biden's running mate will be randy winegarten, the head of the teachers union. paul: that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel, thanks to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. we hope to see you right here. next week. ♪ eric: president trump is about to pay a visit to the walter reed medical center, the commander in chief will be meeting with wounded warriors and frontline healthcare workers there, after tropical storm fay forced the campaign to postpone a rally that was scheduled for tonight in new hampshire. we will bring the president's visit and remarks to you as soon as that happens here live in the fox news channel. hello, everyone, welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. molly: i'm molly line. i'm in for arthel neville. the president has so far avoided wearing a mask in public but

says that he expects to wear one this afternoon at the hospital. this as the country continues to grapple with a spike in coronavirus cases and deaths across the sun belt. mark meredith is reporting live from the white house with more on all of this. mark. >> reporter: good afternoon, molly. within the next hour, president trump will be making his way out to walter reed to meet with wounded combat soldiers. we'll let you know if he has any comments there on the south lawn and it's possible a that he could speak more about this idea that he floated yesterday, that he could impose a new executive order when it comes to immigration. the president talking about this while he was in florida on friday. the president did not lay out all of his details about what's going to be happening but it's possible that he could take efforts to address daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals. the supreme court ruled that daca should stay in place at least for now. president trump has argued president obama did not have the authority to create the program in the first place. >> i'm going to do a big executive order. i have the power to do it as

president. and i'm going to make daca a part of it. but we put it in. and we're probably going to then be taking it out. we're working out the legal complexities right now. >> reporter: the president is facing skepticism from his party including from texas senator ted cruz who says there's zero constitutional authority for him to create it by executive fiat it would be a huge mistake if trump tries to illegally expand amnesty. senate democrats are demanding president trump turn over documents from his presidential daily briefing, trying to get more information about the report that russia may have offered bounties to militants to target groups on the ground in afghanistan. among those speaking out, tammy duckworth. she said, quote, there can be no higher national security priority of than the protection of armed forces abroad and people represented in congress, they need to know what's going on here.

senate democrats are demanding an answer by next friday. it's unclear if and when the white house may respond. molly. molly: and on the issue of democrats, they're outraged over the president's decision to commute the sentence of roger stone. what about any republicans also speaking out? >> reporter: they sure are. you bring up an interesting point, how much the criticism from capitol hill has been building up after president trump said he felt roger stone was unfairly prosecuted. he was expected to go to jail next week after being convicted on multiple charges including witness tampering and lying to congress. he was expected to serve more than three years behind bars. he's thanking the president for stepping in but not everyone is thrilled. we heard from senator mitt romney, he says unprecedented historic corruption, an american president commutes the sentence of a person convicted of a jury by lying to shield that very president. while stone won't be going to

jail, he also won't be getting a full pardon at least for now. stone says he plans to appeal his conviction. molly, as you mentioned earlier, never a dull moment around here. back to you. molly: not a lot of love of lost between the senator and the president recently. mark meredith at the white house, thank you so much. >> reporter: you bet. eric: molly, our country is now nearing 70,000 new coronavirus cases a day. several states are reporting one day records in new cases especially true in hard-hit florida, california, texas and other states. and a now as some states are rethinking restrictions and reopen offings that were so touted. christina coal 345*7b is live in -- coleman is live in los angeles with the latest. >> reporter: just moments ago, louisiana's governor announced a mask mandate for people 8 years and older in 67 61 of the 64 parishes around the state. this comes as deaths,

hospitalizations rise across the sun belt, louisiana reporting more than 2600 covid-19 cases yesterday. this is one of its largest single day case totals. this week some testing sites in new orleans reached their testing capacity shortly after open offing. state officials are holding a news conference on their response to the surge in cases in louisiana right now. here's what the governor just said. >> so it's become clear to me, especially after the numbers that we saw yesterday, that our current restrictions are not enough. obviously, we hope to avoid going backwards. we hope to avoid closing business again. but what we cannot do is go back to a time where we're running out of hospital beds and ventilators. we cannot risk losing our capacity to deliver life-saving care. >> reporter: there's been 69 deaths in arizona since

yesterday. deaths have doubled in the past five weeks. in texas, 95 deaths were reported friday in one of the deadliest weeks for people with covid-19 in the lone star state. yesterday, the state's governor extended a state-wide disaster order of so that there's more resources and flexibility to deal with the surge in cases there. house rep sheila jackson lee was on cnn today saying texas rolled back restrictions too soon. >> we know that texas opened too early and we are now experiencing and suffering the impact of that. so frankly, what we're doing now is trying to patch. i believe we actually need a stay at home order that can be determined by science and a phasing out next time of the opening. >> reporter: the daily number of fatalities on average in the u.s. is still significantly lower than its peak this year but for the first time in weeks we're now seeing an uptick in daily deaths. eric. eric: christina, we'll have a

lot more on this with dr. badsen a little -- baseden a little later on -- baden. molly: disney work is reopening some theme parks today with special safety guidelines in place including mandatory face coverings and also of temperature screenings. we have phil keating, keeping an eye on all of this at disney world in or lain low. orlando. >> reporter: despite florida spiking in new coronavirus cases, disney world is back open to the public today, the first time in four months since the pandemic and shutdown started in mid-march. there are a list of new rules in place, starting with the one every little kid who comes here wants to take home with him or her, a photo standing and being hugged by mickey and minnie mouse, that's not happening anymore. no one gets inside without passing a temperature check, meaningless than 100.4 degrees

farenheit. face masks are mandatory, the kind that wrap around your ears, for everyone inside magic kingdom and animal kingdom. this week park employees did test runs of the new pandemic created system, some dressed up in character, on stages, no longer on the ground close to people and social spacing between everyone is required. other things to notice, fewer people on the rides with empty seats in between them to keep spacing and plenty of plexiglass to reduce the chance of people spreading the virus if they are unknowingly positive. annual pass holders were allowed inside both parks thursday and friday and one woman from chicago felt no health risk whatsoever. >> the spacing was great on all the rides. they have it spaced out beautifully. they put up safety walls in between you on most of the rides so you felt safe. no one was taking their masks off in any of the lines. >> reporter: disney has lost about a billion dollars world

wide in revenue over the past four months. they would typically see about 200,000 guests inside their parks on any given summer day. crowds will now you be much less than that, that's why anybody wanting to come will have to have a ticket purchased online and also make a reservation. disney's goal, to make the happiest place the safest place. today's new numbers of positive covid-19 patients in florida, 10,300, third highest day so far. yesterday was 11,400, second highest day so far. so everything really as a business model is on the line for disney and their reopening plan and all these new rules. epcot and hollywood studios still closed but they will reopen next week. as for disneyland in anaheim, california, still no timetable on when it might reopen of. molly. molly: i can imagine so many theme parks all across the country keeping an eye on this

as it gets underway. phil keating thank you so much from orlando. eric: well, it's an election yeaday in louisiana, heading toe polls in primaries that were delayed twice because of the coronavirus. this as the back and forth in the race for the white house is heating up between the president and joe biden after the former vice president unveiled his economic plan. peter doocy is live with more on this from washington. >> reporter: here's how much the world has changed. since the day louisiana was supposed to have their primary, back then, joe biden was one of 14 democrats on the ballot. now he is the presumptive nominee and the contest is so low on his list of priorities that unlike earlier primary days, his twitter account has not posted a get out the vote message today. people who do want to vote in person, though, are going to be instructed that masks in louisiana are recommended but not required and louisiana's secretary of state says poll commissioners will be wiping down voting machines and hand

susanitizer will be available, s part of the emergency election plan which also moved some polling places out of nursing homes and senior centers today as republicans look big picture at joe biden's big new plan to spend $700 billion taxpayer dollars on american goods. >> it's going to go right back to heavy regulation, high taxes, growth killing, job killing policies, and the thing that i think this president, president trump has done that will be transformational for generations is taking on china and taking on unfair trade practices around the world. >> reporter: raising taxes on some is not a secret. instead, it is a centerpiece of the pitch biden took on the road this week to contrast himself with trump. >> he promised to buy american. then he let federal contractors double the rate of off-shoring

jobs in his first 18 months. i'm going to change that. we're going to double the foreign tax, the tax on foreign profits, so we don't encourage people to leave. >> reporter: that was thursday, the last time we saw joe biden in public. he has no public events on his schedule today. eric. eric: peter, thanks so much. molly. molly: remember that st. louis couple who waved guns at crowds of protesters outstyed o outsidr home last night. police are taking action in that case. who they are taking action against might surprise you. doctors are learning about a strain of coronavirus that is overwhelming hospitals in houston. we'll talk to a houston emergency room doctor, next. hey, can i... hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!!

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molly: the army secretary promises a review of the command climate and culture within the branch after the killing of a fort hood soldier. vanessa giane had been missing since april, her remains were found a shallow grave near fort hood on june 30th. the fellow soldier suspected in

his death took his own life. they are looking at how they handle sexual harassment complaints. eric: several u.s. marines in japan tested positive for coronavirus, that fuels concerns that the outbreak could spread. the marine corps said there are at least two clusters of cases at two military bases. the corps has not specified how many cases they are. they say all the infected personnel are being isolated. local officials claim the u.s. military has not been transparent about the outbreaks, and they believe there are dozens of infected marines. okaokinawa happens to be home of more than half the 50,000 american troops who are stationed in japan. molly. molly: alarming new research may tell us why houston is seeing such a high spike in coronavirus cases with houston's texas medical center reportedly

at 105% capacity. researchers at baylor college of medicine say a strain of the virus in the area has mutated and has become even more contagious than what we have seen so far. joining me now, dr. cedric dark, emergency medicine physician and assistant professor at baylor college of medicine, the founder of policy prescription and a board member of doctors for america. thank you for being here with us today. we have been following a number of states that have seen a spike in cases along the sun belt. if you could give us inside to start the conversation about what you're seeing in texas, more specifically in houston. >> yesterday was texas' deadliest day of the pandemic, over 100 people died. and i've seen reports that refrigerated trucks are coming into texas to be able to handle bodies because there are not enough spaces in the morgues. this is something that i experienced one other time, back when i was in medical school, 2001, during 9/11. i actually went to medical

school in new york and from my 14th floor i could see onto the office of the chief medical examiner and i could see rows of refrigerated trucks, a white tarp that carried the bodies of the people that were killed in the collapse of the twin towers. but just to put it in perspective, more people have died in texas from covid than those who died during the 9/11 attacks. molly: it's something particularly scary because we're hardly close to the end of this at all. and now we're seeing this new research, so this is the national laboratory, they discovered a mutation of the virus that facilitates its spread. joseph petrozino who is the chair of microbiology at baylor college of medicine, he says the one we have in the u.s. spreads better than the originally, that originally emerged in china. what does this mean for houston, for the houston area, potentially for the country? >> it means it's easier for the disease to spread and for more

people to get infected. people need to take this seriously. we need to make sure that everybody is masking up when they're out in public. people need to socially distance from people that aren't in their homes. if we don't, we're going to lose control of the virus. you see what's already happened in texas. we had a pretty good grip on it earlier on in the pandemic in april and going into may, until we reopened our economy at a breakneck pace. once we did that, cases started going up dramatically, increasing over the past two to three weeks almost at an exponential rate. now we're trying to get a handle on it again, to the point where the governor had to reissue a mask order. there was a period of 67 days where the governor prohibited people in houston from issuing o issuingour own mask order unts forced to do it for the entire state. molly: your thoughts on the suggestion there should be a

nationwide mask mandate, as opposed to state by state. >> i think healthcare is best delivered locally. what we should be doing is trying to have decisions made by local politicians at all costs, if we can. i think it's a mistake for someone to come in and overrule what the local politicians want to do if that means they want to mask and if it becomes necessary as it became necessary in texas for the sake of public health, we need a mask order. whether or not we need one nationally, i think at this point it should be a state by state decision. if it's overwhelming the entire country, i would call on the president to make that order as well. molly: houston among other cities in the south, and arizona, some in florida have been described as hot spots. how do you climb out of that? what is the strategy? what do people need to do? what do providers need to do, also the government that are speaking and working to inform the people.

>> i think we need consistent leadership from the top down. as i said before, i'll reiterate now, masking, social distancing and taking the coronavirus seriously is what we definitely need to do. one of the other things that we have to realize is that our treatments in the medical field are fairly limited. we have oxygen that we can give to patients, anti-viral remdesivir that we can give to people to shorten hospital stays. when it comes to the simple interventions, something as easy as oxygen, have you to think about how much does that cost for someone to actually take care of that at home. i was looking up, how much is an oxygen concentrator, it's on the order of hundreds to up to $3,000 for that machine. what do you do in texas where you have 18% of the population uninsured. how are we going to make sure that people that need such a simple therapy have access to it. so what i would say right now is we have a moral imperative to one another to address things

like the social determinants of health, things like unininsurance so people that are sick can get the care they need so they can recover and return to being functional members of society. molly: doctor dark, a very very important point. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, molly. molly: eric. eric: president trump, molly, is defending his decision to commute the prison sentence of roger stone. many democrats and some republicans now are criticizing that move. we will discuss the fallout and what comes next with white house correspondent jeff mason. just over a year ago,

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home. arrangements have been made to turn the rifle over to authorities. the mccloskys pointed the guns at protests outside their home last month after they marched into the gated neighborhood, protesters claimed they were on their way to demonstrate outside the mayor's house. the couple told fox news some of the protesters said, quote, they were going to kill us and they were going to burn down the house. last month, st. louis circuit attorney announced her office would not tolerate the use of force against people exercising their first amendment rights. missouri's attorney general said the couple didn't break any laws but it's unclear right now what might happen to them next. >> i don't really know what's in the mind of kim gart gardner. she made the statement. one important factor is this was a private street. this was not a public street. if you listen to the mccloskys, they felt threatened that they wring go to be attacked and it was made

known to them. >> reporter: the st. louis post dispatch is reporting that the kim has had a long history of conflict with others including some legal disputes over a small piece of land in that very same neighborhood over which mark mcclosky admitted he pointed a gun at a neighbor, trying to defend that piece of land. the couple's attorney told local media in st. louis that he will be trying to sit down or at least have some sort of meeting with that prosecutor in st. louis, to try to figure out what's next. molly. molly: we shall see what's next. aishah hasnie, thank you so much. eric. eric: molly, president trump commuting the prison sentence of his former decades-long associate and friend, roger stone. a jury convicted stone last year of seven felony counts including obstruction, crying to congress -- lying to congress and witness tampering, part of the russia probe. he faced up to nine years in prison, it was whittled down and he was scheduled to begin a 40

month prison sentence next week. joining us more with more on the controversy, correspondent jeff mason. good to see you. do you think the president is concerned about the political blowback from this decision from some within his administration, and of course the democrats too, but it also has some of the supporters cheering. >> for sure it does. i think what will be telling is whether more republicans in the coming days end up criticizing this decision. so far, there haven't been many. senator romney of course who has already been a conside critic of president trump and did vote for one count of impeachment in his impeachment trial called it corrupt. otherwise the criticism has primarily come from democrats and i think it's safe to say that that type of criticism from the on of significance party is not something that -- opposition party is something that bothers the president. eric: especially when it comes to mitt romney when it comes to the president's view. pat toomey, the ren cen tea rep

senator tweet ted this, the president has the legal and constitutional authority to grant clemency for federal crimes. the authority should be used rarely by a president. i understand the frustration with the badly flawed russia collusion investigation, in my view commuting roger stone's sentence is a mistake. the president tweeted out the real crimes were on the other side, meaning the democrat as nothing happens to them. cannot allow this miscaring misf justice. the white house says the charges were brought on from a failed investigation. from the president's point of view, he thinks he's trying to right a wrong that was done to roger stone in the russia probe. >> this is his broad way of responding to what he thinks was unfair the entire related to robert mueller's investigation of the russia probe and to his friend and confidant, roger

stone. i think it is important to remember that stone was convicted by a jury and so in terms of the political risk for the president, this does come at a time when the president has been focusing on law and order response to the protests around the country, emphasizing himself as a law and order president. so some may see a contradiction there with this commutation. he also did not decide to pardon stone. so stone remains a convicted felon. just with a commuted sentence. eric: what's the significance do you think of not pardoning him, versus commuting a sentence so he doesn't serve prison time? >> the white house statement indicates that they wanted to give roger stone the flexibility to continue to fight this, that he wanted to have -- give him another chance to have a day in court. now, we'll see whether that's something that mr. stone decides to pursue, now that he has this commutation. but that was the reason that the white house stated in its

statement last night. eric: well, you know roger stone man oh, of man, talk about being a fighter. he's described as being outrageous. when he came out talking about this, let's play what he said. talk about fighting. he said he promises to fight it, that's appealing it. here's roger stone. >> just a few minutes ago i had a very gracious call from the president of the united states, he told me that he had decided to use his extraordinary powers of clemency to commute my sentence, what he called a full commutation of my sentence. we obviously have not seen the papers yet. but under the terms of a commutation, i can now pursue the two appeals that i have filed of my conviction. eric: all right. so he's going to be in court fighting. you know he's going to be in the media fighting, you know he's

going to do everything he can on twitter, all that, fighting. the democrats are talking about congressional hearings. caroline maloney, jerry nadler, old trump foe. fireworks are going to continue, jeff. >> they certainly are. it comes at a time for president trump when he is already under fire for his response to the coronavirus pandemic, to the demonstrations that we discussed, and of course to the suffering of the u.s. economy going into his re-election bid in november. so bringing this up again may in some ways be positive for him and perhaps he sees it that way because of his own grievances and those of his political base, for the way he believes he was treated unfairly during the russia probe. on the other hand, it also raises the issue for democrat as they argue that the president has made in this case a corrupt decision and that the entire case brought by robert mueller and that probe was completely

justified. you're absolutely right to say there will be more fireworks and it stays in the news. eric: that it will. i mean, how come these things are controversial. remember bill clinton and the flan, he dealt with -- that's a terrorist organization, commuted the sentence of them. mark grich, he was pardoned the very last minute when clinton was going out the door. it was thought -- that was denied. george w bush pardoned -- he commuted the sentence of scooter libby, former chief of staff to vice president cheney and cap weinberger, going back to george hw bush, the iran contra situation. i mean, george washington even pardoned two guys who were convicted of treason in the whiskey rebellion. if you're a president, unless

it's a real do-gooder, these are very controversial, especially dealing with someone like roger stone whose got richard nixon tattooed on his back. >> controversial is the right word. you're right, it's not just president trump. it's republican and democratic presidents have made controversial pardons. certainly president clinton's pardon of mark rich was very controversial. the difference though in terms of political risk is president clinton did it on his way out the door and it hurt him politically and he has said so since, that the politics of that was really bad. he wasn't running for re-election. this president is. the question is, from sort of an electoral perspective, does it hurt him? does it help him? does it even matter to voters who will be going out to the polls on november 3rd. eric: jeff, always good to see you. you're wearing your mask at the white house briefings. >> i am. eric: we see you with the mask on. >> always.

eric: good to see you. jeff, thanks so much. molly: as president trump pushes public schools to reopen this fall, many families are facing a difficult decision over whether to send their kids back to class. what are the options for parents and how can schools keep children safe? that, next. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. with nutrients to help support immune health.

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eric: the arena that hosted some of detroit's greatest moments in sports history is no more. the palace of auburn hills was imploded this morning before a crowd of spectators who watched from across the street. it opened in 1988 and was home to the detroit pistons and to the shock basketball team. it hosted numerous concerts, including hometown rocker bob seger. see gear performed the last -- seger performed the last show there back in 2017. you hate to see these places go

but sometimes they have to be updated. molly. molly.>> we don't want to juste this risk to open next week and then everyone, you know, gets sick or anything. we don't want anything bad to happen to us or even the kids. molly: that is a new york city day-care operator, voicing concern over the reopening of such facilities this upcoming monday, as the state's economy looks to get back on track. meanwhile, the trump administration is speaking out about the need to reopen schools beginning next month. >> we hope every school in america is able to open this fall. there may be some states and local communities that given cases or positivity in that community may adjust to either a certain set of days or certain limitations and we'll be very respectful of that. molly: let's bring in alicia

modistino, associate professor of economics. professor, thank you so much for joining me here as we inch closer to the school year beginning, just weeks away in some places here in late august. some folks are going to give it a go in places across the country. what are your thoughts on how important it is to get kids back to school, specifically when it comes to the economy and helping parents get back to work? >> yeah, so the covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an inprecedented shock to child care, most notably with the closures of schools and day-cares this past spring and even now there's lots of day-cares and summer camps that are not operating and parents are left consisten wondering whl happen in the fall. along with two of my colleagues, i conducted a survey of 2500 working parents between mother's day and father's day and mid-june. we found that 13% of working

parents had either lost a job or reduced hours specifically due to the lack of child care. it was about a 50/50 split between those who had lost a job and those who reduced hours. in addition to that, on average parents lost about eight hours a day or of one full working day per week in order to address their children's needs. so this is a very serious shock to the ability of parents to be able to juggle family and work and it severely impacts the economy reopening because roughly a third of the workforce is comprised of working parents who have children under the age of 18. molly: you know, this is something that's been very hard for the government and all the different parties involved to balance. they want to get kids back to school. they want to do it safely. here's one comment from vice president mike pence in a recent coronavirus task force briefing. >> as you heard from all of these members of our task force, it's not just about kids learning and not falling behind

academically. it's about all the vital services that children receive at our schools. it's about working families. it's about opening up america again. molly: and when we talk about working families, just i was reading over just some of your research, women are very impacted and when we talk about working families, we're talk tag about safe shelter, being able to pay rent, being able to pay mortgage, being able to put food on the table. how do you find that balance and ensure that our economy can get back on track for working families? >> yeah. i think that it's a really difficult issue. that's why we're seeing such a national debate on reopen offing schools. in our survey, we found there's very few alternatives to child care, only a third of our parents had any kind of backup child care and of those, a third of them relied on grandparents and that's no not someone you wt to call on during a pandemic. 4% had used paid family leave. there's not a lot of options for

working parents. one of the key things is that we keep in mind, you know, battling the pandemic and solving this problem are not two different things. so if we can get the virus under control, if we can institute more mask wearing, if we can be more careful and limit the spread, that gives us a greater chance of reopening schools safely in the fall. we've seen other countries do that. france reopened schools the last two weeks of their school year because the virus caseloads were very low and parents felt safe sending their kids back to school. we've also seen even during the pandemic that some of the emergency day-care that's were operating even in new york city, which was incredibly hit by the pandemic, were able to do so without outbreaks of coronavirus in those day-cares. right now we should be using the summer to find out what is working in those situations, what is most effective to limiting the spread especially among the young preschool and also young school age population

so that we can get kids back to school in the fall and get parents working. molly: alicia, thank you so very much. the summer's slipping away very quickly here as we are continuing to use the summer to make all of these plans and parents are juggling all these different options that are being presented to them all across the country. thank you so much for your insight. >> thanks for having me. molly: eric. eric: it's quite an issue, molly well, another issue is the battle over ballots that has moved from election boards to the courthouse. why both parties a filing a slew of lawsuits before the election and how that could affect your right to vote this november. you try to stay ahead of the mess

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eric: now to our series, protecting your vote. president trump says absenc abse ballots are fine. he said election results could be delayed for months. election officials say they're prepared for whatever happens this november. before we get to election day, we're going to have to deal with a slew of lawsuits that are now being filed by both sides. >> across the country, the voting issue has gone from election boards to the

courthouse, dozens of lawsuits are challenging state and local election procedures from both republicans and democrats. the cases from california to texas include allowing or blocking felons from voting, cleaning up voter rolls, allowing or of blocking sending ballots or ballot applications to every voter in a state and even ballot design. analysts say democrats are trying to expand voting rights. critics say that going to court for political purposes. a republican election law lawyer -- >> most of the lawsuits have been filed by democrats and left wing organizations to challenge and overturn dually enacted statutes. so in many cases what we're seeing is that republican elected officials whether it's attorney generals or the secretary of state are seeking to defend the laws of that state to protect the integrity of the vote by mail process.

eric: mitchell says republicanning are trying to prevent voter fraud. democrats say it's aimed at suppressing the vote. a case in tennessee argues voter should be able to vote by absent ballot because of coronavirus. >> the overall precedented to expand access to the ballot as much as possible, to give people the widest range of choices. if people want to vote early, great. if they want to vote on election day, that's their choice. if they're afraid for medical reasons and want to vote absentee, they should be given the widest range of choices. eric: some states are mailing absentee ballots to all registered voters,. >> it's to protect the integrity of the ballot, protect the secret ballot, protect the vulnerable from undue influence, to pressure them to vote a certain way and ensure the ballots are cast legally by

eligible voters. that's what we've been trying to do, that isn't what the democrats are trying to do. eric: democrats say they are trying to protect the integrity of the system from republican attacks and make sure no vote goes uncounted. >> i don't believe that the suits that are trying to seek the maximum availability of the ballot are nuisance suits. quite the contrary, they're protecting a fundamental right to vote. eric: this all comes as we now have an update to a mail in voter fraud case that we told you about a few weeks ago. a west virginia mailman was accused of changing the voter registration on some of the ballots from democrat to republican on those absentee ballot applications that voters pop in the mail. turns out the 47-year-old mail carrier, thomas cooper, he pled guilty in the case admitting to federal charges of manipulation of absentee voter requests. the attorney general, patrick morrisey, investigated the case and he said that his team is

committed to protecting the integrity of elections in the state, the attorney general saying, quote, in west virginia every vote counts and those that attempt to disrupt our democratic processes will be held accountable for their actions. we will continue on this beat in our protect your vote series. molly. molly: fox news alert from the white house. in minutes, president trump will head to walter reed medical center to meet with wounded soldiers. the president may speak to reporters before he heads out and we will have complete coverage straight ahead. usaa is made for what's next no matter what challenges life throws at you, we're always here to help with fast response and great service and it doesn't stop there we're also here to help look ahead that's why we're helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most

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and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. molly: at any moment, president trump is set to board marine one and head to walter reed medical center where he will meet with injured service members and frontline healthcare workers, after canceling his new hampshire rally, citing tropical storm fay. hello, welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm molly line, in for arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, molly. hello, everyone. thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm eric shawn. we may get remarks from the president in a few moments on the fire storm gripping washington, that is president trump commuting the prison sentence for his long-time friend and political advisor roger stone. mr. stone was preparing to serve 40 months in helsinki prison next week -- months in prison next month, after being

convicted of making false statements to congress, part of the russia investigation. the president may comment on the continued fallout from the reports of russian down cities n u.s. troops in afghanistan, and whether he'll talk about the executive order that he promised on immigration and daca which he promised to tackle. mark meredith live at the white house as we await the president's departure. hi, mark. >> reporter: good afternoon. as you mentioned, at any moment we expect president trump to leave the white house of, heading to walter reed. it's possible he could stop to chat as he boards marine one and we will be waiting to see if he makes additional comments about the news you were mentioning which is his decision to commute the sentence of roger stone. stone was set to report to prison next week. he was going to be going there for a little more than three years after being convicted of multiple charges last fall including lying and witness tampering. the political consultant says he got a call from the president late friday. >> that he had thought about

it, he had followed my case throughout and he thought that i had been treated unfairly. >> reporter: now, we are getting some new reaction from capitol hill including from pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey, says while i understand the frustration with the badly flawed russia collusion investigation, in my view commuting roger stone's sentence is a mistake. we heard similar comments from mitt romney, house and senate democrats are equally outraged. stone says he plans to fight his conviction through an appeal. senate democrats are demanding the white house turn over documents from the president's intelligence briefing. tammy duckworth question manni o know more about reports that russians may have offered bounties to militants. congress gave the white house until next friday to respond. it's unclear if and when they may decide to turn over any of those documents. president trump before he was back here in washington spent friday out in florida.

he got a briefing from southern command on combating drug traffickers, attempted a fundraiser and teased in an interview with telemundo that he could offer an executive order on immigration reform as early as next month. although it's unclear exactly what it would or would not include. >> i'm going to do a big executive order. i have the power to do it as president. and i'm going to make daca a part of it. but we put it in. and we're probably going to then be taking it out. we're working out the legal complexities right now you. >> reporter: it's still unclear exactly when we may see the language of that executive order. the white house may be trying to put the issue of i'm grass front and sense -- immigration front and center. the election is 115 days away from right now. eric. eric: thanks so much. molly. molly: all right. turning back now to the reported russian bounties, this week defense secretary mark esper testified before a house panel, telling lawmakers he was never briefed on russian bounties. >> all the defense intelligence

agencies have been unable to corroborate that report. i think general mckenzie and general miller, the chairman will help me here, got initial reporting of on the ground that they began pursuing. neither thought the reports were credible as they dug into them. molly: joining me is associate editor of real clair politics. -- real clear politics. thank you for joining us. this is a tough topic. i want to talk about the president heading to walter reed hospital as well. we'll talk about that in a moment. perhaps we'll be able to break in as he heads to marine one. starting with the russian bounty story as it has gone forward, it's a little more simple than the overall story that was such a big and heavy struggle to get all of the details out regarding russian collusion. this is fewer details to handle. it does seem like we still can't get definitive answers on a lot of the questions that people might want to know about. your thoughts on where things

stand right now as it continues to unfold? >> well, thanks for doing this story because the media seems to have sort of forgotten about it and focus on the coronavirus and other things. but it's a very disturbing story about our men and women in uniform in harm's way and many of whom have died in suspicious deaths that might be connected to this idea that the russians are targeting our troops in afghanistan, using the taliban and perhaps paying bounties for american lives. so there was some clarity from the defense secretary about this, saying he wasn't briefed on anything using the exact term, bounty, and he was talking about how there's a difference between arming and directing. but you heard a lot of concern from the chairman of the joint chiefs, general mille about getting to the bottom of this,

that we owe it to the men and women of the military an explanation of what exactly has gone on. molly: as you brought that up. we actually do have that sound bite from the joint chief. so if we could, folks, play that and that will give context to what ab is chatting about here. >> i want to get to specifically to the bounties, specifically to the bounties. that is a unique, discrete piece of information that is not corroborated. you've all been briefed on it. i have too. we have taken it serious. we're going to get to the bottom of it, find out if it's true. if it is true, we will take action. molly: so he notes that they have yet to goat the bottom of it. -- get to the bottom of it. the democrats are critical of the president, saying he hasn't taken enough action on this issue. we're hearing as well that there's a lot of outstanding information. so your thoughts on the president's response, the administration's response as well as that push from the

democrats. >> right. democrats are demanding what the president was shown in his presidential daily briefing because he originally said he wasn't briefed but we later learned that it was written into his brief that he may not have read. the white house has a lot of leaks of this information coming from the cia and basically democrats are saying what general mille sort of echoed which is that we owe the families of the people who give the ultimate sacrifice an explanation of what happened, whether these people are just being targeted, our troops, or they -- or there's bounties on their heads being paid by the russians in afghanistan. so there is -- while it's not been corroborated, the response from the president seems to be always denigrate the intelligence and say it's a hoax, instead of the proper response that many republican members of congress were asking

for, which is a commitment to protect our troops, concern over the fact that they could be targeted in this way, and a determination to get to the bottom of it. that's the kind of response i think the administration should be giving to those who serve and their families and that's the kind of thing that congresswoman stefanik, a republican was asking general mille to recommit to and to explore whether or not we are holding russians accountable enough with any -- whether bounty on their head or not. molly: the senate democrats sent a letter to the white house, said beyond the numerous reports alleging you authorized no reaction, your administration does not dispute you have not directed any new actions to send russia a message that such provocations will not go unpunished, that's a recently dated letter, july 10th. the administration argued they're tougher on russia than

previous administrations, something they made part of their mantra, when any sort of russian criticism comes up regarding the american policy, current american policy and dealing with russia, dealing with putin in general. so there is a lot of pushback on the democrats, a lot of politics here. you mentioned the word bounty. there seems to be as there have been in other of issues related to russia some semantics about that particular word and whether it was used specifically, not used specifically. here we are, though, the president about to head to walter reed. how important is that in the midst of this happening? >> i think it's very important that the president go to walter reed and announce his support and commitment to our wounded warriors. particularly now, because of the question of whether or not the commander in chief whose most

important duty is to protect our troops who give everything for us, whether or not this is, again -- this is an administration doing their best and expressing their concern, not only to confront the russians but to protect the troops. this is not something the president's done. i think going to walter reed is the right thing. i hope he shows a lot of empathy. i hope he wears a mask as he said that he would in solidarity with everyone who is either struggling from the coronavirus or trying to protect themselves from getting infected by the coronavirus and i think that, again, this is a very bad story for the administration. if the there wasn't a particular bounty, a technical bounty paid, they really need to make sure the american people have been assured they're doing their best to protect the troops from any targeting by the russians. you mentioned the democrats. i'll point to the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, congressman from texas, who said after the president was briefed on this

threat, whether or not the bounty part has been corroborated, he still invited the russians into the g7 which many republicans on capitol hill joined with democrats to oppose. there's a three front thing, whether or not he's looking like he's protecting troops from the threats, defining how much the administration is getting to the bottom of this and thirdly, hold offing the russians accountable. molly: as general mark mille as vowed to do that, to get to the bottom of it and thanks so much for joining us and we are watching to see if the president will be wearing a mask as he heads to walter reed as he did say he would be doing on sean hannity on thursday. you're in a hospital setting, i think it's a appropriate thing as the president said at that time. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks. molly: eric. eric: molly, we'll bring that to you live when the president comes out of the white house. meanwhile, it is an election day, louisiana holding its presidential primaries today after coronavirus quarantines

forced officials to reschedule the elections twice. this as the presidential campaign is ramping, both the president and presumptive democratic nominee joe biden, they've been blasting each other from afar and now some are raising doubts the republicans can actually safely hold their convention in jacksonville, florida next month. choice number two. that after the recent spike in coronavirus cases in that state. peter doocy is following all the late-breaking developments in washington. hey, peter. >> reporter: eric, 65,000 seat outdoor stadium where the jaguars play football and the 11,000 seat outdoor stadium where the jumbo shrimp play base babaseball are considered as alternate locations if they warrant to move things from inside. mike pence was coy about potential changes, telling the washington examiner we'll put the health of all our delegates first and everyone that's there

supporting the convention but we continue to remain hopeful that as we see strong leadership across the sun belt dealing with, that we'll be able to gather in jacksonville. the covid-19 delayed louisiana primary is underway right now, during louisiana's emergency election plan where masks are suggested but not required and poll workers have instructions to sanitize equipment often. the contest has been delayed so long that the original primary date had biden as one of 14 democrats on the ballot but now he is the presumptive democratic nominee and blaming the current president for past comments on covid, quote, the united states has over 3 million cases of covid-19 and over 130,000 people have died. yet donald trump continues to say it will just fade away. it's unbelievable. we're paying the price for this president's incompetence every single day. joe biden's plan to revise the economy includes 700 billion taxpayer dollars being spent on

american goods and services, he rolled it out in his only day outside of delaware this week. he has no public events today. eric. eric: peter, jumbo shrimp, they're really named the jumbo shrimp. >> reporter: jacksonville jumbo shrimp, i learned that 20 minutes ago. eric: maybe they'll play the sea dogs which is a red sox minor league affiliate. molly: a former usa women's gymnastics coach is arrested on lewdness charges. lags vegas police say the 53-year-old, terry gray, was arrested last night. he was charged with more than a dozen counts of lewdness with a child under 14. they say the alleged incidents happened at a high profile gym in las vegas. gray coached the women's national gymnastics team between 2009 and 2015. eric. eric: molly, we're told that president trump right now is speaking to reporters before he heads off to walter reed medical

center to visit some of the wounded warriors and injured service members. we will bring you his remarks as soon as we get them. we'll play them back for you right here in just a moment as soon as they come. this of course all comments as coronavirus cases and deaths have been surging again across our country. health experts warning that things could get even worse. coming up, we'll take a look at how the virus can cause severe damage to various organs in your body and what the predictions are as the coronavirus pandemic continues. (burke) at farmers, we know how nice it is to save on your auto policy. but it's even nicer knowing that if this happens... ...or this.... ...or even this... ...we've seen and covered it. so, get a quote today. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

molly: mothers, sisters, and other relatives of those killed by police violence come together to demand justice for their loved ones. >> if we don't get no justice -- >> they don't get no sleep. >>peace.molly: families from mn 28 states gathered in minnesota today to call for national police reform. they say they plan to ramp up their organizing efforts across the country. >> we drove from california here for george floyd. when he called for his mother, and when he called for his

mother, he called for all mothers. all of us. and when he said that, it hit the universe. >> it did, it did. >> and let him know that it was time for all mothers to get ourselves back. molly: the women will join several activist groups for a mother's march through st. paul and minneapolis tomorrow. ♪ eric: the number of deaths in our country from the coronavirus is now increasing after months of decline. officials report that more than 4,200 people died across the country in the past seven days. this as health experts are warning that the trend could get worse and we are learning now more about the virus itself, some new research shows that covid-19 attacks virtually every major system and organ once it infects the body. joining us now for more on all

of this is dr. lindsey baden from brigham and women's hospital in boston. doctor, deaths were on the decline. we could say the cases are increasing but the deaths are going down. but now they're ticking up. is there a correlation between that and the increasing explosion of cases we're seeing. >> thank you for having me and discussing this important set of issues. we have to remember that what we do today affects covid transmission over the next two to four weeks and severe illness we'll see in one to two months. so the severe illness we're seeing now is related to transmission that occurred one to two months ago. it doesn't surprise me that cases go up first and the

severity of illness will be delayed by a week or two or three and over the next weeks we could see more severe illness. running out of icu beds or acute care facilities is going to compound the problem. eric: we hear of these reports already in the southwest. remember back in memorial day, everyone was like yeah, i can get out of the house, i can stop quarantining and a lot of people said i don't need a mask and you saw all the scenes of people out gathered together, down in my am a my the young people were having parties and this sort of thing. what you're saying is we are now feeling the serious effect from that. we are now feeling perhaps the effect from some of the protests that were out there in the streets around our country and it's really on a delayed cycle, first weeks for the cases and then a month, month and-a-half to two months for the most serious which could lead to death. >> absolutely.

i think that the challenge is, however we have gatherings of people in indoor settings, close proximity, without masks, transmission is likely to happen. and this -- the silent transmission of covid-19 is part of what's so treacherous about it. we don't know who is infected. i don't know when i get infected. and so i actually wear a mask to protect you, my loved ones, and those around me who are vulnerable for severe illness such as senior citizens, those who have medical illness or co-morbid illness. i think you're absolutely right. when in march, sorry, in may, when we were having large gatherings without masks or other types of preventative material, that enabled transmission. what i worry about is in new york, as you know back in march, transmission was quite concerning, severe number of cases, the city shut down and

that stopped further transmission. my concern is what are we doing today to stop transmission that will then have an impact on the case burden a month from now and the seriously ill six weeks from now. that's why i'm concerned. the case numbers may go up over the next few weeks, until we stop transmission. eric: states that started opening up sooner, faster, it's really delayed reaction. psychologically, when you -- you don't see the cases increase, states start opening, you have to go back to the hairdresser you're like it's okay, i'm fine and whammo you get it a month and-a-half delayed later. >> absolutely. i hope that all of our of jurisdictions across the country where transmission is going on is taking a hard look at that to stop transmission today so that our healthcare system can recover. but i think it's a false choice to say we open the economy or do we try to stop transmission.

we can do both. there are ways to use science, to use testing, contact tracing, masks, social distancing, that can allow us to restart the economy, to restart social interacting but to do it in a way that decreases the risk of transmission. eric: also finally, quickly, because the president's going to speak in a second, even if you get it and you -- it goes past, this really does affect, and now there's long lingering effects on organs, far beyond what we originally knew. >> you're absolutely right. we don't know the long-term effects. we've only been dealing with this for months. so effects that take months to years to manifest, we don't know yet. eric: i mean, there's talk about brain fog, about damage to organs, people have unbelievable lethargy and mental situations. you know, weeks and weeks and months after they allegedly don't have the virus anymore.

>> i think that we're going to -- i look forward to the medical research that can disen tangle what are the challenges of life and what are the consequences of covid on the longer term effects. you're absolutely correct, there will be longer term effects that you'll have to understand and figure out how to treat. eric: finally, about 30 seconds before we hear from the president, why is it important that we expect to see him wear a mask when he's visiting walter reed this afternoon. >> i think we should all wear masks to protect the others, those around us, particularly at hospitals or in other settings where there are vulnerable individuals. we should work hard to prevent transmission in those settings. we should all be wearing masks. eric: dr. lindsey baden, thank you for your insight today, your analysis. the president in a moment will be speaking. here is the president of the

united states before he leaves for walter reed. >> we're going to walter reed hospital and we're going to be seeing soldiers, our great heroes, our wounded and some badly wounded and they're incredibly brave and great people and we're going to see also the warriors on the frontline of covid and quite a few of them and we're going to spend some good time with them and i look forward to doing it and it will be my honor to be there. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i'll probably have a mask, if you must know. i mean, i'll probably have a mask. i think when you're in a hospital, especially in that particular setting where you're talking to a lot of soldiers and people that in some cases just got off the operating table, i think it's a great thing to wear a mask. i've never been against masks but i do believe they have a time and a place. >> [ indiscernible ] >> he didn't say that.

no, the attorney general about a week or two ago had made a statement but that was long before anybody knew what i was going to do. roger stone was treated horribly. roger stone was treated very unfairly. roger stone was brought into this witch hunt, this whole political witch hunt and the mueller scam, it's a scam, because it's been proven false, and he was treated very unfairly. just like general flynn is treated unfairly. just like papadopoulos was treated unfairly. they've all been treated unfairly. what i did -- what i did, i will tell you this. people are extremely happy because in this country they want justice and roger stone was not treated properly. so i'm very happy with what i did. i commuted his sentence and by commuting he now has the right to go and -- [ indiscernible ] -- he had a - forewoman who was

horrendous. she should have never been on the jury. take a look at the record. the judge didn't do that. take a look at the forewoman. he should have had another trial. roger stone was treated very badly. now, take a look at comey. take a look at mccabe. take a look at the two lovers, strzok and page. take a look at all these people that are walking around and they lied to congress and they leaked and they did everything else, a lot of other things. take a look at biden. sleepy joe. take a look at obama and they spied on donald trump's campaign. those are the people -- let me tell you something. those are the people that should be in trouble. thank you. >> [ indiscernible ] eric: the president as you can see going off to the helicopter, saying he will probably wear a mask at the walter reed medical center. he is there now.

we expect and you'll see it on the front pages of all the newspapers tomorrow the president probably wearing a mask in public for the very first time. he was caught on camera at the ford plant in detroit a few weeks ago with a mask when he was behind the scenes but we'll see him wearing a mask and of course also strongly defending his commutation of the sentence of roger stone, his decades-long pal and political advisor, talking about the foreperson or forewoman in the jury, roger stone relying on two appeals in this case. one of those appeals citing that forewoman who tweeted out apparently anti-trump remarks. it is said that she has been a democratic activist, so certainly that a basis of roger stone's -- one of his appeals of his convictions on seven felony counts. the president strongly defending that controversial commutation and we will stick with his visit

to our wounded service men and women as well as health providers who are dealing with coronavirus at walter reed. we'll bring you that live as soon as we get all that videotape of that very special visit. molly. molly: and if the president were to head to disney there in florida he would also need to wear a mask. it is known as the most magical place on earth but is it safe from coronavirus? we are live outside disney world as it reopens for the first time since shutting down back in march.

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eric: president trump is meeting with wounded service members and healthcare workers at the walter reed national military medical center in

bethesda and there you see the presidential mask. the president -- these are live pictures right now, happening as the president makes this very special and meaningful visit to some of the wounded warriors. you know presidents in past, and this president, it's quite emotional and stirring and deeply meaningful when the commander in chief of the armed forces of the united states comes up of to your bedside when you've been wounded in a foreign nation, defending our freedoms and our democracy, very special visits there. and also, in a separate issue, an indication of the issue of covid-19. there's the camera that we had. mark meredith has been following all this from the white house. mark, the president's come under a lot of criticism for not wearing a mask. vice president mike pence had made some visits to hospitals without a mask and has been criticized for that. recently we've seen the

president and you heard him say he's not against wearing a mask. he says it's the time and place and clearly in a hospital such as walter reed, it is the place especially indoors to wear a mask and he's got one with the presidential seal on it. >> reporter: eric, they have the presidential seal ones at the white house. what you are talking about is so important, the image of the front pages of websites and newspapers tomorrow because it shows that the president is now deciding to make that statement publicly while of course the cdc, his own coronavirus task force, they've been encouraging it and now obviously the president saying that message that he understands why it's important in certain circumstances to wear a mask. he has said that he's not against wearing them but of course a lot of people were saying when you see him on air force one or going to different events he was in florida yesterday and not wearing a mask. the while white house was contig to face questions about why he would or wouldn't do that. the president was going to hold a campaign rally in new

hampshire and this was going to be th seen as a reset after what happened in tulsa, oklahoma a few weeks ago where the president was expecting a massive crowd but fewer people showed up. it really did sting the campaign. they were trying to figure out how to move forward. the event that was scrubbed in new hampshire, they say due to weather. the president as you talked about certainly takes this responsibility seriously. this is a video from just moments ago at walter reed where you see the president flanked by members of the armed services and secret service agents wearing the mask. the president there expected to meet with combat troops that were wounded, have a chance to thank them for their service. we don't expect necessarily to see the president make additional comments at walter reed. he stopped a few moments ago on the south lawn but the president turning the corner at walter reed with the mask in view, certainly an image that a lot of people will pay attention to. the president said he believes the country will be able to get

a past the coronavirus pandemic, he believes a deal can be reached on an economic symptom liss, that we get -- stimulus, that we get americans back to work. the image of the president wearing a mask will stick out to a lot of people in the days and weeks ahead e. heather.eric: it will be a powl image to some. the president of the united states, wearing a mask as has been urged by health officials across the country on very meaningful and special visit to the wounded warriors, wounded service men and women who are in walter reed medical center. mark, thank you. molly. molly: many people flanking the president wearing masks as well in that image. the most magical place on earth, you must wear a mask as well, reopening their gates at two theme parks in orlando, florida today with changes in place to make sure that all the visitors are safe and healthy and this

comes as new covid-19 cases are on the rise there in the sunshine state with more than 10,000 new patients just today. phil keating, perhaps an enviable spot. a lot of americans would like to be where you are right now, outside of disney's magic kingdom near orlando. >> reporter: they would probably prefer to be inside the park enjoying the rides. it's been 1 118 days that the public has not been allowed to go in the park since they shut down in mid-march. since then, there's been a surge of coronavirus in florida. today topping a quarter million cases in total. despite that, public is back today and they're finding the park experience is very different than it used to be. face masks are mandatory for everyone, employees and especially guests, inside magic kingdom and animal kingdom, they have to be the kind that loop around your ears. no one gets inside without first

passing a temperature check. tuesday and wednesday park employees did test runs of the new pandemic created system. some dressed up in their character costumes up on stages for now, no longer on the ground close to people and there won't be any touching of each other. others played the role of customers for practice. there are fewer people on the rides, empty seats in between them to keep social spacing and plenty of plastic partitions to reduce the chance of coronavirus spread. annual pass holders were allowed inside the parks thursday and friday. a woman from chicago said she felt quite comfortable. >> the safety procedures there are incredible. best i've seen anywhere so far. i felt safe. i didn't feel at risk at all. >> reporter: disney which has lost about a billion dollars globally in revenue over these past four or five months would typically see 200,000 guests inside their parks here in hour lain dough on any given --

orlando on any given summer day. the crowds will be far less than that now. anyone wanting to come has to have a reservation as well as a ticket purchased online. you can't just go to the park and show up and get a ticket. they're controlling crowd size. molly. molly: got to plan ahead. phil keating in central florida, thank you. eric: molly, straight ahead, a fox news exclusive, an effort to bring america's allies in the middle east together to unite against iran. why ending a blockade against qatar could they say ramp up the pressure against tehran. national security analyst rebecca grant is here on what could be a big win for the trump administration. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements,

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eric: new diplomacy in the east could help the united states put more pressure on iran and bolster american interest in the

region. fox news reporting exclusively there are efforts to drop the three year long blockade of qatar by the gulf neighbors. qatar hosts a huge u.s. military base. it has been accused of helping to support and finance terrorism. it's denied that. the united arab em rates we're told dragging its feet on getting everyone together on that. dr. rebecca grant joins us, president of independent research. what would it mean if president trump can pull this thing off and get all the gulf nations, the gulf cooperation council back together as one force to potentially face tehran? >> if president trump and secretary pompeo can keep this diplomacy going and end the gcc rift this would be a big d diplomatic victory and one of

the very few that are within reach before we hit the november elections. the feud has dragged on a long time. it hasn't work the way it was intended to work and it's time to move on. eric: it started three years ago because the other nations accused qatar being close to tehran. they had a history, hamas, hezbollah, they also happen to host the arab base and deal with a variety of terrorism finance operations aimed at cracking down on terrorism. >> correct. so there is a family feud element to this. it really originated from a difference of view about how to handle the rise of political islam and a lot of charges about funding of terrorism. the uae and saudi arabia came up with a list of demands including things like closing down al-jazeera and other things that

weren't going to happen. at the same time, eric, these are great partner militaries in keeping stability in the gulf region, a very important base of course in qatar, there's one in the uae as well. the countries cooperate in operation maritime sentinel keeping the traffic flowing, the shipping traffic through the persian gulf. they have a lot of common ground. they took a baby step by restoring social service and making other consistent concess. the real mystery is the role of the uae and what it would take for them to put the feud behind them. eric: they almost the agreement and the uae backed off. we reached out, haven't heard. in agreement to end the blockade was at hand in the past week but fox news learned the uae shifted course and asked saudi arabia to withhold the support for the u.s.-backed proposal. the delay temporarily denied the

trump administration a crucial hard fought foreign policy win in the middle east that would strengthen the u.s. hand against iran and increase the security of the region from potential iranian attacks. so everyone could benefit potentially if this was done. let me play a sound bite of senator lindsey graham. he was at the doha conference, saying everyone should get back together and talk to each other. >> as to president trump, i think he's committed to the maximum pressure campaign. i think he would sit down and talk with the iranians under the right circumstance. but rather than the president of the united states talking to to the iranians, maybe we should get the region talking to each other. maybe the first thing to do is see if people in the region can begin to talk to iran and see where that takes us. eric: dr. grant, finally, what do you predict, what do you think is going to happen? >> what's new here is the big new threat from iran and the more that threat intensifies the

more we need the gcc including qatar to be all together in opposing that increasing threat from iran in the region. eric: do you think that that eventually will happen? >> hard to say at this point but i think it's very hopeful. i'd like to see it happen. it's the right course forward. i think the gcc is looking to the future and they know that they need to get this rift mended to improve trade, improve everything, and improve their own military security going forward. it is the right thing to do. eric: all right. we'll see what happens. that's why they call it diplomacy. dr. rebecca grant, great to see you. thank you. and we'll be right back.

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molly: two texas companies are teaming up to find a new way to sanitize large spaces in the age of coronavirus. the idea is to use drones that were initially used for farming to spray nontoxic disinfectant across stadiums, arenas, other big venues. tom sisk has the story from our fox affiliate in houston. >> reporter: this drone was designed for agricultural use, spraying crops, but it is being repurposed to fight covid-19 consistencontamination.

>> we want to become experts in disinfecting large public venues. >> reporter: they started the company after exploring safe ways disinfect flight schools, trying to keep the planes, facilities and students all safe after seeing a new generation of nontoxic, efficient disinfectants. he got the idea of using the drones to spray large spaces to kill off the lingering virus before people could get infected. >> we could disinfect 15,000 seat stadium in under an hour with contactless, nobody up in the stands and not needing to hire an army to do it. >> covid-19 is a virus. it's not especially hard to kill. >> reporter: they founded r water to find an alternative to toxic and inefficient disinfectants. the device produces a nontoxic item found in white blood cells to kill pat though jens. it works -- pathogens. it works 10 times faster than

more traditional products. she was intrigued when he wanted to use it. >> the fact they can go to large stadiums and effectively hit the surface was the drones, it's an appealing way to apply the disinfectant. >> reporter: they hope to replace the uncertainty we've come to live with. >> in a healthy, disinfected facility, i have confidence to go back. eric: he can spray me. that's fine by me. that does it for us, for molly and my c we'll be back at noon eastern tomorrow. great to have you. molly: great to be here. eric: i'll get it out. jon scott is next. can save big. [ cellphone chimes ] um, so, we're talking 24/7 protection. as it -- [ cellphone chimes ] [ clears throat ] mara, hello. [ cellphone clicking ] yeah? we can see you on your phone.

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jon: right now president trump is at walter reed center in bethesda maryland visiting wounded servicemembers and health care workers who than treating covid-19 patients covid-19 patients. good evening i am jon scott and this is "the fox report." the president just arrived at the medical center moments ago after tropical storm fay forced postponement of tonight's planned campaign rally in new hampshire. the president yesterday announced plans to sign an executive order that will provide quote a road to citizenship for daca recipients read this after the supreme court last month rejected the trump administration tem