own hit or miss, with sure to tweet it to us disease@jer on nfc. hope to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ arthel: another startling milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the number of confirmed cases topping 10 million worldwide with the virus killing almost half a million people around the globe. the u.s. accounting for more than a quarter of both totals, prompting many states to rethink their timeline for reopening. this is "america's news headquarters." hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. thank you for joining us, i'm eric shawn. a few moments ago, california's governor, gavin newsom, ordered bars in seven of the state's counties to close down completely as that state is trying, like others, to get a handle on the new outbreaks. this as other states continue to see record single-day increases

and confirmed cases. we are told that infections are increasing in 33 states. among them, arizona, florida, texas, california, nevada, mississippi, south carolina, idaho. so far more than 2.5 million americans have been infected. sadly, the death toll has surpassed 125,000 of us. vice president mike pence joining texas governor greg abbott for a briefing on the situation when he visited dallas earlier today. >> that there was guidance throughout that applied to all of the phases. and chief among them was that people should continue to practice good hygiene, wash your hands, avoid touching your face and wear a mask. wherever it's indicated. or wherever you're not able to practice the kind of social distancing that would prevent the spread of the coronavirus. and we, we would strongly

reiterate that today. eric: advice from the vice president to wear a mask. steve harrigan live in atlanta with more on all of these late-breaking developments. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, california has just joined texas and florida in taking a step backwards when it comes to economic reopening, putting in new sanctions on bars. just like texas and florida, now california has shut down bars in a number of different areas across the state, and 12 states in all have now either paused or placed new restrictions on their economies as the coronavirus cases continue to rise in those areas. five states set single-day record totals for new cases on saturday. those states include florida, arizona, south carolina, georgia and nevada. the former head of the cdc said not enough is being done to fight the virus. >> there's no doubt we're doing more testing. our hospitals are better prepared, but there's also no doubt that the virus has the

upper hand. this virus is not going to go away on its own. we have to stop it, and only we can do that by working together. we're all sick and tired of staying home, but you know what? the virus is not tired of making us sick. >> reporter: the cdc has sent teams of experts to different outbreaks across the country, more than 150 people involved offering technical support. a real focus on florida, and california. eric, back to you. eric: all right, steve, thanks so much for the very latest. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. well, a protest over the fatal police shooting of brianna taylor turning deadly in kentucky. louisville police say a man shot into the crowd, killing one person and injuring another last night. aishah hasnie is following this and peaceful protests from new york city. >> reporter: arthel, local police just announced in the last two hours that they have arrested somebody, but they are not releasing his identity just

yet. this as disturbing new video is emerging from the scene which appears to show a man wearing black shorts aiming a gun at the crowd at jefferson square park and firing more than a dozen times as people fall to the ground to take cover. 27-year-old tyler girth died at the scene. a second victim was also hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. the city cleared out all of the tents in that area and banned protesters from camping at the park. here's lpd. >> we are conferring with the attorney's office on appropriate charges to be filed. this man had been participating in the protests since they began, and he had been arrested a couple of times over the past several weeks. >> reporter: meanwhile, the former police officer who was fired over breonna taylor are's death now appealing his termination, lawyers arguing the city caved in to public pressure

and fired him well before authorities finished their investigation. protests continue across the country and around the world today as pressure is mounting onty officials in minneapolis -- city officials in minneapolis and new york city to defund or abolish the police altogether. hundreds of protesters, in fact, are still camping out outside city hall here in new york city for a fifth day in a row now, and they're vowing to stay there until the city council, the mayor defunds the nypd by at least a billion dollars. this as violent crime is now surging in the city. "the new york times" reporting june is set to be on track to break records set back in 1996, arthel, and time is running out. the new york city budget is due in just two days. arthel? arthel: aishah hasnie, thank you very much. eric. eric: well, arthel, it's day 20 for seattle's capitol hill organized protest, otherwise known as c.h.o.p..

as city officials try to remove some of the barricades and barriers from those areas, they want the protesters out of there. so far the occupiers are showing no signs of leaving from the so-called c.h.o.p. zone. let's go live now, claudia i cowan is reporting right near the zone in seattle. hey, claudia. >> reporter: hi, eric, that's right. we had to move after things got tense earlier today, so we're a few blocks away, but there were reports that at least part of the c.h.o.p. would be dismantled today and that the city would be bringing in crews and heavy equipment to haul away some of the barricades that are blocking the streets. the mayor's office hasn't confirmed anything, and nothing has happened yet, but these barricades were not part of the bargain the city struck with the occupiers to establish the c.h.o.p. footprint. and over the past few days, they have slowly expanded the agreed-upon area using trucks and chains to move the blocks around, even cut the rebar

handles making it difficult for the city to pick them up, and there's no way for emergency vehicles to go through. the new rumor is that the city will try again tomorrow. the first attempt met with resistance on friday, was finally called off after one of the protesters pulled a gun on a city worker. police officers were nearby to provide security, but their hands have been tied by the city council and a court order prohibiting them from using tear gas, flash-bangs or rubber-tipped bullets, so there are questions about how much security they can provide. the police chief says their only options are guns and batons, neither of which she says are appropriate for crowd control. now, the occupation zone has been mostly peaceful this weekend, but our security guard reported this scuffle at a nearby park yesterday. a man described as a street preach was accosted by a group of other protesters who didn't like what he was saying. first they beat him up, and then a man wearing a gray shirt pulled out a gun to try to protect that man. no one was hurt, but after 20

days there is still no police presence here, and confrontations like that one have neighbors on edge. eric? eric: yeah. seems pretty lawless. claudia, thank you. arthel? arthel: all right, eric. well, haw a makers in mississippi moving -- lawmakers in mississippi moving one step closer towards removing the confederate battle emblem from its state flag. it's among many historical symbols, statues and monuments being scrutinized amid nationwide protests for racial equality. christina coleman joins us live from our west coast bureau with more. >> reporter: two-thirds of mississippi's tate legislature passed a resolution to start the process of having the confederate battle emblem removed from the state flag. the governor said he will sign a bill to make that change. mississippi is the last state in the country with a state flag featuring the confederate battle's emblem. it's been a source of controversy for years.

>> how do you want to be viewed in history. do you want to be viewed on the right side of history? and i'm proud of the vote that i personally cast here today. >> reporter: efforts are underway to get the emancipation memorial statue removed from lincoln park. some find it demeaning as it depicts a slave kneeling at lincoln's feet. here's d.c. council at large candidate marcus good planet on fox news. -- goodman, he started a petition to get it place9 -- placed in a museum. >> most people see someone being degraded, someone being demeaned and don't see fair or equitable representation in society for african-americans. our most disenfranchised group, groups have been subject to this kind of representation in our public spaces. >> reporter: despite peaceful efforts for changes to controversial statues and symbols, there's still vandalism and violence. four men are now charged with

trunks of federal property for allegedly -- destruction of federal property for allegedly trying to tear down an a andrew jackson statue in lafayette square last monday. one of the four suspects was arrested. he will make his initial court appearance before a district court judge in d.c. tomorrow. >> but when violence erupts and when people try to bypass that process and impose their will, that's where the president has made a very aggressive case that the federal government will assist or participate in protecting those monuments to history. >> reporter: the prime minister signing that executive order -- president signing that executive order friday calling for stiffer penalties for people who deface or destroy monuments. arthel? arthel: christina coleman, thank you very much for that report. eric: president trump is facing some backlash after sharing a video on twitter that shows one of his supporters yelling "white power." this as senior residents of the retirement community the

villages in florida clashed with pro and anti-trump protesters. now the administration clarifying what it said happened. david spunt is live from the white house with that. >> reporter: hi, eric. the tweet is officially gone from the president's timeline, but you have to remember when he retweets something or tweets something, 82 plus million people see this. several thousand comments are on his twitter just seconds after he tweets something, that's how much reach he has. as you mentioned, this is in the villages, florida. this was tweeted earlier this morning. it shows one of the president's supporters in a golf cart. he's in the villages waving his hand while saying "white power" as anti-trump protesters holding up signs and yelling at those driving by in golf carts. the president tweeted thank the villages while taking a shot at his opponent, joe biden. minutes after the tweet went up, eric, there was heavy backlash from both sides of the aisle including the president's close confidant, south carolina

republican senator tim scott. listen. >> there's no question, i mean, we can play politics with it or we can't. i'm not going to. i think it's indefensible, we should take it down. that's what i think. >> reporter: in a statement from deputy white house press secretary judd near, he wrote, quote: president trump is a big fan of the villages. he did not hear the one statement made on the video. what he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters, that's coming from the white house. president trump is pushing back today on a new york times report alleging that russia paid afghan militants to kill u.s. troops. the president is not denying the core of the new york times report, he's only denying participant of the report that said -- part of the report that said he and the vice president were specifically briefed on that issue. republican congresswoman liz cheney tweeted about this specifically, criticizing this entire message and this entire story. i want to read part of her tweet. she said: why weren't the president or vice president briefed?

what info was in the pdb? that's the presidential daily briefing. who did know and when? what has been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? the director of national intelligence, eric john rat ratcliffe put out a statement not criticizing the core of the article, only saying that president trump was not specifically briefed on this story. eric? eric: all right, david. we'll have more on that alleged russian bounty later on in the newscast with captain chuck nash. david, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: all right, eric. all right, thank you, eric. well, the country seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases as many states post record numbers. up next, the latest on what the virus actually does to people and how soon we can expect to see treatment. ♪ ♪ ♪ five-dollar, ♪ five dollar ♪ five-dollar footlong. ♪ it's freshly made ♪ with veggies. ♪ it's back.

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♪ ♪ eric: well, a pretty dramatic rescue at a popular new jersey beach this weekend. police say one of those banner planes crashed into the ocean near surf city, new jersey. look at that. it happened yesterday afternoon. the pilot was the only person onboard. two lifeguards immediately jumped into the ocean to save him but, thankfully, he was able to make it to shore on his own. officials say he was taken to the hospital and suffered minor

injuries. the faa now looking into the exact cause of what caused that banner plane to go down. he's lucky. ♪ ♪ >> we're moving too fast. if you open when cases are still increasing as many states did, it's like leaning into a left hook. you're going to get hit hard, and that's what's happening. when we see arizona, texas, florida, south carolina, they're currently in a rapid upswing and, sad to say, this is going to continue to get worse for weeks. arthel: former cdc director tom frieden warning that the coronavirus has the upper hand as a dozen states put reopening plans on hold while cases surge across the u.s. 36 states are seeing a spike in infections with only and connecticut reporting a drop in numbers. the nation's top immunologies,

dr. anthony fauci, says he has never seen any virus do what covid-19 can do. >> there's no other infectious disease that goes from 40% of the people having no symptoms to some having mild symptoms, to some having severe, some requiring staying at home for weeks, some going to the hospital, some getting intensive care, some getting intubated, some getting ventilated and some dying. arthel: let's bring in dr. janette nesheiwat now, an emergency medical professor -- professional and a fox news contributor. man, i'm really -- [laughter] quite frankly, disturbed by what dr. fauci just said. it's a bit alarming, and i want to start there with you. what else are we learning about what covid-19 is doing to cells in infected bodies? >> yeah. so, arthel, this is such a sinister virus, and i'm seeing especially with my patients that it can affect any part of the body from the brain, the eyes, the nose, the lungs, the heart,

the kidneys. it's really unbelievable. this virus enters the body through your eyes, your nose, your mouth, enters through your respiratory tract and replicates. the most recent study shows the virus is looking for even a new way to replicate. it infects the healthy cells, and those cells become mutant cells, and they create these little arms, and those little arms, they go and attach to other healthy cells in the body, and it replicates to the point where you become ill. but the good news is there are actually some cancer drugs that are out there, arthel, drugs that, for example, that treat leukemia, that treat brain cancer, that treat liver cancer that are being investigated that might be able to treat this mode of infection from the latest study that we just saw. so that's reassuring. in addition to that, of course, we have studies to look for steroids which help with this virus because it helps reduce

inflammation, the virus causes inflammation in the body, also remdesivir, antibodies. so there's different therapeutics underway in addition to vaccines which, hopefully, we'll have in the next 6-8 months. arthel: okay. i'm going to come back to that, but i want to start our return to how we got here which is this upswing. what's driving the upswing, and should we be concerned? >> yes, absolutely. i am concerned especially with flu season just around the corner. you know, we're six months into this pandemic, and we're breaking records that we shouldn't be breaking. 40,000 new cases in a single day over this past weekend. this is disturbing, alarming numbers. we really have regret, we've got a lot of work to do especially now knowing for every patient that is diagnosed with covid, there is about 10-24 more patients that have been undiagnosed that a may be

unsymptomatic or don't know they've got it. that gives you an idea how highly infectious this virus is. it's really important just coming down to awareness, knowing your risks and taking personal responsibility, understanding the detrimental implications of your actions and your behavior. not only how it affects you if you contract the virus, but how you spread it to other people and the impact on the community, on hospitals, health care workers, paramedics, doctors and nurses. it's really taking a toll on the nation and the health care system in general. and especially, you know, with the increased number of hospitalizations and cases, it puts a strain during july which is a very important time of the year because we tend to see more deaths in the month of july because of the new health care professionals that are entering residency programs. so we've got a lot to do -- arthel: wait a minute, wait, wait, stop, stop, stop. wait, wait, you're about to make something really important, what did you tell me? you just said that in the month of july you see death rates

increase because you've got new students or medical, you know, professionals coming online? >> yeah. sure, so yes. july is when, yes. july typically the month where we have people who, doctors they graduate medical school, they enter residencies. so sometimes we tend to see increase in the rate of medical errors and deaths. that's something that, you know, is well known in the medical field. so that just goes to show you we have this burden of this virus with new doctors onboard. of course, they're always being supervised by professional, well-trained doctors, but it is something to keep in mind. it's simple measures in protecting yourself so you don't have to enter the hospital not only because it's july, but we also have another holiday that we're approaching, fourth of july next week. we don't want to see an increase in cases like we did with memorial day. again, just simple measures of wearing your mask, facial cloth covering, physical distancing, avoiding crowds and keeping your

hands washed and clean until we get a vaccine. that's the only way to eradicate this virus is by herd immunity, vaccination and then the therapeutics to help treat. arthel: i don't understand why people won't wear a mask, and how is it that someone like you, you're a doctor, you're a trained scientist, you know what you're talking about, you know, you have some of the politicians including the president who won't require wear a freaking mask. come on, do it. >> yeah. it's simple, it's easy. yeah. you're absolutely right. we're not asking to wear it 24/7, just if you go to the supermarket or if you happen to go to an area where you're not able to social distance. because, remember, if you're an asymptomatic character, you aerosolize the viral particles, and it can get into the mucus membranes of someone else who might be immuno-compromised. you might spread it to your grandparents or someone who's

undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. be loving, be kind. protect yourself, protect your neighbor. we're not asking you to wear it 24/7 while we do when we're working a 12 or 13-hour shift. we have to wear our masks all day long. all we're asking is if you're out of your home and you're not able to social distance, wear it for that 30 minutes, 45 minutes. it can safe lives, it's -- save lives, it's a fact. the transmission can be reduced from 17 down to 3%, and more data and science shows us we can save about 30,000 lives by october if we simply wear a mask. arthel: dr. janette nesheiwat, thank you very much. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. thank you, arthel. arthel: eric. eric: yeah, interesting about the mask, arthel. yes, absolutely. well, president trump is fighting back against reports that he knew about a supposed russian plan to pay bounties to taliban militants that kill our troops in afghanistan. did the president know about that? he says no.

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♪ ♪ arthel: an american peace team is set to begin meetings with top israeli officials about president trump's middle east peace plan which includes a plan for annexing israeli-occupied west bank settlement. the effort would be considered a declaration of war. trey yingst live in jerusalem with the latest. trey. >> reporter: march -- arthel, good afternoon. israeli occupation could begin on july 1st. there is expected to be immense pressure against the plan. palestinian factions in gaza released a statement saying they are calling for a day of rage on wednesday in response to the possible isr ark eli action -- israeli action.

hamas, the group in control of gaza, released statements over a video feed last week saying israel would bitterly regret the decision to apply their laws over disputed territory, equating the move to a declaration of move. the palestinian political party that does rule the west bank called for a peaceful, arrangement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hoping to push forward with the help of the trump administration. president trump recognized jerusalem as the the capital of israel. although talks have occurred between the trump administration and israeli officials over the past few weeks and are continuing this week in jerusalem, there has been no significant progress made, expect clock is ticking towards -- and the clock is ticking towards what could be a

violent eruption in the region. just today as we were conducting this reporting, palestinian factions inside gaza released new video of rockets they say they will launch at israel if annexation occurs. arthel? arthel: trey a i didn't think so reporting from jerusalem, thank you. eric? eric: arthel, there's a new controversy erupting in washington after "the new york times" reported that russians were paying afghan militants to kill american troops. president trump going on twitter today saying that no one briefed him about this issue. meanwhile, sky news in london is reporting that russia did taliban fighters to attack british troops as well. retired u.s. navy captain chuck nash joins us. captain nash, would putin pay the taliban to kill our forces and british troops, do you think? >> well, the russians probably do have some interest in keeping us bogged down in afghanistan. but i don't think the taliban, quite frankly, would take up that deal because they've lost

75,000 people, they and other enemy units have lost over 75,000 people in the last 18 plus years that we've been in afghanistan. their goal is to get all foreign forces out of afghanistan. now, the russians, the iranians, the north koreans, there are plenty of actors, state and non-state, who would like to see us continue to get bogged down in afghanistan. but the president has already withdrawn 8600 troops. that wasn't a requirement with the deal with the taliban that we signed back in february of this year. that wasn't supposed to happen until the spring of '21 with another 4,000 to come out in the fall. we're already ahead of schedule on that. and i am not aware of, nor have i seen any intelligence indications in the media where the taliban have broken the deal and attacked u.s. forces since that february signing of that deal. is so this is all very fishy to me. you've got the president, the vice president, the chief of

staff, former director e of national intelligence grenell and current director of national intelligence all saying there was no presidential briefing. eric: i'm going to have you keep talking. we lost your video -- >> yeah. eric: we'll keep going. captain nash, what's fascinating about this is you're saying that the taliban, they don't have an incentive to get paid because american troops are withdrawing, number one. and let me read you what the president tweeted about this earlier today. he said nobody briefed or told me, vice president pence or chief of staff mark meadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in afghanistan by russians as reported by the fake news. everybody's denying it, there have not been many attacks on us. just what you said. so you're basically saying this kind of doesn't make any sense. where would this be leaked, what purpose, what strategy do you see to try and get this information out there? >> well, there are a lot of

different agendas flying around, you know? you can take a look at the politics that are being played out in washington and elsewhere in the united states right now that it's just the people who are most directly involved, it's means, motive and opportunity. now, you've got a cast of characters here, eric, and there's an old saw that goes if a roman told you that all romans were liars, would you believe him? [laughter] there are a lot of people who are saying things that, you know, it's hard in this cast of characters, and it's not like "the new york times" has ever gotten it wrong before, right? so this is unnamed sources versus five top-level members of the executive branch saying it didn't happen, and these unknown sources saying that it did. there are records. we keep records of who gets briefed and what they are briefed on. those five individuals would not come out and say that it didn't

happen if there's documented proof that it did. eric: and finally, captain nash, talk about our withdrawal. what's your sense of i withdrawal in afghanistan, whether it is something we should be doing and continuing and the future of that nation. >> yeah. i think we have to come to the conclusion that this, like many other foreign nations' involvement in afghanistan over time, it's not going to be, not going to end on our terms. we're going to have to compromise. the taliban will be part of the political solution because they hold so much sway on the ground. to try to turn this around, we are not equipped at this point to win anything over there. this is a holding action until we can get our forces out and come to that political solution. eric: captain chuck nash, thank you, as always, for your insight, thank you for your service. and on another note, i've got to

say that you've got -- i think it's the handsomest man cave in any of these home videos -- [laughter] it is really a great spot. what is that? >> that is a three-dimensional laser-cut map of the thousand islands. it's a slice of heaven up here. eric: that's great. all right, captain nash, thank you. >> my pleasure, eric. eric: arthel? arthel: looking good, captain nash. well, some seattle residents and business owners suing over the c.h.o.p. zone claiming they have been blocked from their property, and the city isn't doing anything to help them. so do they have a case? our panel weighs in this next. ♪ ♪ they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance.

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♪ ♪ eric: well, starbucks will join a growing list of companies pulling advertisements from facebook. civil rights groups including the anti-defamation league and naacp have accused facebook of not doing enough to stop the

spread of online hate speech. they're encouraging corporations to boycott the social network with the hashtag stop hate for profit. you know, starbucks is going a step further than that, they're also saying it will suspend ads on all social media platforms, verizon, coca-cola, levis are among some of the major corporations that are pulling ads from facebook. arthel? arthel: all right, eric, thank you. well, there are now two lawsuits in response to government officials' handling of seattle's capitol hill organized protest zone, also known as c.h.o.p.. one argues a failure to protect reresidents, another says business owners have been deprived of the right to their property. here's one business owner. >> it's intimidation. many of them are very polite, but it's still intimidation. it's hard to get too upset with them when they want to negotiate

because they tried this before. everybody throughout the country has tried before, and nothing's happened. okay? so that's why i fault the politicians. arthel: let's bring in defense attorney and former prosecutor and david bruno, defense attorney and trial attorney. so, keisha, starting with you, let's look at the business owner angle first. what is their argument and how strong is it? >> well, they definitely have a strong argument in that they have what's called the equal protection right which is the 14th amendment to the constitution of the united states. basically, although, you know, the protesters have the first amendment freedom of expression, they're free to go about protesting, you can't just block off an entire area of the city and say the citizens and the business owners cannot conduct their business. they're not being equally protected by the law, so that's a huge issue.

arthel: and so, david, residents are suing the city of seattle and governor inslee. what's their argument and how strong is their case? >> yeah, i respectfully disagree with keisha, my esteemed colleague. expect reason is really because of the -- and the reason is really because of united states supreme court precedent. in a couple cases, the united states supreme court has found that the police in the city do not have any duty whatsoever to protect the residents. so when the citizens and the businesses allege that the city abandoned and closed off swire neighborhoods concern entire neighborhoods leaving it unchecked by police, ems and fire, unfortunately while i disagree with those decisions, precedent says that the city has no obligation whatsoever to protect these businesses or residents. arthel: keisha, that seems like a kind of a backwards law, but also any chance that the occupiers could face lawsuits or

arrest? >> absolutely because think about it, arthel, these citizens who are not protesters and who do not agree with barricading this particular area, if there's an emergency, they don't have the protection of firefighters, they don't have the protection of police departments. and also david, who is my esteemed colleague, just cited a case. there's so many examples of different protesters doing this, and every single time they get pushback. the citizens get their property back, they get their equal protection of the law back. there's no way this can continue on without someone i suing the protesters if someone hurt or someone dies because the police are not allowed to get in or an emt worker is not allowed to get in. think there's going to be a lot of lawsuits, and i think this'll eventually stop. arthel: well, there's already been violence there. david, looking at precedent, what kind of message would successful lawsuits send? >> well, i mean, there's a

careful balance that cities and law enforcement have have to strike between the first amendment right to assemble and protest versus property interests of business and owners. you bring up a good question, arthel. i don't understand why these plaintiffs didn't allege specific individuals in the lawsuit. because when they just go after the city, the city has tremendous amount of 'em moonty and precedent, like i said. -- immunity. in the parkland shooting case in florida, there was a recent district court decision that follows on the same precedent which said that the county and sheriff's officers that didn't act within minutes of the shooting had no obligation to move in and protect those students and teachers. so while i disagree with precedent, unfortunately, suing the city alone is a potential problem in the courtroom. arthel: well, kisha, back to you. first of all, you know, to david's point, they need to go give with the name of these

protesters. if they don't know who they are -- they're not even protesting anymore. let's not confuse the two, because these people are now occupying. >> right. arthel: so there's a difference. people are still peacefully protesting, and rightfully so, but this is something else. how are they going to go in and say, hey, you, i want your name. collect their names and you know who they are, then you can sue them and take whatever action's needed because this now has gone from something that was meaningful and purposeful to something, quite frankly, is ridiculous and lawless. >> right. well, it's going to be very difficult to obtain the names of every protester there. like you said, they're just with camping out, taking over, which is not fair to the citizens of that city. and i think that eventually the only way to have some type of movement is to use the power of the government, to say the government does have an obligation to protect every citizen in that city, and eventually they're going to have to move. as far as, you know, the

lawsuit, again, i think that they will prevail against the mayor and the governor because they have a duty to protect those citizens. and individual lawsuits, while you can try to do that, it's going to be difficult. arthel: david, you get 20 seconds, and then we have to go. >> yeah, arthel, if unfortunately the residents and the business owners, they're going to have to take this to the ballot box. you know, this is a political issue as well, and these officials are running for office. and the mayor, she is up for election next year. this is an individual that was appointed as a united states attorney by barack obama, and she won an election are, and she's coming up. so so while they can battle it out in the courtroom, and maybe these lawsuits get something done, maybe that doesn't go to a jury in a final resolution, but there's always room for negotiation when there's a lawsuit filed. so maybe that's where plaintiffs could get some remedies. arthel: and the plaintiffs' attorneys say they're not looking for a dollar amount;

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>> reporter: hey there, eric. well, a number of those polls show former vice president joe biden has an edge over president trump on race relations and also leads with women, and and his campaign's releasing a diversity report about that staff of his backing up claims that he wants to give underrepresented groups a seat at the table. the data shows that more than a third of biden's full-time taffe and senior staff are people of color and both senior and full staff are mostly women with 53% female and 58% senior staff being female. but biden today also implicitly accused president trump of inflaming racial division after trump tweeted a video showing a supporter shouting "white power." the white house says the president did not hear the language, but the president did not condemn the language after. biden sharedded -- tweeted the president said people shouting white power is are great just

like he did after charlottesville. also wading into attacks on trump's foreign policy after "the new york times" report alleging the president and his administration knew about russians secretly offering bounties to kill american troops since march. the white house disputes it. biden said, if the report true, trump has done worse than nothing by seeking to invite russia to join the g7. >> shocking revelation that if the times report is true -- i emphasize again -- is that president trump, the commander in chief of americans serving in a dangerous theater of war, has known about this for months, according to the times, and done worse than nothing. >> reporter: biden said he was outraged by the report, and if elected, putin will be confronted, and russia will pay serious costs. eric? eric: all right.

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the fox news channel. eric: the president retweeted brian kilmeade tweeting about that show, it should be a good show tonight. thank you for joining♪ us. greg: it's the hate crime that wasn't. did that stuff the media? >> he has black lives matter logo on his car. he comes back to a garage still and there's a noose. greg: incredibly upsetting and discouraging. >> incredibly upsetting and disturbing. >> and ugly message of hate was placed in his garage. discussing display of hatred, a noose found hanging in bubble wallace's garage. greg: how can you hear that and not wonder how these idiots managed to get to work everyday? i work i mean