this show twice for weather and here as well. great to see you. janice: love you guys. jillian: can't wait to see new person and give you a hug. thank you to all the healthcare workers everyone doing a good job on the front line. we certainly appreciate you. rob: it's been a lot of work. and "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ steve: good morning, everybody it. is friday, april 24th, 2020. and this is fox news channel. and we start with a fox news alert. the u.s. house sending half a trillion-dollar relief bill to the president's desk for his signature, brian. brian: the chamber looking quite different now as you see. lawmakers wearing face masks over their entire face while practicing socially distant voting in some cases. ainsley: yeah. lots of things have changed for our country. griff jenkins is live in washington to break it all down for us. hey, griff. griff: one of the members struggling with that mask. never siegel seen anything like that wearing masks for social

distancing and voting in small clusters passed another funding bill. $484 billion for small business, hospitals and testing. four republicans voted against it. aoc was the lone democrat nay and now the signature from the president today. i'm glad congress is answering my call to deliver these additional $320 billion in relief for the american worker and for small businesses. they also created a select committee to oversee the coronavirus response it. will consist of seven democrats and five republicans and have subpoena power. that vote falling straight down party lines. >> is it too much to ask that we would have a special committee to make sure that the money that we are appropriating in historic amounts is spent correctly? >> 8 different entities during oversight but the democrats want a ninth. why? this is just a continuation of the attack that the democrats have had on the president for

the past four years. griff: now their attention turns to another massive aid package. >> our heroes bill where we will address the needs of our heroes, our healthcare workers, our police and fire, teachers, our transportation workers and the rest. however, this one is likely facing a fight, guys. because as we talked about yesterday majority leader mcconnell signaling is he weary if the mounting debt so far spent $2.9 trillion. brian, ainsley, steve? steve: that is a lot of real money. griff, thank you very much. the trump administration had initially asked the democrats for $250 billion with no strings attached. but the democrats wouldn't go for that for the paycheck protection program. and instead, they wound up ultimately negotiating and now, as griff has said there is money for testing and hospitals as

well brian, there is money for one other thing, and this is for the people apply for the paycheck protection program to be able to get the money at a lesser served institution rather than those great big banks that we have heard turn so many small businesses away. brian: that's important to bring up, too. a lot of these people, colleges and institutions from harvard and stanford and usc got a lot of this money and paying it back. ruth chris steakhouse paying it back to provide more cushion to get small businesses in there keep in mind it's not just about the employees, it's about the employers. they have to be flexible in order to keep their employers to pay the rent to have a place for employees to go back to. next one brutal states want flat out money to pay anywhere bills and some republicans pushing

back against mitch mcconnell. the president seems to be won over by mitch mcconnell's argument we will see where that goes. for the longest time talking about everything being shut down and everybody losing their jobs. and one out of every six americans lost their job thanks to the pandemic. let's talk about what states are doing to work their way back and keep our fingers crossed it all works. in alaska, for example, they will open up restaurants and retail outlets, salons and businesses considered nonessential be allowed to reopen. give them a shot as the sun comes out. georgia most controversial pushes back against republican governor. gyms, barbers, salons, tattoo parlors set to reopen today. only a few days before everybody else but some of the metropolitan areas like atlanta are saying whoa, we don't think we are actually ready yet. i think i sense the going on the ground better than anybody else. i hope it all works for them.

ainsley: lindsey graham and the president said this might be too fast. you are the governor. you know what's best for your state and have you that right to do it. the governor said that he is charging forward with reopening. because he says it's based on informed data and public health recommendations. so, we'll continue to monitor that state. hopefully, here's the thing that we don't want to go take all these measures. we have all experienced pain and grief through all of this. it's been really hard for our country. and you don't want to go through all of that and have to take a step back and go through it all again. and we don't want to see numbers rising. every state is drastically different. in new york we have more than 15,000 that have died because of this. but in other states you just have every life is important but you don't have as many, just several dozen. tennessee is also reopening most of their state parks for the day. and then wisconsin, golf courses are reopening with restrictions. curbside pickup at stores as well. and in texas have you product pickup at retail stores and in

oklahoma, barbers, salon spas are opening with appointment. ing. steve: that's right, ainsley. you know, we have -- the president's social distancing restrictions extend through, officially, next thursday. but we heard the president of the united states last night talk a lot about what's going to happen next. there are a lot of unknowns. but also we heard from the vice president about when we might be able to open up in a bigger way. >> if we continue these mitigation efforts in the days ahead as states implement their policies, including phased reopening that will preserve those gains, we do believe by early summer, we could be in a much better place as a nation with much of this coronavirus epidemic behind us. steve: you know, and as the administration tries to figure out how to best approach this

great big country of ours where different spots have acted differently toward the coronavirus, you look at this immunity test that was done throughout new york state over the last week or so, they tested 3,000 people, just outside of grocery stores. and what's interesting. they think that about 14% of the state of new york was exposed. on the island of manhattan, that number is 21%, which is an unbelievably big number. but then you look at the balance of the state. when you factor out the big metropolitan areas like where brian and ainsley and long island and west chester, the rest of the state the infection rate is 3.6. so you look at one spot is 21%, which is gigantic, but then you look at the rest of the empire state and it's 3.6%. and you realize and this is the same thing that governor whitmer has been facing in michigan, detroit is a lot different than

the rest of the state. and a one size fits all approach simply does not work. brian. brian: it doesn't. and, steve, they asked us to be adults and stay inside and give up our livelihoods and stop driving around and the mayor don't go outside too long. but, if you are in a state that's mixed of rural and suburban and metropolitan areas, we can actually stay in areas that are okay. can you lift the vale. open up the stores and say, guys, limit your traction into these cities and we could pull it off. hopefully states like new york and michigan will sober up to that meanwhile talk presidential politics if we can one of the questions that came out yesterday was what's going to happen with the election? you had anthony fauci and others saying we are probably going -- we're not going to be be rid of corona in the fall. if it's back there, should there be mail-in voting? should there be alternatives to doing this? those are. so issues that keep getting

brought up. the president is a little exasperated and looks at joe biden sitting in his garage doing introduce and not getting tough questions as he struggles to talk to people who are friendly with them and sees the scrutiny that he is under and double standard. >> we have a sleepy guy in a basement in the house that the press is giving a free pass to who doesn't want to do debates because of covid. i watched oh i look forward to this. but they are keeping him sheltered because of the coronavirus he is not moving too much. i can't tell you about the election. you have the democratic party and large portion of the media giving the guy a pass. he has been given the pass. whether or not he is going to be the nominee, i have no idea but he is getting a pass. brian: is he going to be the nominee may 1st start with the

vice presidential committee. arguably the most important as 77 years old someone who has lost his fast ball and slider. joe biden, too. i'm of two minds, ainsley. i'm of two minds because, if joe biden is out there on a regular basis if we watched over the last year and a half you see all the mistakes he makes. the other thing he's sits in his garage, not his basement, he becomes less and less relevant. where we normally would be talking a lot about the democratic nominee, john kerry, al gore, mitt romney, very few people are talking about joe biden. so on one way he is on ice and another way he is protected because he is not out there making a lot of mistakes. ainsley: yeah. you are right. you talk to fauci saying that he can't guarantee that it's safe to physically go and vote in november. joe biden heard that he said fauci is on the president's task force. this probably means that the president is probably trying to push back the election. he says, mark my words, i think he is going to try to kick back

the election somehow. come up with some rationale why it can't be held. imagine threatening not to fund the post office. now what in god's name is that about? other than trying to let the word out that he is going to do all that he can to make it very hard for people to vote. that's the only way that he thinks he can possibly win. most of us have never thought about that. do you guys think that the president will try to push back the election? i can't imagine that. that's never happened. brian: not a chance. not a chance. steve: just all depends on the circumstances. remember after 9/11, 9/11 in new york city, it was primary day, and they wound up kicking it to a later date. but, you know, that is one of the reasons. brian: no way. steve: congress okayed money to allow mail-in ballots but with a democratic congress that would probably -- who knows what's going to happen.

brad parscale who is the president's campaign manager had this observation on "the story" with martha last night about what's going on between the two of them. >> all this stuff gets throne around and approvals and ballot testing. the president had over 15% of people who voted for him in 2016 didn't mark approval of him. on top of that biden has a huge enthusiasm problem. public data and. what that is the president has almost 50 point lead over him in enthusiasm. people say they are going to show up for elections. do some things. polling can be shifted and twisted to meet the media's narrative. truth is in internal polling president is in a great place. considerable better place than 2016. joe biden is no hillary clinton. steve: i think the number one issue is going to be how the president handles this pandemic. and joe biden and we have already heard from the democrats in congress, they are going to launch all sorts of oversight

into how the money was spent. and when you look at how a bunch of those big colleges got the money and ruth chris steakhouse they announced yesterday they are going to give the money back, at the same time, you are looking at a lot of colleges and they're saying we are going to take the money. usc is going to take $20 million. notre dame according to usa today is going to take money as well. that's one of the reasons why steve mnuchin came out yesterday. we've examined the big public traded companies to self-certify they qualify for it. they are asking big companies that got the money to send it back by may the 7th. brian: they also have a fine, huge fine, $1 million if you don't. or do something n. and lie on your form. keep in mind, too. when it comes it these fran franchises, a lot of people are mr. and mrs. johnson next door that buy a small franchise.

they are small business and responsible for 70 employees that would be different as opposed to a major corporation that funds everything. also on the brad parscale situation he was responding to martha fox news poll president trailing in florida, michigan and pennsylvania. and brad says it's really no big deal at this point. the president has also got to watch seniors. he owns the senior vote. but evidently with joe biden personifying the term senior, is he cutting in to the president's senior vote a little bit. so that's got to be a little bit of concern. but in terms of joe biden his big weakness is money, is he not raising much. jillian mele has plenty of money and she is prepared to do the news for us. right, jillian? jillian: good morning to you. start your headlines with extreme weather we are following. tornadoes and record breaking flooding battering the south like here in georgia. >> full are know -- need to be in safe place now. jillian: winds uprooting trees

and toppling building. another twister spotted near florida's fort walton beach east of pensacola. in south carolina record breaking rainfall. some areas getting 6 hours in just a couple hours. background checks to buy ammo. u.s. district judge law misfires and second amendment rights of california citizens have been gravely injured. thousands of law abiding gun owners were denied ammo because of state data base issues after the law went into effect this past july. well, the first pick in the nfl virtual draft was no surprise. >> the cincinnati bengals select joe burrow quarterback, lsu. >> joe burrow going to play for the bengals. he got the news while as you can see sitting on his couch. a bit of a homecoming since burrow is from ohio. even though he is hosting the

draft from his basement, nfl commissioner roger goodell still heard it from the fans. [booze] >> oh, come on, guys. you can do better than. this let's go. [boos] >> and this one is for you, brian. the giants made andrew thomas their first pick and my eagles choosing wide receiver jaylen runs a game from her tcu which some people say a bit of an overreach but we will see, brian? ainsley: that was awesome, what did you think. brian: giants what they said with their offensive linemen. that's whether a they were saying about it. ainsley: it was fun to watch. i loved the virtual hug. jillian: that was cute. ainsley: how about the sec? they got 14 picks. congratulations to all those guys. brian: i know where your focus is, ainsley. ainsley: yes. despite wreaking havoc on the nation. some in the media are touting the pandemic's impact on climate change. >> the world is you haddenly learning what can happen if

humans stop polluting the environment. >> activists are quite excited about some good reasons and for some complicated reasons. ainsley: our next guest calls out the media and hollywood for cheering misery in the name of the environment.

with most of us staying home with this pandemic, it's affecting the earth in some really striking ways. >> the world is suddenly learning what can happen if humans stop polluting the environment. >> the coronavirus opens up a whole new spectrum of possibility activists excited about other than some complicated reasons.

steve: despite wreaking havoc on the nation, many in the media are touting the pandemic's so-called impact on the climate. our next guest says these climate activists are cheering misery in the name of the environment. here to discuss new york columnist from the "new york post" miranda did miren divine. we have heard. >> good morning, steve. steve: good morning. talk about the importance of what fossil fuels are doing to our atmosphere and people needed to stop driving and stop flying. well, that's pretty much what we are doing now when you look at the demand for oil and things like that. so, this is exactly the experiment we were looking for from them, right? >> for the climbed togglists and the left this is a dream come true. we have always known they are not fond of human beings and we see whatever misery people are

going through medical and economic it's a good thing. they are excited about it. it's not only that carbon emissions have temporarily gone down but it's also that they see this great opportunity for them to do all the things they wanted to do before which is basically cripple our economy and reshape the way we live, control our lives. after the pandemic that's what they want to do you see it when democrats try inject the green new deal into any relief bills that come in. steve: when you walk around your neighborhood, you don't sees a many cars, very few people outside walking around and if they are, half of them have a mask on. and you hardly ever hear here in the new york city area, miranda airplanes flying by. when you do it's like oh, i remember those.

i don't think the average american are thinking about the environment. they are thinking about personal safety and their health and how much money they're losing it's been chloroformed temporarily. that's not something to rejoice. in we also know that healthy economies in healthy countries lead to cleaner air and cleaner water. and that's really what people care about when it comes to pollution. the idea about carbon monoxide and greenhouse have gases and is a somehow by crippling our economy and stopping using fossil fuels, that that is going to dial down the temperature, well, you know, that's something that we're expected to take a leap of faith on. and the leap of faith is based on computer models. and we have seen with the

pandemic so far that the computer models have been wildly out of kilter in terms of what they have predicted is happening. that's not to criticize the models. that's the way they work. and they change as the inputs change. but with the climate models, we are told the science is settled. we have seen that they rely on computer models which are never settled. steve: that's such a good point about model ling and one of the reasons models set a quarter of a million americans would die not many would follow the social distancing but that is what america did embrace and that's why we're at the lower end of that model, not at the higher end which is absolutely a good thing. in fact we are social distancing right now. we are at two different locations. miranda, thank you for joining us from the "new york post." >> great to talk to you, steve. steve: all right. 6:25 now here in the east coast. did you hear the president last night? there is new evidence that

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brian: hi, everybody, glad you are up. hope you are dressed. ruth's chris steakhouse to return 20 million: executives from companies like ruth's chris could be punished for using funds. companies must be smaller than 500 employees and need the money to prequalify for the ppp. those who violate the rules could be fined a million bucks or 30 years in prison. ainsley? ainsley: okay.

thank you, brian. there is new research from the department of homeland security revealing the heat and humidity and sunlight flight a powerful impact on killing covid-19. >> our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have on killing the virus both surfaces and in the air. the virus is dying at much more rapid pace just from exposure to higher temperatures and just from exposure to humidity. the virus dies the quickest in the presence of direct sunlight under these conditions. ainsley: what does this mean as we approach the warmer weather this snurem here to discuss is fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel. hey, dr. siegel. >> good morning, ainsley. good to see you. ainsley: good to see you, too. what do you gather now that you have heard this information? >> this is good news from the department of homeland security. this is what we look for as the weather warmings. will is humidity impacting the virus? is heat and is solar light? the chart they showed yesterday

shows the virus is killed two seconds on surfaces and 1.5 seconds when in the air. this is consistent, ainsley, with the sars virus in 2003. the exact same thing. and that virus, if you recall, ended up dying out. now, that's no guarantee here that this will be a seasonal virus. but we have been talking about this for a long time here. so has dr. fauci, so has dr. redfield of the cdc. they told me this just last week that there is evidence that this may very well be a seasonal virus. what does that mean? it means that you may still see some cases stretching forward into june because it's a pandemic meaning that there is not a lot of immunity to slow it down. but the seasons may slow it down and it does spread nearly as effectively when it gets warmer, it looks like. ainsley: dr. seale the vice president said yesterday he thinks it's largely behind news a month memorial day weekend. so, is this just a time for us to breathe and then it comes back in the winter? are you -- what are you hearing about the vaccines? will we have one by the time the

flu comes back around and covid? >> first of all, ainsley first question we are looking at australia, southern hemisphere, argentina, looking down under to see what's happening now. we are not seeing a surge of cases down there. remember, their fall is starting now. you want to know what happens in our fall. that's what we do with the flu seasonal every year we look to the fall and southern hemisphere now to see what's happening. there is not a surge of cases, which may be we have to watch this over the next month maybe shows we won't have a big second wave. we certainly hope. so in the meantime we are looking at perfecting these treatments. we are looking at different antiviral treatments, different targeted therapies. we are looking at remedies veer which critical condition call trials are about to come out. the vark seen because we have to go very carefully with this is still probably about a year away. hopefully thats can hastened. we can't breathe totally until we have a vaccine. if we have all the antibody testing we need to know who is exposed and who is immune, that

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>> i'm very confident the chinese communist party will pay a price for what they have con here certainly from people in the united states. they know this is a result of this virus that originated in

wuhan, china, they know that the chinese government didn't do the things it needed to do that will be a cost associated with that there will be a time to make sure we get this right, to make sure we are not dependent on china for pharmaceutical goods and all the things we have seen we didn't have right. brian: can you say ramping up the pressure? secretary of state mike pompeo last night on fox prime time sitting with sean hannity intentionally incrementally putting more pressure on china. pointing out things we all know that they have done but showing the tolerance those days are past. joining to us discuss this and so much more is pete hegseth. author of american crusade. a brand new book. that is now must-read for america. hey, pete, just real quick. i think that there is a template to what we are doing with china. and it's japan. japan is now making a national movement to pull manufacturing out of china because what they have done in poisoning the world. and now we watch ourselves

putting pressure in a way that we could have done years ago. why now and where is this going? pete: sometimes it takes a moment and realization that these are the communist chinese. this isn't just a senator or congressman as you point out. this is ourselves. this sour representative to them on the diplomat diplomat stage calling them out directly. maybe we should trillions that we owe them should be repaid back lighter than what they know. institutions funding at universities to spread their cultural influence. international institutions that we created after world war ii that they are taking over. they have a permanent seat on the security council? why should they be able to veto what freedom loving countries like us want to do. military expanding belton road initiative. every front on manufacturing we need an abc policy anywhere but china when you look down at your

goods and looking where it was made. man let's say it hopes it says made in the u.s.a. if it doesn't it should be anywhere but the place that has put us on our knees have you got to know in this all encompassing strategy to surpass the united states. put us in decline take over region and the world. they believe they have for 200 years shut out. this is their chance. this is our chance to finally put them on heir heels. the president has been clear about that and he is the guy to lead that fight. steve: you know, pete, only a fraction of america's children have been home schooled over the last couple of years. but, a majority of them are being home schooled right now. and you and jen there out in suburban, new jersey are taking care of large broad of children and educating them. we heard this quote from

elizabeth bartholot in harvard magazine. she blasted home schooling. the issue is do we think parents should have 24/7, essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages 0 to 18? i think that's dangerous. i think it's always dangerous to put powerful people in charge of the powerless and to give the powerful ones total authority. so is that what you are doing at your house? you are an authoritarian, brainwashing those kids? >> at some level, yes. i can't deny that but, listen, this is a joke from an ivy league elitist. the problem is the ivy league elitists are jokes they turn them into serious thing they try to ram down our throat. academia serious and substantive parents authoritarian. it's the left that wants control of your kid from the moment of birth. they want to rip the influence of parents who instill, you know, the basic ingredients of

good citizens and put it in the hands of government schools. that's what they want. and so this is a revelation of that. listen, i'm with bill buckley. i would rather have the first 50 names of the boston phone book in charge of our country than the first 50 names of the harvard faculty, okay? i want no part of ideas coming out of that place. brian: like a true princeton guy. ainsley: right, i know. ivy league, great education. but they do have elitist professors with crazy ideas. they think they know how to parent better than the parent. i'm on instagram and saw that video of you and jen with the challenge, the covid challenge. let's take a look. >> we thought about what to do for my wife jennifer by the way. she suggested we're better than our home church. i will also challenge the only reliable member of the weekday show of "fox & friends" the adult in the room ainsley earhardt, you are challenged.

ainsley: challenge accepted. tell them what you did. pete: our own griff jenkins and ed henry both challenged me to the combat covid-19 challenge. what you have to do within 48 hours do something good for people on the front lines that are helping people in need right now. so our church has a great -- they are helping first responders and also giving food, supplies, gift cards to vulnerable families, shut-s in, the elderly, people that are lost their jobs here in our communities. we went and dropped all those splice off. and then i'm sitting in the parking lot saying who should i challenge? ened i thought about brian and steve. they are busy guys. you are busy, too, ainsley i don't know if they will really do. you know what? ainsley -- you are challenging. you have as much time as you need you are busy. just do something in your own way whatever you want. ainsley: i'm going to. i was talking to a friend of mine who said there is this shelter out here or this lady who has teamed up with shelter rock church, which is a big church out here on long island.

and she said that they are giving food to people who can't afford it. who can't go to the grocery store. people who have lost their jobs. they can't keep enough stocked. i have a full car full of food. hayden and i are going after the show so challenge accepted. pete: love it. ainsley: yes, steve? steve: i didn't take a picture. but my wife and i, cathy, and i already accepted the challenge didn't tell anybody about it until right now but we bought groceries for 10 families. ainsley: 10? that's really niles of you, steve. all right, brian, your turn. brian: pete, pete, you got it. pete, who do you have coming up over the weekend? pete: we got senator tim scott, trey gowdy the texas ag ken paxton. a great line up of folks this weekend. just as always trying to carry it through the weekend the great work that you guys are doing during the week. don't miss it 6 to 10 saturday and sunday.

ainsley: we will be watching. steve: it's going to be great. pete, good luck with those kids today. don't be an authoritarian. just be a parent. steve: all right. a quarter before the top of the hour, and more extreme weather. janice dean joins us from the weather bunker with the very latest on that. and it's another day where we are going to keep an eye on the sky. janice: yeah. people should be in their basements. especially in florida right now where we have a tornado watch until 11:00 a.m. local time for parts of central florida. you see all those storm reports. at least two dozen reports of tornadoes over the last couple of days. another round of severe weather behind this one. but, as i mentioned florida, tornado watch in effect with several tornado worn storns and severe thunderstorm warnings expect severe weather not only the sunshine state but behind it central and southern plains call it the ache will h arcly know wt

those warnings and warnings. we will certainly keep you up to day. steve, ainsley and brian, back to you. steve: all right, j.d., back to you. it is 13 minutes exactly before the top of the hour. jillian joins us with new information. jillian: that's right. good morning. this is tragic news from the dallas cowboys. the brother of quarterback dak prescott has died. overnight the team announcing jace prescott's death. the cause of death has not been released. jays played offensive line for four years at northwestern state university. he was 31. a michigan democrat who credits hydroxychloroquine for saving her life from covid-19 now facing possible censure from fellow democrats. congresswoman karen whitsett blasted after touting the antimalaria drug. >> i got the news that i will be censured by the 13th congressional district simply for thanking the president of the united states for taking care of me.

jillian: the president weighing in on the democrats 7 decision overnight quote, disgraceful, she should join the republican party. a group of medical dogs could be the next line of defense against covid-19. these canines are being trained to literally sniff out the virus in highly populated place like airports. james logan with the london school of hygiene explained earlier how this works. >> we have already trained dogs to be able to detect people with malaria with very hayek race. the first question really that we have to answer here does covid-19 have a distinctive smell? and if it does, then i am really confident that the dog also be able to detect it. jillian: really interesting. he said they are in the beginning stages if successful the dogs could screen up 150 people in just one hour. a look at your headlines. something to keep an eye on. an interesting interview he did

with rob. brian: that is a game changer. ainsley: that is that would be great. take them into airports. it would be wonderful. thanks, jillian. still ahead. the virtual nfl draft giving americans a much needed distraction and a special visit from one of the nation's top doctors. dr. fauci's message to football fans and more trending stories with carley shimkus right after the break. state farm is announcing the good neighbor relief program we're returning $2 billion dollars to our auto policyholders through may 31st. because now, more than ever, being a good neighbor means everything. like a good neighbor, state farm is there. i often see them have teeth being a good neighbor means everything. sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolutely. they are both very much hand in hand. so you should really be focusing on both

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♪ brian: the nfl kicking off their first ever virtual draft and receiving praise for social distancing from america's favorite doctor. >> the nfl football draft is a very important component of the sports world in the united states and even in some respects worldwide. and i want to comeneld those involvecommend those involved ie decisions to show we can have something as important in that as a way that safeguards the life, the safety, and the health of the american public. brian: soon could you give us permission to play here is carley shimkus. you watched the draft. carley: ier. dr. fauci is a sports fan. a lot of people were happy to see him last night. brian, from the technical standpoint a lot of people were pretty confident that it wasn't

going to go smoothly and it did. it proved that football doesn't need all the bells and whittles in the bellagio hotel to pick their future players. there were surprises like harry chronic jr. singing the national anthem. dr. fauci has been asked a bunch of time when will resee live sports. in terms of baseball he says it's possible that fans could be in the stands but more probable that it would be just for tv fan taking place. brian: last year nashville on broadway. no matter where it is the commissioner always gets booed. what about this time? carley: yeah. okay. so there is some consistency in very inconsistent world right now. roger goodell was in fact booed last night despite guilty the fact he was coming to us from his basement. watch. >> it's a draft tradition and one that i genuinely enjoy. let's hear from you right now. [boos] >> oh, come on, guys. you can do better than that.

let's go. [boos] >> strahan, come on, let's go. come on, you can do better than that. [boos] >> all right. keep it coming. ainsley: and he was clearly embracing it. bud light asks those record themselves boot come commish going to donate will up to $500,000 for covid relief. public humiliation. who would have thought. brian: other great moment is when players get drafted. it changes their family's lives forever. one prospect traded to tawble later on made sure his mom knew how special this was. carley: yeah. a lot of players were really looking forward to the glitz and the gram of having the draft in vegas. but, one player tristan brought a little bit of that glitz and gram to his home for his mom. watch.

>> going to walk on it? >> no. you go ahead. >> oh, my goodness. you got a red carpet. carley: that just gave me chills. he made sure his mom was able to walk the red carpet and he gave her flowers like i said he is going to tampa bay so he will be making sure that tom brady stays safe next season or this season. brian: san francisco traded slots for a fourth round pick. let me tell you what's coming up. ronde barber will talk about that story tampa. geraldo rivera will be here and i'm sure he will be looking sex sexy with new gel.

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♪ brian: fox news alert. you recognize that sound. today several states are reopening their economies getting americans back to work. ainsley: and one of those states sparring with president trump for not following task force guidelines. steve: that's right, ainsley. mark meredith joins us live from near the white house as businesses slowly start to open their doors. mark? >> good morning to you, steve. president trump says it's up to each of america's governors to decide if and when their economies can return to somewhat of a new normal. now we are seeing a number of states taking action to do just that a number of governors starting to ease restrictions starting today. they include alaska, which is aallowing some of the

restaurants and retails to reopen with some restrictions though remaining in place. wisconsin will be reopening gulf 2k3w068 courses with restrictions over the weekend that state along with texas going to be allowing retail stores to offer curbside pickup. >> states are starting to open up now, and it's very exciting to see. it's awe inspiring. we are coming out of it. and we are coming out of it well. >> now, georgia governor brian kemp, republican governor kemp has been facing a loft criticism over his decision to reopen some of the businesses in georgia. they include gyms and barber shops. president trump even said this week he disagreed with the move. now the governor is firing back on twitter writing, quote: with favorable data and approval from state health officials, we are taking another measured step forward by opening shuttered businesses for limited operation. i know these hard-working georgians will prioritize the safety of their employees and their customers. but it's certainly a story that has a lot of georgians talking.

back here in washington later on today, president trump is expected to sign the bill that will replenish millions and billions of dollars for the paycheck protection program that's that program that allows small businesses to keep workers on the payroll. we expect that to happen around noon today. steve, ainsley, and brian, back to you guys in new york. brian: thanks, mark, appreciate it. let's bring in missouri senator josh hawley former attorney general of missouri and first state by the way to sue china for all of this. first things first. yesterday, the senate finished off where the senate started. they signed the so-called 3.5 rescue bill. is this it, senator? >> well, i doubt it is it. because i think that we are going to need more. here is what we need to focus on going forward, jobs. we have 27 million people unemployed. government shut down the economy in order to deal with this health crisis. we need to get that economy opened back up. to do that we have got to get people back to work and get them jobs. so my message to my colleagues is jobs, jobs, jobs, any future

rescue package has got to focus on getting people rehired, supporting the paper payrolls of business so workers can get their jobs back and wages covered and get back to work. ainsley: phase 3.5 hasn't even been spent yet. they just voted on it yesterday. it's got to go to the president's desk and he has to sign it. yet, democrats are already calling for another relief package. listen. >> it's not premature. we have to do another package. i'm frankly disappointed that this one is so minimal. >> still short changes our states and local government so we will need another bill to try to get. >> there there has to be a another relief package this is wholly inadequate as we have to have another bill quickly and maybe another one after that. ainsley: do you agree with mitch mcconnell who says this is not going to happen? not another relief package unless we are back in session and actually legislate that. >> yeah. we do need to get back in session no. doubt about that. time for congress to come back to work and to be there in

person. i also think that democrats have their wish list out their long laundry list of all their favorite projects and pet projects and pork barrel projects. we don't need any of that we need a laser focus on jobs. we have got to get americans rehired. we have got to get americans back to work. we need to give businesses support that they need to rehire folks and get open again. so jobs, jobs, jobs. that needs to be the focus going forward. steve: that's right. that's why the congress, senator, has allocated so much money to get the money back into the hands of americans. and that's why, you know, over the last week or so we have heard suddenly shake shack gave back 10 million. ruth's chris steakhouse going to give back their money because it turns out they are much bigger. a lot of these companies just looked at it and thought okay, could we figure a creative way to do that and now they are realizing that eventually there is going to be oversight on this. they are trying to get the money out as quickly as possible.

ultimately, if they applied for it fraudulently or corruptly, people could actually pay big fines and go to prison. meanwhile, also, harvard got money. they were going to take it until they weren't. princeton is going to give back their money. yale is going to give back their money. i was reading that the university of notre dame apparently is thinking about taking some of the money usc is going to take the money. penn state it. goes on and on. but, you have an idea on how to keep these big universities with the gigantic endowments from getting money from the government. >> exactly. my view is. this these universities sending out billions of dollars in endowments. billions. they shouldn't be getting taxpayer money unless they are going to spend some of that endowment to actually help their students and sustain their own costs during this crisis. so i have introduced legislation that would cap the amount that colleges and universities can get. if you have an endowment. if the college has an endowment over $10 billion, then they

don't get any taxpayer funds. they don't get a taxpayer bailout unless they spend a good portion of that endowment on their students and do it as part of this crisis. this is common sense. these schools, this is not the time to get greedy, for heaven's sake. we are in a national crisis. this is a national emergency. these schools and huge endowments don't need to be taking taxpayer money. brian: yeah. notre dame, evidently, wants to keep the money and pay it to their students that are economically disadvantaged. really that's not what the program is about. do an economic test on all your students to decide to do with money we gave the university they shouldn't have gotten to begin with with anybody with a legacy notre dame. i don't know if you have seen the movies. go to where this all started wuhan, china. look at the damage they have done to our country. incalculable. we have already spent $5 trillion. you were the first state to sue. i believe mississippi has followed in your wake. senator, does this have a chance of actually seeing the light of

day, this lawsuit? >> yeah. i think it does. and by the way, brian, i have introduced legislation actually change the law and allow every american citizen who has suffered because of the coronavirus from wuhan, china, to allow them to sue. usually countries get in our courts sovereign immunity. we can change that with our own laws. and we should. we should tell china they don't get a special immunities in our courts anymore. they have lied to the world. they have unleashed in pandemic on the world the beijing government has. they knew what they were doing. they knew this was going to be a pandemic. they didn't take steps to stop it. they lied. they need to be held accountable. ainsley: when you sue another country, how does that work? who presides over that? was there a judge in this case? china is not going to cut us a check. do we just deduct it from what we owe them? >> well, they have got a lot of assets in this country, ainsley, that courts can go after. i suspect the chinese government won't want their assets taken by

courts and by boulevards. plain. if you have asset out there and you won't pay then the court go k. go after those assets and freeze them and turn them over to the plaintiff. in this case it would be in a normal court, in a federal court, in an american court and you have the normal due process system. the only thing that needs to change for individuals to be able to sue we need to change the laws so china doesn't get this special immunity. that's why i have introduced legislation to do it. we have to hold the chinese government accountable. they are trying to get out of this now. they are trying to we sels we st oweevil outs we sell outof it. we have to hold them accountable. steve: senator we started this particular segment talking about what's going on down in georgia 9 president had harsh words about governor kemp because the president feels opening up

tattoo parlors today and barber shops and salons is too far because you are still supposed to social distance. you are in missouri which is a state right in the middle of the country west coast of missouri and east coast st. louis. those would be the hot spots for your state. but the rest of the state for the most part is rural. what are you hearing from people in missouri what are you hearing from people in missouri about getting back to work. >> everybody wants to get back to work. missouriens love to work. they are sick of this they're also willing, missouriens to break the curve. heck of a job on doing it. my own view on reopening piece we have to allow regional leaders to make the decisions right for their regions even within the state of missouri to the southwest part of the state which is where i live where i am now is different than what's

good for the major urban areas. we have to give local leaders the flexibility we have got to allow people get back to work and get their jobs back. i come back again that any further action taken by congress has to be laser-focused on jobs. let's get people working again. brian: right. what is the timeline for missouri? is it may 1st? and if so what businesses go online first? >> it's may 3rd actually in missouri, which is a sunday, think brirges. all of the restrictions are lifted on that date. and then in our state local governments and counties can make their own decisions then if they want to extend the stay-at-home order. so they get to do it county by county, city by city. that's a great approach. regional leaders the flexibility to know what's good for their regions a lot of parts of my state we don't have the coronavirus. we have to continue to take steps to protect at risk

vulnerable populations. folks we know are especially at risk. the elderly, those with underlying health conditions. we can do all of that. we can make the decision based on the data. based on the science. let's give folks the flexibility to do that. ainsley: okay, senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be with you. ainsley: have a good weekend and stay safe. thank you. jillian is back in the studio. she has some headlines for us. jillian: tornadoes and record breaking flooding battering the south like here in georgia. >> riverside area you need to be in your safe place now. jillian: winds uprooting trees and. winds so powerful they toppled a tractor-trailer on the side of a highway. another twister sighted in pensacola beach. record breaking rain fall. parts of charleston getting nearly 6 inches in just a few hours. president trump shutting down reports about kim jong un's

deteriorating health. >> i think it was a fake report done by cnn. i'm hearing they used old documents. >> tha that wasn't my question. >> the problem is you don't write the truth. i told you. cnn is fake news. don't talk to me. jillian: earlier these reports claimed the north korean dictator was gravely ill following cardiovascular surgery. he hopes the reports are incorrect and he is doing well. keep you updated. stay-at-home protest organizer is facing jail time planning another rally this weekend. gnome newspapery icalled on govm to reopen the state so people can get back to work. she could spend up to 90 days in jail or pay $1,000 fine. florida student with down syndrome greeted with cheers after a tough battle with covid-19. [cheers and applause]

oh, look at that the teen recovering after nearly three weeks in the icu. even spending time on a ventilator. he was part of a rare study using antiviral medicine to treat virus. the doctor claiming he is a huge success story. for more inspiring stories like this visit our website foxnews.com/america together. love to see that good for him. ainsley: bless his heart. steve: that is terrific. all right, jillian, thank you very much. listen to this. nearly 3 million new yorkers could have been infected with covid-19, that's one in five. and way higher than the number of confirmed cases, according to this immunity test that was just released. could this mean more people have recovered than we previously thought? dr. nicole saphier on that coming up next.

♪ steve: preliminary results out from new york state's first antibody study revealing the statewide infection rate is nearly 14% of the population or roughly 2.7 million residents. what's more, the mortality rate coming in at under 1%. here to discuss is fox news medical contributor and author of brand new book, big best seller make america healthy again dr. nicole saphier joins us. dr. saphier, good morning to you. >> hi. good morning, steve. steve: so earlier this week usc put out a study of l.a. county and it showed what a lot of people thought was a big number 4% of the people in l.a. county

had been exposed you look at the test that they did outside of a grocery store with 3,000 people. in new york city the infection rate is presumed to be about 21%. long island 16%. west chester and rockland county 11%. those are major metropolitan areas. and then the rest of the state 3.6%. so what do you make of these numbers? >> this is what we call a random or semi random there was selection bias on who got the antibody test. the bottom line is they are trying to take a snapshot of the population and look for antibodies to see who has actually been infected and who has recovered. albeit these are small sample sizes. the state of new york has about 20 million people and they tested only 3,000. the bottom line is it tells us that there a lot more people that have actually been infected with the virus and who have recovered from the virus which is something that we have said all along that we do think once we have a more accurate picture

of this we're going to see that fatality rate go down. and as you mentioned, it's now down to less than 1%. still above that of the flu. but it is much lower than originally projected to be. all of this is really good news in the sense that we know that a lot more people have been infected and a lot more recovered which means they may be immune remember we are on our 12th straight day of decreased hospitalizations in new york. that is a big moment for celebration because new york has been hit so hard. steve: no kidding. we were talking over the last couple of days about that other study people who had died in new york state. i think something like 94% of the people who died had at least one existing precondition, a co-morbidity. i think 88% had two. we also know that the elderly are more at risk. so, we're getting a better idea of who this is really impacting. >> well, we are, steve.

and honestly, this is what my entire book is about. is talking about the chronic illness problem that we have the in the united states. the reason we have seen a lot of deaths is because 60% of americans have at least one chronic illness. 40% of americans have 2. unfortunately our increased numbers of chronic illness rendered us vulnerable to covid-19. not only because it lessened our ability to fight off the infection, but our hospital systems were overwhelmed with patients as it was. it was flu season plus the pre-existing conditions. so we need to get ourselves healthier because this virus is probably going to be circulating during the cold and flu season. so we want to get our country to the healthest lifestyle changes, flu shots, whatever you need to do to stay healthy. one point i want to make that you mentioned, you mentioned higher infection rate numbers in the new york city area because it's so densely populated, jfk and people commuting in and out when you compare it to the rest

of new york state lower similar to what they saw in l.a. county. that's probably a more representative sample than the rest of the united states. so, yes, the number from new york city, that up to 20% infection rate seems high. we also have to take that into account that is a very densely populated high traffic area. and so the rest of the country is likely going to have a significantly lower infection rate. steve: and you know, dr. saphier, so many people who work in new york, you know, we were in new york, a number of weeks ago i think four or five weeks ago working every day, everybody i know who worked in new york now looking at that number is going i'm pretty sure i had it. i kind of remember having a fever or i was hot one day, everybody is playing that parlor game in new york right now. did i have it? >> well, it's very true. and it's possible they could. they could have also had one of the several viruses that cause, you know that upper respiratory infection could have been the flu. could have been covid-19. it's possible.

steve: check out her new book i know everybody everyone is at home. amazon or wherever you get books it's called "make america healthy again." dr. saphier, be safe and have a nice weekend with your family. >> thank you, steve. steve: meanwhile, good news from the sports world last night. the first ever virtual nfl draft kicked off straight from roger goodell's basement. who knew he had a basement? and boy is it nice. ronde barber is on deck to break it on down. plus, more on tom brady and gronk reunited that's coming up.

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ainsley: quick headlines, a connect consult police department iconnecticut cut pole department no longer using drones. it can detect viruses and social distancing from the air. and residents are calling it an invasion of privacy. and in california the governor is being sued over a plan to give illegal immigrants $75 million amid the pandemic. each one would give -- get $500 or up to $1,000 per household. center for american liberty claiming it's an improper gift of taxpayer money. the state will challenge the case in court. brian? brian: all right. the first ever virtual draft, ainsley, took place last night. yep, with commissioner roger goodell announcing team selections remotely from his man cave. >> with the first pick in the 2020 draft, the cincinnati bengals selects joe burrow, quarterback lsu. brian: and with that it was official. it was really no surprise. joe burrow an ohio native goes

to cincinnati number one pick. man do they need leadership. also a few surprises along the way with the first round recap fox sports analyst the better looking of the barber twins ronde barber is with us right now. ronde, great to see you. >> good to see you. not my man cave. you are in my office which is comfortable for me. that was an interesting draft last night. see that virtually and get a peek in everybody's private life. i enjoyed that. brian: i did. i miss that reaction from the family when they get to the pick and walking up and the hat. but they did as good as possible. i salute the nfl to give us something else to talk about during this time from the signings and now the draft. joe burrow going to cincinnati. that's going to be the fails of the franchise. this is going to be one of the few number one overall picks that pans out for that franchise? >> i think he does. i mean, just the jump that he made from the previous year to last year at lsu i think speaks to who he is as a player.

really as a person, too, and the way he carried himself i think is going to be perfect for the situation that he is going into. look, he played with a lot of talented guys lsu. reason they won a national championship. that's going to be totally different in cincinnati trying to rebuild. they still have andy dalton on the roster in cincinnati. i don't know nell move him or keep him. either way, i think this kid is ready to start right away. you know, it was a good draft for quarterbacks, i thought, too brian. three in the top six. brian: yeah. right. >> three in the top six and agree bay goes up end of the fourth round. it's going to be what's defining this draft, i think. brian: two things real quick on the quarterbacks. two going to miami. we don't know about his health we know his talent, how big a risk was that for miami? they couldn't work him out. >> yeah. i think do yo t inches aua has .

he is the player us collectively as players and analysts have seen than anybody because of where he plays. i think he is over that injury and i think miami knew that any of the posturing before the draft why they might take offensive tackle or some other position was really just that putting the smoke screen out there. tua was the guy they were looking at all along and is he a generational type of talent. is he a special football player. brian: other big story jordan love joins aaron rodges. no one told aaron rogers taking a quarterback on the first round. tom brady goes to tampa. he is joined by rob gronk. how exciteside tampa knowing that he is still 42 years old? >> look, you bring in tom brady

to tampa and you get him to drag along rob grownks. you are making a statement. putting a since of urgency that nobody has paid much attention to in the last decade or. so they have enough talent on both sides of the football without getting into specific wide receiver and young guys on defense. they are ready they needed a spark so they went out and got one. arguably the best quarterback of all time. definitely of his generation. and without a doubt the most dominant tight end in football. you draft tristan works in the first round. they went up one pick san francisco drafted a tackle that can play right now and i think that tells you that they are looking super bowl. super bowl is in tampa we all know this on fox. it's going to be an interesting year in tampa i know everybody i know here couldn't be more excited with the upcoming season and hopefully that gets going sooner rather than later. brian: he has already created some controversy he worked out in a park and got reprimanded

they said the park was closed and went to visit offensive accord nature and walked into the wrong house. guy looks up and says tom brady is in my living room. have you got to get this guy under control and tell him tampa is not going to be some party town. he is there to do business. >> yeah. tampa is a small town. you know, 3 plus million people here but it feels like a small town. i always laugh when come into this area and realize he will be the biggest story in this area for a long time. brian: i hear reports that you are coming back to join the team. i can't get a second source on that. for now. >> i'm too old. brian: not do what gronkowski did leave fox sports flat: but thanks for giving us insight on

the hottest team in football. tampa bay. >> no chance. my legs don't work anymore. brian: i'm sure they do. you are lying. thanks a lot ronde barber, appreciate it? >> thanks, man. appreciate it. brian: you got it see you during the season. are democrats i and the media giving joe biden a free pass. the response? yes. >> we have a sleepy guy in the basement of a house. is he not moving around. is he not moving too much. he has been given a pass. brian: herald weighs in on the growing riff in 2020. in times like these.

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this, but they are keeping him sheltered because of the coronavirus. i can't tell you about the election. you have a democrat party and you have a large portion of the media automatically giving the guy a pass. he has been given a pass. whether or not is he going to be the nominee, i have no idea. but he is getting a pass. ainsley: all right. that was the president talking about joe biden. let's bring in geraldo rivera, fox news correspondent at large. hey, geraldo, it's friday we love to see you. >> hi, ainsley, nice to see you. good morning brian, good morning, steve. ainsley: what do you think about that? do you think is he getting a pass he doesn't have to go out there? he is doing interviews from his basement or garage or wherever in his house. >> from the bunker. ainsley: but no debates. at least not so far. the campaign events. fewer chances for him to make these gaffes. >> the lazy money in vegas has trump trumping biden in a

face-to-face debate of which they are generally speaking three. generally in october. trump did very well last time around. he had some stunts like bringing paula jones and some of the other women of bill clinton in to blunt his own scandal. he is very good on his feet, obviously. the president is. the 45th president is. the democrats, it would behoove them, it would seem to me general thinking the consensus is that the less we see of joe biden the better. the more they keep him cloistered the more they protect him from being in an atmosphere where he could gaffe his way out of nomination, out of the election. you know, so the odds are or the easy money says trump wants more public interchange. biden wants less. you know, we will see how it ends up. generally speaking, there has not been in recent, in modern history a presidential election without debate. i don't think biden can duck a

debate indefinitely. the strategy of minimizing his public appearances is probably a sound practice. steve: well, you know, geraldo, i think there is a debate and it's every night at about 5:45. the president comes out and answers questions from the press corps and many times it just turns into a debate between the president and the press. they have got their questions. he has got his answers. but, by virtue of the fact that joe biden is stuck in his basement, are they giving him a pass? i mean, where is the scrutiny of joe biden? where is examining his record and all that other stuff that normally happens at in phase during the campaign? >> if i could first address the presidential briefings, i think they are shameful. i really do. as a lifelong news man, it is painful and embarrassing for me to watch what has become in essence a jousting match. everybody knows, everybody knows the roles they are to play. the president comes out and it's

a question to see who can be the ♪yesthe snotiest question. who can have the most flamboyant toll make the news on the other guy's met work. network. i think the majority of the press corps wants joe biden to be president. wants donald trump out of office. and i think that it is apparent in their questions. in their tone. and their attitude and their demeanor in their lack of respect, dare i say it. you know, to me, it's shocking as an older person to watch the absolute disregard for the president of the united states. i mean, it really is they would be calling him trump if they had their druthers. brian: he went down there and took john roberts spot. >> i saw that. brian: he had respectful questions. it was almost a back to the future. tony snow got a lot of tough questions. dana perino got a lot of tough

questions and maybe the press also wanted george bush out of office. but they were able to handle it and there was a degree of respect mutual respect within the direct questions. and you saw the lack of respect afterwards. i just hope they re-set over the weekend and decide the president is going to make a few statements take a few questions and leave it. doesn't work for the country to hear this. almost like watching your parents fight in front of the kids. nobody is benefiting from. this it doesn't help the president's numbers. and it doesn't help the press. meanwhile, the president did have a guest at the white house. karen whitsett. and he pointed out that this state representative in michigan, a democrat's life was saved because they took hydroxychloroquine. and she thanked the president for bringing attention to it. remember this from "fox & friends." >> i had on hydroxychloroquine in the past for lima disease bue that was many, many years ago in 2014. it would not have been made

readily available to me if it was not for the president making his comments. brian: now she is getting blow back because she saluted the president as a democrat. now we find out the chairman of jonathan kenlock the chairman of the 13th congressional district writes this: at the end of the day we have political systems. we have political parties and political parties exist for a reason. and she has been reprimanded. reprimanded for saluting the president, your reaction, geraldo? >> i think it's horrifying. first of all, i believe the treatment of hydroxychloroquine has been absolutely politicized. there are people who root for and against it based on their political parties. it's bizarre. in a way it's nauseating. i hate it. i mean, here is a drug that in blind trials should be given its due. we know it's safe for malaria. we know it's safe for lupus. it should be tested and whether

the president should have been the cheerleader for the drug so early on, i will leave that to other pundits in the media to suggest. but i think that it's all of the way hydroxychloroquine has been politicized. this woman, it shows you the gutter nature of politics in america today where every statement that could be reasonably construed as supportive of the president, as being nice or gracious to the president is immediately criticized by your hard core bare knuckled party boss who wants to win at all cost it is a little symptom of where america's politics are today. i lament it. it's awful. why don't we have a fair fight? you know, vice president pence told me in an exclusive interview that airs later this morning that he believes by memorial day weekend we will be largely back to normal or heading in that direction.

steve: great. >> i don't think there is any way, shape or form that the political convention, if they are moved to august are interrupted. i think we will have august conventions for both parties and we should have the three debates in october and come january 20th we should have either the 45th president remains in office or joe biden captures the office. we have constitutional processes. i have no problem with absentee ballots. we have done them for decades. absentee ballots have very helpful for the elderly particularly and others who can't get to the poll. this attitude from one party to stifle votes and the other party to do everything they can in promiscuous way no checks and balance to collect ballots the way that fellow did in north carolina did and got in trouble the last cycle. i think we can do this. we put a man on the moon. we can have a safe mail-in ballot. we should do our best to

maximize the participation of americans in the democratic processes. these two guys will be facing off against each other. they should have all of the kind of interchanges that normally happen. it's going to be rough though. it's going to be rough and tumble. it's going to be bare bones down in the gutter. it's going to be everything can you say about trump. they will throw everything they can at him that sticks. joe biden will be sleepy joe. it's not going to be a very pleasant campaign. but i think that the american people will see through it as they customarily do. and we'll have a fair fight. ainsley: all right. thank you, geraldo. good to see you. >> thank you, ainsley. thank you, you too. ainsley: you are welcome. janice has the weather forecast for us. hey, j.d. janice: i just want to make mention we have a tornado watch still in central florida including orlando where we have severe weather warnings. severe thunderstorm warnings in effect where we could see large hail, damaging winds, yes, tornadoes because this frontal boundary is parked over parts of florida. behind that, we have a new

system that's going to bring the risk for strong to severe thunderstorms parts of central and the southern plains today. later on this afternoon in to this evening. so another round of strong storms, unfortunately for the plain states. we will keep you up to date. the other big story we are watching this weekend is the heat across the southwest. temperatures in the 90's for los angeles. and phoenix will have its first 100-degree day tomorrow. as we head into the weekend. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: 100 degrees and we are still in april. all right, j.d., thank you very much for joining us live. meanwhile, coming up, empty shelves prompting more americans to grow their own food at home. skip bedell is here with some tips to do just that coming up next.

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spacing for every garden. keeps the space apart. keeps the weeds cut down and maximizes the yield. we are getting ready to start a huge vegetable garden here in our yard. ainsley: that is amazing. growing up i gardened with my mom and she grew a lot of vegetables. same with my grandparents. a great way to teach your kids and appreciate food and nice to seat beautiful tomatoes coming from a tiny little seed a great educational tool. if folks at home are watching, this skip, can they just go on their website and order the seeds and they will ship them to them? >> yeah, so burpee.com. find everything you need including instructional videos on how to garden as well as the vegy pod and seeding square. and of course find at skip bedell.com. get everything shipped to your house now so you don't have to go out to the store to get anything which is really important right now. ainsley: i love those things behind you the pods or whatever you call them and the water irrigation. >> it's a vegy pod.

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ainsley: house fox alert the house sending 484 relief bill to the president's desk. steve: that's right, ainsley. lawmakers wearing face coverings while practicing socially distance voting. brian: griff jenkins live in washington not to be social distant but because he's stationed there. he says that according to you, griff, democrats already working on a rescue four package and so far republicans are --

>> griff: first let's go back to images. unlike anything we have ever witnessed with the lawmakers dawning masks. they did pass this latest funding bill, 484 approximately dollars for small businesses, hospitals and testing. now four republicans voted against it, aoc was the lone democrat voting against it and now it awaits the president's signature later today. >> i'm grateful that congress is delivering my calls to answer relief for american worker and small businesses. griff: that wasn't all they did, they created a select committee to oversea the government's coronavirus response and consist of 7 democrats and 5 republicans with subpoena power. the vote though following straight party lines. >> is it too much to ask that we would have a special committee to make sure that the money we are appropriating in historic

amendment is spent correctly. >> 8 different entities doing oversight but the democrats want a ninth. why? a continuation of the attacks that the democrats have had on the president for the past four years. griff: here is what the focus is according to speaker pelosi. >> our heros, we will address heros, healthcare workers, police and fire, teachers, transportation workers and the rest. griff: look like this one will get a fight. early may but mcconnell, he's weary of the mounting debt. tallies out to 2.9 trillion. this, of course, would be an addition. ainsley: thank you so much, griff, everyone wants to go back to work but we want to be safe about it. every state is different,

drastically different. it just depends on what each state is going through and the governors, it's their responsibility to figure out what's best for their folks, their residents. we interviewed senator josh holley from the state of missouri, steve's neck of the woods, he was talking about how important it is to do the right thing but get america back to work. listen to this. >> here is what we need to focus on going forward, jobs, 27 million people unemployed. the government shut down the economy in order to deal with the crisis. to do that we have to get people back to work and get them jobs. my message to my colleagues is jobs, jobs, jobs, any future rescue package has got to focus on getting people rehired, supporting the payrolls of business so workers can get their jobs back and wages covered an get back to work. ainsley: i mean, this is why so many people are stuck with the

-- upset with stay at home orders in state that is don't have big outbreak. you saw the protests outside of the governor of michigan's house and they are calling it operation queen's castle because many are furious with her because she's say if you have a vacation home, you can't go there and social distance with relatives and family members, you know, there's a fine line here because you want to be safe, we don't want to be back in this again in a few months because we messed up but at the same time people are hurting and they can't pay their bills, brian. brian: look at the lines people waiting for food in feed america program. ainsley: i know. brian: let's bring dr. oz. there's a downside to go back right away and there's a downside to not. i want to get your perspective. in georgia they are opening up gyms, barber salons, tattoo parlors, they are set to reopen. tennessee most state parks and

wisconsin most things opening, golf courses with restrictions. texas also, they are going to pick up retail stores, drop it off in trunk, order online. some other stores are opening up, oklahoma, barbers, spas, also too. how do you feel about the states and the decisions they are making? dr. oz: well, there's decisions that the governors are making and the reality of what the people in the states are going to do. if people will not attend the venues, it won't make a difference. with the warmer weather and modeling we are looking at the virus should start to hit its bottom in terms of mortality by june and if we continue to do things smartly. that's opening up wisely, not too quickly, testing continually so we know what we are dealing and making sure there's social distance wearing a mask, making sure we have capacity in the healthcare system and we keep the vulnerable out of the middle of all of this while we try to figure out what's working and

what's not working. states will figure out their path. steve: right, you know, over the last couple of weeks, doctor, a lot of people have wondered whether or not coronavirus would be much like the flu where it's seasonal when it gets warmer it goes away and last night the president seemed quite interested in what william bryant, the top scientist, at the department of homeland security had to say about sunlight and uv rays. >> most striking observation to date is powerful effect that solar light appears to have on coronavirus both surfaces and the area. the viruses dying at much more rapid pace from higher exposure to higher temperatures and exposure to humidity. the virus dies quickest in direct sunlight. steve: quicker in direct sunlight. in the winter months a lot of us

have the phone soap, ten minutes later the uv light kicks it out. some people online had made a big deal out of the president saying they are looking at light whether it can do something for somebody on the outside of their body, inside the body, injection of disinfectants which is poisonous, what did you make of the presentation last night? dr. oz: one of the highlights for me and this is pretty remarkable what he was sharing. when you look at how the droplets do not just only on surfaces but in the air, humidity makes a difference. you get the humidity above 50%, 80% of the task force but there's been work by yale at 50% humidity it matters. temperature the hotter the better. seems to 95-degrees.

solar exposure is benefit. they talk about surface survival 18 normally going to 6 hours in humidity down to 2 minutes, so all of a bad weather, human weather you're complaining about, it would be beneficial especially the sunlight. in air which is the bigger issue because the virus passes through air, not because coughing, but dark dry environment to one and a half minutes in sunlight. i haven't seen the raw data. this was presented by the nation's best scientists but i trust it'll be validating. there's no way to clear infection from the body. you look at the realities, we know hair-like projections on the nose, they work better in warmer human weather. your immune seems to respond better according to work from

yale and your body's ability to expel viral particles seem to be better in warmer weather. it does viruses do get less problematic in the summer. this may be explaining a lot of that and i'm optimistic it's true in this country as well. ainsley: dr. oz, a lot of people want antibody testing so they can get back to work. they did random testing in grocery stores and shopping centers, shopping locations in new york and they found one in five new yorkers had it as some point and not reported as deadly as we first thought, is that right? dr. oz: so new york state has 14% infection rate but city 21%. ten times more the new york state number confirmed 19 cases. if you do the math and governor cuomo talked about this yesterday, you have a mortality that's more half percent versus

what we had been facing. now i want to emphasize, they really did it right in new york. they worked very carefully with federal government, they used antibody testing. the ten times higher incidents of being exposed to the virus compared to confirmed testing not the great as it was in california where we are talking 50 times or 80 times more. this is accurate number we believe. if it's true it turns out that you can actually start to see that a lot of folks do pretty well with this virus, the horrible virus that kills and cripples a lot of folks. some people seem to do okay with it. did they have symptoms, minor symptoms, we don't know but clearly being vulnerable seems to be a big issue. we learned that as you know just looking at people getting admit today hospitals, 90% of admissions have at least one core morbidity and that number 88% had 2 or more core morbidity

condition. overweight, hypertension, diabetes. there's a fair amount that your body brings to the virus. brian: with 94% of the people who -- who died from this had underlying conditions and .5% in this -- when you blow up the numbers, only .5% lose their lives with this. you wonder if sweden had the better model, take the vulnerable and protect them and let everybody else stay at work. you wonder when we analyze this if the numbers are correct if that would have been a better thing. dr. oz, thanks so much. dr. oz: take care. ainsley: thanks. brian: let's go over to jillian, jillian, you have been following the extreme weather. jillian: good morning, parts of the south recovering from flooding. other parts picking up after tornadoes. >> you need to be in your place

now. jillian: winds damaging homes and buildings in georgia. they toppled a tractor trailer and another twister near florida east of pensacola. in south carolina record-breaking rainfall. some parts of charleston getting 6-inches in a couple of hours. thousands across the country demand their states reopen. demonstrators rallying outside of michigan governor gretchen whitmer's home as she continues extending the stay at home order until may 15th. lawmakers will review and possibly strip of her powers. tom frank became friend, sending actor and his wife a letter during recovery of covid-19.

>> my name is -- you and your wife have caught the coronavirus. jillian: how cute. hanks getting the boy a typewriter with the letter reading in part, you're the only person named corona, i thought this typewriter would suit you, use it to write back, ps, you have a friend in me. isn't that so sweet? guys, send it back to you. ainsley: he was getting bullied and now he's the most popular kid. brian: toy story reference if i'm correct. steve: that's right. one of the star voices. jillian, thank you very much. meanwhile china donating millions of dollars to the world health organization just days after president trump cut funding to the agency, so what should america's next move be? retired four star general jack

keane coming up next.

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$30 million, aren't they great, guys, to the world health organization the move after president trump said we won't make payments in the future because you screwed up with coronavirus. let's bring strategic analyst jack keane. what do you make of pr move from china? jack: well, it's exactly that. you coined the pub -- phrase. both of them are complicit in becoming a world pandemic and china also in public relations campaign has been providing, you know, equipment and also some staffing to various countries around the world and then demanding from them a public acknowledgment and praise for providing that but they are not going to be able to recover from this, brian, the w.h.o. cannot recover from it because clearly they on january the 14th they said there was no human to human

transfer when there was data available to that fact in china also in taiwan. they also remarkably never declared it a pandemic until 111 nations were infected on march the 11th. that is incredible. why not 40 nations, 60 nations, 80 nations, why wait until 111? also if you can recall when china shut down hubei province they never shut down, they shut down on 23 of january. the w.h.o. condemned the trump administration on 31 january for shutting down international flights out of china. that's complicit and negligence. brian: got you. just to give you an idea the

u.s. given 196 and china not even close and we did not protest because we were busy with iraq and afghanistan and we didn't have our hand in the wheel there and i'm watching great attributes as your strategist and you're seeing the secretary of state go with sean last night and speak publicly about what china will have to pay, what do you think the administration turning up the heat for everyone except for the president directly. what's the big picture here? jack: well, strategically there's a major shift taking place. every county that's been affected by this pandemic is going to have to reassess their strategic relationship with china and by in large to include the united states before this administration came in, you can define that relationship as one recognize in china as competitor but also a country that must be

cooperating with and the united states certainly had that view for multiple administrations both republican and democrat but clearly i think what's coming into focus and countries sort of sense this before this pandemic hit them so hard that china is much more than just a competitor, they're a predator and at times they will be confronted and overall aggressive and malign behavior needs to be contained and the only way that will happen is the countries have to unit with that view and establish that view strategically and the beginning of that, brian, will be begin to hold china accountable for this pandemic that is so infected the world. brian: right. that's all we can do with our secretary of state and the president has to make a decision if he wants to do it too. general let's fast-forward to iran. we see the video of small little ships harassing one of our warships. the president made it clear,

next time it happens i'm giving permission to blow out of the water and prime minister responded basically said for the u.s. not to wore what's happening 7,000 miles away and that we were being provocative. what should be our next step here? jack: well, listen, iranians come out once in a while and demonstrate against presence which is considerable. we have two aircraft carriers in the region with all the ships supporting them and that's largely because of iran's military aggression, so this is mostly harassment. i believe it's posturing to convince the allies in the region that iran is still a country that's powerful in the region, don't under estimate us and we can also intimidate the united states. i don't think the countries take harassment very seriously when they see small ships harassing big ships in the gulf.

i think what the president has done relook rules of engagement. those small boats are awfully close to warships, we do have rules of engagement out there with protocol based on distance and obvious aggression, is the person holding onto a weapon and being pointing at a navy ship, how close are they and i think if anything what the president has done, look, guys, i know that you're in a tough situation out there,. if you believe to keep these guys off of you use force, i've got your back. there's value in that. listen, there's no navy captain out there that will act like a cowboy, believe me. they are always going to take a conservative approach to this at the same time making sure that they are protecting their crew. brian: make sure the video tape is rolling, they do it again. the guy had hands on the gun. they've been warned.

i don't think they survive the next encounter and they have themselves to blame because there's a lot of sobber people to know exactly who iran is. thank you so much for joining us today. brian: good talking to you, brian. brian: you got it, have a great weekend. golfers in illinois are desperate to hit the links they are driving across state lines for a quick 9 in indiana, live report on the state's reopening timeline next to everyone navigating these uncertain times... whether you're caring for your

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♪ ♪ ♪ ainsley: today golfers are hitting the links and with confidence. the governor opens up the golf courses. brian: states feeling pressure to lift bans on the quarantine past time. steve: meanwhile jeff flock from sister network where golfers are crossing state lines to tee off and, jeff, that's one of the worries when things open in one place, people from other places are going to go there and it might not be such a good thing in all of the cases. jeff: exactly right. that is one of the issues. the can of worms that gets opened up. this is golf in country club here just over the illinois

border in indiana. as you can see people are social distancing out here, that's the driving range here but nobody getting close together so, you know, trying to stay safe out here. this is open. illinois closed and open in a week, 12 states, though, around the country that still have banned golf despite the fact that, you know, the golfers say, hey, listen, this is the definition of social distancing. the ceo of golf consortium in indiana, you have people spread in acres, safer than going for a run. in indiana where they have not banned golf, the folks that play golf say we are being careful. we are following all of the cdc guidelines. listen to the director of indiana golf. >> they are sanitizing the carts, you know, after every use. flag sticks are not being touched. rakes have been pulled from the

golf course. it's really a pretty safe environment. jeff: typically you get out and you get in the sun, get exercise. i point out that this morning would not be one of those days where you get to see the sun as you can see it. a bit foggy but i did volunteer for this assignment, by the way. ainsley, brian and steve. ainsley: a lot of people are jealous of you right now. if you self-distance out there you would think that would be safe. we still go in grocery stores which are essential. jeff: it's one of those things where you should be able to do this kind of thing, you know, a lot of real estate out here so you won't have to get too close to each other. brian: got you. ainsley: have a good weekend. from fairways to football fields, brian. brian: virtual nfl draft kicking off with commissioner roger goodell announcing team

selections remotely from his man cave. >> i join you from my home for the first virtual nfl draft. this is different for us and it's different for you. i will miss the interaction i have with our fans. let's hear from you right now. come on, guys, you can do better than that. let's go. come on, let's go. steve: here with more highlights fox sports league college analyst joe. >> good morning. steve: this reminds us that one day we will get back to normal. for instance, joe burrow, he posted something from buffalo wild wings that he got from local facility there in athens, ohio, he tweeted, nobody around me is allow today make fun of me tonight because all the barbershops are closed and also reminded us of, joel, was the

fact that some day we will be able to go to restaurants. >> that's right. steve: and go back to barbershops and some day we will be able to go back to football. >> that's right, really, in its essence the draft is really about hope, building towards the future. what better event than to have right now and sports is a way to not only take your mind of realities that are going on and act as moving block moving forward to the country. maybe not as poynant as game 3 with president bush on top of the mount and yankees versus diamondbacks series but hope toward the future. ainsley: peyton manning kicked it off with a hopeful video. watch this. >> for this draft we are not the

later nation. we are not white and blue. we are one football family. ainsley: what a beautiful message with all to have images of the flags and first responders and healthcare workers, joel. joel: i thought the nfl in conjunction with the draft did so many charitable things. i know i was doing the draft live on radio for fox sports radio and we were constantly reading about the associates throughout the country that have been doing great things and supporting the community. the whole night was about coming together and the building towards the future which all of us could use a little bit of that right now, no doubt. brian: football off season, pandemic's mvp.

let's look at top 5 picks. no one knows more college football than you. we mentioned burrow, jason with cincinnati -- excuse me with the redskins and then you have through the first 5 picks. the pig story is miami, build franchise from a guy who we last saw was carried off in a stretcher tua is going to be in miami. joel: the last time we saw him on the field he was fracturing his hip. similar injury that bo jackson had that basically ended career in the football field a long time ago but science he has come back quickly. trust me when i tell you this, tua tagovailoa is best quarterbacks, terrific, great leader and they will build the organization around him. they had 3 picks last night and they get offensive lineman

austin jackson and corner from auburn. noah, trust me i've been practicing the name. miami fans have to be happy. steve: your pick for analyzing what we saw last night from everybody, thank you very much for joining us from fox sports. joel: you bet. thank you, guys. steve: 24 minutes before the top of the hour. still ahead california's governor claiming he's legally and morally justified in his plan to hand out millions of dollars to illegal migrants during the pandemic. judge jeanine she's next and she has plenty to say. plus, ainsley. ainsley: country music star walker hayes, we love that song right there. he brings america together with the living room concert right here on "fox & friends". he will debut his brand-new song. that's coming up.

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>> we feel a deep sense of gratitude for people who are in fear of deportation but still addressing the essential needs of tens of millions of californians and that's why i'm

proud as governor to be the first state to announce a program for direct disaster assistance to those individuals. brian: wow, let's bring in judge jeanine pirro on this. gavin newsom in california is going to take money to give them to illegal immigrants. justice with jeanine will be airing this weekend, weigh in what gavin newsom is saying. is he showing a big heart? [laughter] jeanine: if he we wanted to show a big heart i suggest that he do it for people in california who are unemployed, losing their businesses, not sure what the future is holding, but you know, this -- this effort on his part is -- is really his -- his own effort to make money, slush fund money for illegals because state and federal laws actually bars what he calls the unemployment benefits to illegals.

it is improper and there's been an emergency state that's been brought by a group in california and it is actually one of the plaintiffs is a woman immigrant, council woman from el salvador who is now a citizen who is the lead plaintiff on this objecting to the fact that this governor has made a decision to take taxpayers' money, $75 million of it and to give it to regional nonprofits who then pass the money around so that -- and some of the nonprofits by the way we have no idea who they are. he's not naming all of them. when they give the money out to illegals that way no one will have any record of it. we are not going to know who they are, government keeps no records and it's basically just a slush fund and effort to try to make sure that he continues to have good relations with the immigrants who are illegal in this country and it is just

plain illegal. steve: well, judge, speaking of money, congress has passed more money to get it in the hands of america's workers who are sitting on the sidelines and, you know, over the last couple of days we heard about how harvard got money and princeton and yale, they are not going to take it but other big schools are. usc is going to keep it, notre dame is going to take it. arizona state apparently got 63 million and those -- with the care's act and the paycheck protection program as it turns out a lot of really big companies are suddenly feeling the heat and it's like, maybe we should just give that money back because now people are realizing if you get the money and you're not entitled to it, you -- somebody would wind up actually paying a big fine and going to prison. jeanine: yeah, yeah, well, look, it certainly makes sense. they are saying that, you know, even a 30-year prison sentence is appropriate in these cases, but look, if you have market's

value and access to capital, you to right to have the money under the paycheck protection plan. i mean, harvard right from the get-go should have been embarrassed. they have a 40 million-dollar endowment program and they are taking $9 million from people who as we know are not having access to the money because they had to pass another bill to make sure that there was more money for americans who really need it. this is the epitome of greed by the corporate entities who believe that they are in entitled to whatever money they can get their hands on and, you know what, they can decide some of them to take it and whether they are sanctioned or not, guys, the bottom line is that americans will remember who they are and they are going to remember whether or not these are people we want to do business with or support in any way, shape or form, and it's shameful what they are doing. it is shameful that they are running to the banks.

the banks are taking care of them. they are getting the money and ordinary americans who are unemployed don't know what the future holds, businesses they don't know that they'll have one when they get back are pushed to the back of the line. no more. this can't happen in america and i think americans now are focused on this and congress understands there has to be sanctions for this. ainsley: judge, we are going to be watching you this weekend, who is coming up on your show? jeanine: well, we've got congressman kevin mccarthy, doug collins, we will be talking a lot about what's going on with the -- some of the governors who are really going above and beyond what they need to to protect people in their state, making sure that we focus on those who are not following the law who believe that americans need to be under a nanny state and they know better than we do. let's just hope that some of the states start to open up little

by little, that americans are able to get out 26 million of them and get back to business and do what they really want to do as opposed to those who believe in nanny state and pay to be at home. brian: meanwhile coming straight ahead country music star performs live from your living room to living room. first i want to check in with sandra after walker is done. sandra: good friday morning to everyone. president trump set to sign the latest round of stimulus at 12:00 o'clock eastern time today. that's a few hours to that. vice president mike pence says the pandemic would be largely behind us by memorial day. dr. seigel to react to that and georgia governor kemp moving forward to reopening his state. georgia senator doug collins

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of gratitude to heros on the front lines. ♪ >> struggling inside to find no more but it's when we try that we are transformed. ♪ ♪ and on the front lines heros are born. ainsley: well, he's also just released a new single called trash my heart. here for america together "fox & friends" living room concert country singer walker hayes. how are you quarantined with four kids? >> my house is a circus, that's for sure. >> what's the message for the folks who have lost their jobs or healthcare workers? >> oh, my goodness, to you guys just a lot of love and prayers and a lot of thoughts. i'm so sorry, hang in there. oh, my goodness and as musician and artist i will do what i can

for people and yeah, also people in the front lines thank you so much for being so brave. ainsley: yeah, they are amazing. so tonight you're going to be at fox nation concert 8:00 to 9:00, 99 cents for the first month and you can log onto fox nation and pay tribute to folks and sing new song trash my heart and we can't wait to hear it. >> walker: we are going to have a good time. we will have a good time. ainsley: okay, take it away. >> walker: here we go. here is trash my heart. thank you. ♪ ♪

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set your dvr for fox & friends starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern time every day so you never miss a minute. brian? >> and asked someone in your house how to use the dvr. also listen to our radio show with guest bob costas. thanks so much for watching. >> sandra: a major step today and getting the economy back up and running. a handful of states moving forward with plans to reopen but none of them is as extensive in georgia. despite warnings from some health experts that it is just too soon. good morning everyone, and sandra smith. >> ed: and a very pleasant good morning to you. i'm ed henry. today the state of georgia will start allowing businesses like gyms, tattoo parlors and nail salons to open up a social distancing guidelines and place, this is governor bryan kemp faces pushback from not only other governors but president trump. the vice president mike pence

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