arthel: we are keeping an eye on isaias as the tropical storm barrels towards florida, lashing parts of the state with heavy winds an rains after battering the bahamas and puerto rico. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. although isaias has weakened, it is still expected to make a big mess of things in florida and beyond with heavy rains and flooding all along the east coast through the coming week. we have live team coverage for you, rick lee then tall standing by -- leventhal standing by in

palm beach, florida. first, adam klotz is tracking the latest. >> we have a little bit of good news as we wake up. we see this is no longer a hurricane, it's still a tropical storm. pay attention to where the heaviest rain is, where the heaviest wind is, all to the eastern side. this morning, this afternoon, florida finds itself on the correct side of the storm to really avoid the heaviest rain, avoid some of those really powerful winds. that's going to continue to be the case. it's going to be more like the carolinas that see a bigger brunt from this. you will see this running up the coast of florida from now, until early monday morning, likely making landfall somewhere in the carolinas monday night, into early tuesday morning. you're seeing much more opportunity there for land and then eventually tracking the system all the way up to mid-atlantic into new england and up into canada which means this is going to be a rain system, not just for folks in florida, throughout the rest of the day, but it's going to be something we're paying attention to into wednesday, this upcoming

week. here's the forecast track before eventually you are ru running io landfall in the carolinas, late tomorrow night. that's when you start to see more of the impact. yes, there's going to be wind and rain across florida today. the defined line of heavy rain in some areas, 6 to 8 inches of rain and then the swath of 3 to 4-inch rain, that's going to go from south carolina, running you all the way up the coast. you're noticing at least for right now the heaviest rain coming in on the western side of new york. we aren't expecting really heavy rain there. but eric, as i get ready toes this back out to you, it is going to be a constant system we're going to be paying attention to, not just for the rest of today, for the folks in florida, but really for the next several days, at least into the middle of the upcoming webbing. eric: at least maybe it will cool things down. adam, thank you. arthel: we have to watch out because a lot of rain can cause a lot of problems for a lot of people. right now we're going to check in with rick leventhal, in palm

beach florida. how is it there? >> reporter: well, it just started raining again here, arthel. 24 hours ago we had hurricane warnings in effect here in palm beach and all the way up the coast. and now things have been downgraded. the weather is not that bad. the wind's barely blowing right now. the surf is very rough. there are surfers taking advantage of it. we saw a dozens out here in palm beach, even though the beaches are officially closed here and on up the coast. storm surge warnings remain in effect from jupiter to near jacksonville and along the carolina coast with 2 to 4 feet of surge possible especially if we get the rain that adam was talking about, several inches are predicted. we did have minor problems here in palm beach already. we saw power crews fixing a downed line. so sporadic outages and flash flooding is possible. there are 150 people in shelters in palm beach county, socially distancing since coronavirus is spiking here. >> everybody's hoping that this

stays off our shore. we know we're going to get some flooding. everyone's got to stay out of the water. you've got to be very careful about ripcurrents. the hard thing is going to be our shelters. you're going to have to socially distance around our shelters. >> reporter: isaias did damage in the bahamas over the last 48 hours or so, it knocked down trees and power was out and damaged homes and flooded streets, not just there but also in the dominican republic and puerto rico, puerto rico where the national guard rescued 35 people from flooded homes. but arthel, here on the south florida coastline, things look pretty good right now so seems like they dodged another major storm. arthel: that's a good note to point out. all right, rick, thank you very much. eric. eric: arthel, now to the storm around politics. joe biden's search for a running mate is in the final stretch. the much anticipated announcement about who it could

be as number two, that we're told is possible this coming or next week. and we're learning just how extensive the vetting process has been. jacqui heinrich is standing by in wilmington, delaware, the home turf of the former vice president who is spending this sunday pondering his selection. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: hey, there, eric. well, there is plenty of jockeying happening ahead of the crucial week and allies of some of the top contenders are lobbying the vp vetting committee in order to push their people to the front of the pack. but some of the vp short listers are addressing criticisms against them, themselves. head-on. california congresswoman karen bass has surged to the top of the pack, enough so that the trump campaign has her in their sights, tweeting an article about her time in cuba yesterday and saying she joined a pro-castro militant group that trained in terrorist tactics.

she said her involvement in cuba began over concerns about oppression. today she is on the board of the nationalen d do dowment for democracy. she denies being a castro sympathizer. >> you look back on that and think you were a bit naive? >> oh, i think as any 19-year-old would be, sure. in my early 20s, i went to cuba to help the cuban people, to build houses. but over the last 20 years, chuck, i have been working -- one, i always believed in bridging the divide between our two countries, cuba's 90 miles away. >> reporter: another top contender, purple heart veteran, senator tammy duckworths, may have slipped in her ranking about the concerns about her birth place. her father was in the military. she was born in thailand. on fox news sunday she said

she's ready to step up as vp. >> i think i of the women who are being considered are fabulous women and well prepared to step up and do the job of vice president or step up and take over as president if needed. >> reporter: meantime, one-time frontrunner senator kamala harris gained an important endorsement that may repair her chances of being elected. george floyd's attorney wrote that it's time for kamala harris to join joe biden's ticket and help actualize the next phase of the movement from the white house. harris is considered to have lost her lead over concerns about trustworthiness and loyalty stemming from her attacks on biden during the first democratic debate. eric. eric: all right, jacqui, the announcement will be -- when it comes, we'll tell you, of course. thank you. arthel: thank you. meanwhile, president trump's official renomination at this month's republican convention will reportedly happen in private due to coronavirus

concerns. possibly even no press allowed. mark meredith is live at the white house with those details. hi, mark. >> reporter: hi, arthel. it may not feel like it but election day is less than 100 days away and traditionally the summer conventions allow both parties to really try to reach voters in prime time. the coronavirus of course is changing things up. as you were just talking about, a convention spokesperson says that -- told the associated press that the portion of the event where the president would be renominated in charlotte would be closed to the press. that would be the weekend fryer what would traditionally be the main convention activity. you'll remember that last month the president canceled events in jacksonville, florida because of the pandemic. the charlotte portion was going to remain ongoing for official business. a convention spokesperson said given health restrictions and limitations within the state of north carolina we're planning for the charlotte activities to be closed to press. multiple committee officials told fox news that they are

trying to figure things out and that logistics when it came to the press and how things would play out in charlotte are still being worked out. we're simply waiting to see what will happen once we get closer. of course, the convention is getting closer. tomorrow the president's re-election campaign will restart television ads. they decided to pull ads off the air for a few days after a decision to shake up the campaign's leadership. we heard from an advisor who said the campaign remains ready for what lies ahead this fall. >> campaign is in a good place. i think in particular, when you look battleground by battleground state we're doing better than the public polling which tends to lag behind what the private polling is showing us. we think he's in good position right now. >> reporter: the president held a fun raiser in florida on friday. this is not the campaign that anybody expected, looks a lot different from what we saw in 2016 or really any campaign ever before. arthel: still a long way to go

before now and november 3rd. mark, thank you. eric: coronavirus task force coordinator dr. deborah birx is warning today that we are in a new phase of the coronavirus pandemic. she says that the disease is much more widespread than when it first took hold in the country, now hitting rural areas as well as cities. we reported about that possibility here in the fox news channel months ago. our country now has more than 4.6 million cases of coronavirus. and this virus has so far caused more than 154,000 deaths. christina coleman live in los angeles with more on the pandemic. christina. >> reporter: eric, california was now the first state to have more than 500,000 total cases of coronavirus. that happened yesterday. the same day that it logged the highest number of covid deaths in a single day with 219 fatalities. it's within of 35 states seeing a rise in covid-19 deaths. the number of deaths in california went up slightly by 2.4% since thursday.

the state now has more than 9200 covid fatalities. although the number of coronavirus tests coming back positive in some of the sun belt states are starting to level off, we're clearly not out of the woods just yet. >> but i want to be very clear. what we're seeing today is different from march and april. it is extraordinarily widespread. it's into the rural as equal urban areas and to everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus. and that's why we keep saying no matter where you live in america, you need to wear a mask and socially distance, do the personal hygiene pieces. >> reporter: dr. birx also expressing concern over major metro areas with a growing number of covid cases including chicago and philadelphia. eric. eric: christina, a lot of people it seems clearly are not practicing social distancing especially young people. look, we've seen beach, pool and bar parties across the country.

now that's caused airbnb, they're tracking down, trying to crack down on house parties in their homes. >> reporter: they are. lots of places where people would party have been closed at different times during the pandemic, from resorts to some of the country's most popular beaches. some people turned to airbnb to rent a place for friends to hang out. police broke up a big house party at an airbnb rental last weekend with nearly 700 people in jackson, new jersey. since then, airbnb announced 35 listing in new jersey that are suspended or removed because of what the company is calling irresponsible behavior. this comes after neighbors called airbnb's 24 hour hot line recently to complain about big unauthorized parties. here's new jersey's governor on this. >> everyone who walks around refusing to wear a mask or who hosts an indoor house party or who overstuffs a boat is directly contributing to these

increases. >> reporter: jersey city, trenton and atlantic city are among the 25 cities in the state to have impacted listing. eric. eric: amazing people would do that. christina, thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, some states in the sun belt starting to get the spread of coronavirus under control. a mayor in one of the hottest hot spot states on his plan as school is set to get back in session. we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy.

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arthel: arizona congress march rule grahalva is self quarantining after testing positive for covid-19. he is the 14th lawmaker to either test positive or to be presumed to have the virus. he made the announcement after nancy pelosi issued a mask mandate for the house floor. there is however still no testing policy on capitol hill. eric: arizona's been one of the biggest hot spots but it says it is starting to get the upper hand on the spread of coronavirus. thankfully they say the number of cases, hospitalizations and icu admittance, those are falling. in the phoenix, scottsdale region, that notched at number

four in the weekending on friday for the greatest number of infectionses in our country. the metro area trailing only miami, los angeles and houston according to an analysis. despite the declining numbers, a scottsdale emergency room doctor is quoted as saying they are slammed as infections continue. jim lane joins us, the mayor of scottsdale, he joins me now. do you see a light at the end of the tunnel? how's it been going? do you think people have been paying attention, doing what they should do and are trying to defeat this? >> i think people have been paying attention. i think we've made great progress on what was an open up with sometimes ill-defined elements of activity, business activity and otherwise, that lent itself to younger people principally being involved in things that could not incorporate the social distancing and the other

protocols of safety as regards protecting themselves from the person to person transmission. so we saw a significant spike, going from about 5% to 21% infection rate on testing as it took place. eric: one of the spots, the trouble spots you talk about young people, do you think they take it serious enough? you go to old town scottsdale, you've got bars and restaurants, some that are being investigated right now and you said if you don't do the right thing the cops are going to come. >> well, absolutely. in fact, as i mentioned, somehow defining whether or not nightclubs actually were to qualify, which is something that's being corrected. gyms on the other hand were another element that seemed to have some difficulty. you know, when you talk about nightclubs and frankly the bar scene on the overall, the entertainment district you're referring to, it's not into social distancing. it's somewhat of an incompatible trait. after the young people certainly

are in shutdown for seven other eight weeks, i think there was a huge outpouring of thinking that things would go back to normal and even though protocols were established, there wasn't any way that they really could comply. so that's been withdrawn and we've -- i think we straightened that out and we're continuing to refine the enforceable kinds of protocols that will allow the state and ourselves, will allow for some of the activities to take place. we're trying to maintain reasonable accommodation, and at the same time protect. eric: you can understand people getting itchy. they get bored. they get tired. it's frustrating. when you're cooped up and you have to stay at home as the governor has requested. look, this is an incredibly serious situation. you can get really sick from it. here are some of the stats in maricopa county. 114,000 plus infections, it went up 1,571 the other day.

closing in soon, sadly, on nearly 2,000 deaths, 87 people -- 86 there who just recently died. here's the governor, doug doocy, thanking arizonans for cooperating. >> if anything, it's evidence, the decisions and the sacrifice that arizonans are making are working, they are protecting lives and they're protecting livelihoods in our state. i want to say how much i thank you for your cooperation and your partnership in getting this done. eric: finally, mayor, what are you telling the citizens of scottsdale in terms of precautions, wearing masks, both outside and even indoors if you're not with members of your own immediate family? >> well, i instituted some weeks ago a mandatory mask policy, certainly under specific circumstances but overall a

universal application. it certainly has created some up roar and some concerns because up to that point in time we had a citizenry that had been compliant on a voluntary basis. but as we mentioned before, coming off of a long stint of shutdown, i think there was some i guess just a let-loose kind of policy and resistance. but i think we're getting into a much better place now and the statistics reflect that. our current infection rate on the testing now is at 11%. so it's off that high of 21%, significantly. and even covid-like and influenza-like symptoms that are noted in our hospital systems have dropped by two-thirds. eric: that certainly is encouraging. we hope the trend continues. scottsdale, arizona mayor, jim lane. thank you for joining us. it's a beautiful city, beautiful area of the country.

i want to read some tweets from andy slavit, a former top hhs official. this is what he says about the coronavirus. quote, why should defeating covid-19 be the single most important thing? because it is the pathway to everything else. safe schools, hiring, reuniting families, in person voting, travel, bars and restaurants and sports. we are asking americans to defy how we've been trained. we bestow everyone here with the belief that if we look out for or captainism and individualism will benefit society. that strategy has created great wealth. it has made for a selfish nation. so that now, when we need to -- people to take actions to benefit others, from wearing a mask to avoiding crowds, even if the data they see leaves them to feel confident they aren't at risk, it's like asking a country to leaf state. levitate? who, us? some advice from a top official

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arthel: crews in california are trying to control a wildfire in the middle of triple digit

temperatures. the apple fire began and two separate fires that merged and kept growing in riverside county, east of los angeles. nearly 8,000 people had to evacuate their homes. so far, no injuries reported. no word yet on what started the fire that has already scorched at least 12,000 acres and is only 12% contained. eric: wow. microsoft apparently putting a deal for tiktok on pause for now. that after president trump on friday threatened to ban the chinese video sharing app in our country and said he would not support a sale. microsoft reportedly was in advanced talks with bite dance, the owner of the hugely popular tiktok app. lauren blanchard is live in washington with more on the time ticking on tiktok. hi, lauren. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, new today, secretary of state mike pompeo says president trump is going to decide in the coming days whether or not he's going to attempt to ban the

popular social media app tiktok from the u.s. over concerns over its connections to the chinese government. here's what mike pompeo said on sunday morning future. >> president trump has said enough. we're going to fix it. and so he will take action in the coming days with respect to a broad array of national security risks that are presented by software connected to the chinese communist party. >> reporter: sources tell fox business talks of the sale of tiktok to microsoft aren't completely on hold. however, they are waiting for the president to decide if the app will be banned here in america. the u.s. general manager of tiktok responded in a video yesterday to the president's threats. >> when it comes to safety and security, we're building the safest app because we know it's the right thing to do. so we appreciate the support. we are here for the long run. >> reporter: along with tiktok, the coronavirus also a points of contention between the u.s. and

china. this morning, president trump tweeting, big china virus breakouts all over the world including nations which were thought to have done a great job. the fake news doesn't report this. usa will be stronger than ever before and soon. the administration is condemning beijing for delaying upcoming elections in hong kong. the government cited the coronavirus as the reason to postpone their election for a year. >> the reason for the delay is that the chinese communist party a candidates would be crushed and the freedom loving people of hong kong would prevail and the leadership in beijing simply can't permit that to happen. >> reporter: and this weekend, the u.s. also imposed sanctions on two chinese entities and two officials, part of those entities, for their connection to human rights abuses with the uyghurs over in the chengdung

reason. eric: the secretary of state said the chinese communist party is the greatest threat we have today. arthel: going to the polls physically may not be an option for some americans. instead, they will mail in their votes. senator marco rubio saying, quote, no, i'm not concerned about mail-in voting in florida. axios is reporting that many republican leaders privately admit that the president's messaging condemning mail-in voting is problematic. they recognize that absentee ballots are needed to secureness republican votes, particularly with older white voters. joining us now, john decker, fox newsradio white house correspondent and attorney. so john, lots to cover. let's jump right in. if republicans are privately saying the president's messaging condemning mail-in voting is

inaccurate, they don't see a problem with mail-in voting and that the president seems to overlook the fact that absentee ballots are needed to secureness republican -- secure necessary republican votes, why does president trump continue to claim that somehow mail-in votes will corrupt the results of the election? >> the president expressed concern both on social media, on twitter and in kentuckian q & ah reporters about the likelihood he sees of fraud in the upcoming presidential election. have you to keep in mind that mail-in voting is nothing new. 34 states and the district of columbia allow an individual to simply request an absentee ballot, for instance, without having to give any reason for that absentee ballot. and five states, washington, oregon, utah, are among those that do most of their voting by mail-in ballots and there's never been any instance of large scale fraud conducted by those

particular states in any type of election. so i think that what the president's critics say, he's trying to sort of sow doubt in terms of the legitimacy of the upcoming presidential elections. arthel: the people in charge of the bean counting, let's say, they're not concerned about any threats of fraud. however, they feel their greatest challenge will be to quickly process the votes by mail ballots in time to get results as close to november 3rd as possible. i mean, is there something behind the president's posturing? >> well, you know, this is where the president does have a valid point. if you have millions upon millions of ballots coming in by mail, it takes resources to count those ballots and that is where various states all across the country are asking for those resources so we don't have an instance where november 4th we don't have a clear and concise winner in the presidential election. keep in mind, arthel, look back to the year 2000, it wasn't

until december the 13th of 2000 that al gore actually conceded the election. so a month and-a-half went by in that tickle ex before we even knew -- that particular election before we knew who the leader was. arthel: the president is the president. if he's concerned about not getting the votes counted as much as possible, at the end of the day, into the night on november 3rd, if he feels the states don't have the resources to do so, why not today is i think august 2nd get the states the resources so they can make sure they can count the votes quickly. >> that's the job of congress. arthel: okay, talk to congress. executive order, i don't know. do something. >> well, you know, it's congress' job to provide the resources for everything we do and every function that takes place in the federal government. so congress needs to get together, democrats and republicans, provide some sort of legislation which accounts for an increased amount of

resources to deal with this increased amount of votes which will have to be countered by hand. -- counted by hand. that's the way mail-in votes are generally counted, by hand, which requires head count, requires individuals to look through each and every absentee ballot. there's a verification process that goes along with this process. a verification process which includes bar codes and matching signatures. so it's not like some foreign power, some foreign entity, arthel, could mass produce fake ballots and somehow sow doubt in our presidential election. arthel: i'm sure everybody would want to know as quickly as -- as close to november 3rd as possible. sometimes you have to wait and business as usual goes on, at least until, well, for a while. so let me move on to this. you pointed out something. two days ago u.s. intelligence officials discounted the possibility of foreign countries mass producing fake ballots to

interfere in the election. also, john, here's a look at the court of public opinion on mail-in voting. in may, fox news conducted a poll asking if all u.s. citizens should be allowed to vote by mail. in the presidential election 2020 because of coronavirus. 63% of the respondents said yes. so again, the president himself as you know has voted by mail in several elections. most recently in florida's primary in march. however, if the president, john, again is concerned about a fraudulent component with mail-in voting, why doesn't he follow it with don't worry, i'm coordinating with my top intelligence teams, i've installed a formal logistics guy as post master general and i as president will do anything in my power to not allow anyone to trample on the sacred democratic process of our great republic. >> we may get to that point but we're not at that point right now in terms of the messaging coming from the president and you mentioned some republicans

clearly at odds. you mentioned marco rubio. 30% of the vote in florida in the last presidential election in 2016 was done by mail-in absentee ballot. so the president won florida. i'm sure he would certainly agree that the election in 2016 was a ferrell ex, a free -- a fair election, a free and ferrell ex. the president won in utah, pretty handily and that was a mail-in ballot election. that's likely what's going to happen in 2020, with a large number of percentage of ballots coming in through this manner. so that's the messaging that certainly republicans would want to see. it's not just democrats by the way, as has been pointed out that are voting and will be voting by absentee ballot, mail-in ballot. it's republican as well. that's something that republicans are concerned about and that the president's messaging may tamp down the numbers of republican votes. arthel: exactly. you had 63% of fox news respondents saying because of the virus, no, please, we want to vote in mail -- mail in our

ballots and our votes. we'll see how it plays out. definitely very intriguing. john decker, thank you. >> thank you, arrest they'll. arthel: eric. eric: well, straight ahead we will show you the anger and violence in one of europe's largest cities, over the government's decision to roll back reopening plans because of a spike in coronavirus infections. at heinz, every ketchup starts with our same tomatoes. but not every tomato ends in the same kind of heinz ketchup. because you can't be everyone's favorite ketchup without making a ketchup for everyone. because you can't be everyone's favorite ketchup robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.

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arthel: protests against coronavirus safety measures, turning violent in berlin. 18 police officers reportedly injured trying to disburse a large crowd today. thousands protesting germany's coronavirus restrictions. while declaring the, quote, end of the pandemic. iroironically therallies come aw infections. eric: coronavirus hits men more

than women. that according to a new study that found covid-19 is more severe for men, partly due to links the virus has potentially to prostate cancer. the study is from mount sinai medical center. it says researchers zeroed in on a possible reason, male hormones appear to boost the virus' ability to get inside cells. the centers for disease control says that 10,000 more men have died in our country from coronavirus than women. more than 72,000 american men, more than 62,000 women. with us now is the so di's senior -- study's senior author, professor of urology and oncology sciences at the icon school of medicine, dr. ash tawari. doctor, welcome. why is the finding so important? is there a possible link between coronavirus and prostate cancer? >> thank you, eric. there are more than millions of

people that are dealing with prostate cancer risk and are facing the covid-19 pandemic at the same time. when you look at them, men are twice likely to die due to the covid infection and this is the same age group who get the prostate cancer. so we started doing a deep dive into understanding why there is a connection. and the work has been done by many labs, including ours. and we found that the spike protein of the covid virus needs to attack to a receptor on the cell phone as ace-2. the story doesn't stop there. that virus has to go inside the cell and that entry into the cell is governed by another enzyme, known as temtrus. that happens to be governed by the androgen receptor. cells allow the virus to go inside and do its replication and increasing the number and

that phenomenon is controlled by temprus which happens to be a major protein we are interested in in prostate cancer. that's where the link started. and we did a deeper dive. we realized that men are not doing a great job in terms of their innate inmune-immunity. they have a poorer clearance of the virus first time they're getting hit. that has something to do with only having one x chromosome. that governs the immune mechanism that helps clear the virus at the time of entry. and there are facts why testosterone can make it more difficult after the virus enters the cell. not only do they have a little bit imbalance in the immune mechanism, they also have a much more stronger inflammation that becomes more adverse and

patients end up on a ventilator. these two reasons combined and you add in the co-morbidities which happen to overlap between the two groups, that's the setting for a perfect storm and that's why we got interested in this question. and i think this is important news for over 10 million people who either have prostate cancer or are going to deal with the prostate cancer detection and covid-19 is there to stay. eric: if you have prostate cancer or if you have a precursor or precancer, what type of steps should you take? should you be more careful? >> so one thing we have realized that you have to be super cautious. there are some things you can deal with it by being brave but this is one disease you have to be super smart. you have to be a little bit afraid, do everything possible to not get it. follow every guideline, which cdc has put together for us. and then you should also have a plan in place.

there are co-morbidities like in hypertension, like diabetes, that needs to be managed better and if you manage it better, likelihood of having a poorer outcome goes down. if the weight is an issue, we should do everything possible in a covid setting to exercise and lose weight and then comes smoking. smoking, if reduced, can also have a better outcome after the covid infection. all of that combined with a connection with the program who knows how to tackle the covid and prostate cancer issue, i think that's what men need to know and they should be aware, they should be super cautious, they should take every precaution but be prepared to deal with it if they have to handle the situation. eric: for us men, a very important message. men, that means us, be extra careful i think. and doctor, you had coronavirus yourself? you're okay? >> oh, yeah. right in the middle of the journey i ended up in an icu for

two weeks came out of it. we got one of the best infectious disease experts handling my care and a lot of blessings and good wishes. but came out and that troubled me to even study the question in a deeper manner and my lab and everyone got interested and there you go. there are multiple papers coming of out from our lab looking at this exact question, why men have more chances of having the poorer outcome with the covid and how there is a relation between prostate cancer and covid-19. eric: we're so glad you're better and doing okay. men, take the doctor's advice seriously. extra special for us. thank you. and we will be right back. >> tech: at safelite, we're committed to taking care of you

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arthel: fears of what lurks in the ocean on the minds of some beach goers after a nightmarish but rare shark attack killed a woman off the coast of maine last week. now some beaches up and down the east coast temporarily closed, others with swimming restrictions over at least 13 shark sightings over the past week. joining us now is dr. steven kajira, a professor of

biological sciences at florida atlantic university. professor, listen, any fatal shark attack is horrible, it's frightening. with ocean swimmers nag to the -- taking to the summer waters, should we be concerned about an increase in shark attacks? >> i think the incident in may e was an unusual incident. not a lot of people in the water in maine, a water res pretty cold. that's well within the range that these white sharks are typically moving and the white shark was confirmed to be the culprit in the case. the sharks are there. the sharks are always in the water. it's something we need to be cognizant of. arthel: we're in their space. any way to predict if sharks are more active this summer compared to another summer, are there indicators about shark activity from season to season? >> what we've seen is that a lot of the sharks are very tightly tied to temperature and their movements are correlated to water temperature. if you have a warm season, you'll find sharks at higher and

higher latitudes, going farther and farther north. as a result, you're getting sharks off long island, new york, for example, where there's a lot of people in the water, lots of sharks there. you've had a large increase, potential for these sorts of negative interactions. arthel: any way -- what can people do? i mean, as we said, we're going into their home. how do we keep ourselves safe? >> right. well, there's a few basic things to consider. avoid swimming where there's, say, fishermen newspaper the water who are fishing in and attracting sharks with bait. if there's a lot of bait fish fisinthe water, avoid swimming n those areas. avoid swimming in areas where visibility is poor, dusk or dawn where the sharks aren't able to discern whether you're a human or a fish. those are the times when you have these sorts of mistaken identities. and the same thing for that unfortunate incident in maine. we had a lot of increases in

populations of marine mammals. like seals, due to protection. so the seal populations are increasing. if you're floating around looking like a seal you could very much be mistaken by the shark. and so avoid areas where there's other things like mammals that might be similar food items for the sharks. arthel: very good advice and hopefully everybody can co-exist, people can swim if they want to but keep the sharks same at the same time. professor, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. thank you. arthel: absolutely. e? eric: get those sharks away. keep it here on the fox news channel throughout the day. we are tracking tropical storm isaias and we expect an astronaut splashdown. arthel and i are back. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line!

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