[Keilar:] Fox is promoting the first on-camera interview with the president since the coronavirus infection. In the news release, the say their on-staff doctor will, quote, conduct a medical evaluation. And that on-staff doctor is this man.
[Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News Medical Analyst:] This virus should be compared to the flu because at worst, at worst, worst case scenario, it could be the flu. Under 70, it is almost impossible you're going to die from COVID, and yet fear-messaging continues.
[Trump:] It was 30 or 35 questions. The first questions are very easy. The last questions are much more difficult, like a memory question. It is like you'll go person, woman, man, camera, T.V. So they say, could you repeat that?
[Keilar:] Dr. Marc Siegel hasn't exactly put medicine and science first during his employment at Fox but he certainly has caught the president's attention. No surprise since Trump appears to watch so much of his favorite channel that he is on a first name basis with almost the entire roster.
[Trump:] Let's have a fair let's get a fair anchor, somebody like the great Sean Hannity, we'll get Rush, we'll get Laura, we'll get Judge Jeanine.
[Hannity:] That's going to happen.
[Trump:] We've got a lot of them out there, right? We'll get Jesse, Pete, we got a lot of them. Tucker is pretty good.
[Hanity:] You're going to get me killed on all the Fox talks. Let me ask you
[Trump:] No, no, no, but this is a disgrace.
[Keilar:] And he seems like he's kidding, but these are the people that he flocks to, the people that he says are fair. And if his wish came true and they moderated a debate, do you think they would press him on the administration's failed response to the coronavirus? Let's roll the tape.
[Laura Ingraham, Fox News:] The president and his campaign should simply not react to any of this alarmist COVID drivel form here on out.
[Mark Levin, Fox News:] 200,000 people died from the coronavirus. That is the biggest lie of the century.
[Hannity:] I think we're over this sometime in the fall, my guess. I think I feel pretty certain, very optimistic about that.
[Pete Hegseth, Fox News:] Herd immunity is our friend. Healthy people getting out there, they're going to have to have some courage.
[Tucker Carlson, Fox News:] 78 is also the life expectancy for all people in this country. In other words, it is dangerous to be an old person who has the coronavirus, it's also dangerous to be an old person.
[Jeanine Pirro, Fox News:] The point of the mask is to basically kind of dehumanize, to frighten people, you don't know who is behind the mask.
[Keilar:] By the way, here are pictures of Jeanine Pirro frightening people and dehumanizing herself, as she puts it, put masks. The CDC says they are America's greatest weapon against the virus and the best way to be able to reopen an economy. Maybe these would be moderators at the president's favorite channel might ask him why he mocks them.
[Hegseth:] There is a very stark choice here. You have got a president to open the country with Donald Trump or you've got president mask mandate who is going to keep things closed. What do you want in the future?
[Keilar:] Well, maybe Trump's preferred moderators might ask him about how his racist rhetoric is affecting Asian-Americans, or how positive thinking isn't in itself a cure for a novel coronavirus for which Americans have no immunity.
[Jesse Watters, Fox News:] Yes. You want to know how I really feel about the coronavirus, if I get it, I'll beat it. It is called the power of positive thinking. And I think America needs to wake up to that. I live in Manhattan. I got off work, went straight to the subway, Asian guy sits down next to me, mask on. What do I do, finish the ride, then I go home, then I order Chinese food. I am not afraid of the coronavirus.
[Keilar:] They could ask the president about whether he understands that his own actions likely contributed to his being infected.
[Watters:] This is like when the general gets wounded by the invisible enemy, goes and gets patched up and then gets right back to the frontlines.
[Keilar:] And since we're heading into a confirmation process for the next Supreme Court justice, that topic would certainly come up, right? Maybe they would ask Trump why he cast doubt on the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying, as it became clear that she would die, that her most fervent wish was that she would not be replaced until a new president is installed.
[Carlson:] Keep in mind, we don't really know actually what Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final words were. Did she really leave this world fretting about a presidential election? We don't believe that for a second. If it were true, it would be pathetic.
[Keilar:] Another big issue facing right now is voting. Maybe these would-be hosts could challenge the president on all his false claims about mail-in voting and widespread fraud.
[Hannity:] With widespread mail-in voting, United States Postal Service, they won't be the ones responsible for the outcome of this election. Now, with all due respect to my mailman, I love my mailman ever since I was a kid, but you have got to trust the United States Postal Service with the future of our country.
[Keilar:] Washington is so fractured, the issue of restoring some semblance of unity and bipartisanship that would allow Congress to actually do its job, surely that would be an important issue to explore with Trump.
[Levin:] This mob, one way or another, will be crushed. If they're not crushed at the voting booth, they will be crushed otherwise. Nancy Pelosi is mentally ill, just so you understand. She's mentally ill, she has the shakes. Her face, with old age, is malformed.
[Keilar:] Maybe they would ask Biden about his plans for the future.
[Pirro:] Well, I have a lot of thoughts. The first thought that I have, Jesse, is, for some reason, I just had this feeling that Joe Biden isn't going to be on the ticket. I have a sense that something is going to happen before the election, and he is not even going to be on the ticket. So, don't even ask me if he is going to make the four years.
[Keilar:] They could address the widespread non-violent protests across the country, the instances of looting and violence we have seen and the alarming trend of armed right-wing groups patrolling protests.
[Carlson:] So, are you really surprised that looting and arson can accelerated to murder? How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?
[Keilar:] Or with rates of violence up in some cities, a significant issue, perhaps they talk about sensible solutions and the underlying problems that are contributing to the violence right now with President Trump in the White House.
[Ingraham:] In a Biden administration, the chaos, like ongoing lockdown, will become trusted means of intimidation and control in every town and city across all 50 states. Holy hell will be unleashed from coast to coast.
[Keilar:] Maybe they challenge the president about his baseless claims about Biden's mental state.
[Unidentified Male:] I don't think there's any doubt Biden is senile.
[Pirro:] Everywhere he goes, he goes with his wife. It's almost like she's his caretaker. She makes sure that she sits next to him, she makes sure that she holds onto him. Is this what we really want in the United States of America for a president?
[Keilar:] And with widespread consensus that the first debate was a hot mess of interruptions and name-calling, one of these would be moderators would have to regulate that, right? They'd have to show impartiality in how they enforce the rules.
[Hannity:] Extremely weak, the frail, the confused, kind of angry Joe Biden just got steamrolled by President Trump. Maybe it is past his bedtime, probably stayed up too late, needs his nap. One thing I have concluded at the end of tonight is it's basically you're going to get a gladiator, warrior, fighter in Trump.
[Keilar:] Clearly, these prominent voices on that network won't be moderating any debate other than amongst themselves, but we show you this because these are the people the president is listening to. These people are giving the president a daily briefing and it appears this is the one he is actually listening to. Ahead, we have disturbing new details on the kidnapping plot against the Michigan governor by a group of alleged domestic terrorist. Plus, an update on Chris Christie, who is still in the hospital after being in the debate prep room with the president and contracting coronavirus. And we're going to take you to Louisiana as a hurricane gets ready to strike the coast. This is CNN's special live coverage.