whatever digitally, but i do try if they are delivering food -- and also causes us to do this. make eye contact and i get to say thank you. >> most importantly. >> so anyway. speaking of which, thank you for watching. and when you don't have time or you forget or whatever, set your dvr. we are always here for you. now here is "america reports." >> john: harris, thank you. invasion of taiwan could happen sooner than expected, maybe even within weeks. >> sandra: the pentagon is racing to get taiwan the weapons it needs to fight back and u.s. military commanders are beginning to assess what a chinese invasion would mean for our nation's forces. florida congressman michael waltz on how we should be preparing. he'll join us live in moments.

>> john: begin "america reports" this thursday afternoon with 19 days to go now until the midterms. president biden out on the campaign trail today as the pennsylvania senate race comes down to the wire. hello, i'm john roberts in washington. >> sandra: 19 days out, hard to believe. here we go. sandra smith in new york. the president travelling today for his only campaign stop of the week. he'll talk infrastructure before heading to philadelphia to stump for john fetterman. >> john: happening as polls show republican dr. oz closing the gap against john fetterman, and republicans also gaining ground in contests thought to be democratic strongholds. >> sandra: our panel standing by. mollie line is standing by in deep blue rhode island. so first to bryan llenas on the

ground in philadelphia, expecting to see the president a short time from now. hi, bryan. >> hi, sandra. $167 million have been spent in the pennsylvania senate race. it's the second most expensive race in the nation behind georgia's campaign down there. but ultimately that does not seem to be enough. the president is in pennsylvania in part to fund raise with john fetterman here in philadelphia tonight. he's about to speak in pittsburgh in about an hour. so far john fetterman has raced $48 million, the oz campaign raised 34 million, but 21 million of that is dr. oz's own personal money. there is a final push for money here in what is a toss-up race. a new aarp poll finds fetterman's lead has dwindled to just two points over mehmet oz, it was six points in june. number one issue, inflation and

rising prices. gas 3.94, higher than the national average and up $0.42 from last year. this has brought renewed attention to fetterman's stance on fracking. in 2015, a stain on pennsylvania. 2018, did not support fracking. now his campaign says he does and always has supported it. >> yeah, fracking, i -- i don't support fracking at all. and i never have, and i've signed the no fossil fuels money pledge. >> i believe that as pennsylvania i support our energy independence r and we need to do it in a very -- very direct environmental regulations. >> dr. oz says he would fast track oil and gas. >> if you truly love the environment, if you really love the environment, you should root for natural gas.

that's how we have dropped the carbon footprint the last 15 years. >> as for fetterman's stroke recovery, his doctor released a letter yesterday saying he can work without restrictions and doing well, but of note the doctor did donate to his campaign. >> john: bryan, thank you so much. we'll be watching for the president later today. >> surprising house race is developing in rhode island. power rankings list it as a toss-up. so we are watching the race, it is so close and is considered a toss-up at this point. but going into deep blue rhode island, you are looking at house district 2, kent and washington counties, some of providence county, and it has not been represented by a republican in more than 30 years at this point. you have to go back to 1991. there was a debate held there on monday but now everybody is watching, the republican is leading in the polls in this

district. i'll pop him on the screen so you know who he is. former mayor of the city of cranston, this is alan fung, son of a first generation of immigrants, focusing on energy in the state, a big focus on inflation and why he is gaining in the polls there. seth magaziner would not support a tax increase on anyone making $400,000 a year, and touting the inflation reduction act, rhode island second district, a toss-up, we'll be watching that for quite some time. the latest from the campaign trail, mollie is in warwick, and the headline, the gop candidate is surging in the polls there, right, mollie? >> yes, sandra, you did a tremendous job setting up what is hang here, and why it's so

unusual the race is so competitive. allan fung, chinese american, former mayor of cranston, the first asian-american mayor-elected in the state and very strong competitor against seth magaziner, and touting the city he led 12 years, and also a pragmatic moderate. >> missing new england republican in the house where we don't have a single republican up there right now, i want to be part of the contingent, a voice not just rhode island but all of new england across the aisle missing a while now. >> magaziner is pro choice, and he aimed to tie fung to conservative party leadership in

d.c. >> he said he's going to vote for kevin mccarthy, even though he said he is going to put a national abortion ban into play in the house of representatives. >> surprising tightness of the race, it's gaining a lot of attention. a lot of outside money pouring in. nancy pelosi painting fung as a trump loyalist. and the other side of the aisle, kevin mccarthy, bashing magaziner. >> sandra: we are watching it, mollie line from rhode island. >> john: mercedes and kevin, he is a former biden campaign surrogate. republicans are doing exceedingly well and thought to be democratic strong holds. back to allan fung in rhode island, leading in a district

the democrats have held since 1991, lee zeldin gaining ground on kathy hochul, a solid d in terms of the rankings. in oregon, christine drazan, and betsy johnson, and lombardo and steve sisolack, and a dead heat with karen bass. >> i have to tell you, i think you are seeing especially in the swing districts, you are seeing inflation and economy and biden's poor job performance really reflecting and pushing these voters into the republican slot. but what's interesting, diversity of candidates you are watching coming out of the

republican party. they have a story, you know, you look at vega, an immigrant from el salvador. allan fung, blue rhode island, rated the third most liberal state in the country, and he's making inroads. and rhode island, connecticut, it's maine, the new england states, you are seeing republicans really gaining ground. i think this is indicative of a red wave when you are seeing those congressional districts move from blue to purple and possibly red. >> john: red wave, are democrats headed for higher ground to weather the storm? >> hopefully it's overconfidence, i love that mentality heading into the midterm cycle. you had the historic trends against us. not necessarily the polls --

outlier. >> john: when has a "new york times" been considered an outlier? >> i look at the actual vote numbers. 5 million americans. just about 5 million americans have already voted and democrats have seen increase in about 2%, republicans are down over their early vote numbers from 2018. that shows real enthusiasm. georgia is blowing the numbers out in the peach state. good thing for the democrats. >> you admitted "new york times" is fake news, that makes me just joyful. >> john: what about all the voter suppression in georgia? >> certainly they are overcoming that, spent the last two years to get the people the proper documentation and turn out. >> john: the outlier poll from the "new york times," an incredible swing among independent women voters. in september, women voters who

were independent favored the democrats by 14 points, and now the gop by 18. >> i think the democrats made the decision to invest on focusing on abortion, and really abortion alone, even president biden had a recent event where it was all about the fact of codifying roe v. wade. and they forget the suburban women who are pro life or saying it's about the economy, it's about school choice, it's about these cultural issues of i don't want my kids to be indoctrinated or, you know, on gender confusion issues or the drag queen scenarios we keep seeing. so i think for the democrats, they overplayed their hand on abortion. i think you look at again the swing districts and their focus is on what's happening in terms of crime, in terms of the economy, in terms of immigration. republicans obviously are in a much stronger position on those

topics. >> john: independent women were trending toward democrats at the end of the summer, democrats were saying independent women will decide the election. are you in trouble? >> talking about the economy as the number one issue, you saw the president talking about bringing down gas prices yesterday from the white house, releasing more from our reserves to tackle those rising gas prices, and seen the prices tick down. >> good to see you wearing purple today. >> sandra: just happened. >> john: what just happened? >> sandra: sorry about that. liz mcdonald coming up. conversation on set. meanwhile, a lot of parents are worried about this as we head towards halloween. a passenger was caught trying to sneak thousands of fentanyl pills through airport security and the way he tried to do it has law enforcement issuing a warning to parents, obviously just ahead of halloween. >> john: president biden doubling down on accusations

that oil companies are gouging americans struggling to afford filling up their gas tanks. critics say the president is just flat out wrong. fox business's liz mcdonald standing by with her thoughts about what just happened. >> mom and pop like us. not every gas station has deep pockets to be able to gather up for the differences in the prices.

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doses, easy to smuggle in. the amount of fentanyl that killed my daughter would fit on the tip of a pen. >> my son bruce died in october and he was poisoned, murdered by 100% fentanyl in anchorage,

alaska, so far from the southern border. >> this drug is beyond anything that has ever hit our country before. it's 747 crashing every day in the united states and our government does nothing about it. >> john: tragic tie that binds far too many families across the country, the loss of their loved one to a fentanyl overdose, and authorities are encouraging parents to be extra vigilant this halloween after finding suspected fentanyl pills disguised as candy at the los angeles airport. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles. do they think they were going to be marketed to kids? >> well, john, they say putting the pills in candy boxes was more a concealment tactic, and it's unlikely, they say, they would have been passed off as candy, but it's certainly going to grab the attention of any parent planning on sending their kids out trick-or-treating this halloween. thousands of pills believed to

contain fentanyl packaged in candy boxes, whoppers, skittles, sweet tarts, a passenger tried to take them through a tsa checkpoint at los angeles international airport. the passenger somehow managed to get away, but officials say the person has been identified and the investigation is ongoing. and in the wake of the seizure, the sheriff's department warned parents to be alert to the threat of fentanyl saying in a statement "with halloween approaching, parents need to make sure they are checking their kids' candy and not allowing them to eat anything until it has been inspected by them." the dea, by the way, points out about 42% of illicit pills contain more than the potentially lethal dose of two milligrams of fentanyl. so those pills seized at lax could kill around 5,000 people.

according to the cdc, more than 107,000 americans died of drug overdoses and poisonings in 2021, 66% of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. and john, the dea now says, "fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered." extraordinary when you think of the cocaine epidemics of the 1980s and 1990s, fentanyl more dangerous than that, according to the dea, john. >> john: you know, you can see that they would say that, jonathan, when you consider almost every seizure of fentanyl contains enough of the drug to kill everybody in this country, or most people. jonathan hunt for us in l.a. thank you. sandra, this is a scourge ahead of thanksgiving -- ahead of halloween, just a little more than a week away.

>> sandra: just another thing for parents to worry about. horrific thing to worry about. >> john: i thought razor blades in apple was bad. >> my message to the energy companies are this, you should not use your profits to buy back stock or dividends, not now, not while a war is raging. increase production and refining. >> sandra: liz mcdonald, i say where is liz, get her in here. i know you watch these stories extremely closely and people are told one thing while another thing is happening and it's important we get the messaging clear here. to demonize american oil and gas businesses, it's a dangerous route for the administration to take when you have a majority of the gas stations on your local street corner owned by mom and

pop. they are not -- you know, we have had them on the program, i'll play it out before we ask you, this is, ok, did we bring that one on, ok. we had one of the gas station owners on. this is in new hampshire. >> when our president says lower the prices, we can't lower them below the cost of getting these -- the gas in the tank. so operations costs are high, labor cost is high, and we feel like we are in a snowball right now. >> sandra: when the oil goes to the refiner, it does not just spit out gasoline, a lot of other input costs. >> the federal trade commission has never found oil and gas price gouging by anyone, even since hurricane katrina, multiple investigations and they have not found it, the white

house put out a tweet that contradicts what the president said yesterday, and that is the tweet from the white house showed that oil prices and gas prices move in lock step up at the same, in tandem. and so oil and gas and the gas station, the mom and pop, where they make their money is pretzels and potato chips. >> sandra: donuts and coffee. >> and the circle k in florida is moving to sell marijuana at their gas station. it's a nis nomer, it's a falsehood, but a way to get them emotional, but keeping viewers and voters in the dark about the economics of this. and when you think about it, the real canary in the coal mine right now is what bank of american is warning about, dollar stores and dollar general. it is this, even the working class and middle class are feeling the heat that the earnings will go down because of higher heating and gas prices. >> sandra: there are forecasts

and growing calls and forecasts for recession. if you don't believe we are already in one, by the way, we have had a couple quarters of negative gdp growth, but some major bank heads, including goldman sachs, bank of america, but the white house says it's a hot economy. >> when the president says we are not much of recession or inflation is moving up an inch, that means voters can't prepare for the down turn. if they believe him, we don't need to build up the cash cushion. it's misleading and bad for the american people to have rhetoric like that. but when we have guys at silicon valley, a ceo of alphabet, the parent of google, he's telling his workforce the worst macro economic conditions in a decade, we have to, you know, and then amazon jeff bezos something, happening now, thanks for that, and jeff is saying baton down

the hatches. is it going to be a severe downturn, we are already in one, that's a question for wall street and the bankers down there. >> here is david solomon in his own words on recession. >> i think you have to expect that there's more volatility on the horizon. now, that does not mean for sure that we have a really difficult economic scenario, but in the distribution of outcomes, a good chance we could have a recession. >> sandra: that conversation is important to go back to the initial discussion about the oil and gas companies. when the president says hey, look at oil prices and retail gasoline prices, gas should be coming down when oil comes down, they also have to play the volatility game. prepare for what we have been experiencing, extreme spikes and extreme drops in the price of energy. that is a toughen --

environment. >> torched through $450 billion in capital over the last decade. so they are not in such great position either. so, their hesitancy on the shell guys to invest more when you have the rhetoric coming out of the white house as we have seen that's undercutting and attacking u.s. energy. we could be looking at $6 gas, so the president draining the spr is unsustainable move, it is a gimmick, it's a stunt because opec could easily cut production further and wipe out any gas price gains from that move. >> sandra: some folks in california, $6, i'll take it. as a national average, that would inflict a lot of pain on a lot of people. liz mcdonald, and see more of her the evening edit is on the fox business network, it airs 6:00 p.m. weeknight. awesome program, awesome host. >> john: putin's forces continue to strike ukraine's electrical grid right as winter closes in. will this strategy break the

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>> sandra, good afternoon. much of ukraine is without power as russian attacks on civilian infrastructure continue. >> he toasts bread over an open flame. one of millions suffering from attacks against civilian infrastructure. the situation is like this, antoine says. no electricity, no water, no gas. we are cold. inside the shell of his apartment windows broken. his disabled mother huddles beneath a blanket. it's really cold now, she says. if it weren't for my son, i would freeze. a third of ukraine is without electricity according to president zelenskyy. russian forces have ramped up attacks on the country's power grid, to bomb the civilian population into submission. a national effort to curb electricity use went into effect with rolling blackouts. wood is becoming a precious commodity and those who can are bracing for the bitter winter

ahead. i have arms and legs, one man says, so i'm not scared of the cold because i can find wood and heat the stove. further south, russian troops are firing missiles from the occupied kherson region at the city of mykolaiv. we spoke with the mayor of mykolaiv, who says the russian strikes destroyed the main water supply for his city. he worries about the upcoming months. >> as soon as temperature is below 0, we will not be able to give them water, water will freeze. >> more air raid sirens in the capital of kyiv as officials brace for difficult months ahead. sandra. >> sandra: trey, thank you. john. >> john: u.s. naval chief warning china could be planning to make a move on taiwan soon, maybe in weeks, in line with comments days ago from the secretary of state antony blinken saying china is speeding up the timeline for invasion.

michael waltz, a member of the house armed services committee and former green beret commander. the chief of naval operations say either later this year or next year, china could make a forceful move on taiwan. that is a chilling forecast. >> it is, john. you know, i'll say most analysts and reporting still believe the real window is 2027 to 2030 when xi could make a military move in taiwan, he's told his military to be prepared to stop the united states from intervening, by 2027, but there are other analysts and i think this is what the chief of the navy was echoing that say xi is speeding up, he wants it done on his watch, that he has his own internal problems and the chinese economy, dictators and authoritarians love to distract from the problems with the external crisis, seeing that in ukraine as well. the other pieces, john, are that

taiwan has elections in 2024, of course the united states does in 2024, and right now the u.s. military is on a decline as it tries to recover from the last 20 years of middle east wars and then as it tries to modernize, so xi may see a real window there politically, internationally, and with the u.s. military. >> john: xi just recently got through the 20th communist party congress, he won a third and unprecedented term. here is what he said about taiwan, resolving the taiwan question is a matter for the chinese, a matter that must be resolved by the chinese. we will continue to strive for peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and utmost effort but never promise to renounce the use of force and reserve the option taking all measures necessary. two messages, do whatever it takes to bring china to the fold and u.s. keep your nose out of it. >> that's right.

x i has essentially told his military to prepare for war, they are going to take taiwan one way or another and he's almost 70 years old, he's going to do it on his watch, that's the next ten years. bottom line, we are running out of time and why does this matter? well, if he takes taiwan, he'll control about 50% of global gdp. he will be able to control the trade and the shipping into japan, south korea, malaysia, indonesia, all of east asia, and 90% of the world's computer chips. in ukraine we did not deter russia. we need to remember an up taiwan, bring our supply chains back home. a key part of china's strategy is choke off the pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, key ingredients for electric batteries, to deter us from getting involved and i think we need our own military build-up

and own clarity that we will defend taiwan on the front line of democracy, on the front line of freedom and the world because this will be a major step towards xi's vision of becoming the global superpower. he also told his congress they are not going to be a superpower on his watch, they are going to be the superpower and replace the united states and the american dream with the china dream. that's not -- that's not a world i want our kids and grandkids growing up in. >> john: one quick question in here, you mentioned u.s. troops on the front lines of defending taiwan. center for strategic and international studies gamed that out, what they found would happen. the u.s. probably would keep taiwan out of chinese hands but come at the cost of 500 to 900 u.s. aircraft, 20 surface ships, two aircraft carriers, and high casualties. if china tries to take taiwan by force, do you have any doubt that the u.s. will go to war with china? >> john, we have to be ready, we

have to prevent it in the first place. a global war for taiwan will be devastating for our economy and the global economy and americans will die and i'm not sure that we will prevail. >> john: all right. that's not a good -- that's not a comforting thought. congressman michael waltz, thanks for joining us. >> we have to do more, john, and do it fast. >> john: thanks for joining us today. appreciate your thoughts. >> ok, thank you. >> sandra: john, a massive police search underway after a princeton university student disappears without a trace. and her family now saying time is of the essence. >> john: the race for new york governor getting tighter by the day. why crime could be a winning issue for republicans delivering a major upset. >> people want to save the state, they want to save new york city and they are tired of having to wake up every morning and read all the headlines of rising crime in their own neighborhood, places they used to feel safe.

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♪♪ sco is planning to flush i taxpayers dollars down the toilet. a single public bathroom at a projected cost of $1.7 million. that's more than the cost of an average family's entire home, probably has 4 or 5 bathrooms in it. the pricey porcelain would not even be ready for three years. the city now considering a prefab outhouse after it raised a stink. $1.7 million. i don't think the gold toilets at trump tower check in at that price. >> sandra: you know, you just used my pun, that stinks for taxpayers. when you got to go, you got to go. somebody just build them a bathroom. i mean, i got john to laugh, that's really something.

i hope the prefab works out. all right, meanwhile on to the story we have been closely watching as well, devastation as a possible new clue in the search for this missing ivy league college student last seen on princeton university early friday morning. her brother is speaking and he says her cell phone pinged two days later near an off campus housing complex. nate foy have been following the case for us. what is her family saying? off campus housing complex, some sort of estate -- >> police have searched the outside, the brother says they searched three times, including with police dogs and so far they don't have much. don't have too many leads to go on and the clock obviously is ticking here. approaching a week, six days since she was last seen and four days since the cell phone activity. what we know, you see her here, she's a 20-year-old junior at princeton university, last seen

friday morning near a campus building at 3:00 a.m. her brother says the phone pinged early sunday morning and shortly after the phone turned off. take a look at this. the last known location of that phone, this is where you were talking about, sandra. 6-minute drive from princeton university campus. her brother says they searched the outside but not the inside, and he says he was there for the third and most recent search. princeton department of public safety is leading this investigation with state and local police. you see here they are using everything they have, drones, boats, helicopters, trying to find unatay. but so far, there are more questions than answers. we have reached out to princeton university, the school did not report any progress in the search for her, we are working t track down her brother, tells reporters a nightmare he cannot wake up from. 5'4", 130 pounds. asking anybody with any information to companion

forward. princeton university is taking steps to protect other students. increased law enforcement presence on and around campus as the search continues. >> sandra: the brother reporting the cell phone ping changed everything with the search in the case to have some sort of clue where she could have been or might currently still be. >> correct, four days ago so they need to get going on it. >> sandra: time is everything. nate, thank you. john. >> john: most critical senate race of the midterm season coming down to the wire. how dr. mehmet oz is narrowing the lead against john fetterman. national political reporter for "the washington examiner" is here on that. >> sandra: president biden marking his only midterm campaign trip of the week in a state he won back in 2020 as former boss is taking action, and jumping into campaign mode. bill magern is here, he will join us in a few moments.

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>> john: a homeowner in texas has a bone to pick with a thief, stole a 14 foot halloween skeleton from their front lawn.

security video catching the thief in action at an austin condominium, broad daylight. the skeleton is shoved or tried to be shoved into an suv before they take off. $50 reward offered to recover the skeleton. my first question is why would you do that? >> sandra: i don't know. the temptation, i guess, was there, and if she lives anywhere nearby, somebody might notice the stolen skeleton is in her yard. i have one other thing on this. i do see a lot of these -- where do you store these things? they are massive. >> john: in the back of your suv, of course. >> sandra: unbelievable. happy halloween. >> john: some thieves are too dumb for words. >> sandra: might be a good example of that. >> when i anchored in miami, we had a dumb thief of the week segment.

that would qualify. >> sandra: we should start that. president biden is in pennsylvania to stump for john fetterman. he was greeted by john fetterman wearing a suit and tie, we are turning that picture for you. but it is his only campaign stop this week as biden appears to be limiting his time spent on the trail. his former boss, barack obama, is keeping a busier schedule. 19 days to go for election day. bill, first up, i'm so happy to see you. welcome back. >> thank you. >> sandra: first off, characterize this particular race for us, i can show live pictures right now, president biden is there, but this is his only campaign stop of the entire week. he's on the ground there in pittsburgh. he just greeted john fetterman, he's going to be campaigning for him, but characterize this moment for democrats and for the

democrat, particularly, in pennsylvania running for senate. >> well, the president always touts his scranton routes, so he's hoping that it can persuade people to pull the lever for fetterman. remember, it's a close race, within the margin of error, but fetterman has a slight lead in all the polls. again, in the margin of error. so there's not many places that president biden can go to where he would be help, you know, neighboring ohio, tim ryan does not want him there, even though tim ryan is basically running as joe biden, a guy that says i'm a moderate but i embrace the democratic left wing agenda in congress. >> sandra: so we are keeping track of the campaign travel and certainly the comparisons are something, we can put it up on the screen. one state for the current president, three states for his predecessor, donald trump, three

states barack obama travelling to four states, so brings up a very important question in this moment. the president was asked this this morning as he was leaving the white house as well. are democrats distancing themselves from the current president? >> yeah, of course they are. now look, joe biden is not the first president to have this problem in midterms. midterms are always referendum on presidents and a lot of candidates would rather their president stay home. tim ryan has said as much in ohio. but i think mr. biden is particularly toxic because he has nothing to say on inflation, on all the issues that people care about in these tight races. i think he would turn off more voters than turn on. >> sandra: very interesting. as far as what we are hearing directly from the president, i mentioned he was asked about

this this morning, and he snapped back at the reporter for even asking, listen. >> john fetterman is going to appear with you today in pennsylvania but there have not been that many candidates campaigning with you. >> that's not true, 15. count. >> even more? >> yeah. >> sandra: i guess he did not like the question but did say there are going to be more. maybe there will be. >> yeah, this is classic joe biden. he doesn't acknowledge reality and when someone brings up unpleasant reality to him, it's, you know, he denies it, and snaps at them. and so it goes back to the fall of afghanistan when he's asked about people, you know, trying to cling on to the wheel wells of departing planes and he's like come on, man, that was a few days ago. you know, he's telling us inflation is gonna be -- gonna be solved. and he just has no answers. >> sandra: solved with more spending, even more of a head

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>> sandra: all new at 2:00 at this hour, president biden is on the trail in battle ground pennsylvania where polls show republican senate candidate mehmet oz gaining ground on democrat john fetterman seen there a short time ago in his suit and tie