>> dozens of wildfires continue to burn out west. spreading across 13 states as far north as alaska. at least 24 people have died and several more are missing. thousands of homes and businesses are destroyed. flames have scorched more than 7,000 square miles of land in california, oregon and washington state. hello, everyone. welcome inside america's news headquarters. i'm laura ingal, in for arthel neville. eric: good to have you with us this afternoon. i'm eric shawn. the fires sweeping up and down the west coast, reaching all the way to colorado. matt howard will join us in a moment to explain what the

firefighters in his state are up against. but first, let's start live with fox news team coverage, meteorologist adam klotz has more on what the weather is doing. let's start with christina coleman, in california. we're learning that the president will be heading out west to see this for himself. >> reporter: yeah, the president will be coming to california to get a firsthand look at all of the damage. i am here -- he's going to be in northern california. i'm at the bobcat fire in southern california. we're standing in a canyon, between where helicopters are going to load up on water and where they're going to drop it off on the hills up there. they're trying to stop those flames from flairing yo flairing up. there's a helicopter circling the mountain, doing those water drops. according to a white house spokesperson, the president is expected to visit sacramento county in northern california, where he will be briefed by federal, state and local fire

officials. the president approved a major disaster declaration for the golden state on august 14th. while firefighters are slowly starting to catch a bit of a break with the weather, the damage from the fires is devastating. so far this fire season, more than 6,000 homes and structures have been damaged or destroyed and at least 19 people killed in california alone. yesterday, gavin newsom toured some of the damage in northern california. he says that climate change is taking its toll, with five of the top 20 of largest wildfires in california's history happening this year. >> we're in the midst of a climate emergency. we're in the midst of a climate crisis. we are experiencing weather conditions the likes of which we've never experienced in our lifetime. we're experiencing what so many people predicted, decades and decades ago. but all of that now is reality. >> reporter: washington and

oregon also seeing record fires and destruction. oregon's emergency management director says they are preparing for a mass fatality event with dozens of people still listed as missing and thousands of homes and structures destroyed. at least a million acres have burned there. eric. eric: christina, you can see the thick smoking choke in that video and you can see it behind you right now. what are the concerns about the air quality in these hard-hit areas? >> reporter: well, the air quality right now is horrible. you can almost taste the smoke, that's just covering this entire area. on a normal september day, you would be able to see some of the hills just outside of this canyon but you can't because of all of this smoke pol pollution. there are smoky scenes like this up and down the west coast with some 60 active wildfires burning. the west has the worst air quality in the world. portland, seattle, los angeles,

have air quality indexes higher than 150 which is considered unhealthy. in some places the levels are so high it's considered hazardous. people are advised to stay inside, especially with medical conditions and this dangerous air is expected to last at least throughout this weekend. eric. eric: all right, christina. thank you. laura? our team fox coverage continues with meteorologist adam klotz. so adam, i am from sacramento, california. i know all eyes are pointed to the sky and in sacramento you hope for that delta breeze to come through. is the weather on the way for that region that's going to be helpful at all? >> well, laura, things are improving there slightly this weekend, maybe the winds calm down and that often spreads the fire but the rain we need, something like that, may be still a few days off. the smoke forecast, we know the air quality is really bad across the west but upper level winds are beginning to grab this. you can see a haze across most

of the country, getting thick across portions of canada. the smoke is being taken all the way across the atlantic ocean. there's folks in europe that can see hazy sunsets because of the fires happening across the western portion of the united states, that's how big the wildfire season has been. satellite and radar, you need a little bit of rain. you see it's completely bone dry across the western united states. if you run out far enough, and this is our forecasted precipitation into next week, the only areas where we get any rain, just a little bit of northern california and then right along the coast from oregon, up into washington. that will be good news. but mostly we're still looking at dry conditions across this area, so still a lot of dry weather to concern yourself with. i do want to leave with what's happening in the at lainic the. it's -- atlantic. it's still hurricane season. a tropical depression is moveing across portions of south florida. this will run out into the gulf of mexico. the water is very warm.

it will track over the warm water, likely a category 1 hurricane, we're currently targeting maybe tuesday for landfall, laura. so a very active, busy scene really across the country as far as the weather goes. >> so much of to get to. thank you so much, meteorologist adam klotz. we'll talk to you soon. eric: for more on the serious situation in or of re-gone and the dangers -- o oregon and dangers that lie ahead for that state. let's bring in matt howard from the forest incident management team. what's the situation on the ground right now? >> you bet, eric. thank you. we had an historic extreme wind event on september 7th that brought sustained east winds, 20 to 25 miles per hour, some gusts were up to 50 plus. much of the state is in severe to extreme drought. and the moisture content in our live and dead fuels are critically low which makes the

fuels highly receptive to ignition. so that combination of critical weather conditions, the highly receptive fuel load, along with some extreme terrain influences contribute to extreme fire behavior. that makes it fighting fire incredibly resistant to control. the first responders were completely inundated with the sheer amount and magnitude of the fire along with the complicated conditions that come with fighting fire, the wild and urban interface. i'm here on the 242 fire in south central o oregon. the fire we're managing is 14 you thousan14,640 of acres. we've got a little over 315 firefighters assigned. we're near the community of choke in oregon. this fire is on the smaller side from what is going on on the west side of the cascades. but we've had thousands of citizens on evacuation orders

for a few days. at our peak we evacuated 315 homes. some of the complexities that we're dealing with here and across the state, we're near a major town, communication sites. we've got a large power distribution line that was compromised by the fire with several towers down, numerous structures damaged or of destroyed, we've got a major highway infrastructure going through our fire and areas of -- eric: matt, how do you protect those? and do you think the state has enough manpower and what do you you need to finally get these wildfires under control? >> you know, eric, our priorities have been and continue to be life safety of the public and our firefighters, we're doing point protection on structures and trying to re-establish the power and the transportation infrastructure to keep us going. right now, with the sheer magnitude of fire on the landscape, there's -- i believe first responders are -- i know

they're doing everything they can, we're just completely inundated with fire. the great thing i see out of this is the state coming together. we've got first responders and people from all walks of life ar.our logging industry is stepg up to the plate with heavy equipment to help control these fires and establish a containment line around homes and structures. ultimately, with the amount of fire on the landscape, what we need is some rain so if we can get some rain over this way the next week, that's surely going to help. it's not going to put the fires out but that will give us a little bit of relief so we can start working on containing these fires. eric: we saw meteorologist adam klotz a moment ago, show that there will be rain next week. but really on the western side of the state. finally, matt. you think is that enough to try to start tamping this down? some predictions say some of these fires will keep on burning and will burn right through the winter because it's such a

massive amount of fire and blazes. >> yeah, you bet. i think these fires will continue to burn or have heat in them into the winter. you you know, some of these fires have 190 miles of perimeter. so physically to put containment lines around these, as many as we have, is a large feat. so we'll continue with point protection and life safety and securing these fires as best we can and we will be working into our fall rains and into the winter season, there's no doubt. just the fire fighting and the recovery efforts afterwards are going to be just as critical, if not more critical. eric: 500,000 people face potential evacuation. there are fears it could reach portland. our heart and thoughts are with you and the men and women fighting the frontlines. matt howard, thank you for joining us. >> thank you.

♪ president trump heading off to nevada later today for a campaign swing out west that includes stops in reno, las vegas and eventually phoenix. the trump campaign had to scrap its original rally plans in the silver state because they would have violated local coronavirus health guidelines. mark a meredith is live in linden, nevada. >> reporter: it's a beautiful morning where we are. the campaign has been scrambling all week to try to put together this west coast swing because of the covid restrictions. the president will hold his event tonight in minden. the president will make multiple stops and the campaign originally wanted to do this at the reno tahoe airport of, because of covid restrictions they had to change that, because of the gathering rules, requiring people to be less than 50 or so. the campaign chose a smaller airport, closer to carson city. we asked the campaign how they

were able to do that with the restrictions still in place state-wide. the campaign said if you can join tens of thousands of people protesting in the streets, gamble in a casino or burn down small businesses in riots, you can gather peacefully to hear from the president of the united states. nevada is one of the states that everyone will be watching closely between now and election day. president trump lost this state four years ago by about 27,000 votes. the campaign putting a lot of resources into the state now and the chairwoman of the rnc says they believe they have a much better chance because of the latino community. >> many of them appreciate what the president has done on immigration and we're also not going to have a third party candidate in nevada that steals votes away from the republican party this cycle. so we feel very good and that's why we're heavily invested, the rnc has had a ground game there and it's exciting to have the president out there tonight. >> reporter: now, joe biden's campaign says voters are not

going to be switching sides, the biden campaign putting out a statement saying they don't need more bluster from the president and don't need his reckless rallies that ignore covid-19 and endanger public health. nevada families need solutions. this is not just a one stop trip for the president. he will spend the night tonight in las vegas. he will hold multiple events in vegas before going to arizona for another campaign event on monday. the campaign making it clear, they believe there is a southwest strategy to all this, laura. >> mark meredith, thank you so much. we'll be checking back in with you. eric. eric: and also a little further south from nevada in arizona, kamala harris, the senator making a virtual appearance in that battleground state. doing it this evening. these hoping to energize the latino vote, after recent polls show the biden campaign is struggling on that front. hillary vaughn is covering the biden-harris ticket. she's in wilmington, delaware. we heard senator bernie sanders

has his two cents chipping in in terms of the campaign. >> reporter: that's right. senator bernie sanders is reportedly warning the biden campaign that they might lose in november if they don't make a hard left turn and cater their campaign pitch to appeal to more progressives. sources tell the washington post that sanders is urging biden behind closed doors to appeal to the democratic socialist liberal base. biden's former campaign manager saying in a statement to the post, quote, senator sanders is confident that joe biden is in a very strong position to win this election, but nevertheless, feels there are areas the campaign can continue to improve upon. he has been in direct contact with the biden team and also thinks that a stronger outreach to young people, the latino community and progressive movement will be a real help to the campaign. the report says sanders thinks that biden needs to get out more on the jail with young

progressives like congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and thinks that melen y'all voters could be miffeed that some surrogates for sanders like aoc aren't getting enough attention from the biden campaign today. it is isn't clear how willing ocasio-cortez will be willing to campaign arm in arm with biden whose platform has moved more to the center in the general election. sanders is not the only one worried about biden losing support from latinos after a poll showed president trump getting more support from hispanics, especially among cuban americans. biden is going to florida to a visit this tuesday and is out with three new spanish language ads airing in the sunshine state on tv. >> [speaking in spanish] >> reporter: and today, kamala harris is trying to also gain some ground in battleground states, she will be attending a

virtuavirtual event with latinol business owners in arizona scrirvirtually later today. eric: thanks so much. >> joe biden focusing on voters in several critical battleground states this week, as recent polls show his lead on president trump is shrinking. how can the former vp frame his pitch in the industrial midwest to counter trump's economic policies? that's coming up. who's there? my husband was kidnapped. our sources tell us doug was nabbed by hezbollah. your wife is cia and so are you... no one knows where you are. you gotta get him out. we'll get back to you. i can't give up on him. this is terrorism! we're getting out of here.

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states that flipped to the president back in 2016. a new york times sienna college poll has mr. biden up 4 points in wisconsin, that edge was 11 points back in june. so that one poll shows he is slipping. a political reporter at the los angeles times is covering the 2020 race and joins us now. we know what happened to wisconsin when hillary did not visit in 2016. now both candidates are stressing wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. it really seems to be the heart of this race, the industrial midwest. >> absolutely. we see this with the amount of money they're spending advertising in these states, the amount of time they're spending campaigning there. you see it in the polls. particularly michigan and wisconsin were incredibly close in 2016. and people wondered if hillary's campaign didn't take them for granted, if she would be

president for today. the whole race could come down to those states. eric: what will give the winning candidate an edge? >> it's hard to say because as you pointed out earlier, some of the polls show tightening in the race. i think they both have -- they're both trying to emphasis different messages in the states. president trump is going hard on a law and order message. with the polling that just came out today, you saw some sort of right of center voters who are getting skeptical of the president. you see the message resonating with them and some are returning to the polls. on the other side, you see former vice president biden hitting his covid message really hard that the president failed to deal with the pandemic and that's we have more than 190,000 americans dead and why the economy is not doing as well as it could be and if you look at the polling, again, you see that message is resonating with a large block of voters. i think for the next few months, those are the two themes that we're going to see constantly, particularly in the industrial midwest. eric: the coronavirus and the

president's handling of that come under fire from mr. biden. at the same time, both have been stressing the economy. here's back to back trump and biden in michigan, talking about two different views of the economy. let's listen. >> we had in michigan and in the country the greatest economy in the history of the world. there has never been an economy like that. [ cheering and applause ] >> and now we're building it again and it's being built fast. the biden agenda would collapse our economy and destroy this great opportunity that we're having right now. >> when the gm transmission plant here in warren closed last year, i bet the workers around weren't all that comforted by trump's empty promises. under donald trump, michigan lost auto jobs. eric: vice president biden can point to his view of saving the auto industry back in 2008 when

that recession hit but the same time president trump can try and hang nafta over his neck. so you know, which argument do you think could be more successful on the ground in a state like michigan? >> i was actually at that auto plant in warren the week that it closed. i talked to a lot of workers there. you saw two different views. you saw voters who felt they had been disen franchised by both parties for so long, had trade policies that put them out of business, really harmed their industries. you saw voters who did look back fondly upon the obama administration's bailout of the auto industry and felt like they saved jobs there. i think it could go both ways. you have people that their pocketbooks are hurting, having discussions about paying the bills, paying for their kids' college tuition, also people that are looking at the macro, which are what the policies that led us here. it's an interesting argument, it's a complex argument, not

simple. but these are the voters that are going to be decide hog the next -- deciding who the next president of the united states will be. eric: the crushing impact of covid 19 on the economy and the loss of jobs, some of them are coming back, but still, a lot of pain across the country. michigan, we just showed michigan, pennsylvania, polls show mr. biden up by 4 points. do you think that this will continue? and in terms of when the president goes next week, he's going to go down to florida, how does that impact do you think the rest of the race? >> florida's always an interesting state to watch. we've seen that election cycle after election cycle and both the candidates are heading that way. you have so many different populations in florida. your havyou have the cuban amero are more conservative than other latino voters. you have puerto rican voters who

are growing in numbers there. you have a lot of citizens. you see senior communities getting hard hit by covid and unfortunately large numbers of deaths. you have all these different populations in florida which makes it interesting to watch the candidates campaign. it's like a microcosm of the united states. eric: thanks for joining us. good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. eric: laura. laura: did you hear about this, a shakeup in the investigation into the o origins of the trump russia probe, why a top aide to the district attorney leading the investigation is stepping down.

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laura: here's some headlines that we're following this hour.

iran executing a 27-year-old wrestler after he confessed to stabbing a man to death during an anti-government protest in 2018. the man was killed despite pleas from across the world including the international olympic committee to spare his life. california governor gavin newsom signing into law a plan to allow inmates who fight wildfires to have their records wiped clean when they finish their sentences. the goal is to make it easier for them to become full-time firefighters after their release. minutes ago, the system moving across southern florida towards the gulf coast becoming a tropical storm. tropical storm sally is expected to move across miami, going west to naples before making landfall near the louisiana, mississippi border on tuesday. the last thing they need there. ♪ eric: well, the new developments now in the john durham russia investigation, fox news confirming that one of the

u.s. attorney's top aides has stepped down but the department of justice will not give a reason for the resignation, reportedly left over concerns that the team is being pressured to release a support before the investigation is completed for political reasons so it hits before the november presidential election. aishah hasnie is live in new york city with more on this. what can you tell us about the resignation and the timing of it? >> reporter: hi, eric. the timing is very interesting because all of this is coming amid recent reports of other doj related resignations, for instance, last week prosecutor john choi quit the presidential commission on law enforcement and the administration of justice, claiming its intent was, quote, providing cover for a pre-determined agenda and also deputy assistant attorney general david morell recently left the doj. federal prosecutor nora danahey

is the latest to lead, an aide to john durham who as appointed by bill barr last year to look into the origins of the probe into president trump. as to why she stepped down, the hartford current in connecticut is citing her colleagues who believe that she resigned, quote, at least partly out of concern that the investigative team is being pressed for political reasons to produce a report before its work is done. now, that investigation is believed to be in the final stages. the president believes there was wrong of-doin-doing within the n the agency launched the investigation into interference in the presidential election. the mueller report came out, concluding there was no collusion. recently, the president has been tweeting about a new revelation that members of the mueller team wiped their phones during that probe. now, this as the white house eagerly awaits a conclusion. >> without knowing anything about what durham is going to

release, the durham report we'll call it, or maybe it's going to be more than a report, maybe it's going to be much more than a report. i don't know. maybe it's a report or maybe it's much more than that. >> reporter: eric, as for this recent resignation, not like lie we're going to get anymore answers on this, the doj is referring us to durham's office for any questions about this and durham's office not willing to comment yet. eric. eric: aishah, thanks so much. laura. laura.♪ laura: well, the first ever peace talks between afghanistan and the taliban now underway in qatar. the goal, ending decades of war after the u.s. signed a deal with the terror group back in february. secretary of state mike pompeo attending the opening ceremony, ryan chilcote is live in london on this. ryan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, laura. technically speaking the u.s. in order to withdraw troops from afghanistan doesn't need there to be peace in afghanistan.

it doesn't need for the afghan government and the taliban to strike some kind of lasting peace but obviously the united states would like to see that if for no other reason if we are going to take troops out, we want to make sure war is not raging on there. the chief envoy said today is an important and hopeful step. >> what has happened already is the main part of today. afghan sitting across the table, talking to each other, talking about peace, talking about their aspirations. >> reporter: the u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo, was also there. he met with the taliban on the sidelines and emphasized that the united states' relationship with afghanistan in the future, after troops come out, will in a large -- to a large extent depend on the peace that the two sides are able to reach, what the future government looks like. that will determine how much

aid, if any, the united states is there to provide. the u.s. has about 8,000 troops on the ground right now. the trump administration would like to reduce that to 4,000 by november and as close to zero as possible by april of next year. that's according to the peace plan that they reached with the taliban. lots going on by the way in the middle east. just yesterday, bahrain, another country in the gulf there, agreed to recognize israel, following in the foot steps of the united arab emirates which did the same just a month ago. the u.s., the trump administration brokered both of those deals. so a real flurry of diplomatic activity from the trump administration as we get closer to those elections in november. laura. laura: ryan chilcote in london, very important story. thank you so much. eric. eric: yesterday we paused again to remember. it was the 19th anniversary of 9/11. as in past years, officials and

family members gathered for the ceremonies at ground zero, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. this year, another enemy threatens those who lived through the 9/11 attacks, the coronavirus. 68 types of cancer, copd, bronchitis and lung issues have been diagnosed as some of the underlying conditions that survivors suffer. those who made the virus especially dangerous and deadly for them. john morando came down with breast cancer from the world trade center related dust. he spent a week in the hospital after infected with the coronavirus and was the first new jersey resident to survive it. >> it's a very odd thing to have to go through both of them. i'm just pleased that i've come out of both of them and i'm sitting here today talking to you about it. there's a lot of people that aren't as fortunate on both sides, either the 9/11 cancers

or the covid. eric: sadly, the virus has infected roughly 1,500 survivors, an official tally that puts the covid-19 related deaths at 44. many people think there are more deaths than that. john and his brother edward were firefighters and suffered from pneumonia and bronch bronchitis. for an asymptomatic person who coughed near his brother when he went to a store, that sadly he believes caused his 9/11 compromised system to not be able to handle the virus. >> he went to the hardware store at the beginning of the covid crisis to get stuff for projects, because like i said, he was a very handy guy. so he went to the hardware store and apparently he caught covid there and a couple days later he was coughing. eric: attorney michael barish's

law firm represents about 20,000 survivors in their claims with the government's 9/11 victims compensation fund. he says so far, about 100 of his 9/11 clients have died from the virus. >> oh, my god, it's devastated them. yeah, and these guys are literally scared to death. they are so frightened when they go outside and there are people not wearing masks. eric: he is trying to get the coronavirus covered as a 9/11 related condition. other i'llnesss are considered that because of the survivor's exposure. >> but for their underlying 9/11 illness, they wouldn't have died of covid, they would have been like a lot of other people who survived it but they didn't have a chance, eric. that's what's so infuriating. they were victims in 2001 and they're victims again. we're going to be fighting the victim compensation fund to get them the justice that they deserve. eric: the world trade center

health program started monitoring the extent of coronavirus infections among the 9/11 community. about 400,000 people were exposed to all that toxic dust and that cloud when the towers came down. and so far, we're told an estimated more than 600 people have died just since this past march, since the pandemic began. laura. laura: eric, thank you so much for that update. it will be a long road to recovery for thousands of people in one area of the south. ahead, firsthand accounts of the ongoing efforts to rebuild and lift up several communities, 16 days after its worst hurricane in more than 160 years. is mealtime a struggle? introducing ore-ida potato pay. where ore-ida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bites of this... ...with this. when kids won't eat dinner, potato pay them to. ore-ida. win at mealtime.

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the lake charles community coming together after a category 4 hurricane. you remember her, laura, hit the area 16 days ago, the strongest storm since 1856. 28 people died as a result including nine from carbon monoxide poisoning. many homes damaged or destroyed, at least 67,000 are without power. it will take at least six weeks to rebuild the electric grid. at least six weeks. schools in three districts are closed and most of the region under a boil water advisory. with me now is ryan navare owner of the navare auto group who joined others in leading the effort to rebuild the community. thank you for being here today. kudos to you and your team of people who are helping those in the community who need the assistance, the need is urgent, we know this. we want to shed a light on the situation. tell me, ryan, where do things stand right now?

behind you, things don't look so good. >> we have a lot of work ahead of us, our first responders and our law enforcement have been doing an excellent job. everybody who has been working hard on the ground, but where we really need help is -- people don't realize that when you have your house, you you have electricity, you have food. everything's great. when you start taking those things away, the impact to the community is just really tough. like we just had saint bernard parish give back here and they sent 1500 people down the road, they're feeding about 2,000 people a day. and we have so many people who are displaced that have lost their homes, that you don't realize it until you see it firsthand where somebody lost their home and everything they worked to create and it's gone. laura: i spoke with a woman last night who lives in lake charles and she had a tree go through her home. her name is lauren fontno of. she told me, she considers

herself lucky that she only has to gut two-thirds of her home because most people she knows are coming home to seeing only the foundations of their homes. this is what she sent me last night. the recovery is going to take a long time. how do you see businesses coming back and how will people be able to start over, when they don't have the infrastructure. it may be six to eight weeks before power is restored. >> they have over 8,000 people working on the infrastructure, on the electrical side alone. water is back up and running for most people. and what we really need is the outside community to help us. we have the southwest louisiana community foundation where people can actually donate and help the most needy of our of area. laura: when i was talking to lauren, there were a lot of people who want to help and want to send packages, donations of

to your area. but we've heard that many carriers are still not up and running. so how can people send help to get supplies to your community or at least the money? you mentioned one there, but how can we do it if some of the mail isn't going? >> well, what they can do, they can set up shipments to come in and communicate with people in the community and we can accept those and distribute those, the things that they do send in. laura: when we talk about the health and safety, ryan, we opened our segment talking about that water and the boil advisory for water, for use to drink, brush your teeth, bathe in. but residents are telling me that many people don't have power or gas, don't have a storm to boil water on if they wanted to. that's what we need to communicate, right, is to let people know how serious it is. we've heard the call. we have heard the call from you and others that people don't realize how bad it still is down there. >> well, we need from the rest

of our fellow americans is compassion. to really understand what we're going through. and to reach out in any way you can to help us because we've been hit hard and we're a very strong community but we need your help. laura: ryan navare we hope 2450es words will reach -- these words will reach many. we want to thank you once again. we know your team and your friends and the people you work with have been feeding people, have been helping distribute supplies that you can get your hands on and we're all praying for you and thank you very much for being with us today. we hope this word again reaches many. >> thank you for having me. laura: thank you. eric. eric: what a difficult situation. well, dr. anthony fauci, have you you heard, he's holding out hope that a coronavirus vaccine could be available by the end of the year or next year. but he also has an ominous warning. why it will take some time he says before we return to the

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eric: well, the nation's leading infectious disease expert says he does remain

confident that a covid-19 vaccine could be available in the next few months or by early next year. but you know, dr. anthony fauci returns that a war -- warns thaa return to our pre-coronavirus life, that likely won't happen until late next year. charles watson is live in atlanta headquarters of the cdc for more on this. dr. fauci says it seems we're in for a continuing long haul. >> reporter: yeah, eric. dr. fauci says late 2021 when a vaccine is expected to be widely available to the public is the targeted point and as daily new cases begin to stabilize nationwide, dr. fauci voicing his concerns about states beginning to allow activities like indoor dining and the transmission risk it pose as the fall and winter seasons approach. >> by the time you mobilize the distribution of the vaccinations and you get the majority or more

of the population vaccinated and protected, that's likely not going to happen until the mid or end of 2021. >> reporter: and daily new cases are hovering around 40,000 nationwide. dr. fauci says we need to decrease that number significantly if we want to return to life pre-covid. eric. eric: wow. all right. so we'll continue. meanwhile, florida that was hit so hard, they're finally going to allow bars to reopen, at 50% capacity, doing that next week. >> reporter: that's right. that emergency order was issued at the request of florida governor eric de santis earlier this week. the state, the full better -- number of daily new cases have decreased in the state since they were at the highest in july, though the rate of testing has decreased according to a new york times database. daily cases in florida are down 24% compared to the week prior. however, the state reporting the highest number of new deaths in

more than three weeks with 213 on thursday. >> obviously, you can get infected in a restaurant just like you can get infected if you're around anywhere. but the idea that the restaurants were some big driver has just not been borne out by the evidence. >> reporter: and three of the largest counties in florida say they will keep their bars closed. miami-dade, palm beach and broward county said they will keep their bars closed for the time being. eric. eric: charles, thank so much. we're back in just a few hours, one hour, 4:0 4:00 eastern heren the fox news channel. laura: that's right. we'll see you here soon. "the journal editorial report" is up next.pa no sweat! try it and love it or get your money back.

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