>> trey: good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm trey gowdy. the stage is set for the cnn presidential debate this week. i don't even have a tan line, voters will be asked to judge what is said and how it is said because content and cognition are issues this year. the younger of the two candidate is 78, age and acuity don't always align. president biden's cognitive capabilities have been called into question and i take no delight saying that. my parents are in their 80s, if i'm lucky, i will be there one day, i will be trying to run a remote control, certainly not a nation. some believe cochran, dianne feinstein and thurmond stayed too long. the white house says biden is doing great, that videos are out of context and robert hur levied a cheap shot. it is sad watching this unfold and angry and disasppointed others are allowing it rather than offer an exit. we are seeing alarms. democrats overlook president biden's issues as many republicans rationalize president trump's legal issues. fitness for office matters. or is it about winning? is the vice presidential more important? martin luther said he would rather be ruled by a smart turk than a dumb politician. t everyto long as their side wins, relativism is never a good long-term strategy, joining us are doctor associate researcher politics of public affairs at princeton university and ryan is former senior advisor to secretary hilary clinton, welcome to you both, president wright, president biden's issues get more attention but democrats have a montage of verbal switch of president trump as well, anyone who talks for living is going to make mistakes. is acuity a real issue the cycle it if so for one or both candidates? >> i think it's both but more scrutiny including those by his own party is abided and perhaps a big problem for trump if he was running against anyone else and any other year with the candidate was someone that was younger than him but it's not and trump gets a lot of free passes because he is running like a celebrity not a politician and that's a huge benefit that he has he's always in outrageous things and many people think are offensive and he misses a lot of words, strings weird sentences together. people drop under brush it off as entertainment and showmanship and that's what comes with trump. he has not been held to the same standard but you better bet that this benefits him and hurts biden. trey: i am sure that there are democrats who affirmatively want president biden to win but i'm also sure there are democrats that want trump to lose, is there any combination of bad polling or concerns of acuity that can theoretically leave to the selection of a new candidate or is it definitely going to be biden versus trump the matter what. >> it is magical to think that 4200 or 4500 democratic national convention delegates would agree that today is sunday let alone to agree to switch our candidates but why would we switch joe biden is only person to be donald trump, he is the guy and i agree with doctor wright this is an optics not that i'm dismissing the severity of an optics issue but there's a third factor here on top of age because their identical age and mental acuity as doctor wright said they both have their lapses, this is flat out health that we never talked about, going back to 2015, donald trump forged a doctor's note like some of us did when we were in fourth grade, i certainly did, he basically deceived america or did not or was nontransparent when he went to walter reed hospital for no reason until said it was a colonoscopy that he decided to do unscheduled. there are multiple aspects to this. if this was about it was healthier or cognitive, everyone is out of luck we should have nominated these two guys, but we did they were each the oldest with elective. this is who they are and no matter who wins the good be really old with elective that should not be driving cars that does not mean they can't be good president. trey: for the record of my parents are watching i never forged a doctor's note, my dad is a doctor and i would not be alive today had i forged a doctor's note that doctor wright it looks like trump is making some inroads with the voters of color but might've slipped a bit, you will polling expert but i am not, from where i sit it looks like he's making some inroads but ground to make up from a numbers or constituency standpoint where it is the former president need to shore up support to be able to win. >> it is moderate republicans and swing voters, that's the group that put them in the white house in 2016 and took it away in 2020. i think the shifts in the gains in his favor over attached to one demographic but is because everybody is angry abiding for the same reasons and upset about the economy and inflation in particular and upset about immigration in crime, when pulled on the issues republicans tend to benefit but especially in this year it seems voters are putting the blame on biden in a way that is quite extreme and quite beneficial to trump. trey: before i thought you go, you are communication expert, july the 11th donald trump will officially be a convicted felon, how do you handle that you were joe biden. trump is going to say your non- convicted felon it is going to bring up hunter biden, is it best to avoid it, people already know what happened in from a communication standpoint what is the best way to handle it. >> i would work backwards from the fact and i think will have an answer for this poor july 11 because the debate is only four days and you have time to hit the sun, the tanning bed. but at the debate, joe biden is going to work backwards from an issue here's deeply about which is the rule of law and democra democracy. while the trial about a star might seem very far away, there's a through line which is a man donald trump, who every time he comes into contact with the court or with law pretty much dismisses it whether it's january 6, whether his child's, whether his forthcoming trials, the federal trials in georgia and i think when that happens you don't just look at it as name-calling as a felon this is a person that thinks he is above the law is not just in the selfish kind of way, here's what that means for you, it means going forward, this is what he's capable of doing, that comes very much into play with the question you had to doctor wright about pulling, throughout the primaries we are seeing there were people that were supporting president trump who were very concerned were very unhappy if he were convicted that doesn't mean if he was they were going to leave him. but if they were unhappy. we are seeing there hasn't been a huge shift in numbers but there's a soft underbelly including independence and people of color particularly box. here we have the debate these two things the debate is often carried as a distinct moment that is separate and apart from the rest of the campaign and these two moments are very close together, president biden might make these points about democracy and ball and very much appeal to these people that are not happy with donald trump and not sold on going back to joe biden or being with him in the first place. i see a situation where joe biden threads the needle or in any event is an opportunity for him to thread the needle. while donald trump might think saying something about hunter biden and felons is acute lied or a way to negate and to negate the two, it is not and joe biden is going to see something like that coming in on a larger scale, the idea that people are going to be looking to joe biden to be boring and tuning out and nodding off, the last place on what is going to be out of it is when donald trump 10 feet away yelling at them and it's human smelling salts, debate might be the best thing for joe biden in terms of abusing this notion that is one step away from falling over, it might totally boomerang on him. trey: we shall see in a few nights. it is sure to come up and i'm curious as a former prosecutor how it will be handled by both sides. until then thank you, doctor lauren right, philippe reines, will see you again over the next weeks and months, thank you for joining us on a sunday night. tune into fox news democracy 24 special coverage of the cnn presidential debate simulcast, coverage begins thursday june 27 at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the left is preparing for a possible trump victory pro-immigration or drafting lawsuits if deportation becomes a reality, washington state governor jay inslee is stockpiling abortion drugs under some believe the trump presidency without loss some drugs. litigation will be as prevalent as legislation by this time next year. joy did as republican party conference chair elise stefanik from the great state of new york, welcome madam chair. it seems like things were a little slow out of the gates in 2016 in the russia cloud did not help. is there a legislative agenda ready to go if the gop wins the white house in the house? >> there is, thank you for the opportunity to be on your show you are a good friend and former colleague and were proud to share our message. we are focused every day on ensuring we have a historic victory on election day, president trump continues to do well when he is pulling ahead everywhere but we know in addition to electing president trump we need to flip the senate but most importantly we need to make sure that we maintain and gain seats in the house, were working on the political strategy to win but to hit the ground running to govern on behalf of the american people and particularly as you're seeing so many crises because of joe biden's failed policy were ready to go on day one to support president trump agenda and i want to outline it few key focuses one is securing the border we passed the secure border act which would return to president trump's effective border security policies which have been completely washed away catastrophic under joe biden, additionally were focused on unleashing american energy independence we passed h.r.1 twitter unleash a boom of american energy independence would joe biden declared war on on day one. in addition we want to return peace through strength and i'm focused on that on the house armed services committee and the house intelligence committee and i mean strongly supported our allies like israel which joe biden has turned his back on. were working to make sure that we can hit the ground running on day one and deliver productive results to the american people immediately. trey: congresswoman weeks in another young woman killed at the hands of somebody let loose in this country a child murdered in texas by a man who claimed that they were fearful of danger in their own country and other child sexually assaulted by someone who crossed the border, biden claims the senate bill would've solved all of these problems, they no would not have but that's what hook claimed, is there gop plan that can pass congress, secure the border and began to expeditiously remove those who cannot follow our laws before they kill and rape people? >> absolutely this is another tragedy and human tragedy what is happening at our southern border and our border i represent northern border district as well as this is another loss of life stemming from the illegal immigration crisis which is because of joe biden's border policies. what we included which we passed despite are very slim majority that we hold today was ending catch and release, now we know that these illegal violent criminals who murdered this innocent young beautiful girl we know that they were encountered by border patrol, but because of catching the lease, they were released, therefore unfortunately they committed a heinous, heinous violent murder and they need to be held accountable, how we do that is ensuring that we have the house majority to vote again on secure the border and the senate passes the bill and president trump will sign that into law and because of president trump's policies in the humanitarian crisis think about the human trafficking that has occurred because of the border crisis, there is not about a focus on this but nearly 100,000 minors have been lost completely by joe biden's department of homeland security, they don't even know who they are who were illegally trafficked across our southern border, this is a humanitarian crisis in the loss of lies to life is impacting communities and families as we saw with the 12 year old girl in texas. trey: you mention the margin, and the pleasure of sitting beside you on the floor of the house and on the committee. i know that your personality is infectious and formidable. if anyone in the world can get republicans to quit fighting with one another and coalesce it would be you. thank you for joining us on a sunday night, my best to your handsome young son sam. the world is on fire, is there a plan to put the fires out? former u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland makes 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us now, welcome mr. ambassador, the former president says he could in the war between russia and ukraine quickly, how exactly would he do that and can he do it without ukraine ceding any territory to russia. >> it is very hard to presuppose what the negotiation would be but i do endorse his notion that had he been president wenzel linsky and putin was contemplating invading ukraine it would not have happened, he had a way of being very, very affable with the dictators and public but very tough on them in private as you know knowing him well he assumes the era of unpredictability and as a result the people don't want to test him. andy told putin in private don't think about going to ukraine because you're knocking alike what i do to you, i'm not sure what happened. trey: he has invaded the middle east, how could israel exist with thomas and has blood in the region and if you take on hamas and hezbollah and try to eradicate it are you prepared to take out iran what would a second trump administration look like in terms of middle east policy. >> as much as i hate to say it, hamas needs to be finished and i know those in the israeli military who are now pushing back against benjamin netanyahu government and saying things like it's impossible to eradicate hamas it's not impossible. in the strength of will and a continued campaign against them and part of the equation and there is no way to get around her. no one wants to say that. it breaks my heart to have to say that but it is true anyone is in existential threat to israel, when thomas is eliminated and gaza is governed by a coalition of moderate arab states with israel providing security, then it's time to change iran and iran needs the entire world, the entire western world to be aligned against it including our friends at the european union who continue to circumvent sanctions in business with iran and make it easy for the cash flow to continue which is what trump really created which is strangling his cash flow in the regimes cash flow at the end of his administration and biden turned the it right back on again. trey: speaking of cash president trump had tariffs on china how would a second trump administration counter china both militarily and in terms of their influence in other regions of the world and economically. >> i think more of the same he used tariffs as a real-time negotiating tactic with the europeans when i was serving in brussels and the threat of tariffs brought the europeans to the table on a whole host of economic and noneconomic issues because the tariffs were very fungible and they could be imposed very quickly and they would have an immediate effect, that's what brought people to the table for decades and they would discuss certain issues, whether was agriculture, car exports, you name it, tariffs works. >> politics is all about contrast, people like contrast, you've laid out the contrast or would a second trump administration would look like versus the status quo, gordon sondland thank you for joining us on a sunday night. coming up back gate single-handedly keeping the ethics committee busy but will matter to voters in his district, we talk to the man challenging him next, only on "sunday night in america". switch to shopify so you can build it better, scale it faster and sell more. much more. take your business to the next stage when you switch to shopify. >> welcome to fox news live, russia is launching terror investigation after gunmen opened fire on a police post on sunday. the attacks happening across the country. 19 people, several police officers and a priest were killed in the coordinated attacks. a number of mill be tants were killed and a synagogue set on fire during the attacks. the kremlin yet to respond. and president biden and former president trump are preparing for this week's presidential debate. trump hit the campaign trail over the weekend. fox news will simulcast the debate. for all the headlines go to fox new news.com. . ♪. trey: welcome back to "sunday night in america" florida congressman matt gaetz, there is a -- of good news in a buffet of bad, the house ethics ended its investigation into whether gates showed images of alleged sexual partners to colleagues on the house floor, the committee voted to continue investigating allegations gates engaged in sexual misconduct, alyssa drug use, gave favors to friends and tried to obstruct the investigation, gates denies all allegations and attacked the committee. ethics is the least coveted committee in congress, literally no one wants to serve on ethics, no fundraising, no publicity, you lose friends, the hours are long. it is the most thankless assignment but is important. members are picked on their investigator backgrounds and their propensity for fairness, i was assigned to the ethics committee by two different speakers and was replaced by john lee ratcliffe a formal federal prosecutor, the chairperson was susan brooks of former federal prosecutor, the current chairperson is a republican former prosecutor, the staff director was one of the most honest ethical people i've ever met, the investigators are apolitical, there are no cameras or committee hearings like those that look like professional wrestling matches. these are run by professionals who gather evidence and interview witnesses, gates has done what he usually does which is attack, he claims he's the most investigated man and all of washington, maybe that's because he's the most worthy of being investigated. after all most people don't have best friend serving times for trafficking young women. most people don't use venmo to pay, he is presumed and is it, a luxury he really affords others but fairness should never be reserved for just friends. the committee is gathering documents and witnesses included a reported interview of a young woman who said she was paid by gates for. >> and in the past they blame kevin mccarthy and it's wide matt gaetz work so hard to get rid of mccarthy last fall. but these investigations began before kevin mccarthy ever became speaker and now there is a new speaker, mike johnson. a man not gates praise for his character, ethics in christian beliefs in the investigation not only continues but they are expanded. new speaker, same not gates, more investigations. and yet he is still favored to win reelection, his challenger is a former navy officer and aviator and he joins us now. welcome, trump endorsed matt gaetz, he won overwhelmingly in the past been under similar clout, why are you running and what is different this time around? >> good evening and thank you, great to be with you. two things i can offer here, first and foremost i running to continue to answer our call to serve that i felt as a junior in high school in 1991 and applied for an appointment to the naval academy in dedicated my life for over 20 years. that is one part, the other is as you just stated the voters in district one deserve an alternative and i can bring the alternative, not just with my military service, all around the globe the person of honor, integrity and character as they walked around and knocked on doors, gone to events just since announcing our campaign and on april 26 the response has been overwhelming in the response being the ready for the alternative, the ready for someone to come in to move away from the chaos that was started i matt and the republican party in congress and the ready for an alternative option, someone that's going to represent them duly on the hill. trey: speaking to your part of florida, it's one of my wife's favorite places in the world, she absolutely loves your district, the people are wonderful, they seem to be fine having a congressman was almost constantly involved in controversy and notoriety, what makes you think this time he is vulnerable where in the past it's not like he was quiet previously, he's always been like this, what is different now do you think. >> the difference is time and the fact the last couple of years have gone and evolve the way that they have, when we meet with folks and i meet and speak with folks they will literally come and thank me for running this time and i don't know the prior candidates to challengers had that they are ready for an positive and energetic about it, i truly think it's going to make the differences time, there's so fed up and exhausted with the antics and that's all about self-promotion, constantly trying to get hits and on tv and podcast episodes. folks are over it. in the common sense approach and practical statesman approach. to the office. in gaetz said that's a reason he is investigating a brand-new speaker that he helped usher and now there are more investigations. in it couldn't possibly kevin mccarthy because it's now mike johnson and is still under investigation. >> i think you hit on it at the top and he's obligated to have done in instruction for so long, the allegations have to be credible in the house for continuing the investigation. >> thank you for your service to our country, we will be watching this race very closely and thank you for joining us on a sunday night. trey: still ahead, outrage crime in the border crisis collide again with deadly consequences. former texas land commissioner george p bush after the break on "sunday night in america". - [narrator] life with ear ringing sounded like a constant train whistle i couldn't escape. then i started taking lipo flavonoid. with 60 years of clinical experience, it's the number one doctor recommended brand for ear ringing. and now i'm finally free. take back control with lipo flavonoid. dave's company just scored the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. high five! high five... -i'm on a call. it's 5 years of reliable, gig speed internet... five years of advanced security... five years of a great rate that won't change. yep, dave's feeling it. yes. but it's only for a limited time. five years? -five years. introducing the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering 5 years of savings. powering possibilities. trey: welcome back to "sunday night in ame >> trey: >> welcome back to sunday night in america. rachel moran was killed, the suspect illegally in the country. a 13-year-old child was raped by a suspect who entered the u.s. three years ago. men claim they were in fear for their lives in their home country and took advantage of our porous border and absurd asylum laws and took the life of a child in our country. a nursing student out for a jog murdered in georgia, a child can't make it to her 14th birthday without being raped, a 12-year-old killed. president biden said he can't comment on pending cases, he did say this. >> folks i'm folks, i'm interesting in fixing it. i will work with anyone to solve these problems, that is my responsibility as president, that is our responsibility as americans. >> trey: he's been in office longer than many of you have been alive. vice president eight years. president for four and he has not had time to tackle this issue. he says he needs four more years. president trump had this to say. >> arrested for savage murder of rachel moran. if i was president, he would have never been able to come in. >> trey: joining us is george p bush. border is number one issue among voters. what should be done at the border to prioritize safety of americans? >> well, if we were an emergency room, you would triage the risk in front of us and that issic taking care of and creating operational control of the border wall. we don't have that. any border patrol official you talk to speaks to overwhelming statistics in last three years during biden administration of 10 million encounters and a million gotaways. if you do probability from m mathematical standpoint, sad story of tragedies you personally recounted and we'll continue unless we get operation al of the border. what president should do to secure our country and protecting our own citizens is investing necessary resources to complete so-called trump wall, hiring border patrol agents and getting rid of policies that attract illegal immigration and drug cartels profit from drug trade and it is a complicated topic. >> trey: democrats are sure to complain they had a bipartisan bill former president trump knicksed, i don't know what part of that bill he is sure to bring that up during the debate and campaign trail. what part of that bill would have saved any of their lives? >> you have had time in the so-called swamp. when you have a bill on immigration tied to foreign aid, it is going to get lost in the discussion and debate and was not given justice to flesh out a real deal that would think longer term about create being incentive for right people to come into the country, not criminals that perpetrate crime against our own citizens. this is election-year politics. to assign executive order grants 550,000 folks to have amnesty is not right. has to be done through normal channels of the house and senate and bringing people together to make sure right people are coming into our country and it is easier to come in legally than illegally. anybody seeking to abuseoir january generous asylum laws will do so. they will come to our country to do nefarious acting knowing they will never see a courtroom. it is no longer a border state issue in texas, it is a national issue that is number one issue on minds of voters. >> trey: i got to get you to help me understand this. i try to understand the other side of the issue, it makes us a better advocate to understand the other side. i do not understand the other side with border securities, do not understand having insecure, unsecure border. as you travel, as you have run for office before, have people made the case whyy woo are better off having a border that is not secure? >> democrats want to get elected and re-elected, they think being sympathetic to undocumented immigrantses theys have political alelegiance in communities, especially the hispanic community. with president trump now achieving ouringably majority support within hispanic community, this political maneuvering has backfired. it has been used to some success in the obama days. why would you lead bad politics and bad policy toward bad politics. they will find that out in the ballot box. data is indicating this is a top issue falling further to the right away from biden and will take a bad night for democrats to realize they need to enforce existing law and allow law enforcement officials to do their job and elect d.a.s that will back men and women in blue and bring accountability to criminals throughout the country. >> trey: great ideas. george p bush, thank you for joining us. coming up next, i answer your questions without any legal representation, only on sunday night in america. force factor total beets is the number one beets brand in america. that's why friends and family recommend total beets. now you can find total beets blood pressure chews at walmart so you can boost nitric oxide, support blood pressure and improve heart health. rush to walmart and find total beets. >> trey: welcome back to "sunday night in america". each week we enjoy hearing from you via e-mail and social media, love hearing what is on on your mind. nancy from new jersey. >> trey, it is nancy from new jersey. i was wondering if you trust the polling industry. >> trey: i view polls as like moderately educated opinions. polls should be vigorously cross-examined. polls had more like 10 votes. polls help us understand what is on the mind of voters. most would be hon e69 even if we were coy about who we were going to vote for. reggie asks, we use the word political politics, what is your definition today? as affairs of the city and making decision in groups, general safety, protection from adversaries, divvying up natural resources, that is what politics has supposed to mean. the truth is, your sheriff is government. your district attorney is government. public school teachers are government. yet the word has a negative connotation. it denotes someone willing to do anything to stay in power. kathleen wants to know this. >> hi, trey, kathleen from new hampshire. what is your favorite song and why? >> trey: i love music, i can't pick one. i'll give you a few, check them out if you have not heard them. no particular order. st stairway to heaven, wichita lineman, one, by bono. oeshs holy night, like anyone who can sing well and has to include comfortably known by pink floyd with two best guitar solo of all time, courtesy of david gilmore. those songs impact your mind, heart and soul at the same time. they are telling me you asked for one and i'm up to five, i need to say good night. if you have a question, e-mail us at fox.comor . have a great week ahead. you can find us on the trey gowdy podcast, good night from south carolina. trey gowdy podcast, good night from south carolin >> carley: two nasa astronauts are ed