you might have to unmute yourself, max. okay. >> so i would never, ever disagree with steve. prices go up less increase in a slower rate than wages. by making this switch and he's right. it's very complicated. you would end up with a lower benefit -- >> we take you live to the white house for a briefing with press secretary kayleigh mcenany. >> the first duty of government is to protect the safety of our citizens. that's what attorney general barr said when he was at the

white house here a few take sda. some democrats and some in the media continue to ignore reality. as portland's democrat mayor ted wheeler tweeted, quote, what i saw last night was powerful in many ways, i listened, heard and stood with the protesters and i saw what it means when the federal government unleashes paramilitary forces against its own people. that was a quote from the democrat mayor who quite literally stood in the middle of a riot as violent protesters tacked a federal building. that is appalling and mayor wheeler's clearly failing at his duty to protect his streets and his city there in portland. the federal government has a sworn duty to uphold the laws of the united states through field offices and federal facilities across the country, these agents protect and serve the american

people. yet the rhetoric of the left undermines our justice system with nancy police issy ca s s s pelosi calling them storm troopers and wheeler using the term paramilitary forces. under president trump, violent crime rates in america finally began to fall. rhetoric like this cannot be allowed to set us back. augmenting the federal protective service guarding federal property in portland and our brave officers have since augmenting them i should say are brave officers have faced all of these various things like rioters, barricading officers and inside the hatfield federal courthouse, trapping officers inside, a commercial grade mortar firework was launched by rioters, a federal agent's hand was impaled by planted nails, another federal agent shot with a pellet gun leaving a wound deep to the bone and three federal officers were likely left permanently blinded by the rioters using lasers, pointed directly at their eyes. these are not the actions of

so-called peaceful protesters. and the trump administration will not stand by and allow anarchy in our streets, law and order will prevail. i had a short video for you, because i wanted to be real what is happening right now in portland. if we could play that video, that would be great.

>> i hope someone kills your whole [ bleep ] family. i hope they kill you too. i hope someone burns down your whole precinct with all of you all inside. can't wait to see it. >> as you can see, that is anything but a peaceful protest. and this president will always stand on the side of law and order. and with that, i'll take questions. yes. >> thank you so much. i want to ask you about -- then i have another question on foreign policy. first of all, has president trump determined where he's going to or how he's going to deliver his speech? he said he was working on that yesterday? >> he hasn't decided that just yet, but we have a number of really creative, exciting options that he's looking at. it is a question more for the rnc, but he's very excited about the prospect of what will come with the convention. >> i want to ask you about something he tweeted back in april, he said joe biden wanted the date for the democratic national convention moved to a later time period, now he wants a virtual convention, one where he doesn't have to show up. gee, i wonder why. does the president regret that

now? >> as you know, i can't respond to joe biden. you have to ask the campaign about that. but the president -- circumstances changed in florida where we intended to have the convention as the circumstances on the ground changed. the president changed his viewpoint on having the convention in jacksonville at that particular location. >> i want to ask you about the president's phone call with vladimir putin, did the president raise the issue of russian bounties on the lives of american troops during that phone call? >> as you know, that intelligence is unverified still to this day. there are dissenting opinions within the intel community. i won't get into the president's private discussions with a foreign leader. that intelligence is still unverified. rest assured our president will always stand with our military and protect them against any and every foreign adversaries. >> thank you. nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell announced john lewis -- >> i'll come back to you. >> -- will be lying in state on monday and tuesday. does the president plan to go to

the capitol to visit john lewis on one of those days? >> i have no announcements about the president's upcoming plans. but john lewis was a civil rights icon, we lowered the flag here to signify that. >> so the senate has approved overwhelmingly a bill that would require the renaming of bases that are named after confederate leaders. how is it that senator inhofe insured the president he would be able to remove that from legislation that passed both chambers of congress. >> i'll leave to senator inhofe how that works legislatively speaking. but the president was assured by senator inhofe that would be changing and republicans stood with the president on this. and stood with the rest of america, 56% according to an abc poll are opposed to the changing of the u.s. base names. >> thanks. two quick questions. iny you probably hear this

often, when can americans expect some money in their pockets by way of stimulus, what is the president's plan to get that money to them as quickly as possible, and just a question about covid reporting, is the white house at all concerned about inaccuracies or inconsistencies with respect to covid death reports? >> first, let me note when it looks at numbers we want the most accurate reporting and i went through last week the usada numbers, we want to make sure hospitals are truly reporting all the information they're getting, one of the systems of data gathering, only 81% of hospitals were reporting into another hhs system and getting a full picture of what we're seeing in hospitals. we want to assure that all the information is accurate. with regard to phase four, those negotiations are ongoing. these are long and extended negotiations, we feel it is very important from the white house to address unemployment insurance in particular.

and also money for schools and ensuring that the money for schools enables students to make school choices like going to a physically open school. so right now that's where the discussions lie at the moment. >> drug pricing is so critical to america's seniors, often you hear terrible stories about people having to ration drugs because of the incredible cost, what exactly practically can the american public expect the president to do to lower the cost of prescription drugs? >> that's a great question. the president today at 3:00 p.m. will be talking about drug pricing. and he'll be announcing some actions he's taking on that front. i'll leave it to him to announce those future actions, but in 2018, he released a landmark blueprint to lower prescription drug prices. it is an issue he's been very passion naate about, which is w he signed legislation ending the gag clauses that stopped pharmacists from informing patients about lower drug prices and the average basic premiums

for medicare part d prescription drug plans that have fallen by 13.5% since 2017. he's done a lot already, but more to come. this afternoon actually. >> i have two questions for you. this morning dr. birx said it is still an open question how rapidly children under 10 can actually spread covid-19. but the other day the president said they don't bring it home very easily and they don't transmit very easily. so shouldn't we figure out which one of those it is before kids go back to school? >> let me give you two answers to this. first i would point you to cdc guidelines that said based on current data, the rate of infection among younger schoolchildren and from students to teachers has been low, especially with proper precautions are followed. there have also been fewer reports of children being the primary source of covid-19 transmission among family members. that's where the data stands. but that being said, even if there is transmission and later studies come out, let's say, we believe that students should be going back to school because the

effect on a child we know scientifically, they're not affected in the same way as an adult. again, i point you to cdc guidelines on this that says the best available evidence, they're far less likely to suffer severe symptoms, death rates among school ages children are much lower than among adults and far lower than during the h1n1 pandemic when schools remained open. >> she said they do not know how rapidly they can spread it still if they're under 10. that's one of the -- >> on the transmission point, i point you again to the cdc but also say it is our firm belief that the -- that our schools are essential places of business, if you will, that our teachers are essential personnel, you all here are considered essential workers why you are coming to the briefing room every day during the pandemic. our meat packers, meatpacking, they were essential workers, our doctors out there treating because they're essential workers and we believe our teachers are essential.

i pour over the data on schools often and the one thing that really stuck out to me, i read through the entirety of the cdc guidelines was that i talk about child abuse often, and one in five cases being reported in schools, well, the guidelines went on to say there is not just been a sharp decline in reports of suspected maltreatment, tragically a notable increase in evidence of child abuse when children are seen for services during the pandemic, for example, in washington, d.c. child and family services agency recorded a 62% decrease in child abuse reporting calls between mid-march and april, compared to the same time period in 2019 but saw more severe presentation of child abuse cases and emergency rooms. that's a tragedy and our schools must reopen. >> my question was about transition rates. my second question -- >> and i answered that -- >> today the nation's top counterintelligence officials says russia is one of three countries actively working to interfere in our election. did the president bring up election interference on the

call with the russian president yesterday? >> again, i wasn't on the call, but the president -- i was not on the call, the president -- the president has taken more actions for election security than his predecessor who gave a stand-down order when he learned about election interference, susan rice gave that stand-down order. you can confirm that was given by contrast. we have given a ton of funding to election security, we take our elections seriously and we believe in election integrity. justen? >> president trump -- >> justin -- >> justin -- i was not on the call, caitlan, stop filibustering. >> you didn't answer my question. >> justin has a question. anyone else? >> around 20 million americans are receiving expanded insurance benefits and some are going to get receive the last of the checks tomorrow. have senate republicans in the white house settled on a plan yet to extend ui. if so, can you explain what that plan is and did you wait too long to try to start this out?

>> those discussions are still ongoing and i'm not going to get in the middle of the negotiation. other than to say when i answered kevin's question up here, i said our priority right now as we feel it is very important to address extending those unemployment insurances. and how that looks, i'll leave it to them. that is unemployment insurance is a top priority. >> china ordered the closing of one of our diplomatic facilities there in retaliation for what happened in texas. we haven't heard from the white house, if you could spell it out specifically why you decided to close the houston facility, i know there is obviously broad complaints you raised for weeks with china, but why houston specifically and secondly if you had a reaction to the steps china took? >> our action to direct the closure of the prc consulate general in houston was taken to protect american intellectual property and americans' private information. for years the ccp has undertaken a whole society effort to steal american technology. and intellectual property for

commercial gain and many of those activities are directed from prc diplomatic facilities and we urge the ccp to cease the malign actions rather than engage in tit for tat retaliations. that's where we stand on that. . jeff? >> reporter: the president's tone on the virus this week seems to have changed. he's advocated a few different times for americans to wear masks. he said that the virus would -- or the pandemic would get worse before it gets better. he canceled most of the convention or certainly the florida part yesterday. all of these things were bad two months ago, even longer than that, and the science on masking has been clear for several months. what changed this week? why did his tone change? >> there's been no change. the president said on march 31st before there was a recommended but not required guidance given by the cdc on mask-wearing, the president said, if you want to wear a mask, wear a mask. it doesn't harm anyone.

that's when our scientists were saying don't wear masks. the president has been consistent on this. he wore a mask back at the ford facility. he carries it around in his pocket. he hasn't changed. in fact in just speaking on covid generally, the way i've heard him talk privately in the oval office is the way he's talking out here. the only thing that changed is the president taking dozens and dozens and dozens of your questions each and every day because he felt the best way to get information to the american people was for him to be out here answering your questions and providing this directly. >> reporter: the other part of the question wasn't just about masking. if you look back and see when he called it politically correct, for example, that wasn't exactly agreeing with the science of wearing masks. setting that aside -- >> no, but let's not set that aside. when he used the words politically correct, i believe you were asking him a question and you were standing outside and you had been tested and you were wearing a mask and he couldn't hear your question and so he asked for you to pull down the mask.

that's the context and context does matter here. >> reporter: i was standing around other reporters and using the same mic that other people were using. >> he asked for you to pull it down. everyone in the press pool is tested. you're not in a compromising position. he hasn't changed his tone. but this president -- the reason he wants to bring back these briefings is to get information out there like we've done 52.9 million tests, 187 emergency use authorizations for test manufacturing, 20 million swabs per month, all of these great successes of this administration like distributing 31,000 cases of remdesivir, enough to treat nearly 200,000 patients, none of this is getting covered. you have the president of the united states talking to the american people and getting extraordinary ratings as they tune in to get information from their leader. >> reporter: my question wasn't

about that piece -- i want to clear -- >> i don't want to talk over -- let me -- if you don't, mind, jeff, maybe we can come back to you. >> reporter: i would like to finish my question. >> people in the back row don't get the opportunity to -- >> reporter: it's because you're not answering questions. >> i want to act about the defense authorization bill that passed earlier this week. both of those bills contain mandates that the pentagon rename these military base which is are named in honor of confederate generals. does the president believe that his position is helpful in terms of recruitment, specifically for african-americans? explain how that position will help recruit african-americans in an all-volunteer military force. >> the president stands with the american people.

56% of people don't want to see the base names changed. many soldiers who have lost their lives overseas, the last ground they saw were these bases and by changing their names he believes it's not appropriate, that those soldiers who lost their lives to be -- >> reporter: i'm familiar with his position. and you've restated it very well. i'm asking you specifically, how is this helpful for an african-american who wants to volunteer for our all-volunteer military forces to go to a base that's named for a confederate general that worked to keep in place slavery which impacted their ancestors. >> the bases are not known for the generals they're named after, they're known for the heroes within in. the great americans of every race who have died on behalf of this great country and 56% of the nation agrees with the president. >> reporter: it's your position, it won't impact in any way

recruitment, is what your position is? >> next question. >> reporter: is that a yes or no? >> reporter: i want to circle back to school choice. that means shifting federal funds away from schools that don't open so parents can use those funds for homeschooling or private schooling. the president opposes defunding police. why is defunding public schools okay? >> the president has never wanted to take money away from schools, take money away from education. it's about keeping it with the child. the purpose of school funding is to educate a child. the child, if a school is closed, loses the opportunity to receive education and needed social services. i put up the chart a few weeks ago that showed that the student most impacted is the low-income student and doesn't have the resources of -- as some other

students. that student should not be deprived of an educational opportunity and forever never been able to recover the deficit that that child has had by being out of school for an entire year or more -- >> reporter: the schools in those underserved communities are the ones that generally have terrible ventilation, they need the most money for upgrading. if this money is shifted away from the schools, how will they get into a situation where they could in the case of a pandemic properly serve their population? >> if the problem is ventilation in schools and the school is closed and you're fixing the ventilation, the student isn't even in the facility because the school isn't open. the student deserves an educational opportunity and a good educational opportunity which is why the money must follow the student. i would also note in the cdc guidelines that they said with regard to food in particular, there are 15 million children participating in the school breakfast program and they said

it's difficult to maintain this type of school nutrition program over the long term and they were talking about how we've managed to get meal services throughout the periods of school closures but they went on to say it's difficult to maintain this type of program over the long term. there are severe consequences. i've mentioned the child abuse, loss of education and nutrition services as well. >> reporter: the payroll tax cut off the table, is there anything that the white house considers a red line in negotiations with democrats and then also i have another question? >> i'm not ngoing to get into rd lines. these negotiations are ongoing. i'm not in the middle of them. i'll wait to find out what the cl conclusions of those negotiations are. >> reporter: ca >> reporter: president trump called off the event in texas. >> we take all necessary

precautions and we make sure that we're following the guidelines and social distancing and we don't have concern about future travel. >> reporter: the accusation that china is stealing intellectual property, why shut down this -- >> i'm not going to give any further information about her intelligence from the proceeding podium other than to note what i told justin early on that particular matter. >> reporter: on the question of -- just yesterday after the president announced he was going to cancel the republican convention events, he made the case for reopening schools. why it's not safe to hold a republican convention but safe to reopen schools. >> schools are a different situation when you have children, as the cdc guidelines note, are not affected in the same way as adults. we can make certain arrangements like social distancing in

schools and follow the cdc guidelines that have been laid out and they're the best-world guidelines that i referenced. we can get our schools to the best place we can get them in especially with the additional funding that we're keen to see in a phase four. it's a different scenario when you have packed adults in the rooms versus the students that we can make precaution and is take measures to protect. >> reporter: i want to ask about the use of federal officers. does the president believe he has the power to send dhs agents and officers anywhere in the country he wants to? >> the president believes his authority is with regard to dhs, which is distinct from doj, there's operation legend which is led by doj and that's providing extra fbi agents to existing places. surging extra personnel in places that are out of control, like, chicago, for instance. distinct from portfolio which is

dhs and i read the statute in the last briefing. that's with protecting federal property. those are the two lanes that we've acted on and look at. >> for those officers and agencies, duoes he have the powr to send them anywhere else? >> he believes he can protect federal property. >> reporter: has the president reminded those agents and officers that their institutional obligation to not violate search and seizure rights? >> chad wolf is leading this operation at dhs and he has made clear that his officers are acting within the bounds of the law. of course we encourage everyone to act within the bounds of the law and the constitution. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly said that he wouldn't watch sports or supports sports if players continue to kneel. why has he agreed to throw out

the first pitch at the yankees game last month? >> i'll leave it to him as to address the yankees game. he's excited to throw out the first pitch. i was not a part of the discussions as to how that's going to work in terms of the first pitch. i've learned about it when you guys did and he's excited to throw it out. >> reporter: we understand that the governor of florida is on campus today. can you talk about that visit? will he be meeting with the president? >> yes, governor desantis is here. he will be talking and meeting with the president further to discuss covid and other matters. >> reporter: i have two questions, if i may ask the second one. >> this is why i like to save time for you guys in the back. >> reporter: i appreciate it. do you have any guidance on when the president will be signing the immigration order that he's been talking about on daca? >> no guidance other than to say i laid out that -- he would have a mayor-based eo and would like

a legislative fix for daca and would like democrats to come to the table. no guidance on timing just yet. >> reporter: on federal law enforcement efforts, we're talking about funding for a lot of these programs. anytime we're talking about federal anything, we should be talking about the money behind it. so with operation legend, it appears to be filling a law and order void in majority democrat cities. given this fact in terms of the funding, would the citizen of say springfield, missouri, be called to pay for the security and the federal protections of the incompetence of chicago, illinois? is that something that's been discussed as far as funding? >> i'm not aware of that being discussed. i think where the president's head is at right now, you look across the country and it is democrat streets where you're seeing a lot of this lawlessness. in minneapolis murders have

spiked 34%, philadelphia murders have spiked 27% over a year ago. new york city, 277% increase in shootings over a year ago. chicago, the most egregious, 414 people, 50% increase over a year ago. we saw with -- under president obama violent crimes started to tick up, started to come down under this president. he restored law and order and this defund the police movement has been a travesty. you have 67% of black americans who worry that the criticism of police will cause police to pull back. so this president is looking at this in a saving lives lens, i want to save lives. i'll put federal money in, as he did. financial assistance was announced with ag barr and additional manpower. he's keen on seeing the violence in our streets and he wants to protect the people of this country where democrat mayors and governors do not. and he's appalled by cancel culture and cancel culture specifically as it pertains to

cops. we saw a few weeks ago that "paw patrol" was canceled, "live pd" was canceled, lego halted the sales of their lego police station. we stand with the 63% of americans who think police officers are one of the most important jobs in this country. with that, one of our great assistant press secretaries today went to great pains to make contact with the south hold police department. we saw a touching video that we loved and she got the approval of the police department and the parent to show this video because i think this is emblematic of where america stands with regard to our police. if you wouldn't mind playing that video, that would be great.

>> i love police! [ laughter ] >> we have a badge for you. >> this is the real deal. >> thank you! >> what do you want to be when you grow up? >> a police. >> yeah. >> i love police. >> they'll still be here. [ laughter ] >> thank you to our heroic police department around the country. america stands with you. we take you back to last friday's house ways and means subcommittee hearing on social security. >> the closure of so many social security offices, the reduction in hours. they serve their constituents. and, you know, this has been

exacerbated by the pandemic. individuals, especially in that situation, they depend on face-to-face contact with someone in social security or at least someone they can talk to. and i don't know if you've ever tried to call the 800 number, but if you have, you're going to be on hold for a very long time. i think having more resources as you just pointed out, as shaun mentioned would go a long way. i have made recommendations that social security make an effort to partner with some non-profits in the area to help in advising those who want to claim ssi, how to navigate the system and i think that's worth exploring. i hope social security will take that up as well. >> congressman --