Transcripts For FBC Mornings With Maria Bartiromo 20240712

Calls for more stimulus, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, package could pass in july. Take a look at futures. Pointing to selloff at the start of trading. Dow futures down almost 300 points and nasdaq down 55 and s p down 28, this after markets end yesterday in the that is, the nasdaq shattering another record high closing at new fresh alltime high on the nasdaq, up to 10,131. Police reform in focus as protests go on. Senate republicans are voting today and moving forward on reforms but facing pushback from democrats. Technology giants speaking out against the temporary ban on h1b visas saying it could move manufacture jobs overseas. Baseball players reporting back to Training Camp july 1. Mornings with maria is live right now. In europe this morning red across the board. The u. S. Reportedly looking to impose new tariffs on goods from the eu and the uk to the tune of 3. 1 billion. This as European Union opening borders but may ban american travelers. Take a look at european indices. The cac quarante in paris down 101. In asia overnight, markets were mixed, tensions easing between north and south korea, north Korean Leader kim jong un suspended military action against the south and the korean index kospi up 1 and a half percent overnight. Some of the top stories we are watching this morning. Grim milestone with covid pandemic with number of cases worldwide surpasses 9 million, Health Officials in seoul saying they are experiencing second wave of cases many for international travel. Arizona, california and texas with new record. States seeing spike in hospitalizations. States with coronavirus cases may not need to shut down like in march. White House Task Force was never told to slow down testing and the vaccine to be ready by 2020 or early next year. More unrest on our nation capitol as protestors burn an American Flag near Lafayette Park in c. It comes one day after a group tried to form to t socalled black house autonomous zone and attempt to take down statute of andrew jackson. President trump tweeting this, theyll never be autonomous zone in washington, d. C. They try, they will be met with serious force. Twitter says the twitter violated rules but left it up anyway. President trump not backing down while in arizona yesterday. The leftwing mob is trying to diminish our heritage so they can put depressive regime. You give power to people that demolish monuments and attack churches and city streets and set fire to buildings, then nothing is sacred and no one is safe. Maria the president vowing to sign an executive order to protect our nations Historical Monuments threatening vandals with up to 10 years in prison. Family and friends paying respect to Rayshard Brooks, the church where reverend Martin Luther king, jr. Was a pastor. Police arrest 29yearold Natalie White for allegedly burning down a wendys restaurant where brooks was shot with a struggle with police. Ywatt believed to be Richard Brooks girlfriend. Taylor was shot and killed inside her home this year during raid on noknock warrant. The warrants have been banned in louisville. Nascar driver stated it was a noose. I got evidence what was hanging in my garage over my car. Maria fbi says the rope was tide like a noose, no hate crime was committed because video show hanging in the garage last october. Drivers and crews march with wallace in show of solidarity. Americas favorite past time expected to return next month opening day for Major League Baseball set for july 24th with players to report to Training Camps next week, theyll be 60game season with playoffs and world series taking place in october. League officials and players are still working on protocols, temperature checks and covid19 tests every other day. Take a look at decline of triple digits. Coming as new wave of coronavirus cases sweep the world and debts in the United States tops 21,000. Joining me right now brandy, Income Portfolio josh mcintyre. Dagen mcdowell, Payne Capital management president , ryan payne. Thank you very much for joining us. Thanks for having us. Maria jack, let me kick it off with you, market and equities down 250 points, obviously Interest Rates near record lows, have been for some time and how do you want to allocate given the fact that coronavirus cases are once again on the rise. Youre right. The key for the meltup scenario is away from virus and to me personally its improvement on the medical front but i think the fed is going to get tested on the idea that they will do whatever it takes. Same thing with congress and mnuchin, if thats the clear message they send, then i agree. I think stocks can do better but, again, we had such a period, huge runup, im willing to take chips off the table until we get clarity. Maria so nasdaq with 23rd close of the year. Index seeing biggest advantage of dow and s p 500 this year since 1983. Look at the chart. The surge really driven by big tech including apple, microsoft, alphabet and facebook who together account 40 of the value. Jack, would you buy in here or do you think dominance is going to last and drive the economic recovery . Jack i think it will. I think hey, this covid virus is just accelerating friends that were already in place. You know, again, i probably would not want to chase it but, hey, i think this is kind of a change of acceleration of trends that we are just starting to sort of play out, so maria look, it doesnt look like the u. S. Is going to shut the economy down again, thats for sure, but are you worried about the pikes in coronavirus cases . Jack i am and i agree. Thats the one message government seems to be sending, they are not going shut it down, but thats fine, hey, people will act the way they want to and if they see virus is going to uptick its going to get on the news and Consumer Confidence will get hit, so maria jack, great to have you this morning, thanks so much. Jack my pleasure. Maria Jack Mcintyre joining us this morning. Big show coming up. Newt gingrich is here on beijings efforts to infiltrate u. S. Education. U. S. Tennis association ceo mike joining us on djokovics positive, i will speak with customs and Border Protection acting commissioner as well mark morgan joining me who was with President Trump yesterday on the tour to have border. At 8 00 a. M. In the morning, ben carson on protests across the country and covid19 pandemic. Former reagan economic adviser and hopefulments by secretary mnuchin. Los angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. All coming up right here. Slips in a short break. Ag sounds off of claims of President Trumps Foreign Policy, wait till you see how the ag responds to that. Stay with us, back in a moment. The premium audi dealership experience, on your terms. Audi at your door. Maria welcome back, attorney general bill barr on claims by former National Security adviser john bolton about President Trumps Foreign Policy. Bolton says the president focuses on reelection and not National Interest. Barr weighed in on my exclusive interview over the weekend, watch. He described several episodes where the president expressed a willingness to halt criminal investigations to affect, give personal favorites to dictators he liked. He said it was all about his election. He said he came to you with these concerns, did bolton come to you . Well, i made a previous statement in response to newsweek saying that and i said at the time that that was distortion and not true but right now i am responsible for the litigation, the bolton matter at the department of justice and so i dont want to comment beyond what ive already said, but i would say that the notion more generally that the notion that the president conducted Foreign Policy with his own interest, his own personal interest certainly nowhere near my experience. He courageously took the tough issues that were facing the United States even at his own political expense. For decades people have been kicking the can down the road for political reasons. Other president s and other administrations had been putting off these issue fester because they didnt want to deal with them and from my experience, the president deserves a lot of credit for taking on china, issue on china. Tougher on russia than the previous administration. Hes taken on the problem with Irans Nuclear Weapons Program and hes taken on the problem of Koreas Nuclear Weapon Program and so he deserves a lot of credit. He didnt do that for his own personal benefit. He did that because he believed it was National Interest and i do too. Maria the most important thing, dagen, President Trump did change the conversation around china heightening the worries of Espionage Campaign and overtake the United States, dagen. Dagen indeed, i will turn to a front page in the wall street journal. Its quite long and goes into depth about political owners linked to china who want access to gop, Chinese National with highlevel ties, thats something that the administration has to address today but i will add this to what bill barr said. Whats good for the nation would by extension be good for President Trumps reelection campaign, so i dont think that you can separate those two and much of what lets talk about the meeting with xi jinping that bolton said he was okay with the president being uighurs in camps. And there are reports sit ago cross from john boltons agent, with agent from hollywood, some hall wood firm visiting over the book that john bolton was going to write once he left the white house. Again, why was he there in the first place, he took the book to make un. Thats why people arent buying what hes laying down. Maria i will say this, the first i had even heard of the uighurs, more than 1 Million People locked up in china because they want to pursue their own religion, muslim, they were told they were not allowed to do that. The first time i even heard about this was secretary pompeo and this administration. The article that you refer to goes deep into what the Chinese Communist party is doing and try to get to this president and how a number of big donors started drawing up plans and conversations and meetings as soon as the president was elected, but much of it has to do with the Chinese Communist party once again infiltrating in this economy. The president apparently and this is what the article said was not aware, but certainly donors did get close to him. Cabot phillips, your reaction . Cabot i find it interesting that bolton was so horrified that his response was to do nothing and to save all of this information for your took bale. You feel that this was such attack to democracy and threat to america, why didnt he testify during impeachment hearing. He had a chance. He wanted to save when he would have exclusive break for his book. Some of it might be true. Some of it might be false, we dont really know. Any time someone has clear incentive to profit explosive news on he said, she said situation, its healthy to have certain level of skepticism. I wonder if this was horrifying to john bolton why he didnt bring charges sooner and certainly looks like there was clear book incentive in play. Maria the idea that theres all the National Security information in it has it on number 1 bestseller list. Thats what he wanted in the first place. We will take a break. When we come back, President Trump at the border, Border Security as the u. S. Clamp down on visas, we will take a look at that. We could never do what they do. But what we can do it be a partner that never quits. Verizon is the most Reliable Network in america. Built for interoperability and puts First Responders first, giving their calls priority, 24 7. We do what we do best so they can too. Maria welcome back, promises kept, President Trump touring more than 2020 miles of the southern border wall of the battleground of arizona yesterday. Hes delivering on pledge made on campaign trail to build the wall. The president touting the progress yesterday. I they dont want to talk about the wall anymore. Never has the Democrat Party fought so hard against something and you notice they never talk about the wall because in the end they gave it up, we won, you have a computer, in about 2 weeks its old. I said the problem with your business it gets obsolete quick. Two things that will never be obsolete, a wheel and a wall, right . We have a wall and we built 2220 miles. We are going to have and its every single element. I met with Border Patrol, fantastic, by the way. Every single element they wanted. Maria joining us right now is former acting immigration and Customs Enforcement director tom homan, thanks so much for joining us. What do you think the impact of the wall has been, 2020 miles at this point . Tom 450 by the end to have year. Walls work and thats why the president made the promise. He talked to the experts on the border, the Border Patrol. You cant argue, every place that built a border barrier in the last decade illegal immigration decreased which means we also saved lives and Border Patrol is getting the wall exactly they wanted because they locked at 9 different prototypes and they picked the wall they wanted and thought would be most effective and they are putting it exactly where the Border Patrol wanted it first. Some people say is replacing wall, thats where all the traffic is, thats what we want fixed. The Border Patrol is getting what they want where they needed it the most. Cabot have we seen any kind of funneling of people moving illegally and have there been higher concentrations without a wall now that they wall in place . Thats by design. No wall is impenetrable. People will try to climb it or dig under it. If you start digging under it, Border Patrol is going to know. You start to climb it Border Patrol is going to know. That gives them time to make apprehension. For those people who cant climb the wall, it funnels them to a smaller area where they can make apprehension. Walls are about slowing people down. It funnels group, family and children are not going to climb the wall. They are going to get to an area where they can get arrested. Maria President Trump signed order on monday suspending temporary worker visa and this includes hb1 visas, tom, the latest effort by the administration to prioritize American Workers in the aftermath of covid19 but this move is facing a lot of backlash from leaders in the technology industry. Youve got people like the ceo of apple, microsoft coming out and saying, look, this is an important pool for us to hire workers who help us with innovation, whats your thought . Thats just wrong. False narrative. I wrote an oped on june 1st that said he needs to expand it to the Guest Worker Program specifically h1b. I spent 30 years investigating h1b fraud. These people want pool of cheap labor. Thousands of u. S. Workers displayed before covid19, thousands of workers who trained Foreign Workers on the job and let go and Foreign Workers were paid a lot cheaper. They want cheaper labor. The president is doing the right thing. Hes looking out for the American Worker first and thats what he should do and thats a good call. Maria all right, tom, we will leave it there. Great to talk to you. Tom homan joining us onboard every issues. We will take a look at it when we come right back. Yeah hey, hey wherever you make go, lexus will welcome you back with exceptional offers. Get zero percent financing and make no payments for up to 90 days on all 2020 lexus models. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Maria welcome back, good wednesday morning, im Maria Bartiromo, it is wednesday june 24th, markets this morning, take a look, tripledigit this move at 6 30 a. M. On the east coast. Markets are down 260 points on the dow. S p lower by 17 as coronavirus spikes, put pressure on futures this morning. This after markets ended yesterday in the green. We have the nasdaq shattering another record closing at alltime high, nasdaq now setting a 10,131 up 75 points yesterday. The s p also was hired by 13 points. Global markets this morning also weaker in european indices, red across the board. Investors are worried about the spikes in coronavirus cases with the ftse 100 down 136, the cac quarante down 86 and dax index in germany lower by 262. The u. S. Reportedly looking to impose new tariffs from goods of eu and uk. This as European Union opens border as coronavirus restrictions but may ban american travelers. We have more on that coming up. In asia overnight markets were mixed. Take a look. Tensions easing between north and south korea. North Korean Leader kim jong un suspending military action against south korea and the korean. [inaudible index down 1 and a half percent there. Cheryl good morning to you. Thats according to report in the journal this morning. Sources say that could buy the rest of Cloud Company or do nothing at all. Dell to be looking at spinoff to reduce 48 billiondollar debt load. Shares of dell barely budged since coming to public market. Right now the stock is up more than 60 and a quarter percent all of this on this news. Appeals court has upheld verdict on Johnson Johnson case involving baby powder. The court also slashed the damage awarded by more than half. Now its 2. 1 billion. Take a look at the stock, up a quarter percent in the premarket. Sorry, sorry not sorry. He addressed video from early 2000s in black face impersonating nba star carl malone apologizes if he offended anyone and claimed past use of black face will quote, be use to try to quiet me. Many slammed him and said hes trying to turn focus on his critics who suggested hes the real racist instead of mistake. Fandego updated website. Elon musk sold bell air home to chinese millionaire for 25 million after vowing to own no house and finally star Quarterback Tom Brady holding practice with Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite warning of group gathers. Former Team Gronkowski at the workout, maria. Those are your headlines, back over to you. Maria cheryl, thank you. Chinese influence on education. The department of education investigation found 1 billion in anonymous foreign money among institutions nationwide even in school with direct contract with the Chinese Communist party, the doe says the money is from china, russia, qatar and saudi arabia. Education secretary betsy devos says this should lead to more transparency. I spoke about this back in april with senator tom cotton specifically rising influence with china and reconsidering visas for Chinese Students studying in the u. S. You believe we should not be giving visas to Chinese Students who want to study advanced sciences, they want to get into the Gilead Sciences and googles of the world to steal the research, is that right . Yeah, maria, its a scandal to me that we have trained so many of the chinese partys brightest minds to go back to china to compete for our jobs, to take our business and ultimately to steal our property and design weapons and other devices that can be used against the American People. So i think we need to take a very hard look at the visas that we give the Chinese Nationals that come to the United States to study especially at the post graduate levels and technological fields. Maria joining me right now fox news contributor, author of american future newt gringrich. Thank you very much for joining us. Always great to be with you, maria. And then by the way this is a very big topic maria yes, go ahead. No, i was just going to say i think youre onto something very big. It has direct political consequence because, of course, university of pennsylvania once joe biden went there had huge increase in the total amount of money it was getting from china, for the biden, we dont know if its directed to the biden institute, huge increase, but what struck me, i did a podcast with one of the u. S. Attorneys who is deeply involved with this and filed suit, criminal cases against several professors who lied about their contracts with china and whats really striking is the degree to which the universities refuse to cooperate, i mean, theres a total i think lack of patriotism in the major universities who are trying to hide how much money they get from overseas. Again, china is the big culprit, saudi arabia has been a big culprit and clearly shapes a great deal what people learn because you have the professors who are making so much money out of china, they are not going to say anything negative. I think its very dangerous. Maria theres that, theres the Propaganda Campaign and thats also happening through the socalled confucius institutes but theres also aggressive strategy from china. The ag told me this weekend that the u. S. Is cracking down in a big way right now on researchers and others that are sent over here from china to infiltrate and get involved in our data sets, key technological programs, its not just weapon systems. Here is what the ag said, its agriculture, its medicine, its robotics, its artificial intelligence, the whole gamut of important technologies Going Forward because, newt, the Chinese Communist party has made no secret of the fact that they want to be the number 1 super power economically as well as militarily and they are doing it partly Espionage Campaign sending the researchers. Its extraordinary to me that the chairman of the Chemistry Department at harvard is also getting money from the ccp. He was indicted, Charles Lieber is who i am referring to. I have a chapter in my new book about trump and the american future on china because i think china is the largest threat as survival of our freedom that is we have and if you look at the dictatorship, you look at the general secretary xi jinping who is a communist dictator, not the president of a traditional government and i think its very clear and by the way, during this period when we have been distracted by covid and weve had economic challenges, they have been very aggressive in india, in the south china sea, in hong kong. The chinese clearly are on offense. Maria yeah. They are hoping i guess according to ag hoping that we are too busy with covid that the damage being down and the shut down to notice that they invaded india. Coronavirus cases are spiking and the European Union reportedly banning travelers from the u. S. By july 1st according to New York Times. This ban would also apply to residents of brazil and russia. The Trump Administration criticized by eu leaders for banning european travel into the United States back in march. Is this reciprocating here speaker gringrich, your wife is ambassador to vatican city. Im speaking to you from rome. Italy gets 14 of total economy from tourism. Now it may be find for the brussels bureaucrats and germans, you go to greece, you go to italy, you go to portugal and spain, you tell them you are going to cut off american tourists, you are going to bankrupt some of the countries and so i think this is truly stupid. The fact is we are learning how to deal with this. We know how to test people. We are Getting Better and better at it and the fact is we do a lot more testing than any other country in the world which is why you are seeing us cases. I have zero sympathy with bureaucrats in brussels who are willing to destroy the Italian Economy because of some ideological position. You cut off americans from visiting greece and visiting italy and visiting portugal, you will cripple the countries economically. Maria yeah, particularly now at a time that we are already seeing a recession in the United States and weve had a shutdown across the world. Its only going make things worse. Newt, real quick, from your standpoint in rome when you look at the election here in the u. S. , whats your take on trump versus biden here, the polls are showing biden is getting a leg up on the president. The polls are all nonsense. I was with george h. W. Bush when he was 19 points behind, he beat him by 8. We switched 1 out of every 4 americans. The truth is you have to think of a pelosibiden machine. What would it be after one year, it would be like california except worst. I think the president will do fine. My only concern is i wish he would send up a very aggressive legislative package so people can see what he wants to do in contrast with what they are doing in terms of the democratic house. Maria yeah, we havent really seen the plans on bidens side by the way. Newt, good to see you, stay safe. We will see you soon. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Maria coming up the u. S. Open looks different this year. Head of the Tennis Association next up about that and players positive covid19 test. Casinos come back to life, be sure to tune in on friday when i will be speaking with former nypd police kelly as the country deals with protests across the country. Stay right here. Back in a minute. Maria welcome back, Novak Djokovic tested positive, he was seen party and not social distancing. His wife also tested positive as the u. S. Open will be played with empty stands due to covid19. Joining us right now the ceo of the usta which operates the u. S. Open, mike dowse, mike, great to have you this morning, thank you very much for joining us. First of all, give us your plans, how concerned are you about the djokovic situation testing positive . He has complained about Safety Measures at the safety open this year. Hi, maria, thanks for having me. I really appreciate it. As far as the u. S. Open, our analysis of it started back in march when our pandemic hit. We started models different scenarios but at the attorneyed day we kept being driven by one is it safe for all people involved. Thats our number one principle, second, is it in the best interest of tennis, would it help the brand tennis . At the end of our day to grow the sport of tennis and third does it make financial sense. But we dont get to the financial part unless we can run the thing safely and that was underscored by some of the challenges of this past weekend that you just spoke to. Maria yeah, how is this going to look. I know serena says she wants to play. The u. S. Open for me is my favorite sporting event but itll be very different this year, no fans at the open, i dont know which leading men are going to agree to play, what will it look like with no fans at the open and how does that affect the bottom line because i know this is a very important corporate event where youre getting major sponsorship from corporations . Refer first of all, i love to hear that its your favorite event. Its my favorite sport as well. How they engage or consume the sport, we are still reimagining how that will look and behind the scene opportunities to athletes village that the fans on tv would never have access to. We are trying to make it as enriching as possible. Maria so what do you think . Who is going the play . Are you concerned that djokovic wont play because hes tested positive . Well, we hope he gets healthy. Thats the most important. He recently before tournament this weekend did express openness to considering playing in the tournament. We would love all the players to come. At the end of the day if each player has to make the individual choice but as you said serena is on board and we heard from other top players that they are interesting in coming. Maria i guess they will have to take a test. Is he going to have to take a test before coming to new york . What are your safety precautions in place . Yeah, absolutely. We have a very highlevel medical Adviser Group and we have detailed, 16page protocol in place. Some people call it bubble but we will call it athletes village. The players have to come in and be tested on a regular basis and stay during the village during tournament and keep in mind we have also moved the western and southern open from cincinnati and it speaks to craziness of the pandemic, but cincinnati tournament will be played in new york this year. Its been in cincinnati since 1889. First they come for that tournament and then u. S. Open and theyll be in athletes village and we have specific protocol in place to keep everyone safe and healthy. Maria where does the revenue go, mike . I know revenue has taken a hit with the open given what we are dealing with. The main mission is growing and development of grassroots tennis across the country, right . Mike absolutely, youre right, maria. We have 17 sections throughout the United States and weve committed to keep the funding at 91 level for 2020 and 20201 versus 2019. Maria all right. Mike, great to see you. Thank you so much, mike, we will be watching, mike dowse joining us there. Stay with us. We will bepa right back. You say that customers make their own rules. Lets talk data. Only Xfinity Mobile lets you switch up your wireless data whenever. I accept 5g everybodys talking about it. How do i get it . Everyone gets 5g with our new data options at no extra cost. Thats good. Next item corner offices for everyone. Just have to make more corners in this building. 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I want to tell that pant stain that he can stick it where the sun doesnt shine. [laughter] maria i saw your post. I didnt see where he posted it but yeah i hear you. Dagen under the photo of my dad for fathers day where im talking about my dead mom. Thats awesome. It still stinks. Maria unbelievable. It pays to wear a mask. Cesars entertainment in las vegas is offering lucky deal if they wear mask. 20 bucks to gamble, 7,500 has been rollinged out. Ryan, whats your take, you can turn the 20 to into 40 . Ryan i love that people are gambling again. This is a good sign. People are going to spend that money. Maria come on, are you recommending you spend your stimulus check in the casinos . Ryan im a Financial Adviser so youre probably right, thats not the best advice i should be giving. [laughter] maria well, its your money, so there you go, people can spend it the way they want casino or not, more mornings with maria, stay with us. We will be right back. 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Coronavirus spiking, half of the u. S. Seeing a rise in cases, arizona, texas, california, all hitting new daily records. Texas Governor Greg Abbott telling people to stay home. Dr. Anthony fauci sounding the alarm but also giving hope for a vaccine. We are now seeing a disturbing surge of infections. There is a reasonably good chance that by the very beginning of 2021 that if were going to have a vaccine, that we will have it by then. Maria as virus cases rise, so do calls for more stimulus. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says congress could pass a new package this july. The pandemic hitting markets this morning, futures pointing to a decline at the start of trading, down better than 200 points after markets were higher yesterday but this morning the dow industrials down 229. The nasdaq down 45 and s p lower by 23. Yesterday markets ended in the green, the nasdaq shattering another record high, closing at an alltime high of 10,131 on the nasdaq, the dow was up 131, s p yesterday up 13 points at 4 00 on wall street. Police reform in focus as protests go on, Senate Republicans are voting today to move forward on reforms for police but facing pushback from democrats. Meanwhile, Technology Giants continuing to speak out against the temporary ban on h1b visas, saying it could move more jobs overseas. Play ball, Baseball Players reporting back to Training Camp july 1st with opening day three weeks later. Were taking a look at why certain people are forgetting how to drive. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets taking a cue from wall street, trading down. European indices red across the board as investors watch the spike in coronavirus cases around the world. The u. S. Looking to impose new tariffs, tariffs on goods from the eu and u. K. Up to 3. 1 billion in tariffs according to sources in the administration. Meanwhile, as the European Union is easing up on coronavirus restrictions, and opening its borders, it may ban american travelers. In asia overnight markets were mixed. Take a look. Tensions easing between north and south korea. Kim jong un suspended military action against south korea and the biggest performer overnight was the kospi index, up 1 andahalf percent. Joining me this morning, Dagen Mcdowell, Cabot Phillips and ryan payne. Good to see everybody this morning. Dagen good morning. Maria some of the top stories were watching this morning, a grim smile stone for the covid19 milestone for the couped. The number of cases worldwide surpassed 9 million. Arizona, california, texas, all reporting new daily records yesterday. Seven states reporting a spike in hospitalizations as well. Dr. Anthony fauci telling Congress States with growing coronavirus cases may not need to shut down, though, like they did back in march. Dr. Fauci says the white House Task Force was never told to slow down covid19 testing and a vaccine could be ready by the end of 2020 or early next year. More unrest in our Nations Capital as protesters burn an American Flag near Lafayette Park yesterday, this comes one day after a group tried to form a socalled black house autonomous zone outside the white house. President trump issued a warning, tweeting this, there will never be an autonomous zone in washington, d. C. As long as im your president. If they try they will be met with serious force. Twitter said the tweet violated its rules again but left it up anyway. President trump is not backing down while in arizona yesterday. The left wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage so they can replace it with a new repress ive regime repres repressive regime that they control. If you give power to people that demolish churches and seize city streets and set fire to buildings, then nothing is sacred and no one is safe. Maria the president is vowing to sign an executive order to protect our nations Historical Monuments, threatening vandals with up to 10 years in prison. Friends and family paying final respects to 27yearold Rayshard Brooks yesterday. The funeral held in atlanta at the church was Martin Luther king, junior was a copastor. This as police arresting Natalie White, she allegedly burning down the wendys restaurant where brooks was shot. A louisville detective fired in the shooting death of breonna taylor. The Department Said brett hank inson violated the policy on deadly force. He has 10 days to appeal her termination. Taylor was shot and killed inside of her home this year during a raid on a noknock warrant. Those warrants have since been banned in louisville. North korea says kim jong un suspended military action against south korea. They say relations had collapsed. Last week the north blew up an interliaison office in hopes of proving a point. Talks between the u. S. And north korea have also been stalled. The senate will vote today on Sweeping Police Reform legislation. They are clashing over how to address nationwide change. Our next guest is introducing legislation to scale back qualified immunity for police and it has Senate Republicans divided. Joining me right now is indiana senator, mike braun. Its good to have you on the program this morning, senator. Thank you so much for joining us. I want to ask about qualified immunity. I spoke with the ag about that this this weekend. He said if you dont have qualified immunity protections for the police, youre not going to have many people want to go become Police Officers. Yo. Agree agree with that. Thats talking about eliminating qualified immunity. I look at this in running a company for 37 years before i became a senator, every business has inherent liabilities to what they do and the business of Law Enforcement has got to be one of the most difficult and tricky ones out there because you suit up, your life is at risk every day, you never know whats going to happen. But when you evolve through the judicial review thats kind of protected unions to be able to maybe not have that accountability and transparency, you do not want your entity to be stigm stigmatized by cases. When you goat the point where thats kind of the emblem of what you do, youve got to make tough decisions and nobody should want to have no accountability or not have ability to redress it and you need to change procedures and protocols that fix it and my idea is if you do not at least talk about it, put a template out there, youre going to end up having something where a year or two down the road political winds change, it gets eliminated and that would make that job youd have mass exodus from people going into Law Enforcement. So its a tricky balance between accepting some accountability, getting rid of those horrific incidents and rebuild what is so good about Law Enforcement because they do such a good job in general. Maria so the collective bargaining agreements, what do you say about that . Because some people feel like this union hold is one of the reasons we cant see reform move forward because of just that. Theres bargaining agreements that keeps the police protected. Thats the irony of the whole discussion, because that would be part and parcel of a democratic philosophy that has allowed unions sometimes to bargain to the point of being ridiculous. It happens in other Public Employee unions as well. It has a lot of inherent contradictions. Running an operation is never simple. I think its in their own best interest to maybe do something that shows they want to be accountable and transparent without hampering them with frivolous lawsuits. Maria yeah. I understand what youre saying. Let me switch gears, ask about china. The president is defending the china trade deal, shutting down remarks by trade advisor Peter Navarro that the deal is quote, over. I spoke with u. S. Attorney general bill barr this weekend who told me exclusively that American Businesses are prioritizing profit over patriotism. Watch this. They havent been competing fairly and the president has confronted this when no one else has and the American Business community has been a big part of the problem. Because theyre willing ultimately, many of them, to sacrifice the longterm viability of their companies for shortterm profit. So they can get their Stock Options and move into the gulf resort. Thats whats driving some of this. Theyre not taking the longterm view and the national view. The american of maintaining the american strength. Maria i was talking with one money manager the other day and he said, look, maria, im not going to call good guys and bad guys. Its not my role to call out of good guys and bad guys. So yeah, the growth is in china and thats where i want to invest. Well, you know what . Were not speaking german today because the American Business in the past didnt think that way. They stood with the United States. And all the privileges and the benefits and the stability and the rule of law and the ability to profit as they do, both as companies and individuals, comes from the strength of this country. Maria what do you think about that, senator . Its interesting that hes comparing whats happening in beijing, xi jinping to the nazis. Well, sometimes you use hyperbole to make a point but several attorney general barr said there is pretty well on the mark because china has evolved in the relationship visavis us to where they dont play by the rules. I wont list all the things that they do, but until President Trump came along and maybe having a stark assessment like barr just issued, weve given them too much slack. And yes, i come from the world of business, dont like tariffs but china is not going to listen to normal discussions and it has gotten to the point where if we do not get tough with them, we do not have businesses start to diversify their supply chain to not be in kahoots with a country like that, thats a bad business partner. Sooner or later that will come home to roost. The administration has it right, Business Needs to know thats not a good longterm relationship to have anyway. Maria well see if they get it. So far, it is more important to sell win it widgits to the 1. 4 n people. The july 4t fourth recess is ard the corner. Larry kudlow says the administration will negligence other yate negotiate anothere of stimulus checks. They say the next round is something that congress should, quote, seriously consider. Will there be more stimulus . And what should it look like, senator . This is going to draw out two issues in clear focus. How strong was our economy coming into this coronavirus thing. It was the hottest economy than any of us had participated in the last many, many decades. I have faith its going to come back strong. Well see who the true fiscal conserve of testifies are. Weve already dump 2. 8 trillion, a lot of that hasnt even been checked to see if its working, hasnt been totally utilized. So youre going to start to see some in the republican conference. I dont think youll have any squirming on the democratic side. They dont believe in fiscal integrity. Its going to be a tougher discussion this time. I have faith that the trump economy is going to be probably the reason mnuchin may be a little bit off the mark in terms of how much more government is needed. Thats a slippery slope when were borrowing every penny in terms of what were going to spend. Maria yeah, especially since our debt is pretty much about the size of the entire economy right now. Its larger than the entire economy, yeah. Maria there you go. Senator, its good to see you this morning. Thank you, sir. You bet. Maria well be watching the developments. Coming up this morning, ill be speaking with customs and Border Protection acting commissioner, mark morgan, who was with the president yesterday on his tour of the border. At 8 00 a. M. We have housing and urban Development Secretary ben carson here on the protests across the country. Also former advisor art laffer on the economic recovery and the former Los Angeles Mayor on the pushback in california over the state mandated face mask order. Dont miss that. A lot more to come right here. Back in a moment. Maria welcome back. A major upset as pr primary vots headed to the polls yesterday. A 24yearold went in the primary for mark meadows street. The Real Estate Investment ceo defeating the white houses chief of staff hand picked successor, linda bennett, who President Trump also endorsed. Dagen, whats your reaction to all the primaries yesterday . Dagen eliot engel in new york lost of, he got caught on a hot mic saying he wasnt going to be on the rally for racial injustice, he was only there because he was facing a primary challenger. So basically he has lost. Alexandria ocasiocortez did fine. In terms of haw non, with respect hawthorne, with respect to the gentleman who won this primary race, being goodlooking in this world goes a long way. And i will just leave it at that. He is particularly handsome and thats on the right and the left. Ive talked about alexandria ocasiocortez. She is very beautiful and that certainly helps her get more attention and hawthorne is, well, kind of hot. Maria progressives did take the lead in new york. Aoc winning her celebrating a landslide victory against her moderate challenger. Progressive challenger jamal bowman is leading the incumbent by 25 . Engle was endorsed by speaker pelosi. Is this progressive surge the future of new york state . It certainly appears that way right now. I think in 2018 it was easy for democrat establishment types to say, well, this is a socialist moment, its a far left moment. We know its more than a moment, its a socialist movement within the Democrat Party, especially in the state of new york. That should be concerning for the larger democrat establishment across the country. These ideas might work in far left congressional districts. If they start to manifest themselves on the National Stage its going to be harder to win over some of those middle of the road voters that it requires to win. The further to the left they shift in the primary, the harder its going to be to win in the general. Aoc winning over 70 of her race to retain her incumbency, certainly appears she has a stranglehold in the district. I think people may call for her to run against schumer. She is clearly gaining popularity in her district. Maria shes looking at who she is going to unseat next. Lets look at the democratic race in kentucky, thats heating up. In the primary for who will run against Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Moderate retired marine pilot amy Mcgrath Holding onto a lead over the progressive state representative, charlie booker. Do you think either of those candidates have a chance against Mitch Mcconnell . Dagen probably not against Mitch Mcconnell. Youre going to get a ground swell of support. Mitch mcconnell, the democrats have a fighting shot to take back to take the senate so Mitch Mcconnell would be certainly out of a leadership job if they can take back the senate. Maria all right. Well be watching all of that obviously. Coming up, Health Safety versus your personal rights, California Governor Gavin Newsom facing pushback over the new mask law, the legal debate coming up. Losing your skills behind the wheel, what one study is saying about peoples ability to drive amid the covid19 pandemic, all ahead. Stay with us. Save hundreds on your wireless bill without even leaving your house. 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If youre talking about the public wearing a mask in a public place, you know, its hard to get your finger on all of the judicial rulings that have addressed this but looking at them, the general trends are theyre going to give governors the benefit of the doubt when it comes to entities that are regulated by the state. So they are going to allow governors to enforce things like 25 or 50 of capacity in a restaurant and restaurant servers have to wear masks. But the concept that the public has to wear a mask on a public street is simply not the law, not enforceable, and theres very little that Governor Newsom can do, other than like Governor Cuomo did here in new york, make a plea to common sense. It makes sense to wear the mask. You may not like it. It may be uncomfortable. Its particularly miserable this time of year. But its the right thing to do. But he cant give people tickets or lock them up or even involve the police in this issue. Maria i mean, the cdc said its effective, it actually is saving many of us from getting sick. So its a recommendation but it sounds like a smart one. I want to ask you to switch gears because pennsylvanias highest court granting bill cosby the right to appeal two key issues in his 2018 conviction, that conviction on Sexual Assault charges. What are the implications here, judge, especially for the other me too cases . Well, this is a unique me too case, maria, not only because he is a celebrity but for two reasons. One, the evidence of his guilt is overwhelming, truly overwhelming. However, he may not have received a fair trial. And thats what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is going to look at. Im surprised they took the appeal. There must be members on that court, theres seven justices on that court, who are really concerned about whether the trial was fair. Theres two aspects of the trial that are being challenged. One is an agreement he had with a prior prosecutor that if he testified truthfully in a civil deposition about his relationship with a woman, he would not be prosecuted. He did testify. The testimony was found to be truthful. And then they used that testimony against him in a subsequent prosecution. So is agreement with prosecutor a enforceable on prosecutor b. Thats issue one. Issue number two is the trial judge permitted six females to testify against him who were not defendants and who had never filed complaints against him. So he permitted what we call, the trial judge, prior bad acts, prior bad behavior. Normally, that is taken into account only for sentencing. But by painting cosby as something that he was never accused of being, that may very well have violated his rights. Those are the two issues the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is going to look at. Meantime, hes in jail serving three to 10 years. Hes close to that minimum of three already. Maria amazing. Wow. Its already three years. Judge, what a story. Thank you so much, sir. Have a good day. Good to see you. Quick break and then Border Security, the acting commissioner mark morgan is next, he was with the president at the border yesterday. Hell weigh in on security. Then suing harvard, the epitome of Higher Education faces a lawsuit by one of its students, well tell you why, whats behind it. Stay with us, right here. We could never do what they do. But what we can do it be a partner that never quits. Verizon is the most Reliable Network in america. Built for interoperability and puts First Responders first, giving their calls priority, 24 7. We do what we do best so they can too. Theyeach one suffering withds. A story that breaks your heart. Like ravette, who needed help, because every step brought her pain. Their only hope is a ship unlike any other. Mercy ships. The largest floating civilian hospital in the world to bring free surgeries and care to people who have no other hope. 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Coronavirus spikes putting pressure on futures, dow industrials right now down about 230 points, that is about three quarters of 1 . The nasdaq is down 42 points, the s p 500 down 23, this after markets ended yesterday in the green. The nasdaq shattering another record high, the nasdaq closing at a new alltime high, this is the 21st record close of the year for the nasdaq at 10,131. Yesterday the dow was up 131, nasdaq up 74 and s p up 13 andahalf. Global markets are lower, european indices red ayou cross the board as investors watch and worry about the spikes in coronavirus cas cases across the world. The u. S. Reportedly looking to impose new tariffs on goods from the eu and the u. K. To the tune of 3. 1 billion. The fq100 down 133, cac down 79 and dax in germany lower by 227 points right now. Asian markets overnight were mixed. Take a look. The kospi index, one of the highlights on the upside, up one andahalf percent in korea. Cities across the nation meanwhile removing confederate monuments and statues. Cheryl casone with the details. Every day, another statue, cheryl. Cheryl it is something else, maria. Its continuing. Crews removing a confederate statue in charleston, South Carolina overnight. The city Council Voted to take down the John C Calhoon statue. In north carolina, crews took down a statue of a confederate soldier from the state house grounds. It was dedicated to the Fallen Soldiers of the civil war. The governor of south dakota is vowing to protect mount rushmore, tweeting not on my watch in response to a conservative commentator saying protesters might want to blow up the iconic landmark. Tmobile has priced a sale of its shares at 103 each, 4 below the stocks record high Closing Price yesterday, part of an asset sale planned by softbank which needs to raise capital after steep losses in the vision fund. Shares of tmobile up 36 so far this year. And finally, heres a look at whats trending on foxbusiness. Com. Southwest airlines is offering 39 flights as part of its fall fare sale, hoping to entice travelers to knee a fly. 47 of americans are losing sleep over money despite the pandemic. That number down from the 56 who said they were worried about money last year. Finally, panera customers who sign up for a my pa perso panere subscription will get any size coffee or tea every two hours. Those are the headlines from the newsroom. Maria youve got to watch all those drinks, too much caffeine. Thank you so much. A major milestone to report, President Trump toured more than 200 miles of the southern border wall in the battleground state of arizona yesterday, delivering on his longstanding pledge made in 2016 to build the wall. The president touted the progress yesterday. During the past two months we have seen the lowest number of illegal border crossings in many years. Illegal immigration is down 84 from this time last year. Illegal crossings from Central America are down 97 . Nearly 450,000 pounds of drugs have been seized this year and 2,337 criminal aliens have been apprehended. Weve stopped asylum fraud, ended catch and release. If you look at so many of the different crimes that come through the border, theyre stopped. Maria my next guest was with the president yesterday in arizona. Joining me right now is customs and Border Protection acting commissioner mark morgan. Its always a pleasure to see you. Thanks so much for being here. Of course. Maria the president went through all of these things that have been stopped by the border wall. Whats your assessment in terms of how much more wall we will see and is the community in arizona happy about this wall . So, maria, first of all what the president said is exactly right. Thats what weve been saying for a long time that Border Security is National Security. It matters. Like i said yesterday, its just common sense. We got to know who and what is coming to our borders. And its important that we stop drugs from pouring into our country at the border. We stop the criminals that the president talked about at our of borders to prevent them from coming in our cities and increasing Violent Crime and its important that we stop things like Infectious Disease like covid19 at our borders and prevent it from entering our country. Its just common sense. And the wall is working. And we continue right now, were absolutely confirmed that by the end of this year were going to meet that 450mile goal of brandnew wall system along the southwest border. Were confident were going to hit that goal. Maria i count believe what i saw couldnt believe what i saw when we took the show to the border. I told you the story before. But as were standing there, viewing the border wall, we actually watched people crossing the border and illegally coming in and in many cases it was a lot of children. So its not just actually illegals coming in but its actually the danger that children are being put in and also before you actually get to the wall, you have to pass by these gangs that are shaking you down for money just to get past go, so theres that danger as well. Maria, youre absolutely right. Again, ive always thanked you for actually going to the border. When you talk about this you talk from an informed position. A lot of people that talk about this are uninformed. Theyve never been there. They dont fully understand what theyre talking about like you just said. Thats exactly right. So the individuals coming here, i mean, theyre being exploited. Last year, Border Patrol and cdp officers conducted over 4,000 rescues. 4,000 rescues of people risking their lives trying to come across. That has dramatically been reduced. This is also in the best interest of the immigrants themselves. That they must abide by the rule of law and do so legally instead of trying to enter this country illegally. This president s been committed to this and the wall is one of the elements hes given us. Maria one of the reasons i asked you about the community where r that wall is in arizona is because arizona is one of these battleground states that the president is hoping to win in november. What does the Community Say about that . Do they recognize the drugs and the illegals that have been stopped as a result of this wall and also the president signed that executive order on monday, it su suspended some temporary worker visas through the end of the year, the latest effort by the administration to prioritize American Workers in the aftermath of covid19. Here too, the move has come under fire, from Major Technology ceos, theyre saying this will drive skilled workers overseas. What im trying to understand is the impact on the people of all of this and is the perception really reality . So on both fronts, what i would say to both, on the visas and the wall, a common sense approach. You heard from the community. You heard from the chief of police down there. Nonpolitical, apolitical statement based on facts. She talked about what shes seeing there when the infrastructure went up and ebbintechnology and more person, she saw crimes in her community go down. It was related. You heard that from the chief. Thats what we heard from the mayor. Thats what we heard from the governor. So it was a very positive, very honest discussion that we had yesterday. And i can tell you, on the executive order, its the same thing. Its a temporary eo that the president has done to really just put Americans First as were seeing this unprecedented unemployment because of covid, it just makes sense, maria. Hey, lets give americans the first shot at these jobs of its just common sense. Its not real complicated. Maria its a tough time. I know there were lots of ideas bandied around after hong kong and china started overreaching in hong kong. Some people were saying, well, why doesnt the u. S. Show us a show of support for the hong kongers and do a special visa for hong kongers to come in and there too it was met with wait a minute, 45 million americans have filed for unemployment benefits. Weve got a problem here, taking in all of these people from hong kong is not going to be a good answer, given that americans need their jobs. So i get it. The president weighed in on securing the borders. He said to save thousands of american lives during the coronavirus, heres what the president said with you yesterday. Easing our Emergency Public Health authorities, we prevented a coronavirus catastrophe on the southern border, shutting down human smuggling and swiftly returning the crossers. Without these Public Health measures the southern border would be a global epicenter of the viral transmission. Maria mark, your reaction . Hes absolutely right on that. And again, the wall has helped that too. Anyone who says its just theyre not being intellectually honest. What weve done with cdcs Public Health order, title 42, that enables the individuals that wee we encounter in the bo, instead of introducing them into the system, instead of introducing the covid spread from inside the borders, were able to remove them immediately and 96 of those were done in a public hours due to the Public Health order. It absolutely saved countless lives in the country. Maria away from arizona for a second, i want to ask about the Border Protection situation around imports coming from china. Are you still seeing lots of fake goods coming in . Ag barr told me about the Espionage Campaign that the Chinese Communist party has in place. What are you seeing from a border perspective . Maria, i tell you, this is one thing from a Law Enforcement perspective, its disgusting. Any time theres a crisis we get a task force together because we know people are going to take advantage of it. Were seeing fake test kits, seeing fake masks, over 100,000 of those weve encountered and we keep getting those on a regular basis. Its really disgusting. The American People really need to be aware, make sure they get legitimate goods. Maria fake masks, fake test why fake masks and tests from china . Its common criminal enterprise, just to make money, thats all it is. They dont care about the Public Health of United States citizens. Maria thanks for of giving us that color. Great to see you. We will keep watching, mark more of began joining us there in arizona. Suing harvard, the epitome of Higher Education faces a lawsuit by one of its students. Wait until you hear this. Losing your skills behind the wheel, what one study is saying about peoples ability to drive amid the covid19. This friday we have a big interview with former nypd commissioner, ray kelly, talking about policing in the United States today as the country deals with all of this protesting. Back if a moment. Maria welcome back. College tuition headed to court. A harvard law student moving to file a lawsuit against the school because tuition remains the same for online classes during the pandemic. The school says Remote Learning will remain the norm this fall. Tuition at harvard topped 65,000 a year, several other schools faced similar lawsuits including columbia university. This is an interesting story, cabot, and something ive been thinking about lately. If students are doing everything online you are missing out on University Life. Should tuition stay the same . Cabot well, i think its reasonable for students to use their Market Forces to try to get schools to lower tuition. Weve seen a 300 increase in tuition since 1990. Students have been willing to go along with that, a large part of that is because they have an Endless Supply of federal loans at their disposal. Of ive talked to dozens of students. The consensus is i understand the past semester things were crazy, the universities had their hands forced on having to compromise the experience. This coming fall, students are saying im not going to pay full tuition if im not getting the full experience. Universities have to offer the Traditional College experience, those are things students pay for. If universities are not offering that full experience, students arent going to pay. Schools are going to have to lower prices on their own to keep attracting them or i think well see a dip in enrollment this coming semester. Maria i agree with you. Dagen remarks do you think . Dagen, what do you think . I think well see a fundamental structural change in how people get educated because of what theyve been doing the pandemic. Dagen i think parents will be asking if theyre footing the bill for the universities. Not really harvard. Harvard, you get out, you graduate and the world is your oyster because so many rich and successful people went to school there, its easy to get a job. With universities that charge close to that amount of money and all your kid is learning is how to funnel a beer and getting out and not having opportunities, maybe its not worth a quarter of a Million Dollars. How is harvard spending the 41 billione 41 billion endowme . You cant cut the tuition for the kids a little bit . Suck it up. Maria yeah. I would think you lose the University Life and the biggest portion of your cost is the dorms and living there. So its interesting to me that youre not seeing any change in the overall tuition. To me, that doesnt make sense. When we come back dagen at wake forest, i was forced to live in a room for a single, one person, in a bunk bed when i was close to 20 years of age with another woman and take showers in a male dorm in a shower that didnt drain and i had to wear duck boots and stand in old water up to my ankles and you know what, back then it was eight grand a year so youre like i get what i paid for. But not with 52 grand. Maria and you paid for it. You did it and you paid for it because thats what it took to live on campus and deal with it. Well see if that changes. Coming up, losing your skills behind the wheel, what one study is saying about peoples ability to drive amid the covid19 pandemic, right after this. Tell me why. Aint nothing but a heart ache. Tell me why. Aint nothing but a mistake. Tell me why. I never want to hear you say. I want it that way. Where will you go first . Wherever you make go, lexus will welcome you back with exceptional offers. Get zero percent financing and make no payments for up to 90 days on all 2020 lexus models. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Maria welcome back. Time for to morning buzz. Apparently not like riding a bike, a new study finds onefifth of drivers in the u. K. Are forgetting how to drive due to being on lockdown for so long. Some of the top mistakes include stalling the car, scraping the curb, not checking mirrors, forgetting turning the ignition key. Ryan, what do you think . Its been two andahalf months. Ryan i think too many spirits during lockdown impaired a lot of peoples judgment is my opinion, maria. Maria so impairing their judgment to drive then. All right. Next up, it pays to vote. Twitter gives its employees a full paid day off so they can vote in the national election. Employees used to get two hours off to vote. This applies to those working in other countries when their country has an election. Cyber security jobs will stay in the office those days though. Dagen, twitter dagen theres been a push by the democrats to make election day in november a national holiday. In fact, in some states it is a holiday. Really only applies to public workers. But new york, delaware and hawaii are some of the states that do offer holidays for election day. Im not if the Company Wants to do this, then so be it. But in terms of mailin ballots, i got an application for a mailin ballot in my mailbox here in new york city that was addressed to somebody who has not lived in my apartment for at least six years. So maybe they do need to clean up the voter roles. Maria thats absolutely true. Thats why ag barr this weekend said that mailin voting opens the floodgates to fraud. Who knows who takes that ballot out of your mailbox. We wont know if Foreign Countries are actually printing out ballots. Dagen its an application. Maria you just got it. You got the application. Dagen its an application. Its not the actual ballot. But still, why did they think somebody lives there and is a voter in new york who hadnt been in that building for literally almost a decade. Maria thats unbelievable, dagen. Really good story there. Finally, starbucks goes impossible, the coffee giant expanding its menu as more stores open nationwide. Now an impossible breakfast sandwich has been added. Customers can get two drinks with almond milk foam. Are you in. Cabot im glad its called impossible. The chances of me eating it is impossible. I was on my wifes family farm. They raised cage free chickens. Its well worth it. Thats what ill go for, not the plaint based sausage. Maria housing and urban Development Secretary ben carson is here next on the protests across the country, the covid19 pandemic and housing in america, next up, right here, mornings with maria. vo at audi, we design cars that exhilarate with versatility, whether on the track, or the everyday drive. Today, that philosophy extends to how we connect with you. We call it, audi at your door. Whether a remote test drive, shopping, tradein, or even service pickup, audi at your door can do this and more at participating dealers. The premium audi dealership experience, on your terms. Audi at your door. Good wednesday morning. Thanks for joining us. Im Maria Bartiromo. Wednesday, june 24. Top stories 8 00 a. M. On the button east coast coronavirus cases spiking half of United States, now reporting a rise in cases, arizona texas california new records Texas Governor abbott telling people stay home dr. Fauci sounding alarm giving people some hope for a vaccine. Were now seeing a disturbing surge of infections there is a reasonably good chance by beginning of 2021 that if were going to have a vaccine that we will have it by then. Maria cases rise so do calls for stimulus, Steven Mnuchin says congress could pass a package in july pandemic hitting market futures indicating decline as the result of case spites Dow Jones Industrial average down 239 points nasdaq down 38, s p 500 down 23 after markets ended in the green in fact nasdaq shattering another record close closed at new alltime high for second day in a row nasdaq now 10131, gain 75 points dow up 131 yesterday, Police Reform in focus protesters are going on, but Senate Republicans voting today, to move forward on changes they are still facing pushback from democrats on Police Reform Technology Giant speaking out against the temporary ban own h1b visas saying could it move jobs overseas amazon finds a least for largest warehouse in new york city after controversy caused it to put headquarters out of big apple, play ball Baseball Players reporting back to Training Camp july 1 opening day later that month mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning mostly lower in europe red across the board as servers watch spike in coronavirus cases ureportedly looking to about impose new tariffs, on goods in the eu places like spain, germany uk, on 3. 1 billion dollars imports European Union may been a american travels cac quarante down 85 dax in germany down 217, in asia overnight, markets mixed, tensions between, north and south korea seem aegz kim jongun suspended military action against south korea kospi up 11 2 , Dagen Mcdowell Cabot Phillips ryan. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Good morning to everybody great to see you top stories we are watching this morning, right now, a grim milestone for the covid19 pandemic, number of confirmed cases worldwide surpassing 9 million in United States on the rise arizonacalifornia texas new daley records he seven states seeing a spike in hospitalizations as well, dr. Fauci telling congress yesterday states with growing cases may not need to shut down like in march dr. Fauci said the white House Task Force was never told to slow down covid19 testing that a vaccine could be ready by end of 2020 or early next year. And more unrest in capital protesters burn American Flag near Lafayette Park one day after a group tried to the zone outside white house attempted to tear down statue of jackson President Trump said there will never be autonomous zone in washington, d. C. , as long as i am your president if they try they will be met with serious force twitter said tweet violated its rules left it up anyway President Trump not backing down while in arizona yesterday. The left wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage to replace with new repressive reregime they control if you give power to people to demolish monuments, shes city streets set fire to buildings nothing is sacred no one is safe. Maria president vowing to sign an executive order to protect monuments threatening vandals up to 10 years in prison friends, family paying final respects to 27yearold Rayshard Brooks yesterday funeral held in landa where Martin Luther king was a copastor, police of arrest 29yearold Natalie White for allegedly burning you down wendys restaurant, Rayshard Brooks was shot after struggle with police she was to have been brooks girlfriend. Fired in shooting death of Taylor Department says he violated policy on deadly force firing 10 rounds into o covered window and door prevented from verifying immediate threat has 10 days to repeal a termination taylor shot and killed by officers inside her home during a raid on no knock warrant, banned. The rope inside is the garage is a noose,it was left there last year. It is straight up noose fbi stated a noose i have what evidence was in my garage. Fbi says rope was tied like noose, video shows hanging in the garage last october result of the investigation one day after nascar fwhachd a show of solidarity. Past time to return Opening Day Major League baseball for july 24, players due to report to Training Camps next week a 60 game season playoffs in october, officials of Players Union working on property coles reportedly include temperatureture checks covid19 the efforts every other day. Nationwide unrest escalating protesters burning American Flag yesterday in in washington, d. C. , just one day after President Trump threatened force against any protesters attempting to establish autonomous zone in the capital in atlanta near wendys where Rayshard Brooks was killed setting up roadblocks to keep cops away as senate gears up to vote on Sweeping Police Reform legislation vote in jeopardy as Congress Clashes on demand for change joining us right now ben carson dr. Carson great to see you secretary thank you so much for joining me this morning. Thank you always did good to be with you, maria. Incredible moment in time as i said to the ag the other day weve got massive o protesters everywhere autonomous zones protected with men and women with guns, in our own cities. What are you going to do, as an official Government Official in terms of bringing law and order back. Obviously, veryand thatsafe,u know one of the reasons that people he will pay taxes, is so that they will have protection of their personal wellbeing, their homes their businesses. And when the government about officials fail to do that they are breaking a contract with people. You law this kind of anarchy to continue, that is not who we are. And a lot of it has to do with people always putting a if i wering up in the air seeing which way wind i itself blowing rather than doing what is right if we continue to allow anarchy will only spread. Whether you are democrat or republican, official, mayor, governor you have an obligation to the people elected you you have no obligation to a party or ideology. Maria i mean there are people that are living in chop the capitol hill organized protester area that dont want all this around their home peoples rights are impacted and property is being destroyed, so something i know ag said this cant go on indefinitely but what is the answer . Is it suing the mayor . Is it challenging the city . Have what can you do . Well, you maybe a little surprised at my answer, but the answer lies in each one of us. Those of us who actually love this country, love the freedoms that we have, want to pass this on to our children, are going to have to stop being quiet. We have to stop getting in the corner, hoping that nobody notices us so they wont call us a name. And, you know, the reason that this is the land of the free is because the home of the brave youve got to be brave stand up for what you believe in, otherwise, it will be taken away from you. Maria yeah, certainly very dangerous moment in time right now, secretary nearly 46 million americans now out of work, as a result of the coronavirus shutdown beginning in march, do you predict this pandemic will worsen Affordable Housing crisis . Where are we own housing crisis you have been trying to combat so long, where is the availability of housing for those who need it . Well, interestingly enough, you know, this may be an opportunity interesting because we have received through the cares act a significant amount of resources, to be able will to combat homelessness, and to make people understand the importance of moving some of the barriers that keep us from building Affordable Housing and from using a lot of the technology, you know we are a very Innovative Society very entrepreneurial when we put all kinds of barriers in the way to keep from using that, it is not helping us very much. And you know we are making progress, and working with a lot of the various jurisdictions. I was in florida, earlier this week, and the neighborhood in West Palm Beach beautiful place for lowincome people who are in subsidized housing, you wouldnt know from looking at it. Crime rate has gone down enormously kind of things we can do spread around can be done in a way that it doesnt interfere with the character and nature of various neighborhoods around the country. Maria what about all of this commercial real estate . Were seeing a lot of pushback from people feel they dont want to go back into dense areas cities, youve got 60, 70, 84 buildings people wait to get in building for security is there opportunity for commercial real estate to reposition retrofit to address the need you are referring to one of the interesting things, of weve learned through this crisis that teleworking is very effective i dont think it will go back to the way it was before. And there are a lot of people, who are going to be able to work from home going to free up a lot of commercial space can be converted to Affordable Housing to take some pressure off 37 we are very much looking at that, right now, looking at wise to be able to full facilitate that transformation. Are you saying real estate buildings could be turned into about noufbl housing yes significant portions there are floors of buildings not going to be used because people are working from home. So, no point in just letting that sit there. It doesnt necessarily have to be used as commercial space, also a lot of developments go on the ground up now particularly in opportunity zones are mixed use developments, where you have mixed income and also have usually on lower floors Business Opportunities that provides jobs. Fascinating. Yeah there is a will have the opportunity here. Maria this is such ideas from you secretary are you talking about cities like new york . What are the cities that have the available commercial reyou could see transi guessings to Affordable Housing. About about virtually all major cities have significant spaces. That can be used. And were encouraging people in their planning now, i mean this goes back to the city officials goes back to, you know, the various collins to begin to take this into consideration we will work with you the federal government will work with you to make these transitions occur. We have dont have to have problems particularly if willing to work together. Maria really great ideas secretary good to see you this morning thanks very much we will be watching developments. You, too, thank you, maria. Secretary ben carson joining tell us a lot to talk about this morning next up formerly reagan adviser. Quick break. Well be right back. Because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz. The first and only pill of its kind that treats moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis when other medicines have not helped enough. Xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections. Before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections, like tb and do blood tests. Tell your doctor if youve had hepatitis b or c, have flulike symptoms, or are prone to infections. Serious, sometimes fatal infections, cancers including lymphoma, and blood clots have happened. 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Well yeah, i want to make sure i mean they have been very good by the way, all of the stuff about trump being a protectionist all that deal with china, deal with japan, deal with canada and members all belie the fact trump really has been pretty good deals i dont know what logic is behind all specific tariffs i dont like the one on beer really dont like that one maria just joking. Trade with countries is really important for us for them, and really solidifies relation countries that trade together work together, they have peace together, so trade is really important and i just hope they consider that, very seriously making any decisions. Maria so art let me ask you about getting us out of this we are talking about a severe contraction in the a Second Quarter probably up to 30 we are in recession we believe right now wide expectations, that we will see growth in the third quarter, growth in fourth quarter, growth in 202 believe the administration will go back to original play pac the deregulation, are these the toolss to get us out of this now a Second Time Around . Yeah, let me just say a Second Quarter you are completely correct maria. But almost all of that decline a Second Quarter kwurd in first month, month and half it has been rebounding sharply you saw retail sales you saw employment the stock market come back so there is already a recovery well in hand. I would hope president would go to deregulation would hope very, very much if he wants more employment more jobs, get rid of the payroll tax through december 31, waiver of the payroll tax will have enormous incentive effect on bringing people right back to the workforce the labor employment jobs as opposed to wvr 600 dollar per week thing ridiculous paying people not to work is not getting to recovery believe me when i tell that you that is where i hope they are tamp it down. Go ahead. Well you know i dont think we should pay off states that have been doing bad jobs money in fiscal policy i dont think we need another two trillion, if we get 750 billion one trillion with payroll tax waiver that should be enough to really rocket us back bang get us going that is what i would love to see we will see how it works out there are a lot of competing forces people some dont understand economics very well, and could well get us into trouble. Maria we are all talking about another stimulus plan we will get do in a second ryan go ahead. I love what you are saying, it is he amazes me most economists totally got this wrong retail sales you mentioned jobs report from may off the charts. Right. My firm was one of the only saying going for vrecovery most economists make fortune tell rz look good what does also we have to say congress maybe pulls back on stuff put into economy seems like, things going to start rocking especially reopening different states. Well they are right now i mean really, the all people talk about resurgence of coronavirus stuff if you look at seven day rolling average deaths it is way, way down in april 2300 i think per at a now below 600 just a Straight Line down, deaths are the real problem really are the problem, it is not someone getting sick getting welcome again being able to be fine deaths are issue coming way up things working well but ryan youve got to face real problem in congress these people are spending other people pos nothing more than spending someone elses money in french restaurant high priced champagne caviar why not someone else is paying for it lets go for it. You are great we will see you soon well be right back. Thats my calling to give back to younger people. I think most adults will start realizing that they dont recall things as quickly as they used to or they dont remember things as vividly as they once did. Ive been taking prevagen for about three years now. 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Welcome back, about about potential eu travel ban coronaviruss cases speaking out in United States amid reopening the European Union report considers banning travelers from United States by july 1 according to New York Times would fine residents of brazil and russia Trump Administration had been characterized by eu leaders for banning european travel in march now they are going to ban the u. S. The okeydokey, fine i dont think anybody in United States really wants to go to europe during the summer, given the fact that people are still contracting this virus dont come here you know what in new york is reopening, i dont think we need a bunch of tourists one of the reasons new york was swamped with cases because counteroffers people once he infection started spreading in italy where did rich italians go . Bingo about new york city we will come there you dont come here we are good wait till next year. This is this is a dangerous move, i think, because, so much revenue is coming from tourism in europe, during the summer, and yeah, the coronavirus makes it is a have a much more difficult, but they are going to shut off huge amounts of business if this is the case at a time europe is in recession some areas a lot worse than others. Dagen if anything goes both ways there is a huge amount of them you tourism revenue comes into new york city, ultimately we need tourists there we need tourists here look at new York City Ballet canceled entire season no nutcracker come holiday time christmastime why would anybody want to come here . Rising gun violence rising murder rates, mayor is complete utter disaster loser, lurch, why would anybody come here. Non you cant go to broadway show broadway might not come back frankly until next year though a what are you going to do beaches beaches are beautiful you can do that, more beaches are opening this july 4th next weekend, big, long weekend dagen the beaches in if hamptons beautiful jersey shore is beautiful i dont know some new york city beaches i dont know about that. Quick break california faces a mask rule pushback former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa here on controversy over the new regulations. Back in a minute with that. Maria welcome back. Good wednesday morning thanks for joining us. Im Maria Bartiromo pch, wednesday, june 24 look at markets 8 1 a. M. East coast we are looking at selloff start of tradeing coronavirus spikes pressure on futures, everyone dho, we had a good day yesterday the dow industrials off the lows of the morning, down 201 points right now nasdaq down 22 s p down 18 and one half, yesterday nasdaq closed at alltime high, we had money moving into stocks in a big way triple digit again 4 00 on wrote a yesterday for the dow industrials Global Action is lower, european indices red across the board investors watching spike from coronavirus cases selling, meanwhile there is an issue uvorth looking to impose new tariffs on goods from spain, france, germany and uk on goods of 3. 1 billion dollars. Tariffs on that money, and those imports coming in, that is i what is weighing on european indices this morning, asian markets mixed overnight we did see, gains in korea, for the most part it was fractional moves pretty much across the board, jcpenney set to close 13 more Stores Summer as it work attacked restructuring the bankruptcy court. Cheryl that is right the departments are cases going out of Business Sales could begin as early next friday. Just last week, jcpenney announced plans to close 136 stores corroborative the nation part of a broader plan to permanently close 240 locations the child chapter 11ing bankruptcy protection in may after years declining sales two months lockdowns due to Coronavirus Pandemic Company has to midjuly to deliver a turnaround plan to shareholders, massive warehouse biggest in new york city reportedly is going to be leased oamazon company signed on for one million square foot space in queens amazon will did he modelish former paper making factory and build a dwlifr station to help consumers get orders faster they had plans to build in new york city didnt do it thanks to heavy local opposition especially from alexandria ocasiocortez. Stock up more than half percent trending on foxbusiness. Com Richard Branson adult only cruise line virgin voyages will make a stock debut in october with health plan restrictions to keep travelers safe in the wake of the coronavirus Justice Department officials some states attorney general meet friday to questions antitrust probes into alphabets google, advertising management of android operating systems ford ranger top spot on cars 2020 American Made indices your headlines. Maria c cheryl, thank you, meanwhile, californias mask corroborative governor gavin newsom urging residents wear masks in Public Places as coronavirus cases spike in the states local Officials Police departments push back refusing to enforce the rule former Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa sir good to see you thanks so much for joining me this morning. Good morning, maria how are you . What is your reaction, to this pushback on Wearing Masks in l. A. . Of well weve seen that all over the country as i told you before the last few times i have been on your show, i was in mexico, and i havent seen anywhere in the world where people are pushing back to wear masks in the way you see here in the United States, frankly. Weve seen uptick in coronavirus all cross the country particularly in places where people are pushing back to wear a mask. And so the governor is almost forced to do what he did. Because so many people are pushing back, as you said,. Cabot phillip here what do you think california should do as they start to reopen obviously, a spike in cases people are getting out and about more. Do you think where we see coronavirus cases spike there go should be retraction on opening processes or do you think important to keep pushing through with reopening because you might owned up never getting a reopening if you stop every time there is a spike. I think we need to be led by science guided by science, but not hide behind it. Ultimately we have to make decisions we have to balance clarity here in california we are beginning to open up, we are seeing, a a spike of sorts but not the kind that would require that we close it dow down. It very virtue of your question we have to balance there is no question economy has to open up there is no question that people are pushing back in part or because they feel that that you know, are they need to get back to work, not they not feel. They have to get back to work. At the same time we have to look at it, it is a balance also a we are not going to be you know, put an edict that is not required but at the same time we have to look at Public Health. Maria agent antonio 2020 race heating up President Trump spoke out yesterday in arizona on his opponent joe biden i want your reduction to what the president said listen to this. We will work it out, i think good things are happening, they reached work it out, and democrats playing with daca for years havent done anything, i will get it done. I will get it done, good things will happen for daca recipients. What is your take on the president s moves on daca . He is going to try again. Meanwhile, former president Obama Joining his former Vice President joe biden for virtual are fundraiser yesterday here is that. We will work it out with daca i think good things are happening with daca we will work it out, the democrats have been playing with daca for years havent done anything, i will get it done i will get it done, we will good things will happen for daca recipients. Maria gentleman antonio that was same sound bite, go ahead . Lives in alternative universe, more than 70 of the nation believes that these kids who came to through no choice of their own with parents lived here, no other country ought to be able to live here work here 30,000 on frontlines First Responders, many graduated from college, come on, to great careers, when he says we are going to do good things for them i think the only thing he has done up to now is try to end the program he said they are going to redo paperwork going to try to continue to end the program. What good things he is talking about i dont know. I do know this the vast majority of these young people deserve to be able to continue to work and live here, build their families here, the only country they know as i said some 70 of america agrees. With respect to biden the you know, look. Yep. You and i talked about this before the cup is evenly divided we need peace makers people want to bring us together i am a democrat but i want to work with republicans i think we need to work forward, and i am hoping, joe biden will do that, i know that President Trump hasnt i dont say that because he is a republican. I have a great deal of respect for Republican Leaders here in california and across the nation i just dont see the president as someone who wants to bring us together and unite us prarl in trowelling times pandemic of you know the world, issues problems that we are facing. The campaign for joe biden raised some 7. 6 Million Dollars apparently in you fundraising, and i want to ask you your the state of play right now joe biden versus donald trump. What do you think americans are going to be voted on, come november weve got an economy clearly, that is struggling, due to the shutdown and covid19 pandemic. But going into this we had one of the best economies weve seen in long time in terms of job creation do you think this comes back by year end or by the election . Well, look. I dont want to play politics do i hope the economy comes back, are i think every democrat every republican every american i hope the economy comes back time people are suffering time people out of work i hope it comes back i am not sure it will. It certainly in the way that it did before the pandemic. I think, it is going to take a while. I am not expert in that regard but everything i read and hear, is that it is going to take a while. I think people are going to go im sorry . They are going to vote how . I think they are going to vote on the economy frankly, that will be part of why the vote what they vote on i think they are also going to vote on do we need to continue this hearing the screamers do we need somebody can bring us together unite us around the Common Mission of taking America Forward . You know. Yeah this grilling growing unrest is only adding to the issues up of got growing unrest, in the socalled autonomous zones like seattle trying to build one in washington. Do you worry that los angeles is going to see something similar crop up where protesters start you know bordering up an area saying this is our city going to guard with guns, and burn flags. Our constitution protects the right to protest, and i certainly respect peaceful he protests. And understand why people will protest both George George floyd murder but, also, the racially oppression that continues to exist in this country. However, what is going on in seattle is not something that i can support. I think the vast majority of americans could support cantth have that kind of lawlessness, another murdered there or killed the other day in addition to that, there are you know, Police Officers cant come in the neighborhood wants to make sure that they are safe. So i dont expect that will happen here. In los angeles. But, as you said, it has happened in seattle. All right, antonio great to see you as always mayor villaraigosa we will see you soon thanks for joining me this morning. Thank you, sir. Great to see you and to you. S reopening he legendary retailer putting lockdown riots in here view mirror that is next dont forget to ask maria i will be answering your questions social media through instagram and twitter, back in a minute. O at audi, we design cars that exhilarate with versatility, whether on the track, or the everyday drive. Today, that philosophy extends to how we connect with you. We call it, audi at your door. Whether a remote test drive, shopping, tradein, or even service pickup, audi at your door can do this and more at participating dealers. The premium audi dealership experience, on your terms. Audi at your door. Fox business alert tesla shares under pressure take a look down one 1 4 national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it opened up a probe into 63,000 model stesla vehicles after reports touchscreen failures we will follow this stock reacting this morning more on that, new york businesses coming back opening up once again, the barbed wire surrounding saks 5th avenue store removed prepares to welcome shoppers back Lauren Simonetti live for the grand reopening good morning to you. A quiet 5th avenue remember that barbed wire fencing put up not long ago to protect iconic flagship on historic 5th avenue luxury shopping to protect store everything inside is gone let me show you what replaced it windows, they are black, they are understated i think the point they say welcome back, we missed you. Saks will open the fifrt since march 17, at 11 eastern time there will be 1,000 workers, in the store greeting customers, we hope they show up, giving them masks when needed, and there will be changes when you go inside, are, a picture of the escalators bright purple greenlights reflecting the uv light about disinfecting the rails, where you return an item that will be cleaned quarantined for 24 hours. 10 happened washing stations per floor what are will will be missing when it does open doors today are discounts imagine that no big sales. Why . Here is why saks says they new summer merchandise doing zoom shopping, they have been doing delivery to the hamptons, before pandemic when struggling what was booming for them was their Concierge Service personal shopping that grew 15 saks hopes that continues why going to open doors two hours early, and close doors two hours late every day for personal shopping maria this is where they think money is at for now, also, what is missing saks reopens tourists, where are tourists in new york city . A third of sales roughly, the spas closed for now as you look up and down 5th avenue a luxury shopping mecca many brands are saying you know what in we dont want to be here anymore they will move locations saks thinks if that continues to happen, that is good for them back to you. Maria really interesting. Nice to see saks reopening by the way, great stuff lauren thank you Lauren Simonetti in manhattan this morning coming up mullets making a comeback you heard it right the reason why when we come back. Stay with us. Maria welcome back, a bit of a blast from the past. The mullet haircut a comeback hairstyle america loves to hit a milley cyrus the look earlier after her dad rocked it in the day dagen did you ever have this haircut. I never even had a perm in 80s, so i avoided that. Thank the lord, milley cyrus haircut the is carol brady haircut from 70s, sort of a mullet not really, by the way, where i come from you call it a show low, short in the front long in theback, business in the front party in the back I Chuck Rocha appeared on fox frequently worked on bs campaign tweets photos of the mullet he had in texas i am giving in 80s, it was epic, better than Billy Ray Cyrus mullet the back had a home perm really, really curly curly curly in the back supershort in front with baseball chuck, best mullet i have seen a lot of them, ever laid eyes on. The what do you think ryan, cabot you can pull that off; right . The perm plus mullet ambitious my curiosity about High School Prom dates have mullets if they did would love that picture. Dagen i didnt go to prom date stood me up i fell downstairs broke my tibia that is my problem. My goodness i i enjoyed to the prom he didnt have a mullet haircut i will find the picture for you even better. Stay with us more mornings with maria right after this. Im coming up. Maria welcome back. Take a look at futures, as we are 35 minutes away from the opening bell. We are down 153 points on the dow. The nasdaq down 13. S p down 13. Remember, this is the final week of the quarter. We are talking about some of the best numbers in terms of a quarter since 1995, in terms of the s p, in a decade for the nasdaq. Ryan, cabot, you have seen this market trade well. Your final thoughts . Yeah. Well, i think that as optimism continues to grow, i think theres a lot more pentup demand and the market might even be working in right now and i think in all the unrest we have seen the past few weeks, it actually could have been the one Silver Lining, could have actually been drawing peoples attention away from covid, kind of helping them move on. Now i think people are starting to look toward opening things up this summer. I think that was playing a big role in them starting to move on and increase their confidence in getting out there into the economy. That could be a Silver Lining from all the unrest weve seen. I actually agree with you on that. Maria could be the best quarter since 1975 on the s p, ryan. Absolutely. You know, a lot of naysayers, lot of strategists have been very negative and have been dead wrong. Expect the surprise to be in the positive. Maria okay. Thank you, guys. Great show. We will see you soon. Varney Company Begins right now. Stu, take it away. Stuart i shall indeed. Good morning, maria. Good morning, everyone. The virus is back. A big increase in new cases in texas and the governor takes action. Greg abbott says please stay home. When you go out, wear a mask. Texas took the lead in opening up its economy and relaxing restrictions. The governors reversal is a sharp reminder that the virus is still with us and it is a factor in the market today. Look at this. The dow industrials, the s p 500 and the nasdaq, all of them down, not much, but all of them