ainsley: we re back with a fox news alert. all eyes are on the state of virginia today where the polls have just opened in the high stakes race for the governor. steve: republican, ed gillespie, screen left there, facing off against democrat ralph northam screen right. brian: stand back anchors, i m going to toss to griff. is he in the washington elementary school in alexandria, virginia where ed gillespie is expected to cast his vote. griff, there s your toss. good morning, guys. any minute here you see this poll ed gillespie expecting to show up the former rnc chairman did not campaign with president trump. but he is getting a lot of support just in the last hour. the president from across the world tweeting ralph northam will allow crime to be rampant in virginia. he is weak on crime. weak on our great vets. anti-second amendment. continuing horrible economy, vote ed gillespie today. now, gillespie trails northam. northam has a slight lead. and northam sought to make president tru
so then we circle back to diplomatic options and that s why president trump is pushing for diplomacy here. this visit to south korea is very important. but even more important are the meetings he will have with leaders of china and russia because it s china and russia that really have leverage over north korea. that s why this two week visit is so important for this crisis with north korea. brian: but they have to see the military hardware. they have to believe beyond the talking and beyond the diplomacy, colonel is, a legitimate military option. have you seen it? these guys the guys in charge or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary o secretary of de, the people that you know have you seen it? look i know general dunford and i think he has made a very clear statement of the fact to do certain things you have to have troops on the ground. this goes back, again, to clinton. clinton proposed the same thing. i mean, i have worked these options. i have walked the terr
former white house press secretary to the president of the united states donald trump and sean spicer. hi, sean. ainsley: hi, sean. good morning, happy election day. brian: little different than last one. well, no. i don t know. i think we had a great night last november and i feel really good how we re doing in virginia. i think ed gillespie, jill vogul and john adams will have a great day here in virginia. brian: what did they get wrong about ed gillespie so wrong in virginia. the republican party was not rallying around him then. is he still trailing almost all polls now. what do they have wrong about him in virginia? well, look, i think virginia has been a state that s close at the end every time. this was the case when ken ken cuccinelli ran for governor. trump claimed within five. i think northern virginia is tough to read in terms of turnout. have you seen the momentum shift in ed s direction the last several weeks. he was down, apparently double digits then within 5. po
cities. gillespie get rid of ms-13 and the gangs in northern virginia. i m here for my kids. i just had a grandchild. i want safety first. pete: you both mentioned we were talking earlier the monuments issue, too. you don t think we should be erasing history. that s been a big dynamic from. everyone we hear national issues making their way to virginia. again, these two think that ed gillespie will pull it out just like they thought president trump would pull it out. big time. pete: we will see if their prognostication is correct. we are talking to folks here at mary s restaurant in virginia beach. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: thanks, pete. coming up next, former white house press secretary sean spicer is going to join us live. steve: plus, franklin graham will be here. dana loesch and country star craig morgan. it s a busy tuesday when we return from new york city in two minutes video-game dance music
i think they will stay radio silent. a number of things at play here. one is they have been cloud disto a certain level because of these empty threats they have been doing. mattis the secretary of defense and joe dunford the chairman have made it clear military options on the table. a number of what we call shows of force, don t do anything silly. the other thing i would adhere, i don t disagree with what david is saying here. what i think president reagan did everything he could to collapse the soviet union so that the wall came down. that s what we have to look at here a technical state of war exists between us and the north koreans and frankly the united nations. and by the way the north koreans have walked away from that agreement several times. we have to do what s necessary to bring peace to the region, stability without prompting a war and i think that s what president trump would like to do.