police responded to gunshots a grand jury decided. this it wasn't the decision of one individual. it was a grand jury, a jury of peers that decided that the police however the facts that they acted somewhat recklessly they didn't go in with intent to kill. we have to take that into consideration. but that message is not getting out there. it's the message of us against them. you know, the left has created this us against them environment and will police sworn to protect and serve trying to portray them as enemies. they are not our enemies. they are part of our community. we need to work together to ensure the safety of american citizens and i want lay and order. brian: on a roll with senator

tim scott expand police reform expand the time in academy and different things with all sides participating and then it got very political and sad there seems like an organized insurrection at points. meanwhile i was watching last night tnt. i watched shaquille o'neil weigh in and charles barkley way in on not basketball but on breonna taylor. listen. >> you know, i hear these fools on tv talking about defund the police and things like that. we need police reform and prison reform and things like that because you know who ain't going to defund the cops, white neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods. so, that notion they keep saying that i'm like wait a minute, we just -- who are black people supposed to call ghostbusters when we have crime in our neighborhoods? we need police reform. like i say white people, especially rich white people they're always going to have cops. we need to stop the defund or abolish the cops crap.

brian: he has gotten blow back on this. i don't know why. have you got put this in a separate category from george floyd or are a medicine arbery the boyfriend shot at police. the way to look at this, too darrell. what went into requesting that warrant? did they know she no longer was dating the guy they were actually going after. she was with a different guy not her boyfriend then was not her boyfriend, the one who shot at the cops when they came in? there is a lot of nuances to this. it wasn't necessarily right or wrong. >> and you are right. but the moment that guy shot. he put everyone in that house at risk. he claims he didn't hear the police identify themselves. that's subjective right there. we can't prove that he did. brian: what do you think about what charles said? >> what charles said it was will true but he doesn't need to play the race card there. it's not a black white issue. we want safety in all of our

communities. the black community needs safety as well as every other community in america. so, don't try to pin it as well the whites don't want police reform but the blacks. that's ridiculous, charles. i mean, i understand what you are trying to say but you need to say it in a different way. steve: pastor, the president overnighted in the miami area last night and later today he is going to travel to atlanta. i know you are one of the -- you are part of the group black voices for trump 2020. apparently his message is about black economic empowerment. what sort of a message does the president have for the black community? >> it's going to be more than a message. it's going to be a plan. probably the most comprehensive plan for black measures, minority americans in american history. he is going to set forth his plan to close the wealth gap between the black community and the other communities in america. and it's going to be a very, very comprehensive plan.

3 million new jobs. 500,000 new black businesses. you are talking about tax cuts for minority businesses. it's going to include police reform, healthcare, a path wray for housing. it's going to be a very, very comprehensive plan that the black community is going to be pleasantly impressed by. i can't wait. it's going to be great. what do you make of joe biden keeping a low profile. steve: low profile it's no profile. ain't ain't hyden biden his face in there where is he waving behind someone. >> the president called him low energy joe. he is like your cell phone when your battery is running out. you have to have very, very limited use. pick your spot. joe just doesn't have it. joe doesn't have the energy.

joe doesn't have the get up and go. joe just doesn't have it. he picked his spot he comes out he is like punxsutawney phil. he comes out, sticks his head out of the ground, makes an appearance. doesn't take questions. steve: six more weeks of no reporters. >> fumbles at the teleprompter and then reporters won't even ask him any questions because they know better. and then joe goes back into hiding. he crawls back into his hole. he goes back into the skunken place until he resurfaces. brian: i know americans appreciate when you work halder for something and we know one thing the president is grinding it. and hillary clinton gringedded it for the most part. he is not. and it's amazing when people look at your candidate and decide he is better off not going out today. nine times. he has called. yesterday about 9:15 in the morning. that didn't escape the president's consciousness. it came up in jacksonville last night. >> did you see he did a lid this

morning again. do you know what a lid is? a lid is when you put out word you are not going to be campaigning today. so he does a lid all the time. i'm working my ass off. i'm in texas, i'm in ohio. [cheers and applause] i'm in north carolina, south carolina. i'm in michigan. i'm all over the place. [chanting four more years] >> supposing he never campaigns and he wins, do you know how badly i'm going to feel? i'm working hard. you have got to work hard. you know what? i said it today. we cannot have a low energy individual as our president. brian: i think he has three events today in miami and then atlanta and then he is over to washington. mitch mcconnell said something, darrell, i think can you relate to yesterday and relates to your book. he said it's very difficult for an african-american in this country, talking about his attorney general, you are treated differently if you are a

republican. it's common african-american democrats no problem. if you are a republican, it is. you seem to be eye to eye with this president the president is hoping to get 20% of the african-american vote and that might deliver the election. is it difficult to be african-american and be a trump supporter? >> well, as far as the left is concerned, it is. you see, ag cammeron doing a fantastic job in kentucky. and the thing is this. if he were white, they would brand him a racist. but because he is not white they trot out the black left to come out and call him derogatory racist names. and so he is stuck between a rock and hard place. this guy has a lot of metal to him. he doesn't allow it to phase him. kamala is missing too. where is she at? brian: why is she quiet? do you know why? she doesn't have any energy either. two low energy candidates and

joe is lower than she is. joe beat her in the primary. what does that say about her? brian: darrell, thanks so much. congratulations on your book nothing to lose. it tells the story of your relationship with the president. >> it's an easy read and a lot of behind the scenes conversations that i think people will enjoy. steve: all right. well, we enjoyed our conversation with you today from cleveland. have a great weekend, sir. >> god bless you, thank you. ainsley: god bless you, too. steve: switching gears and turning now to griff jenkins in washington, d.c. where later today late justice ruth bader ginsburg will lie in state at the u.s. capitol. and griff is on capitol hill, griff? >> that's right. after lying in repose for two days at the supreme court. justice ginsburg's casket will cross the street becoming the first woman to lie in state in the u.s. capitol. she will be in statuary hall where members of her family will attend a ceremony joe biden and his wife jill will be in

attendance. yesterday though the president and first lady melania paid their respects as protesters outside the high court booed and chanted vote him out. well now the president is moving forward with the replacement process last night in a rally in jacksonville, florida, teasing saturday's 5:00 p.m. nomination and calling on biden to release his list of potential candidates. watch. >> my pongted refuses to release his list of potential justices because they will be hand-picked by extremists. so if biden does that if he puts an extremist into that position. he loses everything. >> biden was off the radars as you mentioned with that early lid, secret secret pelosi walked back. bashed his valid concerns saying that the president is trying to discredit november's election. we will see what the president has to say though because it appears, guys, he has been ramping up the mail-in ballot rhetoric. he will be making his from

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>> we can't pick and choose elections. the election is no reason for us to dodge our responsibility and not go forward with a well-qualified nominee, which i anticipate we are going to get saturday afternoon that was a great interview that shannon had with mitch mcconnell. push to confirm the supreme court nominee ahead of the

election when nine months before president obama was done he stood in the way of merrick garland. what can we expect when the vote moves from the judiciary committee to the senate floor? colorado senator cory gardner committing to confirm. he joins us now. senator, everyone brought you up first to say this could hurt senators like cory gardner looking for re-election if you do something as controversial to some as filling this seat before election day. what's your reaction? >> well, only democrats seem to think in the far left that filling a constitutional role is i will legitimate function of the united states senate. every any time you place a justice on the supreme court who is going to uphold the law and follow the constitution that is a good thing for the country. that's what we need and that's why i hope that the nominee is put forward is somebody who meets the criteria of upholding the law. won't legislation from the bench following the constitution.

brian: did senator mcconnell check with you before he came forward he? said keep your powder dry over the weekend and on monday he made it clear the president going to fill that seat. did they check with you? >> no, no. in fact, i just made a determination that under my constitutional obligation to advise and consent, this country needs to move forward. look, we had a process under brett kavanaugh that was an embarrassment. we had people pounding, trying to tear down the doors of the united states supreme court. we had people who were calling and leaving some of the most vicious and vile comments that i have ever heard as a policymaker. as seeing things being done that were shameful. and i expect the same thing. unfortunately. because the left -- this isn't just about this supreme court vacancy. look what they did starting with decades ago with judge bourque. look what they did alito. look what they did to brett kavanaugh. just alito's wife they brought her to tears in a committee hearing. and now what we're going to see

this amplified to a degree that we have never seen before. i pray for this country because i'm worried about the left will do to tear this apart. brian: all right. so, senator, just to remember, it was senator kamala harris went in front with brett kavanaugh in front of her and this was her approach. >> have you discussed mueller or his investigation with anyone at cast wits, benson and torrez? how do you reconcile your statement about a conspiracy against you when the treatment of someone who was before this body not very long ago? do you agree that it is possible for men to both be friends with some women? and treat other women badly? brian: she was going after his character, what happened in 11th grade on down. and she was talking about the woman who accused him of doing things in high school. >> well, look, i think they

brought out high school yearbooks. they will probably bring up 3rd grade check the box notes sent around for any nominee that comes saturday. look, we heard diane feinstein that talk about the dog matha lies within you for one nominee. bernie sanders when it came to the confirmation of russ vote at the office of management and budget that he put a religious test in place. you know, this is a democratic majority that believes if you have a religious background if you have faith you may be disqualified from supervisors in this country. that flies in the fails of article 6 of the constitution. this is an incredible crossroads for our country. they are going to come after me. i know it. they will stop at nothing. we have had people pounding on our does at 1:00 in the morning. i have got young kids. they will continue to do it. we will stand strong because it's the right thing to do in this country. take somebody well-qualified somebody like colorado's own neil gorsuch and put him on the high court. my opponent said he would vote

no against neil gorsuch. steve: you believe he is saying he is open to packing the court you are talking about governor hickenlooper who we invited on. when people say is he a moderate, what would you say. >> if the definition of moderate is pack the supreme court, hurting our second amendment rights. laying off every oil and gas worker in the country, he stood on stage next to bernie sanders when he was running for president in his failed presidential bid and said i'm just as progressive as every other person on this stage. he wants to eliminate the illegality of border crossing. he wouldn't know senate can dad hickenlooper he wouldn't show up for his own ethics trial. first governor to be convicted of violating the state constitution. brian: for a while he said i don't want to be a senator i wouldn't be a good senator and is he running for senate. it's leaning democrat. so you are coming from behind again. senator cory gardner, thanks so much. >> well, thanks for having me. go to cory gardner for senate.com. i look forward to hearing from

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kirsanow from the u.s. commission on civil rights. peter, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. steve steve apparently, these diners at that particular table, the video was captured by a local reporter down there for the tampa bay newspaper. apparently they were just having their dinner, having a nice drink and whatnot and then these protesters came by and essentially a gate crasher came over and sat down at their table and threatened a woman that he was going to knock her boyfriend the f out. i don't know that that is effective messaging for the protesters. >> oh, no. it absolutely is not. it's not going to end well at some point. at some point they're going to sit at the wrong table and it's going to have some violence. this is, i think, this type of behavior, obviously is unjustified. but it's rationalized by these protesters and they're not even protesters. they are intimidators, disrupters of the peace. in some cases they engage in

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we have already seen billions of dollars worth of property damage in large part because of the belief in this false narrative. steve: peter, after george floyd's killing, you know, there were a lot of americans who were in support of the protest. but then they saw the looting and they saw the violence and then, you know, you see stuff like this where people get in each other's faces. the a.p. did a poll. and the survey period was before the breonna taylor verdict was handed up. do you approve of the protest against police violence? 44% disapproved. that's a plurality. it is down 15 points from june. so clearly the tide seems to be turning a little bit. but ultimately, what they are trying to do is trying to affect change, political change. and, you know, address racial injustifiable. when it comes to the presidential politics, is this helpful or not? because i think a lot of people are looking at that thinking

okay, if a certain person wins the presidency, is that going to continue or end? >> i think the majority of sane americans look at what is happening and say i don't want any more of this. and there was one party who for four months through a convention stayed absolutely silent when this kind of violence and behavior such as we just saw was going on throughout the streets. most people understand protesting. whether or not they support the subject matter of protest is one thing. they understand that's an american prerogative. protests is fine. we have seen billions of dollars in property damage. have you seen riots and looting and rioting for fun and profit in many cases. people getting support. people don't support that this is inkind conviction to the trump campaign. i agree, president trump has stood firm. blue cities have been engaged in insane defund the police effort

in the midst of horrific violence. it's shear insanity. so i think,y, what you see in terms of the polls that is in terms of whether or not they support the protest and the violence, i think could be reflected in the fall. i think will be reflected in the fall. steve: peter kirsanow u.s. commission on civil rights, thank you for joining us on this friday from cleveland. >> thanks, steve. steve: you bet have. a good weekend. while president trump keeping busy rallying voters, joe biden off the trail another day. what does that say about the campaign? joe concha and mollie hemingway are on deck. but, first, before the debate kicks off on tuesday, enter for a free chance to win 25,000 bucks from our friends at fox bet. download the fox bet app. and plate presidential debate game. pick six possible outcomes and watch the debate on fox news on tuesday night, september 29th. see how it all unfolds. it's free, easy, fun and you can

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order to cook up evidence against him. declaring, quote: trump was right still not put together. why do we do this to ourselves? what is wrong with these people? >> senior editor of the federalist and fox news contributor mollie hemingway helped uncover these messages. she joins us now along with media reporter joe con challenge. i will read this to everybody at home. here is what is now public because the attorney general wanted it public. august 11th, 2016, exchange between fbi agents quote doing all the election research. i think some of thieves guys want a clinton presidency instead of a wild card like trump. next, january 5th, 2017. we all went and purchased professional liability insurance, yeah. the whole thing is pretty ugly. we shall see how this pans out. how things pan out. we know what happened. urge comey gets fired. mollie? >> these are stunning

revelations and texts from these fbi agents. we had always heard that the trump-russia probe itself was an insurance policy in the case that trump won. but these show that they actually purchased insurance for themselves they were so worried about getting caught if a new attorney general came in who had oversight. of course, tended up being jeff sessions and he immediately recused themself so they were safe from that these texts show there was never case whatsoever against mike flynn that agencies were concerned about how that case had been end and handled that they closed it on election day but then reopened it following a january 5th meeting with obama and biden in the white house. they say they were directed to kind of get everything going again after that. they believed that the leaks, the criminal leaks about the mike flynn phone calls with ambassador kislyak were done by high levels at the white house. and then, yes, that text showing that january 3rd tweet from donald trump where he says are they playing games with this russia probe have an fbi agent

personnel saying trump is right. that's what we are doing. so this really, you know, it follows in a long line of explosive texts and whatnot. and so i think a lot of people are hoping that there will be accountability for this operation the more we learn about it. steve: joe, the more we learn about it, the less we seem to see about it on the other channels and in major newspapers in the united states. >> it's a big fat yawn, steve. steve: it's not a o yawn. it's explosive and donald trump referred to the whole thing biggest dirty political trick in the history of politics and, yet, it's hard to get any information about it? >> i mean onin terms of when we are deciding what goes in a rundown in any newscast or what goes in the front page of a newspaper getting buried or not spoken about at all when which shut turley remarkable. look at the people involved here for a element movement james comey, the former fbi director

has a full length movie coming out next month and a book a second one with a huge media tour attached to it right after that. have you andrew mccabe was hired by cnn after lying to the bureau about leaking to the press and then he gets rewarded by it by a major news organization. peter strzok just put out a book and got a nice media tour as well and lisa page was hired by msnbc to be an analyst. so, the more you do bad things, apparentfully washington, the more you get rewarded on the other end instead of being ostracized or, i don't know, charged with doing something. it's utterly remarkable. ainsley: mollie, people are wondering where joe biden is. look at the front page. after another day of hyden, hele hidein' where is biden. [sixth, 9 a.m. lid. ending the reporter questions and campaign events. some people might say look, it's working for him if you look at the fox news poll, it's tight in

ohio but is he beating trump in nevada and in pennsylvania. although people yesterday were showing trump beating him in georgia and florida. what do you think? >> yes. if you believe those polls there is absolutely no need for joe biden to campaign from this point to the election. i'm not sure if everybody thinks that is in fact accurate or the wise way to handle this campaign. usually campaigns are so rigorous. they are a precursor to handling the rigors of the presidency. joe biden is taking quite a few days off. it's his business and people can decide whether that relates to his issues with mental acute. i did think it was he is just doing debate prep that's why he is taking all these days off. the day before he said he hadn't begun debate prep yet. media should think less about trying to cover for biden and accurately reporting what's going on. brian: i would like to get you both to weigh in on this. kamala harris, no excuse. why isn't she taking questions and why isn't she out there. i thought the biggest

controversy would be she is taking lead. now it turns out she is went up into vapor. steve: she was in flingt michigan a couple days ago and peter doocy tried to ask her questions and she would not respond. brian: i think it has to be in chris wallace's debate questions. would you expect that? first, joe? >> i would expect that from chris wallace, absolutely. i would also hope that china is brought up as a major topic as well. right now the topics have been decided, obviously coronavirus will be one and the economy will be one, and rioting in american cities will be one. but i have a feeling that chris wallace given 90 minutes will get to those important questions. brian: of course what i'm referring to specifically mollie is the fact that very complex relationship between hunter, a moscow mayor, ukrainian investors as well as chinese investors. >> right. i'm actually sure if he is not going to get much press questioning about this because he hasn't prior to this point.

the thing about deglats is someone on the stage donald trump who might ask questions about the biden's family corruption or biden's involvement in the russian collusion hoax. it would be great and wonderful for the media. i know they are involved in some of these stories but to hold joe biden accountable for his role in them as well. steve: you never know what's going to happen. tuesday night 9:00 p.m. eastern time. mollie and joe, thank you for joining us on this friday. >> thank you. >> have a good weekend, guys. brian: isn't it amazing out of all the books james comey gets the movie. james comey the one everybody agrees on both sides screwed up. he gets the movie making him look like a hero. who is he paying off. steve: you are just a little jealous. brian: true. steve: after losing both of her in-laws to covid our own janice dean become advocate. she is demanding investigation into the shocking number of nursing home deaths new york and elsewhere. more on that with her coming up

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become a voice for them and for the thousands of families just like hers that have lost their loved ones in the same way. janis has since joined a bipartisan group of state lawmakers calling for independent investigation into new york's nursing home deaths. yesterday, she testified before house subcommittee. >> when you have lost your loved one of your family, you feel that you are forgotten. you feel that you have been ignored by policymakers. >> so, yes, my answer is we want answers and i am not hearing those answers. i'm not hearing the questions being asked of our governors. the death toll in our senior living facilities in new york is bigger than september 11th and hurricane katrina. this should not be about politics. it's about accountability. ainsley: janis joins us now along with new york congressman tom reed who did invite her to testify. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. ainsley: good morning. >> janice: good morning. ainsley: janis, why is this so

important you clearly you have a platform because you are a meteorologist on national television. why are you standing up for others and what exactly are you looking for here? janice: we don't have answers yet. why did our governor, along with many other democratic governors, put covid positive patients into nursing homes? in new york state, it happened six months ago there was an executive order by governor andrew cuomo to put over 6,000 covid positive patients into nursing homes. we still don't know why he hasn't given us any answers. and we don't know the total death toll. he continues to have a cover-up on all of those numbers. so we are asking for a bipartisan investigation with subpoena power to get these answers for thousands of families like my own that deserve them. ainsley: congressman, thousands of families do have the same questions that janis has. why aren't we getting these answers? why isn't someone asking the governor? >> because of politics and the governor believes is he above the law. and he wants to engage in that cover-up. i applaud janis and, yesterday we had the ways and means

committee. the h esteemed historic committe of congress stooped to historic lows in my opinion where they engaged in political on hypothetical piece of legislation that they said was going to destroy a historic program of the federal government. and they used it for political fear mongering to our seniors. and we gave janis the platform killing our seniors with horrific nursing home situation. i will tell she did outstanding job and give her every platform to not engage in politics get to the bottom and demand justice for thousands of folks that were killed in regard to this reckless groszly negligent and almost intentional killing of our seniors during the covid-19 situation. ainsley: i mean, janice it's hard because it's a sickness we didn't know much about because the blame game can be difficult. from the beginning we were told that the elderly were most at risk.

people with underlying conditions most at risk. you haven't gotten answers as to why these sick patients were put into nursing homes. janice: we still haven't gotten answers and haven't gotten answers as to why the governor didn't use the facilities that the president gave him. the comfort ship. the javits center and other makeshift hospitals. i thank you, congressman reed, for having me in washington yesterday to help the other families try to get answers. ainsley: where are you with this bipartisan independent investigation. >> would will move forward. when you have obstruction from governor cuomo and other governors that won't answer these questions that's the problem. ainsley: thank you both for being with us. janice: thank you. ainsley: we love you, janice. sorry about that. >> we are with you, janice. ainsley: still ahead shannon bream, mark meadows and geraldo. , at sea, and downtown. but don't worry, julie...

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i'm worried about the left will do to tear us apart. >> new text messages reveal that fbi agents bought liability insurance for a possible lawsuit in the michael flynn probe. >> we made americaed in the single greatest nation in the history in the world and the best is yet to come. you watch. [cheers] ♪ keep on rolling ♪ just want to hear everybody sing ♪ ainsley: those are some of our friends big and rich. we also have another friend down in nashville john rich who is part of big and rich. steve: he is the rich guy in big and rich. ainsley: brian loves his bar down there. brian: i'm the only one? you guys all love his bar. ainsley: i know. he has this great song out called "earth to god" is he going to sing it first on our show. we are so excited. you have to stick around for it is beautiful. it's really a message our country needs to hear right now.

brian: the president has latinos for trump and meeting at dural country club i think he knows the owner. is he going to be in atlanta, georgia. he is going to participate in a round table with his supporters and he's also going to do a black economic empowerment event in atlanta. he has a lot going on. i'm not sure what joe biden is doing. do you know, steve? steve: i have think he supposedly is preparing for debates. apparently the two teams, the trump team and the biden team are negotiating over, you know, the details about the debate, which is going to be tuesday night. you will see it right here on fox. it is 39 days until the election. and it is one day before the president reveals his pick for the supreme court. so we will keep you posted on what we know and shannon bream is going to be talking about that in just a minute. right now 7:02 in the east. police declared unlawful assembly in louisville overnight as protesters were seen smashing windows and damaging some buildings. ainsley: 24 people were arrested

including a stated lawmaker. brian: mark meredith is live in louisville. >> i told him last hour he list there but he doesn't. with the unrest that took place last night. and the fear about this weekend. >> brian, it was another wild night. yes, we saw demonstrations but we also saw violence. police saying they arrested 24 people and at one point someone even tried to set the city's library on fire with a flare. they saw people spray painting graffiti whether they be on buses or businesses that were downtown. someone also was smashing some windows of some of the restaurants downtown really causing mayhem throughout the city there was a curfew in place. all of our cell phones in the area we got an alert telling everybody to go home it. really didn't appear that that impacted people from coming out or making much of a difference. at one point even protesters started to gather in a church to basically avoid being arrested. local media reports that church mexico provided protesters food and water. and eventually the police were able to convince everybody to go home from there now, new england those who were arrested last

night was kentucky state representative at can a scott. she had introduced legislation to ban no-knock warrants in the wake of the breonna taylor shooting. and meanwhile local leaders are all calling for calm. >> public safety and the work for racial equity and justice can and must coexist. we encourage everyone to be lawful and peaceful as they go through their protest activities. >> also today the man accused of shooting two police officers on wednesday, he will be arraigned. police charging 26-year-old lorenzo johnson with assaulting police officers and 14 counts of wanton endangerment. the good news the officers are okay. officers even cheered as major arbery gregory the special operations commanders who was in the hospital just hours earlier showed up for a roll call as those officers were getting ready for their day ahead. we are expecting that curfew to remain in place here over the weekend. we had a chance to walk downtown this morning when we got up at

2:00 a.m., there was nobody else on the streets. there was certainly thansd occasion that people are still worried about what this weekend will bring. businesses are all boarded of up. i talked to one business owner this morning who suspects somebody tried to set his building on fire. he was very upset says a lot of people don't realize what the city of louisville is going through. brian, ainsley and steve, back to you. steve: no kidding. mark, before you go, talking about businesses that were damaged. i saw some local reporting in the local louisville courier this morning that apparently yesterday a group of belonging to the oath keepers a militia group. some identify themselves as being from north carolina said that they had been asked -- they were armed. had been asked by at least a gas station and pawnshop owner to make sure that their businesses would not be destroyed. is that a group that's been there for a while? >> they have been here for a while. i have friends on the ground here in louisville said they have seen them out here. when i first got here wednesday evening i quawkd by that exact

shell station you are talking about. you have got maybe 202, 5 people who have their guns out along the perimeter of that shell station. it's maybe about a half mile from where i am. they are definitely out there. i didn't have a chance to speak to them. i was trying to get to the hotel as things were starting to get kind of crazy. but, i certainly have seen them out here. i will be curious to see if they will stay out here this weekend. the police are asking for everybody to calm down. steve: mark meredith live on the streets you have louisville. thank you. by the way, lebron james in a post game interview last night after the lakers won their playoff game, said of what's going on in louisville and across the country we lost a beautiful woman in bre bruno th. ainsley: in a group of reuters, trying to get questions answered as journalists and the police were just arresting a bunch of people and they lumped them in

with them and they were locked up for several hours. 12 hours since one reporter george ventura, and he said there were 40 men in his cell and they were -- or many of them were from out of state. he said indiana, detroit, ohio. and they said they are actually not going to come back to the protest anymore. and then the lady that was arrested, shelby talcot she heard the protesters shouting there was a u-haul truck so she runs with the protesters over there and she said it was on the side of the road. she did not see anyone driving the truck. it was just placed there they opened up the back of it and she was expecting maybe water bottles for the protesters that needed, you know, needed to, you know, hydrate and she said instead there were shields. there were signs. and there were all kinds of things, brian. brian: and also check out fox news.com because you will see the open with tucker found out who rented that and who was paying her to rent that, this woman that was there. so unwind hog is behind the protest as opposed to those who

want to make the country better is key. in seattle protesters hit officers over the head with a bat. occupied several lines of a freeway in saint lose. massachusetts they called up the national guard kind of as a prevention thing. and then in new york you had several hundred protesters in the streets blocking traffic going across the bridge. pastor darrell scott, african-american from the inner city, he hooked up with the president early and working with the president on the african-american community urban environment. here's what he said about the chaos that's been happening in this country since june. >> a certain segment of american society has been protesting for months now. and have nothing to show for it. any change that is desired by the community has to be accomplished through legislation not through vandalism and riots and chaos. this now is just outside agitation. we have misinformation being disseminated by the left. you have celebrities, athletes, entertainers that are regurgitating that misinformation, inflaming the passions of the american public

and resulting in chaos while they go back and hide in their gated communities. brian: so that's his view that he doesn't feel like we are making enough progress. we also have a situation where the president of the united states feels as though the key to him actually winning this election would be increasing his african-american support from 10 to even goat 15 to get to 20. darrell scott thinks it's possible. meanwhile turning now to griff jenkins at the white house. he joining us with more on late justice ruth bader ginsburg lying in state at the u.s. capitol today. griff. griff: yeah, brian, ainsley, steve, good morning. it's going to be a day of history after two days of lying in lee pose at the supreme court. justice ginsburg's casket will soon in a few hours cross this street and she will in death break yet another barrier. she will be the first woman to lie in state in the u.s. capitol. her casket will enter the east front. she will be in statuary hall where there will be a ceremony

with members of congress and family members, including joe biden will be there along with his wife dr. jill biden. now, yesterday, president trump, first lady melania paid their respects as protesters outside the high capitol booed and chaptered vote him out. now is he moving forward with that replacement process last night at a rally in florida teasing saturday's 5:00 p.m. nomination. and calling on biden to release his list of potential candidates. >> my opponent refuses to release his list of potential justices because he will be hand picked by extremists. so if biden does that if he puts an extremist into that position, he loses everything. griff: biden was off the raider of a hradar.swing states likelyy voters in ohio, nevada and pennsylvania favor biden over trump in picking again for a replacement. we will see what the president has to say as he continues to

tease that nomination with you pretty much already talked about it. he is going to be florida, georgia, back in d.c. and he will end the night tonight at a rally in virginia. brian, ainsley, steve? steve: is he busy. all right, griff, thank you very much. bring in shannon bream who is also very busy the anchor of fox news at night and legal correspondent she has not been this up early enemy, many weeks and joins us live from d.c. >> anything for you guys. you know that. brian: okay. good. we will see you monday. steve: the president is going to make his announcement tomorrow at 5:00. all eyes are who is he going to be nominating. the leading contenders and you know we have talked about these names for a while, amy coney barrett. barbara lagoa. allison jones rushing. although it sounds like lagoa the president had an opportunity to meet with her while he is down in south florida and he has decided not to do that. it does -- sources i have heard

from from the senate and close to the white house say there will be a vote, the last week in october. so it's very important that they pick the right person who can get through without a problem. >> yeah. and i think any of the people that get picked, they are going to have a fight. this confirmation battle is going to heat up. it is going to be tougher. democrats have told us plainly we are going to use every tool that we have. ever procedural device they have and don't have many given the numbers they have in the senate. they are not going to make it easy on whoever that nominee happens to be. they have made that clear. a lot of people are looking at senator kamala harris, of course, the vice presidential nominee on the democratic side. she was really tough on brett kavanaugh. she is a former prosecutor. so, i would watch for her to really take a bit of the spotlight and try to make her points and maybe she hopes for some votes for her ticket as well when those hearings get going. ainsley: speaking of that we have the flashback of her

questioning brett kavanaugh. listen to this. >> i'm going to ask you one last time. are you willing to ask the white house to authorize the fbi to investigate the claims that have been made against you? >> well, i will do whatever the committee wants, of course. >> as it relates to the recent allegations? are you willing to have them do it? >> the witness testimony is before you. no witness who was there supports that i was there. >> okay. i'm going to take that as a no and we can move on. how do you reconcile your statement about a conspiracy against you with the treatment of someone who was before this body not very long ago? >> i explained that in my opening statement, senator. ainsley: shannon, the media has already started attacking amy coney barrett for her religion, for being a catholic. what do you expect in these hearings? >> yeah. i mean, democrats definitely have a plan, i talked to a couple of strategists and they

know they have to be careful here because have you got potentially a woman well in any case it's going to be a woman. but if it's judge barrett. she has got seven children. you expect her family is going to be there. she is a mother and also somebody who graduated the top of her law school class. she is qualified, according to the american bar association, which is supposed to bed neutral arbiter in these things. you have a unique situation in that if you have senator harris going after her, it's a woman to woman. i think the democrats are very aware to have the men going after a woman. it's going to happen. they say it's not about her religion. it's about her positions. obviously somebody who is a devout practicing catholic she probably adheres to the teachings of the church this is against abortion. the democrats are going to try to separate that out. they say this is not about anti-catholicism. this is where she stands on women's rights and abortion rights. they are going back to her college writings, her papers. they are going to look at

everything she has written or done. every association she has had. every group. but they say it's not about a religion. it's about the issues and they are going to have to be very careful in parsing that out. because, if you look like you are going after someone as they did during her senate hearing a couple years ago, on the basis of religion, that is going to rub a lot of people the wrong way. brian: if she comes out and says hey i'm for overturning roe v. wade that would be problematic, too as senator thune said yesterday i'm as problematic as anyone but that's not where the country is right now, right? >> yeah. and she has said, listen, it's not my place to overturn things. i apply them as a judge. obviously as a supreme court justice, you are then one of the nine voices who are the final decider on any of these things. but she has said clearly, i will not allow my religion or my personal life, a judge never should, to impede what i'm going to do from the bench. that's not what i'm called to do. we are not supposed to be legislators we are supposed to interpret the text and law the

constitution as it is the text. she is trying to make the case that she is not going to become some sort of person who is going to impose a religious belief on any particular case. but she is going to be pushed on roe. she will have to be very careful with her answers as many justices were in the past. we think about even justice ginsburg have said i'm not going to comment on specific things that could come before me. she can talk about her past record but looking forward to hypothetical questions is very dangerous. she is too smart to do it. steve: we are going to be watching. shannon good luck to you. staying awake all day long. ainsley: i went to bed watching your show, shannon. >> then i watched it on rerun this morning as i was getting ready and get to see you again. you are doing great job. >> it's great to be with you guys. brian: we know with shannon on friday it's a dance party. steve: look at that very good. >> too early. steve: tell me about it. coming up on this friday one company pulling its financial support from the utah jazz because they say players are getting way too political. the chairman of the board of

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ainsley: one company canceling suite at the utah teams. says getting way to political. in a letter to the team steel contractors says it wants the jazz to quote put a stop to all disrespectful actions during the anthem and remove the black lives matter logo from the arena. joining me now is jerry moyes the chairman the board of sme steel contractors. jerry, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, ainsley. ainsley: what it was that made you send that letter and pull out of the suites? >> well, first of all, we are a medium size steel manufacturer. we have about 1400, 1500 employees at n. salt lake. we are a very patriotic company. and i believe that our people are like 99.9% of the american people when would see the flag we are patriotic and humble. to see people not respecting the flag that ♪ right. we go back to -- or when you go

back to the war of 1776, all the way through when you look at how many people men and women have died for our flag, you know, the veterans, you know, it's just not given the respect that we need to be giving to them. ainsley: have you heard from the owner of the jazz? >> we have not heard from the jazz organization. ainsley: donovan mitchell tweeted out it's your right to do that just like it's ours to kneel. what's your response? >> i heard that response and he is correct. we are supportive of peaceful demonstrations and what they want to do. but, you know, we are the ones that are paying for that. and if we're going to pay for his salary, you know, we expect it to be respectful. ainsley: was it a tough decision? i grew up going to the south carolina football games and it's been a part of my family's life for generations. i know you have had that suite for 28 years.

>> yes. that is correct. we have enjoyed it. we have been there with, you know, family, friends, employees and customers. and it's been a very delightful experience, the jazz have been very gaining over the 28 years and we feel badly about doing. this. ainsley: that's how important it is to you. jerry, thank you for being with us. >> all right. thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. president trump set to name his high court nominee tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. as he calls on joe biden to release his own list of possible picks. white house chief of staff mark meadows is next. ♪ ♪ when you get your flu shot at walgreens you don't just get a bandage you get assurance that we take the right precautions to keep you safe. so you can defend your crew against the flu. get your flu shot safely from our pharmacy experts at walgreens

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steve: his ohere to discuss we e on the north lawn of the white house white house chief of staff mark meadows, mark, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. great to be with you guys. steve: good to have you. president is going to make his announcement 5:00 tomorrow. i am pretty sure you have a good idea who it is going to be. [laughter] steve: how many of the names we have seen has he actually interviewed? we have heard he has talked to amy coney barrett has not talked to judge lagoa. and just about how many has he talked to? >> you know, steve, that's a great question that a good journalist should ask and as a good chief of staff i am not going to answer that question. i can tell you that we have been fully vetting a number of candidates trying to make sure that we have the best pick going forward. the president tomorrow, as you had mentioned, will make the announcement at 5:00. and then what happens on capitol hill is a partisan battle that honestly will be probably the most disgusting thing that we have seen since judge kavanaugh. they are already gearing gearing

up, no matter hot pick is. steve: right. >> to say this person. this female judge is not qualified. it's all about politics. it has nothing to do with the resume. steve: well, you know, mark, the democrats are really hacked off at you guys because they say look, merrick garland we put him up, the president did, barack obama back in the day. but the truth of the matter is and i have heard a number of republicans say this, had they had the white house and the senate, merrick garland currently would be sitting on the supreme court, but they didn't. and if they were in your shoes, they would have done exactly the same thing. >> listen, you know that they would have done the exact same thing because what this is all about, elections have consequences. and the fact is we have a republican president who is making a nomination. we have a republican senate that hopefully will confirm. but, we don't have to look any further than chuck schumer this morning. you know, he is all about

election security. but what did he do? he has done a procedural move to take down an election security hearing because he is protesting the fact that there is a nomination going on where the president is just doing his constitutional duty. listen, the american people are tired of it. and what we will see on novembel reelect president donald j. trump because he is the only one in washington, d.c. willing to be transparent and willing to move forward in the face of great adversaries and odds against him. steve: the way you described the senate confirmation hearing with whomever the person is, essentially a spectacle you are saying, it sounds like the white house, you and the president's team, are counting on the democrats overplaying their hands, horrifying the american public. >> well, we have already seen some vicious attacks on a number of nominees. that have been mentioned. as possible candidates. they are coming after their

faith. their catholic faith, and if they are going to go after a judge based on what they believe, not on how they voted, not based on their record, shame on them. i thought we were better than that as a nation. and when we look at our constitution, it allows us to really worship and have a faith as we dictate and that shouldn't be a litmus test for the court and, yet, they are trying to make it exactly that. steve: mark, going back to your days when you were in the u.s. congress, i know you have been very curious about hunter biden's dealings with various international entities. there has been some news about him over the last couple of days and yet it's hard to pick up a newspaper and find that news in any of the papers or when you are clicking around, you don't really see it on any of the channels. we have got it. we try to do all the news. >> i'm glad that you are doing the news. it's hard to ignore an over

$3 million payment from a mayor of a russian city to hunter biden while hunt's dad was huntn the administration. hard to ignore over 80 pages from a report from senator ron johnson and his team and yet the mainstream media seems to do it. here's what i wonder. yesterday, joe biden said he wasn't going to talk to any reporters after 9:30 in the morning. perhaps he doesn't want to answer the question. why don't we start asking the tough questions to joe biden instead of you who he feels about his race, maybe how he feels about the accusations that has been leveled about him and his son and the corruption that, perhaps, existed. steve: we are 39 days away from the presidential election. mr. meadows, how is the joe biden campaign getting away with keeping him away from the press, asking questions, you know, chris wallace is obviously going to be asking 90 minutes worth on tuesday night. but, nonetheless, you know, there are reporters outside of

joe biden's house every day waiting to ask him a question. and he never comes out. and the campaign, this is obviously partly of their strategy. >> well, it's part of their strategy, but the interesting thing is after 47 years, if you don't have much to say, you better stay in the basement. and so it's a good strategy from joe biden's camp if you look at the record, there is not much there. and as we start to see exactly what joe biden is all about, he is about hiding from the american people, not being transparent. you know, good or bad, this president has made himself available to more people, more reporters, more hostile reporters than any president in modern history. and, guess what he gets for it, you know, he gets the adoration of a number ever people. you saw that crowd last night in jacksonville. we have been all over. democrats, unaffiliated and republican voters appreciate the fact that he is willing to tell it like it is. and i guess it's time for joe to tell it like it is.

steve: i saw a review by the "new york post," i believe, that showed that president trump had taken five times more questions from reporters and, as you said, many hostile reporters as well than joe biden has for the last couple of months. real quick, the president yesterday was talking about america first healthcare plan. sounds like if you are on medicare, you are going to wind up with a little card that's going to help you pay for stuff. >> steve, this is great news for seniors who if they are tuned in right now. in october and november, you will be getting a card for $200 to help with your co-pay. it's the first time that money went from big pharma's pocket into american seniors' pockets. and this president made sure that it happened. and so a huge discount card almost $7 billion going from big pharma back to the american people. it's just delivering on his promise once again. the president is committed to do that for our seniors. but for all americans as well. steve: i think american seniors always would like a couple

hundred bucks from the government. the money going from them rather than the other way around. number of the president's critic russ kidding me? he is trying to buy the senior vote. >> let me just tell you it's all about seniors but all about the american people this president has lowered drug prices is when will urge biden. worked to the very last day in making sure that the american people get what they deserve. and it's a break from big pharma and all of those lobbyists that want to make sure that they take money from hard-working americans. steve: all right. mark meadows joining us from the north lawn of the white house. mark, thank you very much and have a good weekend. >> thank you, steve. good to be with you. steve: good to have you. straight ahead on this friday, nba legend charles barkley not mincing words about calls to defund the police. fox news weekend co-host will

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♪ ♪ >> you know, i hear these fools on tv talking about defund the police and things like that. we need police reform and prison reform and things like that. because, you know who ain't going to defund the cops, white neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods. so, that notion they keep saying that i'm like wait a minute, we are -- who are black people supposed to call ghostbusters when we have crime in our neighborhoods? we need police reform. like i say, white people, especially rich white people they are always going to have cops. we need to stop that defund or abolish the cops crap. brian: and there is also an appreciation there. and also among the people in the african-american communities say that or on the leadership position is al sharpton. he calls him latte liberal sitting out in the hamptons who want to defund the police. much more prevalent seattle and

portland. fox and friends weekend co-host jedediah bila and will kaine. brian: jed, look at this poll, when asked do you approve of the protest against police violence. 44% 44% disprove, 39% approve. it was at 54%, jed, in june. what's going on here? jedediah: yeah, well, that's because people are observing what these protests are transformed into. i think the initial idea of protesting an unjust death of a black man, many people could get behind that conversations about qualified immunity. conversations about what justifies the lethal use of force when it comes to police behavior. these are all things, i'm a libertarian. i have been arguing that we should be talking about these things for a really long time. when you see these protests, peaceful protests devolve into violence and when you see the destruction of businesses and communities and when you have people live in those communities

being terrified now to live there, people can't support that and everybody knows that you need to be able to call the police. i mean, if you have an intruder in your home, if you have any -- i mean, think about all the single moms out there. people like myself. the idea of not being able to call the police in a time of distress is deeply concerning to people. so, when you couple, you know, the defund the police movement with what these protests have turned into and what people see manifesting in not in their own communities then right there on their television screens enemy cases that's terrifying to people. and they can't get behind that. steve: you know, will, so many times in the last couple of months we have seen where there has been looting and violence and when people have called the fire department or the police, hey, there are people taking everything out of my stores, the police for some reason did not respond. and in many cases it's because they are being told to stand down by their city leadership. at the same time, they there are some sheriffs and i think the president had a rally a couple days ago in pennsylvania where

he brought up to the stage a couple of sheriffs who said, you know what? i'm a democrat but i can't take the party anymore. the party has gone so far to the left i'm no longer a democrat. they have switched parties. you know one of those guys, don't you? will: i do steve. i think it's because we are getting to a tipping point. on that first clip you played from charms barclay. i want to say this there are so many pressures in our business. i know everyone on this panel understands this the desire to be liked. fear of a backlash. so many different pressures that require you or ask of to you divorce yourself from the truth. just compromise a little bit. and charles barclay is a free, brave and independent voice totally unwilling to give to those precious. pressures. that poll steve is not a surprise to me. this was never a movement of persuasion. this is a movement of intimidation and fear. when you are -- when you are threatened with the loss of your job, when you are having a dinner interrupted by people who

want to sit down at your table and turn over your drinks, whether you have a business that might have its windows broken, that's not a movement of persuasion. the goal was never to win a debate. the goal was to intimidate corporate leaders and individuals out there in this country troy bend to the movement, to bend to the ideas. steve: has that worked? >> i will give you guys, like charles barclay, unwilling to bend to that intimidation. i hope there are more of us out there who are willing to stand with the truth and not with fear. now, to what you asked me about, steve, the tipping point, i think that intimidation is not working. i think there are people walking away from it. i did talk to a law enforcement officer this week. a sheriff in pennsylvania who after a lifetime career of being a democrat has watched this movement of intimidation and watched the silence from the democratic party and said i'm no longer a democrat. i guess i'm a republican now. listen to this. >> the past few months with all the goings on in the news media or the protests, the riots, the

looting, burning, assaults on law enforcement and the silence of the democratic party was deafening. it wasn't an easy decision. it was a personal decision. i didn't want it to be political but sometimes things turn into that to switch to the republican party. steve: will? will: yes. there you have it. you asked me is it working, right, steve? well, on individual cases out there in this country there are people still willing to stand up for what they believe is eight. i'm afraid right now that is in short supply. many people are going to have to find the bravery to stand with the truth and not give in to the very credible threat to destroy your business, to destroy your career. to destroy you. ainsley: that's why a lot of people are talking about the silent majority. a lot of people are scared to talk about who they are voting for this year because they don't want to be judged or don't want any violence ensued. tell us, jedediah, who is coming up on the show this weekend? jedediah: we have a big show this weekend. we have senator marsha blackburn. we have representative steve

scalise, ronna mcdaniel, tammy bruce, herschel walker, franklin graham, obviously, going to be big news coming out with respect to the supreme court. so lots of coverage on that. it's going to be a big one. we are ready, guys, to put on our fox and friends hats and take over. [laughter] steve: we are ready for you, too. it's been a long week. ainsley: we will be watching. will: we gotcha. jedediah: thanks so much, guys. ainsley: thanks so much. we will look forward to seeing you this weekend. hand it over to jillian she has headlines for you. jillian: investors who made money off of bernie madoff's ponelzy scheme must pay back their profits despite being innocent. appeals court ruling the investors are not entitled to quote fictitious profits that long to other customers. the investors argued they received money in good faith. madoff is serving 150 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal charges in 2009. detectives hope this new video leads to the arrest of a man who set fire to a catholic church in tampa. look at that this as he pour as

flammable liquid all over the pews before igniting the fire. first responders were able to contain the flames before spreading to the 60-year-old sanctuary. the man's motive remains unclear. the new york city health department is threatening to shut down nonessential businesses where covid-19 cases are on the rise. there is alarming uptick in new cases across several neighborhoods in brooklyn and queens. the health department says if the situation doesn't improve by monday, gatherings of 10 or more people could be banned. a son surprises his 98-year-old dad and world war ii veteran with his own personal flyover. argueton art collie was hoping to be in d.c. today for the arsenal of democracy event. unfortunately he couldn't make it because of the pandemic. so his son arranged his very own flyover in their pennsylvania neighborhood. how cool is that? steve: amazing. absolutely amazing. great son. brian: nice job, jillian.

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brian: you want some good news in the vote it is. the pac-12 will return to the field. they voted unanimous. return to the season despite covid-19. the starting with their season starting october 24th. here to react and i imagine high five league football analyst joe class. welcome back. this is great news. correct? >> yeah. it really is particularly when you are looking at the unintended consequences as taking something away as important as football from these individuals. these young men that worked their entire lives to pay this support to afford the opportunity for not only higher education and potentially moving forward and making a living playing a sport. taking that away from them would be disastrous for their mental health. to have it back for them imexcited for the players to play and compete. brian: you know the game so

well. how much has the quality suffered because they didn't have an off season. >> it's suffered a little bit. i do have to say it's been better than i expected. i think what's been most difficult is that getting the line up correct is so hard for these schools because of the testing that they are doing and then the contact tracing. so, game to game they are without large swaths of their team, 10, 12, 15 guys. you are seeing a lot of the second, third stringers out there being forced into action because of the covid-19 protocols that you are seeing across the nation. brian: rudy would be starting middle linebacker notre dame. >> that's right. brian: then have to miss part of this test. part of the risk we take. they will be back on the field next week. with all this weirdness going on and the pac-12 are going to play. here is what you say top five teams in the country. clemson, ohio state, oklahoma, florida, georgia, penn state, texas, lsa and notr lsu and not.

this week have you kansas state against oklahoma that will be noon on fox. what can we expect there in this crazy environment of no craziness in the stands, in fact, no fans? >> yeah. exactly. a lot of these schools there is only about 25%. we are expecting about 12,000, a bit more at oklahoma. and what's interesting and much different from the nfl, even with a few number of fans that you are seeing like, for instance, last night on thursday night with the dolphins and jaguars a lot of these colleges will have a band of some sort. maybe not the full band and they don't certainly come out on the field and perform. but they will have the band in the stadium. brian, it's actually a little bit better atmosphere than you would expect from an empty stadium. i will take it. getting these kids back on the field is that important. we are at oklahoma. they have an amazing young quarterback. maybe one of the most talented arms that i have seen since a young patrick mahomes at texas tech for those of you that are familiar with the nfl. patrick mahomess probably the best player in the league right

now. brian: just keep in mind, we will have a national championship game, the pac-12 will have -- they will play seven games and start playing on the 6th of november. and they are going to have their title game on the 8th of december. joel, i'm glad we are talking about football and not hoping for football. we got it. i know you will do a great job at noon on fox on saturday. thanks, joel. >> thank you, brian. appreciate you having me. brian: you got it. coming up straight ahead, geraldo rivera, general jack keane, judge jeanine and john rich. ♪ on king's hawaiian bread! yum! king's hawaiian. . .

♪ ♪ ♪ steve: police declared unlawful assembly overnight in louisville as protestors seen smashing windows. >> another wild night. at one point someone tried to set the city's library on fire. >> president trump saying he's close to a final choice on supreme court nominee. >> you look like you're going after someone on the basis of religion. ainsley: where is joe? has put a lid on on campaign events. >> he's doing debate prep, the day before he said he hadn't begun prep. >> they say everything is bigger in texas, i guess campaign ads are included.

>> your mission would be to save texas. ♪ brian: i'm not looking to brag, one of the guys singing will be on our show and that's john. that's new york city. welcome to the final hour of the week unless sandra smith overslept. steve: no kidding. john grisham will be performing. we've had so much news, john will be joining us from nashville where by the way i heard this morning the grand lockry is reopening after season closed due to covid. ainsley: that's great news. i've heard the son, john sent me the song, it's definitely a

message that resinates in our hearts. the election is looming and then we are seeing protests and riots and looting in all the great cities across the country. fox news alert. cleanup underway in downtown louisville. brian: police arrested 24 including state lawmakers bringing total to 127 since grand jury decision on breonna taylor's case. steve: mark meredith joins us, last night, mark, 200 protestors took sanctuary in a church because they didn't want to get arrested. park mark -- >> mark: steve, they sure did. police arresting 24 people, on top of 100 arrested last night.

somebody tried to throw library on fire. it was a crazy night. take a look at video as demonstrations continued. we saw people spray-painting graffiti. a lot going on last night. there was a curfew last night but it didn't stop people from coming out. the curfew has been extended for the weekend. protestors tried to gather in a church to avoid being arrested, provided protestors food and water and eventually were able to convince people to head on home. city leaders have been vocal asking for calm. here is what they had to say yesterday. >> public safety and the work for racial equity injustice, can and must coexist. >> we encourage everyone to be lawful and peaceful as they go through protest activities. mark: among those arrested kentucky state representative,

she introduced legislation this year basically to end the no-knock warrants in shooting. police charged 26-year-old lorenzo johnson with assaulting police officers and 14 counts of endangerment. the good news the police officers survived and one of them is already trying to get back to work. we saw video yesterday as major gregory showed up for roll call. you can see the applause he got just after a few hours after he was released from the hospital. a lot of louisville police very happy to see the two officers are going to be okay. as i mentioned we are here visiting the heart of downtown. all the businesses are still closed. everything is boarded up. let me show you what it's like at 10:30, breonna taylor's family and attorney, they will be here and whether we see protestors arrive when the news conference a little bit later on

this morning, steve, ainsley, and. brian: great job, mark. hey, geraldo, your take on the last two days in the way louisville police have handled it. two were shot, officers are okay, so far it seems, but when the curfewed happened, they knew they were going to be arrested, the protestors, they went to a police where they thought they would get sanctuary. did the cops do the right thing letting it be a sanctuary and letting them go home? >> geraldo: it was sanctuary but not too long. we still saw cop that recovered and got standing ovation, but cop who is hospitalized happens to be a black officer who was

hit right under his vest. black officer shot, almost killed and where is his name? in all of the protests and anguish and outrage, where is the name of the black cop, you know, viciously hit by a sniper who intended to kill him despite the fact that he was a black man? it's like, you know, another example of daniel cameron, attorney general, a black man, did masterful job presenting the grand jury's finding and why there was no indictment of cops directly for the death of taylor. he's called uncle tom and all the rest of it. it's not that you're black or white but you have to tow philosophical, political line. in the church, even the church, in the sanctuary they asked the

white people to leave and then they asked the press to leave. they are fomenting racism or racialism in the defense of their rights. i think it's very ironic to see the hypocrisy, the grotesque hypocrisy of some of these protestors. louisville, last night was not as bad as wednesday night. hopefully there's a downward curve in terms of the emotions involved, but it's still a tinderbox, people have to understand that not every tragedy is a crime. her death was a tragedy but it wasn't a crime. steve: you mentioned a moment ago asking the press to leave, either the white house or presidential candidate, they'll ask the press to leave by saying we are going to go ahead and impose a lid on the white house. in other words, the president is

not going to leave, you will not get any coverage. joe biden's campaign has put a lid on the campaign at like 9:00 o'clock every morning for a number of mornings because he's not going to leave, which means he is not going to talk the press again. they do not get to ask any questions. my question for you and the cover of the new york post is where is joe. they photoshopped him. my question for you, geraldo, famously last week you told us how your wife erika has a sign of joe biden and you have a donald trump sign. is she okay -- maybe she should just come downstairs and talk to us herself, is she okay with joe biden just hiding in the basement? >> honey, come on down. sorry. [laughter] brian: you ought to get an

intercom. >> geraldo: that's a fascinating question and, you know, let me just parenthetically, when you see big trump rallies and you're erika, look at all of those people, no social distancing, n. when i see the protestors in louisville, i say look at those protestors, no social distancing, no mask, this is horrible. it's become a political football, litmus test and you use it when it applies to you. in terms of joe biden famously called sleepy joe by the president of the united states, he's taking debates seriously and he knows he's at stake. he's hiding out but what i find more interesting is a shift if you noticed from -- from the president, from donald trump. he, you know, was sleepy joe, last in his class, this or that, he's been very disparaging of joe's ability, now he's saying

joe biden, 47 years of experience, he's done a million debates. instead of lowering the bar now he's picking it back up saying joe biden you've got to fulfill your -- your -- you are the expert, i'm the rooky. i've only been at this for 4 years. it's all expectation. it's all here in cleveland tuesday, very exciting. ainsley: stick around, more questions for you, we will go to washington. griff jensive at -- jenkins joins us at the capitol where justice ginsburg is lying in state. griff: in less than 2 hours justice ginsburg's casket will be go to capitol, it will enter the east front and accompanied by an honor guard, much like the late john lewis was back in july of the summer. we are learning more details about the ceremony that will

take place at 10:00 a.m. joe biden and his wife dr. jill biden will be in attendance. they've departed delaware at this hour. they are coming down and they will be seated it looks from the seating chart that the pool gives us, they will be sitting behind the ginsburg family. that would be interesting. yesterday the president and the first lady melania paid their respects tat supreme court, but outside protestors booed them be that hasn't stopped president trump from moving forward in the nomination process last night in rally he was teaching 5:00 p.m. announcement and calling on bide on the release his own list of candidates. listen. >> my opponent refuses to release his list of potential justices because they will be hand-picked by extremists. so if biden does that, if he puts an extremist into that position, he loses everything.

griff: biden was off the radar as you have been mentioning. he called an early lid but latest fox news poll of 3 swing states show that likely voters in nevada, ohio and pennsylvania favor biden over trump in picking a ginsburg replacement. it'll be interesting to see what president trump has to say about it as we get closer to that nomination. he said yesterday before departing the white house in florida, he said it would be a monumental historic pick. so we will see who that is, brian, ainsley, steve. ainsley: thank you so much, griff. let's bring back geraldo. we want you to weigh on this. >> geraldo: ainsley, let me talk about respect, you have jurist lying in state, first jew ever to lie in state there, the first female at the supreme court there. it is such a monumental and somber moment for the entire nation. it's one of those things that

unit us -- unite us as a country and have punks chanting vote him out, vote him out, gesture and symbol of american democracy, another political event, i was extremely, extremely disappointed. i mean, i wanted to look at them and say, are you kidding me, you know, how can you get? this is obscene. in terms of the transition itself, mitch mcconnell for all the criticism you level at the majority leader, for his ruthless pragmatism and dealings and bathroom style, he pulls off a tremendous coup here. successfully fought off the replacement of antonin scalia by merrick garland, replacing conservative with a liberal, he fought that off, he got his guys, trump guys, gorsuch, trump

got kavanaugh and now trump will get a third judicial seat in the highest court in the land. he's pulled off a tremendous judicial political coup with mitch mcconnell's help here and it's ruthless politics but man, oh man, it is something that we will feel for decades to come. brian: absolutely. geraldo rivera, great to see you. you and chris wallace go get him ready for the debates. [laughter] brian: you got it. meanwhile let's go over to jillian mele. jillian: fox news alert, breaking moments ago french prosecutors announcing they are launching terror investigation into paris knife attack, two people are hurt, officials say one person has been arrested. local reports say a second suspect was also arrested but that is not confirmed by police. schools and homes in the area are on lockdown. the attack happening near the former office of the magazine

where al-qaeda-linked terrorist killed 12 people 5 years ago, the trial in those attacks is underway across town. we will keep you updated. fox news senior meteorologist janice dean testifying before lawmakers about the death of her in-laws, they died from covid-19 in nursing home facilities earlier this year. janice joining a group of bipartisan state lawmakers calling for an independent investigation as new york governor andrew cuomo refuses to reveal the number of deaths inside facilities. janice: asking for a bipartisan investigation with subpoena power to get these answers for thousands of families like my own that deserve them. >> because of politics and the governor believes he's above the law and he wants to engage in the cover-up. jillian: governor insist that is new york's original nursing home policy was in line with directive from the cdc. a federal investigation now underway after absentee ballots are among trays of mail differented in wisconsin ditch.

the justice department opening a probe after 9 absentee ballots, 7 for the president, by the way, were found in garbage can in scranton, pennsylvania, congressman joined saying democrats are taking advantage of mail-in voting. >> they are trying to change rules weeks before the election which i think is wrong and goes to show that they would do anything to cast doubt on the election and try to get the outcome they want to see. jillian: the president doubling down on risk mail-in voting poses. steve: odd place to put ballots, just saying, straight ahead secretary mike pompeo warning the chinese consulate is being used as a spy hub for the chinese. how alarmed should we be? jack keane, retired four-star general reporting from duty coming up next. from prom dresses...

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brian: secretary of state mike pompeo revealing chinese consulate in new york is major hub for spies in the u.s. the secretary telling new york

post the chinese communist party is, quote, engaged in activities where they are crossing the line from normal diplomacy to things more akin to what spies are doing. we've been watching this guy for a while. here to react general jack keane jack: we've known this for some time. i think what's really happening here is that secretary pompeo wants to alert as the intelligence agencies have been doing certainly, local government, local authorities what's taking place but because they are actually moving not just with state officials, but into parent-teachers associations, that's not something that would be normal traffic that they would receive certainly. so that's why the public announcements are here. what this is so our folks can understand this, you know, russia tries to disrupt our

elections, actually interfere with the process, create chaos and undermine democracy. what china is doing is more about a positive footnote for china itself, putting china, put china in a good light. they are not involved in the election process and trying to disrupt it but they are -- they are involved in purporting what's good for china's national interest and that's what this is about. it's so pervasive and they have very comprehensive plan to do everything, steal our technology, steal our secrets and also as we are seeing here have influence campaign to affect american public opinion and create a favorable view of china. >> i mean, for a guy to be the nypd with marine background to try to get inside the american community while his whole family is involved with the chinese communist deliberation army, it's unbelievable that it's happening in new york.

cracking down in houston. hope of getting the message of theft of intellectual property. let's fast-forward to iran. you were saying that the execution of the wrestler, national hero, because he participated in protests against government along with thousands of others was meant to sent a message and we are coming back with sanctions on the country because of it. what message are we sending back? jack: yeah, well, this is very tragic, and not -- people don't recognize how repressive the regime is internally and what goes on day in and day out in iran. in the last year alone the wrestler is one of 1500 people that have been killed by the regime, murdered, sometimes put in prison tortured like he was and then killed in that prison. they have 12,000 people that they have put in jail in the last year as a result of protest movements or opinions against

the regime. they have killed since they took over their own people who repressed against them and have the courage to protest against them close to 120,000. that's what this is really about. you know, they have this in common with china and russia. any criticism whatsoever, super sensitive about it because they know it's so damaging to moral authority in running the reck -- the regime. brian: what happened with you, you've been a critical to iran and the stories are making a difference, how do i know, what did the fbi inform you about what iran is doing to you? jack: i've been involved with the fbi and when i called for salamani to be charged and

including with bin laden, they got into my emails and tried to disrupt my international travel and recently along with other government officials and other people, u.s. government officials and others who speak out against the regime, you know, they have a trumped up trial and found us guilty of crimes against the iranian regime. this is another indication of how sensitive they are, hey, look at me, i'm a retired guy from the united states military who has a voice in america dealing with foreign policy and national security on a -- son -- on somewhat of a scale and they are troubled by that and that's how sensitive they are and that's why speaking out against this regime really matters. brian: absolutely. you struck a nerve because of the power you have and the respect you have in foreign policy circles and military circles. general, thank you very much for your time. jack: good talking to you, brian. brian: official on robert

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ainsley: this morning we are celebrating hispanic heritage month by highlighting contributions of hispanic and latino americans, bryan llenas joins us with more, hie, bryan. reporter: a story that's only possible in america. just a decade after emigrating to the united states, dr. franklin díaz found himself strapped inside a space shuttle for his first launch as a nasa astronaut. this hispanic heritage month we honor commitment and his courage. >> 3, 2, 1, we have ignition and

liftoff. >> it's a tremendous ride, very strong forces, a lot of vibration, a lot of shaking and then all of a sudden, everything stops. >> what is it like to be up there? >> what you see is the most beautiful thing you ever saw. you see the planet in all its glory. >> retired nasa astronaut grew up in costa rica where he dreamt of some day rocketing into space. >> when i was on the colombia just getting ready for liftoff i thought to myself, you know, i've done this before, it's just exactly the way we did it when we were little kids. >> díaz was one of six children, born in 1950, the start of the space age. >> my friends, we used to play astronauts in a big card board box, that was our ship. reporter: after high school díaz came to the united states with just $50 in his pocket and the

dream of becoming an astronaut. he lived with family in connecticut and got a scholarship to the university of connecticut where he studied mechanical engineering and then physics at mit and became a u.s. citizen. >> in 1980 i was fortunate enough to be selected by nasa to become the first hispanic-american astronaut and that was an extraordinary moment for me, changed my life forever. reporter: during 25-year career he became one of only two astronauts to fly 7 space shuttle missions. he was the second astronaut to log more than a thousand hours in space just behind his friend dr. jeffrey hoffman. >> it was really nice having been friends for so many years to both reach a thousand hours together on the same flight, franklin, is intellectually brilliant as a person he's extremely modest.

reporter: chang díaz launched 16 hours in space, more than 19 hours during several space walks outside of international space station, during one he was attached to a robotic arm that malfunctioned in the vacuum of space. >> i found myself all -- all alone at the end of, you know, 50 feet, wondering what in the world was going on, so all of a sudden the earth sort of disappeared and i couldn't see the station behind me and it was -- it was a very strange moment, eventually the arm got fixed and i went about the rest of my work. reporter: after every mission díaz would take the crew on celebration trips to his birth countries. >> it's like being on tour with a rock star, everybody in costa rica knows franklin. reporter: in 2012chang díaz was induct intoed the nasa hall of fame. >> i'm actually today most

thankful to -- to this great nation that in 1968 opened the doors for me to the american dream and i can say that i -- i fulfilled that dream. reporter: he's the founder of at astro company. can you explain what your company is trying to accomplish? >> to be able to move so fast that you can say imagine a mission to mars in a matter of maybe 2 months instead of the better part of a year that it takes today to get to mars. reporter: rocket engine could be ready to fly in 3 years. >> this is probably the most important message to young people, it's to be not afraid, to take the risk and don't be afraid of failure. failure is a requirement for

success. reporter: franklin chang díaz, an american hero who inspired and paveed the way for 11 other latinos who eventually became nasa astronauts. ainsley: what a beautiful story, thank you, bryan. it's 8:35 on the east coast. still ahead an fbi official on mueller's team revealed the team prosecuting flynn was only meant as a way to get trump. judge jeanine pirro is next. ♪ ♪

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the fbi agents involved in the russia witch hunt. the headline from the federalist reads, trump was right, explosive new fbi texts detail internal furor over handling to have cross-fire hurricane in the investigation. remember the insurance policy? ainsley: president trump reacting to brand-new messages inside the fbi's cross-fire investigation. brian: an fbi official on robert's mueller's team said the prosecution of flynn had quote, get trump attitude and it was not there. steve: host of justice jeanine and author of don't lie to me, judge pirro joins us live, good morning to you, judge. jeanine: good morning. steve: we have been showing the text messages of fbi agents back

in 2016. what do you make of what was going on behind the scenes? jeanine: i have to tell you it pains me to say this there was massive corruption going on. the fbi was acting as it was an organized criminal enterprise. this is going on in third-world countries. let's get this person and make up stuff. they admit we are using national security letters for michael flynn where we don't need the judge's permission. they were uncomfortable with it and they comment on the meeting of the oval office and we knew that, you know, that president obama was there, biden was there and jim comey and they say it's a mad house, everybody is scrambling to get information. the information going back and forth is we want clinton, we don't want trump and so they then talk about insurance policies, not the one they talked about to make sure they could go after truck in the event -- trump in the event he

got elected but insurance policies so in the event they got caught they would end up being protected. i mean, these people are criminals and the crazy part of it is, they lie to the fisa court, they lied in the application, they lied for the subsequent two warrants and then, then under this new fbi director christopher wray, they end up lying to the senate intelligence committee. this has to stop and thank god bill barr at least took that information out of what durham is investigating so that we can at least get an idea of how corrupt these people were. now they are all going onto, you know, bigger jobs as though they've done nothing wrong. america needs to understand that these people are lawless and they are acting under the sanction of the fbi. brian: let's bring up something else we know. the steele dossier back in the house. the sub-source is not such a mystery. the fbi had been investigating the sub-source working for the

brookings institute with the russians as a spy. jeanine: yeah, they never told the fisa court. he was subject to counterintelligence investigation and in addition to that, everybody knew that that was all rumor and nonsense and nonverified. i mean, this guy is -- he's got his own issues and then he ends up being hired here in -- in the -- in america and then ends up working for steele. this is lunacy and follow the dot. fusion gps and dossier and i'm still angry about who this fisa court judge is, either they are stupid and they didn't look at the basis for the warrants, okay, i mean, i was a judge, you have to look at the basis for a

warrant when you're going to violate fourth amendment rights or were they in on it, were they part of the dinner parties that they were talking about? this is an embarrassment. trump was right. even they say it. trump is right. he's tweeting about this on january 3rd. outrageous. ainsley: the president will announce supreme court justice pick on saturday at 5:00 o'clock, perfect timing for you because you have a show this weekend. who is coming up on your show? jeanine: well, we have the chair to have senate judiciary committee which as you know will make the decision and will be running the hearings on the -- on the nominee. we've got senator lindsey graham, we have senator tilles and shannon bream, our own shannon bream who we all love. senator ron johnson and what hunter was going through with his father as vice president, vacuum cleaner sucking up money from russia, ukraine, china.

we have a jam-packed show on saturday. i can't wait to do my open. there's a lot of on the line. get ready, i'm already fired up. ainsley: we will know who he picks, we all will be watching. jeanine: yeah, i'm excited. brian: so am i. judge jeanine, hold the excitement tomorrow night and also chance to talk about brand-new book, don't lie to me, it's available now. not the judge's office, you have to go to your own bookstore. i have it on tape so i get the sense of you yelling in my head. jeanine: you know what it is on tape, the season 2, takes you 2 and a -- >> steve: judge jeanine, thank you very much. brian. brian: country music star john rich joins us with powerful message of hope and unity. he's debuting his brand-new song for us live on "fox & friends".

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sandra: good morning, another night of unrest nationwide as protests continue in the wake of taylor decision yesterday, update from louisville as police declare unlawful assembly.

at least 24 arrests have been made. plus late justice ruth bader ginsburg will lie in state in capitol today making history as first woman to do so. the ceremony at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. we will have it live for you at the top of the hour in america's news hour. steve: john speaks to people from all walks of life to find out what american means to them. >> there's a cliché because it is the greatest generation, it was all hands on deck, it was all for one and one for all even to somebody that was 8, 9 or 10 years' old, what were you doing as a kid to continue to the effort? >> well, at school we had scrap metal because there was a need for scrap metal to melt down and

make bullets. steve: there you go. joining us right now live from nashville john rich. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: there you were interviewing your grandmother, annie rich, why did you interview her in the garage? >> we are in a pandemic so we had to be outside. she actually passed away a couple of months ago unfortunately, but left quite a lasting impression on me and, you know, really stood for what makes our country so strong that when we hit tough times people like her and generations even after that and prior to her step up and do what it takes to get our country through a tough spot, that's what granny rich did for us. steve: i love what i have seen from the episode of the pursuit on fox nation so far so people will be taking a look at it. real quick, you're going to be busy tomorrow. you're going to be singing the song we are about to do earth to

god, washington prayer march in 2020, why did you want to do that? john: you know, man cannot fix mankind's problems, whether you're in right, left or middle, none of us know the right answers to and i've said this before and it's a fact that even though it's out of our control, it's not out of god's control. he has got control of it and we have to reach out to him and talk to him. samaritans first is an organization that i love what they do all around the planet. i love reverend graham and his message and we linked up together and they invite me to come sing tomorrow. i'm excited to be there and humbled and honored to sing the song there. steve: for folks that want more information go to foxandfriends.com and in the meantime live from nashville, ladies and gentlemen, john rich with earth to god.

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