>> wake your children and ask them how to set your dvr. tape the show every day at 6:00 a.m. if you run from tv run to the radio. our guests herschel walker and chris christie, one played professional football. >> we should fundamentally change the system i'm going to do. >> i ran because of you. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. stock market will boom if i'm elected if. if he is elected the stock market will crash. what about fracking? >> i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life. >> president trump: there has been nobody tougher on russia that donald trump. they are all talk and no action. >> we'll choose hope over fear. we'll choose to move forward, >> success will bring us together. we are on the road to success. >> sandra: some of the fiery

moments from the second and final presidential debate last night. they went at it over several key issues as they made their cases to american voters with just 11 days to go until election day. 11 days, bill hemmer, i'm sandra smith. here we go. i couldn't get over -- >> bill: eight feet over. are you sick of me yet? >> sandra: i love having you here. >> bill: good morning. the debate last night calmer tone than the first one. the two candidates still trading jabs on everything from covid to the economy and even foreign policy. president trump also hitting biden hard over his son's business dealings. >> sandra: just a few moments lara trump will join us with her takeaways. mark meredith is at the white house. we begin the griff jenkins. he is in nashville. what was the biggest difference last night? good morning. >> good morning, sandra and

bill. i'm not sure whether it was the mute button or the moderator. who did a fantastic job. we went from cleveland chaos to nashville nice. it served the voters well to see that calm, policy focus driven exchange and the contrast painted between the two. >> president trump: we have a vaccine that's coming. it is ready. it is going to be announced within weeks and it is going to be delivered. we have operation warp speed which is the military is going to distribute the vaccine. >> this is the same fellow who said it would end by easter and told you don't worry, we'll end it by the summer. we're about to go into a dark winter. a dark winter. and he has no clear plan and there is no prospect that there is going to be a vaccine available for the majority of the american people before the middle of next year. >> they covered topics from foreign policy to race relations and climate change. it was more civil they went after each other. >> president trump: would he

close down the oil industry? would you close down the oil industry? >> i would transition from the oil industry, yes. that is a big statement. i would stop -- because the oil industry pollutes significantly. >> now the question is what impact it will have especially now we know nearly 50 million americans have already voted, sandra. >> sandra: unbelievable to see. as expected the president brought up the hunter biden issue last night. how did that go over? >> well, look, the biggest hunter biden surprise came hours before the debate and that is when the president announced that the hunter biden associate tony bobulni sk, i outlining his claim and challenging biden's claims he has no knowledge of his son's business dealings and added

this. >> hunter often referred to his father as the big guy or my chairman. on numerous occasions it was made clear to me joe biden's involvement was not to be mentioned in writing but only face-to-face. >> late last night fox news had an opportunity to review the documents about the business dealings and we find so far there is no role that vice president played in those. sandra. >> sandra: griff jenkins live in nashville after the big debate last night. >> bill: both candidates hit the trail today. joe biden is back in wilmington, delaware to give a speech on covid and economy. president trump will be in florida for two campaign events and a slew of events over the weekend. biden leading by two points. 29 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. more than 4 million have already voted in that state. early voting in florida is hugely popular. part of a larger trend nationwide. 47 million americans voted as

of last night. 10 million more compared to this same point back in 2016. mark meredith has the white house duty on the north lawn. how much travel do we expect these men to do in the days ahead? >> good morning. normally there would be nothing but travel but as you mentioned today joe biden is going to be keeping his campaign close to home talking about the economy in delaware. as for president trump he is about to begin a whirlwind weekend of campaigning starting this afternoon heading down south for campaign events in the villages. a rally in the panhandle in pensacola and staying overnight in florida early voting tomorrow and on to the battleground states. he will be holding rallies this weekend in places like north carolina, ohio, wisconsin. sunday another rally in new hampshire. during the debate last night he promised he will do more to bring the economy back from the brink and likely we'll hear the president talk more about this weekend as he campaigns.

he criticized biden for not doing more in person events amid the pandemic. >> president trump: we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. he has the ability to lock himself up. i don't know, he has made a lot of money someplace but he has this thing about living in a basement. people can't do that. >> bill: polls taken before last night show joe biden still ahead by a healthy margin. he has an eight point lead. the campaigns tell us they're looking at the state polls to give us an idea where things are on the ground. vice president mike pence and his wife had a chance to go early vote this morning. you see this from the last hour in indianapolis. the vice president also campaigning today and will be holding events in battleground states himself outside of pittsburgh and toledo, ohio. the biden campaign telling us they plan to get former president barack obama back out on the trail heading to miami in the days ahead. >> bill: they have yet to

appear in person. the closest they've gotten together is a zoom chat. i don't know if that lasts or not. we'll find out. >> sandra: for more on last night's big debate let's bring in lara trump. good morning. great to have you here this morning. hogan gidley from your campaign has already said president trump 100% won the debate last night. did the performance by the president change any minds or sway any voters last night? >> well, i aglee with kim and the campaign assessment. i thought the president did an incredible job. look, i think the criticism of him from the first debate sandra was that he was very strong against joe biden. we saw last night that if you were looking for the president to come back a little bit, be a little more measured we got that version of donald trump last night. he can do that. he has always said he can do that. but i thought he was

particularly strong when he was actually talking about things that mattered to the american people. when he was talking about the economy, reopening our country, getting kids back to school. the energy industry. these are really important things to americans. whether you are talking about the tone of the entire debate or the substance, i think the president probably did sway voters his way last night. we were very proud of his performance. >> sandra: ari fleischer was on fox news a little bit ago and had some advice for the president in the days that follow this debate how to bring it home now. watch. >> this is a race between an outsider with results against a typical politician with no results who is moving left. if the president drives that simple theme home the next 11 days, a lot of good can happen for donald trump. >> sandra: he says the president has one job left and it is simple. drive home the difference between an outsider with results and a typical politician with no results who keeps moving left. what will we see from the

president as far as strategy with 11 days left? >> well, you heard the president say that last night. he said i'm not a politician. that's why i won in 2016. and he said i ran for president because of the failed policies of career politicians like you, joe biden. he literally said that to joe biden last night. so i do think you'll hear the president echo that message. he has been saying it and continues to say i've done more in 47 months than joe biden has done in 47 years. but look, it is also about reminding people what the accomplishments of this president are. so that's why we're spread out across the country. our entire family including the president and vice president reminding the american people what this president has been able to deliver in record time and why he is the only person that can bring this economy back and get us to the great heights we saw not too many months ago. >> sandra: one of the biggest moments of the night last night is when the two had this

exchange over the coronavirus and handling the pandemic, watch. >> anyone who is responsible for many deaths should not remain as president of the united states of america. we're in a situation where there are thousand deaths a day now. >> president trump: it will go away. as i say we're rounding the turn. we're rounding the corner. it is going away. >> sandra: johns hopkins university reports the seven day rolling average of new case necessary this country is up 18,000 in just the last week, lara. daily new deaths is up 9%. you heard the president make the case we're rounding the corner as he often has. while joe biden painted a picture of what he said could be a very dark winter for this country. so did it help for the president to take that approach considering joe biden still is polling above the president on american voters and who they think is best to handle this pandemic? >> look, at the onset of this the predictions were 2 million

deaths. our hearts go out to everyone dealing with this. this was historic what this president did not only with testing, ventilators, partnering with the private sector. paycheck protection program. on the precipice of vaccine in record time. so when that happens i think we'll see a huge change across the country. the president has said that's probably weeks away. i think it is a terrible message to send to the american people that you heard from joe biden that it would be a dark winter? why would we want to be so negative and dismal. very disturbing to hear. you want a president who is positive and uplifting and knows what is on the horizon as president trump does with the vaccine and i think we'll see a big change when it comes out. >> sandra: we saw you and the president's children walk into the debate hall wearing masks and wore them the whole time. was that a change in heart over wearing the masks or was that

because the debate commission made that a rule? >> well, that is because they asked us to wear the masks the whole time. again i continue to reiterate the first time around was not made perfectly clear us to. we walked in with them and thought we were okay to take them off when we sat down. happy to keep them on if that was the rule and that's what we did. >> sandra: final question on women voters. we can put up on the screen the new fox news state polling on joe biden how he is polling versus the president with suburban women. you can clearly see that joe biden is running up the score among suburban women. this concern the campaign and what are you doing to try to change some of those minds? >> we continue to reach out to all americans including women. i'm be on the women for trump bus this week in my home state of north carolina along with great female surrogates from the trump campaign going to talk about the president's track record. what he has done for women

across america in the past four years. what he plans to do not only to get the economy back but to keep everybody safe in america. get schools back open. those are important issues to women across this country. >> sandra: a couple seconds left. if we can put up the screen the early vote count total. everybody is talking about this. the huge number so far of over 47 million have cast their ballots early versus this point in 2016. it's about 10 million more. is this something that the campaign is concerned about? is this a good sign for joe biden and how do you analyze that? >> we've been encouraging our voters to get out and vote early. if your state offers early voting vote now, get your vote locked in. for the president you look at states like michigan. we're far ahead with early vote and mail-in voting totals. way ahead of where a republican has been before. these are looking rather positive for president trump. a sign that hopefully people are listening to us and getting

out and voting early. i hope we see those results in a big way for president trump on november 3. >> sandra: lara trump, thank you for joining us this morning. it is unbelievable when you see those numbers, over 47 million. >> bill: staggering stuff. about 130 million voted in 2016. if you're at 50 million now some believe you could get 150 million to vote in total. a lot of people voted. only the third of the total is likely to cast a ballot. a ways to go on that. did ari get permission from karl rove to use the white board? what's going on here? >> sandra: good question. we'll have to ask him about that. >> bill: full senate set to vote next week an judge barrett's supreme court nomination. democrats boycotting the panel vote yesterday and will they continue to protest the process?

hunter biden's business associate says joe biden was involved in his overseas business dealings. will congress press for more answers on the matter and will the media even cover it? mike lee is on the judiciary committee. we'll hear from him on both topics next. >> everything i'm saying is corroborated by emails, agreements, whatsapp chats and other evidence. the american people can judge for themselves.

>> sandra: school reopenings don't appear so far to be fueling coronavirus surges. that's according to a "new york times" report. the article says researchers took random tests from kids in the u.s. and britain and found that school reopenings have not caused an uptick in community spread. the article does add that more research is still needed. >> the american people know what's going on. they are not fooled. they know this process is a sham, a naked power grab and it no mystery why they're doing it. >> this senate majority will not let falsehoods down on facts. we will not reward hostage taking and will not be bullied

out of doing what is right. >> bill: mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer going back over the advancement of the nomination of judge barrett. the full senate could vote on monday. democrats protesting the entire proceedings by boycotting the committee's meeting yesterday to vote on barrett's nomination. senate mike lee serves on that judiciary committee. thank you for your time. let's go through a lot here. seems like democrats are rolling over on this process. why is that? >> well, they are rolling over because they can see they've lost. they can see that president trump is still in office and have a republican majority. we'll confirm president trump's outstanding nominee to the supreme court amy coney barrett. so they're in the end stages of coming to reality on this one. and we are going to win. >> bill: they do not even show up yesterday, senator. >> they didn't because they knew they had lost. it is shameful that they didn't show up. they didn't want to dignify the process with their presence.

they were here all week dignifying the process with their presence but it was too much to show yesterday. they were here in town on capitol hill. but nonetheless this is what you do when you are losing and you want to make it look like you are protesting. >> bill: do you expect a vote monday night in the u.s. senate? that's the schedule for mitch mcconnell. >> my understanding we'll have a final vote by monday. we'll have a majority and get her confirmed. >> you could have another rose garden ceremony at the white house next week. >> indeed. regardless of where the ceremony is held i look forward to getting her sworn in as the ninth supreme court justice. >> bill: 115 to a woman. more than 100 of been white men. an american woman, mother of seven. here we go. it's history. what did you think of last night? how did you score it?

>> i thought it was terrific. a series of really solid hits by the president. definite victory for president trump. one of the things that was curious about it is that you had joe biden really -- promising to end the oil industry. this is an industry that has employed generations of people from pennsylvania and texas and utah and people from all over the country. why would he promise to bring an end to it? he is signaling what he is going to do. it wasn't a passing thought. he is running to be the leader of the free world who wants to have the levers of power that would allow him to end that industry. you have to take him seriously when he makes that threat and i think it is going to be devastating to his presidential campaign. >> bill: two points made pinning biden down on fracking. watch pennsylvania with that vote. the other thing going after biden's record on the crime bill. there was a huge miss. no one asked the direct

question are the emails with hunter real or are they not? "wall street journal" biden family legacy is the headline to go inside that article it says the former vice president is running on trust and good judgment. the hunter tale is the story of a wayward son, indulgent father. at worst, an example on the biden clan cashing in on its name with a u.s. rival. do you think it was prosecuted? >> yes, very well by the president. despite the best efforts of the moderator who was there as an insulator for joe biden so he did haven't to deal with it. despite the best efforts of our state-funded media, national public radio yesterday said it is irrelevant and there is nothing to see here, these aren't what you are looking for. this is a big deal. these are questions that need to be answered. i would love to have heard a question from the moderator, is

this hunter's laptop? is this guy mr. bobulinski, is he real? was he actually -- >> bill: the president had numerous opportunities to ask that very question. it did not happen. was that a missed opportunity? >> look, i think the president teed it up multiple times. while he may not have used those words he asked the substance of those questions. what was disappointing to me was that there was no backup from the moderator. no insistence by the moderator it be addressed. she inserted herself into it and seemed to derail the conversation and take it somewhere else or make it easy for joe biden to take it in a different direction. >> bill: 11 days out there. is this gaining steam where other reporters will pick up the story other than the outlet with whom you're speakering at the moment? >> no question it will pick up steam for the simple reason that individuals are talking about it. they are tweeting about it.

twitter and facebook have realized they can't stop people much as they would like to from having this conversation. so sooner or later the media outlet that wants to be taken seriously will realize it has to discuss this, too. >> bill: thank you for your time, mike lee, we'll talk again soon. thank you. >> sandra: early voting underway as we head to florida for a look at the latest there, plus this. >> president trump: we can't keep this country closed. this is a massive country with a massive economy. people are losing their jobs. >> we ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. safely open. >> sandra: the candidates facing off on the economy last night. stuart varney is here as the market gets ready to open four minutes away.

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wall street rang a few seconds ago. economy coming into full focus last night. president trump saying the markets would tank if there was a joe biden presidency. take a look at the dow now up 57 points as we begin this friday morning trading session and joining us now what a treat, stuart varney hosting his show and joining us simulcast. good morning to you. you look at the market reaction. not a big reaction on friday morning. but the markets, economists, market analysts have been watching this very closely 11 days out from election day. what did you think of last night? >> i thought trump won and might give a modest boost to the stock market. apparently not that much. i thought he won by changing his tone and his style, big difference from the first go-around. he also won because there was more debate. i think he one on the issues. specifically on the economy. most important for wall street. i think the president won.

joe biden outlined what i think is a rather dark future for the economy. he is talking huge tax increases. see talking getting away completely from oil and gas. i can't imagine that that's good for growth and prosperity. president trump, he is talking about prosperity and growth in the form of more tax cuts and more deregulation. that i think is the formula which confers prosperity as opposed to what joe biden is saying. but i don't think there has been much impact on the market this morning from the debate last night. >> sandra: there has already been a lot of speculation, right, stu, about who might win this election, joe biden or donald trump. interesting piece in the "wall street journal" this morning. i want to put the headline on the screen. it reads stocks typically climb regardless of who is in the white house. nonetheless some analysts are drawing comparison to 2000 when a contested election led to a sell-off. an interesting article that looks back at history. i believe back to the early

1920s stuart. basically said the stock market always goes up. why so much speculation about who the next president is and what happens to the stock market? >> fair point. susan lee went through the history of the stock market after elections and you are quite right up about 7% regardless of who wins. now, this may be a very different and special election because you might have a delay in getting the results. i think you probably will have a delay. last time that happened in 2000 the stock market went down. people don't like a delay. they don't like the uncertainty. if we get uncertainty this time i think the market would go down right after the election. second point. there is the possibility this time around that the clean sweep, a possibility. distant in my opinion but a possibility. a clean sweep would be democrats take the white house, senate and hold the house. in other words all power rests with the democrats. the difference this time around is this is a very extreme

democrat party. it is a neosocialist party which doesn't really care for the stock market. therefore, if you get a complete sweep by the democrats, i think the market goes down confounding the history of the market after election day. >> sandra: always love when you give us your take. the "wall street journal" explaining that point. for investors worried how the stock market will fare in the event of a divided government or sweep by either party in next month's elections history offers an important lesson. stocks the end to go up regardless of which party controls washington i want to finish up with this. a new fox news state polling on who is better equipped to handle the economy. we've put up some of the key states we're watching. michigan a tie, ohio the president is polling way above joe biden there. 11-point advantage. in pennsylvania a little bit more narrow margin there. president trump still polling

ahead of biden in pennsylvania and wisconsin. what are you seeing and hearing on that front? the president maintains a lead over joe biden when it comes to the economy. it seems all the way up to election day that's the case. >> is the economy the key issue on which this election will be decided? or is it the president's persona or is it the virus? i'm going with tradition, which is the economy. it is front and center in any presidential election. i mean, that's our bread and butter, that's your job, that's your house, that's the interest you pay, that's the stock market, you are saving, etc. i think the economy still is the main issue and i think it's a very big winning issue for the president and interesting to see him pulling ahead in those key states. that's interesting. that's a late trend and if it goes on for the next 10 days i think the president is in a very good position here. >> sandra: polling ahead on the economy. all those data points will come

into play. see what happens, 11 days left after the big debate last night. always good to see you. thank you. >> bill: meantime 11 days to go. 47 million americans already casting their ballots, 4 million of those in the state of florida alone and that's where the president campaigns today. two big events. phil keating at a polling station in winter park just north of orlando there. good morning, phil. >> good morning to you, bill. the first work week of early voting wraps up tonight. however, florida voters will have the option to come and either drop off their mail in the ballot box or stand in line and early vote on saturday and sunday as well. as the next 11 days. president trump claims this presidential election is the most historic in u.s. history. one thing definitely is historic. voting early and voting by mail has never been more popular. with 11 days to go to election day americans have already

accomplished 100% of all the early voting done four years ago. that reflects one, voter enthusiasm and two, fears of contracting coronavirus by going in person. masks are mandatory, recommended strongly but not mandatory. this location at the winter park library has about a 40-minute long wait in line right now. about 75 people long. more than 6 million texans also have already cast their ballots. most states across the country registered democrats have outpaced registered republicans by vote by mail. from here to election day registered republicans are expected to make up for that and outpace democrats. >> big question for democrats is whether they will be able to chase those people who requested vote by mail ballots but didn't turn them in. the people who didn't vote early in person and getting them to turn out to vote

election day. republicans have proven they know how to get people to the polls election day. democrats haven't figured that out. >> this morning in indianapolis the vice president and his wife, they voted in person and early. president trump will be north of orlando at the villages, the big retirement complex and then pensacola as well before going back to mar-a-lago in west palm beach and he is expected along with first lady melania to vote in person there first thing tomorrow morning. >> bill: nice to see you, talk to you later. north of orlando. >> sandra: russian hackers are trying to disrupt our elections. officials are saying they're seeing an onslaught of activity. the second and final debate is in the books. president trump going after joe biden's character. is that the right move? >> president trump: joe got 3

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>> i am character of the country is on the ballot. our character is on the ballot. >> president trump: if the stuff is true about russia, china iraq, if this is true he is a corrupt politician. don't give me the stuff about how are you this innocent baby. >> bill: both men taking shots at each other's character. president trump attacking biden on alleged connections to his son's business dealings and 47 year career in washington biden firing back bringing up

the president's recently revealed chinese bank account. want to bring in brad blakeman, mo elleithee. nice to see you both. mo, he made his way to his front porch. i love it during covid time. to both of you, brad, you start. how did you score it last night? >> i thought trump hit a home run. not only in demeanor but in facts taking it to joe biden on the economy. we heard joe biden pretty much tell us that the oil industry is dead. frarking is dead. he uses the word transition. we know what that means. look at gavin newsom in california who said there won't be gasoline cars in california in 15 years. it is not by technology leading the way. it is by government fiat. people have to think long and hard about who is going to kill jobs in america. how much is gasoline going to cost? just when we become energy independent gasoline is at an

all-time low democrats are talking about wiping out an entire industry. talk about the economy when you go to the voting booth and ask themselves are we ready to turn our country over to the government? that was the stark difference, bill. government control versus technology and people leading their own destiny. >> bill: mo, how did you score last night? >> i thought the president, his demeanor made it a little bit more productive of a debate. so i'm appreciative of that. but look, 50 million people have already voted. there is a lot of -- >> bill: it's only a third of the total that will vote. if you get 150 million voting you are only a third of the way there. i know it's a big number but not conclusive. >> no, no, no, but my point is people are voting at record

numbers so far. there are fewer people left to convince. he needed this opportunity. he gave the biden campaign two big gifts over the past week when he went on another network's town hall and said there wasn't much he would have done different on covid. and when he leaked the 60 minutes tape that showed him saying he hopes the supreme court overturns the affordable care act. those were two huge gifts on two issues that the american people according to polling stand opposed to the president's position. >> bill: i think both of them >> he needed to address those issues last night. >> bill: the question that was not asked, brad, are the emails real or fake? did you meet with bobulinski or not? these issues don't live in the mainstream media. you are not going to find a whole lot of people reporting on this. why was that specific question woefully absent from last night's 90 minutes?

>> i think because the president knows that it's a periphery issue. it is important but mainstream media isn't cover it. our base gets it. donald trump became wealthy and then entered politics. joe biden spent his entire life in politics and profited off his connections while he was vice president and after. this is icing on the cake with regard to the corruption and character of joe biden. but at the end of the day this election will be decided on the economy and the future of our country. >> bill: the president counters and spent $40 million investigating me for three years. you had my tax returns and found absolutely nothing. i thought that was a very interesting exchange. mo, did you find it the same way? >> look, i thought it was a waste of time for the president. for the reason that brad just outlined. i agree with him.

the only people animated at all by this conversation, the only people who truly believe that there is any smoke there are already voting for the president. nobody else believes it because there is no other evidence supporting it. so any amount of time the president spent talking about it in a debate was kind of a waste and it opened him up to the counter attack about his own business dealings and lack of transparency on tax returns. >> bill: guys, i will score it a draw between the two of you today. brad and mo thanks. brad, the background is not your front porch it is actually a picture. >> it is. i wish it was my front porch. >> this is my real attic, though. >> talk soon. >> sandra: the "new york post" twitter account is still locked even after hunter biden's former business partner came forward about those alleged email. why is the social media giant still blocking that account? plus this.

>> we're about to go into a dark winter, a dark winter. and he has no clear plan and there is no prospect that there is going to be a vaccine available for the majority of the american people before the middle of next year. >> sandra: joe biden with that grim warning about the pandemic during the debate last night. how close are we to finding a vaccine? we'll have a live report and update next. prop 19 provides tax savings for family homes.

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>> president trump: we're learning to live with it. we have no choice. we can't lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. >> he says we're learning to live with it. people are learning to die with it. we're dying with it because he has never said as he said it's dangerous. when is the last time is it really dangerous still? are we dangerous? you tell the people it's

dangerous now? what should they do about the danger? >> sandra: president trump and joe biden going at it after the coronavirus. the president defending his administration's -- the administration says a vaccine could be weeks away and learning that one company has now started testing on children. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta. what can you tell us about this trial? >> hi, sandra. the reason why you want to enroll children in a trial is even though they are at lower risk for severe complications from the coronavirus, they can still spread it. so pfizer has gotten authorization to test its vaccine on kids 12 and older to see how effective it is in that age group. another vaccine maker moderna has 30,000 volunteers for a phase 3 trial. 1/3 are minorities.

that's significant. they have higher rates of severe illness. so involving them in the trials will give researchers a better idea how much protection the vaccine offers them. meanwhile, remdesivir, not a vaccine but a treatment, has become the first covid-19 treatment to get full authorization from the fda. it is an antiviral medication given to hospitalized patients. it found it reduced the 15-day median recovery time to just 10 days. it is one of the treatments president trump received when he was infected with coronavirus. it is now approved for use in hospitalized patients 12 and older. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: jonathan, thank you. covid-19 means santa is not coming to town at least here in new york city. i don't mean to be the bearer of bad news. macy's now says santa claus

won't be greeting children here in manhattan. a holiday tradition existed for 150 years. not good news. >> bill: no santa, no halloween, kiss 2020 goodbye for crying out loud. >> sandra: santa suits will sell out. >> bill: come on now. debates in the books. no more for 2020 on that. we'll break down the event. how the new rules played out when "fox news sunday" host chris wallace joins us. his evaluation straight ahead here on "america's newsroom." whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health.

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oh, i will rescue you >> sandra: it's a brand-new hour. here is what's happening inside "america's newsroom." 20 presidential debate is in the books. >> president trump: joe, i ran because of you. i ran because of barack obama because you did a poor job. if i thought you did a good job i would have never run. >> you know his character and you know my character. you know our reputations for honor and telling the truth. >> corey bobulinski saying he worked with the former v.p. himself and has proof. >> i have heard joe biden say he has never discussed business with hunter. that is false.

>> 2004 scott peterson was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son and given the death penalty. >> sandra: more on all those stories throughout the hour. back to our top story. president trump and joe biden striking a calmer tone in their second and final presidential debate with no shortage of attacks. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." he came back for more, i'm sandra smith. there is bill hemmer. >> bill: we're halfway, no, we're not. only a third of the way there. smitty -- >> sandra: how is the banana and coffee? >> bill: you know, my guilty pleasures i'm trying to hold off at the moment. nice to see you, happy friday. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. the candidates back on the campaign today 11 days out from election day, president trump heads to the key swing state of florida. two events today. the vice president, mike pence hits battleground ohio and pennsylvania. joe biden is going to talk about the pandemic and economy back in his home state of

delaware. kamala harris is in georgia trying to flip a red state blue. president trump last night brought up hunter biden's -- joe biden's son and we're learning new information about his overseas business dealings. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more on that. been on the story all week. where are we today? >> as expected president trump pressed the issue about hunter biden and biden family foreign business dealings last night in the debate. >> president trump: the kind of things that you've done and the kind of monies that your family has taken. i mean, your brother made money in iraq. millions of dollars. your other brother made a fortune. it's through you. they say you get some of it. you live very well. you have houses all over the place. >> biden tried to turn the attack around on the president. >> i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life. we learned that this president paid 50 times the tax in china,

has a secret bank account with china. does business in china. and in fact is talking about me taking money? >> the debate comes after hunter biden's former business partner on a 2017 chinese energy deal bobulinski came forward and alleges he saw the biden family aggressively leverage the family name to make millions from foreign entities and some from communist china. he spoke on camera before last night's debate. >> hunter biden referred to his father as the big guy or my chairman. joe biden's involvement was not to be mentioned in writing but only face-to-face. >> to be clear there are also emails bobulinski turned over which make reference to the chairman of the business deal being chinese. bobulinski says hunter used that term for his father as well. bobulinski says he is willing to cooperate with the f.b.i. and two senate committees with

some of that expected to take place today, bill. >> bill: mike emanuel on that in washington >> sandra: let's bring in chris wallace. i know you had a late night last night. enjoyed watching your response after the debate. i recall your first words were something like you couldn't help but be jealous watching the debate. it went pretty smoothly last night. what did you think? >> it certainly wasn't the train wreck the first debate was. a lot of talk is being made about the mute button. i don't think that was the key. the key was that the president and his team realized that his tactics in the first debate being so aggressive, interrupting more than 145 times didn't work. people didn't like it. he took a hit in the polls. so plan a not working he went to plan b which was to have a civil, substantive debate. kristen welker did a very good job as moderator. as i said i was a little

jealous. i would have liked to have moderated that debate. >> sandra: you heard mike emanuel's reporting on the hunter biden email laptop story. what we heard from joe biden last night in response to the president's attacks on that was, quote, i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life. he then turned the attack on president trump over taxes that he has paid in china. how would you rate that exchange? >> well, you know, as far as the way it went in the debate i thought that biden did a pretty effective job. he didn't answer the question. he did say he hadn't taken any money but didn't answer a lot of the specifics. he did turn it and talk about the fact that joe biden -- donald trump has apparently paid a lot more in taxes in one year than he did in the united states, had a chinese bank account we didn't find out until "the new york times" reported it. and the president rather than pressing the case kind of got

on the defensive and ended up having to defend how much he paid. $750 in taxes one year. he said he had pre-paid millions and talked about audits. it seemed to get him off track. i'm sure that the president will continue to bring this up but it seems to me the key here is this. biden said he had never received a single penny from a foreign government. if the trump campaign is able to show he did, then that's big trouble for joe biden. if they don't, if they aren't able to show that, my guess is this for most voters won't be a big issue. >> sandra: a big moment was the moments before the debate when we all learned that president trump had invited bobulinski to be a special guest at the debate. of course that's hunter's former business partner that is making these allegations and confirming those emails. was it effective to do that? >> my own personal opinion? no. because bobulinski in an

independent character coming forward and making complaints and allegations about joe and hunter biden seems to me personally is more powerful than him as a guest of donald trump and now it begins to seem more political. so that's one opinion but i was a little surprised, actually, that they paraded him as a guest of the trump camp at the debate. >> sandra: i want to put up on the screen the total early voting numbers we're seeing. it is really something. what can be made of that? while i present the numbers to you and our viewers. total votes cast as of october 23rd, today, over 47 million, chris. what can be made of that, if anything? >> well, first of all it's astonishing. remember in 2016 we had a total of 120 something million votes cast total in the whole election for trump and clinton. now you've got basically 50 million and we're 11 days away.

it will definitely be over 60 million. over half the total vote early. early voting, mail-in voting before the election. the first thing you can make of it is the fact that all of those people the debate meant nothing to them last night because they already voted. the big question is this because most people think that more of the early voting is going to biden than is going to the president. the real question is, is it just time shifting? these are people that would have voted on election day and instead voting early but not really an addition, or is it new voters and people who didn't vote last time and might not have voted this time. it would indicate turnout is increasing for biden supporters. that will be a key. we won't really know that until we see what happens on election night. >> sandra: only time will tell. coming up this sunday, "fox news sunday" your guests are ronna mcdaniel and ice cube.

>> i suspect you are talking more about ice cube than ronna mcdaniel and also a representative of the biden campaign. the famous rapper ice cube straight out of compton came out with a contract with black america in the summer, met with jared kushner and kind of endorsed the trump platinum plan. took tremendous backlash from the black community. we have a very interesting conversation with cube. i now call him cube because we're besties and you will be interested to hear it. it is chris and cube on "fox news sunday". >> sandra: i love it. i can't wait. we'll be watching. chris, always great to talk with you. >> bill: that's funny. thanks. f.b.i. and homeland security officials announcing that russian hackers have targeted dozens of state and local governments since last month as many officials say russia is a greater threat to the election

than iran. gillian turner is on that in d.c. what is russia trying to accomplish? what do we know? >> bill, if you feel like you are having flashbacks this morning to 2016, it is because it does now officially feel like we're in a bit of a time loop. fox news has been talking to intelligence sources all night into the early morning today and we're learning that russia does pose a direct threat to this election and they're trying to interfere, the threat is growing more dangerous by the day according to our intelligence community sources. new revelations about hacking attempts by russia and iran came yesterday so this came up at the debate last night. joe biden says russia is out to get him specifically. listen. >> everything that's going on here about russia is wanting to make sure that i do not get elected the next president of the united states because they know i know them and they know me. >> now president trump though insists he is really the one that is in russia's crosshairs, listen. >> president trump: there has

been nobody tougher to russia between the sanctions. nobody tougher than me on russia between the sanctions, between all of what i've done with nato. >> we're also learning the intelligence community is at war this week over the threat posed by russia to the election. four years ago there is still disagreement whether russia intervened to help president trump or not. now, republicans on the house intelligence committee have produced this brand-new classified report they claim directly undercuts the 2017 intelligence assessment that russia intervened in the last election to aid president trump and hurt hillary clinton. the intel minority leader devin nunes tells fox news intelligence committee republicans uncovered serious trade craft problems in the compilation of the ica. it should be made available to

the american people. democrats and republicans are fighting about whether or not to release this report. republicans want it out there because they believe it helps the case for donald trump. democrats by contrast tell fox news they believe that constitutes a national security threat. they say no way. we'll keep you posted on that. >> bill: gillian turner on that in d.c. thank you very much. >> sandra: developing now in the fight over mail-in voting in the key battleground of north carolina the trump campaign filed an appeal with the nation's highest court over a rule change last movement it lets the state accept mail-in absentee ballots up to nine days after election day rather than three days. that is not fair according to the republican party. the attorney general says this if voters comply with the statutes and mail in their ballots on or before election day they shouldn't be penalized

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>> sandra: president trump hitting the campaign trail for two key events in the key swing state of florida today and kamala harris is in georgia. vice president pence will go to ohio and pennsylvania and joe biden will deliver a speech from wilmington on covid-19 and how to revive the u.s. economy. tomorrow president obama will also campaign in florida for joe biden. let's bring in daron shaw from the fox news decision desk. we always like when you can take a spin on touch screen with us. stay with me as i get into the state of florida where we know the president is making two campaign stops today. let's start out in sumter county where the president delivers remarks at the maga rally in the villages as president trump is now polling below joe biden, biden leading by two points in this state. why is this a key stop for the president today? good morning.

>> good morning. nice to be here. well look, florida is a really interesting state. if you talk to experts and you'll see this as soon as you go to the touch screen. it is really five states where you have the panhandle in the north, miami in the south, you have the gold coast and you have the central area as well as the west. and republicans and democrats do well across those different -- five different states as you can call them. the villages is interesting actually. close to trump's home. it is near west palm but the surrounding counties produce republican votes. not surprising the president will go there trying to get his supporters to the polls early and erase some of the early voting lead the democrats have been accumulating in florida. >> sandra: sumter county he handily won in 2016. 70% of the vote there. you talk about the panhandle. pensacola where the president

will be. pensacola will be heading up later today. talk about the president's goal on the ground there as this will be his stop later today. the counties over here he won 60 .7% of the vote in 2016. >> right. ever since -- those of us who go back along way remember 2000 and waiting for these results to come in from the panhandle and karl rove and other republican operatives cautioned people the turnout in the panhandle is key. that's still true. it is still true that some of these northern and western counties are heavily republican. those are the counties that produce the votes that make it possible for republicans to overcome the votes democratic votes from broward and miami-dade and west palm and other places in the state. a smart campaign will try to jazz up his base and get the people motivated to make sure they vote. they have to show up on election day for republicans to

be competitive. >> sandra: let's head to delaware. the former president biden will spend time on the ground today. you look back at the results 2016. hillary clinton 53% to donald trump's 41% in this state. joe biden specifically will spend his time on the ground in new castle county. he will be talking covid and the economy. what is the biden campaign strategy there, daron? >> i think this is -- there is an interesting argument in political science called issue ownership. and the argument is that we talk a lot about counties moving to the left or right. but issue ownership argues it is about agenda control. candidates who dominate the agenda and the issues that voters are thinking about on election day do well. joe biden wants this elect to be about handling the pandemic and climate change and healthcare. donald trump wants it to be about the economy, security and

crime and policing. the candidates who are frame the election to dominate the agenda are the ones that will be advantaged. you saw that fight last night between the candidates over that. joe biden is hammering home the message everything is about healthcare, right? covid is about healthcare, supreme court fight is about healthcare. not coincidental. a smart move on the part of the biden campaign. >> sandra: georgia, kamala harris will spend time on the ground there. she will be heading to atlanta specifically fulton county is where she will be spending time. this is a key state. you look back at the 2016 election, 51% of the vote went to donald trump on the ground there. what is the goal on the part of the biden campaign on the ground in georgia as, by the way, kamala harris is going to be on the ground there, georgia 1,900,000 votes have already been cast in this state, daron, what does it mean big picture? >> it is stunning. i think if you look at the

number of active voters on the state registered voter file i think it's 6.5 million. that's an enormous number of voters who have already cast ballots. georgia is a little simpler than florida in terms of political strategy. you have atlanta and the suburbs. it's fulton and -- those are the key counties. what's interesting is gennett is 52% democrat. cobb was 49/47. those are swing counties. a lot of suburban voters and a lot of african-american but white suburban voters. donald trump has to do well there. conversely, kamala harris and joe biden need to dominate in fulton and even or slightly ahead in gennett and cobb to carry that state. they probably need to sweep the four. that's the only pathway to victory in georgia, still a tough state for democrats.

>> sandra: fulton county we have it on the screen. hillary clinton won it back in 2016 by 72% of the votes there. we'll see kamala harris on the ground. georgia and joe biden polling ahead of president trump there by just over a percentage point in georgia. okay. we'll leave it there. daron shaw, thank you for joining us today. take a spin on the touch screen. a lot of campaign visits today and the president will cast his vote in person in florida over the weekend. daron, thank you. >> bill: good stuff there, good job, guys. scott peterson is back in court today more than 15 years after being convicted for the death of his wife and unborn son. he will go before a judge. why california is looking at his case once again. a much different presidential debate last night. how did you rate the moderator and the use of the mute button? reaction from howie kurtz. analysis of that coming up in a moment. >> president trump: all of the

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hour. covid-19 testing on children. >> bill: health experts say a third wave of covid is building. infections are up in 44 states over the past week. colder weather means people are spending more time together indoors. >> sandra: the so-called troublesome fire in colorado has burned over 125,000 acres and only 5% contained at this time. hundreds have been forced from their homes as the u.s. forest service as the fire is growing by 6,000 acres an hour thanks to strong winds there. >> president trump: we are on the road to success. i'm cutting taxes and he wants to raise everybody's taxes and he wants to put new regulations on everything. he will kill it. if he gets in, you will have a depression the likes of which you have never seen. >> i will say i'm an american president. i represent all of you whether you voted for me or against me. and i'm going to make sure that you are represented and i'll give you hope.

>> bill: president trump and joe biden in engaging in a more controlled presidential debate. the moderator getting praise from democrats and republicans including the president during the debate. i want to bring in howie kurtz. nice to see you. i'm certain this will come up on sunday during your program "media buzz". came in this morning. talked to mike on the elevator. mike is our audio guy. he said who won last night. he said the mute button. here is what you write. an improved trump, a tighter biden land punches in a better debate. explain. >> it was like a good, clean boxing match with very few below the belt punches. the president was much more disciplined than last time and as a result of that including his debates in 2016 i thought it was maybe his best debate. was it enough given that joe biden was also pretty disciplined at paring this attacks and avoiding most but not all of his usual stumbles. most calling it a draw.

i give a slight edge to the president. is that of limited value because he started out behind. >> bill: to continue the boxing metaphor. i scored it both traded jabs for an hour and then i thought the president got stronger in the final 30 minutes and i thought joe biden faded slightly and therefore the decision goes to the incumbent. what do you think of that? >> well, i will agree with your time analysis. in the last half hour biden looked a little tired and when he made his one big mistake of the debate which was to say he wants to transition away from the oil industry. you will be hearing more about that particularly in states that use fracking like pennsylvania. at the same time i think the first hour is the most important. biden was able to talk to middle class families. his pitch. he was able to say when the president was minimizing covid we're rounding the corner and learning to live with it. biden shot back we're learning to die with it. the president was able to paint biden as career politician who

hasn't accomplished much. how many times did we hear the phrase 47 years. they both got their blows in. the one area where i thought the president's attack fell flat were on the hunter biden allegations. he wasn't able to show that joe biden got a dime including from the proposed chinese deal with hunter biden. "wall street journal" and fox news reporting there was no evidence joe biden was involved in this. this was after he was vice president. >> bill: are the emails and text messages real or not was the question. that never happened. with regard to 47 years i think it's a drinking game now, howie. back to your piece. this is what you write about the moderator. >> that's malarkey. >> bill: one clear winner on the stage welker. she largely kept control and asked hard questions and drew praise from the president. it was a substantive debate to give viewers the chance to measure the candidates. my view of the mute button.

if you watched carefully at times they were mouthing words that weren't picked up on the microphone. back in cleveland 3 1/2 weeks ago that was a trigger moment for biden to go or it was a trigger moment for trump to turn on him. you did not have that last night. you could argue because the mute button was effective and both men played by the rules. >> i think it goes beyond the mute button. it was an improve: kirsten welder did a great job. she would give them these rebut always it probably set her back and constantly arguing with them. the president had been beating her up early in the week as an activist, not a reporter. she showed she is a good reporter. she benefited from the president's decision not to do what he did in cleveland and constantly interrupt. chris wallace said he was jealous because both men mostly stayed within the rules.

in those final minutes you could almost see the candidates saying i have to get one more shot. we're running out of time and when the civility kind of shattered. the president accused joe biden of being a -- there are hard shots and the note they ended on. >> bill: what's the over/under. 60 million, higher than that? >> number of people watching? >> what do you think? >> last debate 11 or 12 days before the election it is more like 70 million plus. not just who hatched. it's the coverage and clips and replaying online. again, i think president trump so much more improved than last time but at the same time i didn't see anything with a possible exception of the oil answer by biden that fundamentally altered the chemistry of this race. every day is like five days in this news cycle. >> bill: we have an afternoon to go to. fracking is a big story in

pennsylvania. watch that story. see you on sunday for "media buzz". >> sandra: scott peterson, the california man convicted of killing his pregnant wife and unborn son 16 years ago back in court today via videoconference from prison after the california supreme court overturned his death penalty and ordered a new look at his conviction. laura engel covered the original trial. what can we expect to happen today? >> hi, sandra. we could hear more about his upcoming defense on this. as you mentioned he physically will not be in that courthouse but it might be the first time we will hear his voice in that courthouse where he was arraigned back in 2003 for the murder of lacey peterson and her unborn son. as he makes that appearance remotely from san quentin, prison. he was found guilty for the murders of his wife and unborn son after she went missing from the couple's northern california home christmas eve

in 2000 2 and sentenced in 2005. it follows a recent series of decisions by the california supreme court that overturned his death penalty in august citing significant errors in jury selection and upheld the guilty verdict. ordered the re-examination on his trial citing alleged jury misconduct. a juror failing to disclose she had been involved in an illegal proceeding around a domestic dispute while pregnant. who will his defense attorney be moving forward. garrigus always thought peterson would get legal relief and gratified to see it happen now. we know lacey's family feels differently. the da's office have told me prosecutors are speaking with

lacey's mother and brother to keep them up to date on the developments. we'll have more throughout the day and on foxnews.com. >> sandra: thank you for that. >> bill: developing now more possible sonic attacks targeting u.s. officials at home and overseas. four years after american officials in cuba started hearing strange sounds, experiencing blurred vision, memory loss, nausea and headaches. these possible attacks reported the last three years by a diplomat in della. white house employee in arlington virginia and officials stationed in china, cuba and russia. what's that? >> sandra: hunter biden's former business partner is speaking out confirming the legitimacy of hunter's email on a chinese company. will twitter finally unlock the "new york post" twitter account? >> i have heard joe biden say he has never discussed business with hunter. that is false. i have firsthand knowledge about this because i directly

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>> sandra: this just in. the state department saying it has received credible reports of potential terrorists attacks in u.s. citizens in turkey. threats have been made including the consulate general in istanbul. all services in turkey have been suspended and americans are asked to be extra cautious there. >> bill: hunter biden's former business associate an email showing hunter biden's business dealings with a chinese company is the real thing. question now will twitter account the of the "new york post." it suspended and blocked the newspaper after it first published the story. the last tweet was nine days ago, october 14th.

carley shimkus, good morning, listen. nine days and counting what's up with this? >> you have bobulinski coming out saying some of these emails in the post article are legit. you have the director of national intelligence saying right now there is no intel that suggests this is part of a russian disinformation campaign and you have twitter changing their hacked materials policy essentially admitting that they were wrong to censor the story in the first place. yet the last time the "new york post" was able to post a tweet was october 14th last wednesday. twitter did release a statement saying that while they did update their policy they don't enforce these changes retroactively. so they are still calling on the "new york post" to take down six tweets on their hunter biden reporting but to me considering all that i just said, it sort of sounds like sour grapes. >> bill: amazing. mike emanuel passes this along. senate homeland security committee says tony bobulinski will interview with the f.b.i.

today. we'll see what comes of that. point being the story continues, right? it goes on and on. got another story here about facebook. a satire account. they get you to laugh and apparently not everybody gets the joke. what's the story? >> the joke is on facebook with this one. the babylon b, a conservative satirical site they mocked hor ono's line of questioning tweeting it like a witch trial and made a monty python joke. facebook took down that article and demon advertised the babylon bee because they accuse them of citing violence in the post. now facebook is apologizing saying it should never have happened and their system

sometimes has trouble detecting satire. the only problem is, bill, i have to say that while their system did take down that post. it went through a manual review and that decision was upheld. >> here is the statement from facebook so we get it ton record. a mistake and we apologize it happened. on facebook satire can be difficult for our systems to identify. we've restored the article and ability to monetize. you mention senator hirono. she be weighed against a duck to see if she is a witch. your witness. >> i do have to say i admitted on this program earlier this week i didn't know one of the actors in the tv show cheers. now i'm admitting i didn't know it was a monty python joke until i went on youtube and confirmed it is. i went on a deep dive to monty python. >> bill: we'll see you at happy hour, carley. listen, satire is tough to

detect in a text message. it is true. you have a friend or family member sending something to you, did they mean that? >> even if you don't know it's satire should it really be removed? >> bill: point taken. i'm saying between friends it is hard to detect. >> i'll text you later. >> bill: have a terrific weekend. >> you, too. >> sandra: the coronavirus pandemic forced the macy's thanksgiving parade to go virtual and one more change, the westminster dog show has been delayed from february to next june. will now take place in the new york suburb instead of madison square garden and held outside as a safety precaution. i believe a standard poodle won last time around. correct me if i'm wrong. >> bill: i'm keeping score, no parade, right? that will be one block and things go up there and -- >> sandra: that's not go -- >> bill: no santa, right?

no new year's eve time square, is that right? >> sandra: this is the news. >> bill: they're moving it. >> sandra: delaying it, moving it. >> bill: taking the dogs to the suburbs. no parade, no santa, no new year's leave. it is a stunning thing to look where the ball drops and empty and to still see the digits up there 2020. every time i go by i'm like man, i wish you would just go away. >> sandra: #over it. >> bill: over it again and again and again. if you are hoping for relief from covid a stimulus bill in washington likely going to have to wait until after the election. sticking points again. democrats and the white house have not figured out a way to break out of it. both sides blame each other for the delay. you have to ask whether or not they want to get a deal. what it means for folks who need the help coming up next.

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>> sandra: the clock is ticking getting a coronavirus stimulus package passed by election day. house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats and the white house are close to a deal. it could still take time to get an actual vote in place and have that pass. chad pergram is live on capitol hill this morning. chad, what can we expect as far as a signed bill by november 3? >> very unlikely. in fact, getting a deal before november 3 is a bit of a

challenge. remember today is the day that nancy pelosi wanted to have final legislative text. that has not happened because they don't have a deal. there are a lot of big unresolved issues in this. listen to this exchange at her press conference yesterday. this crystallizes the dispute. >> have you come to an agreement on state and local funding? >> and on liability. >> no, we haven't. >> pelosi and mnuchin have narrowed the gap. the problem appears that mnuchin is aligned with most senate republicans. one source told fox that republican senators were getting sick of him being so desperate to get a deal. president trump is blaming the speaker. >> president trump: nancy pelosi doesn't want to approve anything because she would love to have some victories on a day called november 3. nancy pelosi does not want to approve it. we are ready, willing and able to do something. >> they are going to need

significant bipartisan buy in to cut off a filibuster on any bill. roy blunt thinks it's a real challenge to move something in a lame duck congress. something after the election. others on capitol hill who think it's easier to move it then. that's something of a misnomer. people's policy positions really don't change. and that's why, sandra, it is looking increasingly like if they are going to get a bill, it will be in january. back to you. >> sandra: chad pergram. thank you. >> bill: central rocks and upper midwest over the weekend. the third round of winter weather for the area so far this year could bring a foot or more of snow in some spots. snow blanketing most of montana with more on the way. minnesota also setting a record breaking snow for the month of october in the last few days. how about that, huh? did you know winter is coming.

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>> sandra: a busy day on the campaign after last night's final presidential debate. president trump and vice president mike pence hitting ohio and pennsylvania and florida. kamala harris and biden make remarks in delaware and georgia. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. good morning, bill. >> bill: good morning. you know what we say at this time? >> sandra: we're still here. >> bill: we're still here. >> sandra: good morning. >> good morning to you. full-court press until the 3rd of november. 47 million americans already voting. last night both candidates made their closing arguments for the ballots yet to be cast. they went at everything from the economy, foreign policy and coronavirus. >> sandra: white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany is on deck with reaction. first fox team coverage peter doocy has the latest on the campaigns. we begin with hillary vaughn in nashville with more on the debate last night. the moderator was not the only

one asking questions on that stage. >> sandra, she was not. president trump did not just bring hunter biden's ex business partner as his special guest to the debate. he was the first one to bring up the scandal on stage giving democratic nominee joe biden a chance to set the record straight about what exactly his involvement was with his son's overseas business deals. >> president trump: i think you have to clean it up and talk to the american people. maybe you can do it now. >> i have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life. i have not taken a single penny from any country whatsoever ever. >> the two candidates fwaukd a number of issues many involving businesses. biden said he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. president trump said he supports a state option because it was crush businesses. >> you haven't ruled out more

shut downs >> look, if you have a restaurant you need to have plexiglas dividers so people can't effect one another. >> that's unbelievably expensive. >> biden also made news last night after promising again he would not ban fracking, he went a giant step further by saying eventually wants to close down the entire oil industry. >> president trump: would you close down the oil industry? would you close down the oil industry? >> i would transition from the oil industry, yes. >> that's a big statement. >> that's a big statement. >> why would you do that? >> the oil industry pollutes significantly. here is the deal. >> president trump: that's a big statement. basically he is saying he is going to destroy the oil industry. will you remember that, texas? will you remember that, pennsylvania, oklahoma? >> the mute button did seem to work last night. it did help keep things a

little calmer on stage. maybe a little too calm. at one point biden may have been a little bored. he was caught on camera looking at the time on his watch during the debate. sandra. >> sandra: thank you, hillary. bill. >> bill: 40 years ago that would have ended a campaign. remember george bush 1992? meanwhile just 11 days to go until election day. both candidates hitting the trail. president trump will hold two rallies in florida. joe biden is back home in delaware and make a speech today. peter doocy is keeping track on that. what more can you tell us of the plans as of today friday, hello? >> good morning, bill. joe biden spent all week here in delaware before the debate and now he is back and he is cleaning up that answer from last night, the one where he said he wants to get rid of the oil industry. >> we'll have to go to all -- we're not getting rid of fossil fuels. we get rid of the subsidies for fossil fuels but not getting rid of fossil fuels for a long

time. probably 2050. >> this afternoon biden will give a speech at a theater in wilmington that is closed to the public and open only to the small pool of reporters that are assigned to travel with him this week. the campaign tells us he wants to talk today more about his plans for covid-19 and the economy as president trump prepares for two big florida rallies today, first at the villages, the active adult retirement community that sits on the i-4 corridor where florida may be won or lost. he will be on the florida panhandle in pensacola. the trump campaign says they also believe they are really cutting into biden's support with black voters. >> it's why you see that there is increased inroads being made by the president among black voters. and i think all you have to do is look at the way joe biden is behaving in his campaign to understand that all of that is

true. joe biden is spending millions of dollars advertising on television and the radio trying to attract support from black voters. that is something that democrat candidates for president in a general election never, ever have to do. >> a few minutes ago the biden campaign sent out an email blast saying that the real fight isn't on the debate stage, it is out in the streets and then they sent a link for -- asking for $10. they're still trying to raise money even though they only have 11 days to spend it, bill. >> bill: peter doocy, thanks. >> sandra: the white house reacting to last night's debate arguing president trump dominated the final showdown with joe biden. here to talk about it is white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany. some may be surprised the president hasn't tweeted yet today. >> i haven't spoken with him yet today. as we were heading home on air

force one i had the polls rolling in on my phone and i kept bringing them back to the president and we saw 94% support in one poll for his debate performance. 74%, 81%. one-by-one america acknowledging that president trump brought the message the american people care about to the stage. he will fight for you. he will not fight for washington, for wall street and for the swamp. >> sandra: there are questions about heading into the debate how the president was going to handle the hunter biden email laptop story, whether or not there would be a question from the moderator or if the president would have to bring it up himself. he clearly did. if i put up on the screen by jim jordan he tweeted this out. hunter biden's emails are authentic. joe biden is the big guy. if any were untrue the bidens would say so. so many of his supporters wanted president trump to ask those questions of the former

vice president. he didn't do that. was that a missed opportunity? >> no, because i think the president when he took that debate stage we already had an individual come out, the business partner of hunter biden, a witness to all of this, a firsthand witness corroborating this. i think it's indisputable. the president laid out the facts that joe biden has taken money from ukraine, china, russia and take it a step further. what does it mean for you the american people? china, the biggest emitter of co2. how do you solve climate change and a global pandemic brought by china when you're on china's payroll. the problems when we look around the world. how do you look out for the interests of the united states when you're on the payroll of the chief adversary of the united states? >> sandra: he turned that around and counter attacked the president over his bank accounts and taxes paid in china. i want to ask you about this exchange. immigration obviously came up and here was the exchange with biden and trump.

watch. >> president trump: we're working on it. we're trying very hard. a lot of these kids come out without the parents. >> these 500 plus kids came with parents. they separated them at the border. >> president trump: who built the cages, joe? who built the cages? >> sandra: was one of the more heated exchanges last night. some reviewing the debate and that moment this morning saying there is still unanswered questions there. did the president go far enough in responding to joe biden's attacks there? >> yes, he did by pointing out the fact that this all started on joe biden and barack obama's watch. there was no greater enabler of the cartels, of the coyotes than the obama/biden administration which made incentives for immigration of children coming alone across the border. 3 in 10 are subject to sexual abuse. 7 of 10 of physical abuse. a brutal global cartel business

that goes on that this president has whittled down, ended the humanitarian crisis that joe biden and barack obama created. >> sandra: there seemed to be a moment where the president felt like he had a very strong stance and it came to the economy and when it came to the oil industry in this country. watch this exchange. >> president trump: would you close down the oil industry? would you close down the oil industry? >> i would transition from the oil industry, yes. >> president trump: that's a big statement. >> that is a big statement. >> why would you do that? >> the oil industry pollutes significantly. here is the deal. >> president trump: that's a big statement. basically what he is saying he is going to destroy the oil industry. will you remember that, texas and pennsylvania and oklahoma? >> sandra: all of that about joe biden saying he would transition the oil industry. i know that you said you caught up with the president after the debate last night.

did he have anything specific to say about that? it was clearly a moment. >> it was an eye opening moment. he mentioned that moment. it was a moment that none of us expected. we're in the middle of a global pandemic where americans have lost jobs through no fault of their own because of china and the solution of a major party candidate is to end an industry that millions of americans get their livelihoods from. it just goes to show how out of touch the democrat party of today is to have a moment on stage where you will eliminate an industry when americans are in pain and you have the greatest jobs president bringing this economy back in president trump. >> sandra: you've seen the surge in early voting. you've seen the polls. you and i have talked about that on many occasions. so many are saying this comes down to the economy and pocketbook issues while there is so much else out there. larry kudlow said this on fox business early -- earlier. >> the key point is the fourth quarter. there is so much momentum

coming out of q3. the housing story is a boom. the automobile story, another boom. consumer spending is very, very strong. as i say people going back to work. >> sandra: since the president continues to poll above joe biden when it comes to who voters trust to handle the economy, they say it's donald trump. is there still time for president trump to make this case to american voters to sway or change minds 11 days out? >> yes. look i would argue that americans have lived through the trump economy for three years. you had historic low unemployment. paychecks going up at a rate five times the past administration for black americans, hispanic americans, for americans generally. he has proven his ability to create jobs. a pandemic happened. he had to shut down the economy.

we are exceeding expectations, the hottest economy in modern history coming back again under president trump. >> sandra: we haven't heard from the president yet this morning. when do you expect we will first? >> i think you will be hearing from him later this afternoon. he has two rallies. he will be reporters throughout the dai. i'm certain you'll hear from him. he is a great mood and happy with his performance. >> sandra: how does he feel about florida? >> he is feeling strong about florida. he will be casting his ballot on saturday. his home state. this state resoundingly endorsed his policies in the mid-terms and we think they will do so again. >> sandra: thanks to talk to you. >> bill: the feds putting out a terror alert warning americans could be targets for kidnapping or worse. get to that threat in a moment and shake it down for you. word of a bitter fight in the world of intelligence. spy agencies arguing over whether to release a report and when it could change everything

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>> bill: just in, a warning terrorists are targeting americans for attacks or kidnapping and the feds say the threats are credible. u.s. embassy in turkey issuing the security alert for many locations in that country and singled out istanbul and the embassy urging u.s. citizens to be on alert in large gatherings, spaces like malls and offices. turkey now three out of four in the danger scale from the u.s. state department. that indicates serious risk to safety and advising americans to think twice about travel. >> sandra: president trump and joe biden speaking out about foreign election interference after the director of national intelligence john ratcliffe says russia and iran are making

efforts to sway american public opinion. gillian turner is live on that. >> intelligence sources told fox news overnight the threat of election interference from russia is real, dangerous and continuing to grow by the day. this comes in the wake of new disclosures yesterday from the intelligence community about russia and iran trying to meddle online in cyberspace. it came up last night at the debate. joe biden made the case to the american people it is quite obvious to everybody he is the target here. listen to what he said. >> what is going on about russia is wanting to make sure that i do not get elected the next president of the united states because they know i know them. and they know me. >> president trump made the case that russia and iran and america's adversaries are out to get him. take a listen. >> president trump: there has been nobody tougher to russia between the sanctions.

nobody tougher than me on russia between the sanctions, between all of what i've done with nato. >> we're learning that the house intelligence committee is at war with itself now about russia's attempts to interfere in the election. four years ago there is some disagreement among republicans and democrats about whether russia actually sought to interfere to help president trump and hurt hillary clinton. now, in a brand-new report republicans are allegedly -- we haven't seen this yet. they're allege knowledge they have intelligence that directly undercuts the intelligence community's assessment in 2017 that russia did, in fact, try to help president trump. now, the former ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley weighed in with fox news and she said the bottom line here is that america's enemies fight democratic elections online because it's the cheapest form of warfare that is available to

them. listen. >> back in 2016 you actually had the russians coordinating rallies that americans were going to having no idea they were doing it. their whole goal was to separate us on race and on religion. i think now you will see the same thing. they're trying to cause chaos through these emails. >> officials who are familiar with the underlying intelligence are telling fox news that over at the house intelligence committee devin nunes, minority leader, is pushing for this highly classified report to be released to public in an unclassified format. some republican colleagues and democrats are making the case it would compromise sources and methods and really hurt u.s. national security interests to release it. if anyone decides to release it, we'll bring it to you immediately. >> sandra: thank you. >> created real openings for president trump. he said no one lost their health insurance under

obamacare. biden said i never said superpredators and never said i would ban fracking. he said i'm not for socialized medicine. i have a public koption. that is socialized medicine. there is a lot of things the president can play off of. >> bill: chickens still on the bone. karl rove pointing to several moments where joe biden made questionable and possibly inaccurate claims opening the door for president trump to attack. want to bring in chris bedford, senior editor of the federalist. thank you for being here. here is your headline. three ways donald trump's debate performance will affect the race. three ways. what are they? >> i think the first one that stands out the most is pennsylvania. if you look at president donald trump's face during the debate when joe biden start evidence attacking the oil industry you can tell he knows he has just won a campaign commercial with joe biden challenging him to put it on his website when he

said he would ban fracking. when he said the oil industry will end. energy has been the kind of policy that's been pushing pennsylvania to the right recently in the last election and could again this time. there is a lot of voters in that state as well as ohio, two states very important to president donald trump to win and any chance of his reelection, and those ads will be cut immediately. we started to see them come out at 1:00 a.m. that was a big mistake. we saw joe biden bring up hunter, his son. something he probably couldn't have done. you could almost hear his war room yelling. he attacked rudy giuliani and a lot of people who just heard it for the first time. they had not heard about these corruption ol gaitions because a lot of channels have been ignoring them. the third way donald trump did well last night and i think did something that could help change the election is his tone. his tone was terrible in the first debate.

he was already sick and in the hospital a few days later. he didn't do well and scared some of the moderates and suburban educated women who have been pushed away by his tone and the kind of thing that will calm the nerves on a lot of the more diehard republican and donald trump supporters who felt a little betrayed and wanted to see a forceful defense of donald trump's accomplishments. >> bill: interesting analysis. trey gowdy was with me yesterday afternoon and on the whole hunter biden thing he said you don't want to bring it up first. you want it to linger out there. because the longer it lingers, the more you get the other guy to think when will it happen? to your point, biden went there first, chris. >> i couldn't believe it when he went there first. it seemed like an unforced error. i was happily surprised to see welker follow up on that. joe biden is not winning any voters when he talks about this scandal. at absolute best it stinks to high heaven.

at worst it is evidence of corruption throughout his family. these are things he doesn't want to talk about and there are a lot of channels on the television these days that have only devoted minutes to this over the past few weeks. the left has tried to suppress it, silicon valley, facebook, google, twitter have tried to suppress it. for him to attack it head on without an offense. blaming it on russia is not a good offense. >> bill: examiner headline. a lot of people owe the "new york post" an apology. they've been locked out of twitter entirely for nine days. federalist. twitter keeps the "new york post" account locked without explanation. if -- do you see it changing? so far it hasn't outside of a few outlets. >> i wouldn't hold their breath for an apology. this was the kind of partisan move more than anything. they are reporting and investigative stories not born

out completely all the time. for silicon valley to say this is not allowed to fly is insane. they bit off more than they could chew on this one. a lot of the people who did this probably don't read the "new york post" and the third most highly circulated paper in america. it will cause anger. it was a foolish move by them. it brought a lot more attention to a story they could have tried to ignore on its own. >> they brought a lot of oxygen to the story when they blocked it. >> exactly. >> if you don't block it does it even become an event last night >> the tactic to silo news stories even backed up with evidence that don't fit a certain narrative. it has been successful and suffocating a lot of good news. they did the opposite this time. they attacked it head on and it was a mistake. >> bill: enjoy the weekend, thank you, chris.

>> sandra: supreme court nominee amy coney barrett on track for confirmation next week one state is now petitioning the high court to take up a major abortion case, one that supporters hope to lead to the court to overturn roe v. wade and analyst saying neither candidate landed a knock-out punch at the debate last night but did they do enough to move the needle?

>> bill: stories making headlines now friday morning. both candidates taking the message from last night on the road today. president trump will make two stops in florida. polls show a dead heat. joe biden makes an appearance near his home in delaware his first after four days out of the spotlight. >> sandra: the case that could potentially overturn roe v. wade and allow states to outlaw abortion. mississippi asking the high court to review an abortion before fetal die built after a senate committee approve amy coney barrett to the court. >> overnight crews in huntsville, alabama used a crane to take it down. some people cheered nearby.

it breaks a state law to protect monuments. many cities in alabama have paid the $25,000 fine to get rid of remnants of the confederacy. >> president trump: 99% of people recover. we have to recover. we can't close up our nation. we have to open our schools and we can't close up our nation. or you won't have a nation. >> he says we're learning to live with it. people are learning to die with it. >> sandra: last night's debate did include some stark contrasts on policy. james hohmann from the "washington post" and author of the daily 202. whether it was the mute button or concerted effort on the part of the candidates to just calm things down and have an open debate. we did hear a lot more on policy last night. what did you think? >> we really did, sandra. i thought it was striking that we saw the contrast between the candidates and the president i think benefited from being able

to kind of try to reclaim the outsider mantel that worked so well for him in 2016. focus groups, polls, research, all of it has shown the president can successfully drive a message saying joe biden has been in washington for 47 years, but a lot of times the president hasn't been able to get that message across and that worked for him in 2016 and he was able to prosecute that case i thought better than certainly he did in the first debate last night. >> sandra: there were key moments. one of which is when the two took each other on over social justice reform. watch. >> president trump: 1994 your crime bill. the superpredators. nobody has done more for the black community than donald trump. and if you look, with the exception of abraham lincoln. possible exception but the exception of abraham lincoln, nobody has done what i've done. criminal justice reform, obama and joe didn't do it.

>> commuted over 1,000 people's sentences. over 1,000. the very law he is talking about is a law that initiated by barack obama. >> sandra: how is that moment from last night going over? >> i think the biden team is perhaps frustrated that he didn't more clearly forcefully respond to the argument that he didn't do as much as he could have in the past. i think he could have said there was a republican-controlled house and we weren't able to pass legislation. they weren't forcefully making that case. the former vice president is in this unique position that's unprecedented in american history where he got elected to the u.s. senate in 1972 and he is the one who is the challenger against the president. >> sandra: finally as this is governor huckabee talking about the president leading with hunter biden.

watch this moment and i'll ask you how it may have impacted strategy last night. >> meeting with hunter biden is that a mistake >> it is a mistake. the average person doesn't understand it and it doesn't matter to them. >> sandra: this is a point made by governor huckabee. he is getting a lot of advice from a lot of republican colleagues how to approach this on the debate stage. what did you think how the president did go about it? we got a response from joe biden. >> we did. i thought one of biden's strongest moments of the night was when he looked straight in the camera and said this isn't by my family or his family. it is about your family and the president said that's what politicians say. it was a particularly effective moment at trying to neutralize this issue. i was surprised that hunter biden did not come up more. it was a reflection of advice from the president's aides that he has a strong -- an advantage

on the economy that he should try to prosecute and press in that matters ultimately to the voters he needs to win over more than his opponent's son. >> sandra: did anybody come out a clear winner last night? >> i think it was a draw but i thought biden really handed ammunition to the president with his gaffe on oil at the end. he tried to clean it up by calling reporters over to his plane before he flew back to delaware. i think that will be problematic in western pennsylvania and make it much harder for biden to perhaps pull off an upset in texas and i think it gives something for the president to talk a lot about the next 11 days. >> sandra: interesting. we're just getting word that kamala harris on the campaign trail is being asked about this quite a bit. she took a question on what he said on the oil industry last night and said she wants to be very clear biden is not banning fracking. he will deal with oil subsidies but the president likes to put everything out of context. she is going after donald trump as a response. we'll see if we can get the sound for our viewers.

that's just coming in. james, thank you. >> thanks, sandra. >> bill: to add to that you could almost hear the clock ticking when he said it put it up on your website. three, two, one, here it comes. before he left that debate last night he went back to the tarmac to clarify. interesting joe biden is going back to pennsylvania this weekend. he will go to county. you have three counties in the state that flipped from biden to trump -- from obama to trump in 2016. it made the difference of 44,000 votes statewide. now if you have fracking back out there again. both candidates have made the decision to go to the a camera within 12 hours of the debate. it could be significant. we'll watch that. joe biden sticking to his proposal to raise taxes on corporations and wealthy americans even as fallout from covid batters the nation's economy. edward lawrence live in d.c. nice to sigh.

what are we talking about, tax increases or more? >> bill, exactly. tax increases. former vice president joe biden continues to safe he will raise taxes on anyone making more than $400,000 a year. the tax policy center run by a former obama administration official says the tax would raise $3 trillion over ten years and raise the estate tax and raise taxes on corporations and estate taxes. here is last night. listen. the president saying in that debate basically everything is relying on regulations. he will change regulations, increase taxes, the president will cut taxes. biden did not respond specifically about his tax plan. instead he hit the president back over the payroll tax deferral. >> if in fact social security, if in fact he continues to withhold -- his plan to withhold the tax on social security, social security will

be bankrupt by 2023. with no way to make up for it. >> when you look at the hidden taxes that could be looming in biden's healthcare plan that could hit middle america. the former vice president plans to reinstate the individual mandate. the campaign describing that as a fee not a tax. back to corporations. raising the corporate tax rate as biden would do to 28% could have businesses large and small rethinking the amount of people they hire. now following me through this. it could lower the amount of money a company makes. that lowers the money the company brings in bringing down the stock price and it all affects the 401ks that hold stocks. they would see less money. generally economists say the more taxes you increase the slower the overall economic growth will be. >> bill: thank you for that edward lawrence on the issues. >> sandra: major news involving a classic american retailer. what is forcing the gap to close down hundreds of its stores? and joe biden distancing

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t-gap closing one-third of its stores by 2024. shutting down gap stores and some banana republic stores. transitioning to more online sales instead. >> president trump: he wants socialized medicine. his vice president, she is more liberal than bernie sanders and wants it even more. bernie sanders wants it. the democrats wants it. >> he is running against joe biden, not somebody else. i beat all those other people because i disagreed with them. >> bill: there is a moment joe

biden distancing himself from the progressives during last night's debate suggesting he beat liberal candidates like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders because his views differ from theirs. welcome, not even noon yet here on the east coast. what do you make of this separation you're seeing and perhaps it's not so little? >> well, it's a mutual separation. again the progressives have distanced themselves as well from joe biden just as joe biden has distanced himself from the progressives. this is a mutual divorce, a mutual agreement differences that will not be resolved until after joe biden assumes office if he is elected. people aren't confused about joe biden's position. he was elected because see a moderate democrat. he certainly is progressive as far as conservatives how they feel. the reality is he is a moderate

democrat. progressives have figured out what it is. will they vote for joe biden yes or no? it has nothing to do with policy at this point for those voting for joe biden. those sticking to their guns and saying medicare for all perhaps will not vote for him. this fight will go on if he is elected. >> bill: i think you're right about that. bernie sanders makes a play for biden labor secretary. i can confirm he is trying to figure out how to land that role or something like it. he has an interest in it. would that happen? >> i don't know. bernie sanders if you close the deal, remember when he gave away the keys to the whole progressive movement and supported joe biden? i was critical he didn't get concessions it from. perhaps he did get concessions that will allow him to be the secretary of labor. if that's the case he certainly should let his followers know. they felt like they got nothing at all. so again we don't know what was in that secret meeting between him and joe biden and maybe

that was one. if it is, good for you, bernie sanders, for being able to get something out of the deal. you didn't make the progressives feel like you did. >> bill: 2016, no ppp, remember that? on and on the chants went. what did the president do when he was in office in january of 2017? he got rid of it immediately. all right. got some favorable, unfavorables. check it out the trump favorability is higher than nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi is higher than mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell is slightly behind chuck schumer. you get all that? what do you make of it? >> what i make of it i never really believed the polls. bernie sanders' polls showed he was the most popular u.s. senator out of all of them combined and that meant nothing when it came down to going to the polls. so popularity to me it is what

it is. you can be the most popular person in high school but doesn't necessarily mean you'll be at the top of the class. at the end of the day november 3 will determine who is popular but as you know with the popular vote that means nothing, either. about the electoral college. who is able to get people to the polls and the electoral college to win. >> bill: do you think last night changed anything? >> no, i think people's minds are made up. we're 60% of those who voted in 2016 as we have seen unprecedented numbers where people going to the polls more than they say will beat the record for the last 100 years. people are not rushing to the polls risking a pandemic voting early if their minds are not made up. i'm sure republicans feel great about trump being able to get through it without interrupting but at the end of the day people's minds i believe truly are made up and november 3 can't get here fast enough as far as i'm concerned. >> bill: thank you. nice to see you. houston, texas today. enjoy the shot.

you've earned it, right? almost the weekend. >> straight shot. >> see you later. >> sandra: some americans reporting bizarre symptoms like headaches, ear popping and strange movements in their sleep. feds say people might not be sick but could be the victims of a russian plot.

♪ >> sandra: reports checking their children in the middle of the night after finding their kids making bizarre movements in unison. both were sound asleep. it's not a horror movie. this happened in real life. a federal investigation is underway. analysts say that russia could be to blame.

rich edson has the story from the state department. what are we learning? >> good morning, sandra. cuba, china, americans in russia and here in the united states. american diplomats and intelligence officers reporting that they are experiencing these bizarre sonic-like assaults. that story that you referenced, that's from a piece in "gq." they are reporting that in june 2018 and american diplomat and his spouse were in philadelphia for specialized treatment. they had been stationed in china when they said they were hit with one of these attacks. "gq" reports these kids moving in unison in their sleep. they developed vision and balance problem. state farm would have no comments on reports of attacks on american diplomats in the united states. democrats have accused the administration of foot dragging and evasiveness in helping the victims and these attacks. secretary of state mike pompeo maintains that state is taking care of their medical needs and that officials are still investigating that they will

hold those responsible. in late 2016 american diplomats in cuba started reporting these bizarre attacks and symptoms. officials revealed attacks on diplomats in china and now there's a former cia officer that said he was in moscow in december of 2017 that he experienced one of these attacks. sandra. >> sandra: rich edson live from the state department. thank you. >> trace: we have breaking news. this could be significant. happening right now from the oval office. president donald trump announcing that sudan will start to normalize ties with israel making it the third arab state in a matter of months to do so. also just crossing on the wires, benjamin netanyahu is talking about the circle of peace throughout the arab world. he is talking about expanding the circle of peace. the president weighing in apparently talking about some of this coming together within months. this could be something else, sandra, happening right now.

>> sandra: in the oval office, pompeo, mnuchin. we will have this for you. we'll be right back. with their va streamline refi, there is no income verification no appraisal, no out of pocket costs and no va paperwork for you. you can start the process right over the phone. refi now and cut $3000 a year off your mortgage payments. loans can close in as little as 30 days.

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3:00 eastern today. hahead of the nsa. >> sandra: discussing the work behind the scenes as they are meeting in the oval office. thanks for being here. >> trace: nice to be with you. it flew by, didn't it? >> sandra: it was fun. good to see you. "outnumbered" starts now. speak speak to the breaking news right now is the next country te relations with israel under president trump. president trump has announced today that sudan will b begin normalize ties with israel, making it the third arab state to do so as part of broker deals on the run-up to election day. a couple short weeks ago, a few short weeks ago it was the united arab emirates and baja