>> thank you. jillian: don't forget to set your dvr 4:00 a.m. every morning so you never miss a minute of "fox & friends first." todd: another busy dagen 00 channel. we thank you for being with us. "fox & friends" starts right now. bye-bye, everybody. >> we have just learned through explosive documents that joe biden has been blatantly lying. >> i have never discussed with my son anything to do with their businesses. >> these accusations are as serious as four heart attacks and a stroke. >> white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany was locked out of her personal twitter account after sharing that story. >> it's not a temporary blog. when i log on to my twitter account it accepts i'm permanently banned. this is censorship. >> how closely you alive yourself with jurisprudence. >> we hope you are not suggesting that i don't have my own mind because i assure you i have my own mind. >> there are two american hostages freed from captivity? yesyemen.

>> in exchange the houthis sought the release of 200 militants. >> if you can wear the hat, i can wear the hat. [cheers and applause] >> should i take off the tie or not? what do you think? i don't know. maybe, yes? [cheers] >> oh that feels so much better. [cheers and applause] >> this is my fight song, take back my life song ♪ prove them all right song ♪ brian: welcome, everybody. it's going to be a wild thursday. how do i know? because i took a look at the run down before. steve: it was a wild wednesday. brian: i would love to give out important stats during my hello. steve, do you have the second hello. steve: i don't know. brian: see how good my hello. 15 people have already voted. 11 hours. michigan alone which is going to figure into our guests at the bottom of the hour. john james, 1 million have already voted.

i think everyone in this country will actually vote by the time we are done. that's ho pumped up america is. steve: i read an article about that very topic. the number one motivator why people are requesting a mail-in ballots but then ultimately deciding you know what, i'm not going to fill it out or whatever is they have decided that they want to make sure that their vote counts. and as my picture turned blue there for a second. brian: it was my idea. won't do it next hour. steve: make sure the vote counts make sure they don't get lost in the mail show up. all sorts of ideas going around because today is 19 days, ainsley. before the official election. ainsley: i don't know about y'all, i could not stop watching yesterday. some friends were texting me. she was measured. she was smarted. she was thoughtful. she wasn't falling for some of the questions about cigarettes and climate change. she said i'm not going to go there because it's just political and controversial. she talked about not comparing herself to scalia, even though she clerked for him.

we will get into all of that also remember, guys, tonight was supposed to be the debate. instead of that two town halls. some people in the media so outraged that president trump is going to do a town hall on nbc at the same time that biden is doing one on another network on abc. well, griff jenkins. steve: apparently a number of people at in connection with are upset that they're hosting the event. ainsley: it's called competition. if one network gets a big player then the other networks try to get someone that is going to make the viewers watch their network. griff jenkins is live in washington where a senate investigation is underway into hunter biden's business dealings. hey, griff, what else the latest. griff: there you go, sorry for replacing you in the quad box, ainsley. see where they ask the candidate about this story stunning allegations involving hunter biden stemming from a "new york post" report. the social media was freaking out. and the senate committee home land security committee led byron johnson is investigating.

this but, the president last night at that rally is demanding answers. watch. >> we have just learned through explosive documents published by a very fine newspaper, the "new york post" that joe biden has been blatantly lying about his involvement in his son's corrupt business dealings. [boos] and this is a big smoking gun. griff: let's unpack that according to emails obtained by "the new york post." hunter biden was in communication with the top adviser to the urken firm. [buzzer] that helping secure introduction to his father who was vice president at the time the firm was under investigation. >> that wrote dear hunter thank you for inviting me to d.c. and giving me the opportunity to meet your father and spend some time together. a year earlier, 2014, he had written this. we urgently need your advice on how you could use your influence to convey a message, signal, et cetera, to stop what we consider

to be politically motivated actions. the information was discovered by the owner of a computer repair shop in delaware who claims hunter biden brought his computer in for service back in 2019 but never picked it up. once he found the information on the hard drive, he says he turned it in to the fbi. that owner spoke to reporters yesterday. listen. >> is there any thought in your mind that this might not have been hunter that it might have been somebody trying to set hunter up? >> no. no. griff: the biden campaign pushing back on the post report campaign spokesman andrew bates issuing this statement we have reviewed joe biden's official schedules from the i'm and no meeting, as alleged by the "new york post," ever took place. as mentioned senator ron johnson homeland security committee has that laptop looking at these emails. now social media is doing an about face. as the story broke, facebook and twitter reacted by trying to limit access to the story.

twitter shutting down the post account and blocking access to share the story saying in a statement that it was in line with their policy. as you see here jack dorsey following up with this saying our communication around our actions on the post article was not great and blocking url sharing via tweet or dm with zero context as to why we're blocking, unacceptable. and there is more. the "new york post" just dropping within the hour another article with more alleged emails and data. these pointing to hunter biden seeking a, quote, more lucrative deal with the chinese firm. so here we are, guys, 19 days to go and a big story out of the "new york post" with a lot of questions to be asked. we will find out if anyone asks about it tonight. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: thanks so much, griff. how can george stephanopoulos not ask about this? now, just be prepared, george, if you are watching, although i think he is busy. he starts working next hour. you will get yelled at. because every time you bring up

hunter biden you get yelled at and say there is nothing there now you actually have emails there they haven't said yet these are not hunter's emails. this is not him in the video, which is horrendous, you got problems. and you have to justify it. and you have to justify terms like who's the big guy? it seems as though logic would lead touted vice president who is referenced in these china documents. meanwhile, it's hard to imagine that joe biden could be more definitive in his denials that he knew anything about hunter's overseas dealings. here's a look at when he did get the question how he handled it. >> mr. vice president, how many times have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings? >> i have never spoken with my son with his overseas business dealings. >> i have never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else businesses, period. what i will do is the same thing we did in our administration.

there will be an absolute wall between personal and private and the government. >> do you stand by your statement that you did not discuss any of your son's overseas business dealings. >> yes, i stand by that statement. >> do you think it was wrong for him to take that position? >> no. >> knowing that it was really because that company wanted access to you? >> well, that's not true. you are saying things you do not know what you are talking about. no one said that who said that? brian: she actually did talk to hunter biden and he basically said i can't imagine what it was like not to have my name affect this deal, so to speak. and the anger that he showed to her is the same anger he is going to show to george stephanopoulos berate you how dare you and pivot to the tragedy that happened with bo. has nothing to do with someone trading on his name because his portfolio included the ukraine and he was on air force 2 when he traveled to china and 10 days later he did get a lucrative

deal. so, keep in mind how this took place. the laptop dropped off to a delaware repair shop. the delaware repair shop tries -- the guy is legally blind. he does not know who dropped it to him. but he does know that bo biden's sticker is on the laptop. it got water damage, allegedly, that's the reason. and then when he tried to get someone to pick it up. no one would pick it up. looked at the hard drive while the impeachment was taking place he saw all these disturbing emails and really disturbing video at which time he contacted mike lee's office. he contacted other senator lawmakers' office. got no response. then he ended up getting ahold of rudy giuliani. steve: rudy giuliani gave the "new york post" a copy of the email, et cetera this past sunday. this particular guy who ran the mack shop. you know, because of his visual impairment he said he could not identify whether or not the guy was hunter biden. he said he identified himself as

hunter biden. this is what he said in the wide ranging interview yesterday he said ultimately there were three that he came newt store with you about only left one. evidence ultimately shared the device with officials and rude's attorney because he was worried about his personal safety. nonetheless, senate home land security committee is looking into it they are working with this computer fix it shop guy to see about the about to talk in a moment senator john kennedy says this is serious stuff, if true. >> these accusations are as serious as four heart attacks and a stroke. now, we're talking about a major party nominee for president of

the united states of america with an election right around the corner. and every single solitary responsible news organization needs to be investigation the veracity of these allegations. president obama put vice president biden in charge of america's foreign affairs with two countries, ukraine and china. and in both cases his son, mr. hunter biden, walked away with millions of dollars of contracts. ainsley: some are wondering is this a set-up because we know other countries have tried to sway our election in certain ways and so the computer guy, the shop owner was asked, do you think that this is a cover up -- i mean a set-up. do you think it was someone else trying to act like it was hunter biden's laptop? he says no, he does think this computer does belong to hunter biden. as "the washington post" reported the biden camp said this is not on the schedule. they went back and looked that

meeting never happened. others reporting it could have been informal meeting like passing in the hallway or something that's thought on the calendar. this is the cover today of "the new york post." it says sensorred because kayleigh mcenany is a spokesperson for the white house. steve: sidelined right now. ainsley: her account has been locked now because she tweeted out this article that was yesterday, the story yesterday in the "new york post." and they said twitter wrote we have determined this account violated the twitter rules. jack dorsey did say as griff mentioned that this is unacceptable our communications not great blocking it. unacceptable. this is what kayleigh said about it. it's not american. this is called censorship, listen. >> this is not a temporary blockage when i log on to my twitter account it says i'm permanently bland have me at gunpoint unless you release a news story reported by the "new york post" i cannot regain access to my account. this is censorship. not the american way. not how a freedom loving

democracy operates. we have to hold them accountable. backing the transmission of the story simply because ideologically it hurts the side of the aisle that silicon valley prefer he is. it's sad. it's censorship. ainsley: lawmakers are determined to get to the above of this. we are going to have mike lee and senator ted cruz on our show. we will ask ted cruz about the confirmation hearing. he did a great job yesterday, brian. brian: absolutely. i will add to this, too. the fbi had this laptop? where is it? who picked it up. maybe can you explain. the guy did the right thing and still fears have his safety from the bidens he indicated. other thing that took place yesterday, i found it fascinating. i should get three credits at the end of the semester for watching august day at least my law degree was amy coney barrett as she took questions really about what she put on the supreme court as -- nominated for the supreme court. because of her work in bush v. gore and the role she played for that campaign to see that george bush at the time would ultimately win florida and win

the presidency she said absolutely not. they talked about roe v. wade and of course they talked about healthcare where senator lindsey graham indicated before the whole thing started you know what? healthcare is not going to get koed by the supreme court. the severability is pretty clear. senator chris coons weighed in and pressed her on whether she is really different from her mentor, judge scalia. >> if justice scalia had had his way, we would be in a very different country with regards to gender discrimination in one of justice ginsburg's most celebrated decisions in 1996 in the case involving virginia military institute. i'm just getting at how closely you would alive yourself with justice scalia's jures prudence. >> i do share judge scalia's approach to text originalism and textualism. in the litany of cases you just identified i am hoping you are not suggesting i don't have my own mind or i couldn't think independently or i would just decide well level see what justice scalia has said about it in the past. because i assure you i have my

own mind. steve: okay, so what's going to happen today? she actually will not be in the seat. instead, senators will do some speech aphiing. say why she is appropriate or why she ask not appropriate. plus they will have two panels. one panel people who have known her, worked with her on why she would make a great supreme court justice. and other people who apparently tell personal stories on things like abortion and healthcare issues that the democrats are really foundational to somebody who sits on the supreme court, ainsley. ainsley: each of the senators get 5 minutes each for questioning. the open business meeting starts at 9:00 this morning. and they are bringing the confirmation up for a vote. however, it's expected to be held up until next thursday, which is the 22nd. brian: right. ainsley: okay, brian? brian: they found seven speeches that she did not list that she gave. most of which on roe v. wade. i'm wondering if that is going to be problematic. i will ask jonathan turley that

when we speak to him shortly. meanwhile go to jillian mele who we are going to hear from shortly. jillian: give you. so headlines we are following starting here. california supreme court ordering a second look at scott peterson's murder convictions. the high court overturned his death sentence in august. a county judge will examine if juror misconduct led to an unfair trial. if the judge agrees, peterson could receive a new trial. in 2004, peterson was found guilty of killing his wife lacy and their unborn son. two american hostages on their way home after being freed from captivity in yemen. aide worker sandra and businessman were released as part of a prisoner swap. a body of a third american who died in captivity was also returned. in exchange, the trump administration free you had 250 houthi rebels. first lady mump reveals son barron also tested positive for covid-19. the first lady released a statement two weeks after she and president trump tested positive for the virus.

it reads, in part, quote: luckily he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms. i. >in one way i was glad thethreet the same time so we could take care of one another and spend time together. he has since tested negative. white house doctors say the president and first lady have also tested negative for the virus. the astros stay alive against thrays acls. they trail tampa three games to one. the dodgers tee off historic stop against atlanta. >> here is fly ball into right center field back at the wall. it is gone. grand slam. jillian: that grand slam cap ago record 11 runs first inning for los angeles. dodgers win 15-3. braves lead the mlcs two games

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>> originalists -- clear wording of the constitution establishes a right and you will not acknowledge it. >> well, senator, it would strain the canons of conduct which don't permit me to offer off-the-cuff reaction and as justice ginsburg said it would display disregard for the whole judicial process. brian: our next guest says hay maker. judge amy coney barrett was challenged on originalism. so how did she do? let's ask fox news contributor george washington university law professor. i think we can still call it george washington university. jonathan turley. great to have you on. great to have you back. you said that was a hay maker, her answer. in layman's terms? >> well, she is extremely nimble in these confirmation hearings she was when she was up for the appellate court. you could see the senators were trying to stay a bit out of her reach because they have grappled with her before she is very, very hard to connect with to do serious damage.

and the exchanges between cure bin and barrett were actually the most substantive parts of the hearing. they were very interesting. both did good jobs in raising their views. but she was very successful in pushing back at this and saying that i'm applying the same rule that the democratic senators supported nominees like kagan in invoking. these same questions were asked to kagan and sotomayor. and the democratic senators supported them in not answering them. brian: when they put up the poster board of the families and heart wrenching stories and we mapping they are true about healthcare and families, they weren't really talking to her, were they? they were talking to whom? >> that's the interesting thing is that she was about as relevant as the ficas plant in the hearing room. didn't expect no answers and no answers were given because they could not be given under the canons of judicial ethics. i objected to those pictures

which i thought were highly inappropriate. they made her look like some type of judicial serial killer like these were her victims. they're not. those pictures are based on a wildly misrepresentation of the aca case. the aca case is not likely to resolve in the entire overturning of the affordable care act. it's based on a very narrow and at least indicated in past decisions they believe in severability. so it was really unfair to her but there were many of her cases were being misrepresented and it was hard for her to deal with that but i thought she did a very good job. brian: jonathan, the jenning go case subtly saying listening to it and put it our terms but in legal terms trying to say from what i see the aca would survive. that's a message that republicans should embrace at this point because they have no

healthcare replacement on the recusal. you should recuse yourself when you were younger bush v. gore you fought for bush. should you recuse yourself this election so tight it gets kicked up to the supreme court. what do you think about the recriewfl requests real quick? >> they are utterly absurd. the judicial rules on recusal are meant to deal with issues where you have a personal or financial interest in the case or you were involved in the underlying litigation. none of those apply. it would be facially ridiculous for a nominee to take herself out of a major challenge later just because she was nominated, confirmed before an election. and you wouldn't want that because it's the way -- what the democratic senators were doing was trying to influence the outcome of any case by getting her to remove herself and reduce the court to eight. that by the way could result in a tie, which is not what you

want in a major traumatic moment for this nation. brian: jonathan, finally, i know you were preparing for a segment with me which you find emotionalliality and mentally taxing. could you show me the notes you took to prepare for this interview? [laughter] i have volumes here. brian: you do? >> the fact is i spent weeks preparation for this. yeah. practicing in front of the mirror. brian: good, as usual. another way to work out these days. i have seen the commercials. jonathan, thanks so much. [laughter] brian: it's great to have you back. >> thank you, brian. brian: joe biden and his campaign denying any ties to his son hunter's business after that stunning report about his emails. columnist miranda devine says voters have a right to know what's going on. we made usaa insurance for this season. when being a fan on a budget gets tough... ...our agents do the legwork,... ...so saving on auto insurance is... easy usaa. what you're made of, we're made for.

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and twitter censored people from sharing these but it is unacceptable what they are doing to the "new york post" twitter account. >> the well, they completely lod up our twitter account yesterday. they closed it down. we couldn't use it. and, you know, if you were ever in any doubt that facebook and twitter, the big tech oligarchs are corruptly partisan, then here's the proof. it's unacceptable and i honestly don't see how they think that they can get away with this kind of naked hypocrisy because, you know, where were they when the "new york times" just two weeks ago published, leaked or should we say hacked tax returns from the president, donald trump. no problem there. there is no problem with the 1619 project that the "new york times" has been plusing that has been shown to be full of

misrepresentations and errors. what about the steele dossier? buzzfeed just spread it throughout social media. there was no push back then, and that was just a tissue of lies. so it seems that big tech only censors media companies and stories when they're negative toward the biden campaign. steve: well, you know, after 2016, social media companies took a lot of heat because supposedly they spread information that was not accurate. so, what they are saying here is that this information -- facebook says, you know what? we might put it up essentially after some fact checkers look into it. and twitter said, you know, it was unacceptable the way we didn't explain things. ultimately you say this just reveals their hand. they have been all in on the biden campaign all along. >> yeah, it sure does. and, look, that tells you

something quite disturbing. because these are some of the biggest multinational corporations in the world. and what they are doing amounts to election interference or as senator josh hawley said in his letter yesterday to the fcc it amounts to basically a donation to an inkind donation to the democratic party which may election funding more. i guess somebody has to look into that. i think it just shows, if anything does, the monopoly of the big tech companies needs to be broken up, just like the railways were years ago. steve: that's why the president keeps saying get rid of section 230 because it protects online companies because essentially they are supposed to be neutral platforms not publishers but they're acting like publishers in this case. ultimately, miranda, what it all comes down to with twitter and

facebook blocking your "new york post" story is the fact that it's the story that is damaging. and if you block the pipeline the people aren't going to hear these allegations which you at the "new york post" say are not in question because they clearly come from these email and photographies of hunter biden. >> well, that's right. this isn't a he said, she said sort of story. it's not conjecture. it's not anonymous sources like so much of the "new york times" and "the washington post" stories about russia collusion were. these actual emails. actual documents, photographs which come from hunter biden's laptop which he abandoned at a mac repair shop last year. so, you know, it's very difficult to kind of refute the email that actually shows that hunter biden set up a meeting between his father and one of

the top executives at burisma. the corrupt urken energy company paying as much as $83,000 a month to sit on its board even though he had no discernible talents or skills or knowledge to do it. you know, this just looks like on the fails of it a, you know, an influence, carkin for influence or influence peddling operation by the biden family. now, it's open to vice president biden to candidate biden to come out and tell us about it. but, yesterday, he just hid in his basement. he did not do a press conference. let's see what he does today. steve: in fact, the campaign not disputing the basic facts. they just said it wasn't on his official calendar. but then again why would you put something like that on an official calendar? anyway, if people want to read the story that started all of this. you can't see it on facebook or twitter go to "new york post" doubt come.

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>> it's wendy out here. if you can wear the hat, i can wear the hat. should i take off the tie or not? what do you think? [cheers] i don't know. maybe, yes? [cheers]

that feels so much better. brian: i have never seen him have a better time on the stump when we saw him in orlando earlier in the week and last night in sanford, technically seeing him yesterday make america great that's the slogan that works again because of the pandemic. crowd going wild as he puts on the maga hat. steve: he took off his necktie and threw it to the side and somebody is waking up with that on their coffee table. ainsley: wore the maga hat the rest of the rally. john james g.o.p. senate candidate. good morning to you,. >> good morning. ainsley: back in june the guy you are running against gary peters the democrat he was up 10 points. if you look at the polls in october according to the "new york times," you are just neck in neck. he is 1 point ahead of you.

quhapsd? are what happened? >> people all recognize is he all talk. he says one thing and does another. they recognize that he talks about being a moderate he votes with chuck schumer 95% of the time solid a as a new york senator and bernie sanders 85% of the time solid b as a socialist. that doesn't represent michigan. senator peters is all talk and we need to have somebody who has real world experience from the battlefield to the booed room to move us forward to a better future and better stronger america. brian: it's interesting because race in america is definitely a hot issue. you embrace that conversation. you talk about how you became a successful business person but your military experience for that so you come pretty well armed to handle people's needs with a lot of experience. important what lies in the balance. if democrats get the senate, bernie sanders will be in charge of the budget he will be chairman of the budget committee. >> i mean, this is just an indication of what's to come.

we have seen throughout the course of human history, world history, what happens when you put the power in a centralized government and take it away from the people. senator peters would be less than a speed bump against the leftist move toward anarchy and socialism. we have already seen how that story plays out in detroit when you let the leftist take over. we don't need to go to venezuela. can you seat opportunity leaving our schools. can you seat opportunity leaving our jobs and economic opportunity. and senator peters has stood by and allowed this to happen as a 30 year career politician. 12 years in washington. six years in the senate. and people until an election year had no clue what his name was. and to this day still can't put their finger on what he has done. people in michigan want change. steve: john. ask you about the lead story the last couple of days and that has been amy coney barrett and her confirmation hearing. what do the people of michigan make of, you know, the republicans are all saying look, she is completely qualified and the democrats are saying look, she has got a lot of unanswered

questions about how she would rule given these many i that the supreme court takes up on an annual basis. >> judge amy coney barrett is very, very qualified and senator peters came out against the president's nominee before she was even nominated. look, i truly believe that we need to abide by our constitution and you have seen politicians on both sides being politicians and flip flopping as is convenient for them. i swore an oath to the constitution not to any party or person and the constitution says and is very, very clear on how this nomination process works. we need to abide by that process as senator peters is flopping on position because chuck schumer told him. to say make sure we have a leader in washington prioritize people first not politics. if you want to learn more, if you want to support please go to john james for senate.com. i could use your help. ainsley: we are watching confirmation hearings and watching democrats raise a lot of money and pouring them into states because they want the senate. i know your consultants called chuck schumer very nervous.

he said chuck schumer senate majority pac will spend 5.4 million in one week. this is the most money they're spending on any democrat in the entire nation. they are very nervous about john james and they should be. how do you fight that kind of money? that's a lot of money in one week. >> with the truth, ainsley. you fight it with the truth. we have been spending almost $40 million against me sings last year and we are still within one point. that tells you that americans, michigan ganders in particular lie meter is very sensitive. they can tell when they're being gamed. we recognize that we need somebody who will bring results not just more partisan politics and senator peters is somebody who will take us in the wrong direction. in seat could be the 51st vote to protect our constitutional republic. this is more than just flipping a seat. america, i need you to know this is about flipping the script. this is about showing that who can be successful and that nobody owns me. and that we in the republican party can broaden the back of the elephant to include

millennials and minorities the way that the democrat party is giving lip service. look at our schools. look at our streets. look at our prospects in life. we must demand change. the only way we can get change is if we stand up and show up at the polls and i would really appreciate your support. our constitutional republic is at stake. god bless you. brian: john james pointed out person running is a moderate 85% of the time he votes with bernie sanders. john james might be outspent but he won't be out worked. appreciate it, john, appreciate you for joining us. >> thank you. god bless. brian: meanwhile we invited john's opponent on john peters. he hasn't been able to fit us in his schedule but we hope to have him on in the future. janice dean we don't have to wait any longer to get her on. all i have to say is janice, what's the weather? janice: i will give you the weather any time you ask, brian. let's take a look at it. cold front here they come. fall. cold fronts are going to move through and brings in much colder air from canada and we could see some snow showers because of this cold front

moving across the northern plains. and the upper midwest. there is your satellite radar imagery. you see the rain showers over the great lakes and behind it. perhaps a little bit of snow fort northern rockies and knowledge plains. with temperatures well below freezing in some of these areas. little fredy the frog caster in my throat there. wildfire danger is enhanced unfortunately for parts of california and in towards the four corners region where it's very warm, temperatures well above average, 10 to 23 degrees above average over parts of california. then you can see that front that's moving through and that cold air is going to sink far south as the deep south over the next couple of days. here in new york, lots of sunshine and we like it that way. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: all right. janice, you are not the only one with a frog in her throat. a lot of people with the seasonal allergies. it's that time of year. time to pop an allegra. brian: listen close you can hear the nasal drip.

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ainsley: president trump making his case to u.s. business leaders and issued a stark warning about his opponent. >> i will deliver optimism, opportunity and growth. they will deliver pessimism, stagnation, decline and very high taxes. simply put, it's a choice between a socialist nightmare and the american dream. ainsley: here now to react is host of varney and company on fox business stuart varney, i know you got the president at 10:00 a.m. this morning. congratulations. >> thank you. ainsley: let's talk about the contract and what they feel about the economy and recovery. compare what president trump wants to do compared to what joe biden wants to do. >> extremely stark contrast. president trump is going for growth and prosperity by, a, quickly reopening the economy after the virus. cutting taxes again, cutting more red tape and, importantly,

putting $500 billion worth of capital, that's a half trillion dollars into the minority community. that's investment money. that's not walking around money. that's president trump's position on the economy. a stark contrast with joe biden who is going for fairness. now, joe biden, he thinks that he is going to increase taxes dramatically on the rich, that's his way of narrowing the wealth gap, take it off the rich, narrow that gap. that's more fair, he thinks. he will also spend big, i think, on bailing out badly run democrat states. that's new jersey, new york, illinois, california. and he is going to move towards a green -- a new green economy. invest in that. so the difference here growth and prosperity from the president and i'm with him on this. that's what we need coming out of the virus. versus so-called fairness from joe biden and his green economy. a very stark contrast, ainsley. ainsley: for that single mom

working three jobs that fairness issue might look better more appealing to her what do you sty that woman. >> it is appealing. i can understand that. much will be made -- jeff bezos, for example, he runs amazon. he is the founder of amazon. is he worth $200 billion plus. you put that against ordinary everyday people and those people have -- they will i saying, wait a minute, this ain't right. it's not really fair. how come they have got so much and i have got so little? it will be a potent weapon by joe biden from joe biden in this election campaign. i reject it because that sounds like jealousy to me. it sounds unamerican. i always think in america can you go as far and high as your brains, talent drive and ability will let you go. i don't think the system is stacked against you. so i would reject that position although i do understand it. ainsley: real quickly, what do you expect tonight when it comes to the economy with these dueling town halls. >> that's exactly what i expect.

the president is going to go to growth -- joe biden rather he going to go for fairness. i will be bringing that out in the interview with my show at 10:00 this morning. growth and prosperity versus fairness. i want to that out today. ainsley: we'll be watching. thanks so much. stuart varney and company fox business channel 9 to 12 he has the president at 10. mike lee and ted cruz. we have trey gowdy and lawrence jones and tammy bruce. ♪ ♪ when i die ♪ if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back,

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the rays in the ac ls. >> this ball is gone. manuel. ♪ only in america ♪ dreaming in red, white, and blue ♪ only in america. steve: from america's biggest city and a camera on the roof our skyscraper, you are looking west toward the hudson river and that is the aircraft carrier the intrepid has all sorts of famous airplanes on the top along with a space shuttle as well. brian: can we visit? steve: no, you cannot. ainsley: you can't right now you normally can. steve: it will be reopening we hope in the spring. welcome aboard, folks, it is thursday, october the 15, 2020. we are 19 days away from what the president says is the most consequential election in the history of the world.

ainsley: that's why a lot of people are upset. you saw me hold up the paper censored because, exactly. there is a big story about hunter biden out this morning alleging that his computer proves that he was taking money and then setting up meetings with his dad. at least that's what the post is reporting. but, that's what is interesting, steve, how many days until the election? steve: 19. ainsley: big tech doesn't want you to read that story. they censored kayleigh mcenany's tweet when she just retweeted the story. and the networks didn't even cover this huge story. steve: why is that? ainsley: we're so close to the election. brian: one time i messed up how many days until the election now you don't even ask me. what i wants you to do now is set up this whole story, talk about the china and ukraine elements to this email story and whatever you don't say, we'll say. griff: perfect, sounds good, good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. the president is at the white house behind me but at last

night's rally, he was demanding answers about these allegations stemming from the "new york post" reporting, watch. >> we have just learned through explosive documents published by a very fine newspaper, the "new york post," that joe biden has been blatantly lying about his involvement in his son's corrupt business dealings. [crowd boos. and this is a big smoking gun. griff: let's unpack it. according to emails on taneld by "the new york post." hunter biden because in communication with a top adviser to the ukrainian firm burisma about securing an introduction to his father who was vice president at the time as the firm was under investigation. the executive wrote this in 2015. dear hunter, thank you for inviting me to d.c. and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spend some time together. a year earlier, in 2014, wrote this: we urgently need your advice on how you could use your

influence to convey a message, signal, et cetera to stop what we consider to be politically motivated actions. this information discovered by a blind owner of a computer repair shop in delaware who claims hunter biden brought his computer in for service in 2019 but never picked it up. once he found the information on the hard drive he says he turned it into the fbi. that owner spoke to reporters yesterday. take a listen. >> is there any thought in your mind that this might not have been hunter, that it might have been somebody trying to set hunter up? >> no. no. griff: the biden campaign is blasting the report issuing this statement saying, quote: we have reviewed joe biden's official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the "new york post," ever took place. now, the senate home land security committee is investigating it led byron johnson. but there is more reporting i want to get. to say you mentioned this, brian. the china angle the post dropped

a new article at 5:00 a.m. this morning with more alleged emails these sent by hunter biden to executives from one of china's most powerful private energy companies seeking a, quote, lucrative deal that would be interesting for me and my family. one email with headline expectations suggest he sought remuneration package for six people involved for unspecified business venture. hunter biden has yet to comment on the story. the president departs for north carolina midday here. we will see if president trump has more to say about it. meanwhile, it will also be interesting to see if any of this comes out at tonight's duling town halls with the candidates. brian, ainsley, steve. steve: all right. griff, thank you very much. so there is going to be a town hall on nbc with the president. one on abc with the vice president will it come up toints? i'm sure if they don't ask him on nbc the president will bring it up. the big question is what about abc? if you were watching the network coverage last night. this is an explosive story and

how much time did the networks and ainsley you alluded to this a moment ago. how much time did they spend on it? zip, not one second any of the three top networks. meanwhile, you look at the social media companies and they have kept users from sharing the "new york post" story. essentially facebook says, look, it's packed and we will have to have it authenticated by a third party. and same thing for twitter as well. they said it's hacked and they're looking into some fact checking. here's the thing was it hacked? and if it was. have they, in the past, applied the same standard to other stories? miranda divine was with us just about 40 minutes ago, and she said did facebook or twitter censor the "new york times" story about the president's taxes from what seems to be a hack or, you know, some sort of a story like that, a leaked story on tax returns?

absolutely not. she said did she fact check the "new york times" story about the debunked russia collusion story? no. and what about the steele dossier, ainsley, they didn't fact check that either. they just let people share those stories because miranda says they are in the tank for the left. ainsley: miranda, brian interviewed miranda earlier on our show and listen what she says. keep in mind she works for the "new york post" newspaper here we just held up that says censored. >> if you were ever in any doubt that facebook and twitter, the big tech oligarchs are corruptly partisan, then here's the proof. it's unacceptable. i honestly don't see how they think that they can get away with this kind of naked hypocrisy. it seems that big tech only censors media companies. only censors stories when they are negative toward the biden campaign.

ainsley: if you just look it facts and what we know. we know hunt was on the board of burisma it's being reported that he made $50,000 a month. we know that his dad led the white house ukraine policy. his dad was vice president at the time. and we know that the burisma adviser, the ukrainian according to these emails we allegedly know this. he asked hunter for advice and influence. i need a meeting with your dad. can you help me? then a year later thanked him for getting him that meeting. but, if you ask joe biden's campaign they said they looked back at his calendar as griff was mentioning. steve: the official calendar. ainsley: exactly. and the they don't have a formal meeting set up. that doesn't mean there wasn't an informal meeting. and so the biden campaign did speak about it, but they didn't dispute the authenticity of these emails and they didn't say there was informal meeting the computer repair guy doesn't think it was someone trying to set up hunter. he thinks this computer does belong to hunter biden. brian: scared for his life and

also called the fbi but actually took a copy of the hard drive because he was watching the impeachment going on and thought how unfair this is that donald trump and rudy giuliani were being drug across the knew interaction there by interaction joe biden knew about it. is it okay to trade on the family name of the ukraine bothers you. you know what should bother you the interaction he's flies over on air force 2 to china. i don't know if you heard we have a bit of a conflict with china on trade and military dominance in the region and the name of the company that he is the chair, vice chair for, depending on the email is the cefc chinsdz energy firm the biggest in that country. ainsley: that was december of 2013. he gets on air force 2 with his dad to go over there to meet with these chinese officials. his chinese partners. sorry, brian, i interrupted brian. steve: it will be interesting to see whether facebook and twitter allowed that story out regarding the initial story that twitter blocked jack dorsey.

jack said this essentially said they kind of blew it. he said our communication around our actions on the "new york post" article was not great and blocking the link sharing via tweet or dm with zero context as to why we are blocking is unacceptable. nonetheless, there is a senate investigation into the hard drive and also it looks as if senator josh hawley has called the fec to investigate because he says this they are being censored by twitter and facebook. that is simply not allowed. >> want to rig an election. they want to control what we read. they want to control journalists in this country. they want to control the news. and we just can't let them. this looks like to me like an inkind campaign conviction to the biden campaign. i want to know what context did twitter and facebook and others have with the biden campaign when they divided to start censoring this "new york post" story on behalf of the bidens.

this thing stinks. so insulting. i read that statement and i was insulted by it. it insults the intelligence of every single american citizen. we're not stupid. we can see the twitter rushed to suppress this story to censor it on behalf of the bidens. >> tha pathetic. >> like facebook rushed to do the same thing. the fix is in. steve: the way that twitter and facebook are able to operate with such independence is because they have got this carve out. and it is called section 230. essentially what it says they are protected from liability because they are acting as neutral online platforms. not publishers. but republicans say look, when they are during stuff like that, they are effectively a publisher. like a newspaper. and so they should be held accountable so that's why people like the president and many in his orbit are saying get rid of section 230 because twitter and facebook and others do not deserve that protection. brian: right. also important to bring up, that

they are getting what they want. right now, as they evaluate, thousands of people, tens of thousands of people are voting. they are not hearing about this story because they didn't watch other networks. they are on facebook. they don't even know it exists. they are thought in the new york area. they don't get "the new york post." they are winning with each and every day. facebook and twitter were humiliated last election because they felt as though they were better used by the trump campaign in order to win. and now it looks though they are trying to unlevel the playing field because of their embarrassment in very liberal silicon valley. until further notice this is more proof. how do you take down the white house press secretary social media and call yourself fair and balanced. steve: well, they did it. ainsley: yeah. thank you, brian, thank you, steve. jillian, over to you for headlines. jillian: thank you, ainsley. a pennsylvania district attorney clears a police officer in a deadly shooting. the da says the lancaster officer's use of force against

ricardo munoz was justified. police body camera video shows munoz chasing the officer with a knife last month. the da determined the officer feared for his life because munoz was trying to attack him. los angeles police department is telling officers to be ready and available for election protests. sources telling the "l.a. times" a bullet continue walls sent out designating november 2nd to the 9th as a special event with modified hours and limited time off. the department's communication director saying, quote: we want to make sure we have people available. this is not a full mobilization. the nypd gave out similar orders earlier this week. bruce ohr who was the doj contact christopher steele retired for the department. he left while awaiting a decision on a disciplinary review. senate home land committee chairman ron johnson has released the fbi's notes from interviews with ohr related to the investigation. ohr and his wife met with steele

just one day before crossfire was launched. the steele dossier, which was unverified, instrumental in obtaining a warrant for former trump adviser carter page. and president trump will award wrestling great dan gable the medal of freedom. appearing alongside during a rally in des moines. >> that's the highest honor. i'm used to winning and having to do it on the mat. >> iowa native is pan-american game winner ncaa champion and olympic gold medalist. >> lost only one time in his entire career. steve: will he generalegendary. brian: doesn't get any bigger than that. steve: thank you very much, jillian. senator ted cruz sending a warning to his fellow republicans. >> should they win in november then our democratic colleagues will pack the court. that's the next fight we are facing. steve: all right. "fox & friends weekend" co-host will kaine says that message is

important. meanwhile, back to the west side of manhattan and the intrepid turns out they have open for modified hours. now h they are open wednesday through sunday. check it out. brian: can we take it out and go fishing? steve: no, i think it's docket - docked permanently. while i was in the navy,

i decided that i wanted to go for electrical engineering and you need to go to college for that. if i didn't have internet in the home i would have to give up more time with my kids. which is the main reason i left the military. everybody wants more for their kids, but i feel like with my kids, they measurably get more than i ever got. and i get to do that. i get to provide that for them. the court is wrong. it is an abusive of power i believe should they win in november that our democratic colleagues will pack the court. that's the next fight we are facing if democrats win the majority. i hope that we don't see that come to pass.

brian: wow, senator ted cruz warning republicans of a looming fight they may face over court packing if democrats take control of the senate. our next guest says this is a warning we should take seriously. watching them over the weekend and watching them on this thursday weekend co-host will cain. he said it out loud rumored in the halls, democrats don't want to answer it. why is it important for republicans to face it? >> important for two reasons, brian, first tim cruz's warning is true. he has declined every one of those opportunities to say he won't pack the court. in my mind a tacit admission that it will be a tactic of the democratic party should they lose and amy coney barrett is confirmed to pack the court. i think cruise is spot on in his prediction. but there is something more important, brian, you know, what makes the united states great it's ideas, founding ideas and process. that's more important than the outcomes in this country. we made this great play we

played this play in 1776 by staying true to our ideals. staying true to our processes. it would maintain long-term prosperity but more important, brian, it would protect us from a tyrant that would come along some say day. i want to you think about what the democratic party has embraced over the last couple of years by embracing black lives matter they rejected some of those ideals like individualism and merit openly. anybody that doubts that look at what black lives matter espouses. we are rejecting our founding ideals. what more, when we look at the rejection of con sepghtsd like due process, constitutionalism. you just got a three day course in how the left finds their policies more important than constitutional procedure. and when we see that court pack something yet another rejection of that process, brian, we are rejecting, at least the democratic party is, not just our founding ideals but our processes. what comes next? why is this so important? what comes next this sets us u p

for a tyrant to come along and take advantage of all of this rejection. rejection of our ideas and processes no projection when the tie rabbit comes. brian: at least have the courage to admit what you are going to do. why play it coy? why are you saying i'm going to hold my cards and then i'm going to shock you and do something that even drew backlash to the most powerful executive at the time. maybe in recent memory, fdr in 1937. meanwhile, let's pivot and talk about one of the most disturbing elements from a story that emerged from the "new york post" acquiring the emails of hunter biden which indicates that joe biden knew about his interaction with the ukraine, which he was running. he had that in his portfolio. and now this new news about a china deal. the story comes out. people wants to share it. and what happened? >> well, what happened is it suppressed, brian, openly, you know, admittedly, manipulating what we are allowed to see, think and read. again, give a small point and bigger more important point.

the small point as you heard you and steve and ainsley talking about earlier internet companies that pretend to be platforms but make editorial decisions about what people will see and read are, in fact, publishers. and they should lose protection from section 230 of the communication decency act. that is obvious at this point. but that's really honestly again the smaller point. look, brian, you host a morning show. i do. this one on the weekends. we're happy. we have a good time. so forgive me a for a minute if i'm just completely outraged at the blatant manipulation taking place. i feel like i'm being told here, take the blue pill. it's not just a "new york post" story that we are not allowed to read. it's any cdc information or any contrarian information on coronavirus. no, no, no. we are going to suppress that as well which facebook and twit remember doing. it's webster changing the definition of sexual preference in a 24-hour time frame once it comes up in a supreme court confirmation hearing. something they never had for years leading up to that but in

24 hours all of the sudden it's an offensive term because mazie hirono said it was. every time i turn around, brian, i know, because i'm being openly manipulated. i am being spun. i'm being told take the blue pill. forgive me i'm a little outraged at this point. i don't know what the end goal is i don't know what the lies and manipulation are about. is it just simply an election? i will tell you this, big tech is showing their hands, they are taking off the mask. we have to ask ourselves what is it we wants? do we want to make up our own minds? read our own information? decide what we believe or be manipulated? openly, honestly manipulated to choose and takes the blue pill. this is outrageous, brian. brian: right. all i can say is just for people out there, we are -- america is not all sheep. if you want some evidence of it look at the size of the crowds in north carolina. look at the size of the crowds in orlando. look at the size of the crowds in iowa. the president's message is not being scwechesd all across america.

it's just maybe the cyber america. we've have to see, will. >> really quick we are not all sheep now they are yelling at us follow instructions, sheep. brian: that's true. in fact in my ear they are telling me wrap up the segment as much as they like will cain there are other guests. >> move on. brian: there are certain people we have follow orders with. see you tomorrow. story of survival how faith and medicine helped one former baseball player recover from coronavirus. his story next. get ready - our most popular battery is now even more powerful. the stronger, lasts-longer energizer max.

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steve: as coronavirus cases spike across the united states and certain states our next guest is sharing his story of recovery from the virus in a new book writing, quote: just as i was about to give up hope, i heard again the words of my living guardian angel, the shepard of our flock whshepherde and so many others. during challenging times, we should never feel sorry for ourself jesus never felt story for himself. the covid-19 reeked on my body, my mind, and my spirit seen actually my faith my focus and

my fitness with the help of hydroxychloroquine saved me. baseball player personal trainer and author of brand new book called "surviving covid-19. good morning to you. >> thanks steve for having me on. steve: take you back to the spring. it was not a good time. it was on ironically palm sunday when you checked yourself into the hospital. >> palm sunday and as you just mentioned, luckily i held on to those words from my priest. they were able to sustain me through the coming days. i had had every symptom in the book. shivering, shills, shortness of breath on palm sunday my breathing went from bad to worse. felt like someone was sitting on my chest. thankfully i checked myself into the hospital and it was a really rough ride. but we made it through. steve: when you are laying in the hospital bed like you were, and those were the early days, and at that point you know, the stories were that, you know, if you got it and you wound up in the hospital, that could be it. that had to be going through

your head at the time. >> absolutely. and, you know, i have experienced as a life coach. so i knew that the focus -- i i knew about fitness from my years as a professional athlete and as a trainer. and i needed to sort of get my mind in the right place and concentrate on what i could control. these clearly took over my body. i lost 25 pounds. it tried to take over my mind. taking me to a very dark place. questioning the existence of god and so forth. but the one thing i did not let it break was my spirit. steve: and your spiritual life because you say really this is a story about faith. you were worried about, you know, what's going to happen to you next. you didn't know. who do you talk to? you talked to god. >> absolutely. and i had an army, steve, of guardian angels both living and dead storming heaven's gates for me. i will share one story that's in the book. my workout routine in the hospital consisted of my cardio of a trip to the window and back.

and i needed to rest after that. and i tried to turn the television off they were spewing out the death toll numbers. they were talking about people like me and that's when my mind started to drift. and instead of turning the television off, i pressed the channel up button by mistake and heard the words our father hail mary i opened my eyes little lady on the television i learned later her name was mother angelica and praying the rosary. i believe god sent it her to me that moment giving me that spiritual food that i needed for my soul to attack the next round of exercises. and there were so many prayers. you know, when two or more come together to pray in jesus' name for someone there is power there. the holy spirit is present. and i had an army working for me. and i am so blessed to be here to share this story with the world. steve: dan, when you were released from hospital they said we have never had somebody in here only four days. usually they are here for much

longer period of time. and not always that good outcome why do you think you were able to get out so quickly because you were in great shape, because they gave you therapeutics? what? >> several factors, i spent lifetime as a personal trainer, right? i hut playbook there i knew i needed to work my muscles out. i also had the playbook in regards to getting my mind right. and in the prayer. and they gave me hydroxychloroquine and i was 11 days with fever for 103-degree fever for 11 straight days. and tylenol did not do -- did not help me at all. within 24 hours i took that and my fever broke and it hasn't been back sense. so i'm not a doctor. i'm not a politician. i'm just a father. i'm a husband who desperately wanted to get home to his wife and to his two sons. and there is no doubt that i think that that was a game changer for me. but, faith, focus, fitness, and hydroxychloroquine it's right there in the book. and i hope that this story will

inspire others to sort of embrace god and embrace their faith a little bit more. steve: all right. these certainly are challenging times. he is also an author, brand new book it's called "surviving covid-19." dan, a neighbor of mine in northern new jersey i am just learning you from the card. dan, thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. steve: see you later. good luck to you. 26 minutes before the top of the hour coming up twitter and facebook facing backlash this morning by some for censoring the hunter biden overseas report business ties. hip if i have untech unbelievable. he's next.

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>> just weeks ago joe stood in front of the american people presidential debate and told you these claims had been totally

discredited and that his son did nothing wrong. but now that turns out to be a total lie. now we can see clearly that biden is a corrupt politician who shouldn't even be allowed to run for the presidency. [cheers and applause] ainsley: let's bring in utah g.o.p. senator mike lee member of the senate judiciary committee. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. ainsley: what's your reaction to this big tech censorship three weeks before the election. >> it's certainly a stunning display of hypocrisy and of favoritism. now, look, have you got twitter and facebook providing alternating explanations for what happened. first, they said this is misinformation so we didn't want to run with it. well, of course they have been running with misinformation for years but let's set that aside for main. then in the case of twitter, they switched later in the day yesterday to saying well, this wasn't illegally obtained. well, that's not an explanation. that is certainly not a distinction. they have printed all sorts of

things on trump that was itself illegally obtained. so what we see going on here is a blatant display of favoritism and of hypocrisy among these tech companies. deeply disturbing. brian: so just so you know part of these emails one of the references is on hunter biden talking about this chinese energy firm that says saying 10% for h for the big guy here it is. one email sent to biden on may 139, 2017 with the subject line expectation. guy on including details of remuneration packages for six people involved in unspecified business venture. email outlined a provisional agreement under which 80% of the equity or shares in the company split yale among those people corresponded to the sender with h apparently referring to biden.

so, you wonder how far it goes up not just hunter biden with the substance problem trying to cash in on his dad's name which as untasteful as it is might be legal. it might be something else more that be that senator lee, as you think about that i also want to ask you, they said they reached out to your office with this information. did you know that? >> that was news to me. i have learned that as of just the last few hours. i haven't been able to confirm that we are combing through as you might imagine we receive tens of thousands of emails and we haven't been able to verify that we heard from anybody on this. but, we will keep you posted on that. brian: on the email, what do you think from what i just read to you. >> it's stunning. look, the fact that they did this. the fact that the "new york post" put up this article yesterday and that it was immediately taken down. and people who were posting it had their accounts blocked is a rather brazen display and almost

inexplicable act of loyalty toward one presidential campaign and against another. i really would like some answers on this. steve: well, the "new york post" says, senator, that they got the emails and the photographies which nobody has ever seen before, clearly, personal photography of hunter biden. from rudy. who is the president's attorney and apparently through some channel rudie's lawyer got it and so some people are going well, don't you think that's just a little suspicious? >> well, suspicious or not, these things either are real emails or they are not. these events either transpired or they didn't. now, look, you have had news media outlets and you have had social media platforms in the past who have been willing to run all sorts of stuff, just based on somebody's suggestion that they might be true. now, i just want to see them applying the same standard here

that they have applied elsewhere. and clearly we are not having the same standards. it will be interesting to see whether they apply the same standard today to today's story with regard to china in the "new york post" that they applied yesterday with regard to the other hunter biden story. ainsley: talk about the hearings yesterday. we were all glued to the tv. she seemed so measured and just thoughtful and extremely bright, obviously. number one in her class notre dame. so, let me show you we put together a montage of some of the democrats' bizarre questioning. watch. >> is roe a super precedent? >> how would you define super precedent. >> i thought some day i would be sitting in that chair. i'm not. so i'm asking you. >> you condemn white supremacy, correct? >> yes. >> have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors? >> no, senator hirono. >> do you believe that climate change is happening? >> i will not express a view on a matter of public policy. >> people are listening and

watching. they may see what you say and be deterred from using contraceptives or may feel the fear that it could be bad. >> i would be surprised if people were afraid that birth control is about to be criminalized. ainsley: senator kennedy just to demonstrate how bizarre some of these questions were he eventually asked her do you hate warm puppies then she laughed and said no. what's your reaction to that. >> i'm experiencing ptsd as i'm listening to these clips having experienced them once already. i thought they were strange. here is one way to make sense of them though. you can understand why these individuals would ask such bizarre questions if you understand the way they have come to view the supreme court of the united states. they view its a policy making body. they view it as a political entity. whether you understand it that way it makes sense. only one problem with that the constitution doesn't make it that. it doesn't make it a policy body it. doesn't make it a representative

organ of the federal government it. is instead a dispute mechanism. they're to interpret the law where people disagree as to its meaning. brian: senator have you ptsd on those questions i did on the kavanaugh after the hearings were done. that's when the controversy started. what should our viewers know that could happen next that could turn this very smooth, polite process on its head? one thing i heard about is not giving you guys the quorum you need to have two democrats show up committee and two show up on the house floor vote. you know this law as well as anyone. >> look, brian, i'm not going to show our cards right now. let me just say this. if they pull that trick, we have got 10 other tricks up our sleeve ready to go on that. they are not going to deter us. we are going to get amy coney barrett confirmed. we're not going to let them pull a kavanaugh or any other form of trick here that would deter us from getting her confirmed. this is happening.

steve: because you are the majority and that's kind of how it works regarding these things. senator mike lee, sir, thank you very much for joining us today. good luck today. >> thank you. steve: all right. quarter before the top of the hour and jillian joins us once again with some more news. jillian: that's right. good morning. we start with this. the st. louis couple who waived guns at protesters pleading not guilty to firearms and obstruction charges. mark and patricia mccloskey said they were defending their home. they are due back in court the 28th. the couple you supporting trump buttons. talked about the case. the governor of missouri plans to pardon them if convicted. the los angeles city council has unanimously approved a plan to create a new unarmed crisis response team. the unit will handle nonviolent 911 calls. one councilman says if george floyd had met with unarmed trained specialists, he would still be alive of the lapd says it quote fully supports the idea. the council will now seek proposals from nonprofit organizations for pilot

programs. zamboni boosts into flames after hockey practice in new york. watch this. [explosion] >> how is he on there? >> have you ever seen anything like that in the ice resurfacer catching fire while it was in use. the driver escaped. a hose broke causing fluid to leak on the motor. thankfully, nobody noe one was hurt. that is unbelievable. now to this going above and beyond and behind the call of duty should say. florida paramedics finish mowing a veteran's lawn after treating him for heat exhaustion. 91-degree heat taking a toll on the 80-year-old in fort lauderdale. it was freshly cut by the time he got home from the hospital. the rescue crew said they were honored to lend a helping hand. got to love when you hear stories like that. ainsley: that is so great. doing the right thing. that's sweet. thank you so much, jillian. hand it over to janice who is

watching the forecast. hey, j.d. janice: you are speaking of heat across california. we are concerned because they are are going to have rolling blackouts in areas that are going to feel temperatures in the 90's, close to 100 degrees off california. not only today but through friday and in to the weekend where we have heat advisories posted for most of the coastal areas across california. so, big concern out there. not only that of course the wildfire danger. the heat, the dry conditions as well as some gusty winds. areas that are getting some rain in the forecast across the eastern half of the country as this cold front moves through and brings much cooler temperatures than we have seen over the last few weeks, temperatures in the 30's and 40's, there are your forecast highs today across the northern plains. the great lakes, and the midwest. and then that cold front is going to sink as far as south as the deep south where places like atlanta, atlanta, georgia are going to be in the six and '70s. they will enjoy some refreshing temperatures but the heat is

still going to remain a story across portions of california and the southwest. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. brian: all right, janice, but they know what they are getting into when they move there they move with tank tops for a reason. meanwhile straight ahead. monsters in america. >> rumors of big foot in utah begin to spread. >> i don't think it is a human. i think it's a sasquatch. [laughter] brian: exactly. stosm approaching as we approach halloween kacie mcdonnell tracks down the true stories of monsters across the country. she is just the person to do it ♪ did the monster mash

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allusive. she joins us with monsters across the america. >> hi, ainsley thank you for having me. good. ainsley: what did you find out? >> this has been so fun and i heard you and brian tossing to it before the break and i know he takes this very seriously. i heard. this i grew up in rural, pennsylvania my uncles are hunters. i think the big guy is out there. i have seen this. i have seen that you grow up with that little hair on the back of your neck stopping up. this was such a fun project. when i came to fox go ahead i he had said how can i jump around america and explore middle america, the coast, the pacific northwest? this is a cool way to tap into the local communities, folklore, history and wrap it up in a bow and still have fun. it does get a little bit dangerous though. ainsley: when i grew up there, e was something called the lizard man. here is the clip fox nation

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insanely great value. choose. all. three. ready when you are. ♪ >> new york post just dropping another article with hunter biden seeking a more lucrative deal with the chinese. >> my family treated the vice presidency -- the biden family treated the vice presidency as a for-profit corporation. >> what we see going on here is a blatant display of favoritism and of hypocrisy among these tech companies. it's deeply disturbing. >> just getting at how closely you would align yourself with justice scalia's jurisprudence. >> i hope you aren't suggesting that i don't have my own mind, because i assure you, i have my own mind. >> a new poll shows michigan senate races in a dead heat. >> this is about flipping the script and that we in the

republican party can include millennials and minorities. >> judge barrett, do you think she's been treated fairly? >> no. she is so amazing. >> she has an intellect like no other. ♪ ♪ ainsley: look at that, y'all. 19 days. we are getting closer and closer, the weeks are flying by. the election's going to be here before we know it. yesterday another day of intense questioning, she held her own, brian. brian: she was really strong, and those people who said, well, she's not worthy, the republicans shouldn't do this, when you see her take all these hours of questioning, you say to yourself, she is qualified. eleven hours people waited in georgia to vote, people are determined. today the president's determined. he's going to have a speech at 1:00 in greenville, at the airport -- ainsley: don't go to greenville, south carolina.

brian: right. don't do that. at the airport. and the vice president is going to be in miami, florida. so they are going hard, and the president has his own town hall tonight. steve: exactly. meanwhile, griff jenkins is live in washington where a senate investigation is underway into hunter biden's business dealing, because they got an exclusive yesterday that essentially said hunter biden got money for providing access to his father who was, at the time, the vice president. >> reporter: that's right, steve, brian, ains lu, good morning. stunning revelations from the new york post's reporting, and the president who will leave here a little after 11:00 to head to north carolina last night at a rally was saying he wants answers, and he wants them now. listen. >> we've just learned through explosive documents published be by a very fine newspaper, "the new york post," that joe biden has been blatantly lying about his involvement in his son's corrupt business dealings.

[background sounds] and this is a big smoking gun. >> reporter: let's lay this out a little bit. according to e-mails obtained by "the new york post," hunter biden was allegedly in communication with a top adviser to burisma where he was paid to sit on the board. it was about securing a meeting with his family who was vice president at the time as the firm was under investigation. the executive wrote this in 2015: dear hunter, thank you for inviting me to d.c. and giving me an opportunity to meet your father and spend some time together. a year earlier, 2014 he wrote: we you aring gently need your advice on how you can use your influence to stop what we consider to be politically-motivated actions. information was discovered by a blind owner of a computer repair shop in delaware who claims hunter biden brought his computer in for service in 2019 but never picked it up. once he found the information on

the hard drive, the owner turned it in to the fbi. he spoke to reporters yesterday. have a listen. >> is there any thought in your mind that this might not have been hunters? [inaudible] >> no. no. >> reporter: the biden campaign is responding, blasting the report, issuing a statement saying, quote with: we have reviewed joe biden's official schedule from the time and no meeting as alleged by the new york post ever took place, but the homeland security committee is looking into the validity of the e-mails. and there's more reporting this morning. at five a.m. from the new york post, dropping this article with more alleged e-mails. these sent by hunter biden to the executives from one of china's most powerful private energy companies seeking a lucrative deal that would be, quote, interesting for me and my family. in one of those e-mails, hunter -- on may 13, 2017, wrote

of his expectations, suggesting he sought a remuneration package for six people. hunter biden has not responded to this part of the reporting, neither has the biden campaign. it will be interesting to see whether or not joe biden on the abc town hall or the president tonight on the nbc town hall is asked about it, but we might hear from president trump here as he departs the white house a little before noon. brian, ainsley, steve? steve: thank you very much. meanwhile, while we're in washington, let's bring in texas republican senator ted cruz, he's been on tv the haas couple days, and he's got a great new book out. it is called "one vote away: how a sting single supreme court can change history." very apropos. good morning, senator. >> good morning, good to be with you. steve: so the biden camp says a meeting with that guy not on his official calendar but, then again, why would you ever put it

on the official calendar? really disputing the basic facts. they won't say whether or not joe ever met this guy, and yesterday would have been a great time to have asked the former vice president some of these questions. but the campaign called a lid at 9:41 so nobody could talk to him. >> yeah. well, look, if this wasn't true, it'd be very easy to get rid of it. they could just do a press conference with joe and hunter biden both there. hunter's around. he can answer questions. is this his computer, are these his e-mails, is this real? it's amazing, though, how much the press wants nothing to do with this. they don't want to know if the vice president of the united states was selling favors from the white house. i mean, that's what the allegation is, is that for money, for millions of dollars to his family, that he was selling official policy, official aid of the united states of america to foreign countries. if that's true, that is serious, serious wrongdoing.

and it's stunning that much of the media wants to ignore it. and as you know, not only that, or facebook and twitter decided to do more than ignore it, to censor it and silence it to prevent people from even finding out the facts of the press story. ainsley: yeah, we want to ask you about that because look at the front cover of the post today. kayleigh mcenany put on her personal e-mail -- or twitter account, she posted this story, yesterday's story about ukraine. and then they wrote, these were their words, twitter's words with,. >> she violated the twitter rules, therefore, they took down -- or they blocked her from being able to use her account. jack dorsey then later in the door said our communications was not great, locking the url sharing with zero context as to why we're blocking is unacceptable. finish but what do you, i mean, will the mainstream media report the latest which is they're reporting that he basically did the same thing in china with his

business partners, they're reporting that hunter biden introduced his dad as vice president at the time to his business partners in china, they flew over to china together on air force two in december of 2013 according to these reports. what do you think about the censorship three weeks from the election? >> i think the mainstream media's entirely in bed with joe biden. i think their only priority is trying to elect biden. and big tech, look, big tech has been getting worse and worse and worse, but they really crossed a line heres that is very dangerous. for years i've been focusing on big tech censorship of conservatives, of conservative ideas, of shadow banning. i've chaired multiple hearings on it. but the line they crossed here is "the new york post" has the fourth highest circulation in america. they did two things on this. number one, they blocked all of their users. if you wanted to share this story from the new york post, you clicked on the link, and you went up to a page that said blocked, this information is dangerous. well, maybe it's dangerous for biden's political fortunes, but that's not really twitter and

facebook's call to make. and then secondly, "the new york post" itself was sending out on facebook and twitter their own story, and they blocked the post. they blocked the post from sending it. i don't know of any precedent of a major news outlet being blocked by twitter and facebook, of them deciding the following news outlets are not allowed to report major evidence of corruption from one of the two presidential candidates a couple weeks before the election. it is stunning. and for everyone in the media who says, well, it's unverified, you know, that didn't stop "the new york times" from going on and on and on with what they say are the prime minister's tax return -- the president's tax returns, and it stop the steele document. now, that is unverified. in this case i don't know if the new york post story is right or not, but that's actually what people should be debating, and joe biden ought to be answering those question right now. brian: and they said there was

some personal information, personal e-mails and contacts out there. i think america's gotten great at redaction. we react everything of substance. i think we could have adjusted that. not everybody gets "the new york post." and there's a lot of people out there who aren't watching us, and the networks don't cover it, the other channels don't cover it, it's not brought up by the biden campaign, so it is working. you guys do an investigation in november or december, fireworks, it's a story, it is working. so that's why it's a frustrating situation. if george stephanopoulos is worth anything as an anchor, he will bring this up tonight with a follow-up, correct? >> he certainly should. i will say i'm not holding my breath. you know, savannah guthrie of "today show" ought to be losing their mind because if this is through, joe biden looked her in the eyes and flat out lied to her. if you watch the video, she

ought to be really ticked off. a journalist has a right to be upset if a politician, particularly a nominee to the president of the united states, just flat out lies. if they aren't pursuing it, shame on them. steve: the last couple days we've watched you on tv during the senate confirmation hearings for amy coney barrett. and so, you know, we're going to have a little flashback to something that was said yesterday. it's your colleague across the aisle, chris coons, the democrat from delaware. and, essentially, he was asking her would she be an antonin scalia clone when it came to deciding issues, and here's the back and forth. watch this. >> if justice scalia had had his way, we'd be a very different country with regards to genderrer discrimination. and one of justice ginsburg's most celebrated decisions in 1996 in the case involving virginia military institute. i'm just getting at how closely

you would ally yourself with justice scalia's jurisprudence. >> i do share the originalist, but in the litany of cases you've just identified, i hope you aren't suggesting that i don't have my own mind, that i couldn't think independently or i would just decide, well, let me see what justice scalia has said about this in the past. i assure you, i have my own mind. is. steve: what was senator coons trying to do, and what did she do? >> well, look, they fried to throw -- tried to throw some rocks at judge barrett. the big news out of yesterday is that the democrats surrendered, that they've given up. by mud day they were all gone -- midday they were all gone. and i think they recognize that on the merits, her credentials are impeccable. she's going to be confirmed. and, you know, it's interesting, that exchange where chris coons, he talks generally about equal rights, but he doesn't get into any specifics. yesterday when i was questioning judge barrett, i walked through

all of the cases at the court that are hanging in the balance 5-4. as you know, these are all the cases that i talk about in my new book, "one vote away," going through free speech, our rights to create size our politicians and talk about public issues, hanging in the balance 5-4, religious liberty, our rights to worship according to our faith, according to our conscience, 5-4. the second amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, the radicals the left wants to put on the court, they have four votes for, essentially, erasing the second amendment from the bill of rights. and i'll tell you, it is very revealing that not a single one of the democrats wants to debate the for thes or substance of that -- the merits. they know that their radical agenda for the court is really unpopular. and so so instead, they want to talk about different topics. they don't want to talk about packing the court which i also believe is part of their agenda if they win, increasing the number of justices from nine to eleven or thirteen to try to

immediately politicize the court. that's a wildly unpopular idea. but i think it's where joe biden and kamala harris are right now. ainsley: the polls show that biden is ahead. if biden and harris one in 19 days, then what happens with court packing after that? is that the next fight? >> yeah. ainsley: you're warning america about that. >> that is exactly right. you know, it was interesting this week, we saw the democrats trying to redefine what court packing means. it was a very concerted effort. their talking points, they've got a lot of message discipline. they're trying to say, well, you know, republicans have been packing the court for four years. no, that's not actually what court pack means. court packing does not mean nominating a justice to fill a vacancy. that's what all presidents do, that's what happens. court packing is very different. it is expanding the number of justices. fdr trued it in 1937 -- trued it in 1937 at the heart of his

power. he wanted to increase from 9 justices to 15. his own party, the democratic party, said no and resisted him because they said it would destroy the independence of the court, it would politicize the court. fdr was wrong then, the democrats were right then. you know, joe biden in 1983 said court packing was a boneheaded idea. and now that boneheaded idea, i think, is their agenda number one if they win on election day. brian: and they won't tell you, which shows they know it's not popular, but they're going to do it. senator shouper says everything -- senator schumer says everything's on the table. and number three, bernie sanders might have lost the nomination, but he's going to be head of the budget committee if you guys lose majority in the senate. he's going to have more power, in many cases, than the president of the united states. people should understand holistically what's at stake this election. senator, thanks so much. congratulations on the book. >> thank you very much. and the book was number one bestseller on amazon national --

ainsley: all right. brian: absolutely. ainsley: you and steve released on the same day, right? >> and actually, steve, your cookbook was just selling great. our books have been trading places back and forth, so congratulations. bundle them together, get steve's cookbook and "one vote away," they make a great package, great christmas gift. steve: and the brilliance of your book, senator, was that meatloaf recipe in chapter 8. [laughter] >> and your discussion of the second amendment was very helpful. steve: i couldn't help it. both of us are beating right now. ainsley: i'm surrounded by all these smart men. congratulations, all of y'all, number one. steve: president trump loosening up at his iowa rally, taking off his tie, throwing it to the crowd. boris jones was there talking with the president's supporters, as you can see. we're going to join him live coming up next. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ steve: one of our top stories for two days now, bombshell allegations against hunter biden, joe biden's son, getting zero coverage in the network newscasts last night, zero on all three. so can we expect joe biden to be pressed on the issue when he and president trump take part in dueling town halls tonight? fox news analyst lawrence jones joins us right now, and there finally is the graphic, lawrence. zero time on the networks last night. so do you think george stephanopoulos is going to ask joe biden about these allegations in the new york post even though the his own network didn't even cover it last night on the nightly news? >> i think the presidential of

him -- the potential of him glossing over it is pretty high. look, i think this goes back to the utter disdain for the audience. all of these guys have political affiliations, and this is why they can't do accurate reporting. i'm not saying that the a allegations are true because i don't know -- steve: right. >> but i do know there's a lot of smoke here, and it's their job to go after the truth. but i think because these guys are so politically tied and it's, you know, the fourth quarter of this political election, they're afraid that it may hurt their candidate. and that's just not serving their audience. the fact that there's not alarm bells ringing from the press that facebook and twitter were suppressing the first amendment when it came down to journalism, when they know good and well that they publish stories with unnamed sources every single day is just stunning to maine so, again -- to me. so again, don't be surprised when this happens to your

reporter because you didn't speak up for a publication that you don't like. they do actual reporting, they have a lot of sourcing in it, they provided documents, they provided pictures. and so the fact that they won't defend this report is stunning to me. steve: yeah. what about the fact that twitter and facebook both said we're not going to allow people to share the lunge to the new york post -- the link to the new york post story? and, in fact, they've frozen, i think, "the new york post"'s whole account as well on twitter, so people are, you know, rather than read the story and decide for yourself because they tell exactly the chronology of the events that led up to them pointing out the information, but instead of letting people do that, they're just saying, nope, we're going to be the judge for you. >> yeah. meanwhile in the mission statement of twitter, they say that their mission to let information go without barriers. and they are definitely putting up barriers. look, i think it's put sad, you

know, i'm a libertarian. i believe that private business should be able to conduct themselves the way they want to conduct themselves. steve: right. >> but these people aren't acting like they said they were going to act. and the fact that they're selectively deciding what stories can be published, i think, is concerning for all americans. this is a lot lot of shady stuff that's going on, and i think it may have too to do with former communications director of kamala harris being on their communications staff, the director of communications. all of these -- steve: oh, come on, lawrence, that's a coincidence. [laughter] >> well, i don't think so. so, again, look, it's not my job to take teams when it comes to political candidates. at the end of the day, i'm honest with this audience. they know i'm a libertarian, but they know i'm going to go out there every single day and provide analysis on what i see on the ground. this is not what these reporters are doing, so i just hope george stephanopoulos starts asking questions. maybe we can get to the bottom

of this. but this nonanswer, i don't think, is going to fly with american voters. steve: you know what your job is? to talk with the people. you were in des moines last night talking with people at the trump rally, and we've got some highlights. >> judge barrett, she wants to get on the supreme court. she's going through a tough hearing. do you think she's been treated fairly? >> no. however, she's holding her own, and she's doing a great job. so we're real proud of her. >> she is so amazing. it's, like, they can't -- they keep trying to trip her up, and they just can't. >> she has an intellect like no other, probably one of the smartest people that's ever going to come into the supreme court. so i don't really think she's fazed by any of the questions she was asked. >> what do you think happens, do you think she gets confirmed? >> absolutely. absolutely. steve: well, it looks like amy coney barrett had a lot of fans louisiana night, but then again, they're fans of the president, so that makes sense. >> 48% of the voters are saying they think she should be

confirmed, that's a 17-point spread as well as 2% from last week. so again, what are the people saying? they want her to be confirmed. steve: let's see what happens. another day of testimony. she, however, will not be in the hot seat in 34 minutes. lawrence, thank you very much. good job in iowa yesterday. which can him out over on fox nation with one nation. lawrence jones, very good. meanwhile, still ahead on this thursday, democratic senator criticizing judge amy coney barrett for using a particular phrase. >> i have never scrum nateed on the basis of sexual preference. >> sexual preference is an to financive and outwith dated term -- outdated term. steve: tammy bruce on the language police coming up next. if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes

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approach to text, originalism, but in the lit gnu of causes you've just identified, i hope you aren't suggesting that i don't have my own mind or that i couldn't think independently or i would just decide, well, let me see what justice scalia has said about this in the past because, i assure you, i have my own mind. ainsley: judge amy coney barrett found herself not answering for her own record, but for that of her mentor, justice antonin scalia. joining us to discuss, fox news contributor tammy bruce. hey, tammy, good to see you. >> good morning. ainsley: good morning. what was your favorite zinger? >> well, there was a couple moments like that where it's very remarkable for americans to see and especially for girls and young women to see, is the ability to stand up for yourself, defend yourself without being defensive, be firm without being aggressive or

mean. i mean, it's remarkable stale of a woman who is -- style it's about self-confidence, it's about owning the nature of what it is you're going to saw. whatever it is someone says to you does not even really offend you because you know who you are. we haven't seen that in a very long time in that kind of an environment. so it's quite remarkable. we we also saw it in some exchanges with senator harris. we saw it in an exchange even with lindsey graham when he was also asking her about justice scalia, and she said at one point another favorite was, you know, you're going to be getting justice barrett, not justice scalia. but it's also concerning, ainsley in that, look, we still need to see more women in positions of power, clearly. but the more that we see, the more we see an expansion of the kinds of women who can be powerful and yet we still kind of see women as inheritors of the men who influence them.

inheritors of power, inheritors of ideas. it's very exciting when you see a woman being able to have a mentor, just like men do, and yet expected of themselves and by other people to have their own ideas, to be able to move forward and beyond that. and that's what she's accomplished. she is very exciting. ainsley: all right. so, tammy, another topic making headlines is the exchange between mazie hirono, senator hirono, and the judge about the judge using the phrase sexual preference. watch this. >> i is never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference or -- >> sexual preference is an offensive and outdated term. ainsley: so merriam-webster, the diction flower, here's the old definition -- dictionary, before it said orientation, sexual preference. and now after that exchange between the two of them on tuesday, now it says offensive.

what's your response? >> it's really dumb, and that's one of the problems with, you know, the online framework. before you would have a team of people who would make discussions about definition. that's very important. this start ld, i believe, when some expert check on twitter made that point, which is idiot you can. as a gay women, many in the audience may not know that i am, for me it is a preference. for others they would identify it as being an orientation. what's remarkable here is that you've got -- and preference, by the way, has been approved and okayed couple until maybe, you know, the day before yesterday. ruth bader ginsburg has used it, joe biden has used it as a phrase, and this was no problem there. but what's ironic here is anyone from the gay community would throw in a dash of stall the when it comes -- stalin when it comes to policing the words we can use with. all the civil rights movements were about being able to define ourselves, to live life that best studented us.

and -- suitedded us. and they are the last people who should be punishing people or determining as the adjective police what it is we can use. and that's, i think, the danger, is that you've got now this clan trying to make it seem as though either everyone's homophobic, or you've got to be careful with every word. you know, maybe we need to have a list on our fridges that are tacked up -- written in pencil, of course -- with the day-to-day changes about what's okay with definitions. especially coming from the side of politics who say that there are at least a dozen genders. so don't look -- for anybody to complain about any heterosexual or homosexual who's going to identify as, let's say, as a preference that is the case sometimes, ask we're not homophobes or hostile to the gay agenda. that's bunk. and i think it's important for people to realize that. but this is part of the technique of making people afraid and sending a signal that

someone like judge barrett is an immoral individual. and, of course, that's a liement ainsley: this statement from merriam-webster, our scheduled updates which add new words and also add new definitions takes place several times per year. in this case, we released the update for sexual preference when we noticed that the entry for preference and sexual preference were being consulted in connection with the scotus hearings. as always, all revisions reflect evidence of use. are you satisfied with that? >> no, not at all. they felt the heat. it's an excuse. it's certainly not a coincidence, and it's something that they've got -- they're not going to let some blue check one guy on twitter or others who parrot him determine what's offensive and what isn't. from this woman who identifies as my homosexuality as sexual preference, how dare anyone suggest that that's offensive

because somebody on the left doesn't like it. that is unacceptable on any terms, in any section of life, and they need to know that. let's go back to as opposed to judgment in the definition of words, to plussing it out there like you -- placing it out there. let people decide. we can have the public conversation. but they can keep their dictionaries as basic as they possibly can. ainsley: tammy, thank you for being within on with us. good to see you. >> my pleasure. ainsley: 8:37 here on the east coast. president trump calling on joe biden to release all records about his son hunter's business dealings after e-mails link him to burisma. trey gowdy says joe biden needs to give answers now, and he joins us next. but first, our friends at fox super 6 are back in the debate game, but this time you get to choose america's questions. here's how you get involved. go to the @fox super 6 twitter

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corporation, flying around the globe collecting millions of dollars from china and ukraine and russia and other countries. he lied to you over and over because he's trying to cover up a massive pay-for-play scandal at the heart of his vice presidency. brian: and then the word went out the president was going to change his speech, he's going to lead with "the new york post." trey, it's changed again, 5 a.m. eastern time this morning, another chapter because we get more e-mails with a link to, with the link to his dealings in china, direct e-mails and a reference to big guy. many people think it's the vice president. you are the author, trey gowdy, of a book, "doesn't hurt to ask." and what did i ask you in the break, what are the questions you have after reading these two days of stories? >> well, there are two categories. there's relevance and then the reaction. first, relevance. joe biden said he never

discussed foreign business with his son. never's a big word. it covers a long period of time, never is big. so if he did discuss it with husband son, then his credibility is legitimate questioned and should be questioned. even if he didn't discuss business, let's assume he told the truth and he never discussed business with his son, his son is out there trafficking in his father's name and reason talkings making lots of money, wouldn't you want to know that? so the relevance -- there's also the issue of the authenticity of the underlying information. we're assuming the information is authentic. the fbi could answer that before the end of this segment if they wanted to -- brian: they have the laptop. >> they've got the laptop. ron johnson has the information, but i don't think senator johnson is equipped to determine the authenticity of the underlying information. the fbi, which works for the executive branch which the president heads, could tell us before the ten of this segment whether or not those e-mails are authentic and reliable or not.

steve: and, you know, the other thing, congressman, is if the fbi's got the laptop -- and, supposedly, somebody who identified themself as hunter biden drops it off at the shop in delaware -- the fbi, i'm sure, has figured out whose fingerprints are on the outside. you're suggesting that the fbi, at the direction of the president, could release that? >> well, they could certainly tell us whether or not there's any reason to suspect this is russian disinformation which is always the left's argument. if the e-mails are authentic, then there is potential criminality under lobby registration acts. but, i mean, the fbi's not supposed to get involved in politics. that's hard for us to believe after 2016, but they're really not supposed to. if the information is reliable, then the media provides the noncriminal oversight in our culture. and i've seen no stories -- there have been more stories about whether kamala harris saw

the fly on mike pence's head than whether or not hunter biden was trafficking in his father's name and influence. ainsley: so this is the front cover of this morning -- i don't know if you can see it, but if you open it up, there's a story about kayleigh mcenany. she has a personal twitter account. she posted that story from yesterday about ukraine and hunter and joe biden, and her account was blocked, and they wrote on there: we have determined that this account violated the twitter rules, and then gives a definition of the rules. jack dorsey -- twitter defended it earlier on in the day saying blocking any links, saying they were blocking lunges or images to the story. jack door su, the ceo, said our reaction on "the new york post" article was not great. blocking the url with zero context as to why we're blocking, unacceptable, he says. so when you watch the other networks, they didn't even cover the story. >> big surprise. ainsley: twitter blocked it,

facebook blocked it. the information's not out there unless you're watching us. >> yeah. well, the senate republicans should bring jack dorsey's -- let's go with behind -- before the senate and ask him what is your policy and how did it apply to this story. there's tons of stuff i see on twitter and facebook that has zero reliability and authenticity. this is a story from a major newspaper, and you're blocking access to it, that means you're an editor. that means you're like "mother jones." you're not a real platform, you're just another liberal editor. the senate republicans need to ask jack dorsey what is your policy so we can decide whether or not we're going to start regulating this. brian: trey gowdy, thanks so much. >> thank, y'all. brian: we're definitely going to stay on top of this. and, of course, check out trey's book, it is fantastic. it is called "doesn't hurt to ask." thanks, trey. >> thank you. brian: judge amy coney barrett staying cool under pressure during her confirmation hearing.

one of her former students joins us next. but first, it's my privilege to ask sandra smith what's coming up on her show. sandra, what's coming up on your show? sandra: good morning, everyone. fourth and final day of the confirmation hearing for the supreme court nominee, judge amy coney barrett, about to be underway on capitol hill. we will hear from expert witness testimony with her confirmation all but surgeon at this point. -- certain at this point. shannon bream, jonathan turley joining us top of the hour, join bill hemmer and me as we take you through the next few hours here live from ""america's newsroom." " see you i' a few minutes. cou, at sea, and downtown. but don't worry, julie... robitussin shuts coughs down.

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♪ ♪ brian:ed today judge amy coney barrett won't be in the room as witnesses testify at the final day of her confirmation hearing. this following two days of direct, long questioning where the nominee gracefully stood her ground. our next guest says the attitude is what's made her a great law profiter former notre dame law student and combat veteran chase joins us now. what did you see over those last two days? did that remind you of the professor that you know? >> yeah. thanks so much for having me on.

it really did. you know, i think judge barrett, professor barrett at the time, really brought a standard of excellence to the classroom and being respectful, understanding the material and really just being prepared. i think we saw that. you know, all the rhetoric that was going around, she just stayed poised, professional and answered the questions intelligently. i think that's what we all expect of judge barrett. brian: so you go to the army, go to law school after, and a lot of times when you're a mature student like yourself, you'll go visit the teachers afterwards. what was it like when you go into her office? what made her visits different? >> yeah. so i went in initially just to ask some questions about some of the material, and i quickly realized she was far more interested in her students than i ever expected from a professor. she asked questions about growing up in montana, my wife, you know, my time in the army. and i quickly realized that she was going to be someone that was a mentor and someone to look up to. and i think that's so rare in, you know, in academic settings

to have someone -- these professors are so busy, but to really take time and invest in her students, it was amazing. and that's kind of how that initial experience went during my first year of law school. brian: and, of course, the experience you had fighting for the country adds to probably what a great lawyer you'll be. you also went through an adoption process. was she interested in that part of your life? >> yeah. you know, at the time, you know, i mentioned my wife and i one day want to adopt, and we had great conversations about that. and, you know, as recent as a couple months ago, we started the adoption process, and we knew she had adopted two orphans from haiti. who better to reach out to. to our surprise, i mean, she's sitting there on the seventh circuit, mom of seven after going through all the confirmation hearings for that position, she reached out to us and just overwhelmed us with resources and sharing about her experience and books she's read, and, you know, we just felt so loved and surprised. but i guess if you talk to nub

who actually -- anybody who actually knows judge barrett, it's not surprising because she really does pour out, encourage and love everyone in her life even when it's selfless, even when it costs her time during her busy work schedule. brian: and she'd walk in a class and say i'm pro-life, i'm a catholic, did that stuff ever come out, her beliefs? >> never. i was doing an interview the other day, and they asked the question were your political beliefs different than judge barrett's? i said, to be honest, i don't even know where she stands on those issues. she came into the classroom and made sure we understood the different arguments. as long as we were prepared, we asked questions and had free discussion. she never once came in and said this is how this should come out, this is why i should think that. it was a standard of excellence, it was a respectful environment, but everybody was free to learn and discuss and throw ideas out and really try to rationalize what is the best outcome in this case or the best reasoning to approach this text. brian: and finally, chase, how's law treating you?

>> great. yeah, i'm enjoying being a practicing attorney. i do miss sometimes being with my soldiers in the army. they's the best job you could -- i think that's the best job you could have, but i'm enjoying practicing and learning and growing in my knowledge of the legal field. brian: thanks for your service, your time, your insight, right now with all the focus is. thanks, chase. >> thank you. brian: all right. more "fox & friends" in just a moment. we're inside that building.

>> set your dvr every morning 6:00 a.m. eastern time so you never miss a minute of our great show "fox & friends." >> run to the radio now. a great list of guests. am i the only one waiting to go to the radio? >> sandra: fox news alert. final day of senate hearings for the supreme court nominee. witness will be testifying for and against judge amy coney barrett's confirmation as republicans appear on track to approve her nomination and send it to the full senate for a vote. there you have it. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. good morning, bill. >> bill: smitty, good morning. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. republicans set to call witnesses who will attest to judge barrett's legal prowess and democrats have repeatedly pressed barrett on the