>> thank you for joining us today. set your dvrs for 6:00 a.m. every morning and listen to brian's radio show. >> sandra: fox news alert now. hurricane sally closing in on the gulf coast at this hour. the slow moving storm is expected to make landfall by midday tomorrow as louisiana, alabama and mississippi brace for potentially life threatening storm surge, high winds and severe flooding. i'm sand are smith. hi, trace. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. tornadoes are also a very real possibility with some areas already seeing heavy rain, rough surf and flooding. as the outer bands lash the gulf coast mandatory evacuations are now underway. >> sandra: president trump says he is closely monitoring the storm as state and local leaders across the region are

warning people to be prepared. >> president trump: this one is smaller but more direct. we have it under control. we have fema there, we have the army corps of engineers is there. they can bring things back so fast you wouldn't believe it. >> trace: heavy rain, high winds. the storm surge is already starting to occur. as we're seeing along the gulf coast right now. and it's still out there so we've got more to go with this and we've got several high tides to continue that we'll deal with. so outside of levy protection. >> we're very concerned about how high the water will be. 7 to 11 feet. we'll get significant amounts of rain and it will be a major water event no matter where it hits. along the gulf. >> sandra: casey stiegel is live in new orleans for us this morning. as we mentioned some people already feeling the impacts of this as they prepare for the worst. >> that's right.

the storm hasn't made landfall yet. as you said people are already starting to experience it. new orleans schools are closed today, mandatory evacuations remain in place for areas outside of the levy protection system in some of the lower lying coastal areas. let's go to st. bernard parish, louisiana. water already creeping up on some of the roadways from the storm surge which forecasters say could be as high as 7 feet in that area. north of there in lake pontchartrain is making people nervous. >> we all decided we should get the house ready and we took the swings down, pushed the furniture in. lifted the boat up as high as it would go. we feel like we're ready for it. >> if there is a silver lining, sally at one point yesterday

was a category 2 hurricane. it has lost a little strength now a category 1. not expected to strengthen anymore before it makes landfall, sandra. >> sandra: the situation is worse just east of you. what are you seeing and hearing there? >> this is a very large area that is being impacted here. we're talking about neighboring mississippi, alabama, and even over on the florida panhandle. the storm is expected to come ashore sometime tomorrow midday forecasters say between biloxi and pensacola. again that storm surge already starting to come in. look at this video from waveland, mississippi. folks seeing rising water there. many in dolphin island, alabama next door say they're moving inland because some spots already being flooded with historic rains expected with sally. 10 to 20 inches. isolated amounts up to 30

inches. some florida beaches are closed. you can see these giant waves in pensacola beach. this again impacting four different states but it seems as if alabama and louisiana -- alabama and mississippi will get the brunt of sally. >> sandra: preparations are underway. the wait is on. casey stiegel. thank you. trace. >> trace: alerting now. president trump will host the signing of the abraham accord. the historic peace deals between israel, united arab emirates and bahrain. john roberts live for us on the north lawn. good morning to you. what can we expect to see on the south lawn today? >> it will be history being made in the same way it was in 1978 with jimmy carter and 1994 with president bill clinton when, with carter egypt signed a peace accord with israel and in 94 jordan signed a peace accord with israel. these fall short of a peace accord, this will be a

normallyization of relations. this morning on "fox & friends" president trump suggesting there could be more agreements in the works. that the agreement that was signed back on august 13th with the united arab emirates was just the first shoe to drop. >> president trump: we have many others going to be coming in over a short period of time. the palestinians will ultimately come in, too. you'll have peace in the middle east without being stupid and shooting everybody and killing everybody and having blood all over the sand. >> previous administrations have pursued a strategy of trying to get peace between israel and palestinians for a broader middle east peace or normallyization of relations. this administration is doing it the other way around. peace with israel's arab neighbors to put pressure on the palestinians to come to the table. the uae minister of state said today the uae will be in a better place to support the palestinians in coming years but they have to lead the way. the president's strategy is also to put pressure on iran to

come to the table and sign a new nuclear deal. the president this morning reacting to reports that iran may be looking to assassinate the u.s. ambassador to south africa or other administration officials. here is what the president said. >> president trump: they will pay 1,000 times if they do anything to anybody. i might be in that category but they'll be in that category, too. and we're all set. if they do anything to anybody they'll be hit 1,000 times harder than they hit us. >> intelligence sources tell fox news there is chatter that iran may be looking to assassinate an american official as retribution for the killing of qassem soleimani earlier this year. >> the president is visiting the battleground state of pennsylvania today. what do you know about that? >> what the president is going to be doing is an evening town hall with abc news. this will be in philadelphia. joe biden more broadly across pennsylvania continues to lead

by four points in the real clear politics average. the president isn't trying to win philadelphia. he lost by 67 points to clinton and the surrounding counties. his strength lies more broadly in the rural and western section of pennsylvania. it is an opportunity for him to reach out in the keystone state. biden will be heading down to tampa, florida and kissimmee as well working the i-4 corridor there. biden's lead in florida has shrunk and underperforming among hispanic voters. the momentum is beginning to move in president trump's direction. joe biden trying to run a little prevent defense down there. >> trace: john roberts live at the white house. john, thank you. >> sandra: now brand-new developments in the shooting of the new l.a. sheriff's deputies. the reward for information leading to the capture of the suspect has doubled. two anonymous donors and the city's metro agency increased

the reward at $200,000. the sheriff's department released this dramatic photo of one of the deputies moments after they were both shot. she is seen here in a blood-soaked shirt as she tries to help her partner stay alive while calling for help. we'll have more on this developing story with the l.a. county sheriff right here on the fox news channel. >> trace: the mayor of rochester, new york ordering the immediate firing of the city's police chief less than a week after he announced he would retire later this month and two other city officials have be suspended without pay and looking into the federal investigation into the death of daniel prude. police command members resigned amid protests over the incident. >> sandra: all this coming amid growing concerns about violence nationwide. "wall street journal" columnist bill mcgurn with a new piece.

confessions of a new gun owner. people are losing confidence the police will keep them safe. bill mcgurn joins us now and fox news contributor. it is a chilling piece at moments in it where you reveal the reasons for which you requested gun ownership and you say police ultimately issued me a gun permit. i want to put it up on the screen. you say this. even in the suburbs many are no longer confident our authorities would or could keep us safe. in a small suburb such as mine what would happen if 100 or 200 people bent on violence arrive at once? could our small police force handle it? you went on to ask or will we be left to fend for ourselves like the mccloskey's in st. louis? what drove you to this purchase? >> as i said, the spectacle of being defenseless when police are overwhelmed. we have a small police force.

if enough people came, it is conceivable that you call for help and it goes unanswered. i think like most americans i don't want to be left defenseless. i recognize that the odds of my ever having to reach for a gun to protect my home or family are very small but it is comforting to know and also like a lot of the other 5 million first time gun buyers this year i don't have the confidence i once did. it is not because of the rioters. it is because of watching political authorities, local district attorney's and police stand down in the face. i never thought i would see something like that. >> sandra: an interesting perspective from you, bill, being a first time gun owner but the son of an f.b.i. agent growing up you said your dad took so much pride in the fact not once did he ever have to shoot anybody and not a fan of keeping a gun in the house because of reasons which you list. more often than not someone with a gun in a household you say would end up more likely to

shoot a friend for family member than robber or rapist. you end the piece with this. appreciate how unlikely it is that i will ever reach for a gun to defend my home or myself. but after watching the mayhem that has taken over so many city streets i wonder with other first time gun buyers what alternative i would have if ever i had to make that terrible 911 call and it went unanswered? how many more people do you think are out there as far as the american people sharing in this concern, bill? >> well, sandra, i'm hearing from a lot of people that have very similar reasons. again, we're dealing with a record number of first-time buyers and, of course, the riots are big reason for this. people just don't feel safe. and i mention i was never anti-gun but my dad was f.b.i. he was just not interested in guns that much. and he was -- it was interesting because as a law

enforcement person he was not one of those people that believed only law enforcement should have guns. but my family grew up. from the conversations i'm having with friends who i never thought would buy a gun, a lot of people coming to the same epiphany i had. >> sandra: the president sounded off on violence in the new interview and "fox & friends" this morning. >> president trump: we have to get much tougher. we are getting weak and soft with a lot of the democrat-run cities. they've taken respect away from police officers, they've degraded them. they've fired them. you look at new york, they fired a tremendous number of police and crime is through the roof. >> sandra: the president has been running hard on this law and order message. we're hearing now that there is a pivot by the campaign to now make the economy once again the central issue for his reelection campaign with these ad buys, etc. the president still hitting hard on this issue of violence.

how is he comparing to joe biden on this issue in this moment, bill? >> well, joe biden has condemned the violence but in vague terms. if you looked at his statement on the shooting of those police officers in california yesterday it was pathetic talking about gun violence. the president is right about these cities. what we have are mayors, city councils, district attorney's that are just not taking it seriously. they don't want to punish these people. how many people arrested and turned out again? the facts in portland we have more than 100 nights of this. that's insane. so i think it's still a big issue for a lot of people. and we know it's a big issue. joe biden finally addressed it. if he thought it was really going to hurt donald trump, they would have used it at the convention but they didn't. so he is trying to catch up now. >> sandra: i want to get your final thoughts on the state of the race and concerns in the democratic party over joe

biden's complacency. this is a hill article on those democratic concerns. democrats worried biden playing it too safe, bill, in this piece. democratic fundraiser says to the hill on those concerns since when have the democratic strategy of playing it safe worked out for us. we want to make fun of their boat parades but when voters feel the energy to trump they feel it gives them permission to join the party. final thoughts. >> yeah. i think that there is a point there. john roberts mentioned the polls in florida. the last republican to win the presidency without winning florida was calvin coolidge almost 100 years ago. it is very important for the president. i think joe biden's campaign has been largely based on not personal appearances but recording something where it is more staged and controlled. and then you flood the place with ads. i think that's what he is trying to do. the question is, is that really going to be enough to reach those swing voters?

>> sandra: good stuff bill mcgurn. the piece in the "wall street journal" on your new gun ownership. interesting piece. great to see you. >> trace: fox news alert now as wildfires burn out of control up and down the west coast. >> it is almost completely burned out. there are one or two restaurants that have been saved. for all intents and purposes this town is gone. >> trace: the fires killing at least 35 people and forcing thousands out of their homes. how weather conditions could make the situation a lot worse. a report the trump campaign is pulling back on ad spending in key states where the president is polling behind joe biden. is this the right move? rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel weighs in next. ® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar.

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>> trace: covid-19 is frairg up on college campuses across the country. health officials at michigan state university ordering two week quarantine for several fraternities and sororities on campus. a lot of them came from the

greek system. new york city nyu dorm is on lockdown following four positive tests after hundreds of students were seen partying in washington square park a few days ago blocks from the nyu campus. the affected dorm will remain in quarantine until at least stimulates. >> sandra: fox news learned the trump campaign is releasing an ad by today worth more than $10 million praising the economy calling it the defining issue of the 2020 race. all this after bloomberg reported the campaign is rolling back its ad spending in key swing states. let's bring in rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. so many questions. why would you scale back the trump campaign -- why scale back tv ad spending 49 days out from election day? >> well, the campaign has actually focused on a strategic

ad buy based on early voting in states and making sure that they are timing the ad buys when they'll have the most effect. we have seen biden blanketing the airwaves. we've seen the president's numbers improve. ad buys aren't the same as they used to be. door knocking and digital and other mediums have more effect than they used to. it is interesting that all the money that biden is spending isn't improving his numbers in the states we're looking at. >> sandra: bloomberg is rortding this is because of a cash crunch that we've had a chance to chat about brought on by spending of staff in operations and therefore the scale back in ad spending. reportedly the campaign is abandoning ad spending all together in key states where the president is trailing joe biden by four points with the real clear politics average of polls in both michigan and pennsylvania. so can you make the same case there, ronna? >> we've seen the president's

numbers improve in michigan. he just had a rally last week in freeland. in our internals we have him leading in michigan right now. we have seen a steady increase with the president in many of these states since the mount rushmore speech. what i'll say is bloomberg put a million on tv. biden is blanketing the airwaves. it doesn't have the same impact it used to. the campaign is saying let's focus on early voting and absentee voting and make sure we put the ad buys in when it makes the most effect in turning out our vote. we're doubling down on knocking doors and digital and all those other things that we're doing to turn out the vote that biden has completely abandoned. we're knocking on a million doors a week. biden is knocking zero. we have a candidate out campaigning and joe biden continues to bunker down in the basement. >> sandra: he is out on the campaign trail now. you could make the case it took him a while. he is back out there. the advertising analytics if i can put this out. a state by state breakdown of

some battleground states and clearly you see the numbers for the president's spending pale in comparison to that of joe biden. there is obviously concern about this crash crunch inside the trump campaign. biden clearly has more money to spend. is that a problem for the president's reelection campaign? >> i can talk about the rnc. we have doubled the dnc this year and $100 million cash on hand and going to this election with more money we've ever had. the campaign has the resources it needs to make the president gets reelected again. biden can blanket the airways all he wants. when he is not on the campaign trail and running on things like i'll raise taxes on 82% of american families and kill jobs and make sure everybody is paying more for gas and heating their home this winter. these are things not winning issues. he didn't do an event this whole last weekend. the president was blanketing

nevada, in california. today he will have this historic peace deal that he signed between israel and the uae. the president is getting things done at a rapid clip and joe biden does two campaign events a week? i'm sorry, this is not somebody running to earn votes. somebody who is sitting and thinking he is entitled to this presidency and president trump has done what he has always done. he will earn it and earn every single vote one day at a time. >> sandra: there is a new ad buy that fox news is exclusively reporting on eight figures, $10 million we're told and it presents a return to the economy message. we saw the president on that law and order message. why make that pivot back to the economy? >> well, consistently we've recognized that the american people trust president trump to rebuild this economy. joe biden has been in washington for 47 years. he has never started a business. never held a job outside of washington and this is something americans care deeply

about. >> sandra: was the law and order message not working? >> i think they both work. we've seen the law and order message work. joe biden talking about reimagining the police, getting rid of cash bail. his record speaks for itself. it is also talking about the economy. this is a primary issue for american voters. president trump built the best economy once, he will be the person to do it again and the great american comeback will happen under tumble. >> sandra: some are questioning whether or not it was a fraudian slip or not on the part of kamoku lahairis. a harris administration together with joe biden as the president of the united states. biden-harris administration will have access, provide access to $100 billion in low interest lows and investments from minority business owners. >> sandra: she made a quick correction. at first calling it the harris administration. the trump campaign quickly seized on that.

tweeted out biden's running mate lets the truth slip. what did you think of that moment? >> that campaign is right. she does consider it the harris administration. i think many people recognize joe biden won't be running the show. kamala harris, aoc, bernie sanders will be the ones dictating policy if joe biden is ever elected. so i think she spoke the truth, which is something we're not hearing from them very often on the campaign trail. >> sandra: great to have you this morning. thank you very much. trace. >> trace: we're just minutes away from the opening bell on wall street after a big rally yesterday as one top ceo warns the economic recovery could be derailed and working from home is hurting productivity. maria bartiromo will discuss that with us ahead and president trump is about to host the leaders of israel, united arab emirates and bahrain at the white house for the signing of an historic

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>> sandra: bottom on of the hour. top stories. president trump hosting the signing of new accords between israel. united arab emirates and bahrain hours from now. benjamin netanyahu will be

there for that. >> trace: joe biden heads to battleground florida today as he tries to gain ground with latino voters in his first visit to the sunshine state since becoming the democratic nominee. >> sandra: the gulf coast bracing four hurricane sally. parts of louisiana, mississippi, and alabama are beginning to feel the impact of that storm. sally is expected to make landfall sometime tonight bringing potentially life threatening storm surge, high winds and severe flooding. >> president trump: you have forests all over the world. you don't have fires like you do in california. in europe they have forest cities. you look at countries, austria, so many countries, they live in the forest and they don't have fires like this. they have more explosive trees. they have trees that will catch easier but they maintain their forests. >> trace: president trump one day after returning from a briefing in california as dozens of wildfires are raging out of control on the west

coast. at least 36 people have died. dozens remain missing. weather conditions in the forecast for some areas could make things a lot worse for firefighters trying to put out the flames that have already burned millions of acres and forced thousands of people to abandon their homes. jeff paul is live for us in arcadia, california. the smoke from the wildfire is now blowing east. >> the national weather service says that a lot of that smoke now creating hazy conditions in parts of virginia and even impacting air quality in new york city and that is because many of these fires continue to burn with little to no containment. that's the story here in arcadia in regards to the bobcat fire. overnight containment levels dropping from 6% to 3% as the fire grows to nearly 40,000 acres. flames are now moving toward

mount wilson observatory and several massive tv broadcast towers. northern california continues to suffer from the dozens of wildfires burning. the number of dead in the state now rising to 25 with many still missing. president trump visited the area yesterday meeting with governor gavin newsom asked about the role of climb ant change in this year's uptick in fires. >> climate change is real and so is our responsibility to do more on vegetation and forest management. i don't see those as mutually exclusive but mutual responsibility. both the state, federal government and private sector partners. >> in oregon cover nor kate brown has requested a presidential disaster declaration due to the fires. several towns are covered in that pink/red fire retardant burned to the ground like a scene out of the apocalypse. some are returning home are finding they lost everything.

>> we didn't get all the precious things out we wanted to but we got ourselves and the animals out and we are just going to start moving forward with the next steps and start the next chapter. >> evacuation orders are still in place here in arcadia. you can see the police officer behind us blocking people from going up into those neighborhoods where people are away from their homes and the weather today supposed to be bad. going to be 95 degrees with low humidity. trace. >> trace: jeff paul live for us near the bobcat fire. thank you. >> sandra: wall street looking to build on yesterday's rally. stocks opening higher five minutes ago on new economic data just out. dow up 208 points. industrial production moving up .4% last month. also renewed optimism over a covid vaccine. let's bring in maria bartiromo anchor of mornings with maria on the fox news channel. good morning to you. the president talking about the

economy this morning and projecting robust economic growth as we head into the latter part of this year and the economy tries to recover. what are we seeing so far as far as recovery and the stock market really coming back? >> yeah, little by little slowly we are looking at better numbers on the economy. don't forget we had the sharp contraction in the second quarter and we've seen since then bits and pieces of recovery. that will continue. we are expecting growth in the second half of the year. also driving markets $70 billion of deals announced yesterday, m & a seems to be back and optimism around the vaccine that will come sooner rather than later from a number of companies working on it. you have a very positive stance. you did have a bit of a correction in the last two weeks in technology stocks. they had gotten overpriced but i think most people i've spoken with feel like you want to own stocks in this environment if you have a feeling that donald

trump stays in the white house and continues those policies that have been economic friendly. >> sandra: more from the president on his economic message in the new interview on fox news this morning. listen. >> president trump: we'll have a big number come out that's third quarter. it will be a very, very extraordinary number. it will be a record setter in all respects. maybe i'm wrong and it will be bad that i'm saying this but that's what i do. you will have an incredible coming out just before the election. two days before the election. i would rest my hat on that. watch how good it is going to be. >> sandra: he is projecting robust economic growth heading into the end of the year, maria. there are some, including the ceo of jp morgan who said this recovery could be derailed. he has some warnings. employees working from home during the pandemic is hurting productivity. also talking about a potential lack of additional economic stimulus. that could hurt. pointing to the outcome of the

election and a potential second wave of infections. so he is putting the warning out there that this might not last unless all these things come together, maria. >> there are a lot of unknowns no doubt about it. whether or not we have a second surge of the coronavirus in the fall is an unknown and certainly the issue over unemployment in small business as we all wait for another stimulus plan at 11:00 a.m. eastern this morning. we'll hear from the problem solvers caucus with more stimulus ideas and see if that flies. so far no additional stimulus before the election is expected. but let me say on productivity, i would have to disagree with jamie diamond on that. productivity is rising with people at home. you have the most recent report for the second quarter. the second quarter productivity was revised up significantly having to do with capital expenses increasing. j.p. morgan, they own a lot of

real estate. they own the buildings. also when he is referring to the trading desk. he wants people there to handle orders and stock transactions from -- at work rather than doing it from home. there is an argument to be made for some people on a trading desk or elsewhere to be doing that from the office. having said that productivity is actually on the rise and that is one thing that people have been noting as far as a real positive bright spot in our economic back drop right now. it surged in the second quarter. capital expenditures are up relating to technology and enabling growth at a number of companies. >> sandra: interesting perspective. you talk about it could be unique to his company. he says it hurt creative combustion that happens more in offices. and looking to get people back to the office safely. we'll see what happens next with j.p. morgan and other big banks. great to see you this morning. the dow continues its gains.

thank you. trace. >> trace: monday night football back in action with an exciting double-header. the first game was the return of been roethlisberger who millsed most of the 2019 season with an injured elbow. he threw for three touchdowns and 300 yards in the 26-16 win over the giants. the tennessee titans were able to pull out a 16-14 victory against the denver broncos on a late game field goal. titans kicker missed three field goals but got the one that mattered the most. >> sandra: a possible breakthrough in the fight of covid-19. a major step toward a potential treatment. hurricane sally closing in on the gulf coast. the mayor of gulfport, mississippi will join us next to discuss how he and his city are preparing. >> several hours out and it's

already working on us. it makes me wonder how much worse it is going to be.

>> sandra: a live look now on the steps of the capitol where kevin mccarthy, gop leader, is talking about the economic message on the part of his party. several people gathered en masse behind him on the steps with a message of how to rebuild the economy and a case to win back the house. we'll continue monitoring that for you. a gop news conference. we'll bring you news from it as we get it. >> trace: hurricane sally is expected to make landfall along the gulf coast sometime tonight. the storm is already lashing the louisiana, mississippi, and alabama coastlines as much as 24 inches of rain could fall in the gulfport, mississippi area before sally slowly makes its way north and we mean slowly moving 2 miles per hour. joining us now is the mayor of

gulfport billy hewes. winds are also a concern in these types of situation. this will clearly be a water event. we're talking about storm surge of 7 to 11 feet, as we said 24 inches of rain. what's the biggest concern, sir, in your area? >> i think you said it just right. it's the water concern. whether it's the rain or the storm surge that we get to see any real approach on land. but we know it is coming. just watching the radar. if you get double digit levels of rain it causes severe flooding in our rivers and sometimes streets. the storm surge will complicate that. >> trace: i want you to listen to one of the residents in your area and get your reaction afterwards. watch this. >> all the cars are gone, all the boats are gone. it looks like everybody has taken heed, 95% of the people will be out of here. >> trace: 95 percent pes he thinks are out of there. does that square with the information you are getting?

are most people getting up and out before the storm arrives? >> it does. unfortunately we've had a lot of on the job training and we know these storms each has its own personality. very unpredictable and shift very quickly. we issued an evacuation order for our harbor and low lying areas saturday. most folks have been compliant making storm prep and getting ready. everything is in place. we're as prepared as we can be. if the storm continues to come and hit us directly we think we'll be ready but again as you said at the beginning of the interview, the water concerns are the greatest as far as how they impact. i think our community is ready. most folks have followed our recommendations with respect to preparations for evacuations and getting out of the way of the major impacts of the storm. >> trace: for those who decide to stay behind and ride it out, what is your message to them? will first responders be up and

about or will these people be on their own for a significant amount of time? >> that's a great question. we let the public know after a certain point if winds reach a certain speed and gets into a category 3 or beyond folks are on their own. our first responders come out for emergency calls. any other type of call they won't be coming out there. we have to make sure they stay safe so they can help others as well. this is a drill we go through on a seasonal basis, sometimes multiple times in a season. so if you are not out of harm's way you need to make plans or get out if this thing comes on hard. >> trace: this is one of the concerns as we look at video right now in gulfport. this is moving at 2 miles per hour, mayor, it is just sitting there. the big concern when hurricane harvey hit the houston area a few years ago was the fact it sat and rained and rained and rained for days. low tide tonight along the gulf, 6 to 9:00 p.m. nobody wants it to hit your

area, if it has to hit that would be a good time, sir. >> that's a good point. these things can spin up quick. look at what laura did a few days ago. it is always of a concern and the fact that this thing has the potential to sit on us. two concerns there. if it sits on us over the gulf it can strengthen because of the warm waters. if it sits on us from a rainfall event. ground gets saturated tree roots can't hold and they take down power lines and a domino effect. we have to be vigilant and hope this thing moves on. we know the rain and water event is on us and we have the make sure people are prudent and watch out for downed power lines, stay out of the way of trees and get out of harm's way if you can. >> trace: best of luck to you and your people up and down the gulf coast. we'll be watching and informing the world. thank you. >> much appreciated. take care. >> sandra: massive manhunt for the suspect seen on video

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>> sandra: researchers at the university of pittsburgh medical center have isolated the smallest biological molecule that specifically targets and neutralizes the virus which causes covid-19. garrett tenney is live in chicago. garrett, this antibody component can you used in a drug to treat and prevent the virus? >> yeah, sandra. that's what researchers believe. they are optimistic about it because so far it has proven extremely effective in animal

trials. it is called ab8 and medical researchers say the drug has prevented and treated infection in mice and hamsters. according to a report even at low doses the drug decreased the amount of virus in mice 10 times compared to those without it. researchers say there are good indications the drug could eventually be used to treat people. >> the idea is that the antibody will block the spread of the virus throughout the body. the other major use is to prevent infection and some very susceptible populations include the elderly, healthcare workers, individuals who don't have normal immunity. >> researchers say the antibody used to make the drug does not bind to human cells, a good sign it won't have negative side effects in people. another part of what makes this drug different is the antibody used to develop it is 10 times

smaller than a full-sized antibody that could allow the drug to be administered by an aerosol or injection. quicker and easier than by iv. the study's co-author said antibodies of larger size have worked against other infectious diseases and well tolerated. we expect more details of timing and trials and development this afternoon. >> sandra: interesting developments. garrett tenney, thank you. >> trace: people along the gulf coast are preparing for the worst as hurricane sally edges closer to land. we'll have a live report coming up next. i give to shriners hospitals for children

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problem in the rochester police department. one that views everything through the eyes of the badge and not the citizens we serve. >> mayor warren is calling for a federal investigation into how prude's case was handled. >> sandra: more on those stories throughout the hour. we begin with the gulf coast now preparing for yet another major storm. hurricane sally set to make landfall later today weeks after hurricane laura plowed through the area. evacuation orders for louisiana, mississippi and alabama. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" on this tuesday morning. welcome everyone, hi, trace. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. the storm is expected to pick up strength in the gulf of mexico before hitting land. it will bring strong winds, heavy rain and flooding. president trump issuing an emergency declaration for parts of the gulf coast. >> president trump: we have fema there, we have the army

corps of engineers is there. they can bring things back so fast you wouldn't believe it and they are great. the coast guard is always involved. the coast guard is an mvp. >> sandra: charles watson is live in gulfport, mississippi this morning. what's the latest on the ground as sally nears? >> we've seen the wind out here pick up significantly in the last 24 hours or so. not a lot of rain just yet. this storm is moving incredibly slow and that's largely become the biggest concern here about hurricane sally. the fear across the gulf coast is that this storm will just come and sit over portions of mississippi, alabama, and the florida panhandle for hours dumping anywhere between 10 to 15 inches of rain. some areas could see upwards of 30 inches. that, of course, could lead to life threatening flash floods. millions of people in the path of this storm are deciding

quickly whether they should stay or go. >> even though my house was kind of hurricane proof with all the new type of strapping and all that kind. it was built in 2014. the guys that built it really did a good job. i just don't want to be here when the water is that deep and be stranded. >> alabama governor kay ivey has ordered all beaches closed throughout that state as hurricane sally slowly approaches. both mississippi and alabama could see a storm surge of anywhere between 6 and 9 feet. right now this is a wait and see situation as sally slowly lingers out in the waters of the gulf. >> sandra: thank you for your reporting charles watson. trace. >> trace: election day exactly seven weeks away. today president trump will be campaigning in pennsylvania where 20 electoral votes are at stake. joe biden will be in florida, another key swing state where 29 electoral votes up for grabs.

vice president mike pence and biden running mate kamala harris also on the campaign trail today. let's get to steve harrigan live in tampa where the former vice president will meet with veterans. what will biden do in florida today? >> a full day for biden here in florida. he comes to tampa this afternoon. meeting with veterans and goes to central florida to the town of kissimmee. meeting with hispanic round table there. it is really part of the motivation for this trip to shore up support with hispanic voters in the state of florida. alarm bells went off last week when the polls showed biden even with president trump for hispanic voters in florida. a group that hillary clinton won with more than 62% four years ago. real concerns biden could be underperforming not just with cuban americans but with venezuelan and nicaraguaian americans. >> among some of those groups, over 30% are trending for

president trump. so that is probably what vice president joe biden is concerned about. that he really needs to get over 70% of the other latino vote. >> mike bloomberg has pledged more than $100 million to spend just in florida supporting biden. estimated much of that money will go into spanish language media. >> trace: why exactly is the hispanic vote so close in florida? >> it is a real battle and the republican strategy has blunt, direct and simple. try to paint joe biden as either a socialist or a communist. this in a state where many people have fled socialism or communism to come to the u.s. >> president trump: we don't want to have a socialist country. some of you came from parts of the world where it's socialist or worst. call the c word, right, the c word. i think in many cases these people are talking even beyond

socialism. and we're not going to let that happen. >> trump won florida four years ago by 1% of the vote. a state that since 1992 every presidential winner has carried. trace. >> trace: steve harrigan live in florida. thank you. >> sandra: now the nevada city where president trump held an indoor campaign rally is finding the business where the event took place for violating state coronavirus restrictions. compliance officer for henderson, nevada issuing a citation after observing several violations assessing a fine of $3,000. president trump reacting earlier on "fox & friends." >> the governor of the state tried to make it impossible for us to have a rally. it was terrible because we kept getting -- he wouldn't allow sites. this guy and his people were doing everything possible. we had outdoor sites and this whole thing was planned. he wouldn't allow it to haen.

>> sandra: the owner of that venue has 30 days to decide whether he will challenge the fine or pay it. >> trace: a big win in court for small businesses in pennsylvania. a federal judge ruled that some of the governor's pandemic restrictions were unconstitutional. he already lifted his stay at home and shutdown order for life sustaining businesses. plaintiffs said the ruling means the restrictions can't be reimposed if there is an uptick in coronavirus cases. the governor's office says they plan to appeal. >> sandra: fox news alert. palestinians have already been protesting in the west bank and gaza against agreements to normalize relations between israel, the united arab emirates and bahrain. benjamin netanyahu and representatives from the two gulf states will sign the abraham accords at a ceremony at the white house today with president trump. trey yengst is live near the israel/gaza border today.

>> good morning, protests took place today in both the west bank and gaza as palestinians express frustration over arab states normalizing ties with israel. in gaza city protestors burned photos of president trump showing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the king of bahrain. they call it a betrayal and break of promises for creating a palestinian state before working alongside the jewish state. two hours from now president trump will host a ceremony at the white house to sign the abraham accord along with leadership from bahrain and united arab emirates. the first commercial flight from tel aviv to abu dhabi marked the new relationships. the peace deal sits parallel to ongoing tension with iran. overnight the u.s. embassy in baghdad was targeted with two

rockets by suspected iranian subjects. >> we consider this intervention by the zi onist regime in the region to be dangerous and emphasize the countries taking this direction must take responsibility for this decision. >> the timing of the agreement being signed is remarkable when you look at the location of the uae and bahrain just across the persian gulf sits iran and the regime that considers israel and the united states key enemies in the region. sandra. >> sandra: trey yengst, thank you. >> trace: rochester, new york's mayor has requested a federal investigation into the death of daniel prude who died after a police encounter earlier this year. the mayor also fired police chief singletary over his handling of prude's death two weeks before his retirement.

david lee has the latest. >> in addition to that shake-up at city hall, rochester east mayor apologized to prude's family as well as the entire community for failures that led to his death while in police custody. the city's police chief had earlier announced his retirement at the end of the month was fired by the mayor and gave 30 day suspensions without pay to her communications director and the city attorney for their role in the aftermath of prude's death. it led to street demonstrations on march 23. prude was subdued by police and put a mesh hood over his head to prevent him from spitting. he died a week later it was ruled a homicide. pcb was in his system. months later at the insistence of prude's relative the video and details were made public. seven officers were suspended.

multiple investigations underway. rochester's mayor is calling on the justice department to get involved. she said rochester has a big problem. >> this initial look has shown that we have a pervasive problem in the rochester police department. one that views everything through the eyes of the badge and not the citizens we serve. >> rochester's own office of public integrity will investigate if any city employees violated rules or ethical standards in connection with mr. prude's death. among those who are going to be under scrutiny will be the mayor herself. trace. >> trace: david lee miller live in new york. thank you. >> sandra: l.a. officers told to watch each other's back following the ambush shooting of two deputies over the weekend. reaction from l.a. county sheriff later in the hour. plus the 2020 presidential

nominees going after each other on the economy. as a brand-new poll shows unemployment is a major concern for voters. we'll have that for you next. tush tush -- >> president trump: people will be paying so much in taxes. he wants to raise taex. he wants to see higher interest rates.

>> trace: the sister of the lancaster pennsylvania man shot dead by police officer said he was bipolar, schizophrenic and after his medication. the woman tells lancaster online she was trying to get her trouble help when she called authorities. when police responded to the home, nunez charged at the officer waving a knife. the officer shot him. the incident set off a night of unrest and vandalism in the city. >> president trump: look at our economy. we have a record stock market. another good day today. a record stock market, a record everything. we're back to where we were. now we'll have a big number come out. third quarter. it will be a very, very extraordinary number. a record setter in all respects. >> sandra: president trump praising the performance of the stock market on his watch in that new interview this morning

as his campaign is set to launch a new ad campaign that pifsh -- pivots away from the law and order message and focusing on the economy. >> sandra: biden says the president's faulty response to the coronavirus led to high unemployment numbers. the employment crisis is the biggest concern for likely voters. let's bring in fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. great to see you. i don't have to tell you there are still millions of americans out of work today because of this pandemic. but what you're seeing is the president sees on this. the latest fox news poll on who voters trust to do a better job on the economy and it is still president trump 5 points ahead of joe biden. so perhaps that explains the pivot back to the economic message for the president. >> yeah. that's been consistent in our poll and other polls. the one area where trump holds on to his advantage against joe

biden. on issues and it happens to be, as always, one of the top issues for voters. i think what the trump campaign found was that the law and order message was not delivering the results that they wanted in these northern tier states that they prize. polling in minnesota, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania shows, the president is having a hard time breaking through. i don't think the message was delivering. interestingly, though, i think that the message has been very effective in southern tier states in a poll in nevada, polling in florida, polling elsewhere in the south shows that that law and order messages resonated including with hispanic voters. something the campaign will be looking at as they go forward. in the northern tier states it has to be about the economy. they don't want to talk about coronavirus but want to talk about the economy. >> sandra: very interesting. seems joe biden wants to talk about the coronavirus but you go back to what we just heard from the president in that new interview this morning. look at our economy. we have a record stock market, another good day today. a record stock market. we have a record.

joe biden obviously knows that the president is going to continuously point that out. he went after the president on that note yesterday on the economy and the stock market. listen. >> what does it mean if the stock market soars as families teter on the brink of hunger and homelessness. you all see these food lines. people lining up just to get some bread, milk, food. >> sandra: to be fair the president tried to respond to that this morning, chris, by saying all americans are affected by the companies in the stock market. if we don't own them, we work for them and they affect our everyday lives. but is this what we'll hear from joe biden and his campaign pushing the idea that the coronavirus and the president's handling of this pandemic is what led to the high unemployment numbers that we saw and the hit to the economy? >> look, if you ask a politician for -- you say tell us about the economy, mr. president. he won't talk about the bad stuff but the good stuff.

and the stock market has been pretty good. there has been ups and downs but it has been pretty good. what biden will talk about, mr. biden, tell us about the economy. he will talk about the fact that we're really getting into the sticky, hard part of this recovery when we're sort of beyond stimulus, we're sort of beyond that other stuff and unemployment may turn permanent for these voters. so that's where he will focus on this big scary part, not the happy talk. >> sandra: who knew we were going to see this message by both biden and trump, the focus on the economy. we saw it coming with president trump but now joe biden seeing the opportunity with the coronavirus. i'll put this up on the screen. this is sort of a snapshot and status of the jobs market and what we're seeing as far as recovery, chris. august unemployment rate has come down into the single digits 8.4%. still over 13 million americans unemployed. but we have seen both of those decline for four consecutive months. how important are measures like

that going to be as we work our way towards election day? how much will it matter, chris? >> measures are great for economists and great for people who like to make charts like i do. but what really matters is do people feel it? do people feel it? at george h.w. bush realized in 1992 the recession that george h.w. bush lost in 1992 was over but people weren't feeling it and bill clinton capitalized on that. even if things are getting better, if people are anxious and people still have a negative outlook on the economy they'll blame the incumbent president whatever the case. >> sandra: the unemployment has hit women as far as gender comparison more than men. you can put this up on the screen. thought these were interesting. unemployment rates by group, women 8.4%. still in single digits. whites 7.3% but blacks and hispanics looking at double

digit unemployment as we work our way to election day. always good to chat with you. thank you. >> sandra: you too, my friend. have a great day >> trace: folks on the gulf coast getting ready for hurricane sally. >> all the cars and boats are gone. looks like everybody has taken heed. i think 95% of the people will be out of here. >> trace: moving at 2 miles per hour. how bad could it get? we're live on the gulf coast and the fox weather center coming up next. plus a possible game changer in the fight against covid-19.

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>> trace: bottom of the hour. time for top stories. at least 36 people are dead from the fires up and down the west coast. hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. the national weather service says smoke from the fire is affecting air quality as far east as new york city. >> sandra: we're watching that plus l.a. county sheriffs

deputies are told to watch each other's backs after two officers were ambushed over the weekend while sitting in their patrol car. the search is on for the gunman. the l.a. county sheriff joins us a bit later this hour. >> trace: hurricane sally inching closer to the gulf coast which is preparing for its second major storm in less than a month. evacuation orders in effect for louisiana, alabama, and mississippi. sally expected to make landfall later today. >> sandra: the outer bands of hurricane sally lashing the florida panhandle with heavy rain as the powerful but slow moving storm crawls toward the northern gulf coast. some areas could see historic flooding along with life threatening storm surge. fox team coverage for you. grady is in mississippi with folks still recovering from hurricane laura. we start with janice dean in the fox weather center. >> we'll get a new advisory at

11:00 a.m. the storm is a hurricane but the fact is it doesn't matter if it's a hurricane or strong tropical storm. it is still going to bring the same results and that is life-threatening cast atrophic heavy rainfall. it is only moving 2 miles per hour. all of that storm surge and heavy rainfall. hurricane-force winds, potential for tornadoes will be ongoing especially on the eastern side of the storm. we are expecting a potential landfall sometime tonight into the overnight hours but again 2 miles per hour, it will take some time for the center to come onshore and continue to batter the coastline from mississippi through alabama and the florida panhandle. then well inland as well. so this is going to be a storm we're not only going to be talking about today but through thursday and friday. it won't move very much. you remember with hurricane harvey a couple of years ago for texas that disintegrated to

a tropical storm and depression but dumped over 40 inches of rainfall. with this one we expect two feet maybe 30 inches of rain. so you need to know what to do if and when there is a certainly a flood warning in your area and we have a tornado watch right now until 6:00 p.m. for the florida panhandle up towards alabama. there is the track. we'll get a new track at 11:00 a.m. along with the latest coordinates of where the storm is. but again it really hasn't moved much. it is just offshore and it continues to push the gulf of mexico water in towards portions of the florida panhandle, alabama, mississippi. it if there is any good news it looks like new orleans escaped the worst of this. however, east of new orleans you'll certainly get a hit. we'll see the potential for two feet upwards maybe 30 inches of heavy rain depending on where the center comes onshore and continues to stall. we have flood warnings in effect for parts of mississippi

through alabama and in towards georgia and the florida panhandle. storm surge forecast again east of the center where it comes ashore is where we'll see maybe 5 to 9 foot storm surge. again, because it is just offshore it will continue to push all that water. the counter clockwise winds pushing that ocean water well inland. the wind field. we think a potential landfall again sometime in the overnight hours. but it is going to stall out and be very slow moving for the next 24 to 36 hours. and the danger is going to be imminent for all of these areas. and if i could wrap up, i know we're following sally very closely, but the atlantic is so active with four named storms. we actually have teddy which will become a major hurricane and the east coast will have to monitor that. of course, all eyes are on sally. we'll continue to bring the latest. listen to your local officials, please. it could save your life. >> sandra: absolutely. good reminder. janice dean, thank you for that.

we'll check back with you soon. meanwhile folks along the gulf coast have been preparing for days. millions are in the danger zone. grady trimble is live in mississippi for us this morning. >> good morning. this is 15 miles from the mississippi/alabama border and one of those areas that could take a direct hit and what they are preparing for here. i want to show you what we're seeing now. no rain at the moment. it has been off and on throughout the morning. it is high tide combined with the storm churning out there in the gulf that is pushing the water up to this area and almost onto beach boulevard here. you can see this road lined with houses like this one not boarded up yet. the possibility of storm surge is a concern and with how slowly this storm is moving there is some concern that the rain will be falling for several days straight and there could be flash flooding on the streets as well. the combo could be dangerous.

folks out here looking at what's going on and apparently they said there is a cat they can hear trapped under there. they are working to get that out now while there is a break in the rain and no winds. i'll leave you with one more thing from a business perspective. off in the distance here you can see a chevron oil refinery. that's still operational from what we know as of yesterday but several oil refineries in the gulf coast have been shut down because sally is inching her way closer to the gulf coast. sandra. >> sandra: people are preparing. thank you for your reporting there. appreciate it. >> trace: it's being called a major step in the fight against coronavirus. scientists at the university of pittsburgh have discovered an antibody that neutralizes the virus that causes covid-19. how big of a breakthrough is this? dr. mccarey, great to see you. they call it ab8 the antibody and saying it could be a

treatment as well as a way to prevent coronavirus. that's very encouraging. your thoughts. >> good morning, trace. this looks very promising. this was published in the medical journal cell. they could identify part of the antibody that is about 1/10 the size and they could actually administer that in this laboratory model and neutralize the virus entirely. if this example is very striking done in animals. if it were done in april i would be more optimistic. the race is on now to a therapeutic. i think the other antibodies will beat them to market. >> trace: you mentioned hamsters and mice. what's the transition of that to human? normally a good transition? what's the thought on that? >> generally in medicine it's mixed. in this case they're using the similar virus and we think it will directly correlate to what we would see in human beings. it is a long road to get to the

fda approval. if anything, this is reminding us about the long process and antibodies have a shorter process than vaccines. if you think about hiv everybody thought it would be a vaccine that dug us out of that. it wasn't. it was a therapeutic and signs from china now that are suggesting they may not vaccinate their entire population even with the vaccine that they currentsly do have, which is a different type of vaccine. but it may be that by the spring 20 to 30% of the american population is exposed and the virus may burn itself out. >> trace: i'm curious. you talk about ab8 and vaccines. there is a concern about being able to get enough on the market. what about this antibody? how quickly can these things be processed and made and given to the public? >> there are 100 million dose of one of the antibodies ready. it has been drafted into operation warp speed. a vaccine requires the person

who gets it in the trial to be exposed to the virus and see what happens. not so with the antibodies. you can give it to somebody sick and watch the results. that's why the trials may come to market a lot faster than the anticipated vaccine results. may bridge us to a vaccine. remember, we've knocked the mortality down several notches. we get another major knockdown from the antibodies we may be in the case fatality rate of seasonal flu and make the virus more manageable with a regular open society. >> trace: you talk about side effects because it doesn't bind to cells, which i don't understand but you do, that it is not -- doesn't have the same side effects. explain that to us. >> because it's 1/10 of the larger piece of that antibody. the antibody is like a gauze mesh in your circulation that patches over and neutralizes the virus. when you are only using 1/10 of that larger antibody you have a smaller molecule easier to

store and administer and less side effects to the body because your body isn't getting the full size protein molecule. >> sandra: all right. this is a fox news alert. you are looking live on capitol hill awaiting the democratic caucus. we don't know if house speaker nancy pelosi will be speaking this morning. she gave an interview earlier this morning and she did say that she wants the house to stay in session until a covid deal is reached. so that was a bit of news. we'll see if she steps up there in just a moment. we'll get news from that room as we get it. >> trace: more breaking news. manhunt is on for the suspect in the ambush of two los angeles county sheriff's deputies. fellow officers are going on patrol with warnings to stay vigilant. the l.a. sheriff joins the show next. >> sandra: my concern is that

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one call can save you $3000 a year. >> trace: breaking on "america's newsroom" moments ago, the president there meeting the foreign minister of bahrain. they're about to go -- they're now inside the white house about to sign those peace accords. they're calling them peace accords. technically not really a peace accord because the countries were not at war but they're peace deals between the united arab emirates and israel and bahrain and israel. peace deals, very big deals and when the signing happens we'll bring you more on that in "america's newsroom." >> sandra: los angeles county sheriffs deputies continuing their search for the gunman who ambushed two officers over the weekend shooting them several times while sitting in their patrol car. both in stable condition.

deputies are being told to watch each other's backs as officials warn of more attacks. let's bring in the l.a. county sheriff villanueva. can you give us an update on the deputies this morning? >> still in the intensive care unit in stable condition. on the path to recovery. >> sandra: we've all been thinking of them and praying for them. this has been a horrific story to follow. we wish them the best as they try to recover and their families rally around them. there were protests outside of the hospital there. some awful things were said about law enforcement and our men and women in blue. what did you think when you saw and heard that? >> it is just a new low for hatred. i don't think this nation has ever seen that before. almost worthy of isis across the globe. we don't expect it on our own

shores. we are here fighting to save people's lives across the county. doesn't whats who you are. not something we expect we're going to tolerate. we're working hard to bring the person to justice and we're making inroads. there are promising leads and hopefully we will have answer soon. >> sandra: there are promising leads. we show again the video of that suspect just walking up and point blank shooting the deputies in their patrol car. difficult to watch as many times as we have. can you give us more of an update on the progress on finding that suspect? >> well, we have 1400 investigators. major crime bureau, hi-tech unit. assistance from the f.b.i. and u.s. marshals. all the investigative resources we have at our disposal have been devoted to this.

the reward money offered by the board of supervisors. we've had private donors who offered and pledged $100,000 on their own, another one for $25,000. the money is coming in and hoping it is an enticement for someone and hopefully do it for nothing but do the right thing. if you know something pick up the phone and say something. this is a dangerous suspect that we need to bring to justice. >> sandra: you made some news challenging lebron james, the nba star, into matching and doubling the reward that you are offering for any information that leads to the arrest of that suspect. listen. >> i want to make a challenge. this challenge is to lebron james. i want you to match that and double that reward. >> sandra: he has been very vocal on issues of social, racial injustice and he has outright condemned the misconduct by police. why did you issue that

challenge? >> well, i listened to when he was very vocal particularly just recently over the recent shooting and i have to compare him to what doc rivers that coach has said and his comments. lebron james, i respect him as an nba player. i'm a fan of the lakers and wish them the best but i think lebron, we need to take some ownership of what he said in terms of propagating ideas that people are being tested everyone because of the color of their skin. i think we need to hold those who are accountable for breaking the law be it law enforcement but we have to acknowledge the bigger problem of violence overall and this ambush, cowardly ambush of the two deputies doing their jobs, doing their business in compton

really illustrates that. that fans the flames of ignorance. >> sandra: have you heard anything back, by the way, on that? >> no, i have not. >> sandra: final question. i know the message to those on your law enforcement -- on the front lines there is to watch each other's back. what are you seeing as far as reaction after this horrific event as far as your other deputies and their ability to carry out their jobs? >> right now our patrol deputies are working 12-hour shifts and we're spread thin throughout the county. they are being very active and pro-active. still doing our job. 911 calls are still rolling in and gang members out there with guns threatening and harming the public. so we have to be involved and try to prevent people from being hurt. our job doesn't end because of this cowardly act. but we just have to be very cognizant to have our heads on the swivel all around.

the community by and large have been overwhelmingly support of our efforts and have reached out and we've appreciated the support. >> sandra: our best to you and thank you for your time this morning. we continue to have our thoughts with those two deputies as they try to recover. thank you, sheriff. >> thank you. >> trace: deadly wildfires ravaging communities on the west coast with thousands of firefighters in the fight to put out the flames. their job could get harder with temperatures expected to climb back up to highs in parts of california. more with the angeles national forest fire chief when we come back. attention veterans, today's all time low mortgage rates just dropped even lower. veterans who refi now can save three thousand dollars a year. with newday's va streamline refi, there's no income verification, no appraisal and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $3000 a year.

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>> sandra: astronomers say there could be signs of life of venus. they discovered trace of a molecule in the planet's atmosphere. here in earth it's made in oxygen-free environments. the surface of venus is inhospitable but there could be some kind of living organism in the clouds. scientists need to do a lot more research to unravel the mystery. if you are like most people, all things space is cool and interesting and it is a development, trace. >> trace: i just wonder when they say it's inhospitable for most organisms how evil and villainous is this organism able to survive in that kind of atmosphere? it begs the question a little bit. >> sandra: we have news at the white house. right, trace? >> trace: we do. breaking. we saw a short time ago the foreign minister of bahrain

went inside the white house with president trump. leaders from the united arab emirates are also there along with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to sign thaes peace accords. it is fascinating. it normalizes relations with the uae and israel and bahrain and israel and the hope is it will open the door for other arab countries to join this. that's a big deal not only on the front that it normalizes relations but better it goes against iran. this is a slap in the face to iran because these arab nations are saying look, we are striving for better relations, better peace with the nation of israel and iran has been a hold-out. it pits all of these nations against each other. >> sandra: we're awaiting the arrivals. the live look at the white house and the president in announcing the deal to remember a few days ago saying it is something special. he said in the oval office predicting the region will

become more secure and prosperous as a result of these diplomatic moves. as you can imagine the reaction to this deal continues to pour in. nikki haley this morning a few moments ago saying regardless of your politics today is a historic day. everyone in the world should celebrate it. one big step towards peace in the middle east. a big day indeed, trace. >> trace: it is. you look at this and jared kushner is one of those who kind of forged a lot of this. he has been working hard for years on getting these accords and if you look at the wider landscape they have gotten very little attention. a lot of that is political. clearly the democrats won't acknowledge how important these really are in the future of relations between these countries. but that really is pivotal in all this. and you look at the wider landscape and you look at the possibilities down the road of other arab nations signing on and joining these accords. you know, the palestinians are kind of on and off on this because they don't really like

the fact that these arab nations are signing on but at the same time it could down the road benefit them. you have people like organizations like hamas coming out and saying this is not the way to go. that's largely expected but other people in gaza and beyond are saying maybe this is worth a try, sandra. >> sandra: that's a live look at the white house as we continue to watch these middle east leaders arrive to sign the peace accord. historic day at the white house about to unfold. that signing is expected at noon eastern time. we'll continue to watch this and bring you the news from the white house as it comes in. a quick break. we'll be right back for a brand-new hour. welcome, today's discussion will be around sliced meat. moms want healthy...

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israel. and we will have much more on this throughout our hour. and this also just in to "america's newsroom." hurricane sally is slowing down and that is not a promising sign. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" tuesday morning. i'm sandra smith. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. the national hurricane center's new forecast moments ago shows the storm crawling toward the gulf coast at 2 miles per hour. that's slower than the average person walks. it means hurricane sally will spend more time making its move over land and more time dumping devastating rains that forecasters warn could cause deadly flooding. >> this is a very dangerous situation that we're dealing with. >> it is still anticipated that we are going to bear the brunt of this storm. it is possible that over the next several hours things will change. >> if one of those bands of rain settle over part of

louisiana, we know that flooding is going to be a big concern. >> sandra: casey stiegel is live in new orleans for us. casey, what's happening now? >> we're already starting to see water causing some problems in areas. i want to show you around here. we have storm surge that has gone over the roadway and already kind of taken over that park back there. what's more important look on the other side of that levy in the distance. you have apartment buildings, homes and businesses back there. fortunately in this area the water is not expected to overtop the levies. if -- in other areas it may be a different story. up to 7 feet of storm surge in one spot forecasted. they're already experiencing roadways submerged. clearly a lot of folks are very, very anxious.

>> we're keeping an eye on it. we have a room to go to if we need to in baton rouge. right now we're leaning towards not going because the storm seems to be leaning a little bit away from us. >> the worst of sally's wrath will be east of here coastal mississippi and alabama where 10 to 20 inches of rain is expected. 30 inches in isolated spots. even the florida panhandle will be impacted like pensacola beach. extreme, life threatening flash flooding and historic total rainfalls. so water is going to be the big story here. tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuation in four coastal states. >> sandra: certainly see the wind picking up there. casey stiegel reporting from new orleans. thank you. >> trace: back to the

developing news president trump finalizing his administration negotiated between the uae and bahrain with israel. the accords will reshape the powerball answer in the middle east for years to come and a historic signing ceremony like washington hasn't seen in decades. >> good morning to you. you can see the ceremonial guard is assembled behind me and we're waiting for the foreign minister of the united arab emirates to arrive. then we'll go out to the south lawn for the signing ceremony which should take place in the noon hour. a couple big moments in the whole process. back in 1978 the camp david accords when president jimmy carter struck a peace deal between israel and egypt. in 1994 when president clinton signed a peace deal or head sign it between israel and jordan. this one now between israel and uae and israel and bahrain.

a normalization of relations but should help dial down the temperature somewhat in that region. president trump this morning on "fox & friends" in a lengthy interview saying this could be just the first shoe to drop in terms of normalization of relations with israel. >> president trump: we made a deal with uae, then bahrain came in. we have many others going to be coming in over a short period of time and the palestinians will ultimately come in, too. you will have peace in the middle east without being stupid and shooting everybody and killing everybody and having blood all over the sand. >> previous administrations have tried to achieve peace between israel and the palestinians as the foundation for a broader middle east peace. all have failed. the famous 1993 handshake at the white house between arafat and rabin that amounted to nothing in the overall. this administration is doing it the other way around. you put together peace deals or

normalization deals with israel's neighbors and put pressure on the palestinians to come to the table. >> president trump: you could say that's a piece of it. the ultimate peace it's good for us to have and good for israel. that's a piece of it. the palestinians are very difficult to deal with. let me tell you, when we start getting the rest of the countries in, they will come to the table 100%. they are actually getting to a point where they will want to make a deal. they won't say it outwardly. they want to make a deal. >> at the signing today will be president trump, benjamin netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the uae and bahrain. the fact that those two countries did not send their crown princes to the ceremony could be an effort to dial down the significance and expectations at home. it should be pointed out that the foreign minister of the uae is the brother of crown prince. the royal family is still coming here, trace. >> trace: amid all the diplomacy is the president planning on doing a bit of

campaigning today? >> later on this afternoon he is headed to philadelphia with a town hall on abc and talk with voters in the keystone state as well as across the united states. the president still behind in the average in pennsylvania by four points behind joe biden and joe biden is headed to that all-important i-4 corridor in florida today with an event in tampa and one in kissimmee, very close to walt disney world if he decides to stop in there as well. he is ahead only 1.2 points in the sunshine state. things are really getting tick tight as a former colleague of mine used to say. biden underperforming with hispanic voters. florida a toss-up in the thick of the campaign. >> trace: no better place to start than the i-4 disney corridor. john roberts, thanks. >> sandra: we'll keep our eye at the developments. white house. some never trumpers may be

coming around. it's a headline i never considered voting for trump in 2016. i might be forced to vote for him this year. the most read opinion piece with the writer a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. they fears democrats because of the party's shift to the left. marc thiessen a speech writer for george w. bush. are there more of her out there, marc? >> danni is the co-host of my podcast. we just did an episode of this on this very subject debating it. if any of you have listened to our podcast you'll know danni is no fan of donald trump. but in the start of the campaign this year before the pandemic hit trump unveiled a new slogan. he said you may not like me but you have to vote for me. loorking at the leftward lunch of the democratic party danni is starting to agree. >> sandra: i'll read a chunk of

her peace from her. ifm owe increasingly persuaded what i see in joe biden, she says would be the facade for the add min ition packed by both houses of congress with an agenda to seriously damage the nation. the left wing extremism of 2020 would be ascend ant. a smiling president biden would insure the country that everything is fine. trump could be all that stands between our imperfect democracy and the tyranny of the woke left, marc. powerful words. >> they are powerful words. she is wore -wore eefd that joe biden would be a figurehead president. if he came to power there would be two houses of congress and the white house controlled by the democrats and democrats have said they'll abolish the filibuster which means there will be no check on their absolute power and that will usher in what she correctly calls a dictatorship of the woke left. the result of that? the supreme court will pack the

supreme court. add justices to change the dynamic of the court. they will pass d.c. state hood which will be a way to pack the senate with two lifetime democratic senators. they will pass the green new deal, social loo*ized medicine and socialized practices that will destroy the economy. danni did not vote for donald trump in 2016 or imagined she would be voting for him in 2020. the left is giving her no choice. >> sandra: the president this morning in that interview on "fox & friends" made the point that he has made in the past that this election may be the most important in our country's history. listen. >> president trump: take a look at what obama did with china. they were giving our country away. they have gone far left. much further left than they ever were. this is the most important election we've ever had.

if they ever got in, china would own the usa. the other thing is iran. iran really wants maybe as much as china. >> sandra: final thoughts, marc, on what we heard from the president this morning and how the race is shaping up. >> he is 100% right. the democratic party has gone so far left and joe biden is essentially as he has put it a trojan horse for socialism. bipartisan genial facade. the policies put in place will be far left. again, the democrats during their convention they said that democracy is on the ballot. they are right. if bide on wins and they control both houses their only check on power is the minority in the senate. the democrats just fill bus terd crime reform and covid relief but plan to get rid of the filibuster. that means they'll have literally absolute power.

a threat not just to -- it is a threat to our democracy. >> sandra: marc, appreciate your thoughts this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu set to arrive at the white house in moments as president trump gears up for the signing of peace accords between two gulf arab nations and the state of israel. devastating fires burning up and down the west coast. massive amounts of smoke can be seen from across the country. a live report on the deadly fires coming up. age-related macular degeneration may lead to severe vision loss.

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>> sandra: smoke from west coast fires can be seen thousands of miles away even here in new york city. the fires have killed at least 36 people and are burning out of control. not expected to be contained until october. meanwhile oregon county sheriff says concerns about looting are making some people stop vehicles. what more can you tell us about the fires? >> this is just one, sandra, of the many fires burning in california that is out of control right now. take a look. you might be able to make out

that thick smoke. air quality a huge issue in the state all the way to the canadian border. the fire is burning deep in the angeles national forest. only 3% contained. it is down from 6% yesterday as the fire continues to grow at over 41,000 acres and crews are working night and day over 1,000 on the front lines of this fire alone. one of the big concerns here locally is mount wilson. it is home to the mount wilson observatory and also to all the broadcast and transmission towers for radio and television here in southern california in the los angeles area. so they've been working very hard to protect that mountaintop as the fire got dangerously close to the observatory. it had to be evacuated. personnel from the observatory tweeted last night the bobcat fire is knocking on our door and then they headed out.

they got everybody out of there. the only ones there now are firefighters protecting the broadcast towers. a lot of areas are under an evacuation order with about seven communities under an evacuation warning. what that means is they've been asked to be ready to get out at a moment's notice. this has been burning now, this fire, the bobcat fire has been burning for over a week. so you can imagine it has been a very long week for residents and also for firefighters. >> sandra: yeah. it's been an incredibly difficult time. our props to all those firefighters who continue the effort there. thank you. >> trace: they're doing yeoman's work. let's bring in matt howard from the oregon department of forestry. good to see you. we appreciate it. i was talking to one of your colleagues earlier today. what he worries about up and down the west coast is the fire triangle, oxygen, fuel and heat source. he says there is plenty of that

all over oregon, california, washington state. your thoughts. >> that's what it takes for a fire to burn is fuel, heat and oxygen and when you take our dry fuels and add the weather conditions that we have here currently in oregon and some extreme topography it does make it difficult to fight fire in these conditions. i would agree with that. >> trace: you talk about fires. you are in oregon now. the fires are burning all over the west. hundreds of fires are burning. some have compared these, matt, to world war ii firebombs because of the amount of fuel in the forest. one u.c. berkeley professor said i don't want to be alarmist but i think the conditions are there. as those trees continue to fall the physics are unchanged. if you have dead and downed logs the fires described in warfare are possible. what do you think of that?

>> i think there is some truth to that for sure. we're at the tail end of our fire season traditionally and our fuels are traditionally dry this time of year and at their peak of potential as far as fire behavior. so when you add a heat source into a dry fuel bed such as we have and you combine that with our extreme wind event, that was a long duration wind event. some called it an historic wind event. that's definitely a recipe for disaster. the amount of fire that we've had over the last week within oregon is -- will be in the history books for a long time. and i hope that we never see something like this again. >> trace: there seems to be this ongoing debate about the fact the forests aren't being thinned the way they used to. the prescribed fires aren't being used to clear out the forests in the old days. it seems on one side this is political where they say if you

believe the forests need to be thinned you are down playing climate change. the two are not mutually exclusive. is that a fair assessment? >> yeah. i would say so. there is definitely some climatic conditions affecting our fires as well. there isn't one thing out there that i think is a silver bullet that we could pin is the issue here. we're in drought here in oregon, severe drought in a lot of areas of the state. we've got a lot of good, strong first responders out there from the wild land in the structural community and within our private landowners and the fact that we've got the amount of fire on the landscape, when those east winds started blowing our trees are in full foliage right now and they are just a sail. when they catch that wind and blow into power lines, for

example, they are going to start fires and the fact that we've had as much fire on the ground has been a problem. >> trace: best of luck to you and the crews up there. i know you're doing every bit you can up there and the people appreciate it. the oregon department of forestry, matt howard, thank you. >> sandra: we've been watching the arrivals at the white house for the historic middle east peace deal. from bahrain, uae and israel. the pool was just called to the oval office. this is a few moments ago the minister of foreign affairs from the united arab emirates. the pool is called to the oval office. they have not yet gone in but there is a chance that we will see and hear the president meeting with these leaders on this historic deal ahead of the signing at noon eastern time today. if and when we get that we'll have that for you. we're watching it. president trump says we could be just weeks away from a

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>> sandra: top headlines at the bottom of the hour tuesday morning. a live look at the white house where president trump is right now meeting with leaders from the middle east, the meeting coming ahead of a signing ceremony at noon eastern today. the deal to normalize diplomatic relations between israel and bahrain and the uae. a diplomatic win for the trump administration and we'll bring you that ceremony live when it begins. >> trace: the hunt for a would be cop killer heating up in los angeles. the huge reward doubled in the search for the gunman who snuck up behind the parked police car and shot two deputies at point blank range. the sheriff joined us last hour on "america's newsroom." his update on the case in moments. >> sandra: life or death warnings ahead of hurricane

sally making landfall as the storm spins closer to the gulf coast. it is already causing storm surge in places like new orleans. forecaster say the storm will strengthen before it hits land. the latest forecast on that coming up. >> trace: first the u.s. issues a sweeping new travel advisory for china and hong kong warning americans of the risk of arbitrary detention and arbitrary enforcement of local laws. the new advisory another sign of heightened tensions between the u.s. and beijing. brand-new images emerging as the manhunt intensifies for the gunman who ambushed two los angeles county sheriff's deputies. it shows one of the deputies struggling to apply a tourniquet to her partner as she was bleeding from bullet wounds to her jaw. sheriff villanueva earlier on the newsroom. >> we're fighting the save people's lives across the

county. doesn't matter who you are. it is not something we expect that we'll tolerate. so we are working hard at bringing the perpetrator to justice. we're making inroads. we have promising leads. >> trace: let's get to william la jeunesse live in los angeles with more. >> both deputies need surgery to repair damage to their face and getting control of their extremities. it is a miracle but they will survive. the department provided this photo from the crime scene of the deputy's hat and phone. also here is that 31-year-old deputy herself bleeding from a shot in the neck applies a turn cut to her 24-year-old partner near where they were shot. last night the sheriff defended his department saying a cop is killed in the line of duty each week in the united states

contrary to a narrative he says encourages attacks on police. >> so i know there is a narrative of people trying to push out there is a george floyd happening in every single department across the entire nation. that is absolutely false, irresponsible and obviously it leads to bad outcomes. it encourages the mob mentality. >> a $200,000 award is described as a gunman described as a black male age 29 to 30. the sheriff challenged lebron james that said black men are terrified. >> this challenge is to the lebron james. i watch you to match and double that reward. i know you care about law enforcement. lebron, we need to take some ownership of what you said in terms of propagating the idea

that people are being accosted everywhere. i think that's not the case. >> as of this morning the sheriff says no response from the nba star and also the sheriff's department put on a be on the lookout for a 2006 black mercedes is the getaway car. >> trace: william, thank you. >> sandra: developing now at the white house where president trump is meeting with the uae foreign minister in the oval office. we're told that meeting is happening now ahead of the signing ceremony for historic deals to bring closer ties between israel and the uae and bahrain. we'll have that ceremony for you set for less than one half hour from now. the abraham accords would be the first major middle east peace deal brokered by washington in decades. you are now looking at live pictures outside of the white house where people are gathering as this historic deal

is set to be officially recognized with the three nations, leaders from the three nations meeting with the president, individual bilateral meetings are happening with each of those countries at the white house, first bahrain, now the president meeting with the foreign affairs minister of the united arab emirates. the pool was just called in for that bilateral meeting and we're watching for benjamin netanyahu's arrival at the white house. we haven't seen that yet and arriving with mrs. netanyahu and then, of course, we'll see all of the leaders emerge eventually. joining us now kt mcfarland former trump national security advisor and author of a new book. your thoughts as we await this historic moment at the white house. >> there is very little that you can say to really capture how extraordinary this achievement is because not only is it the first peace agreement between israel and the arabs in decades, but it really is setting the entire region on a very different course. by making peace between the

gulf arabs, that's who bahrain, united arab emirates, saudi arabia will probably follow soon as will several other arab countries, sunni arab countries in the gulf region. it sets the entire region on a peace course. why? first of all, because those are the countries that either donated and contributed or at least looked the other way when terrorist movements were happening. the next thing is the united states has been held hostage since the 1970s on the price of oil. now we're going to have a peace agreement with these countries. am is energy independent. we won't see high energy prices ever again. the other thing is these countries, particularly bahrain, united arab emirates and others who will follow realize they have to modernize their economies and modernize their society. to do that they need peace in the middle east. so historically other presidents have tried to make arab palestinian peace and always gone directly to the israelis and to the palestinians or the

palestinians and the arabs. they've never taken this route, which is outside in. by going to the israelis and the gulf arabs they'll eventually get around to the palestinians. and that makes peace in the region, peace in the world. better for them, way better for us. >> sandra: you go back to what the president said when he originally announced this was happening several days ago, kt. saying this is really something special. the region will become more secure and prosperous as a result of these diplomatic moves. what does it say about the president and his team that they were able to strategize and actually get this done, kt? >> sandra, i was part of the original conversations on this and they took a very different approach. president trump did the same old negotiations nothing would happen. make america energy independent. get us off the political leverage the mid's has on us

and the other to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. it gave israel the political space they needed to cut a deal. the final thing that's so important by taking out the terrorist network of iran. iran is not part of this deal. it is shiite. by taking out the general in charge of the iranian terrorist network and by bankrupting iran because of the low oil prices we've isolated iran and iran's ability to cause havoc in the region has gone greatly down. it is a win, win, win all the way around. a great achievement and i think president trump deserves an enormous amount of personal credit for it. he figured out a different road to take to israeli hopefully palestinian peace. >> sandra: we had jared kushner on this program talking about just this. he told me this is just a sign of just how much this region is changing and as far as the agreement making bahrain the fourth arab country after

egypt, jordan and the uae to have full diplomatic ties with israel, kt, other arab nations believed to be in the running recognized by israel include oman and sudan. what do you expect to follow? >> what will happen. now economic development between israel and these arab countries. prior to this the israelis couldn't invest or do any trade with arab countries and vice versa. now you'll have the dial switches and all of a sudden the countries will trade with israel and invest in israel. israelis invest in their countries, economic cooperation, tourism cooperation. they'll have educational cooperation. so it takes the entire region instead of having it on a course of constant war and constant war between israelis and arabs, that have been going on for hundreds, if not thousands of years, it will take them into a very different

direction. i predict there will be a california gold rush and join the abraham accord. they know they have to modernize their economies and societies. and as the younger generation of arab leaders comes to the fore they are very comfortable with that new conception of the middle east. >> sandra: the signing ceremony expected at noon eastern time. the pool entered the oval office and we're awaiting the arrival of israel east leader benjamin netanyahu. we're watching all of this, kt mcfarland great to have you on the program this morning. >> trace: while we wait for that bernie sanders urging joe biden's campaign to ramp up his messaging arguing biden needs to give people a reason to vote for him instead of voting against president trump.

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>> we have four more years of trump's climate denial. how many suburbs will be burned in wildfire. give a climate arsonist four more years in the white house why would anyone be surprised if we have more america a blaze. >> sandra: he talked about the western wildfires. biden saying americans aren't safe with president trump because of climate change. robert wolf is the ceo a former economic advisor to president obama robert. good to have a chance to talk to you. obviously joe biden sees this as a message that is working for him in his campaign. >> there is no question i think if you listen to president trump's comments yesterday, he acts and talks like a climate change denier. he makes a comment yesterday

while the wildfires are ravaging anywhere when it starts getting cooler it will get better. sounds like his covid response, when the heat comes it will be better. we know memorial day was better an labor day as far as cases. he said i don't think the science knows. well, it knows. look what is happening. you mentioned earlier the gulf. we've had actually more category 5 hurricanes in the last two decades than prior 50 years. i mean, we're just in a scenario where climate change is real and the science is real. >> sandra: we're not here to get into a debate on that but we can look at what the campaigns are saying certainly, robert. the president was asked about this moment yesterday when he says the science doesn't know. he was asked to clarify on "fox & friends" this morning and said this. >> president trump: i want clean water, i want perfect clean air. we have it.

we have good, clean water, better than we had before. we do things a different way but we're doing a great job and not putting our businesses out of business. >> sandra: i want to leave that there and want to get this in and a minute or so. the "washington post" bernie sanders expressing concern about the biden campaign. here is the quote, senator bernie sanders is privately expressing concerns about vice presidential biden's campaign and focus on pocketbook issues and appeal to liberal voters. is that a real concern? >> everyone is concerned with the idea it will be incredibly tight. it is not just going to be a referendum on president trump. vice president biden is going to have to make sure everyone understands his economic plan, what his recovery action plan is, what his healthcare plan is. i think he has done a good job with that. the problem is there is so much happening on a daily basis between covid and climate and criminal justice reform that it

is hard to i would say actually get your point done. i think the next 45 days, sandra, with the debates. everyone will have a clear idea which way this country should go and clear that joe biden is the right one to lead us. >> sandra: the reason why we saw biden emerge after doing so much from his home state of delaware, he found that he needed to get his message out there. bernie sanders takes that on in this interview. i am here to tell you it's a slam junk no chance he will lose? that's not what i'm saying. you have to give people an alternative or reason to vote for you other than saying i'm not donald trump. pretty powerful words from bernie sanders. >> no question we have the make sure our base is motivated, excited and ready to go. think we'll be ready and i think there will be a change come november. >> sandra: here we go. less than 50 days out. robert wolf. great to catch up with you. >> trace: for the first time

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>> trace: big day for apple. the company will unveil its latest smart watch and ipad during its first virtual only product reveal. bret larson joins us from channel 115 on sirius xm. looks like it's about the ipad and apple watch. >> this is kind of a last-minute change. of course, all of this is based

on rumors and folks who watch these supply chains very carefully around the world for all the different parts that go into the new devices but over the last 5 to 7 days we've been hearing more rumors the iphone, the next generation iphone the 12 not quite ready yet. definitely we'll likely see two new apple watches and update or refresh to the ipad air which will bring it -- >> sandra: fox news alert. live look at the white house as you see the president and first lady set to greet benjamin netanyahu of israel. the prime minister, and his wife arriving at the white house as an historic peace deal is set to be formally recognized there at the white house. bilateral meetings going on with the uae and bahrain and then a signing ceremony set to take place at noon eastern time. benjamin netanyahu arriving at the white house. the president calling this something very special

predicting the region will become more secure and prosperous as a result of these diplomatic moves. a win for the president coming after a similar agreement was made with the united arab emirates just last month. the latest bahrain agreeing to normalize relations with israel. there is the israeli prime minister along with his wife. trace, looking at the president and the first lady live in this historic moment for all countries involved. >> trace: kt mcfarland is right when she said this is huge. they go in the white house, the foreign ministers of bahrain and united arab emirates are already inside. they will be signing this deal and open to the media. we'll see that. the fascinating things about this. this opens the door for other arab countries, arab gulf countries to sign accords, to sign agreements to normalize relations with israel and that puts more pressure on iran.

as kt was pointing out, iran is persian, not an arab nation, a persian shia nation and it puts more pressure on iran and lebanon. pressure to push hezbollah out. the entire region changes with this signing today and it really opens the door for more trade for more normalized relations and for more peace throughout the entire region. >> sandra: bilateral meetings going on with the foreign minister of the uae and bahrain. an expected with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. we could see and hear the president and netanyahu a few moments from now but certainly what we'll all see moments from now is a very public signing ceremony happening outside the white house as you see people gathering there on the lawn. >> trace: i think the big key here is we have 20 seconds left in this. the big key here is what is the

response from the palestinians and hamas and how much pressure does this put on them to at least maybe come to the table. maybe not sit at the table but approach the table to see how peace in the middle east goes forward from this day on. >> sandra: trace, we'll continue watching these live pictures at the white house. we'll be right back with that signing ceremony.

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>> president trump and benjamin netanyahu set to sign the peace accords. >> we will see that signing ceremony. trace, great to be with you. see you back tomorrow morning. "outnumbered" starts now. >> all eyes on the white house, president trump is set to preside over a historic ceremony this hour at the white house. it could mark a new era for middle east peace efforts. israelis prime minister benjamin netanyahu and leaders from the united arab emirates and bahrain are set to sign off on deals normalizing relations. the uae and bahrain becoming just the third and fourth arab nations to normalize relations with israel. this is a very big day, establishing those diplomatic ties with israel. the president, who helped broker bo