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00:00Three big stories we're watching today.
00:03Disturbing findings in the first official review of January's deadly Los Angeles wildfires.
00:08It says first responders faced not only extreme winds, but aging equipment, outdated policies
00:13and staffing shortages.
00:17Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin is due in court Monday as the Justice Department weighs
00:21adding federal charges against Tyler Robinson.
00:26And New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikey Sherrill denies involvement in a cheating
00:31scandal and claims the Trump administration leaked her military records to help Republican
00:36Jack Cittarelli.
00:39Good afternoon.
00:40I'm John Scott.
00:41And this is the Fox report.
00:51We will have more on those stories in a moment, but first President Trump authorizing the deployment
00:55of troops to Portland, Oregon to protect ice facilities.
00:59Republican Congressman Roger Williams of Texas is here to react.
01:03And we start with Madeline Rivera at the White House.
01:06Madeline.
01:07Good afternoon, John.
01:08President Trump has been critical of Portland saying it's filled with paid agitators.
01:12That is despite the state's governor saying there is no national security threat in the
01:16city.
01:17He's directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to provide troops to Portland and any other
01:23ice facilities that he says are under siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists.
01:28He says he's authorizing full force if necessary.
01:31It's unclear what that effort would entail because the Posse Comitatus Act bans the use of federal
01:35troops as a police force.
01:37Today's action reminiscent of what took place in June when the president deployed troops to
01:41Los Angeles in response to those immigration protests.
01:45The president has been cracking down on left-leaning groups in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination.
01:50Earlier this week, he signed an executive order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist
01:54organization.
01:55What we're seeing is these riots and these protests are becoming highly organized.
02:01We're seeing that people are being bussed in.
02:03We're looking at, and President Trump has directed a whole-of-government approach to be looking
02:08at those funding streams.
02:09Who is sowing this chaos and this violence in American communities?
02:13There have been several protests at the ICE facility in South Portland.
02:17Still the city's mayor argues an influx of federal agents serves no precedent or purpose.
02:22He says they did not ask for them to come.
02:26We have a place at the table for everyone, willing to lend a hand, including the federal government.
02:33However, we have no tolerance for anyone in Portland who uses this difficult moment to hurt others
02:42or our home.
02:45Those with bad intentions should take a hike because they'll be held responsible for their
02:51actions.
02:52And the president's order to send troops to Portland comes as Attorney General Pambani
02:57deploys federal agents to ICE facilities across the country.
03:01John.
03:02Madeline Rivera at the White House.
03:04Madeline.
03:06Mm-hmm.
03:07Let's bring in Texas Congressman Roger Williams.
03:09He's the chairman for the House Small Businesses Committee.
03:12Congressman, so you just heard the mayor say thanks, but no thanks.
03:16We don't want federal troops here in Portland.
03:19How would you answer the mayor?
03:21Well, I'd answer him in the fact he says he doesn't want them.
03:25But he also said in his statement that, you know, if you want to do harm to our city,
03:30then you need to take a hike.
03:31Well, he's already having harm done to his city, and he needs, the president thinks that
03:35they need some support to support downtown and people in Portland, Oregon, and that's
03:40what it needs to be.
03:41But he's already answered it by saying he's got a problem, but he doesn't want it to be
03:45fixed.
03:47I'm so tired of hearing from these elected officials that they don't really support law.
03:53They don't mind breaking the law.
03:55It's okay to break the law.
03:56It's okay to protect these people.
03:58And we've seen it all over the country.
04:00It's not.
04:01We've seen it in my district, John, in Texas.
04:04You know, back in July, it came home early to us that we had a shooting in one of my
04:10facilities in my district.
04:12So, look, these big cities, a lot of them are needing help.
04:16We know that the National Guard works.
04:18People want to be protected.
04:20They want to get their cities back.
04:21And I think the president's doing the right thing, and the mayor's way off in his statement.
04:25Well, and we're fresh off the shooting at the ICE facility there in Dallas.
04:31It's reprehensible that that kind of violence is directed against federal authorities who are
04:37trying to enforce the law.
04:38Well, yeah, they're doing their job, for crying out loud.
04:42And, you know, anytime these people need law enforcement or first responders, they call
04:47them.
04:48I go back and talk about Portland again.
04:49I think when they first had these issues, they had homeless camps and people just laying
04:53around the streets.
04:54They end up calling the police to get things cleaned up.
04:56So, you know, it all gets back to one thing.
04:59It's just like the President Trump.
05:01If he leads in anything, if he's right in anything, they're against it.
05:04I don't know how we're going to fix that.
05:05Yeah.
05:06And it turns out that the shooter in the ICE facility attack there in Dallas had some electronic
05:13help in figuring out where to go and where ICE agents were.
05:17Well, he did.
05:18I mean, there's this ICE block account that you can log into and find out where the ICE
05:23agents are, which has got to be fixed.
05:26I've written Pam Bondi a letter on the fact that she needs to address that and see what
05:30she can do to fix it because it just makes these ICE agents and law enforcement of any
05:34kind targets, which we just can't stand for in this country.
05:37Again, we are a land of law.
05:39We know that we need to adhere to it.
05:40And most people want to do that.
05:42The ICE protests in Chicago have been vehement and vocal.
05:48I want to play a sample of that.
05:49Arrest ICE!
05:50Arrest ICE!
05:51Arrest ICE!
05:53Arrest ICE!
05:54Arrest ICE!
05:55Arrest ICE!
05:56Arrest ICE!
05:57Arrest ICE!
05:58Arrest ICE!
05:59Arrest ICE!
05:59Arrest ICE!
06:04Arrest ICE!
06:06And these ICE agents have to sit there and listen to that, calls for, you know, bloodshed
06:11against them?
06:11Arrest ICE.
06:13And listen to what they're saying, John.
06:14I mean, is it not unbelievable?
06:16If there's people in this country who want to side with law breakers, illegals, murderers,
06:22child molesters, it goes on and on and on.
06:24They want to side with that.
06:25Is that what they want this country to look like, as opposed to people like our law enforcement,
06:30ICE agents that are doing their job to protect all that from happening,
06:33protect this great country and the people in it?
06:35It's hard to imagine, but they're around us all over, and that's why we're fighting back.
06:39We've got to get control of our country.
06:41I believe we're doing it.
06:42There's fewer of them than us.
06:43But we've got to stand up and say enough is enough, and that's what I think you're seeing happen.
06:46Across the country, in California, you know that the governor there is in favor of unmasking ICE agents.
06:57They've passed a law that says you're not allowed to wear masks if you're a federal agent in California.
07:03Your thoughts on that?
07:05Well, that's crazy because one of the reasons they wear masks is not so they're not identified,
07:08so they can do their job and protect our communities.
07:12Here's a guy, again, that when he was supposed to wear a mask, he didn't wear a mask.
07:15You know, he was asking everybody else to do it.
07:18So at some point in time, it was all right for them, but not him.
07:21But it's silly chit-chat.
07:23It's unbelievable.
07:25Again, he's breaking the law, but even suggesting that we need to protect our law enforcement so they can protect us.
07:31At the same time, you know, there's this controversy over a superintendent of schools
07:36who's been arrested by ICE for overstaying his visa.
07:40It's, you know, caused all kinds of controversy because apparently he's a beloved figure.
07:45How do you deal with a case like that?
07:48Well, I think it's fairly easy.
07:50He broke the law.
07:51I mean, if we're going to adhere to laws, he broke the law.
07:53That's how you deal with it.
07:54I mean, I'd be scared to death if my kid was going to Des Moines schools
07:57and the head of the school system was carrying guns and had tickets for breaking the law
08:03and all the other things and was not a citizen, had not met his certain date requirements.
08:08That would really, really bother me.
08:09I don't see how he made it through the process to begin with.
08:13It'd be interesting to see how that works.
08:14But there again, he might be a nice guy.
08:17I'm sure he is.
08:17But he broke the law.
08:19And we have to adhere to the law.
08:20We have to adhere to support law enforcement.
08:24He did the wrong thing and he's going to have to pay for it.
08:26Ian Andre Roberts is his name.
08:30And we'll see how his case progresses.
08:33As I said, he's been picked up for overstaying his visa from decades ago.
08:38Congressman Roger Williams of Texas, it's good to have you on.
08:41Yeah.
08:46Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin is due in court Monday for a pretrial hearing.
08:51And as the investigation continues, the Justice Department might bring in new evidence against
08:55the 22-year-old suspect.
08:57Madison Scarpino has the story.
09:00John, this will be the second time the world can see Charlie Kirk's alleged killer just weeks
09:06after the brutal public killing.
09:09Now, Utah native Tyler Robinson is facing several state charges, including aggravated murder.
09:16And we're expecting to learn more about the next steps in this case after Monday's waiver
09:21hearing.
09:22You can see Robinson here at his first court appearance.
09:25This was more than a week ago.
09:26He's in an anti-suicide vest, emotionless.
09:29And the only thing he did was confirm his name.
09:32Robinson has not yet pled guilty or not guilty, but he does now have a defense attorney.
09:39Her name is Catherine Nestor.
09:41She's a former federal prosecutor with a ton of experience.
09:45And she's been involved in several high-profile cases.
09:49We're also learning another thing about Robinson's defense.
09:52Utah County is receiving $1 million in taxpayer money to go towards this case and ensuring
09:59Robinson gets a, quote, qualified defense.
10:03This all comes as investigators and prosecutors continue to build up their case against Robinson.
10:08They're still working to get all of the details of his actions leading up to the shooting,
10:13his full motive, and the possibility of co-conspirators.
10:18Meanwhile, Kirk's wife, Erica, who publicly forgave Robinson, making an appearance yesterday
10:23on the Charlie Kirk show.
10:25She tells listeners they're keeping Charlie's legacy and dreams alive.
10:31Charlie's show became the North Star for freedom of speech.
10:35But in a way where when he spoke and whatever came across his desk or whatever he put on
10:41the air was right, it wasn't inflated.
10:49Now again, Kirk's accused killer due in court on a Monday at 10 a.m. local time.
10:55And as of right now, he isn't facing any federal charges.
10:58But the Justice Department says, regardless, it's going to make sure that the state of Utah
11:03gets everything it needs for this case.
11:05John.
11:06Madison Scarpino.
11:08Thanks, Madison.
11:11Well, the first official review of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year highlights
11:16aging equipment, staffing shortages, and a lack of surveillance systems.
11:20Those resource issues among the many problems that hobbled firefighters and cost thousands of
11:26people their homes. Christina Coleman is live in the Pacific Palisades with the latest on all of this.
11:32Christina.
11:34Hi, John.
11:35An independent report commissioned by L.A. County that focused on the evacuation policies
11:40and the alert notifications found first responders and emergency managers faced a number of issues
11:46as the Eden Fire and the deadly Palisades Fire ripped through this area.
11:51Those problems range from environmental conditions, including extreme wind, to operational issues.
11:57The report states, quote, the review identified no single point of failure related to how the alerts,
12:03warnings, and notifications were conducted.
12:05Instead, a series of weaknesses, including outdated policies, inconsistent practices,
12:11and communication vulnerabilities, including the system's effectiveness,
12:16impact of the system's effectiveness.
12:18Take a listen to one of the leaders of the group that conducted this review.
12:22First responders and emergency managers began fire preparation while facing staffing shortages
12:28and resource constraints that ranged from personnel gaps, aging equipment, and budget limitations.
12:37The report did not address water delivery issues or the causes of the fires.
12:42This is what's left to some of the neighborhoods that were scorched by the flames in the Palisades
12:46as county officials consider staffing levels.
12:49Los Angeles County, the largest and most complex metropolitan area in the United States,
12:56has only 37 full-time staff members in the Office of Emergency Management for its 10 million residents.
13:04The report also states that county policies lack the direction and specificity needed for residents
13:10to make informed evacuation decisions.
13:13I spoke with a number of people here last night whose homes are still standing,
13:16including this father of two.
13:19He says they did get an emergency alert in time, but getting out of their neighborhood was a nightmare.
13:24He says his wife was eight and a half months pregnant at the time.
13:29I think that getting in and out of the Palisades when there's a fire or there's a disaster is really hard.
13:36It was really scary.
13:37It took us about an hour or two hours to get off this block and down.
13:40And the chair of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors says she does not know how much in funding is going to be needed
13:52to address all of these issues.
13:55Again, the damage here was historic.
13:57Between the two fires, the Palisades and the Eden Fire,
14:01it destroyed more than 16,000 structures and claimed the lives of 31 people.
14:07And I'm sure this report is coming across like salt in the wounds for a lot of these people who lost their homes.
14:13Christina.
14:16That's right, John.
14:17I'll tell you, yesterday when we were driving by...
14:20All right.
14:21Christina Coleman, thank you.
14:23Oh, sorry.
14:23Sorry.
14:24Okay.
14:24Okay.
14:25Bye.
14:27Well, you just saw a glimmer of it.
14:29Russia with another attack on Ukraine as its foreign minister talks tough at the United Nations.
14:34The latest on the war in Ukraine, up next.
14:43Two major developments in the Russia-Ukraine war today.
14:46Ukrainian President Zelensky announcing a $90 billion arms deal with the United States.
14:52And Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressing the UN General Assembly.
14:56It all comes after officials reported a Russian attack on Ukraine's Kerasan region yesterday that killed a 74-year-old woman, injuring two others as well.
15:07Stephanie Bennett, live in London with more.
15:09Stephanie.
15:10Hey, John.
15:11Yeah, Lavrov addressing the world at that UN General Assembly today and taking aim at NATO and the EU.
15:18Now, he said Russia has been and remains open to negotiations on eliminating the root causes of the conflict.
15:26But Russia's security and vital interests must be reliably agreed, he said.
15:30He also spoke on accusations against Russia of planning to attack NATO countries after many have accused Moscow of violating their airspace with jets and drones in recent weeks, which the Kremlin has denied.
15:42President Putin has repeatedly debunked these provocations.
15:48Russia has never had and does not have any such intentions.
15:51However, any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response.
15:56Now, earlier this week, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he thinks Ukraine, with the support of the European Union,
16:03is in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back in its original form, retaking its territory that Russia has occupied.
16:09The president also expressed his disappointment in Putin for prolonging the war.
16:15I'm very dissatisfied with what Russia's doing and what President Putin is doing.
16:22I haven't liked it at all.
16:23He's killing people for no reason whatsoever.
16:27President Zelenskyy announced a $90 billion arms agreement with the U.S.
16:31and a drone deal for Ukrainian-made drones that the U.S. will purchase.
16:35He also said an Israeli Patriot air defense system has been operating in Ukraine for the past month,
16:40with two more expected to arrive in the fall.
16:43Zelenskyy also responded to Russia's threats on Ukrainian power supplies as winter approaches.
16:50If there are threats of a blackout, for example, in the capital of Ukraine,
16:54then those in Kremlin must know that there will be a blackout in the capital of Russia.
16:57Yeah, and earlier and overnight, Russia, they sent over 114 drones across Ukraine.
17:07These back-and-forth attacks just continue.
17:09Meanwhile, Ukraine, they hit, with their drones, oil-pumping stations way deep into Russia,
17:16about 700 miles from the Ukrainian border.
17:20John?
17:21Stephanie Bennett.
17:22Stephanie, thanks.
17:23I'm very disappointed in Putin.
17:29And he's been fighting hard, he's been fighting long, and they lost millions.
17:32And I'm not going to ever call anybody a paper tiger.
17:35But Russia's spent millions and millions of dollars in bombs, missiles, ammunition, and lives.
17:43Their lives.
17:44And they've gained virtually no land.
17:48I think it's time to stop.
17:50That's President Trump yesterday at the White House.
17:55For the latest in Ukraine, let's bring in former NATO Ambassador Kurt Volker.
18:00Ambassador Volker, what is your assessment right now of the Ukrainian fighting spirit?
18:05Are they feeling defeated?
18:07Are they feeling like they can beat Russia in this terrible conflict?
18:12Well, it all starts from the fact that they are defending their own territory, their own homes, their lands, their families.
18:20So they have incredible determination.
18:22Even when it's tough, even when they get tired, even when Russia has these bombings of civilians overnight,
18:28the Ukrainians are still very determined because they are defending themselves.
18:32And I would say that President Trump's post on Truth Social after his meeting with Zelensky in New York was indeed a shot in the arm for Ukrainians.
18:43It was the first time that President Trump really laid bare how poorly Russia is doing and how Ukraine can possibly win this war.
18:53Well, and there was, you know, such a turn of events, or it seems like there's been a turn of events since that visit last year to the White House by President Zelensky.
19:04Now it seems like the president is favoring the Ukrainian side, which wasn't necessarily the case for a while.
19:11Well, I think that he was making sure that Ukraine wanted an immediate ceasefire, that they wanted peace.
19:20After that Oval Office meeting in February, he said that he wasn't sure that Zelensky wanted peace.
19:27But now I think he is convinced, and Zelensky has said many, many times, they're ready for peace, they're ready to negotiate, they're ready to meet.
19:34And Trump has done everything possible to make an offer to Vladimir Putin.
19:41He has bent over backwards, given him every opportunity to have a ceasefire, to stop the war, to stop killing.
19:48And Putin has, frankly, taken advantage of President Trump.
19:53President Trump has given him time and given him opportunity and offers of possible business deals, lifting his sanctions.
20:00And Putin has pretended to be interested in that while actually escalating the fighting.
20:06And I think the final straw may have been when President Trump called Putin from the Oval Office with those European leaders there waiting while he made this phone call.
20:18And Putin told him he would meet with Zelensky in a bilateral and then a trilateral format.
20:23And then after that, Putin backed away and backed away and has no intention of meeting with Zelensky.
20:29So Trump now knows that Putin just lied to him directly and has no intention of ending this war.
20:35And I think that's why we're seeing this change of tone from President Trump.
20:39And the attacks on civilian facilities, apartment buildings and infrastructure just continue.
20:46And the world seems to sort of collectively yawn.
20:49I mean, it just, it astounds me that the Russians do this night after night after night, blowing up apartment buildings.
20:56And there's nobody to stop them.
20:59There's no response.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Yeah.
21:01I'm glad you bring that up because even your correspondent there from London said these attacks back and forth or making it sound like they're equal to the way the Russians and the Ukrainians are behaving.
21:14Not so at all, but the Russians are deliberately in cities, civilians, people's lives in order to terrorize the population.
21:24Apartment buildings, a 74-year-old woman, as you said.
21:27The Ukrainians are being much more tactically appropriate.
21:31They're hitting military targets and they're hitting energy infrastructure, which, of course, does provide refined petroleum products for army vehicles, tracked vehicles, aircraft, as well as gasoline for cars, which has some impact on the civilian population.
21:51But it is not killing people the way the Russians are.
21:54So these are categorically different.
21:57And the world is helping Ukraine quite a bit with air defense.
22:00But as you say, there is more that we could be doing.
22:04The president could also do more in terms of sanctions on Russia.
22:09You said he talked with Putin about potentially easing some, but he could add some as well.
22:15Yes, he could.
22:15And I think it's long overdue.
22:18Russia has adjusted to the first layer of sanctions where Western countries in the U.S. are not buying and trading Russian oil and gas.
22:27But they found others who are willing to do so and are rerouting.
22:32So we need to go after those others who are trading with Russia with secondary sanctions.
22:37And I think it's important to view this as sanctions.
22:40Go after the businesses, the ports, the vessels, the refineries.
22:45Go after them rather than going after whole countries with tariffs.
22:49That may not actually work.
22:51It may backfire.
22:52But targeting those companies that need access to the global financial system would be much more effective.
22:59Ambassador Kurt Volker, it's good to talk to you.
23:02It's a pleasure.
23:03Thanks.
23:03Well, a key governor's race appears to be getting tighter in this country.
23:08But will it be enough for Republicans to pull off a blue state upset?
23:13We'll get into that next.
23:15The Jersey shoreline as the New Jersey governor's race is heating up.
23:19New polls show things getting very interesting in that race.
23:23President Trump endorsed Republican candidate Jack Cittarelli today.
23:27Meantime, we're learning more about reports of a cheating scandal regarding Cittarelli's opponent,
23:31Democrat Congresswoman, Mikey Sherrill.
23:34Connor Hanson, live with more on this.
23:37Connor.
23:38John, Mikey Sherrill's campaign has been on defense following those allegations.
23:43And as you mentioned, President Trump is endorsing her opponent, Jack Cittarelli,
23:47who says he'll be tougher on crime and will lower taxes in New Jersey.
23:51He spoke to supporters at an event earlier today.
23:55She supported all of Joe Biden's inflationary policies.
23:58She voted no on the Lincoln-Riley Act.
24:00She was part of the cheating scandal at the Naval Academy back in 1994.
24:05Cittarelli is referring to a report that Mikey Sherrill was not allowed to walk
24:10at her graduation in 1994 at the U.S. Naval Academy
24:14because of her involvement in a cheating scandal.
24:18And now the New York Post reports that Sherrill's husband,
24:21who also attended the Academy, might have been caught up in that scandal as well,
24:25but was able to attend the commencement.
24:27Mikey Sherrill is pushing back, saying she was only punished for not turning in other
24:31classmates who cheated.
24:33She claims the Trump administration played a role in releasing her private records.
24:39My opponent and the Trump administration will stop at nothing.
24:43They will completely weaponize the federal government to achieve what they want.
24:48And that isn't the only high-profile governor's race we're watching.
24:52This morning, Virginia's Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears called for her opponent,
24:58Abigail Spanberger, to take a stand on the issue of biological men using women's locker rooms.
25:04I know Abigail Spanberger is not going to the gym and undressing in front of a biological man,
25:11full-front nude, in the locker room.
25:14We know that's not happening, and we know that she's not subjecting her three young girls to the same thing.
25:19So why is she now not saying anything?
25:23And back in New Jersey, it's not just the cheating scandal.
25:26Mikey Sherrill is also dealing with questions about her finances.
25:30Republicans claim she has tripled her net worth during her time in Congress,
25:34making around $7 million from stock trades.
25:38John?
25:38Interesting.
25:40Connor Hanson.
25:41Connor, thanks.
25:42Thanks.
25:43Let's bring in GOP strategist Pete Seat.
25:47Those numbers, those poll numbers in New Jersey, Pete, are interesting.
25:52I believe it was from Emerson, right?
25:55And they show a dead heat between the Republican and the Democrat candidates for governor there.
26:01What do you take away from those numbers?
26:05A few weeks ago on this show, John, I said that it was improbable but not impossible
26:11that Jack Cittarelli could win the governor's race.
26:15Well, that improbability is becoming more of a possibility by the minute.
26:20It reminds me of playoff baseball.
26:23It doesn't matter so much who has the momentum around the All-Star break in mid-July or even
26:29around Labor Day.
26:30It matters who has the momentum in late September going into October.
26:36And in this case, Cittarelli has the momentum in late September going into October.
26:41And this Emerson poll, a very highly regarded polling outfit, shows that to be the case.
26:47The president endorsed Cittarelli, as we mentioned, but the president's popularity in New Jersey
26:54has been dropping of late.
26:56So does this endorsement help or hurt Cittarelli, do you think?
27:01It helps among one very important demographic.
27:04If you look at this poll, it cuts across traditional lines.
27:09Women are with Mikey Sherrill, men with Cittarelli, older voters with Cittarelli, younger voters,
27:15by and large, with Sherrill.
27:17But there is a very large percentage of voters aged 18 to 29.
27:2415 percent of them are undecided.
27:27That is the largest percentage among all the demographic age groups in the poll.
27:32Donald Trump did very well with young voters in 2024.
27:36He continues to do well with young voters.
27:39And we're seeing in the aftermath of the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, this continued
27:45political awakening of young voters across the country that is coming to the political
27:51benefit of conservatives and Republicans and could be what tips the scales in Cittarelli's
27:57favor come November.
27:58New Jersey has had a succession of Democratic governors.
28:02Was Thomas Cain the most recent Republican governor?
28:08Or I'm trying to remember.
28:10Chris Christie.
28:10Chris Christie.
28:11Ah, yeah, you're right.
28:12There I go.
28:14But still, a couple of Democratic governors in succession.
28:19And the taxes there, the cost of living really grating on people.
28:25I guess that's the drumbeat that Cittarelli is trying to make his calling card, huh?
28:32The cost of living there.
28:34Absolutely.
28:35Cost of living, property taxes.
28:37The economy is the number one issue among voters in New Jersey.
28:41I believe the percentage was 51 percent, said it was the most important issue.
28:46And the second most important, which was this existential crisis of democracy, was in the
28:52low double digits.
28:54So the economy is what matters.
28:56And honestly, John, I think what could make a difference as well are the parts of New Jersey
29:02that are in the New York media market.
29:04Pretty much all of New Jersey, right?
29:05And they're seeing a lot of coverage about a Democrat socialist running for mayor in New
29:12York City.
29:13And there's going to be fear about how that could bleed over into New Jersey.
29:18And that could also come to the benefit of Cittarelli.
29:22Yeah.
29:22This cheating scandal at the Naval Academy, she, Jackie Sherrill, is trying to suggest that
29:28the Trump administration released her records unlawfully.
29:33But the investigation suggested that it was done by a fairly low level clerk in St.
29:39Louis, who got a FOIA request for her records and sent them out.
29:45Yeah.
29:46Unfortunately, those records were not properly redacted.
29:50And Mikey Sherrill's Social Security number, some of her personal insurance information, which
29:56should have been obscured and not available to the public, was not redacted.
30:01But Cittarelli's campaign did not redact it themselves before they shared that with the
30:07media, which is an amateur hour antic.
30:10You know, this should have been a very clean, clear-cut hit against his Democrat opponent.
30:16Unfortunately, it makes his campaign look bad as well.
30:21You know, this isn't college students using chat GPT and regurgitating whatever information
30:26they see.
30:27You have to double-check the information and make sure that you're not exposing someone's
30:32personal information.
30:33But in the end, a clerical error really pales in comparison to someone potentially being untruthful
30:42about their military record.
30:44All right.
30:44Pete Seat, we'll continue to watch that race with you.
30:47Thanks for coming on.
30:49Thanks, John.
30:51Well, Europe is currently dominating at the Ryder Cup.
30:55But will Captain Keegan Bradley and the rest of the United States have enough time to
31:00make an epic comeback?
31:01Jim Gray on that next.
31:04A live look at Fire Island on Long Island, New York, not far from where the Ryder Cup
31:10is taking place this weekend.
31:12The U.S. needs a massive comeback to try to take the crown from John Rahm, Rory McIlroy,
31:17and the rest of the European team.
31:19Can they pull it off?
31:21Let's ask Jim Gray.
31:22He's a Fox News sports analyst.
31:24He and Tom Brady just opened the Hall of Excellence Sports and Entertainment Museum at the Fountain
31:29Blue in Las Vegas.
31:31So, Jim, what do you think?
31:34Team USA getting off to a rough start at the Ryder Cup.
31:41Can they pull it off?
31:44Well, they trail eight and a half to three and a half.
31:47And in this afternoon's matches, they're trailing in two right now.
31:50So that would take the Europeans up to ten and a half.
31:54And then the other two are all square right now.
31:56So that would take them to eleven and a half.
31:58They only have to get to fourteen.
31:59That would mean tomorrow the Americans, if this holds up this afternoon, and there's still
32:03several holes to play.
32:04They're just making the turn.
32:05But if it was to hold up, that would mean the Americans would have to win ten out of twelve
32:09matches.
32:10And that's just not going to happen.
32:12Not when you're playing Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm and all these, Victor Hovland and all
32:16these great guys, Rory McIlroy over on the European team.
32:19So it's, it is starting to slip away.
32:22But the U.S. has home field advantage.
32:25They had the president there, you know, for the opening rounds at the first hole, first tee.
32:31They had the governor of New York there.
32:33It seems like the U.S. should have all the advantages here.
32:38Well, they do.
32:39And they get to set up the course.
32:40And they have all those boisterous fans from New York who are out.
32:43And there are plenty of them.
32:45It's been a tremendous turnout by the fans of New York and golf fans across the country.
32:49And what they've seen is dominance right now by Europe.
32:54And Europe has just played much better.
32:55They've made the putts.
32:56And it hasn't even really been close.
32:59So America right now is on the edge.
33:02They're going to need more than the miracle at Medina that the Europeans had when they came back.
33:10And then there was the Battle of Brookline, if you go back to 1999, and the Ryder Cup back there.
33:16And the Americans were down 10-6 going into the final round.
33:20And Ben Crenshaw, the captain, said, I feel something coming on here.
33:22And he was right.
33:23And Justin Leonard made that putt.
33:25But it's going to be a very, very uphill battle here.
33:30And the Europeans are playing well.
33:32And right now they're deserving of it.
33:34Yeah, they won the last go-round in 2023.
33:37But prior to that, it was back and forth, back and forth.
33:40Since 2014, it's been Europe, USA, Europe, USA.
33:43There was a time in the early teens when the Europeans were dominant.
33:49Is it just the caliber of the players?
33:52Is that really what makes the difference here?
33:55Well, that's hard to say.
33:56I mean, the caliber of the players, the number one player in the world right now is Scotty Scheffler.
34:00And he has not done well here so far.
34:03But he's the best player in the world.
34:04And he has dominated on the tour.
34:06And you now have the split thing going on with Liv.
34:09So we don't see that man right there very often anymore.
34:12John Rahm.
34:12We see him in the four majors.
34:14But Luke Donald, the captain of the Ryder Cup for Europe, this will be only the second time that somebody has been able to win back-to-back victories in the Cup for the Europeans.
34:25Not since Tony Jacklin.
34:26So he's obviously putting together a terrific lineup and has a great strategy.
34:31And the players are playing well.
34:34And, you know, the fans have gotten on the Europeans.
34:37And they've got extra security out there now.
34:39So there's a lot going on out at Bethpage.
34:43And we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
34:44But right now it looks pretty bleak.
34:46Yeah, you mentioned earlier boisterous fans.
34:48Maybe a little bit too boisterous today, huh?
34:52You know, golf is a sport of decorum.
34:55And it's a gentleman's game, supposedly.
34:58And the fans have gone right up to the edge.
35:01And as Dan Hicks said on NBC, they've gone over the edge.
35:05And shouting curse words at Rory McIlroy.
35:09It's just not what you want to see.
35:11It's supposed to be a very pro-American crowd.
35:16But it's not supposed to be, you know, where guys are feeling like they can't play because the fans have just gone over the edge.
35:23And that's what's kind of happened here.
35:25And now you're seeing a tremendous amount of security, a show of force, a lot of police out there now.
35:31And they're trying to catch these folks and throw them out of there.
35:33And they should.
35:35Okay to be pro-American, but being viciously anti-Europe, that's just not golf.
35:42It's just not what the spirit of the competition is.
35:44Take it up to that edge.
35:46Go right to the edge.
35:47But don't jump off.
35:48And they're jumping off.
35:49And, you know, it's just the few, but the few become the many.
35:53Yeah.
35:54That vocal minority stands out.
35:57Jim Gray, we'll let you watch the rest of the tournament.
36:02John, always good to be with you.
36:05More Fox Report coming up right after this.
36:09A powerful storm system developing over the Bahamas now causing concern in the southeast U.S.
36:15one year after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of North Carolina.
36:19What could become Hurricane Imelda is triggering tropical storm alerts and threats of flooding next week.
36:25Fox News meteorologist Adam Klotz has the latest forecast for us.
36:29Adam.
36:30Hey there, John.
36:31This is going to be one to watch really closely.
36:33Still kind of coming together.
36:34It's a tropical depression currently.
36:36Winds at 35 miles an hour, barely moving to the northwest at six miles an hour.
36:39You can tell that doesn't look like much of a storm,
36:42especially when you look just a little further back off towards the east.
36:45That is a proper Hurricane Umberto that's currently on the move.
36:48That is going to be a much stronger storm, but there's no risk of that interacting with the United States.
36:52So we really will be focusing on this storm a little closer to home,
36:56but they'll both play at least some sort of impact, as you'll see here in just a moment.
37:00So as this storm ultimately runs up close to the southeastern coast,
37:04what we're going to see is the larger Umberto kind of grab a hold of it ultimately and pull it away.
37:10There was a time where we thought maybe this will make landfall, and it could still get close.
37:13But we do think ultimately this is going to pull away.
37:16Now, the problem is how close is it going to get and how long will it ultimately sit along the coast,
37:20because that is going to make a huge difference.
37:23You see fairly certainly this is going to lift from the Hamas, run up the east coast of Florida,
37:29and then suddenly you just kind of sit off the southeastern coast there for days,
37:33and that's where we could really see a problem.
37:35So by 75 miles an hour Tuesday morning, that is a low-end Hurricane 1.
37:40And then look how little this moves in our forecast track.
37:43Wednesday morning, still just barely moving.
37:45Thursday morning, so you're talking 48 hours where this could be anywhere in this entire range, John.
37:50And if it sits closer to the coast, we could be talking about a whole lot of rain.
37:54If it sits a little further off the coast, that's obviously a better situation.
37:57That's something we're not going to know here for the next couple of days, though.
38:00But of course we will be watching it.
38:01Yeah, we do not want to see another Hurricane Helene situation, especially.
38:05All right, Adam, thank you.
38:07Stay with us, though. Check this out, Adam.
38:09Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week is underway in Alaska,
38:13with people voting for the bear they think will gain the most weight before it's time to hibernate.
38:19The annual competition attracts millions of fans on social media,
38:23with many rooting for specific bears as they watch the Katmai livestream.
38:26You can vote for your choice on Explore.org.
38:32The park will choose the winner on Tuesday.
38:36I don't think, Adam, that they actually step on the scales, though.
38:40This is all a game of estimates.
38:41Yeah, I think you're right, John.
38:43There's a bar in my neighborhood that is way into this.
38:45A fan favorite is 32 Chunk because he's coming back from, like, a jaw injury.
38:50I mean, they are into it. They're excited.
38:51Yeah, those salmon fatten the bears up real quickly before they go and hibernate for the winter.
38:56All right, Adam Klotz, thanks.
38:58Thanks.
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