>> before we go, i have one of your kid set your dvr at 6:00 a.m. eastern so you never miss a moment of fox & friends. we will be back tomorrow but in the meantime, "america's newsroom." >> sandra: fox news alert this morning from seattle where police are moving into the city's autonomous zone known as chop. they are trying to remove the group of protesters that have been occupying a seattle police precinct to their and of the surrounding area. the demonstrators have effectively shut down nearby businesses and have turned violent and deadly at times. city police say any chop protester that does not comply will be arrested. it's a developing situation on the ground there in seattle and we will keep you posted. at the new york city council approving $1 billion in cuts from the police budget.

transferring the funds to youth and social service programs. all of this despite a rise in violent crimes across new york city. good morning everyone, i'm sandra smith. >> the boat to get the budget from the nation's largest police force came just after midnight, but occupy city hall protesters say it does not go far enough, reaction now from both sides. these are real changes and i stand by what we were able to accomplish. >> making cuts to appease a fraction of new yorkers and i understand the politics of that, but we are also making these cuts to continue this false propagation that police officers are the greatest danger to the public. >> aishah hasnie reporting live from new york city.

>> good morning torres and sandra. the vote came and went and protesters are still here. you can see that nothing has changed, the only changes the bicycle barriers on the side of the park are gone. we saw protesters moving them out into the streets and now protesters we've even seen standing along the sidewalk. we've also seen about 150 police officers in riot gear sort of moving around the park from one corner to another. we don't know what the plan is for them just yet. last night protesters were seen moving whatever they could to build their own barriers to keep police out. no word on why and no one has been charged with anything yet. the new budget that was approved includes a billion-dollar in cuts to the nypd at a time when violent crime shooting victims are up in the city as the city also grapples with the nine billion-dollar loss because for coronavirus. the cuts include hundreds of

millions of dollars in overtime at also canceling the upcoming recruit class. here is the mayor this morning on cnn. >> the facts are we took the money from the nypd and put into use programs, we are reducing the size of the nypd but still in a way that can keep us safe. >> some feel the budget does not go far enough and they want to see a hiring freeze on police and that been criticizing moving school safety officers from the nypd budget to the department of education budget instead of just removing them altogether. new york city is a public advocate of money williams writes in part, when new yorkers raise their voices for change in my office calls for specific tangible actions this administration either did not listen, did not care or did not take us seriously. nor it seems that they read the charter. that gives them the authority to prevent the budget from being executed and collecting any

taxes, and now taxes out here have even more demands like ending homelessness and creating a virtual vote. >> thank you for your time this morning. what is your reaction to these cuts in new york city? >> first i have to say congratulations to bill de blasio for adding to his legacy of being the worst mayor ever in new york, to single-handedly dismantling policing across the united states. this is ridiculous. this is a serious time for new york and it will only get worse. they referred to this as a crime

wave, this is not just a crime wave that a crime trend that's going to continue because they single-handedly took out the police department overnight. and once again in a midnight vote. so what you are looking at right now is just the beginning of what's going to happen across america, not just new york but across jamaica. >> sandra: i will ask you about what's happening in seattle in just a moment but first to "the new york post"'s cover story that you were talking about this morning. in the piece, the council speaker cory johnson is quoting saying this isn't a day of celebration. we are not in a time of celebration, this is a time of necessity. this was a decision on necessi necessity. he went on to say it's heart-wrenching and possible that these choices, but they had to be made of. is anybody happy about this? >> nobody is happy. not one person should be happy about this.

sometimes the mic and a time the political climate dictates to be the bashing tool for everybody, that's what it's going to happen. then you have leaders that are seeing what is happening in the voting district, and the big picture being that policing has changed. and they wanted to change, they want a bunch of lemmings that will follow them off a cliff if need be and that's exactly what they are going to get. it will no longer be a reactive police department, it's only going to be reactive, it will never be proactive. that's how you see crime continue. and you have to understand, policing is a science. today you do your job this way, what else do you want us to do?

and what do you do it to recruit new police and all of this and alexandria ocasio-cortez is responding to those budget cuts. it does not mean budget trips or funny masks. these proposed cuts to the nypd budget are at disingenuous illusion. this is asking the report we had at the top of the hour on what is happening in seattle. with this chops zone. as we had seen it, it has turned violent in recent days. you've seen situations there where police are obviously not wanted. we are looking at live pictures on the ground there in seattle where businesses have had to

shut down. what are you asking about the situation developing there? >> this is a situation from a long time ago. that's exactly what you get. if you have the police chief over there that wants to try the peaceful approach, these are not peaceful protesters, this is anarchy. you should have had the police department take back that precinct but i would never allow my police precinct to be taken over. this is how we defend everybody, not just the police but everybody. it's a day late and a dollar short and there will be more protests about it and we will see how they handle it. me personally i would have taken that precinct back a long time ago. >> sandra: they are trying to do that now. the seattle police department just moments ago send out a tweet saying that officers are enforcing today's order and are wearing a higher level of protective gear.

police are utilizing this equipment because individuals associated with chop are known to be armed and dangerous. the pd went on to say anyone who remains in that area or returns to that area is subject to arrest. we really appreciate that. that protects american monuments over the upcoming fourth of july weekend and, they've experienced handling large crowds and riot control. they've been sent to locations with disruptive activity, they are ready for deployment if needed. >> sandra: at the white house firing back on claims of russians paid bounty for killing american troops.

blaming "irresponsible anonymous leakers and defending president trump's claims. joe biden rejecting that statement yesterday. >> the idea that somehow he didn't know, it is a dereliction of duty if that's the case. and if he was briefed and nothing was done about this, that's a dereliction of duty. >> sandra: kristin fisher is live at the white house with all of that. >> good morning sandra. after days of the president trump on the offensive, we are now seeing the white house really go on the attack. you have president trump tweeting this morning that it's just another hoax. you have the white house press secretary, and in the national security advisor said it's a decision of a career cia officer

to not break the president because he says the intelligence was not corroborated and he is backing her up. >> we did everything right here. the real story here, the cia as gina haspel, >> the national security advisor, from the head of the cia, and this is what democrats have been asking for. they also want a briefing for all members of congress and they want to hear directly from president trump on this. >> where is president trump? is number one job is to protect american soldiers, to protect the men and women who fight for

us overseas. instead of dithering about what he knew and didn't know he should have a plan. the bottom line is we need tough action and in the nda a bill he seeks to get it. >> president trump is seeking to veto that bill and he said in a tweet last night that he will do it if "elizabeth pocahontas warren, which will lead to the renaming, from which we won two world world wars is in the bill. but keep in mind, this is a must pass a piece of legislation to fund the u.s. military and it really already has a lot of support from both democrats and republicans. sandra? >> sandra: thank you. we will have more fallout from the russian bounties.

the congress intelligence committee joins us live so stay tuned for that. and a dire warning as covid-19 cases hit new records. >> we are now having 40 plus thousand new cases a day and i would not be surprised if we go up to a hundred thousand per day if this does not turn around. >> how states are handling rising caseloads as they struggle to get the economy back on track. plus homeland security gearing up to protect monuments from vandals over the holiday weekend. new reaction on all of this from a member of the president's cabinet. agriculture secretary sonny perdue joins us straight ahead. >> we want to make sure there's a coordinated whole of government approach as we look towards not only july 4th but any other time. after that. they want to make sure that our facilities are protected.

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>> trace: the former atlanta police officers charged with murder in the shooting death of rayshard brooks is free on a half million dollar bond. garrett rolfe must wear an ankle monitor and has a strict nighttime curfew. he's charged with felony murder and other offenses that prompted

police brutality protests. >> sandra: homeland security taking steps to protect national monuments over the july 4th weekend. activating a federal task force to guard against vandalism and violence. homeland security responding to a new executive order following a wave of vandalism targeting our historic figures. sonny perdue is joining us now to react to that. good morning and welcome and thanks for being here this morning. obviously the administration sees the need to do this, what are your thoughts this morning that this is needed? >> i do hope that we can do this peacefully. all of us agree that our first amendment rights are very important and protest, peaceful protests. vandalism and taking down structures and creating damage is not the first amendment so i

hope that we can have a great fourth of july celebrating the independence of our nation peacefully. >> sandra: you know mr. secretary, so many of us see what happening top of the hour, we had a report on the ground there in new york city where you saw a vote tooth/a billion dollars from the police budget there. all the scenes playing out in u.s. cities across the nation. americans look on and wonder where this all goes and what happens next with all this? what do you think? >> sandra for those of us who are old enough we survived a lot of things. america will survive, we will not only survive but we will thrive. we have been here to celebrate the implementation of a new

trade agreement and again president trump again president trump intuitively understood these trade agreements that we had just given away so much including american jobs that they will rebuild this american economy. >> sandra: coming from a farming family and having started many businesses yourself, you are celebrating this moment after 26 years of nafta, what does that mean for america's farmers and for agriculture, automotive, what does it mean and how does the change things. the trade deals and the united states have almost given away jobs to foreign countries and exporting those not only to the countries but also jobs. we had the united states and multinational corporations taking jobs away from the united states and sending them overseas or south of the border. that did need to happen. this levels the playing field.

i'm glad you mentioned the automotive industry. obviously i'm intimately involved in advocating for american farmers and ranchers which this agreement is good for as well and it doing away with a very ununfair trade practices that canada had regarding dairy, poultry, eggs and wheat grading. and we understand we have needed that for other jobs and critical industries as well. >> i want to ask you about the coronavirus cases that are popping up in georgia. some tough decisions to make and confirmed cases are topping 81,000. what needs to be done up to slow the spread of the virus so we cannot only get back to work and

school but keep those businesses open that are able to reopen. >> people need to understand that these masks are, and be protective, have a good time and enjoy one another socially, and it's really good hygiene. we can do both. we can keep people safe and also open the economy >> sandra: thanks for coming on with us this morning. >> trace: hong kong police cracking down on protesters as china's new national security law takes effect. the seattle mayor and police

appear to be on the same page and want this area cleared out within 48 hours. it seems like tensions have come to down a little bit now but earlier there was a lot of agitation. the theory is that some of these people in the chops don't have weapons. in recent days there have been for shootings, two of them fatal and that's a big concern because a lot of protesters do not want to leave. more "america's newsroom" coming up. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight

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>> trace: the fox news alert, the u.s. intercepting a shipment of products in newark, new jersey, suspected of being made of human hair that originated in china. the cargo indicates potential human rights abuses and imprisonment. the shipment included almost 13 tons of hair products worth over $800,000. rich edson is live in the state department was more on this fox news exclusive. >> u.s. and government officials say this is a broader government strategy to crack down on products that are made with forced labor. they amount to about $800,000 according to u.s. officials and these are products like wigs and hair extensions. officials say they are still analyzing these products to confirm they are origin and where they came from, but officials say it it's reasonably indicated that they are manufactured with forced labor in china. the spokesman for the national

security council says this highly suspicious 13-ton shipment of human hair and deep seems to be linked to the weaker concentration camps and this is a new low even for the chinese communist party and they will have to answer to that world for their actions. there is expanding pressure on companies to ensure their products don't come from prison labor. they are especially targeting abuses in actions on china where the officials of the chinese government has turned up more than a million's forcing them to indoctrination and forced labor. last month president trump told axios that he held off on chinese officials because it would have interfered with his officials with china. since a clear message to american businesses to make sure that their supply chains do not have forced labor in them. in october the state department did issue a visa restrictions

for the chinese government the united states suspects are involved in this crackdown in china. >> trace: rich edson live for us at the state department. thank you. oh >> sandra: it's that time of the morning, doubt swerving for a second time yesterday and all the opening bell ringing on wall street. yesterday ending the second quarter on a high note. the dow rose 18% in second quarter marking the best three months since 1987. so can we expect more of that? bring in neil cavuto. i got to flip over and make sure i'm looking at the dow with you here. up we go, a 60-point gain as we begin a brand-new quarter. does this continue, neil? >> it's interesting. normally after a very strong quarter, theories usually sort of, everyone catches their breath and kind of moves on from

there to see whether we will follow up. more cases than not, it's tough to follow a blistering pace like that but we are already of off a good start. and furthermore, a prior month status was sharply aborted. again this view of the economy is, it's really picking up some steam here. we've seen on the housing front and some retail sales figures, that doesn't minimize the fact that there are ample problems and slowly openings. but the fact of the matter is at least when it comes to jobs, this unwinding of restrictions is helping the economy and help in hiring. >> sandra: if we put it up on the screen, you think about where the market came back from some of the darkest days from the pandemic when you saw the dow fall nearly 18,000, the dow

is up 18% and the s&p, the broader snapshot of the market with the nasdaq climbing 31%. as technology names are thriving during all of this but neil as you know, markets are finicky and they are at times, more often than not, very unpredictable. it seems that the markets are anticipating a vaccine obviously for coronavirus, but they are also anticipating another round of stimulus. the more spikes would get it more predictions that there will be more stimulus for the american people through all this and markets have to balance th that. >> and it's funny to come the markets are looking at $3 trillion worth. they are really of the opinion, whatever help you can provide it, we are all for it, so they like to see it. now i want to pause here, much of this depends on the course of the virus itself.

that did worry a lot of traders here because any spike in cases also means a delay in recoveries and estates reopening. we are seeing that in states already, and we are pushing things back a little bit. i know you have reported on this extensively. that's the one thing that we look at because that is a big worry. it's coming in with young people who can stand the virus and deal with the virus. it's a bumpy road but we expected with the new testing we would see and hear of more cases. dr. fauci said we don't get a hold on the spikes, we could see a hundred thousand cases per day but others disagree with him. the fact of the matter is we are not out of the woods on this and we don't want to look at the

market and say all right, this is the standard bullish pattern but yet again, you talk about the comeback in this quarter. we come back mightily from our march lows in the case of the dow, we got 37% and the s&p close to 40%. at the nasdaq is 43% and those are pretty heady gains. >> sandra: there you have tripled digit gains, the dow is just topping 26,000 as we begin another trading day. we will see you at noon on the fox business network and later on the fox business channel neil, thank you. >> thank you, sandra. >> trace: police in hong kong making their first arrest under a controversial law that went into effect yesterday giving china a tighter grip on the territory. a man carrying a pro-independence flag was accused of breaking that law and antigovernment protesters their continued protests, protests continue with andy mccarthy. he's a former assistant u.s. attorney and fox news contributor. always good to see you and i want to make sure i have this

right. you have a law that wasn't unanimously enacted by beijing and ignored the hong kong legislature and now it virtually overrides hong kong's independence. fair assessment? >> very fair, trace. the sad thing is we have to start thinking about hong kong is just another chinese city under the authoritarian thumb of that communist regime. and at the other thing i think we really need to worry about is china is clearly making an assessment here that we don't have our eye on that ball. we have such -- our streets are a flame and we are dealing with coronavirus, we are in an election year and they seem to think that we are either distracted or we don't have the stomach to deal with them. >> there's been a lot of pushback on whether or not, his team she's on.

>> the purpose of this piece of legislation is not just to punish but also to deter. to deter people from committing such serious offenses. terrorist activities and so on and so on. >> talking about terrorist activities, the whole thing, they are now threatening people who chant anything about independence and that they too will be pulled in. these crimes you know can hold up to life in prison. >> that's right. i think when we see carrie lam we have to recognize that she wouldn't be there unless she was doing china's bidding. she's a really beijing's cat's-paw in this location and we need to look at her as if she were beijing because that's what she is. this is what the history of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes are. they take democracy and they take dissent and they try to

frame it as subversion and terrorism. she has really been playing that team for a year now. >> trace: you talked about whether the united states has its eye on hong kong during this whole thing. do you think the president should come out and make a more forceful statement about what's happening now in hong kong? >> i do. i think what president reagan did in connection with the uprising in poland was really vital to what ultimately happened in history there including the bring down of the soviet union. i think when you are dealing with a regime like this, the chinese are not the soviet union at this point but they have aspirations to be and i think we need to be clear where we stand on this. >> trace: andy mccarthy, to see you, thank you sir. >> thanks, trace. i have great week. >> sandra: police are moving into seattle's top zone to bring an end to the weeks long

protests happening there. but will demonstrate her sleep peacefully? lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demanding answers on reports, meanwhile, of russian bounties paid for killing u.s. troops. how should the u.s. respond if the intelligence is accurate? utah congressman chris stewart here to react. he sits on the intelligence committee and will join us live, next. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on

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>> trace: as lawmakers attend briefings on reports of russian bounties paid for killing american troops in afghanistan some on capitol hill are suggesting retaliation against a of vladimir putin. let's bring in chris stewart was a member of the intelligence committee. congressman, great to see you. i know that your and you are all in. you maintain still that president trump was not fully briefed on this intelligence. >> i'm certain that that's true. thanks for mentioning that i'm a

veteran, i am and there's nothing that i wouldn't do to protect our soldiers. president trump feels exactly the same way. the whole premise of this story is that he wouldn't protect our soldiers and he doesn't care about their safety and he somehow is deferring to vladimir putin. i think the whole premise of it is nuts. it's so predictable it's clearly designed to weaken or embarrass the president and so many people run with it. >> trace: i think we should clarify, just for the record you are not saying russia wouldn't do this. i certainly wouldn't put it past russia to do this type of nefarious behavior. >> that's exactly right. because who is apprised of this? i mean, vladimir putin wants to weaken and embarrassed, to diminish the united states all over the world and he certainly isn't about trying to kill u.s. soldiers especially in areas as

volatile as the middle east or afghanistan or pakistan. how can that surprise anyone that that might be true. >> but even still we need to find out if it's true. we need to clarify if we can. and by the way the leak makes it much harder to do that. and to actually determine if it is true we can decide with the appropriate response would be at that point. >> trace: on that note, senator tom tillis says if intelligent reports, they need to be treated as a state sponsor of terrorism and then you have some of your other g.o.p. colleagues who want more briefings on these reports. others say that, look. it's what you said. "the new york times" used of this unverified intelligence to smear the president. where do you come down on those thoughts congressman? >> there's a lot to unpack. people say we need to

investigate, while of course we are investigating. we've been investigating this actually for years. some of this intelligence is years old. of course we need to look at it, as we have been, and determine if it's actually real, is it actually true. by the way there is contradicting intelligence that says that it's not which is why it was not taken to the president. you don't take the president a bunch of your worries, you take them what you think is real. but if we do determine its true then i think we should have a conversation. we sanctioned russia so severely already that the tools we have are fairly limited. >> congressman i want to mention this because, we say would job be tougher against russia then he was in the past? what we are referring to is back in 2008 when putin went into neighboring georgia and joe biden called for reset with the russians?

>> again, it takes a seventh grader to look at the last three years of history and to realize that this president has been tougher on russia than any president in generations. everything from an energy policy and weapons in the ukraine, with the mike withdrawing from open skies and other treaties and this president somehow prefers a vladimir putin. that's just nuts. >> trace: a congressman chris stewart, sir, good of you to join us. >> sandra: pediatrician speaking out about opening schools in the fall. and whether they think it's a good idea. we will have that coming up ne next. we're carvana, the company who invented

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>> trace: just weeks before it was due on store shelves the judge blocking a release of a new tell-all book about president trump written by his niece, mary. in the meantime the publisher says it might be too late since 75,000 copies have been already been shipped out. >> sandra: a new call for students to return to class in person as soon as possible. the american academy of pediatrics is strongly urging and a board-certified md in pediatric medicine. whether you are out at the restaurant it they want to know

if your kids can safely return to schools in the fall, what do you think. most of the kids that had it covid had very mild illnesses. so how do you manage it? if your kid has diarrhea in school, that's a symptom of covid. do you send them home for 14 days? do you shut down the cafeteria if they were in the cafeteria? covid presents in so many ways that all these forms, we definitely agree that we want to get kids back in school. but if we arsenic them home all the time, how do we have a

workforce? a 4-year-old can't be socially isolated for 14 days. so we have a lot of work to do. >> sandra: so there's obviously the health risk, the immediate risk of contracting the disease and spreading to someone else. that would be the concern going back to school but the american association of pediatrics has some different concerns if kids don't return to school. let me read this to you. like the time away from school and associated or interruption of supportive services often results in social isolation. making it difficult for schools to identify and address important learning deficits as well as child and adolescent physical and sexual abuse, substantive abuse and depressions, suicidal ideation's. this in turn places children and adolescents at considerable risk in morbidity and in some cases mortality. so they have much greater concerns, they are saying, if kids don't get back to school.

>> i completely agree with that. i've seen kids having speech delay and physical motor delay if they are getting their therapy. i saw 3-year-old who wasn't speaking well. if the parents don't notice that as much because parents are working from home and they are busy, they kind of understands d their kids at lingo but the rest of the population may not understand that. we are doing telemedicine physical therapy, and i'm a doctor and i don't know that i could do that so how do the parents? poor physical delay that might be crawling or walking? we have kids that are abused and don't see bruises. teachers aren't seeing the abuse the microbrews is. most of the kids get two meals a day from school. i really want to get kids back in school, don't get me wrong. i just think there are so many

logistics. >> let's talk about the challenges of getting kids back. >> in order to get back safely to work and school the overarching most critical and essential action we must first accomplish is to control the virus. meaning rapidly extinguishing the outbreaks and minimizing community transmission. all of us are concerned about recent data from several states indicating rising in sections and now an uptick in hospitalizations and deaths. >> sandra: that was the latest that we heard from the health experts advising the president on all of this. we will see what happens at the state level getting kids back to school, it's so important. thank you so much. a moment now about the coanchor of this program ed henry.

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>> sandra: fox news alert, seattle putting a stop to chop clearing of the city's autonomous zone once and for all. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" this morning, i'm sandra smith. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. officers in riot gear moving and after the mayor issued an executive order for people to vacate the zone. they warned in a tweet anyone who remains in the area or returns to the area is subject to arrest. william la jeunesse is telling the story from our west coast newsroom. >> jenny durkan signed that overnight. police moved in to retake that neighborhood. 15 arrested so far using armored vehicles addressed in riot gear and overwhelming numbers and witnesses say chop is almost

entirely cleared out. others said they would not leave until their demands are met defending police. >> i want to send this message to everyone that's watching. you guys don't understand what this is about. chop is not only being here, chop is the people. >> cops this morning's pepper spray and flash bangs on and some activists who refused to move. yesterday the father of a black teenager killed near chops that he wanted police to clear the area due to violence. 65 robberies, assault and other crimes. >> we got to set this down. >> also the city council, even endorsing the chop.

kshama sawant allowed hundreds of protesters inside of city hall. and leading a march to the mayor's home which was then covered in graffiti. so chase, police have reclaimed the station, and lawsuits against the city by residents and businesses. but the chop they say is no longer an area in this major american city. that is over. back to you. we will bring that to live. william, back to you. >> there are things that can creatively be done about modifying things like the school schedule. alternate days always make the gold that it is a very important to get the children back to school for the unintended negative consequences that occur

when we keep them out of school. the three that was dr. anthony fauci and other top health officials in that hearing on capitol hill yesterday, testifying before the senate health committee. louisiana senator bill cassidy, the cdc director for universal guidelines on how schools should test for the disease. senator bill cassidy is also a medical doctor and he joins us now. senator, good morning to you. trace and i hear, we would like to ask you a few questions about how we can get people back to work and back to school safely but first we have to stop the spread of this disease now seeing a spike in cases in some areas of the country. how do we do this? >> it was a good group out of harvard, and a good group out of louisiana, how do we do that? if you start off with this is the red zone, this is where new york was and where new orleans was, got to suppress

it. we got the orange on the yellow, and finally the green. you have one case out of a hundred thousand. you have a different strategy for each but you need to have a granular strategy. if your prevalence is this much, do this. if it's that, then do that. if you could get down to zero and new zealand and iceland, think about it, zero cases. we've got to zero. we need that kind of strategy here in the united states. >> trace: you know, it's trace gallagher here. it sounds like you are not happy or satisfied with the answers you got about getting kids back in school and you want to see certain guidelines set out. if you could expound on that for us a little bit? >> so the cdc will say there has

not yet been enough information as to the impact of children. then we should be looking into it. children are very unlikely to spread the infection. extremely low risk of having a complication if they are infected. if we tests, and if one is positive then you react to that. you have them all spit into the same vial so to speak and you run that and if it's negative, all the children in the pool are negative and you've only used one test instead of ten or more. so we need to think creatively.

by the way, great respect for dr. fauci. but to have children go to school every other day is not ideal to say the least. parents work. both parents work. not because i want to be fulfilled but because i want to put food on the table. parents want to go to work because the child is safely at school, and the parents have the same opportunity to provide. that's the goal. >> sandra: it's honestly a great concern for families across the country and would like to have you back on that but we have some breaking news. >> trace: let's go to seattle, we have a news conference. >> violence in and around capitol hill occupied protest zones including multiple shooting resulting in many injuries and two deaths. the deaths of two teenagers.

at this point we had 13 arrests and we don't have the specifics from all of the arrests. my plan is to update all of you with more information, and i want to reiterate what i've said. i support peaceful demonstration, black lives matter and i want to propel this movement forward toward a meaningful exchange in our community. but enough is enough. our job is to protect and preserve the community. our job is to support peaceful demonstrations but what has happened here on the streets over the last two weeks, or few weeks that is is lawless and it's brutal and bottom-line it it is simply unacceptable. i will continue to work with our committee police and our office

of inspector general and all of our community partners and city leaders to encourage peace and move forward with how to re re-envision public safety in our city. i will take a few questions. again this is early and very fluid. i will give you what information i can at this time. >> will it be back to normal? >> we will have other city organizations and city interests come in. we will clean up our precinct and start operations as soon as we reasonably can. >> did you confiscate any weapons in the arrests? >> i don't have that information at this point. obviously there is still some cleanup and still some things that will be happening so we will be able to answer that better in the later in the day.

>> we are not in the building at this point and we have done a search of the building at this point so we have cleaned the building out in that regard but we are not living in as of yet. can you tell us about all of the people or the agencies that accompanied you this morning? >> that's a great question. we want to thank the police department, and otherwise the personnel is from the seattle police department. >> what we would keep them from coming back? >> in terms of the east precinct the mayor's order makes it clear that this area is off limits at this time and no one should be in the area and we will be enforcing that the way. no other what effect on any other facility at this time. >> one more question.

>> many of them have participated in this organizational efforts. >> have you seen their latest list of demands and some of those things, do you have any comment on any of those? >> it will be a continuing dialogue which will look allow us to look forward along with other city members, thank you so much and we will be back later. >> what they are doing right now as they are actually breaking down the top zone in seattle, the capitol hill protest zone. the building that they are talking about is the precinct that was taken over by chop or surrounded by the top protesters and there were threats where they would go inside and occupy that building. they are saying the building has been cleaned out at least of protesters and police in the coming days.

the area is now being dismantled. they are taking as you mentioned 13 protesters which have now been arrested and those who are refusing to lead would be arrested by our understanding throughout the day. now, it appears the mayor of seattle and the police chief are on the same page for the first time in a few weeks. the mayor had said let them protest and let them do their thing. the police chief said there is too much violence and we need to get them out of there. now they are on the same page and it appears that the top zone will be taken down and dismantled late today. we will continue on that as it the news comes in. >> we look not only towards jul. after that. we want to make sure that our facilities are protected and the statues and monuments are protected and the people that are working in those buildings are working together as well. a >> sandra: that was chad wolf, the department is

deploying special units to protect monuments and statues during the holiday weekend. that all comes after a wave of vandalism and destruction to some statues. gillian turner is live on that this morning. >> sandra: a couple of hours ago president trump tweeted out, they are now going into full effect as part of that effort. the department of homeland security is launching what they are calling protecting american communities task force. they say the goal of the special task force is to follow through and to make sure that statues, monuments and public buildings americans are going to head outdoors and fill public spaces. the acting american secretary chao wolf is deploying

special federal tax forces to detect landmarks. >> we are again very focused on what we see is very violent extremists and violent anarchists here in the country. we said it again and we will keep saying it, we are not going to let these individuals who clearly hate this country continue to terrorize and go after the destruction of federal property is an federal monuments. we are here to stop them. >> they threaten to topple the statue of a, and it still standing as of now. take a listen to what kayleigh mcenany said about it. >> he will not stand for lawlessness and chaos. he stands for 71% of americans who say there is no place for the tearing down of statues as these anarchist doing across the nation. >> where i'm standing right now

is just north of the white house itself. if you look through the protest material that is pinned up on the fence, the statue of andrew jackson on horseback. protesters two weeks ago tried to topple that statue in the middle of the night while the president was in the white house and has since been protected by two layers of chain-link fence as well as many guards that are surrounding us here in this neighborhood. we expect to see a lot more that coming to a city and a neighborhood near you across america. >> sandra: gillian turner on that for us. >> trace: and joe biden has done something he has not done in months, faced reporters questions at a news conference. how did he do and will we be seeing more of this. howie kurtz weighs in on that. plus the st. louis couple and the national spotlight after protesters broke into their gated community and came out brandishing guns on their front yard.

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>> trace: breaking news out of seattle where the occupied protest zone is now in the process of being taken down. the police chief held a news conference moments ago that we aired our lives saying police are in the process now of going in and retaking that area including the police precinct which we have now gone in and cleaned out including all the protesters. those protesters refused to leave but throughout the day they will begin taking others out of there. they have been at odds over the past a couple of weeks about exactly when to go in and clean this area out and today is the day. the concern is that earlier, over the past four days there have been a a series of shootings, for them. two of them were data, these are the live pictures. two people died in that and there is concern that some of these protesters may have had had weapons.

the police chief indicating earlier that she has not heard of any weapons being used but the top zone in seattle is about to be taken down and, some of the live pictures you are looking at here, this angle you can see police kind of standing off with some of the protesters and other angles show in the businesses for the most part were open and close depending on who was going in but a lot of business owners and neighbors complained that this area was a chaotic scene on and off for the past couple of weeks. police hope to have full control of this area sometime late today or early tomorrow. >> sandra: many of you have seen the video and the pictures by now showing at st. louis couple in their front yard appointing guns after protesters

broke into their gated community. now the husband attorney mark mark mccloskey is speaking out telling our own tucker carlson what was going through his mind at that moment. >> when i saw the mob come through that gate, with a her rage and their anger, i thought they would be overrun in a second. i was literally afraid within seconds. >> he is saying that he was just trying to protect his home and his family and his actions were not racially motivated. >> i have been tested, constantly tested. look. all you have to do is watch me, and i can hardly wait to compare

my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man i'm running against. >> trace: and joe biden out of the basement and holding his first news conference in months. end. and howie kurtz joins us now. good to see you as always. i'm fascinated by the fact that there was really no pressure for joe biden to come out of the bunker and address the media in the past couple of weeks. >> it's an absolute double standard. the did five interviews in june compared to 21 interviews with president trump and the media which usually is demanding access, we have to hold these candidates accountable. he basically did -- going up in the polls rather than demanding access. it actually paid some dividends because it response to a question. his speech have been about

covid-19. he accused him of a dereliction of duty and that story about russians allegedly paying bounties to tell a man to engage with reporters and you make news, it's a lot of a lot of campaign physics. >> a lot of people say the biden in the bunker strategy is working but even when you are in the bunker you have the ability to do these interviews and there have been very few of those coming that bunker. >> i understand the temptation for the biden campaign because we've been doing well in the polls, but that's not going to last. meanwhile the trump campaign trying to figure out, instead of accusing a captive of the left. >> trace: and we apologize for the short segment here, we have

some breaking news. >> sandra: fox news alert to the state department where we are now hearing from secretary of state mike pompeo about china's controversy controversial new governing law. >> allocation of resource and department of defense, it continues with withdrawal from the ims. this administration has been taken seriously, and i only wish we didn't have so much to clean up from the previous administrations to allow russell to get on the ground and celia and pick enormous gains and interfere in elections in the united states of america under the previous administration's watch. we had a lot to clean up president trump has been serious about responding to this in a way that protects america and keeps america safe and every day, working diligently to make sure that we keep our soldiers safe wherever there is any threat, whether it's from russia or anywhere else that presents

itself. wouldn't that bounties be an escalation? >> thinking. mr. secretary, my question is the question about the report. and in addition, and as to identified by the u.n. and that, their joint state yesterday also said the report

further corroborates the assessment that we might be witnessing the implementation of. so do you believe china is committing towards the weaker people? >> that state has taken the strongest action of anyone in the world to protect the rights of all chinese people including the weaker people and we will continue to do that. we hope other muslim nations will take this seriously as well and respond in a way that has the opportunity to protect those peoples human rights. we will evaluate how we think about that chinese actions and what it is that we have to call them. we have worked closely with congress to pass legislation, legislation that if i recall correctly passed nearly unanimously. if the united states take seriously our obligation to preserve human rights and that's

the legal norms and standards for the world. >> given all that you laid out, now is the time to bring russia back into the g7. and if i may, obviously, and are you willing to take them mandatory action actions laid out i in and that's what we do. we will absolutely implement those laws, and we will certainly do that.

and you make the decision about whether he wants to move closer. and they comply with multi-obligations, and more importantly they will continue to blow out a global coalition that understands the challenge with the communist party of threat one freedom loving peoples all around the world. >> 's obligation to protect human rights seriously and slamming hong kong for its security law. at the secretary of state continuing to react to the state department this morning and will continue to monitor this for news and bring that to you as we get it.

>> trace: seattle's police chief speaking moments ago and saying she supports peaceful protest but enough is enough. we will follow this as it happens the morning. [♪]

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>> sandra: the department of homeland security deploying a special unit across the country to protect arguments across a fourth of july and holiday

weekend. the move marking an aggressive response by the trump administration pushing back against the violence and vandalism and that some of our historical monuments and recent protests. let's bring in our panel. charlie hurt is an opinion editor from the times and judy miller is an adjunct professor and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist. good morning and thank you for being here. judith, i will start with you first. and in some cases they take them down unlawfully. >> i think that this move was not only well advised but it was essential. this especially on july 4th on a holiday. and on a day which we are going to be celebrating our independence, the department of homeland security feels the need to add extra forces that already

has the sites across the country to protect monument the site for independence. >> sandra: if they are saying this is what's needed, and this is what happened. >> what we have seen is the lawlessness over the past few weeks. and that's taking some strong action as we go into this july 4th holiday. we wanted to make sure it's there and ready. they increase the disruptive activity, and that that could

threaten our personnel, and dhs will be forward leaning and protect federal facilities and properties. it's another that it has to be done. how did we get here? >> it's very disturbing and a very grim reminder of kind of where we are right now in this time. if the president wants to run on a law and order agenda, and i think that is a winning agenda, i think that's what the american people are looking for at a time like this, when they see the images they see every night on tv and this is the way that happens. during that press conference yesterday that joe biden gave, that was one of the most shocking moments in that press conference that came when he was asked about this monument and he took the opportunity to parse about, there are some statues that we shouldn't tear down and others, you can't be surprised. the others with the difference

between confederate statues and statues of satan, thomas jefferson. the fact that we have a major party in this country that is nominated that's their nominee for president who thinks that there is wiggle room there, and they don't like a statue, while people can't be surprised. that's a stunning moment. and that's not only a lack of leadership in the democratic party and, but there is a lawfully placed confederate statue or a statue of thomas jefferson, it doesn't matter, it's illegal to tear it down without going through a proper process. the fact that joe biden would sit there and kick her a favor with those tearing them down in the first place, and it just goes to show. not only does he lacked leadership but he will do

anything and it's a very terrifying moment for us. >> sandra: at the president tweeted this out. judith, i will let you respond to. it is in full force and effect in excess of a 10-year prison term. please do not put yourself in jeopardy. many people are now under arrest. so we will see with the weekend holds. judith go ahead. >> i just think, charlie is distorting what from vice president biden said. that's the violent removal of the statue. given the peaceful protest, and they have descended it into violence but already more than

80 statues that have been removed from this country and some of them, most of them legally according to due process, some of them not. >> sandra: isn't it kind of a fair question though, and, there's a tearing down of the statues, final thoughts? >> i think they have condemned it but i don't think they've done so vociferously because i think that's what the republican are trying to do, they are trying to politicize the issue whereas a relay what we are talking about is how we should deal with our past in a lawful and orderly way. >> sandra: i think does what people would all agree that we want.

>> trace: the city council is proving massive cuts to the police department. how can law enforcement keep the peace amid rising gun violence. charles payne kee joins us next. up at 2:00am again?

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>> sandra: new york city protesters against police brutality celebrating after the city council voted last night to slash $1 billion from the nypd budget and shift that funding to resources like education and social programs. the decision is coming after protesters camped outside of city hall and that they are demanding that police budget be cut. a look now at today's cover of "the new york post." let's bring in charles payne, the host of "making money." you saw "the new york post" this

morning, what's your reaction to it. and you've been talking on this program a lot about it? >> yes i have. it's very disappointing. they've been talked about the across the country for the last two months. you take 300 million and there are going to be times they will wish they had police they are. 86 million canceled for the current cadet class and you have a lot of officers retiring from new york city. i think that's a huge mistake, and, it's heartbreaking, it really is. if there's about retraining or

extra money from that. anything that may solve the issues and make the relationships better, it feeds into a mob of narrative. in a lot of folks will suffer for this. you just look at how some of these funds and that's $350 million. that's a department of school safety and crossing guard functions. they really dig in there and think about how this is going to affect our schools. the city schools in the policing of those schools.

again, school safety guards, and if they want to give it a try that's fine. i think that you don't want to embolden violence and encourage it. i'm just not sure that they need extra security or not less. but it's not concrete, none of this, if you are, that's a 20% murder at 424% versus 2019. even alexandria ocasio-cortez the outspoken democrat from new york says this does not go far enough. she's not happy with it and she says funding police and defunding police does not mean budget tricks or funding masks. so it doesn't appear anyone is

happy with it. >> she wants to go further. the income is 28,000 versus 60,000 for the city where child poverty is 19%, and defunding the police, how does that help those folks in your district, how does this help them? and that's all i can tell you. thank you for coming at this time. >> trace: police enforcing a dozen rss a clear an area that has been occupied for weeks. a live report from the scene at the top of the hour.

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>> trace: at minneapolis taking another step towards disbanding its police department announcing it's now accepting public online comment on the plan but meanwhile there is outrage and reports that several city council members that received death threats following their calls to defund the police were assigned private security details. i just want to get your quick reaction to the city council members who are voting to disband the police, and less they needed a little private police protection on themselves. >> its hypocrisy. a thousand buildings destroyed and a precinct destroyed, the statue of christopher columbus taken down, and the city asked for 400 more police in january and they got a couple handfuls

and now they want to defund the police but yet they want their own protection. but the people of minneapolis want their protection and they wanted protection by police. >> there is some confusion about exactly what would happen next. the police department would be replaced we are told by the department of community safety and violence protection using holistic public health oriented approach. what does that mean sir? >> they don't know where they are going. minneapolis was meant to be a great city but we have to stop lawlessness. that's one of the things that we need for the communities within minneapolis to thrive. the fact that the city of minneapolis and the city council there is against the police, it's really bad. the police are going to try to do the best they can add we will bring the reforms of the state level and we will also do hearings. the state senate i've asked to do what went wrong and why did

they let the precinct disk when they knew they were going to do that? we'll get to the bottom of it but it's not defunding the police. is to the mayor of minneapolis jacob frey says he's a little unclear. >> this charter amendment were to pass through and we would have the head of safety report to 13 different people. every time something bad happe happens, it will be a big process. and let's work for the great state it's meant to be and for minneapolis to be the shining light it's meant to be.

>> trace: minnesota state senate majority leader, good seeing you. >> sandra: we are monitoring the situation on the ground in seattle as police move in and to clear out that so-called top zone. the response from protesters who were occupying that area, coming up.

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from the so-called chopped stoneware protesters blocked off city streets to create a police free zone. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" where the news is changing fast. good morning everyone, i'm sandra smith. >> trace: police issued the order for everyone to leave around 5:00 a.m. west coast time, more than a dozen people have been arrested. the police chief saying the area had become lawless and brutal after shootings in the area killed two teenagers and seriously wounded three other people. >> i support peaceful demonstration. we are moving forward toward meaningful exchange in our community. and meaningful change in our community. but enough is enough. >> sandra: at dan springer is live outside of the top stone with the latest from there. dan, what are you seeing? >> from a police perspective

this has gone about as well as can be expected. they came in at 5:00 this morning and started to get the people out and we are at the epicenter of this protest zone. and we can tell you that police are now inside that building. if we pin out, we can show you the work that's being done out here. this is all the barricades that have been in front of the police precinct for 23 days. and if they are being this dismantled. the honey buckets are being taken out and we have lots and lots of police officers from three different agencies that come in. they did make 13 arrests this morning, we don't know if there will be more but there are police all around kayla anderson park. there are still dozens and dozens of tents, and there is no

people inside of those tents anymore. and at the people in those tents were asked to leave. and virtually everybody did. the mayor did issue a 48 hour emergency directive so that is why these police were able to come in here. we don't know if we they still have those tools available to them or not. a lot of people do expect that there still could be protests that come back to the area, after the police have taken it back. and, we will get back to you on that.

police have been alerted to those. and what they are working off of here, when you read the statements coming from the seattle police department, a lot of the open source video that was recorded in the area has provided them the evidence they need to move and do what they need to do and make arrests. but they are really relying on a video which is prevalent on some of the city streets there. >> its really interesting sandra, that they put out that video again and it's a compilation of 23 days of violent incidences inside of here. it hasn't been all violent but certainly there have been cases in the seattle police also have them, they put out the video and it showed some shots being fired and showed assault, people with rifles going and standing behind

barricades and trying to protect themselves as they are shooting at other people. in other words it was almost like a public relations move to show the public why it was necessary for them to come back in today. cassandra? >> sandra: we heard from the seattle mayor who said she supports the peaceful demonstrations and protests that have taken place in some instances but she said on the violence, enough is enough. dan springer on the ground in seattle. >> trace: another fox news alert, protests erupting out of new york city hall as a kid city council approves lasting $1 billion from the police to britain's budget. new york city lawmakers voting to shift of that million dollars from law enforcement to education and social service programs. but protesters argue that the plan does not go far enough to bring real police reform. in the meantime the nypd commissioner is blasting the budget cut made a spike in violent crime across the city. >> make no mistake, i think this

is going to be a significant challenge and it's going to impact how we police. you will see now, the mob rule in my opinion. and you will see in the city council, bow to mob rule. let's lock the date on the calendar and how long it will be before we have a conversation about new york crying out for more police i think that day is coming. >> trace: aishah hasnie is live with more on this. >> good morning seo. new york city is still occupying city hall park, and they show no signs of leaving and, we have seen police presence, about 150 cops walking around outside of the park. if you pin over this way you can see some of the officers standing near us and if you can see they have some flex cuffs on hand. we don't know what the plan is just yet but last night

protesters might start building barriers. and that this is a budget passed just after midnight, a billion dollars in custody. nypd includes illumination of two of the four nypd classes and reducing overtime spending. this is happening at a time when shootings are up across the city compared to this time last year and a $9 billion loss due to coronavirus. here is the mayor this morning. >> we will continue to respect peaceful protest but we have obviously have to keep the city moving and running. we will figure out as always how to strike that balance and i think the bottom line is, you know, wherever there is protests, we will work to make sure it is safe and peaceful. >> some people feel the budget did not go far enough. they wanted a hiring freeze on police and they are criticizing

moving the school safety officer is over to the department of education budget instead of just removing them. the new york city public advocate giovanni williams writes in part, when new yorkers raise their voices and change and our office calls for a specific tangible actions, this administration either did not listen, did not care or did not take us seriously. the charter he is talking about he says gives him the authority to basically prevent the budget from being executed during the essential -- basically blocking the tax collection process. the mayor says though that williams is misinterpreting his powers and of the people are here in the meantime are showing no signs of leaving. they are staying put until they get those demands. >> trace: aisha hosni, thank you. be and >> sandra: daniel linsky, the former superintendent and chief of

boston police department is now joining us. and that's a early morning this morning. friday morning they moved in. that's what we called the peaceful presentations and protests and we are now saying after days of violence, enough is enough. >> absolutely. i think it was wise to not go in, with the full energy of the crowd and people seeking to use peaceful protests, where there were some times gone by and the numbers have dwindled. people realized that these are criminals who are using this peaceful process process for crime and to overtake the city. they needed to go in and it needed to take a stand and now they need to hold that area and hold people accountable for

their criminal activity that occurs in that occasion. >> sandra: i want to go now to what's happening in new york. this is the police commissioner, dermot shea, on our fox five station talking about the $1 billion cuts to police funding in new york and what it means. listen. >> we are obviously at a time, unprecedented in terms of policing and in terms of the crime levels and what's happening in the criminal justice system. we are starting to see the rise in retirement which is impossible to predict, but if i was going to bet, i would think it was a reasonable bet. >> sandra: what does a billion dollars in cuts in police funding mean to the safety of those streets and to the ability of police officers to effectively police and keep people safe? >> it's going to make it harder

to do anything more challenging job. so the recent push on police to be more accountable, to have cameras and more accountability and oversight, all of that requires funding. we are talking about getting rid of some 2,000 recruits in the pipeline for this year, i won't take the commissioners back because i know there will be police officers living law enforcement around the country, they reached a maximum service and right now it's not something they want to put themselves and their family through. we are going to go back to, there are so many 911 calls and so many things we have to do, it will come back to a responsive police force and that something that we learned decades ago doesn't help with committee relations. in fact it's what caused the whole community policing world to come together where the community got involved. it's time to work together, definitely things that all sides can do and funding can be put

into resources for youth programs and community engagement processes. police didn't make crumbling schools or crumbling infrastructure and their challenge, we hold them to greater expectations and standards and it will be a hard difficult task to go forward and we can certainly see. you look at the history in the 1919 police strikes. and, we have to ensure that we fix the system without breaking it. >> sandra: and some lawmakers say they don't believe these cuts can go far enough.

and that's the department of educations budget for that reason police remain in schools. the fight to defend policing continues. it's an indication that for some, this push is not over. daniel linsky, we appreciate your reaction this morning. >> trace: fox news alert on the surgeon covid-19 infections across the country with more than 2.6 million confirmed cases and more than 127,000 deaths. many more americans may contract the virus. >> we are now having 40 plus thousand new cases a day and i would not be surprised if we go up to a hundred thousand a day if this does not turn around. and so i am very concerned.

>> trace: jonathan serrie is live with more. >> officials say multiple factors are driving the surge in covid-19 cases but a significant factor actually dates back to memorial day. large numbers of people gathering them and another concern is younger folks becoming complacent about social distancing and wearing masks in public. a surging cases on the west coast threatens to reverse the gains of the so-called california miracle. >> if we continue to see some of the surges we are seeing, i think that we won't be packed with and covid patients within a few come at two or three or four weeks. >> they also become politicized as a leading republican senator has called upon the president to help reduce stigma of wearing a mask. >> unfortunately the simple life-saving practice has become part of the political debate. if you are for trump, you don't wear a mask and if you are against trump, you do.

that's why we suggested the president vocationally wear a mask. even though in most cases it's not necessary for him to do so. >> although they are at lower risk of complications and hospitalizations than older folks they can still transmit the virus to those who are mobile, more vulnerable. so public health officials and they are very concerned about people gathering for the july 4th holiday. >> trace: they are making a tragic discovery and what her family is now saying. plus it's the latest political firestorm to consume washington. it reports that russia offered

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>> trace: fox news alert, on reports that russia offered bounties to tell of a to kill american troops in afghanistan with new reports that those resulted in the deaths of three american marines. all this amid growing calls for congress with answers. >> we got some answers this morning from the national security advisor. robert o'brien confirmed that the intelligence behind these russian bounties was shared with u.s. allies but he also talked about the responsible date for the decision to not share that intelligence with president trump on the president's daily brief, a career cia officer. >> i decided early on whether the president should be briefed on this, and that was the senior career civil servant on the cia officer. and she made that decision

because she didn't have the confidence. she made that call. and you know, i think she made the right column. so i'm not going to criticize her. most of the fact that i know now i stand behind that call. >> sandra: at "the new york times" is reporting that u.s. many officials found the bounty to kill u.s. troops in afghanistan. the paper reports that american officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by russia's military intelligence agency to a taliban linked accounts. the white house maintains that all of this intelligence has not been verified and that there are conflicting opinions within the intelligence community about it. yesterday during his first press conference and 89 days former vice president joe biden called president trump's response to all of this a "dereliction of duty." >> this president is -- talks about cognitive capability. it doesn't seem to be

cognitively aware of what's going on. either reads and/or gets briefed on important issues and forgets it, or he doesn't think it's necessary that he needs to know it. >> democrats have been calling for a briefing on all of this from intelligence personnel, not white house officials. it appears that the gang of eight is about to get one from the director of national intelligence and we are still trying to nail down directly when that briefing is going to take place. but it sounds like it will be taking place either today or tomorrow. >> trace: kristin fisher live on the north lawn. thank you. >> sandra: for more on all this, let's bring in republican congressman adam kinzinger. he was briefed at the white house on the day. what was your take away from that briefing? >> the take away is it's a really serious issue. obviously a lot of intelligences

coming out, i actually read a more granular intelligence yesterday and, it's a real deep concern. but i don't know if this is the scandal that the other side is playing. first off i agree with the national security advisor and it's really a decision, whether or not you want to break the president. i don't think there's a right or wrong decision but in terms of the factual issue, i don't believe it's not the point of being actionable intelligence. i think the important thing here is we tried to do our best to step away from especially my friends on the other side of the aisles accusations of basically malfeasance and we say, we need to get to the bottom of this and then respond if we find out it's true. >> sandra: so after that meeting you put out a joint statement with your colleague michael mccaul saying, there are already those politicizing the issue. the putin regime cannot be trusted if the intelligence

review as you just stated congressman process verifies the reports and strongly encourages the administration to take strict and serious action to hold the putin regime accountable. he said it on air this morning, he said that this is another false story and he surprised that th "the new york times" ran it. as far as any accountability with that is concerned he said it may be impossible to get to the bottom of this because of the leaking. so what you are hearing your colleagues on the left asking for congressman is, they want a full house briefing. we are hearing about the gang of eight that could be happening, but what do you think should be happening on that front? >> i think briefed congress to the extent possible. keep in mind somebody somewhere decided to lick a lot of intelligence so the idea that 500 some members of the congress and the senate are not going to leak anything further, they will never be satisfied no matter what they come and show.

there is a political motive behind this and the reality is, it is a very serious issue. at the second the story broke and was leaked it really is going to lead to a much harder time pinning down whether or not this is true. >> so she is a democrat from new york. i should also point out she was at the white house briefing yesterday and as a former navy helicopter pilot, a member of the house armed services committee and to hear was her response and what she wanted to see happen. >> something that we ask for yesterday at the briefing was that the president come out and reassure the nation that he has our back. reassure the nation that he will get to the bottom of this and, if these reports are verified, russia will face repercussion. >> sandra: so we will see what happens on that front. final thoughts congressman? >> i agree with her.

the president should reassure the nation. keep in mind he killed the guy that killed 600 americans. >> congressman, thank you. >> trace: hundreds of millions of dollars to protect the nation that it's all on the line on a battle over bases named for confederate officers. we are live at the pentagon with that. plus, joe biden doing something for the first time in 89 days. how he handles his news conference yesterday and how reporters handled him. ♪ can my side be firm?

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>> 2 minutes before midnight the president fired off a warning on twitter saying he will not find of the massive $740 billion defense bill unless military bases named after confederate generals remain unchanged. "i will veto the defense authorization bill if the elizabeth pocahontas warren amendment which will lead to the renaming of other military bases of which we one to world war as it is in the bill. the senate minority leader pushed back. >> i dare president trump to veto the bill over confederate base naming. it will stay in the bill. i think the bottom line is, what's in the bill will stay in the bill. >> this is the strongest warning yet from the president who recently said he would not even consider changing the name of ten u.s. army bases named after

confederate generals with the president is running up against his own party as well as top military leaders. they voted to change the names and the largest base was named after a confederate leader is fort bragg, home to the famed 82nd airborne division. it's named after confederate general braxton bragg who lost the battle of chattanooga in the civil war leading to his resignation. fort gordon is named after lieutenant general john brown and gordon who is head of georgia's chapter of the kkk. i can tell you that army leaders i've spoken to are very serious about changing these names but they are waiting to see what congress does. ahead of the congressional black caucus karen bass says the language to change the names will remain in the defense authorization. if the defense bill is not past it will hold up money for a coronavirus vaccine and a money for new jets.

> trace: president trump is warning the government is tracking down the two anarchists who threw paint on the statue of george washington in new york city's washington square park. the president tweeting we have them on tape. they will be prosecuted and faced ten years in prison based on the monuments and statues act. turn yourself in now. so far the vandals remain at large. >> this is a most unusual campaign i think in modern history. the irony is i think we are probably communicating directly in detail with more people than we would have otherwise but i would much rather be doing it in person. that's a first time he is faced reporters in 89 days. phil mcgurn as a columnist,

and good morning to you. i should say there were many who said that those were softball questions and many thought that they were completely appropriate. to the point of that, there was no questions on the defund the police movement. obviously with a billion dollars in funding, no questions on the sea at situation so what did you think of that? >> yes. mine is the same as yours. it seemed to be an event to describe how fantastic the biden administration would be and to avoid any real questions about what was going on in the united states. fundamental questions about violence that we seen in our cities and so forth. so clearly, we saw this with a former senate staffer which alleged that mr. biden had sexually assaulted her in the

press basically ignored this for a couple of weeks. you know that if it had been a republican, joe biden, it's not going to make it tough for them. >> what president trump wasn't having it. biden tweeted questions for the so-called press conference yesterday where he read the answers from a teleprompter. he was pressed finally at one point for a question that has come up on his cognitive ability and he answered in this way. >> i've been testing and constantly testing. all i have to do is, i can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man i'm running against. >> final thoughts on that?

>> yes. i think it was an odd response and so forth and american people will make decisions on this and i don't think watching mr. biden in public resource people that he is fully in control but that will be a decision for the american people. it's one reason people are anxious to see mr. biden out there. >> all right, something that you are pressing in one of your latest pieces, is pushing democrats to come out and openly condemn the violence and the unlawful tearing down of some of our monuments and statues. as a mob stare down statues of lincoln and grant, where it is the democrats stand in that piece? you are very specific in calling out biden to condemn the tearing down of the statues in cases where it was not agreed to by

the city or the community. >> while you know, yesterday, the morning my article came out someone did asking that question at the press conference and he did to his credit say we should make some distinctions between robert ely and thomas jefferson. but the issue is not, he would like to keep the issue confederate statues and confederate names but the issue is violence and the mob. it's amazing to me how many leaders, cannot condemn the violence that we are seeing in these democratic cities and i think there is an effort to focus on the confederacy. i had no idea who fort bragg was named after and so forth but there is an effort to keep the focus on that because they think that it hurts donald trump. also it distracts from the colossal problems in our democratic run studies.

that's the failure to educate children in our cities and it's extraordinary. this was biden specifically talking about that. >> i think there's an obligation that the government protects those amendments because they are different and that's a remembrance and that's a feeling of revering someone who had that review. we may have things in our past that are now and then distasteful. >> sondra, we are not looking -- we are not asking him for historical judgment, we are asking whether he is willing to punish these mob mike models that are taking the right, and so far he hasn't been able to do

that. frankly these democrats are able to condemn the violence and call for punishment. >> i'm talking about this, and we appreciate your time. >> fox news alert, we are keeping an eye on seattle. cops are clearing people out of the so-called chop zone where protesters block off city streets to create a police free zone. more than 23 people have been arrested after refusing to clear out. but first, and did they overreact? our next guest says they have a right to defend their property.

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>> sandra: of new york city police releasing this disturbing your video showing a thief choking on robbing a 64-year-old woman and pulling her to the ground. thankfully the victim was not seriously injured and police are still searching for the suspect. >> trace: at the st. louis homeowner captured on this viral video appointing a pistol at protesters on this property is now speaking out telling tucker carlson last night that he and his wife were afraid for their lives. >> i was literally afraid that within seconds they would surmount the wall, come into the house, kill us, for in the down, and everything that i worked for

and struggled for for the last 32 years. i did what i had to to protect my home, my heart and my family. >> trace: bud sexton is a former officer and nypd intelligence officer. the circuit attorney came out and said it, she was alarmed that these peaceful protesters came upon people who were carrying guns and aiming the violence, and she kind of left out the fact that these peaceful protesters storm the guy >> keep seeing this and that's incredible fear of imminent bodily harm. all of a sudden we were told it was mostly peaceful protest and we were not allowed to take any action whatsoever. the problem is as we've seen some of these protests have devolved, many of them have devolved into violence, looting and arson and all of these protests as a result of that can

carry some degree of legitimate concern for people when they see them on private property breaking into or breaking near to a private home in this way. we have all seen the images of the burning buildings and we have all seen what happened in other circumstances. so in this case what you have is the democrats, and of course a lot of politicization up from prosecutors offices as well deciding that self defense or even the presentation of a possible self-defense whether it's driving your car to escape the angry model or showing up and standing outside of your own home with a lawfully owned weapon, that's the problem. not the mob at menacing people and threatening to kill them while they are having dinner. this needs to stop, everyone has a right to self-defense and it doesn't matter what democrats say about it. the one i want to play the sound bite from mark mccloskey who was the owner of the home by the way was on private property. >> it was like the storming of the bastille, but the gate came

down in a large crowd, a very angry, shouting and aggressive people pulled through. i was terrified would be murdered within seconds and our house would be burned down and out pets would be killed. >> trace: you would have a right to be concerned about your property. >> absolutely. you see the videos of cops having their vehicle surrounded and then having to drive away or individuals having to do it, you know that these protesters do mean harm sometimes and they are going to take action based on that perception because they've been seeing what's happening in recent weeks, too. >> trace: i have to go about what's your take on why it's so hard do you think in recent weeks for police to crackdown on protesters, do they feel like their superiors are not going to have their backs or what is at play here? >> no question. it's lack of political will, but sometimes the governor and also the perception that if they do try to do their job and they

have any mistake or even a close call of a mistake they could lose their career or lose their pension and becoming a bad guy and no one wants that. >> trace: this is from a constitutional law professor who is quoting here, there is no right to protest in those streets. as a technical matter they were not allowed to be there. it's essentially a private state and if anyone was violating the law it was a protesters. in fact the owners have photos of the protesters and they could go after them for trespassing which is a legal argument but no one has brought that up. >> trespassing is still legal even if democrats think they have a really important because that justifies it, it still breaks the law. >> trace: good to see you buck, thank you so much. >> sandra: brand-new numbers on the race for the presidency focusing on their personalities. who do voters think is more energetic or even-tempered? we will tell you, coming up.

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>> president trump: do you know who's lost it? sleepy joe has lost it. sleepy joe biden. sleepy joe can't do this. china would like to see sleepy joe biden. >> trace: it seems that slippery joe nickname is sticking a builder's minds. a new poll finding that president trump has been viewed as more energetic. but biden has a match when it comes to temperament leading the president 60-25%. but now fox news contributor, and the sleepy joe thing is a double-edged sword, and he has more energy.

and it, an end that doesn't necessarily mean it's taking -- might be backfiring. it turned out that voters wanted a bull in a china shop and he was able to win. we had a lot of drama for the last four years and i kind of want to go back to not thinking about who the president is all the time. they may be looking for someone who was more calm and that's why the sleepy joe insult that the president uses may actually be backfiring. >> you are onto a good point

here, you now see the president backing away from the sleepy joe thing and he's trying to rebrand the former vice president now as somebody who, look. if you vote for joe biden you will vote for the far left because a current will take in that way. it doesn't reflect in your poles but maybe you can see a little bit of that kind of emerging in there. >> certainly it's going to be easier for president trump to win voters in the middle, and he's able to tie joe biden to many of the positions that are taken to folks on the far left and have gotten more and more vocal in recent weeks. biden is trying to walk a careful line and he says things like he supports taking down confederate statues and he's trying to avoid being tied to some of the far left positions but we have a long way to go before november. >> this is the all-important battle for congress. the headline is which candidate party are you more likely to vote for in your congressional

district. and there you have it, democrat 51, republican 37. what's your take away from this poll? >> republicans are facing a tough election but bear in mind on the ballot it wants a generic republican, it will say a name. and that's why these candidates and these key states are trying to make a name for themselves so if there is a tide against republicans they can survive that. >> great to see you, thank you. good insight. without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered.

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>> trace: looks like in seattle the number of arrests is up to 23 or 24. >> sandra: we will continue to watch that. thank you trace, we will see you back here tomorrow morning. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> fox news alert, putting a stop to top. seattle police clearing out the city's autonomous police free zone earlier today. officers in riot gear moving in and making at least 13 arrests. after the america issued a stomach and executive order for protesters to vacate the area which includes an abandoned police precinct. seattle police chief carmen bass said she's had enough. >> what we have seen here over the last few weeks is lawless and brutal and bottom-line