I am neil cavuto and this is p21, and a political world at that. Good afternoon to you. Its always tradition during the week of convention at the candidate is out there doing all sorts of Campaign Events on our road to the convention. That big acceptance speech on thursday night seems a lot different this year with coronavirus. President trump tried to show hes different than joe biden as well. Joe biden was at home in wilmington, delaware, while their president was output of the president doing sort of a road to the convention if you will culminating with his big speech on thursday. Im just outside the mellon auditorium in Downtown Washington which is where donald trump jr. And senator tim scott, nikki haley and others will be speaking tonight. The theme tonight in the land of promise. That president will be a sort of highlighting the accomplishments that he and his administration have been making over the past 3. 5 years as he sees them. The president earlier today dropping into the convention in charlotte, North Carolina, thanking people for coming out and nominating him. Because it was right in the middle of the nomination process. The president also taking a swing at roy cooper for not allowing the Republican National committee to hold a full convention there in the queen city. Listen to what the president said. President trump i just want to thank the people of North Carolina, because to be honest with you, i felt an obligation to be here. You have a governor who is in a total shutdown move. A guarantee on november 4th, it will all open up. These democratic governors love shut down until after the election is over, because they want to make our numbers look as bad as possible. The Trump Campaign releasing what president Trumps Campaign would be. Creating a million new small businesses, cutting taxes as well as signing new trade deals. The president also wants a return to normal next year by eradicating coronavirus. Bring back a Million Manufacturing jobs in reliance on china. Health care reform, School Choice for every child under the heading of education reform. Illegal immigration and an american first foreign policy. The president warned about mass unsolicited mail in voting continuing his warnings that it could rig the election. Listen here. President trump 80 million in mailin ballots that they are working on sending them out to people that didnt ask for them. They didnt ask, they just get them. And its not fair, and its not right. You have to watch, because bad things happened last time with the spying on our campaign. This time, they are trying to do it with the whole post office scam. Neil the president warning that the democrats are trying to use the coronavirus to steal election. We will hear from the president a lot more today. He has the farmers to families food box events going on right now in North Carolina. He has two appearances at the convention tonight. One appearance will be First Responders and the coronavirus crisis. One of the other events is going to be the president meeting with hostages from places like north korea and iran who have been brought home during the trump administration. Unlike his rival, joe biden, neil, there president showing that he is getting out there and doing things during his convention, not just sitting back and waiting for his Big Convention speech on thursday. Neil absolutely, and many speeches ahead of that. The zinger you had toward the Democratic North Carolina governor about limiting what the republicans could do, the irony of course is they were the same limitations in the alternate side of jacksonville, florida, that ultimately prompted the same covid19 distancing concerns. That is run by a republican governor. It is. Its run by republican governor in the city is run by a republican mayor. The president took a look at the situation as it was unfolding in florida and said, you know, this is not the time to be having a big event like that. You know, abby has opportunity to bash a democratic governor, hes going to take it. Neil and he took it. My friend, john roberts on all of that. In the meantime, we are focusing on joe biden peered he picks and chooses his venues. Some people call it a ropeadope or play it safe strategy. In an interview on abc, he did spell out his tax plan and who he is targeting. Take a look. All right, you have to take my word for it. He is targeting those who earn more than 400,000 a year. He also wants to raise a Corporate Tax from 21 right now to 28 . A lot of the trump folks have been saying that hes actually widening that by removing some exemptions and other lifting some regulation relief that the president this president has orchestrated peer to that its going to ensnare many, many more people. Anyway, jack and what shes hearing right now and the reaction and all of that. Good afternoon, neil. Former Vice President joe browder has promised only to raise taxes on people making more than 400,000 a year. Analysis by the Tax Policy Center and the Tax Foundation predicted it would result in increased taxes for every income group. The analysis calls it an indirect effect of increased Corporate Taxes. Middle income tax players would experience an average increase of about 0. 4 or around 260. The bottom quintile households making less than 26,000 per year would see an average tax increase of about 0. 2 or 30 a year. By contrast, the top 1 of wage earners would see an increase of about 17 an average of nearly 300,000 per year. In total, almost 93 of the increases would be shared by the top quintile of earners. We have asked the Biden Campaign for their response. We are waiting for them to get back to us. Today, the former Vice President is at his beach house where he spent this past weekend. They campaign is popping out virtual counter programming. They are helping to benefit from another significant endorsement they got today. Jeff flake joining two dozen other former g. O. P. Lawmakers supporting biden for president. Listen. What kind of president talks like that . What kind of american leader undermines confidence in the elections in his own country . Thats part of his strategy to hold power. This is an extraordinary dangerous to a police society. Inflicting damage to our democracy. Republicans say their convention will strike an optimistic tone after what they called a dnc grievance fast. The democrats think that might be a tall order for the commander in chief who has presided over the pandemic and economic crisis that is happening right now. Neil thank you very, very much. A peek at the corner of wall and broad today. The president was arguing that the markets have been doing, they will keep doing given his leadership. The s p and nasdaq both hitting records today. They were records on friday followed with big gains today. Look at the dow up more than 378 points. That puts it within about 4 of a record itself. All the major averages have come back mightily from their march lows. Anywhere from 52 to close to 60 . Are the markets telling us something . Lets get a read from our contributor. We have a bestselling author and fox news political analyst and charlie gasparino. The argument that the president was raising and remarks earlier in charlotte that this is happening under my watch. We are coming back from the throes of the virus it under my watch peered almost 10 million jobs gained in the last three months. We are on fire. You might as well douse that if the other guy gets in. What you think of the strategy . Hes on the strongest ground saying that peter donald trump has said verbally, made some obviously incorrect statements regarding the coronavirus when it was going to end and how it was going to end supported by hydroxychloroquine is questionable. On the economic policy, his administration has done a great job. They do the exact opposite of what Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt did before the Great Depression that led to the Great Depression. He put immense pressure on jerome powell, the fed chairman to cut rates peered he stimulated the economy. He tried to cut taxes. He did everything that he was supposed to do economically, and the country has benefited from this mightily. Hes on very strong grounds economically. If you look at joe bidens tax plan, most of it aims at people making 400,000 per year. People who make 300,000 per year buy stocks. He would hurt the market. I think the real question with biden, if he gets elected, and the republicans keep dissents, i dont think you will see a massive selloff. If biden gets elected and the democrats take the senate, you will have to start rejiggering your portfolios. You will have to sell some stocks. You have to do some things. That will tank the markets. I think that is almost a given in the short room. That doesnt mean that the markets wont come back. We can get out of the pandemic and all that positive stuff. It could help the markets. Man, let me tell you something. He gets elected with democrats in the senate, there will be selling going on. Neil stepping back the way the president is telling us right now, normally, the other party sort of, you know, lays low. One is having a convention. It is president course did not last week while the democrats were gathering to visit battleground states once again during his own convention. Hes in charlotte, North Carolina, speaking up the importance of this election. So every day, hes going to be kind of in your face and sending a signal that he is going to work a lot harder than joe biden for this job and to hang onto this job. How does that resonate . Well, i think it depends on how much he can stick to message, particularly, when it comes to the economy. President trump, 40 Approval Rating on the economy according to gallup. Thats lower than 63 in january, but higher than either obama or bush had when they were up for reelection. Im sure some of that could be about these jobs numbers we referenced or the stock market, but i think for a lot of americans, people see this election as between trump and biden and socialism versus capitalism. I think that is the case for Many Americans on both sides of the aisle. I think it would be really, really a strong strategy for trump to focus on that. Because that way, if that message becomes more powerful, then people wouldnt have to necessarily like President Trump himself, but rather just like capitalism as a system in order to be prompted to vote for him or motivated to vote for him. Neil does it register when the president was saying, i believe his exact words that the markets are indeed leading and waiting for good things to come. Do you agree with that . You know, democrats have criticized you are talking a rich guys game anyway. Whos in these markets . He dovetails it with strong economic numbers. What do you think . You can say that its a rich guys game. I know guys with 401 k that they said that theyve made over 100,000 in one year since trump was in august. We are talking about regular people. People will certainly say, hey, i will do better under trump. If your thing about the convention, i think people or rather the rnc should really be focusing on messaging to the swing states. North carolina, pennsylvania, wisconsin. In 2019, arizona was the number two state in terms of job grow growth. January, florida it was number three in terms of job growth. And he needs to message specifically to these states. Because this is where the battleground truly is. For President Trump on, someone who i personally believe has not stopped running for president since 2016. Youve seen it and all of his events. Youve seen in North Carolina right now, a swing state in which he really needs. He has a true opportunity to rally the American People around something that they can all agree upon. That is that donald trump is a job creation machine. And that is the message that American People should take. Coronavirus is bad. Of course it is. People are dying, 100 . Poverty kills too appeared that it is the message that people really, really understand it resonates with the American People. Neil he is pounding it. Hes also pounding this vaccine treatment right now. We have been following the president s remarks in North Carolina where he is very competent. He says that vaccine will be available by the end of the year and said be even sooner. He granted the fda granted emergency authorization of this covid19 treatment that takes plasma out of those who have survived covid19 and beaten it. Puts it into the blood of those who are now just diagnosed with covid19. It has had very, very strong results. They read from the health and Human Services secretary just talking with bill hemmer is that it did no by rushing at right now, some say too early, Proven Results that this will add to the mix possible vaccines that could be out as soon as the end of the year with a number of strong doses to force the issue. They have at least in that particular case, plan for at least 100 million such doses between this and other companies that are trying to beat the clock to get the vaccine out to everybody. In the meantime, on top of the political storm and the real storm that is going on swirling around the gulf, to Tropical Storms concurrently targeting every tear from louisiana alabama. It is not done. Ththe onetwo punch could be the most severe we have seen in recent hurricane history. Stay with us. To support us no matter what. Whether we see them or not, we need to know that theyre always there. For the past 25 years, masimo has been monitoring patients in hospitals around the world so that doctors and nurses can make sure you feel safe. As new challenges have arisen, weve grown to bring that same safety and support to the place that you want to be most. If weve learned nothing else, its that when challenges arise, theres only one way to rise above. Together. Masimo. Together in hospital, together at home. Simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500 coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. Theyre off. In the kentucky derby. Rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. He scores stanley cup champions touchdown only mahomes. The big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. Neil the gulf of mexico right now. At the same time, i will make it easy for you. Not in decades, but the concern right now is that marco which is a Tropical Storm could hit it today later today in louisiana could accelerate to a hurricane. At lower expected to follow right behind strength and into a major hurricane within the next 24 hours. Brian following all of this from a very vulnerable new orleans. Good afternoon, just north of downtown new orleans. Of the water hitting up against those show her. This is as bad as it has gotten all day. Tropical storm marco began significantly overnight from category one status. It whipped the panhandle of florida today with rain and wind. Its expected to weaken even more to a tropical depression tonight as it makes landfall over louisiana. While louisiana will not be hit by two hurricanes backtoback within a 48 hour period, there is still the prospect of a major hurricane. Tropical storm laura forecasted to hit the border of texas and louisiana. People are preparing for that to happen perhaps on wednesday night. Of the storm could hit as a major category three hurricane. We spoke to some people who are preparing for the storm. But we are prepared. But we dont sit there and wary. What is going to happen is going to happen. We just help each other afterwards if something does happen. The forecast is to hit as a category two hurricane on wednesday night between texas and louisiana. It could be a category three. Neil man, oh, man. Following both of these and joins us right now. Adam, what are we looking at here . We still have to tropical systems that could cause a little bit of a problem particularly, laura is going to be the one to really focus on. I want to begin with what is happening with Tropical Storm marco peered across the Florida Panhandle right now. The center of circulation closer to louisiana. That is not where the rain and the wind has been. The system will drag out toward the west pulling some of that reign behind it. This ultimately isnt going to be the really bad out the storms. Its going to be the second punch that we need to Pay Attention to. Currently, it went at 60 miles per hour. Its a Tropical Storm. Its going to run into the gulf of mexico and have an opportunity to intensify over the next 24 to 48 hours. Then i category two storm, a strong one at that winds at 105 miles an hour. Probably more of a rainmaker that we are currently staying with marco. This is the rain thats going to be on the ground from now until then. Maybe an inch until then most of that coming from marco. You begin to see laura running up and this one having an opportunity to bring areas as much of a foot of rain. 8 to 6 inches. Where exactly this will go, but it is certainly going to be the bigger of the storm systems. We will be watching it. Neil thank you very much, my friend. Now to the fema administrator, pete gaynor joining us right now. Thank you for taking the time. I imagine youre slightly busy. How do you prepare for not one but two pretty serious storms backtoback, one right on top of the other . Its a great question. We have never had this circumstance before in recent history, not in my memory. So we are taking all of the precautions that we normally taken any Hurric