into the back to the moon but those guys got it done. >> i remember that. thank you for >> and they are scorching high temperatures from new mexico to maine. hot weather claiming some for the lives of six people. hello everyone and welcome to a new out of america's news headquarters i'm eric shawn. laura: i am laura ingle in for arthel neville. and dealing with scorching weather, temperatures reaching triple digits from the central place the east coast as eric mentioned, right now 23 states remain under excessive heat warnings and he advisories. and new york city is under a state of emergency. jacqui heinrich is outside of the studios with how people are dealing with the extreme heat. >> hey, eric and laura, the

thermostat behind me reads 99 degrees but does not take humidity into account. heat index or feels-like temperature is right on 110 degrees. there was big concern that the scorching temperatures would put a big strain on the power grid and we are seeing outages in queens and westchester. about 2000 customers without power right now and considering that one customer can represent one building, the number of people who actually have no air-conditioning and no power right now can be significantly higher than that. in new york people are flocking to beaches and pools. some headlines before they even opened and most extended hours late into the evening. city officials are keeping sprinklers on a playground until dark and even tweeting instructions on how to legally open fire hydrants. they also open with a 500 cooling centers and urge people to keep the blinds down and thermostats reasonable to conserve energy and avoid a possible blackout. >> our fears people dying a minute is very clear. heatstroke can be fatal.

i'll fear is with this kind of temperature people are not used to it is a very rare occurrence, to get to this kind of level heat index over 110. it will feel like over 110 degrees. it is pretty shocking to the body. reporter: more than 200 million americans in 32 states were under heatwave advisories this weekend and could face heat index is over 100 degrees. before the weekend the mayor's of boston, new york city, philadelphia and washington d.c. declared heat emergencies with baltimore and new york issuing code red extreme heat alerts. high humidity and poor air quality are also adding to the risk. in philadelphia retirement home was evacuated to the building lost power, scorching temperatures are being blamed for six deaths and three states including a man who was repairing an air conditioner in an attic in arizona. four people in maryland and former new york giants defensive lineman mitch petrus

died. he'd been working outside in his family's shop when he passed away. according to the national weather service, excessive heat actually kills more than both floods and tornadoes so they are urging folks to take this seriously, stay indoors and stay hydrated. laura: thank you. an important step to bring up, it is really amazing and an important reminder. be careful. how long should we expect the sweltering temperatures to last? let's bring in our accuweather meteorologist. what do you have on tap? >> we dangers heat on top. we dealing with sweltering conditions it really exasperate a problem whether you typically deal with chronic breathing pubs or if you are a finely tuned athlete as you saw from the previous report. one quick note, the heat kills more people don't enclose as far as the weather phenomenons, flooding falls behind it. we are looking at whites but

excessive heat warnings from boston, new york, philadelphia and d.c. as well as richmond into the carolinas. but not just the east coast is a nationwide concern and we looking over toward indiana, illinois going to the st. louis area down into the mid-south, looking at temperatures as far as the accuweather real temperatures about one tenant areas. the heat is expanded to the southwestern portions of the country. south-central part of the country will continue to stay very hot indeed. were expecting sweltering conditions to continue all the way into atlanta and down throughout of florida with a slice of this through the southeast. because the intensity of the storms surrounding the areas we have the instability happen, your potential flash flooding and hail. we have them in wichita and kansas city as an example. despite the call for severe storms and possibility of 80 mile an hour wind, we are still concerned about dangerous heat even in areas where we are expecting rain. sunday we have this cold front that will bring some relief

eventually. but when chas the question directly laura, first of all, we will have sweltering conditions at 110 today. and we have near record heat along the entire east coast but guess what? tomorrow the sweltering conditions will continue. the earliest break after the rain, after the cold front, we are looking forward to tuesday. laura: we will hang tight and do all the things people tell us to do. drink water, check on elderly neighbors and pay attention to being over headed. a so much for the live report. eric? eric: meanwhile the pentagon announcing a plan that he hopes will ease tensions with iran. this comes after a series of escalations with the country. on front of the-- they seized a oil tanker. they say that they destroyed an

iranian drone in the same waterway all is the iranian president says his government is willing to talk to the u.s. if washington lifts sanctions. garrett tenney has more from washington. reporter: the plan to ease tensions with iran is really the idea of peace through strength. u.s. central command is developing a plan with our allies to secure key waterways in the middle east to prevent iran from harassing or seizing any other tankers. at the same time the u.s. says it is ready and willing to meet with the iranian negotiating without preconditions. but on saturday in ecuador the secretary of state mike pompeo said the regime hasn't shown any interest. >> in the end of the iranians have, the iranian regime has to make a decision that it wants to behaved like a normal nation. if they do that we are prepared to negotiate across a broad spectrum of issues with no preconditions. i hope that they will do that but today we have seen no

indications that the iranians are prepared to fundamentally change the direction of their nation. reporter: president trump said repeatedly does not want to go to war with iran but democratic senator ben cardin said it may be the case come attention to reaching a point were either can be pulled into war unwittingly paid here he is on "sunday morning futures". >> is very serious. the tensions couldn't be higher with the iranians, what they did this past few days and stopping vessels and international waters. the downing of our drone, these are extremely dangerous situations. that could explode there could be a miscalculation which could lead to military conflict. reporter: ever has been trying to make up for the toll of real sanctions into the countries foreign minister continue to try to divide the u.s. and its allies by blaming president trump's national security advisor john bolton for iran's seizure of the oil tanker

tweeting make no mistake having failed to learn real donald trump it toward the sentry fear and collapse of his team, john bolton is turning his venom against the uk in hopes of dragging it into the quagmire. only prudence and foresight can force such poise. he heard senator ron johnson thoroughly said that the escalating standoff may actually be helping other countries come together against it instead of dividing them. eric: thank you so much. laura? laura: new audio revealing the tense moments before iran sees the british oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. trey yingst has more from jerusalem on this developing story. reporter: laura, information today is shedding light on the iranian seizure of a british oil tanker on friday. newly released video does show a dramatic scene as iranian troops armed with machine guns repel from a helicopter to board the british flag. the vessels carry no cargo but had accrued 23 people on board.

radio transmissions between the british and iranians paint a picture of how the event unfolded. as an a rating military vessel demands the british tanker altar it's course. they say it's a violation of international law. >> please confirm that you are attempting to violate international law by unlawfully attempting to board -- >> the british tanker was ultimately taken into iranian custody where it remains. over the weekend the british foreign minister, jeremy hunt called on the tanker to be released after saying that the seizure appears to be a tit-for-tat situation after the british detained iranian oil tanker earlier this month suspected of trying to deliver oil to syria. britain maintains taken iranian ship was legal as britain's defense secretary said taking the british tanker was illegal. >> is absolutely clear, i spoke to our maritime commander out in the region. early this morning it was clear that the ship was in these

waters this was an illegal and hostile act.reporter: they did sees a second oil tanker friday but was ultimately released. the tension in the gulf has the united states and its allies beefing up their military presence in the region. in case a conflict were to erupt. laura: a lot going on, trey yingst in jerusalem, thank you very much. we will have more on this situation with iran in a few minutes when i will speak with the former u.s. ambassador. eric: president trump moments ago arrived at the municipal airport in new jersey. he boarded air force one where he is about to head back to the white house. after spending the weekend at the new jersey golf club. he took to twitter yet again this morning as he continues the contentious feud with the four freshman progressive democratic, congresswomen who have called themselves "the squad". the president tweeting quote - they're not capable and they

should apologize to america and israel for the horrible, hateful things that they have said. they are destroying the democratic party says the president. ellison barber is live in berkeley heights in new jersey near the president's golf club. has the squad responded to this latest tweet? >> congresswomen alexandria ocasio-cortez the purchase is referred to guarantee healthcare, public college and student loan forgiveness and protections, living wages, basic human rights. we don't take a dime of corporate money either, you jack of drug prices and scam student loans. the freshman councilman seem to be directly respondents the president's tweets from this morning. she included his tweet in hers. the president's tweet said this in full.quote i don't believe the four honest women are capable of loving our country. they should apologize to america and israel for the horrible hateful things they have said, they are destroying

the democrat party but are weak and insecure people who can never destroy our great nation. it's been seven aces the president's first round of tweets against the so-called squad. the democratic led house condemned this as racist. the criticism from the president has become more frequent. he says-- and it has a senior - the trying to shift the comments made by the squad. >> to brave the president is a racist? >> i believe he is -- yes, no doubt about it. when i think about what he said to these young ladies. >> perhaps most shocking of all were the comments made by representative ocasio-cortez saying that our border agents are running concentration camps

and therefore they are nazis, i am a jew. as a jew, as an american jew, i am profoundly outraged the comments. it minimizes the death of 6 million of my jewish brothers and sisters. reporter: meanwhile, secretary of state, mike pompeo is wrapping up his four-day trip to latin america. pompeo landed in mexico city on sunday and met with the mexican foreign minister. the white house as they discuss trade and quote - shared efforts to stop illegal immigration. the united states and mexico reached a supplementary agreement back in june according to a letter that was released by mexico. the two countries agree to immediately begin discussing terms for a binding bilateral agreement to further address burden sharing and the assignment of responsibility for processing refugee status claims of migrants. the u.s. give mexico 45 days to achieve the goals and reduce the flow of migrants at the u.s. border. that deadline is july 22.

that is tomorrow. eric: meanwhile, on another note we know that the president is at mar-a-lago he likes to mingle with guests. we see the pictures a lot and he did the same thing last night in bedminster. he showed up on especially at a wedding? >> yes we hear that he crashed a wedding last night. the bride and groom seemed pretty happy about it. we can show you some of the video we have here. you can see president trump hugging and greeting the bride and groom. fox is told both the bride and groom are very big fans of the president. had their wedding at trump national golf club here in new jersey and apparently, they got engaged there as well back in 2017. a guest of the wedding tells us it was the couples dream to have the president there. seems like they did at least for a little while. eric: a great wedding gift for them. thank you so much. laura? laura: as iran continues to provoke the u.s. and its allies, will ask a former

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dangerous game. makes no sense to go after the uk. they they're trying to defraud the u.s. from our allies. they are just uniting us and hopefully staying up to our room once and for all. >> we are to be mindful what they are doing and why they are doing it. they are raising the temperature in an effort to divide us from our allies as a way of getting our allies to place pressure on us to relieve the sanctions. laura: lawmakers are sounding off as you heard there on the escalating tensions with iran. the situation between us,

britain and iran have been intensifying over recent weeks. especially a few days ago when president trump says the u.s. destroyed an iranian drone that got too close to a warship. then the next day ran took aim at the uk by seizing an oil tanker as we been reporting. let's talk about the possible global consequence of the back-and-forth and if it continues i'm joined now by a former u.s. ambassador, lee, thank you for being with us will be great to have your perspective on this as we been watching all the back-and-forth. experts say the escalating situation in the region is this recent hostile move iran appearing to not only be very risky but they look like they are meant to antagonize and divide the u.s. from allies to help get relief and maybe sanctions the u.s. is imposed. is that how you see it? >> yet, what's clear is that we are in a very precarious situation. it is not entirely surprising that the iranians would be going after british vessel because you recall laura, a few weeks ago the british assisted

in the seizure of an iranian vessel off the coast of gibraltar. the vessel remains in port and an arrest. and the iranians said that they were going to retaliate. that is what they have done. the british frankly seem a little bit caught off guard by the retaliation. even though it was stated that was the iranian intention. they are caught as you know in a leadership struggle over the conservative party and its future leader. the foreign minister is part of that contest. and they seem a bit back on their heels. obviously they have the ability, the power to defend their vessels but they seem to have been caught surprisingly by surprise. laura: why do you think that is? as you mentioned, the iranians definitely put out there what their intentions were going to be. but how could this happen? it seems odd, right? >> it does seem odd. again i think it is because of

leadership underway and the conservative party. one would hope that if the navy is up to the task we know that they are, they should be providing better security to their vessels. again, particularly since the iranians had basically announced they would be targeting british naval vessels. laura: i wanted to ask about the safety in this region. there are over two dozen countries that use the strait of hormuz for moving tankers and its critical traffic where they move through. when you hear the audio initially you've heard today we've been playing it come the iranian forces saying quote - you obey, you will be safe. you can fill just dangerous operations in this region really are. how can the uk and other nations, the u.s. too, maintain the safety of the cruise and the vessels with all of this going on? what is the plan? >> this is really only a sovereign can do this is not our companies. the way to do it is through naval escort. that is what the united states has done in the past to secure

the safety of vessels through, particularly our vessels through international waters and is what needs to be done here. as you know the ministration is working toward some type of plan to have our allies contribute to the effort. but frankly, what needs to happen is very prompt provision of naval security and escort in the time. laura: demonstration is organizing operations sentinel with like-minded nations to deter iran. we'll see how that plays out. and the other issue front center with iran is nuclear program. how do you see that part playing out? >> well, what appears to be the case is that the current administration appears a bit rudderless in terms of what his goals are. the rhetoric has been very high, the president has focused on the nuclear program. of course, the president exited a program or an agreement that

froze the iranian nuclear program last year. the secretary of state talked about different objectives included forcing them to change the direction of their country. those are his words but no one really knows what that means. a little unclear what the strategic objective is that the ministration is pursuing. and if it is in fact to get the iranians do not develop nuclear weapons, it is unclear why the administration has exited the very agreement that presented the iranians from getting nuclear weapons. unfortunately, you don't have clear objectives it's very difficult to have clear diplomacy. and it's very clear to see frankly the way out of the current crisis. >> a fast-moving story. we will see was developed in the next few days, former ambassador, lee wolosky, thank you. >> thank you. eric: close to home the u.s. military says a russian-made venezuelan fighter jet flew too

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resign. they're getting pretty creative and give the message out there. they are making noise, and projectors and we are hearing of even more outlandish ways. the back of governors house base of the water.that is where sometimes the beyond kayaks and on boats to demonstrate earlier today. some even doing yoga outside of his house. we have not heard from the governor much in the last few days but he did meet with cabinet members and so for he made no mention of resigning. only that he is sorry and trying to move forward but that doesn't seem to be good enough for the protesters. >> he can do anything like the first time he couldn't like people should vote for him in the first place. and then he is here and he is doing everything we knew he was going to do. and now people know and he has to go. reporter: take a look at some of the video.

a very brave photographer, this is what many are saving the energy for. thousands and thousands are expected to march from the biggest mall in the area to close on the highway and in the back here in old san juan. but the last big protest and demonstration was on wednesday. it ended in violence and teargas. several hours police say -- cocktail stargate donut them and fireworks and being shot. think that even worse the protest tomorrow is expected at 9:00 a.m. . we're expecting a lot of these people here right now who have been here the last couple of days to come back out. business we are hearing about or even shutting down and letting employees come to demonstrate on monday. laura: wow! getting loud there. once again, jeff paul, in san juan, puerto rico. a shout out to your photographer. thank you for that. >> is the president who has

violated the law six ways from sunday. if anyone else had been accused of what the report finds the president had done, they would have been indicted. eric: that is house judiciary chairman jerry nadler speak not "fox news sunday" pretty head of the much anticipated testimony of robert mueller. special counsel testified before the house judiciary and intelligence to talk about his report or maybe his lips will be zipped for a preview. emily larson for the washington examiner. robert mueller is a by the book sky. old-school, just the facts. do you really expect him to deviate at all? in any substance from his report? >> it is pretty unlikely that he is going to deviate much from the report. and i don't think congressional democrats are expecting him to deviate much from the report as well. is already set in the past and

his report is his testimony but you know there's a lot of people who have not read the full 448 page report. so the strategy for democrats is to highlight the areas of the report that they find to be most damning for president trump. particularly, the instances laid out of potential obstruction of justice issues. and highlight them and get more courage and notice for them. eric: probably the main question for the democrats will be mr. mueller, why did you not exonerate the president?what do you expect him to say in response? >> well, there was a portion in the report where he said the law is unclear in this case and because the loss is a sitting president cannot be indicted, we will not make a determination one way or the other. where if the president specifically can be indicted. a sitting president can be indicted so they will probably stick to that.

that means that and any other circumstances he could be indicted will probably be what the democrats will be arguing during the testimony. eric: on the other hand republicans will probably be basking the main question first about the pfizer investigation but there will -- they will be asking investigation. -- >> and devon stopped happening pretty much the summer before the report came out and so it would have been when republicans think he might have been wrapping up the delay. there are also questions about how the investigation originated, what was the point of the steele dossier. how much did that factor into the start of the report and what they investigated. it is unclear if you'll get into any of those details going

into the how the investigation was conducted. but it will be something that republicans will choose to highlight as well. eric: he is certainly going to be asked about that. jerry nadler today said republicans are wasting their time if they're going back to ask him about the beginnings of the investigation but you have the fisa alleged abuse of the fisa documents would have the carter page information.lisa paige and -- i mean carter page and i'm getting this mixed up! peter strzok and lisa paige, there texts which were clearly into trumpet is what congressman doug collins said about that earlier today on fox news with maria bartiromo. >> is happening here is that is the democrats time to make the case that they've not been wasting our time and millions of dollars in committee hearings and hearings going on where they are just harassing the president, going after things we've already known and trying to make press release

headlines instead of legislating and trying to govern our country. eric: what type of points can the republicans make when they bring up the text they bring up the fisa warrant, the carter page, questions especially the steele dossier. >> the point the republicans are trying to make by bring up the questions is to show it was a politically motivated investigation to begin with. and that there could have been some politically motivated actions by people even from within the mueller team and people connected to the case. that's the point the republicans are trying to make and the investigation went on a long time and it has caused a lot of headlines and the point about democrats making a scene or just using this to create some headlines and not revealing any new information, republicans have been accused of the same thing by jerry nadler as well. saying that the questions about fisa, fisa course and the steele dossier are not really necessary to get into they've already been litigated. each side will accuse the other

of putting on a circus. eric: meanwhile has to do with the fact of russian interference and in which there was. russians did invade our election system. they took 76,000 names from the voter rolls in illinois for example. two counties in florida and suspected to hit 21 other states. do we expect that mueller will outline that it will get any traction on capitol hill in terms of protecting the integrity of our election system? >> i think part of it will depend on how much democrats and republicans ask him about that. we do expect democrats to focus on the obstruction of justice aspect rather than connection to russian interference in the election aspect. i think it is something republicans are concerned about as well moving forward and russian interference and how it could impact future election cycles. but at the end of the day, this is going to be really dictated by what the congressman ask

robert mueller. eric: we will see the questions are for the nation will probably be tuned in and it starts wednesday. emily larson, thank you. good to see you. by the way folks, our live coverage on the fox news channel starts wednesday at 8:00 a.m.. brett baier and martha mcallen will be hosting wall-to-wall hearings wednesday should be quite an historic event. laura? laura: a big day indeed. several lawsuits trying to hold big farm accountable. should we expect big payouts ahead? we will discuss next. what's going on up here?

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a defense attorney and former prosecutor. and mercedes, a fox news legal analyst. take you both for being here today. mercedes, i want to start with the big z understanding represent a number of doctors. we have this big trial we been following that just wrapped up involving johnson and johnson and oklahoma which is seeking 17.5 billion from the company to address the cost of addiction. there are nearly more than 50 more cases to go to trial across the u.s. in virtually every state which has demanded big pharma be forced to pay up to help stop the epidemic. what can we expect to see? this is a huge deal. >> we are putting the disclaimer i appreciate it. i do represent doctors around the country that are being sued alongside with pharmaceutical companies. the biggest charge is causation.

what caused their demise? the plaintiffs going forward have actually may be overdosed on the opiate addictions that it had. do they have a pre-existing condition to their compromise health? did they misuse the drug? many times, not many times, and just about every time that there is given a prescription doctors will warn the patient that is pursuant to proper medical care that there is possible addiction. then there one is given information provided with the drugs. everything is laid out for the patient in theory, that they could, have to be very careful when they are taking opiates that there is an addictive nature and therefore they have to be properly monitored. given all of that it will be difficult for the plaintiff to come forward and actually -- at least that is the defense side of it. robert may have a different view of that but the defense is ready for a very aggressive

defense. coming in the months and years ahead. laura: robert i want to get to pay the death count on opiate overdoses in the u.s. is staggering. over 200,000 over the last two decades. many families of those who have died understandably want someone held accountable. when you have families pointing at drug companies and drug companies blaming doctors and on and on, how can you get a big company or entity to pay up and help out? >> has been settlement that have already occurred. purdue pharmaceutical settled with one of the states for $270 million.i think another one settled and so they settle in with some states and setting a precedent where assume their attorneys are telling the pharmaceutical companies is not a good location for you. you will not have good jury appeal i'm sure it went all the way through motion practice where they will allow the students to proceed. again, you have almost 50 different lawsuits all of the country some jurisdictions will not be favorable to the companies. when you have motions fisa get to the point where a jury will

be selected and it will be nearly impossible to have a jury where people have not been touched or affected by one either pill overdose or people who turn to heroin overdoses, it will be very difficult for the companies to get jerry's that are going to give them a fair shake because the one thing jerry's love to do with big companies and spend their money and give it to other people. and you cannot take that risk. you have to look toward pushing it to the point where the jurors in the hallway looking to possibly settle. >> you bring up a good important point. >> yes but is not the fact that there might be jurisdictions may be adverse to pharma companies and doctors of the accused. it is also the cost of litigation. the cost of litigation in these cases are staggering. many times it does not matter whether it's defensible or we can win it really is about how costly it will be to actually prosecute and defend the cases. and that is a big motivator to try and resolve the cases.

>> robert what i was going to say is that most everybody we no these days has been touched whether it's you or a family member or friend or someone you went to school with that overdosed. we keep hearing this more and more. mercedes, the 2020 president hopefuls, i want to play you a bite from amy klobuchar because this is weaving into the upcoming elections and she spoke yesterday in new hampshire about recently disclosed emails and went back and forth between a sales rep for one of the nations largest opioid manufacturers to a client at a distributor in ohio. this came out in the last day. it's it's really disturbing. the exchanges show just how blasc they were about pumping out more pills to the public and even use the phrase, ship, ship, ship to describe what was going on. listen. >> the one guy literally texted the other geiger emails him. and says man, basically these things are demanding more and more and more. you think they are addicted? and he jokes, the drug person,

well they are. they knew it.and the other guy] yeah, it is like doritos. you just can't get enough and we just can't keep pumping them out more. >> more of this is being disclosed.how can we turn this culture around? obviously we talk about all the lawsuits happening but is it going to make a difference and can it make a difference? >> something like that obviously, what company i don't know what their talk about with the executives are.we do not know who the salespeople are. something like that does evidence of our defending a case. this is coming out of left field saying this is something that was disclosed by another company. certainly will be pushed out. out of the realm of the litigation and based on strictly motion practice. in terms of changing what the perceptions are and what is being done, i can only speak about the doctors i represent and i know the companies are being sued as well. they take this very very

seriously. they know that there is a big issue, big problem, there's a big crisis but they are taking every precaution. they are doing warnings on the labels, they are working with doctors are responsible. it will really be about the jurors whether or not they believe that the defense is taken every conceivable precaution to ensure the patient remain safe. laura: i'm sorry have to leave it there i want to give robert the last word. moving forward what you think will happen with the trials? will we see anymore big payouts? >> you will see one of two things. you'll see a massive jury verdict against one of these companies. that is going to force them to settle with the other states. you'll see the other companies come to the table with money or they will all collectively settle nationwide. one of the other. laura: thank you very much. no! o lendingtree.com. i wanted to consolidate my credit cards in to a personal loan to pay them off faster. lending tree made lenders compete for my business and i ended up with a loan that

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eric: the state department says is closely monitoring the investigation into the murder of an american woman and her australian boyfriend. both are found dead alongside the highway in british columbia canada last week. lauren has more on the developing story from washington. reporter: is been called a suspicious death. canadian investigator said he want to talk to anyone who may have been in the area where the two young travelers were found. just south of trento specifically asking for anyone with dash cam footage. 824-year-old and her boyfriend, the son of an australian police inspector found monday morning last week along a rural highway in northern british columbia alongside an old blue chevrolet van. australian authorities have now sent two homicide detectives to act as liaison for the fowler family and the royal canadian

police. >> a tragic event all the more sad for us. knowing is the son of one of our police officers. our understanding is there with a vehicle and they may have been shot. reporter: the family releasing a statement saying they are on their way to canada. to bring their boy home. and to lose someone so young and vibrant who was traveling the world and just enjoying life to the fullest is devastating. while the older brother is posting on facebook that the firm has spent hours working with the u.s. embassy and investigators and that china and lucas's lives were irreparably taken by random act of violence while starting their road trip to canada. real canadian police as of now the investigation is still in its infancy. they are not sure if they were targeted or if it was a random attack. however they do not believe right now there is any public safety risk. eric: thank you.

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vegas where he met with voters earlier. while senator bernie sanders was in iowa for a campaign rally. christina is following it all from our west coast newsroom. hichristina. reporter: hi laura . medicare for all, social security and the controversial send her back chant are all major topics as we can on the campaign trail for democratic presidential hopefuls. senator bernie sanders campaigning hard in iowa making three different stops today alone. he opened a campaign office in iowa today after he met with union workers. he says as president he would make appointment to the national labor relations board who would support unions and criticized pics the president made to the board. as one of the main presidential candidates who also campaigned at the aarp conference in iowa this weekend. answer questions for older voters about the future of social security. sanders went to medicare for all system saying now is the time for real change. >> in this unprecedented moment in american history it is not good enough to simply complain.

it is not good enough to say i am really angry that i'm running low wages but i cannot afford healthcare. my kid cannot go to college. i'm really worried about, if there were they will have to get involved in the political process. stand up and fight back. reporter: the former vice president joe biden campaign in las vegas. he wants to build on obama care. not scrap the entire program for medicare for all plan. it is also one of many hopefuls criticizing the president. >> were literally in -- donald trump's viciousness, bullying utter disregard for people's lives is literally tearing the soul out of who we are. reporter: mayor pete buttigieg will campaign at an naacp rally

this afternoon in detroit. laura? laura: thank you so much for that live report. eric: speaking of the president, he just arrived back in andrews, joint base and after a weekend in new jersey. there is the open bore on air -- the open door on air force one. have a good weekend. as an anche silence. that is very powerful and television so just bear with me. don't say anything and i will start the stopwatch. that was 13 seconds. the best 13 seconds he has ever said. [laughter] [applause]