but tim allen isn't giving anything away.who plays buzz lightyear appeared on "the installment and just how good i is. >> i've got to resist getting emotional because i don't want to give it away, but this is an incredibly great story. it is so emotional. it's so funny. it's so big, the idea of what they've come up with. i'm startled -- 3 was i thought amazing. this -- couldn't even get through the last scene. okay? >> "toy story 4" will be in theaters in june. >>> still ahead, flu deaths hit a 40-year high. plus, unleashing the beast. an inside look at the newest presidential limo when "early today" returns. take your razor, yup. alright, up and down, never side to side, shaquem. you got it? come on, get bac quem, you a second behind your brother, stay focused. can't nobody beat you, can't nobody beat you. hard work baby, it gonna pay off. you got this. with the one hundred and forty-first pick, the seattle seahawks select. alright, you got it, shaquem. alright, let me see. brushing only reaches 25% of your mouth. listerine®

. >>> plus actor and comedian tim allen's big toy story 4 reveal and how it was almost too emotional for him to endure. "early today" startsht r now. good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm phillip mena in just a few hours supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh an dr. christi blasey ford will testify under oath in front of the senate judiciary committee regarding ford's sexual assault claims.th highly anticipated hearing going forward even as new accusations surface, one coming from a client of attorneymi chael avenatti. in a sworn declaration julie swetnick says kavanaugh helped drug girls at high school parties who would then be gang-raped by others. kavanaugh firmly denies the allegations. >>> and late light a bombshell from the gop that could help support kavanaugh's denials. senator chuck grassley's office revealing committee interviews with two anonymous men, each of whom saying he was the one who assaulted ford, not kavanaugoc a dtic judiciary committee aide calling those 11th hour and previously undisclosed revelations shameful and the height of irresponsibility. meanwhile,

tim allen is back as buzz lightyear. nischelle turner got an update when she was first on the set of tim's other big project, the return of "last man standing." >> i just felt this wasn't done. we just had so many scripts left. >> we were exclusively on set. >> welcome back all you guys. >> "last man standing's" return, now on fox, was in large part because of the fan outrage after the popular show was suddenly canceled by abc last year. >> you had 500,000 signatures from viewers. >> i did that. >> you did it. you forged every one of them. >> all day. that was a whole day in my basement. >> that show must have a lot of loyal kick ass fans. >> what do you think it is that speaks to the viewers? >> classically great sitcom writing is all about the family. >> literally we're talking about this in this episode, shut the tv off. i mean, not "e.t." you got to watch this. give me this. watch this. look. watch. >> there has been some recasting such as grandson boyd now played by young teen jet jurgensmeyer. and daughter mandy is

. >>> tonight tim allen and his cv family make their premiere of last man standing right here on fox. quartet of comedic veterans with a show about living in a retirement community. paul chambers has more on what viewers can expect the season. >> why would they cancel a popular show that everybody loves? >> maybe they are a bunch of idiots. >> reporter: it is familiar faces in a new place after six years on another network, tim allen and crew are back with last man standing. >> we were all really sad when the show was canceled but it was very abrupt and a bomber. a big bummer. it took a while to get over that. >> let's try another channel. >> they don't just take a show off one network and put it on a different network. >> reporter: the wait is over. fox listened to the show's fans and revived the series. >> the show is suddenly getting a call that fox wants us and we are going back. it was great. >> am i wrong or is it like way better on this network? >> reporter: is season seven you will see many of the original cast members with a few changes you can see last man standing friday ni

. >>> also tonight on fox, tim allen returns in "last man standing."lled by abc. >> is it just me or does it look way better on this network? >> way better. >> almost 90% of everybody's back. we were gone for what a year and a half, a year and five months, something like that, and everybody's back. >> it might be the same set, but this season tim and tv wife nancy travis are empty nesters which means? >> getting your sexy back in the relationship maybe? >> could be. we're back on fox. a lot of things are possible. me in a clog and thong. >> oh, my god, please. what episode is that? >> it's coming up. >>> was he wacky when he put you to bed as a little girl? >> i can't really remember, so i wouldn't know. >> those times have gone, don't go there. >> that was so cool. mary hart and robin williams. that was robin williams and his then daughter zelda, having a father/daughter date night at the 2003 golden globes. it's been a little over four years since robin's tragic passing and now zelda is carrying on his legacy and sharing the career advice he left her

carley: last man standing and now star tim allen is giving fans all the credit. >> there were so manyple on the internet that wrote in to bring all of this family back. >> we feel like this is the fans victory that we get to come back and so we thank you. >> thank you, thank you all so much. carley: how about that? last man standing returning to fox on september 28th, set your dvr. heather: yea to fox, you can watch a show. amazing. carley: a comedy at that. heather: time now 26 minutes after the top of the hour and former president obama unleashing on republicans as he hits the campaign trail for democrats. >> if we don't step up things can't get worse in two months we have a chance to restore some sanity in our politics. heather: but is he hurting their chances more than helping, our political panel on deck to debate it up next. heather: big story to talk about, powerful winds, surging waves, all of that just beginning to pound the east coast as hurricane floor rents -- florence, the storm expected to make landfall, we told you she would be here, janice dean here. janice: i'm here a