events and security company to conduct background checks, make sure the victims signed non-disclosure agreements and even surveil witnesses. his attorney issued a statement to fox saying they'll respond to allegations in the court. not the media. they face up to life in prison if convicted. this indictment identifies 15 john does, the victims. the f.b.i. believes, bill, there are many more and they are encouraging folks to call the f.b.i. >> bill: a lot of witnesses if it's true. >> dana: thanks, bryan. another story we could get a decision on the future of the menendez brothers by the send of this week pushing the los angeles district attorney to re-evaluate the infamous murders case. eric and lyle were sentenced to life in prison for shooting their parents in 1989. their attorney says new evidence shows the brothers were being abused by their father and feared they would be killed if they spoke out.

both sides are pushing to get out the vote delivering their final pitches to those who are still making up their minds with early voting now underway in all 50 states and 13 days to go before election day. those are numbers we can use, bill. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning. second hour begins. 19 million americans already casting a ballot as campaigns enter the final stretch. turnout breaking records in some states. vice president harris goes back to pennsylvania hoping to persuade some of the undecided voters, if there are any, undecided voters at a town hall later tonight. >> dana: former president trump appearing in georgia today where we've seen the long lines of early voting already. trump telling brian kilmeade he will be doing the same in florida. >> you can vote early on set an example if you wanted to in florida. that would be an interesting decision. >> the old standard of the tuesday vote and all.

a lot of people like to vote. the main thing to me you have to vote. you have to vote. voting early would be good. people have different feelings about it. but the main thing is you have to get out and vote and i'll be voting early. >> dana: jonathan serry is at an early voting site in decatur, georgia. >> 27% of active voters in georgia have cast either early in person or absentee ballots transferring to 1.9 million voters, more than double what we saw at this phase in the 2020 presidential election cycle. knowing who is casting these early ballots and where can help the campaigns tweak their ground games. it is challenging to figure out who is ahead here in georgia because the state does not require people to register by party. >> people are going to pay

attention to -- you have access to the voter files and people's prior voter history. the types of ballots some people pulled in primaries. it will be compounded by the fact that georgia has open primaries. >> the georgia supreme court has rejected efforts to immediately reinstate new election rules passed by the republican state election board. other courts have rejected policies to require poll workers to conduct a hand count on the election night to verify the number of ballots received and require county election officials to conduct a reasonable inquiry before certifying the results. even some republican election officials had criticized the new policy saying employing them this late in the game would only confuse voters. the policies are still under appeal but they will not go into effect during the current election cycle.

dana. >> dana: jonathan, thank you. >> bill: from one state of georgia to another in pennsylvania. the map behind me, the receive is en we've been watching for months are all toss-ups. nevada and arizona in the southwest. we were just talking about georgia. this is pennsylvania. want to key in on pennsylvania right now for registered republicans. registered democrats. what difference it may or may not make. why republicans like their chances in pennsylvania. they've done a pretty good job statewide, okay? you have just shy of 4 million democrats registered statewide. 3.6 republicans, 9 million votes to be cast there in pennsylvania. in 2020, this was the advantage for democrats in voter registration by party. 685,000. significantly -- a state decided by 74,000 votes in the end. republicans conversely in 2024 are looking at this number. it is only 297,000. the difference is less than half. less than 50%.

what happened? the democrats registration dropped significantly. 257,000 where the republicans went up by almost half a million. let me go back to that one there. this number in 2024 could be significant in a big way. you just put those two numbers together and divide it, right? cut it in half pretty much. that more than makes up for what the difference was in 2020 between trump and biden. let's cruise over here, dana. >> dana: that's super interesting. early voting in nevada is really good for republicans. >> bill: yes. the thing that's really tricky about this. a lot of people are doing deep dives in early votes. it is hard to know. the thing that's tricky republicans have shown a general enthusiasm toward making sure that they vote and that they vote early. the question then becomes 12, 13 days from now when you come up to november 5th is that a vote that would have been cast

anyway? we don't know that right now. enthusiasm is there. whether it maintains for the next two weeks is something we need to see. >> dana: everybody texting me that's the answer, we don't know, okay? colorado governor polis might know. a surrogate for the harris-walz campaign. he joins us now. democrats are saying there might be problems with harris in the blue wall states in nevada and pennsylvania. sheer this from "politico"'s jonathan martin yesterday. the clock is ticking on kamala harris. merely condemning the former president and celebrating what unites americans isn't enough. harris can't seem to go beyond that to sketch out what her version of washington in 2025 would look like. that reluctance is confounding democrats who hear the echoes of hillary clinton's campaign and harris's focus on trump's character. how do you see that? >> first of all, how exciting is

it to see people going to the polls and voting early, mail in. i anticipate election day millions of americans will make sure their voice is heard and why this precious democracy we cherish is so important and it's a legitimate issue in this election with donald trump refusing to concede he even lost the last election with a fair and honest count that occurred by the rules in place. he lost. in the popular vote and electoral vote. we need somebody who brings integrity and new approach to the presidency. rather than returning to policies that didn't work and he had four years as president. he didn't secure the border or do any of the stuff he says he wants to do let's move forward in a new direction for change. kamala harris has exciting plans. lowering taxes for families, making it easier to start businesses, i'm on board and millions of other americans are and having their voice counted every day. >> bill: you are watching and saw the seven states we pointed to with a major foix. there could be surprises on election day.

minnesota, virginia, new hampshire maybe. there is a reason why joe biden went to new hampshire. i don't know what it is. it seems to be pretty tight based on the little polling that's done there. it is well within the margin. when he was there yesterday he kind of stepped in this a little bit. watch here. >> i know this sounds bizarre. it sounds like if i said this five years ago you would lock me up. we have to lock him up. [applause] politically lock him up. lock him out. that's what we have to do. >> bill: i know he quickly corrected himself. that can't help, can it? >> well, of course what he meant is lock him out of the presidency. this is a stark comparison to donald trump who literally has said lock up his political opponents, even starting with hillary clinton. that has been a constant trope of his. i think you have to look at that the same on both sides. we know that joe biden has trouble with words sometimes and clarified it on the spot. donald trump has never clarified

once that he doesn't intend to lock his political opponents up and continues to repeat that. >> dana: one of the things gallup poll showed is 52% of people are saying they aren't better off than they were four years ago. harris was asked about that last night in her interview with nbc. here she is. >> are the last four years an obstacle to you in this race? >> here is how i look at it. let me be very clear, mine will not be a continuation of the biden administration. i bring my own experiences and ideas to it. it has formed a number of my areas of focus to your point lowering costs. i am traveling the country, i am very clear cost of groceries still too high, voters know it, i know it. >> dana: people say their issue is the economy, 52% of americans say they aren't better off than they were four years ago. a close election. is the economy going to be the biggest hurdle to her trying to win? >> frankly i think it's the biggest opportunity rather than

return to the failed policies of the past, she is very solid plans. most families with kids, 6,000 tax credit will help. build more homes, make it more affordable. help families with first down payment to get into ownership to build wealth and equity rather than just rent. these are exciting concepts. there is excitement. she has a plan to solve it. all we see is more of the same for donald trump. >> some say the plan isn't well articulated. the past is the last four years, governor. that's what people tell you. i was watching barack obama on stage yesterday. he had to go a very long way with the amount of concessions he was making for how people feel about their current status in life and standard of living. i thought it was pretty stark, frankly, for him to be able to

offer so many concessions and perhaps reasons for why you feel crummy like that number just showed us at 52%. what would you say to that? >> well look, i think again i didn't hear his remarks. like barack obama i think we all know and feel the difficulties that people face with rising prices. inflation has now come down to 2.5%. much lower inflation rate. costs are coming down rapidly. that's a direction we want to continue not massive spending of donald trump. huge deficits. those aren't my words but nonpartisan studies of what his plans would do. twist the deficit increase of kamala harris, increase in just rates 20% tariff on imported items. one thing about that. it would destroy american manufacturing. most american manufacturing includes parts made overseas. those fact factories will have to move out of the united

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>> if we don't win this election, israel in my opinion within a period of two to three years will cease to exist. >> israel has a right to defend itself and the threat hamas poses to israel must be eliminated. >> dana: we've been telling you and bill shows you on the board all the time it's a very, very close election and we are taking a look right now at jewish american support. jewish americans, it is not a huge part of the population but in a close election it could matter. in 2020 joe biden had plus 39 number, that's good. it's gone down to plus 31 for harris. why might that matter? well, it didn't really seem to get going until after october 7th. there was a wave of anti-semitism that happened here in america and there was some consternation among some jewish americans about how the biden-harris administration handled that. on top of that you had

october 7th and america's support for israel. right now amongst jewish americans 43% said that anti-semitism will impact their vote. 17% say they are changing their vote from democrat to republican and only 9% going from republican to democrat. where might that matter? we talked about the battleground states. in pennsylvania, there are 2.7% of that entire population jewish voters. this could make a difference if that's a 50/50 race. in michigan as well you hear about arab american voters. what about the jewish voters there? many were uncommitted in the primary. they didn't decide to vote for biden. they might vote for harris, we don't know. nevada, 2.7%. all these straights super close and wanted to talk to these great americans coming up.

two women from pennsylvania and michigan. rona, tell me about your thought process and why you decided to change your mind from 2020? >> i've been voting democrat since i was -- for 31 years. i'm concerned with a lot of the rhetoric that i'm hearing from kamala and from the white house honestly. i'm concerned about policies that this administration has taken and what kamala intends to do policy-wise when it comes to foreign policy as well as the way they've responded to anti-semitism on campus and the general direction of the democratic party that moves in a direction i don't understand and is empowering islamism. >> dana: you are going to switch and plan to vote for trump? >> i do. >> dana: all right. you also are a jewish american and live in ann arbor, michigan. you will stick with harris and

the democratic party. tell me why. >> absolutely. i mean, i also i live in a college town and it has been a little bit volatile here but i couldn't be more sure about my vote for harris for really two or three basic reasons. really under -- jews do much better when there are liberal democracies. we don't do really well when there are authoritarian or dictator and trump is really wallowing in that. for me one of the most important things is to feel safe as a jew here in this community. i don't feel safe under an authoritarian kind of space. that's where a lot of the rhetoric is really, really going. in addition to that, one of the reasons i'm still really, really for harris is that they really launched the first anti-semitism task force. no other administration that i know of in my lifetime had one.

this is way before october 7th. we had people coming to our community, doug emhoff coming before october 7th facilitating conversations, identifying where the real concerns are. this is a centuries old issue, right? and this administration really with harris and emhoff really helped facilitate it and put it out there. the last reason -- those are my two primary reasons. >> dana: anti-semitism task force came after october 7th. >> no, before. >> dana: well, then they added more, this is true. rona, let me ask you about this. because in your community i know you got to meet dave mccormick, the republican running for the senate in pennsylvania. do you hear from other people, other jewish americans that they plan to change? >> yes. i was surprised by some of the statistics you were showing. i don't know if many people were

changing from 2020 who voted republican and now voting democrat. i know many, many jews who have always voted democrat. not just in 2020 and now voting republican. i want to note one of the problems is it's nice there is a task force, reality is that anti-semitism has risen under this administration more significantly than we have ever seen in the united states in our lifetime. and this administration has done almost nothing to curb that. i think that's a major reason why many jews other than the foreign policy issue, which is also really important for many jews. the jews watching going college campuses without any real response from the white house and this administration. that's a major concern. also the pandering especially this week we saw kamala saying your concerns are real instead of clearly having an opportunity to shut down someone spreading lies about the jewish people by claiming that israel is committing genocide which it is so clearly not. i that i rhetoric is so

dangerous. we're seeing it very much on the democratic party and even with the candidate for president. >> dana: in michigan, it's super close there, right? maybe she has an edge. you are both in the battleground states and seeing and feeling a lot and hearing a lot. do you think that the jewish american vote could make a difference in michigan? >> we absolutely do. i was part of events where people were wanting to know a little more about where the harris campaign is with particular issues around anti-semitism and israel and felt confident in her stances and defense of israel. i think to me what we're hearing because i live in a college town in particular is that we -- the department of education i think has really been instrumental actually. i know trump wants to eliminate it. but really instrumental in cracking down on anti-semitism on campus. a big difference this year than there was prior years.

i feel it as i walk in the streets. i feel the impact of the policies. so to eliminate actually this department that really has oversight on managing anti-semitism claims, i think this administration has been seminole in really cutting and getting to the policy aspect. i actually feel people feel that here and that's why i don't think it will be that much of a change. >> dana: eliminating the department of education. a lot of reasons republicans have called for that for many years. i take your point. i would also say that you noted that a friend of the show, debbie dingle, her congresswoman, you think she has done a very good job. i would love to stay in touch with you as we are 13 days away. thank you so much. >> thank you. it was an honor. >> bill: breaking news here in new york. daniel penny, the marine arriving to court moments ago. jury selection continues for day three in that manslaughter charge that he faces now going back to the subway incident here

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way to -- hopefully get in front of it. david spunt is at the justice department with more. hi, david. >> bill: good morning . intelligence officials including those with the f.b.i. are warning about election interference. the trump campaign filed an official complaint over the past couple days with federal election committee arguing the harris campaign and labor campaign in the united kingdom are in cahoots. the trump team calls this election interference. u.k. prime minister is the top man in the labor party. the trump campaign argues that roughly 100 members of the party have come to the united states to campaign on behalf of the vice president in the final weeks of the election. according to fec rules foreign nationals can watch from the sidelines but can't get paid or donate money. according to the official fec website federal law prohibits disbursements made by or from

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pennsylvania, all considered toss-ups. but reports that north carolina might be slipping away. that's just anecdotal and what people are saying. kellyanne conway is here to address that. good morning. show you two things. here is the blue wall real clear politics average now in pennsylvania trump has a lead by.8. in wisconsin trump has a lead by.4, michigan he has a lead based on the polling 1.2 percentage points there. she is going to houston later today and a source from the democratic party, the "new york post" said they aren't thinking blue wall at all. they are just not thinking as o one democrat vented for the texas trip to talk about abortion. how do you see it whether texas or the upper midwest as of today? >> it's very simple, bill. donald trump, 2024 is repeating what he did in 2016.

blanketing and blitzing swing states as is jd vance who has been to pennsylvania 19 times since he became the vice presidential nominee. and kamala harris is doing what hillary clinton did. she is somewhat ignoring these three blue wall states in favor of texas. hillary clinton kept going to georgia, arizona and texas. kamala harris needs to repeat what joe biden did in 2020 and she is not going to georgia, and arizona enough. why going to texas other to get the senate seat is beyond anybody? look, i think that money in life and politics is distorted. for kamala harris spending $1 billion with a b in ads has actually hurt her. the debate helped her in short term and hurt her long term. it is in the rearview mirror. she hasn't been able to perform beyond that night and she hasn't been able to make the ads matter to folks who feel inundated and saturated rather than penetrated and persuaded by her ads.

what dana showed on the jewish voter is so important. small percentage statewide but in suburbs around pittsburgh and wisconsin and michigan and nevada when you talk about the jewish vote, you talk about folks who yes may be pro-choice and may not like every single thing donald trump says. they don't care about that. they care who has been with them for the whole year plus since october 7th. only one party that has hamas clock in congress voted against a resolution on october 18th to condemn hamas as terrorist group and only one supported by protestors on college campuses. so look, i think what donald trump is doing now is channeling 2016 where he has tremendous -- he is going to acting like he doesn't have any money and they do. acting like he doesn't have a lead and he does. if you look at the real clear politics average today that he showed versus 2016 and 2020, not

only is this trump's best polling but he is in the best political position. jason miller, his senior advisor and friend of mine who said we take nothing for granted. we have to act like we're a point behind. last point. donald trump is winning among independents. not always the case in this election cycle. only in 1960, 1976 and 2004 has the candidate that one independents gone on to lose the election. if you win independents, the fastest growing political group in our country, you win the race. people say that kamala harris 2024 is too liberal. more liberal she is plus five on that and joe biden was plus one in 2020. biggest mistake she has made is going away from joe biden. i think it has put her in a position to try to explain too much. not look like a back stabber and explain her policies in too short a time. big mistake for her to have done that. >> bill: analysis from 13 days out. thank you for coming on. we'll get your analysis seven

days and then three days out. see if anything changes. nice to see you. he was malcolm in the middle but speeding to take the lead. that's today's hemmer celebrity move. he is focusing on professional race car driving. a cool move, right? child actor now landing a full-time slot in the nascar truck series. he talked exclusively with fox news about that career shift. >> i could show up to work as an actor and dedicate my life to the role and feel like i did the best job ever and people sight and go oh, it was okay. i didn't like it. you know, as a race car driver, it is not subjective, right? it's in black and white. you either win and the fastest or you are slow. >> bill: and you lose. that's the right attitude. he will drive the number 33 ford truck. >> dana: a guy who can if he puts his mind to it can do anything. >> bill: i like that.

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arches today. >> never saw what happened behind debate night. >> dana: people have bad debates. >> he is absolutely -- >> that's the reason why you are here and he is not running for the top of the ticket. >> you would have to ask him if that's the only reason why. >> it's a judgment question. can the american people trust you even if it's uncomfortable to level with americans in that way? >> i have worked with joe biden hours and hours and hours over these four years, whether it be in the situation room or the oval office. i speak with not only sincerity but with a real firsthand account of watching him do this work. i have no reluctance of saying that, no, of course i don't. >> bill: that question comes up again. vp harris asked repeatedly on president biden's mental fitness claiming she was honest with the american people over his fealty serve.

the loyalty to biden could pose a risk on her campaign. martha maccallum with us now and good morning to you. two topics. this one and then get to the transgender question that came up again last night. this is how bret asked the question. >> when did you first notice that president biden's mental faculties appeared diminished? >> joe biden, i have watched from the oval office to the situation room, and he has the judgment and the experience to do exactly what he has done in making very important decisions on behalf of the american people. >> do you have concerns? >> joe biden is not on the ballot and donald trump -- donald trump is. >> bill: go ahead and assess that. >> i'm not sure there is a good answer to that question unfortunately for her. i think that she was in a very difficult position. you know, somebody should have stepped in. you can argue who it should have

been. his family would have been my first pick to have that conversation. who knows if she ever had any discussions with him? that's not something she will reveal right now. the only other route to go is the 25th amendment or asking him to leave the ticket. and unless reporting comes out on this later on, which it could, we don't have any reason to think that she took either one of those tax, this is a rock in a hard place question. she hasn't said a good answer short of saying i did speak with him about it or some revelation along those lines. i don't know. >> dana: if she answers in a way yeah, he was out of his mind all the time. they were the ones who said he is completely cool to be president through january 20th. no problem. she is in between a rock and hard place. when the stories are written about this if she is ends up losing dr. jill biden played a role here and all the animosity

between the two. harris is a loyal person to biden. i want to play one more part of this about trans rights. and this is an issue in the campaign. come up in all the interviews she has done. the few she has done. here is how she had a conversation about that last night. >> do you believe that transgender americans should have access to gender affirming care in this country? >> i think we should follow the law. donald trump's campaign has spent tens of millions of dollars. >> i'm asking you to define yourself broadly speaking what is your value? do you believe they should have that access? >> i believe that people, as the law states, even on this issue about federal law, that is a decision that doctors will make in terms of what is medically necessary. >> i don't know that i heard a clearance from you on the issue of gender affirming care. this should be something between trans americans and their doctors. it feels like that's a long way from we see you and love you.

your message to trans americans in may. what do you want the lbgtq community to know? >> i believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect period and should not be vilified for who they are and should not be bullied for who they are. and that is a true statement from me. >> dana: it takes a long time to get these answers. >> exactly. that's another answer where you walk away from it not quite sure where she stands. >> dana: yeah. >> this is the broader problem that we see in polling. so many voters saying i'm still not sure where she stands. she could have defined it. the ad that the trump folks have been using to some success i would say is about taxpayer funded transgender operations for prisoners. okay? that might be one category.

the other question in this regard is do you think children under the age of 18 should be able to do this without the consent of their parents? the question was very broad and gave a broad answer that didn't nail down whether she feels there are red lines or dividing lines on these things. it would have been enlightening to get insight into what she really thinks about it. i say it with all sincerity she says a lot. it distances her from the sincerity, just saying. this is how i feel about this. >> bill: instead of the qualifier. see you at 3:00 in the afternoon. you are in the meat of this right nouchlt you get the rallies. >> we have a lot of rallies. jd vance this afternoon and his live rally is fascinating to watch where the folks are going. i look forward to seeing what happens on sunday at madison square garden because people from this area, we know the impact of madison square garden and what the special place it is

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and democrats are panicking over the neck-and-neck, the tightness of the polls. fewer than two weeks from election day. jason chaffetz, steve hilton and my special round table of youth voters, they are leaders among their groups. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> bill: thank you, harris, see you in a moment. speaking of moments. moments ago hezbollah confirmed a top official expected to be the next leader of that group has been killed in an israeli air strike. almost 6:00 in beirut, screen left. the man has been eliminated. killed in the suburbs of southern beirut. this follows the killing of nasrallah three weeks ago. stay tuned. more to come. that war does continue. >> dana: busy spokes people at hezbollah. the leak of u.s. intel on israeli military plans is overshadowing the push for a cease-fire in gaza. gillian turner, are they any closer to figuring out who did

this? >> not publicly at the moment. blinken is on a hail mary trip to the middle east to get to a cease-fire deal with hamas. no word from the state department. they are not confirming now whether this major intelligence leak of israeli war plans targeting iran are on the table, being discussed in these meetings but they are definitely being discussed back home. now in the presidential campaign trail. listen. >> a bad thing happened today. the entire military plan of israel, the military plan, the plans they have at the highest level, it was leaked. highly confidential information. it was leaked by our somebody. they have no idea who did it. can you imagine? that's the enemy? i guess maybe that is the enemy from within. >> blinken did not mention the

leaked war plan but a potential israeli response to iran. >> we are resolute in our defense of israel when it comes to attacks it is receiving from iran, from their proxies. and we stand with israel and we'll always stand with israel in it's defense. it's important israel respond in ways that do not create greater escalation and do not risk spreading the conflict. >> the state department continues to call these leaked attack plans incredibly concerning and lloyd austin is not ruling out the possibility that it came from inside the biden administration. >> there is an instance where procedures -- proper procedures have not been followed. we'll investigate that and we are investigating this issue. >> the f.b.i. has now taken the lead investigating the source of the leak, the purpose of it. iran hawks in congress are now

asking the biden administration to signed officials to brief them twice a week on the status of this investigation until it concludes. >> dana: before we go, we'll do this on "the five" last name. an airport in new zealand rolling out a limit on goodbye hugs. cap their failures at three minutes. the rule is designed to prevent traffic jams. >> bill: so make it quick? >> dana: three minutes to me feels like a long time to say goodbye. >> bill: i agree. >> dana: you showed me the map. how many traffic jams do they have there? it's not jfk. >> bill: population is 130,000. people live there. if you studied the geography of new zealand it's way down. next up, antarctica. >> dana: harris faulkner is up next. >> harris: president biden just