Top House Judiciary Republican joins Martha MacCallum to discuss president s strategy in first debate.
This is a rush transcript from “The Story with Martha MacCallum September 29, 2020. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: And I m Bret Baier. We are just two hours away from the first presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle here in Cleveland, Ohio. One poll says nearly three in four registered voters plan to tune in to see President Trump face off against Democratic nominee Joe Biden tonight.
MACCALLUM: Fireworks are anticipated as theshowdown comes against a tense backdrop in thenation. A Supreme Court battle, racial unrest, and aworldwide pandemic.
like the energy efficient l.e.d. lighting maker mr. obama visited today created two-third of new jobs in the last 15 years. the white house says the two recent small business stimulus proposals should appeal to republicans and are a test of whether they re interested in bipartisanship. republicans say the president s budget calls for spending hikes, long after the congressional budget office feels the xy could have recovered. revenues will get back above their historic norm, which is 18.2%. that s historic norm. they get up to 20%. fairly soon. as we get out of this recession. but spending goes through the roof. reporter: if republicans are complaining about the spenning in the president s budget, democrats aren t really happy with the cuts, though there is no sign of a rebellion. treasury secretary geithner says the tough choice of producing more agreement that deficits matter and tax cuts aren t free. bret: wendell goler live on the snowy north lawn. wendell, thank you. the dan
andy mckenna, long-time fundraiser for the state party. state senator kurt diller knows his way around the government and budget and is endorsed by former republican gor jim edgar. the trump card for the republican primary winner is the blagojevich corruption trial scheduled to begin sometime this summer. reminding voters again of the scandal-plagued democratic blagojevich administration as voters begin to make up their minds. bret? bret: steve brown live tonight in chicago. thank you. in arkansas, democratic senator blanche lincoln is 23 points behind a republican who isn t even officially running yet. public policy polling has lincoln down 56 to 33 to congressman john bozeman set to declare his senate candidacy saturday. voters in arkansas according to this poll and other polls are upset with lincoln over her support for healthcare reform legislation. the obama for president campaign still hasn t paid all its bills. more than a year into his
credibility in the region. they are sowing the seeds for their own destruction. bret: city of springfield, illinois, want president obama to pay his tab. while the president wants to use more of your tax dollars to pay for job ecreation.
disadvantage. no question it could happen here. it will be more difficult year for democrats in illinois tan massachusetts because of the corruption scandals. the real issue is not who wins the democratic party. the real issue is that seat is in play no matter who wins the democratic primary in november, because the republicans are nominating a legitimate candidate to run and they haven t done it for u.s. senate for a very long time. reporter: it s a pretty dire assessment when even democratic candidates are comparing the situation in illinois to the one in which republicans won in massachusetts. polls close at 7:00 central, 8:00 eastern. g.o.p. is looking ahead pretty positively to the upcoming general election, bret. bret: okay. we have results on fox later. carl, thank you. incumbent governor in illinois wasn t elected in the first place. and may not make it past the primary. correspondent steve brown joins us with that part of the story. good evening, steve. reporter: goo