democrats won't do. paul: and remember, if you have your own hit or of miss be sure to tweet it to us at jer at fnce thanks tow. my panel and thankso all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. arthel: fox news you alert, we will soon hear from president trump on what the white house is calling, a quote, major there therapeutic breakthrough on the coronavirus. the president and members of the white house coronavirus task force will hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. eastern time. this comes as the u.s. surpasses 5.6 million cases and more than 176,000 deaths. this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: hi, arthel. i'm eric shawn. thank you for joining us this afternoon. the president's remarks comes on the eve of the republican national convention, that kicks off tomorrow. he's expected to respond to the

attacks from democratic nominee joe biden and the democratic convention, over many issues, his handling of the pandemic, his tenor, his tone and other critiques. this comes as the president is fighting off scathing criticism from within his own of family, his older sister, marianne trump barry, a retired federal judge, describing him as a cruel man with no principles. in secret audio recordings, she made those remarks. they were made by apparently by the president's niece, mary trump, who has just published a book slamming her uncle. the washington post released some of the recordings of her aunt last night. >> it's heart breaking to think a family member of the president of the united states would have that view of him. you know, the president is calling everything a hoax. he calls the virus a hoax for a while. he's called the russian interference in our elections a hoax. he calls everything a hoax, which is a projection of what he

is, a hoax and this is further evidence of his inauthenticity and lack of integ eg integrity,. eric: kevin cork is live at the white house. the president will speak in about 90 minutes about the coronavirus therapeutics that he will announce. >> reporter: we'll talk about that more in detail as we get closer to the time. we expect it to happen around 5:30 o5:30 toy day. i -- today. this could having to do with convalescent plasma and the use of that on an emergency basis and there could be an emergency authorization for that, again, as we get more details i promise to pass that along to you, eric. back to the story about the president's niece, apparently taping the president's eldest sister who made disparaging comments about the president. i want to share more of that and to say the least, it was provocative. >> the lying, oh, my god, i'm

talking so freely but you know the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [bleep]. he's appealing to the base. he once tried to take cred credr me, where would you be without me. i said say that one more time, i will level you. i mean, donald was donald, that was donald. furious. >> reporter: that conversation and presumably many others were collect r&d by mary trump, the president's niece who as you pointed out, eric, has written a sharply critical book about her brother or rather her uncle, this from the president in a statement, every day it's something else. who cares? i miss my brother and i'll continue to work hard for the american people. not everyone agrees. but the results are obvious. our country will be soon stronger than ever before, the

president also referencing the fact that his brother recently passed away. a quick reminder, the press conference coming your way at 5:30. the president expected to discuss the latest in therapeutic advances in the fight against covid-19, possibly, emergency use authorization for a convalescent plasma to treat covid-19, over 70,000 americans have already been exposed to that particular procedure. and again, i want to get this right. i'll wait for the professionals. but that is something that we would learn a lot more about coming up at around 5:30 if that is the case. i'll be here either way. for now, back to you. eric: we know the coronavirus can damage the heart, dealing with inflammation and the likes. we'll see what happens with the plasma and other therapeutics that are there. kevin, you mentioned that the president's brother, robert, the funeral was just held at the white house. we will bring you the news conference by the president, just under 90 minutes from now.

arthel: eric, thank you. in less than 24 hours now until the official opening of the republican national convention, with events in charlotte, north carolina and washington, and online as well. president trump expected to speak all four nights including his acceptance speech thursday from the white house. joe biden and the democrats are preparing their own counter programming. hillary vaughn is live in delaware with what to expect this week. hi, hillary. >> reporter: hi, arthel. even though the gop convention has some events happening at the white house like first lady melania trump's speech on tuesday and president trump's acceptance speech on thursday, rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel says the party is picking up the tab, not the white house. the convention will feature a roster of republican stars but also some nonpolitician the too, criminal justice advocate alice johnson, covington high schooler nick sandmann and a st. louis such he'll that faced off with

protesters. while president trump gets ready for his nomination, we caught up with joe biden here while he went to mass this morning. on his way out he doubled down on his position that doctors should call the shots on a nationwide shutdown during a pandemic. >> you're a hero. >> thank you. >> you're the only one -- >> great job, joe. >> 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: we are also learning about one big difference between biden and trump. while president trump says he gets tested for covid several times a week, the biden campaign says biden does not. >> the vice president has not had the virus. and -- >> has he been tested? >> he has not been tested. >> reporter: that is getting some blowback because that goes against dnc covid safety protocols to enter the convention hall last week,

reporters had to pass two negative tests to be in the room with harris and biden during their speeches. biden and kamala harris did do their first joint interview as a ticket and in it biden defended 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. >> reporter: if biden is elected he would be the oldest president in u.s. history but age is not going to stop him from serving a second term, that's what he said in that interview. and if biden did serve eight years, he would be leaving the white house nearly 90 years old. arthel. arthel: hillary vaughn, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, we'll be previewing the president's goings on later this week, a

little later on in the newscast, you want to stay tuned for that. unlike the democratic convention, delegates will be gathering in person in charlotte for the republican national convention. that means strict safety measures that will be in place. we are told to prevent the spread of coronavirus. mark meredith is standing by in charlotte with a look at how the party plans to pull it off. hey, mark. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon to you. tomorrow, delegates will be coming through these doors right here behind me in charlotte. but of course this will not be a convention like we're used to seeing. those delegates had to undergo covid testing, also will be monitored while they're on the ground in charlotte. we'll see some party business take place. one delegate that we had a chance to catch up with said he's glad to see that charlotte is still in the spotlight even though it won't be the typical convention that we're used to seeing. >> i don't think they will really see much of an impact from this weekend because the limited amount of people that are here and they're really not supposed to leave the perimeter

because we've already been covid tested and all that. so they don't want us getting too far out where we may get -- pick up the virus before the convention. >> reporter: there have been some protests around charlotte including last night but it's not clear how much this is really tied to the rnc or other social justice issues that are still being watched very closely here in charlotte. now, barriers have been set up all around the convention center perimeter ahead of the president's an vice president's visit to north carolina. democrats tell us they don't expect the pop-in by the commander in chief will do much to boost his chances come november. >> we had small businesses and others of that were counting on the national convention, then it got moved to jacksonville, florida and then it sort of came back here but it's really happening in washington, d.c. it could have been a lot different if the trump team and the republican party had truly followed what public health and the recommendations of the cdc mandated. >> reporter: while there's going

to be a lot of focus on charlotte tomorrow, after tomorrow all of the events will move elsewhere, mostly to washington, d.c. we have seen delegates arrived. there's nobody passing out t-shirts or buttons, nobody is trying to sell any memorabilia. we haven't seen any protests. we've been here all day today. you can bet a lot of people will be watching closely as the delegates gather tomorrow morning to renominate president trump. eric. eric: you got mr. stewart who is dapper in his red and white bow tie. >> it was the best bow tie. it had the north carolina state flag he. eric:.eric: it's a convention. thanks, mark. arthel. arthel: a fox news alert for you right now. millions along the gulf coast are bracing for back to back tropical systems, hurricane marco is barreling towards louisiana and will likely make landfall tomorrow afternoon with tropical storm laura likely just a few days behind it. we have fox team coverage,

meteorologist adam klotz is tracking both storms but first to brian yen liss brian llenas w orleans. >> reporter: good afternoon. louisiana's governor john bell edwards warning people to be prepared tonight to ride out the storm. hurricane marco is expected, its impact to be felt overnight into tomorrow. the governor really warning people that for the next 72 hours they need to be hunkered down. power restoration crews and emergency crews will likely not be able to respond and that's because tropical storm lawyer walaurawhich is also to expectee a hurricane will be following closely behind and that's created an unprecedentedded situation in this state. thereon the governor. >> so the geographic proximity of the storms pose a challenge

that quite frankly we've not seen before and as a result, we don't know exactly what to expect and i guess you never know exactly what to expect. but this is a very serious situation. >> reporter: they expect hurricane marco to bring on some flash flooding and storm surge and a lot of that stuff may not recede in time for when the next storm hits so that's creating some complications. further complicating everything, of course the covid-19 pandemic, people making their last minute preparations while also having to abide by social distancing guidelines and jam-packed stores as people wait outside for hours throughout the state of louisiana. here are some folks who are caught in all of that today. >> as a result of covid-19, we really don't know fully what to expect. this is completely a-typical in regards to that. so although we are seeing some consistent patterns, we really don't know. >> oh, my goodness, it's really

nerve racking. we are on top of everything else, there's so much to deal with. >> reporter: yeah, and officials here, arthel, are telling people that, look, shelters are a last resort. try go to a friend's house or of family's house, given everything that's happening with covid-19. arthel: a lot to deal with for sure, brian llenas live in new orleans. thank you, brian. eric: what can we expect from marco and laura when they make landfall, meteorologist adam klotz standing by to tell us. >> we continue to see two storms that are intensifying and that will be the case from now until they eventually make landfall. marco will begin to see conditions deteriorate overnight and into tomorrow. your timeframe, likely making landfall into the early afternoon hours as a category 1 storm. the lower end of category 1 hurricane. laura ultimately could become the stronger of the two storms,

moving across haiti, going to run its way over of cuba eventually but it's going to have a little more time over the gulf of mexico, allow it to continue to intensify and we're expecting this to eventually become a category 2 hurricane, making landfall in a similar area, perhaps somewhere eastern texas, but again stretching back into louisiana. that may be 48 hours, getting into wednesday afternoon or thursday morning, 48 hours after hurricane marco would be making landfall and as we said that is unprecedented. here are the two possible tracks. very rarely do you see two storms so close together in time move such a similar track. it's entirely possible these run over the exact same spot and that would cause a whole lot of headaches, you're talking about additional water, additional flooding. here are some of the advisories, watches and warnings already, stretching largely across louisiana. i think the rain is going to be one of the stories here, potentially if they run right in the same path. right now we're looking at the initial storm bringing heavy rain into the new orleans area.

the second storm bringing some of the heavier rain farther to the west. if these things line up on each other, we could see a very unique situation so this is one we're going to be paying close attention to for the next several days. eric: and we will be following it all here on the fox news channel the next few days too. adam, thank you. arthel: violence erupting in denver as protesters march through the streets, setting fires and smashing windows. how the chaos unfolded and how the city is responding today. 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- easy.

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arthel: a russian newspaper reports opposition leader alexei navalny was under intense police surveillance days before he collapsed thursday. his allies suspect he was poisoned. the staunch kremlin critic is in a hospital in berlin, a russian paper reports federal plain clothes officers monitored him before he took ill on a flight to siberia. dan hoffman is a former cia station chief who of served in moscow, iraq and pakistan. he's also a fox news contributor. first of all, why was he under surveillance and was such surveillance standard procedure? >> it certainly was standard

procedure for him. navalny rose to prominence in 2, 2012 when he was exposing corruption in vladimir putin election campaign. he's been exposing corruption among russia's elite including the prime minister. the wall street journal called him the man that putin most feared. arthel: what more can you tell us about his poisoning? has that been confirmed? what kind of poison are we talking about? and do we know really who ordered it? >> well, his supporters are claiming that he was indeed poisoned at the airport. he drank tea laced with poison is what they're saying. that's been a preferred tactic by russian intelligence, going back to 2006 when the former fsb officer was poisoned in the u.k.

he drank tea linked with plutonium. a former military intelligence officer was targeted with a soviet nerve agent. and there was a bulgarian dissident whom the kgb targeted with an umbrella whose tip was laced with ricin. it gibbs putin a -- gives putin a little bit of deniability and it delivers a message to his own people and to those who wish to oppose him. arthel: if there's a direct link to putin in this case with navalny, how does this affect his geopolitical standing? >> well, i think that this -- if this was indeed vladimir putin, the kremlin's decision to proceed in this way, i think it reflects putin's concern for three things that are really putting him at a little bit more risk than he might like. first are protests in eastern

russia where navalny was helping to organize opposition for regional elections. secondly, there's unrest in belar use after a falsified election and third is putin's approval rating which is dropping as a result of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and russia's economic recession. and i think what scares vladimir putin the most it's democracy and being held accountable and that's why i think he proceeded in this manner. arthel: i've got another 40 seconds left, finally i want to ask you, does this call for reaction or retaliation by president trump? if so, what kind? >> well, i think certainly for the united states and our western allies, we respect the territory, integrity of other nations. there's always been a tension between that and calling out human rights abuses which is what this was. so i think we would like to see more -- certainly the state

department has been out front commenting on this and that's important. i think it would be welcome if president trump would likewise make a strong statement as well, maybe he wishes to wait until more facts come out. i think we need to hold russia accountable for this sort of behavior. arthel: dan, i have to leave it there. thank you very much, fox news contributor and former cia station chief. dan, thank you. eric. >> thanks. eric: arthel, back at home, there was chaos in denver last night when anti-police demonstrations turned violent. dozens of people marched through the streets, setting fires and breaking windows. a fox affiliate in denver reports some people threw fireworks at police officers. further out west in portland, well, that city marking another night of riots after fights broke out between dueling far left and far right protesters. matt fin is falling all of this from seattle where reports say dozens of police officers have quit because of police department defunding plans.

hi, matt. >> reporter: eric, in port land it was another weekend of violent riots, even brutal assaults. video appears to show a woman being violently punched to the ground and portland police say a green laser was intentionally flashed at one of their airplane pilots. portland police made dozens of arrests friday and saturday. >> this is the portland police. this has been declared an unlawful assembly because people are firing paint balls and other projectiles. all persons must immediately leave the area. >> reporter: last night, saturday, was the 87th night of unrest in portland. police say a mob of about 250 people targeted a public safety building. portland police say they confiscated a bucket of condoms filled with an unknown fluid, a water bottle filled with what they believe was urine along with a number of shields. one lieutenant was hit in the back of the head by a glass bottle. his helmet protected him. demonstrators placed the

american flag in a mock guillotine and lit it on fire. a mother of all back the blue rally was planned. various antifa type counter pro protesters clashed and violence broke out, extremists on both sides causing chaos. police used crowd control agents. portland police are investigating criminal acts and are asking for witnesses to come forward. in denver, the police headquarters was targeted in an abolish the police demonstration. people gathered outside and set trees on fire and broke windows and threw fireworks at officers. nine people were arrested. here in the state of washington, hundreds of protesters gathered yesterday, some backing the blue and others supporting black lives matter. eric. eric: there were back the blue

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demonstrations. steve harrigan is live near the charlotte convention center where police are beefing up security. steve. >> reporter: arthel, two small demonstrations the past two nights, a couple of hundred people coming out each night to protest against the republican national convention, to protest against president trump and to protest against police violence. last night at least five arrests were made. one of those arrested had a gun. we saw a similar pattern over the last couple nights, people gathering and marching in the downtown area, usually blocked off by police on bicycles, they're not allowed to get close to the convention center. after a while of chanting, a few protesters generally rush the police. it's then they are pepper sprayed. here's one of the pepper spray victims. >> i took pepper spray right to the eye. and it was bad there for a minute.

but it has cleared up. >> reporter: some of the groups that are organizing these protests actually meet in the afternoon to prepare their members to get pepper sprayed, having them use goggles to bring spare shirts and of also umbrellas and baby shampoo to help wash out that pepper spray. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan there live in charlotte, north carolina. thank you. a lot of the commentary on the democrat convention was it was very negative, very much -- >> it was dark. >> trump, trump, trump. >> it was dark, i agree. >> what are we going to see from your party next week. >> i think we're going to see something very uplifting and positive. that's what i'd like it to be. eric: that's president trump of course sitting down with steve hilton. you'll see the whole interview later on tonight on the fox news channel. he was promising an optimistic tone for the republican national convention that kicks off tomorrow. this coming week he and the

republicans will respond directly to the attacks from democratic nominee joe biden and make the case why americans should give him four more years in the oval office. what should we see? john bussey, associate editor for the wall street journal and fox news contributor joins us now. john, i imagine law and order, chaos in the cities, the economy, china, iran, israel, likely themes we can expect this week. >> yeah, you hit the high points. this is an opportunity for president trump to showcase himself and his agenda. he'll be on each of the four nights, a little bit unusual for a candidate. usually they're on the last evening. and he'll be hitting the topics that you just described. with the intent of really getting his base to turn out. i'm not sure, eric, that you're going to see kind of a broadening of appeal. the president has in his campaign, has made it fairly clear decision to really try to energize his base.

and that they see an opportunity to actually expand the number of voters because a number of people in the category of individual that tends to vote for president trump, not only this group but a lot are in this group which is noncollege educated people who have jobs, a lot of those individuals didn't vote in 2016 so he sees an opportunity to expand his voter pool. eric: and then the campaign clearly trying to say he's going to run on his record, pointing to the economy and other issues. jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and white house senior advisor had this to say about what we will see this week. >> people want law and order, they want their communities safe, they want a president who stands up for law enforcement. he has a track record of taking on china and making good trade deals for america and he knows how to build an economy. eric: there will be themes, monday, land of promise, tuesday, land of opportunity, the first lady will speak them,

land of heroes when the vice president talks from fort mchenry and land of greatness, the president at the white house. the president will speak every night. what do you think he will say? how will he tackle seeking a second term on thursday night and what he will say when he addresses the nation. >> we haven't heard a new agenda from the president. he's been given a couple opportunities to articulate one. i'm not sure there is a new set of agendas, priorities for the president. this notion that the democratic convention was dark and gloomy, it was very negative about president trump. but it wasn't all dark and gloomy. it was really quite -- a lot of republican strategists say it was a fairly ambitious undertaking and successful, at times funny, at times charming. it was there to build up biden and the political events are, it was one sided against president trump and gave him an "f" on performance. he has the headwinds of a bad

economy, a mismanaged coronavirus plan that has resulted in expanded number of deaths in the united states. so he's going to be speaking to those issues. i think though that you're going to hear a tone that you heard in the 2016 convention and that we heard again on friday from the president when he was speaking at an event. he said if our opponents prevail, no one will be safe in our country, no one will be spared. i'm the only thing standing between the american dream and total anarchy, madness, and chaos. that's pretty gloomy and pretty apocalyptic and a bit over-the-top, there's a judiciary system that stands in the way of chaos and madness. i think you'll hear that. you heard that in 2016, you heard him say that and that's intended to really try to energize that base. whether or not it will four years later, the same language, same tone, same warnings, same

kind of fear, we'll have to see. eric: you know, the campaign's going to say that, look, the economy's going back up in terms of the number of jobs because of the virus, that the virus they think could have been worse. but you point out about the base. let me just point the two guests who will be appearing at the event, we have the mccloskeys, the st. louis couple who likely will talk about gun rights i would think after what they did during one of the protests at their home and nicholas sandmann who took on the media, so at the end of the day next weekend when we're talking about it, how do we determine which of onl events better, the democratic one or the republican one? how do you weigh that? >> you're going to find republicans who like president trump saying that it was a tremendous success and a great event and critical of the democrats and you'll hear the reverse from the democrats. very often, eric, there's a bit of a bump coming out of the conventions in the polls but it

tends not to last. the conventions tend to be watched by people who have an affinity for that candidate. so whatever you see in the polls, give it a few weeks. because it will probably regress to the mean. what we've been seeing in the polls up until now will probably be reflected three or four weeks after the conventions, and it probably won't be a decisive point, a turning point in the campaign. eric: a lot of people will be watching. we'll see. starts tomorrow. we have special coverage tonight at 1 0u 10:00 p.m. with brett bd martha. arthel: in less than an hour we'll hear from president trump on what the white house is calling a major therapeutic breakthrough on the coronavirus as doctors learn new details on how the virus impacts the lungs. that's next. stock slices. for as little as $5, now anyone can own companies in the s&p 500,

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eric: in a few moments, president trump and the white house coronavirus task force will be holding a news conference. the white house says the topic will be announcing a new way to have a therapeutic measure to treat the virus, at least what they're calling a breakthrough. it can especially hit the hard t very hard and cause a storm in the inflammation system in the lungs. we'll see what the president you announces. this comes as many states in the south and midwest continue their struggle. johns hopkins university says florida has more than 600,000 total infections, the second state to reach that grim milestone, just behind california and about neck in neck with texas. aishah hasnie is live in new york city with more on our fight against coronavirus. hi, aishah. >> reporter: hi, eric. that's right. we are still seeing those high infection rates happening across the sunbelt states like florida, like georgia. in fact, georgia, that state just surpassed the 5,000 deaths this weekend with 252,000 total

confirmed cases now. this as a georgia tech greek house, a fraternity is under lockdown after 17 student members there tested positive on saturday. as you mentioned, florida now surpasses that 600,000 mark for confirmed cases. however, this is a very important, the daily new cases have dropped significantly since its peak in july. in texas, state health officials are struggling there, admitting there is a backlog of test results going back all the way to june, that could affect not only the number of new cases there but also how some counties are trending. the concern, though, is now shifting over to the midwest. in the last week, the six states you see here in red had more than 10 of thousand cases -- 10,000 cases while additional states in orange had more than 5,000. that includes states like indiana, ohio, wisconsin and missouri. here's former fda commissioner dr. scott got leave thi leib th.

>> if there's a third wave, a third iteration of the national epidemic it could be more diffuse spread across a broader section of the midwest than the west because cases are building in that part of the country. that's what's concerning people right now. >> reporter: when it comes to a vaccine, eric, there are multiple vaccines in the final stages of human trials and the president has suggested that americans could see a vaccines before the end of the year. we hope to hear more about that, perhaps in that 6:00 news conference. eric. eric: actually it will be 5:30 eastern, so we expect it in, you know -- what time is it now? we'll figure it out. arthel will know. about 45 minutes from now. aishah, thank you. arthel: it is 4:45 eastern time right now. researchers are continuing to discover new clues about the virus, coronavirus that is, and how it affects the body. doctors at mount sinai hospital in new york studied critically

ill coronavirus patients by tracking the flow of air bubbles in the patient's bloodstream. the surprising discovery could explain why some patients don't get enough oxygen even when they're on a ventilator. let's bring in dr. ahmed, a pulmonologist at the new york university laingone medical center. if you would explain the bubble study, how it works and what it tells doctors. >> this came from a bedside observation, a physician was doing a study, looking at the travel of micro bubbles, tiny air bubbles in the circulation. and they noticed in about 18 of the very conside critically ills some of the bubbles were going from circulation directly into the brain. that's not a normal finding. and the bubbles should usually be sived out by the lungs because it has tiny blood vessels. the researchers concluded that blood vessels in the lung are dilated. that could be why i and my

colleagues while we were in the intensive care unit could not get enough oxygen into these sick patients with the use of ventilators. their lungs simply do not function normally. one of the most exciting things is there is so much new research coming out, in the new york region, here at nyu, we were the first to report that there were tiny blood clots throughout the guy that we could see in autopsy, our chairman of pathology reported that including in the lungs, so tiny clots in the lungs prevent oxygen from traveling into the bloodstream. my colleagues recently identified that patients with covid that are critically ill burn 300% more calories than normal, producing so much carbon dioxide that gets in the way of them recovering and they now those patients are surviving illnesses that they wouldn't have. all these steps give us a little more direction into fighting this illness. arthel: i understand that you

said that men are more susceptible to lung injury than women are. >> right. arthel: how long does that injury last? >> grit questions. the mount sinai study was looking at 16 patients. but 11 of them were men. that fits in with our observation that men get sick more often, get more seriously ill and get more critically ill and are more likely to die than women in this infection and we're just beginning to learn about how people recover from this infection, as those patients that weren't so ill come back and get measured for their lung function. we're seeing some changes in lung function that are long-lasting, some that are resolving. so there's a great deal to be learned and it all adds to us being able to support other doctors around the country that are now battling coronavirus even though it has not been seen in as severe as in new york anywhere else as far as we understand it. arthel: do you think that the discovery that through this

bubble study may be able to help with treatment of covid-19 patients and might it help with prevention? >> a great question. i think it is a living jigsaw in the puzzle of how this virus affects the lungs. it is affecting the lung in many different ways. and it helps us understand the lung injury better. but i don't know that it will lead to a specific treatment. much more important is going to become not only the vaccine developments that are absolutely on the threshold now, but changes in ventilation in our buildings, in our -- these are o mitigate and contain the pandemic, read to record low numbers of flu during the flu

season. in are many good things that are going to emerge. arthel: i applaud you and your colleagues for your great work. i appreciate you sharing all of the discovery here with us on fox. thank you very much. >> that's so kind, arthel, thank you. arthel: thank you. eric. eric: thanks, arthel. well, with massive wildfires raging in california, why officials now say things could get worse in the days ahead, we'll take a look, next. 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%.

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eric: firefighters say they are making slow progress against dozens of wildfires that are burning across northern and central california. the flames scorching over a million acres of land so far. they forced tens of thousands to evacuate. they say a change in the weather could bring a threat of more fires tonight. christina coleman is live in pacific palisades with more on what we can expect. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, fire crews made headway on some of these fires yesterday but the thunderstorms and dry lightning and the gusty winds, more of that is expected for the bay area today, which can make fire conditions worse. the president issued a major disaster declaration yesterday to help california deal with the

devastation from the fires. it will help people in counties affected by the fires be eligible for housing and unemployment assistance and crisis counseling. fires from the lnu lightning complex in napa and nearby counties scorched more than 341 you thousand acres. it's now the second largest fire in the state's recorded history. and the scu lightning complex fire in santa clara and nearby counties is now the third largest in the state's history. there's been nearly 600 fires in california since last week, many of them sparked by lightning hitting incredibly dry areas in northern california. six people have died from these fires. tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and hundreds of structures have either been damaged or destroyed and sadly more fires are expected and many of them are going strong. so we'll just have to wait and see how all of this plays out. eric. eric: christina, thanks so much. really seems overwhelming.

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