i'll bill hemmer.on of reaction from capitol hill after president trump sidestepped congress over the weekend and took executive action trying to bring rie

i'm bill hemmer. two big back to back events.t now, president trump will talk about getting kids safely back to the classroom. we will bring that event to you live and it begins from the white house. also, joe biden and kamala harris set to hold their first campaign event together since biden picked the california senator to be his running make. coverage from all angles, brett, chris, and martha are standing by. first, chief white house correspondent, john roberts will start with the classroom. john? >> reporter: a few minutes in th

in the meantime, you bill hemmer. and to really great gas, they're sitting next to me. next >> bill: we called on the main team . we are here in washington. we will see you at 5:00. live in the nation. good afternoon everyone, i'm bill hemmer live in washington, big finale, some fast-moving developments this hour. first, president trump is said to give his formal acceptance speech on the south lawn. it's never been down this way. we are told this will not be a traditional convention speech, but what else is held with tradition? any minute, let harris is here to speak. she is launching a counteroffensive with his big speech tonight. the campaign says she will go after the president's response to the pandemic. earlier to

don't miss that coming up in 14 minutes on "bill hemmer reports." killing his wife and unborn child is no longer on death row. it seems peterson may not even know about it. senior correspondent laura ingle has these details. >> you know there haven't been any visitor is allowed inside of california san quentin prison due to covid concerns which means there is no family, lawyers or friends that can get into telling the news. that doesn't mean he hasn't heard it from somebody on the inside and we are waiting to find that out. peterson has been on death row since 2005 in the california supreme court overturned a sentence yesterday saying the trial judge made a series of clear and significant errors during jury selection. the defense has argued for years of potential jurors were improperly dismissed from the jury pool after some said they personally disagreed with the death penalty. and they were dismissed instead of being question furthers. his conviction of the murder of his ex-wife lacey and their unborn child in 2002 does still stand. i spoke with t

here are facts and figures with our colleague bill hemmer. bill. >> bret and martha, thank you.enario right now focus on three critical states in 2016. america tries trump at 126 and a lot of different scenarios on this board here but everything you see in gray is considered a tossup for now. it will change as we get closer to the election. think about these three states, wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. they were razor three and four years ago and a moment i was so that to you but for joe biden the hunt for 270 is easier if he takes wisconsin, flips michigan and flips pennsylvania. then he would be at 259 and then hunts around this and maybe he holds in minnesota and perhaps takes nevada and i would give him the white house in 2020. let's go ahead and show the difference here for donald trump. again, the debate on texas let's say right now it is not as blue as they believe and we give them georgia as well and then he goes on the map to defend florida for 2016 and north carolina. if he were to do that and then we moved to these three states that are critical again and if he

sorry, we've got to kick it over to bill hemmer. do you know what you're getting into? gutfeld is coming up. >> bill: good afternoon. the virtual stage, senator kamala harris only hours away from officially becoming the first woman of color on a major party presidential ticket. tonight she will take place alongside joe biden as the democrats vice president candidate. senator harris is one of the headline speakers for night three of that convention along with former president barack obama. analysis from chris stirewalt and donna brazile reportingm

i'm bill hemmer. battleground of north carolina where he has not been shy.ion. 100 delegates in charlotte. people they are voted for him almost 2-1 in 2016, but as of today, it is considered a true toss-up. we've got every angle now. about what america will see this week.

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to friday.y on the stage is now set for the republicans, democrats pulled off their virtual convention in these covid times, so will the biden-harris tickets he abounds? biden is up more than seven

i am bill hemmer.ur in new jersey a little bit later this hour, visiting his younger brother robert who is getting care in a new york hospital native will meet with members of a police union, also spoke at a news conference before leaving the white house. meanwhile, joe biden, kamala harris appearing together for a third straight day. in moments, i will speak to senator tim kaine and then reaction with stephen miller.

hogan gidley joins me in momus, bill hemmer, host of "campaigns that made us." you and me? >> how you doing, martha? >> martha: i'm good, bill. >> you look great in washington, d.c. i will take you back six months ago, precovid, right? early february, in the state of iowa. joe biden finished in fourth place that night. normally that will be the death of a campaign. a week later we were in new hampshire, six months ago, joe biden finished fifth that night. it was only at the end of february down here in south carolina, saturday night, february 29th where joe biden just swept the field and now it has been his stage ever since. it's important to remember that. if you think about how we got to this stage at this point, you lose iowa, you lose new hampshire, leave new hampshire before the ballots are even in and win south carolina and you're on the table. how does donald trump, then, get a second term in the white house? 270 is your number, these are all the states we think are locked in, everything in gray we think is a toss-up right now. say texas is not as blue as they think.

. >> i am john roberts in for bill hemmer. president trump will meet with arizona's governor at the white house. arizona has 180,000 coronavirus cases more than all but 7 other states but the health director says the number of new cases is declining. and another topic. voting by mail. the president's campaign is suing nevada for its mail-in ballot plan. but the president said it's safe to vote by mail in florida. we start live from the white house. >> arizona saw a huge spike in cases after the governor lifted the stay at home order in may. the trump administration has sent resources to the state and the outbreak is better. that will be a big focus when president trump sits down with in a few minutes. >> in hot spots we have seen slow improvements. arizona's weekly case count have dropped 37%. the governor and the state have done a fantastic job. down 37%. >> the other issue that may come up is mail-in voting. the trump campaign is suing arizona's neighbor, nevada, over its new mail-in voting laws. but president trump is encou

i'll bill hemmer. back at it, ton of reaction from capitol hill after president trump sidestepped congress over the weekend and took executive action trying to bring relief to billions of americans. house speaker nancy pelosi calling that move unconstitutional. some lawmakers praising the president for trying to end the ongoing stalemate. negotiations end without a deal, white house is willing to continue talks. chad pergram tracking from the hill and joins us to lead this hour. chad. >> charles: good afternoon, bill. no new talks scheduled here. there was thoughts maybe the executive action would jumpstart talks. in hamilton, the room where it happened, this is the room it never happened, they never got a deal. both sides of the aisle think they will get a bill in form, maybe not right away. here is senate minority leader schumer. >> unworkable, narrow and weak. what is more important than what is in the executive orders is what is not in the executive orders. money to open up schools safely, money to

. >> dana: bill hemmer, i will tell you what's for dinner, be beef. >> bill: thank you dana, see you in two hours. i'm bill hemmer and welcome to tuesday night of the republican convention of the president's party putting things in law and order americans watch at riots in kenosha, wisconsin, for a second night. hundreds of writers clashing with police and protesters say they want justice for jacob late blake. a black man shot by police in the back on sunday. meanwhile business owners are and sorting through charred rubble and asking where the justices. josh holmes and karl rove standing by for analysis but first, to mike tobin who isn't live now in kenosha, wisconsin, to begin the hour. make it? >> well build a whole town of kenosha smells like a structure fire. this is one example and as you can see there is more than a little smoke rising up among this particular business. the state is now making it an assessment about the extent of the damage and they also said they will be re-deploying more national guardsmen to the scene last night. the way it boiled down last night's support h

relation to a shark attack would be unprecede unprecede unprecedented>> john: i am john roberts in for bill hemmerworld with neil cavuto" is coming right up. >> neil: ohio governor mike dewines okay. and a few hours later finding the test was negative. how does that happen? he will be our special guest. we are following fast movement developments on capitol hill with a stimulus measure now looks to it be in doubt and the white house might take matters into its own hands. they are separated by 1.5 trillion dollars. susan lee at the back drop that made republicans more stiff if

bill hemmer crunches the number to see what's at stake.are real significant for you and your audience especially on foxbusiness, everything ingrate as considere a tossup meaning the polls are too close to make they could injun time, negley will change in time. michigan big state, pennsylvani as you mentioned, and florida down here at 29. what about the events of the da and the effect of covid on jobs the economy, the possible outcome. neil, i think about the southeast, think about florida, up here in michigan, not as intense as florida, but the sam level as pennsylvania based on our heat map here. what is going on in the states going back to the month of marc up until present day? this is michigan. this is the unemployment rate i michigan in march pre- covid 4.3 . draw and july we get new number so that will likely change. we will see how it changes tomorrow. 5.8 in march up to 5.3 in june. now what are people thinking there? what are they feeling the potential for the next commander-in-chief. florida up to 10.4 in the month of june. all t

john roberts in for bill hemmer. president trump in ohio. he will speak in about 15 minutes time at whirlpool. geraldo rivera interviewed the president today on his radio show. and peter doocy is covering the biden camp from delaware. today live in ohio. >> wave your hand when i need to talk. i am not hearing anything. i am not hearing programming. >> john: we have a problem with garrett. let's go to the biden camp. joe biden said president trump is visiting ohio. team coverage with peter doocy and the president has a fundraiser in ohio tonight. >> i can hear you, john. the vp from his delaware house is doing whatever he can to tailor a message to voters in ohio he might not get to visit before the election. this is what the campaign put out about trump's visit: donald trump will need to answer to ohio about his failed leadership and his horrific mismanagement of this crisis that has too many workers out of a job and unable to make ends meet." joe biden sits at home today to work on a convention speech and figure out who he wants as a runnin

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bill hemmer joined us right now. been keeping track of the electoral vote count of these battle ground states. in arizona is among them like wisconsin yesterday. >> bill: doris was not cutting you much of a break, was she, neil? i will show you some love at the end of this. you are talking about arizona and i battleground states and the emphasis the president has put on these particular states and for the past two days alone. everything you see in gray here, neil, we consider toss-up states. i will explain that in a moment. we need to get to 270 at the moment. you are going to see how the president -- he thread the needle in 2016. he does it again, he gets a second term. you can watch the numbers chan change. arizona, right now, usually the numbers change. you come back to the east coast. let's say that texas isn't the toss-up that they think it is or georgia for that matter. at that point is 197. where does he go on this map to defend the title? if he won florida, one might ohio by seven percentage points. now, you

in the meantime, you bill hemmer. and to really great gas, they're sitting next to me. there next >> bill: we called on the main team . we are here in washington. we will see you at 5:00. live in the nation. good afternoon everyone, i'm bill hemmer live in washington, big finale, some fast-moving developments this hour. first, president trump is said to give his formal acceptance speech on the south lawn. it's never been down this way. we are told this will not be a traditional convention speech, but what else is held with tradition? any minute, let harris is here to speak. she is launching a counteroffensive with his big speech tonight. the campaign says she will go after the president's response to the pandemic. earlier today president trump at the headquarters for a meeting on the tropical storm fay laura. one of the most powerful hurricanes that ever hit the united states. last hour, here's what the president said. >> it was very big, powerful, but it passed quickly. everything is on schedule. we will probably be going on saturday or sunday. we'll be heading to texas

bill hemmer, thanks for that.mocrats have told you that donald trump as of late stealing your mailboxes. that conspiracy has now ballooned into an all-out panic on msnbc. >> we can literally see our ability to use the postal service drinking right before our eyes. mailboxes around the country are being physically removed. >> mailboxes being snatched off street corners, people want their mail and public anger is at a tipping point. >> a list of possible things i could have been in the year 2020, where was the possibility of blue mailboxes disappearing from the countryside and getting loaded on flatbed trucks. >> tucker: mailboxes have been replaced by the usps for decades, obviously they know that. the new book out today, "how enemies is sworn in domestic targeted the american president." my apologies for the lack of time, things are coming on. why are they telling such an obvious lie, what's the point of this? >> it's started with russia-gage, a foundational moment. with the democratic party officials and press le

bill hemmer have you ever seen junkie shoot up? >> on video, yes. >> okay.secutor i saw a junkie, i wa looking for a witness, shooting up, it's like the first time yo hear a rattlesnake or you hear shot gun rack up, you know instinctively how dangerous and how wrong it is. that is what people are seeing as they walk along the street they are around the upper west side. not only is it near a playground , it's in the shadow of the museum of natural histor that you take the children to g see. there are near an elementary school, convicted. let me remind you, bill, that according to many sources, statistics show that have offended and molested hundreds of times before there ever caught. and they are right there, under this act by mayor de blasio. you walk on the street women ar getting harassed and yelled at. there are people shooting up very in there are. so let me get back to this, it' a universal truth, we care abou the homeless, i don't want them to suffer, but i care more abou innocent victims that are now set up to be pray of convicted. >> mother of twos i

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i'm bill hemmer.we speak after he made a quick stop in the state of iowa, expected to visit the border and talk about immigration and security. the president zeroing in on key battleground states as democrats get ready for the second night of their first ever virtual convention. how did it go? all talk with one of last night's speakers, minnesota senator amy klobuchar as my guest and a moment. karl rove has analysis, peter doocy on the trail in delaware but first the white house and chief correspondent john roberts.

. >> dana: bill hemmer, did you hear that? the seals are bringing sharks. >> bill: indeed, nice to see you. so good friday afternoon. i am bill hemmer. stacked our in new jersey a little bit later this hour, visiting his younger brother robert who is getting care in a new york hospital native will meet with members of a police union, also spoke at a news conference before leaving the white house. meanwhile, joe biden, kamala harris appearing together for a third straight day. in moments, i will speak to senator tim kaine and then reaction with stephen miller. we also have jacqui heinrich in delaware with the biden team, the fallout from the russian matter that happened just hours ago but first, chief white house correspondent john roberts kicks off our coverage from the north lawn. good afternoon on this friday. >> good afternoon to you. and just the last couple of hours upping the pressure on democrats to come back to the table and sign a coronavirus relief bill in a series of tweets outlining what he is prepared to do immedia

john roberts in for bill hemmer this afternoon, top white house officials back on capitol hill today for talks on another coronavirus relief bill. president trump saying he is considering taking executive action with congress in a stalemate. the white house blaming democrats for the delay. >> chief of staff mark meadows, secretary of treasury steve mnuchin have been on the hill many, many days now trying to get this deal worked out but it is democrats, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer making an absolute mockery of this process. rather than coming towards us into a clean extension of unemployment insurance, they are moving beyond what their initial request was. >> john: we are waiting from a possible update from both sides. in the meantime, kristin fisher live from the north lot of the white house, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, john. this is becoming an almost daily occurrence for the top negotiators. mark meadows in the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, but today president trump stayed over here at the white house, hosted a big bill signing ceremony in the east room for the great ame

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to friday. the election is 74 days away on the stage is now set for the republicans, democrats pulled off their virtual convention in these covid times, so will the biden-harris tickets he abounds? biden is up more than seven points. the spokeswoman joins me in for a moment on that. they kick off their convention on monday with hundreds of delegates actually in charlotte, north carolina, north carolina. president trump says he is hoping to have more life speakers in the dnc and kristin fisher runs that down for us live from the north lawn where we begin this hour. >> president trump to spend about an hour giving us a preview of what we can expect when he formally accepts his party's nomination here at the white house from the south lawn next thursday. he also spent quite a bit of time going after his opponent joe biden after his big speech last night and the president said it's not so much what joe biden said last night, it's what he did not say. >> he didn't talk about law enforcement, he didn'

. >> i'm bill hemmer. while the democrats get ready for a convention like none other.side the state department, number of stories overseas. possible roads to victory for biden and pro-trump. we will show you on the billboard coming up in a moment on "bill hemmer reports." >> back up. i'm trying. >> dana: portland reeling from 81 straight nights of protest, some turn violent. it's not alone. a deadly crime wave rocks other big cities across the country. aishah hasnie is live in new york with the story. >> hi, dana. another 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,

i'm john roberts and for bill hemmer all week.il cavuto starts now. >> neil: thank you, john very, very much. we are following developments on capitol hill. throughout much of the country, they were moving. what we are looking at right now is the rush to get another stimulus measure attached to the coronavirus done, but the calendar is working against both republicans and democrats. the meetings are going on. sometimes they last a long time, but the and very brilliant lean miles and trillions of dollars apart. i'm no good no good if you know, very you. let's get right to it. whereas i stand right now, not only on the package but what they're going to do about

for "bill hemmer reports" every day monday through friday. i am bill hemmer. regular programming continues chief james craig. chief, great to see you. thank you so much for being here. really appreciate the work that you've been doing in detroit. we should mention, you have had an increase in violence like many of the cities in the united states but not the kind of rioting that we've seen or sort of looting we've seen in places like portland and seattle and new york and chicago. why not detroit? >> well, let me just, david, just want to thank you for getting me on your show again. >> appreciate it. >> i love telling detroit's story. we didn't wait for something tragic to happen in our city to start building bridges in our community. we have great working relationships with our community. they have resisted from day one outside agitators coming in and trying to incite violence. these folks that are protesting daily by and large are not detroiters. many of them not even metro detroit. so detroiters are angry. they're fed up, but the fact that we have a strong re

i'm bill hemmer. two big back to back events. any moment now, president trump will talk about getting kids safely back to the classroom. we will bring that event to you live and it begins from the white house. also, joe biden and kamala harris set to hold their first campaign event together since biden picked the california senator to be his running make. coverage from all angles, brett, chris, and martha are standing by. first, chief white house correspondent, john roberts will start with the classroom. john? >> reporter: a few minutes in the eeob across the driveway from the white house, the president will hold and event about schools and steps that can be taken to get kids safely back, unlike what happened in georgia where they don't have to close down a few days later because students and teachers come down with the coronavirus. the president, we are also expected if not in this event, later on today in his daily briefing, to talk more about him talking about kamala harris picked. he said she flamed out of the primary competi

now here's bill hemmer. >> bill: you have a great weekend. >> ♪ >> bill: the election is 66 days from the closing stretch of the most unusual presidential campaign. joe biden said he will travel soon. president trump is on the move today to battleground new hampshire. he lost that state by 2700 votes. the campaign manager said the near misses are a path to victory in 2020. thousands marching in washington after a week of riots and protests. 57 years ago martin luther king, jr. gave his most famous speech right there and said it would be fatal for the nation to

unprecede unprecede unprecedented>> john: i am john roberts in for bill hemmer. bill will be back next week. "your world with neil cavuto" is coming right up. >> neil: ohio governor mike dewines okay. and a few hours later finding the test was negative. how does that happen? he will be our special guest. we are following fast movement developments on capitol hill with a stimulus measure now looks to it be in doubt and the white house might take matters into its own hands. they are separated by 1.5 trillion dollars. susan lee at the back drop that made republicans more stiff if their resistance to this. a good employment report. first to the white house and where they go from here. kristin. >> there was not a lot of hope heading into the final day of meetings after 2 weeks of meetings and not a lot of process. house speaker nancy pelosi laid out her terms and steve mnuchin said it was a non-starter. not a huge surprise when they didn't have a deal. here's what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer said about it. >> it was a disappointing meeting. they rejected it. they sa

now here's bill hemmer. >> bill: you have a great weekend. >> ♪ >> bill: the election is 66 days fromoday. in the closing stretch of the most unusual presidential campaign. joe biden said he will travel soon. president trump is on the move today to battleground new hampshire. he lost that state by 2700 votes. the campaign manager said the near misses are a path to victory in 2020. thousands marching in washington after a week of riots and protests. 57 years ago martin luther king, jr. gave his most famous speech right there and said it would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. dr. ben carson spoke last night at the rnc. at the white house is where we begin. >> president trump is heading straight from the convention to the campaign trail. he campaigns tonight in new hampshire and later this weekend will go to the gulf coast to see all of the hurricane advantage. this is it. this if the final sprint before election day. we are almost one month away from the first debate. despite what nancy pelosi said yesterday, both president trump and former vice-president j

sorry, we've got to kick it over to bill hemmer. do you know what you're getting into? >> bill: i hope you watch this. >> dana: i will watch. greg gutfeld is coming up. >> bill: good afternoon. the virtual stage, senator kamala harris only hours away from officially becoming the first woman of color on a major party presidential ticket. tonight she will take place alongside joe biden as the democrats vice president candidate. senator harris is one of the headline speakers for night three of that convention along with former president barack obama. analysis from chris stirewalt and donna brazile reporting from mike tobin live in wisconsin. reporting from peter doocy who kicks off this hour. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. we just watched joe biden's motorcade roll out of here. he was inside the chase center for less than three hours. we saw kamala harris inside the chase center, pretty late until last night, more than two hours. this is the spot where she is going to speak tonight. he's going to speak tomorrow night. the campaign is keeping quiet about what these two w

i am bill hemmer. the latest on the violence of the streets of kenosha. police across the border in illinois arrested a 17-year-old in connection with shootings last night in kenosha that left two people dead. fox news caught some of that chaos on camera. >> [gunfire]. >> [shouting]. >> get down, get down! >> [sirens wailing]. >> [gunfire]. >> bill: we know wisconsin's governor is sending 500 national guard troops to the city. on the republican national convention there is a big focus on law and order. first jonathan hunt on the street in kenosha. >> some important context as to what happened last night. we are in front for the county courthouse where the protest began each sunday. yesterday several people told us them and their spouses would be armed and ready to defend property from the protestors who burned some businesses. the sheriff confirmed that what happened appears to have involved an armed vigilante. here's what we saw happen. gun shots in the distance. then within moments of that happening, a man carrying a long rifle running down the streets.

i am john roberts in for bill hemmer. "your world with neil cavuto" is coming right up. >> neil: we could be waiting for back to normal in new york. the city prepares for guarantee checkpoints i kid you not on all 5 major burroughs. they will check you out. penn station in new york you have to fill out a form saying where you are traveling. you don't fill out the form it's a $2,000 fine and you could be quarantined for not cooperating for 14 days. that's just starters. i am neil cavuto and it is "your world." what is going on with quarantine checkpoints for those coming into the greater new york city area. as if it's not tough enough for business. alex, what are they cooking up and what you might be in store for? >> the city says that 1/5 of new cases come from travelers outside of the state. mayor bill de blasio said this is not optional. checkpoints go into effect at all the bridges, tunnels and train stations. from some states there is a 14 day mandatory quarantine. travelersing in new york have to fill out a form with

. >> john: i am john roberts in for bill hemmer. "your world with neil cavuto" is next. >> neil: thank you very much. we are monitoring the president. he is still speaking in ohio. he has been ripping his predecessor with his economic performance compared to the president's. a couple of quick clarifications. he said he inherited a mess and jobs were bleeding. to get all of our facts right. the president can crow about how the economy was chugging along before the virus and coming back. for the record under obama, we saw a gain in production and we saw a dramatic drop in jobless workers to about a third. also talking about how the jobs were gaining against all key sectors. manufacturing jobs were weak in the prior administration. many in the obama administration pointed out the job growth started when he was president for 8 or 9 months. he came in the middle of a financial meltdown. i want to make sure we are comparing apples to apples and we are. this is part of the push on the part of the president to say things are getting better

jillian: bill hemmer was talking to lou holtz. lou holtz of was adamant about them playing.to listen to this and then react to it. >> i think they should play. if you have a legi legit mitt rn you don't want to play. i think we shut everything down for six months. jillian: he's talking about the idea of giving the athletes the options themselves to play or opt out if they want. what do you think of that? what does the loss of a season like this do to a college athlete? >> have you to give these guys the option. you already have unamerican set of guidelines there, where you have a billion dollar industry that doesn't pay these players. you don't offer them basic health insurance. now all of a sudden you're taking that away from them. think about it, a kid like me, going to college, had i not played my senior season, i wouldn't have had a chance to play in the nfl because i didn't have the size and speed when i was younger. to take an entire season away from these kids, and some folks say push it into the spring but what do you do with the seniors who are trying to reach their

i am john roberts in for bill hemmer. "your world with neil cavuto" is next. >> ♪ >> neil: thank you. we are monitoring developments on capitol hill and a real storm barrelling up the east coast that has close to 2 million americans without power. no signs that can be fixed or righted any time soon. we are on top of the record winds and the tornado watches in effect in the northeastern states. the drama for the moment is the status of that stimulus measure which could include upwards of a thrillion to 3.5 trillion dollars to keep the coronavirus economy from collapsing. right now, republicans are arguing over unemployment benefits and how generous to be. democrats are focussing on how big it should be. i am neil cavuto and this is your world. hope you are doing well along the tropical storm front. on the political front, a storm how much to spend for another relief effort. easier said than done to put together. chad with the latest. >> there is a meeting going on right now. there is a sense of desperation setting on capit

. ♪ >> good afternoon i'm john robertson per bill hemmer and president trump meeting at the white houseith attorney general bill barr and secretary chao to wealth. we are told the focus of the meeting is law and order, big topic of the day and we will monitor this to bring you updates as we get them but meanwhile moments ago to joe biden taking a swing at the present over what is become the signature campaign as she was saying trump america will not be a safe america. >> we have a president who fans the flames rather than fighting the planes. but we must not burn. we have to build. >> john: biden speaking in pittsburgh with kenosha where the president is heading tomorrow. wisconsin democratic governor tony is urging him to reconside. and people from kenosha has welcomed the visit and the president is looking forward to it. we have coverage from all angles this afternoon. live in portland, oregon, where shot and killed during a protest, jacqui heinrich has the latest on the biden camp at first former wisconsin governor scott walker. governor, good to see you and has been a long time sinc

john roberts in for bill hemmer. president trump in ohio.e at whirlpool. geraldo rivera interviewed the president today on his radio show. and peter doocy is covering the

. >> i am john roberts in for bill hemmer.white house. arizona has 180,000 coronavirus cases more than all but 7 other states but the health director says the number of new cases is declining. and another topic. voting by mail. the president's campaign is suing nevada for its mail-in ballot plan.

i'm bill hemmer. battleground of north carolina where he has not been shy. we stopped by the republican national convention. 100 delegates in charlotte. people they are voted for him almost 2-1 in 2016, but as of today, it is considered a true toss-up. we've got every angle now. about what america will see this week. chris wallace, jacqui heinrich, but we begin with john roberts, who has moved a few blocks from the white house to the location where the rnc will get underway i guess tonight, you could argue. john, good afternoon. >> where we are now is just outside of the auditorium in downtown washington. that is the washington, d.c., headquarters for everything that is going on with the campaign. even though the main convention is going on in charlotte. what the president is doing again today, as he did last week is really try to draw a sharp contrast between himself, biden, and the dnc in terms of just being out there. unlike joe biden who spend most of the week cooped up in his home in wilmington, delaware. the president is following a more traditional ro

. >> bill: good afternoon everyone, i am bill hemmer. speak at this hour in a moment now. air force one has landed. he will be at that campaign event that takes place a few miles from where joe biden was born. we expect the president to and likened this draconian to his speech. the democratic presidential nomination. it is the final night of the democrats virtual convention. they have a big line of speakers leading up to joe biden in prime time. and a moment i will speak

my colleague bill hemmer joins us from new york with what these battleground states mean to the electoral >> it's complicated, okay, just at the outset, i will leave you with that. i keep coming back to pennsylvania, b6. this is what we've done. we've put our battleground states in gray, 13 at the moment. that's going to change a little bit here and a little bit there as we get closer, some of these will be canceled out but we think in the race to 270, if that is the case, what's the key to victory, what's the path to victory? for joe biden it's really easy if you win back pennsylvania and then you take a major state like florida. only eight electoral votes away and go hunting up here in the upper midwest, hold onto minnesota and if that's the case joe biden would be the president under that scenario and again you can put in 100 different scenarios and get different outcomes. for donald trump, we've got texas on the map but maybe it's not as blue as we are saying. you mention these battleground states the present has been traveling to the last to go days, wants to hold arizona, wants to h

i'm bill hemmer. a big hour as president trump is heading to arizona as we speak after he made a quick stop in the state of iowa, expected to visit the border and talk about immigration and security. the president zeroing in on key battleground states as democrats get ready for the second night of their first ever virtual convention. how did it go? all talk with one of last night's speakers, minnesota senator amy klobuchar as my guest and a moment. karl rove has analysis, peter doocy on the trail in delaware but first the white house and chief correspondent john roberts. good day to you. >> good afternoon to you. the president as you mentioned on his way to arizona, a state that was last won by the democrats way back in 1996. the previous time before that was harry truman in 1948, so this has been for the most part a pretty reliably red state. the president won by three and a half points but the democrats smelling some blood in the water in the grand canyon state. biden is up by 2 in the real clear po

the state's education commissioner explaining to bill hemmer yesterday what would happen if teacherseport to work. >> then they get terminated and governor de santis just led the largest single pay increase ever for teachers in the state of florida. we're not having a problem recruiting teachers to come to sunny florida, a low tax state with a great opportunity. arthel: the head of the teachers association in orange county says it doesn't work like that. >> teachers have a contract and they have contractual rights. he doesn't get to fire teachers. what a joke. so that's just not true. there is a shortage of teachers. arthel: let's bring in andrew spar who joins us again, he is the vice president of the florida education association. andrew, look, you just heard state education commissioner corkran saying if teachers don't show up, you get fired, coupled with the statewide pay raise for teachers in florida, they say recruiting teachers will be easy. your reaction? >> first of all, good afternoon, arthel. i appreciate you having me on today. the whole notion that there's a lot of teach

i'm john roberts and for bill hemmer and more talks on covert relay for millions of americans right nowials to try to work out a deal, but it appears both sides are very far apart. the jobs report shows unemployment's for the two percentage point and the united states recovered half of the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic. president trump says he may take executive action on covid relief if the two sides cannot

see on cable everyday trees turned for louis dejoy reports from the "fox news" headquarters i'm bill hemmer regular programming continues now on this fox station. goodnight from new york. >> has been a "fox news" special recitation don't fact check the y creams, your reaction to that question when. >> is just cnn and msb and see, that's what they have been doing for four years, they hold this president is like this president, they show it. were not surprised but we will put on our show this week to show the american people who the republican party is and who president donald trump is and who is going to be for the next four years. liz: here's the thing, andrew pollick, his daughter meadow was shot dead in the marjory stoneman douglas shooting, he is doing what cnn is not doing, he's fact checking joe biden. he fact check his false claims during his vice presidency, that shooting actually took place after biden left office, watch andrew pollick here. >> is not to tell how much mr. biden understands what happened. he said he was vice president would happen, but he was not. mr. biden may not k