Who bend the rules when looking at Michael Flynn. Rob newly released documents raising questions about the case with a very familiar face epicenter of the latest bombshell and the salute to the heroes aboard the comfort. Powerful sendoff courtesy of new york citys finest. Fox and friends first starts right now. A very good morning to you. You are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. Rob thanks for getting up early with a sensory to fox news alert, several states using stayathome orders today. In michigan thousands of protesters flooding the capital over the governors extension. Todd pyro joins us live as half of the country is slowly reopening. That may first date is finally upon us and with an evergrowing list of restrictions being eased by state. Take a look at this list, from elective surgeries to retail to personal grooming many states beginning the long road back to normalcy with small steps. This is the latest unemployment report, adding to the Staggering Numbers, 30 Million People have applied for jobless benefits since the pandemic took hold in the us. Leading to scenes like this in michigan. We are trying to get rid a tyrannical governor. Is going to be here so we needed to get out and live our lives. Doesnt matter what crisis there is you only have the power that you have and you cant make more. Protester storming michigan capital demanding a end to their state of emergency hoping to bring back their economy. Governor witmer said extending the state of emergency until may 20 eighth initiative executive orders saying lives are at risk, the protests expected in california today over it stayathome orders with cities like Huntington Beach signaling their intent to fight governor gavin newsom over his closure of state beaches. My job as governor is to keep you safe and when our health folks tell me they cant promise that if we promote another weekend like we had then i have to make this adjustment. With both new york and florida still battling coronavirus hotspots the ongoing battle between new York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former Florida Governor now senator rick scott over which state bails out the other heat up with scott writing the cuomo needs to answer for poor fiscal management when it comes to things like the states pension funds. Cuomos response. Senator scott, florida, you are going to bail us out . You take out 30 billion more every year than you pay in how dare they and in a positive close to 154,000 people have recovered from the virus so far in the us. Shannon donald trump slamming the fbi over its handling of the Michael Flynn case. When i looked at what they did to him, they tormented him, dirty cops tormented general flynn. These were dirty filthy cops at the top of the fbi. Jenkins live in washington as documents show disgraced agent stopped the bureau from ending the probe despite lack of evidence. We are getting a fuller picture of things here, documents revealing the motivations of flynns interview to get him to buy, this new set shows us what transpired leading up to it in a stunning revelation the fbi determined the investigation into flynn dubbed crossfire racer lacked derogatory information meaning 0 evidence flynn was colluding with russia, the fbi detailing their decision to close the case writing, quote, the team determined crossfire racer is no longer a viable candidate and part of a larger crossfire hurricane umbrella case but they also showed this, now disgraced former agent peter stzrok investigation going. The fbi case manager, if you havent closed razor dont do so yet. That person responded okay, he went on to say the seventh floor was involved meeting fbi leadership. 3 weeks later flynn would be interviewed at the direction of james comey. For flynn deputy Casey Mcfarland speaking out about why they believe they were after them. They were desperate to stop flynn because flynn had a plan to reorganize the Intelligence Community and that is one of the motivations in addition to trying to get trump. Flynn and i were collateral damage, we didnt matter, the goal was to get donald trump. His administration dead in its tracks. It is all but certain flynn would get a pardon from the president if necessary and the president says he might bring them back. I think hes a fine man. It is terrible what they did to him, something nobody has asked me but you are asking me for the first time i would consider it. Flynns Attorney Sidney Powell is saying this demands the case be dismissed and more documents may be forthcoming because the judge in the case says he wants to see everything before moving any further. Shannon more on this coming up. Roger stone launches an appeal of his conviction in the russia probe, Donald Trumps longtime ally sentenced to three years behind bars on charges of obstruction, making false statements, witness tampering, stone is appealing a judges denial of any trial after alleging bias on the foreman of his jury at the beginning of his prison sentences delayed by one month due to the pandemic. Shannon donald trump has seen proof that tara reade covid19 came from 11 china, and he says the World Health Organization is hiding information. The World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves. They are like a Public Relations agency for china. So far i think china has been trying to be somewhat transparent with us but we are going to find out. Reporter Us Intelligence doubt that the virus was manmade but hasnt confirmed if it escaped the lab by accident. China refused to let you is this dictators inside. Vice president mike pence visiting the General Motors facility, making ventilators in the fight against covid19. You all have played a Critical Role in ensuring the fact that as of today, no american who is required until later has been denied a ventilator anywhere in the United States. The former hoosier governor wearing a mask while touring the production site in indiana. It comes after pence came under fire for not wearing a massive mayo clinic in minnesota earlier this week. His wife says he was unaware of the juul policy and has been following the advice of medical experts. And if yours workers at some of the countrys largest retailers will walk off the job. Employees at amazon, target, walmart, whole foods, fedex and insta cards all planning made a protests, demanding Better Safety during this pandemic and higher pay. Made is typically marked with worldwide demonstrations, stayathome orders and lockdown orders are likely to keep many protesters off the streets, we will see. Shannon the nypd saluting medical workers on the come first. The Navy Hospital ship completely gets mentioned in the fight against the covid19 outbreak in new york city. The firebird escorting the comfort out of the harbor after treating 182 patients. The ship arriving with go to help overwhelmed hospitals by treating nonabca24 patients. A quickly accepted patients because of the Staggering Number of cases, it is sitting to virginia to prepare for its next mission. The good news it wasnt needed all that much. For more Inspiring Stories like this head to our website, foxnews. Com america together and bon voyage to the comfort. 9 minutes after the hour, the president blasting the investigation in the case against Michael Flynn. I ever seen anything like it for what they did, what they wrote, you dont want to this happening to you what they did to general flynn. Newly released records showing four fbi official peter peter stzrok kept the probe open despite lack of evidence against Michael Flynn. Hello james comeys fbi be held accountable for their misconduct . Chris records is the bureaus actions are acceptable, he joins us live. As we work to get through these times together, you may not be thinking about blood donation, but blood is needed to save the lives of people who are sick with a range of illnesses. Its easy and safe to give. If you are in good health, please donate. We need heroes now. Visit red cross blood dot org to schedule an appointment. China may be trying to take advantage of the Coronavirus Crisis to expand its power. Benjamin hall has the story. Reporter of the world battles coronavirus china cementing its influence across the globe. The Chinese Communist partys exploding the risk by continuing its behavior. Reporter and hong kong scores of opposition figures have been arrested, the biggest roundup in recent memory. Leading activists, highprofile former lawmakers and media tycoons all locked up. In the South China Sea the chinese have announced the formation of two new administrative areas reinforcing 1. 2 million square miles, expanding sovereignty over disputed islands and making them effectively a district of china. To deny chinese sovereignty in the South China Sea is doomed to fail. Reporter in the last couple weeks the navy has sunk a vietnamese fishing boat and exerted pressure on your neighbors. Chinese actions are raising concerns. We got to be concerned the Chinese Military is out of its leash and might do something belligerent starting perhaps historys next great conflict. Reporter china is flexing its muscles on other continentss giving with one hand for taking with another. In africa it has forced country struggling with debt and coronavirus, zambia to head over strategic allies like key minds of collateral or pay the debt. Experts say that when china Sees Opportunities it exploits. There are many opportunities available now while the world looks elsewhere in china is not letting any of them go to waste. Benjamin hall, fox news. Rob texas allowing businesses to reopen and get people working again. Reporter Restaurant Owner claims what hes doing to protect customers when they come into sit down for a meal, that is next. somber music this is an urgent message from the International Fellowship of christians and jews. There is an emergency food crisis for elderly Holocaust Survivors in the former soviet union. This is a fight against time. What were dealing with is coming out, meeting someone whos 85, 90 years old, cant get around, has no food, has no water and just wants to give up and die. And thats where we come in. 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Ive never seen anything like it, what they did, what they wrote, what they did to general flynn. Reporter until documents reveal that before ever talking to National Security adviser Michael Flynn, former fbi agent peter stzrok had to stop the agency from ending the probe altogether. Rob the fbi had said there was a lack of, quote, derogatory evidence in the case against flynn. That didnt stop peter stzrok. The former fbi director joins us as more information comes to light. Thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. We will start off with your general analysis of what you have seen so far. Having served in the fbi for 24 years that is a fairly high level, knowing jim comey and some of these players i would say for anyone who cares about the law jim comey is your Worst Nightmare and it pains me to say that and i want to issue a caveat and say this is not 36,000 men and women of the fbi, this is james comey and his inner circle. Andrew mccabe lied under oath, the one that called general flynn, comey didnt need an attorney and set up the deceptive pretext interview scenario, that is a breach of protocol and common decency. Shannon we have some information from unsealed documents, this is a quote from one of them. The fbi moving to close the thing case, the absence of any derogatory information or lead information from the logical sources reduce the number of investigative avenues and techniques to pursue. The fbi is closing this investigation. That was january 4th, 2017. Also january 4th, 2017, take a look at this, vaping 1 Text Messages asking for the case not to be close, if you havent close razor dont do so yet. The recipient says okay, we learned that razor is the disclosed codename for the investigation of Michael Flynn. You see this information, what do you think needs to happen right now . This is an unusual set of circumstances where the office of origin, the entity that was working the case was the directors office, that is never happened in the history of the fbi. Jim comey was running the investigation and the investigation had run its course so it was on life support and they were trying to artificially extend the predication of the case, the basis opening investigation to begin with, what needs to happen is that should never happen. There should be oversight of these types of investigations where you have a president ial appointee, National Security advisor under investigation at the whim of jim comey and he was a means to a end, general flynn was a means to a end. They were after donald trump in a politicized investigation so there are a number of reforms, one of which, any targeting of a white house appointee needs to go across to the department of justice and even a thirdparty to approve the initiation of the case. Rob we have your perspective and you read the Washington Post today, the headlines and stories essentially say they think it is unlikely you could convince a judge that Michael Flynn was entrapped here, they do not see this with the malice that you do. Will the end of being another partisan situation where depending which party you are in you see it differently . Im a prosecutor and a lawyer and iran the undercover review board for the fbi were result with issues of entrapment on a daily basis in their two elements to it, one is the government has to induce crime and the target has to have a predisposition to commit the crime. In this case when you write in your notes you want to get someone to live that looks like inducement to me. I think theres a chance the judge would probably grant a new trial or allowed to go to trial because this is guilty plea on information, not an indictment in the best Case Scenario general flynn can hope for is a new trial, let this air out. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. I dont think the fbi will allow this to go to trial, i dont think they will take a trial because of problems with the case. Reporter do you think james comey should be held accountable . I think he should be held accountable, i dont know that he will be held accountable in this case. You have to find a, violation, some sort of lie, perjury. There are lawsuits that can be filed against him, where you can personally file civil action against a federal agent or violation of Constitutional Rights but i doubt he will be held accountable criminally. Remains to be seen. Maybe john from is on to something. Rob it is tough to get it all the way to the top, thanks for your time, we appreciate it. Switching gears to another big story happening today, in the lone star state, Governor Greg Abbott says the state of texas is open for business. We united as one state to slow covid19 we must also come together to begin rebuilding the lives and livelihoods of our fellow texans. Our goal is to get those texans back to work. Jillian movie theaters, Retail Stores and restaurants will open with restrictions, the governor at stayathome order has expired, how will they be serving safely, charles milligan, good to see you, thanks for being here. Good morning. How do you plan to do this safely . What is your plan for yourself, your employees, and customers . We will follow the handbook Governor Abbott sent to us, there are review guidelines for opening restaurants and businesses and implementing stuff the Texas Restaurant association, we are going, when we open up, it is going to be totally different, this is something none of us is ever gone through. We will try to interact with the customers, wearing our masks, having gloves on, supplying all those items to our employees and serving all our food and drinks and disposable where so as soon as they are done, recycle those as well. Rob protocols for restaurants in texas, you have 6 feet distancing among groups, six people at a table is the limit, singleuse disposable menus, screening boys for symptoms, Employee Senate by their hands after every customer interaction, all this from the texas hhs. Is it hard when you have th