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>> over 10 million americans have already voted as we are now, only 17 days away from election day. both campaigns out in full force in battle ground states this weekend. this as some new polls show support for vice-president kamala harris has stalled since her early highs. today, harris will be joined by celebrities lizzo and usher at separate rallies. welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins, here we go, molly. >> i'm molly line, griff, great to be with you. former president trump will be in battle ground pennsylvania tonight and continuing his focus on the economy with a special nfl star guest. we have coverage on the campaign trail with alexandria hoff in atlanta and we have senior correspondent rich edson, with a preview of the rally, rich. >> good afternoon, molly. when you're an hour away from pittsburgh it's probably good to have some former steelers come to your rally.

former stealser wide receiver, antonio brown is to go to be here in latrobe. the controversial, provocative and even offensive pro bowl tweeter said he received from the trump campaign this message telling him they're excited for his remarks at the rally and that brown has three minutes to speak. let's see if he sticks to that. one speaker unlikely to adhere to a time limit or a script is the former president. he arrives in pennsylvania this evening off a day of campaigning yesterday in michigan. in detroit, trump promised to revitalize the american manufacturing and the auto industry. and he also criticized vice-president kamala harris in her interview this week with bret baier over refusal to reveal how her administration would be different from president biden's. >> did you see her interview the other night? she said, essentially, yeah, keep it the way biden had it. oh, that's great, that's great. he got out because of the way he kept it. she'll keep it the same way.

>> harris later said vice-presidents don't historically criticize their presidents. voting is underway in pennsylvania as it is for millions of voters across the country. all pennsylvania counties say they have mail-in ballots available so voters can request, fill out and return them all in one visit to their county election office. we're in westmoreland county, pennsylvania, about an hour east of pittsburgh, and trump won this county by nearly 30 percentage points in 2020. statewide, a recent poll shows trump with an edge in pennsylvania well within the polls, 4 percentage points. rfk, jr. is not on the ballot in this state. and musk has largely stuck to eastern pennsylvania. back to you, molly. >> yeah, a lot of those big names, big personalities. it's getting excited and here, we're closing in on the big date. thank you, rich, appreciate it.

griff. >> meanwhile, vice-president harris will head to the peach state later today for the second time this week to hold a rally where usher is set to urge voters to vote early. alexandria hoff. >> in about two hours michigan's own lizzo will join the get out the vote effort in detroit before she heads here to atlanta and as the vice-president has said, election season, election day, really, has extended so it's already upon us. listen. >> we've got to energize and organize and mobilize and remind our neighbors and other friends that their vote is their voice. >> former president obama led some political star power to the trail, seeking to boost enthusiasm. he's been campaigning with harris and he'll do so for the first time side by side in atlanta here on thursday, former first lady michelle obama will do the same in michigan a week from now, early voting in georgia so far

yielded historic results as of tuesday and as of this morning over 1.2 million ballots total have been accepted. back in 2020, president biden won georgia by less than 12,000 votes and georgia republicans are calling the post election count this year a possible litigation minefield. on tuesday, a fulton county judge temporarily blocked a new rule that would require ballots in the state to be counted by hand by three different county officials after being machine tabulated. excuse me, the georgia gop, a lot of g's there, they say they've already filed an emergency appeal on that and hoping for that hand count to be back in effect. griff. griff: a litigation mine field, oh, boy, buckle up, here we goment alexandria hoff, thank you. >> for more on the state of the race just two weeks from election day, we're joined by trump campaign senior advisor danielle alvarez. thank you so much for being here and we're buckled in

getting ready for the final stretch. i want your thoughts on really quite a lot of things, it's very tight in some of the swing states and the democrats focusing on the blue wall up in michigan, one of the big highlights was of course, bret baier's interview with kamala harris and he really dug in on the economy on this issue, and he challenged her on why people trust president trump more than her on the economy and here is what she had to say, take a listen. >> when you look at an analysis of our plans for what we do as president of the united states, it has been clear to those who study and understand how economic policy works that moving forward, because 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, people are ready to chart a new way forward. >> i just want to get your thoughts on the different strategies here where she says experts say my plan is great and criticized to sticking to a

handful of specific talking points, six or seven points and president trump has been holding wide ranging discussions at economic clubs and speaking extensively before rallies and your two different approaches how the american people and the american voters are taking things? >> well, there's something that's absolutely clear and it's that voters trust president trump to bring down inflation. they trust president trump to restore our economy, and they believe that president trump is the candidate for working class americans. the last four years have been full of failure, weakness, and have been devastating to families and americans across the country. and when kamala harris says let's turn the page, let's turn the page on her. for everyone watching, the closing arguments are very simple. if you want to bring down inflation, if you want to restore american greatness, if you want to secure the border, and if you want peace at home, and an end to the global chaos

across the world, president trump is the candidate for you, and voters feel that. voting has begun in many states. we encourage everyone watching to go to swamp the vote.com and cast their ballot. >> all right, that's a great point that the voting is well underway in some of the states and about to begin. some of those dates kick off saturday on early voting and mail-in voting as well. i want to, talk about president trump,'s beginning to join the campaign trail and expect today make an appearance with harris and michelle is expected to make an appearance with harris soon. here is president obama going after president trump in a way that is more often criticized of harris. >> there's often a question of his competence. have you seen him lately? i mean, he is out there, he's giving two, two and a half hour speeches, just word salads. you have no idea what he's talking about.

>> the word salad mantra was the critics of kamala harris throw that at her repeatedly. what do you make of this approach, trying to kind of flip the coin. >> it's really clear that they don't have a final message to voters. i mean, when i watched that clip, i just think that the joy is gone from kamala harris' campaign. they don't have a closing argument. they don't have a plan for the failures of the harris-- to resolve the failures of the harris-biden administration the last four years and so they're throwing hail marys out there hoping that something will stick. what is really obvious is that president trump has been keeping up an incredible campaign schedule, pennsylvania. today he'll be hitting every battle ground state and crisscrossing the country and he just did a town hall at the chicago economic forum with bloomberg, a town hall with hispanic voters on univision platforms. he's just everywhere and it's because he has that winning

message and he's making those final arguments to voters, and it's really resonating. it's obvious to me that kamala harris and her surrogates are absolutely terrified because they're going to get fired come november. >> well, that's the point you're making is one that i thought was interesting when president obama was talking about president trump talking for two and a half years at a time. he's out with conversations and sitting down with bloomberg. what other conversations on the campaign trail, the house, the senate races also very close, you know, there's just as much, you know, wondering what's going to happen on that side as well. this, course, senator graham raising concerns about the issue. >> i'm here tonight to give you a wake-up call. every vote counts, and every donation counts, too, we're getting creamed on the senate when it comes to raising money.

wisconsin, ohio and michigan, our candidates are being outraised 3-1. >> i just want to get quickly, your thoughts on the down ticket races. >> well, those down ticket races are incredibly important, it's something that not only are we focused obviously on winning at the top of the ticket and making sure that everyone gets out to vote for president donald j. trump, but making sure when president trump is elected and back in the white house that he has majorities in each chamber of congress to make sure to move forward his agenda. so, it's something that we are focused on. we are making sure that our voters know, again, swamp the vote.com that they have the ability to make a plan to go out there and vote, not just voting at the top of the ticket, making sure that that trickles all the way down. we always knew that we would be outraised by democrats, but i think that we not only have our secret sauce, which is president donald j. trump, he is the asset, the best messenger, has the right policies, but making sure that that translates in our

strategies and tactics, in our ground game, and within our political operation. >> danielle alvarez, thank you so much. we're delighted you had time for us here in the final stretch. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> griff. >> the rise government confirms a drone targeted prime minister benjamin netanyahu's private home. this was after the death of yahya sinwar. and matt finn is tracking that strike not far from where you are. >> it happened to the north of where i am in tel aviv. israel says it happened near prime minister benjamin netanyahu's vacation home. it did not hit netanyahu's house, but one israeli official said the drone was meant to eliminate netanyahu. it was one of more than 100

missiles launched from lebanon. and netanyahu released a video a short time ago saying he would not be deterred from the strike and responding to the monum monumental strike on yahya sinwar. >> we took out yahya sinwar the master mind whose goons beheaded our men, raped our women and burned our babies alive and we took him out and other terrorist proxies. we're going to win this war. >> and stunning drone video shows the final moments of sinwar's life this week. he's camouflaged amongst the rubble in gaza, on the chair on the left. sinwar was considered the defacto leader of hamas, perhaps enemy number one, master mind of october 7th. and his death has sparked speculation that hamas will

disarm, but others say it will not affect the mission. new video from northern israel shows people taking cover, missiles being intercepted. the missiles coming from the hezbollah strong hold of southern lebanon. the attacks indicating that sinwar's death has done nothing for detention or cease-fire, they're urging the public not to believe any rumors circulating that some hostages have recently been released or recovered from gaza. the idf says the rumors are only hurting the families. griff. >> matt finn live for us from tel aviv, thank you. molly. >> president biden is back in the u.s. after meeting with allies following the killing of hamas' leader in gaza, secretary of state antony blinken is headed to the region in the coming week. very delicate times right now. lucas tomlinson is at the white house tracking the president's movements and all of this for you. >> good afternoon, molly.

with just over two weeks to go before the election, president biden is not on the campaign trail. he just returned from a trip to europe. he's at camp david this weekend and experts say there's no signs of a cease-fire, the end of hostilities with hamas anytime soon. here is president biden in berlin yesterday. >> think there's a possibility of working for a cease-fire in lebanon and it's going to be harder in gaza, but we agree there has to be an outcome. look what happened after. >> mr. president, do you have an understanding what israel is going to do in response to iran's october 1st attacks. >> yes, yes. >> can you tell us? >> no, no. >> president biden met with the leaders of germany, france and u.k. and given germany's highest award, and george w. bush received the same honor for reunification.

and prescribe to continue help to ukraine. senator roger wicker of mississippi in a new letter to biden has the following recommendations, wants to see an increase of pace of weapons transfer to ukraine and restrictions for u.s. supplied weapons, an increase the cap of non-u.s. military personnel. and now here is john kirby speaking to reporters yesterday in berlin. >> they have, without question s, completely eliminated any immediate threat that hamas would pose from a military perspective. >> now in a new interview, ryan crocker, former u.s. ambassador to lebanon and many other arab nations think that guerilla warfare will continue in gaza. molly. >> lucas tomlinson followed that for us. appreciate it.

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damaged multiple homes in the oakland hills neighborhood of california. the keller fire has destroyed about 15 acres and is only 15% contained. over 80 firefighters were on the scene friday to prevent more homes from being affected. molly: a house explosion in chester county, pennsylvania has left at least one person dead. neighbors reported hearing what sounded like multiple blasts at the structure just before 5:00 in the morning. this happened on friday. police believe this was an isolated incident and they have not released any details though about the victim, griff. griff: early voting in the battle ground state of north carolina is underway. this, as cities in the western part of the state are still picking up the pieces after hurricane helene. danamarie mcnicholl joins us now with more. hey, danamarie. >> hey, griff. well, it's that first saturday of early voting here and it's a popular method in north

carolina. and now i'm here in asheville where most people were affected by hurricane helene, but they tell me it's still a very big priority to get to the polls and these long lines reflect it. take a listen. >> i think voting in politics wasn't even on my mind when the storm hit. now, it's important that we recover and build back better and making sure that we get the leaders in office that can help us do that here in western north carolina. >> now, in the 25 counties hit, 80 locations before planned, now dropped to 76. four sites had to close because of the devastation. 480,000 voters have already cast their votes across the state and this has been an all hands on deck effort to make sure that voters can get to the polls.

multiple government organizations are working to get internet service, portable restrooms, sturdy tents and generators to those that need them. all do have power, but not all have water. that's been a little bit of an issue here. for those impacted by the storm using absentee ballots will be very important and officials have been in contact with the u.s. postal service to make sure the ballots get to people whose mailboxes or homes are no longer there. many provisions have also been made to assure returning absentee ballots are here in northwestern north carolina. last year, north carolina v vo voters, they passed to show i.d. at the polls. those who lost everything, they can fill out an exception form here. griff: kudos and hats off to everyone in northwestern north carolina helping them get out to vote. danamarie, thank you.

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>> former president trump is now leading vice-president harris by two points in our new fox news poll. now, let's take a look at it though as we must always point out. this margin of error there, three points, that obviously makes this tight. but it is going to be those battle ground states that probably make the biggest difference. let's look though at the barn storming that we're seeing yesterday and today. of course, harris is in michigan just hitting away there. we've got the lizzo visit there and then she'll go down to georgia. that's where usher will come into play. while you've got trump really hitting pennsylvania because as we've heard so often, it may all come down to pennsylvania,

latrobe, where my in-laws live, and lancaster, had to get that in there. when you look at it, i think there's one state that we've got to look at, north carolina that early voting is already underway. i'll get to that deeper in a moment. let's look at the battle ground states and perhaps the most significant thing just 17 days away is that all seven of the battle ground states are in play. the famed blue wall there, that's why you're seeing so much attention on wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. and then out west, nevada and arizona, could possibly make a big difference this time, and then, there's the southern thing that we're talking about. and i'm going to go red here because you're seeing a lot of push by republicans there in that western part of the state which did go heavily for trump and the last one, let me just turn here and take you to according to quinnipiac,

harris ahead in their latest poll, in the margin of error of three, what's interesting to note in 2020, trump won north carolina by 1.3%. just 47,000 votes. now, when you go a little deeper, into the actual issues, this is what people are watching. on the economy, of course, trump is ahead there, 51-48. but then on abortion, look at that, harris ahead by 10 points on abortion, and then, the one that everyone has paid so much attention to, it's risen to the second most important issue in the fox polling, immigration, according to quinnipiac, a three-point advantage there. so we'll see exactly how this plays out, but one thing for sure, it's all eyes, molly on traditional pennsylvania and the blue wall, but also, i think north carolina may be an important one to keep our eyes on. molly, we'll send it to