>> thank you both. todd: ed to obviously a very busy day on the channel. stay with fox news all day long. 6:00 bret and martha. and of course the big event 9:00 p.m. tonight. president trump vs. joe biden. jillian: final debate. a lot of coverage here tomorrow morning have. a good day. >> two foreign actors, iran and russia have taken specific actions to influence our elections. >> we are going to aggressively investigate and work with our partners to quickly take appropriate action. >> according to a breaking report, the laptop connected to hunter biden is linked to an fbi money laundering probe. >> the vast majority of reporters are completely ignoring it. and that's a scandal in and of itself. >> under my administration, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. and now we are doing it again. [cheers and applause] >> the president wants more credit for the economy he inherited. but you know what in the job doesn't work that way.

>> democrats are doing all they can to stop acb's confirmation. >> fiduciary mexico will boycott. >> music awards crowding this year's winners with one artist taking top honors. >> carrie underwood. >> thank you so much. this one is really all about you guys. ♪ ♪ brian: congratulations carrie underwood this could break her out with this trophy. fantastic news for her and fantastic news for us that we are on final debate day that we know of. who knows, things could change for this election season. and we are i had 11 you guys have 12. i'm going with you. 12 days into the big show. >> brian, when in doubt look at the floor. floor knows all. brian: there it is. how about the president? he is doing an event before the debate tonight. that's how relaxed he is. ainsley: can you believe that?

steve: where is joe biden? brian: we don't know we think he is in his basement. ainsley: practicing. steve: practicing. the big day starts today and startle right now. we thought we would be talking about the debate preps but ainsley we have a different story to start with. ainsley: that's exactly right. it's a fox news alert. russia and iran are trying to interfere with our election. that's the warning from u.s. intelligence this morning. brian: we saw this last night director of national intelligence john ratcliffe says iran is behind fake emails intimidating voters as russia voter information like they did in 2016. >> even if the adversaries further attempts to intim date or attempt to undermine voter confidence know that our election systems are resilient and you can be confident your votes are secure. steve: okay, russian president vladimir putin denied any involvement. let's bring in daniel hoffman, fox news contributor, former cia

guy. served in moscow, iraq and pakistan. uniquely credentialed to talk about this. daniel, what do you make of what the fbi and the director of national intelligence told us last night? >> well, first and foremost, reporting that iran and russia stowl our voter registration data. there is no indication that they accessed our election infrastructure. no indication that they have interfered with election tales. what i took away from last night is three things. this was indications and warnings to our citizens. that's really the first way for us to defend ourselves. that our citizens are aware of these spoofed emails. forewarned is forearmed. ainsley: daniel, the intelligence community says that iran is seconding these fake emails threatening democrats in alaska, florida and pennsylvania saying if you vote for trump -- you will vote for trump or we will come after you. we will know which candidate you

voted for. i would take this seriously if i were you. what would you say about how honest they are being christopher wray and john ratcliffe. has that opened before? have we known details like? we know they have interfered in the past. >> i think this is a new step for iran. let's make it clear, the iranians have been targeting our shipping in the gulf. they have been using proxy militias in iraq to target our people there and enriching uranium to higher grade levels. they are a major threat. they are taking this opportunity to try to interfere in our political process. both for iran and russia what scares them the most is democracy. it's liberty and freedom and democracy. everything that's enshrined in our constitution and bill of rights will make its way to tehran and moscow. those ruthless dictatorships would crumble immediately. brian: what about deterrence factor why do they feel they can do that blink their lights or take out an oil well or meanwhile we are reading

yesterday a couple days ago they had -- the russianst had five planes breach our airspace that we had to push back against. they are getting a little too bold. how do you get them back in line? >> i think, first of all, on the cyber front there is three things. talked about the indications. department of homeland security harr donned our infrastructure. this is a part that doesn't get a whole lot of coverage in the media unfortunately cyber commands mounting what he calls persistent engagement out in cyberspace targeting those who threaten us. viewers may recall the 2018 midterms when cyber commands reportedly launched preemptive attacks against russia's research agency. that's something we are doing as well in order to deter and to counter these threats. but make no mistake. it's a constant process. and, brian, you raised it correctly. that russia is being very bold and we need to counter them not just in cyberspace but in air, land and sea as well. steve: daniel hoffman, fox news contributor, thank you very

much. meanwhile, griff jenkins is live in nashville where it will be the closing argument tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. griff? griff: good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. let me jewels say out of the gate that i don't think we know exactly what to expect today in the final face-to-face showdown. one thing we do know it will be yet again unprecedented and that is, of course, the meeting you have microphones and will be the commission making a decision to mute the mik microphones but its not an all out just at will button. here's how it's going to work. okay. after the moderator asks a question to the candidates the other's mic will be muted allowing two minutes of uninterrupted answer. and then ask a question. after that period move into open discussion that will be the format for the six 15-minute segments. media dubbed by audio technician noted moderator. both can monitor. only the trump campaign is going to have someone in there president trump heading to a

rally weighed in on the changes. listen here. >> i think the mute is very unfair. and i think it's very bad that they are not talking about foreign affairs. they are supposed to be talking about foreign affairs. and i think that the anchor is a very biased person. her parents are very biased. but that's my life. >> stumping for biden off the trail. former president obama delivering one of his most searing president trump. going after the searing issue on the economy. >> i guess that this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited. and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. you know what? the job doesn't work that way. >> this comes as fox news' latest poll in the battle ground states shows biden leading in three states. up 12 in michigan. 5 in pennsylvania, 5 in pennsylvania while trump maintains a lead in ohio ahead

by 3. how is it going to go? we are not exactly sure. one thing people are talking about behind the scenes, guys, is what should happen if one of the candidates has a mic turned down but should decide to speak say loudly, will we hear it? only time will tell. only hours away now, brian, ainsley, steve? ainsley: everybody is going to be watching for several reasons but that's going to be one of them to see how this plays out. thank you, griff. something we haven't seen before. the polls are narrowing, does it account for the shy voter? dots it account for the mail-in voter. barack obama was out on the campaign trail. he was in a drive buy campaign n rally. instead of promoting joe biden he was hitting donald trump more. listen to this. >> i never thought donald trump would embrace my vision or continue my policies but i did hope for the sake of the country that he might show some interest in taking the job seriously. but it hasn't happened.

he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends will or treating the presidency like a reality show that he can use to get attention. ainsley: people that do work in the white house would argue against that they would say he does work. he works 24/7. he held nine rallies in the past 8 days. he also went on to say that the president can't take credit for the economy that he inherited that. he said he hits him pretty hard on how he handled covid and said if judge coney barrett, if she is confirmed, she will take away your healthcare. brian: barack obama can get big crowds and so can the president. barack obama was in front of cars maybe for the first time in his career i would imagine. barack obama hit the president even more vicious when he was doing more work than hillary clinton to get her elected. when he outworked her. but he goes ahead into the race in which joe biden presumably is leading. when it comes to the battle ground states and real clear average, it is almost exactly where donald trump was when he

upset hillary clinton. and the other thing you can't say is donald trump didn't do anything. hundreds of judges, three trade deals, paying more. two major middle east peace deals. moving the embassy to jerusalem. and i don't think anybody out there, the biggest trump detractor on the planet, let's say like john bolton on anthony scaramucci blames the president for the crash in the economy. if you do that, you make people roll your eyes and say you are not even taking it serious. he closed it down for six weeks and mostly democratic governors are just keeping it closed down until after november 3rd. steve: meanwhile, after the former president appeared at that philly sports complex on behalf of joe biden. donald trump last night in gastonia hit back at barack obama for, you know, one thing about barack obama's speech yesterday was it was more fiery and more passionate than anything i think we have actually seen from joe biden himself during the campaign.

here's the president on the former president campaigning for the former vice president. >> somebody said, sir, maybe this isn't -- president obama is campaigning for sleepy joe biden. and i said ha, that's good news and bad news. tell me, are you saying it's good or bad. i guess it's bad. no, it's good. there was nobody that campaigned harder for crooked hillary clinton than obama. he was all over the place. steve: all right. that's what the president was doing last night. as of yesterday morning, he had two one-hour debate preps scheduled on the calendar. up clear if he actually did that or if it was more, you know, informal. nomination, his advisers hope he can get under joe biden's skin but urged him not to, you know, do what we saw last time which was a lot of interrupte interru. ainsley: let's talk about the

black male voter. momentum. we have heard from ice cube, 50-cent. jason walker. here is what whitlock says. listen. >> i think there is clear momentum for president trump particularly, i think, with black men. i think we have been carrying on a facade for three and a half years as black men that somehow we can't relate to donald trump. there has been a charade, i think, particularly among black men pretending that they don't have something in common with president trump and that facade. look at the money he has directed federal government to hvcus. this deal he has negotiated with ice cube about the platinum play. he may actually follow through on it. i just think that rings true and compelling to a lot of black men. ainsley: according to pugh research, 64% of eligible black women voted in the lazarus election. 54% of eligible black men voted

in 2016. 98% went for hillary. 81% for hillary as men. trump got 14% of the black male vote that was an improvement from mitt romney who got 11% in 2012. so it's curious to find out or we are all curious to find out ice cube 50-cent. herschel walker and jason whitlock if that will make a difference and increase percentage for donald trump. brian: if jason whitlock didn't matter, if the president didn't care, he doesn't get time. first person i knew to approach the president about criminal justice reform and what it takes to get african-americans into society in a way which gives them greater opportunity was jim brown. he said what everyone is saying about president trump i got more access to president trump in the first six months of his time than i got with 8 years of president obama. and jim brown was the guy that you see in black and white video marching with kareem abdul-jabbar and muhammed ali in the 196 0z.

intrigued by how intrigued the president was. if you think about kanye west. well people say kanye west look how crazy he acted in the oval office. he has a huge constituency. i will tell you what, republicans have been an embarrassment because they have not made legitimate effort at the black vote for 20 years. now they are making legitimate effort. thethey have opportunity zones funding for historical black colleges. they are listening and criminal justice reform in many cases proof of them acting. let's see results in any type of success in the polls. really intrigued by that interview that jason whitlock did yesterday on outkick.com and aired some of that with tucker carlson last night. jillian mele has other breaking news we have remember upstairs. jillian: the man accused of murdering a south carolina sheriff deputy faces a judge. ray kelly started a fight with deputies during a traffic stop on tuesday. kelly's car sped up causing two crashes.

sergeant conley jumper was killed. funeral tomorrow. on the force for 28 years and leaves behind a wife and daughter. health and human services secretary alex azar says a covid-19 vaccine could be available to all americans by late march. the federal government is currently manufacturing six potential vaccines. one is cleared by the fda. the vaccine also be districted to people most at risk for covid-19 and essential healthcare workers. country music's best honored at a socially stanced cmt awards. cane brown, sarah highland and ashley mcbride hosting the show from different locations. leukemiluke combs and brooks ant got got things started. special quarantine ranger smith for don't cough on me. chris young walking away with performance of the year after singing drowning on the cmt arteth was year and carrie

underwood taking home top prize video of the year for drinking alone. underwood has 22 total awards most in the show's history. i feel like a lot of us can really get down with this drinking alone thing this year. ainsley: that was the name of the song. ainsley: thank you so much, jillian. judge amy coney barrett could be confirmed to the supreme court before the election. but carrie severino warns her nomination could be undone if democrats win in november. she explains how right after the break. but, first here is little big town performing wine, beer, whiskey at last night's country music awards. ♪ ♪

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i decided that i wanted to go for electrical engineering and you need to go to college for that. if i didn't have internet in the home i would have to give up more time with my kids. which is the main reason i left the military. everybody wants more for their kids, but i feel like with my kids, they measurably get more than i ever got. and i get to do that. i get to provide that for them. ainsley: the vote must go on senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham vowing to go ahead with amy coney barrett's

despite the democrats plan to boycott the panel vote. her will move forward regardless of the boycott. new spod a milestone that can be undone. here to explain is carrie severino the president of the judicial crisis network. hey, carrie. >> hi, ainsley. >> explain to the folks who are watching how the democrats can undo this confirmation. >> yeah, you know, it's shocking after the amazing performance we saw from amy coney barrett her personal commitment to the rule of law to wanting to take politics out of the process. the democrats are actually trying to shove it back in. not only are they trying to remove now senator feinstein from her committee role because she was too polite and civil to the republicans. this is shocking. but there is increased talk of packing the court. trying to add seats to the supreme court that many democrats announcing they open to if they had the control of both congress and the white house wanted they would add seats to the supreme court because they don't want to have

people like amy coney barrett who are simply committed to the rule of law on there. what they really would like to see is an unelected super legislature that would simply be enacting liberal policies from the bench. i don't think that's what america wants. i'm really worried because i think it has not only short-term harm to the country in terms of throwing the court off and triggering a quid pro quo increasing the court after the nauseam buy real damage to ou b. >> democrats simply because they gain power are adding seats to the supreme court. i think what that would trigger is a one-way ratchet of each party then gaining power adding more seats. even people like senator bernie sanders has acknowledged this would be bad for the country because of that ruth bader ginsburg said that would be the result. so have you both sides trying to gain control of the court turns it into even more of a political

football than it already is if you could possibly imagine that under all of this is really treating the justifiables, again, not like judges. because i think people -- judges who are looking to just what the law says and what the constitution says should be what people on both sides of the aisle are looking for and that's what amy coney barrett represents. they don't want that they want judges who are going to act like politicians. that's why they tried to change the subject during the hearings to what her political views are every time. and that's not what a judge should be doing. a judge should be looking at the law. ainsley: carrie, can democrats do anything can they do anything to prevent packing the court down the road? >> well, we have seen some efforts, senator cruz an attempt to try to change the triewls make it harder. still something the democrats, if they controlled the senate, could change again with the majority vote. so it's not permanent. others have suggested a constitutional amendment. that takes a lot of effort and a lot of votes to get that done. i would think that might be a safe option for americans to be able to prevent this from

happening in the future. that's really the only way to prevent it long term. >> ainsley: okay, carrie, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. coming up, illegal immigrant charged with murdering police sergeant could death penalty. art joins us live to remember his fallen brother in blue. that's next. it's either the assurance of a 165-point certification process.

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brian: houston police community is mourning the death of one of their own after horrific attack charles preston was shot and sadly killed tuesday while responding to a domestic violence call. now, ice says his accused killer in the u.s. illegally. elmer man zan know a convicted kilo from el salvador could face the death penalty as he is charged with murder. art as slide dough joins us

more. terrible loss for you and everyone at the department can you give us an idea what took place? >> yes. we had been out to that location to vated potential issues with domestic violence acouple times before but nothing had risen to arrestable offense. tuesday morning sergeant preston was at the scene with a couple officers to help the 14-year-old son to get cooperation from the suspect to move out. she had had enough and sadly at one point the 14-year-old boy opened the door, unlocked it with the key. as the door opens, our officers are outside. he says oh my god he has got a gun. he starts shooting. struck his own son with gunfire. struck officer courtney waller in the arm with gunfire and sadly he struck sergeant preston. sergeant preston was able to respond and return fire.

he fired one round. actually struck him in the abdomen and suffice it to say obviously we are here because tragically he died. he died a hero. he lived a great life. he was a great son. a great cop. above all else he was a great human being and we are going to miss him greatly. brian: unbelievable it. shows you the nature of your job. domestic dispute. have you been there before. you think you know what you are getting into. my goodness you she up domestic dispute that's what people are saying law enforcement has to show one domestic dispute with therapist and psychologists. house would that have gone? >> you know, we do -- qui use multi-disciplinary response with our cert teams, our crisis intervention response teams that actually has healthcare professionals with us. >> we don't put them in harm's way. domestic violence calls are some of the most dangerous. we lost sergeant christopher

brewster two years ago on december 7th. and he was gunned down by a man that's a coward. men that abuse their wives and children are cowards. crowrdz dangerous because they have no respect for the sanctity of life let alone their own family. brian: this guy doesn't even belong here. look at his rap sheet. unlawful -- charged one lawful carrying a firearm in 2004. 2,000 two separate assault charge. 2001 causing bodily assault to a family member. 2002 evading arrest with motor vehicle. how does he stay here in 2020. this was a time bomb ready to blowed a we knew about it 20 years ago. >> you know, one of the things that we talk about as police chiefs with our partners at dhs is that law enforcement and will federal officers very little resource. we have worked with our partners

especially hli homeland security veafingses to try to focus our resources on people that are violent. undocumented violent. at the end of the day, our number one priority has to be the sanctity of life which means the protection of the american people from violence and including other undocumented immigrants those that are just here to work. sadly disproportionately impacted the most by undocumented immigrants because that's who they victimize thoughing that they would be afraid to come forward. that was the case here. because the victim she was undocumented and he kept threatening her that fortunately she finally did come forward and no one else was killed than sergeant preston who did his job to the very end. brian: i'm not a lawyer. do you one of these things you should be gone forever. real quick, chief, how is the other officer doing? >> he is hurting

psychologically, emotionally. he lost a sergeant and he had surgery -- one surgery already. is he going to have another one today. we have been visiting with him. and we are going to be there for him and his family. and we are going to celebrate the life of sergeant harold preston that not many people will say his name. but we will. we will say his name. we will engrave his name and celebrate his life and make sure that his 23-year-old daughter knows that her daddy died a hero. and he will will be remembered as a hero and never forgotten. brian: his blue and black life matters thank you so much. >> thank you. brian: the trump campaign says they will keep a close eye on the person in charge of the mute button tonight as the debate commission defends the move. joe concha here to react next. before the presidential debate kicks off. ask viewers to fox bet super 6 and here is the winning question. how many times will joe biden say the phrase come on man. enter for a free chance to win $50,000. download the fox bet super 6

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steve: i wonder who that person is somebody who is not is joe con charges media reporter for the hill. joe, after the last debate. the first debate where the president was interrupted a lot and joe biden called the president a clown. went back and forth. the commission said there would be structural changes. this someone of them. what do you think? >> absolutely. i old enough to remember 2012 and joe biden debated paul ryan in the debate that year and joe biden interrupted paul ryan. i went back and looked 82 times after that. i didn't see any structural changes being made i guess there is only one vice presidential debate. still you don't change the rules in the beginning. right in the middle of this particular process. it's like the debate commission has now become the pulitzer bureau. you have to wonder why. first they moved the second debate which never happened unilaterally to a virtual debate and then decided we can't have that debate even though last week we saw that debate absolutely could have happened. did they cancel that debate

because of steve scully because he sent out tweets, for instance in 2016 saying no not trump not ever or turned anthony scaramucci one of the president's most vocal critics for advice like is he dr. phil. it seems like the debate commission has completely lost control of this process and by changing the rules, it may add to a little bit more mistrust in terms of are they favoring one candidate other another, guys? ainsley: the president tweeted out a picture with lesley stahl from his 60 minutes interview and threatening to release that interview before it airs next weekend. in an attempt to expose how fake and bias the sitdown was, he says. what are your predictions? do you think he will do that? >> well, you never can predict anything successfully probably with this president, anxiously. but i went back and looked. i wanted to see okay is lesley stahl actually biased? i looked at interviews she has given to other publications. in this case 2018 nantucket magazine asked first quote do you believe there is liberal bias in the media? her conclusion after trashing

fox news which had nothing to do with the actual question she said, quote: i don't think that when you look at the "new york times," "the washington post," cbs news and so forth that there is a liberal bias. that's interesting because, you know, the "new york times" hasn't endorsed a republican presidential candidate in the last 16 elections. have you got to go back 64 years. "the washington post" has never endorsed a g.o.p. presidential candidate in its history. so just around the whole is the "new york times" and "the washington post" biased two markers as far as that's concerned. she is then asked in the same interview can you think of anything positive about the trump presidency? she responds, quote: i still can't believe trump won. he couldn't believe it. he said he knew all along he didn't. his body language showed he was in shock three days after. now body language expert. becoming with acone man band policy. changing the system. really amazed not in a flattering i way. no she has no animus towards the president. brian: he didn't walk off. he will ended after 37 minutes. plenty of time.

he didn't do the walk and talk which is with the vice president. and if you watch that interview you could see the body language. and i'm not an expert but she looked so upset that he won. after that, i would jewels say yeah, i heard leslie still has a request for an interview. i'm not going to do it. that probably would have been a better move. we will see on "60 minutes" on sunday. they are helping sell the show. joe concha, thanks so much. >> thanks. got to go doing the old billie banks the tie bow in the dvd bad diner food got to work that off. you remember? brian: no sleeves. cut off your sleeves. >> like you, brian. brian: thank you i'm going to take my sleeves off after the show. janice dean is wearing sleeves, i believe. janice, sleeves? janice: yes, i'm wearing sleeves. brian: that's your toss. janice: thank you for asking. i love you, brian. i really do. you know what? it's too cold for going sleeveless across portions of the northern plains and the northern rockies because there

is snow happening. this is round 2. we have round 3 that is just around the corner. we have had record breaking snow across some of these areas. snow it'snowtober. there is the next system on its path from this last system that brought the record breaking snow over parts of minnesota as well as the dakotas and rockies could get a foot or more. look at that. that's incredible for this time of year. more snow on the way. south of that that's where we have the gusty winds, the dry conditions and the warm temperatures. fortunately we are not getting any of that moisture into areas that need to see it. where we have the wildfires that continue to burn. can you believe we are still talking about the tropics? this thing exploded in the last 24 hours. it was a major hurricane category 3 epsilon. the good news is it's going to move east of bermuda. it's going to give us a lot of very high waves, rough surf and

relationshirip current along th. keep you up to date. steve, ainsley and brian, back to you my friends. steve: there you go. j.d., thank you. news time with jillian. jillian: also wearing sleeves. good morning, let's beginning your headlines with this story. the fbi subpoena of hunter biden's purported laptop is connected to a money laundering probe. government officials confirming to fox news that the case i.d. in this document is used by the bureau to classify money laundering. now it, sun clear if the 2019 probably is ongoing or if it is directly related to hunter biden. this as a former business partner of hunter biden confirming to the "new york post" that he witnessed joe biden discussing deals with his son. tony balinski signing off on denial saying the bidens had gone behind my back and gotten paid millions of dollars by the chinese even though they told me they hadn't and wouldn't do that to their partners. a utah sheriff sergeant says a

hiker survival story just doesn't add up. holly was rescued from zion national park after going missing for nearly two weeks. she says she survived from drinking river water. but the sergeant is questioning that claim saying, in part, quote: if she had been drinking that water, unless she had some really high immune system, she would have been very, very ill. he also doubts her claim of a serious head injury. a spokesperson for her has not comment you had. keep you updated. legendary college football coach bobby bowden sharing emotional message after overcoming covid-19. i want to thank all many, many people thinking of and praying for me over the last two weeks. god just wasn't ready to take me home yet. until that time we are here on earth and america is the greatest country this side of heaven. he also urged americans to vote for president trump writing, quote: i have had the chance to get a lot of wins in my life but

i really wanted to win this one because i wanted to be around to vote for president trump. bowden has spoken at several rallies for the president after he finished coaching. he spent 34 years at florida state university racking up over 300 wins and two national championships. brian: impossible not to be around him and get motivated. he still purpose you up. did two or three book tours he came by. >> he was the coach that wen wht to florida state. steve: is he better that's great news. brian: he might be watching, by the way. ainsley: we wish you well if you are. former president obama slamming president trump while campaigning for joe biden. >> cases are rising again across this country. donald trump isn't suddenly going to protect all of us. he can't even take the basic stepping to protect himself. ainsley: our next guest says the timing of president obama's appearance is, quote, suspect. first, here is luke colmes and

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it's frightening and sad. that was trump's whole thing, you know, take the politics out of it and run it like one of his businesses. i know people were looking for that kind of change, but it's not working. you know, we've only gotten more in debt, we have this virus now out of control, people out of work, no healthcare. how is that helping people? we need someone that knows what they're doing, and i think it's biden. i know he will listen to the experts. that's what we need. i trust him 100% to get this under control. he has the capability to bring us back together. i'm joe biden, and i approve this message.

>> i never thought donald trump would embrace my vision or continue my policies. but i did hope for the sake of the country that he might show some interest in taking the job seriously. but it hasn't happened. he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends. steve: former president obama came out swicking against president trump yesterday as he held his first in person rally for joe in pennsylvania. here with reaction the co-chair of black voices for trump stacy washington joining us from the st. louis area. stacey, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> why do you think -- why do you think barack obama waited until 13 days before the election? >> you know, that's not the same

thing when he was running. he had all the surrogates out from day one. they had the organizing for america apparatus and they were just fantastic. now for joe biden and i understand there is a pandemic. i understand people wanting to be safe. but you still have to touch voters where they're, steve. where people are right now is at home. so knock on the door and stepping back 6 or 12 feet and saying hey, i'm here for my candidate, that's what the trump administration and the trump campaign is doing. and i don't see why he would wait until this point to come out other than he feels like he has some cachet with black america that will instantly motivate voters. i don't think he does anymore. steve: why do you think that? >> well, for one thing, he is speaking to groups of like 8 or 9 people. so, it's not like is he doing a viral video. it's not like he is saying let me gather 60,000 people online and let's kind of be cool. that whole thick that he had, steve, back when he was running. it was him outdoors.

it was him in large venues. it was him speaking to people in crowds there were flags waving overhead and beautiful wife and kids with him. this is not that and this is not, you know, 2009. this is 2020. and what we need is someone who has clear, defined plans for americans. and that's not barack obama and it's not joe biden. steve: i will tell you what, stacey, yesterday barack obama was taking credit for the economy. today, listen to this. >> i get that this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited. and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. but you know what the job doesn't work that way. steve: what do you think of that? >> [laughter] okay. so, steve, didn't they spend the first three years of the obama administration blaming the economy on george bush? they oversaw the slowest recovery in the history of

recovery. and now that president trump has brought the lowest black unemployment rate. the lowest unemployment rate for women and hispanics, the best g.d.p. we have had in decades, now all of a sudden he is taking credit? he owns five homes. he should go back to martha's vineyard and chill instead of saying things like that. we know better. steve: stacy, usc on the ground looking how things are in missouri and elsewhere. what does the election look like in 12 days to you? >> well, i have been very pleased to hear about the millions of doors and tens of millions of phone calls that have been made, doors knocked, calls made by trump victory. but the biggest issue is voter registration and republicans have closed the gap in all of the battle ground states on registrations. in pennsylvania we now have more registrations than ever before for republicans. and with -- that coupled with the fact that we are out knocking on doors and president doing rallies and actually giving plans like platinum plan for black america.

$500 million of investment and other things the president is doing for all americans. steve: right. >> i think we are looking great for november 3rd. it's going to be a win for president trump. steve: all right. that's your prediction. stacy, thank you for joining us on this thursday. >> thanks, steve. good morning. steve: good morning to you. moving on congressman adam schiff says he does not trust dni ratcliffe's warning about election interference that you heard last night. >> we don't know whether this is just ratcliffe's spin or whether it's the assessment of the analyst. steve: okay. we're going to talk to jim jordan about that top of the hour and look at all of those other guests on this thursday "fox & friends." ♪

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wait 15 minutes before reinserting contacts. got any room in your eye? talk to an eye doctor about twice-daily xiidra. i prefer you didn't! xiidra. not today, dry eye. ainsley: russia and iran trying to interfere with our election. >> they hope will cause confusion and undermine your confidence. >> for iran and russia what scares them the most is democracy. brian: we are finally on debate day. >> i don't think we know exactly what to expect but one thing we do know is that it will be yet again unprecedented and that is, of course, the muting of microphones. >> according to a breaking report, the laptop connected to hunter biden is linked now to an fbi money laundering probe. >> democrats are doing all they can to stop acb's confirmation. >> judiciary members will boycott. >> they want junction who are going to act like politicians.

that's why they tried to change the subject during her hearings to what her political views are. >> and ballgame is over. taylor strikes out and the tampa bay rays and even this world series at a game apiece. ♪ we like it loud ♪ we like it honking ♪ the party won't be ready until we. steve: okay, a dozen days. as you can see right there. 14 hours until the big debate tonight. hope you are going to watch right here on fox news channel. we have got the best coverage anywhere, ainsley. ainsley: all right. if you get up early, take a nap. we will all be watching and have it all for you tomorrow morning as well. all the highlights. brian: the president is going to be in the building 8:25. 4:00 he is going to do an event for donors. how relaxed is this guy doing events nonstop while joe biden is taking -- he worked sunday, took saturday off. taken off monday, tuesday,

wednesday and today did local interviews. doesn't answer many questions. let's go to a fox news alert. u.s. intelligence officials warning iran and russia about trying to meddle in our election. they are doing it already. steve: sounds like director of national intelligence john ratcliffe told us last night iran is behind fake emails intimidating voters has russia has gotten their hands on u.s. voter information like they did back in 2016. the fbi director is assuring americans their vote will be secure. >> you should be confident that your vote counts. the men and women of the fbi remain committed to protecting the american people. our democracy and the integrity of our elections. we are not going to let our guard down. ainsley: russian president vladimir putin has denied any involvement. let's bring in ohio g.o.p. congressman jim jordan, ranking member on the house judiciary committee. good morning to you. >> good morning. good to be with you. ainsley: good morning. what do you make of all of this? >> i think it's interesting, you

know iran is probably no accident that iran is trying to help joe biden the same obama-biden administration gave them a bunch of money. the real story never trumpers lincoln project is using that information to go after the president. using this disinformation and frankly, i thought about in this morning. this is not the first time that the people have used this disinformation to go after the president. remember during impeachment fiona hill says the dossier was russian disinformation and the people that used that got played by the russians there that's the part that really gets me. the idea that the never trumper lincoln project is using this information to go after the president is just as wrong as it gets. but it shouldn't surprise us, frankly that they want joe biden to win after all he gave them a bunch of cash. brian: bunch of republicans reject trying to find their place in the world. adam schiff heard this and took this shot playing politics in his very respectable position. listen.

>> as far as director ratcliffe's statement, the two examples that he gave of iranian interference, the mailing of these emails purportedly from the proud boys to democratic voters appear to be an earth to suppress the democratic vote or an effort to inflame the democratic vote or simply to sow chaos. it's hard to see how that could be hurtful to the president. we don't know whether this is just ratcliffe's spin or whether it's the assessment of the analyst. sadly, for the american people is, they can rely on what they hear from the fbi director. they cannot rely on what they hear from the director of national intelligence without proof on the table. brian: i love the way he plays pretend as if he wasn't briefed. he knows exactly what it all means and what the intent was and what the analysts say. >> john ratcliffe is a good man doing a great job for this country. adam schiff should not be questioning anyone's trustworthiness when he was the

guy who told us that he had no contact with the whistleblower and we know for a fact that his staff met with the whistleblower. so the idea that he is now going to be the guy who can talk about credibility. you have got to be kidding me. we lived through three years of adam schiff going on tv every night and saying that there is more than circumstantial evidence that the president colluded with russia, when in fact, we know he didn't and we now know based on john brennan's notes that it was all conjured up by hillary clinton and we know because ric grenell released a transcript that these folks, these same 50 people who went after this laptop issue this past week, these same 50 people that had no evidence, no credibility, no predicate for opening the trump-russia investigation when they did. now he is lecturing us about john ratcliffe who is doing a good job in that should tick every american off and persuade them to go vote for president trump even more that really makes me mad to hear adam schiff say that. steve: jim, sit there for just a second. we are going to talk a little bit about politics because tonight, the big debate.

griff jenkins is live in nashville with a preview. griff? >> hey, steve, ainsley and brian good morning to you. congressman is talking about americans being upset. i have to wonder whether or not this comes up in the debate. now, it's not on the topic list. but this breaking news with the intelligence certainly i think has to come up. we will have to find out. we will also see these unprecedented changes. the mute button as it will. it's not an at will mute button. a rule change. let me explain how it's going to work. each candidate will have up to two minutes to answer a debate moderator question uninterrupted. each of them get that opportunity. that's how it will happen. and it will be that way for all six of the 15 minute segments. when they are not in the two minute period they will have open discussion both mics will be open. the muting will be done not by moderator kristen welker but by audio technician. both campaigns had the option to put someone in the audio booth with the technician. only the trump campaign plans to

put somebody in there during the debate. the president weighed in when he was departing for the rally on the changes. listen. >> i think the mute is very unfair. and i think it's very bad that they are not talking about foreign affairs. they are supposed to be talking about foreign affairs. >> then later, at that rally in north carolina. he hammered his opponent tonight. >> if biden wins the flag burning demonstrators in the street will be running your federal government. don't worry, it's not going to happen. our country will never be a socialist country. >> meanwhile, as you guys mentioned. biden off the campaign trail leaving the hard work again to his running mate kamala harris and former president obama who delivered, perhaps his hydrocarbonnest rebukcases are .

donald trump isn't suddenlinely going to protect all of us. he can't even take the basic stepping to protect himself. >> this comes as fox news' latest polls in the battle ground states show biden leading in three states, up 12 in michigan, five in pennsylvania and five in wisconsin while trump has a slight lead in ohio ahead by three. tune in tonight, guys. it all kicks off at 6:00 p.m. with bret and martha as we all get ready to see exactly what happens with just 12 days to go, brian, ainsley and steve? steve: thank you so much. bring back in jim jordan he will be over where jim was a second ago. jim, do you think that the former vice president will be asked about hunter and things like that? the cover of the "new york post" this morning has a story about a statement from hunter biden's business partner who essentially confirms that the emails are legit according to the headline. >> we now know beyond a shadow of the doubt the laptop is

hunter biden's. the emails are in fact referenced the big guy referenced in one of the emails is in fact joe biden. we know hunter biden had deals with communist, ukraine. state department says was a concern getting cash from the mayor of moscow's wife. all of that, of course this should come up. what i also hope really comes up is the president stresses what he did for the american people. the fact that he said he would cut taxes and did. said he would reduce regulations and did. said we would have a roaring economy and we did. said he would get out of iran deal and we did. said he would put the ambassador in jerusalem and did he. said he would build the wall and he did. said he would do a new usmca nafta agreement and did he. put out a list and choose on that list to put on the highest court in our country and picked from that list mr. gulch, mr. kavanaugh they are on the court. put out another list selected from that list amy coney barrett and she is going on the court in a matter days. no president. no president has done more of what they said they would do than this guy. s that should come out tonight loudly and clearly and the

american people understand that. and, of course, this hunter biden issue should come out because it goes to the credibility of joe biden to the heart of his campaign and the fact that you have tech giants, tech companies censoring this information is ridiculous as wees just 12 days before this important election. ainsley: well, hunter biden in one of the purported emails on may 13th, 2017, allegedly talked about 10 held by h. we don't know what that means maybe -- there are different maybe 10 million held by h. steve: hunt. jb who is the big guy he writes about. his business partner tony steve was talk about this earlier. this is the statement he released. what i'll outline something fact. i know it is fact because i lived it. i'm the ceo of holdings a partnership between the chinese operating through cefc chairman ye and the biden family. i was brought into the company

to be the ceo by james gilliar and hunter biden. the email is in fact a reference to joe biden. the other jb referenced in the email is jim biden. joe's brother. i have seen vice president biden saying he never talked to hunt about his business. i have seen firsthand that that's not true. because it wasn't just hunter's business. they said that they were putting the biden family name and its legacy on the line. wow. what do you think? >> no, we know the answer. this just further confirms what we already knew. the answers to those three fundamental questions is the laptop joe biden? yes. we have a drop slip. guy business partner will testify to it. are the emails accurate? yes the guy who is the business partner just told you that this is -- these emails are accurate and, of course, the bringing guy reference is, in fact, to the former vice president joe biden. the media should ask joe biden those three questions. ask him to answer those three questions and then the more important question.

why won't you say so? why won't you answer those questions? but they won't do it and frankly over the last few days they haven't had a chance to do it because he won't come out of the basement to even talk to the press. brian: on top of that they go on bobounski he spent decades in the military. he read the johnson report 97 pages. it revealed tens of millions of dollars were being passed to the bidens where he was using it as a piggy bank, hunter. he realize you had these guys were going behind my back getting cash payments from chinese officials. he says i'm asking the biden family to address the american people and outline the facts so he can go back to his life of being irrelevant. he says he looked behind the curtain and concerned what he saw. he says the aggressive way in which they leveraged the family name to make millions is something millions from china is something the american people must know about. now, when the president brings this up if he just says hunter did this and they get into substance abuse which we saw sadly so many of us can relate

to. that's getting off the track. that's what happened last time. so the president has got to be prepared to do it and zero in on not on hunter's business dealings. on thousand relates to joe biden and how he might be compromised with china. >> i think that's right. and frankly the other big question. let's just be honest is twitter going to continue to censor the "new york post"? are they going to continue to block people from getting access. brian: the answer is yes. >> right. so, let's hope that jack dorsey and mark zuckerberg and these folks that they are subpoenaed now by the united states senate. they are brought in front of the committee and asked the tough questions. why are you preventing the american people from getting access to critical information about a candidate for the highest office in our country for the most important position in the world? why are you preventing the american people from getting information about that? just 12 days before this election. brian: right. they are going to bring up the fact that the president paid $177,000 in taxes and has no office there he is an

international business person who has not done business there he buys things and makes golf courses. what does hunter biden do in the money is there and you have to have an office to have business in china. ivanka's patent you need a patent to work in china or else they knock off everything you make. that's called international business which they were doing before they got this job. jim jordan, great to see you. and you almost buttoned your button. i was not surprised no jacket but little surprised you didn't button the top button today. >> okay thanks, man. take care. brian: he went to law school he probably would have been nominated to the supreme court. bye jim jordan. ainsley: all right. it is 7:14 here on the east coast. coming up, some in the media show the polls show president trump has no chance in 12 days. our next guest says forget the polls. the crowds tell the real story. ♪

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news in the polls for donald trump. steve: despite massive boat flotillas, car parades and standing only rallies many in the media make it sound there is no hope for president trump to win re-election. over the last four months our next guest has traveled all across the country to speak to everyday americans. in his latest op-ed he says forget the polls, the silent majority is alive and well and growing. political comedian tim young joins us right now. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: you quote a great column yesterday in the "washington times" by why you don't believe the polls. it all started at a barbershop not far from minneapolis. right? >> yes. i was outside of minneapolis about 20 minutes out. getting my hair cut. and i just kind of talked to everyone around the country when i'm traveling about what they think about the polls. how covid has affected them. i asked if anyone had been given a poll. the barber spoke up and said he and his wife had been called by

polsters and they lied and they said they were voting for joe biden because just down the road there were a lot of riots. not just in minneapolis but in kenosha, wisconsin, and they were afraid not just for maybe being targeted by folks who were violent but also people who would target their business for them being trump supporters. steve: people had been polled flat out lied even though they were going to vote for trump because they didn't want to put themselves in danger, right? >> absolutely. i have been hearing more and more from folks. i put that up on my twitter and also in barbershop other people piped up we did the same thing. this seems to be a trend that's happening. when you see these organic boat flotillas going through and parades and everything. this just doesn't happen. it hasn't happened for any other candidate and the polls don't add up. that starts to make sense when folks are saying they are lying to polsters. steve: also, you have been asking everybody do you know somebody who voted for trump in 2016 and are going to vote

against him now? and what do they say? >> no. everyone says that the folks who voted -- sorry, the folks who voted against him in 2016 are voting for him now. the folks who had voted for him in 2016 are voting again for him. he has unprecedented support. it's weird to say you believe one to poll and not the other. it's interesting when you see the polls that show overwhelming people saying that they have a better life than they had four years ago. that they believe in him and the economy. but somehow they are not going to vote for him? it doesn't add up. steve: so, when people look at the polls, what should they think? we have been talking about the shy trump voter. this is a voter though ho flat out lies about this. imagine folks who get phone calls from like a cbp poll. calling from cnn. most people in the middle of the country go click when that happens. steve: what is your prediction about what happens in 12 days? >> i think we are going to see a

crazy blow out for president trump. we are going to see a lot of folks in the media cry a lot more. a lot of folks in the media cite a lot more than they did in 2016. steve: tim young author of i hate democrats. i hate republicans. it's a book. tim, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thanks for having me. steve: meanwhile, coming up one kansas university student says she was disciplined by her sorority after posting her conservative views on social media. she is going to join ainsley coming up next. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started.

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jillian: good morning back with headlines, illegal immigrant accused of killing a houston police sergeant could face the death penalty. elmer manzano charged with capital murder due in court tomorrow. 41 year veteran weeks from retirement. houston police chief art acevedo joined to us remember his brother in blue. >> we are going to celebrate the life of sergeant preston not many people will say his name but we will. we'll say his name. engrave his name and celebrate his life. jillian: former services have

not been announced. overnight out of control colorado wildfires forcing hundreds of evacuations. the east troublesome fire exploding by 5,000 acres in just one day northwest of denver. the cammeron peak fire spreading to more than 200,000 acres making it the largest in state's history. firefighters hope snow in the forecast will bring relief. american astronaut chris cassidy returns to earth after six months on the international space station. >> and you can see s so so tou. >> cassidy and two russian astronauts landed by parachute overnight in kazakhstan. he conducted experiments and replaced batteries on the station. is he said to be in good health. expected to fly back to his home in houston. how cool is that? ainsley? ainsley: thank you, jillian. university of kansas student was put on probation by her sorority for, quote, unbecoming behavior

after sharing conservative viewpoints and posts on social media. including one by candace owens that was critical of black lives matter. the sorority telling the college student the disciplinary action was taken because of, quote: the argumentative communication, verbal or otherwise, with members as a result of your social media posts that disregard different opinions. joining us now, that sorority member university of kansas student catherine lower. hey, kathleen, thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. ainsley: tell us what happened. >> so i was contacted by our chief operating officer on october 5th inviting me to a member development committee on allegations that i had made members feel uncomfortable and alarmed. >> and what happened next brew punished? >> i was sent to this meeting and in this meetings i was targeted and asked to admit my white privilege. which is why i assumed that is

candace owens tweet i at this point have not been told what i have done exactly that was wrong. i reached out to the chief operating officer three times to gain thrart on my action so i could make amends and i still have not learned or been contacted what i did wrong. following this meeting i was placed on discretionary probation. >> the terms of my probation included me taking a week off of social media to have a social media cleanse i was to watch a video chosen by the diverse and collusion committee to learn about america today. ainsley: they said they were disregarding differing opinions but what about them disregarding your opinions? >> yes. that's something that i was a big reason why i wanted to come on here and share my story. i want to thank you for reaching tout me and allowing me to do so. ainsley: what do they do about people who are tweeting out

anti-trump messages? >> right. as of now there has been no repercussion or reprimands for those people who have said anti-trump things or hurtful things about trump or people who support trump him lead the statement sharing political viewpoints respectfully. members will be held respond cybil with the theta that accountability process for any actions or comments that are derogatory or hateful in nature or that are counter to our efforts in building a supportive, diverse, and inclusive sisterhood. are you satisfied with that? i really did reflect on social media after all of this came out. i printed my post. made sure there was nothing alarming or that would make people truly feel uncomfortable.

i was sigh lepszed because of my conservative opinion. i don't feel i should be screen suffered because of that they need to make a change in this process and have a little bit more transparency regarding telling members what actions they did wrong in order to truly understand the actions they committed. ainsley: catherine, are you going to stay in the sorority. >> i want to stay in the sorority. i think there is a lot to be said to the fact that people need to have their voices heard and i want to make that conservative voice heard. i just reali want a change n the member development committee system and the way that it performs and the way they handle the situation. ainsley: catherine, thank you so much. we wish you all the best. >> thank you so much. ainsley: you are welcome. coming up the senate judiciary committee is set to vote on judge amy coney barrett's nomination to the supreme court today. but democrats are planning to boycott it.

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girls are gonna grow up and be about buproud of me for. that my reporter: facebook ceo mark zuckerberg admits a "operational mistake" after the company failed to take down a page promoting vigilante events in kenosha. the complaint says one of the 6 main suspects, adam fox, live streamed a video on a private facebook group. zuckerberg: i go home and just ask, "will my girls be proud of what i did today?" >> i think the mute is very unfair. i think it's very bad that they are not talking about foreign affairs. they are supposed to be talking about foreign affairs. and i think that the anchor is a very biased person per parents

are very biased but that's my life. brian: here we go. that is the president of the united states yesterday with the chopper going and he was set to go over to north carolina. let's bring in louisiana g.o.p. senator i don't know kennedy. member of the senate fiduciary committee. is he going to be busy this afternoon with a supreme court justice nomination and a lot of empty seats must have been identified by democrats about now poster boards. there is way for him to talk foreign affairs. and man is joe biden vulnerable. his first secretary of defense said he has been wrong with every foreign affair and national security issue over the past 40 years. maybe that's why it's not on the list. >> brian, if your question is do i think the candidates should be encouraged to talk about foreign affairs, the question or the answer rather is, yeah. most americans don't want to die and there are dozens of countries. i can think of four, especially,

who want to try to kill us. given the first role of government is protect people and property, i would kind of like to know what the do two candidates of the united states are going to do to protect us i think going forward the commission, however we run these debates. need to give both candidates greater discretion in picking both the moderator. brian: yup. >> and picking the topics. now, let me talk about the topics first. right now the moderator, who is picked by the commission has unfettered discretion. brian: yep. >> moderators add one of the topics who killed jeffrey epstein, he can do that that makes no sense to me. in terms of the moderator, i think both sides ought to have input. i probably will start a fight with this but i would like to

have an old school moderator. i thought chris wallace was a good choice. and you know why? because, chris, i say this gently, but is he an equal opportunity jerk. he wears both sides out. and that's what a good journalist is supposed to do. he is not supposed to pick sides. steve: well, we wouldn't use that terminology but is he certainly is fair and balanced. brian: tough. steve: and tough indeed. >> that's another way of putting it. but that's what you want. you want a moderator who is not picking sides who is going to really bear down. i mean, only picking the person who is going to run the most powerful country in all of human history you want to see them under pressure and moderator who puts that kind of pressure on both of them. both in terms of tone and topic you also don't want a moderator who wants to be the star of the

show. steve: there you go. let's talk about your day later today amy coney barrett. >> okay. >> is supposed to be voted out of committee. but the democrats are talking about boycotting. so, if the democrats don't show up, what happens with the boycott and quorum and all that other stuff? >> well, without breaching confidentiality, let me just say and i say this with deep confidence, judge barrett's nomination is going to be reported favorably out of the judiciary committee today. and she that vote. we all watched the hearings. she stuck the landing. as somebody said on a show the other day, they hit her with everything but a chair. she stuck the landing and any fair minded person who watched those hearings, who has read her legal writings, i have. she knows how to use a semicolon

who has talked to her students and colleagues knows that she is splendidly qualified in terms of judicial philosophy, intellect, temperament, integrity. now, you may disagree with her judicial philosophy. but she believes the role of a judge is to tell us what the law is, not what it ought to be. and i don't believe she is going to be the kind of supreme court justice who tries to rewrite the constitution every other thursday to satisfy some political agenda. and i think that's what most americans want. ainsley: well, senator chuck schumer. >> did i call chris wallace a jerk? can i take that back? brian: yeah. you just mean he is tough, right, senator? >> okay. ainsley: senator chuck schumer tweeted this out i'm forcing a vote to adjourn the senate until after the november election. we are not going to have in the senate while republicans try use illegitimate process to jam through a supreme court nominee. are they able to do this can he tell all the democrats to don't

come don't take a joe the? what would happen then? >> he could. but we're -- once again, without divulging any confidential discussions i have had, we are prepared for every eventuality. look, you know. ainsley: you have arrows in your quiver? >> yes. we have knives, arrows. and he does, too. and on the one hand, i mean, senator schumer is doing his job. on the other hand, and i say this gently as well. right now chuck's is kind of like a teenager. is he mad at everybody. we're going to confirm judge barrett. and senator schumer needs to fill out a hurt feelings report and let's move on. brian: i don't know if they have any of those forms down there. >> we can make one up. brian: okay. good. we will see this afternoon and floor vote next week if everything goes well. thanks, senator. >> thank you. brian: meanwhile, jillian meally is all set. jillian: good morning. begin your headlines with. this today a deposition gillian

maxwell gave in 2016 about her dealings with jeffrey epstein will be released. a judge denied her request to keep it device. stems from a lawsuit who claimed that epstein sexually abused her as a minor and that maxwell was involved. it has sings been settled. maxwell separately charged helping recruit young girls. she has pleaded not guilty. now, take a look at this dramatic video showing firefighters rescuing a man trapped against the ocean cliff near the golden gate bridge. hikers called 911 after hearing the man yelling for help. how frightening is this? despite massive waves crashing against the rocks. crews managed to pull the man on to a boat. he was has been taken to a hospital. his condition remains unclear. ohio sheriff offers to help celebrities move out of the u.s. if president trump is reelected. >> if there is any way that i can help, i'm not a rich person, but i would be willing to throw in $10.

maybe you can make a better life there in that country. >> this is the greatest country in the world to live. regardless of who the president is. jillian: the sheriff responding to celebrities like rock star tommy lee. is he promising to move to europe if the president wins again. bruce springsteen making a similar vow saying he will be on the next plane to australia. we will see. now to this the tampa bay rays powering their way to victory in game 2 to tie up the world series. >> it is gone. hit into the left. back at the wall, it is gone. second of the night for brandon lowe. >> brandon lowe only had six hits in the entire post season before hitting two homers last night. rays beat the dodgers 6-4. game three it tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox. brian: i don't know if we said. this do you know if there are pictures of gronkowski and tom brady in the stands?

they ordered those things, the fake pictures that they sit in the back so that is -- he was watching. they had great seats. ainsley: i wonder if they caught any of those home run balls. brian: i know gronkowski wouldn't drop it. ainsley: did he have his shirt on and throwing beer out? brian: no it was a bust in a bucs uniform. ainsley: we are going live to nashville where tomi lahren and john rich giving us preview of tonight's big debate and watch party on fox nation. take a listen to cane brown, is he performing worship you at last night's cmt awards. ♪ ♪ every single night and day ♪ ♪ want to brain better?

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brian: president trump and joe biden facing off on final presidential debate in just a few hours. fox nation is there to help guide you through with a debate watch party. it's hosted by fox nation professional watcher, tomi lahren and another professional watcher john rich, later pete hegseth will join in the fun from nashville. guys, i'm excited for you about this format. tomi, start us off what is the pro-show going to be like in

this party-like setting? >> we are going to set up our predictions for the debate. maybe think of some buzz words for our drinking game later on that we can listen to and prepare for for the debate and then we are going to have a great old time. i hear some comedians might stop. might have a trump impersonator. you never know in nashville. music city anything can happen. brian: what's broadway like, john rich. this is your bar you are in restaurant. >> sitting redneck rivera on broadway right now. i have seen this bar at this time of the morning but not beginning of the day. that's a fact. this is called the hero's bar right behind us. if you are a veteran or active duty or first responder, we roll out the red carpet. we have patches and coins from people all over the united states. so this is the perfect place where patriots come to gather and watch this debate tonight. brian: got the pregame. watching during you have the game and post game. tomi, give me an idea of you who you think this is going to go. >> well, i expect president trump to call biden to the

carpet. and as i have been saying all week. this is music city. time for joe biden to face the music and we know donald trump is going to hold them accountable. whether the moderator will or not that remains to be seen. president trump will get in what he needs to get. in they can mute his mic but i don't think they can ever mute the donald. brian: climate change, covid-19, american families, race, leadership, national security. how does the president get in what he is upset about with the biden family and with hunter's laptop. does he fit that in, john rich? >> i'm guessing he will. i mean, i have heard people advise him, you know, both directions on that. that's such a huge thing with the not knowing about the election interference as the fbi talked about last night there is a lot of new subjects. i have no doubt will be brought up. brian: tomi, how much does broadway feel like broadway being we are still in the coronavirus era when you walk around? >> well, at 6:00 a.m. there is not a whole lot going on.

we are still battling an 11:00 p.m. curfew here and john and i have been vocal about our mayor wonderful john cooper and what he is doing to this town. we are ready to bring the music back to music city and ready to go past 11:00 p.m. we can do it safe and responsibly. john can do it safe and responsibly. if mayor cooper is watching this morning. let's open up music city. brian: john, it's been tough on you guys, hasn't it? >> it has. we have lost so many bands, musicians, servers, bartenders, security people. all the people that make broadway work which broadway is the main line of commerce for nashville. our mayor has been really really hard on us the music never dies it lives on and so will we. brian: that is an issue. who can relate better to this coronavirus era of lockdown as opposed to open up, correct? >> oh, absolutely. and it's impacting, of course, democrat run cities more than a lot of republican run cities who wants to be open for business who know that they can want

people to be safe and responsible and operate their business and get back to work. a lot of people don't want to wait for their government stimulus check. they want to reopen their business and we're hoping that happens across the country, maybe after the election. here is to hoping. brian: pete hegseth has to get camera time. how do you plan on working him in? >> pete is going to be our bartender tonight. so typically and i ar tomi and l and we will go pete another redr whiskey on the rocks. brian: it will be great. watch debate party tonight 8:30 eastern time. use the promo code debate free trial of fox nation and all three of them have great series on fox nation, which is the app. you simply have to have. thanks so much, guys. coming up straight ahead in the final hour. donald trump will be live in five minutes. senator lindsey graham has a big, big vote today. is he going to be presiding over it. he will be here live.

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♪ >> two foreign actors, iran and russia, have taken specific actions to influence our

elections. >> tonight, of course, the big debate. each candidate will have up to two minutes to answer a debate moderator question uninterrupted. >> no president has done more of what they said they would do than this guy. that should come out tonight. >> we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. and now we are doing it again. [cheers and applause] >> the president wants full credit for the economy he inherited, but you know what? the job doesn't work that i way. >> the first three years of the obama administration blaming the economy on george bush? >> the laptop connected to hunter biden is linked now to an fbi money laundering probe. >> the reference to the big guy is, in fact, a reference to joe biden. >> and the ball game's over! the tampa bay rays have evened this world series at a game apiece.

♪ ♪ ainsley: look at that, 13 hours left until the final debate tonight, and look, 12 days until the election. it's here almost. brian: yeah, it is. and the president of the united states has been really busy this week, and for five straight days, joe biden has not. kamala harris, his running mate, did have an event yesterday, one the other day. president obama did an event in philadelphia, i find that kind of odd. but meanwhile, i guess, joe biden really wants to go over what he's been doing for 47 years and not miss anything. steve: the thing about joe biden is people in pennsylvania feel that he is from pennsylvania. even though he moved away, i believe, when he was 11 years old. so, you know, they've got a natural affinity, and they would like to see that pennsylvania is delivered to joe biden's column.

the interesting thing about the debate tonight -- and maybe we should do a bet between the three of us -- i would bet you a dollar, do you think at any point the president will refer to joe biden as the big guy? brian: i think he will. i think it would be smart. or should i call you big guy? i could see you saying that. ainsley: you're referring to the purported e-mails from his son hunter. steve: we'll know tomorrow morning. in the meantime, fox news alert to start this hour, warning that russia and iran are trying to interfere with our 2020 election. ainsley: yep. the national intelligence director, john ratcliffe, is says russians obtained u.s. voter information, and iran is behind fake e-mails trying to intimidate voters. congressman jim jordan joined us earlier saying he is not surprised. >> that iran's trying to help joe biden, the same administration that gave them a

bunch of money. i think the real story here too is the never trumpers lincoln project is using that information to go after the prime minister, using -- the president, using this disinformation. brian: russian president putin has denied any involvement. steve: i wonder if this will come up tonight. let's go out to griff jenkins, he's in nashville, the is site of the debate. >> reporter: steve, i'm not sure whether it's an if or not on that big guy reference or maybe you should just have an over/under on how many times he does it. now, one job i wouldn't want to have that that hall is the guy or gal that has to be the audio technician because of this muting of the candidates rule change. here's how it's going to workment -- work. each candidate will have two minutes of uninterrupted time after the moderator, kristin welker, asks a question of the

candidates, vice versa, then they move into open discussion with all the mics open. that's how it'll proceed for all six of the 15-minute segments. both campaigns have have an option to be in the booth where the technician is, so far only the trump campaign is going to have someone in there during the debate. president trump departing for that rally in north carolina waiting on the changes. here's what he said. >> i think the mute is very unfair, and i think it's very bad that they're not talking about foreign affairs. they're supposed to be talking about foreign affairs. >> reporter: then at the rally he hammered his opponent, joe biden. >> if biden wins, the flag-burning demonstrators in the street the will be running your federal government. don't worry, it's not gonna happen. our country will never be a socialist country. >> reporter: meanwhile, biden has left the hard work in stumping again to his running mate, kamala harris, and former president obama who went

favorite than he has ever in assailing the president's record and combative style. >> there are consequences to these actions. they embolden other people to be cruel and divisive. and racist. >> reporter: this as fox news' latest battleground state polls show biden ahead in 3 in michigan, up 5 in wisconsin while president trump leads finally in ohio, up 3 i you see there. so a lot of things to tune in to watch tonight. it's going to being obviously, the last time these two men are seen on a stage together before one will become president and one will go home. and here you see it, 6 p.m., bret and martha kick off our coverage. get your popcorn ready and buckle up. steve: thanks, big guy. ainsley: let's bring in donald trump jr.

good morning to you. >> good morning. how's it going, guys? >> ainsley: we're doing well. the campaign has said they're going to be monitoring that person that has control of the mute button. how are they going to do that? >> well, they're going to have someone in the room, and we're going to call nonsense when we see nonsense. you saw what happened in 2016 when they messed with his mic during the first hillary debate, the last few weeks when it comes to the moderator of the second debate being a joe biden intern, tending dms on -- sending d mrksz on twitter to get a way to hit trump. this moderator, apparently, is a big obama administration if person. i mean, you literally can't make up the nonsense. when you look at the bias that we face on a daily basis, it's literally hard to believe that we are in a free country in america. when you look at the media, the big tech censorship for the last few weeks, talking about

literally joe biden being compromised by corrupt foreign regimes. at this point it's almoster refoot bl. the biden campaign's not even denying these things. but they know that they can go hide in a basement and let the media do their campaign for us -- for him. and so that's why we have to be out there, why we have to be on the ground and be so vocal about it because we are up against a big machine doing whatever they can to help the democrats win. brian: word the president of the united states did not like the "60 minutes" interview, and he said that's it. mark meadows says he didn't walk out, but did not do the walk and talk. "60 minutes" has released a clip. >> let me ask you what you think your biggest domestic priority is for you right now. >> well, ultimately, let me -- i'll tell you, it was happening. we created the greatest economy in the history of our country -- >> you know, you know that's not true. >> it is totally true. >> no.

>> virtually every number was the best. we had the best economy ever. and what was happening was things -- >> well, i asked you what's the priority? i mean, those are all the good things -- >> the priority now is to get back to normal, get back to where we were, have the economy rage and be great with jobs. finish. brian: okay. we've heard him answer that question before. what did he tell you about the interview, if anything? what do you think we're going to expect? >> you know, i didn't see it, i didn't speak to him about it, you know, it doesn't really matter much to me. again, he's willing to put himself out there. the reality, he's right. we do have to get back to normal. we have to open up. we have to get our kids back into schools so they don't miss another half a year of their education. you know, we've seen, you know, corona can be very real, we can take fit seriously for those who are more susceptible and at risker they can take extra precautions. regular people can get back to work taking reasonable precaution without destroying

their lives. joe biden's plan of let's just shut down the whole country, let's do it e forever, who cares? money will grow on trees. it doesn't work. the damage that would do to people, to their livelihoods, to their jobs, to their mental stability would be far more destruction, disruption than anything this virus could possibly do at this point. so donald trump is 100% right. we have to get back to work with. and the guy that built the strongest economy america has ever known is the guy that can do it again. not a guy like joe biden who's been talking about it for 47 years, but it seems the only thing he built up is a huge bank account for his son. steve: don, speaking of his son, the laptop that we've been hearing about for the last week that the fix-it guy in turned over to the fbi, apparently it has been linked to a money laundering probe by the fbi. i checked the wires, i haven't seen many reports of that aside

from foxnews.com. but if one of your laptops were linked to a money laundering probe, i gotta think it would be on every web site including probably the food network. >> guys, it would be everywhere. it would be the biggest story in the world forever. it would never go away. i mean, money tied to human trafficking and prostitution rings is another big one. the chinese money. joe biden is compromised 100%. do you think the chinese gave hunter biden given his record, do you think they gave him $1.5 billion to invest because he's a great investor? no. they were buying access. they were buying them off. they were paying them off. they're totally compromised. and what's disgusting is the media that ran with the russia, russia nonsense for four years even after it was disproven continued to run it hoping and dreaming that the trump family did a fraction, a fraction what

the bidens were actually doing and is now verified is disgusting that they won't report on it, that social media is censoring it to make sure that people don't know the potential president could be 1 is 00% compromised. that's absolutely disgusting. and that the fbi sat on this laptop during impeachment when nancy pelosi and the democrats impeached donald trump for being right about joe biden. they impeached him for being 100% about joe biden's corruption and the -- he was right. they impeached him for it. no one's even talking about it. they don't want this story out. they'll do whatever they can to protect the corrupted biden so they can basically get kamala harris in there. it's about putting kamala harris, bernie's platform, the radical left into the white house so they can change the face of america forever. ainsley: so, don, you know what's happening in new york with all these restaurants being closed down and 25% allowed inside if you're in certain areas. other areas you're only allowed to have takeout and delivery.

there was a guy on tucker's show last night, jacob green, and he owns the mixed greens café on coney island. this guy, you see the video, walked in and gave him a summons saying you had your front door open, basically saying that tells people out on the street that they can come in. we don't know how much the citation is. you have to go to the summons first in order to find that out. but listen to what he said last night on tucker. >> i know you're recording me. >> that's fine, i'm allowed to record you. >> i'm going to give -- >> you're giving me a ticket because my door's open, sir? there's nobody sitting in the restaurant. everything's okay. my doors are open? what if my store is hot? i'm not allowed to open my door because the store is hot? you know, i'm struggling here every single day. it's hard for me.

there was nobody in the store because we don't have dining. we only is have takeout. so there's nobody in the store, and i'm only getting a ticket because my doors are open. >> we work so hard, and we were struggling to begin with because of covid. and it's really disheartening, you know, when your business is already so slow because of this, and then somebody walks in and issues you a citation. he called me up literally on the verge of tears not understanding what's going on, you know? >> it's shocking. >> -- to stay open or not to begin with. it's amazing. ainsley: so he's already struggling, and now he has to pay whatever they're going to fine him for. you know, kicking him when he's down. what do you think? >> you know, listen, i think it's very indicative of the way that de blasio and cuomo have handled new york. sweden didn't lock down, guess what? they had less infection rate, and they didn't destroy their economy. the world health organization saying that the endless lockdowns and needlessness of it

never ends. i guess because, you know, cuomo e and de blasio have been the number one recruiter for the state of florida, sending people out of the city and state in droves to avoid these asinine policies. i guess they have to make up for the revenue, again, by kicking someone when they're down with no evidence they actually did anything wrong, only on the assumption. so that they would do that is sick. but honestly, it's indicative of the way the de blasio administration has handled new york. he would rather do those kinds of things than actually focus on rising crime rates. he would rather play airports and crafts and march with protesters than actually do something about the issues that face the city. it truly breaks my heart. mine, the restaurants in new york city are struggling. i've lived there my whole life. i've gone in there, you know, as they tell me, you know, these are people that have been there for a long time. that's a hard business to be in. they basically think they're going to shut down and never open again.

that's the environment, you know, that de blasio and cuomo have created in new york. and it breaks my heart. and it also shows, again, look at new york versus florida. look at the examples of the e way conservatives have handled their states versus the radical leftists that want the blanket shutdowns. they've had much worse infection rates. new york's, like, last place out of the state. you wouldn't hear that from the media because if cuomo will speak badly about donald trump, all will be absolved. he'll turn into a hero which is literally one of the dumbest things i've ever seen in my life. that's the world in which we live, and i hope it stops because it it doesn't seem to follow the science, and it's ridiculous. brian: don, thanks so much. it's going to be a big night. and on de blasio, big story in "the new york post," all he does is walk all day. he doesn't stop, he doesn't go in, he doesn't do any work, he walks. it beats what he used to do, and that was nap. it was unbelievable. don jr., thanks so much. >> thank you.

brian: jillian, you have the headlines. >> reporter: the illegal immigrant accused of killing a houston police sergeant could face the death penalty. he's due in court tomorrow. sergeant harold preston was a 41-year veteran weeks from retirement. houston's police chief joined us in the past hour to remember his brother in blue. >> tragically, he died. died a hero. he lived a great life. he was a great son, a great cop and, above all else, he was a great human being, and we're going to miss him greatly. >> reporter: memorial services have not been announced. treasury secretary mnuchin and house speaker pelosi will continue talks today on a covid-19 relief deal after senate republicans failed to pass a $500 billion stimulus bill. president trump reacting in a tweet saying, quote: just don't see any way nancy pelosi and crying chuck schumer will be willing to do what's right for our american workers or our

wonderful usa itself on stimulus. their primary focus is bailing out poorly-run and high-crime democrat cities and states. country music's best honored at a socially-distanced cmt awards. luke combs and brooks and dunn got things started. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and a special quarantine video of the year award went to granger smith for don't cough on me. chris young walking away with performance of the year after singing drowning on the cmt artest -- artist of the year special, and carrie are underwood won video of the year for drinking alone. underwood has 22 total awards, the most in the show's history. she's a little talented. [laughter] ainsley: thank you, jillian. more than 42 million americans have already voted, and long lines are popping up across the

country. why our next guest i says democrats shouldn't get excited just yet.

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already shattering early voting records. 42 million americans have already cast ballots. what does this mean for the turnout in 2020? pollster kristin soltis anderson joins us right now. kristin, you know, people are saying look at these numbers, they're gigantic. and so many more democrats are doing early voting than republicans. but that doesn't necessarily mean they're running away with the show, does it? >> not necessarily. in a normal year, it would be a very good sign for democrats, buts this is not a normal year. and because of the pandemic, a lot of states are pioneering new ways to have more and more mail-in voting, and that's been particularly something that democratic voters say they want to do while republicans tend to want to vote in person and on election day. in-person voting is only just getting underway in many key states. at the moment we have many more absentee ballot requests coming from democrats, that's not necessarily a sign they're going to win. steve as you look, democrats

twice as many early voting as reflynn palins. -- republicans. it sounds like people are doing the early voting because they're afraid. it's the fear factor. that are afraid their ballot's going to get lost, something's going to happen to it, it's not going to could be, all that stuff. so, you know, the dialogue we've had up to this point has gotten people interested. and enthusiastic. so how does that translate according to the candidates? >> well, you're completely right. enthusiasm is way up this election. over the last 19 years how enthusiastic are you to vote in this election, and this year it is record high level for republicans and democrats. in some states like texas, they've already got 60% of the vote turned in to match the level that was turned in four years ago. so voter enthusiasm is enormous, but it's not just on the democratic side. both sides are fired up and ready to vote. steve: sure. what's got to be troubling for

somebody in your business would be the shy trump voters, because it's hard to figure out, you know, is this person telling me the truth or not. we had a guest on an hour ago, kristin, he's a journalist. he was in a barbershop in minnesota, and he talked the five people. three of the five had been polled, and they all lied. they said we're going to vote for joe biden, which is a flat out lie because they were going to vote for donald trump. >> it would actually be a really big statistical anomaly for five -- pardon me, any number of people in one particular barbershop to get polled. that's when many people say, hey, how come i've never been polled? it's totally normal. while i think there are certainly some folks that feel reluctant to talk to pollsters, i don't think that it necessarily is going to account for 8, 9, 10 points worth of a margin. is so this should be used as a guide. don't focus on any one individual poll. steve: manages oh, man. a dozen days to go, let's see

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packing. the last thing we need to do is turn the supreme court into just a political football, whoever has the most votes gets whatever they want. brian: wow. here we go. senator lindsey graham, that was a little clip from "60 minutes" on sunday. [laughter] so joe biden weighed in on court packing. [laughter] depending on how this goes. so maybe you should tell the former vice president how this is going to go today when you vote, because no democrat's going to show up, and you're not going to have a quorum. >> well, under the committee rules you need two members of the minority to conduct business, but they're intentionally denying us the, that participation. they're boycotting the committee. so what i will do as chairman, there'll be a majority of the committee present. we will waive that rule, we'll report judge barrett out, she'll go to the floor, and hopefully by monday or tuesday she'll be on the court. and to my democratic colleagues, you had four days of hearings, two days to question we the judge. she deserves an up or down vote. she did an outstanding job

representing herself. she soared when it came to the law. she had a judicial disposition that should be the gold standard. she's led rea consequential -- led a consequential life. she deserves better than that, but she will get out of the committee today. i have the votes to get her out of committee. she'll be reported out of committee no matter what the democrats do. steve: going back to the sound bites we just heard, "60 minutes" released joe biden, that sound bite -- [laughter] and the president tweeted 25 minuting ago, i will soon be giving the uned edited preview of -- apparently, he's going to release the entire interview shot by a white house camera as well. what do you, what do you make of, you know, he'sing being combative even with "60 minutes" in the runup to tonight's debate pre-election. >> here's what i think. the mainstream media is an extension of the democratic party in this campaign. i don't even know why he agreed to the interview. from the time he sits down, he

gets up, they're trying to ask him questions to destroy his presidency. and, you know, i don't know what joe biden said. i mean, aye known joe for 25 years. what he said to me is just gibberish. i don't know what that means. here's what i know is going to happen. if they get the house, the senate and the white house, they're going to expand the supreme court. looked at what happened to dianne feinstein for hugging me. the people who want to destroy her life for giving me a hug are going to insist that they expand the supreme court for 9 to 13 to make it liberal, and joe biden's along for the ride. the people trying to destroy dianne feinstein's life are in charge of the party. voters, if you don't get that, you're making a mistake. and what joe just said makes zero sense to me constitutionally. ainsley: so we showed that video yesterday of you getting harassed, basically ambushed, at the airport by those women. one of them said she was from seattle. she's not in favor of judge amy

coney barrett. [laughter] what was going through your mind? is it worth it to be a politician in this day and age? >> oh, absolutely. you know what was going through my mind today? we're going to vote this fine lady out, probably the most qualified person to be nominated in decades, maybe ever for the court, deepen the law. she's not going to impose law on the country. she's led a consequential life. and here's what's so important, ainsley, for the millions of young conservative women who are pro-life are, embrace their faith, there's a place at the supreme court for you. this is a histoc moment. we're breaking not a glass ceiling, a concrete barrier by putting a conservative on the court like amy barrett. so they're trying to intimidate me. my opponent raised $2.3 million a day after justice ginsburg died. they've come to my house to -- they broke the window at my house, in my face wherever i go. it's not gonna work. i'm going to get judge barrett on the court. i have her back.

to the people listening out there, have my back, lindsey graham.com. help me get my message out. i'm going to be stuck up here getting this nomination through. help me get my message out, lindsey graham.com. a little bit goes a long way. if you can help me, i'll appreciate it. i'm not going to let these people win. wriewp ryan former president obama is going to be out stumping. when ben sasse made those comments last week on that radio interview, the story that people seemed to be trying to write is that republicans are leaving the president and things look grim. you spoke to him yesterday, you speak to your senate colleagues all the time. what's the reality? >> i just did a poll back home. we're doing well, but the amount of money coming into my race is going to be about $120 million, the most in the history of the united states senate. so help me close the gap. ben sasse was speaking for himself. i like ben, but ben's wrong. the president has stood up to iran and china unlike anybody in

my lifetime. 96% approval rating by republicans in south carolina. president trump, by nominating amy barrett, gorsuch and kavanaugh, has united the party around judges. these are three highly qualified people. the republican party is behind trump. and people in the middle, you need to understand we're going to defeat the virus. we'll find a vaccine. but what will america look like if they get in charge, the democrats? open borders and free health care for illegals, high taxes, oppressive regulation, a weak military, back into the iran agreement, liberal judges with a stacked, packed court. if trump wins, lower taxes, lower regulations, better trade deals, a strong military, a safer america, a i guy that's got the cops' back and conservative judges. i'm begging the president to talk about america post-virus. brian: you're ready for the debate -- [laughter] if you had the debate tonight, i think you'd be ready to go. >> yeah, no, i mean, the

differences are stark. brian: yeah. >> they will take this country down a socialist path, the president will take it down a free enterprise path. we'll stay strong militarily versus being weak. they're now going after the pentagon. it's not just enough to defund the police. the craziest people in the country in charge of the democratic party, they're willing to destroy dianne feinstein's life because she gave me a hug. stand up to these people. i'm not going to be intimidated, you shouldn't be intimidated. lindsey graham.com, help donald trump, help joni earn, help thom tillis. our country's at stake. four more years of donald trump means people having the cops' back, four more years of lower taxes, strong military, four more years of a entrepreneurial america. just think about how exciting it would be to have president trump for four more years with a republican senate. we'll change this country in a positive way. ainsley: senator, thank you so much. >> i'll see you today. i'll be the little short guy.

amy barrett's going throughed today. [laughter] ainsley: thank you. the fbi -- what'd you say, steve? steve: take it to the bank. iowans the fbi confirming iran and russia are interfering with our elections. national security adviser robert o'brien is going to join us live next. but first, before the presidential debate kicks off, weed asked viewers to pick america's question from our friends at fox bet super 6, and here's the winning question: how many times will joe biden say the phrase, come on, man. enter for a chance to win $50,000. download the fox bet super 6 app, pick six possible outcomes, then watch the debate on fox news tonight to see how it all unfolds. download the fox bet super 6 app now to get started. ♪ ♪

steve: fox news alert, u.s. intel officials warning that iran and russia are trying to meddle in the election. ainsley: director of national intelligence john ratcliffe says iran is behind fake e-mails intimidating voters as russia obtains u.s. voter information. >> even if the adversaries pursue further attempts to intimidate or attempt to undermine voter confidence of, know that our election systems are resilient, and you can be confident your votes are secure. brian: well, both russian president vladimir putin and iran have denied any involvement in this. what about the strategy of telling everybody i ahead of time instead of the aftermath like the obama administration did? ambassador robert o'brien joins us now. ambassador, this probably wasn't a surprise to you. what about the strategy of telling us first, before the election this time? >> no, we want the voters to know what's going on. i've been talking about this for

many months, as you know. it's not just russia and iran, it's china, and there are several other countries we have not yet gone public on. we're taking major steps to protect the elections. i've held over 20 high-level meetings here at the white house with the national security council, the department of homeland security is working with our 50 states, national guard units set up with their cyber units. of i was in iowa, and they have a terrific cyber unit, the iowa national guard recently, and they're working with their secretary of state. so across the country we're making big efforts to make sure our election infrastructure's hardened and that people know their votes going to be counted. steve: we know the country of e iran has sent an e-mail out through's e tone ya by saudi arabia essentially saying vote for president trump on election day, or we're going to come after you. what's russia doing? what's china doing? that are the examples you can give us regarding those countries? >> well, the thing to -- it's no

surprise that iran has done this because the jcpoa has cut them off from billions of dollars of the jackpot they received when they signed the jcpoa. all those billions have been cut off, so there's no surprise their getting involved in our elections. they don't like the fact that israel's making peace with their arab natures. the -- neighbors. the same thing with russia. the president's been tougher on russia than any administration since ronald reagan. we see that they're out on twitter and various places with disinformation. you can see the same thing with china. china goes about trying to cultivate local leaders, mayors and governors and congressmen and convince them if they don't vote china's way or they don't do what china wants, china won't invest in their districts or cities, that sort of thing. there are ore countries that are attempting to do things via cyber, twitter and facebook. just make sure the information you're getting is from a trusted source. the fact that -- back to brian's

comment, the president wanted to get out early on this and let the american people know what's happening. we're trying to shine a light on it because sunshine and transparency 's the biggest disinfectant. ainsley: what are you all doing to make sure this election is fair, is legitimate? >> yeah, it's a great question, ainsley. we're working, we've got a massive unit at homeland security. we spent hundreds of millions of dollars helping the states, and as you know, the states run our elections. the secretaries of state and lieutenant governors manage their elections out in their states, harden their infrastructure. the good news is we're so decentralized, 95% of the ballots that are cast have some sort of paper analog so that they can be audited. it's very difficult for an adversary to actually change the outcomes of the elections, and we've been doing everything we can to make sure that's the case on election day, that no one can play with the tallies on the votes as they come in. and we're very confident that we're in good shape on that front because of the advanced

planning, because of the white house's involvement in making sure our elections are safe. brian: right. the moderator in today's debate has had three of the same topics, maybe four that chris wallace picked, foreign policy is not one of them. that must frustrate you because the president's going against a vice president that was told by his secretary of defense that he's been wrong on every major foreign policy and national security decision over the last 40 years. they killed gadhafi and had no plan for the next day, they pulled out of iraq and called isis part of the jv team. you would love to contrast your approach to their approach, won't you? >> that was fantastic, brian. i want to focus on what the president's done. the president's brought peace to the middle east with the historic abraham accords, peace between israel, bahrain and uae. and there's more to come on that front. secretary pompeo signed an agreement with the taliban to stop the attacks on u.s. military in afghanistan, and

we're moving towards peace in afghanistan with talks that we're supporting there. we brought justice to baghdadi, and just recently we brought the beatles home that killed kayla mueller. they're going to be prosecuted and put in jail for life. we're going to bring them to justice. the president stood up to china, the first president in my lifetime that stood up to china. he put massive tariffs on them and is bringing free and fair trade back to our relationship. he stood up on the china virus against them. he's ree built our military, encouraged nato to spend an additional $400 billion to defend the west from china and are russia. and that doesn't even get to the trade deals, the usmca which replaced the potential nafta. i was in brazil this past week, we signed three new trade deals that are fantastic for america with brazil. of it's just one thing after another. he's done more in the year and a half than i've been here than most presidents do in eight years. it's really been impressive.

brian: ukraine too. >> there's that. steve: ambassador, after the director of national intelligence and the fbi director made their statement to the press yesterday about 7:30, adam schiffed had this observation. we'd like your comment. watch. >> as far as director ratcliffe's statement, the two examples that he gave of iranian interference -- the mailing of these mails purportedly to democratic voters -- that's an effort to suppress the democratic vote or an effort to enname the democratic vote or simply to sow chaos. it's hard to see how that could be hurtful to the president. so we don't know whether this is just ratcliffe's spin or the assessment of the analyst. the sad thing for the american people is they cannot rely on what they hear from the director of national intelligence without

proof on the table. steve: what do you think about that? can't trust what the director of national intelligence says unless he says, ladies and gentlemen, exhibit a. >> it's really sad, and it's sad that it's coming from chairman schiff because he has access to the intelligence. he's seen it. he knows that we can't release the intelligence either on russia or on iran or china these other countries. he's seen it, but then he challenges the director of national intelligence to release sensitive signal intelligence or human intelligence or satellite reconnaissance that we have knowing that won't happen. so that's a sad thing. i know john ratcliffe. he's a good man, and you saw standing behind him was chris wray and the rest of the team. there are real efforts by our adversaries, i've said this from the start, to sow discord among americans, ask is we've got to stop it, and we're going to son it. and that's -- stop it. and, you know, chairman schiff's comments is just the sort of discord that they were hoping to stir, so that's unfortunately.

brian: he gets lower every day. ainsley: ambassador, thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you. ainsley: big ten football is back, and ohio state and nebraska kicking off the new season this weekend. what can we expect? three-time national champion and fox's big noon kickoff analyst urban meyer is going to join us next.

sandra: big morning coming up, the senate judiciary committee holding a meeting ahead of the vote for judge amy coney barrett. lindsey graham just saying moments ago amy barrett will go through today with mitch mcconnell saying he has the votes. we will have live team coverage. bret baier, martha maccallum joining us live from nashville. chris wallace will also join us for the busy morning ahead. come join bill hemmer and me as we take you through the next three hours live from "america's newsroom." ♪ ♪ ainsley: big ten football back. saturday the season kicks off with nebraska visiting three-time defending conference champs ohio state. steve: you can catch the game on fox, and our next guest on the big noon kickoff pregame show. brian: former coach himself, now outstanding analyst, urban my ier joins us now. -- urban meyer

joins us now. this whole journey to get football back was inspirational. the battle to get the big ten back on the field. why? >> i've been involved in college athletics for probably 40 years, and it was one of the greatest examples of a group of people feeling that they were not right, they were wronged, excuse me, and how to respectfully keep pushing. even when told to stand down. you know, justin fields and the reason we play college football is because of players. the way they went about it saying they trust their doctors, their coaches, the athletic directors with all the protocol in place. they do trust him, and as a result, they're going to get to do what they love. and one quick thing, the college -- the shelf life of a college athlete is so short to be able to do what you love. it's one of the greatest experiences i've had to watch this. steve: it's not only that, coach, it could also be their career, provided they've got a good year, attract some

attention. next thing you know they might wind up in the pros. >> that's what this country's all about. that's the fact that joe burrow made a comment if he didn't have this year last year, he might -- you know, he'd be out of the game of football. you're darn right you should have the opportunity to do what you love to do. ainsley: what about the disadvantage they have in the big ten now because the other teams have been playing for four games now? >> yeah, i don't look it as a disadvantage. they've been practicing, you know, they're worried about the big ten. they're not worried about the sec and acc, and, you know, the pac-12's going to start late, so they can't worry about other schools. it's going to be a very tight schedule when you talk about bowl games, but that -- they can't worry about that. they have to beat nebraska, stay healthy and, more importantly, just be very disciplined about the social distancing and the protocols that are in use. brian: and you're seeing it, and you said your son-in-law is on the coaching staff at ohio state, and the way they say they can't go out, they don't want to be the one to bring the virus

into the locker room from the equipment manager on down. that inspires you. the other thing, coach, is let's begin with a national issue because jason field and trevor lawrence said this is not okay, and the president responded as well. >> yeah. this is an absolute case study that there needs to be books written about how in this day and age, you know, i have a lot of opinions about that, but this day and age where discipline might not be there and personal responsibility, you should see what these players and the coaches are doing to just not be, you know, to put others ahead of self. just a great case study. steve: let's talk about the game saturday. live from the nebraska/ohio state game, what do you like? >> i like the buckeyes, of course. i think, you know, talent wise ohio state the is going to be superior in talent. but you know what? nebraska's got a very good quarterback in martinez, it'll be his third year starting. i witnessed him personally when

he's played well. they're very talented and they've got a creative coach, and it's nebraska, historically a good program. the buckeyes, you know, offensively this could with one of the best offensive teams in the modern era. ainsley: isn't it amazing that these student athletes really pushed back against something that they didn't think was right, and they got their way in the end, and they're bringing football back? >> ainsley, and how they did it. i think a lot of people maybe pushed back, but what i always tell our players the capital r world, the respect that they show. justin fields, the way he led, 200,000 plus people sign a petition. he was very respectful. the parents on their own dime flying to chicago and flying to indianapolis to try to be heard. and they were heard. but they did it very respectfully, which is -- i was so proud of that. brian you know what? and the pac-12, so much pressure on them, they had to go in line.

for the players who don't go pro, and most of them don't, that's what this is about. if you can ask them take the risk, you should at least give them the opportunity to say yes or no. and it took a while, but they finally got to yes. and even though it's going to be four weeks and a weird year, you say we're going to get it all in, bowl games and everything? >> yeah, i think so. and it was transformational. you watch -- this was all about developing young people. those young people, the way they behaved, the way they acted, the way they protested was transformational for them. and, yes, i believe we'll get it all in. i believe in discipline, i've witnessed -- i can't speak for all the other programs, but the sacrifice on both sides, the coaches and players right now, i mean, it's -- you talk about the ultimate teams, the sacrifice they've putting together, it's really incredible to watch. ainsley: urban, we love you. thank you so much is. tell shelley we said hello. catch coach meyer on the big noon kickoff pregame show saturday on fox. bain brian all right.

steve: all right. so tomorrow we will be the postif game show. join ugh tomorrow at 6 a.m., and we will recap what you're going to watch tonight at 9 p.m. brian: are we staying up for the whole thing? and run further radio brian kilmeade radio show.com.