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collapse, 43 people still missing as storms slow what is now a recovery effort. and the taliban tightening its grip in afghanistan, gaining ground as the u.s. withdraws troops from the if war-torn country. we have live fox team coverage. greg palkot in kabul on the taliban advancing in afghanistan, and charles watson's standing by in surfside, florida, as crews dig through the rubble. but first we go to lucas tomlinson live in charlottesville on two symbols of the confederacy coming down. >> reporter: 50 years after the civil war, the statue of general robert e. lee was put up in charlottesville, this morning it was taken down. the mayor spoke earlier today. >> we, the people, are one step closer to the tranquility promised by the writers of the constitution to form a more perfect union. we are so far from the perfect

union, yet one step closer today as these two statues come down. >> reporter: over a hundred people were on hand to to see the statue come down. it was a pretty low-key affair. the statue of the confederate general who surrender toed to general grant in 1865 was the source of controversy and tragedy. in july 2017 the infamous unite the right rally turned into a violent clash resulting in the death of a 32-year-old woman. joe biden was so moved by the tragedy, it convinced him to run for office after president trump said there was blame on both sides for the violence. the city of charlottesville voted to remove the statue after the supreme court weighed in allowing the statue to be removed. another statue was loaded on a truck as well, stonewall jackson is. a local pastor here described the feeling of seeing the statues removed.

>> my hair is gray enough for you to know we've been through some struggles in this country. my prayer was that my grandchildren and great grandchildren would not have to do the same thing all over again. >> reporter: and we just learned a third statue is coming down this afternoon, that of lewis and clark and sacajawea, the city council voting this afternoon. we'll have more in a few hours. arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson live in charlottesville. eric? eric: in surfside the death toll has risen to 86 in that florida condo collapse, 43 still listed as missing. storms have slowed the recovery efforts as the investigation into why that building came down and what apparently was missed despite the warnings continues. meanwhile, we're also hearing from one of the con to doe owners who was not, thankfully, in the building when it came town but lost everything but his

wife. charles watson has the latest on that. hi, charles. >> reporter: hi, eric. miami-dade officials say the recovery mission at the site of that condo building collapse is moving along with great urgency. overnight more bodies were pulled out from underneath the heavy concrete and metal remains of champlain tower south. the death toll, as you mentioned, now at 86. 43 people still potentially unaccounted for as first responders desperately try to provide closure to the families of the missing. and these crews, eric, continue to brave the elements. officials say they had to briefly stop recovery efforts this morning because of lightning strikes, but they are back on site and making progress through millions of pounds of debris. and they've even been able to get underground in some areas. in fact, we saw a flatbed pulling this mangled car away this morning, and that reminds you of how extremely tough this tragedy is on everyone involved including the folks who made it out of the tower before the

collapse and have lost everything officials are beginning to distribute millions of dollars in donations to help victims many of whom say they are very appreciative. but as one young man who lived in the condo building with his family tells me, it's difficult mentally to recover from this traumatic situation. >> every single time my brother closes his eyes, he sees, you know, the visual of the collapse, you know? if the smoke, the not being able to breathe. he's there. once again, it's very hard for every single one of my family members just to go through that, because they see it everywhere. >> reporter: and a bit of good news out of this tragedy, this cat you see on your screen here is named banks. he lived on the ninth floor of champlain towers south and had been missing for days. well, on friday a volunteer recognized him wandering around the collapse site and took him to a nearby shelter. he was positively identified and later reunited with his family, and you have to imagine banks'

family is extremely grateful to have him back with them today. light in a very dark situation, eric. eric: yes, charles. thank you. arthel? arthel: eric and charles, president biden making good on a campaign if promise, ending the u.s. military mission in afghanistan, doing so ahead of the original september 11th target date. the mission will end on august 31st instead. the taliban looking to take advantage and already making gains in afghanistan, and it's now in control of some key towns in the north. greg palkot is live in kabul with more. greg. >> reporter: hi, arthel. we've been on the ground for two days here. we've been watching this taliban offensive accelerate, but today we're also hearing of some fightback by the afghan government. all across the country the districts have been falling to the taliban. yesterday they claimed they controlled 85% of the country. that is wrong, but one-third is probably correct, and another one-third of the districts are

being contested. overall, the afghan military has been underperforming, but the ministry of defense today claiming that they have regained some of the districts in the north and the west from the taliban, that there have been a high death toll of taliban fighters, but we have no confirmation of that. in fact, when we were out in kabul today, we talked to some people and saw some people who weren't taking the government at their word whatsoever. take a listen. you're looking at people who are struggling to get out of afghanistan. the taliban is making its move all across the country. they are worried about what's going to happen in this country, so they are right here, and they're trying to get their passports. >> here is everywhere. >> reporter: everything bombarding, everything taliban? >> yeah, everywhere. >> reporter: people want to get out of afghanistan now? >> yeah. >> reporter: why? >> the situation right now, it's hard to live here. >> reporter: yeah, arthel. we also heard complaints from people today again about the

u.s. exit, the speed of the u.s. exit. we also heard from president ghaani of afghanistan. his words, stay united. it'll be a hard fight. back to you. arthel: greg palkot live in kabul, thanks. ♪♪ eric: well, texas governor greg abbott is holding border security briefings today with sheriffs at the state capitol in austin. that as the migrant surge on the southern border shows no signs of slowing down. you know, more than 2,000 migrants a day crossed into our country. meanwhile, the pentagon has okayed sending up to 3,000 national guard troops to the border extending the military's mission there. jonathan serrie live at the border with the very latest on the crossings. hey,than. >> reporter: hi there, eric. governor abbott specifically is meeting with sheriffs of costs lining the mexican border here in texas trying to brainstorm

ideas on how best to help them. local law enforcement has been carrying much of the burden especially when it comes to criminal elements crossing the border. and the governor is looking for a way to make more jail space, judges and other resources available. take a listen. >> because of the current administration's complete abandonment of enforcing the laws that were a passed by the united states congress concerning immigration, there is an unprecedented increase in the number of people coming across the border. >> reporter: today near the border in la joya, texas, we saw six young men wearing black running across the brush. two stayed hidden, four continued running. this immediately raised suspicions of border patrol agents who pursued and apprehended the men. these men were taken to a van separate from migrant families who usually turn themselves in

voluntarily. this really illustrates the dilemma, eric, for law enforcement; local, state and federal. they try the show compassion for these families who are coming from poverty and legitimately seeking a better in life in the u.s., trying to go through the process turning themselves into authorities and then trying to prevent this very real threat, hardened criminals trying to sneak over the border and evade capture. eric, back to you. eric yeah, that video. thank you, jonathan. arthel? arthel: conservatives from across the country gathering for cpac, the three-day political call action conference which is building to a big speech tomorrow by former president trump. right now oklahoma governor kevin stitt and tennessee governor bill lee, they're speaking on a panel. casey stegall is live in dallas with more. [laughter] aha, hey, casey. [laughter] >> reporter: hey, arthel. i proudly wear that title, by

the way. fox nation is a proud sponsor of the cpac events this year, we should point out. a little behind the scenes action here, this is called broadcast row, and a lot of the guests that you all are having on the shows and then, of course, fox nation streaming, all of that content is coming from here. the main ballroom to the left of your screen is where many of the speeches and moderated discussions are taking place. topics on the agenda, how to save your school boards and engaging in a world where the left has made everything political. former president trump is expected to draw a crowd of about 4,000 as he delivers the convention keynote speech tomorrow. his son, don jr., spoke yesterday and got a big reaction. listen. >> they can't cancel all of us. [cheers and applause] if one, two, three people are the guys who have the guts to run out there and take the

arrows, yeah, they can try to cancel them. but if we get together and we're all in this, that game is over, folks. >> reporter: so you're looking at live pictures now of this ongoing conference where governor kevin state of oklahoma and -- kevin state of oklahoma -- kevin state9 is speaking with matt schlapp, the american conservative leadership chair. and the title of this workshop is leadership, justice and jobs in the age of wokism. so again, this is a convention that is hitting on a number of hot topics and topics that are certainly relevant at this time. it's the second cpac conference, in fact, this year which is unusual. they had their usual one in february, and and then they added this summer event to both reward texas, they say, for being ruby red, but also drawing attention to the upcoming midterms that'll be here before we know it. arthel, back to you. arthel: so if you're the governor, what am i?

>> reporter: well, you're the president, of course. [laughter] arthel: that's why i love you, casey stegall live at cpac, thank you. and remember, everybody, you can catch all the action streaming live from dallas exclusively on fox nation. eric. eric: thank you, ms. president. of course, after cpac on fox nation, be sure to stream riddled, our series about jimmy hoffa. episode five up right now. meanwhile, president biden putting pressure on vladimir putin after a massive global ran ran -- ransomware attack. what the president said he told putin and his response. we'll have that next. ♪♪ ♪ balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, now introducing ensure complete! with 30 grams of protein.

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♪♪ arthel: a new warning to russia from president biden, and it's not with love, after the massive ransomware attack over the fourth of july weekend. the white house says the president discussed it with vladimir putin in a phone call, and president biden later said he mentioned consequences. mark never is live in wilmington, delaware, where president biden is spending the weekend. mark. >> reporter: arthel e, good afternoon. the white house says the increasing amount of the cyber attacks is a matter of national

security, but how do you stop it, that's the big question. on friday president biden had a chance to reach out to russia's president to talk about the seriousness of this issue. as you know, these ransomware attacks have certainly become more popular, impacting businesses far and wide. but the eshoo is complicated because most of these criminal gangs are believed to be based in russia. president biden says he sent a clear message to president putin about what's expected. >> i made it very clear to him that, that the united states expects when a ransomware operation that is coming from his soil even though it's not, not sponsored by the state, we expect them to act, and we've given them enough information to act on who that is. >> reporter: meanwhile, here at home the biden administration says it's also setting its sights on reining in the power

of corporate america. they believe that too many -- too few companies have too much power here in the united states whether it be technology or health care, and now is the time to change it. on friday the president signing a sweeping executive order that would essentially allow the federal government to be more aggressive in enforcing antitrust laws. he also thinks that too many american workers are being held to unfair employment contracts, so the president wants to either end or limit non-competes in many sectors. one group that's not happy is the u.s. chamber of commerce. they wrote in a statement: the chamber is a strong add advocatr market-based competition. this executive order smacks of a government knows best approach to managing the economy. now, it's unclear what kind of backlash the biden administration could face, we hear about the supply shortages that businesses are facing and, of course, that could have a big impact on the president's economic agenda as he still tries to get through massive

bills through congress. arthel? arthel: thank you very much, mark. eric: you just heard the president say that he did talk on the phone with vladimir putin about this, but the kremlin says, quote: no requests have been received from the u.s. regarding cybersecurity, so what does that mean? for more on the president's handling of the attacks blamed on russian hackers, let's go to florida republican congressman greg steube. he sits on the house judiciary committee and is at the cpac gathering in dallas where he joins us now. congressman, good to see you. do you think the message, do you think that message got through to putin? do you think the russians are going to stop? >> no, i don't think the message got through. biden's been weak on russia, we've seen that all the way through. they hacked the colonial pipeline, and the white house did absolutely nothing about it, this administration didn't do anything about it. and when they met in geneva in person, biden gave him a list of 16 targets that he didn't want him to hit and didn't have any type of retribution or reaction to the colonial pipeline hit.

so the russians know that they can do this and get away with it. biden has a said in your reporting that there's going to be consequences. well, what are those consequences going to be, when are we going to see that? you have to be tough with russia. trump was tough with russia, and that's why we didn't see this type of malign behavior. we're seeing it now because they know that biden is weak. eric: well, we did see the malign behavior during the trump administration. look at the election. and they've been doing this for years. but is it possible we have retaliated, just that the intelligence agencies have not made that public? >> well, i can't speak to what the intelligent agencies do or do not know. when they did the russia collusion investigation, we knew that -- we know that russia didn't collude with the trump campaign. we know that they tried to interfere with the elections, but there was no evidence, and i asked while in the judiciary committee, there was actually no evidence of any changes of votes or that they had gotten and manipulated any of the machines.

so there wasn't actually anything that was necessarily specifically done in that particular instance. eric: are you concerned that if we do retaliate, that that would just increase this? we'll retaliate with something else and there's no stopping it? >> well, we certainly shouldn't be giving them gifts like releasing sanctions on their own pipeline, that's giving them things that wed shouldn't be -- we shouldn't be giving them. we should continue to take a hard line as it relates the russia if they're going to continue to behave this way. eric: what are you afraid of? i mean, do you know, are we aware of what russia can do? can they turn the lights off? turn off our water? computers run everything these days. >> well, they do, and we saw them hack the colonial pipeline, so what else are they able to hack? are they able to go after energy grids, able to go after actual national security apparatus which would be very troubling to know as a member of congress if they have the capability to do

that and we as a government and the administration have not taken positive action to have a defensive nature against those types of attacks. eric: and so finally on this, what would you like to see the administration do, and what do you think they could do? >> well, they shouldn't have repealed the sanctions on the in order stream pipeline. that's -- nord stream pipeline. they should continue the sanctions that the trump administration had in place against russia. so any actions that we can take against russia from a sanctioning position that's going the make their economy weakened and make they can weak defensively, i think, is an important thing to do. if they attack any type of infrastructure, there should be some type of reaction from the administration in response to that type of action. eric: and finally, you're at cpac. what's it like? what are you doing there? >> well, there's a lot of excitement here. obviously, everybody's excited about the 2022 elections. there's multiple panels going on today and tomorrow and, obviously, everything's going to

culminate tomorrow with former president trump speak around 3:00 tomorrow. they're expecting around 4,000 people. trump was in sarasota, my hometown, this past july 4th weekend. he had over 40,000 people there, and we're going to try to do what we can to take the house back in 2022 and fire speaker pelosi once and for all. eric: congressman greg steube of sarasota, florida, great, great town, great location. >> thanks for having me. eric: thanks for joining us. of course. arthel? arthel: well, california's staking its own ground on kids wearing masks in schools this fall despite new guidance from the cdc. what's behind the move, plus the latest on the fast-growing delta variant. that's up next. ♪ ♪

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♪♪ arthel: a louisiana deputy has died after being shot in the head during a disturbance call last night. it's the latest string of violence against law enforcement across the country this week. alex hogan is live with more on thissal -- this. alex? >> reporter: we know that three officers responded, and all of this came after a call of a disturbance call there at that

home. gunfire erupted, and one officer was shot. that officer's name is william earl collins jr. he worked at a corrections center with the police department. he went by billy. law enforcement speaking out about last night's shooting, and they now say the focus will shift to the fallen officer's loved ones like billy's wife and daughters. >> my heart goes out to the family. my main focus over the next few days, over the next few weeks, months is going to support them, give them all that i can to help make this better and give them some closure. >> reporter: a different encounter altogether in terre haute, indiana, this week. one man is in custody after opening fire at a federal building and killing a police detective. greg faraci was a 30-year veteran in the police department. >> we're used to taking those types of risks as law

enforcement officers all the time. to have somebody come, as you say, to our front door and commit these kinds of a acts is a step beyond. >> reporter: two federal agents and an officer were also shot wednesday in chicago while sitting in their vehicle. bullets wounding one atf agent in the hand, the other in the torso and striking the officer in the held. now -- in the head. the 23-year-old suspect faces one count of using a deadly weapon to assault a special agent. arthel? arthel: very sad. alex hogan, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, the nation's largest state and the centers for disease control apparently not on the same page when it comes to covid in the classroom. california officials say students will have to mask up when classrooms reopen this fall despite the new cdc guidance that vaccinated teachers and students do not need to cover their faces. christina coleman live in los angeles with the very latest and what's going on in the state.

hey, christina. >> reporter: hey, eric. i just spoke with a number of parents about california's stance on keeping students masked up despite the federal government's advice on this. some parents said they're fine with students continuing to mask up. ohs said -- others said keeping kids' faces covered up all day in school is detrimental to their social development. >> i think that's a huge part of how we communicate, obviously. so for children to have some of their first experiences in the world to be covering their face, it'd be one thing if this was just, like, a few month, but now it's gone on for a year. >> for my girls, they're okay wearing their masks. they don't fuss about it. >> i think the teachers are probably vaccinated. we don't know about the ore students, parents -- other students, parents. >> reporter: yesterday the cdc announced that vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks inside school

buildings. this comes as covid hospitalizations and deaths are down and the knowledge9 that the rate of transmission among school-age kids is low. but again, for many students here in california, mask wearing will not be over. >> in california we believe that with masking and with testing as a, as an available option, that we can get kids back here in person 100% in our schools. >> reporter: and keep in mind this isn't the first time california has not fallen in line directly with the federal government over covid restrictions. california lifted its statewide mask mandate a month after the cdc announced that vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks this most situations -- in most situations. eric? if. eric: christina, thank you. arthel: okay. we're going to bring in dr. marty makary, professor of public health at johns hopkins university. so, listen, dr. makary, we understand while many parents

know the detrimental effects that remote classes can have on their kids' learning abilities, however, they don't want to the to put their children in medical harm's way. what can you tell parents who are confused or nervous if about their children returning to the classroom and keeping them safe? >> well, arthel, parents have a right to be confused right now. there's really no good data on children. and if you think about the impact of masks on kids, some kids to well with it, other kids really struggle with it. some kids develop worsening acne, kids who wear glasses can't see well because their a glasses fog up. so it really depends on the kid. and i think it's important not to make generalizations based on the experience of healthy kids that do well with it. i think we have a distorted perception of risk as well. we don't test every kid for rsv which is a common virus. more kids die of rsv each year than died during the entire

covid pandemic. arthel: interesting. do you encourage covid vaccinations for kids 12 and up? >> for kids with a co-morbiditying for but for kids that are healthy, the case isn't very strong. the total number of kids under age 18 that have died of covid, they've never verified that number, they've never been able to tell us if covid caused those 326 deaths. and if those kids can were primarily with pre-existing conditions or if any of them were healthy. arthel: now, from the schools' point of view, teachers, staff, administrators, etc., how do you ease their minds? what's your advice to them? >> well, look, i think that the cdc made it pretty clear in their new, revised guidance that even if they cannot meet the recommended guidance, they should still meet in person anyway. this is the first time the cdc issued strong language saying there were actually harms, they

acknowledged the risks of not meeting in person. i think we need to take what we call a reactive approach, and that is if there's an outbreak, if more than two kids in the classroom test positive, that's when you take an approach, close the classroom down or the school down for about two weeks. we've been doing that with influenza, we should do it with covid-19. arthel: i want to move to the delta variant. it's the cause of, as you well know, 51.7, 52% of infection. if you got both pfizer shots six months ago, should you be worried that your protection is running out? do you need a booster? >> no. here's the deal with delta. if you have been fully vaccinate or have natural immunity, you do not need to to worry about delta. you know what? all covid is contagious. this strain does not jump 30 feet. in the u.k. they saw a real wave

of delta infections but no increase in hospitalizations or deaths. they continued to decline. that tells us a lot. it's primarily circulating in younger groups. the concern right now inspect united states is there's still about a thousand counties with a vaccination rate of less than 30%. the susceptibility rate is going to be higher. arthel: so what do you say to them? >> i would encourage them to get vaccinated. look, if you don't have natural immunity and you have any pre-existing condition, you really should get vaccinated. if you're over 18, you should get vaccinated. we have a lot of experience as doctors with people who are noncompliant or don't do what they ask them to do. try one dose. that confers a fair degree of protection. and in kids 12-15, one dose in a tel aviv study gave efficacy is. a. arthel: but if they're going to get one dose, why not get both? >> one dose gives 92% protection

at four weeks. that's pretty good. but you can get that second dose at two months, three months or even down the road. turns out if you get it three months later, the immune protection is even stronger, three times stronger with the pfizer vaccine. arthel: that's why pfizer wants to come up with a booster. >> yeah. and that's been a narrative driven by the pharma industry. they've actually convinced the government to buy 200 million doses of the moderna vaccine despite no evidence to suggest that we need boosters. i think they're going to be for those who are transplant recipients and maybe some elderly that did not mount a strong antibody response over time. arthel: maybe this is a business story. maybe they're trying to drive up stock prices. >> i'm sure the shareholders love it, but i don't think the general public will need a booster come this fall. arthel: dr. marty makary, i like your background there. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, arthel. arthel: take care.

erin b up next, we'll have more on the impact of the early u.s. exit from afghanistan as we're told the taliban has seized some more strategic areas. coming up, pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author judy miller will join us. she was in afghanistan when the taliban last controlled kabul and kandahar. she will join us about a what to expect. but first, here is maria bartiromo with a look at what's on her show, "sunday morning futures," tomorrow. maria: former president trump takes on big tech with a class action lawsuit. trump will join me in an exclusive interview on "sunday morning futures" to lay out his case over being censored on social media. 10 a.m. eastern live sunday, don't miss it. ♪ ♪ ] if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost today.

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♪ arthel: the fencing installed around the u.s. capitol is coming down more than six months after the january 6th riot. the process began yesterday and

is expected to take about three days. but things will not return to normal yet. parts of the capitol will remain off limits to most members of the public and heightened security measures will stay in place due to concerns over more unrest there. eric. eric: president biden says troop withdrawal from afghanistan finish ahead of his original september 11th deadline, but the taliban already gaining ground there, and there are fears the government in kabul will eventually not be able to stave them off and the taliban eventually will be back in control of that country without the presence of our forces there. judy miller, adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute for policy and research, and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author joins us, one of the few who reported from kabul and kandahar when the country was under taliban control. first, your prediction on the future of that country. what do you think will happen in

afghanistan? >> well, i think that i have to agree with the u.s. intelligence community which has estimated that kabul, the capital, could actually fall to the taliban within six months to one year, eric. that's a very sad prognosis for a country that has had so much progress and seen so many women educated, seen so many jobs created. but the taliban is steadily marching across the country, and that's what worries me about the decision that president biden has made. eric: but the pentagon though, john kirby, says it's, quote, not inevitable9 that the taliban will take over. he says even though we won't have drops there, we are still supporting -- troops there, we are still supporting the forces financially, logistically with air support -- [inaudible conversations] >> the devil is in the details. what i haven't seen from kirby

or from his boss, the president, is an overarching strategy for moving forward. what's next? how to do you deter the taliban from taking over the entire country and saying no women can work with, no dissidents will be heard, men will grow long beards, in other words, returning to the nightmare, the theocratic nightmare that was afghanistan under the taliban. when i was there, i can tell you, it was one of the saddest, harshest, most brutal places on earth. and i don't think afghans themselves want to go back to that. but it's not clear how america is going to lend enough support to the afghan forces, the 300,000 who we've trained, to actually enable them to fight the taliban. where are we going to send the drones and the missile strikes from? the gulf is eight hours away. eric: what was it like when you were there? one would think that you were an

honored guest, if indeed you went -- >> i was. [laughter] eric: you know? they're going to try the treat you well and show, you know, when you go to places like this. what was it like? >> yes. well, they tried to charm me, and they tried to persuade me that there were no terrorist training camps there. this is at a time when al-qaeda and osama bin laden himself was with the taliban, and i tried to actually visit osama bin laden's compound and had kalashnikovs pointed in my face. that's when i knew the pleasure of my company was no longer desired. look, they did not succeed in persuading that they meant their enemies and rivals no harm. clearly, they were not willing to give up bin laden. it was a horrible, terrible place for afghans especially. so that's what i'm hoping. people say, oh, the taliban have evolved, they've changed. what are the indications of

that? there are no indications the taliban willing to let women work, are willing to let there be a free press, willing to do all of the things that their perverse intendation of islam tells them shouldn't be done. i think the afghans themselves are in for a very rough time, and i'm marley worried not to -- particularly worried about not only the people i met, but the 18,000 interprets, scouts, guides who helped americans and their 50,000-75,000 family members whom we owe and whom we must get out. and if you noticed in president biden's speech two days ago, he did not mention anything about them or plans for getting them out of the country and protecting them. who will cooperate with america if we cannot be relied upon to protect the people who work with us? eric: we have to help those who helped us.

especially after all -- >> absolutely. eric: -- all the blood and treasure of our country spilled in that country. judy miller -- >> absolutely. eric: -- pulitzer prize winner, i'm glad you came back and were able to do that safely. >> me too. everything, as always, judy, as always, thank you. arthel? arthel: fascinating. okay, the countdown is on. virgin galactic set to launch richard branson and crew into spaceman january that. next -- mañana. what it means for the future of space tourism. ♪ ♪ eat, it's more. it's dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch over your heart. ♪♪ anything to drink? just water... hold on, we're coming!

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arthel: richard branson set to take then his billionaire space race against now-former amazon ceo jeff bezos. sir branson and his virgin galactic crew are set to launch into space tomorrow on his own rocket from a space port in new mexico. jeff paul is live in las cruces, new mexico, with more. hey, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, arthel. years and years of work all coming down to tomorrow morning when virgin galactic is set to launch its founder and owner, richard branson, into space. however, less than two weeks after that point, another billionaire, jeff bezos, set to

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another blistering weekend, 30 million people out west. folks there already and triple digit temperatures, it hit 130 and death valley yesterday. adam has the hot forecast. adam. >> it's been taught across the western state for weeks and that continues today from national temperatures but again it continues to be all the heat building up in the western western states, watches and warnings stretching up into the pacific northwest not as hot as it was a couple of weeks ago but there still extreme heat across the western states and this is a couple of days were looking at widespread into the one teens but this is warm again and he is stretching again to the north not so much along the coastal cities and communities but inland looking up to the triple

digit and that will continue. the other story were looking at his storms in the middle of the country, these could become severe today and likely already are so storm reports the last 24 hours and more rain will come. eric: rx. arthel: thank you, we are back in an hour. ♪♪ ♪♪ welcome to the journal editorial report, i am paul gigot. parents across the country buyback against the teaching of critical race theory and k-12 classrooms. two of the nation's largest teachers unions are throwing their support behind the controversial curriculums telling us the national education association annual meeting classic passed a measure calling for the union to issue a study criticizing empire, white supremacy, antiblack, racism,