>> sandra: all new at 2:00, you are looking the an a confessed child rapist in his cell in prison. the next time you see this sexual predator he could be walking down the street next to you. that's because one state decided to cut him a break. >> mike: his victims say the move to release him early is shocking enough but another controversial decision about what happens after he walks free that has families across that community shaken. >> sandra: wait until you hear why those families could count

this predator as a neighbor and they may not know it. one of the victims will tell us what she is thinking knowing the man who attacked her will soon walk free. i'm sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. >> mike: great to be here, mike emanuel in for john roberts. >> sandra: tiffany was 13 years old, one of the nine attacks he has admitted to. we will hear her message, and the bureaucrats decided he only had to serve part. and the race to control congress a month before america casts their ballots. and, here we go, battle to control congress as tight as it gets at this point. exactly four weeks out from election day, that's particularly the case in the senate. but let's begin with the house.

brand-new fox news power rankings show republicans holding their advantage. gop forecasted to win 231 seats, democrats 204. keep in mind, 31 house races are considered toss-ups. since last month, republicans have gained two in the rankings, three races shifted towards democrats. over on the senate side, way too early to call here, four races are still considered toss-ups. arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania. also important to note absentee voting is underway in seven battleground states. we could wait another month to find out which party controls congress, with georgia. >> mike: a lot to unpack here. we have our man bret baier here, but fox team coverage and the reporters are covering key races, a closer look at ohio's senate race. mark meredith live in

washington. first debate was last night and the candidates did not hold back. >> mike, they did not. we don't know how much of the debate may have influenced the swing voters, the first time that j.d. vance and tim ryan were on the same stage. they were pressing the candidates on a variety of different issues, from the economy to crime, but obviously we saw a few different issues stand out specifically. now vance, says he's a political o outsider. >> close to halloween, tim ryan pretends to be a reasonable moderate but says he stands up to his own party. the last two congresss you voted for nancy pelosi and joe biden 100%. >> for his part, ryan is trying to distance himself from the biden administration while also trying to paint vance as an extremist, accused him of being too loyal to former president trump. >> we need leaders who have

courage to take on their own party and i have proven that, and he was called an ass kisser by the former president. >> a recent poll of ohio registered voters tude the latest power ranking, leaning in republicans' favor. one more debate next monday in cleveland. >> mike: battle ground ohio is critical, with that being a republican retirement, democrats eye it as a potential pick-up. your thoughts on that one, mark. >> i would imagine they realize it could be a real chance to actually be able to get on the board here with a big win if it were to come true and the polls are showing it a toss-up, and leaning in the republicans favor. but we have seen a lot of interest in this race. i was in there for the primary and saw how competitive and spirited it was. rob portman said he's going to do all he can to make sure the seat remains in republican hands. so that is a big part of this.

trying to get vance over the finish line, one of the trump super pacs has spent more money on ads, like 1.4 million for new ads across the buckeye state because they realize it's a blitz there. and we have been talking about abortion, and that came up during last night's debate. congressman tim ryan addressed the issue, said the supreme court should never have touched precedent here. >> very extreme position. j.d., you called rape inconvenient, right. that's -- rape is not inconvenient. it's a significant tragedy and he thinks that we should have ohio state law which says if you are raped or incest, pregnant through incest, that you should be forced to have the baby. we can't ignore the level of ext extremism. no exceptions for rape and incest? >> one word we heard over and over from tim ryan trying to paint vance as an extremist.

and he wants to see a minimum standard with abortion restrictions. he had a lot to say as well. >> i've always believed in reasonable exceptions. this is a misrepresentation of my view. but let's hear it from me, not from congressman ryan. i absolutely think the 10-year-old girl, the case we have heard a lot about, incredibly tragic situation. look, i've got a 9-year-old baby girl at home. i cannot imagine what that's like for the girl, for her family, god forbid something like that would happen. i've said on the record i think that girl should be able to get an abortion if she and her family choose to do so. >> they also brought up crime and the economy taking center stage at last night's debate. mike. >> mike: mark meredith, many thanks. sandra. >> sandra: wisconsin, crime is the signature issue in the senate race there. hillary vaughn is live in milwaukee for us. what are voters there telling you?

>> hi, sandra. violent crime is top of mind for voters here because violent crime is at the highest level here in wisconsin that it has been in 35 years. so republican senator ron johnson, facing a fierce challenge for his seat from lieutenant governor mandela barnes has been pummelling his opponent. barnes said defunding police is not as aggressive as people think, saying it's about "reallocating funds in a way that promote safety." but barnes is now trying to distance himself from that, saying he supports fully funding the police, so we tried to ask him why the 180. >> you've talked in the past about reallocating money from police departments, you said it's a mismatch. what changed that you support funding for the police. >> i have supported -- the american rescue plan allowed us to invest $100 million in the law enforcement and public safety initiatives.

this is in the last year. ron i don't know son voted against that. >> do you still stand by comments you made about reallocating money away from the police, lieutenant governor? >> thank you so much. >> barnes has been on a tour across the state making abortion the main topic of his campaign, calling out his opponent i don't know son for his stance on abortion saying johnson is callous for telling people if they don't like the abortion laws in the state you should move. >> would you support a nationwide abortion ban. >> we the people to decide it in each 50 states. best process to come up to make the decision. >> sandra, johnson does not think congress should decide whether or not abortion access is allowed, it's up to the states. but barnes does. he says if democrats can get two more seats, they should get rid of the filibuster and make

abortion access law. >> mike: battleground georgia once again, home to some of the most hotly contested races. jonathan is live in carrollton, 50 miles west of atlanta. herschel walker is getting some big time backing today. >> he is, senators rick scott of florida and tom cotton of arkansas arriving even as we speak on a campaign bus with herschel walker on board, the western part of georgia. the georgia football legend's campaign has experienced some bumps, including an article that he paid for a girlfriend's abortion. walker flatly denies this in the presence of two out of state republican senators giving him their unconditional support. well it sends a message to the rest of the republican party. take a listen. >> it's a hugely important signal to base republicans and to fellow republican senators

that the republican establishment in washington is behind this candidate that they believe this is a key race to win to keep control or rather take back control of the u.s. senate no matter what. >> walker is challenge democratic senator rafael warnock, also senior pastor of ebe ebenezer baptist church. he alleged warnock's church is majority owner of an apartment complex that has filed a dozen eviction lawsuits against disadvantaged residents over the course of the pandemic. this afternoon walker issued a statement saying i will personally pay the $4,900 in past due rents listed in this article to keep reverend warnock from evicting these people. now, mike, we reached out to the warnock campaign for comment. we are still waiting to hear back from them. back to you. >> mike: jonathan, thanks very

much. sandra. >> sandra: bret baier now, anchor and executive editor of special report, fox news chief political answer. you have to love the campaign music, "bad to the bone" playing behind him there. bret, set this up for us, four weeks to go here. >> listen, the countdown is on, and a lot of races are on a knife's edge. you talked about edge, emerson poll has herschel walker just down two points to the incumbent democrat in georgia. that's big, the poll was taken after last week and all the revelations about abortion and whether he paid or didn't pay for an abortion, he denies that, but the story, the poll was taken after the story. i think that those races in arizona, in georgia, in pennsylvania, in nevada, are the four that are most of the focus, but then you take, that's our power rankings toss-ups in the senate. if you take the lean democrat and lean republican, you are looking at ten races that will

determine the outcome of control of the senate. >> live images from carrollton, georgia, senator rick scott of florida and senator tom cotton of the great state of arkansas campaigning with herschel walker. no surprise republicans are trying to win the race. >> and the issues are going the republicans' way, closing of the final 28 days, the focus still, every poll you look at is jobs in the economy and inflation, and if you ask people what's most important, those are the things and republicans have a 30-point advantage for both of those topics, 30 points, not 10, not 5, 30. and that is really telling in a lot of races across the country. house races, too, and they are expected to do even better in the house map, there are 30 toss-ups in that, in our power

rankings and only have to win a few of those. >> sandra: and crime as one of the top issues as well, we look at the polls and the power rankings, but crime is up there for a lot of american cities dealing with this and people don't feel safe walking through their own neighborhoods or down the street on which they live. monmouth polling, this is a pretty telling story, inflation up there, 82% extremely very important, 30% approval on biden's handling of that. crime, extremely or very important, 72%, and the president's approval on his handling of crime just 32%. crime is going to be up there for races as well. >> the disparity between the yellow and the red, 50 and 40 points is really stunning if you think about it. so you wonder where president biden is going to campaign, and what campaigns will welcome him

with open arms. there are a number of them that are not. they are giving him the heisman award and herschel walker would welcome that referencing. but they are pushing them because they look at those numbers directly. i think that there is going to be a moment where you get a sense of these races as you get in within about one week's time. a lot is baked in. a lot of the states have been voting for several weeks and the final debate in someplace like pennsylvania, october 25th. by that point you don't know how much that's going to move the needle. >> quote on the screen from ohio senate candidate tim ryan expressing some frustration with the national party, saying the national democrats trying to talk to them into a working class candidate, it's like pulling teeth sometimes. we are out here fighting on our own, it's david against goliath. any surprise a democrat in the rust belt is complaining about

the san francisco and new york wings of the party. >> no, but it is interesting that they are not giving him a lot of support institutionally, ryan, that is. and he's kind of on his own. he said he's wanted to be on his own, but he is complaining about, you know, the money fundraising and the effort by the general party. i think he's trying to run against the party in a lot of the messaging and you saw that last night in the talk about immigration, talk about crime, talk about inflation, but j.d. vance, every time he said that, congressman ryan said that, vance came back your voting record said you are with them 100% of the time, a powerful retort also used in arizona. >> sandra: i don't have the full screen to put on the screen, but james carville put out fears that his party's hyper focus on abortion is not working, and

interesting, to the a.p., he said a lot of the consultants think if all we do is run abortion spots that will win for us. i don't think so, he says. it's a good issue but if you just sit there and they are pummelling you on crime and the cost of living that's just not going to work, and that's a really interesting thought there a respected member of the democratic party. >> and james carville is not alone. bernie sanders said something like that yesterday. it's a signal, a red alert, don't close with other abortion. close with everything that you could possibly do. i do think the hobbs case, overturning of roe v. wade is significant as we get into the final days. >> mike: after months of gas prices falling they have been on the rise for a few weeks. the national average for a gallon of regular now at 3.92, but analysts point out rising prices will cost you well beyond the pump. even the one-time favorite

banker of former president obama says the biden administration is off on oil. >> in my view, america should have been pumping oil and gas and america needs to play a role. america is the swing producer, not saudi arabia and we should have gotten that right. >> sandra: and impacts more than the obvious cost of driving our cars. many other things you might not think of like the actual asphalt you drive your car on every day, jeff flock live with a road work crew in wayne, pennsylvania. what are you seeing there, jeff? >> right along the pennsylvania turnpike, sandra, perhaps you see it, road crew working to widen the road a little bit. when you think about oil, you think about gas prices and think about diesel and home heating oil. well, asphalt is part of it, too. take a look at the average barrel of crude oil. there is jet fuel in there, a lot of products that come out of oil. right now in terms of asphalt,

we have 173,000 miles of bad road in the u.s. the white house has said. it's in poor condition. and 94% of the roads these days are paved with asphalt. that comes from oil. so when the price of oil goes up, so does the price of asphalt, which means in the infrastructure bill we are now spending 110,000, $110 billion to upgrade the roads. in fact, today on capitol hill they are announcing 60 billion of where that's going, what states that's going to. well, the problem is, when the price rises for asphalt fewer bang for the infrastructure bucks. so you think about oil affecting the price of gas, the price of diesel, certainly it does, but it goes well beyond that. and that's why inflation remains high.

>> sandra: interesting stuff. jeff on the ground in wayne, pennsylvania for us. thank you, jeff. back to bret baier in washington, and bret, you go back to the words of jamie dimon, an interview yesterday, fascinating. he works under a democratic administration, economic advisor to barack obama. he called out the climate change crowd and said you think that high gas prices are working in your favor are? it's just not the case. he said it's actually made the climate worse pointing to the coal plants getting fired up in the poorer nations who cannot afford the sky high energy costs. >> not only poor nations but germany is turning back to coal. so, jamie is hitting the nail on the head, and one of the biggest problems with the climate energy push. we are ready as a country to accept we head that way eventually but not ready to head that way right now. the gas prices are a massive

issue. i played, when i anchored with you, sandra, the sound bite from fred smith, ceo and founder of fedex said talking to president obama he said his approval rating directly tied to the price of gasoline and as it went up, his approval ratings went down. it's going to happen here in the final days of this election, and how much it makes a difference is really going to be crucial. >> sandra: amazing that sound bite. the coronation he pointed to. it's something, and it is a real thing. all right, bret, thank you. >> mike: enjoyed the visit, bret. see you at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> sandra: next up, the child rapist set to walk free. we'll talk to one of his nine victims about what she is now feeling after the state bureaucrats decided the man who terrorized her should only have to deserve a fraction of his sentence. >> mike: in los angeles, the

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>> mike: an oregon man who confessed to raping nine girls in the 1970s and 1980s is set to be released from prison. parole board cut the predator sentence in half and that was controversial enough, but the state is also deciding to classify him at the lowest level of offenders. that means families and neighborhoods he decides to move into may not even know there is a convicted rapist next door. we will speak with one victim who was just 13 years old when he attacked her in just a moment. but first, to jeff paul, live in los angeles with more. hello, jeff.

>> yeah, mike, and not just his release upsetting the victims, it's how richard gillmore would be classified as a level 1 sex offender, lowest risk of reoffending. he was called the jogger rapist, he staked out his victims as he ran by their homes. due to statute of limitations, only convicted in one case. now he'll be released mid december after serving 36 years. but once he's out, he'll be under active supervision for at least three years, but because he's been classified as a low level sex offender, people won't be notified about his movements or if he's living next door. randy sutton said it's a failure of the system. >> this man is a predator. a sexual predator of the lowest type of order. he will never be cured, ok.

he is going to once again, there is no doubt in my mind or any other cop who has seen his history, he is a reoffender and it's just -- who is the next victim going to be. >> during his last psychological evaluation in 2016, the parole board deemed gillmore dangerous to others stemming from mental emotional disorder predisposing him to crime. but the state will release him about a week before he serves his maximum sentence and because of that, he will be on post prison supervision until december of 2024. >> sandra: our next guest was 13 years old when richard gillmore raped her, his last known victim before he was convicted. tiffany, welcome to you and thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> sandra: so he is set to be

released from prison as a low level offender. what was your reaction when you got that news? >> well, i was highly offended and it felt like a slap in the face for myself and the other survivors that were raped by him, but because of appalling statue of limitation laws he was not convicted on those crimes. if he had been convicted of the crimes, i don't think we would be getting the lowest level of a sex offender at this time. i did some research and it's based on a static 99 test. it's ten questions, and based on age, how many crimes you committed, when was the last time you committed a crime, etc. he's been in prison for 36 years, and i'm pretty sure that there are not 13-year-old or

teenage girls around him in prison. so i find it irresponsible on behalf of the parole board. i think that the oregon community needs to be able to know what is moving next door to them and their daughters, their granddaughters. it's not right. >> sandra: the oregon parole board chief issued a statement on the serial rapist release and said this. this is dylan arthur, and he said "he understands and empathizes with the women." he said the classification to which you are referring, of course, tiffany, is determined by the static 99 risk assessment tool that the state uses to gauge sexual resitivicsm, he's

acknowledging that he's going to be released with this low level classification, tiffany, to your point, where all of those women and girls who he may now live next to, down the street from, they will not receive a warning that he's in their neighborhood. >> no, not at all, and i think that's irresponsible and a lack of care for the people that will be around him. you know, like i said, the static 99 is a ten-question test, and i noticed in the latter part of his comment that he included that he will be 63 years of age. but i know 63 and men in their 60s and they are still strong and adequate and can overpower young girls. so i don't think that it's a fair assessment and i think with

all the history of this case back in 2007 when i sued the parole board because they didn't notify me of a parole hearing and they were going to release him then in 2007, i think that they should have taken that into consideration when they were making their choices on how to assess his risk level. >> sandra: i'm seeing that other victims have also spoken out and reacted to his -- to him about to walk freely. colleen kelly told the local paper there that his upcoming release has increased her anxiety. she said she's thankful she has since left the state and added she's fearful for you, tiffany, as well as all women and young girls there. she's thankful to be out of oregon. i should note he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life but you have to actively seek that out and find out yourself there is a

sex offender in your area. he could walk among them, walk down the street next to them and you would not know that unless you actively sought that information. we don't yet know where he's going to live, tiffany, but certainly the press and the media will continue to ask. >> i have a little information about that if you don't mind. so what i was told is that it would be downtown portland and in old town, only two halfway homes, reentry homes for sex offenders in that area. so it doesn't take a lot to try to figure out. and there are a lot of people in that area, a lot of homeless people, a lot of homeless young girls, so -- and i'm not afraid, i'm not afraid. i'm wiser now, stronger now, a wonderful husband and family and

friends that support me and two really big german shepherds. >> tiffany, you are a strong person. thank you very much for coming on. i know this is incredibly difficult for so many and for all the victims of his horrific crimes and we'll continue following this story as his release is anticipated. tiffany, thank you, and our best to you and your family. >> thank you very much. >> sandra: heartbreaking to hear the pain the victims are in knowning he's going to be released as a low level offender after attacking nine girls. >> mike: you have to give tiffany tremendous courage. families in florida, sandra, not only have to rebuild their lives from hurricane ian, now protect what's left from cruel criminals plus why analysts say the deadly strikes in ukraine could mark a turning point in the war. we'll ask a military expert what

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>> mike: it is hard enough for families in north florida to pick up the pieces after hurricane ian. now heart less low lives who don't care about their struggles are twisting the knife. phil keating in fort myers, florida. >> sad but true. the latest looter arrested down in collier county, convicted felon who was recently fired from his waterfront restaurant, exactly the place where deputies believe three times in two days he returned after dark and looted. stealing 23 bottles of champagne, among other items. looting has been a major concern up and down florida's gulf coast counties, which is why curfew remains in effect after dark. in collier, lee and charlotte counties. the lee county deputies arrested

five people accused of looting an outlet mall, high end outlet mall and they were all together lined up and handcuffed on the floor after they were caught. lee county sheriff dive times continue their daily work searching sunken boats and cars for any victims yet to be found, none have, but lee county has the highest hurricane death total of all, with more than 50 killed, most of them from drowning. nearby sanibel island, however, still isolated without a bridge, the only way on or off is still just by boat. the desantis administration is fast tracking repairing the causeway, broken apart in five places and the governor just said about an hour and a half ago that he thinks the new bridge will be rebuilt and reopened connecting the mainland to sanibel by october 21st. we have shown you these boats two weeks ago, all about 50 tons

each, deep fishing boat, the two on the left here, hotel boat, that's captain mike's boat, and to the rescue a massive hydraulic crane, just arrived about 30 minutes ago. this is going to be a multi-day operation but going to cable around the 50 ton hotel boat, hoist it up, and put it back in the water where it used to sit, before category 4 hurricane ian and estimated 10 to 12-foot storm surge right here, which lifted everything out and dumped it here on the road. back to you. >> mike: massive amount of work ahead. phil, thanks so much. sandra. >> sandra: and after months of seeing the scenes of destruction, the situation in ukraine is worse than anything we have seen so far. vladimir putin launching his most widespread attack on ukraine since the early days of the water. some military experts are warning we are entering a new phase. trey yingst is live in kyiv for

us. how are people reacting to this dramatic new escalation that we have seen? >> sandra, good afternoon. we have returned from the eastern part of the country, getting some reaction from across ukraine about the widespread missile strikes that took place yesterday. more than 80 russian missiles slamming into air defense systems and cities and infrastructure across ukraine. and for many ukrainians, it was a flashback to times earlier in this conflict. spoke with a hotel employee where we are staying in kyiv, and felt like it was february all over again and referencing february 24th the day the war started and when there were russian missiles slamming into the ukrainian capital of kyiv. loud explosions throughout the city and reminiscent of that time, a scary time for the people that live here, not everyone can make it in time when the sirens go off. and the targets that vladimir

putin ordered his military to hit were not military-related, although that was the claim of the kremlin and moscow. hitting things like a pedestrian bridge not close to where we are standing now. hit a park where young kids play in the capital of kyiv and gives you a sense of the new russian playbook. trying to instill fear into the civilian population, they understand they are losing on the battlefield, ukrainian is liberating towns each and every day, and putin is attacking civilians, to win the internal propaganda to keep him in power at least temporarily in moscow. >> sandra: thank you, mike. >> mike: bring in retired colonel daniel davis. start with a clip from interview with congressman gallagher, he

was seven years in the marine corps. >> we have to take dictators seriously and act seriously to deter nuclear war. we need more discipline out of the white house. the president himself can't glibly talk about nuclear armageddon at fundraisers. that projects inconsistency, weakness, undermines our entire effort. >> mike: your thought on that remark and where we are on the war. >> i'm actually heartened that president biden recognizes that the real risk that we are in because he's right on that. this is -- we have not faced a situation with this much at stake since 1962. but then that also has to translate into actions. look, i'm saying you cannot continue to say we are going to support ukraine no matter what they want as long as it takes, understanding it could exacerbate that american cities

could be hit with a nuclear weapon if it escalates beyond. the fact is right now that russia has escalated up and it was -- every ladder, a step of the ladder escalation increases the chance and ukraine hit the kerch bridge and russia responded by hitting all these missiles, and you can expect vladimir putin will escalate further and don't know where it's going to stop. and we cannot go down that path if it's going to harm our national security. >> mike: if someone at the white house or pentagon or senior policy maker around town were to call you and say what should we be doing in ukraine, what more or less should we be doing? >> hard truth is we need to say we are going to help ukraine defend itself with some of the weapons we have given but cannot go down the path to say we are going to help you offensive weapons to drive russia out. that's exactly what could lead a desperate putin to use a nuclear weapons and i think we should seriously consider advising them to find some kind of off ramp so

putin does not feel desperate. and that means they may not get everything they want and the idea to liberate all the territory may not be on the table, possibly will harm our national security. that's the hard truth. >> mike: associated press poll on the screen says essentially that president biden cannot handle our adversaries. 60% of u.s. adults say it will get worse, up 24% from four years ago. >> he's in a bad to position right now. we have talked several times, i advocated we find and negotiate diplomatic solution before war actually started, and when we had a chance to take care of this, without having to damage our security or even ukraine security. that did not happen. now we are where we are, there's no easy answer. no good answers, no satisfying

answers, but there is a right answer that's going to provide security and that is we have to keep this thing under control, it cannot be allowed to expand beyond the borders of ukraine. >> lieutenant colonel daniel davis, u.s. army retired, thank you for your service and your time today, sir. >> sandra: fox news alert, a los angeles city council meeting turning chaotic as residents there protest the city council president for refusing to resign her seat following racist remarks she made were caught on tape. los angeles city council president announcing a short time ago that she is taking a leave of absence, but still not resigning after her racist remarks sparked outrage in the city. she issued a statement, nury martinez says it's one of the most difficult times of my life of my own making. i need to take a leave of absence and take some time to have an honest and heartfelt

conversation with my family, constituents and community leaders. so is this case just the latest example of the tolerant left not being so tolerant? let's bring in caitlyn jenner, former california gubernatorial candidate and fox news contributor. great to see you. what is your reaction to this? >> san doctor, good to see you first. take a step back, a perfect example of the left's use of identity politics. you know, divide and control. but the hypocrisy of the democrats, you know, they are the party of tolerance, of diversity, the lgbt community, the black community. well, they only use that for political gain because behind closed doors you kind of get the real story and that's exactly what happened here. nury martinez, the president of the l.a. city council, was

taped, she did not know that, last year with some, we don't even have to play it. it was extraordinarily racist comments, and it was all of a sudden released to the press. she immediately apologized, she resigned her position as president. she still stays on the city council, but originally the mainstream media kind of ignored it, it's only a democrat, let's just ignore this. but this had a little too much more bite to it where it just caught fire. people all of a sudden started realizing wait a second, we have this racist, literally, on the city council. we have not just resign her as president but get rid of her. and all of a sudden more of the media started picking it up. and today again protestors were outside city council, now they are inside city council

protesting that she just does not resign her position as president, that she actually leave city council. l and so of course just said a second ago, she's going to take a leave of absence to let everything cool down. >> sandra: and obviously you saw the protestors that showed up at the city council meeting, they are not happy about that, and that is just not far enough for them. when you dig into this story to be exact, and the words that she actually said -- her colleagues' african american son, said, right, they are raising him like a little white kid, i was like this kid needs a beat down, let me take him around the corner and then i'll bring him back, obviously suggestions of violence, and called the child using spanish words, that little monkey. the father, her colleague, of that son, of that little boy, he

said this for our viewers, play it out. >> and i'm a dad who loves his son in ways that words cannot capture. but my son? man, that makes my soul bleed and makes my temper burn. asking for forgiveness is a good first step. but, well, it's a second step, because first -- first you must resign and then ask for forgiveness. >> sandra: didn't mean to cut you off but make sure you properly set the story up for the viewers and take them along for this, this is a developing situation, caitlyn. >> i think this is the perfect example of how the democrats have used the black community for far too long. they have kind of used and abused the black community, and it's a shame. it never should have happened in the first place. actually there's a video i saw by a guy named vernon jones. he was a gubernatorial candidate

for congress in georgia, and a black guy, and he was commenting on this, and he was really hard on the democrats, and how they have used the black community to their advantage and kind of pulled the wool over their eyes. we have an election in 28 days. we have to make the right decisions, not only for what's happening here in california but across the entire united states. we have to elect the right people for the right job or to be honest with you, what's happening in california because we are losing it fast, is going to happen even faster to the rest of the country. and honestly, i'm afraid for our country and what's going to happen. coming up in 28 days, we have to make the right decisions. >> sandra: caitlyn jenner joining us on all of that, and i want to get this in real quickly, this was an "l.a. times" columnist on the incident saying the entire ugly incident,

to your point, caitlyn, blows a massive hole in the narrative many would like to believe about los angeles and california, being a multi-cultural mecca, where they work in solidarity to solving problems. a lot of reaction continuing to pour into that. a leave of absence, not a resignation by that woman, so we are waiting to see what happens next as folks there are speaking out, protesting at city hall. thank you for joining us, great to see you. >> we have to support all americans. >> sandra: indeed. thank you, caitlyn. mike. >> mike: sandra, another news alert during a busy hour of breaking news, officials in pennsylvania giving an update after a carbon monoxide leak at a daycare this morning. garrett has the breaking details. what are we learning? >> mike, this all started early this morning when one child at the happy smiles learning center in allentown became unconscious after a malfunction in a heating unit was leaking carbon

monoxide. when the fire department arrived, the sensors on their gear indicated high levels of the colorless, odorless gas in the building. carbon monoxide is poisonous and can be deadly in high amounts, especially in children. so the daycare was quickly evacuated, more than two dozen children and several adults were taken to the hospital by ambulance. others were taken by their parents who rushed over to pick them up after getting word. and at a press conference that just wrapped up, we learned the daycare center apparently didn't that you are sending your kid to have the carbon monoxide

monitors. >> a bit of good news. appears all children and adults who were taken to the hospital are in stable condition. mike. >> mike: that's great news. thanks very much. >> sandra: georgia police and the fbi are stepping up their search for a missing toddler. quinnton simon vanished from his home in savannah, and the baby-sitter received an odd text morning he went missing. charles, where are police at with this investigation at this hour? >> yeah, hey, good afternoon, sandra. police say they still consider this a missing child case but at this point they are exploring the possibility of criminal aspect in the disappearance of 20-month-old quinnton simon. new developments from the chatham county police department released a statement saying in part, we have seized evidence that we believe will help move this case forward and we are now

working to analyze evidence to see where it leads us. at this point it's not clear what the evidence is, but the statement comes a day after investigators conducted a second search of his family home where they had previously served a warrant to search a pool on the property and a nearby pond. the 20-month-old was last seen around 6:00 a.m. nearly a week ago at the family home wearing a blue sesame street shirt and black pants before he went missing. police said they are not ruling out foul play and refuse to confirm whether or not the family is cooperating with their investigation, listen. >> we want to make sure we get it right. we want to make sure we do this as professionally and as expertly as we can so if, and i say if we have to prosecute anyone in this case, that we have done it right. >> and those comments follow claims from a baby-sitter who tells local tv station wsab that

she was supposed to look after quinnton and his brother the way he went missing, but says she got a strange text message about 30 minutes before he was last seen essentially saying her services were not needed that day. now, i do want to make it clear that police have not named suspects or given any indication that they plan on filing any charges as yet. but certainly a developing case. back to you, sandra. >> sandra: charles watson on that, thank you. mike. >> mike: sandra, not to be outdone by his fellow dictators, kim jong-un got all dressed up as his country fired off nuclear capable missiles, north korea warns it is testing ways of wiping out its enemies. alex hogan live in london. what's the response from the white house? >> hi, mike, a couple hours ago we heard about how the provocations could really only convince and force the u.s. to strengthen the relationships it

has with allies in the region. and south korea is talking about their own defense tactics in defending the country, specifically the capability to detect and intercept north korean missiles. south korea defense ministry says it's aiming to introduce sea surveillance systems, drones as well as spy satellite. all of this comes just days after the north's latest weapons test this weekend. the seventh in just two weeks. leader kim jong-un watched this latest alarming round as north korea called it a simulation of attacking the south with nuclear weapons and practice of possible strikes on south korea and u.s. targets. analysts are also speaking specifically about his outfits during the missile launches, saying a clear sign of confidence and a show of force specifically now that the leader himself is saying that the provocations will not deescalate. it's also worth noting that

south korean officials are talking about how north korea has the capability of a potential atomic test, the first that would have taken place in five years. mike, sandra, back to you. >> mike: we'll stay on the story, alex, thanks very much. >> sandra: that does it for us. thanks so much for >> martha: thanks, mike and sa sandra. i'm martha maccallum. on "the story," our mid-term deep dive continues today. four weeks away from today we'll have election day. two candidates in the two tightsest races in the senate, dr. oz in pennsylvania and j.d. vance in ohio both join us on "the story" this hour. vance is neck and neck with tim ryan for that open seat. separated by three points and well within the margin of error. the two candidates slugging it out in