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A round table discussion with industry executives so thats happening or about to happen at the white house, well bring you any comments that come from the white house this hour. The major averages are up for the second week in a row. You see the numbers the dow up well over 3 almost 4 in what was a holiday shortened week, the month the dow and the s p 500 up more than 4 a piece and look at the nasdac up nearly 7 , 6. 75 all up for the second month in a row so thats how we close out the month of may at least for trading. Lots of talk about today fox Business Team coverage we have blake burman at the white house, Jackie Deangelis at our news room in new york, Edward Lawrence reporting from washington, blake . We start with you on the north lawn. Reporter hi there, connell and melissa. President trump announcing at the white house several measures against china on the one hand, for chinas handling of covid19 , on the other hand, as well, for chinas crackdown on hong kong; however, as the president was standing there in the rose garden with his seniormost advisors around him the president did not mention at all the trade deal between the u. S. And china, and that remains intact. Still though, some pretty big announcements by the president for example, the u. S. Is withdrawing the entirety of its funding for the World Health Organization, will further scruitinize chinesebased companies on u. S. Exchanges and pullback some of the benefits that hong kong has had with the u. S. , for more than two decades. President trump the United States wants an open and constructive relationship with china but achieving that relationship requires us to vigorously defend our national interests. The Chinese Government has continually violated its promises to us, and so many other nations. These plain facts cannot be overlooked or swept aside. The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese Government. Reporter elsewhere today, twitter put a label on this president ial tweet saying it glorified violence, the president writing about those protests that we had seen in minnesota, saying in part, these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd and i wont let that happen just spoke to the governor and told him that the military is with him all the way and any difficulty and we will assume control, but and this is the part that caught the attention, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Now the president has since tried to explain that last part by saying he doesnt want that to happen and he pointed to the recent example in louisville saying it was spoken as a fact and not as a statement. Connell . Melissa back to you. Connell blake burman on the north lawn of the white house back to the china news with ambassador craig allen, now joining us and ambassador allen ill start as funny as it sounds with your reaction to what the president did not say and then moved to what he did say as blake reported no mention at all of trade today. What did you make of that . Yes, hi, connell. Thank you very much, indeed the word tariff was not mentioned today, and i think that thats why the markets tended up at the very end of the day. We were expecting that and were pleased that no actions were taken that really hurt american firms or hurt the people of hong kong, so while it was a very strong statement, it was calibrated and thoughtful and forwardlooking. Connell you mentioned no actions taken. The most actionable part of the president s statement i suspect is the suspension of the relationship of the termination of the relationship between the United States and the World Health Organization whereas for business interest youre saying what he said about hong kong says they are going to start a process of eliminating some of the exemptions that hong kong has for special treatment and thats not actionable is that your point . We dont really know what that means do we . Thats right. Its not immediately actionable, so the president has ordered the various agencies to look into the relationship with hong kong and consider what might be adjusted, but he did not raise tariffs on imports from hong kong. He did not threaten a 301 and so far as we know, hong kongs status as a separate wto member, with a currency that is separate from china, all remains intact, so the fundamental economics relationship between hong kong and the United States at least so far as i could see today remains intact. Connell for now, right . It leaves open the option for the president to do nothing. He could do nothing right . Well i think that that is true. The president and the administration are in a little bit of a difficult place, in terms of how do you hit back at china without hurting the people of hong kong . There is no intention or wish to hurt companies or people in hong kong nor American Interest in hong kong but thats a difficult thing to do, and so im very pleased that at least thus far, there have been no steps to hurt the people of hong kong and make it difficult Economic Situation in hong kong yet worse, but the administration will study this and no doubt take appropriate steps is in the midterm. Connell do you have any thoughts on the relationship being terminated with the World Health Organization . The president s critics said the timing of this is what worries them and still dealing with the pandemic whatever you think of the w. H. O. , but what do you think of the move . Well, the w. H. O. Plays a very Important Role in helping third world countries the poorest countries to be able to manage a pandemic. It supports them with clinical processes, procedures, advice, and all types of support, and thus pulling out of the w. H. O. In the middle of a pandemic might have unintended consequences for the poorest of the poor, around the world and if so, i would regret that deeply. Connell so it is, again the timing more than the action that worries you . Well the practical effect of pulling out of the w. H. O. In the middle of a pandemic will have an effect on the third world and i would regret that yet more suffering and death among the poorest of the poor. As you know, in brazil and many other countries, they are really struggling and this move will not make it easier for them to deal with this horrible situation. Connell okay good to see you again thats the china news covered today ambassador craig allen with us thank you for your time, melissa . Melissa the former Minnesota Police officer who kneeled on the neck of george floyd before he died has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. As violence protests continue in minneapolis and across the country today, the minnesota governor speaking out urging protesters not to lose sight of the real issue at hand. We cannot have the looting and the wrecklessness that went on. I refuse to have it takeaway the attention of the stain that we need to be working on is what happened with those fundamental institutional racism that allows a man to be held down in broad daylight and thank god a young person had a camera to video it. Melissa looting and riots also becoming a major concern for retailers in the area. Jackie deangelis joins us with more. Jackie . Reporter good afternoon to you, melissa. Not to diminish the human tragedy here but just when you thought the retailers couldnt possibly take another blow after dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and all the shutdowns, they are in a tough spot because the protests in minneapolis. The tension is sparking some unrest on the ground there, in other parts of the country as well, so you wonder if some of the retailers are going to follow in the footsteps of target for example, who have to close 24 stores in minnesota because of rioting and looting initially many have actually since reopened nine remained closed at this time but target is just one example of retailers being attacked. One local autozone was looted and then set on fire. Autozone was not alone in this. There were reports of fires at several other chain Stores Including Napa Auto Parts and a ups store and a t j maxx store. Small businesses were not spared either. Listen to this man who owns a local jeweler. Its a tough one to come in and see what started years ago and now its just complete devastation, just like a hurricane came through, and busted every piece of glass there is and all nice cases and probably not another store around like it and i dont even know if we can rebuild Something Like this. Reporter you build a business, only to be hit by the pandemic and face shutdowns and then in that tragic instance, to deal with this issue as well. So its been tough, but precautions have been taken outside of the twin cities as well, the mall of america in bloomberg, minnesota announcing that ill will be stopping all curbside pickups for the time being and restricting access to the mall as well, and one suburb , maplewood, its Police Department asking people to avoid all Retail Centers until further notice. As i said this is all coming during a time when our country is in crisis, dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, and according to the city of minneapolis, ill leave you with this they received over 1,200 Small Business applications for forgivable loans so certainly struggling there, and trying to get back on their feet guys. Melissa absolutely jackie thank you. Connell . Connell we shift to the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell he said earlier today a full economic recovery is contingent on Consumer Confidence Edward Lawrence joins us from washington with much more. Edward . Reporter yeah, the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell saying they actually crossed red lines when responding to the economics related to this pandemic and economic response one of the red lines is lending directly to companies, another red line is lending directly to state and local governments and new the Municipal Liquidity facility is up and running and the fed chairman says the main Street Lending facility will give out money within days to companies. Here is why he says they have to do it. Listen. Everything we do, everything we do is focused on creating the environment in which those people will have their best chance to keep their job or get a new job and if you go back to their old job if they have been furloughed. Reporter and powell in his zoom discussion with princeton university, now hes watching the travel numbers, airlines, hotel stays, as an early indicator for the recovery in his mind, it boils down to competence. I would worry almost more that a second outbreak would undermine confidence. A full return to, a full recovery of the economy will really depend on people being confident that its safe to go out and safe to engage in a broad range of economic activities. Thats how the economy will recover and you see people testing the limits now. Take a second wave to be, it would really undermine Public Confidence and might make for a longer, a significantly longer recovery. Reporter and the fed chairman saying that hes going to watch the data closely as its Going Forward there. I talked with two fed president s over the past two weeks both of them say that the third and Fourth Quarter will be very big growth numbers, just not as big as the losses weve seen in the second quarter. Back to you. Connell all right, Edward Lawrence, live in washington for us. Thank you, sir. Melissa . Melissa big misses fighting back and President Trump is meeting with industry executives at the white house on reopening the u. S. Economy. Well bring you any headlines from the president this hour. Plus, forbes is now revoking Kylie Jenners title of youngest ever selfmade billionaire, were going to tell you all about that one, next. Meet jim. For jim, comfort is king. Which is why when it comes to his dentures only new poligrip cushion and comfort will do. The first and only formula with adaptagrip cushioning technology. Choose new poligrip cushion and comfort. [ siren ] doug give me your hand i can save you. Lots of money with Liberty Mutual we customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Staying connected your way youre just a tap away from personalized support on xfinity. Com. 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Melissa all right, revoking her status Forbes Magazine taking away Kylie Jenners title of the youngest selfmade billionaire accusing her of forging her tax returns. Christina partsinevelos joins us with the latest, christina . Reporter in 2018, forbes shock ed everyone when they said that kylie jenner was the youngest selfmade billionaire to ever make the list but like you mentioned they are now accusing her of inflating her personal wealth as well as forging tax documents to reach a mega money mileston so this was a lengthy and scathing feature published today by forbes and theyre claiming her company, which is Kylie Cosmetics, is much smaller and less profitable than she led on; however theres a big however. The articles tongue was uncertain and i quote, this is a line from the forbes article. While we cant prove that those documents were fake, though its likely, its clear that kylies camp has been lyin kylie jenner has many of us already know shes the youngest and wealthiest member of the kardashianjenner clan and started her makeup loon by selling these 20 lipsticks and grew that into the Kylie Cosmetics company that it is today. Last year, she sold 51 of her company to a beauty conglomerate named coty for 1. 2 billion. Forbes claims that even after she received 340 million in aftertax revenue from that sale , shes no longer a billionaire. Of course kylie and her camp arent taking this lightly. Her attorney michael cump is demanding a retraction from forbes calling reporting un equivocal false and jenner is responding on social media tweet ing even creating tax returns that were likely forged thats your proof . So you just stopped they were forged . Like actually what am i reading . Forbes, now claiming their new calculation puts her personal wealth at you know, just shy of 900 million, which means shes still the wealthiest car dan crash jenner Family Member at age 22. Back to you. Melissa connell . Connell who writes the words in a tweet . Here now on to something we actually like actually care about, in less than 24 hours, spacex and nasa are going to try it again, their second attempt to launch two astronauts into space, but look at this , one side of your screen you know why were showing that the weather could put history on hold once again so well talk about that when we come back and any minute from the white house the president is going to start that meeting with industry executives about reopening the economy so any headlines that come out of it once it begins we will bring them to you we will be right back. Dolph lundgren, youve got a onesixty i. Q. , a masters in Chemical Engineering and youre technically a genius. 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Connell here is a fox business alert on when we might get basketball back the nba commissioner reported he had a Conference Call this afternoon and told the leagues governors that the nba set a target date of july 31 to resume play, thats coming from a report in the athletic that theres been speculation the last couple weeks the league would get together and play their games in orlando at the wild world of sports but this sets a target date of july 31, so nearly august before we get basketball which is interesting, melissa . Melissa all right, the road to reopening new York Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing earlier today that the city is on track for a phase i opening on july 8. Woohoo here is steve forbes, forbes media chairman, so steve its so interesting, they are finally telling us we can come out of hiding and people can go back to work. I wonder if they had not taught us a very dangerous lesson which is you dont have to work in new york in order to do your job. I mean the fact that you had to live here in order to work here and make that kind of salary has brought people to manhattan and new york, and weve suffered through high taxes and small apartments and all these Little Things but now were hearing about google, facebook, capital one, amazon all kinds of and a lot of banks saying you know what if you want to stay home you can stay home. Have they done something very dangerous, steve, potentially to their tax base Going Forward . Well whats happened at warp speed it was a trend thats already taking place and that is more and more people were working either as independent contractors, working from home or coming to a client and just working for a few days and then going elsewhere. The gig economy is about 50 million workers today and in new york city people even before the Coronavirus Crisis were already asking is it worth living in new york with the high taxes, the deteriorating quality of life when you can do better elsewhere or do it from your own home, so this simply accelerated the trends that are already underway and its going to ball hole in the future new yorks revenues and they got to make structural changes in the future or be back where they were financially in the 1970s facing potential bankruptcy. Melissa but there is going to be a little bit of a stigma from working from home and if there was a Group Getting together and making decisions you wanted to be there. You didnt want to be in the Satellite Office and somebody working from home youre like well maybe the phoning in part of it and now with companies in new york really looking at the numbers and saying people have been productive, when theyve been away and i can save 20, 30 of my cost by not having manhattan real estate, theres been a huge shift in not only with that kill the commercial real estate but residential. We all pay a fortune for these apartments because we have to be here to work. If that goes away theres the commuting, people arent on the roads theres the gas tax, the payroll tax, income tax, this could be a massive blow to new york Going Forward. What do you think would stop that from happening . Well new york finally changing its ways, temporarily changed its ways in the 80s especially in the 90s under Rudy Giuliani in reforming the quality of life and then it happens they started to take the prosperity for granted especially what happened on wall street and now they are going to learn again you cant take this prosperity for granted and all these taxes are adding up and plus new yorks housing crisis has been the result of policies that make it impossible to build affordable housing. The regulations are killers and the city got away with it for a while for years but now its catching up with them. All the things they did that made life more and more difficult is now finally caught up with them and people are already moving out, melissa before this crisis and in terms of meeting with people, yes thats important for finding out we dont have to meet quite as often and so i think its going to force changes in new jersey where we have a bad tax regime, connecticut which has a bad tax regime, otherwise people are going to move and they can get away with it. Technology makes mobility, the mobility where you want to work more possible than ever before and new york has to once again make the case, why should you live in new york . I havent asked that question in about 25 years. Melissa its really true and by forcing people to stay away longer than they wanted to, and really locking everything down, they proved to pretty much everyone that you dont really have to be there. You look at broadcasting from elsewhere, go ahead. I was just going to say its going to hurt what made new york unique. 400,000 people worked in the art s in new york city and culture and they depended on People Living there making contributions to orchestras and museums and the like that made this a cultural life possible and now thats in jeopardy, so its an effect and new york better get its act together and its going to ruin the very thing that made new york unique in the first place its cultural life. Melissa steve i cant let you go without asking about your namesake publication we were talking about it earlier in the show Forbes Magazine saying that kylie jenner is not a real billionaire. In my experience people try not to be on the list because they dont want the attention. This made it sound like her team was courting the list, trying to get on providing tax returns, can you shed any light or opinion or anything on the story . Well its on forbes. Com, so again the commercial for that and theyve exam inned this for several months, especially when they sold out to coty and had to make these things public and but 900 million . Not shedding too many tears for that. Ill take 900 million any day. Melissa [laughter] thats true. Steve that was my takeaway too like oh, no she only has 900 million and im like you know 100 million here or there, im okay. Im not breaking out the kleenex over that one. [laughter] melissa yes, right . Thank you. Connell back to you. Connell all right, now another sign of optimism i guess, costco announcing its beloved free food samples are going to return to wholesale clubs next month. They were temporarily suspended visitors could expect a different experience though and strict sanitary rules for sampling. The move is expected to take place in midjune, and will be on a slow rollout basis according to the retailers cfo. Melissa . Melissa all right stayathome orders begin to ease well talk to the founder of one Online Medical company about the state of testing and how the pandemic could alt r the industry for good thats next plus one of the hardest hit states just announcing plans for a return of a summer staple. And burger king has a new way to keep customers six feet apart. The fast food chain unveiling giant social distancing crowns in germany to encourage customer s to stay a safe distance apart i love it. I need one, connell where is mine . Connell [laughter] dear fellow Business Leaders and technologists, i feel the weight you carry, as i carry it myself. But as i reflect and see all the Amazing Things youve been doing. One thing is clear, technology has never been so important. Youre turning living rooms into conference rooms, backyards into school yards, and bringing doctors into homes virtually and securely. You are transforming Business Models and virtualizing workforces overnight. 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Now, all the reports that we had in the last few weeks said that the nba would look to come back with no fans in one place, some people talked about las vegas and then it became increasingly likely, it seems, that the place they would pick is orlando, melissa where the espn wild world of sports where its easy to play with no fans, with tons of courts and already set up for broadcast and for tv but whats interesting with the first alert we had that disney world is opening all these places are opening that the nba which seems to be a little bit conservative to set a target date of the 31st of july. Thats a ways from now. Melissa it really is and i mean , then you have summer is basically over. You look at baseball i know Charlie Gasparino was reporting in the last hour that they were trying to put together a plan potentially over the weekend and they really feel the pressure to get going around 4th of july weekend that you dont want to get too close to the start of football because then you squander peoples eyes, and it becomes one of those things where, you know, once it starts theres the race to get reopen and get that first bounce weve seen from what little sports have been out there, whether it was that charity golf match, whatever has been there, people have watched in droves because they are so desperate for it so while you want to be cautious you dont want to be the last one out of the gate looking at it later saying wow we really squandered a real opportunity for revenue. Connell right. And its one thing to be cautious if youre doing so for Health Reasons and maybe getting advice from experts to do that but the baseball situation is a little bit different and thats where they have to be really careful on the financials here from a pr perspective. Whoever is right on the debate which is about money, its not really going to matt r to the fans. At the end of the day to your point they want to see a product on the field they are desperate to see a live product, and if they dont get that by the 4th of july, thats an opportunity squandered for baseball which really could have the spotlight for the summer and maybe, you know, be revived in a lot of peoples minds but if they arent able to do that people will not forget that and hold it against them. Melissa okay. All right the search for covid19 and Antibody Test patients turning to Online Services in the midst of the pandemic joining us is dr. Oliver caras, the founder and ceo of zok doc, so your service has been really fascinating and greatly reliable through this pandemic, ive told a lot of people who follow me online looking for a test near them, you can go on to zoc doc and put in your zip code and figure out where to get an appointment and a test around you. Have you seen a big uptick in traffic around the pandemic . Melissa thank you so much. Its good to be here and thanks for recommending our service to your friends. We have, indeed, been there for patients for over a decade for helping them get access to care and it has got difficult during the pandemic, many doctors offices closed and we have been helping doctors to get on digitally to offer a video visit , to their patients and thats been something that has been growing by leaps and bounds since the beginning of the pandemic and it was really a strange phenomenon and its now a mainstream way to see your doctor, 3040 of patients on zo cdoc choose video visits when looking for a provider. Melissa yeah, how many, i assume doctors have to subscribe to your service that thats how it works and you know whats interesting to me about it is that as a mother, you know i used to go through my insurance website to try and find what providers were around me, but your site is so much more user friendly in terms of seeing details about times, what people think, what their on time rating is like all kinds of different details, and then you can also see if they accept your insurance and you can upload paperwork and all kinds of things. Have you seen a lot more doctors signing on during the pandemic and how do you differentiate yourself from other sites that offer the same service . So we have seen an incredible influx of providers, both for the video visits and the Telehealth Services that we are offering, and at this point, i believe we are the largest Telehealth Network in the country offering over 8,000 providers for patients to choose from and over 100 different specialties and weve already seen over 1,000 Different Reasons why someone would like to see doctors through telehealth so thats certainly the case. Ive also recently actually help ed doctors go online by providing them a free Telehealth Software that they can use for all their patients whether they come from zocdoc or not and its our goal to take out as much friction as possible from the complicated process that is getting healthcare. Melissa its really true because we all know, you know, the stereotype that doctors arent so great atman aging their offices or whether its all of the things that doesnt have to do with taking care of a patient whether its marketing, even managing the appointment, managing allowing you to put your forms in ahead of time or like you said connecting via telehealth. Whats to stop someone else from copying you . I mean i know youve been the dominant provider in my area for a long time but it seems like now its a pretty obvious business and i can imagine people jumping right in. Do you sign your doctors up exclusively . So look, we have been around for 13 years and we have competitors come and go and it turns out actually its a very very difficult thing to do, because everything you just mentioned, the fact that it seem s that it works reliably that it all took us actually years to figure out, and at this point, i think patients go where they have the most choice, and on zocdoc the largest Provider Network for telehealth but also for inperson visits. We span an incredible breadth of specialties over 100 that can be found for the primary care to your rheumatologist and other specialized doctors so we just think we have the best product for patients to come and find the right doctor for them. Melissa okay, great business. Thank you for joining us we appreciate it, connell . Connell weve been talking a lot about businesses that are under pressure in a moment well talk to the founder of a popular new york city food truck fighting to stay afloat as empty streets have left his business in limbo. 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Melissa Josh Gatewood joins us now, and josh, im waiting to see the picture, oh, yeah i see the little guy i follow you on twitter hes adorable. Thank you. Melissa i was watching recently and you made a comment about one of the chains here in new york going out of business, and you said youre already talking to your real estate guy and im wondering are you taking advantage of whats going on here to try and make things better for yourself and get that business up and running your brickandmortar ones . Well i always try to spin things on the right side and i know things are going to be kind of tough in new york in the foreseeable future and so my point is actually to get our first store up and running and then if there are opportunities that otherwise wouldnt have been available because of whats going on here, you know, i think with our brand we can really take off and then hopefully get some space that otherwise wouldnt have been available, so were going to try to spin a negative to a positive here. Melissa good for you thats what makes new yorkers special. Even out in the truck have you gone out to some of our favorite neighborhoods, have you been back to manhattan . Yes, so sunday of memorial day weekend we tried parking in front of the American Natural History Museum and that was a complete disaster we got kicked out of central park and we went down to 58th and fifth by the apple store in front of the plaza hotel and that was just no good, and it was kind of anxietyproducing, and so we then tried to go out i think tuesday a couple days ago and we actually had a decent day. Wasnt great by any means less than half of what we normally made in midtown but it was like an unbelievable experience because i think i took for granted how successful we were getting and i kind of getting back to our roots of when we started the truck and really didnt make money, and so its been humbleing but we re energized my flight, i got this guy to take care of and im motivated as ever. Melissa thats fascinating to me because i found you on twitter so i know where youre going to be parked and youre always in midtown where there are a lot of other trucks where people gather. Do you need a permit for that and how did they kick you out in front of the museum . I thought you could go wherever you find a space . It was actually the park that kicked us out. Apparently to park in front of the park you need to have a disabled veterans permit which i understand, but i thought it was kind of weird because theres literally nobody in the park and it was kind of quiet on the side of the park we were at so it wasnt like we were causing traffic problem problems or anything they just didnt want us there but as far as midtown is concerned were getting news that june 8 is looking like phase i of the reopen, so were going to be looking to be open probably around then, in midtown but until then well hang out in brooklyn and queens in our neighborhoods and stuff. Melissa josh we want to follow as you go along because as we were talking about earlier on the show, yes, you know, were reopening here in new york on june 8 for sure, but a lot of people dont have to go back to those midtown offices, and wont and when they see people line up in front of your truck its all of us who are midtown at work and people out in suits who have taken a break to go out and get food so if those people dont go back to work ever because they will telecommute, then obviously i have total confidence that you will find a new spot because your food is fantastic. But you have the fighting spirit of the new yorker, a family to take care of, and youre willing to go out there and work hard and hustle we cant wait to come to your restaurant when you open that up and well come find your truck, josh thanks for checking in. No problem take care. Best of luck everyone. Melissa wait wait before you go i have to ask you before you go, i didnt want to forget to mention that you are doing meals for First Responders for doctors and nurses thats one thing that also kept you busy through all of this tell me about that. Absolutely weve been going up to st. Barnabis hospital up in the bronx and taking care of First Responders, calm down, buddy, and yeah, staying busy with that, and were trying to raise some money so if you want to promote our gofundme, you can donate to us and well send our truck out. Were not looking for handouts were looking to get back to work and well feed the people fighting coronavirus so thats what im looking to do. Melissa ill retweet it for you and thanks to rocky for being there. Youre amazing. Melissa see you later my friend you take care. Connell thats great. Melissa [laughter] connell the little guy. Melissa my favorite whatever from your truck is for sure, yeah. [laughter] connell the little guy wearing a mets shirt is perfect. I love that, but clearly unhappy being forced to wear a university of tennessee hat, and i think thats what upset him during the interview so he threw down the hat, said enough of this and im going to stay with my mets shirt, mets, rangers, university of tennessee, thats a great story. All right anyway, quick break, we have a lot more to do well be right back here on after the bell dont go away. I was born in 37. It was a very struggling period of time. Up and down. Depression to exuberance. Connell live to the white house. President trump live has just started talking about the situation in minnesota. Lets see if we can pick any of this up. The floyd family, its very important to us, its very important to me to see that everything is taken care of properly. Its a horrible, horrible situation. And so well be reporting back in due course and as quickly as possible. Im pleased to welcome american is Industry Leaders to the white house as we continue to safely reopen america. Were glad to be joined by jeff from Wyndham Hotel and resorts, Wyndham Hotels have been a really Terrific Company over the years. Brian goldner ofs hasbro, dave hoffman of din kin brands dunkin brands. Gary kelly of southwest airlines. Rodney mcmillan of kroger. Thanks, rodney. Oscar knew nose, united munoz. Microsoft, great job. Sewnandahalf of gap and sonia of gap and, thank you very much, also with us is secretary of treasury Steve Mnuchin and secretary of labor gene scalia. Our nation continues to mourn for the lives claimed by the virus and grieve for the families who have lost loved ones. We continue to battle the invisible enemy. Were directing the full resources and support of the federal government to safeguard high risk populations. Especially in Nursing Homes. We have been a very powerful strategy on Nursing Homes for quite a while. The best strategy for Public Health is to adepress ily protect the most vulnerable while allowing younger and healthier americans to work safely. Nationwide hospitalizations, new cases and deaths are are all declining. Were tracking cases and hospitalizations daily, and states are demonstrating their ability to rapidly identify and contain new outbreaks. Our testing is the best in the world. Weve now surpassed 15 million tests which is much more than any other country connell so President Trump has moved on to reopening the economy. When we were coming back commercial, we caught just the tail of his remarks on George Floyds death. He said he spoke to members of floyds family, and the president also said that we cant let the situation in minneapolis, in his words, descend into anarchy. He says looters should not be able to drown out peaceful protesters. Those were some of the comments that the president made on a day in which the officer involvedded, derek chauvin, was charged with thirddegree murder or and manslaughter in the death of george floyd. That discuss it for that does it for us, thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. Melissa and i will see you back here with another edition of after the bell on monday. It is time now for lou dobbs tonight which starts right now. Lou good evening, everybody. Breaking news at this hour, President Trump has today terminated americas relationship with the World Health Organization as he had threatened to do if the agency did not begin immediate reforms. Among the reforms the president sought, that the w. H. O. Distance itself from the Chinese Communist party. The president accusing the w. H. O. Of being under the control of the Chinese Communist party. And also break over this past hour, senators Chuck Grassley and ron johnson releasing the transcripts of phone conversations between former