consequential week for his campaign as rivals like vivek ramaswamy preparing in his own way. he posted this video. three hours of solid debate prep this morning. he's getting ready shirtless. i'm guessing that's his back yard tennis court. i don't know many places you can play without a shirt. i'm thinking he's add home. new polling shows iowa first -- the very first contest in the election, voters far from locked in. it's interesting when you get below the top numbers. more than 50% of voters say that they are debatable. wednesday night is a big opportunity for them to watch these candidates, if any of them is changing their mind about who they support. bret baier co-moderating the debate with me is here to kick things off. first, go to bill melugin who is here on the ground in milwaukee as well. hi, bill. >> hi, martha. this debate will be the first time all of these republican candidates are face-to-face with each other on the same stage, meaning they'll all have the chance to attack each other and respond to each other. it appears former president trump is not going to be on the debate stage. he posted on truth social yesterday saying he has such a commanding lead in polling over his rivals that the public already knows who he is and what he did during his presidency. so he says he's not going to debate. he says i will therefore not be doing the debates. he said the debates as in plural. here's what we can expect to see wednesday night. eight republican candidates have qualified to be on that debate stage meeting the rnc requirements of polling, fund-raising and pledge to support the gop nominee. they're excited to get it going. take a listen. >> i'm looking to introduce myself to the country. six months ago many people didn't know who i was. i was polling at 0.0% in march. i'm now in a tie for second. >> once this debate happens this week, it's off to the races. that's when you'll start to see people focus in on different candidates, look at what their options are. we feel really good going into the debate. >> if you look in the last six to nine months, i've been more attacked by anybody else. people know i'm the biggest threat. >> martha, earlier today, nikki haley went off vivek ramaswamy who has been surging in the polls. she criticized his foreign policy saying america would be less safe. they'll have an opportunity to hash this out wednesday night, which i'm sure you and bret are looking forward to help make it happen. back to you. >> martha: good to have you here, bill melugin, in milwaukee as well. let's bring in bret baier, chief political anchor and executive editor and anchor of "special report." here we are. >> here we are. >> martha: you're the go on the front of the building. >> i know the milwaukee bucks. you have vivek and r.f.k. jr. doing the pushups. now the tennis. what is desantis going to do? >> martha: yeah, what can he do? maybe a boxing match? maybe some pickle ball? yeah, we've had pushups, tennis. i think pickle ball is probably the way to go. >> it's possible. >> martha: a lot of discussion about the fact that the former president isn't here. one of the political questions coming up was raised by the "wall street journal" where they said they wondered how voters would respond to the former president's evident presumption that he owns their allegiance. these are the questions that are starting to come up. doesn't look like he doesn't have to work for it? >> that truth social post indicated in the plural that he wasn't going to any debates seemed like. i think you'll have to be on a debate stage at some point. these other candidates have said this is not a coronation. you have to get the vote. inside in iowa, there's a 20-point spread but there's some red flags as you pointed out earlier about people willing or okay with choosing another candidate. listen, what it comes down to wednesday night as we have been talking about is who will be the alternative possibly, if there is an alternative, in the gop primary. >> sandra: let's get some of those numbers, this is the demain register poll. very interesting. came out today. it's got trump at 42%. desantis at 19. so even though there's a large gap, what is evident this is the smaller spread than in other polls. among independents in iowa, trump is 27 and desantis is 19. that's very close. >> there's no doubt about it. how the former president plays this, how he campaigns, what he does, how the legal stuff plays out over the next months is really going to be something. if you look at the possible schedule, january 2 for the first trial, 13 days ahead of the iowa caucuses, that will factor in to all of this. >> martha: we're going to talk to ron desantis. part of that leak came out telling him, you know, you have to do this, hit this point three to five times. i'm sure there's similar memos for every other campaign out there. what is the impact -- does it make it more difficult for him to go to these places since that leaked out? >> listen, you have chris christie on the stage that we saw in new hampshire about senator marco rubio. he is always ready to fight. you know, if he brings up phrases that sound familiar from that memo, i'm sure somebody on stage is going to say something. so it's a little tough in that there were probably good lines in that memo. i don't think he will be using them if i had to guess. >> martha: one last thought on the former president. i was just watching kayleigh mcenany who was his press secretary. she said when you're not in the center position on the stage and this big event happening, two hours that you left this huge opportunity for all of these other people to make their mark, you have to wonder if after all of this he's going to think differently about what he should do going forward. >> i think he's going to be active on truth social. if he's not going to be here, i hope he tunes in. maybe he will weigh-in that night. >> martha: good to see you. we'll be seeing a lot of you the next few days. great to be with you here in milwaukee. >> you, too. >> martha: in moments, how governor, ron desantis, is firing back. his republican rivals after riling some up with this comment about the future of the party. >> if you're not rooted in principal, if you're listless vessels that follow what comes down on the pike, that's not a durable movement. >> martha: the first revelations from two irs whistle-blowers forced the justice department to bring charges against hunter biden, which they had no plan to do until the whistle-blowers took the stage. we'll talk to their team next. >> the take-away doj has made a mess of this hunter biden situation. i fault david weiss. seems like this is happening in a reaction nary posture. he's backtracked only in response to the whistle-blowers. veteran homeowners. prices are going up fast. the grocery store and the gas station alone are taking a big chunk out of our paychecks. fortunately, you've earned the valuable va home loan benefit. the newday100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value, not just 80%. and with home values near record highs, that could mean a lot of money. let newday turn your home's equity into cash. 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>> thanks, mike, very much. so irs whistle-blower gary shapley's attorney mark lytle joins me again now. good to have you with us. what is your reaction to this that came out over the weekend? big stuff. >> thanks, martha. thanks for having me on today. my overall reaction with this information that has come out from the politco and "new york times" articleses is that david weiss has to go. he cannot be the special counsel in this case. every day there's new re-lations about mr. -wise and the way he's handled this case. it's come out now that he first thought there should be no charges in this case. then he reacted when the whistle-blowers came out and came up with this special deal, the two misdemeanors with no jail time. now we hear threats that show the defense team was threatening to put president biden on the stand. to say that is a threat shows that what is that going accomplish in the head of the executive branch would be testifying in a trial against the department of justice. it means weiss has to go. a special counsel from outside the government, outside the department of justice has to be put in here to handle the case. >> martha: yeah, i thought it was stunning the point that you just made. that david weiss, we now have learned, according to this information, that he never had any intention to bring any charges in this case, not the gun charges, not the tax charges. he was going to let it go away until your client, gary shapley, who we'll talk to tomorrow in this program, until he and his colleague actually came forward. that says a lot, doesn't it? when somebody came forward and told the truth then the prosecutor decided that they would say, yes, this is an ongoing investigation and put it in high gear? >> yeah, martha. the whistle-blowers have been right all along. they've been tested and produced documents. the department of justice hasn't produced any information. now through what the defense has given to the media, actually we're getting a good look in to what was going on between these plea negotiations. the fact that this has never been told before, but apparently clark, chris clark, hunter biden's attorney, went over weiss' head to appeal weiss and he got a meeting at the deputy attorney general's office on april 26 of this year. just one week after my letter to select committees on congress revealed that there was a whistle-blower ready to come forward. all of these facts show weiss is not the person that should be able to give the american public the confidence that this matter is getting looked into tho thoroughly and properly. >> martha: you know, you point out that he went over his head, which just tells me looking at that that he knew that he had leverage. because of who his client was. he knew he could push this system around. all along we've been hearing from the white house it was completely hands off and that nobody was interfering with this investigation. how should we believe that? >> there's no way to know it, no way to believe it. there's no truth, no openness here about what was happening. i would add that what came out, leslie wolf, the chief obstructionist to the agents ininvestigative steps that they wanted to take that would lead to joe biden or other folks, she stopped those things and she's the one that turns out is the architect of the plea that came out. then they took her back even though the plea, she negotiated, they took her off the play and brought new attorneys on, which gave the american public the perception there were new eyes on this. there wasn't. it was her plea. >> martha: what i find remarkable and going to take to gary shapley tomorrow, no one has said they're not telling the truth. once they spoke, that's when everybody started to cover their you know what. because they had to get behind that story. they never said these people are not telling the truth, right? >> it's going to come out what gary shapley, joe zeigler have said, weiss went to d.c., went to l.a. and was turned down. that will come out. eventually it will come out and prove even more that the whistle-blowers are right on this. the fact that he got appointed special counsel means that d.c. and l.a. turned him down, which contradict what's he told congress. there's all kinds of problems with weiss. he needs to step down. >> martha: okay. all right. we'll speak to your client tomorrow. thanks, mark. >> thanks for having me. >> martha: you bet. so florida governor ron desantis live on "the story" on his strategy for the first republican showdown in milwaukee and how he plans to close the gap on the former president next. pano ai chooses t-mobile for business for 5g solutions... ...because t-mobile helps pano ai innovate, so they can stop the spread of wildfires. now's the time to see what america's largest 5g network can do for your business. he snores like an angry rhino. you've never heard an angry rhino. baby i hear one every night... every night. okay. i'll work on that. save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add a base. shop now only at sleep number. my a1c was up here; now, it's down with rybelsus®. his a1c? 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trump and d.c. insiders feel he's entitled to your vote. ron desantis believes your trust should be earned and he has the vision plan and record to beat joe biden and reverse the direction of our country." let's bring in ron desantis, republican presidential candidate. governor, good to have you with us. thanks for joining us today. >> pleasure to be with you. >> martha: so tell me a little bit about that comment that you made over the weekend. we played it in its full context. i know you felt in some cases it was taken out of context. if it was misinterpreted, explain to us what you meant in that. >> well, martha, every republican voter's ever come in contact with, whether they're strong for trump, luke warm or anything in between, once has to stand on principal when you get elected or if you're involved in this process. one of the big problems with our party for many, many years is people say they're going to do certain things and then don't end up following through. so at the end of the day, it's what are we delivering for the people that have put us in office. in the state of florida, i can say i have delivered more for america first principals than anybody else in the country. i mean, we've prohibited the ccp from purchasing land. we've cracked down on illegal immigration. we got indoctrination out of our schools. we've remove sorros backed district attorneys. it's about results. the people that have attacked me and said that i was a rino, they're putting entertainment and personality over principle. our voters want us to stand on principal and fight for them. >> martha: what do you think about the fact that the former president won't be on the debate stage and you won't get to put this directly to him? >> everybody should debate. everybody has a responsibility to earn people's votes. nobody is entitled to anything in this world. i'm going to be there, i'm going to be making the case. this is a great opportunity. i don't think have many people over the summer have been following it that closely. this is the first time where candidates can speak unfiltered to a large number of americans. i'm going to make the case that under joe biden, this country is in decline. we need to send him back to delaware and reverse the country's decline. i have proven it. i have done it in the state of florida and i won't let people down as next president. >> martha: there was a memo that leaked from the pak side, i believe. in it it said that you should take a sledge hammer to vivek ramaswamy. is that what you plan to do on wednesday night? >> well, so that is not part of -- that is a separate entity. i had nothing to do with it. it's not something i have read or reflective of my strategy. we'll talk about what we're going to do for the country across a wide variety of issues. we'll be ready. with donald trump not being there, it's not secret that i will be the guy that people will come after. certainly that's been true since i got re-elected as governor, whether it's biden-harris administration, the liberal media and a lot of these other candidates. we'll be ready to go. we'll be standing our ground and fighting back. >> martha: what about chris christie? you know, he's also come at you pretty hard. you expect there's some moments where you're going to want to put him in his place? he's doing very well in new hampshire. he surpassed you in some polls in new hampshire. he's not engaging at all in iowa. >> well, look, bring it on. people can do what they want. i can tell you this, martha. of anyone on the stage, i'm the only one whose sole purpose is running to be the 47th president of the united states. i'm not running to be vice president or in the cabinet and i'm not running to be a contributor on cable news. we're running to win. we're going to show people that we'll get the job done. >> martha: so just quick thought on iowa. there's a lot of undecided voters in iowa. it's shooking when you look at how people engage in the caucus process. it's tens of thousands as opposed to the general election. a quick thought on how you'll get out more people than that on your side? >> we already have 99 counties organized with the political oper operation. we have close to 11,000 that have committed in the caucus. we're in the summer before. most people are not paying attention yet. we're going to earn it. the last poll show i had the highest favorability of any candidates and donald trump and i were neck and neck in terms of who would they consider. so we're going to go earn it and we look forward to doing it the next five months. >> martha: very quickly, governor, before i let you go. any thought on why the former president doesn't want to debate you and everyone else? >> you know, you'll have to ask him. i think he's had some great opportunity to come out and do this. i think he owes it to people. i don't think our voters, even people that appreciate what he did -- i appreciated a lot of what he did, too. i don't think they looked kind on on someone that doesn't think they have to earn it. i was a blue collar kid. i didn't have anything handed to me. in america, you work hard, you get ahead. that's what we should be showing for people. not displaying a sense of entitlement. >> martha: governor ron desantis, thanks very much. good to have you here today. we look forward to seeing you here in milwaukee on wednesday night. many thanks. >> thank you. looking forward to it. >> on a new episode of the untold story, i talk to two candidates, new jersey chris christie and doug burgrum. download that this afternoon on your way home from the fox news podcast. the republican voters talk about their top issues that they want to hear about wednesday night as we head to the first republican debate in milwaukee. our ears connect us to the moments that matter. give them the nutrients they need with lipo. it's formulated with ingredients clinically shown to protect your ears from dizziness, ear ringing, and even hearing loss. never miss a moment with lipo flavonoid. i'm saving with liberty mutual, mom. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. you could save $700 dollars just by switching. ooooh, let me put a reminder on my phone. on the top of the pile! oh. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the first time you made a sale online with godaddy was also the first time you heard of a town named dinosaur, colorado. we just got an order from dinosaur, colorado. start an easy to build, powerful website for free with a partner that always puts you first. start for free at godaddy.com >> martha: two kays away from the first gop presidential debate here in milwaukee. let's touch base with some republican voters on what they watch for wednesday night. we have alex diaz from arizona. jennifer sorotto who lives here in wisconsin, jamari green and chris lawrence live here in wisconsin. great to have you with us. thanks so much. exciting to be here. i appreciate you coming out. you all indicated that you have voted for republican supporters of president trump. so my first question is how many of you are looking at wednesday night as considering voting for some of these other candidates? raise your hand if you're open to the other candidates. everybody. except for you. are you going to stick with the former president? >> i sticking with trump unless something happens and then i will probably go to ron desantis. >> martha: okay. let me go to you, alex, in the back. when you look at these candidates, what do you want -- what is the main thing that you're looking for when you listen wednesday night? >> i'm looking for people to talk about their plan for the economy no, matter how much joe biden and the democrats try to spin it, the economy isn't working. you ask americans and they're spending 20, 25% more at the store every week. it's hurting me as a college student. my parents are surprised at the price of their bill at costco. so tackle inflation and make sure the economy works for americans. >> martha: everybody is nodding at that, right? we all feel that. so everything is more expensive. doesn't seem to be getting any easier to get ahead in the country at this point. so you know, my question -- jen, why are you considering other candidates since president trump is running again? why are you looking elsewhere? >> you know, at this point i'm undecided. i want to hear what everybody has to say. i wanted to listen to policy instead of attacking each other. i want to hear policies and see what other people have to offer as well. nothing against donald trump. i would support him if he were elected as the main candidate. but i'm interested in others. you know? >> jamari, what do you think about the fact that he shows not to come? does that bother you? >> no, with everything he has going on right now, i feel like this is the last of his worries in trying to make sure that he moves in aisle. he's still leading in the polls. this is all the calm before the storm for him right now. once we figure out what is happening in d.c. and georgia -- >> martha: if he were to be convicted, how would that impact your thinking? >> it doesn't -- wouldn't impact my thinking at all. i think as a party, i don't want to shoot within inside my own tent. who is our main candidate, that's who i'm going to be supporting for 2024. >> martha: what about you? doesn't bother you? he's convicted, how does it impact your decision? >> if convicted, no, i'd still consider voting for him. i agree with what he said. i support the nominee will be. even if he is the nominee, i support him. >> martha: why do you feel that way? >> i think that the left is really trying to use anything they can against him. i think as republicans, just need to stand up and say hey, that's not okay and we're going to support him. >> martha: chris, tell me about who else you primarily looking at. do you have anybody that you're thinking you're leaning toward at this point? >> i'm going with ron desantis. he has the record, the proven track record. he's the one guy that can hire the right people and also execute on legislation. he understands policy and understands government is boring. to get things from a to z, he's shown how to do that in florida. that differences him from donald trump who doesn't take interest in policy. but he's very good on policy. they agree on 95% of the things. you have to hire people and execute. that means you have to put the right people in place. ron desantis has proved that more than just by everybody on that stage. that's why i'm going with him. >> martha: so you know, and that's why he has better qualities. that's why you'd choose him over the former president? >> at the end of the day, to achieve a conservative agenda, you have to put the right people in place that knows how to work the system to get things done. he's proven that in florida. it's very competent government. that's what i'm voting for, competent government. all the people on stage tomorrow and trump is the most competent out of everyone running. >> martha: chris, you support former president trump. >> i do. >> martha: what do you think about the fact that he chose not to participate in the debate? >> he's got a lot going on right now. i think it would just be added stress. because as much as we like to look at him and think this guy is never stressed out, he has to be. he has a good poker face. and i just don't see how he can do with coming with this and dealing with what is going on in his life right now. and again, he doesn't need to be here. he's got a huge majority already. so i don't think anybody is going to stop thinking about trump just because all of these other people around the stage on wednesday. >> martha: so do you think -- i'm curious. i think a lot of people ask this question of their friends and family. so in the end looking into your crystal ball, you think it will be trump and biden running against each other? you think both of them will make it through this process? raise your hand if you think yes. three yes, three no. who do you think it will be? >> i will say that -- i think it will be desantis even though he's not my personal frontrunner. i think time and time again it shows that as a party, we like to throw a wild card in there. i think desantis will be the wild card. like chris hit on, a lot of what desantis has done, he's delivered a lot of results. that's what americans need right now. the past four years, we have these rose-colored glasses of things painted pretty over trash. >> trump is the favorite. realistic, he's the favorite right now. desantis' best chance making this a two-person race before iowa. if he can do that, he'll have the best chance. right now with so many people, it's difficult. if he is de facto an incumbent -- >> martha: yeah, that's an unusual situation. you have a former president who is running again. so he starts off with an enormous advantage having had the job before. thank you so much to all of you. it's very hot ott here. thank you for hanging in there on this muggy day in milwaukee. great to be with you. thanks very much for coming. nice to have you. so virginia governor glenn youngkin is coming up next talking about his gender identity guidelines. the major battle he's involved in over parental rights. >> one of the things that fairfax county is not complying with is bathroom use and locker room use based on biological sex instead of gender. that's for the safety of all students. it would be interesting to ask parents across the county do you want male and female student to be sharing bathrooms together. veteran homeowners know it's getting harder and harder to make ends meet. credit card rates are averaging 22% and still climbing. even car and truck loans can be 15%. but newday's rates are a fraction of that. the newday 100 va cash out loan lets you use the equity in your home to pay off high rate credit cards and car loans. and you can save $500 a month. that's $6,000 a year. you won't overpay for glasses if you shop at america's best. they offer two pairs and a free, quality eye exam starting at just $79.95. i can see from your expression that you find that shocking. ...aaaaaaaand, you don't have ears. book an exam today at americasbest.com. 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you're seeing parents react. these are not just republican parents. these are parents that are frustrated with the fact that the dignity and safety and privacy of all children and families is not being ensured by the old policies that push parents out of their children's lives. this is exactly what we saw in loudoun county where in fact it became a true ground zero of the parents movement. now we're seeing it in fairfax county and others, this is a parent moment, not a political moment. they will in fact comply with the law and stop thinking that they know more than parents. >> martha: let me ask you about the secure the vote effort in virginia. you also were discussing this with governor kemp working on a similar program for republicans to work on getting the vote in early and mail-in vote. you're trying to change the way people look at this on your side of the aisle, right? >> martha, we have critical elections this year in virginia. we have mid-terms. our entire house and senate is up. we have to hold our house. i want to flip our senate. this is so important to the future agenda in virginia, which has been so suckful to date. we can accelerate and go faster. getting republicans off the sidelines and having them fully engaged in the entirety of the election process through early voting and through absent tee voting. we launched secure your vote virginia.com. we're talking to voters about making a plan to vote early. worked great in georgia last year. we brought the team to virginia. they wrote the first edition. we're writing the second edition. we'll demonstrate next year in 2024 that they can adopt the virginia plan and we can win early voting around the country. we're going to do it first in virginia this year. these are crucial elections for us. we're going to hold our house, flip our senate and demonstrate in a very short 24 months, a state that was extremely blue withstand up and turn red. >> martha: that has a lot of people paying attention to your future. you said the last time we spoke, you wouldn't consider anything until after that november election. you have things to accomplish in virginia. this didn't go unnoticed. the vcu poll shows you beating joe biden in a head-to-head virginia in a presidential matchup. you're at 44 and he's at 37. this is a state that joe biden won by ten points over donald trump. there's also reporting this week that shows that there's major gop donors because they're waiting to see if you would be a late entrant to the presidential race. what do you say? 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