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Tonight, we begin with the concern from capitol hill on the growing case numbers across parts of the country tonight. Good evening, our nations Top Health Experts testified in front of the Senate Committee today has coronavirus cases continued to increase in about three dozen states, many of them in the southeast and also great here in the southwest. Im very concerned and im not satisfied and whats going on because we are going in the wrong direction. Words of worry on capitol hill as covid19 cases continue their summer search, doubling in at least ten states. The biggest jump in arizona where cases increased to nearly 300 in june and hit a new daily record of nearly 5,000 on tuesday. Governer ducey has delayed the start of school, closed bars, gyms, theaters and water parks. Indoor and outdoor Public Events of 50 or more will be prohibited. As for the opening of school, experts believe it will depend on local conditions and could be a mix of in person and online learning. Its very important to get the children back to school. Theres also fear the upcoming fourth of july holiday will promote further spread of the virus with large gatherings. In california, Los Angeles County beaches will close over the weekend following the steps taken in four southern florida counties. And while a majority of states have not issued mask mandates, the governors of kansas and oregon have now issued statewide orders requiring masks to be worn. Advice echoed by the nations top doctors. It is critical that we all take the personal responsibility and embrace the universal use of face coverings. Specifically im addressing the younger members of our society. The recent spike in cases has been attribute it to younger americans but new data from the cdc shows the disease is not as deadly for them. For those under 25 only 160 deaths are attributed solely to the covid19. More than 64,000 deaths deemed as covid are those over the age of 75. The head of the cdc says between 5 8 of the American Public has experience to the virus, emphasizing the need for a vaccine. But even though dozens are being developed and tested around the world, doctors say it cannot be our only hope. There is no guarantee that we will have a safe and effective vaccine. But we are cautiously optimistic. Speake dr. Fauci went on to sn the testimony that we should know how effective those vaccines are by sometime in december or early next year. Hope is that they will be about 75 effective and supplies will be available starting as early as 2021. Bret a vaccine that works cannot come fast enough for businesses and workers, especially those in location slowing down the reopening process. Congressional correspondent chad pergram looks at the economic concerns and what congress may or may not do about it. Stark words on capitol hill about the future of the u. S. Economy. Reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of paint thats hard to capture inward. Great uncertainty about the future. Dire productions from lawmakers. I think we are going to see without intervention a wave of foreclosures and defaults. All of the job gains of the past decade have been wiped out. Congress takes a two week break on thursday without approving another coronavirus bill. We just cant wait for our republican colleagues to wake up to the reality in this country. People are losing their homes, people are not being fed, people are losing their jobs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell wont commit to another coronavirus bill. The only thing mcconnell is pushing, Liability Protections to prevent people from suing if they get sick at work or school. These are the kinds of Smart Solutions washington must continue discussing as we evaluate what further steps may be necessary. Today is the deadline for Small Businesses to apply for loans under the paycheck protection program. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin told a house healing heg there was bipartisan support for repurposed thing the funds remaining but that requires congressional action and there is no consensus on extending unemployment benefits. You can roll the dice again at casinos in maryland but the neon lights on broadway are dark until at least january. And questions remain about the viability of pro sports. I never said we cant play a certain sport. I am completely unqualified to tell you whether you can play a sport or not. Experts say trust is the key to reopening. The path forward for the economy remains extraordinarily uncertain dan will depend in large part on our success in containing the virus. A full recovery is unlikely to occur until people are confident that its safe to engage in a broad range of activities. The virus wiped out tax season in april, the new deadline is july 15th. The irs is sticking to that but refunds may be delayed by months. Bret chad, thanks. The dow gained 217 today, s p 500 rose 56, nasdaq finished up 185, but today ends of the Second Quarter for 2020 and really it was a blow out period, the dow rose almost 18 , the best quarter since 1987. S p 500 gained nearly 20 , the top quarter since 1998 and the nasdaq grew more than 30 , the largest increase since 1999. Joining me now, dr. Marc siegel, professor of medicine at New York University Medical Center and fox news contributor, thanks for being here. What did you hear today, what perch or ears . Well, i was very concerned today about the idea that dr. Fauci was talking about the possibility of 100,000 more deaths occurring by the fall, the idea that we may not be able to control this was one thing, the other issue is its become clearer and clearer that elderly people are much more at risk than young people are, the statistics coming out of the cdc on that are quite shocking. 4 , less than 4 of the deaths are under the age of 44. Over the age of 65, to give you an idea, 85000 out of 107000 deaths so as of the virus is spreading among our young people, we are seeing milder cases. The danger will be that it could spread to the higher risk groups again, to the elderly and we would see that catch up. Bret i think we have a graphic that shows the age of deaths as it stands as of jun of june 20th and if you take a look at this obviously the numbers overall are disconcerting but some of these numbers are deaths is tied to covid but they are the end result according to the cdc, its not blaming solely covid, they had other underlying conditions and its tough to parse out some of those numbers as we look at the breakdown he here. Heres the thing, as you get older you have more preexisting conditions, you are more prone to the inflammation that covid is now becoming famous for. As your younger youre much less likely to have those inflammatory chemicals in your body. Also young people have less of those receptors in their noses so when they get the virus they get much lower viral loads. Older people get a lot more of the virus in their systems, they have much more proclivity to secondary effects and therefore the risk of death is a lot higher. Dr. Fauci it was one of the things dr. Fauci was pointing to today is that if it spreads to younger people its going to lead to difficulty in reopening schools because older people are working at the schools, teachers, superintendents, workers at the schools, cleaning people at schools are going to be at risk so even if the young people at schools are not at risk, those that support them are so hes worried about more and more virus in the community being at risk, whether the schools can reopen. To be when you read my mind, that was my question, thats what struck me today. It is the concern about schools. If we cant open schools, you tie that directly to the economy and the ability of parents who have kids who need to be at school, one are we going to know if we can do that in the fall or not . Right now we have to do a laser surgical approach to the problem, when dr. Fauci says we reopened too soon, i would put it a little differently. I think we reopened certain things too soon, boris should never have been reopened, indoor restaurants when the virus spreads through poor ventilation, when it hangs in the air for hours, Outdoor Activities i can see but we need to Going Forward emphasize mask wearing, social distancing, Outdoor Activities across the country, close the bars anywhere where people are congregating indoors. That will decrease the amount of circulating virus. We still have time. What secretary azar says, we are running out of time, we are running out of time but we still have time if we can decrease the number of cases we can consider reopening. Bret quickly, one of the traditional ways that the cdc and Health Experts go after this is through Contact Tracing. It doesnt seem like states have enough contacts tracers to be able to handle the numbers were looking at now inside the u. S. Yeah, thats a great point and not only that, i think we had to go towards what dr. Fauci was calling pool testing. Its not just Contact Tracing because you may not be able to figure out all the people that somebody came in contact with in the past 24 hours. We need a huge ramp up of testing right now and one of the ways we can do that is to switch over from this antiquated test we are doing, the pcr test from the 1990s over to antigen or protein testing which is much more rapid. When you get a flu test, youre getting a protein antigen test. Thats where we need to go. If we get antigen testing going, we can test millions of people at a time rather than hundreds of thousands of people, we need to test everybody in the area of positive cases to get control over this. Bret dr. Marc siegel, as always, thank you. A select group of democrats have now been briefed on the intelligence reports about the alleged russia Bounty Program with some calling for increased sanctions against russia. Kristin fisher is at the white house with the Administration Response focusing on a frequent target, leakers. After days of President Trump on the defensive over what he knew and one about alleged russian bounties, the white house is now firing back and blaming irresponsible anonymous leakers for endangering u. S. Troops. You may seek to undermine our president but in fact you undermine our countrys safety and our countrys security. White House Press Secretary maintains President Trump was never briefed about it but she declined to answer when other white house officials first learned the intelligence existed. The Associated Press reports Top White House officials knew about it in early 2019 and National Security advisor robin obrien said the statement, his team has been preparing should the situation more into action but he also notes of the allegations have not been verified or substantiated by the Intelligence Community. The pentagon also appears to have been caught off guard. To date, dod has no corroborating evidence to validate their recent allegations found an open source reports. Nearly a dozen democratic lawmakers came to the white house in hopes of learning about the underlying intelligence that led to these reports but they say they received no new substantive information. The right people to give the briefing were not in the room, we need to hear from the heads of the intelligence agencies about how they assess the allegations that have been made publicly. Democrats are now calling for all members of the house and senate to be briefed by members of the Intelligence Community. They also want the white house to explain how intelligence of this magnitude was not elevated to the president. President truman said the buck stops here. President trump says i never saw the buck. This is a serious matter. Of the intelligence turns out to be true it could jeopardize the president Election Year goal of negotiating a peace deal with the taliban and ending the war in afghanistan but the white house as if true, the president will act. The president is always taken tough, unadulterated action against russia an. This afternoon in his First Press Conference and 89 days, former Vice President joe biden says he, too, may ask for a classified briefing on this intelligence. He also described to the president s response to it as a dereliction of duty. Bret . Bret kristi, thank you. More on this with the panel. China has released details of the new National Security law for hong kong, aimed at some of the actions of antigovernment protesters last year. Residents can be given life in prison for subversion, terrorism, or collusion with foreign forces. The law could be tested soon, prodemocracy politicians say they will defy police bands and demonstrate on july 1st of the anniversary of the hand over from britain to china. Mike pompeo announced the end of exports of u. S. Made defense equipment to hong kong and says the administration is reviewing additional actions now and House Speaker nancy pelosi has called for more sanctions on china. The federal Communications Commission has named Chinese Companies whil huawai as securiy threats. The fcc chairman cited close ties to the Chinese Communist party and Chinese Military apparatus as reasons for that decision. Secretary of state pompeo had some harsh words iran while speaking to the United Nations Security Council as he encouraged the International Body to extend the arms embargo. State Department Correspondent rich edson looks at the tense global debate. The arms embargo on the worlds most heinous terrorist machine. In a virtual session, mike pompeo urged the United Nations Security Council to extend restrictions on arms sales to iran. Iran is already violating the arms department. Imagine if the activity were sanctioned, authorized by this group if the restrictions are lifted. The secretary seized on a United Nations report confirming iranian weapons were used to attack saudi arabia in september and were part of an arms shipment seized months of off yemens coast. The effort to extend the arms embargo has its challenges with significant opposition to u. S. Pressure on irans government. Iran literally wouldnt be able to breathe, this is like putting Officials Say russia and china want the arms embargo to expire in part so they can sell weapons. The state department effort involves brian hook traveling this week to meet with israeli officials. A show of regional allies solidly behind the u. S. Effort against iran. A u. S. Official says he will travel next to meet with members of the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss iran barring inspectors from its nuclear sites. Around dismissed the american effort. To return to the law of the jungle by surrendering to the whims of an outlaw. Secretary pompeo has threatened to exercise all Diplomatic Options to extend the arms embargo, officials essay that includes trying to force the u. N. To restore International Sanctions for its violations of the 2015 iran nuclear deal. Iran also issued an arrest warrant for american officials involved in a january operation that killed iranian general, a top the list a demand to arrest President Trump. Interpol rejected the request. Live at the state department, thanks. Tomorrow i will have an exclusive interview with secretary of state mike pompeo right here, 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. A lot to talk about with the secretary. Up next, for the first time in nearly three months, joe biden answers questions from the media, we will bring you out on the campaign trail. First, heres what our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 45 in baltimore, the naacp planned to move its headquarters south to washington. 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Get a quote today. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum bret former associate Deputy Attorney general bruce ohr spoke with the Senate Judiciary committee behind closed doors today as part of the investigation, his wife worked for fusion gps and sent information to Christopher Steele who wrote that infamous dossier used by the fbi. One of dozens of officials subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committee earlier this month. As a goal former Vice President joe biden hit the campaign trail today traveling a short distance from his home to tout how he would respond to the coronavirus pandemic but his plan was overshadowed as he finally took questions from the media today for the first time in months. Doug mckelway was there and reports from wilmington, delaware. Joe biden jogged to the microphones and took reporter questions for the first time in three months. Furthethe 77yearold is also st of widespread speculation among political opponents that hes experiencing some degree of cognitive decline. Look, ive got to do is watch me and i can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man im running against. Todays appearance may have marked his return to a more active campaign. He said he would request access to classified briefings which he no longer received regarding allegations of a russian bounty on the head of u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan and he drew up contrast between how he received intel briefings and President Trump. I was briefed every morning before i got to the white house and again so the idea that somehow he didnt know or isnt being grieved, it is a dereliction of duty. The white house rejected any suggesting that the president doesnt read intel briefings. This president is the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that we face. Oh valley glorifying White Supremacy at mount rushmore. Biden offered a nuanced approach to the ongoing destruction of monuments. Dont be surprised if someone pulls on a statue of jefferson davis, its better that they do not but its fundamentally different than pulling down the statue are going to the Lincoln Memorial in trying to pull not Lincoln Memorial. Will President Trump flat out rejects the New York Times reporting of an alleged bounty, joe biden is not taking it as the gospel truth either, carefully injecting the phrase if its true whenever he talks about the alleged bounty. Doug, thank you. Former marine pilot amy mcgrath will face off against senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell in kentucky this november. Overcame a tough challenge from progressive Charles Booker and the democratic primary there, voting ended on june 23rd but call in the race was delayed until today because of the tight margin and increased use of malein ballots. Be sure to check out my podcast the campaign that comes out every tuesday at 5 00 p. M. , you can download it wherever you download podcasts, a great discussion in depth about the state of president ial race and politics right now. Up next, cities try to deal with budget woes stemming from the coronavirus and nationwide protests, we will bring you to one of those. First, beyond our borders tonight, hundreds of spanish taxi drivers protested today in madrid against city hall decisions impacting their business. The honking cars because traffic issues around the citys most cl landmarks for hours. Drivers are calling for a limit in the number of paid for ride vehicles. Germanys defense plan to restructure the countrys special forces unit after allegations of far right extremism within the ranks. 1 of 4 combat companies is expected to be disbanded. Legislation has been proposed to allow the military to more swiftly expel soldiers if their presence would seriously threaten the military order. The European Union will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries. But most americans will be refused entry due to a soaring infections inside the u. S. Paid travelers from other big countries like russia, brazil, and india will also miss out. The list will be updated every 14 days with new countries being added or removed depending on whether they are keeping the pandemic under control in their countries. Some of the other headlines beyond our borders tonight. We will be right back. You need only the freshest milk and cream. That one and the worlds best, and possibly only, schmelier. Philadelphia. Schmear perfection. Robinwithout the commission fees. So, you can start investing today wherever you are even hanging with your dog. So, what are you waiting for . Download now and get your first stock on us. Robinhood. Usable musical bret breaking tonight, mississippis governor has signed the bill retiring the last state flag with the confederate battle emblem. In a statement, it was a solemn occasion for the state to come together and move on. A commission will now design a new flag, one that cannot include the confederate symbol and must include the words in god we trust. Voters will be asked to approve the new flag in the november election. A vote is expected in just under two hours on a budget that would include a billiondollar cut to the new York City Police department. The council has twice delayed the budget vote today as hundreds of demonstrators demanding defunding of the Department Remain outside city hall. Thats where find are corresponded. Protesters have been waiting outside of city hall for eight days now for this vote to happen tonight and so far it has been earlier this morning, there were clashes between protesters and dozens of officers in riot gear, Police Arrested one person for assaulting a police officer, the city council is voting tonight on the blend of slash the nypds 6,000,000. 1 billion in diverse those savings and community programs. We are canceling the upcoming recruit class that wouldve started in july and we are going to make sure that patrol strength is consistent by reassignments from administrative duty to patrol duty. But Violent Crime across the city is surging over a nineday period, there were 114 shooting victims compared to just 39 over that same period last year. Another reason why not everyone on counsel is going to be voting for the mayors budget tonight. We are on doing everything we did to make new york city the place i like to live and the place that so many people like to visit and its just a sad day for new york and im confident that this vote will be replicated in so many american. A new york city public advocate is now threatening to use its towers to block the execution of this budget in an effort to obtain even more cuts and another question lingering right now is will these protesters willingly pack up and leave city hall tonight if this budget passes. Some of them have said they are not willing to leave because they have even more demands in mind but they are going to basically talk it out after this vote tonight and then decide on what to do. Bret live outside city hall in new york, thanks. New york is not the only place with cost concerns, many cities were already worried about budgets, now demonstrations following the death of george floyd are adding to the Balance Sheet troubles. The numbers. Its adding up to be the costliest civil disturbance in u. S. History. Arson, looting, and vandalism that followed the death of george floyd. The santa monica location was complete we decimated, nothing to be salvaged. Among thousands of businesses damaged or destroyed. If youre looking at the losses collectively, they will be significant. Until now, insurers dedicated the l. A. Riots in 1992 as the countries costliest. The riots lasted three weeks and 140 cities, 21 states activated the national guard. I am confident that you will be seeing a collectively more substantial losses than weve seen with the singlecity incidents. A Police Task Force in l. A. Is offering 10,000 awards to help identify alleged arsonists and violent agitators. Chunks of concrete, pieces of rebar, full bottles of bleach. Ten buildings torched in l. A. , 156 patrol car is damaged or destroyed, millions in losses in new york and minneapolis. The losses being more than higher insurance rates, taxpayers will also feel the pinch, Police Overtime alone, 38 million at the california highway patrol, 6 million each in portland and seattle, cleveland hit hard as well. Its important for us to do what we had to do, we had to spend 3 million in overtime. These costs come at a time when City Services are already hurting because of the covid19 crisis, insurance losses are something else. Industry says it should have preliminary numbers in about 60 days but promises the cost will be in the billions. Bret thank you. Up next, the Supreme Court hands another win to the Trump Administration but as we had to break, the creator of the Dick Van Dyke show as died. A genius and versatile writer, actor, director, died monday night of Natural Causes in his Beverly Hills home. In recent years, he started alongside George Clooney in the oceans eleven movies and recounted his childhood and creative journey in the 2013 book i remember me. 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Here with more on the fallout from that ruling and what to expect from the rest of the term is chief Legal Correspondent and fox news at night post shannon bream. Good evening, shannon. Tonight chief Justice John Roberts once again the swing vote in a highprofile case but unlike yesterday his vote today is likely to make conservatives happy. In a 54 decision the court ruled in favor love several mothers in montana who were suing for the right to use scholarship money attached to a tax credit to pay tuition at a christian school. Under the plan, donors to the Scholarship Program get a tax credit. Those scholarships can be accessed by lowincome parents seeking to put their kids in private schools pay about the Montana Department of revenue issued a regulation banning the scholarships from being used at religious schools. Roberts writing for the majority said this. A state need not subsidize private education but once a state decides to do so it cannot disqualify some private school solely because they are religious. The white house praising the result as well saying this. Laws that condition Public Benefits like needbased scholarships on religious status demonstrate state hostility to religion. As states decision not to us found religious activities does not disfavor religion, rather it represents a valid choice to remain secular in the face of serious establishment and free exercise concerns. The National Education association, the countrys Largest Labor union blasted todays decision is well paid an extreme Supreme Court joined the far right effort to undermine one of our countrys most cherished democratic institutions, public education. Supporters of todays decision say the implications could extend far beyond schools to all kinds of partnerships that religious groups have with Government Entities and thats exactly what worries the other side. We are still awaiting several critical decisions and we are in uncharted territory here, tonight we still have no word on what we can expect, those remaining opinions. Bret we dont know when its coming out, the president s taxes, thats a big one. We do, access to his financial and tax records, the mandatory contraceptive requirement under the aca, the face of selectors, people who go to the Electoral College and decide they dont want to vote the way they promised their state they would. Theres a lot there, we will let people know when the opinions are coming again. Bret and we will see you tonight at 11. Next up, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise in some states as Health Experts offer warnings of what may be ahead. 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Are now pausing or delaying reopening plans as you look at that, the south and west, out west, california, all of those delaying some aspect of opening plans as you head into the july 4th weekend. Lets bring in our panel, charles lane, opinion writer for the washington post, mollie hemingway, stephen hayes. The warnings were stark today, the Vice President and the Coronavirus Task force said reopening should not slow down as long as people do what they are supposed to do. Heres the Vice President. Wash your hands, practice good hygiene and wear a mask. Wear a mask whenever your state and local authority say its appropriate, its always a good idea to wear a mask when social distancing is not possible. People are really trying to get their head around where we are and where we are going, by the fall especially schools. Its absolutely true, the American Academy of pediatrics came out with a statement of you day of days ago saying that schools should absolutely be open. I think a lot of people have been focusing on the virus which is very bad but not focusing enough on the downside, some of the reactions to the virus. We know so much more now than we knew when this started and what we are seeing in the cases that come through now is the hospitalizations, the hospital directors essay the cases are much less acute, requiring much less intervention and much shorter hospital stays and they saw back in april and so on and as we learned more and is the fatality rate drops that should be incorporated into how we talk about this and we should also be thinking much more about the downsides of what is happened, i think its been a really massive psychological experiment on a Large Population of people that clearly has not gone very well, we should particularly care about young people and what is happened to them and what would happen to them if we were to keep them out of schools, particularly when studies show they are not big transmitters to the virus. That would also have a detrimental effect on the economy. What about, we are seeing more young people infected. The deaths overall are coming down as far as the rage, the mortality rate in this vibrance, thats a scary scenario as we look around states that are seeing case numbers go up. I think people are crying out for certainty and consistency in leadership and they understand that theres gray areas and recommendations are going to go out, they want some clarity and consistency and it starts at the top and President Trump really kind of took his eye off the ball a few weeks back, made fun of or disparage the idea of wearing masks, and kind of lent his support to kind of more cavalier mood thats out there among some people and in his own camp now, among republicans is almost a desperate cry for him to change that tone. Bret i think you saw some of that with the Vice President Vice President and secretary azar today. Quickly on this, i want to turn to the other story. I think youre starting to see other republicans speak out, you saw the photograph of dick cheney wearing a mask, people are pushing some of the common sense things we can do to individually take action against this virus. I think its been a failure of leadership all around at the federal level and way too many state levels as well. Bret other story is about the intelligence surrounding this story that russia may have been sending money to the taliban, putting bounties on u. S. Soldiers heads in afghanistan. Here is the House Press Secretary today about a focus on leaks. To the Anonymous Sources who made a classified information, you should know this, you may seek to undermine our president but in fact you undermine our countries safety and our countrys security. Who is going to want to cooperate with the United States Intelligence Community . Who is going to want to be a source or an that if they know their identity could be disclosed . Which allies will want to share information with us if they know that some rogue Intelligence Officer can go flash that information on the front page of a major u. S. Newspaper. Bret in the president ial daily brief in 2019 and february but theres some backandforth about intelligence on whether it was really accurate or not. Whats your thought on the story overall . There seems to be some dispute about the intelligence itself, that we will learn more about in the coming days. It makes sense for her to focus on the leaks because they are serious but i dont think the administration has a much better response. If you look back at what the administration is saying, touting this initiative with the taliban now for more than a year, a year ago, about this time last year they were touting how the u. S. Has common interest with russia, in afghanistan and now we know that neither one of those things are likely. This story is coming from the same exact people who are using the exact same tactics that were used to spread the false and damaging russia collusion hoax. You have intelligence officials illegally leaked to coconspirators in the media to set a false and damaging political narrative. Its not surprising that the democrats are falling for it are media people are hyping it and i think were public and voters are frustrated that Republican Leaders are falling for it yet again. Bret wish we had more tim time. Chuck, i will be with you the next time. On the brighter side, some good news when we come back. 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Good evening to everyone, i Martha Maccallum and tonight this is the story the story. Joe biden emerge from the basement after criticism that his campaign was underground and today took questions from reporters for the first time in 89 days. With 12 126 days to go, they yielded questions on the coronavirus and took a swing at the president. Month after month, as other leaders and other countries took the necessary steps to get the virus under control, donald trump failed. A month after month as many of us approach to to step up and do our job