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to america. mark, what we can expect from the big event. good afternoon, the coronavirus is not stopping president trump from celebrating the fourth of july. the festivities won t get started for a few hours. the president was at mt. rushmore. he praised miss predecessors like george washington and abraham lincoln. he criticized those trying to tear down monuments and statues from the past. angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to deface our most sacred memorials. the american people are strong and proud and they will not allow our country and all of its values, history and culture, to be taken from them. that was last night. let s talk about tonight. the president and first lady will be hosting friends, family and as well as first responders, including doctors and nurses out to the south lawn this evening. we re told among the guests will be be the people trying to get through the coronavirus. and the flayovers on the national mall and we s ....
highlights. hi, mark. reporter: alicia, it was quite the celebration last night as the president and first lady welcomed hundreds of guests to the south lawn for the salute to america event. this year s event felt a little different because of the coronavirus pandemic. the president and the first lady welcoming the guests including a handful of doctors and nurses, first responders, guests they were not required to wear masks but many people did. i was surprised at how many did. over concerns about coronavirus. the president addressed the country s battle with the virus directly during his remarks. and we ve made a lot of progress, our strategy is moving along well. it goes out in one area and rears back its ugly face in another area. but we ve learned a lot. we ve learned how to put out the flames. reporter: meantime interest, the health crisis to the economic crisis, there s a lot of questions about what the next potential stimulus bill would look like. the presi ....
and we expect that the president is going to sign some executive order as relates to the payroll tax deduction, some kind of payroll tax holiday and perhaps enhanced unemployment benefits to americans. how he s going to get the cash for that since congress hasn t appropriated is something we ll talk about the next couple of hours. peter doocy found joe biden on a bike ride at a delaware state park and that s where he got the exclusive news. we join peter in rehoeboth beach. mr. vice-president, have you picked a running mate? yeah, i am, you have? who is it? so going just based off what the presumptive democratic nominee told us a few minutes ago, he says that he has picked somebody, but he followed up with a joke, so, we re not sure how far away an announcement might be, leland. leland: pete, you ve been on the vice-president s trail literally since he announced his campaign and often breaking a lot of news about him, including news yesterday about the off the rec ....
trey yngst in martyr square. good evening, trey. trey: leland, good afternoon, clashes erupting in beirut as demonstrators are calling for top-level officials to resign. they want answers to that explosion last tuesday that lost more than 150 people dead. you can see behind me clashes unfolding and raveling very quickly. demonstrators are throwing stones and fireworks to security forces. some of the forces are associated with the lebanese militant group hezbollah. that s only angering the protestors who are upset that hezbollah has become a part of their government. they say even the prime minister himself does not have control. today he was described to me as a puppet. they want to see accountability for that blast and just under a mile from where we are standing near martyr square, there are rescue teams from around the world searching through the rubble. the governor of beirut say that more than 100 people are still missing and the death toll continues to up and you ....
america s news headquarters, i m eric sean. arthel: hello, i m arthel neville. the white house and congressional democrats blaming each other for stalemate, both sides disagreeing on number of issues including term limit for 600-dollar unemployment benefit and funding for businesses schools and covid-19 testing, reaction now from both sides earlier today. for the 19th straight week over a million americans filed claims for unemployment insurance. millions of people are food insecure in our country, millions are on the verge of addiction, people need resources in order to meet the needs of their families. it s time to make a deal fanned we are going to be able to succeed in this is taking what started the first day of a good foundation, of productive discussions and building upon those and until we reach an agreement and hopefully in the next couple of days. arthel: all right, more from mark meredith, he s live at the white house, hey, mark. mark: arthel, good aftern ....