Bret began Friday's show with the latest from the campaign trail, which gets dirtier and muddier by the day. As Donald Trump fends off charges of abusive behavior towards women in the past, Hillary Clinton's campaign is dealing with daily Wikileaks revelations. Juan Williams and Karl Rove weighed in on the newest developments. "Donald Trump probably does not have a path to 270 electoral votes," Rove declared, "because he has spent the past five days defending himself against women who say he groped them. He should systematically go out there talk about the issues, which could win some people back." Williams agreed that Trump faces a steep uphill climb. "Donald Trump is now spending so much time fighting off these allegations that he is not expanding his base. The collapse in his support is among Republicans, especially working-class white women. He's spending his time attacking fellow Republicans like Paul Ryan instead of trying to expand his base!"

Conservative Christian Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, explained why he continues to support Donald Trump. "I believe Donald Trump and I believe he is a good man," Falwell said. "He has denied these allegations and I believe he is a different man than he was 11 years ago. He's been changed by his family and by the American people. These women could have told these story years ago and this is very suspicious, it's just a little too convenient." Falwell stressed the importance of having a Republican appoint future Supreme Court justices. "The Supreme Court is at stake and evangelical leaders are concerned about that. We could see Hillary Clinton's appointees affect the country for 40 years, and religious leaders are focused on America's future, not Trump's past."

Bret introduced Bill's Tuesday night interview with Donald Trump, who sat down for his first national interview since the release of the lewd audio tape and Sunday's debate. Trump elaborated on his tweet in which he declared that 'the shackles are off.' "The shackles are some of the establishment people within the Republican Party," he explained, "who are weak and ineffective. They are led to a certain extent by Paul Ryan and they are not giving the support that we really need. I'm tired of his non-support, I don't want his support, I want to win for the people because Hillary Clinton is a disaster." Trump also scrutinized his need to win women voters who may have been offended by the audio tape. "I've had a lot of women come up to me and say they have heard a lot worse than that. It will be sad if that is what causes us to lose an election, but I think we're going to win the election. Women want secure borders, safety, law and order, and justice for all." Trump also let loose on the mainstream media. "The press is an extension of Hillary Clinton, part of the rigged system. If she didn't have the press on her side, she'd be at 10%. This is the all-time pile-on. I knew it would be bad, but I didn't know it would be this bad. The press is hardly even talking about the WikiLeaks stuff, which shows her as a real liar." Bill reaffirmed that Hillary Clinton is welcome in the No Spin Zone at any time.

Bret welcomed Fox News correspondent Ed Henry, who has been following the ongoing dump of Clinton campaign emails by Wikileaks. "It is now emerging," he reported, "that Clinton campaign boss John Podesta asked another top aide whether they should 'hold back' emails from President Obama. That email was on March 4, 2015, the day after Congressman Trey Gowdy issued a subpoena saying they should preserve all of Hillary Clinton's emails. Soon after that the IT firm deleted thousands of emails." Henry also commented on emails that implied conflicts of interest at the Clinton Foundation. "Chelsea Clinton brought in a major New York law firm to review the Foundation and the firm said there were 'pay-for-play' problems and it could look like fraud."

A federal judge ordered Hillary Clinton to provide written answers to questions posed by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. That group's president Tom Fitton joined Bret with his reaction. "The headline here is her remarkable lapses of memory," Fitton said. "We only gave her 25 questions that were relatively straightforward and simple, and 20 times she said 'I don't recall.' She couldn't recall if she ordered the destruction of records, she doesn't recall if there were warnings about security, and I don't think this is terribly credible." For an opposing point of view, Bret spoke with Democratic strategist Julian Epstein. "Judicial Watch has been pursuing the Clintons for 25 years," he began, "and they have pretty much turned up nothing. James Comey, the Republican head of the FBI, says there is essentially no criminal case here whatsoever."

The U.S. and its allies are ramping up attacks on Mosul, ISIS's last remaining stronghold in Iran. Bret aired portions of his recent conversation with General David Petraeus. "This will be a tough fight," Petraeus said. "ISIS is dug in, they have tunnels, and they have IEDs. But I don't think it will be as tough as we would have imagined six months ago. Each fight against the Islamic State has seen the Iraqis do a better job and we will defeat the Islamic State. The real issue here is post-Islamic State governance and whether we will create more bad guys than we take off the street." Bret invited reaction from former State Department official David Tafuri. "David Petraeus is very knowledgeable, he was responsible for pacifying Mosul. The stakes in Iraq are extremely high and it's very complicated to get all these various forces working together to go into Mosul. The United States will play a coordinating role and will conduct air strikes."

Bret ended the week by scrutinizing the latest polls with political analysts Scott Rasmussen and Patrick Murray. "The electoral map is pretty discouraging for Donald Trump," Rasmussen said. "North Carolina and Arizona, which Mitt Romney won, are now in the toss-up category. And there is stunning news that a third-party candidate has a plausible chance of winning in Utah. It looks like Hillary Clinton will be elected the first female president." Murray agreed that Trump's campaign has lost all momentum, concluding, "The Fox News poll last night showing Hillary Clinton with a seven-point lead was probably on the money."