bret baier is standing by.ss correspondent hillary vaughn who is on the campaign trail live in concord, new hampshire. hi, hillary. >> hi, martha. general bolduc winning his primary is what some democrats were hoping for. bolduc beating his more moderate opponent, new hampshire senate president chuck morse. morse is promoted as the best person to beat senator maggie hassan and flip the seat for republicans. but democrats spend millions to boost bolduc thinking he would be a weaker opponent for senator hassan to face. but bolduc said that strategy will blow up in democrats' faces in november. >> we have taken their arrows, we have successfully protected ourselves. they call me names. the only thing that i call her is a bad u.s. senator. >> hassan is attacking bolduc as a radical saying in a statement that don bolduc is too extreme for new hampshire. she's making abortion the center of her campaign up with a fresh today. >> don bolduc and congressional republicans take control of the u.s. senate, they would push

with that, we bring in bret baier.martha. >> martha: this is very interesting watching what is going on in pennsylvania. when you have "the washington post" saying that he must debate in order to make it clear what his abilities are with regard to serving in the senate, i don't think we've seen anything like that before. >> no, i agree. we have not. he has butart. you know, you have all of these policies that are out there in the pennsylvania race that have not been drilled down on. lieutenant governor fetterman has not had to defend some of those policies about jail sentences and his talk about that, about just the other day, he said the first thing he would do as senator is reach out and find out what the teacher's union wants. that's in the wake of what we've seen over the school year and in the wake of covid and the teacher's union. that is a big issue as we saw in virginia, of education. there's a lot of specifics. for "the washington post" to have this editorial is a big deal. one i'm sure the oz campaign will ho

. >> [laughs] >> i am someone who routinely watched bret baier conduct interviews. if you also do, you know that he is among the very best in the business. [applause] >> [laughs] and you need not take my word for it, he is consistently ranked best newscaster, as the top rated cable news program in his time slot. and that's been the case for many years. but bret has a second career going as a bestselling author. and we are talking about -- a -- not a formula for how you as well can be a network anchor. rather, with the publication, this is his fifth nonfiction work, it's official -- who bret baier is a talented presidential historian and writer with a knack for shining a light on pivotal leaders at pivotal moments in american history. that always seem to be were another look. his series gave us a very important glimpse into the lives of three u.s. presidents, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan and fdr, all of whom change the course of history in the fate of the nation. his newest book, on our 18th precedent, ulysses s. grant, titled "to rescue the republic", is as educ

bret baier. [applause] >> thank you very much. i started with reagan sound bites. the issues that reagan deal with that were big issues when we are dealing with the debt so it kind of all works out pretty well to say hi to my friends and i know i have friends in the audience. we are here to talk about grant. years ago you wrote your first book in the challenges you had with your son paul, remarkable but please tell me he's okay. >> he's doing great. that book is called special hearted journey of hope and courage. oh my gosh courage and love. i'm thinking grand and i'm thinking, anyway bottom line he is doing fantastic. he's had four open-heart surgeries and 10 angioplasties in this last one was in december and paul is now an inch taller than me. he's 6 feet tall. he is a golfer and a basketball player and he's doing fantastic so thank you very much. [applause] >> bret in your book you chose presidents to study that are oftentimes at an inflection point in their presidency. a moment in time in that particular president uniquely change the course of history. is that

with that, let's bring in bret baier, executive editor of "special report."ave you with us. good to be here today. thank you. let's take a look at this headline. biden defined an era for irishmen. it's complicated. your thoughts on this reaction. while biden may not have revered the queen as much as some, he did not bow to her as many do. he honored her in his own way that editorial today in "the washington post." your thoughts on that, bret. >> yeah, you know, president bidens comments, he was very gracious in his comments at the british embassy. that editorial references hi irish heritage and the long very controversial past between the u.k. and ireland. some of the reaction. i read yesterday as this was all happening, the reaction from the shock, the irish prime minister that was gracious as well. the "washington post" editorial decided to put his irish heritage in there and his past. i don't think that is the expression of president biden as he's getting ready to go to this funeral at westminster abbey. there's a big connection with buckingham palace. and

. >> jesse: "special report" up next with bret baier. >> bret: butter and jelly no good.bret baier. breaking tonight just released fox polling indication how seriously americans are taking the inflation crisis. 59% say they are extremely concerned about higher prices. that suppressed or surpasses worries about the future of the u.s. democracy, abortion policy and higher crime rates. president biden's apparent disconnect on inflation and the economy was in focus

bret baier looks into some of the factors that may contribute to more pain at the pump. >> bret: thanksed states, saudi arabia, and russia are the world's top three crude oil producers. despite producing almost as much oil as we need in the u.s., we have still imported from those two other countries. now one nation has gone off the market in the u.s. and in other parts of the world. creating a global domino effect for energy prices. the biden administration has also been pressuring to decrease domestic drilling and to try to find clean energy alternatives. in a new series, "special report" spotlight energy matters, why going green domestically is causing the u.s. to shop for energy abroad, at least now. >> we are banning all imports of russian oil and gas and energy. >> when president biden announced sanctions on russia back in march, it was merely a drop in the bucket, just 3 percent of u.s. oil imports came from russia in 2021. in europe, energy sanctions against the kremlin were a risky move. >> the eu is obviously feeling a real crunch energy wise. is there pressure internally not t

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joining us with more reaction is special report anchor bret baier. obviously we are all political people. we understand passion. lord knows we understand that. but this was remarkable. i remember when hillary's deplorable speech shocked people. here he is after a speech condemning 80 million americans, he wants an end to the politics of grievance. what is your take sowhat this is tonight and how this is viewed? >> well, a couple of things. the white house speech secretary said this would not be political. this was a convention speech in front of independence hall, i too was struck by the image -- of the dark red lighting the with two marines standing at attention in the background. when we analyze things, we do it through the prism of how the media would cover it if donald trump gave this speech. they might not stop talking about it for weeks on end. the message was so aggressive. it was all a blueprint for democratic candidacies. this is how we will run. this is what you should be talking about. he hit tones of optimism about america, he clearly was

>> dana: he always has a book out "special report" is up next with the bret baier. >> bret: you haven't'm bret baier. we begin in florida, bracing what could be a catastrophic category 4 hurricane ian. the storm is due to make landfall tomorrow but rain from the outer bands of ian is already coming down in many places. two and a half million people are under evacuation orders. the storm has already pounded cuba as a category 3. sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. we have fox team coverage tonight. men any hicks is in tallahassee where resident

. >> jesse: "special report" up next with bret baier. >> bret: butter and jelly no good. good evening welcome to fox news headquarters in new york i'm bret baier. breaking tonight just released fox polling indication how seriously americans are taking the inflation crisis. 59% say they are extremely concerned about higher prices. that suppressed or surpasses worries about the future of the u.s. democracy, abortion policy and higher crime rates. president biden's apparent disconnect on inflation and the economy was in focus today in detroit. the president appearing at the annual auto show to promote expensive electronic vehicles, electric vehicles as americans struggle to make ends meet on basics such as food and electricity with the inflation concerns. it does follow yesterday's celebration by the president on the south lawn of the white house touting what he called progress against inflation despite the hard evidence to the contrary from his own federal government. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jac

i'm bret baier. happy alicia.ponents as full of, quote: anger, violence, hate and division. will california's power grid hold up as more intense heat grips the region? more warnings tonight about power usage from that state. and a busy and often uncomfortable labor day holiday weekend for travelers. we will have a live report. >> bret: but, first, breaking tonight former president trump

kellyanne conway last night telling bret baier what has been motivating voters just about everywhere kellyanne: at the grocery store, gas pump and your ability to pay the rent and feel your kids are being taught curriculum that comports with what they should be taught in school. >> dana: and of coerring the senate race, what it will take to win over the votes of suburban women, what do the ladies want, rich? >> good morning, dana and bill, polling his north carolina one of the closest in the country. budd and beaceley. republicans have focused on the kitchen table issues like inflation, gas prices and education. issues republicans say will bring them to the polls this year. >> you know, just going to the grocery store, we have a family of eight and spending $500 three years ago, two years ago would have gotten us three weeks worth of food, it's gone in six days because value of what we're able to get for prices are literally suffocating us. >> focus on education, which played major role last year in glenn youngkin's campaign in virginia. supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade

>> dana: he always has a book out "special report" is up next with the bret baier. >> bret: you haven't seen brian's cookbook? good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. we begin in florida, bracing what could be a catastrophic category 4 hurricane ian. the storm is due to make landfall tomorrow but rain from the outer bands of ian is already coming down in many places. two and a half million people are under evacuation orders. the storm has already pounded cuba as a category 3. sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. we have fox team coverage tonight. men any hicks is in tallahassee where residents are hoping they hit the worst of ian. will tampa could be ground zero but we begin with chief meteorologist adam klotz weather center in new york with the latest track. good evening, adam. >> storm continuing to update in the models maybe moving just a little bit. a powerful storm currently a category 3 lifting up into the gulf of mexico, approaching florida and actually some of those outer bands as you said now stretching across all of the florida keys getting up into the sunshine

bret baier is standing by. >> sandra: david spunt outside the courthouse, but first, on the north lawn making pennsylvania a priority? >> making his second stop in the keystone state tonight, three stops in pennsylvania in one week alone, an amazing amount of travel. but we expect the speech to be focused on the president the last couple of days, the belief that reporters of the former president are a threat to the united states. the president has been stepping up attacks against his predecessor in recent weeks, did it also in scranton earlier in the week. he continues to bring up the january 6th riots. take a listen to two recent speeches, very harsh words for his opposition. >> we are in a situation where to this day the maga republicans in congress defend the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th. >> the republicans have made their choice to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate and division. but we have chosen a different path. forward, the future, unity, hope and optimism. >> a new wall street journal poll finding 54% of registered voters disapprove of the president's

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"special report" is not up next with bret baier. have great weekend. ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington i'm bret baier. breaking tonight a massive sell off on wall street with investors running for the hills following another interest rate hike and deepening worries about inflation and recession which may or may not have begun. the dow 486 staging a slight comeback before closing lost 65 the nasdaq fell 199. for the week the dow gave back 4 percentage points. the s&p 500 dropped four and two thirds. the nasdaq was down 5. what about all of this connell mcshane of fox business joins us now from new york. good evening, connell. >> good evening, bret. the dow after four downed days in a row now finds itself at lowest level since november of 2020. now, investors have pretty much concluded at this point as interest rates rise that the economy will have trouble growing. not just here in the u.s. but all around the world. one of those days on wall street where it was sell first and ask questions later in a friday session. all

"special report" is not up next with bret baier. ning for the hills following another interest rate hike and deepening worries about inflation and recession which may or may not have begun. the dow 486 staging a slight comeback before closing lost 65 the nasdaq fell 199. for the week the dow gave back 4 percentage points. the s&p 500 dropped four and two thirds. the nasdaq was down 5. what about all of this connell mcshane of fox busines

joining me now is bret baier, anger of "special report" and fox news chief political anchor.s very interesting that we've got a president and a politician basically trashing those people that were 73 million of them voting for donald trump who's not running as far as i know right now, but he's in the center of this midterm race. very unusual for a president and politician to go after the voters as opposed to other candidates. >> you're right, judge. this is political calculation today the white house press secretary said it's not going to be a political speech but of course it's going to be a political speech. if it's essentially political advisors to president biden who have made the determination that they have to have this stark contrast setting into november. it's democrats versus the extreme maga republicans. the problem as you know is that 74 plus million voters voted for former president trump and some of them didn't like everything that trump did or said. but they like the policies. once you start going down the road, it's a dangerous political calculation. if you loo

. >> good evening welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier. new information on some of the material seized by federal agents during the raid on former president trump's florida home. we take a look at the impact of president biden's inflation reduction act on american farmers. some leaders of the black lives matter movement are accused by former colleagues of stealing more than $10 million in donations. ♪ >> mike: first, breaking tonight reaction is emotional and politically charged to president biden's speech condemning what he calls maga republicans and saying they are a threat to democracy. the president made the comments against an eerie blood red background complete with marines on guard at philadelphia's independence hall. critics say it is the hyper divisive president and his progressive agenda that are the real threats to the country. now the president seems to be backing off a bit. white house correspondent peter doocy takes a look at the address and the fallout. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, mike. the president's argum

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. >> sandra: looking forward to that, and bret baier will be joining us, and a look back at last week and that big moment with the president on thursday night that so many are still talking about, easy to roll back the tape, right, john, on the many times candidate joe biden, newly elected president joe biden, committed to uniting the country on what we heard on thursday night was not that. >> john: and wind the clock back to 2012, as well, for similar statements. so, all of this headed your way in the next, oh, two hours, i guess. >> sandra: an hour and 50, all right. thanks, john. meanwhile, customs agents finding more than 200,000 fentanyl pills in a massive drug bust in arizona. 47,000 of them as we mentioned, colors of the rainbow, looking again like candy or colored chalk, making them look more like candy even than deadly poison. here is a live look at the border for you. eagle pass, texas as the migrant surge is weighing heavily on border patrol agents there, recent heavy rain is making the trek across the rio grande even more dangerous. garrett tenney is live in eagle pass, te

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i'm bret baier, breaking tonight, a new twist on the immigration crisis and inspector general's reportan individuals allowed to come into the u.s. after the american military withdrawal from their country. the homeland security department is disputing the conclusions of that ig report. white house correspondent peter doocy reports tonight live from the north lawn. good evening

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, you are looking live at the british embassy in washington.led stop there with the first lady to sign the condolence book there. there you see the ambassador karen pierce, the british ambassador to the u.s. again, that's at the u.k. embassy. the british embassy here in washington. the world, obviously, is are racketing to the death of queen elizabeth ii. the british monarch died

. >> todd: bret baier described this perfectly, convention speech in front of independence hall. this was a partisan speech, it shouldn't have been, he said it was going to be an address to the nation. it is in preparation for the midterm, they know, democrats know the policies that have espoused and put together have not worked. the american people do not like those policies. what do they do instead? go back to standard tropes. to your point, all that is doing is designed to alienate half the country and gin up the base. we spoke to cory mills who had this to say about this divisive rhetoric. >> vandalizing, looting, murdering and causing events, domestic terrorists. half the nation who doesn't vote for him is all of a sudden extremist. he continues to attack maga patriots is just an example of the fact he has nothing positive he can note during his speeches, he has to go on the attack. if you have nothing positive to say, you say something negative about others that is what joe biden has been doing. >> todd: he's calling you semi-facist, but biden raided the home of his top pol

fox's chief political anchor, bret baier, is standing by to take us through the graces.ben and the time or peer. tell us what's happening. >> it's amazing, the final primaries before we head into the final stretch in november for the midterms. delaware, new hampshire, and rhode island. let's take you furthest out to new hampshire and the senate race there. new hampshire is seen as a possible pickup for republicans because they look at maggie hassan the incumbent democrat it's very vulnerable in new hampshire on a number of different fronts. the republican primary that was close right now. retired army general don bolduc against chuck morris, the state senate presidents, right now, we are about 400 votes separating the two. new hampshire doesn't have a ton of votes collectively as the state, it's not a big place. but you can see is we dig down into some of these counties, this is botox home and he campaigned there a lot, you see picked up the mic separation they are not in vote totals but in rockingham county, just a big dump of votes for chuck moore. overseeing here is a

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senator with bret baier, senator schumer didn't vote for the last one and cardin didn't vote for theommunity with their oil make a ton of money and give steroids to hamas and hezbollah to say the least but e other big story where tensions fueling high is between taiwan and china. saturday, beijing sent 14 fighter jets across taiwan store rates don't make straights. but what happened is more significant because shot down a chinese drone but are they showing a willingness to fight, some spunk? >> i think after the major encouragement that beijing did as a result of the pelosi visit. i think the site has made a decision here that they are going to update and certainly shooting down a drone, even though reportedly a civilian drone and clearly violating their airspace took that measure. i think that sends a message certainly that they will stand up to more of this confrontation at beijing is imposing. what is significant here is october 16, a national party of congress is going to meet 2300 delegates to enshrine president xi for another term, a third term, unprecedented and possibly indef

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i'm bret baier.try to retake control of congress in the november midterms here in the u.s. the right leaning political movement in europe is gaining attraction. italian prime minister georgia maloni right wing party latest in a group of like-minded politicians there gaining power across the continent dealing with rampant inflation and energy crisis in the wake of ukraine war. senior foreign

good evening, i'm bret baier. about two hours away from what is expected to be another attack on republicans, according to republicans by president biden. his so-called battle for the soul of the nation speech will be delivered from independence hall in philadelphia. and while the president continues to accuse his political opponents of threatening democracy, the administration is blaming the g.o.p. and the trump administration for school shutdowns and low test scores due to the coronavirus pandemic. republicans, remember things very differently. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us tonight from philadelphia with a preview of speech. >> good evening, bret. president biden is at joint base andrews air force 1 is about to take off for philadelphia where president biden launched his presidential campaign last cycle and where he plans to launch new attacks on republican lawmakers who he is going to claim want to tear up america's foundational documents that were debated here. >> no it's not a political speec

. >> yeah, senator manchin was very defensive in that interview with bret baier last night. white house party house speaker nancy pelosi said it was beautifully named. a beautifully named act. listen, if you looked at all the people who were there, the constituents they represented, this bill called the inflation reduction act, was a climate bill. a healthcare bill. a bill that incorporated some long-time democratic priority items that they had not been able to pass before. and they called it the inflation reduction act for obvious reasons to make it look like they were taking action on inflation. but even if it did work according to their plan, that help would be years away and the mid-terms are less than 60 days away. so they are going to have a political problem with this especially after throwing such a big party on the day that not only did inflation go up, but the dow jones industry all average went down 1,267 points. >> dana: proof we're living in an episode -- on the president they have the big climate bill takes air force one to delaware to vote because they forget

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight. preelection politics and playing hard ball on capitol hill.cans are leveraging the possibility of a government shut down to force action on the border crisis. we have fox team coverage from the hill. chad pergram up there with the latest on the democratic makeover on soft on crime perceptions. but we begin with congressional correspondent aishah hasnie and the g.o.p.'s gamble on the immigration issue. good evening, aishah. >> bret, good evening to you. with the crisis worsening at the southern border and no immigratio

good evening, welcome to washington, welcome to bret baier, breaking tonight following major stories,mbat run away inflation. russian leader vladimir putin calls for massive troop mobile gation weapons in ukraine. we begin with president biden saying russia is trying to extinguish ukraine's right to exist, it was the president's first address to the united nations general assembly since russia's invasion. white house correspondent peter

i'm bret baier.ould it a preview of the 2024 presidential election? some people think it is. florida governor ron desantis, president biden squaring off over immigration. democrats are incensed that republican governors including desantis for sending illegal immigrants to northern cities. now a class action lawsuit on behalf of the migrants flown to martha's vineyard has been filed. governor desantis and his g.o.p. brethren blame the president for taking immigration situa

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight while conservatives try to retake control of congress in the november midterms here in the u.s. the right leaning political movement in europe is gaining attraction. italian prime minister georgia maloni right wing party latest in a group of like-minded politicians there gaining power across the continent dealing with rampant inflation and energy crisis in the wake of ukraine war. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg takes a look at the surge tonight from millan, italy, good evening, amy. >> it's being called far right government since mussolini and georgia mel lonnie looks said. it is already making history and some waves across the continent. >> a great day for europe say the continent's other far right leaders, a dark day for italy say center left attracters. georgia meloni says she will do her best to make everyone happy. >> it's important to understand that if we will be called to lead this country we will do that for all. we will do that for all ital

fox new cheap political anchor bret baier broke huge news on the president of biggest agenda item. >>t vote to continue with this piece of legislation for it i just can't. >> you are done. this is a no. >> this is a note for correction the president plans to republicans responsible. >> totally different for americans if republicans win back the majorities in the house and senate this year? >> we will make sure joe biden is a moderate brickwork's high stakes of the high courts. >> it is probably going to be close to 50/50. >> you support the fact that they will carry out the will of the people in georgia and put that law at a six that we can ban into effect? >> i would reject the notion this is the will of the people brickwork to try get washington off its talking points so we could get more to the point brickwork so would you propose something like that in election year? >> a corset democrat talking points but. >> no it is in the plan. it is in the plan. >> but here's the thing about reality for a second part let's talk about reality. >> senator it's not the democratic talking points.

our colleague bret baier said, quote, it's a convention speech in front of independence hall. they shouldn't have had marines hall. as for esthetics, if you are going to go full michael bay, be the good guy michael bay, red, white and blue, don't go for bad but it's stupidity on the part of biden administration. as for our what our colleague john just said, this is to jeun the base because they don't achievement. like what is achievement? ruining the country's finances in the future with all the free money pump intoed the system. cocombat what the republicans ae doing. we will see if it works. jackie: john, todd brings up a very important point, i don't care what he said in the speech last night, people are suffering from continued high inflation and they're feeling the pimple of that, the longer it goes on, the harder it hits families. >> you are right on, jacky. let's not forget that right now the federal reserve is engaged in tightening of monetary policy that admits to trying to slow the u.s. economy to bring inflation down. jarome powell has all but promised us some pain

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories. first hurricane ian moving through south carolina right now. we will have live team coverage from there and from the devastation left behind in florida from molly line and steve harrigan. but, we begin tonight with ukraine. as russian president vladimir putin annexes four occupied territories. the largest land grap grab grab since the end of world war ii while issuing a bold threat to the west in a heated speech to the kremlin. insisting he will use all means at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. >> mr. putin, don't misunderstand what i'm saying. >> ukraine's president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putin's move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administration's response but we begin tonight with corres

welcome to washington, i'm bret baier.izabeth ii died at the age of 96. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in london tonight with the latest. good evening, greg. >> bret, it was a remarkable day. a day that basically a london and the world looked back at the reig

. >> dana: let's bring in bret baier. fetterman must have felt pressure this week once the republicans and oz campaign turned up the heat saying you aren't going to debate or no media interviews without strict guidance? is it the step in the direction of actually having a debate? >> good morning, dana and bill. i think it is. but we again don't have specifics. that's the key thing. fetter man is agreeing in principle to a debate but we don't know which one or when or how. we've asked to be host of that debate or town hall. we've asked numerous shows. i'm sure you have for interviews. and the campaign just is not responding to those requests. he is not really talking to reporters on the campaign trail, either. so it is an issue and obviously the oz campaign will jump on that. bottom line, pennsylvania this race will come down to policies and how voters deal with the different policy proposals that both candidates have. >> bill: i was looking at fetterman's response yesterday. he will do it in late october on a big tv chann

good evening, i'm bret baier.cans by president biden. his so-called battle for the soul of the nation speech will be delivered from independence hall in philadelphia. and while the president continues to accuse his political opponents of threatening democracy, the administration is blaming the g.o.p. and the trump administration for school shutdowns