civil order, but i sure wish them luck. paul: all right, thank you all very much. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel. thanks to all of you in particular for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. eric: the 4th of july like we have never really experienced in our nation before. the coronavirus pandemic preventing the usual holiday gatherings, picnics and celebrations across the nation, but that did not president trump and a few hundred special invited guests from celebrating our nation's 244th birthday with the second salute to america event that was broadcast live here on the fox news channel last night. hello everyone. welcome to a brand new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. hi molly. >> hello eric. president trump targeting what

he calls the radical left in his july 4th speech while also promising to protect monuments throughout the nation. earlier on fox we spoke to john bolton who had another view. >> 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 could clearly correct the mistakes that have been made. two terms leave me much more worried. >> we have mark meredith who is live outside of the white house, had a great seat for those fireworks and has been following this for us. i understand the trump campaign has just made a big announcement. mark? >> that's right. this coming in a few minutes ago that the president's campaign has scheduled its next rally, the first one since the event in tulsa a few weeks ago. this one will be happening next saturday in new hampshire. get this, the campaign says this will be an outdoor rally and

that hand sanitizer will be provided. masks will be handed out, and these face masks will also be strongly encouraged to wear for those people showing up. this announced five minutes ago, happening next saturday, july 11th at 8:00 p.m. it will be interesting to see their reaction. the president's campaign expected to have such a big turnout in tulsa a few weeks ago. that didn't prove to be the case. now the campaign is trying an outdoor rally during the pandemic. it will be interesting to see how many people will show up for that. i'm sure they will try to drum up support in the days ahead. the president and first lady welcoming their guests on the south lawn for fireworks as well as the military flyover. generations of aircraft, including b 2 bombers and the president's 747 were there along with the president and the first lady. the president described his efforts to honor past american heroes. he's ordered a new national garden of heroes be built and

criticized efforts to remove historical statues and memorials that are still standing today. >> we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. >> now the president is challenging congress over its efforts to remove some confederate names on military basis. threatening to veto a defense bill over the effort. drawing a shark rebuke from a senator's campaign -- drawing a sharp rebuke from senator's campaign. they tweet ed about it. as the holiday weekend wraps up what's also on so many people's minds is the economy and the questions what about the next economic stimulus bill will look like. we got the jobs report from june a couple days ago detailing where things stand with 4.8 million jobs added last month, bringing the unemployment rate down to 11.1%. the labor secretary says another deal may be a few weeks away.

>> there are going to be a lot of discussions toward the end of the month about what additional measures that may be needed, the american people can be confident that the president is going to take a careful look again at what further measures may be needed. >> the president told fox business last week that he's open to another round of direct payments, but that still has to be worked out with congress. molly, we will keep you posted on this, as well as the news out of the campaign throughout the afternoon. >> that's right. just four months to go. we know the economy and pocketbook issues matter to voters. thank you, mark meredith at the white house. eric: thousands of protesters rallying in cities across the country this holiday weekend. another statue, well it came down, this one was christopher columbus. all this as americans reflect on independence day, amid the nationwide move against racial injustice and police brutality issues, as well as the question of if the protesters in some

cases have just gone too far. jacqui heinrich is live in new york city with the latest on that. hi jacqui. >> hi, eric. as you mentioned that happened in baltimore, protesters chained and toppled a monument to christopher columbus at the entrance to little italy, and it happened just one day after president trump promised ten years in prison to anyone who defaces monuments and statues or damages them. it's unclear whether police or private security tried to stop the group. it happened amid a backdrop of fireworks and marchers demanding to defund police and remove statues, calling christopher columbus a white supremacist for killing and exploiting native americans. hours earlier another columbus statue was beheaded in waterbury connecticut. in chicago a group boycotted the 4th of july. speakers were citing portions of douglas's speech, before marching to city hall. at the white house, flags were burned in the newly minted black lives matter plaza with

protesters chanting america was never great. a group called rev com short for revolutionary communist party reportedly organized that flag burning. today protesters are planning to stay for a while setting up tents near the white house. things turned violent in seat al 24-year-old woman died after a driver plowed through a crowd protesters gathered in a shut down interstate. reports show the driver showed no sign of being impaired. in portland police declared a riot twice in 24 hours using tear gas to disperse the crowds with people burning american flags, shooting fireworks at the justice center and toward police and throwing bricks and shining lasers at officers. friday a man was arrested there allegedly possessing a pipe bomb. some groups mobilized in an effort to prevent flag burning it turned out to be a hoax in gettysburg, a heavily armed right wing lish militia and

other groups showed up after there was a flag burning organized. well hundreds turned up to that event to prevent it some of them vowing to use force if necessary, but ultimately no antifa members, no protesters showed up there in gettysburg. eric? eric: looks like our law enforcement officers the brave ones across the country certainly have their hands full. jacqui, thank you. molly? turning now to the pandemic which is surging in some states across the nation. the u.s. recording more than 45,000 new coronavirus cases and 242 deaths yesterday, this as the number of infections spike to a new daily record in several states. christina coleman has been following all this, all these numbers from our west coast bureau. christina? >> molly, today there's new details on reopening efforts in new york city. the city will move into phase

three of roping tomorrow. -- reopening to recall -- reopening tomorrow. governor cuomo is hitting the pause button on reopening indoor dining in new york city. that was initially planned for tomorrow. now he says he's doing this out of an abundance of caution, after seeing other states experiences with indoor dining. this as some states in the sun belt are hit particularly hard, by the virus, including texas and tennessee, which have recently shattered records for single day increases in coronavirus, and today, arizona is seeing its eighth consecutive day of record highs for covid-19 hospitalizations, with an increase of 69 hospitalizations since yesterday. icu bed use dropped slightly but icu beds there are still 89% full. still a big concern for health officials. here's the director of the harvard global health institute on fox news sunday. >> if we see large outbreaks

happening across communities, it's going to be very hard to keep schools open. the good news is we think kids transmit less, less likely to get sick, so the number one task i think of governors around the country is get the virus under control or we're going to have schools shut down for many many months this fall. >> tennessee is set to be under a state of emergency until august 29th because of the spike in covid-19 infections. the order urges employers to allow or require people to work remotely. tennessee is one of more than three dozen states currently seeing a spike in covid-19 infections. here's senator marsha blackburn on "sunday morning futures". >> 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. >> trying to keep people healthy

and safe during this pan dem sick a delicate balance right now -- pandemic is a delicate balance right now as states are rolling back opening efforts including the hard hit states of california arizona and texas. >> the other states that made it through the surge don't want to see it again. thank you very much. eric: in washington tomorrow kicks off a big week at the supreme court as the court looks to wrap up a term prolonged by this pandemic. we expect some major rulings on obama care and the president's financial records, will they be released to congressional investigators? that among the other cases that the justices have to decide. david spunt breaks this down on what could come. hi, david. >> hey, eric, not to mention we're a few months away from a presidential election. yes, all of these cases have a major impact and implications when it comes to the election. normally the nine justices would be on summer vacation right now. that's not the case. things got delayed because of covid. we have eight cases left we're

expecting to hear from in the next few days as far as decisions are concerned, eric. the first one deals with the electoral college, specifically what's called faceless electors. the group of people across the country that actually select the president of the united states. the question before the court, whether electors are required to support the popular winner in their state's presidential race, around 30 states currently required it. another case, eric, focuses on obama care, and the birth control mandate that's part of that healthcare law. the case deals with a catholic organization called little sisters of the poor. they believe religious objector should not have to provide health plans that include contraceptive coverage. the big one as you mentioned can congress and the state grand jury get ahold of president trump's financial records? the democratic controlled house wants the president's tax records. the house oversight and reform committee, they want to know if the president exaggerating his financial holdings before becoming president. the justices will hand down opinions online. normally they are read in the

courtroom, but because covid kept the justices away, they met by teleconference. as we go closer to the last few cases, many are already speculating, which is common this time of year, about a possible retirement. >> first of all, i think a justice that would retire for such a transparentally political reason would have to think twice, i would hope. second, it would be the height of hypocrisy if mitch mcconnell tried to drive a nomination through within a few months. >> it's not often that a justice would retire with just a few months left until a presidential election. however, it's always possible. justices as you know they are appointed for life. they can step down whenever they want, during the term. typically when they do step down, eric, it is normally right at the end of the term, before they head in for their summer recess. we will be watching. but court watchers said they don't expect any retirements this year. eric? eric: david, thank you very much. molly? americans in some places

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we didn't know what to expect actually with other closures in the area of how we were going to be inundated. but it seems pretty regular for the 4th of july. definitely a lot of people. eric: that's the safety officer speaking yesterday in san diego. it is one of the places where americans were able to spend the july 4th holiday, but only a select of beaches there, as coronavirus cases have been rising from coast to coast. but despite the surge, you know, many beachgoers and others from barbecues to bars and packed events, they prefer to live life during coronavirus without wearing the recommended face masks. tennessee is one of those states that hit a daily record in nashville this past week. and the current surge there was predicted by our next guest. she is a behavioral scientist in tennessee, vanderbilt, and accurately predicted that that state cases would go up. dr. kelly goldsmith joins us,

made that prediction six weeks ago. she's a professor at vanderbilt university in nashville. professor, what were you seeing six weeks ago that made you offer this forecast that turned out to be correct, that the coronavirus cases would explode? >> thank you for having me, eric. first of all, it wasn't so much what i was seeing six weeks ago. it was what i had seen leading up to that that caused me to believe we were going to see almost this ironic bounceback where people were going to kind of take to the streets and resume their old behaviors a little bit too fast and furious. i think as humans and as americans, we're not meant to be staying at home and keeping it together so tightly all the time. it's normal to want to go out and feel normal and see your friends and not wear a mask, and i was really apprehensive that so many of us for so long had been doing the right thing, had been so self-controlled, it was going to be really hard to keep that going. in fact, i think that's what we saw a lot of here in nashville. eric: you are seeing it on the screen next to you.

those are folks just the other day in lower broadway. all those bars in lower broadway in nashville, like there's nothing going on. they are packed. many of them don't have masks. of course the governor doesn't have a statewide mask mandate. nashville does have a mask requirement. they are leaving it up to local authorities and for personal responsibility. so as a behavioral scientist, how important is personal responsibility when people are left up with that do they actually -- and i can see you're shaking your head and shrugging your shoulders, i guess that's the answer? >> i mean, personal responsibility is everything right now. i think it is really important for all of us not to be judgmental of ourselves or judgmental of other people. we are living through some really tough, really uncertain times, and our psychology just isn't built to handle that. we have had the longest bull market of all time in the united states. we're coming off that. we're used to so much security and so much stability, and now

that's been turned on its head. it is really normal that we will see all kinds of reactions among consumers. some people playing it super safe and some people doing just the opposite. i think rather than sitting around and point fingers and judging each other, it would be great if we could all take a step back and say all right, hey, what we're going through is absolutely crazy. what can we do to make ourselves feel better during these very uncertain times? i'm hoping a little bit of introspection might be able to help a lot of people out. eric: that's really important because you have the varying reactions. some people used to say that masks are a political statement. others have masks and goggles on. let's take a look at live pictures. we have two beaches, one is in new jersey where they are enjoying the beach. another one down in clearwater florida where the beaches are pretty much empty. we have reaction from both sides of people who talk about masks and what they're doing to protect themselves. let's take a listen to some beachgoers. >> staying away from people.

>> wearing a mask everywhere we go. >> avoiding parties, washing our hands. >> i think it is ridiculous. we're not doing it. my family and many other families, we're not wearing masks. we're not worried. eric: you hear her say i think it is ridiculous. as a behavioral scientist, what is the tripwire for when you -- it's not abstract, but the brain has fear or recognition of the real danger and that you actually have to do something. what makes someone realize this is serious, i have to wear a mask, do you have to know someone who has come down with covid, know someone who has died from covid, what are the tripwires that make a human's behavior change? >> you know, eric, i think all those things might help. certainly the closer it is to you, the more you experience that real visceral fear that this might affect me in a negative way. people are more likely to take precautionary measures. truthfully when i hear those two

sound bites, i actually think fear is driving both of those seemingly opposing behaviors. we stay home and we play it safe because we're scared. some people they go to the beach, they don't wear a mask, why? because they're scared too. they're just trying to feel normal. and to them, that's what it is going to take for them to feel like they are living their normal life. what i'm hoping is if we can all take a step back, forget about the masks, forget about coronavirus, forget about the economy for a second, what does it take you to feel normal and feel in control of your daily life? can you bring in a little bit of that so then maybe we don't have to see these extreme reactions on either side and people can actually feel a bit better? i think the fact that we're trying to pretend this isn't as emotionally depleting as it is, in fact, leads to these polarized behaviors. let's all admit it. what we are going through right now sucks. it is really hard. the more we're honest about that with ourselves, it becomes easier to be less judgmental. understand we are human beings in this together. what can we do just a little bit

every day to feel better about ourselves? eric: finally your recommendation is to try to get back to a normal life in a sense, but the recommendations are wear a mask, if you're outside or often times someplace inside, if you're scared or not. >> i mean, let's be clear. i'm in favor of wearing a mask. my family and i wear masks. but i think independent of the choice, it is important for us to maintain our sanity in these very insane times. in order to do that, it is going to take more than just wearing a mask. it is going to take looking at our day every morning when we wake up and thinking about how can we structure or lives in these uncertain times in order to allow us to live in a way that lets us feel safe and under control, whatever that means for us. it will vary by individual. eric: dr. goldsmith, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much, eric. eric: of course.

molly? as major league baseball teams begin summer training for the planned 60 game season, los angeles dodgers pitcher david price says he's opted out of playing over concerns about his family's health during the pandemic. this as more players test positive for coronavirus. all star first baseman freddy freeman among other atlanta braves players out indefinitely after testing positive. players must test negative twice at least 24 hours apart to return to the game. eric: the pentagon is stepping up military drills in the disputed south china sea. we sent two aircraft carriers, this as china is conducting its own drills nearby. what does this mean to increased tensions between both nations? navy captain bob wells is next on the u.s. and china. looks like they picked the wrong getaway driver. they're going to be paying for this for a long time.

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eric: u.s. navy has dispatched two aircraft carriers and their groups and several warships to the disputed south china sea. officials say that they will conduct some of the largest drills in the area that have been seen in years. the military exercise has been long planned, but it comes as china happens to be holding similar exercises in the same waters nearby. all this as washington tries to blunt beijing's brazen aggressiveness. we are live in our middle east bureau with the latest. hey, trey. >> hey, eric. good afternoon. these u.s. military exercises are taking place in the south china sea, and while they are not aimed at stoking tension, they will inevitably send a message to china. the uss ronald reagan and the uss nimitz entered the area on saturday, joined by a number of other support vessels. reports indicate these two carriers haven't operated together in the south china sea since september of 2014. a u.s. navy spokesperson said the drills this week were being

conducted to, quote, support a free and open indo pacific. the chinese have conducted their own military drills this past week, though those exercises were scheduled to wrap up today. the u.s. department of defense criticized those 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. >> translator: certain nonregional countries have traveled far to engage in large scale military activities and flex muscles in the south china sea. and this is the root cause of instability in the region. >> with ongoing tension between washington and beijing, over things like hong kong, trade and coronavirus, these new military exercises come at a very uncertain time for the region. eric? eric: trey, thank you very much.

molly? molly: for more on this, we bring in retired u.s. navy captain robert wells, a former national security advisor to vice president dick cheney. captain, thank you very much for your service and for joining us on this holiday weekend. we really appreciate your insights on this. we're talking about these drills essentially in the south china sea, both china and the united states holding drills, not unusual, but at the same time, a little bit more unusual. what's the message that the united states is trying to send, and should we be concerned about, you know, potential events with these two countries engaging in drills at the same time in sort of relative proximity? >> thank you very much, molly. i think we shouldn't be concerned. in fact, i think it underscores the commitment of the united states to operate freely in the south china sea. the area we're operating in, there's a lot of area, a lot of water, the chinese navy, the pla navy operating from their areas off of the island up the coast,

also operate in the areas there, but having our two carriers under seven fleet operational command, both the ronald reagan and also the nimitz which just deployed from washington state picked up the carrier strike ships out of san diego, we've got a very important force to operate both day and night and also to prepare ourselves and stay ready ourselves, but the bottom line is it underscores our commitment to the indo pacific region. the united states is a treaty party. we have five of our treaty partners in that region, including australia, the republic of korea, the philippines, thailand and japan, so we are a guarantor of stability, and we operate freely. molly: we've increased our freedom of navigation operations there in that area, for instance supporting malaysian oil and gas exploration vessel earlier in the year. how important is this stretch of sea? not just for us, but also for our allies and, you know, a

multitude of industries and just simply for, you know, freedom of travel? >> it's a critically important region. it's a critical sea line of communication for all the maritime commerce, both the oil and gas commerce that goes to china and also japan, as well as the trade ships that come out with the cargo ships from the chinese ports as well as all the ports in the world that come through to trade with japan, china, australia, singapore is a trading hub as well. so it's critically important for stability to continue. what's really changed over the last ten years, though, has been the growth of the pla navy, the establishment of new bases on the south china sea islands off of the islands in particular, the united states needs to continue to operate. this is nothing new. it's been a while since we've had two carriers there, but the seven fleet has been a guarantor of operational freedom of navigation since the second

world war. molly: you know, china has criticized the united states for just being there in the region arguing that we're adding to instability in the region. and tensions have been rather high with china recently on all sorts of things from covid-19 to trade, where not so long ago, a few months ago, the president, administration touting recent trade deals. are we in a different place now with china than we were a few months ago? >> that's a great question. in fact, we are. in fact, our policy has changed with regard to china. we were looking at throughout the bush administration the peaceful rise of china. china being a stake holder for normal economic and political discourse with the rest of the world, especially after their -- to the world trade organization. over the past few years, the policy has changed and china is seen as a competitor. the united states has to view the chinese intent and their capability as a competitor, a great power competition is

underway, and our presence there is important because we don't want to have any type of conflict. we want stability. and i believe china wants stability as well. they have certain rights with regard to their sovereignty that we respect, but this new incursion into the south china sea with the islands is counter to international norms and legal aspects that have been affirmed at the united nations. we need to basically continue our operations there, continue freedom of navigation operations there as we usually have, underscore our commitment to stability, and continue to have a dialogue with china, so that we don't have a miscalculation. molly: shifting gears just a little bit, china certainly not shy when it comes to being militarily aggressive. we saw more than a dozen -- i think it was 20 soldiers killed in june as well as some new law changes regarding hong kong and response to the pro democracy

demonstrations, this newly-passed security law, which has raised a lot of concerns particularly about free speech, new crimes introduced regarding subversion and collusion, pretty scary. frightening though it applies to those outside of the region not just residents of the region. senator rubio even tweeting that any american who travels to hong kong for business or pleasure is out of their minds. china now can arrest you for anything you said or did in america that they decide is subversive. how big of a deal is this when we just think about where -- how china's exerting pressure, not just as far as their military is concerned and in the south china sea, but broader? you know, hearts, minds, criticism, that sort of thing. >> it's critically important. in fact, china's always had a concern with regard to border stability, and you mentioned the india flare-up recently, which has always been a consideration since the early 1970s wars with india, regarding hong kong, i'm a big fan of hong kong. i've been there before the

transition from the british to the chinese pla, you should the treaty in the u.k. as well as -- under the treaty in the u.k. as well as the chinese navy actually provided security for my ship in the post 9/11 environment on the way out to the middle east. but the concern for the removal of freedoms, for the people of hong kong and democracy is very concerning. they should honor their treaty commitments as established with the turnover. i still believe that the hong kong people have the right of freedom and self-determination. and that it is dicier now. hong kong is a great place, and we need to basically work through our state department with secretary of state pompeo, with the chinese to try to find some sort of common ground. i wouldn't count out the u.k. as well since they are the original treaty authority. we have to be very careful with the conduct of the chinese and hong kong and listen to the people of hong kong in particular with regard to their freedom concerns. molly: yeah, that fight for

democracy goes on. captain robert wells, thanks for your insights today. thank you for joining us. >> great. thank you very much, molly. molly: eric? eric: molly, tragically here at home, it was a violent holiday weekend across many parts of our country. the sound of gunshots, the death toll in chicago at least 13 people were killed, dozens hurt in shootings. the dead there included some children. in atlanta an 8-year-old was shot dead in a car that police say encountered an armed group that was right near the wendy's where rayshard brooks was killed last month. garrett tenney has more on what we experienced >> the holiday weekend isn't even over and already as of this morning, 67 people have been shot in chicago. 13 have been killed. one of them a 14-year-old boy who was celebrating with neighbors in the street, when several men opened fire on the crowd, shooting eight people, four of whom were killed. a few hours earlier, a

7-year-old girl was shot in the head while playing on the sidewalk outside her grandmother's house during a 4th of july party when three men got out of the car and started shooting indiscriminately. the chicago mayor reacted on twitter saying tonight a 7-year-old girl joined a list of teens and children whose hopes and dreams were ended by the barrel of a gun. we can't grow numb to this. we are making progress and slowing shootings, but we have to do better, every single one of us. so far no arrests have been made. earlier this week, chicago's police chief was begging the public for help. >> when we have young innocent lives lost, we all need to be outraged. i will never accept, never this level of violence, if you have any information, reach out to our detectives. >> in new york city, on thursday, 13 people were shot, one man ill canned in a single -- one man killed in a single nine-hour period.

shooting incidents overall are up significantly in the city this year, with 540 already compared to 365 at this point last year, according to the abc affiliate wabc. the chief of the nypd and others are expressing concerns that these trends could continue, with some officials and demonstrators calling to either abolish police departments or significantly defund them. in washington, i'm garrett tenney, fox news. molly: new polls showing biden widening his lead on donald trump in the race for the white house. how could biden keep that momentum, and how might republicans narrow that gap in a crucial swing state? that's next. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. and nutrients to i felt like i was justthis constantly cleaning up his hair.

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eric: the 20 presidential race is taking shape. president trump's cabinet members hoping to reassure republicans in swing states last week, and former vice president joe biden's campaign is setting its sights on the south.

what will roll out this week? what does this mean? john bus see is joining us, associate editor for the "wall street journal" and fox news contributor. as you know, an incumbent president can use the power of the white house, the ultimate soap box while campaigning, but now this includes, for example, agricultural secretary sonny perdue, he was in a strawberry field the other day, interior secretary, vip party go up to republican dinner in south dakota, how is the trump campaign pushing to now rely on surrogate and cabinet members? >> your tax dollars at work. this is not unusual. i mean, you get everybody out on the field to make the case for your candidacy. and he's using the cabinet to do that as well. he has some pretty stiff head winds, as you know. the polls have been showing that he's falling behind nationally and in the key battleground states. there's unhappiness with the

coronavirus progress. there seems to be two discussions going on. one is in the mind of the president, where he's kind of fighting this campaign on the basis of sort of culture wars, racial politics, you know, the monuments issue, much of the rest of the country is thinking about something else, that's the coronavirus, hitting 130,000 deaths already, spreading in california, arizona, florida, other places. so he's changing the subject a bit, and he's using the surrogates to do that, to really basically go out and say look here's what we've done over the last three and a half years. here's what the next four years might look like. eric: you know what the president would say, and his supporters would say the polls, you know, are full of it. look what happened back in 2016 when they had hilary clinton had this as a lock. they would say you can't trust the polls and that the president has been doing a good job on coronavirus. he says so himself. >> yes, well, the polls might be

unpredictable again, but you have to sort of look at the polls in aggregate, and they are in aggregate all trending the same way. they're all saying -- giving th. it would be kind of surprising to find that all the polls are in error. and they're showing a widening for biden, a widening of support for him. i think that has come about as the coronavirus has spread through the south, reigniting fears of hospitals being overwhelmed, concern about are the kids going to be able to go back to school in the fall if the virus is spreading as much as it is? and why is it that the united states is the only industrialized big nation that has not managed to get a grip on this? the european union already has, deaths and the virus spread are down there. canada it's down. the u.s. is being barred from traveling to europe because of this. and the public sees the president holding these rallies,

which are fairly divisive in language including the one that he held at mt. rushmore, not unifying language, pretty divisive, and these are essentially super spreader events, convened for the purposes of rallying support around the president. that doesn't seem to be going over well with folks either. so he has a number of head winds. i think there's an effort to sort of change the topic of the conversation away from the coronavirus, away from the millions of people who are out of a job as a result of the fact that there's no national plan for dealing with the virus. it's been left up to the states. here's where we are. eric: that's a key point. and the virus now spreading an infection rate that officials is not just because of more tests but because of the actual percentage that is going up of people who are infected, the so called positivity rate in many trump won states, texas, florida and the others. let's take a look at some of the recent polls in terms of swing states, arizona a red state

shows that former vice president biden is ahead, 7 points, ahead in florida, michigan, north carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin. there's the table right there. what happens at the end with the electoral college because, john, it all comes down to the electoral college? >> yes, that's true. and in the numbers that you just cited, eric, there's some surprises. it wasn't long ago that the president was leading in florida and was close in some of these other states, but again, it's the gap between biden leading and the president falling behind is a reflection of the polls basically also showing a disapproval of kind of the way the coronavirus has been handled. now, the electoral college could go a very different way, but it is hard for you to come up with a numbers that the president needs to win at the moment. look, things can change. we're still in months away from the election. entirely possible that the mood of the public could change very quickly. but at the moment, it's hard to

come up with the number of electoral college votes that the president needs to win, without taking some of these battleground states, and the conversation, eric, among the public is not about monuments. it is about gee, can i go back to work? is there a job for me? am i going to be able to take public transport? are my kids safe going back to school, with the coronavirus spreading, not being abated? eric: and can i not get sick? john bussey of the "wall street journal," john, always good to see you. thank you very much. >> pleasure. eric: of course. we will have more news in just a second. we will be right back.

molly: investigators in south carolina looking for two suspects in a deadly shooting early this morning inside of a nightclub. it happened in greenville. at least two people were killed and eight were hurt. we have the latest information on this as it's unfolding. >> hi there. well the sheriff is calling it a horrific situation and now he's going after the business where this happened. shots rang out just before 2:00 a.m. inside the lavish lounge in greenville, south carolina. the sheriff's department says a large crowd ran out of the

building, and there was active gunfire inside. according to local reports there, a 23-year-old woman and the club's 51-year-old security guard are both dead. johnson was armed but did not fire his weapon. eight other people were wounded and some are in critical condition. according to a post on the club's facebook page, there was a rap performance scheduled for the night, and deputies don't know what led to the gunfire, but the sheriff told local reporters this may have been gang related. the other concern now is the spread of coronavirus. last month greenville experienced one of the state's highest covid rates, and nightclubs are not allowed to operate under the governor's current coronavirus restrictions. the sheriff there says he's working with the governor and the city council to shut this business down. >> because of the love of money, people choose to open a business like this and invite 250, 300 people in here, and all they want is that dollar. and that dollar cost two people

their lives, eight other people probably an event they will never forget in their life. >> and as you said, police are looking for two suspects but haven't released any descriptions just yet. back to you. molly: pretty frightening, thank you. eric? eric: the president just tweeted out about -- we did a segment on the polls. he said we're the quote phony suppression polls and he's leading in the real polls. shows you how the presidential race is going full swing, even though it is a july 4th weekend. have a good one. molly: that's right a couple months until the voters head to the polls. it's been wonderful to hang out with you this weekend, eric. a special two-hour edition of "the fox report" with john scott -- so let's make the most of it. and make every sandwich count. with oscar mayer deli fresh

jon: protesters hitting the streets this 4th of july weekend, ramping up calls for police reform as america celebrates its independence day in the midst of a nationwide conversation on race. good evening, i'm jon scott. this is a special two-hour edition of "the fox report". ♪ jon: take a look at the scene outside the white house last night. protesters burning an american flag while chanting america was never great. marches taking place all across the country including in baltimore, where protesters tore down a statue of christopher columbus and threw it into the inner harbor. we have fox team coverage.