Ambassador. John roberts kicks it off. Good afternoon. It was shortly before 1 00. The president watched as John Ratcliffe was sworn in as the new director of National Intelligence. One of his last official acts, ric grenell declassified a number of documents, some of which were transcripts that took place during the president ial transition between general Michael Flynn and the former Russian Ambassador to the United States, sergei kislyak. These are transcripts that led eventually to flynn having that interview with the fbi at which the fbi said he lied and now we have information that suggests that the fbi was out to get him. So now theres petition by the doj to vacate the guilty plea that Michael Flynn entered. Its up to John Ratcliffe to facilitate the release of those. We dont know if he will do it or not. The last time we saw declassification, which was the members of the Obama Administration who asked for the unmasking of general flynns name. How that happened is ric grenell sent those names to republican senators that facilitated the release to the public. Kayleigh mcenanyhas more. I havent spoken with him. This president has released not the president but this president has overseen the American People a lot of information theyre entitled to see. One of the things the president asked for, the 302s. The summaries of the interview with Michael Flynn. In the absence of the 302s, would you encourage the release of the transcripts . I have to ask him that. On ratcliffes swearing in as dni, the president is happy about it. He tried to put forward ratcliffes name at the mueller hearings. He became a rock star in the president s eyes after questioning mueller quite stringently. Because of questions about embellishing his resume, ratcliffe took his name out. The Political Climate different now. So ratcliffe got confirmed even know it was a 4944 vote. Marco rubio, the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee had a full vote of confidence for ratcliffe. Listen here. Ratcliffe will do a great job. This is a very smart person a very serious person and decent person. At the end of the day, the position oversees the 17 individual agencies involved in the intelligence collection in this country. Thats a very important role. Last week, the Senate Minority leader, Chuck Schumer said the opposite about John Ratcliffe. Listen here. Mr. Ratcliffe unfortunately has not demonstrated the qualities nor the independence that we should expect of the next leader of the intelligence community. One thing that theres no question about, grenell was a real trump loyalist. Ratcliffe is the same. So the president now has in the position of director of National Intelligence, somebody who is on the same page as him politically and idealogically. Its interesting to point out when you look at the 4944 vote, the very first pick was confirmed in 2005 by a vote of 982. Shows you just how much things have changed politically in the last few years. Neil wow. Indeed it has. Beautiful day at the white house. Thanks, john. John roberts from the white house lawn. Breaking news on a 2020 convention. The pandemic continues to dominate the conversation. Moments ago, floridas republican Governor Ron Desantis says he would love to have the rnc. Heck, im a republican, he said. It would be good for us to have the dnc. Meanwhile, joe biden made his first public appearance outside of his home since mid march. His campaign is getting a lot of questions about when biden might get out on the trail. Karl rove comes in. Former white house chief of staff for george w. Bush. Come back to the conventions . A moment. What is the strategy inside the Biden Campaign . Theyve been in delaware since march 5. The polling suggests he has a lead. Is their thinking lets just go and dig in here and ride it out . Well, i think theyve said as long as its working, lets keep doing it. They recognize at some point just a chatter about him only being seen broadcasting from his rec room would begin to bite. They wanted to start to move before that. So memorial day have him go to the delaware memorial to the fallen and have him start to be seen. The question is are they going to be able to sustain it, keep it up. They probably need to do it. He needs to do it gingerly with respect to the standards that are at play in any region that he visits. People want to see and hear a little bit more from joe biden as coronavirus stops to take all the oxygen out of the air, if you will, in our political discussions. Neil hes been doing some med media. How about a press conference . Not for a while. Im going to write about this in my wall street journal column. Ive been reading a lot of them. If i were inside the biden high command, id be very nervous about what im seeing in the transcripts. Im going to write about it thursday. Neil im reading your mind some out here. On these conventions, be desantis says come to florida. The republicans go to charlotte on the last week of august on the schedule. Roy cooper, the democrat. The president cranking up pressure saying let us know what youre going to do. What would you guess the outcome is . The president says i want a packed house. The dnc seems to be going more virtual. What do you think . These conventions are big productions. So in fairness to the democrats and the republicans, the rules need to be set. The governor said you need to tell us by june 1 whether or not we can come and do the kind of thing we want to do. One of the worst things that could happen is if Governor Cooper make as decision adverse to the Republican National convention and does so late, even on the basis of sound science and good reasoning, it looks political. So sooner rather than later is better. Florida has said they would take it. Georgia issued statements say they would welcome the convention. Were getting a very, very close. May seem like a lot of time from late may until the third week of august, but its not that long at all when youre putting on a thing in which in the republican case there are 8,000 delegates and alternates and 20 some odd thousand people jammed in. The democrats have twice as many delegates and alternates as republicans do. So in many ways, its more complicated for them. But you have to make assignments on hotels, figure out transportations, logistics. Not only the normal security in place since 911 but also have to have in place the procedures that will allow you to have a healthy convention by screening people, testing people and measuring temperatures and keeping social distance and so forth. Neil its not easy stuff. 30 seconds. The economy. A suggestion that joe biden will go after donald trump on the economy. Same time you have obamas former Financial Adviser saying by the fourth quarter, you could see this economy being a rocket ship. Your view of that today as we approach june, sir . Three possible arguments. The Biden Campaign is making all three at this point. Trump moved too slowly and created the economy. The worst argument they could make. Biden was critical in the early steps. The obamabiden economic record is better than trumps. I dont think that will excite anybody outside the base of the democratic party. The final one, biden knows better than trump what to do. Trump has a lead on this question. For biden to win this, he has to make the argument of what hes going to do rather than asserting i would be better. He hasnt shown himself as able to make a concerted argument. That is the only one of the three where he has a chance to do anything on the economy that bites hard. Neil cnbc interview gave an indication what he would support with regard to taxes. Thanks, carl. Nice to see you on a tuesday and a white board as a bonus. There you go. Neil thank you. The governor now behind one of the countrys strictest lock downs, michigans Gretchen Whitmire giving an update. Its her first Briefing Since memorial day weekend, this past weekend. She did get questions about reports that her husband asked a docking company to get their family boat in the water ahead of the holiday. Mike tobin is tracking that from our Midwest Bureau today. Hi, mike. Hi, bill. A warm holiday weekend. People were anxious to shake off a lock down, regain a little social contact. Health Officials Say it went too far. Video surfaced of people in a pool party. Texas Officials Say what theyre seeing from the bars, people have disregarded everything they worked for. One Health Official said they have no doubt that some people had the virus. The video that got people buzzing, the lake of the ozarks in missouri. The county Health Department says if they have any compassion for others, selfquarantine for 14 days or wait until they get a negative test for concern. The controversy in michigan is different. The husband of governor gingrich chen whitmire tried to cut in line and get his boat in line ahead of everybody else. Whitmire has achieved notarity for some of the strictest lock down rules. This story goes back to a Facebook Post in which the owner of the dock made the claim about whitmires husband. The post has been taken down. Whitmire says the practice is not discuss the familys calendar or schedules and we wont address every rumor spread online. Here in illinois, the stay is on lock down. What were seeing out of people is theyre crossing the border into indiana where they can get to the beaches or going to wisconsin where they can get to the bars. Bill . Thank you, mike. June will be interesting. Nice to see you. Mike tobin in chicago. John barrasso says we need to open safely and do it soon. Ill talk with him in a moment. Critics say this could do more harm than good. Did you see this over the weekend . People can guess. I think next week, two weeks, i think a month. Im out of that business because we all failed that business. Neil this was a stunning comment. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that experts failed when it came to predicting the virus. Well talk to one of the doctors making the projections coming up. California announcing a plan to reopen churches as the department of justice issues a warning to another state over its restrictions on church. Allstate wont raise your rates just because of an accident. 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The wall street writes this. The blue state lock down blues. Critics say opening too fast will lead to a spike in cases. Show you a map from johns hopkins. 24 states have seen more cases since loosening restrictions. With me, John Barrasso of wyoming back home in his home start and also a doctor. Thanks for coming back here. What is your read on this blue state red state definition process . How do you see it, senator . In wyoming, which is clearly a red state, people are open and responsible. We had several Memorial Day Services yesterday. Very respectful. People were out and doing what you expect them to do. Businesses are open. People are engaged again. People are getting back to work. Thats what we need to do for the whole country. Ive seen this report about illinois and california and new york and new jersey. About a third of the economy of the country by being in lock down, shut down for so long, even though statewide theres lots of places that ought to be open in those states. One size doesnt fit all. Regrettably, thats what those states are doing, which will slow down the opportunity for the country to move its head as quickly as we will be doing once we get to this rebound. Senator, the suggestion is that its being done with intent. Do you believe that . Well, they do seem to be the states that are asking the most of the federal government. We want to shut down and they want more money from washington. The people in the west, theyre independent, selfreliant people in wyoming, we want to get back to work. Its a concern when you see these blue states that continue to ask for bailouts. Not just what is going on now as a result of coronavirus but due to mismanagement over decades that the American People are not going to stand for that. We need to get back to work as a nation, need to do it smartly and we need to do it safely. We need to do it soon and im ready to go and so is wyoming today. Neil on that point, are republicans in the senate willing to write it in to language that if you do a phase 4 that none of it can be used for Pension Funds or bailout money for previous debts prior to 2020 . A couple of things. If theres a next fund and likely to be another bill, number 1, lets give the states more flexibility with the 150 billion that they have already been given so that they can use it in ways that work best for them in the state. Certainly nothing more for the pentup demands and Pension Funds that have been inadequately funded for years. We also, if we do another bill, need to make sure theres Liability Reform in that so that healthcare workers, Small Businesses, the mom and pop shops dont have to live in fear if someone can get sued if they get coronavirus in their business. We now that lawyers across the country are advertising saying if you have coronavirus, call this 800number. Were the coronavirus litigation team. Well find somebody to sue. That wont help us get this country back open and moving in our economy strong and healthy and growing and vibrant again. Neil you read at foxnews. Com, coronavirus collateral damage. This is your piece now. Heres why we must open smartly, safely and soon. The conclusion line is this. The point is clear. Keeping states shut down will wreck havoc on the health of our society. As a physician, what do you mean by that . The health of our society . 600 doctors wrote to President Trump about this very issue. We cannot let the cure be worse than the disease. As a result of the shut downs, a lot of essential medical services have not been done. Other than coronavirus, hospitals have shut down elective procedures which include cardiac stress tests, cancer exams, mammograms. All of these things. Plus a dramatic impact on the Mental Health of americans. I talked to the president about this last tuesday when we had lunch. Hes wellaware of the need to make sure that we get the country open for the General Health of the American People. Suicide is up. In california, the bay area, one hospital reports four times as many suicide attempts in the last four weeks than they had all last year. Neil senator, a very important topic. Sorry. Come back soon. Back in a moment here after this. I just love hitting the open road and telling people that Liberty Mutual customizes your insurance, so you only pay for what you need [squawks] only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. I but what i do count on. Ts anis boost high protein. Rs, and now, theres boost mobility. With key nutrients to help support. Joints, muscles, and bones. Try boost mobility, with added collagen. This with just one call ses of veto newday, you canoan. Cut your familys mortgage payments by 2000 a year. The va streamline refi is a benefit your spouse earned. 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If we cant change china, it means weve got to cut our ties to it to decrease our vulnerability to a dangerous middle and the regime. Neil