>> new reaction to president trump's july 4th message, with protesters not letting up. the commander in chief defended america's past, honored the military and blasted what he brands, quote, the radical left, marxist and the angry mob who he accuses of wanting to erase american history and tear down our country. welcome to america's news headquarters. happy july 4th weekend. i'm eric shawn. hey, molly. molly: hello, eric. i'm mol lyn molly line. the salute featured

demonstrations, including fireworks, a fiery speech in which the president called out aanarchists and looters, including the destruction of another statue. >> we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. together, we will fight for the american dream and we will defend, protect, and preserve american way of life. molly: we have fox live team coverage with jacqui heinrich on the protests. but first, to mark meredith at the white house. mark. >> reporter: good afternoon, molly. the president and first lady welcomed a couple hundred guests to the white house last night. they were there for the fireworks and also for that incredible air show. last night, we saw generations of military aircraft including the presidential 747, the b2

bombers, all out there. it was the president's remarks that have been getting most of the attention. in his speech the president criticized the mea media, cancel culture and what he describes as a left wing mob. >> we are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing. >> reporter: the president has long said the country cannot erase its history and he has threatened to veto the defense authorization act over an effort by congress to rename military bases that have currently names of confederate leaders on them. some say the changes are long overdue. >> it cannot be named i think for someone who basically pledged his service to a system that was based on slavery. that has to be changed. and we will. >> reporter: this weekend, the

white house aids wil white housl have to shift their focus to the next economic stimulus bill. we got the june jobs report last week indicating 4.8 million jobs were added and the unemployment rate ticsecretary earlier todayx news sunday who said that a deal for another stimulus bill may be a few weeks away. >> i think there are going to be a lot of discussions toward the end of the month about what additional measures may be needed. i think the american people can be confident that the president is going to take a careful look again at what further measures may be needed. >> reporter: the president told fox business last week that he's up for another round of direct stimulus payments and assistance for small businesses. molly, a deal has to be worked out. those people waiting for those checks, you can imagine they're waiting closely to see what happens in d.c. molly: an election four months

away. mark meredith, thank you very much. >> reporter: you bet. eric: it was chaotic 4th of july in some cities across the country last night such as in portland, oregon, where police had to declare riot conditions during protests that stretched late into the night there. in baltimore, demonstrators pulled down a statue of christopher columbus and then threw it in the river in the inner city harbor. jacqui heinrich following these developments from overnight here in new york city. jacqui. >> reporter: eric, there were protests in more than a dozen cities yesterday, but in baltimore they chained and toppled that monument to christopher columbus, the statue was dedicated in 1984 by president reagan. a little italy group hired private unarmed security to guard the statue after threats. it's unclear whether police or anyone else tried to stop the protesters. hours earlier, another columbus statue was beheaded in waterbury connecticut. in seattle, things turned

deadly. a 24-year-old protester died and another was critically injured after a car drove through you a crowd of protesters on a closed interstate. the driver showed no signs of being impaired. in portland, police declared a riot twice in 24 hours, ultimately using tear gas to disburse the crowd with people burning american flags, shooting fireworks at the justice center and toward police and throwing bricks and shining lasers at officers. it came one day after this arrest. >> one of the criminals that are actually trying to assault one of the cbp employees while he was being arrested, the report right now is telling us that a pipe bomb, a fused incendiary device and m machete was discovered during that search. think about that. >> reporter: at the white house, more flag burning with protesters chanting "america was never great." black lives matter pla plaza, a

group reportedly organized the flag burning. in get iiesburg groups showed up after a hoax circulated online claiming antifa was organizing a flag burning event there. the post said there would be antifa face paint and small flags for children to safely throw into the fire. hundreds showed up to try to prevent it. ultimately, no protesters ever showed and no flag burning ever happened. eric: law enforcement across the country certainly has its hands full. jacqui, thank you. molly. molly: to the coronavirus now, and cases keep rising especially in the sun belt. right now, more than 2.8 million people infected nationwide and close to 130,000 deaths. many beaches closed, literally coast to coast. in california and in florida where officials reported another record-breaking day of new cases saturday. christina coleman is following all of this from our west coast

bureau. christina. >> reporter: molly, good to see you again. we just heard cases in florida rose by more than 10,000 since yesterday, texas and tennessee also recently shattered records for single day increases in coronavirus and today new details on reopening efforts in new york city. the city will move into phase three of reopening tomorrow and even though the state of new york has seen a huge drop in coronavirus fatalities, with eight deaths reported since yesterday, governor andrew cuomo is hitting the pause button on reopening indoor dining in new york city. he says he's doing this out of an abundance of caution. more than three dozen states are seeing a spike in covid-19 infections including tennessee. here's senator marsha blackburn on sunday morning futures today, she said we can't afford another lockdown on this economy. >> we cannot afford another lockdown in this economy.

4.8 million jobs, the jobs report, the numbers were good. people want to go to work. they need to do it safely. we have to get ourselves back on track. >> reporter: president trump touching on how dangerous covid-19 might be during his remarks yesterday at the white house, independent day event. president trump said almost 40 million people have been tested for covid-19 in the u.s. and by doing so, they showcases are 99% totally harmless. but the fda commissioner did not defend that claim today on cnn. >> i'm not going to get into who is right and who is wrong. what i'll say is we have data in the white house task force, those data show us this is a serious problem. people need to take it seriously. >> reporter: the commissioner urging people to wear face masks and to practice social distancing and that same advice is being reiterated across the country as 20 states are pausing or rolling back reopening efforts including the hard-hit states of arizona, texas, and

here in california. molly. molly: something a lot of people are watching closely, especially with fall looming and the hopes of getting kids back in schools. christina coleman, thank you for following all of this for us. appreciate it. eric: we have a fox news alert for you now. there was a deadly shooting, this occurred in south carolina at a nightclub last night that killed two people and wounded at least eight people. aishah hasnie has the very latest on this developing story. aishah. >> reporter: hi, eric. right now, there are no suspects in custody but we are expecting a press conference from the sheriff's department in the next three hours, so hopefully we will learn some more information about what happened last night. want to show you first exactly where we're talking about. this is greenville, south carolina. shots rang out just before 2:00 a.m. at lavish lounge in that town. the sheriff's department says a large crowd ran out of the building and there was active gunfire happening inside the building. police have not identified those

two people who were shot and killed yet. and out of those eight wounded, we know that some are in critical condition. we just don't have a final count yet. deputies say a very large crowd was at the nightclub for a concert. according to a post on the club's facebook page, there was a rapper form man's scheduled for the night. deputies don't know what exactly led to all of the gunfire. another concern is the spread of coronavirus. so last month greenville was experiencing one of the state's highest covid rates there and nightclubs right now are not allowed to operate under the state's current coronavirus restrictions. governor henry mcmaster said that anyone operating the clubs illegally did not have to be caught in the act to face any charges, they could face charges later on if there were any outbreaks that were traced back to the nightclub. as for the shooting, again, police are right now looking for two suspects, no one is in custody. they don't have a description

right now. we're hoping to find out more details in the next three hours when they have the press conference. eric: really disturbing, aishah, thank you. molly. molly: the holiday weekend turning deadly in several other cities as well including chicago. a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy among five people shot and killed at a family party overnigenney with more. garrett. >> reporter: well, molly, as you mentioned, this holiday weekend isn't over and already as of this morning, 67 people have been shot, 13 killed in chicago. nine of those shooting victims are minors according to our local station, fox 32, including a 7-year-old girl who was at her grandmother's for a 4th of july party and playing on the sidewalk when three men got out of a car and started shooting, killing the little girl who was not the head and injuring at least one other man. a few hours later on the city's south side, a 14-year-old boy

was killed when several men walked up to a crowd of folks who were in the street celebrating and opened fire, killing four and wounding four others including an 11 and 15-year-old boy. so far, no arrests have been made but chicago mayor lorrie lightfoot is vowing to hold those responsible. and said in a tweet, we must ask ourselves is this who we are as a city or as a country. we cannot grow numb to this. we are making progress and slowing shootings but we have to do better, every single one of us. ahead of the weekend, chicago's police chief was begging the public for help after a string of shootings that resulted in the deaths of several young children. >> when we have young, innocent lives lost, we all need to be outraged, all of us, by this violence. this is not just a problem for

inglewood or any other neighborhood plagued by gun violence. we cannot com come part mentalie the violence that is tearing communities apart. >> reporter: new york city is seeing an uptick in violence. 13 people were shot and one man killed during a nine hour period, thursday night into friday morning. the local abc affiliate reports the city's shooting incidents are up significantly year over year with 540 so far this year, compared to just 365 at this point last year. and this past week the nypd chief said he's concerned about this trend, particularly given that it comes at a time when the city council and others are calling to defund the police department, both in new york city and across the country. molly. molly: a lot of challenges and

a pretty dangerous situation. garrett tenney. thank you. eric. eric: molly, there's a new poll that shows joe biden holding a double digit lead over president trump. some democrats are still leery about the polls and his prospects. straight ahead, one former nominee's advice to the former vice president, when it comes to those polling numbers. 49... 50!

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eric: north korea says it has no plans to resume nuclear talks with the united states. unless washington ends what it calls hostile policieses toward pyongyang. that statement came from a north korean official after john bolton told reporters last week that president trump might he thinks pursue another summit with kim jong un as a, quote, october surprise, just before the presidential election. some other analysts believe north korea will try avoid any negotiations until after election day and by the way, ambassador bolton will be joining us here on the fox news channel in about 20 minutes. we'll talk about the threats against our nation, his controversial new book, and the very latest on president trump.

molly. molly: former vice president joe biden widening his lead over of president trump in recent polls with a 12 point advantage, this is the latest monmouth university national survey. one former democratic presidential nominee has a warning for biden. michael dukakis, he lost to george hw bush, in 1988 after enjoying a pretty similar double digit edge in those polls, that was jouling at that point in time and now he writes, particularly this year polls should be studied cautiously. biden can and should win but being at 15, no matter how weak your opponent is no guarantee of success. judy miller is a prize winning investigative reporter, a fox news contributor. judy, thank you so much for joining me on this holiday weekend. i'm delighted to get the chance to talk a little politics with you here as we look ahead to the coming months. little flashback here, 1988.

michael dukakis, he had a big lead in the polls and then did not go on to win for folks that may not have been alive in 1988. your thoughts on his advice? is it good advice for former vice president joe biden now looking ahead? >> well, molly, i think it's always good advice to be careful about euphoria over nationwide polls. but if it were just that advantage that biden now has over the president, i don't think the white house would be as worried as they are. but it's not just the polls. it's a question of money, the mother's milk of politics, in addition to the polls, the money is also going to joe biden. last month in june, biden raised $141 million. trump raised $131 million. now, that's a lot of money for both men. but on the other hand, considering that joe biden in january was raising less than

$9 million, you can see the extent to which people are now seeing biden has a winner. and secondly, the campaign itself, the president is a kind of -- of the president is a kind of mess. molly: one of the things i see a lot of headlines about is this supposed enthusiasm gap, that the president of his supporters, that he has no die-hard supporters, they're more behind him. on the democratic side, there's not as much enthusiasm. having covered many runs for the white house and traveling the nation and seeing the rallies for president trump in 2016, it's really hard to get the pulse with the coronavirus going on and all of the normal politicking you would see, the candidates going to battleground states and handshakes and kissing babies and all the stuff you would normally see, i'm having trouble wrapping my head around where the enthusiasm really is and how to measure it. your thoughts on that as we have about four months to go here. >> you know, i think you're absolutely right.

the enthusiasm gap now, i think helps joe biden because if you look at the focus groups and the focus group polling that has been done, over 70% of americans now say they are angry at the situation. 61% say they are fearful for the nation. that is hardly a message that reinforces donald trump's pledge to make america great again. people are furious and they feel they've been let down. that helps joe biden even if many say that he's not a terribly strong candidate. he's stronger than du dukakis ws in 1988, i'll tell you that. molly: you know, it is a really challenging time with the protests in the street. i've had a lot of conversations with fellow parents about how do you explain everything that's going on to your children. shifting to the economy for just a moment, the june jobs report comes out. i mean, pretty stellar numbers as far as jobs being added, 4.8 million. the unemployment rate, that is

still tough. and here we are in the midst of various states reopen offing, not reopening, scaling back, moving forward, regarding the coronavirus. what do these numbers really mean right now as we continue to deal with covid-19? >> once again, molly, the numbers for june were very, very encouraging and very strong. record drops in unemployment. record job creation of almost 5 million jobs. but july, even the fed predicts is not going to be the same because of the coronavirus spike and the extent to which those countries -- those states in the sun belt, which were traditionally the strong economic states, are now feeling the punch and because their numbers are likely to fall, as they are forced to close up again and restrict commerce, you're going to see another drop. this too does not bode well for

president trump. the economy is always the area in which he had an advantage over biden. americans trusted trump and the republicans more than they did the democrats, to keep the economy strong. that is what's called into question now by the inability to get on top of this virus. molly: yeah. all right, thank you. judy miller, thank you so much. we'll hopefully get a chance to talk to you many more times between now and election day as we continue to watch all of these numbers and dramatic challenges we're seeing in the country. judy miller, thank you very much for your insight. eric. eric: molly, did russia really put a bounty on our troops and what did we do about it? up next, john bolton is here on that bombshell report, that moscow is gunning for our forces in afghanistan. bolton has a lot to say about that. critics are blasting him. bolton on the defense and the threats against our nation, straight ahead.

eric: john bolton is, quote, whacko, so tweeted the president of the united states a couple weeks ago, calling him a dope who is tedious and wrote a book full of lies and is a disgruntled, boring fool who only want todd go to war. -- wanted to go to war. bolton's interviews have add todd the controversy, taking on added emotion with the report that russia offered bounties to the taliban for killing american troops in afghanistan. the white house says the president was not briefed on that because the claim has not been verified. the report says it was included in presidential reading material. john bolton served as the national security advisor and was a long-serving top level

state department official and is now the author of the controversial best seller book, the room where it happened, and he joins us now. the russian bounties, what do you know? >> well, i know what's in the public domain, having been put there by the administration. and i think this controversy over the notification of the president says something about the lack of information that the president makes decisions on. you know, there are not two kinds of intelligence, the intelligence that's 100% verified on the one hand versus all the joke somewhere -- junk somewhere else. that's not how intelligence works. different people attribute different meaning to it. the issue is is it important enough to at least give the president a heads up, maybe a lot more facts that can be gathered but on something where you have a nuclear weapon state

paying money to kill americans, i just -- it's hard to believe that wasn't briefed to the president. eric: officials say it's not verified. i mean, is that nugget actionable intelligence, what they call actionable, how should the president do you think respond? >> well, i think whether it's immediately actionable or not, this is the sort of step taken by the russians to push us out of afghanistan, push us out of a lot of other places, that should have been part of his thinking. but let me come back though this word verified. it's as if there's a block of granite that when you achieve that status, that's verified and everything else is just garbage. there's a spectrum of uncertainty that intelligence lives in. it's much like information we pick up in daily life. you go with what you've got. you give it the credence that you think it warrants and you try and make your position accordingly. so the idea that there's some

holy grail test that you have to pass before intelligence is considered, it's just not the way it works in reality. eric: and this of course comes under the cloud of vladimir putin. what do you think the deal is with the president and putin and his seeming continued affinity for him? >> you know, i'm not a shrink. i don't -- i'm not going to try to psycho analyze the president. i think he's commented himself very frequently on his affinity for authoritarian leaders. i described in the book the scene before we went to a nato summit with theresa may of the united kingdom and the famous summit with putin in helsinki, the president said to the press, you know, i think the easiest conversation might be with vladimir putin. who would have thought that? and the answer is nobody else would have thought it except for donald trump. eric: well, you've got the personality situation. but look at the policies. i mean, clearly there are those who say this administration is tougher than the obama administration was on russia. you've got sanctions against the

government and close allies of putin, selling ukraine javelin missile as you know, ripping up two treaties dealing with russia they they apparently weren't abiding by, moving troops to poland, strengthening nato, going after election interference, so they would say despite this, this administration has been tougher than others on of russia despite what you hear and the noise about putin and the president. >> well, hon ofestly -- honestly being tougher than obama is not much of a bar to get over. and we don't have time to go through that long list of issues. but the fact is that on many of those decisions, on sanctions and others, the president grumbled and complained about it the whole time and it's a measure of his unwillingness i think to take putin on that in some of the really hard areas, he just hasn't gotten involved on the strategic arms reduction treaty, for example and whether

that will be extended. it's not clear to me that he yet understands the issues that have to be decided. eric: speaking of president obama, joe biden of course the presumptive democratic nominee, you decided to write in a conservative republican as a vote. why won't you vote for joe biden? >> well, you know, in 2016 confronted with the choice of hillary clinton or donald trump, like a lot of republicans i think i gritted my teeth, voted for trump. i worked for his election because of the alternative. i thought that it would turn into a mainstream republican presidency. that obviously didn't happen. after 17 months i just cannot in good conscience vote for trump again. but philosophically i'm not going to vote for joe biden either. it's a very unhappy election for me. there are no good choices i think for real conservative republicans. so i'll do the best i can. i'll settle on a conservative leader and i'll write his or her

name in. eric: some people would say you're being hypocrite call and you're selling ethics. if you throw away a vote, you said the decision is going to come down to november. here, you're throwing away your vote, saying that trump is unfit, he's a danger to democracy. you're not willing to stand up and push the lever for his opponent. >> again, in 2016, i thought it was a binary choice too. i bought that logic. i don't buy it anymore. and in any case, i live in maryland where my vote truly doesn't make any difference. biden will carry maryland. eric: symbolically, you do have voice. people look to you. ronald reagan and george hw bush carried maryland. some folks are saying stand up and stick with your principles. >> i am going to stick with my

(pells. i'm not going to -- principles, i'm not going to vote for joe biden who is not a conservative. if something happened that gave us a conservative choice that is realistic, i would be happy to vote for that person. i plan to spend a lot of time trying to help the republicans keep control of the senate and if possible, it's much harder, get control of the house. i think especially if trump loses, keeping control -- keeping republican control in the senate is going to be critical from preventing a lot of the left ward urges of the democratic party from becoming law. eric: finally, i covered you as a un ambassador, you were a fox news contributor for a decade, coming on with me in this time period for 10 years or so. and so the audience watching you now, they became very familiar with you, relied on your advice and your analysis and insight. what would you say to what probably would be a sizable number, they really dislike you because of what has happened, people watching right now, likely despice you, they --

despise you. they think you sold out the president. what do you say to those people who had once respected you about what you've done and what your goal is and what do you think will happen? >> look, i've pursued a philosophy of conservative republican thought since i was 15 and handed out leaflets for barry goldwater. that's the same philosophy i held when i joined the trump administration. it's the philosophy i hold today. what i described in the book is what actually goes on in the trump presidency and the truth is painful. he is not a philosophical conservative and i don't think he's competent to hold the job. i think there's an obligation on people who know the truth to tell it. and that's what i've done. eric: and what do you think of the future of our nation?

we have this election coming up. are you fearful? are you hopeful? do you have confidence? >> well, i have great confidence in the country. i'm worried about this election. i'm particularly worried about what a second term with donald trump in office would mean for america. i think after one term we can clearly correct the mistakes that have been made. two terms leave me much more worried. eric: ambassador john bolton, who has a startling book out as we know and has come under a lot of fire from both sides in washington probably will continue to do that, thank you for joining us on the fox news channel today. >> thank you. thanks for having me. eric: of course. molly. molly: the u.s. navy sending several war ships including two aircraft carriers to the disputed south china sea. they'll conduct some of the largest drills in years in that area where china is also holding

military exercises, this as tensions keep rising between washington and beijing. trey yingst is live in our mideast bureau following this for us. trey. >> reporter: hey, molly. good afternoon. the u.s. military exercises are taking place this week in the south china sea and while the drills aren't aimed at stoking tensions, they inevitably will send a direct message to china. the uss ronald reagan and the ussnimitz are in the area as of saturday, joined by a number of support vessels. the carriers haven't operated together in the south china sea since september of 2014. a spokesperson says the drills this week will be conducted to, quote, support a free and open indo-pacific. the chinese have conducted their own military drills in the south china sea over the past week. those exercises were scheduled to wrap up today. the u.s. department of defense criticized the drills last week, calling them the latest in a series of maritime actions that were aimed at making unlawful claims to territory.

the u.s. military has asserted their exercises are different, calling them a show of commitment to allies when it comes to regional security and stability. china's foreign ministry disagrees. >> certain non-regional countries have traveled far to engage in largescale military activities and flex muscles in the south china sea and this is the root cause of instability in the region. >> reporter: there is ongoing tension between washington and beijing over things like hong kong trade and even coronavirus. moving forward, this will be a time of uncertainty for the region when it comes to security and safety of u.s. forces operating in this area. molly. molly: each side working to send messages, trey yingst from jerusalem, thank you. eric: as researchers race to find a coronavirus vaccine, there are conflicting reports on the controversial drug president trump has touted and that he has taken. next, why the world health

organization says ending a -- says it's ending a trial of hydroxychloroquine.

molly: after months of testing on covid-19 patients, the world health organization says it's ending trials of anti-malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, which president trump touted and took himself as well. the un agency also ending covid-19 trials of a combo of hiv drugs saying they and hydroxychloroquine produced, quote, little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalized covid-19 patients when compared to standard care. joining us now, family and emergency medicine doctor, janet nesheiwat, a fox news contributor as well. thank you for joining us here. >> my pleasure. molly: talking about hydroxychloroquine, it always seems like there's this aura of

politics around it because the president himself acknowledged he took a two week course, the doctor saying there was no harm that came of that. it proved it was very controversial, the president criticized possibly putting those who might take the drug in danger. now the latest from the world health organization, your thoughts on their results? >> yes. so initially, molly, this is a new virus and we were desperate to try anything that could potentially save lives and we had initial anecdotal evidence that showed that this drug may have been therapeutic and may have helped to save lives in those who were severely ill and hospitalized, on ventilators. so what the world health organization did, they halted what's called the solidarity trial. this is a trial that included three different medications, not just hydroxychloroquine alone. it included two hiv medicines, plus hydroxychloroquine, and what it showed was there was no significant reduction in mortality in those who are hospitalized, those who are

really ill. it did not show any increased mortality, meaning this trial, these medications did not cause harm to the patients who were hospitalized and it does not affect the potential study and use in the preventative use of this medication. so that's really important. but you know, like you said, there's so many studies out there, some that show that it's helpful, some that show that it's harmful. the most recent study that came out published in the journal of infectious diseases at the hospital, henry ford in michigan, showed that about 13% of 2400 patients had a mortality reduction if they were put on hydroxychloroquine versus 26% mortality in those who were not on it. so it's something you have to talk to your doctor about. again, there's still lots more studies that need to be conducted. but fortunately we have other medications and other therapeutics evolving such as remdesivir, steroids, and convalescent plasma is very important as well as the vaccine

that's under development right now and then mon monoclonal antibodies are really important. we have a lot of in development in the pipeline. this is another study to show that it might work and we have all these other studies that show that it may not. so we have to weigh those in. molly: i was reading that as well, the team at henry ford health systems out of michigan, that study, 2,541 hospitalized patients. the goal in all of this is to not become hospitalized. unfortunately, there are a number of states, arizona, florida, texas, all seeing enormous spikes in numbers, texas seeing some recor record-breaking cases, florida also reporting record-breaks cases. public officials are basically pleading with the public to wear masks. but is that enough or does there need to be more of an effort to self-isolate? how do we turn back this tide that is so frightening there in the sun belt? >> yeah, so it's multifactorial. it's a combination of facial

covering, physical distancing, keeping hands washed and cleaned, avoiding large crowds. the spread in the virus is propagated in florida because of the opening of bars and restaurants and the lack of compliance. governors are taking action, scaling back, shutting down bars and restaurants temporarily. they shut down the beaches to try to mitigate the transmission of the virus. you have to remember, there's a potential mutation in the virus which makes it up to 10 times more trans miss i'll. perhaps -- transmissable, perhaps the states are seeing an increase in the number of cases because of the potential mutation as well, not just the lack of compliance. we need to get on target and make sure we encourage everyone if you are unable to social distance, cover your face because that's how this virus spreads from one person to another by aerosolizing the virus. we have the knowledge. we have to adhere to it.

molly: dr. nesheiwat thank you for joining us today. we appreciate it. eric. eric: thanks, molly and doctor. the clock is ticking on the supreme court. there's some major decisions coming up this week. what they could mean for obamacare and the president, we'll have that next. [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] uh, you know there's a 30-minute limit, right? tell that to the rain. [ beeping ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. [ beeping ] (announcer) improve your health, and strengthen your immunity., starvation dieting, processed foods, shakes, and diet gimmicks have made us heavier and sicker.

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eric: president trumps financial records and obamacare, they're among the major issues the supreme court is set to decide this week before ending a term that has been extended because of the coronavirus. david spunt is live in washington with a look at what we can expect from the high court. hey, david. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon to you. a lot we can expect. had covid-19 not come to the united states, the nine supreme court justices would be on summer vacation but of course things have gotten pushed back as they have with really everything since coronavirus. some of those main cases as you mentioned, obamacare, also the president's financial records, this comes just months before a contested presidential election, specifically the affordable care act, known as obamacare, and the birth control mandate that's part of that healthcare law. this case deals with a catholic organization called little sisters of the poor who believe religious objectors should not

have to provide healthcare plans that include birth control. another case focuses on the electoral college. the question is whether electors are required to support the popular winner in the state's presidential race. 30 states currently require it. hillary clinton electors in washington state and colorado refused to support her in 2016, despite the fact she won the popular vote in those states. the big one as you mentioned, this one will get a lot of attention, can congress and a state grand jury get ahold of president trump's financial records. the democratic controlled congress han and house wants the president's tax records. the house oversight and reform committee wants to know if the president exaggerated financial holdings before becoming president. it comes as michael cohen claims that the president underreported some of his figures. cy vance probing hush money to

two women. president trump denied allegations. the supreme court met for the past couple months on teleconference because of covid-19 and they're not going to be actually issuing these opinions in person tomorrow. it's going to be released at 10:00 in the morning. we'll see what opinions happen. but as of now, they have eight important cases and they have just a few more days to hand those decisions down. eric. eric: we're expecting big news especially on the finances and obamacare. david spunt, good to see you. you've got an impressive collection of world war i posters behind you. [ laughter ] molly: that's always fun to see what's behind me. next we head to washington with leland vittert and alicia acuna. thanks for joining us. fine, no one leaves the table until your finished.

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leland: the morning after president trump's salute to america, you can see the fireworks there over the national mall, screen right. the president watching, screen left. this came after he gave a wide-ranging speech on the south lawn of the white hours. welcome to america's news headquarters in washington. stalking about the -- talking about the political fallout not only of the speech last night but also what he said on mount rushmore on friday. nice to be with you. alicia: nice be with you. i'm alicia acuna in denver. the president touching on several issues as he addressed the nation including his response to the coronavirus pandemic. and mark meredith is at the white houh