eric: we heard from the democrats, joe biden last week, and now it's the republicans and president trump's term. his bid for a second term will come into a spotlight this week starting tomorrow as the republican party makes final preparations for their national convention, all this week. hello, everyone. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, eric. hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. from the nation's capital to charlotte, north carolina, the original site for the convention leading up to the president's acceptance speech at the white house, republicans are preparing for a four-night ex straff began began. >>ex straff stravaganza.>> a lt

was very negative. >> it was dark. 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. arthel: we have fox news team coverage, kevin cork at the white house, we're going to start with lucas tomlinson outside melon auditorium in washington. lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon. i'm a few blocks from the white house where moments ago the trump campaign released the list of speakers for the republican national convention. the first shots were fired by the president's chief of staff. >> joe biden has been in office for over 40 years. politicians give speeches. what we're looking for is action. this president has shown action each and every day. joe biden has barely passed two bills, one of which he's trying to run away from because of the

left and when we look at it, this president accomplished more in his first 100 days than joe biden did in the last 40 years. >> reporter: here's the rough plans for the convention. on monday, land of heroes includes the presidential nomination by tim whip steve ca. on tuesday, the first lady and secretary of state mike pompeo will speak. on wednesday, vice president mike pence will visit his remarks from fort mchenry, that inspired francis scott key to write the star spangled banner. on thursday, the president will speak, the fourth time he will appear. it will feature a mix of live and recorded content. the president says he wants more live speeches than we heard last week at the dnc. the auditorium will be the hub for the convention where some of the speeches will be delivered. the trump campaign just released its list of speakers, that will be on our website soon and we'll have more in the next hours,

arthel. arthel: all right. thank you very much. eric. eric: arthel, as president trump and the republicans await the start of the convention with great anticipation, white house correspondent kevin cork is live on the north lawn of the whi whe house with the latest there. what is the mood as we start this week? >> reporter: i just had a conversation with a white house senior staffer and insisted that the real difference between what we saw last week with the democrats and what we expect and anticipate seeing from the republicans at the rnc is a message of positiveity. you heard lucas allude to it. and the charge is simply this. democrats, they argue, spent last week really criticizing and complaining about the country whereas the republicans hope to focus on the way forward. a message of renewal and rebirth and that's really what they hope to communicate to the american people. hogan gibley was talking about it earlier today on fox news

channel. >> the democrats we saw for the last several days has been talking about how horrible america is, we are inherently evil and the cause of the world's problems. that's not the way we see america. it's the greatest idea ever realized. the president is going to talk about how this is the land of opportunity, the land of heroes, the land of promise, the land of greatness. >> reporter: as you also know, we're getting more information about who the speakers will be, obviously coming up you heard lucas allude to that. some of the names we did anticipate, we also learned that it's very likely and probably i'm going to double check that, ivanka trump will now introduce the president as he seeks his party's nomination for a second time. should make for a very interesting week, eric. eric: yeah, of course we have the -- as we heard from mark meadows the economy and dealing with these other issues and there's coronavirus, tonight the president's going to talk about the virus research and a possible vaccine. what do we expect? >> reporter: very interesting, because this is a circumstance

where it does touch on a number of different sectors. it's not just health. it's also the economy. we want people to get back to their lives and let's be honest, you and i have talked about this at length. a number of americans were really knocked out by covid-19, economically families are struggling. we learned last night from kayleigh mcenany that yes in fact the president was going to be talking about it. let me share the tweet. i think the tweet came down a little after 11:00 at night. if you weren't up late and you didn't get a chance to see it, don't worry. i've got you covered. i happened to be up when it came across. the news conference with the president tomorrow, that would be today, at 6:00 p.m. concerning a major therapeutic breakthrough on the china virus, secretary azar and dr. hahn will be in attendance. so you may be asking, okay, so what are they going to talk about. two things they really want to hammer home. number one, the push to get a vaccine is ongoing. as you know, the sooner a vaccine can come to the

marketplace, the sooner we can get americans safely taken care of and hopefully school children and others can get back to their lives. that could be part of the conversation this afternoon. as i get more information on a granular level, i promise to pass it along, eric. eric: that's interesting they talk about therapeutics. there's been a lot of the high inflammation and trying to reduce that in the heart and this sort of thing if you get coronavirus. meanwhile, kevin, there's a scorching secret audiotape apparently of president trump's sister, former federal judge marianne trump barry. man, oh, man, what's in this tape? >> reporter: i tell you what, timing is everything, right. here we are on the eve of the rnc and the post has a pretty tough hit piece on the president, a secret recording of as you mentioned marianne trump barry. that's his older sister, saying that the president was cruel among other things. i want to warn you as you listen to this audio, it's a little on the blue side. >> oh, my god.

i'm talking freely. you know it's a change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the [bleep]. >> reporter: that recording coming out not terribly long after the president of course laid to rest his brother, the white house issuing a statement in fact from the president quoting now, he said every day it's something else. who cares. i miss my brother. and i'll continue to work hard for the american people. that's part of his statement, eric. eric: apparently the source of that tape is mary trump who is the president's niece who has written that very hard-hitting book about the president. all right, kevin on the north lawn. thank you. arthel. arthel.arthel: two major storms expected to hit central gulf coast this week, tropical storm marco is near hurricane strength as it swirls over the gulf of mexico and it could make landfall in eastern louisiana

tomorrow. tropical storm laura now over haiti, could also become a hurricane. parts of louisiana including new orleans, now under a hurricane watch. we have fox team coverage, phil keating is in key largo, florida. we're going to start with meteorologist adam klotz tracking the twin storms. adam. >> hey, arthel. yeah, a very unique system is what we're looking at right now. marco is a little closer, nearly a hurricane right now, winds at 70 miles an hour, spinning in the gulf of mexico. likely making landfall by tomorrow afternoon so this has sped up from some of the original forecasts. there's the track running up along the louisiana coast. what you're going to see is ultimately both of these storms are at least potentially going to be making landfall in a similar location. that could be a big problem. jumping to tropical storm laura, spinning over haiti. this one going to take a little longer but ultimately running to a similar location. so once it runs over some of the

tropical islands it gets into the gulf of mexico, able to heat up and warm up very quickly and suddenly you see a path that is running up along the gulf coast so louisiana, possibly getting up to a category 2 storm. this is the stronger of the two tropical systems we're paying attention to. these are our current forecast tracks. as you know he with these systems, there's plenty of room over the next couple days, the next 12 hours for this to shift a little bit. they could end up right on top of each other, at least where the paths go. that would be a worst case scenario. the ground would be saturated. the second storm would be able to do more damage. no surprise, tropical storm watches, warnings, hurricane watches in some locations as we begin to prepare for these storms. i'm going to leave you with precipitation models. this is from the first original storm. you see some of that rain really piling up around new orleans. but then if you get another hit, suddenly you talk about a lot more rain running up just a little farther off towards the west. again, arthel, as i throw this back to you, these could end up right on top of each other of. there's a little bit of time to watch that occur.

so this is going to be something to really pay attention to for the next 12, all the way to 48 hours or so. arthel: i'm paying attention for sure. meteorologist adam klotz, thank you. eric. eric: yeah, new orleans, arthel's hometown, so for more on where marco and laura could slam our team coverage continues with phil keating, phil is in key largo, florida with the conditions there. hi, phil. >> reporter: hi, there, eric. conditions are really brilliant right now. but the entire florida keys is under a tropical storm warning right now. the worst of tropical storm laura should impact probably the lower keys, key west, sometime tomorrow throughout the day. state of emergency is in effect for the entire county, monroe county, meaning anybody out living on a boat or in a mobile trailer is supposed to get out and up onto the mainland. laura has blown through puerto rico with several inches of rain

and steady winds. right now it's raining and blowing across the dominican republic and haiti. in a kim hours it's forecast to move west, northwest through the length of cuba before making it out into the gulf of mexico and hitting those warm waters and strengthening into a category one or two hurricane. that other tropical storm of course, that's threatening the same region from texas really to the florida panhandle is tropical storm marco. its winds are 70 miles an hour right now so it is almost a hurricane as we speak and it's expected to turn into a hurricane in a few hours to a day as well. monroe county emergency planners are going to meet this afternoon and decide whether or not they're going to open of up a hurricane shelter down in key west but for most of florida, almost the entire state, neither of these storms is really much of a threat so up in the mainland, miami, there hasn't been that usual rush on gasoline

stations and publix grocery stores and hardware stores. the real threat is where these two storms are coming. which is louisiana in particular, east coast of texas, as well as coastal alabama and mississippi and maybe even into pensacola. back to you. eric: phil, we'll be watching. looks really beautiful where you are right now but as you know that could change. thanks. arthel. arthel: meanwhile, on the west coast, dozens of fast-moving wildfires have scorched a million acres in california and the weather could make things even worse for firefighters. president trump issuing a major disaster declaration to get federal funds to the state. christina coleman is live in la's pacific palisades area with more. christina. >> reporter: well, arthel, california governor gavin newsom released a statement yesterday, thanking president trump for his partnership on this effort. it's expected to really help the people here in california. this declaration will help

people in counties affected by the fires, be eligible for housing and unemployment assistance and crisis counseling. fires from the lnu lightning freenesconference have scorched0 acres. it's now the second largest fire in the state's recorded history. and the scu lightning complex fire in santa clara and near by counties is the third largest fire in the state's history. there's been nearly 600 fires in california since last week and together they've burned nearly 1 million acres state-wide and many of the fires were sparked by lightning hitting incredibly dry areas in northern california. tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate statewide and hundreds of structures have been destroyed, also more thunderstorms are expected for today in the bay area, which could bring more dry lightning and gusty winds, obviously worsening fire conditions out here for crews working around the clock to get these fires under control.

arthel. arthel: christina, i understand there's been some dramatic pictures of two firefighters in particular rescued by helicopter friday night from the woodward fire that's raging in northern california. what are you hearing from the tactical officers that helped in the rescue? >> reporter: arthel, we're hearing from this officer who is being called a hero, apparently these firefighters didn't realize how close they were to these fast-spreading flames. fortunately, they were able to be rescued friday night. >> 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, okay? >> all right. >> reporter: deputy sheriff and tactical flight officer chris hoss was attached to the end of a rope that was attached to a helicopter, allowing him to help rescue the trapped firefighters from a ridge line in the woodward fire. take a listen. >> the butterflies were there until we took off. then it truly it's just game

mode. you know you have to do it. i think the real heroes are the guys, especially the firefighters and our patrol deputies that are literally out in the field on the edge. where i was on the edge of the fire for a minute last night, they're doing it for days on out. >> reporter: he's so incredibly humble there. this is one of the many examples of the bayery and the -- bravery and coordination that the firefighters have to have as they battle the intense flames. arthel. arthel: it's what we forget. we see the flames. we forget how dangerous it is for everyone involved, the firefighters, the tactical officers. we thank them and wish them well. christina coleman, thank you. eric. eric: yeah, they are amazing. well, the democrats' plan for the post office passed with 26 republicans joining them. president trump calls the billion dollar bill, quote, another hoax. but with po postmaster general

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delivery, there's another concern about voting by mail this fall. npr analyzed primary election data from most states. it found at least 550,000 mail ballots were rejected. most of them from first-time absentee voters. that doesn't include figures from about 20 states. it's already much more than the number rejected in the 2016 general election. why is it happening? npr reports that in many cases signatures are missing or don't match voter records or ballots you arrive too late. >> they have lost money. they've been inpacted by the virus. and workers have delivered the mail. they deliver our medicine. they deliver our packages and even the bills. this bill is only a band-aid bill, a short-term fix, won't solve the underlying problems. i've been saying this for a long time. it needs reform. arthel eric: that's don young. he's one of 26 republicans who

voted alongside the democrats yesterday to approve that $25 billion bill of emergency funds for the postal service. the president has called it a, quote, democratic hoax, saying the post office doesn't need the money amid claims of election tampering by republicans. well, those charges says the white house are, quote, an overreaction to sensationalized media reports. joining us now is alena tren. we've got the bill. what's going to happen tomorrow? >> we're going to see a lot more of what we saw on friday when the postmaster general, louis dejoy, testified before a senate committee. this is still a massive controversy. we know that the house passed this bill yesterday and those 26 republicans that did vote with democrats will definitely be a big subject of conversation tomorrow as well. but it's really going nowhere. the bill is going to die in the senate. we've seen senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say he

will not pass a standalone bill on usps funding and the president has also threatened to veto it if it ends up at his desk. it's not going anywhere. the conversation is going to continue. but the concerns are very real. i think if you look ahead to the november election, more americans than ever before in history are planning to vote by mail, given the coronavirus pandemic and so making sure that the ballots do get in on time and that there's no reforms being made right now which dejoy did say he would suspend some of the planned changes until after the election but making sure that everything runs smoothly so that people who want to vote and vote safely from their homes are able to do so. eric: how come one of the criticisms was there was no consideration of the coronavirus in this bill by the democrats, the republicans say they have $10 billion bill for the post office and $300 in checks that they need. you know, why did they not -- they say this is for coronavirus. but it wasn't addressed.

>> right. so this is -- i mean, as a reporter who covers capitol hill and these leaders every day, it's been a very frustrating process, seeing what's going on in these stimulus talks. lawmakers on both sides of pennsylvania avenue are still very far apart on what they think is needed in this next stimulus bill. now, the white house and republicans argue that they think there's agreement on some things like $10 billion for more money for the postal service. democrats want more. they agree it needs more money. they agree that they want to get stimulus checks out and so republicans are saying, we saw mark meadows say this today on the sunday shows that why don't we just pass these -- all measures now in one bill and continue to work on other things. democrats argue that what republicans and the white house want is not enough, that it needs to go much further. it is a bit of mixed messaging. we did see democrats were pushing the stand diss alone

bill on postal service and the republicans saying they don't want to do that. messaging is all over the board. i think there's a long way to go to make sure that any of this funding actually gets passed in both chambers. eric: you mentioned once it gets to the senate mitch mcconnell's turned thumbs down, here's what he said. he said the president has made it clear he will not sign the speaker's partisan stunt into law and the senate will absolutely not pass standalone legislation for the postal service while american families continue to go without more relief and here's jared kushner talking about this issue this morning. >> the president wants a fair election. we have a way of voting that's been tried and true for many years. people are comfortable with it. the president tweeted the other day, if you can protest in person, you can vote in person. i think there's a notion here dr. fauci said it's safe to vote in person. what we're seeing now is, if you look at the ballot harvesting that happened in california, there's a lot of dirty things that happen in politics. eric: and then wait for

tomorrow, caroline malone, the congresswoman from new york, she's the chairwoman of the oversight committee and louis dejoy is going to be in front of malone tomorrow morning and man oh, man the malone, siraj patel race in manhattan, the president said they should do it over again. 65,000 mail-in votes, mailed in for the primary, 12,005 a hundred were rejected. patel hasn't conceded. what does that say about the state of ballots, that's not the mail. >> no, it's going to be -- it's an unprecedented thing that we're facing. i think you just showed jared kushner speaking this morning about how the vote by mail system has worked in years past. this is in the -- we never faced a pandemic like we are right now and that really is going to get in the way of these votes and like in new york, there were a lot of issues of ballots.

it will happen again in november. it's expected that we're seeing technical difficulties already with the mail. and so that's where everyone agrees that there needs to be more funding to help handle this massive influx. but it's not going to help that. there is this partisan in-fighting back and forth. they need to come to the table and find an agreement. eric: and wait until dejoy sits in front of congresswoman malone tomorrow, when she tells him what he tells her, considering the state of what happened in her race. thank you so much. >> thank you, eric. eric: arthel. arthel: new speakers just added to this week's national republican convention as last minute preparations continue. we will ask the head of a prominent republican fund raising group what to expect. hey, can i... hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!!

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eric: we have a check of the headlines for you now. new york city police beefing up patrols on weekends, in response to the surge in violent crime in the big apple. the new york post reporting about two-thirds of the city's officers will have weekend duty. police say 259 people have been murdered in the city this year, that compared to less than 200 at the same time last year. overseas, the u.s. military signing over a base north of baghdad to iraqi forces, this as the drawdown of u.s. troops there continues. and secretary of state mike pompeo and jared kushner are heading to the middle east and north africa this week to push those nations to normalize relations with israel. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu signed the peace accord with the united arab emirates last week. more gulf states are expected to follow. arthel. arthel: well, now that the democrats have finished their national convention, republicans are gearing up to put their own

mostly virtual four night show. president trump is expected to be featured in some form each night. convention organizers releasing the list of new names set to appear this week. joining me now is david avella, the chairman of go pac. besides the president, who will be the speakers to watch out for? >> well, let's make no mistake, arthel. it is donald j trump's speech that will do more to move the needle for republicans than any other speech. and there is a big lineup of senator ernst, congressman crenshaw, and a host of americans who have felt scorned or maligned or made fun of by the democrats and the national media for their views that will be featured at this convention to help the president carry his message that ultimately needs to

focus on how he rebuilds americans' paychecks and retirement accounts. arthel: now you gave us a sneak preview of what the message will be. and as you mentioned, president trump is expected to be featured every night in some form. it's a different strategy than waiting for the big finale speech at the end of the convention. so will this work in president trump's favor? >> it actually has already been done. it was done in 2016. the president made an you appeae each night of the convention in 2016. and let's add that he actually starts tonight talking to americans and the remarks he makes tonight on a breakthrough in therapeutics or in possibly a vaccine breakthrough will do more to open americans up to listening to our of economic message than any other single factor. arthel: other notable speakers, you mentioned some, i'll mention republican senator tim scott of

south carolina, also former un ambassador nikki haley. will theirs and others' message be more about how and why a second trump term would be better for the country or why joe biden is not the right candidate. >> it will be a mix of both and many times when you're promoting our message, it is the contrast to what you'll get from the democrats. for example, we can talk about the need to keep taxes low on small businesses while the democrats have made it very clear that they're for higher taxes. we can make the case for how the reduction in regulation led to a booming economy before the coronavirus hit. whereas you have many speakers last week during the democratic convention talk about the need for more regulations. or when it comes to particularly in the rust belt states, where you had voters who voted for president obama twice and that donald trump won by 26 points,

which is the key demographic, if we win those voters again with an economic message, the president gets reelected. so that's the messages that you're going to hear, not only from the president, but also all the key surrogates are going to be speaking this week. arthel: any particular demographic that you feel like you really have to work for a little bit more? >> we want to work on them all, arthel. we want to get as many people in this republican coalition to, as we possibly can. so hopefully we're going to hear messages that unite and bring americans from across the board to our side and what we're trying to do to lead america. arthel: all right. well, it all starts monday and we'll be watching. david avella, thank you. eric. eric: well, arres arthel, meane joe biden has a direct message for president trump when asked about his mental fitness. hillary vaughn is following the campaign.

she's in delaware. you spoke with the former vice president and democratic nominee exclusively this morning, congratulations. what did he say? >> reporter: thank you. good afternoon, eric. we did catch up with joe biden while he went to mass this morning and on his way out he made it clear that when it comes to putting a nation under lockdown during a pandemic, the leader of the free world should defer to doctors. >> you're a hero. >> thank you. >> you're the only one -- great job. >> thank you. >> mr. vice president, do you think president trump should shut down the country because of covid right now? >> listen to the doctors. listen to the experts. >> reporter: biden is enjoying the moment in his first few days as the official democratic nominee. while he's out and about in this delaware beach town this morning, we're learning about a big difference between biden's day today and president trump from biden's campaign. >> we have put in place really strict protocols, the vice president has not had the virus

and -- >> has he been tested? >> he has not been tested. >> reporter: president trump says he gets tested several times a week and so do those around him. but biden does not. even though he was in a room with reporters, givenning his acceptance speech on thursday. reporters to get in had to get two negative covid tests before being allowed in the room with him. biden and his vp nominee kamala harris did do their first joint interview as a ticket and in it biden defends his physical and mental fitness to be president. >> watch me. mr. president, watch me. look at us both. what we say, what we do, what we control, what we know, what kind of shape we're in. come on. this -- look, i think it's a legitimate question to ask anybody over 70 years old whether or not they're fit and whether they're ready. >> reporter: if elected, biden would be the hold ol oldest preo take office and would be the oldest president to leave office but today biden is not ruling out a second term if he wins in

november. eric. eric: all right, hillary, shout out those questions like sam donaldson. that's what you're there for. that's good. thank you. you can stay with fox news channel all week as we cover all the angles of the republican national convention. our live coverage kicks off tonight, it's the eve of the convention opening, you can get it all from bret baier and martha mccallum, they will preview everything at 10:00 p.m. eastern on the fox news channel, also tonight steve hilton has his exclusive interview with the president. arthel. arthel: new developments in the suspected poisoning of a russian opposition leader under suspicious circumstances and questions of whether the kremlin was involved. ahead, a past target of vladimir putin, a chess champion and activist says for putin assassination is a policy. as a caricature artist,

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eric: well, right at this hour we're awaiting an update on a top critic of russian president vladimir putin, who is in a german hospital said to be in grave condition. he is noted opposition leader alexei navalny, he fell ill on a plane while he was flying from serbia to moscow last week. his family and supporters suspect that he was poisoned. he was flown to a hospital in berlin, germany yesterday. our next guest, russian political activist and international chess champion garry kasparov has said in a statement, quote, that va he ind the wrath of the dictator, in doing so he joined a long list of individuals who got on the wrong side of putin's regime. garry kasparov, also the founder and chairman of renew democracy initiative and chairman of the human rights foundation joins us now. so good to have you, but under these circumstances, garry.

why do so many putin critics end up getting poisoned? >> i think the answer is quite obvious. they're not just being poisoned. some of them were gunned down. some of them died from blunt force heart attacks. but the net result is the same. if you are an enemy of putin, if you're a critic and if you stay in russia, even if you're staying out of russia, your life is at risk. by the way, navalny was not flying from serbia. it was from siberia. he was traveling around russia and he was landing in a small russian city in siberia and only 48 hours later there was a permission from kremlin to fly navalny to berlin where he hopefully could get proper treatment and his life, pray, will be saved. make no mistake, putin -- eric: i'm glad you pointed that out of. he was in siberia, he was there

supporting opposition forces and people who are getting tired of the putin regime. tell me how important is navalny. he's got 4 million followers on youtube. i urge people to go to youtube to look at his videos. he is a noted opponent of vladimir putin. >> make no mistakes, putin and his cronies hate navalny because they expose the corruption. he found a weak spot in modern dictatorship, exposing rampant looting that is the entire reason putin and his gang are in power and he labeled putin's party accurately, calling it the party of crooks and thieves. there is nothing a dictatorship hates more than the truth and he mentioned 4 million followers, especially with younger russians, not because of his grand rhetoric about freedom and democracy, the old school message of soviet era from people like me.

he focuses on the facts and that the regime is robbing the people, cheating them. now i think putin's watching belarus where people are protesting their leader. at least a quarter of a million people fill the streets of belarus cities protesting and putin is afraid that having a popular leader as navalny being around could cause another headache because while putin made constitutional changes, protracting his rule until 2026, he knows very well that it's not about the date in the clan taxer it's not -- calendar, it's not about election, it's that people are getting sick and tired. they rise against a dictator. if they have leaders like navalny, all bets are off. eric: he was attacked in 2017, blinded by acid, partly blinded

in one eye. let's take a look at the list of putin critics who have met their demise. >> it's a very long list. it's a very long list. erickilled inputin's burden in n mention boris nemkoff shot in the middle of a bridge next to the kremlin in 2015. alex an dralexander lifineko whd to britain, poisoned. another poisoning involved another defector in the u.k. but again, i don't want to -- it's a long list and it keeps growing longer. eric: and ironically, two of those were poisoned believed the poison was put in their tea as is suspected in this case, tea in the airport lounge.

finally, what should president trump do, what should the administration say? how would you want the white house to react? >> look, i suggest they read my article today in the dallas morning news, when i talked about restoring american global leadership. without american global leadership, nothing is going to happen. we need a new policy of containment as we needed in 1945, 1946 when the communists seemed unstoppable. this is the only language dictatorships understand. the dictators do not stop at their will unless they're stopped and whoever is in the oval office in january 2021 must rethink american foreign policy, not leading from behind, not embracing dictators, but demonstrating that america's back in the game and america will lead the free world against terrorists and dictators. eric: garry kasparov, outspoken person for russian democracy, a leader for human rights around the globe. thank you for joining us and

thank you for your experience, what you've done and for your insight. >> thank you very much. eric: arthel. arthel: eric, this is a fox news alert here. we're finding out right now that marco is now officially a category 1 hurricane, so clearly gaining strength as it heads towards the gulf of mexico. we'll have more on hurricane marco after this short break.

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arthel: with yet another night of unrest in some of america's big cities, from seattle to denver and beyond, protests turning vie linted, police making multiple arrests at a pro police rally in seattle yesterday. matt fin is live in seattle with more. >> reporter: there were riots and violent demonstrations in the city of portland once again this weekend, leading to the 87th night of unrest in the city of portland. police made dozens of arrests on friday and saturday. in portland yesterday around noon a right wring group planned a no to marxism in america rally and a mother of all back the

blue rally was planned at the same time but counter protesters various a antifa types clashed with the groups despite the mayor asking protesters to remain peaceful. 14 people were arrested last night in portland. police say rocks and hard objects were thrown at officers, one officer hit in the back of the head with a glass bottle. but his helmet protected him. police say they confiscated a bucket of condoms filled with an unknown fluid, a water bottle filled with what they believe was you'r urine along with a nuf shields. demonstrators packed an american flag and mock guillotine and lit it on fire. police used crowd control agents. portland police say they are investigating criminal acts and are asking witnesses to come

forward. there was also violent demonstrations in denver, police made nine arrests yesterday. a group of up to 100 people gathered outside the police department and set trees on fire, broke windows, and threw fireworks at officers. here in washington in also limbs gathered yesterday, some supporting back the blue, some supporting black lives matter. eric: 2020 has already brought us the pandemic, a recession, national civil unrest and now this. nasa says an asteroid is heading towards earth, just before election day. thankfully, the chances of it hitting our planet they say are pretty slim. thank goodness for that. >> tech: when you've got auto glass damage... ...safelite can come to you. >> tech: and you'll get a text when we're on our way. >> tech: just leave your keys on the dash and we'll replace your windshield with safe, no-contact service.

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arthel: you think 2020 has been a crazy year? wait, there's more. asteroid is headed towards earth, nasa says it is predicted to past near our planet on november 2nd, one day before presidential election, sure, why not. only has 0.4% chance, 0.14% chance of impact. the asteroid is not considered potentially dangerous.

eric: man, oh man, i don't know about anybody else. we will be back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. we will have a preview of the republican national convention, it's going to be quite a week here on fox news channel. first tonight, the president at 6:00 p.m. eastern on coronavirus. ♪ ♪ gillian: the white house fighting back against president trump -- president trump's niece reported without consent and tapes have been obtained an released to the public by the washington post or at least parts of them have. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington this afternoon. i'm gillian turner, leland, it is great to be with you and great to be with everybody at home. leland: nice to be with you as well.