noon. cal ripken jr. and talks about baseball and little league and getting kids back to sports and general jack keen on the nobel peace prize the president is up for and pulling troops out of iraq. listen live. >> we will. >> ♪ >> 100 gathering for the seventh night of protests in new york painting a black lives matter mural on the street where daniel prude was killed and. police chief stepped down along with other senior officials. we will speak to the white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany and the unrest in major cities across the country. >> ♪ >> 55 days to go until election day. president trump and joe biden

are tearing up the battleground states. this coming a day after the president was campaigning. >> good morning. i am trace gallagher. biden will give a speech on manufacturing and vice-president will address a pro-life group. biden has a narrow lead in both states. yesterday president trump harmed his democratic rival on law and order. >> i am not with the violent vim criminal and extremists. next time you see video of far left maniacs shouting wildly at

peaceful americans, remember this: these are biden supporters. if he wins they will be in charge of your government. as sure you are sitting there they will be taking your monuments and statues down. >> [booing]. >> am not kidding. you will be taking them down. >> kristin, were when highlights last night in north carolina? >> of all of the events in recent weeks, this looked and felt the most like his rallies in 2016. with the distinction. many of the people sitting right behind him were wearing maga masks. if you zoom out, the majority of the people at the outdoor rally were not wearing masks. in terms of substance, last night president trump escalated his efforts to make china a central theme by accusing joe biden of being a globalist

sellout. the president said the former vice president biden was part of the problem and blamed him for the loss of american jobs in battleground north carolina. >> i took the toughest action to stand up to china's rampant theft of north carolina and u.s. jobs. joe biden's agenda is made in china. my agenda is made in the u.s.a. >> the president believes a biden administration would fuel more violence and unrest in cities across the country and accused biden and kamala harris for being anti-vaccine. the biden campaign is saying that those accusations are not true. they say both biden and kamala harris are pro-vaccine.

they want to make sure it's safe. >> joe biden is in michigan? >> yes, in battleground michigan. he will fight for american workers and trying to counterer that message that you heard president trump makes last night. the biden campaign said he will propose to fix it to promote a made in america future and programs executive actions in his first week as president to ensure that the government is delivering on obligations to use taxpayer dollars to buy american products. joe biden will be drawing big contrasts between him and the current president. the similarities in language and to the president's america first agenda, you can't miss it. >> thank you.

>> large crowd gathered in new york painting a black lives matter murals on the street where daniel was restrained before he died in custody. the chief of police and top officials stepped down in the wake of the controversy. who is leading that department now? >> it's incredible. for a few hours there yesterday it appeared that no one knew who was leading. now we know that the chief will remain in charge of the department through the end of this month. as to why he is relieving. he said in part as a man of integrity i won't sit by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character.

the mass exodus comes amid intense criticism and nights of protests over the death of daniel. the 41-year-old man who lost consciousness in the hands of police. he was naked and had a bag or hood over his head. he was suffering a mental health emergency when the police found him. the occupancy found drugs in his system. the mayor appeared stunned but assured the public the sea is in save hands. president trump tweeted last night. the democratic mayor and governor cuomo have no idea what to do. all of this comes on the same day a wrongful death lawsuit was

filed by daniel's estate. alleging that the chief misled the mayor by telling her that prude died from an apparent drug overdose and not as a result of force used by officers. and the mayor warned she is not named in the lawsuit but she is facing immense pressure from protestors to step down. the city council looking into what she knew and when she knew it. >> thank you. >> dallas police chief rene hall also remid. -- resigned. hall is the first black woman to leave the dallas force. she has agreed to stay on through the end of the year. >> for more let's bring in bill from the "wall street journal."

bill, this shows police chiefs across the country that have resigneded from their forces over the last 3 months. ranging from portland, atlanta, richmond, fort lauderdale, fort worth and san jose and other place. now in rostchesterochester. what does this mean less than two months from election day? >> i think it means they concluded they can't do their jobs without the support of their political leaders. people who are seniors, a lot have enough to retire. they are just working some extra years. they can leave any time. there is their vote against how their cities are being led. who could blame hem? >> well you have joe biden blaming president trump.

making the case this is happening under his watch. and joe biden is making a pitch to voters that he is the guy for the job that he will bring calm to these cities. he will control these protests. president trump is hearing him and responding. here's the president saying joe biden doesn't have the strength to handle the protestors. listen. >> and joe doesn't have the strength. he doesn't have the mental capability to control these people. they don't have the strength. they don't have -- i don't think the democrats have the courage to control these people. they are afraid to talk with law and order. all we want is law and order. >> an important point he makes. remember, after a week of the dnc, it was pointed out by both sides of the aisle that there was not talk about this unrest. there was not talk about this violence happening. and now joe biden is making a central message of his campaign. >> right. joe biden is saying he is the man for the job that he didn't

think existed a week ago, two week it's during the democratic national convention and it's donald trump's fault. can you blame the president for a lot of things but he made offers to governors and mayors and was rebuffed. what is embarrassing for joe biden, i am not sure these are biden voters. but he is right these are all democrat run cities. usually democratic city councils and d.a.'s up and down the chain. it's democrats as far as the eye can see. this is the democratic approach to our police. he has a good point there. the president's vulnerability is if he does go in, he has drawn this redline. he has to succeed. he can't not succeed. it's a real stretch after all of

these lectures on localism and federalism to say that a problem they didn't think existed before is all donald trump's fault. if they thought that before the convention, they would have highlighted it. >> 55 days until election day. the key states like michigan. rewind first before i show you what happened to 2016 to remind everybody how close it was between donald trump and hillary clinton with president trump's pulling off a victory by a small fractions of a percentage there. 10,000 votes or so. now what is happening there. on july 30th, the clear politics average had joe biden ahead of president trump in michigan by 8 points. a month and a half later that shrunk to 2.6. the president is gaining ground. can he pull off another victory in michigan? >> i think he can. look, i think is all up for

grabs. the biggest thing about 2016 is the margin of president trump's victory was very tiny. in pennsylvania it was 44,000 votes. less than 1% of the voting population. these are thin. it's a contested race. as you also points out, now polls show joe biden up 9 points in pennsylvania. he considers that his home state. back in 2016 at this time, there was a franklin and marshall poll in pennsylvania and it had hillary clinton up 9 points at this time. i don't know that any of these things are fixed. i think it will be a knuckle baring fight up until the end for margin voters to get them out. >> and whether it's over on election night. we will talk to kayleigh mcenany about that in a moment. thank you.

>> more than 85,000 fires are burning out west with california seeing the worst fire season in modsern history with 25 fires ranging there. 10,0 10,000 fire fighters are battling fires. and in oregon the governor should an emergency. in washington state a wildfire destroyed 80 percent of a small farming town. no injuries reported. >> fox news alert. a major drug company pausing the coronavirus vaccine trials. plus president trump making the case he is the law and order candidate. is that message resinating with voters? we will talk to kayleigh mcenany. >> joe biden and his party spent

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between israel and the united arab emirates and the president's other efforts to resolve conflicts around the world. >> ♪ >> is our chance to put the darkness behind. >> the president accusing joe biden of staying silent on the violence and rioting. joining us is the white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany. you saw that message. many are pointing out the biden campaign was silent on this for so long. now speaking out against it and putting out a plan. how is the president countering that message of the dark days that they are pointing to under

president trump? >> he is countering with action, not cheap words. it's the responsibility of governors and mayors to control their streets. look what happened when mayors and governors came to the president for assistant. in minneapolis within 24 hours peace on the streets. this president office action to secure our communities and keep our families safe versus the cheap words of democrats who have been silent for too long. sweet children have died and others. >> how the president is polling. joe biden is ahead of the president in arizona and even in north carolina but leading by a point. joe biden is also ahead in wisconsin on policing and criminal justice. what is the president doing to

show voters or sway voters to his way of thinking on this issue? >> we don't believe that polling is accurate. when we went to kenosha, this is a democrat area. a democrat strong hold for decades. not been won for decades. when we went there people lined the streets with trump signs. we offered help to portland and set up operation legend and had many, many rests. hundreds if not thousands at this point. protecting our families is paramount. it's inexcusive when you have more than 55 casualties in a short period of time. >> you see what is happening in rochester and the police chief

stepping down. "newsweek" suggests where the president's law and order message may not work. they say it could back fire. it's happening under his watch. kayleigh mcenany that, seems to be the message from democrats now. hey, look, this is happening under the trump presidency. how does the president respond? >> here what is left out of. that under obama and biden violent crime went up. under president trump's first 3 years violent crime came down. what happened we have seen the surge in violence correlating with the defund the police movement. when you defund police officers in new york and l.a. you will see more violence when there are not police officers on the streets. this is the defund police movement which this president is

fighting against. with democrats this whole country would look like portland, oregon. >> the "wall street journal" asked a key question: will courts pick the next president? is the election is close it could make bush versus gore look like an ice cream social. a court ruling could be decisive. it could resemble the new hanging chad johnson. what does election night look like? there are so many scenarios. will we know who the next president is on election night? >> if democrats have their way we won't.

look at new york with the mass mail-in ballots that overwhelmed the system. we don't know if we got an accurate result in that race. when you do mass mail in voting it leads to chaos. the president wants the american people to decide who the president is. he has a strong record to stand on. >> what is the plan for election night, then? "usa today" poll. it finds that twice as many republicans expect to vote in person. that's 56% of republicans to 26% democrats. this is as we are getting brand new it information showing that democrats are dominating the mail-in ballots requests in key swing states. we heard from the president

predicting massive voter drawed. -- fraud. what is the election night plan? >> with democrats casting mail in votes, we want election night to look at a system that is fair. where we know who the president of the united states is on election night. that's how the system is supposed to work. that's what we are looking for. we don't want nevada where you have ballots in trash cans. that's not a workable system. >> kayleigh mcenany, there is a big report out from the congressional budget office looking at our budget deficit. we don't talk about it often but it's unprecedented levels and hit a record 3 trillion dollars in august. what is the president's plan as the economy rebounds to take this on? obviously with the coronavirus pandemic that's why we are

looking at this right now. something has to be done about this as we slowly see the economy recover. >> that's a good question. i spoke to the president just before joining you. he said absolutely the debt is a big second term priority ever his. he wants to see unprecedented growth and will see that on president trump's watch. he cut taxes for middle-class and hard working americans. we saw revenue coming into the federal government increase in 2018 and in 2019. much like president reagan. we believe unprecedented growth will solve the problem. it's a second term priority. >> your thoughts on the pentagon set to announce a planned withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq. what can you tell us we are about to hear from the president? >> that's right you will hear about this. a draw down of troops in iraq to

3,000 is the number that we are looking at. this president when he says i will end endless wars. it's not a slogan. it's a truth. he defeated the isis caliphate and met with the iraqi prime minister. iraqi forces are trained to handle the security of their country. >> the president nominated for a nobel peace prize by a norwegian. what is the president saying about that? does he expect to win that? >> this is a big deal and well deserved. we have an israeli and united arab emirates peace deal. the first time in 25 years. in kosovo, this president created peace around the world

and deserves the nobel peace prize. >> we covered a lot. we appreciate you coming on. thank you. >> thank you. >> well, the senate is expected to vote on a skinny coronavirus relief bill. are democrats on board. 85 wildfires raging out west. is there relief in sight? >> it just broke my all right to look at it. that's your home. you try to stay ahead of the mess

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>> ♪ >> it's the bottom of the hour. top stories. seventh night of protests in rochester new york after the chief of police stepped down. and dallas police chief also resigning. >> joe biden head to the battleground of state of michigan to ensure the future is made in america by all america's workers. president trump will also hold an event in michigan tomorrow. >> thousands still without power in california following another day of extreme temperatures and out of control wildfires there. >> wildfires up and down the west coast. in southern california the santa ana winds are kicking up. jeff paul live in monrovia. what are the conditions like up

there? >> you can smell the smoke in the air. you can tell that it's going to be another hot day. very little humanity in the atmosphere. on top of that we have the santa ana winds moving in which will make the wildfires conditions out here even worse. we for a nice neighborhood in monrovia. this is what neighbors here as they walk their dogs are wmd. -- welcomed to. a fire on the ridges of the forest. it's been sparking up this morning. that's the concern. it's just smoke right now but then the winds move in. that's when you see the flames. this is just one of the many major fires burning on the west coast. the situation in oregon is terrible. thousands of residents were forced to vacuate.

governor kate brown called it an unprecedented event. hundreds of thousands ever ache ares have been burned. even fire fighters had to evacuate. some knew it was time to go. >> my neighbor said you have a baby girl. get out before anything gets bad. to see all of the buildings and places that were part of my childhood are gone. it's hard. i am not ready to prepare for that. >> california right now seeing the most devivation. -- devastation. more than 20 major fires are burning throughout the state. and firefighters do not know what today will bring them with those winds moving in. which will only fan the flames

as many wildfires burning throughout the state. >> you think the fire season doesn't wind up until late october. it's concerning. jeff paul, thank you. >> the pandemic giving a boost to drive-thrus. are they driving sales? >> oh, big-time. you know this place. the rock 'n roll mcdonald's right here. they spent a lot of money on this place to create a dining room am that's not happening for them right now. the drive-thrus are saving places like mcdonald's and fast food. 74% of people in a time when people are doing less than they used to do, 75% are using drive-thrus more or at least as

much as they used to it. it cuts both ways. smaller mom and pop restaurants, maybe where you used to go. now you go to the drive-thru because it's safe. you don't have to see anybody. you don't have to talk to anybody in person. you just drive up and get your stuff. fast food huge business. we are talking 240-billion dollars but it not grow that much. i am at the drive-thru right now. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> [laughing]. >> don't leave me out here. i will take a tall orange juice. >> that's for you. i better get my wallet out. >> this is an important thing to point out.

they are doing very well. we noticed the lines at clark and ontario. the rock 'n roll mcdonald's. >> you are correct. >> jeff, that's an interesting trend. >> it is. it makes sense. she didn't even touch my card. me put in the reader and take it back. totally clean. >> it's on me, jeff. >> before they could open up for inside dining they opened up the drive-thrus. they got everybody's attention. it's been a good thing for some restauran restaurants. >> there is the dining room. all shutdown. a beautiful mcdonald's but this is saving them right now. >> you can get that egg mcmuffin. jeff, look how skinny you are!

[laughing]. >> you too. >> you be careful. thank you. >> biden out in front in the polls but democrats are worried about a repeat of scenario. could over-confidence cost biden the white house? plus, professional football kicking off tomorrow. will america's favorite sport get through an entire season? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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election. juan williams co-host of "the five". the theme is biden has a 7 point lead but sweaty palms out there. one florida democratic strategist said it's just ptsd. nobody is working on this race that feels overly confident. there is a long way to go. do you sere that view, juan? >> yes, i think by talking to people who are active in the campaign. they share that view. the way they put it is there is no complacency. to that extent they think that's a good thing. they want people to have a sense they have to really work hard. it's less than 60 plus days until election day on november 3rd.

what is difficult is the sense they thought and this is what we in retrospect blame the clinton campaign for doing is feeling so confident you don't campaign in states you think you will win like wisconsin. >> that's the thing. the push to get joe biden out of the basement and on the campaign trail. it's interesting. one democratic operative in michigan said what concerns him the most is the trump voters. "the devotion of trump voters, the many flags and homemade signs and the level they are showing is remarkable." you see those signs and go whoa. what do you think? >> well, i think that shows up in the polls too. the trump voters are passionate and want to vote.

i don't think there is any question about the energy in the trump base. the question for democrats is about energy in their base and whether people are fact equally fired up and ready to vote. and passionate about joe biden. there have been a lot of questions about a level of support for biden as opposed to level of opposition to donald trump. what we are seeing in the polls is that there are fewer and fewer undecided voters. going into this pre-convention. it was like 10 to 13%. now down to 5% in the polls i saw this morning. people have their minds made up. >> it's interesting. you talk about the polls and we mentioned florida one which is a dead heat. in the nbc poll among latino voters president trump has a 46% lead over joe biden. among senior voters joe biden

has a small lead above the president. does that surprise you at all, juan? >> in both cases, you hit it, trace. let's start with the seniors. seniors were a plus for donald trump in 2016. but i think with coronavirus and the concerns over his handling of it. tremendous disfavor among the american people of how he handled. it i think seniors people particularly vulnerable. that explains that one. on the latino voters in florida, we are talking cuban-americans in miami. they may be responding to president trump's emphasis on what he sees as socialist instincts among democrats. they don't want to go towards that. that's a surprise because the reason you mentioned it to me. last time again as with the seniors, latinos were in hillary clinton's camp.

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small businesses that are already struggling prop 15 raises property taxes $11 billion every year. will be hit with higher rents and tax bills. that means higher prices for gas, food, utilities and healthcare. increasing the cost of living for a family by $960. and supporters admit homeowners are next, changing prop 13 and raising property taxes on people's homes. it's the wrong time to raise taxes on californians. vote no on prop 15. >> ♪ >> the nfl kicking off the 2020 season tomorrow confirming only one player tested positive for covid-19 after the league's most recent round of testing. since the start of training only 24 players and staff members in the nfl have tested positive.

sunday's line-up of games. you can watch on fox. tom brady will debate with the buccaneers. facing off with the saints in new orleans. we will be watching. >> ready for football. one drug company paused clinical trials of the coronavirus vaccine after a volunteer suffered a severe reaction. astrazeneca doesn't know how long it will last. dr. fauci said it's unlikely a vaccine will be ready for distribution this fall. >> we will get an answer if this is safe and effective likely in november or december? is it conceivable we could find out in october? certainly, that's possible. i think it's unlikely. but you can't rule it out. >> joining me a doctor from john

hopkin's university school of public health. astrazeneca says the because in the trials is routine. with so much riding on this, it feels like a big set back does it not? >> good morning. this is a routine part of any data safety monitoring process. i have served on these boards. this is one person who got ill in the astrazeneca trial of 10,000 patients. the regulators will go to the other safety boards and ask them if they have any patients with symptoms similar. the complication is believed to be a transverse mileitis. numbness in the extremities and most of the time it resolves in weeks. in that's the complication they will ask whether or not it's related to the vaccine or related to the protein the

vaccine produces or unrelated. those are the important questions they will look at. >> it's interesting because they delayed this. does it give you a sense of confidence they are taking a close look at the people in the study? >> yes, this should instill public confidence in the vaccine process. there are 45,000 people in different phase-three vaccine trials. this is one trial in a vector. a live virus from a chimp that causes the common cold in chimps. it doesn't cause the cold in humans. we have used these virus vaccine in the past. it was used for ebola and other 61s. -- conditions. is it related to that viral vaccine or the immune response to the spike protein? >> you talk about confidence and there is skepticism about

vaccines. this poll says when a vaccine is available what will do you? take it soon. 27%. not take it 23%. you have the ceo of pfizer saying -- it's a sound bite. >> it will not only affect their lives. but it will affect the lives of others because if they don't vaccinate, they will become the weak link that will allow this virus to replicate. >> your thoughts on that? >> we need to take this? >> the process is rigorous. having served on a monitoring board. it's scientific and independent. i think you have high risk individuals if there is a selective approval for the remaining months of this year. if we see an approval in

november and december it will go to the high risk individuals. we should not hang our hat enti entirey on a vaccine. therapeutics are looking good. there are 19 in phase 3 compared to 7 vaccine in phase 3. >> doctor, thank you. >> thank you. >> joe biden is back on the road. a tightening race in a pivotal state that could decide the election. live from the campaign trail next. to severe psoriasis,

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>> firefighters hurt in record wildfires on the west coast. california seeing its biggest fire season in modern history. >> so far the creek incident has burned many acres. containment is at 0%. >> i'm confirming that she announced his retirement. we've spoken about maintaining our restraint regarding the ongoing protests and ask all involved to remain peaceful. the timing and tenure of these resignations is difficult we've faced tough times before. i truly believe we'll get through this. >> bringing our troops back home. we're bringing them back home.

>> today president trump expected to announce the withdrawal of u.s. troops from iraq. telling men and women on the front lines more than 2,000 of them get to come home this month. >> sandra: more on the top stories in moments. joe biden will be traveling to michigan today for the first time in six months. his visit coming as the race for the white house tightens in key battleground states, 55 days out. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. the former vp is set to speak in warren, michigan. 55 days until the election. the biden campaign has released its plan for fight for workers with a buy in america and make in america agenda. president trump will be stumping in the state tomorrow. 16 electoral votes up for grabs in michigan. president trump won the state by over 10,000 votes back in

2016. early voting begins september 24th. >> sandra: peter doocy is live for us this morning where joe biden will be speaking a few hours from now. peter, what is joe biden planning to do and say today? >> sandra, the biden campaign tells us his remarks today will be about promoting american labor and this his first trip back to the detroit area since kamala harris endorsed him back in march at what was -- what became biden's last big campaign rally of the cycle after super tuesday but before the michigan primary. a lot has changed since then. today's event will be smaller and more socially distanced. this is one of the four states biden said he would be visiting first as he resumed in-person campaigning. the trump campaign is out with a question of the day for biden and it is this. while in michigan today, will you tout the 60,000 american factories and 3.5 million jobs lost after you helped china get into the world trade

organization? this is one of the states that trump won with a narrow margin in 2016 beating clinton by just over 10,000 votes and home to one of the biden's finalist, governor gretchen with -- whitmer. >> sandra: does she have any concerns about the visits? >> governor whitmer gave an interview said she is not concerned about biden coming because his campaign takes great measures to combat covid but big trouble with trump coming tomorrow. she has concerns that he will tell people not to wear masks at all at his rally. three questions for trump about a possible covid vaccine. they want to know what the scientific standards are in the lab, who is going to green light a vaccine, and asking who is in charge of distributing it

for free? we expect biden here this afternoon. he should be wheels up from delaware any minute. sandra. >> sandra: a true pro. fighting off that bee or that fly or whatever it was as you carried on your report. appreciate it. thank you, peter. >> trace: lawmakers launching an investigation into fort hood off the deaths of more than two dozen soldiers this year. the leaders of two house subcommittee requested documents and other information. the problems at fort hood came under the microscope in april when a 22-year-old disappeared and her remains were found in june. a fellow soldier killed her and that man committed suicide when authorities were close to arresting him. sergeant fernandez was found dead last month his body hanging from a tree 28 miles from the base. fernandez reported sexual abuse by a superior before his death.

in total, 28 soldiers from fort hood have died this year. >> sandra: capitol hill where the senate is expected to vote on a scaled down coronavirus relief package this week. democrats are likely to sink that measure. the gop sponsored bill would cost $300 billion. chuck schumer slamming the proposal calling it emaciated attempt that fails to meet the needs of struggling americans. >> trace: fox news alert from capitol hill. the senate, health, labor and pensions committee holding a hearing on progress in the development of the covid-19 vaccine and we're learning the oxford university clinical trial has been paused after one of the participants came down with an unexplained illness. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live in washington what to expect from the hearing today. >> expect a serious look at a key issue in terms of getting lives back to normal.

it will feature the director of the national institutes of health, dr. francis collins and dr. jerome adams surgeon general. work around the clock to develop, manufacture and distribute safe and effective covid-19 vaccines as soon as possible and dr. adams is expected to try to reassure the american people the importance of getting vaccinated, a big question of course is timing of when a covid-19 vaccine will be ready. >> a projection that i've made and stick by it is that we would likely get an answer if this is safe and effective by the end of the year. likely november, december. is it possible, is it conceivable we could find out earlier let's say october? certainly that's possible. i think it is unlikely, but you can't rule it out. >> the hope is up to 300 million doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will be available by early next year, trace. >> trace: 55 days out from election, what about the

politics in and around this hearing? >> politics will certainly flair up. some democrats will take aim at president trump's hope of a vaccine before election day. a member of the coronavirus task force this morning targeting some of the critics. >> i think it's really unconscionable what people in public arenas are saying about undermining the idea this is a safe vaccine production process going on. we have the safest drug production in the world. >> an emphasis on the term warp speed doesn't mean taking shortcuts, but a huge investment in research, developing and manufacturing expansion for a vaccine. >> trace: mike live in d.c. thank you. >> sandra: seven people shot and killed at an illegal marijuana growing operation in a rural town in southern california. an investigators say so far evidence is leading them to believe the ranch is tied to organized crime. >> this residence was an

obvious large-scale illegal marijuana cultivation processing center, if you will. there were multiple people on site. this is an ongoing investigation. we believe at this time that there were multiple suspects. we are still processing the scene. >> sandra: investigators seized more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and several hundred marijuana plants. pot is legal in california but an underground market serves customers trying to avoid paying the state's high taxes. >> trace: president trump and the pentagon expected to announce a plan today to withdraw more american troops from iraq. defense department said the president will make an announcement on afghanistan in the coming days. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany saying this is the president merely delivering on a year's long promise. >> this is a president when he says i'm going to end endless

war it is not a slogan, it is an actual truth. it is what he wants to do and when you look across the world he has defeated the isis caliphate. met with the iraqi prime minister and this was a deliverable from that meeting. >> lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon. >> officials say this has been long planned but the first time u.s. troops have been withdrawn from iraq since 2016. earlier in baghdad the general made it official. the united states decided to reduce our troop presence in iran to 3,000 troops during the month of september. this reduced footprint allows us to continue advising and assisting iraqi partners removing isis and insuring its defeat. the u.s. planned to announce the drawdown last night. u.s. forces have left a number of bases in iraq where they've been increasingly under

attacked by iranian-backed forces after the assassination of the popular general. iran launched missiles against u.s. troops days later. the u.s. military responded with more air strikes. friday the president will award the medal of honor stemming from a hostage rescue operation against isis in 2015. north carolina last night president trump weighed in. >> president trump: we kept america out of new wars and we're bringing our troops back home. we're bringing them back home from all these faraway places. [cheering and applause] >> president trump: we spent hundreds of billions of dollars and what do we get out of it? >> a white house press conference is scheduled two hours from now where we hope to learn more. >> trace: lucas, thank you. >> sandra: an ocean swimmer's

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>> trace: a scary sight off the coast of cape cod. beach goers spotting a great white shark a few feet from the shore over the labor day weekend at race point beach in provincetown on sunday. it looked about 10 feet long. kayakers in the water made it safely and quickly back to the shore. >> sandra: scary sight. turning now to 2020. election officials in key battleground states they're noticing a surge of request for absentee ballots by democrats. president trump warned expanded warning by mail will lead to massive voter fraud. mercedes schlapp is the senior advisor for the trump/pence

campaign. you see more and more democrats signing up in that capacity. >> good morning, sandra. you know, the campaign is ready. we're ready for this election. as we know, we're making sure that our voters get the information they need whether they are going to vote early voting, whether they vote in person or by absentee ballot. that will be the key to make sure they know there are different options and a safe way to vote. our concern is that the democrats like to manipulate the narrative. basically making absentee ballots and universal mail-in voting the same term. that is very problematic. we do have states like florida and north carolina where it has been in place for a long time. the absentee ballot process. you have other states like nevada where you've seen the democrats fundamentally change the voting system by changing the laws, pushing for universal mail-in voting that is

incredibly problematic and something that our campaign is fighting. >> sandra: let me ask you the same question i asked kayleigh mcenany earlier. what is the plan for election night considering everything you just said and questions over what is happening in some of these states and the fact that many of these ballots might not come in for days following the election, if president trump were to be leading on election night, can he claim victory or what are the days after that looking like? >> let's get to election day. i'll tell you what we are concerned about. we're concerned about the local election officials or the county clerks that will receive this influx of mail-in voting. they won't be prepared for it. we've seen cases like in patterson, new jersey where it was just a local election and yet you saw 24% of those votes being rejected. and we had the judge basically rule and say you have to do it over. so that's what we want to make sure that we highlight and that's why we are fighting some

of these issues in the courts. obviously there are certain states that do it better than others when it comes to absentee ballots. we want to make sure that we highlight and stress that this idea of universal mail-in voting is very problematic and would cause an enormous amount of stress on these local election officials. >> sandra: the "wall street journal" this morning asks the question whether or not if the election will be decided by the courts. the president is talking about using his own money for -- to fund the campaign as there are reports of struggling amounts of cash mercedes. here is the president yesterday. >> president trump: if we did -- we don't. we have much more money than we had last time going into the last two months. i think double and triple. if we needed anymore i would put it up personally like i did in the primaries last time. in the 2016 primaries i put up a lot of money. if i have to i'll do it here. >> sandra: unprecedented for an

incumbent to have to promise to put up his own money for his reelection campaign, mercedes. what happened to all the money? >> here is the deal. our fundraising is very strong. as we know, we have been investing in all these targeted states for over two years. we also have two to three times more money now than we did in 2016. and you know, one thing i have to tell you about, the chairman is very resourceful and making sure we spend the money in the right states and places at the right time. and that is our focus right now in the campaign. obviously following the rnc convention we raised over $76 million. $6 million more than biden. we're in a strong position from our ground game. you are talking about joe biden who has 55 days to put together a ground game across in these several targeted states. they are having to spend money in places like minnesota,

nevada, new hampshire, places where they really didn't have to invest that much time in 2016. i think biden is on the defense on this. >> sandra: he has the money coming through the door. reported record $365 million fundraising haul in august. what can you tell us about the president's campaign fundraising in august and knowing that the actual numbers have not been released, mercedes? >> look, we are aggressively raising money across the board. the difference is that we've got an infrastructure in place in all these targeted states and we've got close to 2 million volunteers helping out. i've been on one bus tour after the other for women for trump and the enthusiasm is there. they are knocking on doors at record numbers. they're making phone calls. and so i feel we're in a very strong position in so many of these states. i think joe biden is very concerned. it is why he has to get out of the basement and start going to these states to try to make his case which i think he will fail

in the process. >> sandra: bloomberg is reporting he is weighing putting up to $100 million, president trump, of his own cash into the race. is that something that you can one firm or that you are hearing? >> no, i don't have any information on that. i will tell you we are continuing to aggressively fundraise. we've got the structures in place. we've got the volunteers. we'll be ready to go as we get into early voting and through the election. >> sandra: florida, what is happening in florida i'll put it up the screen. the nbc poll in florida. trump versus biden it is a very close race there. what can you tell us is happening in florida? >> look, i feel like we're in a strong position in florida. what we're seeing our internal polls the momentum is on our side. many of these targeted states we're either leading or tied with bind and i think florida is one of those critical states and what we're seeing especially in the mime dade

community is that our support amongst latinos has grown significantly. biden is underperforming with latinos. we have a strong support coming from the cuban american community, venezuelan community, why? joe biden has going with the far left of his party and the socialist agenda. the cuban and venezuelan people understand the dangers of what his approach is in terms of the agenda. plus we want economic prosperity. our community wants to make sure that we keep our taxes low, that we are for school choice. that's what president trump stands for. that's in contrast to joe biden that will be pushing $4 trillion in terms of a tax burden. increases taxes for 82% of americans. the latino community gets it and why they are supporting president trump. >> sandra: latinos and seniors as far as the voting population

in florida where to your point president trump is leading with latinos by 4% and joe biden up by a point against president trump when it comes to seniors. mercedes, we'll have you back soon. thank you. >> trace: fox news alert now fast growing wildfires burning across california and they could get worse as seasonal winds, santa anas pick up and fan the flames. coronavirus cases are up, flaring up on college campuses and the precautions administrators are now taking to keep the schools open and keep the students safe. next. >> disappointing. i want to live here and stay on campus the whole year. i hope we don't get sent home. attention veterans,

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>> trace: bottom of the hour. time for top stories. wildfires burning across california as the state sees its biggest fire season in modern history. fire crews say the situation could get much worse in the coming days saying powerful winds in the forecast could

whip up the flames further. >> sandra: more than half a million children in the u.s. have tested positive for the coronavirus since the virus took hold according to a new survey by the american academy of pediatrics. 70,000 cases were reported in the last few days of august. >> trace: this happened in brooklyn, a neighborhood in broad daylight. the man came up behind the woman on the bike and punched her in the mouth knocking her down. they chased down the suspect. held him to the ground until police arrived. >> sandra: strong seasonal winds in a record breaking fire seasons in california. it could keep the fire danger high. adam klotz is joining us now. when are the winds expected to finally die down?

>> we're not looking at those winds calming down until maybe the weekend. several more days of this. even then conditions will only slightly improve. part of the reason is it has been bone dry across that region and that continues to be the case. we currently had a system move through the mountain states but left the coast completely dry. dry weather continues to really haunt some of these areas with the winds that allows this fire to continue to grow. on top of that the heat removes incredibly intense. these are well above average temperatures from the desert southwest to the coast of california. widespread forecast highs running back into the middle 90s. not the 110 degrees we saw a couple of days ago. still amove average heat in this area where it's bone dry. we talked about some of those winds. that's why we don't to have the wildfire danger. risk high along the coast where you haven't seen the rain and continue to see the high temperatures. will be in place at least until the weekend where the winds are picking up. on top of that we have the

upper level winds grabbing some smoke and moving it across the country. folks outside the area will notice the wildfires. our forecast. you see some of this dense smoke lifting into the planes and upper midwest by thursday and friday. folks will be noticing this outside of this area. a quick look what is happening into the atlantic. there are two top -- tropical storms. we're one day away from peak hurricane season, september 10th is the most tropical activity. there is a lot happening out there. >> sandra: thank you, adam. >> trace: as many college campuses see spikes in coronavirus cases schools across the country are taking measures to stay open and keep students safe with increased testing, health apps and covid

positive areas ready in case of outbreaks. casey stiegel is in irving, texas at the university of dallas. how different does education look right now? >> it doesn't look at all like what we're used to. the pandemic clearly has changed the way people are educated, our young people are educated across this country. there are unique challenges especially when it comes to places like this, colleges and universities. for a couple of reasons. number one, on-campus living like dormitories or apartments and the age group of the students and then socializing off campus which can be problematic. some of the nation's schools are faring well. others having trouble. more than 51,000 coronavirus cases have been report evidence at more than 1,000 colleges in the united states. more than 1,000 additional

cases at the birmingham campus in alabama. >> i don't want students to be scared but at the same time they need to know the reality of the situation. they need to know the full gravity of the situation. we don't know where these cases originated and who has it. >> health data shows that the state of texas actually leads the nation with more than 6100 cases across 63 colleges or universities. most institutions are requiring the facemasks, social distancing, offering a mix of online or in-person classes. even special dorm clusters or housing units have been set aside for people who test positive and have to be put into quarantine. the university of dallas where we are is a relatively small campus, 2600 students. it is the only university in the whole state of texas that required all of its residential students to be tested before

they moved into campus. they say they will continue testing, trace, through this semester. it is working. so far zero active cases here. >> trace: casey stiegel live in dallas. thank you. >> sandra: new jersey governor phil murphy backing down on a plan to remove dozens of american flags from the state's highway overpasses. people living in new jersey attached them to fences put them up honoring the 9/11 terror attacks. hundreds of protestors called for the flags to be put back. a nonprofit plans to replace flags taken down. >> trace: transylvania university, nick sandmann staring down a native american protestors. the employee said the acceptance of him was a stain on the school. the comment has been taken down.

sandmann sued media of dishonestly casting him as the main aggressor in the confrontation. he reached settlements with both of those outlets. >> sandra: new numbers showing chicago renters are leaving the downtown area in droves. data collected by real estate research firm pointing to the pandemic as one of the reasons. grady tremble is live in chicago. we're seeing it here and evidence urban flight is happening there and other places as well. >> yeah, we've been hearing stories of people leaving big cities like chicago and new york and now these numbers seem to actually prove that it's happening. look at the rent prices compared to a year ago in downtown apartments falling more than 12% according to reality resources. at the same time rent prices in the suburbs are up more than 1 1/2%. the reason for the change, people are getting out of

downtown. the apartment occupancy rate or how many people are renting is down more than 5% for downtown amounts compared to a year ago. the lowest it has been since 2002. the rate in the suburbs is down only slightly. experts say renters don't see the value in paying a lot to live close to an office they are just not going to right now. they say the appeal of downtown living has also largely gone away during the pandemic. >> the amenities that are outside in the neighborhood has always been a big focus of attracting people downtown. a shorter commute but also the nightlife, it's all the activity that is available. and with that really being shut down to a great extent right now, it has made it not quite as compelling to live downtown. >> experts say the recent violence and looting is not the main reason people are leaving but for those who have already been considering getting out of downtown, it might have been a

factor that pushed them over the edge. they say they expect the real estate market to bounce back but not until offices are open and widely used. when that will be is a big question mark. >> sandra: a fascinating trend. thank you, grady. >> trace: democratic presidential nominee joe biden on the campaign trail again today pitching his economic policy to voters in a key swing state. will his message resonate? plus with many americans planning to vote by mail this november, we might not know who won on election day. could a delay in results rattle markets? money man charles payne joins us with that in moments. the rx, crafted by lexus. lease the 2020 rx 350 for $409 a month for 36 months.

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they are believed to be california residents and their bodies were recovered from a water well in baja close to the u.s. border. no motive or cause of death yet. >> sandra: former v.p. joe biden talking about his policy at a campaign event in michigan today, a critical battleground that president trump narrowly won four years ago. he has been hammering trump over his 2016 tax cut saying in part president trump chooses multi-national corporate interests over american workers again and again. he promised a major infrastructure plan and policies to end outsourcing and bring jobs back to the u.s. instead he created a tax loophole that rewards companies for shipping jobs and profits overseas. charles payne joins us now. i know you dig through the

data, numbers, results every single day. how do you respond to that? >> well, i respond that this was not even a topic in american politics until donald trump made it a topic. it's ironic that biden is jumping on this. let's not forget it was president obama who said bringing manufacturing jobs was impossible without a magic wand. the data i'll share some facts with you. in december of 2008 the last month before biden and obama took over there was 12,850,000 manufacturing jobs in america. the last month they were in office in december of 2016 they were down 494,000. fast forward to november of last year and under president trump you have 496 plus. so from half a million lost to half a million gained. i'm glad biden is jumping on

the band wagon and i hope all loopholes are filled. not an easy task. you have organizations like the chamber of commerce and every large corporation out there that do a good job trying to create those loopholes. i'm glad both presidential candidates are focused on it and i hope they focus on the h-1b visas. a big area. it is unfair that we create these amazing jobs and import workers to take them largely because we import them on the cheap and so i'm hoping to hear more from both candidates on that as well. >> sandra: this is part of the biden workers plan. some of the details coming from this biden-harris plan. we'll see the complete unveiling of this today. but on the fight for workers they are expected to talk about offshoring tax penalty for corporations introducing a made in america tax credit, close offshore tax loopholes and i hear you talking about the

donald trump playbook being used by the biden-harris camp here. what do you think will be different? it can't exactly be the same thing that they're calling for. and do they have a point that donald trump did not bring the manufacturing jobs that he promised while they are up, with the manufacturing jobs growth as robust as he promised? [laughter] >> i'll reiterate the numbers, sandra, you tell me if losing 494,000 jobs in eight years versus gaining 494,000 jobs in three years. which one sounds dramatically better to you? i'll let you decide. those are the numbers. those are the absolute facts. until covid hit this country we were in the midst of a manufacturing renaissance which by the way the last three months we start to pick back up on. the employment side is dragging but other parts of manufacturing are beginning to boom again. i will let people out there decide which one sounds better. losing 494 in eight years,

beginning 496 in three years. those are the stats. >> sandra: they'll talk about make it in america. they have something here obviously. >> yeah, no, they obviously know this resonates with americans. those forgotten americans to be quite frank the elites that control both parties ignored for decades. ignored for decades. they always took the pulse of the folks on the coast. so that's why these elites can even move back and forth from political parties so easily when they're offended or feelings are hurt. the bottom line is i'm glad. i want joe biden to focus on this. i want president trump to focus on this. i want the american public to focus on this. we've done an amazing job over the last since world war ii really bringing the rest of the world up. we healed the world, we fought the battles, we lost our bravest men and women and paid trillions of dollars. now it's time to look inward.

we need healing as well. the process of healing the rest of the world took something from us. it took our jobs, it took opportunities. look at the epiphany everyone has had since we've seen the covid. wow, we didn't know that many drugs were coming in from china. who invented the drug in the first place and put the billions of dollars into research and the fda with the rigorous approach to make sure they were safe? once we discovered all that we outsourced the components of the drugs because it was cheap? the masks coming in because they're cheap and made by uighurs and slave labor? i'm glad we're having this epiphany. i am glad both sides are focusing on this. >> sandra: you are fired up about this. we're watching the dow as well corner of the screen up 436 on this wednesday morning back near 28,000. charles, always great to talk to you. thank you. >> you, too, sandra, see you

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>> trace: president trump dominating the media like no other president before him, but will that help him in 2020? our own howie kurtz writing this. trump's media domination fueled his rise and now it could backfire. howie joins us now with more. howie, your column dropped on foxnews.com a short time ago. you write following partly here, trump generates far more coverage and joe biden and not just because of the incumbent. he has always had an uncanny

ability to drive the news agenda. but it may be turning into a disadvantage for the first time in his career. why so, howie? >> it's always been donald trump's super power going back to his days in new york that he could define the news agenda in many different ways. lately it has been joe biden is stupid, people should consider votingtwruining the country. joe biden is controlled by people with dark shadows. here is the thing. now it may backfire because it is making this race all about the president and if you look at it biden is getting a tiny fraction of the coverage. you have almost a referendum on the incumbent exactly what the trump campaign does not want. >> trace: this is not going to surprise you from the conservative media research center. the evening newscast from june 1 until july 31, 634 negative and 34 positive statements about the president.

4 negative and 8 positive statements about joe biden. i know that's not surprising but it touches on your point biden getting very little play and everything being said about the president is coming from a very negative perspective. >> you almost don't need to study. you can turn on the tv and look at the internet. i know from my own reporting the president at times deliberately goes over the top in speeches and interviews and the endless tweets because that kind of forces coverage of his preferred issues whether it's mail ballot fraud or urban riots as opposed to 190,000 covid-19 deaths in this country. even if it's negative it helps him define the agenda. but at the same time he is hit every day by a tsunami of negativity and the wave of books i've lost track. michael cohen is plugging his book, peter strzok, mary trump,

john bolton. partially driven by journalists and the president himself. all of which is reduced the least coverage for a major party nominee i've seen in my professional lifetime and less journalistic scrutiny for joe biden. >> trace: but the same point you make in your op-ed is joe biden is not making a lot of news and for a major party nominee that's kind of rare. you go on to say his social media thread is kind of a bore. a snooze. >> almost like a bunch of staff written press releases. the president uses his twitter feed as a very effective tool. some people think it goes too far. sometimes he tries to go too far. biden emerged after a summer of seclusion, on the road taking questions from reporters and he has had some very harsh personal attacks on the president. by and large he is running as,

he doesn't denounce the press and his campaign, i believe, street perfectly happy to have this election turn on all these trump controversies. i don't think they're trying that hard to make news every single day the way the president does. >> trace: biden did have swipes at peter doocy last week. we get your point there. howie kurtz, thank you. >> sandra: race for the white house tightening in the homestretch with both campaigns hitting key swing states today. this is a new poll shows a shift in a key battleground. bret baier and martha maccallum will join us live in a brand-new hour coming up. one call to newday can save you $3000 a year. with newday's va streamline refi there's no income verification, no home appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. it's the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered.

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>> sandra: fox news alert on this wednesday morning. a live look at the white house where the press briefing is set to begin just about one hour from now as polls show the race for the white house is tightening with president trump closing the gap with his democratic joe biden 55 days out from election day. but first the battle for the battleground. joe biden hitting the road today with a stop in michigan as the trump campaign prepares to stump in nearly a dozen states over the next six days. welcome back to "america's newsroom," good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: good morning. trace gallagher.

biden making his first appearance to michigan hours from now. the president travels there tomorrow. biden has a five-point lead in that swing state. a new poll shows the race is dead even in florida and analysts say florida is key to winning the white house for both campaigns. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany says enthusiasm seems to be on their side. she points to the warm reception the president received when he went to a true blue area in another swing state. kristin fisher is live at the white house with more. where else is president trump going this week? >> trace, we've entered that point in the race where there is almost one campaign event a day from either the president or the vice president. sometimes even both. tomorrow -- today the vice president is going to be in pennsylvania. then tomorrow as you mentioned president trump is going to be in michigan. on friday both of them are going to be in shanksville, pennsylvania, for the 19th

anniversary of 9/11. that is particularly interesting because joe biden is also going to be there. and then over the weekend a two-day swing in nevada with the president holding events in reno and las vegas. last night president trump was in another battleground, one of the biggest battlegrounds this cycle, north carolina. it was an outdoor rally. some people were wearing masks, some were not. 2016 rally. so many people were crowded together in the airplane hangar despite the pandemic. >> president trump: i don't know how many people are here. but there are a lot. we said let's keep it down. they didn't do too good a job. that's good, right? these crowds is beyond what we had in terms of enthusiasm. beyond what we had four years ago in 2016. that was a record enthusiasm. >> during those remarks president trump really escalated his efforts to make china a central part of this presidential race by saying that joe biden's agenda was

made in china. president trump's agenda was made in the united states according to the president. trace. >> trace: joe biden is in michigan today. what is he doing there, kristin? >> he is really just trying to counter that message that we heard so much from president trump last night with the former v.p. releasing his own plan, the make it in america plan. joe biden was not on the campaign trail yesterday but his campaign did release two big new ads, both in -- in most of the battleground states. one of the big ads that dropped just yesterday. >> we can stop focusing on a president who thinks it is all about him and start focusing on what's best for us. we need to get control over the virus. donald trump failed. joe biden will get it done. >> so you've got that fresh start ad from the biden campaign. you've got the great american comeback ads from the trump campaign, two dueling trace.

>> trace: 55 days. it's on. kristin fisher live on the north lawn. thank you. >> sandra: as polls show the race tightening in key swing states democrats are worried about a repeat of the 2016 election. joining us now is bret baier anchor of special report. great to see you. i'll throw up the nbc news poll on florida to show just how tight this race appears to be getting. all the while the trump campaign has planned 18 appearances in 11 states over the next six days for the president, the vice president, members of the president's family. what does this tell you about the urgency we're seeing not just on the part of the trump campaign but the biden campaign as well? >> you are seeing a real tightening in the swing states. the nbc poll out of pennsylvania has biden up 9 today. that is different than what we've seen in other polls in pennsylvania. i think what you are looking at

here is in these key states in wisconsin, in florida, in north carolina, in pennsylvania, in michigan, in minnesota, maybe even in arizona, you are going to see a lot of focus. it is going to be these states that see the bulk of the ads, the bulk of the trips. i think the vice president pence has been to pennsylvania five times as of today. and you are going to see more of that over the next 55 days. >> sandra: talk about what we're seeing in michigan as well, bret. we know joe biden will be in michigan. this is a state that president trump carried by less than a percentage point. 10,000 votes separated him with hillary clinton back in 2016. but what are we seeing there, bret? >> a couple of things. the fact that biden is going there is significant. they're trying to seal up michigan. they believe the biden campaign does they're in good position there and actions from the trump campaign that maybe they aren't spending as much in michigan and perhaps they are

seeing some shift in focus on minnesota rather than michigan. i will say that democrat congresswoman debbie dingle says she doesn't believe the polls like she didn't last time. last time she said that she had the flares shooting up that bernie sanders would win the primary and donald trump may win the general election there and she was right in both counts. >> sandra: as far as heading for a 2016 surprise we sort of led into you with that and there is -- there are now reportedly more democrats getting worried about a similar situation playing out. do we have the sound from kayleigh mcenany? she joined us in the 9:00 hour this morning, bret. here is what she had to say. >> when we went to kenosha, a democrat area, democrat stronghold for decades. have not been won since richard nixon. when we went there down the streets were people lined with trump signs for miles.

people recognize they might not want to talk to a polster >> sandra: you can rewind and similar talk coming from the trump campaign and trump supporters. then democrats now knowing what happened in 2016, are they fearing that this could happen again? >> yeah, i think because of 2016 more and more democrats feel that way. they are skittish about the numbers and where things stand. i've been skeptical as i've said before on the air about the silent trump voter. the one who doesn't answer polls or doesn't say how he or she is voting but really does vote for trump. i went to pennsylvania and talked to a bunch of people including democratic leaders on the ground in scranton and exeter and that area. they think that pennsylvania is going republican even though they think that some democrats say they are voting for biden but they are really not. i believe it's there. i don't know to what extent. one caveat.

the requests for absentee ballots, request for ballot, north carolina democrats over republicans. just in florida is now at 36% democrat request, 21% republican. so in that sense and maybe it's because of the talk about mail-in ballots, but democrats seem to be winning in the request for ballots. >> sandra: i was going to ask you what is happening in miami-dade. i'll stay with that. we were talking to kayleigh mcenany about that and mercedes schlapp. what does that look like on election night? will we be able to declare a winner on election night or is this going to go on for days, weeks, months? what are the expectations? >> it is really possible it doesn't end on election night. more and more possible the tighter it gets. but we should know from all of these states and the secretaries of state how many

ballots are out and how many ballots have come in. a lot of people are getting their ballot us now in the next couple of weeks. 29 states will get these ballots right now and they are voting now. so those ballots will be counted right away on the first hour the polls close in each one of those states. we just won't know -- we need to know from the secretaries of states are out how many ballots are out and if it will be the difference in that state. >> sandra: election night is exciting. this more so. bret, great to have you this morning. thank you. >> trace: the pentagon announcing more american troops are coming home from iraq saying the u.s. troop levels will be cut by a third from 5200 to roughly 3,000. defense officials say they've talked it over with the iraqi government which signed off on the decision. the troop drawdown begins this month. the white house rose garden is

getting a makeover again. the second time in a month the white house fixture has needed fixing. the rose garden and south lawn were damaged during the republican convention when president trump accepted the nomination before 1500 invited guests. the trump campaign footing the $80,000 bill for resoding the whole area just last month. first lady melania trump unveiled her renovations of the rose garden. >> sandra: setback on the covid-19 vaccine front after astrazeneca had someone fall ill. it is a serious and unexpected adverse reaction. it happened during the phase 2/3 trial underway in the u.k. the company saying it is working to expedite a safety review to minimize any impact on the trial timeline. >> trace: a dire situation on the west coast. wildfires now forcing thousands to leave their homes.

the rescues and massive destruction. violent protests and the election. are they helping either side? martha maccallum joins us with that next. >> i think it's very clear if we want law and order in this country, versus the liberal mob, president trump is the one to deliver that, not joe biden. you can do it all without ever leaving the house. with our va streamline refi, there's no income verification. no appraisal. and no out of pocket costs. nobody works harder for veterans than my team at newday usa.

>> violent protests being used as a political weapon? let's bring in martha maccallum who anchors the story. great to see you. i want to put up this fox poll. this is kind of interesting. this is a fox news poll about who do you trust to do a better job on policing and criminal justice? you see there joe biden has a five-point lead 47-42. interesting because the democratic chair in arizona, talking about between phoenix and tucson, said the following quoting here. there is that little sort of unsettled feeling in people because we can tell that trump's messaging is grabbing

hold and it is working. so you have the polls in wisconsin and you have this feeling in arizona. you know this is starting to resonate a little bit. what do you think? >> i also think the phrasing on that wisconsin poll is interesting. it asks about policing and it asks about criminal justice, which i think many people could sort of interpret the meaning of that poll in different ways. if you ask people if they want law and order and safety you might see that poll skewing a little bit differently. but i think you cannot take for granted the impact of the republican convention post period which focused heavily on the issue of law and order and safety in the streets and see the narrowing that we've seen in these polls in battleground states across the country. i think it's pretty clear that message is working. on the republican side. working on the president's side. however, i also think it's interesting he said this last night when we were covering his

rally in winston-salem. the consultants want me to stop talking about law and order and talk more about safety. so clearly they've polled the word safety and that works better. i would imagine in large part among some of the women who president trump is trailing with in some of these suburbs and that language might be something that they would be more responsive to. it will be very interesting to see how this plays out. but clearly more than half the voters in the country live in the suburbs and suburbs are different depending where you are. some are blue collar and white collar and some further out from the city. they take on very different characteristics and changed a lot in recent years, trace. >> trace: it is interesting you talk about the white women in the suburbs. a democratic focus group that talked to white women and they were talking about law and order. a lot of them brought up things in their focus group like their mortgages and house and neighborhoods and the bottom line of this is the strategists

wrote white women who have college degrees are starting to get really sick of this. what do you make of it? >> it's great you put that on the screen. that line jumped out at me in that "politico" piece when i read it this morning, too. i live in the suburbs of new york. it is a mostly very democrat area for the most part in new jersey, but you do hear this kind of thing creeping into a lot of conversations. people are sick of it and what's happening in new york city and you also have to take into account that you have a major migration out of a lot of these cities into the suburbs now. so that's going to have an impact on the vote in the cities and also going to change the vote in the suburbs to a certain extent. people are very conscious of their real estate values. the other reason why you hear the president talking about something lately, that is housing areas in the suburbs that are designed to make those areas more diverse. he talks about turning those rules around. i interviewed ben carson about that. he feels that is the way to go

in terms of building a diverse suburb and safer situation. so we'll see. >> trace: i found it interesting before the labor day weekend on friday it was all about law and order and safety. the whole thing is now monday morning or tuesday morning you come back and the campaign is talking about -- martha is getting a glass of water. the whole thing is they were talking about the economy. are you okay? >> i'm good. >> they were talking focusing a lot on the economy by tuesday. it was about law and order on friday and the president has been being nudged into changing the message to safety. halfway between the economy and law and order. what are your final thoughts on that? >> i do think that this has become a very front and center issue. everybody sees -- when this is happening in places like kenosha, rochester, new york. everyone expects an antifa

uprising in portland. we've been seeing those for years in response to the world trade organization and all of those meetings over the years. but this is different, trace. people feel it all across the country. when you walk through your downtown and see boarded up windows, that hits home for folks across this country especially as i say when it is happening in places like rochester and kenosha, wisconsin. this is no longer a problem in someone else's backyard. you can't -- women across this country in particular, people who are working at home these days, they feel it and that's going to settle with them. i also would watch that group as a shy trump voter prospect as well. whether or not they are sharing those feelings with their neighbors or people ask them about their vote remains to be seen. >> trace: it's a very fair point. martha maccallum great to see you at 7:00 eastern and 4:00 west. the story with martha maccallum. >> sandra: thank you, some updates on the coronavirus pandemic. new york city one of the only major cities in the world still

not allowing indoor dining. restaurants without outdoor areas remain closed despite the city's infection rate being less than 1% for more than 30 days now. the governor says restaurants can't open unless there is way to enforce strict safety rules. a number of analysts predict the number of restaurants closing their doors will grow. chinese scientists have found coronavirus can survive on the surface of chilled salmon more than a week. it provides the perfect temperature to keep the virus alive. a school district on long island, new york suspending a high school senior for showing up to class. that's because he was suspended -- supposed to be learning from home that day. the 17-year-old said that he thinks he should be at school five days a week. the school district defended the suspension saying the rules

are in place to help social distancing. >> trace: homeless people are being relocated from one of manhattan's most upscale neighborhood. they brought 300 homeless men to a hotel in the upper west side saying they weren't safe from coronavirus in the closed confines of homeless shelters. some residents of the upper west side complained the men were hurting their quality of life. harassing people and using drugs in plain sight. no word if the city will do the same for less affluent neighborhoods. celebrity fitness trainer gillian michaels had coronavirus and advise for other people who like exercise. >> if you aren't afraid of getting covid a public gym is probably a place where you will get it. >> she shared details about her positive test on the fox business network. she says she let her guard down and met with a friend who showed no symptoms but later became sick. >> sandra: evacuations continue in oregon now as several major

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>> sandra: top headlines as we near the bottom of the hour. georgia secretary of state has his office has found 1,000 cases of double voting in the primary election back in june accusing those voters of vote in person. the problem reported in 100 counties in georgia. double voting is a felony in the state and officials say they're determined to prosecute the offenders. the punishment can be up to 10 years in prison. >> trace: the sturgis motorcycle rally in south dakota last month could be behind a quarter million coronavirus cases. the state reported a 126% increase in cases after the festival. at least one death has been linked to the event. >> sandra: seventh straight night of protests in rochester, new york over the death of daniel prude in police custody. the police chief and command

staff have announced they're stepping down over the controversy regarding their handling of the case. we're live in new york city on that and more for us. good morning. >> good morning. this announcement, bombshell announcement really stunned everyone in rochester including the mayor, who tried to reassure the public yesterday that the city is in safe hands. listen. >> they will remain in charge of the department through the end of the month and i know that he and the officers will fulfill their duties. we have spoken about maintaining our restraint regarding the ongoing protests and ask all involved to remain peaceful. >> as for why the chief is leaving he released a statement to local media saying in part as a man of integrity i will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character. the mass exodus comes amid intense criticism and protests

over the death of daniel prude, the 41-year-old man died after he was placed in police custody after suffering a mental health emergency. body cam video shows him lying naked in the street with a spit hood over his head. his death was ruled a homicide. his autopsy found pcp in his system and it all comes on the same day a wrongful death lawsuit was filed by daniel prude's estate against the city of rochester, against the police chief and 13 other defendants. that suit alleges that the chief misled the mayor by telling her prude died from an apparent drug overdose, not as a result of force used by officers. the mayor warren is not named in this lawsuit but she is also facing some pretty immense pressure as well from protestors to step down over all of this. sandra. >> sandra: thank you.

>> evansville, indiana sheriff is changing parties after being elected twice as a democrat. he announced he is now a republican. let's bring in former defense attorney ted williams. great to see you. i want to play some sound from the sheriff and then i'll get your response on the other side. watch. >> as a law enforcement leader, i can't imagine 101 days of rioting and it is condoned by the democrat leadership. as a sheriff i could not imagine putting my deputies on the front lines of these riots night after night with no relief in sight. >> trace: quick thoughts on the sheriff changing political affiliations. >> trace, i don't know about whether his political affiliation changes as a result of a democrat or republican administration. but he is right about the

morale. morale is terribly low on police forces all over this country. >> trace: you mentioned morale. i want to put this on the screen. we've been talking about this day after day all summer long. you have 13 police chiefs that have now resigned in the past three months and one interim police chief it is notable, ted, that in these 13 different cities and towns we're talking about 12 of them are democratic mayors. what do you make of this? have you seen anything like this in your career, ted? >> no, trace, i have not seen anything like this in my career. in the last month or so we've had three black chiefs of police. we've had renee hall in dallas, texas, to leave the force. we've had carmen best in seattle, washington, leave, and now we have and just learned about the sheriff in rochester and his command staff are now leaving.

these individuals leaving, are leaving a void in police departments. we need the good men and women of these police departments to serve and protect our communities. >> trace: it seemed to me like in fact you talked about singletary. here is a quote from him. the events over the past week are an attempt to destroy my character and integrity. and in response to his resignation, a spokesman from free the people of rochester. it says to the people that people are able to move things and to shape things. the police chief wouldn't retire if it weren't for something that he felt that he was accountable to. and the theme here is that these groups believe if they stay out there and protest long enough, they can push these police chiefs out. and to a certain extent they appear to be right. >> certainly appear to be right in this case. but in the case of singletary, i think he was very upset with

the fact that the mayor, warren, who he felt threw him under the bus by saying that he had given her information that the gentleman daniel prude had died of an overdose. but the sentiments out in the street. there is nothing wrong with legitimate protest. but when the legitimate protests have an overwhelming effect as it has in rochester taking over the streets and able to control whether the police chief stays or leaves, that is troubling in and of itself. >> trace: i want to play this. fox and friends this weekend had a new york police officer. did not want to be named but talked about this as part of the job. you can certainly empathize with this and i want to get your thoughts on the other side. watch this. >> the term that is going

around in every command in the city is the job is dead. you would be crazy to take this job now in this day and age. i never thought that i would have to put this uniform on and be looked at as the enemy and to be hated. >> trace: the job is dead, you would be crazy to take this job. quick final thoughts. >> you know, that police officer is not wrong. that's the sentiment that i hear out in the community all over this country that police officers, their morale is down. they don't believe the top echelon within their departments have their back and as a result of that they are looking for other kinds of work. that's a sad commentary of what is going on in police work. >> >> trace: good to see you sir. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> sandra: wildfires raging up and down the west coast.

oregon fires destroy homes. we have our portland affiliate in oregon this morning. >> it is very smokey here and ash is falling from the sky. this city is under a level two evacuation order. it's prompted the closure of highway 22 right over here. these fires are devastating communities here. look at this heartbreaking video. it shows flames tearing through the town of mill city east of salem, oregon's capital. two wildfires burning in eastern marion county. the oregon state fire marshal said the fires are estimated at 300,000 acres. red cross shelter is set up at the oregon state fairgrounds. volunteers are helping more than 600 people right now. we spoke to ms. brown leaving her home and heading for safety in salem.

>> my neighbor across the street. you have a baby girl. get out while we can before anything gets bad. to see all these buildings and places that have been part of my childhood gone is hard. i'm not ready to prepare for that. >> again, there are several fires burning across the state. oregon governor calling it a once in a generation event and over in southern oregon there is also a wildfire quickly spreading that's forcing evacuations from ashland to medford close to the california/oregon border. >> trace: as businesses reopen after months of lockdown many restrictions in places where the virus is spreading. why some economists say a complete recovery is a long ways away. plus president trump nominated for a huge honor after an historic peace deal between two

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>> trace: president trump receiving a nomination for the nobel peace prize weeks after helping to broker the peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. a member of norway's parliament submitting the nomination praising the president for his efforts to resolve conflicts worldwide. >> you don't ask for the personality of the people but the performance of the people. donald trump has performed very well internationally. domestically it is not the peace prize matters. it is what you achieve in national diplomat ickx. donald trump has proven he is worthy of the nobel peace prize. >> the winner will be announced next october. >> sandra: some economists

saying a full recovery may not happen until americans feel safe from the virus. the chief economic advisor at allianz and joins us, mohammed, thank you for being here. i will call our viewer's attention to what is happening with the dow. on this wednesday morning before the noon hour on the east coast we have over 500 point gain on the dow. and we have seen the u.s. stock market really come back. we're above 28,000 now in the dow. as far as the economic recovery, the fundamentals behind our economy, they are not quite there yet. what is it going to take? >> so thank you for having me, sandra. first it's good news the markets are coming back and they are coming back after a three-day sell-off. a lot of relief on wall street. main street it's still different. part of it is what people call

counter party risk. the ability to trust the other side. you and i know about it when we go into a restaurant. if you don't trust the food in a restaurant you will not engage. what this covid-19 issue has done is created trust issues between individuals. so individuals don't have a good way of knowing whether the other person is healthy. and therefore they interact less in the economy. now the good news is that we can do something about it but we have to move quickly, otherwise this lack of trust will mean that people will be less willing to engage even if they are able to. >> sandra: check out all the zeros in the full screen i'm about to put up on the screen and it shows the drop in consumer spending from april 1st through june 30th. obviously you look at the closing of restaurants, salons, gyms, the drop in tourism, and you think about the lasting impact that that will have. but to your point people are

starting to be more comfortable and are traveling again, whether it's road trips or hopping back on planes. we'll see. but what is the timeline for this? there are politics at play. you have the election coming up. how soon do you think we can get back to those pre-pandemic levels when we did see a booming economy? >> i hope we get back soon. i think it will take time. i was talking to a shopkeeper locally here and i said how are things? they said much better than they were a few months ago but nowhere near what they were a year ago. and why are they nowhere near? because people, customers, are still hesitant to go in. they're able to go in. the shop is open. but they are hesitant to go in. it is until we get over the hesitancy side and how do you do it? one is you test more people, you give more people confidence that we can figure out who is healthy and who is not healthy in the population. you get people to behave in a

more healthy fashion and also you continue to strengthen our hospitals so if you and i fall sick, it is less problematic. the risk of engaging becomes less. we can do all that but it requires a lot of work on all levels. >> sandra: i want to play this sound of kayleigh mcenany. she joined me earlier and i talked to her about the record federal deficit that we are seeing and expected to get to 3.3 trillion due to the virus. >> the debt is a big second term priority of his. he had the hottest economy of modern history once. he cut taxes for hard working americans. we saw revenue coming into the federal government increase in 2018 and 2019 like ronald reagan. we believe unprecedented growth will go a long way solving the problem but it is a second term priority. >> sandra: a big second term

priority. we are facing unprecedented levels, a lot of it due to the coronavirus. the president looks back at the obama administration. there has to be a plan. there has to be a plan to tackle that. >> yeah. what we've seen on the debt side is unthinkable but unavoidable. we needed to do something to protect those suffering and in pain. but the critical issue and you heard it is to be able to grow fast enough so that we can make that debt sustainable. again, we are able to do that, we need congress to come together in terms of pro-growth measures. >> sandra: it is something you'll hear a lot more about in the coming months as we head toward election day. great to talk to you, mohammed, thank you. >> trace: facebook may be offering for deactivating your account and tied to the election as mark zuckerberg answers criticism that facebook has become a right wing echo chamber.

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>> sandra: this just in. the attorney general bill barr addressing news the justice department would be defending president trump against defamation accusations. that case brought by e. jean carol who accuses trump of raping her in the 1990s. moments ago attorney general bill barr said there is nothing unusual about the justice department defending a sitting president. >> this was a normal application of the law. the law is clear. it is done frequently and the little tempest that is going on is largely because of the

bizarre political environment which we live. >> sandra: last month a new york state judge rejected president trump's bid to delay the case. that puts carroll's laws to have the president answer questions under oath perhaps before the november election. >> trace: facebook making changes ahead of election today. this time you could be making money from them amid word the social media giant will pay some of its app and instagram to deactivate their accounts. griff jenkins has more. >> apparently some facebook and instagram users could make fast bucks to participate in the surveys in the upcoming election. fox hasn't confirmed you'll be paid by participating and unclear the platform could be fueling the nation's current

divide. zuckerberg pushed back when asked if it's become a right wing echo chamber where conservative voices are among the most engaged users. >> i don't think that the service is a right wing echo chamber, to use your words. i think that everyone can use their voice and can find media that they trust that reflects the opinions and the like experiences that they're having. >> he says they get the most reach on things people are talking about in the mainstream. >> this is a case of where you stand depends on where you sit. mark zuckerberg and facebook say look at everything in your feed. look at all the news from mainstream news organizations. but if you look at what is blowing up, what we like, comment, share, that is heavily from the right.

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of white guilt. you people is lost your minds. control artists and individual thoughts. back to you. >> lots of changes. trace, a white house briefing in a few moments. >> "outnumbered" right now. >> ♪ >> fox news alert. awaiting the start of of the white house press briefing kicking off as president trump continues to hammer joe biden trying to link him to violence in american cities. >> they are democrat states. if they win, the mobs win. you see these guys that go around saying i want your meal. give me that food. that woman wants to eat and they grab her food. all of these places are