they re saying it is not safe to be here and you need to get off. sandra: stay safe. thank you for the report. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell warning republicans that the battle to control the senate will be a knife fight. our a-team weighs in on that and much more. bill: she was kidnapped at knife point more than 15 years ago. one of her kidnappers is to be set to released from prison. elizabeth smart has a lot to say about that. what she has to say in a moment. the board did not decide to release her early or grant her parole. this is a case of with her credit for time served, her sentence is expiring. making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. teacher: let s turn in your science papers. tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. student: i did mine on volcanoes. teacher: you did?! oh, i can t wait to read it. tech vo: so when she had auto glass damage. she chose safelite. with safelite, she could see exactly when we d be there. teacher:
hangers from last night in kansas and ohio. we have team fox coverage. dan springer live in topeka, first to kristin fisher who is live in columbus. hello, kristin. hey, shep, these two candidates are 1700 votes apart. thousands of provisional votes that need to be counted. if that margin shrinks to half a percentage point or less that would trigger an automatic recount in the state. now, the republicans that i have spoken to in ohio. they say that they think that this will not happen that a recount will not happen. they think balderson will win it outright but barely. they believe president trump s support is what pushed him over the edge. president trump come in. he did a rally in delaware county which was the key county last night. it put troy balderson over the edge and we won last night in that all important district. still a strong showing from democrat danny o connor. he is within striking distance of winning a
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helsinki. there he gave the former spy a pass on meddling in our election and questioned the findings of america s intelligence agencies. that caused a lot of fall-out on capitol hill where a wave of republican lawmakers and the president s closest allies slammed his remarks in finland. paul ryan setting the record straight on russia earlier today. let s be very clear so everybody knows, russia did meddle with our elections. they re doing it around the world. they did it to france, they did it to maldova and the baltics. russia is trying to delegitimize democracy. we have team fox coverage. catherine herridge is in washington. first, kristin fisher live at the white house. kristin? rick, there was really two big questions heading into this press availability with president trump. the first, does he believe, does he accept his intelligence
sandra: it s the top of the hour and this is a fox news alert. the president s supreme court nominee on capitol hill this morning meeting with lawmakers over what could be a bruising confirmation fight. i m sandra smith. the team is back together again. bill: pretty good last hour. you say bruising. they will need ice packs at the end of this. sandra: we ll see. bill: good morning. judge brett kavanaugh joining vice president pence on the hill with meetings before the confirmation hearings begin. battle lines are being drawn. the second supreme court pick of the trump presidency in 16 months time. sandra: live team fox coverage now with doug mcelway on capitol hill but we begin with leland vittert at the white house. good morning. good morning. as bill pointed out you might need ice packs after this fight. to that end the white house has