Very good morning to you. You are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. Rob thanks for getting up early with us. We begin with a fox news alert, protesters burning an American Flag as unrest and chaos continues in the Nations Capital. Jillian Marianne Rafferty joins us as protesters surround the wendys where Rayshard Brooks was killed. Reporter protests in dc showing no sign of slowing down despite warnings from the president , protesters hung an American Flag and set it on fire near Lafayette Park just one day after a group tried to form an autonomous zone outside the white house, they also attempted to tear down the statue of andrew jackson. Those acts met with strong words from the president and tweet there will never be an autonomous zone in washington dc as long as im your president. If they try they will meet met with serious force, twitter same as we violated its rules but left it up anyway. Donald trump not backing down. The leftwing bob is trying to demolish our
The even of a second wave it is full speed ahead. People say thats a distinct possibility. Its standard. Were going to put out the fires. Were not going to close the country. Were going to put out the fires. Whether its an ember or a flame, were going to put it out. Were not closing our country. On friday the president said that he would urge governors to reopen churches despite evidence showing them to be virtual petri dishes for covid19. In poll after poll, americans have made clear that human health and not the economy is priority number one. They are souring on the president s response. A new abc news ipsis poll shows only 39 approve the president s performance. The lowest since march. With me to discuss, monica alba, nbc news, white house political reporter, katherine lucy, White House Reporter for the wall street journal, and the White House Reporter for the monica, you heard the sound there, the president saying even if theres a second outbreak he wont close the country. What is
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the Political Writer and academic, Maya Goodfellow and the deputy Political Editor at the daily mail, john stevens. Lets take a look as some front pages of tomorrows newspapers. The Daily Telegraph reports german prosecutors are investigating whether the prime suspect in the Madeleine Mccann case was responsible for the abduction of a missing german girl eight years later. According to the times, sunday trading laws in the uk will be suspended for a year and cafes and pubs will be given fast track approval to serve food and drink outside under plans to boost the economy. The daily mail says borisjohnson is drawing up a great recovery bill to slash red tape and help get the economy moving again. The guardian reports ministers are under pressure to rethink rules on face masks after the World Health Organisation advised that simple coverings are inadequate for the public and said that over
Well also have coronavirus updates for you from brazil, spain, the us, ireland and nz. New zealand which, having declared itself covid free, has lifted almost all of its restrictions. And india is also easing restrictions, despite the number of infections continuing to climb. Welcome. Were going to begin in houston where a Public Memorial Service is being held for george floyd. This is the fountain of praise church where people have come to pay their respects. Long queues formed outside the church. In part because of the number of people who are attending, in part because only 15 people are allowed inside the church at a time in order to maintain social distancing rules. This is the final public memorial before a private funeral is held tomorrow. Jane obrien is in houston. I have had so many extraordinary powerful of conversations today. Powerful conversations today. It really is a privilege to be here. Most of the people ive spoken to did not know george floyd at all. They are here be
Jillian breaking developed in the search for her kids, jj and kylie, not seen since september. Positive news, already making a difference at the end of the day. They lost everything in a fire. Fox and friends first continues right now. Rob matt finish live in minneapolis, some testimony was released overnight. Reporter todays house hearing seeks to examine the crisis. Racial profiling and lost trust between Police Department and their communities. The white house is working with senator tim scott to develop a gop response to the Democrats Police reform bill. Democrats need to bring their Police Reform package that would ban show colds, create a National Police misconduct registry and recovered federal officers to wear body cameras. In todays hearing among the scheduled witnesses George Floyds brother and benjamin graham, attorney to the family. A piece of the expected testimony today reads, quote, the only reason we know what happened to george floyd is it was captured on video. The ad