Jindal, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and former senator Rick Santorum. Both of tonights debates will focus on issues that matter most to middleclass americans, our economy, creating jobs, candidates plans to assure the American Dream for all americans. Among my guests here tonight as we count down minutes to that first debate, Republican NationalCommittee ChairmanReince Priebus joins us. Republican strategist karl rove. Political analyst ed rollins. And it is a big night for the Republican Party and the republican president ial candidates who have to find a way to stand out from one another. Fox newss chief Political Correspondent carl cameron is here. Carl. Reporter hi, lou. Exciting not not just for fbn but for candidates and voters. Were very much at beginning. There is incredible sense of anticipation and almost hyper hyperventilation for campaigns thinking one could break out. 1 3 of debates will completed after tonights debate. Two thirds more to come. A lot of room to go. Donald trump no longer in the frontrunner with a lot to deal with. He has been throwing very, very sharp elbows against ben carson on personal history. Questioning mr. Carsons honesty, but trum is growing aggressively against marco rubio for his finances. In both cases rubio and carson have been able to push back, that trump is mistaken on some of the facts. Nonetheless, trump, who is obviously the billionaire mogul should do well in economic and jobs focused debate. How hostile he gets towards his rivals will be something everybody is watching. Ben carson has taken awful lot of criticism in the last week or some he criticized the media for what he says amounts essentially lies trying to question his book, gifted hands. He talked about ability to overcome a violent youth and number of stories that lend to his very specific and unique american story, part of his big appeal. In the polls ben carson is far above the rest of the pack in terms of favorability and yet they are coming at him very hard. There is also going to be big dynamic between jeb bush and marco rubio. Bush has been struggling in the polls. Marco rubio has been aggressively competing for third place, leaving jeb bush down in single digits. Rubio had a bit of a bounce out of last debate. He has been the flavor these last several weeks. Having said that ted cruz is also very wellorganized. He hasnt been aggressively advertising or mixing it up with other candidates but somebody that is definitely beginning to build up steam. Cruz, rubio, carson, trump, jeb bush all of those, really ones to watch in the upper card. In the debate that starts in a little while folks are very eager to see how exactly Chris Christie deals with secondtier. He says it hasnt gotten under his skin. When he gets miffed it is pretty easy to see. People will see how he performs in the under card and hopes to get back to the top of the stage which is still six weeks away. Lou carl, as you say the first debate has potential for some surprises. Carl, thank you very much. I want to turn now to some of our guests. They will tell us what we can expect from tonights debates and debaters. Fox news digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt joins us, fox business Senior Correspondent charlie gasparino, host of risk reward on fox business network, deirdre bolton. Let me turn to you first, as carl laid it out this first debate as interesting personalities on it. What do you see from the potential of first debate less than an hour away . High expectations for Chris Christie he needs to do very well. Irony, christie had a great debate performance before he got demoted. That was a blow to his momentum. It also means he has to deliver on this stage. Heres the challenge. How do you fight people who are either your peers in the polls or below you . One flashpoint will be between him and Mike Huckabee over entitlement reform. They disagree sharply on subject. That i think will be avenue christie looks to demonstrate he has got the fight in him. Lou Chris Christie, charlie, a man who can often find disagreement with just about everybody. He is a good fighter to throw an elbow instead after punch. He would have been the nonestablishment candidate if donald didnt suck all the wind out of the room. It will be interesting. I will say this, someone on varneys show says the candidates have to appeal to democrats. I fell off my chair laughing. Lou charlie must have fallen off his chair. I caught him before he was falling. What they have to do i think is put some meat on the bones in terms of their economic policies. Listen, they all agree on some basic things, lower taxes. They all agree getting rid of some tax loopholes for hedge fund twice. We want to see more. What exactly does donald trump want to do with the economy . I think you get some of that tonight. I think it is really important they differentiate themselves on economic matters. I think if rubio does that in a very positive way, i can tell you, his people are telling me, they think theyre going to tko jeb tonight as the establishment candidate. Lou uhoh. They will take him out. He will not recover on that. Lou deirdre, your thoughts what we should expect and what do you expect . Certainly i have three predictions for you, lou, it basically folds in a lot of what your other guests are saying. I think there will be a lot of fireworks from the underdogs or Chris Christie in particular. That is going to happen. Trump will definitely going to go for dr. Ben carson. Remember in the last three debates, he sort of choose as candidate to go after. I think tonight will be trump versus carson for sure. Heres a wildcard for you, lou. What if senator cruz and Jeb Bush Team up together to try to attack rubio . Meaning you have the tea party on one side, more establishment candidate on other. Both are competitor of course to cruz, rather to rubio. That is actually one think could happen. Lou you know, deirdre, i believe it was senator ted cruz who said on the previous debate, that this isnt a cage match. You know he tried to stay polite. I know what youre saying, lou. He has tried to stay polite but at some point that has to end. But youre right. Of course everybody including those in the audience of that last debate really applauded when senator cruz took on the moderators. I wonder if cruz goes after trump a little bit. Reality is, cruz needs momentum. Listen, he is very strong candidate. He gets a lot of money from small donations. He gets some establishment types in texas. He bridges religious conservatives and tea party guys but he has to go after donald. Donald, isnt that part of his base . Lou these folks surprised us throughout. This is the fourth gop president ial candidate. I dont think anyone correctly forecast what actually ensued in any one of these. So i look tonight to be a lot of surprise, as donald trump would say, i suspect there would be a lot of energy involved. It will be high energy because remember 35 days shall pass before there is another debate. This will be, will have a long hangover. What you get to christmastime, get towards the end of the year. People start to tune out for a minute before they tune back in in january. This will set the frame. If youre a candidate like jeb bush who is flailing you have to do something to change the narrative and desperation sets in. I dont think donald will take any cheap shots tonight. Im just kidding. [laughter] lou we have about, we have about 50, 51 minutes to wait to find out what everyone does do. Be sure, as chris and charlie were suggesting, call your friends, this will be a long time after tonight before they have this opportunity again of the Chris Stirewalt, charlie gasparino, deirdre bolton, thank you you all. We look forward to seeing you throughout the evening. You bet. Lou something republicans will seize upon in tonights debate. New reports that the fbi is ramping up investigation into the security of Hillary Clintons i mail system and her aides communications as well. That has led a former fbi official to surmise that the investigation is now a quote, fullblown investigation as he put it. Trump is already blasting the former secretary of state. He did so at a rally last night in springfield, illinois. People are in jail right now for doing 5 of what she did, and democrats will not prosecute her and it is frankly a disgrace, and you know it, so do i, so do these people right here. They know it. Lou well, we are waiting to see what happens tonight. 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Lou were coming to you tonight from the milwaukee theater in milwaukee, wisconsin. Im yelling a bit, forgive me for that but, this room is filling with hundreds what will be thousands of people in the audience tonight for the two debates. The fourth round of those gop president ial debates here at the milwaukee theater. So as, as i get my voice in correct volume, donald trump says he wont be going out of his way to attack rival ben carson tonight but in an interview this morning, donald trump also made a point to mention reports calling into question carsons biography. I tried to figure out what is going on over here. You hit somebody face with a lock. You go after your mother with a hammer. You do all of these things and youre trying to justify, yes, you did them and that is supposed to make you credible. We heard and its a very strange situation. Lou joining us now, columnist, Fox News Contributor jedediah bila. Good to have you here. Washington free beacon reporter, lock lan. Thank you. Lou former Reagan White House political director, fox news analyst, ed rollins. I hope you hear me in new york. I am yelling over quite a crowd here. I can hear you. Milwaukee buck was like that kind after crowd. Lou i ask you what youre expecting from these candidates . Some suggesting it will be banking accounts and, you know, balancing everything out. I think they will mix it up. I think the economy is the chief issue people are concerned about right now. So i think this is a huge opportunity for people like donald trump. He has a great business record. For someone like marco rubio, who has a great story. They have been talking a lot about his debt. He has the kind of story that can resonate with a lot of people. Opportunity for someone like ben carson. People think he might not be a economic genius. He has not been in business for years. He has regular guy air about him. Can he be specific about policies with respect to the economy to make people believe he is the right man for the job. Also jeb bush, this is make it or break it situation for him. He sits on a decent record. He has a decent economic background. Can he take the record and pull it forward and make people think, despite the fact im not most charismatic guy in the ring i can get the job done. He needs to make it happen tonight or it will never happen for him. Lou do you agree . I am waiting for what ted cruz has in store. He will lay out broad principles people in the crowd get it, when you get into economic policies in the weeds you get wonky. Im curious whether he can break it down and defend his policies on smaller levels. Lou youre right on that. Obviously ted cruz has most detailed, complicated proposal. It is rational one but also a radical plan. Ed, you, jedediah basically intimated whatever happens here in the terms of wonk side of it has to appeal to voters or connect with voters or it is a waste of everyones time. What are your thoughts . Having watched a lot of these over the years two or three people will come out of this making favorable impressions. Obviously cruz did last time and rubio has in each of the debates. Trump obviously first debate. Didnt do as well last time. There is a lot of people here with a lot at stake tonight. For simple reason fox deliberately and i think correctly bounced a couple heavyweights off the stage. I dont mean physical, but they are heavyweights, christie and huckabee. The warning is if you dont do well in this debate, kind of an him nation. It is survival contest so people like obviously jeb bush has to do well. But my sense is, three or four people will come out of this making impressions. The rest may get left by the wayside. Lou as were looking on the screen there, as you were talking, ed, the theater is filling up. Lots of folks starting to build. I want to explain to the audience again. We are surrounded by folks in motion and you can hear the excitement in their voices even if it comes across as a modest roar. The idea that trump is going to be talking about business, i mean he has stepped square into the controversy over starbucks. Said basically, he is throwing them out of one of his properties because theyre coming with a red cup. If he elected youre going to be able to say Merry Christmas again. Now that is arguably one heck of a business story but its so much more and it does, i think, represent the opportunity thats available to each of these candidates with imagination and some, as trump would say, energy to go after. What do you think . Yeah i think, you know, as moderators give them a chance to hit that, maybe he will. Easy issue to hit. Popular with republican voters. I want to see candidates get deeper than that and talk more about their concrete plans, policies. That is what voters want to hear. We didnt hear much of it in the last debate. I think a lot of people are very dis. Ed. Lou i understand what lachlan is saying here. I agree with you to certain extent but at the same time i dont think many people can tell you what Barack Obamas tax plan was. I dont think many people can tell you what mitt romneys was or certainly, you know, john mccains. Yeah. Lou you have to go back aways. Lachlan is a bit of a policy wonk. Lou sure. Not everyone in the audience thinks like that. The way candidates get elected voters have to in them. Voters have to listen to what they say hear some policy specifics for sure but that candidate gets them a better job and put more money on their table for them and their families and do what barack obama has not about able to do so far. That is the question. Lou lets go to you for the final word, ed. What do you expect, what do you want . I think trump will rise to the occasion. It is his forum because it is about the economy. Carson needs to be very careful tonight. This is not the place to defend all ben carson should have said i went to yale, i grew up in tough environment. I became a great medical doctor, and brain surgeon. You dont have to be brain surgeon to be president of the united states, to go argue points he will destroy this thing. Jeb bush has to rise to the occasion. Rubio and cruz will do fine. Jeb bush, tonight a big spotlight is on him. If he doesnt do well a lot of his donors will start shifting to other people. Lou all right. Ed rollins, jedediah bila, lachlan markey. See you later in the evening. Coming up next, marco rubio released a devastating new ad. Hear it for yourself here next. Then Republican NationalCommittee ChairmanReince Priebus is here. Well be talking