Of shootings there in st. Louis my local prosecutor when a step further filing charges against a couple who said they were trying to protect themselves with legally owned firearms from a mob they claimed was threatening their home. You will hear from the Missouri Attorney general in just a moment. And he is directly involved in the case. And we are taking why suggesting outside help with sometimes violent riots. Stick around come up one of our special series weathering the summer storm. Amidst this challenging year, we are celebrating the good and tonight we will introduce you to amazing front lines of operational warp speed. To find a vaccine for covid19. Hello and welcome to fox news night, Shannon Bream in washington and we began with White House Correspondent kevin courtney. Speak with the president has sent in federal agents to help cities deal with ongoing violence, but his warning today that he might soon expand that effort has the mayor was very upset. From coast to coast, the
Shootings and death in st. Louis a local prosecutor going a step further filing charges against a couple who say they were trying to protect themselves from a mob they say was threatening their home. You are going to hear from Missouri Attorney general in a minute directly involved in the case and we are digging into why local officials are rejecting outside help amid soaring crime and violent riots. Stick around for a special series weathering the summer storm. We are celebrating the good in tonight will introduce you to folks doing Amazing Things on the front lines of operation warp speed, the rush to find a vaccine for covid19. Welcome to fox news at night. We begin with White House Correspondent kevin cork. The president has already sent federal agents to help cities deal with ongoing violence but his warning today that he might soon expand that effort has some mayors very upset. From coasttocoast the violence has metastasized, from new york to portland, denver to chicago and with
We should have more federal Law Enforcement, that i can tell you. In portland they done a fantastic job. Theyve been there three days and they really have done a fantastic job in a very short period of time. No problem. They grab them, a lot of people in jail. These are anarchists, these are not protesters. Harris and then, in chicago, police now reporting 49 officers were hurt in an ambush where protesters pelted them with rocks and frozen Water Bottles. 18 were hospitalized. The Chicago Tribune reports dhs is drafting a plan to send as many as 150 federal agents to chicago. The president says new york could be next. Those cities mayors dont want it. Speak out our democracy is at stake, and ill be darned if im going to let anybody, even if their name is mr. President , bring those kind of troops to our city and tried to take off our residents. Thats not going to happen in chicago. If he tried to do it, it would only create more problems. It would backfire. It wouldnt make a safer, and
We begin with an emerging picture of what the president ial election will look like. Joe biden expected to announce a pick for Vice President as early as this week. His short list, as we know it, a list of talented and formidable women. The frontrunners speculated to be black. Not the first time a man and a woman share the president ial ticket, the optics in this race will be especially start. President obamas former vp working with an accomplished woman, likely of color, to defeat the current occupant of the white house who has centralized race for his election. Not policies or solutions in the midst of a dueling crisis but messages of division, fear, fantasy. The coronavirus pandemic cant be sold or bargained with and it is exactings it own toll on america. More than 4. 6 million cases, 156,000 deaths and black americans, americans of color are overrepresented in both of those. Even as the president pushed schools to reopen. We will talk more about the pandemic later in the show. But
Clearing the way for millions of doses to get out across the country within days. State governments will work with the federal government and pfizer to determine how much goes out and to whom. We will hear from texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick on his states plan. The president called a monumental achievement for American Manufacturing and optimism in a moment of great parol. Todays achievement is a reminder of americas unlimited potential when we have the will and the courage to pursue ambitious goals. As i said from the beginning of vaccine will vanquish the virus and return life back to normal. The pandemic may have begun in china but we are ending it right here in america. Shannon breaking news on hunter biden front, fox news getting the first Public Comment from joe biden on his son abstract Affairs Investigation plus new development in the investigation but first kevin cork starts us with the coming achievement to operation warp speed. Great news for everyone across the count