let's begin with aishah hasnie. >> hi, dana. protesters are still here and you can see behind me no signs of moving. we found out, a couple minutes ago i talked to an organizer that the organizing groups apparently are going to be leaving. they stayed through the budget vote as promised but they will continue to support anyone here who wants to stay and there are several people who do want to stay. we don't know how long it's going to be allowed to continue. last night protesters started building barriers in the middle of the street to keep police out. three people were taken into custody this morning. this all comes as the new budget passed just after midnight. about a billion dollars in cuts to the nypd includes elimination of two of the four nypd classes and reducing overtime spending. edit comes at a time when shootings are up across the citt year. also facing a loss because of the coronavirus. nypd retirements are spiking. we've seen back-and-forth on twitter. president trump tweeting in part "new york city is cutting police dollars $.1 million in the theme new york city mayor is going to paint a big expensive yellow black lives matter sign on fifth avenue, denigrating this luxury avenue." the mayor said "black people built this avenue and so much of this nation. we are honoring them through the fact that you see it as denigrating your street is the definition of racism." protesters and council members feel that the budget did not go far enough. they wanted a hiring freeze on police and eliminating school safety officers. the mayor has said will continue to support any people protesting that the city really has to move forward. dana. >> dana: thank you for your reporting. we appreciated. team fox coverage continues with a look at what else is happening across the country. alicia acuna has it. it's not just happening in new york city. >> absolutely, and we will begin in pennsylvania where governor tom wolf is set to sign the first police reform bill passed by that state's legislature. one prevents officers with bad records for moving from department to department. another bill requires regular training of officers and how to interact with ethnic minorities and requires mental health evaluations. in los angeles, the city council approved part of a plan to replace the l.a.p.d. with community-based responders who are not armed. they will be used for nonviolent service calls and also forces the department to work with the county's health department and homeless authorities. the coauthor of the motion tweeting "the bottom line is that the way things have been going is not working for our communities." this last month has made it crystal clear. we have a responsibility to our people and our people have spoken." senate democrats in virginia proposing reforms to include downgrading assault on law enforcement officers from a felony to a misdemeanor. in minneapolis, the cities taking public comments on the charter amendment to disband the police department in its current form. one possibility, the creation of a new department of community safety and violence prevention. last month here in colorado the governor signed sweeping reform bill that also bands qualified immunity. whole lot of changes all over the country. >> dana: alicia acuna, important to note it's not just happening in new york. want to bring in democratic commerce meant emanuel cleaver of missouri, also a member of the house homeland security committee. thank you for being here. the way i see it, defund the police is certainly much more than a slogan, as you start to see what's happening across the country. would love to see your reaction. >> this is a spine chilling nightmarish name for a masterful idea. defund the police, i wish we could get rid of that title. what i think most people are supporting is the reengineering of police. i was the mayor of the city at one point the president of the police board. nobody with an i.q. at room temperature wants to shut down the police department. what i am saying and what many people are saying, thoughtful people are saying is that look, i have a friend whose name is jim, he is white. he is in kansas city. a few years ago he called the police to come to his house where he had a schizophrenic son who had a mental problem for years and years and years. he was in the front yard with a knife screaming and yelling and he called the police. jim called the police. it ended in his son being shot 13 times in the front yard. >> dana: okay. >> the point i'm making, most of us are saying we need a unit of the police department that is trained in how to deal with those issues. >> dana: i think there's a lot of police officers who would agree that dealing with mental health issues is something that they've been having to do. what we end up with is you end up with these defunding parts but not the reform part that i think was pretty bipartisan. i want to have you listened to joseph borelli, new york city councilman who was against the action that happened last night. here is what he said. >> we know what we're doing and we know that what we are doing will create a more violent city and yet we are doing it anyway. we are making these cuts to appease a fraction of far left new yorkers and i understand the politics of it but we are also making these cuts to continue this false propagation that police officers are the gravest danger to the public. as though less police officers will somehow make the general public safer in new york city. >> dana: do you have a concern, congressman, that this could backfire, and actually end up with more crime as we have already seen in new york city but possibly across the country with vulnerable populations not protected? >> what i'm hoping we can stop doing is exaggerating people's positions who are seemingly on another side of the issue. look, when i am saying, i will say it for the world. most of the people i know are saying the same thing. we need to alter the way in which we send police out in the community. i have parishioners who are police officers. they don't want to go dealing with somebody who needs to get their medications reshuffled in the hospital. i don't know anybody who wants to think we don't need the police and take the money and put it somewhere else. change is uncomfortable. even change from bad to good is uncomfortable. nothing is as uncomfortable is remaining stuck in the mud. this is an excellent opportunity for us to change and change for the better. i want police. i want good police. as tim scott said to me this morning and i agree with him, senator scott, he said i don't want everyone to have -- anyone to have stereotypes of me as a black man and i don't have stereotypes of the police and that's where i am. to say the police, saying that the whole world is evil with the police. that's not where i am. >> dana: congressman, we really appreciate you coming on and helping us talk this through today. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> dana: next, history and mississippi has the state becomes the last of the nation to drop the confederate symbol from its flag. the governor of mississippi joins me live. you say that customers make their own rules. let's talk data. only xfinity mobile lets you switch up your wireless data whenever. i accept! 5g - everybody's talking about it. how do i get it? everyone gets 5g with our new data options at no extra cost. that's good. next item - corner offices for everyone. just have to make more corners in this building. chad? your wireless your rules. only with xfinity mobile. now that's simple easy awesome. switch and save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $200 off a new samsung galaxy s20 ultra. >> dana: we are getting alarming new alarming new numbers. new cases up, up 80% nationwide. just over the past two weeks. in seven states the weekly average is up at least 25% and the surge is coming, as dr. anthony fauci issues that dire warning. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta with more. >> hi, dana. it's already having an impact on business. new york city restaurants were hoping to reopen their dining rooms on monday but with the surgeon new cases, the mayor has put a halt to it. take a listen. >> we cannot go ahead at this point in time with indoor dining in new york city. even a week ago, honestly i was hopeful we could but the news we have gotten from around the country gets worse and worse all the time. >> an emergency order took effect in savannah, georgia, today mandating people wear face masks in public and commercial establishments. experts say complacency of her masks, social distancing, and the delayed effects of large memorial day gatherings are driving the new spike in covid-19 cases. patients are trending younger, and although they may be at lower risk for complications, they can still pass the virus onto the more vulnerable and create a new surge on hospitals. >> we are now having 40 plus thousand new cases a day. i would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. so i am very concerned. >> public health officials say they are especially concerned about the upcoming fourth of july weekend when people are planning get-togethers and family reunions. they are urging people to limit the size of these gatherings and to wear face coverings when social distancing is not possible. dana. >> dana: jonathan serrie, thank you for the update. let's bring in mississippi governor tate reeves. i will ask about the rising coronavirus cases in a moment but first, you and your state had a historic moment yesterday removing the confederate symbol from your flag. i want to get your take on it. he said if the legislature sent it to you you would sign it. did you anticipate it would happen? >> i did, as i watch the process over the last couple weeks. it became more clear that more and more people were getting on board to make this decision to retire the 1894 flag but i'll tell you it required a two-thirds vote of the house and senate as we look at it late last week, it appeared was becoming increasingly difficult for them to do so and that's the reason i decided that i needed to take the initiative and say that i would sign the legislation which i will tell you we did yesterday in a solemn ceremony at the governor's mansion. we have the first african-american member of the mississippi supreme court, the first african-american member to hold a district office in our state. we had the leader of the legislative black caucus, we had our speaker and our lieutenant governor. we signed the legislation to move the 1894 flag into a place where we can focus on our futu future. >> dana: i wanted to ask you about that. did you get a feeling that this allows mississippi to launch forward and perhaps a new phase of the states history? >> what i would tell you is that my goal throughout the last several weeks in dealing and working with people is to listen. i have done a lot of listening. i've done a lot of praying. i have worked with people republicans and democrats. i really listened to those and what it became clear, we will have a conversation and that's been a very difficult conversation but you know, oftentimes conversation among families difficult. i have heard people talk about the eyes of the nation were on our state. i wasn't all that focus on the eyes of the nation. i was focused on looking in the eyes of my fellow mississippians and making sure we can all be proud of our symbols and be proud of moving our state into the future. >> dana: i appreciate that and i do want to ask, it comes in a time of the nation's dealing with the global pandemic. if you heard that those numbers are up. i know in mississippi, confirmed cases, 7,095, an increase of 35%. your current hospitalizations are 16% and we know that black americans have been affected quite negatively by coronavirus. how are you addressing it especially as we go into the holiday weekend? i know they're beautiful mississippi beaches are calling to people to come and visit. >> there's no doubt that as we are looking at our numbers, we've seen increases in cases up until a couple weeks ago we had never had more than a day or two with more than 400 cases. in the last ten days, we've had one day over 1,000 and in the last three days, over 600 new cases. there's no doubt community spread is occurring in our state. we are monitoring it very closely, working with our state health officers. i'm very concerned about where we are in this country. i am very concerned about where we are in our state. hospitalizations are up and i'm concerned that elective surgeries which we are currently allowing, the combination of fat in the new coronavirus cases are certainly making our hospital utilization go up. we have got to make some tough decisions in the future, no doubt about it. >> dana: what kind of decisions with those be? you reopened early, early june. do you see a scenario where you would either have to mandate mass querying or even suggest businesses close down again? >> dana, we did a phased-in reopening. we only shut down our economy for less than three weeks in mississippi. we were able to slow the spread. we never had a goal of stopping the spread of the virus because we didn't believe that was realistic. we recognize that our job was to slow the spread. our goal has always been to ensure every single mississippi and they could get quality care and get better with quality care received that quality care. we have been able to accomplish that. hospital utilization is going up. we were probably going to expand the capacity in our restaurants right now. we only have half the capacity in our restaurants. we have decided not to do that. we are still allowing for our beaches to remain open. we are requiring social distancing. we have not required masks. the way we look at it is we have required masks and eight or ten different counties and various times to make sure that we slow the spread. we've got a deal with it on a county by county basis and we have 82 counties in our state, rather than a statewide basis. were not stealing nearly as much spread in some areas as we are in others -- we are not seeing nearly as much spread in some areas as we are in others. >> dana: thank you for coming on the show. up next, president trump ripping into reports that russia put bounties on american troops. up next. protected. protected. protected lifetime income from an annuity can help your retirement plan ride out turbulent times. learn more at protectedincome.org. woi felt completely helpless.hed online. my entire career and business were in jeopardy. i called reputation defender. vo: take control of your online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com. find out your online reputation today and let the experts help you repair it. woman: they were able to restore my good name. vo: visit reputationdefender.com or call 1-877-866-8555. 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it appropriately. >> yesterday former vice president joe biden called president trump's response to the intelligence or lack there of a "dereliction of duty." >> talks about cognitive capability. he either reads and/or gets briefed on important issues and forgets it or he doesn't think it's necessary that he need to know it. >> democrats on capitol hill have been asking for a briefing about all of it from people in the intelligence community and not white house officials. tomorrow the gang of eight is poised to get one, refers are of the director of national intelligence and director of the cia and tomorrow we are expecting it to take place at around 11:30 on capitol hill inside the senate skiff, the secure room used to discuss matters of national intelligence and classified information. hopefully we'll get some information at that time. period >> dana: it's remarkable because you often don't know about a gang of eight meeting. as the race for the white house heats up, president trump on the presumptive democratic nominee taking shots at each other over their cognitive abilities. let's bring in the political panel. mary anne marsh is a former senior advisor to john kerry. matt griffin, republican campaign advisor. we are not going to get bumped by breaking news. we are going to talk about it. listen to one more thing from yesterday were biden was asked about his cognitive ability. watch. >> i have been testing. constantly testing. all you have to do is watch me and i can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man i'm running against. >> dana: is this the argument that the campaign should be making against joe biden? >> it's a tough argument, dana, i think for vice president biden to really do a lot with. the bottom line is in the presser yesterday, it was pretty sad. joe biden had a teleprompter in front of him and his cognitive inability to answer the cognitive questions about cognition was full of pauses and performance problems. if donald trump is a problem, as democrats have suggested, his temperament, the way he speaks, the things he says, make him unfit for office. joe biden is the best the democrats can do, then i would suggest that they have nominated from a cognitive standpoint and issue standpoint the weakest potential democratic nominee since hillary clinton. this is not a good nominee. it's a time when democrats think they can beat trump. i think he's exactly the wrong tonic or antidote if they choose to think they are going to replace donald trump in the white house. >> dana: it seems like there's some biden supporters who might agree with pat. this new poll from suffix university. trump supporters are at 50% enthusiastic and very excited about voting for their candidate. biden still only a 27%. is that a problem for democrats? >> it's not when you look at the facts of the facts are joe biden is 12 points up over donald trump with 125 days to go and only 5% undecided in the latest fox poll. the fact that donald trump is running, as we speak, in texas and georgia, because he's behind as a republican, should tell you everything. as for cognitive abilities or anything else, joe biden has agreed to three debates. donald trump hasn't yet. there are plenty of gaps of donald trump out there. you could do a super cut. most importantly, the mistreating of voters. older voters are abandoning donald trump in droves. they didn't go to his rally in tulsa because they don't want to get covid-19. they don't want to hear that older voters are impaired when donald trump and joe biden are their age. when you look at all that, he has totally misread it and it feels like a 2016 summer rerun and he's got no new material for 2020 and no one wants to see the greatest hits again. >> dana: pat griffin, let me give you the final word on why you think it might be misguided. >> it's misguided because frankly some of these early surveys are just plain wrong. marianne knows as well as i do, we've done a lot of campaigns. without screening likely voters, most surveys including the usa poll today poll we are talking about were done with likely voters. joe biden's biggest problem is an enthusiasm gap. the party isn't really excited. they may be opposed to trumpet they are not for biden. vice president loses by a most double digits with the economy. i think it's going to be very tight, very close election. >> dana: on friday, i think we are four months from the election day, this coming friday. we are getting closer. but this is a lifetime between now and then as well. thank you both. appreciate it. as our nation gets ready to celebrate its independence this weekend, the feds are taking special steps to protect our monuments. police in seattle showing up in forest to clear out shop. we'll take you there live at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. the recipe we invented over 145 years ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. 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>> yeah, it is over. ultimately the chop has become a flop and the city workers are making very quick work of getting this area back to normal. you can see that's the east precinct which was abandoned 23 days ago. it is now, the graffiti is gone. it's been repainted. all the graffiti laden plywood has been replaced by clean plywood. monday mornings fatal shooting of a black teenager by chop security really was the last drop. city workers remove some barricades in this morning at 5:00, local and federal police moved in with armored vehicles and began clearing out the area. most people left on their own, some were handcuffed and removed. seattle's mayor had said negotiation not fours would end the occupation but the police chief said the violence got to be too much. >> what has happened here on the streets over the last two weeks, few weeks, is lawless and brutal and bottom line, it's simply unacceptable. >> city crews are dismantling barricades and wading through trash, tents, an old protest signs. several dozen police are in the east precinct which was abandoned 23 days ago and we are told damage is minimal. police arrested more than 30 people. so far on charges of refusing to leave, assault and weapons possession but overall the operation has gone smoothly. we have seen no violence. there is tension. most expect the protests to resume in this area and around this area in some fashion either tonight or in the coming days. >> dana: dan springer, thank you so much. want to bring in dave rubin, host of "the rubin report." who could've guessed it would end up this way, dave? two shootings, to deadly shootings, the families of those people have got to be so frustrated. i meant to watch the city workers have to clean up the trash left behind is kind of galling. >> yeah, absolutely. i smiled when you said it, not to diminish the loss of life or property or anything else but of course this was how it was going to end. dana, you know i'm a political extremist of sorts. i believe that law and order is an important thing. i believe we vote our elected officials and to make sure that you can walk safely down your city street, so that a group of antifa people or anyone else can just set up on autonomous zone or whatever they want to call it in your city. we all know this to be true. the idea that the seattle mayor let this go on for weeks and then at least one person was killed there on top of all the property damage and everything else is crazy. i'm telling you, every single police chief that works for a progressive mayor at this point has to do exactly what the seattle police chief did right there, which is stand up and say we want to protect law and order. we want people to be safe. we aren't going to allow this. nobody wants this. that's the thing. the left seems to be constantly led by their worst instincts and the manners of afraid of their . >> dana: i've been impressed with the police chief of seattle, carmen best. she is strong and dedicated to her job and she's quite gracious in dealing with all this. i'm wondering, thinking about in chicago, the young 3-year-old boy who was shot and killed couple weeks ago then you have the 19-year-old who was killed here in the seattle chop zone. he was the young black men as well. we are having this spontaneous violence of protest against police and i understand there are some things we need to change and some police departments. but there seems to be this selective outrage. these families are also victims of this. >> absolutely. there is selective outrage and i would say that there is an asymmetry, an oblique or very obvious asymmetry of media coverage. fox, you are the only ones that will talk about what happens in chicago every single weekend. i forget the exact number. i think it might've been 16 people killed. why don't we know any of their names. why won't cnn or msnbc touch it? if it's about black lives matter, than all-black lives should matter. i do believe all black lives matter. i believe all white lives matter. i believe all blue lives matter. this symmetry where we are going to get outraged over this because it sends a political narrative that the left can run with and then plenty of other people including young children get mowed down in the streets of chicago, we won't touch it because it's too complex as to who is doing the killing and that chicago has a democratic mayor and chicago has the gun laws in all these things. that's the stuff we have to get over if we are going to get through it. >> dana: dave rubin, great to see you, great to see that picture of clyde on twitter. follow dave rubin so you can see his dog, and dave. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, he is on next. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. 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>> i would have no problem. i had a mask on. i sort of like the way i look. >> dana: senator, you were urging the president to talk more about masks. is that more of the message that you think will help the nation recover in terms of economic recovery getting people to wear more masks but also maybe help his candidacy going into the reelection effort. >> i think it's helpful. we have all been told, the single easiest thing we can do is we reopen the economy with the coronavirus still very much out there is to protect ourselves and others by wearing a mask. we have been doing that in the senate. we have been in session most of the time since may. for example, in june, the house was in session three days and we were here the whole month. they have been in eight days since march. we will -- we were here all of may and june and we have been working safely, wearing masks, distancing ourselves. this is the way to deal with the continuing coronavirus until we get a vaccine. it's going to be with us. we know that. we don't want to shut the economy down again and so we need to wear a mask so i'm glad the president said what he said. >> dana: it was a different take from him although may be a little bit more emphatic. when he has a light touch of humor, that always helps a little bit to land the message. he also said something else, that he would veto the defense authorization act. this is what would fund the troops. because there is a provision that would allow for the changing of names of military bases named after confederate soldiers or generals from back in the day of the days of the civil war. how would you change the bill to be able to get it to the president without a veto? >> i would hope the president really wouldn't veto the bill over this issue. in the bill, there's a requirement of a three year study about changing names. to me, this is quite different from trying to airbrush the capital of every statue. the way the statues in the capital work, each state picks two. you can trade them out at any time. some states are doing that. i hope the president would reconsider vetoing the entire defense bill which includes pay raises for our troops over a provision in there that could lead to changing the names of some of these military bases. >> dana: do you think you would have a chance to talk with him about that, and also you have talked about the possibility of additional money and liability protection for businesses going forward when it comes to dealing with the pandemic. is that in the cards, can congress get it done? i know that you had a big june and you got a lot of stuff done. looking forward for businesses in july or august. is it possible? >> we passed in the senate the cares act and then a follow-on to the cares act in march. i said at the time we need to take a snapshot of where the country is in july, see what kind of progress is being made by reopening the country. get an assessment of what did or didn't work in the cares act and then make a decision about whether to do phase four. we may well do it and if we do it, we will do it in july and i can tell you for sure that if we do another bill, it will have liability protections in it for doctors, hospitals, nurses, businesses, universities, colleges. nobody knew how to deal with the coronavirus and unless you are grossly negligent or intentionally engaged in harming somebody, you're going to be immunized from the epidemic of lawsuits that have already developed surrounding the pandemic. >> dana: senator, do you believe that police reform is dead for the rest of this year for this congress? >> i hope not. as you i'm sure reported last week, senate democrats would not even allow us to get on the bill written by her colleagues, senator tim scott from south carolina who himself is an african-american, has experienced the kind of overreach, you might say, that some police engage in by stopping people simply because of their color. it was a solid bill supported also by law enforcement because it was not designed to go after them indiscriminately and the democrats wouldn't let us pick it up. i think the conclusion i drew from that was i'm not sure they want a bill. i think they want an issue. >> dana: i have time for one quick last question. we finally know that your opponent in kentucky for this year's senate race will be amy mcgrath. are you looking forward to the campaign? >> i am ready for the campaign. she is going to be quite well-funded. it will be a spirited race raked until the end. >> dana: we'll be watching, senator. senator mitch mcconnell, thanks for joining us. the major league baseball season is starting in just a few weeks, but some top players are now saying they will not play. we'll tell you why next. suffering economic hardship. the country is crying out for leadership, leadership that can unite us, leadership that brings us together. that's what the presidency is - the duty to care, to care for all of us, not just those who vote for us, but all of us. i promise you this: i won't traffic in fear and division. i won't fan the flames of hate. i'll seek to heal the racial wounds that have long plagued our country, not use them for political gain. i'll do my job and i will take responsibility, i won't blame others. you know, i've said from the outset of this election, that we're in the battle for the soul of this nation. what we believe and maybe most importantly, who we want to be, it's all at stake. when we stand together, finally as one america, we'll rise stronger than we were before. i'm joe biden and i approve this message. speed to opening day from major league baseball is just a few weeks away, but some players say they will set out this season because of the coronavirus. todd piro has the details. >> great to see you. two members of the reigning world series champs, the washington nationals will be taking the field. ryan zimmerman opting out of the season, joining teammate on the sideline. for 35-year-old first baseman releasing a statement that his decision was based on family considerations, considering his three young children as well as a newborn and a mother with high risk. he will forfeit around 740,000. similar considerations for the colorado rockies outfielder who cited his pregnant wife and four young children at home while adding the also plan to take the time to educate his kids about civil rights. the 34-year-old giving up $5.6 million. another notable name, the arizona diamondbacks pitcher, his agent citing personal reasons for the decision not to play. the 32-year-old passing up around $5.6 million this season. mlb owners and players recently came to a agreement on the logistics with the 60 day season which includes players receding pay, of course if they play. >> dana: interesting. thank you. many community pools across the country remaining close this summer while others are opening up with some new restrictions. from limiting the number of swimmers to even reservation requirements. fox business network jeff flock has the details. how are we not fighting you in the pool? >> you know, you got to cover up. you have to cover your face. this is the pool in illinois and this is one of the few that is open. you are right, regulations, 50 people in the pool maximum, temperature checks, face masks, and supervisors. do you think this can be safe? >> i think this can be safe. if things change we will regulate things. it will be as safe as possible. >> safe as possible. a great way to do it. people coming back, at least opening up. if you do it safely it can be done. she pointed out, he thinks he looks good no mask, i got to tell you, i don't think i look good no mask but i'm doing it because i want to be at the pool. >> dana: you look great and i thought that was a great moment for the president to have a life moment of, i look good and a mask. it's the new thing, it's all the rage. thank you. thank you for joining us. i am dana perino and i will see you on "the five." bill hemmer, i bet you look good no mask. >> bill: eyewear one. >> dana: send me a picture. >> bill: i like the blue on spirit see you at 5:00 p.m. let's get rolling right now. fox news alert. the hour starts right now, richmond, virginia, where the mayor has ordered the removal of all confederate statues. crews are removing the statue of stonewall jackson. that's a live look now. the confederate general during the civil war. monument avenue, running through the heart of the city. the white house, a lot of news from the white house. fox business is blake burman wrapping up an exclusive. a lot of news on the economy, the virus, masks and more. we will bring that
>> arizona health officials announced a new daily record for coronavirus cases and deaths in their state appear to the vice president was joined by dr. birx. they were all wearing masks. they are not going to be there very long period of the goal is to really get in on the ground assessment of what it is like right now and one of the hottest hot spots in country. >> your leadership with the full support of the federal government behind you, cooperation of people of arizo arizona. we will slow the spread. and we will flatten the curve. >> he also wore a mask when he greeted the vice president on the tarmac. he had this message heading into the holiday weekend. >> we want them to mask up. we want them to physically distance. we want them to wash their hands. we did take some actions to slow the spread of this virus in terms of gems and bars and water park tubing and movie theaters will be on pause for the next 30 days. >> this comes one day after dr. anthony fauci says unless the united states can get this under control, we could see upwards of 100,000 new cases a day. as for president trump, you know he has been under mounting pressure from republicans as well as democrats. to wear a mask. in an interview today with fox business' blake burman, he told blake that he would be open to now wearing a mask after weeks, months even of declining to wear one. he said he would be open to wear one if the situation warrants. that is certainly a change in tone from president trump. >> neil: that is a big one. thank you very, very much. california is indeed confirming that it is shutting down bars, indoor dining for most residen residents. this is places like new york city also closing on restaurant reopening's as viruses continue to search across the country. from dallas, texas, casey. >> let's talk about florida, which is another big hot spot. hospitalizations are a very important metric to watch when it comes to measuring how severe covid-19 is impacting a particular community. most states offer detailed information about that data either on the website sort dashboards. florida does not. right now, the department of health only shows cumulative across the whole state. no info about the current number of patients, what communities they are in, how many are in icu or on ventilators. that information will soon be included in the states reporting. because health experts have argued that the data is helpful as florida grapples with a surge of new cases particularly among young people. >> you have a responsibility not to come into close contact with folks that could be more vulnerable. if we protect the vulnerable, we are going to be able to get through this patch adequately. >> multiple communities across florida have decided to close beach is like in miami, the florida keys and palm beach. new numbers from the cdc show, coronavirus is not as deadly for younger patients. that is a little bit of good news when we seem to be reporting a lot of the gloom and doom with this. nationwide, 16 deaths are attributed to covid under the age of 25. for contrast, more than 640,000 deaths are inpatient above the age of 75. neil. >> neil: thank you very, very much. if you heard what kristin fisher reported earlier, all of the governors are making a push. the president of the united states was open to the idea. take a look at this. >> speaking of covid-19, goldman sachs put out a model yesterday saying that if there is universal mass, it would be -- it would be beneficial. it would save lives. if there was an economic benefit and a public health benefit, why not go forward and say that there should be mandatory masks all across the country? >> president trump: i don't know if you need mandatory. you have many places where people have social distancing. i am all for masks. if i were in a group of people and i was close -- >> you would wear one? >> president trump: i have. people have seen me wear one. if we were not 10 feet away -- usually i am not in that position. because i am the president, they get tested before they see me. if i were in a tight situation with people -- >> would you say that at some point? >> president trump: i had a mask on. i like the way it looks. >> neil: that will be welcome news to chuck grassley with whom i was chatting. maybe as an example it would be wise for the president to wear a mask so that people can't blame him for not being important if they don't wear a mask. this mask news, what you think, doctor? >> you heard it straight from the president's mouth. he does not have a problem with masks. he likes the way he looks. i was going to tell the president that he needs to wear a mask, but i recommended it. there is the logical reason which the president has reiterated. the good news is, for messaging purposes, he is saying that he is all for masks, especially when you cannot maintain social distancing. i think that is the message going forward to americans right now as we see rising cases and 35 states. that is our normal for right now. of the good news, is that it is not forever. >> neil: nevertheless, apparently these phase reopening's are not guaranteed either. we're seeing a number of state styling back. the latest, california which will be shutting down bars and restaurants as a good chunk of the golden state. you know what is going on in texas. you know what is going on in arizona. what you make of it all? >> people keep talking about the concept of herd immunity. a large amount of the relation upwards of 60% to 70% have been exposed to the virus and have developed some sort of immunity to it. whether that is because of widespread infection are vaccines, right now because we know how severe this affects our elderly, widespread transmission of the virus will cause a lot of deaths which is why we are in a race where the vaccine. we have excellent promising results out of many companies. hopefully we can do some sort of mitigation on the spread of this illness while we are waiting for a vaccine. unfortunately, there is still viral transmission. we are seeing rising cases. there is a combination of these mass gatherings whether it was the protest, memorial day celebration, what have you. there has been civil unrest that has caused a lot of people to get together. we have to take a step back and do what we can to lessen community spread. >> neil: do these numbers jive with what you thought they would be? i remember when we talk in the middle of the lockdown. all predicted, we will see a spike in cases. in certain states, it has been more than just a spike. nationally, how does it look to you? >> it is really hard to say. it is really just the small area of the northeast, the ones that are hit the hardest that are still doing okay. new york, new jersey, connecticut. i would have liked to have seen fewer cases of community spread. unfortunately, i think the civil unrest and the stay at home lockdown orders prematurely may have led to this, neil. the good news is the importance of mentioning the deaths are not paralleling the new cases. i am cautiously optimistic as they are contends to be a lag time between the time that the deaths, from the rising cases. their younger people that are testing positive right now that means that now at that time to protect the vulnerable. if the young people have a cases, it may be in a mouth when we see the elderly being infected again. now is the time to be protecting the vulnerable. >> neil: thank you, doctor. we will watch it closely. getting more details on this alleged bounty that the russians where placing on american soldiers. forget about if and when the president was told. what i have the itself is wrong? what the administration is saying after this. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> when it comes to let everything, that is another false story. i am somewhat surprised at "the new york times" ran with that story. the president was not brief because at that time of these allegations, they were uncorroborated. >> neil: the national security advisor of the president says that the story itself is problematic and that maybe all the fuss over whether the russians are paying up bounty on a russian soldiers lives may be wrong. let's get the word following these fast-moving developments. what are you hearing? >> the commander-in-chief weighed in on this interview with our colleague for fox business. >> president trump: i think it is a hoax. i think it is a hoax by the newspaper and the democrats. i agree with the intelligence people. many of the intelligence people didn't think it was something that happened. if it did happen, the russians would hear about it. >> with a gang of congressional leaders will receive a briefing on this on capitol hill. the senate congressional house committees are receiving briefings as well. they want answers. >> president trump, his number one job is to protect american soldiers, to protect them in a women who fight for us overseas. instead of dithering about what he knew and what he didn't know, he should have a plan. >> demanding a full briefing on the matter from the entire house of representatives. he's calling that a charge of russia or any other nation to pay to kill americans and extraordinarily serious matter. >> neil: thank you, my friend. we go to trey gowdy. what do you think, congressman? we are awaiting a white house press briefing. this will no doubt come up that the story itself might be a little speechless. what do you think? >> the word "intelligence" has this ring of infallibility around it. i was on the house intelligence committee. substitute the word "information." substitute the word "evidence." you have human intelligence and you have signal intelligence. which was it here? if you can establish that, by what quantum of information or evidence you need to know something before you brief the commander in chief? if there is 1% chance it is true, are you going to tell him about it? probably not. in d.c., every sentence begins with "if true." how about we find out whether or not it is true? >> neil: if it is, what do you do? >> you find out who your brief or is and find out why the paper did not find it important enough to bring it to your attention. john radcliffe brief the house and listen it on yesterday morning. if you know what he did over his lunch hour? he dropped his youngest daughter off at the naval academy where she will begin a decade of service. mike pompeo wore the uniform of this country. if they believe that russians were sending bounties on soldiers, they would all three be in the president's office before this interview ended. i know they don't like president trump. i know they don't want him to get reelected, but this is military. this is our country's interest. what you are doing is maligning people who would never allow bounties to be set on our shoulders, ever. >> neil: you know the president very well. i know that you are out of office, obviously, but you are an influential figure. do you think that he has picked up the phone and called vladimir putin himself in the truth to get to the bottom of it? >> i was with the president yesterday. my guess is that he has charge robert o'brien to say, find out whether or not there is an evidentiary basis for this allegation. it is an incredibly important allegation. before you call a principal, i want to know, it wasn't something you read in the newspaper? is it an email? what is the source of this serious allegation about bounties? because if you are not armed with facts, if you are not armed with credible evidence, how is that conversation going to go? are you doing it? no, yes, we are not doing it. >> neil: do you think that this is a hoax? the president just said that this was a hoax. it does it sound a hoax? >> he and i do not use the word hoax in the same way. he's referring to another drive-by hit piece by "the new york times." i think he is referring to the source of this allegation. i do not think it all he considers the allegation that russia would be putting bounties on our men and women to be a hoax at all. i've never gotten that impression. >> neil: all right. trey gowdy, thank you very much. good catching up with you. we had a record on the nasdaq today. with these increase in number of cases we are hearing about regarding the virus unraveling, we didn't see it at that months. it was in the nasdaq that was the story. of the nasdaq was the one that hit the record on confidence right now that we are hiring a lot more folks in the private sector. that has been the win that this market has going into the third quarter. we shall see. we are exploring that in more detail in the next segment because the president has made it clear, if you go to that other guy, joe biden, it all ends after this. >> neil: you are looking live as a white house briefing room. there's a lot certainly going on today between the spike in cases concerning that alleged russian bounties -- stay with us. >> neil: come back, everyone. the nasdaq sprinted to a record today. we have the market averaging soaring. year to date they are not doing too shabby. the president has had all of this sprinted away if the other guy, joe biden gets into the white house. he made a little bit of news on that and a host of other subjects. very glad to have you. the president seemed to make clear, although this ends if i'm not here, right? >> yes, the backdrop for that president was this when i spoke with him here at the white house earlier this afternoon. i asked the president about his tax plan and the vice presidents tax plan. i asked president trump, in this environment of which there is double-digit unemployment right now, does he fear that the vice president's plan might actually play better in this election? the president used that question to talk about what he thinks would happen to the stock market if he is not reelected. watch here. >> president trump: if he were elected, the market would crash. it would absolutely crash. the market would go down by a tremendous amount. he would raise taxes. he would raise regulations. one of the biggest thing that i have done is cut regulations more than any president in history. we still have regulations, but they are much less. it wouldn't be him. he's not into regulation. he doesn't know where he is, frankly. i watched his press conference. he's answering questions like this from a teleprompter. what is that all about? the people around him are radical left. they are going to raise taxes and raise regulations. it will be a disaster. >> one thing though markets and investors will be looking for is a phase 4 package. the president telling me this afternoon that he will be speaking with mitch mcconnell tonight about next stop measures. when i asked the president about whether he supports another round of direct payments, the presidents had at this point, he does. >> neil: remarkable job, my friend. you made so much, i couldn't keep up with it. what a great job. a lot of great headlines there. react to just the one on biden. what do you of that? you think that there are those on the street who get worried because we say they are not republicans or democrats, they love making money. they have made a lot of money under this president. they don't want that jeopardiz jeopardized. they do see the possibility of joe biden coming in. taxes will go out. >> i think the president was watching our conversation from yesterday on this very issue. yeah, he is -- if he takes the campaign in this direction. the street has not shown up yet and the markets. when you talk to financial advisors and people that deal with small investors and deal with their wealth, they are worried about the massive changes that are going to, if joe biden gets elected. if he gets elected, there is a good likelihood that they will take the senate. you have all three houses. >> neil: what is the change specifically? what wears them the most? >> all about. they will reverse the trump tax cuts. they will raise the upgrades. if they will up regulations. elizabeth warren whether she is in the white house as treasury secretary or in the majority as a senator from massachusetts, will have a big say in banking policy, policy is regarding a whole host of issues. there is not want regulation elizabeth warren doesn't like. i think donald trump in terms of all of his missteps is on pretty strong grounds that there is going to be an economic 180 going on in this country if biden gets elected. of course, that fad will be there and keeping interest rates low. i don't know if we will have a market implosion. we are clearly going to have a different economy that will look even more leftist than obama. the obama years was incredibly slow growth. that on top of a recession. he's going to be doing the stuff they made a recession. of the pandemic procession will not end by next year if he gets elected. i'm telling you. you've got a good case here, because it is a 180 from what we got today. what we had today is this. before the pandemic, go by the numbers. the market was doing pretty good. i didn't like his trade policy. i thought it really hurt economic growth. take that off the table, and he basically had 3% unemployment and 2.5% or 3% growth. joe biden is basically proposing stuff that is a 180. if you care about it, you have to pointed out. wealth managers have been doing it now for the last couple of weeks. >> neil: thank you very, very much, my friend. we are not looking at this through the prism of politics. they don't care who is in the oval office as long as they are making money. with this president, they made a lot of money. and they making money. they are not red or blue. they are green. they love money, money, money. it is going to be occupied right now. americans leading a push to go full throttle with fully staffed jets and every seat taken after this. woman: my reputation was trashed online. i felt completely helpless. my entire career and business were in jeopardy. i called reputation defender. vo: take control of your online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com. find out your online reputation today and let the experts help you repair it. woman: they were able to restore my good name. vo: visit reputationdefender.com or call 1-877-866-8555. 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[ laughter ] bundle, bundle, bundle. -my kids would love that. -yeah. >> neil: all right, see you like that empty middle seat on airplanes. ending today. it is going to be that way for a while. an american airlines going the full flight throughout the day. others in the industry could quickly follow. the former cdc director joins me right now. that is a lot of people crowded in a close place, doctor. americans leading the actor did others i suspect could follow. is it a good idea? >> the science is pretty clear. the more people you have packed together in small areas particularly if they are not wearing masks, particularly if it is indoors, the greater the rest of spread. fundamentally, the issues larger than any one airline. it is larger than any one group. the virus has the upper hand in the u.s. right now. if we work together, we can gain momentum and put it back together in control. not only is it a high level, but it is increasing rapidly in many parts of the u.s. >> neil: you were ahead of this curve warning about the fact that michigan dialing back some pastry openings, shutting down bars and some indoor dining. the same we are hearing in california and texas and arizona where they already have. what do you do? >> we have to recognize that it is not open versus closed. and is more like a dimmer dial. there are certain things we are learning that are really dangerous. we're seeing big increases in young adults all over the country. when it starts in young adults doesn't stay in young adults. we are all in this together. we have seen many outbreaks from bars. you are talking about a small amount of space. a lot of people together not wearing masks very many hours. that is a formula inviting them virus in. we need to keep the virus out. if there are a lot of things we can do out-of-doors that is way safer than indoors. there are things we can do to safely restart our economy. some states have allowed storefront pickup from retail. that is a really smart idea. you're not going indoors, and you are doing business there. there are lots of things that we can do under the new normal of covid. if we pretend it is not here, it will come back to bite us. >> neil: nancy pelosi wanted to make it on federal policy. yeah, he is open to that as well. what do you think? >> fundamentally, the more people wear masks, the less the virus will spread. that is just the facts. that means that it is particularly important where there is a lot of covid spread. this is not a political statement. this is a statement that we are opposed to the virus. not that we are opposed to or in favor of any individual or gro group. one of the key things that we can do, wear a mask, or wash your hands and watch your distance. if we do that, we will be able to get our economy back sooner and faster. we do have to move carefully and places where the virus is moving quickly. >> neil: all right, doctor. thank you. good wh words of advice. a lot of businesses are still impacted by this. pushing a new measure to expand the paycheck protection program at least until august. senator, where does this all stand right now? >> as you well know, the ppp was extended. he goes over to the house i suppose for consideration or more likely maybe even ends up as part of the next cares package, or perhaps the $130 billion that has not been borrowed gets repurposed for some other purpose based on what the demand is and what the tools are that the economy needs. >> neil: i apologize, north dakota, not south dakota. i am wondering. you mentioned that this is going to the house. could they change and alter it? change some of the guidelines on who is receiving it. >> there is a great point. i think that it is a possibility. remembering that we are soon to be leaving for the fourth of july holiday. we will be back in the middle of july at some time for three which time i think the senate and house will be renegotiating some kind of phase 4 cares act. the house could change that or come back over here for agreement. i think we have time to do with it. clearly a demand for the ppp has largely been met. you have been sitting on a 130 olein dollar balance. perhaps there is more focus and targeting. >> neil: do you worry with all of this move to re-shut down some businesses or clamp down on capacity measures as part of this reopening phase is, you know, dial back a little bit. states like california and texas, et cetera. are you concerned that you might have to fork over even more money if this means that some of these same businesses get back on the brink? >> i am concerned about that. there still a lot of unallocated several hundred billion dollars unallocated dollars from the previous phase. i think it is important that we consistently look at what the needs are and see what the changes are that we should be making. of those have already been appropriated. i want to also encourage people to not be driven so much by fear whether small business, big business, airlines are farming. use that common sense and i guidelines that the government provided along with the brain that god divided you. don't be so fearful that the cure becomes worse than the disease itself. i don't share his level of concern about it. we need to protect elderly people. 35-year-olds are going to have to live with the disease rather than let the disease force us to trade living for surviving. that's not just an economic position. i think that is a practical living position that i take. >> neil: there has been a move afoot right now with the former police commissioner to defund the police department in new york where they are looking to shave a million dollars in the budget. minneapolis wants to disband the police department altogether. what do you think? >> i think if minneapolis wants to kick all of the police out, they might as well so the exit to all of their businesses. we welcome them in north dakota. we are not dumb enough to get rid of our police departments. if they want to be that foolish, i think the market will pop up with states and communities that value the heroes that wear the badge and support public safety. i think he could become a very interesting state to state competition, if you will. >> neil: yeah, we might be there already. good catching up with you on this. to the sender's point, as not only getting wrinkles and washington. they are wanting to ease up on funding for police departments. even in the police commissioner right now of new york city. take a peek. >> he was saying some stuff there. that was very concerning to him about mayor bill de blasio's effort to leave a bout a billion-dollar chumming in the police budget. we are going to go right now to addressing reporters right now. take a look. >> secretary mcenany: failed 4-week democrat experiment and the results are in. anarchy is anti-american. law and order is essential. peace in our streets will be security. while the democrat mayor of seattle proclaimed that chad was to be "the summer of love, and it was not. and other failed democrat politician also remain passive or silent in the face of anarchy. but while that happened, president trump set the tone. law and order must prevail to preserve peace and our streets. the president has not -- democrat governor of the state of washington. the president is not the democrat mayor of seattle. nevertheless, the president must lead by example and be prepared to act in the face of failed democrat leadership, which is what we saw in democrat seattle and democrat wisconsin. president trump has always stood on the side of law and order. we are pleased to report that law and order has prevailed and seattle has been liberated from the anarchists. in president trump's america, autonomous zones will have no sanctuary. the black house autonomous zone across from the white house was quickly dismantled. 100 anarchists were arrested for writing and destruction of property in federal d.c. i believe that number is about 300. four and have been charged for attempting to tear down the statute of andrew jackson in lafayette square. there are 200 open domestic terrorism investigations. you contrast the president's vision of law and order to that of the failed experiment in anarchy. here's what you find in the failed democrat experiment that took out and seattle. "the seattle times" said that the shooting tragically killed a 16-year-old boy leaving a 14-year-old boy seriously injured. that is what happened in an autonomous zone. job has become lawless and brutal and enough is enough. and she took action. according to reports, "police also investigated several vehicles circling the chop zone with people inside cure firearms and wearing body armor. this was no "summer of love." the president compelled action. he said take back your city now. if you don't do it, i will. he said this is not a game. these ugly anarchists must be stopped. the democrat mayor in seattle who was long-delayed finally gave the order to dismantle the kueng. it was an admission that president trump's vision is right. with that, i will take questio questions. >> thank you so much. robert o'brien said that the intelligence development about the russian pot was taken so seriously that -- how is that a fluke? >> secretary mcenany: what happens when any intelligence comes in unverified, if there is any way that it could affect american troops are allies, it is immediately communicated on the ground to ensure that troops and commanders in general can make the best decisions tactically speaking. that is the way it is done. what i would say is at the same time a strategic decision for the president to make. it is not -- that is how intelligence works. >> angry or frustrated or upset that members of congress were briefed and allies were briefed? >> president trump: the president believes it has great faith in ambassador and o'brien and others who made the decision and that this should not be risen to his desk. it was a career cia officer with more than 30 years of tenure who made the decision not to refit up. the national security advisor agreed with that decision. she is an excellent officer and who does great work. it was the right decision to make. it is still unverified. >> for you and robert o'brien and others to express outrage about lalique was to mark in their outrage around what the intelligence community is investigating of russian values targeting? >> secretary mcenany: make no mistake that this administration always acted tough on russia. killing general soleimani who killed americans and others. we act in the best interest of our troops. this is unverified at this moment. >> why is the president calling black lives matter a symbol of hate? >> secretary mcenany: that simple when you look at some of the things that have been chanted by a black lives matter it like "pigs in a blanket frying like bacon," that is not an acceptable statement. he agrees that all black lives matter including those of officer david dorn, officer's lives who were tragically taken during these riots. all black lives matters. he doesn't agree with an organization that chance "pigs in a blanket frying like bacon" about our heroes. >> in all 50 states are around that phrase, black lives matter. and the president is here calling it a symbol of hate? >> secretary mcenany: he is talking about the organization. the greater organization president said if this country doesn't give us what we want, we will burn down the system. i called out a very hateful statement. >> he says the words "black lives matter." >> secretary mcenany: what is the name of the organization? >> black lives matter. >> secretary mcenany: thank you, you've answered your question. >> he's hoping that it will -- >> secretary mcenany: the president is confident that it will it will disappear. he is confident that he has put together a revolutionary first class team that is going to break through bureaucracy and get us a vaccine. he's confident that that will lead us to a place where we will not have covid on our hands. there is very pleasing news today that showed positive results for their vaccines. >> paying towards a 100,000 cases per day. >> secretary mcenany: one thing i would note in regard to cases, we are aware that there are places with rising cases. that is why dr. birx is on the ground and others. one thing i would note is when you do test more people, you do identify more cases. that is rapidly ongoing. we are testing more than half a million a day. on april 6th, the height of the pandemic, we were doing 151,525 tests. one day, thursday is the number i have here. we conducted 630,000 tests. you have a greater identification of cases. >> in florida and texas and arizona -- >> secretary mcenany: those are rising cases. we see embers around the country. we always knew those would come with reopening. i was identifying with positive cases do tend to be younger individuals as the vice president noted. the increase of testing as part of the contribution to what we are seeing. >> communicating with the department -- july celebration not in keeping with cdc guidelines as well as the partner of health guidelines. the white house has said over and over again, we look to our local authorities for how we should act. should the administration be following the local guidelines? >> secretary mcenany: the president said we should follow the local authorities with masks. that is the decision that he encourages people to follow those authorities. cdc authorities are recommended but not required. we look forward to the fourth of july celebration. >> some options for the president to consider for retaliation against russia should this be -- >> secretary mcenany: i will not get ahead of the president. i will not get ahead of the intelligence which is unverifi unverified. >> whether corroborated or not, what is he told -- >> president trump: the president -- going to the same process. what is unfortunate is we are having this discussion, because of "the new york times" deciding to run with this in erroneous information about the president being briefed which is not true. there was not a conclusion. >> can you confirm that the cia director and the nsa director will brief the congressional gang of eight? >> secretary mcenany: yes, that is the plan. i am not entirely sure who else will be in that briefing. >> does that president generally have confidence in the intelligence community? >> secretary mcenany: yes, he does have that confidence and many times has acted on verified intelligence. there are times that he has decided that it is in our strategic interest not to act. example of soleimani. when iran engaged in actions in the president said it is not time to engage because it is shooting down an entity is not the same as losing loss of civilian lives. >> thank you. >> the president has come under criticism -- [indistinct] those include comments like "our heritage" while talking about confederate statues. the video of using the term "white power." why has the president not to announce that video? >> secretary mcenany: the president has taken on that video. the president has repeatedly condemned hate. "and one voice, one nation, we must condemn bigotry and white supremacy. hate has no place in america." "we have no tolerance for those who disrupt this piece appeared we ca condemn all -- >> that specific video and saying that that is hateful language? >> secretary mcenany: he has deleted it. it speaks for itself. the president has repeatedly condemned hate and repeatedly encouraged us all to come together. >> the president meet >> reporter: did the president meet with senator mcconnell. is there any agreement on additional unemployment insurance? >> i have no announcements with regard to the meeting but i would say he did mention that in phase four he would be open to direct payments. on the point of unemployment, one thing he's concerned about is he doesn't want to see an incentive not to work. employment benefits that senator schumer has suggested would be an incentive for people not to get back to work and he wants to encourage people to get back to work. he has mentioned the payroll taxes being for workers. it helps those at the lowest end of the payroll, it would help the americans are needed most. those are some things he has talked about for phase four >> reporter: yesterday, the all-time record of 47,000 cases. four times this week, the new record. why do you use the word embers when it's like a wildfire. >> secretary mcenany: you would see spikes across the country. he said at times he would see fire across the country. embers, fires. the same time i would note the increase in cases, the increase in testing, sixfold increase in testing, you identify more cases and i note that secretary azar said nationwide fatalities are at a two month low. it's a different situation when those were testing positive or younger. we have increased tests. we are aware where there are surges. it's why dr. birx is on the ground. we believe we are equipped to handle what we see on the horizon. >> reporter: the president made a conscious decision to talk less about the virus. on sean hannity, 3 minutes. he tweets about it. >> secretary mcenany: the president is not focused on talking and focused on action. we've taken historic action with regard to the coronavirus. excess amount of ppe, huge amount of ventilators, things that could never be done we were told have been done under this administration. testing more than 600,000 a day. this president has done a historic job with regards to the coronavirus. >> reporter: the anger against china. india has banned 59 apps from china. >> secretary mcenany: with regard to india and china, we are closely monitoring the situation. he is as well. india and china have expressed a desire to de-escalate and we support a peaceful resolution. he said china's aggressive stance fits with the larger pattern of chinese aggression in other parts of the world and these actions only confirm the true nature of the chinese communist party. >> reporter: banning the tick-tock app. >> secretary mcenany: pointing to what secretary pompeo said. >> reporter: plans to annex part of the west bank in the jordan valley. how much does the delay have to do. an important part of the presidents base. >> secretary mcenany: i'm not spoken about that issue but he's a great supporter of israel and i would leave it at that. >> reporter: i'm just wondering what the delay is and maybe you could weigh in. there are concerns this could be the final nail in the coffin of the palestinian state. what is the president thinking about? >> president trump: >> secretart get ahead of him. >> reporter: is it truly wants meet with taliban leadership? is it going to happen soon? >> secretary mcenany: i won't get ahead of the president on that paired with the president wants is to see our troops come home from afghanistan. he's been on the record being against keeping a sustaining presence in afghanistan. he does not believe in foreign adventurism and wars that drag on. he believes the ultimate way to secure troops is to bring them home. >> reporter: reports of the russian bounty for taliban fighters. >> secretary mcenany: its unverified intelligence being assessed. >> reporter: the first question, monday the president when after stripping racist names on buildings. >> jesse: white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany's briefing is underway. will monitor it for big news but in the meantime hello, everybody. i am jesse watters with dana perino, brian kilmeade, donna brazile and katie pavlich. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ president trump making some big news on wearing masks as cases of coronavirus served in the united states. america reporting 44,000 new infections yesterday and at least 16 states now pausing, reversing, or dealing reopening plans. id
new york city council voted to move a billion dollars from the police department's budget. that includes hundreds of millions of dollars for overtime pay, and safety to the department of education. some say they can't still go far enough. protesters threatening to stay at camps outside of city hall. here is the cover of our corporate because of "the new york post." our coverage of this our live outside of city hall and lower manhattan. >> good afternoon. you can see right behind me hundreds of protesters are still here camped out. no sign of leaving just yet. despite that budget passing last night we did just speak to one of the organizers who said one of the groups will be leaving, but they will continue to support anyone who wants to stay and there might be dozens of people who do want to stay. we just don't know how this encampment will be allowed to continue. last night protesters started building barriers in the middle of the street to keep police out. three of those protesters were taken into custody. no word on charges yet. this as a new budget passed, about a billion dollars to the nypd. that includes elimination of the classes and also reducing overtime spending. it comes at a time when shootings are up across the city, the city has a $9 billion loss because of coronavirus. nypd retirements are spiking. here's police commissioner shea. >> what you are seeing now, you are seeing the city council bow to mob rule. let's mark the date on the calendar with how long it's going to be before we have the conversation about new yorkers crying out for a more police. i think that day is coming. >> some protesters and council members felt i did not go far enough. they wanted to see a hiring freeze and they've been criticizing the movement of officers from the police department to the education. mayor de blasio has said he will continue to support any of these protests, but he believes the city has to move forward. >> bill: thanks. i want to bring in william ryan, retired police detective. good afternoon to you. what do you think? what do you think of the news? >> i got to tell you, i'm shocked they're doing this. new york is the biggest state city in america. they are talking about -- with all these protests, whether you want to argue their peaceful or not. the city said we don't give you anything for the budget, that's things like enforcement, investigations and homicide, i don't think people realize. i think they're trying to get back at the police. they're mad at the police. >> bill: 72 shootings last week alone. what happened to the city now? >> i'll tell you, a couple of things will happen, you will see people that can leave the city, they're leaving. certainly a lot of businesses were destroyed with the writing. i just don't think that the people feel that the police department are going to be safe anymore. i also think people are going to be afraid to get back on public transportation. i can see that as a big problem. this is going to affect people of color and the communities of color. the shootings that are happening. they're not happening -- it's going to affect the people that are out there protesting. >> bill: here's a little bit, overtime spending cut 352 million, school safety that goes to the department of education, 370 million. 55 million on that. ray kelly was here yesterday. he had a very interesting take on this. he doesn't see this. listen to what he said about this budget. >> they're talking about delaying a police hiring class in july and that's about $40 million. there are talking about doing something in the capital budget which is usually five years out. cutting back on overtime, they always talk about that. nowhere as far as i know so far does that come close to $1 billion. >> bill: point there is it's a kabuki deal, do you see that? the mayor gets the headlines and runs with it. appeasing those on the left. >> it certainly an appeasement. you've group surrounding the city and threatening to do what they have to do. i think the city hall and the mayor are afraid. it's in appeasement. they're taking things out like moving school policing. they're moving some items around. i think a little of it as a shell game. the reality is, you still have police department classes. at the same time you have a huge amount coming from the to police department. let me tell you, what you can put on the ledger is that kind of attrition, you're losing the trust of the department. you're losing guys who have seniority, who know how to do investigation. you're losing senior leadership. you know, it's not that the rank and file as they there. i think the city will be a lot less safe. eventually people are going to come back and say that. i think it's going to be a less trained, less astute, less savvy police department. you're going to get you guys. the cake is, they're not going to be able to. >> bill: you make some really interesting points. so much of this has changed. it happened so quickly. i hope you come back. thank you for your time and thoughtful commentary. thank you. >> the president was not briefed because at the time of these allegations they were on cooperated. the dod has come out, it just showed, the intelligence community does not have a consensus. >> bill: robert o'brien pushing back against reports president trump knew about the intel. russian spies offered bounties to kill troops in afghanistan. the president calls that a hoax. dan hoffman, former cia. nice to see you. good afternoon to you. can you make sense of this story because there is confusion. how do you spell it out? >> i think there's two things happening here simultaneously. when we collect threat intelligence, threats to our soldiers for example on the front lines in afghanistan and coalition forces, the threshold for sharing that is low. that would have been shared immediately. not only to warn our soldiers and our coalition partners, but because we want to collect more intelligence to test the veracity of what was sourced to interrogations. taliban fighters who had been captured. the second thing that's happening and if this is in the national security council is what do we do about it? that is where the national security council advisory wasn't ready to bring it with the president. when you're going to bring it to the president you are thinking about what countermeasures we might take. it might be premature to do that if you have been tested in the veracity reporting period every president is different. there is idiosyncrasies for all of them. sometimes the president wants to be along for that ride. others want to see it after were done with doing the best we can to either proven or disproven. this is the way this team works. the only thing i would say is because we shared it with our coalition partners, it's possible that prime minister boris johnson would have raised it. for that reason had i been involved i would have it with the president. >> bill: interesting answer. head of the cia said the following, "hostile states, use of proxies in war zones to inflict damage and troops is a constant long-standing concern. cia will continue to pursue every lead and analyze information and brief reliable intelligence to protect u.s. forces deployed around the world." we were appointed to that statement earlier today. what you read from that? >> for sure. speaking of afghanistan, i ron n has provided that. they taliban, the russians provide them with support, arms and funds. yes, we are talking about the potential here that the russians were paying bounties to kill our soldiers, but remember, if they're passing them money and sniper rifles, how much more does taliban need to know? the fact that the russians are doing this obviously is of great concern to us. another reason why we don't share a lot of interest with the russians. this being one really good example. >> bill: russia has a lot of influence. nice to see you again. thanks for your analysis. place and seattle starting to clear out a zone that protesters had occupied for two weeks. we will take you there live and let you know the aftermath. the virus and cases rising, a lot of questions about reopening plans including those for school. what will that look like? fox business, blake burman going one-on-one with the president moments ago. what he said about more pandemic relief payments to americans anymore. geico another round for direct payments do you support that. >> i support it but it has to be done properly. i support larger numbers than the democrats. just because of an accide. cut! is that good? 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i will bring in the doctor. how are you doing? welcome back to our program. cincinnati, ohio, they are doing two days on, three days off, three days on, two days off. what do you think? >> the american academy of pediatrics came out with a document reminding everyone on the importance of getting kids into school, something everyone is nodding their head, absolutely. not only the educational piece by the structure and some cases. school is the only place kids are getting fed, food security. there are so many ramifications of not having kids. the american academy of pediatrics came out with a strong statement. everything possible to make this happen. i totally agree. i think the hard part around this is a few things to think about. one, what do you think about school and areas where virus transmission is really accelerating? phoenix right now. if this continues into the fall, that would be a tough place to do it. i think we will have to look at geography. we will have to be really understanding. some teachers will be worried about catching the virus if they're older or at risk. and even though we know kids are probably transmitting this virus less than other populations. the message will be it will be a lot of a lot of give-and-take. some parents who are debilitated at home have to worry about contracting the virus from their kids. maybe there'll be more homeschooled. may be some of the teachers who are concerned about their own health, we have to be flexible. i think the message will be really open-minded and caring and kind. this is a tough time for everybody. >> bill: you are saying this is going to bmx of a a lot of things. just to be clear, the reality they left in june, whenever they were let back in school, they're going back to assuredness. >> i think it depends which parts of the country. what you are seeing a lot of variability. some places virus transmissions are way down and some places it's really rising very rapidly. i think that's going to be an important consideration. even if we make a decision to bring kids back to school, what looks good right now, there might be another way back in january and february. it a lot of situational awareness, a a lot of discussions with teachers, parents, principals, local community leaders. this is going to be a carefully orchestrated dance. all i can say is in principle we have to get kids back in school but be very understanding and very flexible with how things are going to work. >> bill: apple announcing they're going to close two dozen stores and seven states. 30 seconds left, you had to the story about the company. what to think about the status for vaccines? 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>> i support it but it has to be done properly. i support larger numbers on the democrats. it has to be done properly. we had something where gave you a decen disincentive to work. we want to create a very great incentive to work. we are working on that and i'm sure we'll all come together. >> what's important and there is the president says he wants on the specific issue is something bigger than the democrats. the house has passed a heroes act which calls for $1200 to individuals who would be able to get this money. the president says he wants that number to be even a beggar. >> bill: we will see where that goes. you also asked about wearing a mask. >> the president seemed to be about as open as he has been on this issue. he didn't say he supports universal masks or mandating masks across the country, but here was the rest of our exchange on that matter. >> speaking of covid-19, goldman sachs put out a model yesterday saying if there is universal masks it would be a net positive for gdp. we know the model says if everyone wears a mask that it would be beneficial and save lives. if there is an economic benefit at a public health benefit, why not say there should be mandatory masks? >> i don't know if you need mandatory because you places and the country where people stay long distance. i'm all for masks. i would wear it -- if i were in a group of people and i were close. >> you would wear one? >> i have. if i'm in a group of people where were 10 feet away, usually i'm not in that position. everyone is tested. because i'm the president they get tested before they see me. if i'm in a tight situation i would absolutely. >> we'll be public see that? >> i have no problem. i sort of liked the way i look looked. >> of note, three states and the district of columbia today in which the minimum wage is increasing. i asked the president about that and he told me he would be making a statement in a couple of weeks as it relates to minimum wage. he said what he put forward by not align with some republicans and his party feel about that very issue. >> bill: interesting. i'm reading one of the headlin headlines, he does not believe that russia put a bounty on u.s. troops in afghanistan or many u.s. intelligence officials do not think a bounty was put on americans? >> he said many intelligence people think it's something that didn't happen and he told me i agree with intelligence people. i also asked them if any point in time russia were to put a bounty on american soldiers, how the commander-in-chief would respond, he said russia would hear his response. >> bill: we will see more on fox business. thanks. blake burman. cruz in seattle making a move and taking away the concrete barriers. more from the scene as the city clears out the protesters. a special federal unit to protect monuments over the fourth of july weekend. martha is here with more on that as democrats talk about where to draw the line. >> i think everyone should get scripts to at the real history is. ♪ >> bill: breaking news out of california. the governor ordering a closure with bars and dining and restaurants. most of the state as the virus cases continue to rise. there is this. >> as we go into this holiday we want to make sure that federal properties, buildings, statues, monuments, we want to make sure that we have the personnel there and ready. >> bill: they're getting ready for the weekend. talking about plans to deploy special units. i want to bring in martha maccallum most of "the story." how are you doing? >> bill: fourth of july. >> you don't think about throwing paint on george washington? he is talking about this rapid defense team that will be in place in portland, seattle, washington, d.c., but they also have a ready response team that could be anywhere in the country in a matter of hours. it's looks like it's getting into a troublesome situation. it will fly there to protect it and a of hours. part of the president's directive order to protect these monuments. this time around they are very concerned these national monuments. >> bill: different time. a couple of things, a picture from richmond, virginia. the mayor has ordered all confederate statues to be taken down from city property. this is going on in real time. this is joe biden talking about it yesterday. >> with regard to those statues and monuments like the jefferson memorial, i think there is an obligation that the government protect those monuments. there are different. >> he is now and this conversation after holding his first press conference in three months. james clyburn was on with you last night. >> what were talking about here, to celebrate people who lead against this country. and fought to keep people enslaved. i think he thread the needle on that. where is the debate now? >> bill: that is the phrase of the moment. isn't that really what everybody is trying to do? they scramble for where they will be. people believe there should be a much stronger leadership and terms of destruction of public property. he talks about threading the needle and where he draws the line, the majority with james clyburn. he says where joe biden is drawing it as between those who fought to defend slavery and those who did not. and saying that those who did have and freed them like george washington and thomas jefferson after the war, they believe though monuments should be reserved. it's a fine line that people are walking and judging. i think a lot of folks are curious if joe biden can get away with staying in that territory when people who are out there may be pulling him further left. >> bill: you asked him about general grant. he said no one was more antislavery. i don't think that's the word on the american street today. >> i think people who are involved in the destruction have no idea what these people did. i think their grasp of history is limited. i asked them about that. i can't speak for all of them, but he said i was a history teacher. i understand these people's roles and history. he said there was no one who was more antislavery than grant. he also said something interesting, despite what shortcomings they may have had, i said that sentiment that is really missing from this whole conversation. every one of these people has shortcomings. we all have shortcomings and failures. he is recognizing that these are not perfect people but they have a role that should be recognized. whether it's in a museum or a public park. >> bill: the cardinal was here yesterday. he said, are you going to take them out of the bible too? from the pacific northwest, police and seattle made a move to the occupied protest zone after deadly shootings and side there. demonstrators have camped out for about two weeks. police tearing down fences and arresting more than a dozen. dan springer back on the story. what happened? >> seattle police and city cruisers making fast work. they have completely reestablished control of the area. a short time ago they got back inside the precinct. [applause] you heard one of the officers say we got it back. indeed they did, 5:00 a.m. with armored vehicles and federal police. 23 days after seattle police abandon the precinct after nightly crashes, from there the top protest zone grew usually calm during the day. it became increasingly dangerous at night with robbery, and the murder of two black teenagers. >> this order and tell police respond comes after weeks of violent occupied protest zone. including multiple shootings, resulting in many injuries and two deaths. >> city workers have been busy removing the barricades, the tense, repainting the precinct, and replace the plywood. police arrested 32 people so far on chargers of failure to leave and illegal possession of weapons. we spoke to a nearby business owner. >> he doesn't quite feel like a victory. my humble opinion, it's too late. it's about four weeks too late. >> we've seen no violence and very little resistance from the protesters who stayed in front of the precinct until their demands were met. the police are inside and they have this area under control. the question is how long will they be able to keep it that way. we will have to see. back to you. >> on the dogs howl. nice to see you appeared a snapshot of joe biden widening his lead, but the president may have a much more important advantage. as donna and chris go at it with their cognitive abilities next. >> august 1st is the target. >> i can't guarantee you, but early august. several weeks before the convention. i believe. ♪ do it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines, and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. - i'm szasz. and if you're pregnant or planning to be. 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those were real questions. >> i thought he did very well. it was good to see the vice president. some of us see him a lot because we are on virtual phone calls, zoom calls. we get an opportunity to hear his voice, conference calls. he's had several what i like to call outreach efforts into the states. he has held forums. one might say that outside of my close personal friends and family, i see joe biden every day. i think he is riding his harley, his motorcycle. he knows this will take twists and turns but he has a compass. >> bill: "usa today," biden 53, trump 41. if you go deeper into the polling, how enthusiastic are you? 51% in favor of, 27% for joe biden. when you talk about enthusiasm gap, what does that mean and an election. that could be significant. >> on one hand you could look at that and say joe biden trails donald trump by 13 points on enthusiasm. here's another way to look at it, 20% of the electorate is excited to vote for donald trump. 14% is excited to vote for joe biden. that makes the dash put that in proportion. his lead is so big, 27% of 53% is almost as big as half of trump's votes. democrats are fired up to vote against donald trump. they would vote for mr. ed. they're not concerned about joe biden. they're very concerned about donald trump and they're excited to vote against him. >> bill: donna, how concerned are you? certainly you're looking for motivation come november. if it's going to be a tight election you need that to be better. >> there is no question and today joe biden received a very important endorsement. at the end of the day were going to have a a lot of excitements. this is not just a top-down campaign. this is going to be a bottom up campaign. it's going to come from of those candidates, united states congress. as i mentioned earlier. joe biden is going to catch this wave. it's going to be a synonymy. joe biden will be able to turn out his base and some more. >> bill: do you recommend he do more events like yesterday? is it going back inside for the next 89 days. >> when he vented out to give that speech on the economy, when he talked to the people within his own space of delaware about police reform, if joe biden would like to continue to go virtual and reach out to the states as he has done over the last seven or eight weeks, or if he wants to jump on a bus, a greyhound, i don't care. he will be heard. he will be seen. you know what, i have a lot of faith and his ability to carry out the tasks. >> bill: he's got the reservation for the rv, so you can pack it up together and we will take it on the road. 15 seconds. should he do this more often or is this back to the basement? >> europe 13 points. he can start doing it and a straw hat and a garter, it won't matter. right now biden is played with no pressure. >> bill: hump day it is. what keeps you up at night? next time. see you soon. guess what state is dark for the rest of the year? we are live in times square where thousands of workers remain out of a job. ♪ ♪ give my regards to broadway. ♪ caring for the land that takes care of us all. at bayer, everything we do, from advances in health to innovations in agriculture, is to help every life we touch. at bayer, this is why we science. c'mon pizza's here. whoa! is that shaq? this is my new pizza the shaq-a-roni and it's bigger than pizza because for every shaq-a-roni sold, $1 is donated to the papa john's foundation for building community. introducing ore-ida potato pay. where ore-ida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bites of this... ...with this. when kids won't eat dinner, potato pay them to. ore-ida. win at mealtime. >> bill: here is another blow during covid times. some suggest how the teams may not be able to stay afloat without fans in the stands unless they get help from investors or maybe even the government. 85% of revenue comes from ticket sales, concessions, and ballpark ads. major league baseball still planning a 60--game season as of today. spring training starting this week. the life of broadway will remain dark for the rest of the year. a few blocks from us now. >> you've got new york city reopening doors across the city and yet like you mentioned, broadway is going to stay dark until at least 2021. the earliest we could possibly see any of these shows is january 3rd. and since broadway is going to be issuing refunds for all the tickets, that's going to leave a $15 billion hole in new york's economy. it will leave at least 100,000 people in limbo for the foreseeable future. disney's frozen have decided to flat out cancel production. to put into perspective since he just mentioned the mlb, last year and 2018-2019 season, it was stellar. they brought a more spectators in all ten new york sports team player lots. we know that broadway brings in tax revenue jobs as well as a driver for tourism. unfortunately, five productions have had a critical mass. filing for bankruptcy protection just this week alone. you have an actors union that is requesting a $4 million government bailout. i spoke to one broadway performer about that bailout. listen in. >> none of us want a handout. some of the actors are leaving new york city because they can't pay their rent with no other income. >> that means that some of the most recognizable entertainment franchises like hamilton which is right behind me are turning to the smaller screen. they will be live streaming on disney+'s platform. of that cost a lot of money. don't expect others to be doing the same. not all is lost. the show will go on. the broadway trade association say that tickets good start to go on sale for next year in the coming weeks. >> bill: i see what you did there. all of that streets and that entire neighborhood. nice to see you. covid cancels everything in 2020. unbelievable. set your dvr and never miss a report. in the meantime, neil, has got you covered coming up next now. >> neil: thank you, bill, very, very much. we are focused on arizona where they have had a big old spike in cases. this is we're seeing just over the past couple of weeks double-digit spikes and key stakes. over the last couple of weeks. coronavirus counts at least cases and ho hospitalizations. not nearly as much. death across the country continue to calm down day by day. we are going to pick it all up part for you right now. he has been following all of the fast-moving
defer paying their income tax, and we expanded tax refunds very substantially. thanks to our efforts in the incredible resilience of our nation's small businesses -- and i really think we can add the foundation be built. we have built the greatest economy ever built. that foundation was so strong that, instead of coming weekly backer going in the other direction, because this is coming back and we have not totally succeeded yet. we will soon. but we haven't killed all of the virus yet, and yet you look at these numbers, and that's based on a very strong foundation that we've built. a foundation like no other, a foundation that, had we not been attacked by this virus, this horrible virus, we were doing things and had things planned that nobody else had every thought of. paying off, building numbers the likes of which nobody has ever seen. next we'll be in a position where i believe, in a certain respect, i think we will be even stronger than we have been because of what we're doing. but only that strong foundation allowed us to be up here today talking about these record-setting job numbers and other numbers we are producing. because america's economy is now roaring back to life like nobody's ever seen before. nobody has ever seen numbers like this. in may, retail sales surged by nearly 18%. that's a record. we recently saw the best 50-date increase in the history of the stock market. we had 50 days, go back a couple of weeks, we had 50 days the likes of which we never had in the history of the stock market, which to me means jobs. and it's lifting up 401(k)s and retirement savings for american workers. we are doing numbers like no one has ever seen before. take a look at 401(k)s. in a pandemic, we are almost even with where we were before the pandemic started, and nobody would have said that was possible. nobody at all. we built the greatest economy in the history of the world, and we are now doing it again. i think we will do even better the second time that we did the first time, unless somebody comes along and says, "let's raise taxes on everybody." and they are raising taxes not only on corporations, they will just go to another country and they will do just fine, but they are raising taxes on people, middle income people, and losing jobs. you can't allow that to happen. that will be all those incredible jobs we've done, they will go down like that. it will be a terrible, terrible site. it might even be a 1929 situation. so you have a chance to have the greatest number in history, we are almost there. we are almost back to where we were from the standpoint of the stock market. think of that. but a crash you've never seen before. he put the wrong person in office, you will see things that you will not have believed are possible. they want to raise taxes, they want to raise regulations. a big part of what we've done is, by cutting regulation, we have cut regulation more than any president i in the history f our country, whether they are there for four years, ears, or in one case more than that. nobody even came close. we are doing much more. we have regulation but it's proper regulation. not strangulation. we are also tapping into the talent, genius, and the drive of our people to kill the virus. we are speeding the delivery of new treatments, including antiviral, steroids, convalescent plasma, and other therapies. therapeutic's that really looking good. this includes two drugs that have proven effective. remdesivir and dexamethasone, which is having a tremendous trial, and we will see how that all happens, but we have three vaccine candidates. we have had many more, but three are really looking good. i think you are going to have an answer to that very soon. three vaccine candidates are now in trial with three more to start very shortly. these are all great companies. they have had tremendous success with other problems in the past. we are accelerating production through operation warp speed, plus we have our military ready. should we get -- whether it's therapeutic or vaccine, our military is logistically ready. these are the best in the world, to get it out to everybody as soon as we have it. we think we are going to have it soon. as we prepare to celebrate the fourth of july, let us renew our devotion to this nation, to its citizens, and the eternal values that define our past and shape our future. i am going to mount rushmore on july 3rd. we are going to have a tremendous evening. it's going to be a fireworks display like few people have seen. it's going to be very exciting, it's going to be beautiful. david wanted to do that for years. fireworks. these to do it many years ago, and for some reason they were unable or not allowed to do it. they just weren't allowed to do it. i've opened up and we are going have a tremendous july 3rd and then we are coming back here to celebrate the fourth of july in washington, d.c.. i want to also thank all of law enforcement, the job you've done is incredible. we've signed the bill, you play with our monuments of our statues, you go to jail for ten years. it's amazing how it all stopped so fast. it stops so fast. we let the local authorities handle it as long as possible, but ultimately said, "let's stepped in." ten years in jail if they do what they were doing. we are very proud of law enforcement. we want to thank law enforcement, really great job. our military has been incredible. our national guard has been just incredible all over. i am glad to see in seattle he took care of the problem. as they know, we were ready to go in, and they knew that, too. they went and ended with had to do. we are a nation committed to equal and abundant opportunity for citizens of every race, color, religion, and creed. the american dream is the sacred birthright of every american child. that's what we have, we have the american dream. nobody is going to shatter the american dream. not the anarchists, not the agitators, not the fools, not the looters. they are not going to have any impact on the national dream, the national dream like no other. that's why we're here today, to ensure that every citizen can achieve their dream, achieve their destiny, and realize their full and extraordinary potential. that is how we will renew, rebuild, and restore america. we have done an incredible job in a 3.5-year period. a job like nobody thought would be possible to be done, and we are doing it again. we are doing it, i believe, bigger and better and stronger than ever before. you're going to see that next year. unless it is tampered with, we are going to have a year next year like no other. it will be a phenomenal year, a successful year. we will have our best job numbers ever next year. we will come back stronger and more prosperous than ever before. next year, i think it will be, from an economic standpoint, the greatest or one of the greatest economic years we've ever had. i just want to thank everybody for being here, i want to thank all these incredible artisans and businesspeople for showcasing your amazing products. i want to leave you by saying very important words. god bless america. thank you all very much. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> melissa: that is president trump making comments at the spirit of america showcase. but, really, doing a victory lap on the tremendous jobs numbers that came out earlier today. the economy adding 4.8 million jobs in june, absolutely smashing what had been the addis or african-americans, 1.5 million for hispanics, 3 million for women. it was the biggest jump on record. this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. contributor and attorney, emily compagno. fox's correspondent, gillian turner. fox news contributor, jessica tarlov. joining us today from the white house press secretary for president george w. bush, fox news contributor, ari fleisr preliminary election. it's a battle of messaging today. shortly before that we heard from candidate biden, who was very somber, quiet town, talking about the fact that he feels good about the jobs numbers. he really does. but essentially things are still really terrible, that the president has fumbled on the coronavirus. as a result we are in this terrible hole. you have the president coming out, i think not coincidentally, while joe biden was talking. he took to the microphone at an event that was supposed to start earlier and began talking about the undoubtedly very positive news we have today on jobs. what did you think of that contrast? >> ari: that is the way campaigns work. nothing surprising about that when you are a challenge of running against the president. you always have to make the case. "put me in, i'll fix anything that's wrong." when you are incumbent you make it sound like things are working. things are getting better. things are good, therefore stick with who you have. that is very conventional politics. biden did what he needed to do, president trump did what he needed to do. the biggest thing of all, melissa, president trump needs to marry these topics. the pandemic and the economy. the stronger we are against the pandemic, the stronger the economy will be, and we have to reopen america and we can reopen and should reopen america and be able to have a pandemic at the same time. that is the president's challenge. >> melissa: yeah. jessica? >> jessica: i totally agree with what ari said. we heard exactly what you expect, the president did preview his positive comments earlier this morning when he did his first victory lap. this was around 2 of that. i thought president biden touch on something important, that 30 million americans have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic and we need to make sure we keep working to ensure those people get their jobs back. everyone that is excited about this number, it's a step in the right direction. i think turning our attention to battling this virus will resolve 50,000 new cases yesterday is the next frontier. if president trump wants a healthy economy going into the election, we know that health care is actually an economic issue. it's also the number one issue to americans across the board. republicans and democrats. this is not a time for republicans to talk about repealing and replacing obamacare without a replacement for it. so, yes, tout the job numbers but make sure you keep your head down, keep working, listening to the experts like dr. fauci, who is very concerned about the spikes we are seeing in states like florida, arizona, and tex texas. >> melissa: it's so interesting, emily, because both jessica and ari made a terrific point about this moment right now. that it is about economics and health hand-in-hand, and not surprising since those two things have always been really at the top of the list for most americans, and right now they are converging in a way they hadn't before. it is going to be who seems to have the best hand and handle on making those two things better at the same time. if you go overboard on the hillside, as we saw at the beginning, you keep more people healthy but they become unhealthy because they are not working. we've seen depression, suicide, hunger, all the things that go along with the terrible economy and with joblessness. on the other hand, when you reopen too rapidly and people don't have that kind of caution, you see the rebounds and the stuff we've seen in florida. initially we thought it was going really well and, all of the sudden, as he heard governor desantis say earlier today, people stopped doing the things that were easy, like wearing a mask. emily, what are your thoughts on that? how do you keep those two things together? >> emily: that's exactly right, melissa. what i'm hearing, it dovetails in with how you did intro, that at the battle of messaging. to me what you are talking about is a synthesis of what is usually, especially in election years, parsed out. things are not just side load. everything is interdependent for the average american we see that synthesis. we see how the economy and our business dovetails in with cocktails and business friendly policies. my perspective on this echoes ari and jessica's, and this is great news, force. the federal government is not the end-all be-all. small businesses are open, but at reduced capacity. to me this is the opportunity and exactly when local and state leadership needs to step in. this is when their decisions need to reflect listening to their citizens and their constituents, and the small business owners and everyone who is affected by this, this is when they need to create or sustain business friendly policies. that is what will drive true and sustained growth. i mean specifically, let's take the restaurant industry, for example. that's 2.5% of the gdp with the industry before covid. that's things like tip credits and listening to liability protection arguments, making those changes even temporarily, because these guys, while they have their revenues being decimated still, they are sitting on the same obligations because time keeps going on. all of this stuff matters, all this has dovetailed in. to me it's when the local and state leaders need to step in and do their jobs. >> melissa: yeah. gillian, one of the main focuses is what the economy and jobs will be like as we get closer to when we are voting. i always look at expectation versus reality, because the real economic experts get out there and try and gauge, but ahead of time with their money on what the report is going to look lik. they under bet that's one again. we did better than what the experts that we would going to put out on the jobs under. what does that tell you? >> gillian: i think it's a best-case scenario. much rather have financial experts on wall street under-betting, coming out way behind with the economy is. i was at the white house early this morning, covering the white house, and over there the officials have already moved on from today, from these numbers. they are looking ahead to next month and the following month. obviously it's great news, hardly bears repeating that 4 million plus new jobs is great news for the entire country. but they are concerned now how to best set up the country to sustain, and for the economy to sustain these gains as coronavirus cases are continuing to spike across the country. these numbers today really fit in quite nicely with the white house message, which is reopen america. as long as america is continuing to reopen, they have every confidence the job numbers will reflect the same kind of growth. the problem, though, as we are seeing across the nation, a lot of states are starting to increase restrictions. whether it's shutting down bars again were limiting restaurant capacity. the key here is how to best sustain this so we are continuing to grow next month and we don't see any kind of a reversion. this is what the white house is literally grappling with as president trump's are they doing the victory lap. they are already focused a few weeks ahead. >> melissa: no doubt. if you want to keep america growing, key people going back to work, keep getting our lives back, you've got to be safe about it unless we will take a step backwards. top lawmakers getting briefed this morning on reports that russia offered bounties on u.s. troops in afghanistan, as the white house and the president defend their handling of the claims. >> i agree with the intelligence people. i think, frankly, many of the intelligence people didn't think it was something that even happened. ♪ alright, i brought in ensure max protein to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. 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>> ari: always frustrated me the white house when there was a split in the intelligence agencies, because it became so hard to know but the truth was. gillian is exactly right, there can be splits, and sometimes the split is over an issue serious enough, it still should be brought to the president's attention with the caveat, "we don't know if this is true or not." if the russians are paying bounties to kill americans, the president ought to know. there's a lot depending on, literally, was it a bounty? or was that the normal two-faced russia making our life hard around the world just as we did to them when the soviets occupied afghanistan, and we gave cash and weapons to kill soviets? isn't literally a bounty or is it world affairs, wherever we deploy our military we know they are in harm's way from numerous places and we always put force protection measures in place. whether it's a bounty or whether it is just somebody wants to make our life tough, we have an obligation to protect our troo troops. >> melissa: c, jessica, this is one of those places where i feel democrats may have an issue but then they go too far with it and undermine their own credibility. nancy pelosi takes the right to the place of, "well, the president's and putin's pocket." immediately it brings back response, "who is the present who pulled out an initial defense shield? who is the president that drew the line and let bashar al-assad, putin's bestie, continue with his behavior?" it becomes about actions versus words. you think democrats have on a little too far with this? >> jessica: i'm not sure. we'll have to see how it pans out. i was watching senator kamala harris, briefed yesterday as part of the intel committee, and with the gang of eight will hear today. she batted back nicole wallace fromsnbc saying, "it's classifi, i can't talk about that." that's what they should be doing at this point. i think it is important to continue make the argument that president trump has closer relationships with autocrats, with dictators, then he does with our traditional allies. there was a statement from boris johnson, the u.k. prime minister, that seem to indicate they were dealing with this in a different way than they are here. i'm sure we will hear similar things from justin trudeau, angela merkel, et cetera. the president has been consistently out of step with the people we have been allied with for generations, and for good reason. i think democrats should emphasize that one of the things joe biden's leading on by a huge number is the ability to restore our standing in the world. when the president does cozy up to putin, and we talked about this early in the week, like what happened in helsinki, it does raise eyebrows. i think democrats do need to talk about that without getting too far ahead. >> melissa: i'm sure he will have a lot more flexibility after reelection. oh, wait, that wasn't trump either. as police retake the police free protests owned from occupiers, not before two deadly shootings there. now the father of a black teenager killed in one of those shootings with an emotional plea for answers. an exclusive fox interview. that's next. ♪ as a caricature artist, i appreciate what makes each person unique. that's why i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. almost done. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> gillian: seattle police are retaking their precinct from occupiers after clearing up the city's infamous protest zone, the c.h.o.p., yesterday after a rash of violence that included at least two fatal shootings. over 30 protesters have been arrested so far during the dismantling of the zone. the mayor declaring the gathering unlawful, but she's now pushing for some of the charges to be dismissed. listen. >> i believe the charges should not be filed against individuals arrested only for misdemeanor obstruction, failure to disperse, or trespassing. i fully support spd's operation this morning and the arrest and bookings were appropriate. as we move forward in healing, alternatives to charging and criminal sanctions are also important. >> gillian: now the father of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed in the c.h.o.p. zone is telling sean hannity the mayor and other officials failed to reach out. listen. >> i need somebody to come tell me something, because i still don't know nothing, and somebody needs to come on my house and knock on my door and tell me something. i don't know nothing. all i know is my son got killed up there, and this is a 19-year-old. that's my son. you know? and i love him. >> gillian: that's tough to watch. emily, i'm going to go to you first, because you are in silly adult seattle. he lived there. tell us about what you're hearing from your friends and neighbors here on the ground, how they are handling the demand dismantling of the zone. are they doing a great? >> emily: mayor durkin has lost credibility that people gave her in the beginning of the election as the benefit of the doubt. she has failed as a leader, she is incompetent, unresponsive, and totally ridiculous. i think what you saw just there and that heartbreaking interview was sort of a larger analogy to what she does, and what she's exhibited here, listening to the shouting masses and the shouting minority while totally ignoring them. those in the silent majority or the true victims. the fact she hasn't reach out to the father of that 19-year-old shooting victim is really preposterous. and she goes on tv and makes these public statements capitulating to and responding to these protesters that have thrashed that neighborhood. i have not seen her once addressed first nations victims, almost victims, the female sexual assault victims in c.h.o.p. it's a totally targeted and singular focus. she has appeased to whoever elected her while the rest of us who are quiet are just absolutely disappointed, depleted, and fed up completely. she has a lot of answering to do it we are not getting it. i think that dysfunction is why all of these things have been allowed to fester. in that c.h.o.p. zone, it's not like it was some type of organized movement. there were obviously pull factors for gang activity or nefarious activity that was going to happen at night. of course they were going to be shootings. of course people are going to die, be killed. it's all the more tragic that they were both teenagers, three separate shootings. she hasn't addressed any of that. you are opening into the converging factors here in seattle, they all interplay. the fact that she is now taking a step back, "we are not going to print, criminally prosecute misdemeanors," this and this, it's a larger example avenue how she has treated homelessness these issues continue to fester because all she has our words in response to what require action, not just dumping money or talking about it, but actual action, cohesive action, that will actually improve these problems, including, for the residents, who actually pay taxes. >> gillian: one of the things mayor durkin said yesterday was that -- i think c.h.o.p. was in play for 16 or 17 days, she allowed it to keep going, but the straw that broke the camel's back, ari, was the fact that she looked at what had started as allegedly a protest, this zone that was supposed to advocate for equal justice before the law for the rights of black americans in seattle, combating police violence, actually end up resulting in the deaths of two african-american men. that is what kind of did it for her. do you think she should have makmade that call before they gt killed? >> ari: [laughs] she never should have left c.h.o.p. in the first place. it was naive and dangerous right from the word "go." i was born in new york city, raised in the new york suburbs, and everybody here and those in the ' 60s end '70s how fast something beautiful could go don the drain. that's why public officials' first responsibility is public safety. in minneapolis, you let the third precinct be overrun. in seattle, would you let this c.h.o.p. get set up, you have a banded public and it's a direct result of those decisions. mayhem, anarchy will be the order. frankly, at a time when we are debating confederate statues, i don't know what the difference is between confederacy and c.h.o.p. other than slavery. they are both secessionist movements. what happened in seattle should be condemned as secessionism. it's the olympic grandchild of sanctuary cities, and this is why public order, public safety, always have to come first. >> gillian: as you say, the first responsibility of public servants elected to office is to do no harm and to not allow others to do harm. we've got to leave it there. coming up on the other side of the break we are going to talk about new york city where protesters meanwhile are still camped outside of city hall. they are now saying they are not satisfied after lawmakers voted to take a billion dollars out of the nypd budget. why the governor is now blasting that move. stick with us. ♪ to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines, and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today. thats where i do save 40%. feel normal.s an hour, having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. protected lifetime income from an annuity can help your retirement plan ride out turbulent times. learn more at protectedincome.org. now every bath fitter bathbath fis installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years, and we're here to help you get started. book your free virtual or in-home design consultation today. >> melissa: protesters refusing to leave their camps outside city hall in manhattan despite the mayor and city council flashing a billion dollars out of the nypd budget, shifting the money to youth and community development programs, in theory. new york governor andrew cuomo also slamming the move, saying it does not reform the police and may leave new yorkers more vulnerable to crime. >> i don't know what it means. they have a billion dollars less. what does that mean? does it mean i am less safe? where did you take the billion dollars from? does it mean i'm more safe? does it have any effect on police abuse? i don't know what it means. >> melissa: he took it from cops over time and from the graduating cat though my class, but whatever. voting to cut hiring at the l.a.p.d., taking the number of officers below 10,000, the lowest financial years. jessica, i will come to you first. blake burman did an interview yesterday with president trump, and the president made a comment that went by, almost nobody picked up on it. he talked about that he's going to make an announcement about the federal minimum wage coming up, that the rest of his party won't agree with. with that be an interesting way to flip the script on these conversations where we have, on one side, kind of tearing things down, we want to defund the police, versus a message that would take democrats by surprise? we are adding jobs, and, by the way, i'm advocating for raising the minimum wage. wouldn't that take democrats by surprise? >> jessica: i'm not saying i would vote for president trump, but to be really happy we were going over seven and one quarter on the national level. this would be something more consistent with the type of things before the election when he was generally out of step with mainstream republicans. i don't know if he's going to do it, and mitch mcconnell isn't going to let something like that pass, but i would sure love to have a conversation about raising the minimum wage. to governor cuomo's point, this is a very dangerous thing that mayor de blasio is doing at the california legislature you need to be in step with the police commissioners. one thing that remains consistent is people want police and the neighborhoods they want to feel safe. that's why they look to police into government, quite frankly. there can be inconsistencies on his level, and a billion dollars is a lot of money. it's a lot of things it's one thing if it's $150 million. a billion dollars is a huge chunk of the upper and budget. mayor de blasio already has a huge problem with the and nypd andit's going to get worse. it's not looking good in new york city. >> melissa: emily, a reporter, william la jeunesse, did a good report on what happened in vallejo and california where they had to file for bankruptcy. as a result they had to do massive cuts to the police force. he had an interview with the mayor who said, when they'd i was in progress and you call and say, "someone is breaking into my house," it would take 20-30 minutes at best to get a response to your house. that's what happens when you have less money and thus you cut the number of cops, police officers, that are out on the street. they are responding to crimes as they have been, how dangerous is that? >> emily: it's totally dangerous. i want to focus on the root of that problem. when you mentioned the city went bankrupt, it is not isolated. a ton of cities in northern california and southern went bankrupt, and counties, as well. in addition to the entire state. at its root, the issue in part with the failure to audit and the massive overreach and obligation while racking up debt, that's exactly what the city of new york saw, too. doing to this budget discussion there was a $9 billion deficit. of course a lot of it has to do with covid come up with the inability to prepare for it and the inability to plan and react in a way that doesn't totally hamstring public safety, unfortunately it escapes people like mayor de blasio. >> melissa: yeah, money is at the heart of all of it. that's a great point. breaking with president trump on whether to remove the names of confederate generals from u.s. military bases, as the president says he will veto a must-pass defense bill over the issue. ♪ is that net carbs or total?... eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. with nutrients to help support immune health. iredefined the wordng th'school' this year. with nutrients to help it's why, at xfinity, we're committed to helping kids keep learning through the summer. and help college students studying at home stay connected through our university program. we're providing affordable internet access to low income families through our internet essentials program. and this summer, xfinity is creating a virtual summer camp for kids at home- all on xfinity x1. we're committed to helping all families stay connected. learn more at xfinity.com/education. >> melissa: the house armed services committee passing an amendment to the annual defense bill that would require the pentagon to strip confederate names from bases and posts within one year, such as fort benning, on the georgia alabama border, or fort bragg in north carolina. two has republicans voted with democrats in favor of the measure. president trump says if the amendment is in the defense bill he will veto it. now several republican senators are breaking with the president, among them majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i hope the president would reconsider vetoing the entire defense bill, which includes pay raises for our troops, over a provision in there that could lead to changing the names of some of these military bases. >> melissa: ari, it's difficult to know what the truth is. because it mitch mcconnell said it "could" lead to changing the name of some of the bases. i heard senator cotton, i believe it was, on earlier today saying that this would involve changing all kinds of names, including desecrating some graves. what are your thoughts? >> first off, i don't think there is any reason for a modern-day conservative to harbor any affinity for any confederate names. i think it's entirely appropriate for society as time goes by to reassess that we use to honor. as long as it doesn't come from the hands of a mob, but if it comes from an orderly process such as a commission that would take a look at the names of bases on the side of the names should be changed, which happens from time to time, it's entirely appropriate. conservatives should not stand in the way of that. i just don't understand why we are honoring anybody confederate. they should be known in history, and in many places there should be modern statues put up, and if a statute comes down, it should never be at the hands of a mob. it should be through an orderly process. look what mississippi just did with its flag. that's the people of mississippi, and we should all feel good about it. i just think let congress passed the defense authorization bill, with the commission that looks at this, give the commission time and space. they will come up with the right decisions. >> melissa: gillian, do you think this bill provides that orderly process to go through and look at things that need changing? >> gillian: well, it is. it's one way to go about doing this. not everybody agrees that congress is the right vehicle, but as imperfect as their legislative process is, it is a lot better than, as ari says, the statues coming down at the hands of a mob. this is how the confederate generals end up being taken down, removed, brought to wherever they're going to be, stored or exhibited in museums, i think that will be a good thing for the nation. it's a peaceful resolution, that in one important respect, really represents the will of the american people. as much as congress does do that. if this is how it comes about, it's a good thing. it's also good we are having the conversation about modern values and 21st century heroes, and who deserves to be heralded on plaques. >> melissa: you know, emily, it strikes me, congress and my mind does very few things well. if they can't handle this -- [laughs] i have lost faith in them entirely, which i may have already. what are your thoughts? >> emily: right, i enjoy those polls who relate them to who has a lower approval rating. congress or cockroaches? i just have to echo everything ari said. that was incredibly articulate. i'm sorry to be unoriginal, but absolutely, it's the will of the people but not via the mob. there should be flexibility in it. my final point would be that it does no party any good to have the focus of a conversation be resistance to a change that is reflected in the will of the people peacefully. >> melissa: yeah, absolutely. amen to that. more "outnumbered" in just a moment. i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ atthe perfect schmearnow of cream cheese. the recipe we invented over 145 years ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection. an herbal stress reliever ashwagandha, that helps you turn the stressed life... into your best life. stress less and live more. with stressballs. >> melissa: and to my friend jessica tarlov. what are your final thoughts on that last segment there? >> jessica: i just wanted to add to the conversation that has already taken place that it appears mitch mcconnell is reading the room and understanding what national sentiment is right now. the president, when he uses the term "our heritage," is out of step with the conversation going on. i think it is smart for mcconnell to say we should give this concession at this point. as ari said, confederate generals have no place in the modern conversation. i would also add there's a new report that mitch mcconnell is potentially going to let senate candidates move away from president trump, distance themselves as they need to do in their races. as another instance of the majority leader reading the room and saying president trump may get himself reelected but we need to make sure -- >> melissa: very cute. we have to go. julie banderas and for harris now. >> julie: we begin with the fox news alert. lawmakers tip of demand for answers to reports that russia pay bounties for killing american troops in afghanistan. this is "outnumbered overtime." good afternoon to you, i'm julie banderas in for harris faulkner this week. this hour, the house intelligence committee getting briefed on those allegations after the gang of eight lawmakers were also briefed. yesterday president trump, meantime, spoke for the first time on camera about the claims he calls "a hoax," blasting the initial "new york times" report while also saying you would take action if the intelligence is confirmed.
>> 5:00 a.m. was when that cut off was for them when seattle police were given the green light to dismantle chop following mayor jenny durkan's executive order. officials say they have made 44 arrests for failure to disperse, assault. recall malicious mischief. even though the police took back over the precinct still a lot of cleaning to do. the mayor reluctant to shut mayor down six weeks ago sounding off. >> from conversations over the weekend it was clear that many individuals would not leave and that the impacts to the community could not be reduced and public safety could not be improved until they did leave. >> the executive order to clear the area comes after the fatal shooting two of teenagers. carmen best slamming to allow the occupy protest zone known as chop to remain for far too long. >> what has happened here on these streets is lawless and brutal and bottom line, it is simply unacceptable. black lives matter and i, too, want to help propel this movement forward but is enough s enough. >> leader of chop said we are going to have to work 10 times as hard to get our message back on track. anxiously, brian, steve? ainsley: thanks so much, ashley. the summer of love, as you mentioned, steve, the mayor of seattle supported chop. she said this is going to be a summer of love. it's ironic because the first day of summer was june 20th, a saturday, and horace lorenzo anderson jr. was shot and killed in the chop zone on that day. his father said he went to bed, he was interviewed with sean hannity last night. a very long emotional interview. i couldn't turn the tv off. i went to bed my son was sitting on the sofa. i told him how much i loved him. he took custody of his son 2 years old. he said i never saw my son again that was a saturday. i got to identify the body on a thursday. how did he find out? not by the mayor, not by the governor, not even by the police who weren't even welcome in the chop zone. he found out by two friends who were with his son who were from a different city and they came to tell his dad. here is that emotional interview with the dad horace lorenzo anderson sr. with sean hannity last night talking about his son brought to tears. >> somebody had to come to my house and knock on my door and tell me something. i don't know nothing. all i know is my son. this is a 19-year-old. no that's my son. you know. and i loved him. and that was my son. because of my son, i feel like. >> it's personal. >> just like you say. somebody should help my son. he needed help he need paramedics. he needed the police to come in. somebody -- somebody was supposed to go in there and help my son. even after that still, i need -- let me know. i shouldn't know from some little kids. i should have somebody -- i'm 50 years old. somebody -- the police -- somebody should have knocked on my door and said, man, we need to sit down and talk to you and let you know what's going on because i still don't know what's going on. ainsley: it was a beautiful conversation and sean offered to pay for the funeral. he said look i appreciate that. sean, you are wonderful to offer that they continuously complimented him on being upstanding man who cares you are the only one who has. he said it's not about the money. we appreciate the money. it's not about the money. it's about my family and my life. there are real consequences to what is happening without our police, without protection. he said his son walls a premature baby and he had special challenges. special needs. steve: you know, that young man should be alive. had the city of seattle not made the business decision to abandon that area to whomever wanted to control it, that young man would most definitely be alive today. and it's just got to be heart-breaking for the father to look at images like that of his son who he raised to know that had that city followed the rule of law and not abandoned it, he would probably be alive. this is the problem when some these mayors and governors give the protesters an inch and what starts out with a peaceful protest then devolves into some sort of violence. that is why -- rather the governor, the mayor ultimately said enough is enough. we are sending in the cops in 48 hours. the cops showed up at 5:00 yesterday morning and said everybody who is here in five minutes will be arrested. and they arrested 31 people although the police chief, brian, says they probably won't be prosecuted. brian: yeah. four shootings. two deaths 2, 5 assaults. 30-plus arrested. this was so predictable, sadly, that it was going to end up in violence. think about, this thrrg are rules in your house there are rules in school. there are rules in the workplace there are rules usually on the streets. if you get rid of those rules in some fantasy operation and take seven blocks knock it down to three blocks and then start introducing your own set of laws, this is what is going to happen. and you take over a police precinct in the process. lawmakers support it. this mayor underlined it. "the seattle times" ignored all the negativity that was going on there and all the violence that took place. all the networks made it seem like this was just a wonderful place to be and wasn't it great to sound out and try to rebalance society? this is what you get. this is why they broke it up immediately in washington across from the white house. this is why they wouldn't let it happen in portland. for some reasonable in new york they let it happen. the occupy movement was welcomed into new york city across from city hall by this mayor who, proudly, wecht out and cut a billion dollars out of the police budget. and everybody cheered. and then you got to see video as well as how our police in new york city the finest arguably in the country, maybe the world, are being mocked by protesters in the most demeaning way, possible. it was so much that even cardinal timothy dolan said, this anxiously, maybe you towpght take it from here in an editorial. he brought out his typewriter. ainsley: sure, this is what he wrote. he is supporting the police officers. he said our valiant police officers have one of the most perilous stressful duties around. what i have seen in nearly a dozen years here they do it with care, compassion, and competence. now we have added to their load with continual, at times exsagger rate offed rash and inaccurate criticism combined with rocks, molotov cocktails and taunts. do police forces deserve criticism, sometimes? you bet they do. the men and women of the department realize they are far from perfect, but we know that while bad apples there indeed may be, they are very rare. he said what's happening to police really resonates with him because just like there are some bad apples in the church, most priests, most cops, the majority of them rrge good. steve: if you have not read it go online, new york post.com. it is a great read. it will take you two and a half minutes. what the cardinal says is, he starts out and says whenever guy home to missouri, people say what do you love about new york city? he goes well i love saint patrick's cathedral, obviously. the windows at christmas time and then he talks about how much he loves the men and women of new york's finest. and he says, you know, they come into my kitchen here in the right over there at the cathedral. they have coffee with me. we talk. i perform their baptism for their children. i marry them. and, unfortunately, he is there at their wakes and their funerals. his heart breaks for what is happening to the police officers. he also said this. in the op-ed. as representative peter king eloquently remarked on the floor of the house last week, racial minorities in the tents and poor areas of the city, especially need the police. in a recent meeting with community activist, one black leader remind us don't give me this get rid of the cops rant. you on madison avenue or park avenue might not need the police but we up in the bronx sure do. brian: that's where they got to go to help out the most. there is video out there. help at some point posted it. there is a woman screaming in the face of these cops who have to take it. by the way, i'm not sure if they are social distancing in occupy movements or protesting movements as they bring their mask down and spit in their face. the woman goes you go to a clown college for 26 weeks. a hairdresser has to go to school clowng longer that un. half of you don't even have an college education. other is you have to sit there and tell me are you educated enough to do your job and then the rest gets full of explicatives. you get the job. $41,000, maybe get a $10,000 raise, you take down half of that after you are done with the ridiculous taxes in this town. you come into work you don't wear your uniform because people are going to ridicule you along the way and tough take that and you are the bad guys and the mayor there supports the protesters. sadly i'm sure this new york movement is going to end the same way seattle ended. because in the beginning it's great and at the end even mayors realize what have we created? they learn nothing. so, mean while, let's talk a little bit about what's going to be happening in our presidential election. it's going to combine to heat up dominate the summer and certainly dominate the fall along with the coronavirus. the president of the united states pointed out that vice president biden is doing something kind of odd. he is actually underlying the fact that he is going to raise your taxes and thinks it's a real good thing. here's what he said, joe biden said. irresponsible sugar high tax cuts. sugar high tax cuts? corporate tax rate was the highest in the world so they cut it in half. had already pushed us into a trillion-dollar deficit. i'm going to get rid of the bulk of the $2 trillion tax cut. and a lot of you may not like that. but i'm going to close loopholes like capital gains and stepped up basis. with that verse could be heard running for the hills. here is the president on that. >> i think what happens is if do you that you are going to crash the market. we have a market that's going to be believe by some time early next year, could even be sooner at record level. just to put it more accurately. he just wants to raise everyone's taxes because they want to spend it on nonsense. they want to spend it on things that don't work. they wants to give the money away. i don't think people are going to stand for it. the democrats want to raise taxes. and it's going to ultimately be everybody's taxes that will kill the market. it will kill everything that we're doing. it will kill jobs. brian: just add to that. if you want to know what the biden budget will look like, look what's happening in the house passing 1.5 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill. it's all green. and there is nothing going to stop it. oh, we are out of money? go right to the defense department just like president obama did for 8 years and go down and start having to take out plane parts in order to get some -- keep the air force intact. ainsley: the president cut the corporate tax basically in half-like you were saying, brian. businesses started opening bangk up. we saw car dealerships and manufacturing jobs. many economists were saying that is never going to happen but it did under this president. if we have another president who wants to cut -- to increase the corporate tax, what does that mean for businesses that want to open up? what does it mean for jobs. for even the blue collar workers out there going to be working in these factories. we need to think about this and take a deep dive into this. we want businesses to come back to america. to leave china especially after covid, that's not going to happen if we increase our corporate tax. steve: but you know that for years the democrats, very popular campaign slogan has been essentially to tax the rich. and when you have double digital unemployment and a lot of people are out of work they don't care if a corporation pays 7%. they don't care. because, keep in mind, what is the number of people who actually pay federal taxes? it is, i believe it's less than 50%. ainsley: yes. steve: that's a very big number and that's a very big deal on the left side. and that's why when the house rolls out their very gigantic green new deal, essentially in the form of a budget, it's not surprising because that is just their opening bid. they would like to get some of that stuff, one of the things the president did say in a great interview with blake burman of fox business yesterday is that he supports a bigger stimulus, phase 4 than the democrats do. mitch said he would like to take it up later this month. 6:14 in new york city. thanks for joining us on this thursday. jillian joins us with breaking news on covid. jillian: that's right. good morning. let's begin with this. a grim milestone. new coronavirus cases in the u.s. rise guilty above 50,000 in a single day for the first time as some states roll back reopening plans. gavin newsom is ending indoor operations for businesses including restaurants in 19 counties. bars ordered to close all operations. new york city also delaying the return of indoor dining, vice president mike pence will travel to tampa today to meet with florida governor ron desantis after visiting arizona and reassuring doug ducey health is on the way to tame surge in cases there. a three-story building collapses in new york city with one man escaping with minor injuries. witnesses say it went down in 30 seconds. the building has a gym on first floor and apartments on the top. the cause of the collapse sunday investigation. overnight, the house armed services committee man columbusly approved 740 billion-dollar defense bill. the panel approving several amendments including one that would force the pentagon to rename military bases named for confederate generals. president trump has threatened to veto the bill. senate leader mitch mcconnell has urged the president to reconsider. the bill will now be voted on by the full house. macy's fourth of july fireworks lighting up the new york city sky for a third night. the fireworks going off over times square. macy's producing displays each night this week leading to the finale on the fourth. times and locations are not being released to keep large crowds from gathering. but, it i is good to see them. steve: that looks like new year's eve. brian: a lot of bottle rockets. investigation into couple after pointing guns at protesters. they say they were being threatened. i think everyone agrees with that the couple was simply will implementing their second rtamendment rights. is he outraged about the backlash. he joins us next. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ...to soccer practices... ...and new adventures. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. ask your doctor if your teen 49i found you! good job. now i'm 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. by participating in the 2020 census, you can make sure that federal funding reaches your community-- for schools, hospitals, libraries, and other public services-- and that your district is represented in congress. the census is safe and confidential, and it's critical that you participate. when you're counted, your community is accounted for. for more information, visit getcounted.com, and to participate, go to census.gov. brian: missouri prosecutor launching a probe into fear for live during confrontation with protesters who broke into their community. next guest calls it outrageous. josh hawley. senator, these two protecting their own house. they broke down the gate. but, yet now most people, most news organizations are vilifying them. >> it's incredible thing to see, brian. especially when you consider that the same st. louis prosecutor has this dozens and dozens of violent criminals referred to her by the st. louis police and she hasn't prosecuted any of them. she hasn't charged any of them. she has turned them back out on the streets and got this couple who by the way are on their own property. they never left their property, just standing there with pier perfectly second amendment right to keep and bear arms standing right there. and they are going to be investigated? it's just insane. brian: they are attorneys themselves. i was looking at jonathan turley's twitter account. hardly a left wing fire brand. he said this might be tough to defend because of public sentiment right now. you are the former attorney general. does he have a point? >> well, public sentiment shouldn't come into it when you are talking about the law. the truth is they are on their own property. they are standing there they have a second amendment right to keep and bear arms. they felt they were being threatened. the video shows folks on their property shouting threats at them. and the truth is they never left their property. they never went toward the crowd, got off the property. you know, waved the guns around to get them back on the street. they stayed right where they were, which is their right to do. the idea that you wouldn't prosecute actual violent criminals who are shooting cops, who are burning buildings in st. louis. those people don't even get charged. yet, you are going to investigate and maybe prosecute this couple? that's really an abuse of power. brian: let's move on. i would like to push back on you, senator but i just agree with you too much. it's too obvious to me. senator, let's talk about what's happening. a lot of republicans and conservatives are upset by. so supreme court justice rulings that have come down with the conservative as the chief justice roberts. what are you proposing? >> well, i think we have got to take a hard look how republicans over the years have chosen these justices. this has been a disastrous term in many ways for the supreme court. especially for religious conservatives who have staked so much on the supreme court. president trump inherited a selection process that he made some changes to which i think was good. enough to i think more changes need to be made. we have got to make sure that we're getting pro-constitution judges on that bench who are not going to waiver in the face of pressure who are going to follow the law the way it is written, not legislate from the bench. i have think it's time to make sure that this process of choosing judges gets scrubbed from top to bottom. so that we are choosing hard core rock ribbed conservatives who are going to follow the law and follow the constitution and not impose their own will. brian: that's true. another reason why everyone has to vote in november. logic says you are going to have at least two more openings on the court. finally, real quick. black lives matter. while people believe with the statement a lot of people are upset with the organization, including the president. do you believe black lives matter is a marxist organization that should be ridiculed or supported? >> black lives matter is an organization, i think you just go to their website and look at what they believe. they are marxist. they have statements against the state of israel. there is this hatred for the united states of america that is there. and all kinds -- the nuclear family they say is inherently racist. that's crazy, crazy stuff. of course, the principle, of course black lives matter. all lives matter. absolutely, 1 hearse%. but the organization and what it is standing for and pushing i think is very, very dangerous. by the way, brian, they are hijacking the organization is trying to hijack any movement towards justice for george floirksd fringes, they are trying to hijack that conversation away to their own marxist political agenda, that's dangerous. brian: some weird things happening in the city between the monuments and between the unrest in seattle, new york, minneapolis and that movement. let's see if something positive will come out of this. right now it just looks like chaos. senator, thanks so much. >> thank you. brian: president trump setting the record straight about a stance on masks. >> i'm all for masks. i think masks -- if i were in a group of people and i was close. >> you would wear one. >> i would. brian: yep. there is debate about a mask mandate. do we need it nationally. doctor who cease coronavirus patients every single day. 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decided not to tell the president about the assessment which remains to be verified and that the president has retaliatory options if necessary. russia has denied the allegations first reported in the "new york times" calling it a smear campaign against them. meanwhile, democrats are blasting the president for his response. iraq war vet and massachusetts congressman seth moulton says this amounts to the highest level of betrayal. >> if this isn't treason i don't know what is. as a second lieutenant, if i disregarded an intelligence report, didn't bother to read it and it got my marines killed, i wouldn't be treating -- tweeting excuses, i would be in prison. because that's the standard of accountability for the most junior officer in the united states military. apparently that standard does not apply to the commander-in-chief. griff: ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, ainsley, bob menendez mends. part of of a military spending bill on the senate floor this week. we will see where it goes. ainsley? ainsley: thank you, griff. steve, over to you. steve: thank you, ainsley. president trump yesterday afternoon set the record straight on his stance on masks. >> i don't know if you need mandatory because you have many places in the country where people stay lock distance. you talk about social distancing. but, i'm all for masks. i think masks are good. if i were in a group of people and i was close. >> you would wear one. >> i would -- oh, i have. people have seen me wearing one. steve: so he says is he all for masks. this amid the debate over whether the u.s. needs a nationwide mask mandate. do we? let's talk to fox news medical contributor dr. janette nesheiwat who examines coronavirus cases here in new york city. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. steve: for some reason over the last couple of weeks, month, masks have become political. but the science of masks is not. how do they work? >> yeah. it's important to understand and follow the facts and the data. here's what we do know. we know that wearing a facial cloth covering or a mask can reduce the transmission of this virus from 17% down to 3%. what does that mean? that equates to saving about 35,000 lives over the next three months. steve: wow. >> the data and science shows it works. you are not only protecting yourself but protecting others. that's the latest data that came out of the cdc. i believe wearing a mask is not the only solution. it certainly is part of our best defense tools. i think it's even just as important to practice that physical distancing. make make sure there is 6 to 10 fight between you and someone else. can you have what's called a super spreader. one person coughing, sneezing, coughing can spread this virus to another person and then can you see exphone rise i exponentn number of cases. avoiding close contacts and confined spaces. avoiding clouds. all of these can minimize the transmission of this virus as we just saw and now breaking records of 50,000 new cases in a day. we certainly need to take action against that. steve: sure. the president was asked about a nationwide mask mandate and he says i don't think we really need one there are a lot of spaces in the country where people are in the wide open spaces and there is nobody for five miles. why should they then have to wear a mask. but, when the president did make it clear when if he is in a tight area, he would wear a mask which is great. but, you know, you on the front lines, city md in fact i drove by one offices out in new jersey yesterday. every parking space was taken obviously because people are interested in testing you see what's going on and talked about the increase and states rolling things back. there is a story, ainsley and i were just talking about out of alabama, apparently teenagers are going to parties to see who can get the virus first. what do we need to know about the coronavirus over the next 10 days to make sure that it doesn't go crazy because the worry is over the fourth of july holiday so many people could come into close contact, that could just cause an explosion. >> sure. we have to understand the virus is present. it's here. it's strong and it's thriving. and it can affect anyone from kids to senior citizens. even teenagers. the biggest outbreak we are seeing right now is those under the age of 44. yeah. some states like california, new york, we're scaling back and pausing on reopening for for example, monday we are supposed to start with indoor dining. we are holding back on that because we see a we have a vaccine under development that's starting phase 3 here right now in july our president procured half a million cases of remdesivir. and that sort of thing. we need to stay vigilant and continue our prestrengthennive measures. >> steve: like wearing a mask. -- wear mask. over the fourth of july. social distance. people are going to be drinking things. some scientists could possibly come up with a mask with a straw, that you could actually drink out of, that person will be the richest person in the world. >> very creative thought. steve: doctor, thank you for joining us live. >> thank you, steve. steve: 24 minutes before the top of the hour and this is our lead story again, chaos unfolding in some liberal cities like new york and seattle and many state leaders are letting the protesters go too far. judge napolitano says we are nearing the end of society. that's a real pick me up. the judge is next. new voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving. and it can help you too. feel the joy of movement with voltaren. steve: mayhem rocking certain liberal cities in new york. protesters taunting police and demanding they be defunded. got about a billion dollars so far. meanwhile, in seattle, newly released surveillance video of the chop zone looking down at it shows brawls. audio of gunshots and people scrambling for cover. brian: yup. officials finally allowing the police to dismantle the so-called chop zone after multiple deaths and a surge in crime. why did they let it get this far? ainsley: good question, brian. here to discuss this is fox news senior judicial analyst and host of liberty file on fox nation judge andrew napolitano. good morning, judge. >> good morning, guys. ainsley: we have seen videos of trash cans thrown on top of cop cars, fires. heated strandoff notice streets. where is mayor bill de blasio in all of this? where are these local leaders? >> well, they are counting the -- they are counting their supporters that are among the demonstrators, ainsley. ainsley: true. >> the mayor of seattle and mayor of new york are more interested in play indicating their supporters and those who back them than they are in maintaining the property and the lives of the people in the neighborhoods that are being harmed. and part of this is caused by a supreme court opinion. supreme court of the united states when police turned away from helping someone and those people sueded the police, the supreme court said surprise, the police have no moral or legal duty to protect life or to protect property. that decision is wrong. the police should have a moral and legal duty to protect property and protect life. that's why we have a police department. if that moral and legal duty existed in seattle, then the mayor would not have been able to interfere with it and the same is the case to a lesser extent in new york city. >> you know, judge, we started this hour out after w. a soundbite from the father of a 19-year-old man who is going to be buried today up in seattle. and he was shot in the mayhem there i suggested -- my opinion is that he would be alive today had the city not made the business decision to essentially abandon that part of town. am i wrong in that? >> no, you are not wrong. not only are you not wrong, steve, the police should have gone in there anyway, even though the mayor didn't want them to go in there. the mayor was making a political decision to enhance her political base. the police have to make a decision about saving lives and preserving property. and that young man would be alive if the police did the right thing. now, the police are following the law. the law is wrong. that supreme court opinion is wrong. they have you had is defied it and they should have defied the mayor. brian: judge, you are looking at the big picture here and you wrote an op-ed and brought up the declaration of independence and our constitution. your title is one of the course of human events. >> so, look. the spirit of revolution was in the air in 1776. and jefferson wrote and congress enacted the declaration of independence. everybody felt free. not everybody, but the people that were running the government. they established a small government. it needed the consent of the people to exist. it needed the consent of the people to do almost anything. today we have the opposite. that spirit of freedom is gone. today we have governors telling us where to go and when to go and how many people can go. so we are being squeezed on both sides. we have the anarchists taking law into their own hands because governors want the political base that supports those anarchists. and we have governors who don't uphold the bill of rights who mock our liberties and are willing to crush them. and everybody else is left in the middle with property being destroyed and freedom being diminished. if the spirit of 1776 returned, the lives and liberty and the pursuit of happiness are personal to us. and not choices for the government to make for us. we would be a better country and we would be happier and we would be more unified. brian: being torn every side. torn at every side. from the cops to the pandemic to the local mayors. to the governors. unbelievable. judge, thanks so much. >> cardinal dolan wrote a great piece this morning in the "new york post." and everybody should read it. don't vilify the police. yes, there are bad people in there society would be chaotic. the country would look like seattle if we didn't have the police. brian: we are getting a glimpse. seattle and new york. believe me, heading down that same pa path across from city h. judge: where is jillian. brian: never been done before. judge, toss to jillian. judge: here is jillian with the latest news. jillian: i love you, judge. good to see you. i love you guys, too. good morning, guys. let's start off your headlines with. this vigil is planned tomorrow for the fort hood soldier missing since april. vanessa's family believes her remains were found in two shallow graves this week. they are calling on congress to get answers. >> my sister was [inaudible] for responsibility safety and respect because they didn't respect my sister. will they didn't keep my sister safe. jillian: the remains have not officially been identified. a military suspect killed himself when authorities tried to contact him. another civilian suspect is in custody. a manhunt is underway for a protester accuse of assaulting officers. salt lake city police releasing this photo of the man wearing a t-shirt which says, quote. love is always the answer. he is accused of hittings one officer in the head with a baseball bat at a protest in may. that officer was seriously injured. allege sheriff blast as bookkeeper accused of stealing $768,000 from a florida church. sharon bradley was the finance secretary for 11 years. during the last five years police say she stole the cash and used it on amazon purchases, a $50,000 swimming pool. and a match.com account. >> jesus ain't happy. if i were her, i would be asking forgiveness and it's a good thing i ain't jesus, i would say you send me 768,000. >> police discover the threat while will reviewing finance records for new church leaders. swept off of their feet and into the ocean. watch this. >> oh my -- will shall. >> whoa, the couple pulled into the water as the massive wave hit the rocks during photo shoot in laguna beach, california, by standers from a lookout saw what happened and thankfully called for help. several lifeguards seen rush into the water to save the bride and groom. they are both okay. wow, that is frightening. brian: how do you swim in that dress, too. ainsley: looks like she is wearing wedding dress i would imagine your legs would get entangled in it. steve: lucky to be alive. 12 minutes before the the top of the hour. adam joins us with the "foxcast" for this holiday thursday. >> hey, likely heading into what is going to be the hottest next couple of days we have seen across the entire country so far this year. really widespread heat dive into the daytime highs and temperatures running into the upper into the middle 90's denver to dallas over to new orleans and even 90 dries as far as north to minneapolis and over to chicago and stretching to new york city back down to tampa. real extreme heat. there is a bulls eye in the middle of the country where we are going to be talking about heat indices, the index when you feel that heat plus the humidity. those temperatures probably closer to 105 to 110 degrees. so, we -- this is going to continue the next couple of days, steve, maybe find a cool, find some air conditioning, it's going to be a hot one. steve: it is summer. adam, thank you very much. brian: find a body of water. that's what i take away from that the july 4th weekend usually leads to an economic boom. how will covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions especially in california impact the numbers this year? charles payne is here to break down what will happen. i'm bad. you're stronger than you know. so strong. you power through chronic migraine, 15 or more headache or migraine days a month. one tough mother. you're bad enough for botox®. botox® has been preventing headaches and migraines before they even start for almost 10 years, and is the #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. botox® is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more 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lawsuits. baseball is back with socially distant fans in the stands. it might make you a bit hungry. why? here is why. the savanna bananas maken bacon. bananas pealed out 8 runs, the bacon went home burnt after getting shut out. they play again tonight. i'm upstairs and i heard brian downstairs go ugh: ainsley. ainsley: thank you, jillian. the fourth of july weekend travel, tourism, leading to a big boost for our economy. what can we expect this year with all the lockdowns in place and officials urging americans to scale back our plans? let's ask charles payne host of making money on fox business. hey, charles. >> hey, ainsley, it's a tough one. before the pandemic we could have seen as many as 55 million americans hit the road for trips lasting more than 50 miles or longer. we would have spent a lot of money on fireworks. maybe a billion dollars. i still think we can get there because a lot of people are buying them. over a billion on beer. 700 million on wine. it's obviously a huge holiday. we spent close to $7 million on it. and 61% of americans would have been at a picnic on july 4th. it's really tough to figure out how we are going to do it. i know americans want to celebrate though. i know maybe even if you have to have that picnic in your backyard or in your living room, i think spending obviously will be lower. i don't think it's going to be down as much as you would think. ainsley: a lot of people trying to avoid older relatives and traveler because then you have to come back in quarantine. definitely an issue. what about the june employment report. i know it's coming out today because tomorrow is a federal holiday. >> search waiting for this one. we got to take it back to that last report when the experts said we were going to lose 8 million jobs and created 2.5 million. today's number look for the private sector to create more than 3 million jobs. the government is going to lose almost 600,000 jobs. your net number, 2.5 million is the estimate. i think it will be higher than that we have got to put it in perspective though. we lost just a two month period almost 23 million jobs. we are chipping away but here's the most important thing. we are coming back, still, way faster than any of the experts thought could even be done. so let's keep that going. ainsley: we all want the economy to come back. thanks so much, charles. you can watch making money with charles payne on fox business. comes on at 2:00 in the afternoon. still ahead, senator rick scott and dean cain are going to join us live. you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. ask your doctor if your teen just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of 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interference and malicious mischief. even though police took back over the precinct there is still a lot of cleaning up they have to do before move back in the mayor reluctant to shut the zone down since it began. >> it was clear over the weekend that many individuals would not leave and the impacts to the community could not be reduced and public safety could not be improved until they did leave. >> the executive order to clear the area comes after the fatal shootings of two teenagers. chief carmen best slamming city leaders for allowing the k407 joan to remain for far too long. >> what has happened on these streets is lawless and it's brutal and bottom line, it is simply unacceptable. black lives matter. and i too want to help propel this movement forward but enough is enough. >> following their removal, a leader of chop says quote we are going to have to work 10 times as hard to get our message back on track, ainsley, brian, steve. steve: thanks so much. what message will people remember. as they finally close the place down, essentially, we're starting to connect some of the dots. and on june 21st, we told you about how there was a shooting there. and the police were essentially having to battle with the people in the chop zone or the chaz zone to try to get. in because the deal that the mayor had made, essentially, was there would be no police in that area. well, last night, sean hannity had the father of one of the young men who was killed during that -- there right there is horace lorenzo anderson jr. he was killed on june 20th. yesterday, for the first time on the hannity program, sean showed the father the video of you who hard the police had to work to get in to reclaim his son's body. here is that video. >> please move out of the way to get to the victim. august we are trying to do is get to the victim. please allow us to provide aid. steve: it's not supposed to be that hard to do your job. brian: four shootings, two deaths, 25 assaults, 30 plus arrested just to break it up it became look what is happening in seattle became very personal last night on sean's show and horace lorenzo anderson senior went on and talked about his son. and how there was absolutely no communication in that lawless autonomous zone and when sean showed that he said i had no idea that cops even tried to get in there listen. >> it want the world to know that was my son. i understand floyd and everything. i'm with black lives matter and all of that. that's cool. i appreciate that but, it's just certain things that should matter outside of that that we have to put a stamp on to say hey, hey, certain things, these are children though, too. remember, these children are gone. they are babies. >> amen. >> what you are seeing in seattle, not just telling you about a city, we are telling you about a trend in a country. we are telling you about a trend in minneapolis to change the police force and this liberal mayor is trying to say we need police and no one is listening to him. in los angeles, they are reimagining police before their eyes and they are just retiring in droves. including the person in charge of law enforcement for schools. and then in new york same thing they have occupy zone supported by the mayor geneva convention the police where the police actually have to sit there and take abuse while retirements are up 49%. new class of cadets are told you are not coming on the job and while your anticrime unit has been disbanded. we are watching the support of our leaders, our elected leaders, almost all democrats saying laws don't matter rules don't matter. and law enforcement should be vilified. this is what is happening before your eyes, best example is what's happened in seattle. the result? total chaos, death and destruction. ainsley: you know, when i watched that interview last night, maya angelou always said one of her famous quotes we are more alike than we are different. look at this video of what is happening in our cities around our country. y'all, we are all americans, we are all goddens children. and i watched that video last night and sean might not have much in common with horace lorenzo anderson senior but together last night in that interview they shared a bond because they both talked about their faith. they said they're both christians. they said they are both sinners, just trying to get through this world. they want to raise their children. they want to put food on the table and both of them have sons. sean got emotional. lorenzo senior got -- anderson senior got emotional. it was so powerful to watch them and realize our country has got to come together. that's who we're. we are americans. our police officers sign up to serve because they sign up to protect us. they couldn't get in there to get this child that was dying because of a gunshot wound because our country is so divided. and now you have horace lorenzo anderson senior crying to sean saying i have to kiss his picture now every morning he said i got custody of my son and my children -- my son was 2 years old. he said i tell him i love him every day. i told him i loved him. i said good night to him. he was sitting on the sofa and he said i so wish he hadn't gone back out that night. here is more of that interview someone had to come to my house and knock on my door to tell me something. i don't know nothing. all i know is my son -- 19-year-old. no that is horace lorenzo anderson, my son. i loved him. and that was my son because of of my son i feel like. >> it's personal. >> somebody should help my son. he needed help i needed paramedics. he needed the police to come in. man, somebody was supposed to go in there and help my son. even after that still, let me know. i shouldn't know from some little kids. i'm 50 years old. somebody should have knocked on my door and said, man, we need to sit down and talk to you and let you know what's going on because i still don't know what's going on. >> this is what is happening in our country. no one told him his son was dead except for two of his friend's sons who had to come and tell him. he went to the hospital on that saturday. and then he didn't see his son until thursday because he had to go and identify his child. his child. brian: let's think about this. the mayor mocked the presidents and others who said what are you doing giving up 7 blocks of your city? once again, the president is misinterpreting what we are doing here. what else it going to be like? it's going to be the summer of love. not only did it blow up in her face, one of those left, left, left lawmakers put it out in public. and the riots went to her doorstep. that's when she realized the center of her city needs to go back to the police and precinct really should be occupied by the police and she is responsible for this. ainsley: what do they expect to happen? we don't want police here. it was a matter of time. brian: we are going to be coming in here saying the same things, different outfits talking about the same outcome in new york while our mayor spray paints black lives matter. on the street when he doesn't realize trump doesn't live in trump tower. steve: the united states of america when we have a elections we elected people to, among other things, make our lives better but to protect us. and, unfortunately in certain parts of the country right now a lot of people do not feel protected because they have backed off the police. i get the fact that there is a movement underway. but, unfortunately there has been some violence associated with it. that is why so many people are going hey, what's going here? you are probably thinking the same thing. let's switch gears. today intel officials are heading to capitol hill to brief members of congress reports on russian bounties on american troops. this as president trump slams those reports once again. brian: griff jenkins standing by for the other report for us on where the briefings are going to begin in just a few hours. we will find out more about this russian situation, i guess. that's, brian, ainsley and steve, good morning. highest level briefing that anyone has gotten on capitol hill so far cia director and dni leading first bipartisan gang of 8 and the house intelligence committee will get one as the president defends his administration's handling of the intelligence assessments. listen. >> this didn't rise to the occasion. and from what i hear, and i hear it pretty good, the intelligence people didn't even -- many of them didn't believe it happened at all. i think it's a hoax. i think it's a hoax by the newspapers and the democrats. griff: this after we learned national security advisor robert o'brien revealed here on this show, it was a cia briefer who decided not to tell the president about the assessments which remain to be verified. secretary mike pompeo would not go into the intelligence but had this to say. >> the united states has responded appropriately to the threat that have been presented to it in afghanistan consistently during my entire three and a half years first cia director and now secretary of state. president trump has taken this seriously. >> meanwhile democrats are blasting the president's response saying it amounts to the highest betrayal. >> if this isn't treason, i don't know what is. as a second lieutenant, if i disregarded an intelligence report, didn't bother to read it and it got my marines killed, i wouldn't be treating -- tweeting excuses i would be in prison because that's the standard of account for the most junior officer in the united states military. apparently that standard does not apply to the commander-in-chief. griff: as for our russian response we could see some movement on that in the senate. the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee bob menendez is proposing additional sanctions against russia as part of the annual military spending bill being debated this week. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: thanks, griff. i think what seth moulton is missing and appreciate his service and what it is like being in a war zone. the president gets a daily brief which is like a mini novel every single day. he gets verbally briefed the highlights. there was dissenting opinion on this. before you take action against another nation especially against russia you usually get more it wasn't briefed to him directly. it was kept below him. when he was finally briefed on it, i think, two days ago, they are going to decide if it's verifiable. they are also talking to the "new york times" about a person that was found with i think $500,000 an afghani found leaks to the taliban that could be it. obviously this thing is unfolding and obviously people once again can't wait to get their claws into another russian controversy. steve: politics. brian: if you ask me, if you tell me if it's news that a taliban official -- a taliban fighter wants to kill american that's every day for 19 years. uzbeky, taliban they don't need russian incentives. if the russian money is involved there, let's find out it. is not big news that a taliban guy is trying to kill an american soldier. ainsley: plus i says it's treason. if the president knew about in this is was treason. he didn't know about it. he wasn't briefed on it. let's move onto the mask issue. the president, many people have their opinions about whether or not the president should be wearing a mask or if he should or shouldn't. he gets tested every day. blake burman with fox business sat down with him yesterday and asked him about it. listen to his response. >> i don't know if you need mandatory because have you many places in the country where people stay very long distance. you talk about social distancing. but i'm all for masks, i think masks -- if i were in a group of people and i was close -- >> -- you would wear one? >> i would -- oh, i have. people have seen me wearing one shall we have seen him wear one he said i thought i looked pretty good in it. a dark mask. kind of looked like the lone ranger but then you are thinking that mask was up here and not over there anyway, it's good for the president to say that michigan mcconnell said on monday he condemned the stigma. it has become a politicized issue, mitch said we must have no stigma, none, when we wear mask and come near other people. essentially that is what the president of the united states said yesterday. and who knows, maybe he will start wearing mask when he is around other people. dr. janette nesheiwat was with us about an hour ago and said the science is not political masks actually work but they work in concert with other things we know wearing a facial cloth covering can reduce the transmission 17% down to 3%. what does that mean? that equates to saving about 35,000 lives over the next three months. so the data and the science show that it works not only protecting yourself but also protecting others but i also believe wearing a maverick is not the only solution. certainly part of our best defense tools but just as important to practice that physical distancing. steve: people really need to remember that during this fourth of july holiday, bribe, because we were talking earlier there is a story out of tuscaloosa, alabama, where teenagers are having parties to see who can get the coronavirus first, which is crazy. miami beach now has a curfew. the beach closes at 12:30 at night. and as kellyanne conway was with us yesterday, she said we need to prioritize opening schools over bars. there are choices people need to make to keep people safe. brian: schools more important than bars unless you are a bar owner trying to support your family there is a way to safe live do it. we should work on both. the thing is, keep in mind if you were confused about masks yeah we should wear them now we were told in march and april don't really work. don't worry about it. when anthony fauci was asked about it do i wear a mask? i don't go out much. now all of a sudden we are terrible people if we're slow to get on the mask train now you want to wear a mask, okay. but don't vilify people that are slow to do it because we are getting a lot of mixed messages and it wasn't just from the president. it was from our lauded scientists that weren't on the same page including the surgeon general who told us it didn't work. steve: at that point we now have heard they didn't have enough masks. brian: we were supposed to make our only. we had cloth, we had socks we had t-shirts we had to use. all he had to say masks don't don't use the medical masks. we can understand that as a country. ainsley: okay. use stizzer, wear your mask and social distance. steve: mine is nearby always right there in my pocket. ainsley: okay. let's hand it over to jillian. jillian has headlines for us. >> i hit the elevator buffet tons with the clorox wipe. jillian: good morning, i goose. start with this. deadly shooting of an oklahoma officer and critically injuring another will appear in court. davidware opened fire during traffic stop striking craig johnson and rookie officer in the head. officer is slightly improving but remains in critical condition. sergeant johnson died. crowds lining the streets as police escort his body to the medical examiner. the 15 year veteran of the tulsa force leaves behind a wife and two sons. new coronavirus cases in the u.s. rising above 50,000 in a single day for the first time. as some states roll back we opening plans. california governor gavin newsom is ending indoor operations for businesses. that includes restaurants in 19 counties. bars ordered to close all operations. new york city also delaying the return of indoor dining. vice president mike pence will travel to tampa today to meet with florida governor ron desantis after visiting arizona and reassuring governor doug ducey that help is on the way to tame a surge in cases there block buster fund raising in the 2020 race for the white house. joe biden and the dnc bringing in a record $141 million last month with a total of $282 million for last quarter. biden's fundraising topping president trump and the rnc. look at the numbers on your screen. the president and republican committee raking in $131 million in june with a total of $266 million for the quarter. all right. this story will quack you up all along here. brian is already going oh. mother duck follows. anna: mall control officer for a quarter mile as he carries her ducklings to a lake. the protective mom keeping an eye out for fowl play. california police say the birds were found in someone's swimming pool. so they carried them to safety. the officer made sure to make plenty of stops in the shade so she could stay on his tail. i know you love those stories. ainsley: cute. brian: absolutely. i'm produck. and we're out of ducks. so it's a good thing. ainsley: especially now. we all need those images. thank you, jillian. steve: all right. 7:19 in new york city. other side of the country seattle police finally clearing out the chop zone yesterday. what about if you live there? little too late for your residence there? what one business owner whose store was looted still doesn't feel safe. east coast with them gone, is he going to join us coming up next. you are watching "fox & friends." o what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the first and only full prescription strength non-steroidal anti-inflammatory gel available over-the-counter. new voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. voltaren. the joy of movement. new voltaren is powerful aryou try to stay ahead of the. but scrubbing still takes time. now there's powerwash dish spray it's the faster way to clean as you go just spray, wipe and rinse it cleans grease five times faster dawn powerwash. spray, wipe, rinse. some companies still have hr stuck between employeesentering data.a. changing data. more and more sensitive, personal data. and it 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really attack our downtown district so, you know we look and say listen how do we bring a city back? here is a couple things, ainsley that i'm concerned about. our city council we know is our number one threat in the city. they are now in a power struggle amongst each other. and the one that seems to be delivering the violence within that group is -- district is the chop district. now she is upset because businesses up there are now free to start to get their businesses back in order, open up their stores and she is very, very upset about that her nickname is seattle is karl marx jr. that's how we know her up there. with that you know, we have crossed into a new half here with her that she is delivering violence to the city. she is the one that is delivering violence. she is also the one that's delivering, you know, she is delivering -- she delivered that violence to the mayor's front door so now i think it's personal between her and the mayor. that power struggle is in play right now. we don't know quite frankly if this power struggle is going to end well for either one of them but here's what we know for the community for the business community there is no sense of returning. the conventions gone why had a very vibrant convention business during the summertime. our cruise ship business is gone. we saw over a million cruise people come through every summer which was really vital to our business. we really had a great business also the convention business added a lot. with that being gone, we know we are going to struggle. so now the question is do you stay or go? i many h seeing a mass exodus. this is not coming back any time soon. ainsley: two steps forward and 10 steps back. you probably have spent decades trying to build your business. are you going to go back and reopen there? >> well, here's the thing we know that we can't open any time soon, ainsley. there is no confidence in trying to reopen. downtown is delivering glass. still in clean up mode. delivering glass to most of these stores. when i say it got decimated it got decimated. it's not like stores are in a hurry to open up until city council delivers a message to us that says it's going to be safe. here's how we are going to protect you. and here is how we are going to deliver law and order into our downtown corridor. then then, ainsley, nobody has the confidence and quite frankly, you know, right now with swant exposing herself. the person she is. in my opinion dereliction of duty on her part and i hope that somebody comes and gets her. maybe a.g. barr will put her in that -- ainsley: she is a self-proclaimed socialist. thank you for coming on his store is buki if you want to support him. clothes comfortable clothes take fingerhut desk to the dining room. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. have a good day. ainsley: you too. 27 minutes after the top of the hour. as our teammates kneel during the anthem. one soccer player decided to stand up to support her military family. rod smith is applauding that decision and he's on deck. my gums are irritated. i don't have to worry about that, do i? harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify, voted product of the year. it works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque bacteria and help reverse early gum damage. gum detoxify, from crest. ♪ steve: it's time now for news by the numbers on this thursday. first number is 150 million. that's how much espn reports it's going to cost the nba to finish out the season and play offoffs in orlando, florida. 22 teams plus support staff are staying at three disney resorts. the season was to resume on the 30th. stay tuned. meanwhile, one. iowa becomes the first state to permanently legalize to go alcohol. governor kim reynolds approved it temporarily to boost sales during the pandemic. it was so popular she kept it in place. ceers, finally number one. chick-fil-a's ranking in satisfaction. getting top marks from the american customer satisfaction index. sixth straight year they have stopped the list and we are lucky, brian, there is one across the street. brian: yup. meanwhile the return of the national women's professional soccer league bringing a wave of player protest. many chose to kneel forward rachel hill decided to stand. she quoted she said. this this was a decision that did not come easily or without profound thought. i chose to stand because of what the flag inherently means to my family, my military family. members and me, but i 100 percent support my peers. here to discuss is iraqi war veteran. spokesperson author of always a soldier rob smith. did she do the right thing? >> she did do the right thing for standing for the theme. we have to say and i have to make this very clear. it's not a risk after the all to to. it's not a risk to the risk is stand up for america. the risk is to love america. the risk is to stand up for the flag and for that national anthem and that is what she did. it's a great decision and i'm glad she did it. i'm a little bit saddened by the fact that she though arab two gram instagram apology for standing for the anthem. i thought that was very unfortunate. but i am glad that she stood up for the anthem. >> she had the black lives matter shirt on. touching her teammate at the time. and you didn't appreciate the apology. what's interesting in the comment section cono smith former coach is black. rachel, you don't have to explain yourself. as a black man who coached you i know your character and will always support you. you are one of my people players i ever coached. anyone has a problem with you, direct them to me. >> that's wonderful. brian: i hope she continues to do what is best and that is to stand. many watching this for the first time and i definitely wanted to share it. a dad posted a video of his son. he is playing basketball. a cop car comes by. he quickly ducks behind the car. hiding from the police as he comes past. answered later would say, i was afraid that he was going to choke me, come by and choke me like he did george floyd. and then went back to playing. so that's -- that's a kid with his perception of police. what do you take away from that? >> i think it's heart-breaking, brian. it really is heart breaking. and i think that the reason why there is this idea that police officers are sort of on the attack like hunting black men on the attack to kill black men is something being pe perpetuated y mass media. celebrities, entertainers, pop culture all of that stuff permeates the media and sends this message that it's not the right message to african-americans that there lives are somehow in danger wherever they have a police interaction or whenever they see police officers around. it's really unfortunate. i think the way, brian, that we combat this is providing positive examples. also we have to start highlighting the millions of african-american police officers that are out there protecting their streets and their cities every single day narrative that all police officers are white all victims are black. we have to break down that narrative. brian: he looks 8 to 10. is that what you say to him. >> that's not what i say to an 8 to 10-year-old. what i say to an 8 to 10-year-old is what my mother and father told me which is that the police officers are our friends. that was taught to me from a very young age. i think when you teach them that from a young age that sort of permeates their life so they will have that positive interaction with police officers as they become older. i think that's the most important thing. brian: rob, you know what? this is a conversation we need to have. not taking over cities. not screaming at police officers. this is the conversation we need to have. i appreciate you sharing your thoughts go ahead. >> absolutely, brian. thanks a lot. what i was going to say this is a conversation we need to have and also this is a conversation that needs to start with families and this is a family situation that people can start taking care of theirs. brian: absolutely. rob, i will see you soon. thanks so much. coming up straight ahead, florida governor ron desantis says he will not shut down his state again despite rising covid cases. former senator and governor of that state ron desantis is here to discuss it. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell 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giving people good information. that's what i did when i had hurricanes. people are smart. give them good information. tell them where there is the spread of the virus. the places they are at risk. if you tell me a restaurant has had patients or employees with coronavirus, i would probably avoid it for a while. give us information. you don't have to tell me to wear a mask. you don't have to tell me to shut things down. give me more information. steve: because, ultimately, senator, what we have learned in the last three or four months is completely different than we thought in the very beginning there was the total lockdown. now we know this is manageable. ands is the governor -- current governor just said you protect the vulnerable, ultimately what you are trying to do is keep the number of hospitalizations and icu beds from going up. if it just requires social distancing and being careful and wearing a mask, we can do that. >> but what they ought to be doing when you are elected in this country at the federal level give us more information about the vaccine. tell us the type of people getting sick. what therapeutics were. state and local level, tell us where the cases are coming. tell us if there is a business or a type of business this is where we are seeing cases. do you know what? people will avoid it for awhile we need to open our economy. get people back to work. by the way, democrats act like oh, it's okay to protest but you can't go to church. i mean, have you got cdc and w.h.o. have not been consistent with their message. we have got to be very consistent with the message and talk to elm pooh. people are smart. they will make good decision. trust them. brian: so when you roll back, a the loft freedoms that we got back in florida with bars and indoor -- with restaurants and now mandating masks, are you against all of that? >> i'm against -- you should wear a mask. you should social distancing. you should listen and say oh that's where you get sick? i'm not going to go there should government mandate these things? no. i mean, think about it. i had the ezekiel healthcare crisizikahealthcare crisis. avoid it no local transmission. we don't need government to take away our rights. we don't need government to tell us what to do. if you are doing the wrong thing you are being selfish. don't do that. don't go to bars and not wear masks and social distance. that's wrong. you have got to take -- we are all in this together. let's work together and we can beat. this. ainsley: i remember that zika virus. i tried to get pregnant and many of my friends were and we were avoiding certain areas because you didn't want to give that to your baby. so what is your message to americans about china? >> well, communist china, the german secretary of the communist party. steals job, steals technology basic right put people in jail for religion. we need to stop helping themg them to the extent you can do a two for. buy an american product, help american jobs and don't buy products from communist china. they have decided they have decided not us, they decided to be our adversary. they have built military to try to dominate us, so we have got to take this seriously. do everything you can not to buy from communist china. amazon, walmart. tell us where things are being made. you are doing it voluntarily in india. why don't you do it in this country so we as country can help american jobs and stop somebody from becoming our adversary. steve: indeed. american jobs, good idea. thank you very much, senator, have a great holiday weekend. >> you, too bye bye. ainsley: you too. happy fourth. steve: time for jillian and she has some headlines. jillian: good morning let's start here. a sheriff sending a warning to would be violent protesters. >> and if we can't handle you, do you know what i will do, i will exercise the power and authority of the sheriff and i will make special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county. and i will deputize them for this one purpose to stand in the gap between lawlessness and civility. >> clay county florida sheriff darryl daniels standing up with his deputies. he didn't say if any protests were planned. former nfl player burgess owens sending a strong message after winning the republican primary for a house seat in utah. >> america stay optimistic. evil works its hardest before the dawn. they understand they are about to lose it. they cannot stand this process of seeing all their work for decades being taken away by a president who loves our country. >> the former safety for the new york jets and oakland raiders will take on the state's only democratic congress this fall. a woman says god saved her life after a tree branch impaled her windshield while she was driving. >> i just heard this voice say debbie, duck. and i just stood in the middle of the road, thank you, god, thank you, god. probably all the people thought i was swearing at the tree or something like this. it was a true miracle. i know there is a god. especially today. jillian: she incredibly ducked out of the way after the large piece snapped off. her car is totaled, debby walked away with just a scratch on her hand. isn't she lucky? steve: no kidding. brian: thank you, jillian. ainsley: god has a plan. brian: 12 minutes after the top of the hour. very excited to watch fox nation app. four new episodes what made america great when search doubting what made it great. sam houston not only his life but his final days. here is a little look of what you will see. >> people always ask about sam houston and andrew jackson's relationship. listen to this. i now behold the great american eagle with her stars and stripes hovering over the lone star of texas. with cheering voice welcoming it into our glorious union and proclaiming to mexico and all foreign governments in voice you must not attempt to tread upon texas that the united stars and stripes defend her in floorous result in, which general, have you acted a noble part and your name is amongst the heroes. brian: isn't that amazing. after winning texas and making it a part of the country. you will find out more of that what made america great season five out on fox nation. sign up today and get your first month almost for free but for just 99 cents. steve: almost free. [laughter] ainsley: all right. season five. must mean it's pretty successful, brian. good job. brian: renewed. ainsley: okay. it is 4 minutes after the top of the hour. a nursing home chain put out the call for pen pals on social media. look at these pictures. they are so cute. they delivered. big time. the heart-warming reaction that you have to see next. i'm a performer. -always have been. -and always will be. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. and certainly not arthritis. new voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving. and it can help you too. feel the joy of movement with voltaren. steve: fox and trends. the pandemic now cutting into the nfl preseason. so what else are they doing? fox news headlines 24/7 reporter carley shimkus is here with what is going on: the nfl sounds like they have got a plan but might not be what we think. >> looks like the nfl has cut game one and game four of its original preseason schedule and the reason they are doing this because the league and the players association agreed that players need more time to practice. keep in mind gyms haven't been opened. a lot of players haven't been able to get out on the field. so they're cutting two games from the original four game preseasonal to have these players get a little bit more practice time in which seems like a smart idea to me. also smart is the fact that the nfl may have players and personnel quarantine for two weeks before they head off to training camp to make sure that everybody stays as safe as possible. steve: absolutely. speaking of that we have been talking about how important it is to protect the vulnerable. people over 65 and, you know what? when you are being in quarantine like that, you get lonely. >> yeah. absolutely. which is why senior citizens, residents living in nursing homes are so lonely right now because they don't have visitors. but residents at a nursing home in north carolina are busier than ever now because they requested pen pals on social media have been inundated with responses. take a look at this woman who just received a letter from a new friend. >> oh my lordy. >> that's from all your pen pals. >> oh my jesus. >> isn't that so nice? >> it is a blessing. [laughter] >> if that doesn't put a smile on your face. i don't know what does. they have gotten so many letters that they now have a big map on one of their walls and tracking where all the letters are coming from. not just in the united states but around the world. steve: not just sending somebody a twitter or posting on something on instagram. >> personal. steve: going and getting a piece of paper and writing them a letter. >> remember pen and paper? i don't remember how to write. steve: carley, put up on our website exactly how people who are watching right now can write to them. >> definitely, great idea we will do just that. steve: check out foxnews.com and in about 15 minutes we will have that up. carley thank you very much. >> thanks, steve. steve: coming up on 8:00 in the east and final hour of "fox & friends," dean cain on super heroes. that's right up his superman alley and senator lindsey graham, so stick around. ... everyone's place, for healthy and safe. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to bit never bothered me.dust? 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brian: wow you think so thanks ashley appreciate it. what is this after and how predict predictable and if you were caught by surprise you were probably watching the networks or picking up the seattle times because they would never paint this place as violence. they talked about the great smells the great aroma the great speeches, how they talked, how they all got along and how enlightened everybody was on the inside when in reality on the inside there were assaults happening well into double figures there were arrests around 44 arrests and there were shootings, including the death of two teens. one of which was lorenzo anderson jr.. he died at the age of 19. how do we know? even though cops tried to get in , they weren't allowed in and we found out he lost his life and the dad took some time to go on with shawn hannity last night and talked about the lawlessness that took place there and the death of his son that happened there. >> somebody needed to come to my house and knock-on my door and tell me something that i don't know nothing, all i know is my son is he got killed there and he's just 19 years old. that's my son. and i love him. and that was my son. >> because off my son, i feel like it's personal. just like you said that. somebody should help my son. he needed help. he needed paramedics. he needed the police to come in, somebody was supposed to go in there and help my son and even after that, still i need to let me know. i shouldn't know from some little kids, i'm 50 years old, somebody, the police department, somebody should have knocked on my door and said man we need to sit down and talk to you and let you know what's going on because i still don't know what's going on. brian: we still don't know what's going on but we have found out that they've learned nothing that the mayor thought it was going to be a summer of love and said other great things about maybe we could all learn from this and it got very personal for her because one of the lawmakers got her address and published it and all these protesters even though she gave them everything they wanted including the police precinct went to her house and protested that was a bridge too far and then all of a sudden she's worried about the coronavirus spreading can you believe it so they clear the place out they've put the cops back in what's left of their precinct and the people are back screaming at the cops again. incredible. ainsley: many predicted. you don't want the cops here you don't want cops anywhere for six or seven blocks what's going to happen? it's going to be mayhem. one thing leads to another and then there's chaos, and then there's going to be someone whose going to god forbid pull out a gun and that's exactly what happened. that man that we saw in the interview was shawn lorenzo surfing will never see his son again at least on this earth and he said i kiss my son's picture every morning now and his son was a special needs child and born at like 25 weeks. he said this , my son needed me as a father. he said somehow he ended up going to the chop zone that night after his dad told him he loved him, dad went to bed like many of us do with our kids our teenage kids and he's sitting on the sofa and next thing you know , his friends are coming back to his dad's house saying your son has been killed. the consequences for this , steve. steve: absolutely and where were the police officers? they were outside the perimeter of the chop zone. they wanted to do their job but the mayor would not allow them. and you know what the news out of seattle is this morning? the protesters are starting to talk about opening a new zone, got to figure out where to do it someone suggested we got to move it some place else but the big question is will the mayor allow it? ainsley: no, no. steve: if she's learned a lesson it be no. brian: where's the governor? steve: well, i think the mayor would have the first say over what happens. ainsley: keep the protests fun, but no cops? another child is going to get killed these are two teenagers. they are never coming back. steve: you'd hope they would learn the lesson. we'll keep you posted. in the meantime pick up a copy of the new york post today and timothy cardinal dolan has a great of." its headline is for god sakes stop demonizing the new york police department and he talks about it starts out by saying when i go home to missouri people say what do you like about new york city and he says well obviously i love st. patrick's cathedral and i love the stores at christmastime and i love our officers as well. he says he has a lot of friends who are officers that come to the rectory and they have coffee and they ask him, hey i'm getting married will you marry us, he marries them, baptizes their children, sadly sometimes attends their wakes and funerals and he is so heartbroken by how our officers have been malined over the last couple of weeks so he wrote it and made it clear that they do not deserve it ainsley. ainsley: yeah, it was a very powerful op-ed. i definitely think you should read it. it's only a few pages printed out so this is apportion. he says our police officers have one of the most stressful duties around and from what i have seen in mineverly dozen years here, they do it with care, compassion and competence. now, we have added to their load with at-times exaggerated rash and inaccurate criticism combined with rocks and do police forces deserve criticism sometimes? you bet they do, he says, and the men and women of the department realize they are far from perfect but we know that while bad apples there in deed may be, they are very rare and brian he goes on to talk about how there are bad apples in every agency in every business, and the police force even in the church, he says, we all know what's happened with the priest. there are a few bad apples but we're not all. the majority are really good. brian: it's not just new york and it's not just seattle and los angeles, they went from 10,000 officers to 9,757, they cut $150 million out of the budget in virginia. they have now downgraded assault on police to a misdemeanor so go ahead swing away. minneapolis mayor is going back about everyone who wants to ban the police and aoc, whose an advisor to joe biden, says cutting $1 billion is nothing. when i say defund, i mean defund so if you're going to be an advisor to joe biden, if you're going to play a prominent role in consolidating his base then joe biden has to be asked specifically about where he stands on these issues in fact let's talk about joe biden and donald trump. joe biden made clear as one press conference in 85 days he's going to restore high taxes what a relief. i'm so sick of holding on to my money. it's not just for the rich if you look at the tax brackets. they look 1% of the upper class, most are in the middle and lower , and corporate. guess who works for corporations people. not everybody is rich who works for a corporation. but he said trump's irresponsible sugar-high tax cuts already pushed us into $1 trillion deficit, i'm going to get rid of the bulk of the $2 million tax cut and i'm going to close loopholes and capital gains and step-up basis and also restore regulations so no longer will businesses have the freedom that gave us under 3 % unemployment. ainsley: well the president he didn't like that. he blasted vice president biden, listen. president trump: what happens is if you do that you're going to crash the market. we have a market that's going to be i believe by some time earlier next year could be sooner, and he just wants to raise everyone's taxes because they want to spend it on nonsense. they want to spend it on things that don't work. they want to give the money away , and i don't think people are going to stand for it. the democrats want to raise taxes and it's going to ultimately be everybody's taxes and that will kill the market and everything we're doing and kill jobs. steve: okay so that is obviously , you know, it's a binary choice right there. joe biden says, you know, at that virtual fundraiser you may not like it but i'm going to raise your taxes. it's a fundraiser. he's appealing to people who have money who can give him money. so, your choice will be do you like the tax cuts that the republican congress and president trump gave us a couple of years ago or do you think this is people who make more money should pay more and corporations should pay more because there are a lot of people and we see it every election cycle a lot of people say tax the rich, have big companies pay more, so once again, it's a clear distinction between the two candidates. one wants to raise your taxes and the other wants to keep them low. brian: goodbye oil, gas, cows that'll be the biden montra. steve: okay wait, cows? brian: cows are gone. you know why? steve: yes i do, methane and what it costs to feed them and all that other stuff. ainsley: all right let's hand it over to jillian upstairs with headlines. jillian: good morning and we start with this. today the man charged with killing an oklahoma officer and critically injuring another will appear in court. police say david ware opened fire during a strategic stop killing both and striking excuse me both sargent craig johnson and rookie officer sartesian in the head. doctors say the officer is slightly improving but remains in critical condition. sargent johnson though died and crowds lining the streets as police escort his body to the medical examiner and the 15 year veteran of the tulsa force leaves behind a wife and two sons. >> new coronavirus cases in the u.s. rising above 50,000 in a single day for the first time as some states rollback reopening plans. california governor gavin newsom is ending indoor operations for businesses including restaurants in 19 counties. bars ordered to close all operations. new york city also delaying the return of indoor dining because of rising numbers in several states including florida senator rick scott joined us earlier slamming restrictions on businesses listen to this. >> people are smart give them good information tell them where there's the spread of the virus, don't have to tell me to wear a mask, tell me to shut things down. jillian: vice president mike pence will travel to tampa today to meet with florida governor ron desantis. >> overnight, the house armed services committee unanimously approved its $740 billion defense bill. the panel also approving several amendments including one that would force the pentagon to bringing military bases named for confederate generals. president trump has threatened to veto the bill. senate leader mitch mcconnell urged the president to reconsider and the bill will be voted on by the full house. >> and baseball is back at least this georgia summer college league is and this game, well, might make you a little hungry. why? this is why. savannah bananas defeat the macon bacon and after getting shut out they play again tonight. i wonder if they will split the series. steve: [laughter] it's a sizzler. all right thank you very much. ainsley: thanks jillian. we've told you how colleges are moving farther left. well now there's a push for legal action to fight campus intolerance. molly hemmingway says the riots and violence that we see today start at our schools and she's joining us next. it's not just fund fees that matter. fund taxes matter too. every time a fund manager sells a stock it triggers a tax liability for you. and the higher the turnover the more you have to pay in taxes every year. and here's the worst part, because of high turnover, you actually might have to pay taxes even if the fund itself loses money. that's why you want to own low turnover funds whenever possible. the less you pay in fund fees, the less you pay in taxes, the more wealth you can accumulate... the and my side super soft?es, the less you pay in taxes, yes, with the sleep number 360 smart bed on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. come on pup, time to go. can it help me fall asleep faster? 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>> well i do have to mention i teach at hillsdale college in michigan and we have a very good culture of vibrant debate and we also don't take federal funding, but the trump adminitration last year said that if you take federal funding that you need to make sure that you're ensuring some free speech protections like i mentioned 17 states have already passed laws protecting this but something more is desperately needed and more pressure needs to be applied. we have seen truly radical things happening at campuses nationwide, and it is harming the country itself. we have not taught people what makes america unique, what makes our founding so important and what makes our culture one where we can tolerate people who have different ideas. that is simply not being done at school so much more public pressure needs to be applied and i think people need to think about where they're sending their kids and whether it's going as well as they thought it was going. steve: right and remember i think it was about five years ago at the university of missouri where famously that professor was yelling at a student journalist, i need muscle over here or something like that, to get them to stop taping or something like that, and the backlash towards the university of missouri was so intense, i think as i recall, they had to close like four dorm s because so few people wanted to go there. >> yeah, they actually saw a decline in enrollment and it was a very big problem. that happens all the time at these state universities and the ideals of the people who were funding these state universities is not being match ed by the administration at the state universities. steve: we'll see what happens all right, molly thank you very much for joining us you can have a sip of water now. the segment is concluded. thank you very much. all right, a lot of allergies out there. 23 minutes after the top of the hour it's a bird, it's a plane it's a problem. time magazine under fire for an article questioning the violence used by super heros dean cain, remember that? he was superman, he's also a reserved police officer. he's going to sound off on this , coming up, next. did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins? heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus. prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release formula that helps it pass through the tough stomach acid. it then works to turn down acid production, blocking heartburn at the source. with just one pill a day, you get 24-hour heartburn protection. prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. brian: today intel officials head to capitol hill to brief members of congress about reports of russian bounties on american troops as president trump slams those reports once again. griff jenkins is live where the briefings begin in washington in just a few hours. griff: that's right brian good morning. it starts at 11:30. these are the highest level briefings for congressional leaders so far on this issue it'll be led by the cia director and the director of national intelligence the first one is to the bipartisan group of congressional leaders followed by the house intelligence committee and all this comes as the president defending his administration's handling of the intelligence assessments. president trump: this didn't rise to the occasion and from what i hear, and i hear pretty good, the intelligence people didn't even, many of them didn't believe it happened at all. i think it's a hoax. i think it's a hoax by the newspapers and the democrats griff: this as the national security advisor revealed it was a cia briefer who decided not to tell the president about the assessments which are still unverified. secretary of state mike pompeo would not go into the intelligence but had this to say. >> the united states has responded appropriately to the threats that have been presented to it in afghanistan consistently during my entire 3.5 years first as cia director and as secretary of state. griff: meanwhile democrats are blasting the president's response saying it amounts to the highest betrayal. >> if this isn't treason i don't know what is. as a second lieutenant if i disregarded an intelligence report, didn't bother to read it and it got my marines killed, i wouldn't be tweeting excuses. i be in prison. griff: brian it remains to be seen if there is congressional action taken against russia in light of these revelations a ranking member of the senate relations committee bob menendez is proposing additional sanctions against russia. brian: thanks for that run down appreciate it we'll talk to lindsey graham about that shortly. ainsley: thanks brian a new time magazine op-ed setting its sight s on super heros the piece entitled "we're reexamining how we portray cops on screen, now it's time to talk about super heros" but is this an example of cancel culture going too far? our next guest played superman on screen and you can see it there and now he's a reserve officer and dean cain joins us to react. dean, good morning. >> good morning, ainsley. this has me a little fired up. ainsley: i'm sure, first it was paw patrol, the war on cops and now super heros? you're a super hero and now you're a police officer. what do you think? >> look i played a super hero on television. this is insane because these people will scream anti-police rhetoric all day long but when their life is threatened and they need a hero they will dial 911 and a police officer will show up because police officers are heros. now yes, there have been some bad apples and bad situations but 99.9% of all police officers are fantastic, they are there to serve and protect and they do a fantastic job. this whole cancel culture thing that we're living in right now is crazy. it's like an early version of george orwell's 1984 up is down, war is peace, freedom is slavery , ignorance is strength. you know that's news speak and it's crazy and what this article does in time magazine what they talk about, from the very beginning she makes a bunch the author of this article makes a bunch of claims that are totally untrue. she says in the real-world tolerance for law enforcement acting with impunity it is erod ing. law enforcement is never something we tolerated never will. calls to defund the police have gone mainstream. no they haven't. look at seattle's chop zone look what happened there. look at the crime statistics in new york city and then hollywood and cops and you can destroy that in one just a list of title s. training day, the departed, the wire, black clansmen, ram barack obama, the list goes on and on because a bad cop is a great villain because they're not supposed to be bad so this stuff all just drives me insane, and i promise you that superman, i wouldn't today be allowed to say truth, justice, and the american way. ainsley: oh, my gosh you're right. you're absolutely right but if you watch any of these super hero shows there's usually a pro tagonist, there's usually one bad guy but all of the super heros are trying to fight him and they always show that good prevails in the end. paw patrol my daughter loves it, you have these paw patrols that come and save the day and help out the good people when they are in need of help. i mean -- >> that's what first responders and police officers do. the fact that she went after paw patrol and her quote is what? parents are protesting benevolent portray alls of canines and the children 's television show paw patrol. what more do you need to show their agenda? it's crazy. they hate capitalism and law and order and they hate america. ainsley: dean you've worked so many different jobs, but in acting, there's always that one that does the wrong thing to get to the top. but the majority of them are good. just like cardinal dolan wrote in his op-ed. he said the majority of priests are good. we know what happens when some of them weren't but the majority served the lord and they give up so much to do that and sacrifice so much and they're good people. same with police officers. you see bad people, bad apples in every line of work, right? >> absolutely. it's just like they canceled live pd and cops and the reason they canceled that is because those shows humanize police officers. you get to know them. you get to see what they are dealing with. it doesn't make them a hero in any way, shape or form but the kind of stuff they deal with on a daily basis and the only thing she does right in this whole article is equate police officers to up is heros and in some fashion, because police officers i promise you, these men and women are heros, when there's trouble, they run to it and they do their best, just like the canine dogs on paw patrol. ainsley: thanks so much, dean. >> [laughter] thank you ainsley. ainsley: 34 minutes after the top of the hour a fox news alert, the jobs report out just moments ago, 4 point 8 million jobs were added in june, they were expecting what 3 million right? just over 1.4 million people filing for unemployment, what? brian: up goes the market. ainsley: can we roll that? 1.4 million people filing for unemployment last week. reaction from senator lindsey graham from the great state of south carolina next. steve: so much bad news these days we're back with some good news and it's a fox news alert. two big jobs reports just released moments ago, let's see nine minutes ago. 4.8 million jobs were added in june. economists had predicted around maybe 3 million as you can see that is a gigantic blowout number ainsley. ainsley: that's right the national unemployment rate dropping from 13.3% in may to 11.1%, brian. brian: the weekly jobless claims report also out just over 1.4 million americans filing for unemployment last week. that's a little higher than what some economists predicted. more than 48 million americans have filed for unemployment since the start of the pandemic. let's bring in senator from south carolina lindsey graham. senator, first off your take on this and what it means for another rescue package just on first take? >> well it means we need a rescue package that would hit the gas and make the economy grow faster. this is really good news. it means america's coming back economically. people are going back to work. there's confidence that you can actually open up the country, so the president is proposing a payroll tax cut that would put money into the pocket of consumers and businesses. that would stimulate the economy and an infrastructure bill to give america a face lift with our road, bridges and ports that would set in motion future job creation. we need to make sure you don't pay people more in unemployment benefits than they get to work that will help get people back to work. i'm even willing to do a minimum wage increase. there's so many things, liability reforms, so you can open up without being sued, congress needs to act in july to continue this trend. if we had the right kind of stimulus package we be going through the roof by october in terms of economic growth. ainsley: i know you are all taking a two week break when are you all back and when do you think this next relief package will be released? >> just as soon as we get that we need to get up and get this done. bottom line here, the bottom line here is we got an opening, take it. it may not last. now the coronavirus can be a wet blanket in all of this reopening if we don't control it, so president trump needs to get on the phone and call all the governors. what can i do to help you? what do you need that you don't have? let's really double down on testing because that gives us insight how to control the virus and a vaccine and therapies are on the way. i'm increasingly optimistic that we're going to control the virus and reopen the economy smartly. steve: and that's really the key because even though the numbers are going up, you know, we're approaching 50,000 new cases yesterday, we're figuring out how to manage it and with social distancing and masks and pharmaceuticals and things like that, so when you look at that and you think you know, we shutdown the whole world for the most part for about 100 days, did we ever do it on that or was that just part of the learning curve because in the beginning we don't know where that was going. >> i hear a lot of chatter on cable tv i need to watch less of it. steve: you're one of the chatter ers sir. >> here is the deal. president trump was told if you do nothing and let the mentality take over you're going to lose 2 million americans. we're going to probably have 180,000 dead after having shut the whole world down so i think president trump's decision to shut down the economy and focus on protective equipment coming back to america, vaccines and therapies and testing saved probably a couple million people 's lives. if you don't think this is deadly by now what would it take to convince you this virus is deadly. brian: let's switch to russia. beth sanner is the president's briefer and did not verbally brief the president on the threat of the russians if the fact is proven correct, the russians giving the taliban money to kill americans. now seth molten says from what he knows the president committed treason. where does lindsey graham stand? >> well i don't know if congressman molten has been briefed but i'd say i'm a fairly hawkish guy, would you agree with that? wells fargo yes. >> russia has been up to no good in a lot of different places and i haven't had a lot of affection for putin's russia but i do understand the military i think the system got it right. you had contradictory intelligence, we increased force protection just to be cautious but i can't imagine briefing the president of the united states about this allegation given the nature of the independence. now where were all of these democrats when benghazi was on fire, when they were calling for help from the consolate the president of the united states obama was briefed and went to bed and never called anybody for a day and a half while our people were being slaughtered in benghazi. where is the outrage then? the intelligence here in my view does not justify a nation state conflict with russia. steve: yeah, well you were briefed though, right? >> yes i was briefed and i asked a lot of hard questions and you don't tell the president of the united states everything you would tell a second lieutenant. steve: exactly. senator given what we know about the briefer and all of that other stuff as well, it shouldn't surprise anybody that it's a big story in the new york times. i mean, that's what they do. they come up with these big stories to make donald trump look bad. >> and it's all bs. he wasn't briefed and there was no consensus, as a matter of fact the most reliable form of intelligence gathered around this episode was against russia giving money to the taliban. the iranians are giving money to the taliban. russia has been giving weapons to the taliban. the point is that this president and i disagree with him sometimes about military footprints over there to protect us here but when it comes to american personnel on the ground in harms way, this president has an unwavering desire and commitment to protect our troops on the ground. if you don't believe me, ask the 400 russian mercinaries killed in syria when they threatened our troops. brian: yeah they were wiped out real quick, karl rove wrote an editorial saying the president has to reset in the next few months or he's going to lose. do you believe the president has to reset his re-election? >> yeah, i think he's got to go on the offense. i don't know if he will lose or not but a hell of a story to tell he should start telling it. you want to bring back protective equipment in this country from china i've got a bill that gives a tax credit to make ppe here and treating it like military uniforms so national security has that and china lied and americans died. let american citizens sue the chinese communist party, do an infrastructure bill. you go on the offense mr. president and your second term what do you want to do? finish the job of your first term keep building the wall fix the broken immigration system, more judges. make sure iran never gets a nuclear weapon. i think the president is right on all these issues he's for law and order and joe biden is being controlled by the most radical people in this country. this election is still donald trump's to lose but prosecute the case, mr. president. steve: senator graham before you go, i saw you played golf with the president over the weekend. who won? >> i've never seen him play this well. i mean, he's got more on his shoulders i'm hoping he's a little distracted, he beat me like a drum. it was amazing he shot a 74. brian: always lose to the boss. >> i'm not joking. if i could beat him i would. ainsley: senator, our thoughts and prayers dealing with covid there so thanks so much for what you do for that great state. >> thank you. ainsley: it is almost 47 minutes after the top of the hour. they call it barbecued chicken university dedicated dads cooking up a fun summer sports camp, the groups founder and his son, they're here live, next but first let's check in with sandra to find out what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> sandra: ainsley great to see you this morning good morning, everyone we are awaiting president trump set to deliver remarks at the spirit of america showcase, we will have those for you live from the white house this morning. stay tuned for that plus brand new reaction to new york times claims russians offered bounties to kill u.s. troops, tom cotton, the u.s. senator, will be joining us top of the hour and joe biden and the dnc out raising president trump and the rnc for a second straight month what does it mean for 202o debate that and a brand new jobs report what it says about the u.s. economy and how markets are looking on the opening bell this morning join us at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ because now you can expewatch all your favorite hulu shows and movies on xfinity. you're only a voice command away from award winning shows like the handmaid's tale, to new hits like little fires everywhere. and fx originals you can only watch on hulu. that's just the beginning of what you can experience with hulu on xfinity. tv made simple, easy, awesome. brian: group of dads are making sure kids in the neighborhood are staying hungry for sports launching a community program called barbecue chicken university. here to tell us about it is the founder of bbq u dave anderson and his son dorian anderson better known as d j. first give me an idea if you can , dave, of what gave you this idea. >> i got the idea of basically i got a phone call from his coach saying we were going to be going to a national tournament and we were quarantined for about four months, he was playing video games all day long , so i wound up ordering this speed and agility pack from amazon and once it arrived everything else kind of took off from there. brian: how many weeks you been doing it? >> about nine weeks now. brian: 25 kids,d j how is your dad doing in this camp? >> they are doing amazing. i like the way how they do bbqu. brian: right and bbq u is from what, dave? >> bbq u comes from barbecue chicken alert. i used to say that whenever i played pro football to my opponents before i scored touchdowns on them. brian: d j what do you learn from your dad and other parents? >> i learned that not all cops are bad and i learned he was trying to show to the kids that when a cop comes towards you, don't think they are going to arrest you just because that you're black. some cops normally take it easy on you and not all cops are bad. brian: and dave, how do you get that message across? do you have cops working with you at the camp? >> well we actually had a situation, the situation he's referring to is we were outside working in the earlier stages of the barbecue u and we had a group of about seven or eight kids and in the neighborhood running around and we had a situation and the cops showed up on scene, and i just pretty much tried everything that i could do to diffuse the situation. brian: nice and watching now some of the police officers running sprints against your guys i've not seen one of the cops win. >> no we don't let anybody win. you know, this is still my house i make the rules i set the standards, so that cop show ed up he didn't know he was barbecue chicken as soon as he hopped out of the car. brian: d j, it's so tough on you guys you haven't been able to see your friends, play with your friends you watch video games but you'd be more than happy to do other stuff. you couldn't even go to school. what has it been like for you? >> it hasn't been really good because like i've been playing video games a lot ever since quarantine happened and school has been gone, so i've been normally focused on video games and then that's when my dad decided hey, now is the time that you need to start getting better and working on these standards and getting yourself better for this national game. brian: you realize how lucky you had to have a dad like this right? >> yes, sir. brian: dave finally you're taking precautions i see you taking the temperature keeping the kids apart and you had a brief pause and now you're back to work on monday, right? >> oh, yeah we're back at it. we owe it to these kids to make sure that we're making sure safety is first, so we're taking the necessary precautions to make sure that we're getting temperatures read and coming up with different ideas on how we can work out socially distancing brian: if you want a franchise i want to take a bbq camp out on long island. let's see if we can work out a number i can deal with it. dave anderson, best of luck guys >> thanks, before we go, i want to shout out just difference newman and his wife shannon, for 50 years of marriage today it's their anniversary. brian: nice and good job to the police officers in your neighborhood helping you out supporting you. more "fox and fox & friends" in just a moment. are very acidic and they're actually pulling out the minerals from the enamel. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients. pronamel will help push the minerals back into the enamel, to keep the enamel strong. i know it works. and i hear nothing but great things from my patients that have switched to it. every time you touch a surface, nobacteria is left behind. now, consider how many times your family touches the surfaces in your home in 24 hours. try new microban 24. spray on hard surfaces to kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria initially. once dry, it forms a bacteria shield that keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours, even after multiple touches. try new microban 24. available in multi-purpose, sanitizing, and bathroom sprays. this has been medifacts for microban 24. >> you know what? 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reopen in the fall. it is now a given at the very least that some of the more populated school districts across the country will not heed his wishes. welcome everybody, i am neil cavuto and this is "your world." the latest on this as well as the latest case count that has really spurred all of this. >> it has indeed. north carolina governor came within the past hour. all students regardless of whether they are kindergarten or as old as 12 grade, they are going to have to wear masks and social distance if they return to physical school buildings in the fall. as far as its plans for reopening, he really envisions a hybrid plan. here's what he said. >> today we announced that north carolina schools will be open for both in person and remote learning. with key safety precautions to protect the health of our students, teachers, staff and families. >> later in the show we will be hearing from the superintendent from the nation's largest school district. deciding to stick with online instruction as that city's positive test rate for coronavirus approaches 10%. at that is twice the world health organization's maximum safe threshold for communities to reopen. in neighboring orange county, the school board voted to reopen in the fall without mandates were face coverings or social distancing. in detroit, protesters blocked school buses as that city begins summer classes this week. new york city plans to offer a hybrid of in person and online learning in the fall. four former cdc directors are criticizing the trump administration for undermining federal health officials recommendation on reopening schools in the economy. in a "washington post" op-ed today they write, these repeated efforts to subvert sound public health guidelines introduce chaos and uncertainty while unnecessarily putting lives at risk. you may recall last week president trump tweeted that the cdc's guidance for school openings was "very tough and expensive." back to you. >> neil: we will be getting they read from the white house momentarily how the president is responding to this. i want to go to the l.a. unified district superintendent. superintendent, thank you for taking the time. what are you going to do? how does the fall look to you right now? >> we are going to start online, because that is where health and safety take us. at the rate of infection in our community is twice the world health organization guidelines for opening a community. we've got to start there. we know it is a struggle. we are balancing sometimes three objectives. the impact of the virus is having on working families we serve on the health and safety of the school community. we have to put health and safety first. >> neil: when the president says that districts that aren't doing this for states in locales that are not opening up and doing it politically, and then it's all politically motivated, what do you want to tell him? >> we've got to get out of the politics and into the realm of solving the solution to solving the problem. we all want to be back in schools as soon as possible. the best learning occurs with or that is the white house are here in los angeles, i think we could all agree on that. let's focus on where the federal government can help get us back to school quicker. if we look at examples around the world, they have done three things well. they have changed health practice in schools. they will spare the desks apart, where the masks come up and down the painters tape so people don't bump into each other in the hall. clean services. that has been talked about a lot. the other two pieces, the other two legs at the school are e do it, we can get back safer and quicker. >> neil: if the governor had not reimposed some restrictions on businesses and bars and indoor dining and that sort of thing, would you have moved to delay the in person school year? >> we arrived at our decision before he made that announcement. we have been tracking the health factors for the last month or so back in may it looked better. less incidence of the community below the world health organization threshold. since june it has really skyrocketed. now being twice that threshold. we've known for a period of weeks, we are heading toward this point. now that we see clear data, we made the decision. we made that before the governor imposed the further restrictions on businesses. >> neil: we are learning today that new hampshire, new jersey, and north carolina all plan to open for in person classes. i believe that north carolina governor did leave open the possibility that districts otherwise are uncomfortable with that are dealing -- i'm paraphrasing here -- a spike in cases, they can go on the virtual realm. but they are trying the in person route first. you are not. is it just a sense that they kids -- it's a danger for them, it's a danger their exposure to teachers and administrators, they risk of them bring it back home? >> just a couple of things i'll mention. this is a local disease. it happens locally. the conditions in new capture north carolina may be different than in los angeles. if we were having this conversation in may or early june, i would say all systems go. it is mid-july. that is change. the facts and circumstances have changed here in los angeles. the other thing we are learning is more and more science and data becomes available to us as a study done on a village, a town in italy, 15,000 people were all tested because they quarantine the whole village. of those who tested positive, half of them showed no symptoms. that is a wake-up call for all of us, that we've got to get that testing in place. even if we were to reopen facilities in a congregate setting and bring back multiple generations of 10-year-old students with a 30-year-old teacher and a 50-year-old bus driver going home to a 70-year-old grandmother, we have to make sure that we are keeping all who may have the virus out of the school community. that includes those who show no systems and testing is the only way to do that. >> neil: thank you very much for taking the time. the l.a. unified school superintendent. i'm going to go to the white house now. the reaction to all of this. the president as you know has not been a fan of any school system that toys with the possibility of delaying the start of the in person school year. you have three very big ones in atlanta los angeles. right now they are saying san diego as well appeared we are not so sure about that. we are going to push things back. kristin fisher at the white house now with all the goings on there. >> despite those developments in california, at the state's two largest school district saying they are going to go online only in august. the white house is really continuing to push that all schools reopen for in person classes this fall. the vice president mike pence is in louisiana making that case. he did wear a mask today as it almost everybody else he was with except for when he was speaking, which is important to come up against case of coronavirus are on the rise. the point that the vice president was making his new orleans all that really early surge in cases. it was one of the original hot spots. they were able to flatten or at least bend the curve. the vice president said today that he believes that they will be able to bend it back down for a second time. as for schools, the vice president said the governor of louisiana informed us today that the plan in that state is to reopen schools on time. the vice president was joined by several members of the coronavirus task force. betsy devos, dr. birx was always there. one key member was not there, dr. anthony fauci. he's going to be speaking to students at georgetown university in just a few minutes. yesterday, he was making the case that but he believes that in order to reopen safely, there does need to be a little bit of a pull back. listen here. >> i am really confident we can if we step back. you don't necessarily need to shut down again. bob pulled back a bit. and then, proceed in a very prudent way observing the guidelines and going from step to step. >> meanwhile, you have the former vice president and the president's 2020 opponent joe biden giving a big speech on the economy. he really pushed back on the president's plan for not just reopening the company, country, but reopening schools this fall. watch. >> mr. president, open everything now isn't a strategy for success. it is barely a slogan. quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health and protecting our economy. all it does is endanger our recovery on both fronts. >> it's going to be very interesting to see if president trump decides to respond to some of those attacks from the former vice president joe biden when president trump speaks in the rose garden that is set for 5:00 p.m. >> neil: thank you very, very much. kristin fisher at the white house. we will be monitoring those developments as well. the corner of wall and brought wasn't confusion over school reopening that had buying today. it was the promise of vaccines and treatments. no fewer than 15 of them either paired with other companies or governments. one so he promise they could be available by the fall. word on that also on top of the other big story gripping the nation, the continued violence in american cities. big ones on the west coast. they have a lot of folks wondering, will it ever end after this? 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>> it is a national trend. it is socialism on steroids. it's not at our doorstep anymore. they have breached the door. they are coming through. please understand that this must be stopped. america needs to wake up as to what is occurring. and if we lose 50% of our department, we are talking hundred officers gone. who is left to answer the 911 call to investigate that child rape? i understand, people need to get involved. this ignored majority across our city and more importantly across our nation need to rise up. if you want to get involved, please assist us. please stand up to this unreasonable socialist activism. >> neil: i don't know what's going on in seattle. i familiar with what is happening in new york city. we are better than 400 officers have already requested retirement. some of the eligible four. held off on it now. they are flooding the system with such requests. we are similarly saying new rookie classes being pared down. her frustration over whether it is a good thing to even be a police officer these days. what he think about that? >> it is dividing us more than uniting us. we are definitely having people that are retiring early here looking for jobs elsewhere. more importantly is that the defined movement is based upon how they view law enforcement which they do not respect any more. more importantly, a certain city council member that has the public safety chair on our council that is looking at the possibility of when officers are terminated or furloughed based on this 50% cut, they want to dictate those cuts based upon the person's race -- which is astronomically horrifically bad which violates all laws and common sense. that is where we are. that is the level of insanity we are plagued with by this unreasonable activists city council that has our majority hostage. you can just imagine the mental health that is impacting our officers is at an all-time high. and you know that suicide by police officers at the highest level they have ever been. you can just imagine with all the protests we've had to deal with, the assaults, the amount of entry all that was played against our membership. now we are dealt with this defined movement which is national now, which is all socialist back propaganda and well-funded. now we have to deal with this as far as losing our jobs. at the hits keep on coming. i need america to rise up here. the ignored majority needs to wake up as to what is occurring. >> neil: thank you very, very much. i always hate talking under these circumstances, but i learned a lot. some of the police officers guild president. there's a lot of unintended consequences to the top of top e violence of mike was outlining. including innocent people caught in the cross fire. the latest example in new york. a 1-year-old little boy. after this. >> i can't kiss him no more. i can't play with him no more. i can do nothing with him no more. i've got to put my son in the ground now. people are surprising themselves the moment realize they can du more with less asthma. thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. it's not a steroid but can help reduce or eliminate oral steroids. dupixent can cause serious allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. get help right away if you have rash, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection and don't change or stop your asthma treatments, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. du more with less asthma. talk to your doctor today about dupixent. if your financial situation has changed, we may be able to help. ifnow every bath fitter bathbath fis installed quickly, safely, and beautifully, with a lifetime warranty. go from old to new. from worn to wow. the beautiful bath you've always wanted, done right, installed by one expert technician, all in one day. we've been creating moments like these for 35 years, and we're here to help you get started. book your free virtual or in-home design consultation today. in a highly capable lexus suv at the golden opportunity sales event. lease the 2020 nx 300 for $339 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. the roar of a racecar. a secret whispered in your ear. a good joke. these are the sounds we love and miss. so, as the world, with all of its beautiful sounds re-opens you'll want to hear every bit of it better than ever. eargo a virtually invisible hearing loss solution with high quality sound and lifetime support at eargo we're offering free hearing checks and video based consultations so you'll be ready call today >> neil: you might want to add dr. anthony fauci to the list of those concerned about putting off kids being in person first school saying in georgetown that to keep school to the impact of keeping out is what is important after this. 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>> neil: lawrence jones, we've been talking about this for weeks now. when it comes to black lives matter, which matter? they should all matter. this case is particularly shocking, but because a 1-year-old boy caught up in the cross fire literally and figuratively, and now dead, for what, right? for what? >> you know, neil, i reported last week about chicago, what's happening there. we are seeing a hit right at home here in new york city. it crime when it comes to shootings are up 130%. i just got some new numbers from the sources. are they saying now it is up to 161%. at this kid was in a stroller when he was gone down in the middle of a fight. they still have not been able to catch the suspect, because no one in the community is talking. neil, as i continued to say on the network -- and i've been very vocal when it comes to using this power. when police get it wrong, i'm on a network reporting on it, getting all the facts. when an innocent young black life is taken from us, after a report on that too. the fact that you're not seeing outrage across the country is concerning to me. just because this happened in the projects, just because these people were in a poor neighborhood does not mean that they are not entitled to life and the same liberties that our audience and people that are in rich neighborhoods are entitled to. >> neil: that innocent little boy, and i'm wondering given everything that's going on, does he blame anyone? is he just overwhelmed? how did this get so bad so quickly? >> the dad and the grandmother blame the political leadership. it is not about a partisan issue. it is the fact that elected leaders aren't doing anything to prevent this from happening. they say that this crime is happening because of the coronavirus. that is simply not true. at the crime has been happening in these neighborhoods for a while. people aren't doing anything about it. the elected leaders don't care about the deaths, poverty, and destruction that i have been happening in these communities for a long time. i don't just talk about these cities in detroit, chicago, new york city. i go to these cities and i talk with the people. they are begging. i don't care what ideology you believe and for someone to stop the bleeding. and you know what? neither political party have been able to do it. you've got the democrats that run these neighborhoods. they have failed on it. you have the republicans that don't show up to help solve the problem. again, they don't want a political solution. are they when a human solution. i think everybody should care about all of these black lives. >> neil: as you pointed out the other day, this is not an isolated incident. violent crimes, homicides are up better than 118% just over the last six weeks in the new york metropolitan area. i have about 70 plus percent in chicago. it is playing out again and again and it seems to be spreading. i just talked to a seattle police chief who is very concerned about budget cuts they appeared and now it has already led to m there. this does seem to be permeating the nation. >> i will tell you this. you know i'm a libertarian. i'm not ashamed of my ideology. i believe in cutting. it doesn't make any sense to cut from the police department when crime is a problem. there is a boss of other line items they can cut from right now. if they could point to results by cutting from the police department, than i would be for it. right now, it hasn't more much fruit. you have a billion dollars that is being cut from the new york police department. right now, crime is skyrocketing especially when it comes to violent crime. again, i asked them a year. maybe look at your wife's proposals that she's gotten that gets millions and millions of dollars. cut from those areas. don't cut from a police department that is already overwhelmed by crime. there are so many unsolved cases currently appeared yesterday just by the number 18 people were shot. one person was killed in new york. those crimes have not been solved. again, does it make sense to continue to cut from a police department that is already begging for more help? >> neil: thank you, my friend. i appreciated and the insight. we will keep track of this, because it is spreading everywhere and the numbers are numbing. when we also come back, senator rand paul will be joining us talking about what is going on right now, the latest push for stimulus in washington. he is not a fan of some of the numbers he has been hearing after this. 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>> we have no money. there is no rainy day fund. there is no savings account. it is not likely go to the federal reserve and have all of this money we can give to people. the $3 trillion we've already sent to people because of this government mandated depression has been borrowed. where are they going to get another trillion dollars? they are going to borrow it. i think it is a really, really rotten thing to do. you have to look at the source. at the source of the economic depression is the government and the government shut out of the economy. a government and the governors need to get out of the way and that the economy open up and let individuals assess their risk and act accordingly. >> neil: so when there is talk about extending unemployment benefits that are very generous on the federal level or what some of your republican colleagues have come up with an incentive to get people to go back to work, you are against both. >> if you pay people not to work, they won't work. if you pay people more not to work it then to get for working normally, they won't work. it's called institutional unemployment. right now, the institutional unemployment, if you make them less then $50,000 a year, you've got no business working. why work if the government will give you a free $50,000? if the democrats get their way and on a plumbing goes on for months and months and months if not years, what will happen is nobody will work for less than $50,000 in this country, because you can get that for not worki working. the republicans idea only slightly less stupid. the republicans are going to give you a bonus to get back to work. where they can to get the money? they can i borrow it from your kids. they will borrow it from china. it is a ridiculous notion that we just keep passing out money. let's get rid of the root cause of this depression. sometimes we don't know exactly that because of the depression. in this one we do know the cause, the government. the government shut the economy down. the government needs to get out of the way let us all go back to work and let each and every one of us assess the risk and make decisions accordingly. >> neil: senator, you are also a doctor. many school districts and municipalities including some big ones like los angeles and san diego and atlanta are among those saying we are going to delay the school year, because we don't like the spike in case we are seeing. we think it is risky, so we are going to put it off. how do you feel about that? >> if the teachers union in california said they will go back to work until we define the police and have medicare for all. we have to put this into a bit of perspective. when i would say is that the media have been scaring people to death. the mortality for children, 0 to make 18 is one in a million or less. the mortality between 18 years of age and 45 is about ten and 100,000 paid we need to assess those risks and make decisions. the country -- 22 countries have open schools in europe. they are doing just fine. they haven't had a surge. the other interesting thing is when you do contact tracing. in china, the netherlands, britain added ice land, what you find is that kids not only rarely get this really die from it, but they really transmitted. they are just not good transmitters. in general, people who are asymptomatic are not good transmitters. the day cares open in new york for doctors kids, nurses kids, hospital senators kids, anybody associated my firemen and police, the day care stayed open. very little coronavirus and very few staff members, about 1% of staff members were infected. most of the staff members in a reasonable age group are in very, very low risk of succumbing to this disease. >> neil: actually, that puts you on the same page as dr. fauci. i know that you have your disagreements. he is for opening schools in person. but he did say this about answering a question about whether he is being slighted by the white house. he said you could trust respective medical authorities. you can trust me. but you need to stick to the data, the science, medical authorities who have a track record of telling the truth. the public can get mixed messages and get confused. why do you think of that? >> i think that fauci is well-intentioned. i think he wants what's best for the country. his perspective is that of someone who has always worked for the government and never worked outside of government. so there is a doctor scott atlas who is a professor at stanford as part of the hoover institute with a much different and much more reason perspective. what we do is we listen to a lot of these people. ultimately, if we are going to live in a free country, none of these people should get to make a decision for us. for us individually, each individual sedate assess the risk and make their choices. frankly, if you're 18 years old, the rules should be or the advice should be much different than if you are 80 years old. if you are in a nursing home and 85 years old. it isn't one-size-fits-all. we can't say everybody needs to stay at home because someone at the nursing home i get sick. now, let's try to be careful and protect those in the nursing home. but let's open the economy and open the schools. there's a possibility -- we don't know this yet. there's a possibility that this great spike in effect because we are seeing throughout the south, that it may well be enhancing immunity and it may well be that they reached what new york is already reached a point at which the disease will begin to burn itself out. interestingly, no one is saying is. but it may not be hurt immunity at 60%. it may be a break point for the disease that is much less than that. there are mathematicians who look at this and i say that the models of herd immunity are based on random behavior and random vaccination. when you get heard immunity from the disease, it is not randomly distributed beard and you have some who are very social and some less social. at the bottom line is historically, diseases and viruses have burnt out at 25% immunity when you look back at our past. no one knows what the future holds. i tend to be optimistic that we might get the 20 or 25% immunity and the disease -- we may be able to overcome the disease at that point. >> neil: very quickly, we will be talking to the mayor of miami. it is miami beach that is put out no short-term rental here. the thing is worsening. it is different for miami, i grant you. do you think that is an overreaction? >> i don't know until we see the death rate. infection rate and testing are complicated, whether things are going up or down. i do believe they are going up. even in my town in kentucky, we meet people every day who are infected. they are all getting better. they are getting better. if this is a mild disease in miami, don't shut it down. if you have an increase in your death rate and it is significant, maybe you should. so far, florida is doing way better than new york. he would know that if you watch cnn. florida is doing way better than new york. new york had a disaster, a public policy disaster, public health disaster in their nursing homes due to democrat governor decisions. florida is doing a lot better. you won't get that from the media that cannot report any thing objectively. it is a disaster. >> neil: senator rand paul, thank you very much. the total cases, total deaths. when we come back again come out the move in miami beach right now, not only shut down those beaches but also prevent people from coming down there for short-term vacation rentals. the mayor of miami separate on the beach of what he makes for that after this. so you only pay for what you need? 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are you as well looking at those who might be coming to your city for a vacation, short-term rentals and the like that you would consider the same? >> yeah, you know for us, we are always looking at it -- and what we are looking in our city is bars have been closed by order of the governor. we see people that basically try to recreate a bar in a warehouse. we shut down two of those this weekend. we shut down about ten businesses. we have been trying to dramatically increase our enforcement to be sure that things don't get worse in the city that is obviously seen record number of cases over the last few days. >> neil: of mayor, the greater miami area has been compared to like the new wuhan, the new hotbed area of the virus. do you think that is fair? >> that was one of the epidemiologist that was on here that said that. i don't know if she said that -- epidemiological opinion or expert opinion. but i think there was 50,000 cases a day in wuhan. we are nowhere near that. we are at 3500. in new york, you had a death rate that was at 8%. our death rate is in the 2% range. our death rate has been stable. we do have an issue with our hospitals nearing capacity. we are trying to create more capacity. we may have to take some dramatic measures of things don't improve over the next few weeks. that is something we are hoping that we can all together -- we have the governor today who came with a meeting with all of the major mayors of many major cities so that we can have communication. it is very important for us to communicate clearly and coherently one message so that people will follow. >> neil: are you for your kids going back to school in miami this fall in person? >> we had a big discussion about that. you know, just a few minutes ago. right now, obviously, we have a tremendously high amount of cases. i can tell you personally, my daughter is still not school ready. she could have been going into preschool. my wife is thinking about holding her back. my son who is six will do virtual learning things don't get better. are there many families in our community that are lower and calm. they may not have another choice to be able to not send our kids to school. so right now, what i have understood so far is that parents will be given an option as to whether their kids can go to school or not. that may change given the circumstances. schools are six weeks away from opening. hopefully we will see a significant improvement before that day comes. >> neil: because the governor i believe is still on board with schools reopening for in person classes as things stand now. do you support that? >> he definitely does feel that way. he reiterated that. for me, it is more about the circumstances. today as of right now with the case is the way they are in the fact that we are still in phase 1 under the cdc guidelin guidelines, schools would not be open. you know, i think we have to see how things are going to evolve over the next six weeks. if things don't get better over the next week, we are going to have a hospital problem. we're going to have to potentially consider taking some very extreme measures. we're trying to communicate that this is a time to take this seriously. we are seeing a large percent of the of the transmission is back home. we are messaging that out so people are more careful when they get home. and don't pretend like they didn't potentially get exposed from the outside. >> neil: all right, best of luck to you and your little ones there as you are a parent. you have a lot to juggle. thank you very, very much. just focusing on the white house right now, we are minutes away from a presidential press conference. we have been getting very in-your-face with the chinese right now and a whole host of issues from hong kong. all across the south china sea. following all of this, because trade i guess truly hangs in the balance, right? >> we are a long way from the phase 1 victory lap at the trump administration had before the coronavirus. we are now at a point where there is all out trade war with china. it is more on a number of levels. it's economic war, preventing chinese company from operating here. the tick-tock, the trump administration believes it is taking information from its users and giving it to the surveillance part of the chinese government. at the trump administration really blames the chinese for the coronavirus outbreak. they are on pretty good ground on that one. this is not a good time for chinese-american relations. i find it fascinating that the democrats are chiming in as well. joe biden if you saw some of his economic plans, it is all about stopping trade with china or limiting trade with china. there is a populist consensus in this country that china has done us wrong with the virus, with other measures. and i think, you know, you're going to see that play out through the election. both sides see it as fertile ground for voters appeared to be honest with you, the trump administration was the first time any administration called out china so blatantly. no one else did it in the past. they deserve credit for that. i'm not saying that we should have gone the full tariff route, but the trump administration went out there and clearly labeled china as a bad player, as a menace to the world economy. listen, there's no better proof than the coronavirus outbreak which emanated there. i think you are going to hear donald trump wrap up their rhetoric in this. clearly from his economic aids, i have been speaking with them off the record. theory kudlow has been saying it on the record. this is not at time for chinese-american relations. i cannot imagine there will be a phase 2 trade deal given how much animosity is out there. >> neil: by the way, you're right on that. from cbs interviewing the president on that subject. he ruled out a phase 2 trade deal right now to your quick point here, because phase 1, this is going nowhere right now. >> phase 1 wasn't that big of a deal anyway. it was supposed to be the set up for phase 2. it is the relationship between the countries which has been totally soured by the coronavirus by further talk of espionage. all that you have to do is look at a music app like tick-tock. it is used by young kids. that may be bad because of this. it shows you how far they are going to go on this war. >> neil: we're out of control it might be an opportunity for him to respond to questions about all of the school systems that are delaying their in-person opening. no doubt could use this as an opportunity to emphasize that point. here comes "the five." >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm dana perino along with jesse watters, one williams and katie pavlik. this is "the five." ♪ fox news alert, president trump getting ready to hold in his conference at any moment now and the rose garden. we will bring it to live once it happens. while we wait for that president trump and joe biden squaring off on over how best to bring back jobs after the pandemic damage the economy. the former vice president trying
saturday night, might come back and do one in pennsylvania the following night and it is incredible what is going on. i feel so good. >> harris: however some experts are warning that the president could still be contagious and it would send the wrong message as the show down over the second presidential debate rages on, these are the topics. kevin corke is live at house with all of them. fair to say that it may likely be monday, you are the president saying that it is a lot to put together so quickly. >> no doubt about that, clearly he wants to get back out there, but we don't know when that might happen. as you know lots of moving parts and we can talk more about that in just a moment. but yes, the question is will he have a rally very soon, i think the answer is in short form yes, but when and how that will take form, we do not know at this point and it is anybody's guess. we have seen rallies. we have seen them in arenas and airports and folks without the president having rallies on boats and driving by in their trucks with flags hanging out, well, we don't know if it is going to be something like that or something altogether different. at this hour the president is holding a radio rally on the rush limbaugh show. he is feeling great. he told rush that 11 guys came in and showed him stats that were amazing saying that he was fine. a day later he was free. i feel perfect and i am not taking anything. and that is something that we will emphasize a little bit later and more conversation throughout the day. it is clear that the president wants to get back out there in person campaign what he does best. but he needs a clean bill of health from his doctors and for that matter the campaign has to navigate a lot of moving parts to pull it together. >> suffice it to say he will not be out there unless he is medically clear that he will not be able to transmit the virus at all. there are also a number of logistical considerations with getting advanced and security and things like that. so it is a number of moving parts, nothing to confirm or otherwise at this point. >> nothing to confirm as far as the weekend is concerned, but hearing the same thing that you are hearing, monday to get back out there, but the question remains how confident are doctors at the white house that this soon after his covid-19 diagnosis is the president ready to go? here's what they said yesterday since returning home, his physical exam has been stable and devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness. now as you have followed this for quite some time, you know how this works and we usually get an update from the doctors that is typically a statement that we will get ourselves directly or kayleigh mcenany will send one out perhaps on twitter. either way as soon as we get that we promised to pass it along to you. and that assessment is not going to be just important with resources of having a rally, we are still talking about debates and could be pivotal if we have another in person debate. >> harris: sure. right now the president's team is telling me that if they can hold back till october 22nd and make it all in person and add that october 29th, the president is definitely up for that. the commission wanted something entirely different, so we will see what happens. 24 hours and 11 days till election day, have a good weekend. let's get some medical answers from a physician that actually knows the president, i would think that that is helpful. dr. ronny johnson, former physician to president trump and obama and a texas republican congressional candidate, great to see you today. >> thinks, harris, i appreciate you having me. >> harris: i have a couple of questions let's go backwards, i know that the campaign in the white house don't want to do it, but it is important to know that the last time the president tested negative before his diagnosis for contact tracing so on and so forth. so tell me medically when we know the date how you count forward and you say, yes, probably negative again on such and such date, do we know? >> we don't know when i don't think that that really matters, it's irrelevant at this point. the whole entire 10-14 days is based on somebody who test negative, all we need to know is that he is asymptomatic and that he has been that way for a few days and is two negative tests 24 hours apart. he is going to get that and they will get multiple tests that will be negative with the confirmatory, and completely ready to go back to his normal routine before they put them back in that situation. that's what they are looking at right now. >> harris: dr. jackson, that is really important to know. two negative tests, 24 hours apart, some reaction to the president on air last night was sean hannity and i know that it is a respiratory illness and i am reading that it could take the body sometime to clear some of the things that were inside them, it is a cold, basically, coronavirus, but a huge case of hit, obviously, and it takes all of us some time, tell me about the later stages of coronavirus. speak of the problem that we have with this particular coronavirus is that the later stages, the inflammatory stage is where a lot of the problems come from at the pulmonary standpoint and most of the people that sub come to that, that is what the problem is is the inflammatory immune response of their own body attacking their lungs. that is not happening to the president that he has been completely asymptomatic and they have given him a few things including the steroids that he has taken to prevent that inflammatory process from ever taking place, so that's why they are continuing to watch him right now to make sure there is no evidence. he has no symptoms, and micah said as soon as he gets a couple of back to backtest he will be right back out on the campaign trail and i think that that is the right thing to do and will reassure the public as well. >> harris: and went to hit the timeline in this way if we can, white house physician dr. sean conley said this about the timeline for concern about the president's health, let's watch together. >> we are in a bit of in uncharted territory when it comes to a patient i received the therapies he has so early in the course. so we are looking to this weekend if we can get through to monday with him remaining the same or improving, better yet, that we will all take that final deep sigh of relief. >> harris: dr. jackson, your reaction to that? >> i think that's right. they are waiting to see what happens. they know when they give him his last dose of medications and when it is out of the system, they will reassure them that he is still to him free. not making it in a vacuum, he has expert infectious disease experts from the country around the world in leading academic centers that are timing and in helping with this decision. so this is -- you can feel confident that if he gets back on the campaign trail, he is safe to be out there. >> harris: i have another line of questions for you, because i am sure that you may be in on other networks are some of the criticism against the president saying, once he is out there, how contagious is he? it has been shown that this can stay in your system or spread. people may be eating lunch, so i don't want to say exactly how that is and he may still test negative, how do we know how far out he needs to be for this when you have members of the debate commission when he does another in person, hopefully that will happen. >> that's why we are doing the testing, they will do confirmatory testing, if there is no viral a in the nasal passages, then he will not be infectious. so they are going to test him aggressively and they will not put him out and expose anyone to him if he is infectious. you can be guaranteed of that. if he is out on the campaign trail, he has been deemed to be safe to himself and everyone else around them. >> harris: more good news, because when you hear the president is doing well, that is the first check of good news. what have we learned about those drugs that were used at walter reed and what can help other people, i know that the president talked about regeneron and getting that out into the bloodstream of america through hospitals and whatnot at no cost, but there were other things that they have hit him with, what have we learned and what can we expense wise get out to america? >> we are still in the exploratory phase of what medications have a big impact for the morbidity and them health of this disease. we have no idea if the president would not be in the same condition with out the system -- symptoms. he did get the cocktail that he got that is pretty novel. it is out there and indignant to be pretty harmless as far as side effects. we have used it for a lot of things in medicine. so he is leading by example out on the tip of the spear and not afraid to trust the scientists on these issues and be the person that takes these medications. so as time goes on, more people now that the president has had it will get more information on them, and i'm sure that the president is already with the warp speed program making sure that they are manufacturing the stuff to get out and overcome the logistics as soon as they determine it is something they can push out to everybody. >> harris: i know that one of those drugs reddens as of year is in your home state of texas, we will see how people are doing and if we can lower the cost spread of dr. ronny jackson, so great to have you on the program. thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> harris: absolutely, joe biden will not reveal his stance on expanding the supreme court until after election day. is that fair to voters? plus speaker pelosi has introduced or is introducing legislation on the 51 -- 25th amendment, but suggesting it has nothing to do with president tr. president trump saying that he knows the bill is really meant for. former speaker of the house in fox news 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action by the health of the current president. >> harris: twitter lit up, the president also on twitter said crazy nancy pelosi is looking at the 25th amendment in order to replace joe biden with kamala harris. the dems want that to happen fast, because sleepy joe is out of it. newt gingrich joins me now, former speaker of the house in fox news contributor. author of "trump and the american future" the 50th speaker of the house pit he knows this well, i cannot wait to hear your words on this. so look, the president tweeted this out and you tweeted something previously and we will show everyone in a moment, but you can tell us why it might be possible what the president is saying. >> look, first of all i'm not sure of the 25th amendment that the house can get very deeply involved, because that is not the process that the amendment anticipates. but nancy just compounded it today. i tweeted frankly sort of almost humorously that she was really aiming this at biden because she wanted to have another san francisco radical as president and that way once biden wins, she can dump him for kamala harris. then she comes right back and basically reinforces what i said. she says, oh, this is not aimed at trump. it was not aimed at trump. the only other person plausible is that in one poll recently 55% of the american people said they thought he had cognitive problems. now if you go into the conversation the lower half of the country thinking you had cognitive problems and then you have your own speaker of the house of your party deciding to organize a 25th amendment process to get rid of presidents who are incapacitated, if i were biden, i would be a little insecure about all of this. >> harris: that's interesting. let's pop up the speakers tweet now so that everybody can see how the party got started. it caught my eye on twitter earlier today and of course i knew that i was talking with you. nancy pelosi talking about the 25th amendment replacing an incapacitated president as trial for biden and harris next spring if they win, she could have a san francisco radical as president, feinstein from san francisco as well as governor newsom. target if it is biden not trump. it is complicated for joe biden today, i would imagine, speaker. >> i don't even know that biden notices these things. he just says oh, man, it's all right. we are all friends. we have all been friends. he was friends with the chinese, he can be friends with the north koreans, he can be friends with nancy. he has known nancy for 30 years. he and i think that he just kind of floats along. it's like a bunny rabbit in the basement, he is down there, he is pleasant and cuddly, so who knows what is going on. >> harris: oh, my goodness. for certain when you have had a couple of floods on the campaign trail calling at the harri harris-biden, and look, those things happen. they are funny when they do, but the point out, if there is anything underfoot with this it is something to look at. so people are talking about it today perhaps. >> nancy's timing on this one is just weird. it makes no sense at all this close to an election to raise that kind of doubt unless she was aiming it at trump and he is surrounded by doctors who are all saying is fine. so it is strange. but i will tell you what, in my judgment, the much greater pressure is this question about whether or not he will pack the supreme court, and for the first time, the news media is actually going after him. and i think that he has a problem, because two-thirds of the country as opposed to packing the court, on the other hand, the one-third of the ones that packed the court is his base, precisely the left-wing hard-line radicals. so he comes out and says, i am against packing the court, he is going to have his base in rebellion, if he comes out and says his base, i love you, i'm going to pack the court, two-thirds of the country is going to repute him and this is not a plan where some senate races are one. this is the very first time we have seen biden with a problem where the news media actually is doing its job and is asking him this question, and i don't think that it will go away. i think it will get worse. >> harris: senator harris did not help him, she would not answer the question either. >> she couldn't answer the question, this is a conscious calculation on their part to why they stayed in the basement so long, there left is so radical, the country actually thinks it is going to govern, they will be -- the biden ticket if you look at what is left is the most radical since words mcgovern who carried two states, so look at that and then you think, oh, so they can't bring the stuff out in the open. and i thought vice president pence did a remarkable job the other night, which i really hope that the president will study, he was calm, he was focused, i mean, coming back and saying he did not answer the question, it was not hostile, he stayed on her. and i think as a result he had a very good evening and the country had a much better sense of just how radical kamala harris is. >> harris: really quickly before i let you go, because you have been in politics for years and now you're helping the rest of us understand what is out there, when you have a faction of your party that has gone to the corners and the edges, and we saw this with the republican party, the tea party was coming on board and they had never caucused, and they had to learn things coming around. so what are some of the risks for joe biden now with that far left? should he become president? will it really be him? will it be his party as he says? >> no, that will not be his party, that was a silly statement for him to make. they have a coalition that is partly african-americans, it is to a much lesser extent to latinos, and then it is rabbit intellectual left-wing whites, and the three factions aren't the same traction, they don't have the same interest, and i think if you look for example, in the favor hiring more police because they live in neighborhoods where there is a lot of crime. if you are nancy pelosi and you live in a nice little protected area, you don't need to worry about crime, so you don't understand the need for policing. huge gaps growing in that party. and i think that it also means because they instinctively see this happening, i think that president trump is going to get a surprising vote in the black and latino communities, because they can sense that the interest of left-wing whites radicals isn't the same as the interest of hardworking people who just don't want to see their store burned down. >> harris: all right. the speaker on the program today, great to see you sir. >> good to see you as always. >> harris: a top white house advisor is signaling that there could be a movement on a covid-19 stimulus package after speaker pelosi shot down the idea of a stay alone bill, can the white house and congress make a deal? ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to 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kidnap her and storm the state capital. state and the role authorities have charged 13 people so far. last night president trump fired back at the governor saying she should be thankful that his people took action. >> she is complaining, but it was our justice department that arrested the people that she was complaining about. it was my justice department that arrested them, but instead she goes and does her little political act and she keeps her state closed. >> harris: garrett tenney reporting live forest from chicago. garrett. well, this blame game back and forth plays out it is important to note that in the 15 page criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors, president trump is not mentioned a single time. neither are the words democrat or republican. the 13 suspects in custody however were members or had ties to a militia group that was an antigovernment militia group. according to the fbi the goal of this group was to overthrow an unnamed number of state governors and instigate a civil war. the suspects allegedly plan to target police officers at their homes, storm the state capitol building, and take politicians hostage including governor gretchen whitmer who talks about this failed plot this morning on abc. >> this was a very serious thought out plot to kill police officers, to bomb the capital killing democrats and republicans alike and to kidnap and ultimately put me on trial and kill me as well. these are the types of things you hear from groups like isis but this is not a militia, it is a domestic terror organization. >> governor whitmer continues to blame president trump in his image restoration -- administration saying that today encourage this kind of plot. getting a lot of pushback. this morning on "fox & friends" steve scalise had some strong reaction saying that it is sad that anyone would inject politics into this. he was shot and severely wounded in 2017 when a gunman opened fire on g.o.p. lawmakers during a baseball practice. now of the 13 suspects in custody, six are facing federal charges and looking at potentially life in prison. the other seven are facing state terrorism charges and they are facing up to 20 years in prison. harris. >> harris: garrett, thank you very much. the white house signaling progress on a new round of coronavirus relief. the administration says president trump has reproved -- approved a revised package, and steve mnuchin will be talking with speaker pelosi later this afternoon. fox business network blake burton reporting on the news that it's breaking now. blake, the latest? >> yes, it was a pretty big announcement from larry kudlow when he appeared earlier today saying that the president had recently sat down in the oval office with the treasury secretary sigmund nguyen and the white house chief of staff giving the green light to go ahead on a brand-new plan for covid relief. a senior administration official has since told me the new topline number from the white house is $1.8 trillion meaning that the white house has come upwards a couple hundred billion dollars from the 1.5, 1.6 trillion that they have previously been at. also saying that that will be the topic of conversation when steve mnuchin has a phone call later today with the speaker of the house nancy pelosi. now as larry kudlow was unveiling all of this, president trump took to twitter and rode the following. he said "covid relief negotiations are moving along, go big." this was the very broad outline that larry kudlow talked about as a relates to the white house. >> i think this package is going to include what are white house asks has been with respect to airline assistance, it's a small business ppp assistance, probably, i can't swear to this, there will be some backup or unemployment assistance. exactly the things that i've argued will help the recovery. >> keep in mind, harris, the 1.000000000000 on the white house is still short of the $2.2 trillion that nancy pelosi feels is needed. she also thinks that the white house has the complete wrong mind-set when it comes to tackling covid-19. this was part of what she rode to her democratic colleagues in a letter earlier today saying "clearly and sadly of the administration does not share this priority of crushing the virus. the president does not have the capacity, leadership, or plans for a trusting -- testing, tracing that is needed. she writes the delay, denial, distortion of reality and science has exacted a deadly and preventable human toll." we should note that in kentucky the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said that there were vast differences to be negotiated out. and he also said that he does not believe that something can come together between now and election day. the white house bottom line moving its number up, but still a very long way to go here, harris. >> harris: often times when they had these discussions, really quickly i want to get your take, you will see some reverb on the markets, are we anticipating that? >> there was a bounce. you can literally watch it. larry kudlow was talking on fox business this morning, we did not do the exact number, but it was like the dow was up 100 and by the end of the interview it was up 200 or something like that. they saw the headline and it was something that the market loved. clearly if the white house is coming up, investors are going to look at that and say, maybe there is some hope, but as you know, you always have to look under the headline. which is why i say that there is still a long way. >> harris: all right, blake burman, good to see you. thank you. to the trump campaign reportedly building a poll watching army as we get closer to election day. the state that they will be in and the possible effect that it can have on the election. plus hurricane delta now of cat 3 storm again, and taking aim at louisiana and east texas where they are still cleaning up from hurricane lara just weeks ago. tracking delta next. ♪ up. saving 50% vs. other 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>> the biggest concern is always human safety and human lives. and that's why we have been really sounding the alarm for people to evacuate and i am happy to say that i do believe more people evacuated for adulthood than they did for laura. >> harris: what did you learn from that storm? i understand that people are still cleaning up from laura. >> absolutely. any time you go something like that, you learn things. it is both fortunate and unfortunate that we have been through hurricanes before and southwest louisiana. i don't think in our history i don't even know if in american history there has ever been two storms this powerful this close to each other. as far as landfall. so there is a lot of emotions about unimaginable, unprecedented, how could this happen, all of that is on hold right now and we have a job at hand and we have a task at hand, and that is to protect our citizens right now and get through this immediate threat, which is delta and that's what we are focused on in the moment. >> harris: one of the things that has been reported is the hard-hit areas that you guys have suffered from the coronavirus, and fighting something like an incoming storm is also complicated by keeping everybody safe with regards to covid. >> 2020, i don't know what else to say, it has been quite a year. there were moments earlier this year before hurricane season where i thought, my god, it has to be the height of the emotional stress level for our community, and then we got into hurricane season. but i guarantee you this, if there is any community that could make it through what we are going through right now, it is lake charles and southwest louisiana. >> harris: god bless you. you hit the nail on the head, 2020 something extra, oh, boy. our prayers for you in that area as you take on hurricane delta. thank you. >> thank you, god bless. you and you too. a milestone to tell you about, geraldo rivera hitting one of those, big ears. we will take a look back at his journey next. ♪ look limu! someone out there needs help customizing their car insurance with liberty mutual, so they only pay for what they need. false alarm. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ because it strengthens prop 13 for seniors, disabled veterans, wildfire victims, and family farmers. prop 19 also protects the right of parents to pass on the family home to their children at the current property tax rate. you worked hard for your house and you should be able to give it to your children without a tax penalty. that's why taxpayer advocates, firefighters, veterans, and small business owners are voting 'yes' on prop 19. >> harris: fox news celebrating hispanic heritage month with a career look at one of our own, geraldo rivera marking 50 years in tv and blazing generations for -- a personal connection, brian? >> yes, no doubt. 50 years. it is really amazing. we all know and we all love geraldo rivera. he was the first hispanic-american journalist to really break in to tv news on a national level. he got a start when a tv news director noticed him for a young preet in -- puerto rican activist group, and his career has bloomed up to a storied career. >> i have shave this mustache since 1968. it is my here i am, soy latino. >> for 50 years capturing audiences with his trailblazing style. >> the one thing i never lost side of was my puerto rican identity. >> geraldo born in new york city, the son of lily friedman and cruz rivera, a new yorker and veteran. >> my dad cruz rivera was 1 of 17 children. >> geraldo got his start in television in 1970. >> the whole move was to diversify and integrate local news in new york. >> at 28 he exposed to abuse inside the state school for developing -- developmentally disabled children. >> what we found here is a disgrace to all of us. >> afterwards his career sword and abc's good night america. he got his own daytime talk show and a career jetting from global conflicts to big interviews with muhammad ali, fidel castro, and even charles manson. >> would you tell those to kill somebody? >> and he made television history with his special "the history of al capone's the volt." >> this is the one time that a pot of gold will be a lot more fun than chasing the rainbow. >> -- joining fox news as its chief or correspondent. >> they are firing on us. >> in the end geraldo says, i just want people to know that i was a proud new yorker, proud american, it has been an amazing, an amazing 50 years. >> in this hispanic heritage month, we honor geraldo rivera, he has won over 170 journalism awards, but i have to say that perhaps his best legacy as the fact that he pave the way for philip -- -- latinos like myself to go into news. >> harris: and a lovely family there as well. thank you so much. a stunning new report on the trump campaign's growing army of poll watchers, critics say the volunteers of the polls could end up disrupting the democratic process. we will take a look. ♪ l look back and remember the moment that things, for one strange time in our lives, got very quiet. some lost work and invented new ways to get by. others were busier than ever, and found strength they never knew they had. we sheltered with the people who matter most, sometimes finding how far apart we'd drifted. we worried over loved ones, over money, over our planet. and over take-out. and we found a voice one the noise out there had kept quiet. when the world starts spinning again, let's remember this time where none of us felt secure, and fight for a future where everyone can. because when the world seems like it's standing still... that's the perfect time for us to change it. keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swamped. 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legally you can do this. >> republicans can legally do this for the first time in decades, there had been a consent agreement in the 1982 case that was where republicans agreed not to do this anymore. the national committee was not going to do this anymore because of complaints about suppressing -- allegations of suppressing african-american votes. and that consent agreement has been lifted and republicans are free to get back into it. the difference -- it is fine if you go and watch, then it is not good if you are making things chaotic or disruptive or you can be there to observe, but you can't be there as a partisan advocate, and the concern that people have is instead of making things run smoother it will make it more hectic and chaotic in an already hectic and chaotic year. >> harris: some of the complaints i am hearing is that they have cell phones and they capture you finding out how you vote. that is problematic, because everybody figuring out the provisionals might be easy to do that. let's move on to something big that you are working on for fox nation right now. we have a clip. let's watch. >> i was in 1963 that i want to washington and met president county. and i remember just thinking what an incredible country this was. that somebody like me who had no money or anything would be given the opportunity to meet the president. >> by bill clinton showing that moment where he shakes his hand, he was so sedated -- associating himself with the kennedy legacy and i felt like telling the american public, i could be the next one of these. >> harris: unforgettable campaign commercials with chris stirewalt drops on fox nation. why this? what do you want people to see? >> just me. no, i'm kidding. the legacy, going back to dwight eisenhower and to the birth of television advertising, i like ike, morning in america, these iconic ads we remember, the daisy added, all of that stuff adding up to the moment where we are now, what can television do to campaigns, what is he doing now, it was totally fun to put together, and i think that it will be totally fun for people to watch on fox nation. >> harris: is it fair for people to say that ads are more negative these days than in any other time prior, because you went through a scandal. i know that we call it the monica lewinsky scandal, i call it the bill clinton scandal, because he was the president at the time. but that was pretty nasty too. >> you know, attack ads are nothing new, they have changed elections. it did not really start until lyndon, like so much rottenness in politics you can find it at home with lyndon johnson. but the truth is that negative campaign ads have been with us really since almost the beginning of television, and they will be with us forever. voters say they don't like them, but they work. and that's why campaigns use them. >> harris: i want to lean on you in a different direction for the last minute or so that we have. the president getting ready to come back onto the campaign trail, perhaps on monday. we have his former physician dr. ronny jackson at the top of the hour who said that he could see that happening if he has back-to-back negative covid-19 tests within a 24-hour period. which of the president do first? what should joe biden do on the day he comes back? >> the president should show a new commitment, a willingness to follow the rules, played by the rules, that americans have come to live with. he has to use social distancing. they have to use masks. they have to take it seriously. he does not have to change his message as he has to change what he is doing. if you want to have a rally on these things you have to play by the rules or you will reinforce negatives. what joe biden needs to do is if he could self deport for the remainder of this election, he would sure do it. he would vanish from the earth. >> harris: chris stirewalt, thank you very much. have a great weekend, my friend. before i go i want to tell you about somebody who has ei h, that is experience, integrity, and a hunger for the truth. she was on weekends with me for a fox report and prime time on fox alicia conley. today is her final day at fox, and as she heads out on a new adventure, i wish her the best of luck and so much love. the daily briefing starts right now. >> judge perino: hello, everyone, this is "the daily briefing." >> judge perino: trump says he's ready to get back on the campaign trail just one week after going into the hospital with the coronavirus. hi, kevin. >> the trump campaign says, listen, they are not interested in taking part in any virtual debate. they want to get back throughout and talk to the american people. for that matter the president wants to get back out on the campaign trail as you mentioned. the commission is not
the latest from steve harrigan following developments in lafayette, louisiana. sir? >> neil, a steady rain here in lafayette. the wind could be several hours off. as far as that goes, the situation here, you really are putting your finger on it when you say this place has been hit twice in six weeks. almost the exact same path. more than 10,000 people really still in hotels from that storm, laura. six weeks ago. still tarps on buildings, still debris lining the road. you can see the traffic jams during the day. people trying to get out on i-10. you can see these people, older people with pets. it's women with small children. it's a tough thing to do to try to get out of a hurricane. it's on the way. some people in cameron parrish are going to try to ride it out. 100 people there will try to ride it out. the roads will get flooded and rescue will be difficult. aid is pouring in. several hundred electric workers ready from duke power. urban search and rescue teams, more than 500 team members. herely skilled in rescuing people from collapsed buildings and also from flood water. national guard, too. they have helicopters, boats, high water vehicles. it's going to be an incredibly dangerous and difficult 24 hours. neil, back to you. >> neil: steve harrigan, thanks very much. rick reichmuth with us right now. i misspoke. a category two storm. what is the latest you're hear something. >> it was category three and now down to a category two. continues to weaken here. the water in the northern gulf is cooler. temperatures are like to the 77, 78 degrees. so that isn't strong enough to really sustained a strong hurricane. you're seeing that in the last few hours before the center makes landfall. also starting to see storm shear that is breaking down, a little bit on the western side. they're all good things. what is about to happen in towards the state of louisiana because you want to see a weakening storm and that's what we have on hand here. take a look at this. this year so far, we've had nine named storms make landfall. four of those hurricanes. five of them as tropical storms. this will be our fifth hurricane and tenth storm of the year, which is incredible. this is what the radar image looks like. we've seen winds gusting up to 70 miles an hour. right now we have 56 in galveston. 51 in lake charles. 51 in lake charles, one of the most populated. one thing we'll see tonight and into tomorrow, tornado concerns. you can see the yellow. tornado watches in effect. it's very far away from the center of the storm. includes parts of mississippi, new orleans. we'll watch that throughout the evening. the official track continues to pull off to the north and the northeast. we'll see a narrow sliver. lot of areas, 4-8 inches of rain. a couple of spots. 12-15 inches of rain across parts of the central appalachians and the tennessee river valley as well by the time we get to later tomorrow and sunday. a lot ahead still here to go, neil. right now we're about to see our tenth land-falling storm of the 2020 hurricane season. unreal. >> neil: unreal is right. thanks very much. rick reichmuth for all of that. how do you prepare in harm's way here? we have josh here from the lafayette louisiana mayor. thanks for taking the time. how do things look by you? >> neil, it's an honor to be here with you. we take this very seriously. we have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. i listened to your previous guest. we're thankful for the cooler waters. we hope the storm continues to weaken. we can't prepare on hope. we have to prepare as if the worst thing is coming to us. so to all of our responders working very hard, we worked the last couple days reaching up to the storm to make sure that our utility systems are working, roads are clear and first responders will get to people in need. >> neil: i think we lost our connection to the mayor. can you hear me now? >> i sure can, neil. can you hear me? >> neil: yes. i apologize for that. one of the things i was going to ask you, for your neck of the woods, it was five or six weeks ago you had to deal with laura on the exact same track. that was a doozy. how are your folks holding up? what are you telling them? to evacuate, hunker down? what? >> being hit with laura six weeks ago adds obstacles. our parrish was on the eastern part of hurricane laura. we did feel the effects. we didn't get the brunt like our neighbors in cameron parrish. our relief efforts are with them. we're approaching this storm just like we did with hurricane laura as a regional approach. our residents here in lafayette parrish and arcadia region, we're very used to these storms. not necessarily used to them coming back-to-back-to-back like this hurricane season, but we have a voluntary evacuation in place. that's been in place for a couple days now here in our parrish. surrounding paur risches had -- a few mandatory evacuation orders in place. for everyone out there locally, still time to secure your belongings outside. if there's anything out there that could potential become debris, we want to make sure that we hunker that down and secure those. there's a lot of people here that just put up halloween decorations. if you forgot that because we don't ordinarily prepare for hurricanes during halloween. that could turn into deadly debris. we want to make sure that we're proactive. >> neil: thanks, mayor. very much to you and your family all of your constituents. on the hurricane, again, expected to hit land tonight, we'll be monitoring the fall-out from this tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. on fox news as we look at the real fallout from this as well as the political fallout. the political storm over stimulus. our next story right now is what has happened to that. it was considered dead and gone. the president just ripped it up and said we'll continue this after the election. then an enormous pivot and now everybody is scrambling with a more generous package. the two sides are not that far apart. the very latest from blake burman at the white house. hey, blake. >> hi, neil. a lot going on. the headline today, the white house has increased their offer. i was told roughly 1.8 trillion. tyler goodspeed, the acting ch here saying it's closer to 1.9 trillion. so you sort of get the range that the white house is in right now. that means the white house has moved up a couple hundred billion from 1.6 trillion as to where they were before this. larry kudlow broke the news earlier today on fox business in an interview live with stuart varney. he said there was a meeting with president trump and mark meadows and the treasury secretary and steve mnuchin in which the president gave the green light to the new plan from the white house, this afternoon, mnuchin held a phone call with the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, in which they discussed the details of the new white house offer. the goal posts moving for president trump as that phone call was occurring between pelosi and mnuchin, the president was on the phone with rush limbaugh for a couple hours. the president was saying he wants it to go higher than that 1.8, 1.9 trillion. listen here. >> i would like to see a bigger stimulus package that the democrats or the republicans are offering. i'm going to be exact opposite now. i'm telling you this now. i'm telling you i don't tell anybody else. maybe it hurts or hurts. i would like to see a bigger package. i want money going to people. >> democrats right now are at $2.2 trillion. after the phone call, nancy pelosi's deputy chief of staff suggested or seemed to suggest that the white house offer is insufficient. here's part of the tweet out of pelosi's office. of special concern, the absence agreement to crush the virus. for this and other provisions, we're waiting for language from the administration on the overall amount. paired with that with what kind out of kentucky from mitch mcconnell, he said that the differences right now between both sides are "vast" and he also predicted in his belief that he does not believe there's going to be a deal between now and election day. bottom line here, the white house moving up their number. still a long way to go, neil. >> neil: blake burman, thanks very much. the whole idea of stimulus might be dicey. i don't know if we'll get it. one thing that is not dicey or problematic that amy barrett confirmation hearings will start monday. whether they're concluded by election day and she's voted to become the next justice on the united states supreme court that we don't know. i have a hunch that maybe ted cruz has an idea or two. he will join me after this. it's an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. he calls on the nation's antop health experts.s, working together, for all americans, is what joe does. when writing his healthcare plan, joe biden worked with 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vote and let your senators know how strongly you feel. vote now. make sure you let people know. i'm not going to answer the question. >> what are you and joe biden, if somehow you win this election, you're going to pack the supreme court. >> joe and i are very clear. the american people are voting right now. it should be their decision about who will serve on this most important body. >> you know my opinion on court packing when the election is over. >> they're both good at not answering the question. >> neil: will you or will you not do what your colleagues are doing considering democrats take control of the senate and try to pack the court? make sure amy barrett nomination never happens again and by the way, what about the filibuster? a nonanswer still gets to the core of the problem. they're not growing to provide it until after the election if it comes to that. anyway, mike emanuel has been following this. it's already built up its own dra drama. mike? >> this is a critical time in the campaign. confirmation hearings are expected to dominate news coverage next week. democrats acknowledge they could stall a bit but don't think they can stop her confirmation unless there's some shocking development. many on the progressive left are pushing democrat joe biden and kamala harris to get rid of the senate filibuster and pack the supreme court with more justices. biden is not answering the question. so president trump is drawing this conclusion. >> i think what he said was so disrespectful to the process and to the people. what he said then was disgraceful. what that means really is that they're going to do it. >> a key member of the house judiciary committee says biden's nonanswer means he's going to do it. >> he's telling the american people he will pack the court. read my lips clearly. joe biden will pack the court if amy comey barrett is a evidence pro. let's make it clear. he's trying to be too cute by half. this is clear. they're trying to run a campaign of being fake while the american people understand it's the progressive wing that is pushing them where they need to go. >> if confirmed, a justice barrett would make it a 6-3 conservative majority. the liberal base is feeling a lot of heartburn. neil? >> neil: thanks, mike emanuel on that. we'll talk about perfect timing. the book is released in the middle of this. i'm talking about texas senator cruz's book "one vote away." you must have written this knowing this would transpire. thanks for being here. >> thanks, neil. the timing was serendipity. i sat in my living room and wrote this this summer. obviously i didn't know there was going to be a supreme court vacancy in october. i did know there would be a presidential election in november. in my view, the single most important issue on the ballot is the judiciary and the supreme court. what this book does, "one vote away" it lays out the constitutional liberties. there's different chapters and tells war stories. brings the reader in behind the scenes on the big lands mark cases, many of which i help eed litigate. a lot of people know the supreme court is important. but they don't necessarily understand what's going on and what it's about. >> neil: you get to the notion that so many crucial decisions out there, one-vote decisions. i'm wondering here because you expressed your doubts in the past and relayed them to judges gorsuch and kavanaugh. how can we be so sure that in amy barrett we have a true conservative? you telegraphed your concerns about the justices and their conservative bona fide. but how here can we know for sure with amy barrett? >> so the last chapter of the book is entirely focussed on supreme court nominations on getting them right and wrong. democrats are very good at this. they get 100% of their nominees to vote how they wants to in every case. republicans are terrible at this. we bat less than 500. many of the worst judicial activists were put on the bench by republicans like david sutter. harry blackman. all of those were republican appointees. what i examined what worked and what didn't. there was a pattern. if you look at those justices that stayed faithful to their oath, people like antonin scalia, clarence thomas, sam alito, my former boss, chief justice rehnquist, they all have served in the executive. they all had defended conservative principles and defended the constitution. here's the one thing. they all faced withering press criticism. they were pounded and stayed strong. that's what i'm interested in. >> neil: you think judge barrett is up to that criticism and will deliver the goods that maybe some other justices you pointed out have not? >> so look, i hope so. she has an impeccable academic credential. she's been an academic, a court of appeals judge. i'd like to see a longer record as a proven constitutionalist on the court but i think all of the indicia are encouraging about judge barrett right now. >> neil: all right. now, the nonanswer that we get from the democratic ticket, joe biden, kamala harris, as to whether they would agree with some of their cohorts to pack the court in light of this. what do you think? i think there's a reason they're refusing to answer it. the answer is unequivocally yes, yes, yes. i talked yesterday to both the president and the vice president. i congratulated the vice president on a fantastic debate two days ago where he put the question not once but twice. he put it four times to kamala harris. she consistently refused to answer it just like joe biden did the week before. the reason is simple. their hard left base wants to do this. if they win, they will pack the supreme court which will destroy its independent and will make it a political institution worse than it is now. they recognize it's a wildly unpopular decision so they don't want to admit it to the american people. i have to say, there's something weird about joe biden standing up and saying i'm not going to tell the voters before you vote whether i'm willing to destroy one of the pillars of the constitution and bill of rights, one of the pillars of our society. there's something fundamentally dishonest about that. >> neil: or could be sitting on the lead and don't want to reason anything. their lead in the polls is so substantial that you said earlier, senator, that the gop could face a bloodbath of watergate proportions on election day if voters are not feeling optimistic about the economy. do you see that changing in the next three weeks or so? >> what i said earlier is that the election is incredibly volatile. one scenario is possible that there's a bloodbath. the republicans could win and keep the senate and take the house. >> neil: you think the president could win by a big margin even when you look -- polls are always suspect as you remind me, but the trend is not his friends. it's widening. not only nationally but the battle grounds states. >> i think the hard left will show up no mat or what. they hate the president. the big question is everyone else showing up to vote. that's why i wrote this book "one votes away." maybe you're not thrilled with donald trump. you might not like what he says or tweets and you're trying to think gosh, do i vote or not? this book is designed to make the case to you that if you care about your fundamental liberties, if you want to preserve your right to free speech and the second amendment, there are four votes that have been on the supreme court to take those rights away and if joe biden wins, we are facing a loss of our fundamental liber liberti liberties. this book will help you understand just how close the court is to destroying those rights. i'll tell you, neil, it's amazing. the book is the number 1 best seller on amazon in the country. and i think that is because people want to understand what is going on with the court, what are the stakes in this election. what are the stakes in the confirmation battle over judge barrett. >> neil: you also get into a lot of interesting behind-the-scenes stuff there that makes stuff we're seeing today pale by comparison. the reason i mentioned polls, the president said something revealing today. maybe tweeting more to the point on nancy pelosi's efforts to look at the transfer power in the 25th amendment. that's her way to help kamala harris. saying has he given up on this thing thinking biden and harris are going to win and democrats are going to prepare for a possible transfer of power to greet the skids for a possible president harris. do you believe the president is losing faith he can pull this re-election off? >> i don't sense that at all. as i talked to him yesterday and three days ago when he got home from the hospital. he sounded strong, he sounded in good spirits. i think he's prepared to fight. i think a lot of folks are trying to write off the election. they did that four years ago also. >> neil: you're right about that. >> and the pelosi thing is just a political stunt on her part. since the day the democrats got the majority in the house, their only priority has been attacking the president and impeaching the president and trying to destroy the president. the is a political stunt to do that. >> neil: and i didn't mention your dust-up with mark cuban. the maverick's owner. you called him out or seemed like you called him out when you look at the nba finals and the bad ratings they were having and saying a lot of this social justice messaging might have been a ratings downer. he said a u.s. senator with three nba teams in the state and employing thousands of people and he's rooting for their business to do poorly. he called you full of you know what. what do you say? >> you know, to quote the bar d barred. mark cuban gets up sets and yells and screams and hurls expletives when he's actually -- when he knows he's in the wrong. in this instance, i love the nba. i'm a diehard houston rockets fan. i've been my entire life. it break any heart to see the nba -- i think they're doing enormous damage to their business by just insulting many of their fans, by turning basketball games -- nobody wants to turn on a sports game and hear this lefty political lecture, which is self righteous and doesn't address the issues. if they wanted to do something on racial inequality, it would be great to see them step in and raise money for scholarships for low income kids to have school choice. but they wouldn't do that. instead -- >> neil: if you guys talked after all the online back and forth, bury the hatchet or style quite sharp and still very much a hatchet? >> to be honest, i don't know mark cuban personally. never met him. he tweets nasty things at me. my initial comment about the nba generally. it's sad to see the damage doing. the viewership is down 50%. cuban has sort of made a pattern of wanting to attack and throw bombs at me. that's fine. you know, i get it. it's a political league. it's not good for the viewers and it's not goods for the league. i think sports should be fun to watch and much of their political commentary is very superficial and uninformed. that's part of why you don't necessarily tune in to see a basketball owner or whoever lecturing you on politics. you want a discussion about police reform, you want have a discussion about racial justice, i'm happy to have a long substantive one. that's not what mark cuban is looking at. he's just throwing bombs. frankly he's very sensitive because the nba is simultaneously so in bed with the chinese government that they're unable to say a word about china but glad to criticize and attack -- >> neil: we'll see. could be a long playoff season. it never ends. that could be a separate issue. senator ted cruz, very good having you. be well. be safe. thank you again. we have a lot more coming up including the president, what's he going to do, getting back out on the stump. we're going to hear there's an in-person event at the white house tomorrow. we're getting drabs on this. what the nation is 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maybe i'm concerned about why the ticket is concerned about nonlooking like they're too in bed with the progressives. some of the progressives have upped the ante calling for free public healthcare, full student debt cancellation, reallocate police funding without calling it defunding the police. the ticket has not responded to that. are they under increasing pressure to espoused views like that? >> i don't think so. joe biden -- one thing republicans are correct about, joe biden has been joe biden for 47 years in government. he's more joe manchin than he is ilhan and omar. he's more john tester or mark warner than he is rasheeda talib or aoc. he agrees with free covid testing, a ban on evictions. there's certain things they're not going to get. you're not going to get universal free healthcare and medicare for all. the voters rejected that in the democratic party when they rejected bernie sanders. i'm more on that side of the -- >> neil: jason, would they subscribe to that or is that something they're more empowered to do if they run the table of election day? take the white house and keep the house, even take the senate. then they have a lot more umph to do whatever they want to do, right? >> i think you're going to get some progressive base. i think you'll see joe biden is willing to bring everyone to the table. he knows what got him elected. it's people who were in democrat, old school democrats in western pennsylvania, old school democrats in ohio, the moderate wing of the party. those are be team that he's going to most cater to. that is who he is. he hasn't changed who he is in 47 years. i don't expect him to change or become bernie sanders overnight. bernie sanders got defeated by joe biden. as much as i love bernie sanders, he lost and you're not going to get defunding the police when you have as the president the person who is the architect of the cops program, which threw money at police programs. so i don't think that joe biden is going to change. he's going to listen to progressives. he's going to see where there's agreement. going to reject some of those things. >> neil: all right. we've got to know which ones. jason, always good having you. thanks very much. jason nichols, democratic strategist. we're keeping track of hurricane delta and the curious path that could take it to next week at this time, rains in the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic. we'll explain after this. rtymutm to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? 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energy to do it. you need a judge that's willing to hear a case. you need a supreme court that's willing to make a real big decision based on everything that -- it's not like you are going to change my mind. in other words, my mind will not change in six months there was tremendous cheating here. >> harris: john roberts is live for us. >> john: harris, good afternoon to you. a number of fronts challenging the current vote count across the country. in arizona, that's where the president's attorney rudy giuliani is heading up a hearing which is going to examine evidence of voting irregularities in that state. you will recall there was a similar hearing with pennsylvania state lawmakers in gettysburg last wednesday. this one, of course, involves republican lawmakers in arizona. meantime, giuliani is claiming that at the arizona hearing democrats used mail-in ballots as a backup in order to erase a big trump lead. the president's legal team plans on taking its case in supreme court tcase inpennsylvania to te court. don't know the timing of that but told it will happen soon. in georgia some movement there after a federal judge ordered dominion voting machines be impounded and not reset in three counties, cobb, gwinnett and cherokee counties. and the president adding yet another name to his political hit list if you will this time it is the name of georgia governor brian kemp. the president tweeted about kemp, quote: why won't governor brian kemp of georgia the hapless governor of georgia use his emergency powers which can be easily done to overrule his on citizen that the secretary of state and do a match of signatures on envelopes it. will be a gold mine of fraud and we will easily win this state. the president lashing out on kemp yesterday on sunday futures with maria bartiromo. he said he is ashamed for endorsing kemp in his election. today's georgia's republican satisfies brad raffensperger firing back the criticism over the vote count massive amounts of disinformation are being spread by what he called dishonest actors. listen here to wraps berger. >> there are those who are exploiting the emotions of many frump supporters with fantastic claims half troops and apparently misloading the president as well. >> john: the president claiming the fbi and doj is missing in action when it comes to voting irregularities. here is what he said yesterday i asked are they looking at it everyone says yes they are looking at it. you would think if you are in the fbi or department of justice this is the biggest thing you could be looking at. where are they? i have not seen anything. they keep just moving along and go onto the next president. >> john: 79% of the president's supporters believe the election was taken away from him. so among that group of people, at least, the president seems to be successful in making the case that he would have won had it not been for what he calls massive voting irregularity. the president tweeting about that this morning saying, quote i'm not fighting for me. i'm fighting for the 74 million people not including the many trump ballots that were tossed. a record for a sitting president who voted for me. you know, you could make an argument whether or not, harris, there were enough voting irregularities to turn over the elections. certainly we have seen some voting irregularities, particularly georgia where several thousand votes were counted that wasn't enough to turn over georgia but the president's most ardent supporters believe he would have won had it not been taken from him. >> harris: well, and as i pointed out last hour, john on outnumbered love having you join us there on occasion, there are still all of those people who still believe this and with all their hearts they want to make sure that their votes were counted. everybody's were counted. not something to ignore. we will go forth. good to see you. you mentioned arizona. i have got to find out what's going on there right now. president trump is accusing the justice department of being missing in action as steps up claims of elections fraud. watch this. >> this is total fraud. and how the fbi and department of justice, i don't know, maybe they are involved how people are allowed to get away from this stuff-boy this stuff is unbelievable. >> harris: i want to bring in tom dupree former assistant attorney general. i will hit you with the duong first and then talk about you about what is happening in arizona. first of all, the doj, do you anticipate a larger look at voter fraud from the department of justice and how will we know what kind of the tipping point is to get them involved? >> right, i think the tipping point, harris is the standard the attorney general set forth a few days after the election when he authorized all federal prosecutors. incredible instances of voter fraud that would be sufficient to change the outcome in the state. the president is right that after the attorney general made that announcement. we haven't really heard a lot from the justice department. but it seems to me one conclusion you could draw is that the justice department investigators are looking for this evidence but they just have yet to find it. >> harris: when the president expresses his frustration. and i don't know what normally things would look like in terms of the president having anticipation or an expectation of the doj doing something. but you just heard john roberts this morning. we have been reporting it. it may not be enough to overturn an election. at this point there are instances that would, i would imagine, have some legal standing for somebody to look at. what makes it so that a judge says yes, i'm going to look at that case? >> right. well, a few mention here, harris. i guess one thing is if the numbers aren't sufficient to change the outcome of the election. then they are not going to put it on a fast track. if you are in a universe where there could be 20 or 30,000 fraudulent vote casts enough to tip the outcome of the election. at that point a judge might actually think about stopping the certification process, holding up, finalizing the count until you can be sure that those votes were validly cast. if, on the other hand, you are in a situation where the number of votes is so small that it wouldn't make a difference one way or the other, my sense is that judges probably would say look, we have to investigate this. we have to get to the bottom of it i'm thought going to put a certification process on hold if we are talking about a relatively number of small votes. >> harris: federal judge issued an order to wipe or reset dominion voting machines in three georgia counties. that move in response to a republican led lawsuit challenging the results there. meanwhile, a top georgia election official just today fired back at claims of election fraud. >> anything with a computer has vulnerabilities. acid the other day it's like playing a game of back a mole every time we knock down one there is a new crazier one. we are doing our best to be transparent and answer all these charges because there are people out there who people respect and believing some of these things. >> harris: first a reaction to that. >> yeah, my reaction here, harris, is that the judge is doing what judges often do in a case like this. you have plaintiffs who are saying there was something fungi going on with the machines. have you got the owner of the machines, the defendants saying there is nothing wrong here. what the judge is saying look, let's just preserve everything. let's preserve the statute quo. so the fullness of time when everything doubles down we can actually look at the machines and confirm that there was nothing going on here. it seems true that even if you are not a supporter of the president, the fact that being observed is a good thing. it will elate any suggestion that there was fraud or tampering if in fact that's the case once they can examine the 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at stake. >> we all know what's going to happen if mcconnell holds the senate he will try to do and biden and harris just like he tried to do to president obama. it will be prals, partisan trench warfare, obstructionism as far as the eye can see a moment of crisis when we need strong action. >> harris: power panel now former utah congressman jason chaffetz radio talk show host leslie marshall both fox news contributors. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> good to be with you. >> harris: this comes down to who have the better argument georgia voters. less about georgia and more about the u.s. senate. have you got to be able to sell that. >> yeah, i think chuck schumer stepped in it right away when he went out and boldly said first we take georgia and then we take the country. they fundamentally want to change the way we do things in this country. they have already talked about changing the supreme court from how we operated for more than 100 years. they want to add washington, d.c. and puerto rico as states. this is a radical far left socialist type of agenda that chuck schumer has advocated. kelly loeffler and senator purdue have exactly right. republicans have 50 seats right now. get one or two best of those then have you balance in this government and i think that's what georgians want. >> harris: leslie? >> well, the socialism line is working definitely for republicans. that's completely contrary to what joe biden has done and is being attacked for not doing by the progressive faction of my democratic party. look, joe biden has been clear. he doesn't want medicare for all. joe biden has been clear he doesn't want other socialist programs that we are hearing out of georgia. the country has become one big socialist communist if you you will nation. that's just not the case. i think what georgians have to look at is do they want to get something done? because with over 400 pieces of legislation that were passed in the house and sat on mitch mcconnell's desk and nothing happened to that do we want four more years going forward of the same thing we just experienced for the last four? >> harris: don't people like divided government that way it doesn't tilt over like a broken legged chair in one direction? i mean, i don't know. >> harris, harris hairs go ahead. >> can i add something, harris? joe biden said he wasn't going to tell us what he was going to do on packing the supreme court. he said he would have to figure that out later. doesn't he owe us an answer before the senate race? shouldn't joe biden have to come clean and say does he or does he not support packing and changing the supreme court? why can't he answer that right now? >> harris: well, it would take a reporter asking him. my hand is in the air. i don't know. anyway, president-elect joe biden rounds out his economic and communication teams in this way. some of his picks are now facing immediate criticism. republican senator tom cotton of arkansas tweeted. this. biden said he wanted to unify the country, but he has picked a national security team that is weak on china, a dhs nominee who sold visas for powerful political friends, and a partisan hack who called susan collins the worst for omb. the worst. that last reference is to budget director pick tanden. leslie please go first. >> my mother always told me don't write anything down you don't want the rest of the world to read. this is the problem we have with social media, if you requesting to attack that that's right sadly in the world we live in tit-for-tat or revenge that person is not going to give you the vote. i'm also enough refuse when they had a right to pick their cabinet. we are in a different dime. it will be hard for joe biden to pleets everyone frozen progressive and not glad centristst there aring some going to have be a difficult time like meira being confirmed. >> harris: republicans vowing to fight. >> yeah. absolutely. look, advice and consent of the united states senate when the senate is balanced 50/50. if it joe biden is he going to have trouble on both sides. he can't afford to lose a single senator on his side. that gives deal-making ability on the republican side. that's why georgia is so pivotal. there needs to be a better balance in this government because nancy pelosi is running the house and potentially joe biden is going to be running the white house. i think america wants a balance and i think georgia will provide it. >> harris: here's what i wanted to get to, a spokesperson for republican senator john cornyn tweeted this tanden who has a stream of comments about the republican senators whose votes she'll need stands advisory chance of being confirmed. just a little evidence on all of this. leslie, you talked about receipts can come back to haunt you? >> absolutely. i think it's sad quite frankly where it a democratic or muck senator already made up their mind rather than sitting that individual. they have already chaired their hands for the american people. i think that's sad for the american people. quite frankly we shouldn't and sadly we do we shouldn't be judging individuals based on their tweets and maybe that's how come donald trump is not going to be president again. >> harris: interesting. jason, real quickly. don't judge anybody on their tweets. that seems a little ironic. >> yeah. boy, if the senators on the democratic side of the aisle would have ever done that maybe they -- the supreme court nominees would have had a different experience. the problem is republican senators have had a person experience with this important and it hasn't been good. >> harris: protestings in the streets of los angeles imposing new surges. another drug maker says it is requesting emergency approval of a vaccine. we are moving forward flexion. the latest on the timeline. >> thanks to what president trump has done here, we believe we are going to have people getting vaccinate you had, presidency of people before christmas. flings now so their 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about that. now this is happening simultaneously we have a reporter on that. we will bring you the details from that. going on at the same time, the canvassing board is meeting right now. the head of elections in the state of arizona, katie hobbs and the governor doug ducey are seated at the table side by side 6 feet apart. they are in front of the canvassing board in the process of certification in the state of arizona. so as they certify the votes and that will show as we know unless something happens in the next few minutes that we don't know about president-elect joe biden has won that state. that stinks is going on right now adjacent to the fight that's happening, the legal fight arizona house and senate now in a hearing with the legal team from the trump campaign rudy giuliani, jenna ellis via virtual. wow, it is all happening this hour. we will bring it to you in a live report coming up with our matt finn. keep watching. another major development in the fight against covid-19 now. moderna says it is asking the fda today for emergency approval of its vaccine candidate. the company's cio gave credit to scientists and to the president operation warp speed. watch. >> will warp speed at the end has been helpful to us to across all government agencies and so for shipping, delivery because it's one thing to get a great vaccine which we know today we have and another thing to get the approval of the fda which i hope will be in the next few weeks. we need to make sure it's distributed in the u.s. >> harris: meanwhile, united airlines has reportedly already chartering flights to covid-19 vaccination for descrikdz if the fda approves it next week. blake burman is live for us at the white house. so, blake, we are again watching two lanes operating in parallel getting the vaccine approval and diveg the vaccine out. they are not wasting any steps. >> they are not. things are certainly moving harris in the right direction. the focus has been on moderna as there was a double dose of great news coming out of that company. first off moderna saying it's covid-19 vaccine candidate is 94% effective. they also say in their trials that continues to show that it is safe. secondly though, the company's ceo stephon how just heard from there also saying the severe cases in the trial were seen in those who ended up receiving the placebo. it is part of the reason why they're now applying to the fda for their eua that is the emergency use authorization. here's the potential schedule going forward the fda set to take up firestone's candidate on december 10th. and suggested moderna could be one week after that. >> the fda has indicated to us that likely the advisory committee should happen on december 17 and hopefully everything goes well in the next couple weeks, you could expect between i would say a day or two meaning we are able to ship the product. >> now, when the fda eventually approves a vaccine whatever it might be pfizer, mow concernna, something else down the line, operation warp speed the secretary over at health and human services alex azar says distribution will then begin immediately. >> well, as you said it will ship within 24 hours after fda approval and up to nursing homes, hospitals and pharmacies to get that dispensed it. really could be within days of fda approval we will start seeing vaccines in people's arms incredible 10 months into this pandemic hitting our shores thanks to what president trump has done here. we believe we will have millions of people vaccinated before christmas this year. it's just unheard of in the history of public health. >> when the moderna news came out this morning this was the reaction of president trump. he tweeted quote moderna now applying for emergency vaccine approval. fda must act quickly. however, harris, the fda has been pretty clear on this. they say when there is an eua brought before them they will take weeks to go over the information and the data. they say they want this to be vetted and thorough. they left of center said, harris. they believe the process should be transparent. back to you. >> harris: just from my own digging as a reporter has to do with the timeline. 14 day trial. they want to look at what happens in the body 28 days longer. do you need that second shot, if you get it how much immunity do you have. >> a slightly different timeline than we would all love to have which is now. blake, thank you very much. a member of president-elect biden's covid-19 advisory board has made a rather grim prediction. >> we fully expect in a week or two ar thanksgiving we will see a indecember and propositions and another week or two after that dh t. ism youly that means whoever celebrated with you family, with friends over thanksgiving will find themselves nut hospital in icu over christmas and new years. >> harris: i have got to tell you it's so hard to listen to that following all of the good news that we have previously heard. dr. janette nesheiwat is a fox news contributor. doctor, but that is our reality right now. because the vaccine doesn't cure covid-19 in the current stream that we had people are still getting it? >> that's absolutely correct. it's unfortunate there is a two to three lag. we will see a surge in the cases in the next two to three weeks and surge in hospitalizations. you are absolutely right. blooft vaccine will do is prevent from you encountering covid. your risk you have severe illness is smother. the markable data that just came out over the weekend with moderna proves that 100 percent of people that get that vaccine will have zero effect and will not be -- will not have any severe complications. so that's really, really significant data. what that ultimately means is it's going to save lives. we have over 2'6" 0,000 deaths right now. hospitals are reaching capacity. icus full by the end of this week in temperature parts of the country dry. near live 2,000 deaths a way. reassures information vaccine is coming out n plts of does. take time to distribute it throughout the country. until then it's critical that we jad by to wear four music and shormd arend avoiding large crowd until then. >> harris: my dad is you senior plex 83 years old he teltsdz me daily everyone needs to lang on longer. give yourself time for that vaccine to do it trick. >> that's right. >> harris: some californians are taking to the streets in outrage over newly imposed restrictions in l.a. county limiting gatherings of people in the same household with a few exceptions. meanwhile, new jersey governor phil murphy announced just last hour indoor high school youth and adult recreation sports are banned. at least until january. he also announced a reduced limit on outdoor gatherings so 25 people. just before this last wave of restrictions world health organization envoy dr. david nabaro warned city and state leaders too much on lockdowns watch. this the only time we believe a lockdown is justified is buy you dime to reorganize. we group. protect your by and large we would rather north do it. lock johns have one konst sequence you must never ever do it. making poor people poorer. >> >> harris: talk to me dr. measure was about lock jowngs. >> we like to use proven. lock downs have more detrimental impact on the community and americans than the virus itself. it's important that we take personal responsibility and take the basic steps and measures of protecting our selves and our loved ones by wearing your mask, avoiding parties and gatherings and travel that's unnecessary until wee get this vatican seen on the market which is just really truly weeks away. so we really need to do the best we can until this vaccine is available. buff we have to actually look at the data. dample forearm, degreesing schools in new york city when there is a 3% poverty rate shut down outdoor dings for example in los angeles when the risk of transforeign relation being out doors is extremely low when you are outcoarse bowers have you that air and ventilation. follow the science and do the pest we can because lock downs can have mental emotional implications. it causes anxiety. depression, increase in drug use, alcohol use, substance abuse. domestic violence. and that is the problem. but i understand we have to take precautions. you know, they said that the lockdowns are last resort and the concern is reaching hospital capacity. not having enough beds and also not having the staff, harris. if you don't have doctors and nurses and exray techs to respiratory techs to manage ventilators we will be if there trouble. we need beds for those who get in car accident or who have a stroke or heart attack. covid is not the only disguise that we are managing at this time. we have a multitude of other diseases and we have to make sure that we have enough staff beds and pppe for. >> harris: i know it's not everything the arbitrary and rolling shutdowns as you say last resort we may have reached that point in some places also critically hurts families too small businesses that higher 66% or more of the american working force out there. if they can't come back it makes it very difficult on everybody dr. nesheiwat, thank you so very much. >> than thank you, harris. >> harris: i promise more news. arizona has now setter fifd its election just moments ago at the state local and federal levels. joe biden the winner at the top of the ticket there. as president trump sign mull takennously this is happening right now. president trump's legal team is in that state virtually not giving up there is a hearing with state senate. that looking a integrity. certify in one area and fight goes on in another. a live report on what's happening at that hearing. stay close. s a veteran is your eligibility for a va loan which lets you buy a home with no down payment. now there's no reason to rent when you can own. helping veterans buy homes. that's newday usa. to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. 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the constitution of the united states. the vote [inaudible] false. it's fraudulent. if they certify it, they're certifying the false statement to the united states of america. >> we are askin we are not askiu to overturn an election. we are asking you to make sure thought corruption that occurred here does not stand. >> arizona's republican governor doug ducey has acknowledged that president-elect biden has won this state's 11 electoral votes. harris? >> it was great to get a dip in you could clearly hear the back and forth rudy giuliani and some of the state lawmakers in arizona as breaking news is happening. matt finn thank you very much. we will check back as the news warrants there. as joe biden's coverage gone to the dogs? why some critics are already saying that the media is treating the president-elect very differently. from president trump. ♪ good morning, blair. 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he is 78. >> not with this. i have a little inside intel as you know my husband is orthopedic surgeon. these boots are very common. i have had people in my household wear them. i have some of them in the closet right over there from my husband's patients. and for friends and family that sometimes are uncomfortable going into the office. no, this isn't a problem. when you are older, your bones are more brittle. they are more fragile and they might take longer to heal, no there isn't a problem at all. if you have ever worn one of those and i have. they may not be comfortable but you can work just fine and can you walk just fine with them. >> harris: that's leslie's fancy way of saying these boots were made for walking. >> ha ha. >> harris: i look at what president trump came down on a wet surface in some shoes that were made for working and that was kind of harsh to do and difficult and he was kind of hanging on and this is a situation where people may look and say no, this is worse, this guy fell, are they worried? how do you see it? >> well, i hope he is okay. nobody wants to see anybody do that and have that sort of trouble. i saw lawrence jones, i saw lawrence jones on outnumbered earlier when he said old things break. and it may be just. >> harris: did he say that. >> it may be just as simple as that everything a president does it goes under scrutiny. everything. but you are going to see this daily drum beat of you who different they cover joe biden than they did donald trump. they came up with the wildest stories about donald trump. he was open you could see it on camera what happened. but then, you know, they have this, you know, hey, i was playing with my dog and all you are going to hear are fawning stories about joe biden. it's just a duplicity that's getting tiresome already. it really does bother me how differently they treat donald trump from the rest of the political world when they seem to agree with somebody. >> harris: lest i, i want to get your reaction. i haven't heard from anybody on your side of the aisle yet on the soft glove softball treatment. will whenever they are injured or whatever the situation is health wise. this is a bigger issue in terms of the coverage and access that these candidates and now president-elect give. certainly compared to president trump where it's been the unfettered access for four years. >> look, there is a couple of things. i said to you before, harris. you know, a true journalist like yourself reports the facts and then there are people like jason and i who opine about the facts there are presented. look, you know, everything the president does whether they're democrat or republican is going to be covered. but, how it's covered there is a responsibility to be impartial for the journalists throughout by the free press. something said that the president currently donald trump attacking the free press has hurt himself with the free press by making those attacks. >> harris: he is still talking to the free press. we will see what happens next with president-elect joe biden. good to see you both. thank you, tailly briefing now. ♪ >> president trump says the fbi and justice department are, quote: missing in action if response to accusations of voter fraud. hello, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." ♪ ♪ president trump again saying the election was rigged and stolen during his first interview since the election. and right now in arizona, the president's legal team is holding a hearing on the election. that's after the state certified its results for joe biden just moments ago. so we have team fox coverage. matt finn is live there in phoenix. let's begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. happy monday
that he's seen voter fraud on a widespread basis that it influenced the election and tilted it in favor of joe biden. we understand he's at the white house right now. it's fair to say that president trump might not be pleased with that. but from the attorney general, evidence of widespread fraud in the election or one that would alter the outcome. john roberts following the fast-moving developments at the white house. john? >> neil, good afternoon to you. the attorney general is currently at the white house and watching for his departure here. he was here for a meeting and was no set to meet the president. but as we all know, those of us that cover the white house, that could change in a moment's notice, particularly since there's a sharp difference in opinion between what the attorney general is saying and what the trump campaign is saying. first of all, what the attorney general told the associated press, here's the marquee headline. the attorney general said to date we have not seen a fraud that could affect a different outcome in the election. there's the caveat in that statement, "to date" there at the top. things could change. prompted this sharp response from rudy guliani and jenna ellis, the president's legal team saying "with all due respect to the attorney general, there's not been any semblance of a department of justice investigation. we have gathered ample evidence of illegal voting in at least six states which they have not examined. we have many witnesses, swearing under oath that they saw crimes being committed in connection with voter fraud. as far as we know, not a single one has been interviewed by the doj. the justice department has not audited any voting machines or used their subpoena powers to determine the truth." now on the subject of voting machines, the doj did look into at least one allegation regarding machines. the one that was raised by michael flynn's attorney, sydney powell, that the machines were rigged the change votes under the watch of hugo chavez. bar responding saying "there's been one assertion that would be systemic fraud and that would be that machined were skewed to change the results. so far we have not seen anything to substantiate that." earlier this fall, barr proclaimed that mass mail-in voting would be a rich environment for voter fraud. instructed attorneys at the doj to investigate substantial fraud. the allegations were mostly localized. they're usually to a particular set of circumstances or actors or conduct. they're not systemic allegations and those have been run down. they're being run down. some have been broad and potentially cover a few thousand votes. they have been followed up on. one other piece of news out of the department of justice this afternoon, the attorney general has appointed john durham to the position of special counsel to continue looking into the origins of the russia investigation in a new administration. that is an indication that durham's work is likely far from over. also may cast a cloud of controversy over the inauguration of president joe biden if biden is in fact elected by the electors december 14 to become the next president of the united states. so john durham will be with us for a while to come even if there's a change of administration, neil. >> neil: so in that event, john, just to get this right, there's nothing that joe biden can do about that, right? >> you know, the old independent counsel law was vacated or expired and now there's a new one that is covered by the department of justice. my understanding that if a special counsel is appointed, he continues until their work is completed regardless of who occupies the oval office. >> neil: not a quiet news day for you. >> you know what we call it around here? we call it tuesday. >> neil: yeah, i hear you. john roberts in the middle of all of that. well, sounds right, no reason to doubt it. bill barr meeting with the president. curious how the president will react on this whole issue of systemic fraud that could atter outcome of the election. tom dupree, his thoughts on that. welcome to both of you. tom, to you first on the significance of the attorney general saying exactly what he said. because it would seem to poke a hole in any legal battle the president is contemplating on his campaign has built on to try to reverse this thing. >> neil, i think it's a pretty significant development. the attorney general wasn't under any legal requirement to announce what the doj had found or hadn't found. this was a decision to make a public statement that the attorney general made on his own. it's really hard to read his statement as anything other than a dagger to the heart of the president's lawyer. the arguments that rudy guliani and others have been making about systemic fraud. the attorney general gave a report that he wasn't required to give but gave the report and said doj and dhs investigators have not found any evidence of the sort of systemic fraud that is the basis for the campaign's ongoing lawsuits. >> neil: you know, stephen, the one thing that they held out, this notion that he said all of that with the understanding yet. haven't found anything yet without saying yet. so are we to read into that as things stands now, the attorney general thinks it's over or that that could change? if new information materializes? little time for it to materialize. >> right. i think you're right about that, neil. the caveat language to date is just, you know, lawyerly caution. i don't think we're supposed to read too much into that and think that suddenly after weeks of looking or evidence of systemic fraud and after weeks of having trump's attorneys have the opportunity to present evidence of systemic fraud or systemic problems that would change the outcome of the election, that now suddenly it would materialize. doesn't seem likely that that will happen. you know, as you said, there's not much time. the safe harbor deadline under federal law is december 8. all the states will try to succeed in getting certification and everything wrapped up before that time. as you know, six days later december 14, the electoral college meets and seems unlikely that after december 8 and after december 14 there will be much that would come up that would change it. >> neil: this is me thinking this and wondering about the confluence of events, tom. you think bill barr appointing this durham special counsel for investigations is the beginning of the origins of the russian probe was not accidental? it was maybe meant to mitigate the dealt to the president by saying this whole election thing is going nowhere? >> the timing does seem coincidental at the very least, neil. that is probably what is going on here. the attorney general has to know the message he was going to bring about the election fraud-lack of evidence was not a message that was going to sit well with the president. so it's entirely possible that he thought at the same time he was making that announcement he would make the durham announcement, which is the attorney general's effort to do everything he can to unconstitutionally ensure that the durham investigation continues, that it endures into the biden presidency and that it's an investigation that will respect in final conclusions that possibly findings. >> neil: december 14, the electoral college meets. it will presumably confirm joe biden winning. appears to be 306 electoral votes right now. is that it? is it over at that point? >> each date, december 8, december 14, january 6 and congress meets to certify the results and obviously innothing -- inauguration, it's a smaller chance. there's no hard and fast rule that you couldn't have a court ruling that might upset things after december 14. but it seems really unlikely. there are -- let's be clear. there's individual instances of problems with a few votes here or there. even if you amalgamed them together, you wouldn't change the outcome in a swing state let alone three or four that you'd need to change the election. for all practical purposes, december 14 is the last realistic date. i'd like to mention quickly that although we tonight have evidence that that would change the outcome of the election, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be careful about making sure that these kinds of problems don't occur in the future. every electronic voting machine is capable of being hacked. so there's some real reason for thinking about moving to a complete hand mark paper ballot system as most states have done, 2/3s of the voters use that. no reason that we can't think about those kinds of reforms going forward. but very little reason to think with it will change this election. >> neil: very key legitimate issues have been raised. thanks, gentlemen, very much. switches to atlanta, georgia right now. we're continuing to monitor this cdc gathering of advisers on how best to handle the vaccine, who gets them and when, what is the pecking order and down the road when other vaccines come out. how do you handle that? 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that's what they're deciding at cdc headquarters in atlanta. advisers gathering, sharing information and voting on how to go about this process. let's assume that healthcare professionals would be among the first. anyone's guess how they will rule on this. the stage that they set for the first vaccine will probably be set for future vaccine and who getses one. laura ingle with more. hi, laura. >> hi, neil. we've been listening in on this virtual meeting with the cdc. this vote that is about to happen this hour will do exactly that. it will set the table for who is going to get the vaccine first. you mentioned the front-line healthcare workers and the elderly. they have to prioritize the subgroups that vote is expected to any minute now. people being put in the phase 1 group. the discussion on how to look at a tiered approach if supplies are i'm will -- limited moderna and pfizer, distribution will be handled by the federal government but ultimately the big decision on who will get the vaccines will be passed on to individual states. that means governors. the committee made up of 15 voting members and several other vaccine experts will determine those in the first category, which will consist of healthcare workers including hospitals, long-term care facilities, ems and pharmacies and home healthcare workers. dr. anthony fauci says everyone who wants to get the vaccine should be able to get it by next summer. >> i believe that will be as we enter into and get to the end of the second quarter of 2021. starting with april and going to may, june, july, by that time, if people want to get it, they can get it and hopefully everybody would want to get it. >> yeah, that's the key. while the cdc works on the priority list, the commissioner of the fda was summoned to the white house to talk about the vaccine's approval. we've been told there were tough questions asked. why is this taking so long? the fda commissioner was told look, if you need help from the federal government to get it moving along, we can provide it for you. it was a briefing so to speak at the white house with the fda commissioner. more to come as we get it with this big vote happening this hour, neil. >> neil: laura ingle, thanks very much. want to go to the former health and human services secretary. mike, knowing what is at stake here, common sense would seem to dictate and you and i chat about this last time you were here that those in harm's way obviously would be among the first to get it. what would be a surprise is that it wasn't the case. >> i think it is likely to be the case. i think we'll see it roll out in phases. we'll have the first will be of course healthcare workers in high risk, people in nursing facilities and then go to people that have high clinical risks. and then work from there on down. we'll see another phase where you'll see teachers, have people that are child care workers, essential workers that need to be in place to make the economy work. >> neil: what is your thinking on how this goes in transition to the biden administration? obviously, you know, they want to make this orderly transition. i know there's still legal fights included here. part of the transition would be on this virus front that everyone is on the same page in the sense of a vaccine and those that become available including one from pfizer and moderna that are the closest to happening now. how is that going, you think? >> well, i'm told that the teams are actively working together now. that they're -- the trump team is giving insight to the biden team and that recognizing there's one president at a time. one administration at a time. i think we're in a window here where there's likely to be a fair amount of collaborative discussion recognizing the bulk of this will have to occur under a biden administration. >> neil: these are two largely american concerns as you know, secretary, moderna and pfizer. seems to be an understanding that americans will be the first to get these doses. that doesn't have to be the case. you think it should be the case. >> well, they're operating under a contract. pfizer, for example, they have a contract with the united states government to deliver 100 million doses. moderna, 100 million doses. johnson & johnson under contract for 100 million doses. i feel confident this they're contracting with other governments. as a matter of contact, the order of those are produced is likely determined and greed upon. >> neil: understood. thanks, mike. former health and human services secretary. have a safe holiday. dr. anita gupta here, the expert in keeping people calm on all things virus. glad to have you here. obviously it's as close as the number of doses we're talking about, it's going to be a slow roll out. billions across the planet want to be protected. maybe tens of millions available right now that doesn't mean tens of millions of individuals. some require two applications. how do you think this process will go? >> well, thank you, first of all, for having me on. look, what is really important to remember is that a vaccine doesn't save lives. it's the vaccination strategy. we really need to understand that it's a collective responsibility here. there's so much work that will be necessary to turn this vaccine into a clear and concise vaccination prevention strategy. has to be comprehensive and address trust and has to be transparent. i think what we're seeing is that 50% of the people in the united states are not quite sure that they want to take the vaccine. that is the critical point where we're at right now. even though this is a historic movement from the federal government, you know, from getting pfizer, moderna, astra zeneca and rigorous and swift and incredible, this is the first step in controlling the spread and driving hope throughout our country and the world to save lice. >> neil: you know, there's a lot of suspicion on the part of americans leery to take whatever vaccine is coming. some think it's been politicized. others think that unless they see a stamp of approval from the fda and even then they'll be suspicious. others leery of that. how can you convince patients down the road, depending on the roll-out and who has what and when to take it? >> a lot of this will come down to education. awareness. understanding what a vaccine is. you know, 65 to 70% of the population needs to be vaccinated according to the world health organization. in order to prevent outbreaks. no vaccine can prevent anybody from becoming ill if half of the population is not on board. these are important data points. everybody needs to become aware. we need to review the data that we will hear from the fda and safety and efficacy and the populations need to be served equitably. a lot of things ahead that i'm sure we'll discuss. but this needs to be a collective responsibility on everyone's part. we're all connected to this. certainly a lot of hope ahead. >> >> neil: dr. fauci said, you know, if he had it his way, the little family gatherings that we were recommending to practice on thanksgiving he would continue for christmas and new year's to make sure that we don't botch this. we keep the crowds low, the family gatherings limited. you agree with that? >> yes. yeah. dr. fauci is -- you know, he's correct. we have to remember prevention is number 1 here. again, you know, the vaccine is incredible hope and combined with the comprehensive strategy will get this pandemic under control by 2021. that is the hope here. >> neil: dr. anita gupta, good catching up with you. thanks for keeping us calm. we need that. the anesthesiologist extraordinary. dr. gupta. meantime, you through we can't get stimulus? i want you to meet a key player in a bipartisan effort to get that out there. not wait until the new administration. get it done under this one. after this. some things are good to know. like where to find the cheapest gas in town and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. something else that's good to know. if you have medicare you may be able to get more benefits without paying more through a medicare advantage plan. call now to request this free guide. learn about plans that could give you more benefits from humana. a company with nearly 60 years of experience in the healthcare industry. humana offers a wide range of all in one medicare advantage plans that include medical and prescription drug coverage. plus valuable extras that may include the silver sneakers fitness program and mail order prescription coverage. with humana you'll have lots of doctors and specialist to choose from and peace of mind, knowing you're covered for doctor's visits and hospital stays. plus routine physicals and preventative care all for an affordable plan premium and in many areas no plan premium. you'll also get zero dollar co-pays on telehealth visits, unlimited inpatient hospital stays, plus an annual out of pocket limit for added peace of mind. humana even rewards you for making healthy choices like staying on top of preventative care. many plans also include, dental, vision and hearing coverage. and when it comes to prescriptions, in 2019 human's medicare advantage prescription drug plan members saved an estimated 7,800 dollars on average on their prescription costs. so if you want more from medicare, call now to learn about humana medicare options that are good for your health and your wallet. a licensed humana sales agent will walk you through your options, answer any questions you have and help you enroll over the phone. plans with a zero dollar monthly plan premium are available in many areas. call now and we'll also send this free guide. humana, a more human way to healthcare. ♪ ♪ >> neil: december is looking like november. new records for the nasdaq and s&p 500. nice spread for the dow. optimism about a vaccine roll-out and fast. more after this. and all the ways schwab can help me invest. this is andy reminding me how i can keep my investing costs low and that there's no fee to work with him. here's me learning about schwab's satisfaction guarantee. accountability, i like it. so, yeah. andy and i made a good plan. find your own andy at schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. have just dropped even lower. rates find your own andy at schwab. using their va benefits, veterans who refi at newday can now save $3000 dollars a year with the va streamline refi. at newday there's no income verification, no appraisal, and not a single dollar out of pocket. one call can save you $3000 a year. >> i always welcome and encourage is my democratic members to talk to republican members. there's another proposal that way. all are in efforts to get leader mcconnell to stop being so partisan. >> obviously it requires bipartisan support to get it out of congress and a presidential signature. this government is in place for sure for the next month. i think the place to start is are we actually making a law or are we just making a point. >> neil: well, my next guest says it's more than making a point. part of a bipartisan effort to find emergency relief and a $8 billion package, if you will. senator mackey from the beautiful state of new hampshire. thanks for taking the time. >> thanks for having me, neil. >> neil: a good deal of bipartisan support for this. the price tag is lower than some of your fellow democrats want. it's more than some of your fellow republicans want which means maybe you're on to something here. where to you think this thing goes? >> well, look, first of all, i have been hering from constituents all across new hampshire and i know my colleagues have been hearing from their constituents across the country about the need for targeted relief right now. we have families and individuals that are unemployed and for many of them their unemployment runs out literally the day after christmas. they need to put food on the table and pay their rent. we know we have small businesses that are struggling, healthcare facilities that need support. schools need help to enable kids to get back into schools physically. we know state and local governments need help to prevent the lay-offs that would diminish services in this pandemic and undermine the economy. so this is about a group of democrats and republicans in both the senate and the house coming together and having really hard discussions over the last couple weeks about where they're willing to go and what they think needs to be done. this is a targeted bill. it's not as much as most democrats need to be for investing for relief. it's more than most of the republicans think we should be doing. that's the nature of compromise. this is a bipartisan bill. we don't have time to waste here. it's something that we believe could pass our chamber and in the house. >> neil: it seems, senator, that president-elect biden hinted that we need this but we need more in the new administration. presumably his administration on top of this. you agree with that? >> well, again, we need the president-elect, new administration to come on board and assess where things are when they come in to office. make their own recommendations. that's why what this agreement between republicans and democrats in both chambers really looked at is what do we need to help our constituents, our businesses get through this dark, cold, long winter where we know that we're seeing a surge in the pandemic. so what this is really designed to do is carry us through the first quarter of 2021 and at that point with a new administration in office having assessed what they think the situation is, they can make their own recommendations and we can work across party lines to figure out next steps forward. >> neil: to your point, senator, something that is bipartisan. one or the other side is not convinced. some democrats are concerned there's not more generous unemployment provisions at the federal level. nothing like the $600 a week at the height of the pandemic that has since expired. what do you say to that and whether that is something that is negotiable? >> so what this agreement does, the $908 billion frame work, it continues unemployment with a $300 federal plus-up if you will as opposed to the 600. that's a result of compromise. what i would say to people, our constituents need this relief now. their unemployment will run out the day after christmas. we can either delay things by having this disagreement about what the precise right number is or we can get them some relief right now and continue to work together over the course of the new year's and into the next quarter to see whether there's additional relief that needs to be targeted that way. right now what i'm hearing from constituents and businesses, everybody across my state, we need another relief package and we need it now. >> neil: if i can switch subject as little bit, senator. as you might have heard, bill barr has, you know, weighed in on this fraudulent election issue the president has been pounding and his campaign litigating. there's not enough there prove it widespread enough to have altered the outcome. i don't know how he's being received at the white house. how do you react? >> we had one of the most secure elections in our country. representatives and attorneys have been invited to put forward evidence that meets a court standard for evidence of widespread voter fraud or other kind of irregularities and they vice president done that. what is very clear is that president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris won this election, won it be a considerable margin and i think it's really important for americans to come together and unite and really focus on the task at hand. that's what we tried to do in this agreement about pandemic relief. you know, my dad always said to me, americans disagree a lot. we're a passionate people and have strong opinions and love our freedom to express those opinions. that's the beauty of our country. we also need to unite when we have challenges. that's what we need to do now. people need to have different opinions about who they voted nor and why. right now it's important for us to unite and to work with the incoming administration and with members of both parties to make our way through this pandemic. i'm hopeful about the new vaccine. we have a lot of work to get it distributed and administered to everybody. then we're going to have to work to make our economy even stronger. so you know, we have to get through a difficult time with the economy now, but then i think a lot of us are hopeful about what lies ahead. that's what i would encourage all americans to do. come together, focus what we're capable of. americans are unstoppable when we work together. we all want a strong vibrant and exclusive economy. >> neil: does it matter how as a senator and a former governor that the president will even be at the inauguration? the litigation continues. he seemingly hinted that maybe after we get the electoral vote decided in a couple weeks that he would accept that. but if he doesn't go to the inauguration, if he counters that with another event, maybe to seize a 2024 run, what would you think of that? >> look, i think one of the great strengths of our democracy has been the peaceful transition of power. the understanding that after elections, you work to put partisanship aside and make sure that the next administration is prepared -- is as prepared as they can be. that requires cooperation and it requires a smooth transition and one of the ways that we have always observed that transition and really honored our traditions in a democracy, the notion that once the votes are counted, whoever wins takes the next administration forward. being president, the inauguration is really important. i have always appreciated what my colleagues, political allies and political opponents have done around inaugurations, witness that transfer of power. it's the key to our strength and one of our core values. i would hope that this administration will find its way to doing that. >> neil: all right, senator, very good catching up with you. a lot on this bipartisan effort to make provide some stimulus in a lame duck session of congress. thanks, senator. >> thanks for having me, neil. be safe. >> neil: all right. you as well. by the way, as the senator and i were wrapping up, the "wall street journal" has said that sales force has agreed to buy slack for $28 billion. it will form one of the business players in the business software arena. in case you said i heard these things before, it's a record year for new offerings. this is a record year for combinations as well. the latest being sales force and slack. if you got the money and the disposition, you do this stuff. they're doing this stuff. stay with us. >> neil: all right. the cdc sort of fine-tuning who gets a vaccine and when and how it's going to all roll out. we've got the latest from blake burman on the implications of this. hey, blake. >> hi, neil. i've been listening to the vote for the asip, a group that advises the cdc coming at any moment now. i want to put on the screen the recommendation and what they're about to vote on. "when a covid-19 vaccine is authorized by the fda and recommended by asip, healthcare personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be offered vaccination in the initial phase of the covid-19 vaccination program." so that's what they're just about to vote on at this moment in time. when you talk about healthcare professionals, who is that group? it's roughly 21 million adults in this country, 8% of the adult u.s. population. those that work in hospitals, long-term care facilities, home healthcare and pharmacies, ems workers and public health officials as well. part of the conversation from asip neil is what do you do about those in long-term care facilities? not only do you have the workers providing care to the number like 1.7 million americans, but what about the individuals themselves? older americans. do you vaccinate the people that live there also? that is the recommendation at this point and they're putting up the vote that should occur at any moment, this is an advisory committee to the cdc and the cdc will eventually put this forward. when vaccines get distributed, it's the governors that have the final say and the health departments in those states where the vaccines end up going, neil. >> neil: blake burman at the white house. thanks very much. governors do have the final say in the distribution of this. while this concerns american companies most companies like pfizer and moderna, the first out of the gate with possible vaccines, it does not necessarily address the other companies coming down the pike with european enties and concern themselves. that is another issue for another day. just not this day. stay with us. >> neil: still following on this cdc advisory vote on who will get the first vaccine and when. how it will be distributed. a consensus seems to be developing around vulnerable b subsets like the elderly, nursing homes. they get immediate attention before others. as blake burman reported, this is not only this advisory board's call. the governors can act as they see fit in their respective states in this country. these are two largely american concerns that are first out of the gate with the remedies to deal with the virus, moderna and pfizer. there's others in partnership with european companies themselves to whom this does not apply. but that's a separate issue for a separate day. let's go to doctor from mount sinai. we have much more. doctor, if i could begin with you on your sense of how they're doing to come down on this. common sense and protocol seems to dictate the elderly, healthcare workers and et cetera. should it be in that pecking order? >> yes, it should. the national academy of science recommendations, the first staff in nursing home, people 65 years old, people that have chronic conditions, people in prison, essential workers. >> neil: doctor, when you look at this, you'll be encounters patients regardless of where they are on this vaccine relief list won't be keen on taking it for a variety of reasons. could be the politicization of this procession and people that just don't a take them. how do you deal with your patients doctor? >> this is going to be a huge challenge. the most recent numbers, the most polls out there show that 58% of people would be ready to take a vaccine. but much of this hesitancy, because it's a short time when the vaccine was developed. i'm confident as we advocate more about the safety of the vaccines and we have the first round of vaccination as we discussed the healthcare workers and the elderly, high risk. in this picture, when you deal with covid, if you don't participate to the solution here you're a problem. so we're in a minor world here. either you help or you're a problem yourself. so hopefully we'll have more people joining the vaccination. it will be a huge enterprise. >> neil: yeah. don't be a problem here. do the right thing. doctor, i'm curious, there's a lot of people particularly young people typically feel bulletproof at their young age. why should they take a risk taking a vaccine when even if they tested positive for the virus, the odds of having a problem with it are so low. so how do you convince eventually that part of the population to take it? >> it's very unfortunate to have a consistent health message to assure everybody that it's safe and it's needed. remember, that we need herd immunity, 80% to 90% need to take the vaccine. so to protect loved ones and elders and our economy. so very fortunate for us to have a system in place to want to take the vaccine, who is not taking it and send the proper message for them to address it. monitor all side effects and make sure to address it so we know the vaccine works. we have to be on top of all of this by monitoring it. >> neil: doctors, thank you very much. we'll know pretty soon from the cdc exactly how they're going to go about this. the read from the former fda commissioner on the importance of vaccines and overcoming doubts about them. not just political doubts but doubts about the safety and risks after this. veterans who refi now can save three thousand dollars a year. with newday's va streamline refi, there's no income verification, no appraisal and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $3000 a year. $3000! that's a big deal. ♪ unlike ordinary memory want supplements-ter? 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>> yeah, the fda staff is committed to doing this right. they have been no significant interference and how to actually pursue this. and neil, it's not just the fda, but independent researchers, manufacturers, clinical experts are all behind this effort to do it right. >> neil: thank you, sir. former fda commissioner, mark mcclellan. who gets what and when. ♪ >> greg: hi. i'm great gusto with katie, the woman her gets her -- dana perino, the "the five." his musical bear with me because this requires an explanation. you may not know him but he is biggest joke. the time calls him op ed. he claims that biden will be "the first modern president trying to govern in the face of an opposition that refuses to accept his legitimacy." good