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the only career firefighter in the United States Congress so thrilled to have you on our side and thrilled to have you fighting for America's firefighters let's give it up for representative [Applause] jenez now I also want to thank President Kelly and every single I member for your warm welcome it is an honor to be here with America's Incredible firefighters and I'm honored to be here God bless you guys and thanks for what you do now I have a I do have some news to break this morning uh I guess I just heard on the right over here that the New York City Fire Marshals benevolent Association has endorsed the Trump Vance ticket I of course want to thank them for their support and I want to humbly ask all of you to join them and I'd like to explain why now the American people respect you they respect firefighters and we're eternally grateful for the Valiant work you do for our communities and for our neighborhoods every day firefighters risk your lives to save homes businesses and the precious lives of our fellow citizens now you're also incredibly kind and patient as as the father of a seven-year-old a four-year-old and a 2-year-old I have been to firehouses all over this country in San Diego Atlanta in New York City and of course many in my home state of Ohio and despite the fact you guys are probably annoyed to have a few young kids drop in you were always unfailingly kind and patient and I'm grateful to it it's one of the reasons we love our fire fighters in this country you all are the embodiment of American Spirit heroic determined selfless hardworking and tough this country was built by people like you America is great because of people like you and I believe you deserve a government that is loyal to [Music] you now I I know Governor Tim wals was here yesterday and I'm glad he was able to come and I respect this Union for inviting both sides to take the stage and to make the case to all of our membership and of course that's what democracy is about you listen to both sides you weigh their records you weigh their plans and then you vote and so today I'm asking you to ignore the campaign rhetoric and look at the record in 2019 this Union endorsed a Democrat for president with High Hopes but sadly I believe you've been let down now let's talk about the issues that affect all Americans and let's talk about some of the issues that affect just firefighters but all Americans are affected by this terrible inflation crisis and under President Trump wages were rising and nobody was really talking about inflation in 2020 in this country but under the economic mismanagement of this Administration firefighters have had already strained budgets and pensions stretched to the Breaking Point by this affordability crisis with President Trump at the helm our border was Secure and drug trafficking was down and under the open policy open border policies of this Administration America has experienced a massive increase and a massive influx of illegal aliens and deadly drugs and I know that a lot of you are on the front lines fighting against it enough fentol has poured into this country under KLA Harris's leadership to kill every single American man woman and child and firefighters and EMTs every single day are fighting against this crisis I know it because I've seen you and my communities and I admire you for it now when I visit a factory or some other place of business I always ask the workers there are you better off than you were 4 years ago the answer is almost always no now I want to ask the firefighters in this room a slightly different but a related question are you administering less Naran today than you were four years ago my guess is that for almost every person in this room the answer is unfortunately no and that was a policy Choice a policy choice to the president Administration now you are so often the first to respond when someone is suffering an overdose you try to help our fellow citizens living with addiction to survive those overdoses and to be able to build a second chance at a better life and I know and I've seen it very personally you Tred desperately to revive parents who took something they shouldn't all while comforting the children who were terrified that they might lose their mom or dad I've spoken to so many firefighters and EMTs over the years who are on the front lines of this drug war this addiction crisis they revived people who took Fentanyl they rescue their children and they even sometimes as you all know put out fires who were start that were started by drug addicts and one of the things they confess to me in private though I know you would never say this in public is their fear that they aren't making a difference now there's a hidden trauma among our firefighters I don't think I'm telling you anything you don't know a trauma that comes from staring death in the eye every single day and worrying that you are fighting a losing battle and I just want you to hear it from me that I understand but I want you to hear a story very personal story when I was 12 my mom was in the middle of a terrible terrible addiction crisis herself she struggled with it from most of my early childhood and I remember during a particularly bad episode I I called 911 like so many kids who have kids who who have parents who struggle I called 911 now the firefighters the EMTs and the police came they calmed her down but as you all know they calm me down too they calm my sister down they did that public service that only they can do now years later she took something else that she shouldn't have taken and the firefighters and the EMTs they saved her life and took her to the hospital where she lay in a coma before eventually waking up and I want you to know that for us we did get a second chance and so if you're ever worried that you're not making a difference listen to this from the sad and tearful 12-year-old to a 40-year-old who's now asking to be your vice president you do make a difference you make a difference every single day and I thank you for it now you not might not always see it and you might not hear it and I know that a lot of the people that you are out there fighting for and saving sometimes they don't say thank you but my mom as much as she struggled with addiction for a big chunk of my early life when you saved her life when you gave her a second chance she got clean and she's been clean and sober for now almost 10 years and God bless her and God bless all of you for fighting for her so believe it from me believe it from a kid who's seen it with his very own eyes you are making a difference you are saving lives and you are giving people an opportunity at a second chance even if you don't see them take that opportunity every single time God bless you guys I love you for it and I'm so grateful for it we wouldn't had the second chance with my mom without probably some of the people that are sitting in this room now while overwhelming America's firefighters and EMTs KLA Harris's open p border policy it's also depleting our budgets New York city mayor Eric Adams not a fan of mine or president Trump said that illegal immigration will destroy New York City due to the huge financial strain which is about $ 12 billion over the next 3 years and that's just in New York City the mayor announced sweeping budget cuts that would slash $300 million from the fire department and cut the number of police officers to the lowest level since the 1990s and it's the same story all over the United States of America illegal immigration Cost Chicago taxpayers $361 Million last year year Denver is shelling out $180 million Washington DC is paying $36 million if we don't secure our border soon my friends our cities are going to have to cut vital police fire and Emergency Medical Services to the Bone and it's you you who's going to suffer and it's the people you serve who are going to suffer we shouldn't be forced to spend billions of dollars on people who aren't even supposed to be here we should be spending that money on Schools Police police and fire departments and our citizens and under President Donald J Trump's leadership we [Applause] will now here's another promise not just a promise based on some plan that's written on a website but based on the real record When Donald Trump is President we won't sit on our hands while riers and arsonists burn down American cities like they did to Minneapolis in 2020 I'd ask you to remember the scene back in the summer of 2020 State Troopers in full riot gear protecting the firefighters of Minneapolis from the Rabid mob that was torching down that City and we have to ask why were they doing it and part of the reason they were doing it is because people like Tim Walls invited those riters into Minneapolis and it was people like Donald Trump who were trying to send in the National Guard to protect them to protect you and we sure as hell will not bail out the criminals like kamla Harris did the criminals many of whom were going after our firefighters as they tried to keep our city safe and put out the fires we're going to put criminals behind bars where they belong and we will always stand with the courageous firefighters and the First Responders who keep this country safe every single day now president Trump and I are proud to be the most Pro worker Republican ticket in history and I want to talk about why we're fighting for working people why we're going to fight for unions and non-union alike now our enemies and a lot of a lot of Democrats call us populists like it's something of an insult but if being a populist means being on the side of working people rather than the powerful Elites who followed out our middle class and sent us into stupid Foreign Wars then sign me up I am a populist and I'm proud of it for de now for decades unions have given support to Democrat candidates without giving Republicans much consideration and I'm not here to judge you or to blame you or to criticize you I am here to tell you that it's a different world now you may have noticed that Donald Trump is not exactly like Mitt Romney or some of the Republicans of the past he is a different kind of Republican and under his leadership the Republican party is the party of the American worker now just think about the Republican and Democrat conventions we just had it says a lot who each party chose to put up on that stage at the Republican convention we were featuring everyday American workers and of course we had hul Hogan and while it's simpton and I'm sure it would make some big head lines don't worry any everybody I'm not going to try to take off my shirt here but at the Democrat convention it was a parade of celebrities and billionaires it felt sometimes like every celebrity except for Hulk Hogan was at the Democratic National Convention and I don't blame anybody for being famous or for making money but you cannot be a champagne socialist who supports open borders and pretend that you're a friend of working men and women it doesn't make an ounce of sense my friends it just just doesn't the most profound moment for me at either convention was the American hero who couldn't be there and I think we're all United in celebrating and remembering Cory comori a great American a great fire chief a great husband and a great father but while the Assassin and Butler Pennsylvania barely missed Donald Trump he took the life of that great firefighter a selfless patri R and A respected citizen in his community now at the convention president Trump Stood Beside Cory's helmet and gear and called for a moment of silence and I tell you there wasn't a dry eye in the arena in Milwaukee Wisconsin our nation wept for Corey just as our nation weeps for all the firefighters and the First Responders who lost their lives in the service of others now of course I couldn't help but notice this wall beside me with names I believe 644 names is that right 644 names of firefighters and emergency medical workers proud iff members who have passed since your last convention and I just want to tell you seeing that wall breaks my heart and it gives me a sense of renewed commitment to everything that you're doing and I think just as it's fitting to remember the sacrifice of Cory comor we should also take a moment let's take a moment of silence and remember the 644 of your brothers and sisters who have passed thank you all now Donald Trump I will tell you sometimes even when he has to fight his own party he cares for working people and he's been fighting for them for his entire life in public service he loves our firefighters and our First Responders and he wants to make your lives better and he wants to make your service easier it's never going to be easy but maybe it can be a little bit easier than it is right now and we had to be honest my friends the hard truth is that KLA Harris is the latest in a long line of Democrats who come by every few years asking unions for money and promising you the moon but often failing to deliver I'd ask you after supporting democrats for so long in this Union what has it gotten you over the past 70 years union membership in this country and this is not a good thing but it has declined the influence of unions has declined and the wag of working people Union and non-union alike have not kept up with the pace of inflation over the last 3 and A2 years so I want to ask you a question that Donald Trump asked America in 2016 what the hell do you have to lose now I know this is a diverse Union some of you love president Trump and some of you clearly don't I've heard from both sides just giving this little speech now this may come as a shock to you but once upon a time I wasn't a trump guy either and trust me the president never lets me forget it what you may not know is why I changed my mind and it was actually in big part because of a firefighter friend from Dayton Ohio who persuaded me that I was wrong about Donald Trump and that he was right and by the way while we're talking about Dayton can I give a shout out to Dayton Firefighters local 136 where are we Dayton God bless you guys and God bless you for your service in Ohio now by buddy Matt I won't give his last name cuz I don't want to embarrass him but Matt was trying to convince me to trust Donald Trump in 2016 but the truth is I didn't fully believe in the promises Trump made I didn't believe in the promises that any politician made and you shouldn't either but I didn't change my mind because of Donald Trump's promises I changed my mind because he did a good job for the American people he created a booming economy with Rising wages and virtually no inflation he stood up to China and reinvigorated AMU American manufacturing he kept us out of ridiculous Foreign Wars and time after time I saw that when Donald Trump makes a promise my friends he keeps it now just look at the promises he kept to our firefighters during his first term he extended the afg and safer authorizations to make sure firefighters got the funding they need he signed a $100 million increase for firefighters during the midst of the pandemic he signed legislation to improve Wildfire suppression and Forest management and he signed an executive order to allow unions to create apprenticeship programs helping you all recruit and train a new generation of firefighters a task his EPA with addressing dangerous chemicals like past to ensure safe firefighter gear and I'll tell you I share president Trump's commitment and I speak for president Trump in saying that we are dedicated to health to safety and to the prosperity of our First Responders including our firefighters [Applause] now a lot of Democrats want to attack Republicans as being anti-union and sometimes the shoe fits but not me and not Donald Trump when I was in the Senate I voted to pass the fire grants and safety act which authorized hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding to local [Applause] firefighters and as vice president I will fight to ensure you get the resources you need especially in some fast growing places like fenus and Las Vegas where we need more firehouses not more shelters to house illegal aliens and after talking extensively with the local volunteer fire department that braved the Hazmat to respond to the disastrous East Palestine train derailment I was proud to work across the aisle to produce the railway safety act and our bipartisan Bill increased funding for communities to prepare for hazardous material spills and mandated that First Responders always be notified when hazardous materials are being transported on Rail lines in their communities it's just common sense you got to tell people what you're bringing into their communities if you're bringing in in the first place now you may remember a lot of businesses didn't like that bill but the Railway Union supported it and president Trump and I fought for it and we're still fighting for it to this very day now speaking of East Palestine I learned in talking to the local fire department there that our firefighters experience higher rates of cancer you all know this of course that's why I voted for a 5year reauthorization to the firefighter cancer registry last year and I know when President Trump is elected we're going to prioritize firefighter research and addressing the health risk that every single one of you take upon yourself to fight for our citizens every single day now look when President Trump returns to the White House and I believe that he will we are always going to have an open door for the membership of this organization and the leadership of this organization and that's true whether it's this Union or other unions or anybody else we're going to have an open door for working people because we want to fight for working people every single day we will respect your right to engage in Collective bargaining and this is important too we're going to defend your right to free speech including your right to speak out about unconstitutional covid vaccine mandates imposed by the current Administration we're going to abolish every single mandate and we're going to fight to rehire every firefighter who was wrongly terminated with all the back back pay that they deserve we're going to deliver the equipment and the funding the support and respect you all need to do your job and we're going to seal that border and stop the flood of fentol that is poisoning our C citizens and endangering each and every single one of you when you go to work and here's another promise we're going to protect your pensions because Heroes like you deserve to retire with dignity and to enjoy the blessings of the country that you helped build and help protect and it's not just words it's not just promises that I'm making I am actually a co-sponsor of the Social Security Fairness Act and I'm proud of it I think it's ridiculous to penalize our firefighters in retirement for doing the right thing and fighting for our communities now look I I know you do a hard and dangerous job you spend long hours away from your family the work can leave physical and emotional scars and I've seen it even in the firefighters that I know frankly you don't get paid what you deserve but you don't do it for fame and you don't do it for Fortune you do it and I know this because you love your communities and I think you deserve to live in a country where people like you and your children can afford to live the American dream in the cities and towns that all of us love you deserve to live in a country where you can buy a home put gas in your car provide health care and education to your family and put a nice meal on the table a country where kids can walk Safe Streets go to Safe schools and have the freedom to just be kids a country where if you work hard and play by the rules you can live a good life now these aren't Democrat or Republic Republican principles but they are the principles that President Trump and I are fighting for on this campaign and we're going to fight for it every single day in the White House and that's why I want to ask you humbly for your support president Trump and I want exactly what you want more jobs Rising wages a secure border Safe Streets and an affordable country where every child and every family can achieve their dreams now he delivered that during his first four years as president he changed my mind and he won my vote and for the Skeptics still out there I hope he has changed your minds too but I'll tell you whatever your politics and whatever your preference is I make this solemn promise whether you support us or not whether you ultimately endorse us or not president Trump and I believe in our firefighters we believe in our First Responders and we will never stop fighting for you I am rooting for you I am proud of you I am thankful for you God bless you I want your support we're going to fight for you whether we get it or not God bless you guys and thank you all right we were just listening in to those remarks from JD Vance as he was there at a rally speaking to firefighters in Boston thanks for joining us this afternoon I'm your host Christina Evans I'm going to be with you here for the next hour but we've got a lot of things on the docket of course want to show you once again that shot that we have up live now there in where we are waiting for remarks from former president Donald Trump now he is there in Michigan expected to talk about the economy so we do know there he's at Potterville Michigan at ALR steel plant this is just about 15 miles away from Lancing of course Lancing being the capital of Michigan this event is going to Mark Trump's eighth time there in the Battleground state so far this year of course a pivotal Spate as he is in this reelection time now we do know this was a private event that's going to be held there several supporters did show up as well outside show their support don't have an outside shot there at this time but of course we do know we're going to keep a close eye on this and bring it to you live as soon as we can once it gets underway now of course other things that we're keeping an eye on this afternoon want to turn your attention now to the capital as we're taking a look there beautiful shot as we know that the time is just about 400 p.m. there on the East Coast looking a little dreary but still hey the white house looks nice as ever earlier today in Washington we were able to hear from the Pentagon as they had a briefing on some of those International stories that we are following let's listen in here on live now commended Poland for its exceptional leadership on Ukraine including providing vital logistic support and substantial security assistance the SEC the secretary also thanked the Deputy Prime Minister for supporting the nearly 10,000 American troops deployed in Poland that ensure NATO can deter and if necessary defend against aggression secretary Austin also spoke by phone with his Romanian counterpart minister of National Defense tolver earlier today they discussed the strength of the US Romania bilateral defense relationship our partnership within NATO and Russia's war in Ukraine the two leaders reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to bolstering the defense of NATO's Eastern flank and reiterated their continued support for Ukraine to defend itself against Russian aggression a full a full readout of both the secretary's bat and phone call will be posted later today on defense.gov speaking of Ukraine tomorrow secretary Austin will host Ukrainian Minister of Defense umov here at the Pentagon while I won't get ahead of that meeting I will say that you can expect the secretary to reaffirm the United States's unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression he will also receive a battlefield update including on K and looking to next week secretary Austin will travel to Ramstein to host an in-person meeting of the Ukraine defense contact group this will be the 24th meeting of the UDC since secretary Austin formed the group in April 2022 the secretary will be joined by chairman Brown and Ramstein and will convene Ministers of defense and Senior military officials from nearly 50 Nations to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the continued close coordination by the International Community to provide Ukraine with the necessary means it needs to defend itself Switching gears to the Middle East earlier this week the cape Trinity arrived from Cypress to Port the port of ashod and has begun the process of unloading the remaining palets of humanitarian Aid that's approximately 6 million pounds of Aid to be distributed within Gaza the offloading process is expected to take between four to 6 days once complete the cape Trinity is slated to make a stop in Greece to unload a portion of its crew and then will depart for its home station Switching gears again uh the Department of Defense recently received a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security for additional Military Support capabilities to afford to be afforded to Major presidential and vice presidential candidates the Secretary of Defense approved the request and directed the commander of us Northern command to plan and provide and execute increased support to the United States Secret Service at various locations across the United States during the 2024 election campaigns the Department of Defense will provide protective support and will and will continue through the election on November 5th 2024 with anticipated continued support to the president elect and vice president elect through the inauguration of January 20 2025 and finally yesterday the 2024 par Olympic Games officially kicked off with Opening Ceremonies in Paris this year the department is proud to be cheering on three US service member athletes who will be competing in these par Olympic Games US Army Sergeant First Class John rth and US Army staff sergeant Kevin win will compete in the 50m mixed rifle event and US Army Sergeant First Class Elizabeth marks will compete in seven different swimming events on behalf of the department we're rooting for you go Team USA and with that I'd be happy to take your questions Tara um all right I've got three topics for you but first on the uh the extra support to Secret Service sure what does that mean um in Practical terms are we going to see National Guardsman Patrol sites what's been asked for um for more specifics on that Tara I would direct you to the National Guard and Secret Service I don't have that uh level of specificity um so I actually I think Secret Service could better speak to their request on that so I direct you there but under what authorities are they operating I direct you to Secret Service on them okay um secondly to get back to the third anniversary of Abby gate and uh the Trump campaign's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery um US federal law says that Army National cemeteries will not be used in partisan or political activities did the Trump campaign break the law by filming an ad there um look for anything regarding any campaign ads I would direct you to the campaign to speak to that to the Trump campaign um what I can tell you is that and I think the Army recently put out a statement earlier today that kind of went through what exactly happened in the incident um you can go on Arlington National cemeteries website it's very clear the rules and regulations um what I'll say about the mission of those that work at Arlington National Cemetery um these are people who are um dedicated to honoring our fallen heroes and um they maintain that Hallowed Ground they work with the families um in honoring those who have had their loved one lost um I'm just not going to go beyond what the Army has said other than that um you know there was a a report that was filed um but subsequently that person decided not to press charges and so we're just going to uh we stand by the Army statement that this matter is closed why would this why would the Army close the matter if the person has decided not to press charges the Army could still pursue it without that person pressing charges but secondly the the fact of filming an ad on a national cemetery if the Army doesn't further pursue this with either civil penalties or or whatever can be done what's to stop the next person from filming a political ad there well what what I would say is the rules are very very clear they're also online um and available on the Arlington National Cemetery website um that is really a decision that the Army has to make that's not one that the department is making that's for the Army to make um the Army considers this matter closed the department stands behind the Army on that Jen all right we've just been listening in as the Pentagon was giving a few remarks there of course wrapping up some of those international issues that we're following and briefly touching on the incident that happened earlier this week at Arlington National Cemetery we're going to step away for a quick two-minute break stay right here with us on live now [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I give the floor to the representa welcome back in here to live now from Fox I'm your host Christina Evans we're going to be keeping our eye of course out there in Michigan as we're waiting for former president Donald Trump to hold his next rally we know that he is there going to be there in Potterville Michigan at alose steel plant he's going be there to talk about some remarks on the economy this does Mark tra Trump's eighth time appearing there in the Battleground States so far this year several supporters already there on hand and we are still here waiting for this event to get underway as well but while we're waiting for this event to get underway we do have another live event that's taking place we know that the UN Security Council council is now speaking live about the issues of the polio vaccines reaching Gaza let's listen in 12 universities have been damaged or destroyed this includes un schools Sheltering display civilians some of which are located inside designated safe zones a significant proportion of all buildings in The Enclave have been reportedly being damaged or destroyed these includes mosques and churches the suffering we have witnessed over the past 11 months is a direct result of the continued military campaign civilians and objects essential for their survival are being actively targeted un and humanitarian stuff are not spared un humanitarian operations currently hang by a thread since last October around 280 un and humanitarian workers have been killed such chilling statistics underline the failure to abide by international law and international humanitarian law no humanitarian notification or the confliction mechanism can function in such a context equally alarming is the potential outbreak of a polio variant in Gaza as we have just heard from Dr Ryan Malta fully supports the wh and unicef's efforts to vaccinate 650,000 children under 10 nonetheless the lack of a comprehensive ceasefire and security guarantee that are insidiously adhered to risks exposing children to unsafe Health Facilities it would be remiss of us not to mention the ongoing worrying developments in the West Bank the dire humanitarian situation compounded with the ongoing attacks on cities in the northern West Bank as part of Israel's operation are of utmost concern it is imperative that international human rights and humanitarian law are upheld at all times Mr President we have adopted four resolutions on this conflict since last October through them we have urged the facilitation of humanitarian access the protection of civilians and the permanent cease fire despite reports of fire of a Seas fire being close the political support Armament and massacres continue without accountability things will not change however there is a path out of this nightmare this starts with the full immediate and effective implementation of the relevant Council resolutions and the orders of the icj security Council resolutions 2712 2720 2728 and 2735 unequivocally demand that Israel allows unrestricted Aid into Gaza protects civilians and civilian infrastructure and agrees to a Sease fire towards a lasting peace Israel must allow the provision of basic services and human humanarian Aid in closing Mr President we thank and pay tribute to all humanitarian agencies and Aid workers for their tireless efforts in such dire conditions we reiterate our unequivocal call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the Urgent and unconditional release of all hostages in Gaza no further delays diversions or obfuscations are tolerable only then can we begin to address the root causes and secure ad just and losting peace for the people of Palestine and Israel I thank you I thank the representative of Malta for their statement I give the floor to the representative of [Music] France and R stat the humanitarian situation in Gaza to unravel in ex it has become untenable the UN agencies and non-governmental organizations are no longer in a position to be able to continue their operations the increasing number of evacuation orders for the civilian populations further limit their work on the ground and the work of the humanitarian workers it is imperative more than ever to guarantee humanitarian access which is complete and sure by all possible means so that civilian populations in Gaza can be rescued as requested by resolutions 2712 and 2720 of this Council and as required by International humanitarian law France firmly condemns the Israeli strikes on the wfp vehicles on the 28th of August in Gaza which led to suspension of all the wfp's activities in that area humanitarian pauses are necessary and all authorizations need to be granted to humanitarian agencies and assistance the vaccination campaign that start to be set to begin at the end of August is not negotiable this war needs to come to an end and the role of this council is to restore peace and security to the humanitarian crisis is the result of fighting and putting an end to it is the only possible response France supports the mediation efforts of the United States Egypt and Qatar and calls upon all parties to make the necessary compromises to bring about a ceasefire so that that's put in place so the humanitarian assistance can be massively delivered and the hostages released in a context of extreme tension France condemns any Act of provocation and any unilateral measures both in Jerusalem and West Bank there is a responsibility to enforce respect of the holy sites and this is especially true for Jordan France condemns the settlement policy which is in breach of international law and demands that Israel take all measures measures as necessary to stop the unacceptable settlement settlers attacks on the civilian population of the Palestinians and West Bank France is alarmed by the consequences of the operation being led by Israel in the north of the bank and on the population and Palestinian civilian imper Prof France reiterates its reattachment to the security of Israel and its firmest condemnation of the terrorist barbaric attacks and sexual violence committed on the 7th of October by Hamas and other terrorist groups and that needs to stop we call for the two-state solution which is the only way to guarantee stability and security of everyone in the region otherwise this conflict will continue and this cancel will be indefinitely confronted with a disaster such as the one we are witnessing today France is opposed to any occupation by Israel of the West Bank given the increase in tension in the Middle East this Council should do everything possible to avoid Regional unrest and France will continue its efforts in that regard working with its Partners thank you I thank the representative of France for their statement and I give the floor to the representative of Russian Federation thank you Mr President we note the initiative of our British and swiss colleagues at the security Council convened today's meeting to discuss the deteriorating situ security situation and circumstances which are deteriorating for un Personnel working in Gaza we thank the representative of the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization Joyce msuya and Mike Ryan for their Frank assessments of the situation on occupied Palestinian territory including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank we are exceedingly concerned at the emergence of information about a possible end cessation to the work of the of the UN in the Gaza Strip we believe that the security Council needs to spare no effort to preclude this to prevent this from happening and uh certain Israeli politicians have clearly shown an interest in this taking place and at the same same time as far as we can judge humanitarian workers themselves are fully resolved to continue to valiantly carry out their duties to benefit those in need in Gaza humanitarian workers today have essentially singlehandedly been trying to help the people in Gaza survive under unprecedented decisions undertaken by Israel colleagues whatever language we may use today to to describe the catastrophic situation in the Palestinian Enclave all of these words that have been uttered today in the more nearly one year of escalation have transformed into futile cliches and phrases for now while members of the security Council are holding a meeting here and uttering these words in 10 months more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed more than 93,000 have been wounded consider these figures these figures uh are those of a modestly sized European city this is statistic these are statistics which are particularly tragic if we are to take into account the the fact that the majority of those who are suffering are entirely innocent women and children and unfortunately there has been no glimmer of hope that has emerged the Israeli military operation has been ongoing with each day uh claiming the lives of civilians from the 23rd to the 26th of August alone as a result of the brutal hostilities 170 Palestinians have been killed 390 have been wounded the latest Israeli evacuation orders of which there have been already 16 in August have covered 89% of the strip and approximately 90% of the population this in and of itself could result in a complete cessation of humanitarian operations in Gaza even without the expulsion of humanitarian workers from there what is noteworthy is that is evacuation orders have also been issued and they cover the UN humanitarian Hub in derak it is specifically there as we know that the UN senior coordinator on Gaza secret Cod planned back in May to open up her office and this further Bears out the fact that the efforts to launch a mechanism for humanitarian assistance to be delivered remain dead letter at a time when the situation on the ground in all parts of Gaza has been catastrophically deteriorating humanitarian workers who are fulfilling their their heroic duty duty are working under constant risk to their lives we pay tribute to their courage two days ago Israeli military personnel shelled a fired at a United Nations vehicle that was clearly marked as such fortunately you and Personnel were unharmed however as a result of the situation the leadership of the ufp according to information which has been circulating has announced the temporary cessation of its operations if this is indeed true then the situation appears even more Bleak because thousands of people will not be able to receive the assistance which they need nearly the entire population of the Gaza Strip has been forced to wander in the strip seeking some kind of shelter however as was repeatedly confirmed by by representatives of the humanitarian wing of the UN there are no safe spaces in Gaza 2 million people are entrapped they are targeted by shelling and they have been enduring Unthinkable suffering as a result of shortages of food water medicines and appropriate levels of Sanitation the outbreaks of infectious diseases under these circumstances are a bitter reality we are particularly concerned about reports uh about the detection for the first time in 25 years of instances of polio among Palestinian children uh for the first six months under the Israeli operation only 21,500 Palestinian children were inoculated and this is the lowest level in recent years and at the same time the UN has announced a campaign for large scale vaccination this is a campaign which is imperal despite the difficulty of the situation humanitarian Personnel have managed to deliver to Gaza 1 Mill I2 vaccination doses however the intensification of hostilities the multiplying Israeli evacuation orders and restrictions on the entry of medical personnel to the strip have thwarted vaccination efforts for hundreds of thousands of children who are in the Gaza Strip we call on the International Community to do everything possible to prevent the spread in Gaza of polio and to exert influence to that end on Israel at the same time there's an important need to prevent the necess necessity for polio vaccination so to overshadow for members of the security Council a more important objective that is uh a an an O an open-ended sustained sustained ceasefire sustainable ceasefire uh uh the situation on the West Bank of the Jordan River is deteriorating precipitously where Israeli air strikes have been uh increased as a result of the military operation of the IDF in Janine tubas and toam the deployment of 1,000 Israeli military personnel and air assets being brought in at least 17 Palestinians have died since 7 October 2023 in the West Bank 669 people have died and this includes approximately 150 miners we believe that the International Community needs to continue to demand uh from Israel an end both of forcible displacements and evacuations and an end to attacks on humanitarian workers with the subsequent conduct of Investigations to identify perpetrators let us recall that during this conflict the deaths of 286 humanitarian workers have been reported of whom 299 un workers and largely we're talking about you un Personnel that is 205 people however we still have no information about accountability for the perpetrators of these crimes if even these investigations are being carried out at all all right we've just been listening in to the UN Security Council hold that live briefing there speaking about conflicts there in the Middle East of course the issue of Gaza and needing polio vaccines for children we are going to step away for a quick two-minute break but before we go I do want to show you this shot that we have here a closer look as we are seeing there of course that is soon where Donald Trump will be able to speak there in Michigan in Pottersville we've been seeing people sitting down standing up as that anticipation of course grows as the former president is set to make his remarks there we also want to show you this shot we have up as well of that rally that vice president kamla Harris will be having soon in Savannah Georgia we know that she is there she has been making a lot of stops on this two-day bus tour as she goes through the region there she was also able to sit down and have her first interview with traditional media she set to speak with CNN interviewers and host Dana Bash she did record that a little bit earlier that should be airing later tonight of course we'll keep up with all her remarks there in Savannah Georgia here on live now we're going to step away for a quick two-minute break stay here right here with us and [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all right thanks for staying with us here on live now from Fox you can see that former president Donald Trump has officially taken the stage there in Michigan he's there in Potterville this is his eighth visit there to the state this year alone he's trying to recapture the state that he won back in 2016 but narrowly lost in the 2020 election again this is Potterville Michigan it's not far at all from the state capital of Lancing looks like he's stepping up to the mic now let's listen to [Applause] oh thank you very much I'm thrilled to be back with the hardworking Patriots of the great state of Michigan nice State and I also want to thank ol Ro steel CEO Randy Glick just met Randy and he's fantastic the job the family's done he's done it's beautiful and all of The Talented workers here at all Rose steel I hope you're all happy are you happy with the company I think yes right I think great company and congratulations on 76 years of manufacturing in Michigan and you're you had your best years four years ago but you're going to have even better years coming up I can tell you that you going have even better I'm here today with a simple message for the American Auto worker and for the American worker your long economic nightmare will very soon be over it's going to be over going to turn it around with your vote we will defeat comrade Camala Harris and we will bring back the American dream bigger better stronger and just better bigger better we love the American dream you don't hear about the American dream when was the last time you heard about the American dream they don't talk about it although they copy everything else I do so I guess that'll be nice they'll be copying they'll be saying oh the American dream she doesn't know what the American dream is over the past four years Camala and crooked Joe Biden have presided over an economic reign of terror committing One Financial atrocity after another as vice president Kamala cast the deciding votes that caused the worst inflation in American history you're all victims of it we all are everybody is a victim of it it's a nation Buster costing the typical family $28,000 under her policy's household wealth has plummeted by $33,000 per family the cost of the typical monthly mortgage has really tripled and you can't get the money so you know you will go from 2% to 10% but you can't get the money at 10% I guess they want more than that but you just can't get the money credit card debt has ballooned by 40% and they have the highest numbers in history right now as about three days ago the highest number in history now Cala says she wants to talk about the future but she's been there for three and a half years she only wants to talk about about the future cuz the past has been so the job they've done let me tell you he's the worst president in the history of our country and she's the worst vice president and she's the worst bordar in the history of the world and she's the one who gave us every single disaster that our country is facing right now look at Afghanistan she said I was the last person in the room what a what a horrible horrible event that was Cala has made middle class life unaffordable and unlivable and I'm going to make America affordable again in addition to making it grade again we're going to make it affordable again and that's going to be starting on day one isn't it amazing they go three years and now they say oh we're going to do this we're going to do that the only good thing that she's flip-flopping she's the greatest flip floper things that she never even thought of she's probably goes back to her room and gets sick to her her stomach when she says what she has to say because she's a Marxist she's a fascist and she never believed I mean now she saying oh we want to build a strong border where has she been for three and a half years as we took in 20 million people many of them horrible criminals my vision is for a middle class that is once again the Envy of the entire world it's going to happen it's going to happen fastk workers like you and communities like this should be able to afford a nice house a new car and a growing family on a single income all while enjoying the highest standard of living on Earth right thank you Americans deserve Safe Streets secure borders Great Schools healthy children bustling factories and a nation that is confident and a nation that is strong that's the future that I intend to deliver and I will deliver and you had the best economy in the history of our country just a short while ago and now you have what they call inflation what that has done to this country and frankly they've done also worse and you're going to end up in World War III with these people I'll tell you what we've never been so close to World War I and you know with the power of weapons I always say this isn't two army tanks running back and forth shooting at each other the power of weap weapons today very dangerous very bad we have people we don't even do we have a president he just got back from California he was supposed to go to the white house he never got there he went to Delaware and he's laying on a beach sleeping all day long no no serly who the hell wants to sleep and who wants to sleep in public he's sleeping do you think president she of China is at a beach sleeping do you think Kim Jong-un is sleeping from North Korea with his nuclear weapons all over the place they don't sleep so much and we have a guy sleeping and she's look she's incompetent she can't do an interview it's been months she can't I just did an interview backstage was a very terrible person but she was okay actually NBC fake news it was NBC fake news she asked me about all sorts of things she asked me about abortion and I handled it very nicely because you know what that's so overplayed we have a we have the whole thing brought back into the states where it belongs that's where everybody wanted it for years and years and years and they're voting on it and I happen to believe in the exceptions Ronald Reagan did for life of the mother rape incest the exceptions probably 90% of the people do but you know the uh I was just telling this report are the real problem and the real radicals on that issue are the Democrats where you can have an abortion in the ninth month and and in Six States you're allowed to kill the baby after the baby is born and you know one of those States is Minnesota with this temp Pon Tim comes [Applause] from Kill the baby after the baby's born so that's no longer abortion that's called execution right you're allowed to execute the baby after the baby they're the radical Cala is promising communist style price controls free taxpayer funded healthc care not that you going to want nobody in this room is going to want it for all illegal aliens Mass amnesty and citizenship for the millions and millions of migrants she lets in she wants to give citizenship to people that have come here illegally they didn't come through the system you know we want people to come into our country but they have to come in Legally right they have to come in Legally we're taking people that are murderers and drug dealers and she wants to give them amnesty uh tell you I don't I don't get it but all of this will destroy Medicare and will destroy your Social Security she called for the abolition of ice you know ice these are great Patriots these are tough people I'm looking at some of these people right in the front oh they're tough as hell but you don't want to be nice you don't want to walk into MS13 gangs and start slugging it out these guys are seriously tough and they love our country you know somebody's got to do it I took them out by the thousands now they don't want to take them out anymore they want to let ice the worst gang probably in the world the meanest the nastiest they slice up people with knives they'd rather use a knife than a gun because it's more it's more painful they kill two young students walking to school two beautiful young 16-year- old girls walking to school they sliced them up in Long Island and they want to let these people stay and we're not going to let them stay we want to get them the hell out of our country Camala sponsored a bill to blow up the entire US Health Care system and force every American into a socialist government run program with rationing and deadly weight times you go there and they say yeah that's good we're going to be all set for you come back in 3 months she endorsed a 70 to 80% tax rate increase look at this she thinks the rate actually the rate could be as much as 80% she says I'll think about that well I won't think about it okay I won't think about anywhere near it in fact we're going for a tax cut you know we gave you the biggest tax cut in history and that gave us tremendous numbers of jobs and we actually took in more income the following year after the cut because our country was booming like it had never boomed before she supports abolishing cash bail so that when you murder somebody oh don't worry about it you're free to go no cash no nothing and then they go murder somebody else and in some cases much more than one person and she endorsed the Marxist crusade to defund the police do you know that she was the leader of the defund the police does anybody in Michigan you almost I said why don't I just walk up I don't have to waste a lot of time you're all fans right is anybody here not going to vote for Trump I'm just kid raise your hand if you have the courage to do that I think pretty good now but you know I said why do I have to make a speech all I have to do is say she was the leader of the defund the police movement and then I say ladies and gentlemen thank you very much and leave because when you hear that no she's a Marxist her father's a Marxist he's a Marxist Professor it's very nice this election is not a choice between Democrats and Republicans it's a choice between communism and freedom that's what it's about and nobody nobody really knows her they were doing something the man on the street they said you know Harris everyone's saying who the hell is Harris nobody knows who Harris is what's the vice president's name they have no idea what the name is now the name Cala is it's a little complex there's about 19 different ways of pronouncing it right but Kamala is uh at least it's a name you sort of remember you can't use Harris because nobody knows who the hell Harris is who's Harris we want somebody they know and you know one of the reasons they don't know she did a lousy job she was considered the worst vice president in history I don't know who does this stuff but she was considered the worst Cala will turn America into a third world country will happen it's already getting there I hate to tell you when you look at our borders when you look at our elections our rigged elections when you look at all the crap that's going on we're turning into it there when you look at how they go weaponized against me they're doing absolutely nothing wrong I got indicted I think nine different times nine times I never even knew what an indictment was for my whole life all of a sudden the last year I think I had nine indictments far more than alons Capone who was quite well known in Chicago and the environs he liked killing people but he had nothing like me nine times you know and every time they see me going up in the polls and we're leading in the polls and I think we're leading by a lot you know the polls the polls are rigged too the polls are rigged too you know they say uh Donald Trump is tied tied you know we were up massively by Biden how would you like to be me I spent a hundred million on beating Biden we had a debate and everybody said this guy's shot they never give me credit they say he was shot maybe I did a good job somebody said that was the greatest debate performance I've ever said and then you know what that I've ever seen said it was a CNN person said this is the single greatest debate performance I've ever seen two days later they forgot about that they said he was terrible you know but that's all right whatever it takes but you know uh I spent a hundred million dollar on fighting him we weren't fighting anyone else we weren't fighting a vice president we didn't even know who the hell she was and then all of a sudden they say Joe you're losing badly you got to get out he he was losing by a lot but they went up to him they said get out that's like you're in a fight and you have a fighter and he's doing great and they say listen we're going to take the opponent out we're going to throw another guy in finish it off it's that's what they did really it's never been done before and you know she was last online and she came in last she I think there were like 22 people she was the first one to get out and she got out she had no votes she got no votes she went to was supposed to go to Iowa she quit before Iowa that was the first state she never made it to Iowa and now she's running and what about those other 20 or so people they did much better than her and they're saying they're sitting home watching television but you know they're having a big discussion now because they don't understand why she refuses to sit down for just an interview and they've got a lot of friendly you know it's much easier being a Democrat because you see all the fake news back there if you're a Democrat they say he just gave the greatest speech that we've ever heard not since FDR has been a speech I saw this with Biden he made a State of the Union Address it was so bad oh it was so bad I saw her make a speech it was so bad and after they get off this was one of the greatest performances we've ever seen in our contract with me I make a speech I speak for two hours everybody loves it I got thousands of people by the way outside trying to get in I never they never said Trump's a great speaker I don't even want that but I must be a great speaker right I must we got thousands of people no we got thousands and thousands well if I were a Democrat they say he's the greatest that ever lived he made Abraham Lincoln look like nothing but no I don't care about that I care about winning for our country I care about making America great again and that's what we're going to do so we're pleased to be joined today by some really great uh winners Champions Patriots and one of them is Lisa mlan congresswoman where is Lisa hi Lisa you are doing amazing I'll said don't be fooled by her she's a very nice person but she's brutal when it comes to your state when it comes to jobs right Lisa and she's proud of it too yep she is thank you great job and another man that I uh picked out of a large group I said this guy's got what A tes he's a highly respected person he's running for the US Senate and I think he's going to win I just saw a poll where he's leading by a little bit it's not an easy race it's not an easy race but the other one is going to be just a disaster she going to vote everything that whoever it would be except me they won't but we hopefully we're not going to need it but she's a disaster Mike Rogers is one of the most respected people in Washington and he will be I believe your next Senator great he's one he is actually one of the most respected people in Washington and he came out of a large group of Republicans that all wanted the same job and he really did a he ran a great ran a great race won easily he had my endorsement that helped but he did he won easily and uh he's got great gravitas your next congressman and you're going to have a great congressman who I think is going to win Tom Barrett Tom thank you Tom great job I heard you doing well Tom good running against somebody that's not good not good for your state not good for our country Michigan house Republican leader Matt Hall are we going to win Matt that's he gave me a good summary I said you're going to win sir you know they have these fake polls they're almost as bad as the fake writers the fake news we interviewed 49 democrats for a poll we interviewed 49 Democrats and 21 Republicans it's you know it's a little thing on the I'm surprised they even put it they probably must be a law but they put it 49 Democrats and 21 Republicans and the race is tied they said tied how the hell can it be tied so tied means I'm leading by like 14 or 15 points I don't know but it's fake news it's just it's it's as bad it's as bad as they are with a pen I'm telling you it's really bad they can make those polls sing they can make them do whatever they want Michigan Senate Republican leader Eric Nesbit Eric thank you great job what a beautiful young daughter what a beautiful young daughter great thanks Eric thanks very much we also have some people of great distinction Jus as David vivano is here with us David thank you David highly respected Justice thank you David uh judge Patrick ogrady Patrick is here someplace where's Patrick another one highly respected so whatever you're doing keep keep it going good and tutor Dixon who really ran a good [Music] race where is tutor well hi tutor she a great person loves this loves this state and loves the workers I I knew a father a father was in the steel business successful guy I knew him as he was leaving our planet right leaving he was very sick and leaving but he loved his daughter he loved his he was so proud of you so he's up there watching thank you very much to I appreciate it and Brian pcker who's like a friend of mine this guy where is he where's Brian where where is he you want to come up you come on up here Brian this guy he thinks the United aut workers have the worst leader and that they're crazy they're going to be driven out of business all the business is going to China within two three years you're not going to have Auto Workers in this if they vote for Trump we're going to we're going to bring in factories at levels that you've never seen before we're going to get the Auto Workers jobs back like it was 30 years ago and 40 years ago before everybody left we're going to get it back at levels that you've never seen Brian say hello please thank you Mr President and the last time you called me up on stage in Grand Rapids it was the first uh rally that You' held since the assassination attempt and I honestly I was speechless but tonight I want to say a couple things real briefly I represent the Auto Workers for Trump organization which was a Facebook group I started that group I started that group thank you there's some Auto Workers here I'm sure Lancing got a lot of them but unfortunately a lot of them have lost their jobs listen Chrysler and General Motors have already gone Bang bankrupt once but if we allow electric vehicle mandates to be put on this industry by the federal government they're going out of business again we got to fight against that and this guy standing right here is the only person who will do it we cannot allow the federal government to put mandates on the Auto industry to build electric vehicles when the consumers do not want them so I'm asking everybody I'm asking asking Auto Workers and I'm asking everybody that supplies the Auto industry get 10 or 15 of your friends make sure they get out and vote our very uh survival depends on it and we can't allow it to happen so vote Trump and JD Vance and we'll turn this country around he's done it once unfortunately he's going to have to go back and do it again thank you you know as he's speaking look look at the arms of this guy cut out cut it out that cut it out he's really great and a real Patriot and it's true you know they're building I don't know if you know numerous of the biggest Auto plants in the world right now near right near the border in Mexico uh owned by China they think they're going to build the cars and send them in and with this Administration they won't even know what's happening they'll take every single jum you're not going to have any Auto Workers within two years maybe 3 years nobody's going to be making cars here I told them if you do that we're going to put tariffs on at 200 250% you're never going to sell one car in this country and they didn't build them and then as soon as I left because of a bad situation that happened because we did great in this state too yeah you want but a bad situation that happened corrupt bad situation you have to keep your eyes open this time y but you know they use Co to cheat very simple they use Co to cheat but I told them I said you do it you're not going to sell any cars as soon as I was gone they started construction and they're almost finished and that's going to wipe you out they're the biggest plants anywhere in the world a friend of mine builds plants and I think he's building these I said I want to see some big plants I want to go on tour or some of the big AO plants that's all he does honestly he's a great guy can't walk across the street he can build a plant like nobody he said sir you're going to have to come to Mexico I said no I want to see one in the United States he said the big ones are being built in Mexico it's no good and we're not going to let it happen we're not going to they can build their plant they're not going to have any cars coming into this country if they want to build a plant they can they're going to build it in Michigan or at least someplace in our country thank you the UAW members the UAW members realize this now and I'm doing a rally at a different Auto Plant every week I started in June we're going to go all the way to November and we're talking to the Auto Workers as they come off their shift and go into work and 70 or 80% of them are V voting for Donald Trump because they know their jobs depend on it wow that's gu he's a dynamic guy isn't he huh no it's uh really look I didn't know Brian he just knows that you know we had four great years but I got an award years ago in Michigan I got man of the year long time ago in fact the fake news said I never got it I never got it I made it up I didn't make it up and then they found out I actually did get it I was lucky they found out who it was it was like a chamber of commerce someplace and I gave a whole speech this was probably 15 years ago 17 years ago I gave a speech and why are you letting them steal your auto manufacturing business and it only got worse and worse and worse and I stopped it and then uh as soon as I was gone they let it happen and these plants that are being built all around the world are going to take all of your business and I'm a big fan of electric cars but they're limited they don't go far they're very expensive and they're going all be made in China because they have the material but we have more Liquid Gold under our feet than anybody else it's called gasoline for what we talk about and we want to build gasoline propelled cars but we also want to build hybrids and we want to build electric cars you know Elon Musk I think he's great and he endorsed me very strongly I said listen you know I'm all for electric cars but not all of them because they really don't go far yet but they're incredible the job he's done and the job that others have done are great and it's called a market you have to be able to buy what you want to buy there'll be another form of car they talk about hydrogen now they talk about all sorts of things but it's called a market but we can't do that they want to put and like immediately all electric cars but we don't have enough electricity to supply ourselves right now you go out to California who which was destroyed by Kamala destroyed she destroyed the city of San Franc Isco it's and I own a big building there it's no I shouldn't talk about this but that's okay I don't give a damn because this is what I'm doing I should say it's the finest city in the world selling get the hell out of there right but I can't do that I don't care you know I lost billions billions of dollars you know somebody said what do you think he lost I said probably two three billion that's okay I don't care they said do you think you do it again and that's the least out of it nobody they always say that uh I don't know if you know Lincoln was horribly treated uh Jefferson was pretty horribly Andrew Jackson they say was the worst of all that he was treated worse than any other president and I said do that study again because I think there's nobody close to Trump I even got shot and who the hell knows where that came from right no these are bad people they're sick people you know we have people on the outside the countryes but if you have a smart president the countries will be an asset not a liability that includes China that includes Russia if you have a smart president but we don't have a smart president right now by the way can end up in World War I we this period of time better happen fast because we have nobody running our country we have nobody at the Resolute desk there's nobody the two of them she's no good and he's sleeping in fact I'm going to go back to the name for him sleepy Joe instead of crooked Joe did you see they found last week Brian he took $28 million they say he stole his family took 28 million and nothing happened there was the night he made his brilliant speech which was all about Trump you know everything they do they talk about Trump they talk about Trump I think 347 times they talked about the Border once they talked about crime twice they talked about all of the things that you should be talking about not at all but they talk about Trump and uh look we did something that they're very angry about we beat somebody that should have been beaten in an election that we weren't anticipated to win but I thought we were going to win because I came to Michigan the night before we had 49,000 people she came to Michigan the night before because she was told she may lose it and this was an upset so they had a fast tour she had like 300 people I said why would we lose we had the crowd you wouldn't have believed that half of you were probably there but we're also joined by a very incredible service member I presented him with a thing called the Congressional Medal of Honor and he is a fantastic man and he's a good-look guy I don't know he looks better than he did when I present it something's good he's doing good specialist five James mclan where's James James thank you James look good good head of hair look at him got that good Irish Scottish whatever hair look at that guy stand up just stand up come here I'm proud of him I wouldn't have done what he did I know what he did what he did I always say there are two Awards is the Medal of Honor and often times is pisle where you know they're they're not there often times they've died in battle and they're getting the award and then you have the civilian version the presidential medal and I always say I'd rather get the presidential medal because the guys that came in other than you and a few others often times they've suffered greatly right they've suffered greatly or they're not around but it's our highest award and it's an honor to have you here and I'm very proud that I was able to give you the award Thanks James in four short years under my leadership we passed record tax cuts record regulation cuts and built the greatest economy in the history of the world I ended NAFTA the worst trade deal ever made you people had to suffer with it for years and replace it with the US MCA that's Mexico and Canada which they say is the best trade deal ever made actually the best deal I made probably was with China but I don't talk about it because once Co came in that was the end of China once they did that to the world not us to the whole world $ 59 trillion of of Damages and millions and millions of people and it should have and it came out of Wuhan the lab came out of the labs and uh that's where I said it came from and it was incompetence it was a mistake I believe it was a mistake a lot of people don't think so a lot of people think they did it because I was getting hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs from China you know no president had ever gotten anything from China I got hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs and saved a lot of jobs by doing that because they ended up not being able to do what they were doing and I saved the steel industry also as you know those are the guys that like me the most but now I see us steel the great us steel us steel is being sold to Japan I don't like that can you imagine us steel that would have been that was one that was a greatest company in the world 70 years ago 60 something years ago us steel is going to be so sold to Japan I wouldn't let it happen I wouldn't I just wouldn't let it happen such a big Benchmark that shouldn't be going to Japan they should rebuild it they should do whatever they have to do would work with them would make it great again just like we're going to make our country great again under Cala we are rapidly approaching economic and social catastrophe most Americans are unaware that Harris and Biden have been shutting down enti Wass of our energy and electricity infrastructure without replacing it or even talking about it leading to Soaring electrical prices and energy prices and also an energy shortfall like we've never had before they're closing down things that are that shouldn't be closed down this week Harris officially banned drilling on 28 million Acres of public lands so what they did is when they came in what caused inflation other than their spending which was a big factor but it's energy because they came in and they want to determine everything I was doing and the the prices were going through the roof for gasoline and everything so they said put it back put it back so it all came back or most of it came back maybe not to the same but pretty close they said go back you know after the election if they have a one it's all gone but what they don't say is they'll say oh but we have the similar to Trump and that's sort of true but what they don't have is they don't have anoir they gave up anoir the biggest site anywhere in the the world in Alaska that I got done Ronald Reagan couldn't get it done but really most importantly what they don't have is we were going to be four to five times bigger by now so when they say they head it back they only had it back to where I was we were going to have so much energy coming out of the ground so much liquid gold we're going to pay off debt we're going to reduce your taxes further I mean we have more than we have more Liquid Gold than Saudi Arabia we have more than Russia and we were going to use it and you know what getting a lot of our energy now Venezuela which isn't even I mean it's tar you know that it's tar and you know where it's refined there's only one plant in the entire world that can do it happens to be in Houston Texas so for those of you that don't like particles going into the air take a look at that mess and we have clean beautiful stuff you can I mean we have the best we have the best and we have the most and we don't use it we go to electric or we go to something else uh you almost say do they hate our country because it's so incompetent do they hate our country the first thing I will do to make middle class life dramatically more affordable is to end kamala's war on American Energy terminate her green new scam and drill baby drill we're going to drill baby drill since Harris took off his more than 50 power plants have been shut down many of these were great plants but they didn't like the way they were fueled up you know many of them are needed to create electricity it's like it comes from some it starts from somewhere it doesn't start from electricity and by the way just a little side note so AI is a big deal for us to compete successfully with China and others on AI we're going to need twice the electricity that we currently produce can you believe that we're not going to be even close the only guy that can do that is a guy like me I opened up plants I opened up two plants in Louisiana that went through 14 years LG plants they went through 14 years of approvals and were turned down I got it done in one day one day we got it opened those owners whoever they were they were actually people going to spend $16 billion these are the biggest build it's like the Empire State Building on its side times three the longest biggest buildings you've ever seen all they had is pipes inside I said what the hell kind of a building is this but you know what B of dollars and they got turned down I got it approved and in one of them one day the owner or the head of the company couldn't believe it he said I got a call I guarantee you a consultant somewhere that represented him said I did a great job I didn't speak to Consultants I just got it done and now they're up and they're they're roaring and they're just fantastic under camel's radical power plant rule issued by the EPA all Coal Fired power plants will be forced to close in the next few years what are you going to do gutting more than one six of the power and really we're going to go to a very weak form of producing power they don't have we don't have energy that can power up those big massive plants that we need including the ones right here in Michigan you don't have the energy wind is wonderful if you like high cost if you like having to replace the windmills every nine years you know they wear out and they're very intermittent and they do kill a hell of a lot of birds if you want to see a lot of dead birds go to a windmill and just look underneath you'll see birds all over the place the same rule has frozen virtually all new investment in large natural gas projects setting us up for a horrible shortage of at least 30% of our electrical grid capacity in the future so we're going to have much less in the future we're closing down all our plants just like trucks they want they want you to make electric trucks and the truckers come to see me sir they don't work one man had 29,000 he said I sto start with nothing I have 29,000 trucks he said I'd buy trucks and every year they got better they got more efficient they got stronger they got more beautiful I started building apartments in the back of the cabs right you know what that is he said sir you're rich but you would have loved some of these apartments I said no thanks but that's okay no it's beautiful this stuff is fantastic we had four or five companies I said which one did the best he said they all do good sir but now they want us to go to electric trucks and I'll have to stop six times on the way to California from New York six times and Sir they weigh two and a half times more than a gasoline or than a diesel power truck I said so what does that mean he said that means you're going to have to rebuild every bridge in every major roadway in the country just because of the weight and they're very inefficient and the battery is much bigger than the tank and he was telling me the battery would take up at least half of the area right now that they use for hauling I said so when you tell people like that you'd have to rebuild every bridge in America that you'd have to rebuild the roads that you the tech that you have to stop six times from New York to California he said with a load of diesel a good truck can go all the way and even start their way back that's how good it is and he said this was amazing because he said it right from the heart he said if they make us do this I'll be out of business we'll all be out of business your supply chain will be a disaster but if they made us through this every year that I bought a truck it was better they got better better better we will have gone back 70 or 80 years we'll have trucks that don't go far we'll have trucks that don't work well we'll have trucks that can carry a very small payload because of the size of the batteries and the weight so I said well when you tell these officials this what do they say they say we don't care you're going all electric so oh if you had a child let's see do we have any children if you had a child a beautiful boy in the green shirt if you had just a little child saying and he's not so little he's a big boy he's going to be a big one but but if you said to a child it doesn't go far it weighs too much the payload is no good and lots of other problems and they're much more expensive he would say let's stay with diesels right these guys say we don't care then they want to make our army tanks you know all electric and the problem is they don't go far they're the wrong torque and you know where they want the battery because the battery is massive they want you to like you pull a wagon a child pulls a they want to build a wagon at the back so it pulls the battery along so they want to be environmentally friendly as we blast our way into a country that we hate right we want to take on these countries and be environmentally these people are deranged they deranged people I will be the American Energy president I'll be a president for a lot I'm going to be the automobile manufacturing president do you watch and it won't even be hard I can do it with a pen I can do it with a pen come in and build your plants in the United States preferably here but come in and build your plants in the United States of America and if you don't you're not allowed to sell cars here and we're going to tax you at 50 or 200% I did that with steel and people are going to flow in and the head of your union who's absolutely terrible I mean they give him an IQ test I mean this guy doesn't know what is happening he's horrible Shan Fain he's horrible what a terrible job he sold out the union and they automatically endorse you know they automatically endorse democrats for many many years but if you look at your car industry now and 25 years ago it's like a different world you've just uh what you've lost is so B we can get it all back we can get so much of it back because you're still the big market and that's why we have to do it fast because we have to remain the big Market the way we're going with this country we're not going we're going to lose that we're going to lose our currency values we're going to lose the dollar standard if we lose the dollar standard that's like losing a war if we don't have the go dollar standard we are a third world country my goal will be to cut your energy costs in half within 12 months after taking office so we can do that if you have the oil supply which we have more than anybody your heating and air conditioning electricity gasoline all can be cut down in half you gasoline I had it down to a187 I had moments when it was much lower than that to achieve this rapid reduction in energy cost I will declare a National Emergency to allow us to dramatically increase energy production generation and Supply which comrade Camala has destroyed she's destroyed it starting on day one I will approve new drilling new pipelines new refineries new power plants new reactors and we will slash the red tape we will get the job done we will create more electricity also for these new industries that can only function with massive electricity and we'll get it done and nobody else is even going to come to us they won't even try and they if they did try nothing would happen under President Trump America's future will be energy abundance energy Independence and soon we will be energy dominant we're going to be dominant much more so than Russia you know we started off number three by the time I left we were number one by a lot and we were going to be doubling and tripling them up the cutting of anoir was a shame Ronald Reagan tried to get it he couldn't get it every president they all tried to get anoir in Alaska I got it it's they think the size of Alaska in terms of what's under there and uh in the first week in office he terminated it I got it all done they were all start to drilling took them a year and a half they got everything perfect they were all starting in Alaska to drill and what a shame that is Anar could have been maybe maybe the biggest site in the world but we're going to get it back it'll be back very quickly I promise you that because I know the road map I I've know that road map very well people said I can't believe you got n War Ronald Reagan couldn't get nobody could get it and it was easier then CU now you have the environmental stuff at levels that you know nobody's ever seen before much of it to stop us from making progress I will also stop Chinese owned electric vehicle battery companies from coming to Michigan and stealing our intellectual property our workers knowledge and then sending it back to communist China we're not going to let that happen we're not going to let that happen every part of comrade kamla's economic plan looks like it was written for her by the Chinese Communist party it actually looks much of her now in all fairness she did an interview today she didn't want to go in alone how do you think president she is going to deal with us oh he's just he's just savoring it so she went in with this vice president guy that nobody ever heard of and she did an interview with a very friendly reporter we'll see maybe the friendly reporter not friendly to a lot of other people they were she was very fair to me Dana Bash very fair to me in the debate we had the debate with sleepy Joe he was very she was very fair and Jake Tapper was very fair you know I was I respect I don't call him fake Tapper anymore I may have to start eventually but no but they were I thought they were very fair I just said neutral could you be neutral would that be okay and they were they were pretty neutral and uh but Dana Bash is uh interviewing Kamala and people just want to see if she can get through through the interview nobody knows what's going on I've done so many interviews in the last couple of months every time I go out I have an interview I people reporters and we talk to them and they ask me every question in the book and we answer them and you don't see any scandals Brewing nothing we answer them properly you have to as president you have to be able to deal you're dealing with the toughest smartest most ruthless people in the world if you can't do an interview we get the wrong person to get more relief to workingclass citizens and seniors on fixed incomes we will have no tax on tips and we will have no tax on Social Security benefits and I did it four years I didn't touch you Social Security and they're going to end up adding a lot of years I know because I know people in that party too they're going to add five years six years on we're not going to add any YearOne they're going to add and they're going to destroy Social Security and Medicare because they have all these millions of people coming into the country they want to make them citizens and they want them to get onto Social Security Medicare and other plans and that's going to be very destructive it's going to destroy Social Security in addition as part of our efforts to help Working Families I'm announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump Administration your government will pay for or your insurance company will be man mandated to pay for all costs associated with IVF treatment fertilization for women IVF treatment because we want more babies to put it very nicely and for the same reason we will also allow new parents to deduct major newborn expenses from their taxes so that parents that have a beautiful baby will be able so we're pro family nobody's ever said that before but the IVF treatments are expensive it's very hard for many people to do it and to get it but I've been in favor of IVF right from the beginning that you know if you talk to them they'll say oh he really doesn't like they have ads like I'm against it it's just the opposite by comparison they're against it but I'm totally in favor of it but we're going to do what I just said we're going to pay for it and uh it'll help families because a lot of families can't use it and a lot of these same families have been hurt so badly by their inflation they cause the inflation and we are going to pay for the IVF treatments fertilization they're going to pay for it they're going to take care of it and another key driver of inflation is the migrant Invasion kamla Harris has created on our Southern border which is causing immense inflationary pressure on housing and essential Goods there's never been anything like coming into our country borders are Harris now she's saying I was never named the bordar yes she was but we don't have to just say she was in charge of the Border we don't have to call her AAR she wasn't really AAR I think AAR is a compliment Bazar Harris will import Millions more illegal aliens and give them Free Housing and groceries and I will send the illegal aliens back home where they belong we have no Cho we have no choice it's not like we cannot afford this you if they got in for years you'd have over a 100 million people from all over the world and remember this crime rates are going down in all these countries because they're sending us their criminals they're sending us their drug dealers they're sending us their people that are in jails and I don't have to go and crazy that's common sense I would do the same thing if I was running some nice country in South America or all over the world the Congo in Africa 22 people came out of jail recently they sent him here where do you come from Congo oh that's nice where where are you from in the Congo jail oh what did you do we don't want to say you can imagine let me just tell you welcome they're your citizens and they're doing this all over the world Tom homman told me that who's great by the way uh he's really great Brandon Jed all these guys Paul all these guys they're they're incredible people but they talk the border of Patrol people are incredible what they put up with from these incompetent lunatics that don't even talk to them they said we have as of last week this year 169 countries represented by people coming illegally into our country 100 most people don't even know you have that many countries you know some of those countries we don't even know the language is a different language we don't have anybody in our country that even speaks it but they're pouring in and many of them are the worst people in those countries and their crime rates are going way down in Venezuela their crime rate has gone plum because they're sending their killers and if you saw that skit today it was a skit I thought it was well I've seen it all I guess I didn't really think too much about it other than how bad it is in Venezuela did you see the gang of Venezuelans today they took over a building they literally took over the building walked in with machine guns guns gang members from Venezuela you haven't seen even the beginning of this migrant crime we're going to have a migrant crime and just remember you know they have a hat it said Trump was right about everything and I have to say I pretty much was right about everything you're going to see unfortunately unfortunately I wish I wasn't I wish I wasn't and be careful with World War II I don't want to be right about that and I'm not going to say but I will tell you what close October 7th would have never happened because Iran was broke with me they had no money for Hezbollah they had no money for Hamas Russia would have never ever ever attacked Ukraine we would have had no inflation you wouldn't have had that horrible embarrassing mess that horrible horrible mess in Afghanistan so many things this country would be a totally different country now and I will end deadly Sanctuary cities in the state of Michigan and all across the country nobody wants them nobody wants them so just sort of in concluding here's what we know about comrade Camala Harris she just doesn't care about the American people especially hardworking people or middle class Americans she just doesn't give a damn about you she does not care about the deaths sex slavery drugs or criminals coming across our border she's been vice president for almost four years and she did nothing to stop the invasion of our country she says that that's not her job but it is her job the president of the United States gave her that job she just didn't do it and she won't do it now she does not care about the middle class struggling over inflation the cost of gasoline electricity and she doesn't care about the cost of food she does not care if you lose your job or cannot find another comparable job she doesn't care she does not care if you have to run up your credit card to levels that are unsustainable she does not care if you and your family are struggling and she did absolutely nothing to fix it she's the vice president she just does not care she does not care about women's rights because she supported destroying women's sports and athletic scholarships she wants men to play in women's sport she's one of the leaders men should play in wom sport you know she's far further left than Bernie Sanders think of it nobody wanted Bernie Sanders to be president she's much further left than Bernie Sanders rated number one she makes Pocahontas look like a conservative do you know who Pocahontas is yes Elizabeth War she said her mother said that she had high cheekbones and therefore she's an Indian no I don't think so actually that's a very racist statement that she said isn't it if I ever said that that would be troubled no she said my mother said I was Indian because I had high cheekbones then she put down on every application that she's an Indian she's an Indian getting jobs all over the place but uh we knocked her out of the presidential race pretty good too that's Pocahontas they said we want you to apologize to Pocahontas for using that term I said I will do that people were shocked because I don't give up to easy and I did apologize to pocah hunst the real Pocahontas I said pocah I'm sorry I got you tied up with this person this crazy person sorry Pocahontas I'm sorry Pocahontas but Elizabeth Warren is not nearly as radical left as this person Cala but nobody knows Cala because she doesn't do anything she does not care about protecting little children from sex change operations because she chose tampon Tim as her running mate who believes the state not mothers and fathers should have the final say on sex change operations for their children do you know that the state's allowed to decide whether or not they're going to do a sex change operation on their children Camala Harris wants to Outlaw your car and truck and force you to buy electric vehicles whether you like it or not you couldn't care less and you can't afford to do that because again they don't go far but they're much more expensive she does not care how it impacts you and your family Camala Harris does not care about senior citizens because she believes a legal alien should receive Social Security and Medicare which she knows will bankrupt those Insurance programs making it impossible for you to receive your pension and your health care which you paid for for your entire life you've been paying for it people are going to take it away those people that are coming in remember they're living in in luxury hotels and our veterans are dying on the street you know that they're dying on the streets under the hotels you have pictures last night veterans dying on the street and others citizens but veterans dying on the street and inside the hotel nice and high in nice rooms government's paying a fortune to keep illegal aliens that came into our country many of them criminals there's something wrong with the thought process she wants to destroy your private Health Care even if you like it even if your employer contributes to it and she wants Washington DC to make your medical decisions she wants Washington to decide what procedures medicines and care you should receive whether you like it or whether you don't she doesn't care Camala Harris has had nearly four years to show us who she is she is an uncaring politician with a radical ideology she is a Marxist just like her father despite her campaign of lies and flipflops we know who Camala Harris is she's the greatest flip-flopper of all time she's copying every policy of trump she will let make her Maga well make I don't think so does anybody want to make Camala Maga I don't think so we get her we'll send her a red hat without without MaGa on it we know by her actions and We Know by her inaction we know she does not care care about working people about the middle class about the American citizen she does not respect you ask the families of the 13 incredible service member Heroes who died during the surrender of Afghanistan which was surrendered by Camala and sleepy Joe whether or not Camala Harris cares about our young people and our military those incredible parents and sisters and brothers they asked me to go yesterday to Arlington and I did and while I was there there for a long time it was very tough to get to because I was not in a good position to get there I was very far away but I did I made up my I got there right on time and I spent a lot of time there and while I was there those families that asked me to be there they said three families plus one soldier who was horrifically injured both legs and an arm and they asked me if I would be there so I went and while we were there they said could you take pictures over the grave of my son my sister my brother would you take pictures with us sir I said absolutely I did and then I said farewell I said goodbye and last night I read that I was using the site to politic that I used it to politic this all comes out of Washington just like all of these prosecutors come out of Washington they all come out they they send their prosecutors into the DA's office they send them into the Attorney General's office these are bad people we're dealing with so I go there they ask me to have a picture and they say I was campaigning I don't need the one thing I get is plenty of publicity I don't need that I don't need the publicity but these are great people and when you think about it Joe Biden killed their children by incompetence should have never happened kamla killed their children just as though they had a gun in their hand by gross incompetence and not one general or incompetent bureaucrat was fired for the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country and then they accused me of having a picture taken at the tombstone with a family because they love the president they love me and I love them I got to know him as the cops and in the street trying to protect you from murderers and rapists and thugs if Camala Harris cares about law bodying citizens remember to fund the police ask the families of women raped and murdered by illegal aliens and the teenagers cut to shreds by gangs from El Salvador and Venezuela if Camala Harris cares about you she destroyed San Francisco Harris has opposed school choice for poor inner city kids she has opposed police and schools to protect our children she has defended stocking School library shell with filthy graphic books horrible books she refused to prosecute pedophiles who molested children when she was Da and AG in California does this sound like someone who cares about your children Camala Harris has failed you she has failed totally as Vice President of the United States she's been a total failure nobody even knows who she is she's broken trust with you she's done nothing for the middle class nothing for working families and she's done absolutely nothing for hardworking people your eyes don't lie you see it you know it we all see it she's the cting vice president of the United States and yet nobody knows who the hell she is she does not give a damn about you this is the real Cala Harris and now she wants to get a promotion did the worst job all she had to do is take care of the border that would be okay just take care of the Border she couldn't even do that she never even went there she went to a location that you'd like to go to to have dinner with your family she never even went to the Border effectively think of it never spoke to anybody all of those great border agents did you ever speak to her no nobody ever spoke to her well I'm here to not give her a promotion I'm here to give her a demotion because she can hide she can lie through her surrogates and the corrupt media and they are very corrupt remember that but the truth is coming out and it will come out the American people are smart they are not to be manipulated by Hollywood the fake news media and advertising and as you deserve a president who respects you talks to you and who levels with you puts it right on the level and who always has your best interests and has your back I have your back I have your heart and I have every other part of your [Applause] body all of us today are part of the greatest political movement in the history of our country this is the greatest movement in the history of our country we did something that no we really broke them up this was getting bad we broke them up they're not happy about it they're nasty but this is the greatest Mega make America great again the greatest movement in the history of our country you know outside they won't ever report that they ever report it outside you have thousands and thousands of people that couldn't get in they don't get seats like you guys they didn't get the seats that you got believe me but you have thousands and thousands of people outside as far as the IE could see as we're driving up with your vote we will deliver low taxes low regulations low energy costs low interest rates and low inflation so that everyone can afford groceries a car and a home we will stop immediately the horrific Invasion and migrant crime support our police build a missile defense Shield all around our country like other countries have we make them here it'll all be made right here and it'll be made also in Michigan a lot of it but we're going to have and Ronald Reagan wanted that many years ago but the truth is at that point we didn't have the technology now we have great technology you see that other countries have it we don't have it we're going to have the best of all we're going to have a missile defense system going to be built in the United States installed all over and around our country we're going to restore peace through strength which is what I did we had no Wars When Donald Trump was president now we have nothing but Wars prime minister Victor Orban of Hungary he said the reason that the world is a mess because Trump is no longer president when Trump was President they were afraid of trump I don't want to use that term but he did he said they were afraid China was afraid Putin was afraid I stopped Putin's pipeline in Europe I'm sorry Vladimir I can't let you do it I stopped it it was stopped cold and then when Biden got in the first day he approved it then they said Trump was weak on Russia Putin said if you're weak on us I hate like hell the sea if you're strong on us but the war would have never happened would have never ever happened but Victor Orban said you bring back Trump and the whole world is going to be a safer place we're going to keep critical race Theory and transgender Insanity out of our schools we're going to keep men out of women's sports and we're going to return our society based on Merit which is supreme court has given us the right to do based on Merit we're going to go back to a merit system if you're good at something that's what you get the Supreme Court approved that that was courageous we will defend the Second Amendment re we're going to do something that I think is very important we're going to restore free speech and we will really truly restore we're going to fix our elections so that our elections are going to be honorable and honest and people leave and they know their vote is counted we are going to have free and fair elections and ideally we go to paper ballots same day voting proof of citizenship very big and voter ID very simple very one day voting one day you ever see these things you know everyone's talking about November 5th but forget November 5th it starts on September 6th in various States North Carolina but various States Delaware it starts on November 6 goes months and months voting why are those boxes being moved around why are those ballots being moved why are they not there sir we're fixing the air conditioning of that particular it is so bad it is so out of control everyone under President Trump will prosper every family will Thrive and Michigan manufacturing will dominate like never before you're going to dominate like never before but for that to happen this election day you must hell come rade Camala comrade you're doing a horrible job you've been a terrible vice president a horrible horrible bordar you're not a bordar you're a border py you were played by every country in the world the worst job we've ever seen probably the worst vice president we've ever had he certainly was the worst president comrade Cala you're fired get out of here you're fired get out of get out of here it's amazing they can have support I I don't get it who would support somebody that wants open borders who would support somebody that wants men in women's sports you see the boxing and the Olympics two transitioned people they transitioned from men to women did you see fighting a young beautiful Italian boxer top boxer they thought big things from her and then b a left JB just a JB she go whoa what I just got hit with a horse again pink she said I'm out she quit she couldn't take it two punches the second one likewise got into the ring with couple of very talented women just beat the hell out of them they both won the gold medal shockingly are you shocked you're not shocked huh you in fact you would have bet everything you would have bet 100% the odds were pretty good right and then you have people like Camala how about weightlifting weightlifting records set many years ago they put 1/8 of an ounce on each side 18year old record they go out there they they're strong women they can't quite make it though guy comes out have you LIF it before no no how do I do it just put your hands in the bar and try and look you mean like this oh they beat it by like hundreds of pound the whole thing is crazy and nobody wants to complain you know the women like the swimmers they don't like to complain they're really afraid to complain because they'll be accused of uh bad things bad things but look at the swimmers that come out they Olympic swimmers and they look left they look right they see Guy people that they were growing up with great swimmers and then they look over and they see this huge it was Wilt Chamberlain but slightly bigger and she says well look at the size of this person I don't recognize the person from California from the California Swim groups that I participated in for 10 years before I got to the Olympic trials and uh this person blew them away in fact it was very sad they got passed so fast the wind was so tremendous that she suffered wind burs they had to take her out of the all right now we we joke about very serious subjects I mean it's so sad but really what's sad is that people that would want something like that and it's so demeaning to women right don't you think it's so demeaning to women we love women that's so demeaning to women never had anything like it but you have to watch the fights it's it's so it just says it it says it so simply you watch these two fights it was like they didn't even have to do anything Olympic gold they won Olympic gold they transitioned so get your friends get your family register volunteer and get out and you got to vote and Pete you are doing a great job by the way I see you sitting there you are doing a great job pet hook I'm glad I remembered to introduce him I would have been he would have quit just before the election he's doing it we're doing good right yeah he's a Fant he was a great Congressman he was the one we earmarked right Mike we wanted Pete and uh I hear you're doing a fantastic job we appreciate it you very much on November 5th we will save our economy we will rescue our middle class we will put America First and we will make America great again we're going to make America greater than ever before we're going to bring back your car industry we're not going to just keep it a little bit that you have left you lost most of your industry we're going to bring back your car industry we're going to let them build plants but they're not building them in Mexico they're going to build them in the United States of America and they're going to be fired up by our Auto Workers and we're going to bring them back in numbers that nobody can believe and I can do it so easily we were all set to do it and then we had the the covid disaster coming from and we did a great job never got the credit for it the ventilators the Therapeutics that we did the robes the the gogg everything but what China did was very bad very bad but we're going to bring it all back to this state you're going to have the greatest state in the world for automaking coming back with automaking because that's what you do and that's what you do best and a lot of these people even if it's just job related Auto worker related this is what they want to do and they want to be here they don't want to have to move but you're not going to have any place to move because other jobs are going to be gone too they're taking away all our jobs we're not going to let it happen we're going to make America great we're going to make America the production Capital manufacturing capital of the world and it's going to happen very fast I hope you're going to go out and vote for me because honestly if you don't our country is finished thank you God bless you God Bless America thank you every all right you're just listening in there to former president Donald Trump in Porterville Michigan just outside of the state capital there in this Battleground state of Michigan the first of two stops in the Rust Belt for him today of course it was JD Vance that went from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin yesterday it is now Trump going from Michigan to Wisconsin as he will speak in Lacrosse uh Wisconsin coming up in just a little bit it was scheduled for a 7 o'cl eastern time frame but that likely going to push by a significant margin just based on the timing of everything that went down here in this rally in Michigan you can see signs behind him saying drill baby drill the hard hats the vest uh let's just continue to listen here briefly on live now from Fox thank all right you can see people taking out their camera phones taking pictures of the former president plus than 70 days now until the November election we're continuing to follow it here on live now from box very very closely and we're going to go back to back with the rallies the campaign stops for the Republican ticket but also the Democratic ticket I do want to put up just this live shot right now in Savannah Georgia as KLA Harris Tim Walls capping off their bus tour through southeastern Georgia you can see they filtering through some of the arms kamla Harris the vice president the Democratic nominee the top of the ticket there she was speaking just moments ago uh as she came on the stage at the exact same time Trump did we're going to slide away for a two-minute break we'll hear the entirety of her comments to that crowd in Georgia after this quick two-minute break [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] all right welcome back in your to live now from Fox I'm Andy Mack thank you so much for joining us like the campaigns are doing let's crisscross the country right now from Potterville Michigan down to Savannah Georgia two key Battleground States you can see plenty of people taking pictures as KLA Harris meets with supporters there in the peach state she did speak from the podium at this rally there capping off the buzz tour she stepped to the podium in the middle of that Trump rally as well so let's take you out to the very beginning of these remarks from Harris Let's listen to them unfiltered in full here just to give a sense of what she said I will of course take you out later to Trump in Lacrosse Wisconsin but first let's listen into Harris here from Georgia [Applause] good afternoon Savannah good afternoon oh good afternoon oh it's good to be back in Savannah good afternoon can we please hear for Kaitlyn and her incredible for her incredible leadership look when I look out at our young leaders like Caitlyn I know our future is so so bright it is so bright I want to thank Mayor Johnson thank you for yours there you are we've been hanging out for the last two days mayor I thank you so very much for your leadership thank you congresswoman nikima Williams the chair of the democratic party of Georgia for your friendship and your Sisterhood and to all the leaders with us today good afternoon good afternoon good afternoon I also bring greetings from our president and a great friend of the state of Georgia Joe Biden and let us also send our love to the great president from the state of Georg to Jimmy Carter so Georgia I love your back I love your back and we have 68 days to go until this election 68 days to go and I think you all have spent your time here sacrificing all your other obligations to be here together us as one community knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us and I thank you for taking that time and listen so we're here to speak truth and one of the things that we know this is going to be a tight race until the very end okay so let's not pay too much attention to the polls because we are running as the underdog okay and we have some hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work is good work and with your help we are going to win this November we are going to win with November yes we will so look Georgia let me say I'm no stranger to tough fights before I was elected vice president before I was elected a United States Senator I was an elected attorney general and before that an elected district attorney and before that I was a courtroom prosecutor so every day in the courtroom I stood proudly before a judge and I spoke five words kamla Harris for the people my entire career I've only had one client the people I stood for women and children against predators who abused them I took on the big Banks and delivered $2 billion from middle class families who faced foreclosure I fought against cartels who traffic in guns drugs and human beings and I stood up for veterans and students being scammed by big for-profit colleges for workers who were being cheated out of the wages they were due and for seniors facing elder abuse and I will tell you those fights were not easy and neither were the elections that put me in those offices but we never gave up because the future is always worth fighting for always and that is the fight we are in right now a fight for America's future we we fight fight for a future with affordable child care paid leave and affordable health care and on that last subject let's finally expand Medicaid in Georgia so people can take their child to a doctor or go to an emergency room without going into medical debt we we fight for a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so that every American has the opportunity to own a home to start a business and to build wealth and intergenerational well and a future where we lower the cost of living for America's families so when I was attorney general I went after price fixing schemes and love you back love you [Applause] back and I will tell you when we get this done together my friend and when I am president I will take on the Bad actors who exploit a crisis to rip off consumers on everyday items who rip off consumers on everyday items like groceries I will take on big Pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs and insulin for all Americans I will take on the high cost of housing and work with developers to cut the red tape and build millions of new homes and I will give 100 million Americans a tax cut including $6,000 to families during the first year of their child's life understanding folks just need a little help from time to time and it's not about just getting by it's about getting ahead six tax cut including $6,000 to families during the first year of their child's life understanding folks just need a little help from time to time and it's not about just getting by it's about getting ahead $6,000 in the first year of a child's life to help pay for that car seat or the crib or the baby clothes and unlike Donald Trump I will always put the middle class and working class Families First always I come from the middle class I know what I'm talking about and Savannah so but we got some work to do okay we got some work to do because we know Donald Trump has a very different plan he has a very different [Applause] plan just look at his project 2025 agenda right if he is elected Donald Trump intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations he intends he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what in effect is a national sales tax on everyday products and basic necessities and it will cost The Economist will tell you it will cost a typical American Family nearly $4,000 a year so Georgia on top of all of this if Donald Trump wins in November he intends to end the Affordable Care [Applause] Act to take us back to a time when insurance companies we're not going back we not going we're going forward and the reason we know we can't go back to your point the reason we know we can't go back on the issue of the Affordable Care Act remember what that was like before we had the Affordable Care Act remember when insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting conditions remember what that was like children with asthma breast cancer survivors grandparents with diabetes so yeah we're not going back we're not going back we're not going back and we will move forward ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and understand how we got here when he was president Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme [Applause] Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade and they did just as he intended why don't they trust women well we trust women and when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into long proudly and across our nation in addition to that we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hard fought hard one fundamental freedoms [Applause] [Applause] hey let me let me just let me just say something let hold on hold up hold up for a second hold up for a second let me let me just say something let me just say something we are fighting for a democracy everyone has a right and should have their voices heard I am speaking now but on the subject I will say this the president and I are working around the clock we've got to get a hostage deal done and get a ceasefire done now so back to this election and Donald Trump so in addition to the fight on the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one's own body I have been traveling our country and the people of Georgia know what I know there is a fullon assault on hardfought hard one freedoms and rights including the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Laughter] [Applause] violence and an attack on the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and we will fight against all of that including the freedom to live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis here's the thing generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom now Savannah the Baton is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis voting rights advancement Act and the freedom to vote act we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass Universal background checks and red flag law [Applause] so much is on the line in this election so much is on the line and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 things are different a lot is the same when we think about the issues and then there is significant differences the stakes in 202 for even higher because consider that the United States Supreme Court recently just basically told the former president that going forward he will be effectively immune no matter what he does in the white house now just imagine well the the courts are going to take care of that we going to get them out of we going to elect ourselves and everybody here in November but I mentioned the Supreme Court ruling because understand what this means just imagine before there was at least the threat of consequence understand what it now means and imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that means when you consider he has openly vowed that if reelected on day one he will be a dictator that he would end that he would end the independence of the Department of Justice so he could have unchecked power and seek Vengeance against people who disagree with [Applause] him he even called for termination of the United States Supreme the the the Supreme land of our nation the United States Constitution think about what that means and let us be very clear someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the Seal of the president of the United States of America never again so it all comes down to this we are all here together spending this time together because we love our country we love our country we love our country and we know the privilege and pride the privilege and pride that comes with being American and I do believe in it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country that is how we realize the promise of America Georgia for the past two election Cycles voters in this very State you who are here have deliver you sent two extraordinary Senators to Washington D see you sent President Biden and me to the White House you showed up you knocked on doors you registered folks to vote and you made it happen you did that you did that and so now we are asking you to do it again let's do it again let's do it again so Savannah are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight God bless you and God bless the United States of America all right you can listen in there KLA Harris making these remarks capping off the bus tour there in Savannah Georgia of course they typically a GOP Le kind of area of southeastern Georgia as the Democrats making this bus tour capping it off after two days kind of circling that region in this Battleground state of Georgia so we're following that very very closely here on live now from Vox we watch them make several different stops of course coming up a little bit later on tonight we'll hear more in the first interview that Harris has done since moving up on the tickets since taking over the nomination uh so we'll have more on this coming up in just a little bit but also we're monitoring here a town hall in expected to be an hour but you can imagine that's going to be a little bit delayed for the former president Donald Trump in Lacrosse Wisconsin as he was wrapping up some remarks in Michigan recently so we'll take you out to this is uh this uh event there c campaign rally in Potterville Michigan then a town hall in lacr we'll have all of these stops less than 70 days until uh the November election I'm Andy Mack here on live now from Fox we'll be right back [Music] all right welcome back in your live now from Fox manyama live look there and Lacrosse Wisconsin will'll take you out to it as soon as the former president arrives in this Battleground State steps to the stage uh speaks at this town hall answering maybe some questions as well this one maybe looks a little bit different than the campaign rally he hosted just a little bit ago in Potterville Michigan as we're following it here on live now from foxes we've been talking about some of the new polling that has come out in the recent days Jo and K Harris leading although within still the margin of error in some key swing States like Arizona Georgia Nevada North Carolina though still favoring Donald Trump right now so we're following all of these here on live now from Fox including we'll have more on the interview that was taped a few hours ago for Harris the first one since she uh moved up to the top of the ticket on the Democratic side all right let's take you right now out to another maybe lower on the poll uh swing state that being Minnesota of course we're tracking right now severe weather in that region a live look right now at the Minnesota State Fair you can see people coming out after the storm somewhat passed through 145,000 people passed through the gates today a historic record for that State Fair in the midwest but some of the storms in that region over the last few days some dramatic images with the wind and the rain also tonight uh on Fox we'll have the Minnesota Gophers opening their season against North Carolina this game pushed back to 8 local time this due to severe weather moving through the Twin Cities and they are still dealing with a little bit of it on the Eastern portion of our fox9 viewing area let's take you out to some of these live coverage as they're detailing this severe weather this tornado warning severe thunderstorm warnings there in that region let's listen into this live pul counties until 5:30 big picture view slide you down through the Metro notice the lightning tracker and the convection is all all well to the east of Minneapolis now downtown St Paul but the strongest portion of this storm working between St Paul and the St Cy River Valley Hudson all the way to Hastings and just to the east of Burnsville I want to continue our journey on radar and take you to the South as this line of storms here has exploded from Wells through mano to lour this is also moving off to the Northeast bringing yet another round of rain and lightning now there's something very important for the uh goer Tarheels game that has been postponed or or slid a little bit um rescheduled until 8:00 P.M tonight the most important thing for anybody who's going to the game if there is lightning registered anywhere within 8 miles of the stadium at any moment the game will be delayed even further so once we get out and we start talking about where lightning has been over the last 6 hours and where it is headed I think you'll notice one is that the lightning is all a ribbon part of these strong storms that are now off to the East and Northeast of the Greater Twin Cities metro here off to the West you don't see a lot of lightning so if there is hope for the Minnesota fair tonight for folks to get out safely if there is hope for the Gophers game to get underway tonight postpone until 8:00 p.m. delayed not postponed delayed until 8:00 p.m. there is hope because here off to the West it is scattered showers and maybe a rumble every once in a while but it is no longer about massive convective storms as all of this continues to work out to the north and to the Northeast Kelsey you're sitting there I know you've got a lot going on I'm looking at pictures that are coming in well I mean tell me what you're seeing so I I'm just looking at a couple of stormchaser pictures like there's just one that just shows the clouds that are coming in and I think you've seen some of these pictures as well it's just this circular wall uh that has just moved in across the area and then you know the Dark Skies that people are showing from Lake of the Isles from about 38 minutes ago when when it all started you know Jennifer and I are are probably the biggest Weather Geeks around we both went outside for a brief moment and and as the clouds were advancing here out of the West toward Eden Prairie where where we are in the Twin Cities broadcast Center the clouds were slowly doing this March down toward the ground and we both were like and both came running back in yeah okay so go ahead Amber in the booth you said we've got a picture we can look at here from from social media oh yeah there we go I was looks a little odd but you can see and there yeah so we're trying to figure out because we used to do we done the RB trip for like four straight years okay oh your mic is back okay so um yeah I mean this is one of those those those days SL nights where you get those deep dark ominous twisting spinning clouds I think the first thing you do is like well hopefully I I hope the first thing you do is go you turn on fox9 because our promise has always been for 18 19 20 years is that if you see the Twist and the dark ominous clouds my sleeves will be rolled up and I'll be right here but it tends to scare people it it tends to get people kind of worked up and and you understand why right tornado warning canell okay yes thank you new okay that's good news um you couldn't hear Jennifer in the backer Jennifer God bless her one of the smartest meteorologists I know she's working in the weather center um I want to make sure she gets her due because she she's awesome um she yelling everything she's yelling in the look uh the tornado warning that was off to the north for parts of shago and P County the tornado warning has been allowed to expire this after two observed tornadoes so far today north of the Metro that doesn't mean parts of the metro and East Metro aren't still in it you know when I was explaining this earlier today and talking about this both to the news room and here on the air I said this is where things get um a little different because the Metro is so big I said once the storms started here to the West people in the East Metro are going storms what storms and now the storms have passed away from the west and here they are ripping toward the St Cy River Valley people here are going oh my God these storms and people in the West Metro are going storms what storms I mean when the Metro is that big and we talk about these linear storms you know the up and down North South storms that are tracking off to the east it takes time and it is generally about a 90minut spell from the West Metro to the east Metro the East Metro uh that severe thunderstorm warning has been allowed to expire so that warning that was in place from downtown St Paul all the way to the St Croy has been allowed to expire and as of this moment those are the only two warnings on the map so a severe thunderstorm warning the latest here in Bernett and wurn counties until 6:15 severe thunderstorm warning until 5:30 so about 14 minutes from now into Chisago and P County one last time I want to give everybody um I want to give everybody just a quick heads up and this is for people in the uh in our control room again the best technical staff on the face of the planet but also what's going on at the stadium for our goer pregame show um I want to give everybody the idea that we're about to move out of our wall to wall That's we call this kind of coverage when we go wall to wall and I'm on the air and I'm talking a lot and we have Jennifer and Kelsey and and everybody else and and all our reporters that's what we call Wall to- wall coverage and here's the reason we're going to drop out of the coverage here in just a few minutes notice how the storms are moving strongest portion of the storms is Now tracking very quickly off to the Northeast Behind These storms we may have a little lightning we'll definitely have a rumble or two once these storms go what we call elevated so a groundbased a surface based storm that's the kind of storm that brings damage an elevated storm are the big rumbles that just bring that light strator rain on and off the better part of the evening that's our transition point as we speak right now follow the lightning you follow the convective surface based storms right now as they move out of the East Metro across the St Croy River Valley and here between Rice Lake and I35 and quickly off to the Northeast into Northern Wisconsin so just just to give everyone a reset point from uh from the stadium here to our control room give us about four minutes and we're going to get into the goer pregame show are we okay with that Kels yes and we do have more photos that have come in that we can show some of those I know it started right around 4:00 is when the you know ongoing coverage began today and so we've we have pictures from all over this is from cologne so this is from a while back when you were talking about it moving into caror County right that's Norwood Young America and then uh 53rd and Logan trees uh uprooted Ian's been talking about how wet it's been out there and so many trees we're hearing now are falling over basically tipping over cuz that soil is like pancake batter think about massive trees and the roots are grabbing on to nothing they're fully Le they're like big old sails with 60 70 80 m per hour winds and look the entire root ball out of the ground yeah and we saw that in our neighborhood on Monday night with one of the trees at our neighbor's house okay Lynwood Township south of North Branch where we had the observe tornado you can see the cloud that's moving in there remember we were talking earlier about those those clouds they're dark they're ominous they're lowering and as they get lower I think people's anxiety begins to get higher and higher so yeah North Branch north of North Branch to the east of Cambridge is where we had the observed tornado touchdown these are these are amazing pictures and the one thing I want you to notice those there was no rain in those pictures that's what we call a rain-free base and now you think H honey how's the gutter working and this is wakona from earlier this evening we can and this is from Bill ker one of our reporters and we can say watching it in The Newsroom it was so fast how that rain came in and then it was Sunshine again look how dark it is it looks like it's evening and okay so this is the go for game you know we were on the air saying before any of this happens we need you to get to a safe place we need you to get into 3M I mean it's buckets of rain but you know rain in and of itself may lead to flooding but right there is not severe but look at the wind working along the ground winds easily at 60 plus miles per hour coming through a tailgate Nation right right I know so many people were set up and they had food on the grill but thank goodness the you has wonderful places for shelter and so we're just hoping that everybody's okay we um obviously this is all still fresh and new we have not received any damage reports but again we're you know this is still so fresh we're talking on the last maybe 40 minutes in some of those observed tornado spottings so we're still waiting in I don't know if you've heard anything in the weather center yet but uh in The Newsroom we have not seen any any damage reports just yet it's all reports of trees being snapped of of large Prof Vehicles being knocked over most of those are exactly where we had the observed tornadoes from parts of uh Anoka County into ianti County so obviously it take some time for us to culminate those reports get people out there get the pictures get the story but I I think you get the idea these were very strong storms that came through right now there is this little cluster of severe thunderstorm warnings and I mentioned this earlier if you were to look at a a wrapped bicycle under the Christmas tree you'd say oh that's a bicycle I know what it is you can look at the war warnings and get an idea by the wrapping of the overall warning structure where it's headed and it points it gives you an arrow really where this storm is headed off to the Northeast tracking around 40 to 45 milph so those are the only warnings left on the map the Metro is now Warning free as the lightning moves out of the East Metro all in the next 20 minutes so go for uh skyuma man stay skyware as we head through tonight but even at the State Fair as Courtney pointed out the vendors are now open and people are out wearing their ponchos it is going to be that kind of an evening as we now start to talk more and more about rain and less and less about severe storms look we've been on the air for a couple of hours so far I'm going to take a breath we'll recy uh we'll recircle ourselves here talk about what happens with the goer pregame show looking toward the goer game kicking off now delayed about an hour at about 8:00 pm tonight on the Fox network nationally and of course that means right here on fox9 all right you're just listening in to our fox9 team as they're doing a great job talking about the severe weather threats moving through that region a live look right now you can see there in St Paul at the Minnesota State Fair 145,000 people passing through the gates earlier on today some still sticking around throughout the storm we've seen significant uh storms in that area over the last few days as well they actually delayed the opening on Tuesday kind of an unprecedented moment uh for that great Midwest get together also as as you heard on that uh broadcast fox9 talking about the Minnesota Golden goers game coming up a little bit later on tonight against North Carolina opening their season it's delayed by an hour due to the severe weather in that area 8:00 local time kickoff of course that game is on Fox as well all right I'm Andy Mack you're on live now from Fox we'll be right back [Music] right welcome back in here to live now from Fox I am Andy Mac we're learning more in information about the terror plot against a Taylor Swift concert in Austria new information coming to light about the suspect and a potential motive for more on this let's go out to Rebecca Caster with the latest Taylor Swift wrapped the European leg of era tour last week but not before narrowly avoiding tragedy after authorities foiled a planned terror attack against her shows in Vienna earlier this month they were plotting to to kill a you know huge number tens of thousands of people at this concert including I'm sure many Americans speaking at an intelligent Summit Wednesday the deputy director of the CIA revealed new details about the terror plot including it was his agency that warned Austrian authorities I can tell you within within my agency I'm sure in others there were there were people who thought that was you know a really good day um you know not just the swifties in my in my Workforce three suspects are in custody and authorities say The Mastermind a 19-year-old Austrian man was inspired by the Islamic State they believe he was planning to attack outside the stadium with knives or homemade explosives it's actually really sad that this is actually the world we live in this concert used to be a safe space for everyone and now it's just a threat all three of Swift's Vienna concerts were canceled after the plot was discovered on Instagram the pop star said the reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows but I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them we were grieving concerts and not lives around 65,000 fans were expected inside the stadium for Taylor Swift's Vienna shows with another 30,000 expected to gather outside in Washington Rebecca Caster Fox News all right thank you so much for that update we're still learning very much information about that International story with one of the biggest if not the biggest uh star in the world in terms of singing songwriting all right let's continue here on live down from box back here at home another tragic story we're following out of the Boston area in Maine is large police scene at a home where a woman was killed before husband fatally shot by police we're also learning the son the child was found dead as well for more on this let's go on to authorities there uh in the Northeast providing an update earlier today 29th the York Police Department received a 911 one call from a mail stating that he'd been involved in a fight with his wife in the town of Troy New Hampshire uh during that call he told authorities that his wife was dead the New Hampshire State Police responded to the residence in Troy New Hampshire and located a deceased female at approximately 2:30 KY police located the M's vehicle on the pcaa river bridge parked of the southbound lane in the state of Maine right in the middle of the bridge law enforcement agencies from New Hampshire and Maine responded and tried to negotiate with the mail the bridge was shut down for several hours to protect the public while the negotiations were attempted and the scene was secured the main State negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful the male then exited his his vehicle and at that time he raised the firearm main state trooper Craig neelon and two New Hampshire state troopers responded with deadly force the male subject was located deceased in the water below the bridge and was declared dead in the scene he fell from the bridge the male subject um was recovered by the Coast Guard at that time almost Med after falling into the water law enforcement officer on scene located an 8-year-old child fadly shot in the back seat of the vehicle this death is not associated with the officer's use of deadly force I want to stress this right now that the child's death is not associated with the police officer use of deadly force today we have information uh that that is not the case I just want to make sure that everyone is clear on that moving forward main State Police Major Crimes and the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes are investigating the deaths of the female and the child uh the Troopers involved in this incident are an administrative leave pending the main attorney general's investigation into the use of deadly forth Force which is our standard procedure the uh again the Northbound and southbound lanes were closed for a number of hours and they they were reopened just after 9:30 this morning uh traffic had been diverted off the main line in both New Hampshire and Maine uh to a so we were able to uh move traffic uh through alternate routes again that was with great assistance from our partners in this uh I'm not going to be able to take a lot of questions but I will field some at this time if you have them and um again please be patient with this this is an ongoing investigation uh and when we have more information we'll make sure we get it to you folks relationship between the Vic uh the family father uh husband wife and and and uh child can you explain where Colonel can you explain where the child was in relation to the suspect who was shot and then fell off the bridge uh all of that is uh stuff that we're not going to be getting into right now those are some of the details of the investigation we're going to let our Major Crimes units and the Attorney General's office work through those particulars but I'm sure that information will be available in the future colel how were you able to determine the child was not shot by Troopers again that's part of the investigation that's ongoing but based on information we saw it was very clear that the the officers that were involved in the shooting uh did not fire on that child Colonel did he point the gun at police that were responding give us a little bit more information on what Happ again the particulars of that he had a firearm he was raising the firearm all right you're just listening into this very tragic story out of Maine let's switch gears really quickly here on live now from Fox as we continue now to take you out to Los Angeles a police chase underway our Fox 11 team on the scene as you can see going upwards of 70 M an hour they are reporting that a police chase of a DUI suspect viewer discretion is advised right now they are swerving through the lanes over onto the shoulder very dangerous situation let's just look listening to their reporting from Southern California moving over to the number one lane doing anything that they can to stay out of handcuffs we've covered these time and time again and these can go on for hours uh just given the uh how much gas they have that's another issue we've seen them run out of gas again picking up those speeds to the 70 plus mile per hour range Northbound 5 Downey Norwalk a possible DUI suspect we're so tight right now it's hard to get a look at what's going on behind the driver as we're zooming out to see where those Black and Whites are if it gets too dangerous if you've seen these Pursuits which I'm sure you have what authorities will do they'll choose to go into the follow mode uh because it just gets too dangerous so they want to back off and let the the suspect hopefully cool off behind the wheel too so it's not to put the public in any greater danger so we're on the uh the far right lane now speeds have tapered off just a little bit 60 milph picking up and it looks like just they're going to go as fast as they possibly can as long as traffic will allow it and all of these innocent drivers probably not knowing that a uh Pursuit uh driver is coming up behind them 75 miles hour right now East Lawson Avenue Northbound five and Southgate all right let's bring up uh the video of the attempted pit maneuver as we're seeing speeds now well into the 80s this is that moment in time when the suspect was going just slow enough CHP conducted a very successful pit maneuver successful in that that's exactly what the car is supposed to do is spin around but that driver was able to keep going so there's another look at that pit maneuver that can only happen if speeds are below the 35 mph threshold so as you saw it was about 22 milph when that happened right now that's just not tenable speeds this the live picture is a smaller box speeds well above 60 MPH so you talk about if you can't do a pit what can you do of course there are spike strips you've probably seen that deployed before and when that happens uh that also requires certain traffic conditions because if you throw out those spike strips then you have the uh the chance of impacting other innocent drivers so a lot of times the traffic has to be extremely light we see that usually late at night night that they'll deploy the spike strips but when traffic is as heavy as it is on a Thursday afternoon at just after 3:30 uh spike strips would not be an option right now so pit is likely not going to happen again spike strips no they'll what they'll do is they'll just get as many units on the ground up ahead they strategize and then also behind to follow this Pursuit suspect all right if you're just joining us this is Marla tez in the Fox 11 Newsroom this is Northbound 5 in Southgate this Pursuit is of this silver four-door Mercedes sedan inside behind the wheel is a noted DUI suspect this started some time ago because this started many miles away in San Bernardino County so we've gone from San Bernardino County to LA County uh traversed a whole lot of miles and as far as I know at this point and those in the news you can correct me if I'm wrong if there's been any damage to any other vehicles it it doesn't seem to be the case which is good let's hope it stays that way but again uh okay I I have a police specialist on the line uh you you were with law enforcement for many many years retired if I'm not mistaken Jim helal uh is on the line with me right now Jim good to have you uh what do you make of this DUI suspect on this busy Thursday afternoon Northbound 5 in the Southgate area all started in San Bernardino yes uh as we can all see on the broadcast he looks rather desperate and we don't know if that's because he's under the influence or if there's another crime that law enforcement may not be aware of at this time but certainly his driving patterns are extremely desperate uh even during the pit maneuver um it was done well by CHP but he was able to drive out of it sort of a lucky Circ irance for him and um and at some point in time they'll get the airship above and perhaps try another pit maneuver when it's safe to do so uh but what's on the Forefront of the mind of law enforcement is making sure that when they conduct this pit maneuver that it's done in a manner that won't bring Hazard to the to the general public yeah and that that's what I was um saying too when it comes to the spike strips because a it's unusual for a pit maneuver to happen this time of day uh on on a busy freeway but the circumstances were just right it was under that 35 mph threshold uh gym but when it comes to spike stps traffic conditions have to be just right then too so when you talk about how to bring this thing to an end with speeds now in the 40s uh spike strips were difficult given the flow of traffic right now that's right and it's great to see uh the fact that they're using restraint they're stepping back a little bit they can bring an airship um to monitor where he's going so as we see in most of these cases the suspect's not going anywhere so U by backing off perhaps his driving pattern will slow down and then we can execute when there's a position of advantage to do so okay well you know we cover these and as mentioned we've been on the air at some points you know for hours and we do this as a public service announcement in terms of for the Public's safety if you're for for these all these innocent drivers and now that we have a tight shot another tight shot of this Mercedes down there below uh you know you're unsuspecting you don't know that there's a Pursuit suspect especially if the Black and Whites are so far behind them um what is your word to drivers if you get caught up in this well you bring up a great point and certainly broadcasting it does help because you there can be an awareness by the general public and drivers and if you see a Pursuit coming on to just maintain what your current driving pattern is don't try to be sort of heroic in a way because that can also catch law enforcement off guard if you keep your main uh you maintain your current driving pattern and they're going to navigate what the existing traffic conditions are so you might want to slow up on the gas but often times what's frustrating is you see people uh hit the brake very hard and that's not necessarily prudent either although if if you have to be to avoid the suspect himself then um that's you have to make that decision at that time but often times we see sort of a random stop or a panic and that's not necessarily helpful either yeah and especially we've also seen it where you know um these un unsuspecting drivers who then you know become suspecting in that they are aware of the pursued suspect then they try to sort of help law enforcement and be the hero you don't want to do that either because that could end uh in a very wrong situation you're right and uh often times this more is relevant when you're on surface streets these suspects will become desperate and actually try to carjack individuals as well so we don't necessarily want uh public to be involved um law enforcement we take a lot of training um to conduct Pursuit operations and these are among more of the dangerous activities that law enforcement is involved in because of the desperation and the lack of due regard for U suspects with regards to their behavior because they're considering only themselves in fleeing law enforcement which as we can see and you're an expert in the context of you've seen all of these uh Pursuits and it's extremely rare for a suspect to get away I can't think of many at all where suspects have escaped capture yeah I mean unfortunately on our air we've seen um a lot of getaways if you will uh J um and and I'm not going to give away those sort of tips that I've learned from covering those uh let's remind our viewers um who we are this is marlas in the Fox 11 Newsroom I'm talking to retired LASD Jim helmold he's on the line you've covered a lot of these Pursuits for folks who may be just jumping on right now it's 3:40 on this Thursday afternoon uh in the this Pursuit that's underway this is a DUI suspect Northbound 5 now in boil height so we're getting close to downtown LA it's of course uh approaching a holiday weekend gym that should be noted and traffic a lot of people are going to head out for Labor Day weekend so this might be you know Thursdays and new Fridays in a lot of cases so there could be even more traffic as you're getting into downtown LA uh Jim this started in San Bernardino here we are approaching you know we're in boil Heights now it's covered a lot of ground we're not seeing the Black and Whites oh there we are so now as we zoom out we're seeing one two the strategy of these for CHP at this point is they they do try to get ahead of the suspect too not just behind Well normally speaking um we have a duty to warn the public so the strategy is to um put on lights and siren obviously to warn the public of the desperate driving and also to have people uh move off to the right when they can do so safely but for the most part uh the pursuit position would be in the rear because you do not want to have a situation where if there's weapons involved where you have a crossfire situation you see the door opening so not certain why this uh suspect is acting in the manner that he is but um his behaviors are certainly U of concern uh with his disregard for the public safety and and some strange what I would call erratic Behavior but um Highway Patrol the other Factor is watch commanders receive information that they'll uh relay U to the responding uh officers and oftentimes we don't have that firsthand information so we're a little bit of a disadvantage but we can see um that they're backing off and it appears to be to try to get him to attempt to um stop uh fleeing from law enforcement and at some point in time was when it's a proper advantage to do it um my sense is that you'll see uh the opportunity for another pit maneuver let me just make it clear the big picture is video from earlier so don't be confused if you're looking at the extreme nav technology this is back when they were in the County of Orange because you're seeing Northeast Anaheim on the 91 so again this suspect has covered a lot of ground in fact it came down the 215 to the 91 now Northbound five that is the uh smaller screen uh on your TV right right now so live full so we're going to bring it live uh and there we go so now we're on the 60 westbound uh you can see through a little uh getting a lot of traffic there there was a tight shot and it looked more erratic Behavior gym of this suspect and now it looks like we're in one of those situations where not a lot of room to go with so many other drivers on this Thursday afternoon yes and this is where you may see an approach if there's an opportunity to do so on the side but they're going to be concerned with um the rest of the public but if the speeds get to a point where it's safe to do so but uh pulling in front of a semi is clearly a desperate act and other Maneuvers that you've seen throughout the course of the pursuit so um you can really see why law enforcement is taking every precaution at this point we obviously have Sky Fox above um you mentioned their own Airship I I trust that that's up above as well and they as in law enforcement Jim I think we lost him yes oh oh oh go ahead go ahead yeah when um when the law enforcement Airship is there they're able to guide those resources uh similar to what a containment situation would be so that doesn't require the close proximity of the U of the radio cars that's why often times you'll see them backing off so the airships are most useful and they can also warn about um where he upcoming intersections or traffic patterns that might be relevant to a strategy so what I'm noticing is we're looking on now on the other side of this uh Mercedes sedan on the passenger side it looks like there's some damage to the uh the passenger door if I'm not mistaken as we zoom in Jim do you see that as well unclear if that happened yeah definitely some uh passenger door damage oh that was that must have been silly me forgive me that must have been during the pit maneuver um that's my that's my assumption anyway yeah it's it's very possible it looks like it as far as where um they made that maneuver on that portion of the car so it's very possible that that's what um Turned the vehicle or could have been from previous driving as well okay yeah so um speed I mean that's how busy it is um again the Thursday before Labor Day and you know who are we kidding it's Los Angeles it's it's this busy all the time uh test 10 westbound now um just passing the Alama Street downtown Los Angeles we're seeing some fidgeting inside with the uh the driver now looks like trying to go behind the uh his driver side seat and pick something up um the the other thing is that we've dealt when it comes to these suspects well first of all in terms of law enforcement always takes the approach that whomever is inside the vehicle because there could be more than one person even though it just seems like there's one person but we've covered a bunch of these where in the end come to find out there's six people inside and you thought there was one uh the law enforcement takes the approach that the suspect is always armed you have to always assume that for your own protection um and and then there's situations where you know family members could very well be tuning in and and contacting law enforcement with information and helping navigate the situation there Jim did you find that in your experience yes well you're right on point in the sense that you're treating every suspect as if they're armed uh combined with the fact that the desk may have new information or the responding officers from the beginning based on what prompted the pursuit itself often times we've seen uh family members um either in the car or or calling um law enforcement or the suspects themselves trying to uh con Vince them to to surrender and so there's a lot of things that are in the works behind the scenes um with the foremost being a a strategy to to deal with this situation because um this is extremely dangerous even when the speeds are not high when they'll often times not have regard for red lights stop signs things of that nature so unexpecting drivers coming the opposite direction are often in danger because their speed may be high so often times people say well he's not driving at a a high rate of speed but when you're an unexpecting driver and you're driving at normal speeds this can be present a problem particularly at intersections or um areas where the the vehicles could come into contact not to mention pedestrians yes and and right uh and especially we'll see what happens um as far as I know this is mainly been on um on freeways uh not on the surface streets but we'll see uh either way um it does get a little bit even more precarious once they get onto surface streets we've seen that because of course as Jim just brought up there are pedestrians then walking around uh trying to you know get to their next appointment or just out for a coffee and next thing you know there's a dangerous DUI suspect coming down the street so we'll see if this uh suspect decides to stay on the 10 Westbound and just carry on or perhaps go into downtown Los Angeles so this is we've been on the air with this for about almost 30 minutes now this started in San Bernardino so you can probably do the math that's a a lot of miles between San Bernardino and now downtown Los Angeles we're on the 10 westbound we saw this start on the 2115 then went to the uh 91 and now then the Northbound 5 60 and here we are 10 so uh a whole lot of freeways that this suspect has covered the damage to the side of this silver Mercedes sedan uh likely from an attempted pit maneuver that CHP tried when conditions were just right on the Northbound 5 it was successful in that it did spin the car around but then soon after that the the driver was able to still maintain control and took off really at a high rate of speed um after that pit maneuverer so now we just got a little more information Jim which is pretty interesting law enforcement apparently has been in contact with the suspect daughter what do you glean from that well the fact that he he goes from driving desperately and fleeing to slowing down it does it's interesting it does sort of indicate that he's in contact with somebody and maybe engaged in a conversation who might be U telling him to surrender again this is conjecture I get to do that as a retired person now you know watching from uh TV and uh but those are the sort of things that um that you're able to sort of glean from now suddenly he's driving in in the lanes of traffic at a slow rate of speed so I think that law enforcement is taking a strategy of backing off the vehicle making sure that he's still covered and uh but the unpredictability of suspects is is essentially uh why they're going to need to eventually take action to bring this person um into custody um because you never know the it's it's just predictable nature of suspects is the most dangerous thing that law enforcement deal with and you you know when I think of and by the way apparently they've lost law enforcements actually lost contact with the suspect's daughter but they did have contact at one point but when you when you bring in a daughter and you're talking about obviously that this is their this is her father now wanted in this DUI um Pursuit you know then I think was this some sort this started some sort of a domestic issue which is often the case which can be the case I should say yeah absolutely and and again we're at the disadvantage of not knowing a lot of those details from here and I'm certain that law enforcement is uh Gathering a lot of that intelligence which might lead now you see um you know the this suspect goes from driving slow within the lanes to speeding up randomly and you've seen that throughout the entire Pursuit so um that's certainly indicative of somebody who's unstable or Under the Influence which was the initial uh call for this pursuit of why law enforcement was um attempting to pull him over so um it could it could be at that level or or there could be some nuances to the case and it would be interesting to to find that out I'm I'm believing that the The Watch Commander and the desk who's relaying to um troops on the ground uh know this information and they're relaying it and that's why there's a very specific strategy and uh it's being well handled because all of it these types of decisions are due to the fact that um that law enforcement is looking out for Public Safety now if you had a more uh desperate suspect or if he was driving with blatant disregard and burning red lights and and driving on the side shoulders of Road there might be a reason for more immediate action but uh it seems to be indicative of they either have a dialogue with the individual or somebody does maybe a family member and and they're looking to U convince him to surrender uh and if his driving becomes more desperate it would seem that they might uh engage and do another pit maneuver when safe to do so as retired law enforcement uh if if you're in this position do do does CHP does law enforcement uh you're getting sort of a look a tight shot of the man's face he's wiing his face off um a couple of times there uh do you prefer is it better for Public Safety that they choose to remain on a freeway like the 10 on a busy Thursday afternoon or is it better if they go to the surface streets or is it just the lesser of two evils is there you know um all Pursuit driving and I know you know this is extremely dangerous because of the desperation and the unpredictability of of a suspect's behavior but right now if you know as long as he's staying in um in these lanes and and not um going from Lane to Lane lane or on the side shoulder then um it it's it seems like it would buy more time for a peaceful resolve but the the area of concern about a freeway is the speed of travel um because it makes it very difficult to do a uh a pit maneuver again the suspect's not going anywhere so um you know a lot of these suspects are not really thinking because they're they're not going to be able to escape because you have all the resources and coordination on the radio and the Airship to direct uh where the ECT is but um I would say between surface streets surface streets can be quite dangerous because of pedestrians and cross traffic and things of that nature we're taking Arlington Avenue here uh it looks like let's see what happens this is just one of those on and off as we're uh over with this live picture from Sky Fox is that that's not the vehicle that is the vehicle okay I don't know why it looked different from this Vantage Point pardon me and uh I apologize to the viewers there it just took me off guard for a second okay so we do have um we're we're maintaining he is maintaining and I can say the suspect is a he there's a man behind the wheel uh 10 westbound uh and Jefferson Park there off to the uh right and left so again for for people who may be just jumping on the air uh with us this is a CHP chasing a DUI suspect tinted windows of the silver Mercedes sedan uh as far as we know there is just the driver inside there could be more this started in San Bernardino now we are in Los Angeles and uh we do know that and this happened earlier this was a pit maneuver that was attempted by CHP and they did a great job in that it it spun the vehicle around but the Mercedes has a lot of power and it just kept on going and so he was able to take off and and evade authorities there and now that was about 30 minutes ago so uh the pursuit continues on the smaller box is the live picture um as we're just showing you that pit from earlier and now we are getting off the freeway I just asked uh retired LASD Jim helmold is on the line with me whether or not it's best to stay on surface streets or uh on the freeway in terms of public safety and regardless of the answer I mean pit Pursuit driving is very dangerous no matter what that was the answer we're now on crenchaw Boulevard and West 23rd Street in Mid City we know that this can get very congested Jim and we're picking up speeds uh what do you make of this now um given all the risk to all the pedestrians and and we're seeing that unfold live on the air yeah and that's the part that brings great concern because now you have pedestrians cross traffic and um other hazards so as soon as there might be an opportunity you may see another uh P pit maneuver attempt U but again certainly not where there's pedestrians walking around in areas for uh cross traffic and um he also demonstrated the desperation level to try to drive out of um those P pit Maneuvers so uh he he certainly it appears he may have some experience in driving um and you know this this might be of concern also but this is interesting we're coming to a stop we're coming to a stop and now we're making uh and I don't mean to cut you off but just want to bring everyone's attention to this is different Behavior coming driving very slowly here under 10 miles hour now we're in a parking lot we've seen this before and this is very dangerous because tight space is now looks like we're pulling over are we going to have a surrender that could vary well yeah it looks like it here we go so found a parking lot he's just kind of waving them off um sort of nonchalantly he throws his keys it looks like perhaps on the ground uh usually they ask you to turn around and put your hands up there's obviously some words being exchanged law enforcement guns drawn hands up we've seen this unfold before Jim they'll ask him to turn around um W usually walk backward and then they'll soon enough be in handcuffs and then they'll go ahead and check the vehicle so let's watch this unfold he is doing as he is being told which is always good because we've seen these situations where it's just been uh there's been a lot of resistance and we're not seeing that um other than the actual Pursuit itself across San berardino orange and La counties I'm at a disadvantage because my feed is not live so I don't want to interrupt what might be being seen online okay yeah so what we're seeing now thank you for that uh Jim so we're seeing an officer handcuffing the suspect I'm not sure what parking lot we're in it looked like some sort of a um a small shopping market um uh strip mall sort of a a scene down below but this is in mid city right off uh the the 10 this is 10th Avenue in West Washington Boulevard in Jefferson Park so we do have a suspect in custody and what I was saying earlier is now that this man is in custody again wanted for DUI um we will see law enforcement check the vehicle to see if there's anyone else in there and they will that includes of course the trunk usually the last place that they'll check and then they'll throw up um what's officially called in law enforcement Co Code 4 and that means that the scene is all clear so uh your years of Journalism you're getting pretty good at this you got it down pretty good and uh yeah often times a lot of those cursory checks and normally um when there's Pursuits it involves violent suspects so you want to make sure um that there's not anybody else also in the vehicle we have had circumstances where that has occurred and it's resulted in unexpected acts of violence at the culmination of a Pursuit so that's often times the most dangerous point but I do have a sense that that they were able to either convince him to talk or a family member was yeah and I don't mean to interrupt we're going to wrap things up for to get to TMZ at the top of the hour so this Pursuit has come to a peaceful end Jim helmold retired LASD we thank you so much for joining the coverage today we'll have the very latest on Fox 11 plus at 5:00 you can find me there we'll update you on this Pursuit here's TMZ all right uh Andrew craft here now on live now from Fox you were watching our sister station there in Los Angeles Fox 11 uh as they guided you through that uh police pursuit of the DUI suspect there from what we were told it started all the way there in San Bern you know got to downtown Los Angeles that driver and that silver mercedesbenz pulling into that parking lot surrendering peacefully to law enforcement there uh so somewhat of a anticlimactic end to that police pursuit of course if you're familiar with live now we cover so many of these police Pursuits almost 99% of them happen to be in Southern California there uh and so we wanted to make sure we brought it to you from start to finish uh as we always do but like I said it is a new hour here it's 4:00 on the west coast 7:00 there on the East Coast we have a live picture let's just go around and let you see what I'm seeing so uh they're at the US capital a very gloomy rainy gray day in the nation's capital uh and so we are going to be very politics focused for the next couple of hours uh we are awaiting former president Donald Trump there uh who will be participating uh in this town hall in Lacrosse Wis son it's going to be moderated uh by former Democratic congressman from Hawaii now turned independent Tulsi gabard uh so she threw her backing behind the former president earlier in the week we also learned today uh that she will be a member of the Trump transition team uh remember transition teams are are put in place and compiled in the event that that said candidate wins the election and they need to put a transition team in place uh to prepare themselves to enter the White House January 20th 2025 so after Tulsa Gabbert endorsed Donald Trump the Trump campaign confirmed that both she and Robert F Kennedy Jr will be members on the Trump transition team she'll be moderating this panel there in Lacrosse Wisconsin of course you just watched a little bit ago former president Trump speaking in Potterville Michigan yet another Battleground State there uh to some of of these steel plant workers uh on the economy on inflation we've been covering those issues that will matter front and center this election cycle as well we continue to do that and of course you saw vice president Harris who took the rally stage there in Savannah Georgia capping off this two-day bus tour swing through the peach state of course Georgia a Battleground state in and of itself Georgia in play for both of these campaigns so we're just getting started here with so many of these top iCal headlines wanted to make sure uh we got you up to speed on that in the meantime we also have yet another live picture there at the Minnesota State Fair uh and you see some of the fox9 Minneapolis signage love to see that there uh got rained out today after record attendance some people uh still walking the Avenue there uh gearing up for a fun day at the Minnesota State Fair hopefully not too blunted by the very severe weather the Midwest has seen uh just over the last couple of days uh and actually let's go back to some of these politics headlines remember uh tonight we'll be airing the first traditional sitdown interview with vice president Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walls her running mate with CNN's Dana Bash this was taped while walls and Harris were in Savannah earlier this afternoon CNN has been putting out some clips to preview the full length of the interview happening at 9:00 p.m. Eastern tonight and here on live now we're going to do our best under the CNN guidelines to bring you some of those clips as well and we're going to do that throughout the course of the evening once the interview does air after 900 p.m. Eastern bringing on some of our political analysts uh some of our reporters and experts to talk about what was said in the interview if any news was made and whether or not both the Harris walls ticket will do more of these traditional one-on one sit down interviews in the runup to the debate on September the 10th and thereafter as well uh so like I said we're just getting started let's take our first commercial break of the hour I'm Andrew craft thanks so much for being with us we'll see you in two minutes [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox I'm Andrew craft let's get into more of these top headlines including a followup to a story that we brought you just yesterday uh regarding that incident that occurred between Trump campaign staffers uh and officials at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday when the former president Donald Trump visited the national cemetery there in Arlington Virginia he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier there and he met with family members of the victims from the abig gate Isis K terror attack in Kabal Afghanistan during the very very chaotic and botched withdrawal of US troops from that country uh in the meantime here our good friend Fox's Conor Hansen has a summary of where this story has gone so far let's watch 3 years after 13 American soldiers were killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan former president Trump attended a ceremony with their families Trump posted a video to Tik Tock showing him at a wreath laying ceremony then standing near the graves in Arlington Cemetery the campaign is being criticized for filming on the hallowed grounds where political activity is not allowed the Army says a cemetery employee was even pushed after confronting a campaign staffer over the rule the Army said is that um ANC employee who attempted to ensure um adherence to the rules of thec was pushed aside an army spokesperson said quote this incident was unfortunate and it is also unfortunate that thec employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked the Trump campaign says they had permission to film and the former president was invited by the families when asked Trump's running mate JD Vance attempted to turn the issue on vice president kamla Harris I think the right person to ask is the gold star families who invited Donald Trump and lost a loved one because of KLA Harris's failed policies were they happy to have the president of United States there and they would say abs absolutely thank God somebody showed up they wish KLA Harris would have showed up and she didn't the Trump campaign took further criticism after one family of a former Green Beret saw his grave in a trump photo the family released a statement saying the sacred Graves should be quote honored and respected accordingly the Army says the alleged pushing was reported to police but the employee decided not to press charges in New York Connor Hansen f news Connor thanks so much in the meantime I want to put up this tweet from Washington Post reporter Dan lamth who covers all things about the US military uh with the statement by the US Army he says in a new official statement the Army is defending its staff member who found herself in a confrontation with Trump campaign employees at Arlington National Cemetery we'll read out the full statement I had the chance to speak with Dan lamth about this story here's our conversation Dan good to see you uh I know you've been covering the story quite extensively over the last couple of days here have you ever seen the US Army put out a statement like this uh being that it was so detailed quite lengthy or or is this a rarity on the part of the US Army it is a rarity to put out this level of detail particularly involving uh something this unusual at Arlington National Cemetery uh I think it goes it speaks to How uh sensitive this subject has become and I think the Army after initially saying very little on the record was uh really trying to clarify things so in your reporting what more do you want to know we don't know who these Trump campaign staffers are we don't know who the Arlington Cemetery official is as well there's a lot of unknowns at this point yeah I mean one of the things that I would like greater Clarity on is is what exactly uh the Army and the national National Cemetery staff had communicated to the Trump campaign in advance uh you know we've heard through reporting that they had been quite clear uh that section 60 was off limits for photographs uh that they had kind of reached a uh agreement or deal to uh you know have cameras you know around the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier around the amphitheater kind of be able to show the refling uh it would have made the point that he was there uh without having it kind of go through the grave sides of not only only these families but many families that have nothing to do with this particular um you know attack incident uh and and sad situation you know what are the rules um and and is that even the right word or is this federal law are these us statutes here on the books with what you can do at Arlington and what you cannot do uh yeah it's a federal law there's actually a very lengthy list of things you can and cannot do uh at Arlington Cemetery uh as a for instance you're not supposed to pring bring animals uh to Arlington Arlington Cemetery unless it's a service animal uh so you know just to give you a sense for just how many levels of detail they have on trying to manage the cemetery and and maintain dign dignity there U you know in this case uh you know the the relevant passage is is really it's a it's a Prohibition on a partisan activity uh to include campaign activity uh though that would not specifically be the only thing that would fall in that category U so you you and I think one of the challenges for the cemetery staff here is the former president was invited by the families there's no dispute on that uh they found comfort in that uh so at what point does this go from a being a memorial uh event and providing Comfort uh to being a campaign event uh you know and that's blurry particularly in the moment to try and make that clear delineation uh you know they thought they had come to some sort of plan that might work it didn't survive for contact okay but Dan um when you talk about the rules that are on the book so to speak it does seem like someone made a call or or there was some relaxing of those rules at the request of whoever are you seeing that in your reporting um were the rules relaxed for this specific event here I don't think they were relaxed so much as they tried have a clear plan uh you know Arlington is open to the public uh you know for regular people to go in you would have to go through security and all that so when you've got a invitation and a request from Goldstar families uh who are grieving to have a dignitary there and he's interested or game to go uh I think you try and navigate that uh but you overlay the presidential campaign season against that uh and I think they were trying to put up guard r without saying no outright uh saying no outright would have created a whole different set of uh problems here probably yeah you know where does your reporting take you next in this story um are you going to try to speak with the the parties here uh who were AG grieved this Cemetery official who we were told filed a report uh but then ultimately declined to do so or go further with it uh so where does this go from here yeah I mean at this point where're we're kind of in a world of of waiting to see who's willing to speak uh under what uh you know context uh you know there there's this report that was apparently filed with the uh the you know the local police that uh manage security at at at both the cemetery and nearby Fort Meyer uh you know that report hasn't seen the light of day yet right I think those are logical things that you know you would want to see to make sure it holds up to kind of the way things have been characterized so far but do you want I mean should the Trump campaign you know release Whatever video they shot that day just to show us I mean they seemingly are open to that possibility but they haven't done it yet yeah I mean for me the the more the better the more transparency the better um with that said if if video is released uh my first question would be video of what okay is it video strictly of the refling cere ceremony where by all accounts nothing weird happened uh or is it more specific you know attuned to this particular altercation which probably was relatively brief yeah I mean in all of your years covering the US military uh and you've covered Arlington National Cemetery also so extensively have you seen this before uh have we been in a news cycle like this where a campaign for the presidency the nominee of one of the major political parties is embroiled in something like this have you seen it before I've never seen anything like this this generally has been a safe space regardless of party where people tend to kind of put down their arms put their arms around the families uh and also kind of adhere to the Norms that are in place so you don't offend any other family uh who might be involved even even by second order third second or third order effects you know so as a for instance you know these photographs of of of the former president with these families also includes the headstones of of other you know service members and and there are grieving and families attached to those as well uh so that I think that's where this is get this gets really challenging yeah I mean the prohibition is about using any of this the video or the photos that were taken for partisan political purposes yeah have we seen anything in campaign ads or memorabilia or literature uh that happened on Monday there or not or or is that the worry that it could be used in the future here the cycle no no in in this case it was used almost immediate uh you know there was campaign officials posting it on their social media that very same afternoon uh you know we've seen it on Tik Tock uh it popped up yesterday uh so no this this very much and very quickly uh was pulled into the campaign and not just that footage of of President Trump uh you know visiting with these families but like overlaid with uh you know policy positions political attacks on the former on the current president uh for his handling of Afghanistan you know things that are not simply you know mourning or grieving or comforting you know very much dragged it into politics right from Jump Street all right Dan Lam moth with the Washington Post we're going to have to leave it at that Dan good to see you thanks for your reporting we'll talk soon thank you all right we always thank Dan lamat there at the Washington Post just some video there uh from Monday Monday was of course the three-year anniversary of the abig gate Isis terror attack that claimed the lives of 13 US service members and scores of Afghan civilians who were trying to flee the country after the Taliban took over there uh so that's why Trump was at Arlington he met with some of the victim's families as well and that is how this controversy uh kind of got kicked off here after NPR reported on Monday night about this so this is what we know military police were called they wrote up an incident report but they are not expected to pursue the matter further although the police arrived at the scene while Trump's motorc was there they did not obtain a formal statement from his team so the US Army did release uh that statement we were referring to very lengthy Dan Lam moth posted it there on his account on X I'm going to read it in full uh it's just important for the story for the context here now this is what the US Army says that Arlington National Cemetery routinely hosts public wling ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for individuals and groups to submit requests in advance andc conducts nearly 3,000 such public ceremonies a year without incident participants in the August 26th ceremony and the subsequent section 60 visit were made aware of federal laws Army regulations and DOD policies which clearly prohibit political activities on Cemetery grounds ANC employee who attempted to ensure adherence to these rules was abruptly pushed aside consistent with the decorum ected ATC this employee acted with professionalism and avoided further disruption the incident was reported to the jbm HH police department but the employee subsequently decided not to press charges therefore the Army considers this matter closed this incident was unfortunate and it is also unfortunate that thec employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked ANC is a National Shrine to the honored dead of the Armed Forces and its dedicated will continue to ensure public ceremonies are conducted with the dignity and respect the nation's Fallen deserves there so a statement by a US Army spokesperson there on the incident at Arlington National Cemetery Monday where an employee of the cemetery was according to the statement quote unquote abruptly pushed aside by a trump campaign staffer uh in the meantime um this was somewhat of a feature of the Pentagon press briefing today Deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh was asked about it by a reporter in the room today at the Pentagon press briefing let's watch that exchange secondly to get back to the third anniversary of Abby gate and uh the Trump campaign's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery um US federal law says that Army National cemeteries will not be used in partisan or political activities did the Trump campaign break the law by filming an ad there um look for anything regarding any campaign ads I would direct you to the campaign to speak to that to the Trump campaign um what I can tell you is that and I think the Army recently put out a statement earlier today that kind of went through what exactly happened in the incident um you can go on Arlington National cemetery's website it's very clear the rules and regulations um what I'll say about the mission of those that work at Arlington National cery um these are people who are um dedicated to honoring our fallen heroes and um they maintain that HED ground they work with the families um in honoring those who have had their loved one lost um I'm just not going to go beyond what the Army has said other than that um you know there was a a report that was filed um but subsequently that person decided not to press charges and so we're just going to uh we stand by the Army statement that this matter is closed why would this why would the Army close the matter if the person has decided not to press charges the Army could still pursue it without that person pressing charges but secondly the the fact of filming an ad on a national cemetery if the Army doesn't further pursue this with either civil penalties or or whatever can be done what's to stop the next person from filming a political ad there well what what I would say is the rules are very very clear they're also online um and aailable on the Arlington National Cemetery website um that is really a decision that the Army has to make that's not one that the department is making that's for the Army to make um the Army considers this matter closed the department stands behind the Army on that all right uh so that was Deputy spokesperson there at the Pentagon Sabrina Singh getting some questions about this episode that occurred uh on Monday there at Arlington National Cemetery and so uh this is a story we're going to stay with and continue with here on live now if we do hear uh any more reaction from it any more explanation from it but according to the US Army statement they say the matter is closed because the cemetery official uh declined to pursue it even further uh although a report was filed uh with military police there we'll also be talking about this with some of our national security analysts and experts and retired Marine intelligence officer Hal ker in the six o'l hour I know you have a lot of questions on this story uh and we are trying to parse through the noise as this story continues a pace here uh in the meantime the Trump campaign posted this about the story earlier today Chris lasciva uh one of Trump's key and Senior campaign advisers uh with video he shot there on Monday looking out at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier so he says Arlington Cemetery dot dot dot dot there uh and he posted that on his social media account uh he says reposting this hoping to trigger the hack at SEC Army there and he included the secretary of the Army's handle there on X uh so the Trump campaign and employees for the Trump campaign uh are seemingly you know taking to task some of these military and defense officials over this story it's something we're going to continue to monitor here and if any more reaction is garnered we'll bring it to you we'll see you in two minutes [Music] and welcome back here to live now from foxa We're nearing the bottom of the hour here as we await for former president Donald Trump to participate in this kind of panel Roundtable discussion uh it will be moderated by tulsy gabard Tulsa gabard has had a interesting political Arc of her own she was a democratic congresswoman from Hawaii she now identifies as an independent and has thrown her backing uh behind former president Trump in his 2024 campaign so this is a live picture there in Lacrosse Wisconsin uh we're waiting for uh this to all begin of course uh they were in Potterville Michigan which is about Southwest of the state capital of laning earlier today Trump was speaking to steel plant workers there in Potterville talking about the economy talking about inflation well his running mate earlier today uh was in Boston uh speaking to the International Association of firefighters the very same event Tim Walls spoke at just yesterday uh while we wait for former president Trump there live we do want to take the opportunity uh to let you listen into his running mate today JD Vance in Boston CI guys we got some sounds like we got some fans and some haters that's okay L listen to what I have to say here and I'll make my pitch I want to First say uh thank you to representative Jimenez for the great introduction it's very kind you thank you for your service to our country the only career firefighter in the United States Congress so thrilled to have you on our side and thrilled to have you fighting for America's firefighters let's give it up for representative jenez now I also want to thank President Kelly and every single iaff member for your warm welcome it is an honor to be here with America's Incredible firefighters and I'm honored to be here God bless you guys and thanks for what you do now I have a I do have some news to break this morning uh I guess I just heard on the right over here that the New York City Fire Marshals benevolent Association has endorsed the Trump Vance ticket I of course want to thank them for their support and I want to humbly ask all of you to join them and I'd like to explain why now the American people respect you they respect firefighters and we're eternally grateful for the Valiant work you do for our communities and for our neighbor neighborhoods every day firefighters risk your lives to save homes businesses and the precious lives of our fellow citizens now you're also incredibly kind and patient as as the father of a seven-year-old a four-year-old and a 2-year-old I have been to firehouses all over this country in San Diego Atlanta in New York City and of course many in my home state of Ohio and despite the fact you guys are probably annoyed to have a few young kids drop in you were always unfailingly kind and patient and I'm grateful to to it it's one of the reasons we love our firefighters in this country you all are the embodiment of American Spirit heroic determined selfless hardworking and tough this country was built by people like you America is great because of people like you and I believe you deserve a government that is loyal to you now I I know Governor Tim wals was here yesterday and I'm glad he was able to come and I respect this Union for inviting both sides to take the stage and to make the case to all of our membership and of course that's what democracy is about you listen to both sides you weigh their records you weigh their plans and then you vote and so today I'm asking you to ignore the campaign rhetoric and look look at the record in 2019 this Union endorsed a Democrat for president with High Hopes but sadly I believe you've been let down now let's talk about the issues that affect all Americans and let's talk about some of the issues that affect just firefighters but all Americans are affected by this terrible inflation crisis and under President Trump wages were rising and nobody was really talking about inflation in 2020 in this country but under the economic mismanagement of this Administration firefighters have had already strained budgets and pensions stretched to the Breaking Point by this affordability crisis with President Trump at the helm our border was Secure and drug trafficking was down and under the open policy open border policies of this Administration America has experienced a massive increase and a massive influx of illegal aliens and deadly drugs and I know that a lot of you are on the front lines fighting against it enough fentol has poured into this country under KLA Harris's leadership to kill every single American man woman and child and firefighters and EMTs every single day are fighting against this crisis I know it because I've seen you in my communities and I admire you for it now when I visit a factory or some other place of business I always ask the workers there are you better off than you were 4 years ago the answer is almost always no now I want to ask the firefighters in this room a slightly different but a related question are you administering less Naran today than you were four years ago my guess is that for almost every person in this room the answer is unfortunately no and that was a policy Choice a policy choice of the president Administration now you are so often the first to respond when someone is suffering an overdose you try to help our fellow citizen citizens living with addiction to survive those overdoses and to be able to build a second chance at a better life and I know and I've seen it very personally you tried desperately to revive parents who took something they shouldn't all while comforting the children who were terrified that they might lose their mom or dad I've spoken to so many firefighters and EMTs over the years who are on the front lines of this drug war this addiction crisis they five people who took fanol they rescued their children and they even sometimes as you all know put out fires who were start that were started by drug addicts and one of the things they confess to me in private though I know you would never say this in public is their fear that they aren't making a difference now there's a hidden trauma among our firefighters I don't think I'm telling you anything you don't know a trauma that comes from staring death in the eye every single day and worrying that you are fighting a losing battle and I just want you to hear it from me that I understand but I want you to hear a story very personal story when I was 12 my mom was in the middle of a terrible terrible addiction crisis herself she struggled with it from most of my early childhood and I remember during a particularly bad episode I I called 911 like so many kids who have kids who who have parents who struggle I called 911 now the firefighters the EMTs and the police came they calmed her down but as you all know they call me down too they call my sister down they did that public service that only they can do now years later she took something else that she shouldn't have taken and the firefighters and the EMTs they saved her life and took her to the hospital where she lay in a coma before eventually waking up and I want you to know that for us we did get a second chance and so if you're ever worried that you're not making a difference listen to this from the sad and tearful 12-year-old to a 40-year-old who's now asking to be your vice president you do make a difference you make a difference every single day and I thank you for it now you not might not always see it and you might not hear it and I know that a lot of the people that you are out there fighting for and saving sometimes they don't say thank you but my mom as much as she struggled with addiction for a big chunk of my early life when you saved her life when you gave her a second chance she got clean and she's been clean and sober for now almost 10 years and God bless her and God bless all of you for fighting for so believe it for me believe it from a kid who's seen it with his very own eyes you are making a difference you are saving lives and you are giving people an opportunity at a second chance even if you don't see them take that opportunity every single time God bless you guys I love you for it and I'm so grateful for it we wouldn't had the second chance with my mom without probably some of the people that are sitting in this room now while overwhelming America's firefighters and EMTs KLA Harris's open p border policy it's also depleting our budgets New York city mayor Eric Adams not a fan of mine or president Trump said that illegal immigration will destroy New York City due to the huge financial strain which is about $12 billion over the next 3 years and that's just in New York City the mayor announced sweeping budget cuts that would slash $300 million from the fire department and cut the number of police officers to the lowest level since the 1990s and it's the same story all over the United States of America illegal immigration Cost Chicago taxpayers three $61 Million last year Denver is shelling out $180 million Washington DC is paying $36 million if we don't secure our border soon my friends our cities are going to have to cut vital police fire and Emergency Medical Services to the Bone and it's you you who's going to suffer and it's the people you serve who are going to suffer we shouldn't be forced to spend billions of dollars on people who aren't even supposed to be here we should be spending that money on schools police and fire departments and our citizens and under President Donald J Trump's leadership we will now here's another promise not just a promise based on some plan that's written on a website but based on the real record When Donald Trump is President we won't sit on our hands while riers and arsonists burn bur down American cities like they did to Minneapolis in 2020 I'd ask you to remember the scene back in the summer of 20120 state troopers in full riot gear protecting the firefighters of Minneapolis from the Rabid mob that was torching down that City and we have to ask why were they doing it and part of the reason they were doing it is because people like Tim Walls invited those Riders into Minneapolis and it was people like Donald Trump who were trying to send in the National Guard to protect them to protect you and we sure as hell will not bail out the criminals like kamla Harris did the criminals many of whom were going after our firefighters as they tried to keep our city safe and put out the fires we're going to put criminals behind bars where they belong and we will always stand with the courageous firefighters and the First Responders who keep this country safe every single day now president Trump and I are proud to be the most Pro worker Republican ticket in history and I want to talk about why we're fighting for working people why we're going to fight for unions and non-union alike now our enemies and a lot of a lot of Democrats call us populists like it's something of an insult but if being a populist means being on the side of working people rather than the powerful Elites who hollowed out our middle class and sent us into stupid Foreign Wars then sign me up I am a populist and I'm proud of it for de now for decades unions have given support to Democrat candidates without giving Republicans much consideration and I'm not here to judge you or to blame you or to criticize you I am here to tell you that it's a different world now you may have noticed that Donald Trump is not exactly like Mitt Romney or some of the Republicans of the past he is a different kind of Republican and under his leadership the Republican party is the party of the American worker now just think about the Republican and Democrat conventions we just had it says a lot who each party chose to put up on that stage at the Republican convention we were featuring everyday American workers and of course we had Hulk Hogan and while it's temp and I'm sure it would make some big headlines don't worry any everybody I'm not going to try to take off my shirt here but at the Democrat convention it was a parade of celebrities and billionaires it felt sometimes like every celebrity except for Hulk Hogan was at the Democratic National Convention and I don't blame anybody for being famous or for making money but you cannot be a champagne socialist who supports open borders and pretend that you're a friend of working men and women at doesn't make an ounce of sense my friends it just doesn't the most profound moment for me at either convention was the American hero who couldn't be there and I think we're all United in celebrating and remembering Cory comori a great American a great fire chief a great husband and a great father but while the Assassin in Butler Pennsylvania barely missed Donald Trump he took the life of that great firefighter a selfless Patriot and a respected citizen in his community now at the convention president Trump Stood Beside Cory's helmet and gear and called for a moment of silence and I tell you there wasn't a dry eye in the arena in Milwaukee Wisconsin our nation wept for Corey just as our nation weeps for all the firefighters and the First Responders who lost their lives in the service of others now of course I couldn't help but notice this wall beside me with names I believe 644 names is that right 644 names of firefighters and emergency medical workers proud I members who have passed since your last convention and I just want to tell you seeing that wall breaks my heart and it gives me a sense of renewed commitment to everything that you're doing and I think just as it's fitting to remember the sacrifice of Cory comor we should also take a moment let's take a moment of silence and remember the 644 of your brothers and sisters who have passed thank you all now Donald Trump I will tell you sometimes even when he has to fight his own party he cares for working people and he's been fighting for them for his entire life in public service he loves our firefighters and our First Responders and he wants to make your lives better and he wants to make your service easier it's never going to be easy but maybe it can be a little bit easier than it is right now and we had to be honest my friends the hard truth is that KLA Harris is the latest in a long line of Democrats who come by every few years asking unions for money and promising you the moon but often failing to deliver I'd ask you after supporting democrats for so long in this Union what has it gotten you over the past 70 years union membership in this country and this is not a good thing but it has declined the influence of unions has has declined and the wages of working people Union and non-union alike have not kept up with the pace of inflation over the last 3 and a half years so I want to ask you a question that Donald Trump asked America in 2016 what the hell do you have to lose now I know this is a diverse Union some of you love president Trump and some of you clearly don't I've heard from both sides just given this little speech now this may come as a shock to you but once upon a time I wasn't a trump guy either and trust me the president never lets me forget it what you may not know is why I changed my mind and it was actually in big part because of a firefighter friend from Dayton Ohio who persuaded me that I was wrong about Donald Trump and that he was right and by the way while we're talking about Dayton can I give a shout out to Dayton Firefighters local 136 where are we Dayton God bless you guys and God bless you for your service in Ohio now my buddy Matt I won't give his last name because I don't want to embarrass him but Matt was trying to convince me to trust Donald Trump in 2016 but the truth is I didn't fully believe in the promises Trump made I didn't believe in the promises that any politician made and you shouldn't either but I didn't change my mind because of Donald Trump's promises I changed my mind because he did a good job for the American people he created a booming economy with Rising wages and virtually no inflation he stood up to China and reinvigorated AMU American Manufacturing he kept us out of ridiculous Foreign Wars and time after time I saw that when Donald Trump makes a promise my friends he keeps it now just look at the promises he kept to our firefighters during his first term he extended the afg and safer authorizations to make sure firefighters got the funding they need he signed a $100 million increase for firefighters during the midst of the pandemic he signed legislation to improve Wildfire suppression and Forest management and he signed an executive order to allow unions to create apprenticeship programs helping you all recruit and train a new generation of firefighters a task his EPA with addressing dangerous chemicals like past to ensure safe firefighter gear and I'll tell you I share president Trump's commitment and I speak for president Trump in saying that we are dedicated to health to safety and to the prosperity of our First Responders including our firefighters now a lot of Democrats want to attack Republicans as being anti-union and sometimes the shoe fits but not me and not Donald Trump when I was in the Senate I voted to pass the fire grants and safety act which authorized hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding to local firefighters and as vice president I will fight to ensure you get the resources you need especially in some fast growing places like fenus in Las Vegas where we need more firehouses not more shelters to house illegal aliens and after talking extensively with the local volunteer fire department that braved the Hazmat to respond to the disastrous East Palestine train derailment I was proud to work work across the aisle to produce the railway safety act and our bipartisan Bill increased funding for communities to repair for hazardous material spills and mandated that First Responders always be notified when hazardous materials are being transported on Rail lines in their communities it's just common sense you got to tell people what you're bringing into their communities if you're bringing in in the first place now you may remember a lot of businesses didn't like that bill but the Railway Union supported it and president Trump and I fought for it and we're still fighting for it to this very day now speaking of East Palestine I learned in talking to the local fire department there that our firefighters experience higher rates of cancer you all know this of course that's why I voted for a 5-year reauthorization to the firefighter cancer registry last year and I know when President Trump is elected we're going to prioritize firefighter research and addressing the health risk that every single one of you take upon yourself to fight for our citizens every single day now look when President Trump returns to the White House and I believe that he will we are always going to have an open door for the membership of this organization and the leadership of this organization and that's true whether it's this Union or other unions or anybody else we're going to have an open door for working people because we want to fight for working people every single day we will respect your right to engage in collective bargaining and this is important too we're going to defend your right to free speech including your right to speak out about unconstitutional covid vaccine mandates imposed by the current Administration we're going to abolish every single Mand date and we're going to fight to rehire every firefighter who was wrongly terminated with all the back back pay that they deserve we're going to deliver the equipment and the funding the support and respect you all need to do your job and we're going to seal that border and stop the flood of fentol that is poisoning our C citizens and endangering each and every single one of you when you go to work and here's another promise we're going to protect protect your pensions because Heroes like you deserve to retire with dignity and to enjoy the blessings of the country that you helped build and help protect and it's not just words it's not just promises that I'm making I am actually a co-sponsor of the Social Security Fairness Act and I'm proud of it I think it's ridiculous to penalize our firefighters in retirement for doing the right thing and fighting for our communities now look I I know you do a hard and dangerous job you spend long hours away from your family the work can leave physical and emotional scars and I've seen it even in the firefighters that I know frankly you don't get paid what you deserve but you don't do it for fame and you don't do it for Fortune you do it and I know this because you love your communities and I think you deserve to live in a country where people like you and your children can afford to live the American dream in the cities and towns that all of us love you deserve to live in a country where you can buy a home put gas in your car provide health care and education to your family and put a nice meal on the table a country where kids can walk Safe Streets go to Safe schools and have the freedom to just be kids a country where if you work hard and play by the rules you can live a good life now these aren't democrat or republican principles but they are the principles that President Trump and I are fighting for on this campaign and we're going to fight for it every single day in the White House and that's why I want to ask you humbly for your support president Trump and I want exactly what you want more jobs Rising wages a secure border Safe Streets and an affordable country where every child and every family can achieve their dreams now he delivered that during his first four years as president he changed my mind and he won my vote and for the Skeptics still out there I hope he has changed your minds too but I'll tell you whatever your politics and whatever your preference is I make this solemn promise whether you support us or not whether you ultimately endorse us or not president Trump and I believe in our firefighters we believe in our First Responders and we will never stop fighting for you I am rooting for you I am proud of you I am thankful for you God bless you I want your support we're to fight for you whether we get it or not God bless you guys and thank you all right you saw there and heard there from Ohio Senator JD Vance uh making his case making the case for the Trump Vance sigot uh to the International Association of firefighters the nation's largest firefighter Union there in Boston at their annual conference uh and you heard him say there that the Republican party is now the party of workingclass Americans there you also heard some booze emanating from the the crowd uh and Vance was quite circumspect saying uh at least he's going to try to get their support if they don't support the Trump van ticket now so I thought that was somewhat interesting remember we're still waiting though uh for this event to take place in Lacrosse Wisconsin uh where former congresswoman tulsy gabard will be moderating a panel with former president Donald Trump so we're still waiting for it we're told it's quite delayed uh but we'll be bringing on after the commercial break uh some great and Stellar reporters uh one of whom was at the Harris walls rally in Savannah Georgia and our friend Tom Lano there at 24 sight uh to talk all of these storylines today uh in the political space less than 70 days away from November the 5th the presidential election here uh we'll be diving into some of the recent Fox News polling we got just yesterday uh in some of the head-to-head matchups in Battleground States we'll be going at in at length about some of the debate rules and debate parameters that have been agreed upon uh remember there's this tension still about whether or not microphones on the debate stage we be muted or unmuted there stay tuned for that we'll have answers for you on that question as well and then of course the issues that are going to be front and center uh and of course we are monitoring this pretty big sitdown interview both vice president Harris and Governor walls had uh with CNN's Dana Bash this is the first time haris has sat down in a traditional one-on-one format uh with the media since Joe Biden dropped out of the race since Joe Biden withdrew from contention there and that is why this is so significant we'll be playing some of the clips from the interview once it airs at 9:00 p.m. Eastern so you see there just some facts we put together uh it airs at 9:00 P p.m. Eastern it's the first interview since President Biden dropped out that was July 21st Harris and Trump of course you know will debate September 10th on ABC News in Philadelphia let's take our final commercial break of the hour I'm Andrew craft we'll see you in two minutes [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox uh I'm Andrew craft it's uh quite politically heavy today with all of these top story lines and trend lines uh as we are just less than 70 days away from November 5th election day uh and the presidential contest heating up especially in the Battleground States uh where you've heard me say so many times before that is where the election is going to be decided here uh and remember it's not just a presidential election these down ballot races for control of the House and Senate matter too we have a live picture there outside the US capital stormy night there okay you just saw it lightning strikes there in the nighttime sky with the capital Dome there in the foreground so stormy night in Washington DC uh we also have this cool live picture not too far away there in New York City at the Empire State Building as well but like I said uh vice president Harris and Minnesota Governor walls they wrapped up this two-day swing in the peach state today rallying supporters there as they try to break ground and make ground there in a state yes Democrats won back in 20120 but only by a margin of a little over 11,000 votes so it was very very close there in Georgia uh in the meantime though the second gentleman today uh Doug mhof he was also in Michigan speaking at length to Harris Wall's supporters let's listen high high in this guy Concepts Justice and fairness she's someone who knows it's got to be real and she understands that she's got to use common sense she's got to be pragmatic to solve these problems and to use the skill she has has as a I'm sorry uh use the skill she has as a First Rate trial lawyer and Problem Solver to solve these problems that face our country and our face our world that's how she comes at things um she talked about um some of her accomplishments as a as a prosecutor um again this was to put very bad people away who did very horrible things but it was also to give an opportunity to those who did not commit violent crimes people who needed a way back in into uh our communities and have a chance to to succeed and Thrive again for nonviolent offenders and she had a program called back on track and it worked and one of the reasons for that was to for the economy because if folks had a chance to get back into the communities they're going to have have jobs they're going to pay taxes they're going to help you grow your businesses and that was one of the reasons for doing that so that's a part of her pragmatic leadership even when she was back in her prosecutor days uh I got to know her as a as a citizen of California when she was our attorney general and she told the story about how she took on the big Banks during the mortgage crisis and um she she didn't do it only to get from four billion to 20 billion although that was pretty amazing and she held her ground but for her she was really thinking about the families involved she was thinking about her own mother who saved for years and years and years to finally be able to buy a home and she's thinking about just folks like that who have that home and have that lawn that they love and the garden and they take such pride of ownership that this is something that they work so hard for big part of the community and so that is also what drove her in that work to make sure that there was dignity and that there was fairness and it wasn't just about getting that money which again helped mitigate a very horrible situation but it was also to get people back in those homes that they love and make sure that they could still experience that Joy of home ownership and that lawn and that sense of community and belonging that we all have because again it's that empathy she understands what's actually going on with people and she turns that into action and policy so that's Comm [Applause] her so this election could not be more clear I've heard the other speakers you've heard that um but it's really about who sees and understands voters who gets it and it's going to be one by the candidate who will actually make all of our Lives better not just the lives of a select few right and it's also going to make it's going to represent what most of us want most of us in this country want what KLA Harris and Tim Walls are talking about very few people want what Donald Trump and JD Vance are actually talking about and again look at project 2025 listen to the words that they're saying this is not anything that most people want and don't be distracted by all the the nonsense and the name calling and all the ridiculous BS as I call it listen to what they're actually saying do you want to live in a world dictated by project 2025 and the do's decision well that's where it would be heading we don't want that we want to have u a great economy that focuses on all of us we want to have clean air to breathe we want less uh weapons of war on our streets that are killing young people in our schools it's outrageous and that's the world that we want of Freedom a world that's forward-looking not that's looking backwards so that's why they are running that's why they are doing as well as they are because people are it's resonating with not just Democrats this message is resonating with all Americans and as she said and as Governor walls has said they will be president and vice president for each and every one of us regardless of what community you're [Applause] in now being president means you've got to focus on the economy which is one of the things we're going to talk about today um as I mentioned KLA Harris she's Pro capitalism Pro business PR growth and pro-innovation she wants everyone to succeed in this economy and as Ken chanal said at the Democratic Convention we need a president who understands that government has to work in partnership with the business community and that a market-based economy needs a strong government we got to do it together and we're seeing this public private partnership work right here in [Applause] Michigan Michigan ranks number one in the country for investments from the inflation reduction all right you've been listening there to Second gentleman Doug mhof today in Michigan uh so so many of these political figures uh they are out barnstorming the country talking to voters talking to supporters here uh we want to bring into the conversation right now though uh some really Stellar political reporters our friends anelli at the Washington examiner and Tom Lo biano there with 24 site news um you guys thanks for being with us here we are still waiting for former president Donald Trump there uh this is a panel discussion you guys it's going to be moderated by Tulsi gabard in Lacrosse Wisconsin they're uh running quite late uh Tom I'll start with you here um the fact that Tulsi gabard is moderating uh Trump panel discussion what does that say about the 2024 race uh kind of natural movement there of the the RFK Jr style crowd um you know obviously a former representative gav ran as a democrat in 2020 um but pretty quickly left the party after that and you know became a a Mainstay on a Tucker Carlson show uh when he was on Fox and I kind of put her more in that uh kind of that hard right uh wing of the uh I don't know if you want to call it the Horseshoe or or whatnot but very much in line with the RFK Jr Tucker Carlson uh world of thinking and uh so yeah I mean you makes sense that she would be up there and that obviously that also plays very well to kind of the that populace base on the right that they're going to be looking for in Wisconsin so um Anna you were traveling with the Harris walls camp today there in Georgia um what is the state of play in Georgia uh we had Fox News polls come out just yesterday in some of the head-to-head matchups in the Battleground States um and it showed Harris up by two over Trump there in Georgia so yes the race is very very close here what was her message today yeah and and Savannah is such an interesting place right SouthEast Georgia it's a uh black majority City and so it is one of those places that does go Blue every election and that's what the the Harris campaign is really hoping to do by being here in statements to me today they were saying that you know Georgia is a Battleground State it's it's it's a challenge uh but why don't we focus our energy on Savannah a place where we do have a lot of supporters we do have a lot of energy and that was really what we saw today there was you know about 9,500 people fit in the in the arena and saw vice president kamla Harris come out there was a lot of energy it was very similar to the Democratic Convention and I think Democrats realize hey we've got a candidate that works really well um a lot of people there too were people in their 50s 60s and 70s so not even you know a very young crowd okay a lot of older folks okay so um everyone's been kind of touting and anticipating this interview on CNN that's going to air at 9:00 P p.m Eastern Harrison wals this joint sitdown with CNN journalist Dana Bash um Harris has gotten a lot of criticism you know that's just plain as day that is a fact uh for I don't know what you want to call it do you want to say you know withholding media interviews her reluctance her hesitation this is her first kind of traditional one-on-one sitdown since Joe Biden dropped out of the race you know not since she became the presumptive nominee and then formerly the official nominee and so we do have some clips we want to show uh you and our audience here this one specifically opening up to the idea haris says of possibly appointing a Republican to her cabinet if she were elected let's watch let's listen had a lot of Republican speakers at the convention will you appoint a republican to your cabinet yes I would anyone in mind I would no one no one in particular in mine I got a we got 68 days to go with this election so I'm not putting the cart before the horse but I would I think I think it's really important I I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion I think it's important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views different experiences and I think um it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my cabinet who was a republican all right you guys I got to go back a little bit I covered the 2020 campaign especially the Democratic primary this was like a two-day news cycle uh back in 2019 uh then candidate Joe Biden had said the same thing that he was open to appointing a republican to his cabinet if he were elected of course that didn't happen um so we're seeing similarities and through lines here from the past cycle uh Tom what did you make of that uh if she were elected is she going to do that is she really going to appoint a republican do you believe her yeah I mean there there's some there's some history there for that um I mean you know when Obama came in back in' 09 he did appoint a republican Darren Le Hood or I'm sorry rail Hood um transportation secretary now you know the followup question I would ask there is okay there's some history here but what kind of Republican are you going to appoint and where would you put them you know I mean is this or you know she's saying that you were going to get like another moderate you know McCain Bush style Republican in a it's a high-profile position Transportation but would you put a a pro-life abortion Jeff Duncan over at HHS no that's a really really good point um you know I I wanted to ask you Anna this um because up until tonight when uh this interview is going to air in its entirety um many of Harris's critics and detractors had described some of her shifting policy views on so many of these high-profile issues you know including and especially border security and the immigration crisis so uh Dana Bash asked her about some of those shifting policy views from when she ran for president uh the last time back in 2019 uh this was one of those exchanges let's watch generally speaking how should voters look at some of the changes that you've made uh that You' explained some of here uh in your policy is it because you have more experience now and you've learned more about the information is it because you were running for president in a Democratic primary and should they feel comfortable and confident that what you're saying now is going to be your policy moving forward Dana I think the the the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed you mentioned the green New Deal I have always believed okay apologize that it looks like that got cut off but you heard the gist of it um you know and including about border policy our bill maluan says this Harris say reversed several of her prior positions on immigration including decriminalizing illegal Crossings a pledge to close ice detention centers and the idea that ice should be abolished you cover the borderers so extensively have you noticed some of these shifts oh yeah we've noticed um and it's not just the Border it's fracking it's the EV mandate um um number of issues and here's there's two points I want to make on that first I spoke with voters at the Harris rally today in Savannah Georgia everybody I spoke with I spoke with four different people different ages demographics they all said oh I'm aware of her policy shifts I've seen it reported I'm not concerned all of them agreed unanimously separate separate interactions with me that it wasn't a concern they said I trust her I know she's not going to change again and they said one of man said to me you know what that happens you you learn you you change you shift and as her time as vice president she's learned and he said this before the CNN had aired that part of the interview so that was interesting and then this the second part you know I think uh with these policy shifts you know we do see her coming more to the center it's going to be really interesting to see if she can bring people together yeah um I don't think certainly average American is as familiar with all these policies as those people in Washington are so all she has to do is appeal to to enough people and say Hey listen I'm willing to listen I'm willing to my values haven't changed that's a really interesting and smart statement you know just lastly and quickly here Tom uh can we expect more do you think uh interviews traditional ones sit Downs up until the debate and thereafter do you think this is an offshoot or an outlier or not will we get more I I think they would be smart to do more and you can certainly see the Trump himself I mean it may way is a replay of 2016 Trump himself is is keeping the pressure on by continuing to do a lot of injes I mean just you know just today he talked about um I believe was abortion in IVF with NBC on the sidelines of his rally so you know the more that he does interviews the more that keeps the pressure on her to do interviews right all right we're going to have to leave it at that looks like uh this event there in LA is getting started Tulsa gabber taking the stage anir and Tom Lano can't thank you enough we'll talk soon thank you thanks all right in the meantime here we do want to get out to Lacrosse Wisconsin of course we'll be showing you a few more Clips throughout the night as well of that CNN interview with Harrison walls and Dana Bas we got some of those clips in as well but like I said let's get out to Lacrosse Wisconsin tsy gabard taking the stage now president Trump is going to talk about and we'll have a conversation about why these Stakes are so high and how he and he alone is the candidate to lead us toward that path of peace prosperity and freedom join me in welcoming the next president of the United States President Donald J Trump let go let him he [Applause] [Music] it and I won't forget the men who died who gave that light to me and I gladly stand up next to you and still today no doubt I love this land God Bless the USA [Music] from the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee across the plains of Texas from sea to shining sea from Detroit down to Houston and New York to where there's pride in every American Heart and it's time we stand and say that I'm proud to be an American where at least know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that to me and I glad stand up next to you and defend her still today today cuz there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless [Music] the and I'm proud to be American where atast I know I'm free I won't forget the men who died who gave that light to me can I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cuz there ain't no doubt I love this God bless for you thank you USA USA [Applause] USA we love our country we love our country don't we it's [Music] amazing and it's a great country but we have to take it back because our country is not feeling so well nowadays and we're going to bring it back and we're going to make it healthy and beautiful and better than ever and it's really this is some crowd and you can duplicate the crowd outside so if anybody would like to give up your seat that would be okay no no let's have a good time thank you very much [Applause] everybody that song gets me fired up every Lee Greenwood is so great great guy too well thank you Mr President this is a a very special evening for us all to have a conversation about some of the real issues that are facing Americans across the country and that don't get talked about often enough and I want to start with one that's very personal to me hard to talk about sometimes um this is only the second time I've spoken about it publicly but my husband and I were married almost 10 years ago we wanted to start a family we were very excited about it unfortunately it was very difficult uh we we were not successful in trying to get pregnant for us IVF seemed to be the only option and the last resort uh as you know it's a it's a pretty difficult process it's very very expensive I was in Congress at the time traveling I would carry the medicine that I had to administer shots to myself sometimes in an airport bathroom and and ultimately the most difficult part was every time going to the doctor for another transfer and and hoping that it would result in a positive pregnancy test and then being heartbroken over and over every time that test came back negative now I know some of your opponents your political opponents are saying that want to ban IVF while it didn't work for us it's worked for a lot of families and uh I I just know that there or women and and couples In This Crowd or those who are watching here tonight who may be going through this same struggle and are concerned about being able to have this option either because they might not be able to afford it or they're concerned that it just may not be available and I'd love for you to talk to them about how they should feel well thank you very much Chelsea and I didn't know about your situation and uh it's tough stuff right tough life is pretty tough it can be beautiful but it can be difficult uh we are doing something with IVF because ibf as you know from Friends people you know it's really worked out very well for a lot of people it gave them a child when they would not have had a child and uh I told my people I wanted to look at this a couple C weeks ago and as you know we have uh no taxes on a thing called tips you know that and I said tell me we did three things we did that and we did no tax to seniors on Social Security benefits we want to have that and I've been seeing a lot of IVF and I kept hearing that I'm against it and I'm actually very much for it in fact in Alabama where the judge ruled against it and I countered the judge and came out with a very strong statement for it and the Alabama very quick in your response to that I was but they were too they were amazing the legislature approved virtually my statement I'm in full ibf and it has really gone it's it's terrific and I said so with the tips and with the Social Security the no taxes on Social Security I said maybe for IVF and I've been looking at it and what we're going to do is for people that are using IVF which is fertilization we are the government is going to pay for it or we're going to get or mandate your insurance company to pay for it which is going to be great we're going to do that I I can't tell you how lifechanging that would be for so many families because it costs a lot of money a lot of people go into debt just for the hope of being able to start their own family well it's big and you know what we want to produce babies in this country right we want to produce babies so I think it's going to be something we told we we sort of announced it a little bit we were in a great place Michigan we all love Michigan right we're going to bring back the car industry and we're going to get a lot of it back to Michigan they've been uh taking our cars away they've been taking our manufacturing away over years over decades and if if you look at it today it's a it's a shell of what it was years ago we're going to bring it back uh Mexico is right now building massive car factories actually being financed and built by China and they think they're going to sell their cars back into our country it's not going to happen that's not going to happen oh listen to that that is not going to happen but uh so much so many things have gone wrong in the car industry the union leadership has been horrible I think I'm going to win by 85% the union but cuz we're bringing it back and we're going to have electric cars but we're going to have gasoline powered cars and we're going to have hybrids we're going to have every kind of car we're not going with just that but I just felt that uh it would be a good place to announce it and we did the sort of the announcement there a little bit and now we do the big announcement tonight in front of all of these uh television stations all of the fake news you know the fake they all over the place they're all over the place I don't know what's going on we don't even know I was saying cuz we're doing this and I finished and I figured I was going to come here and uh we're going to make a speech I had a speech all set for you I I was ready and they said sir you're actually doing a town hall I said oh nobody told me that I said who's doing they said telsy I said well that's at least good news she's been I've been a fan of hers for a long time I have to tell you so so I didn't even know I'm I'm in the plane and um look over some material and we're going to give you a hell of a speech tonight we were set to give you one hell of a speech they said no sir it's a town hall I said why doesn't somebody tell me this stuff and I don't even have any idea who we're doing it for I don't know is it for a network or what I see a lot of Television all over the place so maybe it's on all of them but I did get to see uh the strangest thing today I looked at the news conference of Kamala I call her comrade comrade C comrade Kamala she's a uh you know that she's uh a Marxist her father was a Marxist before her so she was brought up in the family tradition and she really is and this country is not ready for a Marxist we don't want a Marxist as a president and she destroyed San Francisco she destroyed California and we're not going to let it destroy our country I'll tell you it's not going to happen so but just to finish so for some reason she doesn't want to talk to anybody so she's either not the smartest light in the ceiling I'm trying to be nice here I want to be they say be nice sir be nice you know it's hard to be nice when somebody is destroying your country and wants to destroy your country it's hard to be like do but but she is um she was a terrible vice president she was a terrible bordar worst in history probably not just in this country but the Border you know millions and millions of people I say 20 million plus have poured through the Border during their term I had the safest Border in the history of our country they have the most unsafe Border in the history of the world and they're coming through and many of them are from prisons and jails there's a slight difference as you know prisons and jails many are from mental institutions and insane asylums and many of terrorists and they're pouring into our country at a level I don't know if you saw the news today tell see they had a group of a lot of them Venezuelan people with lots of machine guns taking over a building someplace I'm looking I'm saying where is that they went in and they took over a building this is just the beginning they're taking their criminals from all over the world not just South America not just Venezuela which you've been reading about all over the world they're taking their criminals and they're dumping them into the United States comma that's kamla is allowing it to happen and they actually want to actually they want to give them papers they want to make them citizens and they want to give them your Social Security they want to give them your Medicare and your Social Security will collapse under her I'm the one that's going to protect the Social Security but they're coming I will totally protect as I did for four years and there was no age increase there was no anything we're going to protect you know they destroy you with inflation and then they want to destroy your Social Security to it's not going to happen but this is going to be the most important election in the history of our country so I just want to say that it's an honor to be with you tonight it's a forum that's very different because I have no idea who the hell is broadcasting it but all we'll do is we'll talk because we're friends I love this state I gave them uh Marinette we we gave them a very big you know tulsy we have a ship contract and as you know we gave uh Marinet yards but we gave them a tremendous contract they wanted it all over the country I said we're going to get it for Wisconsin and it's a big one and they're doing a great job I understand so we got that and uh we're going to have a good time tonight so let's go Mr President you you talked about immigration we actually have Amber here who's is quite concerned about that and she's got a question for you Mr President hello my name is Amber and I'm from Cameron Wisconsin I have three beautiful children and I'm torn on who to support my youngest daughter is here tonight my oldest son is 18 and he just started trade school this week very proud of him my concern is that illegal immigration is threatening opportunities for my children I worry that it's taking away jobs from Americans I'm wondering what will you do about that all well it's great I think I'll stand up and do you mind if I turn around um thank you Amber very much and you're right I'll tell you we have the people that I'm talking about they're pouring in at levels never seen before they're coming in by millions and millions and a lot of them are taking the jobs for the black population the Hispanic population and unions are going to be very badly affected because and I was talking to some of the Union heads who I actually do get along with but uh they're very concerned about it because the jobs that are the people that are coming in are just taken it and it's going to start with the black population African Americans are losing their jobs and I don't know if you heard the latest statistic that of the jobs that these people created which is very little every single job was taken about 107% was taken by illegal immigrants there's been no job creation from them the jobs were filled by illegal immigrants with all of that being said I want to give you a very positive answer we're going to win this election we're going to turn this country around we're going to become an unbelievable growth country and your boy is going to have the greatest job and you want to have a lot of choice with jobs you know you want them to go up and they get up and they uh it's hard to believe I have that the way I get treated but I look I look forward to every day because we're going to make America great again so I really do I look forward to it that's right but but we're going to we're going to create a lot of jobs we're going to create does he want to stay here or does he want to go to a different state or anything yeah someplace in the midwest but this is a good place to stay right Wisconsin so we'll be creating tremendous jobs for our country and we're also turning away you know we're going to be closing the Border really closing it by the way did you see so Kamala was for defunding the police she was for open borders she was for everything that you're not against I could go through 14 different she's changed on every single one of them in fact I think we should make see the man in the red hat and the beautiful woman in the red hat says make America great again perhaps we should give kamla a make America great again hat right but the problem is that's not her belief her belief is open borders her belief belief is getting rid of Social Security her belief is doing all of these plans like for health insurance where you have one big government run mess and if you have private plans a lot of the people in this room have private plans they're incredible plans they worked hard to get those plans and that's what they want but with her she wants to have it's really a communist type of government and I just saw her tell see on she was sitting behind the desk doing this interview and I said Dana Bash you could make yourself big tonight all you have to do is be fair I haven't seen the questions but they gave out a sample in fact she's going to be on later on tonight with a taped it was a taped we're doing it live why are we doing it live and she's doing it taped but but that's right he's real but she was sitting behind that desk this massive desk and she didn't look like a leader to me I'll be honest I don't see her negotiating with President she of China I don't see her with Kim Jong-un like we did with Kim jungin so we're going to have to see what happens I'll tell you what November 5th is going to be the most important day in the history of this [Applause] country Mr President there are a lot of people who want to feel hopeful about our future I want to introduce you to Luke who is one of those people hi hello Mr President good looking guy thank you my name is Luke palaski and I'm a junior here at the University of Wisconsin lacrosse I'll be voting for the first time in November and I'm researching each candidate I have two questions for you first as I've been living on my own and buying my own gas and groceries I have noticed that everything has become more expensive for me personally I try to eat healthy and stay lean a pound of meat has gone from $4 to almost $7 I also would like to buy a home someday but that seems just impossible now what's your plan to make life more affordable and bring down inflation for someone like me very good thank you good it's probably the question I get most you know they say you're going to vote with your stomach I don't know if you've heard it but it's a little bit true and groceries food has gone up at levels that nobody's ever seen before we've never seen anything like it 50 60 70% you take a look at bacon in some of these products and some people don't eat bacon anymore and uh we are going to get the energy prices down when we get energy down you know this was caused by their horrible energy wind they want wind all over the place but when it doesn't blow we have a little problem this was caused by energy this was really caused by energy and also their unbelievable spending they're spending us out of out of wealth actually they're taking our wealth away but it was caused by energy and what they've done is they started cutting way back we were in third place when I left we were by far in first place beating Russia beating Saudi Arabia and we were going to dominate to a level that we've never seen before and then we had a bad election I'll be very nice I'm supposed to be nice when I talk about the election because everybody's afraid to talk oh please sir don't talk about the election please you know if you can't if you can't talk about a bad election you really don't have a democracy if you think about it right but but what they did telsey is they took they took back the oil production the oil started going crazy that started the inflation then they went back they said go back to where Trump was the problem is that we would have been three times at level right now we we would have been so dominant over Russia and uh Saudi Arabia look Saudi Arabia Russia a lot of oil we would have had more you know we had something in Alaska anoir that we that I created I mean Ronald Reagan wanted it you remember Ronald Reagan wanted it they all wanted it and I got it approved nobody was able to get it approved I got it approved and they the first week in office they turned it back they said no it's the biggest site possibly in the world could be bigger than Saudi Arabia well we're going to start that up we're going to become the energy capital of the world we're going to pay down our debt and we're going to reduce your taxes still further and your groceries are going to come tumbling down and your interest rates are going to be tumbling down and then you're going to go out you're going to buy a beautiful house okay you're going to buy a beautiful house that's called The American Dream the American dream thank you Mr President I I want to ask you a question about National Security but first I think it's important to point out what Luke is talking about the cost of groceries the cost of gas the cost of housing mortgages rent everything has gone up kamla Harris's plan that she has announced is government price controls I think it's important to touch on you just laid out your plan what's going to happen if kamla haris institutes price controls so that's a communist plan it's never worked and it's been tried by others believe it or not Richard Nixon tried it a lot of people tried it it's been tried many times and it always leads to the same failure uh tremendous inflation lack of product you don't have anything the stores are not stocked it has never worked it's called control they want control and uh you know look it just it's been so often and everybody that comes in they say it it's sort of sounds great we're going to go price control actually when she announced it she got absolutely slaughtered by even Democrats because it doesn't work it's it's a known loser so now she doesn't talk about it you notice she doesn't talk about climate change anymore she's not talking about it you know why because people don't want to hear it they want to find they want to live a good life they want to live a life they don't want to stop your industry with climate change they used to call it different things global warming remember that wasn't working because it was getting a little bit cooler so they said what are we going to do we'll call it global cooling no so they came up with the word words climate change because that takes care of everything it climate change the climate's changing but according to them we're all going to be gone in about what do we have 3 years left they had 12 years remember so in about 3 years let me tell you we do have a problem though it's climate change but a different kind of climate change it's called nuclear global warming we can say that's global warming and if we don't have a smart president you know you have five nations now with pretty massive nuclear power some have very massive including us and Russia China's behind way behind but within four or five years they'll catch up and we don't want them to catch up look we the biggest problem in my opinion the biggest problem our country has the biggest problem the world has is nuclear weapons they are a destructive force the likes of which nobody has ever seen before and we have to make sure they're never used we have to make sure it's not going to happen you're you're exactly right you brought up Ronald Reagan already Ronald Reagan famously said a nuclear war can never be won and should never be fought I think it's interesting you talked about climate change Mr President the Democrats and kls they were quick to talk about how climate change is an existential threat but what they're not talking about is the existential threat of nuclear war and World War II which is exactly where we sit today because of the warmongers and their puppets Joe Biden and kamla Harris and they don't want to talk about it because the the consequence of where they have taken all of us as the American people in the world world is economic hardship around the world a destruction of our economic well-being and an annihilation of humanity our families our kids our communities around the world there was a recent poll that uh yugov did that that pointed out over 60% of Americans feel that World War III and nuclear war is going to happen within 5 to 10 years and and when I heard that I I felt so sad sad because they're at a point where they feel like this outcome the annihilation of the world is inevitable so I I wanted to ask you about this because it's important that people understand what kind of leadership you bring what you will do to stop this slide towards nuclear war in World War II so that we can feel hopeful again well thank you so Victor Orban a very strong leader from Hungary prime minister of Hungary they asked him recently about what the problem in the world a few years ago during my ter we had no Pro we didn't have Israel being attacked we didn't have Russia attack in Ukraine and they asked him why is it so bad now the Middle East is on fire uh so many places are on fire and there are plenty uh places that could very well and very quickly catch on what's the problem he said you have to bring Trump back as president of the United States you will have no problem problem he singlehandedly kept things and it's true and I could do it with telephone calls by being smart but literally he said you have to bring Trump back now he used a term I wouldn't use he said everybody was afraid of trump you know who was afraid of trump they said China was afraid of trump Russia was afraid of trump they were all and I don't want to say that I will say this they respected me and they respected our nation they don't respect our nation anymore they don't respect our nation anymore think of it what would the world be like if Russia didn't do what they did and they would have never done it I used to speak to Putin about it very good relationship uh no chance you know what happened I think uh Afghanistan when he saw the horrible leadership that we were displayed that we displayed in Afghanistan I think he said wow this is a time to to go in because I wasn't there he would have never done it if I was President then Israel would have never been attacked think of it what would this world be like you wouldn't have had that disaster and wasn't leaving Afghanistan and they should have kept buam that's the Big Air Base it's one hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons they didn't keep it you know who occupies it now Chelsea China occupies it so we have uh if you have the right president and we don't right now right now do we even have a president he just came in think of it he just came in from wherever hell he went you know there was a coup he just doesn't know it yet but there was a coup how about that he got 14 I'm not a fan of his he was the worst president but not but think of this he got 14 million votes she was the first one to leave you know kamla was the first one to quit she never made it to the first state in the primaries which was Iowa never even came close other people did but she never even came close and all of a sudden she was picked and she's now now running for president and look it just started really the it just really started the polls have us up here we're up in this we're up in States but it's close it's close it's it's close and you know they cheat like hell so we don't want to have it too close but we have because we have to get we have to win this we're not going to have a country but with him I was so far up we had a thing called how did he do in the debate did you think he did well not too good no they they wanted to have a debate I said okay it's a little bit early isn't it I was like I was trying to talk them out I said well it's a little early for a debate right and they said well well I think we'd like to do it and that was not a good debate for them that was not a good debate so that was the beginning of the end for him and they started looking but they picked a woman that had absolutely no votes she got no votes and now she's running so when you say threat to democracy they are a threat to democracy I'm not a threat to democracy I'm not a threat thank you Mr President crime and the rise of crime is on the minds of a lot of people I want to call on Danielle here um who has a question for you hi Daniel [Music] well you need yeah it's and you get a lot of those questions from Minnesota but you get a lot of those questions because Minnesota I mean they picked this guy he is weird right he's weird I'm not weird he's no he's a weird guy he's a weird dude you know see they come up with sound bites every they always have sound bites and one of the things is that JD and I are weird what that guy is so straight JD is so he's doing a great job smart top student great guy and he's not weird and I'm not weird I mean where a lot of things were not weird I will tell you but that guy is weird don't you think you know he called he signed for uh and this is who would think that this is even happening in our country with men playing in women's sports and all of this but he has it he has it at a level that nobody can believe a bill that every boy's bathroom will have tampons okay hence his name tampon Tim but but think of it think of it and you know on the question of abortion he is the one abortion in the ninth month and if the baby in Minnesota and I'd love to win Minnesota cuz those people aren't digging this guy they're not digging this guy but think of this Six States Six States Minnesota is one of them if the baby is born you're allowed to execute the baby after think of that after birth in Minnesota you're allowed to execute and you remember the former Governor not the current governor who's terrific Len yunan we're going to win maybe Virginia we could do that but the former Governor and he said uh you sit the B you sit the mother down in the father down you sit them down and you talk and the baby is born and you make a decision what to do he meant do you execute the baby after birth and according to what they have pass a legislation in Minnesota they're allowed to execute the baby after birth and this guy is a participant and that's why she picked him because she is in fact a Marxist communist remember I'd say all the time our country will never be socialist right we will not have a socialist well I was right we skip socialism we went to Communism this woman has to be stopped m Mr President we have time for one final question I don't know if we can get a mic to Bernardo uh he's got an important question given very soon we will be honoring the anniversary of September 11th and all of the lives that were lost on that tragic day in that tragic attack where we were attacked by radical islamist terrorists and Bernardo wanted to to share his thoughts and had a question for you on this thank you Mr President my name is Bernardo I'm a voter here in Wisconsin live in the wonderful Lacrosse County here [Music] and I'm also a father of eight I have seven here with [Applause] me and uh it's the anniversary of 911 is coming up I'm concerned that we're more vulnerable now than ever and we have a Democrat nominee who doesn't even want to say the words says we shouldn't say the words radical Islamic Terror how are we going to protect America from a terrorist attack uh first of all it's a great question and you know we have radical islamist pouring into our country along with everybody else right now they're coming in at levels that nobody's ever seen before we kept them out we had one year where border patrol put down it was I believe 2019 where they and I don't believe this I don't believe it's right but uh I'll take it they said zero came in in 20 that was my term zero now we have thousands I'd like to say that was true it's probably not because I can't imagine that but we we were very tough on that now they have thousands and thousands coming in along with the prisoners and along with the crime and remember a lot of these countries like Venezuela their crime is way down because they moved their criminals into our country it's not even believable but your question on islamists and all of the Jihad and all of the things that they talk about they have to respect your country they have to respect your leader you know I had no radical Islam crime for four years and I didn't want to talk about it I wanted to I I talked about it after but I didn't want to talk about it to and I don't want to say like I had absolutely and the next day you get hit but we had none four years of it because they respected your president they respected your country and they have to we have to bring back that level of respect and we're going to do it we're going to do it and we're not letting the wrong people into our country okay thank you very much great question thank you Mr President I know you have run out of time here but thank you for having this conversation with the people of Wisconsin and people across the country who are watching and concerned about these very same issues thank you Mr President thank you everyone for being here thank you everybody vote vote thank you everybody all right there you have it former president Trump in this panel discussion moderated by Tulsi gabard there taking questions uh from the audience questions about the issue of illegal immigration also about foreign policy that last question about some Americans concerns that uh the US is vulnerable to another attack in the same vein as the 9/11 Terror attacks as we approach the 23rd anniversary of 911 there so uh speaking in Lacrosse Wisconsin you know this wasn't his normal campaign rally style format it was a sitdown panel took a few questions uh from some undecided voters but these are most of his supporters here there in Lacrosse Wisconsin so he also got a question on economy and inflation about the very high cost of food when Americans go to the grocery store so uh like we have been throughout this cycle you have been watching so many of these speeches and events from the candidates Trump and Vance and Harris and walls of course in just about 10 minutes time on another network of course CNN 9:00 p.m. Eastern uh the entire interview uh that vice president Harris and Governor wals did with CNN moderator Dana Bash will Air in its entirety we've already played a few clips of it uh and we will play a few more clips of it a little bit later on this evening here I'm Andrew craft thanks so much for being with us as we quickly approach the top of the next hour we still have a lot more top headlines to get to a lot of foreign policy headlines today a lot of crime related headlines today as well we'll bring those to you here let's take our final commercial break we'll see you in two minutes [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox uh I'm Andrew craft in the meantime here let's continue with some of these top political headlines you see there uh the crowd trying to get a photo or a selfie with former president Donald Trump there in Lacrosse with Wisconsin you see there a lot of make America great again hats and signs that supporters are trying to get the former president to uh possibly sign there uh there in Wisconsin but in the meantime here we do have some more updates as well we'll leave this live picture up we have some more updates on some of the parameters in store for the next presidential debate uh between Harris and Trump it's really the only one they have agreed to as of this date here it's on September the 10th on ABC News there in Philadelphia uh well this is what we know that the Trump campaign has been saying that it agreed to the rules which were set for the CNN debate it tried earlier this week to assert that this discussion was over Harris campaign staffers and officials maintain that it is an ongoing discussion remember this is the question about whether or not microphone should be muted or unmuted on the stage Now ABC has not replied much to questions about this so there are conflicting assertions from the Trump and Harris sides about the terms and ABC has not released any information on the state of the negotiations we do though uh have a statement in on Twitter from Brian Fallon he's a Communications spokesperson for the Harris campaign he says this update our latest understanding is that even though Trump said Monday he would be fine with an unmuted mic his hand don't trust him to spar live with VP Harris and are asking ABC to ignore Trump's comments and keep the mices muted or else they will back out of the debate for a third time we have been asked to exceed to Trump's Handler's wishes on this point for the sake of preserving the debate we find the Trump team's stance to be weak and remain in discussions with ABC on the final rules there so I wanted to make sure uh we brought you some of that reporting in the parameters for the debate so don't want to get ahead of ourselves here but it is shaping up to potentially just have the same rules that were in place for the CNN debate between Trump and Biden back in late June so uh also Aisha hosney Fox News Capitol Hill correspondent uh tweeting out this saying Trump in his eighth stop in Michigan addressed his recent polling some showing he's neck and neck with Harris and Sunbelt States Trump says it's fake news they can make polls sing uh he's regarding and referring to uh the most recent Fox News polling uh showing him down only by slightly in some of these Battleground States uh over these head-to-head matchups with Harris uh now what also is getting attention there he wasn't asked in this panel format about abortion yes Tulsi gabard recounted her personal experience with inv vitro fertilization and asked Trump about it uh but Donald Trump had a one-on-one what we call a psde interview with an NBC reporter after his rally there in Potterville Michigan today to which he was asked about Florida abortion law as you know the Florida abortion law on the books uh prohibits abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy but this issue is going to Florida voters in November it's going to be on the ballot and so some of these reporters have been asking well Trump is registered to vote in Florida presumably when he goes into The Ballot Box he'll have to vote on this ballot referendum on abortion now the Trump campaign has put out a statement on Florida's ballot initiative saying quote president Trump has not yet said how he will vote on the ballot initiative in Florida he simply reiterated he believes 6 weeks is too short so uh he mentioned that in that exchange brief exchange of pull aside with an NBC news reporter staying he thinks abortion laws that are six weeks are too short so that is quite something for someone of Donald Trump's relationship with Evangelical Christians that community of Voters the pro life movement uh to say that 6 weeks is too short there's somewhat of a departure there on that stance and policy when it comes to the former president remember in the wake of roie Wade being overturned in the do's decision in June of 2022 the line from Trump has been that it's up to the States now and he has somewhat grown crosswise with some of these Evangelical voters many of whom voted for him in 2016 about this very issue and so BC News was trying to get him on where he stands on the Florida ballot initiative and Florida abortion law prohibiting abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy Trump said this he believes six weeks is too short so of course abortion front and center in the 2024 election now on the issue set in the latest Fox News poll when it comes to Reproductive Rights and abortion Harris uh beating Trump on that issue specifically uh let's keep listening here you still see Donald Trump trying to make his way through the crowd taking selfies taking photos signing hats signing campaign signs as well let's keep [Music] listening all right so like I said it is the top of the hour here I'm Andrew craft thanks so much for being with us here I'm going to come on camera as well welcome all of you to a new hour here on live now we have a lot in store a lot of top headlines still to tell uh and we're going to get to them as well we want to do Focus some of our efforts on some of these major crime headlines as well with the story that we have followed so extensively here from the very beginning uh since November of 2022 on the Campus of the University of Idaho there in Moscow Idaho after the tragic stabbings and killings of four students in their off-campus home uh the individual who's now been accused of those killings Brian coburger he is seeking a venue change for whenever his trial might get underway out of Moscow Idaho and into the Boise Idaho jurisdiction here uh so this was the scene earlier today in a virtual courtroom set as a judge heard the arguments on whether or not to move the venue out of Moscow Idaho that's Leah County and into Boise Idaho uh so we want to let you listen in to a little bit of this hearing today and we're going to bring on a legal analyst to break it down even further but let's listen to just a bit of this immediately uh Miss bat and Mr NY uh we're here on a motion to change venue from lto County to Ada County filed by the defense um preliminary anything Mr Thompson uh in your not in the state okay thank you Miss Taylor your honor just that there is a stipulation that the court received the exhibits that were filed along with our declaration and our memorandum in support that's all right so we're talking about all those slides there were like a hundred slides there were 100 slides honor we're talking about those but in particular the references to all of the media coverage the articles that were contained the table with the links to all of the articles that depict all of the media coverage so are you going to show those publicly or those are for me because I'm the one who has to make the decision those are for you yeah we'll have PowerPoint present today but we will not be going through the hundreds of articles that have been provided for the Court's consideration well I'm thank thankful for that um because I did I did look through all that and I thought oh this would be not a good thing to you know push out to the public because we're trying to protect that right you honor we are and I think it would take an extraordinary amount of court time to try to read through all of the Articles or review all of the bits of news coverage that have happened in this case we do intend to offer a little bit of a preview throughout our testimony but certainly not the hundreds of Articles and news stories that have existed well that was my other concern itself all right um well call your first witness your honor Miss Massa we'll start okay thank you good morning your honor good morning your honor um as we get started here today what I'd like to do is provide you with a road map of where we're going with our Witnesses the standard here is whether there's a reasonable likelihood that pre-trial publicity has affected the impartiality of prospective jurors to establish uh the quantity of pre-trial publicity we will call James Todd Murphy with true scope to establish effect on partiality we will call Dr El Aly to discuss the social science behind your decision making then we will call Dr Brian Edelman about the survey and what it means and finally we will call Dr dare about the validity of the survey methodology we are not calling today Scott sunbe but as you listen to testimony today please keep his sworn affidavit in mind with his 39 years of studying Capital juries and teaching at National judicial College he is considered by the United States Supreme Court an expert in this area he is published this book it's called a life and death decision a jury weighs the death death penalty and this book uh is a culmination of interviews of over 1,200 Capital jurors and how Capital juries make decisions research shows that when a small community creates pressure to impose death an Eighth Amendment violation May her through these Witnesses today we want to avoid beginning a trial with as Mr sunby States quote a thumb on death side of the scale end quote and with that I call James Todd Murphy all right so uh you heard there from one of Brian cober's lead defense attorneys uh introducing their first witness that they're bringing uh to the stand here in order to argue for a change of venue uh whenever uh this murder trial will get underway still uh no timetable yet on a strict and set and hard and fast date just yet for that trial there for Brian koberger um but in the meantime here uh once the judge does make a finding on whether or not to change the venue we'll bring you that news this was just a preliminary hearing today in the meantime let's bring into the conversation our friend legal analyst jacqulyn Goodman she joins me um jacn good to see you here so you heard the uh coburger defense attorney kind of introduced that first witness talking about how uh they think pre-trial publicity uh will render whatever jury is seated impartial here now uh the defense has taken on a novel creative approach in order to measure this uh they have elicited their own sample surveys into the community to see how the community might feel on that question how do you measure a community on whether or not they can be an impartial jury pool for an alleged murderer Jacqueline it's not only novel and creative but will it be admissible here yeah it is it is a creative way to do it the whole issue is whether this enormous amount of pre-trial publicity is just too much for the jury pool to maintain their partial their impartiality so um most of that is speculative most of the time we look to things like how many newspaper articles have there been how often was this on the front page of the local newspaper how many people really have been immen immersed in all of this information and in this case they did a step further by saying we want to actually survey a significant number of folks who might be part of that jury pool to see what their feelings are about it and they elicit the help of social scientists to create this survey and find out what is really on the minds of most of these citizens do they know about the case and if they know about the case what are their feelings about the case and have they been impacted by things in the media and it looks like from what they have in the survey that they have it's a small County and a lot of news yeah Jacqueline some of those survey respondents uh said this about Thea case they said uh some would Riot and burn the courthouse down if coburger were to be acquitted uh so you just see some of the fiery vitriol and rhetoric emanating from you know select few of these community members here but if you're the prosecution and you're hearing the defense kind of take matters into their own hands with some of their own measurements and metrics about the pulse of the community here wouldn't you object how can this be used as somewhat of a Guiding Light for the judge to ultimately decide we're moving the venue or we're not here why does the defense get to take matters into their own hands like this is taking matters into their own hands what it is is that you know you have to look to how can I show that there might be a problem and the whole issue with change of venue is merely about a fair trial it isn't about getting anything over on anybody else it's about getting a jury that has no preconceived notions about the evidence and letting them make a decision based on what comes into evidence lawfully within you know the four walls of that courtroom so any way that you can show the judge that that might be impaired that the jurors might actually not be able to come in we might not be able to get a panel of jurors who are impartial and fair and unbiased um I me you know everybody has a right to have a fair trial and I think the the prosecution would have to would would agree with that yeah so it's gon to be a hard argument that these measures are not useful and any measure that we can use in order to show that a jury might not be uh fair is is also fair game okay but Jack you have the jury impartiality issue kind of hanging over this hearing today um but the crimes were committed in Leah County in Moscow Idaho they weren't committed in Boise doesn't jurisdiction matter too or or does does jurisdiction supersede so to speak impartiality it doesn't it doesn't it's favored and we want a jury that is close to the cus of the crime but a jury of your peers is a jury of your peers whether they come from Boise or from Leah County and if Leal county is by you know is so much smaller and a small change venue can give someone on a death penalty case or a life case the possibility of a fair and impartial jury the the law is going to favor moving that trial let me tell you most of these motions are denied most of the time the argument that the prosecutor is making is that moving it isn't going to change anything everybody everywhere in Los Angeles in New York everyone knows what this trial is about and it's not going to change if you go from Leah County to Boise Idaho but the truth of the matter is that in some cases like this where a you know we know which switch to flip if we can just change it from this County to that County and he gets a fair and impartial jury then you know that there's so much at stake all parties really should be wanting a fair trial in this thing this maybe one of those few times when they actually move the jury the trial one of the things they can do is bring in jurors from Boise into Leah County and hold the trial there oh okay I didn't realize that option was available you know to here you mentioned that judges rarely issue or find or rule on a venue change why right I mean really for for lots of reasons they do take into account and more and more um particularly now they take into account what the families want the the alleged victims families okay they also do like they favor having a a jury in the venue where uh the the cus of the crime occurred but those things really are not the most important aspects most of the time you really have a hard time showing that you couldn't get a fair and impartial jury but in this case you have so much pre-trial publicity and such a small County and you've got evidence from these surveys and other uh social media posts and things where it seems like there's a really good case to be made that you'd have a very hard time finding jurors that don't know anything about the case and don't already have very hard and preconceived notions about this case it's been a really it's rocked that small small town so and you have a pretty easy place to go where you can find yours who probably are impartial and don't have a preconceived notion about the guilt of the accused no Jack though I mean the counterfactual to the the point that you were making is um this is a national case so no matter what jurisdiction you tried in a lot of people are going to know about it uh no matter if it's in Boise uh in Ada County or in Moscow or in Le County or if it was in Los Angeles or New York to your point here so couldn't you just make the argument on the other side that because of the national profile of this case um the jury impartiality question is rendered moot because everyone knows about it yes that's what the prosecution is going to be arguing and that's what the judge has to weigh the thing is that when you have a populist County with millions of people you have a better chance of finding jurors who don't already have who can say I don't have a preconceived notion of the guilt of the accused and if you could find them jurors somewhere then the other interests that usually do overcome that request for a change of venue may fall because you have a fairly easy fix but that's you know it's tough most of these most of these motions are denied I think in this one I think the Judge might rule in in favor of the defense on this one given all of the information that they have given all of the the social media posts about the vitriol and and the you know the hardening of these folks um and their opinions about Mr coburger yeah you know Jack just lastly I mean is this the largest final hurdle with some of these pre-trial motions here or do you anticipate more I mean it's been almost two years since the grizzly killings took place there um but when is this getting to trial there's been lots of delays in this case and you also have a judge who is pretty um careful I didn't expect him to make the ruling today even though the hearing was today and you know he has been pretty circumspect and pretty careful about his rulings although I do think that this is probably the last big hurdle although you know I don't I don't have the playbook for the defense or for the prosecution but it appears that this is starting to get down to the wire and I think we're going to see a trial pretty soon in this case you know I just thought of this too uh I mean that mob mentality mindset amongst potential members of the jury pool could that be exacerbated if the trial date keeps getting pushed back and back is it going to be even harder to find an impartial jury uh because community members will be upset that this has not been adjudicated yet in a court of law you make a good point and it's a smart argument that the you know prosecution can make to try to hurry this up but the truth of the matter is that time is on their side if if more and more time goes by people are just there's something new in the news and they'll just get distracted and be less uh vitriolic about this to be honest with you I think time is is uh on the side of keeping it in Leah County but I'll tell you that you know this judge is always going to be thinking what is what is likely to give an appell IT issue to the defense and they don't want to do that and so they want that whatever that conviction is going to be I mean I'm sorry whatever that ruling is going to be if it's a conviction they want it to stand and so that that you know why give them an appell at issue and not move the venue when you can pretty easily do that I think he's likely to move the venue and then I think that the trial will likely start fairly quickly after that and for a death penalty case or triple murder case like this two years is not a long time in pre-trial motions and preparation frankly all right uh jacn Goodman as always can't thank you enough for your Insight we'll talk soon appreciate being here thank you so much all right and in the meantime here it's a story we're going to keep following we've been on it ever since November 13 2022 and we got word for University of Idaho students were Grizzly stabbed and killed there in their off-campus home and we'll continue to follow it we'll see you in 2 minutes that's [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox I'm Andrew craft and we want to continue with some of these major crime headlines today uh we're going to move from Idaho now across the country to the east coast uh on the border between new h and Maine quite a scary situation unfolded today uh I want to put this up from the New Hampshire Department of Justice uh they put out an incident press release on a suspicious death in Troy New Hampshire and the piscatqua river bridge incident this is what we know a man being pursued in the killing of a woman in New Hampshire well he was shot by police he tumbled from the I95 bridge that connects the state to Maine officials said Thursday an 8-year-old boy was found dead in his vehicle now the child's death was not associated with gunfire from three law enforcement officials who discharged their weapons after the man stepped out of his vehicle and raised a weapon after ignoring police negotiators the man tumbled from the bridge and his body was later recovered from the piscatqua river by US Coast Guard now the bridge reopened this morning after being closed for about 7 hours according to main State Police traffic was backed up on both sides as drivers were diverted to two other Bridges now this whole episode began according to the Associated Press with a man calling police shortly after 2 in the morning last night to report a domestic altercation with his wife in nearby Troy New Hampshire police there found a woman's body about 100 miles away in the western part of the State Police then tracked the man's vehicle to the span that connects Portsmith New Hampshire to kidy Maine I was just in m this month for a week on vacation I went over that very bridge I know it they provided a conduit for tens of thousands of vehicles to cross that bridge daily that's how busy that bridge thoroughfare is and this all unfolded on this bridge earlier this morning the situation under control now law enforcement from both States providing an update on this today let's listen 2:07 a.m. on this date August 29th the York Police Department received a 9911 call from a mail stating that he'd been involved in a fight with his wife in the town of Troy New Hampshire uh during that call he told authorities that his wife was dead the New Hampshire State Police responded to the residence in Troy New Hampshire and located a deceased female at approximately 2:30 KY police located the mail's vehicle on the pasca river bridge parked of the southbound lane in the state of Maine right in the middle of the bridge law enforcement agencies from New Hampshire and Maine responded and tried to negotiate with the mail the bridge was shut down for several hours to protect the public while the negotiations were attempted and the scene was secured the main State negotiations were ultimately unsuc successful the male then exited his vehicle and at that time he raised the firearm main state trooper Craig neelon and two New Hampshire state troopers responded with deadly force the male subject was located deceased in the water below the bridge and was declared dead in the scene he fell from the bridge the male subject um was recovered by the Coast Guard at that time almost immediately after falling into the water law enforcement officers on scene located an 8-year-old child fadly shot in the back seat of the vehicle this death is not associated with the officer's use of deadly force I want to stress this right now that the child's death is not associated with the police officers use of deadly force today we have information uh that that is not the case I just want to make sure that everyone's clear on that moving forward main State Police Major Crimes and the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes are investigating the deaths of the female and the child uh the Troopers involved in this incident are an administrative leave pending the main attorney general's investigation into the use of deadly forth Force which is our standard procedure the uh again the Northbound and southbound lanes were closed for a number of hours and they were reopened just after 9:30 this morning uh traffic had been diverted off the main line in both New Hampshire and Maine uh to a so we were able to uh move traffic uh through alternate routes again that was with great assistance from our partners in this uh I'm not going to be able to take a lot of questions but I will field some at this time if you have them and um again please be patient with this this is an ongoing investigation uh and when we have more information we'll make sure we get it to you folks relationship between the victims and the suspect uh the family father uh husband wife and and and uh child can you explain where Colonel can you explain where the child was in relation to the suspect who was shot and fell off the bridge uh all of that is uh stuff that we're not going to be getting into right now those are some of of the details of the investigation we're going to let our Major Crimes units and the Attorney General's office work through those particulars but I'm sure that information will be available in the future Colonel how were you able to determine the child was not shot by Troopers again that's part of the investigation that's ongoing but based on information we saw it was very clear that the the officers that were involved in the shooting uh did not fire on that child Colonel did he point the gun at police that were responding give us a little bit more information on what again the particulars of that he had a firearm he was raising the firearm uh again I think the investigators are still looking into the particulars of that Colonel at what point did your Troopers know that there was a child in the car after they shot and kill the suspect or before the child was found uh after the altercation with the male subject they didn't they were not aware that the child was in the car at the time you never notified York police when he said that he had had a fight with his wife and that he shot again I think those details will come out in time there's I I know everyone wants to know the why right now we're going to be focused on what happened and try and getting that information to you um again ongoing investigation a lot of details uh that we still need to uncover uh a lot of work has been done on this um again I want to thank the agencies that were involved uh anytime you shut uh the main line down on on uh Interstate 95 uh that's a big undertaking uh when you add everything else that happened uh regarding this incident um a lot of people had to come together to make this work I'm also very proud of the working relationship that we have with the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes unit and the respective Attorney General's office uh we have uh had the pleasure of working them on several occasions and there this is this is no different1 hey folks again we will have more information coming to you as this unravels uh and we have more to provide to you again a lot is happening um I think you have enough now um moving forward when more information becomes available we'll get it out to you thank you for your patience um and uh be safe thank you very much gender of the can you speak all right in just a horrible set of circumstances there took place on the Maine New Hampshire border late last night and uh we'll provide any more details if we get any more details on that story I'm Andrew craft we are approaching fast the bottom of the hour here let's take a quick commercial break when we come back though we'll be diving into some of these International headlines and National Security headlines more details coming out uh from that Terror plot that could have been so deadly against Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna Austria we're learning more details also uh the F-16 fighter jets that we have given to Ukraine they're in the Ukrainian Skies fighting in this war one of them falling out of the sky Ukrainian pilot crashing the F-16 uh killed in this crash weeks after they arrived there into the country what does this mean for the overall war effort we'll be breaking down all those questions when we come back [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox I'm Andrew craft we do want to dive into some of these National Security headlines including updates on how much worse this could have been there in Vienna Austria on this three-day concert tour for Taylor Swift there a couple weeks back remember those concerts were cancelled because of some of these Terror plots against them and we're learning more details about what could have gone down and how deadly it might have been with none other than foxes Rebecca Caster with these details let's watch Taylor Swift wrapped the European leg of eras tour last week but not before narrowly avoiding tragedy after authorities foiled a planned terror attack against her shows in vien earlier this month they were plotting to kill a you know huge number tens of thousands of people at this concert including I'm sure many Americans speaking at an intelligence Summit Wednesday the deputy director of the CIA revealed new details about the terror plot including it was his agency that warned Austrian authorities I can tell you within within my agency I'm sure in others there were there were people who thought that was you know a really good day um you know not just the swifties in my in my Workforce three suspects are in custody and authorities say The Mastermind a 19-year-old Austrian man was inspired by the Islamic State they believe he was planning to attack outside the stadium with knives or homemade explosives it's actually really sad that this is actually the world we live in this concert used to be a safe space for everyone and now it's just a threat all three of Swift's Vienna concerts were canceled after the plot was discovered on Instagram the pop star said the reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows but I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them we were grieving concerts and not lives around 65,000 fans were expected inside the stadium for Taylor Swift's Vienna shows with another 30,000 expected to gather outside in Washington Rebecca Caster Fox News Rebecca thanks so much in the meantime let's bring into the conversation our friend retired Marine intelligence officer and National Security analyst and expert Hal keer he joins me Hal good to see you uh on this Thursday night I I wanted to ask you saw there that clip David Cohen the deputy director of the CIA um does the deputy director of the CIA talk at length about some of the intelligence they provide to you know Allied and member countries were you surprised at how forthcoming he was about the role that the CIA played in helping thwart this uh Andrew David Cohen uh well any deputy director of the CIA or director of the CIA uh they they do talk I mean they go to conferences they give speeches uh at various events not a lot but but some and uh but I was rather taken taken a back a bit with his he was very forthcoming on this and one of the things I thought was interesting was uh the claim of credit uh that the CIA played instrumental role a lot of times the CIA I mean you know they're known as a covert organization well to be covert you tend not to be overt and they do a lot of things in the uh in the shadows so to speak They Don't Really advertise what they do in this cas Cas for whatever reason he decided to advertise but I'll tell you the stunning thing was and I had to I had to it was I had to listen to it several times I had to reread it several times but he said tens of thousands of people could have been killed I I had to go back and look at this I'm not quite sure what the plot was because they talk about knives and homemade explosives and it just wasn't clear how that would equate to tens of thousands of people killed and and I have to tell you I've been working counterterrorism as you know for a very long time i' I've worked this issue I work with you know major venues and stuff on potential terrorist attacks and train law enforcement First Responders on this and the military uh with this and I wasn't quite sure what the plot was that they thwarted it was but there was a reference to chemicals and all I can think is maybe a chemical weapon but it wasn't quite clear okay yeah I mean how that's the thing I mean you don't think David Cohen was you know exaggerating the the circumstances of what could have been the circumstances or was he being circumspect about how deadly this could have been here because to your point this was a 19-year-old he was inspired by the Islamic State online you know that's giving him a lot of credit is it not with his supposed capabilities uh in all fairness when you put the words 19-year-old Mastermind together I tend to shake my head right there all right uh uh yeah I don't think it was a really uh complex plot so to speak uh I saw look pretty straightforward there may have been uh there were reports it looked like it was going to be a vehicle ramming type thing similar to what we've seen over you know we've seen it here but we all saw saw in Europe and particularly in Neath right a horrible thing but that doesn't get you the number of casualties I I kind of wonder if maybe he may have misspoke a little bit was certainly widely quoted there will be 10 of thousands of people at the concert there would have been a horrific number of casualties and maybe somehow that got connected together I mean I heard him speak and it sounded like he said tens of thousands would be casualties but I just don't know how you get there with h everything reported so far well uh I think uh it's safe to say that we're very happy to be having this discussion about something that never transpired that did not come to pass and the intelligence got it beforehand um how let's talk about a subject that we have talked about so often here the Russia Ukraine war and and the fact that uh us made us provided f16s are now flying in the skies of Ukraine uh in this war there but the Wall Street Journal our friend Lara Seligman had this scoop today how and this is what she is reporting I want to read from her article that a Ukrainian pilot was killed in combat when his F-16 jet fighter crashed on Monday just weeks after the first of the American made aircraft arrived in Ukraine now this is according to both us and Ukrainian officials according to Lara seligman's reporting she goes on to say the pilot died while helping to repel a massive Russian missile attack Monday initial reports indicate the jet was not shot down by enemy fire us officials said the Pentagon referred questions to the Ukrainian Air Force for comment the Ukrainian Air Force acknowledged the crash and Pilot's death in a statement today Ukraine used the Jets for the first time in combat to shoot down Russian missiles during the strikes this week according to president volodimir zalinsky now Hal how does this Bode for the program that was set up between the US and Ukraine uh both in training and in carrying out f-16s to be deployed in the battle space in the air here does it I don't know diminish those efforts do those efforts go back a step and not forward is there some trepidation moving forward now about whether or not any more f-16s are going to be in the Skies over Ukraine or not this is just one instance here uh Andrew there will be more f-16s they're going to keep going in they're going to flow in like they have been it was interesting they did say there were six total that had come in that's the first time I heard a number that was that was put to it they were being a little circumspect on saying how many they had said six I don't know how many are flowing in on a regular basis obviously they've lost one it's a it's a huge disappointment not just the loss of the aircraft but also the loss of the pilot he was a very well-known pilot um and he had been kind of instrumental in getting the f-16s uh convincing Congress and others to get him over there so you know that was it was kind of a a double loss in that regard and they don't have that many uh trained F-16 Pilots uh one of the things it's doing is there's a lot of they're they're going to look very hard at what this was the the planes are being used in an anti-air mode which is they were being used to take out cruise missiles is what I understand it was uh Monday during that just horrendous attack by the Russians where they just launched uh a tremendous amount of missiles and and drones and everything else at at at at Ukraine and somewhere in that the the plane crashed now there's a lot of different scenarios where that happened apparently was not shot down as far as we know uh but they're going to be looking at was there uh a problem a mechanical issue technological issue something like that uh could have been a pilot error you know when you're moving fast and you're yanking and banking there's a you know things can go wrong they're going to be looking at the training program you know there was talk that these guys were accelerated through a training program and they're going to wonder were their shortcuts that you know got paid for okay if you will so they'll be asking that but we don't know enough yet but it's disappointing I don't think it's going to slow things down as far as f-16s going going to Ukraine though yeah because there is some you know cognitive dissonance here in laa elman's report uh you know she's saying essentially that this pilot was killed in combat while helping repel the missile attack uh the general staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said contact had been lost with the jet while it was approaching its next Target a person close to the Ukrainian military said the cause of the crash was unknown and an investigation was underway so are we led to believe you know via L elman's reporting that Russia didn't shoot down this jet as far as we know right now everything that that as far as they know right now okay uh it doesn't look like it was shot down now I I will tell you and you and I have talked on the air about a variety of Aviation incidents over the years and and you know there's a lot of a lot of different things that can cause a uh an aviation uh mishap if you will and uh and that's why I kind of leave this at now it could be pilot error it could be something was wrong with the plane you know they they' put a lot of planes over there and there could have been you know in the in the stress of a uh of a highspeed combat environment like that uh there could have been something that went wrong with the plane and obviously was unrecoverable there's just a lot of different scenarios and like anything else they're going to have to investigate and figure out what went wrong and then they're going to take corrective action and and if it's pilot training I'm sure they'll take corrective action on that but if it's something wrong with the plane maintenance or something else they're going to have to address that as well uh I will say this when you're looking at the environment they're flying in if you're looking at the intensity of the operations uh that also increases the intensity of Maintenance operations and upkeep another thing too and and I don't think this is tied to it these f-16s were recently retrofitted with an advanced electronic warfare module that allows them to better keep up with what the Russians are Fielding I don't know that that would play a role in uh in anything like a crash but that is kind of interesting that that was just announced prior to hearing about this that it had a a new ew module and I don't know if that's connected at all yeah you know Hal lastly while we have you we do want to follow up on a story that you and I discussed uh at length yesterday uh and that of course was this supposed incident between Trump campaign St aers an Arlington National Cemetery official uh on Monday during the 3-year anniversary tribute uh for the abig gate Cabell airport terror attack there uh and we talked extensively about uh some of the victim's family members uh taking photos with the former president uh in this area of the cemetery known as section 60 well we got more clarity today how uh from the US Army they released uh quite a detailed statement uh we have it here I'm going to read it right now I think it's worth reading in full uh that Arlington National Cemetery they say routinely hosts public wreath Lane ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for individuals and groups who submit requests in advance ANC conducts nearly 3,000 such public ceremonies a year without incident participants in the August 26th ceremony in the subsequent section 60 visit were made aware of the federal laws Army regulations and DOD policies which clear prohibit political activities on Cemetery grounds ANC employee who attempted to ensure adherence to these rules was abruptly pushed aside consistent with the decorum expected ATC this employee acted with professionalism and avoided further disruption the incident was reported to the jbm HH police department but the employee subsequently decided not to press charges therefore the Army considers this matter closed this incident was unfortunate and it is also unfortunate that thec employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked ANC is a National Shrine to the honored dead of the Armed Forces and its dedicated staff will continue to ensure public ceremonies are conducted with the dignity and respect the nation's Fallen deserve uh so you know I asked some of our friends and reporters that came on earlier hell on whether or not this is somewhat of a rarity that the Army releases such a statement like this Dan Lam moth of the Washington Post said absolutely yes it is quite rare the US Army would go on at length describing somewhat you know their side of the story and what happened here uh the fact that the cemetery official though Hal uh did not want to further continue to press for accountability essentially dropping the case meaning the US Army dropped the case um couldn't the US Army still have an investigation open into this no matter what the cemetery official wanted to do whether or not they wanted to pursue this uh you and I talked about this report being filed now we know it was a military police report jurisdictionally how does that differ from a local police station well it's it's in a different different system it would be uh it's in the military channels is on a military facility and it be handled in the uh military probably handled in some sort of military justice system I'm not quite sure what they do in this situation it wouldn't fall under the uniform code of military justice as far as I know uh the fact that they consider the matter closed would indicate to me that there probably is no ongoing investigation I may be wrong but this this looks like such a minor matter um they you know they basically restated the policy which was you know maybe clarified a few details there and and then they stated what the that there was an incident essentially the question becomes uh still it it was is did the employee see Donald Trump at a Le wreath laying or wreath laying ceremony as being implicitly political uh or did that employee see Donald Trump with photographers as being connected as implicitly political as well uh that's a that's a big question uh you know and it may have dropped the matter because there might there may be a little bit of uh I don't know if you want to say wrong on both sides but certainly some room for interpretation did the employ oversteep in what they were doing and certainly if there was some sort of incident and definitely any type of physical altercation then uh the Trump uh staffer uh was certainly in the wrong in that regard but it may be that they looked at and they may have seen that there was a you know probably a little little little wrong on both sides so to speak that maybe they they had overreacted on both sides and uh that's possible I don't know but since they're dropping the matter it becomes something of good point so okay um how we're gonna have to leave it at that can't thank you enough we'll definitely be speaking tomorrow to round out the week Hal thanks okay thank you Andrew all right in the meantime here let's take our final commercial break of the hour more International headlines where that came from when we come back National Security adviser Jake Sullivan in China meeting with Xi Jinping we'll have it in two minutes [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox I'm Andrew craft I have a readout statement from the White House in front of me uh that National Security advisor Jake Sullivan met on August the 29th today with XI jingping of the People's Republic of China the statement goes on to say that the meeting was part of ongoing efforts to maintain channels of communication and responsibly manage the relationship between the United States and the PRC Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan has more from London the US military is turning its attention back to the Pacific National Security adviser Jake Sullivan visiting Beijing on Thursday holding rare meetings with his Chinese counterpart and president ji Jinping the Chinese officials issuing a new warning telling the us to stop supplying weapons and tactical support to taiwwan and also discussed China's recent Naval actions in the South China Sea which some Regional allies say is part of a broader Chinese plan to dominate the region I did raise our concerns about some of the destabilizing actions that have taken place including the ramming of Coast Guard vessels uh and unsafe intercepts but both sides are also stressing these meetings were aimed at easing tensions that have escalated in recent months and Sullivan reportedly discussed the possibility of a meeting between she and President Biden at the G20 Summit later this year in the in this changing and turbulent world countries need solidarity and coordination not division or confrontation at the same time the Chinese military kicked off a new series of live fire drills and the commander of the US Pacific Fleet met with his counterpart in Manila promising a quick response if China's provocations turn violent we certainly have prepared a uh a um r of option on Monday thousands of service members from the US and nine other countries began two weeks of joint military drills in Indonesia these drills are aimed at boosting operational skills and increasing the partnership between these countries as China strengthens its influence in the region in London Alex Hogan Fox News Alex thanks so much the final sentence of the White House readout of this meeting today says this both sides welcomed ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication including planning for a call between President Biden and president XI in the coming weeks uh we'll stay tuned for that in the meantime here let's hear a little bit more from National Security adviser Jake Sullivan uh he had a press conference today there in China let's watch meetings President Biden has been clear that he is committed to managing this important relationship responsibly our aim in every engagement with China is to deliver for the American people under President Biden's leadership the United States has and will continue to advance its interest and values look out for its friends and as we do we believe that competition with China does not have to lead to conflict or confrontation the key is responsible management through diplomacy beginning in May of last year that diplomacy has been an all handson deck effort across the US government and the cabinet which has included four meetings between myself and director Wong ye as well as engagements between secretary blinkin secretary yelen secretary rundo and their counterparts and many other cabinet secretaries and their counterparts those discussions help lay the foundation for a productive Summit between President Biden and president XI in San Francisco at the end of last year there our leaders agreed on concrete steps on issues that matter to the American people and for that matter matter to the world this week I traveled to China for the first time as National Security adviser to take stock of where we have made progress and what work there still remains to be done and also how we can responsibly manage the difficult issues and the differences that we have in this relationship that's been the focus of my meetings with President XI with director and foreign minister wongi and with CMC Vice chairman Jang SOA uh J excuse me J this was a true working visit over the course of 14 hours of meetings we discussed progress and next steps on implementation of the Woodside commitments including our work on counternarcotics and efforts to reduce the flow of ilicit synthetic drugs into the United States military to military Communications including an upcoming engagement between our theater commanders as well as work towards another round of AI safety and risk talks among other issues of Global concern we discussed the recent efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza these meetings were also about managing tough issues as I said in areas of disagreement and I was direct on these issues as well the United States will continue to take necessary action to prevent Advanced us Technologies from being used to undermine our national security without unduly limiting trade or investment we have continued concerns about China's unfair trade policies and non-market economic practices we remain deeply concerned about China's support for Russia's defense industrial base and its impact on both European and transatlantic security not to mention on Russia's brutal aggression against Ukraine it is a top priority for this Administration to resolve the cases of American citizens who are wrongfully detained or subject to exit bans in China and this was another opportunity for me to raise those cases as I have done in my prior engagements I also underscored the long-standing US commitment to Universal human rights and fundamental freedoms in all of my meetings I stress the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan straight emphasize the United States's commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and I reaffirm the United States's commitment to our indopacific allies including our concerns about destabilizing actions against lawful Philippine maritime operations in the South China Sea these were constructive candid substantive conversations we believe that keeping lines of communication open is critical and to that end we began planning towards a leader level call in the coming weeks where I expect these discussions to continue and with that I'd be happy to take your questions Y in your meetings with throughout your meetings with Chinese officials uh including uh XI Jin ping did you get a sense of how the Chinese leadership is feeling about about the race for the White House obviously the election would be a looming issue for them I didn't really get a feeling for that we didn't discuss the American election that's obviously something for the American people to decide and not for any other country to get involved in um so uh neither in my meetings with director Wong nor in the meeting with the president or for that matter with the CMC Vice chair did we specifically talk about the American election yeah there mark Stewart from CNN mark it from CNN um as you mentioned you talked about some of the maritime issues I don't have to tell you but obviously things are very tense right now in the South China see especially with the Philippines and some of these wreath issues um reading the readout I that you discuss some of this with sha pink himself um other than diplomatic speak uh is there a a reasonable road map or blueprint for the future because I think that the level of tension is is reaching an extremely high level so first we believe that the order of the day should be deescalation and we support direct discussions between the Philippines and the PRC to that end we also have made very clear that our mutual defense treaty applies to public vessels including Coast Guard vessels that are operating uh in the South China Sea and in other waters uh it also applies to aircraft for that matter so the PRC well understands the long-standing commitment the United States has under its Mutual defense treaty to the Philippines and the Philipp phines well understands that we have an ironclad commitment to support them uh in their lawful exercise of their rights their Maritime rights um at the same time nobody is looking for a crisis not the Philippines not the United States and we hope not the PRC but I did raise our concerns about some of the destabilizing actions that have taken place including the ramming of Coast Guard vessels uh and unsafe intercepts uh near Scarboro shol it's something we'll continue to discuss with our Chinese counterparts it's something we will cons continue to consult closely with our Filipino counterparts on and in fact before I came here I had the opportunity to call uh my Filipino counterpart the National Security adviser secretary ano uh and I will stay in close touch with him as will uh other members of the US government so we will do our best to try to contribute to managing this issue in a responsible way so that deescalation is the order of the day yeah um hello this is Ray from the paper so I wonder since the San Francisco Summit you know more than 20 communication mechanism have been established or resumed maintaining the momentum of ongoing dialogue between the two country so following this visit what will be the key focus of the US diplomacy towards China through next January and what specific interim achievement does the Biden Administration hope to secure the during this period thank you well first at a macro level the most important thing and a core part of my extended engagement with director Wong not just here but in in multiple meetings dating back to the beginning of last year is overall responsible management of this relationship so that compet uh competition doesn't Veer into confrontation or conflict that is ongoing work and being able to reach the end of President Biden's Administration with the relationship on a stable basis even though we have areas of difference and areas of difficulty this is something we will work towards more specifically we're going to look for further progress on counterar narcotics and reducing the flow of illicit synthetic drugs into the United States we are going to look for a deepening of the military to military communication so that we can pass that on to President Biden's successor and in fact a very positive outcome of the sessions here uh is that there will be a call between the theater commanders the Endo pcom commander and the southern uh theater Commander for the pla um having the opportunity today to sit down with the CMC Vice chairman something that uh has not happened for a Us official in8 years is itself significant because it allows us to give impetus and momentum to those military to military lines of communication and that will be an important priority for us as we go forward uh there are other issues as well of course that we'll deal with and we'll have to manage the risks and flas points too cross straight relations the South China Sea uh the uh Chinese support for the Russian defense industrial base and we'll continue to work on all of those in the months ahead yeah right welcome to Beijing my name is Laura bicker I'm from BBC News um I'd like to ask you you talk about a call between the two leaders um within the coming weeks will there be a last meeting between President Biden and president XI and also back to those talks with General Jang how important is it for you to have those talks with a leading general and what was the tone of those talks it is likely that both President Biden and president she will be at apek and and the G20 later this year I don't have any announcements to make on either President Biden's travel or a potential meeting but the likelihood is they'll both be there and if they are it would only be natural for them to have the chance to sit down with one another so well have to await any confirmation or any announcements but I think things pointing in that direction seem logical and reasonable um I think the meeting with Vice chairman Jang was very important there is no substitute for actually being able to sit across the table not just with the vice chairman but with his whole team and be able to hear from them their perspective on critical issues and them be able to hear from us our perspective on those same issues whether whether it's cross Strait relations or the South China Sea uh or cyber issues and being able to have that exchange uh which is rare uh I think allows us to clarify our intentions and our concerns and hear theirs and try to use that in service of responsible management of the relationship going forward yeah thank you from the Wall Street Journal just to follow up on the question about the US election and I'm curious about what questions if any did the Chinese ask you about what uh a potential Harris Administration would represent for us China relations and connected to this did you raise the issue specifically of uh potential election interference by China during your trip here today thanks every time I meet with Chinese officials uh I raise the issue of election interference and and laying down a clear marker that uh it's unacceptable for Any Nation to interfere in the US election and uh this trip was no different in that regard uh I made that point once again again I won't characterize what uh the prc's questions were with respect to uh vice president Harris they'll have to speak for themselves on that but what I will say is that vice president Harris has been a central member of uh the Biden foreign policy team a leading member and has been part of the design and execution of the overall strategy in the Indo Pacific and with respect to the responsible management of us China relations she has had the opportunity to engage herself with President XI and with Premier Lee so she is known to both of the top leaders in China and uh she shares President Biden's view that responsibly managing this competition so it doesn't ve into conflict or uh confrontation is essential and she also shares the view that maintaining high level open lines of communication is the way that you can achieve that responsible management so I was able to share my experience my perspective of working closely with the vice president and the role that she has played over the course of the past four years yeah U thank you I'm with Phoenix TV uh the Biden Administration has announced arm sale to Taiwan uh 15 times now since taking office and surpassing the Trump administrations 11 times so China believes that the continued us arm sales to Taiwan and other actions have increased tensions in the Taiwan trade so how do you respond to this and what is the US with to do to deescalate thank you our One China policy has not changed um and our approach to this issue is Guided by the one China policy the Taiwan relations act the three joint communic and the six assurances that remains true today and that has remained true on a bipartisan basis through multiple administrations and that policy has actually helped contribute to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait for decades and we intend to keep it that way let's see yeah Ken Ken Mor with the AP I want to ask about the 100% tariff that the Canadian government put on Chinese EVS earlier this week was reported that you had met with prime minister Justin Trudeau and encouraged Canada to go forward with that did that come up at all during these talks did the Chinese side complain about it or the timing and if so how did you respond first of all Canada is a sovereign country that makes its own Sovereign decisions and it would be quite an extraordinary power to show up on a Sunday evening and produce a major trade policy move on a Monday morning so I think the right way to look at this is I was there for a prescheduled cabinet Retreat to speak with them they took independent action it was not at my behest uh or uh anything that I did or said uh that made that happen that was a determination that they made I did make the point while I was in Canada and I make it standing here today that we have concerns relative to EVS both with respect to security issues and overc capacity ISS we've been public and transparent about that um but this was a decision they took uh on their on their own and I won't characterize the conversations with the PRC on this issue I'll let them speak for themselves yeah Janice Macky frer with NBC uh followup to the election related question uh from Brian uh the Chinese leadership and Chinese officials are about stability and and consistency in their relationships did they at all signal to you any hesitation nervousness or concern about an upcoming change of administration at the White House theyve recognized that elections are sensitive periods and transitions are sensitive periods and responsible management through an election and transition is important uh that's something we believe as well and uh my uh visit here during this period um helps contribute to try and sustain that responsible management over this coming sensitive period uh I will refrain from commenting on their perspective about what comes next uh I think that's something that they're going to have to speak for themselves on yeah thanks uh Trevor hyut Reuters uh Jake could you talk a little bit about the status of the Middle East uh hostage and ceasefire negotiations I could but uh it's moving hour by hour and I haven't gotten an update in the last several hours what I would say is that uh the negotiators are bearing down on the details meaning that we have advanced the discussions to a point where uh it's in the nitty-gritty and that is a positive sign of progress but at the end of the day uh nothing is done until it's done and so we're just going to keep working at this until we finally get the cease fire and hostage deal across the line and I'll have the chance when I get on the plane uh to check in with uh our negotiating team who's participating in these talks in the region even as we speak yeah thank you Evelyn Shang from CNBC on the issue of tech restrictions I know that's something that the US side has made very firm on and that the Chinese side has repeatedly asked for changes on um if the trajectory still going to be more restrictions was there you know can you give some more details on what that discussion looked like and then just on the aspect of uh cross straight tensions and Southeast South China Sea uh was there any specifics on what would look what a deescalation might look like thank you we had extended discussions about economics and National Security and uh I won't characterize the PRC position on that other than to say it wasn't it it was consistent in the room with what they have said publicly on the issue for our part I laid out our approach uh which is rooted in the concept of small yard high fence I explained why it is that we feel we have to take some targeted restrictions to ensure that Advanced Technologies aren't used against US National Security I explain that our approach is one of drisking not decoupling and described in some detail how we saw drisking in practice and I also raised our concerns about steps that the PRC has taken with respect to uh the intersection of economics and National Security and the impact that that has had on Western businesses and on Supply chains and so we had a vigorous give and take on the issue uh obviously we didn't come to agreement uh on certain aspects of things but I think the dialogue is is very useful because it clarifies the concerns of each side and also gives us the opportunity to explain what it is that we are doing and what it and what we are not doing and I thought that was valuable we didn't reach any specific agreements on the South China Sea um you know for one thing it's not for the United States to reach agreements with China over the heads of parties like the Philippines for another um you know there's no substitute for that direct diplomacy between the two of them but we did indicate and reiterate uh our long-standing commitment to our Ally and our long-standing commitment to the rule of law freedom of navigation uh and the free exercise of Maritime rights in the South China Sea and we'll continue to do that take uh one more question yeah uh China Media Group speaking so uh we noticed that almost all of your accompanying staff can speak Chinese so uh do you think this helped you to communicate with your Chinese counterpart and does this help you accurately understand China's core concerns thank you yes the answer is yes no it's having a team here um many of whom do speak fluent Mandarin um have deep experience on uh issues related to the PRC and the US China relationship this is um you know it makes my job a heck of a lot easier and makes me much better than I would otherwise be and I I stand on the shoulders of those experts uh because you know they're the ones with the insights and the wisdom uh that drives forward the conversations that we've had here over the last three days so all right we'll do two more yeah yes Keith brid here for the New York Times have you made any progress with China in discussing what might be a possible resolution for the war in Ukraine thank you I can't say that we did make progress on that issue uh the PRC has been very public in its view that uh the war should end through diplomacy uh they've laid out various principles both unilaterally and in uh separate communication with the Brazilians um we had the opportunity to exchange views on the war against Ukraine over the course of the last three days we didn't reach any particular plan uh with respect to diplomacy in large part because the United States very rigorously adheres to the simple maximum of nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine so ultimately it'll be up to Ukraine to decide how it wants to proceed with diplomacy and negotiations yeah leway from taing perhaps an overarching question um several months ago um Chinese uho us relation is very intense especially around the time uh us impose uh kind of additional tariff on Chinese EVS or semiconductors um and China is fa facing this trade War uh nowadays with Europe but all of a sudden uh ukaine and uh us China relations seems to be on better track especially for the last few months of this year uh what's behind uh this uh change it does that have anything to do with uh vice president Harris taking over the um presidential race or any other factor from the Chinese side and looking forward do you see us China relations uh turning uh marginally for the better for the uh next few months or potentially in next few years compared to a potential second Trump term thanks I can't characterize the Chinese side on this issue they're going to have to speak for themselves what I can tell you is is that we believe in the Biden Administration that intense diplomacy matters um because it doesn't resolve every issue it doesn't mean that we're going to agree on everything uh but it does mean that we can improve understanding we can clarify misperceptions we can reduce the risk of miscalculation and we can identify areas to work together where our interests align that might previously have been hidden so the relationship remains a competitive relationship we need to responsibly manage that comp competition and we're doing that through this very detailed painstaking multiple rounds of of diplomatic effort and it's not to arrive at a certain end result where everything's just resolved it's rather to arrive on a stable basis so that each of us can stand up for our interest we can stand up for our friends we can defend our values we can take the actions we feel we need to take in service of our national interests but we can also work together to ensure that the relationship is managed responsibly that is what this trip was about that's what the diplomacy of the last two years have been about and we do believe that it puts us in a position to increase the prospect um of stability in the relationship but we have to keep in mind too that there are always risks uh risks of escalation risks of misunderstanding risks of something going arai and we've seen that before in the US China relationship and we discussed those risks too at some length whether it's to do with cross straight relations with the South China Sea or uh European security and the war in Ukraine or or many other issues in including issues that were not previously foreseen uh like incidents from a year or two ago so this is something we will have to keep working at and it's a work in progress today is not the end of anything it's just the continuation of a sustained pattern of intensive diplomacy led by President Biden and president X and carried out by many of us across our Administration and the Chinese government and we're going to keep at it thank you guys right we're listening there to the National Security adviser Jake Sullivan speaking to the Press after he had a meeting with the Chinese leader ji jingping a live look at the Capitol building over in Washington DC I'd like to thank you all for joining us on this Thursday night I'm your host Cara Hara we're going to step away for our first commercial break of this hour when we come back we're going to dive in a pretty big story and a headline that we are following a live look at the White House over in Washington DC earlier today we had some campaign events featuring both presidential nominees that is Harris and Trump we'll have a recap next [Music] welcome back and thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I'm your host car laara we are continuing to follow all of the latest political headlines and also what these presidential candidates are doing on the campaign Trail a live look at the White House over in Washington DC on a very stormy night over at our nation's capitals vice president kamla Harris wrapping up her campaign swing through what could be one of the most important States in this year's presidential election this comes as former president Trump took to the Midwest delivering a speech focusing on the economy in Michigan Fox News correspondent Conor Hansen has more Georgia let me say I'm no stranger to tough fights vice president Harris wrapped up a two-day bus tour through Georgia with a rally in Savannah her first big speech since the DNC Harris promised to fight for things like affordable health care and says she plans to cut taxes for 100 million Americans we fight for a future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so that every American has the opportunity to own a home to start a business and to build wealth Harris isn't alone speaking on the economy former president Trump has put the issue front and center your long economic nightmare will very soon be over at a campaign rally in Michigan Trump went after Harris on immigration and criticized the inflation reduction act he also made a more surprising announcement under the Trump Administration your government will pay for or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with IVF treatment fertilization for women IVF treat all this happening as the vice president sits down for her first interview since starting her campaign where she was asked about her policy stances over the years Dan I think the the the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed in her interview Harris also said she would appoint a republican to her cabinet if she's elected in New York Conor Hansen Fox news thank you to Conor Hansen for that wrap up of today's campaign events and you did see toward the end of that reporter package he had there a couple of Snippets from the CNN interview from earlier tonight between CNN's Dana Bash and also the vice president KLA Harris and her ready mate Tim Waltz we're going to break down that entire interview for you when we come back after this break [Music] welcome back thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I'm your host Cara as I mentioned before earlier tonight we did see vice president kamla Harris participate in her first sitdown interview since becoming the Democratic nominee she was joined by her running mate the governor of Minnesota Tim Walts they sat with CNN's Dana Bash I'd like to play a little clip from that interview uh this is where they speak a little bit on what they would do on day one if their administration were to win in this election you have less time to make your case to voters than any candidate in modern American history the voters are really eager to hear what your plans are if you are elected what would you do on day one in the white house well there are a number of things I will tell you first and foremost most one of my highest priorities is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class um when I look at the aspirations the goals the Ambitions of the American people I think that um people are ready for a new way forward um in a way that generations of Americans have been fueled by by hope and by optimism I think sadly in the last decade um we have had in the former president someone who has really been pushing an agenda and in an environment that is about diminishing um the character and the strength of who we are as Americans uh really dividing our nation and I think people are ready to turn the page on that so what would you do day one day one it's going to be about one implementing my plan for what I call an opportunity economy I've already laid out a number of um proposals in that regard which include what we're going to do to bring down um the cost of everyday Goods what we're going to do to invest in America's small businesses what we're going to do to invest in families for example extending the child tax credit to $6,000 for families for the first year of their child's life to help them buy a car seat to help them buy baby clothes a crib um there's the work that we're going to do that is about investing in the American family around affordable housing a big issue in our country right now so there are a number of things on day one what about you well I'm excited about this agenda too as I said the idea of uh inspiring America to what can be and I think many of these things that the vice president's proposing are are uh are things that we share in values and the child tax cred is one we know that reduces childhood poverty by a third we did it in Minnesota to have a federal partner in this um unbelievable I think in the impact that we can make all right just a little snippet there from that interview earlier tonight on CNN we'll have more Clips like that throughout our programming this evening in the meantime I would like to bring into the conversation now political analyst Rich Rubino rich I guess I'd like to just start by asking you your overall thoughts on how that interview went did Harrison walls lay out some plans for voters that would be appealing to them ahead of this election yes and I think they were very appealing but she didn't really get into any specifics maybe she wasn't really pushed on that but she has to explain how for example she would be able to to do this how should be able to give a tax cut to so many million Americans and how that would be deficit neutral or would perhaps would that be would that included would that be would there be a deficit that would that would come that would increase that would come along with it that's what you really didn't really answer those types of questions I think it's interesting though that she's very much um trying to you she's very much trying to um she's very much trying trying to trying to stay the way stay with Joe Biden I think you she could have tried to distance herself from Joe Biden she could have said well I agree with him on this I disagree with them on this but she's in a very similar situation that Hubert Humphrey had in 1968 with Lyndon Johnson in that the president has a job approval rating under 50% in Hubert Humphrey's case he broke from Vietnam on September 30th that year in a speak in a speech in Salt Lake City I think for vice president Harris perhaps I thought maybe she would break a little bit when it came to the Israel Gaza conflict but she really did not break from that so it's a very interesting um it was it was very it was very interesting how she's trying to stay tethered uh to a president who has a job approval rating under 50% uh right now kind of piggybacking off of that last answer Harris was heard continuing to talk about a new way forward but you know I think that a lot of the points that people have watching this entire presidential election unfold is that she has been a part of the Biden Administration over the last four years I mean she's the vice president to Biden so how does that translate to voters when she continues to say a new way forward that's another problem that she has um usually if a vice president is is pigging backing off of a popular president you try to essentially run as that person's successor I think that George HW Bush somewhat did that in 1988 with Ronald Reagan Al Gore made the mistake I think in 2000 of trying to run away from Bill Clinton in part by by saying that he's his own Man by not really campaigning with Bill Clinton that much and by having Joe Liber Minister's running mate who was the first United States Senator um to to to publicly condemn President Clinton for his Antics and the Monica Lewinsky and broo but I think that you know it's a great question you say what are you going to do on day one for vice president Harris the the obvious question that um that would be asked is well why aren't you supporting that policies right now why aren't you trying to persuade President Biden to go to try to get this through Congress right through through Congress contemporaneously the other thing that's interesting is on day one she can't she doesn't have PL of potential power she can't just take a pen and sign something this is something that would have to actually be legislation so she would have to get the legislation you have to get a pass through the United States Congress if she has a problem the United States Senate could very possibly be controlled by Republicans next time around it would be very hard to get for it for it to pass so she's really speaking in platitudes right now not in particulars I want to go ahead and play out another little snippet from that interview that we saw earlier today kamla ha is actually answering a question question from Dana Bash and she said that she wants to appoint a republican to her cabinet let's play that out for our viewers next yep you had a lot of Republican speakers at the convention will you appoint a republican to your cabinet yes I would anyone in I would no one no one in particular in mine I got a we got 68 days to go with this election so I'm not putting the cart before the horse but I would I think I think it's really important I I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion I think it's important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views different experiences and I think um it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my cabinet who was a republican all right just want to correct myself a little bit not that she wants to but that she would saying that a different perspective would uh bring something good if she were to be elected Pres president here so rich does that work what other president in history have we seen that has appointed a member from the opposite party within their cabinet yes we have seen that we saw uh jnf Kennedy for example put Robert mcnamer as defense secretary he stayed on for the for most of the Johnson Administration again for secretary defense uh Bill Clinton did that with Bill Cohen Bill Cohen was a United States senator from Maine who did not seek reelection in 1996 the thought was that he was going to go home to Maine Bill Clinton called him up and asked him to become defense secretary and he served as defense secretary for Bill Clinton's second term you saw Chuck Hegel the former senator for Nebraska who's kind of became a dissident Republican who was opposed to the who became opposed to the Iraq War under George W bush Barack Obama put him in the cabinet as defense secretary also put Ray put um Ray Le Hood as Transportation secretary who is a former congressman from from his home state of Illinois so it does happen it's rare it's usually one kind of token um position oh the other one would be manetta George W bush put him in the cabinet um as well he was somebody who had served in the Clinton cabinet and then he served in the in the bush cabinet as well usually it's only one member of the cabinet I remember Joe Biden getting a little bit of trouble during the 2020 uh presidential campaign when somebody asked him when he was in in Iowa they said would you consider appointing a nominating a vice president who was a Republican and he said that he would not that he would do that rather and it does it hurts a little bit with some of the Bas but the Bas I think you got asked the question where would they go would they go to Jill Stein the green party nominee or would they just kind of or they or or just vice president Harris have enough leeway because the left is so disenchanted with Donald Trump that they're willing to go with her anyways that's kind of the $63,000 uh question there but I think that um for the I think that for the for the most part usually usually you have one Cabinet member that is of the other party in an Administration so Harris didn't mention who she would appoint if she would appoint someone from the Republican Party do you have anyone in mind that would be a good fit for that Administration I think I think Adam kiner potentially the congressman from Illinois who became very much a dissident um during the administration of Donald of Donald Trump who was actually on the January 6 committee that would be somebody that potentially she could appoint as defense secretary uh somebody for attorney general she could potentially maybe former Massachusetts governor Bill weld somebody who's endorsed her a former Republican Governor um she who she could put in the cabinet Phil Scott the very I'd say probably moderate liberal probably the most liberal Republican elected office uh the governor Vermont she could potentially put him into some sort of a s some sort of a cabinet position usually when P when presidents pick somebody from the other party in their in their cabinet it's usually not somebody that is a hard ideologue Bill Cohen for example was very much a moderator even when they had him a liberal Republican for example Chuck Hegel was somebody who came in as a conservative but really moderated as he got in the United States Senate Robert mcnam was somebody who from outside of Washington Norman manetta was somebody who was not really an ideologue when he was in Congress very it's very rare really can't think of any situation where a president took somebody who's really very much an adog in the other party but I would say Adam kiner maybe Lyn Cheney the congressman for former Congressman woman from Wyoming although I think if she was in some sort of foreign policy uh when if some sort of foreign policy position that would have a lot of protests on people on the left because she's very much a neoconservative but he give her something like transportation or something to that effect so you could do that my guest is Adam kiner spoke with the convention he probably will be in the new Administration I was just about to say Rich we did see Adam kininger speak at the convention and talking a little bit about the backlash that he has received from even members of his own family for being at the DNC I do want to go ahead and play another clip from this interview earlier today on CNN this is regarding a question that Dana Bash posed to Harris about her changing values let's watch generally speaking how should voters look at some of the changes that you've made uh that you've explained some of here uh in your policy is it because you have more experience now and you've learned more about the information is it because you were running for president in a Democratic primary and should they feel comfortable and confident that what you're saying now is going to be your policy moving forward Dana I think the the the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed you mentioned the green New Deal I have always believed generally speaking so we just had a little clip there from that but really my question that Segway from this is kamla did speak to her changing her perspective or getting a new perspective better when she became vice president of some of the country's most pressing issues how does her experience as a vice president how could that translate to the duties she would have to face if she did become president well I guess the first thing is she doesn't need to have a national security adviser necessarily she already has one because she can use the same one that the president uses um she's been in the situation room she's been briefed she knows about the potential threats to the United States that's something that potentially a another another president would not know if it was a governor United States senator for example who became president usually there's a time that they to get caught up to Snuff reminds me a little bit of Al Gore part of the reason Bill Clinton chose him in 1992 was because he had focused a lot of his attention on foreign policy on defense and didn't really need his need a national security adviser um on the campaign because he already had that knowledge it's a lot that a vice president can learn as a kind of underling or Protege if you will of the president of the United States um and I think they you really do they really do they you really do learn a lot you're kind of shadowing the president but I think the biggest thing is you get the national security briefing so there's a lot that you know about the threats to the United States all right rich I really do just have one final question for you after we saw this first sitdown interview with Harris now that she's the Democratic Presidential nominee what is still left unanswered what are you most looking forward to her getting at as we head into November she needs to give specifics she needs to give specifics on her plan whether it's increase in the child tax credit where that money is going to come from I think that's something the next interview she's in she will probably be pressed on and I guess the other thing is this is where vice presidents whether it was Hubert Humphrey George H W bush or Al Gore will constantly be asked if you're so such an advocate for this program Why didn't it get through under the last Administration why didn't Joe Biden propose that why didn't you convince Joe B to propose it um and I also think that that whole the whole issue of Gaza I think it's very interesting because I go back again because I see so many Gary similarities Sim similitudes between Lyndon Johnson presidency and and um Joe Biden's presidency is Hubert Humphrey for through was getting a lot of protesters throughout the campaign people saying to end the war in Vietnam once he made that speech in Salt Lake City those protesters stopped going I think it's very similar with vice president Harris she's been getting a lot of protesters and I think you saw in this speech she um did not distance herself from Joe Biden but if she does start to distance herself a little bit from Joe Biden I think that in in another interview potentially I think those protesters would stop and should be able to get those those voters in places like Wisconsin and Michigan where every vote counts but a lot of those voters are still um a little bit disenchanted with the Democratic party because of their stance on the Israel Gaza conflict all right political analyst Rich Rubino always a pleasure to have you here at live now from Fox as you continue to share your insights we are less than 70 days away from this presidential election so I look forward to speaking with you again soon I look forward to it categorically of course we're going to step away for a quick commercial break here at live now from Fox a look at the White House over in Washington DC we'll see you back here in 2 minutes [Music] welcome back and thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I do want to go ahead and play another snippet from that interview earlier today in CNN the first sitdown interview that vice president kamla Harris had with her ready mate Tim Waltz here is a little snippet on what she had to say in regards to the economy are well aware that right now many Americans are struggling there's a crisis of affordability one of your campaign themes is we're not going back but I wonder what you say to voters who do want to go back when it comes to the economy specifically because their groceries were less expensive housing was more affordable When Donald Trump was President well let's start with the fact that when Joe Biden and I came in office during the height of a pandemic we saw over 10 million jobs were lost uh people I I mean literally we were all tracking the numbers hundreds of people a day were dying because of covid um the economy had crashed in large part all of that because of mismanagement by Donald Trump of that crisis when we came in our highest priority was to do what we could to rescue America and today we know that we have inflation at under 3% a lot of our policies have led to the reality that America recovered faster than any wealthy Nation around the world but you are right prices in particular for groceries are still too high the American people know it I know it which is why my agenda includes what we need to do to bring down the price of groceries for example dealing with an issue like price gouging what we need to do to extend the child tax credit to help young families be able to take care of their children in their most formative years what we need to do to bring down the cost of housing my proposal includes what would be a tax credit of $25,000 for firsttime home buyers so they can just have enough to put a down payment on a home which is part of the American dream and their aspiration but do it in a way that allows them them to actually get on the path to achieving that goal and that dream so you have been vice president for three and a half years the steps that you're talking about now why haven't you done them already well first of all we had to recover as an economy and we have done that I'm very proud of the work that we have done that has brought inflation down to less than 3% the work that we have done to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors Donald Trump said he was going to do a number of things including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices never happened we did it you all right you heard there kamla Harris answering some questions on the economy and also one of the more pressing questions that she may be getting throughout the next several weeks into these elections which is what would she do differently when she's so closely tied to the current Biden Administration we do have to step away for our final commercial break of the hour when we come back though I do want to play some remarks in full from Harris earlier today she was in Savannah Georgia I'll have it for you next [Music] welcome back and thanks for being with us here at live now from Fox as I mentioned before the break we know that KLA Harris earlier today she was in Savannah Georgia it says this on a tweet that she posted our campaign is one for all Americans from Red states to Blue States from the Heartland to the coasts and when elected we will govern on behalf of all Americans I'd like to get a recap from this entire rally let's head down to this report from our partners at Fox 5 in Atlanta we believe in her and what she stands for and we're just here to make sure that she's uplifted my heart is just beating so fast this is so wonderful Harris supporters gathered outside a campaign office in Downtown Savannah hoping to catch a glimpse of the vice president and her running mate on day two of their bus tour across SouthEast Georgia we going to touch every street every base and we inclusive no red no blue we inclusive of the United States of America that's what she represents it's the first time a presidential candidate has visited Savannah in over three decades it is an incredibly exciting time and we're just so impressed that the campaign is paying attention to Coastal Georgia state representative Anne Allen Westbrook believes Harris's efforts to reach voters outside Urban areas is crucial in a tight race Harris and running mate Tim Walls are campaigning together for the first time in Georgia as a Fox News poll released this week shows Harris with a two-point lead over former president Trump in the Battleground State this is an important part of the state Georgia is not all about Metro Atlanta and there are a lot of democratic voters here who are already excited about the Harris walls campaign and there are a lot of Voters who were just sort of waiting to see and listening and ready to hear the message and so I'm just so thrilled to that we are a part of this uh campaign's priority in Georgia all right thank you to our partners down there at Fox 5 in Atlanta for that report I would like to play out some more of her remarks from that rally in Atlanta this happened earlier today good afternoon Savannah good afternoon oh good afternoon oh it's good to be back in Savannah good afternoon can we please hear for Kaitlyn and her incredible for her incredible leadership look when I look out at our young leaders like Caitlyn I know our future is so bright it is so bright I want to thank Mayor Johnson thank you for yours there you are we've been hanging out for the last two days mayor I thank you so very much for your leadership thank you congresswoman Nika Williams the chair of the democratic party of Georgia for your friend and your Sisterhood and to all the leaders with us today good afternoon good afternoon good afternoon I also bring greetings from our president and a great friend of the state of Georgia Joe Biden and let us also send our love to the great president from the state of Georgia Jimmy Carter so Georgia I love your back I love you back and we have 68 days to go until this election 68 days to go and I think you all have spent your time here sacrificing all your other obligations to be here together us as one Community knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us and I thank you for taking that time and listen so we're here to speak truth and one of the things that we know this is going to be a tight race until the very end okay so let's not play too much attention to the polls because we are running as the underdog okay and we have some hard work ahead of us but we like hard work hard work is good work hard work and good work and with your help we are going to win this November we are going to win this November yes we will so look Georgia let me say I'm no stranger to tough fights before I was elected vice president before I was elected a United United States Senator I was an elected attorney general and before that an elected district attorney and before that I was a courtroom prosecutor so every day in the courtroom I stood proudly before a judge and I spoke five words kamla Harris for the people my entire career I've only had one client the people I stood for women and children against predators who abused them I took on the big Banks and delivered $2 billion do from middle class families who faced foreclosure I fought against cartels who traffic and guns drugs and human beings and I stood up for veterans and students being scammed by big for profit colleges for workers who were being cheated out of the wages they were due and for seniors facing elder abuse and I will tell you those fights were not easy and neither were the elections that put me in those offices but we never gave up because the future is always worth fighting for always and that is the fight we are in right now a fight for America's future we we fight for a future with affordable child care paid leave and affordable health care and on that last subject let's finally expand Medicaid in Georgia so people can take their child to a doctor or go to an emergency room without going into medical debt we we fight for future where we build what I call an opportunity economy so that every American has the opportunity to own a home to start a business and to build wealth and intergenerational we and a future where we lower the cost of living for America's families so when I was attorney general I went after price fixing schemes and love you back love you [Applause] back and I will tell you when we get this done together my friend and when I am president I will take on the Bad actors who exploit a crisis to rip off consumers on everyday items who rip off consumers on everyday items like groceries I will take on big Pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs and insulin for all Americans I will take on the high cost of housing and work with developers to cut the red tape and build millions of new homes and I will give 100 million American a tax cut including $6,000 to families during the first year of their child's life understanding folks just need a little help from time to time and it's not about just getting by it's about getting ahead $6,000 in the first year of a child's life to help pay for that car seat or the crib or the baby cloes and unlike Donald Trump I will always put the middle class and working class Families First always I come from the middle class I know what I'm talking about and Savannah so but we got some work to do okay we got some work to do because we know Donald Trump has a very different plan he has a very different [Applause] plan just look at his project 2025 agenda right if he is elected Donald Trump intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations he intends he intends to cut Social Security and Medicare and he wants to impose what in effect is a national sales tax on everyday products and basic necessities and it will cost the economists will tell you it will cost a typical American Family nearly $4,000 a year so Georgia on top of all of this if Donald Trump wins in November he intends to end the Affordable Care [Applause] Act to take us back to a time when insurance companies we're not going back we're not going we are not we're going forward and the reason we know we can't go back to your point the reason we know we can't go back on the issue of the Affordable Care Act remember what that was like before we had the Affordable Care Act remember when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions remember what that was like children with asthma breast cancer survivors grandparents with diabetes so yeah we're not going back we're not going back we're not going back and we will move forward ours is a fight for the future and it is a fight for freedom like the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do and understand how we got here when he was president Donald Trump handpicked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of roie Wade and they did just as he intended and now than 20 states have a trump abortion all right so we did have some technical difficulties as you can see there with that feed from earlier today vice president kamla Harris speaking in Georgia but we did uh continue to roll on those remarks so I'm going to play out the back half of what she had to say we are focused on trying to bring you these remarks in full here at live now from Fox as we head into elections in November so let's continue with this event out of Georgia why don't they trust women will we trust women and when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law proudly and across our nation in addition to that we are witnessing a fullon assault on other hardfought hard one fundamental freedoms and [Applause] [Applause] hey let me let me just let me just say something let hold on hold up hold up for a second hold up for a second let me let me just say something let me just say something we are fighting for a democracy everyone has a right and should have their voices heard I am speaking now but on the subject I will say this the president and I are working around the clock we've got to get a hostage deal done and get a ceasefire done now so back to this election and Donald Trump so so in addition to the fight on the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one's own body I have been traveling our country and the people of Georgia know what I know there is a fullon assault on hardfought hard one freedoms and rights including the freedom to vote the freedom to be safe from gun [Laughter] [Applause] violence and an attack on the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride and we will fight against all of that including the freedom to live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis here's the thing generations of Americans before us led the fight for Freedom now Savannah the Baton is in our hands so we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis voting rights advancement Act and the freedom to vote act we who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass Universal background checks and red flag law so much is on the line in this election so much is on the line and understand this is not 2016 or 2020 things are different a lot is the same when we think about the issues and then there is significant differences the stakes in 2024 are even higher because consider that the United State Supreme Court recently just basically told the former president that going for forward he will be effectively immune no matter what he does in the white house now just imagine well the the courts are going to take care of that we're going to get them out of we going to elect ourselves and everybody here in November but I mentioned the Supreme Court ruling because under understand what this means just imagine before there was at least the threat of consequence understand what it now means and imagine Donald Trump with no guard rails imagine what that means when you consider he has openly vowed that if reelected on day one he will be a dictator that he would end that he would end the independence of the Department of Justice so he could have unchecked power and seek Vengeance against people who disagree with [Applause] him he even called for termination of the United States Supreme the the the Supreme land of our nation the United States Constitution think about what that means and let us be very clear someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seals of the president of the United States of America never again so it all comes down to this we are all here together spending this time together because we love our country we love our country we love our country and we know the privilege and pride the privilege and pride that comes with being American and I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country that is how we realize the promise of America Georgia for the past two election Cycles voters in this very State you who are here have delivered you sent two extraordinary Senators to Washington DC you sent President Biden and me to the White House you showed up you knocked on doors you registered folks to vote and you made it happen you did that you did that and so now we are asking you to do it again do it again let's do it again so are you ready to make your voices heard do we believe in Freedom do we believe in Opportunity do we believe in the promise of America and are we ready to fight for it and when we fight I'll bless you and God bless the United States of am vice president kamla Harris there a capping off that bus tour she was having with her running M Tim waltz by hosting that rally in Savannah Georgia we're going to step away for our first commercial break of this hour I do want to give you this though a live picture out of Boston Massachusetts that's where I'm going to take you for our next story earlier today we heard from Trump's running mate JD Vance he was speaking at a fighter fighters Union conference I'll bring it to you next [Music] welcome back and thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I'm your host carada just before the break we showcased for you a rally that vice president kamla Harris had in Savannah Georgia where earlier today we also heard from Trump's running mate JD Vance here's a tweet for you on the screen saying president Trump and I will go anywhere and speak to anybody today I was honored to speak at the iaff convention to all the firefighters and First Responders especially those who lost their jobs because of kamala's vaccine mandate we're going to fight for you I'd like to play out the remarks he made at this firefighters Union Conference next SEI guys we got some sounds like we got some fans and some haters that's okay at list listen to what I have to say here and I'll make my pitch I want to First say uh thank you to representative Jimenez for the great introduction it's very kind of you thank you for your service to our country the only career firefighter in the United States Congress so thrilled to have you on our side and thrilled to have you fighting for America's firefighters let's give it up for representative jenez now I also want to thank President Kelly and every single iaff member for your warm welome welcome it is an honor to be here with America's Incredible firefighters and I'm honored to be here God bless you guys and thanks for what you do now I have a I do have some news to break this morning uh I guess I just heard on the right over here that the New York City Fire Marshals benevolent Association has endorsed the Trump Vance ticket I of course want to thank them for their support and I want to humbly ask all of you to join them and I'd like to explain why now the American people respect you they respect firefighters and we're eternally grateful for the Valiant work you do for our communities and for our neighborhoods every day firefighters risk your lives to save homes businesses and the precious lives of our fellow citizens now you're also incredibly kind and patient as as the father of a seven-year-old a four-year-old and a 2-year-old I have been to firehouses all over this country in San Diego Atlanta in New York City and of course many in my home state of Ohio and despite the fact you guys are probably annoyed to have a few young kids drop in you were always unfailingly kind and patient and I'm grateful to it it's one of the reasons we love our firefighters in this country you all are the embodiment of American Spirit heroic determined selfless hardworking and tough this country was built by people like you America is great because of people like you and I believe you deserve a government that is loyal to you now I I know Governor Tim wals was here yesterday and I'm glad he was able to come and I respect this Union for inviting both sides to take the stage and to make the case to all of our membership and of course that's what democracy is about you listen to both sides you weigh their records you weigh their plans and then you vote and so today I'm asking you to ignore the campaign rhetoric and look at the record in 2019 this Union endorsed a Democrat for president with High Hopes but sadly I believe you've been let down now let's talk about the issues that affect all Americans and let's talk about some of the issues that affect just firefighters but all Americans are affected by this terrible inflation crisis and under President Trump wages were rising and nobody was really talking about inflation in 2020 in this country but under the economic mismanagement of this Administration firefighters have had already strained budgets and pensions stretched to the Breaking Point by this affordability crisis with President Trump at the helm our border was Secure and drug trafficking was down and under the open policy open border policies of this Administration America has experienced a massive increase and a massive influx of illegal aliens and deadly drugs and I know that a lot of you are on the front lines fighting against it enough fentol has poured into this country under KLA Harris's leadership to kill every single American man woman and child and firefighters and EMTs every single day are fighting against this crisis I know it because I've seen you in my communities and I admire you for it now when I visit a Factory or some other place of business I always ask the workers there are you better off than you were 4 years ago the answer is almost always no now I want to ask the firefighters in this room a slightly different but a related question are you administering less Naran today than you were four years ago my guess is that for almost every person in this room the answer is unfortunately no and that was a policy Choice a policy choice to the president Administration now you are so often the first to respond when someone is suffering an overdose you try to help our fellow citizens living with addiction to survive those overdoses and to be able to build a second chance at a better life and I know and I've seen it very personally you tried desperately to revive parents who took something they shouldn't all while comforting the children who are terrified that they might lose their mom or dad I've spoken to so so many firefighters and EMTs over the years who are on the front lines of this drug war this addiction crisis they revive people who took fentol they rescued their children and they even sometimes as you all know put out fires who were start that were started by drug addicts and one of the things they confess to me in private though I know you would never say this in public is their fear that they aren't making a difference now there's a hidden trauma among our firefighters I don't think I'm telling you anything you don't know a trauma that comes from staring death in the eye every single day and worrying that you are fighting a losing battle and I just want you to hear it from me that I understand but I want you to hear a story very personal story when I was 12 my mom was in the middle of a terrible terrible addiction crisis herself she struggled with it from most of my early childhood and I remember during a particularly bad episode I I called 911 like so many kids who have kids who who have parents who struggle I called 911 now the firefighters the EMTs and the police came they calmed her down but as you all know they calmed me down too they call my sister down they did that public service that only they can do now years later she took something else that she shouldn't have taken and the firefighters and the EMTs they saved her life and took her to the hospital where she lay in a coma before eventually waken up and I want you to know that for us we did get a second chance and so if you're ever worried that you're not making a difference listen to this from the sad and tearful 12-year-old to a 40-year-old who's now asking to be your vice president you do make a difference you make a difference every single day and I thank you for it now you not might not always see it and you might not hear it and I know that a lot of the people that you are out there fighting for and saving sometimes they don't say thank you but my mom as much as she struggled with addiction for a big chunk of my early life when you saved her life when you gave her a second chance she got clean and she's been clean and sober for now almost 10 years and God bless her and God bless all of you for fighting for her so believe it from me believe it from a kid who's seen it with his very own eyes you are making a difference you are saving lives and you are giving people an opportunity at a second chance even if you don't see them take that opportunity every single time God bless you guys I love you for it and I'm so grateful for it we wouldn't have the second chance with my mom without probably some of the people that are sitting in this room now while overwhelming America's firefighters and EMTs KLA Harris's open p border policy it's also depleting our budgets New York city mayor Eric Adams not a fan of mine or president Trump said that a legal immigration will destroy New York City due to the huge financial strain which is about 122 billion over the next three years and that's just in New York City the mayor announced sweeping budget cuts that would slash $300 million from the fire department and cut the number of police officers to the lowest level since the 1990s and it's the same story all over the United States of America illegal immigration Cost Chicago taxpayers $361 Million last year Denver is shelling out $180 million Washington DC is paying $36 million if we don't secure our border soon my friends our cities are going to have to cut vital police fire and Emergency Medical Services to the Bone and it's you you who's going to suffer and it's the people you serve who are going to suffer we shouldn't be forced to spend billions of dollars on people who aren't even supposed to be here we should be spending that money on schools police and fire departments and our citizens and under President Donald J Trump's leadership we will now here's another promise not just a promise based on some plan that's written on a website but based on the real record When Donald Trump is President we won't sit on our hands while riers and arsonists burn down American cities like they did to Minneapolis in 2020 I'd ask you to remember the scene back in the summer of 2020 State Troopers in full riot gear protecting the firefighters of Minneapolis from the Rabid mob that was torching down that City and we have to ask why were they doing it and part of the reason they were doing it is because people like Tim Walls invited those Riders into Minneapolis and it was people like Donald Trump who were trying to send in the National Guard to protect them to protect you and we sure as hell will not bail out the criminals like kamla Harris did the criminals many of whom were going after our firefighters as they tried to keep our city safe and put out the fires we're going to put criminals behind bars where they belong and we will always stand with the courageous firefighter and the First Responders who keep this country safe every single day now president Trump and I are proud to be the most Pro worker Republican ticket in history and I want to talk about why we're fighting for working people why we're going to fight for unions and non-union alike now our enemies and a lot of a lot of Democrats call us populists like it's something of an insult but if being a populist means being on the side of working people rather than the powerful Elites who hollowed out our middle class and sent us into stupid Foreign Wars then sign me up I am a populist and I'm proud of it for de now for decades unions have given support to Democrat candidates without giving Republicans much consideration and I'm not here to judge you or to blame you or to criticize you I am here to tell you that it's a different world now you may have noticed that Donald Trump is not exactly like Mitt Romney or some of the Republicans of the past he is a different kind of Republican and under his leadership the Republican party is the party of the American worker now just think about the Republican and Democrat conventions we just had it says a lot who each party chose to put up on that stage at the Republican convention we were featuring everyday American workers and of course we had Hulk Hogan and while it's simpton and I'm sure it would make some big headlines don't worry any everybody I'm not going to try to take off my shirt here but at the Democrat convention it was a parade of celebrities and billionaires it felt sometimes like every celebrity except for Hulk Hogan was at the Democratic National Convention and I don't blame anybody for being famous or for making money Mone but you cannot be a champagne socialist who supports open borders and pretend that you're a friend of working men and women it doesn't make an ounce of sense my friends it just doesn't the most profound moment for me at either convention was the American hero who couldn't be there and I think we're all United in celebrating and remembering Cory comor a great American a great fire chief a great husband and a great father but while the Assassin in Butler Pennsylvania barely missed Donald Trump he took the life of that great firefighter a selfless Patriot and a respected citizen in his community now at the convention president Trump Stood Beside Cory's helmet and gear and called for a moment of silence and I tell you there wasn't a dry eye in the arena in Milwaukee Wisconsin our nation wept for Cory just as our nation weeps for all the firefighters and the First Responders who lost their lives in the service of others now of course I couldn't help but notice this wall beside me with names I believe 644 names is that right 644 names of firefighters and emergency medical workers proud iff members who have passed since your last convention and I just want to tell you seeing that wall breaks my heart and it gives me a sense of renewed commitment to everything that you're doing and I think just as it's fitting to remember the sacrifice of Cory comor we should also take a moment let's take a moment of silence and remember the 644 of your brothers and sisters who have passed thank you all now Donald Trump I will tell you sometimes even when he has to fight his own party he cares for working people and he's been fighting for them for his entire life in public service he loves our firefighters and our First Responders and he wants to make your lives better and he wants to make your service easier it's never going to be easy but maybe it can be a little bit easier than it is right now and we have to be honest my friends the hard truth is that KLA Harris is the latest in a long line of Democrats who come by every few years asking unions for money and promising you the moon but often failing to deliver and I'd ask you after supporting democrats for so long in this Union what has it gotten you over the past 70 years union membership in this country and this is not a good thing but it has declined the influence of unions has declined and the wages of working people Union and non-union alike have not kept up with the pace of inflation over the last three and a half years so I want to ask you a question that Donald Trump asked America in 2016 what the hell do you have to lose now I know this is a diverse Union some of you love president Trump and some of you clearly don't I've heard from both sides just just given this little speech now this may come as a shock to you but once upon a time I wasn't a trump guy either and trust me the president never lets me forget it what you may not know is why I changed my mind and it was actually in big part because of a firefighter friend from Dayton Ohio who persuaded me that I was wrong about Donald Trump and that he was right and by the way while we're talking about Dayton can I give a shout out to Dayton Firefighters local 136 where are we Dayton God bless you guys and God bless you for your service in Ohio now by buddy Matt I won't give his last name because I don't want to embarrass him but Matt was trying to convince me to trust Donald Trump in 2016 but the truth is I didn't fully believe in the promises Trump made I didn't believe in the promises that any politician made and you shouldn't either but I didn't change my mind because of Donald Trump's promises I changed my mind because he did a good job for the American people he created a booming economy with Rising wages and virtually no inflation he stood up to China and reinvigorated AMU American manufacturing he kept us out of ridiculous Foreign Wars and time after time I saw that when Donald Trump makes a promise my friends he keeps it now just look at the promises he kept to our firefighters during his first term he extended the afg and safer authorizations to make sure firefighters got the funding they need he signed a 100 Mill million doll increase for firefighters during the midst of the pandemic he signed legislation to improve Wildfire suppression and Forest management and he signed an executive order to allow unions to create apprenticeship programs helping you all recruit and train a new generation of firefighters a tased his EPA with addressing dangerous chemicals like past to ensure safe firefighter gear and I'll tell you I share president Trump's commitment and I speak for president Trump in saying that we are dedicated to health to safety and to the prosperity of our First Responders including our firefighters now a lot of Democrats want to attack Republicans as being anti-union and sometimes the shoe fits but not me and not Donald Trump when I was in the Senate I voted to pass the fire grants and safety act which authorized hundreds of millions of dollars in Grant funding to local firefighters and as vice president I will fight to ensure you get the resources you need especially in some fast growing places like fenus and Las Vegas where we need more firehouses not more shelters to house illegal aliens and after talking extensively with the local local volunteer fire department that braved the Hazmat to respond to the disastrous East Palestine train derailment I was proud to work across the aisle to produce the railway safety act and our bipartisan Bill increased funding for communities to prepare for hazardous material spills and mandated that First Responders always be notified when hazardous materials are being transported on Rail lines in their communities it's just common sense you got to tell people what you're bringing into their communities if you're bringing in in the first place now you may remember a lot of businesses didn't like that bill but the Railway Union supported it and president Trump and I fought for it and we're still fighting for it to this very day now speaking of East Palestine I learned in talking to the local fire department there that our firefighters experience higher rates of cancer you all know this of course that's why I voted for a fiveyear reauthorization to the firefighter cancer registry last year and I know when President Trump is elected we're going to prioritize firefighter research and addressing the health risk that every single one of you take upon yourself to fight for our citizens every single day now look when President Trump returns to the White House and I believe that he will we are always going to have an open door for the membership of this organization and the leadership of this organization and that's true whether it's this Union or other unions or anybody body else we're going to have an open door for working people because we want to fight for working people every single day we will respect your right to engage in collective bargaining and this is important too we're going to defend your right to free speech including your right to speak out about unconstitutional covid vaccine mandates imposed by the current Administration we're going to abolish every single mandate and we're going to fight to rehire every firefighter who was wrongly terminated with all the back back pay that they deserve we're going to deliver the equipment and the funding the support and respect you all need to do your job and we're going to seal that border and stop the flood of fentanyl that is poisoning our citizens and endangering each and every single one of you when you go to work and here's another promise we're going to protect your pensions because Heroes like you deserve to retire with dignity and to enjoy the blessings of the country that you helped build and help protect and it's not just words it's not just promises that I'm making I am actually a co-sponsor of the Social Security fairness act and I'm proud of it I think it's ridiculous to penalize our firefighters in retirement for doing the right thing and fighting for our communities now look I I know you do a hard and dangerous job you spend long hours away from your family the work can leave physical and emotional scars and I've seen it even in the firefighters that I know frankly you don't get paid what you deserve but you don't do it for fame and you don't do it for Fortune you do it and I know this because you love your communities and I think you deserve to live in a country where people like you and your children can afford to live the American dream in the cities and towns that all of us love you deserve to live in a country where you can buy a home put gas in your car provide health care and education to your family and put a nice meal on the table a country where kids can walk Safe Streets go to Safe schools and have the freedom to just be kids a country where if you work hard and play by the rules you can live a good life now these aren't democrat or republican principles but they are the principles that President Trump and I are fighting for on this campaign and we're going to fight for it every single day in the White House and that's why I want to ask you humbly for your support president Trump and I want exactly what you want more jobs Rising wages a secure border Safe Streets and an affordable country where every child and every family can achieve their dreams now he delivered that during his first four years as president he changed my mind and he won my vote and for the Skeptics still out there I hope he has changed your minds too but I'll tell you whatever your politics and whatever your preference is I make this solemn promise whether you support us or not whether you ultimately endorse us or not president Trump and I believe in our firefighters we believe in our First Responders and we will never stop fighting for you I am rooting for you I am proud of you I am thankful for you God bless you I want your support we're going to fight for you whether we get it or not God bless you guys and thank you all right listening there to Trump's running mate JD Vance speaking earlier today at a firefighters Union conference we've been focusing a lot on these political headlines but we want to segue to some more crime stories that we have been following before I send it to this next commercial break though I do want to give you this one more time a live look over in Boston Massachusetts where J Vance was earlier today we'll see you back here right after this [Music] welcome back you're watching live now from Fox I'm your host carella we're going to turn our attention now to some crime headlines from across the country taking a look here at this tweet from the New York Post it says Brian coburger appears in court as lawyer seek relocation after potential jurors threatened to quote burn Courthouse down if he's acquitted coburger is accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in their home off campus now the trial was scheduled to take place in Le talk County in a Court located in the northern Idaho Panhandle where the crime occurred earlier today I did speak with legal analyst Nicole deor on what these latest developments mean for the trial going forward Nicole good to see you and great to kind of have some more insight as this is a very slow moving case to say the least but let's start with this motion brought forth by cober's defense as to why they want to move the trial in the first place that they're speaking on this sort of mob mentality so what does that mean for our viewers so essentially what they're asking is for the judge to take the case to a far a far away place somewhere not near where all of the media coverage has been Center centered because they believe that the media coverage has saturated the potential jury pool to such an extent that the jurors who would ultimately have to make the decision as to their client's guilt is too biased based on that saturation of information uh via reports and media about the case so that's kind of what I've continued to see with a different reports and what his defense is truly concerned about is really how much coverage this case has already gotten and how are you going to really pick an impartial jury pool what can a judge even do really though to kind of temper that sentiment and make the defense feel more secure that they would get a fair trial so the judge is doing exactly what is required and that is to give hearings for the defense to have an opportunity to put on any evidence that they have to show that there in fact has been extensive saturation of the media where in this case that that criteria will probably be met the next question is are the people that are hearing about the case uh in a position to have already formed an opinion about the accused guilt or innocence and if so um is it possible for the judge to even have a jury selected that can be impartial who has not formed an opinion so this hearing that we saw today is the start of the judge taking in information to make that decision Nicole some of the other cases that have been cited for the judge to move this location a very popular one that came out of Idaho as well the Lori valow case the Doomsday mom Chad day bill that case was moved out of that County where that crime occurred but still those defendants were found guilty because of the overwhelming evidence so what exactly is this venue change going to do can it actually help given the fact that this case for months now we have been covering it I mean it's all over the place right no that's such a good point and you know that's the question can it be moved anywhere it's it's something that's being followed really Across the Nation but uh one of the pieces of information that we saw today in this hearing was information about which particular media outlets and the number of stories that were generated by those media Outlets where that particular coverage went um and and that the surveys that were done in the community where the case is currently scheduled to be Tri tried indicated that the people who were being surveyed in many instances had already formed an opinion about coworker Guild I want to turn now to the prosecution's argument when it comes to this motion that the defense filed the prosecution doesn't want to move this case the victim's family members also don't want to move it either they want it to happen in their town where everything kind of went down how much does that weigh on the judge when they make their decision you know the judge is always going to do what the court can uh to have a case tried in the community where the offense is said to have occurred uh has said to have occurred because it is an particularly interesting uh concern for that Community now that said the person with all the due process rights in any criminal trial is always the accused uh and certainly while that may not be popular especially in a case with such absolutely horrific facts the fact of the matter is no one especially the court and really even the prosecution wants to do this case twice because there was some kind of constitutional violation and when you're talking about starting out a trial uh with bias and with people who might ultimately decide the case already having an opinion as to the person's guilt that's a constitutional problem that's going to draw an appeal that's going to cause this case to have to be done more than once so the the court has to take this seriously and consider whether or not a move is still appropriate let's also recap what we saw today my understanding is that there was no ruling by a judge that's my understanding as well uh the court is going to have to take into consideration a great deal of testimony evidence there was uh statistical information given there were numbers of stories that were discussed there were surveys that were entered into evidence to talk about the people in the community uh and what their opinions about this case were and the judge is going to have to make an assessment about whether or not that evidence Rises to the level that just based on the hearing will require him to move the case or to change venue which is a really tough decision to make or whether or not there can be any other measures taken to provide this accused individual with a fair day in court when we talk about how long it may take for that decision to come down I mean really that's the question how many weeks days possibly months really will we have to wait until we know exactly if that trial is going to happen in L County another great question you know that will depend on whether or not the judge has more questions based on what he heard and what he's read today it could be that uh in many cases judges ask both sides for additional briefing or for additional information about questions they have based on evidence presented in circumstances such as this or it may be that the judge very quickly turns around after reviewing the information that he's received and issues a ruling um it could also be that the judge holds a ruling on the change of venue until he tries certain uh other remedies that don't involve moving the case to see whether or not those can solve the problem and provide a fair trial to the accused I want to backtrack a little bit Nicole because the reason why this is taken so long and we're still on this case Without Really any concrete direction as to where it's going to go is because coburger waved his right to a speedy trial now this trial has not started its set to start next summer uh next year at some point but was this the smart move when we think about coburger and his defense to wave that right and to kind of extend this and drag it out as much as they can well I'm not s you know certain that it's really about dragging it out as much as it's about making sure that these lawyers in a death penalty case have crossed every single T and dotted every single ey this case will if he is convicted be reviewed and reviewed Again by appell Courts for years to come and so the court and the lawyers involved have to be exceedingly careful to make sure they do every single potential legal um uh address every legal issue that's available to be addressed before the court so the court can make rulings to make sure that this case however it ends ends on sound grounds that's really the tricky part about this case is really it could be and it is a a death penalty case here and Nicole my final question is where do we go from here what we do now is wait to see whether or not the judge feels that he has enough information to make a decision or whether or not there will be some other kind of remedial measures taken to see if they can get a fair jury in this case all right Nicole Dort always good to have you here legal analyst as we continue to track this the latest on the case against Brian coburger we'll talk soon thanks for having me all right we do have a tweet here on your screen from the Seattle Times saying the judge overseeing the Brian cober case abruptly paused a hearing on the capital murder trials potential change of venue Thursday we're going to a step away for another commercial break we'll be back right after this [Music] welcome back and thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I'm your host carar we're going to go to Los Angeles for this next story two years after the death of Brianna Cooper her alleged killer is in court facing murder charges opening statements were heard today laying out the case against sha Laval Smith he's accused of stabbing and killing the 24-year-old UCLA grad student for more on this we're joined by Fox 11 Los Angeles Christina Gonzalez Christina how did things go in court today you know it was very disturbing because one of the things a prosecution showed and nobody knew about this they actually have audio of her being killed live audio that was recorded by a digital recorder supposedly the suspect left there to courted now the family her family was there they walked out of court and he was in court he was wearing a mask he was forced to wear a spit mask because in the past he's had these outbursts but today he had no reaction to this watch Briana Cooper was stabbed to death 46 Times by that man sha Laval Smith in court facing murder charges for the death of 24-year-old Ranna kuer the UCLA architectural design grad student was working at the coft house furniture Boutique in Hancock Park when she was stabbed to death on January of 2022 the 34-year-old Smith was arrested 6 days later and charged with her murder according to prosecutors evidence includes His image from security cameras at the store along with DNA evidence on a knife and a voice recorder which the prosecution claims Smith Left Behind recording audio as the murder was happening with her last breathing words she's just telling him I can help you I can help you I can help you and he's telling her it's over it's over it's over speaking to possible motive in this case you're going to hear from Sean Smith's own mouth why this happened referring to voice recordings on that digital recorder left at the store the defendant recorded himself talking about his most vile and disgusting and grotesque thoughts about women the prosecution saying they have proof Smith tried to find a woman working alone at six other businesses near the Croft house before finding Briana working by herself the day she was murdered he wanted to kill women the recording that was played in court the judge is not allowing that to be given to the media to be put out to the public for obvious reasons you don't want that really disturbing sound out there on social media or anything like that the defense opted not to have an opening statement after hearing this but the trial does go on he does face life without the possibility of parole and he does have quite the extensive background including there's a 2019 case that is unresolved out of North Carolina where he supposedly fired a gun at a man in a vehicle with his child in the back so we'll have to see what happens here but the trial started today after two years I'm Christina Gonzalez live in downtown Los Angeles back to you in the studio thank you so much Christina for your inside for speaking with us today we look forward to checking in with you as we see how this trial progresses [Music] welcome back here to live now from Fox We are following the case against disbar attorney Tom gerardi convicted this week of departing clients in a yearslong Ponzi scheme through his gerardi keys Law Firm gerardi was known for his work representing plain tiffs against major corporations his work in fact in in the Pacific Gas and Electric case inspired the film Aaron Brockovich starring Julia Roberts he also found Fame later in life as the husband of Real Housewives of Beverly hillstar Erica Jane for more on this case and the verdict we are joined Now by legal analyst Neema Romani Nema you have been following this case very closely and as a lawyer practicing out of California you understand the gravity of what Tom gerardi did but let's break it down for our viewers how much money did he steal from his clients and through which means Tom gerardi was probably the most famous lawyer in all of California especially after Johnny Cochran passed and then we talked about Aaron Brockovich and now Erica Jane from The Real Housewives and he was convicted of stealing at least $15 million from clients and that may be just the tip of the iceberg here's someone that lived in a $20 million mansion had two private jets bought millions of dollars in jewelry for his wife and the victims in the case many of whom have suffered these catastrophic injuries or have lost loved ones they're left holding the bag they got Pennies on the dollar unfortunately so we heard some emotional testimony throughout this entire trial but we also saw that gerardi took the stand in his own defense I do have a tweet here that I'm going to pull up in just a second but tell us how that went for gerardi it went terribly and normally when a criminal defendant takes the stand the entire case is going to come down and here's a her testimony and J failed that test he started before the trial to try to dupe the judge into thinking that he was incompetent that he had dementia that he couldn't assist in his own defense and the judge said no you're competent to stay in trial you certainly were're confident enough to steal money from clients but then he took the stand and a surprise to many people and he lied to those jurors he told them that his clients had received every cent that they were owed and when the jurors heard that testimony and observers like myself I saidwell here's someone who's clearly lying I don't care if you're a lawyer you're used to arguing or manipulating others and really it was his own words that convicted him because gerardi was caught on voicemails he was sending emails where he was lying to clients about where their money was he said that it was tied up with uh the mediator the judge there were Medical all sorts of excuses and in some instances he outright lied about this settlement amount saying that it was millions and millions of dollars less and he pocketed the difference so you know the jurors didn't spend a lot of time deliberating less than one day the convict him of all four counts of wire FR as I mentioned before we didn't just hear from Tom on the stand we also heard from so many of these victims in this entire scheme some emotional testimony was said is there anyone in particular that stood out to you well there's so many you know people that had lost loved ones um people that had been lied to there were victims that testified that they needed money for medical care to move sick injured family members to other places and they were begging Tom for money and he would just ignore them or lie to them you know really this case should be about the victims it shouldn't be about someone that is probably one of the biggest fraudsters since maybe Alec Murdoch in terms of lawyers and participated one of the most Brave and egregious schemes it's really the cardinal sin for a lawyer to steal money from clients I'm a plain's lawyer we are a much malign profession Tom gerardi is the reason people don't like lawyers they don't trust them they think they're Crooks they think they're thieves and he played into that stereotype and you know I'd be remiss if I didn't say that the State Bar of California who's supposed to oversee Tom Gerard and all the lawyers here they received more than 200 100 complaints about Tom gerardi but didn't actually despar him because he was likely Rich powerful and well connected to many elected officials in California he was one of the biggest political donors here so really it's a black eyy for the State Bar here as well and those who were supposed to regulate our profession besides how well-renowned and known he was for being a lawyer in California as I had mentioned he did gain some Fame later in his life uh being on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills franchise as the husband of Erica Jane tell me did prosecutors use his time on that show against him during this trial they did and really raised his questions you know as soon as these allegations became public Erica James filed for divorce and she did very well in that divorce now obviously she's not a lawyer and we don't know what she knew but Tom gerardi is very likely going to spend the rest of his life in federal prison the amount of the fraud is so high the fact that he got away with it for so many years I can't see any judge sing him to anything less than 10 years in federal prison which is essentially a life sentence for someone like gerardi who's 85 years old and probably not in the best of health but Erica Jane is living her best life she was able to get a lot of that jewelry she was able to get a significant financial settlement out of that divorce and even though she's been sued by some of the victims a lot of those cases have been dismissed so the question is you know the person that maybe benefited the most from all this may actually have been Erica Jane and we're going to get a little bit more to the consequences when Tom jardi is facing going forward but first hindsight is 2020 right we know that his defense tried to play his Progressive cognitive decline as a defense for gerardi to get out free on this case looking at it now do you think that you would have thought of a better argument to try to get Tom jardi out of um this entire legal battle that he has been facing it's a very hard case to defend and you know Tom jard had public defenders they probably did the best job they could look I mean here's someone that is living a life of luxury on reality TV and like I said has you know memberships at country clubs and it's flying around the world and you know rubbing elbows with celebrities and politicians you know it was really hard for him to defend this case now he tried to point the finger at his CFO manum Cayman and say that well he was the one that actually perpetuated the fraud but obviously it was Gerard's firm and to the extent that the CFO did help deal client funds that person's going to be prosecuted and he is under indictment so for the jurors to argue for the to argue to jurors that gerardi really had no idea that this was going on when he personally benefited from it he's caught line to clients I think that's a bridge too far I think what the defense was trying to do was pull the page out of the Harvey Weinstein Playbook or maybe even bobur you know put on what they thought would be a sympathetic elderly defendant and hoping that maybe one or two of the jurors would feel sorry for him and maybe hang the panel but obviously they did not and that strategy failed completely and what about the clients now Nema what do they do going forward trying to get that compensation it's very hard Tom J is f bankruptcy his firm is no longer uh in practice it's since dissolved so you know I do credit the bankruptcy trustee has gone back to try to get back some of these funds that were used for improper purposes and you know they famously auctioned everything that gerardi had in his office and his home there was a lot of sports memorabilia friends since he was a pretty big sports fan but if you went online months or even a year ago you could buy many of these auction items but ultimately at the end of the day we're talking about clients that were duped of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars and what they receive out of the bankruptcy or out of the State Bar and the California victims compensation fund is not going to make them whole so you know there is criminal justice that will be done here as far as civil compensation again just going to be a fraction of what these poor victims were ow finally let's go to what happens next for gerardi I do have a tweet here as you have been following this you say gerardi 85 in foror health he's going to get at least 10 years in federal prison because of the massive amount of fraud so what are we looking at in terms of when he may be starting to serve that sentence and is there a Hail Mary perhaps that his defense can throw out to try to get leniency so under the federal sentencing guidelines The Advisory sentence is based on the amount of the fraud there a specific section is Tob 1.1 so that is where the judge has to start at that advisory sentence now obviously the judge can deviate downwards if there's some mitigation here but I really don't see any this isn't someone who accepted responsibility for his actions tried to plead tried to make restitution and make this victim so there's someone who took the stand lied through his teeth told those jurors that he never stole money so if I'm the judge and knowing that this is someone who got away with it for so long because he was so well connected because he was so wealthy I'm not giving him any leniency whatsoever this is someone that I would throw the book at and I think really is the worst of the worst and who prayed upon the most vulnerable members of our society so I think he's going to get a lot of time in federal prison he's probably never going to see the light of day again Nema Romani legal analyst we always appreciate your time here at live now from Fox we do know that the sentencing is scheduled for December 6th we look forward to checking in with you then and put a bow on this case thanks for having me as always [Music] welcome back and thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I'm your host carara do you want to bring you this a live look from the Capitol building over in Washington DC as we segue to some more International headlines negotiations working towards a ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas are underway in Cutter without any meaningful movement in the talks families of Israeli hostages are becoming more Restless Fox News National correspondent Jeff Paul reports from Tel Aviv caring missing posters and wearing shirts stained with red handprints families of hostages frustrated by the lack of progress over a ceasefire deal attempt to cross into Gaza authorities near the border stop them but it doesn't hold back their anger we're calling our prime minister if you can't do this we'll get inside and we'll bring them back ourselves bring them American HH Goldberg Poland is one of the more than 100 Hamas abductees who's now spent 328 days in captivity his mother Rachel sending this message towards Gaza H we are working day and night and we will never stop talks over a deal between Israel and Hamas are ongoing White House officials say they'll keep pushing until they get it across the line it's in the nitty-gritty and that that is a positive sign of progress but at the end of the day uh nothing is done until it's done complicating peace efforts the major operation Israel launched in the West Bank on a second day of raids the IDF says it killed five more militants the UN says the operation is deeply concerning and is fueling an already explosive situation Palestinians there agree they bulldozed streets they destroyed parts of houses they bombed of worship which affected us the most and made us cry there's expected to be a series of pauses in the fighting in Gaza starting on Sunday after the reemergence of polio there for the first time in 25 years both Israel and Hamas have agreed to allow the UN to get in there and help vaccinate the more than 500,000 kids who call Gaza home in Tel Aviv Israel Jeff Paul Fox news thank you to Jeff Paul for that report now earlier today we did speak at length about the interview that Harris had over on CNN it's her first sitdown interview since becoming the Democratic Presidential nominee now she was asked a question about the Gaza War here's what she had to say um let's talk about some foreign policy uh issues that would be on your plate if you become commander-in-chief uh President Biden has tried unsuccessfully uh to end the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza he's been doing it for months and months along with you would you do any differently for example would you withhold some Us weapons shipments to Israel that's what a lot of people on the Progressive left want you to do let me be very clear I am unequivocal and and unwavering in my commitment to Israel's defense and its ability to defend itself and that's not going to change but let's take a step back October 7 1,200 people were massacred many young people who are simply attending a music festival women were horribly raped as I said then I say today Israel had a right has a right to defend itself we would and how it does so matters far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed and we've got to get a deal done we we were in Doha mhm we we have to get a deal done this war must end and we must get a deal that is about getting the hostages out I've met with the families of the American hostages let's get the hostages out let's get the ceasefire done but no change in policy in terms of arms and and so forth no I we have to get a deal done D Dana we have to get a deal done when you look at the significance of this to the families to the people who are living in that region um it a deal is not only the right thing to do to end this war but will unlock so much of what must happen next I remain committed since I've been on October 88th to what we must do to work toward a two-state solution where Israel is secure and in equal measure the pal Palestinians have security and self-determination and and dignity um let's talk about some foreign policy uh issue all right just a little snippet there from the CNN interview that aired earlier today with vice president KLA Harris earlier Harris was also in Savannah Georgia we played out some of that rally but there were Gaza War protesters at that rally taking a look here at a tweet from Josh wingrove saying there were a couple of protesters at today's Harris rally in Savannah both were quickly drowned out woman in yellow sweater here and then he quotes Harris saying the president and I are working around the clock we have have got to get a hostage deal done and a ceasefire deal now we're going to step away for another quick commercial break we'll see you back here right after this [Music] welcome back you're watching live now from Fox and I'm your host Cara Hara we're going to continue with more International headlines and I want to play for you the Pentagon press briefing from earlier today discussing some of the tensions in the Middle East commended Poland for its exceptional leadership on Ukraine including providing vital logistic support and substantial security assistance the SEC the secretary also thanked the Deputy Prime Minister for supporting the nearly 10,000 American troops deployed in Poland that ensure NATO can deter and if necessary defend against aggression secretary Austin also spoke by phone with his Romanian counterpart minister of National Defense tolver earlier today they discussed the strength of the US Romania bilateral defense relationship our partnership within NATO and Russia's war in Ukraine the two leaders reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to bolstering the defense of NATO's Eastern flank and reiterated their continued support for Ukraine to defend itself against Russian aggression a full a full readout of both the secretary's bat and phone call will be posted later today on defense.gov speaking of Ukraine tomorrow secretary Austin will host Ukrainian Minister of Defense umov here at the Pentagon while I won't get ahead of that meeting I will say that you can expect the secretary to reaffirm the United States's unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression he will also receive a battlefield update including on KK and looking to next week secretary Austin will travel to Ramstein to host an in-person meeting of the Ukraine defense contact group this will be the 24th meeting of the UDC G since secretary Austin formed the group in April 2022 the secretary will be joined by chairman Brown and Ramstein and will convene Ministers of defense and Senior military officials from nearly 50 Nations to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the continued close coordination by the International Community to provide Ukraine with the necessary means it needs to defend itself Switching gears to the Middle East earlier this week the cape Trinity arrived from Cyprus to Port the port of ashod and has begun the process of unloading the remaining pallets of humanitarian Aid that's approximately 6 million pounds of Aid to be distributed within Gaza the offloading process is expected to take between 4 to 6 days once complete the cape Trinity is slated to make a stop in Greece to unload a portion of its crew and then will depart for its home station Switching gears again uh the Department of Defense recently received a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security for additional Military Support capabilities to afford to be afforded to Major presidental and vice presidential candidates the Secretary of Defense approved the request and directed the commander of us Northern command to plan and provide and execute increased support to the United States Secret Service at various locations across the United States during the 2024 election campaigns the Department of Defense will provide protective support and will and that will continue through the election on November 5th 2024 with anticipated continued support to the president elect and vice president-elect through the inauguration of January 20 2025 and finally yesterday the 2024 par Olympics Games officially kicked off with Opening Ceremonies in Paris this year the department is proud to be cheering on three US service member athletes who will be competing in these par Olympic Games US Army Sergeant First Class John Ross and US Army staff sergeant Kevin win will compete in the 50m mixed rifle event and US Army Sergeant First Class Elizabeth marks will compete in seven different swimming events on behalf of the department we're rooting for you go Team USA and with that I'd be happy to take your questions Tara um all right I've got three topics for you but first on the uh the extra support to Secret Service sure what does that mean um in Practical terms are we going to see National Guardsmen patrolling sites what's been asked for um for more specifics on that Tara I would direct you to the National Guard and Secret Service I don't have that uh level of specific um so actually I think Secret Service could better speak to their request on that so i' direct you there but under what authorities are they operating I direct you to Secret Service on them okay um secondly to get back to the third anniversary of abig gate and uh the Trump campaign's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery um US federal law says that Army National cemeteries will not be used in partisan or political activities did the Trump campaign break the law by filming an ad there um look for anything regarding any campaign ads I would direct you to the campaign to speak to that to the Trump campaign um what I can tell you is that and I think the Army recently put out a statement earlier today that kind of went through what exactly happened in the incident um you can go on Arlington National cemetery's website it's very clear the rules and regulations um what I'll say about the mission of of those that work at Arlington National Cemetery um these are people who are um dedicated to honoring our fallen heroes and um they maintain that Hallowed Ground they work with the families um in honoring those who have had their loved one lost um I'm just not going to go beyond what the Army has said other than that um you know there was a a report that was filed um but subsequently that person decided not to press charges and so we're just going to uh we stand by the Army statement that this matter is closed why would this why would the Army close the matter if the person has decided not to press charges the Army could still pursue it without that person pressing charges but secondly the the fact of filming an ad on a national cemetery if the Army doesn't further pursue this with either civil penalties or or whatever can be done what's to stop the next person from filming a political ad there well what what I would say is the rules are very very clear they're ALS online um and available on the Arlington National Cemetery website um that is really a decision that the Army has to make that's not one that the department is making that's for the Army to make um the Army considers this matter closed the department stands behind the Army on that Jen so Sabrina I'm trying to understand in your understanding what happened at the cemetery yeah um and also I'm sorry you had also just to go back to your earlier question on under the authorities I direct you to the National Guard on that cuz it's it's going to vary on location so I I'm sorry I should have been a little bit more specific I would just refer you to the National Guard under what authorities those Guardsmen are going to operate um in terms of your question on what exactly happened I'd refer you to the Army to speak more to the actual incident itself um my understanding is that the families um had invited um you know a few guests to attend a ceremony earlier this week um and there was some type of incident that happened between an employee at thec um and a member that was traveling with another group's party um for more details on that I'd refer you to to the Army to speak to that like incident is a very sanitized word what actually happened physical assault was it verbal assault who did what from my understanding and from what the Army said is that um ANC employee who attempted to ensure um adherence to the rules of thec was pushed aside um the employee acted with professionalism and decorum but there was a bit of a um an incident that did happen so there are two different issues here there's a potential assault charges that the person has decided not to bring but there's also federal law that was broken as Tara mentioned uh filming a campaign ad or using campaign propaganda uh from with the backdrop of these um of the cemetery can't the department refer that to the justice department for Pursuit that's really yes that can happen but that is some a decision that the Army would have to make and that's not um my understanding is that the Army is considering this matter closed um but in terms of just to get to your broader question on political ads um that's not something that the department has a say over that's something that gets adjudicated at the FEC level and between campaigns so that for anything that's used in an ad I would refer you to the campaigns to speak to that it is a federal not to use what is essentially a base that is controlled by this department and the defense secretary could overrule the Army why is he deciding not to overrule or get involved in this look uh what we want to focus on is the fact that um the people that work at the Arlington National Cemetery every single day um do so with dignity work to preserve the memories of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and timately work with the families who visit Arlington National Cemetery and um you know there are nearly I think it's like 3,000 public ceremonies that are conducted at Arlington National Cemetery um every single year without incident um the rules and regulations are very very clear what happened uh earlier this week is very unfortunate um it's really the decision for the Army to make and and to pursue any other path forward the department right now is not doing that um and the army we we stand behind the Army and considering this matter closed just last sorry but on the National Guard Association appearance by former president Trump there were National Guardsmen in uniform who stood up and cheered uh what was a political speech at the event a campaign style speech um is that against the rules um I believe that was a p i I don't know enough about that event honestly so I just don't want to speak to it from here um I'm happy to look into that and and back to you think I think that it is against the rules War uh Ukraine lost uh an F-16 has Ukraine communicated that to the US does the US have any sense of of whether it was down by Russian fire or by something else and has Ukraine asked the us for any assistance in the investigation I've seen the reports I'm not aware of any assistance or requests for assistance from the Ukrainian side to us about um this particular incident um but I'd refer you to theuk Ians more to speak to to speak to any specifics on this pilot yes thanks s Sabrina um a little bit of background to the question is American troops are being attacked in Syria Iraq and from Yemen a terrorists in those countries are also attacking Israel so whose responsibility is it to stop the attack of the attacks and the attackers and I have a followup um that's a pretty broad question um but as you know since the since October 7th we have been postured to defend Israel um I'm not going to go through the the you know all the things that we have done in terms of uh moving our forces to the region to deescalate tensions um what I can tell you is that our forces as you probably are aware we have two carrier strike groups in the Central Command AO we also have assets um in the Eastern Mediterranean um they're there to protect our forces they're also there to help defend Israel should we need to defend Israel um and of course we will always take care of our troops whether they be in Iraq and Syria um and we've maintained the force protection to do that and you a follow up yeah the followup is since terrorist groups within Syria Iraq and Yemen are proxies of Iran then why isn't the Pentagon stopping the source which is Iran so um I will tell you that uh we always reserve the right to respond at a time and place out of our choosing when we have been attacked whether it be in Iraq or Syria we have responded um and I'm just going to leave it at that I will uh go to the phones and then happy to come back in the rooms uh adri Reuters here Sabrina just um I mean you know uh quite well getting a statement through uh the different layers can be quite tricky given that this was quite an extraordinary statement and quite rare for the Army to come out and say what it did say did they go through OSD did they go through the white house uh before uh putting the statement out or were you not aware of it and was the secretary not aware of it before it was put out you want us to go through an approval process checklist of internal deliberations a I'm just not going to do that but we are aware of the statement that the Army issued and we we support we support what the Army said um all right next question JJ green WTOP thanks Sabrina for this um to the the question uh about the the F16 that crashed in in in Ukraine killing the pilot um you know can you say how many F-16 us made f-16s are in Ukraine or are on their way or will be sent there and um um what if anything can you say about that incident more than what you said to Orin Jay unfortunately this will um not be very satisfactory to you but I'm just not going to get into numbers of how many f-16s are in Ukraine that's something for them to speak to um that uh opens up a lot of operational security issues as well so I'm just not going to be able to speak to that in terms of the incident and and the pilot that you know has been referencing that Orin had asked about earlier um I'm just not going to be able to provide more that's really something for Ukraine to speak to um we have been uh as you know training Pilots here in the United States um I will say that broadly speaking combat Aviation is incredibly complex um and we've been very proud to train some of the pilots here in in the United States and not just here but our partners and allies um through the UDC are also training um Ukrainian pilots on f-16s um and you know every day that those they fly those those aircraft um these are brave men and women going up there to defend their skies and to defend their country and so um we're very proud to have been part of training some of those here in the United States uh but I just don't have more to add on that on that particular incident I'll take one more from the phone and then happy to come into the room uh uh sorry I think uh Eric Schmidt New York Times Charlie thank you going back to the F-16 sure American train pilot uh American equipped f-16s including I think a new electronics uh Warfare package American advised which is still going on are are you telling we're not tracking we don't have the reason for what happened when it has consequence for the United States I'm just telling you that I cannot confirm the incident I'd refer you to the ukrainians to speak to their own uh operations but we as the United States are tracking the f-16s that we've appreciate the question but I'm just not going to get into any more specifics about the incident changing gears USA um it seems the houes have been acting up again do we have um a force presence uh in the Red Sea um through operation Prosperity Guardian between the us and our allies and partners we always maintain a presence within the Red Sea um I can't speak to specific ships that are there right now but we do have through partners and allies um a presence there Janie thank you 79 two questions it is reported that North Korea registered 13 submarines with the international Maritime organization this can be seen as an intention to ra the world overseas what do you think of the background to this I'm not aware of that report Janie so I just don't have anything to offer on that one can I yeah sure you follow yeah northan Kim declared support for Putin's war in Ukraine and could this been seen having International military training in mind such as with North Korea Russia or China that's really for North Korea to speak to it's not a surprise that uh you know North Korea has has pledged support to Russia we've spoken about that pretty publicly um we've spoken about the fact that uh dprk continues to provide capabilities to Russia that they're using on the battlefield in Ukraine um we can only really speak to what we're doing and you know what we're doing Jamie is through the UDC we uh the secretary convenes you know 50 countries and partners around the world to support Ukraine and it's ble on on what it needs on the battlefield um there's going to be another meeting next week that's another opportunity for allies and partners to come together to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs on the battlefield but I'm just not going to speak for the dprk yeah uh thank you very much Sabrina uh there has been domestic criticism that us is spending too much as compared to its allies uh uh to protect the interest of allies even Donald Trump said that it will uh inist nto members to spend at least 3% of their their GDP on defense do you think so that is this because of the leading role of the US that Ukraine is able to uh do such advances and able to resist such attack till now you're talking about countries increasing their their defense spending yes said that I will insist Netto members to increase from 2% to 3% even NATO members are not spending 2% of their GDP on defense and uh us is like spending maor defense we actually have seen an increase of NATO members spending more when it comes to um committing to uh you know meeting defense requirements um that's actually something that this Administration has been leading on and urging um you know allies part of the NATO alliance to do just that um you've seen commitments come out of vill Vilas um you know last year you saw the NATO Summit here in Washington DC where multiple NATO countries R announce further commitments to supporting Ukraine so again we're on the right track here um countries are continuing to to deepen their cooperation and knitting together their resources to support Ukraine um and you know it's it's been incredible to watch and that's something that you really did see come together at the Washington Summit here um over the summer just follow up turkey is also natto um AE of the US so turkey has some kind of reservation especially about the situation in Syria some concerns in Syria so has this Administration able to address the concerns of turkey we are uh have a great partner in Turkey um I can't speak to their um criticisms or concerns other than to tell you that we you know we work with turkey on a regular basis um including with what is happening on in the Middle East I'm just going to leave at that Joseph thanks um secretary has routine conversations with with his Israeli count part was he or anybody at the department notified ahead of um the operations in the West Bank over the last 24 hours to my knowledge we were not notified about operations in the West Bank um we are aware that you know Israel or the IDF is conducting some type of operations there um we're trying to get a better understanding of what they're doing but to my knowledge we were not notified beforehand and then um yesterday there was a meeting between Arab military Ates and counterparts here at the the re uh at the Pentagon can you say anything more is that was that just a routine meeting was it I mean obviously with the context everything and the backdrop of everything going on in the region seems to have come at a at a I don't know an interesting time yeah my understanding is this was a working level meeting that happens routinely um I wouldn't read too much into the timing it's just something that that does happen uhuh uh pets are General Ryder said that the uh the ship that was attacked by the huis uh un yes the union was appeared to be leaking the EU said yesterday and then today they came out and said it's not leaking so can you tell us anything about why the Pentagon assesses it to be leaking the EU not so there is um so what I will tell you is the the tanker is carrying 1 million barrels of crude crude oil those barrels remain intact right now the vessel itself is leaking some oil from where it was hit um there is still a fire going on or multiple fires still burning on the the ship itself those fires have not been able to been put out by anyone because the houthis are threatening to attack um you know the like uh any type of you know Salvage recovery um mission right now um so those fires have the potential to spread which has the potential to get to those oil barrels which will then obviously leak potentially 1 million barrels of crude oil into the Red Sea destroying major ecological systems um and you know creating an environmental I think catastrophe is the only word to use yeah yes thank you for opportunity our state department designated terrorist group BL Liberation Army attacked Pakistan's Southwestern Province on August 26th killed almost 70 people including security personnels so uh this group is like it have strong ties with alqaeda dases and TTP the B and other outfit that has strong ties with the Afghan Taliban so it seems like the F line that us left in Kabul in a chotic a dramatic withdrawal that are active now so the question is US clamed many times it built Pakistani forces capacity to counter these groups so at this moment you have anything for Pakistan any commments for Pakistan in this specific event we strongly condemn any terrorist attack like that and of course you know our our thoughts are with those who lost their lives during that attack but I don't have anything beyond that I'm not aware of any us involvement or assistance to Pakistan um at this time but if that changes I can certainly let you know yeah just one more Chinese um Armed Forces Commander visited Pakistan and he awarded with a higher military uh award so both side discuss military engagement specifically the defense Productions as I asked before from the last briefing that both countries have shared Technologies and they're also thinking to expanded like I asked regarding the uh JF 1700 Technologies here to Iraq so the question is uh this Administration left many loopholes with its Arab allies we have seen with the Saudi Arabia you left space over there China G there they got normalization with the Iran and Saudi Arabia now Pakistan is going closer with China anything on this any reservation or any public reservation or private reservations you got you have I'm not aware of that meeting so I can't comment on it yeah thank you so Rea uh with regard to this um Iranian attack in the region that we've been expecting for more than a month now and that hasn't happened first of all would you deemed that as a success of the United States both in terms of diplomacy and Military posture in the region that might have deterred it so far and um are you still expecting it as is is the threat as real as it was a couple of weeks ago are are you still alert so a few things uh you know as we've said I don't have the pred calendar crystal ball to predict and and to to you know forecast an attack what I can tell you is I think we certainly got into the head space of Iran and how they're making their calculations um you have two carrier strike groups in the region um we have said both very publicly and privately that we are there uh to protect our forces and will of course always you know stand in the defense of Israel should we need to um whether that's impacted IR calculation I think it has affected their decision making um will there be an attack I just I can't I can't predict the future I can't answer that um we remain postured though to protect our forces and of course if we need to come to the defense of Israel I one more we're listening there to part of the Pentagon press briefing that happened earlier today discussing all things International including the war between Russia and Ukraine and the one still happening in Gaza with that our live programming has just about ended for the day but make sure you tune in with us bright and early tomorrow morning 6:00 a.m. eastern time and we'll do it all over again we will keep you up to date with all of the latest headlines that we're following and also Showcase Live Events from around the world so I'm going to send it to a quick commercial break and on the other side you'll see our overnight playlist we'll see you back here tomorrow [Music] high high in the sky Concepts Justice and fairness she's someone who knows it's got to be real and she understands that she's got to use common sense she's got to be pragmatic to solve these problems and to use the skill she has as a I'm sorry uh use the skill she has as a First Rate trial lawyer and Problem Solver to solve these problems that face our country and our face to our world that's how she comes at things um she talked about um some of her accomplishments as a as a prosecutor um again this was to put very bad people away who did very horrible things but it was also to give an opportunity to those who did not commit violent crimes people who needed a way back in into uh our communities and have a chance to to succeed and Thrive again for nonviolent offenders and she had a program called back on track and it worked and one of the reasons for that was to for the economy because if folks had a chance to get back into the communities they're going to have jobs they're going to pay taxes they're going to help you grow your businesses and that was one of the reasons for doing that so that's a part of her pragmatic leadership even when she was back in her prosecutor days uh I got to know her as a as a citizen of California when she was our attorney general and she told the story about how she took on the big Banks during the mortgage crisis and um she she didn't do it only to get from 4 billion to 20 billion although that was pretty amazing and she held her ground but for her she was really thinking about the families involved she was thinking about her own mother who saved for years and years and years to finally be able to buy a home and she's thinking about just folks like that who have that home and have that lawn that they love and the garden and they take such pride of ownership that this is something that they work so hard for big part of the community and so that is also what drove her in that work to make sure that there was dignity and that there was fair and it wasn't just about getting that money which again helped mitigate a very horrible situation but it was also to get people back in those homes that they love and make sure that they could still experience that Joy of home ownership and that lawn and that sense of community and belonging that we all have because again it's that empathy she understands what's actually going on with people and she turns that into action and policy so that so this election could not be more clear I've heard the other speakers you've heard that um but it's really about who sees and understands voters who gets it and it's going to be one by the candidate who will actually make all of our Lives better not just the lives of a select few right and it's also going to make it's going to represent what most of us want listen to what they're actually saying do you want to live in a world dictated by project 2025 and the and the do's decision well that's where it would be heading we don't want that we want to have uh a great economy that focuses on all of us we want to have clean air to breathe we want less uh weapons of war on our streets are killing young people in our schools it's outrageous and that's the world that we want of Freedom a world that's forward-looking not that's looking backwards so that's why they are running that's why they are doing as well as they are because people are it's resonating with not just Democrats this message is resonating with all Americans and as she said and as Governor walls has said they will be president and vice president for each and every one of us regardless of what community you're [Applause] in now being president means you've got to focus on the economy which is one of the things we're going to talk about today um as I mentioned KLA Harris she's Pro capitalism Pro business PR growth and pro-innovation she wants everyone to succeed in this economy and as Ken chanal said at the Democratic Convention we need a president who understands that government has to work in partnership with the business community and that a market-based economy needs a strong government we got to do it together and we're seeing this public private partnership work right here in [Applause] Michigan Michigan ranks number one in the country for investments from the inflation reduction act that's really awesome this state has seen more than 26 billion in new federal Investments supporting over 21,000 good paying jobs so this is how it's supposed to work supporting entrepreneurs helping manufacturers expand growing the pie and investing in the middle class this is all important and this is everything that she's talking about but just as in business these goals are only practice iCal if they come with trust and character in this election and on those measures there is no contest trusting character on one side commin Tim not so much on the other um her plan is to create an opportunity economy right where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and compete you can have a chance to compete and succeed in this opportunity economy where she's fighting for everyday Americans and the middle class families cuz as was mentioned that's who she is that's the background that she came from now in addition we have to protect very core core things that will be under attack it's right there in Project 2025 such as protecting Social Security protecting Medicare and instead of cutting taxes for his billionaire buddies and the largest corporations we've got to cut taxes for for the rest of us for the middle [Applause] class lower grocery costs and and other things um which everyone depends on price of prescription drugs and um we've got to relieve medical debt and this is all part of the plan now it's all got to be fair you know see my earlier com comments and her work as attorney general and and throughout if it's not fair there has to be consequence so if op opportunistic companies take advantage of a crisis yeah to rip off customers uh she's going to find them and she's going to stop it that's what she's talking about and that's what she's always done again this is not ideological if somebody's ripping us off it's got to stop and she's going to stop them so that is part part of her plan as well it's not ideological it's practical fairness is good for the economy uh when she took on the big Banks it was um because people were getting ripped off plain and simple losing their homes and there needed to be a solution for that um when veterans and others were getting taken advantage of by for-profit college she shut them down plain and simple cuz they were not providing an educ ation and they were ripping off people who who wanted to get ahead in life I mean that's what she did so again this Common Sense see problem solve problem that is KLA Harris hey that's a pretty good slogan put that on a sign and again star contrast to the other side what is it cause problems don't solve problems um and what some of the things they're they're talking about is just it's just sick like monitoring pregnancies and things like that it is so far beyond the pale again read what they're talking about listen you know Donald Trump I want to punish women I I want to appoint justices that will overturn roie Wade he did it I don't care what he's trying to say now and get out of it he did it and JD Vans no no exceptions even for rap or in say these are the people that we're talking about here that's who they are they can't get out of it that's what they're trying to do so again contrast could not be more Stark KLA Harris on the world stage she's been vice president for almost four years she already is a world leader and let me tell you something the the seriousness the toughness the way that uh she was feared as attorney general uh because she got stuff done and and took care of major problems well this is KL Harris on the world stage as well uh again our family we love her so much and you see the smile and the joy and yes the laugh which I love but joyful Warrior the joyful part but she is a warrior as tough as they come and I love they they kept playing those clips at the uh Convention of her taking on the Witnesses in the Senate Judiciary Committee I mean that's KLA Harris she never runs from a fight and she knows the best way to deal with the cowards that she's dealing with um is just to take them head on take them head on because she knows cowards are weak and kamla Harris Can Smell weakness she will always protect America maintain the most lethal fighting for force in the world honor our commitments to our troops and our veterans and our allies she has spent four years as vice president as I mentioned a lot of that time you're in the Oval Office with the president helping to make very important decisions you're in the Situation Room dealing with lots of problems and and World issues she's been there for these four years and literally on the world stage over 20 plus times traveling the world um making sure that America's interests are protected out there everywhere she goes she meets with our active duty troops and makes sure that they know that we care about them each and every [Music] day she will always support and honor our veterans every minute as president and she uh she picked a veteran as her vice presidential candidate [Applause] she's ready to do this job she is ready to be our leader not just here domestically but on the world stage and she is ready she'll be ready on day one when you elect her as our next president um I I had a this last month or so has been kind of heads spinning but think about it I got to represent our country uh President Biden sent me uh as head of a presidential delegation uh to Paris for the Olympics so I I was there uh for the last four or five days I got to see our Team USA win several gold medals men's basketball women's basketball women's soccer and and what did I hear there USA USA us and I got back from Paris and and regrouped and went you know right to the convention and um there I am in Chicago thousands of people in in the arena and I'm sure Millions around the country around the world and what did I hear USA USA so USA you can say it um and that's you know I've been to a few Democratic conventions that's not normally the soundtrack of a democratic convention uh but it was this year and it was this year because of KLA Harris cuz she showed everyone there that it doesn't matter what party you are to love your country to be a patriot to put the interests of other citizens before your own interest to actually take that oath of office and honor it and that's what she does and I think she does it and it comes through and it gets people fired up because we love our country and that's why we're doing this cuz we love our country she's going to bring joy to this work and she's going to bring toughness to this work she's not going to let anything affect her it's all focus and discipline which is a superpower for the next some OD days which is the home stretch of this campaign to literally save our [Applause] country we haven't won anything yet okay so again every time the few times I get to talk to her if I'm like oh there you on TV or did you see this she's like zip it get to work get out there and do everything you can to help us win and I've been saying that's why I am out there um I'm crawling over shards of glass I am knocking through every wall every door um one cuz I love her but two because I love my country and we got we got a run like we're 10 points behind and keep going until we're 10 points ahead we got to win and we got to win big to prove to the country and prove to the world that there's a right way of doing things and a way of doing things that nobody wants we got to win and win big and that's what we're going to do and as Michelle Obama said in her incredible speech she did say do something but she also said we need to vote in numbers that eras any doubt because and overwhelm any any uh um anything any effort to suppress us because that's what they're going to do unfortunately because they can't win on the Merit so they got to do all this stuff um but we're not going to let them we are not going to let them do that so we've got we've got a big old map now right we've got Michigan you've got Wisconsin next door you've got Pennsylvania nearby you've got Georgia where they are right now we've got North Carolina and you go back out west we got Arizona we got Nevada and some have even said Florida so and that's why every vote counts it's all important and so when people say well what what more can we do well you're in Michigan so you got to do a lot so I mean you just got to keep knocking on those doors you got to keep going to the offices you got to keep doing everything you've been doing here uh to make sure that we win this State we have to win this state and when you feel good about here well then just go to Wisconsin like go out there too and um it's just make sure people are registered because I know this sounds so obvious but um you know we don't have school house rock anymore so we got to make sure people know that to vote you got to register and the rules are going to be different in in every state so make sure when people say what can I do like the the most basic Act of democracy is making sure people get registered and that they just go out and vote you know of course we want them to vote for us but participate in this beautiful democracy so get everyone to register there's lots of ways to do it iow vote.com has all has everything out there you can go to the campaign website but just make sure people get registered and and with kids going back to school you know make sure that they're registered you know in the right place so they can cast their their vote as well um come to a campaign office like it is so much fun you know what I'm talking about um I it is it's just our your friends your neighbors your community and i' I've been to them all over the country and you just walk in there's coffee there's Donuts there's music there's signs but it's your friends and Neighbors on their phones calling other friends and neighbors to get them to participate in this democra y so there's so many things that you can do but most of all you know keep supporting us get the word out you all have networks and just make sure everyone understands the stakes could not be more Stark this is a truly you know the the the election of our history I think she said it it's the election of our lifetimes but the election of our nation's Lifetime and so let's get out there and do it we can do it with fun we can do it with joy but we've got to do it with toughness and we've got to do it with resolve so in other words let's be like her and let's just look right in front of us each day win each day day by day and then on uh this is the one thing where Tim Walls and I disagree because he he is literally saying I'll sleep when I'm dead um a pretty good Tim Walls and I was like I will sleep on November 6 because I actually want to enjoy this next Administration thank you so much let's do this we are going to win this [Applause] [Music] election and we'll continue to follow both campaigns as they make their way through some important Battleground States ahead of the race for the White House I'm Andy Mack we're back after this [Music] welcome back in here to live now from Fox im8 ma let's take you out to the Pentagon press briefing as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East commended Poland for its exceptional leadership on Ukraine including providing vital logistic support and substantial security assistance the SEC the secretary also thanked the Deputy Prime Minister for supporting the nearly 10,000 American troops deployed in Poland that ensure NATO can deter and if necessary defend against aggression secretary Austin also spoke by phone with his Romanian counterpart minister of National Defense tulver earlier today they discussed the strength of the US Romania bilateral defense relationship our partnership within NATO and Russia's war in Ukraine the two leaders reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to bolstering the defense of NATO's Eastern flank and reiterated their continued support for Ukraine to defend itself against Russian aggression a full a full readout of both the secretary's bot and phone call will be posted later today on defense.gov speaking of Ukraine tomorrow secretary Austin will host Ukrainian Minister of Defense umov here at the Pentagon while I won't get ahead of that meeting I will say that you can expect the secretary to reaffirm the United States's unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression he will also receive a battlefield update including on KK and looking to next week secretary Austin will travel to Ramstein to host an in-person meeting of the Ukraine defense contact group this will be the 24th meeting of the UDC since secretary Austin formed the group in April 2022 the secretary will be joined by chairman Brown and Ramstein and will convene Ministers of defense and Senior military officials from nearly 50 Nations to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the continued close coordination by the International Community to provide Ukraine with the necessary means it needs to defend itself Switching gears to the Middle East earlier this week the cape Trinity arrived from Cyprus to Port the port of ashod and has begun the process of unloading the remaining pallets of humanitarian Aid that's approximately 6 million pounds of Aid to be distributed within Gaza the offloading process is expected to take between four to 6 days once complete the cape Trinity is slated to make a stop in Greece to unload a portion of its crew and then will depart for its home station Switching gears again uh the Department of Defense recently received a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security for additional Military Support capabilities to afford to be afforded to Major presidential and vice presidential candidates the Secretary of Defense approved the request and directed the commander of us Northern command to plan and provide and execute increased support to the United States Secret Service at various locations across the United States during the 2024 election campaigns the Department of Defense will provide protective support and will and that will continue through the election on November 5th 2024 with anticipated continued support to the president-elect and vice president-elect through the inauguration of January 20 2025 and finally yesterday the 2024 par Olympics Games officially kicked off with Opening Ceremonies in Paris this year the department is proud to be cheering on three US service member athletes who will be competing in these par Olympic Games US Army Sergeant First Class John Ross and US Army staff sergeant Kevin win will compete in the 50m mixed rifle event and US Army Sergeant First Class Elizabeth marks will compete in seven different swimming events on behalf of the department we're rooting for you go Team USA and with that I'd be happy to take your questions Tara Sabrina um all right I've got three topics for you but first on the uh the extra support to Secret Service sure what is that mean um in Practical terms are we going to see National Guardsmen patrolling sites what's been asked for for more specifics on that Tara I would direct you to the National Guard and and Secret Service I don't have that uh level of specificity um so I actually I think Secret Service could better speak to their request on that so I direct you there but under what authorities are they operating I direct you to Secret Service on them okay um secondly to get back to the third anniversary of Abby gate and uh the Trump campaign's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery um US federal law says that Army National cemeteries will not be used in partisan or political activities did the Trump campaign break the law by filming an ad there um look for anything regarding any campaign ads I would direct you to the campaign to speak to that to the Trump campaign um what I can tell you is that and I think the Army recently put out a statement earlier today that kind of went through what exactly happened in the incident um you can go on Arlington National cemetery's website it's very clear the rules and regulations um what I'll say about the mission of those that work at Arlington National Cemetery um these are people who are um dedicated to honoring our fallen heroes and um they maintain that Hallowed Ground they work with the families um in honoring those who have had their loved one lost um I'm just not going to go beyond what the Army has said other than that um you know there was a a report that was filed um but subsequently that person decided not to press charges and so we're just going to uh we stand by the Army statement that this matter is closed why would this why would the Army close the matter if the person has decided not to press charges the Army could still pursue it without that person pressing charges but secondly the the fact of filming an ad on a National Cemetary if the Army doesn't further pursue this with either civil penalties or or whatever can be done what's to stop the next person from filming a political ad there well what what I would say is the rules are very very clear they're also online um and available on the Arlington National Cemetery website um that is really a decision that the Army has to make that's not one that the department is making that's for the Army to make um the Army considers this matter closed the department stands behind the Army on that Jen so Sabrina I'm trying to understand in your understanding what happened at the cemetery yeah um and also I I'm sorry you had also just to go back to your earlier question on under the authorities I direct you to the National Guard on that because it's going to vary on location so I I'm sorry I should have been a little bit more specific I would just refer you to the National Guard under what authorities those Guardsmen are going to operate um in terms of your question on what exactly happened I'd refer you to the Army to speak more to the actual incident itself um my understanding is that the families um had invited um you know a few guests to attend a ceremony earlier this week um and there was some type of incident that happened between an employee at thec um and a member that was traveling with another group's party um for more details on that I'd refer you to to the Army to speak to that like incident is a very sanitized word what actually happened for my physical assault was it verbal assault who did what from my understanding and from what the Army said is that um ANC employee who attempted to ensure um adherence to the rules of thec was pushed aside um the employee acted with professionalism and decorum but there was a bit of a um an incident that did happen so there are two different issues here there's a potential assault charges that the person has decided not to bring but there's also federal law that was broken as Tara mentioned uh filming a campaign ad or using campaign propaganda uh FR with the backdrop of these um of the cemetery can't the department refer that to the justice department for Pursuit that's really yes that can happen but that is some a decision that the Army would have to make and that's not um my understanding is that the Army is considering this matter closed um but in terms of just to get to your broader question on political ads um that's not something that the department has a say over that's something that gets adjudicated at the FEC level and between camp campaign so that for anything that's used in an ad I would refer you to the campaigns to speak to that it is a federal law not to use what is essentially a base that is controlled by this department and the defense secretary could overrule the Army why is he deciding not to overrule or get involved in this look uh what we want to focus on is the fact that um the people that work at the Arlington National Cemetery every single day um do so with dignity work to preserve the memories of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and ultimately work with the families who visit Arlington National Cemetery and um you know there are nearly I think it's like 3,000 public ceremonies that are conducted at Arlington National Cemetery um every single year without incident um the rules and regulations are very very clear what happened uh earlier this week is very unfortunate um it's really the decision for the Army to make on to pursue any other path forward the department right now is not doing that um and the Army we we stand behind the Army and considering this matter closed just last sorry but on the National Guard Association appearance by former president Trump there were National Guardsman in uniform who stood up and cheered uh what was a political speech at the event a campaign style speech um is that against the rules um I believe that was a p I I don't know enough about that event honestly so I just don't want to speak to it from here um I'm happy to look into that and and come back to you I think that it is against the rules War uh Ukraine lost uh an F-16 has Ukraine communicated that to the US does the US have any sense of of whether it was down by Russian fire or by something else and has Ukraine asked the us for any assistance in the investigation I've seen the reports I'm not aware of any assistance or request for assistance from the Ukrainian side to us about um this particular incident um but I'd refer you to the ukrainians more to speak to to speak to any specifics on this pilot yes thanks Sabrina um a little bit of background to the question is American troops are being attacked in Syria Iraq and from Yemen a terrorists in those countries are also attacking Israel so whose responsibility is it to stop the attack of the attacks and the attackers and I have a followup um that's a pretty broad question um but as you know since the since October 7th we have been postured to defend Israel um I'm not going to go through the the you know all the things that we have done in terms of uh moving our forces to the region to deescalate tensions um what I can tell you is that our forces as you probably are aware we have two carrier strike groups in the Central Command AO we also have assets um in the Eastern Mediterranean um they're there to protect our forces they're also there to help defend Israel should we need to defend Israel um and of course we will always take care of our troops whether they be in Iraq and Syria um and we've maintained the force protection to do that and you had a followup yeah the followup is since terrorist groups within Syria Iraq and Yemen are proxies of Iran then why isn't the Pentagon stopping the source which is Iran so um I will tell you that uh we always reserve the right to respond at a time and place of our choosing when we have been attacked whether it be in Iraq or Syria we have responded um and I'm just going to leave it at that I will uh go to the phones and then Happy come back in the rooms uh adri Reuters here Sabrina just um I mean you know uh quite well getting a statement through uh the different layers can be quite tricky given that this was quite an extraordinary statement and quite rare for the Army to come out and say what it did say did they go through OSD did they go through the white house uh before uh putting the statement out or were you not aware of it and was the secretary not aware of it before it was put out you want us to go through an approval process checklist of internal deliberations a I'm just not going to do that but we are aware of the statement that the Army issued and we we support we support what the Army said um all right next question JJ green WTOP thanks Sabrina for this um two the the question uh about the the F-16 that crashed in in in Ukraine killing the pilot um you know can you say how many F-16 us made f-16s are in Ukraine or are on their way or will be sent there and um um what if anything can you say about that incident more than what you said to Orin Jay unfortunately this will um not be very satisfactory to you but I'm just not going to get into numbers of how many f-16s are in Ukraine that's something for them to speak to um that uh opens up a lot of operational security issues as well so I'm just not going to be able to speak to that in terms of the incident and and the pilot that you know has been referenced and that Orin had asked about earlier um I'm just not going to be able to provide more that's really something for Ukraine to speak to um we have been uh as you know training Pilots here in the United States um I will say that broadly speaking combat Aviation is incredibly complex um and we've been very proud to train some of the pilots here in the United States and not just here but our partners and allies um through the UDC go are also training um Ukrainian pilots on f-16s um and you know every day that those they fly those those aircraft um these are brave men and women going up there to defend their skies and to defend their country and so um we're very proud to have been part of training some of those here in the United States uh but I just don't have more to add on that on that particular incident I'll take one more from the phone and then happy to come into the room uh uh sorry I think uh Eric Schmidt New York Times Charlie thank you going back to the F-16 sure American train pilot uh American equipped f-16s including I think a new electronics uh Warfare package American advis which is still going on are are you telling we're not tracking we don't have the reason for what happened when it has consequence for the United States I'm just telling you that I cannot confirm the incident I'd refer you to the ukrainians to speak to their own uh operations but we as the United States are tracking the f-16s that we' I appreciate the question but I'm just not going to get into any more specifics about the incident changing gears USA um it seems the houthis have been acting up again do we have uh um a force presence uh in the Red Sea um through operation Prosperity Guardian between the us and our allies and partners we always maintain a presence within the Red Sea um I can't speak to specific ships that are there right now but we do have through partners and allies um a presence there and we'll hear the remainder of these remarks from the Pentagon in Washington DC after this quick two-minute break [Music] welcome back in here to live now from Fox I Andy Mack let's take you back out to the Pentagon as they're talking about a variety of international topics it is reported that North Korea registered 13 summerin with the international Maritime organization this can be seen as an intention to where the world overseas what do you think of the background to this I'm not aware of that report Janie so I just don't have anything to offer on that one can I yeah sure you have follow up yeah North Korean Kim declared support for Putin's war in Ukraine and could this been seen having International military training in mind such as with North Korea Russia or China that's really for North Korea to speak to it's not a surprise that uh you know North Korea has has pledged support to Russia we've spoken about that pretty publicly um we've spoken about the fact that uh dprk continues to provide capabilities to Russia that they're using on the battlefield in Ukraine um we can only really speak to what we're doing and you know what we're doing Janie is through the UDC we uh the secretary convenes you know 50 countries and partners around the world to support Ukraine and it's B on on what it needs on the battlefield um there's going to be another meeting next week that's another opportunity for allies and partners to come together to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs on the battlefield but I'm just not going to speak for the dprk yeah uh thank you very much Sabrina uh there has been domestic criticism that us is spending too much as compared to its allies uh uh to protect the interest of allies even Donald Trump said that it will uh insist natto members to spend at least 3% of their their GDP on defense do you think so that is this because of the leading role of the us that Ukraine is able to uh do such advances and able to resist such attack till now about countries increasing their their defense spending yes said that I will insist Netto members to increase from 2% to 3% even NATO members are not spending 2% of their GDP on defense and uh us uh is like spending mejor we actually have seen an increase of NATO members spending more when it comes to um committing to uh you know meeting defense requirements um that's actually something that this Administration has been leading on and urging um you know allies a part of the NATO alliance to do just that um you've seen commitments come out of vill Vilas um you know last year you saw the NATO Summit here in Washington DC where multiple NATO countries announced further commitments to supporting Ukraine so again we're on the right track here um countries are continuing to to deepen their coop operation and knitting together their resources to support Ukraine um and you know it's it's been incredible to watch and that's something that you really did see come together at the Washington Summit here um over the summer just follow up turkey is also Netto um Ally of the US so turkey has some kind of reservation especially about uh uh the situation in Syria some concerns in Syria so has this Administration able to address the concerns of Turkey we are uh have a great partner in Turkey um I can't speak to their um criticisms or concerns other than to tell you that we you know we work with turkey on a regular basis um including with what is happening on in the Middle East I'm just going to leave at that Joseph thanks um secretary has routine conversations with his Israeli counterpart was he or anybody at the department notified ahead of um the operations in the West Bank over the last 24 hours my knowledge we were not notified about operations in the West Bank um we are aware that you know Israel or the IDF is conducting some type of operations there um we're trying to get a better understanding of what they're doing but to my knowledge we were not notified beforehand and then um yesterday there was a meeting between Arab military attaches and counterparts here at the re uh at the Pentagon can you say anything more is that was that just a routine meeting was it I mean obviously with the context of everything the the backdrop of everything going on in the region seems to have come at a at a I don't know an interesting time yeah my understanding is this was a working level meeting that happens routinely um I wouldn't read too much into the timing it's just something that that does happen uhuh uh pet General Ryder said that the uh the ship that was attacked by the huis uh recently so Union yes so Union was appeared to be leaking the EU said yesterday and then today they came out and said it's not leaking so can you tell us anything about why the Pentagon assesses it to be leaking the EU not so there is um so what I will tell you is the the tanker is carrying 1 million barrels of crude crude oil those barrels remain intact right now the vessel itself is leaking some oil from where it was hit um there is still a fire going on or multiple fires still burning on the the ship itself those fires have not been able to been put out by anyone because the houth are threatening to attack um you know the like uh any type of you know Salvage recovery um mission right now um so those fires have the potential to spread which has the potential to get to those oil barrels which will then obviously leak potentially 1 million barrels of crude oil into the Red Sea destroying major ecological systems um and you know creating an environmental I think catastrophe is the only word to use yeah yes thank you for opportunity our state department designated terrorist group BL Liberation Army attacked Pakistan's Southwestern Province on August 26th killed almost 70 people including security personnels so uh this group is like it have strong ties with alqaeda dases and TTP the B and other outfit that has strong ties with the Afghan Taliban so it seems like the F line that us left in cab in a chotic a dramatic withraw that are active now so the question is US clamed many times it built Pakistani forces capacity to counter these groups so at this moment do you have anything for Pakistan any commits for Pakistan in this specific event we strongly condemn any terrorist attack like that and of course you know our our thoughts are with those who lost their lives during that attack but I don't have anything beyond that I'm not aware of any us involvement or assistance to Pakistan um at this time but if that changes I can certainly let you know yeah just one more Chinese U Armed Forces Commander visited Pakistan and he awarded with a higher military uh award so both side discuss military engagement specifically the defense Productions as I asked before from the last briefing that both countries have shared Technologies and they're also thinking to expand it like I asked regarding the uh JF 1700 Technologies here to Iraq so the question is uh this admin left many loopholes with its Arab allies we have seen with the Saudi Arabia you left space over there China again there they got normalization with the Iran and Saudi Arabia now Pakistan is going closer with China anything on this any reservation or any public reservation or private reservations you got you have I'm not aware of that meeting so I can't comment on it yeah thank you so you know uh with regard to this um Iranian attack in the region that we've been expecting for more than a month now and that hasn't happened first of all would you deemed that as a success of the United States both in terms of diplomacy and Military posture in the region that might have deterred it so far and um are you still expecting it as is is the threat as real as it was a couple of weeks ago are are you still alert so a few things uh you know as we've said I don't have the prediction calendar crystal ball to predict and and to to you know forecast an attack what I can tell you is I think we certainly got into the head space of Iran and how they're making their calculations um you have two carrier strike groups in the region um we have said both very publicly and privately that we are there uh to protect our forces and we of course always you know stand in the defense of Israel should we need to um whether that's impacted Iran's calculation I think it has affected their decision- making um will there be an attack I just I can't I can't predict the future I can't answer that um we remain postured though to protect our forces and of course if we need to come to the defense of Israel I again one more um early this week chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff said that since we've seen the hasah attack now we can say that there's less of a chance of a regional War um do you share that assessment that Iran could also conduct an attack on a similar level not something that's going to spark a regional War do you think that hands are tiedy alphabet because of the US military posture do you feel like that attack is going to be limited again I I can't predict what an attack would look like um what I can tell you is I don't think anyone wants to see a regional War we certainly don't and that's why we've made the decisions or the secretary has made the decisions uh to move different carrier strike groups throughout the region since October 7th to rotate different um and to bolster Force our Force posture and our Force presence in the region you know we we announced like a month ago we have another Squadron of f-22s in the region um uh so you know we're going to continue to take the steps that we need to to send a message of deterrence because that's ultimately what we're sending and all the capabilities that we're sending they are there to be defensive in nature um beyond that I can't I can't predict what other actors will do other than to say that we the United States do not want to see a broader Regional war and we've said that from the very beginning yes thank you my question is about China okay um National Security advisor Jake salivan met uh one e for Minister one in V yesterday and uh they um agreed to have a telephone call of the commanders in um in the near future so can you give us a U of A little bit more about schedule of this phone call and and his secretary himself planning to have a phone call with his counterparts in near future so I don't have any calls to announce or preview today but we certainly welcome anytime that there are highle mil to calls between the PRC and the United States um you saw um the National Security adviser say just that in some of his readouts from his meetings um but when we have more calls to announce we will but I just don't have more at this time yes sir thank you very much um John from Pakistan uh there were series of terrorist attacks in Pakistan and U and you just spoke about it how the us can help Pakistan looting out terrorism from that region look we always remain uh willing to work with any Nation that wants to root out a terrorist organiz organization um we have good you know cooperation um with the Pakistani government but um in terms of these attacks I just I don't have anything for you other than that you know we we of course condemn them um and you know should anything change in our cooperation with the Pakistani government I'm happy to keep you update on that but I just don't have more to provide at this time defense minister was here and uh had meetings in this building and few months ago he made a public statement that today's India goes to the safe heav of individuals who challenge India's territorial integrity and kill them and after that statement we have seen a killing of sick activists in in Canada and there is an assassination attempt on a US citizen another sick activist in new yorking puu so is there any discussion on that matter because India said they are still investigating that matter there is one person arrested by the US authorities nikel Gupta so any discussion on that I don't have anything for you on on that specifically um there was a readout that we put out after the meeting just not going to get beyond that yes thank you sa um regarding to the West Bank uh operation for the IDF um the United Nations secretary uh uh got described this military operation um as like a dangerous developments and he asked to stop this uh and he said already that's already exclusive the situation so do you share with him uh his concerns and especially when we see all the read out from the secretary when he called his Israeli counterpart he always ask to deescalate and don't take any steps that maybe make the escalation higher so what do you say about that thing well that that's you know something that I'll reiterate here is that we certainly don't want to see an escalation we want to see tensions to deescalate in the region um we are aware that the IDF is conducting operations um in the West Bank but again we don't have an understanding of what that exactly is we're trying to uh learn more about their operation um the United States supports Israel's right to defend itself against threats to its security but as always and as we will continue to say um it has to do so in a way that limits civilian casualties um and limits damage to civilian infrastructure and that's something that will always be imparted um and you've seen that um message come through in the secretary's readouts with his counterpart yeah yes thank you I have a couple on Ukraine uh today Ukrainian foreign minister said that the Patriot system is announced for Ukraine previously uh by the partners have not yet been delivered could you speak more to that what causes a delay here a specific system by Partners those Patriot systems that were announced for Ukraine previously there are Patriot systems operating within Ukraine I would defer to them most recently during we have I don't have anything to um read out or announce on the patri system the we've committed to providing them to to Ukraine um look we continue to work with them when it comes to providing security assistance the Patriot is a quite a big system that we are sourcing um different materials and and um component pieces from other countries to to help Ukraine um you know I'd let Ukraine speak to to to that more specifically but what I can tell you is um they are getting a regular Supply and support of security assistance from the United States and other you know partners that are part of the UDC um so I'm just going to it that you had other questions expedite those deliveries given the recent massive attacks from Russia from I think we've certainly expedited delivery of uh not just the Patriot but you know other systems and capabilities to Ukraine including reordering some orders by you know that were designated for other countries we've prioritized Ukraine so I'd actually push back on the fact that we haven't prioritized Ukraine as a country that needs it most Noah I want to follow up on the CMC question um was was there any DOD involvement in that meeting whether through preparation or actually during the call or the the meeting itself on the CMC meeting yeah the vice chair with um I mean that was an nsse Le meeting um that was you know uh the National Security adviser traveled to meet his counterparts um we of course engage at our level but I'm not aware of any DOD participation and I know in the in the past there's been confusion about who the vice chair's counterpart is in the US whether that's secretary Austin or whether his counterpart is actually the minister of National Defense there is this a sign that you think um the Chinese are seeing um the National Security advisor as a more natural counterpart um than the Secretary of Defense I think it's aside Noah that we are having broader and more frequent Communications with the PRC which is a good thing uh we want to see that happen um the fact that the National Security adviser and again I don't want to speak on behalf of the white house but the fact that he was able to travel engage with his counterpart other officials part of the government um that's a good thing that opens up uh Communications lines here's allows us to maintain those mt- Mill ties um as well just going to leave it at that yeah just a quick followup back on the F16 Ukraine has acknowledged the loss of the F-16 and former rap Adam kinginger has acknowledged that the the pilot lost on Monday was one known as by his call sign as MoonFish who was one of two Ukrainian Pilots that were actually very vocal here in the US pushing for fighter jets um going to training in Arizona uh is there any chance that this F-16 was brought down by Friendly Fire by one of the Ukrainian Patriot missiles for example so um again I can't confirm the I I've seen the reporting I just can't confirm it I I don't have that um level of fidelity right now um so in terms of if if if this pilot was killed and it was brought down by friendly fire that I just can't speak to that really be something for the ukrainians to speak to um the United States has not been asked to participate in any type of investigation to look into this incident so you know our role in this is that we continue to train and equip the Ukrainian Pilots that come here um for training but I just when it comes to this particular incident and I understand the frustration but I just I don't have anything more to offer on it but is there a follow on with the f-16s that have been delivered is there any sort of ongoing relationship are is the US tracking the f-16s are you fiding ongoing maintenance are they you know it's not just the United States you have to remember that there's there's a there's an air capability Coalition that has been stood up that the US is you know of course a part of um so it's not just the United States providing support um absolutely you know the the US military is working with the ukrainians on what they need whether it be maintenance or you know and and that's you know telephonic um or you know a remote maintenance support and help um in terms of you know tracking the f16s I'm just I'm not going to get into that that level of detail but we are certainly working with the pilots and and the Ukrainian military to make sure that um they are able to fly and operate these f-16s in the in in the best way possible and making sure that they're doing safely making sure that they're doing so safely um and you know we're providing that support and continuing to train okay thanks everyone and we'll continue to follow the latest headlines around the world and around the country I'm Andy Mack we're back after this [Music] and welcome back here to live now from Fox I'm Andrew craft we do want to dive into some of these National Security headlines including updates on how much worse this could have been there in Vienna Austria on this three-day concert tour for Taylor Swift there a couple weeks back remember those concerts were cancelled because of some of these Terror plots against them and we're learning more details about what could have gone down and how deadly it might have been with none other than foxes Rebecca Caster with these details let's watch Taylor Swift wrapped the European leg of eras tour last week but not before narrowly avoiding tragedy after authorities foiled a planned terror attack against her shows in Vienna earlier this month they were plotting to kill a you know huge number tens of thousands of people at this concert including I'm sure many Americans speaking at an elligence Summit Wednesday the deputy director of the CIA revealed new details about the terror plot including it was his agency that warned Austrian authorities I can tell you within within my agency I'm sure in others there were there were people who thought that was you know a really good day um you know not just the swifties in my in my Workforce three suspects are in custody and authorities say The Mastermind a 19-year-old Austrian man was inspired by the Islamic State they believe he was playing to attack outside the stadium with knives or homemade explosives it's actually really sad that this is actually the world we live in this concert used to be a safe space for everyone and now it's just a threat all three of Swift's Vienna concerts were cancelled after the plot was discovered on Instagram the pop star said the reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows but I was also so grateful to the authorities because because thanks to them we were grieving concerts and not lives around 65,000 fans were expected inside the stadium for Taylor Swift's Vienna shows with another 30,000 expected to gather outside in Washington Rebecca Caster Fox News Rebecca thanks so much in the meantime let's bring into the conversation our friend retired Marine intelligence officer and National Security analyst and expert Hal keer he joins me Hal good to see you uh on this Thursday night I I wanted to ask you saw there that clip David Cohen the deputy director of the CIA um does the deputy director of the CIA talk at length about some of the intelligence they provide to you know Allied and member countries were you surprised at how forthcoming he was about the role that the CIA played in helping thwart this uh Andrew David Cohen uh well any deputy director of the CIA or director of the CIA uh they do talk I mean they go to conferences they give speeches uh at various events not a lot but but some and uh but I was rather taking taken a a bit with his he was very forthcoming on this and one of the things I thought was interesting was uh the claim of credit uh that the CIA played an instrumental role a lot of times the CIA I mean you know they're known as a coovert organization well to be covert you tend not to be overt and they do a lot of things in the uh in the shadows so to speak They Don't Really advertise what they do in this case for whatever reason he decided to advertise but I'll tell you the stunning thing was and I had to I had to it was I had to listen to it several times I had to reread it several times was he said tens of thousands of people could have been killed I I had to go back and look at this I'm not quite sure what the plot was because they talk about knives and homemade explosives and it just wasn't clear how that would have to tens of thousands of people killed and and I have to say you I've been working counterterrorism as you know for a very long time I've worked this issue I work with you know major venues and stuff on potential terrorist attacks and train law enforcement First Responders on this and the military uh with this and I wasn't quite sure what the plot was that they thwarted it was but there was a reference to chemicals and all I can think is maybe a chemical weapon but it wasn't quite okay yeah I mean how that's the thing I mean you don't think David Cohen was you know exaggerating the the circumstances of what could have been the circumstances or was he being circumspect about how deadly this could have been here because to your point this was a 19-year-old he was inspired by the Islamic State online you know that's giving him a lot of credit is it not with his supposed capabilities uh in all fairness when you put the words 19-year-old Mastermind together I tend to shake my head right there all right uh uh yeah I don't think it was a really uh complex plot so to speak uh everything I saw look pretty straightforward there may have been uh there were reports it looked like it was going to be a vehicle ramming type thing similar to what we've seen over you know we've seen it here but we Al saw it in Europe and particularly in need right a horrible thing but that doesn't get you the number of casualties I I kind of wonder if maybe he may have misspoke a little bit was Sly widely quoted there will be tens of thousands of people at the concert there would have been a horrific number of casualties and maybe somehow that got connected together I mean I heard him speak and it sounded like he said tens of thousands would be casualties but I just don't know how you get there with everything reported so far well uh I think uh it's safe to say that we're very happy to be having this discussion about something that never transpired that did not come to pass and the intell got it beforehand um Hal let's talk about a subject that we have talked about so often here the Russia Ukraine war and and the fact that uh us made us provided f-16s are now flying in the skies of Ukraine uh in this war there but the Wall Street Journal our friend Lara Seligman had this scoop today Hal and this is what she is reporting I want to read from her article that a Ukrainian pilot was killed in combat when his F-16 jet fighter crashed on Monday just weeks after the first of the americanmade aircraft arrived in Ukraine now this is according to both us and Ukrainian officials according to Lara seligman's reporting she goes on to say the pilot died while helping to repel a massive Russian missile attack Monday initial reports indicate the jet was not shot down by enemy fire us officials said the Pentagon referred questions to the Ukrainian Air Force for comment the Ukrainian Air Force acknowledge the crash and Pilots death in a statement today Ukraine used the Jets for the first time in combat to shoot down Russian missiles during the strikes this week according to president vomir zalinsky now Hal how does this Bode for the program that was set up between the US and Ukraine uh both in training and in carrying out f16s to be deployed in the battle space in the air here does it I don't know dimin those efforts do those efforts go back a step and not forward is there some trepidation moving forward now about whether or not any more f-16s are going to be in the Skies over Ukraine or not this is just one instance here uh Andrew there will be more f-16s they're going to keep going in they're going to flow in like they have been it was interesting they did say there were six total that had come in that's the first time I heard a number that was that was put to it they were being a little circumspect on saying how many they had said six I don't know how many are flowing in on a regular basis obviously they've lost one it's a it's a huge disappointment not just the loss of the aircraft but also the loss of the pilot he was a very well-known pilot um and he had been kind of instrumental in getting the f-16s uh convincing Congress and others to get him over there so you know that was it was kind of a a double loss in that regard and they don't have that many uh trained F-16 Pilots uh one of the things it's doing is there there's a lot of they're going to look very hard at what this was the the planes are being used in an anti-air mode which is they were being used to take out cruise missiles is what I understand it was uh Monday during that just horrendous attack by the Russians where they just launched uh a tremendous amount of missiles and and drones and everything else at at at at Ukraine and somewhere in that the the plane crashed now there's a lot of different scenarios where that happened apparently was not shot down as far as we know uh but they're going to be looking at was there a problem a mechanical issue technological issue something like that uh could have been a pilot error you know when you're moving fast and you're yanking and banking there's a you know things can go wrong they're going to be looking at the training program you know there was talk that these guys were accelerated through a training program and they're going to wonder were their shortcuts that you know got paid for if you will so they'll be asking that but we don't know enough yet but it's disappointing I don't think it's going to slow things down as far as f-16s going going to Ukraine though yeah because there is some you know cognitive dissonance here in Lara seligman's report uh you know she's saying essentially that this pilot was killed in combat while helping repel the missile attack uh the general staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said contact had been lost with the jet while it was approaching its next Target a person close to the Ukrainian military said the C C of the crash was unknown and an investigation was underway so are we led to believe you know via L elman's reporting that Russia didn't shoot down this jet as far as we know right now everything that that as far as they know right now okay uh it doesn't look like it was shot down now I I will tell you and you and I have talked on the air about a variety of Aviation incidents over the years and and you know there's a lot of a lot of different things that can cause a uh an aviation mishap if you will and uh and that's why I kind of leave this at now it could be pilot error it could be something was wrong with the plane you know they they' put a lot of planes over there and there could have been you know in the in the stress of a uh of a high-speed combat environment like that uh there could have been something that went wrong with the plane and obviously was unrecoverable there's just a lot of different scenarios and like anything else they're going to have to investigate and figure out what went wrong wrong and then they're going to take corrective action and and if it's pilot training I'm sure they'll take corrective action on that but if it's something wrong with the plane maintenance or something else they're going to have to address that as well uh I will say this when you're looking at the environment they're flying in if you're looking at the intensity of the operations uh that also increases the intensity of Maintenance operations and upkeep another thing too and and I don't think this is tied to it these f-16s were recently retrofitted with an advanced electronic warfare module that allows them to better keep up with what the Russians are Fielding I don't know that that would play a role in uh in anything like a crash but that is kind of interesting that that was just announced prior to hearing about this that it had a a new ew module and I don't know if that's connected at all yeah you know Hal lastly while we have you we do want to follow up uh on a story that you and I discussed uh at length yesterday uh and that of course was this supposed incident between Trump campaign staffers and Arlington National Cemetery official uh on Monday during the three-year anniversary tribute uh for the abig gate Cabell airport terror attack there uh and we talked extensively about uh some of the victim's family members uh taking photos with the former president uh in this area of the cemetery known as section 60 well we got more clarity today Hal uh from the US arm army they released uh quite a detailed statement uh we have it here I'm going to read it right now I think it's worth reading in full uh that Arlington National Cemetery they say routinely hosts public wreath Lane ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for individuals and groups who submit requests in advance ANC conducts nearly 3,000 such public ceremonies a year without incident participants in the August 26th ceremony in the subsequent section 60 visit were made aware of the federal laws Army regulations and DOD policies which clearly prohibit political activities on Cemetery grounds ANC employee who attempted to ensure adherence to these rules was abruptly pushed aside consistent with the decorum expected ATC this employee acted with professionalism and avoided further disruption the incident was reported to the jbm HH police department but the employee subsequently decided not to press charges therefore the Army considers this matter closed this incident was unfortunate and it is also unfortunate that thec employee and her professionalism has been unfairly attacked ANC is a National Shrine to the honored dead of the Armed Forces and its dedicated staff will continue to ensure public ceremonies are conducted with the dignity and respect the nation's Fallen deserve uh so you know I asked some of our friends and reporters that came on earlier hell on whether or not this is somewhat of a rarity that the Army releases such a statement like this uh Dan L moth of the Washington Post said absolutely yes it is quite rare the US Army would go on at length describing somewhat you know their side of the story and what happened here uh the fact that the cemetery official though Hal uh did not want to further continue to press for accountability essentially dropping the case meaning the US Army dropped the case um couldn't the US Army still have an investigation open into this no matter what the cemeter official wanted to do whether or not they wanted to pursue this uh you and I talked about this report being filed now we know it was a military police report jurisdictionally how does that differ from a local police station well it's it's in a different different system it would be uh it's in the military channels it's on a military facility and it be handled in the uh military probably hand and some sort of military justice system I'm not quite sure what they do in this situation it wouldn't fall under the uniform code of military justice as far as I know uh the fact that they consider the matter closed would indicate to me that there probably is no ongoing investigation I may be wrong but this this looks like such a minor matter um they you know they basically restated the policy which was you know maybe clarified a few details there and and then they stated what the that there was an incident essentially the question becomes uh still was is did the the employee see Donald Trump at a Le wreath laying or wreath laying ceremony as being implicitly political uh or did that employee see Donald Trump with photographers as being connected as implicitly political as well uh that's a that's a big question uh you know and it may have dropped the matter because there might there may be a little bit of uh I don't know if you want to say wrong on both sides but certainly some room for interpretation did the employee overstep in what they were doing and certainly if there was uh some sort of incident and definitely any type of physical altercation then uh the Trump uh staffer uh was certainly in the wrong in that regard but it may be that they looked at it and they may have seen that there was a you know probably a little little little wrong on both sides so to speak that maybe they they had overreacted on both sides and uh that's possible I don't know but since they're dropping the matter it becomes something of good point so okay um how we're gonna have to leave it at that can't thank you enough we'll definitely be speaking tomorrow to round out the week Hal thanks okay thank you Andrew all right in the meantime here let's take our final commercial break of the hour more International headlines where that came from when we come back National Security adviser Jake Sullivan in China meeting with xingping we'll have it in two minutes [Music] I wanted to focus some of our efforts on some of these major crime headlines as well with the story that we have followed so extensively here from the very beginning uh since November of 2022 on the campus of the University of Idaho there in Moscow Idaho after the tragic stabbings and killings of four students in their off-campus home uh the individual who's now been accused of those killings Brian cobber he is seeking a venue change for whenever his trial might get underway out of Moscow Idaho and into the Boise Idaho jurisdiction here uh so this was the scene earlier today in a virtual courtroom setting uh as a judge heard the arguments on whether or not to move the venue out of Moscow Idaho that's Leah County and into Boise Idaho uh so we want to let you listen in to a little bit of this hearing today and we're going to bring on a legal analyst to break it down even further but let's listen to just a bit of this immediately uh Miss B and Mr NY we're here on a motion to change venue from lto County to Ada County filed by the defense um preliminary anything Mr Thompson uh in your are not m okay thank you M Taylor your honor just that there is a stipulation that the court received the exhibits that were filed along with our declaration and our memorandum in support that's all right so we're talking about all those slides there were like a hundred slides there were a hundred slides honor we're talking about those but in particular the references to all of the media coverage the articles that were contained the table with links to all of the articles that depict all of the media coverage so are you going to show those publicly or those are for me because I'm the one who has to make the decision those are for you yeah we'll have PowerPoint presentations today but we will not be going through the hundreds of articles that have been provided for the Court's consideration well I'm thank thankful for that U because I did I did look through all that and I thought oh this would be not a good thing to you know push out to the public because we're trying to protect that right your honor we are and I think it would take an extraordinary amount of court time to try to read through all of the Articles or review all of the bits of uh news coverage that have happened in this case we do intend to offer a little bit of a preview throughout our testimony but certainly not the hundreds of Articles and news stories that have existed well that was my other concern so all right uh well call your first witness your honor Miss Mana we'll start okay M thank you good morning your honor good morning your honor um as we get started here today what I'd like to do is provide you with a road map of where we're going with our Witnesses the standard here is whether there's a reasonable likel hood that pre-ra publicity has affected the impartiality of prospective jurors to establish uh the quantity of pre-trial publicity we will call James Todd Murphy with true scope to establish effect on partiality we will call Dr El Aly to discuss the social science behind your decision making then we will call Dr Brian Edelman about the survey and what it means and finally we will call Dr dare about the validity of the survey methodology we are not calling today Scott sunby but as you listen to testimony today please keep his sworn affidavit in mind with his 39 years of studying Capital juries and teaching at the national judicial College he is considered by the United States Supreme Court an expert in this area he has published this book it's called a life and death decision a jury weighs the death death penalty and this book uh is a culmination of interviews of over 1,200 Capital jurors and how Capital juries make decisions research shows that when a small community creates pressure to impose death an Eighth Amendment violation may occur through these Witnesses today we want to avoid beginning a trial with as Mr sunby States quote a thumb on death side of the scale in quote and with that I call James Todd Murphy all right so uh you heard there from one of Brian cober's lead defense attorneys uh introducing their first witness that they're bringing uh to the stand here in order to argue for a change of venue uh whenever uh this murder trial will get underway still uh no timetable yet on a strict and set and hard and fast date just yet for that trial there for Brian coburger um but in the mean time here uh once the judge does make a finding on whether or not to change the venue we'll bring you that news this was just a preliminary hearing today in the meantime let's bring to the conversation our friend legal analyst jacqulyn Goodman she joins me um jacn good to see you here so you heard the uh coburger defense attorney kind of introduced that first witness talking about how uh they think pre-trial publicity uh will render whatever jury is seated impartial here now uh the defense has taken on a novel creative approach in order to measure this uh they have elicited their own sample surveys into the community to see how the community might feel on that question how do you measure a community on whether or not they can be an impartial jury pool for an alleged murderer Jacqueline it's not only novel and creative but will it be admissible here yeah it is it is a creative way to do it the whole issue is whether this enormous amount of pre-trial publicity is just too much for the jury pool to maintain their partial their impartiality so um most of that is speculative most of the time we look to things like how many newspaper articles have there been how often was this on the front page of the local newspaper how many people really have been immen immersed in all of this information and in this case they did a step further by saying we want to actually survey a significant number of folks who might be part of that jury pool to see what their feelings are about it and they elicit the help of social scientists to create this survey and find out what is really on the minds of most of these citizens do they know about the case and if they know about the case what are their feelings about the case and have they been impacted by things in the media and it looks like from what they have in the survey that they have it's a small County and a lot of news yeah Jacqueline some of those survey respondents uh said this about Thea case they said uh some would Riot and burn the courthouse down if cerg were to be acquitted uh so you just see some of the fiery vitriol and rhetoric emanating from you know a select few uh of these community members here but if you're the prosecution and you're hearing the defense kind of take matters into their own hands with some of their own measurements and metrics about the pulse of the community here wouldn't you object how can this be used as somewhat of a Guiding Light for the judge to ultimately decide we're moving the venue or we're not here why does the defense get to take matters into their own hands like this if it's taking matters into their own hands what it is is that you know you have to look to how can I show that there might be a problem and the whole issue with change of venue is merely about a fair trial it isn't about getting anything over on anybody else it's about getting a jury that has no preconceived notions about the evidence and letting them make a decision based on what comes into evidence lawfully within you know the four walls of that courtroom so any way that you can show the judge that that might be impaired that the jurors might actually not be able to come in we might not be able to get a panel of jurors who are impartial and fair and unbiased um I mean you know everybody has a right to have a fair trial and I think the the prosecution would have to would would agree with that yeah so it's going to be a hard argument that these measures are not useful and any measure that we can use in order to show that a jury might not be uh fair is is also fair game okay but Jack you have the jury impartiality issue kind of hanging over this hearing today um but the crimes were committed in lto county in Moscow Idaho they weren't committed in Boise doesn't jurisdiction matter too or or does does jurisdiction supersede so to speak impartiality it doesn't it doesn't it's favored and we want a jury that is close to the cus of the crime but a jury of your peers is a jury of your peers whether they come from Boise or from Leah County and if Leah county is by you know is so much smaller and a small change of venue can give someone on a death penalty case or a life case the possibility of a fair and impartial jury the the law is going to favor moving that trial let me tell you most of these motions are denied most of the time the argument that the prosecutor is making is that moving it isn't going to change anything everybody everywhere in Los Angeles in New York everyone knows what this trial is about and it's not going to change if you go from Leah County to Boise Idaho but the truth of the matter is that in some cases like this we're a you know we know which switch to flip if we can just change it from this County to that County and he gets a fair and impartial jury then you know that there's so much at stake all parties really should be wanting a fair trial in this thing this may be one of those few times when they actually move the jury the trial one of the things they can do is bring in jurors from Boise into Leah County and hold the trial there oh okay I didn't realize that option was available you know to them here you mentioned that judges rarely issue or find or rule on a venue change why right I mean really for for lots of reasons they do take into account and more and more um particularly now they take into account what the families want the the alleged victims families okay they also do like they favor having a a jury in the venue where uh the the cus of the crime occurred but those things really are not the most important aspects most of the time you really have a hard time showing that you couldn't get a fair and impartial jury but in this case you have so much pre-trial publicity and such a small County and you've got evidence from these surveys and other uh social media posts and things where it seems like there's a really good case to be made that you'd have a very hard time finding jurors that don't know anything about the case and don't already have very hard and preconceived notions about this case it's been a really it's rocked that small town so and you have a pretty easy place to go where you can find yours who probably are impartial and don't have a preconceived notion about the guilt of the accused no jacqu though I mean the counterfactual to the the point that you were making is um this is a national case so no matter what jurisdiction you tried it in a lot of people are going to know about it no matter if it's in Boise in adaa county or in Moscow or in Lea County or if it was in Los Angeles or New York to your point here so couldn't you just make the argument on the other side that because of the national profile of this case um the jury impartiality question is rendered moot because everyone knows about it yes that's what the prosecution is going to be arguing and that's what the judge has to weigh the thing is that when you have a populous County with millions of people you have a better chance of finding jurors who don't already have who can say I don't have a preconceived notion of the guilt of the accused and if you could find those jurors somewhere then the other interests that usually do overcome that request for a change of venue may fall because you have a fairly easy fix but that's you know it's tough most of these most of these motions are denied I think in this one I think the Judge might rule in in favor of the defense on this one given all of the information that they have given all of the the social media posts about the vitriol and and the you know the hardening of these folks um and their opinions about Mr coburger yeah you know jaqu just lastly I mean is this the largest final hurdle with some of these pre-trial motions here or do you anticipate more I mean it's been almost two years since the grizzly killings took place there um but when is this getting to trial there's been lots of delays in this case and you also have a judge who is pretty um careful I didn't expect him to make the ruling today even though the hearing was today and you know he has been pretty circumspect and pretty careful about his rulings although I do think that this is probably the last big hurdle although you I don't I don't have the playbook for the defense or for the prosecution but it appears that this is starting to get down to the wire and I think we're going to see a trial pretty soon in this case you know I just thought of this too I mean that mob mentality mindset amongst potential members of the jury pool could that be exacerbated if the trial date keeps getting pushed back and back is it going to be even harder to find an impartial jury uh because community members will be upset that this has not been adjudicated yet in a court of law you make a good point and it's a smart argument that the you know prosecution can make to to try to hurry this up but the truth of the matter is that time is on their side if if more and more time goes by people are just there's something new in the news and they'll just get distracted and be less uh vitriolic about this to be honest with you I think time is is on the side of keeping it in Leah County but I'll tell you that you know this judge is always going to be thinking what is what is likely to give an app pellet issue to the defense and they don't want to do that and so they want that whatever that conviction is going to be I mean I'm sorry whatever that ruling is going to be if it's a conviction they want it to stand and so that that you know why give them an appet issue and not move the venue when you can pretty easily do that I think he's likely to move the venue and then I think that the trial will likely start fairly quickly after that and for a death penalty case or a triple murder case like this two years is not a long time in pre-trial motions and preparation frankly all right uh Jaclyn Goodman as always can't thank you enough for your Insight we'll talk soon appreciate being here thank you so much all right and in the meantime here it's a story we're going to keep following we've been on it ever since November 13th 2022 and we got word for University of Idaho students were Grizzly stabbed and killed there in their off-campus home and we'll continue to follow it we'll see you in two minutes [Music] welcome back here to live now from Fox We are following the case against despart attorney Tom gerardi convicted this week of departing clients in a yearslong Ponzi scheme through his gerardi Keys Law Firm gerardi was known for his work representing plaintiffs against major corporations his work in fact in the Pacific Gas and Electric case inspired the film Aaron Brockovich starring Julia Roberts he also found Fame later in life as the husband of Real Housewives of Beverly hillstar Erica Jane for more on this case and the verdict we are joined Now by legal analyst Neema Romani Nema you have been following this case very closely and as a lawyer practicing out of California you understand the gravity of what Tom Gerard did but let's break it down for our viewers how much money did he steal from his clients and through which means well Tom Gerard was probably the most famous lawyer in all of California especially after Johnny Cochran passed you know we talked about Aaron Brockovich and now Erica Jane from The Real Housewives and he was convicted of stealing at least $15 million from clients and that may be just the tip of the iceberg here's someone that lived in a $20 million mansion had two private jets but millions of dollars in jewelry for his wife and the victims in the case many of whom have suffered these catastrophic injuries or have lost loved ones they're left holding the bag they got Pennies on the dollar unfortunately so we heard some emotional testimony throughout this entire trial but we also saw that gerardi took the stand in his own defense I do have a tweet here that I'm going to pull up in just a second but tell us how that went for gerardi it went terribly and normally when a criminal defendant takes the stand the entire case is going to come down and here's a her testimony and J failed that test he started before the trial to try to dupe the judge into thinking that he was incompetent that he had dementia that he couldn't assist in his own defense and the judge said no you're competent to St trial you certainly we're confident enough to steal money from clients but then he took the stand and a surprise to many people and he lied to those jurors he told them that his clients had received every scent that they were owed and when the jurors heard that testimony and observers like myself I said well here's someone who's clearly lying I don't care if you're a lawyer you're used to arguing or manipulating others and really it was his own words that convicted him because gerardi was caught on voicemails he was sending emails but he was was lying to clients about where their money was he said that it was tied up with uh the mediator the judge there were medical leens all sorts of excuses and in some instances he outright lied about the settlement amount saying that it was millions and millions of dollars less and he pocketed the difference so you know the jurors didn't spend a lot of time deliberating less than one day the convict them of all four counts of wire fraud as I mentioned before we didn't just hear from Tom on the stand we also heard from so many of these victims in this entire scheme some emotional testimony was said is there anyone in particular that stood out to you well there's so many you know people that had lost loved ones um people that had been lied to there were victims that testified that they needed money for medical care to move sick injured family members to other places and they were begging Tom for money and he would just ignore them or lied to them you know really this case should be about the victims it shouldn't be about someone that is probably one of the biggest frauders since maybe Alec Murdoch in terms of lawyers and participated one of the most Brazen and egregious schemes it's really the cardinal sin for a lawyer to steal money from clients I'm a plain's lawyer we are a much malign profession Tom gerardi is the reason people don't like lawyers they don't trust them they think they're Crooks they think they're thieves and he played into that stereotype and you know I'd be remissed if I didn't say that the State Bar of California who's supposed to oversee Tom Gerard and all the lawyers here they received more than 200 complaints about Tom gerardi but didn't actually despar him because he was likely Rich powerful and well connected to many elected officials in California he was one of the biggest political donors here so really it's a black eye for the State Bar here as well and those who were supposed to regulate our profession besides how well-renowned and known he was for being a lawyer in California as I had mentioned he did gain some Fame later in his life uh being on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills franchise as the husband of Erica Jane tell me did prosecutors use his time on that show against him during this trial they did and really raised his questions you know as soon as these allegations became public Erica Jane filed for divorce and she did very well in that divorce now obviously she's not a lawyer and we don't know what she knew but Tom gerardi is very likely going to spend the rest of his life in federal prison the amount of the fraud is so high the fact that he got away with it for so many years I can't see any judge sentencing him to anything less than 10 years in federal prison which is essentially a life sentence for someone like gerardi who's 85 years old and probably not in the best of health but Erica Jan is living her best life she was able to get a lot of that jewelry he was able to get a significant financial settlement out of that divorce and even though she's been sued by some of the victims a lot of those cases have been dismissed so the question is you know the person that maybe benefited the most from all this may actually have been Erica Jane and we're g to get a little bit more to the consequences when Tom gerardi is facing going forward but first hindsight is 2020 right we know that his defense tried to play his Progressive cognitive decline as a defense for gerardi to get out free on this case looking at it now do you think that you would have thought of a better argument to try to get Tom gerardi out of um this entire legal battle that he has been facing it's a very hard case to defend and you know Tom jard had public defenders they probably did the best job they could look I mean here's someone that is living a life of luxury on reality TB and like I said has you know memberships at country clubs and it's flying around the world and you know rubbing elbows with celebrities and politicians you know it was really hard for him to defend this case now he tried to point the finger at his CFO manum Cayman and say that well he was the one that actually perpetuated the fraud but obviously it was Gerard's firm and to the extent that the CFO did help deal client funds that person is going to be prosecuted and he is under indictment so for the jurors to argue for the defense to argue to jurors that gerardi really had no idea that this was going on when he personally benefited from it he's caught lying to clients I think that's a bridge too far I think what the defense was trying to do was pull a page out of the Harvey Weinstein Playbook or maybe even Bob Durst you know put on what they thought would be a sympathetic elderly defendant and hoping that maybe one or two of the jurors would feel sorry for him and maybe hang the panel but obviously they did not and that strategy failed completely and what about the clients now Nema what did they do going forward trying to get that compensation it's very hard Tom J has filed bankruptcy his firm is no longer uh in practice it's since dissolved so you know I do credit the bankruptcy trustee who gone back to try to get back some of these funds that were used for improper purposes and you know famously auctioned everything that gerardi had in his office and his home there was a lot of sports memorabilia for instance he was a pretty big sports fan but if you went online months or even a year ago you could buy many of these auction items but ultimately at the end of the day we're talking about clients that were duped of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars and what they receive out of the bankruptcy or out of the State Bar in the California victims compensation fund is not going to make them whole so you know there is criminal justice that will be done here as far as civil compensation again just going to be a fraction of what these poor victims were finally let's go to what happens next for gerardi I do have a tweet here as you have been following this you say gerardi 85 in for health he's going to get at least 10 years in federal prison because of the massive amount of fraud so what are we looking at in terms of when he may be starting to serve that sentence and is there a Hail Mary perhaps that his defense can throw out to try to get leniency so under the federal sentencing guidelines The Advisory sentence is based on the amount of the fraud there a specific section is to be 1.1 so that is where the judge has to start at that advisory sentence now obviously the judge can deviate downwards if there's some mitigation here but I really don't see any this isn't someone who accepted respons possibility for his actions tried to plead tried to make restitution and make his victim whole there's someone who took the stand lied through his teeth told those jurors that he never stole money so if I'm the judge and knowing that this is someone who got away with it for so long because he was so well connected because he was so wealthy I'm not giving him any leniency whatsoever this is someone that I would throw the book at and I think really is the worst of the worst and who prayed upon the most vulnerable members of our society so I think he's going to get a lot of time in federal prison he's probably never going to see the lot of day again Nima Romani legal analyst we always appreciate your time here at live now from Fox we do know that the sentencing is scheduled for December 6 we look forward to checking in with you then and put a bon this case thanks for having me as always [Music] welcome back you're watching live now from Fox I'm your host carella we're going to turn our attention now to some crime headlines from across the country taking a look here at this tweet from the New York Post it says ran coburger appears in court as lawyers seek relocation after potential jurors threatened to quote burn Courthouse down if he's acquitted cerg is accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in their home off campus now the trial was scheduled to take place in Leah County in a Court located in the northern Idaho Panhandle where the crime occurred earlier today I did speak with legal analyst Nicole de board on what these latest developments mean for the trial going forward Nicole good to see you and grade to kind of have some more insight as this is a very slow moving case to say the least but let's start with this motion brought forth by cober's defense as to why they want to move the trial in the first place that they're speaking on this sort of mob mentality so what does that mean for our viewers so essentially what they're asking is for the judge to take the case to a far a far away place somewhere not near where all of the media coverage has been Center centered because they believe that the media coverage has saturated the potential jury pool to such an extent that the jurors who would ultimately have to make the decision as to their client's guilt is too biased based on that saturation of information uh via reports and media about the case so that's kind of what I've continued to see with the different reports and what his defense is truly concerned about is really how much coverage this case has already got in and how are you going to really pick an impartial jury pool what can a judge even do really though to to kind of temper that sentiment and make the defense feel more secure that they would get a fair trial so the judge is doing exactly what is required and that is to give hearings for the defense to have an opportunity to put on any evidence that they have to show that there in fact has been extensive saturation of the media where in this case that that criteria will probably be met the next question is are the people that are hearing about the case uh in a position to have already formed an opinion about the accused guilt or innocence and if so um is it possible for the judge to even have a jury selected that can be impartial who has not formed an opinion so this hearing that we saw today is the start of the judge taking in information to make that decision Nicole some of the other cases that have been cited for the judge to move this location very popular one that came out of Idaho as well the Lori bow case the Doomsday mom Chad day billt that case was moved out of that County where that crime occurred but still those defendants were found guilty because of the overwhelming evidence so what exactly is this venue change going to do can it actually help given the fact that this case for months now we have been covering it I mean it's all over the place right no that's such a good point and you know that's the question can it be moved anywhere it's it's something that's being followed really Across the Nation but uh one of the pieces of information that we saw today in this hearing was information about which particular media outlets and the number of stories that were generated by those media Outlets where that particular coverage went um and and that the surveys that were done in the community where the cases currently scheduled to be Tri tried indicated that the people who were being surveyed in many instances had already formed an opinion about C workers Guild I want to turn now to the prosecution's argument when it comes to this motion that the defense filed the prosecution doesn't want to move this case the victim's family members also don't want to move it either they want it to happen in their town where everything kind of went down how much does that weigh on the judge when they make their decision you know the judge is always going to do what the court can uh to have a case tried in the community where the offense is said to have occurred uh said to have occurred because it is an particularly interesting uh concern for that Community now that said the person with all the due process rights and any criminal trial is always the accused uh and certainly while that may not be popular especially in a case with such absolutely horrific facts the fact of the matter is no one especially the court and really even the prosecution wants to do this case twice because there was some kind of constitutional violation and when you're talking about starting out a trial uh with bias and with people who might ultimately decide the case already having an opinion as to the person's guilt that's a constitutional problem that's going to draw an appeal that's going to cause this case to have to be done more than once so the the court really has to take this seriously and consider whether or not a move is still appropriate let's also recap what we saw today my understanding is that there was no ruling by a judge that's my understanding as well uh the court is going to have to take into consideration a great deal of testimony evidence there was uh statistical information given there were numbers of stories that were discussed there were surveys that were entered into evidence to talk about the people in the community uh and what their opinions about this case were and the judge is going to have to make an assessment about whether or not that evidence Rises to the level that just based on the hearing will require him to move the case or to change venue which is a really tough decision to make or whether or not there can be any other measures taken to provide this accused individual with a fair day in court when we talk about how long it may take for that decision to come down I mean really that's the question how many weeks days possibly months really will we have to wait until we know exactly if if that trial is going to happen in L County another great question you know that will depend on whether or not the judge has more questions based on what he heard and what he's read today it could be that uh in many cases judges ask both sides for additional briefing or for additional information about questions they have based on evidence presented in circumstances such as this or it may be that the judge very quickly turns around after reviewing the information that he's received and issues a ruling um it could also be that the judge holds a ruling on the change of venue until he tries certain uh other remedies that don't involve moving the case to see whether or not those can solve the problem and provide a fair trial to the accused I want to backtrack a little bit Nicole because the reason why this has taken so long and we're still on this case Without Really any concrete direction as to where it's going to go is because coburger waved his right to a speedy trial now this trial has not started it said to start next summer uh next year at some point but was this the smart move when we think about cobber and his defense to wave that right and to kind of extend this and drag it out as much as they can well I'm not s you know certain that it's really about dragging it out as much as it's about making sure that these lawyers in a death penalty case have crossed every single te and dotted every single eye this case will if he is convicted be reviewed and reviewed Again by appet Courts for years to come and so the court and the lawyers involved have to be exceedingly careful to make sure they do every single potential legal um uh address every legal issue that's available to be addressed before the court so the court can make rulings to make sure that this case however it ends ends on sound grounds that's really the tricky part about this case is really it could be and it is a a death penalty case here and Nicole my final question is where do we go from here what we do now is wait to see whether or not the judge feels that he has enough information to make a decision or whether or not there will be some other kind of remedial measures taken to see if they can get a fair jury in this case all right Nicole Dort always good to have you here legal analyst as we can continue to track this the latest on the case against Brian cerg we'll talk soon thanks for having me all right we do have a tweet here on your screen from the Seattle Times saying the judge overseeing the Brian coburger case abruptly paused a hearing on the capital murder trials potential change of venue Thursday we're going to step away for another commercial break we'll be back right after this [Music] welcome back thanks for joining us here at live now from Fox I'm your host Cara as I mentioned before earlier tonight we did see vice president kamla Harris participate in her first sitdown interview since becoming the Democratic nominee she was joined by her running mate the governor of Minnesota Tim Walts they sat with CNN's Dana Bash I'd like to play a little clip from that interview uh this is where they speak a little bit on what they would do on day one if their administration were to win in this election you have less time to make your case to voters than any candidate in modern American history the voters are really eager to hear what your plans are if you are elected what would you do on day one in the white house well there are a number of things I will tell you first and foremost one of my highest priorities is to do what we can to support and strengthen the middle class um when I look at the aspirations the goals the Ambitions of the American people I think that um people are ready for a new way forward um in a way that generations of Americans have been fueled by by hope and by optimism I think sadly in the last decade um we have had in the former president someone who has really been pushing an agenda and an environment that is about diminishing um the character and the strength of who we are as Americans uh really dividing our nation and I think people are ready to turn the page on that so what would you do day one day one it's going to be about one implementing my plan for what I call an opportunity economy I've already laid out a number of um proposals in that regard which include what we're going to do to bring down um the cost of everyday Goods what we're going to do to invest in America's small businesses what we're going to do to invest in families for example extending the child tax credit to $6,000 for families for the first year of their child's life to help them buy a car seat to help them buy baby clothes a crib um there's the work that we're going to do that is about investing in the American family around affordable housing a big issue in our country right now so there are a number of things on day one what about you well I'm excited about this agenda too as I said the idea of inspiring America to what can be and I think many of these things that the vice president's proposing are are are things that we share in values and the child tax cred is one we know that reduces childhood poverty by a third we did it in Minnesota to have a federal partner in this um unbelievable I think in the impact that we can make all right just a little snippet there from that interview earlier tonight on CNN we'll have more Clips like that throughout our programming this evening in the meantime I would like to bring into the conversation now political analyst Rich Rubino rich I guess I'd like to just start by asking you your overall thoughts on how that interview went did Harrison walls lay out some plans for voters that would be appealing to them ahead of this election yes and I think they were very appealing but she didn't really get into any specifics maybe she wasn't really pushed on that but she has to explain how for example she would be able to do this how she'd be able to give a tax cut to so many million Americans and how that would be deficit neutral or would perhaps would that be would that included would that be would there be a deficit that would that would come that would increase it would come along with it so that's what she really didn't really answer those types of questions I think it's interesting though that she's very much um trying to you she's very much trying to um she's very much trying trying to trying to stay the way stay with Joe Biden I think you she could have tried to distance herself from Joe Biden she could have said well I agree with him on this I disagree with them on this but she's in a very similar situation that Hubert Humphrey had in 1968 with Lyndon Johnson in that the president has a job approval rating under 50% in Hubert Humphrey's case he broke from Vietnam on September 30th that year in a speak in a speech in Salt Lake City I think for vice president Harris perhaps I thought maybe she would break a little bit when it came to the Israel Gaza conflict but she really did not break from that so it's a very interesting um it was it was a very it was very interesting how she's trying to stay tethered uh to a president who has a job approval rating under 50% uh right now kind of piggybacking off of that last answer hereis Was Heard continuing to talk about a new way forward but you know I think that a lot of the points that people have watching this entire presidential election unfold is that she has been a part of the Biden Administration over the last four years I mean she's the vice president to Biden so how does that translate to voters when she continues to say a new way forward that's another problem that she has um usually if a vice president is is pigging backing off of a popular president you try to essentially run as that person's successor I think that George HW Bush somewhat did that in 1988 with Ronald Reagan Al Gore made the mistake I think in 2000 of trying to run away from Bill Clinton in part by by saying that he's his own Man by not really campaigning with Bill Clinton that much and by having Joe liberman as his running mate who was the first United States Senator um to to to publicly condemn President Clinton for his Antics and the Monica Lewinsky and broo but I think that you know it's a great question you say what are you going to do on day one for vice president Harris that the obvious question that um that would be asked is well why aren't you supporting that policies right now why aren't you trying to persuade President Biden to go to try to get this through Congress right through Congress contemporaneously the other thing that's interesting is on day one she can't she doesn't have PL of potenti power she can't just take a pen and sign something this is something that would have to actually be legislation so she would have to get the legislation you have to get it passed through the United States Congress if she a problem the United States Senate could very possibly be controlled by Republicans next time around it' be very hard to get for it for it to pass so she's really speaking in platitudes right now not in particulars I want to go ahead and play out another little snippet from that interview that we saw earlier today kamla Harris actually answering a question from Dana Bash and she said that she wants to appoint a republican to her cabinet let's play that out for viewers next yep you had a lot of Republican speakers at the convention will you appoint a republican to your cabinet yes I would anyone in mind yes I would no one no one in particular in mine I got a we got 68 days to go with this election so I'm not putting the car before the horse but I would I think I think it's really important I I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion I think it's important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different different views different experiences and I think um it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my cabinet who was a republican all right just want to correct myself a little bit not that she wants to but that she would saying that a different perspective would uh bring something good if she were to be elected president here so rich does that work what other president in history have we've seen that has appointed a member from the opposite party within their cabinet yes we have seen that we saw uh jnf Kennedy for example put Robert mcnamer as defense secretary he stayed on for the for most of the Johnson Administration again secretary defense uh Bill Clinton did that with Bill Cohen Bill Cohen was a United States senator from Maine who did not seek re-election in 1996 the thought was that he was going to go home to Maine Bill Clinton called him up and asked him to become defense secretary and he served as defense secretary for Bill Clinton's second term you start Chuck Hegel the former senator for Nebraska who's kind of became a dissident Republican who opposed to the who became opposed to the Iraq War under George W bush Barack Obama put him in the cabin as defense secretary also put R put um Ray La Hood as Transportation secretary who's a former congressman from from his home state of Illinois so it does happen it's rare it's usually one kind of token um position oh the other one would be Norman manetta George W bush put him in the cabinet um as well he was somebody who had served in the Clinton cabinet and then he served in the in the bush cabinet as well usually it's only one member of the cabinet I remember Joe Biden getting a little bit of trouble during the 2020 uh presidential campaign when somebody asked him when he was in in Iowa they said would you consider appointing a VI nominating a vice president who was a Republican and he said that he would not that he would do that rather and it does it hurts a little bit with some of the Bas but the Bas I think you got to ask the question where would they go would they go to Jill Stein the green party nominee or would they just kind of or or just vice president Harris have enough leeway because the left is so disenchant with Donald Trump that they're willing to go with her anyways that's kind of the $63,000 uh question there but I think that um for the I think that for the for the most part usually usually you have one Cabinet member that is of the other party in an Administration so Harris didn't mention who she would appoint if she would appoint someone from the Republican Party do you have anyone in mind that would be a good fit for that Administration I think I think Adam kiner potentially the congressman from Illinois who became very much a dissident um during the administration of Donald of Donald Trump who was actually on the January 6 committee that would be somebody that potentially she could appoint as defense secretary uh somebody for attorney general she could potentially maybe former Massachusetts governor Bill weld somebody who's endorsed her a former Republican Governor um she who she could put in the cabinet Phil Scott the very I'd say probably moderate to Liberal probably the most liberal Republican elected office uh the governor Vermont she could potentially put him into some sort of a some sort of a cabinet position usually when pill when presidents pick somebody from the other party in their in their cabinet it's usually not somebody that is a hard ideologue Bill Cohen for example was very much a moderator even when they had him a liberal Republican for example Chuck Hegel was somebody who came in as a conservative but really moderated as he got into the United States Senate Robert mcam was somebody who was from outside of Washington Norman manetta was somebody who was not really an ideologue when he was in Congress very it's very rare really can't think of any situation where a president took somebody who's really very much an adog in the other party but I would say Adam kiner maybe Lyn sheney the congressman for former Congressman woman from Wyoming although I think if she was in some sort of foreign policy uh when she if some sort of foreign policy position that would have a lot of protest on people on the left because she's very much a neoconservative but he give her something like Transportation or something to that effect so you could do that my guest is Adam kiner spoke of the convention he probably will be in the new Administration I was just about to say Rich we did see Adam kin speak at the convention and talking a little bit about the backlash that he has received from even members of his own family for being at the DNC I do want to go ahead and play another clip from this interview earlier today on CNN this is regarding a question that Dana Bash posed to Harris about her changing values let's watch generally speaking how should voters look at some of the changes that you've made uh that you've explained some of here uh in your policy is it because you have more experience now and you've learned more about the information is it because you were running for president in a Democratic primary and should they feel comfortable and confident that what you're saying now is going to be your policy moving forward Dana I think the the the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed you mentioned the green New Deal I have always believed generally speaking so we just had a little clip there from that but really my question that Segways from this is KLA did speak to her changing her perspective or getting a new perspective better when she became vice president of some of the countries most pressing issues how does her experience as a vice president how could that translate to the duties she would have to face if she did become president well I guess the first thing is she doesn't need to have a national security her necessarily she already has one because she can use the same one that the president uses um she's been in the situation room she's been briefed she knows about the potential threats to the United States that's something that potentially a another another president would not know if it was a governor United States senator for example who became president usually there's a time that they have to get caught up to Snuff reminds me a little bit of Al Gore part of the reason Bill Clinton chose him in 1992 was because he had focused a lot of his attention on foreign policy on defense and didn't really need his need a national security advisor um on the campaign because he already had that knowledge it's a lot that a vice president can learn as a kind of underling or protoge if you will of the president of the United States um and I think you really do they really do they you really do learn a lot you're kind of shadowing the president but I think the biggest thing is you get the national security briefing so there's a lot that you know about the threats to the United States all right rich I really do just have one final question for you after we saw this first sit down interview with Paris now that she's the Democratic Presidential nominee what is still left unanswered what are you most looking forward to her getting at as we head into November she needs to give specifics she needs to give specifics on her plan whether it's increase in the child tax credit where that money is going to come from I think that's something the next interview she's in she will probably be pressed on and I guess the other thing is this is where vice presidents whether it was Hubert Humphrey George H W bush or Al Gore will constantly be asked if you're so such an advocate for this program Why didn't it get through under the last Administration why didn't Joe Biden propose that why didn't you convince Joe Biden to propose it um and I also think that that whole the whole issue of Gaza I think it's very interesting because I go back again because I see so many very similarities Sim similitudes between Lyndon Johnson's presidency and and um Joe Biden's presidency is Hubert Humphrey for through was getting a lot of protesters throughout the campaign people saying to end the war in Vietnam once he made that speech in Salt Lake City those protesters stopped going I think it's very similar with vice president Harris he's been getting a lot of protesters and I think you saw in this speech she um did not distance herself from Joe Biden but if she does start to distance herself a little bit from Joe Biden I think that in in another interview potentially I think those protesters would stop and should be able to get those those voters in places like Wisconsin and Michigan where every vote counts but a lot of those voters are still um a little bit disenchanted with the Democratic party because of their stance on Israel gods of conflict all right political analyst Rich Rubino always a pleasure to have you here at live now from Fox as you continue to share your Insight we are less than 70 days away from this presidential election so I look forward to speaking with you again soon I look forward to it categorically of course we're going to step away for a quick commercial break here at live now from Fox a look at the White House over in Washington DC we'll see you back here in two minutes [Music] welcome back in here to live now from Fox I am Andy Mack as we are closing in on the November election second gentleman Doug mhof speaking to supporters in Grand Rapids Michigan on Thursday let's listen in to these comments she's someone who knows it's got to be real and she understands that she's got to use common sense she's got to be pragmatic to solve these problems and to use the skill she has a I'm sorry there's a uh use the skill she has as a First Rate trial lawyer and Problem Solver to solve these problems that face our country and our face our world that's how she comes at things um she talked about um some of her accomplishments as a as a prosecutor um again this was to put very bad people away who did very horrible things but it was also to give an opportunity to to those who did not commit violent crimes people who needed a way back in into uh our communities and have a chance to to succeed and Thrive again for nonviolent offenders and she had a program called back on track and it worked and one of the reasons for that was to for the economy because if folks had a chance to get back into the communities they're going to have jobs they're going to pay taxes they're going to help you grow your businesses and that was one of the reasons for doing that so that's a part of her pragmatic leadership even when she was back in her prosecutor days uh I got to know her as a as a citizen of California when she was our attorney general and she told the story about how she took on the big Banks during the mortgage crisis and um she she didn't do it only to get from 4 billion to 20 billion although that was pretty amazing and she held her ground but for her she was really thinking about the families involved she was thinking about her own mother who saved for years and years and years to finally be able to buy a home and she's thinking about just folks like that who have that home and have that lawn that they love and the garden and they take such pride of ownership that this is something that they worked so hard for big part of the community and so that is also what drove her in that work to make sure that there was dignity and that there was fairness and it wasn't just about getting that money which again helped mitigate a very horrible situation but it was also to get people back in those homes that they love and make sure that they could still experience that Joy of home ownership and that long on and that sense of community and belonging that we all have cuz again it's that empathy she understands what's actually going on with people and she turns that into action and policy so that's Comm [Applause] her so this election could not be more clear I've heard the other speakers you've heard that um but it's really about who sees and understands voters who gets it and it's going to be one by the candidate who will actually make all of our Lives better not just the lives of a select few right and it's also going to make it's going to represent what most of us want most of us in this country want what KLA Harris and Tim Walls are talking about very few people want what Donald Trump and JD Vance are actually talking about and again look at project 2025 listen to the words that they're saying this is not anything that most people want and don't be distracted by all the the nonsense and the name calling and all the ridiculous BS as I call it listen to what they're actually saying do you want to live in a world dictated by project 2025 and and the do's decision well that's where it would be heading we don't want that we want to have uh a great economy that focuses on all of us we want to have clean air to breathe we want less uh weapons of war on our streets that are killing young people in our schools it's outrageous and that's the world that we want of Freedom a world that's forward-looking not that's looking backwards so that's why they are running that's why they are doing as well as they are because people are it's resonating with not just Democrats this message is resonating with all Americans and as she said and as Governor walls has said they will be president and vice president for each and every one of us regardless of what community you're [Applause] in now being president means you've got to focus on the economy which is one of the things we're going to talk about today um as I mentioned KLA Harris she's Pro capitalism Pro business PR growth and pro-innovation she wants everyone to succeed in this economy and as Ken shal said at the Democratic Convention we need a president who understands that government has to work in partnership with the business community and that a market-based economy needs a strong government we got to do it together and we're seeing this public private partnership work right here in [Applause] Michigan Michigan ranks number one in the country for investments from the inflation reduction act that's really awesome this state has seen more than 26 billion in new federal Investments supporting over 21,000 good paying jobs so this is how it's post to work supporting entrepreneurs helping manufacturers expand growing the pie and investing in the middle class this is all important and this is everything that she's talking about but just as in business these goals are only practical if they come with trust and character in this election and on those measures there is no contest trusting character on one side commin Tim not so much on the other um her plan is to create an opportunity economy right where everyone has an opportunity to succeed and compete you can have a chance to compete and succeed in this opportunity economy where she's fighting for everyday Americans and middle class families because as was mentioned that's who she is that's the background that she came from now in addition we have to protect very core core things that will be under attack it's right there in Project 2025 such as protecting Social Security protecting Medicare and instead of cutting taxes for his billionaire buddies and the largest corporations we've got to cut taxes for the rest of us for the middle [Applause] class lower grocery costs and and other things um which everyone depends on price of prescription drugs and um we've got to relieve medical debt and this is all part of the plan now it's all got to be fair you know see my earlier com comments and her work is attorney general and and throughout if it's not fair there has to be consequence so if opport opportunistic companies take advantage of a crisis to rip off customers uh she's going to find them and she's going to stop it that's what she's talking [Applause] about and that's what she's always done yeah this is not ideological if somebody's ripping us off it's got to stop and she's going to stop them so that is part of her plan as well it's not ideological it's practical fairness is good for the economy uh when she took on the big Banks it was um because people were getting ripped off playing in simple losing their homes and there needed to be a solution for that um when veterans and others were getting taken advantage of by for-profit college she shut them down plain and simple because they were not providing an education and they were ripping off people who who wanted to get ahead in life I mean that's what she did so again this Common Sense see problem solve problem that is KLA Harris hey that's a pretty good slogan put that on a sign and again star contrast to the other side what is it cause problems don't solve problems um and what some of the things they're they're talking about is just it's just sick like monitoring pregnancies and things like that it is so far beyond the pale again read what they're talking about listen you know Donald Trump I want to punish women I I want to appoint justices that will overturn roie Wade he did it I don't care what he's trying to say now and get out of it he did it and JD Vans no no exceptions even for rape or incest these are the people that we're talking about here that's who they are they can't get out of it that's what they're trying to do so again contrast could not be more Stark KLA Harris on the world stage she's been vice president for almost four years years she already is a world leader and let me tell you something the the seriousness the toughness the way that uh she was feared as attorney general uh because she got stuff done and and took care of major problems well this is KL Harris on the world stage as well uh again our family we love her so much and you see the smile and the joy and yes the laugh which I love but joyful Warrior the joyful part but she is a warrior as tough as they come and I love they they kept playing those clips at the uh Convention of her taking on the Witnesses in the Senate Judiciary Committee I mean that's KLA Harris she never runs from a fight and she knows the best way to deal with the cowards that she's dealing with um is just to take them head on take them head on cuz she knows cowards are weak and KLA Harris can smell weakness she will always protect America maintain the most lethal fighting force in the world honor our commitments to our troops and our veterans and our allies she has spent four years as vice president as I mentioned a lot of that time you're in the Oval Office with the president helping to make very important decisions you're in the Situation Room dealing with lots of problems and and World issues she's been there for these four years and literally on the world stage over 20 plus times traveling the world um making sure that America's interests are protected out there everywhere she goes she meets with our active duty troops and makes sure that they know that we care about them each and every day [Music] she will always support and honor our veterans every minute as president and she uh she picked a veteran as her vice presidential [Applause] candidate she's ready to do this job she is ready to be our leader not just here domestically but on the world stage and she is ready she'll be ready on day one when you elect her as our next president [Music] president um I I had a this last month or so has been kind of head spinning but think about it I got to represent our country uh President Biden sent me uh as head of a presidential delegation uh to Paris for the Olympics so I I was there uh for the last four or five days I got to see our Team USA win several gold medals men's basketball women's basketball women's soccer and and what did I hear there USA USA [Music] USAA and I got back from Paris and and regrouped and went you know right to the convention and um there I am in Chicago thousands of people in in the arena and I'm sure Millions around the country around the world and what did I hear USA USA so you can say it um and that's you know I've been to a few Democratic conventions that's not normally the soundtrack of a democratic convention uh but it was this year and it was this year because of KLA Harris cuz she showed everyone there that it doesn't matter what party you are to love your country to be a patriot to put the interests of other citizens before your own interest to actually take that oath of office and honor it and that's what she does and I think she does it and it comes through and it gets people fired up because we love our country and that's why we're doing this cuz we love our country she's going to bring joy to this work and she's going to bring toughness to this work she's not going to let anything affect her it's all focus and discipline which is a superpower for the next 60 some odd days which is the home stretch of this campaign to literally save our [Applause] country we haven't won anything yet okay so again every time the few times I get to talk to her if I'm like oh there you on TV or did you see this she's like zip it get to work get out there and do everything you can to help us win and I've been saying that's why I am out there um I'm crawling over shards of glass I am knocking through every wall every door um one cuz I love her but two because I love my country [Applause] and we got we got to run like we're 10 points behind and keep going until we're 10 points ahead we got to win and we got to win big to prove to the country and prove to the world that there's a right way of doing things and a way of doing things that nobody wants we got to win and win big and that's what we're going to do and as Michelle Obama said in her incredible speech she did say do something but she also said we need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt because and overwhelm any any uh um anything any effort to suppress us because that's what they're going to do unfortunately because they can't win on the merits so they got to do all this stuff um but we're not going to let them we are not going to let them do that so we've got we've got a big old map now right we've got Michigan you've got Wisconsin next door you've got Pennsylvania nearby you've got Georgia where they are right now we've got North Carolina and you go back out west we got Arizona we got Nevada and some have even said Florida so and that's why every vote counts it's all important and so when people say well what what more can we do well you're in Michigan so you got to do a lot so I mean you just got to keep knocking on those doors you got to keep going to the offices you got to keep doing everything you've been doing here uh to make sure that we win this state we have to win this state and when you feel good about here well then just go to Wisconsin like go out there too and um it's just make sure people are registered because I know this sounds so obvious but um you know we don't have Schoolhouse Rock anymore so we got to make sure people know that to vote you got to register and the rules are going to be different in in every state so make sure when people say what can I do like the the most basic Act of democracy is making sure people get registered and that they just go out and vote you know of course we want them to vote for us but participate in this beautiful democracy so get everyone to register there's lots of ways to it ivote.com has all has everything out there you can go to the campaign website but just make sure people get registered and and with kids going back to school you know make sure that they're registered you know in the right place so they can cast their their vote as well um come to a campaign office like it is so much fun you know what I'm talking about um I it is it's just are your friends your neighbors your community and i' I've been to them all over the country and you just walk in there's coffee there's Donuts there's music there's signs but it's your friends and Neighbors on their phones calling other friends and neighbors to get them to participate in this democracy so there's so many things that you can do but most of all you know keep supporting us get the word out you all have networks and just make sure everyone understands the stakes could not be more Stark this is a they truly W you know the the the election of our history I think she said it it's the election of our lifetimes but the election of our nation's Lifetime and so let's get out there and do it we can do it with fun we can do it with joy but we've got to do it with toughness and we've got to do it with resolve so in other words let's be like her and let's just look right in front of us each day whenn each day day by day and then on uh this is the one thing where Tim Walls and I disagree cuz he he is literally saying I'll sleep when I'm dead um a pretty good Tim Walls and I was like I will sleep on November 6 because I actually want to enjoy this next Administration thank you so much let's do this we are going to win this [Applause] [Music] election and we'll continue to follow both campaigns as they make their way through some important Battleground States ahead of the race for the White House I'm Andy Mack we're back after this [Music] welcome back in here to live now from Fox IM Andy ma let's take you out to the Pentagon press briefing as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East very commended Poland for its exceptional leadership on Ukraine including providing vital logistic support and substantial sec security assistance the SEC the secretary also thanked the Deputy Prime Minister for supporting the nearly 10,000 American troops deployed in Poland that ensure NATO can deter and if necessary defend against aggression secretary Austin also spoke by phone with his Romanian counterpart minister of National Defense tulver earlier today they discussed the strength of the US Romania bilateral defense relationship our partnership within NATO and Russia's war in Ukraine the two leaders reaffirmed their unwavering commitment to bolstering the defense of NATO's Eastern flank and reiterated their continued support for Ukraine to defend itself against Russian aggression a full a full readout of both the secretary's bat and phone call will be posted later today on defense.gov speaking of Ukraine tomorrow secretary Austin will host Ukrainian Minister of Defense umov here at the Pentagon while I won't get ahead of that meeting I will say that you can expect the secretary to reaffirm the United States's unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression he will also receive a battlefield update including on KK and looking to next week secretary Austin will travel to Ramstein to host an in-person meeting of the Ukraine defense contact group this will be the 24th meeting of the UDC since secretary Austin formed the group in April 2022 the secretary will be joined by chairman Brown and Ramstein and will convene Ministers of defense and Senior military officials from nearly 50 Nations to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the continued close coordination by the International Community to provide Ukraine with the necessary means it needs to defend itself Switching gears to the Middle East earlier this week the cape Trinity arrived from Cyprus to Port the port of ashod and has begun the process of unloading the remaining pallets of humanitarian Aid that's approximately 6 million pounds of Aid to be distributed within Gaza the offloading process is expected to take between 4 to 6 days once complete the cape Trinity is slated to make a stop in Greece to unload a portion of its crew and then will depart for its home station Switching gears again uh the Department of Defense recently received a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security for additional Military Support capabilities to afford to be afforded to Major presidential and vice presidential candidates the Secretary of Defense approved the request and directed the commander of us Northern command to plan and provide and execute increased support to the United States Secret Service at various locations across the United States during the 2024 election campaigns the Department of Defense will provide protective support and will and that will