hit or miss, tweet it to us at j er on fnc. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. hope to see you right here next week. ♪ >> boxes alert, president trump expected to forge ahead without congress. taking matters into his own hands to help america. negotiations of the next stimulus package still on capitol hill. signed executive orders, ready for the law if you see the room, expect the president to walk up to the podium any moment and signed the relief measures for millions of americans have been struggling in the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. we are live and on it, this is america's new headquarters.

>> the executive orders include extending enhanced unemployment benefits and the federal moratorium, the president also plans to extend the suspension on student loan payments. this as talks between the white house and democratic leadership remains at an impasse. the two sides trading blame after missing friday's self-imposed deadline. eric: let's bring in john on all this. john, they couldn't get an agreement on capitol hill. the president is doing what president do, taking presidential power, executive order, trying to help americans. >> it would be limited in what congress refocus and democrats together could have done. it might be something, we'll have to see, it's the elements ourselves was describing,

extending unemployment benefits, by how much and for how long. it's unclear if the democrats an extra $600 a week, republicans wanted 200, now up to 400. something on student loans, evictions, maybe relief for renters but not landlords. it will be more restrictive because executive orders can't do what congress does which is pass legislation and spend a lot of money but it will likely be something. how much of it ends up in the hands of lawyers? congress saying no, you can't do that. you're not allowed to enter executive orders. how much of it might be what some republicans are suggesting which is the president might be repurposed and money is already allocated but not spent yet previous stimulus programs.

he did that exact thing and it was legal. the president says he admits if we are going to get sued because the congress has the power. how do you expect it to get into court potentially while 20 million americans and more, rely on the $600 a week is being cut off? >> it's already been cut off. they've been without it sometimes. it's going to get to the courts laboriously. the question is, how much of it is got a camping underwear were are a couple of months away from election, how much is the president wanting to be strong when in fact, the strength would have been in negotiating a compromise between republicans and democrats? it sounds like they are trillions of dollars apart which the top lines suggests they are. democrats want 3 trillion in spending, republicans have much more than a trillion but there's

compromise already on critical elements in the program so should the president really be leading by helping forge a compromise, not by going out of the normal route of spending? perhaps during the political act here, a little bit of showboating trying to demonstrate he wants to stimulate the economy, spend more money, floaters are going to ask taxpayers are spending money, repeatedly going with one seamless program after another, after another. that's not the problem really properly managing the coronavirus so people can actually get back to work safe safely. eric: the president's supporters would say, the democrats wanted a lot more and they wanted 3 trillion plus versus 1.5 for the republicans. they want election security, they were beefing up the post office because of expected

problems with mail in ballots and names of slowing down the mail we've seen in the post office. they would take the democrats have a lot in this that doesn't have something directly to do with giving economic aid to people without jobs right now, 30 million because of coronavirus. >> and even worse, republicans are saying there's a lot of money put into the program to help states get through their fiscal problems because they don't have as much money to spend because they are not able to get as much tax revenue because the economy is closed down, is it really what it's about? publicans are worried they might bail out state that have been inefficient and have spent more than they should have in previous years. democrats are arguing, this is a time when the state have taken on additional response ability for managing the coronavirus problem, including a lot of additional expenses for testing

and frontline workers in overtime and that sort of thing doing something about school so we have to take that into consideration. so there are will big philosophical issues here between republicans and democrats that are familiar ones that go back decades of the parties like to spend money or not spend money. eric: we will see. i think we will see a compromise because both republicans and democrats want one. it's interesting but the republicans have shifted position on a few things and come closer to the democrats and my suspicion is that the democrats will have to go on as well. the normal negotiating process, this happened year after year. we are in a crisis was more complicated but i think the emphasis should be on getting the bigger program through, both republicans and democrats.

both parties agree the way to do this is to get legislation through congress. that's the biggest, broadest way to address the largest numbers of problems associated with stimulus executive orders a kind of patchwork. eric: i think arthel has a question. arthel: you're talking about the issue that they are an impasse causing the blockage again, folks sitting at home going i don't want to hear it. i'm tired of hearing it. i need my money. at last look yesterday, friday, the gop were up 150 billing for one year. they were at 150 billion for one

year and flexible on the 112 billion from the cares act that has yet to be spent. the democrats want 900 billion for two years or possibly 500 billion a year for two years so you are saying the administration is looking at this going, this is a lot of money and we are not here to help these states and municipalities for local municipalities didn't do a good job on their own to collect taxes to buffer their own. the american people just don't want to hear it. they are suffering. >> that's right. it's interesting the republicans are saying we are not going to help the states, they have come forward, they are willing to kick in 150 billion to help bridge the gap in spending as a result of all additional response police the state had to take on in dealing with the

coronavirus because the federal government handed off the baton to the states to address the health crisis so even republicans have come around a little bit, even on the extended unemployment checks, additional 600 is what the democrats want, studies have shown that results in a lot of cases, people earning more than they would have if they were at work in republicans are saying i would want to do that? maybe match what they were earning but not give them more because of the disincentive to go back to work but then there are other things they say there's no indication it's a disincentive to go back to work, people want to get back to work and into the routine of earning a stable salary, not depending upon government subsidies that may or may not be here next month.

as we've seen, they've already been cut off so there's a philosophical debate going on as well, some of that is playing out in front of the public, the public should probably call their congresspeople and senators and apply as much pressure as they can. to light a fire into congress because the longer this goes on, the worse it is for the country economically and the worse it is for the general public because they have a health crisis and economic crisis at the same time. eric: john, standby, we are waiting for the president in a few moments. he will sign his executive orders dealing with the coronavirus process crisis. we will find out what that involves perhaps the deferral of the payroll tax and other measures to help americans so

desperately needed. live coverage on the fox news channel. we'll get to the president as soon as he appears. arthel: while we wait, the u.s. nearing 5 million coronavirus cases. as covid-19 killed more than 161 thousand americans, florida and california, still the nations hotspots. claudia, what can you tell us? >> their troubling projections showing how fast this virus spread, especially in emerging hotspots if things don't change. in texas for instance, nearly 16000 cases based on the current trajectory, models show it could double in just 11 days. it would take 19 days for the 7500 cases to become 15000 looking at florida in about three weeks, it could double nearly 12,000.

tallahassee could see 15000 cases and knoxville, tennessee cooktop 16000 cases by early september. the seven day average is 55510, that's down for nine days in a row in california about texas and the state in green are reporting a decline in cases and hospitalizations while 11 red states on the map considered new hotspots including colorado, mississippi on ohio. scientists are learning more about the impact of the virus in communities of color, especially among kids. a new report looks at cases over rare virus associated syndrome in children, showing three quarters of the kids with the syndrome are hispanic or black. the report reveals the number is higher than their representation in the general population. >> the children that have this syndrome to get very ill and often require intensive care. they often have it in multiple

systems in their body. >> the report comes as schools and businesses try to figure out how to operate safely. in washington state, it illustrates the challenges for the fitness industry. the state distancing rules workout and training centers starting monday will expand from 60 to 300 square feet between each person. the owner of the yoga studio says that means were five people used to be able to practice at a time, now only two or three will be allowed making it tough to stay open. members of the business community have launched an online petition, asking state leaders to change the new mandate. so far, more than 10000 people have signed it. arthel: thank you, claudia. right now, we will squeeze in a quick break to stay with us because when we come back, we'll have the president news conference that's a few minutes

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capturing the democratic nominee on a bike ride getting new reaction on his search for running mate. live in delaware with that story. what more can you tell us, peter? >> joe biden was at a bike ride for about an hour this afternoon and we had a chance to ask him to questions. one serious answer and one joking answer. >> mr. vice president, have you picked a running mate? >> i have. >> who is it? >> you. >> the second part was clearly a joke because this reporter is not constitutionally eligible to be vice president and the campaign's national spokesman was to make sure that part is clear. it's clearly a joke when vice president biden has made a decision on who his running mate will be, he will let the american people know. however, his first answer is

less of a punchline, he was asked if he selected a running mate and he said yes, i have and that's consistent with the campaign putting out fundraising inviting supporters to join him with his vp nominee fundraiser which also signals an announcement may be imminent. the trump campaign is claiming people around biden are influencing the decision apparently has already made by pulling him toward radical positions that he hasn't taken himself. here's what they sent out, question of the day for joe biden, when with the left tell you who your running mate is? biden does not have any in-person events on his schedule for the rest of today is mostly virtual convention starts a week from monday. arthel: thank you very much. eric. eric: peter is not 35 years old, you have to be 35 years old to be president or vice president.

so, perhaps in two years. more violent in portland, oregon that happened last night. police making arrests of the demonstrators after an hours long standoff. some of the protesters have more on the trouble. >> a couple of the arrests were made last night after some of the protesters blocked traffic. officers positioned at a public safety building in portland, now marking 71 nights of consecutive violence there. the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection said federal agents or not leaving portland until the violent unrest on. resident trump said the mayor continues to fail his city. >> the mayor has advocated his duty and surrendered his city to the mob. as a result, the mob descended upon a police precinct and tried

to burn it down, tear down, rip it down. that is attempted murder. arthel: the protests. >> demonstrators across the country are calling for justice, racial inequality but it's clearly some of the protesters have turned to pilot. democratic leaders are saying the feds need to leave and i'll talk it back to you. eric: thank you. arthel: thank you. we are going to go to the president, he is live in new jersey at his golf club. we are going to join his press conference momentarily in progress, once he makes it to the podium, we are waiting for him. twenty members of his golf club members are in the room. they were at a press conference yesterday and let me take a pause and let them join us.

♪ interrupting this programming with a fox news coverage of president trump, upcoming news conference. president trump expected to speak first and then signed the executive orders. >> good afternoon. my administration has been working around the clock in good faith to reach an agreement with democrats on additional china virus relief. already, my administration enacted over $3 trillion historical, saving tens of millions of dollars in jobs and you see how fast the economy is coming back, it doesn't look like it will be very leave. we have tremendous spirit and job growth. we set a record on number of jobs in the last three months. it's the most jobs ever created in three months. that's great.

before we begin, signed two bills that are great for our vets. our beds are very special. veterans accountability and veterans twice and they've been trying to get that passed for decades and decades and no president has been able to do it and we got it done. so veterans have choice and now you have accountability that if you don't love your feds, take care of the vets, you can get fired if you don't do your job. we want people who love our vets. the first expand the eligibility for vets with blindness in both eyes so we have an expansion benefits and of various elements of working with the va vets with blindness in particular, blindness in both eyes. we have a lot of problems with blindness in the va and we are doing something about it.

they've been talking about this for many years. that's expanding eligibility for vets with blindness in both eyes. second, requires the va to establish a treatment program for vets who need treatment rather than punishment for certain nonviolent crimes. you know what that means. it's something i've been trying to get done for a long time. the second requires the va to set a treatment court. a program for vets who need treatment rather than punishment for certain nonviolent crimes. i think it's self-explanatory. we wanted this for a long time. they've been trying to get it for a long time and now we have it. i want to thank everybody for helping us get that done. we have a lot of support from a lot of great people including people at the va. we have repeatedly stated our willingness to immediately sign

legislation providing extended unemployment benefits, protecting americans from eviction and providing additional relief payments to families. democrats have refused these offers, they want to negotiate, what they really want is bailout money for states run by democrat governors and mayors, they've been on really bad for decades. everybody knows who we are talking about and what we are talking about. but what the democrats primarily want is bailout money, has nothing to do with the china virus. it has nothing to do with anything we've been talking about over the last period of time. they want to bail out state that have been badly managed by democrats and badly run by democrats for years. in fact, in all kids cases, many decades they've not been willing to do that. vital assistance held hostage and on behalf of very extreme partisan demand and radical left

democrats, we can't do that so hopefully we can do something but we will sign bills that will allow, they will be very important. it will take care of this entire situation. as we know, you've been covering in some cases, even covering it accurately, many of the follow-up policies, it has nothing to do again with what we have been working on so hard. namely the corona. you can call it so many different names. what a horrible thing china released released upon the world. the heroes act is spending completely unrelated money to the virus. here, just a few of the policies and their extreme left bill, it's a bill supported by biden and biden is totally controlled now by the bernie sanders left wing of the party and he's gone further left and bernie sanders

ever dreamt of going. obviously, other than for any have brought him left. look at the manifesto they've agreed to, it's more left than i've ever heard anything about bernie sanders. the massive taxpayer bill out of badly run blue states, that's one of the things they are looking to do. measures designed to increase auto fraud, banning voter id, they want to ban voter id. we should have voter id in every state. you have id on everything you do, everyone has voter id and everybody has id except for voters. when you vote, you don't want id. we have states where it works out great and if you want to stop election, have voter id. they want measures designed to increase voter fraud which is banning order id in all states and banning requirements for signature verification in federal elections. why would they want this bill,

which really has nothing to do with what we are talking about, stimulus, something banning voter id in every single state they want to ban it including states where we already have it. indiana and others that do very well. why would they want to ban voter id and all states and why would they want to ban requirements for signature verification in federal election? who would want a bill banning signature verification? what's that about? you know what it's about? fraud. that's what they want. fraud. they want to steal this election. it's the only way they can win. the bill requires all states to do universal male in balloting, which nobody is prepared for. regardless of whether or not they have the infrastructure, they want to steal an election. that's what this is about.

they want to steal the election. in the bill, they have a bill that requires all states to do universal male in balloting, regardless of whether or not they have the infrastructure like in nevada, it's a disaster. it's a total disaster. they don't want signature verification, they don't want to have any of the safeguards you need. they don't want to have safeguards that are so common and basic and other states that we agree with have this nevada thing. they certainly don't have the infrastructure in nevada so we'll see how it is. we'll see how that works out. i think we are going to run it. basically what they are trying to do with all of these requirements including no signature verification, they are trying to steal an election. i was in ohio, texas, florida over the last four or five days

and if you would see across along the highways and roadways, people have said they've never seen anything like it. they haven't seen anything like it. the press doesn't report it because they are fake news. they even want to force states to implement the controversial practice known as ballot harvesting, very dangerous practice. they would allow democratic party operatives to deposit thousands and thousands of completed ballots at the post office without any verification of who filled them out. including a verification of signatures on the ballot so you're not even going to have a verified signature. anybody, i could sign it, you can sign it, anybody in this room inside it. then that will catch. how can you do that? so this is what they are asking for, this is what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are asking for. [laughter] it's ridiculous. it's a horrible thing.

it includes stimulus checks for illegal aliens so if you're able to get into the country illegally in our orders, they are doing very well right now. we have a strong order. 276 miles and will be completed around the end of the year. we will do extra mileage in certain areas that people didn't realize were so bad. we will be completed with it right after we do additional mileage, we will probably do a little bit after the year. from what i've heard, joe biden mostly be joe wants to rip the wall down. he wants people to pour into our country. they want open borders, we don't want open borders. the democrat bill includes stimulus checks for illegal aliens, mass release of illegal aliens from detention, they also compel the mass release of inmates, including serious felons. how do you like that one?

this is in the bill we are talking about. what does this have to do with the stimulus for the economy? does it have to do with the coronavirus? another name. what does it have to do with this? they require mass release of illegal aliens from detention. what does it have to do with what we are trying to do? they want to put this, it's a radical left policy so you can go to portland and ripped the place apart like they've been doing for many years they've been doing for years and years. they also compel the mass release of inmates. what does it have to do with what we are talking about? this is nancy pelosi, crazy nancy and chuck schumer. they want to compel you to do this stuff and this has nothing to do with what we are talking about and it includes serious felons. they want to have these people released on a mass basis including serious felons. that's page 1689, page 1762.

think of that. 1762, that's nowhere near the end. they had things in there that nobody has had the time to look at or read. these people, i honestly don't believe they love our country. in addition to demanding these extreme provisions, democrats are actively blocking the following measures. support for k -- 12 schools to help them safely open, additional funding for the paycheck protection program to help millions of workers with payroll. a great program. very successful. kept a lot of business open. that's why we are doing so well reopening our country. additional money for hospitals, texting and vaccines, direct payment of $3400 for a family of four. remember, this is what the

extreme partisans, we have to -- this is what we are talking about. democrats are actively blocking the things we want and what we want is good for people. these are things they are blocking. support for k-12 schools so they can open. look at that. also, direct payments up to $3400 for a family of four plus funding for child care and mental health care and you need that, especially when you have so much of a lockdown. you need that, mental health care. funding for broadband, airports and agriculture, frontal assistance and support for community banks and credit unions to help them provide $100 billion in loans to the hardest hit communities, including rural communities and farmers. they want anybody to get that. democrats are obstructing all of it. therefore, i'm taking executive action, we've had it. we are going to save american

jobs and provide relief to the american workers and i'll decide these in a short period of time. first one is providing a payroll tax holiday to americans earning less than $100,000 a year. in a few moments i will sign a directive instructing the treasury department to allow employers to defer payments of the employee portion of certain payroll taxes from september 1 and we are going to be making that. we just got word, we didn't think we would have to do this because we thought the democrats would be reasonable. they've not only been unreasonable, they've been ridiculous. so we are going to make that first most likely, august 1, we will let you know the exact date. it's looking like august 1. so august 1 through the end of 2020. this will mean bigger paychecks

for working families as we race to produce a vaccine and eradicate the china virus once and for all. we are doing very good with the numbers. it's going down in arizona, very substantially and rapidly going down in california going down in texas and florida. other areas are going up a little bit but we are watching them very closely. we understand the disease so we are watching closely, especially senior citizens and residents us. if i'm victorious november 3, i plan to forget the taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax. joe biden and the democrat may not want that, they don't want that because they are adding $3 trillion in taxes so they'll have the option of raising everybody's taxes and taking this away. but if i win, i may extend and

terminate, extend it beyond the year end terminate the tax. so we'll see what happens. biden probably won't be doing it. you have to ask, i don't think he knows. [applause] second, i'm signing an executive order direct in the department of housing and urban development, hhs and cvc to make sure renters and homeowners can stay in their homes, so i'm protecting people from eviction that you've been hearing a lot about eviction and democrats don't want to do anything, having to do with protecting people from eviction. i said let's do that separately. that can be a totally separate thing from passing along money so people can live. they didn't want to protect people from eviction so they would get evicted, it's not their fault this virus came into our country. it's china's fault. a lot of the people, a lot of the states that were doing the

best are having some problems, all of the states we didn't think doing the best are doing very well. look at some of the countries involved, some of the countries that were standing out as examples are now exploding but they are getting it down, they understand it. we are dealing with a lot of countries, providing thousands and thousands of ventilators all over the world right now. we make a lot of ventilators. we started with a little and we are making a lot. we have thousands in our stockpile but we are making thousands a month and providing many of them will thousands and thousands to other countries that would never be able to get them. department of housing and urban development will also provide financial assistance to struggling renters and homeowners and work with landlords and lenders to keep americans safely in homes so we don't want people being evicted and the bill i'm signing will solve that problem largely,

hopefully completely. the third action i'm taking today will provide additional support for americans who are unemployed due to the china virus under the cares act proudly signed, extending on of limit. democrats have stonewalled our efforts to extend this relief, but even opposed measures that would give bonuses to workers returning to the job. they were totally opposed to that. i'm taking action to provide an additional or extra $400 a week and expanded benefits, $400. that's generous but we want to take care of our people. it was not there for, it's china's fault. they will be asked to cover 25% using existing funding such as the tens of billions of dollars available to them due to coronavirus relief fund.

under this plan, states will be able to offer greater benefits if they so choose the federal government will cover 75% of the cost so we are all set up. $400 a week. we are doing that without the democrats. we should have been able to do it easily with them they won't additional things that have nothing to do with helping people. signing a directive providing relief to the student loan, earlier this year we slashed student loan interest rates to zero, i don't know if people knew that because the press doesn't report it but maybe they are watching now. the press reports a lot of the things that are good for the people in the country. earlier this year, we slashed the student loans. instruments raised to 0% in suspended student loan payments and congress extended the policy through september 30. today i am extended the policy through the end of the year and we will extend it further than that most likely right after

december 1. look like we are going to be extending that to zero interest. it's not their fault the colleges have closed down and not their fault they are unable to get what they bargained for. through these four actions, my administration will provide immediate and vital relief to americans struggling in this difficult time. the beautiful thing about this difficult time, we are coming back and setting records. we are ensuring our economic comeback continues full speed ahead and with $400 and all measures we are talking about, we will sign it in a while. that will happen. your further looking at additional tax cuts including income tax, relief, income tax cuts and capital gains tax cuts. we are looking at the capital gains for the purpose of creating jobs and income taxes,

self explanatory. it will be income tax for middle income and lower income people but middle income people, they pay a lot of income tax and you do have tax inequality. i'm saying that as a republican and you do have tax inequality so we are going to look at income tax and we are going to look at capital gains tax cuts on both and may be substantial and will report back fairly shortly on that. that is big news but very important. we want to have our jobs flourish, our companies still great. we want 401ks which are now at a level, if you look at the stock market is great. with nasdaq, higher than ever was. this is still during the pandemic, the stock market because they see such incredible things happening, smart people.

the stock market is that almost an all-time high. they're just short of it and nasdaq is higher than ever was. it's broken a record 14 times in the last couple of months. sure 401ks are doing fantastic. i hope you kept your stocks, i hope you have confidence in your president and confidence your president would be reelected. i will tell you this, the biggest tail end, the biggest problem we have with respect to the stock market, which is not much of the problem because it's doing so well but it would be much higher, the possibility that these radical left democrats could win and if they win, we have a crash. we have a terrible problem because they will raise taxes, $3 trillion worth of taxes. that's going to affect everybody from middle income to upper income to jobs, to companies, 401ks will go down like a rock. your stocks will go down like a rock.

these big companies, you have stocks in these companies. you own stocks. millions and millions of shareholders with pension funds or anybody else, you all have stocks so they are big and police but a lot of people own the stock they want to keep it going. it is a headwind would be a better description but it is, a headwind. when you think of it, that's, in my opinion, would be much higher but look at what they want to do, raise everybody's taxes. everybody. they want to do the green new deal which will decimate our country, it is ridiculous, childish. i say the green new deal is childish. it's for children, not for adults. anybody that believes in that is i don't know, maybe it's politics. i don't even think it's good politics. they seem to think so, we'll see how they do.

it will decimate our economy. we've learned a great deal about this virus and how to treat it, our strategy is to aggressively shield those while allowing younger healthier citizens to safely resume work and school. i notice some of the democrats are very strongly on the left and now coming out and saying we have to open our schools for the good of the economy. i was shocked to see a couple of them. we are socially distancing, avoiding large crowds and all of the things we are talking about all the time. we have to go and make sure everything is in good shape. we are coming back very strong. we are doing very well with the buyers because all of the states everybody thought would be in a bad position for a long time, they were all coming down. governors have done a great job. we are dealing with governors,

some have done a fantastic job. all have worked hard. some have done a much better job than others and someday, i'll give you good ones and bad ones. by contrast, the never ending lockdown being proposed by some, mostly, you could almost say almost all in the democrat party would inflict unimaginable harm to our people and our health for decades to come. it will hurt our economy, maybe that's a good thing. they view that as a good thing because they are interested in one day, november 3. i think it is bad politics and i think they are starting to come along because i'm seeing more and more people want to open up and you see the devastating results of lockdowns. you have depression and suicide and drugs and alcohol and bad marriages. marriages that were very good turn out to be very bad. [laughter] it's an amazing thing. who would think it?

people get along for 20 years, i guess they didn't know each other very well and now they are not getting along. [laughter] you have the opposite also, people get along better, they like each other more than they thought, that's okay too. that we like, but the other situation is very bad. we'll develop a vaccine, we'll have it very soon, we are ready to distribute it, we got the military ready. logistics, let's color. will and this pandemic and rebuild the greatest economy in the history of the world. we created the greatest economy in the history of the world. the highest stock market ever. we are close to getting that back. that's way ahead of schedule. highest stock market ever, best employment numbers for african-americans. asian americans, hispanic americans and hispanic americans just set a record for new jobs. african americans set a record for new jobs.

asian americans set a record for their jobs. we are very proud of what's happening and i will sign the executive action and you can ask a few questions. let me do this and then you can do some questions. [cheering and applauding] coronavirus disease. [inaudible]

[background noises] this is the payment relief bill, the covid-19 pandemic. [background noises] this is starting the spread of the covid-19 by providing assistance to renters and homeowners. [background noises] this is tax obligations, payroll tax obligations.

[background noises] you're taking hundreds of pictures, what are you doing? so that's the story. we'll hand these out to you in the back. [cheering] [applause] yes, please. [inaudible] >> which governor told you they would sign. >> that's up to them but that's going to be there problem. i don't think the people would be too happy. they have the money so i don't

think people will be too happy but if they don't, they don't but the states have the money. >> why did you decide on $400 when previously, families receiving 600? that the hardship for many. what you say to them? >> that's not the hardship, this is the money they need and want, it gives them an incentive to go back to work so it's much more than originally agreed. 600 was a number that was there and there was difficulty with the 600 number because it was a disincentive. >> payroll tax cut, opposed by both parties on capitol hill. you give rational why that's important? >> it helps people greatly, it helps our country get back and anybody would say different is very foolish. everybody wanted it. the democrats wanted, refocus wanted, they just couldn't come to an agreement but everybody wants it.

the important thing, the people wanted. the people needed. >> you said this will pretty much take care of the entire situation but there's not money for reopening schools and other important items. they willing to go back to democrats to negotiate? >> the answer is yes but we have money to do other things, a lot of money unspent and we can do things with the money that was unspent. we have significant money on spent and we will be able to use that for different purposes. >> when will this relief get in the hands of americans who need it? what date? >> we think it's going to be rapid, we wanted to be rapid. it will be distributed in a way, whichever the fastest way, various methods. it will be rapidly distributed. >> the legal challenges with this -- >> i didn't say that. >> you said -- >> what i said is, people can do what they want. maybe they will bring legal

action or maybe they want. >> legal action, why not just work with congress on this? >> i'm not saying they are not going to come back and negotiate, they might. >> when will they see it? >> they will see it very soon. there it is right there. excuse me. there it is, right there. >> mr. president, is expected to be in the port so it's going to be delayed -- >> is going to go very rapidly. maybe we won't get sued. if we get sued, is somebody who doesn't want people to get money. okay? that's not going to be a popular thing. >> are trying to two set a new president they can go around -- >> heard the word obstruction? congress has obstructed the democrats obstructed people from getting desperately needed money. go ahead, right here. >> you are saying --

[cheering and applauding] in 2014, it's a false statement, sir. >> thank you very much, everybody. [cheering] ♪ arthel: that was president trump taking questions from reporters at the end, the applause you heard in the background was from some of the members of his golf club who were allowed to come in to watch the press conference and signing executive orders. with four signatures, here's what the president signed. he has reinstated or extended the additional unemployment benefits to the tune of $400 a week. he could not answer reporters as to when it will be in the hands of americans who desperately need it but he said it will be rapidly distributed. the president also is extending the eviction moratorium giving

renters assistance. also, the payroll tax cuts is with the president signed into order by executive order. this is for people earning less than $100,000 a year starting september 1. the president says will not have to pay payroll taxes of the income. he says if he's reelected, he will make this permanent. finally, the president signed executive order, he signed relief to student loans by suspending student loan payments through the end of the year, also dropping interest rates to zero. student loan payments already in place through the end of this month or next month, september 30 but the president extended that through the end of the year. we will have all of this coverage on fox news channel due to, tune into fox news for

explanations on all of this but what we are going to do right now is take a pause in the our fox affiliate get back to their regular programming. thank you for watching. we are back here on fox news channel, reaction to president trump signing executive orders on the coronavirus relief, we are going to bring in susan, she is a key congressional correspondent from the washington examiner. a couple of things, i want to start with this, reporters left with 800, the press conference. here's where they left off friday, the gop wanted $400 a week, for 20 weeks or 70% wage replacement with $600 cap. the democrat still wanted $600 a week which is what americans, millions of americans have

already been receiving. they said okay president trump, $400 would not be enough for a lot of people. you can react to that but the reporters and, when is going to get into their hands? he says it will be rapidly distributed. take it away, susan. >> that's not clear how quickly it will get there because the state unemployment systems need to get that money to people. it could be at least a couple of weeks, i've heard i think what the president was trying to say, we are getting it started now. executive orders signed, people will get the money faster than if they did nothing. to your first question about the amount, you're correct there's a debate about how much to extend the enhanced unemployment benefits and initially $600 a week and there were critics of that because it paid a lot of people, one study estimated almost 70% of workers deceiving more than they would have gone

there back on the job. that's provided disincentive for getting back to work. the compromise number was $400, democrat said during these negotiations in congress that they want 600 even though it may pay people more than they were getting while working. arthel: that was not just the trump administration negotiators but the senators the broken senators and house republican saying it was too much money to the president declared it to be $100. that's why they ended up, pretty much what the president said today,. >> let me jump in. arthel: can you hear me? i wanted to stick with the unemployment for a second, the additional unemployment $400. i know some people said $600 is

preventing some people from being incentivized get back to work. that's not the majority of the people. there are so many people who honestly need $600 a month that will make the difference between direct pay for my rent? strike get my medicine? a lot of essentials people need. you know maybe perhaps, there's a way they can come back to the table say how do we get the money to the people who really need it? how do we decipher between those who desperately need it and those who are just saying i'm not going back to work because it's more than i make on the job? is there any way to depart that? >> for the 400 week versus 600, normally it's much lower during bad economic times, during a recession, after 2008, something

like $30 a week so we are talking about a lot of money. a lot more than they normally get but then again, unemployment rate is higher than it's ever been. almost in decades. 10% right now which is better but it's still so high. businesses haven't reopened so some of it is anticipatory, the jobs are going to come back and now this matches with the president the economy is going to end up at as we move forward. we have coronavirus surging in some places, things are closing down again and some cases, you have the inability for people to go back to work. again this money they are making still with match more what they have been making on the job so to say they need that money again, university of chicago study says almost 70% are making more than they were making. arthel: here's the thing, you and i

arthel: if you live in another state, you could get $200 a week or $175 a week. and typically, on that lower end, it's where people who need it most, they need the augmentation. they need the $600 to bump them up to somewhere that's even near just below poverty in many cases, so this is what i'm talking about. this is why the people elect the folks in congress, this is why we elect the president to get together to figure out who needs what, and stop it with the politics and get it to the folks who need it, not wasting, i understand that. do you see? is there any way now that we're at another cross roads that they can get together and figure this out? >> well, i think what you are going to see is that the president will sign this executive order. there may be court action of course but he made the good point that it would be hard for democrats to win the pr battle here, by trying to block in

court some of these things that everybody needs. but i do know that secretary mnuchin and chief of staff mark meadows have said we still are willing to negotiate other parts of this bill that aren't part of the executive order, like the school funding, like the small business loans, money for testing and vaccine development and treatment, all these other things that were part of the broader package of the two parties were negotiating. they said on friday that we're still willing to come back and talk about this, but that the president wants to move because don't forget, arthel, those unemployment benefits you're talking about, they expired at the end of july. arthel: right. >> republicans offered to keep extending them by a week at a time, and democrats are blocking that. that's at the $600 level. you have all kinds of games played -- arthel: the democrats -- >> it is not one or the other. arthel: sure, g.o.p. they wanted $400 for 20 weeks or 70% of wage replacement with a $600 cap. listen, so i have -- i'm running out of time with you, susan, but, you know, you pointed out

that president trump said, yeah, okay, you want to sue me, do it. this thing is going to get tied up in court. i want to know if you can clarify for us, so what happens in the meantime? while the folks who need whatever the money that it is that they are going to get, when will they get it while they wait to see what's going to happen in court? because congress is the one -- congress has the power of the purse, not the president. >> right, but there are ways where he can declare it under executive -- under his executive authority that he thinks he has that authority, so the courts will decide, and i think that the money will go out while that fight is ongoing. the question is, how quickly can the states get that money out? that's a per state issue. each state has to figure out how to get that money out quickly, and it usually takes a week or two at least to ramp up that process. so i don't think people are going to see the checks tomorrow, but they will certainly see the checks a lot faster than if we go day after day after day where the two parties are unable to agree on anything that can make its way through both chambers of

congress. it will be quicker than if nothing was done today, but it is not going to be tomorrow. arthel: listen, i want to acknowledge that, you know, the president -- with his four signatures, he will help millions of americans who need some assistance, and they need it stat. so let's acknowledge that. we also know that there is politics at play, from the executive level on down, you know. we will see this play out, and hopefully they can work something out that will benefit all of the other points as you said that are still left to be negotiated, from state and local assistance, housing, more housing, education, and the rest, so susan, let me let you wrap up with the next -- give me 30 seconds and wrap up your thoughts. >> well, i think what we will see happen next is there will be more conversations in congress, but the president, what he's done now, he's moved the big parts of that off the table, and

so that may impact how quickly the two sides get back in, because if the unemployment starts flowing, and the rental eviction abatement happens, the student loans, and if all that -- and the payroll tax cut, all that stuff is now off the table, it may make it more easier for them to talk about the other issues, but it also removes some of the urgency, so -- and it is also august now. so congress is, you know, everybody's scattered to the winds in the capitol, they are not there. so i think that we'll see what happens in the next week or two, how quickly the two parties want to get back together on those other big issues. that will be the thing to watch. arthel: uh-huh. of course we will watch the other side as they react to this because they're going to see this as a political ploy on the part of the president. again, we're going to acknowledge, politics aside, this is going to help millions of americans, and really at the end of all of this, this is what really counts. one thing the president did say is that the -- he said that the democrats wanted the payroll tax cut, the way i understood it, that they did not want payroll

tax cuts because payroll tax cuts are payroll taxes is what pays for social security, and if you don't have that, then you don't have enough money to pay those who are collecting social security. susan? >> that's correct. and also, a lot of republicans are very concerned about that. republicans i've talked to on capitol hill about this repeatedly tell me we like the idea of cutting taxes, but those payroll taxes pay medicare and social security, which already are quite in danger. they are running out of money. that money is going to have to come from somewhere to put back in there. you heard the president today say not only does he want to cut those taxes in terms of a payroll tax holiday, but he's saying if i'm re-elected, i'm going to forgive this. in other words, that money will never come back into the treasury from the taxpayers again, and that's going to further kind of hurt the integrity of the medicare and social security funds. they will have to figure out a way to shore those up, and they are already having problems. that's a big issue. and the deficit and all these other problems that all the spending is contributing to,

down the road, it is going to have to be dealt with. arthel: did the president help his cause for reelection or hurt his chances for reelection with this? >> he definitely helped his cause by doing this because what he's doing is two things, he's taking away a talking point from democrats, who keep talking about the republicans as being unwilling to help people. the president doesn't want to help people, doesn't want to help children, renters, the unemployed. he's saying look, here i am taking action because congress won't help me, so i'm going around them. president obama did this quite a bit rather effectively. i think president trump did that today. he showed he's taking action in an emergency to try to get things done. that always resonates with voters. i think democrats are in a tough spot if they sue over this, even though they may have, you know, a good cause behind them to do so, with the payroll taxes and what authority does he have to do this? is he reprogramming funding in any way? congress doesn't like that. but again, it will look like they are suing to stop

unemployment, rental eviction abatement, other things that are really important to voters. i think the president, if this were a chess move, you know, he's got a little bit of the upper hand right now politically. arthel: yeah, no doubt. presidents obama and trump may have come to executive orders via different road, but no doubt today president trump's action was a trump move, a big move, for him, and for the people. >> absolutely. arthel: susan, thank you very much for, you know, sort of going through all of that with me. >> thanks, sure. arthel: it was nice to see you. i haven't seen you in a while. >> you too, yeah, thanks, ar -- arthel. arthel: susan ferrechio, thank you. eric? eric: during the news conference that we carried live here on the fox news channel, the president blasted democratic congressional leaders saying they didn't do enough to help which is why he took the action with the executive orders this afternoon. and he repeatedly faulted former

vice president biden saying in his view, mr. biden is following the, quote, radical left on bernie sanders. he claims -- will quote drop like a rock if biden is elected and will be a stock market crash if democrats take control on capitol hill. earlier today, as for mr. biden, he took an exercise break away from the virtual campaign trail, and he was asked one question that is still on everybody's minds, has he picked a vice presidential running mate? he said yes when peter doocy asked him. peter is live now in delaware with more. guess who mr. biden said he has picked? jokingly. like what lyndon johnson said, if drafted, will not run, will not serve. you're not old enough. >> probably a situation where i should stick to my day job. but the way this unfolded is we

caught up with the former vice president at the tail end of about a one-hour-long bike ride on a trail near his beach house, and we had time to ask him two questions, he gave a serious answer to the first one and a punch line to the second one. judge this clip for yourselves >> mr. vice president, have you picked a running mate yet? >> yeah, i have. >> you have? who is it? >> you. >> so that second part was clearly a joke because this reporter is not constitutionally eligible, and the campaign's national spokesman wants to make sure that part is clear, that he didn't select me as his running mate. folks, this is clearly a joke, vice president biden has made a decision on who his running mate will be, he will let the american people know, and can confirm it is not pete doocy of fox news. however his first answer is less of a joke. he was asked if he's selected a running mate, and he said yeah, i have. and that's consistent with the

timing the campaign is putting out as the fund-raising arm of biden 2020 is also now inviting supporters to join the former vp with his vp nominee at a grassroots fundraiser also signalling again that an announcement may be imminent. the trump campaign is trying to claim that the people around biden have influenced his decision to this point, by pulling him towards radical positions that he has not himself taken before, with this, quote, question of the day for joe biden, when will the left tell you who your running mate is? and biden does not have any public events on his schedule for the rest of today, but his mostly virtual convention starts a week from monday. eric? eric: all right, peter should come perhaps this next week, that great anticipated decision, and we know it will not be a biden doocy ticket. peter, thank you. [laughter] eric: on another note, our

country approaching yet another grim milestone, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases now nears 5 million americans. this is california has released new statistics showing the state has recorded more than 10,000 deaths from the virus so far. claudia cowan is live in california with more on the coronavirus and our fight against it. hi, claudia. >> hi, eric. the biggest state and home to 40 million people, california leads the nation in infections, more than half a million people here have tested positive for coronavirus, and as you mentioned more than 10,000 people have died since the outbreak began here back in february. that is the third highest figure in the nation, right behind new york and new jersey, as the u.s. approachs 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 160,000 deaths. but there are signs things are turning around in states that have seen recent spikes. california, texas, and the states in green reporting a

decline in cases and hospitalizations, while 11 red states on the map are considered new hot spots, colorado, mississippi, and ohio among them. concerns south dakota could be next, as one of the biggest motorcycle rallies in the world gets underway in the small town of sturgess. a quarter of a million bikers, for the ten day rally, stoking fears it could be turned into a super spreader event, masks not encouraged. the reopening schools remains heated. the state of new york announced kids can return to the classroom so long as infection rates are low, but most of the nation's biggest drishistricts are goingh remote learning only prompting some families to hire their own teachers and set up learning pods in their backyard. business is getting creative too, like a sushi restaurant in san francisco offering domed outdoor seating to give customers peace of mind during

the pandemic. not far from there, some of the world's top golfers, including tiger woods are playing in the pga championship at harding park, the first major tournament since the pandemic began and to ensure social distancing, no spectators allowed. eric? eric: all right, claudia, thank you very much. arthel? arthel: after continued progress in the battle against the coronavirus, governor cuomo says all school districts across the state of new york now have the green light to bring students back into classrooms for the start of the semester. meanwhile, in georgia, a school overturned a suspension for a student who posted a photo of a crowded hallway on social media. aishah hasnie is live in new york with more. >> hi, arthel. schools are facing a lot of pressure to get this right, and here in new york, governor cuomo has basically allowed schools to make a choice on how they want to reopen, whether it's totally in person, a hybrid of in-person

and on-line, or whether it's perhaps totally virtual. it will be up to them. now, if schools do decide to go completely in person, they will need to follow state guidelines like temperature checks for students and staff at home, and random checks at school, before they ever walk into that building. this is a pretty big move, because apparently according to some reports out there, more than 97,000 children had coronavirus in just the last half of july. that's apparently coming from a new report out of -- by the american academy of pediatrics. of the top 15 largest school districts in america, new york city is the only one that's planning on reopening in-person learning in some capacity. here's the mayor. >> i want to hold new york city schools to a very tough standard, and that's that 3% standard over seven-day period, if our average goes above 3% infection in new york city, we would not open schools.

if it happened during the school year, we would close them >> now, we've already seen how this has gone for other schools. there was a big outcry over this picture from paulding county high school in georgia. a student who posted this was suspended, but after the picture went viral, her suspension lifted. the superintendent there says the school will not mandate wearing a mask because it's a personal choice for students. now, about 45 miles south of there, though, in cherokee county, hundreds of students and teachers are now at home in quarantine, after more than a dozen of them tested positive, and this is in the first week of their school year. back here in new york, this state is requiring its schools, students and staff and teachers to wear a mask, if they're going to go back to school in person. arthel? arthel: aishah hasnie, thank you. eric? eric: arthel, it was another night of police and small groups of protesters clashing in portland. demonstrations there now in

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the protesters have turned to violence. local democratic leaders like portland mayor ted wheeler kept saying that the feds were escalating tensions by being at the protests. well, the feds agreed to stay in the area, but pull back their defense at the courthouse in portland, but still the violence has not stopped. mayor wheeler who has repeatedly called for federal troops to leave is calling on protesters to stop the violence saying they're essentially playing into the president's hands by playing video for his campaign ads. he also had a strong message for the protesters who tried to set fires to portland's police department. >> when you commit arson, with an accelerant, in an attempt to burn down a building that is occupied by people that you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating. you are attempting to commit murder. >> the head of u.s. customs and border protection says the feds are not leaving the protests until the violence stops.

here's his take on the portland mayor's recent reaction to the turmoil. >> the mayor blamed us, but now that those same criminal thugs are targeting the police, doing the same thing, now all of a sudden those are criminals. it is outrageous. >> and the portland police chief is also calling for a stop to the criminal activity and unrest saying it is making it harder for police to respond to other calls because fewer officers are available. eric? eric: all right, christina, thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. president trump signing an executive order related to economic relief, after negotiations on coronavirus rescue money stalled on capitol hill, aimed to restore extra jobless aid for millions of americans, defer payroll taxes and force a freeze on evictions and hold off student loan payments. a washington post political reporter is here with us now. she's an author of the paper's early morning newsletter power up.

jacqueline, any idea how the dems will react to the president signing those executive orders today and the comments he made before the signing? >> well, look, as we've seen play out this week, there's been a lot of tension and disagreement over the stimulus package being debated right now that really devolved into bitter and personal attacks last night. you know, steven mnuchin and mark meadows, the president's chief of staff, left the meeting on the hill with house speaker pelosi and schumer and went back to the white house and advised the president to pass these executive orders, you know, because they didn't think that they were going to be able to make any progress on -- with congress in putting forward a bill that would make the white house and republicans happy. that being said, you know, democrats are not going to be thrilled with this executive order. first of all, it is really unclear how the president has the authority to do so. as you know, you know, financial and budgetary matters rest with congress. it is very unclear what the

legal apparatus the president has here to push these forward. then on top of that, democrats have been pushing for $600, an extension of the enhanced unemployment benefits. the president has only offered up $400. it is also unclear how he's going to pay for that. the president also said that he was going to extend the eviction moratorium. the democrats have also said that that is largely toothless without rental assistance and without enforcement mechanism to make sure at a state level landlords are actually forced to implement these moratoriums. arthel: the president did mention renter's assistance. >> he did, but -- i'm sorry, i think he really only actually said he was putting forward an eviction moratorium and didn't put any figure out there on rental assistance. arthel: no, he didn't, but anyway, let's move on. next week i understand that planned -- the planned recess has been scrapped, and now again, the president has signed

his executive orders. what are you expecting on capitol hill next week? did the president by his actions today put the democrats in a bad spot? >> you know, i really can't comment on if the democrats are in a good or bad spot. i think congress in general has been at a dysfunctional stand still with the largest sticking point here being that, you know, democrats had been pushing for 915 billion in funding for states and local governments whose budgets have been decimated due to plummeting tax revenues. that's not just a democrat talking point. that's been a republican talking point as well. several republican governors, you know, have been pleading for additional funding from the states, and, you know, i think the big question mark, again, this week is going to be how does the president have the authority to do so? there have been republicans as well that have pushed back on the president's previous, you know, use of expansive presidential power and sort of, you know, moves that have been constitutionally questionable.

in addition, you know, there are probably going to be a lot of questions about the president's payroll tax cut. that is not even a measure that was being discussed on the hill by democrats or republicans or negotiated this week at all. the payroll tax cut which funds social security and medicare is going to be cut, which is something that the president has promised not to do. it was a big campaign promise. so i'm sure the president is going to be seen being pushed back on all angles here. arthel: we have to leave it there. washington post political reporter and author of "power up", your publication's early morning newsletter. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. eric: the fate of fall sports hangs in the balance. one major football conference have abandoned the season. but the nba is plugging along with its bubble plan. up next, the medical director of one of the teams competing in orlando will be here to talk about why that league has had

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is counting a third straight week without a single player testing positive for coronavirus. that means no cases have been diagnosed since players entered the so called bubble last month. dr. riley williams is here, the medical director and head team orthopedic surgeon for the brooklyn nets. he's also a sports medicine surgeon at the hospital for special surgery. dr. williams, so good to have you here. i mean, what a feat, what a great accomplishment that you've done there with the nets as well as the nba, you know -- i should say, league wise. talk to me about this, the bubble. first of all, how does it work? and the biggest change in the way you and the medical staff treat or interact with the players due to the pandemic? >> well, thanks for having me on, and the first thing i want to say it has very lit toll do with me. -- very little to do with me. it has everything to do with a high level of thought and enlightenment from the league

topdown, the policy and the creation of the bubble was really created between the cooperative between league officials and the medical staff of all the individual teams trying to prioritize player safety, the judicious utilization of testing and trying to come up with novel protocols that we could use in order to a, make sure everyone going in was covid free and then trying our best to keep it that way, so it's a combination of player willingness and compliance, honestly, and them wanting to be there and wanting to carry this off and the league and teams coming up with some structure that would allow the players to remain in the bubble, be safe and execute these games. arthel: you mentioned novel protocol. tell us more about that. >> well, it's not super complicated. i mean, the main thing about the novel coronavirus is that it is highly contagious, and what you have here is really a mix of

individuals that span in age anywhere from typically, you know, their late teens, early 20s up to, you know, late 30s. that's not typically the group that would necessarily if they had the virus would be symptomatic. it was really important to create some entry point guidelines with regard to who was going into the bubble. everyone has to be quarantined on the way in, a week, if you leave the bubble and go back, you have to be quarantined, if you have any kind of exposure, it is longer quarantine process. it is super strict. one of my partners is one of the covering physicians, and he had to quarantine before he left, and he had to quarantine down there. so it seems a little draconian, but it's really what's necessary, and then once you're in the bubble, you can't leave. you can't even exit your hotel to pick up food outside. everything is delivered.

and it has to be strict. the infectious nature and the way by which this virus is spread is so contagious that they have to keep these guardrails in place in order to successfully carry out what they are doing, and knock on wood, that's what's happening. it is great at night to look at the sports highlights that we have been missing for the past several months and see these teams being played at a high level and then getting the secondary wonderful news that the daily testing that goes on there continues to be negative. arthel: daily testing. so do the players see their families? i mean are they in the bubble as well? >> no, no. i'm in new york city. i'm not in the bubble. the decision was made to really kind of try to limit the number of bodies and people down there that are within the bubble. if you are not in bubble, you're not in the bubble. essentially for the more successful teams we anticipate will remain in the bubble

through october is essentially like they are being deployed. there is no contact, even, you know, a casual contact or leaving of the parameters of the campus would result in a requarantining. a few players have had to come and go for personal reasons and for some medical reasons, but on a whole, most of the players there, if you have a mild injury, there's the ability to receive medical treatment and imaging, i mean, really everything that would normally be carried off in a regular nba season is available there from food, training, practicing, medical care, etc. it is all within the bubble. arthel: well, congratulations on your success. thank you for joining us. brooklyn nets medical director dr. riley williams. thank you. >> thank you. eric: now to the unrest in beirut. dozens of angry lebanese protesters stormed government buildings there demanding justice as parts of huge demonstrations all day today that were held against the

president, prime minister and other officials coming after that massive explosion you see there that devastated lebanon's capital on tuesday. that killed nearly 160 people, injuring nearly 6,000, destroying a lot of the downtown. dozens of people still missing. we are live in beirut right now where it is after midnight. trey, you have been doing stellar reporting on the ground with those protesters all day. what has it been like? what have you seen? >> thank you, eric. it was a busy day of protests here in beirut. more than 170 demonstrators were wounded. many of them by live ammunition, and one police officer was killed. these clashes started in martyr square but ended up taking place all over the city. you had protesters actually taking over government buildings, ministry buildings, so it was a significant demonstration, and you had many of the protesters saying this was the beginning of what they're calling a revolution. as you noted, they are calling

on the prime minister and the top cabinet officials to step down. this is what it looked like at that demonstration for just a period of time earlier today. >> right now protesters are clashing with the guards of lebanon's parliament outside of the lebanese court where the explosion occurred on tuesday. a symbolic display, they are taking pieces of the debris and throwing it towards the men they believe are protecting what they call a corrupt government. >> translator: we are the lebanese people. we have the right to talk. they have all to be responsible on what happened in beirut. they have all to resign. this may happen again. >> you could hear all of the people screaming in martyr square, the emotion in that man's voice. there is deep frustration about

what people say are corrupt government decisions that could have led to that deadly explosion on tuesday. there are very many questions in this region and very few answers. even tonight as we were heading back to our hotel here, from martyr square, you saw fires in the streets and the army chasing down demonstrators trying to get things under control. eric? eric: that explosion was just so momentous, and rescue efforts have been ongoing. they have miraculously rescued several people. after four days, are those rescue efforts continuing? are they found anybody else? >> the rescue efforts are continuing, even at this hour. we saw a number of digging crews looking through that rubble at the blast site in downtown beirut, but there are some issues with many of the foreign rescue crews that have arrived in lebanon to assist. we spoke with the czech crew that was here earlier today, and they said when these

demonstrations started, the army actually pushed their crew out of the area along with a number of other european search-and-rescue teams. many of the protesters in the streets say the government is hiding things about what caused this blast, but again, at this hour, they are still searching for survivors. they are more than 60 people missing, and they are all feared dead, but everyone hoping for a miracle that once again someone could be pulled out alive. you do note that one story of a man who was found at sea after days following this explosion, but again, many questions and very few answers here in lebanon. eric? eric: trey, live in beirut tonight for us, where it is after midnight, trey in beirut, thank you. we will be right back.

eric: the national rifle association in the sights of new york attorney general james. she filed a landmark lawsuit this week to dissolve the nra,

alleging there's a widespread pattern of fraud and financial abuse at the organization, but the nra hit back saying, quote, this was a baseless premeditated attack on our organization and the 2nd amendment freedoms it fights to defend. you could have set your watch by it. the investigation was going to reach its crescendo as you move into the 2020 election cycle. it is a transparent attempt to score political points and attack the leading voice in opposition to the leftist agenda. this has been a power grab by a political opportunist, a desperate move that is part of a political vendetta. here's the new york state attorney general with her response. >> the lawsuit has nothing to do with politics. this lawsuit has to do with the violation of the law. this investigation began in 2019. it recently concluded. based upon the facts, and based upon the analysis and the conclusion of law, it is clear that they used the nra as their personal piggybank. eric: will this unravel the nra?

let's bring in our legal panel, michael moore, former u.s. attorney, alex little, former prosecutor, former assistant u.s. attorney now criminal defense attorney and litigation attorney and partner at burr and foreman llp in nashville. alex, let me start with you, accusations of self-dealing, tens of millions of dollars allegedly misused by wayne la pierre ooern -- and other officials. is there evidence out there? >> sab lieutenant -- absolutely. the picture is not one of an organization of using their money for the purposes that it is supposed to do. that money is apparently being used to fund la pierre family and friends and a high flying lifesty lifestyle. these sorts of lawsuits that target charitable organizations.

that's not what these organizations are for. eric: some are saying there's no wrong doing. what's the difference between having alleged bad actors in a charity? go after them as opposed to the charity. >> it's hard for me to even say this, but i'm agreeing with north at this point. he pointed this out a long time ago, and that was when he was in contention for the leadership of nra, he pointed out how the leadership there currently was spending money on themselves and basically they were using the nra as a big trough to feed the pigs at the top. that's what's been going on. you can't do that under the nonprofit laws what's interesting about the lawsuit is that the attorney general is essentially protecting the membership of the nra, from those who wish to profit off of the moneys that should be used for good things. i was a member of the nra. i mean, i'm a southern democrat. i own guns. i believe in the 2nd amendment. the nra did some good things years g a. -- years ago.

they taught hunter safety, sportsman ship, outdoor safety. those kinds of things are important. it's become a battle cry for partisan politics and they use that to draw in money from the membership instead of spending the money on legitimate purposes under the nonprofit statute, the leadership is taking that and used this as their own slush fund. you see hundreds of thousands of dollars in fancy suits and thousand dollar ties and trips all over the world, while the rank and file members think they're doing something good. that's where the attorney general has stepped in and brought the lawsuit. eric: michael, ten seconds, what do you think is going to happen? >> i think it's likely just like we saw in the trump charity lawsuit and that is there will be some settlement. it will be likely that you will see la pierre removed from leadership at the nra. alexis: alex, what do you predict? what's your view? >> i think if they can back up these accusations, la pierre probably won't run a charitable organization again. if folks care about these issues, that's what you want.

you don't want somebody there who is using it as a piggybank. you want somebody there that will advocate for you. that's what our nonprofit laws are meant to do. eric: bottom line, alex, you can remove executives theoretically but the organization can still go on? >> well, they could work that out as a settlement but if wayne is going to stay nobody but me, then they have a real problem. -- going to say nobody but me, then they have a real problem. the board at the nra will have to deal with that. eric: we will see what happens. thank you both. >> thank you. eric: we will be right back. we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy.

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in maine in late july. in 2018 a young man was killed on cape cod. shark sightings have forced beachgoers back to the sand dozens of times this summer. >> the shark human interaction i feel is a symptom of the real problem. and the real problem here is the seal problem. >> nick fishing the waters for two decades seeing the local seal population now estimated in the tens of thousands shore. the sharks are here to eat and eat the seals. i think dealing with the seal problem will help us solve the shark problem. >> seals were hunted in new england from the late 1800s until 1962. and massachusetts and maine paid a bounty. muto is calling for aggressive action, the calling of seals >> i have heard all the ideas, shark deterrents, nets, call boxes. they have tried all these things. until you remove their food source, nothing's going to make -- you know, nothing would make me feel safe until i know

they are gone. >> but seals are protected under the 1972 marine mammal protection act. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, the agency that manages them notes a section of the law allows quote officials to humanely euthanize marine ma mammals that are suffering or causing immediate danger to people and allows nonlethal removal of individual nuisance mammal but does not permit the calling of entire population. no one notes they haven't received notifications from local officials regarding this issue and the use of the law to call seals because of an increase in shark attacks would be unprecedented. molly line, fox news. eric: those seals are cute. thanks for being with us. we will be back tomorrow at noon.

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jon: trump making good on his threat to take executive action, orders to extend coronavirus relief measures for millions of americans facing american hardship due to the pandemic as negotiations on capitol hill go nowhere. good evening, i'm jon scott. this is the "fox report". the president bypassing congress, signing four executive orders assessing and addressing some of the issues democratic leaders and white house officials have been trying to hash out. the orders include extending enhanced unemployment benefits and eviction protections. meanwhile, the u.s. is nearing 5 million coronavirus cases. the virus