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jon: less than one hour from now president trump makes his official return to the campaign trail with a jam-packed rally in tulsa, oklahoma. that's already getting underway. good evening i'm jon scott and this is a special two hour edition of the "fox report." ♪ jon: president trump is arriving in tulsa touching down just about now as he prepares to address supporters at the bok center. the crowd is packing into that arena which has a capacity of 19,000. there's a lye look at what's going on in the arena right now. casey siegel has latest on protesters who are outside that venue.
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casey. >> right jon right where we are this this spot you have a mix of people you have supporters, in fact, this is one of the areas where people with those green wrist bangdz have had their temperature taken are then being funneled down the sidewalk into the arena and next stage of screening. as my photographer keeps panning around here, though, the plaza, it is a little bit larger and there are more counter-protesters, in fact, that are here. you have a lot of members of the black lives matter movement, you have people here asking for police reform. we seen various signs saying things like not my president. ban the police, i can't breathe. and then if we continue making a full circle around this way on the other side of this police line, you have a lot of police here. this is a mix of tulsa, officers and also state police some of them did have riots gear on not long ago it looks like they're holding rubber bullets, incase those should have to be used if the crowd were to get out of
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control. but look at this video from about two hours ago, when police did push this entire group back away from the entries gate going into the overflow spaces things have been tense at times but so far relatively peaceful. >> prepare for the event outside of the street l. >> now earlier tailed tulsa police did make an arrest a woman wearing i can't breathe shirt was inside a private area according to officers. after she refusedded to leaves, she was removed from that secure area and she was taken into custody. so you've got law enforcement here really on every level. again, local, state, and federal officials, in fact, as we were
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telling you at the top of the last hour inside that federal perimeter, the secret service is ultimately in charge. so you also have a number of national guard troops here that are also deployed on the ground trying to make sure that everyone whether you're for or against trump remain safe. jon. jon: casey stegall in tulsa, oklahoma, casey, thank you. >> violence in seattle where one man is dead and another critically injured after a shooting overnight inside the capitol hill occupied protest area. police say a violent crowd met officers who were trying to find a shooting victim. and that the occupied zones own medics took victims to a nearby hospital. dan springer is live in seattle with more. dan. reporter: yeah jon both is of the shooting victims were black men young fest 19 years old he was one killed other man is in critical condition fighting for his life in a local hospital and
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police were called to the scene and angry mob prevented them from getting to the victim. >> saying that a male is running towards the restrooms of the previous location with a gun and shots heard. we do have a report of a victim shot outside rancho bravo. >> witnesses say between 6 and 8 officers responded to that dispatch call. they were in riot gear but when they got inside the occupied if protest zone, they were pelted with bolts p boltses decided for their safety they have top turn back not reaching those shot and waiting to hear from washington state as to whether they want help in taking back seattle ready to move quickly. but state and local officials say they don't want the help. which seems to be emboldened criminal element within protesters they shut down a
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major interstate and deface seattle police department west precinct last nights now been 12 days since police occupied their east pre singcint and said it is seattle's problem. >> to provide police service and fire services in that area. now whether it's from that will building or using some other building or mobile command post or something else, you know, that's for the city to figure out. >> so we ask for a comment from mayor oches remember earlier she said this could be going on for a long time and could be summer of love in seattle so far her officer had no comment about the morning deadly shooting. jon. jon: wow. dan springer in seattle dan, thank you. >> president trump weighing in on the situation in seattle
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warning that it could be spread elsewhere. listen. >> you have a governor who doesn't do a damn thing about it and mayor who doesn't know she's alive going to talk about it is a love fest this summer. no they don't do the job i'll doll the job the problem of what happened in seattle is it spreads and all of a sudden they'll say let's do another city and let's do another one. joinings now chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner yeah mayor said it was a summer of love in that so-called zone suzanne now you have one young man dead another one in critical condition. that hardly sounds like the recipe for, you know, the continuation of the status quo there. >> no and presidents continuation of threatening to go in and do something about it is also really interesting because the governor as you just noted is really taking a passive
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role here in living it up to mayor in the city to figure out what to do with the autonomist zone. but the president is also talked about wanting to do something if there's further inaction and there could be, there could be a confrontation here at some point between the president and seattle in terms of how all of this is handled and i think this speaks to the larger issue of how the public is viewing the president these days. his approval rating he has dipped a few points. he's stills in that, you know, 40, 45% range that he's been at most of this presidency. but it has gone down recently when the civil unrest began o.c. as the pandemic and the shut downs economic consequences have continued. he's really -- struggling in his approval ratings and he's struggling in polls against joe biden. he wants to portray himself as the law and order president someone who maintains control.
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and also the president who can lead america into an economic comeback. but so far he's not winning the public over. and this is a real kind of a test for him at this point because you have these issues of civil unrest that haven't gone away. and you have the economy where we're at 13.3.unemployment. a full 10% higher than just three months ago. and we're only a few months away from the election. so it is a really -- you know pivotal time in his presidency where voters are going to look to hem to see can he handle the job? and i think right now there are some oustanding questions because of the economy. because of the civil unrest, and because of places like seattle where is there's a lack or loss of control if by the local government. what role will the federal government play? that's going to be up to the president. >> we're watching laura trump the president daughter-in-law and one of his campaign advisors speaking right now. she's helping get the fire --
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get crowd fired up there in tulsa where he himself will be speaking shortly now, obviously, we talk about president law and order message but i wonder about you know what's going on in seattle. he's not going to win washington state anyway. it is a very blue state. so does it pay for him to lean so heavily on the seattle mayor and governor there? i mean, you know if seattle wants to continue to have this lawless zone where people get shot -- what, what does it benefit the president tolings try to turn that around? >> well, certainly seattle and portland had ongoing civil unregs and portland has over last few years but i think in where we are now, with -- civil unrest in america it's, it's been cities across america. these independent zones like one in seattle there's been areas around the country where other
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protesters have tried to establish these zones. the president has to sending the message for his law and order stance here. he's not going to tolerate that. because if the whole country starts experiencing these kinds of things, then truly we've lost control if you see various cities lose control of their police precinct lose control of whole city blocks. if seattle is able to get away with it if the protesters can get away with it there ting that's the message the president is sending that we're not going to tolerate this across the country. that's what he's running on. he's running on he's been very firm about this. but he's a laws and order president in that he's not going to tolerate it. i think he's made that message very clear web and that to me is why he keeps sending message to seattle is something has to change here. ping i really wonder how long this is going to go own and whether he's going take a step with the fact getting the federal government involved. that will be potentially ugly
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confrontation in seattle if that happens. but at this point it looks like no one is taking action at the local level or at the state level. so you have -- you have the sort of, you know, uncertainty of what's going to happen there so question of to watch because there have been places around the country where protesters have tried to imitate what's going on in seattle and i think that's what trump administration has its eyes on they don't want this to spread outside of seattle to become kind of a trend across america right ahead of the election. >> obviously, he's got a very supportive crowd behind him and looking to restarts jump start his campaign as we head toward november. what a race it's going to be. chief congressional cor spongt for the washington examiner, suzanne, thank you. jon: i want to take you now to minneapolis where city is seeing rallies and marches in honor of
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george floyd a day after juneteenth celebrations in twin cities where largely dedicated to floyd memory. mark -- mike tobin is live with the latest. mike. >> continuing to flock why george floyd was killed it is become a growing memorial to him an now a site of some political controversy. play city johnson running as a republican against congresswoman omar he set up a campaign tent here at the site of the memorial on juneteenth. that prompghtsed opponent democratic former labor party to tweet they were shocked and appalled that johnson should immediately apologize and johnson responded. >> i will apologize when they apologize for all of the destruction they've cost to this city when they apologize for their decades of leadership that has not addressed this issue, though, so if anyone owes an polings they do. apology they do. >> now a second officer charged in connection with george floyd
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death is out on bail. alexander king posted a bond and got out of the county jail at 7:00 last night pep and despite calls for police reform originating from minnesota, a special session of the legislature failed to produce comprehensive police reform. and bills that would have ban choke hold and training for police also measures that would have made police more accountable. failed in a legislature because republicans in the dfl failed to reach agreement age the special session concluded. jon. >> mike tobin in miption, minneapolis, thank you. one week since police killing of rayshard brooks outside a wendy's in atlanta. adding more fuel to nationwide protest against racism and police brutality. and now new information suggest the come suspected of setting fire to that wendy's might have had a personal relationship with the victim. brian is live in atlanta now with the latest. brian. >> jon. good evening well earlier today
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atlanta fire investigators issued an arrest warrant for a ms. natalie white seen here in surveillance images wanted for arson one of multiple people suspected of torching wendy's fast food restaurant in hours after rayshard brooks was shot and kilted by police. it appears natalie white had a personal relationship with rayshard brooks. brooks who was intoxicated at the time says her names 41 minute conversation been the altercation that left him shot and killed. listen to the body cam footage capturing brooks say natalie white is his girlfriend. >> this university avenue i grew up here. you know, natalie white she's my girlfriend. she left i said babe i'll get wendy's and then i'll go back to where -- >> meantime today the interim atlanta police chief rod any bryant acknowledged there's been a higher than average number of police officers calling out sick
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ever since criminal charges were announced against the two apd officers on wednesday. bryant urge officers to show up for work out of kergs for their own colleagues if but also express empathy for your officers are calling out. stlangs for calling out sick and include officers questioning their training. officers being challenged and attacked. uneased about seeing their colleagues criminally charged so quickly. neither apd, leadership, nor the administration are dismissive of these notions. bryant said he was shocked and surprised at the feat in which the county attorney announce murder charges against officer garrett aggravated assault charges against officer devin. and since been fired. he's now former officer. district attorney that is in the middle of all of this well they have some people accusing him of
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filing these announcing these chargeses quickly because of political motivation. he's in the middle of a runoff election, that set for august that's caused the republican representative here in georgia doug collins to actually say recommend that he would like an independent districts attorney to take over the case. jon. >> bryant in atlanta. bryant. thank you. jon: antiracism protest taking place throughout europe for a fourth weekend in a rose. despite restrictions on mass gatherings due to coronavirus demand stray tores after the death of george floyd here in the u.s., kitty logan has more on that. >> hi jon and more aipght racism protest around the u.s. too. that's for a fourth week running and a ban on these demonstrationings due to coronavirus pandemic. thousands gathered in hyde park in central london in support of the black lives matter movement.
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previous demonstrations have been heated, such is removed and some arrested. things were more low keys on saturday, some people listen to speeches others march through streets and towards parolment leader of the movement has asked for a meeting with prime minister boris johnson and says these demonstrations won't let up until they feel listened to. there were protest in scott land too a heavy police presence there, some protest changting black lives matter, others taking the knee. organizers in scott land say they want to sending a positive message and protest too has been peaceful. hundreds of people gathered in paris as well in protest approved by authorities there. demonstrators remembering black man who died off encounter with french police his family blamed the police for his death and calling for justice. protest have been largely so far peaceful. but here in the u.k. soccer
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matches resumed this week on saturday we saw many players showing solidarity for those demonstrators by taking the knee. jon. jon: kitty logan in london. kitty thank you and we'll be back with more "fox report." home instead has helped seniors stay home. now, staying home isn't just staying in the place they love. it's staying safe. it's essential. if your loved one needs in-home care, we're here to help. home instead. to us, it's personal. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.
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southern district of new york is out after a showdown with attorney general william barr, that began last night when barr announce jeffrey burr man was out of a job berman said he had no intention of leaving and barr fired back that she had asked president trump to step in and fire berman immediately jackie ibanez is live in new york city with the latest. jackie. >> jon jeffrey berman is stepping down after a fiery but short leved show down with attorney general william barr. it appears what changed berman mind was barr decision to appoint deputy audrey straus a shift away from barr previous plan to have u.s. attorney for new jersey oversee both district pption berman wrote i could leave no better handle than audrey and effective lawyer with whom i've ever had privilege of working and president trump claim he was not involved in berman firing which cast doubt on barr authority to oust berman barr cited legal code stating
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subject to removal by the president and if president was not, in fact, involved berman could have challenged barr on this. but appears topght he's not doing that. barr announce yesterday president trump was no nateing jay clayton chairman of the fec as berman successor announce his intention to step down and press release was first he heard of it and claim he had not resign and didn't intend to. today barr suggested he had, in fact, had conversation about the president intengt to remove him and discuss shifting berman to senior position within the civil division or to clayton current position chairman of the fec. exchanges latest fuel to criticism that barr has politicized the agency and district of new york has been a thorn in the president side for years overseeing multiple investigations into trump ally it is, including michael cohen and rudy giuliani and new york senator chuck schumer called on officer of the inspector general to launch an investigation into why both president and barr wanted berman out. jon.
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jon: jackie, in new york city. jackie, thanks. paying a look at the latest coronavirus number in our country more than 2.2 million americans have been infected by virus. nearly 120,000 have died from it. but new statistics show a small glimmer of hope number of deaths has been on a steady decline bringing country's 7-day average to 6 59 anita vogel is live frm los angeles now with an update. anita. reporter: hi jon at least 27 states are experiencing a rise in cases. and there's some concern that florida could be a new epicenter because of so many new cases. but others say it is the results of more testing. you might remember the sunshine state was one of the first to reopen beaches, restaurants and businesses. now the state has been setting from daily records for positive covid-19 tests. take a look at thursday, friday, and now today with more than 4,000 new cases pushing state total to over 93,000.
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florida governor ron desantis increase daily infections have to do with more young people being tested who are not part of the most as a vulnerable popula. >> when we started this, the median age was in 60s and there wasn't a lot of test being done then. it slowly went down to get into the 50us. but then what we've seen over last couple of weeks is a dramatic decline of that median age so that as of yesterday, or last week, the median age of positive tests in state of florida was 37. nevertheless, the cruiseship industry which plays major role in florida economy says it is going to wait a bit longer before setting sail. the trade association that governors the cruiselines had originally planned to resume cruises next month but now says it will wait until september is 15th out of abundance of caution apple stores temporarily closing
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their doors in florida. along with three other states and at least 14 other states including california are now requiring masks if to be quern g worn in most public places. jon book you. >> anita vogue until los angeles. thank you to you. prchg new business owners who say after months of heavy losses, they cannot afford more setbacks. lucas tomlinson has more on that. reporter: jon, jeremy is a new father and he has to hide stress in his face in front of his wiefns new child. >> everyone is struggling, and fearful because no one wants to bring too many people back to work. for fear of somebody getting success. but at the same time knowing that your people might not be getting paychecks, and unemployment is not forever so how do you balance that sb is the stress that most restaurant open
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operators are under and how do i make debt payment and not dell fault on lease and how do my pleas fare through this, and not really have an answer to any of those questions. it is a rt frustrating part. >> sports bars home of the world series champs. gived gifford says bring in thousands of customers in october, he would already be out of business. jeremy says he needs tens it have thousands of fans back in stangdz with a supply chain to be unleashed. >> i buy ground beef from a guy who gets from a cow from a farmer like the economy has to move. at some point and time -- for, you know, we're talking about a global economic disaster, proportion of no one has ever thought of right? and so while the government is done a lot to help, there's not unlimited money. new york governor warn against opening up too soon. today we're seeing virus spreading in many places. more people will die and it
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doesn't have to be that ways. forget the politickings. be smart. open the economy intelligently. and save lives at the same time. that's what we showed works in new york. governor cuomo also announce this week that new york premier supporting event u.s. open will be played in year wallets fans. now golf u.s. open was supposed to be played in new york and westchester county at wing foot moved to mid-sepght. not clear if they're going to lets fans in. but will be broadcast on fox. jon. jon: lucas tomlinson in aling ton, virginia, lucas, thank you. about 30 minutes from now, president trump is set to take the stage at the bank of oklahoma center in tulsa rally is underway. we'll bring you his remarks live on fox news channel as soon as the president begins to speak. but first, trump campaign surrogate and arkansas senator tom cox joinings me to discuss what the president is expected to tell supporters tonight at
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if you don't love bounce wrinkle guard, we'll give you your money back. >> we are about 30 minutes away from president trump's first rally in months. event marks official relaunch of its 2020 campaign i'm jon scott and this is a special edition of the "fox report." it is the bottom of the hour, to you're just joining us, the president arriving in tulsa, oklahoma just a short time ago. as he prepares to address an arena jam-pack requested supporters. the refnght comes during what has been a particularly combative week for the president. he's lobbed attackings at former aids, big tech companies, and one of his favorite targets the media. fox news media analyst howard kurts has more. >> president trump hasn't just had his administration other a book he called former a back chow incomp e tent and disgruntle boring fool and sick
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puppy he was a washed up guy i gave him a chance. president escalated attack on all kinds of targets assailing for two decision he called shotgun blast into the face. of republicans in conservatives. one ruling on gay rights was written by his appoint neil and seattle mayor and washington governor jay should be ashamed of themselves receiving control of one area to protesters. now the "new york times" courting unname trump advisors of saying after looting starts he starts damaged reelection changes and questioning whether he really wants a second term. what this misses is 2016, and all of the media predictions that trump is lashing attacks qowld doom him that's why since his supportsers often overlook his harshist rhetoric he can prove establishment wrong again as for president president accuse far left fake news media of trying to covid shame him by pouking on the risks of
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tomorrow's oklahoma rally. twitter fitzgerald has et if the president's sting as he's ordered legal review of social geed firms twitter last night slapped manipulated media qarng label on trump post of an, obviously, fake scene and video with a tagline america is not the problem. fake news is. the president is often punching back bolden book denounce trump as unfit for office. cnn coverage of him is largely negative and media rarely mention the coronavirus risk of the racism protest. >> i would encourage all of you to covert protest in the same way that you covered the rally goers. president viewed defenders as he had buffalo protesters but he's not going to change as "times" urging him to tone it down, i have to be myself. in washington, howard kurts fox news. jon: for more on what we can expect from the rally tonight let's bring in one of president trump's campaign surrogates republican senator from arkansas.
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cotton he's a member of the senate arm services, and intelligence committees and as you can see he is right there on the floor of the president's rally of the rally has been criticized as being an indoor event too soon in the age of coronavirus. what's your thought on that, senator? >> well i think it's great to be here in tulsa with president trump as he's about to launch the great american comeback. under president trump leadership, we have built strongest economy -- >> ladies and gentlemen -- of the united states mike pence. >> but now with people getting back to work we're going to turn economy around -- >> we apologize for making you try to speak over the introduction of the vice president mike pence's to be take the microphone there and we know it is incredibly loud in there senator. thank you for sticking with us.
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caylee is the white house press spokesman made the point that many in the media have criticized this rally for, you know, not requiring the use of mask and so forth. but they are not particularly going after the protesters who are outside and who have been, you know, protesting george floyd case and other cases around the country. does chef a point? >> yeah there can't be one set of roles for one set of americans another set of rules for others. first amendment rights have to be enforced equally here in oklahoma, governor staten led the state to one of the fastest earliest reopenings. so we're very excited to be here tonight to kick off this great american comeback, and help prurp on the path to winning four more years. obviously, one of the concerns is about social media companies, and you know, the way that they
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can portray these candidates. the attorney general had some comments about censoring some of these -- tech companies. i want to play those for you now. >> i am worried about censorship i'm worried about a number of things going into the election. one, the sensorship of robust debate. i'm also worried about undermining the president confidence in the integrity of the elections. >> are you one of those senator who feels that conservative voices are being silenced by big tech? >> i can tell you that twitter had a sensor and lockdown two week ago done to president trump just this week. putting a tag on one of his tweets that was, obviously, a parody. look the social media companies enjoy extraordinary immunity from my ability and if they want to be a moderator and corning has to peak a look at whether or
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not they deserve that immunity what shea should do is allow a robust free public debate that was american people can make a decision come november. >> the president we played, showed viewers the president's poll numbers versus joe biden thaifs declined a bit over last month are you at all concerned that the president trump doesn't get reelected? >> i'm concerned for network if what would happen if joe biden qowld get elected we have sluggish economy, under barack obama, barack obama and joe biden. we have a military that faced devastating cuts, our enemies were on the march all around the world. but we saw in the first three years of the trump administration one of the best economies in modern times, of course, this plague was on china cost millions of job thousands of lives. but we know that if donald trump did it once, and he can do it again with the support of
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america behind him. rks the voters can have short memories do you think when people go into voting booth in november they'll be remembering what the economy was like premarch for instance? >> i think the economy is going to continue to roar back just like the jobs report question saw this year. or this month that has a -- highest number of jobs ever created. that's beginning to continue to happen and more and more states open up. the economy gets become on its feet and people get back to work and they know that -- president trump helped build the strongest economy in decades whereas joe biden work with barack obama to have eight years of sluggish droves with very low job growth. i think american people are going to be looking to the future and knowing that -- that president trump promises brighter stronger future for america. >> we will yoat you get back to rally we appreciate you taking tile out to spend some time with us tonight. our f arkansas senator tom cox,
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crews are battling multiple wildfires in the western u.s. including arizona where the bush fire just outside phoenix is now the fifth largest fire in the state's history. presenting more challenges to firefighters who are also part of the frontline against the coronavirus pandemic. ben brown has the latest on how crews plan to fight fires and covid-19 at the same time.
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>> the pandemic is forcing firefighters to make adjustments heading into what is expected to be a more active fire season given higher temperatures and dry conditions. >> not all of us but most of us are feeling pretty good in january as to where things were. and where they were going. the last three months really turned, turned the world on its head. brace for tough summer months fire agencies have been tasked with another challenge. keeping coronavirus away from the crews. >> out on the 14-day assignment there checking temperatures daily we will pull them and whole crew off the line if there's any sickness or potential exposure. that could have some finishes with having be a right amount of people to attack fire. imagine how complicated it becomes when trying to protect crews from covid-19 while fighting a fire like the one that raged through pair dice, california, in 2018. >> we barely miss oh, my god. flames were exploding. out the windows of these homes,
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i mean it was fully engulf massive explosion all over like a war zone. earlier fire scene and hotter ts toppled with budget and pandemic leaves big question marks for firefighters headings into the summer. >> it comes down to how stretched question get, and how many incidents needing a resource we will get. dozens of fires are burning across the country and places like arizona, new mexico, and texas while at the same time, states are seeing a spike in new coronavirus cases. >> that's what scary because as that trajectory is going back up on covid cases and hospitalizations so is our fire risk. while covid-19 creates another layer of challenges for firefighters, cal fire chief tom portser says no matter the situation they'll be ready to do their job. covid is with us. it is not goings away. what we need to do is mawk sure we are still responding to those acute emergencies as i mentioned.
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wildfires -- put them out quickly. get home. get rest. be ready for the next one. firefighters will be routinely screen for coronavirus symptoms social distancing will be enforced during the briefings to help limit spread of the virus. in las vegas, tim brown, fox news. >> horse racing is back in the spotlight, the if triple crown off to a coronavirus delayed start today with favorite 'tis the laws winning first leg beaumont stakes as you know is usually the last triple crown race. due to the pandemic the stands were empty. aishah hasnie live in new york city with more. reporter: hi, jon new yorkers have to be happy the first new york red horse to win beaumont stakes in name of horse is 'tis the law taking the lead early or actually right in the home stretch and winning 152 ngt bo mangt stakes and 1 million first with time of 1.46:53 here's
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marnny after the win. >> i was confident when he -- when we hit through the -- seven. he was so kind, so comfortable. now that i think that was the case. about >> and easy win. doctor came in second max in third what a special unique win, this was a first tile in history the beaumont stakes is first leg of the triple crown, of course, you know the kentucky derby and preakness rescheduled through the fall through coronavirus and also first time this race happened without any spectators inside. because there weren't any ticket sales first have to be trimmed down. now in days leading up we saw teams wearing mask, getting their temperatures checked before going into the grounds, the jockeys even wore their mask right before today's roadways and, of course, now get your mitten ready we're ploog all
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eyes now on kentucky derby that's up next labor day weekend. jon. >> get your hats ready as well. aishah hasnie in new york city. aishah, thank you. >> all right nows, as we have showed you vice president pence is addressing supporters at president trump's first campaign rally since the coronavirus pandemic was declared. we will bring you those remarks, live as soon as question get them stick around for more fox reports.
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jon: a fox news alert. we are going to take you live to tulsa, oklahoma where the president is going to hold his rally. mark meredith is live in tulsa with more. >> reporter: supporters came out here several hours earlier. the gates are closed. you still have president trump's supporters who wanted to get in, but now it's too late. there are people here now. earlier police decided to move
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all these people back 100-200 feet. however, we saw some of the black lives matter demonstrators. they were back and forth with police but we never saw things get too crazy. secret service and other law enforcement agencies have been out here. there is a secure perimeter around the bok arena. they have the security checks for people going inside. masks and hand sanitizer have been distributed. many people say they came from self hours away just for this moment. they say they wanted to hear from the president directly. jon: in just a few minutes,
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the people showing up tonight are amazing people. jon: the president in an interview with john roberts. you will hear more of that just ahead. i'm jon scott. we'll see you tomorrow. jesse: welcome to "watters world," i'm jesse watters. the president moments away from taking the stage for the first time since the pandemic. in tulsa, oklahoma, supporters are packed inside. john roberts is in the middle of all the action. you have been to almost all of these things. how did this feel? reporter: it feels like a reemergence. there are are so many people i talked to --
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