that this fire is a result of a welding incident but again, all this under investigation. now, this fire appears to have started in the well deck. the extent of the fire and the damage to this vessel is unknown. san diego's fire and rescue says all of their fire personnel was accounted for as they were getting ready to clear this area just after 11:00 a.m. so that hathey could use foam to help pt out the mass itch flames that you -- massive flames, that you can see the smoke that's billowing. the smoke can be seen i'm sure for miles. as for people that got hurt. the injuries are light. you have sailors that suffered minor injuries and apparently some firefighters who suffered from smoke inhalation. as we have been mentioning, as we've been breaking into the newscast, talking about this ship and the fire, this ship has a very rich history during its 20-year career, it returned to the u.s. two years ago after

being deployed to japan for six years. again, that good news there, that the people who were injured at this point have suffered minor injuries but we're going to keep an eye out for that vessel that is apparently docked right beside the richard that we're hearing is being threatened right now. molly. molly: christina coleman, thank you, one of the major headlines that all sailors and firefighters are accounted for as well. thank you for your reporting. eric, to you. eric: that certainly is -- we're all thankful for that everyone is accounted for and the injuries apparently are right. the bonham richard usually carries helicopters, it's an amphibious assault ship. there were about 200 members of the crew on board this morning when the apparent explosion and fire started perhaps as jennifer griffin is telling us from a welding accident and of course we hope that no one else is injured. joining us now on the phone with more on this is niles anderson.

he is former navy corpsman who was ceo of med cv. so niles, obviously this is a giant challenge as we see this massive amount of gray and white smoke. a challenge to try and get this under control. what's the strategy as of this moment? >> well, i think ships are built by design to compartmentalize things, hopefully they've done that as much as they can and isolate things to a certain part of the ship. it was in for maintenance and there wasn't that many people on board and the aircraft have probably mostly been removed. fuel is a concern and obviously moving other ships wherever they need to be, to be out of a range of risk. eric: the uss fitzgerald apparently is a destroyer, apparently docked right next to

the richard. so obviously -- we can see it in the background there. the helicopters are off. that ship is undergoing maintenance when this happens. so they also have to protect the other ship and other assets. >> yeah. i mean, it's -- there's a lot of fuel, a lot of risk being in such close proximity to each other in these large military aircraft, aircraft carriers and other ships, landing crafts like this. but the navy, they prepare for this. they train all the time. not only on individual ships, but on the command as well. so if anyone is prepared, it's the united states navy. to tackle something like this. eric: that is for sure. they have emergency drills, all hands, frequently, to deal with this. >> right. eric: i mean, how much -- what type of fuel are we talking

about? what do you think is burning? and do they -- obviously this likely will continue for some time. >> yeah. i don't know. i believe this is not a nuclear powered vessel. so it must be fuel and those kinds of things. but the other thing too that i think is fortunate is we have the navy hospital there, the san diego navy hospital, the largest navy hospital in the world. that was my last command. i was the leading petty officer of the emergency department there. so that hospital's ready to receive anybody. fortunately, there aren't that many injuries but of course if it spreads, it could hurt others as well including the firefighters themselves. now, also one thing about the navy i remember in boot camp, every single one of us went through at least some training in fire fighting, no matter what your primary job is. and that continues on the ship

at all times as well. eric: i remember seeing complete fire equipment, having those drills when i reported are from similar aircraft carriers. this ship, it has a storied history, was involved in the war on terrorism, no fly zone over iraq, huma humanitarian deployms also. it's been in port for two years after being deployed in japan and it's named after the french frigate that the french gave us, that was commanded by john paul jones and the name bonham richard comes from richard's -- poor richard's almanac as a homaze to ben franklin. the original frigate caught fire and sank in 1779. we hope the modern version, this namesake, does not carry that same fate. i have to tell you, for those of

us who love the navy, it's kind of heart-breaking. thankfully, there's no loss of life, thankfully the injuries are not major but still it's a sad day to see a beautiful ship like this just engulfed in flames. >> yeah, it is. at the same time, when you mention the history, the powerful history, i can't help but think about the -- how proud we are, right, of those people that the ships were named after. it's made us who we are and thankfully it's minimal injuries here. maybe this could be a part of getting our attention away from all the other news that's going on and focused on what we -- where we've come from and what we are and where we want to be, you know, as americans, patriots so-to-speak and we're all one. we don't want to change the way we're doing things in america. we want to make it better but all these people, all these

presidents and the history of the navy and all the other armed forces are -- i don't know how to express that exactly but maybe it will put our attention where it really belongs. we're all in this together. everyone that's fighting this fire right now, they're in it together. it doesn't matter who you are or what you are. you're fighting this fire together. eric: now, i think putting that quite eloquently, as a reminder of the history of this country, those that have gone before us, those that have served like you have in the armed forces, going back to the 250 plus, 45 years history of this nation, those who have stood up and represented american democracy. this is a symbol of that, that will never and can never be taken from us by anybody. niles anderson of the navy, former corpsman, thank you for joining us this afternoon.

molly: a surge in the sunbelt, southern states are struggling to contain a spike in coronavirus cases with florida reporting 1 5* 15,000 cases alo, more than 3 million confirmed cases in the united states as our nation nears 135,000 deaths. governors and city leaders are now begging americans to wear masks. as health officials warn about an increase in hospitalizations. >> we do expect hospitalizations to go up. at the peak in april we were at about 85,000. right now we're at 63,000. but we do expect those to go up. we do expect deaths to go up. if you have more cases, more hospitalizations, we do expect to see that over the next two or three weeks before this turns around. molly: aishah hasnie is live in new york city with more, tracking this for us. aishah. >> reporter: hi, molly. let's start with florida. the southern half of the country

where that state has just shattered a national record for the number of daily, single day increase in cases, the largest increase, 15 yo 15,300 cases ine day, ending a record-breaking week for death as well, with an average of 73 people dying every single day. testing there has dubbed over -- doubled over the last month and despite the spikes in positive cases, governor de santis believes schools can reopen next month. >> fatality rate for this is incredibly, incredibly low. you look, the 75 and plus, 85 and plus, those are where the bulk of the case fatalities are in terms of those who are positive cases and a lot of that's nursing homes. >> reporter: meantime, in arkansas, that's also setting a record for a single day increase in infections, reporting more than 1,000 new cases saturday. the governor there says the

surge may be a result of 4th of july celebrations and take a look at this, two of the three metro areas with the fastest growing number of cases this past week are in texas, while the largest slowdowns of cases are happening in the northeast, rhode island, new jersey, massachusetts. the daily number of fatalities on average across the country, still significantly lower than it was at its peak earlier this year but for the first time since april we are seeing a weekly rise in the number of coronavirus fatalities nationally and that is concerning health experts. >> it's really serious. i think the country is not in a good place with respect to covid right now. i think it's -- of course there are places in the country where there are states doing well but as you said across the south and in california and in a variety of other of states, we're having sharp increases in cases, sharp increases in hospitalizations and ventilator use and now increases in deaths.

>> reporter: and the rise in cases now prompting several states to require their residents to wear masks. louisiana now joining a long list of states, at least 23 states now with a mask mandate. molly. molly: all right, aishah hasnie, thank you very much from new york city. eric. eric: the trump administration now making a big push to get students back in the classroom for the start of the new school year. millions of kids are scheduled to return in a few weeks amid the concerning surge in coronavirus infections in most of our country. mark meredith is live at the white house with the very latest on what plans there could be. hi, mark. >> reporter: president trump wants kids back in class this fall, now his education secretary, betsy devos, she's speaking to chris wallace saying it has to happen because so much is at stake. >> the point needs to be how do kids get back to learning in the fall full-time and how do we ensure that they get a full

year, plus, of learning. they've fallen behind this spring. we need to ensure they're back in a classroom situation wherever possible and whenever possible. >> reporter: the national education association says the discussion needs to be more balanced and broad, writing public school educators, students and parents must have a voice in critical conversations and decisions on reopening schools. the president should not be brazenly making these decisions. the decision about if and when to reopen of remains highly politicized. leaders taking a stance on the issue during the sunday shows this morning. >> going back to school presents the biggest risk for the spread of the coronavirus. they ignore science and governance in order to make this happen. >> when it comes to opening schools, these are going to be local decisions, state decisions. >> reporter: last night president trump appeared to set a new example with masks when he allowed cameras to capture him wearing one when he was at walter reed. take a look at the video as the

president was there with military officials and secret service agents, i the presidents mask has the presidential seal stamped on it. the surgeon general, he wore his today during an interview on cbs. it will be interesting to see if the president decides to where it when he travels in the future. he's supposed to go to georgia later on this week. he didn't wear a mask when he was in florida on friday. eric. eric: mark, thanks so much. molly. molly: now to campaign trail, the campaign trail where presumptive democratic nominee joe biden blasting president trump for waiting until yesterday to follow the advice of public health experts and there you see wear a mask. this comes after the president's visit to walter reed national military medical center in maryland. peter doocy is following all things 2020 and the race for us from washington. peter. >> reporter: molly, just a few minutes after president trump popped up wearing a mask yesterday, the biden campaign sent out an e-mail blast and

part of the text said that they think wearing a mask is patriotic and they don't think president trump sees it that way as they tried to sell buttons on their website that say wear a mask and even as more time passed, the biden campaign tried to argue that trump wearing a mask last night was too little too late for them, with this, quote, donald trump spent months ignoring the advice of medical experts and politicizing wearing a mask, one of the most important things we can do to prevent the spread of the virus rather than taking responsibility and leading, he wasted four months that americans have been making sacrifices by stoking divisions and actively discouraging people from taking a basic step to protect each other. the pandemic did bring the primary season to a screeching halt and now general election campaigns are fighting to register the most voters with the trump campaign arguing they've got an enthusiasm edge. >> we've been harnessing this enthusiasm and turning it into

positive voter registration numbers. i mean, just alone, republicans have been able to double the amount of voter registrations than we have seen in the 2016 cycle and this includes in states like florida, pennsylvania, and north carolina. >>nt because in years past volunteers would be everywhere this time of year knocking on doors or asking people on college campuses to register to vote. because of covid-19, that is gone this time. molly. molly: peter doocy following a rather unusual campaign trail lately from washington. thanks so much, peter. >> reporter: thanks, molly. molly: eric. eric: amid the continuing protests and calls from some politicians especially the left to defund the police, we are again remind it about the sacrifice and dangers faced by our country's law enforcement officers. yesterday in texas, a stinging indication of that. authorities are calling it an ambush shooting. two mccallum police officers

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at walmart. molly: we continue to follow breaking news from san diego where firefighters are trying to contain a massive fire on a ship in a naval base. flaibltioflames broke out aboare amphibious assault ship. the navy says 11 sailors have minor injuries including one person that was hit by an explosion. the fire breaking out around 9:00 a.m. local time. jennifer griffin tells us that the navy says foul play is not suspected to be the cause of this fire but it may have started from a welding accident. stay with us. we will continue to follow this throughout the day.

eric: molly, major companies are urging president trump to leave daca alone. that following that ruling by the supreme court. a group of executives from companies like amazon, target and apple say that any action related to daca would, they say, disrupt the economy and impact the fight against the coronavirus. this as the president told junie vision that he -- univision that is he considering providing a pathway to citizenship for the dreamers. phil, first of all, this was kind of a surprise by the president when he in that interview with univision which has a largely hispanic and latino population, says he's considering this path to citizenship, your reaction. >> the letter from the executives shows how confusing the situation is right now. i doubt that president trump is likely to back down on daca

because of a letter from amazon, google, facebook and others. he's been consistently critical of of them. he's consistently advocated for stricter immigration control to say the least. this letter shows how the industry across the country doesn't know what to make of his statements. are we to expect an executive order, an executive order and immigration bill or just more talk ahead of the election. eric: here's the president yesterday or when he gave the interview the other day, talking about this issue. let's listen. >> one of the aspects of the bill, which frankly nobody knows about until right now because i told no other reporter, so you have breaking news, congratulations. but one of the aspects of the bill is going to be daca. we're going to have a road to citizenship. eric: and then ted cruz tweeted out, quote, there is zero constitutional authority for a president to create a, quote, road to citizenship by executive friat it was unconstitutional

when obama issued amnesty. it would be a huge mistake, in big letters, if trump tries to illegally expand amnesty. he's not talking about amnesty, but is talking about doing something to have them stay. what do you think the president will do? >> if he listens to ted cruz, there's a warning in that tweet along with the capitalized letters. that warning is if the president moves on an executive order or some sort of immigration bill that people on the right see as amnesty or characterize at all as amnesty, it's going to be a significant problem ahead of the november election. daca has always been a hot button political issue but this has also been donald trump's political issue. for him to reverse course this close to an election in any way or give the appearance that he is reversing course, i think that that could possibly turn off a lot of his base supporters. eric: why do you think he did this? it came out -- seemingly came out of nowhere.

>> i think what we've seen consistently from the president is that he sees even though he lost at the supreme court, the white house feels that in that decision they were giving broad latitude to do more and we know that jared kushner and company, they've been negotiating with congress for some time on some sort of legislation. maybe this is an attempt to pull off a sort of hail mary on a divisive issue. for that to work, with just four months until november, it would require a type of bipartisan legislative efficiency that really we haven't seen for some time. eric: as you said, finally, the president did say that decision gives him complete whole new power. i mean, he was kind of praising that decision based on his executive authority to deal with something with immigration. this is while the wall is being built. >> and i think that what is most likely in this situation is that we're probably going to see

some kind of executive order while the white house makes some type of offer to congress, possibly knowing that the calendar makes a bipartisan compromise there impossible. this might be a bit of sho showmanship to go into november and say we tried to work with democrats yet again, they didn't give us anything. we moved on the executive order front and the president has also done some building of the wall on the southern border. perhaps this is posturing. but we're almost in the ninth inning at this point. eric: oh, that's political strategist thinking, then you can blame the democrats if nothing gets done. we'll see what happens. the president said he would having within four weeks. so we will wait for that. philip wegmann, thanks for joining us this afternoon. >> thank you, sir. molly: arizona is one of the nation's hot spots in coronavirus cases and while the governor says increased testing

rates are a factor in that rise, many see the upward trend as very, very troubling. so what is being done to flatten the curve? that's next.

molly: we continue to follow breaking news from san diego where firefighters are trying to contain a massive fire on a ship at a naval base, flames breaking out aboard the assault ship, uss

bnhomme richard, 18 sailors have minor injuries, mostly smoke inhalation, including one person hurt by an explosion. the fire broke out about 9:00 a.m. local time, our jennifer griffin tells us that the navy says foul play is not suspected to be a cause of the fire but it may have started from a welding accident. the ship was undergoing maintenance. we will continue to bring you the latest as we get it. eric: thankfully, all the sailors and officers are accounted for. the middle east, israel and the west bank dealing with a renewed outbreak of coronavirus. trey yingst is live in jerusalem with the very latest on the virus there. trey. >> reporter: good afternoon. there is a huge second wave of covid-19 erupting in israel and it has forced many lockdown restrictions to be reimplemented. now israeli citizens are calling on their government to try to ease many of the economic

hardships that have developed as a result. an estimated 80,000 people gathered in tel aviv's robins square overnight asking israeli prime minister benjamin ne netanyahu to address the situation. israeli unemployment rate stands at 20% right now and things are heading in the wrong direction when it comes to new infections. they have seen 1,000 daily cases and death toll approaching 370 people. the cabinet approved an economic package that will give a grant of up to $2,000 to anyone who is self-employed. other parts of the plan will have to be approved by israel's parliament. >> we will declare an immediate advance to the self-employed and controlling shareholders, the grant is not dependent on legislation and we instructed it would be put into effect today. >> reporter: israel's prime minister, benjamin ne netanyahus

received harsh criticism regarding his response to the pandemic over the past two months. he has seen his approval rating drop from 74% to 46%, also the palestinians in the west bank are taking their own precautions, reimplementing lockdowns, extending others this evening and even putting into place a curfew, trying to stop the spread of covid-19 there. eric. eric: they're feeling the effects of this virus just as we are. trey in jerusalem, thanks. molly. molly: arizona now seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases. governor doug doocy says the increased numbers can be acontributed to more -- autrey abouted to -- attributed to more testing. the only countries with outbreak as severe as those across the sun belt are bahrain, owe man, and qatar. let's bring in dr. theresa

cowen, public health director. doctor, thanks for joining us. i know you're probably extremely busy right now. i love up in new england. we were in the thick of the coronavirus outbreak earlier in the year. so i really feel for the people of arizona right now. if you could just bring us up-to-date, what you know about what's going on in your county and your state as you're looking across this covid-19 landscape. >> first off, thank you for having me. we are in what we would call an accelerated transmission phase. so while we do have increased testing, what we also see is significant increased positivity in our testing. in many of occur counties that's running between 20 and 25%. that means there's increased number of cases occurring throughout the state but specifically in pima county. our numbers compared to five weeks ago are ten times per week, per case. so traditionally we were having

about 200, 250 cases a week. now we are over 2,000. we are still seeing our numbers increase. the last three days have seen ongoing increases in the number of cases. molly: also more than 2,200 deaths there in the state. why is the sunbelt and arizona specifically, why are you getting hit so hard and why right now? >> i think it's multifactorial. i think as we learn more about the virus, we'll be able to see what is the impact of heat, what is the impact of people staying inside. remember, many of our communities it's over 110 degrees today so people are in air conditioned, perhaps they're not isolating, they're not socially distancing. we also had some early opening of our community. since then, we actually put in the county a mask provision so people have been masking for the past three weeks.

the governor in fact on june 29th also rolled back a little bit and shut bars and gyms and movie theaters. our hope of is with all these changes we'll be able to see improving, which means decreasing number of cases as we go forward. molly: the governor has faced criticism throughout the course of this, although he did promise this increase in testing that you're talking about, the increase in testing, but he was consider it sizesized for not -r not permitting local governments to issue mask mandates and you mentionerred the closure of bars, gyms, theaters, through july 27th. what can be done now at this point moving forward to help protect the people there in arizona? >> you know, i think it's a really important question because obviously there's so much government can do and then there's so much individuals in the community need to do. we really talk about it as our tool bag or toolbox, what's in there. there's not a lot. what we need to do is have -- ensure that our communities use

masks, that they practice physical distancing, social distancing, whatever you want to call it, six to 10 feet, that they try to be outside as much as they can, socially distancing appropriately, that we provide improved and accelerated testing with improved and accelerated results so they happen quicker. in our case we're really wrapping up contact tracing. we're going to accelerate that so we have testing, now we have case investigations, we're accelerating contact tracing by hiring a significant number of people that started this week. and we hope with all those things combined we'll be able to see an impact on the numbers, really was we want is a tapping down. we want a mitigation right now and then our hope is that we'll have a curve similar to what you've seen in other states that have been able to get back to where they were previously. molly: yeah, well, we certainly hope to see a flattening of the curve there for you, for all of the citizens there in arizona,

also some positive word remdesivir, one of those therapies, anti-viral, hundreds of those cases heading to your state as well. dr. theresa cowen, thank you for your insight. wishing everyone there the best, to stay safe and healthy. thank you for your insight. eric. eric: that we are. well, you know, she was at jeff sigh epstein's side for -- jeffrey epstein's side for years and is set to appear in court this week for a bail hearing. the argument, ge ghislaine maxwl is not jeffrey epstein, but will she get sprung? so what's going on?

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me too. me too. and if you're a small business, we're with you. standing by you every step of the way. bye bye. molly: jeffrey epstein's long time associate and ex-girlfriend due in court tuesday for a bail hearing. prosecutors say ghislaine maxwell has money and

influential connections which make her a flight risk and they want to keep her behind bars pending trial. maxwell was arrested earlier this month after her remote million dollar new hampshire home after spending close to a year in hiding. her lawyers say she did not flee but rather left the public eye for the entirely understandable purpose of protecting herself and those close to her from the crush of media and online attention. sometimes the simplest point is the most critical one. ghislaine maxwell is not jeffrey epstein. let's bring in our legal panel, michael j moore, a former u.s. attorney and alex little, a criminal defense attorney and former assistant u.s. attorney. gentlemen, thank you for joining me on this sunday. when we talk about ghislaine maxwell and whether or not she could potentially get free, we're looking at tuesday, this bail hearing. al ebbing, what do you -- alex, what do you think, is there any chance whatsoever that ghislaine

maxwell gets out? >> there's some chance. what hurts her at this stage is the indictment involves minor victims. when the crime involves children, the federal government is more likely to be able to detain you. she has a lot of things going in her favor. the most important is the point her lawyers raised that she didn't go anywhere this last year. if she was going to flee, she knew she was under scrutiny and she didn't leave in the last year and that says a lot about the likelihood she will. that will be their best and probably only argument on tuesday. molly: michael, maxwell's lawyers also cite covid-19 and the risk of covid-19 in their bail request writing as the court noted the covid-19 pandemic represents a health risk to incar incarcerated individuals. her health would be at risk and she wouldn't be able to receive a fair trial. there have been high profile individuals that have gotten out of prison, have been able to stay at home. they of course already convicted

some of these high profile individuals. what about in maxwell's case, is this an argument that could hold weight for a judge? >> you know, under normal circumstances i would say no. i do think here it probably does. the reason she's not been convicted and whether we like it or not she's still presumed innocent. the charges in the indictment are terrible and make your gut wrench but she's presumed innocent. the question would be, would you expose her to some additional harm as an innocent person by holding her in jail when there might be some other remedy or set of conditions to ensure that she showed up for court. that's really all the bond hearing is about. i agree with alex, about the issue with the children. that's a rebutable presumption under the federal rules. essentially, this indictment is so far back in time and the children in this case are now adults, that i think that will also be in her favor. there are a number of things that the judge will be looking at, conditions and restrictions and i'm sure her lawyers will

be, as you've seen and mentioned and thrown ideas out there from a large cash guarantee to monitoring and things. it is interesting when you think about it, that the fact she did not flee but she stayed within the jurisdiction of the courts. molly: and there is the potential for gps monitoring that has been presented, argued on behalf of her attorneys. these are federal charges including enticing of minors to engage in illegal sex acts, perjury she's charged with. the charges date back to '94 through '97. alex in the long term, looking at taking this to trial, could that be problematic for prosecutors? >> sure. i mean, any time a crime is hold it's more difficult to get evidence about that crime and it's going to be the memories fade and the evidence is gone. so any time you have to wait 20 years to prosecute a case it's a problem. but these folks built this case over the past year before that probably years building the epstein case. they know what they're doing. they're very good prosecutors in

manhattan. i think if they brought the case they think they can convict at trial. molly: maxwell's attorneys of argued that ghislaine maxwell is not jeffrey epstein. in this case if the allegations are true, is she not just as culpable? is she not seen in that manner if these allegations prove to be true, michael? >> they charged her with conspiracy and they charged she's done things to work with him in essence to groom these children to be victims. so, yes, she's culpable and the law would hold her culpable. that's the legal side. the factual side is she's not jeffrey epstein and her lawyers make a good point. i mean, you think about where we're at the question will be should she be released, should she be detained for her over safety or safety of other people. it will be a hard argument to make that she should be detained for her own safety given the fact where he was in federal custody and was alleged to have

taken his life. those things will be in play tomorrow. she's not epstein, she didn't leave the jurisdiction. she has the money to do it. doesn't make the nature of the crimes any more pa palatable. this is a bond hearing, not a question of whether or not someone is guilty or innocent, whether or not the government can prove their case which they likely can do it and over 90% of the time they get convictions when they bring a case like this. this will depend on whether or not we can get her back to court. i think they may find conditions that would allow that. molly: we shall see. certainly all eyes on tuesday for certain. a lot of folks across the nation are interested in this case and around the world as well i suppose. michael moore, alex little, thank you so much both for your insight. appreciate it. >> thank you. molly: tonight, on fox news channel, nancy grace and judith miller join a team of crime and legal experts to dissect the secretive life of jeffrey epstein and his relationship with ghislaine maxwell.

take a look. >> a very key person to this entire investigation no doubt is ghislaine maxwell. she is the key to the kingdom in terms of finding out how this guy worked. she knows all the players involved here. she knows where all the lists with kept, where all the recordings are. she was the one who was actually finding and recruiting these girls. molly: the twisted world of jeffrey epstein, that airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and an extended directors cut is available on fox nation, we'll be back right after this with some more news in a moment. ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪

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eric: health officials across the country are under fire amid the coronavirus pandemic, causing some of them to quit while others have been fired. claudia cowen is live in salsly toe, california with more on what they have been facing. hi, claudia. >> reporter: hi, eric. that's right, as covid-19 has put public health officials in the spotlight, many have experienced intense criticism, even threats over their handling of the outbreak. as you mentioned, some have quit or been fired. that was the case in west virginia, where dr. kathy slemp

was forced out after the governor accused her agency of inflating virus case numbers. others left in the wake of high profile pressure, ohio's now former top doctor, amy atkins faced protests at her house for her role in stay at home orders that kept businesses closed for weeks. some still on the job are facing intense backlash. >> i, like hundreds of other public health officials across the country, have in fact received threats and have in fact received a lot of hate mail. >> reporter: in los angeles, dr. barbara ferrer says sheehan tells press briefings herself to shield her staff from attacks. one public health director says he gets why people are angry but the backlash is misguided. >> they take that fear and anxiety and place it into who they think are decision makers. public health has been brought

into sort of -- into focus. >> reporter: public health officials are taking heat for acting too slow on things like travel restrictions and contact tracing and too fast for imposing lockdowns and face mask requirements in places with relatively few cases. they argue the guidance can and will change as they learn more about how the virus is spread and as infection rates rise especially now, as many cities and states freeze or reverse some reopenings amid a surge of new cases and hospitalizations. >> the pressure from the citizens and the public to have to adhere to certain rules and orders, and just the danger of this particular disease is also creating intense pressure because our public health departments say their role is to keep our communities safe and healthy. so it's their responsibility to do this. >> reporter: and she says that leaves these officials walking a

fine line, trying to save lives without upending them. eric. eric: it is a difficult job in the middle of a catastrophic health crisis in our country. claudia cowen, thank you. and we'll be right back. 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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it's being shown at hundreds of drive-in theaters across the country this weekend. i say there are lots of great 80's movies, would enjoy a little time at some drive-ins in the coming weeks. eric? eric: that is just great. greg: it's time for cancel party the cancel culture to target people who unlike them create stuff that people like and care about defined as boycotting something objectionable is now much more than that. it's public shaming by mobs to humiliate a person until their careers are ruined cancel culture is an electric fence