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New york and new jersey among the hardest hit. You do have to be careful out there. A lot of traffic lights are not working and a lot of branches are on the streets. My neighbors house a tree fell in the middle of his house. When that wire went down there was a huge explosion, a fire, my two neighbors saw all the lights. Heavy winds and wires going everywhere, cars, just crazy damage. Sandra were live from queens, new york this morning, a man was killed by a falling tree there. Just tragic. Good morning, sandra. Isaias came and went quickly but the damage it left behind is absolutely incredible. Take a look at this. The winds were so strong here in estoria, queens, it ripped this giant tree right out of the sidewalk and then it landed right on top of this car here. Not only this car but come over here with me and it landed on top of a second car. There are cars with trees on them all over estoria. The mayor was here late in the evening yesterday taking a look at the damage. He says there were more than 2,000 trees downed across the city including that tree that killed the 60yearold man. He was sitting inside of a van when a massive oak tree snapped at its base and crushed the vehicle. Others got really lucky. Listen. There used to be a third dormer at the top, now in our driveway. No one was hurt, though. Its all good. According to local reports at least two tornadoes touched down in new jersey downing power lines, wreaking havoc. 3 million customers without power now in the northeast. Commuters were stuck for hours last night as the storm toppled trees over the rail tracks crippling mass transit well into the night. Pennsylvania strong winds ripped the roof off a daycare with 130 kids inside. Some of them babies. Four children suffered minor injuries, one person died in that state when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. The urgency now, sandra, is to restore power as the Power Companies are reportedly saying that some of these places will not get their power back for a couple of days. It is hot here in the high 80s, misery right now. Sandra its 9 00 here on the east coast. Folks trying to get into work. How has it affected the morning commute . Its been very problematic. Were hearing power being out at train stations. We saw those branches all over the rail lines. Theyre suspended at this hour. There are bus routes that are just not working as they normally would. If anyone is trying to get to work, it will take them a little while to get there, if they get there at all today sandra. Sandra a lot of them have been shut down all together. Well see when they can get back online. Thank you. President trump absentee is okay because you have to go through a process, brian. You go through a process, make a request, they send it to you and its a process and a smaller number. What theyll do is blanket the state. Anybody that ever walked, frankly, will get one. Trace President Trump live on fox friends this morning slamming democrats push for mailin voting doubling down on his claim it will result in massive fraud. His campaign is filing suit against nevada for expanding its mailin Voting System. Kristin fisher is live at the without with more. Even though President Trump gave a path to voters in florida yesterday encouraging them to request a ballot and mailin vote in that state calling it safe and secure President Trump still is not comfortable with what the state of nevada is planning to do. They just passed that law which would allow the state to mail ballots to all active registered voters in the state. Now you have the Trump Campaign suing the state of nevada. President trump nevada, were in court and well see how it works out. If it doesnt work out you wont know the november 3 Election Results for the country it could be for months and months. Actually could be for years. The president has gone from saying it could be a few months before we won the november election to this morning could be years. It feeds into the idea he floated last week that the election should be postponed which was almost immediately shot down by republicans and democrats. But before we can get to november, we first have to get through the convention. President trump was first going to accept his partys nomination in north carolina, then florida. Now he is considering something much closer to home. President trump were thinking about doing it from the white house because there is no movement. I have think its a beautiful setting and were thinking about that. It is certainly one of the alternatives. The easiest alternative. It is a beautiful alternative. No doubt a beautiful alternative. Traditionally speaking the white house isnt used for political events. Democrats in particular are pouncing on this idea even though its not locked down yet, they think it would be inappropriate for the president to use the peoples house as a back drop for Something Like accepting his partys nomination. Like i said, trace, not locked in yet but certainly President Trump is considering in the middle of this pandemic. Trace Kristin Fisher live on the north lawn. Thank you. Sandra police declaring a riot last night in portland after crowds set fire to a dumpster outside the Portland Police association building. Gunshots and barricaded roadways overnight. Police warning to stay off the property were repeated throughout the evening. Protest in Downtown Portland have been happening every night for more than two months. Trace tempers flaring during a Senate Hearing on antifa. Cruise accusing democrats to condemn the group and this pointeds change. We should all join hands in denouncing and whatever words you want to use about violent extremism of all stripes. I think we can all agree on that. So to constantly accuse democrats of not caring about that is really i can only say that you arent listening. So i hope this is the end of this hearing, mr. Chairman and that we dont have to listen to any more of your rhetorical speeches. Thank you very much, im leaving. Throughout her remarks she did not say a negative word about antifa nor has any democrat here. They engage in a political game where they depend you are welcome to Say Something negative about antifa right now. Okay, she declined to speak so thats the position of the Democratic Party. Trace the democrat from hawaii walking out of the hearing. Well have new reaction to this coming up with Andy Mccarthy bottom of the hour. Sandra look forward to that. Fox news alert on capitol hill. Former Deputy Attorney general sally yates set to december file next hour part of the panels investigation into crossfire hurricane, the f. B. I. s probe of russian interference in the 2016 election. Gillian turner is live in washington on that. What can we expect from that hearing this morning . Good morning. Sandra good morning to you, sandra. One big reason republicans on this committee are so eager to hear from yates she was at the Oval Office Meeting january 25, 2017 with president obama, f. B. I. Director james comey. This is the meeting where they discussed general Michael Flynn and his work and contacts with the russian government. First up today on Judiciary Committee is the fisa warrant for former Trump Campaign advisor carter page. We know there was no there there. The dossier was a bunch of garbage and the f. B. I. Found out the russian sub source reported a bunch of hearsay and bar talk. I want to ask her if she knew then what she knows now would she sign the warrant . The committees Second Public hearing on the crossfire investigation. A few weeks ago graham was given Broad Authority by the Judiciary Committee and can summon as many as 50 witnesses if he chooses. He says its high time to get to the bottom of what Top Obama Administration officials knew about former National Security advisor Michael Flynn and when. Listen. This happened to a liberal every newspaper and outlet in america would be claiming foul but general flynn, the media hates him. What they are doing to general flynn in District Court is terrible. His first public hearing had Rod Rosenstein earlier this year. Democrats said it was an excuse for republicans to tarnish obamaera democrats. A quick reminder gates did braoefshly serve as trumps attorney general. He fired her after she refused to defend his travel ban policy. Sandra gillian, thank you. Trace horrifying video showing the moment a massive explosion ripped through the lebanese capital of beirut. The blast killing at least 100 people and hurting thousands more. It was apparently triggered at a warehouse where more than 2700 tons of ammonia night rate was stored. The lebanese people surveyed the damage of this massive explosion in beirut. According to the red cross it left more than 100 people dead and thousands more injured. Rescue crews worked overnight going through pieces of metal, wood and glass searching for survivors. There is 66 million in emergency funds and aid pouring in from the world. A state of emergency while hospitals remain completely overwhelmed at this hour. Last night you saw patients being treated in the parking lots of some of those facilities. You can see in this video how strong the explosion was as a priest was livestreaming a mass and pieces of the ceiling started to fall on him. The blast was felt more than 100 miles away in cyprus. A very difficult situation for the entire population of lebanon. One interview that took place yesterday underscoring the mood there in beirut with the governor of the city tears were streaming down his face as he compared this situation to the blast in hiroshima. Trace it is awful. They are trying to figure out the cause. President trump suggesting it could have been a bomb of some kind. What do we know . The official explanation is that it is linked to the substance ammonium night rate. It could have been used as the source of oxygen to combust and could have decayed where disaster has struck with that substance. As for the president s statement pentagon officials speaking to fox news overnight says there is no evidence to support the claims by the president that it could have been an attack or bomb. Regional security analysts are concerned making these claims could endanger allies such as israel that have tensions with lebanon. It was the key ingredient in the Oklahoma City bombing. Sandra fox news alert on a Massive Wildfire burning east of los angeles. When firefighters are saying that they could have that contained. Plus the Trump Campaign taking new action to block mailin voting in nevada after President Trump encouraged florida voters to vote by mail. Charlie hurt will weigh in on that next. President trump you cant do a mailin vote. Florida is different in the sense theyve been doing it. The open road is open again. And wherever youre headed, Choice Hotels is there. Book direct at choicehotels. Com. Trace fox news alert on the wildfire burning in southern california, the apple fire east of los angeles growing to nearly 27,000 acres but firefighters are making gains with the fire now 20 contained. Some evacuation orders have also been lifted. Conditions were pretty gnarly and making large, fast runs up canyons that were aligned with wind and terrain. A lot of homes we encountered had sensible space around them and made our job a lot easier. Trace forecasts predict strong winds in the area. It could cause setbacks but the temperatures will be cooler. They hope to get the fire completely contained by midaugust. President trump nevada were in court and see how it works out. If it doesnt work out you wont know the november 3 Election Results for months and months or years. Sandra President Trump reacting after his campaign is suing to block battleground state nevada from expanding its mailin voting practices claiming it would undermine the elections integrity. He reversed course yesterday saying that mailin voting in florida is good. Charlie hurt is an opinion editor and fox news contributor. Good morning and welcome. Weigh in on all this. This seems to be the hot debate of the moment, mailin voting. Now the campaign suing in nevada. A couple of things. One is its a very fine line that the president has to walk between protecting the integrity of a federal election, which is what he is attempting to do in nevada. Thats a very, very important issue to listen to democrats tell it thats not what happened in 2016. And if thats the case, then the reason that those elections werent protected is because the Previous Administration including joe biden didnt do enough to protect them. President trump is trying his best to do what needs to be done to protect these elections. A fine line. You want to prevent nefarious activities from taking over the federal election and at the same time you want to encourage voters to go out and vote which is what he is doing in florida. Now, Bigger Picture its important for viewers to remember as President Trump noted earlier on fox. There is a different between absentee voting and this mass voting by mail. Absentee. Anybody voted by absentee. Ive done it, it is a rigorous process. There are all sorts of federal laws that you violate if you do anything wrong. There are signatures that are matched. There is very little room for discrepancy. Mass mailing ballots is a very, very dangerous situation. Im not saying it is not something we couldnt achieve but coming up with it three months before an election and trying to put it on a failing u. S. Postal service is a little bit questionable. Of course, just look at the examples we have. We have races in new york that havent still been decided months later. There are cases in california in the past where they do this and it is flooding hundreds of thousands of ballots into out across the state and it takes sometimes you might have tens of thousands of ballots that arrive in the post office on election day and we dont know the chain of custody. There are problems with signatures. There are all kinds of problems that come up in that sort of process. And the president i think is correct in being at the very least very wary and wanting to make sure the process is done so that every vote is counted and no votes that are improper are counted. Sandra and also every voter who wants to vote is able to vote. Why did they change the rules in nevada . Theyre making the case were in the middle of a pandemic. You want to ensure that every american can vote. And now the left is taking issue with the fact that the president says its okay in the state of florida. Thats the problem were faced with. You are correct. The pandemic has created a problem but the cure cant be worse than the problem itself. And if the steps you take to insure people vote safely is those steps that you take are actually mean that the election gets riddled with false ballots and problems, then literally the cure is worse than the problem itself. A big problem were dealing with is the fact that so Many Democrats going into the situation have for example they argue against people having to provide identification to prove that they should be voting in election. Thats the bareest minimum of a free election if you ask most people. Sandra let me get the nevada governor in here. He is defending the strategy. I understand there is an attempt to suppress voting. Its my job to make sure we give everybody that wants to vote the opportunity to do so and remain as flexible as possible. Thats what ab4 does. Im confident it will be well received. I was proud to sign it and im proud at the work the Legislature Legislature today. I dont think anybody wants to suppress legal, proper voting. They want to suppress illegal voting and ballots that arent valid. When you have this ballot harvesting in places like california where there is no chain of custody. We dont know where the first of all we dont know that the ballot is out in the first place but we dont know who has handled the ballots from the point at which somebody checked the box to when they wind up in the post office. It is insane. This is not some crazy partisan issue. It shouldnt be. This is basic common sense. I think that there are some things that everybody could easily agree to but if the starting point is we cant even insure that people provide identification the prove that they should be voting. If we cant agree on that were pretty far apart. Sandra you just confirmed that were very firmly in the middle of a fierce debate over what happens next with all that. But because of that and because of the early voting nature of this president ial election year, for that reason the president says he is pushing to have the general election president ial debates earlier than they are already scheduled. Here is the president earlier this morning on that. President trump theyre trying to get out. My people are telling me that theyre playing very cute and trying to get out. No question about that. But we should have the debates. The one problem i have the debate is very late. At the end of september. A lot of ballots will already be cast by that time. Sandra there seems to be confusion over whether or not the campaign has committed officially to the Debate Commission on the already scheduled three debates or if they are going to hang on and press for earlier debates and more of them. Supposedly the campaign wants four. I think what we see right now is debate jockeying about the debates. Both sides are sort of trying to figure out how to kind of hold up the process until they get everything they want. What is interesting here is usually incumbents want fewer debates and the person running from the outside wants more debate. In this case you have a sitting president. The quote, unquote, incumbent wants to have more debates with the outsider and so i think that sort of goes to the heart of quite frankly what where the president feels in terms he is on the issues and where Vice President biden and his supporters and his campaign, where they feel he is on the issues. And his ability to sort of go oneonone with the president on a stage with no safety net. Sandra there are a lot of questions whether biden would show up. He came on this network yesterday and said yes, he will. So it seems like it is on at least for now, the three debates. Well see what happens next. Great to have you this morning, thank you. Trace have you heard this . The university of connecticut cancelling the football season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The first Major Program to do so. They were set to compete as an independent team this year after leaving the american athletic conference and its scheduled featured road games against illinois and ole miss. The activity director says covid19 created an unacceptable risk. Sandra a plan to cut the Police Department in half in seattle. What both sides are saying about that. Plus this. Protests against a vile act of abuse. Sadly, were soon hijacked by opportunist and violent radicals. Sandra heated words in the senate. Cruz and hirono go toetotoe on antifa. One stands up and walking out of the attorney. Former u. S. Attorney Andy Mccarthy is here to react. Graba pen and some paper. Know what . Im gonna switch now. Just need my desk. My chair. And my phone. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. I was always comparing myself nefertitito my sisters. Irl they were always thin and i wasnt. I ate a lot of food. And then after i had my son it was really difficult to lose the baby weight, and everything took so much time and energy and i didnt have that. And then i tried noom, it was easy and it was super convenient. Its effective, id say its life changing. My my name is nefertiri and noom worked for me. Visit noom. Com and lose the weight for good. Sir. Youre talking about a first [runnigeneration americanren] from the streets of the Imperial Valley who rose to beat the odds. She worked nights and weekends till she earned herself a masters degree. 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Always good to see you, a big point of this hearing today is this sally yates meeting in the white house january 5th, 2017. Former Vice President biden there, president obama, james comey and thats where reportedly james comey said that the Michael Flynn call with the Russian Ambassador was legitimate. What are they looking for . Whats Lindsey Graham and republicans looking for specifically from that meeting . Well, i think, trace, that most of her version of events is already wellknown. There was actually an f. B. I. Interview of yates in connection with the Mueller Investigation when the Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against general flynn, they appended that to their motion. So we basically have her version of events and i think what theyll want to draw out from her is that a big part of the discussion was the withholding of information about the trump russia investigation from the Incoming Trump team. I think thats very important because the goal of the investigation, which i wouldnt have predicted you would be able to pull this off as a prosecutor, but the goal was to continue the investigation even after trump took power and was in a position to shut it down. The only way they could have pulled that off is with the cooperation and work of comey and yates, who were continuing into the Trump Administration at the f. B. I. And the Justice Department. Trace and Lindsey Graham also said he wants to hear sally yates talk about this. Listen to this and ill get your response. She signed street warrant application in january of 2017 to seek a fisa warrant against carter page. Now we know there was no there there. I want to ask her if she knew then what she knows now would she sign the warrant . Trace would they do it again the question. This is interesting. This is the divide between the law and practical reality. I expect that yates is going to cling to the law in the sense that she will say look, the Reason Congress requires the attorney general to sign off on fisa warrants is not to vet the probable cause showing by the f. B. I. We assume that the f. B. I. Is giving us information thats verified and corroborated. The Justice Department a. G. Is required to sign off to make sure that all of the boxes have been checked in terms of the legal requirements for a fisa submission. Down here on planet earth i have to say having worked at the Justice Department for 20 years as a prosecutor, in every important case i ever had, whether i was a line assistant or a supervisor, the supervisor, if it was a very sensitive, important case, wanted to know from the f. B. I. Exactly what the verification and the corroboration of information that you were giving to the court. This was an investigation that involved the president of the United States. The thought that they would just sign off on it because they thought all the legal requirements had been met i think is not the way things normally work. Trace it surprised a lot of people. Ted cruz and mazie hirono exchange. Cruz went after democrats for not condemning antifa. Watch. I hope this is the end of this hearing, mr. Chairman and that we dont have to listen to any more of your rhetorical speeches. Thank you very much, im leaving. I appreciate that uplifting words of senator hirono and note throughout her remarks she still did not say a negative word about antifa nor has any democrat here. Trace he is right about that. They condemned violence on both sides but never said anything about antifa. Your thoughts. Its funny to hear senator hirono make that kind of a dramatic exit. She is about as prove octobertive a speaker as there is in the senate. The obvious thing here there is a battle between the hard left of the Democratic Party and the establishment, which is trying to present itself as moderate for election purposes. They dont want to offend the hard left. It is a lot easier for them to complain about cruz than to address whats going on on the streets and how a lot of the points that theyre trying to push have disintegrated into rioting and worse in a number of places. Trace its concerning in a lot of cities. Andy mccarthy, always good of you. Thank you. Thanks, trace. Sandra seattle mayor and police chief are opposing a plan aimed at cutting the citys police force. City Council Members want to cut as many as 100 officers through attrition and layoffs this year. The mayor says thats not the way to go. Dan springer is live in seattle for us. Seattle is not the only city having these kind of discussions. Thats right, sandra. Seattle is just one of 10 cities across the country in some stage of defunding its Police Department. As you said, the mayor here and police chief are pushing back with a key vote less than a week away. On monday the city council is set to vote on a measure to cut 3 million from the spd budget. Cost the department 100 officers, nowhere near the 50 cut that some protestors are demanding. The council wants the police chief to eliminate the mounted patrol. School officers, Public Affairs department and navigation teams that help social workers clear out homeless encampments. The chief criticized the council for not contacting her about the how the cuts would affect public safety. Do these large scale changes in 2020 with no practical plan for community safety. And i believe wholeheartedly that is completely reckless. Seattle Police Officers guild is trying to put pressure on the council to not cut funding. Police asked people to sign a petition. So far 150,000 people have signed it. Theyre planning a rally at city hall on sunday. The forced layoffs would make the Police Department less diverse according to the mayor. 100 officers we want to cut and they try to pick out the ones they think the public would support cutting . That isnt how it will work. It will be the 100 officers who are least senior, most diverse recruits and the people we have in the department to be the new vision of the future. Several polls have been taken in seattle on this issue. Most show some support for some cutting of the Police Departments budget but none show that a majority want the cuts of 50 being demanded by the protestors. Sandra dan, thank you. Trace. Trace President Trump predicting a strong economic recovery despite what he claims is opposition from democrats. President trump it will be interesting to see what that is. Were heading definitely the democrats are standing in our way. They dont want the states open even if the state is in good shape. 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Yup, thats how i know it is the puresttasting water. I need to find the receipt for that. Oh yeah, you do. Sandra the latest round of negotiations for another round of relief for American People due to the pandemic wrapping up on capitol hill with some progress were told. Steve mnuchin saying both sides will try to strike a deal by the end of this week. The chief economist for the national Economic Council is here and joins us. Welcome to americas newsroom. Great to have you on this morning. Sandra thank you for having me. Sandra youre an economist at heart and knee deep in the data and numbers. I wont ask you if a deal will get done or when. We all want to know that. How important is it to the American People, to the u. S. Economy, that a deal does get done . Let me first say that as the president highlighted last night, were in a vshape boom. Were seeing it in manufacturing, which isnt just recovering, its in a renaissance. Weve seen Motor Vehicle production, an incredible statistic up 77 from the low. With that rise in production a very good high paying jobs that are returning. Were seeing a 13year high in home sales. Home builders, forwardlooking tells us where construction is. Good high paying jobs higher than where it was last year. The president right now is hyper focused on getting a deal done. While we have this vshaped boom, why not take out an insurance policy and solidify what looks like well see a record second half economy . And as direct or kudlow has said there has been hardship and pain, why not do a brief extension as the president has suggested. The democrats have fought against it. To get extra money to people to keep this economy stronger. The numbers as you suggested are excellent and we expect them to continue. Sandra you are working closely with larry kudlow and your job is to look at the numbers and data and advise the president on how to proceed. He is talking about acting alone potentially if congress doesnt get something done. Here he is floating the idea of a payroll tax cut this morning on fox. Listen. President trump i may do it myself. Were negotiating right now. I have the right to suspend it. I may do it myself. I have the absolute right to suspend the payroll, to do the payroll tax. Thats an incentive for people and Small Businesses and businesses to hire back their workers. Sandra if congress doesnt act and doesnt get together on this, are you advising the president to act alone when it comes to evictions or payroll tax cut . The president talked about extending the moratorium started by hud. The payroll tax cuts would be a huge supply side benefit for Small Businesses, many are mom and pop. You look at a lot of firms under 20 people. The president is just trying to work in the best interests of the American People and trying to get the economy moving. We have reopened and been very successful. I want to mention if you look at the data, the u. S. Has far out performed other countries in terms of gdp. The u. S. Gdp rate was down 9 , much worse in europe and elsewhere. These are programs that have gotten the economy moving back and well see. Hopefully democrats will come on board. Sandra i have one more question and one more minute. Two things ive heard from you. You believe that were in a vshape recovery and well see a record second half of the year as far as gdp. However, in the Second Quarter we saw the biggest drop in gdp this country has ever seen. There is worry and concern that the country might have to shut down again. You heard from the fed rep who said we might have to lock down again to stop this virus. What would that do to our economy . That is his opinion. He doesnt speak for the overall federal reserve. He doesnt speak for the administration which has no intention of locking down. Mitigation efforts are excellent. Were down since the peak in late july were down 14 in cases. Lockdown would be catastrophic for the economy. It is not going to happen. The economy shrunk last quarter but it was a pandemic contraction. The vwere talking about, the data in may and june have been fantastic. The numbers the president mentioned last night. Those trends have accelerated into july. We have a lot of momentum. It doesnt mean we dont want to provide more re leaf for americans. They need it. The economy looks good and the lockdown is not going to happen. It would be horribly bad policy. Sandra well have you back. There is a lot more we can get to. Your first time on americas newsroom. You are in a new role there and appreciate you coming on. Thank you. Trace he is either very unlucky for being attacked by a shark and alligator or one very lucky guy for surviving both. Well get his perspective when we speak with him next. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. 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What happened . Basically that. My family was swimming behind me. I saw a fish not doing so well in the water. I went to tuck it off and as i tucked the fish off, came to the surface. Blindsided me grabbed me by the leg and pushed me over and swam away. One big bite. 24 stitches. Quite the experience for sure. Trace we saw the scar on your right leg there. You were more concerned trying to get your kids out of the water than about yourself. My niece and my daughter and any wife. When i went in the water they were right behind me on the back of the boat. I knew after it had happened i knew they were i thought they were still in the water and my niece was so as i got back to the boat she rushed out and we got out of the water and wrapped everything up real good and pulled anchor and headed home. Trace quickly now the alligator. What happened there . Same situation. A little different but had a couple buddies of mine took, recreational alligator tags every year and out hunting. The two guys i was with got tied up in the ropes we were using. As i was pulling the alligator trying to do it myself and get it over with the alligator decided he wasnt ready and took a clamp on my leg. A bigger clamp on my leg and shot back into the water. We ended up getting the alligator but it was quite the never happened like that before. Trace you are one of those guys who maybe should think about swimming in just a pool. Maybe thats the thing. Best of luck to you. Congratulations for surviving both of those. Thank you for coming on. Thank you, have a good day. Sandra Tropical Storm isaias delivering a direct hit to the northeast killing at least six people leaving millions without power this morning. Well show you the scope of that devastation coming up. By d usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so they can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa. Com instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders. Try the cooling, soothing relief of preparation h. Because your derriere deserves expert care. Try new soothing relief. Sandra fox news alert. A live look at capitol hill this morning. Any moment former Deputy Attorney general sally yates will be testifying before the senate Judiciary Committee chaired by senator Lindsey Graham expected to question her on operation crossfire hurricane. F. B. I. s investigation into collusion between the 2016 Trump Campaign and russia. Well take you there live as soon as he begins speaking. As soon as he got through it the thing did crash down across the street and took out all the wires around our area. There is probably five or six houses it just ripped off the telephone poles and wires. The guy kept going. I dont know. He might have seen it in the Rearview Mirror and just kept going. It was pretty scary. Sandra firsthand account of the sheer power of Tropical Storm isaias. Eyewitnesses describing how a large tree in their front yard slammed into a car driving past almost crushing the driver. At least six people have been killed when isaias barreled up the east coast on the way to canada. The storm setting off a series of possible tornadoes in some areas bringing heavy rainfall and powerful gusts of wind. Up rooting trees in some areas and knocking out power lines. Millions waking up with no power this morning. Turning now to the 2020 president ial race the Trump Campaign suing the state of nevada for expanding its mailin Voting System for the november election. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, wednesday morning. A lot of news coming in. Im sandra smith. Trace im trace gallagher. The lawsuit coming as President Trump doubles down on his criticism of voting by mail leading it will lead to widespread voter fraud. The president appearing on fox friends earlier blasting nevada over its new mailin ballot plan. President trump absentee is okay because you have to go through a process. You go through a process and make a request and they send it to you and you get it and fill it out and it is a process and a smaerl number. What theyll do is blanket the state. Anybody that ever walked, frankly, will get one. Trace peter doocy live in wilmington, delaware with more on what the president said this morning. The president and his campaign are harping on this change in nevada that would send a ballot to every active voter. The rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel going so far as they say the democrats are trying to change the rules at the last minute to rig the election. The president himself also talked a little bit more about where he is finally going to give that convention acceptance speech. It sounds like so many other americans you might be working from home that day. President trump were thinking about it. It would be the easiest from the standpoint of security. They move with a lot of people. It is a very expensive operation militarily and Law Enforcement, wise, secret service is fantastic. Its a big deal. Were thinking about doing it from the white house because there is no movement. It is easy. Something unusual today. The president also gave joe biden the benefit of the doubt for once saying that he hasnt actually heard biden say he wants to skip the scheduled debates which has been something the president s allies are suggesting. Some on the right are suggesting biden cant match witts with the president but biden allies are trying to turn the tables and the candidate himself giving a colorful answer last night as to why he hasnt taken a cognitive test. No, i havent taken a test. Why the hell would i take a test . Come on, man, thats like saying, you know, before you got in the program you take a test where you are taking cocaine or not. What do you think . Biden is home today in wilmington. No public events. Trace how are the campaigns approaching door knocking during the whole pandemic . For the Trump Campaign not much has changed. They say they knocked on one million doors. Volunteers went out in facemasks and knocked on one million doors in a week. The Biden Campaign says they knocked on none. The Biden Campaign is betting people dont want to see a stranger so close to home while they are supposed to be socially distancing. Theyre pouring all of their energy and resources into phone and digital outreach. Trace peter doocy live in wilmington. Now to capitol hill. Lawmakers star apart on the size and scope on Coronavirus Relief package but signs of progress and white house negotiators indicate there could be a deal by the end of the week. The main Sticking Point remains the enhanced employment benefits. Thats the 600 weekly boost which expired last week. Congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill. Where do we stand . Good morning. Theyre inching closer. This is a pivotal day in the talks today. Theyve set an artificial deadline trying to have the package in form by friday and have to sell it to both the house and senate. A major legislative lift. Thats why white house chief of staff mark meadows is tempering optimism. Secretary mnuchin is prepared to make a few proposals that hopefully will be met with enthusiasm and yet were a long ways away from striking any kind of a deal. They will have a meeting at 3 00 this afternoon with the principals including the post master general. Trace chad, thank you. Sandra the hearing crossfire hurricane is underway. Lindsey graham is giving his Opening Statement. Well listen in. May of 2017 we didnt know the russian sub source presented evidence to the f. B. I. In the form of a dossier that was full of hearsay and bar talk that was eventually repudiated by the russian sub source. We did not know in may of 2017 as clearly as we do now that without the dossier there would have been no warrant issued against carter page. Miss yates signed the original warrant application in october and a renewal in january. And after the horowitz report we now find there were 17 major violations of procedures and protocols regarding the warrant and well give miss yates a chance to talk about what she knew and when she knew it. Most importantly to me is this january 5th meeting between miss yates and the president in the oval office 2017. We didnt talk about that in may of 2017. That wasnt part of our discussion. Since may of 2017, weve come to learn now that there was a meeting in the oval office with director comey, miss yates, the president , the Vice President , clapper, and brennan. We now know at the end of that meeting, which was called to brief the president about russian interference in the 2016 election and i want everyone to know, ms. Yates included, the russians did interfere in our elections. The russians stole the Clinton Emails and the russians were up to no good. That is not a bone of contention with me. What happened during crossfire hurricane is very much a concern of mine. So on january 4th, 2017, we now know that the f. B. I. Agents who were investigating general flynn as part of a Counter Intelligence investigation, had recommended that general flynn be dropped from the crossfire hurricane investigation. The counter the Crossfire Hurricane Team determined that crossfire razor, flynn investigation, was no longer a viable candidate as part of the larger crossfire hurricane umbrella case. A review of logical databases did not yield any information on which to predicate further investigative efforts. This is on january 4th, 2017 where the f. B. I. Was making a recommendation through a memo to drop general flynn from the Counter Intelligence Investigation Called crossfire hurricane. We now know that peter strzok told mr. Barnette wait a minute the seventh floor at the f. B. I. Wants to keep this thing going. What happened next . A january 5th meeting in the oval office. Weve never had a chance to talk to ms. Yates about that meeting. What do we know . We know that after the general briefing there was a pull aside that president obama asked comey and yates to stay behind. And president obama mentioned the fact that he was aware of an intercept between general flynn and the Russian Ambassador mr. Kizly yak. Ms. Yates was not aware of that. She said she was so surprised by the information she was learning that she was having a hard time processing it and listening to the conversation at the same time. The president of the United States knew about the surveillance of general flynn talking to the Russian Ambassador, but the number two at the Justice Department did not know. The question is, who told the president . And did they have the authority to tell the president . Did they go around ms. Yates and the department of justice . If so, why . The bottom line about the january 5th meeting is to find out how the number two at the department of justice was unaware of this event and to the public why does this matter to you . General flynn was the incoming National Security advisor. The election was over. Trump had won. He had picked his team. General flynn was going to be the National Security advisor replacing susan rice. What have we learned . That there were intercepts between general flynn and the Russian Ambassador in december. Flynn was talking to him about russian sanctions imposed by the Obama Administration. Those conversations have been released to the public and he was talking to the russians about give us a chance to come in, dont escalate now. Lets see if we can work through this. Here is what is so stunning to me. There were people at the f. B. I. Considering that a violation of the logan act. What is the logan act . It is a law that was written in 1799 that prohibits american citizens, without permission from the government, talking to foreign individuals about differences in policy. So i want everybody in america to understand the way the system works. The Transition Team of the Incoming Administration should be talking to foreign leaders and representatives about how the transition will work and about policy differences. I will ask every senator to think, have you called a foreign leader in your time in the senate to express differences or concerns about a particular Administration Policy . Have you violated the logan act . I consistently talk to foreign leaders about my differences with republican and democratic administrations. Have i violated the logan act . I have called up the israelis and urged them to push back against the Iran Nuclear Agreement because people in america will listen to you. I thought it was a bad deal. Did i violate the logan act . I called the kurds and our allies in syria, the sdf and asked them to rally their allies in washington to push back against President Trumps decision to withdrawal of our forces from syria. Did i violate the logan act . No. No one in history of the department of justice has ever been prosecuted for violating the logan act. Why are we having these hearings . To make sure that laws like this cannot be used as political tools to get people you dont like. And we need to clear up once and for all how the logan act works in america. I dare say that every Incoming Administration routinely has discussions with foreign leaders about policy differences and how things will be different. Ms. Yates, when she understood what was going on, was very concerned that a prosecution under the logan act was being contemplated. The question is, who brought up the logan act in the january 5th meeting . Whose great idea was this . Ms. Yatess 302 interview where she talked about the january 5th meeting with the f. B. I. Doesnt mention the Vice President being in the meeting. But what do we now know . We know she was shocked and was having a hard time following the conversation because she was stunned that the president knew about the intercept with flynn and the Russian Ambassador and she did not. What have we learned . We have an email from susan rice to herself on Inauguration Day and it starts with on january 5th, the meeting in question, following a briefing by the i. C. Leadership on russian hacking during the 2016 president ial election, president obama had a brief conversation with f. B. I. Director jim comey, Deputy Attorney general sally yates in the oval office, Vice President biden and i were also present. This is evidence coming from susan rice that in the january 5th meeting the set aside, the Vice President was there. What else have we found since we last talked to ms. Yates . We found agents notes from mr. Strzok that comey, the director of the f. B. I. , reported to agent strzok, who was involved in crossfire hurricane and gave him a readout on the meeting. According to agent strzoks handwritten notes, it says v. P. , logan act. President , these are unusual times, v. P. , ive been unintelligible on the Intel Committee for 10 years and ive never president , make sure you look at things and have the right people on it. President. Is there anything i shouldnt be telling Transition Team . This is the director. Ambassador calls appear legit. Strzok is telling us that comey told him that not only the Vice President was in the january 5 set aside meeting it was the Vice President who brought up the logan act. We need to find out what happened and who was there and this is the first step in the journey. And again, why does it matter . It matters a lot to me. We have oversight of the department of justice here. How could it be that the number two in the department of justice not know about an investigation of the incoming National Security advisor and the president did . Who at the f. B. I. , the department of justice, went around ms. Yates to tell the president about the investigation . Whose idea was it to suggest that the interaction between flynn and the ambassador was a violation of the logan act . If that is the standard for this country you are destroying the ability to do a transition and to every senator in this room, we have all violated the logan act under that theory, every one of us has reached out in some Foreign Government to show differences with the Current Administration. The logan act has never been used for a reason. I think it was used here as a sham reason to find out more about general flynn, who the Obama Administration did not like. So the bottom line is, when this is over, we need to fix it. We need to make sure Going Forward in the next transition, no matter who wins, that you can talk with foreign leaders without being afraid of going to jail. General flynn wasnt talking to the russians about hey, pay my house off, give me money. He was talking to the russians about dont escalate the sanctions fight, give us a chance to come in and well start over. My god, if thats a violation of the law, god help us all. And to her credit, sally yates did not want to go down that road. General flynn was interviewed on january 24th by the f. B. I. Without her permission against her counsel. She recommended that the department of justice notify the Current Administration about the concerns they had with general flynn. That the right thing to do would be to call the Trump Administration and tell them about the concerns they had about general flynn. The f. B. I. Went down a different path. The f. B. I. Called flynn and suggested to him that you dont need a lawyer. We just want to talk to you. We want to get it over quickly. Do you mind meeting with us . And when flynn said i would like my lawyer they say no, if you do that we have to go way up to the chain and it will slow things down. What did flynn tell mccabe . You have the transcript and you know what i said. There was a violation of the logan act, you had the transcript, why did you need to talk to him . They were going to manufacture a crime, not try to figure out what he did. Thats my view. Well see if over time that matters. Ill end on this. It followed ms. Yates advice and going to the white house to tell them about their concerns the way you should have done it because she said what happened with the f. B. I. Was problematic and inconsistent with what should have happened. Been a lot of heartache saved in this country. So were going to keep pressing on to find out what happened in that january 5th meeting and well try to fix this so it never, ever happens again. Folks, ill end with this. The Obama Administration department of justice had one view of the logan act. The f. B. I. Had another view of the logan act. But the thought that the logan act could be used against an incoming National Security advisor who was talking to the russians about different policy, that that could be used as a basis for an interview, that that could be a crime should shock us all because if it can happen to general flynn, it can happen to everybody on this committee. Because we do this all the time. Senator feinstein. Sandra you are watching a hearing on capitol hill right now looking into operation crossfire hurricane. Sally yates, the former Deputy Attorney general, she will now go on to testify under oath and respond to what you just heard there from senator Lindsey Graham. He is the chairman of the senate Judiciary Committee holding that hearing. Him in his Opening Statement there sharing his concerns about what went into the origins of the russia investigation. Well have more on all of that coming up. And meanwhile teachers from dozens of School Districts coast to coast rallying in the streets of several cities to draw attention to the risks of going back to school fulltime before doctors can get a better handle on the coronavirus. They have a list of demands that they say will make them feel safer in the classroom. There is a lot of anxiety that everything seems uncertain. Am i going to have to choose between doing what i love professionally versus keeping the people that i love safe personally . I can always get another job but if i lose a Family Member i cant get them back. Sandra carla is a special Education Teacher in new york city and she joins us now. Thank you for joining us. Tell us your perspective on this debate happening with so many teachers saying that they fear getting back into the classroom. Thank you for having me. Im really glad to be part of this conversation because this debate is a really false dichotomy between teachers and parents and Family Members. Were all in this together and thats what im learning being in the struggle recently. Budget cuts and reopening schools. School budgets have been cut for a long time and teachers organizing around that in virginia, oklahoma and arizona. And right now the role of teachers is to expose the real enemies who i believe are the politicians and corporations and the shortcomings of the government in responding to this health and economic crisis where right now the entire burden of the crisis is being put on teachers. Were being painted as obstacles for not wanting to go back to school. Thats not the case at all. Families want to go back, students want to go back and learn and be with friends and teachers. Teachers want to go back to work. We all want to do it in the safest way possible. The only way that will happen is if we have more money for safe reopening but also people need to meet outside the classroom. Sandra what are the demands . What are you asking for . What do you want to see happen to make you feel safe and want to get back in the classroom . One of the core demands and the usg put out a petition yesterday about this. One of them is adhering to social distancing both inside buildings and providing all the ppe necessary for that to happen and also upgrading the ventilation systems in all the schools. I was reading a study that said 54 of schools across the country dont have proper ventilation. Thats an enormous amount of schools. In addition to that, the different threshold that different states has. New york its 50 . It was 5 . The percentages are arbitrary. In other parts of the world has to be no new cases for a long time. One of our demands no new cases for at least 14 days, maybe 24 days honestly. 14 days at least of no new cases in any place where schools are reopening. Also providing Financial Relief to families. Thats an important part of this. Sandra i think parents across the country hear you, we hear your concerns. The concerns of parents, teachers, students, but we know how important it is that our kids get their education, that they get back into the classroom. Were all concerned about it. I was talking to Marc Thiessen wrote a piece about teachers being essential workers. You have essential workers that worked through the pandemic. Theyre back now because theyre essential. They found a way to be safe. Masked, social distanced. He is making the case that teachers arent they essential workers . Get back into the classroom, this is your job. How do you respond to that . I find it very interesting that teachers are essential now but all the School Infrastructures budgets have been cut for so long. Why arent teachers paid more and why are people being laid off and why are schools closing and budgets cut and why are classrooms overcrowded . Its one of the things i noted yesterday listening to someone speak, i dont remember who, a republican to be honest. It was a point they kept making. Go back to work. We all want to go back to work but there is also a Public Health and economic crisis happening. We really cared about peoples safety then people would have payroll paycheck protection and there would be universal healthcare. All the safeguards people need in order to survive. Teachers right now sandra sounds like your biggest demand is money. If i could ask you about the children because everybody is obviously you have Health Experts weighing in the socialization aspect. How concerned are you that kids are at home right now and not in the classroom . Im a special Education Teacher. Thats how you introduced me. I absolutely see all the effects this is happening. But no student is ever going to learn if they dont feel safe. If they feel their grandparents or parents are in danger because they arent receiving proper medical care, then they wont be able to learn in a safe environment. Overcrowded housing, if theyre not having there are two Million People that to me is a sign. The politicians dont care about that. Teachers are on the front lines im only defending ourselves as workers but also our students and Family Members and everyone across the community. Were uniting to stop the spread of the virus. Thats whats killing people. 76 of parents of color dont want to return to school now. Thats in a survey just released two weeks ago. Sandra we have a lot to say on the issue. We dont have all day. You have a very Important Role as a special Education Teacher. I have a sister who serves in a similar way. And she is greatly concerned at the lack of progress her students are able to make in this sort of environment and eager to get back into the classroom. We hope we can find a way to safely do this. Were all concerned about it. Thank you for coming on. Trace. Trace President Trump doubling down on his statements that mailin voting could leave to massive voter fraud this november as Hillary Clinton says his attacks on the Postal Service could be his strategy for reelection. Karl rove joins us for that on next. President trump if were waiting for that state. You dont know what the answer is going to be until after maybe seven days. But it is not going to be seven days. It will be months or years. They will never be able to tabulate their votes. They arent set up for it. Attention veteran homeowners record low Mortgage Rates have dropped even lower. At newday, veterans can shortcut the refinance process and save 250 a month. 3000 dollars a year. 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Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. Tell your doctor about your medicines and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. Sandra it is the bottom of the hour, top of the news. A woman from pennsylvania is dead after being swept away after driving her car into high floodwaters brought on by isaias. She is one of at least seven People Killed during the storm. Trace a number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. Topping 4. 7 million with more than 156,000 deaths. Sandra Trump Campaign an rnc are suing nevada after the state expanded its mailin Voting System planning to mail ballots to all registered voters in that state. President trump doubling down on his attacks on voting by mail arguing it will lead to massive voter fraud in the november election. Trace for more on those nevada lawsuits lets bring in karl rove former deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor. You said the president doesnt object to mailin voting per se but the nevada setup could lead to fraud. Listen to the president concerning the nevada lawsuit and mailin voting there and ill get your response. President trump well see how it works out. If it doesnt work out you wont know the november 3 Election Results for the country. It could be for months and months. Actually could be for years because you will never it will be a disaster. Trace do you agree . Well, i dont know if i agree with years but we are seeing this play out. We had an election in june in new york and were only now getting the final returns because in new york city they used to have roughly 50,000 absentee ballots. They mailed to everybody, 3 4 a Million People voted by absentee ballot. Were sitting here two months after the election with large number of some races still unresolved. Trace, can i talk about nevada and why the president Andrew Mccarthy didnt see there was a basis for a lawsuit because the constitution leaves the manner of elections in state hands. There is a problem with what nevada is intending to do. They are now going to mail ballots to what are called inactive voters. How do you become an inactive voter . Every two years nevada sends a new registration card to everybody on the rolls. The first step becoming an active voter. They mail a registration card and the post Office Returns it saying nobody by that name at this address. They send you a postcard saying you have 30 days to respond and confirm that this is your address or update your address and they ask for the mail to be forwarded to any address that person has on file. If you dont return that postcard in 30 days you get added to that inactive five. 200,000 people in clark county, nevada have had their registration card returned and failed to respond to the postcard. Now what they are going to do is mail a ballot to those names even though the post office has already told them that person doesnt live at that address any longer and we dont know where they are. Those people could still vote if they show up in person on election day but they have to show i. D. And update their address on the registration file. In the meantime there will be 200,000 in clark county, ballots floating around. I thought it was interesting an employee of the post office said these are not secured. Anybody can grab one of these, vote these things. It stinks. Additionally allowing ballot harvesting and allowing somebody to show up at your door and say ill take your ballot for you and turn it into the authorities. Lots of opportunities for mischief. Trace the postal worker went on camera saying we have problems. They say the mail is a mess in philadelphia taking people weeks to get packages. I fear republican sabotage of the usps slowing mail deliver reef is a trump strategy to make voting by mail for difficult by fall. Request your ballots and return them as early as you can. Good advice at the end. I know the new post master general, a man of high character, an expert in logistics. Built a Logistics Company and committed to making the u. S. Postal service the best one in the world. Listen to what he says on friday. This smear, this slander by Hillary Clinton is another reminder we should not allow former politicians to be frequent commentators on current politics. This is a man trying to modernize, improve the luster of the u. S. Postal service. Trace good to see you. Thank you, sir. Sandra thank you, trace. The husband of the Los Angeles County District Attorney is facing charges. Cell phone video showing him pointing a gun at black lives matter protestors in march and threatening to shoot them if they dont get off his porch. Jonathan hunt is live in los angeles on that for us. The three misdemeanor charges against the husband of los angeles District Attorney jackie lacey are a result of an incident on march 2 when before dawn protestors showed up at the lacey home and 66yearold david lacey opened the door waving a gun. Get off my porch. I will shoot you. Get off of my porch. Can you tell jackie lacey were here . I dont care who you are, get off your porch right now. Were calling the police right now. We rang the ring doorbell. You can see who is at the door. You can see that its three unarmed people at your door. So it wasnt that he was afraid of violence from us. He was threatening violence towards us. D. A. Jackie lacey, the first black person and first woman to run what is the countrys largest local Prosecutors Office has been targeted for nearly three years by black lives matter protestors who claim she has failed to hold Law Enforcement accountable in fatal shootings. Lacey has charged one officer in a fatal on duty killing but has declined to file charges in more than 300 other deadly shootings. She faces a tough reelection fight this november. Lacey apologized at the time of the gun waving incident for her husbands actions but tried to explain them in a Statement Issued yesterday saying in part quote, my husband acted in fear for my safety after we were subjected to months of harassment that included a death threat no less than a week earlier. Her husbands attorney said david lacey is disappointed he is being charged with a crime but confident in the justice system. The black lives Matter Movement will be holding its weekly jackie lacey must go protest outside las hall of justice this afternoon and organizers plan to hold a News Conference then on the charges against her husband david lacey. Sandra what a story. Well continue to watch it. Jonathan hunt, thank you. Trace both sides of the president ial race say theyre ready for the debate. 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You have the candidates wife and everybody an their brother saying the debates are on. Why do you have some liberal media saying well maybe biden skips the debates because theyre really not worth it . I think the debates will happen. There is a growing movement in left wing media circles that biden should skip them because they say either its too risky, President Trump wont play fair or theyre too superficial and scripted. This is sheer hypocrisy. Many of these people their heads would have exploded if donald trump had blown off the debates in 2016 and a terrible idea for biden who would be passing off a prime opportunity to convince the country he is up for the job. Trace i want to play President Trump. He was talking about the debates this morning on fox friends and he said this. Listen. President trump why are they putting the first debate so late . The first debate should be at least before the first ballots go out . They have it almost a month later. It is ridiculous. September 29th. President trump im ready to debate. I hear he wants to get out but in all fairness to him he has not said that. Trace what does the media have to gain by putting up this thing where arent they curious that maybe joe biden should get out there and debate and show us what hes got . First of all the timing of the debate first debate in late september is not that late by historical standards. The president would love the debate early. The New York Times oped page saying the debates dont enlighten us at all. They slams trump. Many of these people want to protect biden perhaps theyre wore aoefd he wont do that well. People forget in the democratic debates he had missteps and off nights he did pretty well. The trump team is setting the bar so low suggesting he will have trouble getting on the stage and being company hereent. Trace are you wore aoefd about the media setting the rules in how theyll go because of all the controversy . The reason im not worried we have a commission on president ial debates which is independent and picked the moderators. It was the president himself who suggested a few weeks back that maybe that should be changed. The commission should be scrapped and campaign should pick the moderators. I dont see that happening either. There are always debates about the debates and who did well or not. I think well see the debates. This is the shadow boxing part of the program. Trace good insight. Howie kurtz, good to see you. Thank you, sir. Sandra a new wave of layoffs hitting washington, with washington locked in a stalemate over a relief deal. Can lawmakers get a deal done to help out struggling americans . 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. Unstopables inwash scent booster. Downy unstopables. Sandra a new survey by Cornell University saying a second wave of layoffs is hitting American Workers just after the 600 a week unemployment benefit expired midnight last friday. Connell mcshane anchors after the bell on fox business network. Everybody wants to know what happens next as far as a round of relief for the American People . So many million else of americans who lost their job still out of work. People are struggling. What do we see happening next . I think whats most important about that cornell study that you mentioned is the causation they found. The reason that people who came back to work were in many cases at a 31 clip laid off again. It wasnt necessarily because of a surge in the virus which you might suspect. It was rather because according to the study there was an exhaustion of the stimulus. In other words, the Paycheck Protection Program loans, the ppp loans started to run out. Most of the research weve seen suggested around now the first week in august businesses who took out those loans would start to run through those loans. So that brings us directly to the negotiations on capitol hill extending the ppp and as you say an extension of the enhanced Unemployment Benefits. Thats a big one. A lot of people laid off became reliant on the extra 600 a week in the paycheck. Sandra Goldman Sachs has to look at the Economic Impact of so much of this pandemic and shutdown. Now they put out a new a new Research Note basically to their clients looking at the impact to our economy if schools dont reopen in the fall. They are saying many parents may have to stop working entirely if our schools dont reopen. Theyre worried about single parents, parents with young children, parents who cannot work from home. They might just have to give up and throw in the towel all together. It is quite a warning. Right. You have the second wave in the summer and then whatever you want to call it maybe the third wave of effect coming in the fall with the schools reopening. When we say reopen were oversimplifying it a little bit. Even schools that are reopening for inperson learning or put forward plans to do it, most are not doing it five days a week. So even there when you are talking about a blended environment or on again, off again learning the parents have to deal with a child that might be in school once or twice or three times a week rather than five and that creates economic challenges. So either way a lot for parents to deal with in the fall. Sandra makes the point women are more affected than men by that as well. The fascinating note that went out. Connell. Well see you this afternoon on fbn. Thank you. Trace health and Human Services alex azar backing the administrations push to reopen school in the fall but what about teachers who still say its not safe to do so . 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Sandra 89 days, less than three months to go until the nation picks the next president and the candidates are pulling out all the stops as we hit the homestretch. Welcome back to americas newsroom. Its wednesday morning. Im sandra smith. Trace im trace gallagher. The Biden Campaign announces when it calls the biggest ad by ever for a president ial candidate shelling out 220 million for commercials to air through the fall. Plus another 60 million to each audiences on social media and gaming platforms. Sandra all this as President Trump renews his criticism of mailin voting with his campaign now suing nevada over its plans to send out ballots to all the states registered voters. The president returned to his theme of warning voters about what a biden presidency would actually look like. Here is what he told fox friends this morning. President trump joe biden is whatever they tell him to be. Joe is being taken so far left. Look at the manifesto he and bernie agreed to. Thats further left than bernie ever was. Sandra peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware with us. Father doocy after watching friends this morning. Good morning, peter. Thank you, sandra. The Trump Campaign with this lawsuit and Republican National republican officials are accusing democrats in nevada of trying to rig the election by mailing ballots to every registered voter. And they are trying to forecast some sort of chaos if mailed ballots are still being opened up days after election day. President trump were waiting for one state. It is a very great, important state, big state. If were waiting for that state you dont know what the answer is going to be until after maybe seven days. But its not going to be seven days, it will be months or years. They will never be able to tabulate their votes. They arent set up for it. Trump reiterated his belief the debates should start before ballots start getting mailed in and he actually gave biden the benefit of the doubt saying he hasnt heard biden personally try to duck out of any debates as the Biden Campaign as trace mentioned makes a 280 million bet with new ads that voters care more about the coronavirus virus and Trump Administrations response to it. They reserved tv time and Digital Space to run ads in the final days of the election all about trump. I think we see that in the way the race has progressed over the last six months. Donald trump has been lurching from attack to attack and has been refusing to take seriously the threat of the coronavirus and has been refusing to marshall a federal response to get the virus under control. Joe biden is home in wilmington today. The process of interviewing finalists to be his running mate oneonone is underway. Biden originally said he will have a choice by the end of this week. Now part of the vetting Committee Says the whole process might take a week and a half more but dr. Jill biden said on fox yesterday he is close. Sandra. Sandra early august is what we continue to be told so that could be this week or next week. Peter doocy, great to see you. Thank you. Trace it may be back to the future when it comes to the 2020 white house race. Joe bidens poll numbers are very close to where Hillary Clintons were four years ago to this day back in august of 2016 she was leading then candidate trump by nearly 7 points in the real clear politics average of all the polls. Biden now 7. 4 points ahead. It is not a done deal leading to this New York Post headline joe bidens basement strategy will backfire. Joining us now is california congressman garamendi. I want to put the numbers on the board. You go back four years ago to the day and youve got right there clinton 48, trump 41 and now you have joe biden leading by almost the exact same margin. The question is, what does joe biden have that Hillary Clinton didnt have that you think will push him over the finish line . The first sthing that he has is his own record. His record as Vice President , his record in the senate. As well as his personality. He is a person who really cares deeply about individuals. He is a good person, a really nice to be around. Very pleasant. He also has extraordinary experience running very significant programs. The ebola program. He ran this and also running against an incumbent president that has a very, very bad record on the issue of the day which is the coronavirus. And so its stacking up to be a very good situation to elect a new person to run this country. So thats, i think, the fundamental changes right there. It is a different time. Different individuals, different race. Trace its interesting you say joe biden really is not running on his record now. Running what you said on the president s response to coronavirus. And he is putting 200 plus million into ads on that. The question becomes and a lot of critics have said its a big wager. If coronavirus wanes come october on the economy continues to boom come october that joe biden could be in some trouble. I dont think so. I dont think so because the record of the Trump Administration is still there. And it is easy enough to pivot away from where they currently are today. But it would be a hope and a prayer and we all would pray and we would all hope that in october the coronavirus has moved away and were back to the situation of a president and his overall record, his international record, his record beyond that. But keep in mind it was joe biden and obama that pulled this country out of its deepest recession prior to the pandemic recession. There was quarterly growth from 2010 until trump came into office and it has continued. Also, biden has trace many conservative economists would debate that line. Lastly the criticism lets debate it. Trace joe bidens basement strategy. The New York Post writes is there anything voters and trump can smell as fear and the mere entertaining of the idea biden could break with tradition and take a pass on facetoface showdowns, speaking of the debates with his opponent its a sign of fear plain and simple. The president says biden will debate. Why isnt biden out more answering tough questions . He has been answering tough questions and he has a lot of experience at debate. If you will recall he went through the democratic primary and debates and after warming up he did very, very well when he got on the field towards the last three or four of those debates. It has been a long time since the president has been in a debate. So well see how it comes. I suspect there will be at least one debate along the way. We dont know for sure how that will turn out but we do know that biden is very knowledgeable, detailed knowledge on the issues of the day on pandemics, on restarting and rebuilding an economy which he did with obama. And as i said earlier, every quarter during the Obama Biden Administration there was economic growth. That growth continued during the trump period at about the same rate. So that trace the president is counting on the fact the stock market coming back to 29,000 and 30,000 by the time the election is around and a big mom and pop out there are not in the stock market. Theyre in an unemployed situation. They are looking to get back to work. They are looking to rebuild the American Economy with workers. Trace thank you, sir, for your time. We appreciate it. Thank you. Sandra f. B. I. Opening more than 300 domestic terrorism investigations since George Floyds death in minneapolis kicked off nationwide protests revealed by a federal attorney during a hearing on capitol hill on antifa and violent protests. They have since may 28th over 300 domestic terrorist investigations not including any potential any civil rights investigation or Violent Crime associated with the riots. Sandra Ken Cuccinelli said 140 federal Law Enforcement officers guarding a port la nld federal courthouse sustained injuries. Trace six People Killed at isaias had flooding and tornadoes in new jersey. Power was out for millions on the east coast. Strong winds washed boats ashore as far north as maine making for dangerous conditions. Came out of the cottages, just to watch the weather and when i came down here i saw a few gentleman the owner trying to get his boat off the water. As i took off my shoes and went to help i saw them taking ray out of the water. He looked a little out of it. Someone yelled call 911. Trace Central New Jersey gas station bumps burst into flames after a car crashed into them. The driver will be just fine. Sandra a Senate Hearing underway on capitol hill. Former Deputy Attorney general sally yates december filing before the Judiciary Committee now digging into the origins of the russia investigation. Yates was just asked about her former boss, james comey, and his handling of the probe. Listen. I was upset that director comey didnt coordinate that with us and acted unilaterally. Yes, i was. Did comey go rogue . You can use that term, yes. Sandra that happening moments ago. The hearing continues on capitol hill. Gillian turner is monitoring it for us live on capitol hill. What else are we seeing and hearing . Fireworks already. Chairman Lindsey Graham kicked off the hearing by praising sally yates saying she offered good counsel back in 2017 based on the information she had at the time and cut to the chase lasering in on the now infamous january 5th, 2017 Oval Office Meeting with president obama and former acting f. B. I. Director james comey. Listen. What do we know . We know that after the general briefing, there was a pull aside that president obama asked comey and yates to stay behind. And president obama mentioned the fact that he was aware of an intercept between general flynn and the Russian Ambassador. Pushing back against democrats so say crossfire hurricane is a sham, an excuse to keep the heat on obama era officials graham made clear that pursuing this is in the interest of the American People. The Obama Administration, department of justice had one view of the logan act. The f. B. I. Had another view of the logan act. But the thought that the logan act could be used against incoming National Security advisor who is talking to the russians about different policy, that that could be used as a basis for an interview, that that could be a crime should shock us all. So far in the first hour its a tale of two hearings. Democrats including Dianne Feinstein say the big issue is the Trumps Campaign misconduct. Investigation uncovered more than 120 contacts between the Trump Campaign and individuals linked to russia. Revealing that the Trump Campaign knew about, welcomed, and expected it would benefit electorally from russias interference. In addition to yates agreeing with chairman grahams assessment, his statement that james comey had gone rogue she also said in the january 5th meeting in 2017 she herself was irritated with james comey because he hadnt shared with her all the information that he had about Michael Flynns interactions with the Russian Ambassador. Sandra well continue to monitor that hearing happening on capitol hill right now. Gillian, thank you. You bet. Trace Emergency Response officials from several nations now headed to the lebanese capital of beirut to help locate survivors in the rubble of buildings destroyed. Live pictures here where you can see the smoke still rising talking about 24 hours later by yesterdays massive explosion. It ripped through the citys port killing at least 100 people injuring more than 4,000. A priest in beirut had to run for cover when debris fell from the ceiling during mass. Over half the city was damaged. Investigation is underway to find the exact cause of that explosion. Sandra stimulus stalemate. What are the Sticking Points with getting something done . Well ask senator tom cotton and he will also tell us how he is trying to make sure china doesnt benefit from any of the Coronavirus Relief funds this time around. He will be our guest live next. Plus it was home to the chop autonomous zone. 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The problem is that democrats are trying to fulfill their longstanding wish list and trying to get handouts to special interests. Look at what happened last week. We offered in the senate a proposal to extend Unemployment Benefits simply to make sure that people are not paid more for staying at home and not working than they are for going back to work in those industries where they can work. The democrats have blocked that. I remain hopeful that we can get a good compromise solution to help those in need without spending money in ways that doesnt solve the problem of this virus. And without giving money to Chinese Companies that are operating in the United States. Thats why ive introduced that amendment. Sandra you look at this New York Times report that released this study i believe it was sunday. 419 million of those Small Business loans or ppp went to more than 125 companies that chinese entities either own or are invested in. 32 of those chineseowned companies received excess of a million. What is your plan to stop that from happening this time around . My proposal would block any money in new legislation in chinese controlled companies and own and law back the money already given to them. The Paycheck Protect Program has saved thousands of american jobs, helped Many American Small Businesses. There were some instances when companies took the money she shouldnt have. Like the los angeles lakers, other reports in the news as well. But many should not be going to chineseowned and controlled companies especially those companies with ties to the Peoples Liberation army and Chinese Communist party. Sandra here is nancy pelosi last night on negotiations to get something done. These people are eager to find out what happens next. Listen. Were insisting on that in terms of a Strategic Plan for testing, tracing, treatment, isolation, masks, sanitation, all that it takes to hold this in check until god willing and science providing we have a vaccine soon. Sandra respond to that, senator . As you know time is of the essence. American families are struggling and businesses struggling to stay alive and so many had to shut their doors. What is the timeline here . Sandra, if thats Nancy Pelosis goal, that sounds reasonable. Why are they spending billions of dollars on the post office and billions of dollars on the smithsonian and ken tee center and Carbon Neutral airplanes by 2025 . Why are they trying to cut taxes for wealthy People Living in their states . It wont solve the problems dealing with the virus. What we want to do is to spend money where it is needed to help the American People and help our businesses and our communities survive this pandemic. Sandra if congress doesnt get something done do you support the president in going at it alone . Well, if the president has existing legal authorities under current law to take some steps that would give americans in need relief he should do that. I know the administration is reviewing what authorities he has. Of course it would be better if we can reach a negotiated compromise that will help the American People. We encourage the democrats to drop their unreasonable demands so we can do just that. Sandra keep us posted. Thank you. Trace seattle city Council Members unveiling a plan to shrink the Police Department starting with kouts that could reduce the force by as many as 100 offices through layoffs and attrition this year. The mayor and police chief are a posed opposed to the plan. Trace, as you know this is an issue playing out in many places across the country in the wake of the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. There are 16 cities that are in some stage of defunding their Police Departments. The size of those cuts vary widely. In seattle where protestors are demanding a 50 cut leaders are taking a step back. The proposal voted on monday would cut 3 million from the police budget, a 3 cut. A fraction of the departments annual budget. The police chief and mayor are still pushing back. Just in the last months weve seen a number of shootings in different parts of the city. When that kind of Violent Crime happens and people dial 911 they expect a Police Officer to show up. The Police Officers guild is also fighting back with an ad and Signature Campaign aimed at pressuring the council. So far 150,000 people say theyre opposed to any defunding and outrage at a proposal floated by one Council Member to fire white officers first to keep the departments diversity. This thing is just bigger than you placating to the twitter mob that they are governing us. This is bigger than just hand picking certain officers that you want to keep based upon their race, which is illegal. The guild is planning a protest rally of their own to be held on saturday sunday at seattle city hall to have off Duty Officers there and their supporters have their voices heard. Trace. Trace dan springer live in seattle. Thank you. Sandra the university of connecticut canceling its football season due to the coronavirus. So will other schools have to do the same . Jim gray from fox sports will join us on that. Plus health and Human Services secretary alex azar says we could have a Coronavirus Vaccine by the fall. He will join us to talk about progress on that front and more. President trump through operation warp speed were also mass producing all of the most promising vaccine candidates and were determined to have a vaccine very quickly. The coronavirus is wrecking state and local budgets. If the senate doesnt act, it will mean painful cuts to essential Public Services across america. Fewer teachers and nurses, longer response times, dirtier streets. But some say our states should just go bankrupt. Text fund to 237263 to Tell Congress to fund our essential Public Services. Afscme is responsible for the content of this ad. Trace top headlines. Covid19 has now killed more than 156,000 people in the United States with the nation averaging more than 1,000 deaths for the last eight days straight. A new name thrown out for joe bidens vp pick. A big push to get Michelle Obama on the ticket. Another Vice President ial contender dealing with skeletons from her past. The health and Human Services secretary alex azar announcing a rare trip to taiwan. It has china furious. Sandra he joins us to tell us about that now. Your visit to taiwan, what do we need to know about it . Well, weve had a really important Longstanding Partnership with taiwan especially in the field of Public Health. Taiwan has been a model of transparency, cooperation and collaboration in the International Community and their response to covid has been incredible. Frankly, it stacks up pretty well in terms of their transparency compared to certain other entities. Im looking forward to going over and being with my colleagues there. The minister chen, the president of taiwan and others to continue this Health Collaboration to benefit the people of taiwan, people of america, and the people of the world. Sandra youre the highest ranking u. S. Cabinet official since 1979, first to go there in six years. We look forward to hearing what comes from that. Please join us after your trip. Meanwhile the discussion continues and mr. Secretary you and i have spoken so many occasions throughout all of this. The uncertainty still looms over getting kids back into the classroom safely. Here is dr. Fauci on monday and ill talk to you on the other side. The risk is very low. You might try to see if you can open the schools. If the infection rate is so low that there is very little chance of there being infection spread, then you should feel okay about doing it. If you do start to see infections you may need to pull back. Sandra what is happening here . Because youve got so many different School Districts all over the country, so many different states that are responding differently to what we are hearing from our nations Health Experts and officials. What broadly is the recommendation . Can kids get back into the classroom . We believe we can get our kids back to school in a way thats safe and sensible under most circumstances. So there are tools that you can use, very simple interventions. If you put your mind to it that you can get the kids back so theyre safe and teachers are safe. It will vary based on local circumstances. There may be communities where it doesnt make sense but for the most part our kids can and need to get back to school and it can be done in ways that protect them and keep them safe. Sandra okay. In order for the kids to get back into the classroom, you also have to get the teachers back. As you know, there are teachers that are protesting in many cities across the country who feel that they are not being accommodated. That the safety requirements dont address the teachers specifically. Here is a teacher we spoke to last hour in special education. She says i dont want to go back yet. Listen. I think one of the core demands and the usg put out a petition about this. One of them is that adhering to social distancing both inside buildings and providing all the ppe necessary for that to happen. And also upgrading the ventilation systems in all the schools. Sandra she says there is not enough money to get the teachers back into the classroom safely. She was talking about ppe and other things that are necessary that guidelines already address. But she went on to talk about ventilation systems in the schools. She said the schools arent ventilated well enough for us to get back into the class. How do you respond to her . Well, the cdc has put out very clear guidance to provide instructions for schools and administrators how to get back and reopen safely and guidance for teachers and parents so they can assess their own risk situation and what works for them. But you know you talked about money. Weve got over 13 billion that Congress Already funded. A small amount has been pulled down by our School Districts to use for this purpose. The president in a new relief package has advocated for 100 billion of additional funding to assist schools with reopening. The measures are really quite simple in terms of wearing it is what the rest of us do. Wear face coverings, practice social distancing, exercise good personal hygiene, and avoid settings where its not possible. So weve helped give advice to schools on how do you set up the classrooms . Its safe and sensible. Depending on the community circumstances. Sandra it is difficult to say that everything is figured out. I have a feeling well learn a lot more once we get the kids back into the classrooms. Finally on testing. Testing and a vaccine. The president was pressed this morning. Where are all these quicker tests, the ones the white house has access to . Address that and a vaccine. Let me talk about vaccine. This has been the last two weeks weve seen under President Trumps leadership the most historic advances in the development of vaccines weve ever seen in human history. The United States now has six vaccines that weve placed Major Investments in. Four of them have already reported out positive phase one Clinical Trial results and two of them are already in the advanced final phase three studies. Others will advance their soon. It is President Trump has martialed the whole of the u. S. Government and industry. Sandra is fall a realistic forecast for a vaccine available to the public . It is very credible well have the millions of doses of Gold Standard vaccine by the end of this year and many hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine by the beginning of next year. Sandra more testing coming . Yes, we have major advances coming with testing capacity. But weve also got to make sure the right people are getting tested. Our Nursing Homes and hospitals are prioritized. Weve done that and need to make sure individuals with symptoms are getting tested or individuals who are exposed and have a reason to be tested. Thats where our resources need to be prioritized and focused as we move forward. Sandra never enough time for these conversations and come visit us after your trip, mr. Secretary, thank you. Some supporters of Michelle Obama are urging Vice President joe biden to pick the former first lady as his running mate. He previously said he would choose the former first lady if she was interested. First it was her kind words for fidel castro that enraged many. Now were learning that potential karen bass eulogized the communist party leader. And this is a fox news alert with breaking news into americas newsroom just now, the Associated Press is reporting that joe biden will no longer be traveling to milwaukee to accept the democratic nomination. His travel plans are being scrapped because of coronavirus concerns were told. The convention is set to begin on august 17th. More on that coming up. Trace the university of connecticut canceling its entire 2020 football season because of the pandemic. They say its due to risks associated with the coronavirus. Lets bring in jim gray a fox sports broadcaster. What do you think . Big news. I think its problematic. Coronavirus is one of the issues, the other issue is they were having trouble scheduling opponents because theyre an independent. The Football Team has been hemorrhaging money. The overall concern seems to be the health of the student athletes. Trace its a good point, jim. They are like 330 or 630 over the past three years and losing money. Not a great football program. The first Football School to drop out. Is it an outlier or do you see more schools dropping football in the fall . I see more schools dropping it. It is very difficult to have this prescription, no students in class on campus, all virtual and online, yet you are going to have the Football Players be there and play football . Not a good formula. It should not occur. I dont think it will be an outlier but i dont think well see mass cancellations of football season. Trace what about when the season gets going and there are infections . Weve seen it in baseball. What happens if we have mass infections . Do you see some programs pulling out midseason . They are going to have to because unlike professional football, these are student athletes. They arent being made. No representation of any union. And the health is paramount. It is paramount to the university and parents and to the people playing. So if you put these people on the field and then all of a sudden there is a mass outbreak first of all you cant replace them. There arent other scholarship athletes waiting in the wings like in professional football. That will lead to cancellation. There wont be people to play. If you forfeit games you dont have a season and it becomes illegitimate. Good to be with you, thanks, trace. Sandra they can sniff out drugs and bombs even foreign fruits and vegetables. 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Dubai in the United Arab Emirates reportedly the first airport to use sniffer dogs to track down covid19 on arriving passengers. Dogs have a great sense of smell. They are used to detect humans at disaster scenes and drugs and now they claim they have trained dogs to detect the smell of coronavirus with a 92 sweat rate. Sweat samples are taken off arrivals and the dogs do the sampling in a separate room. We have looked at the government here in the u. K. Spending about a half Million Dollars to train up their own set of dogs. Programs are also being run in france and germany and the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia all in an effort to get the world moving again. Trace, experts do not question the ability of mans best friend to spot this disease. The only question they have is are there enough dogs to go around against this massive pandemic . Back to you. Trace greg palkot live in london. Thank you. 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I dont see this as that devastating news for the show despite her ratings are almost down 30 from this time last year. The summer rerun season. All daytime talk show ratings are stinky right so. Dr. Oz is down 33 , the real and the doctors are both down 20 . 30 isnt great but when you consider the fact that she is just airing reruns it makes a lot more sense. Trace last august was she not airing reruns last august . At the same time last year . Im in a very positive spirit right now and on that front i think it can also be explained maybe the pandemic, other shows are also down. But she is also seeing some significant support from hollywood. We were talking yesterday about the fact that nobody none of her friends were supporting her. Now kevin hart and others have all posted tweets in support of her. She still has a lot of trouble on her hands but she is feeling not so lonely today. Trace the rockettes canceling their christmas spectacular. Theyre quoting were disappointed for those involved in the show and fans. A cherished part of the holiday tradition. Kind of sad. It is sad but not all together surprising. The first time the show has been canceled since it started in 1933. We dont know what the world will look like in december but if show takes months and months to plan so its a bit of an understandable cancellation. I went to radio city last christmas to learn how to become a rockett. I never felt less glamorous or coordinated in any life. These ladies are very talented and hopefully will be back last year. I burned that video. Trace thank you, carley shimkus, good to see you. Sandra fox news alert on some breaking news that just came into americas newsroom a few moments ago, the Associated Press we now have the official announcement from the Biden Campaign. Joe biden will no longer be traveling to milwaukee to accept the democratic nomination. His travel plans have been scrapped. The Campaign Says because of coronavirus concerns. In a statement just put out Convention Speakers including Vice President biden will not travel to milwaukee to protect Public Health. It simply says at the top of the announcement that after ongoing consultation with Health Officials and experts the Democratic National Convention Committee announced today that speakers and the former Vice President will no longer be traveling to milwaukee in order to prevent risking the health of our Host Community as well as the conventions production team, Security Officials and others. Thats the breaking news. He will not be traveling to milwaukee formally to accept the president ial nomination. As we learn more on that well bring that to you. Trace President Trump defends sending federal forces to portland as republicans accuse democrats of facilitating riots there. New reaction on that coming up. E your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. 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When the 14yearolds parents got home, the punishment was swift. He was not supposed to do that. They emptied his room, no beds, new clothes, nothing left. They met him sit outside with a sign that said, sorry, i still my parents car and i was speeding. Thats a story for you. [laughs] trace clean out your room sandra see you back here tomorrow morning. Outnumbered starts now. Speaking harris it has been seven straight 70 straight nights of violence in berlin. Rioters at one point last night broke into the Portland Police association office, setting fires and causing damage inside the building. Police declared a riot, and that allowed them to move in with the materials they needed to disperse that crowd. Meanwhile, officers nearby found a car hit by gunfire, and no one they would speak to the officers regarding the incident. You know what they are called, witnesses