matt, the money all goes to charity. which charities will the money go to? >> if you go to concert for carolina.com you can donate and they take the north carolina community foundation is one of them. but even though the concert is sold out you can still watch live and also donate to this concert for carolina.com on the website. >> ainsley: we can watch it live? i would love to see it. >> yeah, absolutely. >> ainsley: wonderful. i know scott mccreery and many others, god bless you all and god bless north carolina. former president trump on the kirby couch tomorrow. guys, you have to watch. president trump right here tomorrow. everyone have a great day. we'll see you. >> bill: vice president kamala harris defending her policy reversals in her first ever fox news interview as a candidate for the white house and this

campaign. what did we learn, america? that's where we start. good morning, everybody. i'm bill hemmer, thursday. it is getting chilly in the city and getting close to the big day. >> dana: i'll have to pull out the cashmere. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." we're thrilled to be with you today. 19 days to go. candidates are back on the trail after dueling appearances on fox news. >> bill: bret pleaseing the vp on tough questions and how she would chart a new path forward of the biden administration, which she is a big part. here is how she answered it last night. >> several people tell the country is on the wrong track. they say the country is on the wrong track. if it's on the wrong track, that track follows 3 1/2 years of you being vice president and president biden being president. that is what they're saying, 79%. if you are turning the page, you have been in office for 3 1/2 years. >> and donald trump has been running for office for --

>> you have been the person holding the office, madam vice president. >> you and i both know what i'm talking about. >> i actually don't. >> dana: it shows former president trump with an edge nationwide after a fox news town hall where he didn't mince words. watch here. >> she is the worst vice president and destroying our country. i don't want to use destroyed, that makes it sound like it can't come back but it is awfully close. she is the worst. >> dana: team fox coverage. bret baier is standing by. let's go to mark meredith in lacrosse, wisconsin where vice president harris is campaigning this afternoon. good morning. >> dana, good morning to you. vice president harris spent a lot of time in her fox news interview talking about former president trump calling him unstable and dangerous. the latest sign the democrats are trying to contrast her candidacy with his. voters say the number one issue on their minds this morning the economy. the issue above all else. the economy ranks as the top

issue followed by immigration and abortion. last night bret baier pressed the vice president to explain why people should see her as a fresh start. >> so you are not joe biden, not donald trump but nothing comes to mind that you would do differently? >> let me be very clear my presidency will not be a continuation of joe biden's presidency and like every new president that comes in to office, i will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas. >> speaking of president biden, harris faced questions about her relationship with her boss and whether or not he still is fit for the job at age 81. >> when did you first notice that president biden's mental faculties appeared diminished? >> joe biden i have watched from the oval office to the situation room and he has the judgment and

the experience to do exactly what he has done in making very important decisions on behalf of the american people. >> no concerns? >> bret, joe biden is not on the ballot and donald trump -- donald trump is. >> i understand. >> when it came to policy bret pressed her about border security asking her why so many migrants have been able to reach the u.s. since january of 2021. she said she would truly change the system that she believes has been broken for years. >> this election in 20 days will determine whether we have a president of the united states who actually cares more about fixing a problem even if it is not to their political advantage in an election. >> this interview was seen by a lot of people all over the world. one person we also know who was watching was former president trump. he said online that harris had trump derangement syndrome after

watching many of those clips and his campaign has been trying to use those clips to their advantage. we'll see if the vice president fires back. she will be on the college campus in lacrosse this afternoon. >> dana: mark meredith, thank you. >> bill: a big moment for the campaign and man of the hour joins us now. bret, good morning and thank you for your time this morning. you have had 15 hours now to marinate over this. what did you think about how it went? >> you know, guys, good morning. i left there right after the interview and i thought wow, this was really a lot more contentious than i thought. there was a lot of filibustering. i didn't want to keep interrupting. if i didn't i thought there would be four answers total in the interview. and i think i came away with there were moments that clearly she prepared for that i think she wanted to have the viral moment and she got it and i think her campaign was happy with that. i think there were things that mark played and some other

moments where i think a lot of people looking back at the transcript will say wow, that's interesting. it is newsy but not what she usually answers. >> dana: one of the things you talked about at some length was immigration. if you pull up call for number one. this is about her reaction, the biden-harris reaction, to migrant crime. >> let me just say first of all, those are tragic cases. there is no question about that. >> so do you owe them an apology is what i'm saying? >> i will tell you that i'm so sorry for her loss. so sorry for her loss, sincerely, but let's talk about what is happening right now with an individual who does not want to participate in solutions. let's talk about that as well. >> do you want to answer? >> i told you, i feel awful for what she and her family have experienced. >> dana: one thing i noticed she

didn't seem to have a way to say so here is what i'm going to do differently going forward. an opportunity to do that. it could have been an opportunity missed. >> yeah, listen, dana, that's the key thing about immigration is that the 94 executive orders that were rescinded in the first days of the biden-harris administration, they opened the door and took away the catch and release, took away remain in mexico. that's the whole thing. she wants to talk about this bill they dropped first which was an amnesty bill to path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the first days that had no chance. the white house -- the democrats had the white house, house and senate and they didn't bring it up or push it. the second bill she talks about right away is the comprehensive bipartisan bill that had six democrats that voted against it and, you know, yes, donald trump maybe lobbied against it but there were also problems with that. and in between those 3 1/2 years

was things that could have happened and we talked about that many times and that's what i was trying to get to. >> dana: and then you did press her on the fact that the american people say that 79% of the country think it's on the wrong track. she tried to say but that's because trump has been running for eight years. what did you make of it? >> i thought it was interesting. she came back to donald trump. i think maybe 15 or 20 times in the interview and that one was really interesting because i was talking about the wrong track and she said you know what i'm talking about and i actually didn't. i just said, i actually don't know what you are talking about. i think that was an interesting moment. she kept on going back to donald trump who hasn't been in office for the last 3 1/2 years. >> dana: for those that didn't see last night, bret, you explained they got there a little late and tried to cut it off so that's why you were sort of rushing at the end to let it come to a close. >> it was a quick dismount

because i had a lot of people wrapping me doing the big wrap. i'm grateful they came on and dealing with the harris people has been fun. it was a little tense because we had a time deadline and it started later and originally we had 25, 30 minutes and then 20 minutes. they were watching the clock and so we had to speed things up at the end. >> dana: bret, mr. gracious bare. i'm sure everyone will be talking about it. >> bill: in the middle of that interview, dana, our fox polling group came out with a brand-new poll. overall nationally they have kamala harris at 48 and we have trump at 50. that's a flip now from where it was previously. in the seven battleground states, however, we've got trump at 46 and harris with a six point lead at 52. is this the way it's going to

do? the trump driving up his numbers where he was getting votes in prior elections and not necessarily getting the votes in the states he needs? maybe. that's one look. another look over here. talking about the seven battleground states. what we want to do today is take the -- everything is so close, right? take the logic and flip it on its head, turn it around 180 degrees. upper midwest the states, the blue wall wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, that's where kamala harris wants to turn the trick to get to 270. what if that senate race in wisconsin is as close as it suggests over the past two weeks? maybe trump is doing better in wisconsin. what would happen with 219 and 225. take him to 229. maybe the senate race in michigan is tighter. maybe the arab american and union vote has an effect on trump's number in michigan. for the sake of this exercise today we'll give him michigan.

he won in 2016 after all. maybe in pennsylvania. perhaps they could go for blue collar scranton joe but not kamala from california. maybe pennsylvania goes for trump. look where that goes. 263. now let's twist it around in the southeast. maybe the shift in georgia since covid is more significant than the pollsters understand. all those 26 metro counties around atlanta are bluer now than 2020. what would happen in harris wins in georgia and places like greensboro and raleigh and charlotte, north carolina. if she flips north carolina she would be in 257. then we shift our attention to the southwest. arizona did -- what if he wins

arizona? enough to give him the presidency in 2024. i'll take it off for the purpose of this exercise and give arizona to kamala harris. that would not be enough. nevada would. let's come back to the midwest a little bit. nebraska two we believe in omaha it will be blue. that would put her exactly at 269 electoral votes which would leave the silver state of nevada enough to put this at 269/269. it is not out of the possibility that this could happen on election night. go back over here and talk more about it. >> dana: when you lie your head down at night, are you doing that in your sleep? >> i want to say no. >> dana: it's really interesting to play with the map like that and see what could we be doing election night? >> bill: early voting in georgia, are they giving us

clues? 48 hours into it. there are clues out there but inconclusive. we talked about the senate races in the upper midwest and they surprised us. rodgers and hovde are gaining. if their boat is rising, then trump's boat must be rising as well. something to think about. >> dana: one other poll from last night. fox news poll on percent saying yes, okay? in terms of honest and trustworthy. kamala harris 48, harris 47, trump 55 strong leader. up to the job of president, 50 for harris and 53 for trump. mental soundness, i call it a tie. new numbers and lots of fun. >> bill: we'll get back to that in moments. breaking news that may be happening right now in the middle east and it could be significant. >> dana: right before the show it could be that israel's military is looking into whether the top leader of hamas, sinwar,

responsible for october 7th and many other atrocities, may have been killed in a military operation in gaza. we're checking into this. this would be really big news. we have a great guest coming up on it that's already booked for us and we're in luck. >> bill: remember now, sinwar and the history he has with the idf and israeli government. a man who was under arrest and in prison in an israeli jail. he had a brain condition. israeli doctors saved his life. while he was in prison he learned to speak hebrew perfectly. in 2006 there was a war between hezbollah and the israelis and it was all over one captive israeli soldier. the israelis years later traded at least 1,000 inmates for the soldier's release out of gaza. sinwar was one of them. he goes on to become a leader within hamas leadership in gaza. he is believed to be the

mastermind of october 7th. the israelis and idf have been going through the tunnels trying to find him. it was about a month ago when he made the request for a peace deal that would give him safe passage to qatar and spare his life. that was not accepted. >> dana: the lives of so many were not spared because of him and matt finn is in tel aviv and matt, do you have anything on the latest development possibly? >> well, i can at least set the scene in tel aviv. today is a jewish holiday. the streets are quiet. people have been reflecting across this city. the news, this information is spreading rather quickly across tel aviv. the idf has released a statement saying the recent strikes in gaza have killed three people. one may include sinwar, the head of hamas, and the so-called mastermind of the october 7th attacks. this is something israel has been trying to -- a person

israel has been trying to get since the very beginning. this person has proved to be very elusive and the news breaking across israel right now. the hope is perhaps this elimination could potentially lead to some type of end to this war possible cease-fire and to set the stage for you here in tel aviv over the past couple days there has been anticipation building for a potential large-scale military strike by israel against iran in retaliation for the october 1st missile strike in israel that aired live on fox. a horrifying moment, hundreds of rockets launched into israel and since that time, prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowed iran will pay for the strike. here on the streets people have been waiting to see what the strike may look like. local israel reports have indicated that israel has been ready to launch a wider scale attack allegedly the sites have determined and it is only a

matter of time. now we have this news break and it is very significant and something spreading rapidly in tel aviv. back to you. >> dana: thank you so much. we'll follow the breaking news and find out. >> bill: if it's true, what a change it could be. more breaking news. bombshell new report revealing the secret service is not performing at the most elite levels. another assassination attempt, some believe, on the president could happen again. we'll tell you what's in that report coming up. >> dana: an f.b.i. data revisions casts doubts that violent crime is down. >> the f.b.i. looks like just released some updated crime numbers which suggested crime was higher than they previously let on in 2022. i'm shocked by that. just kidding.

>> bill: breaking news on the secret service. independent panel of four just released a 52-page report on the first attempted assassination attempt on donald trump in butler, pennsylvania, in july. more than three months later now. letter to dhs secretary mayorkas. that panel calls for a major overhaul writing that the secret service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission. without that reform they believe another butler can and will happen again. that ain't good. want to bring in trey gowdy host of sunday night in america. former federal prosecutor. good morning to you. what's the problem with the secret service? why can't we get it right? why has it been systemic for years, as you noted when you were in congress? >> everything from recruitment to training to being viewed as something of a stepchild within

dhs. way back when they were under treasury. i think what your viewers don't know, all our federal law enforcement agencies are all under different departments. there is no commonality. in fact, it is worse than that. it is bickering and fighting. fighting over money. so at some point we have to admit that moving them from treasury to dhs was a major mistake. they have a tough job. 99 is a failing grade if you are a secret service agent. even in the last week i have been with former trump officials who will be under threat for the rest of their life, bill. for the rest of their lives. usually from iran they will be under threat. there is 0 margin for error. we did not need a report to tell us butler, pennsylvania was a failure. i'm glad they did one but we didn't need that. they need to move these agencies under one umbrella and sole objective should be excellence.

>> bill: the secret service does not perform at the elite levels needed. the secret service has become bureaucratic, complacent and static even those risks multiplied and technology involved directed toward mayorkas. after the border and this, how does he still have a job? >> well, the house's defense they tried to impeach him. i don't think they would have done well with a jury. people fail up in government. that's why. he did a bad job with his last job so let's promote him to this. he is a political crony. which gets to my point. i understand politics. when it comes to life and death, when you tell people there is going to be another butler, pennsylvania, that ain't politics, bill. that's someone's life. law enforcement and politics should not mix together. put them under one agency, get rid of this competition, get somebody competent. you and i don't have time to talk about the f.b.i. but they've been getting lots of

stuff wrong, too. public safety is number one priority. if your dead nothing else matters. public safety, number one. >> bill: 99 is a failing grade. i don't know why we don't know more about this teenage shooter in butler, if it's true he was corresponding with encrypted apps from overseas, where were they and who were they? the trump team said iran is still trying to kill our guy and we need a military outfited plane to get around this country to make sure it doesn't happen yet again. when you think about that iran threat. president biden was asked about it and he said if trump wants it, he will get it. i don't know if it's happened just yet, trey. last comment. >> it is not just trump. i have friends that you can't hug them when you see them because they're surrounded by security detail because of iran and yet you have presidential

candidates that want to get a deal done with iran. they want to negotiate with iran. iran is actively trying to kill present and former government officials and we'll sit down at the table and negotiate with them? the number one thing is punish iran, deter them from threatening our past and present government officials. >> bill: got it. trey, thanks for coming on today. important stuff. we'll see what comes of it. i don't think you are holding your breath is what i tell from your answers. thank you, trey. talk soon. >> dana: speaking of iran they sponsor hamas. they have a leader named sinwar and the israeli defense forces are right now trying to determine if this lead that they have that he could be dead is true. it is possible that the mastermind of october 7th is dead. we're checking on that and have more on that coming up very soon. this, no softball questions

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>> bill: keeping an eye on what's happening in the middle east. screen left is a camera from southern israel looking toward gaza. the smoke is drifting on the horizon. there are reports sinwar may be dead. it is unconfirmed but a lot of smoke out there from the middle east. we're chasing the story and let you know what we learn about it and when. stand by for more on that as we wait for more news from trey yengst and others. >> i do believe the american people are ready to turn the page on the divisiveness and the type of rhetoric that has come out of donald trump. >> dana: vice president kamala harris arguing americans don't want another four years of donald trump. here to respond is the trump 2024 senior advisor.

i want to play one more thing. she talked -- call for number one. harris's point about trump's political opponents. watch. >> he has talked about turning the american military on the american people. talked about going after people who are engaged in peaceful protests. he has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him. this is a democracy and in a democracy, the president of the united states in the united states of america should be willing to be able to handle criticism. >> dana: that was one of the most heated moments in the interview she got. how would president trump respond to that if we were having a debate? >> well, she is talking about somebody unable to handle criticism. there is a highlight reel there. people tuned in too see why it is she wants to be president.

she can't. that's what people came away with. everybody wants to talk about the tone of it and what was the construct of the interview and why did she come into fox news in the first place. that's missing the point. one of the key points in that whole conversation last night and bret did a great job was when he pointed out hey, 79% of americans think the country is on the wrong track. she says oh yeah, but donald trump is running for office again and we want to turn the page. she has no answer for hey, you've been in the white house for almost four years now. what are youo do different about this? she has no answer and i think that's what people saw. >> bill: on the right track wrong track question, a good exchange. here is another question about your pocketbook and finances. watch. >> why do you think more people say they trust him on the economy than you? >> it has been clear to those who study and understand how economic policy works. moving forward. i believe the american people are ready to turn the page on

the divisiveness. they want a president with a plan for the future and that's sound and will strengthen our country. my plan for the economy does exactly that. >> bill: what viewers didn't get in that 25 minutes last night is the details of her plan. she doesn't have to go in depth on it but an idea here and there might help as opposed to pivoting to the page on the divisiveness in america on behalf of donald trump. i just think the voter did not get a lot of detail on that front. i imagine her campaign would want to give a better answer. >> you would think when we're 19 days left before the election she would have an answer what her plans for the country are. that's the point of her whole campaign. they were hoping to ride this joy vibe all the way to election day, you know that. she doesn't want to come into fox news and talk to you guys. she is desperate to try to shake things up.

the way it shapes up has always been good for donald trump. people who will vote in this election have lived through boat administrations, the economy was great under donald trump and the world was largely at peace and the border. under biden and harris the border is non-existent and the world is on fire. she has answers for that. the backup quarterback who throws an interception every time she gets in the game and tells the head coach i want to be the starter now. that's not how it works. you have to have a plan and some kind of performance. dana, sorry about the sports analogy. >> dana: i was following. you didn't even have to try out for the job. >> she didn't have to go through try-outs. >> dana: one other thing fox news poll that came out saying if voting now among key groups. i am looking at one number, black voters, kamala harris, 67%, donald trump 29%. as i recall, tim you know the

number, biden won black voters almost 90%. president trump doesn't have to win all the black vote but if he wins enough black voters it could put him over the top in the national popular vote. >> donald trump is doing very well with black and hispanic voters and why you see her aside from what she did last night. it is not base maintenance when she is trying to talk to black or hispanic voters. she is trying to stop core constituencies of the democrat party from fleeing her campaign. there are 40,000 dislikes among his audience versus only 13,000 likes or thumbs up. that's not scientific but shows you even the audience for charlamagne thought harris didn't provide any answers or insight what direction she would take the country. she is losing support from key aspects from the democratic base and bleeding like crazy.

this campaign is in real trouble. >> bill: we'll see whether or not the interview changed her minds. her folks said they like to see her fight and his folks are saying there was no details. maybe it was a push in the end. thank you for coming on. >> you have to provide some details. >> bill: thank you. want to get to early in-person voting now underway in the battleground state of north carolina. we have georgia monday, north carolina, recovery efforts continue because of helene. more than 75 polling locations are open in the 25 counties impacted by the storm in the western part of that state. from asheville dana marie mcnicholl is back on the job and the restoration efforts and what comes from it. good morning. >> good morning, bill. there is a sense of energy here. i'm at a polling site the line wrapped around the building. here in this county that includes asheville there was supposed to be 14 polling sites.

it was reduced to ten because they didn't have enough staffers to run those sites. but again the doors were open at 9:00 and there is really a lot of people here excited to cast their vote. one man was here first in line at 8:00 a.m. >> i have had family members that lost houses, you know, some people are still without power, some people still without water. yeah, but knowing the people i know they are still going to make it here at some point. they'll get out here. >> we do have a look at some of those different locations around the areas that were most devastated by hurricane helene. although some of those locations you are looking at are miles from areas that are completely destroyed by the flooding. roads are open and clear to those voting sites. though the official voter registration ended voters can register today and vote on the same day at any early locations in the county making it more

accessible for residents. two changes were made to the absentee ballot procedures due to emergency measures by the state board of elections. absentee ballots can be issued over the counter at election offices and people can return those ballots by mail, in person at the election offices or at any early voting location. it will be a busy day in asheville. u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg will be here this afternoon alongside north carolina governor cooper to give updates on the biden-harris administration recovery efforts. we'll look to that. of course, they will be busy and have information for us. >> bill: i have run the math on the 25 counties. trump netted roughly 220,000 votes in 2020 in the western part of that state. it could matter. we'll watch it. nice to see you, dana marie, thank you for your report in asheville. thanks. >> dana: we're still following this report that the israeli defensive forces are looking

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>> dana: breaking news out of israel. idf investigating whether it has killed the hamas leader the mastermind of the october 7th terror attack. joining us now is michael allen. former senior director at the national security council. we were going to talk about kamala harris and what she said about israel and iran. this is breaking news. what have you heard? i know you have better sources than i do at the moment. >> well, it looks like they are increasingly confident that they got sinwar in an idf raid very recently. there are pictures on the internet. people are studying them. i expect they will have some sort of confirmation by the end of the day. not only does this come just after the anniversary of the october 7th attacks, this would represent a huge emotional lift for the israeli people to be settling all of their business, of course, with hezbollah to the north. they've got some scheduled

strikes, if you will, coming to hit at the iranians. and, of course, if they got sinwar it could enable any number of additional good things for the israeli people. >> dana: this comes at a time when even yesterday the biden-harris administration sent a letter to israel telling them to back off and get more aid into gaza, where we also know about 50% of that aid is stolen by hamas and sold on the black-market. >> yeah. i wish the american administration here would be smarter about the way they talk about this assistance. of course we want it to get to the people in gaza, but if hamas is going to use these aid shipments as the way to bootstrap themselves back into a leadership dominant position in gaza, then the idf needs to seriously carry through on something that i believe they are considering, which is that the idf would be the ones to bring in and distribute the

assistance into gaza. it sounds dangerous. i'm sure they don't want to do it. but it sounds better than the alternative, which is hamas gaining a new superior type of position within the gaza strip. >> dana: one more question before i ask you about the houthis. if sinwar is, in fact, dead is that a possible path to a cease-fire or hostage exchange or some sort of deal piece for piece going forward? >> i think it is. i don't think any of the subordinate figures to sinwar, if they exist anymore, were as radical as he was. this might be a natural place for hamas to says time for this to end. we need some sort ever peace going forward. it could enable the hostage release. netanyahu was never going to go forward with a cease-fire as long as sinwar was alive. this is akin to us getting osama

bin laden. we couldn't feel like we finished the war on terrorism without killing him. i think this enables all sorts of new possibilities for netanyahu and how he is going to deal with this terrorist threat. >> dana: one last thing. overnight i understand the b2 bomber was used to go after some of the houthis. that is a heavy strategic bomber. you know that better than anybody else. the houthis illegal attacks continue to disrupt the free flow of international commerce and put innocent civilians and partner forces lives at risk. a comment about the b2 bomber and remind everybody iran is the puppet master here as well. >> well, i'm glad we finally have used some seriously heavy weapons and missiles and the rest to try to take out some of the houthi capability. sometimes the way it's been described to me we're only hitting the launchers when they become visible to us on radar or

drone. i think they wanted to go deeper and destroy some weapons caches. if it proves to be the case i think that is an improvement over the strike packages we've been sending there to yemen here to for. >> dana: thank you, let's stay in touch today as we wait to find out what the idf confirms, whether sinwar is indeed dead. >> bill: could get that any moment. now back in this country. a redo. the f.b.i. making a major reversal on national crime data. initially reported a decrease of 2.1% in violent crime from the years 2021 and 2022. a revision shows that violent crime actually rose during that same period. rose about six points from what was reported. erasing one of the favorite talking points that crime is down. david spunt runs the numbers now at d.o.j. what did you find out? >> good morning. not unusual for the f.b.i. to

revise violent crime statistics. the reason the stats come from local police departments across the country, some relate to report. what makes this story notable the f.b.i. revised the statistics from a negative crime rate to a positive crime rate. the f.b.i. chose not to make et well-known to the public. we're talking about 2022 violent crime stats. originally the f.b.i. came out with a report indicating the violent crime rate estimate decreased from 2021 to 2022 by 2.1% rounded up. they adjusted the numbers that indicated the violent crime estimate actually increased 4.5%, a significant change. the biden administration, including the department of justice, cited these numbers from the f.b.i. and people thought violent crime decreased from 2021 to 2022. a narrative baked in for many months. we received a lengthy statement from the bureau. i can only read part of it.

new data systems are in place to provide the public with more timely data. monthly data releases to provide an opportunity for consumers to review data based on more timely crime counts with the understanding that data will be continuously updated. as part of this movement the f.b.i. has moved toward automation allowing for past year's estimate to be updated when they were submitted. 2023 shows a decrease in violent crime from 2022 to 2023 by 3.5%. it is possible the bureau will update these numbers once again. officials appear confident it is an accurate picture with new systems and methods in place to release them more timely every month. >> bill: an whoops on that one. a six-point swing. >> dana: new video shows 60 unaccompanied children crossing the border but the people currently in power are placing the blame elsewhere.

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it is worse for me now. i never know when it is going to happen and it is driving me crazy. every night i stay up thinking he might come in. now some 30 members of the extended menendez family have come together to support their brothers among them the sister of kitty menendez, the boy's mother. >> it was a nightmare none of us could have imagined. but as details of lyle and eric's abuse came to light it became clear that their actions, while tragic, were the desperate response of two boys trying to survive the unspeakable cruel of their father. >> the final decision on whether to free the menendez brothers will be up to a judge. he set a hearing for november 29th bill. >> bill: we'll follow it and see what comes of it. intriguing. thank you. >> dana: fox news alert frpt