Hes do out of their. That leads to corruption charges, hundreds of dollars of cash and gold bars. Mercedes convertible, you name it, they are hit with it. The senator just might d speaking afterwards and does plan to run for reelection next year. The bottom of your screen tells it all. We were positive for a while. This has to do with new indications of Government Shutdown is all but a likelihood right now, one deal they were cobbling together seems to be falling apart. We will get into the details of that but all of this the backdrop for the big debate tonight on fox business. Madison alworth has laid the groundwork at the reagan library. Reporter good afternoon. We are 6 hours away from the second gop primary debate. The stage a little smaller than a month ago in milwaukee. One candidate who was there, asa hutchinson, not qualifying for the debate. The 7 candidates will be on stage will make their case in the library on why they are the best man or woman to take on President Biden in 2,024. When it comes to the current president voters are voicing their concern over his age, economic record and say they are concerned the direction the country is headed. That is what polls show. Republicans say this creates a window of opportunity and the time for alternative is running out. They dont want him to run. They are seeing these numbers and are worried, the American People are not happy. Valid access is an issue. A lot of primary states you cant get on the ballot past november. I dont think biden is going to go anywhere. Candidate setting the stage before hitting the stage. Tim scott calling out President Bidens. On the border saying his dereliction of duty will affect the nation for years to come. The Immigration Crisis expected to be a big focus tonight. Getting attention from other candidates as well. Desantis going after the front runner, donald trump, for his job on the border. He owes it to the voters to defend his record, articulate what he would do differently. He is running in 2,024 on a lot of the same promises he ran on in 2016 and didnt deliver on. Reporter it has been a month since we heard from these candidates and its an opportunity for them to address the American Public at each other and make themselves stand out. As we get closer to january the field narrows. For those 7, its an important night to stand out and stick around. Neil lets go to gop strategist, Democratic Campaign strategist, to you first as republican strategist looking at these candidates gripping one after another in this go around. The attention will focus on ron desantis, hes the center of attention. So is nikki haley. I think ill candidates should be focused on the fact the President Biden cant be elected to another four years in the white house. The notion you try to go around donald trump and say we want to keep America Great and the person that brought back make America Great is not the person to do it is not going to work. If you focus on that economy and the fact youve got 5. 5 trillion in savings that was eviscerated by the economy, focus on the fact most americans are watching electric bills go through the roof because of Energy Policies put in place by the Biden Administration, thats the strategy, trying to play monkey in the middle. Neil they will make President Biden the subject of all that has gone wrong in this country, thats with the Opposition Party does and we can expect that but these are tough times even within your own party, theres been talk, is biden the best we can do. Do you think in late stages here he is going to be your partys nominee when all is said and done . He will be the party nominee. The base of support has coalesced around the president , facing no serious challenger from the ranks. You see democrats wanting to ham and ha when ray reality its difficult to beat an incumbent president. Thats with the Biden Harris Team did by 7 million more votes. The Democratic Party is united behind incumbent President Biden. I think you will see a lot of attacks against President Biden tonight on his record but all these candidates need to get through the elephant not in the real witches donald trump to even have that chance to take on President Biden in november. Theres 109 days left until the iowa caucuses, thats a political eternity but a short amount of time to flip the script and take out a guy whos leading the pack by 50 points in national polls. Neil is still early to your point and while it is difficult to take out an incumbent president as has been done in recent history with George Hw Bush in 1992 and the same with jimmy carter in 1980. It can be done and usually a backdrop for that is an economy falling apart and it is premature to say that is going on now, but republicans have been seizing on inflation picking up steam, getting worse, and americans Comfort Level with the economy is getting worrisome. What do you make of that backdrop . Even jimmy carter in the end realizes they tried to cut down on spending. The biden admin us ration has gone pedal to the metal and continuing to spend the hard earned dollars of the American People. We have 1 trillion to the deficit, in a matter of a month. So if you look at those economic numbers it is dire for the biden economy and thats before you get to the chaos on the southern border which is turning every town into a border town and every single border policy put in place by his predecessor. I would agree historically speaking it is almost impossible to get past trump particularly when you compared to obama and hillary clinton. Obama was down single digit or leading the iowa polls. No one on the republican side is that close. The issue must be the failure of the biden policies. A presidency whose sole job was to undermine everything donald trump did. To help keep America Great and that has to be the focus. Thats what the American People are feeling and time to remind them, that example after example after example. Neil i dont mean to play the same game, reinstating fiscal discipline, like me giving advice. I will say the one area that seems to stick is the migrant situation. The rampant crime and other issues because of it. Thats not entirely fair but certainly wobbled a lot of big blue cities and bastions that hereto for were fine with the way things were going. That could be turning. The administration turned a blind eye to those concerns and democratic officials in those cities and states urging help. Thats where he seems particularly vulnerable. We talked about this, democrats often get lost in statistics when talking about murder rates in many cities when you talk about violent rates dropping in many cities and if that doesnt square with what people feel in their own homes or they see a situation at the border, that is problematic and i think we need, as the it ministrations that along we need congress to act, the president is hamstrung with current immigration laws. We need to surge those resources. It is a crisis at the border and has been a crisis, the last time they have comprehensive immigration reform, when Ronald Reagan was president and we see the debate in his library, 40 years ago. Congress needs to act, the Biden Administration has worked every year to increase funding, we are searching 800 activeduty troops to the border to deal with this crisis, Congress Needs to act. It falls on the president , fairly or not. At the candidates on the stage tonight, what who do you think is going to be the target . We assumed it was going to be incumbent ron desantis because of the fact he had the largest chunk of the available orders, and in some ways those numbers, it is a jump ball. How nikki haley, and it is going to be more of a cross fighter. Its the opportunity for someone to step into that void to had on those issues, and the hard truth is the numbers and sheer are quite real the fear is because of the fact the biden admin station dismantled the trump your immigration policies. They went to court to get rid of title 42 and they sued texas for the fact they put up the border, and arizona for trying to put up a shipping container. They are not trying to flood the zone to stop a crisis, they are in many ways trying to handle the crisis to aid in the flow of migrants when most americans want to end it. Thats the focal point. To focus on that, will receive a service and if trump is not president that is the opportunity to gain it. Neil last time they talked to one another they were robbed of that opportunity but we will see how that goes. To Brian Brenberg, theyve got him, skinny, fit anchor at a diner in iowa. Bad central casting. Youre getting a mode of iowans. Reporter i love to beat that im taking a little bit of a break. In iowa talking to voters, mike was born in iowa, talking about 24, she what are you looking at, what are you looking for when it comes to that . I want to find somebody who is honest. Hard to find a politician these days, integrity is my biggest trade and if i can find somebody who will be honest, to the economy, border, crime, which of those issues, to show they have integrity, truthful and can get something done . The economy, so many factors. I dont know if anybody communicated something they can actually get done in a divided congress. What can you do both sides can agree to get to get something done . Reporter is somebody watching his name is in the race, may be that person could show me something and i could get on board with it . A lot of people, not really a fan of donald trump because while he has done. Not concerned about bidens age. Wells is going to step up . Reporter somebodys got a chance tonight. I havent studied their candidacy enough, what nikki haley says, tim scott, he has a couple things he throws out. Reporter it is funny to give candidate names. Renee behind you, she has some thoughts on this. Mike is just looking for possibilities. I would love for gavin newsom, he seems like the best candidate on the democrat side, has some good ideas. Reporter ron desantis coming up here, that would be awesome. That is a win for this segment. It will be super too. Reporter thank you for your time. That is it, looking for someone who tell the truth, can get things done, has an open mind, thats the case for a lot of iowa voters. 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About of people say he put the thumb on the scale since he was going to talk to admin a straight and officials to serve as arbitrators if you will, the Auto Companies seem to reject that as result of the president s statement. Jeff flock in michigan. Reporter dont know how big a film hes got but there you go. Some people think this is the picket line outside the gm parts facility where the president visited yesterday. Didnt stay long and he did not say what specific demands he supports that the autoworkers are asking for but he did say he supports them and had a union on. Listen. President biden saved the automobile industry. Made a lot of sacrifices. Companies were in trouble but now they are doing incredibly well and guess what. We should be doing incredibly well too. Reporter donald trump is coming to michigan here today, suspect it will be a different scene. He is going to a nonunion parts manufacturing facility where he talked to some union workers. We talked to one union worker, the president of the uaw, sean fain, says he has no intention of meeting with donald trump. I see no point because i dont think the man has any bit of care about what our workers stand for in the workingclass sale he served a billionaire class and that is what is wrong with this country. Reporter eyeballs on this debate, one of the players, senator tim scott of South Carolina is the subject of a uaw complaint with the National Labor relations board. Ronald reagan at a campaign stop, said words to the effect if you go on strike you get fired, simple thing. Thats against the law. You cant threaten workers to be fired if they choose to strike. The uaw said employees, campaign workers, he threatening them. Dont know where that will go but these days, who knows . Neil a very big difference if they are not allowed to go on strike, considered vital personnel who couldnt go on strike. Only you and i can remember that. Reporter you and i could go on strike. Neil no one would notice. We rant and rave at a diner but thats the extent of it. You are the best, always enjoy talking to you. You might remember former Detroit Police chief, lots to talk about because he is entertaining a run for the United States senate. Michigan is motor state. Wanted to get jamess views on how he feels about that. On the strike, the president involving himself in it. What did you think of that . Got to tell you, good seeing you. Havent seen you in a while but this thing with biden was a political stunt. He spent 85 seconds saying i am with you, you deserve to get more money. What he failed to say is this ev mandate is going to decimate the workforce and automobile industry. He didnt talk about that. Lets face it. In order for them to do ev production, that is going to cut into the money they were going to pay these workers. He spent 85 seconds and disappeared. Disappointed to hear the uaw president dismissive of trump. Lets just say this. Biden could care less about workers and one of your prior guests was talking about he wants politicians who are honest, who are truthful, who have integrity. That is not integrity. He spent 85 seconds just to make a show. Has he gone to ohio to check on the disaster in ohio, has he gone to the epicenter of the border with enemy combatants, cartels coming into the country . He goes out there and he claims to be the number one president for the union. When i got out of high school, my first job was working in a line of crisis. I was in the uaw. I respect the work those men and women do. Police chief, when i was governor, i used to visit the plant. Those people are my friends. Those people work hard and deserve the pay. Neil a few be, senator, youre trying to take down debbie stab i know stabenow. She marked with the strikers. Would you as a michigan senator do the same if this were dragging on and this was happening when you were senator . I would do more. I would listen to all these democrats who show up wearing the garb, i am with you, they fall short of telling the truth. This mandate is going to kill jobs. Neil i want your reaction to the crime surge particularly late last night in philadelphia, looters creating havoc. I was going to replay alexandria ocasio cortez, earlier strikes we have seen on retail establishments. Looked like they were going after electronic equipment. Having said that what do you make of this and how you would change things if you were a United States senator. Like i did w