senate republicans have ramped up their investigation into joe biden's son, hunter, and his business alings with ukraine. at the g.o.p. can turn up the heat on biden as soon as next week. plus, federal officers are responding to protests in portland, oregon. how the trump administration is managing the unrest and backlash from the city's democratic leadership. >> let's not kid ourselves. these aren't protesters. these are criminals. they are looters, they are seeking opportunities to destroy. frankly, to hurt law enforcement officials. ♪ ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. >> we continue to see violent activity, violent anarchists, night after night, targeting those facilities. i want to be very clear, we see peaceful protests there in portland. dhs, department of homeland security, has no problem. we are talking about a different group of individuals that have become violent, local and state leadership, they

tom, we find out that hunter biden till owns 10% of that -- still owns 10% of that chinese private equityl, joe biden has a china problem. his son got a sweetheart deal from the chinese communists. we still don't have all the details about it. you can bet the chinese do, and it will be are held over joe biden through the campaign and beyond. we need the full details, and just knowing now that he still has investments or his son still has investment ties to china, the communist chinese just really is the icing on the cake. you know, he's hiding records. the state department's hiding records. we just sued the university of delaware for his senate records. bind has a public record that, frankly, still isn't public, which is a big problem. lou: yeah. absolutely. with well, tom fitton, thanks so much. we appreciate it again for all you and judicial watch do. thanks so much. >>> we turn now to ed rollins, the savant himself, top strategist for great america pac, former reagan white house political director, fox business political analyst, and that's all of your many honorifics that i'm going to

little bit of rudy giuliani, do you view senate republicans investigation of vice president biden, hunter biden barisma as legitimate investigation? >> you know, i don't know anything about biden or his son or what their activities were again other than what i've seen in the newspapers. now if there are facts that warrant it, then -- then i don't have any objection to it but i don't see anything here other than a very foolish act by hunter biden to take the money from barisma. i mean, the appearance is not good, but whether there's substance to it or not, i don't see that from the media accounts that i've read. i think it was foolish but i don't see anything beyond that at this point. >> ambassador, you write in your book about jamal khashoggi, washington post colleague who was killed by saudi agents, can you tell us more about the president's views on the murder of khssoggi? >> he said clearly and med a public statement that we were going to standby the saudis because of the relationship with the united states. vladimir putin said to me later, look, the united states doesn't want to sell arms

about rudy giuliani, do you view the senate republicans investigation of vice president biden, hunter bidenrisma as a legitimate investigation? >> i don't know anything about biden or his son or what their activities were other than what i've seen in the newspapers. if there are facts that warranted, then i don't have any objection to it. but i don't see anything other than a very foolish act by hunter biden to take the money from burisma in the appearance is not good but whether there is substance, i don't see that from the media accounts that i read. i think it was foolish but i don't see anything beyond that at this point. >> you right in your book about jamaal, the washington post colleague who was killed by a saudi agent. can you tell us more about the president's views on the murder of jamaal. >> i recount in the book conversations that he had with saudi leaders and he wanted an investigation to get to the bottom, he also said clearly and made a public statement to the same effect that we would stand by the saudis because of the important of the relationship to the united states in a

hunter biden, the same situation.t's corruption, it is, it is driven by the trading on their fathers' -- and in one instance brother's -- standing as a public servant. it's outrageous, it's suck. ing that it's permitted -- sickening that it's permitted. >> i agree with you, lou. china has this advanced rocket telemetry, deepwater navy and middle class stealing our intellectual property is a direct result of the washington elite establishment that's been in place for 20 some odd years dealing with the chinese and giving them this information and these opportunities. that's a huge problem, and this is just one more example of that. lou: yeah. and don't leave out the people who fund their corruption -- >> yes. lou: -- that is, of course, k street, the chamber of commerce, the business round table representing the interest and pleasures of this big business establishment and, of course, wall street with sloshing fortunes around in pursuit of further profit. it's disgusting, it's appalling. i have to say i was encouraged b

knew who hunter biden was. i asked about that in the white house at a briefing of jay carney, right after he was named to the board. i sit isn't this at the very least a conflict of interest? or an appearance of a conflict of interest to have the vice president's son paid by this ukrainian energy company at the time when not only was the vice president dealing with foreign policy questions but he was the point person on ukraine. that was a legitimate issue that's why ias asked about all those years ago. look, i think you do have a point on a lot of the coverage is so thoroughly and totally negative you cannot distinguish between a real story and what as. relatively trivial thing is. but good reporters ask tough questions and do investigative reporting certainly candidates for president regardless of what party appears direct as you know does this leak more administrations and trying to figure out who's doing it? >> the leaks in this administration are qualitatively different than anything we have seen. there ar

brought up the impeachment issue but appears to use the impeachment as the vehicle to talk about hunter bidenoe biden and the crime family. we talk about his daughter, his niece, his daughters, lots of conviction and a lot of unusual arrests that have been disposed of in unusual ways. but does not help him become the hunter biden thing or does that hurt vis-a-vis the impeachment? >> dana: i think if they could stick on something for more than an hour then maybe something would have some penetration. i think when they finally start to draw distinctions from each other it's really interesting. president trump said there has never been to candidates more opposite from each other and that might be a rare point of agreement between the two candidates. they both want to be the opposite of each other. but i think it strange for biden's he doesn't seem to ever try to win the persuadable middle, if there is any that's left. he continues to try to win that primary over and over again, especially when it comes to the left which might indicate that there could be a softening in their polls when they look

>> there will be nothing that stops donald trump from trying to bring hunter biden into the campaign.ampaign is going to fail. like he failed america and just like his failing coronavirus in the economy. whoever the democrats pick our joe biden picks to be his running mate, they're going to be under serious attack by the right. so buckle up. i think susan rice is a very accomplished person who would be an excellent vice president but there's a lot of people out there who would be an excellent vice president. by august, we will know them. we will know. >> trace: chris holland, child growth, good of you both and thank you >> thank you. >> trace: declaring a state of emergency nights, more than 20 people were shot and five killed in a single night including this little girl. secoriea turner, eight years old and now her father is asking did in her life matter? >> you say black lives matter? she can't come home. >> trace: jack brewer when "the story" continues. next. ♪ (vo) audi e-tron. the next frontier of electric. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what yo

joe biden from the rose garden in a rambling speech that started with china, then diverted to hunter biden and other topics more suitable for a campaign rally, if that, all as the nation is gripped by the pandemic crisis. here are the facts at this hour. cdc director robert redfield is warning that the coming fall and winter could be, quote, one of the most difficult times we've experienced in american public health. even as the white house is taking control of national covid data from the cdc. and turning it over to the department of health and human services, raising concerns of political influence. influential trump trade adviser peter navarro has published a scathing attack on anthony fauci in "usa today", more evidence, despite denials, that the president is letting his closest aides try to discredit dr. fauci. and the stock market is surging today after biotech company moderna is reporting their phase i vaccine trials are producing a robust immune response in all 45 patients. but there are new questions over just how long an individual who survives the virus will have antibodies. the

i actually asked, the very first question asked about hunter biden, i think before most people had any idea who he was, i asked about that in the white house at a briefing of jay carney right after he was named to the board. i said isn't this at the very least a conflict of interest? to have the vice president's son getting paid by this ukrainian energy company at the time when not only was the vice president dealing with foreign policy questions, but he was the point person on ukraine. i think that was legitimate. that is why i asked about it. i think you do have a point on a lot of the coverage, so totally negative, you cannot distinguish what a real story is and what a trivial thing is. reporters, good reporters asking tough questions and do investigative reporting on political figures, certainly candidates for president regardless of party. >> every administration has been trying to go after those who leak stories that are negative towards the president, but does this administration leak more than previous administrations? chief o f staff mark meadows is trying to figure out who is

. >> it will be fascinating to see if that hunter bidenstory gets anymore legs the closer we get to the election. so far seems it is dying on the vine with so many other distractions in our world, appreciate your insights, thanks very much. >> police officer getting praise for his act of kindness, take a look. >> i will tell you. >> body camera video shows officer john fry tag talking to a man whose credit card wouldn't work when trying to buy gas. washington township police officer says he just wanted to show that underneath the uniform he was humanlike anyone. i love that. great. it is 12 minutes until the top of they are, disney world's decision to carveout mask free relaxation zones is stressing some people out. >> social media backlash when we come back. these folks don't have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. jillian: voters need to take a chance on kanye west

the hunter biden, joe biden, ukraine issue. then he will tag joe biden on his health.ust as they tried to hit hillary clinton when she had the episode in new york. it will be about trying to draw joe biden's favorables down, to create a more competitive election. because donald trump's ceiling is clear. he's stuck, and he's stuck below 50. he can't win on his own merits. >> christina, we saw how that american carnage message, if you want to call it that, from his inaugural message worked in 2016. what are lessons for democrats? how should they be countering this differently than they did back then? some are saying or analyzing that the president's speeches over the weekend are a return to 2016, but in reality, some say he never departed from that messaging. >> yeah. i think we're in a very different time than we were in 2016. the reality is, america is facing some really significant challenges, public health issue, economic challenges, dealing with issues like systemic racism, which has been around for a while but feel more acute thanks to the protests. what donald tru

trump's going to bring up hunter biden. trump's going to bring up the fact that biden's made a lot of money speaking, selling books since he's been in office and trump's going to be completely immune to counterpunching other than the question, why haven't you released your tax returns? and i say something else, chris. by getting this out now, by getting it on the table and having fact checkers, this debate is going to be critically important. millions of americans are unemployed and this coronavirus is accelerating a transformation in our economy in how we work and where we work, how we educate and where we educate, how we travel, that we absolutely need a serious discussion by both these men about how we are going to renew and re-energize this country at a time when, chris, there is going to be massive creative destruction coming down the road. and i'd like to focus on that, not on making this a mud slinging match where basically biden's going to have to spend half his time just fact checking trump. >> well, look, just the

if you look at his history with the exception of helping hunter biden make a lot of money when he was overseeing ukraine and china the fact is this is somebody who's never been an executive. he has never led or made anything, who still has his 1950s corp. that but he bothered with government revenue. this is somebody who has become quite rich that in fact has never done what president trump has done which is build an industry, understand industry and understand the economy. president trump doesn't need a fancy plan that he got from somebody else to say the basics of lowering the impediments to growth have created the trump economy that right is to great prosperity and as we get through this pandemic will bring us back to great prosperity. that's what the president is selling because that's what he knows how to do. judge jeanine: it's interesting joe biden his whole history is about an economy that has five manufacturing jobs leaving but i want to switch for moment to roger stockham. what is your impression of the president's commutation? >> i think it was courageous and classic donald

hunter biden walked out with 1.5 billion and i guess an upfront payment of $3 million.o he went from not having a drop to $83,000 a month with a lot of money paid out from to work for burisma. and you will know about burisma. happens, nobody cares. he was forced to leave the military, forced to leave. all of a sudden he is making a fortune but nobody talks about that. indeed, biden expressed more anning about china on ordinary day then about america. on the fourth of july last independence day, biden attacked the united states and said quote we never lived up to the ideals of our fathers, forefathers, or founding fathers. and yet, he enthusiastically stated that china is a great nation and we should hope for its continued expansion. we all wish well to china, but what china has unleashed on the world, it's hard to even fathom. i see friends of mine. they walk up and want to say hello and they are all covered up like you are all covered up with face masks. it's a different world, we are coming out on top. biden sides of china over america time and time again he said on t

about what happened with bereavement, that is bad enough but that pales into comparison with what hunter biden did with the bank of china in alignment with the chinese communist party. >> laura: we've got to go but i can't wait to see an actual debate, if it actually happens, and have china come up. whistle-blowers sent our next guest a trove of documents about a divisive diversity training program. what he discovered is deeply disturbing. he's here to tell us what he found. plus, north carolina took the historic step of starting a reparations fund. how will that turn out? stay there. ♪ >> laura: critical race theory has made its way out of the ivory tower and into the federal government and you are paying for it. my next guest says a whistle-blowers sent him a treasure trove of documents last week about diversity training that's held at the u.s. treasury department. the lecture the employees received was called difficult conversations about race, which included helpful advice like virtually all white people contribute to racism in that white employees must accept their unconscious bias, white

they were banking on hitting joe biden very early on corruption and hunter biden, all the way back toeachment. that was the cycle surprisingly enough. a challenge we've had, they haven't been able to land a punch. because they were banking on running on the economy, so many people are now unemployed, out of jobs, looking for work and unable to get money from the federal government. they've been less faithful to him and more skeptical that he will bank on the kept promises, delivered slogan -- [ inaudible ] i think the challenge for trump and the white house is developing messaging around the campaign that will stick. a big point for them is suburban voters. this month in july, they spent $18 million in ads to try to speak to those suburban older white women voters saying that law and order is on the ticket and that joe biden believes in defunding the police. we know that could be categorically false. not accepting that messaging anymore. if the white house and president trump is unable to cree a ate narrative that sticks to november, i think they'll be in a lot of trouble. >> julia, y

negatives on joe biden, they'll question his fitness for office, try to tie in criminality like hunter biden. that is the only tool they have to drag him down. we see donald trump engage in stone cold corruption himself last night. we cannot let members of congress and the senate get off on the stone commutation without their own responsibility. it is their fault that they have enabled him and allowed him to be this corrupt. no house members voted to impeach the president. the senate republicans refused to convict him. this is on them and we have to call them out. in my home state of florida, that means marco rubio and rick scott. it might as well be their signature on the commutation of roger stone. donald trump is enabled by corrupt politicians on capitol hill. they should be held accountable in november just as donald trump should be as well. >> i think they also have a strategy of suppressing voters that may vote against them. thank you for being with us. coming up, president donald trump is putting forward his racism again, this time in his call to reopen all public schools. but first m

decay of democratic cities 20, 30 years ago were just recently, the scandalous debts were baby hunter bidenrit enriching himself off of the data. or who push the steele dossier? we haven't heard about the steele dossier, the clinton author and order to pay damage on the dossier lies. so the bottom line here is, media bias isn't always about the story that the media chases. it is the story they pretend don't exist. >> jesse: that is a good point. so why doesn't the president just acid wash his returns? that is what hillary did and no one seemed to care. >> greg: there you go. >> jesse: would be joe biden ripping off one of the signature campaign promises. greg has the monologue on that next. ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ 1 in 5 people you meet wear yeah. that many! but right now, is not the time to talk about it. so when you're ready, search 'my denture care'. poligrip and polident. fixed. fresh. and just between us. and mine super

hunter biden walked out with 1.5 billion.of money paid up front, work for burisma, and you all know about burisma. all of a sudden he is making a fortune. indeed, biden expressed more fawning praise about china, the last independence day biden attacked the united states and said, we had never lived up to the ideals of our fathers. the forefathers were founding fathers and we should hope for his continued expansion. we all wish to well to china but what china has unleashed on the world, it's hard to even fathom. they want to say hello and have to keep their distance and they are all covered up like you are all covered up with face masks. it's a different world. but we are coming out on top. it's no fairy tale and yet blindly celebrates china same ce so far were so fast, he so proud of them. now joe biden is pushing a platform that would demolish the u.s. economy, totally demolish it. so we built the greatest economy and history of our country, and that was a few months ago. the best unemployment numbers ever, best for african-

trump's going to bring up hunter biden. ump's going to bring up the fact that biden's made a lot of money speaking since he's been in office. and trump's been immune to counterpunching on the question of why you haven't released your tax returns. and i say this now, chris, by getting this out now, getting it on the table, and having fact checkers here. this debate is going to be important. millions of americans are unemployed. and this coronavirus is accelerating a transformation in our economy, in how we work and where we work. how we educate and where we educate. how we travel. that we -- we, absolutely, need a serious discussion, by both these men, about how we are going to renew and reenjaergize this country at a time, chris, when there is going to be massive destruction coming down the road. and i want to focus on that, not on making this a mud-slinging match where, basically, biden's going to have to spend half his time just fact checking trump. >> look. just the current state of play in this country is more than enoug

to say i think the only job that joe biden has ever fought for that was an american job was for hunter biden. but that being said, i don't take that technically counts because that was for a chinese company so even still with his son, he's helping out china. >> jason: good point. hogan gidley, thank you again for joining us. joining us with more reaction to joe biden's long and storied history of plagiarism is american conservative union chairman matt schlapp along with arizona congressman andy biggs. gentlemen, thank you for joining us here tonight. i want to go to you first, matt, because i've got to tell you, bernie sanders is the one that's actually saying that joe biden would be perhaps the most progressive president in the history of the united states. we should believe him, shouldn't we? >> yeah, when joe biden's mouth is flapping, you know, it's actually bernie sanders who we are hearing. they very cleverly change the names of some of these policies but it's all the socialist marxist policies that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders pine for. it's basically saying that we are going t

do you want hunter biden making sketchy billion-dollar deals with the bank of china lining his own pockets or do you want a president who will actually stand up to china as this president did earlier today? do you want zero experience hunter making millions more in ukraine? quid pro quo joe, zero experience hunter, oh, it worked out perfectly, didn't it? as president from said today there's never been a time when two canids were so different. let's watch the president. >> probably never been a time when candidates are so different. we want law and order. they don't want a lot order. we want strong closed borders with people able to come in through merit, through a legal process. they don't want to have any borders at all. they're going to ripped on the wall. it was hard to get that filled. now it's almost completed. >> sean: ultimately i'm only one vote. my vote is probably not going to mean much in new york. it comes down to you. you the american people. you are the jury here. do you want america to become a place where working hard, doing the right thing is punished? mob rule, anarchy is

especially since lindsey graham has done things like, he still wants to pursue whether or not hunter biden did anything wrong in ukraine even after the president's impeachment trial. he's trying to have it both ways. he is focusing on making sure that he is not so politically out there that he comes across as being unelectable come the fall. >> frank, i wonder what you makes of this schism between barr and trump when it comes to commuting roger stone. >> i'm at the point now where i believe wholeheartedly that any messaging that comes out of doj and the white house is coordinated and designed to deceive. i'm not buying it that barr was pounding his fist on the table saying you shall not commute the sentence of roger stone. i think this is a bunch of pr that we're getting to show there is some distance and professional distance happening at doj. i don't believe it for a second. i don't trust this attorney general. i don't take saying that lightly. this is not someone whose track record speaks to truth and voracity. >> cynthia, do you agree with frank's assessment? >> i do. i think it's gutl

he went off on hunter biden and immigrati immigration. at one point he was making magical claims that the wall was going to be finished or almost completed by the end of the year. that is not true. anderson, as you illustrated a few minutes ago, he continues to talk about the state of testing and the spikes in coronavirus in this country and continues to lie to the american people that the reason why we're seeing these spikes in cases is doing more testing and why is it that the former white house chief of staff nimick mulvaney that work for administration, why did he put out an op ed on cnbc yesterday saying that testing remains a very big problem in this country? and so no, anderson, getting to your question, there isn't anyone to reign him in and make sure he doesn't do that in the rose garden this evening, and what i think for the rest of this campaign and the president using the rose garden like a rally space, what we saw tonight was a switch. they told us it would be a press conference. the white house said he's having a press confe

i'm sitting there looking whether it's hunter biden, whether it's joe's brother, whether it's the sisterly has enriched themselves off of joe biden's publicly funded office. he won't release his documents from 30 something years in the senate that are sitting at the university of delaware. these aren't like private notes he had as a citizen. this while he was a senator in the united states, paid for by the american taxpayer, and somehow that's magically off limits? you know, brett kavanaugh's high school yearbook was not off limits according to democrats. his high school yearbook but joe biden's senate papers no, no, we can't touch this so it's about hipocracy and about the double standard and i called it liberal privilege because we hear a lot about privilege but liberal privilege is the ultimate because they can say one thing, do the other and never get called on it. maria: well look in the meantime the critics of your father continue stepping it up, just in the last two weeks you had the mayor of new york actually painting black lives matter mural right outside of trump tower on fifth

remember she was a national security advisor, when hunter biden goes on the board of burisma, and wheng the responsibility for taking the responsibility of leading anticorruption activities in the ukraine. so the question is, if she is the running mate, did you know about hunter biden's addition to the burisma board, or did you ever talk to then vice president joe biden about how that would look and you might step aside. and has refused to answer, but if she becomes a running mate she will have to answer. >> since it seemed i promised it moments ago, here is president and that's a short time ago. >> there is -- so an interesting moment. very interesting response, the person they are most excited about was kamala harris, 35%. those that they say would be the most acceptable going back to susan rice at 35%, the person they say they don't know enough about his karen bass, of course the congresswoman from california. it's anyone's guess what happens here in the next week or so but here is a political headline on susan rice. it's absolutely serious. susan rice vaults to the top of the vp he

i'm sitting there looking whether it's hunter biden, whether it's joe's brother, whether it's the sisternriched themselves off of joe biden's publicly funded office. he won't release his documents from 30 something years in the senate that are sitting at the university of delaware. these aren't like private notes he had as a citizen. this while he was a senator in the united states, paid for by the american taxpayer, and somehow that's magically off limits? you know, brett kavanaugh's high school yearbook was not off limits according to democrats. his high school yearbook but joe biden's senate papers no,o,o,o, bocauctouc tucs s s t't'bout a bloupoand aanutbo tblou da ialledtt lererer egivivive we hearot l abtablegegeutgeut lererer pre ile thee imat ca hee cheanhe snene t, ll ollll i i n g g ria: wria:l loriokl okl il tem thcre e e e youe r fatherhe contue steppinppitpp u u u un stwo wwoksou had t mayor of nr ofr yk act all a papanglalala lives matter mural right outside of trump tower on fifth avenue in new york city. this is where you work every day , right? do you pass this new mural

hunter biden walked out with $1.5 billion. got $83,000 a month and, guess, an up-front payment of $3,000. so he went from not having a job to getting $83,000 a month with a lot of money paid up front to work for bris ma. burisma. and you all know about burisma. but nothing happens, nobody cares. and if he was unemployeded, as you know, he was unfortunate forced to leave the military. didn't have a job, and all of a sudden waste making a fortune. nobody talks about that. indeed, biden expressed more fawning praise about china on an ordinary day than about america. on the fourth of july, the last independence day, biden attacked the united united states and sae had, quote, never lived up to the ideals of our fathers, our forefathers or our founding fathers. those founding illinoiss, and yet he enthusiastically stated that china is a great nation, and we should hope for its continued expansion. well, we all wish well to china, but what china's unleashed on the world, it's hard to even fathom. i see people now, friends of mine. wa

joe biden from the rose garden in a rambling speech that started with china, then diverted to hunter bidenmore suitable for a campaign rally, if that, all as the nation is gripped by the pandemic crisis. here are the facts at this hour. cdc director robert redfield is warning that the coming fall and winter could be, quote, one of the most difficult times we've experienced in american public health. even as the white house is taking control of national covid data from the cdc. and turning it over to the department of health and human services, raising concerns of political influence. influential trump trade adviser peter navarro has published a scathing attack on anthony fauci in "usa today",

just sort of kind of throwing those against the wall, attacking him on china, going back to the hunter bidenying to find anything you can to see what's going to stick, what might help him try to define biden as they try to find anything they can to push his favorability numbers down. >> i'm curious how you're looking at it. we don't know e fully what this fall campaign is going to look like. not clear what the opportunities are going to be out there for trump or for biden to really define themselves or define each other. i'm curious, when you look at biden, you have a pretty good sense of him here. what vulnerabilities do you see? do you see anything that could trip him up in the final months of the race? >> i don't know. he's joe biden so joe biden is capable of or has been throughout his career, capable of saying anything at any given moment. i mean, he could -- potentially he could stumble, i suppose, but i don't see an obvious vulnerability that president trump hasn't already tried with little success to exploit. i mean, as i said, it's hard to define a guy who's already so well-defined.

affairs committee led by ron johnson, voted to subpoena documents as part of an investigation of hunter bidensame investigation trump got impeached for and republicans are fine with all of it. you might get a little grumble, you know, from mitt romney and susan collins might form a committee to look into the possibility of furrowing her brow but otherwise the gop is done with all of it they're like bank robbers who get caught planning a heist and then say, "should we just, you know, do it anyway?" republicans are just as paranoid and conspiratorial as trump. he didn't come out of nowhere. he fits perfectly in the gop they've concocted an insane fantasy in which obama spied on trump by secretly monitoring suspicious calls by michael flynn and not telling trump about it as johnson claimed tuesday on fox news. >> so if that were the case, that they were genuinely concerned that there was some compromise or something going on that was nefarious on those phone calls, why would they have not told the incoming president of the united states? >> because it is a corrupt transition process no, that's e

the hunter biden walked up with 1.5 billion in ukraine he got $83,000 a month and $3 million. he went from not having a job to getting $83,000 a month with a lot of money. up front to work for burris mind you all know about burris not that nothing happens. nobody cares. he was unemployed as you know. he was unfortunately forced to leave the military. he was forced to leave. he didn't have a job and all of a sudden he's making a fortune but nobody talks about that. indeed biden expressed more fawning praise about china on a military date than america on the 4th of july for the last independence day biden attack united states and said we had quote never lived up to the ideals of our fathers or our forefathers or are founding fathers bury those founding ideals and get he enthusiastically stated that china is a great nation and we should hope for its continued expansion. we all wish well to china but what china has unleashed on the world, it's hard to even fathom. i see people now, friends of mine to walk up and want to say hello and they have to keep their distance and they are a

the attacks on joe biden to this point haven't landed, whether it's china or hunter biden.ext it's about his mental acuity and that doesn't seem to be gaining any traction here either. they're scrambling for a message. there's growing chatter among republicans and political operatives. it doesn't seem to be based on inside information. they wonder if the president will stick with this, particularly if he can't reverse the slide and poll numbers can't find some sort of message. the real number is the economy. if the economy continues to slide, that takes away what the trump campaign feels like is its best and only argument for the election. if it continues to falter, you may see more and more republicans break from the president. >>> still ahead, we'll show you the social distancing republicans are doing when it comes to the president's position on face coverings, masks. that's next on "morning joe." >>> if you're pro trump, you don't wear a mask. if you're anti-trump, you're more likely to wear a mask. but that makes no sense. i mean, it actually no help restore the economy