Throughout special report tonight. Lets begin though with chief White House Correspondent john roberts live here in cleveland. Good evening, john. Good evening to you. Given the stakes in this election and of the partisan divide in the United States, this will likely count as one of the most important debates in history. A chance for undecided voters to finally see President Trump and joe biden sidebyside on the same stage and take the measure of the candidates. With the pandemic expected to be a top issue in tomorrow nights debate, President Trump today used the bully pulpit of the presidency to get a leg up on his opponent. In the rose garden taking new steps to deploy rapid coronavirus tests. 50 million tests will go to protect the most vulnerable communities. The president announcing the federal government will be sending, at no charge, tens of millions of tests to states with the recommendation they be used for test teachers and students to help get schools open. The support my administration is providing would allow every state to come on a very regular basis, test every teacher who needs it. President trump did not take any questions in the rose garden, which would have certainly focused on an explosive report in the New York Times about the president s taxes. The times writing that intent of the last 15 years the president paid no federal income tax and in 2016 and 2017 he paid only 750. At a briefing yesterday, the president dismissing the report. Its totally fake news. The times claims to have obtained thousands of pages of data that went into his tax returns, President Trump pushing back today tweeting that he was being attacked with illegally obtained information and only bad intent adding i paid many millions of dollars in taxes and was entitled like everyone else to depreciation and tax credits. While the times says it paints a far different picture of President Trumps finances and what he has suggested, there is no indication of any wrongdoing and the reporting does back up the president s assertions he first made four years ago, that his taxes are indeed under audit. I dont mind im under a routine audit and it will be released and as soon as the audit is finished the reaction from democrats indicated the issue will likely come up at tomorrows debate. In a statement, House Speaker nancy pelosi saying it is a sign of President Trumps disdain for americas working families that he has spent years abusing the tax code while passing a g. O. P. Tax scam for the rich that gives 83 of the benefit to the wealthiest 1 . President trump has been doing some debate prep with former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and rudy giuliani, who both helped him prepare in 2016. The president again pushing the unfounded notion that joe biden may be using drugs to help boost his mental acuity, repeating his demand they both submit to a drug test. After biden dismissed the idea of a drug test, President Trump tweeting joe biden Just Announced that he will not agree to a drug test. I wonder why. Over the past several months, President Trump has tried to lower and raise the bar on expectations for joe biden. For his part, biden will try to poke holes in the president of our stress confidence almost surely will use this new tax return issue as a way of portraying President Trump is not the champion of the middle class he claims to be. Bret. Bret more on this with the panel in just a bit, john, thank you. We will talk live with Vice President mike pence about the debate during tomorrows special report, 6 00 eastern. Ththe Biden Campaign wasting no time in trying to capitalize on the tax story and it gives biden another arrow in his quiver as he prepares for tomorrow nights debate right here. Correspondent peter doocy reports also from cleveland. Joe biden says tomorrow hes going to do something. Just tell the truth. That his opponent in the last oneonone debate that problem. Wanted you to tell the truth, we all make mistakes. Six months later, biden is bracing himself for trump. My guess is its going to be a straight attack. They are going to a mostly personal. A hint of whats coming when biden goes on offense, this online ad comparing bluecollar income tax bills with trumps. The democratic nominee had no Public Events today and hasnt visited a swing state since last wednesdays trip to north carolina, where running mate Kamala Harris just stopped. President trump and his party and judge barrett will overturn the Affordable Care act and they wont stop there. Her Senate Office and the campaign are keeping quiet about whether or not harris will meet with Amy Coney Barrett as joe biden implores Senate Republicans to wait and let the elections winter fill the vacant ginsberg c. The voters are not going to stand for this abuse of power. Biden wont consent for the opponent an official explains he intends to deliver his answer in words, if the president think is best case is made in urine, he can have at it. Ignoring questions about things like court packing. What im not going to do is play the trumpet game, which is a good game he plays. He doesnt have to play the game of the candidate who gave him the hardest time during the primaries either, his running mate. Who threw the best shade during the democratic primary debate . Youve got to pick one. Besides myself . Today, harris also tried to refer to the late Justice Ginsburg as the notorious rbg, but she slipped and referred and said to the late rapper notorious vig. It sounds like a gaffe, but the wrapper and tomorrow nights moderator share the same name, christopher wallace. Maybe she just had debate on the brain, bret. Bret wow, there you go. Fun facts from peter. Thank you. White house officials are describing the campaign to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and aggressive terms. David spunt reports dented on the coming political battle over the president s nominee. I further urge all members of the other side of the aisle to provide judge barrett with a respectful and dignified hearing that she deserves and frankly that our country deserves. A request from the president of the United States to senate democrats, a group loudly sounding the alarm. I believe first that the whole process has been illegitimate. I will not meet with her. Democratic sources tell fox news they plan to grow barrett on executive power with respect to the president s Election Integrity in health care. One week after the election, the Supreme Court justices potentially with barrett on the bench will hear arguments about the future of the Affordable Care act. In the past, barrett criticized the aca, slamming fellow conservative chief justice john roberts. Chief Justice Roberts pushed the Affordable Care act beyond its possible meaning to save the statute, she wrote in 2017. Republicans are moving at a rapid clip to get barrett seated on the nations highest court. Lindsey graham will meet with barrett tuesday and plans to begin her hearings october 12th. Two weeks from today. More than half of the Supreme Court justices who have had hearings were done within 16 days or less. And graham has the full backing of the white house, where staffers are mounting an aggressive strategy to get barrett confirmed. White House Counsel and chief of staff are expected to help barrett navigate her way through the confirmation process on the hill. Leading democrats with few options. We can slow it down perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most, but we cant stop the outcome. The president hopes to have barrett on the bench before the election as any election dispute could end up at the front door of this building behind me. The Supreme Court begins its fall term one week from today, bret. Bret david spunt outside the Supreme Court, thank you. Lets bring our expanded panel early. Fox news senior political analyst brit hume. A former tennessee congressman harold ford, jr. , currently the dash kimberley strassel, member of the Editorial Board of the wall street journal and Chris Stirewalt, politics editor here at fox news. I want to start with the confirmation process. Is there political danger in democrats not meeting with judge barrett, perhaps if, harris doesnt meet with her . I dont think theres that. I think the only danger i can see to if they are so aggressive in the questioning of her or their approach to her and the criticism of her that it seems that she is being unfairly treated. There was a great deal of outrage in the country about the treatment of Brett Kavanaugh when he was up for confirmation and that was, as you recall, a bitterly contentious affair, one of the worst such events weve seen in terms of just the level of vitriol that was thrown about. And you think theres probably some democrats who are wary of that but make no mistake about it, bret, if some charge, some issue hes discovered that can be used against her, democrats are going to come after her on it hard, as hard as they can, because think. Brett kavanaugh was nominated to replace a center right basically a center swing vote on that court. This is entirely different. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the captain of the courts liberal wing and this is the conservative jurist being appointed to take her place so the resistance to her, if they can find a way to do it would be just as great if not even greater. Bret chris wallace, one of his topics here at the debate for tomorrow night is the Supreme Court. We talked about the process, we talked about the polls were people say they should wait until the election, but the republicans are moving forward. The political way forward here, it seems like democrats are going down the aca road, the obamacare case that is yet to come. Well, thanks for having the on tonight. I think the aca road is a smart road to go down. I think asking judge barrett, who is eminently qualified. There has not been a justice or nominee for the Supreme Court that hasnt been qualified in my lifetime and for that matter as i looked at their history. The difference i think for judge barrett her Biggest Challenges the timing. Her qualifications are in question. She should be asked very direct and probing questions about where she stands on covid insurance for Small Business owners. She should be asked very serious and direct questions about where she stands about privacy for Small Business owners and for that matter middleclass consumers and middleclass home owners. She should be asked about reproductive rights, but i think democrats should take the time to meet with her and should take the time to understand and i do agree with brit, if something explosive or something we dont know emerges, she will have to answer those questions and i might add rightly so. She likely will be able to answer them. The white house was hoping it probably doesnt emerge because that would push the nomination or at least consideration for a vote past election day. Bret chris, the other story thats getting a lot of traction as the New York Times. They came out obviously two days before this debate, long concealed records show trumps chronic losses and years of tax avoidance. Here is donald trump as a candidate and donald trump now and the issue of taxes. Take a listen. Hes paid nothing in federal taxes because the only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license. And they show he didnt pay any federal income tax. New york times story that came out about an hour ago that said when you came to the lighthouse you are paying about 750 a year in federal income tax. Totally fake news. Actually i paid tax, and youll see that as soon as my tax returns are its under audit. Bret one of the things that the story pointed out is that it is in fact under audit. Chris, its going to come up at the debate tomorrow night, your thoughts on the story and how it plays . Not just under audit. The times says the hundred Million Dollars is on the line for trump. It could be a bank breaker for him according to the story. Hes in a difficult position because on the one hand he says totally fake news but also then he has to say it was illegally gotten and it cant be both illegally gotten an fake i dont think. So thats a pickle and certainly joe biden is going to love having a specific number. You think about the challenge for Hillary Clinton, hes paying virtually nothing, no taxes, 750 is a concrete number, the Biden Campaign moving to that ad, those stickers, embracing the concept puts a number on it but ive got to tell you, i cannot imagine that there are very many voters who would see this or understand this or see reporting about it and have their minds changed. Four years ago donald trump was an unknown commodity in a lot of ways. He is unknown commodity in every way now and i just dont see this moving a lot of boats. Bret kimberly . Well, look, heres one of my problems with that time story. Ive been a big fan of donald trump putting out his records, but this has been a bit of a journalistic mess. Part of it is context. As somebody at things like this, the times said they had all of these records. Why dont you just put out a chart that explains exactly what he paid each year instead of a paragraph with the number here and a number there, which seems designed to paint a very grim picture but doesnt give you the full context. And theres also just a lot of financial illiteracy in it as well. Theres moments where they can conflate revenue and income, times when they talk about tax avoidance when its actually tax compliance. The problem i have with this is i didnt really get that good of a picture in the end about what this actually says about Donald Trumps taxes. It makes a lot of headlines but im not sure we have the real story here. Bret brit, today the president said not only are they getting out 150 million pointofcare tests, 15 minute tests, but he says there are four vaccines now in the final trials and once the fda gives the green light, within 24 hours they are going to put out billions of vials of vaccines. Does that help in his case before this debate tomorrow on coronavirus im a witch joe biden is deafly going to attack him on . It certainly would help if there was a vaccine out there and people were getting it. If it would help if these pointofcare tests more widely distributed and people were able to quickly be tested in a way that wasnt uncomfortable and where the results didnt take ages to come back. All thats gotten better, i know. The president has kind of a defensible case on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but his handling of it, his articulation of his case going back to all those news conferences where he was kind of all over the place and full of braggadocio about all the things he was doing i dont think went over very well, which accounts i think for the fact that people dont think hes done a good job on this and its a big issue and is going to remain one at least through the election and hes got to deal with that and i guess hes this announcement hes making, hes trying his best, it would help with these things were actually out there on the ground and people were feeling them. Bret 20 seconds, harold, final thoughts. Look, tomorrow night, chris wallace, who i understand now also has a name that Biggie Smalls had from young mr. I think it will help frame the way of the public adjusting and i think the candidate the first is able to identify and articulate a vision for our Economic Future and a Health Future will be the one that emerges is the victor tomorrow. A lot to watch and a lot to digest. Bret and a littleknown fact, notorious vig and inducted to the rock n roll hall of fame this year. We will see what it later. Up next, trouble between two members of the president s Coronavirus Task force as we had to break and throughout the show, we will take you around cleveland and we start by looking at a local Sandwich Shop frequented by local and national politicians. The restaurant has been here in cleveland since 1964, known for its massive corned beef sandwiches and theyve had politicians from both sides of the aisle come through this do door. George w. Bush, Vice President biden, its kind of an establishment for the corned beef industry. Its a blessing to have famous people, i mean the highest office in the country to come here and have a sandwich. Bush was here, biden was here, i mean, thats great. We are very blessed. Whats the biggest concern for you as a business right now . We are just hoping the economy gets better, the virus gets better. Were hoping to have people come back, go back to normal. Bret youre still working hard, see these lines. The virus and all of that stuff. We are still blessed, but still it could be better, it could be all better. [indiscernible] go home and take care of our family. Bret special report from cleveland continues after this. fisherman vo how do i register to vote . Hmm . Hmm . Hmm . woman on porch vo can we vote by mail here . grandma vo youll be safe, right . daughter vo yes four girls vo the polls voted grandma vo go out and vote its so important man at poll vo woo grandma vo its the most important thing you can do because i want to be a part of something amazing. 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The dow gained in 410, s p 500 rose 53, the nasdaq finished ahead 204 today. As we told you earlier, President Trump is launching in a initiative to get tests to schools, and Nursing Homes among other places around the country. Today a posthumous briefing came amid a flurry of covid news including a first positive test among nationally Football Players and the ongoing dispute of whether students should be in the classroom our home. Jonathan serrie has tonights wrap up from the cdc home in atlanta. One, two, three, four, five. Chantel and the white house rose garden demonstrating how the new coronavirus test going up beginning this week will reduce result wait times that one took days. You wait 15 minutes and that is the test. It really could not be easier than this. Nbc news reports and overheard cdc director Robert Redfield on a commercial plane phone a colleague to express concern that new Coronavirus Task force member dr. Scott atlas was giving the president misleading information on a range of issues. The cdc says nbc hurdle only one side of the private conversation but acknowledged in a written statement positions on three issues, the value of wearing a mask, youth covid19 infections and where we are currently with herd immunity are the positions that dr. Redfield has different positions on than dr. Atlas. The doctors agree on many other issues. Dr. Atlas fired back a criticism telling fox news the way i advise the president is perfectly consistent with the most appropriate strategy for dealing with this pandemic. The u. S. Reporting more than 40,000 new cases per day, the nation is far from dr. Anthony faucis goal of reducing the figure to 10,000 before cold weather drives more people indoors. We are not in a good place with regard to what i had said back then because as we get into the fall in the winter, you really want the level of Community Spread to be as low as you possibly get. New York City Schools plan to resume in person classes this week. Lord is education commissioner ordered Miamidade CountyPublic Schools to reopen by october 5th, overruling the local School Boards plans to postpone in Person Learning until the 21st. And Atlanta Falcons cornerback was placed on the reserve covid19 list after he reportedly tested positive. He is the first nfl player to miss a game this season because of the coronavirus. Bret. Bret Jonathan Serrie in atlanta, thank you. Up next, why the verification of mailin voting will be so different from place to place around the country. We will explain. Heres what some of our fox affiliates around the country have covered tonight. Louisville is former Louisville Metro Police detective Bret Hankinson pleads not guilty to three counts of one endangerme endangerment. A grand jury indicted him you may remember for firing to the home of Breonna Taylors neighbors. He was 1 of 3 undercover narcotics detectives involved in the raid that killed taylor. The other two have not been charged with any crime. Q13 fox in seattle as the beliefs chief their says on and criminal behavior will not be tolerated. That statement comes after another violent weekend in that city. City hall and columbia tower and writers left a trail of destruction in other parts of the seattle downtown area. This is a live look at San Francisco from fox 2. The big story there tonight, authorities in napa county additional mandatory evacuations over a fastmoving fire that started early sunday morning. Theres no containment of that inferno that has burned through 11,000 acres. No injuries have been reported. Almost 2300 structures are threatened. Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. We are outside the beltway too as we had to break. If a look at the memorial for the 20th president of the United States. Ohio is an actually knows the mother of president s. Why is that . Because seven president s were actually born in this day. Grant, hayes, garfield, harrison, taft, mckinley, and harding. This is Lakeview Cemetery and this is the memorial of the 20th president of the United States, president garfield. He actually only served 100 days in office. He was assassinated in 1881 and wanted to be buried back in his home state of ohio. [speaking foreign language] special report continues after this. At aetna, we believe in taking care of the whole you. Thats why we take a total, connected approach to your health and wellness. With medicare plans designed to help you age actively, and we simplify medicare by connecting you to the right coverage, resources and care. So you can keep pursuing the life you love. Aetna medicare solutions. Care, all around you. Bret less than 27 hours to that stage being active. Federal appeals court, meantime, saying wisconsin ballots are due before polls close on election day in order for them to count. That ruling overturns a Lower Court Decision allowing state Election Officials to count ballots received up to six days later as long as they are postmarked by november 3rd. But the issue of when to count mailin ballots starts well before election day. National correspondent william la jeunesse explains. We asked for a hard copy of the registration application so that we could see the signature. Verifying mailin votes. The problem this year, experts say, is volume. There are a lot of state laws that do not reflect reality. Heres why. Its timeconsuming. A ballot arrives, is the voter registered . Is the address accurate . Does the signature matched one on file . Envelopes must be sliced open, ballots removed, sorted, put in a box. Its one thing we just 5 vote by mail but this year because of covid, some states expect up to 50 , yet many dont even begin counting until election night. About half of the problems tend to be with the voter signature or the signature of witness. Earlier states are able to process the ballot and to you do signature matching and verification, the more time they will have two get back to those orders. The states begin processing ballots the moment they arrive. Others begin verification about a week before election day but these states, which include multiple battlegrounds dont process ballots until election day, meaning the final count could take weeks. Early processing does lead to earlier results. Reform groups wanted laws amended for early processing. Some states did, others did not. [indiscernible]. Since many are voting by mail for the first time, they also expect a lot of rejected ballots, that means legal fights. So early verification could help, but others argue, or fear, that partisans will release those vote totals early and thats a different election nightmare. Bret. Bret big story to follow. Will them, thank you. Republican leaders in pennsylvania are asking the u. S. Supreme court to intervene after the state Supreme Court ruled some ballots can be received and counted in the days after the national election. The g. O. P. Is asking for a stay of the state Supreme Courts decision. Republicans allege they rewrote the state law governing federal elections and violated therefore the u. S. Constitution. Commerce secretary wilbur ross says the 2020 census will end october 5th despite a federal judges ruling last week that the head count should continue through the end of october. Thats according to a tweet posted on the census bureaus website moments ago. Up next, the panel rejoins me to preview tomorrows big debate right here. First, beyond our borders tonight. The Administration Signals it could close its Diplomatic Mission in baghdad as measures are not taking to control rogue armed elements responsible for recent spate of attacks against u. S. And other interests in iraq. A u. S. Official says a clear warning has been given to both iraqs president and the Prime Minister but that it was not an imminent ultimatum. Armenian forces are fighting over a disputed separatist region. Broke out sunday with both sides blaming each other for resuming the deadly attacks. That reportedly also wounded scores of people. We will follow that one. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. As we had to break, we visit another cleveland landmark. Have you ever heard that ohio was the birthplace of rock n roll . Why is that . It was a dj here in cleveland but started using that term, rock n roll, to describe the new genre of music. And this became the rock n roll hall of fame and museum right here on the shores of lake erie. 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I mean, he wasnt great, but he wasnt terrible. He was okay. A far cry from the way he you know what im saying. You look at some of those debates, i said theres no way he can continue. He doesnt know how to debate the facts, but hes not that smart, he doesnt know that many facts. He doesnt know much about foreign policy. He doesnt know much about domestic policy. He doesnt know much about the detail. Mostly personal attacks and lies, but i think the American People are onto him. Bret both candidates setting the table for the big debate tomorrow night. The stage behind me, this is the national we are called to real clear politics polls has joe biden up about 6. 8, 6. 9 . This race has been relatively stable in about this area, key battlegrounds getting a little tighter. We are back with our panel. Harold ford, jr. , kimberley strassel, Chris Stirewalt still with us. Kimberley and what happens on the stage behind me tomorrow night change the trajectory or dynamic in this race significantly . I think it could potentially. I think it would have to be a pretty big moment. Look, people talk a lot about how sitting president s often first debates are at their best, then sometimes they come back in the second on the third a little bit better prepared. The people are talking about joe biden and the risk to him, of having a moment up there and the president certainly saw him highlighting that by talking about a drug test. I think given the degree to which people are dug in, i think it could be difficult though to have some major, major things. It would have to be pretty huge. Right now i think it would be more along the edges. And again, we are going to have two more debates to go after this for people to have another shot at the apple. Bret chris . I mean, if these politicians war on drugs, i guess it would explain a lot. There would be a more rational explanation for american politics today. Look, the reality here is for republicans, for trump come for a long time they would say yeah, we will obliterate biden, he doesnt even know hes alive, blah, blah, blah. One day, paying your taxes, turning in your term paper, weve arrives on our republicans have worked really hard to lower the expectations and lower the expectations and lower the expectations. I dont know that theyve hit reverse enough for all these things. I know this. If joe biden goes out there and is sentient, upright and gets through it without a meltdown, then people will say good enough in the race will probably move on. So trump needs to get him into a place where he screws up, and that probably involves making him mad, talking about his son, talk about his family, accusing him of corruption, et cetera, et cetera. Bret well apparently you cant ask the Biden Campaign or members of the biden Team Anything about past gaffes. Take a listen. Your husband has been known to make the occasional gaffe. You can even go there. After donald trump, you cannot even say the word gaffe. I cant even say the word gaffe . Note. Done. Its gone. The gaffe issue was over. Bret and it was over there. Harold, what do you think . So, you know, i think tomorrow i would differ little bit in kimberlys paper today, this debate wont impact them. 30 believe or suggest that it might. I think that number is high when you think about how we suggest and surmise in political circles about how many people may be undecided or could be moved. I wish that editorial page in the most are eternal, which i think may be the most powerful, would ask for donald trump to relieve all of the conversation and release his tax returns. We will have to wait and see if he does that. I dont disagree with the general principle made about where we go on with the reaction may be. We need to hear from both of these candidates. If biden is thrown off by trump, if trump is able to do and take some of the personal shots, it may impact biden, but again, i end where i started earlier tonight, whoever lays out an economic vision, whoever lays out a health care vision, and i didnt mean to cut you off, i just think whomever does that first and most effectively, they will emerge with i think the most support and most credibility and perhaps winning the debate tomorrow night. Bret i mean, that is interesting. The debate strategy going in, kimberly go ahead. I will send him all 20 of our editorials calling on donald trump to release his tax returns. I apologize. I will take your word. I hope he does release them. Bret the strategy, kimberley area quickly, either talking to each other here on the stage behind me and getting kind of those moments back and forth, or the strategy going in, are you talking to the American People to say what your presidency is going to look like to that will be the wisest course for both of them to do that. But i dont think, unfortunately, that is going to be what happens in this debate. I think donald trump is going to have a very hard time not going after biden and his family, his son, his finances, suns finances and i think biden is going to have a very difficult time making a positive agenda because we havent seen one from him so far. Its all about donald trump, his handling of the coronavirus, supposedly has problems with corruption. So good idea, i just dont think we will see it. Bret chris, ive got ten seconds, whats happening . Youre doing something during the debate . We are going to make it better for people to watch you. People tune in at 8 00 eastern, there will be a code that they can scam in a television with their phone or whatever doohickey theyve got that will take them into a two screen experience where they can get facts, trivia, they can vote, and they can get a live chat going on between me and the pride of the Buckeye State where you are, chad pergram. Bret we are hightech nowadays. Panel, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Up next, a trip down memory lane, looking at president ial debates since the 1960s and as we had to break we take a trip into cleveland. Bret here in downtown cleveland its clear theres a mix of voters, some of them want to talk to us, some of them dont. Ohio is again a swing state. It has been for many elections. Last time donald trump beat Hillary Clinton hereby almost nine points, the most since 1988. This time, it looks like its going to be closer. Well, i just cant see how well joe biden is going to hold up in a live debate. Because i dont believe you can. My mind is made up. Im sorry, i have no confidence in biden. I just feel its been so long there, hasnt done anything and now hes very, has a nice way to say, incoherent, and trump, he has his issues but my life is better because trump has been in office. For me, i think the best choice between the two right now is biden from the national standpoint. Bret youre saying the debate really want affect the matter what happens . Not really, because for the both of them, they are two candidates whose viewpoints in terms of the major issues are rather clear, so when it comes to that, those things are going to change it. I dont think biden can hold up to a debate. I dont think hes sharp enough anymore and itd be interesting. Bret so if he shows up kind of gets through it, will it change your mind . No. Bret special report from cleveland continues after this. As a co are you ok . Its just a cold. If you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. 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For one of these white house hopefuls, thats a factor unseen for months. Biden strictly following Public Health guidelines, hasnt addressed a crowd since march. Trump has been to rallies after just three months. But president ial debates are made for the home audience and have been since 1960. When john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon brought the first president ial debate to the screen. The things that senator kennedy has said, many of us can agree with. Some say it cost nixon the election, refusing makeup, appearing gaunt and sweating heavily under lights, he never appeared at ease next to the young senator who had taken time to prepare with the studio heads, but nixon wouldnt be the only candidate to lose his lead after harry performance. There is no soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under afforded administration. Denying the iron curtain sent his National Security advisor to the New York Times with a clarification too late to save his reelection. But just as debates can break a campaign, they can also help make one. The red light went on. Ronald reagan deflected age concerns with the wisecrack. Im not going to exploit for political purposes my opponents youth and inexperience. [laughter] and art of dismissal later also employed by george bush without so much as a word. But can he get things done . And i believe i can. When al gore tried to intimidate him. Although body language can make headlines, sometimes the unconventional wins. President trumps disruptor image. Nobody has more respect for women than i do, nobody. Please come everybody. It left little room for shock and the debate. Because youd be in jail. Secretary clinton and after four years in front of a firing squad of reporters, trumpets become adept at selling his message in almost any scenario, establishing High Expectations for himself and a comparatively low bar for sleepy joe biden. Biden has is no stranger to do the bait stage, now in his third president ial run, and hes been shaking off this image for years. Biden is a gaffe machine. Can you reassure voters in this country that you would have the discipline you would need on the world stage, senator . Yes. [laughter] he disavowed his last faceoff with the republicans was well received. With all due respect, thats a bunch of malarkey. While that was eight years ago, the former Vice President surprised critics and democratic primary debates. Since locking up the nomination, biden has taken relatively few reporter questions and unlike President Trump, he rejected early chances with our Moderator Chris Wallace for an interview. Bret. Bret jacqui thank you. Weve asked them here as well. Some final thoughts when we come back. Days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. Go go go on a real vacation. Visit go rving. Com or your nearest rv dealer. 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Bret breaking tonight, we are hearing from the democrat and Vice President on nominee and raleigh, north carolina, speaking about judge Amy Coney Barrett and the confirmation process. We are being told that she told reporters that she will meet with the judge. She is on the Senate Judiciary committee, and that would be different than senator Chuck Schumer and the others who have said they are not going to meet with judge barrett. We will see where that goes. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight, thats it for this speech 27. A fair, balanced and unafraid, tomorrow from 6 008 00, it will be special report and the story together, i will be alongside Martha Maccallum right here in cleveland as we get ready for the big debate. The story posted by martha starts right now. Martha looks great in there, is it pouring rain and there . Im just curious. Bret asked mack not here. Martha its coming down like cats and dogs are here so we will be in there tomorrow night, thank you, bret. Looking forward to it. If still good evening everybody, im live in arena cleveland, ohio, tonight, the site of the first president ial debate. We are now just over 20 hours away. Reports from the inner circles of both camps came out today say that the biden campus hoping to avoid anything that will spark temper or tendency toward defensiveness while politico describes some on the trump team is worried that the president may have set the bar too low for