♪ ♪ eric: well, covid cases continue to rise across our country as more states impose tougher restrictions. you know, johns hopkins university says the number of infections is now nearing 12 million americans with new daily cases breaking records every day. this comes as the centers for disease control now urging americans not to travel over the thanksgiving holiday in its most stringent guidance yet as coronavirus rages seemingly unrestricted. hello, everyone, and this is "america's news headquarters" on the fox news channel, i'm eric

shawn. arthel: hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. despite those staggering numbers, there could be hope on the horizon. drugmaker pfizer applying to the fda for emergency approval of its vaccine after trials showed it 95% effective. so if all goes according to plan, the first doses could be rolled out by the middle of the month. but a top infectious disease expert says this is not the time to let down your guard. >> my concern is that people are going to continue to behave as if we're not in a pan demic and that what we're seeing now is that private gatherings, less than restaurants, are leading to infections. and thanksgiving is an excuse for lots of people to gather from all different parts of the country, and this is where they're going to let their guards down. these vaccines are going to be great. there's a light at the end of the tunnel, but we still have a lot of tunnel to go. arthel: christina coleman joins us live from los angeles with more. hi, christina. >> reporter: well, the fda

will meet on december 10th to review pfizer's request for emergency use of this vaccine. it's unclear how long that review will take, but considering how fast the deadly virus is spreading, the agency is expected to move quickly. pfizer 's ceo says in addition to seeking approval from the fda, the company has initiated ruling submissions to other regulatory authorities around the world. >> we will continue the work already underway to make sure we can given shipping -- we can begin shipping the vaccine to immediately after approval. based on current projections, we expect the produce globally up to 50 million doses 2020 and 1.3 million by the end of 2023. >> reporter: meantime, the u.s. continues to break grim records. more than 254,000 people have died from covid in the u.s., and hospitalizations hit ab all-time high on thursday with more than

80,000 people being treated for the virus. as of yesterday, at least 30 states saw a 20% or more increase in covid hospitalizations over the past seven days. 25 states also reported a more than 20% increase in covid infections over the past week. there's been a dramatic spike in causes in the mud west. -- cases in the midwest. daily covid deaths nation wild are lower than they were during spring's peak, however, just on thursday alone there were more than 2,000 covid fatalities making it one of the deadliest days for the virus in the u.s. since early may. arthel? arthel: that's so sad. and, christina, you know, a lot of states though, they're enacting new restrictions and shutdowns to try to curb this virus. what more can you tell us about that? this. >> reporter: well, that's right, arthel. just this month alone 34 states either expanded or introduced new restrictions and shutdowns. here in california, in this state, an overnight curfew goes into effect tonight. the governor saws nonessential

work and gatherings must stop from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in hard-hut areas, and this is going to impact most of the state, at least 37 million people. and as of now, this curfew is set to last for a month. arthel? arthel: christina coleman, thank you very much. eric? eric: well, arthel, president trump's legal team continues to press forward with several cases to block or delay the certification of the election results in some of the key battleground states. you know, or despite many experts though claiming that the president has almost no chance of reversing the outcome. we have team coverage on this, charles watson standing by in atlanta where trump supporters are protesting the election results in georgia. but first, mark meredith standing by at the north lawn of the white house with more on what the president is planning. hi, mark. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. president trump keeps claiming that he won the election even though his court challenges about this keep coming up short, and so many states are only days away from certifying their results. that includes michigan.

they are set to certify on monday, but today gop officials on the state and national level sent a letter urging the state to delay its certification. they want to allow for an a audit of the results in wayne county, the area around detroit. republicans in the letter writing, quote: we encourage the board to grant the request made but john james for senate and adjourn for 14 days to allow for a full, transparent audit of the 2020 general election results. this is a request at this point, doesn't mean it's going to happen, but the president had a chance on friday to meet with republicans from michigan. some of those lawmakers were basically there to talk about what's been going on on the state level including with the coronavirus. but after the meeting republicans who met with the president insisted nothing is changing on their end as certify caution nears. they wrote, quote: we have not been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in michigan, and we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding michigan's electors just as we have said throughout this election.

that's the republicans that met with the president yesterday. meantime, this weekend what's the president been doing? very 2020, he's been holding a meeting along with g20 leader, it looks like a big zoom call. they're meeting virtually because of the pandemic. that's the only image that we've seen of the president from that meeting today, we may get a better readout lauter on. the president's been at his golf club in virginia this afternoon, unclear if we're going to see him do any weekend events, but he has another g20 meeting tomorrow. eric? eric: mark, thanks so much. arthel: right now our team coverage continues. we're going to charles wattson live in atlanta where a crowd of trump supporters are protesting. charles? >> reporter: hey, good afternoon, arthel. things have gotten tense in the last hour. over here behind me you have what seems like hundreds of supporters of president trump and just a few feet away around

the corner you have an anti-trump protest made up of groups like black lives matter and antifa who we saw line up in the middle of the street in tactical gear with shields just a few moments ago. now, as i mentioned, these protests are literally right around the corner from one another, so when police saw this happening, they set up a line in the middle of the street and sort of tried to keep some distance between these two groups. but, look, the messages between these protesters couldn't be starker. over on the aunt-trump side -- aunt-trump side, you hear chants of our vote counts and president trump lost. over on the pro-trump side you hear chants like four more years and stop the steal. now, obviously, folks over here who are supporters of president trump believe that this election are was stolen from the president. they believe things like thousands of votes weren't counted or dead people voted, all of those claims -- most of them at least -- are unsubstantiated claims that have been amplified largely by the

president. now, look, the votes here in georgia have been certified. secretary of state brad rathensberger has defended the integrity of the election and the results here in georgia, but look, the organizeers out here tell me that they want to put some pressure on governor brian kemp to sort of call some sort of legislative session to sort of rectify their claim of fraudulent votes. again, those are unsubstantiated claims, though a lot of pressure on governor kemp right now. arthel: okay, charles watson there in atlanta, we'll take us e it back here. thank you. eric? eric: arthel, or a presidential caught thought his election was stolen. vice president richard nixon in 1960. remember those stories of chicago mayor richard daley's democratic machine helping jfk? president kennedy won illinois in that race by 8,800 votes. it turns out that president

nixon and others thought it dud happen, but he eventually conceded an incredibly close race, just over 112,000 votes out of the 68 million. so much closer than now. and republican party and the nation accepted the result. here is president nixon. >> i want senator kennedy to know and i want all of you to know that, certainly, if this trend does continue and he does become our next president, that he will have my whole hearted support. eric: well, now under false allegations of widespread claims of voter fraud even though election officials insist there is no ed of that, what does the nation do next? with us now is president nixon's grandson, son of trisha and edward cox. trish, welcome. we just heard your grandfather say the nation needs to move on. but first, did he think he was

cheated in that race? >> well, eric, first of all, it's great to be on with you. and i think that when you look at 960, there was -- 1960, thise was certainly a feeling that votes were taken, and that put president kennedy up, you know, over the top in illinois. my grandfather also needed to win texas to turn the election around, and whereas we could probably prove the illinois vote stealing, it was harder to conclusively prove the texas vote stealing even though he thought it had happened. it was harder to prove that. so my grandfather felt that for the good of the nation, it was better to concede the election and to move on and to focus on other elections in 1966 and 1968 when he ultimately did win, and he thought it was better for the country to make that concession. and president kennedy had a lot to confront. of course, there was the thereto of communism and, ultimately -- the threat of communism and, ultimately, the cuban miss sill crisis, and it was just important for the nation to move

on. eric: do you know what went through your grandfather's mind, has your family discussed it personally? what was it like, and how long did it take him to get to that point where he decided even though it was so close to say what he said? >> you know, it's a gut-wrenching decision. to be so close to winning the presidency of the united states and then to think that you actually have it won and then to feel that it was taken from you is a gut-wrenching feeling. it's one of the hardest decisions you have to make in your life, because you feel it's the right thing to do to fought, to carry oranges but you know that -- to carry on, but you know if it can't be proven, then the country has to move on. so he made the decision that he felt was for the country, and he had to do it relatively quickly, you know, within a mart of just a few hours -- a matter of -- [audio difficulty] he had to make a very quick decision to do what he thought was right, and i think that's the important thing to take ea a away from this, he was trying to

do the right thing for the country. eric: you see what's happening now, the president eat supporters say, look, it's much too early now, the election hasn't certified, the news media doesn't anoint who is the president-elect. how do you see things playing out now, what do you think should happen? >> well, certainly, i think that the president and any caught should have the right to fight as harold add he thinks he needs to -- hard as he or she thinks they need to if they think there's fraud. but i think at a certain point you have to say that what is going on here, is there enough fraudulent votes to overturn the election are, and what's in the best interests of the country. and i think that when you're in the position where you say, look, the votes just aren't there even if it's some fraudulent votes, at some point you have to say that there are problems confronting the country -- certainly now we have covid, which is a major problem confronting the country and other issues that will be very important for the next president to deal with. it's important to at least have

that peaceful transfer of power happen. that's something that's very important. and i think that maybe this very moment isn't the right time, but we're nearing the moment where we can say that it's important that that transition happen, that the next president coming in will be able to confront those issues that are so important to the american people and that you do the best for the country, what's in the best interests of the country. and i will say that if president trump ultimately does concede, i think that there's a parallel to 1960. president trump is relatively young, he's very sharp mentally, and i think that four years from now if a concession is done correctly, president trump will be in a terrific position to run again just like grover cleveland did and to win another term as president but with joe biden in between. i think there's a great chance president trump can to that. he's had a terrific record, and i think people just like with my grandfather in 1960 and even with george h.w. bush in 1992 would say that, you know what? maybe we made a mistake, maybe

we should continue with president trump. and i think that there's a historical analogy there that will serve him very well. so i think a concession isn't necessarily the worst political move for him to make once the time is right for him to do that. eric: yeah. people forget that grover cleveland was president twice, he got the two terms separated, of course. and finally, a president biden, what should republicans do? how should they react? your grandfather famously was bipartisan, reached across the aisle establishing the environmental protection agency, dealing with civil rights, a whole area of policy that he cooperated with and got done with the democrats because he faced a democratic house and a democratic senate. >> and it's very interesting because if president biden does become the next president, then he'll face, most likely, a republican senate, if republicans can win one of the two seats in georgia. so he'll have to be a compromiser. he'll have to compromise whether it's on picks for his cabinet or

policies. i think some of the tax policies the liberals have their heart set on aren't going to work. i think that some of the ideas the liberals have of stocking the joe biden cabinet with hard core progressives, i don't think that's necessarily going to work with a republican senate. i think the dreams of expanding and packing the supreme court, those aren't going to work. so i think that joe biden is going to have to be a conciliatory figure and someone who's bipartisan and works across the aisle and, quite frankly, i think that works very well with his temperament and with where he is on the political spectrum. i'd expect moderation in domestic politics and a return to multilateralism where joe biden will look to reenter trade agreements and, of course, i think he'll focus heavily on the paris climate accords and focus on putting the united states back into that. that would be my prediction for his upcoming presidency if that's what occurs. eric: christopher nixon cox, grandson of president nixon. always good to see you, thank

you. channeling your grandfather a bit to this present timement chris, thank you. >> thanks, eric. eric: arthel? arthel: well, a prominent progressive democrat ramping up the pressure on the newly-elected biden harris administration about a particular cabinet pick. the delicate balance the president-elect is trying to strike amongst different factions of his party. ♪ - [announcer] meet the ninja foodi air fry oven. make family-sized meals fast. and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. the ninja foodi air fry oven, the oven that crisps and flips away.

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♪ arthel: police are still looking for a gunman who opened fire inside a wisconsin shopping mall friday afternoon. seven adults and one teenager were injured in that shooting. police say the suspect is a white male in his 20s or 30s, adding a prelim flower investigation indicates the shooting was, quote, not a random act, and the result of an altercation. eric. eric: arthel, president-elect joe biden says he is close to announcing his choice for the treasury secretary. he will announce it soon. but as he looks ahead to the incoming administration, he is feeling pressure from some progressives who have set their sights on some key cabinet positions. among them, we're told husband former rival from the campaign trail, senator bernie sanders.

hillary vaughn live from wilmington, delaware, joins us. hillary, so sanders, i guess, is set to be angling, we're told, for labor secretary. >> reporter: eric, hi. yes, that's right, senator bernie sanders has been pretty much openly campaigning for the position of labor secretary, but so far president-elect biden has been silent about whether or not there's a place for bernie sanders in his cabinet. he was asked about it this week and chose not to directly answer the question. president-elect biden is meeting with transition advisers today, but yesterday he met with the top democrats in congress, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer, to talk about how to get covid relief done in a lame duck congress. >> in my oval office, mi casa, su casa. [laughter] hoping we're going to spend a lot of time together. >> reporter: but biden still has not spoken to the one person

in congress he needs to win over, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who issued a statement yesterday saying it's democrats who have refused to work out withdraws to use hundreds of -- ways to use hundreds of billions of dollars left over from the last round of relief. saying, quote: congress should repurpose this money towards the kind of urgent, important and targeted relief measures that republicans have been trying to pass for months but which democrats have repeatedly blocked with all or nothing demands. biden is also busy filling out his cabinet, and senator bernie sanders has been on a media blitz to keep pressure on biden to put progressives in his cabinet and also keep sanders in mind for labor secretary. but some of sanders' senate colleagues are staying silent when asked if they think bernie is right for the job. >> we have a deep bench of people who are qualified to serve in the biden cabinet. i can tell you i have the utmost confidence that joe biden's

cabinet will reflect this nation, will reflect the priorities that he has campaigned on during the presidential campaign. >> reporter: and we also are learning that in addition to making his mind up about treasury secretary, eric, axios is reporting that biden has made a decision on husband secretary of state as -- his secretary of state as well. so two positions down, thirteen to go. eric? eric: all right, hillary, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: for more, we're going to bring in the national political reporter for for "the washington post." so, annie, you know, president-elect biden says husband treasury secretary, whoever that will be, would be, quote, someone who will be are accepted by all elements of the democratic party from the progressives to the moderate coalition. so what does this say about the way in which mr. biden will govern once he does take office, or do we have to wait for hum to name names? >> well, i thought it was so striking yesterday when joe

biden made that comment. he was so delighted to say that husband treasury secretary -- his treasury secretary pick, he knows who the person's going to be, and he's expecting this person to be someone who at least all parts of the party will accept. not necessarily embrace, but accept. and that is actually a small list of people. so it does have a lot of treasury watchers looking at names like janet yellen, a person who has been respected by all parts of the party. but it's quite interesting that this is sort of the front foot that he's using, kind of a conciliatory approach and a conciliatory tone. you know, not only to the factions of his own party which has, you know, quite a bit of diversity ideologically, but also, you know, to republicans who he's been trying quite hard to reach out to. whether that's reciprocated or not is, i think, going to be one of the big questions of the early phase of this presidency.

arthel: well, it seems like he's got several branches, olive branches that he's going to extend, but we will see. listen, as the political appetites there in washington have shrunk over the years, can president-elect biden expand the political appetite? because, you know, and bring more people of different political stripes to the snail can he do it? seems like he wants to. >> he certainly does seem that way. if you even just look at his events in the last week, he made a big point of meeting with executive committee of the national governors' association. and that's a group of people that includes five democrats but also five republican governors. and he really highlighted those five republicans when he talked about that meeting. he's also made a decision not to sue the trump administration on which he could do and his lawyers have prepared a lawsuit, but not to sue in order to get the payment he needs from the

general services administration to, you know, do sort of some of the beginning of his transition. he's decided to sort of, you know, walk very slowly and carefully in that and kind of keep the temperature down in the country. arthel: right. >> and that's what he's attempting to do by not suing, but we'll see. of he's under quite a lot of pressure to do so and get moving. arthel: that's true. i want to go back to senator bernie sanders and read a quote from the senator he made to the associated press yesterday. this is on proifgs in the biden cabinet. he said, quote, it seems to me pretty clear that progressive views need to be expressed within a biden administration. it would be, for example, enormously insulting if biden put together a, quote, team of rivals and there's some discussion that that's what he intends to do which might include republicans and conservative democrats but which ignores the progressive community. i think that would be very, very unfortunate. is so, listen, ann gnu, senator

sanders, he stands on the inclusion of some progressive items. but understanding the unprecedented mountain of which you point out that the biden/harris administration has to immediately climb are, doesn't senator sanders appear to acknowledge that no major, sweeping shift can happen overnight? >> well, i think it is quite difficult particularly if the senate remains in republican hands. for biden to, you know, move forward with the kind of, you know, large agenda items of those on the very far left have been pushing, you know, biden would have to, you know, he would need republican not just support, but cooperation to move forward with his agenda. and so it certainly does set up a scenario where the progressives are not going to be particularly happy with a biden administration. arthel: well, let me just say this, let me jump in, annie, i

don't know that we can make this broad statement and say that the progressives won't be happy at all. you know, we don't know until we get in there. >> that's right. arthel: everybody's going to jockey for position, but it seems, you know, west virginia got to get to the point -- we've got to get to the point where one side can't have everything, and west virginia got to get to the point where these sides have to come together for the country. amen to that one, i say to myself. national politics reporter for "the washington post." annie, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks. arthel: eric. eric: well, arthel, the difficult balance between protecting your health and dealing with the economy. well, it's in the spotlight once again. many states are now instituting new restrictions because coronavirus has put this country under siege. those on both sides of the argument, what they're saying about this, when we come back. ♪ ♪ - i'm norm.

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eric: well, a look at some of the heas we're following this afternoon. at least 8 people were killed and 31 uninjuredded after rockets struck kabul, afghanistan, this morning. experts say attacks have been on the line since peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government stalled earlier this month. one of the president's sons testing positive for coronavirus. a spokesperson for donald trump jr. saying he was diagnosed earlier this week. he's not shown any symptoms and has been in quarantine since the diagnosis. and some people waiting in denver 14 hours for a view of the new in-n-out burger there. another location opened in colorado springs yesterday. they don't sell froabz patties, their a patties are made within 300 miles of the locations in california and texas, which is why there are none in the

midwest or the east coast. we have got five guys, shake shack. arthel? arthel: in-n-out, pretty darn good. well, thanksgiving is promising to look very different this year because of the pandemic. the cdc is recommending that americans not travel, this as many states are limiting the number of people that can gather together. let's go to alex ohio began live in -- alex hogan live in new york city with more. hey, alex. >> reporter: despite that guidance to stay home, longer lines are forming at testing sites here in new york city as more people want to get tested before the holiday. still, the cdc is urging everyone to avoid travel, to also avowed singing or shout -- avoid singing or shouting especially indoors and avoid contact with people for 14 days before gathering. it says guests should bring food for themselves. >> the situation in the united states is getting worse.

as the cdc pointed out, a million new diagnosed cases in the last week. and they didn't know this, but there have been close to 9,000 deaths in the past week. hospitalizations are increasing along with cases and deaths. >> reporter: around the country thanksgiving will look different with new restrictions. oregon and rhode island calling for a two week freeze on most nonessential businesses. michigan barring indoor dining for three weeks. in washington it's banned for one month. minnesota ordering that people only celebrate within their households. key limiting gatherings to 8 people -- kentucky limiting gatherings to 8 people. another change, today all 32 teams will enter the nfl's intensive covid-19 protocol. previously only teams with positive tests had to aboud by these -- abide by these ruling. mares will need to -- players will need to test negative. commissioner roger goodell says

the holidays will introduce new risks of exposure, so all of these players will not be able to have celebrations at home this year. and today, just hours before the kickoff between florida state and clemson, that game was canceled after the schools' medical teams conscious agree on -- couldn't agree on whether to play. arkansas them? arthel: alex hogan live in new york city, thank you. eric: new york city mayor bill de blasio is facing mounting criticism this weekend as the nation's largest public school district goes fully virtual because of the rise in coronavirus cases across new york. at least four other states also are requiring some or all of their k-12 public schools also to go virtual this past week for the very same reason. brown university economics professor emily oster disagrees. she writes in "the washington post", quote: if we are looking for ways to control community

spread, shutting down schools is not the answer. other measures focus more on the lower occasions and activities known to have super-spreader potential would do much more to curb the pandemic. the professor joins us now with more. so, professor, a lot of people think that schools are a spread. this is why there is that concern. but you have this different view. why? >> so i think that what we're seeing in the data is that is not showing up, that schools are not showing up as major sources of spread. i think many people were concerned when they opened that this would be a super-spreader event, many, many people would get covid, and we aren't seeing that in our schools. and that's good in a sense when it means it's possible to open schools safely, but the effort to close schools is maybe counterproductive. eric: you've with talked about orr locations as super-spreader sites. what do you mean and what type of activities? >> i think, you know, for example, indoor dining is

probably higher risk than scoops, and i think -- schools, and i think part of what has frustrated many of us who have been talking about this as a policy basis, new york, for example, they've opened gyms and bars while statement closing schools. eric: let me read something that you wrote in your article in "the washington post" saying, quote: for high school students and staff, the rates are similar to population case rates. for elementary and middle school students, there are lower. roughly 80% of schools in the state, new, reported no covid-19 cases at all. now, those schools that did detext covid, nearly 90% had only one or two cases across all students and staff. a single case is unlikely to be the result of in-school transmission meaning students and teachers don't appear to be catching covid from each other. what about, though, the concerns of teachers, of older

administrators, of older custodians and the like who are mixed with students who potentially could have coronavirus? >> yes. so i think it is very important that we think about what kind of resources we can provide to schools both to help make them safe, but also even beyond that, to make people feel safe, to make the teachers and staff at schools understand that they are valued and that we are concerned about protecting them. and whether that means more ppe or better surveillance testing, those are the kinds of things i think we need to be pushing resources into. but i also think we need to be reassuring people that, you know, to the extent that people are getting covid, it's mostly outside of schools. we we have this idea that kids are ahigh risk, and it does not some to be the case with this disease. i think there's a lot we can do on both messaging, but also on some of these kinds of protections that would be helpful finish those groups as well. eric: what do you think, how should they handle -- let me read you something from the cdc.

they say, quote: this is a role for school closures in response to school-based cases of covid-19 for decontamination and contact tracing. few days of closure, part of a larger community mitigation strategy, but jurisdictions with substantial community spread, how do you think we should handle it, what would you like to see change the mindset? how should we address schools, especially when it causes such stress sometimes for parents? >> yeah. i think what you said, we need to start thinking about schools as essential and think about prioritizing them over other things. in new york the idea was the community spread even though they said explicitly, it seems like the spread is not happening in schools, we're going to close schools anyway. i think we need to flip it and do everything we can to try to keep schools open and whether

that means doing more restrictions on dining, i think those are the kinds of sacrifices we need to be making in order to allow schools to stay open. and it absolutely is the case that if we see a lot of spread in the schools, we should figure out what's going on there and try to address it. it's not that there's never going to be a space for school closure, but to uniformly close schools in response to community rates while we acknowledge that the spread is not happening in schools, that seems to really put kids last in a way that i don't think is the way that society should value them. b erik fascinating analysis. that kind of flips the status quo on its head. emily oster up in the beautiful city of providence, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. eric: of course. arthel: well, the nation's unemployment picture or is prime improving, but it's still very bleak as some families are forced to rely on charities this thanksgiving for the first time

ever. ahead, the ceo of one of the nation's largest food banks on the increased need this holiday season. ♪

♪ ♪ arthel: well, the need for food assistance this holiday season is on the rise with more than 20 million americans now unemployed. and more than 8.5 million of them are receiving weekly unemployment checks that are scheduled to end on december 31st. now lines are growing at food banks nationwide, all of this ahead of thanksgiving. leslie joins us now, ceo of is second harvest food bank in silicon valley. leslie are, first of all, how many more people are you serving this year compared to last year? >> well, we're actually serving twice as many people. we're serving a half million

people every single month. people think of silicon valley as a place of tremendous wealth. but even before the pandemic, we had a food insecurity crisis here. i think what the pandemic has revealed is just how many people across the country were really living paycheck to paycheck and often with very little savings. as soon as shelter in place hit, we saw this immediate e and dramatic increase in need. arthel: can you keep up with the demand? >> well, i tell you, it's been a challenge. we are literally providing twice as much food, serving twice the number of people, and we're also doing it really differently, you know? you see these pictures from food banks around the country distributing food at drive-throughs. before the pandemic, most of our growsly distribution was kind of farmers' market where people could walk up and select what they want, and now we're boxing all the food in our warehouses and distributing them through these drive-throughs so people can receive their food safely, and they're often serving a thousand households at a time. arthel: and, of course, the

bigger the donation the better, but explain to us how even, you know, say a $5 donation can help. >> sure. well, i think people don't always realize just how far fooding banks can stretch your dollar. at our food banks, for every dollar we receive we can acquire enough food for two meals. and that's because we have relationships with farmers in the central valley here nor california where we get lots of produce donated, and we just pay the transportation or handling fee, or when we buy products, we're buying it by the truckload, so we're negotiating great deals, and we also get a lot of commodities from the federal government. people don't realize the scale of food banks, but every single week we're receiving over 90 tractor-trailer loads of food. arthel: and when we donate to second harvest, how quick the turn-around or? how quickly does that money end up as food on someone's table? >> well, we are working 24/7 to

acure the food quickly -- acquire the food quickly, handle it in our warehouse and get it back out to the community. if you're donating to your local food bank, it is going right the use because, like i say, we're seeing a level of need we've never seen before. and this is very different than 2008. that economic crisis afacted so many people -- affected so many people at varying economic levels, but this crisis is disproportionately impacting low-wage workers, so we're seeing so many people struggling to pay their rent and still afford food. lots of people anxious about feeding their families. arthel: can you share with us before we go, just give us an idea of some of the stories you're hearing from our fellow americans in these food lines. >> sure. i mean, often i think of one of our clients, elizabeth, who was a hairdresser for almost 20 years. of course, as soon as shelter in place went into effect, she lost her job.

her husband is still working, but they have three kids, and supporting a family of five on one income is a real struggle. we talk to a lot of people whose hours have been cut back, christina who works in a hotel, her job went away, and her husband's job, the hours were reduced, and it's been a real struggle for them. arthel: well, good luck. thank you for joining us here today on fox. and for more information how you can donate or how to get help from your local second harvest food bank, go to shfb, second harvest food bank, shfb.org. and here are a few other large scale charities, feeding america, serving neighborhoods across the country. you can also see web sites for their food bank on the heartland, los angeles regional food bank and the food bank for new york city on your screen. and we'll put that on the web site in case you're not watching or just listening.

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the most recent stats show at least one-third of those detained each month are repeat offend ors. joe biden has been critical of the policies. biden said it was criminal the trump administration reportedly lost track of more than 500 parents and children after they were detained and separated at the border. on his web site, joe biden calls the president's views misguided, quote: his obsession with building a wall does nothing to address security challenges while costing taxpayers billions of dollars. late last month dhs celebrating the construction of nearly 400 miles of new border wall along the southern boundary. in washington, lucas tomlinson, fox news. arthel: we are back in one hour at 4 p.m. eastern, 3 central. thanks so much for joining us. ♪ i wasn't going to just back down from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. psoriatic arthritis wasn't going to change who i am. when i learned that my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage, i asked about enbrel.

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