♪ >> ainsley: it is 7 :00 a.m. on the east coast, it's thursday, october 17th, and this is "fox & friends." in a fox news interview, vice president kamala harris deflecting on the big issues and trying to defend her record on the border. >> you regret the decision to term nate remain in mexico at the beginning of your administration? >> the first bill practically within hours of taking the oath was an bill to fix our immigration system. >> as former president donald trump gets ready for tonight's big al smith dinner kamala harris won't be there while black voters tell me this race is a true toss-up. watch. >> who would win the election? >> kamala harris. >> i think it's a coin flip at this time. i really do. >> pretty much 50/50. >> steve: all right. and we are inching closer to the world series.

hall of fame pitcher and fox sports analyst john smoltz is here to break down the teams in contention. in the meantime second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> ainsley: it's a must see fox news interview, bret baier pressing vice president kamala harris on everything from the border to the economy during her first formal sit down interview with fox news. >> lawrence: so with less than three weeks to election day, the democratic nominee was asked about her steady defense of president biden's mental fitness. >> let me ask you this, you told many. >> all the concerns. >> that joe biden was on his game. that ran around circles on his staff. when did you first notice that president biden's mental faculties appeared diminished? >> joe biden, i have watched in -- from the oval office to the situation room and r. and he has the judgment and experience to do exactly what he has done

in making very important decisions on behalf of the american people. joe biden. >> bret: no concerns? >> bret, joe biden is not on the ballot. >> lawrence: it was tensive at times as point at donald trump. bret said he had to wrap up the interview after his team signaled him to stop. >> bret: there are critics that look at what the administration did and think differently. madam vice president they are wrapping me very hard here. i hope you got say what you wanted to say about donald trump. there are a lot of things -- >> -- there is more to say. i have much more to say. >> they are giving me a hard wrap. >> well, i thank you for the time. >> steve: they were giving him a big wrap. so, that is how the interview ended after 26 minutes. now, let's show you how it started. with tough, direct questions on the border, the kind she has not faced before.

>> bret: how many illegal immigrants would you estimate your descration was released into the country over the last three and a half years? >> well, i'm glad you raised issue of immigration i agree with you t is a topic of discussion that people want to rightly have. and you know what i'm going to talk about. >> bret: yeah, just a m number,o you think it's 1 million, 3 million? >> bret, let's just get to the point. the point is that we have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaid. >> bret: so your homeland security secretary said -- >> -- but i'm not finish wanted. i'm not finished. >> bret: it's a rough estimate of 6 million people have been released into the country. let me just finish and i will get you the question i promise you. >> i was beginning to answer. >> bret: when you came into office your administration immediately reverse add number of trump border policies. so, looking back, do you regret the decision to terminate remain in mexico at the beginning of your administration? >> the first bill, practically within hours of taking the oath,

was a bill to fix our immigration system. >> bret: yemen it was called the u.s. citizenship act of 2000 -- >> -- exactly. >> bret: 11. essentially a pathway to -- >> -- may i finish responding, please? you have to let me finish, please. >> bret: you had the white house, the white house and the senate. >> i'm in the middle of responding to a point you are raising and i would like to finish. >> bret: yes, ma'am. >> we recognized from day one that to the point of this being your first question, it is a priority for us as a nation and for the american people and our focus has been on fixing a problem. >> lawrence: so here's the hard part. bret only has, i think 25 to 26 minutes for an interview. if you allow the person you are interviewing to monologue, you won't get to the substance. so i think he had the balance of asking a tough question and letting her repeat the talking points instead of just getting

to the point of the substance of the question. a lot of times she talked in circles. and she wasn't really answering the question. so, he had to inject the facts, bring her back to her record, and then give her a chance to respond but she never really answered any of the questions. most of the time deflecting to donald trump. >> she continuously talks about that u.s. citizenship act. acting like we were trying to do something for the border. but then bret last night said that would have given 11 million illegals amnesty, a pathway to citizenship. called the u.s. citizenship act. so, that didn't pass, congress did not pass that. even though congress, he said democrats had control of the house and the senate. that's not what people wanted. people wanted the situation at the border fixed. they didn't want to give a pathway of citizenship to 11 million people. >> he asked a bunch of questions that she did not answer and usually she would just deflect to donald trump. there was one thing that we did

hear last night that was new. in 2019. when she was running for president, she said that she would decriminalize southern border crossers. last night she said, essentially she would follow the law and she would not decriminalize border crossers. so that was new. unfortunately it comes too late for a number of american families. at one point bret asked whether or not the administration and kamala harris owes an apology to the families of victims who were murdered by people who came in to this country country illegal. we told you the story of rachel morin, patty morin, her mother was on with us about 45 minutes ago. and she was very clear. she blames this administration for the death of that woman, her daughter, rachel, who was 37. here's patty, the mother with us.

>> and i talk to people that have lost children and they said the pain never goes away. that i'm going to walk with it the rest of my life. that's an unbearable thing. i want to feel happy again. and i don't know how to do that. it's like this should not be. and if they had secured the borders, and just american people should come first, that's why we elect these officials. to protect our country. not to open the border. >> lawrence: one thing that she-kamala harris expressed in the interview with bret baier is, how she felt bad for the families that were impacted. but she hasn't reached out to the families. in fact, when karine jean-pierre was asked president of the united states going to reach out to these families, continued to say karine jean-pierre she continued to say it was an ongoing investigation. also during the interview with bret baier when he pressed her on these possessions that she had when it comes to the border

and decriminalizing, and the gender affirming care that the government pays for. she said that was a position that was held five years ago. so, is it now the position of the administration that positions that donald trump or things that y'all bring up in his past from five years ago, anything past five years should not be brought up in the conversation? it is just ridiculous. >> ainsley: elections have consequences. when you know that rachel's death was preventable, the people here illegally are murdering -- they murdered lakible riley, jocelyn nungaray and rachel morin, those were mentioned last night on bret baier. to lose your child it, would be so heartbreaking and she said i want to be happy again and i can't be who daughter would be here. she had five children; is that right? and those little ones are growing up without their mom because someone was here

illegally. >> lawrence: not right. >> steve: going, in kamala harris knew there with were going to be a lot of questions about the border and migration. she had some prepared answers. she knew, okay, whatever it is, i'm going to turn it around a couple of ways. one, i'm going to say what we were talking about a little while ago. and this is well, on day one, we introduce thud bill that would have fixed it. of course, it was to give essentially a pathway to citizenship for a 11 million people in the country illegally. the other thing is getting a lot of play by the administration or rather by kamala harris, while she is out and about. talking about the border. whenever it comes to the border, she says look, donald trump is the one who torpedo the chance to come up with this bipartisan senate bill. here's the unfortunate truth for her regarding that rachel moren was murdered over a year and a half ago. >> lawrence: before the bill was even proposed. >> steve: that's exactly right. the bill was not killed until may of 2024, this year. had the bill passed, she would still be dead is the problem.

>> ainsley: and as soon as they took office, biden and harris, they immediately signed all these executive orders to undo, to rescind all of the things that donald trump did at the border. including not continue the wall. they also got rid of remain in mexico. and remain in mexico, if you are an asylum seeker and want to come into our country, you have to remain in mexico. that's why they call it there. >> ainsley: have to stay there until they finish your case that could take years. that way we know who is in the country. >> lawrence: its a huge issue for voters and the administration has -- you have to have a response to that. another issue is the fitness of the president. and they concealed them. and we saw it all, the whole world saw it on the debate stage of what happened. now, the reports started to leak about the fitness of the president, and what's been hang behind closed doors. they took him off the ticket. replaced him with her. well, she was asked about the fitness of the president. and when did she know it? when did she see it? watch.

>> bret: you told many interviewers that joe biden was on his game. that ran around circles on his staff. when did you first notice that president biden's mental faculties appeared diminished? >> joe biden, i have watched in from the oval office to the situation room, and he has the judgment and the experiment -- and experience to do exactly what he has done in making very important decisions on behalf of the american people. joe biden lawrence. >> bret: no concerns? >> bret, joe biden is not on the ballot. and donald trump is. >> bret: you talked about it after george clooney said within a few minutes of talking to president biden at a fundraiser he thought this was not the same joe biden that we saw on the debate stage. >> donald trump is on the ballot. >> bret: i understand. you have met with him once a week for three and a half years. you didn't have any concerns? >> i think the american people have a concern about donald trump, which is why the people who know him best, including

leaders of our national security community have all spoken out, even people who worked for him in the oval office, worked with him in the situation room, and have said he is unfit and dangerous and should never be president of the united states again. including his former haven't, which is why the job was open for him to choose another running mate, so, that is a fact, that is a fact. >> lawrence: i know she wants to deflect this to donald trump, donald trump has the nuclear codes right now. it's joe biden. and it's the big lie. and she struggled to answer the question. first of all it, took her a while before she got to joe biden. she w was not prepared for this moment. i know she just want to push this aside but it's a real issue. she is lying still about the fitness of the current president

of the united states. >> steve: she was trying to figure the segway to go from the question to what she wanted to say. you know, i don't know the timing regarding when she decided she was going to sit down with bret. i know we all heard about it on monday morning. think a lot of what we heard last night, you know, she had to sit down for 26 minutes to essentially say one thing. and she had to say something that would clean up the mess that she made on "the view" last week. because "the view," which, you know, super friendly venue, they said can you think of anything that you would do differently if you were president? and she said i can't think of anything. >> ainsley: nothing comes to mind. >> steve: that was the mistake. people don't like joe biden's administration. >> ainsley: then she doubled down on stephen colbert. >> steve: right. i think she went out there yesterday faced the music. bret asked her a lot of questions, just to clean that up. ultimately she declared her

independence from joe last night, which we had not really seen. and she said her administration would not be a continuation of joe biden's presidency. and that's the soundbite the campaign for kamala harris wanted out there. so it's out there now. but, you know what? it comes less than three weeks before the election. does it make a difference? is it too late? >> ainsley: i'm glad bret pressed her you are in office and you have been in office for three and a half years. you keep talking about turning the page. what do you mean turning the page? you were in office? her response was well donald trump has been running in which she said you know what i mean. he said no, i really don't know what you mean. what do you mean? >> steve: listen, we got j.d. vance, he is running for vice president. he is going to be with us very shortly to react to last night's interview with kamala harris. >> lawrence: yeah, one thick we are doing here on "fox & friends" we're -- we do diners

already. that's a part of the country that's important. we are talking about middle america. but another part is what is happening in black america right now amongst black men. and there's a growing trend for donald trump. it's the pulse of the community. i went to detroit to see what they're talking about and this is what they had to say. >> lawrence: if the election were held today, who would win the election. >> kamala harris. >> i think it's a coin flip at this time. i really do. >> i'm still in between myself. >> lawrence: yeah? >> at the end of the day i'm trump because i -- my eyes open. i can see that he was doing a lot better than what we are going through right now. you can't even go to the grocery stores right now without making a life decision of what you want to get. you know, you got to compromise. we didn't have to go through that four years ago. >> steve: it's bipartisan. you get both sides there. >> lawrence: what's interesting. we are going to play this a little later. i went to another barbershop

yesterday, this guy voted for joe biden and kamala harris. he goes, look, i vote for both sides. but he goes i have had to compare and contrast right now i voted based on the permanent. said we can't have donald trump again. he goes i did that i'm struggling right now, man, i got to eat. i said who are you going to vote for? man, i got it eat. >> lawrence: who are you going to vote for? >> i got to give him another shot. i got to give donald trump a shot then. if i vote for them again i can't eat. >> ainsley: you were a perfect example you helped campaign for obama and now you are a libertarian. >> lawrence: more libertarian. conservative now. i think the libertarian thing is starting to float away. i just need some solutions. i don't need ideas. i just want the policy implemented. [laughter] >> ainsley: i love these segments. i love it because you did chicago. then did you detroit. >> lawrence: atlanta. >> ainsley: when will we see the

one you did yesterday? >> lawrence: next week but you i'm also going to the bronx as well. >> steve: fantastic. that guy we saw said he got to eat. there is a big dinner tonight here in new york city. it's called the al smith dinner. a fundraiser for catholic charities. and kamala harris will not be there and that is different. she is skipping it. >> lawrence: so, steve, this is the first time a presidential candidate has skipped the charity event in decades. >> ainsley: brooke singman is here with all the details. >> last month archbishop of new york timothy cardinal dolan talked about this decision to skip this historic dinner. listen. >> we are disappointed. we were looking forward to giving the vice president an enthusiastic welcome. we're not used to this. we don't know how to handle it. it hasn't happened in 40 years since walter mondale turned down the elections. lost 49 out of 50 states.

we're not used to this and we are not giving up. >> harris is the first presidential candidate since 1984 to be invited and then not attend. she is, instead, holding events in battleground wisconsin. former president donald trump will be in attendance for the 79th annual event. he and president biden appeared virtually in 2020. cardcardinal dolan estimates ths year's gathering will raise $9 million for catholic charities. in the spirit of the bridging the partisan divide it's been the traditional for both president candidates take turns giving speeches roasting each other. we will have to wait and see what the charity event is like with just one of the candidates. >> steve: all right. thank you very much, brooke. this is too bad for decades here on the fox news channel we have shown the al smith dinner whoever the candidate is, john mccain was there. mitt romney. hillary clinton. there you have got jfk and richard nixon back in 196 -- keep in mind the al smith dinner comes just a few weeks before

the election. and so that's why it's great to see when they are out on the stump, they are trying to kill each other. but then one night a year. and look at that there is hillary clinton and donald trump back in the day 2016. for one night, it is bipartisan fun. they both make fun of themselves and each other. >> ainsley: they roast each other. >> steve: it's great. unfortunately kamala harris is not going to be a part of it. >> lawrence: did she give a reason? >> ainsley: she says she has another event she will be in wisconsin tonight i think for campaigning. >> steve: that's flexible. she could have been there. >> lawrence: this is a part of the political process. i'm not saying it's a requirement to do the dinner. some things becomes a tradition. >> ainsley: raises a lot of money forever the catholic church, millions and millions of dollars. it's been a that its did, wonderful event. brian is going to be mr. sitting on the dais. i always see maria bartiromo up on the dais, too. and so, question is what is

going to hand tonight? will trump roast her even though she is not there to roast him? many. >> steve: i would imagine. tapes it usually funny. >> steve: she will miss out on that. we will talk to donald trump who is going to be presenting a little comedy routine we presume. is he going to be with us right here on the curvey couch tomorrow. notice that banner right there. it said send your video to friends at foxnews.com. here is what we like to do. in the past many, many times if you have a question email us. this time we would like to actually see you. so, everybody's got a camera phone. right? so the whole idea is we would love to have you tape a question. >> lawrence: a little selfie. >> steve: selfie or tape somebody else. about 20 seconds. tell us your name, where you are from. and then a question and then what you do is you would email

it to us at friends@foxnews.com. and then we will try to use some of them. so i got two people right here. i'm going to show you exactly how it would work. okay. i you got it video. who has got a question? >> ainsley: all right. sure i will ask a question. pretend we are not watching. >> steve: hold on. >> ainsley: i have another one. >> steve: remember your name, town. >> ainsley: oh, okay. >> steve: i haven't co co cued t ', 2, 1. >> ainsley: hi, mr. president my name is ainsley earhardt i'm originally from south carolina and now in new york. whawhat why are you running for president and what do you love most about america? >> steve: that's perfect. >> lawrence: it has to be short anyway that's the only way can you email it. >> steve: that's right. so now i'm going to go ahead and take it and i'm going to do -- i'm going to forward it, i'm going to make this an email and i am sending it to.

>> ainsley: such great idea to have them record it because then you will be on tv. >> lawrence: at the bottom of the screen friends@foxnews.com. we want to see you tomorrow. president tomorrow on the curvey couch. ainsley: what great idea. >> steve: it's a good one. >> ainsley: i love that audience questions are included. steve eve with less than three weeks to election day. both candidates are focusing on the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> lawrence: i'm going to head back to the touch screen to break it all down in the swing stated. ♪ ♪

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trip to africa, i believe. >> yeah. he is doing the germany part now and is he expected to do the africa portion after the election. but this is likely the president's last visit to europe while in office aside from the u.s.

germany has been ukraine's biggest partner in terms of helping them defend themselves against russian aggression. so much of the focus here will be setting ukraine on a course to continue to defend itself with the future of the u.s. role in that a little bit unclear with the election on the horizon. >> obviously we want to be in the place where zelenskyy and ukraine from a position of strength is able to start talks with russia. but, till that moment comes, he can count on continuing support and putin cannot count on us letting go of that support. but two things that could really make a difference for ukraine are not on the table right now. biden still hasn't made a decision to green light ukraine's use of long range missiles on targets deep inside russia. that's zelenskyy's number one request. there is also no consensus between the nato countries and offering ukraine invitation to join the alliance. senior administration official speaking ahead of biden's departure says there is not a

consensus to offer ukraine invitation. all 32 allies ukraine is on a irreversible path to membership. the tactics how to encourage that path. biden spoke with zelenskyy yesterday and announced $425 million security package includes munitions and armored vehicles. it's unclear if zelenskyy will make an appearance in germany as biden also meads with the quad leaders including france and the u.k. they are expected to also discuss the war in the middle east which has rapidly expanded and sow concerns full scale conflict with iran. aside from these two big foreign policy goals, this is a bit of a bittersweet goodbye to president biden who has played a role in shaping u.s. policy for more than 50 years. he will receive military honors here in germany which is the highest recognition that a president can receive. lawrence? >> lawrence: great job down there, jacqui, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> lawrence: so the state of the swing state inits right here on "fox & friends." we dive into the battleground

commonwealth of pennsylvania. let's see what happens on the ground right here. all right. so, we're tracking five states obviously there. but pennsylvania we go straight to it. this is what we are seeing right here when it comes to the local polling. >> and we're are going to go. all right. there we go. so we got 47% for donald trump right now 50% for kamala harris. a couple things to keep in mind when you look at the margin of error 3.8. that means it is close to rcp average has donald trump up by 0.3. it is still the economy in pennsylvania. 54% he dominates on that. kamala harris her issue abortion. 56%. interesting enough, when you get to issue number 3, it's immigration. and donald trump has a majority of the support right there. democracy, democracy, democracy, that's the issue democrats are running on right now, 54% for kamala harris, and 51% for kamala harris when it comes to helping the working class. that is something new that we

had not been seeing in other states. moving on. the panic in the campaign -- this is what politico is reporting right now. that when you typically look at democrats, very organized when it comes to the ground game. but for kamala harris right now, they're not seeing that on the ground and this is why. when it comes to registered voters, when you go to buck county, look at this right here. back in 2020, the democrats were up by 10,000. but right now in 2024, they are up by 3500. that's big. these are people that plan on showing up to the polls. let's get a read from someone that has been tracking it all. pittsburgh-based columnist and washington examiner national political reporter celina zia, she knows what is happening on the ground. when you look at registered voters in buck county, why does that matter, celina? >> so buck county has been a traditional swing county. it's gone for both republicans

and democrats. it is outside the considered one of philadelphia's caller counties that is very, very important to watch on election night. watching this growth of republicans in that county is setting off fire alarms in the democratic party. but, also, in lucerne county. beaver county, cambria county which were once really dominant democrat registration and democrat voting counties. because the parties have changed. because the republicans have become more the party of work, cosmetologists, welders, barbers, that right ward shift is going to have an impact in this election i'm actually shocked by. this go back to 2008, democrats have changed the game on the

ground they have infrastructure. it looks like in this election that has changed? what are you seeing there? >> so people forget that between 2008 and 2012, despite the extraordinary effort of the obama campaign, he lost 300,000 votes. >> lawrence: that's true. >> and they didn't go to romney. they just didn't show up. so, you know, i can remember in 2006, republicans have this apparatus called voter vault, republicans insisted they were going to win because their voters were showing up. those voters were showing up but they were showing up for democrats. i think that's the problem right now for the democrats is they are not quite sure who their voters are going to support. and so i think that's impacting how they're turning out voters. and i think it's causing a problem because they don't know who their voters are anymore.

>> lawrence: celina i have about 50 seconds and i have to run. could you tell me based on your reporting and you predicted a lot of the trump wave back in 2016, who do you see winning pennsylvania if the election were held today? >> if the election were held today, i would put it in donald trump's column. the research is she has -- she doesn't fit well in the state in the same way that hillary clinton didn't fit well. he does because the trajectory of the rightward pitch in our state. >> lawrence: celina zito has been accurate about these things before other reporters were covering it. thank you for joining us, my friend. >> thank you. >> lawrence: so vice president kamala harris tries to make the case that she is the new way forward despite the fact that she is already second in commands. >> bret: you have been in office for three and a half years. >> and donald trump has been running for office since. >> but you have been holding

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>> how many -- >> ainsley: are we going to listen to the soundbite first? i'm sorry. i think i messed that up. vice president kamala harris pressed on her past support of taxpayer funded sex changes for inmates and illegal immigrants in her interview with bret baier. here's the soundbite. >> bret: are you still in support of using taxpayer dollars to help prison inmates or detained illegal aliens to transition to another gender? >> i will follow the law and it's a law that donald trump actually followed. under donald trump's administration, these surgeries were available. >> bret: the trump aides say he never advocated for that prison policy and no gender transition surgeries happened during his

presidency. >> you have to take responsibility for what happened in your administration. >> ainsley: tulsi gabbard joins us for her reaction. what is your reaction when you hear that soundbite. >> one of the many examples of how kamala harris is lying to the american people and assuming that we're is stay tuned to just believe her lies. we have seen the soundbites and clips of her when she was add vo caghtsd and patting herself on the back for the law changes that she brought about that would do this very thing, that would make sure that u.s. taxpayers are covering transgender surgeries for inmates. she advocated for the same for illegal immigrants coming across our border. she refuses to take responsibility and own up to her positions. if her views have changed, fine, people can change. but she has -- the american people deserve the respect enough to know exactly why she has changed in that interview with bret there are a number of examples where she is lying about her past positions in order to try to create this new

version of herself that she thinks will be more palatable to voters and it's offensive in my view. >> ainsley: this is such a neck and neck race, every single vote, every single viewer their vote will matter. >> yes. >> he pressed her on why if he is so bad why is he winning in the swing states? listen to this. >> bret: why, if he is as bad as you say, that half of this country is now supporting this person who could be the 47th president of the united states? why is that happening? are they stupid? >> oh, god, i would never say that about the american people. and, in fact, if you listen to donald trump, if you watch any of his rallies, he is the one who tends to demean and delittle and diminish the american people. he's the one who talks about an enemy within the -- within an enemy within, talking about the american people suggesting he would turn the american military on the american people. >> ainsley: they are so focused on that when he this need to be

focused on the economy. everywhere we go people say we can't afford groceries. he had are worried about her immigration plan. >> yeah, it's an extension of what we have seen over the last three and a half years from the biden-harris administration. people are continuing to be concerned about the high cost of living. and they remember how over this past term in office they patted themselves on the back celebrating the success of bidenomics and just saying well, if the american people only knew how good we are, and what a great job we did, then maybe we would be more popular but ignoring the reality of the struggles that the american people are continuing to face and why so many of them want to see change. they need to see a better economy. they need to see secure borders. and, again, if you get past the propaganda media and kamala harris' lies. this is where i think president trump really has an opportunity. because he is the change candidate in this election. >> ainsley: and what is interesting, this is probably the first time i think, in my lifetime at least, where we know what he stands for because we

had him for four years. >> exactly. >> we know what she stands for we had them for three and a half years. that's the thing i'm sharing with voters, i'm traveling across the country and sharing with them why i'm endorsing president trump. encouraging them. if you have friends who are undecided this is the first time we have a clear record you don't have to listen to rhetoric, we know exactly what kind of president two will be and huge contrast between the two. >> ainsley: thank you for coming in and from fun at the al smith dinner tonight. >> see you there. >> ainsley: playoff world series. john smols is on deck. ♪ ♪

>> janice: fall out here. >> steve: fox weather alert. janice, stand by. hurricanes helene and milton are both likely to be $50 billion disasters and the small business administration's disaster fund apparently out of money. now, snow is already making a dire situation even worse for folks in the hard hit towns across western north carolina, over 7,000 houses and businesses still don't have electricity: now, let's find out what janice dean wants to say about the weather. >> janice: let's talk about

north carolina. because it has been below freezing for the last couple of nights, let's take a look at it you mentioned thousands still without power in and around the asheville area, look at the time current wind chill, into the 30's. 31 right now is what it feels like in asheville. we have frost and freeze alerts not only for the carolinas, down towards atlanta, georgia and up towards new england. so 7,000 without power in and around the asheville area and the next couple of days, lots of sunshine, but still very cool. at least for today and then we will go down to 33 tonight back up towards the you were 60's on friday. hyper is really building across the u.s. the west quite a bit of snow in the forecast over the next few days into the weekend where we could see upwards of two feet of snow for early skiing, i think. it's not out of the ordinary to see snow in october but, you know, for us it is, i suppose, over to you, steve. >> steve: going to be great

weather for a baseball game. >> ainsley: absolutely, yes. >> steve: all right, j.d., thank you very much. >> janice: of course. >> steve: i mention that the national league championship series is in full swing dodgers lead the mets two games to one after last night's crushing loss. the mets now looking to even the series game 4 tonight at 7:30 eastern on fox sports 1. joining us major league analyst and hall of fame pitcher the great john smoltz. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> janice: people are talking about a subway series. before we can have the is you subway series the last night was not good for them. >> shock system. dodgers do what they are going to do best. dodgers get you early. really a game that got out of hand. the one thing about these playoffs is we have seen a lot of these games but we see the bounce back by the team the very next game. maybe the mets are in a position to do that. >> steve: they are playing at

home tonight. you would think that and you go to different ball yards every week, that is almost magical in new york as you look at citi field. if they are going to win, they have got to do it at home. >> they have been extremely hot. going into last night 14 out of 16 at home. and everybody who is a mets fan know what is a journey it's been it's been a crazy ride and so expect the unexpected for the mets, they say. if i'm a mets. through it and we can handle it. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about the other team here in new york city. the yankees. right now leave cleveland 2-0. they remind people of the old time yankees when they were really good. >> everybody was concerned for the longest time about their bullpen and bullpen has gotten hot at the right time. they have gotten out understanding and timely hitting. the new york yankees, this is what they made the trade for soto to be in this position to get back to the world series. a lot of pressure on them. and they are handling it so far

so good. >> steve: and it always comes down to the pitching. tingely with the yankees. and you know you are a hall of fame pitcher. it's tough to do that. >> it is, teams with the healthiest and right now. everything for the new york yankees. they got the rotation healthy and bullpen is really good. >> steve: joining us. of course you can see john tonight as the mets face the dodgers tonight at 7:30 eastern on fox sports 1. we'll be watching. >> i hope so. >> steve: i hear it's going to be great weather. carley shimkus joins us right now with news about not baseball, but a basketball player. >> that's right, steve. we are sticking with the sports theme here. indiana fever superstar caitlin clark being named to the first team. first rookie player to receive the honor 16 years. she near unanimous earlier this

month after leading the team to the playoff birth since 2016. halloween around the corner, and viral australian break dancer ray gunn from the 2024 olympics is one of the most searched halloween costumes on google right now. also on the list is shrunken head bob from beetle juice and pop superstar sabrina carpenter. those are your trending headlines. looks like a lot of break dancing at the bars, steve. >> who will you be dressing brock as? >> carley: i have a couple costumes in mind maybe you will see it on "fox & friends." >> steve: fantastic. carley thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> j.d. vance is going to join us next so put down the remote. good morning, philly ♪ ♪

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