A very good morning to you. You are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. Rob thanks for getting up with us today. This is a fox news alert. Covid19 cases top in 1 million. Jillian that is not stopping wisconsin for rolling back restrictions today. Rob todd pyro with how tennessee and wisconsin plan to get back in business. Reporter good morning to both of you. Not only has the nation past the grim milestone of 1 Million People infected by the virus but word from the cdc with new data showing the virus has probably killed more people than reported. Amid that news some hope for the future. Florida sets to unveil a reopening plan today as tennessee and wisconsin move forward with restriction rollbacks, volunteer state allowing retail opening at 50 capacity. Nonessential businesses doing curbside drop off of goods and animals, with recreational items like kayaks, boats and golf carts. Meantime word the kids in california headed back to class sooner than normal. We are conce
Members of congress, donald trump was reluctant to use the Defense Production act to nationalize production and distribution of these crucial items that could save lives. There was no such reluctance on tuesday when trump invoked that very same law to classify meat plants as essential infrastructure that must remain open. While Health Care Workers are forced to reuse masks until they fall apart, they should at least be able to score some chicken nuggets. Am i right . For the kids. Priorities. The move forces lowwage employees, many of whom are black, latino, or immigrant, to working conditions right for the spread of the virus. Already, more than 20 meat packing plants across the country have closed due to concerns about illness. According to a new report by the cdc, nearly 5,000 meat and poultry plant workers in 19 states have been diagnosed with covid19, 20 people have died. The federal government has also failed to coordinate the National Food supply which is why youre hearing about
Even as the National Crisis rages on and is getting worse. Vice president pence confirmed the news. He said it could be disbanded with federal agencies going back to their old roles by memorial day. It sort of fits with this belief inside the white house that somehow june 1st is going to be a moment where this is a little more in the past. We shall see. A will the of questions about that. Right now President Trump is in arizona where he is touting the administrations response to the crisis and he confirmed hes looking to end the task as well and form a new group as he focuses on roping the economy. This is his first real trip into the public outside of washington since march 28th. He did send off the uss comfort up to new york in norfolk. Thats been about it. The president down played models that show a significant spike in deaths as states begin to reopen. Dr. Fauci is warning of a rebound if states are not careful but president said he would not let fauci testify before house republi
Charges including felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The other officer involved David Brosnan will testify against his partner as a states witness. Facing three charges including aggravated assault. Body cam footage shows the officers having a calm conversation with brooks for more than 40 minutes before things got violent. Brooks resisted arrest, stole an officers taser and took off. The officer said brooks fired the taser at him and thats when he shot him. Fox news contributor and former homicide detective ted williams reacting to the charges. This is why this case i believe, these officers will not be found guilty. At that stage, unfortunately, mr. Brooks turned and shot the taser at the officer. A taser is a weapon. A taser can be a dangerous weapon. We are not watching justice take place here. I dont give a damn about this whiteblack situation. These are human beings. This is a rush to judgment. This is to satisfy a crowd. Prosecutions should never be based
A lot has taken place overnight. Going from one to 100,000, in just a couple of months, what usa today is calling the fastest killer in u. S. History. While the pace of deaths has slowed, the United States leads the world by far more than double the number of deaths in the united kingdom, which is ranked number two. President trump did not take questions from reporters in the hours after the milestone. But the white house did release a state through a Deputy Press Secretary saying the president s prayers are with those who are grieving. The president s silence was deafening. President trump has spent his life in numbers, his wealth, his ratings, his polls, even during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, he has peppered aides about statistics and obsessing over the guy rating stock market. But this week, 100,000 americans dead from the coronavirus, trump has been uncharacteristically silent. It reads in part this, for all of the political hacks out there, if i have not done my job well and