pete. big fourth of july show for you guys coming your way. >> and even though it's a federal holiday, brian, i think you're doing a radio show? >> absolutely. have a happy and safe fourth. >> our brand-new twist in the jeffrey epstein case. his a his longtime mistress and former lover keying maxwell has been arrested. good morning. i'm alicia cuneo and for sandra smith. >> trace: good morning to you. glad you are spending this holiday that is the holiday before july 4th with us. on lee lynn fetter. maxwell is now behind bars in new york and accused of helping epstein recruit, groom and to be as underage girls. that comes nearly a year after epstein killed himself in a new york state jail cell.

>> in an exclusive interview with fox news, a woman claims she was sexually assaulted by epstein and maxwell when she was just 14 >> absolutely. i would definitely stand, take the stand and testify because i believe that she deserves to be where she's at today. and she deserves to say stay there for the rest of her life. and i hope that by me coming forward it encourages other victims to stand up and say, to be honest, let your voice be heard. >> alicia: brain yannis is live in new york city with more. >> elise yeah, good morning. this is the first time that this jane doe has publicly spoken about being sexually abused by

ghislaine maxwell who she says is just as evil as jeffrey epstein. she claims the sexual abuse at the hands of ghislaine and maxwell started in 1991 when she was just 14 years old and continued until she was 16 years old. she did not want to reveal her identity which is why we have protected that. she said maxwell not only facilitated her sexual abuse by jeffrey epstein but she claims maxwell was in the room and frequently took part in the sexual abuse as well. >> i would say it's more than 20 or 3 3030 times. she is a and destroyed what was supposed to be the best years of my life being a teenager. >> jane doe said she was recruited by jeffrey epstein by a friend in school with promises that epstein could help her modeling career. she claims that ghislaine

maxwell showered her with gifts and shopping and then in turn. maxwell taught her to perform acts on men and then she would perform acts on her. then she became pregnant with jeffrey epstein's baby. >> the fact that i had to kill my child really affected me and my family. >> this this was a result of jeffrey epstein? >> i had never been with anyone except for him. >> she said she had to have an abortion and told her grandparents about the abortion, fearful that if she told authorities, that jeffrey epstein and others of gang her as punishment. a woman says maxwell took part in the gang rate. >> she was definitely a

participant. it was a hateful and degrading rate and i was dumped off in my grandparents yard and naked and was told. >> this jane doe is part of a civil lawsuit. this jane doe was able to testify and do whatever she can to make sure she lands behind bars and we reached out to ghislaine maxwell's attorneys about the specific allegations and they said "no comment." alecia? >> alicia: bryan llenas in new york with heartbreaking interview. we will have much more on this case when fox news legal analyst

mercedes: joins us at the bottom of the hour to discuss what's next and whether maxwell could try to avoid a lengthy prison sentence by incriminating some very powerful people. that's coming up at 9:50 a.m. eastern time. >> leland: president trump kicks off the fourth of july weekend a little later today with a trip out to mount rushmore. sioux tribal protesters are expected to show up and call for the removal of the memorial. here is the president talking about the recent vandalism of monuments around the country. >> president trump: i also want to thank all of law enforcement, the job you've done is incredible. you play with arm monuments and our statues and you go to jail for ten years. it's amazing how it all stopped so fast. stop so fast. we let the local authorities handle it as long as possible but ultimately we said let's step in, and we stepped in and it stopped. ten years in jail.

>> more on how the federal government is protecting monuments this july 4th in a minute but first we are live at the white house with more on what the president's plans are for the day. >> president trump has a long day ahead of him. he and the first lady will they make that trip out to mount rushmore a little bit later on this evening for the fireworks celebration and they will be coming back to d.c. overnight. while this is billed as a celebration there is also a little bit of controversy with the chairman of the cheyenne sioux tribe issuing a blistering statement overall saying, nothing stands as a greater reminder of the great sioux nation of the country that cannot keep a promise or treaty than the base that is carved into our sacred land on what the u.s. calls mount rushmore. the trip to south dakota becomes a search and we have seen many different places pull back on some of their fourth of july events. the president on twitter late last night tried to explain why cases may be rioting, and he says there's a rise in cases because our testing is so

massive and so good, far bigger and better than any country. this is great news with even greater news is that the death and the death rate are down. that doesn't there is a historic flyby, they will still be encouraged to practice social distancing to make sure that they don't have any ethical contact with each other. the one we will check and a

little bit later. alecia has more. >> alicia: let's bring in tom bevan, real clear politics cofounder and editor. thank you for joining us this morning. >> great to be with you. a >> alicia: let's talk about ohio a little bit. let's talk about cleveland. the city council is looking at a petition right now to replace a statue of christopher columbus with the statue of chef boyardee whom many people do not realize was a real person. i can put up on the screen what they are saying about this, and the reason behind this on the petition. chef boyardee has been a go to an expensive meal for poor families for generations. during the current pandemic of 2020, stores routinely sold out of many chef boyardee products due to high demand. he truly created a fast and easy

meal anyone can enjoy. chef boyardee has a much better role model. let's go now to columbus, ohio, where 25,000 signatures have had a petition there to change the name of the city after an idea by famous chef and tv host guy furey to flavor town. let me read for that. for one it honors central ohio's proud heritage as a culinary crossroads and one of the nation's largest test markets for the food industry. that would be superior to its current nomenclature. here we are talking about flavor town. how much of this is about social justice anymore? >> exactly right. that shows the link to what

we've gone, and now obviously ripping down statues. i'm not sure that this is helping. that's like ohio and some of these midwestern states, and the sort of plays into the sort of overreach. >> alicia: this started out with something completely needed. >> they are going to rename the capital city. it was already enough i think that they took down the

monuments of christopher columbus the other day. in the capital city, and again, i'm not sure where this ends up. this is one of the big now overwriting issues and it's well beyond police reform. and whether you think it's a racist oppressive society that needs to be completely torn down and rebuilt from scratch. that's the landscape, the political landscape as it is right now just four months before the election. >> alicia: they are struggling with suburban white voters. i want to put up a headline here

by marc thiessen and he needs them to win. he goes on to write, many americans who don't approve of trump know it's in their self-interest to reelection them but trump has to give those voters permission to vote in their own self-interest. meanwhile, biden is given those voters permission to defect. they push back against the socialist party. that's health care. what are your thoughts on that date you are hearing from people like my piece and who's been a great defender of the president? >> even the president's campai campaign, he decides he's trailing anywhere from 3-7 points again for months before the election. they are wanting him to i think

changes rhetoric a little bit, soften it a little bit to do exactly what mark said which is still stand for law and order and still stand for public safety but without using some of the rhetoric that turns folks off. at the end of the day the trump campaign wants to make this not just a referendum on president trump but a choice between trump and biden and to hang all the radical elements of the democratic party that we simply out here over the country the last few weeks and even if biden tries to present himself as a moderate sake, if you are voting for joe biden you are voting for for all of that as well and that's the case that the trump campaign wants to present to voters. >> alicia: and we have to remind everyone, we are still four months out. tom bevan, we appreciate your time today. as we know for months as an eternity in politics. >> leland: four months and is a long time in the fight against coronavirus as well. the u.s. hitting another single

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points and biden's lead has steadily increased since march. fox news contributor is joining us now, good to see you as always. i just checked. we are about 190 news cycles until election day. >> it doesn't determine how the election is going to turn out. they weren't shut down with coronavirus and so many things can happen. the president was way behind at this point, it looked like hillary was going to cruise to victory. but there were many of us who said it, no she isn't. there is a mood in this country and i think that mood is beginning to reemerge. a lot of people are fed up with political correctness and discussed with the nonsense like we were talking about earlier, get rid of the statue of columbus and put up chef

boyardee. people have lost their minds. especially with fourth of july we are celebrating america. people can go out and make nutty statements and make fools of themselves. if most people did this in countries they would be shot or jailed for life. right now i think the president has got some challenges but i also believe there is more than enough time for him to remind people that the worst thing they can do is elect joe biden who is in the aoc green new deal open border raise your taxes make the government bigger check your mouse if you're of guy. >> leland: that's the line from the trump campaign of a defined joe biden, the points you just made. this is what john thune the republican of south dakota had to say to "the new york times." for making judgments talking about the president's poor poll numbers, about the president's performance there and how he's handling it, sometimes you get dealt a hand and you got to play it.

this is the point that you said it, does he need to change what he is talking about and how he is reminding people and what issues he's running on? >> it's not that he changes what he's saying but he's changing sometimes the manner in which he says that. and i don't me that he becomes a soft-spoken genteel guy, because that's not his guy. style. it's making it about the sites. the family is trying to recover from the coronavirus impact and they don't care that someone has insulted the president. they don't care if somebody lied about him. what they worry about is whether they will recover, or whether there will be overrun by a bunch of protesters so it's got to be the champion for the people, not

the champion for his own problems that he faces because he's hated by the news media. >> he described it as the americans are under threat. one issue that the president has gotten a lot of support on and praise especially from his base on is what he has done to rebuild the u.s. military and protect members of the military and his actions overseas. that's called into question that the russians were offering bounty for u.s. soldiers. the gang of eight on capitol hill, they were briefed on the intelligence and this is what two of the top democrats have had to say. take a listen. >> i believe the president is not close to tough enough on vladimir putin. >> the white house put on a con that if you don't have a hundred

percent consensus on intelligence and you don't start off at hundred%. >> it's interesting that they don't actually talk about conclusive decisions in their comments. >> there aren't any, the washington compost as i call them in the new york slides. and the leaders of the congressional inquiry, which they need to look into. this is true, let's find out. but to say that he hasn't been tough on pollutant is to totally deny the reality, he has been

far tougher. that's what barack obama didn't do, in terms of being tough on these weak european nations, and he may say everything is fine between us. >> will use the hundreds of mercenaries of the u.s. military killed in syria. governor, good to see you. when i say we are up against heartbreak, we got to leave it there. good to see you. >> happy fourth. >> alicia>> alicia: the supremet blocking access to secret grand jury materials from robert mueller's investigation. what this could mean for president trump as he also battles congressional efforts to get his financial records. plus, jeffrey epstein's longtime friend ghislaine maxwell arrested and charged for helping him recruit and sexually abused underaged girls. the next legal steps in this

disturbing case. >> ghislaine maxwell is a monster and she's now in custody and that's a very good thing. ms. maxwell was a ringmaster, she was the architect of jeffrey epstein's sacks ring.

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president trump is attributing the startling rise to increased testing but dr. anthony fauci is warning america needs to act fast for the outbreak gets wor worse. >> what we've seen over the last several days is a spike in cases that are well beyond of the worst spikes that we have seen. that is not good news. we have to get that under control before we risk an even greater outbreak in the united states. >> leland: jonathan serrie live in atlanta. >> good morning to you. texas governor greg abbott is now mandating the use of face coverings as its executive order applies to all texas counties that have at least 20 covid-19 cases. in other words nearly all of them. the number of new cases in texas has quadrupled what it was only made. governor abbott says he is issuing this executive order to

avoid another shutdown. >> face covering is not the convenient thing to do but also know that wearing a face covering will allow us to keep texas open for business. >> leland: herman cain is being treated for covid-19 at an atlanta area hospital less than two weeks after he attended a trump rally in oklahoma. according to a staff, there is no way to know for sure where he contracted the coronavirus but we do know he is a fighter who has beaten stage iv cancer. at vice president mike vice president mike pence said they are at lower risk for complications and for them to wear masks and social distance nonetheless. >> no younger american would ever want to put at risk a grandmother or grandfather, a mom or a data, an elderly

neighbor or friend by inadvertently exposing them to the coronavirus. >> the cdc has published a new study by local health officials in pasadena, california. they looked at local nursing home infections there and found that more than 40% involved asymptomatic individuals. they say this means you need widescale testing not just looking to identify symptoms. back to you. >> our knowledge about the disease continues to evolve. >> alicia: a big win for president trump as the supreme court denies congress immediate access to grand jury testimony from the robert mueller investigation. a federal appeals court ruled the documents should be turned over about a decision by the high court to hear the case will keep the material under wraps.

my first question is, does the signal what might happen now with the president's fight against congressional democrats over his financial records? as you point out and what the supreme court said, these records are going to make it not going to be seen the light of day until 2021 at the earliest and possibly never. now of course on monday we are expecting decisions and all the cases involving the president's financial records. from the questions and arguments, it seems as though, and we respect the needs of

law enforcement and affecting congressional oversight, but at the same time period, of course general trump and attorney general barr are trying to run out the clock. all i'm confident their legal arguments will fail it's now more important for the american people to hold the president accountable at the ballot box in november. my question to you is, do you think voters are paying such close attention to this end it will actually matter to them in november? they have so many things on their plate. and it, that's the thing that we

get onto our nation. the supreme court doesn't care about the political timetable. they want to get this material, and frankly that's irrelevant to the supreme court. that's what the house democrats want, and we are not going to keep the political talent or follow ordinary procedures. >> alicia: it's been a busy week. late last night that justices did block a lower court order out of a case in alabama that would have essentially allowed a more voters to use absentee voters in light of the pandemic. so this is actually another disappointment for democrats. i will put up a statement by the naacp legal defense fund. they say unfortunately this means that alabama voters who are at greater risk of severe illness or death from covid-19

will be required to risk their health and violate cdc recommendations in order to vote on july 14. they are arguing there is a safety issue here and that's kind of the crux of the case here, but those against us say, you have to have your i.d., the supreme court order came out last night and didn't provide any reasoning for why it basically stopped these changes to the election law that a federal court in alabama had ordered. but i expect what's going is the majority of the supreme court said, this is changing the rules of the game on the eve of the election. it's one thing for legislatures to make changes to the election law, we are in a new role, but

at the same time i think the supreme court was troubled by the fact that this order from an alabama court was issued. we will look to those decisions next week. >> leland: hand sanitizer and fireworks, there might be a problem. we will tell you what it is when we come back. plus a number of states with a mask mandated public as a coronavirus cases continue to spike. so just how effective is a mask? we have an expert on that and what you need to know when you hang out with your family this weekend.

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>> leland: fox news alert, we are now learning that two dozen states have adopted that coronavirus cases are surging across the country. there's a new study though that finds not all face coverings are equally effective in preventing the transmission of the virus. and with that we bring in dr. peter hotels. doctor, this is especially important, we think about july 4th, families getting together and multigenerational folks getting together for barbecue and the like. and taylor that to the situati situation. first of all you want to attain social distancing as much as possible especially in areas where we are seeing a steep acceleration of the virus right now. especially in states in the south like florida, texas and arizona are seeing a pretty

intense resurgence of covid-19 so you want to maintain social distancing as much as possible. putting on a mask is is absolutely essential. but, there's a lot of virus in the upper airway. so now we know there are different types of masks and they are better at reducing the transmission than others. there's a study that came out of florida atlantic university recently and it shows actually those cone-shaped masts do pretty well or double layered cotton. just a straightforward bandannas are not quite as effective and they reduce the amount of virus when speaking or coughing. these are some considerations to think about. >> leland: we are putting together a video of people wearing different kinds of mas masks. this brings up an important question and my parents are watching. do you wear a mask or to protect

you or to protect other people from you? >> pretty much everyone is asking that question and the answer is a bit of both. it will prevent release of the virus or reduce the amount of virus released into the atmosphere, that's number one. but there also appears to be some likelihood that it will reduce the likelihood that you will acquire the virus and dr. burks has been saying this on the white house coronavirus task force. but this is why masts are so essential, we don't have a lot of other tools at our disposal. >> leland: we have a list of all the states now that are requiring masks. are they a substitute for "social distancing?" if you have a mask on and i have a mask on does that mean we can hang out at a barbecue for this july 4th? >> it will reduce the risk but,

that's what they need to do especially if you are in a high-risk group. it's a higher risk group of people and wearing the mask is the next best thing at this point. >> then there are a lot of younger folks my age that want to go out to the bars and have both parties this july 4th weekend and this is what joseph leva pato wrote in "the wall street journal." let them enter bars, exercise of the beach and learning school if they choose. the regional hospital capacity requires it and while being transparent about that availability, in efforts to increase treatment capacity including supplies of medications. are we at a point, at such a

critical level and does that seem reasonable? >> it's not just a hospital capacity, you don't want people lined up in the hospital, they have very high risk of permanent injury as well as mortality. there's this myth out there that young people are impervious to severe covid-19, and it's not true. you have young people and those icus and young people dying because we are seeing not only lung disease but this is causing clots to form. pulmonary emboli, stroke, coronary artery thrombosis. and you have even obesity or diabetes. young people are not protected by the state of reduced

likelihood compared to older people, but we have to look out for the health of all americans. if you are in areas where there is a significant level of transmission you have to pay attention to the news and our elected leaders and listen to what they are saying. >> leland: excellent advice as we think about celebrating. we appreciated as always. take care and happy fourth of july. >> thank you. you too and all the best. >> alicia: joe biden downplaying the june jobs report saying the country is still in a deep hole due to president trump's coronavirus response. so who will fare better when it comes to the economy heading into november. plus jeffrey epstein's a long time confident now facing federal child sex if sex abuse charges. why her arrest could be a turning point in the case. learn more at protectedincome.org.

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>> maxwell lied to because of as alleged was almost unspeakable. maxwell enticed minor girls, got them to trust her and then delivered them into the trap that she and epstein had set for them. she pretended to be a woman they could trust. all the while she was setting them up to be sexually abused by epstein and in some cases by maxwell herself. >> alicia: prosecutors accusing british socialite ghislaine maxwell to help jeffrey epstein "recruit room and abuse" girls for years. so let's bring in fox news legal analyst mercedes: so we can kind of go over all of this. mercedes, my first question for you is, what are the next steps here? >> well, they have a lot to

unpackage. the world has been waiting for the appearance of maxwell. she is absolutely key to figure out who else was complicit in the rate and sexual abuse of these young girls. so first the prosecutors are going to say, you've been in hiding. apparently the place she's been hiding was purchased by a blind trust. but who actually owned the blind trust, who purchased that at that place for you? that's number one. number two, you have an extensive passenger manifesto where particularly men were sent to the island to also sexually abuse these young girls. if you look at the indictment they have photographs of where the posse prosecutors believe the and it too is the mansion in new york city and three is of course the island that we just mention.

when you look at epstein, the orbit he is confronted with pictures of one of jeffrey epstein's victims who had no idea what she was. so when you look at what is in front of these prosecutors there's a lot for them to do. >> alicia: i want you to listen to an author who wrote a book on this case, and what they said last night on tucker carlson. take a listen. >> i think a lot of the friends of jeffrey epstein who were very relieved after he died are probably pretty terrified right now at this moment because i think that the nine maxwell has every incentive to talk in the situation.

they would get a shorter prison term. >> it's a great question, absolutely. that's part of what's going to happen in these back channel communications with maxwell. they will say we charged with a conspiracy but we have enough allegations and enough accusations from these miners who are now young women to come forward that you participated in a sex acts so you can ratchet it up. part of what the prosecutors will do is to continuously squeeze her to get her cooperation and that's exactly right. this is something that is so key for her defense that she can try to do the police but the biggest challenge for prosecutors is to keep maxwell alive. we know there is a lot of evidence that is set forth by the epstein estates, let's jeffrey epstein did not die by suicide but rather was murdered. this is something that the prosecutors have a big challenge ahead of them because obviously

in custody, there will probably be no bail for maxwell and she will continue to be in custody. we have to keep her alive to get that information from her. >> alicia: mercedes, we appreciate your expertise each and every time. thank you so much. >> leland: how the department of homeland security is ramping up. and, what we are learning about the alleged ringleader who tried to destroy you and andrew jackson in washington. griff jenkins is breaking that down when we come back. so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa.com i thought it had to be thick to protect. but new always discreet is made differently. with ultra-thin layers that turn liquid to gel and lock it inside.

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>> leland>> alicia: that departo foment security is dispatching specially trained officers to protect national monuments in major u.s. cities over the fourth of july holiday. this comes as protesters shift their focus from confederate and rolls to past american presidents. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm alicia acuna you in for sandra smith. >> leland: i'm leland vittert. in the meantime they are talking about their push to protect statues and monuments. >> we are just getting started. we have hundreds of investigations running across

the country and of course the prosecutions are done not across the department of justice. we are going to continue not only to protect the history of this country but as president trump has declared, we are going to prosecute violators of the law who vandalize property and history of this country, or threaten or hurt other americans. >> alicia: griff jenkins is live in d.c. with more. >> good morning, alicia. this is a first time in history when we pat the government deploying rapid deployment teams and federal property on the fourth of july along with harsh rhetoric towards a president for those who seek to vandalize them. >> president trump: nobody is going to shatter the american dream, not the anarchists, not the agitators, not the fools, not the looters. they won't have any impact on the national dream.

>> leland: at this after the president's executive order directs dhs, and these teams will be mostly comprised of thorough protective's services as well as ice, cbp on the coast guard where yesterday a major arrest, remember this? the guy trying to tear down the jackson statue, and they take that into a custody. meanwhile the president heading to the black hills of south dakota and fireworks will fly high above washington, jefferson, roosevelt and lincoln. as will the blue angels in a flyover. some 7500 folks expected to attend but they will be met by protesters. harold fraser who is calling for the removal of them

mount rushmore, and they are hoping our sacred lands will survive. as we head into the holiday weekend to several major fourth of july, and right here in d.c. >> alicia: i hope you have a happy fourth no matter what. >> leland: with that we bring in richard fowler. fox news contributor and brad blakeman. to you, it was a real unanimous consent among americans that things had to change. but now things have become outrageous. and does that mean that nothing becomes outrageous?

>> i don't think everything is outrageous, i'm fine with the name cleveland other than the city being named after whoever. i think this is a larger conversation, these groups of individuals, all across the country that represents the worst of america's dream. when slavery was in play, jim crow was in play. so why are we commemorating this? >> are you talking about the statute of confederate generals or are you talking about statues of grant and washington, jefferson and lincoln? >> i'm talking about those of confederate generals, but recently freed african-americans kneeling to president lincoln. those are statues that i think

represent the rest of america to be clear. >> leland: as the president is framing this, now to i'm here to defend, and is that a better conversation for him politically to be having? >> absolutely. the trouble is, this is not a conversation, this is anarchy. this is trampling people's rights and freedoms and the fourth fourth of july is about celebrating, not trampling or removing, dictating, if you don't like the statue, there's a way to remove it. have a meeting or a discussion as richard says.

and not sacrifice his life as fortune to fight to free. that's the same thing that lincoln, that's what the president is saying. >> leland: it richard, you made the point that we needed to have a conversation. is that what we don't need or what you would agree perhaps isn't helpful, is the vandalism and in brad's words, having that torn down by crowds rather than elected leaders? >> that's on both sides of the aisle. but let's be clear. in many of the cities that we are talking about the elected leaders decided to act and take these statues down.

like alexandria, virginia, or richmond, virginia, or even new orleans and louisiana, where all the leaders in those communities said, these statues represent the worst of america and they must come down. but we are saying on the other hand, they represent american heritage and they represent the worst of it, they represent bigots and racists. >> where do we draw the line? and wire becomes the line between what we are seeing is a worse of america and what parts of america we want to still commemorate? >> i think you have to go back in history to figure out where to dry draw the line. he said don't kneel to me, that's not right. you must kneel to the god.

so -- >> i understand that you are saying that you don't like the statue that is now in lincoln park and d.c. with kneeling. that point you made. what about the statues to washington, what about the jefferson memorial, what about mount rushmore? are those okay to stay? >> there is no problem the statues. and not mix issues. what we've seen over and over again as some of our elected leaders try to make this about george washington, but it's about these confederate statues and many are erected in the 1930s and 40s to bring fear into the hearts of the conversation that we need to have. >> that's not the conversation we are having.

>> we were surrendered to the lawless. look what happened to horace, he was gunned down. >> you are mixing apples and oranges. did you see his father on hannity crying about his son's slaughter? >> this is where i'm going to have to stop you. this is where i have to stop you because horace's death was horrible and this is about taking down the hateful statue that existed in this country that only uplifts the worst parts of the american history. >> we are having some problems with brad's audio so we will leave it there. brad and richard, we might talk about these very issues, either as he heads out to marine one or

they are in mount rushmore. alicia? >> celebrations are likely to look a little different this year with coronavirus safety measures in place. traditional gatherings to watch fireworks displays just won't be possible. >> we close beaches and cancel fireworks shows and that's how many cities were trying to prevent the holiday weekend from resulting in an ease or bigger surge in covid-19 cases. and they are reporting a combined at south florida struggles to fight a spike in covid-19 cases. at midnight curfew is now in place for miami beach and a number of july 4th celebrations have been canceled on beaches throughout the state. here in california big bro will

rollbacks and loosen restrictions as the state monitors an alarming rise in covid-19 cases. museum and bars, and a majority of beaches in southern california will be close this holiday weekend including here in l.a. county. >> without being physically distanced, and eight and they avoid large parades outside of the household. >> they are mandating that anyone traveling to the tri-state area from at least 16 states experiencing significant community spread, they

quarantine for 14 days. and a mass mandate, and they ban outdoor gatherings of more than ten people. >> christina, in los angeles, thanks christina. >> a lot of folks are still trying to push forward their plan for barbecues. this after learning about a mutation of coronavirus that infects more people more easily. so what does this mean for a search for the vaccine? plus, we will delve into what the alleged madam is behind bars. >> maxwell got them to trust her

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being transported to new york. police arrested her at her secluded multimillion dollar home in new hampshire. she faces multiple charges including conspiracy to minors in acts. >> i think that a lot of the friends of jeffrey epstein who were very relieved after he died are probably pretty terrified at this moment because i think that ghislaine maxwell has every incentive to talk in the situation. >> leland: maxwell is being held without bail before extradition to new york. >> alicia: global researchers have found a new coronavirus mutation which they say spreads more easily from person to person. the good news is that mutation does not appear to make patients any sicker than previous forms

of the virus. what could it mean for the search for a vaccine? and fox news medical contribut contributor, thanks so much. this is startling news to me. just curious, and these are very common and what we are seeing with coronavirus is a mutation in one of the spike proteins of the virus, the little legs that stick out of the virus. it's making the virus more contagious and more infectious, and it multiplies faster and your nose and throat. it's up to ten times more transmissible. and it's now up to ten times more infectious.

it's not more that might affect the vaccines under the current development. >> then when people are out there getting tests, some of them are getting false negatives, does this impact that in any way? we had up to 90% sensitivity with the current test that we have. it's a minor mutation, it had a huge impact in the severity of disease and outcome of the test results but it's certainly something we have to continue to monitor and follow. this mutation isn't seen everywhere in the world.

for example the original form of the virus is still in the same format in iceland and in certain parts of santa clara, california. it's still the original virus so it has not mutated everywhere. that's one of our biggest concerns, if it changes dramatically, where the vaccine will not be effective. but right now it is still -- the vaccine is still under normal development and looking to still be effective for the current strain that we have. >> alicia: does this change the way the coronavirus task force tries to fight the coronavirus? >> mutations are common, we see it all the time. this highlights the value of common sense preventative measures, making sure that you continue in compliance and comply with physical distancing,

wearing a facial cloth covering. apparently as we approach the fourth of july weekend you want to do the best you can to avoid large crowds because up to ten times more transmissible, we don't want you to pick up the virus. wearing a mask certainly helps but nothing is 100% effective. >> we have a freedom whether or not to choose to wear a mask. and there is data that shows that if we all wear a mask, and protect ourselves and others we could potentially save 33,000 lives in the next three months. so, by october. so the mass can really save lives. we are not asking you to wear at 24/7, and when you are at home

you can take it off, you can breathe. one simple preventative measure can have a major impact in reducing the transmission of this virus because remember, we can't continue to open unless we see a 14 day downward trajectory of the number of cases, number of deaths and number of hospitalizations. we want to get open sooner than later so if we can all follow these simple guidelines so we can resume and reemerge in our community back to our old ways. >> alicia: thank you so much for your advice and expertise, we hope you have a wonderful fourth of july. >> leland: right now the number of coronavirus cases as hitting records across united states and trend lines are not going down. our next guest says "new york times" may have put lives at risk with its report of russian bounties for killing american troops in afghanistan. congressman jim banks on his

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>> leland: a fox news alert, intel officials briefed the house and senate leaders, the so-called gang of eight

yesterday, on the report that russia offered bounties. the white house says president trump has was never actually briefed on the intel. and joining us now from here in washington, all right congressman, give us your logic. how does this endanger u.s. lives. >> first of all, this story is getting really confusing. it was published a week ago and "new york times" but at that point the left in collusion, somehow he was turning a blind eye to these bounties on our troops because he was cozying up to russia and putin and sort of re-attracting the russian trump collusion hoax. so flash forward,

"the new york times" is attacking him instead. the fact of the matter is, because a leaker went to "new york times" and they publish this ongoing intelligence of these possible bounties, now, we may not ever know the truth and we may not ever know holdings accountable for the bounties if the intelligence in this case does check out, and it was true. and, the logic is, it's expose this intelligence. and, it means that more troops will be killed in the tines is responsible, at the national

security advisor robert o'brien has said because of compromising an ongoing investigation into these bounties, and all the intelligence, all of our top intelligence officials, the left one to politicize this. career intelligence officials have said the intelligence doesn't check out. the russians at this point have shredded the evidence, and i don't think it's a great surprise to everyone. antic, russia has been in afghanistan since 1979.

that's a huge incentive for this man. this originally story has been long forgotten, and that rehashes the russian collusion narrative. that's a loss in afghanistan due to these bounties because for some reason he is cozy with russia and vladimir putin. it's just obsolete falls. they've been so tough on russia in this administration that the narrative has been long dismissed. >> donald trump has killed more russians than any president since ronald reagan.

it's important that military leaders in afghanistan haven't verified it. >> the white house has done icon on saying, all the agencies of intelligence have not signed off on this. it wasn't worthy of the president's attention. no, the death of the people in afghanistan or any place as worthy of the president's attention. >> does she have a point to? >> not at all. in fact i don't know if speaker pelosi -- she's attacking career intelligence officers who determined that this intelligence did not rise to the level of being reputable enough to break the president on it.

if this was bad intelligence and briefed the intelligence on it, and he took action on about intelligence than it would be severe consequences to that. officials can do their job, and they are not appointed political officers in the administration, career men and women. >> that's whether or not they should briefed on how much certainty they did or did not have. you made a pretty severe accusation, it's a serious accusation and i reported on national security stories before. i've been in discussions and agencies that say if you report this it has a potential to compromise intelligence. sometimes we don't report it and

sometimes we do. those are editorial discussions. i didn't see thou in "the new york times" reporting any statements by the administration or others saying what you are accusing which is, they would have been asked not to report this. because of national security reasons. so those same career folks that you're putting all this confidence and haven't said what you are saying. why not? >> i stand by the claim. "the new york times" published an elite classified intelligence about ongoing investigations into these alleged russian bounties. by doing that they've compromised any further ability to track down a further intelligence -- or ever get to the bottom of whether or not russia did put those bounties on our soldiers. i was in afghanistan's serving during the time that this intelligence to dates back to which means those bounties were on my head. any women i served with, and if

russia was indeed responsible for these, that was based on faulty intelligence. >> we know the iranians offered bounties. in the past, congressman, we appreciate your time. and america's celebrate independence day during a pandemic. officials and hot spot states like texas and florida were taking new steps to slow the spread after a surgeon cases. casey stegall is live with more. up until just recently and

today, local communities had implemented eat their own majors this latest mandate comes from them governor himself. and also closing or limiting access to public beaches. beaches in galveston and corpus christi and south padre island are extremely popular. and that's the size of groups that are allowed to congregate in public.

it's a scary time and we need to show grace to one another. we will get through it, if we all moved from from selfishness to sacrifice. >> the growing list of beaches will be closed and south parts of florida, and the mayor of miami has implement it countywide curfew. in movie theaters, bowling alleys and a majority of casinos in that area to close once again. alecia? >> alicia: casey stegall in dallas. >> leland: we are learning a lot more about the national guard response to last month's protest here in washington. count the congressman wants answers from the house oversight committee and he's coming up the next hour.

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>> make no mistake. we are still in a deep, deep job hole because donald trump has so badly bungled the response to the coronavirus and now we have basically given up on responding at all. you know, a million more americans, a million of them with so have a job if donald trump had done his job. >> and blaming him for this nation struggling economy. take a look at the jobs reports,

which we see, 4.8 million new jobs in june. the unemployment rate falling to 11.1%. our next guest says american capitalisms are under siege and with that we bring in brandenburg, and also fox news contributor. we are taking the time for it. reasonable people agree that 11.1% unemployment is depression era. the question is how to get out of that deep hole. that's when we saw this last month. in america right now there was a level of energy around the economy that we just haven't seen in a long time. it is a big question coming out -- as we come out of this pandemic and come out of the locked down, how are people going to respond?

are they going to be ruled by fear or a desire the question is, and that's much stronger trump certainly does because he said it, the only way we get back out of this is keep putting back to work. we have a good start to in may and june and have a lot of work to go. >> it appears the airlines are rebounding but a lot of people are coming back to work. and this is what "the wall street journal" has to say and most americans prefer a

job to a welfare check and it, states may need to open their three openings in to flareups. we can all agree that there will be a lot of people that have jobs and work hard in them before the coronavirus pandemic, whose job isn't available come this summer or even this fall. what to do about them? and there are a lot of people in that situation. the argument right now is should we pay people a bonus, in this case a $600 bonus, to stay home versus going back to work? we want those folks, those folks frankly -- >> leland: there is

a moral hazard that people are making more money sitting on unemployment than they are going back to washing dishes or parking cars or whatever else they are doing and getting a paycheck for it. but how do you means test of that and where is the line between government offering a hand up in a bridge to when those jobs come back and keeping people democrats probably obviously would be on the side of giving people a little bit more timeline on all of that. where is the right date to stop it. >> that was more than we were making before this and we know what kind of incentive we want to create. people wanted to go back to work and get paid more not to do th that. nobody is that agent is

counterproductive. i appreciate your time. good conversation. alecia? >> alicia: the horrific murder of a 20-year-old fort hood soldier. what we are learning on the latest in the investigation. her family joins us live, next. >> i want justice! and i want answers! because my sister did not do this to herself, someone did it. my gums are irritated. i don't have to worry about that, do i?

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>> alicia: new details on the horrific murder of vanessa guyon and texas. the lawyer and her family saying vanessa was murdered by another soldier, her body hacked to pieces with them hammer and a machete. the accused murderer shot and killed himself wednesday after police confronted him. joining me now is that the attorney for vanessa's family and her older sister. thank you both for taking the time to talk to us as you seek justice for vanessa. i want to begin with you because i know you met with the army criminal investigation command and i understand there is still another suspect out there that has been arrested. what can you tell us? >> i want to tell you that this has been a tragedy. this is a service member that honorably served our country and

the system failed and the protocols are breached. they basically did and he mutilated her body, and the family is still in shock. thankfully all the families that came forward and showed support are now looking for answers and looking for congressional investigations, trying to understand how this can happen and it should never happen aga again. >> trying to let people know, trying to let her superiors know that there is someone who is dangerous who was bothering her. >> yes. she spoke to my mother about one

incident. she then also spoke to her best friend about another incident. >> it's my understanding that the sexual harassment claims, she was concerned, is that correct? and if she did report this, she kind of felt like she had nowhere to go. that's what i've been reading, is that your understanding? >> yes. it is. the way i see it is helping you go after. >> what would you like people to know who are watching this. >> she is a very, and that she

was always anything that was physical activity, she decided to join the army, right out of high school. she had the idea when she was about ten years old. she wanted to defend the country, defend us and take care of her family. and it's not fair. >> from a legal perspective, this congressional investigation that the family is asking for, what is it that they are trying to accomplish here? >> the congressional investigation would be our way, are only avenue to find out answers as to how the protocol was breached, how there was no evidence, any surveillance, any videos and any witnesses. for example, no one heard her

screaming and no one saw the blood. at 4:00 p.m., her superior accounted for her being there and they came back and said that, there seems to be a lot of holes in this case. they denied the warrant, the affidavit for a warrant to detain him. >> alicia: we will continue to follow this. my rat, to you want to thank you and your family for your sister's service, and we will be yright back. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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and governor christie know realize how inspiring our great monuments and, as the president and the first lady are making their way out to see that celebration, it will be a quick trip. there are some protests expected there. more protests are certainly possible over the weekend and thursday the president had a chance to double down on his message that he believes violent protests will not be tolerated. >> president trump: nobody is going to shatter the american dream. about the anarchists, not the agitators, not the fools, not the looters. they are not going to have any impact on the national dream. >> the president has repeatedly said he would like to see people who deface monuments go to prison for up to ten years.

we still see security beefed up including lafayette park where there are security barriers all over the place and there's no indication that those will be coming down this weekend. homeland security officials say they are focusing on more than just washington, d.c. dhs says it's on special task force to help coordinate law enforcement agencies to protect all these historic monuments, memorials and statues. >> would protect and defend many of these locations and many of these iconic statues around the country and we will continue to do that. and we will lean forward to do it. we will see that throughout this weekend. >> the homeland security at apartments as is also working with the justice department as well as the interior department to kind of track where things are going with any of these possible protests. we will be also watching to see how the president will address those over the weekend. >> alicia: mark meredith at the white house, thank you.

>> leland: an growing number of conservatives are urging president trump to change his reelection strategy. karl rove writes in "the wall street journal," the trump campaign needs to hit reset if the president woke up her voters and agenda for a second term and he may not get one. karl rove, former white house deputy chief of staff joins us from austin, texas this holiday weekend. hopefully this is a different kind of reset button and one that hillary clinton gave the russians back in the day. the question is what we have to reset to something, what is it? >> first of all, let's put it in context. when you are in the barrel, you need to do something that says you are moving in a different direction. it doesn't mean a staff shake- shake-up. it was not going to change anyone's opinion so you have to do something that's big and grab the attention of the american

people. it's a big new policy or a change in direction. and that's a mechanical thing. you can't simply say we have bad poles and bad press, but -- >> back in 2016, i can't remember how many campaign managers the president went through within candidate trump, it was at least three or four. >> right. generally it bespeaks controversy inside of the campaign, and lack of organization. it doesn't say to the american people, this guy's got it. he said something to grab my attention and i agree with that. but the reset is the least important thing. more importantly the president has to have an agenda for the second term. i've done a good job and i've got more things that i want to do and those are things that you

like. if you look at the successful reelections in the modern era, the convention speech of bill clinton in 1996, george w. bush in 2004 and a barack obama in 2012, they all said here's what i've been doing. but all of them also said here's the second act. here's what i want to do in the coming four years. then the third thing that they would do in those speeches is say, is a contrast between me and my opponent. my point of my column is to say you got to do a reset. the point is the president needs to be ready by the time he appears in the national convention the third week of august, on august 27th, to accept the nomination of his party. he has to have a bold agenda that he lays out for the second term and that he can contrast with joe biden. he has to hold off on a lot of the new stuff until the convention because more people will be paying attention at that time thing and any other time except the debate. but he does need to begin to contrast with joe biden.

>> leland: does not convention speech look more like the inauguration, american carnage speech or the state of the union addresses that have garnered a given time praise? >> i think it's more the latter. what people want to hear in that moment is more of a challenge of what can be done. what's interesting is, we've had three recent examples and two of them are roughly the same. clinton in 1996, bush in 2004 and they say here's what i've done, here's what i want to do and i'm going to contrast myself and my opponent. the outer layer is barack obama in 2012 who starts by going full throat at mitt romney and then says in a more fulsome way here's what i've done and here's what i want to do. he starts by saying it's a big difference in the campaign, fundamental values and here's what i believe is the future of

america based on the american dream. ron maney goes after him, hammer and tongue and some very tough and words. clinton and bush started off by saying here's what i've done and here's what i want to do and here's where the contrast follows. >> leland: the historical perspective is important and as you well know, the campaign is starting to think about that very speech. here's how the biden campaign is looking at things now about a month out from their convention, two months until the republican convention. >> we are seeing massive energy for biden all across the country. he's currently leading in all of the battleground states that we are going to have to win come to win the white house in november. also the second consecutive month, we raised $10 million more than donald trump date over the last month. so if that is a measure of enthusiasm, we are lapping the

trump campaign right now. >> leland: between now and the convention speech, can speech you talk about, does president trump need to fire up the base more or take a more conciliatory tone towards the swing voters in at least the polling has moved away from it? >> base is fired up and remains fired up. the biden campaign is raising their expectations unnecessarily. yes, they have outraised president trump in the last two months and over the last quarter they raised $10 million more than president trump. on the other hand president trump and the public and national committee have $265 million cash on hand which is more than 100 some odd million dollars more than biden and the dnc have. the campaign wants to feel that we have great movement and they have had good movement in the polls, but they ought to be tempering expectations rather than blowing them up. it has to be on swing voters. the base is energized and it

swing voters that mattered and these are the people that are going to decide the election. that's why he's dropping the polls because he has dropped within the know he needs to build back up with them. >> leland: and those are the folks that you targeted when he organized and engineered president bush's election. karl rove, enjoy the holiday. thanks. >> alicia: a major about-face in texas. governor abbott issuing a statewide mask order requiring most texans to wear face coverings and public. back in april, abbott banned local governments from mandating masks but that has all changed as a virus rages uncontrolled. jonathan serrie is live with more on this. >> this really represents a 180-degree turn for a governor who until recently had tried to keep mask usage voluntary, thinking that voluntary work on the part of texas residents would be enough to mitigate the

spread of covid-19. but republican greg abbott says mandating face coverings is not just about protecting public health, it's also about protecting the economy. >> wearing a face covering is not the convenient thing to do. but i also know that wearing a face covering will help us to keep texas open for business. >> president mike pence's visit to arizona this week was due in part to several members of the secret service detail testing positive or exhibiting symptoms up for coronavirus, according to reports in "the washington post" and "new york times" exciting senior administration officials. yesterday, hence met with governor ron desantis in florida which set a new state record with more than 10,000 new cases yesterday, although most of those cases involve younger people. the vice president is urging them to wear face mask and social distance to protect their parents, grandparents and others who are more vulnerable. former republican presidential

candidate herman cain is being treated for covid-19 at a hospital here in atlanta. in less than two weeks ago, kane tweeted a photo of himself attending a rally for president trump in tulsa, oklahoma. he was not wearing a face mask or social distancing of the time. according to a statement released by his staff, there is no way of knowing for sure how or where mr. kane contracted the coronavirus but we do know he is a fighter who has beaten stage iv cancer. as you know, many municipalities and government agencies are canceling fourth of july fireworks events and other events trying to prevent large crowds from gathering. the navy has announced that its blue angels aerobatics team will not be performing at the pensacola beach airshow, saying it is "the only way we can ensure the safety of our community that we love so much. back to you. >> alicia: jonathan serrie in

atlanta i come home of the cdc. >> leland: colleges are now considering when to bring students back to campus, when and if. a staggering number of coronavirus cases are being reported at the university of washington. at least 105 residents across 15 fraternity houses tested positive and a school spokesperson said more than 800 students have been tested. at the school has told fraternities to stop holding social events and infected students are being asked to quarantine. >> alicia: questions over the military's response to black lives matter protests in washington. lawmakers demanding answers from the joint chiefs of staff on why troops were armed with bayonets. also house speaker nancy policy calling for new sanctions against russia after top lawmakers were briefed on reports that russia paid the taliban to target u.s. troops. new reaction i had from capitol hill. plus, a new poll on who voters think joe biden should choose as a running mate, the woman at the top of that list. and be sure to tune into a

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>> leland: fox news alert, the washington redskins football team now says they will consider changing their name and potentially their mascot. they have come under tremendous pressure from sponsor lawyers and fans alike because they say the name and the mascot and logo there are potentially racist against native americans. here is the statement. in light of recent events are on our country and feedback from our community the washington redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team's name. this review formalizes the initial discussions of the team has been having with the leak in recent weeks. dan snyder, owner of the washington red stag and, not only proud's condition of

franchise, and that's on and off the field. ron rivera, head coach of the redskins remarked. this issue is of importance to me and i look forward to dan snyder to continue the mission of honoring and supporting native americans and our military. we believe, this is the team speaking, the review can and will be conducted with the interests of all in mind. he and rappaport of the nfl network now reports that nfl commissioner robert caddell has said in the last few weeks we've had ongoing discussions with dan, meaning the owner of the team. we are supportive of the step and missing at least so far as a timeline for when this review had happened and whether or not the name change would happen before the beginning of the nfl season as people begin to -- and players begin to report to training camps in the next couple of weeks. that's something we will continue to watch. and i know alicia, something in

denver, a big football town, that people will be watching as well. >> alicia: moving on, joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley confirming that some national guard troops had bayonets out last month black lives matter protests in washington. that comes in response to two of the congressman who now have more questions about how the military responded. one of those lawmakers, illinois congressman rasnick krishnamurthy who sits on the oversight and intelligence committees joins us now. before we begin, i'd like to put up something from what the associated press is reporting. an unclassified military document obtained by the ap now shows that some of the soldiers were not prepared to deal with the protesters. instead, commanders plan to give them the proper training within 96 hours of their arrival in

washington. i want to give you a chance to respond to that part and then we can talk about these bayonets. >> i think the reason that so many people in the military as well as others are so disturbed by active-duty troops situations is they are not trained being able to control protests or riots and that was the case here. i think saying that they were going to receive 96 hours of training or four days of training and that type of situation is very concerning, to say the least. >> can be you explain your concern, he wrote a letter with your colleagues concerning these bayonets. can you can explain your concern there? >> the idea was, they were not trained in the use of bayonets and these people, young men and

women are put into a situation that is untenable. they are giving live rounds and firearms to defend themselves and they should be able to. people will think that providing them with bayonets especially in a situation where they are not trained to do so, they are not trained to control riots, is a bridge too far. >> alicia: what do you think they should have done? when you see some of the video that has come out of there, some of these were peaceful, yes. but not all of them. some of them became very dangerous, what would you have preferred to? >> first of all, unfortunately active-duty troops were not actually deployed in these protests although they were contemplated. national guard troops have the ability to control these riots and try to tamp down the riots in different ways and they should. violence is completely unacceptable and looting is

unacceptable but at the same time it's unacceptable to have a situation that escalates. we are basically arranging our military or active-duty troops against the very people that are supposed to protect americans and american civilians. >> alicia: i want to move onto another topic because as you know the gang of leaders receivn this russian bounty story that's been reported widely by "the new york times." i want to play first a little bit of sound here, an interview that national security advisor robert o'brien gave this week. >> the president's career see i briefer decided not to break them because it was unverified intelligence. it may be possible to get to the bottom because someone decided to leak to hurt the president rather than uphold their obligations to the people that they took when i became an intelligence officer. >> alicia: what are your thoughts on that?

>> i was actually given a classified briefing. i can't get into the exact intelligence or comment on a specific piece of information however, i respectfully disagree with the national security advisor in his characterization of the intelligence. you know, one thing that often happens with regard to the intelligence community is that they give intelligence in which they have high or moderate confidence, and then there are dissenting views as well. usually all of that information is presented to the principles or the decision-makers, or in this case the president, so that he or she is able to make a full determination of what to do. we still have a lot of questions that deserve answers and the investigation continues. >> alicia: do you believe sanctions against russia are necessary at this point? >> again, i want to get to the bottom of whether the allegations are true. if they are true we absently

have to warn the russians and to take action and measures to protect our troops when adversaries like iran or russia or anyone else threatens their well-being. >> alicia: congressman, thank you for your time today. we hope you have a wonderful fourth of july. >> leland: joe biden is spending the holiday weekend is seriously considering several potential running mates. the short list contains a diverse group of women. so who exactly is leading the pack? we take a look at them, jacqui heinrich is live in new york with an update on those states. >> conventional wisdom on people who study gender and politics say that biden is likely to pick a woman of color as a running mate and most likely to pick a black woman. it's a less because to check a

box, you need a moment. the top contender is senator kamala harris. she has experience as a senator and also has an attorney general. two-term florida congresswoman of val demings is slightly lesser-known but the former police chief from a swing state also gained attention during a black lives matter protests for writing an open letter to police. karen bass who is the chair of the congressional black caucus, past comments about fidel castro could hurt her. an atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms lacks statewide or federal experience but gained attention for her response to protest in the city. the national security advisor brings foreign policy know-how but biden isn't lacking there. and stacy abrams although she wouldn't galvanize voters also lacks federal experience. >> i wouldn't be surprised, and all i will say about that is it's not as if there are only

one or two that she can choose from because there are so many more women in positions of pow power. >> biden also has a strong pick in tammy del fleur. a recent "usa today" poll shows 72% of democrats want biden to choose a woman of color. leland? >> leland: now we wait and see which private jets are headed towards bloomington and delawa delaware. >> alicia: a victim of jeffrey epstein speaking out an exclusive interview with fox news as his longtime confident is arrested and charged in a child sex abuse case. what thawhat the comment say abt ghislaine maxwell, just ahead.

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federal prosecutors and testify on the stand. this woman says that maxwell sexually abused her beginning in 1991, 20 or 30 times when she was just 14 years old. she said the sexual abuse lasted until she was 16 years old. she claims maxwell not only groomed her by showing her how to perform acts on men, but that maxwell would take part in the sexual abuse herself, abusing her sometimes alone and other times alongside jeffrey epstein. >> she is just as evil as jeffrey epstein as everyone has painted him to be. ms. maxwell was his business partner in this. she did this too many girls. >> she says he abuse only ended after she became pregnant with jeffrey epstein's baby at age 16. she got on abortion but she told her grandparents about the

abortion and, fearful she would go to the authorities, dado claims epstein and others gang her before a driver dropped her off make it on her grandparents lawn. >> ghislaine was part of it in jeffrey epstein was part of it and i was drugged. getting and left on the lawn, they put a gun to me, and the man who drove me home said i would never come back alive if i spoke about it. >> she claims that ghislaine maxwell made a very clear she would harm her or her family should not keep her mouth shut. her attorney represents nine epstein accusers. she said jane bell filed a civil lawsuit against the epstein estate over a year ago and she said his client is speaking out in hopes that others will come forward. >> people felt cheated and they

didn't get a chance to sit in those and they are hoping that there is a different result. >> when i asked ghislaine maxwell's lawyers about the specific allegations there comment was "no comment." >> leland: as july 4th celebrations kick off with barbecues and lazy days with family and friends, coronavirus cases are exploding among young people who are gathering in groups. the president tweeting yesterday there's a rise in coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good. far bigger and better than any other country. the hhs official in charge of testing contradicted that message yesterday. >> we really do believe the current outbreak is primarily due to 235's with a lot of gatherings, not appropriate

protection like masts. yes, it's important to reopen and we believe in the guidelines but i think the weight of the evidence is, guidelines are not -- the personal responsibility is really keen right now. >> dr. marc siegel, fox news contributor. good to see you as always. you think about this sort of perfect storm of rising cases among young folks, things reopening in the july 4th weekend is a perfect time to go celebrate and have fun together among young groups of people who will then go hang out with their parents over the summer. it seems like things could get a lot worse. >> i think the number of cases could continue to rise. i've interviewed admiral gerard that you just had on the clip and he's a straight shooter. i agree with him that it's not just the increase in testing that we are dealing with here about a lot of the hot spots are showing an increasing percentage

of the hot positive cases. florida over 15%, charlotte, north carolina, about 15%. in arizona that percentages are increasing and in texas and california. that means that more people are getting it and i agree with you that it spread around younger people who are not taking prussians, the key being physical distancing. they get excited, and when you shout or scream or cough you can spread the virus a lot more easily than we ever thought. >> leland: when you are at a bar or a restaurant, especially if they put tables out into the streets. and there's always the debate, is this really about slowing or keeping low the number of cases or is this about keeping the cases and of the sickness level manageable for hospitals? this is coming out of arizona, a state that you mentioned. arizona hospitals are overwhelmed, and this is just off the charts. sick patients were -- if you are

sick we are trying to get you home and we are trying to tell you to come back if worse because there is not much we can do for you. i know you spent a lot of time in the e.r. treating patients, is that the kind of alarm bells that you were seeing in new york, is that where arizona is heading? >> it's not where arizona is y yet. those four states, they have already filled the hospitals with people that went in because they were reopening so they had this elective procedure that is being put off. a lot of the ic's are being filled with noncovid patients. because of that we have patients that have to be isolated and have to be in the infectious isolation, you end up with a huge problem. that's what arizona is facing. because they are reopening they

are getting covid on top, they don't have the room for it, and it is going to get worse because they don't have the ability. it's not a shortage of personal protective equipment, not now, not yet, the way we have in new york. >> leland: stockpiles of ppe and ventilators there and i wonder how many beds will be required. we appreciate your time and expertise, will you get a little bit of time to enjoy the holiday weekend. >> social distancing. thank you. >> alicia: the white house facing criticism over its plan to hold crowded fourth of july events during a pandemic, that's next. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

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distancing, as far as we understand no requirements to wear a mask, either. here to talk about it, jeff mason who will be heading out in co hours. how much of this trip from the white house perspective is about celebrating july 4th, and that's right now under the attack. >> i think, it's a little bit of both. the president has been interested in going to mount rushmore. so i think it predates that. last year and that's part of the

big show. >> speaking on the celebration of the lawn, there will be another celebration of the national mall. the president will be at the lincoln memorial to watch the flyover but still the mayor of d.c. >> we know this is a special event for the department of the interior and we have communicated to them that we do not think that this is in keeping with the best cdc and department of health guidance, but this event will take place entirely on the federal proper property. >> leland: from your reporting is the white house -- and by that i mean senior advisors inside, perhaps worried about the optics of these big crowds. >> the president has said with

regard to that if people want to do it, they can. he has chosen not to such an example that way, he has not worn a mask in public and he has held a number of big events with lots of crowds and thousands of people. that's part of the south dakota event tonight. and the july 4th event tomorrow. >> leland: jeff mason will be on air force one and we will see if the president comes back for a chat during the trip. enjoy it and watch some fireworks. >> alicia: a new home for a navy veteran who lost both his legs in iraq. >> one, two, three. more on that program and how it was made possible, and why this home is unique. can my side be firm?

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training in march, practices and workouts are happening across the country today, including here at the legendary wrigley field. practices are going to look a little different. players will be in staggered groups and they were only be one diamond for use. each player will undergo a physical examination with health a major concern here. 30-year-old cubs pitching coach recently overcame a brutal battle with covid-19. he said he was hospitalized, he battled depression, and it took them 30 days to finally test negative. this year's major league season will have to 68 games and noticeably different, the players are being asked not to spit and pictures will be able to carry a wet rag in the back pocket for moisture instead of licking their fingers. the schedule will be regionally based to reduce travel. opening day, it's going to be just about three weeks from today. we will see some players back on this field. leland? >> leland: spectators, not for spring training. matt finn at

on a people day in.three hours d a lot of news for a holiday. >> alicia: absolutely. it's been great being here in denver, you in d.c., we managed to pull it off. "outnumbered" starts next. bye. >> gillian: this is a fox news alert, as americans celebrate our nation's independence this federal holiday, officials not putting protesters on notice. the homeland security department is deploying hundreds of special units to protect federal monuments and statues amid concerns over a fresh wave of vandalism in cities from washington, d.c., to portland, to seattle. protesters recently turned their focus from confederate monuments to pass american presidents. they have arrested the accused ringleader in an effort to tear down the statue of andrew jackson white don't migrate in front of the white house. there's been threats to top of the emancipation memorial here in washington, d.c.