♪ >> how appropriate rascal flatts singing us out. set your dvr from 6:00 to 9:00 in case you miss the show. >> sandra: a city on edge. riots overnight in chicago after police shot a suspect during a chase. looters smashing store windows along the magnificent mile shopping district. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. major cities were rocked by another violent weekend. protestors demand drastic changes in policing in seattle. gun violence is plaguing cities

like washington, d.c. and chicago. >> sandra: where were police when all this was happening? >> police say they were here but simply put, there were too many people in too many crimes happening at once for them to get things under control in reasonable time. not until early this morning things started to calm down. a few hours ago there were people still breaking into this old navy right downtown in chicago in the loop. you can see these windows that were busted earlier just this past hour the front door, one of the front doors was busted open and clothes coming out of the store. witnesses say that they saw essentially a coordinated effort. caravans of cars bringing folks to the downtown area. dropping them off. folks run inside, smash and grab. come back out with whatever they could carry in their arms, shopping bags, get bag in cars and move to the next location. you can hear how overwhelmed police were on the scanner

traffic from last night. >> we got a call from the f.b.i. breaking out windows. somebody can advise what the cross streets are. >> trace: this all started shortly after midnight. city officials shut down all bus and train traffic into the city. raised all bridges and diverted highway traffic to try to get things under control. there were shots heard across the city both at police and from police. one incident police were trying to get one person under arrest, take them into a police van when a car drove by and started shooting at officers. officers returned fire. thankfully no officers were hit in that incident. police say they're hoping to get things under control. we know violence is no stranger here especially to this

downtown area over this last month as we've seen an up tick and shootings and violence. we expect to hear from the mayor here in a little while. >> sandra: garrett tenney, thank you: >> trace: a 17-year-old boy dead and police officer fighting for her life after being shot at a party in washington, d.c. early sunday morning. more than 100 people were there. police say an argument led to multiple guns being pulled and a total of 21 people shot. the city's mayor warns that gatherings of that size are illegal and will not be tolerated. >> that we support the metropolitan police department when they are going to have to make very difficult decisions in breaking up these events, okay? they are going to have to do that and the community is going to have to understand that may mean that some people have to go to jail, all right?

>> trace: the officer who was hurt was off duty at the time of the shooting. so far no arrests have been made. >> sandra: now to another night of riots in portland. hundreds of demonstrateors blocking a road and setting fires to a police building. attorney general barr saying the u.s. is facing a new form of what he calls urban guerilla warfare. >> i think they would be generally for bringing down any administration. they are revolutionary group interested in some form of socialism, communism. they're -- >> sandra: nightly protests for more than 10 weeks in portland now. >> trace: the city counsel in seattle is taking a big step toward defunding the police department. the mayor, police chief and some residents are warning it

will make the city less safe. >> totally opposed to defunding the police. it would be a completely reckless thing to do. we need law and order. that's how society works. you have to have law and order. >> trace: let's get to dan springer live in seattle. dan. >> it's a pretty small step. one month ago the seattle city counsel voted on a resolution to defund the seattle police department by 50%. today's vote is the first chance they actually get to put teeth into that and vote on taking money away from the seattle police department. the resolution before them would take just 2% away from the department for the rest of the year and there is pressure on the council to not go that far. several hundred people rallied in support of the police yesterday. they don't want to see any cuts. the police guild organized the event along with a signature gathering campaign over 150,000 people opposed this police defunding movement.

>> to persecute police nationwide over the mistake of one person and push a complete leftist agenda is going too far. >> i don't think we can have a civil society without them. i love them. i wanted my daughter to see firsthand the support that we have here and i just want to support them. with all my heart. >> the measure being voted on today would take 50 officers off the streets and cut the police chief's salary by 40%. the officers cut would be those assisting social workers clear-out homeless encampments to help people get into shelters. some view the whole process would rather see the money go to other departments. >> they have the trust of the homeless community. they have the connections and relationships with the shelter providers and the other mental health services that folks might need and they really are the ones who understand how that system and the constellation of services and

providers works. >> there are more than 1400 cops in seattle so today's measure would be a small cut. the real fight will take place in six weeks when they talk about next year's budget. >> trace: dan springer live in seattle. >> sandra: fox news alert as we reach another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. has surpassed five million confirmed cases and more than 162,000 deaths. the trump administration says it is doing everything in its power to control the spread of the virus. >> there is no country in the world that comes close to what america is doing on testing. we're working on getting more testing out there. the great american companies are coming up with faster more mobile tests. we need to get testing out there. >> sandra: a new study showing an uptick in the number of infections in children. close to 100,000 cases

involving kids were reported during the last two weeks of july alone. >> the president's meager weak and unconstitutional actions further demand that we have an agreement and any constitutional question is a separate issue. >> president trump: we'll be able to do it as long as we deem it necessary. i will say this, the democrats have called. they would like to get together. and we say if it's not a waste of time we'll do it. but if it is a waste of time it doesn't make sense. >> trace: a heated back and forth between president trump and democratic leaders after the president decided to go around congress signing four executive actions to give economic relief to millions of americans struggling due to the pandemic. house speaker nancy pelosi saying a legal challenge is not off the table. our chief white house correspondent john roberts live on the north lawn. what are you hearing from the white house this morning?

>> good morning to you. the white house waiting to see what the week brings in terms of challenges to what the president did over the weekend. for the meantime the president using his executive pen to provide some relief for americans in the height of this coronavirus crisis. the president signing four executive orders on saturday and here is what they do. the first one provides for $400 in enhanced unemployment insurance per week covering folks until the end of the year and also puts in place preliminary action at least on eviction protection. processes to suspend payroll taxes for people making under $100,000 until the end of the year and maybe beyond. and then student loan relief which would defer interest and payments until the end of the year. signing the executive orders the president saying he was forced to take action himself after democrats failed to reach a deal with republicans on legislation for a phase four relief bill. listen here. >> president trump: it was time to act and actually we've been largely praised. we have to get money out to the

people. it was china's fault. they did this horrific thing. we have to get money out to the people. i would say you may say that you've heard some negatives but i've heard mostly positives. >> democrats appeared increasingly anxious to cut a deal with the white house dismissed the president's actions insufficient and likely not pass constitutional muster. >> it was unconstitutional slop while it has the illusion of saying we'll have a moratorium on evictions. i'll ask the folks in charge to study if that's feasible. he says he is going to do the payroll tax, what he is doing is undermining social security and medicare. so these are illusions. >> trace: what do we expect is going to happen with all of this? it's probably pretty likely that the unemployment insurance plus up as well as the payroll

tax suspension will be met with legal challenges. the white house fully expecting that to happen. unclear how much weight the eviction protection will carry. at the moment he is commissioning cdc and hhs to investigate whether or not a moratorium on evictions are necessary and feasible. likely that the student loan protection and relief will go through without any opposition. we'll hear from the president in the 5:00 hour with one of his daily briefings today. stay tuned. more to come. >> trace: john roberts live on the north lawn. thank you. >> sandra: look forward to that. crews assessing the damage after north carolina is rocked by the biggest earthquake to hit the area in more than 100 years. plus attorney general bill barr saying the country is facing a new form of urban guerilla warfare. what he is saying about antifa's role in the violent protests and what he says they

want next. >> it's a difficult phenomenon to deal with. they're highly organized at these demonstrations.

>> trace: fox news alert. parts of north carolina have declared a state of emergency after it was jolted by the most powerful earthquake to hit the

area since 1916. the 5.1 quake struck the town of sparta rattling homes and businesses early sunday morning. >> we were laying in bed sleeping and it started us. we hear the big trembled. it trembled our house and shook our bed and we were like what in the world was that? >> trace: fortunately the quake caused only minor damage. the tremors felt as far away as atlanta. >> it's a new form of urban guerilla warfare. they go into the demonstrations exercising first amendment activity and insinuate themselves in there to shield themselves and that's where they swim. what they do is hijack these demonstrations and they provoke violence. >> sandra: attorney general bill bar saying a radical fringe is responsible for the civil unrest in major cities

like portland using violent tactics driven by a lust for power on the left. byron york is the chief political correspondent and fox news contributor. first to the attorney general's point on this. >> well, what he said about antifa is first that it exists. and it is active in a place like portland and seattle and by no means responsible for all of the violence and disorder that we've seen this morning, for example. but it does exist. and another point that he made about it is that it is allowed to prosper because in some places the city and state governments have tied the hands of the police in dealing with them and described some of the events in their cities as peaceful protests. the city council in seattle

banned police from using pepper spray and other crowd control devices. so much so the police sent a letter to residents and businesses saying listen, we're sorry but we cannot protect you from any large mobs. sorry, we can't. we'll help you later on. one of barr's points was in the local areas elected governments have allowed some of this to happen under the guise of peaceful protests. >> sandra: talk about what might come next but how it all began, when you listen to a.g. bill barr in the interview talking about power has become a secular religion of the left. he says it began the day trump won in 2016 and from that point forward, there has been the resistance, byron. >> well, those are a couple of different topics. one mark did ask bill barr

about antifa's desire to overthrow the trump administration which certainly they do but he said i would think they would want to overthrow any administration. now, they have in a sense exploited some of the opposition to trump that has become radicalized after the election of president trump because, of course, nobody on the left expected that donald trump would be elected president. so you have a political resistance that as barr pointed out has tried to impeach the president from day one, actually from before he took office they were planning on it. and then you have these violent resistance groups that are in a sense exploiting and as barr said swimming among the resistance to president trump to actually go farther and practice violence in some of the nation's cities. >> sandra: on what to do about it jonathan turley he put out this tweet.

allegedly an antifa ringleader said the movement is winning. threets against free speech have reached a critical mass. we can act or remain passive pedestrians to what inevitably comes next. what do we do about all this, byron? >> well, there is no doubt that we've seen for years on college campuses again pre-trump efforts to restrict speech and punish so-called incorrect speech. so that's been something that has been going on for quite a while. i think where we're headed right now is what we saw in chicago, what we're continuing to see in portland where there are riots every night after the departure of the federal law enforcement that supposedly the cause of what was going on in portland. i think we are going to have to see local, state and federal governments actually meeting this threat.

if we don't, not sure where we'll be politically by november 3. >> sandra: he talks about the messaging and media's role in all of this, byron and condemned the media for his words projecting a narrative and selling a lie to the american people in their watered down coverage of the civil unrest. he said you don't see it on the networks or the other cable stations. what role do you see the media plays in all this, byron? >> well, they did really sugar coat the news out of portland and seattle. remember, the chaz/chop experiment in which the mayor described it as possibly a summer of love. and it was treated as if it were a block party. "the new york times" to its credit has recently done a story because there is a lawsuit from a local businessman who blames the authorities for allowing thugs to basically kill his business

during the chaz/chop period. we're now seeing that it was actually kind of a dystopian hell and not a summer of love. what we're seeing is all the initial coverage was completely wrong. it was sugar coated. it was not representative of what was happening. so i think that's what the attorney general was referring to. >> sandra: we'll have a lot more on all this coming up. byron york, thank you for joining us this morning. >> trace: violence erupting in beirut at people protest the government's response to last week's massive explosions and the demonstrations turning deadly. a brawl breaking out on the ball field. why these two teams cleared the benches. i'm joe biden and i approve this message.

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classes only after nine kids there tested positive for coronavirus. >> trace: florida schools opened today with a patchwork of county rules and regulations it depends on where you live. meantime the state's seven day average of reported deaths is trending lower, down to 156 from a high of 185. bryan yenis live for us is cooper city, florida. >> good morning. some of the lesser-hit counties are opening today. a mix of virtual and in-person learning. we're in broward county. a charter school with 95 schools in five states and they're using a brand-new immersive technology called the owl with a 360 degree camera on top and audibly sensitive cameras all the way around attached to a smart screen supposed to allow a seamless transition, ability for a teacher to teach without having to do anything but speak. it also comes with a nice

headset. the teacher can speak to students and answer questions at home. this is what part of what they call hybrid -- hybrid learning. the ability to teach students in the classroom and virtually all at the same time because of this technology. >> students need each other. when we can't physically do that we can virtually do that. this does it in a better way. it doesn't mean a teacher sitting at home and student sitting at home. a teacher sitting in a classroom. maybe some students have come back because rates are down and they're in the classroom and some haven't. now all those kids can experience the same classroom. >> one of the interesting things about this technology is that it is supposed to allow the student to feel as though they're in the classroom. when a student raises their hand and asks a questions it goes so the student back at home can see the screen and feels they're seeing the student raise their hand. when you speak to teachers they say it is so much better than

the static versions of virtual learning that we see out there right now. >> the interaction, engagement piece needed to make learning thrive was missing. it was hard to engage a student when all you can see is i'm stuck in front of my laptop. >> that's just one of the things this school is doing. this is supposed to be a classroom with 24 desks. there were only eight. the desks are separated by boxes put down with tape. class is expected to start in broward county on august 19th. virtually to begin with and they'll take it week-by-week and start allowing the hybrid model. if parents are comfortable with kids being in the classroom, they can. >> trace: great stuff. thank you. we'll have more on all this. dr. marc siegel with join us in a bit on the growing concerns

of coronavirus cases in children. >> sandra: this news. new zealand marking 100 days in a row with no covid-19 transmission. officials there saying that they were able to contain the spread of the virus by implementing a strict lockdown. the prime minister says it's too soon to declare victory. >> 100 days is a significant period of time but it doesn't -- as long as we are continuing to exist in a world where the pandemic is growing. it is a milestone. >> sandra: new zealand has a population of five million. >> trace: grief turning to anger as violence breaks out between police and protestors over the weekend in lebanon.

the country's justice minister resigned this morning, the latest government official to do so. protestors say last week's massive explosion that killed more than 200 people should have been prevented. trey yengst is live in beirut. trey, what has been going on the last 24 hours? >> good morning. there is immense pressure on the lebanese government following the deadly blast on tuesday that killed more than 200 people as search and rescue teams continue in the port looking for debris for survivors. in the past 24 hours we've seen three ministers from the lebanese government resign and local media reports indicating that the prime minister of lebanon is considering stepping down. all of this as violence erupted throughout the weekend. security forces clashing with protestors who want a completely new government. they aren't happy with what they've seen so far and calling for what they say will be a revolution. look at the scene yesterday afternoon.

>> beirut today, demonstrators are demanding that more people resign from the government. right now security forces are trying to keep the demonstrators back from the parliament. you can see they're firing tear gas. just yesterday we saw live ammunition used against these protestors. many of the people firing those bullets were associated with the lebanese militant group hezbollah. protestors say they no longer want hezbollah to be influencing what this country does and the decisions it makes. they want to see change. they say they will stay in the streets until they get it. >> we're so angry. i couldn't -- i cannot live with myself if we do not get something else here to happen. it is not acceptable. they think they can get away with this after such terrible, terrible -- i don't believe they are human.

>> you can hear the emotion in the voices of the protestors in the street. they are calling on the international community to pay attention and find sustainable solutions. yesterday we do know world leaders participated in a donor call. french president macron, president trump among others. they raised nearly $300 million in relief efforts for the people of lebanon. but many are concerned that that money could end up in the hands of what they're calling a corrupt government. trace. >> trace: it has happened before. trey live for us in beirut. >> sandra: mark esper announcing the u.s. military will cut forces in afghanistan by half in november. president trump said it is the single biggest mistake in the history of our country with that war there. lucas tomlinson, what else is secretary esper saying about the drawdown. >> defense secretary esper says it will be conditions based. cutting u.s. forces will drop the number of drops in troops

to two deck saids. >> less than 5,000 in november. we need to brief congress what that looks like. as others have said conditions-based but right now we think we can do all the core missions, first and foremost being insure the united states is not threatened by terrorists coming out of afghanistan. >> the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan has fluctuated greatly since 7200 were deployed after 9/11 attacks. former president obama raised the level to 100,000. the largest u.s. military commitment to date. today there are 8600 and that will be cut in half in the coming months. 2010 was the most deadly for u.s. forces there with 500 americans killed in action. over the past 19 years 2400 americans have died since the beginning of u.s. military operations. as part of the u.s. deal with

the taliban in february, long-awaited peace talks about between the taliban and afghan government could start in the coming weeks. president trump said we expect prisoner releases and the immediate start of negotiations. as part of the deal tossing in hard core taliban prisoners released from prison joining the 5,000 taliban that have been released so far. >> sandra: lucas tomlinson on that for us. >> trace: baseball is back and so are the hot tempers. take a look. a brawl breaks out during a game between the astros and athletics yesterday. happened after laureano was hit by a pitch. the third time he got hit in the three-game series. >> looks like i can feel him releasing the ball in a fashion. >> look out, folks, not a good idea. not a good idea.

>> he chargeed the astro's dugouts. both benches cleared. oakland walked away with a 7-2 victory. players and teams could be facing disciplinary action and as you might imagine some hefty fines, sandra. they're not worried about them getting hurt in the brawl they're worried about coronavirus. >> sandra: if you watch the whole video the announcer, this is not good. so many players didn't have place masks up. the home base umpire tried to step in. nothing was cooling tempers. not good. thank you. the chairman of the senate issuing the first subpoena into the investigation into the origins into the russia probe. what he is demanding from f.b.i. director christopher wray. k.t. mcfarland will join us next. a close call caught on camera. the near miss there straight

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>> trace: a close call caught on doorbell camera. terrifying moment for a woman in louisiana when a lightning bolt struck a tree near her house sending debris flying through the air within inches of her face. she had just stepped outside her home the moment the lightning bolt hit. she was only one small step away from getting seriously hurt or worse. >> sandra: fox news alert now. senate homeland security chairman ron johnson has subpoenaed the f.b.i. and director christopher wra*i as its review into the origins

into the russia investigation. let's bring in k.t. mcfarland, author of the book revolution trump, washington and we the people. thank you for being here. what does chairman johnson want from christopher wray, the f.b.i. director? >> well, he is asking for three things. initial subpoena. asking for all the documents that the f.b.i. turned over to the inspector general and he is also asking for all the documents related to crossfire hurricane which is the steele dossier, the origins of the russia probe. interestingly he is also asking for all documents that the government services agency, general services agency had collected during the transition into the trump administration and asked for what documents were there. what documents were turned over to whom? who turned them over to the f.b.i.? when i look at this for those three requests i think some of

this is indicating they're looking also at the mueller investigation. not just at incompetence at the f.b.i. or potential wrongdoing. in any event i think christopher wray is in big trouble. he did one of three things. he either knew what was going on in the f.b.i. and uncovered it and kept it covered. cover it up. secondly, he didn't want to know and so he is sort of don't tell me, i don't want to know. or he is just completely incompetent. either way -- all three of those are pretty bad indictments against the current f.b.i. director. >> sandra: the subpoena said they've already been producing documents to the senate homeland security committee responsive to the subpoena. as always the f.b.i. will continue to cooperate with the committee's request consistent are law enforcement and national security obligations. that statement coming in this morning. meanwhile you say it's not just christopher wray the current f.b.i. director. you say james comey the former

f.b.i. director is also in big trouble. why? >> yeah. because not just particularly with this subpoena that you just referred to but the testimony that's happened in the last couple of weeks. so you had sally yates saying last week well, the f.b.i. director jim comey went rogue. i didn't know what he was doing. then ron rosenstein who testified a couple of weeks ago, acting attorney general said i didn't know anything about it. i would never have signed those requests coming from the f.b.i. if i knew now what i knew then. so comey has a lot to answer for. either he was rogue and was running a rogue operation in the f.b.i., comey, mccabe, his senior officials, or he is being set up to take the fall if, in fact, it was not a rogue operation. if it was -- if it has origins that are higher up. the other thing, sandra, to remember is that susan rice wrote herself a memo for the record on inauguration today

say president obama wants done exactly by the books. if comey does something not by the books it's not on us. >> sandra: there were very strong words to say yesterday about the f.b.i. and what the f.b.i. told his committee on the steele dossier, listen. >> the senate intel committee, the f.b.i. did. what they did to the fisa court, they misled the hell out of them saying there is no evidence from the sub source to suggest that steele fabricated anything in the dossier. actually the sub source said it was all bar talk, hearsay, speculation, and conjecture so they completely misrepresented to the senate intel committee in 2018 what the sub source had told the f.b.i. in 2017. >> i said somebody needs to go to jail for this. this is the second crime.

they lied to the fisa court. what comes from all this, k.t. >> we always used to hold the f.b.i. up as this stellar intelligence organization keeping americans safe. whether they lied to the fisa court or whether they lied to senator graham, whether they lied to even president trump or that they lied to the american people, there were a lot of documents that were being falsified and people were lying. senior officials of the f.b.i. i think lindsey graham is saying i want to get to the bottom of it. these are actual crimes. not just leaks to the media. crimes where people knowingly lied to other government officials and to the people. >> sandra: so many great people working at the f.b.i. the senator goes on to report that and state that. it is the work of some that tainted the work of so many there. k.t. mcfarland, great to have you on this morning. see you soon. >> trace: new cases of coronavirus among children trending higher as more get tested ahead of the school year.

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should, we need to do it with a sense of caution. >> trace: let's bring in dr. marc siegel from nyu lan gone and fox news contributor. 100,000 children. i know we're testing more kids. 100,000 in last two weeks in july has to raise alarms. >> it raises eyebrows. it's an evolving situation. i like the word humility. we learn as this evolves and we're seeing way more kids being infected now than before. part of that is we're testing them but 100,000 over two weeks is a lot. keep in mind we've seen less than 600 children hospitalized across the country from this from the beginning of pandemic until the end of july. that means that most cases are mild. that means that when we're talking about schools, we're more concerned about kids of spreaders of covid than they would generally speaking get very ill. we're concerned about the

taoefrps and staff around them catching it from them. >> trace: that's a big question because there is this research out of the university of texas austin saying look, 80% of the country of these schools that are 500 or larger at least one child will walk in and be infected in places like miami it will be higher. we know there will be cases around the country. the question is, dr. siegel, what's the threshold of these schools? there is a patchwork of regulations and rules. what do you think the threshold should be of these schools before they consider pulling kids back into remote learning? >> it's good you brought up the study. it is all about infrastructure. how is the school set up? are you in a hot spot or not? how many cases can you handle? can you isolate a child who is sick? do you have the testing in place to do pool testing across the board? probably with antigen testing and screening kids properly. screening teachers properly especially. teachers probably should be screened once or twice a week especially in hot spots.

are you teaching children physical distancing? i saw shirts over the weekend do not hug that looked like do not smoke. are we teaching our children and try masking in schools? it's hugely important and testing at the top of the list. in non-hot spots i applaud mayor deblasio of new york city saying he is trying to open the schools. here we aren't having cases in new york. very few. >> trace: you go up one state to connecticut and the governor there is saying look, let's open the schools. listen to him. >> i do not want a lost year. when everybody says let's not go back to school until it's perfectly safe until we have a vaccine, until 100% of the people are vaccinated i worry that could be a lost year of education. >> trace: final thought, 10 seconds. >> huge point there because of all of the costs mental, physical. nutrition, special needs, kids learning together. if we just -- the default here

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the city sees more than 70 nights of unrest. nine people were arrested, three officers hurt. all expec police firing tear gas at demonstrators calling for the entire government to shut down over the handling of last week's explosion. >> the president's meager, weak and unconstitutional actions further demand that we have an agreement. >> president trump: it helps people greatly. it helps our country get back. anybody that would say anything different i think is very foolish. >> these are illusions. >> sandra: that's what is

happening here on "america's newsroom" today. but first this. >> this is the portland police. this has been declared an unlawful assembly. leave the area to the left now. >> sandra: back to portland. police declared another riot overnight after hundreds of protestors took to city streets there. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. a group of demonstrators lit fires and through things at officers marching toward a police union building they tried to torch on saturday night. the unrest gripping portland for more than 10 straight weeks and residents say they are tired of the violence. >> it really feels like a war zone. out of nowhere you feel like you are in a war. it is very unsettled, very

violent and very scary. >> scary. we're not sure what is going to happen. just the destruction. >> it is a minority group of the protest and the unfortunate part is that everyone is latching onto the supposed violence as opposed to raising questions on police brutality and standing up for black lives. >> sandra: william la jeunesse. >> police tried to de-escalate the situation. that didn't work. protestors came right back. two counter arguments to the point of mostly peaceful protestors? they can be until the moment or hour that they're not. secondly, these groups can police themselves if indeed there is on a handful as they claim being unlawful. they can be stopped. example, saturday night protestors tried to shield the worst troublemakers from surveillance cameras and pepper balls while setting fires.

last night protestors again tried to burn down the portland police union building barricading traffic and setting fires. when police declared an unlawful assembly the crowd reresponded by fireworks and burning two officers on their neck and another on his leg. when police left the crowd returned. blocked roads and again set fires. >> i've been appalled on this violence. anyone with eyes can see the violence. they don't see it on any of the national news or the networks or the other cable stations. and yet you hear about these peaceful demonstrators. >> police arrested 16 average age about 30 men and women equally majority from portland. one problem officials say protests groups have nonprofits that raise millions of dollars to provide bail and keep the most violent people on the streets. many in portland do not support that.

>> when i see people coming out and trying to burn down buildings and murder people, all it does is hurt the cause of equality in the country. >> watching the news on my phone every night, watching them burn and destroy the downtown breaks my heart. it makes me sick. >> the mayor and governor said president trump provoked this by using federal. now local and state police in the same outfits using the same tactics. interactions at the local paper say are actually more confrontational since the feds left. some black lives matter saying we've made your point but last night in a virtual town hall moms united for black lives and say these protests will continue until police are adequately defunded and more equality in city programs. >> sandra: we'll continue covering it. thank you. william.

>> trace: joe biden inking closer to revealing running mate. willie brown is urging kamala harris to aim for attorney general instead. peter doocy. what does joe biden have on his schedule today? >> the only event on his public schedule so far today is a virtual fundraiser. of course, that could change. he spent the weekend in near a home where he has in delaware caught going to church and also out on a bike ride. >> mr. vice president, have you picked a running mate yet? >> i have. >> who is it? >> you. >> that last part was a joke and it's not clear today if biden has communicated to the woman he wants as his running mate that she won the veepstakes. they're hearing from hillary clinton about the checklist she

had when deciding who to add to the ticket last time. >> i went at it from three different perspectives. number one, is this a person who could be president literally tomorrow? secondly is this a person that i could work with, that i would want to work with day in and day out in good times and hard times inside the white house to serve our country? and third, can this person help me win? >> clinton pointed out many v.p. announcements don't happen until right before the convention. that convention starts a week from today, trace. >> trace: peter, what kind of advice are some of the finalists getting from other democrats? >> if kamala harris gets the call the former san francisco mayor willie brown who she also had a personal relationship with at some point a few decades ago is urging her not to take the job but push to be

the attorney general. he wrote this is his reasoning for every george bush to ascended from the job to the presidency there is an al gore. most of the women believed to be biden's running mate are keeping very quiet. we caught up with susan rice in washington, d.c. and asked her if she had been interviewed by biden and she just said happy sunday. trace. >> trace: peter doocy live in wilmington. thank you. >> sandra: lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticizing president trump for by passing congress over the weekend and signing executive orders on coronavirus relief. chad pergram is live for yours on that. >> it's unclear if they can do this. article 1, section 9 of constitution indicates the power of the purse lies with the congress. this is why you have a lot of

democrats starting with house speaker nancy pelosi dubious about what the president did over the weekend. listen. >> the president's meager, weak and unconstitutional actions further demand that we have an agreement. and any constitutional question is a separate issue. >> even if the president can do it unclear what the impact will be. executive action drop the unemployment benefits from an extra $600 to $400 a week and states doing $100. states say they can't do that. jobless benefits. the administration is daring democrats to side track the assistance. >> i would say if the democrats want to challenge us in court and hold up unemployment benefits to those hard working americans that are out of a job because of covid, they will have a lot of explaining to do >> trace: >> trace: it's unclear how fast some of that aid can get to

those who need it. >> sandra: we all remember republicans blasting president obama over his use of executive action. why do republicans seem okay with president trump acting in this way? >> it's simple. it is party. republicans like it when republican presidents do this. republicans on capitol hill didn't like it when president obama did it. keep in mind what the freedom caucus, conservative freedom caucus had to say about this when president obama was in office. here is the current chair of the freedom caucus andy biggs of arizona. >> there is constitutional authority that says everything is supposed to originate in the legislature for spending. that's for sure. congress has delegated this stuff in my opinion ridiculously overly broad. i want to see what he will do with this. >> not all republicans embrace the executive actions. ben sass says the pen and phone theory of executive law making is unconstitutional slop.

under the constitution that power belongs to the american people acting through their members of congress. now, there is no bill right now, sandra, that can pass both houses of congress and why some lawmakers will tell you privately that they are glad the president stepped into the void so they don't have to legislate on this very thorny issue. back to you. >> sandra: you will continue to keep us posted on developments on capitol hill. chad, thank you. >> trace: violence erupting again in beirut. protestors taking to the streets for a second day demanding accountability for last week's massive explosion which killed at least 158 people and hurt more than 6,000 according to lebanon's health ministry. a lebanese judge is reportedly questioning the country's security chief over that blast. >> sandra: china has announced sanctions on 11 u.s. lawmakers and head of pro-democracy organizations.

including senators marco rubio, ted cruz, tom cotton, josh hawley and pat toomey. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is following this for us from london this morning. hey, greg. >> more diplomatic tensions between the united states and china about hong kong and more. beijing slapped sanctions on those senators critical of china on a variety of political and human rights fronts. exact terms of the sanctions were unspecified today. also against representative chris smith and several heads of international including human rights groups. they are not directly involved in washington and trump administration policy. this yes in response to sanctions placed by the u.s. on hong kong chief executive lamb and others last week imposing of a national security act on

the tore tore quashing any hope for democracy for that area. a sign of the law today, the offices of the apple bailey independent newspaper and news site critical of the regime raided by authorities. the first time that media has been directly tar g*eted by this law. it is feared the freedom of press which is existing there in hong kong will be challenged. also the media tycoon and head of the news group was taken away. the highest profile figure targeted by the law. it appears that china going forward undaunted by any moves by the united states and others to do what it wants to do in hong kong and elsewhere. back to you. >> sandra: a lot happening on all that. greg palkot. thank you. >> trace: new coronavirus cases at a georgia high school after this picture of a crowded hallway went viral. how the school is now reacting and from violent crime in chicago to violent protests in

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>> trace: a school outside of atlanta is reporting several cases of coronavirus after a photo appeared online of one of its hallways crammed with students. many without masks. after classes resumed last week. according to a letter from the high school to parents six students and three staffers now have covid-19, the school -- >> sandra: with hundreds of thousands of bikers expected in sturgis, south dakota the sioux nation says it won't let them cross reservation land. many bikers are ignoring health advisories. federal and state officials say the checkpoints are illegal. >> the officer shot the man again even when he told them

i'm down. >> trace: widespread looting in chicago's magnificent mile. hundreds of people smashed windows and fought with officers after police shot a man on the city's south side saying he opened fire first during a chase. this weekend 35 people were shot in the windy city. ted williams is former police officer and fox news contributor. we were told magnificent mile during all this violence and looting that police were overwhelmed. listen to chicago mayor lori light foot a short time ago. >> the people were the shooters as well as the people who were the looters. people in neighborhoods know who these folks are. this is your time to step up and demonstrate your allegiance and your loyalty to this city

and report these people who are engaged in criminal activity. we cannot do this without you and we need every single person with knowledge or information to step up. >> trace: is the theme here that every time there is some violence involving a police officer there will be mass scale vandalism and looting incidents? if that's the case you don't need to defund police because they will be rendered inactive. >> trace, you are absolutely correct. if you know in seattle, washington what is going on even to this very day they're trying to defund the police. there -- chicago is in a mess and out of control. and i do have to agree here with the mayor, though. that is that the community needs to step up. the community knows who these individuals are in the community that are wreaking havoc and looting and robbing

and killing people there. what they need to do is step up. the sad commentary is a lot of people in those communities would love to step up, trace, but the problem there is intimidation. they realize that a family member could very well be killed if they step up. so it's like a catch 22 unfortunately there in chicago. >> trace: i don't blame them, right, ted? 35 people shot this weekend. the gangs have told people you don't say a word. so i would be afraid to speak out, too. what's the solution there? >> you are absolutely right. i think what the solution in chicago as well as portland where we're seeing portland, oregon, where we're seeing riots is that the governor and mayors will have to get more involved and what they'll have to do, i believe, at some stage is set a curfew and ask for the national guard to come in and protect the community.

last night chicago downtown chicago, buildings and businesses destroyed. and looted. and so what we have now unfortunately is an out of control community. and so the mayor, the governor, they will have to step up to the plate and try to bring this under control. >> trace: it sounds like a logical explanation. how they will do that. i want to move to portland if i can. portland protests we are talking 10 weeks. they started at police headquarters, federal courthouse and now randomly going after police precincts. the federal agents are gone. the whole idea that federal agents were instigating this has turned out to be wrong. i want you to listen to kaley mcenany and i'll get your response on the other side. >> it is reckless that it took a full 70 days for the liberal mayor to finally acknowledge it

is an unacceptable status quo and these are not peaceful demonstrations as he tried to show. >> trace: the mayor is understanding you can't blame the feds for all this. at some point you need to take some accountability and figure how to get your city under control. what's the answer there, ted? >> you are absolutely right, trace. this has been going on. it started with the death of george floyd at the hands of a police officer. it has been going on in these riots, these are not protestors or demonstrators, these are rioters. this has been going on for 74 days in portland and what is needed now, i think, again would be that the mayor, who initially thought that he would be able to get it under control by getting the federal officers out of there, found out that is not working. he is going to have to set a curfew and bring in the national guard and they are going to have to get tough there. they haven't done that. they need to do that, trace. >> trace: i have to go, ted.

i want to get your take on this and put it on the screen if i can. 1,000 victims in the city of new york. the shootings doubling in 2020. that's the headline. that's the front page of the "new york post" and new york right now is in some serious trouble. final thoughts. >> absolutely. very serious trouble. we've seen a long, hot summer. the commissioner of police has defunded and took away one of the units. plain clothes units to bringing crime down there. they have to reinstitute that unit and have them assist in bringing this crime rate down. >> trace: ted williams. great to see you. thank you. >> same here, my pleasure. >> sandra: the u.s. passing another coronavirus milestone. what we're seeing in some of the hardest-hit areas. as president trump faces

bipartisan criticism for his covid-19 relief a republican senator who is also a doctor will weigh in on the stimulus showdown just ahead. >> if the democrats want to challenge us in court and hold up unemployment benefits to those hard working americans that are out of a job because of covid, they will have a lot of explaining to do.

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>> sandra: it is the bottom of the hour. our op stories of the day. president trump going around congress and signing several executive actions on coronavirus relief. democrats and some republicans calling the move unconstitutional. speaker nancy pelosi calling it weak and an illusion. >> trace: the future of college football is up in the air. the commissioners are holding an emergency meeting yesterday over concerns about college sports this fall amid the pandemic. >> sandra: the number of covid-19 infections in the u.s. now surpassing five million with a million cases added in just over the last two weeks. according to data compiled by johns hopkins university. >> trace: speaking of johns hopkins. in baltimore breaking news now. it comes to us in mid baltimore. a dining district. a residential area where there

has been a major explosion now. we're being told you can see the first responders on the scene. we're being told a number of houses have been destroyed in this explosion and there are now reports that people are trapped inside, including children. as many as five people trapped inside. we do not know the cause of the explosion. it could have been have any reports of nefarious activity. you can see the first responders on the scene there and also see these -- these are not live pictures. but they are taped pictures -- these are live pictures now, take that back. first responders, the explosion erupted about 25 minutes ago. first responders now trying to get to the scene to figure out how many people might be trapped in and around the wreckage. several houses have been destroyed. we'll bring you much more information. breaking news coming out of baltimore as we get it.

>> president trump: it was time to act. actually we've been largely praised. we have to get money out to the people. it was china's fault. we have to get money out toft people. >> sandra: president trump over the weekend taking executive action on coronavirus stimulus as talks on the relief bill stalled. a war of words erupting after democrats and some republicans slammed the move. louisiana senator bill cassidy, republican on the health, education, labor an pensions and finance committee and medical doctor and joins us now. senator, thank you for being here. first you've made your support for the president taking this action very clear. you supported the president doing this. why? >> the american people are hurting. speaker pelosi is using their pain to leverage our heroes act. republicans offered to continue the unemployment benefit while

we continued to negotiate on every other issue. ms. pelosi said no. let the unemployment run out knowing that that would increase the pain hoping to leverage our heroes act. heroes act, by the way, mentions marijuana more than it mentions jobs. the president cares. he is trying to get aid to the american people ms. pelosi wants to deny. i approve it because we're about the american people. >> sandra: the "wall street journal" points out the hypocrisy of the moment with a lot of pointing back to the obama years and republicans criticizing his use of a pen and phone and what the president is doing now, president trump. it writes this. he escapes pelosi's political trap but uses obama's pen and phone method. yes, there obama did it first. he paid health insurers cost

sharing subsidies without an appropriation from congress. as part of his pen and phone strategy he used executive dictates to provide work permits for millions of undocumented aliens. democrats and the media cheered these abuses and mrs. pelosi's charge that trump's saying is unconstitutional is partisan hypocrisy. you didn't like it when obama did it. why is it okay for president trump to do it? >> i don't like it now. just to say that. what are the options? secondly, mr. trump is self-limited. it only goes so far. i think two months. whereas obama's was everlasting. once he did it, it didn't have any limit to how long it would last. and so this is something if you will that we do for the moment, not for eternity. that's i think a big difference. >> sandra: it is not just democrats criticizing the

president's move. ben sass from nebraska says the pen and phone theory of law making is unconstitutional slop. president obama did not have the power to rewrite imgaition law with daca and president trump doesn't have the power to rewrite the tax law and nancy pelosi sees that criticism coming from within the president's own party and she says this, listen. >> what the president did is i agree with the republican senator said it was unconstitutional slop while it has the illusion of saying we'll have a moratorium on evictions. it says i will ask the folks in charge to study if that's feasible. he says he is going to do the payroll tax what he is doing is undermining social security and medicare. so these are illusions. >> sandra: kayleigh mcenany responded saying the president acted in the best interests of

the american people. i hear you making a similar point. now this was aimed at boosting the economy and shoring up of the american people still struggling. businesses, senator. how much will this actually help? >> well, one, we don't know until we see it. certainly it will help those families who have their unemployment benefits run out it will help them and it will stimulate the economy. hopefully it pushes pelosi off of her position of give me everything. oh, no, i've worked it down to 2 1/2 trillion or i won't give you unemployment insurance. i think the real genius of this is to undermine pelosi. she is not going to allow anything to happen unless the cries of the american people move the action. ideally she quickly recognizes she has to seriously negotiate and able to replace this executive action with that which is enacted by congress.

and that case every need is met. >> sandra: we've caught up with you a lot through this pandemic. how is your state doing it and a medical doctor and sitting senator where do you see it going into the fall? >> a couple of things. first my state has the highest per capita incidence of coronavirus but it is starting to come down. that's the good news. where it goes in the fall depends upon us, sandra. are we willing to wash our hands, wear our masks, sneeze into our sleeve? if it becomes available take a vaccine? if we are we'll be back in tiger stadium. that means something to you. on the other hand if not we'll continue to kind of go fits and starts through the fall seeing if it works. hopefully we take it upon ourselves to take that responsibility. if we do we'll shut down coronavirus as much as possible. >> sandra: based on that, senator, final thought i'm running out of time. do you support the football season going on now as it is currently scheduled to do? >> i support what medical

science says. if between now and september 26th when the southeastern conference opens we're able to decrease the transmission, absolutely. i think the public health doctors will say we can. if not, if the rate keeps on going up and going down, going up i can see it being canceled. it is up to us. >> sandra: a lot of decisions have to be made soon on that. we have a report coming up in a moment on that as well. appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> trace: fox news alert. coronavirus cases surpassing five million. more than 162,000 people have died. jonathan serrie is live for us in atlanta. jonathan. >> the u.s. does have more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world. here in georgia suburban atlanta school district is reverting one of its high schools to online learning only for today and tomorrow after reporting that three staff and six students have tested

positive for the coronavirus. north palding high school has rescinded the suspension of a 15-year-old student who was initially disciplined at posting photos of students in crowded hallways most not wearing fast masks. public health experts are concerned about a 10 day motorcycle rally in sturgis, south dakota. many in the outdoor crowds aren't wearing face coverings. >> we need to see an america that we don't have to be fearful. >> i try to social distance a little bit. i give people their respect. i have a mask that i wear in stores and when i'm near a lot of people. >> increasing cases in the midwest prompted illinois officials to encourage mask wearing and social distancing and state legislators that emphasizes education first with fines as a last resort for businesses with repeat violations.

>> imagine if someone could walk into a restaurant, light a cigarette. blow smoke in your face and all the smoker had to say is well, it's my choice. >> screened more than 830,000 passengers at u.s. airports sunday. the first time they've topped 800,000 since march 17th. nevertheless, that figure is just one-third what it was the same time last year, trace. >> trace: jonathan serrie live in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. >> sandra: twitter now expressing interest in potentially buying tiktok's u.s. operations. can it outbid microsoft and how could this factor into president trump's threats to ban the social media giant? because record low mortgage rates have dropped even lower. and now you can save $3000 a year. veterans can shortcut the process with newday's va streamline refi. there's no appraisal, no income verification, and not a single dollar out of pocket.

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>> breaking news out of baltimore. the explosion there has destroyed numerous homes. we don't have an exact count but numerous might be an

understatement. we're being told now by the baltimore firefighters union one person has been confirmed dead, three others critical taken to hospitals and they're still searching for missing persons. a number of missing people have been reported. in fact, there are now accounts that they are in contact with one person who is actually trapped beneath that rubble and the rescue crews are on scene right now trying to get to that person. again, the cause of the explosion is unknown. as a rule, these types of explosions in residential neighborhoods more often than not gas line explosions. that's just speculation now. first responders are on scene and in the process making their way through the rubble. the process consists of something like this. they'll bring out dogs to make sure there are no other people trapped. the dogs will go through, firefighters will go through this wreckage and rubble to see if they can find any signs of

life. again, one person has been declared dead. three others taken to hospitals and one definitely confirmed missing because we're told by the firefighters union they're in contact with that person and trying to getaway to get that debris off of them. the condition of that person we do not yet know, sandra. you look at the pictures here and it is just amazing how much destruction this can do, sandra. it is one of those things in baltimore that boy, it is amazing to look at. >> sandra: these are live images we're taking in together. local reports on the ground there talking about adults and children trapped inside these buildings. three homes leveled. the baltimore fire is now -- the fire department is reporting it was a gas fire explosion that happened there. we are just getting the details right now. the baltimore fire union put out a statement that several

houses exploded. at least five people were trapped including some children. all this happened around 10:30 a.m. eastern time. the fire union is reporting that one person had died. one person remained trapped inside tweeting also that three people were rescued and are in critical condition. you look at the scene there sifting through the rubble, trace. quite a horrific scene playing out in baltimore. >> trace: it is. firefighters on scene now we're being told three houses right now that are actually have been exploded and yes, confirming that it was a gas line. natural gas line that erupted in some capacity. we do not know the status of that and if they've evacuated other homes. the procedure would naturally be to get the people in the homes around this area also to safety and get them evacuated. that would be one major procedure. one person we're being told, a female, died at the scene and three others taken to the hospital, two of them in

critical condition. one person apparently still in contact with the authorities on the scene there and as you can imagine this is an all hands on deck scene. we're talking about emts, firefighters and police on scene there trying to get a handle on exactly what happened down there and it is key to find out right now if anybody else might also be trapped beneath that rubble. >> sandra: you are looking at northwest baltimore. the explosion at 6500 block of ricer's town road. we'll continue on this breaking news. more as we get it. we'll be right back. what if i sleep hot? ...or cold?

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>> trace: college football on the brink amid the coronavirus

pandemic. commissioners held an emergency meeting yesterday after the mid-american conference became the first group to cancel its football season. let's bring in jim gray, sportscaster and fox news contributor. great to see you. the sources reporting to cnn saying the big 10 commissioners, presidents are really on the verge of saying you know what? let's pull the plug on the season. what do you say, jim? >> i think they're very close and i think those meetings will conclude this week and doesn't look good right now. they have liability issues not only legal liability, what happens if somebody tests positive and gets a bad case and good forbid somebody should die of coronavirus by a liability of consciousness? do we go forward and do this when we don't have all the information and everything in place? >> trace: we should note the acc athletic directors meet today, pac-12 presidents meet tomorrow. you're right when you say in

the next couple of days, jim, we'll have a very good idea where it's going. i want to put it on the screen. an indication that more of the stars are kind of uniting on this whole coronavirus thing. this is we want to play statement tweeted out a short time ago by trevor lawrence as well as quarterback justin fields. it goes through a list of demands there, jim, establish mandated health and safety protocols, college athletes against covid-19 and give players the opportunity to opt out. respect their decision and guaranteeing eligibility whether a player wants to play a season or not. are these demands reasonable? >> they're all reasonable and they're all right. where has the leadership been in college football? where has the ncaa been through all of this? it's easy to throw it off now and say college presidents are making the decision. they're making the decision but where have you been all these

months when you should have put in in place? the players have power. they don't have any representation and they have no union. but now they're coming together and these things have to be in place. and particularly they have to be in place because who is going to take care of them if they get coronavirus? the universities have to step up. i believe that these players have power and they want to play and trevor lawrence have pointed out things could get much worse. if we aren't at these universities. if we aren't participating in football, what will we go home to? perhaps there is more peril in that and more protocols in place of social distancing, trying to do the right thing and not getting ill if they're in college but a huge, huge, thing is, trace, if the students are not in college, how can you expect the so-called student athletes to be there to play football? really, it's not the right formula. it's wrong on all levels. >> trace: so much on the line that people talk about the

revenue here. even just the power five conferences a loan will lose $4 billion and maybe more. the question becomes are they weighing money against safety? a lot of people just really want to play football. >> they are weighing money against safety but they'll end up weighing money against money. if they're liable and all the hook and all these universities have to page out huge lawsuits because somebody will unfortunately contract this virus, how bad will it be and what will be the repercussions? we don't know that. but these universities will be on the line. they are really weighing money against money. they don't want to lose the season. they're dependent upon this money. but the risk is much, much too great right now. >> trace: i think you're right, jim. i think we'll know by the end of this week and maybe sooner, maybe tomorrow. jim gray, always great to see you. thank you, sir. >> thank you, trace. good to be with you. >> sandra: update on breaking

news we brought to you a few moments ago. an explosion in northwest baltimore leveling three homes there. they're getting more information from the baltimore fire department. they are calling this a major gas explosion at reistertown road. one adult woman has died and three in serious condition. they are conducting search and rescue missions right now as you do see firefighters in there searching through the rubble. dramatic explosion taking place northwest baltimore. we're going to stay on this story and bring you more news for you as we get it. we'll be right back. can now save $3000 dollars a year with the va streamline refi. at newday there's no income verification, no appraisal, and not a single dollar out of pocket.

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while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face. >> sandra: we continue to watch a scene in northwest baltimore where a gas explosion just took place confirming a search and rescue mission is underway right now. one woman is now deceased as a result of this gas explosion. all of this happening about 30 minutes ago. police and first responders responding to a scene there that is just horrific, as you can see the firemen still searching through the rubble there, trace. what a scene playing out in baltimore. >> trace: these are videotape pictures from a short time ago. you can see the destruction on the middle of the screen. three houses totally destroyed

there. we know that three people have been taken to hospitals, two are critical. we're also being told by the firefighters union that they have been in contact with one person who is still trapped inside the rubble. right now that's priority one trying to figure out a way to get to this person and get that person safely out of the rubble. that's the tricky part, right? making sure you can get the debris that might be on top of this person safely off of them without exacerbating the trouble and bringing other debris down. every first responder that's available right now is on the scene. as you can imagine kind of walking through that rubble making sure that nobody else is missing and they are doing a head count certainly in the neighborhood. evacuating homes that need to be evacuated. continuing coverage of this as the hour goes on, sandra. >> sandra: election day is less than three months away and top

democrats are sharpening their attacks on the president going after executive orders on covid-19 economic relief. the trump team is blasting right on back. welcome back to "america's newsroom," hour three. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning, to you. i'm trace gallagher. the white house defending the president's actions as democrats and some republicans say they're unconstitutional accusing him of doing an illegal end run around congress. president obama issued his fair share of democrats orders and democrats applauded some of those. now a very different reaction. nancy pelosi on "fox news sunday". >> something is wrong when you look at those executive orders, either the kindest thing i can say is he doesn't know what he is talking about, or something is wrong there. something is very, very wrong there. so to characterize them as even accomplishing what they set out to do as something that is -- that would take the place of an agreement is just not so.

>> trace: let's get to chief white house correspondent john roberts live on the north lawn. >> good morning to you. president trump starting out the week trying to hold the political high ground after using his executive pen to provide coronavirus relief in the face of a lack of agreement in congress. and the president tweaking democrats just a short time ago on twitter tweeting now schumer and pelosi want to meet to make a deal. where have they been for the last four weeks when they were hard liners and only wanted bail-out money for democrat-run states and cities that are failing badly? they know my phone number. the president signing four executive orders saturday providing 400 in enhanced unemployment insurance every week until the end of the year. eviction protection and suspend payroll taxes for people making less than $100,000 and student loan relief. democratic leadership as you pointed out at the top

dismissing the president's executive action as nowhere near enough. also as you pointed out criticizing it for being extra constitutional. forgetting somewhere along the way that barack obama, when he was president, went around congress many, many times with executive orders including most famously, i guess, on daca. here is the press secretary kayleigh mcenany responding this morning. >> the american people need relief. chuck schumer, funny listening to him talking about text he cantives order not being enough. democrats put forward nothing rejecting on two occasions a $600 clean extension. they've been playing games on the back of the american people and president trump acted in the america's best interest. >> they say the democrats are calling him eager to restart talk to try to reach an agreement in congress. chuck schumer saying that's a

fantasy. no one has called the president. listen here. >> fables from donald trump. that's what he seems to specialize in. i didn't call him. speaker pelosi didn't call him. here is how we've left it. on thursday i believe it was we said to them we're willing to come down a trillion dollars, you come up a trillion. when you're ready come back and talk to us. >> it may take congressional action. it is widely expected the president's executive orders on the employment insurance and payroll tax holiday will be challenged in court and his action to protect people against eviction is only preliminary. we expect to be hearing from the president again in the 5:00 hour tonight so a lot to talk to him about as we start off another week. 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> trace: a lot of people sitting home waiting. john roberts live on the north lawn. thank you. >> sandra: all right. more on all this let's bring in

ari fleischer former white house press secretary and fox news contributor. senator bill cassidy joined us on this program, republican from louisiana defending the president's moves. listen. >> the president cares. he is trying to get aid to the american people that ms. pelosi wants to deny. >> sandra: even though republicans were critical of such moves by president obama, many like bill cassidy are supporting the president on this. >> yeah, it's fascinating. a real role reversal. i'm used to decades of politics in washington where the democrats positioned themselves as the only people who cared because they were willing to spend money, the definition of caring in washington republicans came across as a group of accountants and bookkeepers who constantly said no. what has happened here? president trump has flipped the tables trying to get help to those who are unemployed and the democrats are coming across like a group of accountants and lawyers who saying we can't do

it. so politically i give credit to president trump here. on the substance of it really the anology is when there were obamacare subsidies to insurance companies not appropriated by congress, president obama did the exact same thing with money spending that president trump is doing now. so the democrats are on thin ground to criticize this as an unconstitutional executive order. >> sandra: criticizing it they are. speaker pelosi calling his move meager, weak, unconstitutional. chuck schumer saying in three words, weak, far too narrow. challenges in court steve mnuchin said this. >> and i would say if the democrats want to challenge us in court and hold up unemployment benefits to those hard working americans that are out of a job because of covid, they will have a lot of explaining to do. >> sandra: what do you think happens here, ari? >> i don't know. normally i would say they

compromise and get a deal. it is so hard to say that about washington anymore. i can see this ending up with no legislative solution, president pushing this and some of the checks going out. i don't think i court would enjoin it and wait until the checks go out and then figure what to do. republicans are missing an opportunity to better define this. this is not about additional $600. states already pay unemployment. when you combine the federal additional money with what the states are paying, we're paying unemployed people an average of $50,000 a year and a maximum of about $70,000 in some states to be unemployed. it makes no sense for unemployed couple in a high unemployment state they can get $140,000 a year to be unemployed. and that's how republicans should talk about this. not just the additional incremental federal bonus money. the combined amount of money the states and federal government are paying for people to be unemployed. it is one thing to be

compassionate and one thing to be crazy. we don't pay people to be unemployed. >> sandra: 2020, what is being said and the expectations being set for a debate between joe biden and president trump. you've got a lot of writing about now the president and his team want to reduce expectations for what that would look like. here is jason miller, trump campaign senior advisor to the "washington post". you may have seen this. trump tries to muscle through changes in presidential debates to gain advantage. he is quoted saying this. joe biden is actually a good debater and doesn't have as many gaffes as he does in his everyday interviews. are they changing course here and i don't know, setting expectations for joe biden a little bit higher, lower, what's the strategy here? >> my former white house colleague mark thaoesen pointed this out in a column weeks ago where he said it is a mistake by republicans to point out how bad joe biden is. they are lowering expectations.

all biden has to do is not faint and he will win the debate. there is a lot of merit to that. biden went through the democratic debates and had a stumbling moments. he told parents to play record players for their children going to bed. he was able to get through the debates and stand. a delicate dance republicans have to do before joe biden can't string together a sentence without lowering the bar so much that biden wins all the debates. >> sandra: what do you think the debates look like? >> they better take place. it is so important to democracy and voters especially in a year where you can't see these guys on the stump being put under pressure to put them under pressure. it is good government and what we need to have a fair decision of who to vote for. the debates hopefully will take place. they must take place. i think it is wise to have one before the mail-in voting starts. you want to let people see who they are.

it doesn't help either candidate. it is just good government. >> sandra: that's the what the trump team has been pushing for. great to catch up with you this morning. thank you. >> trace: fox news alert. hundreds of protestors in portland marching on a police building and setting dumpster fires along the way. >> this is the police. this has been declared an unlawful assembly. leave the area. >> trace: police declaring the riot once again as they chucked objects at the officers. officers in riot gear tried to clear the crowds and made multiple arrests. the president responding on twitter saying portland, which is out of control, should finally after almost three months bring in the national guard. mayor and governor are putting people's lives at risk and they will be held responsible. the guard is ready to act immediately. the courthouse is secured by homeland. >> sandra: deadly mass shooting at a giant blaok party in washington police say more than 100 people were at a cook-out of the attendees one person was killed

and 20 others injured including an off duty police officer. the person killed was identified as a 17-year-old christopher brown. the officer in critical condition. so far no arrests have been announced. >> trace: violent crowds in downtown chicago stealing from stores and smashing stores along the magnificent mile. police shot and wounded a man who they say fired at them. garrett tenney live for us in chicago. garrett. >> city officials want the make clear that these were criminals, not protestors, who flooded the city's downtown broke into dozens of stores stealing whatever they could carry. this is filled with some of the most high-end shopping there is. this store essentially cleaned out of anything that they could take, carry the front doors busted. side windows busted.

what police believe happened is that these hundreds of people drove up to the city's downtown in a caravan last night after an officer-involved shooting on the city's south side. they say these folks came up and able to do this. they felt there wouldn't be any consequences. at least 13 officers were injured last night. more than 100 arrests took place and the city's mayor said they are coming for the rest of them. >> those who engaged in this criminal behavior let's be clear. we are coming for you. we are already at work in finding you and we intend to hold you accountable for your actions. i don't care -- i do not care whatever justification was given for this. there is no justification for criminal behavior ever. >> trace: a special team has been assigned to look at high definition video to identify cars and people looting.

a heavy police presence will remain downtown for the untold future. there will be a city-wide curfew from 8:00 to 6:00. one after another in this area have been hit. it is not just the high-end shopping stores. we also drove by a local mom and pop pizza shop that had its window busted open in the early hours of this morning. not sure what folks are breaking into those shops for. police say they're concerned these criminals came here to do this because they felt there would be no consequences for their actions based on the protests that occurred after the death of george floyd here. so many of those protestors walked away with no consequences. official s say a message needs to be sent this time around. >> trace: garrett, thank you. continuing coverage breaking news in baltimore. major explosion that as you can see a natural gas explosion wiped out at least two homes killing one woman. we believe one person remains

trapped inside the rubble. baltimore fire says they will hold a news conference at the top of the hour. we're being told by the baltimore sun one of those homes was owned by a former army veteran, 88 years old who said the blast quoting here sounded like korea. two homes destroyed. continuing coverage, the blast in baltimore. >> sandra: a warning about what dentists are calling mask mouth. wear facemasks for a long time doesn't just cause bad breath some dentists saying it can causal sorts of health problems and even kill. how to prevent those problems while still protecting yourself from covid-19. which type of masks keep you the safest from the virus and which type you might as well not wear at all. duke university researchers revealing one mask that offers great protection and type of mask that barely does anything at all. former vp joe biden close to naming his running mate as one top contender gets advice to

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>> trace: democratic national convention is one week away. the one question on everyone's mind who is joe biden going to pick to be his running mate? former v.p. joe biden expected to make an announcement sometime this week. the former dnc press secretary is joining us now. thank you for joining us. kamala harris one of the top candidates is getting a little advice from the former mayor of san francisco willie brown who writes, the vice presidentsy is not the job she should go for. asking to be considered as attorney general in a biden administration would be more like it. being picked for the vice presidentsy is a huge honor but glory short lived and it has often ended up being a dead end. your thoughts on that advice, sir? >> i respect mr. brown.

a lot of vp *ps who have become president of the united states. some argue they don't play an active role in a presidency, in modern presidencys that changed. joe biden when he was vice president to president bam obama had an active role. whoever he picks i think it will play an active role and going to be an important role. and any of these women that biden has on his list will be historic for our nation. my advice would be the opposite. if kamala harris is chosen she should take it and i'm very confident she would add much-needed value to the ticket. >> trace: i'm interested to hear your response on that. a member of president obama's national finance committee was talking about whether joe biden maybe penned himself in saying he would pick a woman and talking about a person of color. listen to this.

>> first of all, i don't think we should be picking candidates based on race. certainly i am obviously very progressive when it comes to promoting economic opportunity for african-americans and equal protection under the law for african-americans. he shouldn't have to pick a black or white candidate. he needs to pick the best vice presidential candidate for the job. >> trace: on that note the first in-person interview was with gretchen whitmer. >> i agree he should pick the best person for the job. if that person has to be a woman, we have so many qualified women. it is overdue to have a woman in the vice president of the united states and overdue to have a latino or african-american. we have too many great choices. he said he will do it. i believe he will do it. whoever he picks is going to be

much needed, much needed to get this done. we'll win and take the white house back. my choice, my personal choice is kamala harris. i think she is the woman for the job and we'll see. >> trace: i want to get your thoughts on we're showing susan rice progressives saying maybe susan rice should not be if candidate because she invested in companies that support evidence the keystone pipeline. something that former vice president biden is against. your thoughts on that. >> look, every politician, every candidate they aren't all perfect. all i ask folks to do is look at donald trump and look at all the mistakes he has made and people in his base support him day in and day out. whether it's susan rice or kamala harris they will have imperfections. that's part of being a human being. so i'm not too concerned on that. some of these folks can be progressive and made mistakes along the past. >> trace: thank you for joining

us, sir, we appreciate it. >> thank you, always a good time. >> sandra: former fda chief scott gotlieb predicting as many as 300,000 coronavirus deaths by tebd of the year after the total number of cases in the u.s. tops five million. the virus is spreading in the midwest as cases in the sun belt begin to stabilize. over the weekend new york reporting its lowest number of infections since the outbreak began and you've heard some cases of coronavirus in dogs and now it's a couple of pet cats in texas. a first for that state. the cats lived in homes where a person was infected. they're not showing any symptoms. >> trace: so-called mask mouth is real and has the potential to cause serious health problems. dentists warn wearing fast masks for long periods of time can lead to inflammation and gum disease that can eventually lead to heart attacks and strokes becauseed by the mask keeping the mouth dry letting

bacteria build up. dentists suggest drinking more water. researchers at duke university studied which masks keep you most protected from covid-19. the professional grade n-95 masks were best at filtering out particles. three lay or search call masks and those made of cotton performed well. bandanas and knitted face coverings don't offer much protection from virus particles. >> sandra: it's the coronavirus pandemic but growing crime and homelessness leading those in the big apple the flee the city. the cover from the weekend. upper west slide. families flee neighborhood amid crime and chaos. we're live in new york city for us on that. >> sandra, good morning. we had heard reports of hundreds of thousands of new yorkers fleeing the city amid the pandemic and now we're

hearing story after story of people leaving because they don't feel safe anymore in the city and some may never come back. it has a lot to do where crime. look at these numbers. gun violence spiked this summer. shootings up 177% this july compared to last july. we saw people doing drugs in broad daylight right in the middle of mid town leaving used need also of the sidewalks and planters and lots of complaints over the city housing hundreds of homeless people, drug addicts and sex offenders in three upper west side hotels without informing residents. some want to stay and fight back. others are fleeing. >> i'm actually looking to move out of the city of new york hopefully next year. i can't see living here under these conditions where i'm afraid to walk out and go to the store shopping for groceries.

>> i'm staying for now. i can't just get rid of my apartment. >> if my wife would let me get out of the city i'd be gone. >> sandra: the mayor is hopeful his new anti-crime strategies might turn things around. listen to what he said for people leaving. they'll be replaced. >> i am not going to beg anybody to live in the greatest city in the world. there are plenty of people who want to live in new york city. there are plenty of people who will come here no matter what. this crisis will be over soon. >> the mayor may not be begging but the governor says he is begging, even joking he has been bribing his friends with free dinner and drinks to come back to manhattan and he admits they aren't coming back anytime soon. >> sandra: what a story. thank you. >> trace: violent anti-government clashes in beirut as demonstrators show rage over last week's deadly

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>> sandra: top headlines at the bottom of the hire. rioters in chicago smashed windows and stole from stores along the magnificent mile. someone fired shots at one point. the riots came hours later. >> trace: a u.s. cabinet official infuriating to have china send fighter jets as a show of folks. alex azar is visiting taiwan. the highest level u.s. visit in more than 40 years. china claims taiwan as its own territory and sent fighter jets into taiwan's air suppose to protest the visit. >> sandra: a school district in georgia who suspended students for taking this picture has now had covid. as for the students whose

picture -- they reversed the decision to suspend the students after backlash. there is word that 97,000 kids tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of july. that is according to american academy of pediatrics about keeping kids safe in our schools. what comes to mind when we report these numbers when at first there was so much discussion about kids not being greatly affected by this. it seems that is changing. tell me if that assessment is fair or not. when i was speaking to the governor of mississippi last week, his concern is that we're not talking about kids spreading this when they're in the classrooms. it's when they get together outside of the classrooms when they are co-mingling and gathering, which she says they will do anyway whether they're in school or not. what do you say to that?

>> well, i just say it is heartbreaking we're in this situation. other countries are going back to school safely. norway, sweden, denmark, they have maybe 0 to 1 death a day. in the united states we're averaging over 1,000 deaths a day. we shouldn't be here. the lack of leadership and lack of paying attention to science and the lack of social distancing and wearing masks has put our kids and school system in jeopardy of going back to physical schools. what we saw in georgia is a travesty. you can't do that. >> sandra: i see where you are going with political -- >> i'm talking science. where we do the right thing. where we beat down this virus in our communities our children can go back to school safely. where we act like children don't get this or act like somehow children are immune we put our children, teachers and parents at great risk. you cannot do what they did in

georgia. it is not safe. it is not healthy. it is not wise. >> sandra: i got that. part of this discussion as the american pediatrics has made a big point of, they're very concerned about kids not going back to school when it comes to remote learning environment. if you have a two-parent working family or single parent who works all day. that kid is home or out with other friends. that's the point i'm making. what is the solution? you have had a lot of time to think about this and instead of saying we've gotten it wrong, what are we doing for our kids for the next generation this fall, next spring? what do we do if things get better or worse? >> let's walk through each scenario. had we done what we should have done as a country in march and april and may and june and july, you and i would not be having this conversation now. our children could go back to school safely. our schools are not islands.

they're not bubbles. the best thing we can do is keep the schools safe is beat down the virus in our communities. nobody wants children to be home. i don't want as a parent, educator or leader. we want our children back in fest *r physical schools. we need to get the positivity rates down below 5%. that's only true in 14 of our states. 36 of our states the vast majority of our states that's not true. so what is going to happen now is many places will not be able to open physically unfortunately. some will open in a hybrid situation. the goal is not to open schools but keep them open. we need to go slowly and smart. slow and steady wins the race. let's bring the case most vulnerable first. where mom or dad might be an essential worker. students with special needs. youngest children. if we can open slowly and carefully we can keep our schools open and add more students.

if you do what they did in north palding with no masks and people get sick. it further endangers the adults and traumatizes kids. >> sandra: when you think about kids getting back into the classroom and we all have our own experience with what we see with kids willing to wear masks or not willing. a lot of people i talked to say they see kids they find the right one they're willing to wear it. are you saying if you open your doors to in-person classes that you've got to have a mask mandate? >> we have to wear masks and we have to physically distance. it is not hard. every school has a dress code. when we get in the car we wear seat belts. if we want to keep kids adults and teachers and custodians and principals and everyone safe, we have to have safe. none of us don't get in the car and not wear a seat belt. >> sandra: we have a minute left or so. to get away from the conversation because you and i

have had it many times what was done right or wrong, where we are today. but to then move forward we have what we're dealing with the cards we were dealt and when it comes to our country's children i know you've had a chance to think a lot about the adverse effects on these kids for not getting back into classrooms. we want them to get back safely and want the coronavirus to go away. we know all of that. but what is your level of concern with not getting our kids back into the classroom? so many schools we have a list of them that have already announced that they are remote learning only. throw it up on the screen. the 10 largest school districts in the u.s. those are kids who will not be walking into classroom or not being sitting down with a teacher or socializing with kids around them. what is your concern with that aspect much this? >> nobody wants that to happen. it's not ideal in any situation. that's -- you talk about the cards we're dealt. that's the cards we've dealt our children because we have not done what it takes to

reduce this virus. where you see the virus at very low rates now you have people who can go back to school physically. if we care about our kids and care about their education more than going to bars and doing those kinds of things we'll make small sacrifices as adult to give our children to get a great education and get the social and emotional benefits that are so important going to school. being able to socialize if at a physical distance. let's do that for our kids and make small sacrifices so our kids don't have to suffer. we've been unwilling to do that and making our kids pay a terrible price an it breaks my heart. we shouldn't be here. >> sandra: we'll continue this conversation. appreciate you coming on this morning. thank you. trace. >> trace: a stark warning about the upcoming presidential election and the countries working to interfere in our voting. >> look, we know it's china, we know it's russia. >> can you bring -- >> trace: how is the u.s.

working to stop that kind of meddling? fox news strategic analyst general jack keane will join us live next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> trace: new warning about foreign meddling in our elections. they warn russia, china and iran are all trying to interfere in the 2020 presidential race. with us now retired four star general jack keane chairman of the institute for the study of war and strategic analyst for fox. thank you for joining us, sir. that u.s. counter intel chief we just -- is it unusual in your experience to have people point fingers at russia, iran and china? >> i don't think so given what too place in 2016. what our government is trying to do is put these countries on notice. we have three countries that are likely already have evidence they're meddling in

terms of russia, china and iran and they've done it before. certainly russia most significantly in 2016. we're still conducting congressional investigations to this day as a result of supposedly russian collusion and involvement in our government. if you think about that, trace, they scored a victory that was far greater than anything they were trying to deal with mechanically with the election itself. so they came back, russia again in 2018. and the administration hasn't advertised it mark. -- the president admitted they did a covert cyberattack in 2018 and shut down their offensive operation to undermine our election. so i would assume that the thing that they're saying

without publicly stating it to these countries is that if you try this again we'll come after you and they mean it. >> trace: in fact, robert o'brien the national security advisor said this as far as consequences. listen. >> don't do it because there will be severe consequences. we've shown that. keep in mind. all the sanctions and toughness of russia happened under president trump. not under obama/biden administration. it happened under the trump administration. >> does it concern you, general, which side these countries happen to be on? reports that russia would like biden to lose and china and iran would like president trump to lose. does that concern you at all or is it just the fact of the overt meddling? >> no, i mean who they particularly favor i think it's so what irrelevant. they're trying to undernine the american people's process in the election process.

theory authoritarian regimes. the greatest threat to them is open democracy. where people can vote and that strength of the people actually run the country. and they don't want any part of that. so they see democracy as a threat to them. that's what they're after. they want to undermine our confidence in that process, number one. suppress the vote, also when it comes to a candidate they'll conduct a disinformation campaign to attempt to penalize that candidate as happened in the past. the third thing is russia certainly tried to interfere with the election infrastructure that takes place in the states. they were unsuccessful with that and i think they'll likely do all of that again and probably are doing it. russia is probably the most experienced. they go after every election in europe. eastern europey answer, after the brexit election. they have people that are dedicated full-time to this endeavor. >> trace: general. always good to see you. thank you for the insight.

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>> sandra: a major gas explosion ripping through three homes in northwest baltimore two hours ago. the reistertown station. there are reports of one person still trapped according to the baltimore sun. fire and rescue are on the scene. search and rescue operations

are underway. laura engel is live in new york city watching this with us and she has the latest. laura. >> well, as we've been watching this unfold over the last few hours and the devastation we're expecting to get an update from baltimore fire in 5 to 10 minutes expected to hold a presser around noon local time. we'll bring it to you when we get it. as we watch this dramatic effort underway what we know now according to the baltimore city fire department there was a major gas explosion involving three homes north and west of baltimore's inner harbor area. according to the fire department an adult women was killed. two people taken to the hospital in serious conditions. first responders are searching through the debris by hand for anyone who might be trapped or injured. we did just see firefighters pulling someone out of the rubble. unsure of that person's condition but it appeared to be

very serious. the local firefighters union tweeting that special rescue operations personnel have been called to the scene. nearly 200 personnel are on scene assisting now. the images we're seeing show the destruction of this block of row houses, firefighters digging through the debris of what was once homes. bricks and walls ripped apart. the local firefighters union tweeting at least five people were trapped in the rubble along with some children. according to a statement from the gas company they received a call from the fire department just before 10:00 this morning. crews from the gas company working to turn off gas to the buildings in this immediate area. as you can see here, these homes look like they were absolutely decimated. we're expecting to get a thorough update here in a few moments. as we get it, we'll bring it to you. >> sandra: laura engel. they're saying the gas leak is still active reporting. police telling people to avoid the area.

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devastating pictures out of baltimore. the news conference at the top of the hour with the fire department. >> sandra: hopefully get update on the ground as the search and rescue operations continue. our best to them. trace, great to be with you tomorrow. >> trace: you as well. >> sandra: see you tomorrow. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> harris: we will begin with this news. chaos in the streets of chicago, illinois. widespread looting overnight and in to today now after a police-involved shooting in that city. large crowds broke windows, stole goods from stores. nordstrom, macy's, old navy on the list. some rioters also attacked police officers who say 13 officers were injured. more than 100 people are in custody. mayor lori lightfoot says the city will not let this stand. >> these are not poor people engaged in petty theft to feed themselves and their families. this was straight up felony