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Now or never, just five weeks until election day. Ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota governor tim walz about to come facetoface for the first and only time. Stakes could not be higher. Major crises have broken out here at home and abroad. Good evening everybody, im margaret brennan. And im bret baier coming to you live from fox news headquarters in new york martha maccallum the debate moments away. You can see it all right here live on fox. Tonight the two candidates to get out on the nation...

Really ever describe president trump as taking the high road but -- >> bill: you just said you were surprised he went there. >> well see what the next tweet is. well see how he responds to speakers pelosi counteroffer that she will give later today to his proposal from saturday. on the state of the union i think it is a side show. part of a larger game over the shutdown and the wall fight. >> sandra: you think the state of the union is a side show? >> the fight over it has been a side show piece...

Rosenstein that his reasons for his firing of comey were russia. if youre a russian operative, youre not bragging that your reason is russia. can i say ive never understood this part of the story. >> maybe he needed to let somebody know that he was doing it for that reason. thats the thing. with trump, you just dont know. im going to pause it here. weve got some shutdown conversation to talk about as well. so when we come back, were going to get to that. but first, not long ago republicans loved...

I just want to show you this quickly. we talked so much in 2017 and 2018 about that dynamic of democrats. remember, ten democrats in 2018 in the senate had to run for reelection. ten democratic seats in states that trump had won, trump country. senate democrats. their biggest challenge. how many of those are there going to be in 2020, by the way? just two. doug jones in alabama and gary peters up in michigan. of course michigan a state trump barely won. only two. so that landscape for democrats ...

That could maybe change the thinking of mitch mcconnell, republican leadership. by the way, the flip side. i just want to show you this quickly. we talked so much in 2017 and 2018 about that dynamic of democrats. remember, ten democrats in 2018 in the senate had to run for reelection. ten democratic seats in states that trump had won, trump country. senate democrats. their biggest challenge. how many of those are there going to be in 2020, by the way? just two. doug jones in alabama and gary pet...

Of how that might factor in to the current shutdown conversation. up next, more from president trumps wide ranging fact-binding news conference in the rose garden. youre watching "hardball." with moderate to severe crohns disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohns disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw sign...

Were not going to negotiate on that. >> yeah, i think thats inconsistent with what the american people want. house republicans have been saying for day that say we recognize theres disagreements and we need to come to the negotiating table. the president has said that he wont negotiate on the debt ceiling and he wont negotiate on the budget until he gets his way. frankly, i think that the american people are starting to understand why were in a shutdown. >> but isnt that more an answer of what p...