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without those additional benefits. they expired on friday. mark meredith at the north lawn of the white house with more. hi, mark. >> reporter: hi, leland. good afternoon. the white house insists that president trump is heavily involved in these negotiations about the next economic stimulus package. while we are hearing from both sides that progress is being made, both sides also say that they are far from a final deal. we saw those top congressional leaders meet with the white house staff on saturday at the capitol. they'll meet again tomorrow as they try to decide the best way to stimulate the economy. over the weekend the federal benefit that provided $600 a week on top of state benefits that expired for unemployed americans. the white house says they want congress to extend it one more week as lawmakers negotiate. democrats say this should be a long-term deal to keep the benefit in place for several more months. we heard from both sides earlier today. >> we have been for the $600. they have a $200 proposal which does not meet the needs of america's working families. >> we absolutely support a $600

one week extension. so while we're negotiating, we shouldn't hurt the hard-working americans. i would just say the president absolutely supports it. let's get a one week extension. >> reporter: that one week extension has been a nonstarter for the democrats so far. we'll see wait to see. there's a a lot of questions about what will happen a little later on this month in charlotte as republicans get ready to renominate president trump. there was a report that came out that it was possible the press would not be able to access some of the events that are going to be happening in charlotte for the convention but the republican national committee has been pushing back a little this, saying no final decisions have been made, they're working out the press logistics. there's a lot of questions about what the convention is going to look like because after all the event that was moved to jacksonville, florida has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. there's questions about what the campaign schedule will look like between now and november, what we'll see in terms of more events with the president.

the rally in new hampshire was scrubbed two days before it was supposed to happen. it will be interesting to see how the calendar shakes out between now and november. leland: seems pretty clear, both sides aren't clear as to what they're able to do week to week. mark, back to you if the president has anything to sayres going to accept his party's nomination in private during the republican national consistent jinkconvention,this as joe bides final decision on a running mate. jack jacjacqui heinrich joins u. >> reporter: karen bass has surged to the top of the pack, enough so that the trump campaign has their sights on her, tweeting an article about her time in cuba and says as a 1970 radical she joined a brigade, a pro-castro militant

group. bass told the atlantic her involvement in cuba began over concerns about oppression. she denies being a castro sympathizer and today she's on the board of the national endowment for democracy where she supported funding for 65 programs totaling $6 million for democracy movements in cuba. she addressed a video that surfaced on the daily caller showing her speaking at a scientology church in again. the church faced allegations of sexual abuse and scandal. bass said since then, published accounts have exposed the group. everyone is now aware of the allegations against scientology. meantime, another vp contender at the top, purple heart veteran, senator tammy duckworth is addressing criticism after she received backlash for saying there should be a national conversation around moving statues of american founders including george washington. she clarified she doesn't

support violent protests. >> i think violence is wrong. i absolutely condemn the violent protesters. that is wrong. i fully support the rights of people to express their first amendment right peacefully. it's why i spent 23 years in the military. >> reporter: julianne castro went through the vetting process in 2016 under consideration for vp with hillary clinton. he says what's playing out right now is part of the game. >> you also see some of what you've seen in the last kim days which is one of the reasons i think a lot of people don't like the process, because the mud starts flying, allies of one candidate say put opposition research out there, allies of another candidate do the same. >> reporter: biden has said he would make his voice for vp -- choice for vp this week. gillian. gillian: well, no one said it should be easy running for vice

president. jacqui heinrich, thank you. leland: we'll hear from the democrats in a minute. first we bring in trump 2020 campaign director. start with this vp pick. it's clear how the trump campaign is going to brand anybody vice president biden picks, something along the lines of they're a socialist, aligned with bernie sanders, medicare for all, et cetera. does any one of the vp picks on the list right now make it easier or hear harder for you g? >> it doesn't matter what name comes out when biden makes his pick. as has been happening all along, he's pushed along by the extreme elements of the democrat party. he's an empty vessel being filled by the radical left. whichever name comes up will just continue that trend. i think what we saw yesterday with karen bass, you know, the fact that joe biden is even considering running with someone who was a pro-castro communist cuba sympathizer really says an

awful lot and that's a deal breaker for many cuban americans, particularly in florida. leland: you talked about that. conceivably that would make it an easier argument. i'm sure you're looking for arguments like that with other members of the vp short list. back to mark's reporting from the white house, can you shed any more light on what the republican national convention is going to look like? >> i think for the viewers at home it's going to look like any convention they've seen before minus of course maybe the balloon drop and the large crowds. it's going to be great, entertaining programming we believe and a great opportunity to talk about the great successes of the president's administration. leland: getting to the reporting earlier that came out from the arkansas democrat gazette that, the activities in charlotte will be colleaguesed to -- closed to press on friday before the convention through monday of the nominating process. can you shed any light on that. >> i think as i reports have said the republican national commit at this said they're working on that and the

logistics and access to it is something they're looking at. so no, i can't shed any more light on it than that. the convention itself is a great opportunity to show the president's accomplishments and highlight the fact as i just said that joe biden has been hijacked by the extreme left. he's going to raise taxes by trillions of dollars, provide amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens and also on board with cutting police funding. he is a tool of the radical left and we'll be telling that story at our convention. leland: always helps when you go second to be able to tell story and define the other side. big part of the conversation at the convention is going to be the economy, the economy looked very different than it did even eight months ago when president trump was running o on the issue of the economy, when it comes to the coronavirus relief package and what things look like for people over the next couple months, i want you to listen to ben dominic, a big supporter of the president, how he's looking at things from the political side of the negotiation. take a listen. >> the house democrats have

advanced trying to take advantage of the situation to achieve things that have nothing to do with coronavirus relief or anything else related to that. so i mean, it is a challenge in this moment and i do think that you're going to have to see this type of negotiating play out in a typical washington way, sloppy, not actually connected. leland: do you worry that speaker pelosi and the democrat as they're united and republicans are not are going to make this more difficult for the president as we've seen some republican senators shall we say distance themselves from the president over the past couple weeks? >> well, i mean, i'm not going to get involved in the negotiations between the white house -- leland: i want to talk about the effect on the campaign. >> i think the president's economic message is actually made stronger by what happened here. everyone knows that he built the world's best economy once and he is in the process of doing it again. we've seen the great jobs report. we don't have to guess what an economy would be like under joe

biden. he once oversaw the slowest economic recovery since the great depression. now he says that he would raise taxes by trillions of dollars and impose the green new deal and all those regulations on top of an economy that is trying to come out from this downturn. leland: real quick on this. anthony scaramucci tweeting out in the past kim minutes, he meaning the president has people inside his own campaign that want him defeated. any response? >> [ laughter ] i would suggest to you that anthony scaramucci has no earthly idea what we talk about inside this campaign. and so i can tell you here, we're one united team, seeing the president reelected in 90 some days is our sole focus and i would caution against using anthony scaramucci as a knowledgeable source about much. leland: there's a lot of reporters who learned that lesson the hard way. we appreciate your time. thank you very much, especially on a sunday. we know you're burning the midnight oil every day. good to see you. >> good to see you. thank you. leland: gillian.

gillian: joining us now is texas democrat, member of the house appropriations committee, congressman henry quaare. thank you for joining us. you heard tim mortaw there, he said joe biden is an empty vessel, appears to be hijacked by the extreme left faction of his party. what's your response? >> i know joe. he's done a good job. when he served as a senator, he was so good at negotiating so i disadegree with that. he is one that will develop consistenconsensus, whether wite progressive folks or even with republicans, look at his record when he was a senator. gillian: what about his pick for vp, that factors into all of this heavily. could be coming down and announcing any day now. if you were a betting man, sir, who is your money on?

>> you know, we all have our own personal preferences. but i would say that all of them are qualified. they're women that are strong. they can lead. they can make change. and whoever he chooses is going to be somebody that will help us unite this country. very qualified women. gillian: who do you think would be the candidate that would best supplement his strengths and weaknesses? >> you know, the best person to make that decision is going to be the vice president, joe biden. because he's got to make sure that that person will be a partner that will work with him that, can stand up for him at events and meetings, negotiate for him. so really if you look at the history of who a candidate selects, it comes down to that person that chemistry that he feels between himself or herself and the other person. so that ultimate decision will be joe biden's, selecting the

most qualified person. he's got a large field of qualified individuals that he's going to pick from. gillian: i want to turn to the stimulus negotiations underway this hour, going at the staff level, going through the entire weekend. the top dogs are going to convene again tomorrow on capitol hill. we hear a lot from both sides about what they disagree on, right. they disagree on everything from liability shields to reopening schools to weekly supplements. but they both keep saying they're making all this progress, yet i can't think of a single thing that the two sides agree on. can you? >> look, i've been through this type of negotiations where people say they're so far apart. i know all the different players in this, from nancy pelosi, speaker pelosi, mark meadows, the secretary, the senators involved. i've heard this before that they're far apart but i will tell you that the process will

get them together and i feel confident that they will reach an agreement. they will reach an agreement. even though -- gillian: sorry to interrupt. are you saying, sir, that this is kind of a line they're feeding to the public, we're so far apart, so when they come together on something, everybody applauds them? >> no, i'm not saying that. i'm just saying they are far apart. i can understand that. but the way the process works is it will get together. i'm telling you, we will get together. i know that. talking to the speaker's office, we have certain positions that are important to us. making sure that small businesses and people are not evicted in their homes and they're provided the unemployment benefits. there's certain things that are very important to us. the assistance for the cities torques the counties, to the schools, to make sure that they have that resources so there's certain things that are important to us and we know what's important to the republican senate and to the white house.

mark my words, even though they say they're over here, i've seen this rodeo before. it will get there. gillian: well, let's hope, sir, that you are indeed right. there's tens of millions of americans with their lives and their livelihoods on the line here, a lot of suffering all across the nation. representative, thank you so much for your time this weekend. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. gillian: you bet. chris wallace will have more on all of this on fox news sunday, he has an exclusive interview with senior advisor jason miller, coming up here right after the show. stick around for it. leland: there's now a tropical storm warning in effect for parts of the southern east coast as a downgraded isaias makes its way towards florida. adam klotz is in the extreme weather center tracking the storm. hi, adam. >> hey there, leland. yeah, the storm downgraded and really across a large area of

florida, maybe a little sigh of relief because this is where the storm currently sits, off the coast of west palm beach. you see everything to the east of the storm, that's where the heavy rains are. that's where the strongest winds are at this point and that's going to continue. now, still if you're right along the coast you want to pay attention to this. if you see the real intensity just lingering there up the eastern side of the storm, the dirty side of the storm if you will, it's going to be dodging a lot of florida. it isn't until it makes landfall likely monday evening, into early tuesday morning that you see the heavier rains and stronger winds begin to work their way on-shore, across south carolina, maybe near myrtle beach and running into north carolina, areas to pay attention to. here's the track, running there right along the eastern edge of florida. then you take it in on early -- excuse me, early tuesday morning to late monday evening, that is when you're suddenly running over the carolinas. and then you take this all the way up through new england, d.c., boston, new york, a lot of

major cities, this will eventually run its way over. at that point the winds are weaker. i think it becomes a story about the heavy rain. you see that initial rain when it runs on-shore, anywhere from 6 to 8 inches and widespread running up the coast no where from 3 to 4 inches of rain. so leland, as i toss this back to you, still something to pay attention to in florida but we're going to be talking about this all the way until wednesday and it becomes more and more of a rain maker as we get into the middle of the upcoming week. leland: so often it's the inland flooding that causes the most damage while it's the wind number that everyone pace attention to. adam, great look at this. thank you. gillian. gillian: for a look at the conditions now on the ground in the state of florida we turn to rick leventhal who has drawn the short straw today, reporting live from west palm beach, rick. >> reporter: remarkably mild here, considering that 24 hours ago we were looking at the prospect of a potential direct hit with a hurricane warning in effect in palm beach.

we had very little wind, very little rain right now. there are storm surge warnings from jupiter to jacksonville beach and along the carolina coastline, concerns about the storm maybe making a jog to the west a little bit. the beaches by the way are officially closed but you can see a lot of folks out here, including little kids who are playing in the water and beyond them surfers who are taking advantage of the rough waves, 5 to 8-foot swells which could get bigger throughout the afternoon. isaias did far more damage so far down in the island. it lashed the bahamas with strong gusts, knocked down trees and power lines, flooded streets and in the state o dominican red puerto rico. florida's governor, rick scott, said he's grateful that the storm is so far staying out over the atlantic ocean. >> everybody's ready. 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, got be very careful

about ripcurrents. but the hard thing is going to be our shelters, they're going to have to socially distance around our shelters. >> reporter: the worst thing we've seen so far in palm beach is palm fronds on the roadways and one power line we saw down with some fpl crews working to restore juice to that area of palm beach. the carolinas prepare for a possible landfall later this week. millions of people potentially affected by the storm but right now it's not doing much at all in south florida. gillian: well, rick, we're thankful to hear that at least for now the worst case scenario has been avoided. you stay safe. thank you. >> reporter: thanks. leland: wilfred brimley has died at age 85. we're going to take a look at his life and legacy in just a minute. people used to care. heck, they'd come all the way out here just for a blurry photo of me. oh, that's a good one. wait, what's that?

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switch and save hundreds. xfinity mobile. leland: welcome back. the military called off its search and rescue efforts for eight service members missing after an accident off the coast of southern california. 16 military members were aboard an amphibious assault vehicle. we have video of those right now. they were out for routine training exercises when it began

taking on water and sank on thursday. it was traveling from san clement island. it went down 60 miles off the coast of the base. 16 marines why pulled out of the water after the incident. one died, two are in critical condition. the rest are expected to recover. gillian: the u.s. has reached a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. there are now more than 4.6 million cases confirmed nationwide since the pandemic began. christina coleman is tracking the numbers live. christina. >> reporter: hi, gillian. we do have good news here. we just learned covid hospitalizations in new york dropped to its lowest point since mid-march with 566 hospitalizations yesterday. new york has conducted 6 million diagnostic covid tests and yesterday less than 1% of tests

in new york came back positive. governor andrew cuomo says the numbers are where state officials want them to be. here's the trump administration's testing coordinator on meet the press this morning. >> we increased the testing by 32,000 percent. we're completing over 80% of our tests within three days, almost 90% within five days. of course we're going to improve that. we're continuing to improve that. by september we'll have over 23 million point of care tests. we are improving that. >> reporter: also new york city didn't report any deaths yesterday unlike the state of california, which reported the highest number of covid fatalities for a single day yesterday with 219 deaths, one of 35 states seeing a rise in covid fatalities. the number of deaths in california went up by 2.4% since thursday. the state has more than 9200 covid fatalities. although the number of coronavirus tests coming back positive in some of the sunbelt

states are starting to level off, federal officials are concerned about growing outbreaks in other parts of the country like in the midwest and northeast. >> what we're seeing today is different from march and april. it is extraordinarily wide diss widespread, it's into the rural and urban areas. to everybody who lives in a rural area, you're not immune or protected from this virus. 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: also some positive news coming out of florida right now, florida reported its fewest daily covid-19 deaths in nearly three weeks today with 62 confirmed fatalities in the last 24 hours. gillian. gillian: christina coleman live in los angeles, thank you. leland: actor wilfred brimley has died. his agent said he passed away

saturday after fighting a kidney ailment for two months. he was known for his roles in the wall tons, absence of malice and china syndrome. he spent years as a spokesman for quaker oats and liberty medical. grimly himself was diagnosed with diabetes and was honored by the american diabetes association in 2008. he leaves behind his wife and three sons. wilfred brimley died at 85 years old.

gillian: tensions ratcheting up again overnight between the u.s. and china as president trump takes another swipe at beijing over what he calls the mismanagement of the outbreak, this as chinese owned app tiktok strikes back after president trump threatened a u.s. ban. lauren blanchard is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi, gillian.

secretary of state mike pompeo says president trump is going to decide in the coming days whether or not he'll attempt to shut down the app, the popular social media app tiktok in the us because of its connections to the chinese government. here's what the secretary of state had to say on sunday morning futures. >> the united states said goodness, if we're having fun with it, if a company can make money off of it we're going to permit that to happen. president trump has said enough and we're going to fix it. >> reporter: sources tell fox business while the president is making his decision, talks of a tiktok sale to microsoft aren't completely on hold. however, they are waiting to see 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're here for the long run.

>> reporter: and this weekend the u.s. also imposed sanctions on two chinese entity as well as officials over human rights abuses against the uyghurs. >> the greatest human rights violations of this century to date and what we've attempted to do is to make clear to china if you want to participate on the world stage you can't engage in behavior like this. >> reporter: aside from tiktok the coronavirus also a point of contention between the u.s. and china, president trump tweeting this morning, quote, 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 u.s. is also condemning beijing for delaying elections in hong kong, the hong kong government says they need a year

because of the coronavirus to have these elections, secretary of state pompeo says what they're actually doing is trying to promote pro-communist candidates because they believe as of right now if that election were to be held the pro-communist candidates would be crushed and secretary of state pompeo says beijing is not going to allow it. gillian. gillian: no word yet from microsoft on whether they'd even be interested in tiktok if president trump moves forward with a blanket ban as he has threatened to do. lauren blanchard live in washington. thank you. leland: big question on how the ban would work, going after this as a foreign owned company or trying to ban the app itself. a little bit more from this morning on sunday morning futures with the secretary of state. take a listen. >> what we've attempted to do is to make clear to china if you want to participate on the world stage you can't engage in behavior like this. we've begun to impose sanctions on individuals, businesses involved. the recent set of sanctions put

out by the department of treasury will put the businesses operating there on notice, they've got to change their behavior. they've got to stop using slave labor, stop participating in systems connected to forced sterilizations, forced abortions. leland: we bring in republican tennessee congressman and a classmate of the secretary at west point, mark green. good to see you, sir. long resume. just selected to serve as a member of had house foreign affairs committee. we have the sanctions being implemented against chinese entities, chinese people and business men and members of the communist party. is it time for congress to now start taking a look at u.s. companies that are doing business with china? >> absolutely. we should be doing that and by our current laws, leland, we should have already been doing that. this is actually looking at some companies right now but the hoover institute just put out a study that there are 250

different companies in the united states that are cooperating with seven or so chinese universities and that they're a direct threat to the national security of the united states. leland: if you were to give a list of household names of companies that you feel need to re-evaluate their relationship with china, which by default means with the chinese communist party and china inc., what would be on the top of that list that you would like to know more about their relationship and possibly curtail it? >> well, quite honestly, some of the artificial intelligence companies and facial recognition companies that hunter biden, the son of the vice president, has been involved with that is now -- that technology is now being used to basically spy on and suppress the uyghurs in western china. that pops right to the top of the -- leland: what about nike and the nba. >> of course, all of those.

i mean, google, google has an a.i. research facility in beijing and some of that technology is also being used to suppress the uyghurs. leland: it was noteworthy that mark zuckerberg was the only big tech executive at the congressional hearing this week who was willing to say that the chinese were stealing technology. when it comes to the debate in the united states about companies under chinese control, tiktok being one of them, the aclu came out with this tweet, banning an app like tiktok which millions of americans use to communicate with each other is a danger to free expression and technologically i' impractical. what's a bigger danger, what the can chinese are doing or going after the app. >> just since covid happened, we know china misled the world on that, they have increased their attacks on the south china sea, invaded japanese waters,

crossed over into india and killed 20 indian soldiers. the pla navy has sailed into the taiwan straits. they have aggressive overflights of taiwan. they cyber hacked the australian government. these are not our friends. despite what joe biden has said, i think his exact words, they're not bad guys, they're not our competitors. that is just completely willful ignorance. and we absolutely are at a greater threat from data mining from china than we are from banning the app. tiktok. it is just insane to suggest otherwise. leland: where does this go from here in terms of what the president can do unilaterally and where is he going to need bipartisan congressional support, not in terms of going after china but in terms of forcing u.s. companies to turn off the money spigot and intellectual property spigot to china, inc. >> we need congress to do oversight. you can look at the coronavirus task force. they're refusing to look at

china despite a columbia university study that says 61% of our casualties would have been saved, those lived would have been saved had china just spoken up one week earlier and the connections with the world health organization, their manipulation of those international bodies. the democrat party doesn't want to look at it. in fact, they're he' espausing e talking about that the ccp is over the coronavirus. we have to be serious about oversighting these guys. leland: i know you and adam smith got it into this week on that issue. wish we had time to delve into it. congressman, we appreciate you taking the time on a sunday, sir. goods to see you. >> thanks, leland. good to see you. leland: gillian. gillian: a live look now at spacex's dragon aircraft, the dragon endeavor is carrying two nasa astronauts that were launched into space may 30th.

it is preparing to splash down off the coast of florida next hour. we will bring you that live as it happens. any minute now, the crew dragon which detach. it will then touch down. stick with us. storm isaias is barreling towards florida's east coast with heavy rains and strong winds. we will take a live look at the storm's path coming up after the break.

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leland: the east coast of florida all the way up to south carolina is bracing for heavy rain and strong winds as tropical storm isaias is making its way north. steve harrigan live from jacksonville beach as they prepare there. hi, steve. >> reporter: leland, you can see the dark clouds just beginning to come in. the rain hasn't started yesterday. the red flags are out. that means swim at your own risk and there are a lot of families

here still swimming. this storm has been downgraded from a category 1 hurricane on saturday, now to a tropical storm. 65-mile-an-hour winds. it did hit the dominican republic and puerto rico hard as a hurricane pulling up trees from their roots and leaving two people dead. it's going to scrape the coast of florida and hit the carolinas, possible landfall monday or tuesday overnight. the real danger for florida, a possible 4-foot storm surge, rain up to 6 inches. florida governor ron de santis says people should have seven days of food, water and medicine. he declared a state of emergency in some of the communities along the coast. and 10,000 utility workers are ready to respond if power goes out. florida has been made more complicated by the pandemic of the coronavirus. shelters have to practice social distancing. evacuation busses would have to distant. and covid testing centers all along the east coast have been shut down until this storm has passed. leland, back to you.

leland: steve harrigan in jacksonville beach. we'll watch the storm there. south carolina could get 4 inches or more of rain. steve, thank. gillian. gillian: nasa astronauts robert banken and doug hurley are on their way back to earth. we'll talk to one of their colleagues about their imminent splashdown on the other side of the break. your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake. try boost glucose control.

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leland: proud day in america. in just about an hour we expect to see the first u.s. astronaut water landing in 45 years, as spacex and nasa finish off their historic demo two mission with a splash. >> three, two, one. zero. ignition. liftoff of the falcon 9 and crew dragon, go nasa, go spacex. god speed, bob and doug. >> america has launched. so rises the new era of american space flight. >> on may 30th. spacex in partnership with nasa sent two astronauts into space from american soil for the first time in nine years.

bob behnken and doug hurley arinarrived at the international space space. >> the robotics that we did, it was just an incredible experience and one that i will absolutely never forget and will always cherish. >> now it's time for our astronauts to come home. the space ship will face temperatures over 3,000 degrees fahrenheit as it reenters the atmosphere and splashes down on earth in the first water landing for u.s. astronauts since 1975. >> we have a vehicle they're responsible for, that their lives are at stake. it really hits home. the return is more dangerous in some ways than the event. so in order to declare victory, we need to bring them home safely. >> i still don't feel nervous about it and we're focused on the things that we'll need to do

to be as safe as possible as we come back. >> dragon departing. >> separation, physical separation 4:35 p.m. pacific. >> hard to put into words just what it was like to be a part of this expedition, expedition 63. it will be kind of a memory that will last a lifetime for me. gillian: great reporting there from leland. to preview this splashdown we are joined by astronaut colonel mike fink, he has completed multiple space missions, once spent six months at the international space station. he's slated to be part of the first crew that will test boeing's first spacecraft. mike, thanks so much for joining us. good to see you in your gear. big day, right? i mean, the landing, the splashdown, you guys call it as i understand it's happening in an hour, huge victory really for nasa, for spacex and for all americans, right?

>> gillian, very exciting day. this is a tricky bit like you heard on the thing with elon saying this is coming back from space. they're going 17,500 miles an hour now. in the next hour they'll get down to zero. there's a lot of heat involved, heat shields, parachutes, it's an exciting day. nasa is very spro proud of our spacex partner for taking these guys to space. we rented the dragon. this is all spacex's. this is very new, part of the commercialization of space that we're working on, call it the commercial crew program. today we're excited for this. gillian: how do doug and bob feel right now? what's going through their heads? are they anxious about this landing? are they excited? are they not really thinking about that yet and they're just focused on what's in front of them, second by second? >> yeah, that's what's funny about us astronauts. we should probably worry a lot more than we do.

partly, we have a lot of faith. we have a lot of faith in the system. we have a lot of faith in our spacex partners, we have a lot of faith in nasa. we're counting on everyone else to have their jobs done, so the heat shield's folded correctly and it's going to work and the parachutes are going to work. bob and doug, they can feel calm, cool and collected and do their part. they don't want to let the rest of the team down. in the preview, you heard bob say, yeah, i'm not going to be anxious. i'm going to focus on the things we need to do, to do our part. that's exactly where they are rights now. yeah, sure, they're a little excited because they're going to come home, good earth food, they're going to see their wives and kids. and after they meet the ocean in about an hour. gillian: i mean, lots to look forward to undoubtedly. the key part here i guess now is having a successful splashdown, making sure all the million things that need to happen do happen and in the right order at

the right time. i understand that there are seven different locations scouted out nearby off the coast of florida where they could ultimately end up. i guess how and when do they determine which of those are they're going to go for, finally, finally. >> so i think we just made that choice a little while ago. and then we told the computers aboard dragon that that's where we're going. so dragon will actively roll on its way in and actually aim for a specific spot and this case it's off the coast of pensacola in the gulf of mexico. which is actually not too far from houston where i'm talking right now. so it's kind of exciting. that's the nice thing about having a spacecraft that can land in the water, call it the big ocean theory. it's hard to miss the ocean when it's two-thirds of our planet. we're going to aim for a specific spot where there is no hurricane, where the weather is beautiful and perfect and there's a spacex recovery ship there waiting for them right

now, full of friends and doctors and engineers, waiting to meet bob and doug. gillian: thanks for walking us through this. very exciting. we wish them the best. we wish you all the best, mike, with your next mission. hope it's going to be a big success. we would love to bring you back to talk about how it goes, how you're prepping pour it. best -- for it. best of luck to you for a successful landing later today. >> thanks, we're all pulling for bob and doug. this is like we said, this is one of the trickiest things that we do is to get rid of all that energy and to bring it back safely for soft landing on water. so thanks for helping us tell our story. gillian: all right. well, mike, thanks so much for cjoining us. 145 years ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection.

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chris: i'm chris wallace, backlash from both sides of the aisle as president trump raises the idea of delaying the november election. ♪ >> i don't want to delay but i also don't want to wait 3 months and find out the ballots are missing. >> we will cope with whatever the situation is and we will have election on november 3rd as scheduled. chris: who will be his 2020 running mate? today we speak with two of the front runners on his short list. senator tammy duckworth, the only contender with military combat experience and karen bass, c