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history. flags at capitol hill now flying at half staff in honor of the outspoken icon. the eldest son of martin luther wing jr. speaking with fox news earlier. it is, it is a sad day. you know, it almost feels like a part of history has moved to another dimension. and one of the things, i might add, is in the same day that john lewis transitioned, so did dr. john vivian who was also a lieutenant of my father. he was 95 years old. arthel: we have live fox team coverage. david spunt has new reaction from the white house, but we begin with steve harrigan live in atlanta, a district represented by congressman lewis for 33 years, since 1987. steve? reporter: arthel, a remarkable journey for john lewis beginning in rural alabama 80 years ago. his parents were sharecroppers for a white farm owner. shehe was the third of ten children. he was inspired by reverend martin luther king, writing dr. king a letter and receiving a round trip bus ticket in return. he began by tryin ....
reopen offing. to continue reopen offing. we got hit with a virus. shouldn t have happened. we had to close up. we saved millions of lives. now we ve owed opened it up, got to go back to school. we re open. we have to do things. we have the best job numbers we ve ever had last month. we should have good ones coming up in two weeks. arthel: some hot spots continue to put hospitals near capacity. we speak with the mayor of one of those cities, corpus christi, texas in a few minutes. we begin with steve harrigan, he s live in atlanta. reporter: congress returns to work this week, one of the key items on the agenda will be a coronavirus relief bill. it s expected to be a key debate over enhanced unemployment benefits. right now, as many as 25 million americans are getting an extra $600 each week, that s a program that costs about $15 billion a week, a number of democrats said they hope to extend that program through january. but other republicans object saying it s a ....
wealth tax on billionaires and defunding the police. let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger and columnist kim strassel and holman jenkins. kim, let s start with a threshold question. are schools safe for children to return to? well, all of the evidence that we have been reading so far suggests that they are. we ve had this experiment in european countries where kids have been back at school. we know that kids do not tend to contract the disease. they don t seem to be spreaders of the disease for the most part and obviously they managed the disease much better if they do get it and that has to be all of that has to be measured maainst the real problem of not having in-person learning. paul: what about teenagers? with younger children the evidence is pretty definitive. but kim, what about teenagers who seem to be more transmissible? yes, they are more transmissible. i think that is why you see those school districts ....
by the way, and whether or not he would challenge the results of the election if he would lose in november. we have fox news coverage on all this. jacqui heinrich breaks down the new polls out today. let s go to david spunt on the north lawn of the white house. hi, david. reporter: quite an interview with chris wallace. a lot to unpack in that hour-long interview including the most pressing issues for many in the united states, coronavirus. president trump says there are more positive cases because there is an increase of testing since march. testing is up 37%. that s good. chris: i understand. cases are up 194%. it isn t just the testing has gone up, it s that the virus has spread, the positivity rate has increased. many of those of cases are young people that would heal in a day. reporter: president trump also talked about his opponent, former vice president joe biden, president trump alleges that biden wants to defund the police. he pointed to an agreement ....
there s some large demonstrations expected today in other major u.s. cities and also there are rallies to support the police and law enforcement. that happening as well. one group is called back the blue. there will be speakers that include family members of law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty, a reminder to america of law enforcement s sacrifice. christina coleman is live in los angeles with the latest. hi, christina. reporter: there s a lot of people protesting across the country this weekend. people who live and work around downtown portland and the authorities who protect those people have endured nearly 60 consecutive days of unrest and protests. last night, violent protesters used a power chainsaw to cut into the fence at the federal courthouse in downtown portland. thousands of protesters gathered, fires were set and fireworks were shot off. federal agents used tear gas to clear the area. a judge said the state lacked standing to sue on ....