Transcripts For FOXNEWS Special Report With Bret Baier 20240

Bret . Bret have you talked about pay per view to show what you talk about in the dismernls. Greg yes it. Would make A Lot of money. Bret okay. Thank you. Good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, we are tracking a major hurricane as it barrels towards floridas gulf coast. Well take you there. And show you the track. On capitol hill, the Justice Department Inspector general hints there was more to the January 6th 2021 Capitol Riot than the administration has acknowledged so far. Well be live on capitol hill. But, first, a Bad Day for the u. S. Secret service as former President Donald Trump says no threat from iran will slow him down and the senate comes down hard on the people assigned to protect him. Lawmakers are blaming the Secret Service for multiple mistakes ahead of the first Assassination Attempt against former President Trump and questions A Lot of them about the second. Correspondent David Spunt has Details Tonight from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Good evening to you, bret. Todays preliminary report is nothing short of devastating for the Secret Service. A scathing report tells a Story Of Poor Preparation and miscommunication. A bipartisan Senate Panel pored through 2800 pages of documents and interviewed 12 Secret Service agents, responsible for the butler, Pennsylvania Rally on July 13th. Senators say those responsible for protecting Donald Trump provided contradictory or incomplete information. Some of which ran counter to responses from state and local Law Enforcement officials. A Secret Service Counter Sniper Leader saw local police with guns drawn and was asked did the thought even cross your mind that you should inform someone to keep the protectee from going on stage . The answer the thought did not cross my mind. The Shooter 20yearold Thomas Crooks flew a drone 200 yards from the site but the Secret Service could not work its drone citing technical issues. One agent forced to call a toll free Tech Support Hotline to start Trouble Shooting with the company, which took several hours. A local Butler Police Officer called the Secret Service Site Walk through before the rally incredibly disorganized with no coordination. I felt like there was no plan. Its a tragedy of errors. Just one after another. There needs to be a House Cleaning in management. Not just in the people but the policies and practices at the Secret Service. Due to credible intelligence of iranian backed Assassination Plot to Kill Trump, the Butler Rally marked the first time Secret Service sent counter snipers to protect a president ial candidate who had not yet formally been nominated. Ultimately those counter snipers helped save the former president. The Secret Service responding to todays report telling Fox News in Part Quote many of the insights gained from the Senate Report aligned with the findings from our Mission Assurance Review and are essential to ensuring that that what happened on July 13th never happens again. Bret, in more troubling news out of the Secret Service, Fox News has learned that a Secret Service agent is accused of sexually assaulting a Staff Member on Vice President Kamala Harris staff. The Secret Service confirms that an individual has been placed on administrative leave relating to this incident. Bret . Bret David Spunt, just at the Justice Department. David, thanks. Tomorrow on sprott our Common Ground looks at the first Task Force Hearing joining to us discuss and lay it out. Republican chairman Mike Kelly and democratic Ranking Member Jason Crowe. Former President Trump is reacting to iranian threats to try to assassinate him. He has been this comes as the republican nominee announces plans to return to butler, pennsylvania. Site of the first attempt on his life. The former president speaking to Supporters Today in the Battleground State of north carolina. Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie reports tonight from mint hill. No threat will shake me, no enemy will intimidate me. Tonight, former President Trump defiantly back on the Campaign Trail after his campaign says intelligence officials warned him about an increasing number of real and specific threats from iran to saassassinate him. If i were the president i would inform the threatening country that if do you anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens. At a rally outside Charlotte Trump suggested iran might be behind the to Assassination Attempts against him while accusing the fbi of dragging its investigation for political purposes. The fbi denies those claims. The fbi has been unable to open the three potentially foreignbased apps. And the second case the assassin had six Cell Phones in his car; yet, the fbi has likewise been unable to penetrate their guard. Shouldnt be tough to do. Trump campaign officials, however, once again hitting at democrats for spewing what they call dangerous rhetoric. Pointing to this from Commerce Secretary Gina raimondo today. Lets extinguish him for good. You mean vote him out . Yes. Vote him out. Returning to butler, pennsylvania on october 5th. His first time back since the first attempted assassination. Going back to butler by the way. Were going to go back and finish our speech. The campaign describing his life being compared as, quote an act of divine providence. And, bret, President Trump also called out Irans President directly today. The irony of him being on u. S. Soil this week at the u. N. General assembly surrounded by security all while his country threatens to kill the former president. Bret . Bret Aishah Hasnie in north carolina. Aishah, thanks. A high ranking officer in the Justice Department is suggesting something some trump supporters have been saying for years that was more to the 2021 Capitol Riot. The security around it than we have been told. Republican accusations that the Bidenharris Administration has weaponed the federal government were the subject of a House Subcommittee Hearing today and one Question And Answer is now getting A Lot of scrutiny. Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram shows us what happened live from capitol hill. Good evening, chad. Bret, good evening. Doj Inspector General Michael Horowitz did not deny an assertion from Republican Thomas Massie that there may have been federal confidential sources in the crowd at the Capitol Riot. This is the closest any Doj Official has come to confirming the allegation. Do you have evidence of the number of confidential Human Sources that were operating on the Capitol Grounds on January 6th. Our report will include the information in regard can you tell us today how many there were . Were there more than A Hundred . Im not in a position to say that. As he left the Hearing Horowitz ignored a followup about potential feds in the crowd at the capitol. Mr. Horowitz is, it possible that confidential Human Sources made things worse on January 6th . [no response. ] democrats dismissed suggestions that feds may have been secretly at the capitol on January 6th. As far as i know, there is no evidence of that. No evidence of that. Federal informants . Why would there be Federal Informants in Trumps Cloud when trump was trying to overturn the election . And committing agrees have you crimes in doing so. The House Panel investigating weaponization of government probed claims that the fbi retaliated against conservatives in its ranks. Their allegations that the fbi punished Whistleblower Marcus Allen who raised questions quote insider threat. The fbi accused me of promoting spiritual views and unreliable. Fbi questioned my allegiance to the united states. Riot will come out between the election and inauguration. House speaker Mike Johnson called information about the feds, quote, alarming. He wants classified briefings. Bret . Speaking of the speaker, chad, the House Speaker Mike Johnson wants ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire Ukraines Ambassador to the u. S. Whats that all about . Johnson accuses Ambassador Objection Son that of organizing a political tour for zelenskyy with democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at ammo factory. Johnson designed the tour as a quote partisan Campaign Event to help democrats. He also called it Election Interference says it was not political. Along with personnel who provided logistics. Zelenskyy visitation the Capitol Tomorrow but Johnson And Zelenskyy will not meet. Bret . Bret Chad Pergram live on the hill. Chad, thanks. Thank you. Bret Vice President Kamala Harris is once again in pennsylvania. That swing state, a state many experts believe will ultimately decide the president ial election. She talked about her economic policy during a Campaign Event in pittsburgh. Thats where Correspondent Mark Meredith is tonight. [applause] in a speech to pittsburghs economic club, Vice President harris called herself a capitalist, a direct rebuttal to former President Trump who claims harris ideas like Price Controls mirror socialism. I believe in free and fair markets. [applause] harris says if elected, she would support Tax Breaks up to 50,000 to incentivize americans to start small businesses. Our ambitious goal of 25 Million new Small Business Applications by The End of my first term. But some Business Owners Tell Fox its persistent inflation happening under Harris Watch which matters most. Weight of the cost of goods, the weight of the economy it itself, is just more or less my customer could not come in to spend residual income. Fox polling shows voters think Trump Is better than harris on the economy. Democrats say thats changing. The gap between Harris And Trump on who do you believe will chart a better economic future for us has narrowed quite a bit by half. Harris other goal increasing domestic protection on everything from computer chips to clean energy. I will recommit the nation to global leadership in the sectors that will define the next century. Trump, too, is vowing to boost manufacturing but wants to use widespread tariffs to encourage domestic production. Harris says it will toledo price increases she does support tariffs on some goods. Harris focus on the economy showing Consumer Confidence following to lowest point in three years. Harris now expected to pitt to another hot button issue. Immigration. Going to be heading out to arizona on friday with an expected stop at the u. S. Southern border it. Also comes as the Harris Campaign in arizona is on high alert after someone shot up an office in tempy. The good news No One was hurt as the shooting occurred overnight. Bret . Bret Mark Meredith life in pittsburgh. Thanks. Stocks ended mostly lower today as investors await fed remarks the dow lost 293, S P 500 off 11. The nasdaq gained 8. Up next, a live report from israel as hezbollah and israeli defense Forces Exchange blows and the region is on edge. First, heres what some of our Fox Affiliates around this country are covering tonight. Fox 11 in Los Angeles says one person is dead after a gunman hijacked a Metro Bus and held those on board hostage. Los Angeles Police followed the bus on a slow speed pursuit. Some passengers were able to exit the vehicle along the way. Spike strips eventually brought the bus to a stop and the suspect was arrested Qfx 2 in Boston States continued push to retry her would amount to unconstitutional double jeopardy. Karen reed was accused of murdering Police Officer john okeefe her trial ended with a deadlocked Jury Judge ruled she could be retried the lawyers argue the two charges should be dismissed. And this is a live look at cleveland. One of the big stories there from fox 8, our affiliate. A 6 Figure Prize for ghost sightings. Home Surveillance Company Ring is asking users to submit videos that may show Paranormal Activity for a chance to win 100,000. The collision will be awarded points based on uniqueness, entertainment and the Ghosts Engagement with the