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Wallace will moderate debate number one here in cleveland 9 00 eastern but the attacks have already started. President trump demanding his democratic opponent take a drug test either before or after tomorrows showdown. The biden team jumping on the New York Times report dropped late last night 20 years on the president s taxes. Anticipation as you know is sky high. Both men are looking to put their best foot forward in hopes of swaying anyone who may be undecided in this campaign. President trump i debated a lot four years ago. If you look at the polls, those polls are coming out according to the polls i won every single debate in the primaries and then when i debated crooked hillary. My guess is, it will be just straight attack. Mostly personal. The only thing he knows how to do. He doesnt know how to debate the facts. He is not that smart. He doesnt know that many facts. He doesnt know much about foreign policy. Not much about domestic policy and know much about the detail. I think the American People are on to him. Sandra Fox Team Coverage monday morning analysis from karl rove coming up. Griff jenkins in cleveland and we begin with Kristin Fisher outside the white house this morning. What is President Trump doing to prepare for the big debate tomorrow night . Not much, sandra. The president says that what he does every single day is debate like the briefing he held yesterday afternoon with members of the White House Press corps at the white house. Before that briefing started the New York Times dropped this very big report on the president s taxes. I want to share with you some of the key findings all strictly according to the New York Times. They found the president paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years. In 2017 the ohr after he became president he paid 750 in federal income taxes. And within the next four years more than 300 million in loans will come due. Now the president is dismissing all of this as fake news. He is continuing to refuse to release his tax returns saying he is still under audit. Here the Kayleigh Mcenany defending the president earlier this morning. Weve seen this play out before. A hit piece about the president s taxes just before a debate. And inaccurate one at that. This is the same playbook they tried in 2016 and the same playbook the American People rejected and will do so again. The Biden Campaign has dropped an ad about this noting the typical income tax for an Elementary School teacher is 7200. Construction manager 1600 and compared it to the 750 the New York Times says the president paid in 2017. You see in donald trump a president who is hype thetically worth millions and is paying 750 in taxes this year . Not just only paying 750 in taxes but saying things it makes me smart that i do that. I think it contributes to this larger sense that we have from donald trump that he looks down on working people. He calls them losers. He calls them suckers. So you have the Biden Campaign saying that President Trump should release his tax returns and President Trump saying that joe biden should agree to do a drug test before the big debate tomorrow night. Sandra spoke to the president ial Debate Commission yesterday and they said it isnt being considered. The battle for judge Amy Coney Barrett is heating up on capitol hill. How is the white house preparing for all that . Theyre preparing for a very aggressive, Defense Strategy of judge Amy Coney Barrett led by Kayleigh Mcenany and part of the strategy is going to be going after some of the democrats who they believe are really attacking judge Amy Coney Barrett over her religion. President trump the religious situation with amy. I thought we settled this 60 years ago with the election of john f. Kennedy. Seriously, theyre going after her catholicism. Well stand with her and fight with her and we will make sure that these attacks stop because they its unprecedented. One senior official told fox news that well need to be knife fighters with the opposition, sandra, both sides gearing up for what is sure to be a very contentious, very heated confirmation battle right before this election. Sandra the next few weeks well be watching it all. Kristin fisher, thank you. Bill final preparations now underway here in cleveland. We are getting ready. There will be three debates in total. 36 hours away, traditional faceoff will look a lot different this year. Griff jenkins is live in cleveland where weve found a beautiful morning in northern ohio. How are things shaping up, griff, ahead of debate number one . Good morning. Its beautiful, bill. The final preps inside that building behind me. One where history is made. Youre right. It will be different right out of the gate. One of the first things the candidates will not do that predebate handshake. They wont even bump elbows. They will see them socially distanced and not Wearing Masks. Now, they wont make Opening Statements but the commission on president ial debates says there will be a Live Audience but a much smaller one than usual. They expect about 80 to 100 individuals including the ticketed guests, media, security and staff. Theyre finalizing the total numbers based on the spacing. All the individuals in the building will be tested and finally at the very end a tradition weve gotten so used to that spin room. That wont exist although we expect theyll be around for interviews to do their spinning. Chris wallaces topics are chosen. 90 minutes, no commercials. Six 15minute segments. Trump and bidens records. Supreme court, coronavirus, economy, race and violence in america and the integrity of the election. The moderator, Chris Wallace, was talking about his preparation yesterday and what he hopes to engage. He says he hopes to be as invisible as possible. So the candidates can engage on the issues. If after the debate people are saying it was a great debate who was the moderator, he will feel he had accomplished his goal. It will be interesting. Sandra mentioned before i came on that the cpb was not going to entertain the taxes issue or other things. Latebreaking news as weve seen over the weekend, both of these candidates are gearing up to attack each other maybe theyll drop news in there that isnt in the format. One thing for sure it will be one for the ages. Bill. Bill thats why we watch. Thank you, griff, nice to see you. Check in with you a bit later in cleveland, ohio. Griff jenkins. Sandra for more on this lets bring in karl rove, former white house president chief of staff to george w. Bush. Something tells me you have a lot to say on what we might see tomorrow night. First to the preparations on the part of each candidates. You had the wall street journal talking about donald trump playing down his debate preparation this time around. Although they are reporting his aides are helping him with some sort of q a behind the scenes. Will that be enough to beat joe biden on that debate stage . Well, well see in 36 hours. I wouldnt underestimate the debate prep. To me one of the people sitting there in that White House Briefing room last night Chris Christie is probably very helpful to the president. Christie ive known him for a number of years has the ability to get to the nub of the thing. He did that in his own debate performance in 2016 because he needed to take down marco rubio and he did in that debate. Famous debate where the two went at it. My suspicion is his advice to the president has been pointed. Backed by a lot of prethought and focused on what he thinks the essential items what the president needs to do in that debate. Sandra bidens debate prep is a fact checker when it begins tomorrow night. He has been pouring over past statements by the president. Reviewing past debate performances of President Trump. Is that a Winning Strategy for joe biden . Well, i worry about turn into yourself from a visionary. Here is what i want to do for america to Fact Checking the other guy. Remember, just recently he said 200 million americans had died of coronavirus. And he confused iran and iraq. I would not be i would not be the guy to make my strategy be ill be the Washington Post and be the fact checker of the debate. You want to be the guy with vision for the country and a way to unite the country and move us together if you are the challenger and im not certain Fact Checking helps you a heck of a lot in that respect. Sandra before we leave this topic tell us what you really think when this really gets going tomorrow night. I think everybody is kind of worked through in their heads what they think it will look like tomorrow night. What do you see happening . Well, i really dont know. I think my old companion from the Bush Campaign put it right. One guy will show up like its a boxing match and one thinks its the World Wrestling federation. How they clash will be interesting. Theyll go at each other. The question is, is joe biden going to do something unusual when they get an attack from the opposition. For example, if trump goes after biden about his son, hunter and his involvement in burisma and china, is biden going to do what he has done before just to say my son did nothing wrong or will he do something unusual and diffuse the issue. Hunter shouldnt have gone on that board and i should be paying for attention and when im president there will be no more shenanigans. People would say he admitted it was a mistake and wont let it happen again. I think well see them go back to established practices. What theyve said about the issues in the past what theyll say tomorrow night. How it plays with a small group of people up for grabs in this election will be anybodys guess. The debates have played a bigger role in past elections at least going in. The last time around i think it was 34 of the American People said they could change their minds based on the debates. The election before that it was 38. This one its now 29 in the wall street journal latest poll who say they could be affected by the debates. Smaller number of people who can be affected but that could be enough in a close election one way or the other. Sandra final thoughts 36 hours out from that debate you have the New York Times reporting theyve obtained Donald Trumps tax returns reporting chronic losses on the part of the president , avoidance of taxes. The white house has come out slamming that report calling it phony and made up. What impact do you think this will have on the race . Well, among those for trump and against biden this is fake news. For those that are for biden and against trump, it is a confirmation of everything they thought. How does it play among the people in the middle who are out for grabs in this election . I dont think its helpful. There is a fundamental principle of fairness. If its true the president had losses bigger than his income. If you have losses, you should be able to offset your income. But to the average cat on the street the idea the president paid a small amount of tax is not something they like. But again, we dont really know. The president denies it. The New York Times has gotten leaked documents. They say the documents were obtained legally but that refers to how they obtained them. Somebody potentially violated the law taking those documents and providing them to the New York Times. We wont know the truth about this thing until probably years in the future when these things are ultimately revealed. It aint going to be helpful to the president the day before the debate a big thing like this. After cat on the street says everybody ought to pay taxes. If its true i dont like it. But the advocates for each candidate are already locked in. That small group in the middle that are up for grabs that will be affected and will buy this. Sandra more on that coming up. Karl rove joining us from cleveland. The special live coverage of the first debate between President Trump and joe biden begins tomorrow 6 00 p. M. Eastern time hosted by bret baier and market martha maccallum. It all begins at 9 00 p. M. Eastern live from cleveland here on the Fox News Channel. Bill i for one cannot wait to see these two men on stage together. I think the audience of 80 million maybe, if not higher, cannot wait either. It can lie with house lawmakers. If neither joe biden or President Trump win the votes required to win the white house. Nancy pelosi is warning democrats in letter obtained the decision may not lie with the party that controls the house but by the Party Controlling more state delegations with each state getting one vote. Got that . Congress has not decided a president ial race since 1876. Its an open book on 2020. Right now republicans control 26 state delegations. They have a simple majority on that. Sandra, what i think is very interesting. Notre dame was supposed to have this debate. Two months ago yesterday they withdrew. The Cleveland Clinic and case western reserve stepped in and took that. Remember, in july, too, you had a real rush of coronavirus cases in states like florida and texas and arizona. Since then many of those states have since beaten the curved and learned to flatten it out again. One thing that needs to be considered as we look at debate number one is the lack of a Live Audience. The reason i think thats so critical is because oftentimes you feed off the energy of other people. We are told that inside the arena there will be no more than 200 people. Some have suggested that number might be between 80 and 100. It is interesting to see how that dynamic plays out. As for the television audience, all the networks have access to this. Wallace is in the center seat and said pretty much he wants to be a silent person. That at the end of this debate if they dont remember him, that will be a success. Now, 84 million watched 2016 with Hillary Clinton and donald trump. You wonder during covid times with not a lot of action going on elsewhere do they match that number or do they possibly go higher than that . Well see tomorrow. Sandra while you were talking we were showing some of these beautiful shots there of cleveland and it appears to be a beautiful, sunny day there on the ground. We see the fox setup and the preparations are well underway. It is hard to believe were already here in that point of the race. Bill, great to have you here with us this morning. We will see you in a moment. Thousands of people in california forced to evacuate as a major fire in wine country spreads at a dangerous rate. The latest on containment efforts there. President trump is attacking the Mainstream Media accusing them of looking the other way when it comes to controversies surrounding joe biden. Byron york will join us live on that next. President trump it would be a tremendous thing for the Mainstream Media to really start reporting. I think your ratings would go through the roof. People really are tired of this fixed stuff that you dont even talk about it. Blair. [ chuckles ] whoo. Im gonna grow big and strong. Yes, you are. Im gonna get this place all clean. Ill give you a hand. And im gonna put lisa on crutches wait, what . Said shes gonna need crutches. She fell pretty hard. You might want to clean that up, girl. Excuse us. When owning a Small Business gets real, progressive helps protect what you built with customizable coverage. And im gonna eh, eh, eh. Donny, no. Oh. And im gonna eh, eh, eh. Apps except work. Rywhere. Why is that . Is it because people love filling out forms . Maybe they like checking with their supervisor to see how much Vacation Time they have. Or sending corporate their expense reports. Ill let you in on a little secret. They dont. By empowering employees to manage their own tasks, paycom frees you to focus on the business of business. To learn more, visit paycom. Com bill with the first president ial debate only a day away President Trump talking about the media for not pressing joe bidens son hunter for his business dealings in ukraine and china. If we had a media that was fair, even reasonable, this would be the biggest story for years and years and years. Then you would really be entitled to be full of surprises. Not the fake committee that gives you fake awards. Why did he get 3 1 2 Million Dollars . Because joe was in on it. No way he wasnt. Bill byron york Political Correspondent and a fox news contributor. Byron, would you expect the president to bring up the hunter biden issue . If so would he do that in prime time . Yes, i do expect him to bring it up. There is no doubt about it. He has made a big deal of it. He is very angry about press coverage of the revelations had report from senators ron johnson and Charles Grassley about Hunter Bidens business dealings not only in ukraine but around the world. One of the more interesting things they pointed out was that Hunter Bidens Company Received 3 1 2 Million Dollars from a russian billionaire who had connections to vladimir putin. Many people thought that was big news. Others did not. The New York Times story on the report was republican inquiry finds no evidence of wrongdoing by biden report. Little more than a rehashing of unproven allegations that echoed a russian disinformation campaign. An enormous contrast of the coverage between socalled Mainstream Media and conservative media. The president will point that out. Bill a few things with joe bidens Campaign Director on sunday. Play this sound bite and ill bring up another point after that. He is not runner for fact checker in chief. He wont let donald trump misconstrue his record. What he will do is use the time to talk to the American People. Tuesday night is an opportunity for people to see that joe biden is the leader who has a plan. Bill keep an eye on that. Another writer writes the following. It could shake up the race the former v. P. Finally gets grilled. Voters know trump. They dont know biden 3. 0. Characterize that as youve been in washington for 47 years, byron. Thats pretty amazing. Nearly half a century in public life and eight as Vice President. I think two things to look for. The demeanor of both men. Remember back in the 2016 republican debates trump would just han handle a lot of his opponents, Newt Gingrich compared him to the bear in a movie. Well see in trump comes out loaded for bear like that. On the other hand remember in 2012 barack obama was running for reelection against mitt romney and really didnt prepare very hard for the first debate and really got clocked in that first debate. So he was clearly over confident, didnt prepare enough. Could the president be in that situation . I really dont know. I think those are two things to look for in that debate. Bill one more topic here, Amy Coney Barrett. Chuck schumer said sunday he wont take a meeting with her. Thats unusual but that is his position. Going back over time she was voted on three years ago in 2017, 7th circuit in chicago, illinois. Joe manchin and tim kaine voted for her. How does that play during the confirmation hearing . I dont think process arguments are very effective in this. In other words, this is a highly qualified candidate here but we wont listen to her because we dont like the process involved. So any sort of democratic boycott of the confirmation i think would probably go over badly with the public. I think democrats and some of the press are learning a basic lesson in this confirmation. That a republican is in the white house and republicans control the senate. That is enough, they are united to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. Bill thank you, byron york with us today. Well talk tomorrow and see where we are then. Back to sandra now. Sandra were moments away from the opening bell on wall street watching u. S. Stocks as theyre on pace for a rally at the open following four straight weeks of losses over fears worsening over the pandemic. A live look at wall street as we await maria bartiromo. She will join us next. New evidence in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor raising more questions about that investigation. What we are learning now about the ballistics report from Kentucky State Police. Thats next. They robbed the world of a queen. A queen willing to build up Anyone Around her. A queen who was starting to pay her taxes. Bill it is 9 31 in cleveland, ohio, time for some of our top stories. Big day for two president ial candidates. President trump holds a Coronavirus Briefing later today where he is expected to talk about the nations testing strategy. Joe biden spends the day getting ready for the first president ial debate tomorrow night here in cleveland. Sandra thank you, bill. Another major fire spreading through Californias Napa valley. The fastmoving blast fire already scorching at least 2500 acres. Prompting mandatory evacuation orders across the region. Bill also a federal judge . Washington, d. C. Has ordered a temporary halt to President Trumps tik tok ban largely a unilateral decision for very little opportunity for plaintiffs to be heard. President trump ordered the ban in august over fears that users data here in the u. S. Would be shared with chinese officials. Sandra big news that came last night. The bell ringing on wall street a few moments ago. The dow surging triple digits out of the open this morning after suffering a fourweek losing streak. There it is, the big board 420 point gain on the dow. Maria bartiromo joining us now. Host of sunday morning futures and mornings with maria on fox business network. It is tricky for the markets because we saw the recent selloff as a result of some of the uptick in coronavirus cases we were seeing in some parts of this country but also abroad, england and other places. It is also balancing the hope of a vaccine coming by end of year. What are you seeing, maria . Sandra, good morning to you. A big week this week not just the debate tomorrow night, but we also have jim comey in front of the Senate Judiciary on wednesday and the end of the third quarter. Oftentimes when you see the end of a quarter, you see different positioning as Money Managers try to sell the losers and buy new winners and buy new stocks they perhaps hadnt owned in the quarter. I think thats what you are seeing with the rally this morning. Dont forget you have wednesday the end of the third quarter, end of a quarter where we did see a slow but sure recovery for the economy. Well continue to see that going into the Fourth Quarter. I think todays rally of 400 points has more to do with just technical movements going into the end of the quarter and into the new Fourth Quarter as opposed to than any new optimism exists. Were looking at optimism for the economy. We have four weeks of selling for the stock market purely valuation based. The stock market had gotten ahead of itself. Money managers came back going into the end of the quarter knowing they have better prices because of the four weeks of selling in the markets. I would look at today as technical. But tomorrow night when we have the debate we are going to see a Market Reaction likely on wednesday morning because depending on who comes out a winner there, depending on what wall street believes will be the policies that stick after this election, that will certainly drive earnings and that will drive the economy. We will expect a reaction wednesday morning. Ahead of that you are seeing backing and filling. Money managers know its the end of the quarter on wednesday. Sandra final question. Has wall street priced in any particular candidates victory . Look, i think the market wouldnt be trading near record highs if investors didnt believe President Trump gets reelected. If you expected that joe bidens 4 trillion of tax increases would actually take effect. Earnings would take a hit. The economy would take a hit. Individuals money would take a hit and i expect we would see a sharp selloff if there was a belief that joe biden would take President Trump. Right now wall streets message. There is always a message. The message of the market so far has been that the president gets a second term. Sandra real quick. The polls tell a different story. Sandra well watch the debate and reaction of the stock market the day after. Sandra if businesses received loans there would be loan forgiveness. That is not happening. No forgiveness. Small businesses on hook for rescue loans, banks say prophets for converting the loans into grants has been frustrating. They were told if they kept their employees on the payroll those loans would be forgiven. Theyre saying thats not happening . They sure were told that and thats why they kept those employees on the payroll. They thought that Small Business Administration Loan would be forgiven. Look, as you know there has been confusion around this ppp program from the getgo. I think its more about confusion as far as who wants the forgiveness and who doesnt. Whose employees stayed and who didnt. Eventually you will see loan forgiveness. Right now youre in the stage were not sure who needs it, where the applications are. There is a bit of confusion about it and thats where this is coming from. I do believe at the end of the day the sba will keep its word and forgives the loans. Sandra frustrated for those Small Businesses struggling to survive right now. Bill meanwhile another weekend of deadly violence across chicago. 48 said to be shot. 7 dead. Chicago sun times reports the deaths include mean between the ages of 17 and 66. 5yearold girl also stabbed to death. According to reports in chicago, her mother was charged with first degree murder in the childs death there. Body cam ra footage in the Breonna Taylor case raising questions. Reports the ballistics analysis from the Kentucky State Police doesnt match claims by the attorney general Daniel Cameron a week ago. We sort through it. What does the new information perhaps tell us, bryan . Good morning, Breonna Taylors boyfriend Kenneth Walker while his lawyer says that ultimately that frankly that police say he fired that first shot when officers went into Breonna Taylors apartment. Which caused the police to fire in selfdefense. Well, that Attorney Says frankly that the Kentucky State Police ballistics report shows they could not conclude that walker fired that first shot that hit officer jonathan mattingly. In fact, he says the ballistic report was inconclusive. The report reading due to limited markings of comparative value the 9 millimeter bullet that hit mattingly was not verified to be fired from walkers gun. Last week the attorney general said ballistics showed that shot hit the officer. Kenneth walker fired the shot that hit Sergeant Mattingly. There is no evidence to support that Sergeant Mattingly was hit by friendly fire from other officers. The attorney general said last week they relied on fbi ballistics to determine who shot Breonna Taylor because their ballistics report was inconclusive. He did not say whether f. B. I. Ballistic was used to find out who shot mattingly. New evidence appears to show former officer hankinson walking in and around taylors apartment an active crime scene in the moments after the shooting against Louisville Police procedures that are designed to maintain the integrity of an active crime scene. All of this, bill, as Breonna Taylors family is calling on all of the evidence to be released because they have questions they say they do not trust the investigation that was led by the a. G. And hankinson will be arraigned this afternoon facing three charges of wanton endangerment. Bill were live in louisville, kentucky. Sandra a Daring Rescue caught on camera. How buy standers helped Police Officers save a mans life. Judge Amy Coney Barretts religious beliefs coming under scrutiny. Is her personal life fair game . Ken starr joins us next. Oh, i will rescue you zero reason to believe that judge barrett is somebody who has does not have the idea of the importance of healthcare. She is a working mother to schoolage children. She is a mother to a child with a disability. She is a beloved teacher. Very respected scholar. I think she has shown herself to be a thoughtful jurist and she is just a wonderful, warm, admirable human being. Bill america is about to get to know her a lot better. Thats Justice Scalias son talking about Amy Coney Barrett. Her special life is under scrutiny from the life in a significant way. Want to bring in ken starr former independent counsel and fox news contributor. I will pose the question this way. After bork and thomas and kavanaugh, what is relevant in these hearings when it comes to your personal life . Zero. The constitution itself, bill, puts up a huge stop sign. It says stop, dont go there. Article 6 of the constitution right after explaining that the Supreme Court must follow the constitution, that the constitution is the supreme law of the land. It then goes on to say and uses clear language, no religious test shall ever be required. Those are the words, no and ever you come up with never. So the constitution itself answers the question. One or two senators who suggested this was fair game, wrong, it is not only anticonstitutional, it is unconstitutional. More over, the Supreme Court of the United States has made it clear that that rule also applies to states. It applies everywhere, to your local community. You cannot be inquiring into religious faith and practice period, full stop. Bill so address this, josh hawley responded to some of the tweets that came out from the left and here is what he said in one of them. He said democratic activist and hill staffers questioning whether Amy Coney Barrett illegally adopted her children from haiti, this is a democratic game plan . Nothing but raw bigotry and hate and it will not stand. How do you consider that in the setting of a hearing if it comes up . A senator has been elected to exercise his or her judgment. You can ask anything. What do you like for breakfast . There are questions that i believe out of bounds and if there is a serious issue about illegal conduct i think it is in bounds. But i cannot imagine that two very distinguished lawyers, Amy Coney Barrett and her husband jesse, both very distinguished lawyers, would engage in illegal conduct. This is all rumor. From everything i know, it is utterly shame on these the secular humanists who seem to enjoy assaulting faith and family. Shame on them. Cant you be kind . How about a little kindness as Glen Campbell would put it. Lets calm it down and be decent to one another and treat her with dignity. Bill all those kids, seven of them october 12th hearings maybe a vote by october 30th. Is that doable in this cycle . Absolutely. It is up to the chair. It is up to Lindsey Graham. He gets to run the committee. Elections have consequences and so here we are. Some nominations in my lifetime have gone very, very quickly. Supposedly controversial nominations, John Paul Stevens to replace william o. Douglas. It can happen efficiently. It is up to the chairman. I have great confident in Lindsey Graham to get the job done. Bill we shall see together. You dont know what kind of stuff if you know anything about Brett Kavanaugh a few months ago. Talk to you later in the week. Thank you for your time today. Back to sandra now. Sandra thank you, bill. Officials say they expect a surge in mailin voting this year. Why there are new concerns about the way those ballots will be counted. Plus the rock gets political with an endorsement for one president ial candidate. Now this is something that i have certainly not done in the past. So ill go big. You guys know me. If i go, i go big. Associate car. Associate car. The different positions ive had taught me how to be there for others. I started out as a cashier. I mean, the skys the limit with walmart. Its all up to you. And raise property taxes w 11 billion a year . Small businesses get saddled with big tax bills they cant pay. Theyre forced to cut jobs. Or, pass on higher costs to consumers. That means we pay more for everything like gas, food, utilities and health care. And the cost of living in california gets even more expensive. Now is the wrong time to raise taxes on californians. Vote no on prop. 15. Because it strengthens prop 13 for seniors, disabled veterans, wildfire victims, and family farmers. Prop 19 also protects the right of parents to pass on the family home to their children at the current property tax rate. You worked hard for your house and you should be able to give it to your children without a tax penalty. Thats why taxpayer advocates, firefighters, veterans, and Small Business owners are voting yes on prop 19. Sandra early voting underway in some states. With the expected surge in mailin ballots the focus shifts to how those votes are counted. William la jeunesse has more on that this morning. William, some of these states have already started counting the ballots. What are we seeing and hearing . Counting is a controversial term but yes, 28 states already mailed out ballots and some have started processing. The problem is and the way many think we wont have a result for weeks is volume. In the last president ial election less than 10 of voters in 27 states voted by mail. This year that could be half. Voters dont have the experience and states dont have the capacity to handle the volume. Example, when a ballot arrives typically a machine will confirm the voter is register. Then it or election worker will verify the signature that matches the one on file usually from dmv. None of the envelopes are open. To a second envelope and the ballot. Those are removed, sorted, boxed, scanned and sometimes tabulated but the vote stays secret. That process is time consuming. Yet many states dont even start counting until Election Night. About half of the problems the end to do with the voter signature or signature of a witness. The earlier states are able to process the ballot and do signature matching and verification. The more time they will have to get back to those voters who may have made an error. These states get a jump and begin processing the moment ballots arrive meaning a quick result on Election Night. These states begin verification about a week before election day but officials in these states dont even start processing meaning the count until actually the election day. The legal fight over those votes could take weeks. Its tricky right before an election to the way people vote or ballots handled. Why not start early . The worry is that an early election count would be leaked bipartisan officials before the polls close and that would be a different Election Nightmare. Sandra. Sandra oh boy, william, thank you. Bill. Bill fox news alert. Preparations underway at the moment here in cleveland. The first president ial debate goes down tomorrow night at 9 00 p. M. Sharp east coast time. What can tens of millions of americans expect . Bret baier joins me in a moment straight ahead in cleveland. Beautiful. But support the leg when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. But now i practice a different philosophy. Quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. And now im back on top. With koala kai. Hey more mercy. Save over 30 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. The easy way to a happier business. Sandra it is a a brandnew hour and here is whats happening insize americas newsroom. Final preparations are underway ahead of the president ial debate. President trump he will be great in the debate. He has been doing it for 47 years. The glass fire burning more than 2500 acres spreading at a dangerous rate. Its creating critical risks for firefighters. Every grandparent and parents worst nightmare. Joe montana and his wife prevented an intruder from kidnapping their grandchild on saturday. Sandra more on those top stories in a moment. First back to our top story this morning. The 2020 campaign President Trump and his democratic rival former Vice President joe biden getting ready to meet facetoface in their first president ial debate. It is happening tomorrow night in cleveland. Thats where we find our very own bill hemmer. Welcome back to a brandnew hour of americas newsroom, im sandra smith and bill, great to have you for special coverage for couple of days. Bill i couldnt stay away, smitty. I couldnt do it. Sandra love it. Bill great to be back with you, sandra, today and tomorrow well be together in cleveland, ohio, im bill hemmer. In a moment well give you the lay of the land what were learning on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic which is, as you know, one of the finest medical centers in the entire world and as a country were really blessed to have these fine men and women working here at the clinic. In the meantime we have a major milestone. The race for the white house. Were exactly five weeks before the election. Both candidates gearing up for battle on the debate stage which will be watched by millions. Both sides hoping to shake things up in their favor. The first faceoff tomorrow night 9 00 eastern. Moderated by our own Chris Wallace. Sandra. Sandra peter doocy is live in cleveland. So peter, what does joe biden say his goal is for the big night tomorrow night . Good morning. Sandra, good morning. Joe bidens motto for tomorrow night really short, four words long. Just tell the truth. Thats it. Biden and trump will not be shaking hands, they wont even elbow bump as a covid19 consideration. Biden has been keeping a light schedule the last few days as he preps for tomorrow nights debate. Trumps standin in wilmington the bob bauer. A lot of the questions have been answers about possible conflicts of interest involving bidens son, hunter. It is going to be difficult. I know my guess is it will be just straight attack. They will be mostly personal. Its the only thing he knows how to do. He doesnt know how to debate the facts. He is not that smart. If trump makes a personal attack or if biden has a personal response, that would generally generate some sort of an audience reaction. That will be very limited tomorrow night. Only about 100 people expected to be in the debate hall. Sandra dr. Jill biden was asked about bidens gaffes. She said she didnt want to talk about it after donald trump was her answer. How much concern is there among the Biden Campaign about potential gaffes on the stage tomorrow night, peter . They we have a little bit of that here for you. They think its all relative to the other person on stage. Your husband has been known to make the occasional gaffe. You cant even go there. After donald trump, you cannot even say the word gaffe. The Biden Campaign is not going to submit to a predebate performance enhancing drug test that President Trump is pushing for telling us this. Vice President Biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. If the president s best case is made in urine, he can have at it. And we dont expect to see the former v. P. Anymore today. About 10 minutes ago the press pool traveling with him in wilmington advised the campaign has called a lid. No more inperson events until tomorrow. Sandra. Sandra peter doocy on the ground in cleveland. Thank you. The president has nominated me to serve on the United States Supreme Court. And that institution belongs to all of us. If confirmed, i would not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume this role to serve you. Bill that was judge Amy Coney Barrett speaking at the white house over the weekend on saturday after her big National Announcement and introduction. President trump making her his Supreme Court pick, a showdown over that confirmation looming on capitol hill throughout the month of october. Several Senate Democrats saying they refuse already to meet with the conservative judge. Were live at the Supreme Court to take us through that part of the story. Who says at the moment i shall not meet with her . At this point it is the Top Senate Democrat minority leader Chuck Schumer calling the process illegitimate. That being said there are still Many Democrats who believe that judge Coney Barrett has the right to meet with them. One of them illinois senator dick durbin. I met with every Supreme Court nominee since ive been in the senate. I will extend that courtesy if she extends it for a socially distanced safe meeting perhaps over the phone. The president announced his pick 48 hours ago. Republicans have an aggressive schedule on capitol hill to get her confirmed. Hearings two weeks from today. Well start on october 12th and more than half of the Supreme Court justices who have had hearings were done within 16 days or less. Well start on the 12th of october. Well have a day of introduction. As for judge barrett those who loved Justice Scalia are thrilled with the president s pick on saturday. Not only do scalia and barrett have the same legal philosophy she clerked for him in 1998 inside the Supreme Court behind me. Barrett is a texturalist. Interprets the words of the constitution word for word. Proud catholic and prolife. The Senate Confirmed her in october 2017 for the Circuit Court of appeals. 5543. Three democrats voted to put her on the Appeals Court bench. Joe manchin said this time he will not vote for her. No question the clock is ticking one week from today. Just one week the fall term of the Supreme Court begins. Barrett will not be on the bench for that but the president and republicans want her on the bench before election day one week after election day, thats when the Supreme Court justices will hear the Affordable Care act. The clock ticking to transform judge Amy Coney Barrett into Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett. Bill. Bill what a time. Remarkable, david, thank you from the Supreme Court in washington sandra Health Experts warning a big surge in coronavirus cases could be coming predicting easier transmission of the virus as more people begin to spend more time indoors amid colder temperatures. Some states lift restrictions. According to Johns Hopkins university 21 states saw at least a 10 rise in cases over the last week. Bill federal judge has blocked the trump administrations ban on tik tok set today. The ruling gives the chineseowned video sharing app more time to firm up a deal to partner with oracle and walmart. President trump saying it is a security threat. Either sell to an American Company or be barred from the country entirely. President trump total fake news. Made up, fake. We went through the same stories, you could have asked me the same questions four years ago. I had to litigate and talk about this. Total fake news. Actually, i paid tax. Sandra President Trump blasting the New York Times report saying he avoided federal income taxes for 10 of the 15 years leading up to the 2016 election. The president is calling the report totally made up coming at a pivotal time before the first president ial debate. Lets bring in Chris Stirewalt. How much does this report change things at this point in the race . I dont think that much. I dont think look, its bad for trump because it has a number. 750. Paying 750 for a guy who brags about being a billionaire. It wont make a lot of middle class taxpayers the specificity of the number and being able to grasp it. A lot of reporting on trumps taxes. The president pointed out the New York Times went into frustrated by their inability to get his taxes they went to his dads taxes. That number 750 is one biden will club trump with. I dont think there is any bombshell or surprise. This is in keeping with expectations and i dont think it will change anybodys i dont think it will change very many peoples points of view about the president and his reliability. Sandra this is from the New York Times report and ill put it on the screen. The tax returns that mr. Trump has long fought to keep private tell a story different from the one he has sold to the american public. It portrays a businessman who takes in bibillions of dollars year and racks up chronic losses that he avoids paying taxes. Kayleigh mcenany was on fox news earlier this morning and responded. Listen. Weve seen this play out before where there was a hit piece about the president s taxes just before a debate and inaccurate one at that. This is the same playbook they tried in 2016. The same playbook that the American People rejected and will do so again. Sandra karl rove was on also this morning at the top of the 9 00 hour, chris. Basically said if are you in joe bidens camp you believe he avoeded taxes and didnt pay taxes. If youre a trump supporter it doesnt concern you, fair . Right. Again, i dont think this is a mover. I dont think this moves people. You see why trump has worked so hard to keep them secret. If this would have come out in 2016 Kayleigh Mcenany is making if data of this specificity had come out in 2016 it would have badly damaged the image that trump was trying to create and broadcast to the American People. We know him now. Good and bad for trump but he is a totally known commodity now. We see him and hear from imevery day. Weve been through the wringer with him. We know trump. There is nothing in here that changes anybodys perspective on who donald trump is as a person. Sandra chris, dozens of lawyers from three different law firms have been hired to dispute election results. Have we ever seen anything like this or what were about to see come Election Night . Well, yes and no. On the one hand there has been a lot of media freakout about all the lawyers. They will litigate this and do that. Little secret to let the nonpolitical press in on, every year armies of lawyers line up at state houses and every year parties pick lawyers and have commissions of lawyers in each state just in case, right . In every state or every state that might be a swing state each party has lawyers ready to go every four years in case there is litigation thats required so they have people to go do it. A lot of this is sort of the hyperventilateed disasterism of 2020 and it is kind of silly. On the other hand, this is very much what the Trump Campaign has to angle for. The president s chances to win are based on winning another close election like he did in 2016. That means they have to be ready to do a 2000 florida in five states maybe, right . That for if we think about how close the margins were for trump in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, they are going to need that again, right . Not necessarily in those states but theyll need close wins in a bunch of places and will have to have a lot of lawyers out there trying to each ballot, right . We imagine this area as close as it was in wisconsin, say, that each ballot is so valuable and lawyers are going to aggravate each other over each and every one. Sandra we can only imagine at this point. Chris, you are a man always full of surprises. And you have a very Important Role in the debate tomorrow night. Tell us about it. Well, my privilege but our viewers have a chance to have an experience this time. Through fox news democracy 2020 look for democracy 2020 go there. On debate night starting at 8 00 eastern time for our special coverage there will be a code you will see on your screen and hold up your phone, device, whatever that takes a picture of it and you can sync up so you can see realtime analysis, you can vote on how it is going, you can get trivia, you can get me. Whether you ever wanted to watch a debate with me or not i dont know. But my colleague, the pride of the Buckeye State chad pergram and i will be in there with a live chat back and forth 8 00 eastern well be there. You will like it. Sandra pop the popcorn. Chris stirewalt, youll be watching for sure. Love it. Bill who needs a debate . [laughter] exactly. Bill i was just thinking, guys, you think about the role that cleveland has played in our National Politics over the last five years, some of 2015, the first debate where donald trump came on stage we had 17 candidates on our network. A year later republicans come back to this city to hold their convention in 2016. And here we are back in cleveland. Cleveland clinic and case western reserve in the year 2020 to have debate number one. I mentioned, sandra, earlier, Cleveland Clinic were so blessed to have the intellect and ability of so many men and women who work on this campus because they are when you think about the mayo clinic in rochester, minnesota and the Cleveland Clinic. During those covid times we have a small footprint for the Fox News Channel do covid tests every day. Were doing whatever we can to keep it safe for whoever we come in contact with. Sandra our thanks to Chris Stirewalt watching his analysis tomorrow night. Bill, as an ohio guy i know you love the attention the state is getting with this. Bill no doubt about that. From illinois when you get a day like this you feel like youre stealing one. We have a good one, too, sandra. In a moment here well get to the story that broke overnight. A car plowing through a crowd of protestors injuring at least two. What happened after that, what police are saying about the driver behind the wheel coming up. The first president ial debate between trump and biden one day away as both sides get ready to make their case. What do we expect . Bret baier has a read on that and he is live with me next in cleveland. He prepares every day, maria. You see it as well as i do when he takes questions from very hostile reporters. Attention veterans, todays all time low Mortgage Rates just dropped even lower. Veterans who refi now can save three thousand dollars a year. With newdays va streamline refi, theres no Income Verification, no appraisal and no out of pocket costs. One call can save you 3000 a year. 3000 thats a big deal. mdjelt o bd1 e,uc fc a s keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swamped. you need to hire i need indeed indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base so you can start hiring right away. Claim your seventyfivedollar credit when you post your first job at indeed. Com promo four years behind us. To end the anger, the insults, the division. And start fresh in america. I dont pledge allegiance to red states of america or blue states of america. I pledge allegiance to the United States of america. Im gonna fight as hard for those who supported me as those who did not support me. We have a chance to put anger and division that has overtaken this country behind us. And we can. Weve done it so many times in our history. We begun anew. We can get control of this virus. We can reward work. We can make healthcare affordable. We can be a safe and just nation. We can deal with the existential threat of climate change. We can be what we are at our best. One nation, one people, one america. Im joe biden and i approve this message. One guy will show up thinking its a boxing match. One guy will show up thinking its the World Wrestling federation. How those two people clash on the stage will be interesting. They are going to go at each other. The question is is somebody going to do something unusual when they get an attack from the opposition . Bill karl rove there. Sizing up tomorrow nights debate and how the candidates handle their first direct confrontation with millions listening to the answers. Bret baier has some experience moderating president ial debates. How are you doing, my friend . Lets start generally. What is your expectation if you were to guess right now a day and a half . One, people will pay attention. Two, likely to be fiery and i moment we didnt see coming. Three, i think that this is probably the biggest moment to change potentially the trajectory of this race. It has been pretty stable if you look at all the things that have happened. Covid and everything else. The violence in different cities. The polls have stayed relatively the same. Some battleground states have gotten a little tighter. But for the Trump Campaign, this is the moment to shake up the situation. And if he can do it, it will be a big moment heading into the rest of the campaign. Bill joe bidens debate with paul ryan, it has been eight years. I thought biden was aggressive during that debate. I think he actually caught paul ryan offguard a little bit with his level of shall we say aggressiveness when they were sitting headtohead. Well see how that goes and whether or not he has the same fire. Topics for wallace. The economy, race, violence in america and the integrity of the election. The format is intriguing. 15 minutes for each of those topics. Well see how well chris can keep them on time on that. He will throw the question to donald trump number one, allow him to talk for two minutes and allow biden to respond and then the idea is to allow the two to engage. Is that your understanding how it lays out . This is not a town hall. This is not an interview. This is a debate in which chris in his own words talking to us last week said his job is to facilitate and to get them going at each other ideally on substance but on whatever and have those moments between the two of them. His ideal according to chris is that he would be in the back page much like jim lehrer was for all those debates who said there wasnt a moment where the moderator stepped in kind of he kept them in the rails but you didnt change the nature of the debate. I think that this for joe biden he wants to keep it on covid and the economy. For donald trump, he wants to keep joe biden off of his talking points and i expect a hunter biden and bidens brothers and all and tying joe biden to the left. Ideally thats what the president wants to do. Bill a live look inside the debate hall were at case western, Cleveland Clinic. Is that the first time weve seen that . For a lot of people i guess it is. The peek the peculiar thing is not a large Live Audience. Only 100. Thats not significant. For debate number three in las vegas you had at least 2,000 people and they were highly partisan on both sides. The challenge for wallace, he hosted that debate as well, was controlling the audience. I was in the hall and i remember him. If you dare even whisper during that debate, wallace turned around and scolded you. He wanted to make sure the audience did not take part. That wont be a part of this. I just wonder how that plays for inside the hall and the audience at home. I think it plays better for chris. He doesnt have to worry about doing that or having to do that. I think in the hall maybe it affects a little bit of the energy. But for the most part the energy is the two candidates. 90 minutes is a long time. You will go through a lot of topics in depth. The first time weve seen the hall on the inside but it looks exactly the same as Commission Debates have going back years and years. And ideally in chriss view this is going to be something where you illuminate both sides, people decide what they are going to do based on what happens on the stage. Bill nice to see you here in cleveland. A good day here today. Bill fantastic. Prime time coverage begins here on the Fox News Channel starting with special report at 6 00 eastern followed by the story with mohammed martha maccallum. There be will plenty to talk about after that. Thats the scene for tuesday night. Back to sandra now. Sandra looking forward to all that. Hello to bret. Joe montana was a hero on and off the field. Why the hall of famer is being credited with stopping a kidnapping and with the first president ial debate of 2020 just one day away now, we take a look back at some of the memorable debate moments of the past. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponents youth and inexperience. [laughter] [applause] im greg, im 68 years old. I do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. I honestly feel that thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. People say to me periodically, man, youve got a memory like an elephant. Its really, really helped me tremendously. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Sandra it is the bottom of the hour. Time for our top stories. Ballistics report raising new questions in the Breonna Taylor case. Kentucky state police say they cant be sure the bullet this hit an officer was fired from the gun of taylors boyfriend. All this despite the attorney general saying his office had established that taylors boyfriend fired and hit one of the officers first. Bill also sandra rising temperatures, dry winds threaten to create dangerous fire conditions in the west. Sparts of california facing the most critical danger. Red flag warnings are issued in utah and the state of new mexico. Sandra in maryland a man has been sentenced to a year in jail after he threw two large parties that defied the States Coronavirus restrictions. The 42yearold was convicted of failing to comply with an emergency order. Bill back here live in cleveland, ohio, the campus of the Cleveland Clinic. First debate goes down tomorrow night. A big opportunity for each candidate to make their case to millions of voters in the homestretch of their campaign for better or for worse. Jackie heinrich looks back from make and break moments from president ial debates weve watched in the past. There will be covid tests and social distancing but also be a Live Audience. Albeit a small one at tuesdays faceoff between President Trump and former Vice President joe biden making for what may be the most familiar element of an election changed by a pandemic. For one of the white house hopefuls it is factor unseen for months. Biden strictly following Public Health guidelines hasnt addressed a crowd since march. Trump has rallies after just three months. President ial debates are made for the home audience and have been since 1960. When john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon but the first debate to the screen. Some say it cost nixon the election. Sweating heavily under lights he never appeared at ease next to the young senator who took time to prepare with the studio heads. Nixon wouldnt be the only candidate to lose his lead after a performance. There is no soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a ford administration. His gaffes denying the iron curtain sent his National Security advisor to the New York Times to a klirfication too late to save reelection. Just as debates can break a campaign they can make one. Ronald reagan had a wise crack making his opponent chuckle. I wont exploit for political purposes my opponents youth and inexperience. [laughter] also employed by george bush without so much as a word. Can you get things done . I believe i can. Al gore tried to intimidate him. Although body language can make headlines sometimes the unconventional wins. President trumps disrupter image was so relished. President trump nobody has more respect for women than i do, nobody. Nobody has more respect. It left little room for shock in the debates. President trump you would be in jail. Secretary clinton after four years in front of a firing squad of reporters trump has become adept in selling his message in just about any scenario. Expecting High Expectations for himself and a low bar for President Trump sleepy joe biden. His third president ial run and shaking off this image for years. Biden is a gaffe machine. Can you reassure voters in this country you would have the discipline you would need on the world stage, senator . Yes. His last faceoff with a republican was well received. With all due respect thats a bunch of malarkey. That was eight years ago the former Vice President surprised critics in democratic primary debates. Since locking up the nomination biden has taken few reporter questions and unlike President Trump he rejected chances to sit with our Moderator Chris Wallace for an interview. Bill we wait and see what the big moment will be for tomorrow night and no one can predict that. Jackie heinrich reporting there. Sandra thank you, bill. Legendary nfl quarterback joe montana confronted a home intruder over the weekend after the burglar allegedly tried to kidnap his grandchild. Joining us with details is charlie shimkus. A crazy story. Tell us about it. This is every parent and grandparents worst nightmare. It took place on saturday. Montana told police his 9monthold grandchild was sleeping in a playpen in their living room when a woman he never seen entered his home, grabs the baby. Walks upstairs with the child. In comes joe montana and his wife. They tried to deescalate the situation. When the woman wouldnt give their grandchild back, according to police a tussle ensued and jennifer montana pride to baby out of this womans arms. She then fled the home. Doesnt get far. Police catch up to her. She is now in custody facing burglary and kidnapping charges. Sandra he has responded and put out a statement yesterday saying scary situation. Thankful that everybody is doing well. We appreciate respect for our privacy at this time. He and his wife married since 1985. Four adult children. He is a super grandpa. What a horrific story. Apparently there was a door left unlocked according to the police reports. Tough story. Absolutely. I know they call him joe cool because he is cool under pressure. I think they need to also call jennifer cool for her hand in getting the grand baby back. But yeah, really scary situation. Authorities identified the suspect as 39yearold. She is in custody right now. Sandra his wife is credited for deescalating the situation and got that person to hand back over their grandchild. Glad that happened. Thank you. Bill word from the white house now. Kristin fisher moments ago reporting about the 2 00 rose garden event at the white house. That will be an update from the president on coronavirus testing and the strategy including what were told is an announcement about a new initiative to deploy covid19 testing nationwide especially to specific populations which you could assume would be in all likelihood schools and perhaps Nursing Homes especially. There is a 2 00 event in the rose garden. We dont know now if he will take questions but there is another event possibly at a 5 00 briefing later today at the white house as well. Thats what were getting on the day before the debate from the president and his schedule at the white house. Stand by for all that. We shall wait and watch together. 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Im not a bad debater. Well see. Sandra the president ial debates is one day away and the two candidates are preparing in different ways. President trump as you heard says he is preparing every day in his role as president. While democratic nominee joe biden has his process has been his decades in government. For more on that and what we can expect tomorrow night erin perrine joining us, the 2020 Trump Campaign press communications director. What is the debate prep on the part of the president . Thank you for having me. The president is preparing for the debate. You heard him address it yesterday and time and again. There is no better way to prepare for a debate of ideas of what policy positions mean and what the future of america looks like than actually being the president of the United States. He is crisscrossing the country talking to voters, preparing for the debate as well and leading the country. He knows what is at stake in this debate. You will see him show up tomorrow for what will be a very exciting debate between in the and former Vice President joe biden. Sandra i hear you saying preparing for the debate as well. Can you give us details sf fox news is reporting that the former obama standing in for mock performances with joe biden. Does anybody the president is working with have standing in for joe biden . A team of people helping him prepare for this debate and our Campaign Manager and Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie making sure the president is ready to go. Weve all seen President Trump debate before. He is a very strong debater and know joe biden has debated for 47 years over 30 debates and 11 alone in the democrat primary. The media has always declared joe biden the winner coming out of his debates as the Vice President ial candidate. We know the president will be prepared for this. He knows whats at stake and he is ready to go. Sandra when you look at the topics that Chris Wallace has prepared in nod rating this debate it is obviously the Supreme Court showdown, the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, protests and violence, election integrity, etc. Joe biden says his plan is to fact check the president live on that stage tomorrow night. What does the president believe will be his Biggest Challenges on the stage with joe biden . The biggest challenge is going to be whether or not joe biden answers the question directly or continues to do what he has done which is duck and dive and dodge on his record because he has 47 years of failure versus President Trumps 47 months of success for the American People. Joe biden hasnt had to be pressed on a question in quite some time from reporters who ask him how he is feeling and why he isnt more angry with the president. Where the president gets asked incredibly hostile questions all the time. The American People for the first time will see joe biden have to contrast and defend his failed policies including the fact that he wants to open the borders, allow for free healthcare for illegal immigrants. Ban fracking in the United States. He has to defend all of that and get pushed on it. Thats what we are hoping will happen here and thats the biggest challenge. Sandra erin, the president tweeted out joe biden Just Announced he wont agree to a drug test. Gee, a wonder why. A strategy on the president to continue to push for this. We spoke to the Debate Commission yesterday saying this is not even close to being a consideration on the part of the commission. So why does the president keep going down that road . Listen, joe biden has his good days and his bad days and there is a question to be asked about what is going on and how he shows up so well sometimes and other times he doesnt. So the president asked for it and thats something that we wished the Debate Commission had considered more seriously. Sandra response on the New York Times tax report on the president. Oh, well, i mean this is clearly the New York Times and the media going back to the same old well from 2015. It didnt work then and it didnt work now. The president and his attorney have said it is false. There is no truth to that. The New York Times did not show where they got documentation from or let us see it to be able to respond. Its the same thing over again from 2015. The media talking about his taxes, nancy pelosi talking about impeachment and adam schiff talking about russia. It didnt work then and it wont work now. Sandra thank you. Bill Amy Coney Barrett facing increased attacks from the left after she was announced for the pick by the president over the weekend. Is the criticism fair . We talk to someone who knows her very well. That guest is coming up next live. 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You clerked with her for about a year. Tell us about her. What is she like as a boss . Lets beginning there, john. Good morning. Great to be with you. Its been all downhill from here since i havent been able to spend time with her. A remarkable boss. An unrivaled sense of humanity and humility and great sense of humors. She will make a great Supreme Court justice. Bill here is the wall street journal oped. They write today the importance of Amy Coney Barrett the judge can solidify the political left is portraying judge barrett as a radical who will easily dismiss precedent especially on abortion. This is what they say about every conservative and theyre wrong. The phrase you use is settled law. What do we know forfr her record on the 7th circuit in chicago to tell us whether she respects precedent or not . She absolutely respects precedent. Look at her extensive judicial record. She participated in over 600 cases and prolific legal scholarship where she discusses the importance of precedent and how it should be viewed. Bill okay. Can you give us an example of a case that she ruled on that would give us bread crumbs on what we could expect maybe during a Senate Hearing in two weeks . She wrote a very significant and important decision on the Second Amendment where she took an originalist support and analyzed Supreme Court precedent and other Second Amendment cases. An area of the law thats fairly new and applied her originalist framework. She did it in a very incisive way but clear legal reasoning and clear writing. The type of significant analysis that will make her a wonderful jurist in the years to come. Bill could you frame up what her faith means to her . There has been an issue out there already during her hearings in 2017 and senator feinstein from california, how did she answer that question . Her faith means a lot to her as a person. She has also made clear her faith has no bearing in her role as a judge. In facts, she has stated many times and she taught me as one of her law clerks that a good judge does not only writes the results she reaches. She is a principle judge or personal preference have no consideration how she decides cases. Instead she approaches each case with an open mind and a foundational commitment to the idea either side might be right. She applies only what the law requires. Bill she has an amazing track record at notre dame. Thats on the record. She is 48, family of seven kids. And 15 or 20 seconds how would you summarize how she has been able to rise this quickly within the legal world . I dont think its a mistake she has been able to rise this quickly. As you stated she is an amazing person but prolific legal scholarship and amazing judicial record in the few years. She has been able to convince her more seasoned colleagues on the court and other Circuit Courts throughout the country. It is no surprise she is here now. Bill were getting to know her in many ways. Thank you for being on here today. John adams. Best name of the day. Well learn more about her. Thank you for being here. Sandra fox news alert now from cleveland. The stage is set. Chris wallace will host the first president ial debate happening tomorrow night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. How both candidates are preparing for the big night. Ve. Using their va benefits, veterans who refi at newday can now save 3000 dollars a year with the va streamline refi. At newday theres no Income Verification, no appraisal, and not a single dollar out of pocket. One call can save you 3000 a year. g8 unn keeping your oysters iaexbusihas you swamped. You need to hire. I need indeed indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventyfivedollar credit when you post your first job at indeed. Com promo sandra the first president ial debate of 2020. It is happening in cleveland, ohio tomorrow night. The political world this morning focusing on a New York Times report describing President Trumps chronic losses and avoidance in taxes. The president slamming that report calling it totally made up. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas newsroom, everyone. Im sandra smith. We welcome our friend bill hemmer on the ground in cleveland ahead of the big night tomorrow. Hey, bill. Bill you thought you got rid of me, didnt you . Great to be back with you, smitty. Ill be here today and tomorrow and see what we get tomorrow night. Welcome back, im bill hemmer. Good monday morning. The Biden Campaign here in cleveland hitting President Trump over the New York Times report with a new commercial mocking the president. Here is donald trump junior defending his father saying that report does not tell the entire story. Listen. Understand what goes into a business. It doesnt include property taxes. It doesnt include payroll taxes or real estate taxes, it doesnt include so many of the things that he has been paying taxes on forever as he is putting thousands and thousands of people to work on an annual basis. But of course the New York Times does this. They put out a selective picture of all of these things. The day before a debate to try to give someone like joe biden an attack line. They come up with catchy sound bites and thats the game. Bill team fox coverage. Griff jenkins is with us in cleveland with a debate preview. Begin from news at the white house. Kristin fisher has it covered from the north lawn. How is the president getting ready for tuesday night, kristin, good morning good morning. The president is holding some mock debates. He brought Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani into the Briefing Room yesterday saying theyve been sharing the role of joe biden. But aside from that, President Trump says he isnt doing all that much because he believes that every day when you are president is a debate prep day. When you are fielding questions with the White House Press corps. Heading into tomorrows debate one of the biggest issues as you all were saying will be this big New York Times report about the president s taxes. The paper says that it has obtained more than two decades worth of the president s Tax Information and here is what it claims it found. That the president paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years. In 2017 the year after he became president , he paid just 750 in federal income taxes and within the next four years within 300 million in loans will come due. The President Trump just responded to this report moments ago by saying the fake news media, just like election time 2016 is bringing up my taxes and all sortsz of other nonsense with illegally obtained information. I paid millions of dollars in taxes but entitled to depreciation and tax credits. So that is how he is going to be defending this. At the same time you have the Biden Campaign already really drilling down on the 750 that the paper says the president paid in 2017 by dropping an ad. This ad comparing that figure to the typical income tax for an Elementary School teacher and construction manager was 16,000. Not only paying 750 in taxes and saying things like it makes me smart that i do that. It contributes to this larger sense that we have from donald trump that he looks down on working people. He calls them losers, he calls them suckers. President trump says he will release his tax returns once this audit is over. Thats the excuse he gave four years ago as to why he would not release his tax returns. He is doing it again in 2020. He says when the audit is complete he looks forward to releasing them. That certainly will not be before tomorrows debate. Bill thank you. From the north lawn. More news later today. Thank you, kristin for that. Sandra President Trump and former Vice President joe biden preparing for their first faceoff happening tomorrow night live in cleveland and the traditional debate platform will be adapting for the coronavirus pandemic, of course, Griff Jenkins is live in cleveland. Is the debate between donald trump and joe biden look anything like previous debates . Of course no handshake when they walk on the stage. Yeah, let me tell you, it will be a get your popcorn ready kind of event, sandra. It will not disappoint, i dont think. If anything weve seen so far, it will be a leadup to tomorrow night. It will look almost entirely different from what weve seen from start to finish in the past. No hand shack or elbow bump. The candidates will be socially distanced. They wont be Wearing Masks and a Live Audience but more limited than what weve seen in the past. The commission of president ial debates says there are 100 people. All of them will be tested before they go in the hall behind me. At the end of it all, sandra, a tradition goes away. No spin room. There will be surrogates on hand for the networks to do media interviews afterwards. It appears the spinning has already begun. Watch. I think if the only thing that donald trump has to offer the American People on tuesday night are personal insults and interruptions and rude asides. That says a lot about him. Joe biden should be good at the debate. Im worried about joe biden the other 22 hours of the day where he cant seem to leave the basement. Tomorrow night 90 minutes long, no commercials broke into up six 15minute segments. The topics are trump and biden records, Supreme Court, coronavirus, economy, race and violence in america and integrity of the election. Late breaking news on taxes or the joe biden drug test request anything might come up. It will likely be quite fiery. Wallace is weighing in and saying he wants to remain as invisible as possible to get the candidates to engage in the issues. Sandra here we go. One day and nine hours and 53 minutes and well see it happen. Bill just last hour, sandra, just last hour President Trump pushing for joe biden to take a drug test. Either before or after tomorrow nights debate. The former v. P. s previous performances have been uneven suggesting drugs may have been the cause. Guy benson, Political Editor and host of the guy benson radio show. How do you size up that issue . Hi, bill. First of all i want to say its good to see you back in the old newsroom stomping grounds even for a day or two. It feels somehow right. As for this drug test line, right, its a head scratcher for me. A little misty filing to me. He has been chirping about this for weeks that there should be a drug test before the debate. Im not really sure that gains much traction or that any americans believe joe biden is taking performanceenhancing drugs. He is not really campaigning very much at all. I think the line that we hear from donald trump junior saying he is spending so much time off the campaign trail barely doing anything, that might be a better line of attack here in terms of setting expectations or trying to put things in context. The other thing the Trump Campaign might say what weve heard throughout september is when theyve been calling these lids, the term in politics many days in a row. I saw 40 of all the days in september there has been a lid called in the morning where there is no more Public Events for joe biden. The democrats are saying he is doing debate prep. With all the debate prep he has done and 50 years in washington it should lead him to the greatest debate performance in the history of man. I would be surprised if we saw that. Bill you know about the tax story, it is out there. Dropped last night the New York Times. A couple things on that. Kayleigh mcenany with the response earlier today on fox friends says the following. This is the same playbook they tried in 2016. The same playbook the American People rejected. Will do so again. The president is focused on the issues and the American People right now. Bill we heard a similar response to sandras interview last hour. Here is what the New York Times writes. Its a long piece. Here is part of it. One very simple takeaway from a complicated New York Timess poe say analyzing two decades of the president s tax return data, 750. Thats how much he paid in both 2016 and 17. The 750 figure may stick in the minds of blue collar voters who earn far less than the president and pay far more in federal taxes. Democrats hope they can turn any field of injustice to their advantage. Do you think it makes a difference the way its laid out now, guy . It might because there is a big push on it. I think that donald trump should have released his taxes years ago. A basic function when you are running for president if you want to be transparent to the American People. You could have gotten headaches out of the way years ago. He made a different choice. It is possible that people will say bring out the tax form from last year. I paid more than this guy did. He says he is a billionaire. How is that fair . Perhaps. On the other hand, we saw last cycle four years ago this exact issue come up during a debate with Hillary Clinton in front of tens of millions of people where she said in the few years we have seen there have been times where you, donald trump, have paid zero in federal income tax and trump was that makes me smart. I took advantage of the system. This was sort of adjudicated four years ago. I guess we have more information that shows and confirms what trump was saying back then was true. And its a big to do right before a debate this time. Well see if it has more impact this time around. Bill 30 seconds i have left. What do you expect tomorrow night, guy . You know, i think the first hour of tomorrow nights debate could be the most important hour of this campaign. It has been an incredibly stable campaign in the polling. Now for months on end. Huge events have not really disrupted the polling at all. The National Polling including the Supreme Court vacancy. If joe biden can come out and be fine for the first hour, i think that he is solidifying his position as the frontrunner. If he has significant stumbles that go to the question of fitness, that might be a lifeline to a Trump Campaign that needs to stage a comeback. Bill talk to you on the radio later in the week. Guy benson with us today. Thank you. Nice to see you, guy. Back here in cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic if you recall two months ago notre dame was supposed to have this. They punted because of Covid Concerns and bringing students back on campus. The clinic stepped in right away and case western reserve. Weve been here before many years ago with then Vice President dick cheney here in cleveland, ohio. So the clinic has done a great job. Covid testing all around. A lot of masking and sanitizing everywhere. Ohio has had an interesting experience with covid. Hope to talk to the governor later in our program at 3 00 eastern time. Ohio clamped down very early. Just about every other state. Theyve done a good job of keeping the curve low. It has popped up in a few smaller communities in the state. You have a lot of College Towns throughout the area. That is in terms of cases. Not over hospitalizations and fatalities. Overall the governor would give himself an a for keeping ut under control. Small businesses, bars and restaurants theyve taken hits like every other community in america. They felt it. Sandra news coming in. The pool was gathered on the lawn at the white house and the president was taking a look at a truck that pulled up. Peter navarro is there as well and senator portman on the ground. As they were serving this truck as part of the employees that gathered to talk about the president working with gm to make all this happen, as you know, the president was out there looking forward to the debate tomorrow night . And the president said yes. It was a one word answer. So well have that for you and turn it around and play it for you. But not much more than that. It was a bill one thing about these sorry, sandra. Just a bit of a delay here. I call it the covid delay. Usually when you get a president who is going for a second term history tells you whether its reagan or bush or obama, that theyre not really on top of their game in debate number one. Im not saying thats the case tomorrow night. I think the difference between these two men. Trump is taking questions every day whether the Briefing Room or south lawn of the white house. I dont know if you can make that same case with regard to him and how he handles himself with the media every day. Well find out together tomorrow night. Joe biden has put a lid on his campaign often in the month of september trying to get ready for the debate. Well see together how that turns out. Whether it is a repeat of his re or not. Sandra things moved slowly during covid shutdown and here we are the first president ial debate happening in cleveland tomorrow night. Bill, well leave it there and have the president s word for you from the white house in just a moment. Meanwhile wildfire spreading fast in California Wine country and brandnew details coming up. New information about President Trumps remarks that will be happening this afternoon. What he is expected to say about coronavirus testing and were also learning more about democrat strategy and judge Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings. Donna brazile will join us on that next. Hey, donna. They are shoving this person down our throat so im preparing for her at the confirmation hearing to ask her the questions that i need to ask. For so long. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Im still clear, five years now. Cosentyx works fast to give you clear skin that can last. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. I look and feel so much better. See me. 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Sandra the Democratic Party weighs its strategy for the confirmation hearing. See to it the American People will vote on the senate races and vote republicans out of office. Thats the consequence. Sandra Donna Brazile joining us now. A fox news contributor. Donna, good to see you. Good morning. Thanks for being here live from cleveland we see. Thank you. Sandra so what about that warning from joe biden and democrats . Push her through and youll suffer the consequences in the senate. You know, there is no precedent ever in American History to rush through a nominee on the court. This is a very important time in our country and a time of hyper polarization. Why not wait until after the election . We know the senate has the votes to confirm her. I want to say this. I was born in new orleans and i grew up and went to school in new orleans. We never crossed paths. She has made some controversial statements on issues i care about. No reason to rush through this nomination. No reason as a time when were suffering. Where millions of americans have been infected by this virus. Were not rushing through saving people, saving their jobs and healthcare. Instead were rushing through yet another its why democrats are upset. Sandra do you think the democrats would do the same if the party were flipped and democrat was president and republicans wanted to stop this process . No, its not the way we operate. Mcconnell set the principles in 2016. He is not even talking about the principle. All he wants is judges, judges, judges. Thats what the republicans want and why the democrats will fight like hell just to make sure they can ask as many questions. Three days and not three months. I dont understand it. We understand one thing. We want to protect the Affordable Care act. Sandra you dont question the constitutional obligation and right of the president to do this. Absolutely we never question that when president obama selected someone 280 days out. But yes, we are going to question the fact that senator mcconnell is violating the principle he set and use it against every Senate Candidate and everybody else who is running. If you set one principle why overturn it some less than 40 days before the election . Sandra really important words from ken starr earlier on this program, donna. Talking about the interjection of faith and personal life for a Supreme Court justice. He said full stop. There cannot be a religious test of this judge to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. Are democrats still going to go there . Well, as you know in the 2017 confirmation process there was questions over some of the comments she made at a commencement speech. I remember when Sandra Sotomayor was during her confirmation process and i was on another network and i had to explain all of her religious and personal views. Even the way she made dressing. Im not surprised that some people will bring up the fact she has made these comments in the past. As a practicing catholic. We grew up in the same neck of the woods in the suburbs of new orleans. I have respect for her catholic faith but how she applies it to law, i wont mess with her record. Sandra respect for the process we all as americans want to see happen, donna. Ill put up on the screen democrats who have already said that they wont even meet with her. Among them hirono, blumenthal. Gillibrand and schumer said not even going to do it. Not worth it. Why do that . I wish i had my chart here today. I will show you all the republicans who wouldnt give Merrick Garland the time of day. It is just wrong. Less than 40 days before the election. It is what it is and therefore were going to have to prepare. Im glad im not a senate staffer. God knows forget the holidays, forget the election. You have to focus on making sure you go through all her current cases, former cases, speeches and recipes. If she made gumbo different than my mama ill be upset. Sandra final thoughts on joe biden saying this on whether or not he would be in support of expanding the court. Listen. I know you are going to be upset with my answer. But what im not going to do is play the trump came. If i were to say yes or no to that, that becomes a big issue. Thats the headline here. Sandra you can expect a lot more of this on the debate stage tomorrow night. Supreme court and what both candidates plan to do if they have the presidency for the next four years, donna. Preview of tomorrow night. What do you think happens . Well, you know, im excited because of Chris Wallace. Someone who has been on many sunday shows with Chris Wallace, he is not just a great journalist and professional but he knows how to get to the kernel of the truth. Im suspecting Chris Wallace wont let the candidates waffle or run out the clock. He is going to ask precise questions and going to do a followup. Thats what i know about Chris Wallace. Bring your agame to this debate. Chris wallace is not going to let you get away with nonsense. Sandra we are all looking forward to it. Donna brazile. Great to talk to you this morning. Thank you. Sandra, i want to know what kind of i will dig down into the recipes with judge barrett. I wont get into the judicial stuff. Im not a lawyer. Sandra its crawfish etufay. You have to put the peppers in there. Sugar. Leave the carrots for another kind of soup. Sandra down in louisiana its all about the roux. Bill you guys nailed it. My grits go to butter and sugar. Is that allowed . Oh, sugar in your grits . Put some cheese in there. Bill okay. Thank you, donna. Thank you, sandra. In a moment here the white house employing a team of knife fighters to defend Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett. Details on their plan for an aggressive confirmation battle plus a Record Number of americans expected to vote by mail but there are key differences between an absentee ballot and mailin voting. What you need to know before you send in that ballot coming up. Democrats need to get their act together in the states doing mass mailout voting. Trash cans and what we saw in nevadas primary is not an acceptable way to do an election. Veteran homeowners newdays helping thousands of veterans save thousands of dollars by refinancing at todays record low Mortgage Rates. With newdays va streamline refi, theres no appraisal, no Income Verification and no out of pocket costs. Let newday help you use your va benefits to save 250 a month, thats 3000 a year. One call is all it takes. Sandra bottom of the hour. Time for top headlines. Wildfire blowing up at a dangerous speed in california. It broke out yesterday in wine country. Napa and sonoma counties. Within hours the flames had torched foursquare miles and still getting bigger. Bill final preps are underway for the first president ial debate tomorrow night in cleveland. Showdown set to be unlike any other. The ongoing pandemic, no handshakeing. A handful of people be inside. Sandra now a story you will only see on fox. The president s Supreme Court pick does not have the white house on the defensive. Instead a force of socalled knife fighters is already on the offensive aggressively going against anyone who attacks Amy Coney Barrett with lies or character assassination. Mark meredith for us outside the white house. What more can you tell us about the game plan here . President trump made it clear he wants his nominee confirmed before election day. Thats only 35 days away. The sources are telling foxnews. Com that the white house is going to be taking an offense strategy for judge Amy Coney Barrett. The president when he announced the pick made it clear he wants the senate to focus on her resume not the Political Climate going on. Easier said than done with some senators already announcing they dont have plans to meet with judge barrett facetoface. Fox has told white House Counsel and chief of staff are going to be the main liaison for judge barrett on capitol hill. Meadows Left Congress to join the administration earlier this year. The White House Communications staff will be responsible for rolling ot barretts resume to the public and senate including White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany as well as senior aides. We heard from Kayleigh Mcenany earlier today on fox business. We have a compelling case for making this. The constitution is the mostly cloudy compelling case. Theyre trying to frame this nominee before getting a chance to hear from her and its no stranger to Supreme Court battles as they saw two nominees get confirmed in the first term. The timing is interesting. No room for error. Those hearings are set to begin in midoctober. Sandra october 12th, monday. Mark meredith, thank you. Her catholic faith a core value and central to questions about how she would rule on issues like abortion. A favorite of religious con cove tifshs. Sandra she is a mother of seven. A very warm presentation in the public space. How do you fight that . Bill mother of seven. Impressive. The battle in the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett started before she was nominated. Newsweek ran the following headline and corrected the original. How charismatic catholic groups inspire the handmadestale. A long list of tweets fired off on saturday that have since been deleted. What do you make of this so far . Its remarkable. Im looking at the story right now. The thing about corrections, bill. In this case, news weeks case, they got it wrong. The author of that said no, the people of praise didnt inspire the tale. Newsweek runs the story anyway and at the end of the story do you see the correction. If you are a reader, absorb everything being alleged and at the end does it tell you everything you read is wrong. Maybe put the correction at the top of the story or delete the story if its that wrong in this case in order to tar a Supreme Court justice in this case. Bill one more point on this. Blumenthal tweeted barretts views would harm real lives real people in real ways. Talking about healthcare and abortion. Im fighting for them. How do you make that case with seven children all minors . Remarkable, bill, right . Yeah, not just seven children but two who are actually adopted from haiti. You see some democratic operatives on social media actually questioning whether those adoptions were valid. So i see what happened in 2018 im old enough to remember the movie with Brett Kavanaugh with a woman who represented by Michael Avenatti was put on National Television to allege that Brett Kavanaugh was party to parties that included gang rape. Only afterwards in this case nbc did they say oh, by the way, we cant verify any of these claims. They put her on tv for an extended interview anyway. Hopefully we wont go down that road again. Given the vitriol were seeing from both sides that any allegation set forth against Amy Coney Barrett probably wont be vetted. Particularly if its scandalous enough. Thats what gets you clicks and ratings depiet the fact that you mislead your viewers and readers completely. I wish i could say it wont happen again but the precedent says it probably will, bill. Bill stand by. A long october on this issue. Meanwhile the debate number one tomorrow night. I hope you can hear me. Here is the cochair of the commission on president ial debates from sunday. We want a debate between the two principles. They are the ones we want to go back and forth at each other. The moderator should be a facilitator. There are Fact Checkers in every newspaper, every network, there are talking heads if someone said something wrong. It is not our job to be Fact Checkers. Bill that from sunday afternoon from sandra in new york. What do you make of the Fact Checking claim that many have suggested Chris Wallace should become . He should not be engaging that in any way, shape or form. 2012 and the second president ial debate between president obama and mitt romney. Romney had the momentum going into that debate and wiped the floor in the first debate. And then he made an allegation right to president obama at the town hall debates going back and forth and said president obama didnt initially call the attacks on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi and act of terror. Out of nowhere Candy Crowley the moderator sided with obama and declared romney was wrong. That gave president obama all the momentum he needed that night and going forward. Afterwards when very few people were watching relatively it was the moderator in crowley who said mitt romney was right. If you fact check you better get it right. Chris wallace wont engage in that and a reason why he was invited back here. He knows he want be the focus. It cant be about him. I was a big enough dork, i watched the 2016 debate he moderated. The questions were tough but fair and professional. Chris wallace knows what he is doing, bill. Bill thank you, joe. Nice to see you today, joe concha, more to come. Sandra the new Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says if she is confirmed, she will follow the philosophy of the late Justice Scalia. What does that say about her future rulings . Judge Andrew Napolitano is on that next. I clerked for Justice Scalia more than 20 years ago. But the lessons i learned still resonate. His judicial philosophy is mine, too. This week on the upper hands. Special guest flo challenges the hand models to show off the ease of comparing rates with progressives home quote explorer. International hand model jonjon gets personal. Your wayward pinky is grotesque. Then a high stakes pattycake Battle Royale ends in triumph. You have the upper hands its a race to the lowest rate, and so much more. 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Andrew napolitano host of the liberty file on fox nation. Judge, great for you to be here. Talk about her interpretation of the constitution and law similar to scalia originalism and how that can tell us how she would rule on future cases. So Justice Scalia did not originate the idea of originalism but certainly offered it as the basis for his interpretation of the constitution. One side is texturalism. The other side the original list many. Texturalism you interpret the plain words of the constitution as theyre written by what they were meant, how they were understood to be meant in 1789, when the document was ratified. Originalism says when the text is ambiguous or does not cover an issue that arises today because the framers couldnt have thought of it you go to the underlying values of the constitution as they were understood in 1789. These two theories are the opposite of justices breyer, kagan, sotomayor, and the late justice ginsburg. They believed in a living constitution. They did not and they do believe. They did not and do not feel bound by what the words meant in 1789 when the constitution was ratified but rather they feel liberated to interpret those words as they understand them today to address legal issues today. There is a polar opposite view. Justice gorsuch, the first of President Trumps nominees to the court, is also a texture allist and originalist. The other conservative jurists justice thomas, justice alito, the chief justice and Justice Kavanaugh are more traditional conservatives. But this texturalism originalism is somewhat growing in the federal judiciary but not yet embraced by a majority of jurists. Sandra very interesting, judge. Senator hirono is one of the democrats who has said the many reasons for which she does not even want to meet with the president s Supreme Court nominee. Listen to what she had to say. Looking at the material. The issue is whether she can separate her deeply held views on issues like abortion, lgbtq rights, whether she can except rate her views from her ability to be fair and objective as a justice sitting there for years making decisions that impact all of our lives. Sandra one might point out interesting she wouldnt sit down and have this conversation and air her concerns directly to her before these public hearings begin, judge. But what does all this tell you where this confirmation battle goes . Well, it tells me that the democrats dont have the vote to votes to stop it. The last thing in the world they wanted was for donald trump to have three nominees to the Supreme Court. And that somehow by being rude and imtemperate to her as many republicans were to Merrick Garland when president obama nominated him to succeed the late Justice Scalia nine months before election day. By being rude to her and they somehow will feed their base. Look, i have a little bit of a bias here. Justice judge barrett and i went to the same law school, im a generation older. We have many, many mutual friends. I think she is a brilliant and terrific person. She has said publicly and in writing if her religious views interfered with the law of the land she would take herself off the case. She is the very rare judge who has publicly stated that. Sandra great conversation. Thank you, judge. Youre welcome. Bill sandra, states are bracing for a flood of mailin and absentee ballots. There are different rules for both. Did you know that . Thats coming up next and well tell you what you need to know in a moment. By refinancing, you can save 3000 a year with one call to newday usa. Our team is standing by right now to take your call. And from start to finish, you can do it all without ever leaving the house. With our va streamline refi, theres no Income Verification. No appraisal. And no out of pocket costs. Nobody works harder for veterans than my team at newday usa. Bill question of the day. Absentee ballots versus mailin ballots. Do you know the difference . Hillary vaughn has more on that today. What did you find out . Hello, bill. 80 million americans will socially distance vote by sending their ballot through the post office. Double the number of voters that did that in 2016. Not all ballots are created equal and there is a big difference to how ballots are showing up in your mailbox. Absentee ballots have to be requested ahead of time. Voters have to fill out an application to request it and the absentee ballot is mailed out. Universal mail ballots are sent to anyone at the voter roles. Nevada is a key swing state that republicans are hoping to flip. Battleground states have different deadlines for when the ballots can be counted. Some will arrive ballots after election day and michigan will count ballots up to two weeks after november 3. How theyre mailed can make a difference. Pennsylvania court ruled officials cant count any naked ballots. Ballots mailed without a secret secrecy envelope covering the ballot and instead are dropped in the envelope with a staff. The secrecy envelope is there to make sure officials know it hasnt been tampered with. Bill sounds like thanksgiving or maybe christmas. We shall see. Thank you, Hillary Vaughn in d. C. Sandra anticipation is building as President Trump and joe biden are set to face off for the very first time tomorrow night in cleveland. Sandra one day, nine hours away from the big debate tomorrow night, bill. And a look inside the debate hall where the chairs are now being set up. What a moment this is going to be, as we will all watch the first faceoff between donald trump and joe biden. Bill you know, smitty, you were talking during the break about how close they are to each other. Just so the audience knows that on, the Cleveland Clinic will test everyone who goes inside with a call the perimeter. Thatll tell you where with you or negative obviously, if youre positive, you get turned away. With explanes why they are there. I just want to let you know, 3 00 this afternoon on the program, we will be live back here in cleveland. The president has moved his Coronavirus Press conference at 3 30, so we will have that for you when it begins. Ill see you tomorrow for another telethon. Sandra looking forward to it, bill. Outnumbered starts now. Harris did bill hemmer just call the debate at telethon . He is so funny. The stage is being set, in fact, in cleveland, for the first president ial debate tomorrow night. President trump and joe bidens at the square off for the first time facetoface in person, and we are learning more about the differing strategies to cope candidates are employing ahead of the big night. President trump says his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and former new jersey governor, Chris Christie, are assisting him. He said he doesnt need the kind of debate prep that joe biden does. We had a little debate prep before we came here. I think this whole thing,