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welcome to the curvey couch. it is friday, october 18th, and it's a big, big, big day for all of us here at "fox & friends." thanks for joining us. >> ainsley: i mean it's huge. in less than an hour. former president donald trump is going to join us right here on the curvey couch and we're going to sit him right in the middle. we never put a guest here in the middle it's a first. >> brian: ainsley never gives up her lighting this is the first time. >> ainsley: this is the seat that does have the best lighting. we will give it to president trump today and if kamala would like to join us in the next few weeks we will give it to her. we are going to include some of our viewer questions. you said we received 2,000. >> steve: included you will find out live in one hour. >> lawrence: it will be must see tv and don't miss a minute of it. chris chulo, did you send anything in? i guess not. and, when the president joins us

he stole the show and was the feature as vice president kamala harris was not there blue ainsley and i were you were on the dais, you were up there. you were very special. >> ainsley: suzanne scott, jay wallace. bill hemmer was there martha mccallum was on the dais and so was maria bartiromo. lauren green was there. it was great. >> steve: it was a big night. since 1960, it has been a tradition for both presidential candidates to attend the dinner and kind of politely roast each other. but vice president kamala harris is the first presidential candidate since 1984 and not attend. >> kind of unbelievable. harris instead held an event in the battleground state of wisconsin. trump joked about her missing the big event though catholic church helping the poor

educating children and supporting the vulnerable if you really wanted vice president harris to accept your invitation you should have told her the funds were going to bail out the looters and rioters and minneapolis and she would have been here guaranteed she would have been here. it's a true pleasure to be with you this evening. amazing pleasure and these days it's really a pleasure. anywhere in new york without a subpoena for my appearance -- [laughter] any time i don't get a subpoena i'm very happy. [laughter] as i look around the dais i see all of the usual suspects. for instance, mayor adams, i would like to poke some fun at eric but i'm going to be nice. i just want to be nice because i know what it's like to be persecuted by the doj for speaking out against open borders. we were persecuted, eric. i was persecuted and so were you, eric.

unfortunately, governor walz isn't here himself but don't worry he will say that he was. have to be careful, however to understand that this will be the first time in the history of this event where jokes will be fact-checked. all polls are indicating i'm leading big with the catholic vote as i should be. as i should be. [cheers] but i don't think kamala has given up yet. she hasn't. instead of attending tonight, she is in michigan receiving communion from gretchen whitmer. [laughter] >> steve: timely as today's headlines. >> brian: she actually apologized for that. that was a disaster. but the take away was, number one, everybody wanted to be there. they were pumped up for it. thought the room was fantastic. and when you have a comedian like jim gaffigan maybe the top five comedian of the country as a host and big catholic guy. played a huge role in the church i said him i almost said

admiral. cardinal dolan are really tight. and then you have got the most powerful senator happens to be a new yorker. and then y you have got the forr president right there. and then have you three nfl owners, the commissioner, and then really powerful. >> lawrence: you were there too. what was the reception like for donald trump and were people upset that kamala wasn't there? >> people were surprised that she wasn't there. and when you are in a room full of catholics and these are catholics that are, you know, changing the world. you have so many people sitting on that dais, including brian. oh, well i saw brian on the dais. lara trump came up -- brian didn't know i was going to be there because i was asked to go the day before. so laura comes over to my table and we started talking i said come with me brian doesn't know we are here. there were all these ropes so you couldn't get to the holy people on the dais. so, we just stood in front of the ropes. we said brian!

answered looked at us and it was cute. we had a good time. >> ultimately millions of dollars are raised for various catholic charities. also to help put a lot of kids into the schools. the catholic schools throughout the new york city area. so, you know, it is a tradition. and, we have been talking about this over the last couple of days kamala harris missed a great opportunity. >> lawrence: of course she did. >> steve: we saw donald trump standing there and there is schumer he pats him on the back and says you are doing a great job. one night in new york city where people come together. they sit next to each other. they exchange pleasantries. it's kind of the way politics used to be. it's too bad she wasn't there because it would have showed a different side between the dynamic between kamala harris and donald trump she didn't go. it's too bad. >> lawrence: paint him as a super villain. any time he is with people and gets to act with them on this

level it humanizes them. total win for him she didn't show up. from what i hear the video didn't do so well that they played? >> brian: it bombs. no one said a word. you couldn't believe what you were seeing because she actually tried to be funny in a skit. it was not funny. even when it was on snl in my view. catholics hate this character because it mocks catholic kids in school. i know comedy is comedy. why bring it back in the catholic dinner? >> ainsley: jim gaffigan was really funny. he actually said something about you. what did he say? we'll include it. you will see it. but he also said when he was talking about. -- he plays tim walz on snl. he said donald trump said this about him. most recently tim has been -- no, jim has been playing tim walz on snl and that will be a very short gig. >> brian: he goes it better be. here is a little of jim gaffigan.

>> you know, looking at this impressive dais of attendees up here. i never know how to address you people. do you prefer, you know, global elite or coastal elite? [laughter] you know, i mean i know we live in a sensitive times and i don't want to mislabel anyone. you know, you are all thinking about it, let me just cut to the point and point out who is not here and, of course, i'm talking about the middle class. [laughter] that filthy group of people right, chung? do you know what i'm talking about? if i am too critical of president -- of vice president harris, i will, you know -- i will lose friendships. and, you know, and mess up my career. and if i am too critical of president trump, i will lose friendships and improve my career. [laughter] do you know what i mean?

the media has begun discussing the phenomena of secret trump voters. i don't know if you have heard about this. people who publicly say they would never vote for trump. but then when they go in the voting booth they do. it's a small group. they're called the biden family. [laughter] president biden couldn't be here tonight. the dnc made sure of that. [laughter] oh, that's -- [applause] $10 million is pretty impressive. do you know what i mean? granted, it could get you a studio apartment in manhattan. which seems, you know, expensive, especially considering you can get a mayor for two business class flights.

let's be honest, this entire room is filled with some of the most powerful people in new york city. and brian kilmeade. [laughter] remember, brian, i told you -- brian and i started doing stand up together. so, we're friends. hopefully. >> now that's funny. what did you think of that? >> brian: sounds like gutfeld, i thought it was cool. i saw him before and he said oh, i'm referencing you i hope it's okay. i'm like do i have a choice? i thought -- then i thought he was kidding. i think the whole thing was he wrote the jokes, a lot of them up until the last minute. and i think the thing about jim gaffigan is is he clean. so if you look at hits comedy. doesn't matter how old you are, he is just a funny guy. >> steve: there was one grownerr

inappropriate topic we will not talk about. aside from that, it was a great show. and once again, going back to my original point. it's too bad she was not there it was showing a side of the dynamic that would have given people a different opinion. >> ainsley: i'm sitting at this table and i'm like wow, i'm so impressed martha is up there. >> steve: right over his shoulder. >> ainsley: they do so much for the catholic churn. brian suspect there. i'm proud of you have. ken langone started home depot. he has been on the curvy couch. i see roger goodell of commissioner of the nfl. i see cardinal dolan who we all adore and love. obviously trump and melania. robert kraft, exactly woody johnson was there. chuck schumer, even letitia james was there. you see all the mayors. bill de blasio was the only one booed when he walked out. mayor adams was there. my gosh, they contributed so much to our country.

it was such a missed opportunity for kamala harris. why do you think she didn't go, lawrence? >> lawrence: i just think that her team has this calculation that they are going to focus on other things and the new traditional way of campaigning is going to these different events instead of the big ones. >> brian: hillary clinton told her not to go. that trump can be brutal. and this was the reason. i would love to see her answer that question because she blew off a lot of catholics. >> ainsley: we have all been to this event the whole point of it is just roast each other. one time you see during the whole season where there is lefty. >> steve: just a few weeks before the election. that's why it's so consequential. that's why we ran it live last night. that's also why donald trump is in new york city. and, you know, we don't see him much during the campaign he is going to be live in this studio within 45 minutes. he is going to be here live from the curvy couch. and we are going to include some

of the questions that you all submitted. yesterday we did a solicitation. we said take out your phone make a video. ask your question. we will play a bunch of them. >> lawrence: also you know we have been doing these boopsz series. he went to a barbershop with me in the bronx. i can't wait to see your reaction. >> steve: did he get a hair cut at the barbershop? >> lawrence: i can't report on that. >> ainsley: i can't wait. >> lawrence: we will see a little bit when is he in the show. >> brian: i walked up to him on the dais and said hello he said i was with lawrence in the bronx. it is unbelievable. he said did he tell you about it i actually said yes i saw you. when is it going to be on? i can't wait to see it. he thought you were great. >> ainsley: what did he say when he walked into the barbershop? >> lawrence: they were happy to see him. it wasn't just the people in the barbershop. the street. they blocked it off as much as they could. they had to call for reinforcement. >> ainsley: what is it about the bronx? he was there serving pizzas or

something recently they loved him. >> lawrence: latin and frustrated with the country and giving him a shot. >> brian: and the yankees. >> steve: bill clinton actually has his presidential office up there right in that neighborhood. >> brian: right now president biden is in berlin, germany, meeting with german and european leaders that discuss support for ukraine. riding tensions in the middle east, and, the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar. >> lawrence: jacqui heinrich is live in berlin. what are you learning? >> jacqui: good morning to you guys. we just heard the president talk about the death of sin warr really for the first time in depth because the confirmation of it happened while air force one was in the air in route to berlin. that's, in fact, why we heard the vice president commenting on it before president biden. we are reading the "new york times" this morning that apparently the white house asked her to hold off on saying

something until he at least got a paper statement out. we just heard from him for the first time. listen to what he said. >> the death of leader hamas represents a moment of justice. he had the blood of americans, israelis palestinians and germans and so many others on his hands. let's also make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in gaza without hamas. i'm grateful for germany's cooperation in holding iran accountable for destabilizing policies including providing missiles and drones to russia. >> jacqui: this conversation that biden was having with other foreign leaders probably planning for it looked a lot different before this news broke yesterday. his administration took credit for sharing intelligence with israel in order to make this happen. ironically he was killed in rafah and you recall not too long ago both president biden and vice president harris. benjamin netanyahu not to allow

the idf to do any sort of operation in rafah. enough to that this has happened, celebrating the news. the other reason that he is here, the president, is to sort of fortify ukraine's ability to defend itself with the election on the horizon. we heard the german president this morning making allusions to the possibility of another trump presidency, not really hiding his country's anxiety because the future support for ukraine, future support for nato, they feel, is in question. but, of course, if you recall, back when trump had a sort of frosty relationship with angela merkel, it was over the very issue of germany not paying enough into european defense. which they have sense come up to now that there is a war raging in europe. they also sparred over germany buying russian energy. nord stream 2. that sort of thing. so conversations from the past look a little bit different now. now that russia has decided to open up a war in europe. we also know this morning that

north korea is sending troops to ukraine to fight on russia's behalf. those images coming out of satellite. this is something zelenskyy alluded to yesterday, guys. >> brian: going to talk to general keane about that. amazing that north koreans are fighting against the ukrainians while giving their weapons there, some of them are defecting because their country sucks. >> ainsley: jacqui, thank you so much. >> jacqui: go ahead, guys. >> steve: no, go ahead. finish your thought. >> jacqui: i was just saying that it's something that zelenskyy has been saying is really going to make a difference. they are worried about the winter. and if biden wants to really make a difference for ukraine, there are two things that they have been asking for to be able to use long range missiles on targets inside russia and for invitation to nato. right now neither thing is on the table and they are looking ahead to a long, dark winter with north korea's help in russia's effort. if biden wants to be set ukraine

on this course, there are two things he could do that so far he wasn't done, guys. >> brian: he is the president of half measures. thank you so much, jacqui. >> ainsley: hand it over to carley for headlines. >> carley: here is a big one. a florida human trafficking sting puts 157 people, including 25 illegal migrants behind bars. the called operation autumn sweep it. began earlier this month. officials say they were able to issue 35 felonies and 201 misdemeanors. the polk county sheriff helped the operation pinning the blame on the government. saying, quote, they were here because we have a federal government that enabled these criminals to come into the country and they treated them very well after the criminals came here illegally. a new fox news polling 67% of americans support mass deportations of illegal immigrantsna. suspect 15% from 2015. and the new poll breaks down viewpoints from various groups and all favor deporting illegal

immigrants more than they did in 2015. elon musk held his first fellow campaign event for former president trump in pennsylvania yesterday. and the billionaire warns if kamala harris wins the election, we may never get to mars. >> we're going to see government spending go ballistic. inflation go nuts. it's going to be just bad on every level. and like fundamentally, if a current trend of, you know, strangulation by overregulation is not turned around, we'll never goat mars. it just will be illegal. >> carley: how about that? musk says he plans to build a city on the red planet in the next 30 years in many of our life times. it is a very special day here on "fox & friends" because we are wishing the one and only steve doocy a very happy birthday one day early. and because of that, we have a big, sweet surprise for him ahead of his big day. happy birthday, steve.

>> reporting live from pennsylvania avenue with my own october surprise, happy birthday, dad. i hope you have the best day. you really deserve it. you have been the best father and grandfather to brigitte and arthur. and i hope you take today to celebrate. you really deserve it. and maybe in honor of your birthday, we can go to the to the eros tour like you have said you have wanted to. >> good morning from the white house. let's go inside here. open this door to the briefing room. where is everybody? huh? okay. this is good. because this means that we can go right up here this morning -- i never get at the go up here. and standing at this podium just makes this the official position of the united states government. happy birthday, dad.

no questions at this time. and now we are going to go ret a weekend pass for your birthday to the lincoln bedroom. so, i don't know, let's see what's back here. happy birthday. >> happy birthday, dad. we can't wait to celebrate you soon. we love you so much. you are the absolute best. >> happy birthday, steve, thanks for being the best father-in-law. i love you. [applause] >> lawrence: you got cake. >> steve: i hope so. fantastic. it's german chocolate, my favorite. thank you. >> you are the best. >> brian: there you go. >> steve: finally balloons. >> ainsley: i got steve the best gift that they made for you. your only pickleball. >> steve: are you kidding? >> your face on both sides. >> steve: i'm playing tomorrow. >> brian: that's a little too big. >> steve: that's awesome.

>> lawrence: taunting your opponent. >> steve: i want a big hug. >> ainsley: did you expect it? >> steve: no because tomorrow messiah birthday. >> ainsley: happy birthday we won't be on here on saturday. >> carley: how are you celebrating with the family? >> steve: i am. pickleball and more cake. i need a knife. >> only have a fork so here. >> lawrence: it's your cake. can you eat it. >> brian: vice president donald trump the 45th president who wants to be the 47th president will be on the couch talking about what he will do in the next 16 days. >> steve: mr. president, got appeals of cake for you. >> carley: happy birthday. >> steve: thank you.

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>> brian: fox news alert. you are looking at the final moments of hamas leader and october 7th mastermind yahya sinwar before being killed by israeli force drone in a chance encounter in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu now indicating that could wring the end of the war after taking out many of the terrorist leaders credited with the last year of instability in the region. best of your recollection this could be the beginning of the end but not the end. here to discuss is retired four star general fox news strategic senior annual list and chairman of the institute for the study of war. we love that sinwar's dead but what does it mean for the

mission of wiping out hamas? >> well, certainly sinwar is formidable figure. is he iconic figure and the israelis have been after him since day one as a major military objective to achieve it. and they have finally accomplished that certainly very comparable to killing nasrallah who is the head of hezbollah as well. and the fact that sinwar, you know, has absolutely been the major impediment to a hostage deal certainly opens the possibility of that taking place depending on who his successor is. and listen, i want to credit the a 28 brigade. a regular brigade in the israeli idf who took this guy down followed him into a building and hit him with a tank round. the a 28 brigade is the organization that killed those three israeli hostages mistakenly. this is a major plus for an organization that certainly has

been suffering under the heavyweight of that. but those in the administration, they are calling for sinwar's death is the opening to the end of the war. i mean, that's preposterous given the facts that are on the ground. there is thousands of hamas fighters still in gaza. not in organized battalions like they were. but nonetheless, a force that has to be dealt with israel can't just walk away from that and create some type of government when hamas is there to challenge that government and challenge international security forces. people, again, are rushing to premature judgment and not considering what the facts are really on the ground. >> brian: so they say -- the isw says his mother mohammed sinwar going to take over but the word is he got killed, too. you said to me the fighters are still there. they are scattered and maybe unorganized. that's inlocial. tintolerable.so as long as calla

cease-fire seems somewhat irresponsible but calling for a surrender and release of all the hostages seems to make more sense. >> yeah. i think there is an opening here on the hostages, depending on who takes over. if it's one of the political leaders in qatar and three or four of them are there, that becomes the new leader of hamas, they clearly had disagreed with sinwar's obstinence and maybe that door will open and you will be able to get the hostages out. my israeli sources tell me of the 101 hostages, 48 are confirmed dead. and they certainly want to get the rest of them out of there because the longer they stay there, obviously their lives are in jeopardy and we have seen the evidence of all of that so that would be a good thing. prime minister netanyahu is not going to agree to a permanent cease-fire here when he has got thousands of fighters still in