the partnership between the u.s. and vietnam. white house correspondent peter doocy is with them on this trip. >> good afternoon. we've learned that president biden and china's xi who way back, have not communicating since november. that means that china flew a spy craft over the u.s., president biden ordered it shot down over the waters near south carolina, and still, nothing. and for president biden, it sounds like that's kind of a letdown. >> president biden, has president xi's absence impacted the summit? >> would be nice to have him here, but-- >> something the president really wants to do here is reform the world bank, give 70-plus developing nation a place to go for loans so they don't wind up on the hook, owing banks in beijing ultra high interest. >> this isn't about buying anything off today, it's helping provide through multilateral development banks like the world bank and imf, high value and transparent loaning opportunities for lower and middle income countries, many of them are coming, you know, they're involved in transactions that-- when the bills are coming due, they're not able to pay and they're suffering from that. >> and there were too many disagreements, apparently behind closed doors among the g20 leaders about the russia-ukraine war, that there is no outright condemnation between putin and russia that counts as a diplomatic win. and the language has evolved since the last g20 joint statement on this topic because instead of a war against ukraine, the language is now a war in ukraine. aishah. aishah: interesting stuff. peter doocy live in new delhi for us. thanks, peter. griff: well, aishah, a new white house hopefuls are vying for attention in the hawkeye state and many expecting at the tailgates of iowa-iowa state. alexandria hoff is here with the latest. >> and at the trophy game, it's a matchion every four years, it's a match-up within a match-up. today several g.o.p. presidential hopefuls are attending various tailgates including former president trump, governor ron desantis, ai ais a asa hutchinson and vivek ramaswamy, and president trump's expected arrival is before kickoff. the former president was in south dakota and touting his lead. >> they say sir, forget about him, he's gone. i say, no, nobody's gone, nobody's gone until it's over, right? it ain't over till it's over. >> and during the event lashed out at asa hutchinson and during the pregame rally, hutchinson fired back. >> if donald trump thinks he's going to intimidate me, i can't be intimidated. he made the point, of course, i wouldn't be able to serve in his cabinet. >> so it's likely we'll see more showmanship than sportsmanship out there. unlike the iowa state fair, the emphasis is less on speeches and engaging more with them and the media. >> you talk about showmanship. donald trump is there and are we going to see anything unique, perhaps, that separates him from the other candidates? >> i think we'll see a show of force. there's some thought there could be president trump's plane flying over the stadium and these are all attention getting tactics, but iowans, they're used to it. they're use today these kind of events taking place and kind of sharing their events with candidates in races. griff: alexandria hoff, thank you. >> okay, so for more on all of this, we're joined by maga, incorporated spokeswoman and trump surrogate, and care line and awustin, thank you for sharing your time. you've got busy days so thank you. i want to start with last night, a huge endorsement for the former president in that of governor kristi noem. >> he's a man of significance. he's the leader, the fighter that our country needs. he has my full and complete endorsement for president of the united states of america. aishah: so caroline, everybody wants to know, would she make a good vp? >> well, i'm sure she would, but i won't get ahead of any announcements on that front. although it is great to see that she's joining the president's team and rallying around him as all republicans should. republican voters across this country have made their voices heard in poll after poll. donald trump has the overwhelming majority of support of our republican party ap he's also the only candidate that's beating president joe biden in a head to head match-up. last night's speech in south dakota showed why. he has the enthusiasm and the energy and the grit to take this fight to joe biden and the democrat party once again, who are fundamentally destroying america as we know it, hiking up prices on everything from groceries to gas and also, really embarrassing america on the world stages. peter doocy just reported joe biden's over at the summit in india, and vladimir putin and president xi from china don't bother to come. they're more focused on establishing a new world order because they don't take it seriously and they need donald trump to restore american greatness, not just here, but on the world stage as well. aishah: i want to ask you about, the former president had a huge audience there last night. he gets a lot of folks to come out to the rallies. governor hutchinson hasn't quite made the secretary -- second debate coming up in a few days here. if he doesn't make the second debate should he get out of the race? >> that's a decision he's going to make and i'm certainly not going to weigh in on that. it's a personal decision. aishah: has he talked about it. >> i'm on the super pac and i can't have a conversation with him about that, that's a conversation he would have with his wife. what he's doing is talking to voters and i, and in new hampshire and continues to travel well and travel throughout those states, but i'd love to see that he's there for the iowa-iowa state game. as we all know about politics, it's a full contact sport and certainly football is as well, it's a great opportunity for him to talk to voters there about how, you know, what he did as governor of arkansas, focusing on education, he signed over 30 pieces of anti-abortion, pro-life legislation and listen, he's a very experienced person. anything can happen in politics. so, listen, you've just got to let this process unfold and we'll see where things are. look, i'm not going to sit here and say that donald trump doesn't have a huge lead. he does. but there's a lot of time between now and the first iowa caucus. aishah: let's talk about some of the startling polling out of the president, the current president, showing that he's pretty much underwater across the board with americans right now. president trump actually jumped on that last night in south dakota talking about the economy. but take a look at this, guys, the wall street journal out with this poll show that biden and trump are neck and neck currently. both at 46%, wrong poll there, guys. caroline, i want to ask you, if americans are so frustrated with biden, why doesn't the former president have a much wider lead right now? >> well, the former president is the only one that's consistently beating joe biden in head to head matchups. he's dominant in the primary we've said it's going to be a tight race in the general, that's just the reality of america today, but the only one leading with independence by 18 points and when you look at the issues, the issues that matter most to voters right now, the economy, immigration, safety and security, and also, foreign policy, donald trump is beating joe biden in a landslide on every single one of those issues, in fact, in his own party, joe biden is failing support, more than 60% of democrats wish that someone else was running for the presidency. so, you can't win a general election without your base. donald trump has the base. 's leading with independents, he's leading on the issues and we know as in past elections when his name is on the ballot, turnout is higher. he's the only one that can do it and again, that's why republicans should unify around him. there isn't that much time. there's a few left for the iowa caucuses, and nikki haley and ron desantis is a dollar away from taking the fight right to joe biden. aishah: another factor is age. people look at him and question and wonder about his age and then look at the candidates we're talking about right now. they're also in their 70's. so, austin, why would someone want to elect someone that's also up there in his 70's? >> well, listen, caroline is an excellent spokesman for the president and what he's doing, but i will have to disagree with her. donald trump is not the only person who is showing in polls after polls that he could beat joe biden. what republicans like me care about-- >> austin, i asked, but age. i asked you about the age, can you just-- >> so what we want to do, we want to defeat an aging joe biden. i'm going to answer the age question, that's super important, but what i believe is, is that maybe donald trump is, you know, the one who is going to be the nominee, we will see, but there are other candidates that are -- that we all believe will have a better chance to defeat joe biden and that's what is ultimately most important is defeating joe biden in '24, but we have seen polls where trump was up on biden. we also have seen other polls as of this week, where there are other people in the primary, who are up 4, 5, 6 points consistently on biden and we just have to win in november of 2024. aishah: caroline, austin, what a great debate. we appreciate your time and as always, come back soon, thank you guys. all right, don't forget fox business channel is holding the second g.o.p. presidential debate, it's set to air on september 27th and our own dana perino will join stuart varney and calderon will moderate that debate. that's coming up on your calendar. griff: a great debate. our own harris falkner getting to know families of candidates running for president and harris sits down with tim scott's mom. take a look. >> what i think about the greatness of america, i have to start with my favorite american, my amazing mother. [cheers and applause] >> that was a big-- that was very important. i was very emotional about that day because when you look out and you see all the people that was there to support him, to become the next president of the united states, that was very impressive. and i thank god for it. >> frances scott grew up in a strong christian home, the post-slavery economy of south carolina dictated her family's journey for generations, and the grip of poverty lingered. her father, artis ware, sr. was forced into the back-breaking work of picking cotton as a child. >> i talk a lot about god, but that's my faith. so it's amazing to see all he has done over the period of years and now we are to this point and it's like, it's unbelievable. >> signs of a generational shift began with frances scott, when she found her define purpose in caring for others. >> my celebration was 50 years, i'm done. >> she is that ultimate teammate and she's the one that no matter what the task was at hand, she was always going to help. >> ms. scott just retired after 50 years working as a nursing aide while raising two children as a single mother. ben served 32 years in the united states army and brother tim, now a two-term u.s. senator and republican president candidate. >> is there something you want him particularly to focus on. >> people who don't have. i think it's just as important that we have a president who is able to help people, help other people succeed in their life, because sometimes life can be hard, that if you have someone who can understand and who have also been there to understand that life is hard and to help them push them on, but only in america that this can be done. aishah: okay, we are also following this a 6.8 magnitude quake that hit morocco killed more than a thousand residents there and caused widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. search efforts are underway currently. according to officials, this is the country's strongest earthquake in more than a century there. kitty logan is live with the latest on this. hi, kitty. >> hi, aishah. that's right, this is a rare quake for the region. officials say it hit at morocco's high mountains at 11 p.m. on friday night local time and also there are issues now accessing some of the mountainous areas where most of the fatalities were thought to have happened. also the quake hit the city of marrakesh so hard and it's close to the epicenter. residents spent the night out in the open there, afraid to go back into their homes and many ancient historic stone buildings crumbled, too, and the streets there are full of rubble. now, this dramatic video shows people inside a restaurant the moment the quake hit marrakesh. diners running in panic as buildings collapsed in a cloud of dust. many now in need of urgent medical treatment following the quake. hundreds are thought to be injured and that number could well rise at least 200 are thought to be very seriously hurt. and of course, rescue workers are struggling to reach some of these remote mountain villages affected with rock falls, damages hindering access there and they're offering with a national assistance with rescue. rescuers are from marrakesh are hunting for survivors in that rubble. and this is the most severe earthquake to hit morocco in around 20 years and of course, there are, as ever, fears that this already high death toll may rise further, aishah. aishah: and i think i heard the red cross locally said there's about 300,000 folks that might be homeless tonight, don't have anywhere to sleep. kitty logan, thank you for bringing us that report. griff: and meanwhile, texas governor greg abbott vowing to send more migrants, and the white house is facing plummeting polls on the handling of immigration and the economy. that he cans next. credit c that's next. pay off your car loan, consolidate your debt with a va home loan from from newday. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we provide 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angry about it. >> i don't see an end to this. this issue will destroy new york city. >> critics are calling out mayor adams on this apparent-aboutface, and tweets two years, new york city would remain a sanctuary city. and a new york assemblyman pushed back on the mayor's comments. so it is our duty wherever the problem comes from, to protect the laws that we passed, and if we're unable to do that and that's why we're in this situation, we're blaming each other and using dangerous rhetoric that may hurt not just migrants, but all immigrants. >> texas governor greg abbott taking to twitter over this new apparent policy change saying in part, this scam was tried years ago and shot down by a judge. we'll send biden the same swift justice and even add more buses of migrants to d.c. and speaking of appeals they say that a thousand foot fleeting barrier on the rio grande will be allowed to be in place. and this week the secretary defended the biden border policies. the president did more to deal with this issue of immigration than anybody else. we've seen his border plan management effective and indeed stopping, slowing down the flow of unlawful migration. we always have-- we have always and will be and have been vigilant here when it comes to protecting our homeland. >> many critics pushing back on the white house press secretary saying that there's been a flood of migrants entering the united states illegally in the past two years. of course, we'll be on the look youth for those migrants coming from texas on those buses. aishah. aishah: it could be a big political issue for this white house, too, in 2024. we'll be watching it. lucas, thanks. griff: world leaders gathering in new delhi for the g20 summit, two exceptions, xi jinping and vladimir putin, reportedly meeting with kim jong-un. and joining us now a senior director at biodefense program, a foundation for the defense of democracies and former national security council center director for biodefense and assigned on nsc, anthony. i'm calling it the g-18. two notable people aren't there. putin and xi jinping. >> the two leaders weren't there. biden has an opportunity to really push those countries to support ukraine more and they weren't able to even get as much as the last meeting. that's a mixed win for the president. i mean, he really should have hit it out of the park. griff: do you see xi's absence as a way of sort of giving cover for putin? >> it could be, it could be, also, that xi knows that he as other opportunities, whether it's brics or some engagement with these countries directly and have the conversations because it was in india as well the relationship between those two countries not so good to put a mildly, is probably another reason they didn't go. griff: on the flip side, the g20's pet project they've taken on is climate change. that's what we get, climate change, climate change, climate change. and helping developing countries, but climate cleaning on the burner. no country more than china needs to be at that table. do we see any criticism out of the g20 for china not attending as far as the efforts on climate change come? >> i think a lot of these countries are probably looking to the united states. they're seeing biden sending his secretary of state, his treasury secretary and his commerce secretary after spending the first part of his administration with the same type of confrontational policy with china, really seeing china as they should-- as they are, not as we think they should be and probably wondering where is the u.s. policy going over the next 18 months and then if president biden is reelected, four years after that. griff: anthony, you served on the nsc under president trump and had north korea as an assignment and now we hear the news that kim jong-un is going to make this trip, this week or who knows, tomorrow, to meet with putin. what do you make of that. how concerning is that to you? >> it's a long relationship the two countries have had. it's not new, it's not just because of ukraine, but north korea sees an opportunity. they know that they need china and russia to be on their side and on that side of russia is china and north korea and iran. i've written about this before. the administration is trying to shame kim jong-un to stop the weapons transfers. he has no shame. he has no problem sending three generations of north koreans to concentration camps. he's not going shamed in front of a podium in the white house press room. griff: you bring up this administration versus the former president. last night at a rally, former president trump alluded to north korea. >> and i said to kim jong-un, you have a beautiful shoreline, think of it, you're between china, russia and north korea. you could have the most beautiful condos and be rich as hell. griff: way to contrast on the two approaches. >> i think we're well far from that point. north korea is not talking to the united states now. we did have conversations in th