steve: meanwhile vice president mike pence assuring the american people the president s decisive action will keep americans safe. ainsley: aishah hasnie joins us more from the newsroom with the latest casey cases from california. a little scary. it is. 8400 people right now in california are being watched for symptoms of this virus. this as president trump may use special war powers to fast track the production of face masks. the u.s. actually needs 300 million specialized masks but only has around 12 million. reuters is reporting this morning that the president plans to invoke the defense production act to call on american factories to quickly produce these masks. meantime the cdc is expected to send more test kits to california which only has about 200 of them left. this is crucial. as the northern california woman who mysteriously got the virus without ever going to china wasn t tested for it for four days despite requests from hospital staff. california is also at the c
which you were talking about, brian. griff general kings is live down in washington with president trump s reaction to the unrest overnight. griff, what else the latest. good morning ainsley, brian and steve. not happy because civil unrest is returning to the streets of d.c. specifically in that area north of the white house where all the activity has been going on. remember mayor bowser pro-k4r5eu78d this the black lives matter plaza. trying to something similar to seattle. calling it the black house autonomous zone vandalizing that church spray painting wbhaz on its pillars. same church they set on fire last month. tried to tear down andrew jackson statue andrew park. thwarted by d.c. police. the president tweeted. this numerous rules people tweeted this numerous people. imagine any if i sent statue of andrew jackson in addition to the exterior defacing of st. john s church across the street. 10 years in prison under the veterans memorial preservation act. beware. tweet
north korea, they can t each feed their own people. this is a little flea. jim gave it his all and then he just kept giving. thank you for your service and your sacrifice. [applause] let s get it started let s get it started in here let s get it started. let s get started. steve: let s get august started. today is august 1st, 2017. ainsley: we welcome in august. come on in august. todd: that s good camera work, august. steve: ed, you pete, you know, you have been watching for a very long time. just kind of the dog days of news. there is not a lot going on. usually. not this time. ainsley: there is a lot going on. general kelly was sworn in as the new chief of staff yesterday as you know. and anthony scaramucci lost his job. pete: did you your research. steve: on day one yesterday. john kelly brought in his aides and said he will impose military discipline on the west wing boy do they need it. they have got a full plate. got to worry about north korea, russia,
embarrassment. his view many people around him being in compliance means they get a nuclear weapon later. waking up in total darkness this morning after taking a direct hit from hurricane maria. first lady melania trump speaking at event at united nations about protecting our children. we need to step up, come together, and ensure that our children s future is bright i m on top of the world i m on top of the world hey steve: on top of studio f here mezzanine level. ainsley: the vice president is going to join us at 8:00. we also have bill cassidy a senator who is also a doctor who has written with senator lindsey graham. steve: key give me a flu shot? ainsley: he probably could. it is that time, isn t it? brian: bit concerned about the imagine dragons. ainsley: how many people are in the band? brian: some people there. how do they get paid? like elo some people in the band they couldn t make a profit. ainsley: how many people are in the band? brian: fo
barbecue. ainsley: ribs, chicken. come out there if you are in new york 48th and sixth avenue. free concert. phil vassar used to write songs for so many award singers. pete: award-winning. ainsley: he started singing himself. now he has all these top hits. his little girl was in one of the videos when she was it bitty. and now she is grown up. pete: i set my clock by friday summer concert series. otherwise i wouldn t know what day of the week. steve: goofed to have you here. brian is off today. pete just concluded one week in a small cabin with how many children. pete: seven kids in wisconsin. it was fantastic. upon to an, bonfire, water skiing, all that stuff. ton of fun. good to be back. ainsley: a lot of chaos. pete: a lot of news went on while i was gone. steve: no, slow news day. something happened yesterday. ainsley: that brings to us a fox news alert. iran is now denying that the u.s. shot down one of its drones over international waters as tensions reach a fever pitch