do you want to keep america or let her go? that is the choice individuals will be making in november. will be making in november. >> my baby didn't mean harm. at the point that an 8-year-old baby is killed, the discussions have ended because you are no longer a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem. jillian: it is monday, july 6th. this is a fox news alert. an 8-year-old shot and killed in atlanta as a weekend of celebration turns to tragedy in cities across america. dozens more fall victim in new york and chicago. we're live in washington with president trump's offer to help end the violence once and for all. we're in a pretty tough spot right now. we have large outbreaks happening in large parts of our

country. >> if we don't get our of hands around the virus quickly, in about two weeks, our hospital system could be in serious, serious trouble. todd: raising the red flag on covid-19 as a surge of new cases sweeps the south. the draysic the measures being -- drastic measures being taken to keep grim predictions from becoming a reality. >> protests try to wipe american monuments from the history, one town is opening the figures with open arms. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ todd: good morning. it's another week. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm todd piro. carley: i'm carley shimkus. we begin with a fox news alert. eight people are feared dead after two planes collide over a lake in idaho. the bodies of two passengers

were recovered before the planes sank. six others are unaccounted for. reports show they include children and adults. todd: investigators don't know why the planes crashed over the lake. crews will work on recovering both aircraft from the bottom of the lake later today or tomorrow. the ntsb will likely take over the investigation. of course, we'll keep you posted on that. to another fox news alert. 4th of july weekend marked by violence in major u.s. cities. in chicago, at least 77 people shot, 14 of them killed, including a 7-year-old girl. carley: mark meredith is live in our nation's capital as the president is offering to help the cities seeing a surge in shootings. mark. >> reporter: carley and todd, good morning to you. while many were celebrating this weekend, police in several cities were dealing with a rise in shootings. president trump has been weighing in on this on twitter. this is what he had to say. he wrote, quote, chicago and new

york city crime numbers are way up, 67 shot in chicago, 13 killed, shootings up significantly in new york city where people are demanding for the governor and the new york mayor to ask now. the federal government ready to help if asked. at least 42 people were shot in new york over the weekend, at least nine killed. most of the shootings occurred within a 15-hour period. chicago also getting a lot of attention after the violent holiday weekend, the numbers higher than what president trump tweeted about, saying at least 77 shot, 14 killed in the windy city. among the tragedies there, two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were among five people shot and killed. the youngest victim, the 7-year-old, was reportedly killed while standing on the sidewalk outside of her grandmother's home. the shooting has left the entire chicago community and the country in shock. >> it hurts that somebody can rob somebody of somebody's life like that and don't think twice about it. >> they don't care. >> all i can do is pray to god.

>> reporter: chicago's mayor is weighing in, writing as families gather to commemorate the founding of our nation, we must ask ourselves, is this who we are as a city or as a country. smaller cities reported shootings over the weekend including atlanta, memphis, greenville, south carolina. two people were killed and eight were hurt in a shooting in a nightclub. they're trying to piece together whether it happened inside or outside the club. police say there were too many people inside the nightclub, at least 200, which is considered way too many given social distancing guidelines amid the pandemic. carley and todd, back to you. carley: the numbers are awful, horrifying. another sad story to bring you, broadway is mourning the death of nick cordero. the actor lost his three month long battle with covid-19. he had been hospitalized since march. cordero starred in plays

including a bronx tale, bullets over broadway and waitress. his wife posted on instagram, god has another angel in heaven now. my heart is broken. i cannot imagine our lives without him. cordero died sounded by his -- surrounded by his family in los angeles. he leaved his behind wife and 1-year-old son. todd: his death from the virus, one of close to 130,000 here in the u.s. california, arizona, texas and florida all posting record numbers of new infections over the holiday weekend. in the lone star state, hospitalizations just hit a record high, causing major concern over the availability of beds. two counties there already reporting their hospitals are at full capacity. florida adding nearly 10,000 new cases on sunday, with total cases now yo topping 200,000. carley: the director of harvard global health institute says

despite a steady rise in new cases, there is some good news in the fight against covid-19. >> i think we opened up a little too early in some places, a lot of states didn't meet the white house's own guidelines for when to open up safely. we didn't have the kind of testing and tracing infrastructure that we needed. we're getting better at treating the disease. so we may have somebody who spends two or three weeks in the icu and walks out. there is still going to be pretty sick and a lot of suffering but they're less likely to die. no evidence that the virus is getting any less lethal. thankfully, no evidence it's getting any more lethal. todd: new york city moving into phase three today as the state sees a drop in deaths. governor andrew cuomo joining new jersey in pu hitting the pae button on reopening indoor ginning. carley: ghislaine maxwell is expected to be extradited to new york this week. she is currently being held without bail in new hampshire

after her arrest last week. maxwell is charged with helping epstein recruit girls to sexually abuse. she faces up to 35 years in prison. both the prosecution and defense are requesting an arraignment hearing on friday. todd: the man charged with driving his car into protesters in seattle, killing one of them, is due in court today. a judge should determine if he should be released on bail. he was arrested on saturday after police say he sped into the crowd on a freeway. a 24-year-old was one of two people hit. she died on sunday. the other person remains in serious condition right now. a statue depicting frederick douglas is ripped from hits pedestal in upstate new york. rochester police say it was taken from a park along the underground railroad where douglas and harriet tubman helped take slaves to freedom. it was found 50 feet away near a river. this comes on the anniversary of

douglas' speech delivered to the city, called what to the slave is the 4th of july. that monument now getting repaired. carley: moving on to sports, kevin harvick climbing the charts with a big win in indianapolis. >> kevin harvick is going to get the checkered flag. he wins again at the brick yard. carley: he won the brick yard 400 for the second straight year, he is second on playoff charts and one win behind lee petty for the 11th on nascar's career list. todd: congrats, carley, i know you have harvick in your nascar fantasy racing league. congrats to you. denny hamlin didn't finish the race after one of his tires exploded. he was okay. meanwhile, check this out, ryan blaney's crew member sent to the hospital after six cars collided at a pit stop. that's scary. he was later released.

the pileup included the trump 2020 car. carley: i usually keep my nascar list kind of private. thank you, todd, for revealing it to everybody. todd: sorry for blowing up your spot there. a fox news alert, shootings up more than 200% in new york city after the nypd ends its plain clothes unit. how could police stop the violence while facing a push to defund the department? former nypd detective dr. oscar odem here to of discuss, next. guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'.

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continue, how can we end this violence? joining us now, former nypd detective, dr. oscar odem. dr. odem, thank you for being with us this morning. we are experiencing a horrific wave of violence, especially in cities like new york and chicago where spikes in violence do happen but these numbers having different. why is this happening now and what can be done to stop it? >> first of all, good morning. i'd like to thank the officers, the women and men in blue who serve and protect our country without any fear. one of the things they have to look at, they have to establish some sort of law and order. what are we going to do. it's a correlation between telling the police what you can and cannot do. they have no guidance now. they're just putting them out there. they're basically leaving them like lame ducks and let anything happen to them. the numbers don't lie. look at the data, the shootings, the robberies, the murders, the assaults are up. this is not done by the police. this is done by the public against one another. we need to call the political

leaders on the carpet and ask them, what are you doing, are you reading the crime reports? are you reading the crime statistics? are you looking at th this every day to see if the numbers are going up. they need to be charged with negligence. todd: while the adults go around and around in circles, children are dying. the president tweeting out that he wants to help. he writes this, chicago and new york city crime numbers are way up. 67 people shot in chicago. 13 killed. shootings up significantly in new york city where people are demanding that new york governor cuomo and new york city mayor act now. federal government ready, willing and able to help if asked. how bad must it get for the cities to accept the president's offer, doctor? >> well, basically it's at that stage right now. that they really need to accept the president. the president is willing to assist, provide the freedoms that the united states constitution provides and also

for law and order so that our economy can start running again because of the covid-19. but with all of this, this is just throw more stuff inside the pot. they need to step back and accept this and/or allow the police to do what they do. when you put cops on the fleet and tell them don't do it, you're restraining them. while you're restraining them, you're actually hurting the public. if it's the public that you want to help, you have to let the police go. we know that, yes, the police want to do their job, yes, the police hate bad officers. no cop likes a bad cop. yes, we realize there's an issue of reform. we want the reform, we want the training, we want the guidance. they're stepping back and they're not actually reading the data. like i say, evidence-based and data-driven. numbers do not lie. murders, robberies, shootings are up, they don't lie. but it seems like they're either turning a blind eye or their politically not paying attention

and listening to the people on the other side. the good people, they want the police officers there. and another thing, you know, when they look at the data, one of the things they must understand, over 98% of police officers go 20 years of their career without firing their weapon one time on duty, without firing one time. you're talking about abuse, without one time. carley: there's a lot of police reform taking place. some people feel like it's handcuffing police o and one of those reports is in new york city, that 600 person anti-crime unit was disbanded and the new york post is reporting that since then, there's been a 205% spike in shootings. do you think that there's a correlation between these two things? >> most definitely. here it is, if you don't have plain clothes officers and you have only uniform officers it's a political advertisement, here i am, i'm the police, hide.

when you're under cover it's a different issue, it's the unknown and we're there and the anti-crime unit has been notorious for taking weapons off the street, to make it a safer place to live. by getting rid of them, then you have a problem. you see a steady increase in crime. the anti-crime unit was a great unit. they took guns off the streets. they made it safe for americans to walk around and enjoy the fruits of their labor and enjoy the freedoms that our united states constitution provides. without them, we're going back to the term for the wild, wild west. yes, the wild, wild west without them. carley: it's a scary time out there. you make a whole lot of sense. thanks for coming on this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. carley: the rock hits a new record, how dwayne johnson just dethroned kylie jenner on instagram. >> we must protect and preserve

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carley: good morning. welcome back. a cluster of covid-19 cases breaking out in frat houses at the university of washington. more than 120 students testing positive on the seattle campus. college officials saying the houses have reduced the number of people living inside while school is out. they're being asked to self-isolate if they test

positive or have been exposed to the virus. a pop-up testing site is set up on the campus. todd: the fda commissioner not ready to sign off on the republican national convention in jacksonville next month. >> do you think it's safe to hold that event in florida? >> i think it's too early to tell. we'll have to see how it unfolds in florida and elsewhere around the country. todd: the sunshine state topping 200,000 cases on sunday. rnc says it has plans for safety precautions, including temperature checks and aggressive sanitizing protocols. carley: controversy over america's monuments reaches a fever pitch as statues of christopher columbus and frederick douglas are torn down over the weekend. as president trump looks to honor our past with a national garden of american heroes, critics on the left are rallying against the idea. >> we must protect and preserve our history, our heritage, and

our great heroes. >> his whole approach is to pit americans against each other. >> his priorities are all wrong here. he's talking about dead traitors. todd: so what is the right move? here to react, president and founder of black conservative federation, deontae johnson. thanks for being here. what do you think, is this garden the best response to the monuments couldn' controversy. >> i think this is an amazing response. it's in response to all that we've seen with the removal of statues and everyone upset about the statues. our president said listen, let's add to our history, let's make sure we put all of history on here. we have american heroes like frederick douglas like martin luther king and let's continue to add to the history. let's make sure we add african-american as well and we add african-americans all over

this country. however, i'm not sure anymore if that's actually going to help because now we just saw that they're tearing down the frederick douglas statue. this isn't about racism, about president trump, this is about people wanting to cause ruckus. carley: there are a lot of important names, daniel boone, frederick douglas, a bunch of different people that you see on your screen. the washington post published a really negative article about this garden and quoted hi historians who say the selection is random and inappropriate and points out that there are no democratic presidents or hispanic figures that are selected. so how would you respond to that criticism? >> well, you know, president trump is the president and so the this administration is creating the list. this is going to be a national

monument, a national garden. and so when we get a democrat president in, they can add democratic names. this is something that i think the president is doing and i thank him for trying and for wanting to do something. we've had issues time and time again. president obama didn't do anything. but thank god president trump is. todd: what is your response to those like susan rice, you heard in the intro sound bite, saying the president is trying to pit americans against one another. >> no, the democrat party is trying to pit america against one another. whatever the president does, they continue to want to talk about it, they continue to want to make him look like the bad guy. our president is trying every day. he works harder than any other president i've seen and for the three and-a-half years that he's been in, he's done more than all of them have done in the long history in washington. carley: well, some folks in

baltimore toppled the statue of christopher columbus over the weekend. the governor said city leaders need to regain control of their own streets and start making them safer. governor hogan and the president have not agreed on a lot in terms of the coronavirus but they certainly agree on this. you look at the images on your screen right there, that happened on saturday. deontae, thank you for coming on and talking about this important issue with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. todd: hopefully you weren't trying to catch that train that was blaring in the background. carley: i was wondering if that was a train. todd: 26 minutes after the hour. this is absolutely horrible. an 8-year-old girl shot and killed in atlanta, her heart-broken parents speaking out. >> saving that life matters.

carley: the mayor's powerful message to the shooters, coming up next. guys, are you tired

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are requesting an arraignment hearing on friday. todd: and the louvre in paris open to the public once again. the iconic museum welcoming visitors after being closed for nearly four months, due to the covid-19 pandemic as we all know. everyone required to wear masks. the louvre is the most visited museum in the world. ♪ carley: americans packing beaches, barbecues and pools over the 4th of july weekend. todd: as those crowds gathered, health experts expressing growing concern over the next wave of new coronavirus infections. christina coleman breaks down the latest numbers. >> reporter: coronavirus showing no signs of weakening in the united states. the virus killing more than 129,000 people nationwide, and over 2.8 million infected since the pandemic started. >> we see large outbreaks

happening across communities, it's going to be very hard to keep schools open. >> reporter: the number of confirmed new covid-19 cases rising in at least 36 states. california, arizona, texas and florida posting record numbers of new infections. arizona reporting more than 3,000 hospitalizations on sunday. it's the eighth consecutive day of record hospitalization numbers. icu bed usage dropping slightly. however, it remains 89% full. florida recorded more than 10,000 new cases of covid-19 on sunday, bringing the state's total to more than 200,000 for the first time. and hospitals in at least two counties in texas are at full capacity this holiday weekend. the state reporting a record daily increase of more than 8200 confirmed covid-19 cases saturday. the surging number of infections prompting authorities to issue you a safety alert, urging residents to shelter in place. new york city is moving into phase three of reopening on monday, the state of new york

has had a huge drop in coronavirus fatalities with eight deaths reported since saturday. however, governor andrew cuomo is hitting the pause button on reopen offing indoor dining in new york city. at least 20 states are pausing or rolling back reopening efforts due to the surge in coronavirus cases. including the california, arizona and texas. in los angeles, christina coleman, fox news. carley: police searching for the vandals who damaged a georgia state patrol headquarters during violent protests. rioters setting off fireworks inside the atlanta building, shattering windows. police saying at least 100 people carrying rocks and spray paint marched to the headquarters. two workers were treated for smoke inhalation. atlanta's mayor telling protesters to clear out after an 8-year-old girl was shot and

killed near the wendy's where rayshard brooks was killed. >> you shot and killed a baby. you can't blame this on a police officer. you can't say that this is about criminal justice reform. this is about some people carrying some weapons who shot up a car with an 8-year-old baby in the car. carley: the girl died saturday after two men opened fire on her mother's car. she was trying to enter a parking lot where protesters illegally set up barricades. >> she didn't make her ninth birthday. we didn't do anything. >> saving that life matters. you killed your own. carley: protesters have set up a camp at the restaurant after it was burned down after brooks' death. evacuations underway as a brush fire grows rapidly in southern california overnight.

more than 1100 acres have burned near santa clarita. rescue teams desperately trying to put out the flames. the fire shutting down the freeway, leaving drivers stranded for hours of. it is still year i zero percent contained. a small town in ohio is offering to take in unwanted historical statues removed from other cities. newton falls declaring itself a statue sanctuary city for figures including george washington, abraham lincoln and christopher columbus. the city offered general amnesty for the monuments, saying while the figures were flawed in many ways, they deserve to stand in a place of honor and respect. how about that? ♪ todd: president trump and presumptive democrat nominee joe biden both address the nation for independence day but strike very different tones. take a listen. >> we celebrate our history,

our heroes. we are the decedents of the most daring and courageous. >> our country was founded on an idea that all men are created equal. never lived up to it. todd: so will patriotism or pessimism win the race? joining me to debate, democrat analyst laki vincent and political analyst, ron meyer. lakai, which candidate has their finger on the pulse of the people? >> i think there's no question, it's certainly not president trump. i mean, his speech was exactly who president trump has been and will continue to be and most importantly how he will run his 2020 race. his speech was dark. it was divisive, did nothing to unify the country. it ignored the fact that there have been over 120,000 deaths due to coronavirus and it

sideswiped the true issue behind why so many people want the confederate statues down. biden talked about america's past, he talked about the fact that some of it is not always pretty and not necessarily anything to be proud of. but he attempts to unify the country by talking about hope, hope for america, hope that we'll have racial justice and hope that this doesn't happen again. todd: ron, do you agree? >> i think that that view sort of reflects where things were two weeks ago. i mean, this is the interesting thing. i think president trump is starting to get exactly the base that he wants. i agree that two weeks ago when the debate was about confederate statues and about covid, he was starting to lose that debate pretty badly. then joe biden and many democrat activists have basically allowed trump back into the race by making the debate not about confederate statues but about american statues, about people

who actually got rid of slavery, like abraham lincoln who abolished slavery, american heroes like george washington, thomas jefferson, teddy roosevelt, that's who the left has decided to make the debate about. when the debate is about defending american history, not confederate history, president trump is going to win the debate. that's what's being allowed to happen is that's what the debate has become. the issue is, i think a lot of folks in america are ready to take on systematic racism but they aren't ready to erase people who got rid of slavery. todd: let's talk about your comments through the lens of polls. the latest monmouth presidential polling shows pretty strong biden lead, biden at 53%, the president at 41%. you heard ron's comments there. when the next polls come out, will we find that the trump

speech helped him bridge that gap and to ron's point that biden coming out of the basement and talking has helped the president as well bridge that gap? >> i couldn't disagree more. i think that the president only has to be himself and as a result of being himself, he will see that the poll numbers continue to rise for joe biden. no one has to make this any harder for trump than trump himself as he continues to do. todd: okay. >> that's a pretty -- todd: kanye west saying he's running for president. the question is, could we actually see potential candidates hop in this late that could disrupt the 2020 race? let's focus on kanye. ron, what are your thoughts? >> i would never underestimate kanye west or kim kardashian west in most circumstances. they together have well over $1 billion. and i think by the way they're also fundamentally good people and, yes, you can criticize

anyone who has been in pop culture for as long as they have but i think they actually are decent folks and good people who have done a lot of good for our country. however, just from a logistical perspective, kanye west will have a hard time getting on the ballot. five or of six major states like texas, new york and california have already passed their deadline. a bunch are coming up in the next couple weeks. you need thousands and thousands of signatures to get on the ballot. if this becomes a write-in campaign, it's very hard for kanye to be relevant. i don't think he hurts either candidate. todd: to that point, i want to get lakai's thought on this. let's say kanye was able to pass the ballot hurdles, do you think he could siphon off the black voter and ultimately hurt biden in the end. >> i do. i think that is the threat to kanye getting on any ballot. it could have some individuals voting for him. but i hope that we will be able to overcome that if that's even an option.

i don't think that he necessarily has the political acumen to be on the ballot. that's just my thought. todd: we will see. we're just getting started. a long time to go before november 3rd. we appreciate your time this morning. have a great week. >> have a great morning. >> thank you. carley: speaking of celebrities, maybe to smile or maybe it's his charm but dwayne the rock johnson now rules instagram, the actor becoming the highest paid celebrity on the social media network, cashing in more than $1 million per sponsored post. that is according to social media marketing firm hopper hq. he climbed to nearly 190 million followers. johnson a former pro wrestler was also last year's highest paid actor. how about that? todd: imagine if we had that many followers, how amazing our

videos would be. carley: i don't think the quality would improve. but that's okay. [ laughter ] todd: time now, 41 minutes after the hour. u.s. officials blaming iran backed militias after another rocket attack near u.s. troops in iraq. carley: this as tehran -- we're live in the middle east, next. and was brave enough to get involved

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carley: tensions rising in the middle east after a rocket is fired near the baghdad international airport. u.s. officials blaming iran backed militants for the attack which came just hours after another rocket was shot down.

todd: trey yingst live for us in jerusalem with why tehran is targeting americans. trey. >> reporter: good morning. this rising rhetoric between the west and iran continues with proxy action across the middle east. overnight, one rocket was fired towards baghdad's international airport where there are a number of coalition forces. that attack carried out by a suspected iranian proxy. we brought you this story last night of three rockets fired into israel by suspected iranian proxies in gaza. all of this, this other major story we are following, a fire at an underground iranian nuclear facility last week that could slow the development of centrifuges that are used to enrich you' uranium. that event caused significant damage to the facility that could push back the country's nuclear development. iranian officials told reporters they believe a cyber attack caused the fire. though a middle eastern

intelligence official told the new york times that israel planted a bomb in the facilities. the fire is the latest in a series of incidents related to iranian sites including an explosion a week ago at a military complex that houses a missile production facility. the developments come as iran says it's built missile cities along the persian gulf will be a, quote, nightmare for iranian enemies. a brigadier general said this is coming and being managed by the iranian revolutionary guard, separate in the iranian navy. there are concerns the iranians could start this provocative action again in the middle east that could lead to further conflict with the west. carley, todd. carley: trey, thank you. todd: 47 minutes after the hour. the u.s. is seeing a steady rise in coronavirus cases, all as americans pack beaches, barbecues and pools this 4th of july weekend.

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carley: coronavirus cases in the u.s. remaining steady. hovering at around 50,000 a day. could a holiday weekend that saw people flocking to the beaches lead to another spike and is the plateau we're seeing now a good sign or a bad sign? joining me live to weigh in, fox news medical contributor, dr. jeanette nesheiwat. good morning, doctor. >> good morning, carley. carley: so 52,000 new cases were reported yesterday. what does that tell you about where we are as a nation in the

fight against covid-19? >> yeah, so carley, those numbers are staggering. it's of concern because the big issue that we have and that we worry about is inundating the hospitals, reaching maximum capacity in the icu. fortunately, this is in hot spots, certain parts of the country. other parts of the country, for example, new york, new jersey, we've been able to tackle it. we see florida, texas, arizona, arkansas, those places, there's great concern. once they reach hospital capacity or even if they have enough beds, you're stretching the staff too thin. so the holiday weekend, we tend to do less tests during the holiday but we'll know the full effect of this weekend in about two weeks. but i am concerned that we don't continue to adhere to the cdc guidelines. if we do that, we can keep this under control and try to get the numbers back down again. the plateau may be because it was a holiday weekend. we'll know for sure in the next

couple weeks. carley: the mayors of the cities that are current hot of spots were on the sunday shows talking about their specific concerns. let's take a listen. >> what concerns me is the positivity rate. >> we are in a crisis related to testing. >> if we don't get our hands around this virus quickly, in about two weeks, our hospital system could be in serious, serious trouble. carley: and dr. nesheiwat, the hot spots, florida, texas, arizona, they're all really warm weather areas where a lot of people spend a lot of time outside. so is it safe to go to the beach and go to the barbecues with your family and friends when you're outside? how safe is that sort of behavior with the coronavirus still a major concern. >> if you're unable to physical distance, if you're unable to protect yourself, if you're in a large, high density area, it's dangerous. now, if it's just you and your family, your close bubble with no one else around, that's okay.

the water itself, the pool, the ocean, that's not dangerous. you don't really pick up coronavirus from the ocean. it's more of the person to person, close contact, crowded areas, clusters where you see the transmission. fortunately, the governors, the leaders, they've taken action, shut down reopening because we've seen in the bars and the restaurants close contact areas is how you pick up this virus. so it's a matter of knowing where the outbreaks are, taking action to prevent that transmission and then hopefully we'll see less number of cases, less number of hospitalizations. we're not seeing an increase in the number of deaths. that's likely because it's affecting the younger population right now. carley: something developed over the weekend that i thought was interesting. over 200 scientists are writing to the world health organization saying that they believe that this coronavirus is an airborne disease and the world health organization has sort of pushed back on that revelation.

but i thought we were all on the same page that it was an airborne disease. so what say you to that? >> sure. so airborne just means its floats in the air. the way that the virus transmits is in a droplet form. so it's in your lungs, you cough, you sneeze, it gets into the air. i think that, yes, it may have airborne properties but it's also -- it's a respiratory water droplet particle. it can't get into the air on its own. it needs a mode of transmission which is a droplet. when you cough, sneeze, talk, that's when it spreads. it can remain in the air up to a few hours. if someone walking by inhales that air and is in that vicinity, they can pick it up. it can be considered airborne in that sense. for it to travel from one person to another, it has to be expelled into the air through a droplet, respiratory particle. carley: dr. nesheiwat, thank you so much for coming on and scaring the heck out of us for saying it can last in the air

for three hours. >> don't be scared, just take precautions. carley: thanks, doctor, appreciate it. >> thank you, carley. carley: todd. todd: carley, thanks. coming up, ghislaine maxwell set to be transferred to new york early this week. will jeffrey epstein's associate name names to try to save herself? elon musk is offering his full support but is kanye west really serious about running for president. we discuss the possible run, coming up.

rob: it is monday, july 6th.

a very violent 4th of july weekend for the country with dozens killed in shootings across several major cities. carley: president trump calling on those mayors to get the surge in shootings under control. we're live in washington where he says the feds are willing and able to step in if needed. i'm not going to get into whose right and whose wrong. what i'll say is we have data in the white house task force, those data show this is a serious problem. people need to take it seriously. carley: reopenings on hold. new restrictions in place as several states report more coronavirus cases.