>> it was a brazen, shocking assassination attempt on two officers of the law, the shooting ambush of the los angeles sheriff's deputies as they sat in their squad car by a gunman who walked up and opened fire. police under attack, the president calling for the death penalty for the shooters if the officers die, the impact on the presidential campaign, we'll have more on all that in a moment as law and order retakes center stage in the contest for the white house, all this as a new fox news poll shows that the biden-harris ticket has 5 point lead over president trump and vice president mike pence as both candidates are focusing on the key swing states in the week ahead. hello, welcome to america's news

headquarters. i'm eric shawn. hi, laura. >> i'm laura ingal in for arthel neville. president trump was in an event in nevada today before leaving for arizona tomorrow. the big focus this week will be on minnesota as both candidates plan to campaign there on friday. eric: jonathan hunt is live in henderson, nevada where the president's rally is happening later on today after he had his rally in nevada last night. hi, jonathan. >> reporter: good morning from nevada, eric. we are some 10 hours away from the rally beginning in henderson and yet there are already a good number of trump supporters lined up outside the screen you for what will be -- venue for what will be an indoor rally today. the rallies have been reconvened. the original airport locations were scuffled because of the governor's rules against gatherings of more than 50 of people here.

there were a lot more than 50 people last night at president trump's rally in northern nevada, just outside of reno, the small town of minden. several thousand on-hand there as the president went after nevada's governor, quite plainly blaming him for the rallies being rearranged and saying he couldn't be trusted to run mail-in voting here. listen. >> he was a political hack and then he became governor and this is the guy that we're entrusting with millions of ballots, unsolicited ballots, millions and millions, and then we're supposed to win these states and we have a guy that would do that where he won't let us have it. >> reporter: now, of course the governor himself would not be entrusted with the ballots and neither are there millions and millions of ballots in nevada. there are 1.8 million registered

voters here. president trump having attacked the governor, though, then went on to attack former vice president and a his opponent, obviously, joe biden, saying once again as he has done so often that biden simply wouldn't be up to the job. listen again. >> let's face it. joe is shot. let's face it, okay. he's shot. so not that he has anything to do because he won't know what's happening, he'll just be locked up in a room someplace and the radical left is going to be running our country. >> reporter: now, nevada only has six electoral college votes but they could be crucial in a tight race on november 3rd. a new new york times sienna college poll gives the biden campaign a lead of around 4 points right now. but the trump campaign believes that they are closing, they believe, for instance, eric, that they are doing better with the latino vote. that is particularly crucial here in the las vegas area where

the latino vote can often make the difference between winning and losing. to that end, the president will be meeting latino leaders and a roundtable in a few hour's time here -- house's time here, that -- hours' time here, that will be on the las vegas trip and he will head to his rally due at 7:00 p.m. lowe local time tonig, 10:00 p.m. eastern. he's expecting a large crowd, different from last night. it will be inside. you can expect to see a packed crowd, though in that venue. we're not clear on its capacity as yet. but i can tell you, from seeing those people lining up already, ten hours before the event, it is going to be a busy venue tonight, eric. eric: we saw them stampede and run to the front of the rally last night when the gates were open, so great anticipation there. jonathan hunt in henderson, nevada, good to see you. thank you.

laura. >> and two los angeles sheriffs' deputies are in critical condition after they were shot in n a yo a apparent h last night. gunmen opened fire on their car outside of a train station. christina coleman has details. >> reporter: no arrests have been made. a massive search is underway for the shooter. the suspect ran off after the attack. take a look at this surveillance video, the suspect ambushes the deputies as they're sitting in their p patrol car around 7:00 last night. the shooter opened fire, shooting both of them multiple times. both were shot in the head. the deputies were able to radio for help. one of them opened the car door after the attack. the critically injured deputies were identified as 24-year-old man and a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy.

the la county sheriff says the ambush was a cowardly act on real people doing a tough job. >> deputies were doing their job, minding their own business, watching out for the safety of the people on the train and seeing somebody walk up and start shooting on them, it's -- it pisses me off. it dismays me at the same time. >> reporter: the two deputies were taken to a local hospital and protests broke out there. so riot police responded. some witnesses say protesters showed up yelling anti-police chants. the critically injured deputies are in the hospital, fighting for 24-r lives. they had -- for their lives. the la county sheriff's department tweeted this, in response to the protests, to the protesters blocking the entrance and exit of the hospital emergency room, yelling we hope they die, referring to the two la sheriffs ambushed today in compton, do not block emergency

entries and exits to the hospital, people's lives are at stake and ambulances can't get through. the sheriff's department is asking for people to keep the deputies in their thoughts and prayers as they fight for their lives. both deputies were sworn in about 14 months ago in the same class. laura. >> christina coleman, what a story. thank you so much. we'll check back in later. thank you. eric. eric: law enforcement across the country, we'll have more on that outrage in a few moments from now. but now to an update on the wildfires that have scorched millions of acres in california can and across the west. they have caused such overwhelming devastation and destruction. burning a total area said to be the size of new jersey. and ha hazardous choking smoke, unhealthy, thick haze. the weather conditions have slightly improved but the long-term drought and brutally hot summer means the fires are likely to continue spreading and

they could keep going through 2e winter. let's go to claudia cowen who has the latest on the fires. >> reporter: good morning, eric. firefighters are taking advantage of calmer winds and cooler temperatures to try to make some headway but new fires have broken out over the weekend and some of those large complex fires have in fact gotten bigger. here in california, search and rescue teams found three more bodies in the rub bell of -- rubble fire burning in butte county bringing the death toll to 1 12. the sheriff says his office is looking to account for 13 others who are missing. the north complex fire destroyed the town of berry creek and continues to rage in the shadow of the camp fire that roared through the city of paradise, killing 85. at more than 114 square miles, this massive inferno destroyed

some 200 structures and is 10% contained. fires burning in california, oregon and washington have displaced tens of thousands of people. 31 have perished including nine in oregon. with the winds on tap for today, a half million people in the state are under evacuation warnings or orders to leave. >> this has happened because we have changed the cr climate of e state of washington in dramatic ways. i'm 69 years of age a. i have never woken up with smoke three of the last five years choking my grandchildren. i've never seen ash on our of cars before. >> reporter: air quality in portland, seattle and san francisco among the worst in the world. the nfl is keeping a close eye on the poor air quality in santa clara. if it's too hazardous, they will cancel their game. this comes amedical important

ya's -- amedical importan amid s worst wildfire season ever. this is historically the most dangerous time of year for fires in california, september and october of. president trump is visiting california tomorrow, he will meet with governor newsom and first responders at a cal fire base outside of sacramento and he will get briefed on the crisis. back to you. eric: looks just so overwhelming. claudia, thank you. laura. >> officials saying the wildfire devastation is some of the worst our country has ever seen. so, is there any relief in the near future? we want to know about this weather. meteorologist adam klotz is live now with what is -- with what's to come in california and everywhere. what do we have, adam? >> in the short term you kind of touched on it already, the humidity is a little higher, that's good to control the wildfires and the winds have backed down. the long-term issues, the problems that are getting this going, those continue to linger. it's been a hot summer.

it's still relatively warm. these are the highs across the region, you see a lot of spots in california climbing into the 90s. on top of that, it's been such a dry summer and that isn't going anywhere any time soon. this is our drought monitor. you see fairly widespread drought across the entire west. the darker colors, reds and maroons, those are extreme drought levels. you see that in california, getting into oregon. any rain in the immediate future is not there. all the rain continues to linger in the eastern half of the country. this is our current satellite and radar. it is dry across the region. with that, it's allowing that smoke to continue to spread. air quality alerts across california into nevada and stretching all the way across the pacific northwest, that continues. even if you aren't in the area, it's a little thinner. you can see some of the smoke, this is our wildfire smoke forecast. some of the upper levels winds grabbing this and pulling it across a whole lot of the country, through canada, the

upper tier of the united states, up into new england by the time you get to monday and tuesday. you'll notice the wildfire smoke across a huge area. as far as immediate forecasts, this is going to take you into next week, maybe in the middle of the week there will be heavy rain along the coast, a little bit of relief but by and large i think there's a long ways to go in this season. >> it is so dry there, especially in northern california. meteorologist adam klotz, thank you so much. eric. eric: well, did you get one of those notices in the mail that said dear postal customer, telling you to request your mail-in ballot at least 1 15 das before the election. they're going out to everyone in america. colorado's secretary of state has filed a lawsuit against the postal service about that. the directions also ask that voters return their ballots by mail at least seven days before the election. the secretary of state, janet griswold, says every registered voter in her state will receive a ballot without having to make that type of request.

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laura: and a new fox news poll on the upcoming presidential election showing the biden-harris ticket now leading by 5 points over trump-pence. likely voters say they trust the president more to handle the economy. david spunt is live at the white house. this is now a tight erase as we get closer to the election. what can you tell us. >> reporter: politico talks about the post convention bump, that appears to wit be the caseh president trump closing in when it comes to polls. let's look at the numbers released today, specifically talking about the race and how it is tightening a little bit. we're talking about biden,

harris, 51%, trump, pence, 46%. biden, harris are inching closer to president trump and vice president pence. when we talk about voters that favor biden, they favor him with the coronavirus response, supreme court nominations and you'uniting america. they trust him over some of those issues. now, also biden is leading when it comes to women, suburban voters, seniors, laura, millennials, blacks and hispanics, those are some of the other of areas where the biden, harris ticket is leading right now. but president trump and vice president pence, they are leading with men, whites, rural voters, veterans, white catholics and generation x voters. both campaigns responding to the latest polling this morning. >> i think he is breaking through on the most important issue, which is the economy. there's a lot of cross currents in 2020, many things about this year are unique and singular. but i still believe that the

ultimate driver of the electoral decision for most americans is going to be who can create prosperity for me, my family and the country going forward. >> reporter: and the biden campaign hitting back on this narrative from the trump campaign that the former vice president is not out on the trail and he's in his basement. listen. >> vice president biden was out campaigning this week as you know. folks saw him not campaigning but really taking a solemn moment, marking the 9/11 this past friday and vice president biden will be out next week, he's going to florida. we'll be in minnesota. >> reporter: the economy also very popular for president trump. that has been his signature issue since before he became in office, when he campaigned an announced the campaign in june 2015, 1.4 million jobs added in august, laura. also the unemployment rate down now under 10% at 8.4%.

that's what the president's going to continue to focus on. laura. laura: we'll see how these next few weeks go. david spunt in washington, thank you very much. eric. eric: well, laura, the shocking daylight ambush of two deputies as they sat in their patrol car is t war on the nation's police officers. from new york city to rochester to kenosha and minneapolis, police have been under siege in our country and president trump has seized on the outrage over this as a campaign issue. here he is last night in nevada, referring to a previous attack, a los angeles police officer shot in the head during a george floyd protest in that city in june. >> the next officer as you know, he's a young, brilliant young guy and he's totally paralyzed. unlike biden, while i'm president of the united states, i will always stand with the heroes of our law enforcement. [ cheering and applause ]

>> on november 3r third, you wl save america, you we cannot let this happen to our country. howie.eric: former vice presidt biden has been endorsed by more than 175,000 law enforcement officials. he said he's not for defunding the police but he supports reform and he backs law enforcement. >> i got criticized because i wouldn't support defunding police. i suggested that police need nor resources, they have to change their behavior, they've got to clean up you, you've got to get the bad cops out. they need more resources. the only person defunding the police is donald trump. eric: so who will win the police debate? josh kreshow joins us, politics editor for the national journal. josh, the assassinations of police officers not new. four years ago we had the same thing in new york, in brook when, a guy walks up to a patrol car, shoots two officers dead. it happened in philadelphia two years ago.

thankfully, that officer lived. eddie byrne, 1988 in new york and in '71 the black liberation army am a bushe ambushed two ofa famous case. how will this now resonate in the campaign? >> you hate to make this about politics. the reality is, there is a very vocal element of the democratic base that joe biden even is referencing in that sound clip that has called for defunding of the police and has criticized the police in the context of the protests that have been taking place across the country over the last few months and you can see the fox poll shows trump narrowing his deficit to 5 points. a lot of republicans, softer republicans perhaps coming home to the republican ticket. there's no doubt that the message of law and order has made a difference, it has helped president trump kind of gather voters concerned about that issue and solidified his support on the ticket. at the same time, there is polling, including the fox poll,

that shows that the fact that biden is saying he doesn't want to be part of that group, calling for he defunding the police, he wants to give more money to the police and call for reform. that actually -- that message is also working. you look at the fox poll, it's almost tied when it comes to which candidate is viewed as being better on handling law and order of. so democrats have a base issue. they have a progressive base issue that is way out of step with the average american on these issues. but joe biden has been brett sigh savvy they -- pretty savvy, trying to get in those progressive traps i should say on those issues. eric: one point, the president and vice president really seizing on one thing that did not appear to be very savvy, that wa the enemy comment. here's the president talking about that last night. >> he calls law enforcement -- biden called law enforcement the enemy. they're not ou our enemy. they're our friends, they're our great friends. without them, we wouldn't be here. >> joe biden said not long ago

that well-armed police become in his words, the enemy. when confronting lawlessness in our of streets. eric: that comment came in an interview when he was talking about some people perceiving the police as the enemy when they come into a neighborhood with these armored humvees, in other words, surplus military equipment, the militaryization of police. here is what the vice president said in july. >> surplus military equipment for law enforcement, they don't need that. the last thing you need is an armored humvee coming into a neighborhood, like the military invading. they don't know anybody. they become the enemy. they're supposed to be protecting these people. >> do we agree with can redirect some of the funding? >> yes. absolutely. eric: how does the vice president, the former vice president navigate all this? >> well, it's clear that the president is more emotionally connected to the issue and

brings it up a whole lot more than joe biden and you have the largest police union in the country, the fraternal order of police endorsing the president. i would bet if you polled all the police officers in the country you would see president trump having a sizable advantage. you had in the last few weeks african-american police chiefs in cities like rochester, dallas, and seattle resigning to protest how democrats, progressive leaders in their cities have handled law and order. there's no doubt that there is opportunity for republicans, for the president to really make in-roads on the issue. i just am looking at the polls and i think there's a feeling that a lot of voters that are republicans or lean republican that are very concerned about this and they've come back to the president's side even if they may have other disagreements with this administration. but the sort of average suburban swing voter is evenly divided. some agree with the president. some think that the president is stirring up a lot of the controversy and driving a lot of

the chaos and that's prevented trump from making further in-roads on this issue. eric: but then we see like something that happened in los angeles last night and that a shakes you to the core, that police officers who represent our nation, the good of our nation, the american values, sitting in a car, protecting innocent people in a minority neighborhood and a guy comes up and shoots them in the head. >> and you had protesters blocking the hospital according to the los angeles department, where the police officers who were critically wounded were headed. a lot of democrats have said that joe biden, not just a speech where he says he supports the police, but to have what you would call like a sister soldier moment, a moment where you criticize the extremes of your own party, say that is not acceptable. the calls for violence o is unacceptable even if you're not saying it yourself. i think that's one thing to keep an eye out for. joe biden has said the right

things, i think he's done what is politically necessary but he hasn't had that moment where he condemns the extremes, the base of his own party who have not said the right things on these issues. eric: that a reference by the way to when president clinton was running and gave a famous speech, going against the grain of part of his party. josh, this will continue with the national journal, josh, good to see you. >> thanks, eric. laura: communities up and down the west coast battling wildfires. big ones. up next, i'll speak with cal fire to get the latest on how the state is doing in getting these flames under control. ow. well, i was invited. not by me, mate. something's not right. they're calling all the shots. what do you want? we've got to get him out. not a chance. the days of entebbe are long over. it's not his fault. this is terrorism. the world will see how guilty you are. i should go.

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eric: we have a check of the latest headlines for you at this hour. a search right now underway for that gunman after two los angeles sheriff deputies were shot as they sat in their patrol car in compton last night.

right now they are listed in critical condition at a local hospital. tropical storm sally expected to become a hurricane as it strengthens in the gulf of mexico. it could bring a dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall and strong winds to parts of louisiana and mississippi. question will bring you the latest as we are continuing to track this storm. a man armed with two handguns and a knife reportedly was arrested in kansas city, missouri last night. that followed an hours long standoff with police outside arrowhead stadium, that is home of the nfl's kansas city chiefs. the incident caused a delay in the start of the kansas city royals baseball game because the stadium where the royals play is right nearby. laura. laura: this is a fox news alert. dozens of wildfires continue burning up and down the state of california and destroying hundreds of thousands of acres and the north complex fire, north of sacramento, is now the

ninth largest wildfire in the state's history. joining me now is daniel burlent the cal fire assistant deputy director. thank you for being here, daniel. i know your crews are being overwhelmed with the task at hand, with so much at stake. you have damage assessment teams working with fire crews on that. let's start with you giving us the latest on the containment, the heat and the smoke situation we keep seeing. >> fortunately, our weather conditions are cooperating in california. we are not seeing the hot temperatures that we had last week and we're not seeing the gusty winds, those are the two major weather factors that allowed multiple fires to grow so quickly and do so much destruction. now, this weekend we've had a good opportunity with the lack of wind and more seasonable temperatures, our firefighters have been making real good progress on 29 major wildfires that are burning across california. containment on almost every fire is up. again, progress is being made. laura: there's some good news

there. but the loss of life is of course first and foremost. absolutely devastating. the fiery terrain is unimagine unimaginable. when we see the pictures, and when you look at the structures that have been burned. flames don't discriminate. what can people do who are watching the fires, get closer to their homes right now or into their regions, is it too late to clear brush at this point? obviously, california has had a dry year. >> we are always asking our residents in rural areas to clear the defenseable space around their homes. it is too late at this point. there are things people can do, making sure their home is ready for fire by removing flammable a items like furniture, kids toys, anything that's up and around the house that could catch on fire, removing that away from your home will help. and then the other thing that we really need people to do is if a fire does prayin break out, we d early evacuation.

all too often, people stay behind, they wait, they wait until it's too late. we need people to be prepared now, take steps ahead of these fires so that when a fire does break out they can leave early. laura: you mentioned the weather at the top there and we know that weather and fire patterns go hand in hand and that fire can create its own weather and with the heat in california, i want you to tell us about the way firefighters are managing this especially when these infernos connect with each other, creating these monsters of flame. >> well, weather plays a huge factor in our fire season, not only does it lead to the dry conditions, which we are experiencing, but we had several significant different types of weather events. first, last month, we had over 14,000 lightning strikes in the middle of summer across much of northern california, leaving hundreds of fires behind. that was the first off. and then you add triple digit temperatures, record setting in some areas. so we have dry conditions,

triple digit temperatures and you ad the lightning and then that was followed up by several wind events that would fan the fires and so while we were making progress at the end of august, even the beginning of september, by the time we hit labor day the winds picked up and so even fires that had good containment around them, those fires were able to burn very quickly in the communities and now we know significant destruction and even fatalities were left behind. laura: i wanted to ask about the search and rescue front. i read there are many areas that are still so hot, you can't even get into the areas to search for the missing and imagine that, for our viewers at home and listening in the car, your loved one is missing and the firefighters can't even get to the area it's so hot to even go look for them. tell me about the heat index and what they're doing to help find people who are still missing. >> while temperatures have returned to more seasonable for this time of year, many of the areas are so significantly hot,

are still actively burning that all we are doing is focusing on putting out the fire, rescuing people, but the sheriff's departments when it is safe are able to go in there and start looking to assess the damage. we too are waiting, our damage assessment teams have been activated. we're trying to determine exactly how much damage was done. until it cools down in some of these fires it's not safe to do so and there are other hazards. power lines that are down, there are trees that have fallen, all of these other hazards make an issue as well. laura: i'm from sacramento, california. i was a reporter there for a long time. i've been a on a lot of those fire fights. i know how difficult it is. our thoughts and prayers are with you and your teams to stay safe. thank you so much for taking time today to bring us up-to-speed. we appreciate it. stay safe. eric. eric: well, laura, as the race

to develop a covid-19 vaccine ramps up, the u.s. is approaching 6.5 million confirmed infections. and the death toll sadly continues to climb. it is now standing at more than 193,000 deaths. this as there happens to be an alarming spike officials say in new infections across north and south dakota. in april we reported about minot, north dakota native, dr. jim orin. he got covid and he wrote an open letter to take a lesson from what new york city was going through. aishah hasnie has the latest. what are the health officials in the dakotas saying is behind the sharp increase in cases there? >> reporter: there is a lot of concern out of the dakotas right now. coronavirus infections as you mentioned in north and south dakota are growing rapidly, faster than anywhere else across the country. the dakotas have led the country in new cases per capita for the

last two weeks here. south dakota also seeing the nation's highest positivity rate, 17% for this last week, meaning that infections there are spreading more than testing is actually catching them and that's putting a big spotlight on a debate there over large gatherings and the lack of people wearing masks. in brooking, south dakota, the city council is considering a mask mandate. many residents are intensely opposed to that idea. this is happening as president trump continues to face the fallout from his interview with bob woodward and pushes back on criticism that he purposely played down the dangers of the virus. senior advisor steve cortez defending the president on fox news sunday this morning. listen. >> dr. fauci, somebody who is lilionized by critics of presidt trump, who is not a trump partisan, dr. fauci as late as february 29th, he appeared on national television and said no americans should change their

customs of life. so this was the frog of war. opinions and views and analyses were shifting dramatically. >> reporter: and eric, just want to give you a quick update on the vaccine front. drug maker astrazeneca is resuming trials now on possibly one of the strongest contenders for a vaccine. the study was suspended for a couple days after a u.k. patient reported a side effect. regulators have now given the green light to continue on this study. eric. eric: well, we need it really fast. aishah, thank you. laura. laura: and china putting new limits on american diplomat as tensions continue to rise. up next, how america should respond to china's latest efforts to exert its influence.

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country will be smiling also. now you can understand why china would much rather see sleepy joe than donald trump. eric: that's president trump saying china does not want him to win a second term. so is that true? gordon chang is here, senior fellow at the gate institute and author of the coming collapse of china. gordon, what do you think beijing wants? >> i think beijing, eric, wants to unseat president trump. we can see this from two things. first of all, they got their unprecedented publicity campaigns which every day just attack the president. so this is really intense. also, from what we can tell about their troll pharmacist, this is also -- farm activity this is also directed towards the president, started in mid-march with the new york times story about china feeding through text messages the rumors that president trump was going

to hit the staff ford act. we've seen the activities, a network that was directed to criticism of president trump. so from across the board, beijing just wants to get rid of the president. eric: does this show that the president's policies are working? >> i think that they show that beijing thinks they're working and i actually think they're working as well. but obviously beijing has not seen an american president since eisenhower go after them and this is turning back on five decades of failed engagement policy. so beijing wants the united states to go back to those sort of very generous, very unreciprocal policies and they believe that vice president biden, who talks about that, probably would go back to those policies that in fact have not worked. eric: here's the president again talking about china. let's listen.

>> biden has been just a pawn for them. he's been so easy. they dream about biden. there was a report today that they hope that joe biden becomes president. if joe biden becomes president, china will own the united states and every other country will be smiling also. they'll be smiling. >> if you want china to grow, we don't want to have a war with china. i said to xi jinping as i traveled around the world with him, he asked, he said why do you keep saying you're a pacific power. i said we are, we are a pacific power. if we weren't, you wouldn't have been able to have any stability at all. it's in our interest that china be stable. it's not in our interest that china take advantage of us. eric: there's the former vice president, defending his china policy. look, they let china into the wto. he supported the tpp, you know, it was the obama administration -- was the obama administration snookered by beijing. >> i think the obama administration adopted policies

that were no longer appropriate. also, we saw president obama allow the chinese to embolden the worst elements in the chinese political system. for a year and-a-half, we saw beijing go on a rampage, not only in the south china sea but also the east china sea. we've got to be concerned about president obama's policies that presumably vice president biden approved. so, yes, there is very troubling developments. and the other thing, eric, is that biden before the campaign was saying things about beijing that clearly were wrong. so for instance, he was saying that china was not competition for the u.s. he was saying that chinese leaders were good folks. i think that betrays a mentality that just is purely inappropriate and just not factual. eric: and again, finally, gordon, the wall street journal had a surprising editorial saying this, quote, what's

biden's new china policy? looks a lot like trump's. biden aide say they would expand the american government back campaign to strategic high tech sectors such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and next generation 5g standard, meant to curb china's economic power and influence and reduce interdependence. what do you foresee for china and for the u.s. in a biden add a medicine strayings? >> president biden -- vice president biden announced some very good china policies. the question is whether he really means it or not and the one thing that he has said is that, look, we should strengthen our self, not compete with china. my point is, you can't strengthen the united states while china continually attacks us, while it steals hundreds of billions of dollars of u.s. intellectual property each year. i don't think the biden campaign is being realistic about the nature of beijing's hostile policies towards the united states and a lot of people including me will think it's

unfortunate, but unfortunately we do have to impose the costs on beijing if we're going to maintain american independence. eric: the president is certainly making it a campaign issue. gordon chang, always good to have you on with your insight. thank you. >> thank you, eric. eric: laura. laura: well, if you're a football fan, you know, a new era starts in the nfl this afternoon as tom brady makes his debut for tampa bay. we are live in new orleans where the bucs are taking on drew brees and the saints. saturdays happen.

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laura: you you know it, it is the first sunday of the nfl season and teams are getting ready to hit the gridiron in a matter of minutes but the big game to watch is a little later on this afternoon, you may have heard of it, when the tampa bay buccaneers and tom brady take on the new orleans saints and quarterback drew brees. casey siegel has the assignment of the weekend, live in new orleans with more on this. casey, what have you got over there? >> reporter: hey, laura. good to see you. assignment of the week end but we also have a hurricane on the way to this area. that could impact the region in the next couple days. this is a little bit different on many fronts.

you know, kickoff time back here at the he mercedes-benz spore de is -- superdome is 4:25 eastern. there is one thing noticeably absent on the game day on the streets of new orleans and that's the fans in this covid-19 world that we're living in, many of the stadiums as you know not allowing fans inside for the game. normally the superdome would be packed with some 63,000 people cheering but no one will be in the stands for this season opener. in fact, much of the area we can tell you around the venue has been sealed off to keep folks from congregating in groups or even doing tailgating outside the stadium itself. regardless, it seems that most fans are taking this in stride and seem to understand. >> i hope everybody like comes together and watches the game. i was happy to be there, to watch this as we're down here. i'll be happy to watch it from

the hotel room. >> we've got to keep the virus down, you know. i don't blame them, you know. take baby steps. >> reporter: even local bars and restaurants are impacted as you know, there is reduced capacity in those types of places where a lot of people typically pack in to watch the game so a very different nfl sunday, that we're normally used to seeing but we'll be here and we've got it covered for you. laura: you're right, everything's a balance. you've got to stay safe. you can catch the nfl network on the fox network starting a few minutes from now. here's a look at the schedule. ♪ eric: just stay home and watch it on fox or keep up with the fox news channel. we'll be back at 4:00.

>> a major manhattan underway this hour to find the gunman who shot to california sheriff's deputies as they sat in their police car, you can see the walk up to the officer's car and opened fire seemingly from no reason, the officers are in critical condition at a hospital in los angeles, police say there were protesters chanting we hope they die, meaning we hope the police officers die while the protesters tried to block access to the emergency room at the hospital. sunday morning here in d.c. gillian nice to be with you, nice to be with you