rachel: good morning. that s a shot of downtown dallas on this father s day. will: 6:00 a.m. central time zone. pete: have you ever play that had music in the morning coming into the show? will: no, i need doll la doll l. ever heard that song? pete: yes. will: sing it? pete: i can t sing. rachel: happy father s day to both of you. pete: happy father s day to all the fathers out there and that s everyone, reach out to them today and tell them you love them. rachel: it s a special day. happy father s day, sean and my dad, who are both at my house right now. we re going to begin this hour with a fox news alert. secretary of state antony blinken in beijing on a rare trip to china as relation withs the u.s. continue to sour. pete: he ll spend the next two days meeting with top communist party officials and it s unclear if he ll sit down with xi jinping. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington dc with the latest. alexandria. reporter: good morning. senior state department off
EEE has been detected in mosquitoes in Massachusetts for the first time this year, as the risk level for EEE was raised in communities ahead of Labor Day weekend.
spread. reporter: in california, this drone is on the defensive. in florida, trucks are on thehe hunt, allll of it in a battle with the tiniest but most serious of threats, mosquitos, which for the first time in 20 years are responsible for locally transmitted malaria spreading in parts of the u.s. six cases in florida and one in texas near the mexico border. what went through your mind when you heard that? it is unprecedented. reporter: max vigilant is the director of the mosquito control division in harris county, texas, preparing for what may come his way. this trap has collected for us on average 35 different species of mosquitos. reporter: he is responsible for collecting and testing thousands of mosquito samples across houston. is climate change playing a role here? it is a major factor. we have the water. we have the temperature, we have the humidity. we re looking at movement of mosquitos from areas that normally would not see so many mosquitos.
we know if it was suicide or looking will: don t know. pete: rescue crews recovered the 33-year-old s body earlier this month. is that all there is for safety is a safety railing. will: it s higher up and glass. pete: that s not very high. will: shoulder height. rachel: that s frightening. i haven t been in the grand canyon in a while. pete: the view looks amazing. will: that s really sad thousand. pete: cases west nile virus are popping up all over the country with at least 13 reported of this week. iowa announcing first case on friday joining nine other states that have reported cases. states like nevada and texas have had mosquito samples test positive and no recorded cases according to the cdc data. now a fox news digital wiz quiz. how much do we know about