democrats won't do. paul: and remember, if you have your own hit or miss be sure to tweet it to us as jer on fnc. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and thanks to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. arthel: this is a fox news alert. house lawmakers could vote this hour on billions of extra dollars for the u.s. postal service. the rare saturday session comes during what's usually august recess and in response to the ongoing controversy over mail-in voting. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. the bill would give the postal service $25 billion in new funding and ban any more on of presentational changes this year. -- operational changes this year. the republican led senate is not expected to take it up and president trump has threatened to veto the measure.

democrats say the cost cutting measures are slowing mail delivery. many americans are expected to use the mail-in ballot system because of the coronavirus pandemic, though they say postmaster general louis dejoy and president trump are trying to sabotage the election, so say the democrats, president trump and dejoy say that's not so. the house says the bill is an overreaction. the president says the democrats are trying to steal the election. democrats say that's not so. in the middle of all this on the hill is chad pergram as we await the vote. >> reporter: we think the vote will come sometime in the next hour, hour and-a-half. they've got a little ways to go yet here. democrats are very concerned about vote by mail. they believe the president and the postmaster general are trying to undermine vote by mail ahead of the november election. here's house speaker nancy pelosi. >> don't pay any attention to what the president is saying.

because it is all designed to suppress the vote. he's going to have law enforcement, that's in their playbook. we've seen their playbook. >> reporter: for the house to interrupt the august recess, recession on the floor, let alone on a saturday, postmaster general louis dejoy testifies monday before a house panel. debate on the bill has been contentious. republicans charge democrats are ramming the bill through even though 12 to 15 republicans will likely vote yes. >> the greatest threat to democracy in the country is the current majority in the house of representatives. absolute political medical practice is what we're watching -- malpractice is what we're watching right here. >> for th the gentleman to say that the democrats are the greatest threat to american democracy that the world has ever known, that means we're more threatening than putin and the russians. >> reporter: white house chief

of staff mark meadows asked why democrats are focused on the postal service, not on coronavirus relief. >> 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? >> reporter: mark meadows dropped by the speaker's office earlier today to try to meet with the speaker here, the democratic leadership are telling me this was a stunt, he was coming by unannounced and did not meet with the speaker. he did however talk with the house majority leader, steny hoyer, so nothing moving on coronavirus relief just yet. they will vote on this in the next hour or so. eric: a lot of criticism that the coronavirus funding is not in this bill. chad pergram, thank you. we'll have the vote as it happens. arthel: now that america's mostly virtual national political convention is in the books and joe biden is the

official democratic presidential nominee, it's the gop's turn. hillary vaughn is in delaware with what to expect in next week's republican national convention. hillary. >> reporter: arthel, the rnc is going to look a lot different than the dnc. you'll hear from president trump every night of the week, unlike biden's one-time live address to his supporters. we are getting new information from president trump himself about what also will be different. the mood. in an exclusive interview with fox news anchor steve hilton, the president says this next week is a chance for him to set the record straight after what he calls the dnc's dark convention. >> it was dark. >> i agree. what are we going to see from your party next week? >> well, i think we're going to see something that is very uplifting and positive. that's what i'd like it to be. >> reporter: the president will also be going to north carolina, the host state of the rnc, when

the convention kicks off monday after conside criticizing bidend harris for not doing the same, saying they snubbed the swing state of wisconsin where the dnc was supposed to be held, tweeting that they disrespected the state of wisconsin by not paying a small visit to milwaukee. the state and city worked very hard to make sure things would be good. not mice. jogoa -- not nice. joe biden's first joint interview with kamala harris will air tomorrow night. he is breaking with some supporters on his base over one key issue, defunding the police. >> i don't want to defund police departments. i think they need more help. they need more assistance. >> reporter: arthel, as of right now, biden and harris have a completely empty schedule next week when it comes to publicly

announced events. next week is going to be their first full week as the party's nonominees. we'll see if they pop up on the campaign trail. arthel: thank you, hillary. listen, by the way, of course you know the rnc may open monday but fox news coverage, special coverage starts tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, bret baier and martha mccallum will host our convention kickoff so please don't miss that. eric: in portland, oregon the victim in last weekend's savage beating on the streets of the city is out of the hospital and police have arrested the suspect that they say viciously kicked him in the head. meanwhile, the fbi reportedly is investigated a truck bomb threat against federal buildings in portland. that city has now seen 86 straight nights of protests and they have not all been peaceful. brian llenas has the latest.

brian? >> reporter: hi, eric. well, the fbi telling fox news this afternoon that the investigation into that car bomb threat to the federal offices in downtown portland on friday is still under investigation. they're investigating the credibility of that threat and they are encouraging anyone with information to contact the fbi and as you mentioned, for an 86th straight night we had protests and riots in portland, oregon. a riot declared last night into early this morning outside of the portland police's north precinct. a crowd of 1 50* to 200 rioters badly damaging police patrol vehicles, vandalizing a boys and girls club van. the portland police bureau reported projectiles being thrown at officers, including a railroad spike, eggs, bottles, golf balls and balloons filled with feces. mine people were -- nine people were arrested. friday, portland police arrested

25-year-old marques love, he's facing three federal charges including assault. he is accused of punching and kicking a truck driver on sunday night in downtown portland, in a disturbing attack caught on video. adam haner was kicked in the head and knocked unconscious. he said he and his girlfriend stopped at a convenience store in downtown when he tried to help a woman who was being attacked and robbed. the crowd, however, then attacked him and turned on him and his girlfriend. he said he has marched with black lives matter protesters before but what happened that night was different. >> i thought that's what they were down there trying to fight was this kind of behavior towards them but they're exhibiting the same behavior that they're trying to stop. >> reporter: you can watch the rest of that interview tonight on water's world at 8:00 p.m. with jesse watters. eric? eric: speaking of waters, you better get inside quickly,

brian. by the way, i do want to say that we wish our very best to adam and hope he completely recovers from that horrible beating. just horrible. thank you. arthel: cloud burst for brian llenas. reinforcements arriving from other of states to help california crews fight hundreds of wildfires that have already killed at least six people and destroyed hundreds of homes. christina coleman is live in pacific palisades, california with more. christina. >> reporter: arthel, right now nearly 14,000 firefighters are on the front lines of two dozen major wildfires burning in the state right now. take a listen to crew as they rescue two firefighters who got trapped trying to put out the flames. >> all right, guys, i'm going to get you out of here, okay? one of you needs to put this on, it's like a jacket, of okay? >> all right. got it.

>> reporter: the wildfires have destroyed or damaged more than 930 structures state-wide, unprecedented lightning storms started last lasted throughout the week, sparking many of the fires raging in california, 585 new fires have started since last saturday, burning nearly 1 million acres across the state. there were nearly 12,000 lightning strikes over a 72 hour period last week with over 100 occurring yesterday. the lnu lightning complex is the second largest fire in the state's recorded history, it's burned more than 314,000 acres so far and spans across five counties including napa and sew sonoma and it's only 15% contained. >> with all of the fire activity throughout the state, all of our resources remain stretched to capacity that we have not seen in recent history. we are not out of the woods.

>> reporter: the scu lightning complex started three days ago with about 20 firing. they merged and burned more than 291,000 acres so far. it's only 1 10% contained, it's now the third largest fire in the state's recorded history. 10 states are sending personnel and equipment to help put out the fires, also more thunderstorms are expected for northern california. because of the heat, it could bring more dry lightning which could spark more fires. arthel. arthel: it's so devastating, christina coleman, in pacific palisades, california. thanks, christina. eric: colleges across the country are cracking down on students throwing parties. good luck with that. they're threatening to suspend those if you get caught in a large gathering on campus without masks, as the number of daily coronavirus cases in our country dipped lower thankfully but the number of daily deaths remains high and is increasing. one prediction says the death toll could reach 300,000

americans in december. charles watson is in atlanta, the headquarters of the cdc is nearby. he's in that city. hi, charles. >> reporter: hi, eric. experts say a vaccine alone will not get us out of the pandemic and students learning it is going to take more. syracuse university, mitigation efforts like social distancing and wearing a mask have been a problem. the school is now on the brink of shutting down the campus. this after a social media video surfacedoonline showing students secretly gathering on campus earlier this week. the university has taken action and suspended 23 students who were identified in the video. pfizer and biotech say their second coronavirus vaccine is in advanced stages after positive results from phase one trials on humans. the latest candidate known as v2 is on track for regulatory review as early as october. the trial vaccine worked well across all age groups and less

than 20% of participants experienced mild adverse effects. on friday, the w.h.o. warned how vital a vaccine is to defeating the pandemic. >> a vaccine will be a vital tool and we hope that we will have one as soon as possible. but there is no guarantee that we will. and even if we do have a vaccine, it wouldn't end the pandemic on its own. >> reporter: public health officials are urging americans to get a flu shot this year. the cdc says it has ordered millions of doses of the flu vaccine, fearing a bad flu season and a possible surge in covid-19 cases could cripple the nation's healthcare system this fall and winter and just to add some context, last flu season saw as many as 740,000 people hospitalized and that was considered a mild season. eric. eric: wow. it could be a deadly season.

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arthel: president trump continuing his attacks on mail-in voting while speaking before a conservative group in virginia yesterday. the president also warning the crowd that house speaker nancy pelosi could become the next commander in chief if mail-in voting delays election results. meanwhile, house lawmakers are prepared to vote today on a bill to bolster the postal service as the agency becomes the focus in a battle over mail-in ballots. let's go to rich edson, live at the white house with more. the speaker doesn't automatically become, instantaneously become the interim president if results are delayed, correct? >> reporter: no, that isn't the case, arthel. to get to that point it would have to be an extraordinary series of events for the speaker of the house to become the president of the united states. the president is well opposed to the bill that's working its way through the house, just as opposed to universal mail-in voting. the white house has a veto

threat out, just recently on this bill that's working its way through the house, saying, quote, the u.s. postal service does not need $25 billion bailout. it needs reforms that will return it to a trend of long-term financial self sufficiency, usps has stated under current authorities it has sufficient financial liquidity to maintain on of presentations -- operations until august 2021. the president is a very firm no on state officials sending of out ballots to their registered voters. >> we're not prepared for this, 51 million ballots. it will be a tremendous embarrassment to our country. it will go on forever and you'll never know who won. people are going to get ballots that had no intention of voting, that maybe shouldn't be voting, that maybe aren't -- they say the computers will pick it up. the computers are going to pick up nothing. they're going to pick up nothing. >> reporter: we're talking about state officials who are sending

ballots out to not those requesting absentee ballots but all the voters. democrats say mass mail-in voting is secure and vital during the pandemic, they charge the administration is undermining the post office for an election advantage. the postmaster general told congress that ensuring mail-in voting is a number one priority. with the election two and-a-half months away, republicans will nominate president trump for re-election this week as they navigate their political convention in the middle of a global pandemic. >> the president is going to put forward a plan for the next four years. he's also going to talk about how his policies have directly affected real people. it's going to be the american story, not the hollywood script and fiction that was put forward by the democrats this past week. >> reporter: republicans are planning events and speeches in washington and charlotte and across the country. the events kick off on monday, that's the same day that the

postmaster general is scheduled to appear back on capitol hill, this time in front of a house committee. arthel. arthel: we will cover all of that right here on fox news. rich edson, thank you so much. eric. eric: arthel, for more on the upcoming vote that we expect this afternoon, anita kumar joins us, white house correspondent, associate editor for politico. anita, the speaker called the house back in august, very rare, but this bill only deals with post office funding, not the larger issues of coronavirus stimulus funding for example or small businesses and the chief of staff for the president, mark meadows is on the hill, criticizing that. what's the mood up there? >> it doesn't look like this is going to go anywhere. it does look like the house will pass the bill. if you recall senate republicans want two things, they want a broader bill, but the coronavirus recovery bill talks fell apart a couple weeks ago. they want a lesser amount for the postal service.

they plan to introduce something next week that would provide some money, probably 10 of billion dollars, and also bring back unemployment benefits and a couple other things. but the democrats say that's not a big enough coronavirus recovery bill. here we are at a standstill yet again and it's unclear what's going to happen. eric: what do you think will happen? what type of vote will there be? we hear some republicans may join the democrats. >> it does seem like the house will pass it, they'll have some republican support, the senate will probably pass their own bill and they're at an impasse with the amount of money. there's a lot going on with the postal service. many americans support the postal service. there is pressure to do something. it's just a question of how much money. eric: the democrats have been accusing the administration of politically sabotaging the post office on purpose for political reasons. the republicans and the white house deny that completely and mr. dejoy in his testimony yesterday said that he believes that the system can handle the

election ballots but here's, first, the speaker talking about this issue earlier today. take a listen. >> it is all designed to suppress the vote. he's going to have law enforcement, that's in their playbook. we've seen their playbook. it's in their playbook that they'll have people intimidated to vote by having i.c.e. agents or other law enforcement there to instill fear in people as they show up, why are they here, what -- it's scary. eric: but then mr. dejoy says the system can handle it. everything he's done is meant to streamline the service. here's what he said. >> i do not need anything to deliver mail on election night. this organization continues to perform and this is why we have such high ratings. our revenues were down.

other organizations would have stopped. some of the rural areas. eric: so anita, how do americans navigate between those conflicting views, especially when 61% according to polls of americans oppose cutting the funding. >> well, a lot of people have their own personal stories to tell about whether they mailed something and it got to the place on time or if there was a delay. it does sound like there are some delays. a lot of people i talk to this week say there have been delays, not something new. the house democrats put out information, internal documents from the post office that are actually showing that there have been delays this year and that these were internal documents, indicating that. so they say, look, there is some problems. there are some problems and they need to rectify it. the question is whether the money is going to do that. the postmaster general said he put on hold all of the changes until after the election so that everybody knows that he's not doing anything to impact that

election and he will deal with that later. so he says that all ballots will be prioritized and they should get there on time. eric: he did put them on hold but then he also said he's not going to rescind taking what they did apparently, take a lot of these or a bunch of these mass mailing sorting machines offline, especially some in swing states and they've come under criticism for that, for doing it in pennsylvania, wisconsin, the states that may really need it. >> that's right. i think the more that president trump talks about this and he's been talking about it every day, multiple times a day, by twitter, in speeches, the more he continues to talk about it and say that he is opposed to this, the more the democrats are going to worry that it's political. so the president hasn't indicated he's going to change any of that rhetoric and i think that's going to continue. what the speaker was talking about in that clip about the president sending people to the polls, it was something he mentioned a couple days ago and

it's gotten a ton of attention. he mentioned he would send deputies and other law enforcement to polling places on election day and that has a lot of democrats and others very alarmed what that means is that it's an intimidation tactic. eric: all eyes certainly watching this. thank you. and we will bring you the vote as soon as it occurs. anita, good to see you. arthel: coronavirus cases in georgia are growing twice as fast as the national average. we'll talk to a doctor there about what he and his colleagues are seeing inside their hospitals. we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it-

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eric: it is the bottom of the hour. here's our top headlines for you at the moment. we're waiting for the house vote any moment now on the $25 billion emergency funding to boost the postal service ahead of november's election. you're seeing individual

congressional members they're speaking on the house floor amid the controversy over mail-in voting. the president has threatened to veto it. two tropical system to slam the u.s. gulf coast at the same time next week. tropical storms laura and marco are expected to make landfall in texas and louisiana, certainly by wednesday, so folks there better be careful. and georgia now leads the u.s. in new coronavirus cases. that according to the white house coronavirus task force. it's averaging 216 new cases per 100,000 people, that's nearly twice the national average. the state's governor says the numbers do not tell the whole story. we have more now from alex whitler from our fox affiliate in atlanta. >> reporter: experts say there isn't one number that will accurately depict how georgia is tackling the coronavirus. they say it's more important than ever to take precautions

doctors have suggested for months. new information from the white house coronavirus task force indicates georgia tops the national charts for new covid-19 cases per 100,000 population. according to the task force findings, the state reported 216 cases per 100,000 people in the ending friday, august 14th, nearly double the national average. that's why a public health microbiologists says now is not the time to ditch social distancing. >> the white house task force is recommending that social gatherings be limited to ten people or fewer, including family members. the people you live with is one thing. this is not the time to visit family. >> reporter: they say there's a lot of information out there and as of right now the number of people dying from the coronavirus in georgia is most alarming. >> twice the national average. and that's really too high for us to be willing to accept.

>> all i'm asking for is georgia to get all the information. >> reporter: the governor, brian kemp, defended georgia's pandemic improvements at a news conference, as other studies also claim georgia leads the country in positive cases. governor kemp said not all information in the task force report is negative. >> right now, our hospitalizations are down 18.8% since our peak on july 30th, that's the lowest level since july 13th. >> reporter: shmitke says the governor is right. >> i know we would love to having that looks hopeful because the situation is so dire in georgia. >> reporter: data indicates coronavirus hospitalizations are down but she says that could be for a viewer rye at this of reasons. >> -- variety of reasons. >> another piece of information in there tells us 65% of our hospitals are currently reporting those data. last week it was 81%. a decrease i certainly hope it's real but it might be an artifact

of the fact we're seeing two thirds of the data. >> reporter: she says she knows the pa pandemic exhausted the masses but she says focusing on some of the figures doesn't show the whole picture. >> it's important to look at more than one metric, not enough to just look at cases. we need to be looking at deaths and hospitalizations. >> reporter: alex whitler, fox 5 news. arthel: for more on this we'll bring in dr. philip cool, associate dean for clinical affairs at the medical college of georgia. dr. cooling thank you for joining us. so how did georgia garner this dubious distinction? what are they doing wrong? >> yeah, so it is unfortunate that we have seen a spike of cases and really a high number of covid-19 cases in the state, kind of disproportionately affecting certain communities within the state. the good news is that that is

changing, those numbers are coming down now. and certainly on the ground we are seeing a nice drop in the number of hospitalizations. for example, hospitalizations this past week were down about 20%. state-wide, and we are seeing that happen in our facility at augusta university medical center as well. arthel: i'm happy to hear you're telling me that you're seeing fewer cases there in the hospital but i am a little confused because you have on the one hand reporting that saying that georgia is the number one hot spot right now, governor kemp is saying no, it's not. you've got to look at it a certain way. so help me understand what's really happening there on the ground. >> yes. so unfortunately you can look at these numbers multiple different ways. we're not sure which metrics we should be following right now. i would say the ones that are most important are hospitalizations and deaths. the other numbers can be skewed significantly based on the availability of testing. for example, at augusta

university medical center if you need a test today, you can get tested today or tomorrow and get a result in 24 hours. and so the availability of testing may actually lead to repeat testing which skews those numbers significantly because they may get double counted. so you have to be really careful about adjusting for population and also about what i call a testing bias that can significantly skew these numbers. arthel: now, again, just help me understand. so if you do -- you have to repeat the test, you have a double test, you said it will count twice. but that doesn't mean or does it mean that the case, the positive case would count twice? >> well, remember, until cms and hhs came out with new guidelines that required the reporting of whether or not you had a previous test, we were reporting examples for incidents of cases testing positive. so someone for example that had been tested two or three times

trying to get a clearance to return to work because their employer did not understand that you shouldn't have a negative test to come back to work, that test might get counted two or three times. so you have to be really careful about how you look at these numbers and really the most effective way is looking at what's happened in hospitalizations and we are seeing that number come down. arthel: thank you for explaining that. and then there is this alarming projection from researchers at the university of washington institute for health metrics and evaluation that just in time for christmas covid-19 will have killed 300,000 americans, that as you well know is five times the number of people killed in a very bad flu season. is that imminent? >> well, i think there is reason to be concerned about going into the fall. we don't yet know what's going to happen here. we're in unchartered territory and we can't live in lockdown forever and there's a difference

of opinion as to how we should approach this. we do know that certainly coming into the fall, that we could be faced with a difficult situation if we have a so-called third wave of this virus occurring in the state and i'm hopeful that we won't face that but i think it's too early to tell exactly what's going to happen. but we certainly need to be wary and understand how to deal with it now. arthel: do you feel confident, dr. cool, that somehow we can get a handle on coronavirus? i mean, how likely is that coronavirus and the covid-19 that goes with it would just hop scotch around the u.s. until we do gain control? >> well, you have to remember the purpose of the lockdown. the purpose of the lockdown was to try to slow the virus, to give the healthcare system a chance to get its legs under it. but we can't live in lockdown forever. we can't live in lockdown waiting on a virus. so we're going to have to learn how to co-exist with covid-19

and develop the systems in order to continue to provide high level quality care despite whatever surges that we see. because we can't, like i said, we can't live in lockdown until this is over, whenever that may be. arthel: so how do we co-exist? how do we, the public, help you the healthcare providers? and front liners? ?>> i think listening to the healthcare professionals and the politics getting mixed in with this virus is not helpful. we need to follow the science and we need to follow the medicine in that we know what controls this to some degree. we're still learning how to best do that but i think we have to take those reasonable measures to control the spread of the virus but without causing other crises in the process. and i think that can be done and we're learning more about how to manage this, how to treat it, and po potentially what might

happen in the future. arthel: dr. cool, thank you very much and good luck in georgia. >> thank you for having me. arthel: absolutely. eric. eric: arthel, russia's foremost opposition leader is fighting for his life in a german hospital. new details on his condition, after that suspected poisoning and why his supporters believe vladimir putin did it again. the latest poisoning of a putin opponent. hey, can i... hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! he's here. he's right here. - hi! - hi. hey! - that's totally him. - it's him! that's totally the guy. safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today.

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he is just the second this week after louisiana senator bill cassidy announced he too has tested positive. congressman muser is not in washington or on the house floor for today's vote on the postal service bill. you see the house speaker there live, expressing her support for that postal bill. we will have the vote momentarily, bring that to you live. congressman muser, who we presume is at home, says he would have voted no. the house is taking extra precautions for the vote that you see including mandatory masks and they're limiting the number of lawmakers in the chamber so it's not packed because of social distancing so that's why it's taking longer and we will show you that vote as it happens and i want to add that we send our best wishes for the good health of both congressman muser and senator cassidy. arthel: yes, we do. russia's on of significance leader this a coma after a suspected poisoning. alexei navalny arriving in berlin today, getting special

treatment from german doctors. kitty logan is live in london with details, hi, kitty. >> reporter: hi, arthel. we haven't heard too much more sincsince navalny was admitted earlier today. supporters say his condition is favorable. he arrived on a flight from russia organized by supporters. they say they're concerned about his health. his family has been pushing for the transfer to happen much sooner. they claim the hospital in russia was not well enough equipped to treat him. russian doctors refused to let him leave until now. navalny was admitted to the hospital in central berlin, the biggest and most advanced medical facility in germany. doctors say they are assessing navalny's condition still. medical staff in russia who were treated him until now say his life hasn't been in immediate danger but they have been

keeping him in an induced coma. navalny is a long-time opponent of russian president vladimir putin. he collapsed on a flight last thursday after apparently drinking tea which his supporters claim was poisoned. now, we don't yet know exactly what has happened to navalny. russian authorities claim no poison was found in his body. his supporters of course remain unconvinced by that. german doctors say they first need to run a series of tests to evaluate exactly what has happened. once they get those test results they will first be shared with the immediate family of navalny, though we're unlikely to hear too many details just yet. back to you. arthel: kitty, thank you. live in london. eric. eric: former advisor to march growth that question -- margaret hatcher joins us now, niles gardner. good to see you. seems like we have a poisoning pattern. you owe pos oppose putin, you gt

poisoned. what do you sunshine. >> reporter: think? >> this is the latest outrageous assassination attempt by the putin regime against a prominent dissident who opposed putin for decades and without a doubt i think this has the hands of the russian intelligence services all over this, the russians like to use poisoning against political enemies. we've seen this on countless occasions previously. we saw the use of chemical weapons even against a former russian intelligence agent on the streets of salisbury in england two years ago which threatened potentially the lives of thousands of british citizens. we're dealing with a brutal and barbaric regime run by vladimir putin and this regime shows its opponents no mercy whatsoever and without a doubt this is

another attempted assassination of a putin opponent. eric: allegedly they used tea back in 2006, had tea, navalny had tea before he boarded the flight, then get on the flight and had a severe reaction, they had to make an emergency landing. we're looking at some of the alleged victims. at least poisoning victims. what is the west, what is the u.s., the white house, the un do about this? >> firstly, i think we have to see a demand for a full international investigation into what has happened. i think we have to see full condemnation of any russian involvement in this attack here and in my view this is certainly the handiwork of putin, hen. henchmen. we need to sanction any russian officials that are involved in the assassination attempt and we have to stand up to russia on

the world stage. in addition to that, as my former boss margaret thatcher used to say, we must stand together with political dissidents, especially those in russia who are standing up to tyranny and brutality and margaret thatcher would always meet with political dissidents back in the days of the soviet union, she would support them, strongly back their cause. we need to see western leaders standing with russian dissidents, standing up to one of the most brutal regimes of our time. and we need to see also america's european allies all united in standing up to russia at this time. eric: one way you can do that, alexei navalny had a youtube channel, go to the youtube channel, there are 4 million followers, you can follow him on social media, if you want to show your support for some of these russian dissidents in the manor that margaret thatcher and

others for freedom have done. good to see you. thank you for your insight. >> my pleasure. thank you very much. eric: we'll be right back.

arthel: precincts across the country are facing a shortage of poll workers. many regular poll workers are

opting out of the election due to concerns about coronavirus. alabama is now looking to hire workers who aren't even old enough to cast a ballot yet. cascassie fanbro explains. >> reporter: with a major election months away, there's a need to make sure every precinct is fully staffed. some regular poll workers are opting out of this election. >> one of the things that some people are talking about because of covid-19 is their hesitation to work the polls. >> reporter: in advance of the concerns, local election officials are looking to recruit poll workers now. >> the date to be concerned about poll of workers is not october 25th, october 28th or november 2nd. the day to be concerned about poll workers is august 18th. >> reporter: the minimum age is 16 and the only restriction is they cannot handle a ballot. >> in 2019, we were actually able to pass legislation that allowed high school students to work the polls.

>> reporter: poll workers are paid at least $100 a day and will receive up to $50 additional pay this year due to the pandemic. if you would like to sign up to be a poll worker we'll have all of that information on our wbrc news app. in ber birmingham, cassie fanbr. arthel: thank you. if you are interested in becoming a poll worker in your precinct, the u.s. election assistance commission has information on their website, visit eac.gov. eric: it's a great way to help. well, they're voting on the house. let's look at the floor. a $25 billion bill to help the postal service deal with the election, that from the democrats. we'll have the latest on the upcoming vote. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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no matter where you are or what you're doing. ask your doctor for a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. you can do it without fingersticks. learn more at freestylelibre.us. eric: well, we're waiting for the vote. you're looking at an unusual saturday sense in the house -- saturday session in the house, they are on the floor and they are speaking, expressing support or opposition to the democrats' $25 billion bill aimed at boosting the u.s. postal service and to stop any operational changes in how our mail is processed and delivered before the election in november. hello everyone, welcome to another hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, eric. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. today's vote comes amid an ongoing political controversy over mail-in voting ahead of the november election.

most house republicans not supporting the legislation and it is not expected to be taken up by the senate. the white house already issuing a veto threat with the president tweeting moments ago, representatives of the post office have repeatedly stated that they do not need money and will not make changes. this is all another hoax by democrats to give $25 billion unneeded dollars for political purposes without talking about the universal mail-in ballot scam that they are trying to pull off in violation of everything that our country stands for. vote no to the pelosi, schumer money wasting hoax which is taking place now. then fight the $51 million unasked for ballots. only absentee ballots are acceptable. chad pergram is large on capitol hill. chad, did the $25 billion figure come from the postal service board of directors, correct? >> reporter: that's the postal

service board of directors. nancy pelosi is saying if they want this, let's give them the money and to put pressure on senate republicans. they'll pass the bill later tonight and say why isn't something happening with the senate which is controlled by republicans. democrats believe the bill is suspension. peter i depass defazzio from or. >> what does this mask say, united states postal service. they can get mail no matter they live. they can get prescriptions. they can have a small business in powers, oregon, pretty remote from everything and use the postal service. >> reporter: mark meadows mentioned to capitol hill, criticized the house is only focus on the postal service and not a coronavirus aid package. >> she's here doing a slimmed down version, very slimmed down version of a negotiation that

took place a few weeks ago so it doesn't seem to correspond with the action that's being taken in the chamber to my right. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi didn't meet with meadows. he dropped by unannounced when she was in a leadership meeting. they haven't talked in a couple weeks now about coronavirus relief. pelosi took a swipe at what meadows wants in a coronavirus bill. >> you listed some things that what's his name put forth. he didn't say anything about schools. he didn't say anything about crushing the virus. he didn't say anything about people who are being evicted. >> reporter: the house vote is going to happen in the next hour and-a-half here. it will pass, it will be a bipartisan vote, probably 12 to 15 republicans will vote yes. in the past hour or so, brian fitzpatrick, a republican from pennsylvania, he announced he will vote yea. back to you. arthel: a lot happening there and chad, you're following it all for us, when the threshold

is reached, we'll come back to you. thank you very much, chad pergram. eric. eric: arthel, we just reported on president trump's latest tweet on mail-in ballots. he even claimed that house speaker nancy pelosi could become the president for a while at least because of the line of succession if mail-in ballot voting counting just languishes and goes and on. the president predicts it would take weeks to determine the outcome of the election if most americans cast their ballot by mail. rich edson is live at the white house with more on what the president is saying about this. >> reporter: the idea of a president pelosi, it's unclear specifically what the president is referring to, whether it's the line of succession or whether it's the idea that the electoral college fails to reach a decision on who the president is and the house of representatives in a state by state vote chooses the next president. either way it would be a highly contested, it would be extraordinary and something with an uncertain outcome. meanwhile, the president is also

focused on the vote that's ongoing on the hill right now, that chad's talking about, the house bill. the democrats are putting forward on the post of office. the white house saying it will veto that bill. the president will, if he gets it. usps he says does not need a $25 billion bailout. it needs reforms that will return it to a trend of long-term financial self sufficiency. usps stated that under any current authorities, it has sufficient financial liquidity to maintain operations until august 2021. the president is reinforcing his opposition to universal mail-in balloting. >> not prepared for this, 51 million ballots. it will be a tremendous embarrassment to our country. it will go on forever and you'll never know who won. people are going to get ballots that had no intention of voting, that maybe shouldn't be voting. >> reporter: democrats say mass mail-in voting is secure and

necessary during the pandemic. they say the trump administration is undermining the post of office a for an election advantage to hamper mail-in voting this fall. the postmaster general, louis dejoy, told congress this week that ensuring mail-in voting is a number one priority with the election two and-a-half months away, republicans will nominate president trump for re-election this week as they navigate their political convention in the middle of a global pandemic, republicans will host events in washington, in locations around the country including in charlotte where the convention was supposed to be this year. the full convention. it is also the same damon day that this all -- day monday that this kicks off with the postmaster general back on the hill, testifying before the house. eric: in 20 minutes from now we'll have a look at another way to vote that is being highly touted and that is ballot boxes. rich edson at the white house, thank you. arthel: the suspect in the brutal attack on a truck driver

in portland has turned himself in. this all comes after another night of violence in the city, a large group of demonstrators marched to a police station and started throwing bottles and rockets at the officers. brian llenas is live in brooklyn where gun violence has been increasing in recent weeks. brian. >> reporter: hi, arthel. we'll begin with the spike in gun violence in new york city, just to give you an idea, between thursday night until friday there were 11 shootings were 15 victims in new york city and three of those shootings were fatal including right here in downtown brooklyn. and if you look at the year-to-date statistics, we'll put that up on the screen, when it comes to new york city, murders are up to 259, a 30% increase compared to this time last year, there have been 1,095 shooting victims, a whopping 89% increase compared to this time last year in 2019. now, amid this uptick in violent crime in cities like new york

city and chicago, there is violent rioting continuing in portland, oregon. early this morning and last night, a riot was declared by portland police outside of the north precinct. some 150 to 200 rioters, vandal icing vehicles and throwing projectiles at officers including balloons with feces and railroad spikes. nine people were arrested. this as police are still investigating, well, a threat that was made, a car bomb threat that was made to federal officers in that city and on friday portland police arrested 25-year-old marques love. he's facing three federal charges including assault. love is accused of viciously beating and kicking adam hane unconscious in portland. haner said he and his girlfriend were attacked by black lives matter protesters after they tried to protect another woman who was being beaten and robbed at the time. he spoke to jesse watters about the arrest of of love who kicked

him from behind, knocking him unconscious. >> i really didn't have an issue with anyone when i went down there to start with, so i'm not really trying to pick up an issue here. i think they were down there for a cause and trying to show something for their cause and what they showed is what they showed and that's where i stand with it. >> reporter: he hurt his ribs, obviously bruised his face and 86 straight nights of rioting in portland, oregon. arthel. arthel: absolutely horrible. what is the cause they're fighting for really? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, it started off with the federal offices, they said it was the federal officers that were on the streets and at this point portland police have taken control and the message is being lost when you have images like that, arthel. arthel: brian, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, fire crews are

making slow progress in their battle against some of the largest wildfires in california's history. that's thanks to some improved weather conditions overnight. the danger is far from over, at least six people so far have been killed in the fires and tens of thousands of others have been forced from their homes. fire officials say nearly 1 million acres have been burned so far since a week ago on this date last saturday and that number could grow. christina coleman is live in pacific palisades, california with the latest on this continuing problem. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, these massive wildfires have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, some of them scrambling just to grab a few belongings and get to safety. and mind you, these wildfires have damaged or destroyed more than 930 structures across the state. unprecedented lightning storms started last saturday and lasted throughout the week, sparking many of the fires raging in

northern california. there were nearly 12,000 lightning strikes over a 72 hour period this week with over 100 occurring yesterday. 585 new fires have started since last saturday, burning nearly 1 million acres across the state. the lnu lightning complex is the second largest fire in the than 314,000 acres so far and spans across five counties including napa and sonoma. it's 15% contained. more than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders throughout the state because of the raging fires. >> we have of to have a plan. we have to tailor it to your town. you have to evacuate when told to do so. you have to help us help you. we're concentrating p -- if we're concentrating on rescuing you then we cannot take care of the properties and save your property and get ahead of this fire.

>> reporter: the scu lightning complex started three days ago with about 20 fires. they merged and burned more than 291,000 acres so far. it's only 10% contained and a it's now the third largest fire in the state's recorded history. ten states are sending resources and additional help to try and get these flames under control. also, the national guard is providing helicopter support right now to try and stop some of these fires which is a huge effort because so many fires are burning at the same time. eric. eric: it really is heart breaking. christina, thank you. arthel. arthel: officials at many colleges and universities are warning students on campus against holding parties or ignoring rules on large crowds, saying anyone caught breaking social distancing guidelines could be suspended. charge watson is live in atlanta with details. charles. >> reporter: hi, arthel. syracuse university says it has suspended 23 students after they were seen on video gathering in

large crowds on campus. meanwhile, university of notre dame leaders are trying to decide whether they should keep students on campus or send them home after a rise in coronavirus cases on its campus. school officials have blamed the increase on off dashcam pus -- off- campus parties. the university's president says it's up to students to save the semester. >> the objective of the temporary restrictions is to contain the spread of the virus so we can get back to in-person instruction, if these steps are not successful we will have to send students home. >> reporter: and according to a new york times database, daily new cases have decreased by 18% in the last two weeks. though they remain persistently high across much of the country, the u.s. has now reported more than 5.6 million cases of the virus and the cdc projects more

than 200,000 covid related deaths will be recorded by september. on friday, the w.h.o. detailed how important a virus -- a vaccine, rather, is to defeating this pandemic. >> a vaccine will be a vital tool and we hope that we will have one as soon as possible. but there is no guarantee that we will. and even if we do have a vaccine, it wouldn't end the pandemic on its own. >> reporter: the director of the cdc says he is confident that a vaccine will be available to the public by the end of the year. arthel. arthel: charles watson, thank you very much, charles. eric. eric: arthel, the house right now is debating a bill to provide $25 billion in emergency funding to the postal service. this comes as several states are suing the agency, claiming the post office is harming the ability to conduct a free and

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arthel: a fierce legal battle now over mail-in voting, six states and the district of columbia filing a new lawsuit against the postal service, warning that recent changes at the agency have affected their ability to conduct, quote, free and fair elections. this follows a similar lawsuit filed by 14 other states earlier in the week. let's bring in john decker, white house correspondent and attorney. before we get into the specifics, i want to see if you're receiving reaction or reporting on today's house vote? >> no, nothing yet from the white house as relates to that, although we knew their position already ahead of time, arthel and the position is that that $25 billion that was being sought by democrats in the house is too much. they are more in the line with the number of $10 billion and

that they're very far apart at this point. i don't think this particular piece of legislation, which is passing the house, will even be put up for a vote in the u.s. senate, arthel. arthel: right. of course that postal -- the postal service board of governors were the ones to request the $25 billion in the first place. let's get to the lawsuit, filed in federal court friday, in pennsylvania, president trump tweets his opposition to mail-in voting and asking for a reverse of the changes made by mr. dejoy and declare them unlawful. the question to you, john, i mean, should post master general dejoy return the mailboxes removed and put those sorting machines back online? he says he's not planning to. but how will this fan the flames of accused voter suppression by the president? >> well, this was not the first lawsuit that's been filed in

this regard, arthel. it's actually the third. as you mentioned earlier in the week, you had 14 states including the battleground state of michigan filing a lawsuit against the postmaster general. you had the naacp also filing a lawsuit against the postmaster general. and the president and this lawsuit and they argue essentially the same thing. and that is that the actions that are being contemplated or were being contemplated by the postmaster general would infringe upon the voting rights of a significant portion of americans. that the actions being contemplated by the postmaster general run afoul of the law because they were not run by the postal regulatory commission and also it interferes with the state's ability to manage election as mandated by the election clause of the constitution. the problem with all of these lawsuits, arthel, is that on tuesday a statement was put out by the postmaster general, louis dejoy, essentially walking back

all of these planned changes and so as a result, these arguments being put forward by the 21 attorneys general, democrats, in all of these states are largely moot because the problems that they were complaining about have already been addressed by the postmaster general. arthel: right. he said he's going to not make those changes. however, there's some pushback on the other side of course saying but you're not going to replace those mailboxes, you're not going to put those mail sorting machines back online so you see it goes back and forth. but let me get back to the additional states that you were referring to, john. let's see. there's washington, colorado, connecticut, illinois, maryland, michigan, minnesota, nevada, new mexico, oregon, rhode island, vermont and wisconsin, virginia. so now i want to get to some reporting from fox news.com. the new lawsuit alleges violation to the postal reorganization act for making

policy changes without first submitting the proposal to the postal regulatory commission, violations to the elections clause of the u.s. constitution for interfering in how states conduct elections in violation of the 26th amendment of the constitution for, a quote, significantly and disproportionately harming older voters who are more likely to vote by mail due to health risks from covid-19, adding the service delays caused by postal service's implementation of sweeping new policies in the midst of a pandemic may disenfranchise voters because their ballots will not be sent or received in time and may deter people from voting because they do not trust that their ballot will be delivered. so that's according to the lawsuit. john, to you now. is timing maybe the biggest problem here? >> well, it is. you know, all of the arguments being put forward by these attorneys general from these various states are good arguments. but they've been addressed. and that means that when these

particular lawsuits come before a federal judge, in this case in philadelphia, that's where that particular lawsuit will be heard, it's likely the judge will ask the attorneys general including the pennsylvania attorney general what has not been resolved by the actions by the postmaster general. because as far as i'm concerned, the judge may say, this has already been taken care of and the lawsuit that you are contemplating here, it seems to me its moot and i think that that would be a good argument to make by the federal judge that would hear that particular case. arthel: john decker, live at the white house. we'll have to leave it there. thanks, john. >> thanks, arthel, have a good day. arthel: you too. ♪ eric: if you were worried about going to a polling place in person for the november election because of coronavirus, you're not alone. lots of us are considering using mail-in for voting. in fact, an estimated 180

million americans could have the ability to vote by mail but there's also another method that's getting a lot of new attention to vote. >> the workers here at the michael murphy post office named for the hero navy seal killed in afghanistan are preparing for a crush of mail-in ballots as are other post offices across the country. one new york state senator is proposing an alternative way to vote. ballot boxes. ballot boxes are like large mailboxes but are set up by local election boards for voters to simply pop their ballots into the slot. that way, voters do not have to rely on the mail to get their ballots in on time or stand in line at polling places because of coronavirus. a growing number of states coast to coast already use ballot boxes and election officials insist they are a proven safe and secure method of voting. new york state has had recent foul-ups in mail voting and state senator brad hoyleman has

a bill to put ballot boxes on the streets of the empire state. >> this is the best way to get your ballot to the board of elections if you don't want to vote in person, in my opinion. we have the precedent. they're secure, they're safe, they cut out the u.s. postal service which has been undermind by the current administration and voters will have confidence to know their election ballot is going to be counted. >> reporter: critics like president trump's campaign claim ballot boxes are not safe and could be susceptible to voter fraud. they have sued pennsylvania election officials claiming such boxes should not be considered legal polling places. >> in philadelphia, with a different, looser set of rules than in some other counties in the state, you could have votes that are double counted. you could have people voting multiple times because there's no security at box. you could have people voting after the polls officially close. you need uniformed standards that follow the rules and allow people to have certainity in the

outcome of their election. eric: some states employ video monitoring of drop boxes for security, president trump says drop boxes are still vulnerable to tampering especially in the democratic states that plan to mail out ballots to every registered voter whether they ask for them or not. the president tweeted, quote, some states use drop boxes for the collection of universal mail-in ballots so who is going to collect the ballots and what might be done to them prior to tabulation? a rigged election, so bad for our country, only absentee ballots acceptable. >> states are implementing dropoff boxes that are unsecure, unmonitored and don't have uniform standards in how they're handled county by county, municipality by municipality. it's a dangerous way to administer an election. it can lead to fraud, can lead to insecurity. most importantly, it leads to uncertainty. people need to have faith in the

outcome of their election. >> this is an incredibly unusual time. there's nothing more important, especially now during a national emergency, than making sure that every vote is counted and getting voters a safe and healthy alternative to cast their ballot. eric: election officials point out that only they handle the ballots and they do that from the ballot box like they handle any vote whether it comes in through the mail or you actually go in person to the polling place. in fact, there is a procedure to have a republican and democratic officials retrieve the ballots from a box together and then they conduct the count. senator hoyleman's bill is moving to the state senate in albany and the rules committee. the empire state may have to move quickly. there are nearly 13 million registered voters in new york state. that could mean a lot of ballot box ifs the bill is approved. the senator will have a news conference debuting a ballot box to new york voters would have

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that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. it's time to find new roads, again. arthel: it's the bottom of the hour, time for some top headlines. northern california is seeing some of the biggest wildfires in state history, many of which were sparked by lightning strikes. the region could see more dry lightning tonight. a pair of tropical storm systems could slam the u.s. at the same time next week. tropical storms laura and marcho are expected to make landfall across the coast of texas and hughelouisiana. the campaign spotlight shifts to charlotte, north carolina for the rnc next week. president trump is set to visit the city on monday dane as the convention starts, this comes after joe biden's campaign saw a big financial boost from the dnc, raising $70 million this past week.

hillary vaughn is following the biden, harris campaign from delaware. hi, hillary. >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, the president sees the republican national convention as really a chance to give his rebuttal to a lot of what was said last week during the democrats' convention. in an exclusive interview with fox news anchor steve hilton the president says the dnc was dark and he wants the mood at the republicans' convention to be a lot different. >> i think we're going to see something that is going to be very uplifting and positive, that's what i'd like it to be. i think you have to defend yourself by talking about some of the lies, like when he says social security, i don't think he knows too much about social security. >> reporter: the gop convention will also look a lot different too. while biden had a drive-in audience for his big address, where supporters honked horns and watched his speech on a big screen in a parking lot, president trump will have an

in-person audience of gop lawmakers seated on the white house lawn. the keynote addresses start with the first lady on tuesday, the vice president on wednesday and finish with president trump's address on thursday. the dnc is not having a down week and instead is going on a surrogate speaking spree, hosting video press conferences with mayor pete buttigieg and nancy pelosi. this afternoon joe biden arrived at his beach house. while he's taking a break today, his first joint interview with his running mate will air tomorrow whereby den told abc as president he would put the u.s. under quarantine if scientists told him to do it. >> in order 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: arthel, biden has made rebooting the economy a center point of his campaign, so weighing a potential shutdown in the future could have a major impact on getting that economy back on track. arthel. arthel: hillary, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, for a preview of next week's republican national convention, jim hampel joins us. you expect law and order, a look at the violent street riots, the economy, china, israel, iran, what do you expect will take top billing? >> i think we saw the extended infomercial for the democrats last week where they made the case that everything is terrible and therefore a change is necessary. so i think for the republicans and president trump, they're going to have to make sort of the counter case. they're going to have to defend the president's record and they're going to have to argue that some of the things the democrats would like to do would make things worse, that they're the best positioned and the best

team and have the best policies to get the country back on track. and so i think you're going to have to see at least some kind of case made against how the democrats would affect the economy with the talk of national lockdowns, resumed lockdowns, national mask mandates, aggressive democratic policies in that area. also, the talk of mainstreaming socialism within the democratic party, while also a big emphasis on public safety. i definitely think if you look at the calculations made by both parties so far, is that republicans seem to expect voters to be very frightened by what's happening in portland and democrats are making the bet they're more afraid of the coronavirus and didn't really talk about things like portland at all, to the extent that they did, they framed it as peaceful protesters under assault by the president. i think you're going to have to see them try to do a little counter programming from what we saw by the democrats last week.

eric: it seemed, watching the democratic and reporting on it, that it was little light on concrete policy, whereas it seems that the republicans may have a lot of concrete policy. >> they may. and what i think they're definitely going to have to do is to try to fill in the holes that the democrats left in terms of their policy proposals, with some of those details and try to make the case that the actual policies that the democrats would pursue, even though the speeches sounded very moderate and you had a lot of defecting republicans who were featured at the convention as well, they may sound moderate but if you look at what they're actually thinking of doing, they would be fairly radical, they would be perhaps injurious to any economic recovery. it's going to be important, i think, for them to get the democrats to be a part of the equation when people decide to vote. i think president trump is much

better off if it's a binary choice between do you want a republican set of policies or democratic set of policies under biden, rather than a referendum on president trump because obviously there are a lot of things wrong with the country right now. eric: the biden campaign would probably say he's more moderate even though you have aocs and others in the party. laura trump was on the today showing, saying it would be a convention of optimism. look, they're going to have all these themes, the theme on monday night is going to be the land of promise, tuesday, land of opportunity, first lady melania will speak at that and as an example of opportunity, wednesday, the land of heroes, the vice president, fort mchenry in baltimore and then the land of greatness, the president at the white house. here's the president talking about what he expects when he sat down at the white house with our steve hilton, the whole interview tonight. listen. take a listen. >> well, i think we're going to see something that is going to be very uplifting and positive,

that's what i'd like it to be. i think you have to defend yourself by talking about some of the lies, like when he says social security, i don't think he knows too much about social security. eric: at the very end when we're here next saturday, how do critics match it up and does it really mean anything for november? >> it's one of the few opportunities that they have to really change the narrative that's going on in the country and to really make a difference. i mean, conventions even when they're live are mainly television events for most voters anyway so it's an extended opportunity for them to get their message out and i think while the democratic convention mostly got positive reviews, one criticism people did have of it that was very negative, that it was very dark. i'm sure democrats would argue that reflects the reality of the country right now. so the question will be, by being more optimistic, will that be a favorable contrast to the democrats or will people think

that that's out of touch. but that's a really big question i think facing republicans for next week. eric: you're looking at the lineup right there. we will of course be covering it all here live on the fox news channel. jim, good to see you. thank you for joining us. fox news special coverage of the republican convention, it all kicks off tomorrow. you don't have to wait until monday to watch it. tomorrow night bret baier and martha mccallum will be anchoring a special edition at 10:00 p.m. eastern called convention kickoff. we're going to kick it off right here on the fox news channel tomorrow night. arthel. arthel: going to kick it off and we'll be watching. all right. the white house demanding sanctions be reimposed on iran but meeting strong opposition in the united nations. so what can be done to flan the -- rein in the government in tehran? that's up next.

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arthel: the u.s. moves to reimpose sanctions on iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear agreement. secretary of state mike pompeo was at the united nations on tuesday to trigger the snapback mechanism, it's being met with opposition from other countries in the deal, secretary pompeo accusing some european allies of siding with the ayatollah. dr. rebecca grant is a military analyst, president of iris independent research. what's your take of secretary of state pompeo's move? >> first of all, i think secretary of state pompeo had no choice but to go ahead and trigger the snack snapback. i'm surprised they didn't do it earlier. iran has been violating the nuclear deal now for over a year, producing too much enriched uranium and storing too much nuclear material so i think the secretary was very well

justified in asking for the snapback also to get the conventional arms em ba embargo. arthel: would things be different had the u.s. not pulled out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal? >> well, you know, it's so interesting, in this case what the heart of the policy that really drove the trip up to new york was to try to get a conventional arms embargo put back on and that embargo had been there in one form or another since 2007. so all pompeo wanted was for the security council to say, hey, no arms sales to iran and that's what they were unwilling to do. i was really shocked to see that because if you have new russian or chinese military equipment going into iran, it's a danger to the u.s. military. arthel: that's it. because russia and china want to block or of stop the snapback to reimpose restrictions on iran.

they want to do just that, sell weapons to iran. what does russian and chinese military equipment in iran's possession mean for our u.s. forces in the region? >> one of the big concerns is that russia might sell new air defenses, china might sell ships and other things and of course they can help them more with their missile programs. and the minute that this came out, iran's reaction was to unveil two new missiles and one is a ballistic missile and it's named after qassem soleimani and the other one is a crews missile named after a lieutenant. it's an outrageous move, it shows that iran is not only sponsoring terrorism and violating the nuclear accord, but it's being very aggressive with their conventional military forces right now and that's why getting that arms embargo back on, no matter what it takes, is so important. arthel: so would that mean that russia and china would be supporting terrorists if they sell military equipment to iran? >> exactly.

that is something that would happen. and russia and china are really gloating right now over the diplomatic embarrassment of the u.s. up at the un. russia and china want to challenge the u.s. everywhere and the un is their new battle ground. china has been egging on iran, buying more of their oil and there's no question that russia and china want to get more of their military equipment into iran and pin down more u.s. forces in the region. arthel: what should or can the trump administration do about this? what sanctions could the u.s. impose on russia, on china and how effective would they really be? >> right. there are two ways to go about it and one is to trigger the snapback and let all those great big pile of sanctions go back on iran. the other way is to sanction individual chinese and russian entities, whether that's companies or individuals. we've seen the treasury department be active and effective with that. the bottom line is, this means that iran is continuing be a

growing danger in the region, that our u.s. forces and our allies like britain and the others in operation sentinel will have to keep military forces there to keep an eye on iran and keep shipping going through the persian gulf region. arthel: big ball of confusion there for sure. dr. rebecca grant, always a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: eric. eric: well, arthel, we've got a fox news cuteness alert for you straight ahead. the national zoo welcomes its newest adorable animal. we'll introduce you to the new baby panda, the panda was born yesterday, straight ahead. we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part.

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eric: it's a celebration center nation's capitol. the giant panda giving birth to a covetousness sony and national zoo last night. david spunt has the story. seem a scene that panda at the national zoo is a tradition and now there's a new one to visit. panda lovers and animal lovers across the world are celebrating this news. here is a look at the new cub. the giant panda gave birth to her cub last night at 6:35 in the evening. the zoo staff says she picked up

the panda cub started carrying for it immediately. we don't know if it's a boy or girl. staff all know in a few days when they approach the little cub. she has given birth to three of the cubs, the oldest born in 2005. the panda's move that to china when they are for they are four years old is part of an agreement with the country. >> she's the oldest panda outside of china to get earth. she would be considered almost reaching old age so it's a miracle in a way. she is our covid mayor call. >> zookeepers won't approach the little cub for an exam for several days leaving it all up to the mom. if you want to see the panda there's limited space available because of the pandemic but check it out at the national zoo in washington. david spunt "fox news." allstate won't raise your rates

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and now enjoy boost® high protein in new café mocha flavor. eric: tomorrow you can watch steve hilton interview the present ahead of the national convention. the full interview is on steve show the next resolution sundays at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight. arthel: that's tomorrow but today is august 22nd 2nd and its my moms birthday. happy birthday, mom. she's watching us there in new orleans. be safe and i love you. thank you god for another year year with you mom. eric: happy birthday mom. wish we were there.

one day we will be. arthel: thank you for watching us. eric and i appreciated and stick around because jon scott is up next with "the fox report." jon: house of her present is voting on legislation to get the u.s. postal service and the just $25 billion a controversial mail-in voting heats up at the white house. president trump's said he will veto it if it hits his desk. good evening i'm jon scott and this is "the fox report." the house democrats bill also restricts any further changes to the postal service. postmaster general louis dejoy a big donor to president trump testified yesterday before senate panel. he said cost-cutting moves like removing sorting machines won't slow