tacos, mac and cheese cheetos and for dessert, cheetos -- wait for it -- cheesecake. that's right. the 300 reservations for the pop-up sold out within six hours. it's a hotspot. i'm sandra smith. thanks for joining us. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 in the city. donald trump has brought in some americans, just not the way he intended. many republicans and democrats are uniting in criticism of the president of the united states after his reprehensible comments about charlottesville, comments where he blamed for violence for both sides of the nazis and kkk. comments a ku klux klan leader praised. now his own party say the blame is on the white supremacists and neo-nazis. we'll look at the extraordinary fallout from republicans and what all of this says about race

relations in america. we'll also see how the white house is attempting to defend the president's words, arguing that he was completely accurate. you'll hear from the white nationalists themselves. they're acid words of anger and prejudice as americans try to figure out how to move forward. and how to heal our nation after a spasm of racial hatred intended to divide it. let's get to it. >> first from the fox news deck this afternoon, president trump in this hour questioned equated the actions of neo-nazis and white supremacists at a white power rally. today he's facing backlash from business leaders and members of his own party. the president announcing hours ago he's dissolving business counsels. president trump treated rather than putting the pressure on the

business people and the manufacturing council and strategy and policy forum, i'm ending both. thank you all. of course yesterday, the president tweeted for every ceo that drops out of the manufacturing council, i have many to take their place. grandstanders should not have gone on. jobs. this is a total of at least nine executives announced they were resigning from white house counci councils. more on that in just a moment. but first, an impromptu news conference yesterday at trump tower. the president blamed violence on both sides after demonstrations turned deadly at a white supremacist rally last saturday. the president condemned hatred, bigotry from the alt right and he said some of the demonstrators march with the neo-nazis and white supremacists were fine people. >> you had very bad people in

the group but you had type people open both sides. you had people in that group -- excuse me. excuse me. i saw the same pictures as you did. you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of -- to them a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. >> so far we've been unable to find the very fine people protesting with the white supremacists. the demonstrators profess to believe they're morally superior to blacks and jews and gays. they chant neo-nazi slogans and demand separation from those they consider inferior. watch their actions. hear their hate. and this video is from hbo's vice news.

>> shepard: nazi slogans. jews will not replace us. white supremacist groups organize at unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia last weekend over city officials decision to move the statue of robert e. lee and protesters call an anti white climate in america. police say james fields jr. drove his car through a crowd of counter demonstrators killing heather heyer and injuring 20

others. president trump said fields was a disgrace to himself, his family and the country. and the president called heather heyer an incredibly great young well. president trump supported those that wanted to keep the monument of general lee compared to george washington that owned sleighs. >> first it's robert e. lee and then is it george washington and thomas jefferson next. where does it stop? >> senator lindsey graham said president trump took a step backward saying there's moral equivalency between those that attended the rally and people like miss heyer. i along with many others do not endorse this moral equivalency.

the bushes released a joint statement. this as fox news obtain add memo from the white house yesterday that the administration gave to the president's allies, instructions to defend president trump's remarks and blasting the media. the first talking point reads, the president was entirely correct. both sides of the violence in charlottesville acted inappropriate and there's some responsibility. another one reads, the president condemned with no ambiguity the hate groups fueled by bigot try over the weekend and did so by name yesterday. for the media, that will never be enough. that's not how the hate groups saw it. one of their leaders, the former congressman from louisiana, the former grand wizard of the ku klux klan thanked our president. when reading the teleprompter

monday, our president denounced the group. when speaking unscripted, president trump said both sides are to blame for the violence in charlottesville. the race baiting, anti-gay, neo-nazi white supremists and those there to demonstrate against them. blame for both sides. an american president has done nothing like that in generations. and today the pressure is on from all segments of our society. "the washington post" editorial board wrote today, president trump must go. david lee miller live in trump tower in new york city. david lee? >> shepard, as you so rightly point out, the white house talking points memo is very critical of the media. the talking points say that the media reacted with an "hysteria" at the very thought that some of the counter protesters were armed with clubs and spoiling for a fight. meanwhile, the vice president, mike pence, is now on a tour of

latin america. he addressed recent events in charlottesville while in santiago, chile. the vice president echoed the sentiments of mr. trump. >> what happened in charlottesville was a tragedy. and the president has been clear on this tragedy and so have i. i spoke at length about this heart breaking situation sunday night in columbia. i stand with the president. >> in another development, mass resignations led to president to disband his strategic and policy forum as well as the manufacturing advisory council. on monday, the ceo of merck pharmaceuticals called it quits over the president's remarks in charlottesville. that's when executives started running for the exits, nine in total and the biggest corporations like intel, 3m and

tesla. mr. trump said those that left were grandstanders that could be replaced and did not take their jobs seriously. decided to end those two advisory councils. and then a short time ago, shepard, after the announcement that the councils were over, a tenth defection, this one coming from the ceo of united technologies. he sent out a tweet that said "it's clear we need to collectively stand together and denounce the politics of hate and tolerance and racism." that from greg haze. before charlottesville, the ceos of disney and uber also tried to distance themselves from this administration, shepard. they stepped down from another advisory panel because of the policies of this president regarding immigration and climate change. shepard? >> shepard: david lee miller live in trump tower in new york still. phillip bump is with us.

hello. >> hello. >> shepard: reaction from white house insiders. >> so as always, we have a lot of rumors about what people are saying inside the white house. we hear the staff was taken aback, surprised by the fact that donald trump had this press conference and made the comments he made. gary cohn was frustrated. the word that was used is disgusted by what donald trump had to say. i think one of the things that is remarkable about this moment, there's not people defending president trump beyond the white nationalists and the racists. we're not hearing people that are standing in support of him including from within the white house. >> shepard: our booking team reached out to republicans of all stripes across the country today. let's be honest. republicans don't mind coming on fox news channel. we couldn't get anyone to come and defend him here. we thought in balance, someone should do that. we worked very hard at it

throughout the day. we were unsuccessful. of those that are condemning the president's actions, i've not heard any prominent leaders, former presidents, members of the house and the senate use his name while speaking in generalities. >> i'll say lindsey graham, the statement did refer to trump specifically. yes, you're correct. paul ryan, for example, speaker of the house issued a state that addressed it bleakley. former presidents bush did the same thing. they referred to the statements about hate. a lot of people are loathed to actually address trump directly. i think part of that is the issue at stake here is whether or not racism and hate should be part of the political conversation. it seems to me that what people are focusing on is making that distinction, no, these are not valid political ideas. in that being the priority particularly for members of donald trump's own party makes some level of sense. >> shepard: there's many voices

from the left and the right. it seems to be largely nonpartisan today that giving to thank the president of the united states sets back race relations and could cause problems in our so so so i -- society. from your reporting and that of "the washington post," is the president understanding this? >> clearly not. we're talking about terroristic organizations. these are organization it's that want to get rid of nonstraight, non-christian people from the united states. they want to instill fear. that's what they do. that's why they march at night with torches. that's why they evoke the symbolism of nazi germany. it's very clear that is not something that is part andrican politics. donald trump said that those people that are doing those terroristic things are the

equivalent of the people that are protesting them. he was later cajoled into giving this statement saying of course, the kkk is bad and the neo-nazis are bad. but in front of the microphone, he agreed with what he said saturday. these things are somehow equivalent. that in and of itself is different for american politics. >> we know right-thinking americans agree with him on that matter. there's no debate in the united states society, in the american society about where there's a place for neo-nazis. there's no debate and never has been. there was not a debate saturday and not a debate monday or today. and that the president can't more forcefully express think, he certainly condemned them. he made this false moral equivalency. is any one in the white house -- i believe we have a picture of general kelly, the chief of staff, who as the president was ad libbing, he was not scheduling to have this news conference -- this is not the

one. i'm talking about from yesterday in trump tower. the picture that -- okay. i don't see the monitor. there we go. that's not the one i'm talking about. you know the picture with his head down. i from a number of different sources, i heard from people within the white house -- here it is. with his head down. is there anyone going to the president -- for instance, is general kelly going to the president saying mr. president, you have to set this straight. you have to be forceful about this and lead the way former presidents did, bush and reagan and bush 43, bush 41, obama, clinton. you must come forward. is anybody in his ear in that way? >> i feel very confident there's people in his ear that way. the problem since june 16 when he came down to escalator, the problem has been that donald trump does what he wants to do. what happened on november 8 when he won the presidential election despite everybody saying you're not going to win and b, you're

doing the wrong things to win, when he won anyway, he saw that as validation that his own gut instinct is the way to go. his gut instinct is to stand to issue statements that create that equivalency. that defend a group, to some extent, that supported his candidacy. i don't know that anybody can convince him to say anything. >> shepard: there's no equivalence. there's breaking news now. attorney general sessions speaking in miami on so-called sanctuary city or polices that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. president trump since he took office, after he took office, officials in miami-dade county gave up their status when they voted to comply with the feds on immigration. justice department officials say attorney general sessions will praise miami-dade for doing so. president trump has made it a priority to stop federal money

from going to sanctuary cities accusing officials of providing a safe haven for illegals. let's listen in. >> it's proof that the entire nation, and gives us an example, all of us can do better throughout this country. it's not impossible. crime is not some force of nature like a tide coming in that can't be confronted or dealt with effectively. we can make a difference in my opinion. i've seen it happen and i know it can happen. during our last administration, the department of justice, inspector general, sent ten letters to jurisdictions that they had reason to believe were not complying with federal immigration law. last week we sent a letter to your mayor and today i'm here to announce that miami-dade is now in compliance, full compliance and eligible for all federal law enforcement grant dollars.

thank you, mr. mayor for your leadership. this is good news for law enforcement and for the citizens of miami-dade. it means more money for crime fighting, means we're partners, partners together in keeping everyone safe. unfortunately, we have areas in the country that are not doing so well. chicago, just sued us a couple days ago, is not following this example. this is -- give you some numbers that were surprising to me. i think important for us to consider, really. it says something in challenges us all. in chicago, a city of almost exactly the same 2.7 million person population of miami-dade, more than 433 people have been murdered from the beginning of this year. they expect to hit over 700 by

the time the year is out. that's more than three times as many as in miami-dade. last year, chicago's 2.7 million residents experienced more murders, more murders than the 12.5 million people that live in new york and los angeles combined. the chicago police department also reported more than 4,300 shooting victims in the first half of last year, violent crime across the nation increased 5%, but in chicago it increased 24%. the most fundamental duty of government is to ensure the safety which is a part of the liberty of its people. respect for the rule of law has broken down. in chicago, i suggest the so-called sanctuary policies are one sad example of that.

every year, too many american lives are victimized as a result of sanctuary city policies whether it's be theft, robbery, drugs, assault, battery, even murder. here's how it works right now for us. after the police arrest an illegal alien in sanctuary cities, charge him with a crime, they fingerprint and book him in the jail. when federal immigration authorities learn that this criminal alien is in chicago's custody, they can issue an arrest warrant and ask the city to either notify them before the criminal is released or to transfer them to federal custody. but the leaders in chicago have made this a political issue and direct their police to refuse both these requests. instead, the police are forced to release the criminal alien back into the community without regard to the seriousness of the

crime or how long the rap sheet may be. this is a serious problem for the people. a few years ago, an alien was arrested and had his license revoked for driving under the influence. shortly after he was arrested again for driving with a suspended license, after cook county ignored isis detainer requested, refused to honor it, the alien drove under the influence once again just a few months later and this time he struck and killed a skateboarder. tragically in another case, an illegal alien was convicted of aggravated domestic battery, ice lodged an immigration detainer. the county did not honor it. after his release, that same alien murder a 15-year-old girl and shot her mother. she was only 15 and could be alive today if the chicago's leadership had prioritized

safety over politics. sadly, we know chicago is not alone. just three weeks ago, sergio jose martinez was arrested in portland, oregon. an illegal alien that had been deported 20 times. police reports show he was arrested ten times just this year accused of everything from possessing drugs to stealing a car. federal immigration authorities properly lodged a detainer -- >> shepard: jeff sessions in miami-dade county. steve herrigan is in our newsroom. steve? >> many talking about the reversal in miami-dade county. the first major city to reverse its policy. now they will detain people on extra 48 hours if their immigration status is suspect. it should have been a straightforward victory lap. the attorney general comes down,

praises the mayor but that's gotten complicated by the events of the past 24 hours. in a statement this morning, the mayor criticized president trump directly saying there should be no a come days with white supremacists. it was supposed to be come down, praise the mayor but things have gotten more complicated in miami. >> shepard: understandably so. how many people is this affects in miami-dade? >> since january when they reversed it, about 400 people. 173 of those were turned over to ice agents. small numbers right now. it hasn't sparked a large number of outrage. there's about two dozen protesters outside jeff sessions speech. >> shepard: today the woman that lost the most in charlottesville promised that her daughter's death in virginia at the hands of white supremacists won't be in vain. tell people if you see injustice, don't sit back. stand up. >> find what is wrong, don't ignore it, don't look the other

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he drove himself to the hospital and doctors took it out. a space x capsule has arrived at the international space station. astronauts used a robotic arm to grab the dragon space craft. it rocketed to the floating lab from kennedy space center. crews unloading three tons of supplies and science equipment and then they plan to pack it for cargo for its return to earth next month.

>> the woman mowed down and killed by white supremacists remembered today. a woman larger than life that cared about everybody. friends and family speaking about heather heyer. they say she died fighting for fairness and justice. her mom spoke poised and encouraging people to carry on her daughter's legacy for standing up for others. >> i think the reason that what

happened to heather has struck a cord is because we know that what she did is achievable. we don't all have to die. we don't all have to sacrifice our lives. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what? you just magnified her. [applause] . >> the service at charlottesville's paramount theater, a short walk from where the attack happened. people lined up 1 1/2 hours before the memorial started. about 1,000 showed. many wore purple to honor her. her family says purple was her favorite color. our doug mckelway is there. doug? >> shep, you have a strong sense of her upbringing from the very

different personalities of her parents. her father spoke early on. he was very emotional. despite his unimaginable grief, called for reconciliation, called for forgiveness. and then his mother spoke of using the sound bite that you said a feisty person. apparently heather got her personality from her mother. we heard from other family members. here's her grandfather and her cousin. >> she wanted to understand your viewpoint. it didn't seem right to her, but she insisted on knowing your viewpoint. i think you saw some of that. so we talked about we discussed and we had many questions and answers, but sometimes i couldn't come up with answers. she was pretty sharp. >> did i ever tell you how much you taught me? you don't have to be a world leader or ceo to change the

world. just be one person willing to show compassion to another. >> outside the theater, you can still sense some tension here. a group of four or five people were seen openly carrying hand guns and an assault rifle. they told our producer the police did not protect us on saturday, so we're offering protection today. after today's memorial service, tim kaine addressed reporters urging virginia to continue moving forward beyond its checkered past. >> we put away the evils and wrongs of the past. we're moving ahead. there's people that want to bring us back to it. many of them who are not even from the commonwealth, but they want to haul us backwards. what heather's life shows, what this community shows, what virginia shows, we're not going back. >> shep, give me a few extra

seconds for a quick anecdote. after a long day of covering riots, i went out for some dinner and a beer late night the other night in a restaurant a few blocks from here. there was one other customer. a good old boy at the bar being waited on by an african american waitress. she said that's a good drink. he said it's an instant diabetes drink. she said it's on the house. he said i'll drink anything. it was a relief to hear the conversation after covering the violence. you know what it's like when you get a horde of tv cameras here. you gather news makers, snake oil salesmen and revel rousers. when you move away, you see a city that is functioning normally, blacks, whites, asians, brown people working together, socializing and working together. they'll be glad when the national media leaves. >> shepard: probably glad when the neo-nazis get out of there, too. president trump sent out a treat

before the memorial began. he wrote memorial service for heather heyer. truly special young woman. she will be long remembered by all. two days ago when president trump called out neo-nazis and the kkk, heather heyer's mother thanked those that denied hatred. we heard from the former president, barack obama. he's tweet is the most liked tweet in twitter history. he sent out a photo greeting children at a day care in 2011 and included a quote from nelson mandela reading no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. he continues, people must learn to hate. if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its

opposite. that tweet with the photo has so far received more than 3.5 million likes surpassing a message ariana grande sent after the deadly attack at her concert in manchester. a republican senator facing tough crowds back home in colorado. senator corey gardner held three town halls in one day and he fielded questions on issues ranging from the racist violence in charlottesville to healthcare and president trump. >> your words are meaningless. >> do you think that donald trump is fit to lead the country? >> yes, i believe he is fit but i don't believe -- [chanting]. >> shepard: police removed a man from the front row. senator gardner got some cheers

when he criticized president trump for his comments on charlottesville and for not releasing his tax returns. >> there's no morale equivalency for the hatred we saw and we cannot allow those ambiguous statements to be made. all candidates should have to release their taxes. why don't we do that? >> shepard: senator gardner far from the only gop lawmaker that has faced off with rowdy crowds. jonathan hunt with the news for us. jonathan? >> shep, a lot of lawmakers have indeed been feeling the heat this summer in meeting with their constituents. thus far healthcare has been the major issue of contention at those kind of town halls. but last night it was very much about charlottesville, very much about president trump's comments on what happened in charlottesville. senator corey gardner repeatedly distanced himself from those presidential comments. listen here. >> the president should have

immediately denounced the racism and the bigotry and the hatred in charlottesville. the president should have done that immediately. what we did today, what he did today again goes back on what he said yesterday. that's unacceptable. the president was wrong to do that. i've said that loud and clear. the president has control over his staff. what i'm saying is this. there's no room for racism, hatred and kkk. >> by my count, shep a full 50% of the questions that senator gardner was asked last night at that lakewood, colorado town hall, were about the president's comments in charlottesville and the president's character and fitness to be our leader, shep. >> shepard: what kind of people generally speaking were at these town halls, jonathan? >> well, when you listen to the totality of the question, you have to conclude that they were either moderate republicans or democrats action voters. certainly if you listen to this following question, you would

have to count include it was certainly not coming from a republican. listen here. >> republicans are not racists. they are not. but almost all racists are republicans. really embarrassing to stand next to. >> there are people who are going to agree with you and disagree with you. i hope that we in this country don't believe with a broadcast that they're all racists. >> now, shep, there have been questions before about paid protesters being sent to these kind of town halls. i was not at that event. i can't personally say anything about that. we were fortunate enough to have a very experienced, very good denver-based producer faith mangun there. she said they didn't seem to be paid protesters. she said they seemed to be genuine voters, moderate republicans and democrats and

people with real concerns and people that were actual constituents of senator gardner, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt, thank you. let's turn to kevin, a reporter from politco. where are we on this? >> where are we on cory gardner denouncing trump? it's a big -- it's a step. cory gardner is a important man in the senate conference. he's in charge of electing republicans in 2018. the fact that he's denouncing trump is a big step. colorado isn't a state that went for president trump back in 2016. these people are going to want to see him do more than just sort of say president trump is doing a bad thing. they're going to want to see him take some kind of action. that might be where the rubber hits the road. >> shepard: there's no reliable polling yet to -- it's too soon to know how the events in the last few days will affect the

base. is there any anecdotal evidence that would say some that supported the president would make a turn as a result of this or is this like i can grab her in the private parts and the defaming of the gold star family and the belittling of the physically challenging reporter? does that go into that list of things that are tolerated? >> kind of looks like it might. president trump clearly has a base that basically isn't willing to turn on him no matter what he does. most polling indicates that base is probably around 25 to 30% of the population. so there is still room for him to drop based on where his approval rating numbers are now, which are in the high 30s. so far in some of the daily tracking polls from gallup, we haven't seen huge drops yet. we'll probably get a better sense of that, news organizations will come out with poll this week or maybe next week and we might get to see if

this has had a real impact on his numbers. but to a certain extent, trump has alienated a lot of people. the people who are left are probably really his hardcore supporters. >> shepard: we mentioned the town halls and how they're going. the democrats believe that they need -- well, it's clear the democrats need more than a couple seats to flip to take control of the house of representatives is. there evidence from these town hall meetings that this is part of a pattern going on or an isolated incident or how would you categorize it? >> clearly there's a number of town halls for republican senators and members of the house that have been rough, shall we say, clearly people have been shutting them down. it's been very similar to what we saw democratic lawmakers facing in 2010 before they were sort of hit by a wave and a lot of them were knocked out of office. there's no guarantee yet that republicans will face the same thing, a long time to go before november 2018.

there's some evidence where the town halls where the democrats are showing up to these, democrats are the people fired up and some special elections where democratic turnout has been up. the more people eager to vote are the people that are angry as opposed to republicans when it comes to 2018. so there's that evidence. but again, there's a long way to go over the next year and there's still time for trump and the republican congress to somehow turn the ship around here. >> shepard: kevin, a sampling of these videos from town hall meetings across the country makes it clear that healthcare is still very, very important issue among the people that go to these town halls. have you noticed any patterns regarding healthcare? >> yeah, it's been really interesting. even with charlottesville, it wasn't really until trump's comments last night that those became sort of -- charlottesville was the dominant issue at the town halls. town halls earlier in the week were about healthcare. the one big thing that has jumped out, gardner had a few

town hauls where he was asked the crowd, he gave everyone in the crowd like yes and no panels. asked them do you support single payer healthcare is one of the questions. some of these town halls, overwhelming majorities said yes, we support it. one of the reasons that is interesting is because colorado mad a referendum to implement single payer and failed overwhelmingly. i believe got about a third of the vote and 2/3s of the people said no. the democratic senator from colorado and the governor rejected it. what you're seeing now is really since republicans have failed with obamacare repeal, democrats really have gone on the offensive in some ways or the democratic base and has said that we want single payer. that's come out and a dramatic flip from in november when democratic lawmakers said no, single payer goes too far. >> shepard: is that a way to know if there's a shift or if that is just a larger percentage of people that were always for

single payer and showing up at these events? i don't know how we know that. >> there's some polling indicating single payer may be more popular than a few years ago. it's difficult to tell how popular anything would be once there's a serious chance of it passing. right now it's an idea that is out there. it's not something that we're debating every day. if a single payer bill were introduced and debated, we don't know how popular it would end up being. >> shepard: is there anything else from these town halls that we're noticing that suggest a change in tone and demeanor versus three or four weeks ago? >> i think one thing you are seeing, the town halls particularly in the wake of charlottesville have gotten intense again. you know, some of the town halls have been a little bit quieter, particularly since obamacare repeal, you know, died at least for now. but it looks like charlottesville has really fired people up again. democratic -- the democratic voters mostly are largely

democratic voters showing up are really appalled at the president's behavior with regards to charlottesville. that's really firing a lot of people up. you know, perhaps alienating moderate republicans as well. so i think you're starting to see these town halls get more --

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endorsement for the former breitbart leader. trace gallagher with more. explain the issues with steve bannon. >> shep, the big reason bannon might be on the outs are the numerous reports saying that president trump suspects him of leaking sensitive information to the media and using breitbart to smear h.r. mcmaster. bannon denies both reports and the white house won't comment. there's certainly nobody in the administration rushing to defend steve bannon. in fact, when nbc news pressed h.r. mcmaster on whether he would work with bannon, mcmaster would not commit. while the president is clearly distancing himself from his chief strategist, steve bannon appears to have influence on mr. trump. for example, at the height of the tensions with north korea, the president went ahead and set the wheels in motion for a trade case against china for allegedly stealing intellectual property.

steve bannon had a big supporter of that trade move, but the president's economic and national security advisers were against it and the president did it anyway. shep? >> shepard: so steve bannon goes, that would be the latest in a string of white house dismissals? >> yeah, true. if you start at the white house and you go to the various advisory councils, dozens of people have either resigned or been terminated. fbi director james comey, mike flynn and chief of staff reince priebus among the biggest names. some departments have been more volatile than others. if you include nominees this white house is already on its fifth communications director. they have all come and gone and for the report, sean spicer held the communications director job twice along with being press secretary. so even if steve bannon goes, he

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>> shepard: the solar eclipse comes with its own music.

a warning for anybody that wants to watch it. turns out some of the special eclipse glasses they're selling could be bogus. lillian has details on that. >> these glasses are some that amazon has recalled. they were not able to prove that they were certified to be safe to look at the sun. so even if you have the right certifications, you think some people are putting those certifications on their packaging illegally without the actual approval from the iso. >> shepard: the what? >> the international standardization organization. they'll let you know if it's safe for viewing. you can test them out. they're supposed to be 100,000 times more powerful. you shouldn't see anything through it except the sun. >> shepard: you can watch it on tv. go on. >> that's true. but check out the american astrological association or society. it's got a list of approved

vendors. they will help you out if you want to make double-double sure. if you're anywhere along this path, you'll see the total eclipse, which will be very exciting monday. >> shepard: we'll have streamed live coverage throughout the day. >> we will. >> shepard: thank you. speaking of extreme, a weather alert. action in the tropics. adam klotz is here. what are you see something. >> hi, shep. incredibly active and will continue to be for the weekend, early next week. hurricane gert will be strengthening. there's the coastline. it's moving out to see. a big one. when you talk about winds up to 100 miles an hour, even though it's moving away, it will impact slightly as we're looking at rip current risks here. high along portions of new england. so anyone going to the beach, knee high is likely too high as you can get sucked out. it won't impact us. what are we paying attention to next?

a couple of low pressure systems stretched to the coast of africa. each one of these tropical waves eventually have a moderate chance to turning into another hurricane. we have the low pressure systems running a couple of models here. one perhaps running down into southern portions of the caribbean. another taking a more northerly route. this is one that we could see towards the east coast. that is something that we're paying close attention to, the weekend and early next week. more "shepard smith reporting" after the break. ♪

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making olympics history nine years ago today. should news break out, we'll break in. breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. have a great afternoon. "your world" with neil cavuto is coming up right now. >> protests mounting. businesses bolting and two of the president's key job councils are disbanding. i'm trish regan in for neil cavuto. this is a fast-moving "your world" this hour. the president losing support of more ceos today. a move that seems to be an effort to save face, president trump announcing the end of his manufacturing council and strategic policy forums. stocks initially dropping on the news before closing up on the day. we're all over it this afternoon with blake burman at trump tower. webster in front of j.p. morgan headquarters were protesters were putting thereu