and pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the new york post, fox business contributor, michael goodwin have you both here. >> thank you. lou: let's start with, if we may, the idea that so many news organizations are downplaying, killing, blacking out the story of the biden family corruption. your reaction first, if i may, ed. >> well, i think it's outrageous. i think michael did a fabulous job this morning in the post of laying out another element of it. as a matter of fact, it was such a good piece, i read it at 5:00, i had to rewrite a piece that i did for fox news today, make it tougher. they're not going to cover it, and i think the key thing here tonight is the president has to sell his own message. he can do some of this, he can go after biden and certainly a little bit, but don't waste the whole 90 minutes doing that. sell his program because he's going to have 75 million people, this is the last big shot at that big an audience. he needs to make it positive because he's done great things for this country. lou: right. michael, your, your piece in the post, you know, another stor

here's what else is going on, chris christie, michael goodwin of the new york post said this is way over top train wreck, we became personal over policy, that is not good for the country and michael goodwin said the bulk of the blame falls on the president, the wall street editorial page said trump was interrupting biden so much he would not let them talk and long enough to make a mistake. would you agree with that? >> i think yes joe biden was "saved by the bell" on a couple of occasions in particular early on in the debate where trump really had him on the ropes only interrupting several times and will you eliminate the filibuster but more portly in terms of the supreme court, we stack the court and said there were so many interruptions they ran out of time and we gotta go into a couple different topics so yeah i think donald trump let joe biden be joe biden and suddenly joe biden weather walked into some traps in those situations and the president missed a couple of opportunities, did not talk about isis or the isis leader or that iran terror leader, here's encouraging billing outride

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michael goodwin, good to see you as always. trace. >> sandra: an urgent alert for medical centers, the f.b.i. warning cyber criminals are threatening the security of the u.s. healthcare system targeting hundreds of hospitals and providers. as the coronavirus begins to make a comeback in the final stretch before election day. laura engel is live in new york this morning. >> it is adding insult to injury. the hospital systems that are already pushed to the limit, some are seeing a rapid rise in covid cases. now they are dealing with the threat of the personal and private information of the very patients that they're trying to treat come under threat or having that information locked up and held for ransom by cyber criminals. it has been happening for weeks in several hospital systems across the u.s. have reported these problems. the f.b.i. and two federal agencies say they currently have credible information of a wide ranging and imminent cybercrime threat to u.s. hospitals and healthcare providers. the goal of these criminals to

"lou dobbs tonight "quote of the day comes from the new york post east michael good -- post's michael goodwin if it weren't for their double standards, big media and big tech wouldn't have any standards the at all. well done, michael. joining us tonight, lee smith. husband new book is "the permanent coup: how enemies foreign and domestic targeted the american president." also a new document true out based on his national bestseller, "the plot against the president," the documentary of the same name. we recommend both to you -- well, it's all three, two books and one documentary. the busy man himself, lee smith. good to have you with us. >> very nice to be here, thank you. lou: let's start with your reaction to what is going on now with the crickets we're hearing from the justice department about what the biden family is now accused of and for which there is considerable evidence in "the new york post"'s outstanding reporting. >> yeah. the post, the post articles have been very important, putting a lot of detail, putting a lot of detail on what the bidens did do. i think it's important, howeve

if you take virtually the table the white house, the senate of the house, we will watch that, michael goodwinze winner, interesting column today when they talked about the president having to find a middle ground or acceptable middle ground alternative on the coronavirus that maybe would calm people down, i'm thinking that is a stretch but michael spells it beautifully, i'm wondering if it's too late for that, for good or ill, people have formed opinions whether they like is a portraitist like, you think otherwise. >> i agree with you in general he is not going to be able to change a lot of minds nationally but certain states are still in play for the president as well as the senate race as you were discussing, a few votes here and there as we saw in 2016 to make a big difference in the electoral college, my point even though i think the president could benefit from this politically, i think the larger issue, they had a medical experience that 7 million americans have had in some form or another, if you want to criticize the president for not showing empathy, not really wearing his heart on h

michael goodwin was the deputy with the biden campaign saying "donald trump seems to be living in an alternate reality where he isn't sick and contagious with covid-19. this decision is stunningly reckless," talking about the white house event tomorrow. the latest evidence trump has waived the white flag even as it kills thousands of americans each week and betters our economy." saying this is something that shouldn't be happening tomorrow. >> if the democrats didn't have double standards they wouldn't have any standards at all. this is the part of the keep saying follow science, talk to your doctors, follow their advice. that's what president trump has done every step of the weight if you know the president like i do you know that he absolutely wanted to get back out there as soon as possible. he didn't want to go to the hospital but he did. he has been following the recommendations, following his doctor's every step of the way. for the biden campaign to second-guess medical doctors for their own political purposes, that's what's reckless. >> shannon: what about the debate commissio

michael goodwin, a columnist for the "new york post" joins us now. always good to see you.ate hearings the end to be more monologue and dialogue. if the ceos of big tech show up, if they appear, what do we need to get out of these hearings in your opinion, michael? >> well, trace, i think the most important point is the bias. the left-leaning views that lead them to censor mostly, if not exclusively, conservative voices or voices that would support donald trump. in this case any voice that criticizes joe biden. and so i think that's a real problem given the power of these companies. it is not really free speech in technology. now, they're privately owned, it is true, public companies. they're not government entities. nonetheless i think the viewpoint discrimination is a serious issue when they are so big and have almost monopoly power. so twitter, facebook, etc., google has a different issue. justice department is suing i understand today on that. but this is something that goes to the heart of our democracy. if you can't share as a user your viewpoint. if it's discriminate

columnist michael goodwin says the president has kept his promises and you'll hear michael next on "foxconsequential race in history. one thing that hasn't changed is his vote. new york post columnist michael goodwin. good morning. you said the choice is easier in your column, why? micheal: i think the president now has a record that is enviable in many ways. the basic yardstick of a president is peace and prosperity and presidents who achieve both as donald trump did before the pandemic should be reelected. i mean, that is essentially what the american people want, forget what the media wants to ask about, the truth is most voters want peace and prosperity and america under donald trump has enjoyed both. ainsley: you said the most difficult initiative is with china, why is that? >> it's a long struggle. took 30 years of bad trade deals, world trade organization problems for the chinese to get where they are to -- to take so many american jobs for us to outsource so much. we discovered during the pandemic, even basic medicines were being manufactured in china, and so we've been held hos

michael good wi goodwin writes n today's "new york post" can't unflappable amy coney barrett.aling super woman flanked by her husband, six of their seven kids, and six siblings. she was flawless in answering those questions she could and politely side stepping the traps. mike went on in that same thing and wrote we live in a time of upheaval but america is beyond lucky that such an extraordinary person still answers the call to public service. and keep in mind. she has dedicated her life to education and public service and yesterday, it was a public service that she taught so much about the law to so many who did not know. i'm talking about the people watching on television and realize the law was like that. ainsley: she is independent thinker and talked about that because she clerked for justice scalia. he is one of her mentors. she said she would be fearless against criticism just as he was. and she got questions about that. how do would know you are not going to rule same way scalia did? listen to her response. oh i'm actually being told we don't have that but she basically