Larry we are back live from the Ronald Reagan library in simi valley, california. Oh, our viewers on fox business and fox news who are for fair coverage of todays second republican potential debate. Im larry kudlow. We are just 30 minutes away from the main event. Seven candidates about to take the stage where they will get a Second Chance to voters why they deserve to be commander in chief. Among other things. As we countdown to debate kim weir going to talk to bret baier, kellyanne conway, karl rove, harold ford jr. , Martha Maccallum, Laura Ingraham, brit hume and bill melugin and im going to do all that and 7 1 2 minutes. Lets go straight to fox news bill melugin from for all the latest. Go ahead. Take as much time as you want. [laughs] i will make it quick, the can they walkthroughs are officially over. We have seen them strolling around the property today. They have all been getting ready for the debate. Now, in their own unique ways. Nikki haleys campaign told me she has been listening to music and they expect shes going to have a target on her back to and after that last performance she had in milwaukee. She has been searching the polls. Vivek ramaswamys team telling me he worked out earlier today. He has been playing with his kids. They expect him to get into a couples kryptonite. They say, dont be surprised if that happened. Governor ron desantis this team you, expect him to lean him on his conservative record and hone in on a theme of reversing the decline of america, the bottom line here, somebody has to do something to shake this race up. Donald trump is blown everybody out of the water in the polling without. Somebody has got to the step up to the plate and start chipping away. If they dont, trip is going to run away with this thing. If somebody does is somebody going to have a moment tonight . You will have to wait, larry. We were sent a back to you. Larry thank you very much. We have sean hannity still ahead on this hour and he will know, he is right there. Looked at him in all his glory. Sean, you are in the spin room. I hear you got some terrific guests coming up. Tell us about it. We do. Well, it will be postdebate right after the debate is finished. We will have all the candidates. To my right, the governor of california has been Holding Court with the present here locally. He will join us tonight as well. Maybe a little a preview of that state versus state Red Versus Blue debate that will have coming up pretty soon. Look, i just want to echo a lot of what i have heard you guys talking about before. Theres a lot at stake for all these candidates on that stage today. They are coming and the environment and some of them have been complaining that, why isnt donald trump here and in my view, they are to be glad because he takes a lot of oxygen out of any room that he happens to be in and by far, he is so she has been running away with this whole nomination and so im pretty sure theres going to be a lot of effort tonight from all of these candidates on that stage. They are going. They are going to want to distinguish themselves and separate from that pack if they can. Larry thank you, sean. We look forward to all of it. For starting me out tonights debate moderators, our heroes. Stuart varney, dana perino, coanchor of americas newsroom, and cohost of the five. You have a tough task tonight. Dana perino, where are going to start . Can you tell us that much . I dont want to blow this thing open. Where are you going to start this thing. Dana i think you will be happy with where it starts. It is right up your alley and that is the reason is because the energy in this room is probably at work sean is saying is absolutely correct. All the candidates need a big moment but it is because these people here who support the Republican Party, they are looking for a big moment, too. They are looking for change and they wanted to see if any of these people on stage they can be the going into the rest of the primary. Larry there is a definite need to break out and establish some momentum. Is going to be a competitive debate, i hope. Very informative, i hope. Were going to cover a lot of subjects, not just the economy. Crime, the cities, Foreign Policy, the reporter. You name it. It will be covered and it is going to be a contest between who can break out. Dana it is great energy and we are excited to get it started, larry. I was going to ask you about that. This is the Reagan Library. Reagan is such a commanding figure. Commanding, commanding historical figure. Does that make this different than other debates . Does that make this different from those from the milwaukee debate . Dana larry, you would know better than anybody what it is like here. There is a feeling of dignity and grace of economic freedom. The belief in freedom and as america as a force for good in the world and theres a desire for a lot of people in the party to feel that unity again and we will see tonight. They will be competitive but people are going to be looking someone who can bring people together. Larry that classic line from Ronald Reagan, turn to jimmy carter and said, are you better off now than you were four years ago . That was a classic came out of a debate. I love to see another classic like that tonight. Dana we will see if we can get one. Larry all right. Im sure you will pull it off. Stuart varney, dana perino, good luck to our heroes tonight. Joining me now, bret baier and, of special report. Harold ford jr. , cohost of the five. Kellyanne conway former counselor to present a trip and Fox News Contributor and karl rove and former White House Deputy chief of staff. And Fox News Contributor. Welcome to all of you. We have gotten several hours to do this. Just kidding. Kellyanne conway, give us your quick thoughts on this. We have been talked about the half been talk about priore we have been talk about family values. What do you expect to hear from these candidates. First i would like to confirm revolution is reporting. I saw so he did work out. Secondly, i wanted to hear all the issues tonight and more and i keep hearing everyone is a moment. I disagree with that analysis. You cant have a moment to undo the former front runner from a person in front runners lead of 50 some points. You can just have a moment to undo four years of his record. You, and i think, need to be slow and steady to try to chip away at that. And really show tonight how you are the best alternative to the trump and then you are the best alternative to joe biden. So people really need to a split screen and take all this on. I would not go for the humor. I went there for the headline tega wanogho for the insults. I with respect to the voter and the fear was enough to have a substantive conversation. They are here to debate. They are not here to deflect or defer or even that great. They are here to debate. Larry karl rove, just to ask you, you have been in the game a very long time. Is it better to attack or is it better to talk issues . Which do you take place off moe tonight as somebody in this group tries to break away . What is the best path, karl rove . Both of them are. You have to do both. He cant do one thing in a debate and hope to succeed. I want to echo what kellyanne said, this is a process. Not an event. It is an event but that if it is part of a process but by which these people get themselves better known in front of the American People and particularly republican primary voters. Give a bigger sense of who they are, what their values are and so this is going to be, think about this, the biggest moment thus far for each one of them was when they announced because it got National Attention but the biggest viewership of what they did was at the last debate and this is likely to be the secondbiggest time that they have in front of the American People when in millions of people tune in and say, i want to know more. So both attack and describe what youre going to do and do to our, shared values that motivate you on both of those front. Larry i think i got to leave it there, guys but i think they are beating me up on this. We will talk to you later. Kellyanne conway and karl rove, he will come back. You sure . He will still talk to me . Yes. But i got to hustle here but we got more. We got ma Martha Maccallum and vacuum in front of us. Please stick with us. We are trying to move it fast as lightning speed. Providing for your family is a top priority. But what happens when you need Affordable Health care . Christian Health Care Ministries could save you up to 40 today. As a member, you can choose your provider without network restrictions. Sign up at your convenience with our anytime enrollment. Join a Christian Community that supports each others medical expenses, offering peace of mind as you prioritize whats most important. Enroll now at your chm dot org this isnt just freight. These arent just shipments. Theyre promises. Promises of all shapes and sizes. Each, with a time and a place theyve been promised to be. A promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. Salonpas, makers of powerful Pain Relief Patches for 89 years. Believes in continuous improvement. Like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients. And sizes to relieve your pain. Salonpas. Its good medicine. Larry so looking at the republican candidates tonight, here is a question. What is President Biden doing this evening . Lets ask fox news jacqui heinrich. What is he doing . The president is paying no mind to republicans aiming for the white house right now biden is at his second fundraiser of the night in San Francisco and later he will head to phoenix where he has a couple more fundraisers. And also be honoring the late senator john mccain. The person also acted pretty unbothered by the threat of a Government Shutdown optimistically saying that nothing is inevitable despite no Movement AmongHouse Republicans on a budget bill that passed both chambers. But the president s team is not within the chance to, other gop priorities today. To the committees had a department was out touting the evidence ahead of the first Impeachment Inquiry Hearing Tomorrow and that all happening with the shutdown looming just two days away. The White House Team is keeping their focus on that while biden is out raising money, larry. Larry all right, thank you, jacqui heinrich. We appreciate it. Joining me now, going back to sean hannity, host of the great hannity show. Sean, jacqui just reported this. More information about Biden Scandals. So you think these republican president ial candidates should raise the issue of Biden Scandals . What you think on that . Sean our absolute worst. I think when you couple it with senator menendez, i think an argument could be made very quickly and it might be what we have 19 Democratic Senators who want menendez out because now it is cultural corruption. Even though it is not being covered by the mainstream media, certain things, certain dominoes are beginning to for. First, new york times, david ignatius, liberal joe. David axelrod, james carr van jones. Now bellmawr. No, basically talking about joe being old and i have set for the log his time he is weak. He israel. He is struggling cognitively. That cognitive decline seems to be accelerating in my view. But when the moment you will know that joe biden is really in trouble in terms of being a candidate in this election cycle, if they start sounding like larry kudlow and sean hannity and Start Talking about what i believe is the would be the biggest bribery potentially bribery, money laundering, scandal allegations, i have ever heard in my life. Remember, larry, he said over and over, i never once spoke to my son my brother or anybody for that matter. About the foreign business dealings. Now, should the candidates bring that up . Because he was having meetings with russian oligarchs and others at cafe milano . Larry somebody should. Sean i have lily wood. And quickly to what kellyanne and carl was saying that they are both right. Debates often are about moments. You know . You know, jack kennedy or for example, go back to Ronald Reagan. There you go again. Or i am not going to let my opponents youth and inexp inexperience, be a factor in this campaign. You just killed it in that second debate after people had questions about his age. Larry sean, we are going to see right after the debate. All right, joining us now, Martha Maccallum, brit hume. Brit hume, good evening. I have not seen you yet this evening. To the candidates punch away at each other, britt . Do they talk about some of the serious issues we have been trying to review . How do you see this story tonight . It could happen if they dont take some of the others are more than one of the others in a way that requires a response. The hazard you run when you do that, when an attack another candidate is that can they gets a moment to respond. And the candidates who attacked the most get to see the most. So it is not all upside and the other thing is, you can take on a candidate and do the can they harm. We have seen it happen before. The person doing the attacking is not often the beneficiary. So attack politics has its hazards, i would say. And we keep hearing about the need to have moments. The moments that have been cited here in such as the two that john just mentioned were in one on one can they debate in the general election. It is hard to remember a number, any number of moments that occurred early in the primary season when theres a huge field of candidates on the stage. It is hard to get a moment going in a situation like that. It just is. Larry marceaux, im hustle up for time. But 30 seconds on what brit just said and you put away or do you go 30 seconds, please. I think they have to keep in mind that their main audience is on the other side of the camera out there in the country. And then i think a candidate who can connect with people and say to them as i said before, you have a choice in this election. This is not done. That is something that gets to people of a human moment is what what im looking for. Larry all right, thanks ever so much. Candidates are going to take the stage next. On kudlow. We will be i went into a depression. how do you feel about that . pretty sad. I posted it to show that kennys not always happy. Within 24 hours people had donated over 5,000. No, youre kidding. we set up the Patriotic Kenny Foundation to give Mobility Scooters to veterans. it has changed my life tremendously. none of this wouldve happened without tiktok. Type 2 Diabetes . Discover the ozempic® trizone. I got the power of 3. I lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. In studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Im under 7. Ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. Im lowering my risk. Adults lost up to 14 pounds. I lost some weight. Ozempic® isnt for people with type 1 diabetes. Dont share needles or pens, or reuse needles. Dont take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. Stop ozempic® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. Serious side effects may include pancreatitis. Gallbladder problems may occur. Tell your provider about Vision Problems or changes. Taking ozempic® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may increase low blood sugar risk. Side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. Living with Type 2 Diabetes . Ask about the power of 3 with ozempic®. Your brain is an amazing thing. But as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. Thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. The secret is an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. At stores everywhere without a prescription. [ applause ] the day you get your clearchoice dental implants makes every day a confident day. A neverhidemysmile day. A lifeoftheparty day. A takeontheworld day. A believeinmyself day. A flashmynewteeth day. Because your clearchoice day is the day you get your confidence back for good. A clearchoice day changes every day. Schedule a free consultation. He says he stands with auto workers. But as president , donald trump passed tax breaks for his rich friends, while automakers shuttered their plants, and michigan lost manufacturing jobs. Joe biden said hed stand up for workers, and hes delivering. Passing laws that are increasing wages, and creating good paying jobs. Manufacturing is coming back to michigan. Because joe biden doesnt just talk. He delivers. Im joe biden and i approve this message. Larry we are waiting for the candidates to come on the stage. Meanwhile, lets bring in Laura Ingraham, host of the Ingraham Angle on fox news. Sorry. So laura, we have covered the waterfront on this show which has gone on for 6 hours and 30 minutes know so far. That was a joke. We talked and issues on this show. You think they are going to talk a tax on this show . Where does Laura Ingraham is a destroyed th