is time for a new generational leader. now they are preparing for the biggest test yet. this week in milwaukee as a front runner prepares to surrender it yet again regrets the indictment brings felony charges against donald jon trump progresses out rejoined bite nikki haley who will be the only woman on wednesday nights debate stage. think so much we really appreciate being a reconciled ra governor kim reynolds bear side chats have been a big draw here for the candidates. we get straight talk from some political insiders about the state of play for 2024 in the first in the nation caucus state. here it is. and here we go pick like senator joni ernst takes us on a tour of the must-see stops all right now on "fox news sunday." >> hello today on des moines on site at the iowa state fair for this some of the most famous stops are present on candidates as they try to win over savvy iowans. they have been here in force over the past few days were long thousands of fairgoers here for fun and also look into question the contenders. just a few weeks from now the millions most of the candidates together for the first time at one stage. this is a live look at the form and milwaukee were wincing at the cancel face-off in the first republican presidential primary debate on fox news. facing questions from martha mccallum and bret baier and probably each other but much more to come first i want to talk touch on breaking his hurricane hilary barreling towtoward southern elk californa it's a rare occurrence forecasters say it is bound to make the history books as a first tropical storm to hit california's coast and 84 years. it turned out fox with a meteorologist craig herrera live in san diego where i have been taking place the last couple of days. >> hello shannon, yes already you have seen a washout here in southern california, san diego included for this is a day student should be preparing to go back to san diego state university or san diego unified the second-largest school district in the state of california. but instead got a lot of rain bias. as we go into the week and in se place across southern california it may get more than a years worth of rain in just 24 hours. this has been a major concern as we have been watching hilary over the past couple of days. in fact, out in san diego the sun was out for a moment at times on saturday. giving folks a chance to fill their sandbags, prepare for possible flooding as a weld with the emergency response teams out azure group comprised of volunteers, they are ready to go on any type of natural disasters they are on standby ready to go right there monday as well. meantime we give a flash flood a threat. and when you look at this you are talking about level four out of four to see flash flooding goes all the way from the us-mexico border cleared up into portions of death valley. huge amount of rain could fall and some of these spots and across the desert. eight -- 12 inches of rain could lead to some flash flooding. meantime southern california it not used to this much rain in the month of august. one site that is used to quite a bit of rain is washington state. meantime they are dry. portions of eastern washington are seen dry conditions and fire burns their scorching nearly 10,000 acres near the town of spokane it's dubbed the grave fire it has been reducing visibility over portions of eastern washington also bring in the air-quality down as well. who will follow these stories in washington as well as hilary as it moves into southern california. also the coachella valley valley near palm springs and already the city of san diego closing all beaches public buildings today through tomorrow. thirty-six craig herrera and the team at "fox weather" have got you covered thank you for pouring from san diego purred back here and i with the republican hopefuls are making the round at the favorite fox news correspondent alexis mcadams catches you up. >> sounds good big bucks 2023 iowa state fair. always full of fried food and fun. but the main course is politics. >> as a going in iowa? what's great give a place we love it we live i would pickwick the fairgrounds turned into the main stage for the trump show was a former president handing out pork chop sandwiches to the crowd >> figure pretty popular in iowa? was i guess so this is the biggest trout they've ever had they say. i love them and they love me that's a good combination pickwick just steps away ron desantis hit the bumper cars with his kids. and in the sky above a small plane carrying a banner with the message be likable ron and ongoing dig at the contender. this only people that would never vote for him. do not what, we are in iowa. and in iowa what we are i owe and nice. so let's give everybody the opportunity to hear our candidates. ♪ he opens his mouth and the words won't come out ♪ ♪ vivek ramaswamy had a bike drop a moment of his own progress they could tell the difference in who is real who is not former vice president mike pence work the crowd pickwick student americans are ready to see a fresh face in the white house? quincy think americans are ready for joe biden to leave the white house pickwick senator tim scott led his personality shine. x you are a popular guy on here that i was state fair. >> i tell you of love people. >> miami mayor said iowa is all about meeting voters face-to-face. closing for me at the cath is not as well-known as some of the other candidates incredibly important for thing a person connected people pickwick since mckinley walked around wearing cowboy boots and a t-shirt that said underestimate me, that will be fun. quick strong girls become strong women. strstrong women become strong leaders >> big crowds of big names and a big year for these candidates. >> that was alexis mcadams reporting right here in des moines. joining us now from philadelphia just saw on that piece republican presidential hopeful nikki haley government welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thanks so much and it's great to be with you. shannon: let's are the polls a brand-new fox news a polling looking over all the field part you are in fifth place at 4% we also have polling that looks head to head how each of these contenders would do including you with the president bite in it. it gives him a six-point advantage for the near time says this. attempts to gain national traction talking openly about her positions on abortion, take a hard stance against transgender girls, playing and girls sports and attacking vice president kamala harris appeared to be falling flat with the republican base at large. so how important is wednesday night for you? is it make or break and get in y traction you're looking for? quick shannon, i think the media gets it wrong for they do not see the fact that families have been on vacation for kids have been out of school. americans have not been paying attention. once this debate happens this week is off to the races but that is when you're going to start to see people really focus in on different candidates, look at what their options are. we feel really good going into the debate. i love debates and looking forward to it. i think it's a great opportunity for americans to start focusing on who is going to lead us after 2024. shannon: are some we talked of a coming out to join us this week and they did not want to they are deep in debate prep. what does that look like for you? >> debate prep for me was 80 town halls i did in iowa and new hampshire for we let everybody ask whatever question they wanted. you get the hard questions. you have to give the true answers too. that is the best debate prep i could hope for. so we are looking forward to going and being on that debate stage but letting everybody see the options. but we're going to talk but our vision our vision for america. our vision of making sure we stop the spending and lower inflation part of our vision of making sure there's transparency in the classroom. our vision of securing our borders and our vision of a national security that protects all americans. shannon: i want to ask about someone, vivek ramaswamy is doing well rising in the polls he was asked by neil yesterday, would he take a vp slot and he said essentially no he's got a very specific vision for how he would operate his presidency he's the only one who could execute kind of an all or nothing proposition, is that what you are? or if you do not win the nomination one of the other contenders asks you to join the ticket would you consider it are you a hard no mustard top of the ticket? quick shannon i said for the verb yet i don't play for second part of never played for second i'm not going to start now. we have a country to save and i'm determined to save her. it is time for a new generation or later. it is time for someone who has executive experience and has a actually managed government like i was when i was a two-term governor. it's time for someone who has some strong foreign policy experience that can focus on getting the world safe again. that is what i am determined to do. shannon: let's start their foreign-policy. i think part of your resume and you have said china isn't beating us every single day. this weekend over the last few days the present has gathered leaders of japan and south korea to get together. here's what he s said of their discussions. >> ththe summer it was not about china. that was not the purpose of the meeting. but china obviously came up. nothing not going to share concerns about the economic coercion or heightened tensions with china. it's about the relationship with each other. >> a lot of folks thought it was interesting but start out by saying it wasn't about china at these meetings but u.s. ambassador to japan has said actually this meeting is china's worst nightmare. do you give the president credit for bringing together japan to tighten those relationships as a threat some china increase? >> the problem with what biden says as he takes the playbook from obama. he starts apologizing before he tries to show strength. this absolutely is about china but the idea that we can get japan, south korea, the u.s. together scares china. that is exactly what we want. the idea we are going to work together more with them on tech, on military, on exercises those are things china does not want. the last thing china wants is a nato in the middle east. we want to make sure we are focused on any think we need to do to get with our allies. it should not just be south korea and japan it should be australia. should be india, it should be israel. it should be the air countries. so yes, i hope china's nervous. but i doubt that they are because he apologized before he ever got started with the speech. shannon: we are deeply intertwined with china economically and in many ways when you are trade issues we are dependent on them for creek radical medications and minerals in those types of things we talked about the fact we want to decouple from them as much as we can. but how in reality could we do that? quickset is a same question the europeans used to say about russia before russia invaded ukraine for they thought they were too intertwined to separate. america needs to understand china has been infiltrating america. they have started and have been planning were with us for years. we have to be smart. they should not be buying u.s. soil near our military installations. they should not be killing 75000 americans a year by sending fentanyl over. they should not be stealing our intellectual property but they should not be building up all of their military because they're getting ready for war. america needs to be smart to break no more talking by how economically dependent we are. let's talk about the fact we should not be dependent on our medicine from china but we should not be selling them land and we should taking back the land they have already purchased. we should make sure that the infiltration out of our universities. we should make sure we stop selling them technology that's actually building up their military that they are using to threaten america. and we should create a strong military paid not one that focuses on gender pronoun classes. but a strong military it prevents wars. this is not the time for the u.s. to be scared of china. this is the time for the u.s. to be strategically smart. we are not going to let them intimidate us. we are going to become strong and independent on our own and do whatever it takes to keep americans safe. shannon: these thousands of proximate tears we are dependent on them for, how do we possibly onshore those what are we even practical or feasible in any way to suggest we connect you do that? looks a focuses on national security first. i don't care if china buys t-shirts and lightbulbs from us anymore then we have problems with them buying our agricultural products. when it comes to medicines down the aisle an hour at walgreens. when it comes to having them get technology that actually hurts our military at those other things want to focus on print look at the fact they just hacked our commerce secretary. the weights these respondent going to china to visit them. that is the wrong approach. we need to go and say we are going to end all normal trade relations until you stop killing americans. they know exactly what the gym when the sin fentanyl cross the border. 90% of our law enforcement drones are chinese. you saw how panicked americans were when a chinese spy balloon went over our country. imagine all the many spy balloons that they have coming over us. it is time for us to get smarts but this is not about big corporate money. this is about the fact we owe it to americans to keep them safe we start with all issues focused on national security. anything that would hurt americans we need to be focused on. if china pulls her rug out from under smart would we be ready? are all those things hurt as those of the first things we get started on. shannon: obviously concerned with china the friendship without limits as they call it with russia. that brings us to ukraine. you have said we need to keep continuing you've had questions about sending cash what you said when it comes to military equipment, ammo, that kind of thing, we should be willing to do that in this fight so putin can decisively be thrown back from where he has gone taking territory in the other horrific things that happens there. by estimates appropriate 75 to some estimates $100 billion to ukraine. but you say to american taxpayers to say how are we tracking the stuff? our polling shows are exceptionally worried about our economy here and their ability to buy groceries, to put gas in the car and food on the table. they're much more worried about the domestic financial situation where they see this money going over and have a lot of questions. cocci to them worried about the domestic situation. spent like drunken sailors and the americans are paying the price of four at the grocery store and at the gas station. but keep in mind less than 5% of our defense budget has gone to ukraine. and remember a win for russia is a win for china. america always needs to have moral clarity. moral clarity being able to tell the difference between right and wrong. moral clarity and good and evil. when you look at the fact look at what dictators say. after they take ukraine poland and the band a baltics art nextt creates a world war. that is what we're trying to prevent this is not about troops on the ground this is on my cash on the ground this is about making sure they have the equipment and the ammunition to win. when ukraine wins hutson's biggest message to china taking taiwan it sends a biggest message to iran wanting to build a bomb. it sends a biggest message to north korea testing ballistic missiles. american strength h is always bn a good thing. when america's strong the world is more safe. shannon: some of your gop contenders feel differently about that we will watch as you discuss it once and that governor haley thank you so much for your time. >> thanks so much go to nikki haley.com and wa walked us at te debate. so that debate millions more we will be watching fox news debate brings you the first republican primary debate in milwaukee pray that is coming up and by the way here's a live look at the forum where it will all go down in just a few days. much more to come on fox to send it returns alive from the iowa state fair first special edition of the sunday panel breaking down ace lou of a brand-new polls and legal dramas they continue. next. vitamins and minerals and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ (vo) ultimate endless shrimp is here with a limited time flavor drop. new crispy dragon shrimp. one of seven endless choices for just $20. right now, only at red lobster. welcome to fun dining. how can you sleep on such a firm setting? 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bring charges progress fulton county district attorney bringing 13 new charges against former president donald trump. and others against 18 of its allies. including his former chief of staff mark meadows and rudy giuliani. accusing them of helping trump try to overturn the 202020 election. a new fox news poll says 53% of voters think trump did something illegal. including 62% of independents. trump now faces a total of 91 felony counts across the four indictments. >> they were all very similar in the sense there is no basis for them. >> that everyone is on board with a local district attorney prosecuting a former president. >> the agenda of that state, that state elected official from a red state and a blue state might interfere with its the national interest rate. >> trump is facing more chargers, president biden's son is facing viewer. federal judge in delaware dismissing the two misdemeanor tax charges against hunter by the newly appointed special counsel david weiss could potentially bring more charges in another jurisdiction. president biden defended his fun first of all my son his son nothing wrong i trust him i have faith that hampered. >> friday the president appeared to change his tune the appointment as special counsel piglets have no comment on any investigation that is going on. that is up to the justice department too. >> negotiations for a new plea deal could stretch for months. the white house would prefer president biden on the campaign trail not the witness stand. shannon: lukas tomlinson thank you very much. thank you for the sunday panel bloomberg washington bureau peggy collins kevin roberts the president of the heritage herite foundation. fox news senior political analyst juan williams. good to see all of you even though it is remotely this morning. let's start there, it's hard to believe this week was the fourth and died of her president trump it seems eons ago. it was money the truth is it's ramping up are waiting to see them turn himself in for processing. i talked to asa hutchinson of the former governor by the way said this when he has made the thresholds to be on the debate stage. and he says by the way he will sign the pledge i asked him about that friday but did not seemed like he is clear that he says yes it sounds like he's going to say it he thanks president trump is not going to be the nominee for assem is a former federal prosecutor all these cases going on trying to run for president, how do you manage this? here's his assessment. >> note that is the reason for the good of the presidency and our country step aside piglets you know he won't. >> he won't. but he should. so those in iowa, those in new hampshire probably super tuesday states are going to have to vote with all of this cloud over someone who is currently the front runner. this puts the voters in a terrible position for the going to have to make a decision. our democracy is on counting them to get it right. shannon: the poll shows as he is leading the peggy, 5:30 seven points if it gets a next contender governor desantis. seems like voters have already made this into their decision regrets that is right, shannon, we have seen since the first case was filed against trump in march and new york his elite has only grown. it is important to understand that as among his base and primary voters in terms of who could turn out for the presidents and to note that desantis has had some struggles along the way. this debate coming up on wednesday is going to be a chance for desantis to show whether or not some of the changes he has made in his campaign and at his pack have actually studied his case to be president. but as you said trumps base has rallied around him when it comes to his legal battles and he has combined his legal battles with his effort to become president again. shannon: interesting this morning there's a deep dive in politico that talks about the other legal story that we have been following this one is with hunter biden. that year swung back and forth with the investigation, the plea deal and at one point they are reporting that one of hunter biden's attorney said if you move forward with charges against hunter we are going to put president biden on the stand. kevin, the story gets stranger and stranger every day. truth really in there as a presidential campaign is stranger than fiction. >> it really is. last weekend i was in iowa where you are now, shannon. just working on policies on a deal with republican field. the invariable comment from islands was contrast how president trump is being treated for even if they themselves do not plan to vote for him in the iowa caucus, with how hunter biden is being treated. heritage family we have done a lot of analysis for example david weiss being special counsel he has no business being special counsel. supposed to come from outside the department of justice. this is the point. in every single aspect of the hunter biden story he is being treated with kid gloves while the former president of the united states i think in terms of t the legal trouble he is in, but it seems as if we are living in a banana republic. shannon: is interesting to note some like warmer attorney general bill barr who talked of it has had on the show many times he thanks there is a taint of a political persecution to some of this but that some of these criminal allegations are serious legitimate charges whether that is state or federal we are now going up to watch as the all play out. as lucas had in his reporting our new poll shows a majority of americans do think president trump did something illegal. but they also have a problem with the biden's here's some polling. whewhat comes was a foreign business dealings under biden they say 50% believe he did something illegal, 36% th thinkt is something unethical 86% think illegal or unethical when it comes with sun's business dealings president joe biden did something illegal 38% come something unethical 25% against 63% you combine those think something illegal or unethical has gone on their with the president. the democrats are getting frustrated president biden's not going after president trump ali's indictments both he and a center under investigation as well. >> that is right. but it is not clear to me the current president's wayward son and whatever he did, he may have done something not just wrong but illegal. it is not as compelling to democrats as what the former president has done. there is a difference. there is nothing that directly ties any of hunter's potential wrongdoing directly to president biden. shannon: the republican members on the hill who disagree with that. they have yet to come forward with the concrete links but that is h oral argument it's not jusa first set is potentially someone involves the president as well we will wait and see us as investigations continue. >> right but your point is well taken. they have yet to come forward with any such evidence. there is a difference between saying you have got a troubled child in your family that might generate some sympathy for parents in this country. but i think there is a big difference between that and saying oh gosh, this man has been indicted four times. he has a lot of behavior whether it is claiming the 2020 election falsely claiming it was stolen. the lies that he tells but this week using the term rigors in a very racist manner. this can turn off voters when you go back to those polls there are some voters who are committed to trump apparently even in the high number he currently gets among gop primary voters there are some who might be peeled off i think that is what we are going to see going into the debate. shannon: okay in the meantime president biden's reelection campaign is underway at the polls also show he is underwater on nearly every issue out there from the economy and inflation to the border to foreign policy. he hasn't uphill battle to convince voters in effect a majority of americans want to put up an economic poll here they think bidenomics the campaign is embracing they think it is actually made things worse the majority of americans. but peggy that seems to be the core of his campaign is out there talking about how the economy is on rebound people not feeling it yet. >> that is right, shannon and bloomberg we have really been tracking particular in the middle class and what we are seeing is while the economy has held up the labor market has held up americans do not feel like the economy is in a better place. number of the things they spend money on, on a daily basis like food, gas, car insurance, they have all gone up. that is what people are really responding too. they do not feel like the economy is as good of a place as it was before the pandemic started. >> into back that up another poll here asking people what is a problem for your family question at 87% grocery prices 85% to gas prices 81% say utility costs. not good numbers for any president republican or democrat heading into reelection let's talk about the debate that's next up for all the gop candidates who want to get to the head-to-head. i want to go around for kevin let me start with you who needs to have a breakout moment and who you think is capable? >> i am glad most of the field is going to be at the debate. i think the american people especially conservatives are looking for a real policy conversation. obviously governor desantis given the expectation perhaps unfairly high for a first-time presidential candidate needs to have a good debate i anticipate that he will. but actually this is iraq really strong field i think senator tim scott, ambassador haley, who will be joined by several people will all do well but this is the point, shannon. as a movement conservative my entire life leading the heritage foundation what we are looking for us every single one of those candidates to prosecute the case against president biden but to talk about an ambitious and aspirational vision for the american future there is a reason the song by first-time artist rich men north of richmond has struck a nerve is because the american people realize there is something wrong with american society they are looking for the next man or woman the next generation a leader not just of conservatives but up americans we must see that on wednesday night. shannon: juan, what are you watching for on wednesday night out of milwaukee? >> i think kevin is right. desantis has slipped he had the alternative to trump and yet he has slipped badly firing staff, losing donors. so you would think something has to happen for this week there was a leak of a memo someone sent to him, everybody saying you got to attack vivek ramaswamy. there's going to be a lot of attention to desantis. in the future again picking up on kevin you have people like vivek ramaswamy you have it nikkihaley you have tim scott thinking about what the future of the republican party could look like. i think there's going to be a gotcha question coming from our colleagues in a gotcha question for everyone. this is the answer to be replayed forever and ever going forward is was the 2020 election stolen from donald trump by joe biden? you cannot plague pattycake here these candidates have to absolutely go hard and say no it was not stolen and this man has been indicted for trying to steal an election. who is willing to take on donald trump? that is what i am looking for in the coming debate. shannon: peggy quick word for you in the debate? >> i agree it's an important pivotal moment for desantis to rebuild some momentum. i think we are watching tim scott as well. he has been doing well per our reporting in iowa in terms of is a positive message and backed by many on wall street. think the last thing is how can these candidates that are on the stage cut through the overhang of trunk to get across some of their policies on the economy and on foreign policy to cut through to the voters? >> we 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she joins us iowa governor kim reynolds thank you for being with us. >> is great to be with you thank you for the opportunity. shannon: let's talk about this right here and i will people ae very savvy. they want to see their candidates for the want to talk with him not to press the flesh, question face-to-face former president trump was up by doing 27 points or the state he skipped a lot of the big step he did not do the fair-side chats, our iowans giving him a pass from somoza roles? >> no i think they expect them to be here they went to interact with and want to interact with all of the candidates. we had great turnout at the fair-side chats i had a lot of iowans and people outside of the state come up and just say thank you for doing that is a great opportunity to hear from the candidates. i once taken very seriously they are very knowledgeable they want to interact with the candidates. so he was on the fairgrounds he just chose not to the fair-side chats. i think it was a great opportunity for islands to continue to hear from our candidates. shannon: early red investor government nikki haley shows many titles and somewhat working her camp set in endorsement for you as a complete game changer here and i would say you're not doing that for now. president trump not happy about that a want to put up a low bid of one of his social me too post back in july says i open up the governor position for kim reynolds when she fell behind i endorsed her coveted big rouse and she one now she wants to remain neutral he put in quotes. i don't invite her to events. when he was here at last week he sounds like he had softened he said we have a great relationship. what are the odds you do publicly endorse before the caucuses? >> i'm a remaining neutral do not want to rule it out down the road. i think it is really important right now as i have said to encourage all the candidates to come to iowa. shannon i think it should go to all 99 counties a great opportunity for them. people are showing up at these events i have done many of them with almost all the candidates if they ask and it works i'm there. they are paying attention for their holding out i think really what i am hearing they are kind of checking and holding and asking questions because ultimately what they tell me as we need to put a republican in the white house in 2024 they went the candidate they think can win. so they are kind of holding back, checking the field and asking this great question so that we put the right candidate forward for 2024. >> it's possible you endorse? i do not which a rule that out. i am neutral. i had been neutral we are going to continue to invite them to come to the fair. visit site knows there were some protesters which is unlike most of our people are unfailing polite here. did that suggest to you we are in a different place and some of our particle conversations and the ability to hear from people and have disagreements? >> it is w what is termed i thik they are from outside by the work i went but as a cant you have to be willing to adapt and adjust. i did said this is eyewitness let's get iowans and those attending the fairest side chats the opportunity to hear from the candidates. we press forward after a while they were able to be moved off. it's a little bit of a reflection whe will be out today haven't seen a lot of the events i have been doing i think it is still more rare than it's not. shannon: candidates have been there for months there are no questions about whether there could be some late entrance into the race people who have not spent the time here. xes reporting big gop donors are pushing for a trump alternative. it's a virginia governor and georgia governor brian kemper getting secret overtures from establishment republicans and have not ruled out running. so would it be too late question rick would iowans be open to someone who's missed the fair who has missed the events? >> we have a great field right now would probably don't need more would probably need less that's what we do without a caucus our role is not to protect the winter but to start to narrow the field. these candidates have put in a lot of time we had a great field of candidates. and i think probably we don't need more at this point. shannon: had commanding reelection when much like desantis 19 port margins were not without your critics here. i want to talk with some issues going on here in iowa. on the issue books been taken to school arby's those kind of things danger separates this the law signed by iowa governor kim reynolds in may is yet another piece of astroturf right wing legislation aimed at limiting gender nonconformity, antiracism and basic reproductive education from schools while solidifying the power of the conservative family unit. are you banning buck set up information on basic reproductive education? what snow we are banning books that are pornography that have pornography in them. and i am telling you parents do not want their young kids exposed to that. as i talk to parents i am all over the fairgrounds i'm all over the set to go to all 99 counties. look at the register poll by overwhelmingly majority probably over 60% what their kids have called the education they do not want the teachers and the school boards providing that kind of information to their kids. and so it let's focus on reading, writing, civics and math make sure we are preparing these kids to be successful. let the parents decide what they're going to teach their kids when it comes to social issues but in addition to that we can't teach our kids to hate this country and hate each other based on the color of their skin again let's just get back to the basics we are not what we should be paid we kept our kids in school we were one the first states that got her kids back in the classroom. we did not see the truth the dramatic learning lots a lot of states it kept the kids out of the classroom for two years they kept us kids out of the classroom. that way the mental health but they declined and learning loss they are experiencing. so let's really come together and focus on what we should be doing as educators we got great educators in the state of iowa that are doing that paperless really focus on getting his kids where they need to be. shannon: i've met some of them at the fair today celeste they are hung to texas tomorrow is that correct? at the number gop governors out there you got national guard down at the border. i want to read something from a letter and i went wrote to the ames attribute he said it's unchristian what's happening at the border he said life is a sacred to you you're going to work with another governor who says life is sacred but the policy is about razor wire in rivers maiming innocent people brutal defenseless situations. ordered not to provide water and extreme temperatures to people in need and even to take it away. what do you say about those policies and how to answer that question are. >> for so they're not accurate them and provided misinformation that is actually not true. i believe governor abbott we were going to a down it went to the press conference and be able to demonstrate to the media what these actually do. what is on humanitarian as prispresident biden's unwillings to address the open border and the crisis we are seeing at the southern border. it is unconscionable the number of young girls and women that are being exposed to used as sex traffickers and what they're doing to these children is what is unconscionable. the number of drugs coming across the border and infiltrating our state. every state is a border state right now it's not just texas. we are seeing tremendous increases in the number of drugs, fentanyl, meth, and cocaine 500% increase in fentanyl just since 2020. that is what is unconscionable but we are going down to help governor abbott secure this border. that is a constitutional duty of the president and he is not fulfilling his constitutional duty to protect this country and its citizens. shannon: will track a visit down the meantime thank everyone for hosting us at the fair here in iowa if you haven't been folks it's a once-in-a-lifetime progress it is an amazing fair thank you. >> everything so much. shannon: coming up insight from journalists here on the ground covering the kent singh reaction from people in real time. find out about that when fox "fx news sunday" returns from the iowa state fair in des moines ahead of the first republican presidential primary debate just three days from now in milwaukee i tropical storm back to regular programming. >> what is different or interesting with iowa people here how you campaign it was surreal being on the des moines soapbox at the iowa state fair. to be present at the united states you see this in movies, you hear about it in stories. i never would have imagined some kid from south texas would one day be in iowa campaigning for president. shannon: former texas congressman will heard talking with me about the fair about the importance of iowa as he attempts to grain ground. we are back in july with two journalists who know iowa inside and out. kathie obradovich editor-in-chief of the out capitol dispatch and galen bacharier politics reported for the "des moines register" thank you both for being here this morning. i heard governor reynolds 8% how important what endorsement from herbie? like to be huge for the candidate. but the reason why art usually endorse she endorses somebody who doesn't when the caucuses or does not win the nomination. it goes on to win the nomination for that person's head of the party now and does not really like how they were treated in iowa. you had be very, very careful put everything she does, it helps her continue to be a focus with the candidates if she is being coy. if i had to put money on it as a she's not going to endorse it. not before the caucuses. shannon: out galen, who has surprised you the way they have either connected well with people we have seen a survey of a rise in the polls or others have found her a little bit in the hands on retail? >> it state fair has demonstrated these canids know where they are at in iowa and there tailoring their fair experience to reflect that we seem governor rhonda ron desantis at retail politics hearties in the classic fair circuit hitting a lot of different locations trying to connect with voters, shake a lot of hands. similar thing with center tim scott. some of the folks here some folks try not to become get a last-minute push for donors try to get up on the debate stage may be a pitch over at the soapbox i think we really see those different priorities reflected in how they're taking on the fair. shannon: how him but he would ft gotta have a lot of hope soon i was former vice president mike pence the evangelical vote is huge here within the gop. the "new york times" says this he has been emphasizing his loyalty to the constitution and invoking his faith as he tries to win the support of the evangelical voters he is counting on to propel him in the 2024 primary. kathy why isn't he connecting better with evangelicals more broadly islands? what's evangelicals are like of other public voters. but they care about more than a candidates issue position and values is electability. and mike pence is struggling. he is not popular with the pro- trump crowd which is office of oppositethe biggest part of thea caucus universe right now. but he also -- met people who might also like him are worried about his electability but he is not connecting really with either side the pro- trump or the anti- trump side. he is in a bad place for the caucuses. shannon: in the meantime tim scott is had a nice surge here in iowa we spent a lot of money. he's got ad dollars to pour into iowa. it's a very nice optimistic message, galen does he go a long haul with islands? are they flirting with him what's going on there? >> it will depend who you talk too. i have spoken with a lot of iowa voters who really like what they hear from tim scott for the optimistic message for a lot of them is a change of pace is something they can see themselves really appreciating. i think for a lot of them maybe they enjoy it but it's not necessarily what they see coming to the floor i like tim scott i appreciate tim scott but right now may not has a slight sword to the top of the recently something i hear a lot of caucus goers keep in mind. shannon: he will be on the stage there as will many of these others who have been here at the fair this week kathy and galen thank you for some inside scoop. shannon: up next my first time at the fair with a verified insider print center jodi ernst and i threw all caution to the window. we are sampling the most interesting things and being offered here at the fair. you have been warned. eks! uuuhhhh... here, i'll take that! woohoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams of protein, 1 gram of sugar. enter the $10,000 powered by 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[laughter] >> a green tip for gator this one is rattle snake and i went ahead and put venom sauce. avenueavocado green chili sauce. that is rattlesnake. all right. i'll break a piece off because i feel like that's the only way that we can really eat a dog. >> i don't know if we can -- all right here we go. i'm trying the alligator corn dog. and i have got a rattlesnake corn dog. and i'm going to put a little venom sauce. a little bit of a kick. >> just a slight kick. what do we think? i'm getting venom sauce right now. [laughter] heavy on the venom it is a rattlesnake. it is a rattlesnake dog so it makes sense. actually it is not bad. >> i mean, this is good. though, though -- pleasantly surprised. >> actually pretty good. all right that's it for today thank you for joining us from the state fair in iowa final reminder do not miss the first republican primary debate this wednesday on fox news channel. the candidates face off on one stage for the first time at 9:00 eastern until then i'm shannon bream in des moines have a fantastic week we'll see you next fox news sunday back in d.c.. ♪ ♪ serious winds historic rainfall life-threatening flooding all expected as tropical storm hilary closes in on the west coast. millions in southern california, nevada, and arizona plus all of the way north to oregon and idaho. all bracing for its impact. welcome to special hour of fox news live hello everyone i'm arthel neville hi eric. eric: thank you for joining us i'm eric shawn hilary made land fall in the northwest baja new mexico peninsula we're told there's severe flooding but