♪ >> all right, see you back here tomorrow for "fox & friends." we'll have the post-game show of the dnc. stay tuned. >> sandra: fox news alert. live look at the white house this morning as we await president trump set to honor 100 years since women were given the right to vote. the president will be joined by the first lady melania trump to sign a proclamation marking 100 years since the 19th amendment was ratified and a busy travel day for the president. more on that in just a moment. another alert now. police in portland searching for those responsible for beating a driver unconscious during a riot sunday night. a warning for viewers, this video is graphic. >> back up, back up.

>> sandra: that disturbing scene played out just blocks away from the federal courthouse. the d.a. condemned the attack saying assaults will not be tolerated in our community. more on this ongoing investigation in just a moment. but we begin with the democratic national convention. week-long virtual event kicking off with democrats calling for unity while slamming president trump. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning to you, i'm trace gallagher. tonight's speakers are the rising stars like alexandria ocasio-cortez, as well as heavy hitters like bill clinton and the presumptive nominee's wife

dr. jill biden. last night michelle obama and senator bernie sanders both slammed president trump on character and leadership. >> the state of this nation is very different. more than 150,000 people have died and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president down played for too long. whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation, or any semblance of steadyness, what we get instead is chaos, division, and a total and utter lack of empathy. >> in the midst of all of this, we have a president who is not only incapable of addressing these crises, but is leading us down the path of authoritarianism. this election is the most important in the modern history of this country. in response to the

unprecedented crises we face, we need an unprecedented response. >> sandra: in the meantime president trump heads to iowa and arizona today while firing back at democrats and blasting joe biden. >> president trump: biden is just a trojan horse for socialism. he has no clue. but the people around him are tough and they're smart. but we disagree with them very strongly. i'm serious. this is the most dangerous election we've ever had. the most dangerous. i don't think we can ever bring it back if they get in. i don't think there is anything called a comeback. it will be another venezuela. >> sandra: team fox coverage this morning. kristin fisher standing by at the white house with more on the president's response. let's go to jackie heinrich live in wilmington, delaware this morning. what are some highlights from last night? >> not a whole lot of policy talk. it was more about delivering a

feeling both that president trump is wrong for the country, and democrats have their arms wide open to anyone who wants to help them get rid of him. the number of republicans, many former elected officials spoke about how their conservative identity made it difficult to fathom breaking with party but division in the country sent them across the aisle less than what they agree with what joe biden has to say but trust him more with the future than they trust president trump. several indicted him on his strong point the economy saying he isn't stable enough to get it back on track. >> i'm sure there are republicans and independents who couldn't imagine crossing over to support a democrat. they fear joe may turn sharp left and leave them behind. i don't believe that because i know the measure of the man. he is reasonable, faithful, respectful and you know, no one pushes joe around.

>> there are also a number of everyday americans including republicans who gave their testimony what led them to support joe biden, sandra. >> sandra: how did progressives feel about the wide net, jackie? >> so senators bernie sanders and amy klobuchar led this unity charge saying that partisanship has to take a back seat to the task at hand and sanders notably who staged a showdown with hillary clinton offered a full throated endorsement of biden. while progressives didn't get everything they wanted and they got progress and they stand now to lose it all and michelle obama painted a stark picture of what it would look like. >> if you take one thing from my words tonight it is this. if you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will. >> let us be clear, if donald

trump is reelected. all the progress we've made will be in jeopardy. >> there were obvious signs the first virtual convention of its sign. democrats trying to show their diverse electorate through people singing the national anthem and sometimes the energy didn't translate. we're slated tonight to hear from former president bill clinton and fire brand aoc. we'll see what happens tonight. >> sandra: chris wallace will be joining us. >> trace: president trump back on the campaign trail today to counter program the democratic convention. in a little while he heads to arizona to talk immigration and border security after a series of rallies yesterday where he painted joe biden as a tool for socialist radicals. kristin fisher is live at the white house. what is the president saying about the first night of the democratic convention? >> he is talking about the same thing that everybody else is talking about, michelle obama's speech. six tweets from the president this morning and three of them were about the former first

lady. here is one. the president says quote somebody please explain to michelle obama that donald trump would not be in the beautiful white house if it weren't for the job done by your husband, barack obama. biden was merely an afterthought. a good reason for that very late and unenthusiastic endorsement. the president referring to the fact that the obamas did not endorse joe biden until just a few months ago back in april. now overnight the trump campaign launched its harshest ad yet against joe biden and we want to show you a little bit of it right here called what happened to joe biden and it really compares clips of him from 2016 or 2015 from the campaign to now, the 2020 campaign and suggests that the former vice president's mental acuity has significantly deteriorated over the last four years. right now the ad is sitting on one of the most prime pieces of

real estate the youtube mast head. it's the first thing you'll see at the top of the page. you also have president trump heading back out on the campaign trail today continuing his tour of the battleground states. he is going to be going to yuma, arizona later today. first is a stop in cedar rapids, iowa. he is going there to survey the damage in the wake of that awful storm which swept through the state last week, trace. >> trace: kristin, separately president trump said he will pardon someone very, very important today. any ideas who it might be? >> we don't know who it is but we do know who it is not going to be. the president said yesterday that it is not going to be a pardon for edward snowden and not going to be a pardon for his former national security advisor michael flynn. so all we know is pretty much what you said.

it is supposed to be a very, very important person. we'll see who that may be a little bit later today, trace. >> trace: the parlor game begins. thank you. our special coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight beginning with special report 6:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news channel. >> sandra: we'll be watching all of that. postmaster general lewis dejoy agreeing to testify next week over controversial changes to the u.s. postal service. they asked christopher wray to open an investigation into dejoy acussing him of slowing mail delivery to give the president an advantage in the november election. we'll have much more on this straight ahead when the president of the american postal worker's union joins us coming up. >> trace: fox news alert. roger stone has told the d.c. court he wants to drop the appeal of his criminal conviction saying his attorneys told him his chance of victory

is slim coming after president trump commuteed stone's sentence last month and the president teased he will pardon someone very important. they asked stone about the possibility to pardon and he replied i have no reason whatsoever to believe that is going to happen. >> sandra: portland police searching for the suspects caught on video beating a man and woman near the city's courthouse sunday night. we want to warn our viewers again these images are graphic. >> sandra: one protestor there tackling the woman to the ground and beating her. moments later the crowd pulled the man from his vehicle cursing at him until he sat on the ground and then beat him until he was bloody.

ex striemly difficult to watch. all that playing out just a few short blocks from the federal courthouse there. dan springer is live in seattle. you had a chance to talk with the person who captured that on video, dan, good morning. >> he was there through the whole thing. portland police say they're investigating the vicious assault that happened sunday night. they have plenty of video to work with. some is graphic and disturbing. a truck driver who stopped to help a woman that was robbed and beaten by some rioters was chased and crashed into a tree punched and kicked.

no portland police. a man got a running start and kicked the man in the head knocking him unconscious. even after that you see a couple of street medics trying to help him. not the trained medics by the fire department. we interviewed a reporter going to portland the last couple of months and he recorded the whole thing. >> one thing after another. just these random people that they start physically assaulting. i think that individual was just hanging out on the corner of 7/11 completely away from the protests and the rally. >> portland police put out a statement yesterday saying the victim was recovering from non-life threatening injuries but added police are staying away from protestors in order to not be a flash point and there were larger crowds elsewhere at the time. portland police responded to the location and assisted the victim. last night protestors again attacked a portland officers union hall. the scene there a week ago when

a fire was set inside. the assaults come less than a week after the district attorney said he won't prosecute protest-related crimes that he considers non-violent. cited as one of the reasons the oregon state police pulled its 100 troopers out of portland. yesterday the district attorney says it undermines everything we're trying to do to bring change to the criminal justice system and beyond. the mayor's office condemned the assault but offered no plan for curtailing them in the coming days and weeks. >> sandra: that investigation will be ongoing. updates throughout the morning. dan springer, thank you. >> trace: the university of north carolina cancelling all in-person classes for the rest of the fall semester after 130 students tested positive for covid. the move to remote learning goes into effect on wednesday

at unc. many other campuses and schools grapple with how to handle the pandemic as the u.s. surpassed 170,000 deaths with confirmed cases near 5 1/2 million. the rise in cases comes as dr. debra birx said the u.s. should have adopted stricter lockdown measures in the spring. >> i wish that when we went into lockdown we looked like italy but when italy locked down, i mean people weren't allowed out of their houses and they couldn't come out but once every two weeks to buy groceries and they had to have a certificate. americans don't react well to that kind of prohibition. >> the u.s. is continuing to an average new case total of over 50,000 per day. a number of that, by the way. down significantly from its mid july peek. >> sandra: a live look at the

white house. the president will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the right to vote for women in the united states. he and the first lady are sitting down together. the president will be signing a presidential proclamation on the ratification of the 19th amendment. the 100th anniversary of women being given the right to vote. we'll keep a live look at the white house. an update coming up on that. >> trace: we showed you those disturbing pictures in portland. now fox news alert from seattle where police released body cam footage of protestors firing explosives at officers over the weekend. they say six officers were injured in the fight. what led up to the attack is straight ahead. plus democrats and some republicans taking aim at president trump during the first night of the democratic

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>> president trump: but these are people that are seriously radical left. joe biden is nothing but their puppet. he has no clue what's happening. and they're making speeches that are taped. who wants to listen to michelle obama do a taped speech? you have to have her get up there. >> sandra: president trump there blasting the first night of the democratic convention as a hollywood produced infomercial after democrats and some republicans delivered speeches ripping the president's leadership. let's bring in guy benson, fox news con trib tore. people will take away different things from it.

how do you think democrats came off on night one? >> well look, it's a really hard format because it's virtual, it is distanced. two hours was kind of pushing the maximum of what was tolerable. i'm not saying that because i lean conservative and they're democrats. i think it's limited with what you can actually do. so a lot of the republicans who are pointing and laughing at what some of what we saw last night, they have to have the humility that next week is their turn. it won't get much easier. just some of the logistics of it. people are calling it an infomercial. i'm not sure i fully agree with that because really they have been infomercials before. this had more of a telethon feel. eva longoria making an appeal for money and donations for the biden campaign and seeming very concerned and tossing to the soccer player who will interview people about covid or whatever it was.

the first hour was cringe. it was cringe. the musical interlude, some were strange. the woman on the rocks at sunset playing the guitar. they tried and there is no rowamore compelling. i think the speeches were more serious and actually tothat's what people i think would want to hear. they capped it off with by far the best speech, michelle obama. i had all sorts of disagreement with what she said. i don't look back fondly on the obama administration. to deliver that length of a speech with no live audience, it was still compelling and sort of grabbed you and delivered a message, that is really hard to do. she was able to pull it off. i think that was probably their highlight on what was i would imagine the first of eight relatively bumpy nights for both parties. >> sandra: interesting. the "new york post" this morning giving michelle obama a lot of kudos as well.

they say good news for the democrats, michelle gave a barn burner, bad news, that's your nominee with an arrow pointing at joe biden. they say her speech was well reviewed but will joe biden, the actual nominee, generate as much enthusiasm? interesting to see how the "new york post" looked at the evening. >> maybe, maybe not. i don't think joe biden is a big enthusiasm guy now. if you look at polling he is ahead by 7 or 8 points on average. when you dig down deeper, they ask people are you supporting joe biden, are you excited to vote for him or voting against donald trump? and overwhelmingly it's a negative vote. people want to vote against the president. that's not necessarily an indication of the excitement around joe biden but it is an issue and challenge moving forward for the trump campaign. i will say this. i think potentially the most consequential speech of the night was andrew cuomo. he was declare a success on

covid in new york which has by far the most deaths in the country from covid. one of the highest death rates in the country from covid. i think with democrats consistently saying that the trump administration blew it and didn't do well. if there answer is but look at our guy, andrew cuomo, who did, a message that joe biden has endorsed, it is a massive risk and republicans have a real opportunity to counter punch there. >> sandra: interesting analysis. to your point about a lot of time spent bashing president trump but not touting or praising their nominee, joe biden. here are speakers from last night. both sides of the aisle doing just that. listen. >> donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. >> i'm a life long republican but that attachment holds second place to my

responsibility to my country. that's why i've chosen to appear at this convention. >> nero fiddled while rome burned. trump golfs. >> sandra: that and the "wall street journal" this morning talking about the bernie sanders moments. the ideas once radical -- the political cliche is that party platforms don't matter. usually that's true. this time is different. mr. biden has no clearly-defined agenda of his own. guy. >> and bernie sanders said ideas that we have, our ideas, socialist ideas that were just recently considered radical are now mainstream. i said yes. and i think that's a concern that many americans have, even people who may have doubts or reticence about voting for president trump. that plays into, i think, the trump campaign's narrative and their argument to voters. i thought it was interesting to

see bernie sanders critiquing the authoritarianism of president trump after he was still defending his kind words about fidel castro and his literacy program and a slide show of his honeymoon he spent in the soviet union. i don't think he has a ton of credibility on the anti-authoritarianism front. i think bernie's speech was relatively well written and well delivered but you saw john kasich the former republican governor saying i don't think biden's party will veer to the left. confident of that. a few minutes later bernie sanders. >> sandra: that was night one. on we go tonight two. guy benson, thank you. >> indeed, thank you. >> trace: breaking news at the white house there. president trump is about to sign the anniversary, the 100th versey of the 19th amendment, women's right to vote there. we just found out breaking

news, we said earlier we talked to kristin fisher the president said he would announce someone very important to pardon and it is susan b. anthony. she was a huge advocate for women's rights and she was prosecuted for voting for the wrong women. he will pardon her today. that man right there is louis dejoy. he said he will testify friday before the senate homeland security committee. the beef here is that democrats believe that he has made cuts to the u.s. postal service and those cuts have slowed down the mail and they believe it is an effort to sabotage the election. we will talk with the head of the u.s. postal union coming up in a short time to get reaction to that. >> sandra: a lot of breaking news this morning. a coronavirus outbreak hitting college campuses. this campus, the university of north carolina at chapel hill just one week after in-person classes there began.

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>> trace: quick look at some of the top stories. portland police are searching for suspect's in sunday's vish ou attack on a driver. a man was beaten unconscious after crashing his truck near a black lives matter demonstration. a woman was also attacked during that confrontation.

>> sandra: day two of the democratic national convention begins today. we'll hear from a group of 17 rising stars in their party as well as from bill clinton and dr. jill biden. >> trace: 19 states have more than 100,000 cases of coronavirus as the te over reopening schools rages on. yesterday the university of north carolina chapel hill shut down in-person classes after 130 students tested positive for the virus. >> president trump: it is nothing short of an economic miracle. we're doing it again. it starts with creating 10 million jobs in the next 10 months. that's what's happening. over the next four years we will cut even more taxes substantially. we'll create tax credits for companies that bring jobs from china back to america. and we'll impose tariffs on companies that leave america to produce jobs overseas. >> sandra: that was president

trump weighing in on his economic plan for the next four years as a recent fema memo states the president's executive order creating a $300 weekly unemployment boost could arrive by the end of the month and may only last three weeks. maria bartiromo joining us. this is all part of the case maria, good morning. all part of the case that the president and his supporters are trying to make. jim jordan saying the president has to tell the american people that he can get the economy back to where it was pre-covid shutdown. is he effectively making that case? >> well, i think so. he is also making the case that a deal needs to get done with congress, sandra. the two sides have got to come up with some kind of a relief. this should not be the only relief that the american people get. i think overall -- over time, the president is expecting a deal to get done. yes, there are deadlines and

there are boundaries because these are now fema grants. this is money from fema. and so the structure of it will be decided by the states working alongside fema. i just had on on mornings with maria the labor secretary and i asked him about these questions. he said the money is going to start getting to people this week. he says the money is going to go out but again, it is due to the governors and the states to make these decisions in terms of distributing this money. i think most people expect congress to come back at some point and have some kind of an agreement to override some of these fema payments as well. >> sandra: unemployed americans could start getting the extra $300 by the end of the month. could only last three weeks. see where that goes. meanwhile the president is also pledging tax credits for u.s. companies, maria, that bring jobs back from china.

this is all part of his economic plan roll-out for a potential second term. >> yeah. i think this is two-sided. on the one hand, people have now figured out that 90% of the active ingredients in our pharmaceutical products are made in china. and during the pandemic, to finally understand fully that your ant buy attic is made in china has scared a lot of people and it's one of the reasons when the president says we can no longer rely on a foreigner to create and produce the things that we need so desperately like our anti-biotic drugs. that's one reason for the firing up of the manufacturing base in the u.s. the other reason is look at where we are. we just came off of the worst contraction in a long time. 32.9% contraction in the second quarter. the services part of the economy is short.

no restaurants or hotels. we need to fire up the other part of the economy, manufacturing. that manufacturing base. so it's really a two-sided belief that we need to get -- two reasons, not that we can't rely on foreigners but also because we need the jobs back in america. i spoke with cornerstone macro last week. she counts 100 companies so far have start -- started of taking the supply chains out of china and firing up manufacturing bases here in america. that will be one of the president's priorities for a second term. making sure that these things that are so important to american citizens are made right here at home and particularly pharmaceuticals. there will be other sectors as well. this is definitely part of his economic plans for the second term. >> sandra: he is in arizona today. throw the big board up on the screen. you are looking at potentially a record close for the s&p 500

today. a broader snapshot of the u.s. stock market than the dow. the dow is up 17 points. the nasdaq right now hitting an all-time high. you are looking at almost across the board all-time highs for the u.s. stock market and we're still coming out of this, maria. it is amazing to see. >> yeah, you're right. part of the issue is the fact that during this pandemic the digital economy has only gotten penetrated even more and as a result we are buying groceries from home, e-commerce, cloud computing, telemedicine and telehealth, teleeducation. all of these things have only created more opportunity for technology companies and investors know that and they have been buying up this group. that's among the leadership of this market. we're also seeing expectations that we will see growth in the second half of the year and certainly based on what we saw in the second quarter one would expect a sharp bounceback in the fourth quarter, third and fourth.

>> sandra: still hearing optimism about a potential vaccine by the end of the year as well. all that feeding into the optimism of the u.s. stock market. great to see you this morning. thank you so much. >> trace: just one week into the new semester the university of north carolina chapel hill is moving all classes online starting tomorrow after about 130 students tested positive for coronavirus. jonathan serrie is live for us in atlanta and jonathan, where did the outbreak happen exactly? >> unc officials have identified four clusters of coronavirus cases. two of them involving on-campus residence halls. one involving an off-campus apartment complex and one in a fraternity house. they are housing students with suspected cases. there were reports of students gathering without masks or social distancing as they returned to chapel hill for

school. videos on social media show long lines and crowded bars in another college town. this one stillwater, oklahoma. the oklahoma state university student who posted these videos says he wasn't surprised by what he saw but wanted to draw attention to the problem. >> for me to be in these classes with people that are in these large gatherings and stuff like that is bad because even if i as a student am next to somebody who lives with somebody that was at these bars, i essentially am interacting with all the other people they interacted with. >> since those videos posted some professor say they have seen their class sizes shrink with more students opting for online learning. >> trace: home to the cdc in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. >> sandra: president trump said to make his way to arizona later today for day two of his four-state two to counter program the democratic national convention. what we can expect from his

visit to the key swing state and a stop in iowa beforehand. postmaster general louis dejoy set to testify before congress on friday. we'll get brand-new reaction from the president of the american postal workers union. he will join us live next.

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>> trace: fox news alert. postmaster general louis dejoy will testify before congress on friday. this as house democrats are calling for the f.b.i. to investigate whether he or the u.s. postal service board of governors have committed any crimes by slowing down the mail. in a letter to director christopher wray they said they made that exact accusation. let's bring in the president of the american postal workers union. good of you. i want to get your opinion on the breaking news of the postmaster general testifying before the senate homeland security committee. do you believe as democrats

contest that he is trying to sabotage the election by making cuts that slow down the flow of mail? >> well, first good morning and thanks so much for having me. i can't really judge the motivation. we just have to look at the deeds. the deeds thus far as the new postmaster general has instituted a number of policies that are truly slowing down mail. the customers see it. we're hearing from customers all over the country. the postal workers see it and mail is getting backed up. you can't arbitrarily do away with all overtime. the work is still there and it's one of the policies, part of it is the covid world that there are a lot of postal workers on leave. 40,000 quarantined. we're connecting with the people of the country. a change in mail transportation runs that are slowing down the mail. so whether the intent is one thing or the other, the actual

deed is what has us concerned. we hope he comes before this hearing and fixes some of these problems. >> trace: he will be there on friday and it is important to point out in fairness he has acknowledged that some of his cuts have slowed down the mail. i want to put this full screen on the screen if i can to show you. this is 2019 the postal service total revenues, you see the total expenses. the net loss $8.81 billion. is it your assessment that post office does need to make some cuts somewhere because they're hemorrhaging money? >> well, i think those money figures are unfair. they are paper. the postal service has a burden from 2006 that nobody else has in the public and private sector of pre-funding retiring healthcare costs 75 years into the future. that's for people that weren't born yet. a lot of these are paper losses. if you take out the pre-funding mandate the post office made money in most of those years.

what is before the post office now and the people of this country and the financial issue is the impact of the covid-induced economic crisis and the post office does not run on tax dollars. a lot of viewers may not realize that. it runs on postage and postal products and the mail volume is falling off at least temporarily. we project a $50 billion loss of revenue over the last 10 years due the covid. it is incumbent upon congress. they took care of the private sector in march. post office didn't get a dime. the post office belongs to all of us. this is not relief for shareholders but the people of the country and their overwhelming imagine or tee, 91%. not a democrat or republican or conservative or liberal issue. something the people of the country. >> trace: i get your

nonpartisan support and appreciate that. i want to go back to the mail-in voting thing. one of the problems stated again and again the states -- the post office says you need to mail your ballot back in a week ahead of time but half the states will allow them to mail the ballot out after the deadline and the post office has said look, we certainly can't process these things that fast. is that a fair assessment? >> yes. that i would agree with. look, the post office doesn't run elections, the states do. post office, postal workers have been doing mail-in voting for generations going back to the civil war. it works, secure, not fraudulent. the states running the elections and local jurisdictions have to take into account mail has to move one way or the other. so our recommendation is obviously people will have to vote absentee and mail-in

ballot. tens of millions of people will have to vote that way to have access to the ballot box. we should all unite and believe in that. we want people to vote and large turn-outs no matter who people are voting for and what issues they are voting on. so our advice is vote early, vote quickly and if it's too tight, most of the states allow the mail ballots to come to the home and fill it out and they have drop box point. that's another alternative the voters have. >> trace: you answered my question. if the states would cooperate the postal service can certainly handle the load. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it, sir. >> sandra: thank you, trace, sweltering heat wave creating dangerous conditions out west. california crews battle several raging wildfires, that's coming up. when we started carvana, they told us

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>> sandra: a record heat wave slamming the western u.s. creating dangerous conditions for crews already battling wildfires. jeff paul is in los angeles for us. jeff, how are these record high temperatures affecting the wildfire season? >> sandra, it is going to be another hot day here in california with millions finding themselves under some sort of heat warning. you have the heat and lightning strikes creating nearly 30 wildfires burning throughout the state. the largest right now burning in northern california. that's the loyalton fire burned nearly 40,000 acres, destroyed five homes. right now is 10% contained. firefighters know they have a long few days ahead of them with more hot temperatures in the forecast. the extreme heat is also putting a lot of strain on the power grid. governor newsom say it will be

challenging. >> you can prepare for the weather events. let me make this crystal clear. we failed to predict and plan these shortages and it is unacceptable. >> governor newsom pledging a full investigation into what exactly happened. >> sandra: jeff paul, thank you. >> trace: fox news alert now seattle police releasing dramatic body cam video of violent protests there. [shouting] protestors seen throwing fireworks and rocks at officers. we'll have more on this just ahead. we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. when their growing family meant growing expenses, our agents helped make saving on insurance easy usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa

>> we the people for the democratic national convention is called to order. >> night one in the virtual books. the two-hour event looking more like a telethon some say. >> bernie sanders and michelle obama holding nothing back. recording things a week before attacking president trump while pushing the progressive movement. >> disturbing video. out of portland. >> the video we're about to show is extremely graphic. if there are any kids watching

please have them leave the room. >> this was violence, extremely violent. sometimes it feels like you are walking in a third world country. >> president trump: they're not interested in the people. they're not interested in the post office. it is all a ruse and a con. >> sandra: those stories and more ahead this hour. first night one of the virtual democratic national convention is in the books. democrats set out to deliver a message of unity. one of the biggest moments of the night was former first lady michelle obama delivering a blistering attack against president donald trump. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. the democrats making their case as they began an unprecedented convention where most speakers appeared from remote locations and the lineup included

republicans. >> america is at a crossroads. the stakes in this election are greater than any in modern times. >> unity isn't about settling, it is about striving for something more. it isn't the end. it's the means. it's how we get stuff done. >> our movement continues and is getting stronger every day. many of the ideas we fought for that just a few years ago were considered radical, are now mainstream. >> donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. >> sandra: that was night one. griff jenkins is in wilmington, delaware, recapping the first night of the convention and looking ahead tonight two. what was the biggest moment last night and who stood out? >> good morning, let me tell you. it is remarkable we had our first virtual convention with a

democrat powerhouse lineup and republican all emotion seed by eva longoria. the night belonged to michelle obama who delivered pointed remarks about president trump and fear of his reelection. listen. >> going high is the only thing that works because when we go low, when we use those same tactics of degrading and dehumanizing others, we just become part of the ugly noise that is drowning out everything else. we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. >> another key moment, sandra, senator bernie sanders acknowledging progressive movement gains in pushing biden to the left on many positions and he pointed a dark picture of president trump saying that president trump is leading us down the path of authoritarianism. racial injustice, a moment of

silence for george floyd as well as the coronavirus itself and the president's handling of it. it's why it was virtual to begin with due to coronavirus. >> sandra: different look and feel this year for sure. what's coming up tonight? >> tonight's theme will be leadership matters and main speaker will be dr. jill biden. she will be speaking live from here at brandywine high school in wilmington, which is where she taught english in high school from 1991 to 1993. we shall see exactly what she will have to say. before her you'll have former president bill clinton, senator chuck schumer and aoc, the leader of the so-called squad. she was only given 60 seconds. we'll see what she can put in there and whether she packs a punch in her short minute. all that coming up tonight on livestreaming virtually. >> sandra: griff jenkins, thank you.

>> trace: terrifying body cam footage released by the seattle police department showing people throwing fireworks and hurling rocks and bottles. williamlagelage -- >> someone in the group fired a large explosive at police and tried to break into a patrol car. told to disperse the crowd began throwing rocks, bottles and explosives. the fireworks they use gun powder that can reach 2,000 degrees and cause severe burns. the explosion can cause permanent hearing loss. body cam video shows officers being targeted with six injured, one hospitalized and he has not returned to duty.

there are burns on the back of one officer and a black eye, another had burns on her neck. police used flash bags and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. this comes as the seattle city council cut the current police budget and 7 of 9 members pledged to cut it by half beginning with cutting 100 cops and no travel, training, overtime or new equipment savings will go to nonprofits. also monday the council approved and ordinance requiring police to provide for youth offenders to get legal advice before being questioned. mayor jenny durkin will make it more equal. the violent offenders being held accountable in seattle that remains to be seenment king county has filed 15 felonies. prosecutors are waiting for case referrals from the case in july that injured 59 and the protests on sunday. trace.

>> trace: william la jeunesse live in l.a. >> sandra: the st. louis couple who waved guns while protestors gathered outside their home will be speaking at the republican convention next week. mark and patricia made headlines in june you'll remember when they confronted demonstrators with guns outside their home say they feared for their lives and were protecting their house. they were each charged with a felony unlawful use of a firearm. a hearing on their case is scheduled for august 31. >> trace: the justice department charging a former c.i.a. and f.b.i. official with selling classified u.s. secrets to china. coming to light in new court documents in hawaii. prosecutors say the former official started spying for china's ministry of state skoort in 2001. the 67-year-old is a citizen who lives in honolulu facing life in prison if convicted. >> sandra: and we have breaking news from the hill this morning. fox news now confirming that

postmaster general louis dejoy will be testifying before the senate homeland security committee on friday. he was set to testify to a house panel the following monday. meanwhile house speaker nancy pelosi interrupts august recess. she is calling lawmakers back to capitol hill to vote on a bill to roll back cuts to the postal service. chad pergram has been following all of this for us and is live on capitol hill this morning with the latest. chad, good morning. >> good morning, sandra. this is a preemptive strike by ron johnson of wisconsin, the chair of the senate governmental affairs committee to have louis dejoy in on friday before he goes before the house oversight committee on monday. ron johnson saying to fox news that he wants dejoy to have the opportunity to tell his side of the story before he goes before what he termed a hostile committee on monday. there are some members of congress, democrats, who believe that dejoy should resign even before he testifies.

let's start with the democrat from maryland. >> you are not the great oz, you are the great impediment to a decent and working fabric of our society we call the post office and don't tell me or others that you are just trying to make the post office make money. the u.s. post office is not a business. it is a service. and it is a service to americans that we must always protect. >> is house plans to vote on saturday on a bill to bolster the service with $25 billion. it would undo changes implemented by the postmaster general through the end of the pandemic or 2021. republicans plan to unveil a plan to provided $10 billion for the postal service. even republicans, especially those from rural states that rely on the mail are concerned about slowdowns in service. president trump says he wants to make the postal service more efficient. >> president trump: we are going to make our post office

strong. we'll make our post office really strong and really great. we'll be proud of it again. it lost $78 billion in a short period of time over the last 12 or 13 years. $78 billion. we want to make our post office strong. we want to be proud of it. >> the house of representatives will vote on saturday. it is unclear that the senate would ever consider that house bill and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell indicates that the postal service is doing his word, quote, just fine. >> sandra: we'll watch for all of that happening this week. chad pergram, thank you. >> trace: the actress lori lochlin is set to be -- did the speakers move the needle for the biden/harris ticket? chris wallace joins us on that next. but first a look at former president ronald reagan's final

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>> trace: federal prosecutors are making the case for actress lori lochlin to spend two months in prison and recommending a 5 month sentence and pay a $400,000 fine. they pled guilty to paying a half million dollars to get their two daughters into the university of southern california as rogue recruits. both will be sentenced on friday. >> whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadyness, what we get instead is chaos, division, and a total and utter lack of empathy. >> sandra: that was former first lady michelle obama last night closing out the first evening of the democratic convention with a scorching attack on the trump administration saying that president trump's handling of

the pandemic, protests and foreign policy show he is in over his head. for that and more on the convention last night let's bring in chris wallace, host of "fox news sunday". i was dying to talk to you this morning. i'm dying to know how you think it went last night having it be so different, the virtual nature of this. how do you think it came across? >> well, you know, i would give it a mixed review. a certain degree in a situation like this we're not only political reporters and commentators we're drama critics as well. i thought particularly the first hour felt like a telethon and had the awkwardness of that. high moments and low moments. but felt kind of like a telethon for what its supporters believe is a very worthy cause. in the second hour and particularly in the last half hour it felt more like a convention. i thought that bernie sanders' speech broke through. you can like him or not like him. i thought it was an effective and important speech in terms

of its endorsement of joe biden in a way that bernie sanders never endorsed hillary clinton four years ago. and then michelle obama. i really wonder because i had watched yesterday. i had watched her 2016 speech which a lot of people thought was a great performance and she got the energy of the crowd in philadelphia and i wondered how it would work talking from her living room. i thought it was very effective. again it depends on whether you like joe biden or not. but i thought as a person and maybe the most popular political figure in our country, making the case to a certain degree for biden but really strongly against trump i thought it was a very effective speech and i think probably for a lot of people who were watching it did break through this awkward format. >> sandra: fair observation there were a lot of attacks on the president. not a lot of policy talk as far as what we would see from the joe biden presidency. they did bring on a woman who lost her father after he came

down with covid-19 and she made the case against voting for donald trump. listen to this. >> i'm kristin and i'm one of the many who has lost a loved one to covid. my dad, mark anthony, should be here today. but he isn't. my dad was a healthy, 65-year-old. his only pre-existing condition was trusting donald trump and for that he paid with his life. >> sandra: there was that moment. michelle obama hitting the white house for chaos, lack of empathy, as michelle obama ended her speech at one point saying it is what it is, quoting the president. is this messaging that is going to work for the democrats as we head into november? >> well, it certainly not the democrats need a lot of push or argument to oppose donald trump. we see in the polls that there is more enthusiasm to vote

against trump than on the part of democrats than to vote for joe biden. i thought -- i'm glad you put that sound bite up of that woman. it was the most single powerful moment from last night. the daughter of someone who voted for donald trump saying her argument that because of her trust in him he ended up -- starting today with joe biden's wife and then tomorrow with barack obama and then finally on thursday with joe biden, you are going to hear much more of the affirmative case for joe biden. in the end i was thinking about it this morning. it seems to me that we can do everything -- they can do everything they want, the democrats can, to make the arguments. but in the end the most important speech is joe biden's speech by far because there are

these questions about his mental acuity and questions about his energy and questions about whether he is being pushed to the left. arguments that the president is making and joe biden has got to have a good, strong performance on thursday to put a lot of that to rest. if he doesn't, the convention won't have amounted to anything. if he does, it will -- that will be the only thing that people remember from this convention. >> sandra: interesting analysis. as you know the president is on the four-state tour countering the democrats' message this week during their convention. yesterday in oshkosh, wisconsin, the president went on to make a claim about what it would mean if he indeed were to lose the election. listen. >> president trump: we have to win the election. we can't play games. get out and vote. do those beautiful absentee ballots or just make sure your vote gets counted. make sure because the only way we'll lose this election is if

the election is rigged. >> sandra: he made similar claims and used similar language in 2016, chris. what does that tell you about what we could see and hear over the next couple of months from the president? >> well, look, the president obviously will make the case for himself and make the case against joe biden. but this is troubling and he did it in my interview with him three weeks ago, he has done it repeatedly before and since. the argument that if he loses, it is because the election was stolen from him, not because a majority of americans voted against him. you know, obviously one of the things that we treasure in this country is the peaceful transition of power. not saying that joe biden is going to win and donald trump is going the lose. but if that should happen. there is a possibility it will. one would hope that whoever wins and whoever loses both sides will agree it was the judgment of the american people

and they will abide by it. it is an argument that as you say president trump made in 2016. of course he didn't have to make it after the election because he did win. but he is raising that specter again for 2020. >> sandra: it was great to be able to talk to you this morning. everybody was up late last nie. -- night. appreciate your time. thank you. >> trace: fox news alert. the nation's top infectious disease experts says young people that get infected with covid may have lingering symptoms for weeks. why dr. fauci says the long term effects of the virus are troublesome. plus this. a bloody attack on a man and woman in portland. a group of protestors drag him into the street and beat him unconscious. our next guest says portland is a powder keg waiting to explode.

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temperatures soaring to triple digits in parts of the state. >> sandra: dr. anthony fauci saying he has serious concerns about the long-term effects of covid-19 especially in young people saying that many patients have shown signs of abnormalities in the heart and circulatory system after they had supposedly recovered from the disease. >> trace: democrats speaking on the first night of the convention blaming president trump for the damage to the economy caused by the pandemic saying they have a plan to save it. critics argue the democratic platform proposals would kill job growth with tax hikes. >> sandra: activist in chicago accusing police of using kettling involves lines of police officers who box in and trap demonstrators. local leaders demanding answers. we're live in chicago. what are police saying about the use of this tactic kettling?

>> well, sandra, at this point they aren't saying much. according to witness accounts and video from local reporters who were with demonstrators, police did corral one group saturday blocking their path and sides and marching from behind trapping them and searching bags and letting folks leave one-by-one. context is important, though. police say it was the protestors who turned violent. one bashing an officer over the head with a skateboard. they used umbrellas. after things turned violent police don't know what is behind the umbrellas. they're urging folks to look at the tape. >> i haven't heard allegations of kettling going on. if there is video captured people can judge for themselves. you are entitled to your own opinion, just not your own

facts. >> activists argue it was the police who started the violence by using aggressive tactics in beating the demonstrators. >> sandra: this isn't the first time the city has been criticized for using this tactic. >> no, it's not. 2012 the city of chicago paid 6.2 million as part of a settlement after a federal court held that arrests made during the iraq demonstrations using kettling were unconstitutional. critics of the tactic say it is potentially dangerous and can escalate tensions and raises serious constitutional concerns. a group of elected officials are once again criticizing city officials for the use of police force against these demonstrators on saturday night and for the continued escalation of surveillance, violence and detention of protestors. they said in a statement it's also important to remember these protests came a week after there was widespread looting, violence and

destruction downtown. which city officials had promised would not happen again. >> sandra: garrett tenney reporting on the ground in chicago for us. >> trace: fox news alert from portland. no arrests so far after a brutal attack at a protest last weekend was caught on camera. we have to warn you the video is hard to watch. [shouting] >> trace: the video which has gone viral shows a group of demonstrators viciously beating a man after he crashed his truck near a black lives matter rally. one protestors kicked him hard in the head and face knocking him out cold. one of the witnesses who filmed the whole thing. >> they chased him for two or

three blocks up the street until he crashed into a tree. when they finally caught up to him they went nuts. this was violence, extremely violent. sometimes i forget that i'm walking the streets of an american city in the northwest. sometimes it feels like you are walking in a third world country. >> trace: let's bring in ted williams. former homicide detective and now defense attorney and it says it all. welcome to you, sir. when he says he feels like he is walking in a third world country he means he can't depend on the police. it is that way in seattle, that way in portland to a certain extent in chicago and some other cities and shows local authorities cannot get a handle on these violent crowds. >> trace, you are absolutely right. we're not in a third world country or city but it looks as though we are when you look at what is going on around our country. trace, the bottom line here. we are at a crossroads in

america as to what we want in law enforcement. we have some bad apples in police departments and we should weed those out but we should not throw the baby out with the bath water. that's what we're doing in these major metro poll ten cities. the autonomous zone in seattle where the chief of police resigned. new york we have the commissioner of police there disbanding plain clothes units. in portland for over 80 days we've had individuals rioting in the streets out there and the mayor out there attempting to put what i define as a band-aid on the problem. >> trace: you are seeing the portland video. want to switch over and show the video in seattle. i want you to watch this, ted. this is people throwing explosives at seattle police. it is amazing. take a look at this thing. this is where police are

getting hurt. we saw the injuries here. the thing i want you to listen to is an anonymous seattle police officer talking about what is happening. listen to him and i'll get your response. >> it's defeated. it's an extremely defeated department with some of the most amazing people i know. it is like home. when i go into work, it is like -- it's a family. and to see a family really just kind of crumble before your very eyes. it has been a process going on for some time but really this year has been rough. >> trace: i talked to a police officer who feels the same way. it is kind of prevalent throughout these police departments in the northwest and across the country. >> trace, it is sad to hear what that law enforcement officer had to say but he was absolutely correct in his representation. these men and women put that uniform on and go out there and

try to serve and protect their community for the most part. as i said you have some bad apples. not everyone is bad. and what you are finding is that morale is low. police officers are saying we have families, we have put our lives on the line as to what's going on. we are going to leave police all together and the sad commentary, trace, is that we have good people, men and women, who are leaving these law enforcement departments and we need those individuals. >> trace: including the police chief. we are talking about the police chief in seattle. the former police chief of seattle. she said the following and i'm quoting here, ted. there is no plan. the council is making irresponsible decision based on knee jerk reactions. i don't blame carmen best for leaving. these police officers, the police chief doesn't feel like the politicians have her back. how can the police officers feel like they're covered?

>> that's the problem there. the morale is so low in these law enforcement departments, chief carmen best in seattle there tried to lead her men and women. the mayor and the city council -- >> trace: looks like we lost ted. we'll get back to him. great insight as always. that is the point. you have the police departments people are calling to be defunded and rendered ineffective. it is one and the same. >> sandra: all right. it is indeed. trace. thank you. >> president trump: biden is just a trojan horse for socialism. he has no kloou. >> sandra: that was the president yesterday blasting joe biden in minnesota as he continued his swing through some key battleground states to counter the democrats' messaging at their convention. moments ago you'll see the president. he is now on board air force one. he walked up the steps a moment

ago. he is on his way to iowa this morning. first stop after declaring emergency declaration there for the state after a series of wind and rainstorms swept through causing a lot of damage. then later today he will be visiting arizona. he will be giving a speech on immigration and border security. part of his campaign's plan to counter program the dnc tonight. president trump won arizona in 2016 but the latest real clear politics average shows joe biden leading there by 2 points and that's where we find our own alicia acuna live in yuma where the president is expected later today. >> president trump will arrive here with some good news for folks who live here. first of all, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in arizona has slowed. additionally, arizonians yesterday began receiving that additional $300 that came from

the president's executive order for covid relief. that said, this is a battleground state and mr. trump and the vice president have been traveling back to arizona numerous times over the course of the summer including in june when president trump visited the border wall and while he won arizona in 2016 beating hillary clinton by three points the margin was thinner than past gop candidates and politics has changed. the former sheriff lost a primary bid to reclaim his old office that he lost to a democrat in 2018. kyrsten sinema flipped the senate seat to blue when she became the first woman to hold that office in this state. president trump was hit hard last night by a young woman at the democratic convention who says her arizona father, who voted for mr. trump, believed him when he said the virus would go away.

she said that her dad was a healthy 65-year-old man and his only pre-existing condition was trusting the president. she says when she goes to vote in november she will vote for joe biden for her father. sandra, president trump as you mentioned arrives here later on this afternoon to 114-degree arizona weather. >> sandra: sweltering. thank you for that. >> trace: some critics accusing democratic convention speakers of reviving old economic proposals that did not work in the past. which side has the better plan to get the u.s. economy back on its feet? money man charles payne gives his take next. >> the future of our planet is at stake. we must come together, defeat donald trump, and elect joe biden and kamala harris as our next president and vice president. - sir. - we need a doctor. [running footsteps and siren]

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toi'm releasing a plan to save lives in the months ahead.irus. we need to increase federal support for testing, doubling the number of drive-thru testing sites. we absolutely need a clear message from the very top of our federal government that everyone needs to wear a mask in public. every single frontline worker should have the personal protective equipment that they need to be safe. we need to support schools and childcare programs so parents, if and when they can return to work, are confident that their children will be safe and cared for. and finally, we need to protect the populations most at risk: our seniors, vulnerable populations with pre-existing conditions. we need real plans, real guidelines, with uniform nationwide standards. it's a simple proposition folks, we're all in this together. we gotta fight this together. we'll emerge from this stronger because we did it together. i'm joe biden and i approve this message.

>> sandra: democrats last night laying out their economic plan for the economy but some critics say their plans will not spur job growth. the headlines from former cke restaurant ceo saying democratic conventions first night a vivid reminder of party's spend yir way to prosperity model. you can't tax and spend your way to prosperity. charles payne, i know you listened so closely at a crucial, critical time like this for our economic recovery to what these -- what these people are laying out. obviously you have the president countering the democrat's message. but the democrats last night. what did you make of their message? >> well, to andy's point and we'll hear more tonight with aoc is the notion, i think,

really an overarching notion that corporate america and corporate profits are sort of the public domain. like they belong to all of us. and that right there is obviously a frightening proposition. it counters the individualism we need in this country that actually made us the number one country in the world in a short period of time because when we start saying let's throw it in the pot and divide it up no one works for it. someone needs to take the risks and trying to grow it. that's where we have the big divide comes from within these philosophy. on the other side of this you have businesses saying we want to do is so-called stakeholder capitalism. a little different than shareholder capitalism when the only thing that matters is the bottom line. a lot of viewers have gotten hurt from shareholder capitalism when their job was shipped to china or job shipped

to india. there is somewhere in the country where even a lot of people would like to see american corporations more responsive to americans. we don't need to bring in one million workers for the hi-tech industry when 60% of those jobs are entry level or above entry level and still have americans go begging. that's where i think you have some serious middle ground if you will. but what we're hearing from the bernie sanders of the world and aoc's of the world if there is a biden presidency more than likely something different. taking from corporations what they earn legit mayly. >> sandra: pud zer says if you get jobs and prosperity you leave money in the hands of businesses and employ americans and giving the private sector low taxes, reasonable regulations, sturdy infrastructure and fair international trade. expect to hear more from that from the president this week. he can point to a stock market

that has returned to record highs while the dow is down 128 points this morning, the s&p 500 just hit a record high. it has risen back to levels above where it was before the shutdown. before the pandemic, charles. the nasdaq at all-time highs this morning. you can expect to hear a lot more from the president this week about that. >> of course. he should point to that. the juggernaut. what else came in huge today, home starts, home permits, housing starts, home mortgages applications. president trump should point to january and february as being juggernauts and we had enough muscle memory to put into the economy to bring some of these industries back immediately. the retail sales number was an all-time high. five months to get back there. during the great recession when vice president biden was in office it took 40 months to get

back to an all-time high. there is something to be said about the right policies creating shared prosperity. >> sandra: wal-mart reporting earnings 100% surge in e-commerce sales. unbelievable numbers from some of these retailers. charles, great to have you this morning and great to see you. thank you. >> thanks a lot. >> trace: big week for democrats as they hear from some of the party's high-profile members at the mostly virtual convention ahead of the big nomination night for former v.p. night joe biden and making a hard push to win over republicans sourg on president trump with former ohio governor kasich on the first day of the convention. >> i'm proud of my republican heritage. the party of lincoln who reflected its founding principles of unity and higher purpose. what i have witnessed these past four years belies those

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>> trace: democrats gearing up for the second night of their national convention. the party looking to highlight its rising stars. the next guest is included on a list of 17 up-and-comers delivering tonight's keynote speech. a democratic state senator from tennessee. thank you for joining us. even some of the liberal media outlets and progressives were a bit underwhelmed. "washington post" writes the cheesy videos that used to be the space fillers in the convention have become the convention. the daily beast, pbs telethon vibes are so strong dnc is about to throw in a free tote if you call in a pledge in the next five minutes. a progressive podcast host

writes if this convention is proving anything to me, democrats still definitely have the ability to blank this up and lose to trump again. the question to you, ma'am, is you are one of the rising stars of the party. how do you gin up the energy and excitement tonight? >> this is a different year. we aren't in person. we're in a virtual environment but we're coming together and building coalitions from the most liberal wing to the middle road to the most conservative. i think that it's a unique way to get all americans involved. we heard from small business owners and those in the medical field and our essential workers. i'm excited about it. i've been telling everyone this is an opportunity for the average american to participate. meetings are open like coalition meetings and caucus meetings not normally open to the public. it's a great opportunity for folks to get involved. i think every night will keep building until we officially nominate and hear from vice

president biden. >> trace: it will be strange with the virtual speech thing. what do you do? anything different? a way that you can make the message compelling so that you feel like people at home are applauding? >> i think so. you have all these rising leaders and we're coming from places across the country. i'm giving you a little taste of memphis coming right from my living room. it's casual. we're having a conversation. i think that's what will resonate, a message of unity, saying hey, this is where we are. there is a place we can be that's so much better and that's what i'm focusing on as our country tries to recover from the covid and racial crisis and focus what we have in common and less about what divides us. we'll unify and not allow ourselves to be broken apart. america is the greatest country. i think it's time for us to change our leadership, make

sure that we have somebody that's representative of everyone and of all people. >> trace: senator, best of luck to you tonight, ma'am. thank you. >> sandra: thank you. president trump hitting another battleground state today as he counter messages the democratic convention going on this week. how he is responding to last night's big speeches. by refinancing, you can save $3000 a year with one call to newday usa. our team is standing by right now to take your call. and from start to finish, you can do it all without ever leaving the house. with our va streamline refi, there's no income verification. no appraisal. and no out of pocket costs. nobody works harder for veterans than my team at newday usa.

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>> sandra: here we go looking ahead tonight two of the unconventional democratic convention. tonight things will look even different with americans hearing from even more rising stars within the party. welcome back to "america's newsroom." good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning. trace gallagher. the democrats' team tonight is leadership matters. 17 rising stars will take the stage like former georgia candidate stacy abrams and others. >> sandra: they'll give the keynote address collectively. it usually comes from one person and launched the careers of future presidents such as barack obama. everything is different this year but democrats are giving their event high marks. here is james clyburn. >> every one of these conventions i've been at since

1972. and it takes some adjustments when you can't feel the crowd, you can't hear the noise. it was very, very strange. but i think pretty effective. we'll see how it works for the rest of the week. last night was only the beginning. >> sandra: that sets it up. let's have fox team coverage kristin fisher at the white house with the president's counter messaging and first to jackie heinrich in delaware. >> not a lot of policy talk on night one of the dnc. more of delivering a feeling both that president trump is wrong for the country and joe biden is the remedy. congressman jim clyburn said a lot of that messaging will probably change later in the week. >> i think wednesday night and thursday night when the vice presidential nominee and the presidential nominee will

speak, they will speak to policy. i think what we're trying to do is get people to understand that this country is at an inflection point. >> last night's highlight was michelle obama she is not a political person by nature but spoke with a mother's concern about what she is seeing happening to the country. the lack of empathy stokes hatred and failing to lead american through the pandemic and economic crisis. one person she didn't mention. >> i'm disappointed we didn't hear kamala harris, the first black first lady of the united states did not mention the first black female to be on the party ticket. i'm a little disappointed i didn't hear that. >> the biden confirmed it was pre-taped before harris was selected as v.p. dr. jill biden will deliver her keynote address at a high

school where she taught english and focus on the lift upped indicators. >> she would like to continue teaching at community college and i said that's insane, you cannot possibly do that. >> i said i know i can do both jobs. >> another big name tonight is the progressive fire brand alexandria ocasio-cortez. she lamented on twitter in a po*em only getting 60 seconds and we'll see what she dedicates that to. >> trace: president trump visiting two more battlegrounds today as he counter programs the democratic convention. leaving the white house this morning for trips to iowa and arizona after the president fired off a series of tweets responding to the first night of speeches. kristin fisher live for us on the north lawn. kristin. >> trace, president trump will be landing in cedar rapids, iowa in about an hour to survey

the damage after that deadly storm swept through the state about a week ago. iowa is a state that president trump won in 2016 by nine points. now he is ahead in that state by just about two points according to the real clear politics average of polls, really a sign of how much he is struggling in a lot of the swing states. if you talk to the trump campaign they will tell you their internal polling paints a very different picture. from iowa the president is going to be heading to another battleground state later today, arizona. the president will be giving a speech on immigration and border security in yuma and finally the president will finish out his week of counter programming the dnc with a trip near joe biden's hometown in pennsylvania. before leaving the white house this morning the president signed a proclamation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote in the united states and after he signed it, the president was asked about the woman who accused him of being in over his head last

night, michelle obama. >> frankly, she should have made the speech live. she taped it. i thought the speech was very divisive and i wouldn't be here if it were not for barack obama. because they did a bad job, biden and obama. and if they did a good job i wouldn't be here. i would be building buildings someplace and having a good time. >> as for the pardon of that very important person that you and i were talking about earlier this morning, trace, we now know who it is. susan b. anthony. arrested for illegally voting way back in 1872 and convicted. the president said that it was brought to his attention about a week ago. he was surprised that it hadn't been done before. now he is saying that he is really looking forward to pardoning her 150 years later. trace.

>> trace: she was motivation behind the 19th amendment. kristin fisher live on the north lawn. thank you. >> sandra: a very delicate dance at the democratic national convention beginning last night as the biden campaign tries to win over two very different groups. progressives and republicans. last night two former presidential candidates bernie sanders and john kasich made the case. juan williams, co-host of the five joining us. good morning to you. i've already had a chance to hear and see some of your analysis of what went on. a lot of talk of democrats unifying the country but at the same time there was a lot of attacks on donald trump last night. >> without a doubt. if someone had said to me earlier would it be appropriate for michelle obama to be an attack dog, to go after donald trump. i said no, i don't think that's going to work. i think that's not the image that she wants to convey, but when you look at the way that she did it, it was rather

incisive. i felt like she was speaking to the issues and to the american people. very personal and yet i think rather scathing in terms of saying you know what? he is not up to the job. >> sandra: the hill this morning biden seeks to win over progressives and republicans on night one, juan. in that piece it says by featuring the biggest name in progressive politics and the most vocal never trump republican on the opening night of the convention the biden campaign is betting it can win over two sets of voters with no shared policy goals except for a desire to see trump voted out of office. is that a good winning straj geel for democrats? >> it's interesting. there are groups of republicans, yesterday obviously represented by former ohio governor kasich but also by meg whitman, susan molinari

and other republican women saying they can't support trump. then you see that's the sort of anti-trump base on the right. but then you saw the anti-trump base on the left. i think what joins them, sandra, is often a very populist edge that says you know what? we are here to stand for the average guy, for the average american. and by the way, i think everything from "the star spangled banner" through interviews with people yesterday, that seemed to be the message that the democrats wanted to convey, they're standing there with ordinary americans saying you know what? this is not the country that we envision and we're not getting the kind of help and leadership that we deserve. >> sandra: at the same time, isn't it ironic next to you is video of the entire convention launched by a celebrity? is that the way to reach out to everyday americans, many of which are still unemployed and struggling due to a pandemic?

>> well now, you know, sandra, i think we live in an era of celebrities and it's often said that culture dictates our politics in so many ways. given that we're in the pandemic and having this very unusual format for an american convention, you need somebody there that people can relate to or say hey, look, there is eva longoria, oh my gosh, you know? this is what -- where we are. you have to get people to pay attention to this convention format. i don't know what the ratings will be like but i think the idea of having someone relatable, someone who is a star known to many people and especially a woman, i think is -- has been thought through strategically by the democrats. >> sandra: i ask that in the context of 2016. some would ask if lessons were learned then with these celebrities, juan. final question on jared kushner this morning on "fox & friends"

countering bernie sanders' message on trade. listen. >> bernie sanders has always been talking about trade deals. i actually have a lot of respect for bernie sanders if you look at donald trump's record on trade he is the first person that has been able to deliver trade deals for american workers. he delivers on a lot of the policies that a lot of the people last night were busy complaining about. >> sandra: your party including bernie sanders putting out its message this week that donald trump is hitting the road. he is on his multi-state battleground state tour this week trying to counter the messaging coming from the convention. final thoughts to you, juan. can the president effectively continue to counter those messages? >> well, it didn't work yesterday. you know, i heard his speech in wisconsin yesterday. it was, you know, donald trump going at it. he seemed to have his message in line. he was going after the democrats and sleepy joe and

name calling and all the rest. i don't see that it made much news or made a dent in the attention people are paying to the convention. the attention is discussing the republicans like kasich and the wittman and molary who spoke against the president and michelle obama more so than anything the president said yesterday. >> sandra: do you wish there was more policy talk coming out of the first night of the convention rather than just launching attacks on the president, juan? >> you know what? i think that might be the best way to go at it. now, you just heard jared kushner say speak to the trade issue in a very direct manner. he was responding to what bernie sanders said and so emotions play but policy is important, sandra, your point well taken. >> sandra: juan williams. great of you to be with us this morning. see you tonight. >> trace: breaking news in the

senate intelligence committee just released its final report on russian election interference. the report from the republican led panel concludes russia did interfere in the 2016 contest on behalf of donald trump and extensive contact between trump campaign manager paul manafort and russian intelligence operative and important trays the trump campaign as willing and eager to maximize the impact of stolen material released by wikileaks. it does not come to a conclusion about whether there is sufficient evidence that the campaign coordinated or colluded with russia but the report says russian interference in the election is indisputable. >> sandra: thank you, trace. president trump releasing a new ad blasting joe biden's mental fitness. trump campaign senior advisor mercedes schlapp will join us live on that. plus this.

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>> sandra: nypd officers are leaving the force at what the department is calling a trouble rate between march and mid august more than 1,000 officers retired and more than 1500 officers filed for retirement. a 50% jump from the same time last year. the surge came as coronavirus hit the city hard followed by mass protests against police and riots that occasionally became violent. >> trace: police in portland intensifying the search for suspects who beat a driver unconscious during sunday night riots, the assault was captured on video and we want to warn you, it is graphic. [shouting]

>> trace: protestors beating the man until he was left bloody with the scene unfolding just steps from the federal courthouse leading one eyewitness to say the city now feels more like a third world country. dan springer is leave in seattle. >> portland police are investigating this heinous crime but no arrests yet. they have a lot of video of the suspects or people they should be able to go pick up. they haven't gotten anyone yet. the most vicious attack was on a man who tried to help a transgender woman robbed and beaten by several rioters. the crowd turned on him he tried to get away in his truck but crashed a couple blocks away. rioters punched and kicked him and took a running start and knocked the man unconscious with a kick to the head. we interviewed a man who saw it all. >> this was violent, extremely violent. sometimes i forget that i'm walking the streets of an

american city in the northwest. sometimes it feels like you are walking in a third world country. >> this is clearly who happens when we have individuals that defend, deny and at times actually encourage this type of violence. when we have policies and lack of leadership that absolutely promotes lawlessness. >> senator ted cruz weighed in. this is anarchy in the streets. not a single police officer to be seen. i blame the dem politicians who enable antifa mob violence. they went after the police union office last night. the scene a week ago when they set a small fire. last night they tried to flood the building the a hose. police said the victim was recovering from injuries but police are staying away from protestors in order to not be a flash point. there were larger crowds elsewhere at the time. portland police responded to

the location and assisted the victim. on sunday night police in seattle had to defend their union office from rioters releasing this body cam video showing the attack on their officers. six cops were hurt by fireworks that were thrown at them. one had to be hospitalized with burn injuries. they did manage to make 18 arrests. trace. >> trace: dan springer live in seattle. dan, thank you. >> sandra: nearly two decades after the murder of dnc star dan master jay they charged men with killing him. they were from the same neighborhood and they conspired to kill him over a dispute about a drug deal. prosecutors are confident they can prove the charges. >> because the victim's family has waited so long for some answer, some justice for him, we felt it was worthy of addressing you and informing

the public. for murder the passage of time offers no escape. we don't give up on these cases. >> sandra: he was shot in his recording studio in queens, new york at the age of 37. >> trace: now the plague has returned to california for the first time in five years. a positive case in south lake tahoe. they believe a resident was bitten by an infected flea. every u.s. state and several territories are claiming the opioid epidemic caused 630 billion since 2007 and it could grow to over two trillion in the next 20 years. it was part of the case against

oxycontin maker. >> sandra: on the california scorching heat wave and rare summer storms creating conditions fueling wildfires burning up and down the state. jeff paul is live in los angeles for us. jeff, how are firefighters affected by these extremely high temperatures? >> well, it's tough to not only fight the fires in those temperatures but a lot of the times these scorching temperatures and fueling those fires nearly 30 of them around the state right now burning. many with little to know containment. officials saying that lightning is probably the cause of some of them. all of them being fueled by the scorching temperatures that will go on for the next several days. the largest fire burning is no northern california, the loyalton fire nearly 40,000 acres in size with 10% containment. the flames have destroyed at least five homes. with triple digit temperatures now in the forecast firefighters know they'll have a long road ahead of them with fire season not close to being

over. the extreme heat is also putting a lot of strain on the power grid in the state. there is a shortage of energy with so many people trying to cool down and outages are now possible through tomorrow evening. one of the hottest temperatures was in california's death valley reportedly showing 130 degrees, one of the highest readings ever recorded. >> sticking your head in a furnace. >> feels like i'm in an attic. >> it feels like you are wrapped up in an oven. >> california's governor newsom says the next few days will be tough but he will try to free up some extra energy. while you can't predict the weather you can prepare for it and he has pledged an investigation into why those outages happened calling it unacceptable. sandra. >> sandra: jeff paul, thank you. >> trace: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez unleashing on a republican endorsing the democratic ticket

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>> trace: top headlines. stunning video captured by police officers body cam in seattle as protestors pelted the police with explosives that ended with six officers injured, 18 arrests. >> sandra: promising signs of a rebound in home construction after the coronavirus crash. the commerce department reports that construction of new homes in the u.s. surged last month to nearly 23%. >> trace: night two of the democratic convention only a few hours away. bill clinton and progressives like ocasio-cortez will speak. both of them set to speak tonight. the convention is meant to show united democratic party but if joe biden wins the election progressives are reportedly ready to put the squeeze on biden to move him further left.

joining me now mayor of long beach, california, robert garcia. he will be among the keynote speakers tonight at the dnc. mayor garcia, thank you nor joining us. back in 2016 the progressives weren't as eager to support hillary clinton to get in the white house. now they want joe biden in the white house and the theme would be get him in and try to move him as far left as possible. i want to put up the quote from a california congressman and get your reaction. he says we have to continue to push for our values, continue to push and advocate for people to join the administration that are progressive. i'm confident that progressives will have a big, big role in a biden administration. your thoughts on that, mayor? >> i agree completely. first both joe biden and kamala harris are progressive. they'll make sure it's inclusive for everybody. at the end of the day their agenda and what they are putting forward should appeal to everyone in this country regardless if they consider themselves progressive or not.

it's about basic human values and character and integrity. i think last night was a great first night to showcase that to america. >> trace: i think the former vice president would dispute the fact you called him a progressive. kamala harris voting record would indicate she moved more left. joe biden says he wants to cut deals with republicans. he gets into office and wants to cut deals with republicans. progressives want to stop that from happening. >> i don't know that progressives want to stop that from happening. i think the way you govern is by getting enough votes to pass bills and so obviously not only do we want joe biden and kamala harris to win. we want governing majorities in the house and senate. that would be the ideal scenario. sometimes you can have bipartisan support for bills. we're hopeful that republicans and democrats can come together like joe biden has been talking about on the important issues

facing the country. when it comes to the big issues, the democratic party progressives will fight to move the country forward and get back to some of where we were headed when president obama was in office. >> trace: former governor kasich spoke last night and ocasio-cortez tonight. they had this little back and forth. the former governor writes i listen to people all time make these statements. because aoc gets outsized publicity doesn't mean she represents the democratic party. >> it's great he has woken up. i hope he gets to gop voters and something tells me a republican who fights against women's rights doesn't get to say who is or isn't representative of the democratic party. your thoughts on that? >> well first, the congresswoman is an important part of our party and important voice of our party. i'm proud to have her there.

she supports so many young people across this country. i think she is fantastic. as far as governor kasich last night he and others like meg whitman from my state of california sfoek to how important character and integrity is. this country what they really want is character. they want someone in the white house that is a good and decent human being. and the one thing that everyone knows about joe biden certainly democrats and republicans that are speaking out not just last night but speak out constantly is that joe biden is a good person. so this country needs a good, compassionate person dealing with the big challenges around covid, economy and healthcare. that's what people are united for and whether it's aoc or other members of congress democratic party is large and diverse and we look forward to a big win this november. >> trace: long beach mayor, best of luck to you tonight. thank you. >> sandra: the head of the postal service will testify in

two hearings. he will appear before the senate homeland security and government affairs committees this friday. dejoy is also set to testify before the house oversight committee on monday. chairman ron johnson telling fox news he wants to give dejoy the chance to tell his side of the story before testifying in front of a quote hostile house committee. >> trace: former house speaker john boehner would rather set himself on fire than get involved in the election. that's what his spokeman says. responding to rumors the ohio republican was preparing to endorse joe biden. boehner retired from congress in 2015. >> sandra: they are investigating whether a drone nearly hit president trump's plane last sunday. reporters claim they saw what appeared to be a small drone flying just below the plane. air force one was returning from bedminster, new jersey and landed safely at joint base andrews. meanwhile alarming news from

the cdc. covid-19 is the third leading cause of death in the united states. we are also learning about the university of north carolina at chapel hill. it has moved to all classes online now just one week after the new semester began after about 130 students tested positive for the virus. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta. jonathan, they gave it a shot and showed up for in-person classes and it isn't happening anymore. >> they did indeed. zoom cases identified four clusters. two on-campus residence, one off-campus and one at a fraternity house. the school has designated a campus dorm to house students with suspected cases as they await test results. there were reports of students gathering without masks or social distancing as they

returned to town for school. videos on social media show long lines and crowded bars in another college town, this one being stillwater, oklahoma. the oklahoma state university student who posted these videos says he wasn't surprised at what he saw but wanted to draw attention to the problem. although young people are at lower risk for complications and death, they do pose a risk of unwittingly spreading the virus to others. >> pandemic is changing. people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s are increasingly driving its spread. many are unaware they are infected with very mild symptoms or none at all. >> when we talk about the risk of spreading the virus to those most vulnerable a new report out from the american healthcare association indicates that after a brief

dip in june, covid-19 cases increased nearly 80% in u.s. nursing homes. sandra. >> sandra: thank you. trace. >> trace: a gun toting st. louis couple will soon make a high-profile appearance. plus the trump campaign ramping up attacks on joe biden but could their latest ad backfire? trump campaign senior advisor mercedes schlapp joins us next. tide power pods one up the cleaning power of liquid.

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protestors came close to their property. prosecutors charged them with felonies for unlawful use of a weapon. the republican governor says he will pardon the couple in convicted. president trump commemorating the 19th amendment for women to vote. it was ratified in this day in 1920. as part this this morning's sear money he pardoned susan b. anthony. she was arrested for casting a vote in her hometown of rochester, new york, when it was illegal for women to vote. >> let me be as honest and clear as i possibly can. donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us.

it is what it is. >> sandra: that was michelle obama holding nothing back in her speech last night. the former first lady slamming president trump and his leadership as she called on democrats to unite in november. let's bring in trump campaign senior advisors mercedes schlapp. good morning to you. how is the campaign countering that messaging last night from michelle obama and others that you'll see chaos under another four years of president trump and a lack of empathy and a lack of leadership? >> well, it's absolutely wrong. what we know is that you look at president trump's leadership. what he has been able to accomplish in the last 3 1/2 years to help uplift the forgotten men and women in our country as opposed to a joe biden record of a career politician of five decades where he really has nothing to show for and who he has become, an empty vessel of the radical left. president trump in the last

three months despite the fact that we have faced this global pandemic has brought back 9.3 million jobs. he has been able to renegotiate these trade deals like usmca that help american workers in states like wisconsin and pennsylvania. think about that. kamala harris opposed usmca. something that was a bipartisan piece of legislation. the president understands what it takes. the common sense solutions to build a strong economy. and it is why we've been able to get through this time together. and he has been very bold and aggressive in his response on coronavirus providing democrat and republican governors with the resources they need to get through the pandemic. >> sandra: here is the president responding this morning to what he saw last night. somebody please explain to michelle obama that donald trump would not be here in the beautiful white house if it weren't for the job done by your husband, barack obama.

biden was merely an afterthought. a good reason for the late and unenthusiastic endorsement. that was the president responding to what he heard from michelle obama. she ended and you heard it in the sound bite there by quoting the president in an interview from earlier this month. it is what it is. she was quoting the president responding to a question in an axios interview about the rising death toll due to covid-19 cases and the democrats last night, mercedes, i'm sure you saw it. brought on a woman who lost her father who contracted the disease and she blames the president and says don't vote for him. listen. >> i'm kristin and i'm one of the many who has lost a loved one to covid. my dad, mark anthony, should be here today. but he isn't. my dad was a healthy, 65-year-old. his only pre-existing condition was trusting donald trump and

for that he paid with his life. >> sandra: how does the campaign respond to that? >> our hearts break for anyone who has been impacted by coronavirus and lost their loved ones. we saw, for example, when you look at governor andrew cuomo who spoke last night where he forced people who had coronavirus into nursing homes which led to increase of deaths. and so here is what is wrong with this. the fact that the democrats have made this decision to make coronavirus into a political tactic. and i'm sorry, they cannot move forward on using the pain of people for their own political gain. and it is why when you look at what president trump has been able to do from the beginning when he understood we had to put travel restrictions on china that joe biden himself said was xenophobic and they waited and then let me ask you, what is joe biden's plan? he hasn't produced a plan for

coronavirus. they are spending their time attacking the president instead of coming up with real solutions to help combat this coronavirus pandemic. >> sandra: what you heard last night was them describing a picture of a president lacking empathy when he came to that with michelle obama referencing that moment in an interview and bringing on someone who lost her father due to the virus. the new trump campaign ad taking on joe biden's mental fitness. listen. >> you know, the rapidly rising -- and with the -- with the -- i don't know -- >> sandra: is this a sign the campaign is going to continue the strategy of picking on joe biden and his mental fitness? >> it is an important question to make and it is an uncomfortable conversation we need to have right now. the reality is that americans deserve to know and understand

and have assessed joe biden's capability. there is no question that when you look at these videos from years ago until now that he has been diminished. and so the question becomes -- will kamala harris be -- i'm just saying these -- he only shows up at about 12 minutes a day maybe in a virtual event. he doesn't answer any of the tough questions and so the american people deserve to know can joe biden do the most difficult job in america? i've worked for two presidents, sandra. it is the toughest job in the world. let me tell you. you see how he has diminished. it is an important conversation to have now and the american people deserve to assess the capability and see him more and taking the tough questions. >> sandra: taking on the tough questions from reporters is a big job to do in an election year. we'll see if we see more of him.

thank you, mercedes. trace. >> trace: the president of belarus lukashenko after protesters demand he will step down and he says no election. what it means with u.s. relations with russia.

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>> sandra: dog owners in north korea are being foerls forced to hand over their pets. kim jong-un is ordering dogs taken from home claiming they are western decadents. >> the captain of a japanese oil tanker that ran aground is under arrest. it gushed toxic oil for days before the entire ship broke apart.

a second member of the crew was also arrested and both are being held without bail. island officials are calling it an environmental crisis. the embattled president of belarus asked to step down more than a week after a hotly contested election. it's called europe east only remaining dictator ship after gaining independence from the soviet union but maintaining close ties with moscow. greg palkot with more. >> the unrest in belarus continues. insights today from a key player in this conflict. more strikes and protests following the apparently rigged presidential election and crackdown last week. they demanded the ouster of the government a move to democracy. in the firing line is the strong man lukashenko. the neighbor lithuanian said it

should be a wake-up call and putin sending in military to hold up this regime -- >> we should take into account at least and also to send a message -- >> trace: experts say the threat alone should get the attention of the united states. what would the foreign minister like to see from washington president trump has already described the situation as terrible. more pressure and sanctions. those are being considered in a special summit of european union leaders tomorrow and he reminded me the u.s. is always a voice of democracy and freedom. he is hoping that voice will be heard again. back to you, trace. >> greg, thank you. >> sandra: president trump meanwhile about to land in cedar rapids, iowa. a late add to his visits this week. what prompted his visit there

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