. >> that man's name was bruce hill.h the data base, they had a match for the blood found at the crime scene. a jury convicted hill of the murders of big charlie and diane. his motive for the crime was never firmly established. >> who is bruce hill? do you know that name? >> no. >> ever see him at the farm property, on job sites? >> no, never. >> but rick's lawyer needed proof that there was no connection between the two men. so he paid hill a visit. >> bruce hill showed a picture of rick gagnon and his words were, i've never seen that cracker [ bleep ] before. bruce hill was unambiguous and was very blunt that he did not know rick. >> all hill had to do now was admit that in open court. and gagnon might go free. hill flatly refused. once again, rick was out of luck, but not hope. >> the first piece of good news i'd had in a long time. you know? i was excited to see what god was getting ready to do. >> and there were developments. >> yes, sir. >> namely, the arrival of a new inmate. >> i was in the chapel at the time. it

we've just learned that that attorney, rachel mitchell, was here on the hill today, meeting with those republicans. david? >> mary bruce up on capitol hill tonight. mary, i will see you up on the hill first thing in the morning for the hearing. and we hope all of you at home will stay with abc news for live coverage of the senate judiciary committee hearing. mary and i will be joining george and our entire team tomorrow beginning at 10:00 a.m. right here on abc. >>> we have a lot of other news to get to tonight. also at the president's news conference a short time ago, another major headline. the president was asked whether he plans to fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who overseas the russia investigation. he was reported to have suggested wiretapping the president at one point, and getting cabinet members to use the 25th amendment to force him out. rosenstein earlier this week was summoned to the white house on monday, meeting with chief of staff john kelly. reportedly he was expecting to be fired. but moments ago, this is what the president said about rosenstein's future. >> he said he never said it. he s

abc's mary bruce up on the hill witnessing all of this today as it played out. she leads us off. >> reporter: senator jeff flake was on his way to the judiciary committee, planning to back brett kavanaugh's confirmation, when those two women stopped him at that elevator. >> you have children in your family. think about them. i have two children. i cannot imagine that for the next 50 years they'll have to have someone on the supreme court who has been accused violating a young girl. what are you doing, sir? >> reporter: ana maria archila and maria gallagher, both victims of sexual assault, imploring the senator to take a stand. >> look at me when i'm talking to you. you're telling me that my assault doesn't matter. that what happened to me doesn't matter. and you're going to let people who do these things into power. that's what you're telling me when you vote for him. >> reporter: the protesters begging him to hold out for an fbi investigation of the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanaugh. >> why not wait for the investigation? >> i need to go to the

mary bruce live from the hill tonight. so, mary, just to clarify here, republicans have hired that female attorney to ask questions on their behalf. not just of dr. ford, but of judge kavanaugh, as well, and this is so the senators won't have to ask the questions themselves? >> reporter: yeah, david. this prosecutor will be leading the charge for all of the questioning on the republican side, though senators tell us they may still jump in from time to time. now, we still don't know who this attorney is. her identity is being protected tonight for her own security. now, on the democratic side, those senators will still be doing their own grilling. david? >> all right, mary bruce, i'll see you up on the hill for the hearing. stay with abc news for live coverage of the senate judiciary committee hearing. i'll be joining george and our entire team, thursday beginning at 10:00 a.m. right here on abc. >>> next tonight, to the severe thunderstorm watch and possible tornadoes at this hour in the midwest, moving into the northeast.

abc's mary bruce back on the hill tonight, are those senators listening to their constituents on both sides back home? >> reporter: from the moment republicans like senator susan collins arrived back in washington, they have been under increasing pressure. >> do you believe the accuser? >> i don't know enough to make a judgement at this point. >> reporter: but now, those same republicans are turning up the pressure on christine blasey ford. >> there's a week, more than a week, between when she made the allegations and the date of the hearing, which was slated for next monday. i just don't understand why the hearing shouldn't go forth. >> reporter: collins noting ford has been told she could testify in private. >> i don't think that she can reject all those options, because otherwise, there are these very serious allegations hanging over the head of a nominee who has emphatically denied them. and that's just not a good way for us to end. >> reporter: senator jeff flake, another key republican, tweeting, "i now implore dr. ford to accept the invitation for monday. the committee should h

>> mary bruce back up on the hill tonight. mary, thank you. >>> and there is a lot of other news to get to tonight. there was a terrible scene today in middleton, wisconsin. a workplace shooting, a man, a worker in his cubicle, at his desk, suddenly opening fire. abc's alex perez from wisconsin tonight. >> reporter: terrifying moments tonight at this wisconsin business complex, after an employee opened fire inside the offices of this software company. >> callers advising they heard multiple gunshots. >> reporter: about 10:30 this morning, the gunman, police say, was near his office cubicle when he suddenly unleashed a spray of bullets. >> the shooter had a pistol. a semiautomatic pistol. we're told that he had a number of magazines, extra magazines and so on. >> reporter: frightened employees escorted out. >> we saw one person that was really bloodied being escorted out to one of the ambulances. we just saw the police officers coming, storming towards the building. >> reporter: others hiding to stay alive. >> i'm on the phone

mary bruce on capitol hill tonight where protesters are demanding one senator take a stand, senator susan collins. >> we believe debbie ramirez! >> reporter: for key republican senator susan collins, the political pressure today came right to her doorstep. >> we believe dr. ford! >> reporter: protesters demanding she vote no on brett kavanaugh or else. >> we believe she can do the right thing. and if she doesn't, we're going to replace her. >> reporter: even before a second accuser came out alleging sexual misconduct by kavanaugh, collins said she wouldn't be rushed. >> do i feel pressure, sure. but i don't feel pressure to make a decision until i'm ready. and by the way, there are, like, seven of us that are undecided, it's not just me. >> reporter: democrats tonight are demanding the senate hit the brakes on kavanaugh's nomination. >> both of these women are bravely coming forward with allegations that i think the judiciary committee should hear and hear fully. >> reporter: but republicans are plowing ahead. orrin hatch says the latest allegations are, quote, phony. >> well, it's amazin

mary bruce on the hill tonight asking senators how should this go. >> reporter: one of only four women on the senate judiciary committee calls this a moment of reckoning. >> i just want to say to the men of this country, just shut up and step up. do the right thing. for a change. >> reporter: republican leaders insist they're giving christine blasey ford an opportunity to be heard in public before the judiciary committee next monday. >> this is mainly an opportunity to accommodate her and we look forward to giving her a chance to tell her story. >> reporter: do you think her allegations are credible? does she sound credible to you, sir? >> i don't know how you judge that until you have the hearing. >> reporter: republican lisa murkowski suggests there are alternatives. >> if she doesn't want to appear public, in public before the committee, she can do it privately before the committee. she would be under oath. >> reporter: if ford does agree to testify, she and judge kavanaugh would be the only witnesses, fielding questions from ten democrats and 11 republicans. all of the republicans,

mary bruce on the hill, asking the questions tonight. >> reporter: for 24 hours, the pressure has been building on republican senators like susan collins. all eyes on her as she arrived back in washington, saying she had read the letter by brett kavanau kavanaugh's accuser. >> i did read the letter last week and asked the judge in a telephone conversation on friday about it and he was very emphatic and -- in his denial. >> reporter: today, collins became the first republican to call for kavanaugh and christine blasey ford to appear on capitol hill, fweeting "they should both testify under oath before the judiciary committee." later, collins swarmed by reporters. is the allegation disqualifying? how do you adjudicate something that's almost 40 years old? >> well, that's why impoanthathere be thorough interview and that we see both individuals respond to the allegations. there are an awful lot of questions, inconsistencies, gaps. obviously, if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> reporter: collins and her republican colleague lisa murkowski of ala

mary bruce live back up on the hill tonight. and mary, president trump and senate republicans do not want the fbi to investigate these sexual assault allegations against judge kavanaugh, to in essence reopen his background check. but remind us, what did president george h.w. bush when anita hill came forward against clarence thomas? >> reporter: well, david, in 1991, he ordered the fbi to investigate. that investigation took just three days. it's now been two days since christine blasey ford asked the fbi to investigate her charges. but so far, president trump has refused that request. david? >> mary bruce, thank you. >>> the other developing story all day long, the deadly workplace rampage. a woman opening fire outside and then inside, several dead. gunfire prompting a massive show of force. s.w.a.t. teams moving in. this was about 30 miles outside baltimore. six people shot, three dead before the woman took her own life. abc's david kerley on the scene in aberdeen, maryland, tonight. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies and s.w.a.t

abc's mary bruce on capitol hill. >> reporter: from the moment republicans like senator susan collinsn under increasing pressure. >> do you believe the accuser? >> i don't know enough to make a judgement at this point. >> reporter: but now those same republicans are turning up the pressure on christine blasey ford. >> there is a week between -- more than a week between when she made the allegations and the date of the hearing, which was slated for next monday. i just don't understand why the hearing shouldn't go forward. >> reporter: collins noting ford has been told she could testify in private. >> i don't think she can reject all those options because otherwise there are these very serious allegations hanging over the head of a nominee who has emphatically denied them. that's just not a good way for us to end. >> reporter: senator jeff flake, another key republican, tweeting, i now implore dr. ford to accept the invitation for monday. the committee should hear her voice. the message from gop leaders to ford, show up or we're heading for a vote. >> she said she wanted to appear, but

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> turning now to the russia investigation.at president trump's former lawyer michael cohen has spoken extensively to special counsel robert mueller's office. sources say he took part in multiple interviews that went on for hours. chuck sivertsen has the details. >> reporter: president trump's former attorney and fixer michael cohen by his side for a decade, at one time saying he would take a bullet for the president. >> i will do anything to protect mr. trump. >> reporter: but abc news has learned mr. cohen is cooperating with special counsel robert mueller, sitting for hours of interviews over the past month. those interviews held in washington and new york focusing on all aspects of mr. trump's dealings with russia, including business deals and those allegations of collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign. some insiders believe this represents a significant legal threat to the president, given cohen's long history of working with mr. trump. cohen has already pleaded guilty to campaign finance crimes related to paying

. >> reporter: mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> our thanks to mary bruce there. >>> a couple ofs happening. the president is set to give a solo news conference today at 5:00 p.m. eastern time, the first one he's done in well over a year, and abc news will also have complete coverage of tomorrow's hearing starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time, 7:00 pacific in the morning. >>> we move on to the severe storms that are threatening millions in the northeast today with hail and damaging winds. >> let's go to accuweather's paul williams for the day's weather outlook. good morning, paul. >> good morning, stephanie, kendis. thanks to this low pressure system swinging a little too close for comfort along the north carolina coast, we're bracing for another round of localized flash flooding, strong rip currents and gusty winds. now, remember, we're looking for major flooding continuing along the peedee, little peedee, lumber and cape fear and northeast cape fear river. for the northeast bracing for severe storms from montreal all the way down towards d.c. and watching out for persistent wet w

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> anita hill will be on "gma" later this morning. >>> meanwhile,rump showing uncharacteristic restraint. he tweeted the supreme court is one of the main reasons i got elected. i hope republicans and others are watching and studying the democrats' playbook. kavanaugh was at the white house huddling with his confirmation team as the president talked to reporters. >> i feel so bad for him that he's going through this to be honest with you. i feel so badly for him. this is not a man that deserves this. >> as for dr. ford, her attorney says her life has been turned upside down and death threats have forced her and her family to relocate from their home. >>> we're learning details about an upcoming bombshell book from stormy daniels. the adult film actress gets graphic about her alleged tryst with president trump in 2006. she describes the president's private parts and she says, quoting here, it may have been the least impressive sex i've ever had. i never thought i would read that line on tv. daniels also writes about an incident in 2007 when she overhe

. >> mary bruce live with us back on the hill tonight. mary, just moments ago, dr. christine blasey ford's lawyer responding to today's stunning development and her lawyer said she welcomes this step in the process. she appreciates the efforts of senator flake and all of the other senators who have supported an fbi investigation. but david, she said there should be no artificial limits on time and scope of this investigation. >> mary, thank you. >>> president trump had just learned about that dramatic turn when reporters were brought into the oval office today. moments before, senator flake had called for that one-week delay for the fbi to investigate these allegations. the president, of course, was quickly asked about it. this was his first reaction. >> senator flake, he wants a one-week delay so the fbi can investigate further. >> i'll let the senate handle that. i'll learn more about it as the day goes on. i just heard about it. >> what did you think of dr. ford's testimony when you heard that. >> i thought her testimony was very compelling and she looks like a v

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> our thanks to mary.ng for an fbi investigation into ford's claims. well, overnight the american bar association also called on the committee to delay their vote until there is such an investigation completed. >> for more on all of this, we're joined by abc's emily rau on capitol hill right now. emily, what's next for the senate judiciary committee? >> reporter: well, stephanie, so many people directed questions at senators in light of the other accusers that haven't spoken publicly, they wanted to know, will we hear more testimony from anyone else? but most of the time we saw republican senators respond to those questions with, we are going ahead and going with a vote tomorrow, meaning today, later on friday. so that seemed to answer the question in its own way, saying -- signaling the -- really echoing what president trump said in his tweet, that the senate must vote. they are moving forward. now, we haven't heard any reaction since that notice from the american bar association, but for now it seems tha

fuller -- as far as vicksburg -- is going to write that the drums of champion hills sounded the doom of richmond. bruce catton -- who i have recently rediscovered. i recently have been reading the book "grant moves south." and i have fallen in love again with catton. we go in cycles here in the civil war business, but i think he is not getting the credit he is due. he is a fantastic writer. he said this at the end of "grant move south." this was after vicksburg. grant was ready at last, the time of testing was over, and he had reached his full stature. better than any other northern soldier, better than any other man other than lincoln himself, bringing the infinite power of the growing nation to bring on the desperate weakness of the brave, traumatic, and tragically archaic little nation that approach it. understood too that although rebellion must be crushed with utmost vigor, the rebels themselves were men who would again be friends and fellow citizens. now was time to go on. sherman had said it. sling the knapsacks for new fields. so in conclusion, ladies and gentlemen -- [laughter] i actually forg

abc's mary bruce joins us now from capitol hill. as we heard from reaction, still coming in this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, emotions are running high here this morning. the senate judiciary committee is meeting right here and just down the hall we can hear protesters chanting. it is clear that top republicans this morning are standing by judge kavanaugh, but what's not clear yet is whether or not they have enough votes to confirm him. this morning, republicans are eager to move to a vote. >> we gave dr. ford a chance to have her say, and i think it's time to vote. the longer that the nomination remains open, we know that more and more of these scurrilous, anonymous and uncorroborated allegations will be made. >> i don't see any reason for delay. >> reporter: with judge kavanaugh's fate hanging in the balance, what comes next depends on a handful of key senators. republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski who told us she needed to sleep on it. >> go home, have some dinner and have a chance to thi

. >> mary bruce also up on capitol hill. you cover it every single day. we know who the most important audience is here, just a few senators haven't already made up their minds but you can also see in that room people visibly tearing up during the testimony. >> incredibly emotional in this room and we are just getting the first reaction from lawmakers here. i'm standing just down the hall from the hearing and we just saw all of the members of the committee file by, go into a room here right next to me. republican chairman grassley, when asked if he finds dr. ford's testimony to be credible, said i know we have to take her very seriously. he later told one of our producers, john park inson, that he feels that her testimony is something they need to sleep on. remember, this committee is scheduled to have a vote on judge kavanaugh's nomination tomorrow morning. republicans here are trying to walk a fine line. we've heard members of the committee reiterating that they need to hear dr. ford's testimony, important to hear her side of the story, yet we've seen r

bruce ohr. during a closed door deposition this week on capitol hill, two sources with direct knowledge tell fox news ohr told investigators at least half a dozen fbi and doj officials knew about his back channel contact with christopher steele, who compiled the controversial dossier on candidate trump, and about the origins of the dossier as a piece of democrat funded opposition research. house republicans have criticized fbi officials for not disclosing those details in their applications for the surveillance warrants and are once again asking the president to declassify the bureau's records about ohr and the warrant applications. >> for more on this, let's bring in breaking news editor for "the daily caller." good to see you. let's start with what garrett was talking about, the potential for a bombshell from special counsel robert mueller around labor day. there was an anchor on another network, i forget the name of it, that said show up for work on friday, journalists, there's going to be a big one that might be coming. never came. >> that's right. that was the prevailing wisdom from the oth

bruce ohr. during a closed-door deposition this week on capitol hill, two sources with direct knowledge tell foxor told investigators at least half a dozen fbi and doj officials knew about his back channel contacts with christopher steele, who compiled the controversial dossier on candidate trump and about the origins of the dossier as a piece of democrat funded opposition research. the house republicans have criticized fbi officials for not disclosing those details in their applications for the warrants and are once again asking the president to declassify the bureau's records about ohr and the warrant applications. jon? jon: thanks. let's bring in white house correspondent for the daily caller for more on this. we have known for some time fox news reported you have reported i believe that there were contacts, these e-mails between bruce ohr and christopher steele. we knew that. what appears to be new about this new york times piece is the depth of the contacts that bruce ohr had with a russian oligarch and that the fbi was trying to get on its side. >> yeah, it is a very interesting report out

bruce ohr. during a closed door deposition this week on capitol hill, two sources with direct knowledge tell fox news ohr told investigators at least half a dozen fbi and doj officials knew about his back channel contact with christopher steele, who compiled the controversial dossier on candidate trump, and about the origins of the dossier as a piece of democratic-funded opposition research. house republicans criticized fbi officials for not disclosing those details in their applications for their surveillance warrants and are once again asking the president to declassify the bureau's records about ohr and the warrant applications. mike? mike: thank you. eboni? eboni: president trump decides not to attend two major summits in asia this fall. the white house says the president will not travel to singapore for a meeting hosted by the association of southeast asia nations, as well as an asian pacific economic cooperation gathering, sending vice president mike pence instead. a former campaign policy adviser joins us. thanks for being here, david. we really shouldn't read too much into the fact presi

local sheriff's and police officers, not federal, >> bruce, thank you, so many mentioned the hearings back in 1991, the senate judiciary, with anita hill, last evening, it is on our website, we will take one more call and then hear from senator dyck urban, from california, your next. >> i find it ironic that brett kavanaugh would swear to god, but he would not swear to the fbi, or even just to a polygraph test, and the other thing is that i appreciate what they said, especially senator harris, who would not let it go about how this did not happen with corsets. you know people want to say that this is a purely political move, if that were true, then this would have happened with corsets, and it did not happen, and senator harris just did not get a yes or no question out of him. he was a deer in the headlines once again, just like he was when she was asking him, at the other hearing, a couple of weeks ago you know, just i do not know the name, well, buddy, that is your pal, who worked at that law firm, and yet, you're asking all of these questions, anything to answer yes or no, just answer the questions i just wanted to say senator harri

bruce, let me start with you. 1982, that's when mccain was elected to the house, four years later to the senate. an institution in washington, on capitol hillnd in american politics. what do you think he would make of the scene here? in the height of the trump era, this outpouring of respect from both sides of the aisle? >> i think he would have been gratified by it. i think he -- he obviously planned it out very carefully and i think it is coming together in a way that probably exceeded his expectations including the outpouring of emotion. it's most significantly out of respect for john mccain and he intended for us to, quite honestly, come pair and contrast this moment, come pair and contrast senator mccain with the man who is not at any of these funeral services or memorial services, president trump. and i think he would get a sort of grim satisfaction from knowing that one last time he is really showing up this president, that he disdained and the feeling was i guess mutual to some extent. >> it really is interesting, sir michael. we saw the vice president there, donald trump's vice president, mike pence, offering figures about john mcc

investigation into bruce ohr, the doj official who had conversation was christopher steele, the former british intel agent who compiled the trump dossier. in closed door hearing on the hills week. christopher said he he believes the russian believed they had trump over a barrel. what's your reaction. >> what it kmonts. and mr. ohr's statements were behind closed doors in front of members of congress this we can. we don't have a transcript. not an open hearing. we don't know exactly what was said. but i think what it indicates and see mr. steele, who was a former british intelligence officer, was gravely concerned about what it was he was discovering through the course of his investigation that was funded privately. he communicated some of that information apparently to mr. ohr, who as a justice department official, a civil servant official, would have had some kind of responsibility to provide that information to the fbi. so i don't -- as a former justice department lawyer, i doend find it particularly out of the realm that mr. ohr would have found some responsibility on his own part to communicate that information to the fbi. how the fbi worked with him on a going forwa

hill on theday. >> jimmy: wow. >> which is an education. >> jimmy: that's good person. >> and then we listened to a a lot of bruce springsteen growing up.nage years scratching and throwing things around. it was a long-lasting product. >> jimmy: you just loved it so much. which cd was it? >> it was the greatest hs. >> jimmy: yes. >> yeah, it was good. >> jimmy: a lot of people overlook "the greatest hits" bum. they're go, what's your favorite album? and i'm like, "the greatest hits" album. [ laughter ] it's all hits. of course it's my favorite album. did you ever get to meet him? >> yeah. yeah. we have met him a couple f he's very nice. we played with him once at a a festival in belgium. we were all a little overexcited, because it was springsteen. and we got orirexcited in s ways, you know, as you do. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and -- >> jimmy: did you know he was there? >> and yeah. is knew he was there. what we didn't knohat he'd watched our show from side of stage. i didn't know until the last song and i looked across and saw springsteen. i almost -- yeah. and then during his set he like turned. and we were on the side stage. turned and like

bruce orr, and comey and this and that. the president says all i want to do is be transparent. he tells that to "the hillad the documents before declassifying them. what is the goal here from the president? >> you know, it -- if you're calling for total transparennen parliamentariansy and your goal -- transparency and your goal is transparency but your selectively declassifying certain things that you think or hope might make you look good, that's not total transparency of any kind. could it destabilize the way the fbi goes back things and the entire process. i think that's something to think about there. by the way, some of these things he wants to declassify, they've already been declassified in a redacted way. i think what's behind that is there's always going to be some other thing to do. some other shoe to drop in the future. that's the way a conspiracy theory works. >> the president added he hopes uncovering this corruption at the fbi could be one of his crowning achievements as president. zach wolf, good to see you, sir. >> thanks. >> thanks. >>> the president today travels to storm-ravaged north

hill as soon as next week. this as kavanaugh says he wants a hearing as soon as possible to defend his name. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruceacking this for us at the white house. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we are now learning new details about the delicate negotiations to end the standoff. christine blasey ford is ready to tell the senate that brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her but only if the conditions are right and if her request can be satisfied we could be headed for an historic he said/she said hearing as soon as next thursday. >> he is a fine, fine person. >> reporter: overnight president trump standing by his embattled supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh against allegations of sexual assault. [ chanting ] the las vegas crowd chanting kavanaugh's name as the president reassured his supporters. >> well, let it play out and i think everything is going to be just fine. >> reporter: in an interview on fox news the president questioning why christine blasey ford's allegations didn't come out sooner. >> to see what's going on is just very, very sad. you say why didn't somebody call the fbi

republicans on capitol hill believe that this week president trump could declassify the entirety of carter page's fisa applications as well as records of conversation between d.o.j. official brucend the fbi. if this happened, if the documents are declassified, they could have a huge effect on how the public views the russia investigation. for detail on this, the man we trust on the topic is byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner, he joins us tonight. give us a quick overview of what the president is considering declassifying, whether you think he will, and if he does what we're likely to learn from the documents. >> well, it does appear that he is likely to do. that the first thing that everyone mentions is essentially the rest of the carter page fisa application. remember, some of it was declassified and released. we all knew there were large parts of it that were blacked out. republicans have said why don't you just declassify the whole thing. if you don't want to do that here's about 20 pages we would like to see you declassify. the thinking is, that the president will probably declassify those 20 or so pages that he's been requested to do. now

probably so but the one who wrote the memo was bruce kim jong un 6, who was in a meeting? we need him on capitol hills. >> you were speaking to supporters yesterday and you said if you became speaker of the house next go around you would get rid of obamacare and promised to build the border wall. the president has controlled the republican party, controls both chambers of congress and these key agenda items the president oness, they are not in a hurry to give them to us. >> report things to keep the majority because then the democrats are clear what they will do, raise your taxes, socialized medicine, impeach the president of the united states even though he has an amazing record of getting things done but the single biggest promise we made the american people in 2016, building the border security wallace haven't got it done. we have to focus on getting that done. it comes down to political will. to have the will to fight, have a showdown, have a national debate we have to have in congress and to win the issue. if i'm given a chance to lead we will focus on getting that done. pete: thank you very muc

hill, from the white house and get on top of the story. 10 p.m. eastern. give all right. we still have a packed show ahead of us. david bossie, charlie kirk, tammy bruces to towers 5k along the route. rob, good morning. >> hey, pete, hey, guys. one of the great stories was the story of steven sill iser, today is the race in honor of him. and a special mission to help gold star families, and that's all coming up. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ try parodontax toothpaste. it's three times more effective at removing plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. leave bleeding gums behind with parodontax toothpaste. ♪ muck. >> the tunnels to powers annual 5k is about to get underway here in new york city. rachel: and the race follows the final steps of firefighter stephen the siller who was killed on 9/11, 17 years ago. griff: "fox & friends" first co-host rob schmidt is in brooklyn this morning. good morning. >> good morning, guys. yeah, the story of stephen siller all those years ago is one of great stories of courage. it's a tremendous story. he was just getting off of his shift. he was a brooklyn firefighter. you know, 9/11 happened right after he got off, he was about to