hear one of these guys say, oh, we're definitely not going to win which i don't think you should say when you're getting ready to hoist your wife up for the wife-carrying contest. >> sandra: that's impressive. very impressive. even more impressive is a giant pigeon descended on new york city one of the last things we need is more pigeons but here we go a gigantic statue of a pigeon made its debut in the city yesterday called dinosaur. greg you ask why. >> greg: why. >> sandra: pigeon's descendants from dinosaurs in the distant past. facts you need to know. >> judge jeanine: where is this? >> sandra: the high line. >> i have to go see this. >> sandra: glad i read the whole article. that does it for us thank you for joining us. have a good night everybody. >> bret: have a great weekend guys. good one. i like the pigeon see you sandra. good evening i'm bret baier, north carolina voters show up

early despite the terrible destruction left by hurricane helene. hamas terrorists look for a new leader but apparently not a new direction. our whatever happened to segment scores an exclusive first interview with the man behind the college admissions scandal accused of that. ♪ >> bret: we are two and a half weeks from election day, both presidential nominees are concentrating on one of the key states, michigan. former president trump holds a primetime rally in detroit after participating in a round table in auburn hills. vice-president kamala harris will be in oaklyn county following a rally a short time ago in lansing and an earlier event in grand rapids. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie has our report from detroit. >> is this the new one? i'm going to comment. just your community. that's good. it's a tremendous honor to be with you. >> reporter: former president trump courting mus lin american

voters at a campaign office in ham traumatic michigan where the democratic muslim mayor has endorsed him. >> we welcome president trump. >> reporter: in a tight race trump is seizing any opportunity to pull in voters who would normally vote democrat including jewish and black americans and union workers. tonight at a rally in detroit he'll pitch his plan to tackle inflation and revive the auto industry as new fox news polling shows the top issues motivating voters for trump is the economy. while it's disliking trump for voters who prefer harris. last night the gop nominee swapped out his stump speech for a comedy routine at the annual al smith dinner in new york city targeting his opponent who skipped out. >> if you really wanted vice-president harris to accept your invitation i guess you should have told her the funds were going to bail out the looters and rioters in minneapolis. >> reporter: instead harris sent in a pre-taped skit with snl's mollie shannon taking a dig at trump's recent comments about

detroit. >> our whole country will end up being like detroit if she's your president. you're going to have a mess on your hands. >> maybe don't say anything about catholics. >> i would never do that no matter where i was. that would be like criticizing detroit in detroit. >> reporter: the comedy sketch didn't appear to land well with the crowd. >> now i know how my kids felt when i call -- i face time them to a piano recitele they were at >> bret: aishah hasnie with the trump xavenlt michigan remains a challenge for vice-president harris her support among black men there is slipping and the administration's position on israel and gaza could hurt her with the state's large arab american community but she's spending a lot of time there. senior national correspondent rich edson takes a look tonight from waterford measure began. >> good afternoon, michigan. >> reporter: three campaign stops here in michigan today after three events yesterday in wisconsin and a speech the day before in pennsylvania. all crucial states with tight polling. in a brief interview in michigan harris defended her reluctance

to answer how her administration would change from president biden's. >> including mike pence, vice-presidents are not critical to their presidents. it does not make for a productive important relationship. >> reporter: harris trying to draw moderate voters from president trump and attempting to shore up voters democrats have traditionally won by large margins. >> we're treating every cohort as if they're swing vote snores democrats worried about defecters like auto, woulders. in grand rapids she pitched them on the biden administration spending converting old auto plats into electric manufacturing. >> my plan also invests in manufacturing. >> reporter: they object to the just this week the committee refused to endorse harris or trump they tiply endorse democrats and one republican paster says trump will continue to draw black voters from harris. >> she's taking the black vote for granted and now she's looking at the numbers trying to

hurry up. >> reporter: harris is scheduled to campaign tomorrow with lizzo as they start early voting. later she'll travel to atlanta to campaign with usher. next week the president is expected to campaign on the campaign trail with the obamas for the first time with former president barack obama in georgia and later in the week with former first lady michelle obama right back here in michigan. bret? >> bret:. >> bret: rich edson live in waterford. rich, thanks. breaking tonight, there are growing questions about what the death of hamas leader yahya senwar means to the overall dynamic between israel and its neighbors including iran. state department correspondent gillian turner has that story tonight. >> reporter: biden administration officials spent the hours following the death of hamas terror leader yahya senwar rallying us allies around the world for whatever comes next in the middle east. >> grateful for germany's cooperation holding iran accountable for destabilizing

policies and just this week the european union followed germany the uk and france in sanctioning iran's leading airlines. this followed our own oil sanctions. >> reporter: senior us officials are desperate for a chance to break iran's strangle hold on the region as israeli forces weak the i ran-backed proxies. >> hamas is in a much, much, much weakened position than it ever was before. they have, without question, completely eliminated any immediate threat that hamas would pose from a military perspective. >> reporter: but on the other side of the equation, vladimir putin is also shoring up his allies. in a few days he'll convene the so-called bricks group including china and brazil among others to strategize about gaza's future. >> i've invited the president of palestine to take part in our events. this will provide an opportunity to hear his assessments.

>> reporter: one thing everyone realizes is that senwar or no senwar, the war in gaza will slog on. >> the war is not over. it's a difficult war and a heavy toll in price is exacted from us. >> think you can certainly expect that they will be someone that's committed to the destruction of israel, which is why the united states will continue to be committed to the defense of israel. >> reporter: in a couple of days secretary of state blinken is going to travel to the region at the urgent order of president biden. the idea is to seize this moment and try and restart the ceasefire negotiations, bret, that have now been stalled up for upwards of a month >> bret: gillian turner live at the state department. gillian, thank you. israel's prime minister says the conflict with hamas will go on until hostages captured last october are released. the terror group is not relenting in the wake of the death of its leader. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is

live again in israel tonight. >> terror group hamas confirms its chief, yahya senwar, the mastermind of the october 7th attacks, is, indeed, dead. more details of his killing now known. israeli troops in southern gaza came across suspects, including senwar, and fired. he fled into a house an israeli drone went in too. the severely injured senwar was spotted swatting at the drone with a stick then a tank fired and brought the house down. he was later identified in the rubble. some thought this could be a turning point in the war and help for 101 hostages still held. hamas rejected that. >> the hostages will not return to you until the aggression on our people in gaza is stopped and israeli troops withdraw. >> reporter: israeli prime minister netanyahu met with his cabinet focusing on hostages possibly at risk of revenge attacks. >> the hostages should not have to suffer one more hour in captivity. those who are holding hostages

should release them immediately. >> reporter: as the focus turns now on who might succeed senwar. his brother muhammad, the military chief of hamas, is seen as a possibility. others include the current deputy khalil and former political boss kaled. whoever will be taking over terror group warn by a year of war at the hands of israelis. >>the military structure of hamas has been decimated. >> they said senwar's death would only encourage them to continue to fight. israel said today it's killed 1500 hezbollah fighters. and iran, which backs both groups, responsible for a recent missile barrage, noted the killing inspires others to defy israel. israel could soon be getting them back, too. the israelis resist clearly digging in on a lot of strategic fronts. the senwar killing seeming to give them a bit more resolve, bret. >> bret: greg palkot live, greg thanks. up next what early voting looks

like in hurricane ravaged north carolina. we'll take you there with a live report. first beyond our borders tonight cuba's energy ministry says the nation's electrical grid has gone off line after one of the island's major power plan failed. millions are without power the government has implemented emergency measures such as suspending classes shutting down state owned workplaces and cancelling non-essential services. workers in italy's automotive sector marched through the streets of rome demanding more work and better economic treatment. the strike comes amid rising tensions between global auto maker stellantis and the italian government which accuses the car-making giant of relocate looking assembly plants to low cost countries. >> and this is a live look at australia. one of the big stories there tonight, britain's king charles and queen camila arrive in sydney for the first australian visit by a reigning monarch in over a decade. charles is the -- is only the second such british leader to

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>> bret: braking tonight, congressional democrats say the washington hotel owned by former president trump overcharged the secret service by a lot while mr. trump was in office. correspondent griff jenkins takes a look at this report tonight with the latest griff. >> reporter: good evening, bret. in a report released today house oversight committee democrats leaning then president trump benefited financially by overcharging secret service agents staying in rooms as much as 300% or more above standard government rates while protecting him and his family at

his former trump international hotel just blocks from the white house. the lawmakers claim trump benefited as well from a number of foreign and domestic officials staying there while seeking jobs or pardons including eight us ambassadors, three federal judges, two governors and a cabinet secretary. the report, based on records of spending at the hotel from september 2017 to august 2018, says the payments show how trump, quote, willfully and brazenly violated the constitution. a senior trump campaign advisor responded seeing the democrats reports amounts to election interference adding, quote, left-wing groups democrats in congress and others have engaged in frivolous litigation on these matters before and in each case they were dismissed. and house oversight republicans dismissed the report, bret, call it more recycled garbage from a decade-long investigation. bret. >> bret: meantime griff more legal documents about former president trump released, this

time from the special counsel? >> reporter: that's right, bret. federal judge tanya chutkan overruled trump's request to halt all releases before the election unsealing portions of evidence gathered by special counsel jack smith detailing alleged interference with the 2020 election. the nearly 1900 pages were mostly redacted and for the most part were previously known, including social media posts, witness transcripts from the house january 6th committee and letters from trump's legal team outlying a strategy for vice-president pence to try and block or delay the electoral college certification. now, trump today called it, quote, election hunting from deranged lunatic jack smith, judge chutkan will now take all this evidence including trump's objections and decide which, if any, criminal charges can go to trial. bret? >> bret: okay. we'll follow it all. griffs thanks. this is the first week of early voting in the key battle ground state of north carolina. residents in the western part of that state obviously still

dealing with the aftermath of hurricane helene, correspondent danamarie mcnicholl reports tonight from asheville. >> reporter: two days into early voting and half a million people voted in north carolina breaking early voting records. >> i voted. >> reporter: many waiting in near freezing temperatures to have their voices heard. >> probably about close to two hours. >> reporter: although some residents are still living without basic necessities, the long lines of enthusiastic voters say this election is a top priority. >> i've had family members that lost houses, you know, some people are still without power, some people still without water. so knowing the people that i know, they were still going to make it out here at some point. they'll get out here. >> reporter: in the 25 counties hit by hurricane helene only four early voting sites will open due to flooding. >> when a disaster strikes we don't stop elections we figure out how to proceed. >> reporter: all voting sites have power but not all have water. fema the north carolina

department of emergency management and the north carolina national guard, are working to get internet service, portable restrooms, generators and sturdy tents to serve as election-day polling places where buildings were washed away by flood waters. >> one thing helene did not take from western north carolina is the right to vote this important election. >> reporter: absentee ballots will play a major roles in this election for western north carolinians within a week of the storm the board of elections voted unanimously on emergency measures designed to help voters return their ballots. last year oh lex officials passed a voter id law that required voters to show their id. hurricane victims who lost their id can fill out an exceptions form at the polls. bret. >> bret: danamarie, thank you. stocks closed out their longest weekly winning streak of the year, the dow was up 37 ts&p 500 finished ahead 23. those are both record closes.

the nasdaq jumped 116. for the week, there you see the dow is up, the s&p, the nasdaq finishing up almost one percent all gained near one percentage point. >> up next, we talk about the final two and a half weeks of the presidential campaign with pollsters and experts mark penn and alex castellanos.

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nearly a half century >> former prosecutor tv news anchor paul young faces michigan state senator christian mcdonald. worked in the michigan ship service durings the trump administration after losing the race for the seat in 2020 and 2022 he's hoping the third time is the charm campaigning on improving the economy and reducing immigration >> mcdonald-rivets says her priorities are addressing prescription drug costs housing child care and abortion rights. the competitive eighth district encompasses flint and will be a decisive race that we're watching for the house majority. >> the media has begun discussing the phenomenon of secret trump voters. i don't know if you 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. >> bret: jim at the al smith

dinner last night. i want to look at the early votes. the ballots sent out, the votes already cast. as you take a look this is from the associated press all across the nation, in person votes and the total there. it's starting to happen. this election is already under way across the country, some states seeing big numbers, in fact, early. let's talk about where things stand in the presidential campaign. joining us mark penn former advisor pollster for bill clinton the ceo of sad well and co-founder and chair man of purple strategies alex castellanos. alex, let me start with you. where do you see this and how big a deal is the early vote and the whole get out the vote in between the two parties, how they're good at it, bad at it, where it stands. >> well one election is really two election. there's the persuasion election, people's attitudes, and then there's the turn-out election, how efficient is each side in delivering that vote to the polls and democrats have done

pretty good at that the last election, the turn-out election, early voting, mail voting they excelled but we have to thank our democratic brothers because, for the example, because we've caught up. i think republicans are out there now voting early and often in mail and in-person and we're seeing that but also republicans have an advantage now. underneath all that is how big is the pool of voters and republicans have now caught up nationally with democrats and moved ahead. more people self identify in republicans. in pennsylvania we gained 138,000 voters, democrats have only gained about 35,000. in arizona, more republicans have registered to vote than democrats since kamala harris became the nominee. in north carolina hundred counties in 93 of the counties republican registration is up. only in nine counties is democrat registration up.

so something is happening out there that's giving republicans a lot of confidence >> bret: mark, do you see it that way? >> well, i do think the mail-in voting in several last previous elections has really helped the democrats because most people don't understand the math of mail-in voting which is if you have a vote in the bank it's done. if someone you expect to vote on election day there's maybe a 90% chance they show up. so what was happening is, the republicans were losing one to two points because the falloff on election day, it's raining, my kid's sick whatever was disproportionately hurting the republicans. if they even that out, and it looks like they're doing a better job this time, they could pick up one or two points and us pool sisters are ike willy to look better because i think our polls will be more accurate despite all this mail-in voting so that's an important leveller. i think the edge that we are he seeing here is a little bit towards trump in what otherw