all of you for watching. i hope to see you right here, next week. >> a fox news alert at the top of the hour. president trump yet again criticizing the rush investigation. denying the white house counsel don mcgahn turned and appeared welcome to "americas news headquarters" i am eric shawn. >> i am arthel neville peer welcome everyone. the president launching an a tweet storm that don mcgahn, top white house lawyer gave robert mueller some 30 hours of testimony over the last nine months. mr. trump saying he let the interviews happen because he has nothing to hide adding quote - demanded transparency so that his rigged and

disgusting witchhunt can come to a close. so many lives have been ruined over nothing. mccarthyism at its worst. yet they refuse look at the real climb on the -- the real crime on the other side. ellison barber is live with more. reporter: the president is leaving bedminster shortly to go back to dc. he tweeted about the report in the new york times today. he says more tweets have made it very clear he is upset with this article.he says this in one tweet. the failing new york times wrote a story that medicine at the white house counsel had turned on the president when in fact, it is just the opposite. the two fake reporters knew this. "the new york times" says they stand by the report appeared in a statement the attorney says president trump through counsel

declined -- so mr. "the journal editorial report" to answer questions ultimately and honestly is any person interviewed by federal investigators most. those familiar with the investigation confirmed to fox news that don mcgahn as reported spoke to the team on three different occasions. the president's outside legal counsel told "sunday morning futures" that the president has no reason to worry about the testimony. >> back in january he went to the grand jury in any of those 2 and a half days he says the president committed a crime. he's going to sit there for the next six months working for the president who committed a crime? it is absurd. "the new york times" uses very the idea that he cooperated extensively. sure he did! it is a complicated thing. we are confident that he said nothing wrong. about the president. reporter: according to the new

york times don mcgahn and his lawyer began cooperated with special counsel because it is what the president's legal team at the time wanted. but they thought it was odd and quote - feared mr. trump was setting up mr. don mcgahn to take the blame for any possible illegal acts of obstruction. the times reports the pair devised their own strategy to do as much as possible to cooperate with mr. mueller and the rest of the team. we reach out to the special counsel on the reporting and so far they declined to comment. arthel: thank you ellison barber. eric: for more and thus less bring in a senior senate reporter for roll call. is this revelation a bombshell or really much to do about nothing? >> it is a bombshell if he in fact is told robert mueller over the team something that could be criminal behavior by even president trump or any of his other aids regarding a

potential obstruction of justice case. either with respect to someone like the firing of james comey the fbi director or if there's something regarding the recusal by the attorney general jeff sessions. that could prove criminal. it's not clear whether or not there will be some bombshell in it could be a long time before we find out.eric: according to the time zone reporting they say there was none.he does not say that. let me quote - you, it is down in the body of the story maybe it should have been the story. it wasn't pretty says mr. don mcgahn later how mr. trump tried to ensure control the investigation giving investigators a mix of information potentially damaging and favorable to the present pretty never saw mr. trump go beyond the legal authorities although the limits of executive power are murky says the times. so what does it mean if don mcgahn spends 30 hours talking

about how the president is raging against the russian probe, how he does not like jeff sessions and is angry at jeff sessions for recusing himself, etc. but quote - he never saw mr. trump go beyond his legal authorities. which one would presume would mean he never saw any criminal action of any sort by the president of the united states. >> right. one would assume that is the case. i think the question will be whether or not there was anything in the testimony of don mcgahn, in conversations with special counsel that led them to overturn other stones that were not necessarily anything within the 30 hours. the other thing i would throw in here is, it remains to be seen i think, and we may or may not ever really find out how much contemporaneous doc -- documentations may be sent over. it will be a lot of more

paperwork i am sure. this is really what the team has been doing and why we probably will not see a resolution anytime soon despite what the president would like to see. eric: so there is marine one at the airport in new jersey with the president preparing to depart. from spending the weekend at bedminster and going down to joint base andrews back to the white house. let's pick that up because another part of the article fascinating because they insinuate and suggest that the reason that mcgahn cooperated and had some interviews was that he was trying to quote - protect himself so he is not like another john dean. what you make of that as a opposed to the president saying he directed mcgahn to go testify or not testify but at least speak to investigators extensively because according to the president he has nothing to hide. >> i'll be curious to see

whether or not mr. mcgahn also speaking to the investigators on capitol hill, whether or not he has also talked to the senate intelligence committee for instance. but also, remember that technically, mr. mcgahn is a government employee. not just technically, he is in fact the white house counsel. not on donald trump 's personal payroll or the corporation payroll per se, he's a federal employee. so there are different standards that he would need to meet in any case. even though in some respects he is the president's lawyer. but it is not a campaign job or something for the president's businesses. eric: that is very important distinction compared to let's say, rudy giuliani who is the president's personal lawyer. mcgahn really is lawyer for the office of the presidency. as you bring up, what type of

different standards when he then have? he would not be able to stop maybe subpoenas, he would not be able to totally ignore requests from capitol hill or from investigators because he has that duty. under government job and not being the private attorney for the president. >> and i think the question will be particularly if he will be staying in this job for the foreseeable future. based on the president's tweets and we've heard so far it does not sound like he will be kicked out of the door over this new york times report. so i think that will be really the question is, how much more will he have to disclose and what happens if there is in fact a fight over subpoenas for the president or those of his closest advisors. even how much he can coordinate with someone like mayor giuliani on how to deal with that. eric: the article also points out that robert mueller says he does not believe the sitting

president can be indicted. but certainly, he can write a report that can be referred to capitol hill for possible impeachment. if that is at all warranted. we shall see. and the mayor had a good point saying that mcgahn stayed for six months of the white house so clearly, they are standing behind him. niels lesniewski, good to see you. thank you as we watch the president, marine one. he prepares to go back to the people's house. the white house. thank you.arthel: new reaction from john brennan. after president trump decided to revoke his security clearance last week. as the white house reportedly looks into rescinding more security clearances, current or former officials, the president warning that demoted doj official bruce or could be next. today, mr. brennan saying that he may take legal action against mr. trump. >> if my clearances and my reputation as i'm being pulled through the mud now, if that is the price we are going to pay

to prevent donald trump from doing this against other people, to me it is a small price to pay.i'm going to do whatever i can personally to try to prevent these abuses in the future. and if it means going to court, i will do that. arthel: from her nose go to washington and bring in jennifer griffin. >> the former cia director, john brennan took aim at the president just days after having his lifetime security clearance revoked by the white house. as you mentioned, former and current intelligence and justice department official the president is targeting. >> it is for those that both in the government outside that if you cross him, if you speak out against him, he is going to use whatever tools might have at his disposal to punish you. and so i think this is yet another example of his egregious abuse of power and authority. immediately, it brings back the

whole concept of the enemies list. you know under president nixon and even before that, you know in the early 50s when mccarthy and that era where the administration starts putting together lists of individuals that do not agree with them. >> admiral mullen that served as former chairman of the joint chief said he does not agree with the president pulling the clearance of brennan but added a word of caution to intelligence officials about being so vocal against the president. >> he has been incredibly critical of the president and i think that has put him in a political place which actually does more damage for the intelligence community which is apolitical. even as he is retired. i really do not support him being as critical of the president has he has been. >> another for former cia

director stepped forward to defend brennan. >> if somebody uses classified information or reveals classified information, or misuses that in a way while he is exercising a viewpoint, then i think that crosses the line. but that was not the case here. >> this firestorm is far from over with the president turning to pull the security clearances of eight more former and one current intelligence and justice department employee. who have been critical of the president and involved in the russia investigation. arthel: jennifer griffin, thank you very much. eric: back in washington the jurors have deliberations tomorrow is that paul manafort trial was into the fourth week. the former trump campaign chairman faces 18 counts of bank and tax fraud. the jury went home on friday without reaching a verdict for the second straight day. it turns out even if paul

manafort is acquitted in this case, the legal battle is only half way over. garrett tenney explains. reporter: it is back to work tomorrow for the jury in the paul manafort trial after t.s. ellis iii told him not to speak with anyone about the case and put it out of their mind until monday morning. this will be day three of jury deliberation. where they review all evidence included testimony from 27 witnesses and hundreds of exhibits prosecutors presented included financial statements, loan applications, tax documents emails and photographs. during the first day of deliberation the jury passed a note to the judge asking four questions including please define reasonable doubt. to that, judge ellis responded quote - the government is not required to prove the defendant guilty beyond all possible doubt. only beyond all reasonable doubt. doubt based on reason. with no verdict after 14 hours of deliberation, paul manafort 's attorneys are feeling confident about their chances. >> are you feeling going to the weekend?

>> very good. a fair trial that judge ellis insured and mr. manafort -- >> are they thinking that deliberating longer favors your client? of course i do. and he does. >> they do believe that this is the best and strongest while we do not know for certain we will likely start to find out in a few weeks because next month the former trump campaign chairman is scheduled to go on trial in d.c. on separate charges including witness tampering, conspiracy to defraud the u.s. and failing to register as a foreign agent. eric: thank you so much. arthel: a shark attacks and man this week and now the beach where it happened is closed until further notice. we have a live report ahead. plus, the family of an american journalist kidnapped in syria is speaking out. they believe he is still alive and the federal government agrees his father will join us next. from any one else. why accept it from an allergy pill? flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion,

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almost 2 dozen civilians. the group recently said there would be no peace in their country as long as what it calls, foreign occupation continues. arthel: the family of marine veteran and journalist, austin tice holding out hope. six years after he was abducted in syria. the family and the federal government believe that he is still alive peered with the state department center actively working to bring them home. his mother says past action by the white house gives her hope. >> we feel like the trumpet ministration is really leaning in. we can see from as you said, i believe there has been 17 releases. i'm not sure about the number. it is very uplifting and encouraging to us because obviously, this administration has a deep commitment to bringing americans safely home. arthel: drama now we have

austins father, mark. mr. tice thank you for being here today. if you would tell us if you would is there something in your system that lets you know that austin is still alive? >> first, thank you for having me.and yes, there is. we feel as his parents, we feel his presence. as you may know, deborah has been in damascus and she felt his presence when she was there. that along with the fact that it is the consensus among the united states government and other experts, that he is alive and waiting to come home. arthel: right, just in april the fbi posted a million-dollar reward for information that leads directly to austins safe location recovery and return. apart from through his, the

captors, what was last time you were able to speak with austin? >> last time i spoke with him was august 13, 2012. andrew did not actually speak. we had a brief email exchange like we had been having either occasional phone calls, email texting. the entire time he was in syria. the 14th was the first day i or any of his friends, editors heard from him. that is when we started being concerned. arthel: and austin was attending georgetown law school. then he decided to work in freelance journalism in syria. did you -- how is he feeling terms of going over there? was he looking forward to it, apprehensive? >> no, he was looking forward to it. he felt like he was well-equipped and had the tools to go to syria and provide the rest of the world, provide the

american public information about what was actually happening there. because at the time he was there, there was very little reporting going on. it was the early days. arthel: and he wanted to show, i understand, austin wanted to show how everyday people were living through that hell on earth there. i want to talk to you about if you have an idea, mr. tice, who is holding your son? >> we don't. we don't know exactly who is holding him. we know he was detained at a checkpoint. we don't know who manned the checkpoint, who was there. frankly, if we knew exactly who was holding him now, it would make things much easier. arthel: right. you have been getting a lot of cooperation from the administration i understand. have you had a chance to speak with the president directly? >> we have spoken with him briefly.we had the honor and

opportunity to meet with him briefly. at an event. and he assured us that he was committed to bringing austin home and that he and his team are working on it. as deborah has said, the proof is in the pudding. it is clear the trump administration, the president are committed to bringing americans home. they've been very successful so far. arthel: anything that you would like to say to austin when you get the chance? what do you want to say to your son? >> gosh, there will be so much. first thing is, a huge hug and he will probably pick me up off the ground because he is a big guy. and then there will be a lot to say to him. you know, his life has been frozen during this time. so there is a lot that he has missed. and we look forward to catching up with him and getting him

back into the embrace of our family. arthel: we definitely are prayerful and hopeful that indeed, this happens and i know terry anderson, a former beirut bureau chief, for this, he was held captive for seven years and he returned home. he was on the cover of time magazine, the headline was a smile of freedom. we want that very same thing for you, for deborah and for all of the family. >> thank you very much. and we really appreciate the opportunity to be here with you. it is important to us that people are aware and that people make their desire for austin to come home apparent to the congressman, senators and other people. because you know, that is what will keep the momentum going and encourage our officials and others to do everything they can to bring him home. arthel: and if they do outreach on social media they can use

mr. tice. thank you. >> thank you. eric: and of course, the # is #freeaustintice. meanwhile a shark attack close to the shore in the country. leaving a man severely injured. now there is no swimming a lot at that popular east coast beach. plus, the trumpet ministration working to resolve the trade crisis with china.this after a shocking pentagon report says that beijing was likely tranny polish for potential airstrikes and u.s. targets. between trade and tensions, how should the president handle beijing? when my hot water heater failed, she was pregnant, in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? they were on it. it was unbelievable. having insurance is something everyone needs,

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china according to numbers. industrial production has fallen and now it is plateauing a low level. people are selling the currency. eric: that is president trump of course answer the question of the cabinet meeting last week and answering national economic council director larry kudlow. saying that china is feeling the impact of u.s. tariffs. his comments come as chinese and u.s. officials plan trade talks next week. after that shocking pentagon report that claims china's military is likely training for airstrikes on u.s. targets by increasing the range of their bombers. what we do and what does all this mean for u.s. china relations? join us we have a senior research fellow and asia studies at the heritage foundation. welcome. in terms of trade, beijing really is now feeling the pressure. >> i think that is a bit misguided. china has had this economic stagnation coming for years now. it is actually kind of wrong to

apply the tariffs alone are causing china all this economic harm. later this week we will, china is having delegation of the united states to talk about the outstanding trade issues. while it will not necessarily put a stop to the 16 billion worth of tariffs united states will start collecting as of thursday, it could potentially help put a pause to the 200 billion worth of goods we might start to tax as early as september. eric: have so far, what's new tariffs go into effect on thursday as you say, it is $50 billion. tariffs so far. as you say potentially 200 billion down the line and you know they are not really taking it sitting down. they been talking about retaliating themselves. >> you are right. it is only 50 billion again from our point if you include the retaliatory tariffs from china, it is 100 billion. the united states, with her and 200 billion, the present even said he could go as far as every single item that americans buy from china peer which is $506 billion worth of

goods in 2017. john of course does not buy that many goods from the united states. the cant reciprocate to that level but they would target at least in response the 200 billion, half of every product they buy. you have this emerging trade war and hopefully, the meetings that president trump and present xi jinping later this year will put a stop to piraino we need to lay the groundwork. the meetings this week are the right step in laying the foundation for the talks. eric: certainly the chinese do not need this. they do not need any more terrorists. as you say and point out, their economy has been slowing down. we were seeing these videos of empty cities and empty factories. >> you are right. that is what you get when you have decades of state guided markets. that is socialism, that is communism 101.

that's what happens when you have these things. regarding the currency, both by some measures both the u.s. dollar in the chinese have been overvalued for many years now. so in response to this outstanding trade issue and of course the domestic economic issues for china, the chinese people, the bank is letting the value depreciate naturally. while the united states dollar is a core strengthening because of the strong economy that we have. and so you have a divergence to the extremes of both of the currencies. eric: does not give us leverage? over them? because we have the dollar going up and yet there dollar went down nine percent. i'm in the chinese had to look at this because we are basically the big boys on the block when it comes to this situation. >> you know it is not that simple. a stronger dollar means americans buy more. which means we have a larger trade deficit. if your trade deficit is the one thing that you really want

to attract then it is not necessarily good for this. for china itself, is not necessarily against the u.s. dollar or do evaluating that we should be worried about against all the other currencies in the world.as the u.s. dollar, we are strengthened but there dollar is devaluing. i think for china it's a big factor but so much more it is structural reform, things that the u.s. government actually truly wants from china. but you know i think the trade were on top of all that kind of makes it harder to really get into the meat of the discussions that again, hopefully the talk this week will lead a path to that. eric: we will see what happens with the talks and of course, if the president's me by november maybe they will have it straightened out. finally quickly, this report for the pentagon. the chinese actually training pilots and increased the range of their bombers to potentially target u.s. assets in the pacific. that seems like a real

potential threat. >> you know, for my understanding it is not on natural for a country to target potential adversaries as scenarios. potentially one day you might have this that they might have to address and so the united states, we recognize china as potential security threat. the same with russia. and so you know we train in ways that potentially be able to alleviate the threats or concerns that we would have one day. right now the u.s. government is investing in the military. we're going to be tough on china on these things going forward. i'm not worried about that front i am worried about the trade war at this point. eric: c have the trade war and election interference, john bolton warning about china election interference. riley walters, thank you for joining us. arthel: a shark attacked a man last week and the beach is not

indefinitely closed to swimming after more sharks responded near the same area. for more let's go to bryan llenas live in the new york city newsroom with the latest. reporter: the beach on cape cod in massachusetts remains closed until further notice due to quote - continued shark activity. 61-year-old william of new york is reportedly in fair condition this weekend after he was bit in the torso and legs by a shark on wednesday. it is suspect the bike came from a great white shark. he was airlifted to a boston hospital. this was the first shark attack in massachusetts since 2012. this is video of a great white shark off the coast of cape cod. this is not video of the attack. but it goes to show you the sheer power of these animals. the man was the reportedly screaming, get me out of the water! shark! as rescuers group dragged him ashore. he was reportedly near a group of seals about 30 yards

offshore. >> be vigilant. these are areas where the sharks are hunting for seals. he did not want to place yourself in a position where you can potentially be taken for one of their prey items. we try to sort out what drives the mechanics of the animals paid what motivates them to do what they do. we are on the water as much as we can collecting data on the fish. reporter: look at this video. this is from thursday in provincetown, massachusetts. it is a great white feasting on a seal, right off the shore of race point beach. more sharks were also spotted off the coast of -- all on the cape friday. shark attacks are extremely rare. the last person to die in massachusetts from a shark attack was in 1936. still, in 2017 look at these numbers. 53 shark attacks on people nationwide and zero fatalities. 2018 so far, according to tracking sharks.com, there been 22 shark attacks nationwide.

florida beaches are still home to the most unprovoked shark attacks in the united states. there were 31 bytes last year and eight so far this year. rare but stay safe it is still pretty scary. arthel: thank you, bryan llenas. eric: meanwhile there is an outpouring of love and prayers for the queen of soul. i had, however, longtime friend, the reverend jesse jackson is honoring the legendary aretha franklin. plus with a little more than three months until midterms, will we see a red wave or a blue wave or purple huddles? what are the experts saying? we will have all the latest straightahead right here on fox news channel. >> i know nbc has been on this it is one of their priorities to undermine my speaker but putting that aside, i'm not asked one person for a vote. i'm not just a candidate or an incumbent for a vote. ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪

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queen of soul. church services across the country on this sunday. just three days after aretha franklin died at the age of 76 after battling pancreatic cancer. this morning the church were she herself worshiped, she began singing the new bethel baptist church in detroit. her father was the pastor there. a friend of 60 years, reverend jesse jackson remembered her and how gospel nurtured her singular spectacular talent. >> she was born amidst oppression. she was born again -- here in detroit. she had and her faith were born and strength developed. visions of new worlds -- eric: detroit is planning

celebration of aretha franklin his life later this month. she will lie in repose at the charles h wright museum for african-american history. august 28 and 29. her funeral friday, august 31 at 10 am at the greater grace temple. did she live a legend and it still continues. arthel: that will never die. god rest her soul. were 11 weeks away from the crucial midterm elections. with democrats helping to make solid gains in the next congress while president trump is promising a red wave. not a blue wave. liver comes out with control of congress, capitol hill is brazen for a contentious leadership battle where the speakership. to get all this we have season for riccio, chief congressional correspondent -- susan, will

there be a blue wave? >> well, i think that is very possible you could have democrats in the majority. the republicans have far more seats than democrats do that are truly endangered. there consider either top of the seats or now leaning democrats. even though the republican held onto the cedars in the seat currently. so the forecast really, accurately predicts that we are likely to see democrats and the majority next year it is not a guarantee i would still say there's a chance they can hang on to the ballot that has wavered between a pretty big lead for democrats were pretty small one. it is still pretty early and is only august. we can get to the polls a lot more accurately once we get into the fall, september and october. at this point republicans have far more indignities and then not doing well in the pulpit it looks like democrats will be in control in 2019. arthel: may be a blue huddle and said we blue wave? >> it could be. at this point there's some neat seats republicans have.

with a forecast like this, if you look back when this has happened in the past, when either party has been able to take over the majority happens and these have been a pendulum swinging elections that we have had. over the past decade. it would be logical to assume that if that will happen this time around, given the lay of the land that i see right now, that you will not see democrats with a one seat majority. you will either see them lose or take over with a significant majority. 12 or 15 seats. it is very possible. just given the number republicans that are vulnerable right now. arthel: so if it happens it will be a wave not a huddle. >> yes. arthel: the president is saying, prepare for a red wave with the likelihood, what do you think of that? >> is always very confident there's no question. that is where the president talks and tweets. it does not look possible for there to be a red wave just given the practicalities of who is up for reelection in which

district and how individual races are playing out. it would be hard for there to be a red wave but the president is right in talking about the positive economic advances the country has made under the republican leadership in the congress and white house. the problem is the republicans had a hard time amplifying those achievements over all of the noise assisted with problems within the presidency or scandals. whether real or not depending on who you ask. and the way that democrats have been able to portray the tax cut bill and other things the democrats and republicans have done as a negative for people. there been conflicting messages and difficulties for republicans really touting their big achievements. again, another warning sign for them going into the election. that they have not really been able to accomplish that. arthel: meanwhile your house majority leader, kevin mccarthy of california, majority whip steve scalise of my home state,

louisiana. for the speaker race. should they remain dominants in the house how's the competition looking? >> or something majority leader mccarthy will state a front runner and will be elected speaker.he will have to win over the faction of very conservative republicans who want something in exchange for their votes. very likely they will not settle for chairman schiff. i do not think steve scalise will push his way forward. he has endorsed mccarthy and he will bide his time. i do not think you will see a fight over that if they are in the majority i think there will be a huge sigh of relief amongst republicans. if they are able to hold on. i think that will help mccarthy who has also built relationships through fundraising and through working as majority leader within the conference. he has increased his own popularity over the years. he is still young and still considered very much a

representative kind of leader. people can go talk to him about things. i think you'll be able to use the popularity and his experience to hold onto the leadership. arthel: next time we'll talk about nancy pelosi.>> that will be a fight. arthel: okay, there you go! whether or not she will become speaker again. susan ferrechio, we have to go. we will talk to you soon, thank you. eric: with all the talk of waves it has been seriously wet for several days in the northeast. a relief in sight? and what about the rest of the country? adam klotz will tell us straight ahead. that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. ♪ the beat goes on. yeah!

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southern india has caused the deaths of over 350 people. and displaced at least 800,000 more. rising waters and weeks of monsoons also collapsed homes and bridges. however, disaster and management official says the weather has been improving a bit. helping the crews trying to rescue nearly 10,000 people who remain stranded. they hope to get the job done by tomorrow. arthel: let's get our forecast now with meteorologist, adam klotz. look ahead the week's weather. >> on the east coast we been sitting round after round of rain. the has called us off in new york city.

look at temperatures only up to 72 today. it has been in the middle 90s. still plenty of hotspots across the country. warm air in the center of the country will be feeling some of the most severe weather.the biggest storms were tracking as we wrap up the weekend. unfortunately if you are waterlogged across portions of the southeast is continuing today. we see rounds and rounds of rain. the big thing paying attention to is moving across the plains states but a big low-pressure system really spinning dropping a lot of very heavy rain around the southern edge of this, a chance of severe weather as we continue to track this into the evening hours. targeting the very southern tip of the system. areas running into oklahoma, stretching towards arkansas and towards missouri. these are spots where there's an elevated risk or slight risk of severe weather as we run into tonight. this is the hour by hour forecast. pay attention to the timestamp in the corner. this will be late tonight into early tomorrow morning. that is the best chance of severe weather. he still noticed to the northern plains there is plenty

of spots where it will be a heavy downpour. the likelihood of severe weather a little bit lower there. they certainly are going to be getting a bunch of rain. a spot they could really use the rain unfortunately, not coming. we continue to see elevated fire danger across portions of the west up into now the pacific northwest. we look at rain here in the forecast the next several days. this takes the entire week out. there will be rain in the inter-western states but where they really desperately need the rain, it just continues to be dry. it seems like we are getting it all on the east coast. arthel: i know, too bad we cannot flip-flop the forecast. adam klotz, thank you. we will be right back. due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next?

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part in berlin's international race today but no one could beat the reigning champion. go girl! the four and half year old, emma defending her title with an impressive 5.86 seconds. look at their following her, her mother i am sure. many of her other competitors got distracted on the track and while some finishing at up to 40 seconds we look at how kids, pugs are precious! eric: have that snorting sound you know, right? arthel: you will not get me to do it!

but pugs are cute. and it has been a pleasure to spend yet another sunday with you.eric: we will be back next week and of course. stay tuned, greg gutfeld is next. arthel: and later we have the "fox report". >> we just hope one no one in the doc committee is watching. does this president really, physically not like dogs? >> is the first president and more than 100 years to not have a dog. >> we launched an extensive web search that took us a few minutes and we could only find one photo in all the land of donald trump with a dog. >> we've been making light of the president not wanting to have a dog in the house but it's deadly serious what he does with that word. greg: that is just inaccurate. bill clinton was the last dog in the white house. [cheering and applause]