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will prioritize ballots ahead of other mail this fall and will deliver the mail on time as long as ballots are sent ahead of deadline. speaker pelosi earlier today stepping up warnings on the need for funding. >> it is a service, postal service, so when people say, well, it doesn't pay its own way, it's not a business. it's a service. 1.2 billion prescriptions sent through the mail in 2019. at least 80% of the prescriptions sent from the va to our of veterans through the mail. so when the mail slows down, the medication slows down, the health of our veterans are affected. arthel: chad chad pergram is n capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: we're going to have a vote later this afternoon, probably two to three hours away on this bill that cost $25 billion infusing the postal

service with all of that cash. democrats think this is essential. that's why they called the house of representatives in the middle of the august recess, in particular on a saturday. jim mcgovern, the chair of the house rules committee, let's start. >> i don't need empty rhetoric from the occupant of the white house or mr. dejoy. my constituents are my evidence. they have flooded my office with calls. they have stopped me on the street. something is happening here. whether this administration or of its allies want to admit it or not. >> reporter: he threatened to veto the bill last night. the white house calls it an overreaction to media reports, adding today's vote was political theater. rob woodall says today's vote is a punctuation point to the democratic convention this week. >> we're going to hear more about donald trump today than you're going to hear about the postal service today and that's

because we're not here about the postal service. we're here for another round of attacks on president trump. >> reporter: now, despite this bill today, postmaster general louis dejoy told senators yesterday in testimony that the postal service was okay financially for now. he will appear before a house committee on monday. the vote comes later this afternoon. democrats are going to support it, 12 to 15 republicans will vote yes on this and in the building today is white house chief of staff mark meadows. he is trying to jump start talks on what he is calling a skinny coronavirus bill. this bill is specific to the postal service, does not deal with coronavirus. they haven't had talks on the coronavirus legislation in a while here. house speaker nancy pelosi called meadow's wish list, her term, deficient and she referred to him at her press conference as what's his name. arthel: it seems party lines are still drawn. when it happens we'll come back to you for the breakdown.

chad, thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, for more on all this growing couldn' controd whether or not the postal service can deliver all the ballots, michelle lee joins us. postmaster dejoy said he's extremely confident the postal service will be able to handle all of the mail-in ballots and the white house says it's an overreaction to sense saysal -- sensationalize news reports, that the changes are routine but the democrats don't buy this. how do you see this going later this afternoon? >> this will largely be a party lines vote. even if the house democrats approve this, and pass it along, we know it don't have much chance in the senate. i think what they're able to do by holding the vote today is they're able to bring attention and raise voter awareness around the current backlog. even though the of postmaster general said he will continue to pry or of ties election -- prioritize election mail, that he will suspend operational

changes he has made, there's a lot of voter fear arising. election officials are being flooded with calls from voters who are worried about whether ballots will be mailed in time. this is a controversial issue at the moment and voters need to be aware that they need to vote as early as possible and request the ballots to be sent as quickly as possible. eric: during his testimony, he denied he's trying to sabotage or of impede the election in any way at all, saying they were taking out mass fast mail sorting machines especially in some swing states, it was already pre-planned, part of a routine situation. this has happened before, weeks before previous elections, just part of the mail service. the democrats are saying it's all political. which version do you think will get more traction with the american people? >> well, i think the american people are certainly concerned about whether this is political. that is definitely an issue that has been coming up, especially

given that mr. dejoy has been a long-term donor for the republican party and raised money for the republican national convention next week for president trump. the real question is why are the changes happening now. the postal service has been in debt for a long time, for at least a decade. the financial challenges are not new. operational changes needed to be made and they've needed to be made for a long time. this year we know that absentee ballots and absentee voting is going to increase multiple fold because of the coronavirus. that is something that we have known, that will happen. we've seen it happen during the primaries. the timing of the operational changes, the changes are just worrisome for voters. however, i think they are going to wait to see how the changes being suspended are going to take place and whether the backlogs will go away the next couple weeks. eric: you just hit it on the head. there's lots of concern about

absentee ballots. npr did a survey. it said more than half a million primary ballots were bounced and rejected, not even counted. in pennsylvania, swing state, 37,000, owe o ohio, 23,000, and caroline malone, look at her race. the board of elections in new york didn't mail out ballots until the night before, 33,000 ballots. how do you vote? you don't vote if the board of elections mails out the night before the election. of 65,000 mail-in ballots, get this, 12,500 were rejected. that's a 20% rejection rate. so how do the american people have any faith that this will go well as we are told it could be but the president warns it won't be for november? >> right. the rejection rates are definitely a concern and we have been warning voters as well that if you don't mail in your

ballots early, then there is a chance that you could risk it arriving late, not time to be counted. that is a concern. all across the board, election officials have been saying to us and we've been trying to report it through our stories that voters should act as early as possible, do not wait until the deadline just because you can send it in really close to the election doesn't mean you should. don't take a chance. if you're going to go to the polls of be ready for that, make sure if there are lines you're prepared for it and you're geared up with protective gear. there's a lot of planning that needs to take place around voting this year. it's not going to be as previous years. voters need to be aware of that. eric: the 5:00 p.m. hour, eastern in the fox news channel, we'll have a special report on ballot box that's are seemingly increasing in popularity. finally, michelle, the vote this afternoon, i mean, look, the white house obviously said it will veto it. dejoy is back on the hill on

monday. what do you expect on this issue? what do you expect especially since the gop convention is next week? >> i think we can expect a contentious hearing on monday. i'll be certainly watching with interest to see how it unfolds. we know house democrats have been wanting to ask questions of him based on requesting information from him for weeks. this came up during the senate hearing yesterday as well, lawmakers were saying we have been asking for more information for weeks and it took us this long to be able to ask you questions. and i imagine that will happen on monday as well. we saw during the dnc that voting is very much a big theme among the democrats and we know that voting will be an ongoing theme for the republican as well. this year it seems like the mechanism of voting is very much on the minds of all the political leaders and the party leaders and we can see a lot of attention on this continuing moving forward. eric: a lot of anger here in new york city on that, caroline

malone's race which her opponent patel has not conceded despite the board of elections certifying it. michelle, good to see you. it's going to be a busy week. thank you. arthel. arthel: well, democrats have wrapped up their convention. now it's the republicans' turn. the four night mostly virtual event kicks off monday in charlotte, north carolina and will end with president trump accepting his renomination on thursday. democrats set to stage counter program to it all. we have live fox team coverage. hillary vaughn is in delaware, covering the biden, harris campaign. we begin with rich edson, live at the white house with what to expect next week. >> reporter: it's the republicans turn to put on a modified convention. it will end with president

trump's acceptance speech on thursday. before that there will be a host of events and speeches taking place across the country. >> you're going to see a great number of voices from all across this country to talk about what this president has done through not just the time of testing, through which we've passed, but in the first three years. joe biden said that democracy is on the ballot, character's on the ballot. let me tell you something, maria. i think your viewers know, the economy's on the ballot. >> reporter: republicans have branded their convention honoring the great american story. republican national committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel says voters will see president trump each day of the convention and it will showcase america outside of hollywood, that's a dig at the celebrity appearances at the democratic convention. the full list of speakers is unclear. the trump campaign says first lady melania trump will speak tuesday, vice president mike pence is scheduled for wednesday, republicans have also announced speeches from senators

tim scott and joanie ernst, nikki haley and south dakota governor kristie nome among others. charlotte was the initial convention site. then the pandemic had them adjusting. masks are mandatory and they spaced chairs six feet apart. republicans will broadcast speeches from across the country, including here pretty close to the white house and fort mchenry in baltimore. the republican convention wraps as we were talking about with the president giving a speech at the white house. afterwards, the republican national committee applied for a permit to try to shoot off fireworks at the washington monument to close out the week's events. arthel, back to you. arthel: rich, we'll take it back here and i'll throw it to eric. eric: arthel, former vice president joe biden is stepping up his attacks on president trump. for his response to the coronavirus pandemic. this comes as the democrats look

to mount an aggressive counter-programming situation during the republican convention next week. hillary vaughn is live in delaware with more on what they plan. hi, hillary. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, the democratic nominee, joe biden, left his house in wilmington, delaware just over an hour ago, headed to his beach house here in rohovitz, delaware. even though the democratic convention is done t biden campaign has no plans on going dark. they say they want their message to drown out the republicans' convention snea next week. they're treating next week like round two of the dnc. >> we are going to spend next week demonstrating how donald trump has failed various segments of america. so we're going to talk about working families. we're going to talk about his failure on covid-19. >> reporter: the dnc's counter campaign will feature video press conferences with democratic heavy weights starting with congresswoman val

demings on monday, followed by gretchen whitmer, ending with mayor pete abou buttigieg. as of today, joe biden and kamala harris have nothing on their schedule for today. eric. eric: how about that. meanwhile, hillary, the former vice president in terms of the coronavirus pandemic says that if elected he would shut the country completely down if the coronavirus continues to spread. what's the reaction to that? >> yes. well, in their first joint interview, biden and harris did, airing tomorrow, biden said that if scientists say that he should shut the country down, he will put the country back in quarantine. >> in other words to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people employed, you have to fix the

virus. you have to deal with the virus. >> if the scientists say shut it down? >> i would shut it down. i would listen to the scientists. >> reporter: biden has made a campaign promise to get the economy back going if he wins in november, but if he does plan to shut the country down, eric, that would put a wrench in his plans or stall his plans to get the economy back on track. eric. eric: all right, hillary, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: thank you. the governor of tennessee cracking down on protests, signing a bill that increases penalties for demonstrators who break certain laws during rallies. brian llenas is live with that story. what kind of punishment are we talking about for these protesters? >> reporter: yeah, arthel, good afternoon. this story kind of went under the radar this week. on thursday, tennessee's republican governor, bill lee, signing into law a law that now makes it a class e felony,

punishable by up to six years in prison, for any occupied protesters who illegally camp out on state property. we've seen these types of isn'ty thing that this law includes, this type of protesting used to be just a misdemeanor in tennessee, but now that it's a felony and according to tennessee law, once you're convicted of a felony you lose your right to vote. the bill also imposes a mandatory 45 day hold in jail if you're convicted of aggravated rioting, increases the fine for those protesters who get in the way of emergency vehicles on the highways, it forces rioters to pay restitution for any damage to state property and finally, the law imposes stricter penalties for assaulting a first responder in tennessee. it is now a class c felony, with a 90 day mandatory prison sentence and a $15,000 fine. now, in a statement, the aclu of tennessee says this.

it, quote, opposes the legislation because it chills free speech, undermines criminal justice reform and fails to address the issues of racial justice and police violence, raised by the protesters currently outside the state capitol. arthel, this bill was voted on and signed amid two months of black lives matter protests outside of tennessee's state capitol. arthel. arthel: did i hear you say that one of the penalties is losing the right to vote? >> reporter: if you are in tennessee, once you are -- if you are convicted of a felony, you do lose your right to vote. that's what i meant by that and these are now felonies according to this law, so yeah, you're talking about these protests, violations that would equate if you're charged and convicted of a felony, losing your right to vote. arthel: in portland, oregon, the man who attacked a truck driver was arrested. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: the 25-year-old, marques love, was arrested for

that attack that we've seen in that disturbing video. he is charged with three felony charges including assault. love is accused of repeatedly punching and kicking a truck driver, adam haner, who said he and his girlfriend were attacked by a crowd after trying to help a woman who was being attacked and robbed at the time. haner said he participated in protests of before. but what happened that night was different. >> i thought they were trying to fight the behavior toward them. they're exhibiting the same behavior that they're trying to stop. >> reporter: now, that interview with adam hane, you can see more of that tonight on "watters world," jesse watters that interview tonight at 8:00 p.m. arthel. arthel: i seems that the protesting and protesters, it's getting convoluted, what started and now what's taking place, they don't seem to be the same in many cases.

is that the case? >> reporter: you're right about that. yeah, i would agree with you on that. what we're seeing in portland, those 85 days, that's rioting, that's not peaceful protesting, that's rioting and i think it's important that we continue to delineate what is what. is no longer what we were seeing in the streets consistently, of on a consistent basis in the cities. this is now devolved into something different, attacking someone and his girlfriend, that's not protesting, that's assault. he's being charged accordingly with those accusations. arthel: thank you very much. ahead we look at how the pandemic is affecting families with school underway in many places, a tough plans with millions of parents trying to work from home while helping their kids with remote classes. first, some in florida in a legal battle with the state over the push to have schools open five days a week. we'll speak with the leader of the union representing the

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numbers -- >> completely unacceptable to go to a press conference, slimmed down any version of substance. it didn't deal with evictions, didn't list what you said was a whole host of things that were important for the democrats. how do you respond? >> well, i guess my question for the speaker would be then why is she here on a saturday talking about a slimmed down version for the postal service? is she saying that the postal service is more important than unemployed americans? is she saying that the postal service is more important than help to small businesses? is she saying that the postal service is more important than sending payments to people that have had a difficult time during this pandemic? i would hope not. because she's here doing a slimmed down version, very slimmed down version of a negotiation that took place a few weeks ago when we made the $10 billion offer for postal. so it doesn't seem to correspond

with the action that's being taken in the chamber to my right with her rhetoric. >> [ indiscernible ] >> i will reach out to the speaker. i went by. she was in a meeting. and certainly as secretary mnuchin and i, as you know, the secretary reached out a few weeks ago. she's made it clear at that point that there was no really need to continue to vote. but we're taking this vote on the house floor as a real willingness on her part to look at a more targeted solution. i know i've talked to a number of -- eric: that was the white house chief of staff mark meadows, in advance of the vote this afternoon on the post office, $25 billion. democrats claiming that the administration has been trying to gum up the works for mail-in voting. the administration denies that, saying the election is safe and-

shall testify, postmaster dejoy, the postal system can handle the ballots posted for the election. meanwhile, forecasters are keeping their eyes on a double threat heading to the country, they happen to be two tropical storms, on a path for the gulf coast next week. one of them could become a hurricane by the end of the evening. there's a chance the storms could merge and hit houston. kevin coreskin joins us. >> we're not going to have a merging. so that's good. the storms will not merge. but the gulf coast is on high alert. we've got tropical storm marco, just off the yucatan peninsula here. we also have tropical storm laura, right around puerto rico. and what's going to be happening here is almost unprecedented. we're expected to have two tropical systems in the gulf of

mexico early next week. that's only happened two other times in recorded history. that goes back to the 1850s. so we actually are going to have two tropical storms in the gulf of mexico early next week at the same time. let's take marco first, it's just off cuba here, moving northwest at 12 miles an hour, it has winds of 65 so it is a tropical storm. this is the expected path of marco. it's going to encounter strong wind sheer in the northern gulf monday and tuesday. it will make it weaken. after it gets to hurricane strength it will turn into a tropical storm. the winds you can expect, 60 to 80 miles an hour, possible low end hurricane strength winds by the end of the week, and the rain, 4 to 8 inches in the houston area. let's move to east to laura, a tropical storm near puerto rico, winds of 50 miles an hour. this storm is expected to stay right along his papanola, cuba.

it will weaken or stay the same strength as we head into next week. we look at new orleans for a wednesday night landfall, most likely as a tropical storm or cat 1 hurricane. the tuesday to wednesday timeframe from houston to new orleans, that's when you have to watch out. eric: we'll be certainly watching that. thanks so much. up next, school, teachers who don't want to go back, veal a lot more on that and the latest news as we await the house vote on the post office here on the fox news channel. stay with us.

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eric: it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the headlines, the householding a rare saturday session this afternoon, seeking emergency funding to boost the postal

service and try to reverse recent changes in the operations, the senate is expected not to take up that bill. the world hitting a grim coronavirus milestone today with 800,000 confirmed deaths and more than 23 million confirmed infections so far, that according to the latest johns hopkins university tally and the death toll in the u.s. is topping over 175,000 people, one projection sees 300,000 dead by december. the fda recalling some peaches, sold at wegman's, target and ald stores, people have been sickened in nine states. thankfully, no deaths have been reported. some of the peaches may still be out there, so be careful of your peaches if you took any of these home. arthel. arthel: well, eric, the debate between in-school and remote learning taking center stage in florida. early next week a judge is

expected to rule on a lawsuit from the state's largest teachers union, representing more than 140,000 instructors who say a state order that they teach in class five days a week violates the state constitution, not providing safe and secure public education. the state's education commissioner explaining to bill hemmer yesterday what would happen if teachers don't report to work. >> then they get terminated and governor de santis just led the largest single pay increase ever for teachers in the state of florida. we're not having a problem recruiting teachers to come to sunny florida, a low tax state with a great opportunity. arthel: the head of the teachers association in orange county says it doesn't work like that. >> teachers have a contract and they have contractual rights. he doesn't get to fire teachers. what a joke. so that's just not true. there is a shortage of teachers. arthel: let's bring in andrew

spar who joins us again, he is the vice president of the florida education association. andrew, look, you just heard state education commissioner corkran saying if teachers don't show up, you get fired, coupled with the statewide pay raise for teachers in florida, they say recruiting teachers will be easy. your reaction? >> first of all, good afternoon, arthel. i appreciate you having me on today. the whole notion that there's a lot of teachers coming to the state of florida or going into the profession anywhere in the country is just kind of out of bounds. the fact of the matter is, we literally have thousands of classrooms right now that do not have teachers in them because we haven't been able to fill those poe of significances. and really -- positions. and really at this point we should be supporting teachers, make sure they have ppe, make sure the classrooms are safe. the big issue has been whether or not our teachers and staff and students are going to be safe as they come into school at the start of the school year.

arthel: what do teachers do in the meantime as this runs its course through the courts? do you go to class or do you stay at home? >> sure. our teachers are reporting but of course what we're seeing in many districts where teachers have reported or students have even come back, is we are seeing teachers, staff and students being quarantined because of being exposed to covid or teachers or staff or students coming down with covid and contracting it at the school. so this is a major concern for a lot of people who work in our schools, for parents such as myself and others, as well as for students. and so that's the real challenge right now and that's what we've been asking this judge to do. keep in mind, this lawsuit before the judge right now is an emergency injunction. it's not the entire lawsuit. it's an emergency injunction to set aside the commissioner's order and allows school districts and school boards to do what they think is best based on the numbers and data in their communities. arthel: you know that governor

de santis did say that parents should have the option, parents should have the option of in-class learning and can opt for their child to learn from home if they prefer. >> jail and we see that -- yeah, and we see that in a lot of districts. the issue comes down to those who are coming into the brick and mortar schools when we have 10,000 cases among kids under the age of 18 this month alone in florida, we have now had eight deaths of children under the age of 18, one a 6-year-old in tampa yesterday was announced. we've had staff and teachers who have been diagnosed with covid, two who passed away this week, one in bay county, one in broward county, at different ends of the state. so those are the concerns that we have right now going forward. they're legitimate concerns. i don't think we should diminish them in anyway and we should support the people working in our of schools and making sure that everyone is safe. arthel: let's hear more from commissioner corkran. >> we've already opened up more than a third of our districts.

we have 65% of parents and students who have chosen to be face-to-face with their instructors but even more enlightening is we have 95 to 100% of our teachers who have shown up on that first day, they want to be with their kids. arthel: so they want to be with their kids but you're saying they want to be there and they want to be safe. meanwhile, let me give you this, andrew. researchers at the university of washington's institute for health metrics and evaluation saying that 50% of american schools will be sticking to online only instruction for the entire 2020, 2021 school year. if that's true, how do you see this playing out? >> well, you know, again, what we're seeing already here in florida is classrooms being quarantined, school bus routes being quarantined, because of cases and we're seeing it throughout the state. what i think is concerning is this idea of opening, closing, opening, closing. what we need to do is come together as a community. we need to get community spread

down. we need to make sure that congress passes the heroes act so that we can get the support in our schools to have the appropriate resources and staff to make sure that we're doing everything possible to prevent the spread of covid and keep our schools safe. and then we need to have a realization that the people who are best to make the decisions are the people in the local school district, the school boards, the teachers, the parents and everyone working together and making decisions on when it's safe and how to safely and appropriately open our schools. arthel: and maybe hopefully all of you can work together with the local administration, the governors, the education commissioners and the like for the sake of the teachers, the staff and of course the children. andrew spar, thank you very much for joining us here on fox. >> thank you, arres arthel. eric: it's taken a dramatic turn for some, but how about the kids? are they prepared to stay at home for remote learning instead of going to the classroom.

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arthel: with schools in many parts of the country conducting the majority of their classes online, parents are getting ready to play a bigger role in their children's education, looking at this new york times morning consult poll, it finds that four out of five parents say they will not be able to bring in any additional help. let's bring in dr. julie sillberger, a child development expert and research fellow at the university of chicago. doctor, thank you for being with me. would you tell us from your expert advice and perspective, the biggest risk for parents and for the children in the in-home learning scenario and what's your advice for parents

struggling to get it right? >> maybe the best -- maybe the biggest risk is actually expecting too much and being hard on their children and themselves to make the perfect setting at home for their children. parents cannot duplicate what goes on in classrooms. they have to adapt and take guidance from the schools but also think about who their children are, what is going to work best for themselves and i think find ways to temper their anxiety, so it's not passed on to the children, regardless of the age of the children. arthel: very interesting. so from the child development perspective, is there a greater risk with children learning from the safety of their homes, or returning to class where there might be potential exposure to

coronavirus? >> it's the question that we're all asking, parents, teachers, employers, everyone is wondering what's the best decision and the problem is there's no one right answer. and what makes it really hard is there's still so much we don't know about the spread of the virus and how best to contain it. and so i think maybe it's not just the education of our children that parents are feeling like they're having to manage it all, but it's also that they're not getting the guidance that they need. there are no clear answers. and there's no one decision. it was easy when we could say, yes, the schools -- even in new york, where the transmission rate is really down, there's

still going to be issues. arthel: yes, i understand. so it seems like it would be helpful if some of the school systems would give those guidelines that you're talking about. because parents, they don't know which way do i go and it does differ from school district to school district. let me talk to you, doctor, about parents with special needs children. it's my understanding that let's say you already have an in-home behavioral therapist who is willing and capable of helping the parents with this in-home learning. i understand that some insurance companies won't cover the extra cost for that added duty. should the insurance companies cover that? >> boy, i think that would be -- i think everyone has to step up. i mean, employers are having to be more flexible. i think you raise a really good question because children with special needs are the ones who even more than children without those special needs, they need

the structure and routine of school. and having someone come in daily to work with the child, so the child continues to make progress and doesn't fall behind sounds like a wonderful idea. i think insurance companies are having to rethink some of their policies about this. unfortunately, it's not happening -- place. we can't always anticipate the problems and issues that are going to come up. arthel: true. but the problem is here now so hopefully they'll step up to the plate. >> well, yeah. arthel: right? and as you well know, you've got more women -- menace well but more women are no longer working because their child is learning from home. as with most challenges that are new, as time goes on, we adapt and conquer. is in-home learning a different animal? final answer, please. >> it's not a different animal

in the sense that children are always learning at home. this is where their learning started when they first came home after being born. their parents and other caregivers are their first teachers and they provide the social, emotional support that children need so that they can go out to school or focus on online lessons in a very unusual situation. i think we're learning new strategies that are probably going to hold us in good stead for the future through this period of time but it is a very difficult time for parents and families as well as the teachers that are trying to support them. arthel: well, i think -- >> a very confusing time. arthel: excuse me. just going to say, because i have to go unfortunately, but i wanted to say that just hearing you say that, i think in and of

itself will help relieve some of the pressure that the parents are putting on themselves and the pressure that the teachers have and now we know we really have to thank our teachers, right? >> we sure do. and also parents are not alone. they really need to depend on the teachers. >> doctor, really appreciate you. thank you so much. >> i enjoyed talking with you. thanks. arthel: likewise. eric. eric: thank our teachers, that's for sure. the federal government is relaxing requirements for coronavirus tests, they want to get a vaccine in our arms as soon as possible. we'll explain, up next. age is just a number.

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contact us confidentially today. it's time. eric: they're speeding up the chances of a coronavirus vaccine, the administration dropping the need for an fda approved premarket test. the trump administration says the move is an attempt to try to cut some of the red tape and get that vaccine out there asap. charles watson is live in atlanta where the cdc is located. hey, charles. >> reporter: hey, eric. the move stops the fda from supervising the development of the tests before they're marketed to the public. supporters say it will allow new innovative tests to reach the public more efficiently and quicker. some experts believe the change

could lead to more unreliable tests that reach the market according to the washington post. it notes that the fda opposed's the change. eric: utah's governor charles gary herbert, he had tough words in utah for parents that refuse to have their kids wear masks at school. what do they say. >> reporter: the governor told both parents and students not to return to class if they choose not to wear a mask. if they do return to school without wearing those masks they will face misdemeanor charges possibly. the governor said his mandate is in place to protect teachers who are more at risk of serious complications of the virus. >> i guess these same people would get on an airplane and say i'm not going to fasten my seat belt, even though that's the rule and regulation. they may be invited to get off the plane if that's the case. >> reporter: opponents of the governor have criticized the mandate as unconstitutional and

infringement on their freedom. eric. eric: all right, we've got to protect the teachers and everyone. thank you, charles. arthel. arthel: eric, this grocery store shoplifter was not wearing a mask but you can bet he promoted social distancing. he's a bear wandering into a store in lake tahoe, california and walking off with a big bag of chips, captured on this video after she says she nearly got into a head-on collision with the bear in the parking lot, that she would be a grocery store patron as well. eric: wow. arthel: a bear can do whatever he or she wants. i'm cool with the bear, do whatever you want, bear. eric: bear in aisle five. what would you do if you saw one? arthel: run. so what's going on?

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