We kind of expected that. Gillian ive made it a practice not it. This comes a day before roger stone was set to report to prison. Now several democrats and at least one Senate Republican says the move was politically motivated. Mark joins us from the white house. Gillian, ive come to expect a busy saturday. President trump says that he believes that roger stone was unfairly targeted by prosecutors and commuting the sentence days before roger stone was is et set to go to prison. He hes convicted on witness tampering and lying to congress. And the white house released a statement roger stone was treated unfairly as were many others in this case. Roger stone is now a free man. This decision drawing immediate bipartisan outrage on capitol hill. That the president cannot issue a pardon if the crime that is the person is in jail for is one caused by protecting the president , which this was, its appalling, appalling. Utah republican senator mitt romney weighing in saying unprecedented historic corruption. An american president commutes a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very president. Well continue to watch the fallout from this. The president is kind of changing his schedule a little bit this weekend. He was supposed to hold a Campaign Rally up know portsmouth, new hampshire. That was scrubbed. The Campaign Says its because of bad weather, the storm in that region, but i checked the weather right now. And while in an interview with telemu telemundo. Im going to do a big executive order, the power to do it as president and im going to make daca a part of it. Well put it in and were probably then going to be taking it out. Were working out the legal complexities right now. Theres still a lot that were trying to figure out, this executive order sounds like its in the work. The timing is interesting, were after all, gillian, 150 days away from the general election, back town. Gillian also confusing mark because the president referred to it at dinner times during that telemundo interview, a bill, which means legislation, and an executive order. Waiting for clarity on that from the white house. Leland lets see if we can get clarity on the upcoming executive order or a bill. The cochair, maam, thank you for being with us. Just to break down the sentence in the report from mark meredith. Im going to do an executive order, make daca a part of it and putting it in and probably taking it out and in another one, daca is going to be just fine. What are the 800,000 or so Daca Recipients supposed to think off of that . I think what the president says is his intention to address this issue. As you know, for far too long, congress failed to act. I think what the president was saying and we hope to see in the next several weeks when he unveils his executive order is first and foremost reform on immigration that will continue to protect american workers. Border security, and then of course, daca, so i think well see a lot of so the executive order and a piece of legislation are two totally different things. The president doesnt have a way to create a path to citizenship through an executive order. That takes legislation. Do we expect theres going to be some kind of an attempt before the election to put an immigration bill on the table . Well, i think what the president says is that hes going to address daca, perhaps through that executive order and i think what he would like to see and what hes prepared to do and has been prepared to do over the course of the past three and a half years is to address this in a bipartisan way for congress to finally do their job. Im confused though, when you say hes going to address daca through executive order, other than trying to end run again and repeal the obama era executive order, what would he do . I think well wait and see what comes out in the next couple of weeks, but i do believe his intention and his commitment to address this issue once and for all. Leland lets try this a different way. How difficult will it be for him in 2020 come november with hispanics if daca is not fixed . Well, i think that the premise that youre presenting is one that the hispanic voting block only cares about immigration i didnt say that, i simply asked if that would be an issue, we can universally agree that with the hispanic voting block the and the economic success that weve had with this president. Leland lets get to daca. If daca is not fixed, does it hurt him with hispanics in 2020 . I think youll obviously have to see what the president does. If daca isnt fixed that is one issue and voters will have that make up their mind. Obviously, he has a commitment to fix daca and what weve seen is democrats stonewall along the way. Theres arabs, economic issues, his stance on venezuela and cuba and fighting for freedom that are things that are important to hispanics. Leland you bring up a number of issues that are important in florida especially. Cuba being a huge issue. The economy being a huge issue. A lot of florida depends on tourism in their economy, i dont need to tell you that. Disney world is reopening, but the orlando economy where i used to live is decimated. Same with naples and fort myers. Miami has had curfews as of late and the president is down five points to joe biden in the latest poll averages in florida. What needs to happen for floridas economy to turn around . Well, youve seen under the leadership of Governor Desantis is a concerted effort to address the pandemic, but also address the economic crisis that weve seen. Youve pointed out clearly the tourism as part of our economy is key. Were seeing things start to open back up, but i do believe that well see in the next quarter, floridas economy rebound as well as the national weve also seen the number of coronavirus cases in florida explode and hospitalizations as well now that the governor finally decide today release the numbers there. Do you worry that this could get out of control and youre going to have an intersection of the explosion of coronavirus cases, deaths in Nursing Homes in florida in november . No, because the governor has taken Decisive Action early on to protect the most vulnerable and being the elderly and those in Nursing Homes. So what weve seen is yes, an increase in cases in florida and across the sun belt, but it doesnt come with a proportionate increase in fatalities. If you see our fatality rate weve been able to manage that and clearly well continue to work hard to protect floridians. Some reporting right now coming out in the past couple of days, nursing home rates on the virus are going up and well get into that with different doctors later in the show. Madam lt. Governor, we appreciate the time and enjoy the rest of the weekend. Thank you, you as well. Leland great having you. Chris wallace is going to talk to education secretary betsy devos tomorrow on fox news sunday. A big issue around the country whether or not schools are going to be able to reopen in the fall. The president has spoken about this lately. Devos will talk about that, check your local listings for time and channel and howard kurtz will break down the coverage of roger stones commutation the panel. Media buzz is tomorrow. 21 states are now either pausing, reversing or delaying their reopening plans as the coronavirus continues to wage war on americans nationwide. Cristina coleman hags the has the very latest numbers, break it down for us. Theres good news here. New york once the epicenter of the virus, operate sayingses for covid19 has dropped below 800 for the First Time Since mid march. The sftate is reporting the threeday average is seven. The lowest since march 16th. Despite a recent surge, the daily number of deaths from this disease on average in the u. S. Is significantly lower than its peak this year. However, the number of daily deaths reported has increased in some of the hardest hit states for the virus right now, including florida and texas. In texas 95 deaths were reported friday as this was one of the deadliest weeks for people with covid19 in the lonestar state. Yesterday the governor extended a disaster order because of the surge in covid19 cases. Getting kids back in school is a major work in process. As of now schools in texas are set to open the schools in the fall. Here is the Texas Governor how to do this safely. Wide wed like to give flexibility, most of our schools go back somewhere around mid to late august. They have the option to slide that back a week or two. Well give some elasticity to the school districts, we want to make sure our schools and parents come back safe in the environment. In florida more than 10,300 coronavirus cases were overnight making it one of the highest, and 120 deaths, the highest since may and this comes as experts worry that test availability and turn around testing is inefficient in some areas, gillian. Gillian Christina Coleman live from los angeles. Thank you. Joining us now are two lawmakers on the front lines at the state level, were joined by Illinois State start, and connecticut senator matthew lesser, vice chair of the states Public Health committee. Thank you for your time this afternoon. We appreciate having you here. Dan, im going to you first. You say the big problem is that the Governor Pritzker in illinois where you are, but governors nationwide are make sure i quote you correctly, shutting their states down without any oversight including without any accountability to anyone. Lets talk about illinois first. Where is the state legislature . Well, the state legislature is frankly not involved at all. For the last four months Governor Pritzker has issued these continuous emergency proclamations. He has essentially ruled by fiat. The equal branch of government has no input into the rules and things hes set up. Am soft rules hes come up with has simply not made sense. Right now were in phase four, casinos can operate at 50 capacity, but museums it conditional operate at 25 . Zoos, outdoor zoos, 25 capacity. Outdoor viewing of sports, 20 capacity. And the problem is, is that you have people out there looking at the rules, seeing what they can and cant do, it doesnt make sense to them or their neighbors and they toss the baby out with the bath water and essentially ignoring the good ideas. I think thats part of the reason why weve seen an uptick in our positive covid cases lately because people arent taking the declarations that Governor Pritzker has put down seriously anymore. Leland well, maybe people are not taking them seriously or maybe people are trying to take them seriously, but theyre confused because the rules and the goal posts are changing in different parts of the state. Matthew, if we look at connecticut, outsiders view there, rules are pretty straight forward. No one can do anything or go anywhere, but at the same time, you guys are doing really well when it comes to flat lining your cases. You have, i think, it was 1 transmission rate just under 1 is , actually, thats below pretty much every other state. Yes, and thank you, galien, thats absolutely right. Connecticut was hit early and hit hard and more connecticut residents have died than all the americans who were killed on 9 11. Were really devastated, but we came together as a state and we didnt play politics as senator from illinois is seeming to do, but we put science first. I can tell you yesterday for the third time this week, not one person died in connecticut. If we take this disease seriously, if we listen to the science, if we put on masks, if we do adequate testing, if we dont play games and we be careful in indoor spaces, we can beat this disease, but weve got to do it all 50 states. We cant left anyone left behind. Weve got to make sure were taking care of one another in this country. Gillian dan, is that tradeoff worth it to you. If Public Health officials you shut down the state and dont allow other folks to come into the state of illinois, but you wont have any deaths, would you go for it . So what i think needs to happen is that, you know, democracy works best when you have a diversity of opinions around the governing table and thats precisely what we dont have. Here in illinois and many other states we have governors ruling by fiat in a manner that doesnt make sense from a Public Health perspective at times. This is something that if we had full buyin, right, if we had other elected officials sitting around the table with the governor, these are coequal branches of government, sitting down and coming up with a plan that makes sense to everybody, youre going to have much greater buyin on behalf of the public and the public is going to turn around and behave in a manner thats ultimately safer because of the buyin across government, across the board. Thats something we simply arent had here and in too many other places. Gillian gentlemen, weve got to leave it there. Thank you, dan, and matt, talking about your states. We appreciate it. Glad to be with you again. Leland police seize add rifle from a st. Louis couple that went viral last month after video emerged of them taking up arms to defend their home from protesters. Arab arab arabia nasney. According to reports from the ground in st. Louis, mark and patricia were at home at 8 00 last night and they seized the rifle that mark is pictured holding. As for pistol patricia was holding, the couple claim that was originally in the possession you have their attorney. They took arms at home after the protesters were marching into their gated neighborhood. The protesters claim they were on the way to demonstrate outside of the mayors house, but the couple told fox news, some. Protesters said theyre going to kill us and burn down the house. Last month, the District Attorney office said they would not tolerate the use of force against people exercising their First Amendment rights. The Missouri Attorney general says that the couple did not break any laws, but its unclear what might happen to them. Under missouri law, under the castle doctrine, an individual has really expansive authority to protect their own lives, their home, and their property. And i think the story here to watch here is the local prosecutor, kim gardner. Kim gardner has an abysmal record in prosecuting violent cri crime. Now, the couple tells fox news, the protesters returned again the following week, but this time, ned already hired private security to protect their home. The couples new attorney now says hes hopeful, hoping to have a meeting with kim gardner, the prosecutor there in st. Louis, sometime next week and well follow up and see what happens next, leland. The attorney general seemed a little confused by kim gardners move in terms. Search warrant and possible charges that could be headed to the couples way. Aishah hasnie, thank you so much. Cinderellas castle has a fresh coat of paint to go to green. The disney visitors Wearing Masks and phil keating is covering the reopening of the park. Phil. Its been 118 long days since the public and all of those disney fanatics have been able to go inside the Magic Kingdom, well, today, mickey and minnie are back. The park is back open, but there are a lot of new rules that will be strictly enforced. Ill explain them all to you after the break. Its pretty inspiring the way families redefined the word school this year. Its why, at xfinity, were committed to helping kids keep learning through the summer. And help College Students studying at home stay connected through our university program. Were providing affordable Internet Access to low income families through our internet essentials program. And this summer, xfinity is creating a Virtual Summer camp for kids at home all on xfinity x1. Were committed to helping all families stay connected. Learn more at xfinity. Com education. What was Tropical Storm fay continues to ruin the summer weekend for much of the new york area and farther north into new england. Were going to head out, and Rick Reichmuth has the forecast as we can see fay behind you. Im glad you said beach. One thing well deal with a rip currents, so if youre at any of the beaches be careful, its dangerous with the rip currents. Fay came on shore yesterday, 50 mile per hour storm just to the north of Atlantic City and pulled up right now across parts of the Hudson River Valley and is very quickly now pulling off towards the north. You can see that moisture there. Its across parts of new england, and thats the most moisture that were dealing with from what was fay. That right there was circulation and a lot of it headed toward canada. Behind that, kind of a system that pulled this storm north, a system that was bringing significant lane across parts of far western new york. Well watch that careful. Ill tell you were in Hurricane Season and we expect on an average here around 12 named storms. Were already six named storms in and none of them hurricanes, fortunately, but six Tropical Storms that got names. We are an expecting an average year this year. Take a look where we are, were just getting going in our Hurricane Season here and the bulk of the activity happens really from around stay the second week of august through the second week of october and here we are already six named storms in. So, that doesnt bode very well for us. Everybody needs to be prepping for the Hurricane Season that were going to deal with. The one other story, leland, we are going to talk about this i think for the next couple of weeks, is a significant heatwave thats going to build in across parts of the south. Really hot this weekend across the desert southwest, but take a look at temperatures across much of texas. These are actual air temperatures and factor in the humidity with in and it gets a little bit worse. Were talking about temps there that are feeling over 110 and pushing 120 and stays with us for a week or so and have life threatening impacts for people over time, th