workshops visually impaired. get skateboarding added to the paraolympics. >> jesse: i don't know about that. that seems really risky. >> greg: how does he do that? he was a skateboarder and lost his vision. >> jesse: "special report" is up next bret baier. >> bret: not sure how to take that muscle memory. listen, dreamy trace gallagher will be on this show in a little bit. >> jesse: i will be watching. >> greg: he has a nickname. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. while florida continues to clean up from hurricane ian. president biden and his team trying to clean up rhetorically self-inflicted wound by kamala harris. made a comment most interpreted federal aid to hurricane victims should be distributed through the prism of race and equity to make up for injustices in years' past. the president meantime visited

puerto rico today, devastated by hurricane fiona two weeks ago and the president and white house officials did their part to try to tamp down that controversy. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. white house officials are putting out the word that federal help is on the way for people who need it the most. race is not going to be a factor, despite what the vice president said. >> hello. >> surveying damage from hurricane fiona. president biden is already sounding the alarm about storms that won't hit for years. >> today i'm announcing more than $60 million in funding to help coastal areas in puerto rico. [applause] >> become better prepared for the glorm he says his response doesn't favor friends. >> times like these our nation comes together, put aside our difference -- our political differences and get to work. we show up. >> that's different than what vice president harris suggested that race could impact relief from the federal government.

>> it is our, um, lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions. we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality but we also need to fight for equity. >> peter: republicans argue that's unfair. >> discrimination. hurricanes don't see color although see is the coast where they hit. >> peter: karine jean-pierre clarified the vice president's comment on board air force one. >> we are committed to getting resources to all communities period full stop. we also know some people, particularly in lower income communities have a hard time accessing that help. >> president biden is hoping today's visit is a data point, proving he cares more about the commonwealth than his predecessors. >> i have been to puerto rico because they haven't been taken very good care of. >> peter: on the ground the

commander-in-chief tried to connect like. this we have a very in relative terms large puerto rican corporation in delaware relative to our population. i was sort of raised in the puerto rican community at home politically. >> peter: president biden says he doesn't want any of this storm response to be tinged bipartisan politics but white house officials still are not willing to announce a meeting on wednesday during a trip to florida with the governor ron desantis. bret? >> bret: more on this with the panel peter doocy live on the north lawn. thanks. the death toll from hurricane ian now stands at 68. 61 of those are in florida. 4 in north carolina. and 3 in cuba. the mayor of fort myers says the search and rescue mission there will continue for another day or two. many residents who evacuated are still being kept from their homes. the needs for those who stayed or will return are staggering.

correspondent phil keating is in fort myers tonight. good evening, phil. >> good evening, bret. there continues to be a great need just for the essentials for so many floridians. here they can drive up, get a couple of cases of water, a big box of food as well as bags of ice, all things to the national guard at their 25 distribution sites in the two counties most hardest hit by hurricane ian. lee and charlotte. hurricane ian ravaged florida's barrier islands of sauna bell, port island and sanibel beach. flattened or rubble it. will have to totally be rebuilt. my colleague steve harrigan sanibel today. >> see the descrusktz winds everywhere. some of these houses blown off their foundations 50 or 100 yards. >> kevin lives on fort myers beach or perhaps used to. is he one of tens of thousands

receiving water from the national guard. >> we are getting what we need to survive but these guys are awesome. it helps so much. >> in south carolina, the rebuilding is just getting started from the then cat 1 ian's damage. nearly 10 florida rivers remain at record or near flood stage. causing continued heartache across hurricane ian's path of tremendous rain and window. more than 2300 people have been rescued with more still to come. some by helicopter and boat. others like this elderly couple rescued on sunday by land. that was day four of them needing to be rescued. five days after the devastating cat 4 storm slammed into the state. initially, two and a half floridians lost power including 95% of lee and charlotte counties. today that number is down to 55% statewide. there is still about half a million left to get back on the grid. >> that is a goal that they were trying to hit to have all

customers that can receive power by sunday of this week. this does not include those areas catastrophically hit where there is absolutely no infrastructure, no homes and so on. >> nearly 2,000 people remain in shelters tonight. exactly still unknown is the number of people who no longer have a home to go home to. bret? >> bret: phil keating just outside of fort myers, phil, thank you. fox is donating $1 million to the american red cross to help in the hurricane recovery effort. you can help, too. if you look online, you can go there to that website, red cross.org/fox forward. or you can do it over the phone or through your alexa. but all that is going to the right place. a big day on wall street today as stocks rallied and treasury yields ease off their multi-year highs. the market loved that the dow

soared 765. the s&p 500 jumped 93. the nasdaq surged 240. gasoline prices continue to creep back up. aaa now says the national average stands at 380 per gallon. that's up seven cents from a week ago the national average. gas has risen 59 cents a gallon. 54 cents in alaska. 43 cents in oregon. the most expensive markets for gasoline right now, california at 6:37 per gallon, followed by nevada and oregon. joining us tonight is trace gallagher, the new host of fox news at night. trace, good to see you. congrats. >> trace: greg,bret, great to se you. appreciate it. >> bret: what that gas starts ticking up. it effect people. >> i left yesterday and filled up, paid 6-point # 9 and nine tenths, 7 bucks a gal felon for gas. you mentioned all the other states. it's a national problem. california is always the worst

but the problem also in california. the refineries there. we have got bad refineries, what happened one caught fire it will be down for a while. and one of the big things they are dealing with out there is a lot of the refineries, bret, just want out of the fossil fuel business, right? they want to get into biofuels because it's easier to comply with the climate agenda, climate regulations so they are going to biofuels like ethanol but ethanol is expensive. so there is a profit to be made in it as well. so you can see gas prices as we kind of inch towards the midterms. a little bit across the country. >> inflation obviously and the economy drive people's concerns. but crime is going up as well. i know you have kind of a special look at crime in oregon tonight. >> in oregon crime is up across the board. people look at measure 110. a couple years ago oregon passed measure 110 which decriminalized hard drugs. we are talking about small

amounts. personal amounts of cocaine and heroin and meth and fentanyl even and what the hope was was that you were going to keep people out of jail and it has. but you were going to push people into these rehab centers. that hasn't worked. the numbers are way down. they have got the overdose rain up 40% and crime up all across the board. a lot of people are blaming 110 because, you know, they are seeing this crime rise and there's no other commonality except for that first time in 37, 38 years, bret, they could elect a republican governor in oregon kristin is now running neck in neck. >> bret: that issue is affecting a number of races, pennsylvania, wisconsin, others. you have jim jordan on tonight. >> jim jordan on. we will talk about crime with jim jordan. talk about the border. we are going to talk about the issues because he believes these are driving people to the polls. he believes now especially that people are looking at this and inflation is up and gas prices are up. it's going to keep going up. he is passionate about some of

these things and he thinks it's going who knows? now we have a nickname from gutfeld. >> bret: dreamy. >> trace: you can't go wrong. it's a legitimate show now. >> bret: congrats. going to be fun to watch. >> trace: thank you, bret. appreciate it. >> bret: founder of the oath keepers group and four associates plan an armed rebellion to keep then president trump in power to do whatever was necessary to prevent the stinks of the election for joe biden. that claim comes as the trial begins for stuart rhodes and his partners surrounding the actions capitol riot. >> janice: 6th, 2021. meant no harm to the capitol and no violent intent. the oath keepers insist they were waiting for president trump to evoke the insurrection. given them standing as a militia to use support in support of president trump. up next, we will talk live with

virginia republican governor glenn youngkin. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 4 in dallas as accused serial killer billy shrum mere is back on trial for one of the 22 murders he is charged with committing. shrum mere was convicted of capital murder in april for one of those killings. kim kardashian agrees to pay $1.26 million to settle charges brought by the government for promoting a crypto currency on social media without disclosing the payment she received for that plug. the securities and exchange commission, the sec says the reality tv star failed to disclose she was paid $250,000 to publish a post on her instagram account about emax tokens. and this is a live look at minneapolis from fox 9 our affiliate there one of the big stories there tonight, bonus payments from minnesota frontline workers start going out this week with more than a million people receiving nearly

$500. minnesota legislature approved the bonus pay to thank workers who had key positions during the covid 1 pandemic. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

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♪ >> bret: if there tonight's midterm spotlight races we begin in west virginia where education is on the ballot. voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to determine whether the state board of education there would be required to submit its rules or policies to the state legislature to approve, amend or repeal. education has been a key issue nationally this midterm cycle with a recent fox news poll showing what is taught in schools among the top concerns for registered voters. in neighboring virginia, incumbent democratic congresswoman elaine lore i can't replaces fellow senator jen killingens. in the state's second congressional district our latest fox power rankings has ts race as toss up flipped the seat from red to blue in 2018. republicans are looking to take

it back. let's bring in the aforementioned virginia governor glenn youngkin. governor, thanks for joining us. >> that's an important race i think jen kiggans can pull it out. >> bret: on the issue of education, do you think it's a big issue for republicans across the board this midterm cycle? >> yeah. absolutely. what we are seeing, of course, as everyone is back in school is that education comes right up to the top of the list again. yes, inflation is a huge issue. and bad policies out of the biden white house have driven us to a 40 year high of inflation. seeing education again come to the forefront as parents worry about what their children are taught.

worried about excellencen in schools and kids being challenged. they are worried about not having any choice. at the end of the day, i think education is going to, once again, show itself to be the primary issue in this cycle. and, by the way, we are seeing the same thing in virginia right now where there is arguments about the role of parents in their children's lives. let me tell you parents matter. i think voters will once again state very clearly like they did last year they are voting for parents rights in their kids lives. >> bret: there are some walkouts in different schools in virginia about transgender support. they say that your policies are somehow threatening them. "the washington post" wrote it up this way: the draft policy release september 16th by the state education department would require transgender students to use school facilities and programs matching their biological sex. parents would have to give approval and other staff members to refer to students by a different name or pronoun at school and families would have to provide legal documentation to change a student's name and gender on official school

records but students, like this one student catherine said governor youngkin is using this cover of parental rights to push a political agenda through schools. your reaction to that write up and what you are seeing in virginia? >> >> well, what of course our draft policies are all about is reasserting parents' rights in the lives of their kids. these most important decisions should, in fact, be made between the child and their parents. not to the exclusion of a trusted teacher or a counselor. but parents have a fundamental right to make these decisions and oh, by the way. children deserve to have their parents engaged in this discussion. i think anyone who tries to push this any place else is trying to avoid the fundamental question. should parents be engaged in their children's lives in these kinds of decisions or not? voters in virginia spoke loudly last year that they think they should. i believe they should. and i do believe that voters not just in virginia but across america believe that parents have a fundamental right to be

engaged in their kids' lives. this is what this debate is about. i think our policy is on the correct side of it. and i think in fact americans and virginians believe that as well. >> bret: i want to ask you another education question. this has to do with president biden. take a listen to what he had to say this week. >> i know i'm being banged up by the republicans but come -- bring it on. we can afford to cancel $10,000 in student debt and 20,000 bucks if you had a pell grant. [applause] for americans making under 125 grand. >> bret: what did you make of that policy of the student loan forgiveness if you want to call it that that. >> i think that what the president is trying to do is, in fact, bribe voters. and i think he is being challenged by that right now legally and having to back off a bit here. when we step back, the most important thing we can do for students is first to try to control costs of education. that's why in virginia we worked

with our state schools and tuition is going to be held flat for all in state students this year yet again. that's really important to try to control costs. buff also to have a vibrant economy where people can get a job that allows them to repay their student loans and have an absolute extraordinary life. that's what we are building in virginia as well a growing economy, growing jobs, a growing opportunity and keeping tuition flat this year in our state universities. >> bret: you unveiled an energy policy today. what's different about that? >> well, our energy policy today, i think, embrace as very clear change from what the previous administration had done. we have a greying virginia, growing jobs. a growing economy. we have to grow our population. and, therefore, we need to have a growing energy supply that is dependable, affordable and, yes, clean 30 year rigid policy that

didn't in fact embrace innovation. put at risk the dependability and, in fact, going to drive up costs unnecessarily and put virginians at a disadvantage and oh, by the way, at a time when they can least afford to see further inflation. and so our policy is an all of the above approach that we are in fact going to embrace our existing clean stack where we have natural gas and nuclear that provide most of the power in virginia. we are also going to embrace innovation and yes renewables in window and solar but also new innovation. i have actually set a 10 year challenge to virginia. our moonshot to develop the first commercial small modular nuclear reactor in 10 years that would be done in southwest virginia. and virginia should be at the forefront of this industry where we have such great capabilities already and we are going to do something that not just impacts the future of the commonwealth of virginia but the nation. and the world. >> bret: your name has come up a lot in discussion about 2024.

i'm not going to press you on this because i know the answer already. but i do want to press you on this aspect of it. in your win for governor, a lot of experts said you did a great job of touching the trump voter to make sure that you were dealing with those concerns but also dealing with moderates. when you had the former president over the weekend posting on truth social this statement that gets a lot of -- raises a lot of eyebrows and calls for, he says that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has a death wish and that he must seek immediate help and advise advice from china-loving wife cocoa chal. that's a quote from the post. how do you react to that? >> you know, bret, i'm not a name caller. what i continue to focus on is bringing people around common sense solutions to difficult and

oh by the way most difficult issues that are facing people from around their kitchen tables every night. we have great answers for these. >> bret: this thing doesn't have a threat. >> over and over again. >> bret: that post doesn't help? >> well, bret, i just found that calling people names is not the way to put forth a good idea. and i think that our ideas which have really pressed on getting taxes down and funding law enforcement and investing in school choice and making sure that teachers get raises and oh, by the way, have a very strong view on what we need to be teaching in our schools, teaching our children how to think, not what to think and on top of that common sense energy policies today. this is what i think we need to be doing in order to move our country forward. and that's what we're doing in the commonwealth of virginia. >> bret: governor youngkin, we appreciate your time. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: up next, federal and state prosecutors get tough in the fight against fentanyl.

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teensover dosing on fentanyl. two survive, one does not. >> wake up. that's right. just push it in. >> this was a serious case. and it deserved serious charges. >> prosecutors charge jocelyn lopez sanchez with distribution resulting in death after the 23-year-old smuggled 1,000 fentanyl laced pills known as mexican percocet and sold several at a high school party. she is now serving 12 to 20 years in a federal prison. >> what drug did they take? what drug? >> in las vegas, recently. six died of overdoses in just 36 hours. >> fentanyl? >> increasingly, state prosecutors are also charging dealers not with just distribution but with homicide. >> i'm not going to let drug dealers get away with murder. if we can prove poisoning under the law, we can charge first degree in certain circumstances. >> d.a. mike charged 19 fentanyl dealers this year with second degree murder. joseph castanza was the first after pills he sold killed a teenager. >> 5 years to life and first degree murder is 25 years to

life. >> do you believe sentences like that are a deterrent? >> i do 20 states have resulting in death laws but few use them. the u.s. attorney's office convicted 107 defendants of the statute in 2021, out of thousands of fentanyl fatalities. i'm told by agents the suspects make a statement oh no i'm looking at a lot of prison time now. >> want the cartels labeled terrorist organizations and fentanyl itself classified as a weapon of mass destruction. both would expand penalties and allow the u.s. military to get more involved. bret? >> william, thank you. the russian military is acknowledging ukrainian forces have broken through moscow's defenses in the strategic southern section chore son region. that is one of the four areas annexed by russian president vladimir putin friday tonight

jennifer griffin looks at where things stabbed between the west and russia with nuclear weapons clearly in focus. [explosion] >> a ukrainian tank fires towards russian positions in the donbas as ukrainian soldiers raise the flag over lee monday, the strategic logistics hub where russian forces retreated in humiliation just hours putin's speech annexing four parts of ukraine. >> it is fully clear. i think our military, our warriors. >> and embedded russian military reporter described the empty eyes of the fleeing russian soldiers who he said were not resupplied and plagued by desertion. western leaders continue to war game how to respond to putin's new threats to use nuclear weapons. >> the united states is the only country in the world to use nuclear weapons twice. actually they set a precedent. >> russia has 2,000 tackle nuclear weapons. western leaders have warned putin of the consequences of

using them. >> this nuclear saber ralg ratling is not kind of thing that we would expect to hear from leader of large countries with capability. i don't see anything that would lead me to believe he has made such a decision. >> rhetoric by president putin is dangerous. it's reckless. we have clearly conveyed to president putin. >> the pentagon has not seen any change in status to russia's strategic nuclear weapons ones target u.s. cyber officials and the fbi warn both russia and china. russia is a.m. amplifying topics doubts about the integrity of elections. while china is select races to hinder candidates perceived to be particularly adversarial to beijing.

bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. up next, the panel on cleaning up an vice president's kamala harris disaster relief comments and a look at the midterms.

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>> we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality but we also need to fight for equity. understanding not everyone starts out at the same place. >> now is not the time who get what based on where you started it's about helping people. >> we are going to support all communities. i committed that to the governor. i commit to you right here all floridians are going to be able to get the help that is available to them through our programs. >> bret: comments by vice president harris caused some consternation, let's say, not only in republicans pushing back on what was said but also in the distributing of funds in florida and other places. we have this tweet: this is false at vp's rhetoric is causing undue rhetoric and must be clarified. fema assistance already to all floridians impacted by hurricane eastbound regardless of race or background if you need assistance. this is somebody with governor desantis' office.

let's bring in our panel. fox news senior political analyst brit hume, olivia beavers congressional reporter from politico and ben domenech editor-at-large ben domenech podcast on fox news radio. what do you think of this caused quite a kerfluffle. >> brit: terrible policy and illegal to distribute aid on the basis of race. she made it pretty clear on those comments beyond what you showed that this is what this is about. and so if promptly shot down by the fema director denounced as you saw by christine as desantis press secretary. terrible politics, i think. there may be some section of the democratic base that approves of this but broadly speaking race based is teenager politically. people tonight want that. for candidates, some democrat candidates who may be seeing pulls sift in the recent weeks. this is probably the last thing

they want to answer questions about how disaster relief is handled a huge opportunity to show your might and come out on top or hurt yourself politically. we have seen it in the past chris christie and barack obama and president barack obama at the time in 2012 here you are starting to hear from republicans and democrats alike on the ground in florida about how they are treating it. kamala harris has that clip going out and it's hurting her it. also was taken in the context oe hurricane and being a -- the question was about being a global influencer on climate and so that soundbite is now going to be something that as we see the administration is answering to and so are other democrats. >> bret: yeah, ben. >> it was very clear that kamala harris' allies politically were doing everything they could today to claw back from that statement. this there is such a thing, of

course, as never letting a crisis go to waste. we saw that under the obama administration. but ere is also such a thing as having a crisis look like it's something that you are trying to take advantage of. i think that was a situation here where she, unfortunately ran into the real teeth of something people in america really are fed up with. which is turning everything into kind of a race-focused politically focused thing as opposed to in a moment of real tragedy bringing everyone together, trying to unite around trying to bring people back. >> bret: brit, has in your mind the dynamic changed? we have monmouth poll out about the top issues vs. president biden's approval on those issues. inflation at 82% and his approval '30%. crime 72, 32. elections 70, 43. unemployment 68, 43 even though the unemployment numbers are low. that monmouth poll is not a good

sign for democrats or for the president. >> brit: no, it isn't. it's echoed in what we are seeing with the president's polling approval rating dipping once again with races around the country where democrats appeared to have solid leads, particularly senate races, the margin is tightening and in some cases republicans have pulled ahead. so, the tide in this, which looked like there was a democratic come back, at least it looked that way to some people, happening, appears to be receding in the other direction. the republicans gaining ground and the importance of these certain issues that you point out there, that are in that poll, coming to the foreonce again, as i think they inevitably were going to. >> bret: olivia, do you think the calculation about abortion for a lot of democratic campaigns is changing or has changed in the last three or four weeks? >> democrats feel abortion will work to their advantage. the question is whether the energy and anger peaked early and whether inflation is seeping

back in and giving back momentum to republicans. we are starting to see that some in polling as you were just questioning. the question will be what motivates people to go to the ballot boxes in november. >> bret: for two big senate races in pennsylvania and wisconsin. crime is where the republicans are focusing and they seem to be moving the needle in both races, actually in the senate. >> fundamentals reassert themselves time and time again. and what we can see historically is that these issues, these pocketbook, kitchen table, however you want to describe them issues, tend to have prevalence over ideological issues that may factor in when it comes to the energy of certain niche elements and single issue voters. voters who prioritize those issues. the fundamentals tend to reassert themselves. >> bret: brit, what did you make of glenn youngkin, virginia governor and where do you think he stands in the 2024 possibilities? >> well, i think some people may think is he a little new to the

big time to be starting to think about presidential campaign but he has done one thing very well that a lot of republicans i think will try to learn from him. he has learned how to finesse donald trump which is not easy to do. he seemed to manage in virginia to not get tangled up with trump or close to him in any way and yet trump voters, i think, turned out for him which is obviously that is sort of the holy grail for republicans in this coming, this election and obviously in '24 how can they get around trump who is a liability or many believe is without alienating his voters. youngkin did it. >> bret: yeah. it's definitely a challenge for some republicans. panel, stand by if you would. up next the border crisis, the politics, the policy. congressional democrats meet bill melugin who joins our panel. >> in your opinion, is the border secure? >> i have to go give a speech. didn't you hear me? >> i heard you. it's a quick question. is the border secure? ♪

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>> do you believe the border is secure? >> well, i believe that we have to have a secure border. we also have a responsibility to recognize the importance of newcomers to our nation. >> it was a busy few days in washington. we're back with our panel which now includes fox news correspondent bill melugin. nice job. it's -- the reason you came here is because you couldn't get some of those interviews as you were reporting on the border. >> yeah. >> bret: you had some success getting some answers but a lot of not. >> a lot of not. a lot of people who didn't want to talk about the border. some wouldn't look us in the eye. wanted to talk to ayanna pressley. she was one of the politicians who faultsly smeared the horse back border patrol agents did so on the one year anniversary. wanted to talk to bennie thompson, the chairman of the homeland security committee. he said he had a speech to go to. wouldn't talk to us. obviously we wanted to get secretary mayorkas. reached out to dhs the week before we were out here. gave them a heads up we were going to be here asked him for

an interview. dhs never applied to us. we went to him. wanted to see if he would say anything about the border. and apparently couldn't spare a few seconds. >> bret: you put in official requests with all these offices? >> yeah. >> bret: the numbers really quickly, they are astronomical. >> they're. >> bret: keep getting worse. we. >> we set the record last year face equal year 1.7 million illegal crossings broke the record again fiscal year 2022. 2.1 million so far. we are waiting for the september numbers. and now the got away numbers are shooting through the roof as well. we just finished this fiscal year with 599,000 known got-aways according to cbb sources. 50,000 people a month sneaking past border patrol without ever getting caught. >> bret: some other networks are starting to cover, this believe it or not. here is an nbc piece from just the other day. >> you were a democrat and you are now a republican. why? >> because the fact that the

democratic party has changed a lot. and identify more with the republican party. >> what things? >> well, we're for god, country, family and hard work. >> used to vote blue too. he is also a republican. and most concerned with immigration and beefing up border security. >> what are the concerns you have about immigration. >> the fact of the matter is that we -- you know, we don't feel safe anymore. bret abc and telemundo most important issue for latinos, cost of living 23%. democracy 20%. then you look at the congressional preference and it has shifted in recent weeks. your thoughts on this, brit. it has moved a couple points. that means a lot in some of these races. >> well, it does, particularly areas most affected by the border. i think the national awareness of this appears at this moment, at least, to be growing. in part because of the numbers that bill cited. 600,000 got-aways on top of all

of these millions who have gotten in one way or the other. it's extraordinary. i have never seen anything like this. lawlessness simply permitted toler rate offed with no serious effort to move against it. at any time that i can remember. let me say a word to bill. we starterred this network one thing we talked about was fair and balanced news. a big part of that was stories that we could do that were legitimate that no one else is doing. bill, congratulations, buddy, because you sure have been doing it? >> thanks, brit, appreciate it. >> bret: olivia, there are more and more people focused on this and this story. i will say that, you know, a lot of people called it a political stunt by desantis and governor abbott. but it did get a lot of attention one way or another. is it getting more attention on capitol hill? >> it is getting attention. republicans have start to have had make inroads with hispanic voters. that's where you are sort of seeing the push between now democrats try to reclaim those votes back in border states especially where those issues seem to be really high on the docket like the senate race in

arizona, that's one of the top issues. and i think fox had a poll about it recently. that was one of the top issues in addition to inflation. and you have blake masters and mark kelly battling it out and at times the democrats who are at the border states tend to split with some of their party we need to be handling this differently. >> bret: ben? >> look back at 2012 and post romney autopsy report it. made all these conclusions about immigration policy in america in order to win back hispanic voters. those conclusions really turned out to be false. the truth is that hispanic voters in america are economically motivated. they care about these i-a secure border to a much greater degree than washington based consultants thoughts that they would. that's one of the reasons why donald trump performed as well as he did among hispanic voters both in 2016 and 2020. and one of the reasons that republicans are seeing hispanic voters flowing to them to the degrees that democrats never really thought possible.

>> bret: bill, i want to ask you about politico piece. write this piece about white house concern a doocy on the border. as melugin become increasingly network his attention caught the attention of the white house irritated by his reporting. the white house has remained extremely sensitive to issues political vulnerability for biden. when you read that piece and got the fallout from it. were you like, what? >> i shook my head. first off i love peter doocy it's an honor to be compared to him. yeah, i thought it was a little bizarre. i mean, they say our coverage is alarmist. what's happening at that border is alarming. and we see it every day. we have seen it every day for a year and a half. we can't even show on tv some of the things we see down there. the corpses, the little children who are sexually assaulted. it's something you have to physically go and see yourself to get the scope of what is happening down there. i didn't truly understand it until i went down there physically and started covering it half of each month for the last 16 months.

it appears they are not too thrilled that we invest in drones and we can see a lot of stuff from the air and that we have got these night vision thermal drones. we will continue covering that border. we will keep doing a good job and we have great teams down there and they can write whatever they want. it's all right. >> bret: it's great team effort and you are doing a fantastic job. we appreciate it. >> bill: thanks. >> bret: thank you, guys. ♪ ♪ finally tonight, a special report salute. hurricane style. [inaudible] >> bret: look at that coast guard air crew rescuing a woman

and her cats in sanibel, florida. the crew made various other rescues in a few hours in the wake of hurricane ian's devastation. we salute all the first responders who are continuing their jobs. tomorrow on "special report," our "common ground" segment. that continues here. fair, balanced and unafraid. "jesse watters primetime" starts right now. i love those rescues, jesse. >> jesse: that was a great one. thanks, bret. ♪ ♪ >> jesse: if a relationship is going to work out, it needs to be built on a good foundation. it helps when you laugh at the same jokes, if you share the same values. but, most importantly, you need trust. marriage won't last if you can't trust each other and it's worse if your father-in-law doesn't trust you. >> all right. now, look, father, i'm a patient man. that's what 19 months in the vietnamese prison camp will do to you. but i will be watching you, st