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biden stays close to home. we are live in washington with the countdown to election day. jillian: all eyes on capitol hill today for judge amy coney barrett's confirmation vote as democrats pull an all-nighter. the senate expected to pave her way to the supreme court, except for one republican throwing up a roadblock. todd: he earned a silver star, this 97-year-old american hero making history again. jillian: "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ i got somebody at home. ♪ if i stay i might not leave alone. ♪ no, honey, i'm good, i could have another but i probably should not. todd.jillian: i don't know many grammar songs. todd: there's this one and the other one. they're both -- jillian: good talk. good morning. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. the election just eight days

away. today, president trump set to rally voters in pennsylvania while joe biden does not have any campaign events scheduled as of now. jillian: this comes after the two sat down for separate interviews with 60 minutes. griff jenkins is live in washington with all the highlights. good morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning. an election year tradition for both candidates to sit down for a 60 minutes interview. trump, pence, biden and harris all doing it. this time, one of them walked out in frustration. watch. >> i see joe biden givin givint ball after soft ball. i've seen all of this interviews, he's never been asked a question that's hard. >> forget him for a president. you're president. >> you started with me. your first statement was are you ready for tough questions? >> are you? >> i think we have enough of an interview here, hope. okay. that's enough. let's go. i'll see you later. thanks. >> be careful.

>> reporter: he and later joe biden both addressed pressing issues from covid-19 to the economy and biden says he's not taking anything for granted. >> you have held a steady lead in the national and state polls. but so did hillary clinton four years ago. could donald trump still win this? >> sure. i'm one of those folks who are competitors. it's not over until the bell rings and i feel superstitious when i predict anything other than it's going to be a hard fight. we feel good about where we are but, you know, i don't underestimate how he plays. >> reporter: nora also pressing harris on her record. >> gov track has rated you as the most liberal senator. you supported the green new deal. you supported medicare for all. you've supported legalizing marijuana. joe biden doesn't support those things. so are you going to bring the policies, those progressive policies that you supported as

senator, into a biden administration? >> what i will do, and i promise you this, and this is what joe wants me to do, this was part of our deal. todd: the president today heading to pennsylvania, as you mentioned, three stops, two are rallies. there are no campaign events listed for joe biden today. we'll have to see if something pops up. todd: one issue lingering over the biden campaign are the e-mails, the vp slamming reports on his son's alleged business dealings. >> when you put the combination of russia, giuliani, the president together, it's just what it is, it's a smear campaign because he has nothing he wants to talk about. what is he running on? what is he running on? todd: congressman jim jordan who reviewed the purported e-mails from hunter's purchase d laptop thinks otherwise. >> they're as real as real can be. we have an eyewitness, mr.

bobulinski who said these are you authentic, the big guy in one of the e-mails does mean joe biden and he had spoke to former vice president biden. this is as real as it gets. here's the fundamental question, why will joe biden say they're not real. todd: tony bobulinski telling fox news joe biden knew and was involved in his son's overseas business dealings. five minutes after the hour now. let's go live to the senate floor where democrats are protesting judge amy coney barrett's confirmation in an all-nightmare non. i -- all nightmare non. i believe that is senator tim kaine. today, the senate set to vote confirming her to the supreme court, making amy coney barrett president trump's third appointment. >> i've given you a great new supreme court justice, by the way. that will take place on monday. the democrats are thrilled.

monday. three of them, all great. jillian: jackie ibanez joins us with more on tonight's vote. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: the confirmation vote is expected to take place around 8:00 tonight, eastern time. senators voted 51-48 to limit debate on judge amy coney barrett's nomination. the party line vote all but assures republicans have enough to fill justice ruth bader ginsburg's seat. >> barrett of the u.s. court of you appeals for the seventh circuit is a stellar nominee in every single respect. >> the contradiction will be a stain on the leader's forehead and on the entire republican caucus if it continues. >> reporter: two republicans voted against advancing the nominee, maine senator susan collins and alaska senator lisa murkowski. collins said she would vote against any justice nominee things close to the he'll -- this close to the election. she said she wanted to be

consistent after the senate did not vote on merrick garland. senator murkowski is expected to vote for barrett. vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris is slamming the process on the campaign trail. listen. >> the supreme court nomination thing is illegitimate. because how dare you try to sit somebody into ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the united states supreme court for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in our land while the american people are trying to vote for who will be their next president. >> reporter: senators also clashing on whether vice president mike pence should preside over the vote. at least five of his staffers including chief of staff mark short, close aide zach bower and outside advisor marty oak have tested positive for the coronavirus. the vice president, however, has tested negative for the virus. jillian: thank you very much. jackie. todd: a fox news alert, china hitting major u.s. defense

companies with sanctions over armed sales to taiwan. they will be penalized. the state department announced a $1 billion deal with taiwan, green lighting the sale of 135 precision land attack missiles, advanced equipment and training. beijing looks at taiwan as its own territory that can be annexed by force if necessary. jillian: at least six people killed and 17 injured following a violent weekend in chicago. police say one of the victims is a 3-year-old girl who was shot in the wrist. a man is facing child endangerment charge. she is said to be in good condition. this year, the city has seen over 2600 shootings and 688 homicides, both are up by 53% since this time last year. todd: president trump planning to remove fbi director christopher wray if he's reelected. a senior official saying that an advisor told the president to wait until after the election before making any move. wray served as fbi director

since 2017. the official say mark esper could be on his way out. it's not clear if he would be fired or leave on his own. jillian: let's go to week seven in the nfl. the cardinals hand the seahawks their first loss in an overtime thriller. a field goal with 20 seconds left right there gives arizona the 37-34 win. cowboy's quarterback leaving the game with a concussion after a brutal hit. the linebacker who hit him was ejected. washington wins, 25-3. not good there. the patriots benching quarterback cam newton after three interceptions. the 49ers blew out the patriots, 33-6 in the battle of the unbeatens, the steelers held off a rally by the titans. >> it's a 45-yard attempt. it's high, no good. jillian: pittsburgh wins, 27-2

27-24. the falcons scoring by accident against the lions, giving detroit the final play and winning, 23-22. todd: there was the dallas on-side kick and then that, poor falcons. jillian: the browns beat the bengals which change -- the last few minutes of that game were exciting. todd: did you see the catch? joe biden flip-flops on energy a hot button issue in pennsylvania. >> i would transition from the oil industry, yes. i would transition. >> that's a big statement. >> that is a big statement. todd: congressman fred keller from the key stone state says energy producers are here to stay. he joins us live next. jillian: the president and first lady get a kick out of a couple of pint size look-alikes. it's going viral. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ and i have no privacy.

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jillian: joe biden grilled by local news outlets in pennsylvania over his big statement on energy at last week's debate. >> transition from the oil industry, yes. >> oh, that's a big statement. >> that is a big statement. because the oil industry pollutes and i stopped giving to the oil industry, i'd stop giving them federal subsidies. >> will you remember that texas, will you remember that pennsylvania, oklahoma. todd: congressman fred keller represents pennsylvania and joins us with more on the fallout. when i heard that line, the first thing i thought of, could this line swing swing state pennsylvania. what are people saying about that exchange from the debate? >> i think people have figured out a long time that joe biden is going to say whatever he has to. we believe he's going to get rid of fracking in our natural gas and oil industry in pennsylvania. jillian: there's a lot of

people, sir, as you know, who have already voted. we're breaking records here with early voter turnout. in pennsylvania, a lot of people have voted too. i guess, bouncing off of todd's question, do you think there's enough people right now who are going to be impacted by this who of haven't voted already in order to swing that? >> i think so. in pa-12, we have -- we actually looked at polling that said there's going to be many of the people that are going to get out of vote, probably almost three quarters of them in pa-12 will vote on election day. todd: local media in pennsylvania doubling down on this over the weekend, asking questions of vice president -- former vice president biden, and speaking of doubling down, it seems like biden didn't sort of go completely against what he said at the debate. he does seem to be sort of re-emphasizing these points. do you see people in pennsylvania changing their vote to president trump because of this? again, to circle back, these

undecided individuals that were going to vote biden but now are going to change their vote entirely? >> i think pennsylvania's going to do the same thing we did four years ago, when former secretary clinton said she was going to get rid of coal. we're talking about tens of thousands of good paying jobs, a lot of money to our local economies. these are family sustaining jobs. pennsylvanians are hard working, thoughtful people. they can see through joe biden. we don't want that. we want a president like president trump who believes in the spirit of the american people, believes in pennsylvania, and wants to let us do what we do best and that's make things and work. jillian: do you put any stock in the polls that as of right now, anyway, show joe biden with the lead in pennsylvania for presidential choice, we can pull this up. he's got 50% compared to the president's 45%. you know, but then you look at who do pennsylvanians trust to better handle the economy and president trump does have the edge there by 5 points. how much stock do you put in

both of those? >> well, i think when you look at it, we're very close. we're much closer than we were four years ago. and on election day we're going to see that people are going to turn out and they're going to support the president that believes in us, the president that has over the past four years, displayed the ability to bring jobs back to america, to bring jobs back to pennsylvania. not joe biden in the past 47 years who continually supported programs to send our jobs overseas. todd: meantime, a number of trump supporters crashed a biden rally in bristol, pennsylvania where joe biden called them this. >> i'll work as hard for those who don't support me as those who don't, including the chumps with the microphones out there. we don't do things like the chumps out there with the microphones are doing. todd: will chumps become the deplorable of this year? >> i think so. i think it speaks to the former

vice president and the fact that he's not serious about caring about all a people. and he talked about scranton, i can only figure outs why he didn't come back, because that's what he thinks of us. that's the opinion he has. he calls us names and wants to say he's from here. he can't have it both ways. we're not chumps, we're hard working individuals who want to provide for our families, who want to make sure our nation is secure and to be able to do those things, we need to be able to develop the natural resources and the energy right here. jillian: congressman fred keller, thank you for waking up early and joining us. we appreciate your time. >> thank you, always a pleasure. todd: an ugly display by anti-trump protesters in new york city. the social media backlash to attacks on a jews for trump caravan. jillian: speaker nancy pelosi wants to keep hold of the gavel. but the leader of the squad withholding her full support. is this another example of a democratic disconnect? re vision

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todd: 22 minutes after the hour now. a jews for trump rally through new york city descends into chaos after violent agitators throw rocks, eggs and allegedly pepper spray at participants. watch this. [crowd noise] jillian: carley shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7, sirius xm115 with more on what happened. >> hundreds of cars travel from coney island to trump tower before heading to a rally in brooklyn yesterday. this was marred by violent crashes with trump critics. twitter videos show cars draped

with pro trump flags being pelted with eggs and rocks. a family of seven including four kids also report being pepper sprayed inside their vehicle. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani made an appearance. his car was shouted at by protesters. they weren't too happy to see him. all of this comes to a head in times square where police say seven people were arrested, so definitely not a peaceful event that took place all across new york city yesterday. jillian: wow. okay, so herschel walker has something to say to his critics. >> you have to take a lot of guts to be famous and be a trump supporter. there's probably no end to the amount of criticism you're going to receive. herschel walker addressed this on twitter yesterday. take a listen to what he has to say. >> every day i find someone that's trying to get me to change my mind of who i think should be president of the united states, who i think is donald j trump and herschel, they say you've got to trust the science, something they got from

joe biden. why don't you trust in the lord, jesus christ. there's only one of those. >> he said with a smile right there. despite the fact that people try to change his mind, he seems pretty confident in himself and political opinions. he spoke at the republican national convention in august and talked about his deep personal friendship with the president. todd: all right, carley, further evidence of a democratic house divided. >> this is really interesting. new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez was asked yesterday if she would support house speaker nancy pelosi if she decides to run again and a report says, well, maybe, if pelosi is the most progressive candidate. take a look. >> we have to see those race as they come, see what candidates are there. i am committed to making sure we have the most progressive candidate there. if speaker pelosi is the most progressive candidate, then i will be supporting her. >> not a whole hearted endorsement there. these two women have not always seen eye to eye.

last year it became a major news story when they sat down and met in person after sparring back and forth in public. so i guess you could say the clashes between the progressive and more moderate wing if you want to call pelosi a moderate democrat, those clashes continue. todd: yes, they do. carley shimkus, no clash with us. >> absolutely never, guys. todd: we love you. >> see ya. todd: thanks so much. >> see ya. jillian: now to this. we love this too. a world war ii veteran completes his first marathon, proving age, just a number. [cheering] todd: look at that. marine fred harvey becoming the holdest person to cross the finish line in the marine corps marathon, in five hours and 20 minutes. that's impressive. just shy of his 97th birthday. jillian: the race went virtual because of the pandemic. the texas war hero earned a silver star for saving a fellow

marine. hats off to you, sir. todd: president trump zipping around the country with six rallies in the next few days while joe biden keeps a light schedule. jillian: steve cortes joins us next on the campaign's game plan in the runup to election day. ♪ (calm inspirational music)

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gear with several weekend stops across battleground states. meanwhile, joe biden made the trip to pennsylvania saturday and had a virtual event last night. if energy alone determines the outcome of the election, who has the upper hand. joining me with his answer, which i can imagine what he's going to say, is senior strategy advisor, steve cortes. thanks a for being here. >> good morning. jillian: good morning. you now, look, there is no doubt -- >> listen, if it's -- jillian: i was going to say, when you look at the images, the president has enthusiasm at his rallies all across the country. it needs to be more than rallying his base. do you think the president is getting that? >> i do. look, the rallies are certainly really important. it's a lot of earned media that's significant. it's also providing a contrast for the american people. if i were to put it to music, our president is all over the country, literally dancing to ymca. while apparently for this remaining closing week, joe biden is going to be in his basement, playing that ocean go

to sleep music. that contrast is revealing for the american people. also on policy, obviously, which matters more than just the optics of it. on policy, we are making the affirmative case to rehire donald trump as our national ceo because there's an economic revival, renaissance going on in this country right now, it's real, it's palatable. people feel it. and the way to continue it and accelerate it is to re-election donald trump. on the other hand we have joe biden who offers a doomy future, he speaks of a dark winter ahead, on top of that, there's the corporate scandal. there is strong evidence that for sure the biden family and perhaps joe biden himself has betrayed our country, sold out our nation to the chinese communists. so there's real issues still to be presented to a lot of voters out there, people who may not pay close attention to politics and we're going to do our best to hustle and grind and a earn their votes. jillian: a lot of questions on both sides. you mentioned the campaign trail. the president is going to spend

time on monday in pennsylvania. tuesday, he'll be in michigan. he's going to be in wisconsin and nebraska. joe biden on tuesday will be at two locations in georgia. there is enthusiasm on the other side when it comes to those who don't want the president in office but you're not -- definitely not seeing that like you are, you're seeing with the president out there at the rallies and on the campaign trail. that is for sure. point taken there. now, i want to ask you this real quick before we let you go. 60 minutes, that interview, obviously 60 minutes aired last night. that's going to get a lot of play, a lot of conversation today. my question to you is, what was the strategy in the president going ahead and releasing that interview early? because there are a lot of people out there who were saying that he did joe biden a favor, that this was a soft ball he gave to joe biden. what do you say about that? >> no, look, i think it's fair to say that corporate media in general has been incredibly unfair to this president and rather than rely on them and their selective editing and you

know, being in the television business, you can edit things to make even a very intelligent statement look not so intelligent. he said we've got the raw footage, we're going to release the whole tape. perhaps the most instructive part was watching kamala harris, she was totally unable to answer the question about being the most liberal member of the u.s. 123459senate, which is statistiy true. i can't believe she was not prepared for the question. it's important because the american people need to think long and hard about this. according to rasmussen survey, 59% of the american people don't believe joe biden could finish his first term in office. electing joe biden means a de facto president harris. does the country want this agenda to be behind the oval office, i don't think so if they think about it. jillian: steve cortes, trump campaign senior strategy advisor, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. todd: robert o'brien reassures

americans that foreign hackers will not affect the election. >> they can't do either of those things and we got ahold of them early on because we've got great cyber folks and we put a stop to it. there's nothing they can do to change your vote or stop you from voting. todd: o'brien's comments come days after officials said russian hackers targeted dozens of state and local governments in the us. he said the best way to beat foreign adversaries is to get out and vote. more than 100 protesters have been hit by cars across the u.s. this year. according to new research from the university of chicago. between george floyd's death in may and september 5th, 104 protesters have been struck with at least two dying from their injuries. 39 drivers have been charged with crimes ranging from reckless driving to vehicular homicide. to extreme weather now, the gulf coast is bracing for tropical storm zeta. it's on track to hit luc louisia on wednesday. it is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before hitting the

yucatan peninsula. it could bring dangerous storm surges to the area. janice dean joins us live with the storm's path. janice, how much more water can the region take? >> right. so this is another storm that is forecast to hit louisiana. we're not talking about a major hurricane but it's going to hit vulnerable areas that have been seeing so many storms this season. so let's take a look at it. 70-mile-an-hour sustained winds, 74 miles per hour makes it a hurricane. we do indeed think we're going to have a hurricane before it moves over the yucatan peninsula and restrengthens in the gulf of mexico, making a landfall we think core, that center of the storm around the new orleans area, so a little more towards the eastern half of louisiana, in towards mississippi and there's your spyre models. we are -- computer models. we are expecting a potential landfall on wednesday. heavy rain is going to meet up with a cold front and that's going to exacerbate an already

bad situation with heavy rain already in the forecast. i want to make mention that we are getting snow, freezing rain and ice over parts of new mexico and texas ayou head of this -- ahead of this tropical system. we will keep you up-to-date on zeta which will probably -- the next named storm will tie for the most named storms we have ever had in the u.s. for an atlanta hurricane season. it's been incredible. jillian: of course, it's 2020 of all years, i feel like -- oh, gosh. >> very true. jillian: now to this. president trump and the first lady taking a break from campaigning to greet trick or treaters in front of the white house, the kids wearing fun costumes, walking by and waving to the couple while socially distancing. todd: take a look. this pair catches the first family's yo attention. you see the little boy with the suit and the little girl donning

a white outfit, dressed as melania. senator kamala harris laughing at this question during his 60 minutes interview. >> is that a socialist or progressive perspective? >> [ laughter ] >> no. todd: steve cortes teased this. we have it for you, the democrat's denial that she governed from the far left. jillian: facebook getting ready for election chaos, the tools the social media giant is sharpening. ♪ i'm picking up good vibrations. ♪ she's giving me --

todd: we're back with a fox business alert. china vowing to retaliate if the u.s. goes ahead with an arms sale to taiwan. jillian: cheryl casone joins us live with more. >> this news breaking this morning, guys. china once again is posturing over the issue of taiwan, promising retaliation if the

united states proceeds with a billion dollar plus arms sale to the island. beijing wants the sale of 135 precision land attack missiles, equipment and training classes to taiwan canceled immediately. this is a new low for u.s.-china trade relations, we should adhere. this is a boeing contract, by the way. boeing is a dow component. that will be a stock to watch this morning. jillian: facebook is trying to combat election unrest. how? >> they're preparing these new measures to handle possible election unrest with new tools that would slow the spread of certain posts and would tweak user feeds. executives said they would only deploy these tools which have been used before in sly lain ca lanka. they're preparing just in case. todd: kamala harris getting asked about socialism. >> interesting interview of course. this is during an interview on

60 minutes on sunday. senator harris laughed when asked if she would advocate for a socialist or progressive perspective if elected. >> is that a socialist or progressive perspective? >> [ laughter ] no. [ laughter ] no, it is the perspective of a woman who grew up a black child in america. >> well, leading into that question, nora o'donnell cited harris' support for the green new deal, medicare for all and legalization of marijuana. joe biden has not yet put his full support behind those initiatives, guys. jillian: interesting. okay. thank you, cheryl. and covid-19 cases are rising rapidly. the resurgence of the virus comes at the start of the flu season. is the u.s. ready for a twi twindemic? dr. marc siegel says the record number of cases is concerning, he joins us live, next. todd: first let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming

up on "fox & friends." >> good morning, did you have a nice weekend. jillian: yes, did you? >> no, it was too fast. jillian: always. >> hello, right? as we start this important week, we are eight days out from election day with campaigns on both sides gearing up for the final week to make their pitch to you, the voters. in our nation's capitol, i'll check in with jared kushner. also, the middle two squares, senators ted cruz and tom cotton will join us ahead of the vote to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. that vote getting support from republicans and attorney generals across the country. we'll hear from arkansas' ag on why she says senator mitch mcconnell is making the right move by moving forward with the vote tonight. also on deck, newt, jocoo, ben shapiro and maria bartiromo, we'll be doing a simulcast, we'll be on two channels at the

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. flu season is here and as the u.s. sees a record high 83,000 coronavirus cases in a single day, how concerned should we be about this twindemic. todd: joining us, fox news medical contributor, dr. marc siegel. that is the question, how concerned should we be if we want to protect our families from this covid-flu hybrid? >> well, todd, jillian, good morning. i don't think so the flu itself concerns me right now, although i will urge everyone out there

to get a flu shot to make sure that stays true. but there was a very mild flu season in australia in the southern hemisphere this year, very mild. and we always follow them by about six months. it may have been mild because they were being very cautious about covid and covid spreads much more easily than the flu. so of if you're distancing and you're masking in appropriate areas and you're not having large gatherings already you're going to slow the spread of the flu. that may be one of the reasons. so far, it's too early to tell here in the united states for flu but we've seen very few cases. we need to keep it that way. jillian: yeah. someone had said to me in conversation, one of my friends, saying i haven't even gotten a cold this year and she was like because probably we're wearing masks and we're doing all these things. so it's going to definitely be interesting to follow that. let's take a look at some of the states, nine states reporting the highest covid-19 daily increases since friday, you can see them on your screen, including ohio, tennessee, north carolina, alabama to name a few of them. dr. siegel, everyone talked about -- you've talked about it with us, this potential second

wave in the fall. do you think we are equipped with the information we have at hand, as opposed to six months ago, are we equipped now to handle this? >> first of all, i'm very concerned that this is happening. as you said, over 80,000 new cases the other day, yesterday. reason is, partly, that the weather's changing and as the weather changes and gets colder, people are indoors more and they huddle together more. so there's more need for precautions and the second reason is that actually the virus itself may be becoming more transmissible, we're finding that. and we don't know if all the precautions are being taken that should be. having said that, we have a lot of information now, jillian, that we didn't used to have. we actually can test the virus for how transmissible it is and how likely you are to get a severe case. that's information that we didn't even have available to us a few weeks ago. that helps a lot. and we have a lot of early treatments that we offer now, we diagnose it earlier, when a patient is hospitalized we know more what to do, we're using

steroids, we're using remdesivir in certain cases, we're using antibodies. so we have a lot more to offer and the vaccine is a couple months away. but we still have to follow basic public health measures. todd: let's talk about that vaccine, dr. fauci says we will know if a vaccine is safe and effective by december. take a listen. >> we will know whether a vaccine is safe and effective by the end of november, the beginning of december. but the question is, once you have a safe and effective vaccine or more than one, how can you get it to the people who need it as quickly as a possible? todd: 30 seconds remaining, dr. siegel. how confident are you in that timetable? >> i am very confident in that. i think we're going to hear in the next week or two or so about the effectiveness of the vaccine, todd, over the next month or two after that we're going to know the safety data and the messenger rna vaccines, the pfizer and moderna are the ones that are first out of the

chute. and when dr. fauci says get it to the people who need it the most, the issue there is that those vaccines have to be kept frozen, they have to be kept very, very cold. you have to have an ability in place to send it to neighborhoods where it's difficult to get it into where you need it to go. i think we're going to have the ability to do that with the defense department involved and the cdc. i'm very optimistic we're going to see a vaccine emerging before the end of the year, absolutely. jillian: dr. marc siegel, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks, jillian. thank you, todd. todd: time now, 51 minutes after the hour. aoc already mapping of out a plan to mold joe biden into a socialist democrat. jillian: david west says joe biden is willing to do anything for anyone to get into the white house. the fox nation host joins us next. ♪ i reminisce about the days of old. ♪ with the ninja foodi smart xl grill. eliminate the guesswork with the smart cook system. just pick your protein, select your doneness

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jillian: is this evidence that joe biden running as a moderate is just for the votes? here to react fox nation host david webb. good to see you this morning. >> good morning. one to answer. >> my question is. this when we are having this conversation, should would he be focused on joe biden or should would he be focused on kamala harris? >> we should be focused on the bigger agenda. and this is something i'm glad you brought it up that way because kamala harris represents the most liberal senator in the senate but also the progressive agenda which is really the socialist agenda. you have to look at her history. i know some will say oh she is not a socialist. she is a democratic socialist. there are different, you know, descriptions and definitions. fact is when you look at the policies for which she advocates, the policies for which bernie sanders and the policies for which aoc who was unqualified to be in her position, she just met the requirements, they advocate for socialist policies that have

destroyed nations' economies, cultures and taken down societies for over 100 years. and this is fact. not fiction. todd: meantime, david, switching gears entirely. kanye west making news with comments he made on joe rogan's podcast. take a listen. >> one of the most racist things that liberals prize themselves on not being racist have said to me is like you're going to split the black vote. and that makes it seem like black people can't make decisions for ourselves and don't no white people. liberals literally make it seem like black people will vote for me. think about that statement. todd: what's your position. >> i said it before and i will say again. if you want to consider yourself a voting block or particular community, if you give your

support unyieldingly to one political party they do own you politically, they own you culturally. the cultural destruction of the black community has been a result of democrats using that community for votes and power and kanye is right. i can think for myself just like you can think for yourself. the color of my skin does not preclude my ability to do it. we have seen generations destroyed in part. good news for democrats and good there are billionaire and millionaire blacks. middle class blacks growing in this country and supporting their beliefs and that is what scares democrats. again, like joe biden. like others who want the control, you know, mr. you ain't black if you don't vote for me, joe biden, is really a reflection of their belief about blacks since they took control of that population's vote. todd: david in the 45 seconds we have remaining.

democrats have been excellent at keeping this situation on their side over the course of the last many decades. have republicans done enough to make inroads. obviously we are starting to see it little by little, david. have they done enough in total? >> no, they haven't done enough. and president trump did more than open the door. he kicked it down and said let's not ignore an important part of america. republicans did, as a party for decades what parties do. they run to their base, right or left, and they have those red state, blue states, democrat, republican counties approach. president trump said it's all of america. all communities matter. we are interconnected we are not a black community, white community, women's community, older, younger community, we are american community and economic policies will lift all communities up or at least give them the opportunity to use they their skills and their

advantages. jillian: david webb host on fox nation. will thank you, have a good day. >> thank you. jillian: don't forget to set your dvr 4:00 a.m. eastern so you never miss an edition of "fox & friends first." todd: have great day, everybody. >> this is the most important election of our country. we are going to win four more great years in the white house. keep it going. >> president trump has literally kept every prime minister miss he made. >> the made a case your administration would be trojan horse for aoc, mr. bernie sanders. >> mr. president, running against joe biden. >> it's critically important that the biden administration appoint progressive leaders. >> exactly one month since the president announced amy coney barrett since his supreme court pick. the president is set to confirm her overtonight. >> one of the most qualified in