>> hurricane laura looks like it will be a cat 4 when it comes ashore tonight. we'll have live coverage throughout the morning tomorrow and highlights from the rnc. see you then. >> sandra: fox news alert. hurricane laura barreling toward the gulf coast with winds in excess of 115 miles per hour. it will be a catastrophic storm, possibly category 4. it is taking aim at the texas/louisiana host. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. we'll have more on this in a moment. another alert. our fox news crew capturing gunfire erupting on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin, overnight. a warning, the video is disturbing.

>> get down, get down, get down. >> sandra: a gunman opened fire hitting two people and killing a third. police confirm they are searching for a man armed with a long gun. it happened during a third straight night of violent protests in the city following the shooting of jacob blake by police on sunday. much more on this. meanwhile it is day three of the republican national convention. it will get underway soon with the theme land of heroes. melania trump urged the country to come together amidst all the unrest. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. tonight's lineup includes outgoing counselor to the president kellyanne conway and

vice president mike pence who will officially accept the nomination from fort mchenry. last night's program featured two surprises from president trump when he pardoned john ponder and took part in the naturalization ceremony of five new american citizens. the big star of the night was melania trump. this is the cover of the "new york post." in her speech she asked americans to unite in a difficult time for our country. the first lady and the night's other speakers touted the president's accomplishments and called for his reelection in november. >> despite the unprecedented attacks from the media and opposition he will not give up. in fact, if you tell him it cannot be done, he just works harder. >> because president trump has put his america first vision into action. may not have made him popular in every foreign capital but it has worked. >> issue and issue the economy, the wall, the military, trade

deals, tax cuts, supreme court justices. promises made and promises for the first time were kept. >> this election i urge each and every one of you to transcend political boundaries. this is a fight for freedom versus oppression, for opportunity versus stagnation, a fight to keep america true to america. >> trace: we have team fox coverage. charlie hurt is standing by and begin with kristin fisher live at the white house. some of the biggest moments last night what was said but what the president did. >> that's right, trace, president trump really used his executive power to get things done. actually do things in the middle of the convention. it made for some great tv but also comes with controversy. i'll get to that in a minute. first here is what president trump did. first he actually pondered a

man by the name of joe ponder that started a post prison reentry program after being convicted of bank robbery. the power of redemption. then president trump oversaw a naturalization ceremony inside the white house along with chad wolfe and secretary of state mike pompeo became the first sitting secretary of state to address a political convention in modern times. he did it from jerusalem in part to tout the deal just brokered by the trump administration. >> the president brokered an historic peace deal between israel and united arab emirates. a deal our grandchildren with read about in their history books. as a soldier i saw firsthand people desperate to flee to freedom the way each of us can best insure our freedoms is electing leaders who don't just talk but who deliver. >> the white house and trump

campaign officials say they're very pleased with how night two of the rnc played out. there are also a lot of questions this morning about did those three things violate the hatch act which forbids civilian employees in the executive branch from using their official titles while doing political work. >> trace: more on secretary pompeo's speech. any response from the biden campaign? >> oh yeah, the biden campaign put out quite a few statements. first about secretary of state mike pompeo's speech. they say it was an abuse of taxpayer dollars and undermined the dloip mat i can work that is ongoing by the state department. and then they also pointed to what they saw as a deficit or lack of talk about the coronavirus during night one and two of the rnc. the biden campaign put out a statement saying not only did the american people hear no plan for overcoming the pandemic for the second consecutive night of the rnc. after seven months of mismanage

the chief larry kudlow didn't talk about it. the big speaker tonight, of course, vice president mike pence and the white house previewing a few more surprises that they have up their sleeves tonight. >> trace: fuel coverage of that. kristin fisher live. >> sandra: let's bring in charlie hurt, a fox news contributor. i know you have a lot to say on everything we saw last night. it was a big night indeed and at moments melania trump speaking from the rose garden went places we did not see the democrats go last week including her pleading for an end to the looting and violence in some of america's streets and she tackled racial injustice, mourned victims of covid and she went on to make the case for her husband, who she says loves america and struck this tone, listen.

>> we all donald trump makes no secret about how he feels about things. total honesty is what our citizens deserve from our president, whether you like it or not, you always know what he is thinking. donald wants to keep your family safe. he wants to help your family succeed. he wants nothing more than for this country to prosper and he doesn't waste time playing politics. >> sandra: how effective was that speech and did she strike the right tone? >> i think absolutely she struck the right tone. i think all of those messages. i thought that line about how we all know that donald trump says what he thinks was actually probably the funniest line of the entire night or perhaps of the entire convention because sometimes that gets him in trouble when he constantly tells us what he thinks. but it was -- we sort of have grown to expect her to be

elegant and stunning as she always is. but also i think that as you point out, you know, she really did go into a lot of very difficult topics that we didn't expect. talking about the rioting, talking about the pandemic, and talking about the need for people to come together and think about perspectives from other people's perspective. and it's a simple thing but it is an important thing and it would solve a lot of problems if everybody would stop and pause for a moment as she asked us to and think about things from other people's perspective. and if you step back and sort of -- it is kind of interesting because politics -- so much of politics today is getting played around the fringe edges, crazy stuff. what she was talking about is stuff that like 90% of americans agree on. she was appealing to the vast, vast majority of people about -- i don't know, not breaking

the law and looting stores because you are mad about something. looking out for your neighbors at a time during a pandemic. all of these are wonderful messages that i think in a normal time in a normal political atmosphere everybody would just applaud and agree is the right course of action. >> sandra: that's not the case this morning. the reviews are pouring in. she is being praised by many but eric and tiffany trump. michael goodwin writes this trump is hosting the great reality show on earth. day two of the great reality show on earth did not disappoint from start to finish. the convention team once again unveiled a smart program that stitched together people, policies, and politics but he then doug into melania trump's speech and said her testimony of trump's tireless work habits, his passion and heart

for america erase the rumors that somehow she is a secret dissenter. she believes in him and wants four more years for him to finish what he started. so did she reach out to an undecided audience and sway any votes? >> i do think there is a silent group of independents out there who are not invested yet. and yes, she absolutely appeals to them. you know the other thing that appeals to people is all of the crazy accusations that you get. whether it's the past four years of all this crazy stuff about russia collusion and all the stuff that has been thoroughly debunked. those quiet independents in the middle, they have listened to all this stuff and realize that it is nonsense and it really does undermine a lot of the attacks on the president. perhaps my favorite one from last night was the accusations that trump was using those

legal immigrants that he naturalized in the white house last night, a beautiful moment, something that should be part of every convention going forward, they accused him of using them as props. have you ever been to a convention before? it is all about using people to tell a story and to push your issues. it was a beautiful moment. >> sandra: charlie hurt. thank you for your analysis this morning. we'll see more of you as the convention continues. charlie, thank you. much more on the convention throughout the morning here. house minority leader kevin mccarthy will react to the first lady's speech at the bottom of the hour. south dakota governor christie nome and rand paul will be here also. >> trace: the search is on for a gunman after a deadly shooting in kenosha, wisconsin. we want to warn you the video is disturbing.

>> get down, get down. >> trace: police confirm two people are dead. one is in the hospital after the overnight shooting. about 250 national guard troops are now deployed to the city as riots followed the weekend shooting by police of jacob blake. his family pleading for peace amid the unrest. >> if jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very unpleased. do jacob justice on this level and examine your hearts. to all of the police officers, i'm praying for you and your families. >> trace: mike tobin live on the ground in kenosha, wisconsin. you and your crew saw the shooting last night. exactly what happened? >> well, it was just after

11:30, about 11:40. we saw they were demonstrators and armed counter protestors from different groups. there was a conflict at this gas station behind me. when we went to check that out there was a quick amount of gunfire and we heard people in this part of the street start calling up for the street medics. while we were checking this out there was a big melee of gunfire. >> get down, get down. get down. >> in the chaos multiple shooting scenes sprung up. two people were killed. one person was injured. by our observation the person who was injured was shot through the arm and people on the street say he walked himself into a nearby emergency room. the official account is that there is still a suspect on the loose and police are looking

for all the help they can get from witnesses. >> trace: take a back a little bit. what do you know that led to the shooting overnight? >> well, there was a lot of back and forth. the usual back and forth we see with the police and protestors. flash point has become the courthouse here. law enforcement put up a big fence around the courthouse. two hours after the curfew the demonstrators were trying to tip over that fence. that is when we saw the law enforcement come out with the riot gear. they used the rubber bullets, pepper spray, tear gas to try to disperse the demonstrators. they responded using fireworks and bottles and makeshift shields. ultimately law enforcement from a number of different agencies formed a big line and drove them out of the park in front of the courthouse there and after that as the demonstrators spread and started conflicting with each other that's when the gunfire broke out. i should note, someone getting lost in all the chaos is jacob blake. we got an update from the

family and their attorney. he went through surgery yesterday. he has multiple injuries to his intestines, liver, stomach and spinal cord. despite the surgery yesterday the family and attorneys involved don't know if he will ever walk again. trace. >> mike tobin live in kenosha, wisconsin. >> sandra: fox news alert a large protest in louisville, kentucky over the death of breonna taylor. kentucky's attorney general joins us with reaction next. laura intensifying. it will become a cat 4 storm before making landfall tonight between texas and louisiana. the danger this storm poses to lives and property. we're live on the ground in louisiana next. >> people anywhere near where the eye of the hurricane will come ashore will need to be

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>> trace: fox news alert. another night of violence in portland. police declared a riot after

demonstrators broke into city hall to set fires. a different scene in louisville, kentucky a large but mostly peaceful protest ended with dozens of arrests. our next guest is a keynote speaker last night. he called outage tateors and riotors in his remarks. >> for republicans, our heroes are those who propeled and imperfect nation ever forward. always striving to make life better for everyone. even as anarchists mindlessly tear up american cities while attacking police and innocent bystanders. >> trace: daniel cameron joins us now. thank you, sir, for joining us. you called out the rioters and anarchists is in your speech last night. get your take on what's happening. new violence in seattle and violence in portland and in

kenosha, wisconsin. for clarity and fairness we should note the shooting that happened last night we don't know where it came from. it might have been outside groups. we don't want to link them to protestors at all. your thoughts what is happening across the country, sir. >> well, i think it's very disturbing that we've seen across this country violent strands of individuals who have tried to take over and take advantage of what began as in my judgment peaceful protests. i simply believe that we have to have law and order in this country and we cannot allow chaos to reign in our streets. seattle, an african-american chief of police who ultimately decides to resign simply because of the way in which that city has lost control and they've tried to defund the police. that's not the answer. republicans as i tried to articulate last night, we certainly recognize those who

strive in earnest for peace, equality and justice. but we cannot allow these violent strands to take over our cities and our states. that's why i've been adamant in my support for president trump because i know that he will make sure that our country remains with law and order angle. >> trace: you have also recognized peaceful protestors. you point out people who are protesting for david dorn, the former police captain in st. louis killed and breonna taylor, some of the peaceful protests. there were arrests but mostly for not staying on the sidewalk. a lot of pushback you get for the breonna taylor investigation from author frederic joseph who tweeted this. daniel cameron, the former black man and attorney general of kentucky who chose not to do anything about breonna taylor's

murder but name dropped her in support of trump. may he get everything coming to him. what do you think about the comment and where does the breonna taylor investigation stand? >> i haven't seen that particular comment made. but what i will say is we are working diligently on the taylor investigation. thorough investigations aren't -- don't happen immediately so we've been working on it. i was -- part of the reason i was up here was to meet with the f.b.i. and department of justice to talk about the case. we're receiving some ballistics tests from the f.b.i. that are very important to the investigation. i'm told we'll receive those in short order. that analysis will help us make judgments as to next steps. but i have a team of career prosecutors and investigators that are working hard on this case. our responsibility in the office of attorney general is to get to the facts and the truth. that is what i'm committed to

since day one. we're certainly going to do that. i've committed that to ms. taylor's family and others who i've met with recently to make sure that we get to the facts and the truth in this case. >> trace: last night your speech was roundly praised. the break-out star, the possible successor to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. your thoughts on those types of expectations. >> well look, i had an occasion to work for the majority leader of the united states senate, mitch mcconnell. he is a dear friend and i look forward to his reelection in november. i've been working hard to make sure that happens. i know kentuckyians want to see him back in his seat after reelection fighting for middle america. he is a great leader and i'm fortunate to know him. i look forward to his reelection in november. >> trace: kentucky attorney general daniel cameron. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, trace.

>> sandra: first lady melania trump and a call for unity in her convention speech last night. will her message resonate with undecided voters? also secretary of state mike pompeo facing backlash for delivering his republican convention address from israel. we will get brand-new reaction from house minority leader kevin mccarthy to that on all of that and more coming up. >> the securing of peace is the first requisite. delivering on this duty to keep us safe and our freedoms intact. this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world. i just assumed all bladder leak pads felt the same. but nothing makes me feel like new always discreet boutique. outside, it's soft like underwear. inside, it turns liquid to gel.

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>> trace: hundreds of thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders this morning as hurricane laura is closing in on the texas/louisiana coast. the storm expected to make landfall overnight in category 4 strength. the eye could travel over cameron, louisiana. charles watson joins us live. charles, what are you seeing right now? >> we've just noticed the wind picking up in the last hour or so. but conditions are good so far. right here in the community of cameron it is unusually quiet. take a look at the water. normally it is filled with shrimping boats. that's not the case today because cameron is one of dozens of communities between texas and louisiana that is under evacuation order. officials here expect a storm surge between 4 to 5 feet.

that's before laura even gets here. once the storm gets closer to land, that storm surge estimate is expected to triple. the sheriff's department tells us they'll go door-to-door making sure people are getting out. but those that want to stay, they will not have access to any emergency services. they will essentially be on their own. folks in the northwestern gulf coast are having to make a lot of tough decisions. >> everybody is not going to leave. some of us will have to stay behind to watch of the elders that can't go. some of the facilities that can't move. that's me. >> this house is very low to the ground and it floods really bad down here. so we just decided to leave. for the sake of our animals. >> take a look at this dock here. the owner says she owns a fishing business. she says she lost everything during hurricane rita so she didn't want to take any chances.

she decided to evacuate but she is hoping that she has a business to come back to after hurricane laura pushes through here as a possible category 4 hurricane. >> trace: charles watson live down in louisiana coast. charles, thank you. we'll have much more on how communities along the gulf coast are preparing for laura's landfall tonight when texas governor greg abbott joins us at 11:35 eastern time. >> we must remember that today we are all one community comprised of many races, religions, and ethnicities. our diverse and storied history is what makes our country strong, and yet we still have so much to learn from one another. i urge people to come together in a civil manner so we can work and live up to our standard american ideals. >> sandra: that was first lady

melania trump delivering what many described as a message of unity. the speech winning praise from many after some critics described the first night of the convention as dark. house minority leader kevin mccarthy will be a keynote speaker tomorrow and he joins us now. thank you for being here this morning, sir. what did you think as you watched the first lady deliver that speech? did she achieve that message of unity she set out to deliver? >> she achieved it and beyond. i thought it was a beautiful speech delivered perfectly from a new rose garden. i thought it was a great night last night from daniel cameron, you had tiffany trump as well. each night has built. it shows a good contrast between the democrat convention and the republican convention. one is looking forward, the other is looking backwards. we're talking about a vaccine instead of shutting the businesses down again. it is hopeful, it is meaning that tomorrow will be better than today and that we can find

a common ground. you saw so many new faces in the republican party. this is a very big tent with any american coming forward and how president trump had listened to their voice, a different scenario than we've heard in the past with a better opportunity. >> sandra: you know, she apparently even won over some critics with that speech, or at least got them to acknowledge or praise her in some way. david brooks "new york times" opinion editor told critics to stop scoffing when he saw the reaction to her speech. but there were some really dark, harsh criticisms out there, congressman. bette midler who has attacked this administration before, the performer attacked melania over her accent. she is being highly criticized for what some say was a xenophobic attack. oh god, she still can't speak english. she went after the first lady be best campaign calling it a huge bore and get that illegal alien off the stage.

what do you think of that kind of criticism? >> i think that hatred has no place in america. i think it's the worst of an individual to ever say something like that. i think we saw from the first lady rise above all those type of comments. could you only imagine if this was a first lady of a democratic president what bette midler would have said then? can't we put that aside. can't we put america first? the partisanship is too much when i see criticism like that. david brooks, he stood up for what is right. that's the moment in time we should. you've watched this first lady time and time again put our country first and party last. that's exactly what we saw last night and what her message was. i believe that reached many more people. i don't believe bette midler reached anybody. that was probably the lowest point of individuals of this country. >> sandra: as far as mike pompeo's big moment delivering his message from israel, now democrats want to -- they say

they feel he violated the hatch act with this. they're calling for a probe into his convention speech. but the white house is responding saying no taxpayer money was used for that. nancy pelosi is really going after him. listen. >> the image is something that is going to say look at us, we're here in israel making a speech to the republican national convention violating our values in terms of the bipartisanship and our support for israel. violating in many ways what he told his own employees. >> sandra: did you take any issue with this, congressman? >> none whatsoever. mike pompeo is probably one of the most effective secretary of states. if anyone asked him for a video you would find it somewhere around the world because of his job. no taxpayer money was spent on this. this was on his own private time. what nancy pelosi should be concerned about spending taxpayer money.

she just spent taxpayer money on 68 democrats who refused to show up to work last saturday for an emergency meeting. she still paid them with taxpayer money. that should be a bigger concern than anybody else instead of mike pompeo on his own private time spending no taxpayer money giving a message about what america and what the world looks like today. >> sandra: one of the other big speakers last night was pam bondi, listen. >> ukrainian oligarchs put hunter on the board of his gas company with no experience in ukraine or the energy sector. he was paid millions to do nothing. he only had one qualification that mattered, he was the son of the man in charge of distributing u.s. aid to ukraine. >> sandra: you can respond to that but also give us a hint as to what we'll hear and see from you tomorrow night when you take the stage. >> well, i do think hunter biden is an issue for joe biden going forward. i saw they did use him in the

democratic convention but the one thing i didn't hear at the democratic convention, what is their agenda? what are they for? i know they're against the president and want to raise my taxes and defund the police. how do we make tomorrow better? we have to move forward, not backwards. i'll talk about that. it also means about how are we going to rebuild this economy bigger than ever before? how will we renew the american dream and how will we restore our way of life? securing our cities, making them safe again. i think that contrast alone will show why president trump will earn four more years and tomorrow is much, much better than what today will be. >> sandra: we got a preview of what we'll see and hear from you. appreciate your time this morning. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow night. >> trace: portland police declaring another riot overnight as protestors shattered windows and vandalized downtown buildings. a live report on the unrest is straight ahead plus hillary clinton with a warning to joe

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more than 7 points. hillary clinton said she thinks it will be close and that he should not concede under any circumstances. unusual moment. back in 2016 this is the same woman who said the following quoting here. donald trump refused to say that he would respect the results of this election. that is a direct threat to our democracy. those two statements are a little tough to square, mo. your thoughts. >> well look, when the president was asked recently if he would concede should he lose, he did not immediately say yes, either. look, here is what i think we know. that this is going to be a closer election than the polls currently suggest. swing state polls continue to be very competitive with biden still leading in most of the swing states but by a narrower margin than what you see in the national polls. it will be a close election. we also know it's a very unique

election in that because of covid, because of a move towards mail-in voting in a lot of places, and because of the closeness of this election, i think it is very unlikely -- possible but unlikely that there is clarity at the end of the night on election night as to who wins in either direction. i think it is going to take some time for all of these mail-in and absentee ballots to be counted and if it is really close we may not know for days or worst case scenario weeks how it all plays out. i personally would be surprised to see either candidate concede on election night if that's the case. >> trace: seems to me both sides are posturing for this mail-in ballot thing and using it -- hillary clinton went on to say that, you know, she thinks the democrats need to amass a pretty massive legal team, right, putting together. it sounds like there is a plan

either way to contest this even if it's not 12 votes or 1%. seems like the democrats have a little bit of a tendency to contest this. i want to -- this is from a trump campaign lawyer matthew morgan who says with the democrats they believe they can sue their way to victory and there is no telling what other shenanigans democrats will pull once polling locations are open. skepticism on both sides, mo. >> yeah, i don't know that i would say that they are amassing it to contest as much as both sides, both parties -- make no mistake, trace, both sides have an army of lawyers in the wing ready to swoop in if this thing is close and mail ballots and absentee ballots are still out. we saw in 2000, right, down in florida how long these things can drag out. different technologies, different types of ballots this time.

but both sides rest assured will have their lawyers on the ground. election watchers on the ground going over every single ballot as they come in to make sure they're counted. it will be a late night on election night. but expect many late nights in the weeks following. >> trace: i think critics would say there is a difference between amassing and having a strong legal time which both sides do and triggering that legal team on election night or the day after the election, which now some are saying there appears to be you know what, both sides will contest this thing or one side will contest this and didn't happen in 2016. but they're saying it could happen this time around. your thoughts on that, final. >> it's a different kind of election, right? because of the virus people are moving more towards mail-in voting. a huge rift between the two parties of that issue of mail-in voting with a lot of democrats concerned that republicans will try to disqualify a lot of mail-in

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necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual. cdc previously urged people without symptoms to get tested. those who are asymptomatic can also spread the disease. meanwhile across the country the number of new coronavirus cases is on the decline according to the experts. people who wear masks are helping to reduce the spread. data from johns hopkins shows on a daily basis 43,000 americans are diagnosed with the virus. that figure is down about 20% from earlier this month. here in new york city the teachers union is pushing back against plans for in-person instruction when school reopens next month. the head of the union for the teachers says the reopening plan falls short especially in the area of testing. on monday the mayor said ventilation action teams would inspect each school for proper airflow. the mayor is also calling for teaching kids outdoors. as you mentioned just moments ago, new york city school

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>> sandra: fox news alert. three big stories at this hour. hurricane laura strengthening as it moves closer to the gulf coast, it could become a category 4 storm before making landfall. violent protests breaking out again in kenosha, wisconsin overnight. this time turning deadly. and it's a big night ahead at the republican national convention. some of the party's biggest names will take center stage. fox news alert now. gunfire erupting during overnight protests in kenosha, wisconsin. two people are confirmed dead. a third wounded. fox news crew capturing some of the violence on camera. this is a warning, this video is disturbing. >> get down, get down, get down.

>> sandra: that video appears to show a shooter with a rifle. authorities have yet to detain any suspects and we're watching that for you. good morning, everyone. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" on this wednesday morning. i'm sandra smith. >> good morning everyone. i'm trace gallagher. the violence unfolding on the third night of protests over the police shooting of jacob blake who is black. video of that incident appears to show an officer shooting blake as he tries to get into his car. his family says his injuries have left him paralyzed. mike tobin is live. >> sandra: mike tobin on the ground. good morning, mike. you were there last night. what could you see? >> well, what we were responding to is a lot of chaos that was supposed to be happening at the gas station behind us. we had seen that there were demonstrators, of course, and counter demonstrators. a lot of people in the crowd were armed. we heard scanner traffic there was trouble at this particular gas station around a little

while after 11:30 last night. we heard a quick volley of gunfire and we heard people on this part of the street start crying out for street medics that show up at a lot of these demonstrations. while we were examining this there was a big melee of gunfire. >> get down, get down, get down. >> there was a lot of chaos and multiple shooting scenes sprung up. police now say two people were killed. one person injured. by our observation the person injured was shot through the arm at this location, people on the street tell us he just walked himself into the emergency room. now all of that followed a night of vie vent protests. law enforcement put up a big metal fence around the courthouse that has become the flash point. demonstrators were trying to get through that metal fence. police came out with riot gear and they responded to rubber bullets and tear goss.

demonstrators used makeshift shields, fireworks and bottle. multiple police agencies and nation ral guy show up in riot gear and formed a line and pushed everyone out of the park. as people were dispersed from the park she spread out to different locations. one was the gas station when the friction started with the demonstrators and the counter demonstrators. some of them armed. lost in the chaos is jacob blake. we got an update on his condition yesterday. he went through surgery and received multiple injuries to the abdomen and intestines and stomach and liver and injuries to his spinal cord. the family and his legal team say they don't know if jacob blake will ever walk again. guys, back to you. >> sandra: all right, mike tobin on the ground there. keep us posted, mike. thank you. >> trace: day three of the rnc all about the land of heroes. another night of big names ahead with vice president mike

pence as the keynote speaker appearing at baltimore's fort mchenry. last night celebrating america as the land of opportunity. first lady melania troop taking center stage in the white house rose garden and secretary of state mike pompeo appearing from jerusalem. everyone making a case for a second term. >> total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president. whether you like it or not, you always know what he is thinking. >> our economic choice is very clear. do you want economic health, prosperity, opportunity, and optimism? or do you want to turn back to the dark days of stagnation, recession and pessimism? >> joe biden voted for the iraq war which president trump has long called the worst geopolitical mistake of our generation. i fear biden will choose war again. he supported the war in serbia, syria, libya.

joe biden will continue to spill our blood and treasure. >> trace: peter doocy in delaware with reaction from the biden campaign. we begin with griff jenkins live in baltimore. griff. >> trace, good morning. it will be a big night. they're getting ready here doing the final preparations, vice president pence will speak at 10:25 p.m. live to the nation and also speaking to the nation kelly pence and kellyanne conway who will be stepping down from the administration to spend more time with her family. the president's daughter-in-law lara trump gave us a preview of her remarks tonight. >> i'm from a middle class family in north carolina. i'll talk about that. about meeting the president and really i want to give a version of donald trump that you never hear out there about the truly the man that he is. >> two speeches last night making all the news.

first lady melania trump who stole the show with the compassionate and genuine speech. >> like all of you, i have reflected on the racial unrest in our country. it is a harsh reality that we are not proud of parts of our history. i encourage people to focus on our future while still learning from our past. >> the other keynote drawing heavy criticism secretary of state pompeo appearing on video from jerusalem. this morning democrats demanding an investigation whether it violated the hatch act. the rnc counters the speech was not paid for with taxpayer dollars. we'll see what comes of that. finally, a surprise addition to tonight's programming. white house press kayleigh mcenany will talk about her battle with breast cancer and

how the president covered her as a working mother during that time. speaking of surprises we have nothing confirmed unclear when the president or where the president might appear on tonight's programming. based on the last two nights safe bet to say we'll probably see him as well. trace. >> trace: a safe bet. griff jenkins live in baltimore. griff, thank you. >> sandra: joe biden taking on what he heard from last night's convention speakers. the democratic nominee tweeting this. when they say the best is yet to come, that's a threat. peter doocy is live in delaware for us this morning. peter. >> sandra, good morning. biden campaign is also trying to spin this week's rnc program as an alternate reality convention with this quote from a spokeswoman. not only do the american people hear no plan for overcoming the pandemic for the second consecutive night of the rnc after more than seven months of utter mismanagement but the president's chief economic advisor referred to the coronavirus in the past tense. they're trying to argue that

everything promised to latino voters this week at the republican convention has been what they call an empty gesture. today kamala harris is preparing to have her first solo event since joining the ticket. a virtual hello to voters in mi. she and her husband are set to headline a virtual fundraiser tonight and hinting at what she will be saying at both those events in a new "washington post" op-ed voting is the best way to -- it contains a roadmap. we're working with election officials across the country to add early voting locations where possible. we're prying absentee ballot request forms with pre-paid postage and when necessary we'll go to court so everyone can cast their ballot in person or through the mail. joe biden does not have any public events on his schedule today and he doesn't have anything on the books the rest of the week that we know of. sandra.

>> sandra: all right. fresh reaction from the biden campaign. peter doocy, thank you. >> trace: fox news alert. hurricane laura takes aim at the gulf coast forecast to be a category 4 storm before making landfall in texas and louisiana. state governors telling more than a half million people on the gulf coast to evacuate their homes warning them to take this storm seriously. >> people anywhere near where the eye of the hurricane will come ashore will need to be very aware of this high water surge. because it can easily sweep you away. >> trace: janice dean is tracking laura in the extreme weather center. >> some of the storm surge totals are really incredible and life threatening to say the least. if you get an evacuation notice, you need to heed the warnings. this will be perhaps an historic storm hitting the gulf

coast up there with rita and even katrina, unfortunately the storm itself, the satellite presentation is really getting its act together. i'm afraid we are going to have a category 4 on our hands in the next 6 to 12 hours before it makes landfall. we get another advisory. hurricane hunters are investigating the storm. the storm surge totals, it will move well inland 30 miles. so that's why we're going to see very strongly-worded evacuations. you need to play close attention. when you have 10 to 15 feet and you have 130 mile-per-hour winds that's not survivable. so you need to really pay close attention. when we talk about category 3 that's 111 to 129 miles sustained. that's not gusts of wind. and we're expecting a category 4 storm and looking at the satellite presentation i think we're almost there. we are knocking on the doorstep.

there is the track. it looks like a strong major cat 3 right at the border of texas and louisiana and then it is going to move inland. inland flooding we could be talking about a foot of rainfall with the storm surge. so that's going to be incredibly damaging and catastrophic in some stops. we'll see hurricane force winds for a matter of hours just battering the coast. not only that, the heavy rainfall threat and tornadoes. we'll see the potential for tornadoes as the storm comes closer to land. there is the forecast model. one of them that we watch. it looks like landfall somewhere in the overnight hours of 3 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. on the border of louisiana and texas. the national hurricane center has been steadfast with the forecast even when the models were trending towards houston they said no, this is where we think it will be. it has been very accurate.

power outages, we haven't talked about that. along with the other threats we'll see the potential for power outages for texas and louisiana and well inland into arkansas. this storm will be with us across the ohio river valley and even the northeast as we get into the weekend. so a lot of hazards with this. the bottom line is that storm surge, you know, that's the biggest threat with these land falling hurricanes is the water. it kills more people than anything else. that's why people need to heed those warnings. evacuate if you're told to do so. back to you, trace. >> trace: i remember covering hurricane rita in 2005. it spawned 100 tornadoes. so there is a lot of worry coming toward louisiana and the texas coast. >> very similar to rita's path, yes. >> trace: scary. as hurricane laura nears landfall we'll talk to governor abbott about how the state is preparing for the storm.

>> sandra: police responding to another round of violent riots in portland last evening. protestors breaking windows, spraying graffiti at city hall and some setting fires near guy. oregon governor kate brown is asking for an end to this chaos. let me be clear. it's time for the violence and vandalism to end so portland can achieve real change for racial justice. those who have committed acts of violence will be held accountable. matt finn is live in seat for us this morning. how bad did it get? >> last night marked the 90th night of unrest in the city of portland. it was the fifth night in a row that a riot was declared. this time police say a highly organized group of 150 people in gas masks and helmets march towards city hall and lit fires outside of it and smashed their

way inside. over the course of several hours. police used a loudspeaker to warn that failure to leave would result in arrests or crowd control agents like tear gas. rioters didn't listen and smashed windows and flashed lasers in officers' eyes. 23 people arrested including a person wearing a press logo apparently fraudulent. a man lit an aerosol can on fire and sprayed it toward city hall. rioters put rebar ties in the road to pop responding officers' tires. police were hit with eggs and bottles. president trump is again insisting oregon's governor kate brown has the ability to end portland's violent by activating thousands of national guard troops. we request the governor and mayor to call up the national guard that should have been done three months ago. the governor said oregon isn't -- we're focused on wildfires and ppe and unemployment calls. i would love to discuss what we

actually need. financial resources, n95 masks and testing supplies. the president of the downtown development group writes in part to the mayor. businesses are fleeing portland in part because leaders there have been endorsing this lawlessness. sandra. >> sandra: matt finn, thank you. >> trace: an aggressive crowd of protestors in washington, d.c. shouting in the faces of diners outside a restaurant. what were they demanding and now the backlash? first lady melania trump getting rave reviews for her speech at the rnc. kristi noem with reaction and a preview of tonight. >> issues of race, let's focus on the strides we have made and work together for a better tomorrow for everyone.

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history. i urge people to come together in a civil manner so we can work and live up to our standard american ideals. >> sandra: she addressed protesting happening in major american cities calling on the country to come together and take on key i shallous for american families and promised the country will continue in the right direction for four more years of her husband in the white house. "new york post" praising her performance on the front page with this headline. give them mel. joining us now is one of tonight's speakers south dakota governor kristi noem. did she achieve the goal of uniting the country with that message? >> absolutely. i thought she did a wonderful job. i loved hearing from her mother's heart.

she loves her husband, loves her family and she talked about the important issues that this country is facing today. she called for us to come together and to work on not just the violence and protests but also drug addiction and taking care of each other. so i just was so proud of her. i love melania's heart and i'm so glad the american people got to see it last night. >> sandra: it was a message of unity that she set out but she also spent a large chunk of that speech praising her husband and really putting him out there as someone who wants to do this job. here she is talking about how he supports her, listen. >> donald is a husband who supports me in all that i do. he has built an administration with an unprecedented number of women in leadership roles and has fostered and environment for the american people where they are always the priority. he welcomes different points of

view and encourages thinking outside of the box. >> sandra: you got this sense she was really reaching out to female voters that might be undecided or may have moved away from the president. we want to put the fox news polling on women voters on trump versus biden, the latest fox news polling on gender. joe biden is pulling 51% with those female response to donald trump's 39%. gop women warn of eroding support among female voters amid a gender chasm. he has lost support from some women. what do you say to those women who may have moved away and might be undecided? what is your message? >> i think that's why her speech was so powerful. show talked about how he respects her. i have been with the president and first lady many times. he listens to her, he asks her opinion on every issue. and many times it helps him

make his decisions. he also has put a big number of women in leadership positions in his administration and has facilitated their voices coming through. so to have her speak about her husband and how he views women and to know that he follows through in actions in public is incredibly powerful and the story she will continue to tell and what we continue to focus on. that mother's heart is one he gets to hear every single day in his home, too. >> sandra: how do you speak to those gop female voters, many of whom are privately quoted in the "washington post" article who are concerned about the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. they are concerned about the violence and unrest in our streets across america that is happening, the safety of their family as they walk down the street. what is your message? >> there is no mother in this country that wants to raise her children on streets of

portland, seattle or washington what is incredibly important is that mothers get up every single day and look at the life they want for their children and their grandchildren in the future and it is not found in these democrat-led cities. we need leadership that will uphold the rule of law, that will make sure they are delivering opportunities for their kids and that is a very clear choice in this election that we'll continue to talk about. a democrat-led cities and their leadership team has brought us this violence and why we need to reelect president trump. >> sandra: you saw the dnc, the convention last week. you saw the messaging from democrats. what lessons did you learn from their message to voters and how will you adjust your speech from listening to that? >> i'll be honest with you, there is a lot of it i couldn't watch. it was depressing and created fear and anxiety. that's not what america is about. what people are seeing this week from the republican party is a vision. we're talking about policies. we're talking about the challenges that we face and

then giving real solutions on how to fix them. that's what we do in america. that's what our founding fathers did and taught us to do is not to complain about things but to fix them. so i would encourage everybody to see the clear contrast in what is being put out by both parties and really look at who is best prepared to lead this country? and again, it's president trump because he has already proven himself during these last four years. >> sandra: we'll hear more from you tonight. you are one of the speakers at the republican convention. governor, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> trace: house democrats trying to take a second bite of the apple renewing the subpoena for the president's financial records from deutsche bank. adam schiff has renewed the subpoena and i believes the president's financial ties to foreign governments are a risk. it was issued a couple of years

ago but supreme court said he is not protected and allowed the documents to be released to federal prosecutors. the same supreme court said that house democrats do not have the same right to those documents. so now adam schiff is trying to rewind the clock doing it all over again and has now subpoenaed deutsche bank all over. we'll get reaction from republicans when that comes in. >> sandra: trace, thank you. fox news alert. wildfire victims in california seeing the devastation firsthand as they return to their homes. >> i remember after it happened that night and i saw the whole mountain burning on the news. i thought you know what? i should not expect anything. it came up here and there is nothing. it is all gone. >> sandra: devastating to hear. we're live on the ground in the fire zone next. hillary clinton telling joe biden not to concede on

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>> trace: time for the top of the news. tonight we'll hear from vice president mike pence as he accept the nomination for vice president at the third night of the rnc. >> sandra: hurricane laura could strengthen to a category 4 by the time it makes landfall and expected to hit the gulf coast between texas and louisiana overnight. >> trace: gunfire erupting in kenosha, wisconsin, killing two people. injuring a third. police still looking for shooter. it was the third straight night of protests in the city after the police shooting of 29-year-old jacob blake. >> sandra: fox news alert. cooler weather is giving fire crews a much-needed helping hand in california. but the challenge is still daunting. hundreds of wildfires are burning up and down the state an area six times bigger than new york city has been scorched.

senior correspondent claudia cowan is live at the fairgrounds in almeida county, california. a lot of activity happening around you this morning. >> that's right, sandra. good morning. we're at base camp where crews working the scu complex burning east of san francisco some 1600 firefighters are on it working 24-hour shifts to rein in the second biggest fire in california history. it burned 365,000 acres in steep, rugged terrain. it hasn't grown very much over the past few days and crews have the fire 25% contained. progress here and to the north where the massive lnu lightning complex is 33% contained and at the svu complex burning to the south. california's wildfires have burned more than a million

acres, an area as big as the grand canyon sparked by lightning destroyed 1300 homes and other buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate and blameed for 7 fatalities. the lnu fire just exploded in middletown, a community still recovering from the devastating valley fire just a few years ago in 2015. but on the whole better weather this week has given firefighters a break. we've seen a massive air assault with choppers and planes dropping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and dozer crews have been able to build more containment lines. while the fires are slowly coming to heel smokey, hazy skies remain, a major health hazard. a spare the air alert has been extended with residents being advised to stay inside with windows closed all the way through friday. back to you. >> sandra: a lot of crews on

the scene there. thank you, claudia. >> trace: hillary clinton apparently pulling a 180 after warning president trump would contest the results of a close election. now she is urging joe biden not to concede on election day under any circumstances. >> we have to have our own teams of people to counter the force of intimidation that the republicans and trump are going to put outside polling places. joe biden should not concede under any circumstances because i think this is going to drag out and eventually i do believe he will win. >> trace: ari fleischer the former white house press secretary and fox news contributor. four years ago it was a threat to democracy and now apparently not conceding is in joe biden's best interest. i want to play you what mo elleithee said last hour.

>> i think it will take some time for all of these mail-in and absentee ballots to be counted and if the state is really close we may not know for days or worst case scenario even weeks how it all plays out. i think -- i personally would be surprised to see either candidate concede on election night if that's the case. >> trace: get the lawyers and nobody concede. your thoughts, ari? >> it's not what she said. she said don't concede under any circumstances, not just if it's close. my obvious question to hillary clinton is did you make a mistake conceding the 2016 race or do you still think you won it? or if the race for biden goes the same way it did for you are you recommending to joe biden that he do the opposite of you? he failed to concede the states that he clearly lost? this is dangerous. the only thing that makes a democracy work is people accepting its results. if you start to say don't concede no matter what you

undermine the core of democracy which is what hillary is doing. >> trace: we're running short on time because of the hurricanes and riots and stuff. i want to show you the protestors in d.c. protesting the shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, watch this and i'll get your thoughts. they are berating a woman who refused to raise her fist in solidarity and boy, both sides are really smashing this. you have the daily caller saying you could not script a better parody of white liberal 20 somethings. the american left in action 2020 and msnbc says chris hayes in my humble opinion this is not a good tactic. your thoughts on this, ari? >> what has happened to tolerance? one of the hallmarks of our country, our strength is that we tolerate other points of view. when you see this you have to wonder it could happen to me.

anybody who wears a maga hat like nick sandmann and sarah sanders goes to have dinner, and now this. these tactics are alarming. thought police tactics. it is going to hurt the democrats. they really should denounce it. >> trace: what's interesting here the woman who they are berating said she wasn't afraid, just uncomfort with the mob mentality because she has been marching with these people for weeks. she is one of them. but she wouldn't raise her fist and they turned on her, ari. >> i'll tell you, i accompanied my 16-year-old daughter to a blm march after george floyd died and i went with her. when they played the national anthem everyone took a knee except me and a couple of other people. i stood and put my hand over my heart and i was respected by the crowd in connecticut. i was respected by that crowd for doing it. you have to tolerate different points and approaches. when you start to have this

type of intimidation, you are crossing a terrible line and sending a terrible message about the what makes us strong. we respect each other's voices. >> trace: good to see you, sir, thank you. >> thank you, trace. >> sandra: speakers at the gop convention last night talking up the trump economy before it was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. top white house economic advisor larry kudlow has an appearance saying the president's policies are the only way to restore american prosperity. money man charles payne has thoughts on all that and he joins us live next. >> i believe there can't be better economic poll seals than we've had in recent years. so i say stay with them.

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payroll tax cuts for higher wages, income tax cuts for the middle class, capital gains tax cuts for investment, productivity and jobs. much more regulatory relief for small businesses. >> sandra: all right, that was the director of the national economic council larry kudlow addressing the republican convention last night laying out trump's second term plan for the economy. americans can expect to see more tax cuts. let's bring in charles payne host of making money with charles payne on the fox business network. there was larry making his address to the nation last night. as we listened to him at the rnc. what did you think of that message? are they effectively saying we can bring this economy back to where it was pre-pandemic? >> i think he is saying that we could bring it back and keep it moving because where we were pre-pandemic, while it was amazing, i think we were still on the way up. i believe we were still

evolving and, you know, you look at all the different areas. last year, sandra, two things that held us back. we finally -- the renaissance ran dry and it wasn't enough household formation. that changed this year. the household formation stuff is still changing and manufacturing is coming back. if you want shared prosperity, we had it. blue collar wages rose at their fastest pace ahead of inflation for the first time in a decade. you can take the policies that created that and keep expanding those or you can reversal of it. i think it's a simple choice for voters come november. >> sandra: you have heard biden counter all of this at the dnc and a new interview. he sat down and said he is not raising taxes for anybody making less than $400,000 a year. so who is winning this debate as we are getting a glimpse at the republican's message this

week? >> biden said the same -- biden and president obama said the same thing in 2008, $400,000. by the way, $400,000 isn't what it used to be. a good example. we learned last week that existing homes, the average existing home is worth $305,000. in november of 2008 it was worth $180,000. it just tells you, if they were smart they would adjust it for inflation and say no one under $800 grand. what they're saying is we'll raise taxes and the bar where we'll start is relatively low because for all the things that they're promising they will have to raise taxes and get creative with it. $400,000 is a lot of money. by the same token it will hurt the progress that we've made. i think the progress most of us want to make. >> sandra: we'll see more on the economic message as the rnc continues this week and the u.s. stock market, charles, record after record high this week, dow down a bit this

morning. but the s&p 500 the broader look at the american stock market at all-time highs. charles payne, great to see you. >> it is all about earnings and prosperity. we see it every day in the market, sandra. >> sandra: thank you. >> trace: facing off against a native american protestor on a video that went viral. he talked about his ordeal at the republican convention last night and how he claims the media defamed him. >> looking back now, how could i have possibly imagined that the simple act of putting on that red hat would unleash hate from the left and make myself the target of network and cable news networks nationwide? (announcer) now more than ever,

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>> my life changed forever in that one moment. the full war machine of the mainstream media revved up into attack mode without researching the full video of the incident because the truth was not important. advancing their anti-christian, anti-conservative, anti-donald trump narrative was all that mattered. >> trace: it was nick sandmann at last night's convention. he was the high school student who some in the media accused of harassing a native american protestor. he later sued cnn and "washington post" for defamation panned he got a settlement. howie kurtz is the host of "media buzz". nick sandmann said the reason he fought back he wanted to expose the media for what they did to him and he considers it a personal victory and to his credit, it is tough to beat the media, howie. >> it is indeed.

must have been nice for him to be live on cnn after reaching that settlement with cnn. he have isn't a great speaker but shrewdly connected what happened to him. the full war machine of the mainstream media to president trump who he says is the victim by far of the most negative media coverage in the history of the world and he praised the president for calling out the media, which trump does every day or so. it seems to me this was an incredible rush to judgment based on a single video in which he was depicted as a smirking teenager in a maga hat but what he was actually trying to do as more videos came out was to defuse the confrontation with a native american activist. >> trace: this morning what we saw at the rnc last night this morning on "fox & friends" he talked about when the whole story broke how he found out. listen to this. >> i found out at 3 in the

morning on the bus ride back to kentucky was the story being created. i was shocked and speechless, to be honest with you. i had no idea that that was going to be the narrative from what i just thought was a very strange encounter. >> trace: the narrative, howie, was really -- he is right at the get-go the narrative was totally wrong and it changed very rapidly in the days to come -- the days after. >> some news organizations corrected what they had done as more information became available. a youthful symbol of media bias. it had to resonate with republicans who find the mainstream media when it comes to the gop and president to be incredibly biased. >> trace: i found it interesting because he was talking about how the media is willing to participate in the whole cancel culture. do you think after looking back on this and settling, cnn and "washington post" do you think the media learned anything from this? you kind of see them jumping on

different things day after day. do you think the media has learned? >> i would like to say that but i don't know that i can. i think there is a lot of rush to judgment in our business. it is ant always against one side. when all this happened what would have been minor incident if he wasn't wearing a make america great again hat? i don't think so. i think he is an effective symbol and smart of the gop to put him on. >> trace: i want to get your reaction on the first lady's speech. a couple tweets. she was roundly applauded and you have some -- dan rather writes there were a lot of pretty words in melania trump's speech tonight. unfortunately we also have the last three plus years. your thoughts very quickly, howie. >> look, there were some liberal critics that will never forgive melania for being

married to donald trump. she silenced some of her critics with a compassionate speech. she talked about the coronavirus, expressed sympathy. didn't try to sugar coat it in the way that it had been mostly ignored, down played or described as a thing of the past by other convention speakers. for that i think she connected. a very good speech by the first lady. >> trace: a lot of praise from around the country. >> sandra: storm picking up steam in the gulf of mexico. hurricane laura strengthening. hundreds of thousands of people warned to leave their homes. texas governor greg abbott will join us to talk about the preparations underway. at today's record low mortgage rates. with newday's va streamline refi, there's no appraisal, no income verification and no out of pocket costs. let newday help you use your va benefits to save $250 a month,

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>> sandra: three major developing stories at this hour. hurricane laura now forecast to become a catastrophic cat 4 storm before it makes landfall. the national hurricane center just issuing the latest forecast moments ago. janice dean will have the update in moments. >> trace: protests become riot,, riots, become murder. a governor declares an emergency. >> sandra: a lot of big surprises last night. what to expect from day three. bret baier and martha maccallum will have their rnc takeaways.

live in kenosha the moment a gunman opened fire and our news team live in the ground from louisiana and the governor of texas will join us soon. good morning, i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. the news starts now. first up a monster barreling right for the gulf coast. we got a latest advisory on hurricane laura the powerful category 3 storm is growing stonger by the minute taking aim at the texas/louisiana border. >> sandra: it will be packing winds upwards of 155 miles per hour which would unleash catastrophic damage leveling most mobile homes, ripping off roofs and other buildings and knocking down trees and power lines galore. >> trace: sparking the largest

u.s. -- forecasters warm rain and storm surges will be measured in feet, not inches raising concerns about massive flooding and local leaders are warning folks to get out before it's too late and still some are considering riding this thing out. >> i have to 1-year-old. we're planning on going if they call for it. >> we've only evacuated for one hurricane, hurricane rita. took us eight hours to get to san marcus. we decided we won't do that again. >> sandra: live fox team coverage in galveston, texas and first with janice dean with new information in the fox weather center. >> this has been bumped up. we thought it would be. the satellite presentation on the storm is quite exceptional. you have it filling out in all four quadrants. the eye is starting to tighten up and become clear. once it gets to 130 a category

4. five more miles and it will bring to a category 4 storm and think it will happen in the next 6 to 12 hours. the water ahead is warm. nothing in the upper level atmosphere to tear the storm apart. we will have a strengthening storm probably as it makes landfall sometime overnight tonight around 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. on the border between texas and louisiana. a very similar path to rita. it looks like it could be a stronger storm. we're very concerned with storm surge. that's the mound of water that gets pushed by those counter clockwise winds. we are talking 10 to 15 feet. that's going to cause catastrophic life threatening damage. that surge can move inland 30 to 40 miles. this will be a big concern and why we're seeing those evacuation notices happening. very firm language as well. people need to listen the their local officials.

there is your forecast track as of 11:00 a.m. indeed, we'll see a category 4 storm. will it be a cat 4 when it makes landfall? i don't think it will matter. i think the damage is already set in stone. it will be catastrophic for some of these areas especially on the right-hand side of the system. there is the hurricane models coming in very good agreement right smack dab on the border of texas and louisiana. this is going to be a devastating storm for many people. not only the hurricane-force winds for duration of time but the water. water is the biggest killer with these storms as it moves inland. not only the storm surge but as trace mentioned we could be talking about a foot or more of rainfall. then also the tornado threat as the storm comes closer to shore. we'll see the potential for tornadoes. a big deal. people need to listen to local officials. if you are told to evacuate, please do so. >> sandra: quickly changing

situation. janice, thank you. >> trace: as hurricane laura closes in on the texas/louisiana coast everyone in galveston has been ordered out. casey stiegel live there. >> when we talk about these evacuations some 420,000 people in the state of texas have been told to get out and another 200,000 more in neighboring louisiana. here on the island of galveston like we always have with the hurricanes. some people will heed the warnings and get out. others will stay and why you still see some traffic along the main boulevard here. but some of these evacuations happened and they were prioritized. for instance, earlier in the week nursing homes and assisted living centers on the island, those residents were moved. they were boarded on buses and taken inland to places like san antonio. then all day yesterday folks

who live and work here on galveston were told to get out by noon. buses also made available to assist those without transportation. more vehicles were running than usual to allow for social distancing. evacuees told to bring fast masks and one bag of belongings. people say although galveston is not forecast to take a direct hit they aren't taking any chances especially having been through this before. >> i went through a hurricane and lost everything. everything. we had to rebuild, restart over. i don't want to go through that again, sir. i'm trying to keep my family to safe and if i can help everybody that's what i'm trying to do. >> as you heard janice dean saying wind and high storm surge are the primary threats with laura. for galveston and houston metro area for that matter. there have been some coastal warnings issued for counties north of us. people have been making all of those last-minute preparations

like boarding up homes and businesses and moving boats to higher ground and cars. about 70 members of the texas army and air national guard have been deployed throughout the region with special equipment. more are on stand by and they will be assisting with high water rescues should any of those have to be carried out. trace. >> trace: when you think only seven cat 3 or above have hit this coast over the past 70 years. texas governor greg abbott will join us at the bottom of the hour. >> to every proud american who bleeds red, white and blue, my father will continue to fight for you. >> make america great again is not a slogan for my father. it is what drives him to keep his promise of doing what is right for american citizens. >> donald trump has not and

will not lose focus on you. he loves this country. and he knows how to get things done. >> sandra: we heard a lot from the trump family last night with the president's children eric and tiffany trump speaking ahead of the first lady's call for unity. their speeches uplifting for the most part casting president trump as a fighter for american families. joining us now martha maccallum anchor of the story. great coverage last night from you and bret to hear her sympathy for those who have lost loved ones to covid-19. she addressed the violence in american cities but tried to strike an uplifting tone. she tried to unify the country with her message. how are people responding to that this morning? >> all over the map really, sandra. you have some people who were very critical of the first lady's speech. a tweet by bette midler, not that probably that many people follow that. but what is really caught a lot

of people's eye she said oh my god, she can't even speak english. there is a lot of claws out for the first lady. that is unfortunately why we don't hear more from her. i think she struck a tone that was very well received in a lot of areas of this country. and the other criticism that we heard on night one there was no mention of those who suffered from coronavirus or those who lost family members. and she early on in this speech made it very clear that she wanted to speak to that loss and that she wanted to reach them. she said there is so much anxiety in the country right now. we want you to know that you are not alone. it has impacted many of us. deepest sympathy and prayers to all those who are anxious and helpless. you are not alone. and i think there is a sincerity and genuineness to melania trump that i think came through in a very big way for those who were open to just

watching this speech and listening to what she had to say. she doesn't make any excuses for her husband. there is a strange sort of dichotomy in going after social media and harsh language and everyone recognizes that the president uses those venues in a very strong and harsh way at times. and i would imagine that they have their own discussions about that at home. but you know, i think that a lot of people were glad they got to see the first lady in this way last night and for many of them they probably would like to see a lot more of her. she is an interesting counter balance to the president and i think she achieved the goal that was set out for her by those running the convention and by her i would imagine last night. >> sandra: the "new york post" offered a lot of praise for her this morning. give them mel they wrote on the front cover. thought i would share that with you. here is more from melania's speech last night. >> we all donald trump makes no

secret about how he feels about things. total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president whether you like it or not, you always know what he is thinking. >> sandra: charlie hurt said he thought one of the funniest moments of the night and entire rnc was we all know donald trump makes no secret how he feels about things. there was that. then she went on to say total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president. you always know what he is thinking. was it a risk for her to take that on in the way she did considering one of the biggest criticisms from his biggest critics is that he is not honest. >> you know, people love to tally what they call the president's lies. i think that's fair game to keep track of things that are inaccurate, obviously is one of

the jobs of journalists. on the other hand i think the point she was getting at what you see is what you get. this president lays out what he thinks about things. sometimes in ways that make people cringe but it is what it is and she as he has said. she is basically saying that's what you get. when i think back on other presidents, other politicians, many of them are very good at keeping their feelings under wraps but they say what they think to colleagues and say what they think behind the scenes and often that's what comes out later on in biographies and books written about them. i don't know that it's not that all presidents don't have these sort of gut reactions and strong feelings about things. but with donald trump you definitely get what you get and he lays it out on the surface and that's what she was getting at. >> sandra: you'll be covering tonight at night three of the rnc. thank you.

>> trace: violent protests turning deadly in kenosha, wisconsin. a warning, some people might find the video disturbing. >> get down, get down, get down. >> trace: two people were shot and killed a third injured. the latest on the manhunt for a killer is next. after losing to donald trump in 2016, hillary clinton has a warning for joe biden as she predicts a messy election. >> they've started to build a narrative that if donald trump gets elected it will be illegitimate and now they're laying out their plan. just droppedage ratese to new all time lows. veterans can refinance their loans with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call to newday usa can save you $3,000 every year. you could start saving, beginning with your next mortgage payment.

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>> sandra: violent protests in wisconsin end with three people shot. this video is graphic. we want to warn you. >> get down, get down, get down. >> sandra: a manhunt now underway in kenosha after a gunman killed two people and injured a third in the third straight night of protests over jacob blake. an armed militia group has been patrolling the streets there. he is unsure who the gunman is. police broke up the crowds when

protests turned violent last night. grady trimble is live in kenosha, wisconsin for us this morning. >> jacob blake's family called for peace last night. that's not what happened. rioters made their way to this used car lot smashing windows and burning a car here. also where police say three people were shot, two of them killed in this graphic video. police have not released info about the victims or circumstances that led to the shootings. the suspect armed with a long gun is still on the run. we do know last night there were men armed with long guns patrolling the city. kenosha sheriff according to the milwaukee journal said they were vigilantes but didn't say whether they were connected to the shootings. the county board sent a letter to tony eveers today saying our county and businesses are under attack. we need additional support to

bring civility for our community, they're asking for 1500 national guardsman to come with police power. we talked to other people in this community who want to see more national guardsmen as well. they agree. >> the national guard needs to be not only mobilized but utilized. they need to jump in and address the situation and protect the people. that's pretty much it. >> the kenosha county board calling on governor evers to come to kenosha and see this damage for himself. >> sandra: thank you, grady trimble. >> joe biden should not concede under any circumstances because i think this is going to drag out and eventually i do believe he will win if we don't give an inch. >> trace: hillary clinton in a new interview with some advice

for joe biden at the 2016 presidential nominee predicts president trump would try to undermine the legitimacy of the election. a spokesperson for the dnc war room and lily joins us. you heard hillary clinton saying joe biden should not concede under any circumstances. i get in a close race. under any circumstances? your thoughts. >> if you listened to the full interview that is not exactly what she said. she said every vote should get counted. only one candidate said he won't accept the election results -- that proven methods of voting like voting by mail should be discounted or discouraged. we've seen a full scale assault by this white house and president to undermine our

democratic steetion. we did all this in 2016. >> trace: the president pointed out there are possibilities for fraud in the mail-in balloting but never said he would never concede under any circumstances. the reason this is making headlines is because back in 2016 put this on the screen hillary clinton said the following. donald trump refused to stay that he would respect the results of this election. that's a direct threat to our democracy. direct threat to democracy in 2016. 2020 joe biden should not concede under any circumstances. it is hard to square those, lily. >> i beg to differ. he talked to chris wallace. when he asked him many times would he accept the results of the election he said we'll see. even the white house press secretary. >> that's what everybody is saying. he said we will see. that's the proper response. if joe biden said we will see of course nobody would accept the results of an election if

the election is razor thin. al gore and george bush -- there is a difference between we will see and under no circumstances will i accept the election. >> i understand i'm trying to selectively quotes. she said if there is a close election everyvote should be kointd. you have seen joe biden and donald trump. the two people on the ballot. donald trump continues to say that the election will be rigged or that we shouldn't have vote by mail or that he won't accept the election results. you haven't seen that from joe biden at any turn. >> trace: let me get last week republicans criticized democrats for not mentioning the violence happening around the country. yesterday democrats criticized republicans for not addressing covid. here is the first lady addressing covid. watch this. >> since march our lives have

changed drastically. the invisible enemy covid-19 swept across our beautiful country and impacted all of us. >> trace: sounds like she made up for it lily? your thoughts? >> it is good that in the third hour of the second night of the republican convention someone finally acknowledged the pain that people are going through with the coronavirus that is not under control but the vast majority of the republican convention has basically existed in an all tern at reality and -- 1200 people yesterday died from this virus. when there has been more than 5.5 million cases and when donald trump still has not laid out a plan to get ahold of it. i think it's good people should acknowledge the very pain in this country and that people have lost loved ones. that's not what we've seen from the president. >> trace: lily adams, thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >> sandra: meanwhile we're

learning one of president trump's supporters set to speak at the republican convention was pulled last minute from the lineup yesterday after she promoted an anti-semitic conspiracy theory on twitter. mary anne mendoza who has apologized has been an advocate for stricter border policies. >> trace: hurricane laura gaining strength as it charges toward the gulf coast where it sights set on texas as it could make landfall as a category 4 storm with 155 mile-per-hour winds. how the state is preparing when the governor abbott joins us live. president trump has been blasting the basement biden strategy. some democrats may be concerned their nominee is not campaigning is the traditional way. will it wind up hurting his chances? bret baier joins us live with

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texas and the louisiana bayous. >> sandra: more than 100 students and staff tested positive after a rowdy weekend. masks were required to enter the bars but a local paper reports that students would whip them off the moment they walked inside. >> trace: democrat led house demanding an investigation into secretary mike pompeo's speech last night. the state department and lawyers insist he did nothing wrong. our chief political anchor and executive editor of special report bret baier. i watched the coverage last night. it was exceptional as always. when you got to the part with the panel about mike pompeo's speech in jerusalem the reaction was mixed. i want to play the sound bite from nancy pelosi and get your reaction. >> it's appalling and of course we have not seen this by anyone. democratic or republican who

would have a secretary of state engage. as the secretary himself cautioned employees at the state department they should not be engaged in any partisan activities because they work for the state department. >> trace: you have house democrats saying they should have an investigation and you have the state department saying that was fine. your thoughts, bret. >> they've launched one. congressman castro chairman on the subcommittee on oversight of the state department sent a letter asking a series of questions about the speech itself. the state department saying that the secretary did it on his own time and no state department resources were used. he was on a u.s. trip for the trump administration to jerusalem. now, as far as the political benefit i'm not sure it was that great. yes, it was interesting to see him overlooking the old city in jerusalem. he definitely hit on the trump

administration's foreign policy successes, but a number of people could have done that, i guess. maybe it's not worth the headache. they believed it was. >> trace: i guess that's the second question is was it worth the risk? yeah, there is a big part of the republican base that thinks that the foreign -- his foreign achievements have not been brought up enough and that mike pompeo did that. but politically and, you know, with all the controversy was it worth the risk? >> clearly the trump campaign does not have a problem with what's happening as far as using the white house, the pardon, the naturalization ceremony. a speech by the secretary of state just added to the pile of criticism. this is a different year. they are doing it in where they are living because of covid-19, they say. with that comes the trappings of the presidency and the secretary of state is considering to run for president someday down the road. so he wanted to be part of the

action touting the trump administration's foreign policy successes. he was part of the action. >> trace: peter doocy says joe biden has no plans to leave today and no plans that he knows of for joe biden to leave this week. the basement strategy, bret, is starting to get pushback from both sides of the aisle. this is from democratic strategist on the hill who said quoting he can and should not just to meet actual voters meaning to leave the basement and hear their concerns face-to-face but to generate local media attention. so the democrats are now saying he needs to maybe do a few meet and greets along the way. >> it's a huge deal. think about going to the swing states as the president does. he just overwhelms the local media coverage. the local news, the local paper, that's what people see day-to-day in these swing states. joe biden is not getting that saturation by doing it out of his basement. i think you are starting to

hear whispers in the democratic party. they're concerned about it and watching the republican convention saying there are notes here that are really hitting. >> trace: i want to play the matt gaetz sound bite. listen to this. >> i'm speaking to you from an auditorium emptier than joe biden's daily schedule. we won't settle for decades of bad decisions by basement-dwelling joe biden. >> trace: only 10 seconds. it's a thing. >> it is low hanging fruit for republicans. i expect to hear more of it the next couple of days. >> trace: well oel -- we'll see you tonight. >> sandra: an update on the soldier missing from fort hood we told you about yesterday is believed to be dead. police in temple, texas say they found a body a long with the soldier's i.d. near railroad tracks. just before he went missing he

reported being sexually abused. police say they don't suspect foul play. according to reporting, 12 soldiers have gone missing from fort hood and six were later found dead. hurricane laura taking direct aim at the gulf coast. that hurricane expected to strengthen into a cat 4 storm before making landfall late tonight or early tomorrow. thousands of people evacuated. forecasters saying it could cause catastrophic damage. governor greg abbott is here. it is described as an unsurvivable storm and one of the worst in years. what are you telling your residents at this time? >> so that is the key word that came out today about it being an unsurvivable storm. echoes what we've been trying to inform our residents about and that is this is different than hurricane harvey, for

example, which was a heavy rain event and a flood event. this is a horrific wind event especially where the eye will come across the shore which could be happening in texas over in the beaumont/port arthur region. those people are in harm's way. we've made efforts and success to evacuate so many people in that region. there are certain areas of texas subject to mandatory evacuation orders. because of the magnitude of this storm and the power of the wind and the tidal surge, we urge people who are in mandatory evacuation areas to heed those warnings knowing you only have a few more hours left to get out of harm's way. >> sandra: the last update we received was that 750,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders in both louisiana and texas. how many are directly under those orders in your state? >> so there are hundreds of

thousands of people subject to evacuation orders. most of them actually have already evacuated. we were prepared for this days in advance. we provided about 400 buses just by the state of texas alone assisting local officials to evacuate people from those regions to various regions that will be clearly out of harm's way and i might add we've done so in ways that maintain the safe hygiene practices that are needed in the time of covid-19. we'll continue these efforts during the course of the next few hours to make sure we can get out of those regions that are in harm's way. all the people who could potentially lose their life. the goal number one in a hurricane is to make sure that you save your own life. it doesn't do you any good to save your property if you lose your life. property can be replaced. your life cannot. >> sandra: governor, you oint out the complication else the pandemic poses. so many in your state are

struggling economically. what are you doing to help those people who have to flee get into hotel rooms and get out safely? >> so we have set up so many different locations across the state of texas. you mentioned hotel and motel rooms. we have close to 200,000 that remain available. in addition to that we have multiple sites ranging from san antonio to austin to dallas as well as others ready to be set up any time as needed that we are busing people to where they will be able to stay in settings that are safe. it will be different than what people have experienced in prior hurricanes. there will be the distancing practices and ppe and hand sanitizers to make sure that as people are put into this congregate settings they won't be exposed to covid-19. >> sandra: for those in your state who may not have evacuated or heeded those warnings, what is your message to them as this storm looks

like it is set to make landfall possibly cat 4 overnight? >> if you are subject to a mandatory evacuation orders you have a few hours to heed it. i strongly urge to you do so. >> sandra: come back with an update. appreciate your time this morning. trace. >> trace: senator rand paul commending president trump for bringing more u.s. troops home from the middle east. the senator also praising the president in his rnc speech for moving to end wars instead of starting them. senator rand paul will join us on that and more next. >> never ending wars were finally ended. promises made and promises for the first time were kept.

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do, that a strong america cannot fight endless wars. joe biden will continue to spill our blood and treasure. president trump will bring our heroes home. >> sandra: kentucky senator rand paul speaking at the republican convention last night calling the president the most anti-war president in a generation. joining us now is the kentucky senator himself rand paul who serves on the foreign relations committee. senator, good morning and welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> sandra: tell our audience this morning what your message was on that stage last night >> i think it is a clear distinction between president trump and joe biden. joe biden for decades voted for war, the iraq war. i don't think he has ever fully explained why the mir act war was a mistake. if you listen to president trump in rally after rally year after year president trump says by destabilizing iraq and the middle east you allowed iran to grow stronger. we shifted the balance of power

by getting rid of saddam hussein. he was a counter balance to the ayatollah and iran but also with regards to libya, joe biden was there with president obama and decided to get rid of another not so great person qaddafi. they got chaos. that springs more terrorism. i think isis, the terrorism, the breeding grounds in libya came from getting rid of a government with nothing to replace it. so i think president trump really gets this. i've been with him at dover to see the young men come home to be received by their families after their deaths in war. it moves him. i think he truly does want to end the afghan war and why i'm supporting him. >> sandra: really interesting senator, we have this to put up on the screen for our viewers the number of u.s. troops currently stationed in the middle east and the drawdown in troops that we have seen in iraq, afghanistan, and syria. on that stage you made the case that donald trump is a president in your words that

gets things done. if you hate war like i hate war. how do you think your message was received, senator? >> i think very well. i think if you remember when my father was on the national stage in 2008 it was a novel idea to think we shouldn't always be at war. people still after 9/11 thought we should be everywhere all the time. but now they see it is not so much about war. in afghanistan we're spending $50 billion a year. we built roads for them and bridges and then they get blown up again. people see the futility of this and i think the party that wasn't ready for my dad in 2008 actually is much more accepting of the positions of less war, less military intervention but largely because president trump is expressing similar views. >> sandra: it was fascinating the way you chose to begin your message last night talking about how down to earth the president is. you actually talked about when you two first met and you eventually became opponents but you felt it was necessary to

tell that story, why? >> well, because i think people become -- public figures become car ki tours. the media and your enemies present it. i'm a middle class sort of guy and he is in another stratosphere as far as wealth but when i've been around him he is like a normal guy when he greets people in a restaurant or anywhere else he treats them with respect. i don't think you get that from the picture that's painted from the left and from people who hate him. also he is a generous person. i've seen him be very generous with regard to people who serve him and give things like tips in restaurants and things but also seen him be very generous when i asked for help on a medical mission in guatemala and haiti he immediately wrote a check. people like that in our country who have done very well who give back. i think donald trump is one of those and i think because there is such a hatred out there and a trump derangement syndrome on the left they refuse to accept

any of the fine qualities that i think he has. >> sandra: over the years you've always been quick to point out when you don't agree with the president and you made it clear in your speech last night saying i don't always agree with him but saying it is more important than simple agreement is accomplishment. why did you say that? >> >> i think it's true. when people are upset with in the they don't like his demeanor or what he says on twitter. what about the policy? the republicans saying we're going to support biden. many of these republicans voted with the president 90% of the time and vote with biden 10% of the time. that's what counts is the issues. it shouldn't count so much all the esoteric stuff about demeanor. he cut taxes, that's what republicans said we were for. you know, he has tried to help make healthcare affordable by allowing small businesses to organize to get together like a

coop to get lower healthcare prices. the courts, he has appointed more conservatives to the federal court system than any other president, even reagan. for the people who don't like him and never trumpers they're paying attention only to the misconception on his personality and not necessarily what he has actually done. >> sandra: we've heard a lot about honest personality on the stage this week. we'll see what happens on night three. we appreciate you coming on this morning. >> trace: urgent warning for if gulf coast. national hurricane center saying it could reach 20 feet in parts of texas and louisiana for the storm surge, which is unsurvivable. hope is the light in all of us

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>> hurricane laura speeding toward the gulf coast taking aim at texas and louisiana. forecaster say laura will become a category 4 hurricane before reaching land. now they're warning the storm surge could be unsurvivable. we're talking about 20 feet in some areas. jeff is live for us in port arthur, texas. >> i know you love hurricanes and will miss this one. maybe it's just as well. a lot of people who normally stick it out through hurricanes not doing so this time. we have pictures of buses. can't put as many people on the buses to evacuate because of covid. so more buses in service to try to get people out of port arthur. we're right in the center of the cone and a lot of these people have been through harvey most recently and then rita back in 2005.

they hear cat 4 and don't want to go through this one. listen. >> we were going the try to stay but when it turned out and said it would be a category end up being category 4 and that the possibility we would be in the eye, that's kind of scary. see with harvey we went through it with harvey. it is like no, let's get out of here. >> trace: get out of here, good idea. it is not just folks here in terms of impact. behind me you see the largest oil refinery in the u.s. it is shut down. they are flaring gas off the towers out there but not refining right now. if you look at your gas pumps locally wherever you live chances are the gas costs more money right now. trace. >> trace: and the hurricane is so big, jeff, it is really going to affect a lot of these people whether you're in the eye or not. jeff, thank you.

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>> night three of the dnc tonight. we are told to expect another surprise, unclear exactly what rnc -- sorry, expecting a surprise. that is the surprise, dnc is coming back.

no, kidding. >> yes, this is mike pence's big moment, deliver his pitch for the president. kayleigh mcenany is expected to deliver a personal story tonight and kellyanne conway will speak, possibly one of her last public addresses before she departs the white house. great to be with you. >> you, too. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> harris: we begin with breaking news we're following on fox news today. hurricane laura, already dangerous category 3 storm and intensifying by the hour. the hurricane is spinning toward the texas-louisiana coast. with winds of about 125 miles per hour at this point. i mentioned, it's growing. now forecasters are warning the powerful storm system is expected to be a catastrophic category 4 hurricane at landfall. meteorologist adam is tracking it. adam. >> harris, yeah, this is going

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