Johnson facing a tough Funding Battle to avoid a Government Shutdown at the end of the month. We will speak to two lawmakers from Battleground States, thats just ahead. Great to have you in studio. Jacqui this all comes as Donald Trump has wrapped up a swing through West Coast states appearing to leave the door open to another debate with Kamala Harris when asked by Fox News. Mark meredith has the latest. Reporter good afternoon. Donald trump continues to accuse his opponent, Vice President harris, of Ducking The Press or when she does take questions like she did in Abc Philadelphia Interview Last Night, shes not able to give coherent answers. The Trump Campaign trying to make a big deal about a question asked Last Night in which she appeared she couldnt give a direct answer. When you talk about bringing down prices and making life more affordable for people, what are one or 2 specific things you have in mind for that . I will start with this which i grew uppermiddleclass kid. My mother raised my sister and me, she worked very hard. She was able to save enough money to buy our first house when i was a teenager. I grew up in a community of hardworking people, construction workers, nurses and teachers. Reporter Last Night at his rally in las vegas, trump Accused Harris of being unable to say how she would govern if elected. Here is what he had to say Last Night. Big word salad. She kept talking talking talking. She had no idea what the hell she was saying. She reminded me of sleepy joe biden. But people said that i was angry during the debate. I said why wouldnt i be angry . Of course i am angry. Reporter trump says hes not interested in another debate, we had 67 Million people watching last week so there was a lot of interest but the Trump Team continues to rule that out. The Vice President joe candidates, meeting for the first time and likely the only time on october 1st. Griff the supreme court ruled mail in ballots with inaccurate dates or no date will not be counted by State Election officials reversing a Lower Courts decision. The High Court declined to rule in the merits of the case but found Lower Court lacked jurisdiction in its order. Jacqui they told about the efforts to secure the integrity of the election. Chad pergram has this report. Reporter clean elections begin with clean voting rules. There should be a 0tolerance policy. Reporter george w. Bush won florida by 537 votes in 2,000. Voting rolls evolve constantly. Someone turns 18, someone moves, ohio just purged its roles. We found in the last year alone 600 noncitizens registered to vote. Reporter one Election Chief said sometimes it backfires. We denied eligible citizens the right to vote in far greater numbers than we would have prevented the vanishingly Rare Noncitizen voting that is alleged to be happening. Reporter their skepticism about who actually votes. You can verify in this committee theres no fraud in any Arizona Election One Hundred . Its an entirely different question than stating that there is fraud in every election. Reporter or publicans say is hard to rule out whos eligible to vote. This problem has been compounded by lack of Border Security under the current administration. Reporter Mike Johnson yanked the Spending Bill from the floor. Bipartisan lawmakers balked. Included a provision mandating proof of citizenship to vote. I went any member of congress to explain why we should not ensure all us citizens are voting in us elections. The bill might not pass it is unclear if states could implement Citizenship Mandate before november. For the latest on the status of Government Funding we are joined by republican congressman from georgia and member of the House Intelligence and rules committee, scott, the deadline September 30th for the government to run out of money, Speaker Johnson had this to you up provision that would demand Citizenship Proof attached to it. Where do things stand as you see right now and do you support this possible provision to demand citizenship . I already voted for it, it is in the senate as the Appropriations Bills the house has passed have been sitting in the Senate And Chuck schumer will bring any of those pieces of legislation to the floor for a vote. Theres this tremendous frustration as House Republicans that we have passed things, not just this particular piece of legislation but things like funding for the military, Chuck Schumer is in the senate not having a vote on any of these things and pointing the finger at the house saying why dont you do your job . Weve passed several Appropriations Bills, we passed the bill that says you have to be a united States Citizen to vote in us elections and we know that democrats are putting illegal immigrants on the Voting Rolls and allowing him to vote in municipal elections, what coincides with municipal elections is federal elections so once somebody is on the voter rolls, how is the person who is volunteering determine if they are or are not eligible to vote in the federal election, you are better off not having us citizens on the roles voting for any elections and i support what mike is doing. I think our election should be reserved for us citizens. Griff Speaker Johnson pooled the bill from the floor because it doesnt have supported now we have Donald Trump weighing in saying if it is not attached you should shut the government down. We can show you what he took to truth social saying if republicans in the House And Senate dont get absolute assurances on Election Security they should in no way, shape, or form have a continuing resolution on the budget, democrats are trying to stuff illegal registration, close it down. Those last words, could you support closing the government down . I will tell you that i disagree with Donald Trump on this issue. We have a slow margin in the House Of Representatives, very close races some of which were won by less than A Hundred votes. When you get to those 50 50 district, Government Shutdown even though it would certainly be just as much the fault of the democrats as the republicans, the democrats, they know it works in their favor in the elections, it hurts us as republicans in close and competitive seats. What i advise Donald Trump is i certainly think he is going to be elected president of the united states, i want him to be president of the united states, if democrats have the control of the House Of Representatives they will sabotage his presidency the way they sabotaged it last time. Griff lets turn to the battle in georgia. You saw we were doing fullscreen thing with power rankings. One of the significant things we found is georgia, the State Of Georgia, when biden was the nominee, has been moved back to the tossup stage. Power rankings are done through looking at the number of polls that recently came out. What is happening in georgia that harris is getting support and where do you see the Race Standing . We are a rural state. I need Donald Trump to come to georgia and talk about the value of agriculture from the standpoint of what it means for national security and economic standpoint, thats The One area i would tell you, i dont think we are capitalizing on as republicans, talking about the value of agriculture. We are the party that will support the american farmer. We have a huge agriculture economy. Ultimately, i think that part of our economy in the State Of Georgia will support the republican president because we know he supports us. It would be nice to get him to the Farm Bureau and remind georgians what he did for georgias farmers. Griff hopefully he will take your advice to come down. Before we run out of time we are going to be talking with economic folks later in the show. Something i want to point out is under the inflation We Saw, agriculture was particularly arise, 20 inflation for the agricultural sector. How bad have farmers been hit in the last four years . Very bad. Increased cost of labor and diesel, seed, fertilizer. It has gone up exponentially and yet the price of the commodities are down, i widespread economic losses through rural america, Tax Base for School Systems depends on the agricultural sector being profitable. Our farm is in trouble, not just in georgia but the midwest. We have the Secretary Of Agriculture who has not been supportive of production agriculture. If Donald Trump is there, he will put somebody back in, into that department that supports our farmers and that is what we need. The key to this, in the agriculture economy, supports the american farmer. Donald trump will appoint Secretary Of Agriculture that supports the american farmer. We will put secretaries in place if you give Donald Trump the presidency, take care of the american farmer. Griff thank you for your time and have a good weekend. Griff jacqui joining us from the other side of the aisle is democrat congressman, member of the house financial services committee, thank you for joining us, thank you for your time. In your state, harris has for the first time a slight edge over trump in North Carolina. That is a state that her campaign is targeting heavily in order to get to 270. A challenge in other places including pennsylvania. Is winning over voters that may not ordinarily be part of her base. She has had a tough time appealing to men. What do you think she can do to win over voters in more difficult parts of the state for democrats to win . The road to the White House runs through North Carolina. It is always going to be close, the closest State Trump won in the last election. We proved how to do it in my district. I represent a republican state in commerce, one of six that flipped in the last election. We built that coalition, prodemocracy republicans and prochoice republicans, the folks who are going to make the decision in North Carolina, through the republicans out there who align with Dick Cheney and Mike Pence who want nothing to do with trump, theres a place for them in this election with the democratic party. Jacqui a lot of appalling for over a year, social issues are not the only thing voters care about. The economy is a top Voter Concern and continues to be. Every time harris goes to North Carolina shes making an economic pitch. There was a new analysis this week from republicans on the Joint Economic Committee in congress and they show in seven Battleground States the average household is paying 1000 a month more for the same goods and services compared to 2021 in your state, its 1017 more a month. That is real money. What is it harris can do to bring down those costs . Shes been given opportunities to talk about that. She didnt drive home what her plans were in the debate or immediately in her interview. Running for the White House, you are in congress, the question is who are you going to fight for . Vice president harris will not raise taxes on anyone making under 400,000. She has a plan to help with folks who are Price Gouging at the Grocery Stores or plan to bring down the cost for firsttime homebuyers, moms and dads to help with the child tax credit, 6,000 child tax credit, those are big deals that will bring down costs. There is no comparison with Donald Trump whose focus is cutting taxes for corporations and billionaires. When you look at his plan especially his tariffs that would be 20 across the board. Thats a huge Tax Increase for working families. In this election, theres a huge difference on these issues. Jacqui price controls, that his taken a lot of scrutiny. You have democrats quietly communicating to critics there is no chance it ever becomes reality. Beyond that you mention the child tax credit, what more . When are we going to hear more from her . Even the White House had a difficult time explaining why it is that americans are not being convinced on this issue, the democrats are the right choice . We will talk about what We Saw in the Briefing Room and this is a question we posed to you. Do you believe americans are better off than four years ago . We have made progress in fighting inflation. I believe the vp highlighted how we are better off now as well as her plans to build on that progress. Do you say yes to that question . You have to speak directly to her team. Jacqui why didnt she say yes . Folks dont remember four years ago we were in the middle of a global pandemic that was made much worse by the total buffoonery of Donald Trump and his administration. We are doing a lot better. We are about to have huge news in the coming days with reduction of Interest Rates by the fed. That will go a long way. We are moving in a great direction. The policies of Vice President harris will be much better for the economy. The worst thing for our economy is a total Dumpster Fire and that is what we get with Donald Trump. The policies he has in place in the things he would do as part of his project 2025 agenda would set us back by decades. That is why weve got bush, romney, mccain staffers supporting harris because they know putting country over party, what could be disastrous. Jacqui youve heard Donald Trump distanced himself from 2,025. The White House acknowledged it is not trumps project 2025 agenda. Republicans embrace it. Why do democrats and Harris Campaign keep trying to have trump take ownership of this when he hasnt . I would love to talk piece by piece by piece what is in project 2025 because theres a lot not to like about we are talking about protecting a womans right to choose. You wants to institute a Trump Abortion Ban for the rest of the country that would be disastrous. The policies including the Tax Policies he said he supports, disastrous, massive Tax Cuts for corporations and the wealthy. In fairness, Donald Trump saying he knows nothing to do with project 2025 is like Emperor Papo Teen saying i know nothing about order 66. His fingerprints are all over it. It is a great issue for us to talk about all of what is in there because those are great questions. Jacqui we hope to pose them to him in another the bait. Hope springs eternal. Appreciate your time. Lets get another debate. I would love to see one. Jacqui griff new Video And Gaza as Fox News is embedded with israeli defense forces, weve got that next. Balanced nutrition for strength and energy. Yay Woo Hoo ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. And ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. Citis industry leading global payments solutions help their clients move money around the world seamlessly in over 180 countries. 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We started at the philadelphi corridor. Israel wants to maintain a presence as part of its Ceasefire Demand but there is debate about whether or not that is necessary. Here