Peek right now to get us over speak right now. Welcome, everybody, im neil cavuto and, well, happy 4th. And with everything weve been through, it is remarkable that we keep going through it, and we keep smiling in the face of it and dealing with it all. A hot dog eating contest still on at coney island today. I dont know how those guys do that. And gals, its a big undertaking and an International Audience ready for that one. But this is about celebrating our countrys history and how we all got started. But lets yet a read right now on some friction thats out there, protests being planned, most of them peaceful and orderly, but nevertheless things on the docket including what to do about monuments, something that the president addressed last night at mount rushmore. Lucas tomlinson has more on what could be in store. Reporter neil, good morning and happy july 4th as the nation celebrates its 244th birthday. All is calm here on the mall, but last night President Trump threatened the nation is under assault from what he called a leftwing vast conspiracy. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heros, erase our values and indoctrinate our children. We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nations children, end this radical assault and preserve our beloved american way of life. Reporter the president s visit was met by protesters who blocked an access road. The president said ominously the protests are designed to overthrow the american revolution. Their goal is not a better america, their goal is to end america. In its place they want power for themselves. But just as patriots did in centuries past, the American People will stand in their way, and we will win and win quickly. [cheers and applause] reporter while july 4th celebrations have been scaled back across the country, President Trump is ramping it up, at least in the skies over cities of the american revolution. Beginning at 4 p. M. Eastern, a flying armada of b1, b2 and b52 bombers will fly over boston, then after the statue of liberty near you in new york, neil, at 5 p. M. Followed by philadelphia at 5 15 and baltimore at 5 30. In addition to the air force fighters and bombers, the marine corp. Jets, the navys blue angels will also fly over the mall. The show begins here in the armys Golden Knights will parachute next to white house at 6 30 p. M. Well also keep an eye out for more protests, dhs will be deploying a special task force to guard if the monuments. Neil happy fourth to you, my friend. Ken cucinelli joins us now, its under his responsibility and watch that those monuments will be protected. Secretary, always good to have you. If things get out of hand we hope they dont, but if things get out of hand, how are you charged as acting secretary of Homeland Security to deal with that in. So for all the monuments on federal property, we have primary responsibility if theyre not in a park where its National Park service, and weve been teaming up with them even in front of the white house. Weve actually had some violence overnight in portland where some of our agents were Forward Deployed with local officials. That was handled effectively. And were ready for that anywhere in the country. We have go teams deployed that can be anywhere or in a matter of hours in the continental 48, and we also are Forward Deployed to some of the areas where we have a greater concern for the potential for violence. And, obviously, this is to maintain peace and keep americans safe in addition to our history. Neil apparently you guys do have a handle on the ringleader of that effort to bring down the statue of former president Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square right across from the white house. Can you update us on that, ken . Yeah. So, you know, everything that happened yesterday, right . Investigations do take a little bit of time. I will tell you i think department of justice, park service and our secret Service Folks all working together there made that happen very quickly, and it was a great demonstration of what President Trump talked about and signed an executive order on that we are going to be ayes, sirrive and forwardleaning in prosecuting people who are breaking the law, creating violence, trying to destroy federal property and destroy our history along with it. There are hundreds of other investigations running right now, neil, from all across the country. So people should know that this is not something that their federal government is going to take lying down. Were going to reestablish peace, and were going to bring consequences to those who violate the law. Neil ken cucinelli, thank you very much. Ken, i appreciate it. Have a great fourth. Neil you too. Well be monitoring the developments very, very closely, particularly of the states and the regions that haved had the more controversial attack lines on either the emancipation if lincoln statue, of course, that is in washington, d. C. And, of course, the Andrew Jackson statue just across from the white house. Lets go to dan gelber right now because, for people who want to swim in the miami area, good luck. Major beaches are closed, certainly in miamidade, also in broward county. The mayor had to make a tough call in his own neck of the woods to do that, and it was concern about people, you know, flay grantly ignoring distancing and other restrictions. Mayor, very good to have you back with us. How long will the beaches be closed . Do they reopen next week . Whats the latest . Well, the county mayor has closed the beaches through the weekend. Weve closed liquor stores, this is a curfew countywide at 10 p. M. Weve had enormous spikes in south florida and miami, and the result has been if we dont take really substantial action right now, i think its prosecutor pretty clear the trajectorys going to be something we cant control in a week or two. Neil im getting the sense, and some people are, that maybe things are getting out of control in florida. The spike in new cases, its hit a daily record i think for three days running. Im just wondering what you think is going on. People arent listening. Frankly, you know, weve had a mask order, my city has had a mask order in place for a month or two. But frankly, you know, people arent doing what they typically do. A crisis is bring out the best in you or the worst of you. Certainly, for many people its brought out the best. We see that in our hospitals and all over the place. But for some people, theyre listening to mixed messages from washington, and theyre deciding they dont need to wear a mask, and the result has been unlike with a hurricane when we all listen to exactly the same messaging and worry about everybody, were not as worried about everybody as we typically are. Its really a very sad message to have to say on the fourth of july. Neil you know, mayor, i also wonder not only the effect on your residents and those who go to the beaches, visit from nearby, you know, communities, travelers as well, vacationers who might be hearing this and saying, all right, well, i can scratch miami off my list of places to visit. What do you tell them . Well, listen, right now we have a problem, we have a virus in our community. Im not going to be the mayor in jaws and say come on in the water right now, we just cant do that. We have a very Serious Health care issue. We have over 1400 people in our hospitals right now, our intensive care is increasing, our people on vents is increasing. So we cant just ignore that. And, you know, look, ill say this, on july 4th we celebrate freedoms, but we also celebrate sacrifices. Theres nothing more american than sacrificing for, you know, for your loved ones, for a neighbor or for a stranger. And its time that people just follow these guidelines and wear a mask. Its not a political statement. If wear a mask and well get through this, and then we can get back and open you up our ecy in the glorious way we lo it opened love it opened. Neil mayor, thank you very much for taking the time, hope all goes well there, dan gelber, the miami beach area there. A beautiful neck of the woods. Again, beaches across the country are dealing with similar pressures. In the case of california, 19 counties are seeing their beaches either curtailed or shut down entirely because of a spike in cases. Well keep track of that for you. Also keeping track of whats going on in new jersey. It was a week ago at this time that we got news out of the blue that Indoor Dining, which should have taken effect by this week, is now going to be put off indefinitely. A restaurant owner, celebrity chef at that, at what that means for everybody, after this. Neil all right, i want to show you asbury park, new jersey, for you among you might be to officionados of bruce springsteen, this is where he launched his debut album, did many of concert there. Its an iconic venue for those who like the beaches and the wonderful weather and the boardwalk. Decidedly subdued activity right now this holiday weekend. A lot of it has to do with the governor, phil murphy, putting off Indoor Dining. It was supposed to go into effect, but because of what the governor said were a number of folks ignoring distancing and other rules and restrictions in effect, hes going to have to put that off indefinitely. That does not go down well with david burke, concerned about his restaurant colleagues, what this could mean. Very good to have you. How are you putting up with this . Well, neil, thanks for having me on. If you know, its very difficult. We dealt with for several months and then we got the green light that we could open which should have been this thursday. So we prepared for that, you know . We followed the guidelines up until then, then we prepared for reopening, we rehired, we restocked, we put everything in place with social distancing standpoint, made the preparations, investment in dollars that we dont really have right now to make all four of my properties in jersey compliant. Luckily, i have outdoor seating. If i dont, which some of my colleagues dont, all were doing is basically taking business away from them, and we have an opportunity to feed their customers for the next couple months. The real spike in the back is the pulling of the carpet a day or two we were supposed to open. Neil you know, and a lot youre a little more secure and, obviously, famous. That said, a lot of people will wait it out. You do have Outdoor Dining which you said a lot of your colleagues do not. I was reading how 80 of new York City Restaurants right now cant pay all of their rent. I dont know what the comparable figures are in new jersey, but i would imagine kind of in that neck of the woods. Do you think your industrys going to survive this, or its going to be dramatically winnowed down . You know, is a whole other problem because of there is no Outdoor Dining for most, and the rents are substantial. Neil right. Even a reduction in represent, its impossible to make it happen. I think therell be a huge fallout. Theres tons of discouragement for veterans, chefs like myself that have, you know, worked very hard over the years and even the new guys and girls that are opening restaurants. You know, we work on passion if adrenaline and enthusiasm, and were enthusiasts especially down on the entire city shore to get open for the city the jersey shore. Some of the players that cant get open this season, itll probably put them out of business for good. Its disheartening. Its hard not to look at it through the lens of theres something wrong here when the amusement parks and the casinos can open, the airlines are working, and yet the Restaurant Business which employs many people. It takes about 30 restaurant employees to run a small restaurant. So theres a lot of employees that could get back to work, and my suggestion, there should be some panels, the new jersey restaurant association, that comes up with plan. We could have Health Inspectors or covid inspectors, two of them paid by the government and put 30 people back to work and get them off of unemployment, but nobodys talking about solutions. Its just what the governor seems to think is best. Thats whats really upsetting to most of us. Neil yeah. Well watch it closely, david. I wish you well. You have a good reputation, your restaurants. But like you say, for some of your lesser known colleagues, its a very different and tough story. David, thank you very much. David burk, celebrity chef and much, much more. All right, even with this backdrop of delayed reopenings and some that are reversed, the economys doing quite well. Some of this period where states were drawing back, we still saw nearly 5 million in new jobs. Thats about 7, 8 million new jobs in the past couple months. So despite everything, were humming. Now what . That if this happens. Or this. Or even this. Weve seen and covered it. So, get a quote today. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum 49i found you good job. Now im gonna stay here and you go hide. Watch your favorites from anywhere in the house with the Xfinity Stream app. Free with your xfinity service. Now any room can be a tv room. Stream live tv, on demand shows and movies even your dvr recordings. Download the Xfinity Stream app today to stream the entertainment you love. Xfinity. The future of awesome. Muck. Todays report is positive news, and im thankful for it, for real. But make no mistake, were still in a deep, deep job hole. Because donald trump has so badly bungled the response to coronavirus. You know, a million more americans, millions of them, would still have their job if donald trump had done his job. Neil what did you make of what joe biden said . Wed be in much better shape if the president had handled the virus better. I dont want to get into a debate with joe biden about it, but it was a terrific number, one we should be very happy about it. 7. 5 million jobs added over a two month period now, unemployment dropping also a lot more than had been projected. And heres another good thing about this report, we saw gains across demographic groups. Neil you know, that was a very good view from the labor secretary where we really stand on this, no matter what you think about the president or how he has handled the coronavirus. People were not anticipating even by now that we would start seeing job gains. But over the last couple of months, weve seen nearly 8 million of them and fears that the Unemployment Rate would rival what it was back during the depression when we got as high as 25 , the highest we got was a little bit north of 14. 5 . Were down to 11. 1 right now. Yes, things are still tough but, man, oh, man, not nearly as to have tough as some feared. Bill simon on what might be going on. Bill, it is a little surprising that the strength this jobs in jobs is happening as quickly as it is. What do you make of it . Yeah. Happy fourth, neil. I would agree with you, it is a bit surprising, but, you know, it honestly shows the resilience that the consumer has had throughout this whole thing. Particularly, you know, the consumer went into the if coronavirus hockdown in a lockdown in very, very good shape, and i think were seeing them follow through with it. Theres still a lot of money in the market. The unemployment, enhanced unemployments still in effect. The stimulus is out there, and i think people are feeling better about where they were. And now this latest spike, i think were going to need to digest that and see what happens. But, by and large, the consumers still very strong. Neil yeah. You mentioned the latest spike and whether some of the states that have had to rehave verse reopening plans reverse reopening plans, whether that might show up in next months data. Its hard to say. What is confounding is the9 fact that it is as broad based as it is. So, you know, obviously pentup buying and enthusiasm, weve seen it in some of the retail sales figures, weve seen it in some of the early Mortgage Application numbers, we see it, you know, in future home sales, penning sales pending sales. So theres something beneath the surface that show americans are a little stir crazy and may be more inclined to buy and to do the kind of things that we thought they werent going to be doing for months to come. What do you think . Yeah, i agree with. I think everybody has reached a point where they want to move forward. I was going to say get back to normal, but i dont know that well ever get back to whatever normal was. What we really want to do is move forward. It appears no matter what we do, katrina virus is going to do coronavirus is going to do what coronavirus is going to do. We need to figure out how to live with it, move around it, avoid it as best we can until a medical solution comes to get us true through it. Locking down and doing nothing, i think, is gone. I believe what well see is, you know, as flareups and spikes occur, therell be a dial up and dial down the activity to try and keep people as safe as they can. And, please, by all means, follow the guidelines. Wear a mask, wash your hands, do the things that, you know, we know work so that we can move forward. Neil do you worry about, and do you worry it sounds like a weird question, the strength in the stock market, walmarts stock has been doing are well, other retailer like amazon, theyve been doing very, very well on the notion there is still this strong, pentup demand to spend. But the markets are now kind of back to levels they were before all this began. Nasdaqs in record territory, and yet were still down a net 20 million jobs even with the comeback. Somethings gotta give, right . Well, you would think. But, you know, markets typically, you know, move based on what People Project is going to happen, not whats happening. So i think where the market, the levels the markets are at today indicate that most investors believe therell be a recovery, a substantial recovery in the next 12 months, and theyre putting their money in place in order to take advantage of it. Its really hard to imagine that we could have gone through the shock to the economy that weve gone through and the markets be where they were and the consumer be where they are. Thankfully, thats whats happened, and i think that bodes pretty well Going Forward. Neil well, i mean, this couldnt just be my wife alone, so obviously people have been helping her out. Well see what happens. Very good seeing you, my friend. Good health, good everything this fourth of july weekend. Yes, sir. Same to you. Neil all right. Bill simon, the former walmart ceo. Boosted sales there dramatically by just get back to value, doing all of that stuff. Obviously, planted some seeds here and has residual power right now. As the economy comes back, you know, so too are travel plans on the part of a lot of people. Remember when a lot of the ourlines were saying that middle seats going to be empty . Well, in the case of american its not. Theyre going to stuff you in there like sardines because they think that youre all gung ho on it. Well, that depends. After this. Usaa is made for wt no matter what challenges life throws at you, were always here to help with Fast Response and Great Service and it doesnt stop there were also here to help look ahead thats why were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most and thats just one of the many ways were here to help the military Community Find out more at usaa. Com neil i want to take you to dallas fot worth right now. Texas is dealing with a serious spike in cases, this as the Dallas Fort Worth airport, you know, travel is has certainly picked up steam there. Its still down anywhere from 50 to 20 to what it was about a year ago. In some airports, a lot more than that. So i dont know the exact specifics, but i do know that is an important regional hub for American Airlines which reintroduced this week packed flights. The middle seat, some of the precautions that were taken by the industry post the coronavirus, lifting them. Other airlines as of yet have not followed American Airlines. Mark murphy on some of the things youre going to have to get used to, or not, as you return to normal travel or Something Like it. What do you think, mark . Well, i i think its kind of funny because i just flew from denver to new york and back, and i had the middle seat open, but the person directly behind me was literally breathing down my neck. So i dont think it really matters too much. To be frank, itd almost be better if you separated rows as opposed to the people sitting next to you. United, southwest and other airlines are still blocking that middle seat, and i think that gives people at least mentally peace of mind. Theyre all basically requiring face masks onboard, and in many cases they wont let you board or will take you off the plane if youre not wearing a face mask, so you need to comply with that if you choose to do air travel. Neil i always think the pain in the neck factor, even though it might be safe to fly and this is a chance for people to get back, when they hear news like this, that you might be encountering packed planes, again, i dont think anybody has followed americans fill em all up approach, but they might just say i dont need it, i really dont need that. Right. And i think its a great part of it. The great thing about covid for travel is the fact that you get through an Airport Security screening really fast, you dont have to take your laptop or toiletries out, they dont want you touching stuff. When i got to den v ors it was denver, it was wide open. The downside, yeah, youre going to be around people on those planes, they worry about the she ricklated recirculated air despite the fact they have hepa filters. What could be floating around you, it might freak you out. That, i think thats the thing thats dragging down air travel right now. Its going to get if gradually ticked up, but some of these airports are down 75, 80 in terms of passengers. Neil right. So the numbers are just staggering, and the effect its having on those businesses in the airports, the businesses that supply the airports, the taxi guys, its just a huge domino effect. Neil yeah. And then there are flights that you cant go, like europe right now has sort of a limit on american tourists coming to that continent. I was just wondering, a, how long that lasts because, you know, tit for tat and all of a sudden people are flying in limited areas, right . Well, i mean, we have the same thing going on in u. S. States. You can plan a trip and then arbitrarily things change, and its fluid. So the Biggest Issue travelers have is how do i know if i book something two weeks from now, now all of a sudden ive got to quarantine if i go to new york for 14 days . Most people dont get 14 days vacation, let alone being able to quarantine, so i think thats why youre going to see a trend for people staying closer to home, doing quick getaways, in many cases staying within their state and just having a massive impact. Last time i looked there was about 50 unemployment in the hospitality industry. Theyre bringing people back onboard but not very fast, and i continue see lay areoffs and furloughs from Major Companies in the travel industry that cant continue to staff the way they staff until things are dramatically better. Neil yeah. And were a long way from that. Mark, have a great 4th. Thank you very much. Safe travels wherever you go. Thank you. Neil hes always flying somewhere. Mark murphy. Weve told you about the spikes in cases, 40 states now have seen some increases, about of which doubledigit increases. Whats the effect on peoples psyche and more, on their health . After this. Neil all right. Happy 4th of july, everyone. It hasnt been happy for those wanting to see number of cases subside as regarding coronavirus. Again, its in the eye of the beholder, but the u. S. Has set a seven isth record in nine days for new coronavirus cases. Furthermore, the spikes have been very pronounced in states like arizona and florida, south carolina, nevada, louisiana and texas where they are already reversing phased reopenings in those regions just to be on the safe side. I want to discuss this with st. Joseph University Hospital doctor, the doctor always helps me out understanding the Bigger Picture here. Doctor, thank you very much. Hi, neil. Its great to be here and happy fourth. Neil to you as well, my friend. Lets talk about these spikes a little bit. You hear the number of cases, but more testing begets more cases. And when we look at the spike in hospitalizations with the exception of texas, theres been no comparable uptick when it comes to deaths. I know, sadly, a lagging indicator. Its actually versing. So how, how serious reversing. Is so how serious in your eyes are these spikes in the aggregate . Well, very, very serious. The interesting thing is the reason the death rate seems to be flat is because more young people are being infected, and although young people can certainly die from this disease and we dont know what the predisposing factors are, its likely to be immunogenetic meaning that its built into your dna. However, young people generally dont get hospitalized, dont do badly and dont die. The elderly population, and those with comorbidities, are smart enough to be inside and stay inside particularly on a holiday like this. You dont see them wandering around the beaches, bars and clubs. Is so thats a good thing. So the death rate has flattened out. I think we had 649 deaths yesterday and about 23,000 wait a minute, 53,000 cases. And just in one day. But as bad as that sounds, its not, were not talking thousands of people dying every day now. That doesnt mean that that couldnt happen in the near future. Neil and we should posit as youve reminded me that young people, though they feel theyre bulletproof and all that, if they have issues, obesity, diabetes, any other related issues, theyre just as vulnerable as the older folks. And they could risk, you know, giving it to older folks. Whats your best advices . Yeah. So everybody should keep their social distancing and wear a mask. Everybody should wear a mask. Now, i say that often and often and more and more than i like to say it. But it should be mandated by most of the governors of the states. The interesting thing that nobody should be in a bar or a club or in a closed space, especially not wearing a mask, especially not sharing food or drink. Which a lot of young people like to do. Thats bad. Thats a recipe for disaster. So i think that using prudence here and being very careful if youre out on a beach, keep your distance. You dont have to wear a mask if youre outdoors and youre among your very close members of your family because you know them, and you know that they may likely not be infected. But you can never be sure about anything with this condition. So thats my advice, wear a mask, keep social distancing. No need to wear face shields, thats for the hospital. Neil you know, moderna, one of the more Promising Companies that was working on a vaccine or a treatment, the stock was falling yesterday on news that it was delaying phase three trial study, and im wondering with a dozen or so potential treatments out there in various stages of pro depression and tests progression and tests, are you optimistic by the end of the year there might be something available . Im cautiously, and im quoting tony fauci, im cautiously optimistic that well have something by january or february. I dont know about the end of the year. Again, these phase three and phase four trials, thats where the rubber hits the road, thats where the problems occur, thats where the side effects and data come forth which show maybe the vaccine is not so great as we thought, although no dern that has a very interesting vaccine with their message rna messenger rna vaccine. There are others out there that use the attenuated virus and those that use the carrier virus to bring the fragments of corona 19 into the body. Theyre all promising, theyre all out there, but again you hit the nail on the head, neil, phase three is a little dicey, phase four certainly is a lot better. And once we get out of phase four or are into it, im sure were going to be producing millions and millions of vials of vaccines. Im very hopeful about that. If. Neil i noticed high driving while intoxicated color quinn is back in the hydroxychloroquine is back in the news, there was a study that said those who were treated with it did a lot better than those who were not. It seems hike a Silver Bullet here. You have your concerns about it, particularly for those with underlying heart, respiratory conditions. I believe that group was excluded. Those with serious heart conditions, which is my big concern, that they were a vulnerable population. They were not included hire. What do you make of it . Right. I think its an interesting thing. Its the first real data that we have. Now, you know, it doesnt mean that this is a panacea. The clear panacea is the antiviral products, the remdesivir. But what theyre currently doing at henry ford with 3,000 patients is theyre testing it as a preventive. And thats what everybody was talking about. A lot of my friends who are physicians were talking about giving it to people in families where one member was affected and everybody would get the drug, and the drug is taken, its a very easy drug to take. I use it all the time on my rheumatic patients. But therein lies the issue. The issue is, is it prophylactic . That would be very positive, and President Trump will be very happy with that because he used it prophylactically for two weeks. We found that in the hospital with our acutely ill hospital, it really didnt make a big difference at all. We saw no big change. Now, we didnt conduct a Clinical Trial. At henry ford they had 2500 patients, and they looked at it, and within two days of the patients being in the hospital and they werent clear about whether they were in intensive care or not about, i think they used the number 91 of the patients within 48 hours of admission were placed on hydroxychloroquine. And they did see senate changes. Significant changes. You know, 13 , interesting, death rate with patients on plaque by nil alone and 26. 4 of patients dead not on it. So this was a Clinical Trial that was quite interesting. I dont know what the drugs because i havent seen the original paper yet, but theres data out there to suggest it may if, in fact, be of some benefit. The lancet study was disaccredited, the french study was thrown out the window and so on. Neil my big issue when this first started and having talked to a number of cardiologists is if you do have these underlying conditions, its very risky. In fact, it can, 23469, lead to death. The university of michigans Health System is still each after all of this not known to use high driving while intoxicated city clear win on coronavirus patients. It echoes readings from the fda that it yanked emergency use, the nih, a u. K. Study in oxford. So when you advise people on it, is the underlying rule kind of what we thought at the beginning, you dont have any of these extenuating circumstances, its worth trying . If you do, dont consider it . What do you tell people . Well, if you have any of these extent waiting circumstance, you definitely should not be on the drug. I would tell people that, you know, if the data come out from the pro prophylaxis study whichs in progress that the drug actually prevents you from having bad symptoms, which a lot of people say, prevents you from having significant lung disease which i highly doubt, then i say go on it. But development advise it. I dont advise it. We, again, in our several hundred patients that we took ad hoc, not in a Clinical Trial, to be fair, nothing happened. The drug did nothing for our patients. Now, if youre out there at home and youre sneezing, coughing and running a fever, the question is would you go on it . Thats up to your position and you because only physician and you because only she or he, the doctor, knows your clinical condition, whether you have heart disease, die bites, hypertension diabetes, hypertension and those are mitigating factors that will make a difference when youre on a drug like hydroxychloroquine. For the most part, its a pretty safe drug, so thats not to be, not to make it a terrible drug. However, the supplies of that drug have dwindled considerably since every tom, dick and harry has been taking it regardless of what weve been saying in scientific medicine. Neil all right. Doctor, thank you very much, very much for that clarification. For those of you who have commented to me on this particular study, i point out that my original point remains the same. If you are a vulnerable subset of the population with underlying heart or respiratory issues, not included in this particular study. The findings of the university of oxford Infectious Disease specialists, and i quote although its disappointing that this treatment has been shown to be largely ineffective, it does allow us to focus care and research on more promising drugs and methodologies. So there is promise and hope, but the blanket view that this is a magic bullet defies other studies that say wait and see. Thats what ive warned about, and im still warning. After this. Its been 75 years since your ancestors served in world war two. Many of their stories remain untold. Find and honor the veterans in your family. Their stories live on at ancestry. Neuriva has clinically proven oingredients that fuel five, indicators of brain performanc memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. Neil you know, they are still trying to understand whether this russian bounty story on u. S. Soldiers, forget about whether it ever reached the president s desk, whether the story the itself was accurate to begin with. Dan altman joins us right now, former cia chief. Yeah, dan, hearing what you have been hearing and from your background at the cia, intelligence comes to you heft and right. Is so left and right. So you have to verify it. Does this look like it was ever verified, ever got to the point where the president was alerted . Well, i think theres really three things here happening simultaneously. First of all, there was tactical intelligence that was obtain thed on the battlefield indicating that russia was paying taliban militants to kill u. S. Soldiers, Coalition Forces in afghanistan. That information was obtained from captured taliban militants, not exactly known for their trustworthiness as intelligence sources. And so while the threshold for sharing that information is extremely low and we would have disseminated and we did right away to our soldiers on the front lines and Coalition Forces, we also need to test the veracity of the reporting, and thats really the second thing thats happening. We need to do that before we take any sort of policy countermeasures like expelling russian diplomats, officials from the United States or piling on the sanctions. And so i think those two things for sure were happening. Is it in the realm of the possible . For sure. The russians have been providing Material Support including small arms and training to the taliban for years, and weve protested that. Theyve also hosted taliban peace negotiations as recently as september 2019 after our own peace negotiations kind of hit a hard stop there when a u. S. Soldier was killed just before the taliban was to be invited to camp david. Neil i just find it odd, the double standard though on this particular story where many in the media, for example, wanted and criticized president bush, you know, for the story of weapons of mass destruction were being hidden in iraq, and he was going to deal with it. Then it turned out the intelligence might have been faulty, and here just with on the insinuation about something that sounds like, yeah, i could see the russians doing this, respond to it, do something about it. And its just, it doesnt seem very valid. Well, you need to be careful before you take policy measures. And the third point that i would make here is, look, its a relatively small step to go from providing a sniper rifle and some money to the taliban and then asking them to kill u. S. Soldiers. Of course thats what theyre going to do with those capabilities. The question for me too is whether this tactical intelligence might have been indicative of broader russian strategy. Vladimir putin has said that the collapse of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. He wants to be perceived as having greater influence in south asia, afghanistan in particular. Lets be clear that pakistan has provided far more material assistance to the taliban with safe haven and arms and other things, but putin wants to be perceived as having influence. And knowing that the United States is planning on pulling out our troops, i think putin wants to be perceived as the guy who made that happen. It would the elevate his stature visavis the United States. Neil so it wouldnt be out of the realm of possibility here for something that sounds like incredible intelligence, people might suspect, yeah, i could see the russians doing that, to your point, and then sharing it with the president who would have to act a on that or presumably would act on that, youve got to dot your is and cross your ts if weve learned anything from the whole weapons of mass destruction thing. Not enough people were doing that, right . Yeah. I mean, i would have advised the president right know orally right away orally. We dont assess that it reaches the threshold for you to take action because were still testing the veracity of the intelligence, but we want you to be in the loop here in the early stages. Look, intelligence analysis is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together where some to have pieces are missing and some of the pieces youve got are from another game entirely. Sometimes its good to bring the president in. And also since we shared the intelligence with coalition partners, we dont want the president to be blindsided when he has considerationeds with the Prime Minister of the u. K. , boris johnson. Thats another important element. Neil dan, thank you very much, former cia chief of station on all of that. The confusion abounds. We should check things out thoroughly. Believe we will. All right. Happy fourth, but not happy if youre worried about coronavirus spikes. 40 states across the country right now are experiencing them. Some more than others. About a dozen states are seeing doubledigit increases. Youve probably heard the most out of florida, it ex, texas. But in florida, miamidade curfews 10 p. M. To 6 a. M. , beaches closed including in dade county. To give you an example 9400 cases were reported. About a month ago the state was averaging about 1300 cases a day. So, this is the kind of stuff that jars folks. And anyway, weve got a look at whats happening across the country and what they make of some of the restrictions that come with those spikes. Aisha. Hi, neil. In new york city, new yorkers about this hour are usually making their plans to figure out where theyre going to sit and watch that big macys fireworks display tonight. Plans have changed across the country, really. And instead the show was split up into smaller five minute popup shows across the city across the past week in order to prevent people from crowding around in one place and communities like orlando, Daytona Beach in florida canceling displays altogether now. And some beaches and bars are closed and other communities like chicago suburb naperville moving locations where people can social distance. There are concerns that without public displays, folks will hold private displays and cookouts for family and friends, which could further the spread of this virus. According to local reports, in fact, florida is seeing a spike in fireworks sales since it legalized for the holiday. At least 40 states so far are seeing a rise in coronavirus cases and more states continued to reopen in the next couple of days, easing restrictions. Health experts are really worried that proper precautions, right, are not going to happen at some of the crossgenerational gatherings. Its a Family Tradition and coronavirus wasnt really going to stop us. Youve got the kids and the mom and pop and grand mom and grandpop in the same group and thats the challenge, thats the group we really want to protect. Now, neil, back here in new york city, the macys big fireworks display will be televised, the finale will be televised tonight and i want to mention the case of the illegal fireworks. They continue to rise, keeping new yorkers awake at night and according to local reports just one night ago, Police Responded to a stabbing of multiple people over illegal fireworks. A lot going on, neil. Neil all right. Thank you very very much. I appreciate that. Of course, the fireworks are gone and new york has been doing something funky with the fireworks, spreading it out over six days and never know where and when theyre coming from, thats the idea. But its sort of like where is waldo, where are they coming from. And it will be tonight, and a lot of new yorkers dont know where to be which is probably the intention. Weve got a number of items to update you on, florida, Record Number of spikes just reported today, alltime high in spikes. And in texas, again, a spike in cases as well. And in california, where they had at least a dozen beaches closed right now, Governor Newsom has ordered all wineries closed. 19 counties are pausing Indoor Dining as well. Eric joins us, the california congressman sits on committees. Thank you for joining us on a saturday. How are things looking now . You know, neil, were seeing about a 56 increase in hospitalizations in california, in my yier, about 200 each day in alameda in california. Its not were increasing the testing. Were increasing the testing, but the rate of people testing positive is going up and thats whats most concerning. Neil how is it breaking down, congressman . More younger people . Thats a trend and some say thats good news, but if you have underlying issues, diabetes, obesity, a vulnerable lot of folks. How does it break down in california . Actually, its not just young people. Of course, were seeing an increase in younger people. Its across the spectrum, neil. As you warned. The risk is when you put young people with their parents or grandparents over a holiday weekend, thats where the risk is much higher. I have a Family Member who is very sick and i have not been able to see her for quite some time now because i dont want to expose her and that sucks, frankly, but its just what we have to do right now to keep each other healthy and alive. Neil do you think a lot of people said weve got to reopen the economy and Governor Newsom was a fan of that as well, doing so carefully. Democratic governors are dealing with this, republican governors are dealing with this, but with some of the measures the government has taken, congressman, over the last couple of weeks leaves me to believe he could go even further and he could really, you know, pull in the carpet here on other restrictions that have since been lifted. What are you hearing . Most important is to follow the science. And the calls i have been on with the governor, hes going to let the science dictate this and you saw a number of counties open up in california for inroom dining, for bars, for hair salons, and nail salons, and then have had to roll it back so we really are evolving, neil, but the best thing we could do personally is to wear a mask so ive got my fourth of july mask here, that a friend made for me. And if we wear a mask and keep investing in the testing, tracing and treatment, we can come out of this. Neil you know, congressman, nancy pelosi had urged earlier in the week that maybe it should just be a federal policy every, mandatory, wear a mask. Most governors, i believe your own included kind of left it up to folks, but can force the issue, thats an option that he has, but they dont want to pull that trigger. Do you think its wise that we have a nationwide mask mandate . I think we should have a nationwide masked mandate. I dont think that we should have mask police, but i dont think you should be allowed in any, you know, public place without wearing a mask. Youre not doing it for protecting yourself, youre protecting others and thats what being, you know, courageous is. Thats what is being caring and kind is, is worrying about protecting others and look, the sooner we do this, the sooner we come out of this, but we can be our own worst enemies if were not going to wear masks. Neil obviously, youre following the president ial race closely and you were a candidate yourself. Were told that joe biden is very close to narrowing that list down of potential within largely africanamerican women hes considering, including your senator kamala harris. Who are you plugging for . Ive had the privilege of serving with senator harris. She and i both come from the same Prosecutors Office in oakland. Ive also served with value val deming and shes a former police chief, rides a harley, a woman of deep faith. Theres no shortage of good options for the vicepresident. Neil all right. Thats a very judicious politically safe answer, congressman. Good seeing you. Neil good health to you, be well. Thank you, congressman Eric Swalwell of the beautiful state of california. Were monitoring that and protests planned today, be careful with the protests and distancing issues because theyre coming up again after this. When is the last time dr. Fauci met with and treated a patient on an individual basis or dr. Birx and when you Start Talking to people who are on the ground in the emergency rooms. Neil when is the last time you have . Im not a trained physician. What i am, however, is someone who can read data and and get out and get off the commission, we dont need you. What im saying is, neil, what im saying is the task force may not be necessary anymore and what im saying is dr. Fauci and dr. Birx have undermined what this president is trying to do. Neil you think in the middle of these uptick in cases. In the middle of these uptick in cases you think its a good idea to disband this in the middle of it. Yes, i think its a good idea, but for different reasons. Neil all right. On, you know, replaying that i had with the arizona congressman biggs, i didnt mean to be rude there, many thought i was, but i just dont think this is the time right now to be disbanding a Coronavirus Commission or to say that dr. Fauci or dr. Birx should be contemplating or reinforcing the president s agenda on this. He had the task force for a reason to defer to the doctors. When they raise concerns its probably best to listen to those concerns, but to say that they have to toe the president s economic line, i think the president would say theres a balance between economically what we can do with this virus and how we could save lives at the same time. Anyway, a good reason of sorts, dr. Nicole, the best selling author, new york city physician, much, much more. Doctor, you might want to settle this debate for me. I found it a tad ludacris to say fi ludicrous to say fire dr birx and fire dr. Fauci because of an economic agenda. Happy fourth to you, neil. I do not believe that the Health Experts are contradicting the president s goal. I think the goal of mitigating this virus is a small piece of the much larger puzzle that the president is tasked with putting together. The question is not to socially distance or not. We know that social distancing works. What we need to know is moving forward, what are the best policies for our country, and President Trump is going to have to listen to the public Health Experts as well as the economic efforts, experts and then come together and say, what is the best longterm solution to keep america healthy physically and economically and what we have seen from studies out of uc berkeley, the economist and others studies, social distancing matters to stop the transmission and harsh lockdown orders only slightly more. We need to use that Going Forward and how to balance the equation and appease the Public Health officials and making sure our country is strong longterm economically. That being said, should the White House Task force be dispann dispanned disbanded . Nih and others are working together strongly to make sure the country overcomes the pandemic. And more for optics making sure they are communicating to the United States. So, but a couple of days ago i will say that the white house announced theyre putting together a Pandemic Response group through the state department so maybe theyre just transferring from department to department. Whatever theyre doing, neil, it really is for optics. The truth is theyre not disbanding in the sense that all of a sudden the nih and c. D. C. Arent going to be working on covid19 anymore. Its really in my opinion, partisan politics at play. Neil well, i notice in the case of dr. Fauci, for example, when they appear to go rogue if thats accurate or possibility, dr. Fauci said if were not careful we could get 100,000 a day and his concern about a mutating virus. Some, especially some republicans wince at that and that it destroys the narrative were getting through this, were reopening. Could there be some credence to that, that the message that the white house wants isnt the message that sometimes you hear from dr. Fauci or dr. Birx . Well, speaking truths, what dr. Fauci does do is not going rogue, neil. Unfortunately, the truth hurts for a lot of people. What youre making a good point of, youre talking about the message of it all. It could be 100,000 more deaths. Thats true. However, were seeing even though that theres truth to that, worse Case Scenario and for the messaging side of that, you have a lot of people not wanting the worst Case Scenarios out there because it does fear monger and instill some panic. We want to make sure we have a levelheaded interpretation of the truth. Thats important here. While dr. Fauci speaks about the possible mutation, the word mutation in itself could pro vote fear in certain people. But most means that the virus is less severe, less deadly. So its crucial that we continue to speak the facts, but also make sure that the American People have a good understanding of those facts because we do not want unnecessary fear because unnecessary fear and those harsh lockdown orders are what promotes the civil unrest which we know can actually have negative consequences and increase viral transmission as we have seen with the large gatherings. Now, also, neil, one of the things i want to talk about, we talk about having to balance certain things. When dr. Fauci says that its possible to have x amount number of viral transmission or deaths, we also have to remember the unnecessary deaths that have occurred because of the lockdown orders. This is a very fine balance, neil. All over the world they are reporting more Domestic Violence deaths, significantly more drug overdoses, and suicides as well as hindrance of social development of our children. Those are massive factors that have to be taken into consideration. Neil real quickly, i want to get your droughts on hydroxychloroquine. The white house seizing on this that found that Early Administration of the drug helped hospitalizations and those who were in hospitals. Now, it left out patients who were treated had no serious heart or other related conditions, which was my point at the outset that that is a submarine set of vulnerable population. But your thoughts on that . Because it does go in the face of nih and recommendations, oxford study, all of which had their doubts about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine to treat this. Your thoughts . So, listen, neil, when it comes to hydroxychloroquine i can tell you the Scientific Community and the media has done an injustice to the public regarding it. The bottom line, if the president hadnt touted it early on everyone would look to it with studies and hope. Thats what we have vaccines for. When it comes to hydroxychloroquine we have a handful of studies saying its really not effective and a handful saying it may be effective including the most recent one you mentioned from henry ford institute. But here is the thing, all of these studies are small, mostly retrospective and as you alluded to, there is bias on it. In both sides of the equation theres bias in the studies. Great one coming out significant significantly decrease deaths within 48 hours, it looked like the patients with hydroxychloroquine did not have heart issues and those who did have heart issues did not. And those with preexisting heart conditions have an increased risk of death with covid19 so it does introduce bias there. Here is the thing, neil. The big thing circulating amongst physicians who are practicing with this is what does this do for pro pholaxix. Brazil, and others involved in this. Those im interested to see. We need the blind studies to get an idea where hydroxychloroquine fits in this scenario. Just as im optimistic about recommemdesvi remdesvir, and i wish it wasnt so political, but it is. Moving into the fall months, were in a much better place now than we were a few months ago. Neil doctor, thank you very very much. Thank you, neil. Neil on this issue theres a back and forth whether theres a political agenda. Someone who deals with medical maladies, i come from the perspective of are there risks for you that outweigh whatever youre dealing with right now and with some of these underlying conditions that i pointed out and the doctor reminded us of, and the doctor before her, if that is the base that youre worried about, thats not the to take, dr. Alito said, amy point remains now, theres a reason why those with serious heart conditions were left out of this. They are vulnerable. Well have more after this. Another round of direct payments for individuals. Do you support that at this time . I do. I support it, but it has to be done properly and i support actually larger numbers than the democrats. You want the direct payments larger or uninsurance benefit. I want the money getting to people to be larger to spend it, i want the money quickly and in a noncomplicated fashion. Neil thats the president with our ben burman about more stimulus checks. The republicans by and large not completely in lockstep with him on that. And i want to jim demint, best selling author, and the idea of more checks to folks. You know, republicans say lets see the impact of whats already gone out stimuluswise before we jump to writing more checks to folks. What do you think . Well, neil, it doesnt make sense to suffocate the patient while youre trying to resuscitate that. In some cases were still trying to lock down the economy and trying it push money in behind that doesnt make sense. Ive talked to people all other the country as part of this Economic Task force and people who are opening up, whether they be car dealerships, or restaurants or bowling alleys. When they open, people are ready to come back. I think it needs to be a complication of opening, but as the president said, just issuing checks is not necessarily the best way to do it. There are great economists like steve moore, and the president agrees with this, a payroll tax holiday incentivizes people to go back to work and they make more money and innocecentivize employers. And it puts incentives on the right side. We need to be careful not to create incentives for more people not to work and for businesses to stay closed. Neil are you worried about the spikes in cases when its delaying a lot of governors reopening plans, in the case of california and texas and florida and arizona, actually reversing them. Well, actually theres good news behind the spikes. Some of it is a result of more testing and better access to testing, but were seeing younger people are getting it. Many dont have symptoms at all and this is telling us and confirming the data that healthy working age americans have almost no risk from this. The average age of older who die are over 80 years old and most in nursing care. Thats not any risk, if we wait until we eliminate all the risk to go back to work we are going to bring this country down more than any virus could do to us. Neil given the job surge weve seen, it doesnt cover the governor going back. I wonder if we could slow the recovery more than we appreciate, the uptick in the markets and the uptick in jobs, that could reverse itself . Well, it could and a lot of the jobs, the quantity of jobs will come from retailers and restaurants. Others, a lot of these are starting positions for younger people, and this is where social distancing is the most difficult. So, i think well see that come back a little bit slower, but we see all over the country, businesses of all kinds who are learning how to go back to work responsibly and safely, and most of the spikes are not attributed to people going back to work, it may be rallies or people on the beach or what else, but we are seeing that social distancing and all kinds of circumstances are recuducing the infection rate. Neil, weve got to balance the risk after economic complete meltdown versus the risk of going back to work carefully while this virus is here because no matter what happens in the future, whether the virus gets worse or better, we cannot keep the country locked down. It just we cant pay people enough, i mean, to stay home and be idle. Theres a melting down point for our economy and our currency. So, im not sure we put enough weight on the concern of whats going to happen if we dont get the economy back in good gear pretty quickly. Senator, always good catching up with you. Be well and safe this fourth. Thank you very much. Jim demint. Thank you, neil. Neil on these fastmoving developments. You as well, sir. Weve got lee carter, shes been crunching numbers and polls on how the virus is sorting out, protests, destroying statues is sorting out. Well see after this. On the night of the election i got a great call from President Trump and you know, i assured him by no means did i think my election victory was a referendum on his influence here in Western North carolina. I would say the vast majority over 99 of my voters will be voting for trump. Neil all right. That was 24yearold, you heard me 24yearold Madison Cawthorn who the president hand picked for the nomination to run for a congressional seat open in North Carolina. Mo davis is his likely democratic opponent right now and a congressional candidate himself. Mo davis, very good to have you with us. What did you make of the nontrump picked candidate winning . Well, folks in this district didnt like being told what to do and if you followed the chronology of how mark meadows timed the announcement he was not going to ru, and meadows promised he was not going to endorse anyone and he endorsed linda bennett, and people were angry he tried to rig the outcome and there was a backlash and Madison Cawthorn was the beneficiary of that. Neil and when i talked to your republican opponent he was trying to dispest whatever cur kerfuffle, and that had been a bad reflection on the president and hes counting on the president s support. Do you think hell have it, do you think hes going to move the needle much . It will be interesting, there was a freedom pack and there were negative ads against cawthorn favoring linda bennett. It will be an interesting pivot, going from trashing the young man to supporting him. Neil for you as the democratic candidate are you going to recruit or see if joe biden could help you out . Do you need him . I would like to, im thrilled to be on the ticket with joe biden. Got joe biden at the top of the ticket, Cal Cunningham running against thom tillis in the second slot and then im in the third slot and the governor in the fourth. So, im really happy to be those teammates and batting third in the lineup. Id love to have joe bidens support. People in the district are tired of the chaos and looking for a steady hand. Thats what he and i both offer and i think folks here want some moejoe in this district. And there have been spikes in cases in North Carolina and other states, its not unique, how do you think the coronavirus attack line is going . Its had a tremendous impact in this district. This 17 County District is heavily dependent on tourism and as you in, in a crisis like this, tourism is the first thing to go and the last to come back so every county in this district, 17 counties, you know, the double digit unemployment, poverty was high in this district before coronavirus hit so folks are suffering and need help. Governor cooper i think is getting pretty good marks in being prudent in the way he handled it and i would love to see us do it right the first time and not going through the process again. Its made campaigning difficult, but i think that pales in difficulties that ordinary folks are suffering around this district. Neil real quickly. I looked at North Carolina, great fascination, at the very least its a purple state now. I dont know if its fully, fully blue, but im wondering your take on that and what has been changing in the state . Yeah, i lived up in virginia. When i moved there 14 years ago, it was a solid red state and when i left a year and a half ago, it was solidly blue. I think its kind of the reverse effect, its creeping south and i think that blue is creeping this way. This district, i think im probably about a six and a half point underdog thats still a republicanleaning district, but its more blue than it used to be. And im really optimistic. Its a purple state and i think that its one that both parties will be working toward come november. Neil maybe its something you started. Moe davis, thank you for joining us, the democratic candidate. I want to emphasize we talked with the republican try to talk to the democrat. We have the democrat on, we try to get a republican. A bull on, try to get a bear on. Someone for hydroxychloroquine and someone on either side. Lee carter, and digesting the Political Data thats come in, maybe a microcosm of the Battle Royale going on in the country and a number of states and remind me that polls are snapshots in time and can change, but some of the traditional states that would be layups for republicans might be tough. Yeah. Neil polls are tight for the president , in georgia and texas and all of that. That might sort out and go back to norm here. What do you think about what polls are presently telling you . I think what polls are presently telling us is that the president had a very, very difficult few weeks. That said, when you look at a lot of the states that are actually critical to the election, theyre still within the margin of error. If you look at michigan, wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania, were still really, really close in the polls and so thats good for the president. The president undoubtedly has struggled. A few things im looking at closely in the polls, one is this, who do they think is best able to go gb able to handle the economy. The Pew Foundation released a poll this week and President Trump still wins on the economy, only by a couple of minutes, but still wins there. Joe biden wins on what the people expect him to be able to do for covid and also expect biden to do better bringing the country together. And you talk to those who are voting for trump, they support him. Only one third of biden saying i am voting for biden. Twothirds say im voting against donald trump. Thats not good for biden. He needs them for him. Thats difficult to predict because its happening in a few weeks right before. People are really, really angry, theyre going to vote. If theyre feeling better, theyre not so joe biden has to galvanize the state. Neil you know, i watched where he took questions from the press, that is joe biden, in delaware and a lot of people i know, traditional media, it was great, practically, you know, winston churchill. Im stopping myself and objectively saying, he had a lot of hemming and hawing and pauses and losing his train of thought and im thinking in a give and take in a debate, could that be a problem . Im not casting aspersions, i could forget what i had for breakfast, but im not running for leader of the free world. I wonder if that gets any attention . Do you think that people back home say, you know, i like joe, but im a little worried . Yeah, that is it is a big concern. I think theres about 40 of americans right now who are concerned about his energy level, his ability to do the job cognitively because he doesnt come across as energetic at all. Im not going to i dont want to project into what they mean by that, but i think a lot of people say they feel like hes a little bit slow and are concerned about him. And so, i think that is going to be an issue for him. Hes going to have to come out very, very strong and you can remember during the debates in the primaries, some night that joe biden came out a little bit weak and some nights a little strong. When he comes out against President Trump and they have their debates in the format, hes going to have to have Pitch Perfect night, because the one thing that President Trump does actually two things, as far as that goes, one is energy and the other is and we are going to have to see energetic decisive joe biden, he cant be wishywashy, cant be slow. This is going to be very, very challenging for him because hes never actually been that great of a speaker, this isnt new. When you hear joe biden when running for office, hes often stumbling and misspeaks, and gaffes. Its going to be a lesser concern or hes going to have to overcome it quickly. Neil because its there. You can talk about whatever their positions are, but how you state those positions and how you state your case, that matters, too. So well watch it closely. Lee carter have a great fourth and your beautiful family as well. Thank you, happy fourth to you. Neil all right. Lee carter on all of that. Ive been looking forward to that, weve got clint black with us, a great country singer, but its what clint is going to help things out and to help a lot of folks out. He wants to share that with you. So do i, after this. Usaa is made for whats next no matter what challenges life throws at you, were always here to help with Fast Response and Great Service and it doesnt stop there were also here to help look ahead thats why were helping members catch up by spreading any missed usaa insurance payments over the next twelve months so you can keep more cash in your pockets for when it matters most and thats just one of the many ways were here to help the military Community Find out more at usaa. Com a lot of you are familiar with clint black the Country Music singer extraordinare. Thats a voice from god right there and when a voice from god hooks up with the uso to start helping our troops and to thank them, thats a powerful combination. Clint black with us right now, the Country Music sensation. Very good to have you, my friend. Thank you very much for coming. Thanks for having me back. Good to see you. Neil tell us a little about what youre doing with the uso here in this concert series. It will still happen, right, virus or no virus . Yeah, well thanks for the complement on my voice. The men and women who sign up for our armed forces are really the godsends and nobody looks after them outside of the military Community Better than the uso. We all remember those images of bob hope entertaining the troops from going way back. Neil sure. And its like you said, there is no better audience in the world. Were not able to get to them with the entertainment so were doing it virtually. Chris jacobs is hosting and im going to be performing a lot of songs from here in my studio which i can make much bigger for shows if i need to. [laughter] and have a lot of fun making it and there are shoutouts from around the world and this is going out to all of our bases. Neil yeah. Its a nice thing to do. How do you pull that off virtually . Ive seen a lot of variations when theyre raising money in terms of right after the virus, too, and superstars from around the world does things from their home and all. Thats pretty cool. How is this going to go . How we pulled it off i sat here mostly and they did a great job on the technical side. I have my dslr camera here and my studio rig so i can sit here and play songs and they put together a fantastic show. Neil you know, we talk about people in the military right now and we have them doing everything, you know, from dealing in hot spots around the world and were going to get into that in the next segment and a new one with china, but we even have them playing a role in dealing with these protests around the country. They need a break, dont they . Yeah, they always need a break, and that brings us back to the uso, you know, if theyre on their way to somewhere or coming home, there are uso lounges in hundreds much airports around the world that keep them connect today their country, to their families, and their friends, and you know, god bless them. Yeah, ive been overseas with them. I can tell you, they need a break every time you can give it to them. Neil youre right. Clint, as great as you are, you gave away your age when you are making the bob hope references. You and i may have got that, but youve got to be careful. Thank you for all youre doing, my friend, this is wonderful. Thank you. Thanks. The uso tshirt, uso. Org how you help show youre a force behind the forces. So check it out. Neil awesome, flint black, thank you very much. Doing the lords work right there remembering the people who make it possible for us to celebrate days like this. Stay with us. Youre watching foxx. Fox. 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This thing with hong kong is escalating and whats weird about it, secretary, this time the chinese really dont care what we think or the world thinks or how much it is being criticized. Theyre still doing it. What do you make of it . Neil, happy fourth of july and thank you for having me on again. By the way, this is classic in terms of what the Chinese Communist party has done. Theyve stepped up their aggressive tactics since the pandemic and i think that citizens of the world are waking up and seeing that, and understanding that coercion and the aggressive tactics. The pandemic is a result of concealment from of the virus and in hong kong, they extended their Security Forces and totally eviscerated their freedoms. I think what youre seeing, whether its skirmishes at the Indian Border or the south china sea, its just absolutely classic in terms of what theyre doing. And the list goes on and on, as you know. Neil you know, im just wondering, i understand putting out a warning to u. S. Companies be careful with whom youre doing business and i get all that, but again, we want them to deliver the goods and buy more goods from us, separately on that trade deal. Would this kind of a threat or policy make that less likely . Could it boomerang on us . You know, i think first of all, the question is are American Values and as you think about it on the fourth of july. And what weve seen over there in the concentration camps, in the west of china, with the uighurs, now were getting reports of forced sterilization and abortion. Its in essence cultural genocide. So, you know, being a former ceo for 30 years, i wanted to send that letter out to all ceos in the United States that go into Business Advisory that secretary pompeo issued a few days ago and really, to have companies be aware. They all want to do the right thing. Neil all right. Theyve identified 83 theyre using used in slave labor, what were asking them to do, do a thorough analysis of the supply chain and Governance Principles and established principles along those lines and disclose it and use their leverage and do something about it. I think they could affect that as well as Financial Institutions that invest in these companies. Neil all right. Well watch how it all goes. Secretary, thank you. In the meantime, yourself. I want to bring your attention to something planned on fox business later in the week. Ill be with Barbara Corcoran taking a special look at real estate where its hot and where its not, like in the new york city area and why that is . And alicia acuna and leland are coming up on this channel learning, and concentration. Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. Extreme left, fireworks over mt. Rushmore last night where the president spoke, saying the fundamentals. American experiment are under threat. Screen right, one of the many flyovers this weekend as we celebrate americas independen independence. Im Leland Vittert in washington where were getting ready for a big celebration this evening. Hi alicia. Alicia hi, leland. Happy fourth to you. Im alicia acuna. The president will deliver a address