c >> live from new york, that's "fox & friends" for today. >> making coffee on the coffee machine. >> you can't back out of gutfeld. you have to do the show. >> look, i can barely touch the floor. >> bill: good morning, everybody. we begin with the fight against inflation. this is not good. some revealing data out moments ago. what it says about the state of the economy with mid-terms a few weeks away. it will have an impact. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm dana perino. wholesale prices are up 8.5% from a year ago and up from last month despite a series of aggressive rate hikes by the

federal reserve. >> bill: that is only more bad news for americans trying to pay for gas and groceries. it comes after opec slashed oil production. the economy seen as the achilles heel for democrats in november. the president now admitting there may be more pain on the horizon to come. >> should the american people prepare for a recession? >> president biden: i don't think it will be a recession, if there is one a very slight one. >> aishah hosley live from the state department and we'll begin with edward lawrence on the north lawn of the white house. >> we hear the beep, beep, beep of messaging here at the white house. not the construction truck over there. the president a year ago was saying we won't have a recession. and then about three months ago the president ended the message out of the white house was a recession will not be likely. now we're hearing a recession is possible but still could be shallow. listen to the president.

>> you just said a slight recession is possible. >> president biden: it is possible. look, it is possible. i don't anticipate it. what i do think, look, we talk about the impact on families. the families have reason to be concerned about energy prices, they have reason to be concerned about a whole range of issues. >> but the international monetary fund director of research says the u.s. economy will stall next year. in a new report they say that inflation will cause a global recession. you can see what happened to inflation under this president. president biden. so i had this simple question, listen. >> so i'm wondering if the president bears any responsibility with his policies with a stalling economy. >> we have to step back and look at what the president walked into here. when you think about -- we've been here for 20 months. when he walked in small businesses were closing down. schools were not open.

why did this all happen is because of the global challenges that many countries, countries across the globe have been facing. >> it's a long answer for no. the president not saying he is taking any responsibility for his policies and there is no pivot from this white house on any of those policies, bill. >> bill: another rating we should see again tomorrow. leading our coverage from the white house. >> dana: president biden putting saudi arabia on notice. he says it's time for the u.s. to rethink its relationship with the desert kingdom following their plan to reduce oil output by 2 million barrels a day. >> good morning, dana. the administration admits that these talks about recalibrating the relationship with saudi arabia, that's not new. but talks about retaliating against the kingdom, those are new. although the president is staying tight lipped how he is planning to do that.

>> president biden: when house and senate get back there will be consequences for what they've done with russia. i won't get into what i consider and have in mind but there will be consequences. >> so he won't talk about the consequences but democrats on the hill, they are happy to talk about the kinds of punishment they want to see. senate foreign relation chairman wants to block all future u.s. weapons sales to saudi arabia. meanwhile, support on the hill is building for that bill that would allow the u.s. to sue opec plus member countries in federal court and some members want to go as far as pull u.s. troops and equipment out of saudi arabia and the uae. that's a relationship-destroying move. some say the administration really needs to look in the mirror here and recalibrate its own policies. gas prices as we know were

already rising before the war in ukraine. they've been rising again right before the mid-terms here. they are up $0.20 in the last month to $3.92 a gallon or regular and the "wall street journal" reports the administration pleaded with the saudis to delay the oil cuts by another month, which the saudis viewed, of course, as a political ploy right before the mid-terms. republicans, oil industry experts lobbying to unleash american energy. >> frankly the administration is out of options at this point. the last place they can turn to is the u.s. producers. we're more than willing to reengage with them on the policy and regulatory issues. >> so far no timeline offered by this administration as to when we might see some action against our gulf ally. dana. >> dana: aishah hosni, thank you. >> bill: tom cotton with us now. senator, welcome back. good morning to you.

that last thing aishah was reporting about the "wall street journal" asking to delay the decision for another month, the answer a resounding no. did you know about this before? >> i didn't know about it but i can believe it. the democrats will do anything to try to keep gas from increasing before the election. remember, he didn't ask the saudis not to cut production. he only asked them to wait for a month until after the election because the official stated policy of joe biden on the campaign trail since he has been in office to do everything he can to hurt fossil fuel production here and around the world, which is driving up energy prices. there are two simple reasons for what has happened with this opec decision and our relationship with saudi arabia and dependency on foreign oil again. one, joe biden has waged a war on american oil production. if we would produce more here we wouldn't have to depend on anyone overseas. two, joe biden and barack obama and the democratic party have

waged a campaign to ostracize and alienate saudi arabia going back 13 years by codling iran and appeasing our mortal enemy. ronald reagan in the 1980s was able to enlist saudi arabia to keep oil prices low, which devastated soviet russia's economy. why can't joe biden do that with the saudis to putin's russia? it's because they've waged this campaign against our long-time friend saudi arabia in favor of our long-time adversary iran. that's exactly the kind of short-sighted foreign policy that i explain in "only the strong." >> dana: i've been reading your book. thank you for letting me get an early copy. interesting how history played out. when you look back at some of the decisions that this administration made on the first day regarding energy and keystone pipeline in particular i am reminded of the group of energy workers we talked to. many of them were from arkansas

and they used to be able to go and travel. they might work for six months on a project and come back. all those jobs dried up. i have to imagine a lot of energy workers are just bewildered and demoralized today thinking how could it be the answer to this is to punish the saudis regardless of the merits of that, but not open up american oil for production and distribution here? what are you hearing from the people, the workers who would actually do this kind of thing for us. >> that's exactly right, dana. we had a lot of workers in arkansas affected by joe biden's day one decision to shut down the keystone pipeline and several other actions designed to hamstring american oil and gas production. they lost their jobs, now they are paying $4 a gallon for gas, electricity and heating bills will go up this winter because of joe biden's energy policies. yet he is going hat in hand to

dictatorships like venezuela pleading with them to produce more oil at the same time he is alienateing long-time partners in places like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates by continuing to coddle and appease iran. what is the latest temper tantrum by the democrats going to do? simply encourages the iranians to shoot more missiles via their proxies at saudi arabia's and emotion rather oil facilities and attack tankers and shipping lines by suggesting that joe biden will simply stand on the sidelines if our partners in the middle east are attacked by iran and its proxies. it is not only dangerous but very bad for american families' budgets. >> bill: thank you for your time. good luck with the book "only the strong." america gets a vote in this argument coming up soon. prime time last night on cnn the president sat -- i think his first one-on-one interview with

cnn since he took office, first one with a lot of folks, right? the question about his son came up and this is a little bit about how that played out. >> president biden: i'm proud of my son. this is a kid who got -- not a kid, a grown man. he got hooked on -- like many families, hooked on drugs. he has overcome that and established a new life. i'm confident that he is what he says and does are consistent with what happens. >> dana: so he has said that before and i think that one of the things that most people in america can agree on, that's the words of a loving father who is worried about his son, who was obviously in a very bad way and done some terrible things. what it didn't do is answer a couple of questions. did he do something wrong? if he did something wrong, should he have to pay the price for that? and also what about these questions in regards to payments for the big guy?

where was that? >> bill: you have the question about taxes and the question about the gun purchase when he was apparently on drugs. and you can't do that. that's a no no. it was a bit of an exchange last night. we'll play for on some different topics later in the program. meanwhile breaking news. >> dana: america's crime wave and the danger to law enforcement. three swat officers were shot in philadelphia serving a murder warrant. they are in stable condition. another person was also shot during the incident. details are still coming in. we'll bring you more information as we have it. that's happening in philly right now. >> we did find that in small talk before the interview without captioning it seemed it was difficult forfeiterman to understand our conversation. myself, our producer and crew did find that small talk before that captioning was difficult. >> bill: there is a lot on the line here.

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>> bill: a notorious false claim is making news again. border patrol agents never

whipped asian migrants last year. homeland security secretary mayorkas knew that, too, but did not stop the bogus narrative. bill melugin is on the story in l.a. today. good morning. >> good morning to you. that's right. email obtained through a records request reveals that dhs secretary mayorkas was privately alerted by dhs officials that the whipping narrative behind the horse back border patrol photos wasn't true. at a press conference hours later mayorkas didn't stop or dispute that narrative. it was obtained by the heritage foundation that filed a request with dhs seven months ago seeking all communications about the incident with the horse back agents in del rio, texas last summer. last week dhs finally produced an initial batch of emails including one from september 24, 2021. the same day president biden said this. >> president biden: to see people treated like they did,

horses running them over and people being strapped is outrageous. i promise that those people will pay. >> hours after the president's comments, marsha, dhs's top public affairs official said this email to secretary mayorkas and other dhs officials at 12:05:00 p.m.enter she sends mayorkas a news article and highlights that the photographer said in an interview that things aren't what they seem with his photos. he and his colleagues never saw agents whipping anybody and that his images were being misconstrued. but 2 1/2 hours after receiving that email, mayorkas joined a press conference at the white house where he failed to dispute the whipping narrative that president biden and other politicians were pushing. instead, he called the images horrifying. >> we know that those images painfully conjured up the worst elements of our nation's ongoing

battle against systemic racism. >> and during his comments mayorkas never disclosed the new facts he had been alerted to in the email just hours beforehand. the president of the border patrol union says that email shows there was no interest in the truth. >> it is smoking gun evidence and it clearly shows they are willing to lie to the american people for their self interests. they withheld facts. any time you withhold facts from the american people, you should be willing to step down from your job. better men would step down. >> in a ten month long investigation concluded the horse back at never whipped anybody. they are now facing up to 14-day unpaid suspensions for administrative violations. i reached out to dhs two days ago for comment on the story and followed up this morning. i have received no response from dhs whatsoever. we'll send it back to you. >> bill: i know you'll stay on

it. bill melugin in los angeles today. thanks. >> democrats have something to run on. >> president biden: i know we do. what's the republican platform going to run on? what are they running on? what are they for? they want to put social security on the chopping block every five years and the other leader comes along and says no every year it should be up for grabs, medicare, medicaid. these are not negotiable items in terms of whether you will continue them or not. >> dana: president biden last night claiming republicans have nothing to run on. the polls show otherwise. voters say they care deeply about rising inflation, not to mention rampant crime hitting communities coast to coast. we have the co- host of the ruthless podcast. this is common, presidents will say the other side doesn't have a plan. kamala harris said that the night before last when she said the republicans have no ideas or solutions on immigration.

it is an old thing that they use, an old habit. how do you think voters are going to respond when they are looking at this going all these things we want taken care of we trust republicans on more than the democrats? >> yeah, bless their hearts, dana, they are trying. they are trying. but look at the immigration, let's take that for an example. republicans somehow don't have an answer on immigration, kamala harris and joe biden haven't acknowledged board are crisis problem until it shows up in martha's vineyard for crying out loud. that, the economy, crime. the problem for democrats here is not that they haven't provided their own solutions, the problem is they have provided their own solutions and things are demonstrably worse, right? if you look at every metric, whether it's inflation or anything else, american families are actually doing much worse off after the policies implemented by this administration. so yeah, there is a huge push for a change. every poll that you look at at

this point has a heavy emphasize on the economy, immigration and crime in large part out of reaction to what joe biden and the democrats have done. >> bill: the easy answer on that however was two weeks ago house republicans came out with a four-point plan on what they call their commitment to america and mirrors what knut gingrich did 28 years ago. that follow up didn't happen. bernie sanders says abortion is a fine argument but you need to take on republicans on the economy. just give this a listen. >> what the supreme court did is totally outrageous but what we have got to do is take the attack to republicans on the economy. all that i'm saying is when the american people in poll after poll think that the economy, think that inflation are the two major issues, you cannot ignore those issues. >> bill: what i would ask the president is what's the democratic plan to address the economic woes of today?

>> what we've seen it, bill. we've seen the democratic plan and things are worse. bernie sanders is right. you can't have the fifth month of trying to sell abortion as the only issue that americans should care about and expect some results with it. bernie sanders lost the presidentall primary but won the policy war. joe biden implemented the bernie sanders economic plan to try to address the economy post covid and things are much worse, right? gas prices, inflation, every metric things are much worse. so it is not that they don't have a plan. it's that we've seen it and it is awful, right? so i think most americans are reacting to that and then contrasting it with the economy under republican leadership which is a much different place than we find ourselves now. >> dana: the cash on hand or the house side for democrats versus republicans, look at the republicans are just way above

the democrats on this. now that's party money. does this graphic tell us the whole story what's going on? some people like governor kemp for example constantly says we have to run like we're ten points down and we're being outresourced. >> yeah, look. if you count all of the dark money that's out there and all of the networks and c-4s and 3s left leaning, news organizations. democrats are going to spend a lot more money than republicans in this election and probably every election. that's just the modern left, right? you can't outspend a democrat in this environment. but just today was announced clf run by the congressional leadership fundraising $3 hundred million this cycle. that's a record, right? they'll have enough money to compete. i think honestly what the situation is, democrats aren't going to be able to raise what it takes to try to sell this

message in this mid-term particularly in the house where, gosh, i don't know how you can sell this economic situation and the plans that were put in place to american people. they are very eager for a change. >> josh, nice to see you. come back soon. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: thank you. two teens arrested allegedly shooting and killing a high school football star in atlanta. nancy grace will explain how this unfolded and where the questions remain today. is the house seat in one of america's bluest states on the verge of flipping? allan fung is running to flip that seat and he will make his case with us next. case with us next. the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value, not just 80%.

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>> dana: growing number of republican groups are spending time and money to influence local school board races including in battleground states like texas and georgia. what effect will it have? mark meredith has been looking

into it for us. >> i sure have. traditionally school board races wouldn't merit widespread attention. ever since the pandemic there is a growing number of political action groups focusing on the races to push back against teachers unions. the video we saw of school board meet x. parents outraged over controversial curriculum choices and mask mandates. multiple pacs now investing in school board races. >> yeah, our money at back to school usa right now is going to california, texas, virginia, georgia. we're looking across the nation, and as donations really come in we keep adding races. the money comes in, the money goes out. >> so much of the focus has been on education, many of these

pro-parental rights groups are arguing local races impact crime and the economy in many communities. political experts believe the outrage on education like we saw much of last year may not last much longer. >> i think that it may turn out that a lot of this is short lived. that we're hitting the peak of interest in this issue. >> now both parties are making education an issue in the mid-term elections. i've seen it on the ground. many gubernatorial candidates trying to embrace this issue head on trying to reach voters fed up with the status quo. a lot about education this year but after that, who knows? >> bill: we want to show you something to talk about the power rankings yesterday in the house. we still believe republicans have the advantage here. we have them at 231. that's not a solid number but where we see the race now. could go as high as 247 if you want to add in the toss-ups up to plus 16, or if democrats throw a surprise here, it could go down below this number.

majority of 218. why do we say and come out with this headline? in part if you look at some of the house races, believe me, we never talk about rhode island, right? it is rarely in the discussion when it comes to an election night. congressional district one on the east. newport here, congressional district two. a republican by the name of allan fung. former mayor in cranston, new hampshire. joe biden got almost 60% of the vote just two years ago, okay? now we look at the issues and we try to figure out what are people talking about in rhode island? there are two polls in rhode island. one had the democrat down eight points, another had the democrat down six points.

average them together allan fung has a seven point lead in rhode island. a democratic leaning district plus 17. not even close when you look at the political composition here. and cost of living has shown up at 42% for the top concerns for those who live in rhode island district two. allan fung is going after that and put out this ad a few days ago. >> they discuss the next commercial on his energy plan. >> let's go ask the people. >> talk to me about the plan to use renewable energy. tell them about your plan to lower gas prices. >> tell them how your plan brings down our heating bills. >> dana: energy is one of the issues fung is focused on trying to flip the house seat. he joins us now. you have a durable lead. you have outspent your opponent by over a million dollars. you have some backing and some grassroots support but also the

republican party thinks that you can win this race. what do you feel this morning? >> good morning, dana and bill. yes, we will win this race and we will make history and bring back a republican voice not just in rhode island but a republican voice in all of new england where there is not a single one of us in the house right now. i'm excited for this opportunity. as you saw from my commercial i'm talking about the issues on people's minds, at their doors, at fairs and festivals. it's the cost of living crisis, particularly the energy crisis that we're facing up in new england and across the country because of these failed democratic policies by president biden and this congress led by speaker nancy pelosi. we have to turn it around. we will turn it around in 27 more days. it it's exciting. it's about safe communities.

people can find out more as we roll them out at fung.com. >> bill: many more democrats in your district than republicans. rhode island closes early in the night. if you were to win you are the canary in the coal mine. you will forecast what's happening in many districts across the country. i'm sure you see it that way but what would explain why you would be able to have a fighting chance in a district where republicans haven't won in years? >> i'm excited because, you know, my opponent isn't talking about what's his plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. i am. i have a plan to battle inflation, drive it down. a plan for energy and a plan to make sure our communities are safe. my democratic opponent is just talking about the cookie cutter issues trying to scare people about taking away social security. i have a mother that's on social

security, retired. i know and can empathize what people like her and other families, fathers and mothers and grand parents are going through every single day and this is why we're talking about not just what i did to turn our state second largest city around. people know my track record. i took a city in the red and one of the best cities to live. i'm focused on people and what we need to do not only to turn the district around but our state and country around and make us energy independent again, focus on the economy. do what's right to drive down the inflation and make sure we are safe in our home. that was my track record as mayor and what i want to do in washington, d.c. bring common sense solutions to all of us and fix this economy. >> dana: chris christie, former governor of new jersey and presidential candidate himself campaigned with you yesterday and he said this to fox news. as a blue state governor i can relate to the idea you need to

everybody and try to bring people together. that's what you do. interesting, though, you talked about home. let's talk about your home. i believe it is your wife that has already made history in politics in your state. tell us about her. >> yeah. i'm very proud of my wife. first time in 114 years, last election cycle she took out the democratic speaker of the house. so, you know, we met because of politics because both of us were delegates back in 2012. met in tampa, florida. got married. but we're both sharing. she is doing a lot of wonderful things fighting for us up at that state house being solid republican voice up there and providing a counter balance to the overspending. and that's what i hope to do down in washington, d.c. we're a great teamworking together. hopefully both of us will make history. >> dana: she took out the first person in 114 years to defeat an

incumbent speaker in the chamber. you have a formidable household. we look forward to watching you on election night. please stay in touch. >> bill: thank you. polls close at 8:00, right, in rhode island? >> yes, they do. 27 more days we'll work hard. >> bill: do they come fast or slow? >> we're going to have to count those mail ballots and early voting votes, too. we're out there working hard to make sure we will be in the game all the way through. >> dana: he is trying to plan what his night will be like at the board. you are on the hook for letting us know. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me on. >> bill: you're welcome. >> dana: key inflation data out in the last hour at wall street braces for another interest rate hike. what about main street? charles gasparino is up next? new questions on the health of pennsylvania senate candidate john fetterman. why some say he may not be well

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>> bill: some good news out of southwest florida. major bridge reopens after hurricane ian. sanibel causeway badly damaged two weeks ago. we were told it would take months to repair. it reopened for trucks and trailers yesterday. governor desantis saying civilian vehicles will start rolling across that bridge in about ten days. >> dana: incredible outcome. >> bill: keep is going there in florida. >> dana: the first of two key inflation reports coming in hotter than wall street expected this morning. the producer price index up 8.5%

in september. that's year-over-year. and that's what wholesalers pay for products. analysts say higher costs get passed on to consumers. fox business senior correspondent charles gasparino is here. >> not good number. surprised the markets took it positive. i don't understand why. i try not to judge what the open is saying. you have to go through the day and stocks have been generally negative lately. one of the reasons why is because of inflation. fed, as much as a lot of stock jocks want to say the fed will back off raising rates, the best estimates i had is two more rate increases, definitely a 75 on the next one and maybe, maybe take a pause in january. but still they'll keep raising rates. you remember what happens? economy slows down for a lot of reasons. credit card interest rates go up. mortgage rates go up. you don't buy as many houses and

starts to contract the economy. because fiscal policy is so weird right now coming out of the biden administration, it is contractionary. they spend a lot of money but heap all the regulations on business. they don't allow drilling. they discourage drilling. and then on top of it all, which is mind-boggling to me, when you are discouraging drilling, which is inflationary right there, you go and get the saudis really annoyed and they cut back production. >> dana: and then they say now we'll punish you. >> it's the dumbest thing. this is a huge story on wall street. they're trying to figure out can you be that dumb if you'll go and discourage drilling, you will ask -- push a green agenda, why would you annoy, you know, the saudis? >> bill: stupid dominoes. dumb.

gdp here we go. dictionary says we're already in recession. i don't know if you agree with that or not. two negative two gdps before recession. we may be there by now. we found this, charlie, about a third of adults have paid a bill late in the past six months. that's where you start to really see it. >> bill: i tell you, we all get influenced a lot by talking heads and financial news. you have to realize they want the markets to keep going up. most of these people that are on financial news and financial news pays my salary, just remember, they sell stuff. so they are running around there saying the fed will stop, fed will stop. the fed is sitting there thinking we can't really stop now because what you just laid out. if wages are increasing by 5%, and inflation is increasing by 8%, you will get a recession anyway. the average guy can't afford to live. that's just the way it is. so i bet the fed says screw wall street, two more rate increases

and i think it's a lot of smart money is saying that and we might take a pause, might. >> dana: the other thing that's crushing people is something like heating oil, which now is the time of year when people in new england in particular get the delivery of their heating oil and mayor allan fung is running for congress caulk talking to people saying this is a huge problem. the costs are so much more than they paid last year and wages haven't kept up. it will have a spillover affect in the economy. >> if you don't deal with inflation, it deals with itself. it causes a recession. one way to get out of inflation is to cause a recession, to slow things down particularly if you don't have fiscal policy from -- as we have now, that encourages investment in companies to increase the supply. if you don't have that you literally have to slow down the economy on top of it and that's what you're seeing right now. if you can't afford to live, there is no difference between having inflationary and a job

and not having a job. >> bill: fair point. europe is in a recession. president said we're headed for a slight recession. >> he said transitory. i would take anything coming from this administration, most administrations. i don't buy anything anybody says with a grain of salt. they always underdeliver, over promise and they've done it consistently on the economy here. >> bill: thank you, charlie. >> dana: aren't you full of sunshine. >> i need another cup of coffee. >> bill: a man released without bail smashing up a mcdonalds with a hatchet. now he had another run in with the law and what he is charged with this crime. >> bill: john durham is raising the stakes with a witness linked to the trump dossier. rful beneft that can really help in uncertain times. it's your va home loan benefit. veterans can get more cash by borrowing up to

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of a mcdonalds waving an axe at diners? now he has been arrested again. police arrested the 31-year-old for spraying gaffe eaty in brooklyn. stealing a bike and he was once again arrested and once again released without bail. the resolving door goes round and round in our fair city. surprise move. special council john durham questioning an f.b.i. witness in the trial of a russian witness who was the primary source of the trump dossier. the f.b.i. wanted to pay a lot of money to prove the dossier. david spunt with more. >> special council durham is questioning this f.b.i. agent for another hour or so. court began a few minutes ago. the mere fact that john durham himself is putting himself out there. his reputation out there in the courtroom and handling this questioning shows you just the high stakes of this and how important this trial is to him.

it is his second trial in an investigation that began more than three years ago. he was appointed by then attorney general bill barr to lure at the origins of trump/russia probe. danchenko is charged with five counts of lying to the f.b.i. durham insists that danchenko was the primary source for british spy christopher steele who compiled that widely talked about steele dossier that was debunked full of salacious accusations about former president trump. danchenko lied to the f.b.i. about his connections to that man there, the former british spy christopher steele. an f.b.i. agent said the f.b.i. offered $1 million to corroborate. the agent testified the f.b.i. still used the unproven dossier to get a court-approved surveillance warrant for carter page, the former 2016 trump

campaign advisor. the government argues danchenko was the subject of a counter intelligence investigation from 2009 and john durham says he was a paid f.b.i. informant. this could be john durham's last stand in this investigation when it comes to a trial. we're talking about stuff that happened six years ago. the statute of limitations is starting to wind down in many cases but we expect john durham to release a public report, a narrative laying out his case to the public, bill. >> bill: just to be clear on this. he testified, the f.b.i. put a million dollars on the line if he could prove his report. he didn't take the money. what does that tell us? >> correct. well, it shows that the f.b.i. still went forward with this fisa warrant against carter page, renewing it multiple times even though christopher steele could not corroborate his dossier. the f.b.i. still went with the

dossier and what durham is getting at today. he will have the f.b.i. agent on stand for another hour or so. >> bill: stay on it in washington, d.c. thank you, david. >> dana: just 27 days out from the mid-terms and one of the most watched races is in pennsylvania where lieutenant governor john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz are fighting for an open senate seat as a new sit-down interview with fetterman raises questions about his fitness for office. welcome in a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: halfway? >> dana: a little more now. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. fetterman's health remains a key concern five months after suffering a stroke. a brand-new interview raising questions about his recovery. now his opponent, dr. oz, blasting fetterman for dodging debates and accusing him of hiding from the voters. fetterman says he is fit for office but refusing to release his personal health records. >> we've asked for medical records, we've asked to have