on the as a little closer to home. >> i will not yield. >> president biden field testing a new nickname for the republican platform. >> it's megamaga trickle down. >> president biden is celebrating that his plan to forgive or cancel some student loan debt is surviving court challenges. >> just yesterday, state court and the supreme court said no, we're on biden's side. >> and he's chastising critics. >> ted cruz, the great senator from texas, he said it's for slackers that don't deserve relief. >> who in the hell do they think they are? >> today's remarks in delaware where the president plans to stay all weekend. a fox brain room count finds that president biden spent 76 weekends away from the white house, outpacing president trump's 54 weekends away at this point in his presidency. >> we're here at dell state. it's a special place in my heart. >> every day at home is a day not spent in a swing state. president biden is expressing confidence act his side's chances in the november elections. >> back and forth with them ahead, us ahead, them ahead. back and forth. the polls have been all over the place. i think that we're going to see one more shift back to our side the closing days. >> at a private high dollar fund raiser last night, president biden said of the senate, we need 53 votes. but he insists he's not trying to call democrats joe manchin and krysten sinema unreliable. >> i'm just getting greedy. >> he's giving himself high marks on a major mid-term issue that we haven't heard a ton about at the white house lately. >> ahead of these mid-terms, how big of an issue is crime? >> i think it's a real issue. i think we have a great record on it. >> crime is the second top issue voters are most concerned about in a resent fox news poll trailing only inflation. even though president biden is not one of these democrats calling to defund the police, it's unclear if voters are satisfied with his approachso far. rich? >> peter doocy live from a beautiful evening on the north lawn of the white house. peter, thank you. it was a big day on wall street with investors optimistic about the possibility of smaller interest rate hikes over the next few months. the do you surged 749. the s&p 500 was up 87. the nasdaq jumped 245. markets enjoyed their best week since june. the dow was up 5 points. the s&p gained 4 3/4. the nasdaq finished ahead 5 1/4. leading off tonight's mid-term spotlight, philadelphia's progressive district attorney talks about efforts to impeach him over the city's crime problem. that issue has been a key talking point in the hotly contested pennsylvania senate race. bryan llenas takes a look tonight from philadelphia. >> john fetterman wants to release convicted murderers from prison. >> public safety is why i ran for office. >> the pennsylvania senate race could come down to crime. according to philadelphia's district attorney, larry krasner, the current bipartisan effort to impeach him has nothing to do with his progressive policies and everything to do with republican efforts to elect dr. mehmet oz. >> they only want to look at pennsylvania. we're looking right now at philly. >> republicans say it haas everything to do with krasner. since he was elected d.a., the city's murder rate is up 70% while retail theft, armed robbery, property and violent crime all continue to surge. no wonder why dr. oz's campaign is reminding voters today that his opponent, john fetterman, endorsed krasner saying fetterman said he was excited about krasner's criminal reforms and call his new conviction integrity unit ground breaking. jameer larry was convicted of murdering a 45-year-old man in 2012. under krasner's regime, he was released after saying he was "likely innocent." tonight harris is accused of shooting charles gisset in the back of the head last month. >> this system right here proves that this doesn't work. this does not work. they need a program nor the victims of people like jameer harris. >> harris turned himself in today. as for his 2012 murder exoneration, the judge involved in that decision last year was very critical of larry krasner's office's handling of that case and as well on top of that, they were very skeptical of the investigation that led to harris' release. rich? >> bryan llenas live in philly. thanks, bryan. conservative groups are asking why federal prosecutors are going after anti-abortion protesters and ignoring pro life and pregnancy counselling center attacks. david spunt has more from the justice department. >> the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, fbi officials began seeing an increase in attacks specifically on pro life-related businesses. this includes pregnancy resource centers. broken glass and spray painted warnings covered these centers across the country. while the fbi has seen an increase in attacks, prosecutions are nonexist tent under a law called the face act passed in 1994, it punishes people that use or threaten to use force to injure, intimidate or interfere with anyone seeking either abortion services or pro life pregnancy counselling services. this year 26 people were indicted but none for attacks on pro life centers. over the summer, christopher wray told fox news the increase of pro life businesses is notable and concerns. >> there's a right way under our first amendment to express yourself. violence and destruction of property is not it. we have seen a number of attacks against faith-based organizations, pregnancy resource centers. >> the lack of prosecution has pro life organizations concerned with a message for attorney general merrick garland. >> i would say he should do his job and apply the law fairly and equally and look into these many dozens of attacks and see that, you know, groups are saying they're coordinated. >> rich, no comment from the department of justice on this story. we're told the department or the fbi, rather, across the street from doj is still investigating, rich. >> federal prosecutors did press charges on former trump adviser steve bannon for defying a congressional subpoena. his sentencing was today. could they use that same playbook with the former president? >> the house committee investigating january 6 actually lived up to its promise and formally subpoenaed the former president today. if he ignores that subpoena, we'll have to see if the department of justice would file charges in court as it did with steve bannon, the former presidential adviser. steve bannon was sentenced today to four months in federal prison for ignoring a doj subpoena and ignoring a congressional subpoena from last year. he doesn't have to serve that now while his appeal plays out in the lower courts, rich. >> david spunt from the justice department tonight. thank you, david. there's a report tonight that the documents seized from former president trump's florida estate contained classified secrets about iran and china. that's according to "the washington post." it writes "people familiar with the matter say the information could expose intelligence gathering methods." lindsey graham is asking the supreme court to step in after lower courts ordered him to testify to a georgia grand jury about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. graham contents his status as a senator gives him immunity. so far that argument has been rejected. in tonight's report on the border crisis, we have shocking pictures showing massive groups crossing overat night to smuggle migrants in the country with this woman's small child in the vehicle. bill melugin has the story from eagle pass, texas. >> exclusive images from the fox news thermal drone reveal a huge group of illegals entering into texas in the predawn morning. hundreds surrendering to the texas national guard amount scene that plays out every day. the migrants are single adult men from all around the world. the number of venezuelans crossing illegally has plummeted following a new dhs policy to expel them. as a result of that policy, the democrat-led city of el paso has announced it will no longer bus migrants to new york city or chicago. cite ago decrease in venezuelans crossing into their city. over the past several months, the federal government released more than 40,000 migrants in to el paso. that caused the city to spend millions of its own dollars to bus almost 14,000 migrants to other democrat-led cities. many of those migrants, venezuelans. >> the mayor stated he would no longer send buses to new york do to the decompression strategy. i think the team responded to this crises. >> the texas highway patrol. >> in the rio grande valley, a mother with her baby in the car was caught smuggling other immigrants. troopers popped the trunk and find another man crammed into a compartment underneath a stroller. the mom told the troopers that she was struggling them to san antonio. she was arrested and charged. >> as you can see from our live fox news drone, we have another small group of migrants crossing illegally in eagle pass as i speak. it's important to point out that we're 21 days in to the month of october and the federal government still has not released the border numbers for the month of september. those numbers are expected to show that we closed out fiscal year 2022 with 2.3 million migrant encounters, the highest numbers ever recorded. back to you. >> bill melugin live from eagle pass, texas. thank you. let's bring in fox news chief legal correspondent and the anchor of "fox news sunday," shannon bream. hi, shannon. >> good to see you, rich. >> good to see you, too. thanks for joining us. let's talk about the mid-terms and remind voter what's we're looking at poll-wise here. these are the polls that we have seen thus far, the most important issues, extremely or very concerned about according to fox news polling. inflation and higher prices. well-outpacing everything, 89%. higher crime, 79%. political divisions, ukraine, school, abortions, border security. it seems that message for republicans is really breaking through and these polls are tightening. >> it does. our polling shows on the top issues about inflation, the economy, crime, voters give a double digit advantage in favor of republicans. they want to keep talking about those things. the president had to meet it head on. we saw him talking about this around warning people -- he used the words crash, republicans will crash the economy if you give them a chance in november. he know what's the top issues are. they're not good issues for democrats. the polling has showed us that voter a sign blame at the white house. they think the president and his policies are to blame. his speech trying to tackle that head on knowing it's at the top of voter concerns. >> over the summer, democrats had motivation. that has waned from now. they have gotten criticism, but focused too much on abortion and not the other issues. >> that will drive their base. they're trying to get to female voters. they think that will be a big help. i spiked over the summer. we saw the congressional ballot, the flip in their direction. abortion has ticked down on the list. it's out of the top five for voters. we'll see if that momentum lasts. >> these seem like good topics. what do you have? >> i have rich edson. so excited you'll join us. we'll have these topics and more. we have senator mike lee that is in an interesting more contention race than republicans had hoped they would have to defend. he's running against evan mcmullen. he's made serious charges. we have senator lee with us. and congressman henry cuellar who tried to raise the alarm numerous times with the border. whether he's gotten help from the white house, we'll see. >> thanks, shannon. >> thanks, rich. >> up next, a look at the high tech weapons coming to the battlefield in ukraine. here's what some of our local affiliates are covering tonight. fox 61 in hartford, thousands gather for the funeral of officers killed in an a pair rent ambush. the service for the officers was held at the university of connecticut's football stadium. a widow of a former university of southern california football player sues the ncaa for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma. his widow says matthew gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage by blows to the head. he played for the 1990 rose bowl winning team. the ncaa said his death was caused by heavy drinking, drugs and other problems. a live look at honolulu. hawaii gets their first chick-fil-a restaurant. customers lined up at 4:00 a.m. three other locations are set to open in the coming months. that's tonight's live look across the beltway. 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>> molly line, thank you. tonight in our spotlight races, we take a look at other big races involving gop's divorce candidates. this fall, republican air force veteran jennifer ruth greene is hoping to unseat the incumbent. the race is a toss-up. and the federal election commission shows james has a big cash advantage in michigan. this race is likely republican. and we may be in the final months of the nancy pelosi era as house speaker. if republicans gain control of the chamber, she will lose the gavel and may decide to retire as well. tonight congressional correspondent chad pergram looks at some of the big changes that could be in store for the next congress. >> it's an understate to say that nancy pelosi is coy about her political future. >> do you intend to be here in the new congress as the speaker, the minority leader? >> i'm strictly focused on winning the next election. do you want to talk about that? >> democrats are in the dark. >> i think people are looking for a cue from the speaker. she probably wants to get through this election. >> pelosi sticks to a singular montra. >> first we win, then we decide. >> pelosi hinted this would be her last term when democrats talk ant term limits for leaders. >> whether it passes or not, i will abide by those limits that are there. >> but nothing is locked in. >> she's a master of using words that will mean certain things to specific people in the room and then say hey, check the receipts. i didn't say that. >> kevin mccarthy is look toing become speaker if republicans win the house. >> will you be speakner january? >> i believe so. when we win the majority, yes. >> mccarthy stumbled to be speaker after suggesting the gop only investigated benghazi to undercut hillary clinton. >> ever thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? we put together a bengasi special committee. >> he's one land mine away from blowing himself up. >> it's believed that mccarthy will succeed so long as former president trump backs him. by contrast, mitch mcconnell isn't in trump's good graces. >> mitch mcconnell is a disgrace. >> mcconnell could be on thin ice if the gop doesn't claim the majority. he insists he has the votes. >> i've been elected eight times without opposition. if anybody want to challenge me, have at it. >> if mcconnell is the gop leader next year, he will surpass mike mansfield as the longest serving senate party leader in history. rich? >> chad pergram on capitol hill. thank you. up next, how presidents nourish the environmental movement in the 70s and later, candidate casino. meet leon the third... leon the second... and leon... the first of them all. three generations, who all bank differently with chase. leon's saving up for his first set of wheels... nice try. really? 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>> well, you know, i hear a little desperation in the president's voice. what he's saying, yes, we democrats had a surge. yes, that surge seems to have disappeared. but there's still time for another one. hoping that things might change just again. the problem was the abortion surge ended, the late summer abortion surge ended because economic issued reasserted themselves. it was a terrible inflation report on september 13. we've had more after that. people realized it was not going to go away. the federal reserve was going to keep pushing and probably lead us closer toward a recession. and there's simply no good news on the horizon. the next 18 days that can help democrats. that's why i think you saw the president coming out today say if you elect republicans, they'll crash the commit. >> olivia, do the democrats have an impossible hand here? it's a mid-term. they have a tough economic picture on top of it. are they focusing on the right things here or are they just really playing an awful hand? >> democrats saw this sort of shift of the issues that they were focusing on. gun control and gun violence, they thought that would be big. they thought january 6 was going to be big. we see it shift away and to issues where voters have more support for republicans. there's a 10% advantage for republicans that think that republicans can handle the economy and inflation better than democrats can. that is a number 1 issue. so if there's a trust fall happen there, it's in republican's favor. >> rich: josh, we talked about how republicans -- democrats were focusing on the abortion issue. senator lindsey graham coming out with his 15-week abortion ban. perhaps the expense about talking about other issues how much has that hamstrung them? >> it's been an issue. they were very reactive on the economy. when gas prices went down, they thought they could take credit for that and that would hold them through november. clearly that's not been the case. it's not just gas prices but the price of other goods has gone up. inflation continues to be a top issue for voters. the other challenge is that the democratic candidates that are just talking about abortion, a lot of democrats have just thought abortion was the only issue that they needed to talk about because that's the only issue they had a big advantage on. a lot of voters care about the economy. the democrat that are not talking about the economy are finding themselves in a tough challenge. >> rich: byron, i want to focus on the pennsylvania race. it has all the national issues but this issue now with the democrat john fetterman suffering a stroke. that race has tightened substantially the last couple weeks. is that a product of what we're seeing nationwide or is it specific to his stroke issue? >> there's some specific issues. one, there is the question of his health. also the race is also tilted more towards some actual issues. dr. oz has gotten a lot of good response from an ad hitting fetterman on crime. obviously there's a debate next week, which will probably be certainly after the walker warnock debate the most watched senate debate this year. that will be a huge thing. you're right. dr. oz has been ticking upward, upward. latest poll show them tied. a lot of republicans were a little worried he could -- oz would climb, climb but maybe not quite get there. now it does appear he's almost there. >> olivier, you cover the hill. we were talking a little bit earlier about republicans only need a handful of seats to take control of the house. you saw chad pergram's piece. it's not a given this will be a seamless transition, that the republicans have their top leadership in place if they win control of the house. what does that look like? >> you're right. right now we're under the general assumption republicans believe that kevin mccarthy will be speaker. steve scalise will be the majority leader and then we get to the whip. that is interesting. you have three candidates with great resumes who are all competing after each other. let me tell you, it depends who you ask who has the lead. it's going to be very close. but then there's the conference chair race where you have elise stefanik and donalds. stefanik looks like she has a lead but has a challenger to her right. >> josh, back to the mid-terms. do democrats have any good stories that they can point to over the past week or so? >> the abortion story is one that got them a sugar high over the summer. that sugar high is fading. they need to have a good story on crime or at least a response to crime. because in many races including pennsylvania senate race, that is the biggest vulnerability. it's because many candidates, democrats nominated, are to the activist wing of the party when it comes to criminal justice reform. fetterman in pennsylvania, barnes in wisconsin. an oregon race where the democrat is in that spot. democrats can play defense effectively but they have to talk tougher on crime. they haven't had a story other than talking about funding the police. >> and they risk angering their base if they talk wrong about these issues. >> absolutely. we spent all 2020, much of 2021 hearing and alleged police abuses from democrats. even though many of them say i never supported defunding the police, many of them supported cutting funds for the police. maybe not zeroing it out but cutting funds for police, this is a record and republicans are hitting them over and over and over because they really did say that. >> rich: olivia, the president spoke about student loans today. how much do you think that moves the needle? >> it's beene democrats have do things to try to push for their agenda. there was the inflation reduction act, the child tax credits. doesn't look like it's moving voters. we'll see if this helps with the momentum heading into the final weeks. as of right now, the final pushes have not gained momentum. >> rich: it's friday night. let's go to the casino. place your bets. place your bets. we're looking at the mid-terms here. where are you allocating your $100 in very real money chips? >> the question being will we know the results immediately or not meaditely. i don't think it will be as bad as 2020, but i don't think we'll know the next day. so i'm betting $75 on no and $25 on yes. >> olivia, when are we going to know who is controlling what here? >> i agree with byron. i was a little more hawkish. i put 60 on no and 40 on yes. >> rich: josh? >> apparently i'm taking a riskier bet. i think we'll know the results early in the night. it's going to be a wave. looking more and more like a republican wave. if it's a healthy republican majority in the house, if they take the senate, we'll know early. >> rich: how about our winners and losers. byron? >> last week i made liz truss miloser. she had a terrible week. tonight she gets a coveted rare double loser award for having quit after 45 days. my winner is boris johnson, the former p.m., who may have the shortest exile in history if he can come back and win. >> rich: olivia? >> i'm a t-swift fan. maybe you woke up midnight to hear her new new album. that's a winner. the loser, a staffer making disparaging remarks about eric adams. he got fired. that's a loser. >> rich: not great. josh? >> my winner is lee zeldin, the nominee for new york. new poll shows that a single digit race, largely on the issue of crime these days. it's cutting the numbers against governor hochul. the loser, dan snyder. the owner of the commanders, the washington commanders. he may be the least popular person in washington right now. that's saying a lot because there's a lot of unpopular politicians these days. the nfl owners may force him to sell. it's been a bad 25 years. >> rich: that's a bad story. incredible >> it is friday and time for notable quotes for. >> should joe biden run again? i have a particular fondness i must tell you for electric school buses. i love electric school buses. >> i think it's all important there is no one. >> gas backwards. >> people are tired of being broke. >> using the strategic petroleu reserve to respond to their field policies. >> i am resigning. >> you said he is the greatest presidents of all time, he says he challenged nancy pelosi for leadership, but he goes on national tv and says that he loves her breath. >> the most dangerous thing facing georgia is brian kemp. >> ms. abrams doesn't want to talk about her own record. >> as a parent, you're always waiting on the call. >> i said i would have punched him out, i would've gone to jail , and i would've been happy to do so. >> that is it for a special report on washington. jesse watters primetime start right now. ♪ >> we all love ourselves a good reality tv show great you might not learn anything from them, but we love the drama. if you think about it, politics is one big reality show. they might as well call it the real housewives of the campaign trail. clintons, season one, every episode is another scandal. >> are you prepared to say you had an extramarital affair