jon: aishah hasnie in new york city, aishah, thank you.or more on president trump's announcement moments ago, let's bring in the professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university. it's not a vaccine, doctor. it is a treatment. what do you think of it? >> well, jon, my heart hopes that it's right, but my brain is more cautious than the enthusiasm that we've heard. the data, although it's a large amount of data is really grade c data. it's not critically done. i wish they had started to use the plasma in a controlled trial, with placebos. we don't really know how effective it is. and i want to quote the fda commissioner stephen hahn, it's promising efficacy, and the data suggests. that level of caution is appropriate. actually this emergency use authorization will make it easier for people to actually get plasma. we don't know how well it works still, and it will make it more difficult to recruit patients into the trials that are ongoing that would give it a rigorous evaluation. the fda has done this before. they did an emergency use

aishah hasnie is in new york city with the latest on that. aishah? >> jon, good evening. you know, the governor may have cleared the way for in-person learning, but it really will be up to schools just like this one and the nearly 750 school districts across the state to decide if that is a route that they will take, and if they do go ahead and send students back into the building, they will have to follow some very strict state guidelines, like temperature checks for students and staff at home and then random checks at school before they ever walk into the building. this is a very big move because according to some reports, more than 97,000 children had coronavirus in just the last half of july. that's according to a new report out by the american academy of pediatrics. of the top 15 largest school districts in america, new york city is the only one that's planning on reopening in person in some capacity. the other 14 are starting virtually. now, schools are under scrutiny, especially after this picture from paulding county high school in georgia went viral. dozens of st

jon: aishah hasnie in new york city, aishah, thanks. >>> meanwhile, joe biden is denouncing the shooting that left one person dead last night in portland. the democratic nominee saying he condemns violence on both the left and the right and that president trump should do the same. jacqui heinrich has more from wilmington, delaware. jacqui? >> jon, the announcement comes as the campaign announced biden will travel to pennsylvania tomorrow to, quote, lay out a core question in this election, are you safe in donald trump's america? the campaign is pushing back on messaging from republicans that americans won't be safe in joe biden's america, repeating claims biden wants to defund police which he has repeatedly denied. that claim was circulated again today by house minority whip steve scalise, in a video democrats say was altered, computer generated audio from a progressive activist who has als and uses voice technology. the clip manipulates a conversation over redirecting public safety funds to wrongly show biden agree to redirect police funds. barken wants an apology to the entire disabili

aishah hasnie is covering that. she is in queens, new york. aishah.ter: i have the wrong programing. connell: she has a little trouble hearing us. if you hear me now? probably just on the fox news channel, if i had to guess, having wrong piece of programing fed into her ear. we'll get her hooked back up to get a report on the storm. it really was something yesterday. it knocked out the power in my studio, i can tell you, number of suburbs of new york were hit very, very hard. that includes long island and queens where ish shaw was and new jersey hit very hard by the storm. after it left us on the east coast, it started moving up to other parts. we'll get back to aishah if we can. meantime, jackie, back over to you. jackie: devastation in beirut. 100 people killed, thousands more wounded after an explosion rocked lebanon's capital. today investigators are searching the wreckage at the city's port for clues what might have caused that massive explosion. trey yingst with the latest developments there. reporter: hi, there. the scenes out of beirut today t

aishah hasnie is live in new york city with more. aishah.eporter: hi, jon, here in new york city, a corrections officer is one of three people who were shot and killed in at least 12 shootings across the city since friday night a tragedy really just 28 years old shot multiple times in queens early this morning and there's no motive for his death at this time. another shooting happening inside grand central forcing two subway lines to shut down temporarily. people are apparently so scared in this city the owner of a tactical store in mid town, manhattan says sales of bullet proof vests are up 80% from this time last year. listen. >> they're very concerned even more so now than ever before. and they're taking some action. they want to learn about what kind of protection they can get. through, you know, protective vests ultra vests. reporter: now gun violence is sparking in zaire say to, florida that town reporting 41 shootings in just one part of the town since march. flearn a tragedy in akron, ohio 8-year-old girl is shot and killed when gunf

aishah hasnie is live in new york city with a recap of the weekend's violence. aishah? >> jon, the violence continued even into this afternoon, as gunfire erupted. shots were fired at a san antonio flea market. five people were shot. the whole place was evacuated as police say there were multiple shooters involved this. they found more than 100 shell casings on the ground. listen. >> we don't believe at this point that any of the people who were shot were innocent bystanders. so multiple guns recovered. multiple rounds fired. >> over in cincinnati, 19 people were shot, up to four killed this morning. 2020 on track to be the worst year for homicides in that city. children keep getting caught in all of this gunfire. someone shot an 8 month old baby boy in detroit on friday. then an 8-year-old akron, ohio, girl was shot and killed that very same night. meantime, protests continue to get violent. demonstrators in chicago clashed with people leaving 17 officers and two protesters injured. police in portland declared a riot last night as protesters there threw rocks and glass

aishah hasnie is following it all for us. aishah. >> reporter: hi, arthel.said it was a miserable decision but it came down to the safety and health of thousands of students, 12 league presidents got together saturday and unanimously voted to postpone fall sports. that includes football, with plans underway now for a spring season, winter plans have not been decided just yet. the mac commissioner told espn college players are not the same as professional players. they can't live in a bubble. they live among other students and it was simply too much of a risk. listen. >> clearly, we are charting a conservative path and it is one that has been recommended by our medical advisory group. there are simply too many unknowns for us to put our student athletes in situations that are not clearly understood. >> reporter: okay. so what about the other conferences, right? there are reports that the big 10 commissioner, kevin warren, would rather play in the spring. we haven't heard a decision just yet. the big five conferences are planning on having a season. in the pac

aishah hasnie trying to fight this. 10,000 cases in the last 7 days. 11 additional states have had more than 5,000 cases in the last 7 days. georgia has been pretty hit pretty hard here surpassing 5,000 deaths this weekend with 252,000 total confirmed cases. georgia tech fraternity now under lockdown after 17 student members tested positive this weekend. the virus baffling people on the front lines. >> we don't fully understand what covid is and -- and how it affects us on a day-to-day basis. you know, it's like a ghost basically. you don't know when you're contracting it and you don't know who you're passing it to. aishah: florida is approaching the 600,000 case mark. it would become the second state to do that right after california, however, the daily new cases, dropped significantly in that state since their peak back in july. in texas, state health officials say that there's a backlog of test results in that state which would not only affect the number of new cases but also basically affect the number of how those c

aishah hasnie is live in new york she's been tracking the sharks tracking all of this with more. shah. reporter: hi molly well stop are calling this shark week now as the sharks continue to hang around the area ruining beach day for thousands of people, in fact, multiple beaches along long island's shout shore are now closed for swimming after a shark was spotted for a second time today. officials there are asking beachgoers to not to go into the water at all until further notice. as the area use shark patrol as they're called police helicopter and jet skis are keeping are a close lookout for any fins now this brings a total to now 14 sightings just this week in long island. several more as you said has been reported along east coast from marylandup to maine and saw first deadly attack by a great white shark which by the way is still out there in the water. now some of these sights believed to be of a dangerous bull shark massive eight foot bull shark caught by a group of college buddies two weeks ago. experts say we're seeing so many at once thanks to some federal regulations, th

>> harris: aishah hasnie, thank you very much. appreciate the update on the report.c senator mazie hirono walked out of the hearing on antifa after senator cruz accused democrats of facilitating violence in the united states. watch this. >> you are welcome to say something negative about antifa right now. okay, she declined to speak, so that is the position of the democratic party. >> harris: we got the complete report off the top this hour. now the politics of the moment. jason chaffetz will have plenty to say about this. he is live with me next. ♪ ♪ water? why?! ♪ ahhhh! incoming! ahhhahh! i'm saved! ahhh! ride? no, i'm good. i'm gonna walk. let's go! water tastes like, well, water. so we fixed it. mio verizon knows how to build unlimited right. you start with the network jd power has named the most awarded for network quality 25 times in a row. then, give people more plans to mix and match, so you only pay for what you need. verizon's unlimited plan is so reasonable, they can stay on for the rest of their lives. include the best in entertainment and offer it all s

aishah hasnie reports on police shootings in the line of duty. garrett tenney on the wisconsin protests. but first to christina coleman and the deadly shooting in portland. christina. >> reporter: arthel, a caravan of trump supporters was making its way through downtown portland when protesters you attempted to stop them by standing in the street. this is the third consecutive weekend of tensions escalating in portland. last night trump supporters fired paint ball pellets and bear spray at counter protester as they threw things as the trump supporting caravan. the shooting happened after most left the downtown area around 8:38:308:30 last night. police haven't revealed details on the victim. an associated press freelance photographer said the victim appeared to be a white man bearing the insignia of a white wing group that has drawn counter protests. this morning president trump has been retweeting comments slamming portland's mayor, some calling for him to resign. he declined trump's recurrent offers to send federal enforcement to the city. he s

aishah hasnie with the latest. >> that number could be even bigger, state legislators just wrapped upthe state's health commissioner. some of them feel frustrated over what they are calling the data. it's the first day of a two day hearing basically looking into why governor cuomo allowed more than 4,500 patients who were sick with covid-19 to be admitted or readmitted into the nursing homes. governor says he was simply following guidelines from federal agencies like the cdc and that he reverse the order on may 10. tragically more than 6,000 people died, and some families blamed the governor. >> i don't understand why governor cuomo would admit infected patients to the nursing homes when they were away from their families for over six weeks. my dad didn't stand a chance. he had every underlying condition. >> some state legislators are upset that the state still doesn't have an accurate number of nursing home residents who died after they were hospitalized. it could escalate the numbers. things got heated. >> none of us are trying to castigate y'all here for the very difficult work tha

aishah hasnie is following it from new york city. >> reporter: yeah, jon, the concern tonight is couldconferences. the mid-american conference president voted unanimously over the weekend to postpone the fall season, that includes college football until at least the spring season. no decision yet on what happens to winter sports. now, that commissioner, john steinberger, told espn college players are not the same as professional players, they cannot live in a bubble, and it was, frankly, too big of a safety risk to move forward with the season. now, what does this mean for the other conferences? well, right now the power five are planning on having a season, but there are reports that big ten commissioner kevin warren would rather play in the spring as well. the acc is moving forward, releasing its fall schedule, but u-conn has indently canceled -- independently canceled its season. and over in the pac-10, there have been some disputes over safety concerns, they have a phone call scheduled for tuesday, so we'll see what happens with that. meantime, jon, players are also speaking out ab

let's go to aishah hasnie now, she has a wrap up in albany hills right now. aishah. >> reporter: hi, arthel. in that chicago shooting police say that victim was targeted. he was dining outdoors underneath a tent when an suv drove by and shots rang out. it has been a very bloody weekend across the nation, especially for police. a lot of violence surrounding police, warning right now, the video we're about to show is pretty graphic. this is out of florida. body cam footage shows that officers shot in the chest by a suspect in daytona beach on saturday. that officer is okay. he was wearing a bulletproof vest. police were serving an arrest warrant. that resulted in a shootout and the gunman is dead. here is the police chief. >> the suspect didn't give us an opportunity to deescalate. the suspect dictated what he got. if you fire a firearm at a police officer, we are going to shoot back at you and we're going to kill you. >> reporter: in st. louis an officer is critically hurt when he was shot in the head on saturday, a second officer shot in the leg after a 12-hou

aishah hasnie live in new york city with more on all of these shark sightings. reporter: swimmers in long island just jumped out of the water in the last hour here as police spotted yet another shark jimming is -- swimming is prohibited until further notice in several beaches in long island. this is the second time today they saw a shark on long island's south shore, the shark patrol, they're patrolling the area keeping a very close eye out for any of those fins. this brings the total to 14 sightings just this week in long island. several more though along the east coast from maryland all the way to maine. that state as you know saw its first ever deadly attack at the start of this week by a great white shark which by the way still is out there in the water. some of the sightings are believed to be dangerous bull sharks, aggressive sharks there. a massive 8-foot bull shark was caught by a group of college students just about two weeks ago. officials in the coastal towns are trying to explain what's going on. >> we have the coronavirus pandemic, we have 50% capac

aishah hasnie.illian. >> let's bring in one local government official who is responding and helping folks work through this. here is county executive laura kern. is this reason for people to panic in nassau county. you alone have had 11 of the 12 sightings this week? >> correct, just another day in 2020. we've managed through the surge of the pandemic. we're getting ready for the hurricane barreling up the east coast, and we've had 12 shark sightings in the last five days here in nassau county and these aren't little sharks, these are thought to be one or bull sharks, six, seven, maybe eight feet long. what i'm telling everyone, this is not a reason to freak out. we're going to let everyone know, we're having our police department, actually we have an aviation unit with the choppers and the marine bureau with the boat. we're monitoring that multiple times a day. if we see anything suspicious lurking towards the shore, we're going to let everybody know. gillian: so you're not yet recommending anybody

arthel: aishah hasnie thank you.her side of country cruising california are working around-the-clock battling multiple wildfires across the state. the heatwave is making matters worse calling rolling blackouts in dangerous conditions. forecasters are warning about the risk of new buyers amid the spiking temperatures. stephen coleman is live in santa monica with the details on this. >> this heatwave is causing dangerous fire conditions that fire crews have been battling all week and health officials are concerned about people along the beaches as they try to stay cool during this heatwave. they want to make sure people are practicing social distancing because of coronavirus. it has strained california's electrical system causing rolling blackouts something the state hasn't had in several decades. the power outages have impacted hundreds of thousands of people in the bay area. the road paving the outages at it last night but they may not be over and they will decide whether to continue on a day-to-day basis because of

cities, aishah hasnie has the breakdown. aishah: it was a bloody weekend especially with police, let's start off in chicago, two police officers were shot overnight on traffic stop in chicago. the officer spotted a gun inside the vehicle and during a struggle, the suspect shot one officer in the shoulder, the other in the side. in st. louis, one police officer was shot in the leg, the other in the head saturday evening. police are responding to shots fired in south grand neighborhood when a suspect turned gun on them after a 12-hour long standoff and police arrested the gunman. this makes 8 st. louis officers shot since june n. the nation's capitol 5 police officers were injured during clashes at the black lives matter plaza overnight. according to local reports on the ground, protestors threw bricks and fireworks at the police officers, 5 protestors were arrested. this as democrats and republicans take to the air wave to blame each other. >> the mayors of these cities have let their cities down, they've not upheld the laws a

aishah hasnie live in new york city with more on what we can expect. ter: hi, eric. the concern now is will this start a domino effect for other leagues. so we know that over the weekend the mid-american conference president voted unanimously to postpone the fall season including football with plans underway now to perhaps have those seasons play out in the spring instead. no decision yet on the winter season. that commissioner told espn that college players are not the same as professional players, they cannot live in a bubble like we're seeing successfully play out for the nba. listen to his explanation here. >> clearly, we are charting a conservative path and it is one that has been recommended by our medical advisory group. there are simply too many unknowns for us to put our student athletes in situations that are not clearly understood. >> reporter: okay. so what does this mean for the other conferences? right now, the power five are planning on having a season, but there are reports that big ten commissioner kevin warren would rather play in the

aishah hasnie has the story for us tonight from new york. . >> shannon, where there is a will, there is a way, and both democrat and republican leaders are facing immense pressure from parents to find a way. here in new york city, democrat mayor bill de blasio touting the results of a recent survey, says 74% of students are going back to school in person. at least a few days a week. and the mayor says a message couldn't be more clear. >> kids have been yearning for it, we knew this before we gave a survey, then we gave a survey and got three quarters, 400,000 responses, which is an astounding level, three quarters said they want the kids back. >> across the aisle, florida governor ron desantis also pushing ahead, praising a charter school this week for blending in person and a virtual learning at. at the same time, the state is locked in a legal battle with the only district in the state that is not opening its doors. >> i very much support parents having the option for distance learning. i think they've got to make decisions that they think

aishah hasnie is reporting live of from new york city. >> reporter: molly, good evening.mer of sin continues as july edged and august began -- ended and august began with even more bloodshed. new york city breaking records. take a look at this, 2020 has now recorded 777 shootings, surpassing the number of shootings in all of 209. and think about this, we've till got five months left in the year. the city recently launched an end gun violence plan as the governor says crime will slow new york's comeback from cone that -- coronavirus. getting new york up to speed. it's a negative in getting people to come back from the hamptons and the hudson valley and their house in aspen or wyoming or wherever they're at. it's a very bad situation. i'm aware of it. we are working on it. >> reporter: meanwhile in chicago, another child killed in a bloody weekend, a 9-year-old boy among the 27 people shot since friday evening there. chicago saw a 139% jump in murders in july, 14 kids were shot just in the last six weeks there. peace advocates tell local reporters the kids are, quote, scare

aishah hasnie is live in new york city with more on our fight against coronavirus. orter: hi, eric. that's right. we are still seeing those high infection rates happening across the sunbelt states like florida, like georgia. in fact, georgia, that state just surpassed the 5,000 deaths this weekend with 252,000 total confirmed cases now. this as a georgia tech greek house, a fraternity is under lockdown after 17 student members there tested positive on saturday. as you mentioned, florida now surpasses that 600,000 mark for confirmed cases. however, this is a very important, the daily new cases have dropped significantly since its peak in july. in texas, state health officials are struggling there, admitting there is a backlog of test results going back all the way to june, that could affect not only the number of new cases there but also how some counties are trending. the concern, though, is now shifting over to the midwest. in the last week, the six states you see here in red had more than 10 of thousand cases -- 10,000 cases while additional states in orange had mo

arthel: aishah hasnie, thank you. eric? arthel, it was another night of police and small groups of protesters clashing in portland. demonstrations there now in their 11th week, and the mayor had strong words for some of the protesters, saying that they are trying to commit attempted murder. we'll explain. fine, no one leaves the table until your finished. fine, we'll sleep here. ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer can overwhelm you with thoughts, yet also leave you at a loss for words. take a deep breath. go here: findyourmbcvoice.com another bundle in the books. got to hand it to you, jamie. your knowledge of victorian architecture really paid off this time. nah, just got lucky. so did the thompsons. that faulty wiring could've cost them a lot more than the mudroom. thankfully they bundled their motorcycle with their home and auto. they're protected 24/7. mm. what do you say? one more game of backgammon? [ chuckles ] not on your life. [ laughs ] ♪ w

aishah hasnie is reporting live of from new york city. >> reporter: molly, good evening. continues

aishah hasnie is live in new york with the story. >> hi, dana. weekend of violence here in the big apple and new york city's mayor bill de blasio says he's relying on the nypd, not federal agents after president trump warned he be sending those agents into the city to bring back law and order. back-and-forth after 51 people were shot across the state friday and including an off-duty correctional officer shot in the head. in philadelphia, four people are dead in 20 shootings there, including a terrible incident saturday where officers took fire as multiple gunmen started shooting at a large gathering. in chicago, 64 people were shot, five died over the weekend. among the injured, a 12-year-old boy and six teenagers. 19 people were shot, four killed in cincinnati on sunday, putting the city on track to have its worst year yet for homicides. dana, children keep getting caught in the cross fire. somebody shot an 8-month-old baby boy in detroit on friday and an 8-year-old girl and akron, ohio, were shot and killed on saturday during a birthday party.

fox news correspondent aishah hasnie is here with more. reporter: hi, charles.ty is known for the bright lights, big dreams, broadway but take a look, a lot of folks don't even recognize the city anymore and some are leaving. they blame crime, gun violence spiked this summer. shootings up 177% this july compared to last july. then we saw people doing drugs in broad daylight in midtown. they were leaving used needles on the sidewalk and in those planners. now complaints are city housing hundreds of homeless. some are drug addicts and sex offenders inside three upper west side hotels. residents complained they were not informed. some want to stay, fight back, at that take back their neighborhoods. others are getting out of here. >> things became less and less safe and i've never once in six 1/2 years before this felt uncomfortable or even remotely afraid. for me to stay here would be a struggle, a constant fear. reporter: that was hairstylist jody usher. she said she is moving to florida because she was harassed twice on the subway after the salons reopened. she w

aishah hasnie is live in new york with more of that. ashiah. reporter: jackie, good afternoon. hundreds of thousands of new yorkers leaving the city amid the pandemic. now we're hearing story of a story of people wanting to leave once again because they don't feel safe in the city anymore and they may never come back. of course this summer we saw spikes in gun violence, shootings up 177% this july. compared to last july. then we saw people doing drugs in broad daylight right in the middle of midtown, leaving used needles out on the sidewalks. now, complaints are mounting over the city housing hundreds of homeless, drug addicts, sex offenders in three upper westside hotels sometimes without informing residents. that is what residents are complaining about. some want to fight back, take back their neighborhoods. others are fleeing. listen. >> i'm actually looking to move out of the city of new york, hopefully next year. i can't see living here under these conditions where i'm afraid to walk out and go to the store shopping for groceries. >> i'm staying for now. i have an apartmen

aishah hasnie has more on this from news york -- new york. >> yes, set for may 24th pending any covids, all four codefendants have been arraigned and pled not guilty. and of course bail has been set at the lead defendant to retired air force veteran brian coppage at $500,000. steve bannon already posted his $5 million bail last week. their associates timothy shea and andrew bought alano are accused of routing hundreds of thousands of people who donated to the we build a wall fund. according to the indictment, the four men spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on personal expenses, bannon called the entire thing a political hit job, today the judge slammed for talking about the case on social media, something that prosecutors have threatened a gag order over her. i want to make a note of this very interesting sketch from inside the courtroom, we are in the virtual here a hearing and this is the first time i've seen it where the defendant chose not to be on video. very interesting, dana. >> dana: and today muted the microphones, that is interesting. it could be history we just experien

that, big cities across the country are seeing a spike in violence, in shooting and homicides, aishah hasnie is coming to us from new york where it's on the rise. >> leland, you're right. we're used to hearing big cities hit the hardest by gun violence. tragedies are unfolding everywhere, in akron, ohio, an eight-year-old girl was just shot to death as gunfire erupted oust of her home. take a look at this, sarasota, florida, is reporting a spike of gun violence, 41 shootings in one neighborhood since march. a recent study showed that the coronavirus pandemic is associated with increased rates in violence. sarasota's police chief say that people are just fed up and they're becoming violent. take a listen. >> people are aggravated. i think they're tired of being inside. they're tired of wearing masks. they're tired of the government telling them what to do and how to do it and unfortunately, they're becoming quite aggressive toward each other and even strangers, but also towards the police. >> meantime, chicago is bracing for a massive protest of 2000 people to shut down the dan ryan expresswa

gillian: aishah hasnie from new york city, thank you.ir force one in lake charles, louisiana. we're trying to monitor some of the sound coming to us, but the transmission is so bad because all the cell phone towers that have been knocked out around lake charles. got a crew on the ground trying to turn that tape around. more on what the president had to say when we come back. ♪ ♪ (neighbor) whatcha working on... (burke) just an app. it's called signal from farmers, and it could save you up to fifteen percent on your auto insurance. simply sign up, drive and save. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ i'm a delivery operations manager in san diego, california. we've had a ton of obstacles in finding ways to be more sustainable for a big company. we were one of the first stations to pilot a fleet of zero emissions electric vehicles. the amazon vans have a decal that says, "shipment zero." we're striving to deliver a package with zero emissions in to the air. i feel really proud of the impact that has on the environment. but we're

aishah hasnie joins us from queens, new york, where it also claim ad life. aisha.ter: queens got hit very hard. that is a tree ripped out of concrete sidewalk, that is how strong the hurricane force winds that ripped through. it didn't damage one vehicle, damaged, one, two, three, four, five, six, that you can't even see. that is how bad it was. the mayor was touring the area here. more than 2,000 trees were brought down during the storm in new york city, including one that killed a man in his 60s. he was sitting inside of a van when a massive oak tree snapped at its base, fell on top of the van crushing him. others got really lucky. listen. >> we were all in the kitchen. >> what did you hear? >> we heard like a big crack. >> there used to be a third dormer at the top which is now in our driveway. so, no one was hurt. in the scheme of things, all good. reporter: this was a storm all, absolutely had tornadoes as a part of it as well in new jersey, at least two tornadoes reportedly touched down wreaking havoc there. the big issue, neil is power. new york's governor a

aishah hasnie following it closely in new york city. ashiah, what a mess?r: you know that slowing again i love new york, you always see on the mugs and t-shirts? you might not add so much. tens of thousands of people leaving the city because of the pandemic. now we're hearing stories, people are fleeing because they don't feel safe in the city anymore and they may never come back and it has to do with crime. we saw that uptick in gun violence over the summer. shootings up 177% this july compared to last july. then we saw people doing drugs in broad daylight in midtown using needles on the sidewalks. now complaints are mounting over the city housing hundreds of homeless, drug addicts, sex offenders in three upper ses side hotels. residents say they weren't told about it. some want to stay. they want to fight back. others are getting out of dodge. >> i'm actually to looking to move out of the city of new york hopefully next year. i can't see living here under these conditions where i'm afraid to walk out and go to the store shopping for groceries. >> i'm sayi

neil: thank you very much, aishah hasnie in new york city.ernor of nebraska-- you might say, neil, why is the governor of nebraska commenting? because he's dealing with this in his state. governor, glad to have you back. you've been saying you want to see nebraska schools resume in-person classes this fall just a couple of weeks away and you've run into a buzz saw of criticism from teachers union types and others who say that you're sort of playing with their health and their safety. what do you say? >> well, i think that it's important that we have kids back in classrooms because for a lot of reasons. first of all, academic progression. we know that some kids are not going to learn well in a remote learning environment and especially you think of special needs kids, for example. and we know that kids are benefitted when they go to school in physical activities and emotional well-being, their mental health and mental well-being, also nutritional needs. so there are a lot of of reasons why we want to have kids back in school and it really is u