to be happening tomorrow night. fox news is going to have coverage to get you started in the few hours leading up to the debate have. an update. all the recap to follow the following morning, friday morning. make sure you stay tuned for that meantime, "fox & friends" starts right now. todd: with matthew mcconaughey. [chanting] >> this is an election between the plan to kill the virus or biden's plan to kilt american dream. >> i see the president winning with a minimum of high 270. >> meantime his democratic rival joe biden is home in delaware. >> he has been basically in the basement. and it has served him well. he got a need in the national polls. >> a senior law enforcement official is now telling fox news that the fbi does, in fact, have possession of hunter biden's laptop. >> this as the fbi says the emails are not being investigated as russian disinformation. >> the houston police sergeant with 41 years on the force shot

and killed. the suspect an illegal immigrant now in custody. >> a former twitter and google exec wants his former companies to silence trump. >> extreme times demand extreme suggestions. >> here is one off the hand of kelly. and the ballgame is over. the dodgers never trailed. ♪ last he haw ♪ steve: welcome aboard, folks. live from new york city. it is "fox & friends" for a workers' compensation. so we are 13 days away you from the election. we are just a little more than a day away from the debate. by the grace of god, two weeks from today, we should know who the president of the united states is for the next four years. ainsley: by the grace of god. some states are saying we will count more votes, as long as it's postmarked by the day of the election on the 3rd. we will count it within those three days afterwards. the chances of us knowing, i'm

not sure if we will on election day. steve: you got to hope. ainsley: there is always hope. steve: the longer it stretches out the weirder it gets. bine brian i do think it will be close. if it's going to be close places like michigan and pennsylvania are under no frosh turn in a result and the states that matter most. griff jenkins joins us live from nashville ahead of tomorrow's final presidential debate. griff, that means you flew out. you got there okay. unable to unpack at your hotel. were you able to do any reporting once you got there? griff: absolutely, brian, ainsley, and steve good morning to you. how appropriate to open the show with country music because history will come to music city and specifically here on the campus of bell montgomery university only for the second time. the first time there was a presidential debate here it was 2008 between obama and mccable. mccain and tomorrow trump and biden. tomorrow night look like cleveland. 90 minutes, no commercials. six 15 minute segments mod der rate offed by kristen welker.

here is the topics she has announced. it's fighting covid-19. american families. race in america. climate change, national security, and leadership. the trump campaign you wanting more of a focus on foreign policy. and, of course, what is new is that mute button. for the first two minutes after each question only the candidate asked the question will have the hot mic. ahead of the debate the president was in erie, pennsylvania making the case for four more years and hitting biden on the issue of fracking. listen. >> democrat party hates fracking. they hate coal. they hate american energy and joe biden will shut it all down. he's going to. go ahead. >> and he played a clip of a rally goers biden and harris contradicting themselves on fracking. biden is off the campaign trail as has been all week. will will will kamala harris and former president obama went viral watch. this we can come out of this moment stronger than before.

in times as polarized as these, your vote doesn't just matter, it matters more than ever befo before. griff: now, with just 13 days to go. you have the candidates in the campaign trail in the battle ground states. you have president trump and senator harris in north carolina and former president obama will be at a drive-in car rally in philadelphia. and finally, brian, i'm going to look into this and see if i can report for you tomorrow whether or not tootsie's is open down near broadway in nashville. i'm just not sure but i will find out for you. brian: do me a favor. don't just walk by. go in and stay there a while and make sure the business and traffic is real and the drinks work. steve: the drinks. griff: will do. steve: griff is there in nashville because the debate is going to be there a little more than a day from right now. there is an item in the "new york times" this morning that says as joe biden continues his debate prep, essentially he has

been on a four or five day lid where he has not really ventured out and done any public appearances, the president has been out and about. during one of his conversations about how to handle the debate tomorrow night, apparently he has been told by some advisers. you know what because the last one was the way it was, why don't you try a little humor. you have a great sense of humor. try a little humor. also, one adviser apparently suggested you know what? maybe at some point you say if i'm reelected i won't tweet as much, which got to figure the president pretty much said yeah, right. it's working for me. so, who knows what advice ultimately ainsley he is going to take because is he own debate coach prepper. ainsley: joe biden sells he is in favor of that mute button. the question is if you talk to your friends you always ask who is going to win? and no one seems to know. this thing seems to be so close. and this is going to be the last time. steve: the debate or the

election? ainsley: the election. the debate we will get some answers, hopefully. this could be the only chance we get answers from biden because he is, as you said, steve, the lid is work for him. he's up in the national polls. is he staying in his basement they say or in his house. and he and kamala harris are not answering as many questions. the president is all over the place doing interviews with people that are not even interviewing him, he says they're hostile interviews like the one with leslie stall that has been tweeting about on "60 minutes." listen to what karl rove says. his strategy, biden's is, is working for him. listen. >> he has been basically in the in the basement. it served him well. he got a lead in the national polls. and i think they made the decision we would rather keep the spotlight on president trump and not keep the spotlight on joe biden balls if we go out there, eventually we are going to have to start answering the questions of the press and maybe eventually the press is going to start asking some difficult questions that we don't want to answer.

jillian: listen, if he stays in the basement, doesn't answer the tough questions, and then the media censoring stories the negative stories against joe biden, we just have to get through the next 13 days is what their campaign is saying. brian, one of their campaign -- someone in their campaign sent out an email yesterday saying we don't want to look back on this moment and wish we had done more. do you think they are being too overconfident? will this be similar to 2016, people are wondering. brian: very similar. to say good point, steve. even though they have a ton of it. campaign said it's a lot closer than being portrayed in the public polls. there is a florida poll, a north florida poll the university of north florida, big place it. shows that joe biden has just a one point lead in florida. we know it's closing in pennsylvania. ainsley: north carolina. brian: if steel sharpens steel the president of the @is going up against steel. is he going to hostile interviews and going to hostile networks and taking on all comers.

meanwhile one thing to keep in mind is the trump secret voter. you want proof of it? take a look at this poll that is now out. when asked the survey, how many trump supporters feel a need to hide their support? 68% of trump supporters strongly or somewhat agree they won't put trump signs in their yard. by the way, by my account there are more trump signs in the yard. 64% of trump supporters strongly or somewhat agree they will not put surveys out. now, when it comes to vice president pence. only 38% excuse me vice president pence. 38% of biden supporters agree they would not put a lawn sign up and 31% of supporters agree they won't put one sticker on their car. which goes to show you if your i show threw are more trump lawn signs just know that that number would be double if h. people not feared a backlash from their neighbors or some destruction to to their property. steve: so far early voting in

the yated 31.6 million ballots have been cast by not the ballot box but the mailbox. the democrat say they need more than 40% of their voters to vote by mail. and the republicans on the president's team who are watching the early voting numbers think the democrats are not nearly close enough to reaching that number. so they feel good about the early voting. they should also feel good about what the travager poll is saying. in 2016 the poll suggested the day before the election donald trump was leading in pennsylvania, florida, and michigan. and do you know what? he won all three states. the same polster is now predicting the same result. donald trump will not just win those states, he's going to win it all. here he is last night with sean. >> i see the president winning with a minimum of high 270s and possibly going up significantly higher based on just how big this under current

is what we have noticed is that these polls are predominantly missing the hidden trump vote. there is a clear feeling among conservatives and people that are for the president they are not interested in sharing their opinions so readily on the telephone. if you are not compensating for this. if you are not trying to give them a poll that they can participate in with a lower threshold, that would make them feel more comfortable that it's anonymous. you are not going to get honest answers. if the president uses it effectively on a debate when more bipartisan audience is paying attention and, you know, put him on the spot, i think biden might crack kind of like he did in the primaries. if that happens then the mainstream media is going to have to cover it. steve: good luck with that i think the president's team team feel like they have momentum going, polls are tightening. when you look at the two candidates and their campaigns

the president is barn storming or airport storming all either country and joe biden is just quietly sitting on his leave, ainsley. ainsley: this is an example why trump supporters don't want to put signs in heir front yard unless they are super bold. in new hampshire police investigating a threatening letter sent to a trump supporter say i will burn your house down if the president does not concede this election. people are scared of intimidation. they are scared of vandalism so they don't want to necessarily put it out there. that they are voting for him. but, you said don't count on it. the mainstream media reporting this. that's why the president does tweet. you might not like his tweets. you might not like what he says in some of the rallies. he feels like the media is suppressing him and won't tell a positive story. speaking of that big tech under fire right now in washington for censoring stories and our leaders in washington want to question some of these executives about it. there is a former twitter executive who admits that president trump should be

silenced. he should be mouthed until the elections. listen to this. >> i believe that the tech companies general live have a responsibility to be neutral. i think in the case of twitter specifically, it has been a great champion of the drok item creation of information as well as freedom of expression. we are in a unique and i believe a fraught moment in time with a president who is desperate and he is facing a very difficult situation. the time is to mute the president temporarily while votes are being cast right now and until the winner is decided. ainsley: brian? brian: that is astounding. best thing to do is not let a candidate talk or platform made you rich and important temporarily even though you are an exexecutive of twitter. supposed to level the playing field. they take most important voices from charlie kirk on down and

shell them important newspapers in the country like "the washington post" and put them on ice. tell the president of the united states we want to shut you off until joe biden can get out of basement and accept the presidency officialsly. steve, to your point earlier, if joe biden does melt down with the two full minutes to try to make sense of himself and his policies, i know exactly what most in the media will say, we saw a preview this weekend. feel bad for him he is a stutterer. when that is not even correct because joe biden may have been a stutterer but we are just comparing joe biden to 2008 and the joe biden in 2012. meanwhile, ted cruz sees what's happening in social media, sees what's happening with big tech. right before his eyes in realtime and said this. >> that is a major escalation from silencing individual americans to now big tech is telling the media we have a veto power on what stories you can report on and what stories the

american people can hear. if anyone in the mainstream media had even a shred of integrity, they would be outraged at this. instead, because they want donald trump to lose, they will docilely go by big tech's incredible assertion of censor s&censorshippower. >> twitter altered a president's tweet. zero for joe biden. no one even nut an exclamation mark near the atlantic story even though it was unverified. the president's taxes stories in the "new york times." even though there was secondary sources and did not tell us where they got those numbers. seeing something happen with the "new york post" story. steve: it's not just big tech it's big media. the president sat down with "60 minutes" yesterday. we saw the president at that rally in erie saying wait until you see what we did to lesley stahl. apparently at the beginning of the interview with lesley stahl for this weekend's 60 minutes,

she came in and said are you ready for a tough interview? she asked him a lot about coronavirus. she asked him about the governor of michigan. she asked him about dr. fauci. at one point she said during the interview the claims about hunter biden were unverified. and the obama administration did not spy on his campaign. but, nonetheless, after 45 minutes, he looked at his people and he said i think we are about done here, right? and i think what is he worried about is he is going to be the target of an edit job that makes him look really bad. he apparently complained about the interview all day long. will he preempt "60 minutes" and release the interview early? stay tuned. ainsley: we will be watching. last night at the rally the president did something he has never done before. he said you are will to see a broadway play. he had huge tv screenings there and played clips of kamala harris and joe biden saying they were flip-flopping on fracking

or hate fracking and ban it. the crowd went wild. stuttering. grateful he overcame in and worked hard. we will watch the debate tomorrow. the debate is an hour and a half. a lot of y'all are going to go to sleep. maybe not we are excited to watch it. brian: two separate issues joe biden in 2020 different than the joe biden in 2008. no one is bringing up stuttering. ainsley: jillian has headlines for us. jillian: a south carolina sheriff's deputy is killed and two others are hurt after a chaotic traffic stop. political science say it started when a driver got into a fight with deputies it. led to a series of crashes on an interstate in greenville. master deputy conley jumper died at the hospital. the 28-year veteran of the force leaves behind a wife and daughter. the injured deputies are expected to be okay. today the senate is expected to vote on $500 billion covid relief bill. more funding for the paycheck protection program.

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is urging the white house not to make a deal with democrats on a larger stimulus bill. the a.p. reports mcconnell is concerned there won't be enough republican support. he wants to wait until after the election. well, the los angeles dodgers coming off strong in game one of the world series. clayton herbal striking out 8 batters. and mikey best at the plate. >> and he is greeted by best whose shot into right back at the wall and is gone. jillian: best becoming first hit a home run steal two bases in a world series game. game two is tonight only on fox. send it back to you. brian: all right. thanks so much, jillian. let me tell you what's coming up straight ahead. sources tell fox the fbi is in possession of hunter biden's purported laptop. while they are silent if there is an investigation. next guest says one might already be underway.

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>> get the attorney general to act. he has got to act. and he has got to act fast. he has got to appoint somebody. this is major corruption and this has to be known about before the election. brian: president trump urging the doj to investigate hunter biden's business dealings right away as sources tell fox news his purported laptop is now in the hands of the fbi. meanwhile, the agency says it has nothing to add to dni ratliff's claim that the laptop and alleged emails are not part of a russian disinformation targeting the bidens, okay? here to react doj deputy

director of affairs ian prior. when you see these series of events, one thing is pretty clear, i don't know what the russians have to do with a computer repair shop and the owner calling the fbi first not a politician. >> this is absolute democrat disinformation campaign is what it is. they peddled the russian collusion. russian disinformation campaign for, you know, years now, whether it's adam schiff or nancy pelosi or whoever, and they have got a willing group of people that are willing to believe that. look, i think that we have heard how donald trump is a russian asset for years. the bottom line is. hunter biden is compromised, which means joe biden is probably compromised as well. what else do foreign governments have on hunter biden that isn't in his laptop? what's in his laptop? those are things that all can be used against a future president biden to compromise him and to get him to act against the

interest of the united states for his son. that is a big problem. it needs to be investigated. brian: so social media says they feel evidently reportedly feel they played a role in wikileaks putting out legitimate emails of hillary clinton and played a role in the election now social media is looking to not play a role. no one is doubting the thawngt of the emails. so they are playing a role by refusing to allow the "new york post" story to go forward, correct? >> absolutely they are playing a role. they are playing a role. the media is playing a role by not asking questions. most of the mainstream media. in fact, if you look at the media, they dug for more dirt on amy coney barrett's school aged children than they have on a son of the former vice president who is running an influence peddling campaign that allegedly and it looks like it did involve his father when he was vice president it's appalling the

lack of interest in the mainstream media and social media, twitter, facebook are censoring disinformatiocensorin. brian: computer repair shop calls up and says i have got some disturbing stuff on a laptop that was left here and i can't get the owner, believe it to be hunter biden. can you come get it? he has talked to the owner one time and the owner lost all track. no one ever followed up with him. does it actually sit on somebody's desk when a laptop concerning international business related to the former vice president of the united states is presented there? does it actually sit on somebody's desk? are they responsible to give it to their superior? >> they are responsible to give it to the superior and see where it goes. i think there are one of two things happening here. either it's gross incompetence where whoever got that computer forgot about it. decided to do nothing about it.

didn't realize the importance of it. or it's something more nefarious. we saw from peter strzok, lisa page, folks in the fbi that are hell bent on not getting -- or getting trump not elected and once he is in the presidency stifling that presidency. i would not be surprised if there are people still in the fbi with that point of view. i mean, if this computer was taken in december, obviously they should know that this is probably going to be the democrat nominee for president. and hopefully, hopefully an investigation has started. it just hasn't come to light yet. but, you know, we don't know that right now. brian: all right, ian. we will keep talking to you. ian prior, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. brian: more than 36 million people have already voted in this election. what does this turnout mean for each party? we'll crunch the numbers next of before the presidential debate kicks off tomorrow we asked viewers to question fox bet super 6. >> how many times will joe biden say the phrase come on man.

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the man accused of murdering a veteran police sergeant is illegal immigrant. ice revealing new details to fox news overnight and todd piro joins us live with what we know. todd? todd: good morning. houston police calling horrific tragedy responding to estranged wife after calling 911. speaking to her in the parking lot suspect's son came outside and told police his father had a gun. that's when he opened fire hitting two officers. sergeant harold preston was hit in the head more than once and died at the hospital. preston was a 41-year veteran of the department and he was just weeks away from retirement. he leaves behind a fiancee and a daughter. a powerful moment here as sergeant preston's brothers and sisters in blue salute his flag-draped casket. the chief praising the fallen hero. >> the man has been around for 41 years and people throw out the word hero all the time. i'm not calling him a hero because of the way he died today but he is a hero. is he leading with this men and

women on the streets up stead of sitting in an office drinking coffee and reading the paper. that's the man he was. >> ice confirming to fox news overnight that the suspect elmer is a convicted criminal from elsa salvador agency issued detainer on him. is he expected for charged with murder injured officer shot in the arm and expected to be okay. ainsley, back to you. ainsley: thank you, todd, steve, over to you. steve: ainsley, thank you very much. 3 days from the election 36 million americans have already cast their ballots. in states reporting data on party affiliation democrats showing larger turnout making over half of the vote. as you can see right there 52%. the republicans are in the 20's. will they be able to hold on to their momentum on the dem side? here to discuss is executive director of heritage action jessica. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> how do you explain the fact that at this point in time it

seems like more democrats have returned their early mail votes or gone in person to do early voting? >> well, voters are voting at historic trends right now in this early voting period. and it really is largely democrats. but what's important to look at is that these democrat voters are what we call high propensity voters. these are voters we expect to vote for the democrat party. so it's not that they are first-time voters. they are just changing when they vote. they are voting early instead of the day of or in the week leading up. steve: so they are front loading essentially. >> yeah. they are voters that are in the bank. steve: okay. they are in the bank. meanwhile what republicans are banking on, what i have read in the reporting from the white house, is that over the last four years, what the republicans and the trump people have quietly been doing is registering millions of more people to vote for ultimately, they believe, donald trump. >> yes.

you are exactly right. the voter registration trends actually give us a much more full picture of what's going on. and you look specifically at let's take four states that president trump won by less than 5 points in 2016. that's florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, and arizona. the voter registration trends in those states alone are on the increase from where they were this time four years ago. so, that voter registration trend republicans are hoping will pay off. those are first-time voters in some cases. and that's who needs to show up for donald trump and the republican party before novembe. steve: so a lot of these people that they registered over the last four years, jessica, are people who four years ago, i'm not going to vote for anybody. but then for whatever reason, they may have, you know, changed their mind about donald trump and when somebody came and knocked on their door or registered them however they did, i think i'm going to give

it a chance this time. what are the odds that those newly registered people are actually going to vote? >> that's the job of outside groups like mine as well as the g.o.p. to ensure that voter turnout fits. that people actually turn out and the enthusiasm on issues right now really is unprecedented, especially with the president's supreme court pick of justice amy barrett. she is driving out voters. there is enthusiasm really across the board. it will be interesting to see if that enthusiasm can stick and it can encourage voters to show up in november. i'm hopeful it will. steve: one other factor real quickly is the fact that so many colleges are not in person learning. somebody who historically might be at harvard this year is back home in ohio or indiana or something like that. how is that going to impact, do you think, the numbers that we see two weeks from today? >> well, it's going to have an impact because those students are not actually mailing in

early voting ballots or absentee ballots right now. they are likely to vote at home in their home state. and so you're going to see an influx of college students voting in their home state as opposed to the mail-in. that's going to skew the numbers. i think overall we have less than two weeks to go. if you have a ballot and sitting on it, it's not doing any good for you at home. get it in. make a plan to vote and make sure we are prepared on novembe. steve: all right, jessica anderson from heritage action, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. steve: senator lindsey graham ambushed at the airport for supporting judge amy coney barrett. watch this. >> i pay your salary, sir. >> where are from you? >> it doesn't matter from where i am from. i'm from the united states of america. where are you from? steve: senator tom cotton also from the united states of america here to react. he's coming up next.

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you are going to take her rights away by voting for this woman who is a racist? steve: there you have got senator lindsey graham of south carolina posting this video of what he calls the hostile unhinged left confronting him over the upcoming vote we believe on monday for judge barrett to the supreme court. >> he goes on to tell that woman that judge barrett is extremely qualified. well, here with what we can expect as the vote nears arkansas g.o.p. senator tom cotton. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. good to be on wit with you. ainsley: what do you think of that criticism? i'm sure you face criticism when you go out with your family. >> i think he needs to get members of his fan club. so, it's not surprising to see an incident like that with lindsey graham who chaired great hearings last week for judge barrett. look, the democrats know that they have lost the debate about judge barrett.

polls show the american people want us to confirm her. so once they have lost the debate. what do they resort to? they resort to yelling and scream not guilty fails of lindsey. and pretty soon they will be seconding mobs and armed militias into the streets as they did this summer and as you had in 2018 when you had credible threats against u.s. senators simply voting to confirm justice kavanaugh. that's all because the democrats know they have lost the debate because judge bathe proved herself to be incredibly knowledgeable and learned, brilliant, graceful, poised and the american people want us to move forward to confirm her to the supreme court. that's exactly what we're going to do. brian: kavanaugh hearings, people catching up to you at the elevator and all the uproar with senator flake. and who would ever think that somebody would that off the hook from seattle. doesn't seem right what the city has been doing. amy coney barrett was upside down. people say hey, the republicans should not be going forward with

this nomination pretty much under water. something happened along the way. america met her. and look at this poll. 51% favor her confirmation. 46% don't. 3% no opinion. so that's more than the split for republicans and democrats. now, here's the other question. should democrats increase the size of the supreme court if biden wins? 58% of america is against it. just 31% for it. so this is trending in the more logical direction. >> yeah. it's pretty telling, brian. the polls say that because the american people have a lot of common sense. and they know that one, judge barrett will be an outstanding justice because she will uphold and apply the law as it is written. not as she wishes it might have been written. they know we shouldn't do something like pack the court just because you don't like the justices on the court or you don't like the rule they rule on a particular case that would fundamentally undercut the court's legitimacy and rule of law. not even fdr was capable of doing that in 1947 with super

majorities in the congress. the american people opposed it then. they oppose it now and american people are right about that. steve: the american people can read an op-ed that you wrote on this topic how she should be confirmed on foxnews.com. look how i worked in a plug for you. meanwhile this hunter biden laptop story, the mainstream media for the most part has not reported on it except to say that it was russian disinformation. but, the director of national intelligence has come out and said it's not russian disinformation. the fbi and the doj say it is not russian disinformation. and, yet, your colleague across the aisle, the senator from connecticut says it is. watch this. >> the russians this time around have decided to cultivate u.s. citizens as assets. they are attempting to try to spread their propaganda in the mainstream media rather than just relying on, you know, bots and facebook posts as they

loorgely were four years ago. and they have been successful. you know, rudy giuliani effectively is a russian asset at this point. steve: okay. so, senator, the fbi and the doj said it is not russian disinformation. what does senator murphy know that they don't? >> yeah, steve. these democrats in the media, they see russians lurking behind every tree and every rock. what is russia disinformation not responsible for. pretty soon responsible for weight gain and male pattern baldness, steve. the simple fact is as have you seen john ratcliffe the director of national intelligence said this is not russian disinformation. the department of justice and fbi said that as well: look, if these emails are inauthentic or fake in any way the joe biden campaign or hunter can come out and say these things are fake. here is the telling thing the way that you know democrats in

the media are using this fiction of russian disinformation for political purposes is as soon as it comes time to actually stand up to russia, to rebuild our military modernize our nuclear forces to impose sanctions on russia, to produce more oil and gas here in america to compete against russian oil and gas? what do they do? they immediately fold and go back to their ideological corner and they let vladimir putin win time and time again. that's how you know they are just using this for political purposes. they are not actually serious like i am, like republicans are about being tough and hawkish on russia. ainsley: "new york times" editorial board member was on another network saying yes, any did endorse joe biden but they are nonpartisan. listen to. this when the "new york times" editorial board endorsed joe biden, we didn't do it because the "new york times" is a partisan newspaper. we are actually not. tntledz partisan. but i think we did it because we see him as the best chance at saving our democracy and we can

having policy debates later. this election is not about democrat or republican. this is really about right and wrong and saving the soul of the nation. ainsley: senator, we remember what you went through when you wrote an op-ed for the "new york times." do you agree with her? >> what a joke. do these people have any self-awareness? but, if they're really not a partisan newspaper, i have got news for the "new york times," i will be submitting several new op-eds in the coming days that they can plush as well. brian: you should do it and tell us what happens. senator tom cotton. you will get hour traction with us anyway. senator, thanks so much. >> thanks, guys. brian: coming up straight ahead, america could have its new supreme court justice as early as next week. up next, we will talk to one of judge barrett's friends on the major life change she can be experiencing. [narrator] this is.

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♪ ♪ ainsley: the senate is expected to work through the weekend to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court, probably on monday. the judiciary committee will meet tomorrow to recommend her nomination to the full senate and then the final vote we are expecting the beginning of next week. here to react is a friend of judge barrett who also is a professor at notre dame and the school of architecture. good morning to you amy. we have had you on before. i think we talked to you before the hearings. have you talked to judge coney

barrett since those judiciary hearings? >> yes. we have communicated. ainsley: what did she say? >> you know, i don't want to speak for amy. i think she is laser-focused on this process and committed to this process. but it's clearly a very intense process. and you know, knowing amy, she is missing things at home and, you know, life moves quickly when you have young children as she does. but i think she is, you know, she is very committed and focused on what should be a swift confirmation. ainsley: i think she will be confirmed. if so, what happens for the family? are they all going to move? what are their plans? >> well, you know, i don't think that they walked that bridge yet to tell you the truth. they are very pragmatic and sort of level-headed and, you know, family and i think they will

make the decisions that are best for their whole family once they know what decision is really before them. ainsley: what's the conversation like on campus? because no doubt -- she is brilliant. she doesn't have notes days and days and she was able to recite the law and know cases like the back of her hand. >> oh are sure. oh, sure, sure. she is giant in her field. the nation was really blessed with those hearings last week. she obviously unparalleled in her qualifications for this position. she responded to nearly 20 hours of questions steadfastly, you know, thoroughly, patiently. and unwaveringly. i think what is clear to everyone. she is not easily swayed. i would say she is not even forcefully swayed. that's one of the reasons why she is going to make an exceptional supreme court

justice. ainsley: people are saying that they are unsure shoe f. she will be able to put her religious beliefs aside. what do you say to that? >> i think that she through 20 hours of questioning last week made very clear what her jurisprudence is and what her philosophy is with the law. and, of course, that's not my area of expertise but she is someone of unparalleled integrity. she says what she means. and if you can, i think, withstand the kind of pressure that she did over, you know, two consecutive days of questioning, and remain true to your principles, those are ones that are steadfastly and thoroughly held. ainsley: professor, why was it important for her kids to be there? i notice they were there. they were very polite and sat beautifully. why was that important to her as a mother? >> well, they are a very close family. and they support one another. and, you know, to have your family behind you, both, you know, literally and figuratively is an important part of this

process. and i'm proud of her and jesse for making that possible. not only for their own children to witness but for young people across the country to see that a mother and a wife and a good friend can also achieve such an incredible point in her career. ainsley: yeah. when i was watching my daughter. that could be my daughter one day. gives us all hope. thank you so much for being with us. we wish her all the best. >> you are welcome. ainsley: what do pennsylvania voters think about biden's stance on fracking? >> i'm pretty sure he is against it. >> he is flip-flopping all over the place i think it's really going to come back to hurt him. ainsley: lawrence jones on that at the top of the hour. over 100,000 people have left blood thinners behind with watchman. it's a one-time,

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>> >> president trump is talking to black male voters. old democratic regime think supposed to fall in line. >> years on the force shot and killed. the suspect an illegal immigrants now in custody. >> here is one off the hand of kelly. does it. and the ballgame is over. the dodgers never trailed. ♪ ♪ ainsley: 13 days, y'all, until the election. wow. and look at that countdown clock. that's the countdown until the debate. the debate is tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. and if you fall asleep, we will have all the highlights for you on friday. brian: i can't see you falling asleep. i actually believe i'm really intrigued by the mute button. i think it's going to be much more interesting to see them talk two minutes crisply. my only hope is the moderator

doesn't jump in and say no, that wasn't the question i asked. back to the other question. because you saw what the vice presidential debate they pretty much could do what they want to with that two manipulates and then the moderator could follow up if they wanted to, steve. steve: in. although going in the president feels like why isn't anybody doing foreign policy? i would like to talk about that. he said yesterday on the -- thank you to will cain for filling in yesterday when i had laryngitis. he said he felt the moderator was a partisan. going in the president feels like he is not going to get a fair shake. will he? well, according to the commission they are trying to level the playing field. griff jenkins joins us live from out in -- are you at belmont university in nashville right now? >> i am. hey, steve, ainsley and brian. good morning. on the campus of belmont university where history is made for a second time. they had the first and only presidential debate in tennessee in 2008 when it was obama vs.

mccain. obama dominated the clock, brian, and that one was a bit of a ball hog and i will get to that mute button discussion. but, first, biden who is off the campaign trail didn't make his case because you had president trump holding that rally in erie, pennsylvania, he was already trying to draw a contrast between the two candidates. watch. >> this is an election between the trump super recovery, which is happening right now and a biden depression. going to double, triple and now quadrupled your taxes. it's a choice between our plan to kill the virus or biden's plan to kill the american dream. and that's what he would be doing. >> let's talk about tomorrow's format. it will be 90 minutes. no commercials like cleveland. six 15-minute segments and moderator you mentioned the president was attacking is nbc white house correspondent kristen welker, her six topic also be fighting covid-19, american families, race in america.

climate change, national security and leadership. now, the mute button. what that specifically means is the first two minutes after a candidate is asked a question only their mic will be hot. but then the candidates can jump in and try to via for moments with by dent off the campaign trail yesterday his running mate kamala harris and former president barack obama went virtual to try to make the case for biden. >> we can come out of this moment stronger than before. in times as polarized as these, your vote doesn't just matter, it matters more than ever before. >> as joe biden always says, the thing that is at stake, raining over all of it, is the soul of america. >> now, harris will be in north carolina on the campaign trail in person as will president trump and then in philadelphia president obama will be holding a drive-in car rally of sorts, joe biden will continue to stay off the campaign trail and

prepare for tomorrow's showdown. brian, ainsley, steve? steve: that's right. hey, griff, real quick exit question for you. we sought list of six topics that kristen welker has released and apparently they were at her suggestion. is there any of those topics where you think she could actually ask a question of joe biden regarding hunter or the email or any of those questions? >> well, absolutely. when you talk about the last two national security and leadership there, you have a wide open because, again, if it's six 15-minute segments in last two there would be 13 minutes in each of those at some point of which president trump could really drive home not only this whole story about hunter biden. steve: will she bring it up or will president trump bring it up? >> i think president trump knows he is going to have to take ball control as it's called to get it in play. i'm not sure whether welker will

or not. but, who knows. we'll have to wait and find out. ainsley: all right. thank you so much, griff. well, the president is out on the campaign trail. and joe biden is still at home. he's working on the debate prep. but he was out. the president was out in pennsylvania. and he was talking about joe biden's tax policy. he told the crowd. he said biden is going to cut your income by 6500. he is going to offshore your drugs and you've shore your factories and american worker. harris flip-flopping on fracking or flat out saying we are going to ban it. we are in favor of banning it. listen to the president. >> joe biden will ban fracking and abolish pennsylvania energy. [crowd boos] >> how many times did he say your fracking and mining industries will be outlawed, exiled, eradicated and totally extinguished. and you know it, because it's not up to sleepy joe. he is gonzo it's up to others

and the party. democratic party hates fracking, hate coal. good beautiful clean coal. they hate american energy and joe biden will shut it all down. he's going to. ainsley: that is such an important issue in that area of the country. and that's why he wanted to spread that message. he also had these big screen tvs inside the auditorium and he played montages of joe biden flip-flopping and what kamala harris has said about an absolutely we are in favor we are in favor of banning fracking. this is what those two candidates biden and favors have said about fracking. >> would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a biden administration? >> no. we would -- we would work it out. we would make sure it's eliminate and no more subsidies for either one of those. >> i guarantee you. i guarantee you we are going to end fossil fuel. >> no more, no new fracking. >> there is no question i'm in favor of bannin banning frackin.

>> make it clear, i do not propose banning fracking. >> joe biden will not ban fracking. that is a fact. ainsley: he won't but i will. brian: other thing coronavirus thing. what joe biden and kamala harris were saying along the way what nancy pelosi was doing in chinatown what mayor de blasio was saying in new york city and what governor cuomo told us that we have nothing to fear because our hospitals are so much better in new york. i think they were wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. you need to see it rather than hear somebody else talk about it. lawrence jones on the ground, fox news analyst and fox nation host. i thought that was a great touch yesterday with the video proof of the speech in which he has confirming, lawrence. what about you? >> hey, good morning, family. i thought it was a great strategy but, quite frankly, it's not something that the campaign should have to do. that's something for the media to do. the fact that there has been a campaign that is focused large-line personality instead

of substance is just baffling to me. this is a signature issue. and i talk to folks before the president talked about that at his rally yesterday, this is what they have to say. >> how do you feel about this race? who is going to pull off the victory in pennsylvania? this is joe biden's home state who who wins it. >> i don't care. it's all about trump. he cares about everybody. >> fracking has been a big issue. so, is joe biden for fracking or is he against fracking? >> depends on what they told him this morning and what medications he is on. but i'm pretty sure that he is against it. >> is he flip-flopping all over the place. i think it's going to come back to hurt him because the american people we want, we want to know what you are about. we know what entrepreneurship is about. he has been for fracking since day one. >> if they ban fracking from this state, how will had impact this state? >> it will devastate a lot of people. >> and the green new deal? >> it's a joke. >> it's a joke. >> the former president. president obama is coming to town to campaign for joe biden.

will that have any impact on pennsylvania voters? >> i don't believe it will. i don't believe. usama bin laden is old news. he's old news. and biden is more of the same. >> guys, this is erie county is a democratic strong hold. the president won it back in 2016. so i have got all the democrats worried about this county. i thought it was more productive to ask them a question that matters to them in their area president wants tone and tenor which most of the press focuses on. >> sure. yesterday meanwhile char la may thasharla mayla outreach to black voters listen to this and then lawrence we are going to get your comment. >> when it comes to those black people you say -- you see who may be showing support for trump, i just think it's because trump is actually talking to young black male voters.

is he directing ads towards them. they are a group that never get courted. black people don't get courted either as a whole. that old democratic regime speaks the old black men. and they think everyone else in the black community the black families are supposed to fall in line. they know black woman are going to show up regardless. they speak to older black men and they think the rest of us all speak the same language. steve: lawrence? >> well, guys, if you all remember. i said a few months ago that the trump campaign has done a great job when it comes to black men. they are speaking to black men. if donald trump gets re-election, black men will be responsible for that okay? and the democrats are going to blame them. it's because the president is focused on taxes. he has talked about criminal justice reform. education issues and they are fighting for their family. as i said a couple weeks ago the administration has done the campaign was done a terrible job when it comes to black outreach. and all the people that are

in -- i said the president should fire them because they are not doing an effective job reaching all the other masses. and you can tell by charlamagne's comments. he specifically said black men. not all the other groups within black america. and as you know, brian, one of the outreach people came on the show with you and said they are only trying to get 12%. that's not an effective strategy. you've got to talk about the issues that matter every single day to black voters. so you may be knocking on doors, but if your messaging is not effective to those voters, then what you are doing is for not. so, again, i expect to see some stuff with black men but everybody else, i'm not seeing it on the ground. brian: i don't think you could minimize what that means, what those statements just said not only from you but from -- he is an extremely popular talk show host charlamagne la god very talented. for him to say that on don lemon

show was huge. for him to say ice cube. as he came out and said listen i want people who are going to help the community and sign on to a program in which i support. and they return my call. the other guys didn't. so much goes into caring and being sincere. >> look, brian, how many times have we gone back and forth on this very issue? just show a little effort. focus on the issues that matter to those voters. talk about the things that are going to impact their families at the end of the day. that wasn't an outreach strategy. that was them hearing directly from the president you would think if you have got black faces in the room talking about the issues that impact america that they would be able to strategy a step forward to get even more support. so, again, as i always say, you will know if the strategy is working based on what the progressives do on their side.

you saw with latino voters the president started to surge with latino voters. you saw that the joe biden campaign decided to focus more on hispanic outreach with ads and get out the votes. you are seeing that now with black males. you are not seeing that with any other category within the black community but with black males. so you know it's working for bl males. ainsley: well, lawrence, we have got to go. look at the cover of "the new york post." 50-cent says i don't want to be 20 cents. he tax plan. keep more of his money in his bank so can he give it to his children instead of the government taking it. lawrence, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks, guys. ainsley: you are welcome. jillian has more headlines for us. let's begin with a fox news alert now. the man accused of murdering a veteran houston police sergeant an illegal immigrant. ice telling fox news overnight is he a convicted criminal from el salvador. the agency now has a detainer on him. sergeant harold preston was responding to a disturbance call

when he was shot in the head. preston spent 41 years in the department and weeks away from retirement. another officer was shot in the arm but will be okay. a navy pilot is safe after ejecting before his jet crashed during a routine training flight. the navy says there was a, quote, mishap with the f-18 before it went down in california's central valley. they didn't give an exact cause. the pilot was taken to a nearby hospital and will be okay. well, president trump reportedly cuts off his interview with "60 minutes" and now accusing them of being fake and biased. the president tweeting in part, quote: i am pleased to inform you that for the sake of accuracy and reporting i am considering posting my interview with lesley stahl of "60 minutes" prior to air time. everyone should compare this terrible electoral intrusion with the recent interviews of sleepy joe biden. the president also sharing this video showing lesley stahl not wearing a mask in the white house. we will see what happens with that in the meantime, we are

following. this nasa makes history swiping a sample from an asteroid. >> going. in we're going in. >> touch down declared. >> all right. > sampling is in progress. >> successfully land ago space craft on the rock more than 200 miles away. it will return to earth in 2023 with its findings. the asteroid is believed to be more than 4 billion years old. how cool. brian: can you explain in the break how we did that? ainsley: i saw the movie bruce willis and be ben ben affleck. >> it's amazing what they can do. brian: nasa. steve: meanwhile the governors of california and new york

independent reviews of the vaccine even if approved by the government. next guest treating coronavirus patients for months says that sets a dangerous pres press pre. back in january, we knew that this was really, really bad. we had ample forewarning. but we did almost no testing, almost no contact tracing. completely ignored the science, completely ignored the warning signs. there were things that could have been done.

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>> so he's going to put together the same group of people, probably, that he used to put together in the nursing homes where 11,000 people died because they put heavily infected people in with the general population. is that the people he's going to use? when the politician is a real low life, when a politician is willing to say that and kill people and scare people from using something that's going to be great and really solve a big

problem, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. brian: president trump not holding back reacting to new york governor andrew cuomo's vow to withhold vaccine from state residents until it can be independently reviewed. now california governor gavin newsom making the same promise. degree qhanta ahmed this is a doctor that sees these patients on a daily basis. doctor, welcome back. what's your reaction to the state governors thought trusting the federal government? >> brian, it is so disappointing. because i remember how well governor cuomo worked with president trump when we were at the height of the pandemic with massive numbers of critically ill patients. this is a lost opportunity it. is also a very dangerous precedent. when i see our democratic governor here and then another in california. remember, this is on the heals of the remarks made by senator harris that she also would not

trust a vaccine coming out of this administration. the vaccine is being developed by world authorities incredible u.s. multinational and other international pharmaceuticals that have had a lifetime of experience developing vaccines. the fda in my opinion is unimpeachable in terms of their efforts. this is part of operation warp speed. $10 billion of u.s. funds invested in 10 months to give the world a vaccine. and now we in new york state, including critical front line workers like myself and my patients are being held hostage to the governor's political vanity. it is a real mistake, governor cuomo. i would ask you to change that. that's not calling into question the credentials of whoever is on their committee. i'm sure they are highly educated. they are no way equivalent in fda approval even in emergency use authorization. you mention here in may 70% of people surveyed or 72% surveyed by pugh said they would be

willing to take a vaccine. now that number is down to 50%. that fear is being peddled by politicians like governor cuomo. not by the president. i would like to see governor cuomo say let me sit down with you, president trump, roll up my sleeves and take the first coronavirus shots on camera with you across parties. the virus has no politics. the virus is deadly. and, brian, you remember new york saw the highest numbers of deaths per million population, 1700 deaths per million population the highest number in the world. so this really have a decision that the governor could reverse and there is an opportunity for him to lead by example and show the way for all governors in the nation how to work across parties to not be an obstacle for us to receive that vaccine. brian: might come up on his book tour. perfect time to write a book tour in hot spots in new york city. we understand 59,000 new cases averaging a day over the last two weeks.

cases were up 36%. deaths up -- if you went to the hospital you had a 25% chances of coming out, 25% of losing your life. now it's down to 7%. >> that's right. remember, brian, we are doing over a million coronavirus tests a day in this nation when i last ran there is definitely viruses on the move. definitely people being affected. we are detecting it more. the virus is less virulent. we are going to need a vaccine if we're going to achieve herd immunity. that is the only way to bring back the world, including the united states to normal. this is not to be sneezed at. brian: he wants to sell a book and he wants to act like a tough guy and americans don't get a vaccine. thanks so much, doctor, i appreciate it. >> pleasure. brian: coming up state ahead could joe biden's social security plan raise taxes on more than just the wealthiest americans. a member of the president obama and member of the recovery task

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>> president trump and joe biden trading jabs over social security out on the campaign trail. >> these guys mean what they say. this president, as debbie pointed out, terminate the tax that's dedicated to financing social security. terminate. >> now biden is pledging mass amnesty and free healthcare disseminating healthcare and destroying social security. while i am president, no one will touch your medicine or your social security, including me. steve: a new study from the urban institute finds that

biden's social security plan would eventually raise taxes for people making more than $400,000. here to discuss fox news contributor and former obama economic adviser robert wolf. robert, good morning to you. >> thanks, steve, for having me on. steve: you know, a lot of people when they hear, okay, social security, the antenna go up. so, you know, kamala harris and joe biden have been very careful saying if you make let's than $400,000, your taxes will not be impacted. but this urban institute report makes it sound like that may not be the case. >> so, it's quite a detailed report so i'm going to try to synthesize it as you and i were chatting. first, i want to say it's hard to hit joe biden on the urban report considering they couldn't even model the trump plan because the quote president trump has not released a formal plan to reform social security. so it's a bit one-sided. let me speak about the biden plan and then i will talk about trump.

on biden's social security plan, he's going to increase $500 benefit per month for low income earners that will take 22 million people out of poverty. increase survivor benefit 25% per month to offset the impact of the drastic cuts that take place to a surviving spouse. whereas on the trump plan as you and i have been talking about. he wants to actually change the payroll, get rid of the payroll tax cut, which not only doesn't help those unemployed during this covid time. but to the biden pointed out it greatly impacts social security and medicare because that's where they get their payments from payroll taxes. -just have to tell you this report in my opinion is a huge benefit to joe biden where it comes. steve: normally we would have stephen moore with us but we are having a transmission problem. we have great producers. what he would tell you, robert,

is that biden's plans as his detailed them so far would involve $30 trillion worth of spending. and for that amount of money to be raised, he finds it impossible to be able to do that without impacting people in the middle class. >> i'm a big fan of your producers because they let me on. those facts are just not accurate. his plan for build back better and for reforming the covid crisis is about 5 trillion. and he's going to actually take back about 3 trillion by changing tax reform both on corporate and only the highest earn errors. steve: right. >> >> he is actually only going to spend 2 trillion, that's accurate. for what he would call relief package. dissimilar to what we are talking about today in congress, which, by the way. i'm absolutely for passing a relief package. so i would just say this 30 trillion number is absurd.

it's inaccurate. and i still like your producer. steve: thank you very much. that's what stephen moore told him. meanwhile, ainsley held this up a little while ago. on the cover of "new york post" rapper 50-cent and he said i don't want to be 20-cent because he is talking about how under the biden plan high earners would face an effective tax rate of 62% in new york city. is 62% in new york city fair, robert? >> well, i think 62% is high anywhere. that being said, we're in a pandemic. this pandemic has been like a war for this country. we have to pay for it. either the wealthiest are going to pay for it now or the next generation is going to pay for it. so i don't have a problem where we are taxing the highest earners. we are really the ones most affected of those over $3 million. actually, new make under 800,000, it only goes up less than 1.5%.

steve: right. >> we have to get these numbers more accurate. and, remember, this tax is not impacting anyone under 400,000. from 400 to 800,000 it's 25 to 25.5%. so i would just say that. steve: robert? >> sorry. steve: i was going to say you know because you are a new yorker, the problem is when you tax the high earners here in the new york city area at 62% effective rate in new york city, why why want to live here? why wouldn't they move down to florida? why wouldn't they will want to move to tennessee? why wouldn't they will want to move to texas? >> listen, i think that's a good point that new york is -- their tax rate is too high, especially when they are currently running a deficit. it doesn't feel good for the future. i think that being set, even though i'm a bosttonian, i have been living in new york a long time. i would never count new york out. i think we will figure it out there. is going to be some pain. not only pain in new york,

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>> you can hear how big the crowd are. all over the country makes you feel good all over the country. the biggest crowds anyone has ever had. bigger than what we had four years ago. bigger. ainsley: let's bring in mike huckabee fox news clinter former g.o.p. candidate and author of the new book "the three c's that made america great. christiachristianity,capitalism. >> good morning. good to be on. certainly has the enthusiasm going on right now. it's effort by his rallies. ainsley: he had one yesterday. two the other day in arizona. so, yeah, he is all over the map. one today. so we want to talk to you about the secret voter. the person who doesn't want to admit that they are voting for president trump.

we saw n 2016 recent poll that says almost 70% of trump supporters don't want to put a sign in front of their yard or in front of their house. and almost 40% of biden supporters say they will not do this and the reason is because they fear vandalism. what do you think about that? is the secret voter, are we forgetting about them? >> the sad thing is that we have secret voters. we are an open society. we ought to be able to take a political stand and not fear that somebody is going to throw something at our home or set fire to our car or violently attack us when we are picking up our paper out of the yard. this is sad. i don't care what your politics are. we ought to have respect for people who have a different point of view. and, you know, not tear down their signs and not curse them. not put notes on their door saying we have now marked your house as somebody who is supporting trump. and when he loses we are going to come after you. these are crazy things that are not done in a free society.

but, yes, i do think there are people who don't want to take a stand. they don't want their neighbors to know. i think there are a lot of people who will even tell their friends oh i'm going to vote for biden. that's a safe way to go in certain circles. when it gets down to it. they recognize their choice is not donald trump and joe biden. their choice is between mob rule, law and order. their choice is higher taxes, lower taxes. they have got real choices in foreign policy. energy costs. it's going to effect them in every way they live. that's what i think they are going to be voting on in two weeks. brian: one thing i know for sure, if you actually order a trumpy bear you are most likely going to vote for donald trump according to a study i did. i also found out your daughter is leaning toward the president but we're looking for a second source. 36 million people voted already governor huckabee. people think automatically that's good for democrats. i think it's good for america. what about you? >> i think it is, too.

extraordinary interest. when people are lining up to vote it means they really care. they don't drive by and say long line, forget it b. it they get. >> that line and wait an hour and a half and vote. in these final days, what the president has to do is forget about hunter biden. forget about all the distractions of everything except one thing. remind the american people that it is their lives that really on the mark right now. it's. brian: hunter biden, is that a mistake? >> yeah. it is a mistake. because the average person doesn't understand it. it's too complicated. and frankly, it doesn't matter to them. they care about their healthcare costs. they care about their taxes. they care about safety in their neighborhood on their block in their yard. focus on that. he wins the election by a landslide. steve: of course. got to get to you from the debate tomorrow night. i know he feels like he is the

underdog because he feels the deck is stacked against him. the commission imposed these rules with the mic and stuff like that. the mute button. one of the members of the debate commission john dan forth u.s. senator from the great state of missouri for a very long time. he has apparently had it up to here and decided he was going to break his silence and he wrote an op-ed in the "the washington post" and among other things, it says trump attacks on the debate commission itself is an attack on the election itself. okay. sorry, that's the headline. he says i maintained a strict vow of silence regarding my personal feelings about the current presidential campaign. now, however, that president trump and some of his ardent supporters have attacked the commission's integrity, i feel compelled to respondent. he goes on to say the president's apparent strategy is to challenge the validity of the election should he lose.

the president supporters conduct the town hall debate with candidates in remote locations was made to favor joe biden. this is nonsense, according to senator dan forth. what do you say, governor huckabee? >> senator dan forth is a fine man. but the fact that he felt that he had to go public and criticize the criticism tells you everything you need to know. they are very defensive. why? because they know deep down they have been caught tilting the scale. this is not a fair process. i think it's time to get rid of the debate commission. if we are going to have a mute button. mute the moderator. don't have one. put two candidates opt stage and two clocks. each candidate gets exactly the same amount of time when they finished using up their clock it's over for them. then you mute the microphone. in the meantime they get to talk. they come up with the tom picks, not some moderator. who is a moderator to decide what they talk about. wife do they get to make the decisions? let the candidates put their platforms out there and debate each other.

not debate the moderator. this is out of hand. i think the this is out of hand. the president has to go there and focus hard and showcase his views tomorrow night and i hope he does it. steve: governor, according to your clock your time is up. we're going to mute you right now. brian: congratulations on the book, governor. >> thank you. ainsley: janice dean has the forecast for us. hey, j.d. janice: yes, we had record breaking snow. snowtobee is here. receiving over 8 inches of snow and another batch of snow is on the way. so, yep, snow on the pumpkins, i'm afraid. let's take a look at it. there is a forecast radar over the next 12 to 24 hours. another big batch of snow. this snow could actually go in to the foot or more range. so, quite incredible to see all of this snow across these regions so early this time of year. especially across the upper

midwest. also looking at the potential for some heavy rain where it's warm enough for just an all-rain event across the great lakes. there is your forecast today. wants to make mention that it is warmer than average across california and the southwest. fire danger high. but, again, i think the news headline is going to be the early snow and quite a bit of it. also, the tropics. this is hurricane epsilon, it rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours. now a category 1 hurricane. going to move east of bermuda. that's the good news and race to the north and east. so we are still talking about the tropics as well. all right. steve, ainsley, brian, i'm glad there is no snow in new york right now. steve: so far. brian: thanks so much, janice, general motors unveiling the world's first super truck. taking a look at the new hummer ev with president next. take it in ♪

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ainsley: u.s. auto industry on the road to recovery gathering momentum in the third quarter as auto sales rebound from coronavirus related lows. joining me now is the president

of general motors mark royce. mark, what is driving this comeback at g.m.? >> well, good morning and thanks for the opportunity, anxiously. we are right in the middle of a lot of great investment announcements this week with $2 billion to create our factory zero electric triification plan in detroit michigan but also spring hill, tennessee and another $2 billion to make the cadillac lyric. the hummer you see behind me made right here at factory zero. it's a big day and night and couple of days on these announcements. we are driving our electric future it's incredibly exciting. last night on the world series and gmc site where the name hummer is appearing we announced and showed for the first time the new hummer ev. a lot of excitement. we are driving to all our electric future. ainsley: that's wonderful. i know you employ some americans there. thank you for doing that. this new hummer ev who is it

built for? you should buy it if you need what? >> i would say, you know, first of all, it's a beautiful truck our design team did an amazing job. beautiful truck can be used just about any way you want. that's the nature of a super truck. you can take it off road. you can do the overlanding piece that's very popular these days. things like crad mode. things like extract mode where the suspension raises. you can drive the truck diagonally. very exciting. it's has 1,000-horsepower. very fast truck as well. 0 to 60 in about three seconds. can you use it just about any way you want. it's very fun. there is a lot of great features on it like the exint roof as well. take off the roof panels. can you actually store them in the front part of the truck or the frunk because there is no engine there anymore. it's a wide customer group and, you know, it's a very special vehicle that you know, designed for a wide appeal. it's a beautiful truck.

ainsley: congratulations on your success and thank you for all that you do for your employees there. detroit is a beautiful place and some of us drive american cars and we are proud to do that. thank you so much. congratulations on the new car. >> thank you very much. ainsley: new hummer. >> thank you for your loyalty. appreciate it. ainsley: coming up kayleigh mcenany, matthew mcconaughey and senator marco rubio. ♪ ♪ this is going to be the best day of my life ♪ my life ♪ (gong rings) - this is joe.

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president trump should be silenced. >> the governors in california and new york both promising independent reviews of a covid vaccine, even if it's approved by the federal government. >> my patients are being held hostage to the governor's political vanity. >> one off hand of kelly. [cheers and applause] and the ball game is over. the dodgers never trailed. ♪ ♪ ♪ brian: that's how good fox is with the audio, i actually thought there was a large home crowd watching the dodgers win the best of serve. essentially, about 1,000 people. but that's life in the pandemic as we know it. but now we know this, we know we have 13 days til the next election and one day until our final debate, steve. steve: that's right. and more importantly, brian, 24 minutes until we interview

matthew mccon e hay. so let's practice, all right, all right, all right. [laughter] here's a little trivia. what movie was his big breakout film. it was what back in 1993. ainsley: was it the -- steve: i tell you what, the title completely describes 2020. dazed and confused, was his breakout movie. ainsley: and that was his line, all right, all right, all right. steve: so matthew mcconaughey with us in the c block. ainsley: that's exactly right. but right now let's go to nashville, griff jenkins is preparing for tomorrow's final debate. >> reporter: that's right. i remember dazed and confused and what a great line for 2020. but the debate here, the second in history from the campus of belmont university, in 2008 we had obama and mccain, but now trump and bind on the cover of the tennessean newspaper,

bracing for a brawl in belmont debate. and the fold, a big tease about the mute button. if you will, brian, you were talking about that, a lot of folks here wondering whether or not it will even make a difference. because as we learned in cleveland, in case people forgot, these two candidates really do not like each other. now, the format will be similar to cleveland, i'll show it to you here. we've got 90 minutes, no commercials, it'll be broken up into six 15-minute segments moderated by nbc's kristin welker, race in america, climate change, national security, leadership, and on that mute button, biden was off the campaign trail, but he did do an interview with a wisconsin station, and he said this, quote: i think it's a good idea. i think there should be with more limitations on us not interrupting one another. that's what he that had to say about the fact that after the first two minutes when only one

candidate's mic will be open, they will then have a discussion. meanwhile, on the campaign trail the president rallying in erie, taking shots at his opponent. watch. or maybe not. >> there's a choice between our plan to kill the virus or biden's plan to kill the american dream, and that's what he'd be doing. >> reporter: now, biden left the campaigning duties to his running mate, kamala harris, and former president barack obama who held virtual rallies. watch. >> we can come out of this moment stronger than before. in times as polarized as these, your vote doesn't just matter, it matters more than ever before. >> reporter: now, the campaign trail will be hot in the baldground state of north carolina -- battleground state of north carolina. and then in philadelphia, former president obama will hold a

drive-in car rally. biden will stay in preparations and off the trail. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: quick question for you, what famous country music duo went to belmont university? >> reporter: wow. you are going to stump me there -- [inaudible conversations] steve: i'll give you a hint. in the title there are two different state names. ainsley: and i'll give you another hint, brian made them famous. >> the florida georgia line. brian: thank you. that's where they met, and it's pretty much been green skies ever since. steve: green i skies? brian: oh, should i say blue skies? [laughter] >> reporter: all right, all right, all right. see ya, guys. brian: thank you very much. ainsley: brian, you looked so good knowing that little piece of trivia.

brian: right. i didn't get to answer it. kayleigh mcenany joins us now, white house press secretary. first off, were you surprised by this number? 68% of trump supporters, when surveyed, strongly or somewhat agree that they won't put a trump yard sign in their front lawn, 64% strongly or somewhat agree they won't put a sticker on their car. they're afraid of any retribution, damage to their property. does that surprise you in. >> doesn't surprise me at all. look, when you look at the polling and when you look at polls that don't specifically ask the held to head matchup question of trump versus biden, what you see are on questions like you better off now than four years ago, 56% tell gallup, yes. when people say who's your neighbor voting for? this was a fox article a few weeks ago, by a 10-point margin, the president wins. voters were underestimated in

2016, they are underestimated now. steve: okay. so so far the experts say north of 36 millional ballots have already been cast via mail in. i know the campaign feels like with all of the events you've got some momentum going because you're out and about, and joe biden is at his place in delaware supposedly preparing, going forward. i read "the new york times" today. your internal polling is showing it is much closer in your polling than the polls we see. why is that? >> why is that? because the president has a history of success. when you look at all he has done on the economy -- steve: does your polling take into account the hidden trump voter? enter yes. so it's a campaign question, but i'll say this, they look at, they have voter files that they fill at the rnc, and they look at the voter files which are a

far more accurate way to measure the electorate than is a traditional poll. so the voter files they had were very successful in 2016 in gauging public opinion, and they're very successful now. ainsley: i wonder if there are more hidden voters now because the feeling out there, there's riots and hostility, and it's almost worse now, i think it is worse than in 2016. but let's talk about something that you know a lot about. you were censored by big tech. you tried to post that new york post story about the alleged controversy with hunter biden and the computer in russia, and you got your twitter account, your personal twitter account -- they took it down, right? they locked you out? >> that's exactly right, yes, they locked me out. this is a new york post story, the oldest newspaper in the country, the fourth largest newspaper in the country. fox news has had sourcing that has verified this. these are major outlets, and they censor it and hide it from the more than people because they don't think the american people can recognize truth, can

think for themselves, so they must censor one side of the aisle. ainsley: and, kayleigh, they're actually even admitting it. this is a former twitter executive admitting he thinks president trump should just be muted until after the election. listen to this. >> i believe that the tech companies generally have a responsibility to be neutral. i think in the case of twitter specifically, it has been a great champion of the democratization of information as well as a strong supporter of freedom of expression. however, we are in the unique and, i believe, a fraught moment in time with a president who is desperate, and he's facing a very difficult situation. i think the time is to mute the president temporarily while votes aring being cast right now and until it is decided. ainsley: the question is why can't people just put their opinions on social media and then let the public decide what they want to believe in. >> that's exactly how it should be done. that is the american way. that is what we do in the public

square where we give our opinion and we jostle and have our ideas and go back and forth. that is the american way. big tech is acting like big government. that is what is done in navy, in iran, in rogue regimes. that is not what should be done in the united states of america where we value free expression. brian: all right. thanks so much, kayleigh, appreciate it. >> thank you so much. brian: five years ago he became an international hero after helping to stop a terror attack in france, now alex scar lottos is on a mission to flip a democrat's house seat, and the protests in portland are coming his way. alex joins us live next.

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steve: five years ago army national guard veteran alek skarlatos became an international hero for taking down a terrorist on the 1517 train to paris. since then, he reenacted the encounter in a major motion picture about the attack. now he's on a mission to help flip oregon's 4th district red just as protests in nearby portland are, oregon, are driving voters away from his opponent, incumbent representative peter defazio, who has been in congress for 33 years. alek skarlatos joins us right now from oregon. nice to see you again. >> morning. thank you. steve: for the folks who are unfamiliar with what's going on in your district, peter defazio has been in congress for over 30 years. you're pretty much the first time anybody's really run against him, right? >> yeah, absolutely. and we're definitely giving him a run for his money. we're one of the few congressional races across the country that's trending in the

right direction. he's been in congress longer than i've been alive, so people here are hungry for a change. steve: you know, the imagery people think about during this election cycle, alek, is portland and all of the unrest there. i know your district does not include portland, but the people in your district have got to be worried about what's happening over there happening this their neck of the woods. >> well, i think people across the country need to be worried about what's going on in portland simply because it's kind of the blueprint that i think democrats want for the rest of the country. i mean, between defunding the police and allowing these lie yachts while -- riots while trying to take away people's gun, it's really scaring people towards republican party here nor oregon, anyway. steve: well, the cook political report says this, there's a sleeper race bucking the trend in southwestern oregon, the a month out the race is competitive and are spending accordingly. so what are the big issues that

the people of oregon are interested in seeing washington address? >> well, of course, the riots in portland as well as our force management issues which have gotten significantly worse year after year. this last fire season was the worst fire season in over a hundred years in oregon, and that's even worse than what's going on in california simply because the forest and timber industry is how we get our jobs, money to our economy and money into our county government which is very unique due to very specific set of federal laws that's been in place since the 1930s. steve: sure. isn't defazio one of the sponsors of the green new deal, and are the people of oregon behind that idea? >> not here in southwestern oregon, we're not behind it. but, yes, peter defazio's the chairman of transportation and infrastructure, and he's the cosponsor of the green new deal, and he he votes with aoc 96% of

the time, so he is way too far left for a very rural district in southwest oregon, and we're just, we're really excited to, hope flu, beat him in -- hopefully, beat him in november. tee steve just about 13 days away. >> don't remind me. steve: no kidding. good luck to you. try and get some rest between now and then. >> i will. thank you. steve: by the way, we did invite congressman defazio on the frame, and we're working on setting up an interview with his campaign. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, are you feeling all right, all right, all right? >> all right, all right, all right! all right, all right, all right, all right! all right, all right, all right. steve: all right. the time you've been waiting for is here. matthew mcconaughey's going to join us live coming up next. but first, before the presidential bedebate kicks off, we asked viewers to pick the question, and here's the winning question: how many times will

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ainsley: good morning, we are back with s fox news alert. the man accused of murdering a veteran police sergeant is an illegal immigrant. elmer mandano is a convicted criminal from el salvador. sergeant herald preston was responding to a disturbance call when he was shot in the head, he was 41 years with the department and was weeks away from retirement. another officer was shot in the arm but will be okay. and this just in, "the wall street journal" reports pfizer is using a stretch of land the size of a football field containing 350 large freezers to

store millions of covid-19 vaccine doses in michigan. they are preparing to eventually ship billions of covid-19 vaccines using frozen boxes, cargo planes and trucks. fascinating. senator josh hawley praising the department of justice for filing a lawsuit against google. >> it made me want to say god bless america. that's the most patriotic words in a long time, united states v. google. i hope we'll see united states v. facebook really soon too. >> reporter: google calls the lawsuit, quote, deeply flawed and says people choose to use them instead of being forced to. back to you guys. steve: thank you very much, jillian. we are having a momentary problem establishing contact with matthew mcconaughey's house. ainsley: you know what i say? all right, all right, all right,

it'll be okay. steve: in the meantime, we've been talking about the election. it is 13 days from today, essentially two weeks from today we should know -- it'll be the wednesday after election day -- how it all went. so far 36.1 million ballots have been cast. the question is when you look at the polls, ainsley and brian, you know, when you see the polls, and right now they're tight thenning, but you've -- tightening, but you've got to wonder how many people responded, are they the shy trump voter? are they actually giving an answer? are they lying? are they saying i'm going to vote for bind, or are they just -- biden, or are they just hanging up? ainsley: you know, back in the day, i'm thinking about my grandparents, i think we heard it more, don't talk about politics or don't reveal who you're voting for. it's rude to ask who you're voting for. things have changed. people are getting in arguments over it, people are not liking

each other because of who they're voting for, you've seen riots, people don't want to put signs in their yard, don't want to put stickers on their cars because they're scared of the retribution, what might happen to them. i think this election, i think there are a lot of people who don't want to admit who they're voting for out of that fear. robert is a pollster with trafalgar, chief pollster there, and back in 2016 he was one of the ones that predicted president trump would win some of these swing states when, in fact, he did win in those swing states. but the polls were saying that hillary was going to win. this is what he said about the election and who he predicts will win. >> i see the president winning with a minimum of high 270s and possibly going up significantly higher based on just how big this undercurrent is. what of we have noticed is that these polls are predominantly missing the, you know, the hidden trump vote. there is a clear feeling among conservatives and people that are for the president that

they're not interested in sharing their opinions so readily on the telephone. if you're not compensating for this, if you're not trying to give them a poll that they can participate in with a lower threshold that makes them feel more comfortable, you're not going to get honest answers. i think if the president uses it effectively in the debate when a more bipartisan audience is paying attention and, you know, put him on the spot, i think biden might crack kind of like he did in the primaries. if that happens, well, then the mainstream media's going to have to cover it. brian: and answer this, the investors business daily that trump was going to win, on the 13th of october the president was trailing 51-42 to joe biden. as of yesterday, it's now 48-45.8. remember, he lost the popular vote by 2%. we're right there again. coming up straight ahead, florida breaking an early voting record. more than 3 million people voted on the first day alone.

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brian: all right. we've got a big debate one day away at belmont university, and a lot's on the line especially for the president. most polls show he needs a big win here, and we know there's going to be some new ruleses and a very interesting moderator. let's bring in a very interesting senator, senator marco rubio, and if you want to see a great interview with him, it's now on fox nation. senator, for here and now, something pretty astounding's happening, and that is the early vote in florida. it's only been open a few days, and nearly 3.1 million have voted in your state already. and according to a north florida poll, unrelated, it shows the president trailing by just one point. what do you read into both those things? >> well, the thing about this one point, it means it's a tie race. basically, or a very close race. the president was trailing i think by two points right before the election the last time, and he ended up winning. i'd say every poll's consistently shown that a trump

supporter is much more enthusiastic about voting for donald trump than a biden supporter about voting for biden. i think that's true on both sides,but i think that's especially true on the republican side. and anecdotally, i tried to early vote on monday before the airport, and there was already a line at 6:45 in the morning at the site that's right down the street from my house. people are voting. i've never seen lines on the first day at 6:45 a.m. steve: so i think that's the headline, you didn't try to cut in line? >> no. you know what i ended up doing, honestly? i ended up ordering it, it's going to come in the mail, i'm going to fill it out, i'm going to drop it off. you show them your id, they put it in a little drop box just like if you voted inside, i thought that was the wise thing to do. steve: i think that's a good idea. the people of florida, we know that there are a lot of people who move down there, they were tired, i have a lot of friends who are over 65 down there, and

during the covid pandemic they have pretty much put themselves in quarantine. they're isolating themselves from their a families, they're not going out, they're not doing anything, they're just sitting at home watching the news, waiting for this thing to come to an end. how do those people feel, from your point of view, about how the president has handled the pandemic? because that really is the i key in a number of states. >> well, look, i think the vast majority of people get it, okay? if you pull yourself out of the twitter bubble and political bubble and the washington bubble if and the new york bubble and go into the real world, the vast majority of people understand the president didn't create this virus, the president didn't bring this virus to america. it's impacted the whole world. look what's happening in europe. you're talking about this country did it so well, they're either really small countries or they're not telling us the truth, and every time they open up just a little bit, they have issue. when you take into account the size and dynamism of this

country and what the response has been certainly, you know, we've lost lives, we wish we wouldn't have. it's been terrible tragedy and suffering both from a health standpoint and an economic standpoint, but i don't think the majority of people blame the president for it. i just don't. i don't think that. now, do i think people are going through a tough time? i know they are. it's been tough on everyone, particularly those who have not been able to go out and be with loved ones because of fear for the virus, and, you know, hopefully we'll be in a much better place in a few months as new therapeutics come online and we get closer to that vaccine. up eans let's talk about what happens to lindsey graham. i think he was in an airport in washington, and he was ambushed by these two women. one of them said she was from seattle. ambushing him about trying to confirm judge amy coney barrett. watch this. >> look me in the eyes -- >> where are you from? >> i'm from seattle, washington. >> seattle is where things have gotten out of control.

>> i pay your salary, sir. >> or where are you from? >> doesn't matter where i'm from. i'm from united states of america, sir, where are you from? my daughter, who stood on the shoulders of giants. you're going to take her race away by voting for this woman who's a racist? ainsley: can we expect more of this kind of thing, and what about after the election if president trump wins? >> yeah, i think you can. we've seen this now nor a while -- for a while, okay? we've actually had people on the heft who have openly encouraged people to show up at their home, kick them out of restaurants. that's kind of the politics of intimidation. it doesn't work. i don't know any senator on either side of the aisle whos has changed their vote or position on the basis of this. i also think, and you see in the -- hear in the voice and see in the statements of these people some real exaggeration here. the idea that this woman is a racist, that they would say that, i think the overwhelming majority of people who saw the hearing last week saw someone

they were very impressed with. they may disagree about wanting her there because they're a democrat or what have you, but to attack her personally is really ridiculous, and i think it's a fringe element. unfortunately, it's become part of american politics where you go out in public, you hassle and harass people, and we've seen that amp up over the last year and a half. i want to be honest, primarily from the left. brian: yeah. you don't really see it the over way around. senator marco rubio, thanks so much. >> all right. thanks for having me on, guys. brian: meanwhile, we'll hope to get a stimulus package through the house and senate. i think the american people need it. jillian, we need an update. >> reporter: a grand juror in the briann no taye lair case says the -- breonna taylor case said the jury did not agree. they added the jury was never presented with homicide charges. it comes as one of the officers involved in taylor's shooting says it shouldn't be compared to george floipped's death.

>> it's not a race thing like people want to try to make it to be. it's not. this is a point where we're doing our job, we return tour. this is not us hupping somebody down -- hunting somebody down, this is nothing like that. >> reporter: the former louisville detective is charged with wanton endangerment. an officer races into action to save a woman from a burning car. dramatic body cam captures the heroic rescue in california. watch this. >> who's in there, who's in there? >> [inaudible] >> hurry up! get out right now. hurry or get out! get out! get out of the car. >> reporter: he was seen pulling a woman to safety after after her car burst into flames. thankfully, no one was hurt. the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. steve? steve: the dodgers crushed the rays last night 8-3 in game one of the world series on fox. did you see this?

>> and he pulls one into right center. back at the drag of the wall, it's gone! [cheers and applause] bellinger makes it 2-0 -- ainsley: wow. clayton kershaw passing our next guest for the second most strikeouts in playoff history. brian brian here with a recap, analyst john smoltz. the crowd sounded loud, but they weren't actually there. tampa, los angeles. one with a stoirld background, one still cutting their teeth. obviously, an 8-3 win, dodgers draw first blood. what did you gather from the game? >> the biggest thing is, you know, you've got the dodgers with all the pressure in the world trying to one a world series. they've been three of the last four years. you've got the rays who have an incredible year, play the game a little differently, and then you

mentioned the crowd. the crowd is about one-fourth of what it could be. it's a unique world series. baseball has been able to pull this off. i'm just excited the crowds are, the crowd is there, people in the stands. brian: yeah. >> but i think the dodgers in this year's approach have answered every call of the pressure that a has been mounting on them since they have not won a world series in over 30 years. steve: you know, john, at the beginning we said that the pitcher surpassed 200 career postseason strikeouts passing you for all-time postseason record. how does that make you feel? >> well, it's actually pretty cool. i got a chance to talk to clayton kershaw. of course, we can't be around anybody, so i actually congratulated him before the game, which is kind of a no-no -- steve: did you mean it? >> i did mean it. i love watching clayton kershaw. he's had so much attention on him in the postseason. he's the greatest pitcher of our generation, and he at least for last night got a chance to show

what he can do. everyone's been talking about his postseason record compared to his regular season, but he's a fantastic pitcher, and, you know, he got for the night an opportunity for some, you know, to talk about something else other than a loss. ainsley: well, you seem like a class act, john. congratulations on your career. >> my pleasure. it's just joy e to call this world series. i'm glad we're having it and i hope we can return to normal soon. ainsley: that's right. watch game two of the world series tonight, 8 p.m. eastern on fox. coming up next, matthew mcconaughey is going to join us live. the virus is surging...

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all right, all right, all right. steve: too bad he hasn't made any movies we can use some clips from. now actor matthew mcconaughey is flipping the script for his first book. it's a memoir drawn from his diaries which he kept for 36 years. it is called "green light." ainsley: and we are so happy to announce that that he is here with us. good morning to you. >> i am tardy for class! steve: where were ya? >> i'm in austin, but i made the biggest rookie mistake. it's embarrassing, it hasn't happened in years, but it happened this morning. stuart. steve: you didn't set an alarm clock. >> no, i set it, this is where it gets even more ridiculous. i understand military time! i understand military time. [laughter] when i set by alarm -- anyway -- ainsley: matthew, a i'm glad

you're raising your kids in texas n a southern state. why did you decide to write all this down, the journals from all of your past events and then write this book? let's be honest, you don't need this on your resumé. >>, no i don't need it on my resumé. look, i've been with keeping diaries, journals for 36 years. so since i was 14 years old. what do most people go to their journal for when they're trying to figure things out? i did write in my journal when my girlfriend broke broke with up with me or pimples on my face or what have you. but i also went to my journal, i noticed, when things were going well, when i was catching green lights, when my relationships were successful, my career was successful. so what i found is when i would get in a rut again in life, i could go back to my diaries and see, dissect the the times wheni had success, and i found habits when i was happy in my life.

who i was hanging around with, where i was going, how much sleep i was getting, what i was doing. and when i would go back to times i was successful in my diary, it would help me recalibrate9 and get back in time when i was having trouble. brian: wow, fascinating. i'm just looking back at your book, and you just say too, you're not from royalty. you're from -- [laughter] you're from, you're from a group of cattle thieves as well as bodyguard for al capone. describe your heritage. >> well, that's it. i went back and looked at my heritage, and there was no -- yeah, there is definitely no royalty. there's nobody, this is no hidden bag of gold buried in some yard over in ireland somewhere. no, we were -- yeah, there was some cattle thieving, for sure. we had a bodyguard for al capone. had a bunch of river boat gamblers. settle in in america into west

virginia and little rock, arkansas. and then down into southern louisiana and slowly back over to texas where we are now. yeah, that's my lineage. but you know what? the family that i grew up in, as you see in the book, as why wils they sometimes appear to be, there was one thing that was never in question in our household, the love. the love was never in question, and that i'm very happy to say. steve: that is terrific. i understand -- you know, i know that you have been a competitive guy. you were drafted by the green bay packers at one point -- >> my dad was. steve: oh, your dad. apologies. but you are -- apparently you are very competitive with your brother. i was reading about a contest you had with your brother at a younger age. >> a contest i had with my brother? well, we had a few. can you give me another hint? steve, no tell us about a couple of them. >> well, see, actually, my

brothers -- my oldest brother is 16 years older, and my middle brother is 7 years older than me. so, actually, there wasn't that much competition because the you would est one of the three of us -- eldest one could always dominate. so my little brother is actually someone i looked up to, he was sort of my hero. he was the inspiration for many of the characters i've played starting with dazed and confused. pat, my middle brother pat's always been my lucky charm. steve: that's great. >> he's the one i talk about at the beginning who he was -- my oldest brother, rooster, was his 10-year-old birthday president, so mom and dad adopted pat. they said anytime you want to meet your adopted blood parents, we'll take you there. he said no every year until testifies 19, and finally they wanted to go meet him. so they drive up to dallas, they pull up to the curb, less than

two minutes pat's back in the car says, okay, we can go. my parents are like, well, wait a minute, you saw your parents, that's it? he said, yeah, i just wanted to see if hi dad's hairline was going -- [laughter] steve: that's what matters! ainsley: matthew, i know with everything going on in our country right now we're almost less than two weeks away from the election, and some people in hollywood are very vocal about what they think of this president. and back in 2017 it was so refreshing to hear you say this. we're going to play the sound bite. >> well, they don't have a choice now. he's our president. and it's very dynamic and as divisive of an inaugust asian time -- inauguration time we'ved had. at the same time, it's time for us to embrace, shake hands with this fact and be constructive with him over the next four years. ainsley: so what was the reaction of your friends in hollywood when you said that? you know, grewing up in texas, i

grew up in the south too, and we were taught even in church no matter who is elected, you pray for your leaders, you pray for the leaders of this country and support our country. what was the reaction of folks in hollywood when you said that? >> most of it was fine. people that know me understand what i was talking about. there are a few on the fringe that, you know, if you said anything, like i said there, they were like put me over here and said certain things. look, it's about, you know, and look at where we are right now. i've got the theme of the book is when you're dealing with the inevitable, when faced with the inevitable, get relative. right now two weeks out from the election, we're in the relative stage. it's not inevitable who's going to win. after that happens, whether it's an incumbent or whether it's biden, after it happens is when it's time to get constructive and not be in denial. that comment that i made back then buzz about, hey, whoever is still going i do not believe it,

i don't believe what happened, it's time to get constructive and not deny the facts of whatever's happened and get constructive and get, embrace the situation. that's not just for a situation like that. that goes for us a lot of times with a lot of things in life, so many, many times people deny certain realities, and you miss it. you miss dealing with it in whatever way you need to by via the denial. and obviously, whoever's going to be the commander in chief and president of the united states of america, that's not something, hopefully, that we're going to be able to deny or be able to argue about. i hope it's a clean election. i hope the election is clean whichever way it goes, that there is a very clean transformation of power or if there is a transport or trump stays, whichever way it goes, i hope that it's clean and that there's no debate and that we can head into 2021 knowing who,

very clearly, who our commander in chief is. hopefully, we can know that on the 4th. brian: right. that would be -- or even on the 3rd, that might, nine interesting. have you thought about who you're voting for? >> yeah, i've thought about it. and i'll keep that to myself. brian let me follow up. i know one thing that ticks you off, total politicization of the coronavirus. and that's what you've noticed over the last eight months. and that, you've taken action and been commended for it justifiably, but the politicization of this entire thing has hurt our progress. >> well, it has. but you know what? i'm not going to sit here and say the word unbelievable. one, that's my least favorite. two, you know how it is. everything is pretty saysed -- pretty sized. but when we have something brand new that is harmful and we've got to continually balance this, our economic welfare with our biological survival, i've seen both sides. i've seen the right and the left

utilize and count only the bodies that were useful to win for their part. and it curdles my stomach, man. that's not appreciated. and so what it's sort of done is come at a time in a perfect storm. we've got a coronavirus, we've got a cultural revolution, and we've got an election year. we've got unemployment, people looking for identity, so they're running to extremes. you know, we've got a lot of work to do as a country. and for me i'll say you my version, and people negotiation oh, this is a warm place of compromise. no, i don't believe it is, i'm actually aggressively centric. i'll meet you in the muddle here. we've got to come together as a country here whatever happens in this election right now. we can do better as individual and as a people, as a community, as americans, we can do better. steve: matthew, one thing about the coronavirus for a lot of us, we are spending so much time with our families. and, you know, a lot of parents

who had been rushing out the door to get to work suddenly are at home with the kids. >> yep. steve: their relationships in many instances are getting better, suddenly the kids admire their parents. i had no idea what you did. your book, green light, you know, a lot of it looks at your past, but a lot of it looks at your future in through your children. so can you give us some tips, things that the you have figured out the hard way? >> i can try. things i've figured out the hard way, look, values are what i think my parents, especially my father, really instilled in me and my two brothers. you know, i remember getting my first butt whuppings were for saying i can't instead of saying i'm having trouble. for saying i hate you and for lying. steve: yeah. >> that's three pretty good reasons to get in trouble. now, what was instilled in those

forms of discipline? what do i remember? i don't remember the short-term pain of getting whupped. what i remember is, oh, don't say i can't, don't ever believe you can't -- steve: right. >> -- don't hate and tell the truth. three pretty good reasons to get in trouble. and i remember that was, i remembered that's when i tell my stories of our family's discipline which sometimes would be today what people term violent. i tell it as love stories. i tell those stories, and i remember each one specifically of when and how and why i got in trouble for saying those words, and i look back and wouldn't have traded that moment for anything. i wouldn't have traded that sort of immediate and short-term pain that i had whether it was, whatever, you know, the whupping was for the values that were instirred in me for -- instilled in me for that. i'm trying to push that in different ways, i have a different way of going about it, but i'm still trying to instill that into my kids too, camilla

and i both are. and you've mentioned it's been in some ways tragic, it's been at least extremely awkward, but we're in it. being in it, how can we get relative with the inevitable fact, how can we see some green lights? i have gotten closer with my mother. my grandkids are much closer with their grandmother. i've leaned in to see what my kids like to do as their hobbies. we spend more time together in the kitchen. we already spent time, but now we spend even more time. so it's brought us together in ways that we were forced to come together. and i heard that from a lot of families saying that they've been forced to spend more time together, forced to do inventory on themselves and that they'll actually come out of this better families and tighter families. indiana eans matthew, we only have about a minute and a half left, but real quickly, what's your faith movie and why? -- favorite movie that you made? >> you know what? i'm going to say mud.

and i put that at the top of the list, you know, my father passed away in 1993. five days after i started shooting my first film, dazed and confused, which i didn't know that was going to be a one-off that summer, and it turned out to be a 28-year career. but i say mud because this is the one i've had dreams of my dad coming up to me and putting his arm around me and saying, hey, buddy, you seen this movie mud? i've had dreams of he and i going to the theater sitting on the steps watching that film and him saying, hey, buddy, mud, it's a good' un. that's what he used to say if he really liked something. so that's the one, mud. i could see watching that with my dad. brian: you did a great job on the book and find it fascinating. you didn't grow up in a perfect setting but, man, you're making the most of it from here on in. congratulations. i think people are going to find out a lot about themselves as well as you. >> thank you, that's e the goal.

steve: the book is called green light, and, matthew mcconaughey, thank you for joining us at 8:30 in the morning and not 8:30 at night although tucker carlson's going to miss you. >> i was tardy! ainsley: all right, all right, all right