bret? >> unbelievable. james rosen at the state department. james, thank you. >>> more on this with the panel. but what do you think of all this? will this have any repercussions for the president, his administration, or for that matter, hillary clinton? let me know on twitter @bretbaier. >>> the u.s. military says an air strike in syria may have inadvertently killed an unknown number of civilians. the u.s. central command suggests the possibility of civilian casualties. it says that non-military vehicle drove into the target area after the weapon was fired from the aircraft, possibly killing the occupants of that vehicle. >>> gunfire, explosions, and chaos. that was how witnesses described the scene of an organized terror attack at the american university in kabul, afghanistan today. a security guard is dead and 18 people wounded. the search for the killer or killers is ongoing in kabul. connor powell has the latest from the middle east tonight. >> reporter: bret, for the last six hours, h

i'm bret baier in washington. hillary clinton has opened up double digit lead on donald trump in brand new fox polls being released at this hour. clinton has a 49-39 advantage. that's up from a six-point edge in june. trump held a three-point lead in may. their numbers in the honest and trustworthy category are virtually the same, just 36% of those surveyed feel clinton or trump has those qualities. we'll have complete election coverage shortly. but first, connection or coincidence? the obama administration is denying that a $400 million cash payment to iran as four detained americans were being freed was in fact ransom. that is exactly what republicans and other administration critics allege after an unusual delivery of a cargo plane full of euros and swiss francs to tehran. here is james rosen, live at the state department. >> reporter: senior officials here at the state department said today they were aware back in january of how bad the optics looked in this case, but they went ahead any way, because they need

bret? >> unbelievable. james rosen at the state department. james, thank you. >>> more on this with the panel. but what do you think of all this? will this have any repercussions for the president, his administration, or for that matter, hillary clinton? let me know on twitter @bretbaier. >>> the u.s. military says an air strike in syria may have inadvertently killed an unknown number of civilians. the u.s. central command suggests the possibility of civilian casualties. it says that non-military vehicle drove into the target area after the weapon was fired from the aircraft, possibly killing the occupants of that vehicle. >>> gunfire, explosions, and chaos. that was how witnesses described the scene of an organized terror attack at the american university in kabul, afghanistan today. a security guard is dead and 18 people wounded. the search for the killer or killers is ongoing in kabul. connor powell has the latest from the middle east tonight. >> reporter: bret, for the last six hours, h

bret? >> reaching out to african-american voters, heading to detroit this weekend, planning for a speech there. >> reporter: yeah. that's the second big speech of the week, awful lot riding on it. outreach attempt to appeal to after rake n americans and latinos and hispanics has been quite pronounced in the last month. there will be a meeting on saturday in detroit at the only african-american owned and operated evengangelical network. pastor burns suggesting in a tweet that hillary clinton is taking advantage of black voters and once she gets their votes will forget about them another four years. there was a bit of a backlash. pastor burns has apologized for what he acknowledges was a somewhat offensive retweet for hillary clinton in black face but not for the sentiment that she is exploiting african-american votes for political gain and doesn't care about them. that speech on saturday, draegs those evangelical leaders will be a big opportunity and big test for trump yet again. bret? >> th

bret? >> we'll bring it to you here when we do. we are going through hundreds more hillary clinton e-mails released just today. a new name is emerging as one of the major players in the tangled web of the clinton state department, the clinton foundation and now the clinton campaign. chief intelligence correspondent katherine haridge. >> according to published reports he built a donor base of more than a quarter billion dollars serving as secretary clinton's where he greeted heads of state to now serving as finance director for clinton's presidential campaign. citizens united e-mails suggest chang greeting then prime minister tony blair, worked with another long time clinton aide, huma abedin, fund-raising events, objectives and major donors. chang sent this nine-page e-mail to prepare secretary clinton for a briefing on the 67 vips attending a foundation dinner. guests range from major real estate and business executives to former politicians and aid organizations. fox news asked the govern

bret? >> we heard senator kaine attacking donald trump with this report that he quadrupled the rent once donors started paying for that rent at trump towers as opposed to himself. what's the campaign's response to that? >> reporter: they're pretty brief about it. they say we got bigger. they started during the primaries it was half of a floor in trump tower. once the graen agreement to raise money and start working with the republican national committee for the general election kicked in, it was time to grow. now they have three floors and a lot more staff. although, that isn't necessarily represented in some of the filings. but they say they got bigger and so did the rent. >> you hear the response there. carl, thank you. headquarters in depth tonight. look at the new man in charge of the trump campaign. steve bannon is not your traditional political wonk. former film producer who likes shakespeare and rap music and has a history of working against the republican establishment and he's prou

bret? >> reaching out to african-american voters, heading to detroit this weekend, planning for a speech there. >> reporter: yeah. that's the second big speech of the week, awful lot riding on it. outreach attempt to appeal to after rake n americans and latinos and hispanics has been quite pronounced in the last month. there will be a meeting on saturday in detroit at the only african-american owned and operated evengangelical network. pastor burns suggesting in a tweet that hillary clinton is taking advantage of black voters and once she gets their votes will forget about them another four years. there was a bit of a backlash. pastor burns has apologized for what he acknowledges was a somewhat offensive retweet for hillary clinton in black face but not for the sentiment that she is exploiting african-american votes for political gain and doesn't care about them. that speech on saturday, draegs those evangelical leaders will be a big opportunity and big test for trump yet again. bret? >> th

i'm bret baier in washington. hillary clinton has opened up double digit lead on donald trump in brand new fox polls being released at this hour. clinton has a 49-39 advantage. that's up from a six-point edge in june. trump held a three-point lead in may. their numbers in the honest and trustworthy category are virtually the same, just 36% of those surveyed feel clinton or trump has those qualities. we'll have complete election coverage shortly. but first, connection or coincidence? the obama administration is denying that a $400 million cash payment to iran as four detained americans were being freed was in fact ransom. that is exactly what republicans and other administration critics allege after an unusual delivery of a cargo plane full of euros and swiss francs to tehran. here is james rosen, live at the state department. >> reporter: senior officials here at the state department said today they were aware back in january of how bad the optics looked in this case, but they went ahead any way, because they need

bret? >> the art of the deal in action. thank you, john roberts. >>> president obama is urging republicans to abandon trump, using his most pointed language yet, insisting the gop nominee is unfit for the most powerful job in the world and urging republicans to stand up and speak out about it. kevin corke has the full story from the white house tonight. good evening, kevin. >> good evening to you, bret. fairly straightforward question here at the white house. the response couldn't have been more starting. the question was simple. did the president still believe that donald trump was not ready to occupy the oval office? >> i think the vermont republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week. and he keeps on proving it. >> reporter: unfit. president's remarks coming on the heels of the controversy, surrounding trump's apparent criticism of a gold star family and comments he made expressing doubts about whether russian president vladimir putin would ever authorize an atta

bret? >> all right, mike. thank you. >>> we now know that some of the e-mails a court has ordered the state department to release next month deals with benghazi, another scandal that clinton has tried to move on from. republican lawmakers point to the just-surfacing, once deleted clinton foundation e-mails, and now benghazi e-mails as evidence that the tens of thousands of e-mails erased and wiped clean from clinton's private server were not all personal, as she originally said. chief intelligence correspondent, katherine harris, has the story. >> reporter: the fbi recovered nearly 15,000 records as part of its investigation into clinton's handling of classified information, and on august 5th, those e-mails were given to the state department for review. according to this ruling from a florida judge, the department must begin releasing the e-mails by september 13th. >> the state department has told judicial watch, told us, that they have had positive hits for the search term "benghazi," so we know that these re

bret? >> the head of wikileaks on "the kelly file" last night, threatening to release more clinton documents. >> reporter: the founder of wikileaks confirms that he has more documents. they are verifying the authenticity and plan to release them before november. >> i don't want to give the game away, but a variety of different types of documents from different types of institutions that are associated with the election campaign, by some quite unexpected angles that are quite interesting. some even entertaining. >> reporter: the wikileaks e-mails have impact forcing the resignation of the head of the dnc, debbie wasserman schultz, after it was shown that the dnc gave special treatment to hillary clinton in order to block rival democratic candidate bernie sanders. bret? >> one more thing i mentioned at the top of the show, the courts have now weighed in on a new batch of e-mails from the state department. what did they rule? >> reporter: the most significant decision affects the 14,900 emails

bret? >> the head of wikileaks on "the kelly file" last night, threatening to releasedocuments. >> reporter: the founder of wikileaks confirms that he has more documents. they are verifying the authenticity and plan to release them before november. >> i don't want to give the game away, but a variety of different types of documents from different types of institutions that are associated with the election campaign, by some quite unexpected angles that are quite interesting. some even entertaining. >> reporter: the wikileaks e-mails have impact forcing the resignation of the head of the dnc, debbie wasserman schultz, after it was shown that the dnc gave special treatment to hillary clinton in order to block rival democratic candidate bernie sanders. bret? >> one more thing i mentioned at the top of the show, the courts have now weighed in on a new batch of e-mails from the state department. what did they rule? >> reporter: the most significant decision affects the 14,900 emails recovered by

bret? >> all right, mike. thank you. >>> we now know that some of the e-mails a court has ordered the state department to release next month deals with benghazi, another scandal that clinton has tried to move on from. republican lawmakers point to the just-surfacing, once deleted clinton foundation e-mails, and now benghazi e-mails as evidence that the tens of thousands of e-mails erased and wiped clean from clinton's private server were not all personal, as she originally said. chief intelligence correspondent, katherine harris, has the story. >> reporter: the fbi recovered nearly 15,000 records as part of its investigation into clinton's handling of classified information, and on august 5th, those e-mails were given to the state department for review. according to this ruling from a florida judge, the department must begin releasing the e-mails by september 13th. >> the state department has told judicial watch, told us, that they have had positive hits for the search term "benghazi," so we know that these re

that's how long the line was to see the bust of bret favre. because after all, the packers great was voted into the hall in february he wasn't actually in the hall until sunday. while sue and todd was was wroth it. spoiler alert, it was. the bust was not a bust. for a team owned by the fans, it made sense to see so many people feel a particular pride in one of their own finally in place in canton. reaciton for some, giddy, for others, a bit awe struck but we're telling you that a lot of christmas card pictures were taken in a muggy wing of the pro football hall of fame this weekend. you could facebook profile pictures changing by the second. "now i'm getting excited." and as the line snaked its way to see stabler, favre and all, we saw sue and todd again, like thirsty travelers close to an oasis. it was finally time. another family memory made, thanks to bret favre "cheesehead!" you may have noticed the ron wolf and brett favre statues are next to each just a happy coincidence. each year's class goes in alphabetically -- and those two just hap

bret? >> kevin corke live on the north lawn. >>> defense secretary ash carter is in charge of the military response to isis. i sat down with him to talk about the fight against the terror group and began by asking him about the expanding isis threat and footprint around the world. isis has had safe haven inside syria, expanded into iraq in 2014. and now it has 30 affiliates in 24 countries and five aspirational while developing this worldwide network inspiring followers to kill citizens. so i guess the question is, can you allow that safe haven to stay? >> no, no. >> and when does it get eliminated? >> you have to destroy safe havens for terrorist groups like isil. and you're right, it started in iraq and syria. that's why we're waging the campaign that we're waging, and we've been waging here and the defense department, with the president's approval, now for a number of months, that has led to the taking of all the towns in iraq. so we're heading up towards mosul and over in syria, towards

bret? >> kevin corke live on the north lawn. >>> defense secretary ash carter is in charge of the military response to isis. i sat down with him to talk about the fight against the terror group and began by asking him about the expanding isis threat and footprint around the world. isis has had safe haven inside syria, expanded into iraq in 2014. and now it has 30 affiliates in 24 countries and five aspirational while developing this worldwide network inspiring followers to kill citizens. so i guess the question is, can you allow that safe haven to stay? >> no, no. >> and when does it get eliminated? >> you have to destroy safe havens for terrorist groups like isil. and you're right, it started in iraq and syria. that's why we're waging the campaign that we're waging, and we've been waging here and the defense department, with the president's approval, now for a number of months, that has led to the taking of all the towns in iraq. so we're heading up towards mosul and over in syria, towards

>> absolutely, bret. i can assure you that every day he is talking about policy, reading on policy, discussing policy with other experts. and that -- we feel like one piece of our debate prep is going out there and giving these speeches. these are his speeches. he helps to -- these are his final words. this is his campaign. he is the face of the campaign. and so when you are actually laying out your plan, you are ready for the debate. i understand, i sympathize why team clinton is cramming with binders of facts and now somebody wrote a book about donald trump a thousand years ago to consult with her. why is she so afraid of? why not debate donald trump on the issues? i will tell you why, the issues that favor donald trump the americans are dissatisfied about obamacare. they are worried about economic security. they don't like the fact that she refers to isis as our, quote, determined enemies rather than savage murderer he is. they want to talk about energy and infrastructure and education. we are out ther

bret? >> the art of the deal in action. thank you, john roberts. >>> president obama is urging republicans to abandon trump, using his most pointed language yet, insisting the gop nominee is unfit for the most powerful job in the world and urging republicans to stand up and speak out about it. kevin corke has the full story from the white house tonight. good evening, kevin. >> good evening to you, bret. fairly straightforward question here at the white house. the response couldn't have been more starting. the question was simple. did the president still believe that donald trump was not ready to occupy the oval office? >> i think the vermont republican nominee is unfit to serve as president. i said so last week. and he keeps on proving it. >> reporter: unfit. president's remarks coming on the heels of the controversy, surrounding trump's apparent criticism of a gold star family and comments he made expressing doubts about whether russian president vladimir putin would ever authorize an atta

bret baier joins us, anchor of "special report." you have new information. >> reporter: it's coming from the pentagon, word from the navy and senior defense officials about another incident. we had an incident on tuesday, we learned about it just yesterday, with the video of four iranian fast boats, you're looking at it there, up against the u.s. navy destroyer, the "u.s.s. nitz." they got as close as 300 yards to the destroyer. now another incident yesterday, iranian fast boats coming up against the "u.s.s. squall," a coastal patrol boat the u.s. navy has in the northern persian gulf. and basically those boats, the ryan boats, got up to about 200 yards. and in this case, the u.s. ship fired warning shots in front of those boats. that essentially is the last movement, the last thing you do before you actually engage what you consider to be a danger, a threat to a u.s. navy vessel. they did have we're told some communication with the iranians and told them to back off. but they eventually had to fire three warning shots into the wate

bret? >> john roberts in pennsylvania, thank you. >>> two speeches, both by grieving parents, one given at the rnc whose mother died at the benghazi attack. the other at the dnc whose son tied in iraq. one went largely ignored, the other made headlines. howard kurtz takes a look. >> reporter: two parents, both touched by tragedy, gave impassioned speeches on big stages. kitzer kahn, a muslim father whose son was killed in iraq denounced donald trump at the democratic national convention. >> have you even read the united states constitution? >> reporter: patricia smith, whose son was killed in benghazi, denounced hillary clinton at the republican convention. >> i blame hillary clinton personally for the death of my son. >> reporter: but only one of them drew enormous media attention. kahn's speech made the front page of "the new york times" and invited on cnn's "state of the union." >> that's again, the height of ignorance on the part of a candidate for the highest office of this nation. the

fox 6's bret lemoine joins us from the was damaged. bret? many people were returning to work today in the sherman park neighborhood including the owners of the three brother's grocery and tobacco store. they said they closed early last night as the crowd was gathering across the street at the b-p gas station. this morning more damage to their store front -- several windows busted out and broken from bricks and rocks that were thrown at the building. store owners say they are thankful for their loyal customers... who stepped that theres still people that loves you and shows love to the business." the store has several surveillance cameras, however, the store owner says there is a glitch in the system. they are working to recover all the footage so they can share it with the police. he added he has no plan to leave the neighborhood because he has many loyal customers - but its something hell consider if the unrest doesn't stop. reporting in the newsroom, bret lemoine, fox 6 news. steph thanks bret. this is video from inside the metro p-c-s sto

bret? >> john roberts in pennsylvania, thank you. >>> two speeches, both by grieving parents, one given at the rnc whose mother died at the benghazi attack. the other at the dnc whose son tied in iraq. one went largely ignored, the other made headlines. howard kurtz takes a look. >> reporter: two parents, both touched by tragedy, gave impassioned speeches on big stages. kitzer kahn, a muslim father whose son was killed in iraq denounced donald trump at the democratic national convention. >> have you even read the united states constitution? >> reporter: patricia smith, whose son was killed in benghazi, denounced hillary clinton at the republican convention. >> i blame hillary clinton personally for the death of my son. >> reporter: but only one of them drew enormous media attention. kahn's speech made the front page of "the new york times" and invited on cnn's "state of the union." >> that's again, the height of ignorance on the part of a candidate for the highest office of this nation. the

bret baier, thank you so much for stopping by. david? david: hillary clinton's latest attack on donald trump, democratic candidate releasing a new campaign ad that depicts her republican rival as quote, too dangerous to be president. take a look. >> in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. >> knock the crap out of him, would you? >> clear thinking. >> i know more about isis than the generals. >> and calm judgment. >> and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. >> because all it takes is one wrong move. >> i would bomb the [bleep] out of them. >> just one. david: here to weigh in, kirsten haglund, conservative political commentator and mustafa temise. democratic strategist and department of homeland security. we hear about wrong moves in that ad. i think of all the wrong moves hillary clinton was a part of while she was secretary of state. we have the russia reset. we have libya, which she took personal credit for which is a mess. egypt, defending the muslim brotherhood there, big mistake, china, venezuela, coddling ma

bret's live downtown. the suspect claimed to have a gun... but in reality, police say he was armed with an axe! according to the criminal complaint...48-year old gilberto gil-bear-toe collado co-ya-doe walked up to this information counter inside city hall with a bag... and told a worker he had recently been arrested for a d-u-i and that he is a former city employee. the milwaukee police department confirms collado is in fact a former m- p-d officer. while he was speaking to the worker, milwaukee mayor tom barrett walked by with his security detail.the worker tells investigators collado said something like 'if with a gun. i have a gun in my bag' in reference to the mayor and his security. collado allegedly said he was leaving... but told the worker hed be back. bl 'investigators say they found the suspect a short time later, outside the chase bank near the corner of wisconsin and water about two blocks away from city hall.' officers confiscated collados bag... inside there was no gun. but this former cop was allegedly carrying a one-and- a-ha

bret? >> kevin corke traveling with the president. kevin, thank you. >>> how do you feel about the centcom intelligence scandal? let me know on twitter. or on facebook. >>> hillary clinton is maintaining a huge lead on donald trump among hispanic registered voters. fox news latino is releasing its latest survey right now. clinton is up by 46 points on trump. in a three-way race, trump has lost support to gary johnson who stands at 16%. and clinton far surpasses trump in favorability with hispanic voters. >>> trump is standing by a comment that president obama is the founder of isis. and today he puts hillary clinton in the same category. donald trump is about to appear at a rally in florida where carl cameron is tonight. >> reporter: donald trump gave a low-key, off the cuff speech to the national home builder's association in miami and continued his attack on president obama for the rise of isis. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. they're the founders. in fact, i think we'll give hillary clinton the,

bret? >> kevin corke traveling with the president. kevin, thank you. >>> how do you feel about the centcom intelligence scandal? let me know on twitter. or on facebook. >>> hillary clinton is maintaining a huge lead on donald trump among hispanic registered voters. fox news latino is releasing its latest survey right now. clinton is up by 46 points on trump. in a three-way race, trump has lost support to gary johnson who stands at 16%. and clinton far surpasses trump favorability with hispanic voters. >>> trump is standing by a comment that president obama is the founder of isis. and today he puts hillary clinton in the same category. donald trump is about to appear at a rally in florida where carl cameron is tonight. >> reporter: donald trump gave a low-key, off the cuff speech to the national home builder's association in miami and continued his attack on president obama for the rise of isis. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. they're the founders. in fact, i think we'll give hillary clinton the, you

bret? >> carl, thank you. >>> liberals are expressing their concerns tonight about what some see as hillary clinton's drifting toward the middle and playing to disaffected republicans more than progressives in their party. clinton teamed up with vice president joe biden today in scranton, pennsylvania. the message seemed a long way from the policies and focus of bernie sanders and he is supporters in the primaries. jennifer griffin reports tonight from scranton. >> reporter: scranton, pennsylvania is home turf for hillary clinton and vice president joe biden, a crucial swing state of mostly white, blue collar workers. clinton's father was born in scranton. >> i was christened at the methodist church on court street. >> reporter: the visit was canceled after the dallas police shooting. it's the first time the vice president has campaigned with hillary. >> we're second to none. and hillary clinton is going to write the next chapter in american history. >> reporter: but much of their speeches

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bret? >> carl, a lot of people are asking is he trying to win the white house or just trying to stop donald trump's run or make his race more difficult? >> reporter: sure. there's already jill stein and gary johnson, and now mcmullen. he started the day with only a couple hundred twitter follows. he's up to more than 25,000 now. but it takes more like 60 million votes to win the presidency and that's a steep hill to climb. >> charl, thank you. >>> a republican who wanted to be president says he is thinking about finally endorsing donald trump. ohio governor john kasich boycotted the gop convention in his own home state. kasich now says trump has an uphill battle in his state. >> he's going to one parts of ohio where people are really hurting. there are going to be sections he will win, but i think it's still difficult if you are dividing to be able to win in ohio. >> no republican has ever been elected president without winning the state of ohio. >>> will it make any difference if kasich en

so, bret, old news? >> oh, no, it's new and very interesting news because the obama administration never admitted back in january that they had sent $400 million in pallets of euros, swiss francs, to tehran in order to get those hostages released on the day they were released. this is fantastic reporting from our colleagues on the news side of the "wall street journal." >> but they say that currency was simply to a technical matter, the foreign currency, because they couldn't use dollars in any transactions without violating the sanctions laws and that this was just part of this larger transaction. what's the evidence, in fact, that it was ransom? >> well, there's the incredible coincidence of timing. and we've had saeed abedini, who was one of the hostages, an american pastor who told fox news that he was sitting in the airport talking to an iranian intelligence officer, saying, why are we waiting to be released? and the answer from the intelligence agent was, we're waiting for a plane to arrive. presum

that was bret lemoine reporting. senator taylor says this is also an example of how important it is to support small businesses. happening today - community members... and state officials... will be discussing the effectiveness of hate crime laws in wisconsin. the wisconsin advisory committee to the u-s commission on civil rights is holding the meeting from 1 to 4:30 this afternoon at the hampton inn conference center in west allis. formation and activity of hate groups... and listen to testimoney from community

bret? >> carl, thank you. >>> liberals are expressing their concerns tonight about what some see as hillary clinton's drifting toward the middle and playing to disaffected republicans more than progressives in their party. clinton teamed up with vice president joe biden today in scranton, pennsylvania. the message seemed a long way from the policies and focus of bernie sanders and he is supporters in the primaries. jennifer griffin reports tonight from scranton. >> reporter: scranton, pennsylvania is home turf for hillary clinton and vice president joe biden, a crucial swing state of mostly white, blue collar workers. clinton's father was born in scranton. >> i was christened at the methodist church on court street. >> reporter: the visit was canceled after the dallas police shooting. it's the first time the vice president has campaigned with hillary. >> we're second to none. and hillary clinton is going to write the next chapter in american history. >> reporter: but much of their speeches

senate race- bret lemoine has been with russ feingold today .. and our ashley sears has spent time with the johnson camp. bret let's start with you. this was an easy victory for russ feingold... facing newcomer scott harbach tonight... and winning by a landslide. during a campaign stop in racine earlier today... feingold didnt even november rematch against incumbent ron johnson. feingold told supporters he will fight for middle class and working families. hes making the economy... and protecting social security corner- stones of his campaign. volunteers hope the republican sweep that helped get johnson elected in 20-10 will be reversed in november. feingold served as a u-s senator from 19-93 until 20-11. rf 'senator johnson has consistently voted against the interests of working families and middle class families. people know i will support increases to min family leave when they have a child; and we have to bring down the cost of prescription drugs.' feingold ended the night at his home in middleton, wisconsin... where he is watching election re

right, bret? that's a very strong ad when it comes to immigration, but then you have the campaign manager just coming off of it a little bit. what do you make of what's happening when it comes to immigration policy for trump? >> they're adding nuance. they're adding nuance to what was a black and white campaign stump issue that was driving the base. and now they're saying, you know, this policy may be different. and i think that you may see that in a number of cut and dry statements that donald trump made along the way in the republican primary. as you get to the general election, you're going to see some nuance. now, that ad still backs up potentially where he could go. he could say that anyone who has any criminal background or terrorist ties or some tie to a nation that is supporting terrorists we will kick out. but as for the others who are in this country illegally, i don't think it's going to be policy wise what trump talked about at the beginning of the primary. jenna: interesting. as you p

bret? >> carl, a lot of people are asking is he trying to win the white house or just trying to stop donald trump's run or make his race more difficult? >> reporter: sure. there's already jill stein and gary johnson, and now mcmullen. he started the day with only a couple hundred twitter follows. he's up to more than 25,000 now. but it takes more like 60 million votes to win the presidency and that's a steep hill to climb. >> charl, thank you. >>> a republican who wanted to be president says he is thinking about finally endorsing donald trump. ohio governor john kasich boycotted the gop convention in his own home state. kasich now says trump has an uphill battle in his state. >> he's going to one parts of ohio where people are really hurting. there are going to be sections he will win, but i think it's still difficult if you are dividing to be able to win in ohio. >> no republican has ever been elected president without winning the state of ohio. >>> will it make any difference if kasich en

bret? >> mike, thank you. >>> new indications tonight about the kind of growing challenges facing millions of americans on obamacare. the president's legacy health care law. kevin corke is live tonight at the white house with the latest disturbing news for the president's health care overhaul and the people who depend on it. good evening, kevin. >> reporter: and i can pass along just a bit of breaking news we have just learned that the president tomorrow will be meeting with the secretary of homeland security -- of hhs, health and human services. it's expected they will talk a great deal about some potential changes to obamacare in 2018. let me explain why. enrollment is nowhere near what the congressional budget office thought it would be. initial estimates were high. they're enrolling at half that number, so that means higher costs for those that take part and for the insurers, they're losing money. we're not talking tens of millions, but to the tune of billions with a "b." new analysis b

in washington, bret baier, fox news. >> thank you for that, bret. >>> on the subject of polls, hillary clinton increases her leads in the battleground state polls, while republican concerns increase over the trump effect on other races. we'll talk to the panel about >>> you know, the republicans do have a tougher path, just so you -- not my fault! not my fault. it's a tougher path. for the presidency, it's just a tougher, winding road. but if we win pennsylvania, we win florida, where we're doing really well, i think we can win ohio. it will be over. it will be over. it will be over. >> well, some say that is wishful thinking, especially when you look at some of the latest polls. the latest one out today, the nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll of some key swing state puts that all into perspective. let's take a look at it right now. florida, clinton up 5 percentage points right now. in north carolina, clinton up 9%. in virginia, clinton up 13. and in colorado, clinton up 14. let's bring in our panel now. steve hayes, senior writer for "the weekly standard," fox news media analyst an

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. we're following several big stories tonight. authorities uncover 15,000 pages of previously unreleased hillary clinton work-related e-mails. some of them are sparking new questions about the relationship between clinton's top aides when she was secretary of state and the clinton foundation. the level of interaction is raising eyebrows tonight. >>> donald trump insists he is not flip-flopping on immigration, but his campaign insists he is backing off. how he characterized deporting illegal immigrants on the campaign trail. >>> and new zika cases in florida and possibly a new infection zone which stretches to other gulf coast states. we'll get a brief from what you need to know, from the doctor in charge of the research for the federal government. first up. even top democrats have expressed concern about the drip, drip, drip of hillary clinton's e-mail problems. tonight, a few more drips. new calling for the fbi to take up the case of lying under oath to congress. chief intelligence cor

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. we're following several big stories tonight. authorities uncover 15,000 pages of previously unreleased hillary clinton work-related e-mails. some of them are sparking new questions about the relationship between clinton's top aides when she was secretary of state and the clinton foundation. the level of interaction is raising eyebrows tonight. >>> donald trump insists he is not flip-flopping on immigration, but his campaign insists he is backing off. how he characterized deporting illegal immigrants on the campaign trail. >>> and new zika cases in florida and possibly a new infection zone which stretches to other gulf coast states. we'll get a brief from what you need to know, from the doctor in charge of the research for the federal government. first up. even top democrats have expressed concern about the drip, drip, drip of hillary clinton's e-mail problems. tonight, a few more drips. new calling for the fbi to take up the case of lying under oath to congress. chief intelligence cor

bret? there isnt too much worry here tonight. many volunteers are predicting a landslide victory for russ feingold tonight... and they hope that carries over into november. feingold is expected to give a speech to supporters here at the democrats racine field office any moment now. were told feingold will quote, 'contrast a positive vision for wisconsin... w proposals' of senator johnson and republican presidential candidate donald trump. feingold served as a u-s senator from 19-93 until 20-11. he lost his bid for re-election to businessman ron johnson during the 20-10 election... but hopes to unseat the senator this november. feingold is focusing on several core issues during this campaign: building a strong foundation for wisconsin businesses to grow and succeed, giving a fair shot to middle class and working families... "right now in politics - especially in washington - it's controlled by money. ron johnson is a millionaire and he is funded by millionaires." feingold will be watching tonights results come in privately with hi

bret? >> mike, thank you. >>> new indications tonight about the kind of growing challenges facing millions of americans on obamacare. the president's legacy health care law. kevin corke is live tonight at the white house with the latest disturbing news for the president's health care overhaul and the people who depend on it. good evening, kevin. >> reporter: and i can pass along just a bit of breaking news we have just learned that the president tomorrow will be meeting with the secretary of homeland security -- of hhs, health and human services. it's expected they will talk a great deal about some potential changes to obamacare in 2018. let me explain why. enrollment is nowhere near what the congressional budget office thought it would be. initial estimates were high. they're enrolling at half that number, so that means higher costs for those that take part and for the insurers, they're losing money. we're not talking tens of millions, but to the tune of billions with a "b." new analysis b

and bret will do the political news. i've just been informed that he will be coming to us for a climber update. >> fantastic. >> chris wallace is in for bret today. >> i think i'm getting a wall from the second floor. >> thanks, shep. >> ladies and gentlemen, big hand for greg. >> thank you. thank you for the white micropho microphone. >> don't steal that. we got bed bugs while we were at the convention, you know. >> true? >> a bunch of my tech friends got bed bugs. i'm not going to say where. but i didn't make it up. >> this is a fox news bed bug alert. >> how do you get rid of bed bugs? >> burn it. >> you've got to bring in that dog, roscoe. >> roscoe. where's roscoe? [ overlapping speakers ] >> he's still climbing. he's at the 16th floor for people just joining us. >> he's climbed five floors since we started. >> he's been up there 2 hours and 15 minutes, climbing trump tower. we've been just watch thing on "the five" throughout the day. he's just climbing, and the police have surrounded him. they've knocked holes in

fox6s bret lemoine is live in the newsroom with more on wilders wisconsin roots. bret? wilder is being remembered tonight for not only bringing laughter into our lives... but also for the work that he did trying to improve the lives of tr 'with my students, i take them through our wall of fame...' perhaps the most famous face on washington high schools wall of fame... actor gene wilder. tr 'born and raised in milwaukee, wisconsin and went to washington high school.' in his high school years... friends would know him as 'jerome silberman,' star of countless 'washington players' productions. ld 'he received a drama award for that.' alumni historian linda durrenberg says wilder was inducted into the schools 'hall ceremony... but couldnt make it. ld 'we had some others years before him that made it in radio - but hes the one that made it into movies.' durrenberg says wilder spent his free time involved in the schools theater group... juggling his extracurricular activities with this academics. ld 'he still made the honor roll!' but its the love wilder had for his third wife

mary thanks bret there was no pressure on ron johnson tonight. he addressed supporters at the g-o-p office in waukesha sears tonight. supporters gathered here earlier tonight at the waukesha county republican office. drumming up support for senator johnson. the incumbent republican senator did not have a challenger in this primary. he focused tonight on his opponent come november, russ feingold. calling him a "slick politician" who will bamboozle wisconsin. stop sot phony promises. he's going to continue to mortgage our children's future. that's why i stepped up six years ago. i was panicked for this nation. i saw all these deficits of over a trillion dollars a year. senator johnson rallied the base. encouraging them to continue make calls, knock on doors and get wisconsin out to the polls in november. live in waukesha, ashley sears fox 6 news. ted thanks ashley don't forget-- we've posted this race and all the others on our visit fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app. the heat is back! weather experts tom wachs joins us from the deck tonight. ge

mary thanks bret this afternoon. the rain came down so fast in parts of milwaukee county-- it had nowhere to go. it's much quieter out there tonight. weather expert tom wachs joins us with the latest. parts of se wi saw very heavy rain this afternoon, with 2-3" of rain reported. the rain will taper off this evening as a cold front crosses. temperatures will fall into the 60s with areas of fog possible overnight. decreasing clouds, cooler and less humid on wednesday with a high i the end of the week and for most of the holiday weekend. our next chance for t-storms is on labor day. tonight: rain ending. areas of fog overnight. low: 63 dewpoint: 63 wind: nw 5-10 mph wednesday:decreasing clouds. cooler and less humid. high: 75 dewpoint: 59 wind: ne 5-10 mph thursday: mostly sunny. am low: 58 wind: ne 5-10 mph friday: mostly sunny. am low: 56 high: 71 dewpoint: 54 wind: e 5-10 mph download the fox6 storm center app to keep ts it's a free download for apple and android devices. heartrbroken and frustrated. two mothers deva

bret lemoine brings you "prayers for peace". but let's sa sears. she's live in the newsroom with some of the unanswered questions. state investigators are calling on the public for help. asking for online tips-- about the officer involved shooting. the police scene is cleared from 44th and auer-- but the investigation into what took place here-- is only in the beginning stages. the state department of justice division of criminal investigations is the lead on the case-- officer involved shooting-- that killed 23-year-old slyville smith. now--investigators ask the public for anonymous online tips-- anyone with information related to the case can submit what they know, straight to the d-o-j. meantime-- 10:49 we in no way want to complicate the doj investigation. at a news conference--thursda y--- community groups call on investigators to release-- video--from a body camera worn by the officer v situation, that's going to lead to speculation, that's going to lead to apprehension. in a statement--attorney general brad schimel said: 'it is my goal to co

mary thanks bret does a zip code make a difference? one state representative says it does-- and he wants it to determine who might get a job with the 6's ashley sears explains. strained relations between the community and police-- coming to a head--in sherman park last week. has state and city leaders looking for solutions. 10:57 the status quo cannot continue on. state representative leon young believes he has an answer. he addressed issues at a panel discussion wednesday. 12:08 if you hire more people, african americans, from the community they have somebody who is coming from the outside. representative young says he will be proposing legislation that would require 40 percent of all new milwaukee police officer hires-- to come from low income zip codes. 12:17 maybe they can do a better job of communicating with a suspect and maybe not resort to deadly force. 10:46 i certainly dont oppose it at all. alderman bob donovan is the chair of the milwaukee common council public safety committee. and plan-- that calls for hiring 280 new offi

i want to go street to bret baier for analysis. bret, there are lot of questions here about just exactly what was done. do you anticipate we'll hear fallout in the coming days and perhaps in 15 minutes? >> i think the press conference will be an opportunity for reporter to ask the president directly that they have asked the white house and state department about this and the retort that bounced back is that this was planned all along, it's old news, part of the $1.7 billion that was agreed to that is they say iran's money, going back to tehran, and the timing of it, while it looks bad according to the administration, was just a coincidence. that doesn't fly with a lot of people in that the hostages were released moments after the plane gets there with the $400 million in cash, of euros and swiss francs and congress was not kept in the loop. >> that's an important point. keep thinking how on earth does $400 million suddenly get transferred to the iranians with no one looking at the ledger sheet and saying, where is that $400 million

in washington, bret baier, fox news. >> thank you for that, bret. >>> on the subject of polls, hillary clinton increases her leads in the battleground state polls, while republican concerns increase over the trump effect on other races. we'll talk to the panel about all of that when we come back. you can run an errand. (music playing) ♪ push it real good... (announcer vo) or you can take a joyride. bye bye, errands, we sing out loud here. siriusxm. road happy. wi probably got that question 3 to 4 times a week. i'd always get asked if i was asian or moroccan or something else. so i jumped at the chance to take the dna test through ancestry. and my results ended up being african, european and asian. it just confirmed what i guess people had seen in me all my life. i do feel like ancestry helped give me a sense of identity. "what are you?" now i know. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com (announcer vo) you can go straight home. (howard stern on radio) welcome to show business. (announcer vo) or you can hear the rest of howard. bababooey! (anno