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lose two, they've now lost two. alicia: yeah. and i'm alicia shah acuna in denver. nancy pelosi and other democrats also pushing back today. meanwhile, the president offering more insight on his potential pick. mark meredith is at the white house with the details. huh, mark. >> reporter: president trump is making it clear he's ready to go to battle over his looming supreme court nominee. he didn't say much about it on friday night when the news first broke, but he had plenty to say last night in fayetteville, north carolina. >> i will be putting forth a nominee next week, it will be a woman -- [cheers and applause] it will be a woman, a very talented, very brilliant woman. [cheers and applause] we haven't chosen yet, but we have numerous women on the list. i built this incredible list of brilliant people. >> reporter: and while the president was sure fired up about husband chance to fill the seat, he also took a moment during that rally in north

carolina to pay his respects to justice guns burg and her family. -- ginsburg and her family. listen. >> justice ginsburg's close relationship with a friend of ours, a friend of mine, justice scalia, is also a powerful reminder that we can disagree on fundamental issues while treating each other with decency, dig any few and respect -- dignity and respect. our thoughts and prayers are with her family. >> reporter: meantime at the white house, the flags remain at half staff for justice guns burg. we're waiting to see if and when the president may meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, also when he may meet face to face with his potential nominees, and there's already a short list from what we're hearing that includes judge amy coney barrett, judge allison rushing jones and judge barbara lagoa.

he could go a different direction, that is certainly possible. he does have a busy campaign schedule, multiple stops in battleground states like ohio, pennsylvania and florida, so the timing about when this nomination will be announced, we're all going to be waiting with baited breath to find out. alicia: mark meredith at the white house, thank you. leland? leland: great job by mark laying out the timeline. just in the past hour we are learning it's going to be a lot harder for the president and his ally, majority leader mitch mcconnell, to get a nominee through the senate confirmation process before the election. chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel with more on the math this morning. it's just gotten a lot more difficult. >> reporter: hey, leland. yeah, 44 days out from election day leaving senate republicans to say they're going to move forward once president trump announces his choice. >> there will be a vote. there have been some cases like justice ginsburg in which the nomination and confirmation process took less than 44 days,

other cases in which it took longer. so it's too soon to say right now, but we will move forward without delay. >> reporter: for democrats their argument is with people already voting in 25 states, it should wait until after the election gets sorted out, but the senate democratic whip says they're in a tough spot. >> a number of things that we can do, but what it boils down to is this, will four republican senators decide it is too hypocritical to reverse the position they took 40 years ago when they denied to president obama the authority to fill husband supreme court say -- his supreme court vacancy. if mark kelly defeats, arizona says kelly could be sworn in by november 30th, so that would potentially reduce the republican majority that is at 53-47 right now. today a leading republican addressed the issue of timing for confirmation of a new justice. >> this should take as long as

it needs to take but no longer. there is plenty of time to get this done, but to get it done before election day, everything has to work, i think, pretty precisely. >> reporter: moderate susan collins and lisa murkowski saying they oppose voting on confirmation before the election. leader mcconnell cannot afford too many defections. leland? leland: mike, as your reporting pointed out yesterday, democrats saying there's not much we can do, but if it happens, there will be consequences next year. mike emanuel, thank you. alicia: for insight on how the trump campaign is responding to this and other key 2020 issues is trump 2020 advisory board member and rnc senior adviser for black media affairs paris denard. we appreciate your time. let's begin with the selection process for the supreme court. i want to play what former president clinton said this morning.

[no audio] >> there are a limited number of things that we can do, but what it boils down to is this: will four republican senators decide that it is -- alicia: and we're having some difficulty here, but we will play that as soon as we can. essentially, what democrats are accusing republicans of is changing their tune from four years ago. however, they're failing to mention that democrats are also changing their tune, democrats are accusing republicans of a grab for power right now. and what is your answer to that and also the idea that maybe voters need to be able to decide who the president's going to be before we know who the nominee will be? >> yeah. at the end of the day, this is about the constitution. and we know that in our system of government the president of the united states is afforded the opportunity to nominate a supreme court justice if it happens to be vacated, and we know that 29 times in the past

this has happened curl a presidential -- during a presidential election year, and even when justice ginsburg was nominated, it took her 42 days to be confirmed. president trump has been very forthright and so open throughout this entire process on the type of judges that he would want to have on the supreme court. that's why he put out a list of people who he would select from, and last week i believe or so put out a list of 20 people who he would add to that. so the american people -- democrats, republicans, the media, everyone knows exactly the type of person the president wants to put on the bench. he's been totally transparent in this process, and it's his obligation, it's his duty, it's his constitutional authority to nominate the next supreme court justice to fill the seat vacated by the late justice ginsburg. alicia: and he, the president isn't the only one running for re-election. there are republican senators who are or in some tight races that we are all watching as mike emmanuel was reporting, but

there's move on because i do want to talk about black voter enthusiasm, and take a look in 2016. we're looking at the black vote, this is a fox news exit poll from 2016. you have hillary clinton acquiring 89% versus president trump at 8%. and i want to listen to what the president said last night in north carolina regarding the black vote. take a listen. >> hey, we were way above everything. african-american, we did great. hispanic, we did great. have you seen african-american and hispanic-american numbers? if it holds true, we will have set a record for a republican. alicia: how concerned are you about african-american support this go-around? >> i'm not concerned at all. this president has a winning record of achievement for the black community. whether it's education, supporting school choice and charter schools and historically black colleges and universities,

which hbcu week starts next week, whether it's his stance on criminal justice reform and opportunity zones, he has a record of results that the black community can be proud of. and he's going to contrast that message to what you can see on the other side which is joe biden who i believe it does seem to have destroyed the black community, black generational wealth like his 1994 crime bill. and series of polls have come out to show that the president is increasing in support and approval from the black community. he is a strong leader, and he is a person of action, and the black community sees that. alicia: and, i mean, when we start looking at the economic numbers in terms of african-americans, the president has really done a great deal for african-americans in terms of job growth. however, is that resonating? let's take a look now at a fox news poll from sunday when we are looking specifically at black voters. you see joe biden there, 93%. and the president gets 5%. how does he get that message across of what he's been able to do for the african-american

community versus what's showing in a lot of these polls? >> well, that's why we have some 44 days to go, we have black voices for trump community centers all across this country in key cities all over in black neighborhoods, and it's sort of a home base for black residents to come and learn more about what the president has done. and it's our opportunity to go out and safely knock on doors and do phone banking and engage with communities on the ground. in addition to that, these debates are going to be very, very important. it's going to be an opportunity for the american people to hear directly from the president what he's done to impact their lives on a positive note especially with the economy. alicia: very good point. paris, thank you so much for your time today, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. leland: get back to the nomination fight with democratic michigan congressman chief deputy whip dan kildee. good to see you, sir, as always. we appreciate it. this is how mike allen, over at axios, summed up his reporting on how democrats are looking at

things. not too dissimilar from what dick durbin said on the show earlier. dems aren't optimistic about blocking the nominee, but in many ways they can retaliate if they win senate control and are licking their chops on movements that have been pushed futilely for decades. fair characterization? >> well, i wouldn't think so in one sense. i don't think we should be looking for retaliation. i think it is quite evident that senator mcconnell and the republican leaders will use whatever authority they have in any means, in any way they choose regardless of past statements that they might have made. i don't think we want to do that. but the hope is that we'll be in control and we'll be able to advance our policy goals. but i certainly don't -- leland: but there's a lot, there's a lot of democrats in either caucus who are making that threat. joe kennedy, who won't be there in 2021, but who has ideas on what should happen right now goes if he holds the vote in

2020, we pack the court in 2021. it's that simple. well, it may be that simple, but is that helpful? >> well, i'm not sure we want to signal what we might do. i think we have to be more tactical. i think the republicans have been good at that, and we need to get better at that in terms of advancing our cause through the us use of our authority. but i think the focus right now should be on whether the united states senate should advance a nomination so close to the election. not whether they can. as the previous guest said, the constitution's clear. the president can nominate, the senate can talk action. but as -- take action. but as senator mcconnell said some time ago, four years ago, that doesn't mean they have to, that doesn't mean they should. we have a national referendum right now both over the control of the senate and the white house, and i do think it makes sense. there's a logical -- leland: [inaudible] >> -- that we should wait. leland: it feels like there's so many people who are either ignoring or just don't care about what they said in 2016.

let me read you something. americans are sick and tired of partisan gridlock in washington. it's time for senate republicans to do their job. the senate has a constitutional responsibility to consider judge garland's nomination. while each senator has the right to vote against a nominee, they simply cannot obstruct and refuse to act. i don't know if you can see the return, but that's what you had to say. >> yeah. and i still believe that. i think there's a big difference, leland, between a nomination that takes place almost a year before the election and one that takes place while people are voting. people are voting right now. leland: isn't that just convenient? if hold on, isn't that just as convenient as an an explanationf not living by the words that are republicans, oh, we only meant what we said in 2016 if the senate and the white house are different parties, if they're the same party, then it's fine. >> well, but here's the problem

with this, leland. the republicans prevailed. they set the precedent. and they said at that point in time, now, if, if in 2016 they had moved forward with the nomination and that was the precedent, that during an election year we're going to move forward, if merrick garland had been given his opportunity, then i would think there would be fatherness in se -- fairness in saying we're going to essentially take the same approach this time. but we can't have a situation where in one moment the republicans prevailed, they decide we're not going to move forward on a supreme court nomination. okay. if that's the precedent, that's the precedent. and that's what lindsey graham himself said. we're creating a precedent -- leland: he said play my words again -- >> that is right. and we're now going to live with it. so it's a critical difference, and that is it's already happened once. and the democratic nominee was denied the opportunity, okay?

so if that's now the new game -- leland: no, i understand, i understand the argument. it seems like there's a lot of things in washington these days that don't go by fairnesses, but that's a different discussion. we appreciate you joining us. we're glad we got the hit in before the final rounds start on the u.s. open. enjoy the rest of it, or sur. >> thank you, leland. leland: all right. more fairness on the golf course, hopefully. more on this right after our show on "fox news sunday." chris wallace has interviews with republican arkansas senator tom cotton and delaware senator chris coon. and later, shannon bream -- who, obviously, is our chief supreme court correspondent and then also the anchor of "fox news at night" -- is going to talk a look back at ruth bader ginsburg's life and legacy. 10 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel.

alicia: as the united nations plans to open the 75th genre assembly in new york, iran vows to defeat u.s. efforts at new sanctions against the us lammic regime. -- islamic reregime. we'll is have that next. hi. uh, can you tell me how to get to i-70, please? o-okay, are you -- ah, yes. thank you. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. you know, like the sign says.

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♪ leland: just in the past couple of minutes, we're learning about a trump administration plan to reimpose sanctions against iran. some of them have been waived as a part of that 2015 nuclear deal. trey yingst live in jerusalem with how the israelis and others are dealing with this. good evening, trey. >> reporter: leland, good afternoon. despite pushback from security council members, the united states has reimposed sanctions on iran that were previously put in place by the uted nations -- united nations. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo did release a statement this weekend saying there would be consequences for any country that violates the sanctions. this includes adhering to an arms embargo that was set to expire next month as well as unsuring iran is unable to -- insuring iran is unable to receive help with its nuclear aspirations. the iranian republican has increased enrichment. despite this, france, germany

and britain have agreed the u.s. can't unilaterally reimpose punishment. the spokesman weighed in today saying this: >> the regime in the white house has no option just to restrict international relations and norms and also stop terrorizing the world and stop the illegal and criminal actions, this economic terrorism, unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions against the people of iran. >> reporter: just across the wires, the trump administration will reportedly sanction two dozen people and entities related to the iranian regime as experts are warning that the regime in tehran could have the capability to develop a nuclear weapon even by the end of the year. leland? leland: given the piece deals with the uae and bahrain and now this, hard to imagine the iranians feeling more squeezed

than they have in decades. trey yingst in jerusalem, continue to follow developments out of this and see what we get out of tehran. alicia? alicia: more tributes pouring in for justice ruth bader ginsburg today as hundreds of people pay their respects on the steps of the supreme court. david spunt has a preview of what he has been hearing there. >> reporter: hi, alicia. aye been here for two days now, it's been thousands if you add it all up, remembering the second female justice to sit on the supreme court. more about her legacy and what her admirers have to say coming up. ♪ ♪ ood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. choose coricidin hbp. the brand with a heart. for powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. it's made for this guy a veteran who honorably served and it's made for her she's serving now we made it for all branches and all ranks

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afternoon. it's an incredible sight. i got here very early this morning, when i got here in the 7:00 hour, many people had already been here, hundreds before the sun came up. it's been sort of an all night thing since people started coming out friday evening after they learned of justice ginsburg's passing. this morning house speaker nancy pelosi stopped by to honor the supreme court justice, someone she considered a personal friend. a steady stream of mourners continue, though, to pass by the court day and night. last night several thousand mourners, and i do mean thousand, we saw them, pa packed the court outside in front of the court for a candlelight vigil. police had to close down several roads. the juxtaposition noticeable as the battle to replace the seat. one of the senators able to vote, senator elizabeth warren, came out last night to the vigil.

>> mitch mcconnell and his henchmen believe that they can ram through a supreme court justice only 45 days from the election. >> ruth ginsburg symbolizes everything that's best about america. she just seemed to be authentic and a person first. >> reporter: former president bill clinton, who nominated then-judge ginsburg to the high court in 1993, we're told that she died peacefully at home with family. we also know that rosh hashanah, the jewish new year, she died on the each of it -- the eve of it. there will be a private ceremony at arlington national cemetery. as far as some sort of public memorial, the supreme court's still working out those details, but many people want to come see the second woman to serve on the high court. if president trump gets his wish, that will be his fifth

woman to serve on the supreme court. leland: yeah. she said she was surprised by that. david, great reporting. shannon bream tonight, 10 p.m., for a full hour to look back at the justice's life and legacy. thanks, david. >> reporter: thank you. ♪ ♪ alicia: and joe biden is expected to talk about the supreme court vacancy at a campaign event this afternoon in philadelphia. jacqui heinrich is there with more. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: well, joe biden is expected to talk about the prospect of president trump nominating a third justice to the supreme court which could establish a 6-3 conservative majority. biden is expected to frame this as a high stakes battle for a number of health care related rights. according to reports, biden will link the court vacancy to protecting the affordable care act and its guaranteed coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. biden has previously accused president trump of trying to eliminate such predictions. he's also raised concerns about

abortion rights. judge amy coney barrett is said to be a front-runner, and she is faved among anti-abortion -- favored among anti-abortion conservatives. so far he's appointed more than 200 federal judges including two supreme court nominees and has a running list of at least 20 supreme court contenders. he called on biden to release his own list yesterday. >> we're asking for biden's list. he can't give it, you know why? because if he ever gave a list, he'd ever put somebody in the left-middle which would be okay or put somebody -- which is what he's going to choose -- so far left, now, if he did the left-middle, he loses his entire left coast, right? and if he loses the left coast, that's the end -- end of his election. >> reporter: alexandria ocasio-cortez urged biden not to release his list.

she has pledged to vote for him. following guns burg's death -- ginsburg's death, she told her fellow progressives to vote for biden saying that is a vote to preserve democracy itself. alicia: thanks, jacqui. leland: all right, we bring in our friend and colleague at fox news, politics you would to have, chris stirewalt. good to see you, sir. >> i am all of those things. glad to be with you today. leland: thanks for making time on a sunday. tim alberta, the author of "american carnage," the book you smartly recommended to me, wrote this: the calculus for republicans is clear, the politics exterrible and internal are much, much easier if they are confirming during a lame duck. purple state republicans are infinitely more likely to go along after the election regardless of the results. agreed? >> well, it's pretty hard to

imagine the senate confirming trump's nominee in a lame duck session after the fact. if the republicans lose the senate. now, if the republicans keep the senate, then it becomes a different question. if they keep the senate and trump is still president, yeah, they confirm. as long as trump the picks somebody within the 40-yard lines, then the republican senate confirms because it's kept its majority, and they can confirm in the lame duck. if trump loses or if the republicans lose their senate majority, then that becomes a no-go zone, right? then that would be inviting further retribution from democrats, that would be blowing things up. so there's lame duck -- there's a kind of lame duck confirmation and then there'd be a lame, lame duck confirmation. [laughter] leland: a lame, lame duck confirmation. that almost could be the title of -- and i'll tell you what podcast -- >> there you go. leland: but the alberta piece

point out if his reporting on 2016 and his thesis was that president trump won in large a part because of voters who cared about the supreme court, and it would actually help the president and those vulnerable republican senators you just talked about for there not to be a vote and for this open seat to essentially be on the ballot come november 3rd. >> well, it depends on who you are. finish now, if you're president trump, there might be some logic in ramming, cramming, jamming, right? force the senate 30 days with the republicans to get to 50 plus mike pence, lose 3 but don't lose 4, grind it out and do it before the election. there might be some logic in that for trump because he needs the character of the election to change, right? and by taking that seat away, maybe he dampens democratic enthusiasm, makes it worse for

democrats if it's gone. it's worse for trump if the seat is open because democrats are going to be at least as fired up as republicans were about the scalia seat. democrats are going to be at least fired up about their iconic, their beloved ruth bader ginsburg. then you have to ask the question for people who get to decide here, it's not the president, it's the senate, what do you think. and i think if you're a republican member of the senate, you want it open, right? because that helps you. if you look at north carolina, you look at -- there's all kinds of senate races that could be affected, and if you're a republican senator, you probably want this vacant so that the stakes for the senate races go up. leland: bringing in one other of those races in a minute, but i wanted to ask you this. all of these senators, both republicans and democrats, are being shown clip after clip after clip of their words in 2016 which are shockingly different in substance and in

ideas -- [laughter] than they are now. does it matter? >> no. i mean, look -- [inaudible conversations] >> well, people have very low expectations for the honesty and courage of politicians. that's why -- leland: right. >> -- when a politician is honest or courageous, we take such note of it because so seldom does it happen. what we want to know is outside of these overly broad, puffed-up statements that politicians make, i never, i promise, i always, what we're really looking for is what's the weasel wording, right? how are the weasel words working this time. [laughter] when mitch mcconnell says that the president's nominee will get an up or down vote, that doesn't say when, it doesn't say how, it doesn't say who, it just says will. and that's what we're looking for here, parsing the clintonian-like phrases out to figure out how much wiggle room they can leave themselves. leland: one person who's going to be doing a lot of parsing

probably over the next 45 days is cory gardner, republican senator out in the colorado. and when you were coming up, alicia mentioned that both she and i are good friends of the i'll tell you what podcast. she's been doing a lot of reporting on that race. sorryily -- sorry, alicia, i had to out you, but it gives perspective. lush lush exactly. chris, i wanted to ask you, when you -- alicia:, i wanted to ask you trying so hard to keep john hickenlooper at bay, cory gardner just said it's too soon to talk about it. there's even more pressure on him now, isn't there? >> well, there's that, but there's also the, as me and bobby mcgee goes, freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. [laughter] and cory gardner's position, he may be so far down, right, that it starts to be -- it doesn't matter what martha mcsali

does. she's 10 points down -- mcsally. she can't buy a friend, so she can do whatever she wants. gardner's right on the bubble. he's a young man, relatively speaking, does he want to do something that leaves him in bad odor with moderate voters in the state. the whole thing for susan collins in maine, well, thom tillis is pure maga, he's concentrated now, but for scwoanny ernst in iowa -- joni ernst in iowa, the question starts to become this: what looks good enough, right? it's not about what is right or what is wrong in politics in an election year, it's what looks good enough, what looks appropriate enough, and corey gardener probably doesn't want to be anywhere near anything that looks kinky for the long term. leland: the new i'll tell you what drops tuesday or wednesday, you keep changing it up. >> yes. we changed it one time. it's tuesday. leland: all right.

alicia and i will be downloading it. thanks for joining us on a sunday. we appreciate it. >> thanks, guys. leland: good to see you. alicia: wildfires and a major tropical storm threaten millions of americans out west. wildfires spreading towards the different communities leading to more mass evacuations while tropical storm beta brews in the gulf coast. adam klotz is tracking it. adam? >> reporter: yeah, for the second time ever we are into the greek alphabet for our trap call storms -- tropical storms, moving towards the texas coast. when will it arrive? i'll have that after the break. ♪

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alicia: parts of alabama and florida are still reeling from hurricane sally. tropical storm beta is slowly approaching the shores of texas and louisiana. meet adam klotz is tracking it all from the fox extreme weather

center. >> reporter: hey, alicia, yeah, it's another gulf of mexico storm that we're watching. it's a real slow mover, similar to sally. this isn't going to be as large, but it is absolutely crawling once again. this has been the path thus far, you see it kind of wobbling all over the gulf of mexico. that slow path now moving about 3 miles an hour towards the texas coast, winds of 60 miles an hour. it's going to be another rainmaker because it's such a slow speed. not making landfall likely until monday evening, 7 p.m. tropical storm before it catches some upper level winds and suddenly it's pulled off to the north and east, a lot of rain to areas that have seen way too much rain the last couple of weeks. we still have some tropical storm warnings stretching from the texas coast all the way across louisiana, but it's not going to just be the wind, it's really going to be a story about that heavy rain that begins to fall. this is our forecasted radar, and even though we talk about a landfall on the texas coast, you see a lot of rain back off to the eastern side which means portions of louisiana.

not a landfall, but it's going to bring a whole lot of rain to that region. forecasted rainfall, i do think isolated areas may be getting as high as 15 inches, but fairly widespread 6-8 inches right along the texas/louisiana border and then back over towards new orleans. and then this whole system as it lifts to the north is going to bring that moisture with it, so kind of running back over that area a second time continuing to see some of that heavy rainfall. no surprise here, we've got flood watches and warnings across this region. this is going to be one, unfortunately, we have to pay attention to for a couple of days because it is another slow-moving storm. back out to you. alicia: man. folks in the gulf really need a break. adam, thanks. ♪ ♪ leland: strong winds are making it impossible for firefighters to get an upper hand on a blaze that's been burning for almost two weeks near los angeles. christina coleman is on the fire lines in monrovia, california, where the flames have already consumed a number of homes.

hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, leland. yeah, we're at monrovia canyon park, and the fire has burned through this area burning more than 91,000 acres so far. you can see some of the dark patches there in the mountains. now, fire crews are checking for hot spots in this area, but it's a much different story on the northern part of this fire. strong, i rattic winds are spreading this fire to desert communities on the north side of this blaze. the windy conditions blew the bobcat fire three ways, concerning firefighters since embers can start even more fires. since august 15th more than 5800 structures have been damaged because of wildfires here in california including this fire captain's home. he saw his house engulfed in flames. >> i was just trying to protect and to best i could to protect my home. i didn't even have time. i walked up my driveway, looked back, and i was already seeing

large flames blowing up over where i just was standing. >> reporter: at least 35 people have died from the fires burning in the west including a firefighter who was fighting the el dorado fire in the san bernardino forest in southern california. the circumstances of his death are under investigation. that fire started about two weeks ago from a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party. this is just one of dozens of fires burning in the west in the hard-hit states of oregon, washington and california. in oregon where some small towns have been wiped out by the fires, rain is providing firefighters with favorable conditions. and as of today, all of the major fires in oregon are at least 10% contained. now back here in california, the cooler temperatures are helping the firefighters gain some ground on these wildfires. just yesterday with evacuation orders were lifted for thousands of people who live in communities near this canyon.

leland? leland: yeah. you can just imagine how exhausted all those firefighters are, and we're still in the middle of fire season. christina coleman in california, thank you. alicia: and there is some good news amid all of this. dozens of farm animals evacuated during those oregon fires are now being reunited with their owners. they're heading home after spending more than a week at the washington county fairgrounds. community members volunteered to save the animals' lives after wildfires ripped through the state saying leaving them behind was never an option. leland: small businesses across the united states are facing a number of challenges, a lot of them. they're struggling to rebuild among natural disasters as well as restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic. we're going to talk to two business owners about how they're coping with it all when we come back. mug. ♪ so you only pay for what you need? i should get a quote.

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♪ ♪ leland: a look ahead for this week, president trump visits two battleground states for rallies. just outside of toledo, ohio, monday then moon township outside of pittsburgh, pennsylvania on tuesday. plywood is going up at the

federal courthouse in louisville, kentucky. the shooting death of breonna taylor sparked weeks of protests and violence in that city as well. in new york world leaders are arriving for tomorrow's 75th opening of the united nations general assembly. going to look a lot different this year, and the white house says president trump is not going to attend. alicia: as the u.s. battles the coronavirus pandemic, several parts of the country are also facing devastating natural disasters including wildfires in the west and hurricanes in the south. joining us now are two small business owners who have been impacted. chris, own or of the mckenzie river mountain resort in blue river, oregon, and cameron price, co-owner of a lounge in perdido key, florida. gentlemen, thank you both for fr being here today. cameron, i would like to begin with you because you are dealing with a lot of confusion about being on two state borders, in the middle of coronavirus and

had to deal with that, and then you were hit with a hurricane. how are you doing now? >> we're doing great. we've been blessed with a great hurricane response by all the local knew mispal i thinks -- municipalities. hopefully, we'll get some power back today. florida power and light has been awesome, gulf power coming in there, and, you know, it's been a challenge, but we've got about 500 employees, and everybody's got an awesome attitude. we were very fortunate, i feel like with the extent of the damage the storm took down cupid of a big -- kind of a big tent, broke a couple of windows, we had some flooding on both sides of the road, but all in all, we feel blessed to have come through it as well as we have, and we hope to get back up and running this week. alicia: oh, wonderful news. and, chris, i was reading about your business, and you were actually doing better this past summer even with coronavirus because you're considered an

essential business, but then the fire hit and it came in so quickly. can you tell us about that? >> yeah. pretty big shock. you've got the different evacuation notices from the emergency response, and i was still in disbelief that anything was going to happen until -- even after getting to level 2. and when the level 3 came through and said leave right now and don't stop and get anything, it was like, oh, my god. it was pretty crazy. alicia: and you helped save the lives of some of the people at your resort. i want to put up a graphic here so you can see the different stages of evacuation warnings so that they can understand that you actually went through those really quickly. level 1 you get ready, level 2 get set, level 3 go, those came until rapid succession, didn't they? >> they were really fast, yeah. alicia: and where does your business go from here? what are you going to do? >> you know, i don't know. we lost -- i had two houses left

on the property out of the entire compound that was there, so 95% of whatever is gone. i don't know. it's going to be a long slog, and we're going to have to navigate that maze with the insurance company and land use planning in the state and the county level. so it's going to be tough. the community was relying on us as an anchor, very small town, so i think it's important that we try and do something, but honestly, it's going to be hard. we're not really sure yet. alicia: and, cameron, you're still in the middle of your peak season, is that correct, until the end of october? what do you do going forward? >> so one of the big things about floribama is we've always been a great community gathering place, so us getting back up and open is super important for the community just to have a place where everybody can congregate. so we'll push forward. we've been around for 55 years, and we're going strong, and we're going to continue that. we've got a lot of employees, a

lot of musicians, a lot of multigenerational families that depend on coming down to the gulf coast here in gulf shores, orange coast and perdido key, florida. they want to come back and leave all their worries behind, and that's what we do. alicia: well, the entire country's behind you with, small businesses. i say it time and again, you are the backbone of this country, and we wish you all the best. thank you both for being here today. >> thanks for having me. alicia: leland? leland: yeah. two really brave guys not only fighting for themselves, but their employees. you know, half of americans are employed by small businesses who have been hit so hard by this. chris wallace is going to tackle that and more on "fox news sunday" next. ♪

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