that will continue to be the case. it'll be even more obvious in some of those cities which will have no flight choices at all. ♪ melissa: yeah. it's really something. grady, thank you for that report. we really need that vaccine. that does it for us. we will see you -- ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. president trump to make a triumphant return to the white house this evening. the president has spent about 72 the hours at walter reed hospital where he was treated for the china virus. he is upbeat, as you would expect. the president tweeted this, quote: i will be leaving the great walter reed medical center today at 6:30p.m. feeling really good. don't be i afraid of covid, he said. don't let it dominate your life. we have developed under the trump administration some really great drugs and knowledge. i feel better than i did 20 years ago.

exclamation point. president trump's medical team says the president has continued to improve from almost the first moments-admitted friday evening -- he was admitted friday evening. those doctors said president trump has met or exceeded all criteria for discharge. >> over the past 24 hours, the president has continued to improve. he's met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria. he'll receive another dose of remdesivir here today, and then we plan to get him home. it's been more than 72 hours since his last fever. oxygen levels, including ambulatory saturations and his work of breathing, are all normal. though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and i agree that all our evaluations -- and most importantly, his club call status -- support the president's safe return home. i think you've seen the videos and the tweets, and you'll see

him shortly, you know, he's back. lou: white house physician sean conl e y. he's been in charge of trump's care along with the team at walter reed. conleys has placed the president on a five-day course of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir. president trump will receive his fifth and final dose of the drug tomorrow. dr. conley also administered a single dose of an antibody cocktail made by regeneron. president trump was briefly given supplemental oxygen on friday. doctors also introduced the steroid dexamethasone to inimprove blood oxygen levels. we'll be taking up president trump's treatment and his quick return to the white house after three days at walter reed, his return this evening. we're joined as well by senator ted cruz tonight who is

self-quarantining after having had some contact with other senators who have tested positive for the china virus. president trump's special adviser and a member of the white house corona task force, dr. scott atlas, among our guests here later in the broadcast. as the president makes his return to the white house, some of his staff and his closest aides must quarantine. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany today announced that she has tested positive for the coronavirus, the china virus. in a statement, mcenany i says she isn't experiencing any symptoms but will begin the quarantine process and will continue working on behalf of the american people remotely. mcenany is at least the 11th person close to the president to be diagnosed with the china virus. president trump's recovery from the china virus has been cheered on by hundreds of people just

outside the main entrance of walter reed as well as millions across the country. the president's supporters gathering outside of after he was of admitted. president trump briefly left the hospital yesterday, surprising those supporters who he wanted to give a surprise. and did he ever, with a motorcade out to wave at them and to give them his thanks. here's their reaction. [cheers and applause] >> oh, my gosh, we love you! >> there he is! god bless our president! i will die for him, i will die for that man. lou: and the left-wing national media, of course, having a bit of a fit. they thought that car ride by the president to thank his supporters was just an awful, awful thing for the president to have done. the white house correspondents'

association -- never overwhelmed by humility -- said it was, quote, outrageous for the president to have left the hospital even briefly amid a health crisis without a protective pool present to insure the american people know where their president is and how he is doing. my goodness, how arch can they be. the president told the world where he was about to go in a video posted to twitter yesterday. this is what he said. >> i also think we're going to pay a little surprise to some the great patriots that we have out on the street, and they've been out there for a long time, and they've got trump flags, and they love our country. so i'm not telling anybody but you with, but i'm about to make a little surprise visit. so perhaps i'll get there before you get to see me, but i just -- when i look at the enthusiasm, and we have enthusiasm like probably nobody's ever had or people that love the job we're

doing. we have more enthusiasm than maybe anybody. lou: well, the pool of network reporters could have just listened to the president, that's all they had to do, but they had to have a little fit. the left-wing correspondents working for the likes of, well, at&t's cnn, comcast's msnbc and nbc, viacom's cbs and disney's abc, well, they could have walked from their locations across the street from walter reed to ask what was about to happen. instead, at&t and disney and comcast and all once again showed just how empty-headed and mindless their corporate masters are to put up with such nonsense. and those, those delegates of those corporations decided to complain and whine instead of

report. oh, must have been terrible for them. president trump tweeted this today: it is reported that the media is up upset because i got into a secure video to say thank you to many fans and supporters who were standing outside of the hospital for many hours and even days to pay their respect to the president. if i didn't do it, the media would say rude. probably so. well, a big rally on wall street today, really rally on -- rally on the news of the president's good health and his return to the white house this evening. the dow jones industrials rallying up 466 points. the s&p gains 60, the nasdaq up 257. the market futures were up, the dow futures were up 200 points overnight just on the possibility he might be returning to the white house. volume on the big board today, 3.8 billion sharings. crude oil up more than 6% to

$39.42 a barrel. a reminder to listen to my reports three times a day on the salem radio network. an interesting development today in the investigation into the investigators, so-called. the u.s. attorney who had been appointed by attorney general william barr to help investigate the unmasking of general michael flynn is resigning effective friday. u.s. attorney john bash today said he will step down friday to join the private sector. attorney general barr quickly replaced bash with greg sofer who is barr's former counselor. bash has not produced any information of which we are aware regarding the investigation into the unmasking of general flynn since his appointment back in may. up next, president trump will leave walter reed medical center in just about an hour. we'll be talking about his

recovery with the president's special adviser, dr. scott atlas joins us. and a thank you to everyone who's made my new book a national bestseller. you can buy the new book, "the trump century," at loudobbsshop.com. loudobbsshop.com. stay with us, we're coming right back. ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

♪ ♪ lou: the "lou dobbs tonight" quote of the day comes to us from president trump's twitter account. president trump tweeted today that he would be leaving walter reed medical center at 6:30. the president said this, quote: don't be afraid of covid, don't let it dominate your life. we have developed under the trump administration some really great drugs and knowledge. i feel better than i did 20 years ago. joining us tonight, dr. scott atlas. he's the senior adviser to president trump, senior fellow at stanford university's hoover institution, former chief of neuroradiology at stanford university medical center. doctor, it is great to have you with us. and 72 hours, i guess what i would have to ask is what took the president so long to get his treatment and be well?

this is remarkable, to see this -- [laughter] even for a man of his stamina, would you not say? >> yes. thanks forking having me, lou. i mean, it doesn't surprise me for a couple reasons, one of which you've identified, that nothing's going to hold the president back. he's a super vigorous guy, he's hands on, he wants to get back to work. and, you know, it also is an illustration of the system of some of the things that have happened under the administration. the operation warp speed rapid development of drugs, and we know the medical care has advanced since the beginning of the pandemic. this is october, we've learned a tremendous amount, as the president said, and you can see the benefits of that. hospital stays all over the country are one-third of what they were from earlier, march, april. hospital mortality is down of one-half of what it was at the peak. this is an indication that this is not the same situation we were back in march. we've learned a lot, like i say, we know who's at risk.

the president and his operation warp speed have developed drugs and a vaccine we're anticipating to be developed in really record time, and i think americans should have a lot more confidence than what the mainstream media is sort of inflicting on them. lou: this is, the media -- the tone that was taken by these representatives, i'm going to set -- i know the president likes to talk about fake news, but fake news is owned by at&t, disney, comcast. and these are corporate entities that have a responsibility for the way the people who they employ are a acting. are acting. so i'm going to refer to jim acosta as at&t's jim acosta. it is just, i things horrible. and -- i think, horrible. and i'm speaking as a guy who's worked a few years in journalism. to see the standards that have fallen crashing to the ground as a result of partisan antipathy,

it's horrible. and i don't think enough people in this business call out the real culprits which are the corporate owners. they should -- they're working for them, and how would they allow any other part of their corporations to act the way these people do, addressing the president of the united states? i would think not. your thoughts. >> yeah, well, i mean, i think there's something i can pick up on that which is that the media has been responsible for instilling fear into the american public, all over the world, actually, but in the american public in particular. and, you know, the reality is that the science is being followed by the president. we've had external scientists, the heed arers in the research from -- leaders in the research from harvard, stanford, oxford university discussing these things. we've been talking to them almost every day for months. there is no monopoly on

knowledge by government-employed public health people. we're talking to the people leading the research about the pandemic. the president is all in on a science-based policy, and his policy is protect the vulnerable and open up because of the denor denor -- the i more now harms of the lockdowns. he's saving lives by realizing as he did in march the cure cannot be worse than the original problem. lou: absolutely. and the idea with of bringing in those private companies which are, they're the bastion of entrepreneurial energy but also scientific invention and are driving medical knowledge every day in cooperation, of course, with the leading, the leading scientists around the country. as well as their own. it's marvelous to watch what's happening, and we're sitting here right now waiting to find occupant which which companies -- find out which companies will be successful in

generating, creating a vaccine that are i educate effectively save the world. >> i think you're right, and i think it's an example, a very profound example of how the president understands how to spur on innovation. it's the innovation in the american private sector coupled with some facilitation with that with partnering with the government that has allowed these drugs to be discovered, that has allowed the vaccines to be produced so quickly. and, you know, the other thing i want to say about the media and some public figures is that to instill fear and doubt about the safety of the vaccine is really a heinous abuse of leadership and power because, you know, we are trying to save lives here. the vaccines that are being developed under operation warp speed if, there's no corners being cut on safety. the efficacy, the success, the data is being reviewed by only external advise orsers -- i mean not advisers, experts. they have nothing to do with the government -- lou: right. >> to think that the president or anyone else is influencing

the data is really sort of almost sinful because it's killing people by making people who need the vaccine afraid of the vaccine. it's unconscionable, that kind of stuff. lou: well, the president's leadership in this is truly remarkable; that is, moving billions, tens of billions of dollars into the private marketplace to fund operation warp speed, to put money in front of the product as an expression both of optimism and faith that these firms will move at warp speed e to develop a vaccine that protects the american public and, indeed, as i said, the globe. but his, he's also doing something else here. he's living husband life as a leader -- his life as a leader, the way he wants the entire country to operate. he is fully exebb posed. -- exposed. he is going about his business and, by the way, he's doing so with a work ethic that few of us

can even dream of, let alone match. >> exactly. lou: it's really remarkable, the leadership that he is providing the country. and i think watching just, for example -- >> exactly, lou. >> lou: -- the work he is doing, the president is coming out of the hospital, they're cheering him and they're also cheering everyone involved in bringing solutions to the american public for their health. >> that's right. just like he -- he understands that americans want to work. he wants to work. his job is essential. he wants them to talk to people, he needs to be with people. he can't afford -- he tries to have, you know, he uses mitigation, hand washing, social distancing, masks when necessary, but the reality is he's not going to be the able to social distance from the american people all the time. he can't always do that. and so we do our best to protect him. everybody does their best at protecting.

the white house is a special environment, but the reality is the virus does not disappear with a lockdown. the virus does not disappear with mitigation. and these are people, the president is showing he wants to do his job, he needs to work, and he's working for the american people just like americans want to work. there's not going to be another lockdown. that is a disastrous policy to pursue another lockdown or to hide in your basement afraid. that's not this president. lou: yeah. and, you know, it's one of the things, as we wrap up here, doctor, you know, i think of all the kids not in school in various communities and what that's costing them in terms of their own education, their knowledge, so much. and in so many instances, if not all, utterly needless, the way that those schools have responded. you get the last word here, doctor. >> absolutely. okay. yeah, i do want to say -- lou: that's a great word. >> closure of schools in

particular is, honestly, harming the working class and the poor. these people are impacted by this. a lockdown is a luxury of the rich. and it doesn't affect the elite and the affluent, but it affects working class americans, it destroys their families, it harms their children, and it separates people who are working very hard from the affluent in terms of potential success. i think it's really something the president is for, is opening schools, opening america and protecting the people who need protection which are the high risk people. that's the right policy, and he's all in on that policy. lou: well, i hope everyone in the country listened to your words here tonight and will -- and parents will take heed to your words and show up at the next school board meeting to make sure parents are representing their children in front of those school boards that would give in to fear.

or politics or both. dr. scott atlas, thanks for being with us. pleasure talking with you. up next, what does the president's return to the white house mean for the election? we take that up and more after these quick messages. stay with us, we're coming right back. ♪

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important. he won it himself four years ago, he's going to have to win it himself this time. the idea of donald trump on steroids is kind of a frightening factor for the democrats, but the reality is he's back out, he's going to be on the trail, fight hard, and he's going to make the sale. he either makes it or doesn't make it, but my sense is he's rejuvenated, and i wish his health holds up. lou: michael, your thoughts. >> well, you know, lou, i think all the debate about how the president got the virus, i think it's beside the point because as the president has a made clear, as scott atlas are made clear, you cannot be president and hide in the white house. and i think this is another -- d

joe biden has exhibited extreme fear this entire campaign season. i just believe at some point down the line that's going to have an impact on this election. you cannot vote for a president who won't leave the oval office or who won't even be seen with his staff. there's something very unusual going on here, and i think this contrast has not really become as aa parent as i -- apparent as i believe it will before the election. unless he answers questions and is actually meeting and seen with people, i think the president stands to benefit by that contrast. lou: yeah, i think you're exactly right. and, ed, as we know, the president will have to make that contrast, draw that comparison because the national left-wing media refused to acknowledge it, refused to acknowledge that this president is leading by example. he talks about an open economy, an open country, open schools,

and he is wide open, charging straight ahead even while he's in the hospital for the covid virus. >> well, he's like lebron james. you give me the ball, i'm going to put it in the basket, i'm going to win this game. and if he's got to do it himself, he may be a little behind in the polls, but at the end of the day, he's going to make it happen or not make it happen, no one else can do it for him. he's been a dynamic leader for four years, the contrast versus biden is a good case to be made. lou: ed, you and i argue about sports from time to time, but i would say he's more michael jordan than lebron james. [laughter] be that as it may, i get the point. >> both pretty darn good players. [laughter] lou: what'd you say, michael? >> the lebron james antics in the last game where he walked off the court before the end of the game, he's become a sour

figure for a lot of americans, so i'm with michael -- lou: yeah, i'm -- by the way, 68% -- [inaudible conversations] in their television ratings. i mean, the fact of the matter is the whole country has soured on the nba and its black lives matter, i mean, nonsense. it's ridiculous, to see what the nba has done to itself. >> well, and don't forget the china -- lou: that's an aside. >> i concede my point. [laughter] >> let's go back to the president. the president's muhammad ali -- lou: i'm going to turn to michael if you keep trying to take over the show here, ed. [laughter] so, ed, what do you think? the president is now back, straight out there. he still has all of corporate media, and i'm on this show from now on we're going to name the corporate owners of those reporters 'em employers.

i mean, these are at&t, we're not talking about cnn. we're talking about viacom, not just cbs. we're talking about disney when abc newsstands up. and the way they're acting, the way they're treating this president and demanding, demanding they call him before he does what he wishes as president of the united states, this thing's upside down right now, michael. your thoughts. >> well, you know, watching his press conferences with the doctors, it's a little bit of, you know, allowed bad is he, how bad is he, tell us how bad he is, and now when he's -- lou: yeah. >> -- today at the press conference it was that he's going back to the white house. is it safe, is he safe. i don't know if they're eager to see him get better or the opposite, but their questions certainly always seem to be based on the negative perceptions that they themselves bring to it.

lou: yeah, i couldn't agree with you more. and everything that they do is focused toward the negative rather than the positive as the american people are cheering his return to the white house. what is wrong with these people? ed, you haved had to deal with a lot of contrary influences in the national media. is there a solution for this white house? and for the american people? >> no -- lou: because i think most americans are sick of it. >> again, we have four weeks to go. the president's going to be the dominant player here, and at the end of the day, he's going to drive his own message. what we do know is he can fix the economy. he's done it once with, he's going to get the virus behind us -- lou: all right, but that isn't what i asked. mike, is there any other, mike, is there anything that the president and the white house can do? >> in terms of the media? no. no. i think -- lou: yeah. >> that was the birth of the rallies was to go around the

media. and the president, i think, has to continue speaking directly to the american people, not let it be filtered as he's continued to do even in the hospital. i thought the video message was a terrific stroke, the first one, because i think it was really uplifting, and i think that has to be the tone of the rest of the campaign for him. lou: well, i think that the corporate masters -- and i'm talking about at&t, disney, comcast and the rest -- this is on them, and they need to do something to stop this horrible disrespect for the president of the united states. there's not, by the way, most of those questions aren't particularly tough, they're just insulting and vicious. >> yeah. lou: it's time for the white house press corps to get smart and respectful. it would be nice to see both happen very quickly. ed rollins, michael goodwin, thank you both. i appreciate it. up next, obama's cia director finally admits that

there wasn't unanimity of view about putin trying to-trump win. isn't that nice? now that we know that putin actually preferred clinton? he hasn't admitted that yet. we take that up and much more with senator ted cruz. stay with us. ♪ you've still got game.

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supreme court next monday. chairman lindsey graham's decision comes despite, well, odd calls by senate dems to postpone the hearings because a few senators do have the china virus. also breaking tonight, dedicated trump hater john brennan, former cia director, has been caught in yet another lie. brennan says two senior cia officials disagreed that russia was meddling in the 2016 election in favor of president trump. brennan once testified there was a unanimous consensus among the cia, fbi and nsa that russia worked in favor of donald trump in 2016. as we learn more about the truth of 2016 and the intelligence community's, oh, yes, and the democratic party, it's hard to believe that anything this man has said is, has ever been true. joining us now is senator ted cruz. he's a member of the senate

judiciary committee, and he is the author of the brand new, number one amazon bestseller, "one vote away: how a single supreme court seat can change history." senator, great to have you with us. and let me start by just getting your reaction to the president about to be on his way home to the white house after about 72 hours of treatment at walter reed. >> well, lou, it's great to be with you, thank you. it's terrific news, obviously, that the president's feeling better, that he's able to come home. this has been a tough couple of days as the entire country and much of the world has lifted the president, first lady up in prayer. i'm hopeful that he gets stronger. i was just texting with the president's team that was with him at walter reed, i told them, listen, we need him, we need him at full strength and healthy, and so i hope he feels better soon, and it reminds us just how

dangerous this virus is that we're dealing with. lou: absolutely. and it also reminds us what a leader he is. he is living exactly what he is asking americans today to do, and that is wide open and full tilt. and credit to him, as usual. and credit to you for what you said in the hearing, if i may, before we -- i want to turn to your book here very quickly, because it's fascinating, and we recommend it to the audience highly. but what you had to say to brennan, if we could roll that for the audience, if you would, please? >> this investigation of the president was corrupt. the fbi and the department of justice were politicized and weaponized. and in my opinion, there are only two possibilities; that you were deliberately corrupt or woefully incompetent. and i don't believe you were incompetent.

lou: that is one of the most -- [laughter] powerful statements comey's ever heard, i believe. senator, comey, brennan, clapper, with we know the whole bunch are a bunch of lie -- liars, and the radical dems, they sold those lies to the american people e when they stole the 2018 midterm election, i believe. your thoughts. >> well, look, i think you're right. i think they politicized the fbi, they politicized the department of justice, they politicized the cia and intelligence, and it's one of the really most shameful legacies of the obama/bind administration. i think they all thought they'd get away with it -- obama/biden. look, we have very, very powerful tools that we use to defend this nation from to have terrorists, that the fbi uses to go after criminals, and they used it instead as, essentially, their own personal hit squad to

end weaponize dnc oppo research, and comey was right in the middle of it, john brennan, who you're focusing on, was right in the middle of it. and i think they thought they'd get away scot-free, and it has been -- it's disgraceful and wrong. i'm an alumnus of the department of justice, and doj is meant to be nonpartisan. i don't want a republican department of justice, i don't want a republican fbi. i want a doj and fbi that follows the law and follows the constitution regardless of party. and i think the damage that comey and brennan and the rest of them did deeply harmed the integrity of those institutions, and there's a lot of work to get out of it. and they need to be held accountable. lou: i think without being held accountable that we're going to see the political corruption of the doj and fbi continue in perpetuity because there is no other solution that i see possible. danchenko, we learned today from

the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, that danchenko documents have been declassified by the president while he was at walter reed and will be released soon. just further evidence of the fraud that was the christopher steele dossier that was, apparently, financed by hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc. your thoughts as we see more coming to light. >> and that's one of the things i questioned comey about before the senate judiciary committee, is that he knew that the steele dossier was political opposition research. he he didn't care, he didn't enfire whether it was the dn -- inquire whether it was the dnc or hillary clinton who paid for it. he didn't tell the court either of those thicks, and that was dishonest. to pretend that it was just impartial sources, that was dishonest. and we now know that there was

significant intelligence that the primary sub source, the basis for the garbage steele report -- the steele report was complete garbage. it was a hit job based on lies. the primary basis of that, the sub source, was an individual that the fbi had already investigated for being a russian asset for trying to prove members of the obama/biden administration to engage in espionage for russia, and the fbi didn't inform the court of that. they instead became part of this russian, russian operation and this dnc/hillary clinton operation. and it was -- you know what? lou: to your point -- >> yeah. lou: i'm, go ahead. >> what i think was happening -- lou: well, to your point -- [laughter] we ever see these people be held accountable? will they go to prison? will they be held accountable? >> i very much hope is so.

i think bill barr is a good man, i think if anyone can lead the department of justice and demand accountability, it's barr. but i've got to say it's frustrating when nearly four years in, nobody bess on prosecuted or gone to jail. when i'm home in texas i hear all the time people go what in the heck is wrong that nobody's paying the price for it? i share that frustration, and i hope that doj moves and moves quickly to hold accountable everyone who broke the law, everyone who abused power and, sadly, it sure seems like there were a lot of them. lou: if he doesn't move forward before this election and bring this evidence that he does have to the american people, i will tell you, senator, i'm going to urge as hard as i can this administration declassify all of that, because i want to know the sources and methods are -- >> yeah. lou: -- for the trash and the garbage and the filth that this department of justice and this fbi spewed out for the american

people on behalf of hillary clinton. i want to congratulate you on your number one book. give us your thoughts, as we approach confirmation of a new u.s. justice. >> well, we're obviously in the midst of an epic battle to confirm judge barrett. i believe the senate will get the job done, that she will be confirmed by the end of the month before election day. the senate judiciary committee, we're going to start confirmation hearings next week. i'm going to play an active part in fighting against the democratic attack and slime machine that is being up loaded on judge barrett already. and the book is really designed to tell the inside story of the supreme court. each chapter talks about a different constitutional right; free speech, reliberties liberty, the second amendment. -- religious liberty. and before i was in the senate, i was a supreme court litigator. i argued cases before the court. so the book seeks to bring

readers behind the curtain, understand really what's at a stake, what's going on. you know, a lot of people know the court's important, but they don't -- it's confusing, they don't understand it. the book is designed to be something where you don't have to to be a lawyer to understand it, but you really can know what's going on and what it means for you. lou: senator, could you hold up that book? because i don't have the title just right at the tip of my tongue, and i want to boost the book. "one vote away." it's a number one bestseller already on amazon, "one vote away: how a single supreme court seat can change history." senator, good talking with you. congratulations on the book, continued success. up next, the nba pays the price for disrespecting the flag, and it's bad news for the nba. we'll be talking with larry elder next. stay with us.

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♪ ♪ lou: joining us now, larry elder, host of the larry elder show, executive producer of the documentary, "uncle tom: an oral history of the american black conservative." great to have you with us, harry, and i want to

congratulate you on your presidential appointment not commission on the social status of black men and boys. congratulations, and tell us what the commission hopes to accomplish. >> well, thank you very much for it, lou. we just now set it up, so we're just getting started about our agenda. i know what i hope to accomplish, i hope to raise the issue that the number one issue facing black america is not systemic racism, although that's what people are in the street fighting about right now. the one issue is a large number of black kids that are raised without fathers. nine times more likely to drop out of school and twenty times more likely to end up in jail. the question is why are 70% of black kids today raised without fathers? there's a connection between that and the welfare state. i believe that welfare incentivizes women to marry and government and incentivizing men to abandon their financial and moral responsibility, and it's about time we have a

conversation about that, and this administration is determined to do just that. lou: good. well, good for you, good for the president, and we wish you great success with the commission and achieving great things. let me turn to now the nba. ratings down, game two 68% -- [laughter] i mean, there's a message, and it's a lot louder than any message black lives matter or the nba hoped they would be sending to their audiences who they take for granted. 68%. people have had a bellyful of the black lives narrative and the marxist violence they bring to our streets and the nba that is the most sanctimonious, ridiculous set of hypocrites i've ever seen talking about their messaging to an audience that wants to watch basketball. they're turning their backs.

your thoughts. >> i think it is having -- i saw a poll a lot of americans have decided they're not going to watch basketball because of all these messages. you've got black lives matter painted on the floor, all sorts of social justice messages on the uniforms. you know, i just mentioned earlier the number one problem facing black america is not systemic racism,al those these players are convinced it is. i would urge the nba to reread the cover story of a magazine called "sports illustrated"ded which back in 1998 had a coffer story, lou are, of a black kid holding a basketball, and the cover story said where's my daddy? the end epidemic of players who had kids out outside of wedlock. one agent is now saying for every player with no kid outside of wedlock, there was one with two or three. talk about the number one problem facing the black community, and that's the absence of fathers, and do something about that. you were talking about lebron james. here's a man who married the mother of his children: he has

been a terrific role model about the importance of a nuclear intact family. why doesn't he use that influence for his tens of thousands of followers on social media instead of pushing a phony narrative, do something about the number one problem facing back america, and as a role model, he's done that and does that. lou: larry, i've got to -- we're at the -- [laughter] we're out of time. but i'll tell you what -- >> okay. [laughter] lou: -- what a great time we had. appreciate it, larry elder, and thanks for the great work. stay with us, we'll be right back. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. . . .

lou: we'll be back live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. what covering the president's return to the white house. please join us. thanks. elizabeth: breaking news, president trump is expected to leave walter reed medical center at this hour at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. we're live on the story. marine is expected to fly the president back to the white house. essentially the reverse of friday night and what we reported to you. again we are staying on the story live throughout the hour. we will break down the firestorm of controversies and how the media reported it. how it all went down with the president dealing with his covid-19 prognosis. as more white house officials contract the virus. we have edward lawrence with the latest from walter reed. he is with us on standby for the next hour, covering all the br