the rhetoric comes from the left. is absolutely remarkable what donald trump does every single day to talk directly to the american people to get their votes in the threat to democracy always comes from the left. speed. >> carley: oh, my gosh, i will ask it anyway, do think we will get the election results on the night of the election? one, and is anything national media is he's going to have commanding lead in the battleground states. we feel good about where we are now. the media will do everything they can to hide kamala harris. the fact is she has been the vice president, this is her administration. she cast tie-breaking votes on the -- >> todd: got it in. "fox and friends" now. >> carley: have a great day,

everybody. >> blame donald trump, who has been the vice president, your running mate, not mine. we screwed up, go back to donald trump's border policy. >> israel is fundamental, those closest to donald trump understand how dangerous he is when the world is this dangerous. >> for people to fear the united states, you needed peace. >> you said you were in hong kong. >> i'm a knuckle head, i misspoke on this. i want us to be pro-family in fullest sense of the word. >> donald trump put this all into motion. he put judges in and overturned roe v. wade. we'll just ask wealthy to pay their fair share.

>> kamala harris ought to cut taxes now for american workers and families. >> kamala harris is bringing a new way forward. >> she's been vice president for 3-1/2 years, we need a new direction. >> steve: good morning, that was a midwestern match up. live in new york. lawrence is in michigan this morning. we do post-game show for the first and only vice presidential debate, heavy on policy. nominees kept it civil, which was refreshing while many in the media praising j.d. vance performance. >> ainsley: politico writing, midwestern nice, vance and walz agreeable. the walls are closing in. and w"wall street journal" says j.d. vance confident and walz uneven and debate heavy on

policy. >> brian: debate not without controversy. moderators were barred from fact-checking and they fact-checked government. >> springfield, ohio has a large population of haitian -- >> margaret, the rules were you would not fact check. it is important to say what is going on. >> former president trump ripping walz performance, he's been indoctrinated with lies. he's as nervous as you can get. >> steve: you could tell that, mr. walz, the governor, taking an awful lot of notes and stumbling while trying to defend kamala harris' record and his past comments, as well.

>> you said you were in hong kong in spring of 1989. minnesota public radio and other meed are reporting you did not travel there until august of that year. can you explain that dis discrepancy? >> my community saw where i was at. i have poured my heart into my community. i've not been perfect, but i'm a knucklehead at times. i hear critiques of this. donald trump should have come on a trip with us. >> governor, can you explain the discrepency? >> i misspoke on this, that is what i've said. i was in hong kong and china during the democracy protest. >> ainsley: he had a few other

cr crepediscr discrepancys, as well. she held his feet to the fire and asked him about that, lawrence. >> lawrence: i have to admit, i was wrong when i said yesterday they were trying to set expectations low. maybe the guy was nervous, maybe reports were true, he looked petrified in the debate and j.d. vance showed a different side of himself, not just debate wise, human side. almost as if he was not at a debate. he said sorry for what his son had to experience with a school shooter. there was back and forth. he knew the policy and walz did

not. >> bryan: you got the sense,s who did 100 interviews? j.d. vance since july. been in the fray, too. he's in a tough primary to get nomination and tough general against tim ryan and he's leading contenner for donald trump and goes to bat and becomes vice presidential nominee. he's battle-tested and i thought he kept his cool. he had the lowest likeability rating of all four candidates. he had to come off smart and likeable. if he was raw and got a tko, it would not have worked for vance. this was complete victory. i don't think walz was terrible, he ended strong and was

confident. when you don't tell the truth about things, what do you do? i was born in nebraska, my parents ran a meat locker. >> steve: he did not start off great. he was taking notes and kept looking over with what am i going to do. you could see a great big clock over the shoulder of the m moderators and both kept looking at the clock. it was distracting for them. thes governor was not very good. j.d. vance won by a mile with style points. to your point about likeability, given things he's said about

childless cat ladies and stuff like that, that is not the guy that was there last night. his family story is played out in hillbilly ellogy. that is who we saw last night, good jobbing brand new voice and spokesperson for trumpism. >> ainsley: first question was about the iranian attack. he said, i want to introduce myself, my mother suffered with addiction, i grew up, he talked about his past. my mom was on food assistance, i served in iraq, now let me answer your question. >> >> steve: they should have asked. >> ainsley: he said i grew up in a middle class family and never

answered are we better off now than four years ago. j.d. vance brought civility, they were both civil. they comp limped each other and i think they, the tone and tenor from the moderators was really hot, in the beginning especially. the guys were so nice that the woman toned it down. when they said we are not going to fact-check you, they did not stick to the rule. >> lawrence: unbelievable. >> to clarify for viewers springfield, ohio has a large number of haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status. thank you. >> senator, so much to get to. >> it is important -- >> >> margaret, the rules were you were not going to fact check, since you did, it is important to say what is going on.

there is application called cbp 1 app and you can be granted legal status at the wave of a kamala harris open border wand, that is not a person applying. >> thank you, senator. >> that is illegal immigration by our own leadership. >> thank you for describing the legal process, we have so much to get to. >> on the books since 1990. >> the cbsp app has not been. >> the audience can't hear you, your mics are cut. so much to get to. >> brian: was i not the only one to have an app in 1990? >> lawrence: right. i find it particularly egregious, the rules were set.

couldn't be greater example while they should not fact check. they made it sound like people came across the border legal way, made application and got protected status. that is not the case. they changed rule so people could come to ohio with an app. that is all j.d. vance was trying to explain. i think that was indictment on the media. >> ainsley: i wanted to hear his response. >> steve: me, too. interesting. reason they did that, they were talking about springfield, ohio. the dog and cat stuff played big. i inadvertently, but it made it seem they were going after vance, made it seem like three

on one. vance did fine on his own. >> lawrence: because it was. >> steve: it was in that instance, let him finish sound bite. instead, cut oaudio and look terrible. >> ainsley: they were concerned and they wanted to fact check him. they were talking about haitian migrants, many are here illegally, many are not. i wanted to hear about the cbp 1 a app, legals applying for legal status. >> brian: cuba, venezuela and haiti special immigration status. they parachute you in, you can stay because your country is a mess. i would have liked to have heard more about that. joe biden wants them here.

that is not the way it should work. everybody knows haiti is going through hell, venezuela could no not be worse and cuba has been bad. does that mean we have to their immigrants. >> ainsley: they were fact-checking, never did it again after that, and never muted the mic. they were embarrassed. >> lawrence: they never answered j.d. vance question or statement when he said we agreed not to do this and you did it. second thing is they spen more time on climate change than number one issue on voter minds. i wanted to hear the response, have back and forth. sometimes you want to go off script, something so important

on voter minds, spend more time on that and not climate change. >> steve: it was very civil, it was refreshing. here we've got a montage if you missed the debate, where they actually talk a little bit about the issues and the policies of each side and what is important and what you can tell after when you look at the sweep of the night. they did less time attacking each other and more time attack ing the person on the top of the other person's ticket. j.d. vance made it all about kamala harris and in fact, everything that happened over last 3-1/2 years was part of the harris administration. we have a sound bite, watch this. >> keep in mind where this started, october 7 hamas

terrorists massacred 1400 israelis and took prisoners. israel's ability to defend itself is fundamental. >> we have historic immigration cries because kamala harris started and said she wanted to undo donald trump's border policies. crossings are down compared to when donald trump left office. >> you believe abortion in the ninth month is fine? yes or no, is that what you support? >> that is not what the bill says. >> i never supported a national ban. i want to be pro-family. >> you previously opposed assault weapon ban, you changed your position, why? >> i sat in the office with sandy hook parents. >> if kamala harris has a plan, she ought to do them now, not

whether asking for a job. >> we are producing more natural gas and more oil than we ever have and producing more clean energy. >> senator, what responsibility would the trump administration have to try to reduce impact of climate change? >> produce as much energy in the united states of america, we are cl cleanest economy in the world. what have kamala harris policies led to? more manufacturing in china and overseas and more doing business in dirtiest parts of the world. >> brian: on the money. implausible to think we will be run on solar panel and windmills. for the record, every scientist agrees. she is now geologist and chief and all scientists agree on that. talk about that. and one thing that bothers me,

j.d. vance missed something, he said there is a pause on lng. walz said there is no pause. for him to say not allowing mining in his state to have batt batteries -- >> ainsley: we were talking, what does the bill on abortion say? the bill in minnesota on abortion, j.d. vance said you can have an abortion in the ninth month under your bill. >> brian: does not prohibit abortion any stage of pregnancy. there has been five final stage third trimester abortions, where baby is born and they make a decision. on cnn, eight and i see five, they want to fight back it is

not happening. it is happening. >> lawrence: it did. >> ainsley: how about when vance says are you going to tell a catholic hospital they have to give abortions? make the nuns do this? >> steve: we've heard those things before. one do-over and first answer when he was hemming and hawing, he would like to have a do-over on that, walz would. other one and he never corrected and we ran it, he said i'm friends with school shooters. what? i'm sure he meant something else, that was never defined and that was embarrassing. we have 90 minutes to go over this and big show. >> brian: senator tom cotton, speaker mike johnson, we have martha maccallum in new york for work, and pete hegseth wherever

he wants to be but he'll have gel. port strike in second day shutting down 36 major shipping hubs along the east and gulf coast. huge container ships beginning to back up, pile up. >> ainsley: and todd piro is here with the latest and how it will affect us. >> todd: container ships already seeing effect of strike with 38 waiting at anchorage offshore. there were just three on sunday. president biden encouraging both sides to come back to the negotiation table. pushing for 77% wage increase over six years and ports are of offering 50% pay raise. a advocate for blue collar workers, we're learning about his salary.

he raked in $728,000 according to union filing from department of labor. average union dock worker makes $81,000. d daggett owns a au yaut yshgs ac and driving a bentley. former president donald trump add addressing the strikes. listen. >> those workers are have very important to life blood of the country and it is a massive thing. they have been hurt badly with inflation. they are not happy and do a good job. >> white houses president biden will not invoke the taft hartley act. steve, if you go up to negotiation saying you are

repres representing the working man and woman, hard to roll up in a bentley. >> steve: how does he make that much money? o overtime? >> todd: pounding pavement on strikes. the rank and file make certain amount and people who lead unions, teachers or dock worker would yo unions making out handily. >> ainsley: if they get 80% pay raises, he'll be a millionaire. >> todd: two bentleys. >> lawrence: you know me, i love fashion and good gold chain, not relatable to people, going on strike and you are not making

enough money and to roll up like that and allegations of mob ties. doesn't play well with american people because food is spoiling on ships because you are not doing your job. >> brian: you cannot say no automation, i don't think it is practical. maybe there is a compromise where certain personnel but we'll lose to other countries m. europe will be more productive and more efficient in china. >> ainsley: study the ports in california, they have automation and robots and equipment that help them move faster. they had higher pay, more effi efficiency and able to do the job quickly and had more

employees. >> brian: i feel like a hypocrite, i did turn down a robot instead of lexi. is, i will stick with the human. >> steve: that is our assistant. >> brian: the real lexi. >> ainsley: robots can't do xen reports. thousands on strike, economy is front and center for voters. >> she's been vice president 3-1/2 years, she's driven cost of food higher. >> i'm a union guy, i do not want to ship things overseas. >> brian: is this the surprise democrats were dreading? >> steve: brian brenberg is live in studio m. it is 5:23 in the morning.

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the economy took center stage at debate last night as vance and walz aim to win trust on the top issue, you know what that is. >> she had opportunity to enact great policies and what she's done instead is drive the cost of food higher, cost of housing higher by 60%. if you are listening tonight and want billionaires to get tax cuts, look, i'm union guy. i did not want to ship overseas. >> steve: with dock worker strike in second day with that union and it will cost 5 billion everyday, have democrats got their first october surprise? here is brian brenberg, host of the big money show. we have a big strike with the

union, that could cut off food, 75% of bananas and stuff like that. was that smart to say last night to remind people i'm a union guy. >> brian: he should have been talking about solving the problem. harris-walz says we will refuse to use government power taft-hartley to fix this. americans are left thinking, you put your thumbs on the scale for unions, not forconsumers and we're about to get hit big time. where is your answer mr. walz, your answer from your boss, kamala harris? nothing in sight right now. >> steve: remember during supply chain crisis and covid and all the ships got christmas toys and trees and sitting out there.

people remember that, if this goes on, more impactful to kamala harris. >> brian: more than a week, political ramifications will be huge, economic implications will be huge. people will notice on the shelves and thinking about holidays, they will notice if this goes on and notice it through october into november and say, who owns this problem. and tim walz said it last night, they own this problem, harris owns it. >> steve: big business shipped in early, they had no trust or faith this administration was going to solve it. >> brian: they have been burned before. but big guys can stock and order early, maybe costco, walmart,

i ikea lasted longer. others can't do this and are set at the whim of harris and twha she will do with this union leader and he knows he holds all the card. >> steve: here is an interlude, they spar and talk about migrants who came in illegally are driving up your housing costs. we can't blame immigrants, that is not the case in many cities. we don't have enough naturally affordable housing. >> don't blame immigrant for higher housing prices, we want to blame kamala harris for letting illegals in, which does drive up cost. 25 million illegal aliens competing for scarce homes. >> what evidence do you have that migrants are part of this

problem? >> federal reserve study we're happy to share on social media that drills down on the connection between increased levels of immigration and higher hou housing prices. >> steve: moderator thought, i have him on this. vance said, here is michele b bowman who says given koourn low inventory of housing could result in upward pressure on rent. >> brian: more people chasing fewer houses will drive up prices. not the only issue, one of the issues. bigger one inflation and high interest rates and people don't want to sell. maybe bring inflation down and solve the housing problem. >> steve: check out this guy on

the big money show. thank you. you'll be first in the office for five hours. >> steve: 5:33 in new york city, fox news alert. israeli forces say response will be painful after iran launched 200 ballistic missiles at israel. escalation of war under this administration coming up next.

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hezbollah exchanging intense fire and israel calling more forces to join in the offensive into lebanon. the strike from lebanon last night, more than 180 ballistic missiles reagan presidential library reigning down on israel for asasassination of nancnasra. police responded to a deadly terror attack in tel aviv. we went to the crime scene after iran's missile attack. take a look. >> terrorists were standing over a civilian who had been shot and continued shooting him. >> we are learning updated numbers this morning, seven killed and 16 injured. two terrorists came with automatic rifles from west bank

on the same day. back to you. >> brian: of course they will be hunted down and who else could attack today. seven killed and 16 injured with the missile attacks. unbelievable. thank you so much. all right, escalation in the minuted was middle east was first topic at last night's debate. they gave relatively generic an answers, compare two strikes. what happened last night, you have what happened since for iran. since april, they hit israel 350 missile strikes, there was a shot back. on tuesday they launched 200 on israel and hacked trump and harris campaign, doing it now,

plotted to assassinate trump and still doing it now. they fear iran has their assassins here. here is to react is ellie. your thought about the strikes last night and what israel may do today? >> israelis are taking action to defend their citizens. iran launched over 200 missiles on israel. i can't help contrast israel, middle east and war under harris-biden and under president trump. president trump had iranians weak, broke and in a corner under president trump, he levered sanctions campaign on them and left them bankrupt and

he levied our defense as necessary including elimination of soleimani. iranies were deterred under trump, would never have dared to do october 7 or what they did yesterday in attacking directly from iranian homeland. as we go into elections, remember that president trump brought peace. >> brian: contrast well made for people paying attention. little in the world against upons israel. people worry about escalation, they know iran is the problem. what does iran do next? houthi rebels hitting them, hezbollah rocketing them, hamas

is there, but weakened. iran said, we're done, if you answer back, we'll do it again. do you believe they will hit oil and gas refineries, weapon sites or nuke sites? prime minister netanyahu guaranteed response. >> right, prime minister netanyahu said he will respond and all those sites of potential and eliminating head of the ayatollah, all options are on the table. israel will retaliate and need to send a message this escalation can no longer stand and israel will protect citizens. from the united states, we need full and complete support for israel. under president trump and we heard tr j.d. vance, israel

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>> ainsley: 161 people across six states confirmed dead in aftermath of helene. today president biden will tour the devastation. r robert ray joins us live from outside asheville, north carolina. >> good morning to you and everyone watching here on this

swannanoa river. this town is devastated on both sides. at least 161 have lost their lives and that number continues to go up. search and rescue is ongoing all around these pockets in western north carolina. devastation is so immense and coming into pockets, any maps on a phone do not operate, roads are compromised. aid and emergency relief arrived. it is sparse and tough to get to. national guard is on the ground. h helicopters will be dropping off supplies, still active search and rescue. they are going door to door looking for souls that potentially have lost their

lives. one million customers are without power and federal declaration of emergency has been called for in these areas. if is still an ongoing situation. i would be a fool to say it is recovery. it is not, it is day six in the af aftermath of helene. one of the most destructive in history. >> ainsley: one brave resident working around the clock. mr. ken fisher. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> ainsley: i'm a carolina girl. it is devastating, my heart breaks. your next door neighbor or close neighbor, his wife knocked on your door early in the morning.

tell us their story. >> she came to our door during the storm begging for help. she was not able to find her husband, he was washed under debris caused by the storm. i rushed down to try to find him. i was able to locate him. he was conscious. i tried to assure him i was going to get him out. i prayed with him, comforted him. tried to make him comfortable as possible and spent day working to get him out with other friends and neighbors and rescue personnel when they were able to arrive. the storm was so devastating, travel was impossible. no communication, destruction everywhere.

other people in communities facing the same situation. it was a terrible time here. >> ainsley: he was stuck in a drain line, pinned from waist down. you and another neighbor trying to get him out. you were not able to do that. you did best you could so emergency crews could get there. they did not get there until that night. what happened? >> they were trying to get him out, they did eventually. they arrived around 4:00 and worked until 9:00 that night to get him out. it was combined effort of neighbors and friends and family members along with rescue personnel. everyone done a great job and tried their best. he remained conscious and knew

we were fighting for him. like i say, we were able to get him out and they sent him to the hospital. he was trans ported and alive, due to the trauma, he passed away the next morning. >> ainsley: in his 60s? >> 58 years old. >> ainsley: his wife and son lost their dad, husband and their house is destroyed, too? >> yes, ma'am, he had two children. a son and a daughter. his son and his son's wife lost their house, as well. complete devastation. his wife is just lost her

husband, and this community has suffered a great loss. he was a fine man. we're sad, we have hope in knowing he's with christian abata in heaven. >> ainsley: you sat and prayed with him, wiped off the mud and he had a conversation with his wife before he passed away. thank you for being there and repr representing a strong, wonderful, christian man. god bless you and north carolina and everyone affected by the storm. you set up a gofundme page to help your family's friend's family. you can go to our website at fox and friends.com and find the link. tell the family we're praying for them and so sorry.

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