its 21st record in just 2020. [closing bell rings] dow is up 136. have a great night. time for "after the bell." connell: president trump is on the ground in the state of arizona at this hour. so we're watching that. we're also watching a fresh record set on wall street. stocks moving higher again today. hopes for a vaccine on the rise and the president also assuring us that phase one of his trade deal with china is fully intact. a little bit of cleanup for some comments made by his advisor peter navarro last night. a good day for the market. i'm connell mcshane. melissa: i'm melissa francis and this is "after the bell." major averages in the green. the nasdaq is closing at a record high for the second day in a row. it is up almost 50% since its low back in march. fox business team coverage, blake burman is at the white house, jackie deangelis is

in the newsroom, edward lawrence is in washington and ashley webster is there as well. we'll start with blake, who has the latest from the administration on china. blake. reporter: melissa, connell, you're right. just a little bit of cleanup from the white house last night after peter navarro made some comments suggesting that maybe the trade deal with china was off as navarro said at one point, it's over. that forced the president to take to twitter to say, no, the deal with china is fully intact and larry kudlow in speaking with stuart varney earlier this morning said that the deal is being implemented just like they want. >> i've been to several meet national the oval with bob and steve mnuchin and the president and others. you know that has been our view. they have actually picked up their game. it is not just commodity buying although that is picking up too. some of the structural issues like i.p. theft. reporter: got some live video now. i believe what you're looking at president trump in the border

area of yuma, arizona, right now at the border wall, touting a new border wall. san luis in the exact area in arizona. the president was asking whether he was joking on saturday night in tulsa, oklahoma when he told his advisors when he said slow down covid-19 testing. watch. >> i don't kid. let me just tell you, let me make it clear. we have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world. here is what i say. testing is a double-edged sword. in one way it tells you have cases. in another way you find out where the cases are, and you do a good job. reporter: dr. anthony fauci among several members of the coronavirus task force that testified on capitol hill today. they were asked, those members, have they ever been told to slow down covid-19 testing, and they said, no. back to you, connell, melissa. melissa: they asked them about

five or 10 or 25 times every way they could think of and the answer was still no. blake, thank you. go to jackie deangelis on the market rally today. reporter: good afternoon, guys, green on the board continuing that positive trend. the nasdaq was the big story hitting all-time high, closing at a new record high, when you look at the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq since that march 20 their low they're all up more than 40%. nasdaq even more than that. tech was fueling the rally today. you look at stocks like apple, microsoft, facebook, amazon. these were winners that were taking major averages higher. the nasdaq up eight straight days in a row. that is the longest win streak it has seen since december 26th. gives you a sense where the optimism and sentiment is right now. driving markets today as blake mentioned, the china side of the story, one piece of it, that trade deal still intact. investors want to know that. at the same time it is about recovery optimism.

here in new york phase two started this week. you could really feel the hustle and bustle on the streets. people looked in new york city as an example in some ways because it was the epicenter of the pandemic. to see new york getting back on its feet is a huge thing. also this all coming despite the fact we're seeing a spike in cases. the president has addressed that. the fundamentals are gaining some steam as well. new home sales up 16.6%. they blew away expectations, big number there in may. i will finish with amazon. there has been excitement around this stock. they opened a delivery station or opening it this week in new york, not in the city. there is something in the work for a long time. 117,000 square feet. 600 full and part-time employees. they will get at least $15 an hour, guys. melissa: sorry to jump in on you there, but we have a "fox business alert" for you now. we're going to president trump who is participating in a commemoration of the 200 miles of the border wall.

apparently we're not doing that. that shot is not working now. we'll see that as soon as we have it back. meantime, connell, send it over to you. connell: we were just about there. in the meantime as you say, blake was talking a few minutes ago about dr. anthony fauci. we bring in edward lawrence in washington. he and other top health experts, edward testified about the coronavirus today. it was interesting dr. fauci is saying he is hopeful we can get that vaccine bit beginning of next year that is optimistic. a lot of people like that. so you take it from there. what else did we hear on the hill today? reporter: yeah, connell. that certainly boosted the market today the talk of this vaccine in the hearing with the energy and commerce committee. dr. anthony fauci said 19 vaccines are moving forward. one of those is going into phase three in july and that bodes very well for the future. >> i still think there is a reasonably good chance that by the very beginning of 2021 that

if we're going to have a vaccine, we will have it by then reporter: and dr. fauci says that he sees distribution for everyone beginning in 2021. now dr. fauci says remdesivir is still showing positive results to treat the virus. there are 131 clinical trials for medicines to treat covid-19. to handle rising cases all the health experts testifying that all testing needs to be done. as blake said no one told them to the reduce the amounts of testing. results of testing will trace the spread and possibly contain flareups, because what comes next could be worse if we don't handle this. >> we're still in the middle of the first wave, before you talk about what a second wave is, what we would like to do get the outbreak under control over the next couple months. if you get a level that's very low, when you get new cases, you

can contain. reporter: on schools he says that no one size fits all but he says that he does see schools opening in the fall, maybe some areas fully opening, that have less cases. maybe other areas having staggered schedules. some kids in the morning for the same class and some kids in the afternoon with cleaning going on in between. the head of cdc saying guidelines for schools to reopen will come out soon. back to you. connell: big one for parents. edward, thank you, edward lawrence in washington. melissa. melissa: a petition to delay the reopening of the happiest place on earth. disney workers are pushing back on plans to reopen theme parks as coronavirus cases rise across the country. let's go to ashley webster who has all the details. ashley. ashley: melissa, you're right it may be the happiest place on earth but some disney workers are feeling pretty grumpy as the theme parks are preparing to reopen to get the tourists back

in. talking of that, the magic kingdom is set to open in 25 days time. on july 11th, same as did i any animal kingdom. four days later epcot will open its gates as will hopwood studios. you're seeing this on the screen. this petition, not all employees are thrilled to return to work. signing a petition calling on disney and state and local officials concerned about the reopening. they're concerned about the resurgence of covid-19 and their safety. they say this in part, while theme parks are great way to relax to enjoy free time. it is a non-essential business it is not fair to the people work there to risk their lives. people are more important than making a profit. mayors, theme park executives, government officials please hear what we are saying. one anonymous employee, all of them have been anonymous, one wrote, quote, hospitality workers do not deserve to be sacrificessed on the altar of the almighty dollar.

tourism can wait but this virus cannot. strong words indeed. the petition at last count received more than 5000 signatures. that is 6% of the total of the 7thousand employees. that is not a large majority. the head of local union was unaware of the petition. he said many workers he spoke to were excited about returning to work. by the way not just disney world in florida. disney getting pushback from disneyland. workers there collected nearly 45,000 signatures calling to delay the anaheim, california parks reopening as coronavirus cases begin to rise again. what's disney said about all of this? so far there has been no comment on delaying or thinking about delaying the reopening of the parks. melissa, if employees are saying this, it cannot instill confidence in those families who are thinking about going to disney. so not a great pr thing for

disney to have to handle. melissa: i guess. i mean, i don't know a lot of people are being paid or collecting unemployment to stay home. ashley: could be that. melissa: i imagine that would factor in. ashley, thank you. connell. connell: a safe path forward as we continue with local leaders grappling how to safely reopen their economies without sparking another wave of the coronavirus. new cases have been spiking in 26 states. decreasing meantime in 15 states. those numbers over the last two weeks. almost 27 1/2 million tests conducted in the united states. six states averaging double-digit positivity rates. that is something the experts look closely at. arizona and florida are among them. now we will have the latest on the pandemic as we continue through the hour with a look how businesses are responding. plus moments ago in arizona president trump took a tour of the 200th mile of the border wall. there is the president.

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business alert." we've been showing you president trump touring the border wall in arizona. these pictures from moments ago. he has a campaign event in the state tonight. jeff paul waiting for president to arrive in phoenix. he joins us live with the very latest. jeff? reporter: i will keep my voice down a little bit. there is a prayer going on right now getting ready for president trump's arrival. this is a church. it holds about 3,000 people. by the looks of it all the people inside it really looks like they're trying to use every available seat. zero social distancing, as you look across this crowd and really not too many masks being worn. this is all despite record breaking number of covid-19 infections in arizona. there is a mandate in place for people to wear mask. the trump team is doing temperature checks and masks are supposed to be worn. doesn't seem like many people are following those instructions. at the moment president trump is on his way to phoenix after

touring the u.s.-mexico border and new stretches of the border wall. he attended a border security roundtable where he vowed to complete the border wall expansion very soon. trump is also, also has been physically viewing that new stretch of wall along the u.s.-mexico border in arizona, touting the importance of the measures he had taken as president. >> the wall is never mentioned anymore. the reason it is not mentioned, it is not that we won the battle. it is that it is such a compelling thing to have done, because you see the numbers and where that wall is going, as you're saying it is like magic. you don't have to do -- saves tremendous manpower and women power. saves tremendous human resources and saves some lives. [. [cheering] reporter: this is the third time in the past five months where president trump has visited the state of arizona.

the only difference this time, there is a big spike in coronavirus cases and in fact some people were pushing governor doug ducey here in arizona to cancel this particular rally. he said it's a voluntary thing. people can choose to go to or not to go to. he believes it is people's right to assemble especially during an election year. back to you. connell: jeff. that is one of the states we've been watching. jeff paul. melissa. melissa: here now to discuss the president's visit to arizona, mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas. he is also a fox news contributor. let's start, governor, with the theme we just saw. it's a rally. it is in phoenix. people are together. they don't have masks on. we'll play mask gotcha, everything else for the rest of the political season but cases are spiking in that area. so how does this play on both sides politically? >> well, it is unfortunate it has become a political issue.

it should be a public health issue and should transcend anybody's politics. people should be careful. social distance. keep their hands clean. keep their hands to themselves. maybe it's a better we don't shake hands and hug a lot of people until we know where it is going. i understand people are frustrated. melissa, the other thing, they're tired of getting sometimes very mixed messages. for several weeks we were told. don't wear a mac, it is dangerous to wear a mask. now if you don't wear a mask you will kill grandma. it is a little hard for some people to figure out, which is it? it can't be both. for a while wipe down the groceries as soon as you come in. don't touch them. now you're probably not bothered by that. the mixed message is part of the problem. i think a lot of people are just so tired of being holed up in their homes, that they're ready to bust out and take the risk. melissa: what do you think about the 200th mile of the wall,

new wall, whether redone wall, whatever it is, another game over semantics. is that a lot of wall or not a lot of wall? how does that stack up in your mind? >> well it is 200 more miles than we had before. so i think it is an important part. i do think it is valuable for the president to say that he is fulfilling the promise to secure the border. the one thing he has to show, there is a dramatic, dramatic contrast between what he would propose and what the democrats propose. they want open borders. they don't want a wall at all. they don't even want a checkpoint. what he is saying is, look we want people to come to the country but not only do we want them to come with a specific purpose but we want to know that we need them in our economy and that they're not bringing a disease with them. every other country in the world is right now doing that. heck the eu may not even let americans in. so all because of health concerns. i don't know why people think that the president is doing the wrong thing by making sure that

we control our borders. an uncontrolled border is the first mark of not having a country whatsoever. melissa: yeah. you know who else has a border and a wall and a checkpoint? seattle's police-free zone. mayor jenny durkan announcing the dismantling the movement known as chop after increasing violence in the area which led to one person being killed in a shooting over the weekend. governor, i'm wondering how she is going to manage this? she says that she want people to peacefully leave. i'm not sure that is really going to happen. she discouraged the police. i don't know, she will sing barney's clean-up song, clean up, clean up, maybe they will do it, if she gets out there and puts on a barney costume and sing or call the "ghostbusters". i don't know how she will do this without the police. what are your thoughts? >> that is great, great description what is going on.

i think recreational marijuana is taking hold in seattle and she is one toke over the line. this woman is delusional what she is dealing with. these are not people going into a festival and bringing a pot-luck dinner. this is the not summer of love. i lived through through the '60s. she didn't. these people are anarchists. they taken over a part of a city in this country and declared it to be autonomous. it is a lot of things. it is a felony. it is insurrection. holding people hostage in the neighborhood. it is all kinds of breaking and entering. it is defacing public property. she looks the other way if this is all fine and good. when you let people start taking other people's property and you don't consequence it, and you allow it to happen, if she thinks that it is going to get better, she's crazy. it is only going to get worse because if they take $10 worth of something and there are no on sequences, the next time it will

be 100, and then 1000 and then 10,000. she should stopped this before it ever, ever got this far. melissa: it will be interesting to watch. we hope nobody gets hurt. governor huckabee, thank you so much. connell, over to you. connell: this idea, melissa, facing a shutdown once again. in a moment we'll talk to the owners of a restaurant in south carolina who are voluntarily closing for a second time. cases of coronavirus have been rising in that state. so we'll go into the decision-making process there. less than an hour from now, a major player in the democratic party set to headline the first campaign fund-raiser for the presumptive nominee joe biden. we'll talk about who that may be. we'll be right back

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they will talk about the ongoing antitrust probes into google. the federal investigation focusing on touch bias and also advertising and management of google's android operating system. the stock not moving much, a little lower after-hours. melissa. melissa: this year the 2020 white house correspondents dinner is, canceled. jonathan karl saying in a statement quote, with great regret we have to cancel our planned dinner on august 29th. we've been working hard to reconfigure the dinner to make it safe for guests and staff but after consultation with medical experts, government authorities and our own members, we have concluded that is just not possible. no white house correspondents' dinner. oh, no. connell? connell: yes. never been. not this year either. here we go. reclosing for business. this is an interesting story because we've done so many

stories about restaurants opening up in the u.s. we were at one yesterday. there is one landmark cafe in south carolina that is temporarily shutting its doors again amid a case of coronavirus cases spiking in that state. we have the owners of the cafe. faith, why don't i start with you. you've gone back and forth as we try to figure out the situation over the last few months, most recently why did you make the decision to close your doors again? >> mostly because we've seen a big spike in our area where tourism driven location. and our local clientele is a higher risk category and they have started to retreat because we're seeing more cases. and we really didn't want to open up and subject our staff and ourselves to the influx of people coming into the area. we felt closing it for a month

was the safer way to go. connell: okay. close down for a month. you say your demographic, aaron, mostly, or more older people, people over 50 years old, you were worried about them. >> yeah. connell: that is certainly understandable. what was it like the last few weeks where you were opened before that, you were doing take-out, how were things going before you decided to shut down again? >> well, we're at 50% capacity mandated by the government, by the governor. so you know, business is, we fill up but you know the money that we would normally make we're not making. you know, with what's happened. connell: because the economics don't really work, right? >> right. >> exactly. >> we started the process with take-out and delivery. then when we were allowed to go to 50% occupancy, we opened up at 50%. it was going okay. and then as the cases started to spike in our area it started to

slow back down because our local base doesn't want to go out. they're concerned. connell: right. now so the governor, as i understand it there, correct me if i'm wrong, left a lot of this in your hands? there is not maybe as many regulations as there are in other states. so if that is the case what were, what will you base kind of your next decision on? will it be more on what you're talking about, more on the economics, if we can only have x-amount of people in we can't make money or more on the health side? what are you guys watching when that month goes by when you will decide what to do next? >> we will watch other restaurants and get a feel for what's going on out there. we might just open with just to go, if the cases because they look like they're exploding around here. you know, we might just do to go. we have to open at some point. got forgiveness from the landlords.

that is not permanent by any means. connell: no. what's it like down there in hilton head? you mentioned i think you have a lot of your clientele is locals but obviously a big tourist attraction? have the crowds been big? >> yes? >> have people been careful? what's it been like? >> yes, we have a lot of tourists here and, they're not necessarily being careful. they're not being asked to be careful. >> right. >> you know, i'm not putting this on the tourists by any means but they're really not necessarily being asked to wear masks everywhere they go or they're being allowed -- >> they're coming from state has are were shelter in place still or just barely, just starting to open and it's -- >> they're happy to be here. >> they're, yeah,. connell: right. >> kind of -- connell: you're trying to manage around that. it is tough. you know what? we'll check back with you in --

why don't we check back in a month to see how things are going. we're trying to follow so many businesses making different types of decisions dealing with different factors around the country. main street cafe in hilton head. melissa. melissa: beefing up plan b footprint, see what we did there? starbucks adding impossible food's to its menu. the meatless item will be sold in at least 15,000 locations. interesting, connell. connell: okay. not going to say anything. restrictions across the country child care centers are starting to reopen as they do so, all kinds of new guidelines are in place that could serve as a potential blueprint for schools if they open in the fall. so we'll talk about that. plus new yorkers, seeing return to normal as we talked about on the show yesterday with the city making a big step

forward, how things go with the outdoor dining. we might have baseball after all. we're looking for the players to put a statement out there, facing a deadline of 5:00 p.m. eastern which is coming out pretty soon, to agree or not to agree, to the deal put forward by the owners with the players would arrive at home markets first of july, start training camp. the owners voted yesterday to impose a 60-game season. if the players agree with all that is out there the regular season would start on july 24th. end on september 27th. then on to the post-season. we'll wait to see what players say on that. we'll be right back i want free . yep, td ameritrade's got that. free access to every platform. mhm, yeah, that too. i don't want any trade minimums. yeah, i totally agree, they don't have any of those. i want to know what i'm paying upfront. yes, absolutely. do you just say yes to everything? hm. well i say no to kale. mm. yeah, they say if you blanch it it's better,

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staff, children, their parents before they're even allowed inside. they have to answer health questions and staff members will take the kids back to the classrooms instead of parents. only have the kids washed their hands at the door. inside the classrooms look different as well. they're limited to 10 people, two instructors and eight kids. the classrooms are cleaned regularly, including when the kids are away at recess. this all costs a lot of money. this child care facility costs about 50 to $60,000 for all the upgrades. >> i think everybody's worried. they're still worried, right? it isn't because we're open. the pandemic is still very much here. so what we do know, there is more we can do to mitigate. so what we had to do was invest in the things that the cdc and other health officials are saying work. reporter: in some states where day-cares have reopened they had to temporarily close again after either staff or children tested positive for the coronavirus. obviously they hope that doesn't

happen here but the bigger fear in the industry right now is that many day cares will have to close permanently because they can't afford to make all the changes. they can't afford to operate at limited capacity. connell? connell: that creates all kinds of other troubles. all right, grady trimble, melissa. melissa: surprise surge. u.s. new home sales jumping 16.6% in may, crushing expectations. nearly 13% higher year-over-year. joining us now is bill darcy, national kitchen and bath association ceo. so there was another piece of data about existing home sales. basically i don't want to bore our audience with the difference, but that data point is lagging. it is is much older. the new data point is about the new home sales that have seen a big spike and analysts think this shows a big rebound. it went down during the coronavirus. then a whole bunch of people bought new homes. is your industry seeing this,

bill? >> melissa, you know, thank you first for having me back. nab members, industry fared better than most. we've had, been impacted no doubt. but the optimism about the months ahead now versus few months ago is much better. melissa: i would say, you know, one of the big things that we have seen throughout this entire crisis is that, as people tighten their spending everywhere, the one place they are spending is inside of their home. there is this thought that, if you're not going to move and buy a new house. you're in the house you're in, you could get locked in again. so people are putting what money they have into home projects and you have the time to do it. you're staring at the wall. i don't know anyone who hasn't taken on a project. has your, have your members benefited from that? who specifically more, the bathroom guys, the kitchen guys? >> you know it is both. it is interesting during peak covid, north of 80% of the kitchen and bath projects were

postponed. good news, homeowners plan to reschedule those before the end of the year. disposable income, maybe marked for vacation, dining out, things are diverted to k and b. all those things, granded we were 150 billion-dollar industry going into 2020. at 130 bill, that is no doubt significantly less, however all things considered, our industry fared much better than most. melissa: can you tell me some of the other trends that you're seeing right now? >> yeah. you know, i mean, a lot of it is, as you said, diy. people get inspired, when they have to spend more time in the house. people are not commuting, working from home. and, whether you start with paint or ends up in full remodel. stare at appliances, cabinets, countertops, the age of the home it is still dated in the u.s. there is a lot of repair replacement needed.

more time you look at these things, more time you realize investing in kitchen and bath is an important part for resale, for your own satisfaction in the home. if you have the funds to do, these are the rooms where you spend the money. melissa: do you anticipate, this is one theory we're hearing a lot today, people will want to buy brand new homes? that the idea of you know, moving into someone else's space is now even less appealing than it was before, are you seeing any of that? >> you know we really haven't. that doesn't surprise me, that you know those would be theories. remodeling would be stronger in those homes people might purchase and completely renovate. new home construction is stronger right now. so, i mean, either way, i think, you know, the good part for our industry is that the home is that place where you are and where you want to invest and, you know, nkba members have struggled through the process, finding ways to deal with customers better in safer

environment and contractors better. at the end of the day, continued investment in the home is important part of our economy. we're seeing that momentum continue right now. melissa: no, that's true. i had to have my fridge repaired in the middle of all this. they had it down to science. they were still coming out to the service appliance. they wanted to know about everybody's temperature. they were masked up and gloved, had a whole process but they came. people new, if you're at home the fridge isn't working you need it fixed. bill, thank you thank you. >> thank you, melissa. melissa: connell. connell: we're wrapping up as president trump we were talking about is in the state of arizona today. he is on air force one flying to phoenix. as democrats are rolling out a key player to help their party's prom sieve nominee. so we cover it all. stick around. ♪ ♪ limu emu & doug

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"real clear politics" president tom bevin. tom, always good to see you. we'll get to the democrats in a moment, first on the president in arizona, campaigning in a state where your "real clear politics" average of the polls, has his opponent joe biden up by four points. obviously it is early. only june 23rd. what we make of the state of the race in a state like arizona? >> arizona is competitive this is a state trump won only by three points in 2016. it's a state the democrats have fought hard to put in play over the last couple cycles. if you remember 2018, they won the senate race there and they have got another senate race up this time around with mark kelly running as a democrat there. so democrats are bullish on their prospects in arizona and again, that is a state, if donald trump loses that state to joe biden, it narrows his path to win re-election. would mean he would have to hang on to some much those states in the upper midwest that he couldn't afford to lose any of

those. so arizona, it is one of the key battleground states in november. connell: right now the president has, he has had a tough time the last few weeks politically, and he is struggling in the polls in number of states you're allowing to. biden five 1/2 in pennsylvania. eight in michigan, five 1/2 in wisconsin, six in florida. the pundit class, whatever you want to call it is kind of reluctant this time around to read too much into numbers. they say, you know hillary clinton was leading in the polls and everybody pretty much thought she would be president up to election day and she is not. how are your numbers tracking 2016 this race, compared to trump clinton? >> certainly at the national level you saw hillary clinton and donald trump, she through most, there were moments trump got really close to hillary clinton, if not led her. this is different scenario this time around. trump has been trailing

joe biden pretty consistently over time. his lead expanded as you mentioned in the last few weeks, not only nationally he was up almost 10 points but in a lot of these battleground states. but i mean, i'm fully, fully agree with the idea that you know, we need to be skeptical of the numbers. we need to take all these things into account. remember, there is only -- there are still five months left. i fully expect this election to be close. and you know, very hard-fought because we're divided nation. we have been for a number of election cycles. there are very few independent voters out there. very few undecided voters most people have fixed opinion for donald trump either for or against. there is a lot of campaign left to run. this is, the race right now, if it were, if the election were held tomorrow donald trump would most likely lose. the election isn't held tomorrow. four 1/2 months from now. connell: right, we got a lot of time as the president tries to come back in the polls is the way he is going about it,

whether tulsa over the weekend or even tonight in phoenix where it won't be that scale of an event. we just had a report from there, he got a bunch people in the room, very close together. a picture according to our reporter jeff paul, nobody wearing a mask, that becomes the story, everybody talks about it afterwards. is that something that hurts the president politically. there are medical risks associated with this approach. do you think there is a political risk as well, if so might the campaign change course the next few weeks? >> i'm not sure. look, the trump campaign, they want to get the campaign restarted and going again. the problem for donald trump right now is that the race is shaping up to be a referendum on him. that is typically what races are for reelections and for incumbents. what they want the race to be a choice between trump and joe biden. they want to define -- keep hearing trump campaign we run very well against defined

joe biden? order to define him they need biden toe come out of the basement and to engage him on the campaign trail and engage him in the debates. right now biden is hanging out in a basement. it is all about donald trump. they need to change equation. connell: he wants to do everything virtually, right? as the mentioned president obama is trying to raise money with a virtual fund-raiser. is there a former president impact? that is similar question we asked in 2016. hillary clinton didn't win and the president obama was the sitting president campaigning for her then. what effect does he have helping his former vice president this time around do you think is final point? >> certainly to raise money. joe biden did very well in may, out raised trump by seven million dollars. way behind overall. that is a good sign for the biden campaign. president trump to help energize the parts of obama coalition that biden has trouble with, right, young voters, of can

american voters that is what president obama can help do for joe biden but for the most part. he is not on the ticket. joe biden is. democrats will have to live with that one way or the other. connell: tom bevin. thank you for coming on. tough day for you. big washington guy like you, no doubt crushed by the cancellation of the white house correspondents 'dinner. you must be crushed. >> i'm in chicago. fine with me. connell: tom, thanks. melissa. melissa: calling an extra level of safety with the pandemic starting today. los angeles international airport, lax is launching thermal camera technology identifying passengers exhibiting above normal body temperatures. los angeles mayor eric garcetti says the program is voluntary, will be available for arriving and departing travelers. adding it will not replace other safety measures. huh. we'll be right back.

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♪ ♪ >> i'm just hoping for the best right now, i'm hoping that we will see the customers come back, you know? that's my greatest fear right now, is -- i think they will, i just want to make sure that it gets sustained over a, over the course of the summer right now. i think once september comes, i think we'll be in better shape, hopefully. connell: all right, melissa, a little flashback to yesterday's program when we were on the upper west side of manhattan, first day of outdoor dining. now, after that, i know you and your family did some investigative reporting of your own that we wanted to share here. it's an "after the bell" exclusive, what did you find? melissa: i was so jealous that we went outside and started looking around for a restaurant to going to go, will they

feel safe, are they going to want to sutt close -- sit close to other people, i don't know, there were enough people out last night to fill every restaurant that i could see. connell: right. only with outdoor -- melissa: you don't live in new york if you worry about being healthy. [laughter] connell: well, with the outdoor seating, i think one thing that was interesting yesterday, luca pointed this out, our guest, so many people moved away and then they come back. he really thinks labor day's the big test for the city. it's nice to see people come out and fill up the outdoor, but once we have people back in the city living here for good, so to speak, will the comeback be on

and the businesses be back after labor day. hey, that's a good sign.mel night, yes. connell: you never shared that. yes, good stuff. melissa: so good. connell: well, look at the time. thanks for joining us, we'll see you back here tomorrow. it is time for "lou dobbs tonight," starts right now. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president trump has demanded foo weeks that washington state's know-nothing, leftist governor and seattle's left-wing mayor who knows even less take action against the mob of anarchists, antifa and black lives matter activists to stand up for their citizens, to protect them from the mob that took over seven blocks of the capitol hill area of downtown seattle. both the governor and the mayor did absolutely nothing