enjoyed our show and hope you come back next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. ♪ it's been a very interesting journey. i learned a lot about covid. i learned it by really going to school. this is the real school. todd: it is monday, october 5th. president trump addressing the nation again from walter reed where his doctors say he could be released today. jillian: the president's well enough to do this, surprise supporters with a motorcade drive-by. todd: senate leaders moving forward with supreme court hearings despite some republicans testing positive for covid-19. the confirmation fight as democrats demand a delay. >> denny hamlin gets the nod. jillian: denny hamlin makes

history at talladega. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ you can see it all over. ♪ they can feel it all over. jillian: a very good morning to you on this monday. you're watching "fox & friends first." i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. president trump could return to the white house as early as today as he makes progress in fighting covid-19. jillian: gillian turner is live at walter reed medical center with the latest on the president's condition. gillian. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's medical team say that he could be returning home to 1600 pennsylvania avenue as soon as later today if we learn in a little while from now you that his symptoms have stayed on the upward trajectory. take a listen to his pulmonologist speaking yesterday. >> he's ambulating himself, walking around the white house medical unit without limitation

or disability. our continued monitoring of his cardiac, liver and kidney function demonstrates continued normal findings or improving findings. >> reporter: yesterday the team here adding detail about the president's considerable drug regiment after facing criticism on saturday for misstating the truth about the president's condition earlier in the weekend. take a listen. >> we continue to plan to use a five day course of remdesivir in response to transient low oxygen levels, we did initiation dexamethasone therapy and he received his first dose of that yesterday and our plan is to continue that for the time being. >> reporter: the president himself according to knows those closest to him at the white house and capitol hill say he remained upbeat throughout this treatment for covid-19 so far. he struck a relatively reflective tone in a twitter video posted yesterday. >> it's been a very interesting

journey. i learned a lot about covid, i learned it by really going to school. this is the real school, this isn't the let's read the book school. i get it. i understand it. it's a very interesting thing. i'll be letting you know about it. in the meantime, we love the usa and we love what's happening. >> reporter: now, he continued working here yesterday. he got a briefing from his national security advisor in the late afternoon at 4:00. he even then surprised some supporters who were gathered here outside the hospital with a drive-by presidential wave and a thumbs up to show his prior united nations -- his appreciation. as with most things, the of move generated instant criticism, reporters and pundits slamming for exposing secret service officers in his motorcade to the coronavirus as he remains extremely contagious. they put out a statement saying

appropriate precautions were taken. the movement was cleared by the medical team as safe to do. sources at the white house pointing out overnight some of this, the president being here at walter reed through at least this morning, is going to put the vice president into the spotlight over the coming days. he'll be kicking off operation maga. he's hosting a rally. all eyes will be on the vice president starting in just a little while from now. jillian and todd,. jillian: a lot to break down. thank you. todd: as the president continues his recovery, jason cha vets is blasting the -- chai chavetz is blasting the media for their reaction. >> their reaction is sub-human, they're not compassionate, caring, reasonable. i think they're exposing their true colors. they cite anonymous source as they have for nearly four years now and yet they have sources like mark meadows and the

doctors and the president's physician who can give you real-time firsthand information, that's what should be out there in the media. it's what i call disaster liberalism. they take advantage of situations and want to par lay that into their own political agenda. that's what's disgusting and i think america sees right through it. jillian: several members of president trump's inner circle testing positive for covid-19. his campaign manager received his diagnosis friday. he is experiencing mild flu-like symptoms. kellyanne con way also testing pos tip for the -- positive for the virus. she says she has a light cough and is feeling fine. chris christie checked himself into the hospital saturday after testing positive. he helped president trump prepare for last week's debate. he says he has a slight fever and is achy. todd: turning to the supreme court, tempers flair as republican senators plan to move

forward on confirmation hearings despite several testing positive for covid-19. jillian: ashley strohmier joins us live. >> reporter: in a rush to get president trump's no nominee, ay coney barrett confirmed, three senators tested positive for the virus as well, republicans want to push the confirmation through before the november 3rd election but senate my minority leader chuck schumer says the hearings should not continue right now. >> mitch mcconnell seems to be jamming through the hearings on amy coney barrett even though three senators have covid, even though he has said it's not safe for the senate to meet in session, but it's okay to have the hearings. it makes no o sense. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell firing back, saying since may the judiciary committee has

operated through a hybrid method that has seen some senators appear physically at hearings while others have participated virtually. they have utilized the format successfully for many months while protecting the health and safety of all involved. some democratic senators like amy klobuchar say there should be a covid package first before confirmation of a supreme court justice. lindsey graham said they're moving on regardless. listen. >> the virus is serious but we have to move on as a nation. we're going to have a hearing for amy barrett, the nominee for the supreme court. it will be done safely. i've got a job to do and impressing on. >> reporter: this ahead of some pretty big cases to keep an eye on out of the supreme court. a few being the state of obamacare, religious right and lgbt determination and the mueller grand jury material, just to name a few. this past friday, the supreme court agreed to consider voting rules in arizona, to hear that. right now it prohibits third

parties from turning in early voting ballots. todd, gillian. todd: ashley, thanks. jillian: senator ted cruz said democrats' attempt to stop amy coney barrett's nomination is a power grab. >> one of the reasons the left is losing their minds right now with this vacancy, is they feel their hammer lock on the court is in danger of slipping away and it's about power. it's about power to control america without actually having to convince voters. i mean, the hard left views most american voters as ignorant rubes. we think we're too dumb to govern ourselves and our elitist betters should set the rules for us. that's really what drives i think their rage in this context. jillian: cruz went on to slam the left for criticizing barrett as they claim the president will

use her to pick you apart obamacare while they ignore talking about the first and second amendment. todd: portland police arrest a man accused of shattering a window of a patrol car and pepper spraying the officer inside. john russell was caught six blocks from the attack. he faces charges including assaulting a public safety officer and aggravated harassment. michigan governor gretchen whitmer blasting her state supreme court's decision over her actions during the pandemic. the court ruled the governor did not have the authority to extend emergency orders after april 30th. the governor says the ruling made her state less safe. >> the supreme court in michigan undermined my emergency rule. we saved thousands of lives and the supreme court on a slim majority republican vote undermined that effort. todd: the governor's office said they are reviewing the full order adding that they want to work with republicans on new public safety measures.

jillian: week four of the nfl full of upsets and big plays. check it out. >> on a fake, flips it back and he gets away, now odell beckham cuts back, odell beckham junior all the way! touchdown, cleveland. jillian: the cleveland browns held off the dallas cowboys, they win 49-38. tom brady having his best game as a buccaneer, what a masterful second half. tampa bay beats the chargers, 38-31. joe borough picked up his first nfl win, cincinnati tops the jaguars, 33-24. and the eagles, rallying in the fourth quarter to beat the 49ers, 25-20. todd: my giants beat the spread. [ laughter ] todd: it will get better.

time now, 10 minutes after the hour. president trump could leave the hospital as soon as today. so what happens once he's released? jillian: dr. jeanette nesheiwat breaks down the potential next steps in the president's treatment after the break.

>> if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house where he can continue his treatment course. jillian: well, you just heard it, president trump could potentially be released in the hospital as early as today. what could the next steps be for his treatment. dr. jeanette nesheiwat joins me now to explain. good morning. you're in yellow too. everyone's in yellow today. good to see you. >> yes, sunshine. good to see you too. jillian: trying to brighten up a monday. we learned a lot yesterday from that news conference from the president's doctors and one of the things we learned, one of the things that a lot of people questioned, doctor, is whether or not he was on a steroid

called dexamethasone. what is this? what do we need to know about? every covid patient doesn't get this, right? >> this is a very common drug. i use it all the time. what this drug, dexamethasone does, it helps reduce inflammation in the body. so his doctor, dr. conley, gave it to him. he saw he was not doing so well and he wanted to prevent him from deteriorating. he gave him some dexamethasone along with the other medications that he's taking like remdesivir, zinc, vitamin d and it seemed to work. we want to reduce and calm down that cytokine storm, the body's reaction to an infection in our system. so we want to calm down that cytokine storm and the inflammation. dexamethasone is a steroid which apparently worked very well for our president. there's a study that came out in britain that showed that dexamethasone can reduce the

death rate by about 20% if the medication is used. jillian: does this have any correlation to the fact that we know his oxygen levels had dropped twice and we know at least once he was given supplemental oxygen? >> yes. so when dr. conley saw that the president's oxygen levels had dropped slightly, he did add dexamethasone to his treatment course which included the remdesivir. he also called regeneron cocktail antibodies. so it seemed to work. he received an excellent plan of care and is on the right track to improvement. we want to make sure he doesn't regress. jillian: also important to note, you did not treat the president. you mentioned remdesivir, talk to me about that and the president's plan, if as doctors say he could potentially leave walter reed as early as today. remdesivir, i heard a lot of people saying that do they want him to be transferred while he's on this or is it best to do that

five-day dose where he is? where do you stand on something like that? >> well, me personally, i'd love to keep our president in the hospital where he can be closely monitored. today, he he should be receiving his fourth dose of remdesivir. his doctors decided to put him on a five day course versus a 10 day course. he seems to be doing very well on the five day course. if you recall, remdesivir can help shorten the duration of your illness by about four to five days. it's not a life saving drug but it helps block the virus from replicating in our system to help block the virus from entering our cells and reducing the viral load and getting you better quicker. so it's a great cocktail of medications that he's on. it's the standard of care that he's receiving and he seems to be tolerating it very well. he's no longer requiring oxygen. he is no longer having a fever. these are all very good signs and symptoms. that maybe it might be okay for him to did discharged to the white house but with continued close monitoring. i want his oxygen level to be

monitored, his heart rate, blood pressure, his temperature, make sure he's doing well. jillian: we also saw the president was able to leave his hospital room or hospital suite, if you will, briefly, to surprise some of the supporters who have been gathered outside walter reed. you'll notice he's wearing a mask and the other two people in the car were wearing masks as well. he's faced a lot of criticism for this. we have heard they're wearing proper ppe, you can see n-95, things like that what do you think about him being in a vehicle with other people while he's covid positive and number two, not in his bed or in a chair relaxing, just a couple days after the diagnosis? >> of course, that is a concern. the driver being exposed. but we know that the driver was wearing a mask, ppe protectivewear. there's nothing wrong with getting fresh air. he's our president. he wanted to uplift the spirit

of americans and reyou assure them that he's -- reassure them that he's going to be okay and i think that really did work and the americans were out there at walter reed supporting him, were happy to see him. ultimately, we need to be careful because it is a highly contagious, infectious virus and we want to make sure that nobody else catches it. jillian: great information. thank you for waking up early an joining us. >> my pleasure. todd: and that yellow memo, unbelievable. the white house confident our national security is solid while president trump is hospitalized. >> i think our adversaries know that the united states government is steady at the tiller and that we're protecting the american people. todd: but how serious are the potential threats. former cia station chief dan hoffman says there are four key issues, he walks us through them, next. plus, wild video of a massive fire stairing through a warehouse in los angeles overnight when "fox & friends first" on a monday morning

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todd: welcome back. president trump isn't letting covid-19 stop him from protecting the u.s. the president getting a national security briefing from the walter reed medical center. jillian: trey yingst is live in jerusalem with the latest. trey. >> reporter: todd, jillian, good morning. as the president was treated for covid-19 yesterday at the walter reed medical center, he did receive a national security briefing via tell tele. daniel:teleconference.>> i thiw that the united states government is steady at the tiller and that we're protecting the american people. >> reporter: the call took place on a secure line and including

national security advisor robert o'brien, vice president mike pence, secretary of state mike pompeo, defense secretary mark esper and chief of staff mark meadows. the united states continues to monitor for unusual activity from state actors, so far there have been many acts of public support including one in israel, in tel aviv, where a billboard went up saying god bless you, donald and melania. something to keep an eye on moving forward is the possibility of cyber attacks. we know that every day countries like china and iran try to launch cyber attacks against u.s. infrastructure and this could be a target if any group or country decides to take advantage of the current situation. todd. todd: trey, thank you very much. so just how serious should the u.s. be treating national security while the president battles coronavirus? former cia station chief dan hoffman joins me live. dan, what are we on the lookout for? >> well, for sure our adversaries and i would add our

ally as well are mounting a full court press right now to track the president's health, to track our democratic process, contingency planning and if needed continuity of government planning. it happens through tracking the media including the president's public appearances, through diplomacy where foreign diplomats are engaging all over the world and asking these sorts of questions and of course through espionage to try to pulse their sources and determine what's going on behind the scenes. the walter reed army medical center has office been and continues to be a major target for our foreign espionage services. todd: let's focus on the adversaries for a moment. we're going to pop them up on the screen, iran, russia, china and north korea. i understand they're trying to nip at our heels and bother us but what is their goal in trying to exploit this? >> well, i think wha i think thm

their interest is determining the speed in which the united states could respond to a crisis, i think that's the key for them. if there were to be a crisis in the cross straits between taiwan and china, how fast could the united states respond. that's why it's really important the news that you just provided our viewers that the president is receiving regular national security briefings, that he's on top of defending our national security interest, in spite of the fact that he's quarantined though i would emphasize not incapacitated at walter reetd. in iraq, you've got iranian proxy militias who historically launched you attacks against our bases and our embassy there. that's another potential flash point that i'm sure our national security team, led by ambassador o'brien and the intelligence community is focused on. todd: there's obviously a focus on social media as well. but brave men and women like yourself who are in that line of work doing such amazing work to keep our country safe during this time. dan hoffman, we appreciate your

time this morning. thank you, sir. >> thank you. todd: jillian. jillian: it is 26 minutes after the hour. celebrating the american worker, how made in america week is kicking off today. ♪ made in the usa. ♪ my hygienist cleans with a round head, so does my oral-b. my hygienist personalizes my cleaning, so does my oral-b. my hygienist uses just the right pressure, and so does my oral-b. oral-b combines a dentist-inspired brush head with the gentle energy of micro-vibrations for the wow of a professional clean feel every day. my mouth says wow and so does my oral-b.

todd: welcome back. president trump making progress as he receives treatment at the walter reed medical center for covid-19. jillian: his doctors say he could return to the white house as early as today. steve rapport has the details. >> i'm not telling anybody but you but i'm about to make a little surprise visit so perhaps i'll get there before you get to see me. >> reporter: president trump addressing the american people from walter reed national military medical center sunday, praising the team caring for him. >> i want to thank them all, the nurses, the doctors, everybody here. >> reporter: and promising his supporters a surprise in a video posted on twitter. minutes later, the president

briefly left the military hospital to greet his supporters gathered outside. >> we love you, mr. president! >> reporter: president trump flew to the military hospital friday evening after contracting the virus. the commander in chief spent the weekend working from the hospital presidential suite. trump's team of medical doctors says he's responding to treatment and is in good shape. >> if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today our hope is we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the white house. >> reporter: more reaction pouring in from the public and with less than a month to go before the election, the president's positive test for covid-19 is on voters' minds as they head to the polls. >> i think that he should know how it feels, because he took it as a joke. he took it as a joke. >> reporter: more than 7 million americans are infected with the virus and over 200,000 have lost their lives. steve rapport, fox news. jillian: joe biden staying on

the campaign trail despite the president's covid-19 diagnosis and his campaign says they're looking forward to the next debate. >> we believe that the debate should go forward as scheduled. obviously, that's going to depend on a lot of factors here, first and foremost president trump's health which we send him the best and we are hoping for a speedy and full recovery as is everybody in this country. jillian: while the president recovers, how will his absence from the campaign trail impact his campaign? joining me now is republican strategist, joseph pinion and democratic strategist mus m ust tenie. what do you think the trump campaign done now? >> i think the president will continue to do what they have been doing thus far, which is to focus on the actual progress that's been made in the past four years. you want to talk about wages that are up. you want to talk about the fact that we've had individuals, close to 7 million people that got jobs in a pre-covid economy and talking about the pathway

back to prosperity in a post-covid-19 world. i think those are the messages the american people are looking for. i think if anything, president trump's diagnosis has gotten people to focus on the fact that, again, everyone can be impacted by this and we need a leader who is going to actually have a plan to get america looking up instead of looking backwards. jillian: let's take a look at the debate schedule coming up october 7th, the vice presidential debate in salt lake city, utah, october 15th the second presidential debate in miami and october 22nd, the third presidential debate at nashville. at this point nothing has been changed so we're going with this schedule as we know it right now. how do you think this is going to impact the next few weeks? >> well, the president's health is going to be a real important issue in this. there's concerns in terms of him riding around in a car or waving at people, does he put people in jeopardy that are riding in the car with him because he is carrying covid-19.

so secret service people and others. the important issue here is that he should get better, he should get healthy. i think the american people want their president back in the white house. he has got to take proper precautions. as far as the joe biden campaign, they've taken down their negative ads. joe's going to continue to campaign and work hard as he has. prior to the president being diagnosed he was 14 points behind after his horrific debate performance so president trump is lagging far behind, before his dying know of sis, and -- diagnosis and it seems very difficult for him to catch up, with or without going back to the campaign trail. jillian: we'll see what the polls say as we get closer and closer. we heard over the weekend that joe biden's campaign is going to release the testing results of his covid test so that's certainly something you new as we are now in a new week. also operation maga kicks off today, this is a virtual grass roots event happening tonight,

in-person events on thursday, members of the first family included. they're going to make in-person campaign stops and the vice president will travel to arizona after the debate. joseph, i'll go to you. a lot of questions have been made about whether or not the vice president should be out on the campaign trail. there's two thoughts here. on one, obviously the president can't be out doing these things. on the other hand, there are people who say the vice president's health is certainly a factor right now. what do you think? >> look, i think the reality is that the business of america has to continue and part of the business of america is deciding who the next president of these united states is going to be. i think it's incumbent on the american people to understand that we still have leadership in action, government in action. i think vice president pence needs to go to the debates, needs to be engaged in this process, coming down the stretch. because if this is a matter of life and death, as democrats have placed it, as former first lady michelle obama has placed it, then certainly they need to be talking about the issues that

impact living and dying, wages that went up with the trump administration with the obama and biden cohorts would like to see us get rid of the tax breaks that produced them. you're talking about actual increased employment at a time when they want to hammer the business that's created the jobs. so i think that in these final 30 days, it's important for the american people to hear from both sides and part of that is talking about the prosperity and the opportunities that have been improved over the last four years. jillian: time is running of out. i want to give the final word to you. we found out that for the vice presidential debate the candidates will be 12 feet apart. some changes are being made. al a tear raises are -- alterations are being made. >> look, we wish the president a speedy recovery. he has been the worst president in american history, 7 million people have been infected, 200,000 american lives have been lost. our economy's in at tha tatters. it's because president trump has not paid attention to the coronavirus and now he's infected himself. this is, again, the worst

president in american history. jillian: i'm sure if we had more time joseph would argue that point that you just made and i see you smirking there. i know you would. >> our worst president in history? i think as my grandfather always told me, never trust a man who of promises to do tomorrow what he promised to do yesterday. when you talk about what democrats are poe posing -- proposing, everything the democrats are talking about is worse for america than we are today. jillian: good to see. todd: overnight, firefighters battled a massive fire at a two story strip mall in los angeles. the fire forced the roof to collapse, took more than two dozen fire trucks to get it under control. no word on the extent of the damage caused. it's right now under investigation. former congressman beto o'rourke making a bold prediction for texas. >> my contention is that this is biden's to lose. and we're not going to wait for the biden campaign to wake up to

that reality. todd: o'rourke says he wants biden to campaign nor the state of texas. the real clear politics average shows president trump leading by just over 3 points there. democrats haven't won texas since 1976. jimmy carter. texas congressman michael burrjess joins us next hour to react. today marks made in america day, kicking off made in america week. president trump recognizing the countries craftsmen and work ofers in a probleofers -- workee america is the foundation of our renewed success. we'll be joined by business owner, collin wayne, in the next hour. jillian: so there is something else to talk about here as well. the supreme court begins its new term and one of the questions is, will there be a delay for the confirmation for amy coney barrett. of course, this is certainly a hot topic amongst democrats and republicans. republicans want this to go full as scheduled, whether it be

obviously virtually now that we have more information that's come out as far as covid positive tests. democrats say they want this delayed. todd: of course, like everything, like the fact that we're sitting at a desk right now, this has been politicized. here we go. mitch mcconnell saying the following, the senate judiciary committee will convene on october 12th as chairman graham has scheduled, the schedule will not interrupt the thorough, fair confirmation process previously laid out. chuck schumer has different thoughts. >> mitch mcconnell seem to be jamming through the hearings on amy coney barrett, even though three senators have covid, even though he has said it's not safe for the senate to meet in session, but it's okay to have the hearings. it makes no sense. so for mitch mcconnell to go ahead with the hearinge hearings the safety not only of senators,

but of staff who work diligently on the hill. there is no reason on god's green earth why these shouldn't be delayed. jillian: there are three senators who have positive covid-19 results, they include senator mike lee, senator thom tillis and ron johnson. jason chavets gave arenas to why this should go forward. >> the same democrats who claim they don't even need to meet with amy coney barrett, they don't even need to be with her and suddenly you have a couple people on the republican side of the aisle that are in quarantine and suddenly they can't move forward. the reality is, this is more than -- you know, some 10 days away from when, say, mike lee, for instance, was originally diagnosed. i think he will be well and fine in there. they could technically start the hearing process without those senators present. but you're right, they do need to have a quorum in order to hold a vote to move it to the floor. there are procedural ways to bring it to the floor without

going through the committee although that is pretty rare but it is going to move forward. todd: two observations i have. one, you know mitch mcconnell was working on contingencies if any other of gop senators come down with covid. and two, you and i, unless you're hiding something from me are not parliamentarians. we don't know how this will work. expect this to be debated over the course of the next week and-a-half to two weeks, jason chavets has his point, you'll hear democrats come up with their points. i think at the end of the day we get the confirmation process all worked out. jillian: on time. todd: on time. jillian: you heard it here. it is 19 minutes until the top of the hour. house speaker nancy pelosi's reaction to the president's diagnosis is sparking backlash. >> going into crowds, unmasked and all the rest was sort of a brazen invitation for something like this to happen. jillian: some are demanding an apology over her response. todd: if you're superstitious

-- i think you are. jillian: i am. todd: you might want to stay inside this halloween as opposed to the huge plans that i know you had, the rare full moon that will be haunting the skies, next. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ tell me is this just a dream

>> this is tragic. it's very sad. but it also is something that, again, going into crowds, unmasked and all the rest, was sort of a brazen invitation for something like this to happen. todd: nancy pelosi offering that response to the president contracting covid-19. jillian: and now one congressman is calling her out, demanding the house speaker apologize. todd: carley shimkus here with his message, carley, good morning. carley: on friday, after news broke that the president contracted covid-19, house speaker nancy pelosi said she is praying for the president but also suggested that he should

have taken extra precautions to protect himself against the virus. some republican lawmakers are accusing her of victim blaming. one of them being congressman jim banks who wrote pelosi a letter asking her to apologize, saying i formally request an aapology for insinuateing that shows those suffering for the illnesillness are somehow to blr their pain. kevin mccarthy also took aim at pelosi on fox news yesterday. listen. >> he is sitting here, trying to work with this speaker, to get a covid relief package together and these are the comments that she makes? this is uncalled for. other nations are watching america. this is the one time we could unite together. carley: also on that topic, pelosi said sunday that lawmakers are making progress on another coronavirus relief bill, guys. jillian: so patriots

quarterback cam newton breaking his silence and taking time to self reflect during this period of having covid-19. carley: yeah, that's right. news broke that he was diagnosed with covid-19 over the weekend and he posted this on instagram on sunday, saying i never will question god's reasoning, just will always respond with yes, lord. i appreciate all the love, support and well wishes. i will take this time to get healthy and self respect on the other amazing things i should be grateful for that. post of course, guys, racking up thousands of comments. josh responded saying man, i love your positivity. another commented, new england is behind you, cam. patriots nation. can't wait to cheer for you on the field again. amazingly, the patriots said that none of the other players tested positive for the virus so that game that was postponed because he did test positive against the chiefs will take place tonight. todd: he was one goal line stand away from being 3-0 as the starter there. carley, just when you thought

2020 had nothing more to offer, here you go. carley: that's right. it's been a pretty strange year. it could get even stranger because there's not going to be one, but two full moons in the month of october. the first one started on thursday, it was called the harvest moon. you're seeing pictures of what that looked like across the country. if you believe in 08 old wives' tale, this is what you should be concerned about. there will be a rare blue moon on october 31st, halloween night. you knows the phrase once in a blue moon? that refers to how rare it is to get two full moons in one month. once in a blue moon, it's taking place this month. jillian: i guess a blue moon is better than a blood moon on halloween. that sounds creepier, isn't that a thing? carley: it is a thing. my recommendation to everybody, just don't walk under any ladders, don't open umbrellas inside. todd: astronomy correspondent,

carley shimkus. carley: i went into a moon deep dive this morning. jillian: carley, thank you. it is 12 minutes until the top of the hour. wall street on edge over the president's covid-19 diagnosis. financial expert dan gelcher says the market needs to digest the news. he's live to explain. todd: denny hamlin making history, highlights from the triple overtime thriller at talladega, next. ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night. ♪ that tonight's going to be a good, good night

todd: welcome back. stocks regaining momentum after president trump's covid-19 diagnosis rattled the market on friday. financial expert and cpa dan gelcher joins me with his insight. good to he see you as always.

let's take a look at the friday market close. look, futures when the announcement came in were mott looking good. over the course of the morning as we started getting more information, they definitely improved, ending the day not as bad as many expected. going forward, what does the president's covid diagnosis mean for the markets? >> if you look at how the market reacts to news, todd, so first it was a little bit of shock, things were shaken up. as you said, we got more information, the market calmed down. look, the market is concerned about what events potentially could take us into a recessionary period. and the president getting covid is not going to do that. we have to look at a longer term situation here as it pertains to the president's covid. and that -- the impact on the election. if president trump were not to be reelected and we have a biden presidency, what does that mean? we already know that that's

going to mean more regulation and it's going to mean more taxes. those are not things that the market is too favorable with. so i think if we start to see a more likely joe biden win, we will see the market start to react to that. but of course, let's keep in mind, joe biden alone can't change anything. he will need congress to go along with him to make any changes to the tax code. todd: as we look in the corner of the screen we can see dow futures up about 147 points. but this is the market, dan. let's look at the economy a little bit more broadly. if i'm sitting at home right now, i'm wondering what about the president's diagnosis you affects my bottom line. can you answer that? >> well, yeah. because what we have to realize, todd, is we cannot stop the virus. we can only slow it down.

and the president getting the virus highlights that situation. so we have to understand that we have to live economically around this virus. and i know that joe biden, for example, talked about he is going to listen to medical advice as it pertains to the economy. which can mean shutting down more areas of the economy. now, let's keep in mind that doctors handle medical issues. they are not economic experts. so i think if we have another spike, if we have a change in the presidency, we could absolutely see a slowdown in the economy. todd: obviously the stimulus is also a big factor. we didn't even get a chance to talk about that. but if that comes in, definitely the markets are going to like that as will the economy but we will see. dan, from nuttily, new you jersey, we thank you.

jillian: dan also wearing a yellow tie. all right, look at this, a historic marathon in talladega ends in dramatic fashion. >> coming up to the stripe, and as they go across the stripe a photo finish! denny hamlin gets the nod jha denny hamlin winning in the third overtime by less than a second. the race lasted more than four hours after several crashes. it's the longest race in talladega history. hamlin's win earned him an automatic spot in the next round of the playoffs. todd: coming up in the next hour of "fox & friends first." beto o'rourke says texas is joe biden's to lose. jillian: texas congressman michael burrjess says the lone star state is trump country. plus he and a doctor react to the president's a battle with covid-19, that's next.

>> it's been a very interesting journey. i learned a lot about covid. i learned it by really going to school. this is the real school. jillian: it is monday, october 5th. president trump addressing the nation again from walter reed where his doctors say he could be released as early as today. todd: the president well enough to surprise supporters with this he motorcade drive-by as the campaign gets back on the trail. jillian: "fox & friends first" continues right now. todd: good morning, everybody. hi. jillian: sorry, i