>> set your dvr for 6:00 a.m. eastern every morning so you don't miss a minute. pete is here all week. see you tomorrow. >> sandra: tropical storm isaias gathering strength in the warm southern atlantic ocean and looking to go to south carolina. torrential rains and 70 mile-an-hour winds on the florida coast. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. the carolinas bracing for impact with the storm expected to hit hurricane strength tonight or early tuesday.

several communities issued mandatory evacuations. state leaders are urging people to take the threat seriously despite the storm being downgraded over the weekend. >> just because it is now categorized as a tropical storm doesn't change its potential threat. the storm continued its march toward north carolina overnight. >> sandra: mike tobin is on the ground live just outside charleston in south carolina. what are you seeing now? >> a good stiff breeze come off the atlantic. one of the things i'll tell you keep an eye on our live picture. a pod of dolphins playing in the background here. i think they found fish to snack on. what you can see in the distance, the sea is churned up quite a bit. tide coming out of the breach inlet now. outgoing tide colliding with the waves causing white caps.

a kayaker is out there and people walking on the beach. people aren't that worked up about it. the real concern now is if you get the storm surge colliding with the inundation of rain and high tide all at the same time. if you're janice dean's forecast the storm should make landfall around 9:00 p.m. high tide should be just before 9:00 p.m. that's when you could be talking about the potential for serious flooding. then you have the other complications of potential of tornadoes whipped up and riptides. that being said the governor of south carolina is not issuing a mandatory evacuation for the coastal areas or any area. he is encouraging people to be their own department of emergency management and stay on top of the information. governor cooper of north carolina is urging people to take this seriously only activating 150 troops with the national guard. they are activating some

emergency shelters but they're trying to be cautious in terms of restrictions with covid-19. >> sandra: seeing activity on the beach there. people are somewhat calm at the moment. how are the locals in the area taking a lot of precautions, mike? >> we're not seeing the run on the hardware store, people hoarding gasoline or anything to that effect. in terms of sandbagging. minimal sandbagging in the city of charleston where they usually get flooding when the storms come in. in terms of boards on the windows i see more boards on the windows in the big cities these days than i'm seeing in the coastal areas. >> sandra: very interesting. we'll check back with you, mike. thank you for the update. >> i want to be very clear. what we're seeing today is different from march and april. it is extraordinarily widespread and it is into the rural and urban areas. to everybody who lives in a rural area you are 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. >> trace: white house cases rise by 47,000. the smallest daily increase in nearly four weeks as doctors fight the outbreak in both urban and rural areas. meantime the worldwide total of cases is now surpassing 18 million. the u.s. accounting for more than a quarter of that tally. >> sandra: thank you, trace. top democrats meanwhile meeting again with the white house to reach a compromise on a new covid-19 relief package. both sides reported progress over the weekend. the $600 in weekly unemployment assistance which expired midnight friday remains the key sticking point. >> we spent the last three days actually last four days trying to get to some kind of

consensus at least to start negotiating. yesterday was a step in the right direction. our staffs are actually working today, we'll be meeting again tomorrow. i'm not optimistic there will be a solution in the very near term. >> they put on the floor the end of this week in the senate $200. so when you say well, they have no support for that in their party. we are unified in our support for the $600. they are in disarray. >> sandra: that brings us to monday morning. kristin fisher is live at the white house for us. where do things stand in these negotiations this morning? good morning. >> sandra, the distance between these two sides is so great that the white house is now considering taking some kind of perhaps unilateral action in the event a deal cannot be reached on capitol hill. but negotiations will continue today between house speaker nancy pelosi, the white house chief of staff mark meadows and

treasury secretary steve mnuchin. >> mark meadows and i will be back there every day until we reach an agreement. we understand there is a need to compromise but on the other hand, there is also a big need to get kids into school, get people back to jobs and keep the economy open and keep people safe. >> the two sides are at odds on almost everything from the amount of federal unemployment benefits which expired on friday, to money for schools. exactly how much and how to spend it. the one thing the top three negotiators did agree on after a full day of negotiations on saturday was that they all hit the political shows on sunday to say that they are still a ways away from reaching a deal. sandra, one thing to watch this week is what happens with the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he has been very quiet throughout these negotiations letting the white house take

the lead on this and he was noticeably absent from all the negotiations on capitol hill that took place over the weekend. >> sandra: we'll see where those negotiations go this morning, kristin. meanwhile, also over the weekend a war of words emerging between house speaker nancy pelosi and a member of the white house coronavirus task force. what's the update there? >> house speaker nancy pelosi is saying she has lost confidence in dr. debra birx. a lot of this criticism stems from some criticisms of dr. birx that she has perhaps been too overly optimistic in her assessment of the pandemic. here is dr. birx responding to that kind of criticism just yesterday. >> i have never been called polley annish or non-data driven and i'll stake my career on those principles of utilizing data to implement better programs to save more lives.

>> the think the president is spreading disinformation about the virus and she is his appointee. i don't have confidence there, no. >> there you have it. speaker pelosi saying she doesn't have confidence in dr. birx and dr. birx pushing back. in the clip you played dr. birx said this weekend she warned americans we're in a new phase of this pandemic saying it was more widespread than in march and april. >> sandra: a lot happening already this morning. kristin fisher at the white house this morning. much more on the sometime list negotiations coming up. peter navarro will be our guest joining us live at the bother om -- bottom of the hour. >> trace: more violence in chicago. 30 shot, 9 killed including a 9-year-old boy shot to death on friday. the murder rate jumped 139% in july compared to 2019.

residents demanding action. >> all of these experiences. i want them to be seen. they need to be seen. they need to know they are not the problem. the killing of innocent children and women and elders got to stop. enough is enough. >> we have to keep on burying our babies. they don't stand a chance. >> trace: what's the latest on the violence over the weekend? >> trace, at least 33 people were shot according to chicago p.d. this weekend including a 9-year-old boy, straight a student who just stepped out his front door to play with a friend friday night when he was shot in the chest. a community activist was driving by just after the boy was shot and drove both him and his mother to the hospital. >> the stepfather came up to me put us in the car and get us to the hospital. i said what's going on? get her to a hospital. it was her child shot.

what can i say to her? you can't bring the child back. can't get the screams out of your head. for eight minutes coming down to the hospital i had to hear screaming because a mother can't let a 9-year-old go outside to play. >> a total of 573 people were shot in the windy city just last month. 58 of them under the age of 18. and while chicago is experiencing some of the worst violence in the country, it isn't alone. in new york city there have already been 777 shootings this year, more than all of last year. in minneapolis where george floyd was killed a man was shot and killed on saturday pushing the total number of homicides to 41. more than twice the total in all of 2019. back here in chicago we are expecting an update from the police superintendent later this morning both on the shooting of that 9-year-old boy as well as the uptick in violence across the city. trace.

>> trace: garrett tenney live for us in chicago. >> sandra: with more unrest in seattle police chief there urging the city council to, quote, stand up for what is right after 200 protestors targeted her home saturday night. >> a group of people showed up to my house. it certainly felt very personal about me. it really does seem like a mob mentality and bullying to intimidate a public official. >> sandra: in minneapolis tensions also rising there, graffiti saying pig lives here written on the street in front of a police officer's home. murders in the city double from what they were in 2019. meanwhile minneapolis police with some tips for staying safe in that city including don't walk alone, be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse or wallet. have your keys already in your hand as you approach your vehicle and don't stop for strangers approaching you.

>> trace: fox news alert from southern california on a massive wildfire burning out of control. firefighters working in triple digit heat trying to put out the apple fire which has burned more than 20,000 acres in riverside county. so far no injuries reported but thousands remain under evacuation orders. christina coleman is live in los angeles with more on the story. what does it look like this morning? >> crews are battling this fire and dry, gusty dangerously hot conditions. the fire is only 5% contained. no injuries have been reported but three structures have been destroyed. one home and two outbuildings also. right now about 8,000 people in the mountain and canyon neighborhoods near the fire are under mandatory evacuation. >> we're just praying that everybody is safe and everybody that stayed here and didn't live we're safe. we're packed and ready to go. >> the apple fire is in its third day and going strong.

it exploded in size since friday night in an unincorporated community near the city of beaumont. fire officials say it started as two fires but turned into this massive fire which has scorched so much land. lots of dry brush and timber. at one point crews allowed to flames to go on the steep terrain. 2,000 firefighters are involved in this intense fire fight battling it from the ground and air. here is their strategy for today. >> so what they'll be doing is they'll be really assessing a lot of the areas in the south and west of the fire. down in the pass here. those are the areas that obviously burned a day and a half ago. they are finer fuels and i think they'll work on getting line around that. >> at this point no word on the exact cause of the fire. though we're hearing investigators are looking into whether it could be arson. trace. >> trace: back to you if the

news breaks. christina, thank you. with all those folks forced out of their homes during a pandemic setting up evacuation centers is proofing to be a challenge. the la times reporting on one high school used as that. staffed with volunteers trained in coronavirus safety protocols and everyone sheltering there is required to wear facemasks. social distance and undergo a health screening before they can go in. sandra, you have hurricane season in the east, and you have fire season in the west. in the months to come we'll see more of these evacuations. where do you put these people safely? >> sandra: so many additional challenges to a tough situation. the triple digit heat intense heat battling the wildfires one thing, thousands under evacuation orders. it is a tough time there. thankfully no injuries reported. trace, thank you. tiktok meanwhile has access to a ton of user data as we all know.

so will the president follow through on his recent threats to ban that app over its ties to china? we'll have peter navarro who will join us live and weigh in on that and more. bernie sanders says a biden administration would be the most progressive presidency in our country's history. so how far left would biden's agenda actually be? byron york will join us next on that. >> he is an empty vessel of the radical left. how he won the nomination in the first place. and it is extremely concerning that he is a pawn of the radical fringe of his party. the coronavirus is wrecking state and local budgets.

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before calling it off. witnesses say they saw three people go into the river at around 5:40 p.m. sunday and called for help when the men did not resurface. >> sandra: joe biden nearing his final decision on a running mate. the announcement could come as early as this week. the trump campaign running new ads depicting biden as a puppet for the radical left. bernie sanders laying out a game plan for a biden win in november. >> right now the immediate task is to come together to defeat trump. then as a progressives we'll do everything we can to make the biden administration the most progressive administration that it can become. >> sandra: byron york is the chief political correspondent. that sound bite is getting a lot of play. what did you think of it? >> the important thing to

remember here is that the democratic party has moved left in the last several years. this is not the same democratic party that elected joe biden and barack obama in 2008. it is certainly not the democratic party that joe biden belonged to when he first was elected to the senate and joined in 1973, 47 years ago. it is a very different party. now if you remember the giant democratic primary field. biden was thought to be from the moderate wing. but if he is elected, he will face as you just saw from bernie sanders, a lot of pressure from the progressive wing on issues like medicare for all, raising taxes, on the green new deal, on defunding the police, and right now he is just trying to keep everybody happy so he can get elected. >> sandra: so the new trump campaign manager went on "fox & friends" on the network this morning and he is making the

case that joe biden is aligning himself very clearly with the far left. listen. >> i think you need to judge joe biden by the people he is surrounding himself with. every step of the campaign, every mile marker of this campaign he has kowtowed to the progressive wing of the party. >> sandra: you see the trump campaign effectively make the argument in multiple areas. you tell me how effective the argument is, if they get him into the white house they will push him farther and farther to the left. byron. >> well, first of all they have a point. second of all the trump campaign has had its own organizational issues in the last few weeks and has not really been pushing one message each day with the kind of focus that it should be at this point in the campaign. on the other hand, they do have a point. take defunding the police for example. biden has come out and said

very clearly i do not support defunding the police. but when he does podcasts and interviews with progressive activists as part of thinks campaign they say don't you support redirecting money away from the police to purposes like mental health treatment or low cost housing? he says yeah, absolutely. so he is trying to keep this left wing of his party in the tent and clearly if he is elected, he will owe them something. that's how politics works. >> sandra: all right. meanwhile, we're in anticipation of potentially hearing from joe biden's camp this week of his potential running mate. there is a lot of options on the table as we've been discussing for weeks now. karen bass is being forced to and scrambling to do so explain her remarks on castro. here she is over the weekend, karen bass. >> i absolutely would have not put that statement out and i will tell you that after

talking to my colleagues who represent the state of florida raise those concerns with me, lesson learned, would not do that again for sure. >> sandra: she has emerged as a top contender. >> yeah. the trump administration -- the trump campaign sent out some op-ed on her in the last several days and clearly think she is a real contender. the vice presidential process seems to have come down to three people, karen bass, susan rice, and kamala harris. bass what we were just talking about the democratic party being far to the left is having to defend her great admiration for fidel castro and communist cuba. kamala harris seems always to have been the frontrunner but there do seem to be some long knives out for her right now. there was a leaked story about how some in the biden selection process were not happy she had showed quote no remorse for

attacking biden during the primary. susan rice seems to have one advantage in the sense that she is the only one that biden has actually worked with. he likes people that he has had personal experience with and she was a top official in the obama administration. therefore, they have that connection. >> sandra: very interesting analysis there. no polling on the screen. cbs polls in georgia and north carolina showing joe biden in the lead in the state of georgia, 1 point lead 46 to 45% for president trump. north carolina biden leading 48 to 44%. two states that went to donald trump in 2016. interesting advice from joe lockhart former spokesperson for bill clinton on what joe biden needs to stay away from, needs to stay away from the

debates, concentrate on turning out core democratic constituencies. don't expend resources on states you don't need. don't be afraid to be boring. don't take the bait. some of what he is suggesting for joe biden to win. you are writing about this, byron. cancel the debates? really you ask? is this something you think that the biden camp is really considering? >> well, we're not fully sure if this is a thing yet. clearly the news you just mentioned from north carolina and georgia, i went back and looked at what the polls were in those two states on this day in 2016. hillary clinton had a little bit of a lead in north carolina but trump was ahead in georgia. the results right now are not as good for trump as they were in 2016. and i think the reason you are seeing some people like joe lockhart advise joe biden to skip the debates, to boycott the debates is he is doing really well right now in the

polls without doing that. but you know since 1976 we have had presidential debates every four years. this is a major, major part of the presidential election process. and i think if either candidate were to boycott, to skip these debates so they just didn't happen, they would pay an enormous electoral price for. that right now i think it is just a few voices in the democratic party who are afraid if joe biden does he bait he won't do well but in the end he will have to debate. >> sandra: we'll ask the biden campaign themselves. we will ask them coming up. so much to talk about. have you back soon. thank you so much. >> trace: covid-19 ravaged nursing homes in the northeast early in the pandemic. families were left looking for answers but they may get some today. we'll explain that. both sides still very far apart

over coronavirus relief. a major sticking point? the extra unemployment benefits. white house trade advisor peter navarro joins us on where things stand next. >> there is enough money to make sure that we address the needs that are out there and yet we continue to see really a stonewalling of any piecemeal type of legislation that happens on capitol hill. my gums are irritated.

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>> we proposed a one week extension at $600 so that while we negotiate a longer-term solution at least all those people don't lose their money and i'm surprised that the democrats won't agree to that. they are insistent on having this as part of a larger deal. >> sandra: treasury secretary steve mnuchin on a big sticking point in the stimulus talks with the white house team and top democrats predicting a long road ahead getting a deal done. joining us now is peter navarro. white house trade advisor. it seems the two sides are still very far apart. >> bottom line, sandra, president donald trump is a working-class president. he is deeply concerned about people who are on the unemployment lines who face eviction. what he would love to see right now and immediately is some

progress on enhanced employment benefits as well as eviction while the negotiations take place. we have a great team on the white house end with mark meadows and steve mnuchin. they're working tirelessly on this. what's puzzling and troubling perhaps is the idea that nancy pelosi and the democrats might be using workers as hostages to get to that big deal that they want. in the meantime there is a lot of ways to spend several trillion dollars and we would love to see that fighting the china virus and helping get our manufacturing pharmaceuticals on shore. those are big priorities for us. >> sandra: you are making a strong accusation that they're holding workers hostage but at the same time chuck schumer is arguing that that unemployment assistance is what is propping up the economy and helping out the job market. here is chuck schumer, listen. >> the one bright spot in the

economy is consumer spending. a lot of that was because of robust unemployment benefits and the way the republicans have proposed it with a dramatic cut to $200 it would take for many state governments who do unemployment weeks and months to get it back into effect and people wouldn't get their benefits. >> sandra: they're calling the keep that $600 level. republicans are talking about $200. what do you say to that? that's helping to prop up the economy where it is today? >> i don't want to get in the middle of the negotiations. the only point i was making in the short run, meaning in the next few days, let's pass an enhanced employment package to make sure american workers on the unemployment lines are kept whole. we're all for that and we're all for making sure that people don't get evicted from their apartments. so let's get that done. we could do that today. in the meantime, then, let's have the longer negotiations about what this big package

should look like. that's what we're looking for. look, president trump, mark meadows, steve mnuchin we're ready to help workers today with unemployment benefits, enhanced employment. that's my only point. >> sandra: you know people are struggling. you see left and right hotels, restaurants. >> boy do we know. >> sandra: people losing jobs. >> president trump looks at this every day and night. it is the biggest thing on his mind besides defeating the china virus. look, sandra, we are bouncing back and coming back but it is a long fight. we're going to have these structural adjustments we'll have to punch through over time. and having a president in trump who is the best jobs president in history, american people should take great comfort in that. at the same time we understand this is a battle every single day that we're going to have to fight. i'm the director of the office of trade and manufacturing policy emphasis on manufacturing. that's what we're trying to do.

last week we opened a deal with kodak which will not only bring our pharmaceutical supply chain home it will employ thousands of people in new york. these are the kinds of things we need to do. >> sandra: i want to move on, too. $1200, is that enough? people are waiting on these checks, no idea when they will even be coming in. they hear about it. what can you tell us? >> we were ready to send money and continue the status quo. continue to do that. again, not my line, i will let mark and steve do their thing with speaker pelosi and chuck schumer and let's let that happen. but what my message to the american people is that this president is the working-class president. he cares. he has demonstrated that with all the work he has done putting americans -- particularly americans who work with their hands back to work. right now we're facing a demon virus from china that we're

fighting against and do not want to see the damage to the american economy. it's monday morning. let's have a good week on capitol hill, sandra. that's all. >> sandra: we're watching to see where those two sides can come together and what can get done. keep us posted on that. meanwhile when it comes to tiktok and the president's threats to ban that app from the united states very popular with many people in this country, here is mike pompeo and i want to ask you what is actually going to happen with this. listen. >> these chinese software companies doing business in the united states whether it's tiktok, we chat are feeding data to the national china communist party. family, friends, who they are connected to. >> sandra: what's the real threat for people listening and don't quite understand this story? what's the real threat to users

that currently use this app and the threat to our country, peter? >> well, it is getting on 10:00 a.m. eastern time here in washington, d.c. and i would say to the mothers of america, does the chinese communist party know where your children are? this is the problem. let's say you take tiktok, right, and you sign in initially to use that service. right off the bat the chinese communist party has access to username and password. if you use it across other applications that's a problem. then this application, these other chinese software applications can be used to surveil you, track you, monitor you. it's why the department of defense does not allow anybody in the military to use tiktok. so that's an issue. then the other bigger issue is the use of these software programs to also engage in the kind of censorship that happens on the chinese mainland. so the president is taking a very strong position here on

behalf of the mothers of america, children of america, people of america, that we should not be allowing chinese communist software in the hands of americans where that data and that information can affect privacy -- sandra, i know tiktok is fun but it is dangerous. that's the point. >> sandra: it is very popular. so what is going to -- the president says he wants a total ban of it. microsoft has stepped in. it is my understanding as of this morning they're working with the administration to purchase u.s. operations of this company. can you give us an update on where that stands? >> here -- two questions really. should tiktok be allowed to be sold to somebody in america? and then walled off so possibly it can't hurt americans. that's one question. should microsoft be allowed? microsoft through its big

search engine that operates in china and skype calls en abelers of chinese monitoring. cisco, other american companies in the tech land helped china build its great firewall used basically to imprison chinese citizens. i guess the question is, given china's civil military infusion which requires any foreign company to give them their data. can we trust any company that operates in china, has servers in china and software in china, to protect your children? and that's a question i think that needs to be asked. let's see what the president -- what the final decision is. >> sandra: the administration has been thinking about this for a long time and looked into microsoft possibly being a purchaser of the u.s. operations of tiktok. is the administration willing to let that sale happen? >> at this point sandra my role

here speaking to the american people is to point out what the dangers of tiktok are to our children and to our society and political system and also have this discussion about if there is a sale of tiktok whether or not it is prudent to sell it to a company that has operations in china that might compromise it and maybe get us into the same problem we have now. these are serious issues. again, it's 10:00 a.m. close to, does the chinese communist party know where your children are? the answer could be yeah. >> sandra: microsoft has to make the decision as well if they want to make that purchase, right? thank you for being here this morning. thank you very much. >> trace: a warning from top health officials how to reopen schools. is the advice at odds with what president trump is calling for. reaction from arizona congressman andy biggs coming up.

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>> trace: white house coronavirus task force coordinator debra birx saying schools in coronavirus hot spots shouldn't reopen until cases have gone down. one of those hot spots arizona. congressman andy biggs from arizona joins us now. welcome, congressman. interesting that you have dr. birx coming out and saying schools should not reopen because nancy pelosi says she is in lock step with the president and that's exactly the opposite what the president wants to happen. >> yeah, trace, that's a real problem. the number that she used was a 5% positive test rate and that's really anomalous pulled out of the air. no reason for that. the cdc itself has said they want to open schools. they really advocate for that. cdc said the case fatality rate for a child in school age is 1 in a million.

also that you are safer in schools. the risk is lower in schools than out of schools and also that the children are four times more likely to be sick or have serious complications from flu than from the covid. so i don't understand where dr. birx is coming from. >> trace: she says she is following cdc guidelines and doing what dr. robert redfield said she should do and she says the virus is now more widespread today than it was back in april and may. does that change your feeling on opening schools at all? >> not at all. in fact, the president's correct. we have tested so many that you are going to see far more positives. cdc has said that the illness has actually probably spread 10 times the number of positive test cases. so it is out there in this country. the one thing that we do know and cdc has said this. they said children are safer in schools and that this is an extremely low risk proposition to open up schools. >> trace: i want to move on.

arizona governor doug doocy will partially reopen talking about schools for kids in need and you have the superintendent in tucson, arizona saying it's a bad idea. another superintendent says this and i'm quoting here, i run a high-needs strict of middle of nowhere arizona 90% hispanic and 90% free and reduced lunch. these kids every dollar we can get. it is feels like there is a gun to my head. i lost one teacher. do i risk opening up even costing us more lives or do we run school remotely and end up depriving these kids? you have kids in need. last answer, congressman, what do you do? >> i think the best thing you should do is provide money to -- on the backs of those children so they have choice. if the traditionals don't want to open up you have charters and priefsh at willing to open up and that will open up. let the money follow the child.

this is again let's mitigate the risk. we can mitigate the risk. >> trace: congressman andy biggs, thank you, sir. appreciate it. >> sandra: okay. spacex and nasa announcing the first splash down by astronauts in many years. not all smooth sailing. live to the kennedy space center next. managing type 2 diabetes? you're on it. exercising often and eating healthy? yup, on it there too. you may think you're doing all you can to manage type 2 diabetes and heart disease... ...but could your medication do more to lower your heart risk? jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so, it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and it lowers a1c.

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two-month mission on the international space station. not everything went perfectly, right? >> blame that on too many people not realizing a returning space capsule is shrouded with toxic fumes. 68 days after they went to the -- they made it back home and slept in their own beds last night with no the threat of a tropical storm in the gulf of mexico the astronauts inside dragon capsule re-entered the atmosphere like a fireball at 3500 degrees. at 6,000 feet the four main chutes opened up slowing the capsule down for a splashdown into the gulf. the recovery ship brought the capsule onto the ship. they walked down the steps of plane for a welcome home celebration to houston. the men clearly fatigued. >> to be where we are now, the first crew flight of dragon is

just unbelievable. we're both super proud to have been just a small part of the team that accomplished bringing those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america. >> once the capsule splashed down a bunch of boats, private boats surrounded the capsule to get a close-up look. that won't likely happen next time. >> sandra: what a sight it was. phil keating thank you. >> trace: tropical storm isaias taking aim at the carolinas. how strong will it be when it hits? to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting.

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>> the killing of innocent children and women and elders got to stop and the community can no longer hide them or cover them. this community has not gathered to retaliate. >> this shooting has not brought about a spirit of revenge. it only brought this community back together. >> enough is enough. why do we need to bury our babies? they don't stand a chance. >> sandra: chicago residents asking for action. more than two dozen people shot and at least nine killed including a 9-year-old boy who was struck by a stray bullet while playing outside with friends. police called the shooting an attack of senseless violence. more on that story just ahead. this is another fox news alert

this morning. tropical storm crawling up florida's east coast picking up steam as it heads north. is isaias lashing the region with strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding over the weekend. forecasters are warning it could become hurricane strength when it makes landfall in the carolinas. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom" on this monday morning. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning, i'm trace gallagher. the national weather service warning folks along the carolina coastline to prepare for a possible life-threatening storm surge predicting the storm will regain hurricane strength by tonight. they are urging everyone in the storm's path to finalize preparations and take this storm seriously. >> everybody is hoping that it stays off our shore. we know we'll get some flooding. the hard thing that will be is our shelters. north carolina emergency managers have been carefully planning for the storm response

in a covid-19 environment. we know how to plan, prepare, and respond when it's over. nothing about that has changed. but this time we'll have to do it with a mask on. >> sandra: janice dean tracking the storm's path for us this morning. good morning, tell us what we need to know. >> hi, sandra. new advisory comes out at 11:00 a.m. and looks like at least with satellite presentation the storm might be weakening. the national hurricane center has it becoming a hurricane before it makes landfall tonight anywhere from myrtle beach to wilmington between the north carolina and south carolina border. the satellite presentation is lopsided. dry air moving in. this is our friends. we want it to be a weaker storm as it makes landsfall in the next few hours. we'll see the same results regardless of if it's a strong tropical storm or hurricane. one to five foot storm surge, 3

to 6 inches of heavy rainfall and tropical storm force winds as it moves inland at 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. and move towards the mid atlantic and northeast. new york city we'll feel the effects of the storm tuesday and wednesday like a nor'easter, power outages or possibly storm surge and heavy rainfall. some cases isolated amounts of 8 to 12 inches of rain. it will cause flash flooding and inland flooding is the number one cause of death when it comes to these tropical systems moving inland. we do have hurricane warnings in effect. as i mentioned between myrtle beach and wilmington where we think the storm could potentially come onshore tonight and it could be a hurricane. what the national hurricane center has it right now. a new advisory out at 11:00 a.m. and more details on that. regardless of whether it's a strong tropical storm or a weak hurricane, the results are going to be really the same as

with we go through the next 12 to 24 to 48 hours. that is, heavy rainfall especially inland flooding. so 3 to 6 inches, some isolated amounts of higher than that, 8 to 12 perhaps especially across the mountains. that will be the big concern. our tropical models are in good agreement. the red shaded here is the national hurricane centerline where we do think a potential impact landfall tonight between south carolina and north carolina. then up towards the mid atlantic and northeast. new england, the first tropical storm warning they've had in nine years. so that's quite something people need to be on alert. our big story, of course, is the impact today of isaias. we also have hot temperatures across the southwest as well as the southern plains and once this one is done, a fairly quiet period but you know what? we're not into peak season yet and already history making with

the i named storms. we'll be here to help you through it. >> sandra: we'll check back in with you, janice dean, thank you. trace. >> trace: j.d. talking about the heat outwest. massive wildfire exploding in the mountains east of los angeles. the fire in riverside and san bernardino counties burning. the smoke visible for miles. thousands of people under evacuation orders. so far only one home has been destroyed. these by the way are live pictures from our fox affiliate kttv in beaumont. you can see the smoke and flames right there. you have 100 plus degree temperatures out there in the middle of this rugged terrain, very hard to get to. very hard to get crews in and around this area. and then you have the smoke right there which is also a problem and you've got these homes and residential areas being evacuated, wide varieties of different areas and

different brush and fuel that is actually pushing this fire up into the mountains. very hard to contain. they have air flights coming in. now that day break is there we'll keep you up to speed. no injuries so far but the fire is out of controls as crews struggle to contain the flames in that triple digit heat. >> sandra: thank you. we're watching all of it. meanwhile on to 2020. joe biden facing growing pressure as the clock ticks on his decision for a running mate. one of the contenders is karen bass getting scrutinized for her past comments about scientology and castro regime in cuba. not the only one of his potential picks facing criticism. peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware for us this morning. first to the congresswoman to karen bass, what did she say in the past about fidel castro's death four years ago? >> sandra, she said at the time that it was a great loss for

the people of cuba but now she is clarifying that she is not a castro sympathizer after speaking to some colleagues of hers from a critical swing state. >> i absolutely would have not put that statement out and i will tell you that after talking to my colleagues who represent the state of florida, raised those concerns with me, lesson learned, would not do that again for sure. >> buzz about bass is building. same goes for susan rice. not all biden insiders are convinced it will be one of them. a former democrat governor of pennsylvania who raises money for biden thinks he will select kamala harris saying if i had to bet my life on who would be the candidate i would still bet harris, the least negative, most polished, the person who can take on vice president pence in a campaign debate.

some people accuse harris of being too ambitious to be biden's number two. castro is out there saying it's the third time biden has run for president himself. he doesn't see too much ambition as a bad thing. >> sandra: all of this takes shape and we await the official announcement of his running mate how is the trump campaign going to attack his potential running mate. >> they have new tv ads out today calling biden a tool of the radical left. whoever she is, will fit into that. >> for joe biden his vp pick is his political living will. he said he will be a transition candidate onto the next generation and refused the say he would run for a second term. it does matter who is picked. >> we asked biden in nevada at the end of last year if he was considering the one-term pledge. he said no he hadn't thought of it because he wasn't there yet.

we're there now, sandra. >> sandra: we are. all right, peter doocy, we'll see how the week unfolds and what we learn. trace. >> trace: top white house officials expected to meet with democratic leaders today in hopes of breaking the stalemate on a new coronavirus relief package. peter navarro weighing in on the negotiations early this morning. >> what he would love to see right now and immediately is some progress on enhanced employment benefits as well as eviction while the negotiations take place. let's get that done. we could do that today. >> trace: chad pergram live on capitol hill where talks are ongoing. where do they stand, chad? >> 1:00 eastern is when they'll resume these talks today. they met over the weekend saturday morning with no staff in the speaker's office. i'm told they made a little progress but not really on substance. the difference was a tone change and keep in mind one of the persons who is central to these talks the white house chief of staff mark meadows.

when he was the leader of the freedom caucus in the house of representatives his stock and trade was blowing things up. now he is being asked to bring things together and get a deal. listen. >> i'm not optimistic that there will be a solution in the very near term and that's why i think the effort that senator martha mcsally led on the senate floor to extend the enhanced unemployment was the right move and yet senator schumer and his democrat colleagues blocked that. >> what meadows refers to was a gop efforts to get democrats to approve a lower dollar figure to the unemployment benefits. republicans are trying to show democrats aren't willing to go along with emergency renewal of aid. they're holding out for the current $600 figure. republicans are trying to put democrats on the spot because

they can't coalesce around their own plan. >> when we have an agreement. we are unified in our support for the $600. they are in disarray. >> we're hearing there might be some effort by the administration to go around congress. maybe by approving some aid via administrative action. that's really just a tactic here. they might be able to move a little bit of money around on their own like they did for the border wall. if they talk about hundreds of billions or a trillion dollars congress under the constitution has the power of the purse. they won't be able to drop that money out of a helicopter. it has to go through congress. trace. >> trace: a heavy lift. chad, thank you. notable senate republicans are not involved in those high-level talks. how do they feel about the progress being made? we'll ask the chairman of the senate republican conference john barrasso at 10:40 eastern here on "america's newsroom." >> sandra: president trump meanwhile is meeting with tech

workers at the white house today. the white house is saying that he will be signing an executive order on hiring american and protecting the economic interests of workers here in the u.s. meantime the administration planning to take action against tiktok the popular chinese video sharing social network along with other software companies connected to the chinese communist party. mike pompeo warned about the dangers posed by that platform. >> their national security apparatus could be their facial recognition pattern, it could be information about the residence, phone numbers, friends, who they are connected to. president trump has said enough. we'll fix it. he will take action in the coming days with respect to a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the chinese communist party. the president when he makes his decision will make sure that everything we have done drives us as close to zero risk for the american people. >> sandra: we may hear more about all of that from president trump himself at that

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>> sandra: fox news alert. another bloody weekend in chicago. at least nine people are dead and two dozen others injured in shootings there across the city. the first fatality a 9-year-old boy. >> this stepfather came up forme get us to the hospital. i said what's going on? he said get her to the hospital. it was her child. what can i say to her? you can't bring the child back and can't get the screams out of your head. for eight minutes coming down to the hospital i had to hear screaming because a mother can't let a 9-year-old go outside to play. >> sandra: horrible.

let's bring in kevin graham spokesperson for the metro crime commission. "wall street journal" analysis of police department data in cities across america. chicago total homicides this year 433. it is unbelievable to see that. it's twice the number we're seeing here in new york. why is this happening? >> you know, across the country and in chicago we have a lack of prosecution. we have a lack of accountability for the criminals. certainly we need to have more police officers on the street. it's disheartening when we hear about defunding police departments throughout the country. police departments weren't funded properly to begin with. now they're talking about taking more money away from

them. one of the first things to be cut in police department is usually the training. that's what people complain about. training for police officers and their tactics. we want to make sure that the public is safe. when you talk about defunding police you are talking about homicides going up. we need to invest more in police departments and across the city and across the country. it is not just in the metropolitan area of chicago. it is not just chicago. we've seen an uptick in homicides in the suburbs of the city as well. part of it is the gang members don't have anything to do and they are continually going into jail, coming out of jail and it's a cycle of crime. >> sandra: i hear you weighing in the broader political debate happening in the country now over defunding the police. this is currently happening in that city. i hear you placing blame

somewhere. who do you blame for this? at what level is this happening? >> well, the first problem is that when we get to the court system we're getting no bonds or low bonds. and they are going right back out. we're putting people who have -- who are doing violent crime on home monitoring, bracelets. they're out shooting people. we just had somebody who had just been -- had an ankle bracelet on his ankle less than a month ago and he was out on the street and he wound up getting into a shoot-out with police. this is the -- these are a revolving door what's going on around metropolitan area chicago. there has to be prosecuting, holding people in jail. we have to hold people

accountable and you have to support the police. politicians in the state and in this county and in the city, we need all the aldermen supporting the police department. and -- >> sandra: we hear your frustration and we all feel that. when we look at numbers on the screen below you, the cpd says murders are up 139% in that city. in july alone compared to the same month last year. those numbers are astonishing. this is the percentage change in total homicides in american cities so far this year. austin seeing a 64% climb. chicago up 52%. in looking at your city, what do you do about it? there is an alderman who has a plan to now address the morale of the police department because his worries lie there. see a former police officer himself. this is alderman, the chairman of the city council's public

safety committee. he wants a plan that helps los angeles go 18 months without an officer suicide. we saw a suicide from one of your members of your force last week. he had just risen to the rank i believe of chief of the department. by hiring 27 licensed clinical psychologist. one for each district and area. what do you do to keep police morale up at a time where it's so difficult to serve? >> there are so many things that need to be done. the least of which is to get a contract for the police officers who have been without a contract in that city for a while. but keeping in mind that there are other things such as the clinical psychologists they are needed. i know they're hiring more and they have tripled their numbers in the last two years. and they are working on additional benefits to the

officers because we cannot afford to have officers lose their lives to their own hands. this is extremely stressful job. i know that -- i know that the very top of chicago police department is concerned about that and are working on plans to address the suicide and the morale in the city. it is alarming. >> sandra: he put out an interesting piece in the chicago sun times and said that's a concern and he predicted a tidal wave of police retirements. a drop in the number of police applicants. that's a concern. to minneapolis now and something that obviously struck us as a sign of the times. people there, residents of that city now saying you call the police in some cases they don't show up for a long time. sometimes they don't show up at all. the minneapolis police has put out tips how to avoid being robbed? we put some of them up on the

screen. don't walk alone. only carry items you need. be prepared to give up your cell phone, purse or wallet. don't fight with a criminal. be prepared to describe suspects when calling 911. this is what they're telling residents because of the state of affairs in that city. how do you react to that? >> you cannot give into the criminals. you have to hold them accountable and you have to have them arrested and they have to be held in jail. bonds -- large bonds have to be held on them or they have to stay in jail and then you have to prosecute them. then you have to hold them accountable for the actions that they do. when you do not do that, you are giving a signal to the criminals that it's a lawless society. >> sandra: kevin, people want to know if they're safe. are people in your city safe in chicago? >> people are. look, the people in chicago in the metropolitan area, they are safe. the homicide rate has gone up.

there is a great deal of unrest. this is controllable and it could be brought under control but what we need are all the politicians to get along. we need them to all support the police and support law enforcement. it's mind-boggling somebody can run for public office and say we aren't going to support law and order. but yet these people are elected. it is discouraging and certainly the crime commission is interested in having a good accountability for the politicians and to put things together and help municipalities get what they need to fight crime. >> sandra: kevin, appreciate you coming on. join us again soon. thank you. >> trace: a new attack and a major scare in the shark bite capital of the world. plus ---next. to severe psoriasis,

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>> sandra: florida officials reporting a surfer was bit by a

shark off the coast of volusia country. the woman's foot was bitten friday in chest-deep water. non-life threatening. the fourth attack in volusia county and one in a series on the east coast. we're in new york where there have been scares as well. good morning, laura. >> good morning. it has been a very busy time here. at least seven shark sightings in the last week and three alone over the weekend. i should say multiple shark sightings over the last seven days, three over the weekend which is scary for people coming to the beach. no attacks here, other swimmers in other areas have not been so lucky. it was definitely a very busy last few days. officials in florida report three shark attacks in three days. all non-life threatening. one woman was bitten on the hand. a man was bitten on the foot. one attack was off the coast of

miami. the others were at new smyrna beach. so far more than a dozen shark attacks, two that were fatal compared to 28 attacks in the same time last year. there were at least five shark sightings this weekend in cape cod, some are believed to be great white sharks. this after a woman was killed by a great white shark in maine last week. scientists say this is actually a good sign of all the sightings. >> it's not very surprising. we know white shark populations have been increasing in many places particularly off new england because of protection and recovery of marine mammals. it's a good sign. it is unfortunate when someone is bitten but a good sign that conservation is working. >> and while tensions are high here on long island we're expected to get an official update here from press conference in just a few minutes to let you know what they say. >> sandra: keep us posted.

thank you. >> i absolutely would have not put that statement out and i will tell you that after talking to my colleagues who represent the state of florida, raised those concerns with me, lesson learned, would not do that again for sure. >> trace: karen bass backtracking on past statements about fidel castro and scientology now she is a contender to be biden's running mate. let's bring in the panel. david avella and mary anne marsh. you hear representative bass saying things like well, you know, i didn't know that people who fled cuba didn't like fidel castro and people inside. seems a little disingenuous. she has traveled to cuba and studied it.

>> perhaps you're on to something there, trace. let's also keep in mind not since 1960 when champion vote stealer lyndon johnson has a democratic vp been consequential to the outcome when he won texas, that kennedy would go on to win the election. that said, if biden wants to fill his administration with pro tow tall aryan come munist folks. iraq and venezuela and iran will be happy. a contrast to the selection process donald trump used. go find somebody outside washington with experience actually running government that americans can feel comfortable if mike pence had to take over we would be in good shape. >> trace: what do you think, mary anne? are you buying the walking back the comments on scientology and cuba?

>> so joe biden has been counseled to pick somebody who ran for president like he had when barack obama picked him. if you listen to that counseling. many people heard. joe biden's own public statement this is a selection that has always been a party of two. kamala harris and liz warren. when you look at it that way joe biden's choice if he is going to pick a woman of color to be vice president, then it is kamala harris. if joe biden will look at the polls and say who does the best job govern, it is elizabeth warren. others under consideration and we'll find out who he talks to this week. i think it's all along between two people, kamala harris and elizabeth warren. >> trace: doanors and supporters are saying maybe we should look for an alternative to kamala harris because she took cheap shots at joe biden

during the primary? >> unfortunately the very people making those comments publicly we know their names remind me of the biden campaign when they came in fifth in new hampshire. i prefer the biden campaign like the obama campaign when we heard public comments about this process this week. no one votes for president based on vice president at all. i think there may be an enthusiasm issue with younger african-american women in in case to pick a woman of color. reality is this is an election is a referendum on donald trump and joe biden is the nominee. >> trace: we should point out the attorney for the george floyd family has come out in support of kamala harris. i want to play the sound bite from chris wallace and "fox news sunday" talking with campaign advisor jason miller about polls. miller says this, watch. >> are you really going to blame this -- it seems to me that you hurt your credibility

if you don't admit we're losing and we have to turn things around. >> i disagree. president trump the trajectory lines are going well, campaign in a good place. in particular we look battleground by state doing better than the public polling that lags behind what the private polling is showing us. we think he is in good position now. >> trace: we're in great shape. polls in great shape. seems a little disingenuous at this point in the game. your thoughts? >> it is august, not november. the campaign has made a very strategically smart to refocus the spending on the early states that are going to be casting their votes early on. and ultimately this race really hasn't changed despite what has occurred in the country over the last couple months. voters will decide is this candidate looking out for me when it comes to the issues

they care about, healthcare and the state of the economy. and you are now starting to see people concerned about their personal security with the crime rates going up. if donald trump spends the next three months talking about healthcare, economy, what he will do to increase the foundation, to -- >> trace: the point here, david. he was asked about the polls and says we're in great shape. mary anne, 15 seconds to wrap it up for us. >> joe biden has more paths. michigan and pennsylvania are basically gone. joe biden could possibly win arizona, florida, sko*n, north carolina. the fact that donald trump is in north carolina starts voting in 32 days. texas, georgia, other places like that at the beginning of august tells you everything. >> trace: it is very early in the game, david avella and mary anne marsh. >> not that early. >> sandra: top white house

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unemployment aid is still the hot button issue between the two sides. let's bring in wyoming senator and chairman of the republican conference john barrasso. senator, good to see you. the white house said they would extend the $600 benefit for the short times and democrats said now. are you surprised? >> i'm not surprised and why it's such a wide gap between the parties and how dangerous the democrats are, trace. when you take a look at where nancy pelosi is she is still living on fantasy island proposing truly runaway government spending. not aimed at coronavirus but spending at its worst. she wants to spend money to bail out states that for a long time have been failing long before coronavirus. she wants to spend direct checks to illegal immigrants and pay people more for not working than they make to work. republicans are focused on in our proposal is getting america open, back to work safely and sensibly. kids back to school.

the democrats seem to be the party that wants to shut down the country in terms of jobs, schools and economy. >> trace: republicans have said they believe it is a disincentive to give $600 to stay at home. they won't go to work. a yale study tried to contradict that. here is steve mnuchin on abc talking about that. watch. >> a yale study from this month refutes that saying many economists who studied the benefits said that so far they don't see any evidence in labor market data that the payments are affecting the rate at which people are returning to work during the pandemic. >> i went to yale, i don't always agree. there are cases where people are overpaid. there are cases where people are underpaid. the issue is we need to come up with an agreement to extend this. >> i talked to a guy this week that owns three restaurants saying he is having a tough time getting employees to come back on board. >> i agree with that restaurant

worker. people should not be paid more to not work than they can get at work. but right now in addition to unemployment insurance that people get, there is a $600 a week bonus check on top of that. so 2/3 of workers, trace, right now are getting more for not working than they would if they went back to work. i see help wanted signs all around wyoming this past weekend. nancy pelosi wants to extend these bonus payments for well into the year 2021. that would do tremendous harm to the economy. the economists tell us it would keep 10 million americans out of work. we need to get people back to work back earning a paycheck. >> trace: the white house wants a short term extension of the $600. house majority whip clyburn said he is in favor of a longer term. he is in favor of a longer-term extension. do you think there is compromise to be had there? >> we know that people who lost their jobs through no fault of

their own, you want to make sure those people receive unemployment insurance and benefits that are helpful to them but we cannot continue to pay people more to not work than to work. it is a huge disincentive. the best thing we can do is get americans back to work. young people back to school and focus on the specific treatment of the disease and the vaccine. that's where all the attention ought to be. not what nancy pelosi is talking about in hand-out heaven giving lots of money to things completely unrelated to coronavirus. >> trace: john barrasso, thank you, sir. >> great to be with you. >> sandra: president trump seems to be pumping the brakes on plans to ban tiktok. why the sudden change? money man charles payne has some answers. he will join us live next. attention veteran homeowners:

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>> these chinese software companies doing business in the united states tiktok, we chat, national security apparatus, facial recognition pattern, information about the residence, phone numbers, friends, who they are connected to, those are the issues that president trump made clear we'll take care of. true national security issues. >> sandra: all right. that was secretary mike pompeo on the threat chinese social media platforms pose in the united states. all of this as president trump puts a hold on banning tiktok reportedly giving microsoft 45 days to take over u.s. operations of that company. let's bring in charles payne host of making money with charles payne on the fox business network. i was looking forward to talking to you about this this morning. people need to get the big view, the big picture of this story. tiktok has many times in the past been accused, lawsuits out there, california and other places of not only gathering

this data but sending it to china. the case is being made that puts our security at risk here at home. so tell us about it. >> well you are absolutely right. let's note that big companies like amazon have told employees not to use it. this is not just a u.s. centric issue. countries and businesses around the world have said the same thing. any company based out of china effectively works for the communist chinese. any time they demand you do something you do it including providing all this information. on one hand you have one of the fastest growing apps in the world certainly very popular here in america, consumers like it. but it is so vulnerable in the way it's set up right now, no way it can stay like this. president trump saying maybe i follow the lead of other countries and other big companies and simply server ties. others saying you have a lot of americans on it. if there is a way to buy tiktok

from the parent company and server from the chinese. he has given microsoft a few weeks to come up with that. >> sandra: i'm glad we're showing the phone showing some of the tiktok videos. it is -- we think of it as a fun app, some of us fun, 15 sec videos, kids make them, teenagers make them, adults make them. it is harder to believe how deep this story is getting. some lawsuits point to the fact the biometric data that it stores potentially sends over to wherever. you have people with really close-up images of your eyes, your face and the question is what are they doing with all that data that they're harvesting, charles? >> well, china has led the world in biometric stuff. you talk about the ultimate country where big brother. already they can check your mood on the bus, if you said

something negative pretty soon they'll be watching people for the heat off their foreheads. it is just really -- you talk about a country where there is zero privacy, invasion of people's privacy there. we would never accept it as a nation. i hope we would never accept it. we push back against that. let's not forget india was the number one country outside of china that used tiktok, over 100 million users and they recently banned them. this is a serious issue. if microsoft with get the company 800 million users it would be a gift for them. not sure how they completely monetize it. almost 40% of households make 100,000 a year. enticing for microsoft. president trump should stick hard to this line. if they can't come up with a solution, completely take it away from their parent company in china, not partially, then let it go. >> sandra: as peter navarro said on the program last hour the bigger question becomes if there is a sale to microsoft is

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helping schools and businesses safely reopen. what they're talking about over a trillion dollars. >> sandra: kristin fisher is live at the white house where we await the president to see if he will be taking any action on his own, chris, where do these negotiations stand at this hour? >> they're going to be resuming on capitol hill at 1:00 p.m. none of the top four negotiators and the white house chief of staff mark meadows, none of them have sounded fairly optimistic they will be able to reach a deal very soon. so much so the white house is now considering taking some kind of unilateral action. these discussions are being described as being in the very early phases so it is still unclear at this point they still will not say publicly what specific items they would be looking to take unilateral action on. if you take a look at what are some of the top priorities for both parties. the federal unemployment benefits which expired on friday are at the top of the

list for both democrats and republicans. >> we have a great team on the white house end with mark meadows and steve mnuchin. they are working tirelessly on this. what is puzzling and troubling perhaps is the idea that nancy pelosi and the democrats might be using workers as hostages. >> that was white house trade advisor peter navarro accuse being democrats and speaking pelosi of holding these workers hostages for not agreeing to the white house plan wants to cut the federal unemployment plans from $600 a week to $200 a week. house speaker nancy pelosi says that those 30 million americans are so no longer receiving those federal unemployment benefits should be blaming president trump. >> i say to them talk to president trump. he is the one who is standing in the way of that. we have been for the $600. they have a $200 proposal which does not meet the needs of

america's working families. it is a condescension, quite frankly. they are saying really don't need it. they're staying home because they make more money at $600. >> we'll see if the two sides can make progress. if they don't the white house is looking at other options. >> sandra: as we continue to battle the pandemic the president is attacking another member of coronavirus task force. >> first it was dr. anthony fauci. new this morning dr. debra birx. let's pop up the tweet. nancy pelosi said horrible things about dr. debra birx going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we're doing on combating the china virus in order to counter nancy, debra took the bait and hit us. pathetic. now i was just talking to some white house officials, unclear

what specifically president trump is upset with. over the weekend dr. birx said things along the lines that we are now entering a new phase of this pandemic calling it much more widespread now than it was in march and april. unclear if that's specifically what president trump was referring to. this really is just part of a growing pattern of president trump attacking members of his own coronavirus task force and you have to wonder with admiral brett girard taking some issues with hydroxychloroquine over the weekend if he could potentially be next. >> sandra: we could hear from the president. he is holding an event at the white house half past this hour. we'll be listening for that. thank you. >> we're praying that everybody is safe and everybody that stayed here and didn't leave that we're all safe and packed and ready to go. >> trace: the apple fire burning more than 20,000 acres east of los angeles torching

buildings and forcing thousands to leave their homes. hot, dry, windy conditions certainly not helping firefighters. christina coleman is live for us in los angeles. what are we talking about as far as containment goes, christina? >> trace, it's the third day of this fire and it is only 5% contained. no injuries have been reported. three structures have been destroyed, one home and two outbuildings. also right now about 8,000 people in mountain and canyon neighborhoods near the fire are under mandatory evacuation. red cross has provided shelter to about 70 people so far. the apple fire exploded in size since it started friday evening in an unincorporated community near the city of beaumont 85 miles east of downtown los angeles. fire officials say it started as two fires but turned into a massive fire that scorched more than 26,000 acres of land ripping through the hillside and into the san bernardino

national forest. at one point crews allowed the flames to run up the steep terrain. it wasn't safe to fight the flames. 2,000 firefighters are involved in this intense fire fight battling it from the ground and air and working in dry, gusty and hot conditions. strategy for today. >> so what they'll be doing is they'll be really assessing a lot of the areas in the south and west of the fire. down in the pass here. those are the areas that obviously burned a day and a half ago. they are finer fuels and i think they'll work on getting line around that. >> at this point no word on the exact cause of the fire. we're hearing investigators are looking into whether it could be arson. trace. >> trace: christina, thank you. >> sandra: on to chicago now. at least 30 people shot there and nine killed over the weekend. another devastating weekend of violence in that city.

one of those killed was a 9-year-old boy. >> killing of innocent children and women and elders got to stop. >> enough is enough. why do we have to keep on burying our babies? they don't stand a chance. >> sandra: garrett tenney is live from chicago. obvious frustration from people who live there is becoming more clear by the day. good morning. >> absolutely. the last six weeks alone more than 14 kids have been shot in chicago. the latest on friday. 9-year-old janari ricks went outside to play with his friends and he was shot in the chest. like so many victims of gun violence the straight a honor roll student was not the target. but his family is absolutely in agony. the community activist who rushed the boy's mother to the hospital says he won't ever forget her pain during that drive. >> one day she let him out to play he is no longer here with us. what can i say to her?

you can't bring the child back. can't get the screams out of your head. for eight minutes coming down to the hospital i had to hear screaming because a mother can't let a 9-year-old go outside to play. >> in total at least 33 people were shot in weekend according to chicago p.d. wrapping up an extremely violent month. 573 people shot, 150 people killed, more than double the number of murders in july last year. this weekend mayor lori light foot said the epidemic of gun violence in this city is as much a public health crisis at covid-19. >> sandra: garrett tenney on the ground in chicago for us. by the way, what are police doing to respond to this uptick in violence? we spoke to kevin graham earlier who said police there need support of the people. what are you hearing? >> well, last week the chicago police department deployed an additional 200 police officers

downtown after a string of incidents in a normally quiet neighborhood. the violence is usually on the city's south and east side. on the west side three officers were shot outside a police station. the police superintendent is scheduled to speak in a couple of hours and we expect him to give an update on the investigation into the shooting of the 9-year-old boy as well as to lay out plans for what the department plans to do over the next month to address this escalating violence. >> sandra: we'll keep our viewers posted on anything that comes from that news conference. thank you. >> trace: a federal judge speaking out for the first time since her son's murder. two weeks ago a lawyer showed up at her new jersey home, rang the bell and opened fire killing her 20-year-old son. the judge's husband was critically injured and has had several operations. the gunman was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

the judge is calling for more privacy protection for federal judges. >> my family has experienced a pain that no one should ever have to endure. and i am here asking everyone to help me insure that no one ever has to experience this kind of pain. >> trace: the gunman has been linked to the death of a california lawyer days earlier. >> sandra: south dakota preparing for an annual motorcycle rally despite the pandemic. more than 250,000 bikers expected to roll through sturgis this week for the big rally. south dakota has seen a low number of covid-19 deaths as we've been reporting. many residents fear the 80-year-old tradition could become a super spreader event. >> trace: a new warning about the pandemic from the task force. what dr. birx is saying with

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>> trace: chad day belle, the husband of lori vallow returning to an idaho courtroom. he was charged with two felony counts for concealment of evidence after the bodies of vallow's missing children were found on his property two months ago. officials have not released the cause of death for either child. lori vallow and her husband are accused of concealing or tampering with evidence in connection with their deaths. vallow is due back in court next week. >> the radical left has taken over joe biden and the democratic party. don't let them take over america. >> sandra: a campaign ad there for president trump, a new one warning that joe biden would be

a puppet of the left if elected president. the former v.p. gets ready to announce his choice for a running mate that could play into the concerns. joining us is the communications director for joe biden. thank you and welcome to "america's newsroom." is joe biden a puppet for the left as that new ad makes him out to be? >> the trump campaign strategy is the new stage gee is the same as the old strategy. they have been desperate to try to change the way people feel about him and think about him. it hasn't worked. people know joe biden and know he is somebody who has fought for working people his entire life and somebody who is going to make meaningful change in the white house. and they trust him and know he is somebody, a man of integrity. this is more of the same from the trump campaign. exactly what we've seen them try and failed to do. if you look at the latest

battleground state polling we see these arguments are not working. so it was interesting to me there was all the talk about new campaign strategy and we're seeing the same failed attacks that haven't worked. people know they're not true. >> sandra: presented in a different way biden ally bernie sanders seems to be making a similar case about his progressiveness. listen. >> right now the immediate task is to come together to defeat trump and then as progressives we'll do everything that we can to make the biden administration the most progressive administration that it can become. >> sandra: is that going to happen? >> joe biden is the same candidate that he was in the primary. he is somebody who is all about bringing people to the table and casting the widest net. that's part of the reason he became the democratic nom naoe. he was able to build the broadest coalition of support.

>> sandra: those words from bernie sanders, that is getting a lot of attention. the most progressive presidency ever he is predicting if joe biden is in the white house. to remind everybody back on april 13th when joe biden was accepting bernie sanders' official endorsement joe biden said to him i will need you not just to campaign but to govern. >> look, when joe biden wins this election he is going to inherit a once in a generation level of challenge that he will have to take on. he is putting forward bold, progressive plans that meet the moment. he is all about bringing in diverse viewpoints. he is going to put forward economic plans that will get people back to work. he has put together an aggressive plan to combat the virus under control. something that donald trump hasn't been able to do in the last six months as we've been dealing with the crisis in our country. yes, he is absolutely about

bringing everybody to the table to tackle these massive crises that we're facing. >> sandra: i didn't hear you directly refer to bernie sanders' words. to him making that point, does it help joe biden? >> everybody who believes that joe biden should be president rather than donald trump, we welcome this in the campaign. senator sanders. >> sandra: that's a direct question on that. i'll move on. bernie sanders, is that welcome? that's all i'm asking. >> absolutely. yes. >> sandra: the prediction the most progressive president ever. big announcement coming this week, next week as far as a running mate for joe biden? >> >> sandra: early august. joe biden has said he would make the announcement in early august. when he has made that decision we'll let him make that announcement. there isn't anybody in the world who knows better what it takes to be a great vice president than joe biden. he is in the process of talking to qualified women of joining

him on the ticket. >> sandra: karen bass says lesson learned with her past comments on the fidel castro regime. kamala harris, saying it should be the pick. the most polished and least negative. can you tell us which way joe biden is leaning? >> i could not. it is his choice. he will make the announcement when he is ready. there are a tremendous number of really qualified women who he is talking to about this job. and when he is ready to make that announcement he will make it. >> sandra: how important is the vp pick to his electability >> i think it's about govern. nobody in the country who has had the kind of experience that he has had in terms of knowing what the importance of that vice presidential partnership really means in terms of your white house and in terms of your government. for him the choice is really about who is going to be a partner in government? who will he build that trust

with? who will be a partner in progress and change? look, when joe biden wins this election he is going to inherit a tremendous amount that he ising to have to tackle and he will need a partner in government that he can trust to help get it done. for him it is a decision about governing. >> sandra: the debates will be so important for voters to see. the differences that you are trying to highlight for your campaign versus the trump campaign. a former spokesperson for bill clinton is suggesting that joe biden sit out the debates. this is joe lockhart saying joe biden could still lose that election. he would undoubtedly take heat from republicans and the media for skipping the debates but it is worth the risk. is that a consideration for joe biden to just skip the debates all together? >> we are very much looking forward to debating donald trump and putting these contrasts on display. i would say there is a

candidate in this case to three debates, joe biden. the trump campaign hasn't agreed to participate in debates set by the presidential debate commission. we'll be there and waiting for the trump campaign to agree as well and looking forward to them showing up. there are important differences here that joe biden is looking forward to highlighting on the debate stage. >> sandra: is it a consideration to skip the debates? >> my answer is we're very much looking forward to debating donald trump. >> sandra: as far as the debate is concerned and as far as the differences you're highlighting i want to read this on the vp choice. the big item this week or next week, you're telling me early august still. looking for a loyal like minded vice president for vp he was to barack obama and mike pence has been to president trump and needs someone to light up the ticket. another week will not solve

this puzzle. can you tell us has he made the decision? >> that is something that he will -- i will let him answer for himself. i think the american people want him to take his time and make the right decision. look, he was announced as vp the friday before the convention. there is no rush here. he is making an important decision and the two of them on the ticket together are going to be victorious on november 3. >> sandra: as you know republicans like to throw around his joe biden's opponents like to throw around we don't see him very much. he is in his basement. when is the last time you saw joe biden in person? when will we see more of him? >> we see him every single day. that is absurd. he has done over 100 interviews since march 1 and he is out talking to voters and finding new ways to connect with voters virtually and modeling responsible behavior. since the outset of this crisis

he has been a leader and demonstrated the importance of wearing a mask early on. demonstrated the importance of social distancing and behaving responsibly when you are out in public. he has been a leader and what americans are looking for and the contrast couldn't be clearer with donald trump who has brushed off the importance or significance of the virus from the outset and refused to put in place a coordinated federal strategy to handle it. if you're comparing how donald trump and joe biden handled, joe biden is the opposite from donald trump. >> sandra: we hope to see more of him and he is looking forward to the debates and not considering dropping out. come back to the program soon. >> trace: tropical storm isaias heading to the carolina coast. we're live on the ground in south carolina next. plus new york's governor under

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mild conditions. a breeze picking up. a little bit of rain. we've seen some rain bands come through. what you get is a concentration of rain for about a minute and then it goes away. if you look behind me you can see people are walking around the beach. no one is too alarmed. where we're standing right now would be the border between where you may have a category 1 hurricane to the south of us tropical storm conditions. that means to the south of us you are talking about a maximum storm surge of 4 feet. to the north 5 feet. the real concern now is you could have the rain, the high tide and the storm surge all come together at the same time and that could create conditions for some flooding. that being said, governor henry mcmaster of south carolina hasn't issued a mandatory evacuation order. he is telling people to be their own emergency operation centers and keep an eye on the information. governor roy cooper of north carolina does consider this storm a potential threat. >> a lot of rain is expected to fall at once so be on alert for

flash flooding and river flooding. i've activated up to 150 national guard soldiers to help with storm preparation. >> north carolina does have some mandatory evacuation orders in place for coastal communities, particular communities that are serviced by a vulnerable road and you could have people trapped in an area with flooding. that being said we don't see a whole lot in the way of alarmist behavior. they aren't hoarding supplies and boarding up windows. the warnings are things like maritime warnings telling people to stay out of the water and boats. when it gets bad don't drive around. you've been through these kind of things before. most of the injuries we see are people who travel during the worst of the storm. trace. >> trace: mike tobin live in south carolina. thank you. >> sandra: a joint hearing for state lawmakers in new york taking place now over the nursing home deaths that ravaged communities at the peak of the coronavirus crisis.

more than 6,000 people died from covid-related complications at those facilities and now those families want to know exactly why infected patients were sent to long-term care facilities. we're following the story live in new york. what are we learning from the hearing so far? >> good morning, sandra, right now we're hearing that the new york state senators are basically grilling the state's health commissioner who keeps arguing that the nursing homes, the virus was already inside these nursing homes before any of these sick patients were admitted saying that the virus was, in fact, brought in by those healthcare employees, those nursing home employees. this is the first of two hearings which is going to look into why governor cuomo allowed more than 4,500 patients sick with covid-19 to be admitted or

readmitted into nursing homes and long-term care facilities. the governor said he was following guidelines from federal agencies like the cdc and reversed the order on may 10th. tragically more than 6,000 people died. an investigation by the state health department found the majority of cases were not linked to the governor's policies but many have been critical of that report which is why this hearing is so important for families like danielle, her 70-year-old father, samuel, was in a nursing home when he got covid-19. he was hospitalized and sent right back into the facility. that's where he died. danielle says the governor made the wrong call. >> you had a javits center and you could have put all the sick patients in one area. you knew putting sick patients mixed with the most vulnerable my dad didn't stand a chance because he had every underlying condition. >> several people will testify

today. representatives for the patients and their families and for the nurse being home industry. we could also see committee members question why nursing homes were given some immunity when it comes to lawsuits. it is not likely, though, that we'll see any accountability as many have made clear they just want to figure out if any state policies need to change to prevent this from happening again. by the way, sandra, governor cuomo will not be part of today's hearing. he is holding a press conference right now. we'll watch that closely to see if he comments on this hearing. >> sandra: thank you. >> trace: el paso, texas marking one year at a deadly shooting at a wal-mart. a gunman traveled more than 600 miles from dallas to target hispanics in the border community. 23 people were killed in the massacre. families of the victims and survivors attended a memorial ceremony yesterday. there are plans to build a garden memorial.

>> sandra: meanwhile a delta flight departing from detroit thursday turned around when two passengers on board refused to wear facemasks, the airline issued a statement saying the airline returned to the gate following two customers non-compliant with crew instructions. the aircraft then departed for atlanta. the incident occurred at a time when airlines are grappling with reduced demands due to coronavirus fears. >> trace: the coronavirus spreading rapidly in urban and rural areas as the white house warns we're in a new phase of the pandemic. >> i think there are two very critical questions. we are in a new phase. >> tech: so if you have auto glass damage, stay safe with safelite. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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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. >> trace: dr. debra birx says the united states is now in a new phase of the pandemic warning we have to keep our guards up as a coronavirus spreads from state to state. dr. ali mokdad is from the university of washington institute for health metrics and evaluation. so good of you to join us, sir. i'm astounded by these numbers coming out of this sleepaway camp in georgia. they had the counselors wearing masks trying to social distance the kids keeping them six feet apart. of the 344 campers and staff 260 tested positive for coronavirus and cdc writes in part quoting relatively large cohorts sleeping in the same cabin are engaging in regular

singing and cheering, use of cloth masks which has been shown to reduce the risk for infection was not universal. what do you make of this camp? >> good morning. thank you for having me. yes, when we let down our guards the virus is still out there and we are more likely to get it. we have to be very careful wearing masks and staying away from each other. we have incidents where people let down their guard and we get an outbreak here and there. we have to be very careful. >> trace: i'm wondering in relationship. there is a lot of talk and debate about opening schools. i wonder if you look at this camp, are we talking about apples and oranges when you talk about a sleepaway camp and opening schools or are there common denominators we should be concerned about, doctor? >> both are accurate. the schools are going to be a little different. we'll put measures in place to protect our students and our teachers. however, the issue is not the school itself that you can open

it or not. you have to control the pandemic in your neighborhood before you can open your school. that's what we're seeing here. if you protect your students in the school, when they go out and go back into the community and the high circulation of the virus they'll get it outside not necessarily inside. we have to be very careful. >> trace: there is a big debate going on in the state of arizona because the governor wants to open some schools partially for these children who are in need. talking about kids who need meals in the morning, for children who need supervision and internet. they don't have internet at their house for learning purposes. would you be on board for that for limiting some of the opening of schools for the kids that really desperately need that? what is your thought of opening schools. >> limiting the number of students would be a wise decision. many need a meal in school. it's sad you are discussing that.

second some of the students don't have internet at home. some americans don't have access to high speed internet. they need to be in a school where they have to interact with others. we need both unfortunately, school education and provide food for some of our population. >> trace: on the flip side of this argument you have in arkansas the governor hutchinson there saying he is all in favor of masks. he is a big advocate wearing a mask and a way to slow down the disease. they want to open schools in arkansas. he says we want to play football in arkansas in the fall. what are your thoughts on that? he is convinced that these reports of bars and nightclubs being spreader events is not all it's cracked up to be. your thoughts. >> we know very well that bars and restaurants and when people are outside and shouting, this is a good area for the virus to

be transmitted from one person to another. so my advice to the governor and any governor would be control the pandemic in your own state and then do whatever you want to do. until you're in a safe position where the circulation is very low in your own community you shouldn't consider opening a school. two, wearing a mask will save lives. data will show we're now november 1 wearing masks by 95% of americans would say 52,000 lives. more than of the deaths between now and november 1. >> trace: we began the segment by playing dr. debra birx saying she believes the coronavirus is more widespread now than it was back in march and april. really kind of the height of the pandemic. and when you see the numbers the past couple of days they have been encouraging. we have the companies loads 47,500. that's the lowest they've been in the united states it seems like they're coming down. you look at texas and california and florida, the

case totals are coming down. is that an encouraging sign to you? do you believe we're maybe coming again over the hump and flattening this thing out? >> yes. this is encouraging news for sure. and she is right about the spreading to rural areas and urban areas where it started in larger cities in the united states. but we have to remember that in states where we have seen a rise in incidents and prevalence of the virus they started wearing masks. the plateau coming down now in arizona, california, florida and texas. for other states we see a rise oklahoma, alabama, illinois, massachusetts. so we have to be very careful. yes, there are good news in some states but others we haven't seen good news. >> trace: everybody is talking about a vaccine. are you confident we may have a

vaccine as early as the fall? >> sandra: yes, very confident. what we're doing right now buying vaccines is a sound decision in my opinion. if we have an effective vaccine we have enough attempt now so we can start vaccinating the population. >> trace: good to see you, doctor, thank you. >> sandra: all right. a desperate search is underway for a georgia mother who disappeared last week. investigators say they are looking for her in south florida after finding her truck there. her father says investigators say she left georgia abruptly in the middle of the night. one woman said she found the 2-year-old son wandering by himself sunday morning. when she realized he was alone she called 911. investigators are urging people who know anything about this to call the police at the number on your screen. >> trace: ellen degeneres under

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>> sandra: ellen degeneres feeling the heat as more employees past and present from her show say they were working in a toxic environment. some hollywood actors speaking out against the talk show host now. let's talk to carley shimkus. what are we hearing on this story? >> things are spiraling here. it is two situations unfolding at once. one has to do with a mountain of complaints against the show's executive producers. some 47 past and current employees have complained to buzz feed news allegations ranging from toxic work

environment, bullying, now sexual harassment. warner media is investigating that. that investigation will likely lead to people losing their jobs. the other allegation has to do with ellen herself and allegations that she is not the happy go lucky nice person that her show would lead people to believe. that started off as sort of a rumor and trending hashtag on twitter. then a body guard spoke out against her worked with her said she was icy in person. two celebrities, brad garrett of everybody loves raymond fame and leah thompson from back to the future have posted tweets saying she is not nice. so it is a pretty tough moment to be ellen right now. >> sandra: here is the brad garrett tweet saying sorry, it comes from the top at the ellen show. no more than one who were treated horribly by her. common knowledge degeneres sends -- i'm reading off my

words here. then leah thompson to your point back to the future as you said. she responded to garrett's tweet then and said true story, it is. which did leave the question, carley, how many more would come out in that fashion? >> absolutely. it sounds so gossipy but it is true she does have a lot of hollywood famous friends. she has been a main stay in hollywood for quite some time. nobody has really come out in support of her and also should be said we're nrifg a very poll -- she defended her friendship with george w. bush and came out in support of kevin harr for making homophobic comments on twitter. she received backlash for both of those things. could a little of it be true and a little politically

motivated? quite possibly. >> sandra: it's not over. we'll likely hear more in the coming days. >> nasa made history yesterday after u.s. astronauts complete their first splashdown in 45 years. a live report moments away. ta-da!

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>> trace: nasa astronauts splash down in the spacex capsule yesterday as the mission returns to earth. phil keating is live at cape canaveral in florida. >> astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley are in houston doing fitness and coordination exercises, standard for returning astronauts with zero gravity space legs. tropical storm isaias was zero threat to the gulf of mexico. the astronauts re-entered the atmosphere like a fireball t.12-minute burn at 3500 degrees. at 6,000 feet the four main pair khauts opened up for slashdown. five hours later he were in houston for a welcome home celebration including wives and boys. the one thing that didn't go perfectly yesterday was this. dozens of private boats speeded out to the spaceship as it

bobbed in the water and got way too close. a real safety issue as the returning capsule is shrouded with toxic fumes. >> after they landed, the boats just came in and we need to do a better job next time for sure. >> still american heroes back home. the first official crew mission for spacex is going to come likely in september and that one will take four astronauts up inside the crew dragon. trace. >> trace: seems like we're back in the space business. phil keating live along with space coast. thank you very much. interesting, sandra. we talked earlier at the top of the show how we have hurricanes in the east, fires burning in the west and people trying to evacuate and they are evacuating into the middle of a pandemic which is a pickle for the entire country. it's going to be interesting to watch this. >> sandra: makes things very challenging. that was a jam-packed three

hours trace, great to be with you. as a heads-up as you did last friday i'll be in for martha tonight on the story at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. thank you for joining us, everyone. >> trace: have a good day. >> "outnumbered" starts right now. >> this is fox news alert, we're awaiting possible remarks from president trump as he meets with tech workers at the white house. this, as fox news learned the president is weighing unilateral action if no deal in congress on new round of coronavirus stimulus. in the next hour, top democrat leaders set to meet with chief of staff mark meadows and mnuchin in speaker pelosi's office. meadow says a deal remains sdaps, pelosi blaming republicans for a deadlock on unemployment benefits. watch this. >> we have a ways to go. i'm not optimistic. >> i think the