RUBIO CONFIRMS FOREIGN ACTOR, SMITH DEFENDS TRUMP PROBES | LIVE FROM STUDIO 6B

Damon opens with a First Word on the stretch run to November: do not go quiet. House and Senate maps are tightening, turnout is the whole game, and Studio 6B is not treating this like a spectator sport.   Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a "foreign actor" was clearly involved in the weekend incident near RAF Fairford, the UK base used by U.S. bombers. Five British men were arrested, then released on bail. Police found no explosives in the vans. Iran denies any role. Rubio and President Trump both called it serious and unfinished.   Former special counsel Jack Smith sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee and defended the Trump probes. Republicans hammered phone-record subpoenas, alleged partisanship, and even a disputed basketball-game timeline. Smith said he would bring the same cases against any president on the same facts.   Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil is out in a new video after the mistrial. He says the focus should be on the three children, not him, and that he never had the doubt other jurors described.   Nicki Minaj lays out why she lost faith in Democrats: ignored after swatting incidents, industry pressure to stay quiet, and a party she says got captured by pop-culture pettiness. She is telling fans the midterms are the test.   Scores, studio chaos, and whatever breaks before 10. Hosts: Damon Roberts, Rick Delgado, Rick Ammirati, Vin Butta, and Beni Rae Harmony.   Is November already decided, or does turnout still flip the board? Drop it in the comments.