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States that to ease more restrictions today which includes alaska which is lifting its measures entirely allowing all business is now fully operate. Sandra meanwhile during a visit to a ford plant yesterday, President Trump slamming democratic governors accusing them of putting politics over people. Adding he wouldnt shut down the economy again even if a second wave of the virus hits us in the fall. We want to get everyone now safely back to work, and we are going to do the permanent lockdown is not a strategy for a healthy state or a healthy country. Our country wasnt meant to be shut down. We did the right thing, but now its time to open it up. Im never end and lock down would invite a Public Health calamity. To protect the health of our people come on we must have a functioning economy. Ed john roberts was there at the ford plant and now joins us live at the north lawn. Good morning to you, it is possible there could be a second wave coming back sometime during the fall the same time the seasonal flu starts up but the president and other officials including Anthony Fauci say we will be in a much better position to deal with that showed that crop up. Meantime as you pointed out, 721 states taking more baby steps toward a reopening today. They include arkansas and kansas. The governors in both of those states visiting with the president earlier in th the wee. Texas, iowa, michigan which is allowing reopenings in certain areas. Michigan has been ground zero and the protests against continued closures. Ohio and virginia, new york opening some beaches with certain restrictions and new jersey as well put a lot of states that are beginning to loosen restrictions have democratic governors on in michigan yesterday, the president accusing some democratic governors of slow walking the process to get back to business. Listen here. You have a lot of democrat governors who think its good politics to keep it closed, but what are they doing . I dont think it is good politics. They are hurting themselves, hurting their state, and its not good. So i think youre going to see pretty much they are being forced to open frankly. The people want to get out. You break the country if you dont. The president also getting an ear full after she indicated you want to talk to ford about the president not wearing mask during parts of his visit to ypsilanti plans where they are making personal protective equipment. Heres what she is saying about ford. We are going to have to have a very serious conversation in the event that they permitted the president to be in publicly enclosed places in violation, they knew exactly what the order was and if they permitted anyone, even the president of the United States to defy that order, it has Serious Health consequences. The president tweeting back the donothing ag should not be taking her anger and stupidity out on ford motors. They might get upset with you and leave the state like so many other companies have until i came along and brought business back to michigan. Jobs we should point out as well that in the round table the president conducted at the plant with africanamerican leaders, only one of those participants was wearing a mask, but the attorney general is saying nothing about them. The president has also tested every day to see if he has been infected with coronavirus. For full disclosure, i was tested yesterday before getting on Board Air Force one, tested negative. Its not to say that at some point during the day you couldnt pick up the virus, but it does give you a certain level of confidence at least that at that moment, youre okay. Ed we are certainly happy to hear that youre okay. Sandra for more on all of this, lets bring in a former speechwriter for george w. Bush on a fox news contributor. Mark, good morning to you. A lot to take in there, and it was a big day for the president. But the Bigger Picture of reopening the country. You heard the president make the case and he says democrats want to slow walk this. Somehow it benefits them if the country stay shut down and is bad for the president as we head towards an election. What do you say to that . I dont know if its a political motivation but it certainly time to reopen the country. We are suffering the worst economic devastation since the Great Depression, 38 to 39 million americans have lost their jobs in just two months. That cant go on. We are losing perspective on this pair the purpose of the lockdown was not to make sure that nobody in america got covid19. The purpose of the lockdown was to make sure that our Health Care System wasnt overwhelmed. For example, take ventilators. We had a lack of ventilators. The Trump Administration has produced 100,000 ventilators in 100 days. New york is sending ventilators to other states. Hospital rooms, icu rooms, new york has sent back the comfort. The Javits Center is almost empty. There is no lack of hospital rooms. The Washington Post reported that in one dozen states, there are more tests than there are people to take them. Governor cuomo said the sunday we have more Testing Capacity than we are using so weve got ventilators, icu rooms, testing, why are we continuing the lockdown . To mark the president did say that he believes we did the right thing and shutting down, but now its time to reopen, and when asked about the possibility of a second wave of this virus hitting us in the fall, he said we cant shut down again. Can you commit to that right now . He is right that we cant because all the progress we made them a we are going to have even more progress over the summer in terms of Hospital Capacity testing and all the rest so what we should do is what weve done in the first place which is to isolate cases and put a ring fence around them so they dont spread and cause a pandemic. But we also have to keep in mind that there are massive costs not just the pandemic and the lockdown. Think of all the people who are not getting treated for noncovert illnesses. Theres a study out that says one and for Cancer Patients have had their treatment delayed. People who have cardiac symptoms are not going into the hospital. Doctors who say the noncovid debts will be worse than the covid deaths and then you have depths of despair, alcoholism, suicide, chronic liver disease. We are experiencing a pandemic before the covid pandemic, 158,000 people died in 2018, more than died of covid. How many more deaths of despair are we going to have because of the wreckage we wreaked on our economy. We have to take those peoples lives into account as well. Sandra alex azar is what riding about that exact point in a new oped published this morning titled we have to reopen for our health. In that, he writes the economic crisis brought on by the virus is a silent killer. Estimates suggest that each one percentage point increase in the Unemployment Rate translates into a 1 increase in suicide deaths and a 1 increase in opioid deaths which means this virusinduced recession will likely cause tens of thousands of excess deaths. He has been hitting on this point now for weeks making the case that this is no longer a health versus economy discussi discussion, this is a health versus health issue. A warning about the serious consequences of not reopening the country. He is 100 correct and after that, Clinical Trials. So we are putting our petals to the metal in terms of Clinical Trials for Covid Treatment but again, the journal of the american medical association, we are losing as much as a year in terms of Clinical Trials for noncovid illnesses. People are not going to hospitals and getting treatment for these diseases. So we are actually going to fall behind in finding treatments for lots of other diseases that are killing people. So we just have to theres this idea that we were right to lock down at the because we really had a chance at the Hospital System would be overwhelmed. We didnt have ventilators come i didnt have enough icu rooms, didnt have enough testing. We are fixing that. Weve basically fixed it, and its time to stop devastating the lives of people across this country both from health and economic reasons and get this country moving again. Sandra 21 states easing restrictions today. We know we have seen the American People trying to get back out there safely wearing their mask social distancing, we will continue to watch how it all goes. Marc thiessen, great to have you on this morning. Ed authorities in georgia making a third arrest in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the men who take the Fatal Shooting is now charged with both murder and attempted false imprisonment. Our correspondent serries lif. The Georgia Bureau of investigation is holding a news conference, says that this new third defendant was arrested late yesterday around 5 35 yesterday without incident. They have identified him as 50yearold william bryan, jr. , he faces charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment for the charges stem from the february 23rd incident he captured on video showing two white men confronting the black jogger, 25yearold Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot. Initially, local authorities made no arrests until the video leaked to the public and the gbi got involved. Earlier this month, they arrested 64yearold Gregory Mcmichael and his 34yearold son travis for arberys murder. They are being held in the glenn county jail, the same facility where this third defendant in the case is now booked. Lawyers for arberys parents issued this statement on brian, his involvement in the murder of mr. Arbery was obvious to us in many around the country and after their thorough investigation, it was clear to the gbi as well. This week, police have released a video of previous confrontations with arbery including this 2017 incident in which he was arrested for shoplifting at a walmart. Him on the day he was shot, the mcmichaels told police they thought that arbery was a burglary suspect, and they were attempting to make a citizens arrest, but attorneys representing arberys parents say at the time arbery was simply jogging in the neighborhood. He certainly wasnt committing a felony and did not deserve to die. Back to you. Ed jonathan serrie, thank you. Sandra fox news alert now, a federal Appeals Court directing the judge in the Michael Flynn case to respond to a Justice Department motion to dismiss all charges against Michael Flynn. Andy mccarthy has an oped this morning out on that. His thoughts straight ahead. Now President Trump saying he will not shut down the country if there is a second wave of the coronavirus. Just how bad with the fallout be if we did . Americans who need and want to return to work should not be vilified. They should be supported for those who earn a living with their own two hands, working remotely is just not enough. Fifty years ago, humpback whales were nearly extinct. They rebounded because a decision was made to protect them. Making the right decisions today for your longterm financial future can protect you and your family, and preserve your legacy. 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The couple is accused by federal prosecutors of paying half a Million Dollars to get their daughters into the university of Southern California as state recruits for the crew team there as part of the plea agreement, the couple could spend several months in prison. Ed meantime, a federal Appeals Court directing the judge to respond to a motion to dismiss the charges against judge Emmet Sullivan now has ten days to explain his rationale for delaying a decision. Our next guest has a new oped out on the matter writing, flynn judge must explain his astounding and offensive refusal to dismiss charges. Former assistant u. S. Attorney and a fox news contributor. Good morning. I was told this motion by the Appeals Court was highly unusual. What do you think it means . I think it means the court of appeals is giving judge sullivan a facesaving graceful way to get out of this on his own without the Appellate Court having to slap him down because theres simply no legal justification for what hes doing. And i think hopefully with the court is telling him is count to ten, we have to get our political disputes out of the courthouse, your only job in this equation whether you think mike flynn lied to you, whether you think hes guilty, whatever you think, your job is to make sure flynn gets to process. He didnt get due process here and in any event dismissing the case is the Justice Departments call, not the courts call. So stand down. I ed Michael Flynns lawyers had this today, has no authority to adopt the role of prosecutor or change the issues in the case. This is an umpire who has decided to steal public attention from the players and focus it on himself. He wants to pitch, back, run bases and play shortstop. He is way out in left field. I like baseball so thats interesting, but what does that metaphor tell us about where we are in this . I think to try to be fair to judge sullivan, gotten himself too involved in the case but because of all the work that he did. He elicited what was effectively a second guilty plea from flynn, hes had to write a very long opinion, done a lot of work here and probably feels like its a lot of wasted time and probably a little angry about that, but again, theres a lot of things that youre going to work in this system that happen that make you angry, and you have to get over your human feelings and do your job, and thats what its time for him to do. In ed since the Justice Department intervened in this case, we have now gotten this declassified email written by susan rice which seems to be at the center of what was really going on behind the scenes that led to the charges against general flynn. Youve written that you believe that susan rice was writing that email on inaugural day 2017 to protect barack obama, why . I think what obviously happened here is the Obama Administration investigated the Trump Campaign using counterintelligence to do it which is very controversial, and what they were planning to do was continue the investigation into trumps administration, which is also very audacious to do, and it was a very good chance that could blow up. By the time susan rice wrote this memo, and in many ways, it already was blowing up in that time between the meeting that she was at and the memo she wrote, and i think she is clearly doing what they do in washington. She was shifting the blame on president obama without whom none of this could have happened to the fbi director who would be continuing the investigation into the Trump Campaign. Ed you just laid it out, there was surveillance going on of the Trump Campaign and that may be some wanted to continue it into the Trump Administration which would be highly unusual. William barr the attorney general many months ago testified on capitol hill and said he believed there was spying going on and there was this cry in washington, maybe it turned out he was right and maybe most importantly, what do you think john durham does with all of this . I thought it was very telling that attorney general barr while saying again that he is very disturbed by what happened here and it really was a travesty to see an abuse of power like this also reminded us that not every abuse of power is a criminal offense under the penal code, the United States code, and i dont think they are going to do an exotic theory for every Single Person that had a part of this. I suspect they will be some prosecutions but people who are waiting for the biden prosecution, the obama prosecution, susan rice and all the rest are waiting in vain for that. In they abuse their power without saying they committed crimes. Ed but you say you believe there will be criminal prosecutions. You had one guy who manipulated a document that was key to getting in the fisa warned, that pretty serious stuff. Ed appreciate your thoughts this morning, thank y thank you. Sandra in the fight to get americans back to work, some republican lawmakers turning their attention to Unemployment Benefits. But that could mean for the next stimulus package. Plus, new fox pulling on the race to the white house, who voters say would do a better job handling the pandemic. Kills and prevents bugs for up to a year without odors, stains or fuss. New ortho home defense max. Bugs gone. Stress gone. And concert hall. 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The president says we are not going to shut down the entire country if that happens. What would the consequences be of another full shut down like we had to do this time. I just dont think that we should begin to wrap our minds around that. I actually like the analogy of embers starting another fire. What do you do when there is an ember after a massive forest fire thats been put out . You douse that specific area. Forges dealt with this on monday, reopened most of its north american plants, but 24 hours later a couple of employees had tested positive and so they shut down those two plants. One was in illinois where they make the Ford Explorer and another was in michigan where they make the fseries of pickup trucks so they close them down, did appear cleanliness situation, tested sick employees and they have since reopened. This is since monday, so that i believe is going to be the new normal, and he is the way to handle it at this point because can you really go back into an entire nations lockdown . Not saying that was a bad decision in the first place but as we move forward, it has to be more laser pointed here. To make the president talked about the same thing, but should we have this happen again, it wouldnt be sustainable for the economy to go through what we just did, 38 million over the course of this pandemic, 38 million American Workers filing for unemployment claims. The wall street journal this morning says the problem is so many people are at home collecting unemployment and in some cases making more than they would be if they were on the job. Heres the wall street journal, how to keep workers off the job. In it, the Editorial Board writes 60 of laidoff workers are now making more unemployed, they will make twice as much not working while the bottom 10 generally parttimers will collect three times more. So what do we do about getting those workers back on the job . This is a really tough situation for employers and the government, quite frankly to deal with 40 of people who are now on the unemployment world and around that actually getting more money than they were at their jobs. So how do you do this . How do you get them to be incentivized to come back . Number one, got to make sure the protocols are in place for safety. A lot of the lowest paid workers in this country are in high contact businesses. Theaters, sports arenas, the service industry, restaurants. So those may very well be the last to come back in some cases. And so youve got to make sure that they understand how the cleanliness operations are and take out the fear certainly but also the government is working at this moment to try and tweak i know the spa loan situation, they are actually altering the original plan, maybe they extend the eight weeks to 16 weeks perhaps. Only for those industries that will come back last. The theaters as we said, the arenas, so therefore, youve got to make sure you take care of the people who wont get their jobs back but by the same token send a message to the employees on unemployment and there were certain less tangible things that you get from actually working, you get to move up in an operation, you get to work with mentors, you get to take a chance to aim high. I just interviewed the ceo of the Worlds Largest Waste Management disposal company. She started her career 30 years ago as a ups driver, entry level. Worked away at ups over several decades to become one of the highestpaid executives because she had that opportunity to be in front of people and to fight hard. Nothing really valuable comes without hard work, so if you could somehow use examples like that and say come on, get back in there even if you are the lowliest employee, it is on you to climb but this is an extraordinary situation and i cant begin to understand how hard it is for people who just had their jobs ripped out from under them. Tough situation. Ed also tough to see the political nature of all of this. Youve got the election coming up, joe biden weighing in on the economic recovery, his words for a long way away from the economy recovering through all this, and voters will have to decide who is going to be best to bring us back out of this. By the way, the dow open while you were talking 2 minutes into trading and seeing a pretty muted response in the stock market this morning but overall, the u. S. Stock market has been clawing back very hopeful for an economic recovery. A great to see you, we will see you for the countdown at 3 00 on fox business today, thank you. The American People are getting a little frustrated getting extremely frustrated and the president s response to all of this is cost lives and jobs. Structure economy, what were doing doing now is upside down. Ed sounding off on President Trumps Coronavirus Response for the latest fox news poll showing he is better suited to handle the pandemic while the president is trusted more on handling the economy. The poll also has him leading the president by eight points nationally. Peter doocy is live with more details, good morning. Good morning. Voters have different ideas about who is best suited to handle the response to the coronavirus and who is best suited to handle the economic problems caused by the coronavirus. This new fox news poll shows biden has a ninepoint edge about covid but trump has a threepoint edge on the economy. Both areas could look completely different on election day within six months. Something else different for the first time, the Biden Campaign did not let reporters see a zoom fundraiser with wall streets owners or hear that you will name with those donors which they have made a point to do in the past. The Campaign Official said last night with a new format as we enter a new phase of the general election campaign, we will continue to ensure press access to our virtual finance events as part of our campaigns commitment to transparency, when that vastly exceeds anything donald trump in his campaign has offered the American People. Biden is also now responding to reports that his campaign asked for documents to start the vetting process of amy klobuch amy klobuchar. No one has been cited yet by the team. They go out and do the vetting, no one has been vetted. There has been teams come together to put down a preliminary list of people, asking general questions, why would they be interested or are not interested i in the job, et cetera. Memorial day weekend is a time we would normally see a candidate at a picnic or at a parade by Public Health concerns have joe biden being at home. Ed peter doocy, thank you. To mark the fbi now investigating the shooting at the Texas Naval Air station has terrorism related and raising new questions about whether the gunman acted alone. Is to expand voting by mail in texas amid the coronavirus outbreak. Could it lead to voter fraud if allowed . Texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick will join us live on that next. We dont want them to do mailin ballots because it is going to lead to total election fraud, so we dont want them to do mailin ballots. We dont want anyone to do mailin ballots. To make a proposal for a new National Security law in china could reignite prodemocracy protests in hong kong. Lawmakers saying the resolutions would set up and improve the Legal Systems and Enforcement Mechanisms in the semiautonomous city. Opponents fear the proposal would jeopardize residents rights and freedoms by allowing Mainland China to expand its presence there. Secretary of state mike pompeo releasing a Statement Today the u. S. Condemns the move by china. We have determined the incident this morning is terrorism related. We may have a potential second related person of interest at large in the community. We would encourage the public to remain calm, and if you see something, say something. Ed the fbi giving an update on a shooting at the Naval Air Station that happened yesterday, the suspect wounding one Security Guard before he was shot and killed. The fbi calling it terrorism related and saying there could be a second person of interest at large at this hour. Joining me now is dan patrick, thank you for coming on, good morning. Always good to be with you. Ed i know this is a sensitive investigation so you may not have much but texans and people in neighboring states are hearing there could be a second person of interest at large. What do you know about the second person who may be at large . First of all, the fbi has already confirmed it was an act of terrorism and the young sailor who was shot and this has recovered and is out of the hospital, so thats great news, and thirdly, what it reminds us is that even though we are dealing with the pandemic that we have to deal with so many other issues at the same time. Im very familiar with that naval station, but in that area many times and this is a note to terrorists. You think youre going to get on a military base anymore and people arent armed and waiting for you, you are mistaken. Two dozen shots fired as soon as this killer, this murderer and terrorist went through that gate and they took him out. Ed saying they collected Electronic Media at the scene and seeing if this was part of a broader terrorist group or not, so we will watch that still at the early stages. In the meantime, want to talk about a big issue also developing in your state and around the country, president has been talking about it, here is your colleague, ken paxton and his thoughts on the other side. Watch. The law is pretty clear, it doesnt allow people to get that for fear of contracting corona or fear of being hit by a car on the way to vote. So we trust our voters to do the right thing. Obviously, if we find out somebody has voted by mail and that it fraudulently, my job just like the michigan secretary of state talk about prosecuting voter fraud, my job is exactly the same. Ed a lot of the president s critics are laughing this off saying you want to get less people to the polls in places like texas and the president is nervous about that becoming a battleground. Your responses morning. First of all, let me give you a quote from a democrat, one of the authors of photo i. D. At the ballot box and that went on for years and there was a democrat from san antonio who said on the house floor at the time that we know in the state of texas voting in person is not an issue. Issue. Is mailin ballots where all the fraud is occurring so even the democrats know this. Just this weekend, the election judge in philadelphia was arrested for going in the voting booth voting so many times he is facing 15 years in prison. When you have an opportunity to steal a vote, the democrats will take advantage of it, and this is what its all about. First of all, lets talk about this safety issue. I hear this from democrats and from a few republicans who dont know whats at stake and they talk about the safety for 65 years old and older. So we already have mailin voting today for any senior in the country who is 65 and older protecting that population. There is no reason that anyone under 65 should say im afraid to go vote. Theyve been to lowes and home depot, have they been afraid to go out of their house . This is a scam by the democrats to steal the election and let me ask you this, did anyone steal it out of your mailbox on the front step . We know that during the voting cycle that people move thomas and people die. We are going to have millions of ballots across this country going out to people who no longer live there or who have died and it opens up the door for fraudulent voting one at a time or many at a time. Ed certainly we have had things stolen in where youre concerned about the mail but on the other hand, democrats dont want to press you want to say look at what happened in wisconsin recently when you have a democratic president ial primary and some people contracted coronavirus. They were forced to the polls instead of mailin voting. Your response to that . 80 of people who have died from the virus are over 65. Anyone over 65 can vote safely from home. That is already the law virtually everywhere. So anyone 65 who is really vulnerable can vote from home. This idea that we want to give you a disability claim because im afraid to go vote. Is laughable. Hed have more chance of being in a serious auto accident if youre under 65 on the way to vote then you do from catching the virus and dying from it by voting. This is the greatest game ever. We have so many elections that are so close in a democrat primary, republican primary, general election, and you can swing the ballots easily. I could give you ten scenarios, but i wont how you can easily steal thousands of votes and one of those days they are going to every voter, 65 of the people vote in that other 35 , they will be democrat activists going out there to find those people insane by the way, you got your ballot, for ten bucks, can i handle it for you . This will destroy america if we allow this to happen, especially when the cdc has been very clear that people over 65 are the most vulnerable, and they can already vote by mail. Ed we will have you on later today so you can tell us what you really think. Lieutenant governor, thanks for coming on. Sandra . Sandra facebook is the latest tech giant to say employees can work from home forever if they choose, but could there be a drawback for workers should they decide to do so . We will dive deeper into that next. With 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. For 37 years we have been fighting for survivors of child sex abuse. Even in these uniquely challenging times were still fighting with dedication and devotion. California law gives survivors a chance to take legal action, but only for a limited time. If you were sexually abused by a priest, scout leader, coach or teacher contact us confidentially today. Its time. Ed one new jersey couple got creative, clearing the tables, some chairs and have beachfront view. The woman who took this video says the site sparked a whole lot of smiles as well. With your husband try to do this, would you be upset or what do you think . Sandra i actually like this. You have to be creative right now. I only wish they had a coffee cake and a gallon of milk. Ed i am sending her one, and we could slice it out, a big Family Reunion when this is ov over. Sandra cheers to that couple making it work. Ed absolutely, smiles all around. Now onto facebook, and youve been hearing about a growing list of companies deciding to tell their employees if you want to work from home, stay at home in a more permanent basis. No facebook is telling its employees the same thing. Mark zuckerberg that facebook could be working remotely over the next five to ten years. Joining us now is fox news headline 24 7 reporter carley shimkus. This is fascinating to a lot of people because they are at home right now possibly listening or watching us and they are working from home, some might like it and some might not like it, but they are given the option, do you think they would choose to work from home . Its about split in terms of facebook but no doubt companies are going to be doing business differently because of this pandemic, and a lot of ceos are really starting to think a lot of our employees are working remotely right now and we are doing well, so maybe we should make this a permanent thing and that makes sense from a business standpoint because it is more costeffective. You can downsize, pay less rent. Jack dorsey was the first to announce this giving his employees the option whether they want to continue to work remotely or head back into the office and Mark Zuckerberg quickly followed suit and like i just mentioned, facebook bowled all of their employees recently and about half said that they want to continue working remotely. The other half said get me back to the office, i am losing my mind. So split evenly pretty much. Sandra i think thats fair enough, theres a lot of differing opinions on that. And Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for this, he says in a Facebook Post on the potential benefits, they were some very clear benefits to remote working. Lets us access outside of tech hubs in big cities. Should be better of the environment because of reduced commuting. Since many people feel more productive, and should help us better serve our community. In that really stuck out to me because at the end of the day, its about these Technology Companies being the most competitive when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent in silicon valley. So clearly, Mark Zuckerberg is seeing this as something hes got to do to recruit some of the best workers out there. Thats right. There are so many pros and cons depending on how you look at it, how great would it be not to have a commute, you could sleep in, spend less money on gas or a train ticket however you get to work but at the same time, how well do you really get to know your employees or your boss if everybody is spread across the country and could that affect getting ahead, promotions if you dont have that oneonone face time, also there are security risks involved with everyone working remotely on the laptop and loneliness. I know if i didnt have coworkers to bother, i would go crazy, and im sure im not alone in saying that. There were a lot of Different Things to consider here, but definitely something that especially Tech Companies are really interested in usually at the forefront of these changes and we are certainly seeing it here today with this. Sandra what would work be if you couldnt walk down the hallway and bugged ed henry about showing up in sweatpants. I do because our offices are very close so every now and then i pick my head in and say whats going on, ed. Sandra im right in between you. Is such a great point because we are doing all this online work already knowing those people and having spent face time with ed and carly and the team members come up but if you are hiring people that never actually worked together and then they work from home, you have a different situation. Did you have a final thought there . Ed you promise to make me something. I bought you oreo cookies, i know. Ed have a wonderful weekend. Saying a Corpus Christi naval station attack was terrorist related, officials now looking for a second person of interest. We are on it. Every Financial Plan needs a cfp® professional confident Financial Plans, calming Financial Plans, complete Financial Plans. Theyre all possible with a cfp® professional. Find yours at letsmakeaplan. Org. Ed fox news alert now on a shooting in a Texas Naval Air station, the fbi saying it is terror related and even though the suspect was shot and killed, the fbi warns a second person of interest may still be at large. Good morning again, sandra. In sandra going on the lock down after they tried to ram through the gates they were in a vehicle opening fire and wounding a sailor before being shot and killed. Federal agents now and testifyinintensifyingthe invest. We may have a potential second related person of interest that large in the community and we would encourage the public to remain calm, and if you see something, say something. Ed are correspondent william la jeunesse following all of this. The question is that they have an accomplice, reportedly born in syria but winning in Corpus Christi. Then hit the gas and try to get on base, but the guard rolled over and hit a button that activated the steel barrier, he ran into the barricade, got out and began shooting but other guards gunned him down. Bomb techs clear the body but did not find any explosives in his vehicle. Federal investigators have not identified any claims of responsibility for the attack, but they say his social media accounts express support al qaeda. We have determined that the incident this morning at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi is terrorism related. We are working diligently with our state, local, and federal partners on this investigation which is fluid and evolving. Police searched his social media accounts and he wrote, my sword is on the necks of those who doubt them. As of this comes to us days after the fbi and justice linked to al qaeda to a saudi military training who killed three u. S. Sailors last year on the naval base in pensacola. Officials say he communicated with al qaeda the night prior to the attack. So this injured sailor adding Corpus Christi had best save her life and possibly many more sailors as the terrorist gotten on base. Sandra shifting gears now to the coronavirus pandemic is official start planning for the new school year come the fall. Senator Lamar Alexander saying testing for the virus will be key in order to stop the virus from returning to classrooms. Chairman of the committee on health, education and joins us now. Thank you so much for being here, we wanted to follow up, wonderful to have you. We spoke to you directly following that hearing with dr dr. Fauci, and we wanted to follow up on your thinking. We will get to that in a moment. When it comes to schoolage children, should those kids plan on going back to school this fall . My opinion is yes, there are some health risks, warned against cavalierly dismissing those but we do know that covid has been less damaging to young people even though they may carry it to older people. So i think most principles are making plans now to go back to school in august because any teacher can tell you there are other risks. The risk of social, intellectual, emotional damage to a child who might lose an entire school year, and we want to avoid that. Sandra they were so much to dig into their because how do you handle the reopen when it comes to testing, social distancing, wearing masks, what do you believe is the biggest thing we are going to have to rely on to get those kids back in the classroom . The obvious things that we already know about. In the classroom, children should have on masks. Number two, social distancing is still important. That means changing some schedules, and then unions and the governments are going to have to relax some of the rules and give the schools more flexibility in scheduling their classes, having smaller classrooms, staggering classes so that you might start early. The schedule might begin early. Many colleges are starting early in august and going home before thanksgiving, so they avoid the peak of the flu season. Schools dont have the same problem of kids going all the way home during thanksgiving, all the way home during christmas, but they might consider that schedule change as well. Flu shots and pneumonia shots, and there should be, but its the usual thing. Social distance, wash her hands, stay apart from one another and then regular testing. You find a child in the classroom who is infected, he or she has moved from the classroom, you test the other children and make sure the school is safe. Sandra that sounds like a lot for americas Public Schools in particular to take all of that on, and i know you have put a lot of emphasis on the ability to test, senator. Right now, roughly 3 of our countrys population has been tested. We are now conducting 350,000 tests per day, and hhs is estimating that we could perform up to 50 million tests per month by september. How critical is our ability to test, and do we have the capacity to test enough to safely get kids back in school . I believe that we do and we are going to have even more tests. Keep in mind that we are testing this month about 10 million times but that is twice as much as any other country, and if we go up to 40 or 50 million, that is four to five more tests by september or october. In addition, dr. Francis collins has created a sharp tank over the National Institutes of health to put out all the stops to create tens of millions more tests that are quick, accurate, and get a rapid result. All the people who come in and out of the school, anyone who is having a symptom, a whole class, if the class has one person and it was infected, and some schools may be able to test the whole school. Sandra it is going to be fascinating to watch. Meanwhile a lot of talk about the movement out of these concentrated big cities, obviously new york is one of them into the suburbs, many parents feel like they wont be able to safely see their kids go back to school in new york city. The New York Times writes about that this morning. In it, people do had to greener pastures, they suggest that the city can see at least for the time being a shell of its former self. They say activities people once took for granted like grabbing drinks at bars are picking up medication at pharmacies at any hour. In they are seeing an uptick in phone calls because some parents think they might be better able to handle the situation in the fall or not have to shut down like the Public School system. So what is your thinking on that front . I think its a natural impulse. Weve had a movement back and forth from suburbs in the country to the cities and then back again over the years. I think youre seeing that now, theres a real interest in being places where you know you can be safe, and if youre not at home alone, the next best place to be is out taking a walk in the fresh air was somebody not right next to you. And so a lot of interest in that. Now, things will be different in a year. By the time we get the second semester of school in january, they will be more treatments, more tests, the first of the vaccines, and when everyone has a chance to have a vaccine hopefully, then this will become another disease, another virus like measles or other diseases we weathered in the past. But for the next year, there will be a lot of changes in our society and in our schools and colleges. Sandra before i let you go, i know you were in selfquarantine for two weeks because you had a staff or test positive. I think by counting the days, you should be at the tail end of that quarantine. Are you planning on making her way back to washington . The answer is yes. I got a call this morning that said the test i took earlier this week was negative, and thats a pretty good example of what happens here. I was exposed, i was with someone for 25 minutes who tested positive, so i took two weeks. I stayed away from other people during that time, i was able to go down to my local Health Department earlier this week. There wasnt a long line. I got a free test, and i got a call back that said it was negative. So as long as thats available in schools and colleges and across our country over the next few months, we are going to be able to go back to school, back to work, and hopefully out to eat. Sandra a lot of us are hoping for that return for sure. Glad youre doing well, glad the test came back negative, great to have you come on and talk us through this. There is so much uncertainty as we head into the summer and hopefully get kids back to school on the false hope to have you back again soon. Thank you for inviting me. Ed fox news alert now, the next coronavirus stimulus package might not be too far away. Thats according to Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, but there is a huge partisan divide over what it should include. We are not quite ready to intelligently lay down the next step, but its not too far off. Let me tell you what it wont be. Wont be a trillion dollar leftwing wish list that passed the house. Not going to pass the senate. Ed chad pergram is live with more details on what we might expect. Good morning, chad. Good morning. And the only thing on which there is agreement is not on not what to do. There is no consensus right there. Of what they are going to do in the coming weeks is refine and tweak the four bills that they passed over the past three months to the tune of some 3 trillion. The house of representatives next week theres going to be a bipartisan bill on the floor to fix the ppp. Dean phillips of minnesota put this together and theyve convinced the speaker of the house to put this on the floor next week. Here is dean phillips. We should identify Common Ground areas in which we agree and move forward, not get bogged down with packages if we have not gotten the support that we need to get them through and in this case, fixing the ppp program does not afford us the luxury of time. People and businesses are struggling. The problem is that Congress Passed so much money so fast that only now can they evaluate what they did and retool whats needed. So we may be deep into the summer before another big bill. For now, refining other bills as the focus that includes granting more flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses, and that will be on the house for middle of next week. Theres lots of opposition from republicans to existing states. Rick scott has concerns about boosting california. Health care benefits and theyve got 100 million for planned parenthood. So every day, continues to show that if we bail out the states, this is what we are paying for. What they may do when start to extend some of the Unemployment Benefits. There is no consensus on that either, and also try to restrict people from making more money on unemployment than they would if they were working. Thats coming in the next couple of weeks. Ed we will watch it, chad pergram, thank you. Sandra fox news alert now from the campaign trail, or a Vice President biden getting an unusual and Intense Exchange with a radio host about africanamerican voters during an interview that happened a short time ago. We will have that for you and brandnew reaction from the panel. Meantime President Trump making his own headlines as he blasts the prospects of mailin voting. Chris wallace will join us next to discuss the president s views on voting amid a pandemic. What we want is good straight honest voting. Fifty years ago, humpback whales were nearly extinct. They rebounded because a decision was made to protect them. Making the right decisions today for your longterm financial future can protect you and your family, and preserve your legacy. Ask a Financial Advisor how retirement and Life Insurance solutions from pacific life can help you plan for your future. Midas can help get you there. Through july 4th celebrate your freedom with our 17. 76 oil change. That includes a tire rotation. When youre ready, your car should be too. Midas. We are not going to go to voting by mail. In voting by is wrought with fraud and abuse. In the case of nevada where they want to send out thousands and thousands of ballots, and then theyre going to send them back, who knows who signed the ballot . Ed doubling down on his stance against mailin voting as you heard while also celebrating a pandemic Success Story at afford manufacturing plant, switched from building cars to ventilators to help supply hospitals during this crisis. Joining us now is host to fox news sunday, chris wallace. Your thought about the president s visit to the battleground stayed big picture, but specifically this issue of mailin voting has gotten his critics pretty exercise. Ive done some deep dive in it, there really is no record of massive fraud or even Serious Fraud from mailin voting. Its being carried out in republican states, its being carried out in democratic states, there is no indication that mailin voting as opposed to in person voting tends to Favor One Party over another. Anything, it tends to favor republicans because the people talking outside of a pandemic who historically have tended to vote most often by mail our elderly people, people over 65, and they tend to vote more republican than democratic. So have there been some cases, yes, and theres an issue sometimes with whats called about harvesting where instead of mailing in your ballot, youll get people who will go into a community and vacuum up, collect all the ballots and say they will take them in, and then the danger of course is they will discard the ballots from neighborhoods that they think are going to vote for the other party. Weve seen that in north carolina. There was a big case involving a republican who did that, and it helped a republican win the election. Was so serious they had to have a new election. Its happen sometimes in california. But when people get their ballots and mail them in themselves, no history of fraud at all. Ed what do you say to dan patrick the Lieutenant Governor, republican from texas who is just on the program and said we all have an experience where you get a package from amazon and swipe from the front porch, if i am in the Election Office in texas or washingto washington, i mailing a voting ballot, how do we know that youve actually received that in someone else didnt swipe it and then send it in . I suppose they were all kinds of questions one could indicate. First of all in the case of michigan, the secretary of state was not mailing out mailin ballots. She was mailing out applications from people but to get mailin ballots. What he saying is you cant trust the u. S. Mail. I dont know, that strikes me as kind of a reach here, and the history is that mailin ballots are honest, and there was a very little indication of fraud. Since 2000, there have been billions of ballots cast in america, and i think the total number of mail fraud cases is less than 1,000. So were really talking about a very, very small percentage. And again, we dont know what the situation with the virus is going to be in october and november, but dont we want to make it as easy for people to vote as possible especially since there is no indication of fraud . Ed bottom line, less shift over to joe biden, the likely democratic nominee was on cnbc this morning talking about an issue front and center for all americans right now which is this economic recovery. He laid out some of his plans. Lets listen to that and give you a chance to react. I would repeal the tax cut for folks that are making over a million bucks a year because as demonstrated very little or no growth. Corporations. The Corporate Tax rate i would move back to what i had proposed at 28 , but we propose at 28 . Because i want to make sure that we see that these corporations, thats not going to take them under. Ed of a question on that is thats consistent with what joe biden was saying before the pandemic in terms of repealing the trump tax cuts and all the rest, but is it really a good idea to go to the voters and say im going to raise your taxes in the middle of this economic crisis on corporations saying i dont think its going to put them under. As you know, there were a lot of Small Businesses and may be some corporation to survive right n now. It seems to be a curious Economic Strategy right now when we have 15 unemployment, and we seem to be headed in all likelihood by the end of may to 20 or even higher unemployment, and as you say, a lot of corporations, Small Businesses, and major corporations that are hanging on by their fingernails if they havent already gone under. So it seems like a curious Economic Strategy. My guess is he is not going to be able to raise this this year because he is not going to be president even if he gets elected, it wouldnt be until next january when Economic Conditions could be considerably different. So i think its less an economic statement than it is a political statement on his part that with the little guy, im with the main street, not with wall street, not with the big corporations. Probably not the best Economic Strategy right now, but perhaps a good political strategy for november and Going Forward into the new year. Ed your guests of this we can include deborah birx. Thats right. She hasnt been out in public very much and we are very excited to have her asking about vaccines, a lot of very bullish talk this week about moderna and oxford making significant progress with vaccines. I want a reality check from her. What is the likelihood that theres going to be a widely available vaccine by the end of the year for instance . I want to talk about reopening was, and im sure we will get into masks because that seems to be a big political and health divide in this country. Ed ceo of the American Health association, big show plan this weekend, have a wonderful weekend and good show. Thank you, same to you. Sandra we will be watching for sure, brandnew fox news poll thing meanwhile showing the state of play in the 2020 race, who is up and who is down and how voters feel about who is best to tackle the economy and the pandemic. Plus, Vice President joe biden just talking about his ties to the Africanamerican Community in a new contentious radio interview happening moments ago. Performance organics. This organic collection of soil and plant food is what you have always wanted. No compromise. Twice the results. Guaranteed. Miraclegro performance organics. 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Congratulations, class of 2020 sandra Vice President joe biden continuing his virtual campaigning during the pandemic, Popular Program the Breakfast Club that at times became a very heated. Happened this morning. Here is one exchange the former Vice President said africanamerican voters still have questions about who they should vote for, they are not really black. Listen. I apologize. You cant do that to black media. You cannot do that to white media and black media because my wife has to go at 6 00. Oh, im in trouble. Youve got to come see us when you come to new york, vp biden. Its a long way until november. Weve got more questions. If you have a problem, figure it out whether you are for me and trump. It has nothing to do with drum, it has to do with the fact that i want something for my community. Take a look at my record, man. 25 years. Sandra Juan Williams is a fox news political analyst and cohost of the five and politics editor at townhall. Com and a fox news contributor. That is a brandnew interview and your reaction to it. He is kind of blunt, thats the way he often works, a little bit too direct for my tastes them up at the larger point is it was january Washington Post poll saying 83 of black americans consider trump to be racist, and if you look at the numbers in terms of support even recent posts show 92 of black americans plan to vote for biden, but i think the way he put it is so politically provocative as to not be smart. Sandra katie . I think the former Vice President joe bidens attitude and what he just said is very reflective of how the Democratic Party feels about the africanamerican vote. They take it for granted. Just because of the color of your skin, you should be voting a certain way and joe biden clearly pretrade that today. The rick linton according to this new fox news polling had a approval rating. Joe biden is sitting at 64 , and if you listen to what the radio host said to joe biden, he is focused on the antitrump movement because the majority of people say their number one priority is beating President Trump. But the radio host is saying im not interested in being antitrump, i am interested in asking questions about what you are going to do for my community and joe bidens answer to that was that he is apparently not black enough if he does and vote for joe biden over President Trump. The Trump Campaign trying to make inroads in the Africanamerican Community. The numbers indicate that may be happening, and so i just think joe bidens attitude is reflective taking advantage of that population in their voting for a long time and theyre not necessarily in just a backandforth, they want some real answers and solutions to the problems that we are facing. Sandra its a fascinating interview all just getting a first look at it and was continually pressed by the interviewer there. He was on about the conceding it was damaging to the black community, but to go back to katies point, the interviewer made the case, this is not about donald trump and line of questioning. This is about getting something done for his community. How did he handle that . I think we only saw a brief bit of it, so i cant give you a full answer, but clearly what joe biden is trying to do is say look at his record, and he does have a record. So if we talk about the crime bill which has become a hot item if you recall attacked on that basis during some of the democratic primary debate, he has a strong argument there in the Congressional Black Caucus supported it. Most black politicians, mayors, and city councilman in this country supported it at the time to try to get crime under control. I think now you have a black lives movement that is not as much black establishment thats making the case. A lot of people were incarcerated, and they are objecting to it on that basis, but i dont think thats going to sideline joe biden with the black community. Katies point is well taken, that biden has to lay out a list of priorities and things that he is focused on not just antitrump, and that has to co come. Sandra i dont have the sound, but i can tell you the radio host said take a look at my record this is joe biden responding to the radio show host, take a look at my record, man. I extended the Voting Rights act 25 years. I have a record that is secondtonone, he responded. The naacp endorsed me every time i run. Come on, take a look at the record. A record is one thing and that is fine but we are not just talking about the past 30 years of joe bidens career, people want to know what the next four years if he were to be elected would look like and President Donald Trump also has a record on this. Hes done a lot with the economy before the pandemic in terms of black unemployment, and so records are something that you can look at certainly, but you also have to look to the future and joe biden doesnt seem to have anything besides ive been in washington for 30 years and these are the things that ive done. One is absolutely right the 1994 crime bill that joe biden supported was supported by a number of africanamerican leaders at the time and for a decade past that, joe biden has done a very poor job of explaining why it was necessary and instead just trying to give a one sentence answer and doesnt explain how it actually was supported by people in that community. So he has to explain that, cant just say look at my record, he asked to give context to it so people understand why he voted the way that he did back in the day. Sandra i will let you finish up there with a response but will throw up the latest fox news pulling on independence, these new polls do show that the former vp is leading President Trump by eight points nationally i should point out with joe biden opening up a wide lead among independence as you can see, 40 for joe biden to 27 for donald trump. 13 percent dont know yet. On womens voters, joe biden polling 54 to donald trump 34 . Final thoughts and respond to katie if you could. So the fox poll as you said, plus eight for biden. Quinnipiac had a poll earlier this week that had him plus 11 and he is leading in a lot of the swing states, so for the moment, its quite early, but as yogi berra used to say, it is getting late early here. Sandra i will finish up with the handling of the economy and the coronavirus because this was a good question, who do you trust to do a better job on that on the economy . Trumps 45 up three points to joe biden on coronavirus, they would expect joe biden to handle that 3637 for trout. Final thoughts to you. He does not plan to shut down the economy this is the priority in terms of handling the pandemic. I have a feeling in for a five months closer to the election of things go well with the economy, that number wont matter so much and people will be focused on the economy especially in swing states or the these numbers going to matter the most. Sandra a great discussion. Thank you for being here this morning. Great to see both of you. Ed a Mississippi Church going up in flames. Its hard to wrap your head around the idea that someone may have orchestrated this or done this. Ed why police do you think this fire was deliberately set. We are going to watch that. And our country is slowly starting to open back up for the summer, but what happens to the economy of the second wave of coronavirus in the fall . Promising he will put out the embers. Were getting a super competitive Interest Rate on our money. Were able to invest through the same exact platform. I got approved for a loan and it was a gamechanger. Truly sofi, thank you for helping me prepare for whatever the future has in store. Sandra a Mississippi Church burning down after parishioners sue the city after rep coronavirus lib related sanitation. The First Pentecostal Church of Holly Springs destroyed yesterday. Investigators think that this was arson and saying this. Trying to rack our brains and we have no idea, no enemies that we know of. Sandra the church recently received citations for hosting large groups for a bible study and holding an easter service. Ed meantime, republicans announcing the economy will bounce back soon. Lessening the need for enhanced jobless benefits but if workers refused to return over fears of a second wave, that will cause problems for companies trying to rebound. Charles payne is a host of making money with the fox business network. This is a dilemma that we saw immediately because we have these Unemployment Benefits which are augmented with an extra 600 bucks which for a whole lot of americans are making more money not working then working at the same time we got the ppp program which helps Small Businesses to retain workers and we saw over and over where workers are actually offended or upset when their bosses said come back to work. So we saw immediately that the unattendeunintended consequencee theyre going to create confli conflict. Ed i talked to a restaurateur who says he is trying to get his restaurants back because he is starting to get the restaurant open in several workers saying if you pay me cash, i will come back. He found out later, claiming Unemployment Benefits. As to what they are doing as they are double dipping and they like the idea theyve got the enhanced Unemployment Benefits but they dont want to come in unless he throws them some more cash. First of all, thats not appropriate, not supposed to do that but how do these businesses compete with the Unemployment Benefits that might be more than these workers are actually. And we dont want anyone to be hurting out there we want them to survive to get to the other side of this, but i think the 600 bucks for the law. The government does anything else, theyre going to have to start to lean that down. We saw this also after the Great Recession with extended unemployment. Put out a piece of me in 2013 the timing and generosity of these extended benefits, cant actually backfire where people wait until the very last moment until all the extra benefits have been exhausted and end up being unemployed for even longer than they mightve been otherwise. So its a delicate balancing act. Ed brandnew fox news poll, do you think the country is in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression or not, you see that number come a clear majority, 54 saying yes, and the worst crisis since the Great Depression. Joe biden the likely democratic nominee said in the middle of that, he wants to raise taxes not just on individuals but when pressed about corporations, said he wants to go from 15 or President Trump put it to a 28 . What is that due in the middle of an economy like this . It is a crazy idea because when the economy is hurting, so our businesses. He want to give them an extra reason to sit on cash, an extra reason not to hide your people, an extra reason to put everything on pause, building expansion, all of that, raise the taxes right now. They would be suicidal. Joe biden was talking a lot of antibusiness stuff this morning. I saw a lot of it myself. I think this is the wrong time to declare war hoping they reemploy americans. Ed it has just been a little choppy. Your thoughts in the last 30 seconds we have about renewed tensions with china seeming to be front and center in the markets right now. It is, but to your point, where we are, this is going to be a phenomenal week, the markets breaking out. A great earnings today. But im more concerned about taiwan, concerned about both of them, but taiwan can be a bigger point that we could be worried about, but our prayers and our thoughts and our support will be behind folks in hong kong and taiwan because china is becoming too belligerent. Ed cracking down indeed. Charles payne, we will watch at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Sandra laurie la follette and her husband will plead guilty in the College Admission scandals. How much jail time today each face . For 37 years we have been fighting for survivors of child sex abuse. Even in these uniquely challenging times were still fighting with dedication and devotion. California law gives survivors a chance to take legal action, but only for a limited time. If you were sexually abused by a priest, scout leader, coach or teacher contact us confidentially today. Its time. Sandra Lori Loughlin set to serve time after months of claiming that she and her husband were innocent. The actress and her Fashion Designer has been agreeing to plead guilty in the College Admissions game. Here now for a closer look at this case is mercedes colwin. Great to see you this morning. So how much time did she and her husband face in this . It is a shocking departure from the 20 years the prosecutors were saying she was going to be facing. Is two months for Lori Loughlin and five months for maximo. Partially because of the accusation of prosecutorial misconduct brought to the front of very sweet deal for both of them. Sandra so here is the details of the Lori Loughlin plea. Two months in prison as you stated, 150,000 fine, two years of supervised release, 100 hours of community service. And that is the district of massachusetts u. S. Attorneys office and then the plea deal includes five months in prison become a longer sentence than hers, 250,000 fine. What do they change for these guilty pleas . They had a motion to dismiss the charges just last month. Allegations that the prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence. Apparently, the mastermind behind the alleged all of this. And he had written notes that the investigators the parents been having these discussions and a couple of cooperating with the federal government. Making sure the word rut bribery is used. The and federal investigators dealing with these allegations the presiding judge denied it. Is said it is an absolute outrage. That was the last shot, that was Lori Loughlin and her husbands last shot to get these allegations disposed of. They didnt them disposed of and thats when this discussion behind the scene was done with prosecutors. And will put them on the stands and will disclose the fact that he was trying to get forced to having discussions with the parents and embed in those discussions and the criminal charge of the federal prosecutors. Sandra bad as i had to work the system and they would face up to 20 years in prison for this conspiracy charge mercedes. Exactly, had a tremendous amount of documentary evidence, testimony that was going to come forward, but look at the other charges for other individuals who came forward like Felicity Huffman who only got 14 days, ends up serving 11 days. Taking the examination that the s. A. T. Examination for a daughter. Is not the 500,000 that they had been paid to the college in Lori Loughlins case. But nonetheless, parents were accused of similar conduct. They got sweet deals. This prosecutorial misconduct that has been alleged the prosecutors have done nearly drove this sweet deal for both Lori Loughlin and her husband. Sandra you say lots of other parents, they are the 24th parents to plead guilty in this case. Hed have been on that for us, thank so much. My pleasure. Ed fox news alert, the president said to honor veterans in a special white house ceremony set to get underway on the next hour. We will have special live coverage as we pay our respects to americas heroes right here on the fox news channel. Plus, dr. Ben carson will join us for now on how his agency is responding to this pandemic. A brandnew hour of americas newsroom isve next. Safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. And its mission is to give you truly transformative sleep. So, no more tossing and turning. Or trouble falling asleep. Because only tempurpedic uses proprietary tempur® material. 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Because now more than ever, home is where the heart is. Cvs health. Ed fox news alert, Just Moments Away from a Memorial Day Ceremony that will happen at the white house. President trump honoring veterans ahead of this holiday weekend. We will bring that to you live as soon as it starts. In the meantime, former Vice President joe biden with a striking appeal to africanamerican voters this morning that has a lot of people talking. Good morning, sandra. Sandra the Presumptive Democratic nominee touting his support from the Africanamerican Community during an interview with the Breakfast Club this morning and a new interview. Ed we are watching it and peter doocy is as well. Has a story from arlington, virginia. Good morning. Good morning, ed and sandra. And joe biden might have a new campaign slogan. That is really our time, i apologize. You cant do that the black media. My wife has to go on at 6 00. Im in trouble. Youve got to come see us when you come to new york, vp biden. Its a long way until november. With that more questions. If you have a problem, figure it out whether you are for me or trump, and you aint black. It has nothing to do with trump, it has to do with i want something for my community. Take a look at my records, man. I extended the Voting Rights 25 years. The first reaction from the only black republican senators as 1. 3 million black americans already voted for trump in 2016. This morning, joe biden told every single one of us it is par for the course for democrats to take the black community for granted and browbeat those that dont agree. Him and the black voices for trump adds this, it is clear now more than ever following is racist and dehumanizing remarks that joe biden believes black men and women are incapable of being independent or freethinking. Joe biden was challenged about his civil rights record at the first debate last year but his answers about past votes working alongside segregationist senators satisfy primary voters at the last man standing and routinely defended himself by pointing out he was vetted by the first black president in 08. Also, the former Vice President trying to pitch himself to marijuana smokers. I think weve got decades and decades of studies from actual weed smokers. I do. I know a lot of weed smokers. That is also a surprising thing to hear somebody say who has a secret Service Detail and for the better part of four decades worked alongside federal officials. Ed you are right, i was not expecting to hear that. Sandra as we mentioned at the top of the hour, set to honor those who fought for the country during a ceremony at the white house. All of this coming after the president had some choice words for michigans attorney general who criticized him for not wearing a mask throughout his visit to the ford manufacturing plant, chief White House Correspondent john roberts has been what we are about to hear about that. The prey that has been besieging washington all day because in the next few minutes, President Trump is expected to create a group of motorcycle riders who are part of the new rolling to remember, this used to be Rolling Thunder up until last year, encouraging people across the country to ride 22 miles in their local communities on motorcycles to remember the 22 veterans who died by suicide every day. There will be a right here in washington that will be much scaledback from the hundreds of thousands of motorcycles we typically see so that should be happening in the south lawn very shortly. Meantime, the feud between the State Government of michigan and the president continuing today. The Michigan Attorney general saying she wants to have a conversation with the Ford Motor Company about why President Trump was not wearing a mask during much of the visit yesterday where they are making the ventilators personal protective equipment. I think we are going to have a very serious conversation in the event that they permitted the president to be in publicly enclosed places in violation of the order. They knew exactly what the order was, and they permitted anyone, even if the president of the United States to defy that order, has Serious Health consequences. Saying on twitter, data nestle is viciously threatening Ford Motor Company for the fact that i inspected a ventilator pt without a mask. Not their fault, and i did put on a mask. No wonder many Auto Companies left michigan until i came along. The president did have a mask on for the early part of the visit. Heres a photograph of him, a picture with the chairman of ford on the president s left. The president wearing a black cloth mask that just happens to have the president ial seal on it. That photo was taken just before a roundtable with local africanamerican leaders where only one of the participants was wearing a mask, but not singling out any one of them. During the part of the two over the president was not wearing the mask, maintaining adequate social distancing. Asked about the mask issue said it is up to him referring to the president. They are not tested every day. The centers for Disease Control has come up with some new guidelines suggesting that the main right of transition for the coronavirus is not from touching surfaces that may have been contaminated. Says it is possible to pick up the virus from that but the main method of transition and an infection of this coronavirus is between a person to person, so you want to make sure you maintain that social distancing wherever possible for those of us again who dont get tested every day though i did get tested every day, where a mask when youre in situations where you cant maintain that social distancing. Sandra that is still the guideline. John roberts live at the white house for us as we await the president , thank you. Ed fox news alert now about the fbi searching for a second suspect in the shooting at a texas naval station, now calling it timber related. The shooting at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, texas, wounded one sailor. The gunman believed to be a u. S. Citizen born in syria was shot dead at the scene, now authorities are asking for your help. The subject is deceased, the scene is still being processed. We may have a potential second related person of interest at large in the community, but we encourage the public to remain calm, and if you see something, say something. Ed lets bring in a former cia station chief dan hoffman, good morning. What do we need to know first about what happened in Corpus Christi and why the fbi believes that this in fact was terror. I think the first thing to highlight is the method of attack. So the perpetrator drove a car straight into the gate of the Naval Air Base and that would seem to indicate that the shooter was not actually working at the base, that of had the wire. Including the most nefarious meeting that this individual was linked up with al qaeda for example for the Saudi Air Force in the arabian peninsula. Details are scars at this point, and we have to wait for us and follow on notification from the fbi. Ed thats why we are being very careful with what we know what this, but what is it mean they are searching for a second person of interest and number two we are told the fbi and the Justice Department found some sort of an Electronic Media at the scene and that is just an iphone or something more, does that hint at coordination between the shooter and others . When there is a shooting incident like this, the fbi goes into they just deploy all their resources to collect as much information as they possibly could with the site and starting with the cost to you can learn about his car registration and where he lives and then all the forensics, the electronic could mean an iphone or something more than that, presumably this individual takes the Naval Air Base before launching the attack, that would be typical of a terrorist or criminal attack so there may be surveillance videos of this individual, and once the fbi has put some of that information together, they are able to determine whether this individual was in touch with others who have become persons of interest and why we could only speculate that the first person wasnt involved in getting it done for this individual, some side of support or in the worst case, we just dont know. Ed what about the fact that you have three sailors killed by another terrorist in pensacola, florida, and that was a naval base as well, so when you take a step back, youve got to naval bases on american soil targeted by timbre just within six months or so. These are high profile facilities, and thats what terrorists want to do, they want to target our facilities. Gives them the most notoriety, and thats by this attack in pensacola by the Saudi Air Force Lieutenant Colonel was so valuable because it highlights their ability to strike our military, and thats the challenge we face. Have to be on high alert at all times. I think the fbi agent was absolutely right. You say to see something, say something. I would like details about the second person of interest so that if somebody were able to spot him, you would like to be able to know who youre looking for. Ed real quick because this is all important information. When our federal resources in our collective minds are focused on the pandemic and rightly so, a fresh reminder that there are other threats out there and im sure the Homeland Security department and Justice Department and others are staying on top of this big iss issue. Absolutely, no question. Ed we appreciate your insights as always. Sandra we are awaiting an event at the white house any moment now to honor the brave men and women of our military. President trump will be participating in the rolling to remember ceremony. We will take you there live once it begins. Plus, a controversial state directive in new york may have exposed healthy nursing home residents to covid19. In dr. Ben carson will join us live next on that. Is a progress to more, there were people being a transfer that were recovering from covid and being transferred from hospitals and being put next to pahealthy patients. Every day, a, we deliver for you. And we always will. 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Meanwhile, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo giving his daily press briefing. Any time, the mask is mandatory. Is not just a nice thing to do or responsible thing to do for the citizen duty, it is mandatory that you wear the mask within 6 feet of another person in public. You dont have a right to infect another person. You dont. Look at the constitution, tell me where it says you have the right to infect another person. You dont. So how do we reopen smart . Its up to you, its up to us, and its both the beauty of the conundrum of the situation. Is wholly dependent on social actions. Wholly dependent about social actions. I will tell you the results. The government can say whatever it wants. I cannot control it. People can control it. May 5th, we announced a campaign, and we ask people to submit videos and would pick the winner by vote of the people and it would become a Public Service announcement. Who we had 600 submissions for videos. We showed you the five finalists that are now open for voting. Heres another question for the press corps. The voting has been open for two and a half days, you can go to a web site now and vote. How many votes have been cast thus far on the web site. How many people have gone to the web site into a half days, watch the videos, and voted for the best video . What is a number of people who went to the web site into an a half days. I said there was 600, this is emblematic of my interaction with the press. One night he was noting there were 109 virus deaths in the state of new york mama but noted the hospitalizations continue to trend downward and that he is now edging closer to opening up to more parts of new york state to get the economy going. We will watch that. In the meantime, some other ne news. When theyre coming in, they are recovering. We dont know how contagious are they, are they as contagious as they were, lets contagious, we dont know, and so it is hard to imagine them being put next to a healthy person. Sandra reaction they are from a registered nurse who volunteered to treat covid19 patients at a new york nursing home. The Associated Press now reporting a directive by the empire state may have endangered the lives of residents living in those facilities. Saying more than 4300 recovering patients were sent to new yorks already vulnerable Nursing Homes under a controversial state directive that was ultimately scrapped and made criticisms that it was possibly accelerating the outbreak. Joining us now is dr. Ben cars dr. Ben carson. Secretary carson, thank you so much for being here this morning. This is an incredibly difficult subject for so many. I believe nationally, over 3500 people died from coronavirus outbreaks at Nursing Homes. Could you respond to the moment and what we are hearing has far estate directives and how andrew cuomo says we were just following federal cdc guidelin guidelines . First of all, very important that people learn from mistakes. Is clearly a mistake sending these people to the Nursing Homes without having done the necessary preparation in the Nursing Homes, teaching the staff in the Nursing Homes, providing the ppe in the Nursing Homes has been done now. Whether there were appropriate guidelines in place before the state, we can argue about that all day and all night, using a little bit of logic. Obviously we dont want to take people who have an Infectious Disease and concentrate them in a place that doesnt appear to receive them. Sandra andrew cuomo defines that and says it is cdc guidance that a nursing home could not discriminate against a covid19 patient and they have to take the patient, a case for freeing up space in hospitals and emptying some of those beds back into the Nursing Homes. Here he is defending his actions in his own words. Its because the state followed President Trumps cdc guidance, so they should ask President Trump. The cdc guidance said a nursing home cannot discriminate against a covid patient because at that time, the issue was Hospital Capacity. Sandra so how do you respond to that . Of course youre not supposed to discriminate against anybody. All the federal guidelines say that about everything. Thats a ridiculous argument. Obviously, you want to accept people if you have provisions and have taken the appropriate safeguard, but you just cant say lets bring somebody with tuberculosis and here because we are not supposed to discriminate against them without having prepared for that. And that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to a republican, democrat, or anybody with a brain. Sandra here it is, so many fingers being pointed in different directions, he said there is no need for a federal probe. Is there a need, mr. Secretary for a federal probe in the tens of thousands of nursing home deaths . It would be good to make sure that we know what the weaknesses were so that we could correct them. Im not sure if it would be useful to put people in jail. Sandra mr. Secretary, i know we will likely hearing more from the administration and the days and weeks to come. Meanwhile, i want to talk about some of these individually hardhit communities and get your response to an abc news. Com headline. We can put it up there, black americans and latinos nearly three times as likely to know someone who has died of covid covid19. And there is recent polling on all of this, the findings trace local and National Data reported by states and cities. Dealing with this pandemic and possibly has the president suggested another outbreak in the fall. No question that some of the underserved communities have suffered greater tragedy than the nation at large. We just focus on the comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension and obesity and asthma and things of that nature, certainly those exacerbate the situation and dramatically increase the morbidity and the mortality. But in order to address the issues, we have to do what the president has refocused the opportunity of revitalization counsel to do, and that is to look at the reasons why these things are going on and to address those. When people live in situations where they cant socially distance, where they are crowded together and where sanitation is in the greatest where they dont have access to healthy food or they dont have access to longterm health care where education is poor, the list goes on. You dont address things at that level, its like putting a bandaid on it and he continued to be complaining about the same thing a year from now, ten years from now, 100 years from now, this is what we want to address. Sandra i would like to continue the conversation on that, love to have your back on again soon. Thank you for your time this morning. Ed fox news alert now, Just Moments Away from a big event at the white house, President Trump set to honor americas veterans as well as p. O. W. M. I. A. Families. Motorcyclists also gathered outside for rolling to remember. Has now gone virtual because of the pandemic, as soon as that begins, we will bring it to you live, stay with us. The guitar intro to your favorite song. The roar of a racecar. A secret whispered in your ear. A good joke. At eargo we believe in hearing life to the fullest. But we also believe in tuning out. Tuning out the confusion, the news, the fear, the noise. Tune into your loved ones. We promise that the world and all of its beautiful sounds will come back louder than ever sandra fox news alert as we await a Memorial Day Ceremony at the white house where President Trump will be honoring veterans and prisoners of war ahead of the holiday weekend. We will have live coverage of that event as soon as it begins. Ed Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden sounding off on the Breakfast Club talk show saying the choice for president should be an easy one for africanamericans, its become controversial. Watch. That is our time, i apologize. You cant do that the black media. My wife has to go on at 6 00. Im in trouble. You have to come see us when you come to new york, its a long way until november, weve got more questions. If you have a problem, and you aint black. Its that i want something for my community. Take a look at my record, i extended the record 25 years. Ed lets bring in a karl rove who is a former White House Deputy chief of staff to george w. Bush, good morning. As noted, he worked in the white house that i covered so that i to interrupt you rudely in a moment or so, we want to talk some president ial politics. Saying you are not truly black and less you support joe biden saying that they cant have independent thoughts is really unusual. There was another part of the interview that i also was struck by. He said, i get overwhelming support from the black leadership, young and old. Every poll shows me way ahead. And its not just i hear this, but young guys, look at the polling data falling. Analysts say it is off by half. Come on, man. Give me a little break here. This is where i come from. What was that . Ed meeting people where they are, thats exactly what he intends to do this november adding the comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but lets be clear about what the vp was saying, making the distinction adding record with Africanamerican Community against any day, sounds like cleanup on aisle three. And not particularly effective. He should be saying i misspoke because that was the candidate himself saying if youre black, youve got to support me. You dont support me, youre really not truly black. That was way over the top. But weve come to sort of expected this and i read that other quote because it is emblematic of the interview. I thought that when he got off the trail because you and i have both been on president ial campaigns, particularly primary campaigns, sleeping in a strange bed in a Strange Hotel moving if you are the candidate, give a lot of pressure on you, a lot of things to do. I thought when he got back to delaware that these missteps and the inability to string together two sentences would disappear because he is at home and able to walk down the stairs and the rec room and face the camera, but its gotten worse. Hasnt gotten better and i think he needs to step back and think about what he says before he says it. Ed that might be an important point to understand whats going on in the polls. Fox news poll met, brandnew one, biden opens up a point lead over the president , got to remember that his National Number one, you have to remember there are battleground goals that cnn and others have been pointing out that suggest the president is doing better in the battlegrounds that will decide the selection but secondly, men versus women in the new fox poll found a ssive gender gap. The president leading by seven points among men. And react to any part of that call, but i also want to work it into what you just said witches joe biden might be doing better in the polls because he has been in that basement, not commenting as much, now when he comes out and makes the comments weve just played, does that have an impact on the poll numbers . It made. A lot of polls show the gender gap. At this point, i like looking at the average of all of the polls and i like trying to see if the same thing appears in polls regardless of where they end up where there threepoint margin of fivepoint margin, whatever and there is a gender gap in this election. Women tend to support biden and men tend to support President Trump. I want to take a look, lets be careful about this. The real clear politics average by about seven points in april and early may, it dropped to six. Early to midmay it was dropped to under three, and now even with the fox poll back, it is at 5. 5. So biden had a bump and see basically secure the nomination to the Democratic Party and it began to erode. The question is we now had to go polls showing them with an eightpoint leader 11point lead and we have a bunch of other polls showing him with a two or threepoint lead. We need to see where this settles out but the fact of the matter is, this race is going to be close. Neither man has a sustainable lead over 50. Tends to be low single digits. Theres plenty of people who have yet to be decided. We are all focused on coronavirus right now and focus less on politics. Its going to be interesting to see doesnt biden do better because people are hearing more and. Ed is that gas that blows up in his face. We have breaking news that just crossed. Joe bidens accuser, there have been new questions raised about whether shes been consistent in her account. We heard some of that but just in the last few moments, the attorney for this accuser tara reade is now saying he and his firm no longer represent tara reade. Again, weve got to get some more context than facts here but broadly speaking, this is something thats been out there as an issue over her Sexual Assault allegations, but now her attorney is saying this firm is no longer representing her. Obviously, there could be a whole bunch of reasons why they changed it if people change attorneys, but there have been questions about her accounts. Yesterday, we had she had served as an Expert Witness in some trials and we saw yesterday a series of stories of people going after her saying she overrepresented her credentials and was a trustworthy witness and they need to revisit all of those trials in which she served as an Expert Witness. It is a sign that if you pop up in a highprofile thing like this, everything is going to be scrutinized and questions are going to be raised. Ed i just want to get another fact, i didnt want to misquote it. By no means is this a reflection on whether senator biden sexually assaulted reade. Our view is the same held by the majority of americans and they go on to say we generally wish her well, hope that she is a survivor and we would continue to represent her regardless of the alleged creditor status or politics. We just want to get that in that they are saying this is no reflection on her allegations, the truth or the validity of it. Final point . It is still not going to be helpful to her case. Will cause people to speculate why they did this and unless they spell out why they did it, its not going to be to her benefit. Ed appreciate you rolling with the breaking news. All right. Sandra we are still awaiting the president in this ceremony ahead of the memorial day weekend where he will be honoring the nations veterans and prisoners of war. We will have that for you when it begins, stay tuned, we will be right back. Special delivery sandra as we mentioned, we are awaiting the president will be honoring the prisoners of war, the Group Rolling to remember as it is called will be there as well. Normally Rolling Thunder is the rally, as it goes virtual for the memorial day weekend. And we await the president and there is a special ceremony. Why not before the pandemic, you would have thousands upon thousands of folks coming in on motorcycles, very loud, very boisterous and rightly so and its a wonderful honor because they are trying to bring attention to our nations heroes, veterans who are still alive, those who have fallen, also making sure they are all remembered on this memorial day weekend. So buzzing all around washington and a big event around the Lincoln Memorial but as you noted, going to be a bit different this year and maybe the president will reflect that in his tone and making sure we still remember americas heroes, but in a different way because of social distancing and whatnot. Those folks are not going to be together in washington. Sandra it will be a much different look and feel are so many going on the record saying we are glad we are able to do something as just about everything has changed and everything looks a little different these days amid the pandemic. Is important that we stop and observe this moment along with the president and the white house to honor our nations veterans, prisoners of war, there will be a ceremony happening at the white house as you can see, we received a twominute warning just a short time ago so we expect it to be underway shortly as we all work our way in to a very different looking and feeling memorial day weekend this 2020. Ed there is that podium that is just off the blue room in one of the formal social rooms they are on the resident side of the white house where the president is expected to walk out any moment or so and address some of these veterans who are gathered there and as our own john roberts put it, its been raining in washington, settled down so maybe the motorcycles can move around without the rain and maybe that will be a nice moment for the president to come out as the storm settles down and has a chance to honor our veterans. Sandra a very important moment for the president , always putting emphasis on our nations veterans. As we await the president , we know that there is going to be an evening vigil and replaying at the Veterans Memorial this evening and as we look at the patriotic event, all of us to stop and observe and think and remember. Struggling with how to honor americans heroes this weekend because a lot of ceremonies have been canceled because of concerns about social distancing and so he and some of his comrades went with masks and laid some grease in virginia where he is so i imagine a lot of americans will be doing that around the country. Sandra the president has balked out, lets listen and watch together. Ed there is a president , listening to some of the music pointing to some of the veterans. We should hear from him at the end of this beautiful music. Youre my friends and youve been supporting me from the beginning, i appreciate that youre here, and we are here for you and i told you when you want to come back with year 600,000, we are ready to take you but you will give us a little display and ive never seen anyone do that actually, you must have special privileges, never seen anybody ride through that, but i want to welcome you and welcome my friends. You are the rolling to remember, and thats what it is, rolling to remember, and we will be commemorating memorial day. Its a big thing. Together, our nation pays tribute to the extraordinary courage, unflinching loyalty, and unselfish love and supreme devotion of the american the ams that made the ultimate sacrifice. The ultimate sacrifice and is indeed. And they lay down their lives to ensure the survival of american freedom, their names are etched into the hearts of our people in the memory of our nation and its been very close, very, very close, very close to your heart. We will cherish them and are gold star families for all time. They are very special to us. Just as will always remember the nearly 82,000 americans missing in action. We are doing today by secretary of Veterans Affairs robert wilkie. Where is robert and . Great job youre doing, robert. We got the veterans choice and accountability, they have to wait like a few hours, they go outside, they get themselves a good doctor and i get taken care of, so the stories were legendary. You dont hear bad things about them anymore. Used to turn on every night youd see a horror show, so i want to thank you. Youve done a fantastic job, accountability also. Sounds easy, but when you have a Civil Service an end you have all of this for 40 or 50 years theyve been trying to get rid of it. They dont take care of our vets, we fire them. Before, you couldnt. They were sadists, they were thieves, and i think you let go of more than 8,000 people who were terrible trying to fire them for years and that didnt take care of our vets. Just the opposite. They were horrible. Now theyre gone. So thats a big thing. So thank you very much. National commander jan brown, thank you very much, good job. Good job youve done here. And he got this very special group that are going to be doing a very special ride. Im going to get to watch you, i hope, right . Sometimes i look at those bikes and their pretty tough, and actor Robert Patrick who has bedded many films and television shows, i know that well. That is not too bad. Looking good. I want to especially recognize legendary riders who made the rolling to remember possible for 32 years, Rolling Thunder carried out a ride of remembrance and now we are going to continue that onward, and the Rolling Thunder people were terrific and everybody really were, had a Good Relationship with them, going to say hello when i heard they were giving him a hard time a couple of years ago but people do get older, he said we are getting older. But the whole group is terrific. Ahead and thank you for keeping this noble tradition alive, preserving the memory of those who are missing but never forgotten. My administration will spare no effort or resource to support the men and the women who defend our nation. 2. 1 trillion, not billion. Used to be million, and then about two weeks ago you started hearing billion and now youre starting to hear trailing and creative so i dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing, but its good when we are spending 2. 1 trillion in funding that are military. Now having the greatest equipment, the finest equipment its ever had has been entirely rebuilt, its all made in america, everything. And our military was depleted just like the shelves empty for medical equipment. We didnt have ventilators, didnt have testing, didnt have anything and now we have great testing, the best in the world. We have great ventilators making thousands and thousands of them, and we are actually now so loaded with ventilators that we are helping other countries. And therefore saving lives also. But our American Military with 281, thats a lot of planes, f35 fighter jets, the best in the world. 453 abrams takings, 14,400 Tactical Combat vehicles, two aircraft carriers, two additional battleships and much more all made in the usa so importantly. We are giving our Service Members the resources, tools, and equipment they need even getting brandnew beautiful uniforms. Doesnt sound like much of i told you what it cost, its a lot, but the army has new uniforms, and they are gorgeous. We passed the largest reform of the department of Veterans Affairs and the history of the department including the accountability and removed 8,500 va workers who werent doing their job, were taking advantage of hurting our vets. The percentage of veterans reporting they trust services. They trust services, so they report and they say they trust services has reached the highest in the history of the va. Thats a big statement. So the percentage of veterans reporting so it is now the highest in the history of the service, satisfaction with that hazard reached 89 and we are not going to rest until we have it at 100 . Is called prevent task force. Big difference between now and the way it used to be, right . Big difference. I also formed ive got to be careful when asked that question, sometimes someone can say, we used to like it better. That would not be good, right . You know that would go in the figures immediately, write to mike thats all it covers. After be very careful, but thank you. I also form the task force to fight the tragedy of veteran suicide, which is an unbelievable tragedy. We actually have medications that we are working on, they have one from Johnson Johnson which is an inhaler. It has been very effective. Weve ordered, i think, thousands of units of that. Thousands and thousands, and reusing it. When the invisible enemy struck our country, by administration quickly secured va medical facilities. We are keeping the sacred covenant, we are protecting those who sacrificed so much to protect us. I was very early. In fact, out of many, many people, i was the only one that wanted to do i guess i was only 11 that mattered, but i gt china out of the United States. I put a ban on china in january, and i took a lot of heat. Joe biden said, hes xenophobic. Thats right, yeah. But a month later he said i was right. As you know, dr. Fauci, a good guy, says, you dont need to do that, and later on when he saw that i did it, and when we kept thousands, tens of thousands of people out, he said, donald trump saved thousands of lives, tens of thousands of lives. And we did. We did a very early and that was very important. The ban on chinese people, people from china, coming in. I was seeing how badly infected the one area, wuhan, was. So i put a ban on, and many people thought nancy pelosi, a month later, was in chinatown in san francisco. Shes dancing in the streets of chinatown trying to say, its okay to come to the United States, its fine, its wonderful, come on in. Bring your interaction with you. Then she said, you should have done early. About me. And shes dancing a month later. These people are sick. Anyway, last year i signed the national p. O. W. M. I. A. Flag act, which requires that all federal buildings slide the p. O. W. M. I. A. Flag in addition to the american flag. [applause] you see them all over washington now. They could be separate from the flag, you can do a separate placement, or you can put it under flag. In the months since, that righteous flag has proudly flown over the white house. He probably noticed it today. That reminder is the work left, and we have work left, but we have doing it. We have to win the white house, otherwise the great things that weve done, we are going to do great with our economy. You already see it trying to happen, we are trying to get some governors theyre not opening up, but theyll be opening up pretty quickly. Today i just spoke to cdc, we want our churches and our places of faith and worship, we want them to open, and cdc is going to be i believe today they will be issuing a very strong recommendation, and im going to be talking about that in a little while. They are going to be opening up very soon. We want our church is open, we want our places of faith, synagogues, we want them open. Thats going to start happening. I consider them essential, and thats one of the things we are saying. We are going to make out essential. You know, they have places essential that arent essential, and theyve open, yet the churches arent allowed to open. In the synagogues. Again, places of faith. Mosques. Places of faith. So, thats going to youre going to see that. I just want to say, youve been tremendous supporters of mine. The bikers. I call them the bikers, they are bikers. For whatever reason, he liked me from the beginning and i like you from the beginning. I remember, i went to hilton head and i went other places, and they would be thousands of bikes outside. They were all in support. They actually said that that we didnt have to, because theres no room. We never had an empty seat from the time i came down the escalator, with our future first lady. Who would have thought, right . Remember, they said, whats he doing . A lot of people thought wed win, and we won pretty easily, also. 306223, thats pretty easy. We went through a primary that was tough, and you were there with me. We went through an election, i was tough, and you are with me. Always there, the bikers. What do i have, 90 . 95 . We are trying to find, who were the 3 or that you percent can make we are looking for them. We are looking for them. Ill never forget, i made a speech in a place that was packed. I said, fellas, ill do a second one. No, we dont have to hear, we know we are about. We know where youre coming from, sir. We will protect you. Were not here to listen, we are here to protect you. Ive never forgot that. I never felt so safe. There were a lot of rough guys in the little group of about a thousand bikes, by the way. Maybe more than that. A lot of rough people. But to me they were beautiful people. But it never forgot that. Were not here to hear your speech, sir, we are here to protect you. I thought it was incredible thing. You been my friends. I want to thank you very much. Get those engines started, i want to see you guys drive around, drive as fast as you can, but dont get hurt. [laughs] [engines revving] [sweet child o mine] sandra all right, ed, and they are off. The president honoring our nations heroes, are veterans, in a ceremony at the white house. Ed what a way to start our week, little guns n roses, have a wonderful weekend. Sandra you, too, ed. Outnumbered starts now. Melissa fox news alert, former Vice President and Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee, joe biden, facing swift backlash this morning over his new comments in a radio interview on undecided black voters ahead of the november election. Take a listen to the exchange. Youve got to come see us when you come to new york, vp biden. I will. Its a long way until november, weve got more questions. I tell you, if you have a problem, figure out whether youre from you are troubled, and you aint black aint black. It has nothing to do with trump, it has to do with the fact i want something for my community. Take a look at my