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00:00Today on Saturday in America, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer on the shutdown dragging into a new month and creating travel trouble across the U.S.
00:14Is there an end in sight? We'll ask him.
00:17Plus, how are lawmakers grappling with millions of Americans fearing they could lose their snap benefits?
00:25Democratic Congresswoman Laura Friedman joins me right here.
00:28But first, key races in New York, New Jersey and Virginia are coming down to the wire.
00:36We've got Fox team coverage on the campaign trail in just a moment.
00:41Welcome, everyone. I'm Jonathan Hunt in for Kayleigh McEnany.
00:45And we begin in the Big Apple where Andrew Cuomo is closing in on Zoran Mamdani's lead for New York City's next mayor.
00:54C.B. Cotton, as she has been for a very long time, is following the race closely as the candidates make their final push.
01:02Good Saturday morning to you, C.B.
01:04Hey, Jonathan. Great to be with you.
01:07Well, these candidates are definitely locked in a high-stakes push to sway voters during their final days on the campaign trail.
01:16Democratic nominee Zoran Mamdani is delivering some of his final pitches on affordability.
01:21This week, the 34-year-old New York State Assemblyman joined seniors for Tai Chi, telling New Yorkers that the city's prices are too high, buses too slow, and childcare too expensive.
01:35But he said the cost crisis is also impacting senior citizens.
01:39Sometimes I've been frustrated by the way in which people think cost of living is a young person's issue.
01:46Because what I've actually found time and again is that cost of living is affecting every single New Yorker, no matter their age.
01:55While Mamdani's message on affordability has seemed to help him remain the frontrunner in most polls,
02:01former Governor Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, predicts historic voter turnout will help him flip the race.
02:10So he's gotten a wave of late endorsements from figures like Michael Bloomberg and former Governor David Patterson.
02:17Cuomo is warning voters that Mamdani is untested and that the stakes are too high.
02:23He is a socialist, and socialism will not work in New York City.
02:30New York City has no future as a socialist city.
02:35Socialism hasn't worked anywhere on the globe.
02:39Meanwhile, Republican candidate Curtis Lewa is vowing to stay in the race, telling Fox this week,
02:47quote, the billionaires, the influencers, the insiders have been wrong every step of the way.
02:53And he added that the race is going to come down to one person, one vote.
02:58Jonathan, there have been seven days of early voting so far here in the Big Apple,
03:03and already nearly 500,000 ballots have been cast, according to the New York City Board of Elections.
03:09And get this, that total surpasses the 384,000 ballots cast during the June Democratic primary.
03:17So it appears people are very eager to have their voice heard with this election.
03:22Back over to you.
03:23CB, no one's followed this as closely as you.
03:27And I wonder, do you see this as very much a generational divide here?
03:32The young people who seem to be going towards Mamdani versus perhaps some older New Yorkers who might lean towards Cuomo.
03:40Is that the big split here, and therefore does it end up being a turnout decision on Tuesday?
03:50I definitely think a generational divide is playing a role in this really heated race, Jonathan.
03:56According to the latest polls that Fox News is tracking, a former governor, Andrew Cuomo,
04:00is polling better with voters over the age of 50, whereas self-described Democratic socialist Zoram Mamdani
04:08is polling better with younger voters.
04:11And the Mamdani campaign attributes that to their social media-driven push,
04:16which former governor Andrew Cuomo has said he's tried to make up for in some of the last weeks on the campaign trail.
04:23So there's going to be a lot to watch for, and we know it all comes to an end this coming Tuesday.
04:28We're going to keep an eye on it. Back over to you.
04:30No one's looking forward to that more than C.B. Cotton in New York.
04:34Thanks so much, C.B., for all your work.
04:36Meantime, former President Barack Obama returning to the campaign trail today
04:41to shore up support for Democrats in two high-stakes governor's races.
04:47He'll join Abigail Spanberger in Virginia before dropping in on a New Jersey rally
04:52for Mikey Sherrill, senior national correspondent Rich Edson,
04:56live in Norfolk with all the latest on those races.
05:00Good morning, Rich.
05:02Good morning, Jonathan.
05:04They have been lined up here for hours to see former President Barack Obama
05:07for an event that doesn't start for another four and a half hours here in Norfolk, Virginia.
05:12After this, the former president goes up to Newark, New Jersey, to rally Democrats there,
05:16trying to put Democrats in governor's mansions here in Virginia and up in New Jersey.
05:20Back here in Virginia, it's Democratic Congresswoman,
05:23the former Democratic Congresswoman, Abigail Spanberger, who's running.
05:26She says that her lead in the polls here will deliver her a decisive victory Tuesday.
05:32Her closing argument, she's a moderate who works with Republicans while criticizing them
05:37on the cost of living and doge cuts in a state where there are more than 300,000 federal workers.
05:43Republicans say Spanberger pretends to be a moderate but is as liberal as they come.
05:47Spanberger's Republican challenger, Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earl Sears,
05:51points out that Spanberger refuses to support banning biological boys from girls' locker rooms
05:56or call for Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones to drop out of the race following his violent texts.
06:03The country's only other governor's race is in New Jersey,
06:05Republican Jack Cittarelli against Democrat Mikey Sherrill.
06:09Sherrill is campaigning in North Jersey this morning
06:11and setting high expectations for a race that some polls show is a tight one.
06:17New Jersey is a blue state!
06:21That's right!
06:22That is right!
06:24I have seen the polling numbers, guys!
06:26I've seen it!
06:27I've seen it!
06:28So, when we vote, we win!
06:33Meanwhile, Cittarelli will be campaigning in Central Jersey in a little bit.
06:37We'll have our eyes on it.
06:38Jonathan, back to you.
06:40Rich, great to see you.
06:41Thank you so much.
06:42Here to dig into all the races with us now is Pepperdine Public Policy Adjunct Professor Gloria Romero.
06:48Gloria, great to have you with us in our L.A. studio today.
06:52Let's start with New Jersey.
06:55Mikey Sherrill seems to be hanging on to a lead.
06:59Jack Cittarelli appears to think he has a chance,
07:02and he's saying he's getting more and more support from other Democrat officials.
07:06Let's listen quickly to Jack Cittarelli here.
07:09When Democratic mayors are endorsing the Republican nominee,
07:14it tells you how badly people want change.
07:16We've racked up at least 12 Democratic mayors that have endorsed me.
07:20Eight years of failures by Phil Murphy,
07:2225-year reign by the Democrats in our legislature,
07:25and my opponents endorsed every single one of Murphy's failed policies.
07:28If she were to win, it's just more of the same, only worse.
07:32But Gloria, Cittarelli trailing by around eight points in the latest polls that we've seen.
07:37Does he have a chance to close that gap with just three days to go?
07:41Absolutely.
07:41What we're seeing in New Jersey, and I would say in New York as well,
07:45is really the realignment of the Democratic Party,
07:48the fight for the heart and soul, and what a party even stands for.
07:51So the fact that the Democratic governor candidate in New Jersey is saying,
07:57we're a blue state, we're a blue state,
07:59she's completely gone bonkers.
08:00Because if it's such a blue state, the fight for this right now,
08:04the closest in the polls, calling in the big gun Barack Obama,
08:08wouldn't be happening.
08:09This is clearly showing that this is a real possibility,
08:12and I think it signals across the country that this is exactly what's happening
08:17with many Democrats like me in the past
08:20walking away from a Democratic Party that's gone too woke.
08:23So I'd say watch Jack.
08:25I think it's a real chance.
08:27And if he does pull it off in New Jersey,
08:29it sends a major signal to the rest of the country, let's go.
08:33What about Virginia?
08:35Abigail Spanberger, also a healthy lead there at the moment.
08:39Do you see that one closing in these last few days?
08:41I'm hoping.
08:42But I think that of the three races we're looking at,
08:45that probably is the one that's the most difficult to turn around
08:47at the gubernatorial level,
08:49but certainly the other one where the candidate was calling for the death
08:54of the children of his opponents.
08:55I think definitely that goes Republican.
08:58Okay.
08:59Then let's go to New York City,
09:00which is a race that everybody is talking about,
09:03obviously because of Zoran Mamdani's,
09:06in the eyes of a lot of people, extreme positions.
09:11They are extremely attractive, it seems,
09:13to a lot of young people in New York City.
09:17Cuomo has closed a little bit.
09:19He's got a lot of criticism for the way he's run his campaign,
09:23a lack of enthusiasm on the candidate's part,
09:25and some people have seen.
09:28He believes he is going to pull it out of the bag in the end
09:32because he says, and we'll play the clip here,
09:35because he says people will realize that a Mamdani mayor
09:40would be very bad for New York businesses.
09:43Here's Andrew Cuomo.
09:44You have had this steady increase of hostility towards the business community.
09:51High taxes, high regulations,
09:53this mentality that business is bad, wealth is bad,
09:58redistribute wealth, tax the rich.
10:03We had a big project that could have come to New York
10:06that I worked on for a long time,
10:07the Amazon headquarters to 25,000 jobs.
10:11The socialists stopped it.
10:14So they chased businesses away.
10:18So is that a message that we'll get through ultimately, do you believe?
10:22It is getting through.
10:23And I think, if anything, we remember the thriller in Manila.
10:26This is the thriller in New York City.
10:29And there's so much at stake, including, again,
10:32that internal fight within the Democratic Party.
10:35I mean, think about it.
10:36Cuomo is a name that, like Kennedy,
10:39is really sacrosanct within the Democratic Party.
10:42It has been.
10:42I think what the Democrats, like me in the past,
10:46have said, we've had it with the woke party.
10:48We want a reasonable party.
10:50It's a clash from within.
10:51And I believe that if Cuomo pulls this off,
10:54and I believe, I think he can,
10:57I really think instantly he does become the frontrunner in 2028
11:02for the Democratic ticket.
11:04That's an interesting thought.
11:05If he pulls it off.
11:06It's a big if, though,
11:08because Mamdani certainly has appeal with the younger voters.
11:13And if they turn out in numbers,
11:16it seems to me that he might hang on to that lead.
11:19It does seem as though turnout on Tuesday
11:22is going to be really, really important in New York.
11:24Absolutely.
11:25This is a turnout election.
11:26It also shows that no incumbent,
11:28no big-name traditional Democrat
11:30can take anything for granted.
11:33Cuomo lost it in the primary.
11:35They're working out to realize,
11:37my God, what has been done?
11:38Let's scramble to catch up.
11:40It's turnout, and it's that fight.
11:42We'll see which faction,
11:43which side of the Democratic Party
11:45ultimately says this is who we are.
11:47And in a broader sense, Gloria,
11:50what do you think Tuesday will tell us
11:53about the midterms, if anything?
11:55I think what it shows that across the country
11:57that actually Republicans are on the rise,
12:00that wokeism is deadened over,
12:02that the Democratic Party is on the ropes,
12:05I believe it is a party of the past already.
12:07But I think it shows in these three electoral races
12:11where the Democrats should not have to be playing defense.
12:16They are not only playing defense,
12:18they are on the ropes in terms of a serious potential defeat.
12:22So I think across the country,
12:24no matter what happens on Tuesday,
12:25and I'm hoping for the best,
12:27I believe that it's a strong signal
12:29that the Democratic Party is on the way out,
12:32it is no longer the party that it once was in the past.
12:35We shall see.
12:36It is going to be fascinating to watch.
12:37Gloria Romero, it is always so good to have you here.
12:39Thank you so much.
12:40And go Dodgers.
12:41Indeed, yes, indeed.
12:43Go Dodgers.
12:44Gloria, thank you.
12:45We will, of course,
12:46be all over the results of these races
12:50with special election night coverage
12:53Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern.
12:56It's going to be a very big day.
12:58It's also day 32 of the government shutdown.
13:02And with the holidays right around the corner now,
13:04are lawmakers any closer
13:06to getting hardworking Americans their paychecks?
13:10House Majority Whip Tom Emmer
13:12on Where Things Stand next.
13:18It is day 32 of the government shutdown.
13:24The stalemate on Capitol Hill still dragging on
13:27as more than 42 million Americans
13:30are in danger of losing their food assistant.
13:33President Trump now asking the courts to clarify
13:37how to legally fund SNAP benefits
13:39after federal judges blocked the administration
13:43from suspending those benefits.
13:45But right now, the funds remain unavailable.
13:48So where do things stand now
13:50in getting this all solved
13:52and getting the government functioning again?
13:55Republican Congressman Tom Emmer from Minnesota
13:57is the House Majority Whip.
14:00He is with us now.
14:01Congressman, thank you so much
14:02for being here this Saturday morning.
14:04And I think most Americans,
14:07whatever their politics,
14:08are looking at this and saying,
14:10please, Congress,
14:12just get it done.
14:13Fix this.
14:14How are you going to do that?
14:16Well, we already have, Jonathan,
14:17and it's great to be with you.
14:19Unfortunately, not on a great topic.
14:22House Republicans passed
14:23what is called a clean continuing resolution
14:25back on September 19th, Jonathan,
14:28well in advance of the September 30th
14:30midnight deadline to fund the government.
14:32And it now is 13 or 14 times
14:36that Chuck Schumer and Democrats in the Senate,
14:38remember, the House only needs a simple majority.
14:41The Senate needs 60 votes.
14:43We only have 53 Republicans.
14:45So we need Democrats to get it to the Senate floor.
14:48And Chuck Schumer and his Democrat colleagues
14:50have refused to give us the votes.
14:53So they put all kinds of people at risk.
14:55This week, air traffic controllers
14:57didn't get a check on Tuesday.
14:58Other federal employees didn't get theirs
15:00on Thursday and Friday.
15:02And as you've just reported,
15:0442 million low-income Americans
15:06have their food assistance at risk as of today.
15:11This has to end.
15:12And all they have to do,
15:13pass that clean CR.
15:16President Trump will sign it tonight.
15:18We can be done.
15:19So, Congressman,
15:20you need to get basically five more Democrats
15:24on the Senate side,
15:25across the halls from you in the House,
15:28to agree to do that.
15:32I wonder,
15:32you know,
15:33you hear the way things are moving there.
15:36Do you get any sense right now
15:38that more Democrats might be considering
15:41jumping to join the Republicans
15:44and get enough votes
15:46to get that resolution forward?
15:49Well, first off,
15:50how foolish is this, Jonathan?
15:53That clean CR,
15:54the same Democrats that you and I
15:56are talking about right now,
15:57Chuck Schumer and his Senate colleagues,
15:59they voted for the same CR
16:00just six months ago.
16:02And by the way,
16:03they voted for the same CR
16:0413 times under the Biden administration,
16:07which means that Chuck Schumer
16:10actually wrote this CR.
16:12So, what's happening right now?
16:14I think we're at the next inflection point.
16:17I just went through
16:17the air traffic controllers,
16:19all the federal employees.
16:20Last Monday,
16:21the largest federal employee union,
16:23the American Federation of Government Employees,
16:26there's 1.4 million,
16:27I believe,
16:28federal employees in the country.
16:30This union represents 820,000,
16:33roughly, of those members.
16:37They sent a letter saying,
16:38pass the clean CR.
16:40You've got people now getting hurt.
16:42By the way,
16:43in the first 30 days,
16:4565,000 plus small businesses
16:48on Main Street all across the country,
16:50the contract with our federal government,
16:51have already lost $12 billion.
16:53So, Chuck Schumer and these Democrats
16:56have caused serious pain and suffering.
16:58Guess what?
16:59Next Tuesday,
17:00I think they have to wait
17:01until next Tuesday's elections
17:03because if they were to reopen it
17:05and protect all the people
17:06they claim to serve,
17:08well, then that virulent,
17:09violent, pro-terrorist wing of their party
17:12would turn on them in a heartbeat
17:15and might not show up Tuesday.
17:16So, at the very least,
17:17they've got to wait through the elections.
17:19And then if we have another chance,
17:22Jonathan,
17:22it should come after the elections.
17:24If it doesn't happen then,
17:25boy, there's no telling when it ends.
17:28So, Congressman,
17:29governance is always,
17:31almost always,
17:32about compromise.
17:34If you're not going to get
17:36those Democrats
17:37in the situation
17:39as we currently have it,
17:41how about a compromise?
17:42What is an olive branch
17:43you as the Republicans
17:44could offer the Democrats?
17:46They're really concerned
17:47about health subsidies,
17:49health care subsidies.
17:51How about you put in writing
17:52rather than just saying,
17:54we'll talk about it,
17:55we guarantee we'll talk about it.
17:57How about some sort of resolution
17:59that would guarantee that?
18:01Would that move things forward?
18:02Is that a good idea?
18:03Jonathan, first,
18:05I understand their talking point
18:07is they're all about
18:09these enhanced Obamacare
18:11health care premium subsidies.
18:15But if you look at
18:16what they filed in writing
18:18as an alternative bill
18:19in the Senate,
18:20Jonathan,
18:21it's over 60 pages long.
18:23About a page and a half
18:24has to do with the enhanced
18:26premium tax credits
18:28for Obamacare.
18:29It's complete nonsense
18:30when they claim that.
18:31They want $1.5 trillion
18:34in new spending.
18:35They want to put illegals
18:36back on government
18:37taxpayer-funded health care.
18:39And they want to gut
18:40the $50 billion
18:41rural health care fund
18:43that Republicans
18:44and Donald J. Trump
18:45just created last July.
18:46This is not about health care.
18:48This is about trying
18:49to take a knee
18:50to their virulent,
18:51violent, left-wing radicals
18:54that they're scared of.
18:55And look,
18:56you saw Hakeem Jeffries
18:58finally come forward
18:59and endorse Mamdami,
19:01the commie,
19:02in New York City.
19:04Why did he do that?
19:05Because he's afraid of them.
19:07This is what it's all about.
19:08They're ceding their power.
19:10So what can Republicans do?
19:12Exactly what Donald Trump
19:13said again.
19:14Just pass the clean CR.
19:17Then we can get back
19:17to the negotiating table,
19:19which, Jonathan,
19:20that's where we were
19:21before they shut down
19:22the government.
19:22I don't know
19:23that your viewers know
19:24that the House
19:25and the Senate
19:25both made motions
19:26at the beginning of September
19:28to go to conference committee
19:30on three of the
19:31appropriations bills.
19:32The House has passed
19:33all 12 out of committee.
19:34they were already negotiating.
19:36That hadn't happened
19:37since 2019.
19:39So we've got to get
19:40the government open.
19:41We've got to get back
19:41to the table.
19:42I think everybody agrees
19:44with that.
19:44We've got to get
19:45the government open.
19:46Congressman Tom Emma,
19:47House Majority Whip,
19:48thank you so much
19:49for being with us
19:49this Saturday morning, sir.
19:51I wish you a good weekend.
19:52You too, Jonathan.
19:53And we are tracking
19:54all of the last-minute
19:55campaign movements today.
19:58Let's listen briefly
19:59to Jack Cittarelli,
20:01a governor candidate
20:02for New Jersey.
20:03He's on the trail there.
20:04My teacher or the local cop,
20:06I was in serious shit
20:06when I got home.
20:08I just thank goodness
20:09there was no Costco back then.
20:10Have you seen the size
20:11of these wooden spoons today?
20:13My mother had
20:14the more traditional
20:14size books.
20:16But let me say something else
20:17about that time.
20:18My parents were hard-working,
20:19middle-class people
20:20and they felt confident
20:22they could keep
20:22the roof over our head
20:23and they felt confident
20:25that their children
20:25were going to do better
20:26than they did.
20:27We've got to get back
20:28to that day
20:29and that's what this
20:29campaign is all about.
20:35Now, you're never
20:36going to hear me say
20:36this is the most important
20:38election of our lifetime.
20:39I think it's kind of
20:39an old entire term
20:40and quite frankly,
20:41I think every election
20:42is equally important
20:43for different reasons.
20:44But I will say this,
20:46the future of our state
20:47hangs in the balance.
20:48We cannot afford
20:50another four years
20:51of Phil Murphy's
20:52bail policies
20:52and make no mistake,
20:53they failed us.
20:54Look at your property tax bill.
20:56If you're a renter,
20:57look at your monthly rent.
20:58Look at your electricity bill.
21:00Look what's happened
21:01in public education.
21:02We slipped from 2 to 12
21:03on the national report card
21:04because they've watered
21:05down the curriculum.
21:06Look what's happened
21:06in public safety, right?
21:08We've handcuffed our police
21:09in non-violent harm
21:10to strike you, right?
21:12Break-ins, car thefts,
21:13flash mobs at the mall,
21:15flash mobs on archers
21:16and shore.
21:17Look what's happening
21:18with all the overdevelopment
21:19in our suburban communities.
21:21These are the failures
21:22of the current administration
21:23and make no mistake,
21:24my opponent,
21:25if she were to win,
21:26be more of the same,
21:27only worse.
21:28She's Murphy 2.0
21:29when it comes to policy.
21:31We cannot let this happen.
21:32So, we need to be
21:33a championship team.
21:34What championship teams do
21:36is they finish strong
21:37and they win championships.
21:38So, what are you going to do
21:40over the next two days?
21:41Anybody you come across,
21:43I don't care
21:44if it's in your neighborhood,
21:44your place of work,
21:45your house of worship,
21:47your social networks,
21:48aisle 8 of the supermarket,
21:49tell people what's at stake.
21:51If they're angry
21:52about the way things are,
21:53you want change,
21:54you've got to make a change.
21:55You do that by voting.
21:57So, let's get people
21:57out there to vote.
21:58Let's work hard here
21:59over the next 48 hours.
22:01We've got early voting today
22:02and early voting again tomorrow.
22:03And that is, of course,
22:05Jack Cittarelli.
22:06He is the Republican candidate
22:07for New Jersey's governor,
22:10making his case
22:11in these last few days
22:13before Tuesday's
22:14pivotal elections.
22:16We were just talking
22:17with Congressman Tom Emmer
22:18about the shutdown, of course,
22:20and that is creating
22:21a potential nightmare
22:23for air travel,
22:25airline and union leaders
22:26are now pressuring lawmakers
22:28to reopen the government
22:30ahead of what, of course,
22:32is going to be
22:32a busy holiday travel season.
22:36Pass a clean CR,
22:38get to the table,
22:38negotiate a deal,
22:40do not put working people
22:41in the middle of a problem.
22:42They should not be in there.
22:43Airlines are a pretty good
22:44real-time indicator
22:45of the economy,
22:46and we start to see
22:47still minor,
22:49but steep booking impact.
22:50Let's get a clean CR
22:51and get that negotiation done
22:53behind closed doors
22:54without the pressure
22:55and without putting
22:55the American workers
22:56and the American economy at risk.
22:59Let's bring in travel expert
23:01Lee Abamonte
23:01with me here
23:02in our L.A. studio.
23:04Lee, great to have you here.
23:05Thank you for being here.
23:06It is really worrying
23:08for so many Americans,
23:10so many of us,
23:12planning to travel
23:13over Thanksgiving
23:14and then into Christmas,
23:15into the Christmas season.
23:17This has got to get sorted out.
23:19What kind of impacts
23:20do you see it having,
23:22particularly as we approach Thanksgiving?
23:24Well, it's already had an impact
23:25on millions of people traveling.
23:27I mean, just if you've traveled
23:28in the past couple weeks,
23:29you've more than likely
23:29experienced delays,
23:30or even if you haven't,
23:32you're thinking about
23:32experiencing delays,
23:33and moving forward,
23:34if this shutdown continues,
23:36it's just going to get worse
23:37as air traffic controllers,
23:39TSA,
23:39and other government employees
23:41lack paychecks,
23:42and would you want to work
23:44if you weren't paid?
23:44Right, for sure.
23:46And, you know,
23:47people worry about safety,
23:49obviously,
23:49with so many air traffic
23:50controllers calling out.
23:51And then you see these things,
23:53not necessarily related
23:54to the shutdown,
23:57but last night,
23:58two United aircraft
24:01collided on the tarmac
24:03at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
24:06Now, we don't know
24:07if that is directly related.
24:08We've seen collisions
24:09outside of a government shutdown,
24:11obviously,
24:12but it does increase that fear
24:14that people are going to feel.
24:16Well, people have had fear
24:17for the past couple years.
24:18I mean,
24:18since they've had this
24:19air traffic control issue,
24:20really since COVID,
24:21it's only gotten worse.
24:22There's been increased incidences
24:24both on the ground
24:25and in the air,
24:26and that's just another example of it.
24:28And there's no way
24:29to really correlate it,
24:30but, you know,
24:31the longer this goes on,
24:32the less people are focused
24:33because they're pissed off
24:34that they're not being paid,
24:35and the American public
24:37still thinks about it,
24:38and every issue is just like,
24:39oh, there's another issue going on,
24:41and then you look at Congress
24:42just fighting with each other,
24:43and it drives you crazy
24:44as a flyer.
24:45And we heard from officials
24:47that something,
24:48I think it was something like
24:4880% of traffic controllers
24:52were calling out
24:53in the New York area,
24:55and yet they tell us,
24:57don't worry,
24:58everything's safe.
24:59Can we believe that?
25:01I can't speak for them,
25:04but I personally,
25:05every time I fly,
25:06I get anxiety about it,
25:08and you don't really know
25:09what's going on.
25:10Of course they're going to tell you
25:11everything's safe,
25:12but the truth is
25:12you really don't know,
25:13and again,
25:14the longer this goes on
25:16and air traffic controllers,
25:17which are super important,
25:18and that's why
25:19they can't just replace them
25:20because they're so important,
25:21they're so highly trained
25:22specifically at each airport,
25:24we don't really know
25:25what's going on,
25:27but it's always
25:28in the back of your mind,
25:29and I think it's going
25:30to continue that way
25:30and only really get worse,
25:31especially heading
25:32into the holidays
25:33because then the air traffic controllers
25:34and everyone else
25:35has a lot more leverage
25:36because there's going to be
25:37a lot more people traveling.
25:38Three weeks to sort it out
25:39before the Thanksgiving rush.
25:41Lee, great to have you here,
25:42thank you so much
25:43for being here today.
25:44Meantime,
25:45the U.S. is stepping up
25:46its attacks
25:47on suspected
25:48Venezuelan drug boats.
25:51Is President Trump
25:52ready to take that fight
25:54on land?
25:56To the administration's
26:02narcotics crackdown,
26:04President Trump
26:05is shrugging off reports
26:07he is eyeing
26:08Venezuelan military targets
26:11that his administration
26:12suspects are used
26:14for drug trafficking.
26:15That comes after
26:16a series of U.S. attacks
26:18on suspected
26:19Venezuelan drug boats.
26:22Lawmakers were briefed
26:23on the operation
26:24this week,
26:25but Democrats
26:26are still taking issue
26:28with it.
26:29There's nothing
26:30that we heard in there
26:31that changes my assessment
26:32that this is completely illegal,
26:34that it is unlawful.
26:36It wasn't completely
26:37satisfied at all.
26:38I still have a lot of questions
26:39that need to be answered
26:40and I think
26:43they owe us some explanations.
26:44I heard no strategy,
26:46no end game,
26:47no assessment
26:48of how they are going to end
26:49the flow of drugs
26:50into the United States.
26:52Am I leaving satisfied?
26:54Absolutely not.
26:55Joining me now
26:58is founder
26:59and executive director
27:00at the National Security Institute,
27:03Jamil Jaffa.
27:04Jamil,
27:04always good to see you.
27:06I wonder
27:07if you agree
27:09with those
27:10Democrat-voiced concerns
27:12that what the Trump administration
27:14is doing
27:15in targeting
27:16these alleged
27:17Venezuelan drug boats
27:18is illegal
27:20in their words.
27:20Well, look,
27:22the president
27:22has laid out
27:23his legal rationale
27:24for going down this road.
27:25He said
27:26as commander-in-chief
27:27of the U.S. military
27:28and as chief executive,
27:30he has a responsibility
27:30to protect the nation
27:31from imminent threats.
27:32He says
27:32the flow of drugs
27:34into the United States
27:35that's killing
27:35tens of thousands of people
27:36isn't imminent threat.
27:37He's taking action
27:38at the border
27:39to staunch fentanyl
27:40coming through China.
27:41And now he's talking about
27:42he's taking military action
27:43against Venezuelan drug boats
27:44coming to the United States.
27:46He's talked about
27:46taking action as well
27:47against Colombian assets
27:48as well
27:48with respect to cocaine.
27:49So the question then becomes
27:51what is Congress
27:52going to do about it
27:52if they think
27:53that he's acting illegally?
27:54They can either
27:55authorize the use
27:56of military force,
27:57they can do nothing,
27:57they can fund the military
27:58to do these actions,
27:59or they can complain.
28:01And so at the end of the day,
28:02it's really on Congress
28:03to take action.
28:04They can also stop the president
28:05or try to limit
28:06the flow of funds to him
28:07to allow him to do that,
28:09but, you know,
28:10they have to take action
28:11to do that.
28:11Right now the president
28:12has asserted
28:13his commander-in-chief authority
28:14as have presidents
28:15for 250 years.
28:17And we heard
28:18one of the Democrats
28:19there, Jameel,
28:20saying,
28:20I don't hear anything
28:22from the administration
28:24about a plan
28:25to stop
28:26the flow of drugs.
28:27Well, I think
28:28the administration response
28:29to that would be
28:31you strike fear
28:32into the hearts
28:33of those drug smugglers
28:34and you,
28:35that is the plan
28:36because they will stop
28:37doing what they're doing.
28:39Do you think
28:40that is an effective plan?
28:43Well, look,
28:43I think that we've been
28:44fighting this war on drugs
28:45for the better part
28:46of three decades.
28:47It hasn't worked
28:47very effectively
28:48and there are lots
28:50of Americans dying
28:51as a result of illegal drugs
28:52flowing in,
28:52primarily, to be fair,
28:54from China through Mexico
28:56and the fentanyl trade.
28:57Now, there are drugs
28:58that are coming
28:58from Venezuela
28:59that are problematic
29:00and the president
29:00is now taking
29:01affirmative action
29:02to address that.
29:03The question becomes,
29:05will that be effective?
29:06And I think the answer is,
29:07look, I mean,
29:07when you see people dying
29:09on the battlefield
29:10and boats being blown up,
29:11it's got to,
29:12you know,
29:12at some level,
29:13make the drug dealers
29:14think twice about
29:15running those boats
29:15across the Caribbean.
29:17They've now got
29:17an aircraft carrier there
29:18in the Caribbean
29:19along with its entire
29:20battle fleet
29:21and battle group
29:22and the question becomes,
29:23will they be used
29:24against those assets?
29:25And if so,
29:26wouldn't that strike fear
29:26in the heart of any
29:27nation state,
29:28much less a drug cartel?
29:30I think the answer is yes.
29:31Right.
29:32And, Jameel,
29:32you talk about
29:33the resources
29:35that we have there.
29:37Do you think
29:38there is any prospect
29:40at all
29:41that at some point
29:43those resources
29:44are used to strike
29:46any targets
29:47on land in Venezuela?
29:48Because that would
29:49clearly take us
29:50to a very different situation.
29:53I agree.
29:53That would be
29:54a very different situation
29:54than conducting strikes
29:55in international waters
29:56against drug dealers.
29:57But look,
29:58the United States
29:58in the past
29:59has undertaken such action.
30:00We've said
30:01to countries around the world
30:02that if you are unwilling
30:04or unable to control
30:05your territory
30:06being used by terrorists
30:07and other
30:08transnational criminals,
30:09we will come after you.
30:10We've primarily only done
30:12in the terrorism context.
30:13Now President Trump
30:14is suggesting
30:14he might do it
30:15in the international
30:16criminal context
30:17specifically with respect
30:18to drugs.
30:18We'll see if he actually
30:19goes down that road.
30:20It obviously changed
30:21the game dramatically.
30:22It puts us essentially
30:23in a potential state of war
30:25with another nation state.
30:26Of course,
30:26Venezuela is not going
30:27to be able to effectively
30:28punch back against
30:28the United States,
30:29but that's a big decision
30:30to make.
30:31The president hasn't yet
30:32made that decision,
30:32although interestingly,
30:34he has said that he's
30:34authorized CIA covert action
30:36in Venezuela.
30:37We don't know what
30:37that means specifically.
30:39It's unusual
30:39for a president
30:40to declare that publicly
30:41because that's the whole
30:42point of covert action
30:42is it's not attributable.
30:44So we'll see what happens
30:45going forward,
30:46but if that does happen,
30:47you're right,
30:47that is a massive change
30:48in what we're doing.
30:49Yeah, it is a fascinating
30:50situation to watch unfold
30:52and we're grateful
30:52to have you guiding us
30:54through it.
30:55Jamil Jaffa,
30:56thanks very much
30:56for your time, sir.
30:57Thanks for having me on.
30:59Next, the World Series
31:00headed to a Game 7 tonight,
31:03a game which the Dodgers
31:05will very obviously win,
31:06and former L.A. Dodger
31:08Steve Garvey is here.
31:10Can his team bring back
31:11a back-to-back win?
31:14Yes, they will.
31:15We'll be back.
31:18We planned well for retirement,
31:20No, no, no.
31:23No, no, no.
31:27No, no, no.
31:30Ты не забывай
31:32мы потерянный рай
31:35Что в тебе таится малая
31:39Но не забирай
31:42Пока небо сохранит
31:44от мои дни
31:45Пока в небо еще сил набрать
31:48Where the walls fall down in the last few months
31:54We will bring tears to the sun
31:58Where the wind is there, where the wind is with you
32:02In the day and night I lost my heart for you
32:18This is what we at Saturday in America call the D block
32:25Today that means the Dodgers block
32:28The LA Dodgers forcing a game seven
32:31After surviving a wild bottom of the ninth
32:34It's only the 41st game seven in World Series history
32:39Now Steve Harrigan takes on all the toughest assignments for Fox
32:44And he's finally being rewarded with one of the best assignments
32:48Live in Toronto ahead of the big game
32:51Good to see you, Steve
32:53Jonathan, good to be with you
32:55It was a real shocker last night
32:57That was a rare double play from the outfield
32:59That cut short a rally by the Blue Jays
33:02It's all tied up now at 3-3
33:04But when you talk to Blue Jays fans here
33:07They've been following the team who were 60-1 underdogs
33:11At the start of the season to even make it to the World Series
33:13They've been following this team
33:15They've been seeing them fight back series after series
33:18And despite the loss last night
33:20There's a sense here still of hope
33:22That this team can come back once again
33:24And also excitement among the fans
33:26That they get to see the biggest stage of game seven of the World Series
33:30I think the Blue Jays are going to take this
33:37They've been working hard all year
33:39They're a great team, a passionate team
33:41They have personality
33:42They're going to take this
33:43This is it
33:44This is it
33:45It's going to happen in Toronto
33:46Now anything can happen in game seven
33:49Because it's the last game of the season
33:51Managers often will use starting pitchers in relief roles
33:55We expect right now to see the big star Shohei Otani start for the Dodgers
33:59Max Scherzer, 41 years old, start for the Blue Jays
34:03So far the ratings have been huge around the world for this series
34:08In the US high ratings, in Japan high ratings
34:11But nowhere higher than here in Canada
34:13Where more than one sixth of the nation has really been glued to the TV sets watching these games
34:19Jonathan back to you
34:20Steve Harrigan standing outside the Rogers Centre
34:23Which is a lot nicer than standing inside the Moscow airport
34:26Which he was doing for a very long time recently
34:28And Steve I know you're an east coaster
34:30But you want the Dodgers to win, don't you?
34:34No, I'm rooting for the underdog with the low payroll
34:37Wow!
34:38Just one quick fact
34:39You have a pitcher here who made $50,000 for the Blue Jays this year
34:45Up from the minor leagues
34:46You have a pitcher on the Dodgers who won last night
34:49Has a $320 million contract
34:52So you're probably for the big guy, I'm for the little guy, Jonathan
34:56Steve Harrigan, I will never talk to you again
34:59My dear friend Steve, thank you so much
35:01Our next guest meantime knows what it takes to win the World Series
35:05Having won with the Dodgers back in 1981
35:09Joining me now, former Dodgers first baseman, Steve Garvey
35:12Steve, it is great to see you
35:14What a game last night, what a setup for tonight, Steve
35:18Great to see you again, Jonathan
35:21And it was a bizarre ending last night
35:24You know, I've probably been in four or five final games of playoffs and World Series
35:29And something always happens
35:31A play like that
35:33Or somebody comes out that's not expected who becomes a hero
35:36But the funniest thing is before game one
35:40The joke was that the Dodgers were starting the series with seven runs because of tariffs
35:46So that's the theme of Canada versus U.S.
35:50But you can't have it that way because none of the players on the Canadian team are from Canada
35:55But you know, essentially, and next week they're going to give out the gold gloves in New York
36:00Crawling says
36:01You know, you win games with offense, but you win championships with defense
36:05And last night was a great example
36:06If you go back to the 18-inning game a couple of nights ago
36:10Numerous defensive plays kept each team in
36:13So I look for a defensive play to make the difference tonight
36:16And, Steve, not easy by any means to win two consecutive games on the road
36:23Can the Dodgers do it?
36:26Well, you know, Toronto did it in L.A.
36:30Always tougher on the road
36:32I think tonight it's going to be a coin toss because the Toronto fans have been phenomenal
36:38They've been standing every inning
36:39Not unlike the Dodgers who have been conditioned over the years to
36:42And I said this in 1980 in a great series with Houston
36:46When we won three straight at the end of the NLCS
36:50And I said it was as if the fans were the tenth man, the tenth player
36:54So I think the fans will have influence tonight
36:57You know, the ratings are close to a Yankee-Dodger World Series
37:01Which back in the 70s would get 50 million
37:03But it's going to be riveting tonight
37:05People will be turning off some of those college football games to see at Game 7
37:09Which is an iconic evening for baseball
37:12All right, I want a really quick declaration, five seconds
37:15Dodgers or Blue Jays are World Series champions after tonight?
37:20Well, I think the Dodgers are going to take it
37:24And it might go extra innings because of the quality of the pitchers
37:27All right, that's a good answer
37:29Dodgers win
37:30Steve Garvey
37:31A great pleasure to talk to you as always, sir
37:33Thank you so much, enjoy tonight
37:35My pleasure, God bless
37:37And be sure to tune in to Fox tonight
37:41To catch Game 7 of the World Series
37:45It will be a classic
37:47Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern
37:51I cannot wait for the Dodgers to bring it home
37:54Ahead meantime, we hold the media and lawmakers accountable
37:58Right back
37:59Right back
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