election night you can go to all the specific races you are interested in and know it right then >> we have special election coverage this sunday. we're coming back on air. >> president trump: we say it like it is. we say it like it is. we created the greatest economy in history and now we are doing it again. >> i've said it before, i'm not going to shut down the economy. i'm not going to shut down the country but i'll shut down the virus. >> sandra: the final sprint. more than 79 million people have already voted across the country either in person or by mail blowing past 2016's early vote of 58 million. depending on the state there are a few days left to send in your ballot. good morning, everyone, i'm sandra smith. good morning trace. >> trace: good morning.

i'm trace gallagher. there are just four days to go until the election. today the candidates are shifting their focus to the midwest. president trump and joe biden campaigning in wisconsin and minnesota a combined 20 electoral votes are up for grabs in those states and the latest rcp average shows biden leading nationally by more than 7 points. a look at the top battleground states shows the contest is closer with three points separating the candidates. >> sandra: steve cortes will be joining us in moments. casey stiegel is live in dallas. phil keating in miami. peter doocy in bloomington, minnesota. kristin fisher is live at the white house this morning. what's the trump campaign focused on with just four days to go until election day? good morning. >> good morning. yesterday was all about florida. today the focus is on the midwest.

the president rallying in michigan, wisconsin, and minnesota. three states where right now the coronavirus is surging. to counter that bad news, many of the president's supporters are urging him to really focus on the good economic news instead. we got two big pieces of good economic news just yesterday. you have the u.s.gdp33% in the third quarter and weekly jobless claims at the lowest levels since the start of the pandemic. the president called the weekly jobless claims boring. people tell him to talk less about hunter biden and more about that record gdp growth. the president said there is only so many times that he can say 33.1%. >> president trump: you see the number today? 33.1 gdp. the biggest in the history of our country. this is the greatest, number 33.1%. if you ask me two weeks ago i

would have taken 12%. that would have been nice. 33.1. >> first it was ice cube and now lil wayne is tweeting out he met with the president yesterday in florida and is now praising what he has done so far with criminal justice reform and the president's new platinum plan. the trump campaign is hoping the endorsement will make a d*ent with black voters. only 8% of them voted for the president four years ago. now back then, then candidate trump watched the returns come in in new york city. this year, though, he is going to be here in washington, d.c. and he will likely be watching from the white house. sandra. >> joe biden making his first three-state trip of the campaign holding events in iowa, minnesota and wisconsin today after spending yesterday blasting president trump in the battleground state of florida saying he dropped the ball with

the united states economy. >> donald trump inherited a strong economy from barack and me just like he inherited everything in his life. it's a fact. he squandered that economy like he squandered everything else. but folks, i promise you, i guarantee you, we can build back and build back better. >> trace: peter doocy is live in bloomington, minnesota. what's biden's message today in the midwest? >> that he is going to be everywhere, trace. today is going to be the most ground joe biden has covered this entire election cycle. today's itinerary will bring him to a place where he needs a winter jacket from a place that he needed a rain jacket. >> we're under some kind of cover when the storm hit. i wasn't. i have to change my shirt.

are you all coming tomorrow? we're doing some barnstorming tomorrow, iowa, wisconsin and minnesota. we'll see you then. >> the biden campaign just announced the second to the last day of the campaign they'll be in pennsylvania and the final day of the campaign monday their big push will also be in pennsylvania with joe and jill and kamala and doug fanning out to the four corners of the state. the place biden says he wants to win for personal reasons because of the family ties there. also the state he has visited the most times in general election cycle. biden is set to appear for the first time in person alongside barack obama in michigan and despite proposals on the biden website that would require trillions of dollars worth of new taxes he is trying hard to describe himself as a moderate whose biggest concern is covid-19. he stresses he would not shut down the economy, just shut down the virus.

for months joe biden was trying to reach people during covid-19 lockdowns from the comfort of their own home via zoom. today with the drive-in events he will try to reach people from the comfort of their own cars. presumably with the heat on. >> trace: peter doocy live in minnesota. thank you. >> sandra: hundreds of absentee ballots in michigan and pennsylvania are missing. the u.s. postal service and detroit city clerks say 500 voters never received ballots in the mail. the "pittsburgh post-gazette" is reporting that thousands of ballots have not been delivered in one pennsylvania county. u.s. postal service says it is researching this issue. >> trace: eighth circuit court of appeals ruling all absentee ballots in minnesota must be received by 8:00 p.m. on election day in order to be counted blocking an extension for seven days. the judges wrote there is no pandemic exception to the

constitution. the ruling comes one day after the u.s. supreme court allowed an extension for mail-in ballots received in pennsylvania and north carolina. >> sandra: let's bring in steve cortes, trump strategy advisor. you will kick off the friday show before election day and a look at minnesota. obviously both candidates see reason to spend their time campaigning there. you look at the real clear politics average just days from election day and joe biden maintains nearly a five point advantage over president trump. trump goes there today. does he see opportunity in that state? >> yes, absolutely, sandra. i guarantee the president wouldn't be wasting any time this close to election day if we didn't think minnesota is winnable. the most compelling case we have to offer the country and the citizens of minnesota is the economy. both the economy that the president built pre-china virus as well as the economic

renaissance flourishing across the country right now. the president is going to rochester, minnesota. that metro area in september this year the most jobs report they are seeing 13% year-over-year wage growth. that's astounding when you think about it. in contrast our opponent joe biden was a principle architect of terrible trade deals with china that decimated american industry particularly in the heartland of the midwest. minnesota lost 88,000 jobs to china alone. the public policy failings of joe biden may have been motivated by his private corruption. we know from the china biden pay to play scandal the communist party has been sending millions of dollars to his family and he may have been a direct participant and financial beneficiary in the dirty money scheme. something that most of the media, not your channel. doesn't want to talk about. the most important story in america right now. >> sandra: we have worked to

verify different aspects of that story. i do hear you picking that as a message you want to put across today. i'll run this by you. president trump has focused on the economy in recent days. some of the suggestions from his own party not to focus so much on hunter biden and focus on the economy. this was the milwaukee journal sentinel on thursday. the president said this, his administration, biden administration would eliminate my america first policies and pursue an economic agenda that would devastate wisconsin families. his pledge to raise taxes by $4 trillion, support radical -- shut down the entire u.s. economy, a fieshl idea he says that would trigger the biggest economic recession in america's history. that's the case in wisconsin. you know wisconsin is dealing with an incredible curve in covid statistics. new cases over 28,000. positivity rate to 28%.

245 deaths reported. this is a major problem there and this is where joe biden is focusing his message. is it a missed opportunity for the president to speak to that state and what they're dealing with when it comes to coronavirus? >> of course, no, the president is going there today to wisconsin and he is going to focus on the economy. it is not either/or. we don't have to talk the economy or the china bribery scandal with the bidens. i think they're linked. one of the reasons that joe biden sold out american workers to chain i believe is just -- >> sandra: i'm talking about the situation in wisconsin and a missed opportunity for the president and trump campaign to focus on a situation that is keeping kids home from school, that is keeping people from going to work. >> you asked me about the economy and that i'll get to that. my point is it isn't either/or. we have to talk about the laptop from hell and the corruption of the biden crime family. that's a reality connected to the economy. joe biden sent millions of jobs to china. >> sandra: i'm talking about

covid in wisconsin. i'm not getting an answer. >> your question had two parts. i'll get to the covid part. it was a long question. now regarding covid, what we're seeing is a rise in cases all over the world unfortunately. nothing american about this problem. not a trump issue. in europe cases are rising faster than the united states the reason i bring that up. even the harshest of lockdowns does not stop the spread of the virus completely. until we get a vaccine, which we believe is imminent. scientists tell us we're at the threshold because of operation warp speed. until we get the vaccine the president believes we cannot tower from the virus and let it nominate our lives. we protect those who are statistically vulnerable, the very old and infirm. for everybody else we get back to life and normalcy while talking precautions. we see the amazing economic

numbers. >> sandra: there is no doubt. we have been reporting on the gdp number, over 30% growth in the third quarter. it is something. i'll ask you this. the "wall street journal" editorial board wrote about the biden contradiction. he is running on covid and character. his policies are the most left wing in decades. they make the case voters have very little idea how far left joe biden's policies are because his message is covid, steve. and you look at president trump and is he not being able to get the message out there about joe biden's policies and the effects of those policies because the covid situation is clouding the picture for him? >> listen, it's a challenge. it's hard when you have accomplice it and biased corporate media complex unwilling to tell the truth about joe biden not just the china bribery scandal. also important to think of this. not just joe biden. according to rasmussen survey.

59% of americans do not believe if elected he would finish his first term which would mean a kamala harris. the two of them together are the most radical democratic ticket in all of american history. not your parents' or grandparents' democratic parties. they believe in open borders, believe in bailing out attempted cop killers. joe biden staffers donated to a bail fund that literally paid the bail of an attempted cop killer in minnesota. i think that's something the president will likely bring up today in that state. this is an incredibly radical ticket. they're trying to run on irrational fear agenda trying to stoke panic in the american people for political power with covid. >> sandra: cases of covid are popping up. he is not making it up and focusing on it more than the president. we'll see how it all goes. a big midwest tour. both candidates on the trail

today. steve cortes, thank you for being here, please come back soon. tune in to "america's newsroom" tomorrow, saturday. wealth owe have a two-hour election special from 10 to noon eastern time. our special coverage starts on election day at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >> trace: election four days away. several states are allowing ballots to be counted after november 3. are we looking at a repeat of the 2000 election? why filmmaker michael moore thinks president trump will win. >> whatever they're saying the biden lead is, cut it in half right now.

>> sandra: a warning from liberal filmmaker michael moore, do not believe the polls. moore telling hill tv that president trump is a lot closer to winning than the polls are showing. >> if he thinks he is going to win then i think he is going to win. he thinks he is going to win and i know he is an evil genius and smarter than all of us. people hate to hear that but i'm sorry. >> sandra: he called trump's

victory four years ago and the lead the polls show for biden should be cut in half. trump voters with suspicious of pollster so his support is always undercounted. >> trace: a new poll shows 95% of republicans approve of the job president trump has done so far. only 3% of democrats approve. the largest gap since gallup began polling many years ago. byron york joins us now. it is great to see you. that number you see shows a couple of things. republicans support the president. two very polarized. i want to put this independent number on the screen. it's interesting. only 41% of independents approve of the job the president is doing. back to last time the took the poll in 2012 the number for president obama was 51%. what do you think of that going

into the election? >> if you add it up it makes for a very close election. the republican intensity number is really pretty good for president trump. 95% of republicans approve of him. with obama in 2012 it was only 92%. donald trump actually has more approval from republicans going into reelection than barack obama had from democrats. obviously obama had a little more support from republicans than trump has from democrats and then there is that independent number that you saw. back in 2012 obama had 51%, trump 41%. it could be the difference. remember, barack obama won and it wasn't really close. now it looks like it could be very close. >> trace: i want to throw two more numbers at you. the satisfaction numbers from september. it is really doubled. good news for the president, gone from 14% of how you think things are going right now to

28%. so that's doubling. that's good. then you get to the overall presidential approval from gallup is 46% your thoughts on those numbers. >> presidential job approval rating is one of the most important measures for a president seeking reelection. donald trump's numbers are right there on the line for being reelected. presidents who were well below that like george h.w. bush in 1992 did not get reelected. others around 46% did get reelected. it is very, very tight. everything points to trump being right on the line of a president who can be reelected versus one who doesn't make it. >> trace: they are making their final pleas now. i want to put up some op-ed's foxnews.com today and get your quick response. first the president, this

country has seen politicians like biden before. he will surrender u.s. jobs to foreign countries and surrender our future to the virus and the radical socialist left. america has had to endure biden's leadership once before and can't afford to do it again. thoughts on the president's opinion. >> that is the meat and potatoes argument from president trump. i will make things better on the virus and joe biden has been around too long and he can't do it. >> biden reads, i promise to fight as hard for those who don't support me as for those who do. that's the job of a president. not to divide us into red states and blue states but to bring us together in the common purpose as the united states of america. something we heard barack obama say 12 years ago, byron. >> that again is biden's meat and potatoes argument, i will unite the united states again. if you go back to that video when he first announced his

presidency, his candidacy, that's what he said. he is still saying it at the end of the campaign. >> trace: the supreme court final topic decided that ballots and deadlines in north carolina and pennsylvania will stay the same at least for now. north carolina can count ballots up until november 12. pennsylvania until the 6th. but the supreme court could weigh in on pennsylvania after the election. the "wall street journal" writes the following. talk about raising the stakes. if the chief justice john roberts is worried about political attacks on the court. last week was a better time to settle pennsylvania's voter rules. he is praying for a decisive victor so maybe this won't matter. you think lawyers are getting plane tickets to pennsylvania right now. >> absolutely. the nightmare scenario is that in a close election, it all comes down to some judicial decision. in north carolina and in pennsylvania the legislatures

had passed laws governing the elections. you had to -- a ballot had to have been postmarked by election day and received either on election day or within three days later. you have had a number of democratic lawyers try to push that date later and the supreme court has declined in intervene so far. >> trace: trump versus biden. we covered a lot today. good of you to join us today, byron, thank you. >> sandra: early voting totals in texas continue to lead the country. is the usually red state really up for grabs this year? >> with all due respect, twitter, your locking my account don't pass the b.s. test. >> sandra: mark morgan slamming twilter for suspending his account yesterday. we'll ask him about that next.

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hour. time for top stories. president trump making stops in michigan, wisconsin and minnesota. joe biden traveling to iowa along with minnesota and wisconsin. >> trace: millions of people without power after hurricane zeta slammed into the gulf coast. six people have died in that storm. >> sandra: evacuation orders underway in texas after a train carrying chemicals derailed. it knocked out power to the surrounding area. officials are working on containing that chemical spill. no injuries have been reported at this time. for more on these stories and more download the fox news app. take a picture of this qr code to get started. >> trace: acting customs and border protection commissioner mark morgan facing off with twitter after they blocked his account for praising the construction of the wall. they say it violated its rules for hateful conduct. mark morgan joins us. welcome to you, sir.

i want to put your tweet, disputed tweet on the screen if i can. it says quoting here we continue to build a new wall every day, every mile helps us staff gang members, murderers, sexual predators and drugs from entering our country. and i guess my question would be if you dispute the tweet that you put out there in your twitter, why not pick up the phone, call the f.b.i., call homeland security and say hey, is this accurate? because we have reported that ms-13 gang members coming into the united states has dropped in recent years and so that right there at least partly justifies your tweet. your thoughts. >> absolutely. look, it's all they had to do was reach out to us, ask us to provide some information, the data and facts behind that and we could have done that. we've done that quite often, trace. i've sweeted out the facts. they would have seen the facts

are out there to back it up. let's be very clear about this. what they tried to do and want to do is obvious. my message that i have been sending out there that this president has been overwhelmingly successful to give us tools and policies to address the immigration crisis. i'm vocal against the critics. that's the narrative. it didn't fit their agenda and what they were trying to close down. >> trace: we want to remind the audience what they categorized your tweet as is hateful. you go back and the tweet from the ayatollah of iran saying the holocaust was fake and get rid of israel. jack dorsey responded to that at hearings this week. >> we did not find those to violate our terms of service because we considered them saber rattling which is part of

the speech of world leaders in concert with other countries. >> trace: ayatollah saber rattleling, you're hateful. what do you say when that response comes out? >> what i want to say to your listeners and the american people. that's absurd. listen to that. what every american citizen should be worried about now is jack. that man gets to decide. he is the judge, jury and executioner about what is appropriate to say or not under the founding principles of our constitution that made this country what it is. that is unamerican. he should not have that ability and we should all be united to make sure that this ends. >> trace: it is fascinating. federalist who broke the story yesterday morning in fact we reported it right after they broke it. they make a very good point writing quoting in recent weeks the commissioner meaning you had been free to publish content on the cite touting the accomplishments of border agents and keeping americans

safe. not what recently changed that resulted in the account shut down when other similar posts went unblocked. what has changed. you've been in contact with twitter. what's the change over the past few days? >> trace, that's a great question. what has changed recently. i saw a report that said although imgaition specifically illegal immigration and our fight to address that has not made the national attention like it has in the past year, it has gone up by 250% on twitter. so in my opinion with just days left in an election what they saw was the immigration narrative starting to shift to show what the president has done and success he has had. my opinion that's what they were trying to stop. that's what they are trying to censor. again, how unamerican can this be? >> trace: twitter has reversed its decision on your account of an appeal. quickly, what appeal. what was the reversal based on? i have 10 seconds.

>> trace, that don't pass the b.s. test. we filed an appeal. they denied it. the american people spoke. went viral and went after twitter. only then they said they had made a mistake. we know what happened. >> trace: commissioner mark morgan. we appreciate you joining us. >> sandra: today is the day, last day for early voting in texas. the latest real clear politics average shows president trump leading joe biden in the lone star state 38 electoral votes are up for grabs there. so far nearly 8.5 million people have already cast their votes. casey stiegel is live in dallas just days ahead of election day. >> good morning. that's a whole lot of people, isn't it? the early voting period here in texas started back on october 13th. it ends at the close of business today. remember, it was extended a whole week because of the pandemic. it has been reported as a mad house at times in some places. a lot of records shattered

across the state. long lines, polling hours even extended in some communities. by monday already of this week, monday 46% of every registered voter in the lone star state had voted compared to 43% for the entire voting period back in 2016 and some of that is attributed to making it more accessible. listen. >> we're being real. this is how it should be. this should not be an outlier. this should not be a rare thing. i hope our community gets used to it and year after year that participation can increase. >> now today senator kamala harris will be campaigning across texas making stops in ft. worth, going down to the border community of mcallen, texas and finishing tonight in houston. you talked about that real clear politics average when you came out to me here. remember that it does show

president trump in the lead here but only by 2.3 points as we head into election day. sandra. >> sandra: going to be interesting. casey stiegel, thank you. >> trace: president trump campaigning in nebraska this week where he could pick up some electoral votes even if he doesn't win the state. real clear politics co-founder and editor tom bevan joins us on that. here is something you don't see every day, a crane going for a bit of a spin. how and where this happened next. - [announcer] welcome to intelligent indoor grilling with the ninja foodi smart xl grill. just pick your protein, select your doneness, and let the grill monitor your food. it also turns into an air fryer. bring outdoor grilling flavors indoors with the grill that grills for you. new projects means you need to hire.gers. i need indeed.

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nypd warning people to avoid the area as they closed off some streets. there are no reports of any injuries. >> sandra: maine and nebraska are the only two states that don't have winner take all electoral college rules. both states hand out electoral votes based on who gets more votes in each congressional district and it could make the final tally interesting come election day. let's bring in real clear politics editor and co-founder tom bevan. can you explain to our viewers how those two districts could really come into play when it comes to maine 2 and nebraska 2 on election night? good morning. >> good morning. yes, as you mentioned the states allocate a couple of electoral votes for the winners of the state and each of the congressional districts. trump won maine 2, the rural part of maine. now he is trailing biden by 4

points. in nebraska second congressional districts. suburbs around omaha that's a district that trump won but not by much in 2016. the latest polls have him trailing that as well. in a lot of these scenarios depending how it works out trump may need one or both of those electoral votes to get to a tie scenario. >> sandra: in 2016 she got 28.8% of the vote in maine. what if scenarios with you. based on our what if map we start with 213 electoral votes going to joe biden. 126 going to president trump. you've got the key battlegrounds in gray outlined in yellow here. you and i have had a chat about this, tom. it seems that all roads lead to pennsylvania. in this scenario, this puts maine 2 and nebraska 2 in play. maine 2 if we work this through.

tell me what states in battleground states you want to go trump and then to biden to show how those could really come into play. >> so it all -- for trump it starts and ends in the southeast. he is ahead in texas and probably win texas. florida he has to win florida or he has no chance. he will probably -- georgia is close. the trump campaign feels good about that. and north carolina. then if he also put in trump column ohio and iowa, two states he won overwhelmingly in 2016 but are closer -- pretty close this time around. the state where it gets dicey for trump is arizona. arizona is the only battleground state in 2016 where trump did not overperform the polls. he was under the final poll average by a half percent. right now we have it a dead tie in arizona and why you are seeing both campaigns but trump in particular spending a lot of time there. >> sandra: for this scenario, are we giving arizona to trump

or biden? >> give it to biden for now. >> sandra: that assumes nevada biden i assume? >> biden is ahead there. >> sandra: minnesota key with both candidates going there today. does minnesota go biden then? >> let's go to minnesota last. that's really the interesting case. give wisconsin to biden where he is ahead in the polls there. give michigan to biden where he is ahead in the polls there and also if you have new hampshire give that to biden. >> sandra: now we have pennsylvania and minnesota left as the key battlegrounds. it comes down to this. what happens next? >> so if you give pennsylvania to donald trump and minnesota to joe biden you can see based on that map you should be at 268, 270. >> sandra: how fast can i redo this? the scenario it comes down -- it could come down to a tie when maine 2 is explain.

explain how that works. >> in that scenario, you know, if it's 270 to 268, if maine goes for biden. if it doesn't it's a 269, 269 tie. joe biden is going to minnesota. the polls in minnesota are closer for donald trump than they are in michigan and wisconsin at this point. we saw minnesota was a place trump overperformed by 7 1/2 points. he was sneaky in minnesota last time around. he won't be sneaky this time. they're prepared and trying to shore up their base. if trump were to win that state that would totally put him over the top. >> sandra: wisconsin and michigan in that scenario went to who? >> biden. >> sandra: i got us back up to speed here. that leaves us with pennsylvania. if donald trump secures victory there as you can see the electoral map in this case it comes to 268. explain how we get to 270. >> well, in this scenario,

donald trump would need to win both of those congressional districts in nebraska and maine to get to a tie. in which case it would go to the house of representatives where trump would win in that scenario. that just shows you how close and important these districts are. it is why trump was in nebraska just the other night and got 29,000 people to a rally at the nebraska -- omaha airport. >> sandra: we want another one. give us another scenario. perhaps where it comes down to florida or perhaps where trump wins arizona. what is something else we can play around with? yesterday we were talking to karl rove earlier this week and came down to wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania all roads lead to pennsylvania once again. what's another scenario we can play around with, tom? >> give arizona to donald trump in this scenario. and then take away north carolina. and north carolina is a state

that had trended republican but is exceedingly close. trump overperformed by 2 1/2 points last time around. this time the polls have it under a percentage close in the real clear politics average. north carolina is another scenario where again trump has to win florida. if he doesn't win florida it's pretty much over for him. but then it all becomes about north carolina. if he doesn't secure north carolina then what happens in the upper midwest trump would have to sweep two out of three or three out of four states in the upper midwest to make up for them. >> sandra: fascinating. tom, thank you. really appreciate it. >> trace: florida early voting totals setting records but a decline in turnout in one county is raising concern for democrats. plus the fight for control of the senate coming down to the battlegrounds states as you just saw. what a democrat victory would mean for the chamber coming up in our next half hour. >> what would happen if my opponent were elected?

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always very tight. often decided by just a single percentage point. in 2016 trump only beat clinton after obama had won it two times, he beat clinton by 1.2%. 113,000 votes out of 8 million cast. that's what you call close. early voting opened up at 7:00 a.m. in the north miami library. those here to participate in 2020 lined up to vote in person. for those who haven't returned their mail-in ballots due to election day just four days away they're being encouraged to drive in, drop them off in the official ballot box. that way slow mail delivery does not become a factor. both candidates stumping in person in the sunshine state thursday as battleground florida critical for both biden and trump. in fact, more so for trump on the road to get to 270. he praised the economy as well as taking plenty of jabs at

biden on thursday. >> president trump: this election will decide whether our children will be condemned to the misery of socialism or whether they will inherit the glorious legacy of american freedom. >> the former vice president also rallied in tampa yesterday but first he was down south in democratic-rich broward county. his goal to get high numbers of turnout of democrats and black voters to offset all of the republican votes in the majority of florida counties which the end to go red. biden's focus from the top was the coronavirus pandemic and trump's performance of it or lack thereof. >> i know it's hard over these past few months have been so much pain and suffering and so much loss. over 225,000 dead americans because of the negligence and the consequence of covid. >> his wife, jill will be

stumping in the sunshine state on sunday. but tomorrow vice presidential nominee kamala harris, she will be here in person with three big campaign stops in the three biggest democrat-rich florida counties. that would be here in miami-dade, broward and palm beach. back to you, trace. >> trace: phil, thank you. >> sandra: the candidates head to the midwest in the final stretch of the 2020 campaign. we're on the ground from two crucial battleground states plus chris wallace gives us the lay of the land with just four days to go until election day. , so they only pay for what they need. false alarm. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i felt gross. people were afraid i was contagious. i was covered from head to toe. i was afraid to show my skin. after i started cosentyx

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>> sandra: it's a brand-new hour. here is what's happening inside of "america's newsroom." four days until america elects its next president, joe biden and president trump crisscrossing on the campaign trail today as both make a play for the midwest. >> no riots and looting in philadelphia overnight. that's good news. the city saw days of unrest this week that left 57 police officers hurt and more than 200 arrests. >> national guard should be here overnight tonight and then through the election. >> president macron puts trance on high alert after a deadly terror attack in nice. a person killed three people inside a church. one was beheaded. the suspect was shot and arrested.

>> sandra: more on those stories throughout the hour. back to our top story this morning. president trump and joe biden hitting the campaign trail just four days to election day. each going to three states seeking support in vital midwest battlegrounds. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. good morning, trace. >> trace: good morning, everyone. i'm trace gallagher. both campaigns kicking into high gear for a final weekend before election day. president trump heading to michigan and moving on to wisconsin and minnesota. rival joe biden with events in two of those states, minnesota and wisconsin, after first stopping in iowa. meantime vice president pence is making the rounds in arizona and biden's running mate kamala harris is seeking support across texas. >> sandra: fox team coverage for you. griff jenkins is in wisconsin tracking the biden campaign. we begin with matt finn starting us off 20 miles from detroit where the president will hold a rally in waterford township, michigan. michigan is at the top of the president's calendar.

he was in lansing earlier this week and now outside detroit. matt, good morning. >> good morning. the president won the state of michigan in 2016 with 10,000 votes. it was his smallest margin of victory in any state across this country. this morning he is holding a rally here outside the democratic stronghold of detroit. this is the state's second most populated county that hillary clinton won in 2016. the president is trying to flip it red this time around. the majority of polls here in michigan show joe biden with a notable lead. the latest real clear politics average shows biden ahead by 6 1/2 points. but biden's lead has grown smaller in recent days. both the president and joe biden are trying to weave various contested counties across this critical state of michigan for a win on election night, sandra. >> sandra: ahead of this morning's rally the president attacked michigan's former governor. >> here in the state the former

republican governor rick snyder has endorsed joe biden telling fox news that quote it is the better decision for the next four years. of course the president slammed the former republican governor on twitter writing, quote, failed former governor rick snyder of michigan was a disaster with respect to the flint water catastrophe. he hurt so many people with his gross incompetence. he reminds me of sleepy joe. a very busy day ahead for the president. after the rally in michigan he heads to green bay, wisconsin and also minnesota, sandra. >> sandra: matt finn waterford township, thank you. we'll see the president a little later today. >> trace: joe biden is hitting the heartland four days out with election day with events in iowa, wisconsin and minnesota. griff is in milwaukee. what's the strategy in these three states today? >> good morning. we may not get a definitive answer to that until after the election.

campaign folks talk. interesting itinerary today. look at the map. biden will head to des moines, iowa, a state he hasn't visited since the primary. then go to st. paul, minnesota. a state republicans haven't carried since 1972 in richard nixon and ending in milwaukee, wisconsin, a tate where hillary clinton made a mistake not visiting. one thing is clear. possible keys of getting to the magic number of 270. let's look at the average of polls in those states. there in the hawkeye state biden leads by one point. badger state in wisconsin biden is up 6.4. in the gopher state biden leads by 4.7. for some context, trace, here in wisconsin the final 2016 real clear politics average put clinton up 6.5. almost identical to what it was today. of course, we know trump won by

some 22,000 votes. we shall see exactly what happens with that. now, with the separation of only 1 point in iowa, it could be simply that they see an opportunity to expand the map and go after it. as for minnesota, a little unclear why go there because it has been such a blue state. maybe it's a little bit of prevent defense and playing it safe for a state they'll need in their column. >> trace: what is the campaign saying and where are they heading next? >> they're tight lipped for sure saying they're hitting battleground states and trying to turn out as many voters as possible. one thing is for sure, the next battleground is pennsylvania over the weekend heading into monday. the campaign putting out a big notice saying that joe biden, dr. jill biden, kamala harris and her husband, doug will all barn storm all four corners of pennsylvania, the keystone state, trace. >> trace: griff jenkins live on

the campaign trail. thank you. >> sandra: iowa casting a ballot on election day got harder. it is forcing hundreds of polling places to shut down in the state because of coronavirus. that could affect some tight races there. according to johns hopkins university iowa has reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus cases in just the past week with a testing positivity rate near 31%. >> trace: luxury buildings in new york city are reportedly beefing up security ahead of election nights. managers of some apartment buildings say they are hiring armed guards in some cases with sub machine guns to protect workers and residents. several buildings are also working with the nypd and homeland security in case of unrest and violence on or after election night. >> sandra: french authorities are now investigating two separate attacks yesterday as possible acts of terrorism. three people were killed in a knife attack inside a church in nice and two hours later an armed man threatened people on

the streets of another city. benjamin hall is live. what steps is the french president taking now? >> sandra, yes, good morning. france just yesterday raised its terror level to the highest possible and bracing for more attacks. as a result president macron 4,000 extra soldiers will be deployed to the streets to guard churches and schools taking it to 7,000 protecting the streets. the brutal attack took place yesterday in nice a memorial has been set up. people are flocking there despite a national covid lockdown. president macron visited yesterday and said france was under attack. meanwhile police sources have named the attacker as a tunisia. he arrived in italy illegally by boat from north africa just last month before making his way to france. his family said he was not -- is not an extremist.

a quran, two telephones and another knife were found in the bag after the attack and he repeated shouted while decapitating an elderly lady. kill a church warden and one other. a 74-year-old man he was in contact with has also been arrested. growing anger across the muslim world for macron's support for the right of people to show cartoons of mohammed. it is notable today happens to be prophet mohammed's birthday. in his defense of his secular values and freedom of speech made france a target for radical islam and terrorists. authorities there say they're bracing for more possible attacks. >> sandra: benjamin hall on the latest for us. thank you. >> trace: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez hitting at higher ambitions. what she says about her

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>> trace: one of the highest profile democrats in the house, alexandria ocasio-cortez could challenge senator chuck schumer and hints at her ambitions in an interview with "vanity fair" magazine saying i don't know if i'm going to be staying in the house forever or if i do stay in the house, what that would look like. i don't see myself staying where i'm at for the rest of my life. >> president trump: in the past five months we've created a record 11.4 million american jobs. the fastest job growth in the history of our country. our job growth has been 23 times faster than the first five months under obama-biden

recovery. >> sandra: president trump taking a victory lap yesterday after the news the economy grew at an annualized pace in the third quarter after a massive drop in the second quarter. millions of people out of work still due to the pandemic but that was a big number yesterday, chris wallace, 31% growth in the third quarter. he did take a victory lap. is this enough to sway any undecided voters out there about the strength in the economy as we try to recover? >> there is no question it will sway some voters. although the next time that somebody goes to the polls and says i'm going to vote for so and so because of the gdp in the third quarter will be the first time somebody does that. people process the economy in much more personal ways. do they have a job? do their friends have a job? do they think they'll have a job in a few months? it is a lot better than when the economy fell off a cliff in the second quarter. but as you point out, we aren't all the way back. we're down from the beginning

of 2019 to where we are now we're still down 3 1/2%, basically what we lost total during the great recession back in 2008-2009. 10 million people who lost jobs in the second quarter who haven't gotten them back and this explosion of the coronavirus with 90,000 new cases yesterday raising a lot of questions whether we'll have a second quarter lockdown or whether or not we'll start to see some selected refrenchments and job lost and places closing up. so there are two tales of the economy. is it half empty or half full? if you're a trump supporter, you will think it's half full. maybe if you're undecided you may think it's half full and go vote. the other point to make 80 million people have already voted and didn't hear the numbers yesterday. >> sandra: fair enough. one other data point we did get was the jobless claims numbers. while they did come down, which was a good sign and a good

data, they are still historically high. 787,000, 217,000. we are still dealing with this, chris. here we are four days out from election day. before i move on to the balance of the senate big picture. your thinking as we're so close to this day, the record voter turnout we're seeing, the polls, what is your thought? >> well, about the sen alt i think a lot of it depends on the presidency. a lot of these states that are so close, a winning candidate might be able to put the senate candidate in that state over the top. a failing candidate might drag down the senate candidate of his party in that particular state. there are about eight races that are too close to call or leaning but not likely or let alone locked up for a particular side. most of those are republican incumbents. the current balance of power is

53-47. in alabama, the incumbent democrat doug jones is considered almost certain to lose. that was jeff session special election. that makes it 54-46. democrats are going to need either four votes -- pick up four senate seats plus kamala harris as the vice president to break ties or five if donald trump wins. there on the board you can look at maine and susan collins, iowa, joni ernst, we can go on and on. martha mcsally in arizona. all of those are really close races. you would need a blue wave. you would need all of the races that are too close to call right now going democratic for them to take control of the senate. that could happen. it has happened in some presidential elections. but it is certainly no sure thing. >> sandra: mitch mcconnell making it clear how he thinks

things will turn out. >> as i've said repeatedly for six months it's a 50/50 proposition. i have a lot of people up. 23 republicans, only 12 democrats. dog fights all over the country. >> sandra: a 50/50 proposition. we have a lot of exposure, he said. he said if you look at the democratic party today you ought to be frightened. we're fighting for our way of life. as for him, he says he will be -- he feels he will be successful. what do you think about that, a 50/50 proposition forecasts mitch mcconnell. >> to a certain degree that's spin because he wants to get republican votes out. we think the vast majority if you believe voter registration, the vast majority of the votes that have turned out the 80 million and by election day 90 million, that they are going to be pro-leaning democratic, probably voting for trump in the democratic candidate in the senate in that particular state.

so he really needs a big -- the president needs a big turnout on election day. those the end to be more pro trump and more republican voters. i think 50/50 is a pretty honest description of the odds at this point which means there is as good a chance the democrats will take control of the senate as that the republicans will maintain control. as he pointed out, it is 23-12. what happens you have to go back six years and back in 2014 was a big republican year so they elected a lot of republican senators. now all those senators are up and in a lot of them in swing states. so the democrats are playing offense and a lot of those states. democrats -- republicans are playing defense trying to hold onto those seats in some real toss-up states. >> sandra: can't wait for "fox news sunday", the last one before election day. a couple big guests, corey louwerse and amy klobuchar from

minnesota where both candidates will be traveling there today to minnesota. >> that is very interesting. i just went back to make sure i was right and i was, the last time minnesota voted for a republican for president was richard nixon back in 1972. 11 straight presidential elections that have gone to the democrat. quickly we'll have the latest fox news polls so we'll give you a sense of where this race stands sunday morning, 48 hours before election day. and we're also going to have -- you know the most powerful, most important person on fox news on election night mish caen, the head of the fox news decision team. he will be the one calling the races and i asked him are we going to know who the president is on election night? he said ask the voters. it comes down to math. if they've made a clear choice we'll know. if it's too close to call, we won't. >> sandra: unbelievable. cannot wait. we'll be watching on sunday, chris.

thank you. >> thank you, sandra. >> trace: developing story, word of massive gun seizures along our northern border. the startling numbers. what the feds are up against still ahead. the electoral map turning into a game of chess as the candidates make their final moves before election day. which states are in play and which are out of reach. we'll break it down for you next. >> we're at the point now where there are a lot of what ifs because we have so many states where the polls are close and within the margin of error and who knows? it is totally fun.

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two weeks. and president trump and former vice president biden are hitting the campaign trail hard in the midwest. the president will visit three states today michigan, wisconsin, and minnesota. joe biden will also visit wisconsin and minnesota this afternoon after starting the day in iowa. for more on these and other stories download the fox news app. take a picture of this qr code located at the bottom of the screen to get started. the badger state is getting a lot of attention in the final days of the 2020 campaign. both candidates heading to wisconsin today. a must-win state where joe biden is ahead in the polls. >> people who are undecided are looking at these two men and deciding who will i be better off with? the president has the record. the president has the vision for delivering for these folks. >> we've been working it. we're encouraged by the early numbers we've seen and encouraged by the way the communities performed in 2018

and in some of the spring elections we've had since donald trump became president. >> trace: mike tobin live in madison, wisconsin. what are voters thinking about there? >> it's kenosha, wisconsin. one of the things voters are thinking about is kenosha, wisconsin and the chaos and rioting and destruction that followed a shooting. president trump is paying a lot of attention to the badger state. he often mentions kenosha. his argument that governor evers did not control the riots, republicans are selling the message unless the state can pull off another upset win for trump chaos and lack of support for police will follow. >> madison, kenosha, wauwatosa, if it with cap happen there it can happen anywhere in wisconsin. >> trump attracted rural voters including 23 counties that voted for obama twice, then

flipped trump. biden goes into the homestretch with about the same lead the polls gave clinton in 2016. clinton ignored the badger state in the general election. democrats are trying not to repeat a mistake and why biden is making a third visit to wisconsin with a stop in milwaukee today. >> we want to take back what we think events conspired against and donald trump conspired against to really pull off a surprise that nobody saw coming four years ago. >> now the for our future pac supports biden and paying attention to urban population centers that didn't get excite i had and mobilize last time and making sure people know how to get in their ballots. the head of wisconsin's republican party 2.3 million dollars were stolen from the party in an elaborate scheme but will not impact their outreach or message to voters. back to you. >> trace: mike, thank you.

>> sandra: all four candidates are on the campaign trail making closing arguments to voters. president trump is zeroing in on the midwest and biden. kamala harris will heading to texas, vice president mike pence is stumping in arizona. a closer look at the state of the race kristin soltis anderson, take us through some of these key counties that we're going to see the candidates visit today. i want to start out with wisconsin. we just led in with that report reminding everybody of the narrow margin of victory that president trump won back in 2016. specifically he will head to brown county, wisconsin, today. home of green bay. what would be the strategy to go out and get on the ground there for president trump, kristin? good morning. >> good morning. i believe by heading to wisconsin president trump wants to make sure that he is as best as possible trying to shore up the places that he won last time. president trump didn't just win

by a narrow margin in the electoral college. he has a couple of states that could flip to biden and still have a path to victory. however, as you noted, the polls in wisconsin at the moment show this to be a race that looks, if the polls are right, to be fairly comfortable for joe biden. so this is clearly the trump campaign signaling they must have data internally that says wisconsin is winnable and believe the polls are wrong and try to keep it in the red camp. >> sandra: later on biden will be delivering remarks live from milwaukee county down in the southeastern portion of the state. what would be the goal for biden to visit a county that hillary clinton handily won back in 2016 when you look at some of those surrounding counties which president trump eked out a small margin of victory, racine county 52% of the vote for president trump won there just south of where former vice president joe biden will be visiting today? >> visiting some of the big

cities is more about turnout than persuasion. at this point there are so few undecide i had voters. right now the biden campaign is looking at the numbers, 80 million early votes already cast and thinking that's good news for them. they think this is a lot of voters who maybe weren't thrilled with hillary clinton last time, figured she would win and they could stay home and they don't feel like that this time. by going to the big cities where hillary clinton won but the turnout was lackluster overall. the democrats want to make sure they get their voters to the polls. >> sandra: let's head to minnesota because it's intriguing that both candidates will be visiting there today. polls are leaning toward joe biden. but the president and campaign we spoke to steve cortes from the trump campaign at the top of the 9:00 hour. they say that they see opportunity there, in particular you will see the president on the ground in rochester, minnesota,.

what is the strategy on the trump campaign in minnesota? >> it's demographically similar to the other blue wall states that went republican in the 2016 election. it would signal the trump campaign is trying to bet big on that happening again. i look at this similarly to democrats going to texas. on the one hand it is not a state you need. focus on the states you need to either flipped in 2016. the question here is, is there a sense that you could run up the score a little or conversely is there desperation? is there a sense there are other states that were in play that have now moved too far away? you have to expand the playing field and why you wind up with a state like minnesota where there is not a lot of public polling. the private polling must be showing minnesota getting closer than we think. >> sandra: joe biden will be on the ground in ramsey county, home to st. paul, minnesota down in the southeastern portion of the state i should say, the eastern border of minnesota. so kristin, as you mention that, take us through a couple of scenarios.

you want to play out a scenario where pennsylvania and georgia flip. so if you could, i know you can't see the board, but i can help by kind of coloring in, you want to flip georgia, right, in this particular scenario. i'll fill in with the battleground states here, states that president trump won back in 2016, florida, texas, in this scenario you want me to put arizona to president trump. iowa and ohio, pennsylvania, kristin, jump in when you can and where should i play around here in a scenario that you are looking at? >> i think the most likely path for president trump -- this does not require that the polls be wrong very much at all, would require him keeping most of the sun belt, keeping a lot of those states in the south but also hanging on to pennsylvania. i think pennsylvania is so unbelievably key in this election. the challenge for voters watching on election night is

pennsylvania will be one of the slowest to count votes. it is entirely possible that on election night it looks like president trump has a lead but as they count the mail-in ballots that will be big democratic ballots the lead begins to shrink and things begin to get really close. >> sandra: i'm giving nevada to biden in this scenario, new hampshire goes to biden. georgia goes to? >> i think georgia is so fascinating because it now -- used to be very solid red and florida wlas a swing state. now i can envision a scenario where georgia goes to biden but florida stays with trump in part because donald trump is doing so well with hispanic voters. so that means that a large portion of florida would be more favorable to him. in fact, he is doing better with hispanic voters than he did against hillary clinton four years ago in some polls. i have think it's a reasonable chance florida stays with trump but georgia flips to biden. >> sandra: north carolina.

>> north carolina is so tough. that's one where i hate to make a prediction either way. the polls are so incredibly close. in north carolina you have a lot of suburbs which are places where democrats have made a lot of inroads lately. it is a state that has been relatively reliably republican in recent years. so it is a state where i'm so hesitant to pick one way or the other i almost feel the only way to win the game is not to play. put it in trump's camp for now but i think it's something that is ripe to flip. >> sandra: to take this home on our electoral map you have president trump with 243 electoral votes to former vice president biden to 239. pennsylvania open, wisconsin, michigan, minnesota. start with minnesota in this scenario. does it go blue or red? >> in this scenario i think minnesota stays blue. i think wisconsin and michigan stay blue but i think pennsylvania there is still a chance to the democrats don't have that one locked up that. put that one for trump.

>> sandra: there you have it. joe biden would win the presidency in that scenario topping 270 electoral votes. this is fun, kristin. great to have you here. i know we'll see a lot of you walking up to election day. thank you. >> trace: customs and border protection announced drugs and weapons seized at the northern border. marijuana seizures up 1,000 percent from last year. cocaine seizures up 125 percent and heroin seizures up 72%. the agency as the there has been a 30% increase in the number of weapons seized along the northern border. well, exxon announced major job cuts because of the pandemic. 15% of the energy giant's global workforce could lose their job and nearly 2,000 people in the u.s. mainly at its houston campus. coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on oil demand.

>> sandra: both presidential candidates battling for florida where the latest polls show joe biden a lead over president trump. will the race come down to the hispanic vote? the biden campaign criticizing facebook after they blocked thousands of its campaign ads. the impact of social media on this presidential race with our panel next. veteran homeowners: why refinance now?

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crucial. former obama campaign consulant marjorie clinton and rachel campos-duffy. we showed you in the poll the president is down to joe biden by about three points. i was surprised you see it there. i was surpriefsed to see the latino polling there. latino voters the president way down. rachel, it's key, a key voting block for the president and you see it there 50% to 34%. a huge margin in a very critical voting block for florida. your thoughts. >> it will be very -- eye -- donald trump has done everything the consultant class said you aren't supposed to do to win hispanics starting to having a strong immigration and border security position. if you looked at polling even

before this election hispanics have always made the economy, healthcare and education as their top issues. in that regard donald trump has been very effective. hispanics saw their incomes rise. >> trace: the polling is way down. it is way down for the president in florida. 16 points. >> i know, but i think there is a silent hispanic vote and i think socialism has opened up a real opportunity for donald trump. he is not doing what the past republicans have done, sort of pussy foot around the idea of socialism. he is putting it in their face and say socialism is coming to america through joe biden and kamala harris and aoc and the others. >> trace: you look at south florida and the cuban american vote. they have come out in huge margins for the president in the past. so this poll is a little bit surprising to me. your thoughts. >> well, one you are seeing the

florida demographic. 17% of the electorate in florida is latino. and so you've got people coming from lots of different parts of the world in terms of their ethnic origin. you have the cuban americans but you also have mexican americans and others. thing that is generally true of the latino population they are a faith-based community. you see leaders in the christian churches talking a lot about the life issue. pro-lifeers being an important part of the republican vote but talking about the ethic of life being beyond just abortion and talking about in terms of how we treat our immigrants, how we treat children and this is what you are seeing the biden campaign highlight is the family reunification with 500 children who still have not been reunited with their parents. the immigration policy resonating. i think the humanity and just the general kindness and way that we talk being an important part of that faith-based community as well.

the other point is -- >> trace: both the president and joe biden had op yesterday on foxnews.com. the president first. he says quoting here as a result of our efforts in the tremendous momentum of the prepandemic -- the american economy grew at an annual loo*ized rate of 33.1%. beating expectations under my leadership. this is a new record for quarterly economic growth and is nearly double the previous record set 70 years ago. do you like the message four days before election day, rachel? >> absolutely. hispanics again get that. the economy is number one and the strength of the pre-pandemic economy, trump economy is why we're able to do that. why we have fared as well as we have. as difficult as it's been everyone understands it is the strength of that pre-pandemic economy that has saved us. by the way, hispanics know that

better than anyone. the small business owners, the largest small business owners demographic of small businesses and the fastest growing. so they want this economy to open up and the economy to keep growing and that is the opposite message of the very pessimistic biden message which is lockdown, lockdown. >> biden's message. even as the numbers mount with the worse-ever day of confirmed new cases coming days ago we cannot become numb to it. we cannot let these lives lost and futures diminish become [ground noise a blur that passes on the nightly news. yesterday he said it won't magically go away if i become president. the coronavirus that is. >> it has to be a strategic approach but what we're seeing even today launched biden means business and people like mark cuban and business owners who

understand that business means making sure that you've got healthcare coverage especially for those small business owners. for latinos making sure there is equal pay. they're earning 54 cents to the dollars of white men in the economy. the economic picture is more than a moment in time. we've seen a strong stock market. what does it look like in the pocket book of small business owners hurting because of the repercussions of the coronavirus not being handled up front in a strong way. >> i think latinas are looking at education. closing our schools is not helping them and school choice is. those are all issues that i think the trump campaign is on their side for. >> trace: just quickly if i can both of you the whole idea there was a controversy. facebook has blocked some ads from the biden campaign. biden campaign is very upset about that. we've seen some social media

backlash this week. both campaigns were blocked. i want to read you this quickly from the biden digital director. it's currently unclear to us whether or not facebook is giving donald trump an unfair electoral advantage in this particular instance but it is clear that facebook was wholely unprepared to handle this election despite having four years to prepare. quickly marjorie. both campaigns had ads blocked. now you have the biden campaign very unhappy with facebook. >> at least it's equal. both campaigns are ticked off right now and what it represented for the biden campaign was a half million in fundraising. both sides of the aisle, social media is the name of the game in this current election environment for better or worse. >> trace: nobody is happy with social media. >> sandra: you'll need to turn back your clocks an hour this weekend but some lawmakers say we should stay on daylight savings time for the sake of our mental health.

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>> sandra: time to fall back this weekend but a couple of senators say it is time to end the change from daylight savings to standard each fall. congressional correspondent chad pergram is live in washington on that. chad, what kind of support is this move getting on the hill? >> good morning. there is bipartisan support for a change but it failed to gain traction even president trump tweeted last year the u.s. should stick to daylight saving time. florida senators marco rubio and rick scott say an extra hour could assist with health and depression. >> with covid we want people to get outside. from a health standpoint and mental health standpoint. so that would be the goal.

>> call it the politics of time. congressman dated summertime during world war i. congress even overroad the veto of president woodrow wilson to set the clocks back. in 1966 it established time zones. that law determined when we change the clocks. congress voted to put the u.s. on daylight savings time for two years after the 1973 opec oil embargo but there are limits as to what congress can do. >> the amount of daylight doesn't change. unfortunately i haven't found a way yet to move some daylight from the summer to winter, which would be very nice. >> time flies but congress decides exactly how fleeting it is. >> sandra: very interesting. chad pergram, thank you. >> he has more historical knowledge than anybody i know. both candidates gearing up for a big day on the campaign trail.

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>> sandra: a live look at the white house of the president trump about to depart for a campaign stop in michigan. his opponent democratic nominee joe biden heading to iowa with the election four days away.

welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." this time next week the election will be over. can you believe it? >> the time has flown. good morning. i'm trace gallagher. both campaigns in a last minute push to sway undecided voters. 80 million americans have already turned in their votes and 1 1/2 million cast in michigan where the president is heading. ballots can be received as late as november 17th in michigan. >> sandra: 800,000 people have voted early in iowa where joe biden is making his first campaign stop of the day. absentee ballots can be received in that state as late as november 9th. the counting starts before the polls close. >> trace: both candidates laying out closing arguments in dueling op-eds on foxnews.com. president trump saying reelect me and i will continue to deliver safety, prosperity and opportunity for all americans. joe biden writing i want your

vote to become your next president. here is what i'll do for you and your nation. >> sandra: garrett tenney is in iowa. we begin the chief white house correspondent john roberts in green bay, wisconsin, where the president will hold his second rally of the day. how did that transition from sunny florida to chilly green bay go for you? looking good. >> well thankfully i had my down coat packed tightly in my luggage. i have that on today. the president will put on an extra layer of clothing as he campaigns in the upper midwest where things are cold. michigan and wisconsin finishing off in minnesota. the campaign in a dispute with officials in minnesota over the size of the crowd that would be allowed at the president's rally. the trump campaign had originally planned for a rally to have about 6,000 people at it. after the state's attorney general asked for a covid safety plan the trump campaign decided to pull back to the rochester, minnesota airport and limit the size of the crowd

to 250. that would probably count as about the smallest crowd that the president has ever had at an actual campaign event. the trump campaign said without question minnesota democrats had hoped that the president would simply cancel the event. he will not allow partisan politicians to not hear from the president. the reason minnesota is fairly tight within about five points, a little greater than that here in wisconsin. the green bay area is no question it is trump territory. the president car ried all of the surrounding counties in green bay by healthy margins. there is farming and manufacturing. when the president takes the stage at the green bay airport no doubt he will talk about the economic numbers that came out yesterday. gdp growing at an annualized rate of 31%. here is what the president said about that in tampa yesterday. >> president trump: we're doing good. did you see the number today?

33.1 gdp. biggest gain in the history of our country by almost triple, right? almost triple. no nation has a number like that. this explosive economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected. >> trace: president trump insisting the united states has to continue the process of reopening in order to keep the economy growing, like many states there has been a spike in coronavirus here in wisconsin. cases are up 14% recently. the president saying, though, at every rally new therapeutics and vaccines are on the way. yesterday at her first appearance at a campaign event the first lady melania trump slammed the democrats for casting doubt on a vaccine. >> a vaccine is not a partisan issue. if you are not supporting the safe production of a vaccine, you are not supporting the health and safety of the american people. [cheering and applause]

there is no room to play politics on this topic in the midst of a pandemic. >> trace: sandra, while we don't know who will win wisconsin, one thing we do know is that we should know who the winner is on november 3rd. recent ruling of the supreme court saying wisconsin has to count all of its mail-in and absentee ballots by 8:00 p.m. on november 3 and any ballot that arrives after that will be discarded. that's not the case in states like pennsylvania and north carolina which will have extended deadlines. in the badger state we should know sometime the night of november 3. we'll see. >> sandra: live from chilly green bay. >> trace: joe biden is returning to iowa for the first time since becoming the democratic nominee. he is trying to take back the hawkeye state after president trump won by nearly 10 points in 2016. the latest real clear politics average shows biden ahead there

by a slim margin. garrett tenney is live in des moines where the former v.p. is expected to speak in just hours. how confident are democrats about their chances in the buckeye state? >> trace, they are not taking anything for granted but they are feeling optimistic for a couple of reasons including recent polling that shows joe biden running in a virtual tie with the president despite president trump having won iowa by 9 points in 2016. democrats also feel like they have a bit of momentum going into this election because of the results of the 2018 mid-terms when democrats flipped two of iowa's congressional seats. local political analysts say that outcome really changed the way campaigns were looking at iowa coming into 2020. >> that was a sign that the political dynamic in iowa was changing enough so that iowa might be a competitive state.

iowa is not a big enough state to pay a lot of attention to if you don't think it is going to be a close state in a close national election. >> that very well could be the case. the trump campaign isn't taking any chances here, either. yesterday vice president mike pence held a rally in des moines to get supporters excited and make sure they get out and vote. >> when it comes to jobs in the city and on the farm, president trump has been delivering. for the people of iowa and we'll keep right on delivering for four more years. men and women of iowa, we have a choice to make. when it comes to this economy -- i need you to talk to your neighbors and friends about it. >> you can see dozens of cars lining up for the former vice president's drive-in rally this afternoon in des moines. as you mentioned, though, a lot has changed in the nine months since joe biden was last here in iowa and he finished fourth

in the iowa caucuses. this time around, trace, he is hoping to do a bit better than that. >> sandra: garrett tenney live in the hawkeye state. thank you. >> sandra: some pollsters are going back and forth whether trump supporters are underrepresented in the current surveys. the headline in the hill positive trump polls spark polling circle debate. here to talk about it is town hall.com editor and fox news contributor katie pavlich. you've seen debate about what we're seeing in the polls. here is more from that hill article talking about the polling circle debate that is happening. jonathan easily from the hill. there are more shy trump voters than last time. it's not even a contest, he says. adding that it is quite possible that the polling industry is headed for a catastrophic miss in 2020. what do you think? >> well, the first thing i would say is president trump's enthusiasm and support from the republican party alone has gone

up since the 2016 election. there is a number of people who were skeptical of him when he ran for office the first time. now they believe in his economic message as the polling has shown. sandra, i think it's great the polling industry is having these conversations and debate. more competition with a number of polling firms doing things differently. different methods. really trying to nail down what they call that quiet trump voter. there are other polling that indicates it may be an issue that is not necessarily captured in the typical polling that we see. you have the other polls including fox news that say when you ask someone who they think their neighbor is voting for they think it's trump and the environment where people are afraid to express their opinion in a time of cancel culture and their jobs being on the line for the sake of politics. and so whether people are actually responding honestly and whether they are responding at all in terms who they will vote for is something that's very difficult to nail down if

you can't gather that type of data. one more thing. you look at the data that's coming out from these trump ral -rallies. the rnc is showing they have up to 30% of the people who are coming to those rallies are registered democrats. you have a significant number, a quarter of the people going to those rallies as voters -- people who haven't voted before. who did not vote in 2016. that's the question of whether they are being counted when it comes to these polls that show joe biden ahead in places like pennsylvania and michigan. >> sandra: the democratic -- leader of the democratic club of the villages is talking about the shy biden voter. you hear the president talk about the villages. he has traveled there. he sees a lot of support from there historically. she says that there is a biden voter who was supporting trump who has changed over but can't say so because they might not be able to play golf with their buddies. here is the exchange from a

"new york times" podcast. listen. >> in the current climate, if you were a trump supporter and now you are not, it affects your social life. if you come out publicly against trump, you might need to find a new golf game. >> have you seen this happen? >> i have seen it happen. it is sad. they weren't welcome to the club anymore and they lost their friends. >> that is sad and i hope we can all maintain our friendships regardless of who our friends are voting for. when you look at the ground game that the trump campaign is really -- has been running for months now with the big rallies with president trump surrogates bringing in thousands of people. and joe biden hasn't had a campaign infrastructure on the ground game to knock on doors, i'm not sure the hidden biden voter really plays when it

comes to this election. you never know. the polling last time was off not nationally but in the states it was off. we'll have to see on tuesday which polling was correct and whether people have changed their methodology to actually reflect what has happened in this election. >> sandra: we'll see you election night katie pavlich. thank you so much. >> sandra: tune in to "america's newsroom" tomorrow. we'll have a special two-hour election special from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern time. be sure to watch fox news on election night. bret baier and martha maccallum will have special coverage starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on tuesday. we look forward to all of that. >> trace: we have a lot more on the election ahead including the role elizabeth warren is angling for in a possible biden white house. the feds warning of a credible threat targeting hospitals across the nation. attackers are looking for personal information and could possibly cripple health care centers just as the coronavirus sees a comeback.

also you've seen why twitter is under fire. just one of the big tech companies hauled before congress accused of censorship after blocking a "new york post" report on the bidens. now twitter is blocking another message from a top federal official that praysed president trump's border wall. is this proof that twitter's critics are right? ahead we'll talk to the "new york post" columnist michael goodwin about the allegations of bias in big tech. >> with all due respect, twitter, your locking my account doesn't pass the b.s. test. doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of,

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>> sandra: fox news aler. new images coming into our newsroom. the pennsylvania national guard is arriving outside city hall in philadelphia. all this coming as the pennsylvania governor there activated the grard in anticipation of violence in philadelphia following the shooting death of walter wallace junior by police on monday. wallace struggled with mental health issues and was killed by officers responding to a domestic call about someone with a weapon. police say wallace was armed with a knife and refused to drop it. >> trace: tech titans amazon, facebook, google, apple cashing in on the coronavirus pandemic. they report third quarter

earnings net profits for all four equalling 38.1 billion with revenue reaching 228 billion. >> what every american citizen should be worried about right now is jack. that man, he gets to decide. he is the judge, jury and executioner about what's appropriate to say or not. that is unamerican. he should not have that ability and we should all be united to make sure that this ends. >> trace: that's acting cpb commissioner mark morgan blasting jack dorsey. his comments came after twitter suspended his account. the company took the action after morgan tweeted about the border wall saying continue to build new wall every day. every mile helps us stop murderers, secondall predators and drugs from entering our country. it's a fact, walls work.

michael goodwin. the story about hunter biden has put twitter on the front burner. everybody is watching what twitter is doing and censoring. you would think that with everybody watching you and you are about to suspend the account of a top u.s. official, that you would at least be accurate, you would pick up the phone and call homeland security or call the f.b.i. and say hey, is this correct? apparently that was never done and they suspended the account anyway. what are your thoughts? >> well look, these companies are acting as though they are somehow sovereign nations. that they can just shut speech down if they don't like it. some of the descriptions they use about violating our community standards or harmful conduct or hateful rhetoric. it's all treating users as though these words are dangerous. they are much like college snowflakes. we can't hear something that we

disagree with. we're offended by the disagreement. that seems to be the m.o. of these censors, they just want to shut something down if it doesn't fit into their very narrow spectrum of what someone should say in public life. this is a government official talking about his official duties and they don't like the way he expresses it, therefore they shut it down. this has gone way too far. it is much too obvious to say these are the algorithms. these are the people who are creating the algorithms. it is their bias and their political bias that is really driving this engine. >> trace: it's interesting you say political bias. i asked mark morgan earlier saying the bottom line here is that you have had numerous tweets talking about the border wall but they picked this one on this day and i asked him what changed in just a few days? here was his answer.

>> my opinion a few days left in an election. what they saw was the immigration narrative starting to show what the president has done and success he has had. in my opinion that's what they were trying to stop and what they are trying to censor. how unamerican can this be? >> he is saying partisan politics. you would think that in the days before the election that twitter would be supremely careful about what they are deciding to censor. >> you would think that if they really want to be a neutral arbiter and just a pure platform for their users. but i think that their actions say they see this as something different. they see it as morgan suggests, something to be afraid of. something that might help donald trump and hurt joe biden. so i think for me anyway it is impossible to escape the conclusion that this is pure politics. there is no other explanation

that consistently comes up but that they censor views coming from the president, coming from conservatives, coming from critics of joe biden, and of course the "new york post" reporting on joe biden and the hunter biden's business connections. that had to be censored. there is no reason for that when you consider all the other political things they have allowed to stand, including where did "the new york times" allegedly get president trump's taxes from? that's illegal. it could be illegal. that wasn't an issue. the saber rattling from iran. the examples can't be anything but politics. >> trace: nobody thought about -- no evidence there but lets the tweets on kavanaugh flow anyway. twitter told us the following about mark morgan's account. we tooken forcement action on

the tweet. the decision was reversed following an appeal by the account owner and further evaluation from our team. is that an indication to you that maybe they are starting to get it a bit over there at twitter, michael? >> that's an optimistic conclusion to draw, i think, from this. when they take these things down, yes, they draw attention to them, which oddly i think in the case of the hunter biden stuff more people saw the censoring story than might have actually seen the story otherwise. but at the same time i think that they do signal their own virtue here, which is that we agree with you -- we want open borders, too, in this case. that's the message they're sending. we don't like the trump people. we're with you, joe biden. >> trace: exactly. a very good point. michael goodwin, good to see you as always. thank you. >> thank you, trace. >> sandra: an urgent alert for

medical centers, the f.b.i. warning cyber criminals are threatening the security of the u.s. healthcare system targeting hundreds of hospitals and providers. as the coronavirus begins to make a comeback in the final stretch before election day. laura engel is live in new york this morning. >> it is adding insult to injury. the hospital systems that are already pushed to the limit, some are seeing a rapid rise in covid cases. now they are dealing with the threat of the personal and private information of the very patients that they're trying to treat come under threat or having that information locked up and held for ransom by cyber criminals. it has been happening for weeks in several hospital systems across the u.s. have reported these problems. the f.b.i. and two federal agencies say they currently have credible information of a wide ranging and imminent cybercrime threat to u.s. hospitals and healthcare providers. the goal of these criminals to

target the healthcare sector are ransomware which basically en crypts the computer network data to hold it hostage and only give the digital decryption key to unlock it for a price. the university of vermont health network is working with authorities after a cyberattack caused significant computer network problems for the system affecting its six hospitals in new york and vermont. bill deblasio addressing the threat yesterday. >> while we're all focused on a host of other problems, we should never go to sleep on the danger of a cyberattack which could be even more devastating. so we're going to continue to take a lot of precautions. >> investigators have named the ransomware believed to be used by a russian speaking criminal gang. one cybersecurity expert calling it the most significant cybersecurity threat we've ever seen in the united states. the f.b.i. saying that ransomware is swiftly becoming

the biggest threat in the u.s. and is warning all hospitals to lock things down and be super vigilant during this time. >> sandra: we'll closely follow that. thank you. >> trace: joe biden said president trump is running against him not the progressive democrats biden beat in the primaries. it seems that wouldn't stop the party's far left from being a big part of a biden white house. ahead which top spot elizabeth warren reportedly wants. and the southern border was front and center in 2016 and played a big part in president trump's win. now between the pandemic and the economy the border battle hasn't been in the headlines. ahead where the candidates stand on this big issue. >> the two of them together are clearly the most radical democratic ticket in all of american history. this is not your parents' or grandparents' democratic party. they believe in open borders.

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are making their final pitches. the candidates wrote dueling op-eds to make their case. voters have a chance to continue prosperity or return to the swamp. joe biden says he would take a new aggressive approach to fighting covid-19. read them both right now at foxnews.com. >> sandra: a judge in el paso texas ordering all non-essential businesses code. it defies the governor's executive order allowing businesses to stay open. the shutdown set to last two weeks. the state attorney general is threatening legal action to stop it. >> trace: wal-mart has taken guns and ammo off store shelves citing civil unrest. people can buy ammunition and guns but they won't be displayed on the sales floor. the company calls it a safety measure after riots and looting in philadelphia and the threat of violence after next week's elections. for more on these stories and

the day's top headlines download the fox news app. take a picture of the qr code at the bottom of your screen and get started. >> sandra: the outcome of this election will have a huge impact on the economy and progressives have their eyes on top economic posts under a potential biden presidency. sources saying senator elizabeth warren wants to be joe biden's treasury secretary. robby soave is a former spokeman for the obama 2008 campaign and joe biden surrogate. we'll start with you, zach. what does the economy look like under a joe biden presidency? good morning. >> well, first of all let me say those who talk don't know. the old expression those who don't know talk and i think there has been a lot of speculation about who will be within the administration but realistically, sandra, the campaign has been focusing on winning the campaign. as you also know forbe and others have done an analysis of

the president's economic plan and joe biden's plan was found to grow the economy more than the president. if we're looking to turn the page on the economy i think joe biden is the best solution for that. >> sandra: i'll have to get an explanation or clearer view of that. we had austan goolsbee on from the obama administration. when pressed on biden's policies, proposed policies, he said that lead to 2 1/2% growth during his first four years in office. whether you think that's great, good, not enough i'll put that to you, robbie. what does it look like based on economic policy from joe biden? what would that look like? >> yeah, i think voters are aware that it doesn't look as good as the pre-covid economy under trump. if people could vote for that economy they would. the polls bear that out. problem is we're in a different

reality now. i think the sign that elizabeth warren wants this. joe biden doesn't necessarily owe her anything. he easily defeated her and many of the progressives in the democratic primary. there will be tremendous pressure put on him by the younger, more activist base to deliver on corporate greed and breaking up monopolies, that kind of thing. that kind of thing that often doesn't send healthy signals to the rest of the economy. >> sandra: from the "politico", i'll put the quote on the screen to react. warren's move could set up the fight between the party's left and center over what will be one of the most important cabinet roles in the previous add mip is traition. from your response do you think it wouldn't be a good thing to get out there right now, a potential treasury secretary warren? >> well, look, i think that the vice president built a diverse

campaign teams that he wants his administration to have a diverse set of viewpoints including people from across the aisle. they haven't announced anything. i think they are focused on winning the campaign. the transition team is working quietly in the background and no leaks. the work this new administration would do. >> sandra: that's fascinating because that sounds a lot like some of his other policies where you will have to vote for him to find out what's in them after he is elected potentially president. robbie, do you on that. >> well, i think biden's team smartly realizes the most appealing thing about their candidate is just kind of his personality and he is well liked and some of the ideas especially some of the more progressive ideas could turn out to be strideently unpopular. of course they'll save those for after election day. let's let the cat out of the bag on that one. very much the thinking of the people in the campaign probably wisely. >> sandra: i want to ask you

about some of the recent meetings that we have seen with the president. this lil wayne put out a picture of him and president trump. zach to you. just had a great meeting with the president. besides what he has done with criminal reform the platinum plan will give the community real ownership. he listened to what we had to say and assured he will and can get it done. interesting support several days from election day. how do you see the demographics breaking down as far as the african-american vote, the hispanic vote, etc. days away from election day? >> that's a great question, sandra. realistically this will be a very close election. there hasn't been a significant demographic shift. if anything, joe biden at least when you think about older voters, younger voters, women has seen significant breaks and that's why the president is campaigning in states that he won overwhelmingly arizona, georgia, north carolina and such and florida is so close. if you look at african-american

numbers it's basically a 1% change. the latino numbers has seen a few points change in the last four years. but i would say this is a very, very close election. i don't believe the public polls saying there are wide leads in swing states. i think it will a lot closer than people think. >> sandra: put some of these polls. latino vote stats upton screen. choice for president among hispanic voters, 67% to biden, 27% to president trump. black vote choice for president among black voters 87% biden, 8% trump. robby final thoughts on that. here is candace owens. >> the democrat party has had our votes for 60 years and they've done absolutely nothing but fear monger ahead of a presidential election every four years and the time is up. >> sandra: so what happens

here, robby? >> again, it's true the economy was very good for minority voters. they remember that. pre-covid. and that moves people into the camp a little bit. you talk about latino voters talking about religious voters who probably feel more at home in the republican party and seeing long-term trends, the working class coming home to the republican party and then the more elite well educated voters flocking to the democratic party. it will end up how many does it cancel out? did trump make up enough people for the kinds of white well-educated women they've lost? we'll find that out next week. >> i agree with robby. we're seeing a national realignment in the states that will be interesting not just in this election but mid-terms four years from now. >> sandra: thank you so much. >> trace: they say everything is bigger in texas, that

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>> sandra: president emerged from the white house just a short time ago. he is heading to his three campaign stops across the midwest today for a stop oakland county, michigan first. we'll see the president in a bit. he did just talk to reporters on his way out. he started out talking about the economy, that gdp number yesterday, the third quarter growing by more than 33% saying it was the biggest in our country's history. bigger than any other country. covid he said we're working very hard on therapeutics. great things are coming out. he was asked about the individual states that are considered battlegrounds right now. texas he said i won by many points last year looking good. florida looking great. north carolina looking great. pennsylvania looking great. he went on to attack joe biden

said he wants no fracking. he is not going to let them frack. he talked about that meeting with lil wayne saying he wanted a meeting. nice guy, the meeting want well. he was asked about election day traveling. i don't know. i may be traveling on election day. he will give an answer in the next couple of days. we'll get that video back a short time from now and play it for you. that's some of the news that came out of him talking to reporters a short time ago. trace. >> trace: immigration was the cornerstone of the trump campaign back in 2016 and this year his challenger's vision of how to approach illegal immigration is very different. william la jeunesse live for us in los angeles. william. >> trace, immigration border security these two are light years apart. day one biden promises to stop the wall, end deportations and admit asylum seekers. the question is how will migrants around the world react to that softer, more welcoming approach? >> doz erts to mountain the border wall dominates the

landscape. >> we don't necessarily need the physical wall in every who -location. 738 miles we believe we do. >> under a president biden, however, building will stop just over halfway. >> there will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration. >> if you issues separate biden and trump more than immigration. >> they got separated from their parents and it makes us a laughingstock and violates every notion of who we are as a nation. >> biden proposes legalizing 11 million undocumented immigrants and favors sanctuary policies ending the program to keep asylum seekers in mexico and wants to impose a 100 day moratorium on deportations. >> when that happens it will overrun our capacity to hold those people and be back in the situation where we have to release people if the laws don't change. >> some agents worry about incentivizing illegal immigrants.

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>> sandra: fox news alert. we have will hear from the president. he is going on to make three campaign stops today in michigan, wisconsin and minnesota, trace. busy day for the president and busy day for joe biden as well. joe biden heading to iowa, minnesota and wisconsin. as we await the president now. >> trace: it's fascinating. the president was very confident. they asked him how do you feel about the upcoming election? he said florida is look pg great, north carolina is looking great, pennsylvania is looking great. and very confident. >> sandra: i talked about the economy. he was a little late. 30 minutes late departing the white house. talking about the gdp number yesterday. 33% growth. biggest in the history of our country right out of the gate.

talking about it being bigger than any other country. talks about covid, therapeutics, election night. texas and some of the other states he is feeling great about. of course, that meeting with lil wayne. the president walking out of the white house a few moments ago talked to reporters. here is the president. >> president trump: hello, everybody. we're going to michigan, wisconsin and minnesota. it will be a big day. i think we had one of our biggest days ever. it wasn't reported like it should have been but we had gdp up 33.1%. that was the biggest increase in the history of our country. and i think we'll have some other good quarters, very good quarters. i think next year if you don't raise taxes like biden wants to do. he wants to quadruple your taxes and destroy it. if you don't do that we'll have

the best year we've ever had he can -- economically. we are better than any other country economically. we're doing very well with respect to making the turn on the pandemic. we're working very hard on that. great therapeutics. you saw various articles today. i guess even the fake "new york times" you saw an article where people seriously ill are getting better. the first time i've ever heard them say that. we have great medicines. i would call them cures. but other people call them therapeutics. we have some great things coming out and we have some great things already out. some are already in use as you know, fully approved by the fda. i have think that's what is happening. people are getting better and getting better much faster. that's great. the economy is going to be very shortly at a level which i

don't think it ever was. last year was the best year we've ever had. i really believe that next year starting really now. you can start now but next year will be the best year economically we've ever had. i can't stress more strongly an increase of 33.1. you have to go back to 1952. you have to go back to 1961. many, many years to find anything -- even then it's less than half of the number that we're talking about. so it's been -- it was a great day and a great day yesterday and now today we're really celebrating it. nobody thought it was possible. nobody thought we could ever have that kind of an economic gain, nobody. nobody was predicting it. so we're very happy about that. really shows that our policies work. if you had a president with different ideas instead of having a 33.1 gain, you would have a disaster on your hands.

but we're set, the best year we've ever had. [inaudible question]. >> president trump: we haven't made a determination. we have certain rules and regulations. you know washington, d.c. is shut down. the mayor shut it down. so we have a hotel. i don't know if you're allowed to use it or not. but i know the mayor has shut down washington, d.c. and if that's the case we'll probably stay here or pick another location. i think it's crazy. washington, d.c. is shut down, can you imagine? [inaudible question] >> texas we're doing very well. it will be the same thing as last year. in fact, i think last term i think you asked the question last time, too. texas is looking very close. i won it by many, many times. texas is looking very strong. i will tell you that if you look around, florida is looking great. florida is looking really great. ohio is looking great. north carolina is looking

fantastic actually. we think pennsylvania is looking fantastic but that's a late vote. we think those people, pennsylvania what i've done for pennsylvania. you have to remember, he wants no fracking. whether you say it or not he wants no fracking and he showed that in the debate. if pennsylvania didn't frack you wouldn't have pennsylvania, believe me. it would destroy pennsylvania. it's a million jobs, it's a tremendous amount of money. they are one of our big producers. they have to frack. he is not going to let them frack. his party will not let them frack, which is more important. [inaudible question] >> president trump: he wanted a meeting. he is a really nice guy. an activist in a positive way. he asked for a meeting and as you saw the meeting went very well, lil wayne. >> on election day what states will you travel to?

>> president trump: i don't know. i may be traveling on election day. that's a very good question. i will give you that answer in the next couple of days. we're doing a lot of traveling. we'll be doing a lot of rallies. we have some big ones. we're having a problem with some people in minnesota where they have a cap because biden goes there and he can't draw flies. he gets a few cars and they honk their horns. we have a biggest crowds in the history of politics and i think you will all be witness to that. there has never been anybody that has ever had bigger crowds or more enthusiasm than we have. so we have 25,000 people in minnesota, which is our last stop today. 25,000 people want to be there and they say you can only have 250 people. so they thought i would cancel. but i'm not canceling. we'll find out what happens. we have 25,000 people in minnesota and they are there because they're angry at the riots and they know i stopped

them. but i stopped them after it was requested and very late. they should have requested it two weeks earlier. but they are angry at omar, they are angry at all the stuff that's going on in minnesota. i think it's going to flip for the first time since 1972. anybody else? [inaudible question] >> president trump: we'll have a tremendous -- you want me to answer that one? we will have a tremendous stimulus package immediately after the election. and i think we'll take back the house. i think we're going to do very well in the senate. a little more complex, frankly. and i think we'll have a fantastic presidential election. because nobody has done more than this administration in the first 3 1/2 years, there has never been a president or an administration that has done more than we have. for our farmers, for our manufacturers, for everybody in

terms of tax cuts, for our military, what we've done with the military in terms of budget 2.5 trillion. we'll be completing the wall very shortly. we're up over 400 miles. nobody has done what we've done even close. so i think we'll have a great election. people will realize that and why you have the big turn-outs and why you have the big crowds. we'll see you there, okay? thank you. >> sandra: now he heads off to oakland county, michigan. he will make his way to a maga event there. waterford township, to be exact. off he goes to other midwest states, wisconsin and minnesota are the next stops throughout the day. joe biden will go to iowa, minnesota and wisconsin. from president trump a moment ago interesting words about minnesota in what he and his campaign see happening there. where right now the real clear politics average in minnesota does have joe biden polling

ahead of the president by 4.7%. >> trace: some have questioned going to minnesota because they think minnesota has now moved into democratic territory. i find it fascinating. you talk about bringing our show full circle here and it's fascinating he is continuing to talk about the economic resurgence. 33.1%. you will hear that throughout the day. he will go to all the campaign stops and talk about the resurgence in the economy. interesting that you jux to posed that to what chris wallace was talking about. how much will the difference be? numbers came out. is that going to change minds of undecided voters, 33%? it is coming back. the economy clearly is improving dramatically in some points. the question is how much does that help him going toward election when you only have a few days to kind of build that momentum up? >> sandra: what we should heard could be a preview of what we

will hear throughout the day. oakland county he will head to. two hours apart they will be in minnesota. he will be on the ground in rochester, minnesota while joe biden will hit the ground in ramsey county, st. paul, minnesota. air force one about to take off as the president emotion barks on his journey today. he took on biden there as well on crowd size as you heard. i believe he said something about not being able to get the crowds that the president is. biden campaign makes the point they are not trying to do that with covid regulations in place. but off he goes and here we are, trace, a few days from election day. we'll have a pre-election special. "america's newsroom" will be live tomorrow 12:00 p.m. eastern time until 2:00 p.m. >> trace: the quote was joe biden couldn't draw flies at these events. stimulus package after the election.

he thinks the house will do very well. he doesn't know about the senate. not as confident about the senate. an interesting point of view. >> sandra: an exciting few days. back here noon eastern time tomorrow. great to >> and we begin with a fox news alert. you know there's a lot that is happening this hour. every day at noon eastern. president trump is speaking at the white house. that happened just moments ago. you watched it live here on fox news, this is all ahead of his first campaign stop in michigan. air force one, the center of the screen. our big day of covering duelling campaign events begins now. the president talking moments ago about a wide range of topics including possible covid-19 therapeutics. a potential coronavirus stimulus package right after the election, he said. and president trump trouted the economic recovery amid