figures he might as well fight hard and see what happens. neil: we'll watch very closely. jim, thank you very much. just to update you, waiting to hear from the albany county sheriff concerning this criminal complaint of a woman who used to work for governor cuomo, griff jenkins and jacqui heinrich to take you through that. that will do it and more. griff: welcome to fox news live. the albany county sheriff is holding a press conference at this moment. let's listen in. >> not that i'm aware of at this time. again, we're in the very infant stages. >> to the governor-- >> we have not talked about that at this point. >> sheriff, can you tell us approximately when this incident occurred? >> i'd rather not, sir, at this point. again, we're in the infant stages of this investigation. i do not want to go any further on that. we have a report on file it

alleges criminal conduct against our governor and it would be just at this point it would not be in our best interest to talk about it. >> about four months ago, you and i in vague terms talked about this and it's up to the victims before we take any action. is there any indication of why this is the timing now, now that four or five months after the initial report decided to take action? >> i really can't answer that. what i can say that it's obvious that the attorney general released her report. i think maybe at that point she became aware of just how brave the other victims are to come forward and that may have empowered her some as well. >> an estimate of how long an investigation like this usually takes? >> you know what? i would be guessing. you know, i mean, this is obviously very high profile investigation. there's a lot of information

out there. we have a lot of fact finding to do. we have a lot of interviews to do and you know what? i'm not going to rush it because of who he is and i'm not going to delay it because of who he is. we're going to conduct a comprehensive investigation as my investigators and my staff always do and when the data and the facts are compiled, we'll make a decision at that point. >> your approach considering this involves governor cuomo-- >> i couldn't hear the beginning of that. >> your approach won't change as opposed to other investigations considering this is the governor. >> it's a high profile investigation since it's the governor. we treat the victims the same, investigate the same, this one has more eyes on it. >> the lawyers notified of-- >> no, i have not. i've spoken to our district attorney and members of his staff. we have discussed this and we hope to sit down in the upcoming week to come up with a

game plan. listen, the last thing we want to do is to continue to revictimize these victims and i've read the report as well and read our report i've had from our victims and i commend them on bravery for coming forward and now it's time for us to investigate. >> as the attorney general also had a criminal investigation instead of what we got earlier this week? >> it would be hard for me to answer that. there's other investigative data out there. he is that the information we're looking for. >> sir, how would your investigation be different than the ag's investigation? >> i'm sorry? well, right now i would say that our investigation is involving criminal conduct. i believe that the attorney general was given their investigative powers geared more towards civil investigation. our investigation is more towards a criminal investigation. >> would you be kind enough to

talk us through the process going forward? >> so, obviously, mr. primo and his client came in on thursday afternoon, as i said, they had roughly an hour of more or less meet and greet and explanation of the criminal justice process and how this is going to proceed. from here we've already requested investigative material from the attorney general and the private council that they hired out. and we're waiting to review what comes back and as well as the district attorney from albany and i believe there are several others involved at this point. our focus is right here and at that point we'll review that data. at some point we're going to have our victim back in for probably a lengthy interview, could be a series of interviews and at that point, depending on the facts and the circumstances, we'll sit down with the district attorney and make a decision to move forward with a criminal charge. >> and based on, again, i'm on the peripherals of this and it

will probably be a misdemeanor and probably a couple. >> and you repeatedly used the word victim, there's a presumption there, they've been victimized. you're at the preliminary or very infant stages of the investigation. so when you say victims, does that telegraph that you believe that they've been victimized? >> well, you're being very presumptuous as well. >> i think we've read the attorney general's report and we know what's in it. at this point, i'm very comfortable and safe in saying that she is in fact a victim and again, i commend all of them for coming forward. this is a very tough time and for something that you know is going to put a lot of stress on pressure on a victim, i give them all the credit in the world, so-- >> what are the major parts of this particular allegation was the fact that executive assistant number one is anonymous, that being said. what do you think is or should be the role of the media as

relates to this? there's probably 20 cameras here right now. >> listen, i obviously want to protect all of the victims. you know, we spend hours of training and learning how to handle victims and, you know, just they've had a lot of stress put on them. they've been through a rough period of time. the last thing i want to do is continue to revictimize. i think that every time their faces pop up on tv or names are mentioned on tv or radio, it does, in fact, probably put more stressors on them. i think -- i know, everybody wants to know what's going on. it's your job to report that and the pictures and i think enough is enough. >> and anonymity because of this investigation? >> i would like to see that, but i can't tell her to do that or not to do that. >> do you think over time it will be judicial process. >> subpoenaing any records of the governor's staff?

>> not at this point but again, we got this complaint thursday night, thursday afternoon. >> a question and is this the kind of case that could lead to an arrest? >> it would be premature regarding questioning him, but, obviously, yes, it could lead to arrest. >> and-- >> would our agency be effecting that arrest, absolutely. >> and the behavior-- >> i'd rather not get into this. >> department has some involvement in it? is it going to be a joint investigation due to overlapping of law enforcement? >> i'm not sure what theirs is, partnered up with the albany district attorney and david and i have bounced messages back and forth. how it expands, i cannot answer that at this point. >> do you think the timing of this with the attorney general's office? >> well, i would think living in a digital age we could get

an expeditiously, but i'm not confident of that. i am hopeful the middle of the coming week? >> at some point did you enlist their help as well? >> we may, it depends how the investigation unfolds. i think as far as investigations or forensics, i'm very confident in the men and women that work for me, but we may use the lab at some point. >> and recurring theme the administration as a whole, a lot of it has been political in nature and motivation, how can you reassure folks who question whether or not this is politically motivated? >> politically motivated-- >> from your office. >> from my office? well, i can tell you, darryl, that i had a female victim come forward which had to be the hardest thing she's ever done in her life and make a criminal allegation against the governor. as part of the sheriff's office

i'm elected as well. i think we have a proven record in this area, in this region of helping people, taking care of people and i think that's what we're supposed to do as law enforcement, supposed to do in government is take care of people. i had a young lady who came in, alleging she was victimized and we'll do everything in our power to help her. >> generally speaking, can you tell how they're working with the attorney's office? >> we'll share information back and forth. we may enlist the help of their investigators. he has, now, seven to 10 investigators over there as well. we may have to partner up to do some interviews or something to that effect, but ultimately, it's welcoming to have the district attorney involved in on the foundation. they're very familiar then with the investigation going forward. they know the facts, and you're not in the 11th hour trying to push a case on him and expecting them to make a quick decision. >> and the governor's office--

>> i have no timeline on that. we're not going to rush that because of who he is, we're not going to delay it because of who he is. we're going to conduct a comprehensive investigation and when the evidence is compiled we'll make a decision at that point. >> besides getting the attorney general material, what other things do you need to have happen first before you reach out to the governor's office? do you need her types of materials or other-- >> yes, we do. i'd rather not disclose exactly what we need, but, yes, we'll need more than just information from the attorney general and don't forget, there's going to be an interview conducted at some point with our victim. >> and why won't the criminal complaint be released, perhaps to protect her identity. >> in addition to the identity i was asked by our district attorney general not to release it until we have a meeting to discuss exactly what we'll be able to gather. we didn't want singular pieces of paper out and about and

we'll keep it in-house. >> when are you meeting? >> i'm hopeful. could be tomorrow. could be monday or tuesday at this point. >> the allegations are borne out to be true, that this woman has come forward, can you tell us if that would be within the confines of a misdemeanor would it be a felony? >> i don't think that would be proper for me to answer at this point. i can say we're floating around a misdemeanor, but again, that's just from the attorney general's report. we haven't had an indepth interview wither had. >> what do you make of the comments made by the governor's attorney. >> i'm sorry? >> the comments made yesterday during with the governor's attorney? >> i did not watch aof that. >>-- excuse me. >> do we -- i can't understand. >> pressing charges. >> it would be improper for me to answer right now. >> is it safe to assume you're

protected from retaliation from the administration or do you think there's a chance that the administration, being the cuomo administration, retaliate against you if there's some kind of behavior. >> i'm the county sheriff, i'm not going to be intimidated, not coerced. that would not play out well for anybody. >> to what you've been doing in this investigation? >> it's a group of investigators that are trained to handle sexual assault investigations, as well as regular criminal investigations. they're well-trained and professional. we only have two or three that do specific sexual victim investigations, but they have unlimited resources of other investigators. >> will the call whether to charge be your office or the d.a.'s office? >> it would be my department,

but the backing of the district attorney. if you don't have the backing of your district attorney it's moot to move forward. >> with the complaint lead to your office, did it encompass additional incidents? >> i'd rather not answer at this time to keep from being convoluted. anybody else? >> when can we expect the nexpress conference or update or you do not know? >> i do not know. again, this complaint came in thursday afternoon. i was unreachable yesterday. we will be sitting down after this and having a meeting with our command staff come up with a strategic plan and then we will also conifer with the district attorney's office and commence our investigation. >> will you and the district attorney be interviewing the victim together? >> in all likelihood yes, yes, and i also, i need to talk to david about some of the other district attorneys. i've seen four or five other district attorneys seeking

information. again, i don't think we need to have a room full of people to sit down to interview our victim so we'll go over the logistics of that. >> if you're sharing documents why not share the ag's material. >> we need it. i believe they're waiting for the a. ag's. >> whatever is going on up there is none of my concern, we're seeking investigative material and additional reports from the attorney general's office and those who conducted the investigation. what's happening on eagle street is none of my concern. we're worried about our victim and our investigation. >> for number one, there were multiple incidents that were documented. any statute of limitations on

any of these, the attorney general reports there, that would fall-- but any concerns of that? >> none whatsoever. again. i thank you for coming out. i hate to break up your saturday, but again, we're just starting to get moving here. so, thank you all for coming. . griff: that was albany county sheriff addressing the media confirming that a criminal complaint against governor andrew cuomo has indeed been filed. he would not say who it was or specifically what the details are, saying it is under investigation, but in taking questions from the press he said it could lead to an arrest. he will wait for the information and materials, he says, from attorney general latisha james. welcome to fox news live. i'm griff jenkins. jacqui: hey there, griff. i'm jacqui heinrich. yeah, the albany county sheriff

craig apple talked about the report, a woman identified executive assistant number one who accused cuomo of multiple incidents of sexual harassment including groping her breast in the governor's mansion. he denied that. and he said this could result in arrest which adds another layer to this whole thing as it's unfolding over the last week. neil: it's been fast-moving as you say. just on tuesday we learned of this report, 168 pages, 11 women claiming sexual harassment, groping, various degrees of things, but the very first witness, woman in this executive assistant number one, described in this report as a mother. she's married and she details encounters she had as an assistant in the governor's mansion, specifically an incident in november of last year, november 2020 she says at that the governor went in for a hug, reached into her blouse

and grabbed her breast. and we'll see if that's now in sheriff craig apple's formal complaint. jacqui: the new york state lawmakers are giving andrew cuomo one week for the impeachment probe tied to a separate investigation carried out by latisha james. the disgraced governor is facing the claims separately. we want to unpack this legal fallout with fox news contributor. andrew mccarthy. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you. jacqui: does this allegation we just heard raise this to a level of greater consequence given james' investigation gave to civil litigation and this is a criminal complaint that could potentially result in arrest? >> jacqui, i think what we

witnessed was all about politics even though it's in the framework of law enforcement. as a commentator on the side who has some legal background and can look at this, i can certainly make a judgment that i think that the report seems to have a lot of credible investigation and that governor cuomo is unfit, but in the four corners of the criminal justice system he's supposed to be presumed innocent and it's utterly inappropriate that just happened happened, other than they could have put out a one-line-- even this would have been unusual, a one-line press release that said that the complainant, not the victim, but complainant formally filed a complaint. this was just so an elected official could go out a number of times and refer to the complainant as a victim, which for impeachment purposes is very consequential, but in a

criminal investigation it taints the jury pool for the governor. it's the kind of thing that makes a judge livid. griff: you raced the fact that this the sheriff was calling this person is victim. and trying to get in front of this. here is what she said, listen. >> 63 years old. 40 years in public life. and for him to all of a sudden be accused of a sexual assault of an executive assistant that he really doesn't know doesn't pass muster. he needs to be treated fairly. griff: your reaction? >> well, look, this is the kind of thing, griff, that defense lawyers always say. i think it's a big deal that this woman came forward because, you know, she's now

making a formal complaint to the police. if she's lying, she could be prosecuted. that seems to me to be something very consequence. what i'm directing myself to, defense lawyers try the case on the courthouse steps, that's kind of part of the gig. law enforcement people are supposed to confine themselves to the public record and not supposed to assume the guilt of the person about whom the complaint has been lodged because that undermines the presumption of innocence. he could very easily have called the woman-- this would have been totally accurate. could have called the woman who had come forward the complainant. he called her the victim. she's only the victim if she's telling the truth and could he mow como is laying. he's denying this. law enforcement are not supposed to undermine that. >> andy to your point, there

has not been a presentation by the defense, not been an examination, a cross examination of any of these witnesses. do you think that that should have happened as part of james' probe or that cuomo should call for that to happen next? >> yeah, jackie, that's one of the things that his lawyer complained about yesterday and i think they have a point on this. and it's this, if you were a prosecutor preparing an indictment, or you're a civil litigant preparing a complaint, you're careful only to put in the pleading documents, the charging documents, the things that you think i could prove by whatever the standard of proof is, beyond a reasonable doubt or preponderance in a civil case. what latisha james, the attorney general did, she regarded her man date only to conduct an investigation. she wasn't trying to prove anything in court. she basically collected a bunch

of information and put it out there which you would ordinarily not be allowed to do. even though i don't have a lot of sympathy for cuomo. i don't see how anyone could when you look at the report. it's fair to say in a normal proceeding, the governor would be limited to saying publicly what it thought it could prove and the defense would have a chance to rebut the allegations and they have a point when they say, look, she just put this out publicly, we never got a chance to come in and review it. we never got a chance to make any objections. she keeps saying that cuomo got 11 hours of an interview. that's not the same thing as having your lawyers analyze the allegations and be able to cross examine the witnesses. it's like he's been convicted without a trial because a lot of people figure she's the attorney general and she wouldn't put this stuff out if it wasn't true. griff: andy, that's a fantastic point. i've learned that the attorney

general cannot prosecute the governor, she's carrying out an investigation as warranted by the governor himself. in it report specifically with regard to executive astandpoint -- assistant number one testified and touching and graphing private parts, including the butt and breast. and we heard the sheriff,'s waiting for, believed to be photo, a selfie taken with the governor and executive assistant number one. the sheriff is waiting for the evidence and material from the attorney general's office. is it possible that while it appears the governor was convicted in the court of public opinion with these documents, with this testimony. it will lead to conviction? >> griff, the thing is, this is

going on two different tracks and they're not the same thing. one is impeachment. in terms of impeachment. what we just saw really advances the ball. in terms of, you know, an ultimate criminal proceeding, what will have to happen, they'll have to investigate this. they'll have to decide whether to prosecute him or not and then he'll get the rights, if he gets charged, that a normal criminal defendant gets. but i think from cuomo's standpoint, your political motivation and your legal jeopardy are kind of intention. so, normally what would lawyer would want in a criminal case is for the client just to pipe down and be quiet and let's see what the government decides to do. cuomo politically can't afford to do that, so, you know, i think what he's got his eyes on right now is how this affects impeachment. down the road there could be a criminal case filed against him. it will be a misdemeanor more

than likely if that happens. if his prioritization of the peril he's in, i would think that impeachment is first the on list. neil: indeed it is. andy mccarthy, thanks for coming on to walk us through these things. the state assembly meets and andy, thank you. >> thanks. jacqui: griff, if they would vote to impeach if cuomo does not resign. and todd comiskey, thank you for being with us. >> absolutely. jacqui: as we just laid out. there are a number of unusual things about the track in which this has evolved, but the top prosecutor in the state did layout her findings that showed that the governor broke, she said, federal and state laws. do you think there's any way

for the governor to come out of this, and should he resign given the fact that impeachment trial would mandate that some of the women would come forward and tell their stories and that may not be something that they want to go through? >> i'm a former federal prosecutor and former d.a., is something one off or paint a compelling picture. the attorney general's report painted a picture of nauseating and disgusting behavior by the governor. you could say this particular witness on this day could be an inconsistently, we didn't get the notes on. 11 victims, eyewitnesses, collaborating text messages and adds up i think to not having a path forward for the governor in albany. one thing that's important to remember, unlike in washington, in albany, the governor is

removed upon an impeachment vote so he's not the governor during any particular trial. so i think we're waiting to see that zero hour, the final moment when it's clear the assembly, assuming this is what they're going to do. which i think they are. >> they're about to impeach for the governor and decide what he needs to do. because putting the victims through that and so much more, he wouldn't be the governor during that and i think that's the moment he's trying to stave off, but it looks like that moment is coming. >> cuomo has not given any indication that he intends to resign. are you aware of any sort of probing of these women to see if that next step of going through the trial and having them bring their accounts to the record, has there been any attempt to sort of solidify that next step if that's where this needs to go? >> you know, the senate hasn't taken any formal action. the governor is digging in.

there's a rally today in front of his office. and his lawyers did a presentation last night. i'm a representative in a purple district on long island and the voters i represent aren't buying it. they know that impugning the prosecutor or the ag and the agt member's integrity is a really a move of desperation. saying that someone has a wrong date on a particular event, doesn't undermine that something may have occurred. it's 11 victims, someone would have to believe that 11 victims are a part of a conspiracy, that all of these witnesses were there and they sent text messages years ago corroborating something. and i don't think they're buying it. they have to make a swift, strong move. and i think that could force the governor's hand. jacqui: what do you think of his, putting a case against a

targeted investigation, that being governor cuomo versus a fact finding mission? >> let's remember, the governor has not short of access to a microphone. at any point he can get up and explain to everyone. he could hold forth for everyone and answer questions and he has not chosen to do that. and under the court of a law owe has no to do that. but it's worth remembering that, you know, these victims have been through a lot and what the sheriff's press conference today told me was that the sheriff believes the victim. i was a sex crimes intake prosecutor when victims came in, sometimes not right after the incident. there are some things that don't sound right and you want to investigate. i got the sense that the sheriff believed this and that

doesn't mean we know absolutely where the case is going. the d.a. will be involved and make a legal analysis and obviously has to have a case that they can prove. but told me he believes here. jacqui: are you surprised when the president of the united states said governor cuomo should resign, yes or no. >> no, it was beyond-- >> in a rare weekend session trying to pass the bipartisan bill on capitol hill. we'll see if they can get it done. but we also bundle outdoor vehicles with home and auto to help people save more! [ laughs ] ♪♪ [ humming ] [ door creaks ] oh. [ soft music playing ] what are you all doing in my daydream? it's better than that presentation. a lot better. you know, whether it's a fraction or a decimal, it's still fun, you know?

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>> welcome back, you're watching live images from the senate floor as lawmakers trying to finalize their work on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the senate is in a rare weekend senate with hopes of passing the bill as early as today, possibly. chad is live at the capitol. is it likely it will go through

or where does it stand? >> we'll see. this is the second weekend in a row, they're taking a test vote to break a filibuster on the bipartisan bill that needs 60yea's. >> the cryptocurrency that they've put on there, unworkable and unsustainable and all of this, means this bill should not pass. it's going to make inflation worse. >> there's a push to add reporting mandates to the bill for cryptocurrency that would raise about $28 billion to cover the cost of the bill. the senate majority leader chuck schumer tried to force for the bill then, but he's still getting pushback. >> we can get this done the easy way for the hard way, in either days, the senate will stay in session until we finish our work. it's up to my republican colleagues how long it takes. >> now, you need 60 votes to

crack the filibuster. if the test vote fails, the bill works. keep in mind the frame work for the bill was agreed by a lineup of bipartisan senators and explains why congress has struggled to pass infrastructure for years. congratulations to you on your new assignment here at the white house. we'll miss you on capitol hill although you won't miss working on saturdays in the senate. >> and i hope to work on the other side of the street, and-- >> it's article one or two. griff: we're joined by republican congressman from new york and member of the house budget committee chris jenkins. congressman, thank you for taking time. my first question to you, do you think that this infrastructure bill in the

senate would go to you, will make it to the white house where jacqui heinrich can report on it? >> i'm watching what's going on in the senate and i've always said that i'm in favor of an infrastructure bill, package, if it's really true infrastructure and if it's paid for. right now, i'm more disturbed than anything what i'm getting as far as the cbo p could-- coming out and drive 260 billion more to our deficit or debt. that it's not fully paid for. i think there's a lot more questions that we have that need to be answered if this thing is going to get bipartisan support on the other side of the house and i think that is the only way that something like this should go through, especially right now when we're talking about having spent so much money and put so much money on our kids credit

card over the last year during covid. we have to be really responsible in terms of expenditures. there's a lot of need in my district in western new york for sure, but it needs to be paid for and not on taxpayer dime and taxes. >> you put your finger on an important part of it. and what the cbo says it adds. this was supposed to be paid for, the red line was not raising taxes and not costing the american taxpayers any more, but is the pretense of being fiscal conversation without raise more money dead? >> with true infrastructure, there are a lot of things that are not. i can see a lot of places we could tear this down to make this not as much as right now they're talking over a trillion

dollars, but in my mind and talking to a lot of my colleagues, we all those that were inclined to be supportive they said only if paid for. and that's what the republican senators who had been saying that all along and the cbo has clearly blown a hole in that and they have real challenges. i'll tell you one thing, there's about a trillion dollars in unspent covid money, maybe put infrastructure aside now and say that money should go to infrastructure and not be wasted on a lot of things i see it wasted on throughout the country. >> there's a lot of roads and bridges that would certainly benefit that. let me turn now, if i can, to the story everyone is talking about, that is the unfolding saga of governor cuomo. you heard just less than 20 minutes ago, the press conference from the albany county sheriff there. what are your thoughts? >> i served in albany in the state senate. i know the sheriff. i know of the sheriff.

he received bipartisan support and respect and i think he showed that in the way he conducted that press conference. i think that, you know, the governor will not be the governor in a number of months and it's up to him how to do that, you know, is he going to leave, resign, like every congressman on a bipartisan basis as stated. or is he going to drag these women, our state through a lengthy, ugly impeachment process with the same end, that he will be impeached and removed from office? i hope he does the right thing for these women and i hope he does the right thing for our state and that he resigns. our state has so many problems, fiscal crisis, we have an exodus of population that we've seen get worse during covid. we have crime waves in almost every city throughout the state. we need leadership, a governor

with hands on. this is not a governor focused on being governor. griff: and a couple of seconds, knowing your former congress in albany, and they'll talk about impeachment on monday, how confident are you if he doesn't resign he will be impeached? >> i think most definitely he will be improved a majority have stated that and i think the senate on the other side in terms of impeachment. i think it's inevitable. it's up to him how he does this, one way or the other. griff: congressman chris jenkins, thank you for taking time. we'll be watching it, sir. jacqui: griff, new jobs numbers are out for july. what they say about the state of our economy and the millions of people that aren't being counted. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments.

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>> the july jobs report

exceeding expectations with 943,000 jobs added last month and unemployment dropping to 5.4%, the lowest since the pandemic started. now for what that means, our economic recovery, as covid cases strike again. let's bring in the macro founder and research fellow at the university of san diego school of business and mitch rochelle, the co-host of a podcast. mitch, nobody better to talk to on this saturday. it looks like a cause for celebration at the white house, but not everything. so say you? >> yeah, so i think the numbers are really great, it's good news for the economy, nothing better than job creation and if you actually go back and look at revisions in may and june, we created over a million jobs so that's certainly cause for celebration, but there's some stuff in the weeds and the numbers that's a little alarming. the good news is that wages went up on annualized basis 4%,

terrific. unfortunately, inflation is running hotter than that at 5% so even if your wages run up, you're not keeping up with inflation, there is some headwinds in the economy that i remain a little frightened by. >> and let's address the fact that there are still, according to the report, 8.7 million americans still unemployed, or not seeking a job. what does that tell us? >> well, and if you look at that, if we go back to what was keeping some of those folks out of the work force, good news in the work force participation rate did tick up albeit a small amount. the reason cited one was the extra stimulus supplement is going away in a month. the other was health concerns in the workplace and the last was child care. if we go in reverse order, child care remain an issue as schools talk not not being fully opened in the fall and

health in the workplace, thinking about delaying back to work. so, some of those health concerns and child care concerns are the things that are things that could prevent this job creation from accelerating. griff: do you believe on august 20th whshgs we get the state specific data we'll learn whether or not those enhanced benefits discouraged people from going back to work? >> i suspect we will and respective sides of the aisle will look at the same information and say, yeah, i was right. i don't know that we're going to see anything, but more than anecdotally there's plenty of research that suggested that the benefit was keeping people out of the work force. but the thing is to get the consumer consuming because that drives our economy. if we start locking down and

putting restrictions on people's ability to do anything, but go to a movie, and that's going to hold back job creation. >> the bottom line, the white house is making the case, the president's job plan is working and headed to recovery of course, they're headed into unknown winds of the delta virus spiking. where do you see it going? >> i think it's going to be a bumpy road and i've worried that and i've said this before on this network, i think it's going to look like a fraternity house in that there's going to be three greek letters on the door, it's going to be delta, gamma and then epsilon. i think we have to figure out how to deal with that health crisis and figure out how to make the right choices and a little less government intervention and a little more private sector ingenuity and we can continue to create jobs, but i fear that widespread

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>> new york city police releasing photos of a suspected killer who got out of a white bmw and shot another woman execution style on a crowded street. moments later she drove off. police made no arrests in the murder of the victim. her mother says she believes the shooter knew her daughter. griff: in another shocking murder, a woman and her dog stabbed to death in piedmont park in atlanta. charles has more on this violent crimement hi, charles. >> fani willis, the district attorney is calling this a top priority and the reward grows to $20,000. and the d.a. is urging people to avoid piedmont park, especially if you're alone.

>> at this time we're asking that you go with three or four friends when you're there and that you're not alone at night and that we just make sure that we all take safe precautions. >> now, atlanta police have not made an arrest or publicly named a suspect in the brutal stabbing death of 40-year-old katherine janness and her dog bowie. and potential witness has come forward and is cooperating with investigators. the fbi has stepped in to assist as authorities examine the victim's dog for possible traces of dna evidence. the two last seen in grainy surveillance video were seeing in the upscale midtown neighborhood on july 28th. janness' partner of years said a location tracking app located the victim when she never

returned home. >> i ran over to her and i -- you know, put my hands on her face and i checked her pulse, but you could tell that she was not alive. >> and with homicides up 11% in atlanta, mayor keisha lance bottoms is proposing the city hire 250 new police officers and also trying to calm fears that a serial killer is on the loose or that the fatal stabbing was a hate crime. bottoms says there's no evidence to support either theory at this time and griff, you can see folks checking out the makeshift memorial over there by piedmont park. the park is host to an arts festival this week and there will be extra police there. griff: we've got to leave it there. thank you, sir. be right back. coverage customizer tool? so you only pay for what you need. sorry? limu, you're an animal!

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attorney general's report which had an eye toward civil litigation but this was a criminal allegation that notably said could result in an arrest. we are all watching what happens next with that. alex hogan is live in new york city with the latest on this developing story, alex. alex: hi, griff and jacqui, infant stage of the investigation but one woman filed criminal complaint against the governor. the sheriff calling this woman not an accuser but a victim commending her bravery. >> the last thing i want to do continue to revictimize, every time that their faces pop up on tv or names are mentioned on tv or radio, it does, in fact, probably put more stressors on them. >> the aide accuses the governor - inappropriately kissing, hugging and even putting his hand down her shirt and the governor firmly denied in his own account on july 17th. yesterday the governor's lawyers

held a streaming press conference not only casting down on accuser stories but criticizing the attorney general's report calling it irresponsible and an ambush. >> he's 63 year's old, he has spent 40 years in public life. and for him to all of a sudden be accused of a sexual assault of an executive assistant that he really doesn't know doesn't pass muster. he needs to be treated fairly. >> the attorney general's report released this week finding the govern violated state and federal law by harassing 11 women. he hasn't spoken out publicly yet but instead he's staying put at the governor's mansion in albany, photographsers capturing this morning, the photos walking his dog. the governor continually said he will not resign over 50 democratic chairs calling on him to do so.

meanwhile some of the members of the state senate and assembly are taking it one step further introducing legislation that would strip state pensions of anyone impeached and new just now, the state attorney general office released a statement saying that they will fully cooperate with the sheriff's department in albany. jacqui, griff. jacqui: alex hogan, thank you so much for that. griff. griff: to discuss more white house strategic director alissa and josé aristomuno, thank you for taking time on a saturday. let me start with you, we heard the press conference from sheriff apple. clearly this is moving on two treks. one a criminal investigation but then, of course, the rapidly moving fallout on possible impeachment from the new york assembly. what do you see as governor

cuomo's future? >> things get getting worse for governor cuomo, mark my words, he's going to fight it. worst public relation's defense of all time when he essentially argued, listen, i'm in appropriate with a lot of people not just victims, the attorney seems to have pivoted to a new strategy which is making process argument. that's what they are going to try on the impeachment side of things and major development that now he's under criminal investigation as well. i'm familiar enough with the cuomos, these are very arrogant people. he is going to try to fight it and ride it out and hold onto political power but the walls are closing in on him. griff: josé, if you were advising governor cuomo, what would you be telling him because in terms of just the impeachment process with some two-thirds of the new york assembly publicly already calling for him to resign, what is the -- the outcome that the government think is possibly possible other than to step down? >> sure, i think the piece of

advice is pretty simple. governor, don't go through the political embarrassment going through impeachment. you should resign. the attorney general has been cleared. the evidence has been cleared. this is not a democratic or republican issue. the evidence is there, he should resign today. griff: alyssa, what does this mean for democrats in new york? >> hugely significantly moment and i would argue not just for democrats in new york. many people believed that joe biden might not run for a second term and if that were the case and open field a governor cuomo was a top-tier democrat candidate for a 2024. this is the end of a political dynasty. it's the end of his role soon i hope in the governor's mansion but spells the end of potential presidential ambition. griff: josé, let me ask you, the president wasted no time on the same day when the report came out called for governor cuomo to resign, politically smart?

>> well, look, i think he's doing the right thing. he's standing by the american people. look, you know, we know -- i don't think -- i agree with your guest that i think governor cuomo's political career is pretty much over but you have people on the republican side who have been accused of similar things, president trump has been accused of doing similar things and he was president of the united states. doesn't make it right by the way, let me make it very clear. but, i think, look in terms of the election -- from 4 years from today we still have a lot of time. the president of the united states today is joe biden. plenty of democrats to run in 4 or when ever the time may come. griff: alyssa, you talk about cuomo and what's known about his ego and that sort of stuff, it's worth pointing out that the reason why this report from attorney general latisha james came about was because the governor did authorize cases of

sexual harassment to be looked into, was that a mistake, was that cuomo's fundamental mistake? >> it's hard to say one way or the other. i would give him this, it was the right thing to do. i think he has invincibility problem. your network covered nursing home controversy and he managed to get away with that, but this is one that i don't think he can escape from. he may think he's invincible and i commend the women for coming forward and i commend the process and democrats who have swiftly come out and condemn him, it's the right thing. the walls are closing in, he does not have a lifeline here. i think he's going to be gone pretty soon. griff: if he's not, josé, if he is as alyssa says has invincibility complex, if hypothetically is arrested and criminally charged, how much more damaging for new york democrats is that as opposed to

him just simply resigning tomorrow? >> look, you know, i think first and foremost he might have done what he has done and obviously it's wrong and he will face the consequences but governor cuomo is a smart man. he's been in power for a long time. he's going to do the right thing i'm very hopeful and resign. griff: let's look into the crystal ball, alyssa, your prediction for how this plays out politically for governor cuomo? >> he will ride out the impeachment inquiry and put up a strong defense but there's so much mounting pressure around him he's ultimately either going to be removed from office or resign. griff: what do you think happens, josé? >> i think -- i think he's not going to be able to handle the political pressure from the president of the united states, from democrats, republicans in the country as a whole. i don't think he will go through the impeachment procedures. i think he will resign before that. griff: well, we shall see and come back here and talk about it alyssa and josé, thank you very much for taking time on this saturday. >> that you think.

>> saturday. griff: all right. coming up, sunday night fox nation documentary, the collapse of governor andrew cuomo at 10:00 p.m. right here on the fox news channel. jacqui: live image where chuck schumer has promised the chamber will stay in session until they get the 1 trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill done. it has been going on and chad is live at the capitol breaking it all down for us. chad, any movement since we last spoke? >> it has been. not if the senate will approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill but when. in just the past few minutes the senate has overcome a filibuster on a test vote for the bill. it needed 60 yeas, the vote is still open but they have more than 60 yes', this is the second weekend session in the a row for the senate and democrats are saying, just finish the bill. >> sometimes one or two bridges in that community is the bridge

that connects them to the world. the bridge it takes that emergency vehicle over over the bridge, the bridge that will carry that school bus full of children. i don't agree that this should be some political brink'smanship, let's just get something done that can create a hell of a lot of jobs and move communities forward. >> some senators still want to change the bill. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says few believe the bill is perfect. >> the senate deserves full chance to change the important legislation. colleagues on both sides deserve to be heard. chad: there's a fight behind the scenes over crypto currencies. senators want to enhance reporting mandates for crypto to raise revenue that would help pay for the bill and it's unclear if the senate could finish the bill today. fox told senators need to talk it out on the floor.

jacqui. jacqui: griff: i jumped the gun to the latest on migrant surge, they have taken over 800 children into custody just this wednesday alone also where fox news obtained exclusive images of overcrowded detention center. bill in donna, texas outside of one of those facilities, hey, bill. bill: good afternoon to you, any talk out there that this border surge is seasonal or it's going to slow down in the summer, look, that talk can just be thrown out the window. here we are in august and the numbers just keep shooting through the roof. take a look at the exclusive video that fox news just obtained yesterday from a source showing overcrowding once again happening inside of donna facility right where we are right now. border patrol source telling us as of thursday there were more than 5300 people being held inside that donna facility with 40 and 60 migrants in each pod. that's despite the fact that

covid-19 restrictions recommend that those pods only hold about 10 people. this border surge just not showing any signs of letting up. we will show you why there's so many people in the compound, take a look at the video we shot last night. griff, you know this very well, any time you go out to la joya, texas your odds of running into groups like this, very high, group well over a hundred who showed up to turn themselves in. we go out every morning and find this group as well. group mostly from honduras, a couple of unaccompanied minors but, again, border patrol completely overrun by family units who just show up and turn themselves in. also take a look at this video we shot yesterday. this is that emergency tent compound that was built in mission, texas by the city of mcallen, now the purpose of this compound is to house covid positive migrants who have been released from federal custody. the city of mcallen essentially said, look, we had to build this because the federal government has just been dumping so many migrants into our city. we don't have the capacity to take it anymore. neither does the catholic charity.

they have a 16% covid positivity rate. the charity can't keep quarantining them all in local hotels and mcallen's mayor said we had to try to build this to keep public safe. take a listen at what former ice director tom homan is saying, urging republicans to wake up and putting pressure on the biden administration, take a listen. >> republican congressman of centers, love you talking the tough talk but time for action. there shouldn't be another meeting on infrastructure until we hold this administration responsible for what they have done to this border. people are dying. chad: griff, just yesterday dhs confirmed to fox news that they are flying immigrants who have been expelled under title 42 deep in mexico's interior, that's a change. what they typically have been doing, if they are getting title 42 they will bus them right across the border, drop them off next to the border. the problem with that, a lot of the people were just trying to cross back over hours later or

days later so what dhs is doing now, no, we are going to fly them deep into mexico in hopes that dissuade them coming back. griff: 3,142 encounters in just the rgv. i'm often struck by really the fact that men and women of the border patrol can continue, they've now gone 6 straight months with more than 100,000 encounters, month after month. how are they doing, what are they saying to you and how concerned are they about the spike in covid cases amongst the migrant population? chad: every agent we talk to as you know because you talk to them too is morale is rock bottom. holding clip boards and doing paperwork rather than physically

patrol the border. they are frustrated and with the covid surge and migrant increasingly testing positive, more agents are testing positive as well. they feel like they are kind of like a utterless boat in the middle of the ocean with no direction from the biden administration. so a lot of frustration with federal agents out here, griff. griff: just one quick follow-up is, as you're out there encountering these thousands of migrants coming across the border, how many other networks, how many other cameras, reporters standing next to you where you are? >> i've seen absolutely zero other cable news networks, zero mainstream media, the local stations are out here in rio grande valley and some other independent outlets that sort of thing but i have not seen any of the other major networks out here. doesn't mean they haven't. we can't everywhere at once. brief griff it is hot and difficult and it is dangerous now with covid risk, be safe, keep up the good work.

bill melugin down in donna, texas. jacqui. we will speak with national border patrol spokesperson chris cabrera and what he has to say about migrants released in the public and potentially infected with covid. ♪ ♪ ♪ jacqui: wild fires threatening thousands of homes in california. dixie fire spanning 700 square miles in northern california where numerous others are ravaging the state. smoke is blanketing central california and western nevada and it's forced officials to order evacuations. the state is on track to surpass last year as worst fire season in state history. a second year of drought high temperatures and low humidity are really not helping firefighters in california battle the blazes. our meteorologist adam klotz has more if some better weather could help, adam. adam: hey, jacqui.

a rain shower across the west would really do wonders right now but unfortunately that just is not in the cards at least not in the course of the weekend. this is the radar over the last 24 hours, mostly dry conditions across some of the really beat-up areas in the west. there's one area we are tracking for a potential of severe weather here on this saturday and that is really running across portions of the plains up toward great lakes. areas where you could see big thunderstorms perhaps winds up to 60 miles an hour, isolated hail and definitely some lighting with this system, but those areas that are just beaten up by the drought and the real desperate need for rain, it's going to stay bone dry. we've got almost 100 fires, 100 acres or more across the west at this point. all of the fire lifts up in the atmosphere and gets caught in winds and even if you don't live in the area, you might be seeing or feeling the effects from the fire. this is wild fire smoke forecast. it gets high in the atmosphere and then ends up drifting in the entire country. areas running up along the great

lakes where you're seeing perhaps a little bit of a haze today, that's all the wild fires burning currently across the west and really no relief in sight for those folks. i did want to leave you with one more story before i toss it back out to you, this is currently the tropics. we are getting deeper into hurricane season. that's africa, south america. those are still aways, 3 different systems that could turn into tropical storms over the next couple of days, of course, we will be watching it. we are still early in the season. this is where we are. but in the next couple of weeks we really statistically ramp up when we see tropical storm activity, of course, we will be watching that as it happens, jacqui, back out to you. jacqui: adam klotz, thank you so much. griff. griff: just as we have seen wild fires, greece is battling dozens of wild fires by high temperatures and ferries evacuating people in the middle of the night, seaside village popular with campers and hikers. the forest of national park north of athens also on fire,

one mayor calling the flames, quote, biblical and the government is asking for more help from the eu. jackie: squaring off over how to fight covid cases, the latest on the sparring match between president trump and florida's bt biden and florida's governor. ♪ ♪ ♪

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biden has forgot about the inflation that's biting the budget of families throughout the country. peter: white house officials argue that when desantis says he's going to give parents a right to send kids back to class without masks and that he's going to hold back state funds from school districts this don't give participants a choice to do that, he's being political when he should be scientific. he says that his concern is possible emotional academic and psychological effects of putting kindergartners in mask for hours at a time. is there any concern from officials that you guys talk to in your early previous discussion about that? >> no. there's not. and i will tell you from personal experience. my rising kindergartner told me two days ago she could wear a mask all day and she's happy to go to camp and go to school. peter: president biden is here in wilmington playing golf right now but we do expect him back in

dc to do whatever he can to push that infrastructure package along the way. jacqui. jacqui: peter doocy in wilmington, griff. griff: the biden administration prepare to go require all members of the united states military to get vaccinated against covid-19 amid growing concerns of more mutations. lauren blanchard has details in washington. >> it is a tall order mandating 1.3 million active duty troops to roll up their sleeves whether they want to or not. >> why are you making the covid vaccine mandatory? [inaudible] >> the press secretary lloyd austin is expected to ask president biden to require the entire military be vaccinated right now only fda approved vaccines can be enforced, however, a special waiver from the commander in chief would allow a vaccine under emergency use authorization like the 3 here in the united states to be

non-optional. according to dod, 64% of active duty troops are fully vaccinated who slightly more have had at least one dose. >> whether mandated or not, we want to encourage to be vaccinated not just for covid but everything else. >> officials say they are in a race against time with the delta and new landa variant among the unvaccinated to keep the military mission ready. legally anthony coon says maybe concern from service members is that it is not fda approved yet but until the waiver is official from the white house, there's little that can be done in the courts. >> in the case like this, there's really nothing you can do until the federal government acts and as soon as they do we will push for those restraining orders. >> coons said after fda approval legally, it would be trickier but it is possible. he said first and foremost service members need to handle the situation calmly with their command even if they decide to later leave the service. griff.

griff: lauren blanchard here in washington for us. thank you, lauren. jacqui. jacqui: coronavirus cases and hospitalizations on the rise again. joining us now to discuss fox news medical contributor dr. janesh, excuse me, very good to talk to you. doctor: thank you. jacqui: it's showing transmission on the screen. bright red, high transmissions as of just 3 days ago. the orange areas are also showing substantial transmission. so can you put this in perspective for us. what does this compare to terms of prior spread in earlier stages of the pandemic, where are we at right now? doctor: this indicates how delta is so contagious and spreads person to person. more cases now than we did at

the same time last year and that's why it's so important to get vaccinated, to mask up because of the high-contagious ability of the virus to spread easily from person to person. if you pick up the delta variant, you carry a thousand times the viral load in your nose and you could spread it more readily to other people. that's why it's so important to wear your mask, to get your vaccine and to take precautions when you're in crowded areas because it's when the virus spreads, mutates and replicates and that's when we see more variants emerge that eventually one day might evade the vaccine. right now our vaccines fortunately still work great. they are little bit weaker than we like when it comes to delta because we are seeing more breakthrough infections but the more we get americans vaccinated the better we can get a handle and contain this current outbreak. we did get hit a good milestone, 50% of americans fully vaccinated but we need to ramp

that up. jackie: dr. fauci said what we are seeing are cases of reinfection and reinfection at much greater rate with this variant than we dealt with the original alpha variant. bottom line, if you're dealing with a variant, you don't have the same kind of protection that you would have hoped for from a press infection, can you explain that and why it makes the vaccine important for people who had covid and had a degree of natural immunity? doctor: yeah, that's a really good question. for example, travis campbell, he postponed getting his vaccine because he thought, oh, i've got protection. i had the infection last year but he came down with the delta variant. the antibodies and the immunity that you may have now from last year's infection may not be as protective against the new delta variant. but it's still better than nothing, that's why it's still recommended even if you've had previous infection after 90 days you should still get the vaccine so you can boost your protection. and also, you're 50% less likely to become reinfected if you do

get the vaccine after having covid, for example, last year from one of the older strains like the uk strain, for example. you may have protection against that strain but that doesn't mean you are 100% protected against other variants like delta which is why we are seeing some breakthrough. jackie: speaking of these variants, you touched on this earlier but i want to drill down on this, how does this unchecked spread enable the virus to further mutate, what challenge pose to efficacy. dr. fauci said on wednesday that we could likely see another variant emerge as these cases are climbing. doctor: yeah, it's really important to gather and collect as much data as possible so we can further evaluate and analyze and assess the nature of this virus. we know, for example, most of those who are hospitalized, most of those who are losing their life to covid right now are unvaccinated, a small portion of them, however, are vaccinated but we do still need to continue what we call genomic sequencing

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>> they've gone from positivity 4 to 5 and now in excess of 15%. that's one of the issues that we have throughout the rio grande valley. it has been increasing to. we cannot attribute to immigrants and we are concerned and we with going to do whatever we can. griff: javier villalobos, the mayor of mcallen, texas the mayor city where more than 700,000 migrants with covid have

been released from border control since the biden administration began flying central american and mexican families deep into mexico to deter repeat crossings as time of rising covid concerns and spokesman national border patrol council and 3307 in the rio grande valley chris cabrera. chris, thanks for taking time. i know that you're tired. you guys are working long hours, but now this covid threat mayor villalobos saying that the threat to you right there in the rgv in excess of 16% positivity rate, how bad is it? >> you know, it's pretty bad. i know we have at least 80 of our agents, well, more than of 80 agents have tested positive. we have at least 150 in quarantine. and it's -- the numbers are growing every day. it's getting out of control here and it's unfortunate that the administration is just turning a blind eye to what's going on down here and putting our communities at -- at risk.

griff: chris, you're not only an agent in the rgv but you're also a resident of the community of mcallen, how concerning is it now that you have got a mayor pleading for help and froth tieing your hands, so to speak? >> you know, it's very concerning and we are thankful that mayor villalobos is doing what he's doing. it's unfortunate the last mayor of mcallen just turned a blind eye to it as well as the county administration. they were constant i will saying there's no crisis down here, there's no state of emergency and only when the news broke the story of covid positive people that were released from custody, roaming around the towns and potentially infecting our citizens, you know, that's when people started to wake up. griff: chris, what could the froth, what would the administration do right now to help alleviate this crisis? >> well, you know, i think they need to come down here and take a look.

you know, even you've seen some of our make-shift intake areas right here in the mcallen area, la joya area, it's just a make-shift ball field where we have 400, 500 people at a time waiting outside for -- for a bus to come. and there's very little protection for the elements, there's no restroom facilities. people are just using the restroom in full view of the public on the side of the road and that's disgusting not to mention very dangerous as far as some of the illness that is can come from that and, you know, they have money for the yards, money per people to stay home and not work and we can get port a potties down here. real people are paying the price down here. we are having heat casualties every day from sitting out in the hot sun and the humid weather we have down here. griff: chris, the crisis isn't just in rgv, 1,000 miles away fox news just getting this video in from early this morning at

the ocean beach pier in -- near san diego, california, you see peter shot this video, one of my closest surfing friends, went out to go to surf and the border patrol was there and they looked back on the surf line camera and saw at 2:45 local california time, 11 individuals jumped out of this, scattered left the boat behind. those are got aways. how much of a threat is the open border right now in terms of national security in the -- in the unknown folks that are crossing without getting apprehended? >> you know, the numbers for got aways are astronomical. i know the administration patrol puts out a certain amount that they're, you know, 40%, 20%, but we are closer to maybe a 50% got away rate here nationwide. the vast majority of people that are trying to get away do get away because we don't have the

manpower to cover. we have very few people out in the field because we are all babysitting or sick. griff: just as a testament to the toll, the how many toll, we have video, you were assisting a toddler, a tender-age migrant out in the field. we can see there this young girl, how bad is it? how much of a human toll is it taking? >> you know, we luckily the border patrol -- we have our own emt to respond until ems can get there but our medics are running back and forth every day all day whenever we are on duty, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 calls on a shift. that little girl, she was unconscious when we found her when they brought her up and the agent on the scene did a good job of cooling her down but we are seeing that daily and it's heartbreaking to see anybody in that condition but even more so a 3-year-old. give griff it is, indeed, chris cabrera with the national border patrol council in the rgv.

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mandates, many local businesses are wondering what all this means for you. here to talk about how covid has affected their businesses are dc and florida restaurant owners dan simons and georgios, thank you very much for being with us. dan, i want to start with you, you're in dc where unlike in florida, there is no legislation banning vaccine passports. in new york city as you know they are requiring to enter restaurants. are you nervous that any change could potentially impact your business? what are you feeling as you're seeing all of this differing guidance come in? >> my preference for the economy and for safety and for the sake of our business and employees is that everybody get vaccinated. other than that, it's very difficult as small business owner to try to enforce a variety of different regulations as we try to serve the public.

jackie: gerogios, you indicated that you're supportive of the florida's governor decision to ban vaccine passports and suspended fines and penalties on people who failed to comply with local level mandate but there's considerable spread of the virus in florida as we are seeing in other parts of the country. how have you been dealing with that? >> we here in miami beach really depend on tourists and, i think, it's everybody's choice who is coming down to miami and everybody's responsibilities who is concerned and not concerned and different cases that we can really -- we cannot say vaccination, not vaccination but helping to be protected from covid. i think everybody needs to be in his responsibility to take care

of his own health and -- and stay safe the way that he thinks it's correct. jackie: dan, what do you want to see in order to avoid another shutdown that could jeopardize your business because you guys s have different set of conditions than geor gios from florida where he pledges they'll not be another lockdown? >> i want to be able to serve as many diners as possible. get vaccinated, science-based solution that protects our economy and not people. not complicated. jacqui: are you asking employees to get vaccinated or volunteer whether they have or not have been, what are you doing to your

business to try to get to that place? >> we are both asking our employees and encouraging them and providing the vaccination clinics right at the restaurants to help them. we are also providing education, getting folks from different communities that might be able to answer their questions or help them get over any hesitation. so, you know, we are encouraging it because it keeps them safe and helps keep the business going. jacqui: georgios, what are you doing on your end and are they happy with the governor's stance? >> we are doing tests, covid tests because it proves even if you're vaccinated, you can get covid or you are getting covid after you get vaccinated. so we need to be very careful

with everybody's privacy and -- and to force people to do something, they don't even know what's the correct thing. i don't think the medicine has enough research to give us a correct information on what's the right thing to do. what we do here is -- we are doing frequently covid tests and -- >> jackie: i have to cut you off, we are coming up against a break. if you need more information on vaccines and covid and delta, you can head to foxnews.com we have plenty on our page. thank you both for being with us. hope to have you back again soon. griff. griff: jacqui, we have a free britney update. britney spears dad pushing back at efforts by his daughter to drop his control over her life next.

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raised option of 51 psychiatric hold. jamie spears said miss montgomery explained that my daughter was not timely or properly taking medications and was not listening to the recommendations of her medical team and refuse today even see some of her doctors. but montgomery's attorneys say jamie is misrepresenting their conversation. they say she did not express that britney would qualify for a psychiatric hold. in a statement writing, quote, ms. spears mental health is being manipulated to remove him as conservator. so will this back and forth help or hurt britney's fight to get her father removed from the conservatorship? attorney and legal expert brian claypool. >> a public spat between jamie and jody montgomery is not going to get it done. what's going to get it done for britney to get jamie out is

hard-core tangible evidence. receipts, medical records and psychological evaluation. christina: britney's lawyer is trying to move up hearing from september 29th to later this month. his dad is fine with that. he maintains that his sole motivation has been his, quote, unconditional love for his daughter and fierce desire to protect her, griff. griff: christina coleman live for us in la. that will do it for us. first, jacqui, let me be the last i suppose in this hour to congratulate you on the white house gig, you are going to do fantastic. i can't wait to have you over there holding them accountable. jacqui: appreciate it the congratulations. that does it for us

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