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00:00Good evening, I'm Bret Baier reporting tonight from Fox News World Headquarters in New York.
00:05Both of the major party presidential nominees are holding rallies in key battleground states
00:10tonight following Tuesday's debate.
00:13Now the candidates are sparring over a possible participation in the sequel.
00:18Vice President Kamala Harris says yes, former President Donald Trump says no.
00:22A bit later, we'll tell you what the latest Fox power rankings indicate about the presidential
00:26race today.
00:28We have Fox team coverage tonight, Jackie Heinrichs at the White House as the Harris
00:31team tries to come up with some answers about her economic plans.
00:35Alicia Cunha in Tucson, Arizona where former President Trump is speaking today.
00:40But we begin with senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy in Charlotte, North Carolina
00:43where Vice President Harris says she expects a very tight race in the end.
00:48Good evening, Peter.
00:51Good evening, Bret.
00:52Every time Vice President Harris brought up Tuesday night's debate, this crowd of
00:57very engaged North Carolina Democrats went wild.
01:01And she took to the stage about a half an hour after President Trump announced there
01:05will not be a third debate to try to talk him into one.
01:09You all watched the debate.
01:12And now she says she's in for another.
01:14I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate.
01:20In North Carolina, a state Trump has won twice.
01:23Are we going to do this, North Carolina?
01:28It's Harris 50, Trump 47 in a new Quinnipiac poll that was taken before the debate that
01:33has now been clipped for a new Harris campaign ad.
01:36We're a nation that's in serious decline.
01:39What I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.
01:42But according to a report in the New York Times, while Ms. Harris's top aides are thrilled
01:46with their debate showing, aides believe that at its heart, the race is unchanged.
01:50Proof of that on TikTok, where engagement on a clip ABC News posted of Trump's closing
01:54statement Tuesday night outpaces clips ABC posted of the Harris closing statement.
01:59And now that the dust has settled from President Biden's dropout.
02:02For people who didn't like Joe Biden, one of the reasons they didn't like him was not
02:05because of his policies.
02:07One of the reasons was they thought that he was too old.
02:09Democrats are embracing his platform.
02:11I'm wondering if a Kamala Harris presidency would just be basically Joe Biden's second
02:15term.
02:16Yeah, you guys have to find a new line of attack.
02:18I don't think that that hurts her in any way.
02:20The vice president is warning supporters joy won't win an election.
02:25It's going to be a tight race until the end and we are the underdog.
02:31And even though a huge part of the Harris pitch the last couple of weeks is that she
02:35should be elected president so that she can build on the work she and President Biden
02:40have been doing for the last three and a half years.
02:42The post debate banners at her rally here in North Carolina say a new way forward, right?
02:51Peter Ducey live in Charlotte, Peter, thanks for President Trump speaking right now to
02:55an audience in Tucson, Arizona, key state, obviously in his quest to regain the Oval
03:00Office.
03:01Senior correspondent Alicia Cunha is in Tucson there at the rally.
03:05We took some of it earlier.
03:06Good evening, Alicia.
03:07Good evening, Brett.
03:08Yes.
03:09Good evening, Brett.
03:10Yes.
03:11And in his first appearance since Tuesday's debate, the former president came out swinging,
03:15really hitting the vice president on her performance and telling the crowd here there will be no
03:20more debates.
03:22She immediately called for a second debate, which means that she was like a price fighter
03:27that lost a fight.
03:30We had two debates, so I had a debate with crooked Joe Biden, right?
03:34And I had another debate with her.
03:37There will be no third debate.
03:42Donald Trump is in this battleground state to tout his economic plan.
03:46One focus, the high cost of housing, which Trump ties in part to illegal immigration.
03:51According to CBP, there's been more than five hundred and thirty thousand illegal immigrant
03:56encounters here in Arizona so far this fiscal year.
04:01Trump is hoping to convince voters who make up a third of the state's electorate, independent
04:06voters.
04:07He's hoping they're listening tonight.
04:08Winning over independence is the only path to Arizona's 11 electoral votes.
04:09But the head of Democratic Party here is skeptical he'll have a plan, saying in a statement,
04:20quote, Donald Trump giving a concrete plan to lower costs for working Arizonans will
04:25believe it when we see it.
04:27To show how valuable Arizona has become to both Trump and Harris, before President Biden
04:31dropped out of the race, Trump was leading here and had only visited Arizona once since
04:37the 2022 midterms.
04:39Today marks Trump's third visit to Arizona since Joe Biden stepped aside in July.
04:44J.D. Vance has made three stops.
04:46Harris has been here once in that time frame, and Tim Walz was here in the Phoenix area
04:51on debate day.
04:53Trump beat Hillary Clinton here in 2016, but nearly lost to Biden in 2020 by just under
04:5811,000 votes.
04:59We are in traditionally blue Pima County.
05:00This is the second largest county in the state next to Maricopa.
05:01Trump lost Pima County in 2016 and 2020, but he's hoping his economic message helps to
05:02improve.
05:03Let me see how the crowd is raucous behind you.
05:20The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against former President
05:24Trump and others has tossed out three counts in that indictment today.
05:28The judge saying the charges, including two brought against former President Trump, lie
05:34beyond the state's jurisdiction.
05:37Last March, Judge Scott McAfee threw out six counts of that indictment.
05:42Thirty-two remain, including an overarching racketeering charge against all of the defendants.
05:49The economy remains a key issue in this campaign, and now the Harris team is trying to do something
05:55the nominee herself did not do during the debate, answer whether Americans are in fact
06:00better off than they were four years ago.
06:04Senior White House correspondent Jackie Heinrich has our story.
06:08The Harris campaign now trying to answer the question she dodged at the debate.
06:13It is a challenge for us on the campaign to connect and communicate with people about
06:18the answer to this question.
06:19Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
06:23Because a lot of folks don't want to think about where we were in September of 2020.
06:28Even though inflation slowed in August to its lowest level since February 2021, according
06:32to new data from the Labor Department, cooling to a yearly rate of 2.5 percent and clearing
06:38the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week, Americans still feel the
06:42pinch in their wallets.
06:43A new analysis from Republicans on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee shows the average
06:48household is spending about $1,000 more per month than they were in January 2021 for the
06:54same goods and services.
06:55In swing states Arizona and Nevada, it's nearly $1,200 more.
06:59I believe that the VP highlighted on how we are better off, on how off now, as well as
07:06her plans to build on that progress.
07:09They didn't vote it.
07:10Just say yes to that question.
07:13You're going to have to speak directly to her team.
07:15Democrats say Harris missed a key opportunity.
07:17I think we need to lean in on this.
07:19So when I think we answer those questions, it's by talking about the things that we are
07:23doing to correct the problem.
07:25And we're doing a lot.
07:26But they believe she can make up for it.
07:29While time is short, we are very close.
07:30We are not out of time.
07:32She is from a middle class background.
07:34She understands the struggles of the middle class in this nation.
07:37Meantime, Republicans don't believe Trump's failure to articulate his plans that night
07:42will ultimately hurt him.
07:44Trump has a plan.
07:45We've seen his plan.
07:46It's all about pro-growth of the private sector.
07:49Kamala's plan is pro-growth of the public sector and price controls and trying to blame
07:53it on gas stations and grocery stores.
07:56The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates at their meeting next week.
08:01It would be the first time since 2020 that they've done that.
08:04Could be a quarter point or a half percentage point.
08:07It could also come in the form of multiple cuts over several months.
08:11We just don't know.
08:12But as rates fall, so will the interest on credit card balances.
08:16And that could boost voters' feelings about the economy, Brett.
08:21Jackie Einrich, live from the North Lawn, Jackie, thanks.
08:27Breaking tonight, the temporary head of the Secret Service briefed House and Senate members
08:31today on the investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
08:36Correspondent David Spunt reports from Washington with the latest on this.
08:39Good evening, David.
08:40Hello, Brett.
08:42Congress questioned Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Roe behind closed doors on
08:46Capitol Hill today.
08:47Roe briefed members in both chambers about the agency's interim report examining failures
08:52in the security posture the day the former president was nearly assassinated.
08:57We caught up with Roe afterwards.
08:58Well, looking forward to working with Congress to make sure that we never have a tragedy
09:03like July 13th again.
09:04We will have a report very, very soon that I think will absolutely shock the American
09:12people, or it should, about the lapses and lags in the protection that was afforded that
09:20day and the breakdown in communication, failure and responsibility.
09:25Fox News has told several high-level Secret Service officials who have either direct or
09:29indirect connections to the Butler, Pennsylvania, security situation are retiring, Brett, while
09:34the employees are eligible for retirement.
09:36They've been encouraged by senior leadership to do so at a faster clip, hoping to avoid
09:40lengthy congressional interviews and investigations.
09:44The most important point that we want to make is this is bipartisan.
09:48We truly believe the American people need to know the full truth, and the only way they're
09:53going to have confidence in it is if it's in a completely nonpartisan, nonpartisan way.
09:59The FBI is conducting a separate criminal probe into the shooter.
10:03That investigation still underway.
10:05Brett.
10:06David, thank you.
10:08Stocks rose close to all-time highs following that inflation report Jackie Heinrich mentioned.
10:13The Dow surging 235.
10:16The S&P 500 was up 42.
10:18The Nasdaq jumped 174.
10:21Up next, we look at a report that Russia is using American technology to conduct its war
10:27in Ukraine.
10:28Thank you there.
10:29First, what some of our Fox affiliates around this country are covering tonight.
10:32Fox 13 in Seattle, as aircraft assembly workers at Boeing vote to on a contract offer that
10:38includes 25% pay raises over four years.
10:42If they reject the proposal and two-thirds vote to strike, a work stoppage would begin
10:47at midnight Pacific time.
10:50Fox 5 in New York, as movie producer Harvey Weinstein is indicted on additional sex crimes
10:56charges.
10:57Weinstein comes ahead of his retrial here in New York.
10:59The new indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein's arraignment next week.
11:05He's currently recovering from emergency heart surgery in a Manhattan hospital.
11:09And this is a live look at Port Canaveral from Fox 35 in Orlando.
11:14Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman participates in the first ever spacewalk by non-astronauts.
11:21The 41-year-old businessman conducted mobility tests of a new space suit.
11:25He is bankrolling the current mission.
11:28Also going outside the SpaceX capsule today, engineer Sarah Gillis.
11:33That's tonight's live look outside the Beltway from Special Report.
11:38Fox weather alert now.
11:39Francine has been downgraded to a tropical depression, slammed into Louisiana as a powerful
11:44category two hurricane, as we showed you with Robert Ray yesterday.
11:48The system's 100-mile-per-hour winds ripped roofs from buildings, trapped dozens of residents
11:53inside their homes amid rising floodwaters due to that torrential rain.
11:58Five firefighters were among 10 people injured by wildfires out in Southern California.
12:02Meantime, three wildfires have scorched thousands of acres.
12:06California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County
12:10and secured federal funding to help battle those blazes.
12:14Authorities say they've arrested a man who they believe started the fire in Highland.
12:20Authorities in eastern Ukraine say the city of Pokrovsk is without drinking water or natural
12:26gas tonight as the Russian army lays waste to public infrastructure and forces civilians
12:32to flee their homes there.
12:34Tonight we are learning Russia is using technology from major U.S. companies to conduct its attacks
12:40inside Ukraine.
12:42Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the details from the Pentagon.
12:48When Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. tried to block technology transfers to hobble Russia's
12:53arms industry.
12:54But that technology is still making its way into Russian weapons, such as the Kh-101 cruise
13:00missile that struck a children's hospital in Kiev on July 8th.
13:06At a heated Senate hearing, four major U.S. technology companies, Texas Instruments, Advanced
13:11Micro Devices, Analog Devices, and Intel Corp., were accused of not doing enough to prevent
13:18their semiconductor chips from being transferred to Russia via China.
13:22Your products may be tiny, but your culpability is huge.
13:28In moral and perhaps legal terms, you bear deep responsibility.
13:33Some of these inexpensive American-made chips are used to power smartphones and laptops,
13:39even electric toothbrushes.
13:41But put them together and they can also power drones.
13:45So could you just stop selling chips to China, period, end of game?
13:48You can't trust them.
13:49Well, we never sell anything to China that requires a license without first getting a
13:54license.
13:56Earlier this year, Ukrainian President Zelensky gave the committee a list of 211 components
14:02manufactured by American companies being used in Russia's weapons found on Ukrainian battlefields.
14:09These four companies accounted for 87 of those parts, according to the Ukrainians.
14:15TI strongly opposes the use of our chips in Russian military equipment.
14:20Any shipments of TI products into Russia are illicit and unauthorized.
14:26And Brett, we are just learning that President Biden may loosen restrictions on Ukraine using
14:31long-range weapons provided by NATO against targets in Russia.
14:35He'll be meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer tomorrow.
14:39Putin is already reacting, suggesting that such a move would put NATO into direct conflict
14:44with Russia.
14:45Brett?
14:46Jennifer Griffin, live at the Pentagon.
14:47Jennifer, thank you.
14:48Up next, how fundraising is impacting the key Senate races that could determine the
14:52balance of power in Washington.
14:55First, beyond our borders tonight, the U.S. government is imposing sanctions against 16
14:59allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
15:02It's accusing them of obstructing the vote and carrying out human rights abuses in Venezuela
15:07during July's disputed election.
15:10Venezuela's electoral authorities declared Maduro the victor hours after polls closed,
15:15but did not release detailed vote tallies.
15:19The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered
15:25now has risen to 226.
15:28The Southeast Asian country is reeling from the impact of the strongest storm to hit the
15:33continent this year.
15:34And this is a live look at London, one of the big stories there tonight.
15:38Biden's prime minister promises to deliver a 10-year plan to fix the National Health
15:43Service.
15:44Keir Starmer says there would be no more money without reform to a system an independent
15:50report found to now be in critical condition.
15:53Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight.
15:56Welcome back to Special Report.
15:58Let's take a look at some of the what if scenarios for the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
16:04Republicans need just two additional seats to have the Senate majority.
16:09Now incumbent Democrats are trying to hang on to their seats in Pennsylvania.
16:12Let's say they managed to do that there and Ohio and Montana.
16:18Now Montana, the Republican she he is leading.
16:21And if they did pick up that seat, that's likely the one that would throw them over.
16:26But let's just say for the sake of argument that John Tester, the incumbent, holds on
16:30to that seat.
16:31We expect all close races.
16:33They do have an advantage.
16:35But let's give them those three states, except Montana, where the Democrat is trailing in
16:39Maryland.
16:40They haven't seen a Republican senator since the 1980s, even though former Republican Governor
16:44Larry Hogan is expected to make it a close race.
16:47Angela also breaks.
16:48The Democrat has the edge there.
16:50So we'll give Maryland to the Democrats in West Virginia.
16:54Democrat turned independent Senator Joe Manchin not running for reelection.
16:58An attorney and real estate broker, Glenn Elliott, is hoping to keep that seat on the
17:02Democratic side.
17:03But that is a tall order because the state has become more and more red in recent years.
17:09We can't expect Republican Governor Jim Justice to take that seat and flip it to the Republicans.
17:15And there you see 50, 46.
17:18That leaves Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona.
17:22Republicans need one more seat in this scenario to take over control.
17:26Democrats would need all four.
17:28The National Republican Senate Committee Chair Steve Daines recently acknowledged fundraising
17:32gaps with Democrats.
17:34He said these four states are where they need the most money.
17:38Democrats do have the widest gap as far as advantages in the two Western states.
17:44Candidates in Arizona and Nevada will give those out there.
17:47They've outraised their Republican opponents about twenty two million dollars in both of
17:51those states.
17:52Tonight, we take a closer look at these two states, Michigan and Wisconsin, where fundraising
17:58numbers are a little closer.
18:00Michigan, y'all know how to win.
18:02We know how to win.
18:03Presidential nominees.
18:05I promise we will make Wisconsin great again.
18:09And Senate campaign committees.
18:11We will make America respected again.
18:15Are focusing time.
18:16I believe in the people of Wisconsin.
18:18And money.
18:19From beer to brats and cheese and more.
18:23On two Midwestern states.
18:24We see that the Midwest is being recognized.
18:27When it comes to fundraising for Senate candidates in Michigan, Democratic Representative Alyssa
18:31Slotkin has 18.7 million more receipts than former Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers.
18:38If you listen to the Biden, Harris and Slotkin agenda, it is more of the same, more mandates,
18:45more big government.
18:46While more than half of Rogers funds come from outside of Michigan, Slotkin has the
18:50sixth most donations from out of state in all of Congress.
18:54Let's face it, everybody.
18:55Michigan is the center of the political universe.
18:59The percentage of out of state fundraising has increased over time for all candidates.
19:04Aside from Michigan, donors from California, New York and Massachusetts have given the
19:08most money to Slotkin.
19:10The same states have given the most money to Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin in her
19:14Wisconsin reelection bid.
19:17We are the battleground state.
19:20On the Republican side, California donors also gave the most money to candidates in
19:24Wisconsin and Michigan.
19:26Other top states include Florida, Texas and Virginia.
19:30We love our country.
19:32We love America.
19:33Overall, Baldwin has $19.6 million more in receipts than Republican entrepreneur Eric
19:39Hufte.
19:40I just like Wisconsin a lot, right?
19:41So I'm going to spend a lot of time with you fine people.
19:44Republican senators are trying to help out candidates in states such as Michigan and
19:47Wisconsin, which could be contributing to some of the out of state fundraising numbers.
19:53South Dakota Senator John Thune recently contributed $4 million from his campaign account to the
19:59National Republican Senatorial Committee.
20:02A new generation of leadership needs to emerge.
20:04If we look at polling, some races have begun to narrow slightly, and additional fundraising
20:09could be helping.
20:10In Wisconsin, Baldwin had an 11 point lead in our most recent Fox News poll from July.
20:16Real Clear Politics average now shows a narrower gap, giving Baldwin a six point advantage.
20:22The path to the presidency and to control of the United States Senate runs directly
20:28through the Midwest.
20:29Our most recent Fox poll from Michigan shows Slotkin with a five point lead over Rogers.
20:34But when looking at independent voters, Rogers is ahead by 12 points.
20:39That's three and a half points outside the margin of error.
20:42Mike Rogers is going to be a great senator.
20:44He's got gravitas.
20:46In the presidential election, polling shows a much closer race in these two states.
20:50Looking at the Real Clear Politics average of polls in Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala
20:53Harris ahead by two points.
20:56As we head on over to Michigan, she leads by one.
20:59Again, you know, really close margin of error, Fox power rankings.
21:04The vice president maintains her edge in that state.
21:07And as we mentioned earlier, Wisconsin, along with Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, remain
21:12toss ups.
21:13But now two other states have shifted out of former President Trump's corner.
21:18They were lean Republican into the toss up territory.
21:22Correspondent Alexandria Hoff takes a closer look at our presidential power rankings.
21:26Well, the vice president spoke in North Carolina this afternoon to state that the Fox News
21:31power rankings now considers a toss up.
21:34It was a lean R with Trump winning the state in 2020 and 2016.
21:38But population growth has simply made it more competitive.
21:42Georgia also moves from lean R to toss up.
21:45The vice president has dedicated time and resources there, gaining momentum in the process.
21:50These shifts have given Harris an overall power rankings lead for the first time, 241
21:55electoral votes to Trump's 219.
21:58It is 270 to win.
22:00And with 78 forecasted electoral votes up for grabs, it is still very much anyone's
22:05game.
22:06North Carolina and Georgia now join Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the
22:11six states that we expect will decide this election.
22:13Now, you can play around with the math on which combinations would get a candidate to
22:18270.
22:19But states that poll close tend to be lost and won together in 2016.
22:24Trump won seven of eight battleground states in 2020.
22:28Biden did the same.
22:29Now, another note.
22:30Over the last 12 months, support for Trump has remained remarkably steady.
22:34That is in the face of indictments, a conviction, an assassination attempt and a change in opponent.
22:40National surveys show a bit more variation for Democrats.
22:44As for Tuesday's debate, it will take several weeks to reflect in the polls.
22:48But we know that shifts following a debate tend to be modest.
22:51Brett.
22:52All right, Alex, thank you.
22:58Breaking tonight, the Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in connection with
23:02an Iranian hack that targeted the Trump presidential campaign.
23:06Two people familiar with that matter tell the Associated Press it is not immediately
23:10clear when the charges might be announced or who exactly will be targeted.
23:15The FBI has been investigating an intrusion that investigators across multiple agencies
23:20quickly linked to an Iranian effort to influence this year's U.S. presidential election.
23:27Attorney General Merrick Garland is denouncing what he calls conspiracy theories, lies and
23:31attacks on people working inside the Justice Department.
23:34He told employees today the department will not be accused the agency of being weaponized
23:38against him.
23:40Garland did not mention former President Trump by name, but those close to him say it is
23:45clear the Republican nominee was on his mind when he delivered those remarks today.
23:51New York's police commissioner is resigning.
23:53That move by Edward Cabin comes just over a week after his phone was seized as part
23:59of a federal investigation.
24:01Several other high-profile ranking city officials also had their phones confiscated.
24:06Federal authorities are investigating Cabin's twin brother who runs a nightclub security
24:12business.
24:14One of the cities being used as an example of the Biden-Harris immigration failures is
24:19Springfield, Ohio.
24:21The community is dealing with several serious problems related to the migrant influx during
24:26the border crisis.
24:28Tonight, correspondent Christina Coleman takes a look from Springfield.
24:33Folks in Springfield, Ohio, packed a community meeting outraged over how the dramatic surge
24:38in Haitian migrants is stretching local resources thin.
24:42This influx is making it worse for them, housing, the overcrowding in housing.
24:48Our frustrations and concerns continue to fall on deaf ears.
24:52This community has been begging for help.
24:57Haiti's gang violence and unrest prompted hundreds of thousands of Haitians to leave
25:01their country over the past four years.
25:03During that time, at least 15,000 of them came to Springfield, Ohio, under the Temporary
25:08Protected Status program that the Biden-Harris administration extended.
25:13You're looking for a safer place to stay and a job.
25:19Now the local health care system is overwhelmed by people who need vaccinations and basic
25:24care, while schools are struggling to teach students who don't speak English.
25:28Ohio's governor now surging state support to the area.
25:31The problem here is there is absolutely no plan at all when these people came in.
25:36And yes, I certainly blame the administration.
25:39Road safety also a concern.
25:41A Haitian immigrant without a driver's license hit a school bus last year, killing an 11-year-old
25:46boy and injuring about two dozen other children.
25:50Ohio State Highway Patrol has been dispatched to this area to help local police with
25:54traffic issues.
25:55Some residents complain the new arrivals don't understand U.S. traffic laws.
25:59This issue is not a Republican or Democratic issue.
26:02This is an American issue.
26:04This is an Ohio issue.
26:05And we, the people, have the ability to ensure our streets are safe.
26:11City Hall was evacuated today after someone threatened to bomb multiple buildings in this
26:16area, including several schools.
26:18The threat accused city leaders of allowing the federal government to dump migrants here.
26:23The FBI and local authorities are investigating, trying to figure out who was behind this.
26:28Brett.
26:29Christina, thank you.
26:30Up next, the panel on the presidential race and the U.S. economy.
26:34And later, high school students show some love to one of their friends who has accused
26:37the agency of being weaponized against him.
26:40Garland did not mention former President Trump by name, but those close to him say it is
26:45clear the Republican nominee was on his mind when he delivered those remarks today.
26:51New York's police commissioner is resigning.
26:54That move by Edward Cabin comes just over a week after his phone was seized as part
26:59of a federal investigation.
27:01Several other high-profile ranking city officials also had their phones confiscated.
27:07Federal authorities are investigating Cabin's twin brother, who runs a nightclub security
27:13business.
27:14One of the cities being used as an example of the Biden-Harris immigration failures is
27:20Springfield, Ohio.
27:21The community is dealing with several serious problems related to the migrant influx during
27:27the border crisis.
27:28Tonight, correspondent Christina Coleman takes a look from Springfield.
27:33Folks in Springfield, Ohio, packed a community meeting outraged over how the dramatic surge
27:38in Haitian migrants is stretching local resources thin.
27:42This influx is making it worse for them.
27:45Housing, the overcrowding in housing.
27:48Our frustrations and concern continue to fall on deaf ears.
27:53This community has been begging for help.
27:57Haiti's gang violence and unrest prompted hundreds of thousands of Haitians to leave
28:01their country over the past four years.
28:03During that time, at least 15,000 of them came to Springfield, Ohio, under the temporary
28:08protected status program that the Biden-Harris administration extended.
28:13We're looking for a safer place to stay and a job.
28:19Now the local health care system is overwhelmed by people who need vaccinations and basic
28:24care while schools are struggling to teach students who don't speak English.
28:28Ohio's governor now surging state support to the area.
28:31The problem here is there is absolutely no plan at all when these people came in.
28:36And yes, I certainly blame the administration.
28:39Road safety also a concern.
28:41A Haitian immigrant without a driver's license hit a school bus last year, killing an 11-year-old
28:47boy and injuring about two dozen other children.
28:50Ohio State Highway Patrol has been dispatched to this area to help local police with traffic
28:54issues.
28:55Some residents complain the new arrivals don't understand U.S. traffic laws.
29:00This issue is not a Republican or Democratic issue.
29:03This is an American issue.
29:04This is an Ohio issue.
29:05We, the people, have the ability to ensure our streets are safe.
29:11City Hall was evacuated today after someone threatened to bomb multiple buildings in this
29:16area, including several schools.
29:18The threat accused city leaders of allowing the federal government to dump migrants here.
29:23The FBI and local authorities are investigating, trying to figure out who was behind this.
29:28Brett.
29:29Christina, thank you.
29:30Up next, the panel on the presidential race and the U.S. economy.
29:34And later, high school students show some love to one of their friends.