pete hegseth is not. he is in fort worth, texas.ent so we are going to him first. [laughter] griff: good morning, guys. you know, we are taking talkingt this governor race and senate race. probably the most closely watched in the nation. a little bit of talk about florida football. we will get to that later. i want to start with shirley. i have a loft veterans and guys here. finally shirley come in. you have a rough crowd of guys here. >> i do. but they are all great guys. and they would stand up and protected me with their lives. >> i'm asking folks, you already volt you had. what drove your vote? what mattered most to you. >> i would say the continuing of the tax breaks for the middle class family that trump is continuing to push for congress and the senate to get through to us. and, also, to continue to work with everyone to get us a better health plan to -- for the veterans to have medical, for the retirees to have medical. and also to continue to work on our immigration laws, to help everybody that needs to be helped but also i

getting reaction is pete hegseth because we asked him to. good morning pete. guys not wake-up until 7:00 a.m. in texas? they are sleepy here but no -- are you happy about ted cruz? [cheering] we have a winning candidate. what race did you win, sir? >> justice of the peace, precinct 6. >> his job starts on january 1st. busy man. we have family hour and table and kid. which makes me happy. i miss my own. tracy, thank for coming out. our hat drew me. how do you feel about the gop did? >> we did well. little disappointed on the house side. hope the government gets something done. excited about cruz. pete: was the race closer than you thought it would be? >> yes. he still won. a winner is a winner. pete: what is your little guy's name? >> this is boone. pete: that is my little guy's name. well done on the name. how do you think this creates opportunity for president trump in 2020? >> if the democrats behave they have been, i think we'll be good to go in 2020. pete: what do you thinks guy, 2020 in trump? [cheering] on balance, we're getting mixed reaction. folks say

pete hegseth is actually going to be on fox nation. ople go to the bank as used to. brian: get there before 3:00. pete: no are no. now you have an app. use all the time. ainsley: using your phone. pete: at your kitchen table. unbelievable. kind of like fox nation. get fox anywhere all the time at foxnation.com. that's called the promo. here we are at melissa's diner. sometimes it's hard to find folks here we have embarrassment of riches many went to the rally last night including jill and susan both at the rally last night. first of all, it was your first rally. first president you have ever seen go speak. why are people so motivated to go hear president trump? >> he has a presence about him and a follow. you just want to go see what he has to say. pete: you are passionate about both ace races. have you senate race and gubernatorial race here. do you feel good about those outcomes? >> i do. we have the economy going in the right direction. and i want it to stay. pete: you have already volted and you are going to vote on election day. yo

here with me, pete hegseth. that the secretary of defense is heading to our border right now. how unusual would you say is this? >> it's unusual. other presidents have taken this step. they haven't taken it as far as president trump has in saying we are serious about toughening up our border. i'll tell you, i have a friend of mine i served with in iraq, a great soldier who is part of the operation to secure the border. he tells me they have the resources they need. they have been able to free up the border patrol to be on the border together apprehensions they are supposed to do while the national guard and army build the barricades, help with intelligence, surveillance and oversight. this president is serious. he's saying you can't come in illegally. if you want to claim asylum you better have a credible case. a caravan stunt is not going to work just because a lot of people are trying to do it. the d.o.d. is reflecting the views of the president. trish: i look at these pictures. i don't see a lot of families t

premium content and by the way i just tweeted out pete hegseth is a part of it i went in that tent thereslung over. there is like an american flag. i haven't seen that yet. ed: i love it does america need more pete hegseth? katie: i think america demands nor pete hegseth that's why he is in head to toe american flag today. pete: election day is coming up. come on a national holiday. katie: wall-to-wall confirm. final touch being madement finishes now for election coverage. every angle monday through wednesday night. ed: right out there from fox square. remember what tim russert did 2,000 election that was deadlocked and he said on that white board florida, florida, florida. this election as well may come down to that battleground there is a lot of key races there. you have the senate battle between the incumbent democrat bill nelson. the republican governor rick scott running there. and then, of course, the gubernatorial battle between gillum and desantis. the president has been holding rallies. he had one in florida last night. today he is on the road in georgia and tennessee. tomorrow,

veterans day weekend fox news is honoring all military with a special airing sunday evening featuring pete hegseththey will share their stories of combat. why they served and what veterans day means to them. >> there are so many people out there especially on veterans day who are doing their part. you don't have to worry about us. you need to know who comes with me. they know how much i love them. when you find out somebody is willing to die for you and bleed for you. that's a gift of loyalty. jesse: on veterans day we'll donate $5 of your subscription to folds of honor to help families of our veterans. that's it for this evening. "justice with judge jeanine" is up next. and remember, i'm watters, and this is my world. [♪] judge jeanine: florida's secretary of state orders a recount in the senate and governor races and andrew gillum withdraws his concession in the governor's race. thanks for making justice number one last weekend and for keeping "liars, leakers and liberals" on the best sellers list. live reaction from congr

we have pete hegseth. we may have ainsley earhardt. we may have brian kilmeade.tion." go to fox nation.com, become a founding member. you get to do cool stuff like this. that sounds like a good idea. join us on fox news, midterm election coverage. you get to see all of this in action. steve: that's right. gather around at fox square, 6:00 a.m. are tomorrow morning. thank you, carly. ainsley: very good at walking backwards and talking at same time. steve: she could work in admissions department of any college. ainsley: exactly. todd piro is having breakfast with all of our friends in tennessee. we'll check in with him coming up next. ♪ sometimes, the pressures of today's world can make it tough to take care of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. nature's bounty. acidic foods can your enamel is very precious. wear away your enamel. your tooth is going to look yellower, more dull. i recommend

jedediah: here to weigh in "fox & friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth. vladimir putin and want to reestablish the ussr which he wants. to say basically he wants that power back. he was able to grab crimea in 2014 with almost no consequence. since they built a land bridge across that strait to connect it to russia these three ukraine ships were crossing that strait into the black sea which connects them to the rest of the world. if you are vladimir putin and you are trying to strangle ukraine you cut that strait off so they can't use it because there is a treaty between those two countries that allows both countries to use that strait to access the rest of the world. vladimir putin saying not so fast. we want to control that entire strait which locks in you deign and puts more pressure on the country that they frankly can't stand the fact that they lost in 1991. brian: they have a big election coming up next year. the president is supposed to be sitting down with vladimir putin at the g-20. while he is doing this, this is timing is totally intentional. he

eric: pete hegseth will be hosting modern warriors tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern.hel: as we remember the fallen heroes of world war i, we are looking at how one nonprofit is working to help struggling veterans, how backpacks are improving the lives of some of our homeless vets. plus, questions raised about president trump's decision to appoint matt whitaker as acting attorney general, why some critics are concerned about the fate of the mueller investigation. >> the president can fire an attorney general for almost any reason but not for an i' impropr person. he can't fire him if the purpose of the firing is to shake up the department in order to interfere with a criminal investigation. g, you need your wing nut. ( ♪ ) no one can totally satisfy a craving, quite like your wing nut. - anncr: as you grow older, -your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great... when i can keep up! - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. - dad's got all the answers. - anncr: prevagen is now the number

. >> harris: pete hegseth brought up on the couch, there were meetings before he joined the campaign, there is some history there and who is to say that that wasn't a continuation of what happened with a further meeting or two. >> he is contending that there were never in any meetings, let alone three. >> harris: interesting. we haven't seen a press briefing since october 29th and i am curious to know, i don't know of anybody who is yet to go back and forth with the white house and agree on this, how will today be different or not? >> i don't expect it will be any different than it was in the past, i think a lot of people here are thinking and -- people will behave in the way they have become accustomed and we will see how it goes. >> harris: quickly before i let you go, a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks and you've got the last, we think, of the senate contests going on today with the runoff in mississippi, that might be to me that comes up, you've got an enumeration in the last few days from the white house, the exact military spending from what the president put in the

i was the "fox & friends" we can, pete hegseth. outnumbered, we say, but not really. let me tell you by. both kennedy and pete are part of our new streaming service, fox nation. along with many other fox personalities. congratulations on the lunch today. >> pete: it's in the inauguration. it's like there's a little buzz in the building. have you downloaded the app, all of you? >> harris: i have it, but i have a button with her face on it. [laughter] i went to the fox nation tent and hung out. >> kennedy: when you were part of fox nation you get to go to special events where you meet fox personalities. >> pete: that are already events planned around the country. >> harris: i might have to drop by with you guys. >> pete: you are always welcome. >> harris: we will talk about it the summer. let's get down to the news. republican incumbent cindy hyde-smith is facing off against mike espy, both facing controversies in the final stretch. today's it contest will determine if there is senate majority, 53 or 54 seats. it's a big test of the president's electoral sway in that sta

i'm your host pete hegseth.onored and humbled this evening to host what promises to be a very special hour-long tv event. i am joined by four special guys. four war fighters, four fathers, four patriots, four heroes, they may not use the word, but i will, and four veterans. i'm grateful to call all four of these guys a friend. you will get to know them even more over the course of this hour. they are four of the most accomplished and high-profile veterans, war fighters, of the 9/11 generation. and they gave a lot of the battlefield and may continue to give back. i call them gentlemen but we really have two seals, two soldiers, and a marine. you know marcus luttrell, member of seal team 10. wrote a book come up with the lone survivor," movie "lone survivor," also did an additional two or interact. rob o'neill, highly decorated navy seal, over a dozen deployments, 400 combat missions. you know him from the man who put bullets in bin laden's head, also a part of the lone survivor rescue, the captain phelps rescue,

and i'm here with katie pavlich and pete hegseth.ith the fact that while he was headed to paris president macron decided to double down on this idea of creating a separate european army and lumped in the u.s. with china and russia saying we need to protect against these big super powers. the president not liking that when he has been pressing france and others in europe to pay their fair share to nato. and what's interesting to me the president with macron in bilateral meeting agree you had with the president and backed down a bit and said yes we do need to pay our fair share. katie: we weren't expecting to see the president of france to sit down and have a conversation. we do get video. president trump did not look very happy about the things that had been said and reiterated that look we want to help europe and be fair to europe. europe has to be fair and pay their way into nato and work as a team and partnership against our adversaries. pete: not a great way to start out a meeting. typical of the way the meetings have gone a coupl

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pete hegseth with us, "fox & friends weekend" co-host.ancy pelosi is the next speaker. >> i think no doubt. the party donors, the party bosses, the screws are being put to the junior members, if they want committee seats, legislation pushed she is promising the world. she will have a contest in the caucus vote which will happen, but when it comes to the floor i think she will be confirmed as speaker. i don't understand how if you're a member of congress ran if you are not voting for nancy pelosi, your first action is to vote for nancy pelosi. stuart: assuming they do. >> they may not. stuart: the important part of this vote how many people will not support nancy pelosi. >> right now is at hairy edge, if those democrats didn't vote for her, she would not have the vote for her to be speaker. i will deliver you 55, you got them for me. stuart: he wants her to be speaker not out of the question republicans will be asked to vote for nancy pelosi in house in january. >> if you're conservative republican that you want to vote for nancy pelosi yo

joining us pete hegseth, "fox & friends weekend" co-host.h them when they jump over the fence and land? >> you saw the video yesterday. incredibly powerful. the visual the migrant caravan wants. we're standing on top of america's wall, taunting you, almost entitled to come into your country. if someone jumps over they should be immediately detained and held, not released if they claim asylum. they don't have the high standard, they claim asylum illegally as if they went to port of entry. every single one of the young men scaling the wall know where the port of entry is. they could go there to claim asylum if they want to, they're choosing to do it illegally to make a statement about our country. we should take as strong as measures. they added constantine wire before the he fence. shouldn'tshould have done it before they got there. you shouldn't see another instance of people standing on top of the border wall fence taunting our border patrol. stuart: can you stand on a wall, i want asylum, here is why, you have to be processed? >> part of t

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ed: i see you tweeting about this subject right before you came on and pete hegseth wants to have at friend, the president. i think that he's got a hostile press and doing much better than he's generally credited for but also a native new yorker as am i , and we have grown up watching the various components of the big city come together for their ethnic and religious and national parades every single day in new york there's the dominican, the greek, the italian, the irish, the israeli, you name it, people can love where they are in the united states and to love where they came from, this is a group and i wish that the president would focus on this, this is a group generally speaking who are improve rushed who want a job. we have 7 million unfilled jobs particularly in the agricultural sector, i wish our businessman president was figuring out how to bring those workers to fill those necessary jobs in an orderly and regulated way. pete: so geraldo we're talking about parades of the american citizens being proud of their country which i totally understand but the disposition of someone

[buzzer] >> wrong, hegseth? pete: a. >> ainsley coming in for the save. >>-million-dollar baby.answer. steve: this is a preview what everyone will be able to view every night at 7:00 p.m. on fox nation. >> every night tom shill low. >> bringing the heat. >> please be a guest on the show. pete: i would love to be. any questions i can actually answer. still be a founding member if you sign up today for fox nation. ainsley: congratulations on your new show, tom. >> that was fun. ainsley: great personality this one. steve: he is good at it. hundreds of migrants storming the border. what's being done to protect our agents? border patrol chief carla provost is going to join us with an update coming up. ainsley: plus, lara trump is live coming up in the next hour ♪ ♪ make me that much stronger ♪ make me work a little bit harder ♪ make me that much wiser ♪ thanks for making me a fighter ♪ . . ♪ ♪ ♪ the united states postal service makes more holiday deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ with one notable exception. ♪ hi susan!hs) honey? i respect that. but that cough loo