♪ ♪ oh, baby ♪ why don't you just meet me in the middle ♪ i'm losing my mind just a little. pete: we are past the middle of the summer it is august 1st on this saturday edition the "fox & friends." can you believe it? here we are. a lot in front of us today as we talk about it. always excited to be joined by griff jenkins and jedediah bealla. i was thinking about the swamp today since you are our correspondent. which are you the turtle, the frog, the snake which are you. >> you never know i'm your

favorite swamp creature. jed, good morning to you, i can't believe it's august. we will have discussion later today the power brokers will be here to try to work out a deal because 30 million americans lost $600 benefits. buff we will see where that's going. doesn't look like things are going to go well but we will talk about it, jed. jedediah: griff, i think of you more as a shark the only human i know who is not afraid of sharks. lots of big news to cover including hurricane watch. we are on v.p. watch as well as joe biden gets ready to pick his vice presidential running mate. lots to talk about there as well, pete. pete: indeed. following two major stories right now. president trump vowing to ban tiktok over security concerns as early as today. griff: and we are tracking hurricane isaias as parts of florida brace for its impact. this is the eye of the storm. hurricane fliers flying in as

the east coast braces for impact. governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency. >> pretty clear at a minimum we will get tropical storm force impacts like sure you have your plan and seven days of food and supply and medicine there could be some power outages. griff: here we go, beaches are closed. people are shopping for supplies and some are heading out. [winds] jedediah: right now high winds hitting the bahamas as isaias moves closer to the united states after leaves a trail of destruction in puerto rico. trees down and streets flooded. rick reichmuth is tracking it all. what's the latest? >> richard: two places haven't been able to catch a break puerto rico and the bahamas the last couple of years. here you go a storm moving in throughout the bahamas. it's moving pretty quick and it

will continue to at about northwest 12 miles per hour right now. will continue throughout the day over the bahamas and then get very close to the florida coast lines. hurricane warnings in effect now. you can see that from north of daytona beach to south of west palm. that's where we will see the closest impact of the hurricane getting towards the u.s. coast line. at least the florida coast line i should say. this is the official track. the latest nudged a little bit farther toward the east at 5:00 a.m. you notice the cone. don't want to focus on center point. a, storms are not just a single point but the cone is where they expect any place in this cone for the center of that storm to be for that time frame. sunday 2:00 p.m. this is tomorrow 2 p.m. tonight, tomorrow afternoon. you get the idea really close here all day tomorrow hugging the florida coast line. whether or not it gets closer to the coast we can't say. that's why if you are in that area you need to precautions and making preparations. nearly turn and when it does right now probably a weaker

storm, upper level winds will break the storm apart quite a bit and talking maybe about a landfall somewhere across the carolinas before it moves in across the northeast. maybe not as a hurricane but a tropical storm bringing a lot of wind and rain across the northeast. take a look at that center of it aleast right now going over long island. a lot of places going to be impacted about the next five days florida is the one we are watching. griff: bahamas can't catch a break. we will have more on that, rick. the president says he is going to ban tiktok the popular video sharing act is owned by chinese cnd and there is a colonel it could be a tool for chinese intelligence. lucas tomlinson at the pentagon with more on what the president is saying. lucas, good morning. >> good morning, guys a move likely to make some children upset but parents rejoice. president trump wants to ban the chinese owned video making act

called tiktok. >> we're looking at tiktok we may be banning tiktok. we may be doing some other things. there are a couple of options. a lot of things are happening. we will see what happens. but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to tiktok. >> the president later less ambiguous saying we will be banning reporters to reporters on air force 1 action on the company could come today using emergency economic powers and zompleted the announcement coming hours after microsoft reportedly was in talks to purchase the popular app. from beijing. u.s. intelligence officials have long warned the chinese government use the app. to harness data on americans and security risk. how popular is this app., guys? about a third of the country, 100 million americans go to the app. especially during the pandemic. watching the clever video apps. if the ban does go forward, perhaps this will save some children embarrassment later in life but perhaps turn to over hobbies like fitness and maybe

even reading a book, guys. [laughter] griff: thanks, lucas. appreciate it. when lucas says that children may be upset. that is an understatement as the father of two teenage daughters, it is hard to overstate how popular tiktok is and how important it's been really during the pandemic because my daughters, like the 80 million other teenagers in america have been glued to it. in full disclosure i participated in these dances on tiktok. i have deleted it from my app. some time ago when this intelligence started coming out. at the end of the day, this is certainly a move, jed, that i think is going to really draw a lot of disappointment towards the president from a group. the teenage group that didn't exist is not going to be a popular decision. jedediah: yeah. except for the fact that republicans and democrats have been able to come together on their quite a bit. have you seen a bipartisan

concern about this breach of data. this potential breach of data and privacy rights and privacy concerns what they need to do is investigate it. i'm always weary of executive power and executive orders can be applied to something you like today and something you don't like tomorrow. we want to make sure that there is a legitimate concern here if there is going to be a ban that is authorized via the executive branch. you also want to make sure because this will not be the first or last app. that comes from outside outside origin. chinese technology. they lead the way in technology and a lot of these apps. we want to make sure and keep in mind also that the user data with this is stored in the united states. so, if there is a concern about that we need to figure out what channels in the united states may or may not be broken and what can be done to secure alps of this kind so that we don't have this happening in the future. pete: china leads the way in technology because they stole it from us and because their entire

economy is based on theft. state owned businesses are able to foster and take data whenever they would like this. is a fantastic move by the administration. big corporations have done it. government agencies have looked -- have already done it. because, if you don't control the data of your citizens, you are at the behest of the communist chinese. griff, i actually love, your daughters are wonderful, but i love that they are going to freak out about this. i love that teenagers are going to freak out about this the first thing they are going to ask is why and then you are going to be able to explain let me tell you about the chinese communist party and what they do and why they do it and the threat that they are to our freedom of speeches in this nation. so, a president taking a bold move with this to secure our nation to take on the communist chinese. there may be some blow back but i'm sorry you can't make your funny dance video. life will mo on. griff: it's a good point and that's not the only group that's going to be shocked. the group of democrats who have looking for a specific vice

presidential candidate may be shocked, pete, when they find out who their the former vice president has picked. pete: we were told today august 1st would be the time by this deadline reveal his vice president ---vice presidential particular pick next week and now a week before the convention. speculation swarming everywhere who knows who that pick might be. one of the names at the top is kamala harris from california. the sacramento bee wrote an op-ed from the editorial board you think the home state senator would get the pick. biden will likely pick kamala harris for v.p. here is why karen bass is a better choice. bass clearly wants this role most oversee the other californian as a likely pick. kamala harris tried to end biden's career with expertly executed hit.

she is the favorite. when he obstacle she treated him as one. now was her obstacle, she honored to climb aboard. that's how it works. someone committed to the cause. kamala harris willing to shift to be the v.p. we will see how it unfolds. jedediah: also, karen bass has a more substantial record that would potentially help joe biden. the thing for mere i don't think she has enough name recognition. the reason is i think joe biden needs someone to lead that ticket who is not him. he needs someone who people are familiar with who can step out. karen harris is very brave when it comes to her opinion and she is very bold. she 8 be viewed as the top of that ticket. even though she is not tec technically on the top of the ticket if he picks her she would be viewed. will will record on the justice. despite settlements including $400,000 settlement that they paid to settle a gender

harassment case if you remember is those things will be brought up. i still think people will ignore that and go for name recognition. i think karen bass will be risky for him. pete: kamala harris was a shape shifter when it came to her views throughout the presidential primary. sort of an empty vessel. what happens when you add an empty vessel to an empty vessel? what do you get? we will see. griff: bass, the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus certainly bringing a lot to the table on that front. we will talk more about it. now, turning to your headlines. today the white house expected to meet with democratic leaders to try to end their stafl mate over coronavirus relief. republicans and democrats remain far apart as president trump accuses nancy pelosi and chuck schumer of refusing to make a deal. meanwhile, dr. fauci clashes with lawmakers on capitol hill when asked about protests causing the virus to spread. >> have you advocated for certain businesses to be shut down. i'm just asking you on your position on the protest? >> i'm saying that crowds,

wherever the crowds are can give you an increase probability that there is going to be acquisition and transmission. >> california now becoming the first state to top half a million cases. seven marines and a sailor remain missing after a military zek sinks off california's southern coast. the amphibious assault vehicle sank during exercise. 15 service members were on board. one marine died. six others rescued. two of them seriously injured. the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg out of the hospital after ongoing surgical procedure. the justice had a stent replaced in her stomach. her doctors say it's a common procedure to prevent infection. it comes after ginsburg revealed she has been undergoing chemotherapy for lear cancer. be astronauts on board space elks' first crew mission will return home today if weather

coontsd. bill and doug hurley set to leave the international space station in just about three hours after two months conducting experiments in space walk. you don't want to come from space only to land in a hurricane. we will see where that goes. bill clinton denying he was ever on jeffrey epstein's private island. even though newly revealed court documents reveal otherwise. next guest literally wrote the book on epstein case and says this is just the beginning. 're , choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com.

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clinton continuing to deny the accusations. the story keeps changing the facts don't. president clinton has never been to the island. the author of the book convenient death daniel halper. what do you make of the latest curve ball allegations bill clinton and his denial? >> it's the first of many accusations putting him directly at that island and of course we know he was very close to jeffrey epstein as we report in our book is he very close to ghislaine maxwell. that puts him in proximity to one accused and one guilty pedophile essentially. the question arises is how entrapped is bill clinton in this investigation? the fbi, we assume, is interviewing other people involved in this case, at least we hope they are, and have they interviewed bill clinton? we know he is not talking to the press about this except issuing denials through his spokesman has law enforcement reached out to bill clinton and others high profile names and are they

trying to get to the bottom of this scandal? jedediah: there were a lot of names that were redacted in those unsealed documents. does that surprise you and what do you think is coming down the pike in terms of names revelations entwined with this fiasco? >> there were a lot of names and it did surprise me. unnecessary and we don't know exactly why the court decided to do that but i do think that ghislaine maxwell, there is a current legal fight over the release of a deposition she gave in a civil case. all these documents came out as a result of this ongoing civil case. and now that she is, of course, has a criminal case. i think if we get this deposition from her, i think there will probably be more information in there and the question, of course, is will the court redacted it or will the court allow us to see finally what's been going on. what's been going on behind the scenes. the crazy thing about a lot of this, including bill clinton's involvement is that we have known this for a very long time.

we included all of this stuff in our book. and it seems that it's like falling on deaf ears? why aren't officials taking action? why aren't things happening? we know that ghislaine maxwell was more than just a friend or a girlfriend. she was an accomplice and involved in these crimes. so, yeah, i think just the breatbreadth of this and how log it's been going on and inaction hasn't dominant force up to this point. i think these are questions that we need to know the answers to. jedediah: yeah. other topic that we are following pretty closely that was fascinating and has many people quite upset is the court ruling on boston bomber on dzhokhar tsarnaev. ruling first. dzhokhar car will remain confined to prison for the rest of his life with the only remaining question will be whether the government will end his life by executing him. obviously this overturn of the death sentence has people

enraged particularly a lot of families of victims of that boston bombing incident. whats watt justification for this? >> well, it has to do with the trial and the judge was ruled basically not to have done his job correctly. and there was some overlooking in the jury selection and some of the jurors social media posts and that's what led to the overturning of this. the justice department, i guess it's a decision they have to make whether or not they will pursue this case again and basically have a new case to determine whether or not tsarnaev will meet the death penalty. but, we know he is guilty. he has pled guilty and does nothing to change that it's simply a ruling on the death sentence. jedediah: daniel halper, thank you so much. fascinating to follow. for fascinating with your insight. >> thank you. jedediah: cdc warning lawmakers

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griff: the court ruling the trump administration can continue with border wall construction. it was never in doubt. >> the president has told us and he has directed his administration to press ahead aggressively but always within the boundaries of the law. griff: earlier this year the high court ruled military funds can be used to build the wall. and border patrol agents shutting down a stash house

harboring 51 illegal immigrants in tetion. border patrol raided the house twice this week. agents say the immigrants are from mexico and guatemala. they remain in custody. pete? pete: thank you, griff. cdc director warning lawmakers about the negative impact of keeping schools closed. >> there is really very significant public health consequences of the school closure. 7.1 million kids get their mental health service at schools. they get nutritional support as we mentioned from schools. it's really important to realize it's not public health vs. the economy about school opening. it's public health vs. public health. pete: new england journal of medicine echoing those sentiments in a new report saying we believe that safely reopening schools for all elementary school children should be a top national priority. here to react is former republican congresswoman from new york and trump 2020 advisory board member dr. nan hayworth. doctor, thank you so much for being here this morning. >> thank you. pete: as the debate has evolved

about schools and covid-19, where are we? these guidelines from the cdc and others are saying, hey, we think you can, what should parents be looking for right now? >> pete, what parents should be bearing in mind very strongly is right in line with what dr. redfield said yesterday, what the nowng journal has just opined and what the american academy of pediatrics has said which is that this is a global health issue for kids. they should go back and they can go back, pete. they can go back safely they can go back with safety and both the teachers and staff. and the guidelines that have been published. recommendations from the personal academy of pediatrics and very detailed guidelines from the cdc. in fact, every american can read them and every parent should review them. there is the cdc website. lay out how schools can be

arranged by protecting students in the spaces in which they receive their instruction, in which they participate in activities, timing can be varied so that they can go to school in shifts so that we minimize the risk of infection. there is lots that can be done. pete: absolutely. briefly. weave know, you know, it can be transmitted by children. vulnerable populations. parents, grandparents in the home. but it manifests different in kids. more robust immune systems, so the hope is that through those proper protocols that could be managed as well. >> yes. absolutely. and the younger the child, given kindergarten age, the more robust the immune system is, the less the risk that they are going to have an infection that would manifest in significant symptoms. certainly in any kind of severe illness and less the risk that they will transmit disease. but, again, teachers and support staff can take all kinds of precautions to protect themselves through masking and

hand washing and distancing. pete: doctor, i have to get your take on this second story. pennsylvania is using a weighted lottery system or ethical allocation to make sure limited doses of remdesivir go to the poorest patients first. here is a part of what they saying. we show equal respect by all members of society by mitigating the structural iniquities that cause certain communities to bear the greatest burden during the pandemic. does that mean in some states, how much you make on your w-2 is going to determine whether you get some sort of a, you know, whatever medicine you need not how much you need it? >> pete, that certainly is what it sounds like. and speaking as a physician, the only criterion that should be emphasized in these kinds of protocols and physicians draw up these protocols as matter of expertise the only criterion should be clinical need meaning

how i will th ill the patient i. is this patients likely to be helped by remdesivir. any other considerations are artificial and unethical, quite honestly. pete: my goodness. social justice doesn't field like social justice medicine at the moment focus on the need. >> no. pete: thank you for your time. we appreciate it? >> thank you, pete. pete: coming up. hurricane isaias battering the bahamas as it takes aim at florida next. michael waltz with how his state is preparing for the hurricane to hit all while dealing with covid-19. that's after the break. ite! ♪ kraft. for the win win.

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♪ jedediah: we are back with extreme weather. overnight isaias you recall bahamas as it barrels through today. brian: expected to hit the coast this evening and later tonight after leaving a path of descruction in the kirks and caicos. griff: forecast powerful winds and powerful flooding. rick reichmuth joins us with the latest. hey, rick. rick: hey, jed and griff. have you both been killing the pronunciation of this name. you are getting it perfectly.

pete, i haven't heard you say it yet. isaias. nicely done. august 1st, this is generally where we would be this time of year. and we are already on our ninth named storm. take a look at what the is bulk of hurricane season ahead of this. hurricane hanna last week. everybody be really prepared. we have a lot going on in hurricane land right now. this is the storm right now. look as little bit strange. the hurricane is this front blob here you see. we have second blobs behind it. dry air getting in it. that will be one of the things that will inhibit or prohibit any significant growth as we move forward in time. that's good news for us. nonetheless, we have a category 1 hurricane here. >> this is the future radar what one model looks like and what it thinks the storm will look like over time. colorado coast line moves north. good news if it stays offshore. if it does that the bulk of the precipitation and storm surge will stay offshore.

this is rainfall totals in florida not looking that bad. i think this will probably ends up verifying right here. 2 to 4 feet of storm surge we'll certainly see with this storm across parts of north florida heading in towards georgia and in towards the carolinas. move this forward, heavier rain would likely see a landfall of maybe a tropical storm, a strong tropical storm across parts of the carolinas. take this forward out into time into tuesday afternoon and evening. take a look at that pretty significant will precipitation from northeast from hurricane isaias. back to you. jedediah: thanks so much, rick. we are going to bring in florida congressman michael waltz. congressman, thank you so much for being here. obviously some challenges that florida will be facing right now. it's hard enough to deal with a hurricane and a tropical storm. on a regular day. but in the midst of a pandemic. that becomes extra challenging. so how is florida going to handle all of this?

>> florida knows this drill. we always have to remind folks to be prepared even though this is not expected to make landfall, those counter clockwise winds will hit the shore line. there will be flooding and a storm surge. we have to be prepared but fortunately, we are not talking a major storm that's cause evacuation. that's what i'm really watching very closely for. because most of our shelters, obviously, are where you are packing people in. fortunately governor and our local are preparing for that eventuality where they're looking at local shelters and using hotel rooms many of which are vacant, obviously because of covid where can you keep people spread out. guys that is going to be enormously expensive if we have to do that in the future. griff: we will be watching that congressman, be thinking of everyone down there in florida. meanwhile, here in washington, as you are fully well aware, the

democrats and republicans are in a stalemate over quofd relief. $600 extra unemployment benefits ran out yesterday. and not only are the democrats and republicans at odds. but it appears, congressman, that republicans can't even get on the same page. how do they possibly reach a deal? >> well, one thing i want to remind everyone is this is a federal supplement to state unemployment. the democrats are trying to portray this as though republicans just want to eliminate unemployment insurance or drop it from $600 to $200. this is a supplement on top of state unemployment that still exists. this is still out there. this was just a federal piece and at the end of the day, i'm hearing from business after business after business that can't hire their workers back because people are making more at home than they are working and then the other piece is, you know, $600 goes a lot farther in

somewhere like rural iowa than it does in downtown manhattan, so to speak. you know, we just have to get back to a point where we have this based on wages and we have to let businesses hire these individuals back. and we have to have liability reform. we are starting to see those first wave of lawsuits coming in. so, at the end of the day, let's sit down and let's compromise and knock this out. let's not play political talking points with it. i think the administration has made multiple offers, republicans in the senate have offered to do some of these things as stand alone while we work the other pieces out. and the democrats have said no. they have taken an all or nothing approach and they keep going back to their $3 trillion wish list that is just not reasonable. pete: this with recess looming. he tweeted something on thursday about mail-in voting triggering people personally and a national conversation about the viability

and problems of mail-in voting. take a listen to what the president had to say. >> they think they are going to send hundreds of millions of ballots all over the united states and it's going to come out. you won't know the election result for weeks, months, maybe years after. maybe you will never know the election result. and that's what i'm concerned with. it will be fixed. it will be rigged. people ought to get smart. this is going to be the greatest election disaster in history. pete: a friend of my, congressman, it's not mail-in balloting. what democrats are talking about is mail out balloting. pushing ballots out to voter roles that may or may not be correct and then hoping they get back in time, which ones count? which ones don't? it's a recipe for a mess. talk to what the president is talking about here. >> well, that's exactly right, pete. i'm glad you brought that up. what he's talking about are states that are talking about blasting these ballots out whether -- to their voter roles.

people may have moved. people may have died. people may be felons and they don't have the infrastructure and the logistics to get them back and count them in time. it's just irresponsible. luke at what is happening in new york as a case in point. it was a local election in a primary in a democratically run state. and they are talking about invalidating one in five, 20% of their votes they don't have the facilities to count them. they don't have the volunteers. many of which tend to be elderly. and they are scared of corona. the postal system is overwhelmed. they had vendors that couldn't print out enough of the ballots. so, what i think the democrats are doing here is irresponsible. the infrastructure doesn't exist and rife with fraud. criminal charges are being brought now in new jersey in that case and the city councilman race. don't get me wrong there are some states that do this well. florida has been doing it for years and been doing it right. but, there are many states that are totally unprepared.

and we could have a total mess on our hands. pete: this is not absentee ballots. >> that's right. pete: 23,000 in the spring primaries disqualified for various reasons. that was the outcome of the election in wisconsin in 2016. this could have massive impacts. >> there are states that don't have the signatures. you know, they're looking they don't have the signature databases to do the matching from a fraud standpoint as well. so the president is right to send up these concerns. jedediah: congressman michael waltz thank you so much for being here. >> thanks so much. jedediah: we're going to turn to headlines for you now. overnight president trump promising to keep federal officers in portland, oregon. the president tweeting homeland security is not leaving portland until local police complete clean up of anarchist and agitators. the warning comes as a judge suggests federal officers wear football like jersey numbers so they can be easily identified. and a 15-year-old boy is

recovering after a possible shark bite in alabama. the teen says he was swimming with his father when he noticed a cut and puncture wounds on his legs. neither of them saw a shark when they were in the water. shark expert jeremiah sullivan has been bit more than 1,000 times. he shares how you can avoid being attacked. >> the preferred prey species of these large sharks are, you know, the large seals. i would not want to wear anything that resembles in any way what they are look for. i would be wearing a lighter colored suit that would distinguish me from the prey. the east coast is seeing a rise in shark sightings with 11 spowfted just this week on long island. and police body camera footage shows officers rushing to save a terrified horse from a burning barn. >> help us pull.

help us, help us. come on. >> let go, let go. let go. police pulling phoebe out of the burning barn in pennsylvania. phoebe's handler says she was spooked by the flames and refused to budge. she thanked officers for saving phoebe's life. so glad she is okay. and orlando magic forward jonathan isaac becomes the first and only nba player national anthem during the league's restart. he defended choice at post game press conference. >> all wearing a black lives matter t-shirt go hand in hand with supporting black lives. >> the nba has a rule requiring players to stand during the anthem but commissioner adam silver says he is considering relaxing the policy. and those are your headlines. pete: good for that young man it. takes real courage to do what he did. good for him. griff: it does indeed. coming up president trump is

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griff: welcome back the trurel debate over tiktok heating up. president trump saying he will ban the app. from the united states. this comes as a handful of social media stars have felicity left the platform hoping to bring followers to rival app. thriller. what is triller? good morning to you. as i aforementioned on this show. teenage daughters freaking out about this. not sure they know about triller, what is it. >> think of it this way. if tiktok is pepsi. thriller is like the original

coca cola. released as a video editing app. started by the makers of frozen karaoke. app. will exim compile best victim larr to tiktok. three people bailing bailing on it. say they are going to move on over with their 32 million people to this new app. they say they just wanted their audience to be part of something that is, well, made in america because that app. is based here in the united states actually started in los angeles and has offices globally. there is a lot of concern tiktok that's why the president is considering. he actually said i think on air force 1 yesterday that the beijing based company tiktok, its owner, bite dance is going to be banned from the u.s. from operating that app. whether he follows through with

it or not or have the infrastructure to switch it off or not is a whole other question. the other interesting thing is just on friday also, griff, triller filed pat tent infringement lawsuit because it was way back then that they came up with this and got a patent on it that says they have this unique way to create video sinking to audio when one or more video takes are captured. they were granted that patent and said tiktok is infringing on it. be interesting to see what happens with that one. griff: we reached out on the patent incorporate fringement lawsuit and have not heard back. last 30 seconds we have got, a lot of parents and americans are wondering what this is all about. how considered from a data sharing sharing point should people be concerned about tiktok? >> as of 2017, there's a law in china that any tech company, any tech company based there essentially becomes an arm of the communist party for the chinese government. why? it's a law that says that the

government can come in and use really at will nil of the data that's there. look at the technology that's there. we have already seen misuse of that countless times in hardware. there is nothing that is going to stop them from getting too personal-private data that your kids are putting up on tiktok. griff: kurt the cyberguy giving it to us straight. thank you very much. have a great saturday. all right. coming up, constitution required the citadel gearing up for a new course this fall that requires students learn our nation's founding documents. why this lesson is more important than ever next. ♪ ♪ ♪

pete: welcome back. charleston, south carolina, public military college the silt del wilcitadel will require a cn the u.s. constitution and founding documents. our next guest says it's important students know rights and history. here chairman department of studies faith rivers james. professor, thanks so much for being here. it's nice to have a story like this every once in a while where a school is saying in the culture we live in right now it's important for our students to understand the founding documents of our nation. >> and, pete, thank you for having me. we are very excited about the opportunity to work with all of our cadets about this important course. pete: actually there, salah in south carolina that for almost 100 years that mandates this type of course be taught. but clemson university, the university of south carolina, they are actually fighting doing. this why would schools fight

against teaching this to future citizens of americans versus the way have you. >> our concern preparing them for leadership roles. so we adopted this course as a part of our general education reform plan we have added a couple of course us. this course in sophomore year will have our students look at principled leadership in american government and society. for us, we think it's important to take a leadership role in sharing and enhancing civics education for our cadets. pete: we are also in the middle of a battle in higher education as you well know. there are threads that say we should reject 1776 all together. our real founding is 1619 how do you as a development of leaders look at america and the role those documents play?

regardless of the date that you choose the founding of the country came with the declaration of independence and constitution there was a long fought battle to establish the united states as its own nation. and so our goal is to have our students consider these founding documents, including advocacy pieces about the documents, like the federalist papers. and then things that really reformed our nation like the emancipation proclamation and martin luther king address from a birmingham jail 100 years later. many foundational pieces. make informed decision about their role in democracy. we think it's important that they read these source documents. pete: it is such common sense, professor. it's not that common these days especially in ivory towers. salute the citadel kids going to that institution will get a chance to grapple with all aspects of what the founding of our nation really meant. professor, let me get it right, faith rivers james. thank you so much for being here

this morning. >> yes, sir. thank you so much. we are very excited. thanks for having me. pete: might want to take a second look at the citadel. tim tebow's bible message slapped with a sensitive content warning. how do we get to that message where faith is flagged in america? we will get to that. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com.

♪ you're unbelievable ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ jedediah: welcome, everyone, to the 7:00 a.m. hour of "fox & friends." pete is on the couch. i am here dancing. you know i had to bring the dance even though i'm not on the couch. here with pete hegseth. griff jenkins bringing you the latest in a lot of big news that's happening today. we are tracking a hurricane. we are tracking a vp watch and tracking the potential unemployment benefits and covid relief that have helped all of you out there it who have

suffered during this pandemic and need some assistance. griff: what a great song to open the show up. unbelievable this is august 1st. hard to believe the summer we have had felt like a lifetime,. pete: pete i don't know. i want it to keep going. maybe i would like to get to november 3rd as well. a lot of people feel like 2021 is where we are looking right now. nothing is unbelievable in our current climate. i think that's fair to say. jed, as you mentioned lots to get to. we have three more hours of "fox & friends." don't leave us. jedediah: we sure do. we are going to begin by tracking hurricane isaias barreling towards florida. this is the eye of the storm what you see right here. the state's eastern coast bracing for impact as the storm is expected to hit today. griff: governor ron desantis declaring a stated of emergency. beaches are closed. people are stocking up on supplies as some flee their homes for safety. pete: right now battering the bahamas with high winds after leaving a trail of destruction

in puerto rico. downing trees and flooding streets. rick reichmuth is tracking it all. rick, i have been practicing pronunciation isaias. in looking that up, rick it, means god is my salvation. did you know that? isaias? rick: i didn't know. it's isaiah -- their spanish language version of isaiah. all the countries that come together by atlantic basin storms contribute to the names. this is a spanish origin this name which is why it is isaias. hurricane warnings in effect right now through the coast of florida from daytona beach down to the south of west palm. that's going to be the closest to the florida coast line that we see the storm making landfall because of that close track it's going to take. we have got those warnings. all of the bahamas which last year had cat 5 storm hurricane dorian destroyed the island going to be doing this all day. radar image storms moving into

south florida you will see that all throughout the day today. impact will begin tonight during the overnight hours. going to be happening in the dark. there is the storm right now across parts of the bahamas. pulling off towards the northwest. this is a quick moving storm. so while we are going to be dealing with it all the way through tuesday. it's not a storm we are going to be talking about which sometime we end up doing for the better part of two weeks. this is where we are looking at the storm. you get the idea very close call. a close shave here to the east coast of florida that tracks another 20 miles or so to the west it. would have more impact it f. it tracks farther off from the east. the worst of the impact of this is going to be on the right side of the storm. if we stay with this kind of a path you sigh the worst of it would hopefully just be offshore. that said as it moves north. we are expecting a better changes to see a landfall here across parts of the carolinas. that's the official track right now somewhere around the wilmington area. probably a weakened storm from upper level winds that's going

to bat storm. florida, we will begin with tonight into tomorrow. griff: that's right. thanks, rick, hunker down in florida. marine while we have a bit of a political storm here in washington. and that is really a stalemate because democrats and republicans unable to reach a deal on another covid-19 stimulus because those unemployment benefits ran out last night. the extra $600. now, we understand, guys, in just two hours in the speaker's office, pelosi, schumer, mnuchin and meadows. that's white house chief of staff and treasury secretary will try and hammer out a deal. they have already rejected pelosi and schumer offers put forth by mnuchin and meadows. here is what the president tweeted about. he says pelosi and schumer have no interest in making a deal that is good for our country and our people. all they want is a trillion dollars and much more for their radical left governor the states. most of which are doing very badly it. is called a bailout for many

years of bad dem management. here's the problem though. nancy pelosi is holding many of the cards. she passed that $3 trillion badge in may. so she has had -- republicans have had essentially two months to try and figure out some way to get somewhere that we cannot have these 30 million unemployed people in the position they are in today. so, it's really hard to imagine how they make progress today, pete, when they sit down. it? >> sure is and reading the inside accounts of these debates, which have been widely leaked. you can tell how much animosity both sides have for each other. that was brought to the podium yet again by representative nancy pelosi, speaker saying this about negotiations. >> we are having major policy disagreements about how we meet the needs of the american people. i know that y'all are engaged in characterizing us as bickering

and equivalence when we want to help america's working families and want to give tax cuts to the biggest richest people. why can't they come to the agreement? we don't have shared values. that's just the way it is. it's not bickering. it's standing our ground. pete: we don't have shared values is probably the most honest thing that she said. i mean, from the stepback perspective, easy for nancy pelosi and house democrats two months ago to say of course we are going to spend $3 trillion, try to make permanent government involvement in their lives a party that's been taken over by socialists would view it that way. republicans try to be more targeted and make sure there around the unintended consequences on how long and how much for the supplements of unemployment insurance can we make sure there are protections litigation against covid-19 and companies so they can open up. those the types of things white house and the republicans are talking about. but they are staring down the barrel of a $3 trillion deal that democrats only want to make bigger. so it's hard to see how this

circle is squared, jed. jedediah: yeah, my patience for politicians prepandemic was about a 1 out of 10. and now i'm into the negative numbers here. just get it done, people. i mean, truly. people at home have no patience for this. we know republicans have tried to come to the table numerous times here and said, listen, we will pass something temporarily to ease people's pain while we figure out the larger issue figure out, nancy, the differences in shared values. to hold people hostage here and hold their money hostage when people have suffered as a result of shutdowns and horrific pandemic. some people can't put food on the table right now. they have very little patience for politics to get involved. just get it done. griff: bingo, jed. when republicans were offered that deal. pelosi was asked what about just a one week extension? could you at least do that while they buy some time? she called it, quote, worthless. you call that to the 30 million

people who are now going to try to figure out how to make up that $600 they were receiving every week that's gone now. so, you know, this is really become a bad situation indeed. i think you put your finger on it. interesting to see how it plays out later today. meanwhile, another story we are following goes to twitter and the quarterback we all know and love tim tebow. now, here is tim tebow talking about god in his social media post on twitter. listen. >> you never know what god is doing with your life. you never know what he is preparing you for. so many times in the bible when we look at the heroes, there were times in their life where if they stopped, if they quit, if they said no, god. i have had enough. then they would have missed out on the most impactful, most influential times of their life. maybe that is the next step for you. maybe that is tomorrow. maybe that is next week. maybe that is next year. but, when we quit, we will never

know what we missed out on. we will never know what's in store for us. griff: a powerful statement. tim tebow bearing his soul and bearing witness to his faith. twitter flagging it as sensitive content. here's twitter's statement they wrote to the blaze website saying the tweet was flagged as potentially sensitive media in error. it has been corrected. nonetheless, they jumped on it. pete: good, it's been corrected. tim tebow former quarterback and now a minor league outfielder and going through the types of struggles is he talking about, drawing on his faith in this video. he puts it up on twitter. it's flagged as potentially sensitive and inappropriate. and then when twitter is called on it, they come out and say it's been corrected. donald trump jr. who is targeted on social media as much as anybody has made this point and is he entirely correct. it just so happens that there are mistakes often, just

glitches that twitter apologizes for when it comes to people of faith. defenders of the assessment. people who believe in citizenship and pointing out i will legality. when pro-life, so clearly twitter targets in this case they picked the wrong target, jed. you look at that video. is he bearing his soul, sharing his faith. people appreciate that. yet, somehow that's sensitive and twitter is exposing itself yet again. jedediah: yeah, it seems very odd and sadly it's terribly predictable at this point. even if you gave him the benefit of the doubt and say oh, it was a mistake. who is running the show over there because you guys have been under a lot of heat for bias. many people have eyes on you. many people are aware of what is going on. maybe have someone competent running the show. you can't afford to make these little so-called mistakes. it looks agenda driven to a lot of people and they have had enough. griff: to the faith based community it's a lot more than a little mistake indeed. turning now to your headlines. seven people are dead after two

planes collided mid-air over an alaskan airport. pilot, tour guide. people in south carolina state representative gary notify died. police say he was the only occupant in one of the planes. the governor ordered flags to my half mast in his honor. the crash sunday investigation. and a wildfire burns through more than 1,000 acres in southern california forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. video shows flames nearing homes as temperatures reach triple digits in some areas. 200 firefighters are battling the flames. the fire is at zero percent containment. and the alleged mastermind, look at him, behind unprecedented twitter hack is a 17-year-old. graham clark was arrested at his tampa apartment. he faces 30 felony charges after posting a bit coin scam to twitter pages of prominent figures including former president obama, jeff bezos and bill gates. two alleged accomplices were

also taken into custody. they made $100,000 on the hack. and a soldier getting a surprise graduation ceremony after returning to the middle east army specialist doug long receiving his associate's degree at the columbia international airport. he took online classes while serving with the south carolina national guard. long was welcomed home by his family and fiance after serving abroad for nearly a year. he now plans to put his degree to work. those are your headlines. jed? jedediah: amazing story. love seeing stories like that. pete: a lot of guys go ahead. pete: i know a lot of guys who got their degree like that while serving or training but never got their diploma in the air force. so cool on that place. jedediah: pretty cool. lift everyone's spirits on a saturday morning. good to see. president trump doubling down on his commitment to law and order while meeting with law

enforcement leaders at the white house. the president of the national association of police organizations was there and he joins us live next. i'm leah and that's me long before

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in recent weeks law enforcement has become a target of the dangerous assault by the radical left. the left wing extremists have spread mayhem throughout the streets of different cities. we are here to discuss the unwavering support of our nation's courageous police officers and our determination to defend the safety of all americans. jedediah: president trump doubling down on his commitment to law and order while meeting with the national association of police organizations at the white house yesterday. after the group endorsed him last month. our next guest was part of that

conversation, mitch mchail is the organization's president and he joins us now. mic, welcome to the show and thanks so much for all do you in the name of public safety. first and foremost. i want to get your reaction to the president's round table, the topics he discussed and how it was received. >> well, thank you very much, jed, for the opportunity to be here today. the president of the united states, along with vice president mike pence clearly, clearly made it a message not only to those of us sitting at the table to all the men and women that bravely go to work each and every day that he and his administration has our back. we had a detailed discussion. the elected officers of our association along with three presidents from our largest groups. patty lynch from new york city, pba. patrick in the new jersey state pba and john from the florida

pba. there was a round table discussion that lasted, i believe, longer than an hour. the president wanted the real story. he wanted to know what is going on in the streets as through the eyes of our police officers and he assured us. we shared with him the travesties taking place on a daily basis. we are being assaulted attacked and ambushed. and in prior cases we have been assassinated. the president will not stand for this. one of the most important aspects we believe that came out of this meeting was his assurance as we say to our members that the majority of america appreciates their law enforcement officers. appreciates feeling safe in their communities and do not support the travesties that are taking place throughout this

nation it's important to know the administration endorsed president trump but also backed obama in 2008 and 2012. this is not a partisan issue for the association. it's really about who they feel is best suited to back up law enforcement as at which challenging time. my question to you is what do you want to see the president do? what does assistance look like in terms of assisting law enforcement right now in cities around the country. >> to continue getting the message out. he has the ability to speak truthfully about what's taken place. in the city of new york, for instance, think have been presented from touching certain parts of the body to make an effective arrest. in doing so, they may risk being the criminal themselves. in other words, they have changed the laws locally thate w enforcement officer or face

criminal charges. it's insane. it's insane that we're placing these type of restrictions again the continuous message from the oval office but it goes down through his administration. when he first came into office. he instructed the attorney general to pursue those who intentionally harm and in horrible circumstances kill law enforcement officers. so, also, he provided through an executive order the ability to once again utilize the surplus military equipment. we have heard comments made from politicians that these are assault vehicles. these are attack vehicles. it's the furthest thing from the truth. they are rescue vehicles. in the state of florida, we had the tragedy at the pulse nightclub. an armored vehicle was utilized. it's a rescue vehicle. it was utilized to penetrate the wall to rescue those poor

patrons who were being slaughtered during that horrific event. we utilized. jedediah: i don't want to interrupt you sergeant. >> i'm sorry? jedediah: yeah. we are running out of time. i hate to interrupt you but i want to thank you so much for being here. >> that's fine. jedediah: please thank all the officers on the ground of doing the tough work of keeping us safe every day. we greatly appreciate them. thank you so much. >> appreciate the opportunity. thank you, kindly. jedediah: thank you, sergeant. coming up, the sister of a california man murdered back in 1998 is furious. her brother's killer now a free man released decades early because of coronavirus concerns in prison. she is going to join us live. don't miss this. and though you may have lost sight of your own well-being, aetna never did. by setting up virtual monitoring for chronic patients, 24-hour telemedicine visits, and mental health resources for everyone.

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pete: time for news by the numbers. i'm reasonably certain each story will include a number. first $1.3 trillion. that's how much is in the spending deal approved by house democrats and includes $1 million to rename military bases named after confederate leaders. the measurable also attempts to block border wall funding. next, the number 51. that's how many illegal immigrants were arrested in texas. border agents found them in a stash house during two raids earlier this week they remain in custody. finally, the smallest number of the group, number 1. but it's actually big because that's apple's ranking on the list of most valuable companies. tech giant blockbuster quarterly results cat pulled market value more than a trillion dollars which is griff jenkins' salary as well. griff: i only wish. pete: jed. jedediah: thanks, pete. releasing inmates some convicted of violent crimes over covid-19

concerns. in california imus williams who was sentenced to 84 years to life for first degree in 2001 is now out of prison decades early. the california department of corrections citing a code that allows prisoners to be released in the case of an emergency that endangers their life. griff: her release devastating the family of kevin john ruska who williams shot and killed in a hotel room 22 years ago. this story just unbelievable. john rusko's sister deanna love joins us now. deanna, good morning to you, this must be -- our hearts go out to you because this must be very, very difficult to accept and process. what are your thoughts this morning? >> it continues to be one of complete and utter disbelief. that this woman who kidnapped my brother and put him in the trunk of his car shot him in the

stomach and then drove over 700 miles with him in the trunk of the car and then left him in a hotel room where he bled out and died from the gunshot wound is unfathomable how she is being allowed to be released we are stunned. pete: when you first heard that inmates would be released due to covid months ago or -- could you ever have imagined, conceived that it would include convicted murderers who have years left on their sentence. how could this happen? >> we have had very little explanation from the cdcr. they have not communicated with

us at all the reasons why her health is more important than the rights of the victims and it is very disheartening that this is happening. not just to our family but to those, you know, all over california, that this is happening. it's unconscionable. jedediah: you know she will be released at the age of 44 years old. that's very young. she will have a lot of her own life left to live. your brother's life was taken away from him. your thoughts? >> it's so sad that he was only here for 23 years. he was almost 24 and she could still have a life, a life that he was never able to have.

he was never able to experience the kind of life that you or i have that he will never experience true love and children and extended family. he has been absent for so many big events in our family's life. and it's very, very disturbing that h she is out there. she was released on the 29th of july. and she is free to walk and live her life. griff: dena, our hearts break for the pain this has caused you. in the time we have left, do you have words of advice for the officials to keep this from happening to other families like yours? >> i think that they need to

be -- feel very shameful for them allowing this to happen to families, thousands of families that are struggling with this being revictimized all over again. and having their hearts broken and they need to having better weather it's legislation or, what but needs to happen. pete: real quick, who do you blame for this? >> i honestly hold the governor of california responsible. i hold the cdcr responsible. because our judicial system is designed to keep those who have committed crimes in prison for a determined amount of time. and that is not happening. pete: not with democrats. >> and they have allowed this to

happen. dena love -- jedediah: thank you so much. thank you for being here and sharing this story. many feel this is a grave injustice. our thoughts are with you and your family at this time. >> thank you very much. thank you. jedediah: still ahead, the cdc warning lawmakers about the keeping schools closed. what do parents think? our parent panel is next. what getting fueled with three energy packed proteins feels like. meat! cheese! and nuts! p3. because 3 is better than 1

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>> it's in the public health best interest of k through 12 students to get back to face-to-face learning. there is really very significant health school closure. it's not public health vs. the economy about school opening. it's public health vs. public health. pete: centers for disease control director robert redfield warning legislature's about keeping schools closeds this at new england journal of medicine says reopening medical schools should be a top national priority. what do parents think? joining me to discuss is psychotherapist, father of two and author of disconnected tom kersting, mom of two, karith foster and mom of three barbara majewski. barbara, i will start with you, you heard the experts, the cdc as a parent of children making decisions what should happen as far as opening schools in september? >> i think it's time to get these kids back in the school.

i think statistically they are less likely to be a transmitters of the disease and i really think that they are taking so many protocols to protect the most vulnerable that i think it's okay to move the ball forward and get them back in to school. pete: karith, how about you i believe have decided to take a different approach. there is a lot of uncertainties about what schools are going to do. have you opted to home school which i would love to hear about. what was part of that decision. >> part of that decision was not wanting to get thrown off schedule and discombobulated like we were last spring. i'm choosing to see this as an opportunity to see how my children learnenned a, you know, i want to create critical thinkers. so no offense to the administrators and the teachers who are out there working so hard, but i am seeing this as a positive and a chance to really be the parent that i want to be. pete: and you will be able to pour into your kids in a way they just can't get, especially tom, in an environment in these

government schools where there are going to be a ton of protocols if they do open that could be impediments to learning as well. >> yeah, for sure. even just what i'm seeing not just as a parent but out there as a therapist. some kids having a hard time wearing the masks. some kids have asthma and claustrophobic responses. now in a society where our children have just been immersed on computer screens prior to this. and that's what was causing a lot of depression and anxiety epidemic. now we are going to see more of that like we did in the spring. that's what really concerns me their mental well being. pete: march bra, this has given us a moment to reevaluate how our kids are educated. as a parent, are you satisfied with the schooling they had? has it made you rethink what you want to do and there are new options whether it's home schooling or co-opts where parents get together. some people are looking at private schools that are being more aggressive in how they open. what are your thoughts? >> yeah. i think there has just been a lot of different options and a

lot of ways to explore how we really address education. i just think what you can't replace even with all these other scenarios is the social and emotional development that these kids need during these formative years. so i'm really open to these pods that people are talking about. i think they are great alternative. also think they really don't take into account the most vulnerable members of society that really don't have access to these options. so, you know, just making sure thought conversation always revolves around what are we doing for the most vulnerable members is super important. pete: important point. not everybody can. karith, i believe you are working as well. you are going to work and teach. how do you plan to balance that. >> it's going to be tricky. life isn't perfect. this isn't going to be perfect. you know, my husband and i are both very committed to finding that balance and striking that balance. and while, you know, barbara has an incredible point about the socialization, i think people, a lot of people have a misconception about home school and think you are just in your house, you don't associate with

other people. you don't go out and do things. and that -- there is a freedom that comes with that and that's definitely something that we value. pete: tom kersting you wrote the book on disconnected the intrusive way in divisives warp the way people see the world. if it goes back into virtual actual learning, how much further do we go down that trail? >> i'm already seeing it, pete. i'm getting -- my phone is ringing like crazy private practice from kids from social isolation, are depressed. they are developing anxiety issues that they didn't previously have. one thing with teenagers that i want parents to listen to this. if your teenager who is at home using the computer for school. make sure the phone isn't in the same zod as them. nowhere near them. teacher can't see them like they can in the classroom. pete: that's a great point and kids are crafty. we know that tom, karith and barbara, thank you so much for your insight this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks. pete: pete tomorrow we will have a panel of college presidents

talking about higher education, curriculum and safely reopening. don't miss tomorrow on "fox & friends" as we stay all over education that effects all of our lives. hurricane isaias is moving towards the bahamas as it heads to florida later today. rick, our man, all over it. rick, what's the latest? rick: yeah. so a couple things we are noticing on the satellite representation a little bit of a breakdown. actually a little bit on the bahamas radar as well as as the center of the storm that would be good news. one of the things that we're expecting to see a reason that it won't strengthen that much as we move forward. last few years a lot of storms strengthening rapidly. don't think this will be one of those storms. show you what we're looking at this evening. start to see our closest approach here tonight at arranged 2:00 a.m. that's the official forecast. getting just off the shore, maybe fort lauderdale, west palm and then throughout the overnight hours into tomorrow morning the central coast here of florida. and then we head in towards the

day on monday off the shore of georgia and by monday night, probably some sort of a landfall around the carolina coast line maybe right between south carolina and north carolina. maybe a little bit farther east toward the outer banks that are will probably be a weakened storm. probably not a hurricane a very strong tropical storm take a look at this impacts. a lot of people along the eastern seaboard dealing with this. that said not talking about a major hurricane. impact for rain and storm surge and coastal damage. we will keep track of it and bring you the latest. guys? pete: thank you, rick. jedediah: thanks, rick. appreciate it. and we have got some headlines coming your way now. overnight, president trump announced plans to ban the video sharing app. tiktok in the u.s. the president says he will take action as early as today. tiktok has come under fire as a potential security threat used by china for nefarious purposes. spokesperson for tiktok says they are committed to user privacy and helping to create

american jobs. and the newly restarted mlb season could soon come to an end. the commissioner reportedly threatening to cancel the season if covid-19 isn't handled better. espn access commissioner rob man fred told the player's association that guidelines must be strictly enforced. 21 members of the miami marlins have tested positive for the virus. several games have already been postponed since the league returned last month. and country music star brad paisley isn't letting the pandemic stop him from making a star-studded sing along. >> together. >> why god put us here ♪ drinking on a beach ♪ there is no i in beer ♪ ain't no. >> paisley using zoom to make a video for his new song no i in beer. the video is full of cameos including fellow country music

musician mcgraw. former presidential candidate pete buttigieg and congressman dan crenshaw. those are your headlines. i love a good zoom concert. >> you know, i'm jealous. i would have loved to have been in that ad. looks like that was a good time. >> if you are famous enough like brad paisley you know all these people and text them can you make a beer video you would have had a great one. griff: i'm the beer correspondent indeed. all right. still ahead the president defending his suggestion the election be delayed. our next guest says he can't do it but there are big problems when it comes to mail-in voting. "wall street journal" editorial board member bill mcgurn joins us live to explain. ♪

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result for weeks, months, maybe years after. maybe you will never know the election result. and that's what i'm concerned with. it will be fixed. it will be rigged. griff: now the "wall street journal" editorial board is following trump's lead, saying that while he can't move the election, voting by mail certainly needs to be cleaned up. here to explain it is "wall street journal" editorial board member bill mcgurn. bill, thank you for being here this morning. the piece you wrote this week so very, very important. you wrote delay the election? what? so let's address this head on. because, in this piece, you point out that the president, while raising the question about delaying it will never happen. you had mcconnell, everybody saying no way. however, you also point out that democrats are dangerously blind to the inherent problems with a universal mail know system. explain. >> okay. well, first, i didn't write the -- this is an editorial.

so this is for the newspaper. it's a collaborative effort. we don't usually identify the authors of it. that said, there were two parts to what president trump said. one is the suggestion about delaying the election and the other is about mail fraud and about not knowing results right away. the first part got all the attention. donald trump doesn't want to leave the white house and a statement kind of fed the rumors democrats have been planting that he is not going to accept the results of the election and so forth. so that got all the attention and as you say, it's kind of silly because he can't do it by -- it would take congress to do it and so forth. so, he can't really do that. but, the second part, where he raised concerns about ballot fraud, i think he is absolutely right. and it should be a concern. we have seen so many step ups in these primaries. we have had election fraud before. whether you have a paper ballot

or a physical thing. it's just a lot easier. we thought this was way in the past. you know, in black and white movies where some bad guy is running off with two boxes of ballots? but, you know, of the potential is there. griff: potential, i mean, you are talking about a nationwide mail-in election using the u.s. postal service which has its own problems. and we know there in new york there has already been an issue in a primary that's yet to be called some three weeks later. we had patterson discounting 20% of its ballots. look, some states have mail-in ballots and they have done it for a while. you know, they are used to it, but the midst of covid, we're asking for new infrastructure. if you look around the country infantry, look at the primaries look at pennsylvania and iowa. look at georgia, what's happened? i don't think we should be blah isaiah but the integrity of the elections. there is going to be a lot of

questions about it if votes are delayed. there is going to be tons of lawsuits and litigation. griff: bill, just 10 seconds left here. "yes" or "no," are we prepared to undertake this kind of mail-in nationwide ballot election right now? >> yeah. i fear that we are not totally prepared. we may have the rudiments, but we are going to need a lot of people to do this and to do it correctly. griff: important story bill mcgurn will "wall street journal" editorial board member. thank you, sir. >> thank you. griff: still ahead, a fourth grader who wants to be a navy seal when he grows up is starting his service by helping veterans veterans in his community. his mission? give back with free yard work. he joins us live next. ♪

jedediah: talk about a pint sized patriot. a fourth grader who wants to be a navy seal when he grows up is starting his service by helping veterans and others in his community. his mission give back with free yard work. always appreciated. it's all part of his organization called helping footprint. pete: grayson winfield joins us now along with his dad greg. grayson and greg, thank you so much for being here. grayson, i have to ask. i have a bunch of little boys. a lot of them want to be police officers and navy seals some day. they just run around with guns in the yard, toy ones, you are actually saying i want to do something for vets. what made you say i want to go to the next level and serve people? >> [inaudible] pete: right thing to do in times

of need, dad? you did something right here. what's it like to watch your son follow through with his love of country and what he might want to do in the future? >> pretty amazing. he is a real special guy. helping -- he came up on his own me and mom helped him a little bit. is he a pretty amazing kid. i couldn't be prouder of him. griff: grayson, let me ask you -- jedediah: will greg, how did this all start for greyson? >> it started when i saw people didn't have any food, so i started to give out gift cards. griff: greyson, let me ask you a question. you want to become a navy seal. what, in your mind is a navy seal? who are the navy seals? what do they stand for? >> sea, land and air. [laughter]

[broken audio] pete: that's fantastic. dad, you know, he just gave out the technical definition of what seals do. but to think that your son at that age has that kind of ambition, what in his life or what is in your parenting brought him that way? >> well, i do work for a 911 center here where we live was a volunteer fireman when we lived in new jersey before we moved to south carolina. mom was also a volunteer firefighter. i guess it runs in the blood, i guess. but, even at a young age we noticed that he was a helper. at 4 years old was starting to give away toys at christmas time because the answer we got where there are some kids that don't have a lot like us, dad. so we want to be able to to help them so they can have christmas. jedediah: that's amazing.

i don't want to cut you off but we are running out of time. remind everyone to go to helping footprint.com for more information. thank you so much greyson and greg winfield. amazing story to have. more "fox & friends" coming up on the other side. so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa.com

♪ i got to be free ♪ you give me that that feeling. griff: freedom. good morning, it is 8:00 on the east coast. i'm griff jenkins here in washington, d.c. it is time for "fox & friends weekend" here with pete and jed. good morning to you guys. coming to you live from the swamp where we may in just an hour begin to learn more whether or not the power brokers here can reach a deal to help those that lost their $600 extra unemployment benefit get back on

track. the forecast is not very bright because it doesn't look like they are going to get anywhere. good morning to you pete and jed. pete: good morning, griff. we may have this in a couple days or weeks. we will probably go on vacation in the middle of it though. then when we get back we have five day on the legislative calendar important to us so we have to get if done. we can come together even though we fundamentally disagree on everything. i appreciate the basic characterization but i am of little faith. jed, i know you share that. jedediah: i do share it. politicians right now people have no patients for you. they had no patient patience fou before. the way pandemic shut down and people can't put food on the table you better come together and get it done. another big story we are following, griff. pete: griff is going to get to it but we will talk to one of those restaurants here in new york, griff. the one where george washington and his generals met after the revolution. it's under threat. so no business immune.

griff: i hope the power brokers are listening. it's an important story that we'll be following. also following two major stories as well. this morning president trump vowing to ban the chinese owned video sharing app. tiktok over security concerns as early as today, pete? what do you think? pete: see you tiktok and also tracking hurricane isaias as part of florida braces for its impact. this right here what you are looking at is the eye of the storm. hurricane hunters flying right into it. that's a bucket list job for some as far as the east coast braces for impact. governor ron desantis declaring a state of emergency. beaches are closed. were they open up anyway. stocking up on food and supplies and some fleeing their homes. jedediah: right now high winds are battering the bahamas after isaias left a trail of destruction in puerto rico downing trees and flooding streets. rick reichmuth is tracking it all for us. he joins us live with the latest. rick? rick: hey, guys, yeah.

definitely on my bucket list to get into one of those planes. that's the storm center. it looks strange on satellite representation right now. three kind of distinct areas of storms the center of the storm. that's the far one to the left. a lot of dry air starting to get into it. and that means got not giving a good chance to strengthen. that is good news that said this, is the official track category 1 storm tonight and into tomorrow and into monday as well right here along the florida coast line. wherever that center goes we will seat worst of the weather right to the right side of its farther to the left we could have the center of the storm along the coast line. that would probably be the worst case scenario for florida stays offshore the worst of the weather will remain offshore. that's the story for florida. as we move forth though the storm will continue to kind of track along the coast line, this happens a lot here across the southeastern coast. here is monday just off the shore of georgia and then some time monday night into tuesday,

we are probably talking about a landfall of maybe a very strong tropical storm across parts of the carolinas that's going to bring a lot of rain and wind there and some beach damage especially across out parts of the outer banks. by the time we get into tuesday and tuesday evening. we have got the storm across parts of the northeast bringing pretty significant rain as well. all right, guys. back to you. pete: all right, rick. thank you very much. other top story this morning big one with big consequences for a lot of young people. the president says he is going to ban tiktok as soon as today. the popular video sharing app. is owned by a chinese company which means the communist chinese party controls it as well. and there is ongoing concern it's being used as a tool for chinese intelligence. lucas tomlinson is live from the pentagon with more. lucas, good morning? >> good morning, guys. a move likely to make most teenagers freak out but parents rejoice. president trump says wants to ban the chinese owned popular video sharing app. called tiktok. >> we're looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. we may be doing some other

things. there are a couple of options. but a lot of things are happening. so we will see what happens. but, we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to tiktok. >> the president left no doubt saying he will be banning tiktok to reporters on air force one and said action against the company could come as soon as today. using emergency economic powers executive order. the news comes hours after microsoft reportedly opened talks to purchase the popular app. from beijing u.s. intelligence officials uses the app. to harness americans. some 100 million americans use it a day. watching the homemade very clever video clips. in a statement tiktok pushed bark tiktok user at that time da strict controls on employee access. committed to protecting our user's privacy and safety so continual working to bring joy to families. now this ban does go forward it could save some children some

embarrassment later in life but could force them to choose other hobbies like reading and exercise. guys. griff: all right, lucas. thank you very much. now, pete, we have talked a little bit about this you i will date myself here. tipper -- i freaked out like the teenager i was and i have hated her ever since and never even got over it. this is bigger deal because it involves the chinese communist government getting data sensitive data. i can relate a little bit to these teenagers because you are really taking in -- let's not forget in the middle of a pandemic which is heightened anxieties taking away their escape. their get away. so is there a way, given the serious concerns. security national security concerns even is there a way to do this without pete or jed, without just taking away the

security blanket of these youngsters? >> it's time to take away the blanky. welcome to the real world. the real world there are ideas. left vs. right there. is collectivism. individualism. there are police states. the communist chinese control the technology that is in your app. and in your phone using your data and your face, they have every prerogative to use that later on in life. the commander-in-chief is not charged with being your parent or babysitter in chief. is he charged with protecting our citizens from foreign threats. we know how evil and dangerous the communist chinese are just look at the virus this is a virus in your phone that could be used against you and the president is woke to the reality that american companies need to show that allegiance and chinese owned companies never ever will. so, i think this is the right move -- and what's joe biden going to say? is he going to be in his basement saying the president wants to take away the tock tick

and i'm for it because you know, i want you to have fun on your phone he is in a tough spot. can't say i support tiktok because it's owned by the communist chinese. jed, you break the tie. >> this is a tough position to be in, pete, i don't know. no, you talked about how this would cause parents actually to have a conversation earlier in a former hour you said with their kids about the chinese government. i think that's good but i think, also, parents have a conversation with your kids about apps in general. because, a lot of times people are under the assumption that there is some sort of privacy that exists on a lot of these apps and maybe with certain apps we are not talking about data breaches when it comes to the chinese government but talking about different types of data breaches. talking about a lot of things with respect to a booming social media app. realm that we are not really all that familiar with so obviously if there are data breaches here, that needs to be addressed. whether or not, you know, this should be done by executive order. that's a whole other debate it.

does mowment conversations with parents and kids about the age we are living in and all what implications the social media has for us in general. griff: as a parent of teenagers i worry very much about the world they are growing up in. there was no tiktok around and those concerns when i was younger. also worry, you know, if you broaden this conversation out a little bit. i worry about the world that my teenagers are going to grow up in if there are no police because we have been talking about it. we haven't brought it up here recently but that effort to defund police departments across the country is continuing to grow. it's happening with the city council in seeckets. here is the headline from our friends at foxnews.com. nearly half of the 258 surveyed police agency's budgets cut coming from a big report. you know, this is a very serious thing as well. and a conversation that must not be disengaged because you cannot fundamentally get rid of the police departments in this nation. law and order is the foundation,

the centerpiece of our society, pete. >> seattle city council just voted to abolish police force and instead replace it with a community led safety prevention program call 911 and see if the safety prevention program can shuffle on over. does that look calm? and if we live in a world where there is still violence and seeing more and more of it, what's the right response? tell police that they are going to have less officers, less budget and less ability to respond? or do you empower them to provide the law and order that every citizen deserves whether you live in the inner city or rural parts of this country triller and this has become a political issue rightfully so. i have talked to some cops very recently, a large -- a group of them and even in a place that hasn't seen these riots, they are seeing their budgets cut. because politicians are cowards. they cower to the mob. if they are controlled by democrats. they are going with the flow. jed, it has very dangerous

consequences. jedediah: yeah it, certainly does. let's take a listen to president trump talking to the national association of police organizations about how americans support them. >> you have tremendous public support. and these people feel they have to do this, politicians in order to stay relevant in this far left movement. joe biden has pledged to cut police funding. do you know about that, mic, i assume, flight you heard that little rumor? this guy has been dragged so far left. biden has been taken further left than bernie ever was. bernie was never this. i mean, totally open borders and the sanctuary city stuff that he is approving things that berniener thought of. jedediah: i mean this is enormous problem. have you cities, i can't even believe i'm saying this, but have you cities around this country, multiple cities now. we have seen in seattle, portland where police cannot do their jobs. local governments in many cases saying get out. who is going to in their right

mind want to live in these cities? there are people ohio know, i myself am one of them who don't even want to go into these cities anymore. it doesn't feel safe anymore. you know if your police force does not have the backing of local politicians and cannot do their job, and are resigning and are retiring then you don't feel safe because guess what if you have to call someone to help you that person is usually a policeman or police woman. you remove them. i don't want some social worker showing up. not to demean social workers. they do great work. their job is pick up 911 call and if someone is about to that is not their job that is the job of a policeman or woman. pete: the here to save the day, jed. jedediah: no thank you. pete: let it linger. let it be. jedediah: crazy. crazy madness. we are in a bad movie right now and it is playing out. pete: you get to vote in 90 days because there are very stark differences about how -- seeing

these police unions that came out for obama. they are not partisan. coming out for president trump and there is a reason for that. jedediah: that's right. we have headlines for you now. today the white house is expected to meet with democratic leaders to try to end their stalemate over coronavirus relief. republicans and democrats remain far apart as entrepreneurship accuses nancy pelosi and chuck schumer of refusing to make a deal. meanwhile, dr. fauci clashes with lawmakers on capitol hill when asked about protests causing the virus to spread. >> you have advocated for certain businesses to be shut down. i'm asking you for your position on the protest. >> i'm saying that crowds, wherever the crowds are can give you an increased probability that there is going to be acquisition and transmission. jedediah: california now becoming the first state to top half a million cases. and seven marines and a sailor remain missing after a military vehicle sinks off california's southern coast. the amphibious assault vehicle sunk during a training exercise.

15 service members were on board. one marine died and six others were rescued. two of them are seriously injured. orlando isaac magic first player to stand. he defended his choice press conference. >> wear a black lives matter t-shirt don't go hand in hand with supporting black lives. >> the nba has a rule requiring players to stand during an anthem but commissioner adam silver says he is considering relaxing the policy. pete: considering changing it kneeling except one individual has his own belief doesn't have to go with group think and shows real courage. griff: jonathan isaac still cares about that anthem. part of operation legend as protesters hit the streets. homicides in the city are up 27%. is this wave enough to stop the rising crime?

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>> welcome back, this week the administration sending federal agents more federal agents to three more cities in an effort to curb violent crime under operation legend. one of those cities detroit has seen a rise in crime homicides up up and shootings up 50%. what does it mean for the motor city. here to explain it is the city's chief of police james craig. chief craig, thanks for being there. we saw the operation legend expanding it. you have 42 agents, i believe, there in detroit. what is your reaction to this development? >> i will tell you, griff.

we are excited about our continued relationship with our federal law enforcement partners. you know, what's disturbing is the fact that this is not new. back in december of last year, i stood with attorney general barr, stood with the heads of all the doj operations, fbi, dea and we stood there as partners. and we are still partners. nothing has changed. what has changed though is a renewed commitment to enhance, you know, what we are doing. and let's face it. no one is talking to detroiters. you know, all this business about defund the police, talk to the average detroiter and see what they have to say. the protesters are saying something totally different and this is not about, you know, addressing our by and large peaceful protest. we haven't seen the kind of violence like you see in other cities. griff: chief craig whether it's protesters anarchist or rise in

crime even more troubling. what has been the reaction and relationship you have with your mayor there as we see mayors in places like portland and seattle refusing this help? >> i have got to tell you i'm very fortunate. we have a great working relationship. my mayor understands violence, having been a former prosecutor certainly when we talk we're talking like two law enforcement officers. so he gets that. he wants to continue to drive the crime down. he is very active. we're meeting again with our u.s. attorney here in michigan, matthew snyder who has certainly been a great supporter of ours over the years in terms of reducing violence, eradicating gangs and violent pre predatorsh guns. we are in this lock step. what's going on in these other cities is shameful. but detroiters enforcement. griff: all right. chief james craig thank you for joining us. hopefully other cities will follow the detroiters. thank you, sir. >> thanks, griff. griff: all right.

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jedediah: we are back with quick headlines the supreme court ruling the trump administration can continue building the border wall despite environmental concerns. acting deputy dhs secretary says the ruling was never in doubt. >> the president has told us and he has directed his administration to press ahead aggressively but always within the boundaries of the law. jedediah: earlier this year, the

high court ruled military funds can be used to build the wall. and border agents shutting down a stash house harboring 51 illegal immigrants in texas. border patrol raided the house twice this week. say the agents are from mexico and guatemala. they remain in custody. over to you, pete. pete: thanks, jed. washington met with the generals there. a massive flood damaged that restaurant during hurricane sandy 8 years ago the owners of francis tavern says it might not survive the mayor's indoor seating ban. today the tavern is reopening with outdoor service for the first time sings march 16th. eddie traverse and join from us outside the restaurant live in new york city. teddy and thank you for being here, i have been to francis tavern multiple times. it is amazing piece of history. great restaurant as well. when you consider the revolutionary war. when you consider the damage in years past and the reality that

it could be covid-19 that puts you out of business. eddie, talk to us about the situation you face at that historic spot. >> good morning, pete, at the moment, we are going to get open today for to the end of october when as our season ends, beyond that at the moment we really can't see much of the future with our restaurants and because finishes we have to close the doors. >> you are indoor dining location. you are allowed to be outdoors as was mentioned for a little bit. there is no road map. howe do you plan with no map as to whether or not you can ever go back to your business? >> >> you know, we have been doing this for a very long time and we just have to adjust with all of the changes. and we go in with a positive

attitude, pete, and hope for the best, really. we really do not know and but we have set ourselves up for success as much as we possibly can from today on until we can remain open. and just as i say just hope for the best and we hope that our loyal customers will receive us well in reopening and join us again to dine at francis tavern. pete: do you have many. i look forward to being there. i will read a statement from mayor bill de blasio. he said we worked closely with the industry to create the most ambitious outdoor dining program in the country. we know that won't replace all their indoor. indoor dining has proved risky in other parts of the country. we have come too far to fight this virus to turn back now. how long could outdoor dining sustain you? and when you look at all these people are able to go to hair salons and walmart and target and, you know, shop next to people, do you feel like it's

unfair that you as a restaurant can't be responsible in how you reopen, dead did i? >> 100 percent. we all have been following the news. we all know what the issues are and we all we are really asking for is for a guideline whether it be air quality, social distancing like at francis' tavern we have 9,000 square feet. we are able to social distancing and responsible business owners. we have another restaurant up the street and we have been operating there for months with social distancing and everything around -- you have to be able to trust this business that we will do the right thing. all we are hearing is these bad news cases plus, you are talking tens of thousands of restaurants. and, you know, by the end of october, 90% of us will be closing our doors. pete: tens of thousands of

restaurants of with hundreds of thousands of employees. if you could reopen responsibly right now inside, would you? >> if i could -- sorry, say again? pete: if you could reopen again inside, would you? >> would i? maybe at a 50% capacity, pete, just to ensure other -- there is no cure for the covid as yet. we obviously have our young daughter. we have our family and our customers and their family to think of as well. so safety is first and key and a key element. and i feel that as eddie was saying if we could get some type -- there was some type-out air ventilation that that could be brought in, and and giving us guidelines. customers feel happy to join us and to come in and feel safe coming into us. i would think probably not at full capacity but maybe 50% for

now. pete: customers get to make choices. if you had unsafe environment they would choose not to go there like they would choose you if you did it responsibly if leaders respected you enough to do it. fraunc's tavern check it out while they are outdoors. see where george washington met with his generals very cool. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you so much, pete. >> thank you. pete: coming up the boston marathon bomber just won an appeal of his death sentence after a judge ruled pre-trial media played a role in his conviction. our next guest is from the community and is outraged rightfully by the decision. goal: a world without alzheimer's and all other dementia. because this disease isn't waiting, neither are you. go to alz dot org slash walk.

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book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ >> people are confused with the ruling. concern some families have had in the very beginning that this day was going to come where they were going to have to relive another trial. and, you know, they shouldn't have to relive a trial. pete: boston mayor marty walsh reacting after a federal court overturned the death sentence for boston marathon bomber tsarnaev zarqawi. i catsarnaev. griff: i covered that story. the judge ruled jurors may have been influenced by. such as this 2013 cover story. jedediah: here to react is former superintendent and chief of the boston police department daniel. welcome to the show. a lot of people obviously

outraged by the ruling. explain how this happened and what happens next. >> set up in such a way that death penalty cases are drawn out for years and years and expose the victims and their families to numerous appeals and numerous chances. terrorist to have his day over and over again in court. and the victims not to have finality with this. our system and the terrorists continue to revictimize the families and the victims of this horrific tragic event. pete: is there any city in the america where he could have gotten quote, unquote fair trial people hadn't seen information about it this was international headline news for weeks. what's the justification. >> let's be clear this was followed live around the globe on twitter. first terrorist attack people watching in every second every minute as it played out across the globe. i don't think there is everywhere in america. i don't think there was anywhere in the globe where you could find a jury who didn't see what

happened and note facts and circumstances. this isn't a who done it. he admitted it. this is what did he do and why did he do it? i will tell what you he did? he placed the device behind the leg of an 8-year-old child. that's clear. we see that on videotape. he could have picked anyone my cops or anyone on the street he picked a kid. he not only had to arm the device he then had to detonate it. detonate his device. this theory that his brother made him do it, he armed his device and then hit the detonator as he walked away. he could have pretended that his device didn't work and went away from there he then has no remorse. he joining his brother on a murderous spree murder mit police officer. by the way, the gun was that used to murder him for the person who was allegedly, you know, bullied by his brother, he obtained it. he obtained that gun to protect his drug trafficking at his college university to rob other drug dealers. then he leads -- griff: dan, i think even your dog is upset about this real quick in the moment we have

left, what message does this send to. [dog barking] griff: men and women authorities that captured his -- captured him and killed his brother? >> the message it sends is we have to stand with our victims through another trialing time as they will have to endure the process going forward to bring this individual to the justice that he needs. that's the message we need to have as the men and women the boston police department, our community is to standing again with the victims showed so much class as they are once again met with a challenge of put on by the terrorists and unfortunately our justice system the way it stands today. griff: daniel linskey former chief of the boston police department. again, kudos to your men and the fbi. that happened on a monday. by friday they had their man. it's a tough decision. thanks, dan. pete: thank you, sir. >> thank you. griff: turning now to your headlines. overnight president trump promising to keep federal officers in portland, oregon.

the president tweeting quote: homeland security is not leaving portland until local police complete clean up of anarchist and agitators. the warning comes as a judge suggests federal officers wear football like jersey numbers so they can be easily identified. twitter now backtracking after labeling one of tim tebow's bible messages as sensitive contents. >> there were times in their life where if they stopped, if they quit, if they say no, god, i have had enough, then they would have missed out on the most impactful, most influential at times of their life. griff: twitter users saw this message, suggesting the video had sensitive content. the label is usually posted on graphic images or videos. twitter says tebow's video was flagged in error and has since been fixed. and police body camera footage shows officers rushing to save a terrified horse from a burning barn. >> help us pull. help us pull. >> help us.

>> help us pull. >> let him go, let go, let go. >> police pulling phoebe out of the burning barn in pennsylvania. phoebe's handler says she was spooked by the flames and refused to budge. she thanked officers for saving phoebe's life. and happy birthday to mtv the music channel went live. 39 years ago today. here is some some of the videos that played ♪ ♪ video killed the radio star ♪ ♪ she won't dance with me ♪ we ain't going to take it ♪ we're not going to take it anymore ♪ >> we're not going to take it anymore. the channel is also known for creating hit reality tv shows including the jersey shore and those are your headlines and my kudos thanks to tammy our executive producer who put that in my headline because i

remember that day in 1981 when it launched. i and my friend adam stayed home from school just so we could watch mtv debut and it was video killed the radio star was the first video that ever aired. pete: that is really cool. jedediah: you used to watch it for the videos. i like mtv for reality tv jersey shore. real world road rules. i love all that stuff. pete: griff, i wasn't even allowed to watch. you are there at the founding and my parents are like you are not allowed. griff: you were robbed. pete: i was robbed 100 percent. jedediah: florida hurricane isaias as the state already battles a spike in covid-19 cases. one veteran run group is providing relief on both fronts. how they are doing it, that's coming up next. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now.

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is barreling toward florida as it batters it the bahamas with winds and heavy rain. get to our fox affiliate in orlando who joins us with more as the state braces for impact. matt, good morning. >> good morning. so we are in brevard county one of the coastal counties in florida and of course they are getting ready for the coronavirus -- for the hurricane, actually. and what they're doing because of the coronavirus is owning planning to open twice as many shelters as they need so that people can be socially distanced there. bradforpreferredbrevard isn't oy to go just in case you the county and everyone living there storm coming through mostly overnight saturday into sunday. >> i don't think that's going to be a that bad. go home and put this in storage and hopefully come back on monday. >> so, normally, they have got 250 people manning the emergency operation center here.

but because of social distancing needs and because of the reality of the coronavirus in florida, they are having only 10 people there with it storm coming through and the rest are planning to work from home. pete? pete: all right. matt, thank you very much for the update. griff, over to you. griff: all right, pete, thanks. as braces for ice. one group gearing up to help those in need. team rubicon has been working tirelessly. now turning their attention to the impending storm. joining us now is co-founder and ceo of team rubicon jake wood. we love having you on and hearing about the work team rubicon is doing. it's very interesting though because now as we are getting the report that this is going to probably, isaias is going to remain a cat 1 but track sort of up the east coast. you will have storm surge warnings and problems in flooding all the way from southern florida up to perhaps north of the outer banks and beyond and these are communities already where stores,

restaurants, supplies are difficult to get because of covid-19. talk to me about the compounding problem. >> yeah. absolutely. this is in many ways the perfect storm that many of us have been fearing since the covid-19 outbreak back in march. you know, since march, we have been looking towards the hurricane season with dread knowing that the pandemic was going to create massive complications for any response efforts. you know, the reporter who was just on mentioned that the eoc staff is 10 people when it would otherwise normally be 250 we're having to open twice as many shelters along the coast. you are right. we shouldn't not take this storm seriously just because it's a category 1. you hit the nail on the head. it's the water damage, this storm surge that could create massive complications for the response effort. ultimately, it's going to be incumbent upon citizens from florida all the way through north carolina to heed the warnings of their local officials and take this very

seriously. griff: jake, you normally in these situations previously to covid would turn your men and women loose, ready to hit the ground. now, this time you are also having to take precautions for their safety. what are you doing? >> well, we have been doing that since march. we have reworked all of our disaster response protocols from top to bottom to ensure that we can deploy our volunteers into a covid environment as safely as possible. obviously, we have to continue to measure the risk vs. reward and, you know, our number one priority is always going to be the safety of our volunteers, the communities they serve and the communities those volunteers return. to say we are prepared to send our volunteers into the disaster zone. we have been in other disasters throughout the u.s. since covid hit. but, clearly, it is going to reduce our capacity. bottom line though, team rubicon rises to the occasion and i don't see this as being any different. griff: that's an important bottom line. i think, jake, is there a message you want to give to there is people out there that

don't know they are going to have four or five feet of water flooding their basement in the next 48 hours. perhaps as they get there as many victims do in these storms oh my gosh this has happened to me. is there a message you want to send them even though it seems even nor scary, you are going to come? >> yeah. i would say this for all your viewers out there. your first obligation is to prepare your family for this storm. your second obligation as an american is to get ready to help your neighbor should they need it. you know, this will be a whole of community effort if this storm does cause the damage that it potentially will and i just encourage everybody out there to be ready. >> jake wood, ceo of team rubicon, thank you for the work that you and your men and women do as this storm comes, hopefully we will get through this one, too. thanks, jake. >> thank you. thanks for having me. griff: coming up, at least a dozen sharks spotted in long island's waters this week alone as maine marx its first fatal attack. how worried should east coast

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jedediah: at least a dozen sharks spotted this week in the waters around long island, new york. with sharks spotted up and down the east coast, should swimmers be worried about going in the water in our next guest tags and studies sharks for a living. nic whit? i a senior you will scientist at the new england aquarium. welcome to the show. i have to i don' confess, i'm an of the water not so much a fasten the sharks. so, can you tell us how bad is this? should i be scared? give me the details. >> well, no, you shouldn't be scared. you should be aware. there has been a lot of sightings off of long island

this last week as you mentioned we know sharks use this area. this is nothing new, necessarily, it is something to be aware of whenever did you go to the beach and go in the water. you should check out your surroundings, if sharks are around maybe not the best time to go in the water. jedediah: if you look at the map we see shark attacks in the u.s. this year. 13 attacks, two fatalities, the numbers are thankfully small as of right now. what are some guidelines for people who may want to go to the beach, want to go in the water, don't want to give that up but want to avoid any sort of interaction with a shark? >> well, you want to pay attention what's going on. if did you go to the beach and there is a lot of bait fish there and you see birds feeding there is probably larger fish around meeting on those bay fish and that means sharks are probably nearby feeding as well. you want to be aware of that. if there are seals around avoid swimming near seals prey items

for larger sharks. keep your eyes open. jedediah: doctor, i have to ask this question i have had had terrible luck when it comes to encounters with animals in the past. let's say you are in the water and worse case scenario there is a shark and you spot that shark, is there anything that you can do while in the water to prevent that shark from coming your way or at least minimize the dangers for new that moment? >> well, i think if you are in the water and you see a shark, i mean, first of all, consider yourself lucky because most people never get to see one. secondly, it is a good idea to just calmly leave the water. it's -- the shark is probably not going to bother you. especially if you are seeing it. most people who are bitten by sharks don't see the shark before it bites. so, it's probably just minding its own business and doing its thing. but, yeah, definitely a good idea to just calmly, smoothly leave the water. jedediah: yeah, you know, if i wind up seeing a is that correct in the water, i got to tell you i'm not going to be grateful for that moment. i got to be honest with you.

and just, is this more -- is this something that's just being reported more now or is this something that has always existed and we just didn't know because it wasn't being covered as extensively? >> well, that's a big part of it. i mean, in the past, you know, there were shark sightings on beaches and it would be a story for that person or that family who saw it. now everyone is carrying around a smart phone where they can take a video and then instantly put it online and it can go viral within minutes. so, i think the number of sightings it's hard to gauge how much of it is from actually more sharks around and how much of it is just from everyone being able to plush it online. jedediah: dr. whitney, thank you so much. we hear a lot about this. you have a pretty amazing job by the way tracking sharks. that's pretty cool stuff even though i am a little bit afraid of sharks. i saw just a a jaws at a young t did not serve me well. >> so did i. jedediah: you had a very

different response. thank you so much, doctor. >> very different. jedediah: here is a live look outside of nancy pelosi's office. any moment democratic party leadership will meet with the trump administration for emergency talks hoping to hash out a deal for more coronavirus relief. the latest on where negotiations standing and where they may end up. that's coming up. what if i sleep hot? ... or cold? introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed... . . . r. can it help keep me asleep? r. absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring. exactly. no problem. ...and done. will it help me keep up with mom? you've got this. so you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. and now, no interest until january 2023 on all smart beds. only for a limited time.

>> we begin the final hour of "fox & friends," we're following two major stories. first, this is a live look at statutory hall on capitol hill. we're waiting for republican and democrat leaders to arrive. they're meeting at any moment to try to end the stalemate on covid-19 relief, that's outside the speaker of the house nancy pelosi's office. griff: sure is. we're tracking hurricane isaias, as parts of florida brace for impact today. it's battering the bahamas with powerful rain and heavy vince.

jedediahrains.jedediah: rick je with details. >> reporter: we had a squall blow into fort lauderdale. we're getting wet right now. this will be the scene for the rest of the day on and off and beyond for much of the florida coastline. all 19 coastal florida counties have a state of emergency in effect. all state beaches, state parks and marinas have been closed. it's pretty empty on the beach. you can see the palm fronds moving a little bit and the winds, they're not now expecting the hurricane to hit here in fort lauderdale, although a hurricane warning is in effect for this county, broward county. they think now the storm will jog a little north of us and hit bocboca raton and perhaps to the north of that as a category 1 with 85-mile-an-hour winds. they are locking up the furniture out here, trying to bat ton of down -- baton down

the hatches in case the storm goes a little more to the west. it's done damage to the islands. there was flooding and other wind damage in turks and caicos and puerto rico got hit pretty hard and of course the island has soon its share of troubles over the last few years from storms like this one. they're telling us now that this storm likely to be a category 1 along the coast of florida and skirt the coast, all the way up, possibly make landfall in the carolinas. we heard from governor ron de santis, issuing warnings to floridians. >> i think it's pretty clear we will get at a minimum tropical storm force wind impacts, likely hurricane force wind impacts. make sure you have your plan, make sure you have seven days of food and supplies and medicine. there could be power outages. >> reporter: conditions here are not bad now. aside from the rain that we're in. and they don't think they'll get

too bad here until later this afternoon and into tonight, guys. rick, thank you very much. let's go to the other of side of the hurricane rick sandwich, rick reichmuth tracking the hurricane. rick, where's it going? >> florida, the coast of florida, we're going to watch. i want to point this out. we're at the very beginning of hurricane season, we're actually two months in, the first two months traditionally don't have a lot of action. most of that action really starts to pick up deeper into august, peaking around september 10th. we're at our ninth named storm of the year. a general year, you have about 12 storms. you get the idea, a really active year so far. this right now is where isaias is right now, across parts of the bahamas, moving at around 12 miles an hour. it's not a slow-moving storm. we're not going to talk about dealing with this for a week or 10 days but we'll deal with it

for about the next four days before we're fully done. this is a model depiction, what one forecast model thinks the radar will look like as we move forward in time. you see the worst of it are the reds and yellows. that stays off the shore of florida. that is good news, probably bring rain there. probably the worst of the rain will stay offshore, to the right of it. another model looks at the precipitation total. you get the idea, florida not that bad. some spots will see a little bit more as it tracks to the west, a little to the east. when you get to the carolinas, that's where we're probably going to see the bulk of the rainfall. as we get into the day on tuesday, it goes further to the north and areas of new jersey and in throughout parts of new york and parts of new england, some of those spots, maybe 3 to 4 inches of rain, that will be wind-driven so problems across parts of the northeast later on this coming week.

griff: all right, rick. we'll be following that. we're following the capitol hill story. we can give you the live shot here outside of speaker pelosi's lobby as it's known, that's the camry we -- camera we have on the house side of the u.s. capitol. we expect secretary mnuchin and mark meadows to come here and meet with speaker pelosi and chuck schumer to see if they can hammer out a deal because meadows, as mentioned yesterday, has made four offers to try and extend those $600 extra enhanced employment benefits that ran out of yesterday. some form of -- to keep talks moving forward for an overall fourth phase stimulus package. here is what chief of staff meadows said yesterday about the four offers being rejected. listen. >> at the president's direction, we have made no less than four different offers to

democrats on capitol hill on how we can make sure that the enhanced unemployment that is set to expire today, along with eviction protection that is set to expire as well is protected and those four different offers have been actually rejected but more importantly than that, they've not even been countered with a proposal. jedediah: this is what makes politicians insufferable to people very often. ear we are in the midst of a pandemic and so many people, so many businesses have been shut down and they can't look to their politicians. and why? why is that? because democrats have decided to hold this issue hostage. they want more funding. hathey decided to seize on this moment to make that happen. they'vthey've come and said lets

something temporarily to ease people's pain and democrats should remember that people and voters will remember these things. and there will be consequences to these in terms of the way people vote at the polls because many businesses, many people around the country are suffering. they don't have time for partisan politics right now. they don't have time for nancy pelosi or chuck schumer to play games. this is about their livelan livelandhood, about -- livelihood and about putting food on the table for their families. >> politics can be insufferable, especially when you're negotiating with a party captured by socialists which is what the democrats are trying to advance with a bill making things permanent, and we've got a report, griff, from one of your colleagues in d.c. moments ago that this meeting is principals only, no staff involved in the meeting and he wrote that talks are stalled. mark meadows, an article came out about these negotiations, there have been a lot of leaks about them and mark meadows put

a statement out which i think is pertinent to what you said. he said to pass a bill, democrats must reject the extreme par partisan voices in r party. they're looking at november 3rd and probably a day later they'll say okay, let's open up the country but the democrats have to reject extreme voices in their party so we can get our country somewhere quicker than it's going right now all of this is difficult enough. when you feel like one party has a bunch of leverage and there's a presidential election and they can blame somebody else for people's plight, suffering is to the advantage of nancy pelosi right now because the white house is seriously looking and saying we need a solution, we can do this, we can work with you and they're not coming to the table. griff: here's the problem. nancy pelosi knows she has that leverage. not even republicans are unanimously on-board with even doing a phase four bill and they certainly are not on the same page when it comes to extending

those $600 unemployment benefits. you see majority leader mcconnell now has teed up this vote for a skinnier version of that where there may be a $200 benefit which is a third of what they're getting. he doesn't have the vote there either. mcconnell did tweet, you have to have 60 votes so democrats have to come to the table. the rules of washington, if you know that the other party isn't on the same page then you've got a lot of leverage, jed. jedediah: yeah, and you know -- democrats like chuck schumer and nancy pelosi you know they're sitting there and saying to themselves, oh, if there's stagnation or people suffer, president trump will be blamed for this. you know they're thinking that and that's disgusting. that's disgusting. because who cares. who cares who gets blamed at this point. people are suffering. you look at businesses boarded up, you look at people who have

been coming on -- they've been coming on our show, saying please let us reopen. we don't know what to do we've worked 20, 30 years to have this business succeed and it's being taken away from us. they're begging for relief and you're sitting there tit-for-tat in washington, d.c. that's a luxury that politicians have that most people in america don't possess and it's disgusting. pete: we monitor a little bit -- one show that will have a nugget of interesting information even though its host is a member of the left, is real time with bill mahr and cancel culture is something we talk on this show. bare weiss was talking about cancel culture many here's insight from that show. >> what cancel culture is about is not criticism it's about punishment. a writer called it something like social murder. i think that's right. it's not just about punishing

the sinner. not just about punishing the person for being insufficiently pure. it's about a sort of secondary boycott of people who would speak to that person or appear on a platform with that person. in order to do our of job well, writers and editors, we need to have a level of bravery and thick skin and fearlessness and when you are living in fear of an online mob, all it takes is a dozen people to repeat a lie about you. pete: she's pointed out before, the new york times folks there have said it feels like twitter runs our editor call decision making and that is the mob, mostly leftist on twitter with the loudest and screechiest voices. it's great to see common sense come out and pointing this out. hopefully more and more people will realize what cancel culture really is and how it ruins lives in advancing an you agenda. jedediah: and bari weiss has been very brave in reporting not

only with respect to her resignation and bullying that went on at the new york times and talking about cancel culture in general. she's taken a lot of heat from folks in the left. she thinks it's important enough to highlight. we need people to talk about this trend in our country it has to stop, it's dangerous. good on her for doing this. we're going to turn to headlines in this 9:00 a.m. hour. overnight president trump announces plans to ban tiktok in the u.s. the president says he will take action as early as today. tiktok has come under fire as a potential security threat used by china for nefarious purposes. a spokesperson for tiktok said they are committed to user privacy and helping create american jobs. and a wildfire burned through more than 1,000 acres in southern california forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. video showings flames nearing homes as temperatures reached triple digits in some areas. 200 firefighters are battling the flames.

the fire is at zero percent containment. and the alleged master mind behind an unprecedented twitter hack is a 17-year-old. graham clark was an arrested ats tampa apartment, after posting a bitcoin scam to the twitter pages of prominent figures. two alleged accomplices were taken into custody. prosecutors say they made over $100,000 on the day of the hack. and a soldier getting a surprise graduation ceremony after returning from the middle east. army specialis special specialig receiving an associates degree. he was welcomed home by his family and fiance after serving abroad for nearly a year. he now plans to put his degree to work. and those are your headlines. griff: all right. here, let's look live again at

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let golo help you lose weight and reach your health goals quickly. head to golo.com. that's golo.com. pete: welcome back. emergency talks underway on capitol hill between the administration and democrat congressional leaders. in a last ditch effort to make a deal. those four individuals right now behind closed doors without staff, with some rather blunt conversations. here's what we can expect, what can it be. colorado congressman ken buck joins us with some insight. what are they talking about and can they reach a deal? >> i think they can reach a deal

and they must reach a deal to make sure that americans get some relief. the governors shut down the economy in america. the federal government has come in and done its best to make sure they eased some of the suffering. but we are creating now with this $600 a week incentive on unemployment, we have disincentivized work and i think the administration understands certainly republicans in congress understand that we have to make sure that we incentivize people going back to work. i hear from my constituents in colorado they have trouble as they're reopening getting workers and that's something we can't have in the system. we learned from the obama administration and the sluggish years during the obama administration that you can't pay people more to stay out of work than to actually go back to work. pete: i heard that quite a bit myself. that $600, what it was was a supplement to state unemployment. it's not as if people are getting nothing, it's how much additional republicans saying maybe it shouldn't be that much in petter duty.

liability - -- perpetuity. what do the republicans need to stand for. >> it's important to make sure we don't give additional unemployment benefits over and above what someone would make if they went back to work. number two, the liability is an important issue to employers. they want to make sure when they bring people back to work and take reasonable efforts to make sure those people don't have covid, that they are not sued down the road if someone ends up having covid. so i can see their perspective and there's an awful lot of pressure from the business community to act on the liability issue. pete: it can work the other direction as well. there's a restaurant in colorado where you're from, called cnc breakfast and korean kitchen, it's closed permanently. they had their license suspended in may when they opened up on mother's day, in defiance.

they were forse fors forced to . they're suing the state for discrimination. do they have a case? >> i think they have a case. look, we have a fundamental difference of opinion in america over this disease. many republicans and many people in my district believe that it's up to the individual to act responsibly and then take account for their actions. and this restaurant opened, people had a choice to go to the restaurant or not go to the restaurant. and the governor in a punitive way shut down this restaurant to serve as an example to other restaurants. so many restaurants are going out of business now because they can't operate under the model that we have in colorado and so many other states. pete: it's a great point. you respect the individual and their responsibility. it feels like that's the contrast of the bills being negotiated right now too. are we planning to be shut down from the top down or do we want to empower businesses and people to move forward.

you've got a new book out of, i want to give you a chance to talk about it, called capital of freedom, restoring american greatness. from where you sit, what case do you make in the book about how we do that. >> i give tours of the capitol in the evening. we have symbols of freedom in the capitol. the cancel culture we're involved in right now is so contrary to what made america great. i talk about so many issues we see in the capitol and how the progressives that are in congress are just moving contrary to all the great things that this country has to celebrate and it's unfortunate and i think it is very timely that we start talking about our history. pete: told from someone who has been there and is in the middle of it. representative ken buck, the book is capital of freedom. congratulations, thanks for being here. joe biden narrowing his list of shadow president picks, the vice president. what is his short list? why one paper from kamala

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griff: time now for quick headlines. the naacp head in philadelphia under fire for sharing an anti-semetic post on facebook, it showed a jewish cakier ca ca. he said he wanted to start a, quote, dialogue around criticism and understanding. twitter now backtracking after labeling one of tim tebow's my bell message as sensitive content. >> you never know what god is doing with your life. you never know what he is

preparing you for. pete: twitter says tebow's video was flagged in error and has since been corrected. jed. jedediah: thanks, griff. as joe biden continues to delay his announcement for a vp candidate, a california newspaper run by a former top aide to kamala harris is now urging biden to pick congresswoman karen bass over the california senator, writing bass clearly wants the role and others see a likely pick. cakamala harris tried to end joe biden's career. she failed and now she's the vp favorite. here to react, juan williams. welcome to the show. hope you're not causing too much trouble at the five but you never know. [ laughter ] >> you never know. but good morning to you, jed. it's good to see you. jedediah: you never know. better time to have you here

than when we're on vp watch. what do you make of this, the sacramento bie bee endorsing n bass over kamala harris. are you surprised? >> remember that i think they probably know her better, sacramento is the state capital and karen bass was the leader of the state assembly so she has quite a record in sacramento. people know her, like her. remember, it's quite a contrast. she was a social worker as opposed to harris who was a prosecutor, a lawyer. and i just think that people on the ground including the people in the editorial department probably have a sense of karen bass as the kind of person that you can easily talk to, feel comfortable with. just to be fair to harris, jed, let me just say that there are lots of attacks on her coming from all directions at the moment and that may be an indication that she's a frontrunner for this election. jedediah: here's the thing, juan.

does karen bass have enough name recognition? because my perception is that joe biden needs someone with good name recognition, like a kamala harris, because voters need to view that as the top of the ticket. may not be called the top of the ticket but it kind of will be the top of the ticket in terms of someone who can get out there and do this campaigning really well. is someone who people don't know by name very well, will that be enough? >> that's a great point. i take it to heart. i don't think people do know karen bass in the way that they know senator harris. now, keep in mind, though, that if you're inside the biden campaign, joe biden has a lead in the polls over president trump. he's really about getting somebody there that he's comfortable with, he says, and secondly, somebody that doesn't do any harm in terms of shaking things up, providing a target for critics on the trump side to go after. so in a way, the fact that karen

bass is not as well-known might be, as vice president biden considers all of the possibilities for an announcement next week, it may be that the fact that she's kind of flying under the radar is an advantage. jedediah: yeah. i want to ask you quickly about mail-in voting, obviously this stirred up quite a bit of controversy. president trump has weighed in, saying this will be a big problem, says the election could be rigged, results could be fixed as a result of this. what's your take on mail-in voting and could the system be over weloverwhelmed. >> just to be quick, i know you're going here, yes, your point is well taken. things could be overwhelmed. there's arguments over of cuts to postal service at this juncture when they would be under a lot of pressure to handle the mail-in votes. the larger point i think is that the president really is trying to raise questions about the whole of election system. it looks like he's just trying to throw the whole basket up in

the air and show distrust in the process because we have five states right now that have mail-in voting. i think it's oregon has had five presidential elections with mail-in voting. colorado has seen a senate seat switch from democrat to republican with mail-in voting. no examples of real fraud. people have looked for this, but just haven't found it. i think the president, we know our president, he's one to stir things up. jedediah: i think that could be universally agreed on. juan williams, thank you so much. great to see you here on the weekend. >> good going. thanks, jed. jedediah: white house coronavirus task force members are grilled on capitol hill on how to get kids safely back to school. congressman mark green was at that hearing and he joins us with his thoughts. you are looking live at miami beach. florida now bracing for hurricane isaias as it gains

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towards florida's eastern coast right now. pete: we begin with rick leventhal in fort lauderdale with the latest on storm prep. >> reporter: we were getting dumped on 30 minutes ago. if you don't like the weather in florida, wait five minutes. it's clear now. but on the horizon, we have significant dark clouds headed this way. we expect to get a lot more rain along the south florida coastline in the hours ahead. you can see the red flags flying on the beach. all of the beaches on the coastline have been closed, thanks to the governor's state of emergency declared for the 19 coastal counties. the hurricane shuters have been closed here on the beach in fort lauderdale. the storm is jogging they expect along the coast, will probably brush along here. there will be hurricane force winds over the ocean. there is a warning, a hurricane watch here in broward county. but to the north of us in boca and beyond, the hurricane warnings are in effect and they

do expect that they will see some of those category 1 winds later today, into tonight and tomorrow, the storm has slowed just a bit. it did damage along the island chain, turks and caicos got hit pretty hard yesterday, puerto rico saw some flooding and other storm damage. those islands were hit hard over the last few years by hurricanes. you have to understand that florida is dealing with coronavirus -- significant coronavirus cases right now. their cases have been spiking down here. that creates some complications for the shelters that they had hoped to open here and they have put 20 shelters on stand bye. standby. the governor is encouraging people to shelter at home. here's more of what he said. >> we have the non congregate options available. a lot of that will be using hotels to be able to do that and that has been something that's been prepared for. that has not been necessary up to this point. we'll see over the next 12 to 24

hours. >> reporter: so again, hurricane watches and warnings in effect up and down the florida coastline and one thing that the governor wanted to remind people and the national hurricane center is reminding us is tropical storm force winds extend 150 miles out, 75 miles from the center. even if the storm is 50 miles off the coast, we'll get tropical storm force winds along florida's coastline and that can do damage so people are being asked to hunker down. pete: rick leventhal. thank you for the update. we'll toss it now to rick reichmuth who is tracking the path of the storm. rick. >> reporter: here's a map version of what rick was talking about, hurricane warrant warninn effect from the bahamas to north of daytona beach, that's where the hurricane warnings are in effect. we'll have the hurricane very close to the coast starting tonight, in throughout all day tomorrow, into tomorrow night. here's where it is right now across parts of the bahamas, a

lot of action towards the east of it. it's fairly disorganized. there's been dry air getting into the center of it. that will prohibit it from strengthening certainly but also could cause it to weaken just a little bit as we move forward, which is good news that we aren't going to see any real significant strengthening. that said, you can see the radar starting to pick it up, radar goes out a couple hundred miles here, so can't go that far, starting to see some of that rain move in. that's from where the radar beam goes out. here's your track. you see tonight we start to get very close, maybe down towards around fort lauderdale and throughout the overnight, in throughout the day tomorrow, kind of hugging that coastline, potentially a little bit closer. we could see a little bit of a landfall interaction throughout parts of florida. eventually we'll likely see best chance that we're going to see a hurricane landfall from that or at least a tropical storm landfall is across parts of the carolinas and then the impacts throughout tuesday into the northeast. back to you.

griff: rick, thanks very much. we'll be following it. members of the coronavirus task force were on capitol hill yesterday emphasizing the need to reopen schools. >> it's in the public health best interest of k-12 students to get back in face-to-face learning. there's really significant public health consequences of the school closure. it's not public health versus the economy about school openings. it's public health versus public health. griff: congressman mark green was at the hearing. he joins us now. congressman, thank you. important hearing, the witnesses before the panel for the first time, school opening's a big topic. what did we learn? >> we learned from dr. redmond -- thanks for having me on the show. we learned from dr. redmond that there are significant health consequences for students if they don't go back to school. 7.4 or 7.1 million children get their behavioral health and their nutritional health through school. those children will be harmed. we're seeing adolescent suicides

increase massively all across the country. you know, it can be debated whether the -- for adults, anyway, the cure versus the disease. which is worse. for children, absolutely the cure is far worse than the disease. we got to get kids back in school. jedediah: congressman, right now we're watching gop democrats at odds over covid-19 relief benefits. you have funds expiring overnight. schumer, pelosi, meadows, holding emergency talks right now. president trump railing against democrats saying, listen, republicans have presented several options of temporary relief and said listen, we'll do this and then we can deal with the rest later. nothing seems to be happening and americans are really worried. can americans count on something getting done here? >> well, first remember, when we had the cares act they had a nice little plan worked out and nancy pelosi parachuted in and delayed the ppp from getting to american businesses by at least 10 of day10 days and she's doine

exact same thing again. okay, they're back to talking again today. something will happen. but the democrats have got to get their pet projects, $25 million for the kennedy center performing arts, all that junk, they've got to get it in there. it's their pet projects and that's what's holding everything up, once again. pete: congressman, a lot of the debate is about extension of unemployment at the federal level. people don't want to be on unemployment, they don't want the supplement, they want to have their job back. but a lot of businesses can't open because they have a threat of liability or mandates in the state. what can republicans do through this process, if anything, to demonstrate, hey, here's what we're going to do to help you open of up safely which is really the only opportunity to revive the economy that everybody needs. >> absolutely. you just hit on the number one and the number two. if we want to fix america's

health we've got to get the economy going again. if we want to get the economy going again we've got to get americans back to work. if we want to get americans back to workings we have to stop paying them more not to work. americans are smart. if they can make more money not going to the office, they're not going to go to the office. it's just -- it's simple math. so that's one issue. we have to fix that. businesses have got to be protected. i mean, just because someone walks into your restaurant and two days later they become positive for covid, that's not a lawsuit that should ever happen. we have to fix both of those and, again, that cascade of getting americans back to work, getting businesses back open, are the -- that's the fastest way to fix health. griff: take us inside that meeting. pelosi said going in we don't want a short-term deal but yet meadows said they won't negotiate. how do we get to solve the problems you just described? >> well, it's just another negotiation. i mean, honestly, we could

probably get them to liability and to change the unemployment but we're going to have to figure out what we're willing of to give up. that's the way the cares act went. we wanted to get ppp to the businesses. we just had to decide what we were willing to eat in order to get that done and that's the negotiation that's happening right now. they've got two tablets of paper. their wish list, what we think needs to happen to get the economy going again and they're just line iteming and they're going to determine what it as to get the deal done. pete: congressman mark green, thank you very much for your time. good luck on capitol hill. >> thanks, guys. pete: starting with a fox news alert, breaking right now. a chinese company that owns tiktok agreed to divest all of their stake. reuters reporting the company was previously hoping to keep a minority stake in the app if it was sold to an american buyer. president trump vowed to ban tiktok in the u.s. as soon as

today over concerns of the company's ties to the chinese government. microsoft is also reportedly in talks to buy the app. the president's threats having an impact and potentially protecting americans and their security. in another story, boston marathon bombing victims slamming a federal court for overturning the death sentence one victim calling the ruling disgusting while another writes he needs to die. the court said the original jury was influenced by pretrial publicity. the superintendent for boston's police department, the previous one, joined us earlier to discuss the ruling. >> this was followed live around the globe on twitter, the first terrorist attack that people watched every second, every minute as it played across the globe. i don't think there's anywhere in america, anywhere in the globe, where you could find a jury who didn't see what happened. pete: yep, he will still serve life in prison.

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pete: we're back with an update on a story we've been following closely. the gym owner who defied new jersey lockdown orders are forced to break into their own business after it was closed by the state. watch. [ cheering and applause ] >> ian smith and frank tr of ombetti knocking down the doors moments ago. smith says he hates that it has come to this but governor phil murphy forced them to act. the two have been fighting

murphy's virus restrictions for months. guys, the basic principle has been if big box stores are open up responsibly, we can do. they've done that. they remained open of. they he defied orders. they took the doors off the hinges. they boarded it up. they kicked it down this morning. so they can open it up. we'll see where this story goes. kudos to them for sticking up for what they believe in. griff: the doors never stood a chance. the trump administration has taken unprecedented action to reform america's workforce, by prioritizing skills and talent over a college degree. what does it mean for blue collar workers? here with advice is entrepreneur and founder of rough industries, the million dollar ditch digger, ken russ. tell us about the skills based folks out there amidst the

pandemic. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate being here. one of the things that happened 20 years ago was we decided to close shop classes in high school. that means millions of kids couldn't learn basic skills like carpentry, welding and mechanics. griff: let us show, to people e have a sense, two thirds of americans age 25 or older have less than a bachelor's degree. for those that have teenage kids and others and you see -- hear the numbers of 2019, it was 36%, 2010, 29.9%. how should youngsters be looking at the workforce? >> i think it's time to be a contrarian thinking. if you think about the laws of supply and demand, if everyone is going down the college path, down that road, that probably opens up great opportunities

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pete: we've been following their rv adventure as they travel across america. griff: now chip wade and his family have arrived at their final destination. jedediah: he joins us live from mount rushmore. chip, welcome. >> thank you for having me. we've been gone for an entire month. we're here at mount rushmore. the black hills have so much to do. we roa rode at vs for 75 miles. we drove down pike's peek. wpeak.we went all the way to gle where the wild -- glacier where the wildlife was unbelieveal. we bought b binoculars. the kids love to look at the

bison at dusk and after dark. it's an awesome thing to have. i packed custom backpacks for each of the kids. these are from fall raven. each of the kids have head lamps, bug spray, all of that stuff, which was awesome. some of the things that made the trip the best was that poly and i didn't take ourselves too seriously. i got a lot of fun custom shirts that the kids love, i got these off zulily. there's tons for camping and fun. one thing i recommend doing is getting an rv from a dealer where you can have the direct contact with the owner. i bought mine back in atlanta at a place called mountain creek rv. i got the guy's name who is super responsive and helped me along my way. he gave me a great tip, which was take your rv ahead of time to practice connecting your sewer and water and your power to make sure you have no unknowns on the road.

and remember, don't forget your quarters. everything in an rv runs on quarters. your laundry, your car washes, all that type of stuff. but the biggest take-away right now is if you're thinking of going on a trip with your family out west, do it. it is amazing. it is an awesome experience. you can follow my itinerary at wadeworkscreative.com. you can look at all the places we've experienced. i promise you guys will have a blast. you guys, enjoy. pete: it's been a pleasure to follow your family. i know it's been fun to actually be there. thanks for bringing it to us and our viewers. i mew knew i forgot something h the rv and that's practice. more "fox & friends" coming up. ♪

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going on a rv trip. are you in. griff: i'm in, i hope we can go swimming with sharks. jedediah: i'm if there's no bugs. we'll see you here tomorrow, bright and early. neil: we're on top of two storms barreling down, one of the mother nature variety, the other of the political variety, and both really front and center for us this morning. keeping an eye on hurricane eye sighas and -- isaias, it could be a category 2 and barreling right towards the florida coast. we're also following developments in washington where the principal players to try to get a stimulus effort going on the coronavirus are at least still talking so that's a promising sign. what we don't know is whether they have come to any agreement on those unemployment benefits that expired aea