His comments drew a sharp response from the candidates campaign. Correspondent Kristin Fisher starts us out tonight from the white house. Good evening. Good evening, john. President trump is finishing up a full day in battleground florida with a fundraiser tonight, earlier in the day he held a roundtable meeting with a group of venezuelan americans, that i vote for joe biden would be like voting for Nicolas Maduo socialist regime back in venezuela. Joe biden and the radical left are trying to impose the same system, socialism plus, biden is a puppet of Bernie Sanders, aoc, the militant left. Trying to tie his 2020 opponent to the far left wing of his party. Sounded very similar to President Trumps America First agenda. We can use it to buy American Products and support american drops. My administration will support two simple rules. Buy american and higher americ american. Buy american and hire american. He accused biden of stealing his message. He plagiarized from me, but he can never pull it off, he likes plagiarizing. Its very radical left but he said the right things, the differences he cant do it. Donald trump just threw a tantrum that he himself was a radical leftist. Siding with Corporate Board rooms and his big money donors as the Campaign Heats up, so two cases of coronavirus across the sun belt. We are still fighting it, we will do very well. Resident trumps fighting it while keeping the nations Infectious Disease expert at arms length. Dr. Anthony fauci said he last saw President Trump on june 2nd and has not personally briefed him in at least two months. I have a reputation and hes probably figured out, of speaking the truth i at all times and not sugarcoating things and that may be one of the reasons why i havent been on television very much lately. Dr. Fauci is a nice man but hes made a lot of mistakes. Today another member of the Coronavirus Task force, dr. Deborah birx said Something Else not quite in line with what President Trump has said. She said there will be an increase in deaths in the United States due to the coronavirus very soon, john. John earlier today we got word that President Trump may by the end of today issue a commutation of the sentence for his friend roger stone. Read the tea leaves for us, where are we had on this. I asked President Trump about this and he said hes still looking it, he thinks that roger stone, his former friend and ally was very unfairly treated anns time is really running out for roger stone, he is due to report to prison in just four days on july 14th and hes expected, facing up to three years in prison for charges stemming from the Mueller Investigation and he has said in news reports that he is praying for a pardon and President Trump has said that those prayers may be answered but so far, john, that answer tonight has not come. But as you know better than anybody else, this white house loves to drop a bomb like this on a friday night. John it does, the only thing constant is the uncertainty there. Kristin fisher at the white house, thanks so much. The World Health Organizations reporting a record increase in global coronavirus cases, says total infections rose by more than 228,024 hours. Johns Hopkins University says thursdays count of more than 63,000 was a record here in the United States. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest for us tonight atlanta. With 11,433 new cases, florida reported its secondhighest oneday increase. An 11yearold with numerous underlying conditions as among the 93 newly confirmed deaths. Despite the uptick in florida cases, Governor Ron Desantis reiterated his commitment to reopen schools in august. The cost of not giving kids an option to be able to have inperson instruction is enormous. Even as the governor echoed the American Academy of pediatrics guidance from last week, the group seemingly joins paths and joints two teachers unions in issuing a cautionary decision. Public Health Agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics. Disney world is moving ahead with plans to reopen its Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom theme parks to the general public on saturday. Annual passholders got an early preview of the park which now require everyone two and older to wear face masks. Citing increasing cases in michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order today requiring businesses to deny entry to people who refuse to wear face coverings. Imposing a 500 fine for those who fail to mask up in public spaces and crowded outdoor settings. In the last six weeks, cases have more than doubled. Today the World Health Organization reported 12 million cases worldwide. The w. H. O. Has updated its covid19 guidance to include the possibility the virus may remain infectious for long periods of time in the air in poorly ventilated indoor spaces. But since further research is needed. And the organizations web site now acknowledges, yes, infected people can transmit the virus both when they have symptoms and when they dont have symptoms. Some officials are concerned that a symptomatic young people are further spreading the virus, South CarolinaGovernor Henry Mcmaster today signed an order requiring restaurants and bars to stop serving alcohol after 11 00 p. M. It takes effect on saturday and the idea is it will dissuade young people from late night gatherings. John . John this thing keeps throwing us curveballs. Thanks. Tonight we take a look at coronavirus testing, what we know and what we do not know. The facts and the myths. Heres correspondent doug mckelway. Scaling up testing overnight is always challenging, you cant go from having x tests to 2x tests overnight. A covid19 test company tasked with testing the big surges. The test requires patients to cough into their elbow three times, causing long microparticles to mix with saliva. The patients mouth a swab, results come back with a 90 accuracy reading. The surges occurring amidst confusion and mixed messaging. We are seeing early indications of a percent of positive testing flattening in arizona and florida and texas. Governors in each of those states have taken strong steps to flatten the curve. That wednesday, and from the Vice President came as reports surfaced of long lines at arizona testing sites. One emergency room told fox news yesterday i could not find a single hospital bed, i see you or otherwise, in the entire greater houston area. The number of tests per day in the u. S. Is about to 640,000 on average but new infections or topping 50,000 per day. President trump has repeatedly offered this explanation for the surge. Everybody says we have so many cases, thats because we test so many people. Treatment is Getting Better but theres no evidence that the virus has mutated into a milder form. Unfortunately its like the bed in a few weeks we will also see an uptick in deaths. Rather than complete complete shutdown, dr. Faucis urging a middle way. I think we need to get to states pausing in their opening process. In canada, 18 Public Health officials have written Prime Minister trudeau asking him to admit some casualties. We need to accept that covid19 will be with us for quite some time. John certainly doesnt look like its going away anytime soon. Thanks. The socalled canceled culture strikes again ahead of a primarily hispanic food company taking serious criticism for his praise yesterday of President Trump. National correspondent william la jeunesses los angeles with the details. We are all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder. The latest target of cancel culture. Dont care how good their beans taste, byebye, goya. Americans should think twice about buying their products. Im not going to apologize. A Dozen Companies are boycotting facebook for not censoring President Trump. While activists hope to punish Mark Zuckerberg by taking his name off a hospital he funded. See if this wildfire spreads. From removing statues to renaming schools and even products. Erased for being insensitive. Im concerned about unpopular views being jettisoned in favor of those that we agree with and only those we agree with. This week, 153 prominent artists and intellectuals including gloria steinem, known chomsky and j. K. Rowling warned against the intolerance of opposing views. The lifeblood of a liberal societys daily becoming more constricted. There is a regime of intimidation against differences of opinion. Jimmy kimmel apologize for a black face get 20 years ago, the New York Times editor was forced to resign because of a u. S. Senators commentary. Actor terry crews attacked this week for hoping black lives matter doesnt morph into a pickle black lives matter. Ironically the harpers letter itself created a backlash on the left. The authors belittled as privileged and selfimportant with one saying that cancel culture doesnt exist. John thank you. About 100 ford employees are asking the automaker to reconsider Building Police vehicles. The Detroit Free Press reports ford executives have also fielded questions during at least one virtual town hall and in a series of letters since the death of george floyd in late may. Wards chief Communications Officer says the Company Wants to hear from all employees and be transparent about its decisions. Optimism over the prospects for the coronavirus treatment stocks up, the dow gained 369 today, s p 500 finished ahead 33, nasdaq rose 70 and yes, thats another record close. The dow was up almost a full percentage point, s p gained one and three quarters, nasdaq up 4 . Amazon is not ordering employees to delete the Popular Video app tiktok from phones on which they use amazon email. The company sent out a correction today saying it sent to the original demand out in error. The initial directive cited Security Risk from the chinaowned app. China is rejecting any prospect of joining a Nuclear Arms Limitation talks with United States, beijing says the u. S. Is neither serious nor sincere on the subject. Tonights the state Department Correspondent rich edson tells us what is to make it all means. Chinas message to the United States, stop inviting us. Despite multiple invitations, chinese diplomats refused to join the u. S. And russia in arms control negotiations. The u. S. Knows it only too well. Even distorts our positioning. China said it would be happy to join the discussions only if the u. S. Reduced its Nuclear Arsenal to chinas level. The state Department Took that to welcome chinas commitment to negotiate and promised to send another invitation. During a week when the u. S. Also levied sanctions on chinese officials for human rights abuses and floated banning chinese apps like tiktok in the u. S. There is a push to also confront china to international groups. What a future looks like with china at the helm, thats not a place where most western countries really want to be. He argues that while imperfect International Institution should offer the u. S. To demand the opportunity to curb chinas activities. And detaining foreign citizens. Over beijings objections, the u. S. Has pushed the World Health Organization to include taiwan in its discussions, given its success in fighting the coronavirus. The administration is now withdrawing from the w. H. O. , though its promising to still try to reform it. Administration officials have promised more in the u. S. Response to china, especially its suppression of muslims. The administration has issued a warning to businesses that may profit from slave labor in china. John rich edson at the state department, thank you. Up next, just how far left joe biden might have to go to get the support of progressives. Heres what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering tonight. The city prepares for tropical storstorm faye. It is expected to bring 24 inches of rain with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the midatlantic and southern new england. Box 26 in bismarck as a federal judge rejects a request of the operator of the dakota axis pipeline to hold in order to shut down during a lengthy environmental review, the did my decision effectively sends a case to a panel of judges on the u. S. Court of appeals for the District Of Columbia circuit. A live look at chicago from fox 32, the big story there tonight, deerfield illinois based walgreens joins other major retailers promising to stop selling coconut milk products from some company ds in thailand. 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By the democrats do this . Bernie sanders tell npr, the goal of the task force was to move the Biden Campaign and as progressive a direction as possible and i think we did that but will progressives be happy . Because bidens at 700 billion economic plan. The federal government spends taxpayers money, we should use it to buy American Products. Actually sounds to sound like a republican proposal. Two days ago he was plagiarizing Bernie Sanders and now yesterday for all to see he was plagiarizing donald trump, buy american. Biden himself has admitted that on some big issues he is influenced by bernie. Free Public University tuition. And thats right there on page 25 of the Unity Task Force recommendations. We will fight to make public colleges and universities tuition free for students whose families earn less than, we are going to at at last bill the Health Care System the American People deserve, when that finally provides universal health care coverage. There are limits to how far he will go. Bernie and the other supporters of medicare for all wont tell you how much it costs. Its not yet clear how many recommendations biden will adopt but he is calling this document was so much sanders and put bold and transformative so a lot has changed since the september debate when biden tried to denigrate sanders by calling him a socialist. Thats all just the