To protect our borders and to protect our country. Julie doug mcelway is live from the white house this morning. Bill were headed for another major showdown immigration after the president signaled his intention to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship saying it lures many illegals here for the purpose of producing anchor babies. President trump you can do it with an act of congress, but now theyre saying i can do it just with an executive order. How ridiculous, were the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits. Its ridiculous. Its ridiculous and it has to end. Sarah sanders was asked just this morning what Legal Authority the white house is citing to sign this executive order when many legal scholars says the 14th amendment can only be done through another constitutional amendment. There are a number of things allowed under the law. Were looking at all those. I go back the president shouldnt have to do any of these things alone. Democrats are failing to work with the president. He has laid out a number of different pieces of legislation that congress could have easily addressed the problems and fix our system and they failed to do so. Immigration experts note we have birthright tourism in this day and age where foreign women get a tourist visa, stay with organizations that provide lodging, birthing services. Their newborn child becomes a citizen and eventually the parents do, too, through chain migration. Still the president is meeting with stiff resistance over this proposal not coming just from the democrats. You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order. I think in this case the 14th amendment is pretty clear and that would involve a very, very lengthy constitutional process. The president will not be able to take away the birthright by executive order or legislation. That birthright is there. It is the 14th amendment of the constitution. Senator Lindsey Graham is among the president s supporters tweeting yesterday in addition i plan to introduce legislation along the same lines as the proposed executive order from the president. There is no doubt a real political component to this as well. The white house has seen how these repeated images of the caravans coming through mexico has instilled a fire within the Republican Base and with just six days to go now until election day they want to keep that fire alive and this is one way to do that. Bill want to bring in charlie hurt right now, opinion editor washington times. How are you doing . Good morning, happy halloween. Bill your costume looks great as julie would say. Im dressed up as a respectable person, a stretch for me. Bill nice tie. What is the strategy behind this in the final week do you think, charlie . I think obviously the idea of ending birthright citizenship is not for a long time it was not a terribly controversial idea. It was an idea espoused by Many Democrats as well as republicans. The way its been interpreted you have to do something to change that if you want to end it. And we can debate about what the 14th amendment actually says. But i do think that paul ryan is right about one thing, that is that if President Trump does it through an executive order it will cause Court Challenges. If you have a Court Challenge and simply an executive order it will be on much shakeier ground than if you do it legislatively. The problem is not just democrats. Republicans have ignored this issue, have ignored the will of voters for a very long time, and tried to ignore the entire issue of immigration for a very long time. So it really is a problem for both parties. Bill might be a Court Challenge before the sun goes down. Lindsey graham is a fan and here is what he said. Finally a president willing to take on this absurd policy of birthright citizenship. Policy is a magnet for illegal immigration out of the mainstream of the developed world and needs to come to an end. He is proposing legislation. You see that going anywhere . I dont know if i dont see much of anything happening on capitol hill in the next two years, if democrats even just come close to taking over the house. Let alone if they actually take over the house. I think most of the action well see is on federal courts in the senate. But Lindsey Graham is right. Donald trump should be commended for the fact he is the first president in a long time to understand what an important issue this is to voters. And you may disagree with those voters but the fact remains they have very significant concerns about illegal immigration and the degree to which policies like this attract further illegal immigration. Bill my suggestion is that Lindsey Graham and the president and the white house knew. They had a strategy going into this week for this rollout. Well see about that. We asked you to pick one race, charlie, that perhaps tells the story about the whole country. You chose interestingly enough the state of florida and the governors race down there that now pits ron desantis with gillum. Why this governors race that will be featured later tonight in florida, charlie . There is no state in the country that is more evenly divided than florida. We remember that with the 2000 president ial election and every big contest since then. Florida has played a significant determinative role in that. What you have here is an andrew gillum, a true Bernie Sanders style socialistic democrat running against an absolute trump acolyte. Somebody who is very much in favor of trumps policies. Theyre going headtohead. An interesting matchup. Bill why not pick the senate rate with bill nelson against rick scott . Equally interesting. I think both of those of course, that one will have the senate race will have a whole lot of impact on whether republicans pick up a seat in the senate, lose a seat. They could lose the senate. My hunch is that they will pick up a seat or two but both of those races are going to be fascinating to watch. Bill well play stump the anchor later. Thank you, charlie. Nice to see you in washington julie three more funerals planned today for the victims of the deadly shooting rampage at a pittsburgh synagogue just a day after President Trump and the first lady both visited the city to pay their respects. David lee miller has the latest from pittsburgh. The president tweeted about the visit moments ago. Melania and i were treated very nicely in pittsburgh. The office of the president was shown Great Respect on a sad and solemn day. We were treated so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us. It was staged far away. He then went on to say that coverage of the event, much of it, any way, was fake news. What happened yesterday, the president came to pittsburgh with the first lady. His daughter ivanka and soninlaw jared kushner. They spent about four hours in pittsburgh to show solidarity and support for the community. The democratic governor and mayor turned down an offer to accompany mr. Trump. Republican congressman paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell did not make the trip citing what they described as scheduling conflicts. At the tree of life synagogue where on saturday 11 people were shot and killed, the president was welcomed and joined by the rabbi. As is jewish custom mr. Trump placed a number of rocks brought from the white house on a makeshift memorial. The first family also brought with them flowers. Later the president met with the widow of one of the shooting victims and several Police Officers one who had been shot seven times. During the visit hundreds of protestors took to the streets. Many accused mr. Trump of fueling an atmosphere of hate and they turned their back on him as the motorcade drove by. A less vocal group welcomed the president ial visit. This grieving city was left divided. I think the president s visit was very much a distraction. I think it detracts from our ability as a neighborhood to go and mourn. If they didnt come they would Say Something like he didnt have the decency to come. The next few hours three more funerals are scheduled to take place. Laid to rest will be 88yearold melvin wax and 69yearold irving younger. Tomorrow the alleged shooter will have another appearance in court and will appear in federal court here. The prosecution says at that time some of the evidence in this case will likely be presented. Back to you. Julie david lee miller, thank you. Bill 11 past the hour. Moving back to washington President Trumps legal team getting written answers together for bob muellers russia matter. How close are we to the end of that probe . Committee member darrell issa will answer that live. Julie Tragedy Strikes a family in the heartland, three Young Children hit and killed on their way to school and what we know about the cause of this fatal crash. He lost all of his kids. What do you tell your little brother . Tell your little brother that it will get better . You cant. When your blankets freshness fades before the bingewatching begins. Thats when you know, its halfwashed. Next time, add downy fabric conditioner. Downy conditions fibers with a longlasting fresh scent. So your blanket will stay fresh through next weeks finale. Downy and its done. Julie fox news alert. A new report revealing special Counsel Robert Mueller referred to the f. B. I. An alleged attempt to smear him and discredit the russia investigation. Federal investigators have been asked to look into a possible scheme to get women to make false accusations of Sexual Misconduct and harassment against him. Now in a rare Public Statement mueller said the following, when we learned last week of allegations that women were offered money to make false claims about the special counsel we immediately referred the matter to the f. B. I. For investigation. The written questions to muellers President Trump its ridiculous i have to do anything because we didnt do anything. But we will probably do something, yes, we will respond to some questions. Bill President Trump the other day insisting there was no collusion between his campaign and russia in the election of 2016. Fox news confirming the president s lawyers are drafting a set of answers for bob mueller into the investigation. The answers could be submitted next week, maybe after the election on tuesday. California congressman daryl issa retiring from his seat. What your retirement what about the drafting of questions . Do you think its real . I do. I think were near the end of any possible investigation. As you know, the president made virtually his entire staff available, waived many of the privileges, including Attorney Client privilege to allow them to testify and provided more than a million documents. So this last part, interrogatories as they are usually called, where they ask specific questions. They may have of the president and he is free to answer them or claim a privilege or partially answer them. Thats typical and i suspect that rudy giuliani, a skilled u. S. Attorney, is preparing to answer the questions that can be answered to bring this to a conclusion. Bill so giuliani would only be doing this, you believe, to end it its the right reason. At the end of an investigation if there are Unanswered Questions or want something clarified or want something for the record that has the weight of oath, an interog tore is appropriate. Only in extreme cases do you actually depose highranking public officials. The president , with rare exception, would be the hardest to even consider. Especially when mueller doesnt have even one person that has been charged with any crime related to collusion with the russians in during the campaign. Bill interesting point and well hang onto that. Midterms are six days away. Who knows what happens in the new year . Have you considered the fate of Jeff Sessions . I think we all have. You know, the president is not satisfied with his attorney general. He hasnt been particularly aggressive in getting the system working the way he would like it to. It could just be he doesnt have the managerial skills and obviously Rod Rosenstein is too busy, quite frankly, running this investigation and doing other things to do what the normal number two does, which is be the operation manager. So i think the president really does have to look at that organization and get it doing everything it is supposed to do, including enforce civil rights and all kinds of other activities that this vast network does. Bill talk about the campaign now for tuesday. You are out, Hillary Clinton won your district by nine points two years ago. It was interesting to figure out who the 8 or 9 people out of every 100 and voted for me were. Bill do you think this is a district lost to democrats this time . It will be a difficult district for that very reason, that i held it because people believed in what i was doing. Its a little harder for a newcomer to have the same effect. But you have the opposite here in northern virginia. Barbara comstock has been independent. She has done a good job. She has been hard working in her duties, traveled, done everything youre supposed to do and now theyre trying to line her up with donald trump when, in fact, she has really been a longstanding public servant. Well see there where its much more of an incumbent doing a good job, will she be able to hold on. Bill that country shifts more blue every time we vote. Comstock seems to be trailing there. Are you suggesting she can pull this out . She was trailing a couple years ago. She was trailing when she ran the first time. The polls havent been very accurate because this is a tenacious, hard working public servant. She served as a senior staff member of my old committee, the oversight committee. She has done investigations. This is somebody who has a long history of connecting with the voters. So the polls dont always reflect the real feeling for Barbara Comstock. I was driving to middleburg yesterday and all i saw were the Barbara Comstock posters up on private property. Something that says a lot about how the people of rural virginia feel about her. Bill well watch that and california, too. You could get five or eight races that go deep into the night if not beyond. Darrell issa in washington julie one of americas most notorious gangsters Whitey Bulger found dead in his jail cell and new details how he died and who was behind it. Bill could new rounds of peace talks be around the corner . Why the trump plan could be back on the table. Live in jerusalem on that today. Endless shrimp is on at red lobster. For just fifteen ninetynine you get all the shrimp you want, any way you want them. And now savory parmesan shrimp scampi is back new sesameginger shrimp is here, too. But hurry in, endless shrimp ends november eighteenth. When mit rocked our world. Ailed we called usaa. And they greeted me as they always do. Sergeant baker, how are you . They took care of everything a to z. Having insurance is something everyone needs, but having usaa now thats a privilege. Julie new efforts underway to bring the palestinians back to the negotiating table to hammer out a peace plan with israel. Relations between washington and the palestinians have been frozen since President Trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital and moved the American Embassy there from tel aviv. An authority official says palestinians would need to see major policy reversals from President Trump in order for them to participate in any u. S. Led peace negotiations. Two days ago the palestinian president announced he rejects the trump administrations efforts between the palestinians and israel. A Senior Palestinian officials says until the u. S. Embassy is moved back to tel aviv and the u. S. Stops supporting israeli settlements. Both of the policy reversals are highly unlikely and new questions about how President Trump will be able to implement his deal of the century as sentions are high in the region among months of clashes on the gaza border and the west bank. Three palestinian teens were killed by a israeli drone strike. There were strikes by the israeli air force. Amid rising tension President Trump has said that his support for israel remains unwavering. You look at the palestinians and say if President Trump keeps up the proisrael policies theyre unwilling to participate in any peace talks led by the United States leading to a stalemate in the region. Julie thank you so much. Bill fox news alert. 26 past the hour. Four minutes away. Opening bell on wall street after a big bounce yesterday. A nice rebound. Early word is we may see more of the same in a moment. We got a tweet from the west wing that well share whats on the president s mind on this in a moment. Julie all right. Plus this. President trump speaking up embarking on his final midterm push with nearly a dozen rallies to go before the elections. Where he is headed this week. President trump the choice for every american this november is between resistance and results. Bill interesting to watch opening bell on wall street a moment away and we should see a strong open here. Stocks moving higher, this a day after they moved higher yet again. It has been one heck of a month for october. Up and down daybyday. You go back to the second of october, the dow 30 was around 26,900. A few days ago you were down around 24,300 for the low. A swing of 2600 points in a matter of weeks. President tweeting on this a moment ago, stock market up more than 400 yes