>> ainsley: good morning, it's 8:00 on the east coast, wednesday, october 2, this is "fox and friends." midwestern match up and the first and likely only vice presidential debate. >> kamala harris has been vice president for 3-1/2 years, we need a new direction. >> ainsley: and >> lawrence: is live in michigan talking to the voters. >> brian: one topic discussed was the dock strike. mike johnson reacted last hour. >> it is doing damage to the economy, going to make costs go up. this is emblem attic of the biden-harris administration and

what they have done to the country. >> steve: israel vowing revenge as iran launches 200 ballistic missiles at israel in an unprecedented attack. senator tom cotton joins us live in the final hour of "fox and friends." which starts right now. >> ainsley: this is a fox news alert. port strike in his second day shutting down 36 major shipping hubs along east and gulf coast. >> brian: container ships beginning to back up, by friday supposed to be 35. this threatens supply chain and broader economy. >> s >> steve:s >> steve:s bryan ilenas, there was some automationing in their

last contract and they are using it as leverage. >> one main thing they are asking for is total ban on automation or semi-automation, they view it as real threat to union jobs. wage increases, they have u.s. maritime association offered 50% pay increase. the union says they deserve $69 per hour over the next six years. russell, about automation, can you explain to people why your union is deadset on no automation? >> automation is going to take good jobs from good people and will not circulate money around

the country. foreign countries are dictating automation, we made that loud and clear, no automation, no contract. >> the questions here, 50% increase is what they are offering, why is that not enough? >> that is up to higher ups, we are against automation, protecting good jobs for future generations. machines will not replace a human being around the neighborhood employs who will pay taxes, if you put automation, who will supply our kids? will we rely on foreign countries to dictate what we do.

no machines, no work. that's it. >> thank you for your time. appreciate it. that is the csentiment here. russell got permission to speak there. this is dictated by daggett. >> steve: earlier you told us they are trying to off load cruise ships that is not ila, who is doing that? >> there were guys that were going to picket but they decided to help these cruise ships o offload. they are taking time off to help with the ships, that is why they are help ing cruise ships off load.

>> ainsley: they work hard, do everything, from around your home comes from the ports. it is a lot of stra money. most businesses would fail if they had to pay that. >> steve: they would pass on to the consumer. >> brian: if you are telling someone you want four more years of this and economy is huming and we reestablish supply chains how could you let this happen in october. this is self-inflicted october surprise. speaker johns on said this earlier. >> they need to ensure parties stay at the table and negotiate in good faith. they have hands off approach and that weakness exacealates the problem. this is one more direct result of bidenomics, of inflation.

congress doesn't have much say in these things, they have to get back to work. this is perilous time in our country. we are reeling from hurricane helene and damage that has been done, israel is under fire by iran. that is emblem attic of biden-harris administration and what i that have done to the country. >> steve: lawrence. >> lawrence: true, they have hands-off approach but publicly saying they stand with the union. the interview with president of the ubiquitousion c-- union com limps the union. i don't think they are going to be able to win average-day americans when they are getting

50% increase in wages and you have people living paycheck to p paycheck. why won't the president be more involved in this, this does not make him or his vice president look good. >> steve: maybe the white house is staying clear so it wraps up and the union will say, thank you for not intervening, we got a better deal. maybe there is a silver lining to a dark cloud for the administration. >> brian: we'll see, we don't know. we knows where president stands, with the union. >> steve: he does. first and only vice presidential debate in the books with nominees keeping civil. >> brian: here are headlines. polatva says th-- politico says

this, vance won. "new york post" saying the walls are closing in. and "wall street journal," walz was uneven in debate heavy on policy. >> ainsley: policy-heavy debate not without hiccups. cbc news rules barred from fact-checking and j.d. vance called them out when they fact checked. >> to clarify for viewers, springfield has a large number of hation migrants who have temporary protected status. >> rules were you were not going to fact check, since you are, it is important to say what is going on. >> steve: yeah. >> brian: it is taking an awful lot of notes and stumbling while trying to defend harris' record. >> lawrence: what was he taking

down? >> ainsley: what to say next. >> brian: remember what was said, but i don't know if he referred to them again. remember this. >> you were in hong kong during the deadly protest in spring of 1989. the minnesota public radio and other media are reporting you did not travel to asia until august of that year, can you explain that discrepancy? >> i've not been perfect and i'm a knucklehead at times. all i said, i got there that summer and misspoke, that is what i've said. >> steve: awkward the way he did all that. the campaign is anymoresed he said something not true and got caught. he was on the high wire. >> ainsley: happened with stolen

valor and said he got an war on ukraine from chamber of commerce he did not get. >> brian: i used to think they could not define kamala harris policies, but he is going to spend whole time defending himself and fictional accounts of what tim walz wanted to be. that is a problem. >> lawrence: you just nailed it, i think we all had it wrong. we thought concealment because they did not want him to upstage kamala harris. he is worse. maybe we should have listened to tom emmer. he said everybody is talking about he's a midwestern guy with values. look who he represented in think can. he lost that district two times. the people that know him first

and sent him to represent them don't even support them and we saw why. >> ainsley: his record is very progressive, they talked about abortion issue and he said -- j.d. vance said you can get an abortion in your bill in the last month. >> brian: no prohibitions on anything to do with always the woman's decision until the ninth month and every year one nine-month abortion since 2021. >> steve: they would talk a lot about it and it favored democrats, democrats have won on abortion as an issue every since supreme court said what they did about roe v. wade. i'm personally shocked they did not ask more of mr. walz regarding migration and gigantic

number of people who flooded the country. a big chunk got bogged down on whether or not migrants are taking homes and driving up price of homes for all of us. j.d. vance said something we will show is true, cbc news tried to say, can you prove that. watch this. >> that is the thing we should be able to find common ground in, we can't blame immigrant for only reason, that is not the case in many cities. we don't have enough naturally affordable housing. >> tim said something i agree with, we don't want to blame immigrants for higher prices, blame kamala harris for letting them into our country, which does drive up costs. this is one of the most significant drivers in the

country. >> governor, let you respond to the allegation that vice president is letting in -- we agreed not to fact check. it is blaming and not finding solution. >> senator, like for you to clarify, there are many contributing factors to housing cost, what evidence do you have that migrants are part of the problem. >> there is a federal reserve study we will share after the debate that drills down increased levels of immigration and higher home prices. that is not entire driver, it is regulatory regime of kamala harris. >> steve: that is what he said, he said he would post it and he did. >> ainsley: he said here is michele bowman, given low

inventor of housing, inflow of immigrants could result in upward pressure on rents. 25 million are competing with americans for housing leading to increases. >> steve: lawrence, you have a focused group of people hungry in michigan, how about talking about last night's show. >> lawrence: maybe pick up where you left off on immigrant. let's talk to folks and ask about this. how you doing over here? what is your name, sir? >> kirk. >> lawrence: talk about immigration, it was talked about a little last night shgs, do you feel they focus on the issue enough about what is hatcppenin at the border? >> they try to. not correctly. >> lawrence: were you comfortable with response from governor walz?

>> no, not at all. >> lawrence: i see you shaking your head. >> i am appalled, i can't believe this is the country i've been living in 65 years, this has to be intentional, no other way to explain what is going on. thousands upon thousands of military-age men coming alone without family upons, there is reason for red flag, immigrant issue is huge. >> lawrence: powerful words we hear that often. going to you, this is your moment. what did you think about the debate last night? >> i did not watch it. >> i was working last night. sorry. >> lawrence: what did you think of the debate last flight? >> it went well, he told the truth. >> lawrence: how do you think

governor walz did last night. >> he did terrible, but he is h honest and truthful also, he doesn't know what he's talking about and kind of admitted it. >> lawrence: back to the couch. >> steve: nicely done. coming up, martha maccallum will join us and talk about the big debate, as well, and kamala harris talking tough after iran launches massive strikes on israel. is it too little too late? >> brian: we rise for senator tom cotton, but still not as tall as him.

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confirming one soldier killed ea earlier today while fighting in southern lebanon. this is an elite group of fighters used to conduct these type of operations. initial reports show hezbollah ambushed israeli forces on other side of the border. casualty rates will rise. we are tracking that story overnight, large-scale ballistic missiles attack launched from iran to israel, 180 missiles soaring through the skies. israel arrow three was working to take down the fire. s significant impact and craters caused by the missiles. one killed and two injured.

they wsay they were responding o the killing of their leaders. what is the israeli response? iran-backed hezbollah launched 100 rockets into israel today. we are following the other security story overnight out of israel that killed seven people. attackers arrived from west bank and targeted a light rail train. israeli forces look to stabilize the security situation and determine their response against iran. >> brian: thanks, trey. it is a fluid moment in the middle east. get trey's back "black sat saturday." it is awesome and brings you up to this moment. let's talk about what is next,

biden-harris administration says the u.s. is standing by its ally. >> we're proud of the action we've taken to protect and defend israel. there will be consequences for this attack and we will work with israel. >> brian: is tough talk working? here to react senator tom cotton. knocking down 10 missiles last night. >> it is important united states defend israel against attacks. israel is in a multi front war against iran and ring of fire. yesterday the veil dropped when iran attacked israel for second time this year. iran and hezbollah are backed by iran. israel has a chance after accomplishments against hezbollah to remake strategic

map in middle east. hezbollah has 100,000 missiles and rockets, that is iran's main de deterrent. israel dekcapitated hezbollah - it has a chance to totally expose iran on its flanks. united states need to back israel to the hilt, opposite of what joe biden and kamala harris have done for the last year. bribe nobody wants a world war, we have huge assets in the area. no one has to tell you iran is behind the attacks that killed three guys in syria. they shut down the red sea shooting at our ships with 100 drones for million dollar defensive rockets and we've allowed this to happen.

they are shooting at us and our allies are under attack. should we be doing more? >> we will not have a world war, iran is a fickle adversary. people are wondering why iran has not done more, they did not blowup a single critical facility in israel. iran has been exposed, israel has a chance to inflict massive damage on iran and remake the map of the middle east, good for israel, good for us and our citizens in the region and arab allies, who did not say a single word critical of israel. >> brian: we will see if he will take the window. yesterday one thing that stood

out when governor walz was asked where he was for the uprising of tienemen square. he said he was there, it was exposed he was not there. he was called out and said he was a knucklehead. >> what troubles me about where he was in summer of 1989 is repeated trips he's taken to china over the years, many funded by chinese commun i ist pa party. he went from high school teacher to congressman and now vice president, he needs to explain more about what his relationship was with china over the last three decades and why he took a soft line on xhooin commun ism n

congress. >> brian: are you saying he's compromised? >> china tries to cultivate leaders at low levels and turn into china lobby for representatives in washington. if they become a governor, china hit jackpot. >> brian: remember spy here consulting with new york and one was dating eric swalwell. great to see you. many in media admitting one clear winner last night. >> j.d. vance is more experienced at this. >> if you are sitting home and watching and nokt fact checking, he seemed to be reasonable. >> j.d. vance was very smooth. >> brian: martha maccallum reacts to that coverage, she had her own coverage, next. of bringing textile manufacturing back to america. we're taking the best fibers our farm can produce,

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>> ainsley: fox weather alert. won't one confirmed dead in the aftermath 've hurricane helene, making it deadliest storm after hurricane katrina. r robert ray live from devastating town just outside of asheville, north carolina. >> good morning, you see debris fields here, trees go on for a very long time. there were homes here, they are ripped apart and sand from the riverbanks. this is what you see all over western north carolina right now. look at the visuals, they are

catastrophic. hundreds are missing and search and rescue crews are out and about. the power grid is compromised, many areas do not have power. cell phone service is in and out and zero in some spots. there is food and water issues and fuel supply issues. there are 161 people that have lost their lives and over million customers out of power from florida to carolinas. governor roy cooper of north carolina spoke to the issues, listen. >> our emergency responders are continuing to rescue people, challenges are immense. j joint response effort is massive, we are helping cell phone carriers get service back

up, utility companies are working to get power back on. >> roads are severely compromised impeding search and rescue and aid coming in. fema is on the ground, national guard, as well. this is day six since impact of hurricane helene on this area. unbelievable. second worst hurricane as far as deaths in last 50 years, only rival is hurricane katrina. >> steve: just awful. live report from north carolina. j.d. vance's performance at last night's vice presidential debate, media admitting through gritted teeth, he did a good job. >> the two issues driving the campaign, harris has deficit on economy and deficit on immigration and republicans were happy and democrats a little

nervous. those two issues, vance carried it. >> i agree, j.d. vance is more experienced at public speaking and pivoting. >> if you are sitting home watching and not fact checking and not familiar with what j.d. vance said or what donald trump stood for, he seemed many moments to be reasonable. >> i think walz did seem unsteady and what i saw in walz is somebody who has not faced questions on a national stage since becoming democratic nominee. j.d. vance was very smooth. >> steve: here with reaction on this wednesday morning, martha maccallum. hi, martha. >> martha: morning. >> steve: do you think it was killing them to say those things? >> martha: felt like it. >> steve: style wise j.d. vance was terrific and walz was uneasy. did better later in the night.

j.d. vance was reasonable and they had it right in that montage, he could have been an attack dog, that guy did not show up. >> martha: j.d. vance knew he needed to appeal to, i think, women in many ways. look at that side of the political fence, having tougher time with women than men voters and j.d. vance probably said, all i need to do is be me that wrote hillbillyhillbilly elogy. he was raised by a mother addicted to drugs and he faced hardships, he talked as a father and husband and i think it resonated. i did a text poll with suburban moms in pennsylvania and new jersey, they liked what they saw last night and not all were

supportive before last night. >> steve: one other thing people in my circle weighed in on was they were struck by how reasonable both sides were, how civil its was. it reminds me when people were nice to each other. >> absolutely. watching the beginning, first thing, walz was unsteady in the beginning and did warm up. reason he was football coach and not the debate coach in high school. it was civilized, people like that. there were moments when they looked at each other and said, i agree. one thing that gave me faith was to see people being civilized and debating on stage that way. >> steve: the question is, does it move the needle? snap polls came out and we won't know for a week or two, does

anybody pay attention? >> for voters, who might, if it moved the needle at all, it was on the vance side. he won the debate and people felt he gave them added confidence. what is most important about a vice president, think do i believe he could step into the job if he had to? i think vance won on that. if you are looking for confidence in the team, they got some last night. >> steve: he built his stature with a lot of people last night, walz not so much. watch her in six hours and 19 minutes, you will be first in the office today. martha maccallum we have a few things to do between then and now, as you know. >> steve: more diner reaction, lawrence getting pulse of the people in michigan, he is having

br breakfast. plus, american business bracing for higher strike with this port strike. one baltimore restaurant owner why he will be hit twice as hard, why is that? stick around. ed be th y name. thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. amen.

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>> ainsley: a texas-based attorney representing 120 new accusers who are making sexual assault claims against rapper sean diddy combs. accusations go back 25 years and some were minors at the time. and due in federal court in m manhattan for eric adams. democrat pled not guilty last week to charges of wire fraud bribery and so liciting contributions from foreign nationals. and at last night's debate, vice presidential republican nominee

j.d. vance makes his case biggest threat to democracy is censorship. >> i believe we have a threat to democracy in this country, it is not the threat kamala harris and tim walz want to talk about, it is the threat of censorship. it is americans casting aside life-long friendship because of disagreements over politics, silencing citizens and rhythmer than debate, disinformation. >> carley: youtube accounts were s suspended in 2021. those are headlines. >> ainsley: port strike in its second day shutting down 36 major ports, with ships beginning to back up. next guest is a restaurant owner

that is expecting cost to rise and business to go down given regular customers are dock wo workers. john dackis co-owner of jimmy's famous seafood join us now. good morning, john. you say this is like a double or triple whammy for you. in what way? why? >> yeah, let me say, i was raised in a middle-class family and know what it is like to hold your ground. our heart goes out to port workers. our situation is unique, those port workers are the backbone of ji jimmy's. when they are not getting that paycheck, they don't have the luxury go ing out. yesterday sales plummeted by 60% because they were not around. continued deflation. costs goods will go up now,

we'll be paying more for our products, which unfortunately cuts deeper into margin. two strikes against us and it hurts. >> ainsley: losing customers and goods being cut out by this port strike, fruit, meat, beer and liquor, furniture, vehicles, machinery. yesterday was the vice presidential debate and j.d. vance called out kamala harris for allowing inflation, listen to this. >> a lot of what kamala harris proposes to do and some sounds pretty good. she's been vice president for 3-1/2 years and had opportunity to enact these great policies and what she's done is drive the cost of food higher by 25%. >> ainsley: and that affects you, you say with inflation and with strike you're going to have to raise prices and kamala harris on top of thats she'll come after you for pro-cice

gouging, what is your response? >> that one hurts, everything has gone up in price. if you pay more for crab meat or lettuce at the grocery store, what makes you think your local grocery store isn't. we're last ones in chain of command that has to put the plate in front of the customer and the price has to go up. to be accused of price gouging, people are just trying to get by, that feels like a low blow. >> ainsley: if you're in baltimore area, go to jimmy's famous seafood, thanks for coming on. you have seen the clips and you decide. lawrence asks voters aboutin withers and losers. first check in with dana perino for what is coming up. >> dana: i got a hankering for pancakes. quick turnaround last night, we

could use breakfast. >> ainsley: take a nap. >> dana: i hope so, hurricane helene packed a punch and left americans reeling for basics, president biden will visit north carolina today. what happens when you lower expectations and underperform, democrats fret but what did independent voters think? israel prepared to protect itself against iran. general jack keane will be here. i have to find bill hemmer, he is not here yet, but we'll see you at 9:00.

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[applause] >> lawrence: we're back here in michigan. a great time at the diner today. let's get to the voters today and then we'll end the show with a poll. i start with you. you are a kamala harris supporting. why? >> because i like the idea that we get to vote every four years instead of oh, if you vote me in you won't ever have to vote again. okay? does that make sense to you? >> lawrence: let's go to you, ma'am. are you supporting former

president donald trump. why are you supporting him? >> he is for america and for me and he is for the unborn child and if you are for the person who cannot defend themselves, then you are for the rest of us. and if you don't care about those that are not able to defend themselves, you certainly aren't going to be in charge of us or care for us. >> lawrence: thank you so much. let's end with a poll. two polls. first off, raise your hand if you are better off today under joe biden and kamala harris. raise your hand. okay. raise your hand if you are worse off under this. all right. okay. the last poll is this. the last poll is this. if you think that kamala harris will be the next president, raise your hand.

and if you think donald trump will be president again raise your hand. all right, guys. it's been awhile since we had a diner with such bipartisanship in a swing state. let's see what happens, guys. >> lawrence: they say the election is too close to call. >> steve: they are engaged. excellent job in michigan. we'll take the show. we'll see you on the couch. we'll take the show to harry and the natives in florida on friday. come out. business has been in their family for 72 years. they will have to go bankrupt unless they have a big day. we'll make it a big day friday. >> steve: pack the house. >> brian: catch me on radio and stay within yourself. >> bill: good morning. let's get right to it. the threat of a far reaching war casting a dark shadow over