>> all of a sudden, this administration believes they found a loophole in the tragedy of justice ginsburg's death. >> judge amy coney barrett, she's one of our nation's most brilliant legal minds and now democrats are brazenly attacking. jillian: it is monday, september 28th. a supreme court showdown, democrats slam the president's nominee as more refuse to each meet her. todd: the vacancy of course taking center stage, one day before the first presidential debate in ohio. we're live in cleveland. jillian: leaked body camera

footage in the breonna taylor case leads to new questions about the shots fired on the night of her death. why her boyfriend's attorney says it's part of a coverup. todd: the heart-stopping moment three officers save a man from a fiery wreck. "fox & friends first" on a monday starts right now. ♪ i'm free, free-falling. todd: our producers are so astute, they knew that quite frankly i'm free-falling this morning. it's 4:01 on a monday and they guessed it so they're playing this song. jillian: it's a great song. todd: you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday. i'm todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. we are just one day away from the first presidential debate, moderated by our very own chris wallace. todd: president trump, joe biden, both launching attacks before coming face-to-face on

the stage. jillian: griff jenkins joins us live from cleveland with more on the political showdown. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, jillian and todd. get ready for the debate. it's going to look very different from anything you've ever seen. of first off, there will be no predebate handshake, not even an elbow bump. there will be an audience but it will be small, about 80 to 100 people. they will be tested before they come in the hall and the worst part of it, there will be no spin room afterwards. now, wallace is going to break this into a six segment, 15 minutes each, one 90 minutes, no commercials. the topics are going to be trump and biden records, the supreme court, the coronavirus, the economy, race and violence in america and the integrity of the election. as you mentioned, already there's fighting words between the candidates before they get here. listen. >> i'm willing to take a drug test. i think he should too. he's had a very uneven -- i watched him with some of the --

when he was debating pocahontas and harris who treated him so badly but i watched him and he was out of it, right. and then i watched him against bernie sanders and he was okay. >> reporter: biden's spokeswoman issuing a stern statement saying vice president biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. if the president thinks his best case is made in yes o yern, he n have it. there's a new york times report that the president paid 750 of dollars in taxes during the first year in office. they're up with an ad featuring faces of everyday tax paying americans. the president disputing the times' reports. >> they should give the pulitzer prizes back. everything was wrong. the reporting was so bad, they were wrong. it was exactly the opposite. >> reporter: also front and center, obviously amy coney barrett's nomination on saturday, biden calling on

senators to reject her fast track confirmation. he's off the trail today in preparation for the debate, his running mate harris will be in north carolina, talking specifically about this nomination. meanwhile, the president will be in the rose garden with the coronavirus update of sorts. we'll see what he has to say. and a little later in the show, at 5:0 5:50, pete hegseth got tt down with the president. we'll find out what he learned about the president's preparations. jillian: griff, thank you. todd: chuck schumer says he will not meet with supreme court nominee, amy coney barrett. >> i believe first that the whole process has been illegitimate and, second, she's already stated that she is for overturning the aca. todd: fellow new york senator kirstin gillibrand said she won't either, saying she refuses to participate in the further den gracious of our democracy --

denigration of our democracy. jillian: eugene scalia has known barrett for years and attests for her character, despite democrats' attacks. >> there's zero reason to believe that judge barrett is somebody who has -- does not have views about the importance of healthcare. as i said, she's a working mother to school age children. she is a mother to a child with disabilities. she's a beloved teacher, very respected scholar. i think she's shown herself to be a thoughtful jurist and she's just a wonderful, warm, admirable human being. jillian.todd: while some democs refuse to meet with barrett, new jersey senator cory booker says he wants to meet with her for one reason. >> one of the things i want to

ask her is will she recuse herself because if she does not -- in terms of any election issues that come before us, because if she does not recuse herself, i fear that the court will be further delegitmized. todd: coming up, tom fiten reacts to the nomination process and whether barrett could or should recuse herself in election related cases. jillian: people in louisville under curfew this morning after weekend unrest. todd: this as newly released body cam footage raises new questions about her death. we have the latest. >> reporter: a 9:00 p.m. curfew has been in place all weekend. that will not be lifted until 6:30 this morning 678 this follows unrest in the city. the mayor calling the move a way to keep protesters, first responders and bystanders safe. this weekend consisted of arrests, properties being set on

fire and threats against police. a 27-year-old man was arrested for apparently threatening to shoot police. officers say he held a semiautomatic rifle on facebook live and requested $30,000 to shoot metro officers at a scene in front of his home, this in the wake of a grand jury's decision not to charge three officers directly related to the death of breonna taylor in march. body camera footage claims the officers were in violation of department policy. a newly released report does not confirm that breonna taylor's boyfriend fired the shot that hit sergeant mattingly. this contradicts what the ag said on wednesday. >> kenneth walker fired the shot that hit sergeant mattingly. there is no evidence to support that he was hit by friendly fire from other officers. >> reporter: walker's attorney tweeted this entire coverup is

unraveling rapidly. if the report says something different, let's see it. several arrests were made during protests in seattle. demonstrators were lighting fires, smashing windows and vandalizing windows and oregon's governor is thanking law enforcement for keeping people safe during conflicting rallies. one rally clashed with black lives matters protesters in portland saturday. governor brown thanked the people of oregon for, quote, not rising to the bait when the proud boys came from out-of-town to express hateful views. 30 people were arrested during protests on saturday. back to you. jillian: thank you for that update. todd: a federal judge hitting the pause button on the trump administration's ban on downloading tiktok, coming hours before it was supposed to take effect. the chinese owned app said it is pleased with the decision after arguing a ban would violate the first amendment.

tiktok still finalizing a deal to sell its u.s. operations to oracle. jillian: secretary of state mike pompeo defending president trump's withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in an exclusive interview with fox news. >> the president's first rule for all of us on the national security team with respect to iran is no nuclear weapon. one of the elements of power that the regime meets to build out a nuclear weapons program, the first thing is money, creating the ability to do research, test missiles, the capability to built air defense systems so if one day they get close, no one can challenge that by taking out those facilities. to stand it on its head, to say we're going to open the economic gates, that's what rejoining the jcpoa would do. jillian: president trump withdrew from the deal in 2018 saying it failed to address iran's ballistic missile program. todd: a week three in the nfl,

aaron rodgers threw for over 300 yards, three touchdowns to lifts the packers over drew brees and the saints. let's go to say seattle. russell wilson threw five touchdowns. jillian: the atlanta falcons blew a fourth quarter lead. the bears had a comeback. >> third down and 8. the bears are in field goal range. the pass is caught in the end zone for a touchdown by anthony miller. jillian: chicago scores 20 unanswered points to win 30-26. a family reunion in pittsburgh, jj watts playing against brothers tj and derek. he posted a caption, started in the backyard. steelers beat the texans. all three met on the field after the game.

todd: interesting. your team tied which is interested around the and they d football in new york city because the jets and giants don't have professional teams anymore. jillian: neither does philadelphia right now. new york city mayor bill de blasio isn't making the grade, why a major union wants him to give up control of city schools. todd: plus, violence in new york city taking its toll on police. hundreds of officers hurt during months of unrest. former nypd lieutenant, darren n porcher on how to restore peace in the city, next. ♪

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want to break down for folks at home, this is on the breonna taylor case. let's pull up the graphic here. this is a report on the ballistics in the breonna taylor case. this says the report states that due to limited markings of comparative value, the 9-millimeter bullet that hit an officer's thigh was neither identified nor eliminated as having been fired from walker's gun. for those who are just joining us, wal walker was her boyfrien. now, that is a little bit different than what we heard from the attorney general when he had that press conference on september 23rd. let's take a listen to that. >> our investigation found that mattingly and cosgrove were justified in their use of force after having been fired upon by kenneth walker. jillian: a little bit of discrepancy in information there. in addition to this, body camera footage was leaked from one of the officer's body cameras, obviously inside the apartment there. we can go ahead and pull that up as well.

you're seeing that on-screen now. dr. porcher, what does all of this do for a case like this where there's so much national attention on it and what does this do when you're the officers? >> well, it's clear that we have inconclusive information in connection with the ballistics report. what a ballistics report reveals is the markings on the projectile of the bullet that was fired so it's merely a snapshot of the projectile that's matched up with the rifling of the inside of the barrel of a gun. we clearly don't have conclusive information that can either identify that this in fact was the projectile that entered the officer. it goes back to we need a greater investigation into this and i believe that the fbi has conducted an additional investigation and hopefully they can introduce a more sound ballistics report as opposed to what's already coming to the equation. what happens a lot of times is a bullet, if it hits another surface, it can become fractured and it's more difficult to

identify that projectile. but in the wake of the disturbances that are plaguing that city of louisville, this becomes more proble problematicn trying to gain calm in the city. todd: that's a great point. how do we get calm when there's allegations of a coverup. take a look at these numbers. 472 cops hurt, responding to riots, protests and the like, since may 28th. that overall number of injuries in 2020, about 7500, is up 47% from just last year. so i always like to look ahead, doctor. is anything going to change in new york city so that a year from today, in 2021, when we're sitting at this desk, asking you these questions, are we going to be looking at the rise continuing year on year on year with no end in sight? >> well, hopefully we can have a partnership with the community

that can amplify a message that runs consistent with police. we've had blue lives matter on this show many times, also amplified in '99. they also put out a message that runs consistent with police. police are our first line of defense. we can't have a consistent narrative of officers being attacked by people in the street and these riots or protests tend to go unmatched, so-to-speak, because believe it or not, it's the taxpayer that's supporting the bill for these officers that go out sick. therefore, it's necessary for elected officials to marshall in these protests in a way that's according with not having the stuff continue to spiral out of control. so we look to 365 days down the line as you just mentioned, todd, this is a time that we need to introduce a system of calm because these protests are really getting out of control and we need groups that could come and speak on the part of

police officers to introduce a level of calm as opposed to the separation between police and community. todd: great point. there's a precedent there, called the late '90s here. hope any they can go back and figure that out. dr. darrin porcher, we appreciate your insights. thank you so much. >> thank you. jillian: it is 19 minutes after the hour. democrats and the media going after judge amy coney barrett. >> barrett, a favorite of religious conservatives. >> a very warm presentation in the public space. how you do you fight that? jillian: senator ted cruz rushing to her defense. his war warning to the left as y threaten to boycott the confirmatioconfirmation hearing. todd: and how joe montana stopped a kidnapper in his own home.

jillian: democrats quickly ramping up attacks against president trump's third supreme court nominee, judge amy coney barrett. todd: carley shimkus with fox news 24/7 with more on the political pouncing. >> attacks against president trump's supreme court pick were inevitable, the initial response from some has been to question her christian faith and what that might mean for the future of roe versus wade. take a listen. >> her catholic faith, a core value and central to questions about how she would rule on questions like abortion. >> barrett, a favorite of religious conservatives, setting up a bitter battle over abortion and the act. >>affordable care act.>> she ia warm presentation in the public space. how do you fight that? carley: senator richard blumenthal posted a tweet,

saying he refuses to meet with her and treat her nomination as legitimate to which senator ted cruz fired back saying excellent idea, if you and your democratic colleagues boycott the hearing all together we'll avoid the political circus and desperate attempts to smear judge barrett and her family and we'll confirm her faster. that is something that democrats do not want. they want to drag out this confirmation process for as long as possible. todd: it's going to be something. meantime, one college football coach taking a stand. carley: this is taking place at illinois state, a football coach there quit the team thursday amid controversy over a black lives matter poster that was you apparently left on former of fence i've coordinator kirk besser's door. he said he took it down and before he quit he left a sign that says all lives matter to our lord and savior, jesus christ. there's controversy after the athletic director said all red bird lives matter, which is

their mascot. some players didn't like that. this situation forced the football coach apparently to quit the team which is quite the strong stance on that front. jillian: speaking of strong, joe montana stopping a kidnapping of a 9-month-old grandchild from his home. tell us this incredible story. carley: every parent, every grand parent's worst nightmare. apparently joe montana and his wife stopped a home intruder from kidnapping their 9-month-old grandchild over the weekend. so according to police, the baby was sleeping in a playpen when an unknown woman entered their home and grabbed the baby. so joe montana and his wife, jennifer, confronted the woman, tried to deescalate the situation and then jennifer montana pride the child -- pried the child out of this woman's arms. she then fled. police caught up to her and she was arrested. we got a tweet from joe montana

himself, he said thank you to everyone who has reached out. scary situation but thankful that everybody is doing well. just a shocking situation to find somebody in your home like that and thankfully, like you said, everybody wound up okay in that situation. jillian: that is scary. carley: unreal stuff. absolutely. todd: carley, thanks. time now, 26 minutes after the hour. one day aa way, just one to go, before the first presidential debate. who has the edge headed into tomorrow? pollster john thomas says president trump has a major opportunity to attack joe biden. he explains, next. jillian: and taking the plunge quite literally. the marriage proposal making waves on social media. ♪ i just want to fly. ♪ put your arms around me baby. ♪ put your arms around me, baby. ♪ i just want to -- harvard-educated experts at force factor, contains key ingredients to help boost memory, learning, clarity, focus, and more! rush to walmart and find forebrain,

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>> i think i prepare every day. when you're president, you sort of see everything that they're

going to be asking. >> he doesn't know how to debate the facts because he's not that smart. he doesn't know that many facts. he doesn't know much about foreign policy, doesn't know much about domestic policy. jillian: very clear war of words as joe biden and president trump prepare for tomorrow's debate. but who has the upper hand as the two go head to head. here to talk strategy is john thomas. thanks for being here. good to see you. >> good morning, jillian. jillian: i think by a lot of accounts people would say that president trump might have the upper hand going into this, only for the sole reason that you look at how the president is able to respond and act off-the-cuff. he does it pretty well. joe biden on the other hand as we've seen a lot over the last couple months, gaffes here, gaffes there. what do you say about who has the upper hand right now? >> well, generally elections are an referendum on the incumbent. president trump is going to have to defend his record. remember, it's all about the spin after the debate. you've got a mainstream media that wants to spin it against donald trump and in favor of joe

biden. joe biden's team is measuring expectations, they're trying to play it down so that just joe barely surviving this debate will be called a win. i think if you're donald trump this is a significant opportunity. it's an opportunity to remove the veneer that joe has positioned him as an everyday joe, not a politician. in fact, donal president trump n expose him as a life long politician and he isn't up to the job of rebuilding the american economy that donald trump has done once and he can do it again. jillian: this is from joe biden's deputy campaign manager, this was on the debate on sunday. let's take a listen. >> he's not running for fact checker in chief. he's not going to let donald trump misconstrue his record. what he's going to do is use this time to talk to the american people. tuesday night is an opportunity for people to see that joe biden is the leader who has a plan. jillian: so she said something

there that i think has kind of been obvious, that's what joe biden and his campaign, their strategy has been, she said to take the time to talk to the american people. it seems they're trying to personalize things, create that one on one conversation with the american people. what do you say about that? >> joe biden had an entire campaign cycle to do that. joe biden has chosen not to do that by calling press lids at 9:00 a.m. on most days, staying in his basement. what debates are fundamentally about, jillian, is about contrast. in the general election, it's about having one candidate against the other. where the american people can compare the candidates side to side. it's not about having a conversation, it's that contrasting and quite frankly the risk for joe biden not being on prompter and against donald trump who is known to put people back on his heels are great. if done right, this could be a major moment for donald trump to turn the tables in this race. jillian: before we let you go, i want to pull up the debate

topics for the first debate. this includes both of their records, the supreme court nomination, covid-19, the economy, race and violence in our cities and integrity of the election. if you were to choose a topic that you think each candidate would excel at or perhaps put their focus and their fight, what do you think for each one? >> well, if you're donald trump, the answer is really simple. it's the economy. he has in all of his numbers consistently looking at polling across the political partisan divide, american voters give president trump an advantage on the economy, drill on that and drill on the consistent of draft that you can trust trump to build it again. if you're joe biden, you want to go to issues of race. you want to hug obama, you want to do what worked for you in the primary. i think the trouble is, jillian, elections typically come down to the economy. so joe biden as much as he might want to talk about race and other things, he's got to make a more credible argument than donald trump on the economy if he wants to win. jillian: okay.

john thomas, great information. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jillian: with just one day to go, fox news contributor karl rove explains why he thinks president trump has the edge heading into the first debate. >> it's one thing if joe biden tomorrow night says 200 million americans have died of coronavirus and mistakes iraq for iran or vice versa. it's another thing if we see him not being able to remember the words of the pledge of allegiance or stumbling off into the ether because we don't have the normal campaign and as a result, we've not been conditioned by seven months of activity since he became the democratic nominee to have a good sense of who he is and come to the conclusion that he's up to the job. so it raises the stakes. a debate forces a candidate to go in directions that no debate prep can script out in advance. you've got to be able to handle yourself and the question is, can joe biden and can donald trump handle themselves tomorrow night in a way that causes the american people to say i get what they're trying to do, i get what they want to do, and i get

that they're up to the job. jillian: fox news' chris wallace will mods rate the first de-- moderate the first debate tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. todd: house speaker nancy pelosi preparing lawmakers for a potential electoral college knee the presidential election. can you believe it? politico reports that pelosi warned democrats the house could be forced to decide the election which would involve each of the 50 state delegations casting one vote. the candidate who received the majority of those delegations would go on to win the election. we're monitoring this for you, the u.s. calling for peace as tensions escalate between armenia and azerbajan. no video shows air strikes on the armenian military. jillian: trey yingst is live in jerusalem as the two countries want to figure out who fired first. >> reporter: fighting over the weekend in the contested region. we know according to the

armenian defense ministry they claim that civilian areas were first attacked and they responded by shooting down two helicopters and hitting three tanks. askeazerbaja nsaid armenia went against the cease fire. at least 23 people, both military and civilian, have been killed in the clashes so far. the international community is calling for deescalation with the u.s. state department saying, quote, the united states believes participation in the escalating violence by external parties would be deeply unhelpful and would exacerbate regional tensions. this statement goes to the core of the international community. armenia is backed by russia through treaties and aske azerbn receives support in turkey. we could see world super powers get involved in this continues

to escalate. todd: keep us posted. we appreciate your reporting. jillian: secretary of state mike pompeo laid out the president's foreign policy strategy and why it's so important the american people should understand it. >> president trump has grabbed the right end of the stick on these problems, and made america more prosperous and benefited the world by doing that. we don't hear that story very often in traditional media outlets, the washington post or the new york times or wherever it may be. but i am confident the american people will come to see that the world is safer and their lives are more secure as a result of the way president trump has done it. jillian: the secretary saying he traveled throughout the country informing voters of the important milestones the president has achieved abroad. international relations expert dr. rebecca grant will join us live later this hour. she breaks down two of our biggest threats, iran and china. todd: former trump campaign manager brad parscale is in the hospital after threatening to hurt himself at his florida's

home. his wife said he was armed and she was worried he was suicidal. in a statement, the trump campaign says brad parscale is a member of our family and we all love him. we are ready to support him and his family in any way possible. he was running the campaign's digital operation. jillian: greg abbott is declaring a disaster in one county after a brain eating amoeba was found in the water supply. a 6-year-old boy died from the ame da. officials believe he contacted it from a splash pad or hose. dr. jeanette nesheiwat said it can be treated if caught early. she joins us live to explain the symptoms at 5:20. evacuation orders are underway overnight as new wildfires grow rapidly in napa valley in california. 65,000 people had their power cut off, thousands of homes of being threatened.

the glass fire burning more than 2500 acres, and it's spreading at a dangerous rate. two other nearby fires have merged. high winds and dry heat are creating critical risks for firefighters. todd: dallas officers and bystanders saved a man from a fiery crash. >> hey, yo, back away from the vehicle. you all, get away. todd todd: officers rushing to rescue the man trapped inside a burning car. good samaritans running over to help him as well, breaking a window and cutting the man's seat belt. he was taken to the hospital and treated for burns. time now, 39 minutes after the hour. they pledged to defund the police, now some minneapolis city council members may be regretting it. jillian: an oregon police department may regret this

makeover to their patrol cars. the reason they removed the thin blue line.

todd: welcome back. a vanity fair and new york times magazine contributor writer slamming supreme court nominee amy coney barrett for having a big family. the writer tweeting, i guess one of the things i don't understand about amy coney barrett is how a potential supreme court justice can also be a loving present mom to seven kids. is this like the kardashians stuffing nannies in the closet and pretending they've drawn their own baths for their kids. fox news contributor brett houme says comments like this would never be made about a lib trail supreme court justice -- liberal supreme court justice. >> she's seems almost to be

saying a woman's place is in the home, a notion that for generation or more that's been anan theananthema for feminists. can you imagine such a person writing such a thing about a female democratic nominee -- nominated potential supreme court justice? i can't and i suspect you all can't either. the reason is, i don't think it would ever happen. one of the things about some elements of the feminist movement is that it appears to be in favor of the advancement of the career ambitions of only some women. todd: amy coney barrett is mother to seven children, two of them adopted from haiti. jillian: minneapolis city counselors who supported the pledge to defund their police department now saying they regret it, according to the new york times, which reports one counselor says he called to defund the police, says his

calls to defund the police were meant in spirit, others saying the language of the bill was, quote, up for interpretation. the change of mind comes after crime spiked in the city. todd: oregons police department beginning to remove thin blue line decals from the police cars. they say the blue line has become a divisive symbol to some in the community. the department said they're working on a new design to honor first responders who died in service. jillian: a new york city principal demanding bill de blasio give control of schools over to the state, the union getting an unanimous vote of no confidence, they blame policy changes and too many repeat errors during the pandemic. de blasio's office did not comment. the department of education said they're committed to keeping students safe. in-person learning for elementary schools is set to start tomorrow. a man takes the plunge and

proposes to his girlfriend. watch this. >> it's a fairytale. [ laughter ] todd: the man rested his hand on the accelerators, never a good idea, on his partner's boat causing it to speed off and throw him into the water. despite the chaos, the question we're all wondering, the woman does appear to say yes to the proposal. jillian: so many questions. why are they in different boats? todd: great question. so this man i just say get ready for marriage. jillian: to that i say congrats. todd: in a fox news exclusive, secretary of state mike pompeo laying out the president's foreign policy strategy. >> we're candid. we are blunt. we are prepared to question the established principles and if they no longer work, to move on from them. jillian: is the america first policy working? foreign relations expert dr. rebecca grant says the strategy

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>> they weren't searching for the truth. they were trying to get an outcome. when you look at what mr. barnett says and the way they defrauded the fisa court, you get a clearer picture that these people are on a mission to go after trump. can youcan you imagine if the se on the other foot, that if the republicans had done this, so maria, there's a day of reckoning coming. jillian: senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham vowing to hold the fbi accountable for a probe into president trump's campaign. graham will grill former fbi director james comey at a hearing this wednesday. andrew mccabe agreed to testify october 6th. this comes after an interview revealed an agent criticized the

investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn, accusing investigators of having a, quote, get trump attitude. todd: in an exclusive fox news interview, secretary of state mike pompeo sets the critics straight on how the trump administration operates on the world stage. >> most of the leaders around the world appreciate the fact that we're candid, we are blunt, we are prepared to question the established principles and if they no longer work, to move on from them and develop a foreign policy that's better not only for the american people, but for the world. todd: as he nears the end of his first term, has the president's america first agenda worked? national security analyst and international relations expert dr. rebecca grant joins me now. dr. grant, that is the question. has is worked? >> yes, it has. and remember, todd, america first is grounded in economic prosperity at home and a realistic approach to world

affairs, plus very restrained use of military power and more use of economic power. and we see this working in iran, and we see this working in our re-baselined confrontation with china and in our stronger alliances around the world. todd: dr. grant, let's take a look at the foreign policy accomplishments under the trump administration. we're going to pop them up on the screen. i'm not going to reads them all. the viewer can see them right there. despite this list, dr. grant, critics you accuse trump of alienating our allies. is that charge fair? >> no, it's not fair. and i think this is a really unfortunate -- and secretary pompeo talked about this in a little bit in the interview, that the administration's policies are often portrayed the wrong way. nato is much stronger and has more members. they spent a huge amount of time on the phone and traveling to meet with allies.

secretary pompeo is in greece this morning, meeting with officials there and smoothing over some upset between greece and turkey, important nato allies. i think alliances have actually been very much front and center in the america first policy. todd: dr. grant, obviously one situation that this administration is laser focused on is china and the threat it poses to our country. here's the secretary of state talking about that. >> i have traveled the world, making sure that every nation understands that this is a problem that is not between the united states and china. this is a challenge to make sure that the next century is not the chinese century. we have not begun to build out this global coalition to push back. it will take years. we sat on this for five decades. it will take years to accomplish this. but we have turned the corner. todd: dr. grant, are you worried that if joe biden wins, we will once again be soft on china? >> yes, because team trump has

so much momentum. and they have done a huge u-turn on our china policy as pompeo describes and it goes to alliances. he is trying to build out a global coalition. he's traveling to make sure that nato members don't fall for huawei and other chinese schemes. i'm worried about that. the momentum that pompeo has is excellent and we really need to keep that in place. that's like a kitchen with 16 pots on the stove boiling. they have so much going on and we need to see this momentum. china really is that existential threat, it's really going to he define the rest of our lives and what our of nation does and i think we need the momentum that this administration has put in place. todd: couldn't agree more, dr. grant. i think in our country we get so distracted by so many issues. i'm not saying they're not important issues but they definitely take up a lot of the oxygen in the room and china loves that many china loves the fact that we're distracted on this and missing the fact that they are developing to be a huge

force. we appreciate your time, dr. grant, as always. sort of talking about these issues here on a monday morning. thanks so much. >> thank you. todd:.todd: coming up, confirmn hearings for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett could start as soon as october 12th. tom bitten walks us through the process, coming up. jillian: a brain eating amoeba found in the water supply of a texas county forces the governor to take action. dr. jeanette nesheiwat explains the danger and how to you avoid it in the next hour. ♪ here? nah. ♪ here? nope. ♪ here. ♪

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>> the whole process has been illlegitimate. will not meet with her. >> no, i will not meet with the nominee. todd: it is monday, september 28th. a growing list of democrats refusing to meet with supreme court nominee, amy coney barrett. the major showdown just weeks before her hearings begin. jillian: another weekend of protests over the breonna taylor case as leaked body camera footage raises new questions. the twist in the investigation into her death. todd: law and order and the supreme court, two big topics at tomorrow's big debate. jillian: we're live in cleveland as president trump and joe biden prepare to face off for the first time. "fox & friends first" continues right now.

♪ i'll sit and listen to them by myself. ♪ today's music ain't got the same soul. jillian: look at this. you're taking a live look at the cleveland clinic campus where the very first 2020 presidential debate will be held tomorrow night. 9:00 p.m. can you believe it? it's here. todd: cleveland of course the home of the rock and roll hall of fame, that song, old time rock and roll. i like to mention it, that's good time producing there. impressive. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. we're one day away from the first presidential debate moderated by our very own chris wallace. jillian: president trump and joe biden launching attacks before coming face-to-face on the stage. todd: he's our rock star, griff jenkins live from cleveland with more on the political showdown. >> reporter: not in the hall of fame but i'm here for the first debate. it's going to be exciting. it's going