>> there is a code under brian, open your smartphone, scan that and it will help you download the fox news app right there. >> it's the best app. i use it every day. you can watch fox coverage live. >> great election stuff. bye. >> sandra: a second night of violence erupts in philadelphia over the fatal police shooting of walter wallace junior. officers confronting hundreds of protestors some throwing bricks and rocks at police injuring at least one. 1,000 looters ransacked businesses overnight. some were caught on camera hauling away appliances including as seen there a washing machine out of the stores. this just hours after wallace's family begged for the violence to stop. a full report is coming up. >> president trump: this

election is a choose between a trump super recovery or a biden depression. that's what you will have. it's ridiculous. a choice between a trump boom or a biden lockdown. >> it's about our essence, what makes us americans. it's that fundamental. time and again throughout our history we've seen charltons, conman who sought to pay on our fears. appeal to our worst appetites and pick at the oldest scabs we have for their political gain. >> sandra: six days until election day as we see historic early voting numbers nearly 70 million americans have already cast their ballots. more than half the total turnout of 2016. good morning, everyone. good morning, trace. here we go. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning everyone.

i'm trace gallagher. another busy day on the trail for trump. back-to-back rallies in arizona. it has him trailing biden by 2 1/2 points in the state. national average shows the race tightening. biden now leads by 7 points. the former president was up by 10 just a few weeks ago. >> sandra: we're hearing more from hunter biden's former business associate, tony bobulinski in an exclusive interview with tucker carlson last night. bobulinski reacted to the former vice president saying he had no involvement in his son's business deals. >> that's a blatant lie. in that debate he made a specific statement around questions around this from the president and i'll be honest with you, i almost stood up and screamed liar and walked out. >> sandra: fox team coverage. peter doocy is covering the biden campaign in wilmington, delaware this morning. kristin fisher is live at the white house. tell us more about the

president's schedule today. >> the president woke up this morning in nevada going to sleep tonight in florida. in between he has those two rallies in battleground arizona where right now the real clear politics average of polls has joe biden ahead by about two points. as for the vice president, he is going to be spending today in the same two states where president trump was yesterday, michigan and wisconsin. right now biden is up by nearly nine points in michigan according to real clear politics average. check out wisconsin. the state hillary clinton famously forgot four years ago. biden is up there by 8 points. a new abc news, "washington post" poll out this morning has biden ahead in that state by a hard to believe 17 points. so those two midwestern states which are currently being ravaged by the coronavirus, they don't really look great for the trump campaign, which is why they're spending so much time, money and energy in that all-important must-win state of florida where president trump

will be spending the night tonight. the president acknowledged that this morning tweeting that we're spending more in florida and winning big in florida. we're winning big in many states as the great red wave begins to form. a little update on the trump campaign's website. overnight hackers took over the campaign's website and replaced it with some sort of cryptocurrency scam. tim murtaugh put out a statement saying in part we're working with law enforcement authorities. no exposure to sense of it. the website has been restored. sandra, i just checked it out, website back up fully functional. >> sandra: thanks for the update. kristin fiesher live at the white house this morning. thank you. the biden campaign has not responded to the latest accusations made by tony bobulinski but the former v.p. has previously denied any involvement in his son's

international business dealings. peter doocy live in wilmington, delaware this morning. what's on the agenda for joe biden this morning? >> good morning, sandra. just a local stop in wilmington. joe biden will not visit a battleground state on this one of the six remaining days to do so before the election. even though he has proven that when he pops up in a competitive state and hosts one of those drive-ins they can get a few dozen cars worth of people to show up on short notice. last night in atlanta. >> thank you for that incredible introduction. i'm joe biden, jill biden's husband and kamala's running mate. you all think i'm kidding, don't you? >> kamala harris will team up with bernie sanders for a virtual rally and in phoenix today. biden in florida tomorrow,

wisconsin and iowa friday, michigan saturday. instead of going anywhere today the campaign will tell us he will get a briefing from public health experts from covid-19 and give a speech about it and attend a virtual fundraiser. the biden people are trying to keep the focus on covid-19. tony bobulinski, who claims to have discretely but directly spoken to joe biden about lucrative foreign business entanglements that he said would have meant millions for the v.p. hidden from tax returns because they would be held by a family member. fox news hasn't been able to verify them yet. >> the biden family, how are they doing this? i know joe decided not to run in 2016. what if he ran in the future? aren't they taking political risk or headline risk? i remember looking at jim biden and saying how are you guys getting away with this? aren't you concerned? and he looked at me and laughed a little bit and said plausible

denyability. >> trace: since the story broke biden has fielded questions from a few local affiliates and from a few members of the small press pool that is assigned to travel with him when he goes out of town. and he still has not been asked about tony bobulinski or these accusations, sandra. >> sandra: six days away. we'll have much more reaction to that and more with white house strategic communications director alyssa farah this morning here on "america's newsroom." >> trace: big tech facing questions on capitol hill today. senators plan to question them about their decision to suppress negative information about joe biden including an explosive report in the "new york post" about his son, hunter biden. let's bring in bill mcgurn. main street columnist for the

"wall street journal" and former speech writer for george w. bush. you believe that facebook and twitter are running interference for joe biden by suppressing negative information. you write partly, the rationale appears to be that mr. biden can't handle the questions and the american people cannot be trusted to handle the answers. expand on that for me if you would, bill. >> well, i think it's extraordinary that the "new york post," which i used to work for at one point, one of america's largest papers, runs a story that imply indicates or affects the former vice president, vice presidential nominee and twitter and facebook's response is to try to kill it. to try to make sure no one reads it. this is only the latest of many examples of the bias. now right now they are protected from liability by something called section 230 of

the communications act. and by doing this, though, they are inviting the whirl wind. they're inviting congress to step in. i'm not sure that's wise. people won't put up with this forever. i think he will get raked over the coals today. they have two problem. the left doesn't like them because they're big and successful. the right doesn't like them because of the bias. right now they've been free to do what they want. that's not a good prescription for going forward for them. >> trace: i'm not sure if you saw the interview with tony bobulinski last night on tucker carlson. i want to play a segment of that four and get your response. watch. >> i'm only sitting here because they have -- not only have they not gone on record, they've denied it and tarred my family name and a long history of serving this country and have other congressmen now talking about russian disinformation. i held a top secret clearance from the nsa and doe and served the country for four years in

the one of the mostly let environments in the world. to have a congressman speaking about russian disinformation or joe biden at a public debate referencing russian disinformation when he knows he sat face-to-face with me to say that and associate that with my name is absolutely disgusting to me. >> it was a compelling interview, bill. not sure if you saw it. but what are your thoughts on that, the impact of what you saw last night or just now? >> well, i did watch the entire interview because i was very interested in this. again, this is part of the reason the big tech companies try to suppress the "new york post" story. they don't want anyone to ask joe biden these tough questions. there is no evidence yet that joe biden was part of the deal, took money. but this man has a lot of emails. he sounds very credible to me. i think we should at least be asking the questions. there is a deliberate effort to

see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil. he has a lot of information. what seems to me is that the answer to this from the biden administration is russian disinformation, even though the dni says there is no evidence of that. it's just outrageous behavioral around. these are questions that should be asked. >> trace: i want to bring up. you quote that in your piece in the "wall street journal" talking about the media now, bill. the elder mr. biden dismisses it all as russian disinformation as you just said. both the director of the national intelligence and f.b.i. say there is no evidence for that. specifically mr. biden has yet to say the emails are phony and that the laptop isn't his son's. then again he has never had to say that because the media won't press him on it. it appears journalistic curiosity in this story is lacking. >> absolutely. this is the logical question. i would like to see someone say

if it's russian disinformation you're saying all these emails are phony and the laptop is not your son's. they haven't been pressed on that. we have the curious non-denials. the only denial i see the bidens making is that joe biden met with that executive from -- it was -- he didn't deny he might have met with him. he denied it was on the official schedule. if you are trying to hide something you wouldn't put it on the official schedule. >> trace: bill mcgurn, good to see you, sir. thank you. >> sandra: fox news alert now. louisiana bracing for hurricane zeta with the storm strengthening ahead of an expected landfall this afternoon. plus first lady melania trump making her first solo campaign stop of the election. can she help close the gap with female voters? >> we must keep donald in the white house so he can finish what he started and our country

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>> trace: hurricane zeta strengthening as it moves through the gulf of mexico heading for louisiana and expected to make landfall there this afternoon as a category 2 storm. the third hurricane to strike the state in two months. zeta pounded the yucatan peninsula yesterday. the 27th named storm of a very busy atlantic hurricane season. >> i have experienced the firsthand effects of covid-19. not only the patient but as a worried mother and wife. i know there are many people who have lost loved ones or know people who have been

forever impacted by this silent enemy. my family -- >> sandra: that was first lady melania trump defending her husband's response to the coronavirus pandemic in pennsylvania. the first solo stop on the campaign trail of the 2020 election. here on the impact on the fox news contributor rachel campos-duffy. good morning. does having melania on the trail, does it sway any undecided voters, particularly women? >> i think it is very effective. she could be that secret weapon for those women on the fence. i know it's not popular in americans women's studies department to say men and women are different but they are. they can talk about the same messages in very different ways. covid is a perfect example. they both had covid and they both talk about their experience with covid in very different ways. so donald trump is talking about the concoction of treatments he has had and how he has dragon energy and out

there doing rallies, three rallies a day and swearing in a supreme court justice and he talks about barron and says he has a beautiful immunity and lasted 15 seconds. then you hear melania talk about it and she has the compassion and elegance in talking about it that donald trump lacks. she talks about it as a mom and talks about how worried she was for barron and for donald trump. she even didn't take those concoction of drugs. she had an article come out she talked about how she treated this naturally with rest and good nutrition. very, very different ways of dealing with it and i think that it's very effective in a lot of ways because some people i think are worn out from this election. it is such a frenetic pace. her husband coming in on marine one to rock star rivals and then you hear kamala cackling and biden and honking horns.

she feels like this relaxing glass of wine that we all need at the end of the day here. i think that might resonate with people who are really tired of the way the message has been but need to hear the final thoughts. >> sandra: if we aren't exhausted from the election we're exhausted from 2020, right? >> absolutely. >> sandra: she used that moment to take on democrats accusing them of politicizing the pandemic. here is more. >> i have experienced the firsthand effects of covid-19. not only the patient, but as a worried mother and wife. i know there are many people who have lost loved ones or know people who have been forever impacted by this silent enemy. >> sandra: so how does that go over? rachel, talk more broadly as well about the gender gap when it comes to female support for

the president. he had been struggling with that. it is no surprise to see melania out on the trail. >> frankly, i think they will find that maybe they regret not putting her out sooner. she has been a reluctant campaigner. she is effective. and i think that, you know, they should have had her out there sooner. i think she is also bringing to light in her conversation about covid. reminding people about the facts. so while the democrats were busy impeaching her husband with the sham impeachment and all the things that they were doing even all the way back to the dossier and the fake stuff this and the spying she is saying my husband during covid at the beginning of covid was focused. he was shutting down flights when the democrats were saying it was a racist thing to do. he was doing -- taking leadership and doing what was difficult to do at that time, to shut down flights from china. shut down flights from europe. even dr. fauci was saying that

was not the right thing to do at the time and donald trump did it. one more thing, sandra, i think that also with the bobulinski stuff that's happening right now it also highlights the hypocrisy. she has a chance to maybe bring up look, they brought up every false charge against my husband. this is something the media hasn't looked into and joe biden is compromised. he couldn't even get a national security clearance given the things coming to light with that case now. >> sandra: more on that coming up. i want to stick with the story of gender and what happens with the president. women could very well decide this election. >> yes. >> sandra: and here was another moment from yesterday. this is the president specifically talking to women and he has said please, women, vote for me. even went as far as to say this in lansing, michigan yesterday, listen. >> president trump: they want to get back to work, right? we're getting your husbands back to work and everybody wants it. the cure can never be worse

than the problem itself. >> sandra: critics seized on that accusing the president of an outdated message. outdated subject matter that you want to get your husbands back to work, obviously considering the high percentage of females in the workforce. there is something else to point out that perhaps that he missed the target with that messaging considering you can put it up on the screen. this is the men versus women unemployment in september. women have been in the studies show and statistics show have been impacted by employment from the pandemic than men. the unemployment rate higher for women. didn't he sort of miss the mark on a couple different levels, rachel? >> maybe. but if you were listening to the debate he was speaking to women when he said open up the schools. and the message that the women heard in that debate from joe biden was i want your kids on zoom calls for the rest of this

year. we know they aren't learning anything on the zoom calls. we all make mistakes on the campaign trail and say things we don't mean. the truth is donald trump has put more women to work than eight years of barack obama and joe biden. he has a great record with women. also with women starting businesses including latino women starting businesses in record numbers under his administration. he has a great record with women. he made a little flub on the campaign trail but the main message is he wants to open up the economy. he wants to put america back to work and wants to put our kids back in school and that's a message that resonates with women. >> sandra: great to see you this morning. thank you. >> always great seeing you. >> sandra: election night is six days away. don't miss our special coverage hosted by bret baier and martha maccallum beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on november 3 on the fox news channel. >> trace: president trump hitting the campaign trail and joe biden keeping a low profile in the final week before

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president trump rallies supporters in the battlegrounds of arizona. joe biden will deliver a speech on healthcare from wilmington, delaware. >> trace: the coronavirus pandemic surging in the u.s. average deaths per day are up 10% over the past two weeks. 47 states are seeing a rise in new infections every day. >> sandra: ice announcing it released 250 immigrants with criminal histories in response to a court order demanding the detainees be released or deported from a california processing center over coronavirus concerns. for more on these stories and more download the fox news app. take a picture of this qr code to get started. [sirens] >> trace: some protestors attacked police with bricks and rocks and looters ransacked stores as demonstrators marched

through the street in fell today protesting the death of walter wallace junior. we're live in philadelphia. good morning. >> 48 hours or so until the national guard is on scene and philadelphia police are badly outnumbered. they played a game of whack-a-mole with the looters last night. the looters won. they took over wal-marts, foot lockers, sneakers and flat screen tvs were especially popular among the group and made out with washing machines. we saw people showing up with dollies and shopping carts filling cars with the various goods that they were bringing out of all of these stores. at times police had to just stand by and look. one of our affiliates fox 29 here in philadelphia obtained a tweet and an order by police that said directive from philadelphia executive team extremely frustrated officers who are patrolling commanders

told me they were ordered to not arrest looters just disperse them. this refers to the deputy police commissioner here in philadelphia. we are a couple of miles probably four or five miles from where walter wallace was shot so it's hard to imagine what this has to do with his death other than simply an excuse to loot and grab whatever people could. some people even grabbed christmas trees, the artificial kind out of dollar generals and taking those off by the handful. walter wallace's father saying this is not a way to remember his son. >> i don't condone no violence, tearing up the city, looting the stores, and all this chaos going on. everybody have respect for my family and my son to stop this violence and chaos that's going on in the city. >> there have been dozens of police officers hurt in this. overnight 11 separate shootings. we were in two parking lots

where full clips of pistol fire went off. you can imagine how much more violent this city is. in fact here in wal-mart we have a lot of ammunition looted here. there is a lot more guns and bullets on the streets today, trace. police say they're ready yet for another night. >> trace: frightening. back to you in philly. >> sandra: president trump back out on the campaign trail today. two more rallies in battleground, arizona where biden holds a slim lead. biden will give a speech on healthcare in wilmington, delaware. let's bring in guy benson, host of the guy benson show and richard fowler fox news contributor. i believe kamala harris will be making a campaign stop in tucson. so here we go six days out, guy, what are we seeing as far as strategy on the part of the president considering the polls are still heavily leaning joe

biden? >> yeah, to use an elaborate football analogy based on the real clear politics average the trump campaign is down roughly a touchdown. donald trump and his campaign are engaged in a very aggressive two-minute drill trying to make up ground fast and they're out there really going hard. whereas the biden campaign has fallen back as they have now for months frankly into a prevent defense. it tells me based on the data that they have the biden campaign believes that they're comfortably ahead. we won't know what the truth is until next tuesday night, perhaps a little bit later. if joe biden wins and wins by a fairly reasonable margin, i think his basement strategy as the president calls it will be vindicated and will be pointed to as smart politics. if it ends up being a squeaker or he loses and there is another upset victory by president trump all the anger

and recriminations about hillary clinton not going to michigan enough or wisconsin at all, those recriminations will feel like child's play compared to the second guessing of the biden campaign. >> sandra: we're six days away, richard. he will stay back home in wilmington, delaware. we'll see him. he will give a speech on healthcare, we know that. if you put this back up on the screen, the trump events to biden events. the number that we have seen since september 1st trump 43, biden 34. six days out to have him staying home not out on the campaign trail, richard. is that because the winning strategy is to just ride this out, let the clock run out until election day? or a losing strategy to put that candidate back out on the trail? >> well thanks for having me, sandra. there are a couple of things at play here. guy is right and very close election. a lot closer than most folks think it is. but i think what the biden campaign understands is they also have to look into the science. with covid-19 spikes up in 40

states. some battleground states. one of the worst feeling the biggest brunt of covid is wisconsin. the biden campaign understands we have to also try to deal with the science. the science tells us we have to be careful about our movements because the more movements we make, the more likely we have of spreading covid-19. that comes in clear contrast to donald trump and his packed campaign rallies, not in cars. people cheek-to-cheek engaging with the president. >> sandra: he is not out on the campaign trail because of the virus. he made stops on the campaign trail. seems to have found a way to do those safely. meanwhile he was on the trail yesterday, richard. he made this joke about kamala harris and who is the running mate. watch. >> thank you for that incredible introduction. my name is joe biden, i'm jill biden's husband, and i'm kamala's running mate. you all think i'm kidding, don't you?

>> sandra: maybe he wasn't kidding, richard. >> listen, i think that was all in jest. she was in georgia, florida, today she goes to arizona and she is really trying to move folks to make sure they vote and vote early. right now we know 71 million americans unprecedented number have already turned out to vote. a good chunk of those are young people. generation z and millennials. it should be a big fear for the trump campaign. they haven't done their work with this demographic and this generation. they haven't talked about loan debt and the inability of this generation to obtain house affordability. >> sandra: real clear politics average. it is tightening as you have the president out there aggressively campaigning with days to go. back in october 11 biden was leading by 10.3 points. and now you've got that

narrowing to 7.1% margin. it is narrowing. can he do more with just days to go? final thoughts. >> he is trying everything that he possibly can. when the national race tightens that means in all likelihood the battleground states will tighten even more and are even closer to richard's point of this being a very close election. some data points out there suggest it is even closer than i think richard might want to believe and democrats. however, there is other information that cuts in the opposite direction. a canary in the coal main for hillary clinton last time four years ago was district level polling. trump was doing better in those polls than nationally and state polls. this time around it's biden overperforming in those. we'll know soon enough what's real. >> sandra: we'll leave it there. thanks to both of you. guy and richard, thank you. >> trace: big tech in the

spotlight today with ceos testifying before the senate commerce commission and sen censoring the news. >> president trump: they'll stop talking about covid, covid november 4th. >> trace: president trump accusing the media of using the pandemic as a weapon against him. our next guest says covid-19 will likely be the determining factor this election because it has touched every american. that's straight ahead.

♪ >> sandra: l.a. is loving the dodgers who won the world series last night. their first in 32 years. >> dodgers have won it all in 2020! >> sandra: the dodgers defeated the tampa bay rays 3-1 in six games all played in arlington, texas due to the pandemic. after the game dodgers star player justin turner was pulled in the eighth inning after testing positive for the coronavirus. he later returned to the field for the post-game celebration. turner was reportedly asked to isolate after the positive test but that no one stopped him from going on the field to celebrate. oh oh. congratulations to the dodgers. >> trace: l.a. is becoming a title town, right?

lakers won the championship a few weeks ago. dodgers, puts pressure on the rams, chargers and kings to keep the tradition going. siegr was great and deserved the mvp in that world series. >> sandra: congratulations to them. >> trace: back to another big story we are keeping an eye on. three top social media executives facing questions from the senate commerce committee 15 minutes from now. big tech accused of censoring conservative viewpoints on their platforms but limiting users from sharing the hunter biden story. howard kurtz is the host of "media buzz". all about section 230, right? the federal law that says listen, it limits the liability of these social media companies for what their users post online. the ceo of twitter jack dorsey will say the following. eroding the foundation of section 230 could collapse how we communicate on the interneat leaving only a small number of

giant and well-funded technology companies. it will result in far more removal of online speech and impose severe limitations on our collective ability to address harmful content and protect people online. what do you think, howie? >> nice try @ jack. the tide has turned after the fiasco of twitter and facebook censoring the hunter biden stories which even jack dorsey can't defend because he backed off the policy. republicans will talk about bias and suppression of free speech and even mark zuckerberg can see the freight train coming saying there should be some changes to the immunity law that shielded these companies from being responsible for their content. >> trace: i'm guessing you are leaning toward the senator who will chair this hearing mississippi senator republican roger whitaker said the following. get your response on the other

side. >> under current law, they get a free pass to censor anything they find objectionable. in my view i don't think we should leave it up to big tech to decide what is objectionable and what isn't. >> trace: is it a free pass, howie? >> it is a hard line to draw but right now twitter is pre-bunking on issues of the election and mail ballots. not waiting for somebody to post. that's bunk. nobody needs twitter to be the national hall monitor for presidential politics. i think these silicon valley giants have become the most powerful media companies on the planet and seems to me it depends, of course, who wins the white house, democrats have their own issues with big tech such as decimating local journalism. for these ceos testifying today, the free pass is over. their years of broken promises of too little too late have brought to this moment when they are practically inviting government intervention.

>> trace: speaking of who wins the white house. you believe the key issue in who wins the white house will come down to covid. it is covid that triggered the nose-dive for restaurants and theaters to major airlines. it is covid that has limited many schools and colleges to virtual learning. it is covid that touches everyone's life. i don't think you're alone on that, howie. it's a big issue. your thoughts. >> i know president trump has been out there saying the media are over hyping it because it is literally the political elephant in the room. we in the media the end to get wrapped up in the flap of the day. donald trump walked out on lesley stahl or joe biden tripped over his words. the latest attack ad rally and all that. covid has become such -- it is so intertwined with the economy, schools, fabric of american life. no american that is untouched by it. so it seems to me this is the covid election and president trump's handling of it from the

earliest days and joe biden's alternative approach is the defining issue. six days out and 60 million have voted. i can't just say next tuesday. it already has not only changed the nature of campaigning but changed -- there is nothing else that comes close to touching it and why we covered it as intensively as we do. >> trace: fair assessment. howie kurtz, always good to see you, sir, thank you. >> sandra: italy placed new restrictions on businesses after a surge of coronavirus infections across europe. the move setting of violent protests in the country. a live report on that next hour. first texas sees long lines as millions of voters cast their ballots early. we'll take you there live next. , not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims,

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that's more than half of all the ballots cast in 2016. texas leads the nation in early voting with eight million ballots as the lone star state emerges as a new swing state. hard to believe we're saying that. casey stiegel in dallas. what have the lines been like there and what are you seeing? >> sandra, it really depends on where you go. we're at a community center here in dallas. at times we've seen a lot of people going in. other times not very busy. other people reporting long lines. you talk about this being in play, texas being in play. there is a recent poll that suggested a virtual dead heat between president trump and joe biden tied with 47%. on the other hand you have an even more recent "new york times" poll that shows president trump with a four-point lead here. regardless what we do know for sure from the data is that a lot of records are being broken

with the early voting numbers across many communities. poll hours will be expanded across harris county which is the houston area for more access. >> there are over a million registered voters in harris county who still have not made it to the polls. we want to give them every opportunity. we're seeing people respond to having the most access that they've had to the polls in texas history. >> california is number two behind texas for the highest early vote tallies, 7.4 million ballots cast there. florida number 3 with 6.4 million. lines also seen across some voting locations in our nation's capital. folks in the d.c. area reported long wait times for the start of early voting there yesterday. now three days of early voting left here in texas. everything closes at the end of business on friday ahead of the big day next week. sandra.

>> sandra: casey stiegel, thank you. >> trace: fox news alert on the final week of the 2020 campaign. joe biden gives a speech on his healthcare plan from delaware and kamala harris and president trump will campaign in arizona. why that state is emerging as a key battleground in this race. next. i felt awful because of my psoriasis. i was covered from head to toe with it. it really hurt. then i started cosentyx. okay, thanks... that was four years ago. how are you? see me. cosentyx works fast to give you clear skin that can last. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections

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>> sandra: a second night of violence in philadelphia as police try to regain control of the streets there after they say 1,000 looters targeted and vandalized businesses. trouble broke out after police shot a black man, 27-year-old walter wallace junior. officers say he was carrying a knife and ignored orders to drop it before they opened fire killing him monday afternoon. much more on this developing story coming up. first we are awaiting a big hearing on capitol hill. the ceos of some of the biggest names in tech set to appear before a senate panel over alleged anti-conservative bias and censorship ahead of the election. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. all witnesses will appear virtually. >> sandra: the decision these tech companies made to limit sharing of that "new york post"

story on hunter biden's business dealings. let's bring in bret baier anchor of "special report". six days out from election and technology giants will face a grilling from the senators who have a lot of questions over why first and foremost when it comes to twitter did they not allow the sharing of that story. but there is a lot more on their minds. what do you expect this morning? >> first of all in the "new york post" i think the account is still locked down. it is one of the questions the republican senators on this committee will have. and their concerns. there is a broad list of grievances here about the ceos of the tech companies. bipartisan criticism of social media. if you've seen the documentary the social dilemma on netflix it goes into the structure of these companies about making money and how they are structured to deal with communication. there is not only competition issues and privacy issues but

also speech issues and it's coming up right before this election. so expect this hearing to be fiery. there were going to be subpoenas for the ceos. they decided to voluntarily appear. >> sandra: the big question is should these technology giants -- we'll see jack dorsey and mark zuckerberg and the google ceo. the heads of these massive companies and hold a lot of responsibility. will we hear from senators, do you think, bret, about accountability over what they decide is news, what they decide is fact or fiction, or what we even learn from them as far as the subjective nature of the decisions that go into whether or not americans see certain stories on their websites? >> there is a huge issue and what you hear the president talking about on the trail, section 230. that deals with whether you characterize these social media

companies as publishers, really. and do they fall under different rules and regulations? because there is not only censorship as we've seen with the "new york post" story but there are messages that come up and warn you about different things, but don't warn you about other things that maybe have as many questions or raise as many eyebrows. there are a lot of different roads to go down here and senators depending on which side of the aisle they're on will be asking questions in those ways. >> sandra: the senate hearing has begun. everybody is spread out wearing masks and looks calm. technology executives themselves will be appearing virtually. here we are six days out from election day. does what we hear in the hearing room change anything? do we learn anything about the influence some of these social media giants have had on the election? >> i think it will open some eyes. obviously we all know that social media is a big part of

the fabric of our country now. a lot of people rely on it for information to the good, to the bad, and i think you will hear some of that today and some of these ceos of spoken out publicly before about how they are concerned about it. the fascinating thing about this documentary i mentioned the social dilemma. i just watched it with my kids. it happens to open the eyes to how these companies are structured to the point where people are designed to spend more time on their social media accounts and, you know, you analyze the good and the bad of what that means and one of the things that was in there is that these tech -- former tech titans of these businesses said they don't allow their kids to have social media or smartphones. and i just thought it was eye opening. >> sandra: if we could pick your brain six days out as this hearing continues on capitol hill this morning. you've got president trump

making a couple campaign stops today. joe biden will be delivering a speech, we're told, on healthcare from his home in wilmington, delaware. i mean, it is unbelievable when you look at what has happened not just in 2020 but in recent days and recent weeks. a lot could happen in the next six days, bret. >> we're in crunch time. this is about get out the votes. democrats did a good job getting out the early vote, mail-in vote. republicans are whipping up all these swing states especially to try to get people to the polls. we're in a place where a lot of different factors that factor in come election day. the weather in different parts of the country can affect turnout in different spots. covid-19 spikes which we're seeing throughout the country can affect it. whether somebody wants to go out. you have this looting and rioting in philadelphia. if it continues that could prevent somebody from going out in downtown philly. you have a lot of factors outside of the issues that we're facing as a country.

so this is crunch time and both campaigns are on the full-court press. >> sandra: all great points. karl rove coming up next hour. wisconsin, big spike in covid there. what is happening on the ground in philly. pennsylvania is really going to determine this election and michigan as well. we'll talk to him about all that. bret, great to have you this morning. thank you. >> trace: more now on the race for the white house. joe biden is off the campaign trail today with only six days to go before the election. his running mate senator kamala harris will head to arizona as democrats look to flip the reliable red state to blue. meantime president trump will be stumping there holding two rallies later today. griff jenkins is live in pittsburgh where ivanka trump will speak today. will this election all come down to pennsylvania do you think? >> high, trace, the keystone state may be the key. it was a deciding factor in 2016 when then donald trump

flipped pennsylvania from historically blue to red by a mere 44,000 votes or less than 1%. let me show you now the real clear politics average where things stand. biden leads trump by just under four points. president trump has been trying to cut into that lead hammering biden over the oil and gas issues and keeping a strong presence here. yesterday first lady melania was in the philadelphia area. >> joe biden's policy and agenda will only serve to destroy america and all that has been built in the past four years. >> meanwhile joe biden was down in the surprisingly close georgia blasting president trump. >> we've seen charlatans, conmen, phony populist who picked at the oldest scabs we have for their own political gain.

>> here already nearly 2 million pennsylvania voters have voted. we may not know the election results until a few days after november 3. the supreme court ruled that any ballots postmarked november 3 will be counted for at least three days. >> trace: we talked about this early year. both campaigns seem to be heading there putting their sights on the west today. what's the plan out there? >> they are headed out to the grand canyon state of arizona, one that trump won by a little over three points in 2016. if you look at the real clear politics average there, it is biden leading trump by just over two points. the president is holding two rallies in bull head city south of vegas and in phoenix. kamala harris will make stops in arizona as well, first in tucson and then phoenix. vice president pence hits three battleground states, minnesota, wisconsin, and michigan while

bind s as you mentioned, home in wilmington making a big healthcare speech. we'll have to see what happens. >> trace: griff, thank you. >> sandra: texas governor greg abbott taking steps to prevent violence on election day. he is putting out national guard troops ahead of the election. saying it could intimidate voters and voter suppression according to some democrats. >> trace: michael bloomberg making a last push for joe biden shelling out $15 million to run ads in ohio and texas. both states are in play. president trump leads joe biden by about a half percent in ohio and 2 1/2 points in texas. the states represent 56 electoral votes up for grabs on election day. >> sandra: former hunter biden business associate tony bobulinski sitting down with tucker carlson last night discussing joe biden's alleged

ties to his son's overseas business dealings. mike emanuel is live in washington, d.c. with more on all this. mike, what can you tell us this morning? >> this retired navy lieutenant and former hunter biden business partner told a story in greater detail last night. he says the former vice president's brother dismissed concerns about joe biden's alleged ties to his son, hunter's business deals. >> decided not to run in 2016 but what if he ran in the future? aren't they taking political risk or headline risk? and i remember looking at jim biden and saying how are you guys getting away with this? aren't you concerned? he looked at me and laughed a little bit and said plausible denyability. >> bobulinski spoke at length describing an alleged meeting with the former vice president on may 2, 2017 being wineed and dined to take on the ceo role. he didn't request to meet with

joe biden. he was asked to meet with the former v.p. >> 10:38 on the night of may 2nd why would joe biden take time out of his schedule to sit down with me in a dark bar at the beverly hilton sort of positioned behind a column so people couldn't see us to have a discussion about his family and my family and business at a very high level where jim biden sat and hunter biden participated? >> the biden campaign declined to comment on the alleged meeting biden had with bobulinski. joe biden said at last week's debate he hasn't taken a penny from any foreign source in his life. bobulinski is calling the biden family to go on the record and provide facts to the american people. >> sandra: we'll have more on that coming up. >> trace: we'll get brand-new reaction from the white house to the joe biden accusations. communications director alyssa farah joins us after the break and we'll also ask her about the situation in philadelphia as violent protests rock the city after the deadly police

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>> trace: 90,000 people in california under evacuation orders after two fires doubled if size overnight. firefighters are struggling to

contain the flames. one bright spot for the firefighters was the rescue of this barn owl in orange county. they picked up the owl and brought it to animal control. >> what was it 10 or 15 minutes where they were slamming each other's families and going back and forth? that i don't see as moving votes significantly. i think we should be unifying, we should be explaining, we should be lifting people up. i think it's turnout election. >> sandra: ted cruz saying the controversy over hunter biden will not sway voters closer to election day. he commented as hunter's former associates talks about his business overseas and calls joe biden's denials a blatant lie. tony bobulinski said he felt like standing up and shouting

liar at the debate because he felt so strongly what joe biden was saying was a lie. but ted cruz making it very clear he does not think this is going to change any minds or sway any votes in favor of donald trump. he wishes that we would have a more unifying message. is he right? is that a message that perhaps the president is receiving six days out from election day? >> listen, i have tremendous respect for senator cruz, a big friend of the administration. what i thought was interesting morning consult had a poll this morning that showed that 51% of americans were familiar with the hunter biden allegations. so this is breaking through even though the mainstream media has largely with the exception of fox news, refused to cover it. listen, this isn't the president's closing argument. he is talking about the trump recovery, the economic recovery at the back end of the pandemic. an important from our perspective. joe biden is a career politician who came into office

maybe as a public service but left as a millionaire having created no jobs other than government jobs. president trump on the flip side, of course, came in a very successful businessman, sacrificed some aspects of his business to serve for free the american people because he loves this country. it's a very stark contrast. >> sandra: you mentioned the president's accomplishments. the white house science office is taking credit now for ending the pandemic. as we know infections are mounting in states like wisconsin where they are seeing a seven-day rolling average positivity rate that is upwards of 24%. almost 1 in 4 people who get tested are testing positive in that state. the white house press release. ending the covid-19 pandemic from the outset, covid-19 of the pandemic the administration has taken decisive actions to engage scientists and health professional and academia and government to understand, treat the disease and does the

president believe the virus has been defeated. >> no, it was poorly worded. it is our goal to end the virus. what i would say is this, because of the president's leadership we're rounding the corner on the virus. we're rushing therapeutics and now got positive announcements coming soon but we have remdesivir on the market that people can use. mono clonal antibodies. steroids used to treat the most vulnerable. massive testing and the ability to isolate cases. we're in the best position to date to treat the virus than we have been at any previous time. cases are still rising and we need the american public to remain vij lanlt. the top priority of the present defeating the virus and rebuilding the economy. we're rounding the corner. we think we'll have a vaccine by the end of the year and president of the president's leadership we expect to massively deploy it to the 100 million americans by the end of the year. >> sandra: a stark contrast to

the president hitting the campaign trail. two different stops in arizona today. joe biden staying home delivering his message on healthcare from his home. the campaign says this is due to the pandemic and they don't want people to congregate and don't want to risk safety and due to the science, alisa. that stark contrast, is it a worry for the president? i know you speak from the white house, not the campaign. is it a worry that messaging that you are using the same words and appear to be doubling down on the president's message of rounding the corner when not just states like wisconsin but nebraska as well are facing a serious rise in positivity rates and of course i know you point to the death toll and the percentage of those that die from the virus is very, very slim. but still isn't the concern that hospitals could get inundated if you have a rise in positive cases like that? >> absolutely. we've structured our response efforts since february so we're working with every county and state to monitor hospital capacity.

what i think is interesting joe biden laid out a vision for how he would deal with the covid pandemic yet everything listed other than a nationwide mask mandate and additional lockdowns president trump has already done. he said he would appoint a military commander to deal with getting ppe to hospitals in need. to monitor hospital capacity so we don't surge. he exists. the admiral has been doing this since january, in fact. we're ready to deal with cases if they arise. we will not have hospitals overflowing and if there is a need to surge medical capacity or even military doctors, we've done that. we have the muscle memory and will be prepared to do it. as i said, we have a vaccine coming soon. >> sandra: okay. you talk that white house press release ending the pandemic to poor choice of words. i want to move the violence and unrest in philadelphia. 1,000 looters walking out with

full appliances with stores. a reporter was attacked after the police shooting of a black man there 27-year-old black man walter wallace junior. part of that was caught on video. has the president spoken to the governor there today? >> the white house has been in contact with the governor's office. we're monitoring the situation. we're prepared to make resources available if necessary. governor wolf did call up the state national guard which we think was a wise decision to do. just to quell the unrest. i would say any time there is a loss of life it's a tragedy. we can't see lawlessness in our streets and 30 police officers injured in the aftermath of this. it is very concerning. we want to see our cities safe. if necessary we're prepared to deploy federal assets. at this point we feel the governor's decisions with the national guard should help quell the unrest. >> sandra: police and city officials issued statements following the man's death. investigation underway. the biden-harris campaign on

the philly violence said quote, we cannot accept that in this country a mental health crisis ends in death. as that situation is looked further into what's the president specifically saying about that? >> we'll let the facts of the case play out. there is an investigation going on at the state level. if it rises to the federal level it is something we would look at. any loss of life is a tragedy but you can't have people using deadly weapons against police officers or refusing to drop them. they won't prejudge the fact. >> sandra: how is the president feeling? >> he is excited to be with real americans. he gets energy when he is in real america not trapped in washington, d.c. we're feeling good. >> sandra: two stops for the president in arizona today. anything else on the agenda popping up? >> he will be heading to florida after that. florida and north carolina,

wisconsin, pennsylvania. we're basically all over the country making his case to the american people. >> sandra: always appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> sandra: election night is six days away. don't miss our special coverage hosted by bret baier and martha maccallum all beginning tuesday, november 3 at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. >> trace: breaking news. live look at capitol hill. the ceo of google testifying. jack dorsey testified before the senate commerce committee. we're listening in all about what the censorship and social media is happening and senators are questioning them. any news out of that we'll bring it to you. meantime violence erupts in italy over a new coronavirus crackdown. there you see the protests in philadelphia, protestors throwing objects as police as officers are shooting tear gas.

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>> sandra: the bottom of the hour. time for top stories. philadelphia seeing protests and looting a second straight night after police shot and killed a black man they saw holding a knife. pennsylvania governor has deployed the national guard to help contain the violence. >> trace: both campaigns in battleground arizona today. president trump set to hold rallies in bull head city and good year. kamala harris will be in

phoenix and tucson. >> sandra: election officials had to turn some people away yesterday due to long lines. more on top stories and more. download the fox news app. take a picture of this qr code at the bottom of your screen to get started. >> trace: the city of philadelphia rocked by violent protests and looting for a second night coming after the fatal police shooting of a black man. the man had a knife he refused to drop. pennsylvania's governor has deployed the national guard to philadelphia to help local police try to regain control. ted williams is a former d.c. police detective. defense attorney. also a fox news contributor. ted, always good to see you. as we have said the democratic governor of pennsylvania, tom wolf, has deployed the national guard. going to take a couple of days for them to get there to get on scene. we do know that, you know, in prior incidents other democratic governors have been very resistant to do what he is

doing. what has changed, ted? >> well, a lot has changed. trace, let me start off by saying that the debt of anyone, walter wallace junior under the circumstances is a tragedy and i offer my condolences. what we also forget there are two other victims here and that is the two police officers that had to fire their weapons and shoot and kill a man. i can tell you before i became a lawyer i was a police officer and i can tell you when i was 24 years of age i wound up being in a shoot-out where i had to shoot and wound a man. and that takes its toll. as a lawyer i have represented police officers who under the stress have -- and hung himself and i don't think that the public sees the other side of this picture. so what has changed in this

situation here is that it is out of control in philadelphia. just look at the circumstances, trace, that these officers were faced with. they come to the scene. there is a man with a knife. his mother is trying to hold him back. his mother can't. he is confronting the police officers. he is aggressively coming at the police officers and they take his life. that's the tragedy. >> trace: it is a tragedy. the thing is the police commissioner said she believes that officers really should undergo -- have some new training there. one of the big contention points here, ted, they didn't have stun guns. they didn't have stun guns. the city council has defunded the philadelphia police department and taking $33 million aware. the "wall street journal" writes the following. philadelphia's progressive district attorney has claimed policing and prosecution are both systemically racist. the inevitable constitution

queen of the kol see decisions being made by philadelphia's political leadership is less training and equipment for the police officers. the result is likely to be more tragedies like the one engulfing the city of brotherly love this week. >> that's correct. this defunding of the police departments is just crap. in this instance what you needed is to give the police officers the tools that they need to serve and protect the members of their community. and maybe -- maybe mr. wallace would be alive today if, in fact, city leaders would have given the police officers these tasers. these officers only had one weapon, their service revolver. a great deal of responsibility on city leaders in philadelphia for what's going on there now. >> trace: as for the commissioner saying that police officers might need to be

retrained, to use less force, your thoughts. >> police officers are always being trained and there is no problem with retraining them. but the fact about it is you cannot expect police officers to put their lives on the line and you not give them the tools that they need to protect themselves and to serve the members of their community. >> trace: as we watch these pictures of the rioting over the past couple of nights, ted, the reporter on scene telling us some of these are happening a couple of miles from the scene where walter wallace was shot and you see them carrying things like dryers and washing machines out. doesn't really seem like it has a lot to do with the actual shooting itself. >> it has absolutely nothing. i would assume that there are some of these people who are robbing, stealing and looting on these things that don't even know who walter wallace is or was and don't give a damn about walter wallace.

you have legitimate protestors but if you notice what happened in philadelphia last night is that after 9:30 last night the rioters came out and looters came out. i think that these are the people who are out there that's creating the havoc in that community by robbing and stealing and looting. i think they need to be dealt with. i'm glad that the national guard is coming in there, trace. they are very much needed in that city. >> trace: ted williams. always good information. thank you. >> sandra: new lock down measures in italy. some protests have turned violent. police used tear gas on crowds in rome and people also turned out to demonstrate in milan as cases continue to surge throughout the country. amy kellogg is live in milan with all of that.

good morning. >> hi, sandra. well there is an awful lot of shock and anxiety here about the turn that things have taken. italy was hammered and overwhelmed early on with covid but went on to become the european poster child for getting things under control. now as you mentioned the cases have spiked back up. earlier this month it was 2,000 new infections a day, now 20,000. still the numbers are better than other european countries but this is not sustainable. many cannot afford the new restrictions on business. for the first time around people fell into line quietly. now we're seeing unrest. here in milan police fired tear gas monday night and turin, restrictions include closing bars and restaurants at 6:00 p.m. all gyms, some schools amidst the outpouring of anger, a gucci store was looted. in naples which put a curfew into effect last friday people over the weekend resisted and rome last night where water

cannons were deployed. the government is telling people to stay home and not leave their towns or cities. but they aren't enforcing it at this point. what they're hoping is that they won't have to and stage another national lockdown. >> sandra: thank you, amy kellogg. >> trace: a former marine facing jail time in moscow for a crime he says never happened. he could do nine years in prison after authorities say he assaulted and endangered two police officers. his father argues the incident never happened and his son is being targeted for his military background. they are preparing to bring the case to the european court of human rights. >> sandra: this is a fox news alert. ice warning about a danger to public safety after a court order the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants. why the feds are sounding the alarm. melania trump making hir first solo campaign appearance of the 2020 race. her message and whether it could help her husband make up ground in the polls six days

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>> sandra: youtube says it will be -- information panel will note that election results may not be final. users will be linked to google's election results feeter to enable them to track the election in realtime. youtube is taking these steps to slow the spread of misinformation. social media sites like facebook and twitter have taken similar measures. >> trace: fox news alert on potentially high stakes hearing going on right now. ceos of some of the biggest tech companies are appearing before a senate panel answering

questions of lawmakers. charles payne host of making money joins us now. great to see you. if the lawmakers somehow decide to change section 230 and make these social media companies more accountable for the content put on their sites by their users, does that lower the influence of social media companies, one, does it lower their value, two, your thoughts. >> i think it certainly would lower their value to the degree that -- listen, trace, they brought this on themselves, right? we've seen it every single day. a lot of folks complained about this for years. knew it existed and they did nothing about it. so the idea that they would be more liable, you know, would obviously be a risk factor that's not factored into their thoughts right now. i think what they'll try to achieve today is to persuade

lawmakers if there is anything, maybe they would make some changes to section 230 but in the meantime, you know, facebook, twitter, alphabet have all had an opportunity for well over two years to make adjustments, to listen to large swaths of the american public and to be frank, some of them like twitter have actually become less transparent about the fact that they just don't like the conservative voice and now they are paying a price. ironically even liberals and progressives are upset about certain things. the thing that happened with the "new york post," for instance. i think anyone who believes in journalism no matter what side of the aisle you are on was offended. >> trace: it is hard to make the argument, charles, you don't want to be held accountable for the things that your users post on your websites and yet you want to be able to have the ability to censor the things they post on their websites. >> yeah, when you want to be

the arbiter of truth or -- it's a real sticky situation. it is like with their algorithms. they're computer driven but a human being wrote them. when everyone sits in your committees and makes these decisions and all from silicon valley group think. i had dinner with jack dorsey, i had lunch with jack dorsey two years ago and we talked about this. i said why don't you have people from alabama, right? why don't you have some conservatives in on these things so you get a more balanced approach and not skewed so badly. on top of that they donated millions dollars to oust president trump and post on their own blogs how much they distain the president, conservative ideas, some don't like religion. they wear it on their sleeves and seeped into their business practices and it is not fair. >> trace: move to politics talking about politics right there. move on to more politics. melania trump on the campaign trail for the first time in a year. she is going after joe biden. listen and i'll get your

response. >> joe biden's policy and socialist agenda will only serve to destroy america and all that has been built in the past four years. >> trace: does it help to go after joe biden saying he wants to raise your taxes, saying that the left is going to hold joe biden hostage? what do you make of that, charles? >> he does want to raise your taxes. that's not hard at all. i think if people -- listen, the trump tax cuts went into effect in january of 2018. blue collar wages from that moment on erupted to the upside. they didn't just will up they erupted to the upside at a pace that hasn't been seen. that's how you articulate. not just raising your taxes. what's the fallout from raising taxes and higher regulations? will you get the amount of business start-ups and entrepreneurship, the blue collar wages? will we get that? the answer is no, it slows down and doesn't go at the same pace.

you can argue to what degree it slows down. melania is heading in the right direction and great to have her out there. she is a mom, she is very successful in her own right and the trump campaign wants those suburban women to come back to the fold. she is a great messenger for that. >> trace: 10 seconds left. the attack of joe biden for his flip-flops on fracking and him saying he wants to limit or get rid of slowly fossil fuels. what are your thoughts? >> that was a huge mistake, the biggest mistake he has made this campaign. and he may pay a price in pennsylvania, ohio, texas, some other places. by the way, you don't have to be an oil state to appreciate 11 million jobs tied to an industries that are good-paying jobs and never at the mercy of china. we have to get replacement panels from china for windmills. we have to be very careful

sending billions of our tax dollars forcefully change something that maybe changes on its own over time. >> trace: charles payne, good to see you, sir. thank you. >> you, too, buddy. thank you. >> sandra: early voting fight in pennsylvania heading back to the supreme court. they're asking justice barrett to recuse herself. will she step aside or break an earlier tie vote. eric shawn laying it all out. he will join us next.

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>> sandra: supreme court justice amy coney barrett was officially sworn in only yesterday and already she is facing a motion to recuse herself from an upcoming case involving mail-in ballots in pennsylvania. eric shawn as more on that for us this morning. eric. >> good morning, sandra. supreme court justice amy coney barrett cannot decide election cases. that's the demand from critics and the pennsylvania election board that says she must recuse herself. the board of elections has a motion in a supreme court case that involves extending the mail-in ballot deadline citing barrett's potential conflict of interest because president trump has said he rushed her nomination through to get a justice on the court to decide cases that do involve his election bid. barrett, though, has vowed to separate her judicial duty from

partisan politics. it comes as voting advocates have mobilized on the ground across the country to protect the integrity of our election. the lawyers committee for civil rights under law has deployed 23,000 volunteers and set up a hotline for voters across the country to report the problems that they encounter at the polls. the group says it is getting 7,000 complaints from voters a day. the most common well, voters don't receive their ballot. the long lines and delays that we've seen. voting machine snafus. the lawyers committee hotline to report problems is 1-866-rvote. it is up to all of us to protect the election. a federal judge ordered the postal service to focus on election mail including rushing ballots and making late and extra trips to undue those restrictions imposed by the trump administration. back to you. >> sandra: thank you for that,

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what's being challenged by many of you today. some of you don't trust we're acting in good faith. that's the problem i want to focus on solving. how do services like twitter earn your trust? how do we insure more choice in the market if we don't? >> sandra: that was twitter ceo jack dorsey moments ago appearing before a senate panel. the live picture on capitol hill this morning asking senators, asking the american people how does twitter earn your trust? he goes on to talk about how exactly they monitor the flow of information over the social media giant. welcome back to "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. news breaking from that senate panel this morning. we'll continue to bring it to our viewers as it comes in. >> trace: busy day. good morning. i'm trace gallagher. ceos of twitter and google -- the senator grilling jack dorsey about how the network

labels tweets as misleading ordaining -- or dangerous including president trumps. >> when mark zuckerberg was finally able to join the hearing today he explained to the committee he has been having connectivity issues. that tells you everything you need to know how this hearing will go down between now and 3:00 p.m. when we expect it to wrap up. these big tech titans are here to testify today about this little-known legislative provision called section 230 and governs everything about these social media company's existence. what they're allowed to do. what users are allowed to do and whose fault it is when things get posted or taken down. the chairman of the committee got down to the number one issue right off the bat for republicans right now which is anti-conservative bias and anti-conservative censorship. take a listen. >> section 230 is the most important law protecting

internet speech. removing section 230 will remove speech from the internet. >> that was jack dorsey of twitter. senator wicker said -- accused twitter's jack dorsey of not allowing president trump to post and allowing dictators from iran, north korea and china to post whatever they want to do. mark zuckerberg for his part lasered in on the presidential election making the case that facebook has evolved over the years and now become central to american democracy. take a listen to zuckerberg. >> we sometime we've helped more than 4.4 million people register to vote and 100,000 people volunteer to be poll workers. they continue to use our platforms to reach voters. >> to circle back for a moment on section 230. the number one takeaway from the tech executive they don't

want to be held responsible for the content users post. but at the same time what they do want is the ability to be able to take down posts when they say that they violate their company's policies. so far there is a lot of wanting to have their cake and eat it too for these big tech execs. breaking news out of the hearing and we'll circle back. >> trace: gillian, thank you. >> sandra: election day now less than a week away. americans are not waiting to make their decisions with nearly 70 million ballots already cast. smashing early voting records for a presidential election. president trump is hitting one swing state after another and today he is back in the battleground of arizona while biden is in delaware at home delivering remarks on healthcare we're told. his running mate kamala harris will head to arizona and vice president mike pence targets

wisconsin and michigan. alyssa farah, the white house communications director joining us earlier. >> he is energized and thrilled and doing as many as five rallies a day. you can't stop president trump. he is excited to be with real americans. we're feeling good. >> sandra: live fox team coverage this morning. martha maccallum with analysis in moments. peter doocy is in wilmington, delaware. first to kristin fisher live at the white house this morning. kristin, six days to go. what's the president talking about this morning? good morning. >> for the second day in a row he has tweeted covid, covid, covid not because he wants to talk about it but because he is frustrated with how much the media is covering it. he tweeted this morning covid, covid, covid is the unified fan of the lame stream media. they will talk about nothing else until november 4th when the election will hopefully be over and then how low the death rate is. plenty of hospital rooms and many tests of young people.

but the reality is in wisconsin where president trump rallied yesterday and where the vice president is going to be today, that state hit a single-day record for new cases, deaths and hospitalizations just yesterday. now the white house science office is taking a little bit of heat this morning for a press release that it put out yesterday showing what it believes are the top goals and accomplishments of the trump administration. they listed at the top of that list ending the covid-19 pandemic. you asked alyssa farah about it. and she chalked it up to a poor choice of words. >> the intent was to say it was our goal to end the virus. what i would say is this, because of the president's leadership we are rounding the corner. >> today president trump woke up in nevada. he will spend the night tonight in florida and in between he has got two rallies in

battleground arizona where right now the latest polls show a very tight race. sandra, expect this rate of rallies to only increase as we get closer and closer to election day. we're hearing crazy numbers about how many rallies president trump may try to hold in those final 48 hours before election day. >> sandra: if what we heard from alyssa farah was any indication it will be a lot. thank you, kristin. >> trace: joe biden is getting a briefing today from public health experts in delaware arriving at the queen theater moments ago. he will deliver a speech on his healthcare plan later today. it comes after his son's former business partner says his concerns about hunter biden's work with chinese companies were brushed aside. peter, what can we expect to hear from biden today? >> trace, good morning. they are trying to just talk about covid today and so that's what the speech is going to focus on after that briefing from public health experts.

biden is staying close to home here in wilmington even though yesterday he admitted in georgia they are running out of time. >> folks, it is go time. there is one week left. over 60 million americans have already voted. and millions more by the end of this week. i believe when you use your power, the power to vote will change the course of this country. right here in georgia with all of you. >> the campaign is trying to keep the focus on covid as a man comes forward, tony bobulinski, who claims to have discretely but directly spoken to joe biden about lucrative business entanglements that bobulinski claims would have meant millions for the former v.p. hidden from tax returns because they would have been held by a family member. claims fox news hasn't been able to fully verify. since the story broke last night biden has only been made

available to questions to local affiliates and small group of press whose turn it is to travel with him. >> i'm thinking about the biden family like how are they doing this? i know joe decided not to run in 2016 but what if he ran in the future? aren't they taking political risk or headline risks? i remember looking at jim biden saying how are you guys getting away with this? aren't you concerned? and he looked at me and laughed a little bit and said plausible denyability. >> you look at these live pictures inside the queen theater. the campaign uses this to do digital tapings and briefings like this one. they have some public health experts who are appearing remotely. the former v.p. talked to them and let us see a little bit of it and he will go and speak to them privately before he makes his address about an hour from right now. something else to point out, the biden campaign the last couple weeks has been flush

with cash but they're using some of their precious time before the election later on this afternoon to host a virtual fundraiser, trace. >> trace: peter, thank you. >> sandra: the narrative in the hunter biden controversy may be changing with gop going after facebook and twitter where they worked to suppress the story as we hear from hunter's ex-business partner who calls the former vps denial of his son's business dealings as a blatant lie. >> it would be different if this was my word against jim biden, hunter biden and joe biden. i was shocked not only the media is not only discussing this they're going to the other extreme and dismissing it as russian disinformation. >> sandra: joining us now martha maccallum anchor of "the story". thank you for being here this morning. two elements to the story. the working to verify the

details in this story and then there is the coverage or lack thereof of it. he is focusing on the latter. the media still isn't touching this. >> it's really amazing, sandra. when you look at what's going on here. i watched the entire interview last night as i know millions of americans did with tonny bobulinski. the sound bite you played moments ago tells us a lot. he talks about a moment when he says jim biden, the former vice president's brother shrugged it off as plausible denyability and i go to the reports we saw on fox news on the "wall street journal" and other places which say they can't prove that joe biden benefited from any of these deals, okay? so you've got the brother saying that it's all about plausible denyability and the fact that you so far have not been able to link the money directly to joe biden. but you have tony bobulinski, a

former naval lieutenant who says that on two occasions he spoke in broad terms with joe biden about these deals, about the biden family's desire to have a business relationship and energy deals with china. you've got reams of text messages and emails all of this is not to draw conclusions but it is to say that it is laid out there for reporters to begin to dig into and the fact that only a few outlets are taking advantage of that six days from an election is a dereliction of duty. so many questions are raised here. it is shocking that twitter and facebook among others have just put their big foot on top of this story and tried to quash it so quickly is very difficult i thoi read any other way. >> sandra: there is also the president's handling of this story. and some members of his own party, ted cruz said it won't

move a single voter. the president's attacks on hunter biden aren't working. i asked alyssa farah about that a short time ago and here is how she responded to it. >> this is breaking through even though the mainstream media has largely -- with the exception of fox news -- refused to cover it. this isn't the president's closing argument by any means. it is an important point from our perspective. joe biden is a career politician who came into office maybe as a public servant but then left as a millionaire. >> sandra: she laid out it isn't the president's closing argument. you see him on the campaign trail railing on this issue and railing on hunter biden and his business dealings and joe biden's ties to them. so is ted cruz right? is it not working? should he work more on a message of unity perhaps six days from election day, martha? >> i think it resonates most with his base. people that we spoke with around the country over the past several weeks have said

they do care about this story if they're already in the trump camp. i don't think it will expand his voter pool. however, i don't think that's what's important. the fact of the matter is that joe biden is leading in this election. he may very well be the next president of the united states. the facts that we do know so far in this story make it incumbent upon reporters across the country to dig in and ask questions. i cannot believe that even among the small pool of reporters that are with him every day no one has said to him excuse me can you please clarify. do you or do you not believe the hard drive belongs to your son, hunter biden? do you or do you not dispute the text messages and emails out there are indeed sent and received from hunter biden and business colleagues and therefore are not the product of creation by russian disinformation. the russian disinformation element of this is perhaps how it got pushed out into the public. it doesn't address the issue of

the veracity of these emails and the hard drive. that's a separate issue from how the information got pushed out into the atmosphere of this political climate. >> sandra: i want to finish off with the polls and the headline on the hill. an opinion piece from opinion contributors on the hill saying don't believe the polls. trump is winning. the polls still have biden winning in some of these key battleground states as we're six days out. in it the piece lays out three problems. tone of the question, sample of respondents, content of the current news cycle. it's interesting to read that six days from election day. when you look at some of these states considering texas is now in question. what happens in florida? karl rove is about to join us and says pennsylvania is the gateway. michigan, wisconsin, all these are big question marks as we head into election day. when you talk to trump officials, at the white house, the campaign they are quick to dismiss those polls. final thoughts. >> you know what? we'll all find out the answer

to that question. these two writers may end up being harbinger of what to come. polls show trump double digits down in wisconsin and michigan. the points made in this piece are interesting. based on the environment with live in with social media and people feeling their privacy is so infringed upon i think people are more and more reluctant every year to share any of their opinions on anything with people who just call them out of the blue or contact them out of the blue. if the polls are wrong this time around, i think their legitimacy is undercut for all time until they reconstruct their entire model. but it may be what happened in 2016 was an anomaly and this time they'll be flight 2020. we have six days until we start to find out the answer to that question together. >> sandra: we're close to finding that out. martha, great to have you this morning. we'll see you later

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>> sandra: philadelphia seeing a second night of violence following the fatal police shoongt of a black man. demonstrators marched through the streets some attacking officers, stores were ransacked by looters. we're live in philadelphia and what happened there. good morning, leland. >> good morning. police were overwhelmed by these looters. if you imagine a game of whack-a-mole between police and looters. looters had the other hand. they went store by store for three miles, miles away from where walter wallace was shot. flat screen tvs were a popular

item as were sneakers. we saw somebody pulling out an entire washing machine. that means folks were showing up with dollies and cars. there were a couple of cars that were carjacked with people who had looted merchandise inside. it would appear as though police may have been told to stand down. a tweet from fox 29. our affiliate in philadelphia. directive from philly police executive team. extremely frustrated officers told me overnight they were ordered to not arrest looters just disperse them. that would fit with what we saw which was officers really standing by as thousands of people broke into stores and took whatever they wanted out from them. there were also shootings in parking lots and the shootings is what really brought a police response for them to chase off the looters that were shooting amongst themselves. here is walter wallace's father.

>> i don't condone no violence tearing up the city, looting of the stores and all this chaos going on. i feel like everybody have respect for my family and my son to stop this violence and chaos, what's going on in the city. >> the national guard has been called up. 200 guardsmen from the pennsylvania guard scheduled to come here to philadelphia probably in the next 48 hours to help for the philadelphia police department that could not come soon enough ahead of another potentially violent night. >> sandra: leland vittert on that for us. hundreds of demonstrators marched in brooklyn in protest of walter wallace junior's killing. dozens arrested after leaving a trail of destruction. several protestors threw rocks and bottles at police as patrol cars were vandalized. a driver sped through a line of cops after being ordered to

stop injuring an officer. >> it's go time. there is one week left. i believe when you use your power, the power to vote will change the course of this country. right here in georgia with all of you. >> trace: joe biden campaign in georgia trying to flip the peach state blue. they're making a play for a number of right leaning state it doesn't need to beat president trump in the electoral college. texas, ohio and iowa, a strategy worrying some democrats who want biden to seal the deal in the big battlegrounds hillary loss in 2016. donna brazile is here to talk to us about that. always good to see you. the theme here joe biden is going big across the map, you know. he is in georgia yesterday, sending kamala harris to texas. why text ?as the fear is and

the hill writes the following. while the overall polling is abyss mall for trump wins in florida and pennsylvania. biden's campaign will have a lot to answer for if it spends the final hours reaching for a blow-out but fails to seal the deal in the core battlegrounds that he must win to have a chance. what do you think about that, donna? >> they're doing two things simultaneously. you can do that in american politics. we saw it in 2016 when president trump was trying to unseal the so-called blue state lock and he went ahead and campaigned in those final days in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. what joe biden is doing is making sure that senatorial candidates, especially those in georgia and of course we've seen this also this move in texas, he is not just running to be president of the united states. he is running to insure that every american has a voice,

especially those on capitol hill. i think it's a great strategy because they're doing two things simultaneously. four years ago we didn't have the kind of resources that we have today where we can invest in the so-called battleground states and expand in the states where democrats are hanging by in the margins. i respect the fact they looked at the 2018 mid-term turnout. they saw the significant growth in democrats running down ballot. they're trying to chase those votes. chase them. >> trace: if for some reason doesn't win this they will talk about joe biden when he finally came out going to georgia. sending kamala harris to texas. there will be a world of second guessing going on if he loses. >> let me say this. if by chance we fall short of winning like we did in 2016 by less than 80,000 votes, we're not going to leave anything on

table. it is important that joe biden continues and kamala harris and the rest of the democratic team to continue to reach out to the low hanging fruit. four years ago we were competing not just against donald trump but the third party candidate. this year looks as though the biden campaign is doing the smart thing. they'll have the voters who voted in 2012, stayed home in 2016 but enthusiastic about 2018. think about that as a strategy. by the way, i recognize that people dismissive of a candidate who is following the science and listening to the doctors and staying within the confines of his home while he can reach thousands or hundreds of thousands of people virtually. you know, whether you like what donald trump is doing and leaving people out in the cold in nebraska while he campaigns or if you want to go forward with a candidate who will respect the scientists, i support what joe biden is doing. i believe my health and the health of the american people are very, very important. >> trace: i want to get this in quickly. want to talk about the whole

idea of amy coney barrett now being sworn in as a justice, democrats still fuming. i want to play the chuck schumer sound bite and get your thoughts on the other side. >> the next time the american people give democrats the majority in this chamber, you will have forfeited the right to tell us how to run that majority. i know that you think that this will eventually blow over but you are wrong. >> trace: a lot of threats, donna. talking about ending the filibuster, packing the courts. your final thoughts on that? >> i agree with the senator. we're very disappointed in the hypocrisy of the republicans. to tell us almost eight months before an election that we cannot allow merrick garland and we can rush this through. we can't help get is stimulus bill and we can rush through. republicans have packed the courts. don't try to lecture democrats

tomorrow when yesterday you ignored us. i believe all options should be on the table if the opportunity arises. >> trace: good to see you as always. thank you. >> always. >> trace: election night is six days away. don't miss our special coverage hosted by bret baier and martha maccallum all beginning on tuesday, november 3, 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> sandra: hurricane zeta picking up strength as it takes aim at new orleans. new forecast out from the national hurricane center. we'll have an update in moments. plus three tech giants testifying before a senate panel today over accusations they're censoring conservative speech. many in the gop calling for more oversight of those companies. >> section 230 is the most important law protecting internet speech. removing it will remove speech from the internet. we're at the movies and we need to silence our phone.

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>> sandra: top stories making news bottom of the hour. president trump headed to arizona today to make his final pitch to voters ahead of election day. rival joe biden set to speak today about healthcare from his home in delaware. >> trace: analysts say new satellite photos show a nuclear site is under construction in iran. president trump has been waging a maximum pressure campaign against iran imposing crippling sanctions. >> sandra: a hearing continues on capitol hill the biggest names in tech questioned by congress over accusations of censorship and information that users can actually see. the ceos of twitter, facebook and google are testifying virtually. more on that and today's top headlines download the fox news app. take a picture of the qr code at the bottom of your screen to get started. >> senator, i think that's

reasonable. >> yes or no, if twitter creates specific content should twitter be liable for that content? >> yes. >> same question for you, at google. >> if we're acting as a publisher i would say yes. >> we're updating the breaking news. monitoring the three social media ceos, facebook, twitter and google facing questions about how their platforms block or limit the information users can see. let's bring in james freeman and our maria bartiromo. you saw some of that, james. you saw some of the back and forth there. i want to play this. fascinating between ceo twitter jack dorsey talking about blocking the president's tweets. watch. >> so somebody denying the holl

cast has happened is not misinformation. it is misleading information but we don't have a policy against that type of misleading information. >> millions of people died and that is not a violation of twitter? again, i don't understand how you can label a president of the united states. have you ever taken a tweet down from the ayatollah? >> i believe we have but we can get back to you on it. >> trace: i think the answer there is no. you go into this thing. they want the protections of 230. they want to make sure they aren't held accountable for stuff that their users post on their websites yet they want to censor some of the data. what are your thoughts on that? >> i think we have a problem under the law. when they make editorial decisions at their discretion, suppressing news they don't like or don't agree with, they are acting as publishers. and i am sure they and their lawyers will say we're not publishers, just running an information service like the

telephone system running an open platform. but when they decide not because there is a criminal activity or violent images from a jihadi video but because they don't like the content of some political message, when they decide to block that and to elevate other items, they are acting as editors. they are doing what essentially what publishers do and i think increasingly judges and ultimately the supreme court will be looking at whether this law has been overinterpreted in terms of giving them too much liability protection that is not in the plain language of the statute. >> trace: i think that's a good point. i will show this quote. this is from a misinformation expert at the university of california berkeley. he kind of gives the countering opinion quoting there is nothing biased or unreasonable about facebook or twitter restricting verality of a news story about the hunter biden laptop story.

certainly nothing unreasonable about this in the weeks before a national election. he says it is fine to censor that story even though you have no idea if these are, you know, inauthentic. >> it is true and totally reasonable as private companies twitter and the rest of them can make any decisions they want. what they can't do is make those kind of decisions which are reasonably seen as a publisher's decision and claim the immunity shield of section 230. i think the law is very clear. the one phrase they kind of cling to says they can take down objectionable comment. i don't think that means whatever twitter wants it to mean. i think if this gets tested, there is some history and some case law, i think the outcome will ultimately be that no, if they are going to act as

publishers, they don't get immunity. they aren't immune when they decide they don't want to allow the "new york post" to reach their customers. >> trace: let me run it by you. this is from the senator from oregon. the first amendment gives private companies the right to decide what's on their sites and the government can't force them to host debunked stories based on dubious material just because it is in the president's interest. the story hasn't been debunked. what do you think? fine at thoughts. >> these companies are not charged with the policing of our political debates. that's not what that law -- that's not a role that law gave them. they need to get out of that business if they want to maintain these protections which are useful. we don't want trial lawyers descending on silicon valley and destroying world leading companies. we just want those companies to allow the free speech and consumer benefits that i think

their customers are entitled to. >> trace: james freeman. congratulations on the new book. thank you again. >> thanks, trace. >> sandra: president trump is crisscrossing the country campaigning hard for reelection but the victory could come down to three states according to karl rove. he will explain next. attention veteran homeowners: record low mortgage rates have dropped even lower. at newday, veterans can shortcut the refinance process and save $250 a month. $3000 dollars a year. with the va streamline refi at newday, there's no appraisal, no income verification, and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $3000 a year.

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>> sandra: fox news democracy 2020. trump's path to 270. karl rove joined martha maccallum. he laid out the path to victory for donald trump in three states where biden is leading in the polls right now. karl, the real clear politics average for michigan now. biden leading by nearly 9 there. if i flip to wisconsin you've got him leading by nearly 8 points in wisconsin and lastly what you call one of the most

important states perhaps the most important state in this election and that is pennsylvania where biden in the latest real clear politics average is leading by 4. karl, i will take a what if scenario. based on what you told martha tomorrow night it will come down to the three great lakes state. michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. karl, good morning, by the way. i'll bring you in here. so what you are saying that needs to happen is we need to assume that president trump wins those battlegrounds that he won in 2016, including arizona, texas, iowa, ohio, north carolina would go red, georgia, and florida. and then i will make blue nevada, minnesota, and new hampshire. do your magic when it comes to these three state wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. those would put president trump over the top.

do you see those as potentially his path to victory in this election? >> if he will have a path to victory they go through the three states. three possible scenarios here. each one of them has a code name. let's see if you can figure out why they're named that way. keystone, operation keystone named after the nickname for the commonwealth of pennsylvania, the keystone state. assume he holds all the sides outside the great lakes. outside of pennsylvania, michigan an wisconsin. if he wins pennsylvania and loses wisconsin and michigan, he has 280 votes. 280 electoral college votes. excuse me, i'm sorry, wrong. he has 286 electoral college votes if he wins keystone. the second option is wolverine, let's assume he holds the same states he won last time around in the great lakes area he wins michigan and loses pennsylvania and wisconsin.

he is at 276. assume that the third option is the badger option. named after the nickname for wisconsin. holds all the states he won last time out of the great lakes. wins wisconsin, loses at michigan and pennsylvania. he is at 270. a huge priority of winning maine and nebraska. the two states that break out their electoral college vote. he won maine 2 while losing the state. if he loses one of them he is at 269. that's a tie. if he loses both of them he ain't president anymore. this is the best option he has got to go to victory. if he doesn't win any one of these three states he has got to win a combination of say nevada and new hampshire, which together have 10 electoral votes or win minnesota, which

has 10 electoral votes. it is a very narrow path. best way to get there is to get there by winning things that you won before. >> sandra: for the sake of everything you just said keeping minnesota biden and nevada biden as i just mentioned playing around with it. if i were to make pennsylvania blue, it would bring his electoral count to 280. i should point out it says 279 because it is not accounting for maine 2 as you just mentioned. really important into the factor. if i undo that, add michigan into the picture it clearly brings him over 270 and become 276 with maine 2 and then to finish what are you describing wisconsin would bring him to precisely 270. if you add maine 2 in there. karl, before you go we could just pick your brain on pennsylvania considering the importance you are putting into it. some of those key counties that president trump flipped. they were reliably blue and

went to obama and some of those eastern pennsylvania counties that are in close watch, hampton county went 52% donald trump in the last election. how key are some of those counties and what will you be watching election night? >> let me make a correction. if he wins pennsylvania he got 306 electoral votes. if he loses pennsylvania he is at 286. not 280. these are critical. he won the state by 44,000 votes, less than one half of 1%. if part of that margin came from flipping those four counties and another part of it came from boosting his numbers vis-a-vis what mitt romney did or what john mccain did the last two republican nominees for president. he has to hope for three things to happen. the turnout in philadelphia is -- remains at the 2016 level particularly in the african-american community. and that he keeps those

counties that he flipped last time around and continues to grow his margin in the balance of the state. he has to do all three in order to keep pennsylvania in the column. >> sandra: this was fun. we look forward to seeing you on the exciting election night coming up. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> trace: continuing coverage now on breaking news we've been following the hearings on capitol hill. the one with the big tech ceos going before the senate commerce committee. there was just a very fiery exchange between senator ted cruz and twitter ceo jack dorsey. we'll play that for you coming up next.

>> breaking news on capitol hill. senator ted cruz grilling the

ceo of twittered over the platform's decision to block the "new york post"'s story on hunter biden's business dealings. >> why did twitter censor the "new york post"? >> every organization that stands up to twitter agrees to a term of service. >> who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the american people are allowed to hear? why do you persist in behaving as a democratic super pac. >> we are not doing that. this is why i opened this hearing with calls for more transparency. >> the other part is that jack dorsey said they would not unlock the "new york post" twitter account unless they delete the tweets about the hunter biden laptop story. the story hasn't been depunked. joe biden hasn't denied the laptop belongs to his son or

denying that the emails are legitimate and twitter is saying we are not about to unlock your account unless you delete texts we have yet to debunk. >> sandra: at one point jack dorsey addressed to the senators, what can twitter did to earn your trust? 6 days to go before election day. president trump in the southwest and joe biden will make a speech from home. veterans can refinance their loans with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call to newday usa can save you $3,000 every year. you could start saving, beginning with your next mortgage payment. refi now at these historic low rates.

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>> well, the karl rove tour on the map was fascinating. the road to 270. >> tomorrow we will be 5 days from election day. see you back here tomorrow morning. "outnumbered" starts now. >> fox news alert. 6 days until the election. reaction pouring in after hunter biden's former business associate tony bobulinksi is speaking out in an interview with our own tucker carlson. a navy veteran says he wants to defend his name after the biden team blamed the russians for stories on biden's business dealings. bobulinksi recounted a meeting with joe biden in 2017 where they discussed the possible joint venture with the chinese energy firm and hit back at the former vice president biden's assertion he never