moderator: same question to you, austin theriault. mr. theriault: the st.ohn's valley has traditionally been democrat. i was able to win betsy because we talked about issues important to folks in my district, and right now those of you if you were listening in the district, we knew that we had to work to do with infrastructure, we knew that our natural resources industries were struggling, in we knew that the economic opportunities for the kids graduating high school were nowhere near where they needed to be, so when my term in the state as i was one of the most bipartisan members. that was used against me in the primary as a republican, because as a republican i did about sometimes with democrats on issues that i felt like were beneficial for my district. that is what we need to come up more balance and less extremism and washington, d.c. i went to advocate for everybody regardless if you are independent or democrat. i am a republican, but i understand people of diverse backgrounds and different opinions and come from different walks of life, but i strongl

theriault: yes i do.n terms of making sure that money that american taxpayers are spending to ensure that happens, there needs to be accountability. you can want to make sure that ukraine is successful, make sure there is not an expansion of pressure put on nato around that area, but you can also ask the hard questions to make sure that money is being spent properly and there is no waste and fraud. rob: do you want ukraine to win? rep. golden: yes, and we have boots on the ground who are making sure there is accountability for usaid going to that country. the fact of the matter is, even though alston says he wants them to win that war, when i voted for the last package that sent a to both ukraine and israel, austin criticized that vote, said he would not have voted for it. that's the kind of vote that really matters. if past is prologue, we look back at the past at the type of russian aggressions we see, it would be cheaper for us today -- these arms are being made by american workers in american manufact

n both of which target the united states.it >> austin theriault?rob, this is something more bipartisan support that almost any other issue. it is the ability for israel to protectt itself and defend itself. we all watched what videos and stuff were coming out just one year ago from thishi attack. often times think about what it would be like this happened with the style of attack. once again bipartisan support make it through the aid they need. inin terms of specifically lookt some the terrorist organizations we know they have a very low regard for life. they have spent aid their weapons stores, building up defenses and set up going to humanitarian aid. that's the level of type of organization we are dealing with. i'm glad there's action being taken to go and address the root of the problem. >> it's been about two and half years now since russia invaded ukraine and started that war in an unprovoked attack. do you want ukraine to win that work? >> yes, i do. in terms of making sure that money that american taxpayers are spending to ensure that happe

and austin theriault joins me now.strict always seems to be a nail-biter, your opponent gerald golden seems to win in the end by flipping some republicans at the very end to secure a tiny margin of victory. what are you doing this time to change that. >> well, first of all, thanks for having me on and we are thinking about the folks in the southeast right now. main second district race is going to be an important race for deciding control of congress. what people are realizing and it's finally happening is that jared golden gone to d.c. and become another creature of washington. comes to maine during campaign season and tells awesome story how is he going to be trump-supporting independent. the reality is he is far from that flip flopped on the second amendment. on the border, on our lobster industry. on inflation. i mean, can i continue going. and people are wanting a change. right now i think we are experiencing in america folks are waking up to the fact that our politicians have failed us and it's time for a new cro

austin theriault, we will go to you. rep. theriault: this is a sensitive topic.supported the yellow flag law and we currently have that at the state level. in this particular case with the lewiston shooting, we know there were instances where this gentleman could have been brought in, his weapons taken under the yellow flag law, because he was obviously -- had mental problems. he was dangerous and he was violent. unfortunately, there was a lot of things that didn't happen correctly. i am for making sure that those issues are addressed, that law enforcement has what it needs in order to make sure that doesn't happen again, and that the v.a. at the very least is communicate better with law enforcement and mental health practitioners back here at home. but the larger question, and this is the difference between jared and i on this issue, is the second amendment discussion comes up. jared's first thing after this was to say that he supported banning one of the most popular weapons, firearms herein maine. that would not have solved this issue. at the end of the day, b

candidates are three-term democratic incumbent jared golden and republican state representative austin theriault. the cook political report has this race as a tossup adg into the november election. watch the debate live starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span now, our fremole video app, or online at c-span.org. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse through our latest collection of c-span product, apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan. and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations. shop now or any time at c-spanshop doig. >> georgia governor brian kemp held a briefing on the state and federal response to hurricane helene which killed at least00 people across six southeastern state he said his state saw 300 fatalities. he said he spoke to the president on the phone and thanked him for including additional counties on the disaster declaration. >> good morning, everybody. thank you for being with us this morning. we've got general wilson of the georgia national guard, commissioner mcmurray, georgia department of transport

. >> todd: austin theriault, before we go, ms. shimkus. >> carley: a trump sign for trump glowing in new york after a court victory. manufacturing company installed the sign on top of th building t week the democratic mayor issued a restraining order to have it taken down claiming it violated city code and claiming it could be a safety hazard. the order was lifted just in time for a preplanned rally to officially light that sign up with a massive crowd showing up in support of former president donald trump. this sign is getting more attention than if the mayor hadn't stepped ned first place. speak. >> todd: speaking of that, "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. it is tuesday, october 8th, and this is "fox & friends." with exactly four weeks until election day, kamala harris struggles to answer basic questions about our border security. >> the policies that we have been proposing are about fixing a problem, not promoting a problem, okay? >> but the numbers did quadruple.

the candidas e three-term democraticncbent jared golden andeplican state representi austin theriault. the cook political po has this race as a tossup heading into the november econ. watch the debate live starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern oc-span. c-span now, our free mobile video appornline at c-span.org. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse through our latest collection of c-span product, apparel, books, home decor, and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan. and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations. shop now or any time at c-spanshop doig.