. >> melissa: fox news alert for you now, big questions about the status of the number two at the justice department as a source tells fox news that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is on his way to the white house. if this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today of course, harris faulkner. most of kennedy on the fox business network, kennedy. fox news contributor jessica tarlov and joining us on the couch today, the editor in chief of "the daily caller" news foundation, christopher bedford. you have picked a very busy day. let's get right to it. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein as reportedly arrived at the white house amid a "new york times" report on friday. if the article reporting that back in may of 2017 shortly before rosenstein appointed special counsel robert mueller, the deputy attorney general suggested secretly recording president trump and discussed the possibility of removing the president from office. rosenstein has denied the report and one person who is reportedly in the room said that rosenstein was being sarcastic. just a short time ago, democrat

hello and welcome to fox news at night. time shannon bream in washington. a weather alert, hurricane florence is yet to make landfall and already has become almost everything else in this divisive era politicized so much so that donald trump and his team are trying to stay out of the storm and criticism of the response do it even though the storm has not yet made landfall. we have team coverage from north carolina but first kristin fisher in washington with how the federal government and the president are preparing for the monster storm. >> donald trump is declared states of emergency from north carolina, south carolina and virginia, canceled two campaign events in order to focus on the storm. this could be the strongest hurricane to hit the carolinas in decades and he says his administration is sparing no expense to make sure they are ready. >> we are totally prepared, we are as ready as anybody has ever been. >> donald trump is sounding confident before hurricane florence is expected to make landfall. >> tremendous amounts of water. >> in an oval office b

fox news exclusive. more text messages between peter stzrok and lisa page revealing others were leaking like mad. the exchange from 2016 indicates other government officials were leaking about the russia probe a month after the presidential election. one text said leaking like a mad, scorn and worried politicals kicking into overdrive, two former fbi agent someone who work directly with stzrok said the word sisters refers to the cia. we don't know. alleged media leaks strategy to is trove of new brett kavanaugh document, much to discuss, chief assistant us attorney andrew mccarthy. welcome to fox news at night. i want to start with these textss because this is a period where all this has been going on for months, the president has won the election, yet to be sworn in yet. what do you make of these conversations and possibility these folks are considering they may have to explain this at some point? >> it is very important that you put the conversations in context. in december 2016, the investigation of t

eastern time right here on fox news channel, arthel. arthel: and we have a news alert, north carolina's governor says many treacherous flood waters are threatening the state more than a week after hurricane florence made landfall, many rivers have reached major flood stage making any recovery that much harder. jonathan is live in limberton, north carolina with more, jonathan. >> arthel, this is one example of what recovery crews are going to be dealing with, we are in downtown lumberton, downstream from a culvert, you could see the flood waters moving at brisk pace surrounding some of the modest homes here near the downtown area and these high waters are expected to remain through the weekend, all this comes just two years after hurricane matthew left much of lumberton and surrounding robinson county under water tugger what many thought at the time was a flood so big it would only happen once in 500 years and just two years later residents still recovering from matthew are now looking at something potentially even bigger, prolong rains

he apparently saw on fox news. quote, we have found nothing to show collusion between president trump and russia, absolutely zero, but every day we get more documentation showing collusion between the fbi and doj, the hillary campaign, foreign spies, and russians. incredible. and he tagged a fox news contributor and a fox business

we will start off with a fox news alert. we were anticipating a letter from the state department official to be handed from kim jong un in north korea to our president. it has now just happened our own rich edson of fox news can confirm that part of what president trump talked about o. board air force one today has happened. the secretary of state pompeo has received a letter from kim jong un to give to president trump. remember, the course is still going forward after their meeting. that summit. denuclearization is the goal. and now a letter to the president from their chairman. we'll cover the news if this happens as more details pop on this. also, breaking right now. >> to deliver a simple message and that is that you

>>eric: a fox news alert on north korea. the state department confirming that secretary of state mike pompeo has received a letter from kim jong-un to president trump. the president told reporters that letter was handed over at the dmz and it's now on the way to him. >> a letter is being delivered to me and i think it's going to be a positive letter. the rhetoric between myself and him has been very good. he said i have respect for trump. yesterday he said i want to make this deal and denuclearize. >>eric: the high-level letter comes amid concerns about the negotiations and as pyongyang prepares a massive military parade to celebrate the anniversary of the nation's founding. - - is live in seoul, south korea with the latest on what celebrations we could expect. >>reporter: more on that later in a moment but first, let's turn to the celebration.in about six hours time, the proceedings should be kicking off in pyongyang. that's about 120 miles from where we are standing right now and they could tell us something about the stat

fox news alert. the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee says she has given the fbi information regarding allegations against supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. but there is plenty of information we don't have at this point. correspondent kristin fisher is looking into it for us. good evening. >> republicans say this is nothing more than an 11th hour character assassination. but democrats, they are not sure what they have. but they've referred attenuated federal investigators. all we know for sure about these claims is that senator dianne feinstein says she received information from someone who "strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and i have honored that decision. i have however referred the matter to federal investigative authorities." the issue is so secret that even other democrats on the judiciary committee don't know what it is. >> all i know is what i have read, two or three sentences that was in some report that came out

>> this is a fox news alert. hello and welcome to a live edition of "fox news @ night." i met henry in for shannon bream. astern warning to syria as they ready for what could be a maze or assault against a province in syria that is the last rebel stronghold in his war-torn nation. we are live and we're going to get the latest from a top official within the israeli government. also today, the president lashing out at attorney jeff jef sessions again. this time he says the department is jeopardizing what could be easy republican wins next month during the midterms. politics or an abuse of power? finally, the nfl is back this week and so is quarterback colin kaepernick, who will not stand for the national anthem.

listen mike pompeo this week on fox news sunday weekend on fox news sunday reiterating for your point that we might be in good position on this. listen. >> well going to get an outcome which forces china to behave in a way that if you want to be a power, global power transparency rule of law, you don't stall intellectual property, fundamental principles of trade around the world fairness, rest -- those are things president trump has told his counterpart there who he very much likes. those are the things that american people are demanding and american workers deserve. >> so china is walking away, though, and we don't have a date or for nor negotiations to continue. how important is it now you say maybe doesn't matter that much. but is it important to get back to negotiating table to finish this round of conversation? >> yeah. i think secretary pompeo brings up a good point the point everyone is forgetting at the end of the day the reason we're driving so hard on trade is to get china to act like a developed country and world market and that's to open up their markets and, you know, hal

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fox news lineup tonight. he will be looking at hard hitting issues ahead of the november midterm elections. here's a sneak peek. >> this week senator bernie sanders, officialed beloved loon bag of the democratic establishment sounded off what america meant with him. he does so with sarah silverman. here's what the senator had to say. >> we can't use dirty words in the united states senate. >> i can't? >> no. we just starve little children, bomb houses and buses of children and give tax breaks but don't use dirty words. >> bernie is ignorant and unfunny but does have the cute bunny voice that makes him beloved to college students and his entire lake house filled with different flavors of pudding. bernie's statement is important because it does reveal a serious gap how republicans think in the view of the hard left. universal bills are america's fault. specific goods are the result of universal culture. war, america's fault. a thriving global economy, a world achievement. jon: well, you can catch more of that o

having at 4:00 am a fox news alert. brett kavanaugh and doctor christine ford in the hot seat on capitol hill today as donald trump rails against the democrats. >> they are economists because they know the quality this man is and they destroyed a man's reputation and they want to destroy even more. >> the brand-new case of mistaken identity that could throw a wrench into the? 's are's entire story and dreamer arrested, and illegal immigrant accused of multiple murders is the daca recipient. could have been behind bars months ago. michelle obama is going high, you won't believe how much she is charging for book tour tickets, got to hear this. "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ take me away ♪ >> take it back this morning, pocket full of sunshine, live shot of new york city, the sun is not yet come up but it is sure to shine shortly. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning and it is going to be a busy day. there's a lot happening. thanks for starting with us so let's get right to a fox news aler

but even this article on fox news is highlighting some of the... article on fox news is highlighting some of the. .. horrendous things. a damning indictment on how the white house has been run under donald trump. save fake news, as the expression is, have you read fire and fury mark? no, i haven't, i have not had the time. -- fire and fury. the idea is that basically when you see the names bob woodward and carl bernstein, you think of that wonderful feel all the king's lynn with robert redford. these guys do not make statements that they can't back up. so it is all very well, sarah saunders, saying these are disgruntled people trying to make the administration look worse than it is, there is no smoke without fire here. and following on from michael wolff, trust me, there is more than a grain of truth in it. —— king's men. we're all going to work in the grand old age. you are not retiring soon, are you? though, of course not. japan has got a very strange work culture, having worked there for a number of years. this is inevitable, it is going to happen all over the world. interest

a fox news alert on another black eye for facebook. a massive security breach of fleck affecting nearly 50 million accounts. the brigance in the company's history jeff hall joins us live from los angeles with more. facebook is working with law enforcement they are making many users log back into their account. this all has to to do with a feature called view ads. they exploited at this feature. they acted as digital keys. it has fixed a bug. this latest hack won't help user confidence. we have a significant number of people will been affected by a data breach that has nothing to do with their own online habits. all of this adds up to reduce the public confidence in that service. they talked about the hack yesterday saying we are continuing to improve our defenses and i think this underscores that there are constant attacks from people who are trying to take over accounts. they steal still information for people in our community. concerns regarding russian influence on users. the company's says they're taking the situation very seriousl

jon: fox news coverage on this. rick leventhal on the coaster at ellison barber is in south carolina, will we begin with leland vittert in the hard-hit riverfront town of new bern, north carolina. >> john, the hits just keep on coming. you can see this neighborhood that is flooded for as long as the eye can be in the rain continues to come down. we met rex bennett out here. he had just come back. this right here is the home rex grew up in. we will go ahead and pay and oversee you can see the water levels here. you came back to the first time. you saw what happened. you probably knew it was flooded. what is it like to see it? >> is just unbelievable to see what this water can do. this is where i grew up. and others a senior citizen now. just a tough time. >> a lot of her friends are staying at your funeral home. >> that's absolutely right. folks had to be water rescue does the water is rising a peered they were trapped in need of rescue. they come in the funeral home i said absolutely. food, generators. reporter: rex

fox news polling. can we pop it up? about things following along party lines, democrats 59%. christine ford and 60% of republicans support brett kavanaugh. your thoughts, dan. >> we're supposed to use advise and consent, not opinion polls. to judy's point, if you read "the new york times" story on this latest accusation, "the new york times" has said they interviewed several dozen people, none of whom could provide first-hand corroboration of this incident. so you've got here a second-hand hearsay. >> harris: but this is not a court of law. that's what everybody is reminding -- >> it's a nomination to the supreme court. >> harris: that's what people believe. >> we don't conduct supreme court nominations based on opinion polls. i'll tell you this. i think chairman grassley and the republicans have to get to this vote and stand firm or their base is going to collapse. republicans and republican voters are getting very frustrated with the democratic strategy of delay on the kavanaugh nomination. >> harris

gillian: the attorney for president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, talks to fox news. we'll hear from lanny davis who once served as special counsel to president clinton. >> when michael cohen came to me, it took me quite a while to listen to him as to why he had changed his mind about donald trump and i took on the representation because he was ready to speak what he felt about donald trump. leland: senator john mccain to be laid to rest this afternoon at the united states naval academy in annapolis. lucas tomlinson is there ahead of the service. >> reporter: senator mccain's body is expected to arrive at the naval academy in 45 minutes. we'll have more on america's news headquarters. leland: we'll go back to annapolis as the arrival ceremony takes place. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. i'm leland vittert. gillian: i'm gillian turner. president trump touting job numbers this morning on twitter, he's focusing on minority unemployment during his administration. he tweeted out the fact is, african american unemployment is now the lowest in the his

. >> fox news doug mckelway tells us the white house is prepared for the delay in moving forward with the confirmation vote. >> judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people i have ever known. i wish the democrats could have done this sooner because they have had this for many months. they should not have waited for literally the last days. >> she should not be ignored or assaulted. she should be heard, but so should he. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh saying he's willing to appear before the senate judiciary committee to defend himself against allegations of sexual assault. christine blasey ford says that kavanaugh, who was 17 at the time, put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. >> she clearly considers this rape. she believes if it were not for the severe intoxication of brett kavanaugh, she would have been raped. >> reporter: kavanaugh says quote, this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone. some are calling the recent allegations a political stunt, aimed at preventing kavanaugh from being confirmed

it's going to be a big "fox news sunday." check your local fox station and the tv listings for the time that it runs in your area. secretary pompeo says a second meeting between president trump and north korean dictator kim jong-un is possible. he tells fox news the two sides still have work to do before the leaders could meet. suit korean president moon just met with kim for three days in pyongyang. moon said the dictator wants to meet with president trump again. the south korean leader says he will deliver a private message from kim to president trump next week at the united nations general assembly in new york. president trump and kim met face to face in june in singapore. the north korean leader pledged to denuclearizing his country. rich edson is live at the state department right now. rich? >> john, progress between the united states and north korea is so, so slow that last month secretary of state mike pompeo cancelled what would have been his fourth trip to pyongyang citing a lack of progress from north korea. now he

in new york, laura ingle, fox news. eric: many thousands of people in north carolina still dealing with the rising floodwaters there. now there's a new concern that one river may be contaminated. jonathan serrie is in lumberton north carolina with the latest. hi, jonathan. >> hi, eric. you know, residents here, they went through hurricane matthew. they experienced epic flooding. they were told that it was a 1 in 500 year floods and now they are dealing with this all over again. i will have details when we come back. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. what maheart-healthyle salad the california walnuts.ver? the best simple pasta ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get

a fox news alert. a new claim emerges, judge brett kavanaugh facing a brand-new sexual misconduct accusation. rob: how he and the white house are firing back at that. president trump to take u.s. at the forum today. >> how he plans to put the u.s. in stage. oman, a comeback, how tiger woods just beat the odds. rob: yeah, "fox & friends first" begins right now. ♪ ♪ rob: anything could happen. jillian: tiger woods. rob: i know, right? jillian: i read he's favorite to win masters. rob: i totally believe that. he's playing well, we will see what happens. live look outside. it's dark, it's 4:00 in the morning and we are back with you at 4:00 a.m., remember when we did that about six weeks. jillian: i do remember. rob: i'm rob schmitt. jillian: we are in for heather childers, thank you for starting the day was. brett kavanaugh and the white house firing back at new assault allegations surfaced against the supreme court nominee. several of his yale classmates denying the latest claims. rob: garrett tenney

a fox news alert. sources tell fox news the senate judiciary committee has offered to send staff members to california or to a location of christine blasey ford's choosing so she can give her side of the story about the sexual assault allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike, what more do you know? >> dana, good afternoon, it sounds like chairman chuck grassley is willing to do whatever it takes to get professor christine de blasioy ford to speak to the judiciary committee on monday. >> where i'm focused right now do everything we can to make dr. ford comfortable to come before the committee either in open session or closerred session or a public or a private interviews. that's four different ways she can choose to come. so i'm not worried about anything other than just focusing for the next few days on encouraging her to come. >> the attorney for professor christine blasey ford has argued a full investigation by law enforcement officials wil

in newbern bryan llenas fox news rob ron fox news alert, brand-new allegations against judge kavanaugh that now threat on the derail supreme court confirmation this as poll voters oppose the nomination. is judge kavanaugh already guilty in the court of public opinion and is there anything credible here or is this just trying to keep this guy from getting to the supreme court. here to debate is kristin tate, capri cafaro. >> good morning. rob: kristin we had one accuser, now potentially two or maybe three accusers in this, what do you think about the chances of this getting on the supreme court at this point? >> well, we don't know yet but in terms of public opinion what's happened here to kavanaugh is totally unfair, this is a nearly flawless candidate with impressive track record in the legal world but because of the democrats and the media the majority of americans now don't even want him confirmed, the democrats are just shamelessly wrapping themselves in feminism to derail the impeccable candidate and the way it's been handled suggests that the democrats' priorities is not women or

obama did talk to fox news. here's an example. 2009 the obama white house tried to exclude fox news from a press pool interview with administration officials. 2013 the story broke the obama doj under the leadership of mr. holder they actually spied on one of our reporters at the time, james rosen. they looked through his phone calls and e-mails from 2009 while attempting to find a source for one of rosen's stories. so what you heard from obama today was nothing more than fake news and liberal spin. this is why this midterm election is so important. he's right about one thing. it's important. i can't stress enough. yeah, a lot in the country's at stake. democrats win in november, you stay home, well, this is what's gonna happen. they'll rescind the tax cuts. they want their crumbs back. nancy pelosi calls them crumbs. that's the money in your pay check that will be gone. they want to impeach president trump. chucky schumer openly admitted it just this past week. here's him in his own words. >> sooner the better.

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first, president trump with breaking news now on fox news channel. he's getting a briefing in south carolina. th let's listen. >> we're waiting for the infrastructure bill. here's the thing. if we can get it in emergency disaster declaration. we need a lifeline. >> what are you going to do for other states? >> first step is to give them 95. we get to 95 -- >> $1.2 billion for us to get to 95. horry is putting in $1.3 million. if we can get to -- >> it would solve a lot of problems. why don't you and lindsey start looking at that with tom? we're going to be looking at this for years, right? >> now you have a real builder. >> the secretary general and i have met -- >> what do they say? >> they say we have to have a project that we're looking for. [inaudible] >> shepard: my understanding how this is about to work as follows. the president is getting a briefing. the rest is behind closed doors. then he will go to nor a tour and it's our understanding that he will walk around with residents and get a chance to hear from him then. if that happens, we'll ta

business and fox news? what you're seeing right now, ocean. he does mention some people are saying is not that big of a deal because it's been downgraded to a category one but this hurricane is moving incredibly slowly. when it was over the ocean, it was accumulating moisture. now it's moving inland and we are expecting to get it way worse than this in just a few hours, expecting flash floods, so far within justice district, there's about 15,000 homes, the latest that i saw an hour ago. 10,000 homes of lost power in the entire south carolina. we're looking at at least 54,000 homes out of lost power. people have been asked to stay inside. there was a massive police vehicle before it was white writing around and he didn't know i was a reporter and got mad and told me to get back in the car's speaker because of the danger of the debris so overall we are seeing is his torrential rains and i was speaking to sandra smith on fox news earlier this morning, wasn't even that bad, barely even rain but now it's coming.

in new bern, bryan llenas, fox news. arthel: devastating conditions. okay. we get back to politics now. democrats are predicting big gains in the midterms, despite a booming economy under president trump. the president touting those numbers today, tweeting, quote, new economic records being set on a daily basis, and it is not by accident. let's bring in our panel right now. eric cook is the managing principal at precision strategies and a democratic campaign strategist, beverly hallberg, the president of district media group and host of the filler words pod cast and beverly i will start with you. listen, you have got all of these other -- you have the economy, which is going well, and it's a good story for the president. then you have these scandals that are out there. will it be a case of good news outweighs the bad news? >> well, i think when it comes to the good news, let's just start with the economy first. what republicans really need to do is twofold, when it comes to the messaging. they need to make it very clear that the reason why people are getting

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in new bern, bryan llenas, fox news. jon: some business news now after months of back and forth, british regulators say comcast has outbid rival 21st century fox in a takeover of british broadcaster sky. the u.s. cable giant submitting a much higher bid than fox, about 40 billion dollars. sky is europe's largest paid television operator. 21st century fox is the parent company of fox news. >>> the fall season is upon us, which for thousands around the world means time to grab a beer and a mug. details on the beginning of october fest next. >>> but first here's jesse watters with a look at what's coming up on tonight's watters world. >> all star line up tonight on watters world, ben shapiro, lou dobbs, diamond and silk, plus an alien abductee, tonight. ♪ the lexus ls 500 & ls 500 h. take advantage of great offers on the 2018 ls 500. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. in your wireless mouse? maybe not. maybe you can trust that during your fantasy draft, the computer won't autodraft a kicker in the 7th round. or... y

alright now on "fox news sunday". and hello ago from fox news in washington. it looks like we will have a dramatic face-off on capital between supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh on the woman accusing him of sexual assault, 36 years ago. when they were both in high school. christine blasey ford has tentatively agreed to testify before the senate judiciary committee on thursday. but her lawyers and committee staff are still negotiating details. right now, we can tell you about the latest fox news poll which shows this controversy has heard public support for the judgment when asked who do you believe? 36 percent for the accuser. while 30 percent say judge kavanaugh. one percent say they are unsure. when asked whether they support the judge's confirmation to the supreme court, voters say no by a margin of 10 points. last month, before the allegation, the negative margin was just one point. meanwhile, there's another explosive controversy, whether president trump will fire rod rosenstein after reports that in may 2017, rosenstein was so worried about mr. trump'

you do not win iowa in iowa, you win it on fox news. that just marks a return of partisan politics and partisan media of old. but now that we are side by side with the media so committed to some form of the practice of objectivity. this is a really mixed landscape. from one side you have an overtly ideological media. on the other side you have a media that is grappling with how to be objective and practice. that modeled perception of what the media are, and what they should be, and what their values are has helped fuel a new era of criticism of the way that journalists cover presidents and campaigns. criticism that is at least as exciting as it was in jefferson's day. journalists covering the white house have been taking it on the chin from both republicans and democrats. the republican argument is still pretty familiar. they are amplifying an old criticism of liberal media bias. the democrats are starting to cast a suspicious eye towards cable news channels like cnn and newspapers like the new york times and washington post. ready to p

>> thursday, september 13th, this is "fox and friends first," happening right now a fox news alert, the calm before the storm, hurricane florence downgraded to category 2 but the threat is still very real with more than 10 million people now in the crosshairs. >> pforzheim cancer survivor, 4 times in remission. he is going to bring me through the hurricane. >> we are tracking this monster storm's a brand-new path just hours ahead of landfall. leaking like mad. fox news exclusive's caving new text messages between fbi lovers peter stzrok and lisa page revealing the highest level of corruption yet. >> as an immigrant refugee i certainly find this deeply offensive. >> a big tech bias, brand-new video, google bosses trashing our president just days after he won the election. "fox and friends first" starts right now. and good morning to you. a busy one, you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. thank you for starting the day with us. let's get our top story, bracing for the worst, millions of people evacuating the coast and hunkering down in the path of hurricane florence

talk show host and fox news contributor leslie marshall. joining us today, steve hilton in the center seat. host of the next revolution, and the author of positive populism. great to have you. >> steve: great to be here. one dumb xp when let's get started. she is huge, and she is coming. millions of people on the east coast bracing for hurricane florence as it bears down on the carolinas. it has lost some wind speed. the national hurricane center says there is nothing minor about florence. it warns that the storm remains deadly because of its growing size and a flow speed. fema chief brock along warning people not to let their guard down. >> just because the wind speed came down, the intensity of the storm came down to a category 2, please do not let your guard down. this is a very dangerous storm. storm surges why you have been placed under, many of you have been placed under evacuation. we are asking citizens to please heed a warning. your time is warning running o. the ocean will start rising along the coach, in the back bay and inland a

s -- in los angeles, jeff paul, fox news. jon: the syrian foreign minister is calling on refugees who fled his war-torn country to return home. is this a signal that fighting there could come to an end? ahead, what it might mean for u.s. troops in the region. plus, are rod rosenstein's days at the justice department numbered? the deputy attorney general still has his job for now, but when -- but what will happen, i should say, when he meets with president trump, and when will that meeting take place? we're live with new developments and analysis from a federal court litigator. >> [inaudible] -- about specific allegations, and he will ask the tough questions like he does with all of us, and the deputy attorney general will answer those questions. here. this is a commercial about insurance. now i know you're thinking, "i don't want to hear about insurance." cause let's be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance, right? which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i'm highly likable

we begin with a fox news alert. from the white house on down republicans are going on offense does a poor judge brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination. president trump standing by his man. this in a top accusing democrats of a smear campaign and kavanaugh declares, i'm not going anywhere. we'll have judge kavanaugh's exclusive interview and get voices from left and right. a seismic shake-up at the doj now a cliffhanger. president trump declining to say whether he plans to fire his deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. but he says he hopes the thursday meeting will help them figure out what is going on. stick around for some inside scoop. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin with team coverage. kristin fisher has the latest on rosenstein and the presidents you president's u.n. diplomacy. but first, here is chief national correspondent ed henry with the latest on what appears to be a new strategic pushed by team kavanaugh. >> good to see you. lost in all the controvers

we begin with a fox news alert. from the white house down republicans going on offense to support brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination, donald trump standing by his neck, top republican accusing democrats of the smear campaign and brett kavanaugh declares i'm not going anywhere. we have the exclusive interview and analysis with voices on the left and the right and we begin is reports of a seismic shakeup at the doj in our cliffhanger, donald trump declining to say whether he will fire rod rosenstein but he hopes the thursday meeting will help them figure out what is going on. welcome to fox news at night. team coverage kristin fisher has the latest on rod rosenstein and the latest on human diplomacy but here is ed henry with the latest on a strategic push by team cavanagh. >> reporter: all the controversy against brett kavanaugh, it is still not a done deal. whether the original accuser doctor ford will testify or not, another letter from doctor ford's legal team where the object to republican senators who ask

we begin with a fox news alert. exclusive no reaction from white house chief of staff john kelly wright here on "fox news @ night" ." as author bob woodward and calls him a different secretary mattis "liars" for eight hours ahead of the release of the woodward's new book. the white house touts a booming economy but who gets the credit? president trump escalating his or her for of the predecessor and tonight the white house is r tracking hurricane florence, the category 4 sturm barreling toward the u.s. we will tell you everything that you need to know. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. the animosity is growing between author bob woodward and the president trump, as a woodward paints a picture of chaos. today the white house is pushing back, touting their economic wins. chief national correspondent ed henry now with exclusive no reaction to woodward's book. good evening. >> breaking tonight, top breaking officials are firing away with new attacks on baudrillard road sb 17 offic

obama did talk to fox news. here's an example. 2009 the obama white house tried to exclude fox news from a press pool interview with administration officials. 2013 the story broke the obama doj under the leadership of mr. holder they actually spied on one of our reporters at the time, james rosen. they looked through his phone calls and e-mails from 2009 while attempting to find a source for one of rosen's stories. so what you heard from obama today was nothing more than fake news and liberal spin. this is why this midterm election is so important. he's right about one thing. it's important. i can't stress enough. yeah, a lot in the country's at stake. democrats win in november, you stay home, well, this is what's gonna happen. they'll rescind the tax cuts. they want their crumbs back. nancy pelosi calls them crumbs. that's the money in your pay check that will be gone. they want to impeach president trump. chucky schumer openly admitted it just this past week. here's him in his own words. >> sooner the better.

this is a fox news alert. much of the southeast and mid-atlantic coast preparing for what could be a monster form. -- storm. hurricane florence turned into a category-4 storm bringing 140 miles per hour winds to a wide stretch of the eastern u.s. where it's going remains a mystery tonight. the government is urging anyone close to be ready. >> lines of communication remain open and the federal government stands ready to assist. these tropical storms and hurricanes are dangerous. heed the warnings of state and local officials who provide the best on ground information. >> bret: president trump tweeted words of warning: let's find out where florence is right now and where it's headed. our fox news meteorologist and the weather center are ready in new york. >> it's a rapidly intensifying storm. we are looking at the center of circulation right there. winds up to 140 miles per hour. category-4 storm. when we woke up only a cat-2. that category-4 status will stick with it as it goes to the coast. our current track.

tom fay car, ktvu fox 2 news -- tom vacar ktvu fox 2 news. >>> chb out in the final hours of labor day weekend. all available chp officers are patrolling state i was looking out for distracted and reckless drivers, this is part of a two state crackdown, chp is teaming up with nevada highway patrol for what is being called the i- 80 challenge, officers have an important message for anyone driving on hundreds of miles of dizzy i-80 during the holiday weekend. >> don't drink, don't drive, don't drive distracted, have a plan, hold yourself responsible for the safety of yourself and your loved ones and your community members. if you do not hold yourselves responsible, we will do that for you. >> just last month the chp motorcycle officer was killed along i-80 in fairfield. a few days later, free -- a few people were hurt when a crew on caltrans was working along the same stretch of highway, both crashes involved distracted drivers. >>> more than 140,000 active and retired u.s. service members are claiming that exposure from toxins due to burn pits and them sick. some military bases in the m

jason chaffetz, fox news contributor and author of "the deep state" ," jessica tarlov, fox news contributor and often visit our online "outnumbered." drilling down on this latest letter, he talks specifically about the fbi not making a credibility of assessment with any information it receives with respect to a nominee. why this next letter, what's happening? >> chairman grassley is bending over backwards to a level i haven't seen before to allow her to pick the venue, is it private, is it public, in washington, d.c., california, he's doing everything he can but i think the insistence that this has got to happen by monday on the other thing you are hearing is they want to hear from her, they don't need somebody else to do the senate's work, the senate wants to do its work. >> harris: the other news in today's reporting is the fact that among the options for her is they would send staff, senate staff to california or wherever she would want to me. how can democrats be critical of a situation where republicans are putting everything out, they have four different ways they can tell her story.

let's get to the fox news alert. an increasing threat of hurricane florence continues to churn along out there in the ocean, category 4 storm right now on a crash course towards the carolinas where millions are being urged to leave. catastrophic flooding expected along the coastline with the decision to stay could mean the difference between life and death. live fox news team coverage with griff jenkins, todd pyro and jonathan siri live from the impact zone but janice dean is tracking the latest path. >> a new advisory in less than an hour that will give us a new track and new coordinates. i'm concerned because as of the last advisor at 11:00 pm last night it showed forward speeds slow down and a stall along the coast. south carolina and georgia need to be prepared as well. 48 hours in advance looking at potential of hurricane force winds all along the carolina coastline, virginia needs to watch this as well as our friends in georgia. storm surge, the wall of water that will come on sure as the hurricane makes landfa

tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news . >>> tom, what happens now, do we know if the governor supports this? >> reporter: we do not know at this point in time, he has a lot of things on his plate right now, much more importance the high-speed rail that goes up to the central valley, that has to be priority number one for legacy stuff. this is something he will take a look at, but given his frugality and the long tail that this would involve, probably many decades, my guess is that he will have to take a very hard look at that before signing it or at least doing something about it that may not be just out and out not doing anything about it. >> okay, tom vacar live for us tonight, tom, thank you >>> frank, did you know that before the automobile there was a lot of trains in the bay area? like a lot. >> yes, going across the bay bridge. >> even before the bridges, they were trains everywhere, people took them out and if you look at the rail lines in the bay area, there were hundreds of trains. it is a shame as well, had they kept those lines, i am a big train guy, traffic is so busy around her

." >> melissa: fox news alert, new reaction a supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is now speaking publicly denying sexual misconduct allegations an exclusive fox news interview. kavanaugh is also vowing to fight on as democrats are stepping up their push to derail his nomination. this is "outnumbered," and i'm melissa francis. here today is harris faulkner. fox nation host tomi lahren, former director of strategic communications for the hillary clinton campaign adrienne elrod and joining us on the couch today, lawrence jones, editor in chief of campus reform and he is "outnumbered." we've got a lot to get to. >> harris: got some superstars on the couch today, big laws we like to call you in texas. >> melissa: let's get to it. we are now hearing from kevin on his own words just days ahead of what's expected to be dramatic capitol hill testimony where the woman accusing him of attempted sexual assault in high school is due to be questioned and after a second woman comes forward alleging that kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a college party. now kavanaugh, joined by his wife ashley, defend

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sources telling fox news that dr. ford wants to testify on thursday. now, all of this as the white house continues to stand behind its nominee, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. >> the president and i are