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another unbelievable night in portland as a chaos in america's streets continue. another night of demonstrations as federal agents at one point began to use tear gas on that some of the rioters that were out of control and not group. and in chicago at least 14 people were hurt. gunfire broke out outside of a funeral. all of this as resident trumpets called for federal intervention to help in some of these major u.s. cities that are seen such a dramatic surge in violence. good morning everybody, good to be here in the morning, my martha maccallum. >> melissa: welcome to you more thought, i melissa francis, sandra smith is off. the president's plan comes as opposition grows towards federal forces in portland. they are saying federal agents are not welcome there. the mayor of chicago taking a similar stance as violence surges in her city. police officers finding some 60 shell casings at the scene of yesterday shooting. >> they shot him everywhere, all over. we thought it was a war over here. i'm sick and tired of it, and this area is really bad. >> the violence that continues today in and day out. it's just unnatural that all this violence, it's like we are in a war zone. we need more cops because it's literally like we are in iraq. >> melissa: unbelievable. mike tobin is live with more on this. >> the funeral home you're talking about is just over my right shoulder and that suv is a black suv that came west bound up 70 and opened fire at people can attending this particular funeral. what you had out here was a hail of gunfire. as you mentioned the police that they recovered some 60 shell casings from the scene. the suv then turned on carpenter, wrecked on carpenter and the occupants of that vehicle fled. police say they have one person of interest in custody, the official number as far as the injuries out here, but 14 people were shot and their conditions vary in the hospital. witnesses are all comparing the scene out here, some kind of war zone >> we wish it would stop, and we are glad the federal troops are out here because the violence is literally a pandora. >> they have pushed back with the federal troops initiative to some officers to chicago and she did at this time attempt to put some responsibility on people in the neighborhood who traditionally do not share information with police. mayor lightfoot tweeting, we cannot give shelter to killers and people know who are responsible. the rise in violence does happen every summer in chicago but this is extraordinary. writers are up 51% for this time this year, shootings are up 47% and it should note that the shootings did not limit themselves to this one mass shooting. they continued throughout the evening. among the people who were shot later on in the evening, the 3-year-old girl on south shore. speak >> melissa: that's just tragic. >> martha: meanwhile portland marks its 55th straight night of protest. federal agents at one point did resort to using tear gas to clear some of the crowds that were destructive in that group after more confrontations with those protesters. you can say with that look like last night. oregon's governor making it clear that she, regardless of all of this, she wants a federal forces out of there. >> the presence of federal troops here, trumps troops here in the streets of portland have substantially exacerbated an already challenging situation. i told them to go home, that their forces are not needed here and they are not wanted here >> martha: we will talk a lot about this this morning. joe biden released a statement slamming the trump administration saying "we have president who is determined to sow chaos and division, to make matters worse instead of better. the acting border patrol commissioner responding on fox & friends earlier after house speaker nancy pelosi called his agents stormtroopers. >> i'm disgusted. so far this year just cbp alone, we've lost ten personnel. and for her to refer to those men and women as stormtroopers, that's absolutely disgusting. these are professional, civil law enforcement individuals that are out there doing their job protecting this great nation. they are not stormtroopers. >> martha: very emotional from mark morgan this morning. that's about whether or not the president or the white house should be doing anything or should they let some of these areas sort of fall back on their own resources? we will talk about that, coming up. >> we just signed a contract with global pharmaceutical leader pfizer to produce 100 million doses of vaccine starting in december of this year with an option to buy another half a billion doses. >> melissa: health and human services secretary alex azar with some big news on a possible covid-19 vaccine. but despite that, president trump warning that pandemic will get worse before it gets better. in his first white house coronavirus task force briefing in months. the president also urging americans to wear masks. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with more. >> a shift in tone after months of rose prognostications and after saying that the virus would simply disappear one day, the president is much more matter-of-fact yesterday telling it like it is as opposed to how he would like it to be. listen to what the president said. >> some areas of our country are doing very well and others are doing less well. it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better, something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is, that's what we have. you look over the world and it's all over the world. it intends to do that. >> just like saying it's going to get worse before it gets better, the administration as you pointed out today announcing that big deal with pfizer though pharmaceuticals, releasing 100 billion doses of the vaccine which could be early ready as early as september. alex azar has one earlier this morning. >> now those would have to a force to be safe and effective according to the fda gold standard. this now adds to what president trump has delivered which is for other vaccine candidates. we now have five vaccine candidates that prioritize the u.s. people, where we are going to manufacture vaccine and work to secure fda approval of them all at the same time. >> while yesterday brought a significant shift in tone by the president including into the reclamation for people to wear masks, the democrats redoubled their effort to hang the coronavirus crisis around his neck. the house speaker nancy pelosi labeling it as "the trump virus. >> if he had said months ago, let's wear masks, let's not come up with socially distance, instead of having rallies and political whatever they were, then more people would have followed his lead. he's the president of the united states. instead of being a bad example, making it like a man hunting not to wear a mask. >> we should remember that nancy pelosi did not issue a directive for all people and committees to wear a mask until june and she also opposed the chinese travel ban at the beginning. many people throwing stones but also plenty of glass houses. the president is turning his attention to law and order this afternoon, we go to talk about operation legend in kansas city, named for a 4-year-old boy who was killed while he was sleeping. the doj has been talking about expanding operation legend into other cities and white house sources tell me this is a program that they want to see go forward. so it's a likely one might hear something from the president this afternoon about sending federal law enforcement to more cities than america. again, 3:00 this afternoon. >> melissa: we will definitely be listening for that. another big day ahead, john roberts, thanks for that. >> martha: is a building on that, our next guest has a new op-ed titled, maybe trump shouldn't save the democrat run city is besieged by violence. mike tyson joins us now, former speechwriter to george w. bush and fox news contributor. good morning to you, good to see you you know, this is one of the great struggles of this conversation. because the president is seizing on this moment, is looking up what happened and to saying "not on my watch" in terms of the violence of the cities. and yet, they say let the cities rely on the government structure and the people that they have put in charge to dictate how this should've been handled. >> absolutely. first of all there is an element of hypocrisy here. since when have the democrats become the party of states rights and local control? they want a federal bailout of the states and localities. they are criticizing president trump with differing governors. and there are two arguments there. on one hand there's an argument to say let the cities burn. and that's without harming the rest of the country. there's an argument for letting the experiments play out. the people of the cities elected feckless democrats, and if i don't like the laws my city than i can move to another city. you go from blue states to read states if you don't want the destruction. the problem with that argument is, and that's the democratic leaders who are letting it happen, and they are trapped in the inner cities and a lot of this, they can't move because they don't have the resources. then the small business owners they put their life's savings into a business. ultimately the president has a responsibility to protect these people if local democratic leaders won't do it. >> martha: i'm thinking back to moments ago, we played a piece of sound and maybe we still have it to the gentleman named kenneth hughes. and we need federal officers, he said that to the reporter on the sideline and that is a person that i think about when you consider this idea and we think about babies children being killed in the streets in chicago. mayor lightfoot saying she doesn't want any help, she obviously cannot handle what's going on there because it is an extremely dangerous situation. that will protect all the people of the entire nation. >> this whole defund the police movement, this is a bunch of woke college-educated white white people. they are more likely to be harassed by the police and white people are, but 52% say they are doing their job, 51% of black surveyed oppose defending the police and their communities and 72% of blacks agreed that most police officers have in a positive impact on their community and 42 -- higher than whites and higher than it than hispanics, 42% of african-american say they can recall a situation where they were in danger and a police officer saved them. the antipolice movement is not coming from the african-american community, they want to reform the police, they want to reform mental health but they don't want to get rid of the police. they are the primary victims. it's the blacks and hispanics. >> thank you very much. we will have more on all of this and we will talk to kellyanne conway and to get her reaction to the growing violence in america streets and she will be back at the bottom of the hour. >> melissa: i came from a republican caucus meeting that could be some of the burning process aggressive pockets. >> he is slamming members of his own party over the plan. can the deal be reached? wyoming senator john barrasso joins us to talk about it, next. plus this. heart stopping video caught on camera, did you see that? the story behind this terrifying moment on the highway, that i hathat'sahead of. ever since i got this little guy, i felt like i was just constantly cleaning up his hair. then, i got my paws on the swiffer sweeper. it's a game changer. these heavy duty dry cloths pick up a crazy amount of hair! this is all you. we stopped cleaning and started swiffering. >> martha: incredible video of a six vehicle crash that was caught on camera in canada. it happened in british columbia last week when a semi trailer flipped on its side, skidded on the highway and then crashed into oncoming traffic. what a terrifying scene that is. police say that a driver appears to have lost control on the turn and cross the double line and then overcorrected. four people were rushed to a nearby hospital but they were treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. the semi truck driver was charged with crossing a solid double line in canada. everybody seems like they were fairly lucky in that situation >> i find it extraordinary that i just came from a republican caucus meeting that could have been the burning pros caucus. i'm alarmed about spending a trillion dollars that we don't have. we've gone up $3 trillion in the last couple of months, adding another trillion dollars is the most fiscally irresponsible thing i've ever heard of. >> melissa: that was kentucky senator rand paul after a g.o.p. meeting yesterday where republican lawmakers are negotiating the next round of coronavirus economic relief. senator paul saying that there appears to be no difference between his party and it democrats when it comes to expending. g.o.p. senators remain deeply divided over the details of the bill including a payroll tax c cut, and how generous an extension of unemployment benefits should be. let's bring in that wyoming senator john barrasso, chairman of the senate republican conference. thank you for joining us. if you heard what senator paul had to stay there. meanwhile house speaker nancy pelosi's as a trillion dollars is a pittance, that's not the exact words she used but it's not nearly enough, we are not thinking big enough at all. what is the right number that will help people but is still responsible in terms of the debt we are passing on to our children and grandchildren? >> you framed it beautifully, melissa, and you are absolutely right. that's why i have a test that i apply that i think your viewers would agree with, which is anything that we spend, and i do believe we have a role in the recovery, the government has a role to play. anything we spend has to basically focus on the disease in terms of accurate, quick response testing, better treatments, and i'm optimistic in the treatments we are having, and in the vaccine. i'm really optimistic about what we have heard today which is new vaccines. number two, making sure people can get back to work and children can get back to school, that is critical. third, we need to make sure there is liability protection for our schools, for our health care workers and for the mom and pop businesses that want to reopen. right now we have over 3500 lawsuits already filed by the sioux and settle lawyers all focused on coronavirus. we can't open businesses or school safely under that threat. >> martha: senator brosseau, i wonder when it comes to a payroll tax cut which is one of the things that you are considering, i've heard so many democrats say that this is only a tax cut for companies and the wealthy when mathematically and factually, we know that this is totally false, instantly, minimum wage earners would see their wages go up by something like three or 4%, depending on where you are. why are republican so bad at messaging, why are you able to get out there and the case of the lowest earners among us would instantly see more money in their paycheck? >> you are absolutely right, they would see more money and that's one of the reasons why the president is proposing this. for people that actually have jobs, it helps them keep more of their hard-earned money. for people that don't have jobs, we need to help them come back to work. both things are a number of ways to do it but you also contrasted with the democrats want to do. they've already passed a bill over $3 trillion and the real problem with it, melissa, is so much of it doesn't focus on the disease or getting people back to work or back to school. what they focus on is political payoffs to their friends. hundreds of billions of dollars, paying people more to not work then to go to work. and paying for cities and states that have been amazingly irresponsible over the last decade to bail out their pension programs. that's why we cannot do that, that would be completely responsible and a misuse of taxpayer dollars. >> melissa: but the messaging come their way to make it sound to come up they are sending money out to people who can't make ends meet. my point is, why aren't you guys better at getting that message out there, that when you talk about this unemployment insurance, why don't you bring up the woman who can't get people to come back to her salon because they are making more money at home rather than coming to work. really quick, final word to you. >> you can't pay people more to not work then to work. that all ends on july 31st. what we know is, 3 out of 4 people who are getting these bonus checks, this was what they are in the original carries act, or making more to not work. we have help wanted signs all around wyoming. people need to get back to work and employers are looking to hire people, and on july 31st this unemployment, enhanced unemployment bonuses end. nancy pelosi wants to extended all the way to the end of january. heavy wet blanket on our economy which will people from getting back on the job. >> melissa: 's senator barrasso, thank you for your time this morning. >> martha: fox news alert, chaos in portland on night 55 of the protests there. [crowd sounds] >> martha: unbelievable, federal agents fired tear gas and some of the demonstrators that were out there last night as backlash continues over federal response to the unrest. but if federal agents don't step in, who will? counselor to the president kellyanne conway joined us next. >> it should not matter what political party you are on, this is about "law & order." this is about walking down the street and not being concerned about your baby in your stroller is going to be shot. that you can attend a funeral and there won't be a war zone in the aftermath. when we started carvana, they told us that selling cars 100% online wouldn't work. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the whole thing with powerful technology. that's why we've become the nation's fastest growing retailer. because our customers love it. see for yourself, at carvana.com. with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. >> melissa: the nypd early this morning clearing out remaining protesters who were camped outside of city hall. a handful of people were arrested in the process. aishah hasnie is live in new york city with the details. >> melissa, good morning. we know of at least seven people who are arrested in all of this and we show you some video of the ground, what you see in the video is a line of dozens of police officers wearing riot gear, chanting move back. police moving people out of city park just before 4:00 this morning. police gave protesters a ten minute warning and most of them left voluntarily. some of them were arrested for blocking the roadway, one for trying to prevent arrests, one person threw a brick at an officer. here's information on why they picked today. >> it's been in the process for a while so we decided today was a good time to do it and that was based on the number of people and this is for the safety of everybody involved. >> initially thousands were gathered with demands to defund of the police after the city budget cut a billion dollars. many of them left the area and it mostly turned into a homeless encampment with only a few protesters remaining. many were involved with police and others were attacking journalists covering the movement of the mayor had repeatedly said he wanted to reap respect the rights of those protesters to protest. he would also not allow any encampments, and yesterday he said it was nypd's decision on what to do next. police say the cleanup is underway and city hall park will be on lock down until that completed. melissa? >> martha: thank you. martha? >> president trump: we are in the process of developing a strategy that is going to be very, very powerful. we develop as we go along, some areas of our country are doing very well and others are doing less well. it will probably get worse before it gets better, something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is. >> martha: president trump holding his first coronavirus briefing since april, saying the situation may indeed get worse before it gets better. joe biden slammed president trump ahead of that speech saying the president has "quit" on the country. kellyanne conway's senior counselor to the president and she joins us this morning. they bit of a shift back to the briefing which we saw yesterday, it was more brief than it has been in the past, when the president took a few questions. it's not on the schedule for today. what can you expect in terms of updates from the president? >> martha, i think it was incredibly important for the president of the united states to provide information to the public, not a conferencing with the press people there who are asking questions that have nothing to do with the department of vaccines and therapeutics through operation warp speed. people that want to know about protecting our nursing home populations, and some of the states at that wrong in the beginning. we have learned a great deal about the virus. the briefings stopped in april but the work never has. here at the white house, it's about two months old through the fda knocking down red tape, and at that will give people comfort to know that in a few months, definitely by years end, maybe even sooner, we will have vaccines developed. u.s. secretary azar this morning made news that we were given a contract with pfizer to develop along with a german firm up to 1 million doses of a vaccine. last week there was a report that 45 people in a study had all responded positively to that test and that is going to, in five short days, be 30,000. i think for the president himself to provide that information to the public and to humbly and forthrightly come forward and say, it's going to get worse before it gets better, wear a mask and socially distance, do these things that are important. i would think about for all these people who are resisting wearing a mask, listen. it costs nothing, it takes to a second. and you will get your liberties back sooner if you wear the mask. >> martha: but then there are others who will say why did the white house have this message for us two months ago, why now? why wasn't this pushed and emphasized and encouraged by the present back then when it may have made more of a difference? >> of the president did say in april if people want to wear a mask, wear a mask. i was in the oval office yesterday when dr. birx was briefing the president before he went out there and she said it look, we have these studies now that prove what we suspected which is masks help you prevent from spreading it. they may help you to be getting up but they definitely help you prevent from spreading it. the president is tested regularly, the vice president, those of us who are around them routinely. we know now the president is covid negative. >> this is from nancy pelosi who has been into the virus. listen to this. >> he recognized the mistakes he had made by now embracing mask wearing and the recognition that this is not a hoax, it's a pandemic, that has gotten worse before it will get better because is an action. and it's sad, clearly it is the trump virus. >> martha: and no doubt phrase will get more use as we get closer and closer to the election. >> we are trying to work together with congress to get the phase for past that the president will sign, if it meets the goals we have to help schools and families and small businesses and others, low income households. but this is what nancy pelosi does. congress hasn't been to work for three weeks, she's all dressed up with nowhere to go. she has hardly been encouraging people all along. she trips over the poor homeless population in her own san francisco i guess to make the silly appearance as a couple times a week. this is an old time for partisan politics and it's disappointing to hear the speaker of the house and called us the trump virus and it not the china virus. i think it's disappointing to hear the mayor of chicago saying i don't want trumps troops here. these are not trumps troops. this is not trumps virus. if the mayor of portland and chicago can't stop babies from being shot and can't stop mergers from happening, this nonsense of joe biden yesterday taking no questions whatsoever, he lays on us three quarters of a billion dollars more than spending it doesn't take any questions, contrast that to the president taking questions and trip two days earlier with chris wallace again and i were to questions, these people have to get their cities under control. >> martha: i think a lot of people feel that that has to happen as well. i did think it was interesting to hear this from tom ridge about the debate over the use of these federal officers and agents. listen to what he said. the first head of the homeland security. >> the department is established to protect america from the ever present threat of global terrorism. it was not established to be the president's personal militia so it will be a cold day in hell before i would consent to unilateral, uninvited interventions in one of my cities. covid that was the governor of pennsylvania. your reaction? >> my reaction, i thought he was great when he was secretary of homeland security after 9/11, but we have different threats now. we have homegrown terrorism, we certainly have violence in our cities that are claiming innocent victims but he said at the time, look. we have to be right 100% of the time and that terrorists has to be right one time. this is a very different world now. what you see in portland, thanks for putting it up on the screen, there are peaceful protesters but over the last so many days they thrown bricks, pigs feet, chunks of concrete, lasers into the eyes of the law enforcement officers. you saw in our hometown, a beret's desk putting and the drinks of our officers. that would be disgusting anytime but during covid, it sounds like criminal action to me. this is not the president's personal militia but i guarantee you when i pull operation warp speed develops these vaccines, the military is not even distributing them. are all these people going to say it's trumps military history fitting the vaccine? >> martha: let me squeeze in one more question. this morning on msnbc the discussion is federal help for these cities is basically, and i'm paraphrasing there, and that's a quick response that i need from you on that. >> martha: they are instigating these crimes, and look what happened in seattle, everyone witnessed that. it will be a garden party, it's a street fair as the mayor claims. and look what happened there. two people lost their lives, and a lot of property destruction as she thought better of that. so i think when people say that about the president, it's not, it's called "law & order." we are a nation of law and a nation of order, the president isn't deploying people they are minute 55 or our 55, it's day 55. this simply cannot stand. >> martha: a kellyanne conway from the white house this morning, thank you. >> melissa: breaking news as the u.s. reaches a deal to buy up to 100 million doses to help get the country back open including our schools. plus, that st. louis couple facing charges for waving guns at protesters outside of their home. were they guilty of a crime or was it self-defense? 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what is greater risk? >> i think you put your finger on the dilemma, we simply want kids to go to school because of the advantage of the school. at the same time it should be done as safely as possible, and that can do two things, reducing the spread of coronavirus and taking appropriate precautions. when the countries have done that they've been able to open the school particularly for younger children safely. >> martha: it's will tell me specifically what that means in each community? they are saying we should go back to school even if we don't have a vaccine, if the level is below a certain amount and if they are taking precautions in school like everyone wearing a mask the whole time and using proper hygiene and social thing? >> centers for disease control and prevention has a good list of school productions that should be followed, including keeping a small group of kids together. masking when the kids can mask end of the teachers should be masked, spreading kids out and not doing activities where there is a likelihood of spread. the goal is to control the outbreaks in schools, so reduce the spread in the community, which may mean closing things like bar is to be able to get there, it's worth it to be able to open schools. never to come and take the smart precautions at the cdc is recommending. >> martha: prioritizing schools over bars and restaurants and retail stores, perhaps, that seems logical. thank you sir for coming on, we appreciate your time. >> martha>> martha: a fire burnt the chinese consulate overnight, the state department has ordered the chinese consulate to be shut down. was it a massive spide spy cents senator rubio says? 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>> yes. in the affidavit which was unsealed this year the fbi said the chinese ambassador and somebody from the new york consulate illicitly tried to recruit a scientist in connecticut who was involved in molecular biology research. so this was obviously conduct which was inconsistent with their diplomatic status. china has been doing this with almost openly, so we need to take measures that are effective. >> martha: not too long ago we were involved in trade negotiations and it seems like those days are over. >> certainly. remember though tariffs that were imposed, those haven't worked. so trying to close consulates and other facilities that may have more of an effect on beijing. >> martha: game changing times in our relationship with china to be sure. gordon chain, thank you so much. >> melissa: chaos in the streets of portland last night, local leaders want federal agents out but who will stop the chaos if they need, leave, ari fleischer is on that come next. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. -and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily- and it may take longer than usual for bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. what's around the corner could be your moment. ask your doctor about eliquis. >> this is the resistance over here, all this shooting going on around. >> martha: chicago police are searching for suspects following a shoot-out outside of a funeral home last night. police now say that at least 15 people were hurt when a gunman pulled up in an suv and opened fire. the shooting comes as president trump considers new interventions with major cities grappling with an uptick in violence. that's what folks who live in the city of portland have to put up with these days, that's chaos and violence that is rocking their city for yet another night as a massive, unruly crowd confronted federal officers outside of a federal courthouse there. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i martha maccallum. >> melissa: and i melissa francis, sandra smith is off. the officers using tear gas and nonlethal weapons as demonstrators stormed the court house and a nearby federal office building. acting homeland security secretary chad wolf telling martha last night, federal law enforcement will not retreat from portland despite criticism by local officials. >> any time you attack federal facilities such as a courthouse there in portland, that's a federal crime. attacking federal police officers and law enforcement officers which they have done for 52 nights in a row is a federal crime. so the department because we don't have that local support, that local law enforcement support, we are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals and we need to do that because we need to hold them accountable. >> melissa: dan springer has more on all of this live in seattle. dan? >> protests rocked portland for the 55th night in a row and like most of them including protests long before the federal officers showed up, there was property damage and full scale rioting by the end. more than a thousand people gathered downtown and for a couple of hours it looked like a normal protest you would see it anywhere. by 11:00 vandal started pounding on the plywood that attacks the windows and doors, they used bats, hammers and crowbars, and only then did that come outside. they fired tear gas and nonlethal rounds and push the violent crowd back, acting dhs secretary chao dwarf held a news conference yesterday and he said that if local officials did their job federal officers would not be needed. he blasted those including house speaker nancy pelosi who have described federal agents as stormtroopers. >> these officers are not military. let's not confuse that. i've seen in accurate press reporting and accusing them of being military, they are not military. they are civilian police officers. these are not the gestapo as some have described them. that description is offensive and hyperbolic, and it's dishonest. every law enforcement officer and every reasonable american knows this. >> we know of at least 14 people facing federal charges and he also said three officers have been injured by laser pointers and we lose sight in one eye. we learned the officers involved in this incident is being investigated. christopher david was hit five times with a baton and has broken bones in his hand. joe biden said in a statement yesterday they are brutally protect on mike attacking peaceful protesters including a u.s. navy veteran. amazingly with all that went on in portland last night portland police did not engage anyone in the violent crowd and melissa, that sort of makes the point that chad wolf was making. if we don't show up and protect these buildings, then who will? >> melissa: thank you for that report dan. >> martha: for more on all this we are joined by ari fleischer. always good to have you with us. i want to kick off here by listening to something that was said by the governor of oregon, kate brown. watch this. >> of presence of federal troops here, trumps troops here, and the streets of portland has a substantially exacerbated an already challenging situation. i told them to go home, that their forces are not needed here and they are not wanted here. >> martha: what do you make of the situation? >> how many days of lawlessness is enough for that governor? and that's a problem, it's been more than 50 days of violence in the streets and there's a growing weakness inside of the democratic party that they will have to wrestle with. it's a throwback to the 60s and the 70s were too many democrats took the side of the criminals and turned their back up on the victims of crime and that is what is happening here, when you hear the mayors and governors and joe biden take the side of the people who are engaged in violence and question the legitimacy of federal agen agents. >> martha: and what we are hearing though, i was listening to some of the news channels this morning and the whole discussion was based on, this is all just trumped up, if you excuse the expression. it's all kind of to create this law and order narrative for the election. what do you say to that? >> tell that to the federal court building that was under siege, that was under attack where federal officers inside had to barricade themselves inside. this is because the city and the state are doing nothing. when you do nothing, you allow the lawlessness to start. i have to say when the mayor of minneapolis allowed the third precinct to be sacked, he said he was hoping that instead they could have radical love. and it's sporadic, people are logical, even criminals. people see it on tv and they know they can get away with it and it spreads. that's exactly what happened, portland and seattle which has a decades long history of violence in the cities. >> martha: we just watched two individuals who are from chicago who live in that neighborhood who are just outraged by what they see going on and they say it's a war zone, we need more help and we need more police to keep everybody safe and get your have this narrative that all of this is just sort of being created, as if they don't care about these children that are being killed in the streets and all of this violence that is going on. clearly the president has made this a rest for the campaign which is now about 100 days away and also, the virus obviously. it is what he said yesterday at his newly renewed coronavirus briefing. watch this. speak to the china virus is a vicious and dangerous illness but we have learned a great deal about it and it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better. something i don't like saying about things but that's the way it is. >> martha: that's what you think of the briefing and the newly crafted message on this. >> the president being realistic is the best way to fight this virus. they are sending nurses, doctors, medicines and pmp across to the hot spots. the american people are tough, the american people are resilient and they want to hear it straight. so when the president sets it's going to get worse before it gets better that's actually what the president needs to do. no time for shale, salesmanship or emotion, be frank with the american people. i think there is more that the white house can do with the president to put him in the front and center where the action is that the administration is doing the right things to fight the virus. and i hope that will happen. >> martha: how would you do that? >> wild look with the federal government is doing we are deploying nurses and doctors to places where there are staffing shortages. the president should go meet with those nurses and doctors, trucks are rolling with medicines from the federal stockpile so people in hospitals can get the help they need to save lives. the president should go to the warehouses and see those trucks off. thank the truck drivers and think hhs and cdc for taking care of this. the problem has been i think the president would prefer to talk about the economy and law and order as he puts it. unless on until the american people see his front and center on corona and things are getting better and he cares, that's going to be very hard for people to hear that message. it's a hurdle he has to get through first and he is doing the right things governmentally, he's not doing the right things, as a vent to you, communications wise. >> martha: as you look at the election about 100 days out, how does it shape up to you? >> it has been a bad spring and summer for the president. you know the president's numbers peaked in march and april when he talked about his friend in new jersey who passed away from corona. when he would talk about what he would say to his son, baron, about how bad it is. as poles were at the highest numbers in presidency but since then it seems as if he's preferred to talk about other things and that has led in conjunction with corona spiking to a severe decline in the president's numbers. it's much closer than the public polls show in the battleground states but it's there need to confront corona with confidence and direct frankness and caring. he does that and the election resets to a 50/50 race. >> martha: when it peaked on the east coast and then started to decline it was as if everyone wanted to move on, then it started flooding across the rest of the country and their experience started being as nerve-racking as what we have here. and then we have to keep up that timing as it goes across the country to be where people are in order to speak to them. ari fleischer, always good to have you here. thank you very much and we will see you soon. >> thank you, martha. >> melissa: police searching for answers in the murder of three young men who were leading up to go fishing friday night in central florida. phil keating is live in miami with the latest on the story. where does the investigation stand? >> it's ongoing, they've only had two unsolved murders in the past seven years so that the sheriff told me he is extremely confident. we could to get some questions answered in the next 45 minutes as the sheriff has a press conference on this triple murder mystery. but friday night three buddies go out at night and meet up to do some cut fishing and end up brutally killed in the middle of nowhere. the three friends met at a remote lake in southern polk county florida and one of them was able to call his father after he was shot, before he died, crying for help as his two friends were already dead. his father raced to the scene so fast that he forgot his cell phone at home but at the scene, he heard his son cell phone ringing and on the line was his mother, desperate to know whether her boy was okay. here's the dad monday. >> it was in the seat, i couldn't -- it was covered in blood. i got the phone and it was his mama. and i set our son is dying. >> their son was brandon rollins, damien tillman -- all three died that night before they even began to start fishing. the small town between tampa and orlando come very were all on a dirt road. the question is come up with the death targeted triple killing or an unhappy happenstance massacre? the sheriff is not sharing his theory. >> we see absolutely no evidence that this was a drug deal gone bad. we see no evidence that this was a bunch of drunks in a fight. we see no evidence of anything nefarious on the victim's part. >> before rollins died he was able to tell his dad at the scene what had just happened. the father share that with investigators but the sheriff is so far not sharing his details with the public. however at the top of the hour, 11:00 eastern, the sheriff is doing a press conference and he says it is for "an important update." so we will hear what he says. melissa? >> melissa: boy, that's quite a mystery. phil keating, we stay tuned for that. >> martha: coming up, a st. louis couple facing felony charges for waving guns during a protest outside of their home. you've all seen this incredible video. was it a crime or were they using their constitutional rights protecting the property? we will speak to the husband in just a few minutes away. plus the chaos in portland, the democratic mayor and governor want them to leave, but who deals with what is going on there if that happens? 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>> well first of all as you know i support the federal use of troops and the reason for it is very simple. what started out as a long-overdue peaceful demonstration has morphed into a full-fledged right. anarchists have hijacked the movement and have caused widespread property damage and looting federal and state buildings are targets and our law enforcement officers are treated terribly in the security of our citizens are at risk. we should be able to fix this problem ourselves but we have a governor that sides with the rioters. hence, the need for federal protection. but once again i'm very, very grateful for the federal protection. >> melissa: for the folks on the grounds there, what is it that they want to? i imagine you have your finger on the pulse of the population in and around the area where the chaos is better than those of us who are not there. how do they see it? >> well you have to ask the anarchists and the thing about the anarchists is, if you know their movement they want no laws and no borders and to be honest, they want a full-fledged revolution. and that is how it has morphed into portland which is particularly scary. >> melissa: i'm just wondering if the vast majority of your population understands that? when we look at these pictures from the outside, it looks like you would have folks coming in from outside who like you said were anarchists, but you know, we hear people on television and we certainly see it on other networks when the interview local people and they will say in oregon, just regular residents, these are peaceful protests during the day and it turns into chaos overnight and maybe the feds are contributing to that but they don't necessarily see this the same way you are saying that. so i will ask you one more time. the people on the ground, what do they think is going on in your state in their hometown? >> well i think to answer your question and to be honest i could quote the police association president darrell turner who is an african-american. and i quote, "individuals have hijacked the racially quality platform of peaceful protest for their own chaotic agendas. they simply want to destroy the city and hurt people." so you are right, there are the peaceful protests, but by far what it has morphed morphed into that is the anarchist movement and that is what is particularly scary in portland. >> melissa: what will it take to get this back under control? every day we wake u up and see essentially the same violent videos from overnight. i can't imagine how scary it is to be there and i can't imagine that businesses want to stay. what will it take, in your opinion, to get this back under control? >> i think what's really sad is we have a governor that hasn't lifted one finger to try to contain any of this and this is now on the 56th day. so you are right. in order to get this back, it's going to take federal troops. it truly is. or, i governor that is willing to put out the oregon guard and push back and say, no more. we are going to have to resist, that's all there is to it. >> melissa: there are critics who say unmarked vans are pulling up and grabbing people without identifying who they a are, that they are, as nancy pelosi said it, that these are like stormtroopers coming to the city. she painted a very nefarious picture of those federal agents that are coming in, how do you respond to that? >> i respond to that by saying look at the police officers who are getting pelted by water bottles and putting their life on the line every night to handle this riot. the people who are complaining really are not supposed to be down there. so if you are dressed in black which seems to be the garb for the anarchists and you get picked up, i don't have a lot of empathy for you. once you are in a riot or mob situation, you lose your first amendment right. >> melissa: oregon state senate minority leader fred gerard, thank you for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> martha: a fox news alert, a fire at the chinese consulate in houston after the united states ordered beijing to shut that consulate down. now, china is threatening retaliation. plus a st. louis couple facing weapons charges after they confronted protesters outside of their home. what a out seeing that this but the governor already says he will pardon them if they are convicted. is that net carbs or total?... eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. with nutrients to help support immune health. with nutrients to help we see you. doing your part by looking out...for all of us. and though you may have lost sight of your own well-being, aetna never did. by setting up virtual monitoring for chronic patients, 24-hour telemedicine visits, and mental health resources for everyone. we're always here to help you focus on your health. because it's always, time for care. ♪ >> martha: at missouri's attorney general and governor voicing support for a couple charged i in a standoff with protesters. they were caught on camera holding guns last month while confronting black lives matter protesters outside of their home. they say it happened after the crowd broke through the fence of the gated community which had a no trespassing sign. one of the leaders of the demonstrations at the couple's claims are false and that it was a peaceful protest. the couple now faces felony weapons charges and the missouri ag wants the case dropped. >> you have a prosecutor now in kim gardner that's targeting law-abiding citizens for exercising their fundamental right of self-defense. so somebody has to do something about it and i felt like enough was enough so i'm stepping in to enter into the case here and have the case dismissed. >> martha: joined me now is one of the attorneys charged in the case, mark mccloskey. i know a lot of people have heard your story and i would ask that we just put up the video that we just had an aside box, as you explain for those who haven't heard it. what happened that night. what prompted you and your wife to get your guns and move outside of your house? >> first of all, we have to kind of set the scene. this was a sunday afternoon, we had just come back to the house and were preparing to barbecue on the patio. we were sitting on the patio that was maybe 70 feet from the gate that separates portland place from kings highway. we started hearing the protests going on down the street may be 300 yards away. that sounds start to recede as it's moving away from us and then it starts to get louder and louder and we see people trailing and pass the gate. then all of a sudden, kings highway fills from wall-to-wall, 100 feet wide and completely filled with people. as this column of people moves forward, we are looking at each other, there's no police, our private security has disappeared. and we are thinking, what if they decide to come to the gate? well just then, gate burst open. news stories say that we alleged that gate was smashed down. the left-hand part of that gate does not open, and stick to the ground and they folded it down and were stumbling over it, it was hundreds of people all screaming and shouting and pouring in. it was a very good x frightening experience. private property, that seem to enrage them. i ran in and got my rifle, i started standing on the wing of the patio saying, private property, get out, get out of here. they kept pouring in. apparently patty went in to call 911 and as she did so she saw the crowd approaching the front door of the house and she grabbed the first thing she could grab to go outside and keep them at bay. i am on the wall of the patio and i see her in the front yard of thinking, she's now surrounded by these folks, i got to get out there and help her. so i go out in the front yard, too. everybody plays that same 322nd clip that has been put out there. this event lasted 12 or 15 months. the first onslaught is never played on television by any of the news media but i have to tell you when that gate burst open and people started pouring in, it was a terrifying event. >> martha: it's of the sidewalk that we are looking at and the gate, is that gate the gate to your home or the gate to the private area that is part of the place you live? >> it's owned by the residents of portland place. there are 43 homeowners on portland place, of which we are one, and all that common area is owned jointly by the residents of portland place. >> martha: and they were on their way to protest in front of the mayor's residence? is that correct? >> that is not correct. the mayor does not live in my neighborhood. the mayor lives up on the street that is three blocks north and about a half-mile west of my house. in order to get to her house from where they were, to come through portland place, they had to break down my gate, walk about a half a mile and turn north on the street called lake which does not go north, and then break down a gate to get to her. it's commonly reported that they were walking peacefully to the mayor's house but they were not. >> martha: it looks like they were yelling at you, what were they saying? >> they were saying everything. they were screaming insults, the most vile insults about my wife and her female anatomy and the screaming about public property and all kinds of things. but martha in the real world there were hundreds of these people all screaming different things and i wasn't paying any attention to what they were screaming. i was paying attention to trying to keep them back from my house. >> martha: have you ever walked out of your home with their guns drawn as you and your wife did in the past? >> never once in my life. >> martha: let's have a look at what the missouri governor had to say when he spoke with sean hannity the other night. >> will you pardon them? >> without a doubt. i will do everything within the constitution of the state of missouri to protect law-abiding citizens. they had every right to protect their home just like any of us would do. if you have a mob coming toward you, whether they tore down the gate or not, if they come toward you on your property, they don't have a right to do that in a lawful manner -- an unlawful manner? >> martha: how do you feel about this? >> i will say it before and i've said it again, we had a right to do what we did. every single person in that neighborhood was trespassing. they are admitted criminals and then of those people have been charged with anything. we are the only people who have been charged. the day before this event some catholics that were praying up by the statue of st. louis in front of the art museum were beaten by the anarchists. the anarchists who admitted beating this guy and saying specifically, he did so because he was white, he got charged with a misdemeanor. we get charged with felony for doing nothing more than defending ourselves. if we get convicted of felonies, we can't own firearms or practice law. as i have said before and will say again, the circuit attorney has made the decision that her job instead of protecting law-abiding citizens from criminals is to protect the criminals from all abiding citizens and there's something fundamentally wrong with that. >> martha: your attorney in a story that was written, they said that you and your wife are longtime civil rights advocates and that you support the message of the black lives matter movement. can you tell me about that? >> sure. i think albert tries to cut a fine point between the message of black lives matter and the movement which is orchestrated by people that stand for everything that i stand against but we have always been strong advocates of equal justice under the law for all people regardless and we have done civil rights cases, we currently represent a young black man who was wrongfully beaten by the police, but that is entirely different from current black lives matter leadership which as a guest on your show earlier today said, this is a revolution. but they want is a total overthrow of our former government, abolition of democracy and capitalism and, they are being supported unfortunately by elected officials. i never thought i would live long enough in this country to have a fight against marxism described as being divisive. >> martha: and the leadership of that organization has said so quite openly. it's easy for anyone who wants to go online and say about their own movement and themselves, that it's a broader movement expressed by others in the country. thank you for sharing your story, good to see you. >> there has been this long challenge of the chinese communist party and we are setting out clear expectations for how the chinese communist party is going to behave. and when they don't we will take actions to protecting making people, protect our security, our national security. >> melissa: that was secretary of state mike pompeo after the government or to the chinese consulate to a close yesterday. police and firefighters responding to reports last night that documents were being burned in the consulate courtyard. rich edson is live at the state department was more. >> forcing a government to close the consulate is an extraordinary diplomatic step. in this case in a relationship between the u.s. government and china which has deteriorated rapidly since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. state department officials justify closing the houston consulate saying the chinese government has markedly increased over the years it's buying activity across the united states. secretary of state mike pompeo is traveling in denmark, the latest of a series of senior administration officials to meet with european counterparts to coordinate encountering china. >> this is not just american intellectual property, but it cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, good jobs for hardworking people all across europe and america stolen by the chinese communist party. >> just yesterday, the chinese government accused hackers of -- operating consulate in new york, chicago, l.a., san francisco and an embassy here in washington. china's foreign ministry urged the trump administration to invoke what it calls the wrong decision and if not the chinese government will take the necessary countermeasures which likely means requiring the u.s. to close one of its five consulates in china. already this month the administration has authorized sanctions against chinese government officials that are involved in, or benefiting from the slave labor or massive human rights abuses and also revoked of special trading status for hong kong. back to you. >> melissa: thanks for that. >> martha: has a big apple becoming the worst place in the country to do business? 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>> is definitely more at work. but there is no doubt that the way the virus was handled in new york city, we saw a mass exodus. rich folks were able to take a helicopter or a private jet somewhere else and other peoples just couldn't come out of their homes and we have riots for a few weeks. so there are some other short-term factors but melissa, let's face it. the regulatory environment, the permitting environment, the taxing environment in new york city is absolutely awful. mayor de blasio, his ideas that are on the drawing board, for instance paid vacation leave with businesses with just four employees, just think about that for a moment. that's crazy. and it now he's talking about taxing buildings of the storefronts are empty. i don't think a building wants an empty storefront so all of the ideas they are coming up with are only going to make it -- it's more worrisome now. if you are contemplating opening up a retail business in new york, do you do it? do you start a small business knowing he will have all these new regulations and new taxes? and an environment where people are living living the city -- leaving the city wherever they can whether they are rich or poor. >> melissa: the city was facing a shortfall of $7 billion due in part to rich people leaving the state of new york. since the virus has hit and since we'd seen the violence, more rich people have left but it is that working class group that can afford to leave. where are they going to go? they're the ones that are left behind. in my own neighborhood there were a small business owners that ministers stay open and won a riot swept through the only two places within two blocks of me that heather window smashed and were brought to a small business owners who had managed to stay open. so they were hit twice. so how do you help the working-class and poor people who are left behind as the wealthier folks flee new york city? >> you know i think these large progressive cities like new york have crossed the rubicon. i'm not sure what will ever make them do the right thing in terms of core pro-growth and pro-economic policies. even robert rice put out a tweet a couple of weeks ago. i normally don't agree with him in anything, but he talked about the severe income inequality. now you add on to this whole thing, the idea that a lot of people are going to work from home so that foot traffic that you might have gotten, say people coming out of a train station after they've commuted out to the city, it's not going to be there. it's an extraordinarily dire situation and unfortunately all the things that the mayor wants to do, and by the way he is joined by the mayor of san francisco and these other cities, it only hurts. higher taxes and more regulations and punitive punishment, it deters this growth. i feel so badly for people that have taken their life savings and i thought was maybe if i work hard for 20 or 30 years and save my money and open up a store, i could change the direction, the arc of my family's wealth. not just for me, but for my children and my grandchildren and those dreams are being snuffed out and big american cities. >> melissa: the public schools in new york are falling way behind private schools in the number of days that they are being open in the fall and that furs further exacerbates that divide between rich and poor going forward as mayor de blasio refuses to teach working-class children as well. it's really something to watch. i appreciate your time. it's the one more about that coming up and also, another sort of strange move by kanye west sparks growing concern over his mental health and his stability. if you have heard also of the "fiddler on the roof." so what about the fido on the roof? 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>> we would feel bad for this family that appears to be publicly unraveling. keep in mind they have four children together and one of the reasons there is a rift in their marriage right now is become kim kardashian is reportedly really angry with kanye west for admitting that they thought about aborting their oldest daughter and she's worried that one day her oldest daughter will grow up and read that. so you understand where she's coming from. as for kanye west's mental health, he has admitted in separate interviews that he suffers from bipolar disorder and he has also said that he was once addicted to opioids after getting liposuction. he also has said that he has had suicidal thoughts before. he's a very talented and powerful guy with the world at his fingertips and these tweets, you know, they look like a cry for help. >> martha: let's skip forward to the campaign stop in south carolina which we are looking at video live in the background here, and play that. >> my mom saved my life, my dad wanted to abort me. there would have been no kanye west because my dad was too busy. >> martha: it's hard to watch but, one of the things he's been talking about is he wants to discourage people from making that choice. and he feels as if, african-americans have sort of been encouraged in that direction. he talks about by democrats, this is part of what he has said in the past. where do we think all of this is going? i mean, what's the reaction from the kim kardashian camp? >> he's posting these tweets where he appears to be very angry with his wife, and woven into them, you can see there's a lot of love there. one of the tweets was how kim kardashian was trying to send a doctor to wyoming to see him, she's obviously very concerned about what's going on. meanwhile, he is upset because he feels like his movie is, get out, and he's calling his mother-in-law chris johnson. he's an extremely religious person and he has done more to make religion almost cool, more than anyone else. they went up the sunday service. he was in a few months ago seemed like one of the most positive places he had been and maybe he can get back there. carly, thanks very much. melissa? >> melissa: chaos in portland, local leaders demanding federal agents leave but the administration pushing back. live from the white house, next. >> martha: fox news alert, chaos across the country from violent protests to shootings and outward that the president plans to sent federal officers into more cities that are gripped by this crime wave. welcome back everybody to the "america's newsroom," good to be with you this morning. i martha maccallum. >> melissa: and i melissa francis, sandra smith is off. bullets flying outside of a funeral home in chicago with more than a dozen people hurt in the mass shooting. witnesses describing the scene as a war zone with more than 60 shell casings found. this on the heels of the president's plan to send in dozens of federal agents to chicago to help deal with the gun violence. they are already on the scene in portland working to restore peace. as that city sees its 55th night of unrest and violence. he is kellyanne conway on "america's newsroom" earlier. >> two people lost their lives and a lot of property destruction, its called "law & order." we are a nation of law and a nation of order. >> martha: john roberts is at the white house, but first mike tobin in chicago, the sight of a mass shooting at a funeral yesterday evening. good morning, mike. >> good morning, melissa. this is the scene of the shooting out here where so many rounds were shot off. that actually happened after a visitation, not a funeral, for a reputed gangster. we have now the security video, those panicked moments when the gunfire erupted here at 79th street. you can see the people panicking and running. the initial information is that the vehicle that fired the shots will sign an suv but police are now saying it was a stolen chevy malibu. people inside the vehicle opened fire and people from the visitation also returned fire. people on the scene say it was raining bullets and, 14 people were shot but their conditions vary. one person of interest is in custody and occupants of the stolen vehicle fled. chicago's mayor lori lightfoot puts people in the community to enter the code of silence and get police information about the shooting. >> someone listening at this moment knows who is responsible for these and other crimes. someone listening has a valuable information that could lead to their apprehension. and to bring a measure of justice to the victims >> along with the relationship between police and community was broken like i've never seen it before. you are not going to have people come forward and share information with people they don't trust. >> mayor lori lightfoot has changed her at home from saying under no circumstances would she accept trumps federal troops to she would accept some resources from outside agencies. among the victims who were shot in the gunfire in chicago, a 3-year-old girl was shot in the head. >> melissa: in chicago could soon see the feds patrolling the streets to fight crime. today president trump is expected to announce plans to send several federal agencies to fight crime in chicago as well as albuquerque, new mexico. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with the details. john? >> good morning tio. it's actually a little different than federal officers patrolling the streets but what the president will do this afternoon in the east room of the white house is given update on what is called operation legend that's been going on in kansas city where federal officers from the fbi and the atf, the u.s. marshals service and the dea have been partnering with local law enforcement there to fight crime in the city. the operation was named for legend talavera, a 4-year-old boy who was shot and killed while he slept. so what the president is going to do this afternoon is an expansion of operation legend into both chicago and albuquerque. the initial plan, mind you come up with to send 150 federal officers into chicago but that plan has been pulled back. instead, and i stress, instead, the president is expected to announce about 100 personnel from the fbi, u.s. marshals service, dea and etf who are currently assigned to chicago. they live and work there, and they will be loaned to doj to assist local law enforcement in fighting crime in the city. it's a program that lori lightfoot appeared to sign onto yesterday. >> unlike what happened in portland to come up what we will receive his resources that going to plug in to the existing federal agencies that we work with on a regular basis to help manage and suppress violent crimes in our city. i have been very clear, we welcome actual partnership but we do not welcome dictatorship. >> the white house is confident that the partnership will be effective but the press secretary continues to have harsh words for lightfoot and other democratic mayors. listen to what kayleigh mcenany said in the "the daily briefing." >> mayor lightfoot has lost control of her city and mayor bill de blasio of new york city has lost control of his city. these democratic governors have lost control of their streets and at least in misery, got a governor who came to the president and said i want federal help. make sure what happened to legend never happens again. >> of the former vice president and presumed democratic nominee joe biden continues his blanket criticism of president trump on law and saying, we have a president who is determined to sell chaos and division to make matters worse instead of better. we need a president who will bring us together instead of tear us apart and enforce the law faithfully rather than put his political interests first. officials and albuquerque were apoplectic about the idea of federal forces coming into their city, but we will see how they responded now that this program appears to be different. again, melissa, this is not sending federal troops into chicago or albuquerque, this is not federal police like we see in portland, but this is a signing officers, u.s. marshals and dea who are already in the cities to work with local law enforcement. it's a blending of local federal resources who are already in place which i think the city leaders will think it's far different than what we see going on in portland. that announcement is expected to come this afternoon at 315 at the white house. >> melissa: it sounds like a sensible solution. >> marthaspeak one of them as oe affected cities are not the only ones coming out against bringing federal officers and in the portland models and other democrats are also blasting the move. watch. >> this is nothing short of a racially incendiary attempt to make people afraid and seem like just like nixon david and others that he's been some kind of strong "law & order" person when he really is not doing the kinds of things that would help mayors like i was to lower the crime. >> martha: joining us now is charlie hurt, writer at "the washington times" and opening editor as well. welcome judy and charlie, good to have both of you with us. i want to get both of you to react to it senator booker just said because this is a narrative that we are hearing a lot of, that the president is just sort of ramping this up and sending in troops to sort of puff up his own reputation as a "law & order" leader. charlie, what do you say to that? >> i understand the impulse to leave a place like portland, oregon. if they want to bring the city down and let them burn the city down but the president has an obligation to protect people's constitutional rights. local officials are refusing to do that, they are refusing to protect people's rights, to peaceful assembly and free speech and that is the result of this writing. so local -- if local officials are either too afraid to do it or to politically warped to do that, the president has no choice but to send in, or convert federal authorities who are already there over to a peacekeeping mission. people's constitutional rights are at stake and the president has taken an oath of office to protect us constitutional rights. >> martha: judy, just to reiterate what cory booker said in that sound bite, he said this is nothing short of a racially incendiary attempt to make people afraid of. her thoughts? >> i think mr. booker is right, and i think charlie is completely wrong. charlie is a good conservative, you should know that our constitution is designed and our laws and our procedures and traditions are designed to diffuse power, to give the most power to people at the local level and this is especially true in the law enforcement, education and other functions that touches people's lives. most of portland is not on fire, there is one area that wasn't injured. at the local people and of the governor of the state said they didn't want to help and didn't need the help and that it was actually making things worse. that's what other mayors, even republican mayors are saying all over the country including jacksonville, said he doesn't want federal troops to patrol his streets and that is where donald trump is planning to have at least part of his convention. >> i appreciate your states rights argument but the bottom line is, if people's constitutional rights are being undermined, as they are being undermined in these circumstances, the president does have an obligation to protect those constitutional rights and that has been part of the american way since the beginning. and thank goodness, there are a lot of good examples were presidents have moved into protect people's constitutional rights. on top of that we also have several buildings under attack. >> what is more essential than the right to protest in the right to protest peacefully? the fact that the anarchists have infiltrated some of these protests does not mean that the situation is out of control. new york can handle it -- >> martha: we are seeing sledgehammers and attacks on police officers, massive discussing defacing buildings. you have a federal building in which they tour the fence down and climbed over the fence onto federal properties of the government is supposed to just stand back and allow the federal property to be distracted? >> no. absolutely not. the government has a right to protect federal property but the governor and of the mayor are saying that the troops that came in were not trained to handle local protests. they didn't know how to work with people. they were not identified, they were inflaming the situation and making matters worse. this is not about protecting our interests or the people of portland or chicago, it's about donald trump's reelection and his law and order scene in which he has hammered out to the tune of $20 million in 20 days of ads. >> martha: i just watched two people in chicago who are on the street talking about what's going on in their neighborhood and they are saying please send federal help, my neighborhood is completely disintegrating. so i don't know what to do for those people. today, thank you as always, charlie, thank you as always. good to have both of you here. melissa? >> melissa: we have a fox news alert for you now. we are learning that now there have been three arrests made in that murder. the mergers and shootings that happened the last friday in central florida in a town called frostproof. we've been telling you about it all week, three individuals were set upon by others who shot and murdered them. from the scene one of the victims called his father and we have heard from that father and now we are learning that three arrests in that case have been made. we will give you more information just as soon as we have it. again, three arrests now made in the murders of the individuals who are looking at on your screen right there. this is the sheriff talking about it. we will give you more details as they come. that's a shot of the suspect right there. we will give you more details after the break. steve linick that's a big development, we will get back to that in just a moment. also coming up, chinese secrets up in smoke as the scramble to get information out of american hands by burning it last night after the white house ordered a chinese consulate closed in houston. a dramatic escalation between the united states and china on this and now china promises that they will get revenge. all of that happening is the feds catch chinese hackers trying to steal research on current virus vaccines and today, the warning that we could be headed towards a new cold war between our two countries and we will discuss that straight ahead. stay with us. >> there has been this long challenge of the chinese communist party stealing intellectual property. with actually talked about this, president trump has said enough. with the va streamline refi. at newday there's no income verification, no appraisal, and not a single dollar out of pocket. one call can save you $3000 a year. but this, this is the future. the future of communicating of hearing and connecting with life. and this, is eargo. no appointments no waiting no hassles. and they are practically invisible in your ear. now you see it. now you don't. if you have hearing loss now is the time to do something about it. we're here and ready to help you with your hearing loss. call now to save $300 on our best hearing loss solution. moms love that land o' frost premium sliced meats have no by-products. 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>> right. while the chinese have used their embassy in washington and their consulates throughout our country to conduct propaganda and espionage operations. houston is a major industrial base known for aeronautics and energy and manufacturing and i'm sure that china is trying to target houston private sector for collection of espionage. houston is also the home to gh america, a wholly-owned chinese subsidiary at which i purchased 100 acres of land to the so they could spy on laughlin air force base. i'm quite sure that the fbi has a number of cases investigating against chinese espionage in the houston area but this probably won't come to life because they are classified unless there is legal action that is taken that i think this is the first step in eliminating that threat that china poses. >> martha: so there was a bonfire in the yard of that embassy that's being shut down. do you think valuable evidence is gone or do you think by the time you're shutting down to see you already have a lot of the details? >> while they certainly used electronic communication i would say for some of the most sensitive details and i can only speculate about the things that they are burning. but for sure, it's going to be a time of disruption for china because all of their consulate officers who were out conducting propaganda and espionage and other things will have to go home and 72 hours and that means that they can't do that work anymore in houston and either it's not going to happen or somebody else will have to try to step in and do it. >> melissa: and so what does it mean for the relationship between the u.s. and china? because you know, you think back and it wasn't really that many months ago that we were on our way to a new trade deal. it seemed like some of the fights at least over intellectual property or unfair trade practices were getting resolved and now, that seems like it was years ago, between the coronavirus and also what has happened in hong kong and of the hoarding of democracy there. where do we go from here? with this relationship? >> you are right. if you look at the contours of our relationship in the china comic china is militarizing the south china sea, we have mounted operations in that area to counter china. they packed into opm years ago and they are running all sorts of -- we are under siege from chinese espionage operations targeting our national purity of professionals and coronavirus research. china has also reportedly discussed with iran a $400 billion deal which would increase investment and defense and intelligence collaboration. all of this as a hallmarks over the horizon of what looks like a 21st century cold war. when you look at iran potentially becoming a client state of china or proxy of china and it diplomatic expulsions and the trade war that you mention, and the sanctions, all of those things certainly would lend us, cause us some concern that is where we are headed in at the heart of it are our ideals. principles, liberty, freedom, democracy, extensional threats to chinese autocracy and that's unfortunately where we are right now. >> melissa: so what do you think going forward, sometimes we have to do business with people we don't agree with. yet farmers who want to export their products, do you think that that part of the deal stays together or gets done really quick? >> i think president reagan left a shining example of how we counter the soviet union and afghanistan and other places but same only simultaneously control our arms agreements. china is willing to do it but we also have to count for them as well at the same time. >> melissa: dan hoffman, thank you so much for your time. speed when an illegal immigrant is accused of driving drunk and accused of killing three law enforcement officers. why the suspect failed to be deported for years despite having a lengthy criminal record. we will talk about that. plus president trump changing his tune on covid-19 morning that the pandemic could get worse before it gets better, karl rove weighs in with about 100 days to go until the election and he's up next. >> president trump: no one will ever maybe fully understand it but we will end up with a cure and end up with therapeutics and we will end up with vaccine very soon. ♪ ♪ the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. in a highly capable lexus suv. at the golden opportunity sales event. get zero percent financing on all 2020 lexus models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >> martha: at the bronx man accused of throwing a brick at an nypd officer is now out of jail, freed after posting is $5,000 bail. christopher carrero was arrested on monday in connection with the incident that happened back in may during a george protest. the officer w hit in the helmet and suffered cuts and bruises to his face. guerrero is charged with assault and rioting. in california, a man arrested for auto theft 13 times within a three month period and the state's emergency no bail policy is being blamed for it. police say the 24-year-old was arrested and then released multiple times between april 28 and june 15 and his bail was set for $0 to reduce the local prison population amid the pandemic after he was held when the emergency no bail program had ended. >> melissa: a horrifying road crash leaving three dead in texas, sparking outrage. the driver was intoxicated and an illegal immigrant with a criminal record. william la jeunesse is live with more. >> i was told by an ice source yesterday that this gentleman did not meet the enforcement priorities of the obama administration which is why he was still in the country. so the thin blue line is a national motorcycle club and some 300 members were riding saturday when a drunk driver crashed crossed the median with his truck killing three and injuring four more critically. the driver avoided deportation once from a previous dui and was out on a $65,000 bond for hitting a man with his truck and biting off his gear. robles was allegedly driving drunk by noon on saturday when he plowed into a group of 25 riders northwest of san antonio in cook county texas. killed in the crash, jerry harber of houston, road name wings, and michael white, an officer in suburban chicago. the code if you knew jerry, he loved him. he was just one of those types of guys. he could sit down and talk of fence posts into answering him. we called him gt. he was the president of our chicago chapter. michael white, his nickname was "psycho," don't ask. [laughs] was engaged to be married, 22 years old. >> this is a video from that morning, he was convicted in 2016 for abating and resisting arrest, he faced charges in 2018 for hitting a victim with his truck and biting off a portion of his gear. >> at some point along the line in his criminal history, he should have been arrested. then, when they found out that he was here illegally, he should have either been in jail or not in our country. and it's that simple. >> he faces three counts of intoxicated manslaughter, as to why he wasn't deported after that 2015 conviction or the 2016 dui, i said under the obama administrations, prosecutorial discretion rules, duis are considered nonviolent and therefore not deportable but that is not the case now. melissa? >> melissa: william la jeunesse, thank you. such a sad story. speak to our goal is not merely to manage the pandemic but to ef it as soon as we can and that is why getting a vaccine remains a top priority. >> martha: president trump pledging a strong response to the pandemic and rapid distribution of the first available vaccine, when it comes on board. it could be as early as the beginning of next year. those comments coming during his first coronavirus briefing in months, since april i believe. the president taking a more disciplined approach and karl rove karl rove, white house deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor, good to have you here today. what was your assessment of that briefing yesterday, is at the turn indirection that may make a difference in some of the poll numbers for the president? >> i think the president's team hope so because it is a pretty dramatic change. he was disciplined, focused, restrained and short and i think that's what his team has been asking for much earlier and i think they are hoping that this is still done in time. this is what we want to see. commander in chief, he had a message, didn't sugarcoat it and on the other hand he did point out that there are things that we are doing that are going to confront this and i thought it was a good performance. i know from several of his team members that this is what they've been working for and hoping for. >> martha: what your assessment as we are about 100 days from the election and we look forward to a question i've covered many presidential elections but i haven't seen a new cycle like the one that we've been living in. you go back to impeachment and you think about all the things that we have all sort of prepared for as the front burner issue heading into this election, and it has changed between the coronavirus and the economy, the comeback from the economy and all of it. how do you see the next three months playing out? >> i wrote about this last week in "the wall street journal," there is no model for this. we are not going to see big rallies and the idea of getting in a boss and spending a couple of days going through central ohio, it's not going to happen. they are not getting in an airplane and hitting four or five states in the day, we will see a much different kind of campaign because of covid-19. we will see more i think set piece speeches like we saw from joe biden. he gave a set piece speech to announce his economic plan, a set piece speech to give the green new deal and yesterday day at child care speech. he put out a 110 page position paper and i think social media is going to matter more than before and at the debates will play an even bigger role than they have had since at least the 1980 debate because it's going to be the point at which most americans see these two men at that. now there is a weird thing going on here which is biden has benefited this far from this kind of a campaign because he doesn't get ask tough questions. he holds the speeches and that way soft questions and so he subjects himself to friendly interrogators. he went on joy reid's program and she said describe what you would do next year different about coronavirus. he proceeded to list and order a series of things which he would do, all of which had already been done. he's not getting a tough question because he's not going to say, you know what, there's already been a commander appointed for the vaccine production rollout, they've already got money to help small businesses stay together, all these things that he said he will do next year have already been done but we are in an environment in which neither the president or joe biden are going to get tough questions for the press unless they subject themselves willingly to them like trump data with chris wallace on sunday. >> martha: a short day. we would love to talk to vice president joe biden, the americans want to hear questions asked of these candidates and that's what needs to happen. thank you so much karl rove. >> melissa: the body of another soldier found it near fort hood. this is a third death there in a month. details on that i had to. plus, a leaked draft of the democratic party platform shows joe biden could back any of bernie sanders' proposals. how far left could party go? that is next. >> this is about dignity and respect for working people and that's precisely what this election is all about, dignity and respect pockets for when it matters most find out more at usaa.com >> melissa: for the third time in a month, the body of the u.s. soldiers stationed at fort hood has been discovered. army officials identified the soldier as 26-year-old private made war more time. his death comes after the murders and that the remains of private first class vanessa >> bretguillen were found east e texas space. also the remains of army private gregory morales were discovered in nearby coding texas. foul play is suspected in both those cases. >> martha: a leaked draft of the democratic party's 2020 platform showing how to the left the party has moved. they are raising limits on prosecuting law enforcement and other policies i could possibly cause moderate votes. let's bring in hosea reese to former department of defense secretary. i want to start with the sound bite from senator ted cruz who, it won't surprise you, it's critical of what has surfaced in this. watch this. >> what we are seeing right now, the democrats have unleashed the craziest and angriest voices in their party and we are and seeing extreme radicals and we are seeing them advocate socialism and seeing them advocate autonomous zone's. given a month ago if i had come on your show and said the democrats want to abolish the police, you would have laughed at me and said come on, that's ridiculous, they are not quite that far out there but that's where they are. >> martha: jose, what do you say to that criticism? >> it's good messaging but it's obviously a lie. we've known that joe biden, and that the party nominee does not want to defund the police. the task force that he put together, he agreed with the center of information and joe biden has also said it will be a moderate candidate so what ted is referring to as democrats being radical is not true. it's just politics, it's messaging. he's going to try to do that, and he's trying to push fake news messages to the people. >> martha: here's a piece from "the washington post" that outlines a platform. the draft recognizes in broad strokes with the shift has gone from far more emphasis such as climate change and police brutality and a new proposal for a national commission to study slavery, reparations and the lasting effects of other forms of institutionalized racism. i want to get your thoughts on that but i wanted to point out, you said joe biden doesn't want to defund the police. he would reallocate funds to two other things which essentially lowers the funding and the police department, does it not? >> the economist and chief or president of united states, you can do that in many departments. >> martha: it that takes money away from the police, essentially based on what he says. >> defunding the police, taking the whole amount of money from the police is totally different. that puts the department and a whole different branch. you have to make tough decisio decisions, and now republicans are going to defund the military which is not true. they might take the wasteful spending in washington, day after day, that's what they are getting at. >> martha: it no matter what side of the aisle you are on, the idea that anyone will get rid of wasteful spending in washington, honestly for either party, is laughable. if that is something at the forefront of the democrats platform for the 2020 election, i think everyone has missed that part and there is an awful lot of spending in that platform. the only thing that looks like it's defunded possibly as ice or protection of the border. >> again, you look at republicans ten years ago when obama was president and we were doing the stingless package, an individual into the companies, they save the republicans are spending too much money. now they are doing the same thing with a similar check, and now it's okay to spend money. the hypocrisy from republicans day after day, i think that's what -- of the american people are going into this election with open eyes. they give them a chance, promise after promise and nothing got done. they got tired of it, and sadly with the coronavirus front and center, we could alleviate and not have so many -- of the irresponsibly that donald trump put forward. >> martha: jose, thank you. that side of the aisle might have a different response. good to speak with you. always a pleasure. melissa? >> melissa: violent protests spiraling out of control, causing millions of dollars in damage. now there is a plan to make local officials pay for failing to protect people and property. hike! simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500! coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >> texas senator ted cruz is working to will financially during the violent protest. introducing a bill that would allow victims to sue local officials for failing to stop the chaos. thomas dupre is a former deputy assistant attorney general thank you for so much for joining us. this is a question a lot of people have asked that if local authorities move out of the way and they they allow your home or business to be destroyed or your family to be hurt after have you paid taxes to be protected what is your recourse? do we have any right now and who would this bill change things? >> yeah, melissa, this is the issue here is that the most fundamental responsibility of state and local government is to protect their open citizens and the property of their citizens. and when you have a situation where state or local officials are basically abdicating that duty by saying we are going to permit this area of our city to be an autonomous zone the question is who is going to be protecting the citizens and the property and who is going to be holding these elected officials accountable if something should happen. it's difficult if not impossible to hold those officials liable, at least in a court of law. at the ballot box you could. i think this is senator cruz's effort to fix that hole and give people a remedy in this situation. melissa melissa so, do you think that it will pass and what does that look like? he a proposing three times the damages. i don't know how you quantify physical injury. >> yeah. it's an aggressive piece of legislation, no question about it. and, look, got two mechanisms in here. one mechanism is to allow people to sue local officials directly for money damages. the second thing is a way to cut off federal funding, grant money and the like for any cities or localities that permit these autonomous zones. i suspect if this bill were to become law, you would probably see a constitutional challenge because under our constitution have the right to run their own police. >> melissa: tom dupree, it's a very interesting question because i have talked to a lot of people who have had their property destroyed and been told that insurance doesn't cover it, you know, for whatever reason, you know, related to the riots or related to anything that has been going on. so, a lot of people wondering about this. we will follow it. thank you for coming on today. martha? >> martha: thanks, melissa. a special day in the u.k. for the country's future king. there he is. that is next. new microban 24 watch as microban 24 kills 99.9% of bacteria... and then, even after multiple touches, keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. i trust microban 24 to keep killing bacteria for 24-hours. the course structure the it just suits my life perfectly because i am a mom, i'm a wife. and i was able to complete those short courses- five to six weeks- and then move onto the next until i reached my goal. book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. >> melissa: british royal family prince george celebrates his 7th birthday. mother kate duchess of cambridge snapping pictures to share with the world. george is the oldest child of the duchess and prince william and third in line to the throne after his grandfather and his dad. martha, i remember the day he was born. you were on the air someone said to you why are we so focused on this? you said it is a joyous event. it is the birth of a child. seems like that was yesterday. >> martha: a lot of fun. like a different world seven years ago on that street. we wish him a happy birthday. great being with you today. outnumbered starts. >> melissa: absolutely, you too. >> martha: starts a few seconds from now. see you tonight at 7:00, everybody. ♪ >> harris: we begin with this fox news alert. just hours from now president trump is set to announce plans to the activate federal officers on the ground in chicago to help reduce crime there. chicago mayor lori lightfoot has accused the president of trying to terrorize her city by threatening to send in outside federal forces. counselor to the president kellyanne conway says the administration is doing what is necessary to keep americans safe. >> we're not instigating. we are responding. they are instigating. they are instigating these crimes. people say that about this president and that is politics. it's not. it's called law and order. we are a nation of laws and we are a nation of order

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