has apparently settled on a running mate. we don't know who she is and the president has settled on taking executive action about three and a half hours because he doesn't like what he's been seeing going on in washington. some big developments. fox continues. >> fox news alert, joe biden telling peter doocy just in the past couple of minutes that he has picked his vice-presidential running mate and with that we welcome you to america's news headquarters in washington. i'm leland vittert and alicia, we know that he has picked his young mate, he says, but we don't know who it is. >> we don't know who it is, yet, leland. i'm alicia acuna coming to you from denver. the timing is interesting because at 3:30 eastern we're also awaiting a news conference, an executive order signing by the president with regard to helping out americans with covid- with. leland: we will wait for that

and we expect that the president is going to sign some executive order as relates to the payroll tax deduction, some kind of payroll tax holiday and perhaps enhanced unemployment benefits to americans. how he's going to get the cash for that since congress hasn't appropriated is something we'll talk about the next couple of hours. peter doocy found joe biden on a bike ride at a delaware state park and that's where he got the exclusive news. we join peter in rehoeboth beach. >> mr. vice-president, have you picked a running mate? >> yeah, i am, you have? who is it? >> so going just based off what the presumptive democratic nominee told us a few minutes ago, he says that he has picked somebody, but he followed up with a joke, so, we're not sure how far away an announcement

might be, leland. leland: pete, you've been on the vice-president's trail literally since he announced his campaign and often breaking a lot of news about him, including news yesterday about the off the record trip to a convention center in wilmington, delaware not far from his house. between your reporting and what you've seen from biden on the trail the past year plus, connect these dots for us. >> well, again, he's scaled back his events and has been working from home like a lot of americans. so he has been hosting virtual events with some of the women who are believed to be finalists for the vice-presidential job, but they have not obviously been able to host in-person events. maybe the way they would in a different year. the associated press was reporting this morning that last sunday, the michigan governor gretchen whitmer traveled to an airport near

biden's beach house in delaware and that they tracked a plane that was on the ground for about three hours. but again, that doesn't mean that she's the only person who came to talk to biden in person or virtually. the campaign has said last week that the process was underway. and again, we're just going based off what the former vp told us a few minutes ago. he says that he's picked somebody. leland: what do you make in terms of-- you've had encounters with the former vice-president, some friendly like this one or others more contentious. anything different in when he's joking and times when he's been more contentious, what he's thinking and what happens later and what he's telegraphing? >> i wouldn't say that it's possible to read his mind, but as you saw there, anytime that he-- that you're in a position to

get a question to him, he's always very generous with his time, including this morning, leland. leland: all right. peter and yesterday he was at this convention center. today you found him at the state park. any idea on his schedule or any kind of off the record movements you guys have heard about or secret service seems to be planning for the next couple of days? >> not sure yet, but we're standing by just like everybody else. leland: just like everybody else with a knack for finding the former vice-president where he is and occasionally getting a request he in. peter doocy, we'll check back in. >> president trump taking matters into his own hands. he will sign an executive order at 3:30 p.m. eastern after white house staffers and democratic leadership failed to agree on a stimulus package. the exact language of that executive order is still unclear. but some of the key issues on trump's radar include student debt, unemployment benefits and

evictions. mark meredith is standing by near the president in bridgewater, new jersey. hi, mark. >> good afternoon, alicia. we're still waiting to see what these executive orders will contain. the president has been making it clear all week though that he's been frustrated that his top advisors, as well as top democrats on capitol hill haven't been able to come to any sort of agreement how best to stimulate the economy. there's been back and forth how much the economic package could cost and how long benefits should be extended for. trump previewed what he may do later on. last night he made it clear who he thinks is responsible for the impasse. >> nancy pelosi and chuck schumer continue to insist on radical left wing policies that have nothing to do with the china virus, nothing to do with it at all. if democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage i will act under my authority as president to get americans the relief they need.

>> the democrats say it's the white house that's refused to negotiate in good faith, the house passing hits own $3 trillion stimulus bill earlier this summer and democrats put the blame for the stalemate directly on president trump. >> meet us in the middle for god's sake for the middle-- >> the labor reports in july roughly 1.7 million new jobs, that's better than what some economists predicted, but unemployment does remain above double digits, 10.2%. the president sounding much more optimistic last night about the jobs numbers. >> that's why our strategy to kill the chinese virus is focused on protecting those at greatest risk while allowing younger and healthier americans to safely return to work and safely return to school, very important. >> we're looking to see how the

president may respond to the economy with these executive orders a little later on today. the white house announcing he'll be holding a news conference at his golf club, 15, 20 minutes away from where we are, 3:30. we don't know if the president will be taking questions, but there's plenty. >> plenty indeed. leland: with that we'll bring in mark smith, who served on the president's transition team. mark, we appreciate your time. president trump is not the first president who was frustrated and with executive orders. president obama was famous for it. and here is what president trump, then candidate trump said about president obama. >> the country wasn't based on executive orders. he can't get along with the democrats and going around signing executive orders, it's a basic disaster and you can't do it. leland: and it's different now why?

>> the executive order that donald trump is planning on signing in his position, the president stopping enforceable of certain things. what trump is doing is different than president obama. because president trump is essentially preventing the federal government from doing things like enforcing student loans, which is of course owed to the federal government. they're basically taking certain obligations and tax prosecutions off the table in the sense that allowing businesses to-- >> hold on, he's also -- we can argue that a lot of different ways, you are arguing, president obama was not enforcing with regard to daca, but i'll take your argument as it is, but president trump is talking about spending money in a different way than congress is appropriating it. and congress has the power of the purse and he's saying no, no, no, spending on unemployment benefits. i should ask the question, how

is the president not overstepping his constitutional bound here? >> well, if you look at the stimulus language in the statutes, leland, a lot of it is very broad and very general which allows the federal government to spend in different ways and choices that could be made. i'm guessing what the president and his team are thinking, they have enough flexibility with how the federal government is going to spend money and devote resources that they will be able to do this. now, of course, the president-- whatever the president has done is going to be sued in court by the democrats, but that's going to put the democrats in a weird position, right? because the president's going to be trying to help out americans, get the economy growing and bring back jobs and the democrats will be on the other point. and that's strong for the president. leland: that's interesting trying to turn the table on the democrats. nancy pelosi has had the upper hand on this, being the one to want to spend money and republicans saying we want to spend less. something the president telegraphed he was going to do yesterday in his news

conference about 7:00 was some kind of eviction moratorium or an extension on the federal eviction moratorium that began with the cares act and then expired late last month. chris stirewalt on the podcast "i'll tell you what" m some thoughts on the press doing that by executive order. take a listen. >> didn't the president just said by order of the king you may not evict a person who is squatting in your domicile without paying rent. you can't do that, obviously, that's not -- there's nothing conservative about that. there's nothing constitutional about the idea that the president cannot collect a tax that he is told-- >> the payroll tax holiday, if it's temporary and whether it can be forgiven or not as you point out is a matter of debate, but you can't evict somebody, the president nulli nullifying contracts between american citizens and saying which ones can and cannot keep

in force? >> two things to keep in mind, leland. the president is essentially a bully pulpit. 's able to articulate policies, visions, goals for other people up and down the chain of government and the american populous are able to. so if donald trump wants to encourage local governments and private owners to act is certain way, he can do it. >> that's not what he's saying, he's saying to continue an eviction moratorium. that's not a bully pulpit. that's trying to make policy. >> executive orders can sometimes do something. and executive orders can provide a mission statement to the country. we haven't seen the executive order, it may be an encouragement or a mission statement or a goal or aspirational language, leland. leland: you've certainly been outspoken in the past about a return to the constitution and constitutional values and in terms of how the obama

administration dealt with the constitution or tried to usurp it. do i understand that by saying if this was an eviction moratorium that tried to layout policy and nullify contracts and prevent evictions from the federal government, from the white house, with a pen that you'd be opposed to that and think the president was overstepping if he tried to do that? >> i think if it were that, it would probably be unenforceable at the end of the day, yes. but you know, there might be an interesting argument if you want to talk about constitutional theory under the fifth amendment takings clause or eminent domain which does give government certain powers to take property such as perhaps rent, as long as there's just compensation. what's interesting, leland, as a constitutional matter what could happen the government could say we're going to deprive you of rent, but reimburse you. you might be able to accomplish the moratorium on evictions, but compensate the landlord. leland: interesting thought. you'd have to wonder where the

money would come from and wonder what a landlord, donald trump in the past would have thought of the policies. >> leland, i want to say something very important to kind in mind as we debate the issues, october 29th, 2020 and that's a critical-- i appreciate it, because we're up against a hard break. we'll have you back. appreciate your time as always, thank you. >> thank you. leland: a lot of news to be made between now and tomorrow morning on fox news sunday. chris wallace will have an exclusive interview with a steve mnuchin and also an interview with nancy pelosi to talk about all of this. check your local listings for time and channel, and highlights on this program. and tomorrow, media buzz with howie kirtz, on with fox's greg gutfeld on the insight into the presidential campaign and a new look at greg's book 11 a.m. eastern. >> tensions escalating in

portland as demonstrations turn violent overnight after an hours' long standoff between protesters and police result in multiple arrests. christina coleman with more. >> hi, alicia. last night some of the protesters threw horde boiled eggs and fireworks at officers, positioned at a public safety building in east portland, marking the city's 71st straight night of unrest. and president trump said the agents could put a stop to this. >> we could put a stop to this immediately, but until we're asked. we could stop it quickly. >> these protests started off after george floyd was killed. demonstrators across the country calling for justice and racial equality. clearly some of the protesters have turned to violence. local democratic leaders mike portland mayor kept--

like the portland mayor kept saying that they were escalating. they pulled back at the courthouse in portland, but still, the violence has not stopped. >> he was there encouraging and supporting those individuals. it's only when the violence now has gone back to targeted the city of portland and the city police department there, that now all of a sudden, he's outraged. it's hypocrisy. >> mayor ted wheeler, who has repeatedly called for federal troops to leave portland is calling on protesters to stop the violence, saying they're essentially playing into the president's hand by providing video for his campaign ads. the mayor also had a strong message for the protesters, who tried to set fires to portland's police department. >> when you connect arson with an accelerant in an attempt to burn down a building that's occupied by people that you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating, you are

attempting to commit murder. >> nearly 500 people have been arrested by local and federal police during the unrest since late may for various crimes, including assault and arson. alicia. >> christina coleman in los angeles, thanks, christina. leland: fox news alert, in beirut lebanon, as protesters have been in the streets there engaged in a number of clashes. this after an explosion rocked lebanon's capital earlier this week that killed nearly 150 and wounded thousands of others. the city is grappling with deepening economic and political crisis and the massage damage due to the blast could run into the billions of dollars, making it harder to secure financing for the country that needs it so badly. this is late saturday afternoon, and you can see the tear gas cannisters, flying back and forth. we'll check with him later in

the show. >> we'll talk to hard-hit mississippi's governor about what he's doing to try and contain the pandemic in his state. that's next.

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but plans vary across the country with several school districts returning to in-person learning amid the coronavirus pandemic. for more on where some of the country's largest school districts stand on reopening classrooms, superintendent of brevard county public schools in florida, dr. mark mullens and chief of engagement, innovation and operation at montgomery count public schools in maryland, derrick turner. gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. i'd like to begin in florida, dr. mullens because just yesterday, usa today is reporting something i'd like to put up. it says as governor ron desantis pushed this summer for schools to open, state leaders told school boards they would need health department approval if they wanted to keep classrooms closed and instructed directors not to give it. the director of your health department said herself she was asked about school instruction and some guidance and she said she was just following orders so she couldn't.

my question to you, is do you feel pressure to open schools during the pandemic? >> we've received direction from our florida department of education to work to provide in-person instruction to our students, but also, the flexibility from the department of education and the ability to provide an e-learning or virtual learning option and still qualify for full funding. so they've provided direction, yet flexibility that's allowing us to meet the needs of our community and our students and pare parents so we can give them options and be confident in the requirements that we need to meet moving forward and also funding with that. alicia: the students who won won't-- opportunities who will be going back, will they be wearing masks? >> students and teachers will be wearing masks so social distancing cannot be adhered to.

alicia: mr. turner, i'd like to know your plans as well. you're going all online until january, is that right? >> correct, our board approved going to online for the first, and in november for the second. alicia: if things loosen up, is there a chance that students could go back to the classroom before the following semester? >> so right now we really need to focus on the preparation and the instructional model in the virtual world and what we realized, this is the most difficult situation and issue for a generation of public education. this is going to be a hard transition no matter how we do this, so, we're really going to try to dig in on the virtual instruction until the end of the first semester and then see if with what we can build from the second semester if we're allowed to go back. alicia: dr. mullens, you have an online component that's

offered to students, is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. we have three options, we have in-person, of course, in our brick and mortar schools, we have an e-learning option where students are assigned teachers in their home school that they will engage with every day and have a routine and a regular schedule like they would have in their school and then we also have our brevard virtual school platform, which is more asynchronous instruction for students who need the greatest flexibility. alicia: i have kids and keeping kids on track in the spring was tough to get them going and as engaged as i hope they are in class when i can't see them. mr. turner, i'm curious, how is it that you can guarantee that students will be educated that this will work? >> so we learned a lot from the spring where we moved to a virtual platform and our teachers are now better trained and better prepared to work in an online model. we've developed lesson plans

that allow for screen time and breaks from screen time. we know it's not a perfect situation, this is the best we can do for students with what's going on around us. i compare it to a 600 sided rubics cube. when you move one piece others move. we know this isn't the in the building, but everybody is working on it. alicia: appreciate your time. leland. leland: the governor of mississippi coming up in just a minute to talk about the schools there, but as we track the debate over reopening schools and what that looks like, we're going to zoom out and track the latest covid case counts more than 160,000 coronavirus deaths in the united states. claudia cowan is live in beautiful sausalito, california, tracking the

developments. hi, claudia. >> hi, leland. good morning. the nation's biggest state home to 40 million people, california, leads the nation in infections, more than half a million people have tested positive. more than 10,000 people have died since the pandemic began here. back in february, that is the third highest figure right behind new york and new jersey. as the u.s. approaches five million cases and more than 160,000 deaths. there are signs things are starting to turn around in states that have seen recent spikes. california, texas and states in blue on the map reporting a decline in cases and hospitalizations. while 11 states in red are new hot spots including colorado, mississippi and ohio. a new forecast predicts the number of deaths in the u.s. could be 300,000 by december. that's nearly double what it is now, but the model predicts far fewer deaths if people mask up. however, take a look at this,

no masks required at one of the biggest motorcycle rallies in the world, now underway in sturgis, south dakota. a quarter million bikers are expect today descend on the small town for the 10-day rally. one of the biggest rallies since the pandemic began and this is stoking fears that it could end up being a super spreader event. meantime, the debate over reopening schools remain, the state of new york announcing kids can return to the classroom so long as infection rates are low. most districts are going with remote learning only, prompting some families to hire their own teachers and set up so-called learning pods in their back yards. and one is offered domed outdoor seating to give customers peace of mind. and top golfers, including tiger woods are playing in a championship at harding park, the first major tournament

since the pandemic began and assuring social distancing, no spectators allowed. leland: it's different when they sink a 30-foot putt and the crowd does not go wild. claudia cowan, thank you. with that we turn to mississippi as there are growing fears that that state will become the next coronavirus hot spot. mississippi governor tate reed joining us now. governor, the coronavirus cases in your state up about 23%. are you changing the way you're doing things? and what are your worries? >> well, thanks for having me on, leland. leland: always. >> we actually have had a very positive week. if you look at our seven-day average we've had approximately 6, 650 cases over the last seven days. the seven days prior to that, 9,050, which was our peak and the week before that about 8,900 cases other a seven-day period. so our curve is actually not only flattened, it's turned around. again, it's only been seven days, but we're certainly

seeing very positive signs of progress here. we're still at levels that are higher than where we were in march, april or may and the first two weeks of june. we're hopeful we can build on this by continuing to encourage our constituents do to wear a mask when in public to also maintain social distancing and do the little things. leland: governor, it would be fair to say that your talking points, if you will, about this, and sort of your rhetoric in terms of whether to wear masks or not has evolved as the case count has risen in mississippi. i want to talk specifically about what had happened in the schools, where 116 students are now in quarantine after the first day or the first week of schools there. do you feel as though, in retrospect, it was a little bit too early to push everybody back into the classroom? >> well, that's one school district in northeast mississippi in corinth. in that particular school district there are 2400 kids and they opened school two

weeks ago. they have had approximately 15 cases in the district and of those 15 cases they did contact tracing. they identified those who had come in close contact with those 15 positive cases. one thing that they've determined is none of the kids, at least at this point, to my knowledge, actually contracted the virus while in school. every single one of them brought it into the school and contracted it in the community. 100 kids that are currently in quarantine, what that means there are 2300 kids in the classroom that are learning every single day so those-- >> i hate to interrupt you. >> i understand. leland: hold on, go rn governor, i hate to disrupt you, we're up against a hard break. and those that died compared to those who died from seasonal flu in the same period. is it fair or unreasonable to try and limit down to zero the number of coronavirus cases and

we're going to have schools that allow kid to learn and get free and reduced lunches and have a safe environment that if they're abused, they can talk to an adult other than those abusing them. is it fair to say we're going to give up all that amid coronavirus cases to zero? >> i think your point is valid. the point is exactly what dr. redfield said at the c.d.c. the question whether you're letting kid into school, whether all is good on one side and bad on the side. it's public health. if you don't allow kid to get back to school-- there was a great article talking how child abuse reports are down 25% in the last month in large part because kids aren't in school. leland: one quick thing, 30 seconds to a hard break. espn now reporting that the mac football conference is canceling the 2020 season. a yes or no, is ole miss going to take the field in oxford

come the fall? >> look, it's my expectation that they will take the field on september the 26th just as the southeastern conference said they'll take it. leland: what would change that? >> well, obviously, that would be something that the conference has decided, that the schools are going to play. what we as individual states are going to decide is what does it look like from a fan perspective, what percentage of the stadiums can we fill up, if any. leland: governor tate reeves of mississippi. sorry we had to cut this short, joe biden saying he picked a running mate and made a joke after that. that's something we're following as well, sir. we'll have you back in the coming weeks. appreciate it. >> look forward to it. leland: 70 straight days of clashes in portland, oregon. our phone tony katz heard around the world when we come back.

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fox news alert. in beirut, lebanon. there appears to be a fire started in a building. these are mass protests taken to the street. they are met by tear gas and live ammunition from lebanon security forces and these are protests because of just how unbelievably incompetent the people in the streets feel their government is and has been, not only as it relates to trying to react to the explosion that killed 150 people and wounded thousands more when ammonium nitrate stored at a warehouse in the port of beirut blew up. but people there are angry over years, if not decades, of corruption, mismanagement, hunger and increasingly large refugee population that's come in because of the civil war in syria. and unusually now, hard to underscore how unusually now, the people in the streets of

lebanon are protesting against the iranian backed group hezbollah. and burning effigies of the leader of hezbollah in the streets of lebanon. the president of france, alicia, came to beirut after the bombings and talked about -- now we're looking at a live picture of what appeared to be a minister there in lebanon about to give an update -- but the amount of anger on the streets of lebanon in this tinter box is incredible and hard to underscore how unusual it is for there to be effigies of nesrala burned. normally hezbollah's foot soldiers would put a swift end to that and that's not happening here. alicia: and you have 300,000 people who have been displaced from this explosion, including 80,000 who are children. so, you already had a country that was dealing with an economic crisis and then covid. then you add this on top of this, this incompetence that

you talk about, that they're accusing the government of because for years they knew about the storage of that explosive material. so what you end up with is rage. and that's exactly what we're seeing right now, and to add to all the sadness and confusion in all of this, there are still about 60 people who are missing, and the officials who are trying to get them out of that rubble have now had to take to the areas where these protests are happening. we will continue to match it. leland: noteworthy there, that the government said they do not want an international investigation into why those high explosives were hanging out in the port of beirut. more on that when we get to trey on the ground. we'll do that next hour. meantime back in the united states, violent crime rates, especially homicides have been spiking across the united states this summer. meantime, you've got the protests against law enforcement, so, police officers seem to be having -- are having a harder time doing their job amid the defund the police movement.

the wall street journal reports homicides are up 24% across the country's 50 largest cities this year. we bring in talk radio host tony katz where he joins us from indianapolis and it seems as though your city is not immune either from the protests or from the rise in crime. >> no, this isn't something that somehow avoided the midwest. the midwest has taken its hits like everywhere else, but this conversation of what is it that we see in these big cities that kind of unites these big cities and the problems that we're seeing, that's a legitimate conversation, it does have to do with ideology, with the political party that many of that leadership are associated with and the question that needs to be asked of them, very publicly, is when will you realize that your a plan doesn't work? there comes a moment in all great businesses and all great lives you realize the plan that you have isn't actually working and it's not working in chicago. and mayor lori lightfoot can

blame indiana all she wants for guns coming into illinois, it's absolutely not true. it's shameful that she's doing it. it's embarrassing, it's not working. leland: it's not working in my hometown of st. louis either where crime is on the rise. >> know the at all. leland: the federal operation, operation legend is sending in and surging. fbi a.t.f., dea agents trying to take on the gangs and the gun problems that the locals are having their hand tied in terms of being able to go after a number of hardened criminals. it brings up this sort of larger question about police officers and how the black lives matter movement and the protests about george floyd started about george floyd being killed and have morphed into defund the police and this anti-police movement. i'm wondering specifically what you're hearing in indianapolis from police officers in terms of whether they're willing to go out and do their job because so often they're risking, you

know, doing their job means risking their freedom if somebody catches on vo videotap something that people may not like at the same time. >> a couple of i think so this within that. first of course the effort to defund the police is really. and the senator hirono lied to ted cruz. this is not a debatable subject. she lied what the effort is. in indianapolis, when you talk to people and my sources talk to me, they're gutted. they're absolutely destroyed that they don't have backup from the mayor, they don't have backup from the city of indianapolis and members th democrats. and they were fine with painting a black lives matter matter sign and the fist, further engaging the idea that people who are supposed to be focused what we're doing about

police, how are we treating black people in america have pushed that aside and marxism and communism. leland: since you checked the mayor of indianapolis, if he could come on and respond to tony's thoughts. >> my show, too. leland: well, do both. it two for one. appreciate it. he can have my time fridays on tony katz today. we'll see you, my friend. alicia. alicia: how local lawmakers in california and virginia are dealing with spiking covid numbers. that's coming up. we made ur veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy.

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remains will be transport today dover in delaware, and then released to families. nine service members died, one pronounced dead at the scene. alicia: identifying the mysterious seeds from china, universities are stepping up. stephanie bennett has more. >> i don't know where it's from, how they get it. it's weird. are they going to be sending something else? >> michigan resident scott mcdonald was sent a mysterious package from china. when he opened it up, he was confused. >> they look like sun flower seeds. >> and mcdonald isn't alone. >> they showed up in the mail one day and the next day it was all over facebook. >> son hundreds of people across the world took to social media, sharing experiences of un unsolicited. >> on the package it says door

handle. >> they're investigating and asking recipients not to open or plant them, but to hand seeds over to their state's local agriculture department. universities across the country have lending a helping hand wherever possible. >> people around town here have been receiving seeds because they've been calling the university and asking what to do with them. >> the usda recently identified several of the season harmless, mustard, cabbage, mint and sage, they're actively looking at some and growing some to figure it out. >> they can have a range of effects to no effects, to horrific effects where you have plants that encourage wildfires, tax that are toxic or compete with our local plants. >> the usda says it may be a brushing scam where they receive items for a sell ear

and post false reviews to boost sales. >> i don't know what's going to happen next. >> this brushing scam may have been happening in the past two years, but they see an uptick to seeds. some people have had charging dog collars to painting sets. leland: we'll watch that. oprah has a message for louisville, kentucky and she's blanketing the city with billboards. we'll look at why next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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president trump saying he's going to bypass congress, signed an executive order as stimulus negotiations between white house officials and democratic leadership have stalled. welcome back from washington, we heard last night about 7:30 p.m. in outline of executive orders from the president arranged news conference and now we wait for the real thing. >> president trump was signed the executive order 3:30 p.m. eastern time, we will bring that to you live as it happens but let's turn to mark meredith who has more than what issues trump is looking to address.

>> white house officials tell fox news president trump will sign executive orders to help the nations economy this afternoon. we are waiting to get a look at the exact language but they are expecting to address a number of issues including the expiration of the enhanced unemployment benefits. president trump started to preview what he's going to do last night, he held an impromptu news conference and suggested executive orders were coming and he laid the blame on democrats for negotiations going much further on the next economic stimulus bill. >> to get americans the relief they need and what we are talking about is deferring the payroll tax for a period of months until the end of the year end i can extend it at a certain period. roughly i will be here to do the job. leland:

>> the president talking about the upcoming election. we've heard so much on my readers, chuck schumer and house speaker all week long. they've been meeting with the advisors including steve mnuchin and mark meadows. yesterday chuck schumer made it clear if the president goes through executive orders, it may create more confusion and chaos is for the businesses. they are just struggling to survive. >> you can't do payroll tax cut which even republicans are against if you don't do it legislatively. you can't do student loans, some forbearance, if you can't do it legislatively because you can't spend the money. you just have to delay it. you think a small business person will want to take 12 months or six months of payroll tax all at once?

>> that's why the details will be important when the executive orders come out. we will read it closely, try to piece together exactly what it is. for people looking for economic gauge. you can expect lawmakers will have plenty of safe. he also plenty of saying, showing the unemployment rate is going down. there are still double digits especially in election year. their focus on the economic data is are the rest of us. >> thank you, mark. leland: the president signed the executive orders and then we wait for the lawsuit in terms of whether or not the president is able to do it. joining us now, arizona congressman, chairman of the house caucus. we appreciate you being here with us. when barack obama used them, why is it different when president trump does it? >> i'm not saying it's better or different, i would say i believe

in this instance, depending on how broad and deep it goes in the language that's used in these executive orders, he may be using authority delegated by congress and that's why we got to see the orders because i think that's what they are trying to do, find a legal basis to issues these. >> there's only the legal basis in one letter of the constitution versus the other, we know what the constitution says. article one, section nine, the power of the first lies in congress. they never thought we are going to have money appropriated for one thing in the president eating he doesn't like what congress is doing is going to try to appropriated somewhere else, that wasn't how the system was designed. >> i would agree with you except congress, for the last 100 some years has been delegating spending authority to the executive branch and sometimes just wide open authority and i think that's where you need to

look at -- it's critical to see the results. this constitutional authority that says everything is supposed to originate in the legislature for spending, that is for sure. delegated this stuff, ridiculously overbroad. leland: from their position, and larger sets, chris said this, the republican party as a whole listen. >> republicans becoming a nationalistic party and a conservative party or a party with conservative views. you can't have the federal government to say to landlords across the country you may not have the president just say you can't evict somebody because eviction isn't a federal issue to begin with. leland: do you agree?

>> in large measure, i think are some areas where congress would have authority based on -. leland: congress can't seem to agree on anything. [laughter] >> you are right about that. we become case study some spaces, that's for sure but if you're talking about legally sickly and constitutionally, i think there are areas to get the. leland: the president said is going to do something about evictions, is anything he can do in terms of interfering with contracts between private citizens that you would be okay with somebody has spoke out so passionately about the need to return to the rule of law? >> i can't think of a way you can structure that were any government, at any level can intervene in written contracts especially when this cascade, you tell a residential or commercial tenant you don't have to pay and the landlord can't

evict but going to forbear the landlords mortgage or investment reimbursement? is cascading out there so it becomes a very difficult thing to see. we'll see how the president was to structure this. leland: an advisor to the 2016 transition campaign, he said that the way to do this, but all of a sudden you have the federal government paying anybody's rent would be fabulous rather than tenets of paying, we are talking about a trillion dollars here and there so i'll end with this, is it time for republicans to start being conservative again? >> it was time 20 years ago. we are talking about probably a realistic assessment of our national, 30,000 dollars. so the answer is yes, and

everywhere. >> it seems just fine spending another trillion or so dollars in weeks. >> i talked with folks in the administration, i think it's a excruciating decision the president is trying to make because he's trying to protect as many people as possible but at the same time, i'm looking at long-term foundational to the economy. leland: congressman, we appreciate your insights. it's a little warm out, there are arizona, enjoy the cool afternoon. ♪ >> joe biden said he hasn't act picking a running mate. his campaign says not so fast, peter is following biden and we have both, peter, i blew that one, sorry.

>> it is a nice day. we caught former vice president while he was out on a bike ride he was on a bike and we were not. we had brief times, we had two questions about the deep state. here's what he told us. >> have you picked a running mate get? >> i have. >> who is it? >> you. >> so two questions there but the campaign is interesting. it's clearly a joke on vice president biden has chosen his running mate. you saw the video. we saw him riding a bike and he does not have anything else on his schedule right now but the campaign has a lot going on and biden made another unannounced trip yesterday to an event center in delaware, he was there for about 2.5 hours as the

announcements they have to make the next couple of weeks. liver his running mate is going to be and the other, where he's going to deliver his acceptance of the democrat nomination. after the party leaders have not done this due to covid-19. >> in delaware, my apologies to the entire state for that. thanks, peter. more on this, let's bring in former obama campaign spokesperson and democratic strategist, he's also a biden campaign surrogate. thank you so much for being here today. let's talk about what peter was talking about, for we start, let's listen to nancy pelosi. >> i don't think it matters to the vice presidential candidate.

lyndon johnson, particularly, by and large, it's all about the candidate for president. >> how important is it? >> i trust the vice president to know who would be the best vice president considering the fact he had that job for eight years. i think right now what you see on the democratic front, it's a pretty historic field of collections he has and i don't think it's going to make an impact on the race one way or another but for the vice president's sake, it be important for him to have somebody that he has a good relationship with that he can govern with. >> we are talking about relationships here, you talk about senator kamala harris, there have been questions about what her loyalty would be to him. also, does she have too much wattage for him, she could outshine him?

>> i don't think so. i know her personally. i worked with her a lot in california, she is a rock star and she has an outstanding relationship with the vice president. should she be the one chosen, i'm confident she'd be nothing but an asset for the administration. >> i pick something up from may, former vice president biden said stephen, regarding this very difficult vetting process because it is rough and what he said was the very invasive process every vote they've ever taken, everything from their financial statements to their health circumstances, the reason i am bringing this up is because earlier this week, he scoffed at the idea of taking some sort of cognitive test but he also acknowledged even as presidential pig has to go through health screening. when these part of the health screening he'd want to participate in as well for the american people? >> i'm pretty confident he can

tell the difference between a lion and an elephant which is what the president seems to talk so highly about. that shouldn't be the baseline of our health measurement. there should be a health screening, they do all the time. i agree with you that the vice presidential process is really invasive. the whole process is quite invasive and in some respects, it's a good thing so we know what people are getting but also turned some people off to the process. >> what about a cognitive test for presidential candidate. >> i don't think it's a baseline cognitive test telling the difference between the two animals, i think you've got a 35 year history for vice president biden where people can judge his career, his abilities and i'm confident in november they will choose him as the next president of the united states. >> let's move on to executive orders the president is planning to sign at 3:30 p.m. eastern. he saying democrats couldn't get it done and for people who have been waiting in line,

unemployment lines, food lines, is there a chance the president could look like the hero here? >> there's a lot of clause for the executive orders but also not just legality questions for the financing questions and a number of things not addressed, state and local aid, funding for schools in addressing that issue. the local components i don't really think so, the democrats passed something a couple of bones ago, 3 trillion-dollar package in the republicans proposed something even they don't agree on. yesterday, democrats agreed to meet them in the middle and it's been rebuffed. i don't think they will give him credit or blame him, i think people just want something. >> if you're waiting in line for food, trying to get money to put gas in your car, do you really care about the legalities? if you have somebody who will come and say i'm just going to take care of it, doesn't that

help him? >> i think you are raising fair points, i don't think 40% cuts in $600 a week is a solution. we will have to see what he proposes and what comes through. on the negotiations, they are close on the unemployment side and far away on the other sides. i don't think there will be a lot of winners out of this. you got double digit unemployment, 100,000 businesses close. >> thank you so much. leland: campaign 2020, new reaction from president trump on reports that the u.s. intelligence committee naming and shaming countries. trying to interfere in the presidential election and saying the countries want to the white house. doug has more on this. >> this is a major warning for the u.s. intelligence community. while the aspects involving russia will get a lot of attention, they are also talking about china and iran. here's what the director of the u.s. national counterintelligence and security center is saying about this, he

said they may seek to compromise our election infrastructure for a range of possible process, calling into question the validity of the election results. late yesterday during his press conference, the president was asked about this and the belief that russia will try to hurt former vice president, joe biden's campaign. the president disputes that but he agrees with the assessment that china will work against his reelection. >> china would love us to have an election with donald trump versus sleepy joe biden. they would own our country. if joe biden was president, china would own our country. >> supporters of the vice president, not surprisingly, are focusing on the russia aspect of this report arguing russia interfered in the last presidential election and they will try to repeat that this year.

>> other countries can have differences with the policies with any administration but there's a world of difference between that and taking active measures to try to defeat a candidate for president of the united states and that's what russia did in 2016 and that's what they are doing again. >> at the biden campaign says the president is failed to address the issue foreign interference in u.s. elections. president trump points to expansion of mail and voting thing that makes the entire system more vulnerable for outside influence. leland: president has a news conference 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. we'll see if this issue comes up. >> or protesters in portland unfolding this weekend is violent clashes between law enforcement and demonstrators erupt overnight. >> last night, protesters ran through traffic and through bottles.

fireworks thrown at officers at a public safety building, marking the 71st night of consecutive violence. the acting commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection says federal agents are not leaving portland until the violence and last night, president trump said portland mayor continues. >> mayor has advocated his duty and surrendered his city to the mob. as a result, the mob said upon police precinct and tried to burn it down, tear down, it down. attempted murder. >> the protests started off after george floyd was killed. demonstrators across the country calling for justice and racial equality but clearly, some of the protesters have turned to violence, local democratic leaders at the mayor said the feds were escalating tension at the protests.

the feds agree to stay in the area but pullback defense at the courthouse in portland but still, the violence hasn't stopped and has made it hard for police to respond to other calls. >> we pool the resources to assist. very few cars in the precinct. sometimes just two or three cars if we get a shooting a critical incident there that requires multiple cars, people are getting police service. >> the mayor who has repeatedly called for federal troops to lead, is calling on protesters to stop the violence, they're playing into the president's hand by playing video for the campaign at. he had a strong protesters who tried to set fires for the police department. >> when you commit arson and accelerant in an attempt to bring down a building is occupied by people that you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating, you're attempting to commit

murder. >> 500 people have been arrested by local and federal police during the unrest since late may in portland for various crimes including assault and arson. >> thank you. leland: it's saturday night in beirut, lebanon. protesters are still on the ground. there are reports of live ammunition from the army there. the prime minister says he's going to fold new elections. what does means for forces in the middle east when we come back.

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across the nation, facing a wide range of challenges as the fight against covid-19 continues. at how local lawmakers are working to keep their constituents safe, let's tune to state senate republican leader, shannon and virginia state senator, george parker. thank you both for being here today. i'd like to begin in california because senator grove, i did see you are part of a group of bipartisan lawmakers pushing the governor to get things under control, in your planet department, i see 1.13 million unemployed california workers

receiving payments although they may be eligible to be paid. what's going on? >> democratic lawmakers joined us on the republican side, republican center request in april to make sure the edd in addition were addressed so checks could go out to individuals supporting their families. as a bipartisan letter that just come out and we are glad the democrats have joined our side to ensure the inefficiency are corrected and people can receive their checks. >> federal dollars require them to be protecting them and they have failed to do that. the governors instituted strikeforce instead of using edd audit that we suggested in april to make sure the inefficiencies are taking care of and the government is allowing another 45 days to address this problem which means 45 days, additional days will go before the individuals who need the checks to provide for their families to

be paid. >> that is heartbreaking. senator barker, virginia has a problem as well dealing with a backlog on data because according to the health department there, you have a bunch of numbers, it looks like an increase in cases but it may have had to do with a backlog and data, is there a problem there? >> has been a problem with the computer and the department of health and we've had it going at a steady number and then one day would be much higher than that. what we found out is the problem is within the computer for example, yesterday was a large number but many of those, almost half should have been reported on wednesday or thursday. so we are trying to fix the problem and make sure there is consistency. reports are getting done and the total numbers are accurate but the day-to-day changes in some

of the seven-day averages don't look right because of the computer malfunctions. >> senator barker, can you tell me about the app your state is using to help with the contact tracing people stay aware? >> we haven't asked that, we have it rolling out on monday or tuesday this week, you can download it to your cell phone and if you are within 6 feet of someone who has a cell phone, or at least 15 minutes, that will match up in terms of the information, indications of wha. it doesn't identify the person but just the cell phone. then later, the person you were talking to turns out to have a positive test for the virus, they will be able to contact the

individual and be able to provide, through your cell phone, they don't know who you are but they sent a text to your cell phone and you need to be tested. that will have a positive impact in terms of reducing the number of positive tests we have, the number of patients we have because the person who is informed that they were exposed can take appropriate action. >> every bit helps. absolutely. senator, quickly, i know you have concerns about early prison releases by the governor coming up especially this month. we only have about 15 seconds left but i want to give you an opportunity to address that. >> thank you. the government released 18000 prisoners into our communities and you have people like santiago cruz is putting 125 years for arson and threatening to rape and kill his wife so his

wife says she feels like a victim all over again. where's her justice? we are releasing these prisoners and the families will be affected by the present release. >> wish we had more time to discuss this. leland: lebanese prime minister promises new elections in his country but that not be enough. for the thousands of protesters on the street tonight, massive explosion in beirut, 150 people dead and thousands wounded. protesters are angry over corruption and incompetence. >> classes are erupting site, officials say more than 100 people wounded and thousands remain.

behind me, the site of tuesday's deadly blast. police are saying one officer was killed in the crash is that are unfolding as we speak. close to where we are standing right now, lebanese prime minister tried to address the nation tonight, calling some of the concerns he thought but it doesn't appear it was working. there are still people in the streets and they are amending leadership change, look at what the scene was like a few hours ago in the square. >> right now, protesters are clashing with the guards outside the lebanese court. a symbolic display, there are pieces of debris and they are throwing them. [sirens] >> rescue crews are working at this hour, officials believe thousands of bodies are buried under the rubble as a result of

the explosion on tuesday. death toll remains at just over 150 people, there are more than 60 missing. it sounds very eerie. you can hear diggers looking to the debris and their teargas canisters exploding as classes continue. leland: there's so much anger boiling over right now in lebanon. i'm wondering, the people are angry at the government although the government is a public government of a lot of different factions. is there one particular group you see on the streets in terms of the different lebanese factions? is a help to publish of people who aren't affiliated with any? >> the militant group has been very quiet in this. we heard from the leader who denied any involvement in tuesday's class. what we have seen tonight are clashes between security forces and protesters who would like to see what they are called regime

changes in lebanon and clashes between the protesters and people who support the president. right now, you're getting word protesters have blocked the roads between beirut. they are angry just like the protesters here are about what they are calling government corruption that could have played a role in tuesday's deadly disasters. you do know protesters have breached a number of government buildings so classes are expected to continue to the night as many protesters have used one keyword, revolution. leland: there is certainly some anger there as well. best to you and your crew on a dangerous night in beirut. stay safe, we appreciate it. good to see you. >> clock is ticking, chinese company facing a ban in the u.s. if they don't sell it popular app, tik tok. we will talk about the national

security, next.

the position to reopen schools for in person learning this fall. even school districts in many parts of the country were case are still rising have to abandon the idea and plan for virtual instruction. >> even though the got the green light, the government says schools like this one ultimately, it will be up to them and nearly 750 will districts, how they reopen whether it completely in person or hybrid of in person and online or even just totally virtual, they will ultimately get to decide. the state has released guidelines including temperature checks for students and staff at home, random checks before they

walk into the building, everyone has to wear a mask if they can't socially distance. covid testing is recommended for staff at least once a month and 14 quarantine day following a confirmed case. here's what's interesting, the top 15 largest school districts in america, new york city is the only one planning on reopening in some capacity physically. the others are starting totally virtual. schools are facing a lot of pressure after this picture from georgia high school went viral, it shows dozens of students crowding the hallway, some not wearing a mask. the superintendent said they're not mandating a mask for public schools extra, they will require students and staff to wear masks in maryland, school districts are not taking any chances, they are going all virtual.

>> we move to a virtual classroom and teachers are better trained and prepared to work in an online model. we developed lesson plans that allow for stream time but it's never a perfect situation, this is the best we can do for our students. >> back here in new york, the state is warning districts that schools could be shut down if there are any reoccurring or any uncontrolled outbreaks. they want to make sure everyone does everything safely. >> will be watching how it goes. leland: new reporting from npr that tik tok plans to sue the united states for unconstitutional ban as early as next week. joining us now from london, the founder and ceo cybersecurity from there. it is an irony perhaps, of a chinese corporation suing the u.s. and availing themselves of our courts in our constitution but that's a political argument.

let's get to cybersecurity. given how closely linked tik tok and chinese intelligence are linked, does the purchase fire company, microsoft, suddenly make the app safe? >> it depends on how it works and what parts of microsoft they buy. the chinese military intelligence. >> when you say they remain unproven, chinese don't really make a distinction between private enterprise and the chinese government. are you trying to say the idea that tik tok could and would be used by chinese intelligence is a red herring? >> i think it is, what's being alleged right now very strategic for china.

a social media app is not what the chinese are used to, pushing out the rest of the world. the allegations made by the u.s. have not been proven and the way they have expressed is very likely. leland: you say they are not like the stance that the u.s. and uk have taken against wall way, you feel better about. >> they've seen a strategic technology chinese intelligence and why there was a risk to countries that deploy this, proven or not, it's much harder to make that case given that it is a social media app and it doesn't have that much access to data. leland: that we know of. when the perfect trojan horse for chinese intelligence in terms of getting location, data and other information from users in the west would be through social media app like tik tok?

>> that one is different and what tik tok does is the same information that social media apps like facebook does. leland: if the u.s. and fbi goes to facebook and wants it data, they have to have a warrant that can be contested in a court. the chinese intelligence services and communist party go to tik tok, tik tok have to give up everything. >> you are absolutely right. clearly, tik tok given the data up to china but tik tok doesn't gather that much information. it shouldn't have more information than facebook has. and stealing any more data from the user's phone, the basics acknowledged. leland: we appreciate the insights, thank you.

>> a rocky off-season for colorado state university football team and it's not because of the coronavirus. by the athletic director causing causing all football activities. next.

usp and reporting limit american conference canceled all fall sports including college football. because of covid-19, decision after a vote by the league's president this morning, the first football subdivision that would choose not to play this full. it begins. >> i don't see how any of them are going to be able to play. i heard you cavuto talking about the iv leaks and here in colorado, the entire state, the high schools will start football until february. leland: something else happens in february, a lot of snow. >> exactly.

it will be interesting. leland: it's not just college football now in jeopardy, think about baseball as well, cardinals are having a huge issue when it comes to covid. we'll have charlie and the boys of st. louis, the voice of the cardinals on tomorrow to talk about that. >> the same week of reports colorado state university football team covered up coronavirus health effects, athletic director joe parker is now suspending all football activities indefinitely after allegations of racism and verbal abuse within their athletic department service. parker is asking to expand the investigation that was already looking into the initial claim that the athletics department was ignoring health guidelines to include a comprehensive review of their football program and i can tell you they were alerting today this upperclassman in the school on the football team are trying to put a petition together to support head coach, it's only been there since last year we

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>> the coronavirus pandemic is hurting was businesses across the country but some are still finding ways to help bring america together. one local business owner in virginia launched a nonprofit to help those in his own community. joining us to talk about his underground community first director, michael sparks. thank you so much for being here. normally, your dining experience has been called the most exclusive dining ticket in town. you do super fancy the jury's event, they are gorgeous and expensive and no one knows where they are going to pop up until 48 hours prior. this was before covid. then covid and you saw a need. tell me what you decided to do. >> essentially, when covid hit, we weren't able to go on the road like we usually do for public events. we lost all of our business in two weeks.

so after licking our wounds and speaking to our families, my mom said is going to be other people in the community who are going to be worse off than you. i woke up the next morning and said what do people do when they get sick and we started making soups for first responders, people suffering from covid and homeless population. >> you have now grown, this operation has grown. is spread out all over. 50000 plus meals? >> yes, 50000 plus meals. we started out the first week, delivered 175,000 meals, we are delivering 3000 meals a week to surrounding cities. it is incredible. we couldn't have done it without the support of the church in the richmond business community who

just all joined in and about 200 volunteers who work daily to get delivered to the front doors of every individual. >> when we talk about quality of food, fresh, unprocessed food is hard to come by especially when you don't have a lot of money. fresh, unprocessed food is good for the immune system as well. you're really providing a service. can you speak to the importance of this good food? >> we really didn't know, it was a gesture in the beginning before we became a nonprofit but the gesture that we didn't know what have such an impact on our community dealing with blood pressure, high blood pressure, diabetes and other common diseases that plague our community and through our soups and services, we've been able to mobilize and they are saying blood pressures are going down,

diabetes are getting under control, it has been a blessing. >> and we encourage folks to check out the website there, you see it at the bottom of the screen if you want to help out. thank you so much. leland: there are so many folks who are in great need and have stepped up even when they themselves are under threat as this man was. >> it's so good to see a beautiful thing. leland: the very worst of times oftentimes bring out the best in americans. president trump speaks at 3:30 p.m. eastern, his executive orders and coronavirus relief. we will have that live for you. eric and rfl have the news next. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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