credited with -- >> we'll see if there is a new trial on that. thank you. >> dana: early voting is underway in pennsylvania and the stakes could not be higher as the senate race between dr. oz and john fetterman gets tighter by the day. we're watching it closely. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. new hour begins now. a tale of two campaigns with seven weeks left before the election in a race that may decide the balance of the power in the senate. democrats looking to fetterman as republican dr. oz gains momentum. oz has taken aim at crime and inflation and fetterman putting a focus on abortion. >> there is no way anyone can look at what is happening in philadelphia and not feel like we are giving up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people without a little compassion and love. >> every abortion is a murder. he said that. he said that. so that means he thinks that

every woman that had an abortion, then they are a killer. can you imagine that? can you imagine that? >> bill: nate foye live in the newsroom following this out of p.a. >> good morning bill and dana. dr. oz is focused on crime lieutenant governor john fetterman is facing criticism about his stance on releasing second degree murderers from prison. something he advocated for in the past. his campaign now telling fox news digital he believes there are people who deserve to spend the rest of their life in prison but that decision should be left to judges and parole boards, not politicians in harrisburg. pennsylvania law requires life without parole for second degree murderers including anyone that's involved in a felony that results in death. getaway drivers, planners, active participants, including people who did not pull the trigger or kill somebody

directly. dr. oz criticizes that stance in campaign ads. he held this round table discussion about crime in philadelphia yesterday and i was listening in. the people he was speaking it are desperate to fix the problem in their city and frustrated about violent criminals being let back on the street after arrest. dr. oz said he believes the key to stopping crime is more opportunity and injecting wealth into the city. >> this state has more energy under our feet than anywhere else except maybe texas. we've got billions of dollars coming out of that. that money doesn't come to philadelphia. >> fetterman hammering dr. oz on abortion tweeting this. it's been one whole week and guess what? dr. oz still won't tell us how he would vote on the senate g.o.p.'s national abortion ban. what is he so afraid of? fetterman is expected to talk more about that at his campaign event in western pennsylvania tonight just east of pittsburgh. dr. oz has not announced his next campaign spot. >> bill: nate foye in the

newsroom. for more in studio ronna mcdaniel chairwoman of the republican national committee. do things change on a tuesday like today when you wake up and say seven weeks away? >> yes. it started last week, i think. we're in the sprint, september started and you start feeling the energy. >> bill: let's talk about the issues. we were talking about crime. a poll out of marquette in wisconsin. are you very concerned or somewhat concerned? 61% say very concerned. >> very concerned. we're seeing this across the country. the economy is the number one issue. we all know inflation. more than inflation the price of eggs, milk, insurance, rent, everything. everything right now is costing more for every american family and crime. when you see these democrat candidates like mandela barnes and fetterman saying we want to release criminals on the streets it is frightening to a lot of voters. >> dana: yesterday dr. oz visited with addicts.

he seemed really taken aback and very moved. he even took some people to an addiction center. crime, are you seeing it in the smaller towns even in rural communities are they worried about crime? zbloout >> absolutely. i'm in suburban detroit. everyone is afraid of crime. we see what's happening in new york and other major cities across the country and worried because democrats are doubling down on this defund the police, reimagine the police. demoralized. i talked to a local sheriff saying we can't hire anybody. nobody wants to be a police officer anymore. we're seeing the impact of their negative speech and negative narrative against our police officers. it is demoralizing and diminishing our police force across the country. >> bill: democrats are hopeful they might hang on to this. if you run the table in the house you can keep a slim

majority of two house seats. on the issue of abortion a big referendum in the state of michigan and california. kentucky might have one as well. how do you believe that plays for or against you? >> i think it will be different state by state. michigan it is directly to the voters. you decide and i'll run about bringing jobs to our state and education issues and roads. every candidate has to address it in their state. they can't ignore it. they have to take it head on. this is where the democrats want to play and they have the money to make it an issue. we have to tackle it. put them on the defensive of their policy of due date abortion, gender selection abortion. i think that's what china does. you can abort a paeb if it's a girl and pivot to the voters. what voters are thinking about is crime and economy. it has to be a three-step process. address it, put them on defense and get back to the issues.

>> dana: bill clinton weighed in. he thinks republicans have a way to win. >> you have to note the republicans always close well. why? because they find some new way to scare the living daylights out of swing voters about something. that's what they did in 2021 where they made critical race theory sound worse than smallpox. >> dana: greg gutfeld on the five said the democrats are trying to scare people as well. >> news flash. your party is doing that just fine. you are scaring everyone with the open border. 2,000 pounds of fentanyl came across our border. every mom in the country is worried what if this gets into my kids halloween basket. the rainbow fentanyl. what if my teenagers gets this? the democrats are ignoring that

and inflation and crime. the democrats are failing to american people and they own it. they own it. they have the senate, house, white house and they are not addressing issues that every american is waking up worried about. >> bill: you have traveled the country and will continue to. >> yes. >> bill: what is the debate on immigration that you find today? >> i was in texas yesterday and it is such a huge issue. they are being inundated. >> bill: understandably in texas. but other states. >> same with arizona. >> bill: that aren't border states. total encounters in places like texas and arizona are 2.1 million and a ways to go. >> everybody is watching it. >> bill: what about in wisconsin and michigan? >> it's still an issue. they watch the open border and watching the democrats ignore it and they think this is crazy that they are ignoring 4 million people coming across our border. that they are -- the fentanyl is a real issue. you saw kevin mccarthy tell the story about a 13-year-old showing up at school with the

candy fentanyl pills. it killed an official just opening it. i talk to my son about it. don't touch anything. every parent is scared to death about fentanyl whether you are a border state or midwest. >> dana: who has the edge on voter registration going into the mid-term, republicans or democrats? >> republicans. an article came out about it. the rnc has been involved in this. pennsylvania we have an edge. north carolina we have an edge. we saw in florida for the first time every more republicans than democrats. 500,000 vote swing. >> bill: we would like to talk to you again and hope to do it soon. >> i love it. >> bill: things can change. we love it, too. we like to get in the weeds. >> dana: we get to play that music that goes along with our -- it's good music. >> bill: thanks. >> dana: border protection officers see a dramatic increase in the amount of fentanyl seized at the border. just the past few months they have confiscated millions of

deadly pills. fox news followed officers at the nogales port of entry and several bundles were hidden in the gas tank of a pickup truck. how did they find these in a gas tank? >> i will show you, dana. this is the busiest checkpoint between arizona and mexico but it's 120 years old and very narrow canyon. if i take you on top you can see the long line of cars, trucks, people waiting to get in, most, of course, are basically going to carry their -- they're coming for work and cargo, some are carrying drugs, specifically fentanyl. in fact, they have seized more than 4 million pills here since august at this port alone. double last year with the bust we witnessed yesterday. >> a few moments ago officers noticed something irregular about the truck. pulled into secondary inspection. when they dropped the gas tank

look what they found. they cut a hole open and dropped these things floating in gasoline. >> the officer noticed a gap between the cab and front bed. they scanned it to find the package. if you look at the images here this is typical. basically they had to take the truck apart to find the fentanyl and where it was hidden. >> huge miscon section. in arizona so far this year we have intercepted over 21,000 pounds of narcotics along the border. 18,000 pounds of that is caught at the port of entry. >> so nationally drug seizures for 2022 across the border are down compared to the last few years, the lower green line. now you isolate for fentanyl you will see that green spike, 85 to 90% of the drugs entering illegally are coming through the ports of entry, not carried

by migrants. now, what is the secret weapon to handle all that volume? customs has dogs. they employ hundreds of canines and they are checking in this case, electric products from china, mangos from mexico. they work eight hours a day and their reward is a few minutes with a toy. the bottom line i think is this. you have this unlimited supply coming from mexico and china. insatiable demand from users in the u.s. paying $10 to $30 a bill and this is the line of defense that taxpayers are paying for. back to you. >> dana: very interesting and disturbing. thank you. >> these are people who were basically destitute and put in a situation where they could have succeeded but that was all virtue signaling. >> bill: florida governor ron desantis defending the decision to fly migrants to martha's

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>> dana: outrage in new york after the suspect who went berserk with a catch et in mcdonalds last week is free. is governor trashed the charges as too light. lauren green is live in the new york city newsroom with the latest. >> the suspect was arraigned on charges on criminal mischief and criminal possession of a weapon. those charges aren't severe enough to warrant prison time or bail. 31-year-old michael went on a rampage at a mcdonalds in manhattan's lower east side smashed tables, walls, glass with a hatchet.

the outburst ignited by an argument that turned physical. no one was injured. he was arrested, arraigned and released in less than 24 hours. he told the "new york post" that i'm not unhinged, i'm not psychotic. it is not luck that they didn't get chopped up. i didn't chop them up because i didn't want to. everybody is talking about how i should be in jail. i did my 18 hours, bro, what else do you want? the governor questioned why the mike messenger wasn't charged with something that would have kept him behind bars pending trial? >> the images are disturbing, absolutely. we're actually asking what the thought process was in the decisions just made because we have a question about it. i think that's when we have to have the honest conversation about what is really going on here. >> the comments from alvin bragg for his no bail reform accused of being soft on crime while the city cities are

increasingly less safe. the surge in violent crime is affecting businesses' bottom line as well. they talked about increased violent crime in fast food restaurants and starbucks is showing some locations experiencing a high volume of challenging incidents. >> dana: terrible for the staff and customers as well. thank you so much, lauren. >> bill: the city of denver, colorado announcing it will pay some homeless people up to $1,000 a month over the next year using funds from the american rescue plan. that was passed back in march of 2021. here to talk about denver radio host roskam inski. welcome to our program. how will it work? explain this. >> good morning. thank you for having me. the denver city council allocated a couple million bucks from covid money to create three groups. part of a larger program. denver is kicking in another $2 million. one group going to get $1,000 a

month. another group will get i think it's $6500 up front and then $500 a month and then another group, their control group will get $50 a month. the interesting part of this that maybe we can talk about more is that the denver city council is saying they only want their money to go to women and transgender and gender non-conforming homeless people, no men. >> bill: okay. that's what the city council wants. will the city council get its wish? >> yes, they will. they will. >> bill: right now you have 2100 female homeless, 3400 male. i guess seven gender non-conforming and six trans men. how did they get these numbers, ross? >> i don't know, either. nationally, though, similar to the data you just showed, women are about 29% of homeless.

transgender gender non-conforming 1%. i find it frustrating separate from the moral hazard part of this that they'll leave out 70% of the population. just from data collection. you want to see if this kind of program will work? it's entirely possible that men would respond to a program like this differently from women and yet you will cut them out even though they are 70% and are you not going to learn very much. that really bugs me. separate from the moral hazard which is a big problem, too. >> bill: this the covid dollars. amazing how far that can go and what you do with it when you get control of it. interesting stuff. what do they want to accomplish? >> well, i think denver has a huge homeless problem. colorado has a huge homeless problem. in the last 15 years or so colorado has had the biggest percentage increase of any state in terms of number of people living in homeless shelters and things like that. if you are around here and dana

back in her hometown there are tents everywhere and it's a bad situation and trying the make it better. i think part of the problem. i have sympathy for a lot of these folks. part of the problem is at some point you turn the safety net that is supposed to catch people when they are falling into a hammock that folks want to lounge around in. san francisco and seattle have taught us you can go too far in offering something that looks like help and i think that's what denver has been doing for quite a while and doing it more here. >> bill: we'll bring you back and see how it works out. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: we'd like to know. free money, universal basic income to a degree. thank you for coming on. >> that's what they are calling it. >> bill: thanks for coming on and we'll bring you back. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> dana: showdown over control of the senate could come down to wisconsin. can the republicans hold onto this seat? plus the hunter biden investigation is heating up.

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>> dana: there is a texas sheriff saying he is opening a criminal investigation into ron desantis over the flights he arranged to take migrants from texas to martha's vineyard. >> you had 50 die in texas in a trailer because they were being neglected. was there a freak-out about that? no there wasn't. only 50 in martha's vineyard. they said they were a sanctuary jurisdiction. that was virtue signaling. they deported them the next day with the national guard. give me a break. >> dana: fascinating story and

finally there is a bigger -- greg gutfeld said a conversation about all of this that is happening because the other media is paying attention now. >> bill: they will pay attention more if it continues and who knows where the next destination might be? stay tuned. meanwhile you have the far left democrat calling for action on the border. congressman khanna wants vice president kamala harris to help dems strike a deal with republicans on immigration. he argues the border crisis is a problem that needs to be solved. aishah hosni is on that story live from the hill to bring us the news from there. good morning. >> good morning, bill. you are right. bipartisan immigration reform on the hill seems so far out of reach that now progressive representative roe khanna is actually calling for vice president kamala harris, the absent border czar, to help democrats strike a deal.

watch. >> we need a better solution. i would say to the vice president. help lead to get comprehensive immigration reform done. >> lead. unclear if harris will heed the call since they think the border is already secure despite images we show you every day depicting tens of thousands of migrants crossing the southern border on a daily basis. even democrats like senator joe manchin and henry cuellar agree the border is not secure. congressional democrats are being forced to revisit this issue seven weeks before election day all because republican and democratic leaders are busing thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities to try to lessen the burden on the border communities. democrats do want some kind of

a comprehensive immigration reform package. they want to see a system at the least would include a guest worker program to help fill worker shortages across the country. at the very most offer a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants but republicans say immigration reform is not on the table at least until president biden addresses the crisis at the border and secures it. thank you, aishah. >> dana: hot lecontested race in wisconsin could decide control of the senate. the race is up for grabs. incumbent senator ron johnson has a razor thin lead over barnes. likely registered and independent voters. republican senator ron johnson joins us now. great to have you, sir. you are senator chuck schumer's top knock-off choice to try to keep the senate in democratic

hands. this race is tied what the polls are something. what are you hearing from your campaign on the ground? >> good morning. in a sane world with an unbiased media none of the races would even be close. joe biden wouldn't be president and the disaster that is democrat governance. the disastrous results from democrat policies would basically make sure that democrats would not be in power right now. we're seeing what fundamental transformation of this nation looks like. they are destroying it. open borders, high inflation, rising crime. but what happens is mainstream media covers up for the radical left policies and cover up the disasters. it is surreal to listen to the report that anybody would begin to take seriously somebody that says the border is secure. it isn't. 3 million people have been encountered or dispersed or

entered illegally. 3 million people a number larger than the population of 17 states. they are arguing over 50 people delivered to martha's vineyard, a sanctuary city? so again, the reason we're having these absurd debates is because the media is not honest. they are complicit. they are corrupt and covering up for the radical leftists like my opponent who says the founding of america is awful. implies our national parks are racist. is for defunding the police and abolishing ice but he is in hiding. the mainstream media is not asking him the tough questions. they don't want to let wisconsin voters know the truth who the radical leftist is. >> bill: let's get into it, then. this is why voters vote, right? in wisconsin marquette poll found this. inflation are you very concerned about? 70% said yes. crime 61%. accurate vote count 56, gun violence at 55 and public schooling at 54%.

given that, here is what marquette finds. barnes at 49, johnson 45. a razor thin race within the margin of error. >> what marquette found i was at 49 and barnes was 48 in the most recent poll. the problem, guys, those issues are not what the mainstream media is covering in wisconsin. they are covering abortion, they're covering the radical left agenda items. asking me loaded questions and they are not asking the questions that are really on the voters' minds. it is not a level playing field. not a fair fight. democrats have already spent $70 million against me but the least of my problems. i have the mainstream media trying to take me out. again, the advantage we have is all we have to do is tell the truth and get the truth out there. all democrats have are lies, distortions and character assassinations. >> dana: will you have a chance to debate him? >> he has agreed to one debate once the absentee ballots are

sent out. i've agreed to three debates. i'm accessible and i answer the questions from the press as loaded as they may be. i thought it was my responsible to tell people in wisconsin what i believe and who i am. barnes doesn't believe he has to be honest with the folks in wisconsin. >> bill: 30 senate republicans are demanding a special counsel to look into hunter biden. i don't know if it happens unless you get control of the senate. even then it seems like there is a debate whether or not it would be granted. however, sunday night 60 minutes joe biden the president was asked about his son. >> president biden: i love my son, number one. he fought addiction problem and overcame it. he wrote about it. and no, there is not a single thing that i have observed at all from -- that would affect me or the united states relative to my son, hunter. >> bill: there is a case active in delaware. how would this story be exposed

if republicans take the senate? >> president biden lied when he said he never discussed hunter's overseas business deltion. he had to because he had meetings with his overseas business partners. on this topic you can't believe a word that comes out of president biden's mouth unfortunately. we need to highlight this. hunter biden laptop is a treasure trove. f.b.i. sat on it. unfortunately we have corruption at some of the highest levels of the f.b.i. and department of justice. that needs to be exposed. the american people deserve the truth. >> bill: sir, thank you for your time. seven weeks to go. >> dana: we'll be watching. >> bill: thank you, senator. white house now back pedaling. saying our troops will defend the island against an attack by china if that were the haen. what's the real story? parents becoming a powerful force in mid-terms. why their views on schooling

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. >> bill: seven weeks from today. parental rights helped elect glenn youngkin. >> virginia governor youngkin has taken action in represent days showing he believes in parental rights when it comes to education. >> first of all this is not controversial. this is about restoring power to parents let's just be clear, children do not belong to the state. they belong to families. >> the new education policy says students who are minors must be referred to by name and pronouns in their official records unless a parent gives consent. it also encourages teachers to reach out to parents. youngkin has said progressive liberals are trying to push parents out of their children's lives. the new policy insists participation in school programs and yution of school

facilities like bathrooms and locker rooms should be based on a student's biological sex. about this new policy the youngkin administration says, quote, the code of virginia reaffirms the rights of parents to determine how their children will be raised and educated. empowering parents is not only a fundamental right but essential to improving outcomes for all children in virginia. democrat a fairfax county school board member running for vadell gat blasted the policy change on twitter. we won't stand silent as youngkin tramp less the rights of stuns and families and he is trying to score political points and should be ashamed. sticking up for parents and winning back suburban parents were seen as keys to victory for youngkin and smart playbook for gop candidates. >> bill: mike emanuel on that story in washington see how it turns out.

>> president biden: we agree with what we signed onto a long time ago. and there is a one china policy and taiwan makes their own judgments about their independence. we are not encouraging them being independent. that's their decision. >> would u.s. forces defend the island? >> yes if there was an unprecedented attack. >> dana: he said the u.s. would defend an attack by china despite strategic ambiguity and put the white house on cleanup duty once again and adding new pressure to the strained relationship to washington and beijing. we have a former director of the nfc. i want to play call for number two. excuse me, this is a quote from the chinese foreign ministry saying biden's comments breach the important commitment the u.s. made not to support taiwan's independence and send a signal to taiwanese separatists and independent

forces. they always say. that biden always says what he says and the white house walks it back. what is our policy? >> this is the reaction we would expect from china. this is the fourth time that president biden has said this. i don't think we have a strategic ambiguity policy anymore. but i also think that frankly there is no one in beijing who doesn't believe that if they invaded taiwan and attacked taiwan that the u.s. would not become involved in some way, shape or form in the conflict. i don't think this statement by president biden is going to provoke beijing into doing something rash and i don't think it will deter beijing very much. this is already baked into china's calculus. >> bill: if you say it once or twice it starts to look like it's real. four times seems like see trying to send a message to beijing whatever the message is. >> what you hear from white house staff this isn't really a change in policy. to some extent that's right. the u.s. has been pretty

consistent that we would sort of take steps to defend taiwan although he has been blunter about it than in the past. my worry is not really about the president's words. my important worry is the speak loudly but carry a small stick policy. the question is you have a split screen of the president saying we'll do this and u.s. military leaders saying we don't have the capacity to do this. and so if we are going to speak boldly we also have to make bold investments in our military and defense posture in asia. so that the chinese are given pause not by the president's words but by what they see from the u.s. military. >> dana: tomorrow the president will speak at the u.n. likely he will bring up ukraine. this is biden on 60 minutes on russia and ukraine. >> vladimir putin is becoming embarrassed and pushed in a corner and what would you say to him using tactical or

nuclear weapons? >> president biden: don't, don't, don't. lit change the face of war unlike anything since world war ii. the response will be consequential. >> we may hear some pointed warnings to russia about its conduct about what russia has done in ukraine. but i think essentially the president's message here is the right one. if you guys remember that movie from the 1980s, war games. the moral of the story was the only winning move is not to play. that has to be the u.s. message to putin about using chemical weapons or tactical nuclear weapons. >> bill: that's a great line. do you think putin would? >> there are a lot of reasons for putin not to do so. he would have to worry first of all about using tactical nukes on territory close to russia. this is not some far-off place

but right on russia's border. he would have to worry about losing those states who still support him like india or states in africa. those that still support russia. but most of all he has to worry about the nato reaction and u.s. reaction. we want him to worry about that. so i think this message that don't do it. our reaction will be consequential but not necessarily spelling out what the reaction will be. that will be based on the circumstances. i think that's essentially the right posture for the president to take. >> dana: michael, always good to have you in new york. sorry about the traffic. >> bill: can't do anything about it. thank you, michael. country superstar tim mcgraw has a scare on stage. what happens as he kneels down and faces the band coming up here. steve and kathy doocy are back in the kitchen whipping up recipes for cooks pressed for time and sharing them in a beautiful new book. steve is here in studio. come on in, brother.

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kathy doocy have the recipe for you. how you can whip up something fast and do it quickly. you have done different cooking books. what's different about this? >> in our first cookbook the happy cookbook we put all of the foods that made us happy. everybody has a food that makes them happy. dana shared three recipes with us and things that trigger, ainsley's daughter's hay stack. everyone has food. they were a little complicated and took a while longer. we came out with happy in a hurry. unfortunately sometimes they are a little more complicated as well. you just do it quickly. this is simple. during the supply chain crisis we figured out how to boil it down to simple ingredients, simple process to make it simply delicious like this. >> dana: what did you bring?

>> this is a pretzel crusted peanut butter chocolate pie. this is something like -- my mom made a pie like this growing up and you would always have it at the fair, the county fair. >> dana: i thought of a recipe i could have added. it is basically you take frozen berries, put them in a pan, a stick of butter. take a white cake mix and you have a cobbler. i will add that to the paper back edition. "the five" has one in here. greg added pez and pop rocks. >> bill: here is what i'm impressed with. the images of the food are stunning and you did a video, too. pretzel in the wrong spot at the moment.

these images are amazing and so is the video. >> thank you. the thing about a cookbook. i didn't know you were supposed to -- when we did the first one it's -- with the first one i didn't realize you had to do pictures and i was talking to the producers. i figured it's a recipe. and that is the german chocolate ice cream pie which is based on what my mom made for every one of my birthday. my kids wanted ice cream pie. >> dana: what's interesting, too, i have known you as a parent and as a colleague as well. your children have gotten older and now married and moving on and people also know a little bit about peter doocy. how has the cookbook experience kept your family close as everybody is pursuing their new lives? >> the thing about my job you're here early. i'm here a couple hours earlier

than you. i never once was at breakfast with my kids. but i was always there for dinner. so that was a special time. kathy would make dinner and we would sit around and talk around the table in suburban new jersey and at the end i would do the dishes. it would take a half hour. the kids would stay at the table to talk to their mother and me because i'm right over there scrubbing, complaining about it. but it's the togetherness that makes all the difference. >> bill: congratulations. you made food look really good in this book. >> we made it really simple. simply happy. >> bill: before we go here. roll this for folks at home. stand by, steve. tim mcgraw was on stage but he just could not hold it. so apparently the band said his jeans were too tight. you be the judge.

>> dana: i'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. they're up there moving around. >> down he goes. he is okay. have you ever called peter doocy steve and steve doocy peter? >> dana: absolutely. >> it happens in my family all the time. >> bill: good luck with the book. "the faulkner focus" is up next. here she is. >> harris: beginning with the fox news alert. the impossible is our new and very real normal. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". u.s. border agents apprehended now more than 200,000 illegal immigrants in august. one month. and that puts the year-to-date number of illegal crossings at about 2.1 million. look at your screen. and we're still about two weeks away from the end of the fiscal year. and that is without co