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frustration after a judge dropped the charges against a man facing a new trial for the murder of chandra levy. it's all happening now. we begin our second hour today with donald trump heading out on the campaign trail. 98 days to go until election day. welcome to happening now. i'm jon scott. >> and we are crossing off the dates. i'm lee. focusing on ohio and pennsylvania today for trump. peter has more for us now. >> reporter: donald trump is on his way to column bus the day after the bus tour ended here.

it goes to show how important the campaign thinking ohio is in their quest for 270 electoral votes. trump is also going to rally today in pennsylvania. as the republican nominee tries to steer the conversation forwards his policies he keeps getting dragged back into a fight a soldier's family. spsz kahn denounced trump's treatment of muslims. they criticized each other through the press. sessions defending trump buoyantibuoyan pointing out he did extend condolences and trump said his problem was with policy not with a gold-star family. he tweeted this story is not about mr. khan but rather

radical islamic terrorism. still, mr. kahn went after mr. trump. >> i exercise the same rights. that proves his ignorance. he wants to have one set of rights for himself and another set of rights for others. no. somebody should tell him that there is equal dignity, equal protection of law in this country. that is why that constitution came to play. >> reporter: and today's two rallies are the first of unplanned excitement. trump got stuck in a hotel elevator and reports are that he and about ten other people only got out of that elevator by climbing up a ladder that was lowered down by the colorado springs fire department. >> no pictures or video of that. we are still looking for it. >> reporter: just as exciting to

imagine that happening. >> good point. some tim sometimes you don't necessarily need it. be careful. >> or maybe the trump helicopter flies in and drops a lifeline. >> you don't want to get stuck. i understand. hillary clinton getting a post-convention bounce. mrs. clinton leads trump 46 to 39%. with 98 days to go trump now says the gloves are coming off. >> i have been nice but after watching that performance last night, such lies, i don't have to be nice anymore. taking the gloves off. remember this, trump will be no more mr. nice guy. >> michael warren and betsy w d

woodruff. you say numbers are bad news for the trump campaign. >> yes. it will be tough to find much of an upside. most importantly might be the fact that it is larger than the bump trump got. clinton got a butmp of about 4 points. trump had a larger viewer audience for his prime time convention speech. clinton seemed in the short tell term to have gotten more of an advantage. these bumps are not permanent. at least in the short term people are celebrating. >> yeah, bumps are nice but they don't necessarily determine who wins the presidency. >> right. the thing that i would be concerned about if i were the clinton come paiampaign, the bu

wasn't any bigger. it was mostly a success and i would sea even more successful as a presentation on tv than the republican one. the problem is that the convention ended with hillary clinton speaking and she is not that good of a candidate. i think that's why you're seeing that four-point bump which should have been a lot more when you look at everything that happened in philadelphia. i think the campaign has to be really concerned here about what that small bump means and if it is going to come back down, which a lot of these bumps do. at that point it is a couple of points. it's something where trump really could -- it gives his campaign another boost. we could be looking at a very close race, one that trump could pull out. >> we were talking in our first hour of happening now about the fact that really it doesn't matter where the nation is

going, you can really predict this next presidency on a handful of states. >> yeah, without a doubt. it is interesting and giving us a lot to talk about. the ppp poll typically works with democratic candidates. they found that clinton was leading trump by a decent margin in the state of ohio. they conducted another poll during the republican convention, 22nd through the 24th and it found trump and clinton were actually tied there. there's not a path wway to the white house that dwunt run through ohio. the fact that he has seen growth there is a good sign for his campaign. she lagging -- he is lagging by a csignificant margin in

pennsylvania. they will be finding some certain bright spots. >> given hillary clinton's negatives some say she is trying to make this campaign all about donald trump. on the other side he is about to make the campaign all about donald trump. >> yeah. if i were advising the campaign i would say stop making it about donald trump. the best path is making it about hillary clinton. she really bombed after several good speakers that night and night previous. hillary clinton isn't that good of a candidate. she would be better off going after trump harder as he would be going after her. it is really an election about who do you dislike best? i think that's another reason why the national polls show one thing and it sort of shows a different story. it is kind of all up in the

afrair. you can go back through where both campaigns are so hated by the general population that i think it really is a toss up. >> it will be fascinating to watch in the next 98 days. all right. talk to you again soon. thank you. >> thanks. watching out to california now. a fast moving wild fire is already sparking hundreds of evacuations as crews race the protect neighborhoods. a massive wild fire is threatening thousands of homes. we have the breaking developments from los angeles. >> reporter: a week of fires made existing fires worst. most expensive fire date, 44 million for a week of fighting a fire in big sir. winds have shichted away from the coast and bad news is it's going back into the rugged high country. despite more than 5,000

firefighters only 18% contained. 57 homes destroyed and some refuse to surrender. >> it's everything you worked for. it's all your stuff. of you don't want to go. i don't want to go. i want to stay here. if it's going to burn i was going to watch it burn. i was going to do everything i could to stop it. >> 100 miles east in the central valley. the one everyone is watching right now is in western montana. mandatory evacuations as deputies try to rustle up homeowners to get out. >> this is a serious situation. we need people to cooperate with us, stay out of the area and plea please, if you're asked to leave know the danger is eminent. >> reporter: that montana fire

burned 3,500 acres. they called in a management team. i don't think i have heard of them bringing in a type-one team this early in this small of a fire. how dry is it out here? a fire was started in san jose this weekend when a spark mower. >> wow. thank you. zika is not the only concern for athletes at the olympics, the danger posed by water. and donald trump and his relationship with putin. we will go in depth on that next. before taking his team toe for the first time... gilman: go get it, marcus. go get it. ...coach gilman used his cash rewards credit card from bank of america to earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. at places like the batting cages. ♪ [ crowd cheers ] 2% back at grocery stores and now at wholesale clubs.

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summer olympics new concerns about the water in the host city. it shows the waters around rio

are heavily polluted with viruses and human sewage. it is about 1.7 million times higher than what would be worrysome in the u.s. one doctor advising them not to put their heads under water. one sailor is leading his own cleanup effort. he wants to do his part to make sure the other athletes can safely compete in the games. russia is front and center in american politics today and over the last several days. donald trump said he has a good relationship with putin, but seemed to backtrack on those comments. clinton suz trump is too chummy with russia.

the national review has a new cover story. it has interesting details about the past. we talked to them when it happened. it's nice to have you back on the program, david. >> it is good to be with you. >> it is quite a story that you tell about a terror attack perhaps the reason putinis in power at this time. in russia some of them have wound up dead. why do you think it's so fornt write about now? >> because it shows the true nature of the russian regime. it shows the true nature of putin. it is not just a corrupt leader. it is someone who is ready come to power on the basis of the bombing of his own people. the reality of what happened is actually fairly well known in

russia although people are afraid to talk about it. our american politicians don't make an effort and as a result they don't understand him. >> can you tell us a little bit about the circumstances? i think you covered this so much in depth but if you could in a cliff-notes version i'm sure they will be fascinated to hear when you say the circumstances that lead to his rise in power. >> what's important to remember is that in 1999 had a 2% popularity rating he and the members of his entourage feared fir the for their freedom. four apartment buildings are blown up. putin is put in charge.

he was depiktd as the safe yovi the country. it got him presidency. >> and putin was the head of the security services at the time? >> he was the prime minister and former head of the security services. he was the person who benefitted and who became president as a result. he would have had to have flown what was going on and participated in it. >> it is shocking to think that someone would do this to their own people so they could rise to power. what do you think it tells us about the russia that we are dealing with today and what do americans need to consider when they are choosing the next leader of our country, someone who will have to engage with putin? >> what americans need to bear

in mind is this is what the russian leaders are capable up. chummy relationships with russians have no place. the russian leadership has to be convinced that the willingness and to defend those who may be attacked by russia. that's what's important. what's happening in the presidential race to a certain degree is the two sides are trying to show that they are friends with the russian leadership. a friendship here plays no role. >> and it is -- of course it is clinton criticizing trump for saying he would like to work with russia and you see clinton handing the reset button during his time as secretaryour opinio candidate have a handle on the russia they could be dealing

with in the future? >> i don't think so. donald trump in his defense he says many indefensible and poorly thought out things. if he becomes president he will have access to intelligence information. hillary had access to that information for four years and it made no difference in her policy. in fact there were a series of killings of high-level russian journalists and opposition figures in which the role of the regime was clearly evidenced. it didn't prevent the reset policy or the silly reset button. >> i really encourage our viewers to check out our piece. you have a fascinating story only to be kicked out several years ago. we look forward to you being back on the program. thank you so much. >> thank you. the u.s. is lending a hand to help iraqi forces drive

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now the cdc is coming out. moments ago they said pregnant women should avoid travel to parts of miami and also saying any pregnant women who traveled to that area should be tested in their first and second trimester of pregnancy for the zika virus. the cdc says the mosquito

control is not working as well as they hoped. it is big time warnings and a lot of concern for florida. what does it mean for the miami area and beyond that. rick scott will be here. next hour we have breaking news almost every hour on this interview. don't miss that coming up in the 2:00 p.m. eastern hour. u.s. forces planning to help retake mosul from isis. they will help protect the key air base near by. it could be months away as strategic planning continues. mosul is the crown jewel. the city has been under their control for two years now. up to a million people still live there, raising fears the looming battle will exacerbate.

new data suggesting 36% of registered voters have a favorable opinion of clinton. it doesn't sound great but earlier in july her favorable was 36 plkt and unfavorable was 56%. all right. this is something that we are seeing. we are seeing a trend work in hillary clinton's favor. how does she continue it? >> reporter: absolutely. she already hit the ground where it is continuing and building upon what we heard from the convention, positivity and they are really working to continue to get that message out. >> do you think it is something republicans have to watch for

and the progress that has been made post convention? >> reporter: all you have to do is do what i did, watch the interview yesterday and watch her insist that everyone heard the fbi director wrong. the fbi director very carefully said this woman lied to the united states. she lied to the public. she lied to the congress. she didn't lie to the fbi but how do you regain the public's trust when you continue to lie even when you're challenged on it after the fbi director is given testimony before congress? having all of the grip and grins that you want i don't think will make up for the fact that americans know this woman lied to them about consequential things. >> and you're concerned about donald trump and favorability ratings. when you look at both candidates, neither have the

majority of people who favor them. they actually share that in common. >> that's true. i am worried about that although i point out a couple of things. these are metrics where you can measure what's going on. turnout was up for donald trump by 60%. in the democrats primaries turnout was down by 20%. add to that the fact that 4 million more people watched donald trump's speech than tuned in to watch hillary clinton's speech. >> what do you think about that? those are interesting numbers. >> reporter: right. i think the real numbers we should be looking at, there are a couple of interesting tidbits that came out of this poll, one being undecided voters. i think that we saw the 4 percentage points which is higher than trump had. people tuned in to hear trump maybe in bigger volumes.

it didn't quite work out for him the way it did for hillary. as people get to know trump and as they got hear that convention it was full of name calling. it wasn't patriotic or positive which is what people were saying about philadelphia and the k democrats. when people are learning more those numbers aren't helping them. >> hold on one second. they said this weekend that although the democrats seemed optimistic that perhaps optimism didn't match the moment and could come off as dismissive to americans who feel no one is really looking out for their best interest. what about the tone and what's good for their reality? >> go ahead. >> reporter: thank you. i really don't think there was that tone. i think we are seeing the american public responding to her, responding against it.

we are seeing them respond just in a positive manner for her. i think he regaining the trust is scaring donald trump and scaring them to the point where they are getting nervous and doing everything they can to continue to pred their misinformation. >> reporter: you don't look scared to me. i don't know. >> reporter: we are not scared at all. hillary clinton has to say that the current situation needs to be change but that she will continue to have the same policies to do so much damage to this country. she has to say america is already great but i will make it better by giving you four or eight more years of what you have seen in the last four or eight years that has not performed very well. folks, we are sinking at this point. it is bad news for the average

america. clinton is going to continue it. >> you look at the price of oil trading under $48 per barrel. what really matters might be the economy. it leads us to an entirely different conversation. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. dramatic video of flash flooding slams maryland. those folks are forming a human chain to save a woman trapped in a car, so what happened? plus, a murder mystery that captivated the entire nation. a washington d.c. intern found dead after an affair with a married congressman. now charges for another man are dismissed, what's next in t ththe the chandra levy murder case.

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mid-at lan tick mid mid-atlantic to the northeast. right now new questions raised about the mysterious murder of a washington d.c. intern 15 years ago. chandra levy's remains were found in rock creek park in suburban washington d.c. . she was having an affair with then congressman gary condit. he was later cleared by police. in 2010 this undocumented immigrant was convicted of murdering her. last year that conviction was overturned. now prosecutors have dropped all charges against him amid new questions about a jailhouse informant, tham westimony that used to send to prison.

heather is a trial attorney. what a story. this guy was convicted in 2010. they dropped the charges against him but they were planning a retrial, heather, and then all of a sudden everything seem to blow up in their face. >> yes. something happened. what it sounds like happened is they got all kinds of tape from a jailhouse snitch. they are not very reliable. they are usually in jail for a reason. it was one of the main things that put this guy away. it seems as though that was the evidence that became so faulty that they could not longer try this case. >> and it is a gang leader doing prison time hichmself. he gets out of prison and starts blabbing to his neighbor lady. she is a bit part actor and has had a walk-on show on house of

cards. he says i lied about him. >> yes. and then she alerts the authorities. i think the is the heat going to be back on gary condit? i don't think he'll have a lot to worry about. it isn't a case where they have a smoking gun, dna. it is just a simple case of they didn't have enough to convict this guy and they don't have enough to convict this guy in the future so they are back to square one. >> condit's lawyer said he was completely exonerated. >> how? >> that is pretty strong language. >> really all that we have against condit is motive. there is no weapon. we don't know how she was killed. what is going to be interesting is the media attention. we have seen all of these cold cases and whether there is dna evidence that can be found. those are the two things that

c can be found. >> we have files and files of gary condit being hounded by camera crews walking back and forth. this was nonstop in 2001. he never said anything publicly about the case. he did say something in court he was not responsible. >> he also did not take a polygraph. when you're a criminal defense attorney that's a very smart move on behalf of your client. the public usually hates that. they are under the opinion, if you have nothing to hide why don't you take one? they are almost as unreliable as jailhouse snitches. polygraphs are second worse. he did himself a favor. without a smoking gun now all we can do the speculate. >> and this guy -- >> is no angel. zb righ >> right. he was accused of attacking other women. >> there is other circumstantial

evidence and add to that the snitch and it sort of put everything in a nice little package. just because he did some really bad things doesn't mean he did this really bad thing. if there is evidence to be found a lot of people will be looking for it. i think there will be a lot more attention just as there was back in the time when this is going on. >> it all comes down to reasonable doubt. they might have something but they don't have enough to retry him. >> if a prosecutor is not going to retry a case they do not have enough to retry a conviction. let's have little sympathy for her parents who don't know what happened to their daughter. >> it has to be the worst feeling in the world. thank you. >> thank you. fox news alert, the president is speaking at the 95th national convention. we are watching closely.

if he mentions the kahn family or dt donald trump. the white house says probably not but let's listen in here. >> thank you for welcoming us to the great state of georgia and the beautiful city of atlanta. i am pleased to be joined by bob mcdonald. i know he spoke to you yesterday. he is working hard, hard, every single day to be able to serve our veterans better. he still gives out his cell phone number and his e-mail. not many people know this but so for he received more than 45,000 calls, e-mails and texts. i don't know what his phone bill is looking like. i hope he has a good plan, but bob and his team work to deal with each one of those texts or

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from desert storm, afghanistan and iraq, our proud 9/11 generation. >> the president speaking at the dais abled veterans. it works to support veterans from all wars. the president will be speaking for the next several minutes. you can watch streaming on foxnews.com. he also has a fundraiser tonight for hillary clinton. and the u.s. starts conducting air strikes in libya they have been chipping away for months and now u.s. air strikes are helping the effort. pentagon press secretary addressed the air strikes a short time ago. >> there is a closely coordinated process we worked with in determining the precise locations to hit. the goal for the gna is to eliminate isil from the country.

>> and a retired four-star general, chairman of the institute for the stud y of war and fox news analyst. of course there is always the question of whether or not we are going to need boots on the ground to really combat isis. what went through your head when you saw the headlines that we did have a campaign against isis? >> welcome back. congratulations. good to see you. >> thank you. >> this is a bona fide safe haven. it is significant. those numbers tell us that. i started at the northern city on the coast of libya. they have been entrenched there for some time now. there has been a ground attack going against them from the u.n. backed government. and now air strikes. good thing to get air strikes in there supporting the ground troops. the lesson we learned from 9/11

is that when we leave safe haven is unattended like we did in afghanistan despite al qaeda's attacks against us, we got ni9/. you must conduct military operations to destroy them. that's the problem we have in syria. we have never destroyed the safe haven in syria which has been there in 2012. so this is a good move that we are doing. >> if you're in the room talking to those decision makers that are getting the green light for this, what would you be talking about? how much do we need to do to make sure isis is not a problem in libya and we can move to the next place to make sure they are not a problem any where else? >> well, much of it will depend on the effectiveness of the ground force. as we all know and become educated here on fox air strikes can enable a ground force to fight more effectively and

target the enmy rather constructively. i don't know how effective this malitia force that the gna has on the ground. they have taken territory away from isis. that's a good thing. if the air strikes are very effective isis will flee to the south probably to accomplish oolt sa another safe haven. >> and we are talking about the new government in libya, right general keen? this is very new though and one of the big complaints we have heard over the last several years is that there's no real functioning government in libya. what concerns do you have about the new government and working closely with them especially when we are using american taxpayer dollars and american forces to really stamp out isis? >> there are two governments in libya trying to fight for leverage and control. this is when the united states backs and the u.n. backs.

libya's u.n. policy because after gadhafi was exposed, you can argue pro and con what it should have been done, but once it was done, the one thing the government asked for, democratically elected government of moderates, not radicals, they wanted the united states to help build a security force so they could help put down the radicals. the u.s. refused to do that, and eventually we retreated out of libya, out of our embassy. so what's going on in libya today is a result of our u.s. policy failure. >> secretary of state hillary clinton was involved in some of the decisionmaking. is the news today on monday going to be a shift perhaps in our strategy and will we be more engaged in libya? we'll be watching. general, thanks, great to see you. pope francis touches on some

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the pope just wrapped up a five-day trip to poland. lauren green is live with this. this pope is not from poland, what's the takeaway here? >> reporter: the pope is now on his way home. journalists asked him questions about a variety of hot button topics. he was in poland for their youth day, 1.5 million young people attended the final mass where he encouraged them to believe in a new humanity that is stronger than evil. during the pilgrimage the pope

visited auschwitz, the nazi death camp, and prayed on the cruelty inflicted on millions of people. a cardinal is accused of mishandling cases of abusive cler clergy. the pope says the cardinal deserves the benefit of the doubt. pope francis also addressed terrorism in the wake of the violent murder of a french priest at the hands of isis sympathizers. he says he doesn't like to equate islam with violence. >> interpreter: i don't like to talk about islamic violence because every day i see violence here in italy. and these are baptized catholics. they are violent catholics. if i speak about islamic violence, i need to speak about catholic violence. >> reporter: we'll probably expect a lot of reaction to that in the next few days.

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