we are up. i think market sying this federal reserve came out with additional -- [inaudible]. [closing bell rings] another stimulus. liz: every time. >> every time the federal reserve takes action it is confidence building and -- liz: there's the bell, andy. we got to run. thank you so much, that will do it for the claman "countdown." melissa: volatile day on wall street. dow swinging 1000 points from high to low. federal reserve announces it will buy individual corporate bonds. i'm melissa francis. connell: and i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell," everybody. the dow was down at the low of the session more than 700 points. boy, look at the turn around we had. at one point we were up 280 some points. we closed higher by 157 or so. now the s&p 500, nasdaq also kicking off the week in the

green, firmly in the green especially for the nasdaq up almost 1 1/2% as we shake off some earlier concerns of a possible second coronavirus wave. we'll talk a lot about that, as we have fox business team coverage of our top stories. blake burman at the white house today. hillary vaughn in washington. we start with edward lawrence. he has latest reporting on the covid-19 case spikes. edward? reporter: you know what, connell? this morning the spike in cases some other comments from a federal reserve president sort of set the market on that downward spiral but then it seemed to turn around. they shrugged it off when more people were saying that the economy would not shut down en masse. here is white house advisor larry kudlow on that subject. >> we have no intention whatsoever of shutting down the economy, the costs of that would be much greater than the costs of, of, keeping it open. and i think this is manageable.

reporter: still seeing increase in at least 27 states. health officials are trying to balance opening up the economy and limiting the number of people infected by the coronavirus. because of the spike oregon's governor put a one week pause on reopening economy. utah, tennessee done the same. new york governor an drew cuomo threatening to roll back the opening. he said his office received 25,000 complaints about violations of the social distancing rule. >> i made a few phone calls and said to restaurant owners, bar owners, what are you doing? we have the guidelines. i'm looking at a picture of your establishment taken 25 minutes ago. people are violating everything, everything. no masks, no social distancing. you're violating the rules. reporter: bottom line here the cdc is going to deal with any

hot spots through tracing identification, testing but not shut down the entire government, entire economy according to the administration here. now they are testing more and more people each day to try to get better at identifying. back to you. connell: let's talk about this, edward, thank you. our market panel, carol roth, future file legacy planning system creator and adam lashinsky joins us as well, "fortune" executive editor, fox news contributor. you know, guys, the fed seemed to turn this market around which we'll talk about in a moment. first, adam, what edward is reporting on case spikes. as he said there there is kind of a question not whether cases are going up in many states, they are, but how governments and people and states will react to these spikes that we're starting to see. what's your thoughts? >> well, i thought larry kudlow's comments were particularly interesting. first of all him saying this is manageable and secondly we're not going to shut undo the

economy by which i'm sure he meant the federal government. i don't think he is really qualified to make either one of those statements. number one, he doesn't know if it is manageable or not. number two, he is qualified to say whether or not the federal government will make an effort to shut down the economy but the federal government may not be relevant in that subject if we have bad outbreaks, the american people will decide whether or not the economy is going to be open. connell: right. it was interesting piece over the weekend in the "wall street journal," kind of about that, we almost decided as a people, to some extent when we were closing things down, got ahead of government. got ahead of the government as well, carol, in many states as well. the market, really interesting day, concerns about cases in states that seemed to be dominating to some extent in the morning. the federal reserve says, you know what? we'll buy up a bunch of individual corporate bonds. we go from way down to way up. here we are.

your thoughts on the latest fed move? >> so this is so frustrating for somebody like myself who is a free market proponent. obviously i want the market to do well. obviously i want the economy to do well but i don't want the market to do well off the backs of small businesses and through artificial intervention from the fed. this is unprecedented. in my opinion, it is the selling out of main street to wall street at best. and at worse, there is potentially a signal, wasn't taken this way. potentially signal there is much more severe going on in the credit market. it is nice everybody was celebrating today. this for my opinion is not a good thing, either again, selling out main street or of the signal or probably a little bit of both, connell. connell: more to come on that. carol and adam are stick around. we'll be back to you guys in a few minutes on another topic.

melissa. melissa: number of proposals are being discussed to replace 600-dollars unemployment benefits next week that expire next month. hillary vaughn in washington with the details. hillary? reporter: some people on unemployment are making more money laid off of work than they would be on the job because right now under the cares act people collecting unemployment get an extra $600 a week on top of the what the state already pays out to them. that extra cash though expires at the end of july. democrats want to extend it but republicans want to end it because they see it as a loophole that disincentivizes people going back to work. >> i'm all about return to work bonus. i want to also give credit to some of our senate republican colleagues like senator portman who knew this would be an issue on the front end and we couldn't get our democrat friends joining us to fix it before it became a problem. reporter: that proposal from senator rob portman would give people back to work bonus,

letting them keep $450 per week of the $600 through the end of july, as long as they go to work. that is getting support in the white house. democrats want more. senator michael bennet would phase out it gradually tying it to state unemployment rates. the lower unemployment rate, the less money federal government would pay out to you. bennett tweeted this, in the cares act we added $600 a week for unemployment benefits. this has been a essential lifeline to families. without it. university of chicago study says 68% of people on employment are making more than they would be if they were at work this is one example of provide as snapshot what is happening here. one example if you brought in $445 a week under formnal

circumstances the state would give you 230 bucks with unemployment. with this extra $600, you're bring inning $831, much more if you were going to work as normal. melissa, the timeline for getting this done is tight. it expires at end of july. larry kudlow said they will not begin seriously negotiating this until after the 4th of july. melissa. melissa: hillary, thank you. carol and adam are back. adam i sort of wonder, i mean it is classic government they're having this conversation now because, i feel like we saw from the last unemployment report that people are racing out their front doors as fast as they possibly can to go back to work everywhere they can. the idea it might run out end of july seems perfect. right on time as people go back to work, your thoughts. >> i agree with part of what you said, not the other part. i think it is insulting to suggest that people are disincentivized to go back to work because they're getting a little bit more money or a lot

more money temporarily from a government program. if someone has a chance to go back to works, they have reason to believe that is going to be somewhat permanent, in other words, that it will last a year or five years or 10 years, they are going to take that chance to get back to work. i think as long as -- melissa: adam, can i ask you for one second? >> go ahead. >> i personally have gone out and talked to all kinds of business owners in my neighborhood who have said they can't get their people to come back because they're making more money. i agree with you, it doesn't fit with my mind set, that is not word-of-mouth. i sat there, the dunkin' donuts, the starbucks, the subway, i could go on and on. people i talked to who can't get their people to come back. >> want to explore cause and effect a little bit. it may be that they want to be sitting at home on their couches watching television making more money from the government. it may also be they're afraid to come back to work for health reasons. i don't know. i think on balance people will want to get back to work, not,

not get paid not to go back to work. melissa: okay. carol what do you think? should we extend these things? do we need to keep some money in the system? what do you think about the bonus for going back to try to help people? because no matter how you slice it everybody has lost income during this period. everybody who works for a living is hurting. >> yeah, i want to echo what you said, melissa. i'm a small business advocate. i have a very large small business community. we're hearing exact same thing across the country from small business owners who cannot get people back to work because it is too much of an incentive to stay home at least temporarily but i think the bigger issue and i made this clear before the cares act was bumbled, we have to make sure people have jobs to come back to and small business owners of this country, even with the ppp are still struggling and we need more incentives for them. if they are in business, then we can have people have jobs to go

back to. if not, then we don't. they are half of the economy. they are half of the jobs that are out there and not enough is being done to support the small business owners who will keep those jobs going. so i think this entire thing is misdirected. if you support the small business owners, they will create the jobs, that is where the focus should be. melissa: well, i think you're both right. there is also the other factor. people won't want to come back to work if they think it will get shut down again. they're back for a week or two, all of sudden we're back where we started from. there is that health factor adam mentioned too. i think it is all of it, guys, thank you. connell. connell: as we look to get back into business, new york city is facing a nine billion dollar revenue shortfall related to the shutdown a new warning relating to manhattan. we'll discuss that. florida is under pressure, we'll talk to the mayor of miami what the surge of covid cases

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the trump campaign is saying that nearly one million people have requested tickets for the rally in tulsa. at the same time many said to be concerned about the coronavirus spreading. so let's get to blake burman who is at the white house with that and more for us this afternoon. break. reporter: connell, one million plus ticket requests president trump and campaign says, president and comment said there will be 22,000 people inside of the arena. another 40,000 people outside of it in tulsa on saturday when the president heads there for his first campaign rally in some many months time. it is also renewing questions at this point as to whether or not this is the right time to renew those campaign rallies because over the weekend the top public health official in tulsa, oklahoma says, it is not the right time for that area. dr. bruce dart saying in a local newspaper interview there the following, saying quote, covid is here in tulsa. it is transmitting very efficiently. i wish we could postpone this to a time when the virus isn't as

large of a concern as it is today. want to take to you some video shot moments ago inside of the white house. you're looking at president trump. this was an event to talk about, many, many, many items. president essentially holding a mini press conference in there. he asked and talked about the very topic. the reason why they chose tulsa, oklahoma, because of that state's handling of covid-19. while the vice president says that state flattened the curve and hasbun dance of hospital beds. the trump campaign says they are are moving forward with this event. >> so we are taking precautions to make this a safe rally for rally-goers. we'll be doing temperature checks of every individual who comes. we will provide hand sanitizer, having it readily available throughout and providing everybody with a mask as they come to see their president in person. reporter: this is the take from the dnc saying in a statement in part earlier today, quote, of president trump, he is only

concerned about his own re-election and distracting from his failed response to the pandemic that led to more than 100,000 americans dying and 20 million unemployed. melissa, connell, back to that event which we're finally seeing the video right now from the president a little while ago at the white house. the president said of seattle, quote, if they don't do the job, we'll do the job and implored the governor there of seattle to send in the national guard toe what is happening on the streets in downtown seattle. as it relates to vaccines for covid-19, president trump says they are making tremendous progress and added he thinks they will quote, have very good news, end quote on vaccines, cures and therapeutics soon. he talked about the executive order on police reform that the white house will unveil tomorrow. though at this point, melissa and connell, no specific details from the pott yet on exactly what that that executive order will entail.

back to you. connell: covering a lot of ground. blake burman on the north lawn. melissa. melissa: biden trying to step it up. polls are showing that president trump is falling behind the former vice president especially with women. here to discuss is dan henninger from "the wall street journal" he is also a fox news contributor. so, dan, i kind of heard these two stories at the same time and i wanted to couple them together to talk to you about it because on the one hand, any democrat i talk to really emphasizes point, joe biden is way out in front, any poll you see, "wall street journal," nbc news recent one i saw, 42-49% for joe biden but at the same time, you hear that almost a million, or 800,000, however it is, many, many people want to go see the president in person in tulsa. you know the place they're going to can't hold but a tiny fraction of that many people. how do you reconcile the poll numbers with this turnout for this first rally? >> well, melissa, i guess the

only way to reconcile it looks like we're having a presidential election. this is what happens in the middle of elections. as for the joe biden polls, i wouldn't put too much stock in that. i recall, most famous incident was back in 1976, gerald ford at times was 33 points beyond jimmy carter. he did lose the election, it was very, very close. it tightened down to nothing almost at the end. i'm guessing this election will be very tight. that said, i think the trump campaign should be a little bit disturbed that the polling numbers are going in the opposite direction against him especially amongst key groups, such as suburban women and white voters without a college degree. again we always have to remind ourselves this is not a popular vote. it will be decided by the electoral college in about six or seven battleground states.

those states are full of suburban, suburbs and is suburbn women watching the president's performance. i think the trump campaign would like to see those numbers at least stop heading in a downward direction. melissa: okay. so on the screen right now we're looking at numbers among women. you can see 35% they say for president trump. 59% for vice president biden. that is another huge gap of course. how do you think though, the current defund the police and however you want to say it, all of the chaos that is going on in various large cities, does that play well for the president or do people see it as reaction to the president's policies? >> i don't think they see it as a reaction to the president's policies and i think, you know, ultimately people are going to cast their votes based on these kinds of considerations. the extent of disor and instability in the country, and

the fact that the democratic party now has pretty clearly aligned itself with the progressive movement which itself is linked to the disorder going on in the country but the big question i think for the trump campaign is, the way the president handles this. for most of hess -- his presidency, donald trump decided to address his opposition with pugnaciousness, belligerence, angry tweets. because so much an any mossty at president trump, he directs a lot of animosity towards his opposition. i'll tell you, melissa, at the moment i don't think animosity is in. i think between the coronavirus and protests the american public is pretty warn down at the moment. they're looking more for leadership. it doesn't mean bringing everybody together. it just is saying the right thing to make people feel good. but i think they're not looking for leadership that basically is based on pugnaciousness towards

the opposition. they're looking for something a little different than that. the question is whether president trump is able or willing to adopt anything other than personality that he has been showing people the last three years. again, it is at the margins with voters. it is not the base. it is a question of whether he can gather enough people to get himself up into positive territory in those battleground states. melissa: how about we all go back to work? i think that would do wonders? last thought, real quick? >> that's going to be a big deal. get back to normalcy. protests probably will end, and you will have a normal, perhaps rising economy and that should be a plus for an incumbent president, no question about it. melissa: dan, always brilliant. thank you. connell? connell: after a weekend of protests demonstrators occupying an area of seattle's capitol hill neighborhood are now giving it a new name.

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♪. connell: to the protesters in seattle as they continue their occupation of several blocks surrounding the city's abandoned east police precinct. now the organizers are now refer together autonomous zone as the capitol hill organized protest. jonathan hunt live now from seattle with the latest from there. jonathan? reporter: connell, it is exactly one week now since seattle police left this, the east precinct right behind me here and the protesters moved into occupy roughly a six-block area of seattle. they are determined to stay here as long as it takes.

what they want, as you know, is deep reforms within the seattle police department. it appears that negotiations are underway with the protesters and those negotiations will include discussion of some reforms. according to the seattle police chief carmen best, who acknowledge that things are going to change. the listen here? >> everyone made it clear and we know we all want the police service to be fair and equitable and just for everyone and i can tell you no one dislikes bad officers more than the good officers. reporter: now the protest area is relatively quiet this monday. over the weekend we saw thousands coming down. most of them curious residents to take a look. there is a hardcore of i would say a couple hundred, maybe a little more than that who stay here every minute of every day. services are being provided, food, water, medical supplies if needed. there are obviously also,

connell a number of businesses within this area. the business owners that we have spoken to generally support the protesters. they support their aims. they have sympathy with what they want to achieve but obviously there is also concern about the impact that this is having on their businesses and how long it may go on. carmen best, the police chief you just heard from, says she wants it to be resolved as quickly as possible but also as peaceful as possible. connell? connell: all right. that is the scene for news seattle today. jonathan hunt on the ground there. thank you, jonathan. melissa. melissa: amid fears of a second wave the miami mayor says he not ruling out pausing the city's reopening plans after the state reported a record level of new case this is weekend. he joins us next. and the justice department charging six former ebay employees with cyber stalking as part of an effort to stifle the publishers of an online

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♪. connell: there are growing concerns in florida, the state reporting more than 1700 new cases of coronavirus following a spike over the weekend that saw two straight days of 2000 new cases per day. now most of the state is what they call phase two which allows bars, movie theaters, even tattoo parlors to reopen but with some restrictions in place. here with the latest from miami

is mayor francis suarez. who we talked to a number of times during the pandemic. mr. mayor, good to go he sue sue see you again. i mentioned statewide figures. what are you seeing in the city of miami? >> we're seeing a bit of an uptick in last two weeks. we measured as the cdc recommended, president's opening two week increments. we saw slight increase in cases. we have more testing that could explain some increase in new testing. we're seeing a lot of increase in the 1to 18 to 34 demographicking. they can go home and infect members of family. we're seeing what they call percent of positives. percentage of people taking the test. a slight increase of .11. 1% over 10 day increase what we're looking at. the good news the hospitalization rate has remained stable. for now that is one we're

monitoring most closely could affect the mortality rate which we're more concerned about. doesn't sound like you are too alarmed yet. are you close to place where you might slow down reopening or put more restrictions back in place, stay at home order, or, anything like that? if so how close are you to making a decision like that? >> we're not there yet. we've kind of hit the pause button. we're not entering into phase three just yet. and so that is one of the things we're announcing today. the other thing is we're sort of re-emphasizing or remessaging we have to continue to remain socially distant, wash your hands, not touch your face. wear masks when required and, if you can, at other times, things that we know are going to, you know, get us into the right direction. we're not, we understand that, listen, we have record urn employment from full employment before this pandemic. so we're very sensitive to that but time is not the same as it

was back then. but we're also, this is the public health crisis so we have to make sure we do everything we can to protect us and given the information that we have. connell: how significant is that pause from phase two to phase three for business? what won't be happening that, you know, would have happened ordinarily had you moved to phase three? do you have anytime table for when you might be able to make the move, do you think? >> had the numbers continued to decline, probably could have been able to go to phase which would have been bars it, would have been movie theaters t would have been large aggregating people in sports facility, things of that nature. probably we'll hit the paws button for at least a week. we have a weekly call with the department of health. we have epidemiologist and biostatistician to look at it. the big metric we're looking at is the hospitalization. we want to make sure the

hospitalization numbers stay stable as we stay open. we're not reversing anything. we're not implementing a stay at home order at this point. connell: so there have been lessons learned right, as final point from the first shutdown? this focus, we knew that coming in, this focus on hospitalizations. what other lessons that you learned that hopefully allow to you manage your way through this not to hurt the economy in the process? >> the stay at home orders work but they also cripple the economy. we went from full employment to depression era unemployment. that is something we have to consider as we take measures. the other thing that we've learned is when we're disciplined, we continue to go on a down ward trajectory. so if we're following the rules we're fine. obviously again the big thing we want to avoid is having a crisis situation where hospitals are overburdened where you have

cities like newark or countries like italy or spain where the death rate rose significantly higher seven to 14%. that is something we want to avoid. connell: okay. so for now just a pause in the move in between phases. we'll keep watching the numbers especially on hospitalizations and check back with you. the mayor of miami francis suarez with us again. melissa. melissa: the tourism industry is looking to bounce back from the pandemic. it is hoping for a little help from congress to bring in visitors. grady trimble is live in chicago with the story. grady. reporter: hey, melissa, we're actually a mile off the middle of chicago in lake michigan on sightseeing tour boats. this company benefits greatly from tourism. you see they have to block off some of the chairs on the boats because they're limited to 25% capacity, even at that they haven't been able to sell out. certainly an industry that would benefit from this proposed tax

break. so here is how it would work. it is being lobbied from congress into the white house but nothing official has been passed. the way it would work, you get up to $4,000 after tax break. 50% of your vacation, as long as it is somewhere in the united states would be covered by that. you could go to a theme park. you could go on a tour like this, go to restaurants, hotel, travel thaw book, all of that would be covered under this up to $4,000. the idea you get that tax break. it would encourage people who might not otherwise get out to travel and explore to do that. i learned on the boat tour today, that is navy pier we're coming up here. nine million people visit navy pier every year. unfortunately that is not the case this year but if something like this passes the hope it would get more visitors because people would want to see the area right around them. maybe take a road trip as opposed to the a flight over to europe. melissa? melissa: gradedy, thank you for

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♪. connell: here is a "fox business alert" president trump holding a roundtable event we mentioned earlier in the hour. he has answered some questions in the white house. blake burman is back with us from the north lawn. anything interesting come up, blake? what do we have? reporter: one of the things that will be closely watched here in washington, connell, scheduled release of former national security advisor john bolton scheduled to be released from tomorrow. the white house over last handful of months has been pushing back on the publication of this book, saying within it contains classified information, it needs to go through the normal process. fox was told the department of justice could be potentially filing a lawsuit seeking injunction on the publication of that book. in fact, bolton is scheduled to give his first televised interview to air on sunday evening. the attorney general bill barr who you see there just spoke on this moments ago saying this is

extraordinary process right now that bolton is trying to push forward. listen here. >> he hasn't completed the process. >> he never completed the process. he knew that. >> this is unprecedented really. i don't know of any book published so quickly while the officeholders are still in government and it is about very current events and current leaders and current discussions and current policy issues. reporter: one of the reasons why this book will be closely watched because the website "axios" is also reporting that in it, bolton, the former national security advisor will contend that the president engaged in misconduct with other countries besides ukraine as well. speaking of the attorney general, also in that event the president and the attorney general took up the issue of seattle and what is going on there. you just had a report moments ago on it. president trump suggested that the federal government could step in with a variety of

different options. watch here. >> i've already spoken to the attorney general about it but if they don't do the job we will do the job. reporter: what can you do? >> about 10 different things, any one of which will solve the problem. reporter: go through a whole list or partial list? >> we won't go through any list. we can do a lot of things. reporter: president trump was asked about leadership in washington, he said i'm paraphrasing, we have a governor that doesn't a damn think about it, and a mayor who doesn't know she is alive. back to you. connell: blake burman at the white house. melissa. melissa: conflicting messages from new york officials. new york city mayor bill de blasio pushing back on governor andrew cuomo threat to shut down the city again as residents gather on city blocks without masks, not observing social distancing measures. this as one group is calling on the governor to ease restrictions for graduation ceremonies. here now is margaret marshon,

new yorkers for live graduations co-founder. thanks so much for joining us. what kind ever response have you happened so far? the graduations have not happened yet? they're still coming up? >> right. thank you so much, melissa, for having me on. so the high school graduations for most of the state of new york are going to start beginning within the next few days and the response we've gotten has been unprecedented. we started the group with a parent from locust valley high school. this is not just locust valley this is a statewide movement and effort. we disagree completely with governor cuomo's arbitrary numbers on capacity limits for graduation as well as we feel he is violating the first amendment rights of the entire class of 2020 statewide by not allowing them to assemble peacefully and really experience one of the most monumental milestones of

anybody's life. melissa: so he is capped it at 150 people which, i mean it is hard to find a graduating class plus anyone who might want to be there, parents, family, any gathering that small. how has he responded? what if you say, what if they wear masks and do it outside and spread out the seats, none of that works? >> so to be clear the 150 cap start the june 26th. up until then we're allowed to do virtual, drive-in or drive-thru. even in a drive-in movie theater setting he wants cars six feet apart even though people are not leaving the cars. most of the districts statewide have a plan a, plan b, plan c. the plan @, it a outdoor live bt not traditional what everyone is used to. social districting guidelines were strictly adhered and all the graduation ceremony was be

outdoors. he has enabled the pretty much the entire state from doing that. but i just want to be clear, we were, almost every district that i have spoken to, everybody is adhering to the social distancing guidelines. melissa: yeah. i know that you try and discourage people from making the comparison to the protests but that is the first one that jumps to everyone's minds when you see, you know, mayor de blasio or you see governor cuomo supporting the protests which are, you know, kind after negative thing versus this celebration and you're not allowed to do that. >> well, we did. we made very conscious effort because we believe in everybody's right for peaceful assembly. we feel that the protesters who are peacefully assembling have the right. what we feel is there is really just an arbitrary number and bizarre restrictions being put on the graduating class, because these kids work at the beaches.

they're lifeguards. they're gate guards. the beaches are open without capacity limits. they work at the parks. anybody can go to the park without a capacity limit. they work at big box stores. and on june 29th, governor cuomo allowed summer camps to open. many of these graduates can feasibly be working at any of these places, visiting any of these places. the next day have to go to have a graduation inside of a car or individual or virtual. so we really, the argument really is, more that our freedoms are being trampled upon. he is not allowing the graduating class statewide to assemble and have a peaceful assembly and celebrate. and i do want to stay, i watch his daily briefings. he always talked about unity and talks about equity and i really find it so interesting because graduation truly is an event that is completely unifying. it doesn't see anything, other than the fact that somebody worked really hard to earn a

degree. melissa: right. >> i believe education is the greatest equalizer. i feel he is denying that for everybody in the state. melissa: very well-said. margaret, thank you. arbitrary and random, yes, unfair. that is a lot of things he has been doing. thank you for that. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. thank you so much. connell: all right. up next drive-thrus to the rescue. a look how the business model is saving many businesses from becoming victim to the coronavirus pandemic. we'll be right back - hey, can i... - safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today.

♪ ♪ melissa: drive-throughs became the saving grace for fast food chains during the pandemic. now some smaller restaurants are looking to adopt similar options. jeff flock is live in chicago with the details. >> reporter: we've been driving around all day, melissa saw. i tell ya, i think chick-fil-a has got it down.

they're got two lines, no waiting. guys are taking your order on tablets. in fact, somebody's just about to take mine -- >> what can i get for you, sir? >> yeah, jeff. may i have have a grilled chicken sandwich? >> meal? >> go ahead with the meal. >> what would you like to drink e? >> coke. >> anything else? >> that'll do it. >> any sauces? >> not. >> that'll be $10.31, sir. >> i'll head to the window. thank you. i think we've got a little cholesterol problem after today's reporting, melissa. but i will say that a trade publication has said, and i quote 'em now, drive-throughs have helped fast food chains bolster their sales to the point where where many of them are in what they call full recovery. some places that didn't even have drive-through, like panera, has set something up. you can order on an app. if you give them the color, make and model -- >> sir? >> hi there. yes, i'm jeff.

>> how are you? >> good, thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> yes, that's perfect. oh, you guys are watching in there. that's excellent. [laughter] oh, wonderful. this is chick-fil-a. everybody's thrilled to be here today. as you can see, they're all in protective gear -- thank you very much. >> pleasure. [inaudible] >> got out. thanks, guys. appreciate that. and, you know, the guys at panera, they come out when you arrive, there's something called gee -- geo fencing, they know when you've gotten there, they'll run your meal out to you. i would say the chick-fil-a guys have it down. went through the process there fairly quickly, melissa. this has been a tough day, i will say that. if you want -- melissa: did you with get me any nuggets? i like the nuggets. do you have any in there? i i want tom nuggets, you got any for me? i like those. >> you know, i'm going healthy.

i'm going grilled. [laughter] melissa: good for you. and good for all of those businesses finding a way to get by. good stuff. thank you so much. that does it for us on "after the bell." thank you so much for joining us, "lou dobbs tonight" starts now. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. there's a small nation-state being constructed within one of the country's large cities, and that city is redefining itself. gaining national attention and a i growing audience, the area in seattle once known as the capitol hill autonomous zone has been rebrand over the past week. it is now to be known as the capitol hill organized protest, or c.h.o.p.. we'll have a look tonight inside their borders and take a look at their numbers and what president trump plans to do about it all here in just aew