>> this is a fox news alert. congressional democratic leaders now meeting with top white house officials behind closed doors. they're trying to get to a deal on the next round of coronavirus relief. it's been about three hours now since they first got into that meeting. there is no clear end in sight per our sources on capitol hill. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington d.c. on this beautiful afternoon. leland, it's great to be with you and great to be with everybody at home. i'm gillian turner. leland: good to be with you. it's called a principals only meeting from the white house,

and pelosi and schumer. missing with that a mitch mcconnell. and we will get into the negotiations and what's at stake in a minute. first to a social media storm, tik-tok is now responding to president trump's threats. the popular chinese-owned video app company saying it's quote, not planning on going anywhere. lucas tomlinson live from the pentagon, there are serious questions about tik-tok's security issues. hi, lucas. >> hi, leland. in a move likely to make parents rejoice, but teenagers to freak out, tick-toparticula move to make them share some of their american holders. we may be banning tik-tok or a couple of options, a lot is happening. we'll see what's happening, but we're looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to tik-tok. >> the president later told

reporters on air force one he will be banning tik-tok as soon as today using emergency economic powers. u.s.-owned microsoft reportedly opened talks to purchase the popular app. u.s. officials long warned that the chinese government uses the app to harvest data on americans and security risks. some 100 million americans use it watching homemade or clever video clips. >> we've heard your outpouring of support and we want to say thank you. we're not planning on going anywhere. >> relations between washington and beijing continue to plunge after the u.s. kicked china out of its consulate in houston, calling it a den of spies. and resources at the md anderson in houston. and they kicked the u.s. out of china days later.

>> we see what it is, the central threat of our times, our vigorous diplomacy led to an awakening to the threat of the ccp. senators, the tide is turning. >> reuters reports that the chinese company agreed to sell its american operations in order to make a deal with the white house. leland: charlie gasperino has reports on that, as to microsoft possibly making a bid. lucas tomlinson, thank you. gillian: negotiations are underway between the white house and congressional democrats after they failed to get to a deal on coronavirus relief yesterday. this of course, leaves tens of millions of americans without that extra $600 weekly check as the benefits expired. mark meredith joins us live from 1600 pennsylvania avenue with the latest thinking. >> we'll see what comes out of that meeting.

neither appeared to be optimistic that a deal could be reached on the next economic stimulus. we started to see the senior lawmakers and white house officials going in at 9:00 this morning. speaker pelosi indicated that she's not interested in a short-term deal. the white house says they could agree to extending the $600 another week or so. these are live pictures inside the capitol. we'll see if anyone comes out. the speaker made her position clear at a news conference friday. >> we put forth what we think is urgently needed by the american people because we recognize the gravity of the situation. they don't. and that's for their life, food, food. >> when the house approved stimulus earlier this summer that was a price tag roughly $3 trillion. senior officials indicated they want to closer to $1 trillion. there will be a lot of negotiations back and forth. the white house made it clear

that they're concerned that some americans may not go back to work if that $600 a week in addition to state's unemployment benefit. we've heard from mark meadows, also on friday. >> the democrats have made zero offers, over the last three days, zero. so in a spirit of compromise, the president has sent it back not once, not twice, but three different times to try to find some common ground and what we've found from our democrat negotiators is that they are bumping the price higher than the very bill that they passed out of the house several weeks ago. >> president trump is back in washington after spending part of friday in florida. he had a chance to meet with the state's governor discussing hurrica hurricane, and a fundraiser.

obama worked harder for the hillary clinton campaign than she did herself and now working with sleepy joe. we'll see how the campaign shapes up as we get into the home stretch, gillian. gillian: mark meredith at the white house. we'll get back to you as we hear what's coming out of the meeting on the hill. leland: somebody could be on the ballot 94 days today, darrell issa who is running back for congress now. congressman, you've been in these discussions. mark meadows is saying they're going back one, two, three times. at some point that seems a little desperate, doesn't it? >> well, not really. it's one of the things that's key to good negotiations, don't unreasonably leave the table. senate republicans are backing the president on what does it cost to get america working again, $1 trillion bill versus

nancy pelosi's $3 trillion, stay at home and ruin the economy. that's worth debating. leland: a trillion there, an it will here, soon we're talking real money. and you're talking about republicans, mitch mcconnell noteworthy not in the room, and the camera is being set up if the principals leave we'll bring it live to the capitol for that. but getting back to the issuement mitch mcconnell is not in the room and he seems to have differences with the white house. take a listen to him and then the press secretary. we're not negotiating over liability protection. i'll be responsible for putting the final agreement on the floor and as i said, it will have liability protection in it. so we're not negotiating with the democrats over that. >> there's a question for mitch mcconnell, he says that's going to be a part of any bill, but that's mitch mcconnell's, his priority. this president is keenly

focused on unemployment insurance. leland: how can voters feel confident that republicans are going to fight for them and have their act together when the white house and the senate majority leader can't even agree on what their version of the bill should look like as a negotiating position? >> well, i think there are clearly two visions. the president had less interest in the belief that right now was the time to worry about liability, but senator mcconnell, leader mcconnell believes this is the last train that might leave the station, he wants to make sure it's on there. having said that and having worked with the leader, he's a very smart, smart negotiator and he understands that he cannot give up what the president wants to get what he wants. he has to get them both. and that's a back to work program that's going to cost about a trillion dollars rather than a stay-at-home program that nancy pelosi sent over weeks ago, basically kept people at home.

leland: perhaps the only negotiator better on capitol hill, we're going to take a listen here as speaker pelosi walks out with chuck schumer. >> well, this was the longest meeting we had and it was more productive than the other meetings. there are many issues that are still very much outstanding, we're apart, but we had a serious discussion and went down piece by piece and saw where each side is at. the staffs will be meeting over the weekend, tomorrow, to go through some of the things we went through, and we will meet again on monday. we're not close yet, but it was a productive discussion. now, each side knows where they're at and we are going to work very hard to come to an agreement that meets the needs of the moment. we still believe, and we discussed this with them, that this is one of the greatest

problems america faces and we need to meet those needs in a very, very serious way. that just saying we'll do halfway doesn't work when people need homes and need jobs and need housing, and need help. nancy. >> yes, central to all of this is to defeat the coronavirus and very central to our heroes act is a strategic plan to do that. if we have testing, tracing, treatment, distancing, mask wearing, sanitation and the rest, we can lower-- this is a freight train, exponentially the numbers of people infected and dying. it has an impact on the economy and the economic -- the lives, the livelihood and the life of

our democracy with this coronavirus. as we address the economic concerns of our families, there is a solution and god willing we will have a vaccine one of these days soon, a matter of months, that people can be infected and die in the meantime and the impact on our economy. we saw yesterday the numbers that talked about the impact on the gdp, and what we are doing is not only trying to arrest the virus, but to invest in the economy as we help america's working families. so today was productive in terms of moving us forward as the leader said, our staff will be working, theirs and ours, to have some clarity in some of the issues and we'll meet again on monday, but it is, again, we have to get rid of this virus so that we can open our

economy, safely open our schools, and to do so in a way that does not give a cut in benefits to america's workers. here we have this challenge and what they were saying before is we're going to cut your benefit. that's one of the, shall we say, discussions we are having. >> i said to them if a million people are without food you don't say let's compromise and give half a million people food. if there are a million people, a million small businesses hurting, you don't compromise ap say we're only going to help half of them. on the other hand, we had really-- it was the best discussions we've had so far and i'd call it progress, but a ways to go. okay. is that fair? >> but the fact is that this week for the 19th straight week over a million americans filed

claims, claims for unemployment insurance. millions of people are food insecure in our country. millions are on the verge of eviction. people need resources in order to meet the needs of their families, so it's very important for as we come to -- this is not a usual discussion because the urgency is so great, health-wise, financial health-wise, and again, the health of our democracy because our elections will be affected by the coronavirus and we must address that. >> thank you, everybody. >> thank you. leland: chuck schumer, nancy pelosi after a three-hour meeting with the treasury secretary and the white house chief of staff. we're not close says the senate minority leader, but at least everyone now knows where everyone is. we bring back in darrell issa, formerly of the house oversite committee and now republican

candidate for congress in california. translate that for us. it didn't seem as though there had been a lot of progress if all you do after a number of days of negotiation is know where everybody is. >> well, i think you heard two very different speeches. the relatively short speech by chuck schumer was positioning his senators for the fact that progress was likely to be made. his code was pretty easy to translate. speaker pelosi, on the other hand, rambled in a campaign fashion putting out a laundry list of things that will not be resolved by this legislation and alluding to the 94 days from now election. this is typical of the situation in which she tends to be, i'm going to get everything or nothing, and chuck schumer, the pragmatist that he was been for many, many years, knows between somewhere between one and one and a half trillion

dollars and where they will end up. leland: i'll stop you. there is noted anger, and fear on the democratic side of the difference between being for everything versus getting something tangible, but if nancy pelosi-- do you believe if nancy pelosi digs in her heels and says all 0 are nothing, that the republicans are going to be pressed here? the americans are hurting, tens of millions of people out of work who are relying on these benefits and if republicans keep saying no and democrats keep saying yes, doesn't that get uncomfortable for congressional candidates like yourself? >> well, for congressional candidate like myself for the first time in 18 years, i'm here at home campaigning full-time and meeting with my constituents, but for those who are either stuck in washington or voting by proxy and being ridiculed for it, quite frankly, nancy pelosi needs to get her democrats home if they're going to win reelection. so there's a lot of pressure. i've been there when you're

worried about holding onto your majority and it means that your people are saying i've got to get home, i've got to be seen and i've got to have success. right now, nancy pelosi has $3 trillion of i want everything, including paying people to stay at home. the mass majority of the swing voters want a solution to get our economy going again. they're living in much more fear of that than they are whether somebody gets $600 a week for not working. so, it is a-- it's a tumultuous time. you saw it from nancy pelosi, but i think you listened to chuck schumer, you heard somebody who says we're going to get to a deal. leland: we appreciate the translation on that, sir. that is the republican side. we'll wait and see if we hear from mark meadows or the treasury secretary. we have our white house teamworking on a readout of what came out of the meeting and also dan kildee on the democratic side in the next hour.

congressman issa, thank you. >> all the best, see you next week. leland: chris wallace will have more on fox news sunday, an exclusive interview with trump senior campaign advisor jason miller and how this aid package works in the campaign talking points. check your local listing for time and channel. and at 11 a.m. eastern. gillian: not a bad lineup. isaias coming in, we'll talk about how they're prepping. allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance.

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. . gillian: a state of emergency in place in counties along the southeast coast as hurricane isaias is bearing toward landfall. adam klotz is tracking the storm for us, adam. >> hey there, kristin, at first we're tracking it over portions of the bahamas, winds at 80 miles per hour. this is running itself up along the florida coast, it's something to pay attention to. everything here highlighted in the red areas, those are your

hurricane warnings in place and that means you'll get the hurricane winds that's going to run up the florida coast eventually and that's going to be a spot we have to pay attention to. if you're in south florida, really initially beginning to get some of those outer bands. this radar would be from south florida so you're getting some of the early band of rain beginning to drift in that direction. this is going to intensify late tonight into sunday. that's the timing of this system. i do want to time that out for you. here is our future forecast. you run it up the coast and still questions where this is going to go. the cone of uncertainty, you talk about making landfall and running up the coast. it's possible that this system lingers out over water. either way it's going to be close enough that we're likely going to be seeing some heavy rain. we lift it farther up the coast, you see south carolina, new york, where this will run over. as it begins to make the landfall, it's beginning to

weaken and it works up the rest of the coast where we're going to be talking about eventually going up past new york city and past boston. all of these areas getting tuesday into wednesday. so, we're talking about it here, kristin, early on this saturday. i do think though that this is going to be a story running into the middle of the week and of course, first, we're taking our eyes on south florida. really later tonight into early sunday morning. back to you. gillian: adam, thanks so much for at that report. stand by, stick with us we'll come back to you as this continues to unfold during the next two hours, thank you. leland: and along the florida coast, we find our friend phil keating who is in cocoa beach, florida. based on the picture behind you, it doesn't seem anybody is too concerned at least right now, by the next 12 to 24 hours. >> absolutely. that's the way the state of life it right now. it's a great day for the beach. but we are in the hurricane

warning zone. and that stretches all the way south from boca raton up to daytona beach. we're on the space coast, that's cocoa beach, melbourne. things could get dicey early tomorrow morning. take a look alt the beach today. it's gorgeous, actually better weather today than it was yesterday. blue skies, not a cloud in the sky and clearly, tomorrow is the big event day for where we are right now, but for now, everybody's out enjoying the beach and having fun in the sand and surf. south florida, about 200 miles south of here, that's where it's impacted first. some rain has started, outer bands earlier this morning, and it really should start to get dicey later today. here is hurricane isaias now. churning through the bahamas 80 mile per hour winds after making land on the andros island. the upside, it does not look like the hurricane will make landfall in florida at all.

skirt the state with the worst wind and rain out in the atlantic. however, there's always a chance that the eye could shift west and that could raise the impact. that's why some at least are preparing for the worst. some are putting up hurricane shutters to protect their windows have flying debris. those people very few, most seem not to be too worried about a few inches of rain and strong winds at all. in many coastal counties, there are free sandbagging locations going on for people to take a bunch of bags back to their homes and businesses, just in case of flooding. over in the bahamas, strong winds and rains will be pouring on the island nation since yesterday. not great timing at all, as the bahamas have seen a surge of coronavirus and thousands living in tents, due to hurricane dorian last year. florida's governor spoke this morning. >> this is something that's an evolving situation and we know we are going to get some impacts. what shape those impacts take

remains to be seen. >> as always with an uncoming tropical storm or hurricane, the surfers get out and enjoy the tasty waves and they're out there this morning. likely won't be out tomorrow because we're expecting tomorrow to be a lot of heavy win and rain and the division of management sent out shelter kits with a lot of ppe, however, it's not expected that any shelters will open up, which really solves the problem of coronavirus transmission and social distancing at least in this particular storm. leland: as you point out the track is off shore. it would be a different story if we were going to get a direct hit. phil keating watching the hurricane. phil, thank you. gillian. gillian: so for more on how the sunshine state is bracing for the hurricane, florida state senator manny diaz, jr. joins

us, as well as florida state representative cindy polo. what i want to talk to you guys about first, thank you for taking time out of what is i'm sure a frantic prep to talk to us about your constituents. you've got the hurricane barreling in, florida, you're seeing the surge in coronavirus cases, the average this week was just over 10,000 new cases per day. so i want to talk to you both how you're prepping. first, cindy, tell me how you and your constituents are feeling. are you doing okay? >> thank you for having us and thank you for asking. asking how we're doing. unfortunately, we're not doing well. we're not doing well in my community, we're not doing well in the state. i think the failed leadership that we have starting from the governor's mansion has been evident, especially in a city that i have grown up in my entire life and am very proud to currently represent, which is the city of hialeah, the sixth largest in the state,

second largest in the county the epicenter of positive corona cases. yet we continue to see our governor politicizing many of the things that could keep us safe. you know, right now we're talking about this hurricane and storm conditions. could you imagine if we had -- if we were talking about the only reason there's hurricanes because we have too many meteorologists? that's unfortunately what we're living with here in the state of florida. we're living with, especially in this area, that both myself and the state senator represents, at least on paper we represent. gillian: manny, what about you? do you think that governor ron desantis gets a failing grade? do you agree with what cindy laid out? >> absolutely not. i think the governor has pragmatic in his approach. in the city of hialeah, we reach out to him to get help with a testing senator at amelia earhart park and he

provided the national guard and supplies and reagents have taken over that center. and the pop-up assistance in the city of hialeah gardens. the department of emergency management has been willing and able to provide ppe and support all of the efforts locally, and the county mayor has actually had mandated masks for weeks now. so, south florida is doing what it needs to do. the problem that occurred is that we had -- when we start today reopen we had a lot of protests going on, demonstrations, people out not taking care of themselves along with a lot of young people that felt the virus was over, and decided to go out and party. so, orders are only as good as the people following them. there's a lot of personal responsibility. but the governor desantis has provided over $2 million in meals for seniors in this area which are very important especially during this time and we will continue to support that effort.

gillian: so, cindy, we keep hearing that the evacuation shelters aren't going to open because of the risk of transmission of covid then becomes too high and you're exposing entirely new populations to the virus. in the event that the hurricane makes landfall and people have to leave their homes, where are they going? >> i think the first step is always to monitor and listen to the experts. obviously, senator is praising a governor who has chosen to ignore experts and ignore science. here luckily, they've shown the courage of having power locally because we have a governor that failed our community and you know, he mentioned what the governor has done here in the city of hialeah. their own republican mayor-- >> but cindy, to be fair, i asked you how you were preparing your constituents and what the plan is going forward. just a couple of seconds left.

>> absolutely, one of the ways is to monitor and see when the decisions are made. i agree with the senator that there is personal responsibility and here we prepare early. one. things we encourage, in spite of that beautiful weather you saw in cocoa beach, the storm can always turn, and so, what we will follow here is local government following the storm, following that track. and making sure that those that are the most vulnerable are the ones that are the ones that are taken care of primarily. >> all right, cindy, we've got to leave it there. sorry to cut you off. we're going into a hard break here. we'll stay in touch and hope to have you back. thank you for sharing your perspectives with us. we are going to take you to one community and talk to folks there who are working to protect unsuspecting swimmers. stick with us.

>> add sharks to covid and hurricanes on the list of concerns for folks on the east coast who want to enjoy their weekend. perhaps at the beach. there have been at least 12 shark sightings since monday, one was a massive bull shark. ar aishah hasnie, hi. >> as we saw yet another shark sighting in the last 24 hours, this one was spotted off the coast of long island's suffolk county on friday afternoon. it was spotted by the area's new shark patrol, that's made up of healths, both jet skis and police and lifeguard sort of keeping a lookout in the ocean. that brings the total now to 12 sightings just this week along the south shore of long island.

he several more along the east coast, maryland up to maine. that state as you know, saw the first ever deadly attack at the start of the week by a great white shark which is still out there in the waters, by the way. that's not the only one to worry about, some of these are believed to be aggressive, dangerous bull sharks, a massive eight-foot bull shark was caught by a bunch of college buddies two weeks ago. swimming is prohibited as officials try to calm folks and explain what's going on. >> we have coronavirus pandemic, we have 50% capacity at the beach, in the middle of a heatwave and now we have sharks. in addition we've seen increased amount of bait fish in the area and that's what drawing the shark, sizable size to the area. >> so leland, so far this year, again, just half of the year here, there's been 13 shark attacks in the united states,

two of them fatal. compare that to the 50 shark attacks we saw last year, but we only had one fatality last year. leland. >> not very comforting if you're one of the people in the water with the sharks. aishah hasnie. gillian. >> let's bring in one local government official who is responding and helping folks work through this. here is county executive laura kern. is this reason for people to panic in nassau county. you alone have had 11 of the 12 sightings this week? >> correct, just another day in 2020. we've managed through the surge of the pandemic. we're getting ready for the hurricane barreling up the east coast, and we've had 12 shark sightings in the last five days here in nassau county and these aren't little sharks, these are thought to be one or bull sharks, six, seven, maybe eight

feet long. what i'm telling everyone, this is not a reason to freak out. we're going to let everyone know, we're having our police department, actually we have an aviation unit with the choppers and the marine bureau with the boat. we're monitoring that multiple times a day. if we see anything suspicious lurking towards the shore, we're going to let everybody know. gillian: so you're not yet recommending anybody not going to the beach or not going swimming, we're not there? >> i'm not hearing. . gillian: laura, this is gillian, i'm not sure if you can hear me. might have having audio problems. oh, we lost her and we'll keep her by and try to get her audio back up and bring her back as soon as possible. leland. leland: checking how the hurricane is pushing warmer waters to the north. that's the hurricane storm we're watching. now to the political storm we are watching, nancy pelosi just

finished up a three-hour closed door meeting with chuck schumer, mark meadows and steve mnuchin to discuss that new covid relief package. how that is playing with folks who really need an extra $600 a week from federal government unemployment insurance when we get back.

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staff will meet and make additional progress and follow-up. we have a bunch of specific follow-up items and then monday, chief meadows and i expect to meet and continue with our discussions. it is a priority for the president to make sure that we deal with the issue, that unemployment has run out and the rental eviction. so we understand that the speaker and senator schumer want to have an overall deal so we'll be back here working full-time until we can accomplish something for the benefit of the american people. >> in my conversations with the president late last night and early this morning, he stressed that addressing the enhanced unemployment and eviction protection still needs to be the very top priority. secretary mnuchin and i have committed our full schedules to make sure that we can come to some kind of resolution, not

just on those items, but as the secretary was talking about on a host of other areas, whether it's child care, schools, jobs, and making sure that those that are suffering the most, that those immediate needs are addressed. i can say this, that the amount of time that we're willing to invest both personally and with our staff, it needs to be a 24-hour, seven day a week kind of commitment until we get in done, and the president is checking in, literally, on an hourly basis to see how we're progressing and yet, it really gets to-- it's time to make a deal and if we're going to be able to succeed in this, it's taking what started as probably the

first day of a good foundation, of productive discussions and building upon those and until we reach an agreement and hopefully in the next couple of days. >> that you are not very optimistic in chances of a deal --. >> i think that the secretary mentioned that it was a productive day and i think both senator schumer and speaker pelosi would agree with that. we are still a long ways apart and i don't want to suggest that a deal is imminent because it is not. like any deal you make progress, i think it's important to recognize that you're making progress and not set an unrealistic expectation that, you know, we're just a few items away because there are still substantial

differences, but we did make good progress. >> you talked about how the progress works well when there's a deadline. unemployment -- (inaudible) >> let me clarify, i never said the process works well when there's a deadline. i said that people tend to be focused when there's a deadline. so let me be clear. we are here and we want to get a deal because, specifically the two components that have expired and those hour priority. there's many other priorities that are in there. >> i spoke to a young lady by the name of roshonda yesterday who it enhanced unemployment and my commitment to her and to all the americans hurting out there right now is that we're going to stay involved. the reason why we're focused, as the secretary talked about, we're here on a saturday and

we're going to commit as much time as we possibly can, for every hour past the expiration for a couple of key provisions that happened yesterday, that the time is ticking, the clock is ticking and we need to be expeditious in our negotiations and the president is committed, he's asking us not to relent in these negotiations until we figure out if we can get a deal or not. >> i would just say the four of us also agree, the education issue is something that's very timely. schools are opening. there are schools that want to open that will need more money for social distancing, ppe, so, schools are also another important factor in this and as the chief said, we're not going to come back tomorrow only because we tried to be productive to have the staff, but we will be speaking to both the president on a regular basis and the staff on a regular basis and as i said,

we'll be back here every day until we solve this. >> clarify what the white house position is on liability protection being in this? is it a red line as toss to leader mcconnell. >> leader mcconnell made it clear, it's a red line and he's the one that establishes what goes before his senate colleagues and he's made it very clear that liability protection will be in any bill that gets passed and we support that decision. >> is mcconnell going to be involved in discussions-- >> mcconnell is already involved. we just updated his team. we'll be in touch with him later today, but, yes, let me be clear. both kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell are very involved in everything that we're doing, as i've made the-- this constantly, mark and ira te team-- and i are a team. we're fully in touch with kevin

and mitch. >> and you said the president was checking in-- >> obviously, he didn't check in while i was there, so, maybe that was a little bit of hyperbole. >> he did speak before we went in. >> i was the phone literally when we went in and i'm about to call him as soon as we finish here. >>, [inaudible question] >> there's clearly -- they've made clear, there's clearly a desire on their part to do an entire package. we've made clear that we are willing to do with the short term issues and come back quickly to the larger issues, we're at an impasse on that. >> were there certainly things that you guys were able to sort of narrow out in the frame work-- >> i think there were things that we clearly agreed on today that we agree on and again, i

want to be clear, there's still a lot of open issues, but, again, i think it was the most constructive meeting we've had, but, again, until there's a deal and we get something passed for the american people, it's not done. >> you mentioned a few days ago, you state and local-- [inaudible question] >> again, i don't think we're going to comment on specifics of the negotiation. it's not helpful. i would say, again, as an overall perspective, there's things we agree on. there's things we don't agree on. we're trying to narrow down things we don't agree on. obviously, any negotiation is a compromise. we know we need bipartisan support and we need the president's support to pass anything. great, thank you everybody. >> thanks, guys. leland: bipartisan agreement

on capitol hill after a three-hour meeting between, you see there, the chief of staff from the administration, the treasury secretary, and then speaker pelosi and minority leader schumer, who briefed the press about 40 minutes ago. the bipartisan agreement, there's not a deal. we're a long way from a deal, there's a lot dividing us. there's work to come and we're going to stay at it, seems to be about the only thing of agreement between those four. at issue, and you heard them just talk about this, and say it's the president's top priority, is the enhanced unemployment benefits for millions of americans that expired on july 31st. that's $600 a week was a lifeline for some to let them feed their families and pay their rent and for others, republicans say, it was incentive not to go back to work because with the state benefits and $600 benefit people were making more than they were back at work. let's think about how this plays in the heartland,

especially louisiana, a state hard hit by the coronavirus not only economically, but also from the virus itself. jeff carrere is a talk radio host in new orleans and joins us now. jeff, interesting, view -- your listeners are listening to this, how important is that $600 a week federal subsidy that is no longer happening? and how important is it to them on the flip side that it comes back versus the republicans hold out for something like liability protection? >> you know, leland, thanks for having me. the people that i'm talking to are saying that we cannot continue the $600 a week benefit because it is keeping people away from working. and i'm talking to a lot of business owners, leland, they can't reopen because they don't have the work force, the people are making more money staying at home than going to work. so there needs to be relief, but we can't give people

incentive to stay home. leland: we hear that as well from members of congress, but there are a lot more voters and employees than there are business owners. that's the way that the math works. >> right. leland: do you see if the republicans keep holding out on this point that there's a point where people are going to no longer give them the benefit of the doubt on it? >> well, you can see the democrats, i mean, they're pushing that leland. leland: sure. because they're looking at the election. they see there's a benefit in pushing for a big deal, $3 trillion deal, keep the benefits going. leland, you know the democrats want to keep the economy shut down, keep the schools shut down through the election so they can of course, blame all the problems on donald trump, but i'd like to see republicans come up with something different. how about if republicans gave workers a bonus for going back to work? how about we incentivize people going back to work as oppose today stay home. leland: it brings up an interesting point because republicans can't seem to agree on what they want. you've got half of the republican caucus in the senate

saying. >> right. leland: well, you know, we'd be okay with making a deal and others are holding out and saying that the senate caucus is way too liberal. i think rand paul who said they sounded like bernie bros. >> the democrats are always more united than republicans. the republicans are all over the place. i think that rand paul has a good point. leland we've added trillions to the debt since donald trump was president. 3 trillion on top of trillions. we can't keep spending like crazy, and most republicans agree with the details that they can't seem to agree upon, that's where president trump needs to come in and get a unified plan together to negotiate. the democrats are united on keeping everything shut down. they want everything shut down through the election, that's what they want. leland: they've been united in terms of the $3 billion--

$3 trillion, pardon me, package as least so far. >> right. leland: jeff, appreciate your insights as always, see what the administration has to say if they put together a formal propo proposal out. they haven't yet. and jeff, thank you. on the other side of the break, dan kildee will talk about how the democrats see this. gillian: bracing for hurricane isaias. you can see it on radar, it exactly where it's headed next at the top of the hour. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com.

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leland: hurricane isaias barreling towards the southeast part of the united states. you can see the track right there. states like florida and north carolina, just hours away now from heavy rains and high winds. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. as gillian, we track not only the hurricane storm but the political storm over more covid release. i'm leland -- relief. i'm leland vittert. gillian: good way to put it, leland. great to be with you. great to be with everybody at home. so this storm is expected to impact florida first, it's going to cruise on up the east coast. our meteorologist adam klotz is tracking every moment of the

trajectory. adam, what's the latest? >> reporter: hey, there, gillian. if you're in the bahamas you know this has been spinning over you for a little while. south florida is waiting to begin to see the impact, probably tonight into early sunday morning, winds at 80 miles an hour, gusting at times up to 100 miles an hour. this is a powerful system. no surprise we have watches and warnings across the bahamas, everything in the readies a hurricane warning. central florida, up the coast, likely where the storm gets the closet closest, -- the closest and perhaps makes landfall those are areas where we're seeing hurricane warnings currently. we're beginning to see outer bands approach miami, farther south. this is going to intensify late tonight, into early sunday morning. i can time that out of for you on the next graphic. it stays a category 1 hurricane as it runs its way up the coast. you see the cone of uncertainty, perhaps this runs farther to the

west and up the coast of florida, perhaps it runs out to sea. we'll have winds 80 to 90 miles an hour. as it heads farther north, it interacts with land along the coast of florida, then it runs closer, perhaps through the carolinas. by this point we're talking about a tropical storm, no longer a hurricane, but still a system that could bring a lot of rain, winds 40 to 50 miles an hour, this continues to track its way through the mid-atlantic, up to new england. by this point we're talking tuesday and wednesday, gillian. this is going to be a storm not just this weekend but we're going to be talking about this for at least the next four, five days. back out to you. gillian: we'll stand by, we'll come back as news warrants. thanks so much, adam. leland: rick leventhal in fort lauderdale, florida, was caught in one of those feeder bands that came ashore not too long ago. seems like, rick, the rain is certainly starting to pick up. >> reporter: the winds have

picked up. rain fortunately not falling at the moment. there is a state of emergency declared here and in all 19 of florida's coastal counties with hurricane watches around warnings from broward county all the way up to the northern end of the state. you can see the beach here, relatively empty. we can show you the chairs have been chained down on the beaches and the hurricane shutters have been locked shut. we have drone footage from earlier today where you can see the beach is quiet for the most part. beaches, marinas and parks have been closed up and down florida's coastline because of the state of emergency that's been declared. there are some 20 shelters that are on standby. because of the coronavirus, there are concerns about moving people to those shelters if necessary. here's more from governor ron de santis. >> we have the non-congregate options available for people who may be experiencing covid-19 symptoms and 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 whether that will be, but that is an option. >> reporter: as you see from the weather map, the storm is churning its way north and has battered some of the islands south of us with 80 plus-mile-an-hour winds and gusts up to 100 miles an hour, hitting the turks and caicos pretty hard, causing flooding and tree damage, similar story in puerto rico which has been hit hard by storms over the last few years. so even though this is a category 1, it is still creating problems along the way and we heard from fema this morning, warning floridians to get their prep done today. >> today is the day to make those final preparations so you're ready no matter what happens. so if i can ask everyone out there in floor r da especially those a-- florida, especially those along the track of the storm, take preparedness actions today, make yourself, your family, your business safer today so you won't regret it

tomorrow. >> reporter: of course, floridians are used to storms much bigger than this one and a lot of people don't seem that concerned about it. but they are in some cases taking precautions. we do expect things to get a lot worse here later today into tonight and then into sunday. leland: rick leventhal there on the coast as we wait for the first bands to arrive, tracking it down in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. rick, thanks so much. democratic leaders and top white house officials moments ago wrapped up a rare meeting, a saturday meeting, for the next round of coronavirus relief. both sides claim they made progress but say they are nowhere close to a deal. there was bipartisan agreement on that. chief deputy whip of the house democratic caucus dan kildee joining us. i assume you listened to speaker pelosi and leader schumer's remarks as they walked out of that meeting. can you interpret a little bit

for us what they were saying? >> we have a position that we feel strongly about. we feel so strongly that over two months ago we actually passed it through the house of representatives. we have very serious priorities. i think we have some differences. but the thing i take away from this is that it's a saturday. we have secretary mnuchin, we have mark meadows, the chief of staff who i've known for a long time, we came to congress together. and obviously the speaker and the senate democratic leader sitting down, trying to work this out. i believe that negotiation is the process of two parties who completely disagree trying to find middle ground and there's an indication that there's been some progress and that's -- i have to take that as a positive step. we've got a long way to go but i think we've got to get it done. leland: there is agreement that you all have a long way to go on this. speaking of the heroes act which is what you all -- what you talked about having been passed

two months ago by the house, here's senator cassidy with neil cavuto earlier today talking about that. >> it's pretty clear, democrats are willing to let the unemployed suffer for them to get their policy gains. their heroes act mentioned marijuana more than it mentioned jobs. think about that. marijuana more than jobs. i would just ask democrats to join us. let's just carve out unemployment. let's just put that on the table. leland: so why not just at this moment carve out unemployment benefits, enhanced unemployment benefits, for everyone who is hurting around the country? >> well, because we have a problem that goes beyond unemployment. we have a problem obviously with small business, we have a problem with state and local government. we have a problem with schools and we seriously have a problem with unemployment and they're all real. so our view is, let's take these on all at once and all together. and we can. leland: congressman, you and i

both know, a $3 trillion wish list is an awfully big wish list. people at home are hurting. there's a lot of folks in michigan, one of the top unemployment rates in the country. i have to imagine a lot of your cop sit wents -- constituents who are saying schools are a big deal, state budgets are a big deal but me not being able to buy groceries a big deal. >> they're really important and they have to get done or we're going to see a significant collapse in our economy. so let's do that. i think an important point to make is this. it wasn't that long ago, just a couple months ago that all of these elements that we're talking about for this deal were in some form included in the last bipartisan deal that we put together. that leader mcconnell thought was a good idea then. he voted for the $600 benefit. he voted for the paycheck protection program. he voted for money for state and

local government. the problem hasn't gone away the way we all hoped it would more quickly. it's still really serious. leland: as you point out, the economic calamity continues, seeming to get worse, not better, especially for folks at home. the president's accusing democrats of being cynical and saying you all are holding out for your $3 trillion package and if you don't get it then you will continue to club republicans over the head and it becomes an election issue because republican versus to say no to $3 trillion and you get to sit back and say look, we're giving everybody everything they need. fair criticism? >> no, i mean, i don't think it's fair. it's not fair for the president to club us over the head, talking about us clubbing him over the head. what we have to do is get past this as an issue that's about the politics because it isn't. we have a real problem in this country that we have of to address. and like i said, we were able to come together once before. if we can just get back to that

place, back to that sort of conversation, you know, secretary mnuchin was the lead on those negotiations along with speaker belower. leland: there was nor pressure in march with the stock market free-falling. >> i think we need to recognize that same pressure is still in place. leland: there are certainly worries in terms of us getting there again. congressman kildee, we appreciate your time as always, sir. thank you. >> thank you, leland. leland: good to see you. gillian. gillian: tiktok is firing back at president trump's threat to ban the app from operating here in the united states. the company saying it is, quote, not planning on going anywhere. lucas tomlinson joins us live from the pentagon with the latest. >> reporter: a few hours ago tiktok released a video statement in response to threats from president trump to ban the kachinese owned video sharing a. >> we heard your outpouring of support, we want to say thank you. we're not planning on going anywhere. tiktok is a home for creators

and artists to express themselves and ideas and connect with people across different backgrounds. >> reporter: the president says he will ban tiktok as soon as today, using emergency economic powers with a an executive orde. u.s. owned microsoft reportedly opened talks to purchase the popular app. u.s. intelligence officials have long warned that chinese communist government uses this app to collect data on americans and is a security risk. the app is popular in the u.s. some 100 million americans use it everybody day. watching homemade sometimes slow veer videslowclever video clips. >> we may be banning particular toke. a lot of things are happening. wee see what happens. we're looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to tiktok. >> reporter: relations between washington and beijing continue to plunge after the trump administration kicked china out of the consulate in houston.

u.s. officials say the chinese were using it to steal valuable research from md anderson cancer center in houston as well as the oil industry. beijing ordered the u.s. to leave its consulate in china days later. >> we see it as the central threat of our times. our vigorous diplomats have led to an international awakening. >> reporter: reuters reports the chinese company that owns tiktok agreed to sell its u.s. operations to make a deal with the white house. gillian. gillian: lucas tomlinson from the pentagon. thank you. for more on the growing tensions between the world's two largest economies, let's bring in adjunct fellow and china expert at the foundation for the defense of democracy, craig singleton. the trump administration and president trump i'm self have basically been saying for a year if not more if you sign up to

use tiktok, you are essentially handing all of your private information over to the chinese communist party and they are going to use it against you eventually. is that fair? >> i think it's a fair statement. for months now we've been hearing rumors that the administration was going to shut down tiktok. and they even went so far as to prevent certain u.s. government officials from having tiktok on their phone. we've even seen mirroring restriction was the biden campaign saying that you cannot have tiktok on your phone and the reason is because apps like tiktok and other chinese telecommunication company tools operate like a digital trojan horse where they have a back door that allows beijing to access your sensitive data and information. tiktok is not going to go down without a fight. in this case, the company hired a whole team of lobbyists who i'm sure are working all weekend long, calling in favors. a lot of the lobbyists happen to be former u.s. government officials. one of the keys here is we need

to close the lobbying loophole. former officials should not be able to get employment with chinese firms, especially firms with a security threat risk. gillian: why do you think -- i mean, president trump has been threatening to take action against tiktok, now he's threatening to ban it, blanket ban here in the united states. why hasn't he just done it already if it is -- if the company pose ofs such a dire threat to u.s. natural security, get them out. >> we're sort of in unchartered territory here. we find ourselves in a critical juncture in u.s.-china relations. these recent events mark a significant escalation and a broad conflict that includes everything from trade and technology to human rights, freedom of speech, the origins of the covid-19 pandemic, and the search for a vaccine. and at the end of the day, there's just strong bipartisan support in d.c. to say that china is a maligned competitor and we need to develop new

strategic tools and platforms to kind of take on that threat. and this is sort of a test case, to see how can we really challenge china in the tech space. gillian: you say that the u.s.-china relationship is at an inflection point but a lot of experts i've spoken to would categorize that as way over-the-top optimistic, in light of -- the relationship has gone south in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the trump administration says china mishandled the outbreak. now threats to close even more consulates, more diplomatic outposts after two have been shuttered because of increased spying. clearly something in there gives you a little hope if you say we're at an inflection point. what is it? >> i think we're just waking up and recognizing the scope of the threat. so many of these challenges started long before president trump was in office. but over time and particularly in response to china's mishandling of the covid

incident we've start todd take a close look at the country to say what is china doing here. what's the extent of their malign influence. i think we're starting to scratch the surface there. we've already seen broad indications that china is developing inappropriate, illegal relationships with businesses, think tanks, academics, local, state and federal officials, all to protect china's image and to promote a narrative of china that is really benign and so now i think the key is taking all the force of u.s. government behind it in partnership with the private sector and challenging china on numerous fronts. gillian: craig, we've got to leave it there. thanks for joining us with your expertise. >> thanks, gillian. gillian: leland. leland: new video from portland as protests remain largely peaceful just days after federal officers took a step back but now they're being redeployed to

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well and kansas city is up 40%. those cities welcome the infusion of federal services into their cities, precisely because they worked with them in the past and they know how effective they can be. leland: i don't want to interrupt you but let's be specific when you say those cities welcome, it's not necessarily all of the city government and all of the city leadership. seems that the police departments certainly welcome the help. i can imagine at times it's controversial. >> i've seen in some cities, even in milwaukee, the initial response from the political establishment was suspicious because of the way the issues in portland was covered and the implication that was the type of assistance that was going to be rendered to their cities. in milwaukee the political establishment calmed down when they had a productive meeting with the u.s. attorney and they explained what it was. when i was the police chief there we worked with the federal agencies on exactly these problems. leland: i want to be clear in terms of what we're showing on the screen.

we're showing pictures out of portland where federal agents went to reinforce the agents that were protecting the courthouse. that's different than what's happening in mill walky where you have -- milwaukee where you have atf and fbi agents who are joining on tasks force trying to go after drugs and gangs. >> it's important that the distinction be made. the fact of the matter is, operation legend is based on the first name of a 4-year-old little boy that was murdered in kansas city. legend taliafara. we could add names to the list like laila, shot on playgrounds or in houses by the crossfires and carelessness of career criminals. we welcome the federal government's assistance and i know the police departments do as well, should be an effective counterweight to significant spikes in violence. leland: normally police departments welcome the help of other police department which in milwaukee was going to happen for the dnc with a number of

agencies around the state coming in and pitching in as happens for big events. now you have 100 police departments pulling their officers from helping at the dnc. square that for us as it relates to the police in milwaukee being willing to accept federal help. >> here is -- it's just -- it's absurd. the police commission has forbiden the police department to use chemical munitions to control unrieuly or riot assemblies. to take the tools away from them is to put the officers at risk as well as the crowds. i might add the city council helpfully when they passed an ordinance forbidding crowd members to bring sticks, allowed them to bring gas mask masks. this is what happens when you

politicize police operations. they have abandoned 100 years of tradition of being nonpolitical and have become thoroughly politicized. they don't have the ability to make these decisions and when they make the decision this do things like make the public -- put more risk on the public and make the police ineffective. leland: certainly whether the police have been ineffective or had their hands tied or been outdone, we see what you're talking about, the homicide rate being up 100% year over year. we appreciate your time, sir. we'll have you back to talk about these issues. they're not going away for the rest of the summer. >> thank you, leland. leland: thank you. ♪ gillian: well, joe biden hasn't announced his vp pick yet, obviously, but the -- jacqui heinrich joins us live from new york to tell us who is poised to

come out on top, whenever that may be. jacqui. >> reporter: california congress woman karen bass has surged to the top of biden's vp short list after congressional democrats praised her as being well liked across party lines. she said she doesn't have presidential ambitions of her own, in line with the unsaid tradition of choosing a running mate that won't outshine the nominee. she wouldn't likely give president trump a target for criticism in the same ways kamala harris or elizabeth warren would. she's been calling union leaders to gain endorsements. but today bass is addressing one snare threatening to dampen her chances, a video surfaced on a conservative website showing bass speaking at a scientology church opening in 2010. critics say the church is ripe

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leland: democratic leaders and top white house officials wrap up a rare saturday morning

meeting to talk about the next round of coronavirus relief package. there is bipartisan agreement. they say they made progress but they also say they are nowhere close to a deal. mark meredith, north lawn of the white house where there's a lot of folks working on the administration's negotiating position there. hi, mark. >> reporter: leland, good afternoon to you. it's shaping up to be an interesting day. as you mentioned, both congressional democrats and white house officials say the talks were productive but also as you mentioned there is no deal yet on the next economic stimulus, that $600 of enhanced unemployment insurance that goes out every week, that expired overnight. democrats are claiming that they wanted to see this extended for the next several months. we heard from house speaker nancy pelosi not long ago. >> millions of people are food insecure in our country, millions are on the verge of eviction. people need resources in order to meet the needs of their families. so it's very important for, as we come to -- this is not a

usual discussion. because the urgency is so great. health-wise. >> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin says the white house is interested in extending the enhanced unemployment insurance but we don't have the details, how long it may go for. there has been concern from some republicans keeping the benefit may incentivize some people not to go back to work. here's what mark meadows had to say. >> we're a long ways apart. i don't want to suggest that a deal is imminent because it is not. but like with any deal, as you make progress, i think it's important to recognize that you're making progress. >> reporter: we'll wait to see how president trump may respond to the latest negotiations. maybe he'll tweet about it. the president is back in d.c. after he spent part of history in florida. he made the suggestion while he was down there that a major healthcare push is coming as soon as this weekend.

>> we're going to be a doing a healthcare plan, we're going to be doing a very inclusive healthcare plan, i'll be signing it sometime very soon. it might be sunday. but it's going to be very soon. >> reporter: that is quite the tease. still unclear what the proposal may or may not include. we'll be watching those negotiations on the hill. leland: stay tuned in terms of if the republicans on the senate can get on the same page, what they want on the coronavirus package, much less healthcare. it will be an interesting weekend. thank you, sir. gillian. gillian: residents on long island are reporting at least a dozen shark sightings since monday, sightings off the east coast in general seem to be picking up this season. aishah hasnie is tracking ought of this and joins us with the latest. >> reporter: hi, gillian. some are calling it shark week after seeing a repeated incident of shark sightings across long

island and now there have been another one, glues the past 24 -- just in the past 34 hours, this one off the coast of long island on friday afternoon. it was spotted by the area view shark patrol as it's called, made up of helicopters and boats and jet skis. police and lifeguards keeping a lookout into the ocean waters. now this brings us to 12 sightings just this week along the south shore of long island, several more from maryland up to maine. of course, as we remember, that state saw the first ever deadly attack at the start of the week by a great white shark which is by the way still out there in the waters. some of these sightings are believed to be those aggressive dangerous bull sharks, a massive 8-foot bull shark was caught by a group of college buddies about two weeks ago. swimming is prohibited along hempstead beach as experts try

to explain why we're seeing all these signaturings. listen. >> we have a slowly recovering white shark pop of layings. th--population. the seal population is exploding. >> reporter: it is so important to keep all of this in perspective. here are the numbers for this year. again, we're halfway through the year. there have been 13 shark attacks in the united states. two of them fatal. but last year there were 50 attacks total in 2019 and one fatality. gillian. gillian: great perspective, thanks so much, aishah, we appreciate it. leland: a little more on the perspective of these multiple shark sightings along the east coast this summer that are alarming residents. we're going to bring in alberto alfiari, from the aquarium in montaque. we appreciate you joining us.

help us put this in perspective. should people suddenly be alarmed, seeing sharks in the ocean? because that is where they live and that's where we go to swim. >> yes, exactly. actually, the ocean is their natural environment. it's not our natural environment. we go there to chill, vacation, to have fun. they were always there. it's their house. we shouldn't be afraid to have them in the ocean. there are just some different things that are changing due to the climate change or the things like the covid lockdown has some impact on us, all the environment. leland: we keep hearing that because the warmer waters are moving farther north, if you will, especially the waters where you are, that means more sharks are coming farther north.

in aishah's report there was this discrepancy between the great white sharks and the bull sharks. does the species matter in terms of whether or not people need to be worried? >> not like the species matter, it's the fact that we used to have a gulf stream that is over here during the months of end of august until end of september, some tropical species. so i'm not surprised that as we see high wa hawaiian butterfly h during this period, we can see sharks that hang around the coast of mexico right now. leland: i understand at the long island aquarium you swim with the sharks, you go out and swim with sharks in open water. we put together a list of the way people can die which is really what is the awful part that happened. it happened in may earlier of a shark attack. one in a little less than 4 million is your chance of dying

from a shark attack in one's lifetime. that's 10 times more than dying from fireworks. or one tenth of what it is dying from fireworks and one 20th of that from a train crash yet people don't see that scared of trains or fireworks. why is it that sharks have this outsized space for our fear and our imagination? >> well, i guess that the growing fear of the sharks, comes with some movies like jaws and these type of things. we always try to describe them as monsters. they're not. they're a predator in their natural environment and sometimes they can make a mistake, as everybody, of course. they don't have arms or hands to taste us and see what we really are or what we look like. sometimes they can just bite us

and see maybe a seal and in that case is when an accident happens but it's not that they try to kill humans unprovoked. leland: i'm working on the visual of sharks having arms or hands to taste us. but that part aside, does it make sense to you when there's a shark sighting and they close all of these beaches and say absolutely no swimming, does that seem to you to be an overreaction as we look at the places that sharks have been sighted. >> definitely, yes, looks like an overreaction for me. of course, there are some precautions that you can take to avoid to be hurt by a shark. definitely now we know and we are aware that they are all around the coast, so maybe we could like avoid to wear like shining objects or jewelry. we can go swimming not too far from the coast and usually never alone. but in groups.

try to not appear -- to not appear like their natural food, like a seal. leland: i guess on tucker carlson's show last night, talking about that issue, not wearing black wet suits because they can make a swimmer look so much like a seal. roberto, we appreciate your time. i don't say this to many guests but stay safe with the sharks. all right? >> i will. leland: gillian. gillian: a search and rescue operation is underway now for eight camp pendleton service members who are still missing. we have the latest on that in a live report, after the break.

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