doing a lot of interviews and her message is abortion is the number one issue, dismissing concerns about inflation and when she talks about it, she says republicans will only make things worse when you look at polling. a lot of people, majority do dispute that and trust americans more when it comes to the economy. we have to leave it there, thank you for joining us, we appreciate you. >> my pleasure, thank you for having me. >> carley: next hour of "fox and friends first" starts right now. >> todd: john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz taking the debate stage for first and only time in what could be the deciding factor for voters in the important, vital, crucial pennsylvania senate race. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus, latest real politic average

shows the candidates separated by a point. john fetterman struggled to communicate and did not commit to releasing full medical records after suffering a stroke this spring. dr. oz did not focus on his opponent's health and hit him on the issues. >> let's also talk about the elephant in the room, i had a stroke, he's never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate, put two words together, it knocked me down, i will keep coming up. this campaign is about fighting for everyone in pennsylvania that ever got knocked down. >> john fetterman during this crime wave has been trying to get murderers convicted and sentenced to life in prison out of jail in possible. one thing to legalize drugs and open the border, to raising taxes, i want washington to be civil again and less radical.

john fetterman will bring that. >> todd: brooke singman has major moments from the debate. >> brooke: john fetterman and mehmet oz's debate was not short on drama. john fetterman was using closed captioning after suffering a stroke earlier this year, at times he struggled to effectively communicate his position, pausing for seconds at a time. despite refusing to release his medical records, he says he's been traps /* tranz trans parent. >> i have speeches in front of big crowds, i believe if my doctor believes i'm fit to serve, that is what i believe is appropriate. >> brooke: the democrat was pressed on his opinion on fracking. >> i support fracking. >> you made two statements

regarding fracking, in 2018 you said i don't support fracking at all, never have. earlier this months, you told an interviewer, i support fracking. >> i do support fracking and i don't -- i support fracking and i do support fracking. >> carley: the two candidates tackling the issue of abortion, dr. oz says the federal government shouldn't be involved and john fetterman doubled down on his pro-choice stance. >> as a physician, i've been in the room with difficult conversations happening, i don't want the if government involved in that. >> i support roe v. wade, he celebrated when it fell down and i would fight to reestablish on roe v. wade. >> brooke: both campaigns touting their candidates performance. seemingly thrilled with the democrat performance.

>> for guy in the hospital just months ago, took it to dr. oz hard tonight. >> john spoke better tonight than in the primary. >> we saw a debate that was disaster for john fetterman, he wasn't able to defend has radical positions tonight. >> brooke: dr. oz's camp claimed victory. >> carley: there were new york and michigan, as well. >> brooke: high profile gubernatorial elections in new york, kathy hochul and republican challenger lee zeldin squared off for the first time. the duo traded jabs about crime with kathy hochul appearing to downplay lee zeldin's desire to lockup criminals. watch. >> it is amazing, we will go through the entire crime conversation of this debate and still waiting for kathy hochul to talk about locking up criminals. >> anyone who commits a crime under our laws has consequences,

i don't know why that is so important to you, we could do more. >> brooke: and kathy hochul was confronted about forcing new yorkers to get vaccinated and kathy hochul doubled down on mandates for healthcare employees. >> i believe that mandate was wrong and everyone should be offered jobs back with back pay and shouldn't be celebrity mandates. >> you and donald trump were the masterful covid deniers, more people that get vaccinated, i would do it all over again, mandate for healthcare workers. >> brooke: in michigan, whitmer and tudor dixon facing off last night. governor whitmer boasting about children in michigan being out of school for three months because of the covid pandemic. >> i worked closely with republican and democratic governors, kids were out for three months. >> maybe she can convince you

that schools were closed for three months, your studentses are desperately behind and test scores show she is being dishonest about this and about even trying to get into schools to get schools back on track. >> brooke: dixon accused kathy hochul of giving hundreds of millions to china. >> be careful of where your dimes go if whitmer is in charge, she offered 750 million of your taxpayer dollars to chinese corporation to come to the michigan. they have strong ties to the chinese communist party. >> brooke: candidates in new york and michigan closing the gap against incumbents setting stage for pair of stunning upsetses in midterm. >> todd: start in pennsylvania, if you can watch what happened in last night's debate and still vote for john fetterman, that is

a sad reflection on your partisanship. you need to decide what is more important, your party or your country and not even the most partisan democrat we've seen speak out so far can spin this for fetterman. we see that mosts in the main-stream media, they are mouthpiece for the democratic party and they say last night was a disaster for john fetterman. >> carley: axios says painful debate. john fetterman showing stroke effects, battle oz politico says john fetterman struggles. if one goal was to alleviate fears over his health, he did not. senator tumey says he should take time to fully recover. it wasn't just auditory issues, it was basic knowledge on where

he stands on key topics that were going to come up, he stumbled hard when it came to why did you say it one time you didn't support fracking, huge issue there. dr. oz hit hard on abortion, i don't want a national ban. he said he sportses abortion up to 38 weeks and john fetterman didn't have an answer either. >> todd: we spoke to voters in all three states, they have a vote and can help decide the election, here is what they said. >> i don't know how anybody in their right mind, in the middle like me, could possibly vote for john fetterman 6789. it was unbelievable, i feel sorry for him. >> showed guy getting pushed on to the tracks, she wants to keep people out of jail, not use bail, why? >> governor whitmer sitting on double-digit lead over tudor dixon, that has vanished and the race is virtual dead heat, i think because of what we saw

last night. look, tudor dixon was the clear winner. >> todd: the lee zeldin-hochul debate for a moment, phrase we keep coming back to when asked about crime, the topic crime. i don't know why that is so important to you. left will say it was a throwaway line, if it is in her subconscious, it shows how little she understands the problem that new york state is facing, particularly in new york city. you go outside and run the risk of getting injured or killed. we can't live in a society like that, she in her time in office has not realized is severity of the problem and that answer doesn't give you indication, if she gets four more years that she will appreciate the severity of the problem. >> carley: "new york post," give them zell, it was traditional debate, they both did a good job of explaining their position. kathy hochul has a good debate

style, calm and confident and lee zeldin hit her on the key issues, crime, covid lockdown. she tried to talk about donald trump a lot. at the end of the debate, one question i'm glad was asked because i have a lot of friends who are moms and concerned about the covid mandates and if she will mandate children get vaccinated if they go to public school and her response, she said no, not at thisim too. sounded like a good answer. not at this time? if i'm governor, i'm never do being this, if you are forced to vac nat kids you look at lee zeldin and said better of the two answers. >> todd: on covid, she said she would do it all over again when it comes to mandates, look at people fleeing new york state for florida. >> carley: tax dollars, all of above. >> todd: economy will be deciding issue for voters as gas

and food prices hammer americans, consumer confidence at three-month low. >> carley: we'll talk about how this is playing into the election and brian brenberg will tell you what it means for your bank account. don't miss it next.

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>> carley: american consumers are not confident in president biden's economy, crippling inflation and surging cost driven october consumer confidence numbers to three-month lows. >> todd: brian brenberg, professor of business at king's college in manhattan joins us live at the desk. 102.5, how bad is that? >> brian: very bad, come down, after two months of creeping up, it's come down. people say where is good news this winter? heating my house? no. with employment numbers? that is slowing down, with inflation? absolutely not. they are looking at their economy, pick your poison economy doesn't make anybody confident. >> carley: inflation was 1.7% when president biden entered office, when will it get back to that? >> brian: it is ticking down

ever so slightly, sort of good news. how long will that take? will we get down to 5, maybe 4% and get stuck there? that is the fear a lot of economists have. you will see the president and congress maybe want to claim victory when it comes down a little bit. americans aren't getting wage increases, real wage increases are going down and they will not get that if inflation is 5%. if you think getting down to 6 is victory, you're wrong. >> todd: democrats should be scared on the fence voters will vote republican because of this, looking ahead to 2023, i'm done with this year, will christmas help that number or -- could christmas be so bad it could hurt that number and mess us up, mess the market up going into 2023? >> brian: christmas will be interesting, consumer confidence

numbers coming down, that hit spending. companies ramped up inventory and will have stuff on the shelves for buyers. if consumers remain nervous, that could mean a lot of product on the shelf, which means a lot of discountses, which will hurt companies earnings and that becomes one of the cycles that feeds into worsening recession fears everyone has. watch christmas this year. it better be a really good christmas or i think it will be bad news going into 2023. >> carley: big story in washington, along the west coast, home prices dropping at alarming rates and experts say this trend will spread nationwide and mortgage rates are rising, that is goal of the fed raising interest rateses, is this good news, bad news? >> brian: housing prices moderating is good if you want to afford a place to live. people watch rates go up and it

is freaking them out. when you go from below 3% a year ago to 7%, people say, hold on a second. i will not buy a new home now. i might see prices moderating, financing costs are so high, this upon has when you get behind on inflation as the fed did and the biden administration did, they are playing weird, fast, jarring game of catch up and one reason people are nervous. 7%, we haven't seen for decades for a lot of new home buyers that will make them incredibly scared. >> carley: pumping the brakes on the american dream of affording your first home. >> brian: so many dimention, food, clothing, houses. >> todd: it is coming to the north east, brian brenberg, thank you so much. >> carley: new york city vaccine mandate ruled unconstitutional and fired workers are supposed to get their jobs back, did you

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low pressure over the south. behind it, snow in higher elevations and stronger storms for thursday and friday across texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, some areas need the rainfall, but we could see stronger storms and heavy rain piling up across the ark-la-tx. tracking tropics, activity in the atlantic, nothing imminent, coming close for comfort. we'll update you on that, the forecast today, that area of low pressure across great lakes, interior northeast, that front associated with it for the mid-atlantic and next storm social security brews across northwest. foxweather.com for latest details, todd, over to you. >> todd: thank you, the new york supreme court ordering the city to reinstate all employees it fired for being unvaccinated, but mayor eric adams says this

decision does not apply to a lot of individuals. what is going on? timothy and nicole were both fired for being unvaccinated. timothy joins us and christina and her attorney. tim, what was your reaction when you learned of this ruling? >> i thought it was great. i was excited to be back, been out of work for just about a year now. we've been struggling and haven't been getting paid obviously, difpaying the mortgage, our bills, terrible what the city is putting us through. >> todd: it is not over issue the city is fighting this, including for you, as well. you heard we won, oh, we didn't win, what was your reaction to that? >> like tim said, when weun with the lawsuit, it was emotional, huge weight lifted off our shoulders and yesterday, as well, brought hope to us and i'm sure a lot of other people.

but now understanding the city is refusing to comply is really upsetting. >> todd: let's break this down, this is what happened, this case is in supreme court, basically superior court in every other state. a judge in staten island said i'm saying this many is unconstitutional, with regard to sanitation workers he instituted back pay for them. you will need to bring your own lawsuit to get your own back pay, but the bigger issue, this court said something was unconstitutional and the new york city mayor is saying i'm not going to follow that, on what legal grounds can he do that? >> right, they are refusing to comply and this is not the first decision that ruled they are exceeding their authority and mandating vaccine for city workers, but the city refused to comply with decisions and court

orders and they're appealing, we have to fight it out. it comes down to mandates are destroying lives, people need to understand when they read headlines this is not how it is playing out. these people laid their lives on the line while we were sheltering in place, they put their lives on the line for the people of new york city and their lives are destroyed. no means of providing for their family, no health insurance, ineligible for unemployment. look at tim, he is on the virge of losing his mortgage, the city refused and he's being punished for sticking with religious convictions even when the law provides for religgios freedom, the city doesn't value religious

freedom, mayor adams needs to lift this many, get the heroes back to work and end the policies. >> todd: and back pay shouldn't be something you have to fight for individually, it should be something the city gives to you without a fight. your attorney hit the issue on the head, think of what you sacrifice, you put your life on the line and what does the city do? throw you to the curb, big picture, how does that make you feel? >> horrible. we worked for the height of the pandemic, we had little ppe, for first responders we felt like the pandemic was over by the time they issued this mandate. >> todd: nicole, what is crazy to me, there is a major teacher shortage in the city, yet you're not allowed to work, they continue with this position, they want to be in control and don't care the consequences,

right? thank goodness you are fighting for the individuals and you call yourself the mandate lawyer, it is important people are fighting for them, this is bad. thank you, keep us posted, hope you get back pay and know zoo. good luck to both of you. over to you. >> carley: pro-life business owner says he is being forced to close his cafe because of lies being spread on social media and harassment there, he's sharing his story with us next. i hid from the camera.e disea. and i wanted to hide from the world. for years, i thought my t.e.d was beyond help... ...but then i asked my doctor about tepezza. (vo) tepezza is the only medicine that treats t.e.d. at the source not just the symptoms. in a clinical study, more than 8 out of 10 patients taking tepezza had less eye bulging. tepezza is an infusion. patients taking tepezza may have infusion reactions.

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>> carley: early voting skyrocketing across the country with 7 million ballots cast. georgia accounting for a seventh of those despite democrats calling the voting law racist. >> todd: kevin corke, from washington. >> kevin: everybody getting out and voting early, maybe not everybody, but an awful lot of people despite fears of voter supregsz, carley eluded to this, north of 7 million votes already cast so far, so inquiring minds want to know, what about that voter suppression in jim crow 2.0? recall that is what democrats in georgia were worried about and the same can be said for the white house. >> not going to get into specifics of what georgia voters

are doing, what i'm saying is generally speaking again, more broadly speaking, of course high turnout in voter suppression can take place at the same time. >> kevin: that is tough to stretch, you know, okay, maybe so. speaking of great state of georgia, run-off dead ahead, walker, raphael warnock, toss-up, probably not going to know about that seat until first of the year, we'll see. as we stated, the peach state, there has been a million votes cast there, can you believe it? 986, 597, that's a lot. if that is voter supregsz, news to a lot of people, yet here is joe biden with infamous prediction. you remember this, he talked about georgia new voting rules and said this. >> president biden: it is the most preniches thing, this makes jim crow look like jim eagle.

this is jim crow on steroids what they are doing in georgia and 40 other states. >> president biden: jim crow 2.0 is about two insidious things, voter suppression and election subversion. >> kevin: for asking people to have an id to vote, who knew. the real question is why are democrats talking like this then and now? critics argue it is to keep voting rules loose, which they believe plays to the democrats' advantage, but that comes with a cost. >> everything they are doing and what they are saying here has a negative effect on our democracy. essential to the survival of our democracy is that we, the people, as voters, have faith in integrity of election. those in position of power in both parties have a responsibility to vet concerns and to increase people's trust

in the system. >> kevin: absolutely right about that. gop still leading fox news power rankings in senate and the house. things get interesting, guys, less than two weeks to go, back to you. >> carley: they did. thank you. difficult here, pro-life coffee shop owner says he's being forced to close his cafe because of his views on abortion. he had to be hospitalized for stress following threats, that owner aj brewer joins me now and his son is with him. aj, you have a beautiful family, your son parker is adorable. this is impacting your whole family. tell us what you posted online and how people responded to it? >> the exact quote, good morning, first, thank you for having us. my buddy, parker, my oldest son,

verbatim quote was is anybody else happy they overturn roe v. wade? i posted that, happy it went back to the states and next thing you know, a firestorm. hundreds of hate-filled comments, death wishes. we're going to kill you, we will crush your business. you don't deserve your kids, your wife, you are a terrible human being. not just from strangers that know me well, this was from closest associates and business friends, we do community work in the city because seven years ago i quit my job to move back home to fill a purpose, to make sure my community wasn't left behind and the black kids and little boys and girls had a role model, had some figure of nuclear family to look up to.

and it is just so sad it has come to this point because i tell people, i'll be all right. me and my family will be all right, i used to be a financial advisor, i'll go back and figure something out. positive black role model, father figure in the community trying to help his community was pushed out because of views on something i think should not be that serious. >> carley: i thought people were allowed to have different views, why does you being pro-life mean you are not allowed to own a business? by that logic, half the country shouldn't either. >> no, it's strange, we do things and listen to music and watch movies on views we don't agree with and the idea that you would take your frustration out on a small business owner contributes more to this community than most was

shocking. i had a little ego, because i just knew my community would support me. i knew because of work and people's good hearts that they would see, we're not going to do this to ajay, i've defended folks, even folks i didn't agree with. this cancel culture thing is dangerous, because what is in your closet? >> carley: you seem like a great guy, ajay, thank you for sharing your son's hand some face with us this morning. we're wishing you the best of luck and we're so, so sorry the censorship happened to you and sorry you have to shut down, best of luck to you in the future. >> okay, i appreciate you guys, if you can visit brewers cafe and see what is next. >> carley: brewers cafe, rva, we will. thank you. fox news poll shows -- power

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>> todd: a keystone state showdown as pennsylvania candidate john fetterman and dr. oz go head-to-head in their first debate. fetterman struggling to find words and a position on fracking. >> carley: cheryl casone has more, good morning. >> cheryl: wow, it was a tough moment for john fetterman on the debate stage. the topic of fracking and whether or not he supports it. listen. >> i've always supported fracking. >> there is 2018 interview, you said i don't support fracking at all. >> oh, i do support fracking and i don't -- i don't -- i support fracking and i standard and i do support fracking. >> cheryl: quick fact check revealing he spoke out against

fracking in 2016 and 2018. here is one example from 2016, i support moratorium on fracking on pennsylvania and you spoke with laid off keystone pipeline worker for his reaction. >> i have a lot of co-workers and good friends in pennsylvania who depend on natural gas industry and mr. fetterman said he wanted to be a senator for everyone in pennsylvania and i'm wondering if he will go to bat for those men and women or play ball with the green liberals who seem to want to destroy everything to do with oil and gas in this country? >> cheryl: yeah, look, autoa hot topic for pennsylvania, in particular. also other states going back to what we saw with keystone thachl question is very fair, guys. if fetterman is elected, would he go down that green energy path, that would go against his statements last night and make

him a complete liar and the uncomfortable moments with regard to his health, which again uncomfortable is the word here. >> carley: absolutely, it is a situation you look at how fetterman handled that and had to do with auditory issues, but he was caught flat-footed on one of it is most important issues of the debate and we are hearing home heating prices will go up, where does he stand? we don't know. when they flip-flop, a lot of times they can talk their way out of it. he didn't have answer for that, what about crime and abortion, he is untrust worthy now. >> todd: he is one of the most far left individuals out there right now, do you think whatever the answer was supposed to be, when he gets into office if he got into office, he would be near the middle on fracking? no, he will get into office and do exactly what joe biden wants,

eliminate all natural gas and energy. >> carley: oz tied him to bernie sanders during the debate. >> todd: realize that, as well. >> cheryl: you both make good points about the issue of energy independence and this has become a kitchen table issue. when people go to the polls, how am i feeling? how am i affected? heating oil will be about 20% plus higher, projection from the energy department. gasoline, electricity, all things we talked about a couple days ago. all these bills are going up for americans, they feel that, they know that, they're going to go and don't get me started on inflation in general. all these things, democrats, we were talking on the break about the new york debate with lee zeldin and kathy hochul, democrats act like it is not an issue, doesn't mean it is an issue. >> carley: so many serious things going on, but americans can still dream.

>> todd: no debate on that. >> carley: for that, we turn to you. >> cheryl: we can dream, new episodes of "american dream home," first we go to tennessee, nick and lindy are tired of congested california, big shocker, they are looking for their dream country home and ken and paige, looking in georgia, "american dream home" gone country tonight 9 p.m. on fox business. >> todd: fiery debate in new york overnight, lee zeldin and kathy hochul squaring off on crime and the economy with two weeks to go before voters head to the polls. >> going to declare crime emergency and susopinioned the laws, they are not represented from this governor, who still halfway through the debate hasn't talked about locking up anyone committing any crimes. >> anyone who commits a crime

under our law has consequences, i don't know why that is so important to you. >> carley: mike lawler is doing well in his race and joins us now, "new york post" is characterizing this debate with headline, give them zell, what are your takeaways from it? >> well, she obviously doesn't get it, crime has surged 36% in new york city since cashless bail took effect and she just says i don't know why it is important to you. it is important to people because they are dying in the streets and people don't feel safe, because they aren't safe. 40% of those released on nonmonetary bail have been re-arrested while charges are pending. something needs to give here and requires governor hochul calling us back to session in albany to repeal cashless bail once and

for all. lee zeldin did phenomenal job last night laying out the case and the bottom line in new york is this, for the first time in nation history, democrats control everything in washington, albany and new york city at the same time and they have created a mess, 41-year record high on inflation, surging crime, poor southern border, you have flux of migrants and drugs pouring in. fentanyl killing 300 americans a day, skyrocketing energy prices. the governor of new york has banned natural gas, it is out of control. >> todd: get to your race, mike. one democrat you mentioned, shawn patrick maloney head of the campaign committee, you see him on tv all the time. that 17th district race changed from lean democrat to toss-up in the latest fox news ranking. what has changed in this race to bring you to the level of

toss-up, mike? >> look, we've been ahead in every poll since i got into this race at the end of may. voters understand the issues, inflation and crime. shawn patrick maloney representses quarter of this district, i represent 20 20% in the state. 50% of households have a policemen, fireman, first responder or a veteran living in it and people understand the challenge. cashless bail is his top priority, we heard his own words and people just don't support that or don't agree with it, so we're in a position with two weeks to go to defeat the chair of the d.c. cc. if people want to join us go to

firemaloney.com. >> carley: that organization is responsible for keeping democrats in power, if you can unseat him, what a headline that will be. mike lawler, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> carley: we talked about new york and pennsylvania, third major debate in michigan between whitmer and tudor dixon. parents rights and being lodowns, the big issues of the night. recapping it all with lara trump next. >> todd: and steve doocy has a look at what is coming up on "fox and friends first." hi, steve. >> steve: good morning, todd and carley, coming up on foengs, seven minutes and 45 seconds from now, two weeks out from the midterm, big debate happening across the country last night. john fetterman and dr. oz take stage for one and only what could be deciding factor debate in pennsylvania last night. we'll have highlightings and low

lights. also in empire state, governor kathy hochul and lee zeldin duke it out over crime in fiery exchange, how violence could sway the vote. kayleigh mcenany will join us live and michigan gubernatorial candidates sparring over school closure and tudor dixon on her debating performance, she'll join us after working last night on stage. douglas murray and clay travis, busy wednesday morning on the number one cable news show. put down that remote, carley and todd will be back, you are watching "fox and friends first."

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>> what i have heard from parents across the state is inappropriate content in school libraries. that's the biggest concern we are talking about. we are talking about sexual don't. we are talking about pornography in schools. parents have risen up across the

state. they have asked gretchen whitmer to comment. politicians try to wedge communities against one another it is dangerous and it is selfish. we need to bring down the temperature and solve the problems to make sure parents are involved and students feel comfortable and we're giving them a robust education. >> michigan's second gubernatorial debate getting heated as tudor gretchen gains on gretchen whitmer in the final stretch of this race. >> todd: fox news contributor lara trump. your reaction to what you just heard. >> well, i think that across the board, any politician who is dismissing parents and their concerns about what we have seen happen all across this country in schools is making a critical error and it's not just about these inappropriate books that obviously were referenced there. it is about knowing as parents when you send your child to school, your child is actually going to be prepared for their

future that they are learning reading, they are learning writing, math, science. they are not being indoctrinated. and not forced down the lines to get a vaccine. they are not going to be forced anymore to wear masks. and anyone that thinks that is not still a top issue in these midterm elections is kidding themselves. you don't have to take my word for it. look at the state of virginia. look at the facts that you had a republican, glenn youngkin come in and for the first time in years take over a blue state as a republican governor, it's actually amazing to see. parents are still very much paying attention to this sort of thing. and anyone who is not is actually going to hurt themselves. i think, as we head toward november 8th. which it still a very big issue. parents want to be in control of what their parents are learn in school. top of mind as people head out to vote this midterm election. >> carley: lara, 10 more seconds to you i wish we had more time.

red wave, red ripple what's going to happen midterm elections. >> we have to get out and vote, big turnout on the republican side. i think republicans are going to sweep this in a way we haven't seen in a long time. >> todd: some of the numbers we are seeing are insane. we will see if that carries for the next 13 days. lara trump. thank you. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> steve: good morning, it's wednesday, october 2 #th. 2022. it two weeks from today we should know who the big winners are. we should know where the balance of power is in the u.s. senate and the house as well. good morning, everybody. come on in to the mezzanine level. >> ainsley: come in for brian's day. love having you here