locked up to prevent theft. high prices and long lines. now people can get a lot of products delivered finding them at cheaper places like target and wal-mart that their own pharmacies and many more employees. >> bill: thanks, kelly. changing times in our neighborhoods. thank you very much. >> dana: before we go. this happened, 2024 world series is officially set. dodgers will face the yankees after beating the mets to win the national pendant. dodgers and yankees will be in the classic beginning friday night. that's a lot of flying back and forth across the country. >> bill: they're young guys, though. except for the coaches. >> dana: indeed. well, we have a big week in store for you. good to be with you. harris faulkner is next. >> harris: here is what we are watching this hour just 15 days

away from the presidential election. both former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris are packing in as many events as they can before that day and, of course, they are going to some key areas for each of them. for the former president, he is swinging through swing states. for kamala harris, the vice president, she is hitting that blue wall, the democratic strongholds. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." vp harris is going to hold events in three blue wall states today. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. former president trump will make three stops as well in north carolina including one to the all-important asheville area. critically on our things to keep in focus because of the devastation that area suffered in hurricane helene. he will see it firsthand weeks later. he has been to that region since almost the time those things happened with helene and milton.

it follows a busy weekend for the former president who spent time behind the counter serving up fries and such at mcdonalds outside of philadelphia. >> i'm looking for a job and always wanted to look at mcdonalds. i never did. i'm running against somebody that said she did but it turned out to be a totally phony story. so if you don't mind, i want to work the french fry counter. >> okay. >> i think that's good, you want to do that? >> what is your favorite thing to order at mcdonalds. >> i like it all. i love mcdonalds. this is all on trump. i'm allowed to do that. >> i made it myself. >> harris: the photo opportunity saw donald trump at the fry cooker and serving customers at the drive through.

he also got a warm reception at last night's pittsburgh steelers game. >> 45th president of the united states, donald trump in attendance tonight. >> usa, usa, usa. [crowd chanting] >> harris: hanging out at an nfl game inside of a swing state. they chant usa with donald trump. two former steeler stars actually spoke at trump's rally before the sunday night football game. the trump team says their strategy in the battleground state is starting to pay off. >> we reach them in every way we can. gorilla marketing on the ground. knocking on doors and calling on them to get out and vote early

is very important. we're seeing the strategy is paying off. for the first time in three democratic-leading counties in pennsylvania bucks, beaver and another county republican registration is outpacing democrat registration on the ground. >> harris: polling is showing a very tight race in pennsylvania. trump has less than a one-point lead in the real clear politics average of polls. a "washington post" piece puts it like this. to voters of pennsylvania, trump is a known quantity for better or worse. harris is less known. not a blank slate but still a work in progress. trump could struggle to bring out the voters he needs to win. harris's challenge will be to alleviate the fears of the unknown and overcome a lack of enthusiasm among some in her coalition. bill melugin is in concord, north carolina where trump will be later today. >> good morning to you. early voting is already underway here in north carolina where donald trump has three separate

campaign stops planned for just today. that includes the asheville, north carolina area which as you mentioned devastated by hurricane helene as part of his recent sweep of battleground states. he was in pennsylvania yesterday where he got a whole lot of headlines. you were just talking about this last night at the steelers game playing the new york jets. former president making an appearance got huge cheers of usa once the crowd turned around and saw him in there and joined by former steelers star wide receiver antonio brown. he has been campaigning for donald trump in recent days. look at this. trump also visited the pennsylvania mcdonalds yesterday. this went totally viral. trump switching up a suit and putting on an apron and he worked a shift there making french fries and worked the drive-thru. supporters were cheering him on outside. this is basically him trolling vp kamala harris because she has claimed to work at mcdonalds. trump says there is no evidence she ever worked there.

and he said that he has now worked at mcdonalds 15 minutes longer than kamala harris has. something jd vance reacted to on fox news this morning. listen. >> showed genuine interest in the employees, their lives, where they came from and what they were doing in their job. that's something you can't stage and you can't fake. unfortunately kamala harris has tried and failed. i think it is why her campaign is flailing now. she goes into sheets and does four takes of her buying doritos. trump goes into mcdonalds, he is who he is and people love him. >> early voting underway in north carolina. 1 million ballots already cast in the crucial battleground state. donald trump will be here where we are in concord tonight at 7:00 p.m. hosting a round table with religious leaders. eight hours away and you can see behind me people already starting to line up. send it back to you. >> harris: you know some of

those people are there for you. >> i don't know about that. >> harris: good to see you, great reporting as always. power panel. tammy bruce, fox news contributor. patrick murphy former democratic congressman from pennsylvania. you served our great military and we appreciate that. >> bill and his hair is who they are there for. >> harris: let's start with the idea, too, of who is going where today, talk to me about the blue wall, what she needs to do. >> she just needs to keep showing people who she is as a person and that she has the middle class and all of america at heart. that's what she will work on every day if she gets a chance to be our next president. >> harris: how frustrating is it for you as a democrat or maybe democrats you are talking to to know you only have 15 days to do what she couldn't do in 3 1/2 years in terms of introducing herself to the public. >> 14 days to wake up or 15 days. >> harris: that's military.

you guys are trained. >> 14 days to wake up. i know former president trump was in bucks county at the mcdonalds. she worked at mcdonamcdonalds. >> harris: i'm not able to comment whether or not it is true and i won't jump into that vat of goo. why isn't her campaign cleaning it up. it's a non-issue. here is a receipt for two. she had to pay taxes. she worked at mcdonalds. i wonder why they aren't cleaning it up. i don't have a dog in the race and i can't say what is true or what's not. >> i worked at the pizza hut and i don't have receipts. if donald trump cared he could have raised the minimum wage. a tax break 83% went to the most wealthy of america. who will fight for everyday americans. i think kamala harris will do

that. >> harris: in all fairness my parents had my receipts. >> when hillary realized or felt she was losing and going the lose in 2016, she became a better candidate. she relaxed. i remember this. it was remarkable that when it was clear that something had happened despite the polls, there was a shift in hillary to where there wasn't this controlled, you know, contrived candidate, which is what we see a lot with kamala harris. there may be a moment here, we may be seeing it a little bit, where she just -- it could be bad for her, where she is even more herself. and that is perhaps part of the issue. what i also am interested in is somebody like kamala harris. trump is going to california and doing things in new york and going into places. the madison square garden rally sold out next sunday. he is in places where he is not supposed to be a player. she is shoring up the blue wall.

and this began also with hillary with ignoring wisconsin. there was this sense of taking things for granted. i don't think they recovered from that. >> harris: why i think the mcdonalds thing is important here. a swing state. squeaky tight. trump is doing something kamala harris is trying to do. showing the effort to highlight the people who matter. and that's not easy to do, but he is going there and he is able to get a wedge in there. her campaign is not handling that issue. let me get to this. i had mentioned and so did tammy vice president harris is doing a blue wall blitz today in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. the three state governors sat down for an interview to talk about democrats' slip in support and their very own states. >> just a couple of elections ago, this blue wall was almost guaranteed for democrats. i know you've seen enthusiasm and i know you are working hard but the polls really aren't

showing it. >> the only people not surprised about these polls are us three. we all expect this. we are not upset about it. we're not scared. >> the polls look at a small number. i know it's a science but at the end of the day i rely on the people all the time. we'll help them. >> it is about whether americans trying to get through their day and wanting the know that folks in government are looking out for them. donald trump talks a good game. he has a history of failing to deliver over and over and over again. >> harris: first of all, real quick, tammy, your response to that. we have up right now the former president trump won michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin in 2016. narrowly lost each state in 2020. current polling shows he is up in all three this election. >> americans keep hearing rhetoric from the democrats that doesn't match their experience. they say trump never delivered.

americans are nostalgic for what he delivered. the greatest economy in american history. the wage gap between blacks and whites shrinking dramatically. lower taxes, building up your savings, being able to work one job, not to to pay rent. low inflation, low interest rates. those are realities. they can talk about when it changed or didn't with covid. but at the same time americans have heard this about the border. it was closed, that the economy is fine. so it becomes kind of a dynamic where you feel like you are being lied to. i'm interested in the fact those three governors had to do that interview and were defending their states. were defending the numbers. that's not a good sign 15 days out. >> harris: it is what the union has done by not really leaning into support the largest unions not leaning into support kamala harris. they will sit back because they know the people in those unions are listening and looking for something that trump did.

by the way, i've often heard you say, patrick. maybe you'll say something different with regard to trump. he had it for three years. not like we tasted that as a nation for 15 minutes and covid hit. that was march of 2020. he was in office for three years plus. before that. >> we had job growth under barack obama >> harris: he did not have the best for 50 years for black americans. trump had that and a key demographic and electorate that your candidate is losing right now. >> not losing. she has 80% of it. that's what the polls say. we'll see on november 5th. >> that's democrats, not black men. >> i would also say there is a reason why donald trump was fired after being president the first time, right? now when you have those three blue state governors including my state shapiro who we love because he is a great leader. he was the final two. i will tell you when he says deeds and words. that's important. anyone can say in a campaign i will do this and this.

it is what you've done. >> harris: what has she done. >> exactly. >> harris: she doesn't do any of that because she isn't joe biden. last word, tammy. >> you have kamala harris still having to straddle that. she is -- i give her the props for being a powerful woman. she wasn't sitting around reading romance november else the last 3 1/2 years. she was participating in this administration. this is what americans are voting on. what did they get with donald trump and what did they get with kamala harris? for kamala harris it is cereal for dinner at night. not your table. we want our table back with what we want on it. >> harris: kamala harris's campaign and she said for this entire series up until two weeks ago, the last woman in the room and made those decisions that left the economy where it is. not she is saying she is not joe biden. didn't have anything to do with

it. >> the american people were put through the wringer with covid. >> harris: which kamala harris is she. >> a great teammate for joe biden and a different vision and a new generation of leadership. >> harris: that's not the question i asked. >> she was a great teammate. >> the reason it worked for donald trump he enjoyed it. kamala doesn't go. it would be like if mitt romney went to the mcdonalds. there is a difference in retail politics and what that man enjoys and he likes the person driving up to the window. that's the key. >> harris: we can all agree the fries are delicious. >> they are delicious. extra salt. >> harris: vice president kamala harris is campaigning on a new way forward sending mixed messaging on how see is different than president biden. we'll further the conversation. i try to figure out which version of herself she will be. glenn youngkin is going after the d.o.j. for its lawsuit over

voter rolls. >> elections in the united states should be decided by citizens. and non-citizens shouldn't be on the voter rolls and we'll make sure elections in virginia are fair and accurate and safe. >> harris: so you know, virginia removed non-citizens from its voter rolls but the department of justice says it is too close to the election to do that. marc thiessen in "focus" next. you can't get a home loan because of your credit? here's great news. at newday we've been granted automatic authority by the va to make our own loan approval decisions. in fact, if you've had credit challenges and missed a payment along the way, you're more than five times more likely to get approved for the newday 100 va cash out loan. no one knows veterans like newday usa.

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>> harris: republican virginia governor glenn youngkin is really angry at the department of justice's lawsuit against his state over an election reform law. the law is aimed at removing non-citizens from the commonwealth's voter rolls and the d.o.j. is claiming the effort violates the national voter registration act by

challenging voter eligible so close to the election. governor youngkin said this. >> to be clear, this is not a purge. this is based on a law that was signed into effect in 2006 by then democrat governor tim kaine and applied universally by republican and democrat governors and now all of a sudden when virginia is getting tight, it launches a lawsuit against the commonwealth of virginia when we're trying to make sure that citizens vote, not non-citizens. >> harris: now a new chapter in all of this. florida is suing the biden-harris administration for allegedly refusing to help the state purge non-citizens from its voter rolls. early in-person voting begins there today. over the summer the house passed an effort to require proof of u.s. citizenship at the time of registration. democrats were overwhelmingly against that. marc thiessen, your thoughts on virginia and what is happening

there. >> governor youngkin is completely right. this was passed and implemented for 18 years by republican and democratic administrations without controversy. it purges people from the voter rolls who are self-identified non-citizens. you go to the dmv under motor voter and get a driver's license and register to vote at the same time. you are asked are you a u.s. citizen or permanent resident when you do this and you check the box and say i'm a non-citizen. what they found was when they checked dmv data against the voter rolls there were 6300 people who had self-identified as non-u.s. citizens registered to vote in virginia. they send them a notification saying you are registered to vote. you said you were a non-citizen. can you prove you are a u.s. citizen or you will be removed. if they don't respond or don't provide proof they are removed. also in virginia you have same-day voter registration. if you are a u.s. citizen and

incorrectly removed go to your polling place and present your identification and you can vote that day. so there is literally no controversy to this. i don't understand why the justice department would want to do this. >> harris: you are talking about all the ways to cure the information if you mistakenly checked the box if you are a non-citizen. that's been part of the state's law for a very long time. your thoughts on what's happening in florida? >> again, i don't understand why. this is a democratic administration which has unleashed the worst border crisis in american history and let in tens of millions of illegal immigrants into the country. why would you not be bending over backwards to show the american people you really don't want people who are non-citizens to be voting? why would 198 members of congress vote against requiring proof of citizenship? it creates the impression that you really want non-citizens

voting in this election. >> harris: president biden will not be campaigning alongside kamala harris ahead of election day. 15 days you won't see them together. this comes after reports of rising tension between the two. sources are telling nbc news biden instead will help harris behind the scenes and that publicly the most important role he can play is that job of president. kamala harris has struggled to answer how her presidency potentially would be different from biden's. >> let me be very clear. my presidency will not be a continuation of joe biden's presidency. >> you are member of the present administration. under a harris administration, what would the major changes be? and what would stay the same? >> sure. well, i'm obviously not joe biden. >> would you have done something differently than biden in the past four years? >> there is not a thing that

comes to mind. >> harris: but it is going to be different, she says. campaign surrogates don't have an answer to that question either. here is pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. >> has vice president harris done enough to distance herself from president biden? >> kristin, i think what is clear this is a race not between kamala harris and joe biden, but between kamala harris and donald trump. on that there are clear contrasts. >> can you name one key policy difference between vice president harris and president biden? how would her administration look different? >> i've been really encouraged by the amount of energy that kamala harris, vice president harris has put into focusing how she will cut taxes for small businesses. the focus on childcare tax credit expansion. >> those aren't necessarily differences but an expansion or tweak to some extent to what has been done. name one policy difference. >> again, the contrast i am

focused on, kristin, is between her and donald trump. >> harris: he might not be a friend. she did pass him over for the vice presidential role on her ticket. >> she can't answer the question, either. only once in 188 years of this country's history has a sitting vice president been elected president of the united states. that was the last time it happened was in 1988 when george h.w. bush was elected. people wanted another reagan term. nobody wants another biden term. if they wanted another biden term, he would be the nominee, not kamala harris. and so it's clear this is a change election. "new york times" poll shows 91% of americans want either major or drastic change. and so she is trying to run as the candidate of change. it is unprecedented electoral -- a vice president running for the candidate of change.

she is stuck. her only credential she is the vice president to joe biden serving for the last four years but can't run on the record of the last four years because people want to turn away terre the record of the last four years but can't turn away from biden but it will disspirit the democrats. she is kind of stuck. donald trump owns the change lane in this election. >> harris: look, my last guest we had the power panel with tammy bruce and patrick murphy on. an established democrat. he told me the last time he saw something like this was when gore tried to walk away from clinton. you saw a lot of democrats vote a split ticket down ballot. they didn't like that. marc thiessen, thank you very much. the united states now investigating the release of classified documents. israel's plans to retaliate against iran have been leaked. >> we need to make sure that the information sharing ties between israel and the united states

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>> harris: israel launched air strikes on financial operations in beirut, lebanon trying to destroy those terrorists banking system coming as the united states is investigating a leak of highly classified

intelligence about the moves that israel was planning for retaliation against iran. they have every right to do it. how did the leak happen? house speaker mike johnson. >> the leak is very concerning. there is some serious allegations being made. i think the united states needs to state by our alley there right now. we're on a precipice, jake, of a few era of security and freedom for israel and i think we're very close, i hope and pray to ending that conflict there. but we cannot equivocate. we can't appease iran. now is the time for a maximum pressure campaign against the head of the snake. >> harris: let's go to trey yengst in israel, trey. >> good morning. overnight israel launched a series of air strikes against banks linked to hezbollah. smoke could be seen rising from the beirut skyline as explosions rocked the hezbollah stronghold and at least one location near the airport. in addition to the lebanese

capital there were other strikes after a senior israeli intelligence official briefed the media about efforts to weaken hezbollah's ability to finance its war against israel. on the ground israel is continuing to push deeper into lebanon with new soldiers entering each day and hezbollah firing hundreds of rockets over the border this weekend. with the northern front active the u.s. special envoy is in beirut for meetings about a path forward to end the war. israel gave the u.s. a document last week with its demands for a cease-fire among the demands is israel wants to maintain an ability to conduct raids into lebanon in what is being referred to as active enforcement of an agreement. israel's southern front remains active with new evacuation of palestinian civilians taking place. active ground fighting between israel and hamas ongoing. this weekend three israeli soldiers were killed in gaza including an israeli colonel who served as the commander of the

401st brig gate. the highest ranking israeli officer killed in gaza since the war began. with all eyes on the southern and northern front a major question how the israelis will respond to iran following the ballistic missile attack earlier this month. >> harris: trey, thank you. the free press is asking is the leak by u.s. intelligence meant to sabotage israel? they say the latest leak could cause netanyahu's government to decide to share even less of its military planning, a major step given the implications for the u.s. of any israeli attack on iran. republican congressman brian mast from florida is with me now and volunteered for the israeli defense forces and served our military as well. thank you for all of your service. first of all, what do you make of this leak? can you get to the bottom of it on the hill? >> i can't sit here and tell you right now this is a name i can identify and directly where it

came from. things peripheral to this that tells us there are leaky ships out there. we know we had in the past robert mali, chief envoy to iran lost security clearance. there is a senior d.o.d. advisor working for an iranian influence campaign working on behalf of iran to influence american diplomats working in the d.o.d. as we speak. we know that you had people in unrwa working for hamas and the group for united nations in lebanon working with hezbollah. so there are a lot of leaks in these ships and hard to say where it is coming from. we know it is coming from somewhere. >> harris: i will ask you about the implications but the united states strongest ally in that region is israel. anything that hurts israel hurts the united states. that's an act of treason if they leaked this material.

>> an act of treason. where does that come from and how does it affect us? israel are our greatest aircraft carrier in the region. the best place for any operations to support the united states of america in that region come from israel whether against iranian proxies like hezbollah or whether it's against any of our enemies there. the intelligence and cross training we need that is our best aircraft carrier. you look at what they are looking at doing right now with iran and the potential for targets they might hit. there is great benefit for america there. they start hitting iranian oil in response, look at what that does to china, who is right now getting let's say three or 5 million barrels of oil a day from iran getting money to iran from china. that's a big way to put china on their heels in israel attacks them. one example how we're affected in that connection. >> harris: a lot of great detail for us to dig into. whoever takes over after november 5th it will be

important that they have the experience and acumen to deal with people all over the world on these issues. important that maybe they didn't get us into new situations or end afghanistan badly. that would be the left side of the ticket i'm pointing out here in terms of where the weaknesses are. vice presidential -- presidential candidate harris was pressed on the recents ca lycian in the israel/hamas war. >> it will be difficult but we have got to get this war over with. we have to get the hostages out. we need to war to end. the number of innocent palestinians that have been killed in gaza is really unconscionable. and we have to be honest about that. >> harris: any ideas there from how she would handle the situation what is really impending and might still be going on on november 6th? >> we know from her own words she wouldn't do anything differently than what joe biden

has done. donald trump we know his yes is yes, no is no. what he says he will do he will, in fact, do. he has a tremendous backing for israel. everything that he did in his first administration with recognizing the golan heights, embassy in israel. capital of israel. he has israel's back in a way you don't see coming out of this administration and even in this very moment you see in my opinion joe biden not willing to stand on the stage alongside kamala harris i think he doesn't want kamala harris dragging down his approval rating. >> harris: congressman mast. great to have you in "focus." thank you for your time and expertise. >> thank you, harris. >> harris: sex trafficking of minors is being called one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the u.s. a texas-based nonprofit organization says the border crisis has only made it worse. brooke taylor reports in dallas. brooke. >> harris, the nonprofit here in dallas basically works with

authorities to help take down these massive sex trafficking rings. we spoke to the president who showed us herself how these traffickers will basically advertise on platforms like social media and tells us they are able to know when it involves young children. most of the times their faces are covered with emojis. children like this at risk for being trafficked. texas dps apprehended a massive group of 57 unaccompanied children. many of the children fall through the cracks and get lost in the system. a report from dhs revealed authorities lost track of more than 32,000 unaccompanied children who didn't show up to their court dates from 2018 to 2023. victims fortunate enough to escape trafficking the department of health and human services issues letters of certification to allow them to

apply for certain federally funded benefits. in 2019, 892 letters were issued to children. that number went up in recent years during the biden-harris administration. in 2023, 2,148 letters issued to minors. president of shepherd's watch foundation stacy montgomery emphasizes how widespread this issue has become and how the internet is fueling it. >> we are seeing now you can order a girl as fast as 15 minutes. they have ads where it is like ordering a pizza. you select what age group you want, what size breasts. you click a box. >> and the president of the foundation montgomery there tells us 90% of the ads that they are seeing involve migrants, harris. >> harris: thank you. that's a lot. fox news alert now former president trump will speak very

soon in the key swing state of north carolina. he is going to tour the storm damage left behind by hurricane helene and we'll take you there as it happens. stay close. if you might pray with me real quick. lord, you know what's on our hearts. you know where we struggle. you know where we need to be pushed. help us give it all to you. the good, the bad. help us turn to you in everything we do. amen. i invite you to join me in more prayer on hallow, stay prayed up

>> how do you plan on addressing the transgender issue in women's sports? >> i have nine grandchildren, six of them female all playing sports and we're very concerned for their safety. not just on the field and the courts but in their locker rooms as well. >> it is such an easy question and everybody in the room and you know that answer, we won't let it happen. >> harris: how do you stop it? do you go to the sports leagues. >> you just ban it. the president bans it. you don't let it happen. >> harris: former president trump there promised a ban of trans athletes in women's sports during our "the faulkner focus" town hall last week. all women in georgia. well, the issue has emerged as a key one in this election. and it's being now a debate playing out on campuses across the country. in recent weeks out west four women's volleyball teams have forfeited games because of a transgender athlete on the san jose state team. it is part of a lawsuit against

the ncaa filed by several current and former female athletes. brooke is the co-captain of san jose university's women's volleyball team and now she is part of that lawsuit. brooke, first of all thank you for being with me and speaking out about this. why did you join a lawsuit in a situation where you actually play on the same team with the transgender athlete at san jose? >> i just felt that there is so many women out there that are too scared to say anything. that's what we are pounded on is don't say anything, it is not your story. and i just felt like i needed to stand up, someone needed to say something to make a change. i just happened to be in a position to do so and just felt a strong need to be able to pursue that when i had the opportunity. >> harris: talk to me about san jose state university and how it differs or is similar from

situations that you are learning about as a student athlete and as a young woman? >> i mean, these girls, me myself included come to college with that dream of playing collegiate sports and pursuing that dream we've had since we were just little girls. and the difference being here is that we've had to put up with so much more difficulties going through meetings and talking about how you should respond to media and the right way to talk about things and it has added so much more stress and anxiety to everyone's plate. >> harris: what do mean by the right way to talk about things? a transgender athlete, biological male on your team. how do they want you to talk about that? >> she just say it is not your story. you shouldn't be talking about someone else's personal life and that is their story to tell and never really understanding it is

our story, too. >> harris: how do you feel about the other teams forfeiting? it takes away your opportunity to compete. >> yes, it does. but on the other hand, this is just an amazing step in the right direction of women's sports being able to finally stand up and say no, this isn't happening and this isn't right. that's amazing. so i can't do anything but support their decision. if i was in their shoes i would do the same thing. >> harris: how do you want this to end up? do you want this transgender athlete off your team? how do you see it working out? >> i don't see it affecting me right now just with how fast the lawsuit has been going but the end goal is to never let any other young lady or girl have to go through this in sports ever again. no one should have to go through this. >> harris: again, i'm appreciative of you speaking out with us in "focus" today and keep us posted on what happens. we'll be following your story at san jose state university.

one of the brave young women joining in making your voice heard that it should protect women and girls sports and keep it that way. all right, brooke, thank you. >> thank you. >> harris: breaking news from the important swing state of north carolina. the former president, donald trump. let's watch. >> or a loved one this terrible storm we ask god to give you strength and comfort and peace. it has been a terrible ordeal and this area was hit about as hard as anybody has ever seen. to all those homes and your homes have been destroyed, many of you are rebuilding and many of you will just start all over again and the communities were ravaged and destroyed and we're praying for you and we will not forget about you. we'll never forget about you. we'll work with you for a long time to come to get it back together. when i'm president, i will stand with you until the communities

are fully rebuilt, every single inch of every property will be fully rebuilt greater and more beautiful than it was before. you will have better. what happened to this neighborhood and the communities all across north carolina, south north carolina, florida, alabama, virginia, tennessee, was an act of absolute devastation. helene's vicious floodwaters tore wives from the arms of their husbands, mudslides buried the entire families and -- buried entire families. grand parents died alongside their grandchildren. homes, towns, farms, roads, bridges, schools throughout the region, they now lie in ruin. so beautiful, so beautiful an area and so beautiful it was. but it will be more beautiful. but you can never forget the death. oh, the death. all of america shares your

sorrow and your grief over the past few weeks. this region has seen an extraordinary hardship but in the midst of such terrible tragedy we have also seen the extraordinary love that binds us together as americans. and it does indeed. i want to thank our great first responders. they have never let us down. this was a tough one but they never let us down. and the emergency personnel who leapt into action with such great heroism, including the incredible firefighter and his nephew who lost their lives trying to save their neighbors. a lot of heroes really developed with this. they will be talked about for a long time to come. they will not be forgotten. thanks also to the many wonderful charities and service organizations that have become so familiar to so many. the burden of the response has been incredible.

in the wake of this horrible storm, many americans in this region felt helpless and abandoned and left behind by their government. yet in north carolina's hour of desperation the american people answered the call much more so than your federal government unfortunately. citizens poured into western north carolina from all over the country bringing food, water, fuel, medical aid, even helicopters. and their own rescue standards started and they started at a very high level. incredible what they've done. having no experience, they learned very quickly but they've helped so much. nothing is more inspiring than to see the american spirit triumph over adversity with the most selfless acts of generosity and love. one of the patrons who stepped forward to help was adam smith, a former green beret. adam transformed the parking lot of a harley davidson dealership

into a makeshift air base to help distribute supplies. did an incredible job, adam. what an amazing act of citizenship. i think adam might be. where is he? come up here and say a few words. thank you very much. thank you very much. great job. i have seen him on television quite a bit. what a job you have done. thank you. >> can i give you something? a little token from the guys. >> that's beautiful. >> that's been with us since the third day. that's for you and this is the moniker they have given us. >> thank you very much. i will save that. thank you. >> thank you very much. i want to say thank you for coming. thank you for everybody here. the biggest fear western north carolina sitting on right now from the communities we've talked to is being forgotten. to have you here and have the conversation at a national level will keep western north carolina on the map and not having the

communities holding the bag on the back end. you gave us space to provide relief where it needed to go and very grateful for that, mr. president. thank you very >> thank you very much. we are also joined by brian burke poe, owner of diamondback four by four where we are today, and brian, you have a very interesting story to tell. do you mind telling it? >> no, not at all. thank you. so i have a phone call from my general manager and he said, well, the building is underwater. and i cannot believe it, because the river is so far away from us and i thought he was just playing a joke or whatever else, but we finally made our way to the building and i cannot

believe what i saw when i got off this exit. we have lost bridges, we have lost businesses. we have lost homes. we have lost people. the devastation here is just not anything i would have ever imagined. so i think all of the first responders, all of the nonprofit organizations that have come to our aid to help with the machinery and the people, the hands, the boots on deck, it is amazing. i am overwhelmed by generosity. and even with everything going on in our country today, for the past three weeks that was put to the side. and everybody joined together and lend a hand. some people cannot be here, so

they said their contributions with somebody else. and the indirectly helped. we need this people still, we need that support. we are good on water though. we have plenty of water. we are good on water. but we have pallets of water laying around if anyone needs water. but we are very humbled and honored that you guys keep us in our minds and in your prayers. we are going to need that for quite some time. so as they are still families displaced from each other, pray for peace for those folks, some peace of mind. mr. president, i can't thank you enough for coming out. in the back of